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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
GLENN f. PLUMB EXPLAINS PLAN
FOR OPERATING THE RAILROADS


lhlleH states TO mean the amount OF
money @IClualiy put at the service of
uIe PuoIlc. coupled with that is the
iequIIemeht OF these corporations
NAV lhey snail MAINTAIN this prop
1IlS.
AHa aSalh' the supreme Court has
Sa.n l5aI llaL means that they must
CApghu such moneys out Of their
revenues as would preserve the in
On me original investment,
una II they tailed TO make such ex-
penaltqtes TOR maintenance, it was
sI INaIcnJ 10 q Withdrawal of in
'eSlnleit. 80 that the right which
Inese corporations had granted to
mem was merely the right TO own
ana operate these properties and to
SI'aI Ee sucu iafeS as would give them
a return upon their actual invest
Ileht Ana AL over and above that
was a ilGht winch the people had re-
Odtlleu LOT themselves.
now, see now those rights have
day show q property Investment ac-.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
THE SOLUTION

The shameless profiteers are
provoking the Railway Shopmen
ana workers in other industries
to strike because they cannot
live decently on the wages they
are getting in the face of the out
rageously high cost of the neces-
saries of life.
The Government tells the
strikers to go back to work and
it will see what can be done
about it; but it will do nothing
until the men go back to work.
The Government knows what
to do about it, but doesn't seem
to know just how to do it. The
profiteers are too strong. They
have too long ruled the country
to have their hold on it easily
broken.
The general public is so ac-
customed to being robbed legally
and illegally, that it will suffer
on and bear its part of the loss,
which is enormous.
The Government has the
power to do the right thing and
the general public has the power
to make the Government do the
right thing.
The solution of this question
is that the Government shall
say that unfair profits in food,
clothing, shoes, or anything else
shall not be taken. That will
settle the whole matter and all
men will go back to work and
enjoy a greater degree of pros
perity and democracy.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
MARKING TINE IN
SHOPMEN'S STRIKE
Wednesday Afternoon. Aug. IL.

Wednesday Afternoon, Aug. 10.
The Great Northern Railway
Shop Men are marking time and
awaiting developments.
They hold daily meetings at the
Labor Temple to discuss matters Of
interest. relating to the strike.
Tuesday night they sent the fol-
lowing telegram to President Will
son and Director-General Hines:
AT mass meeting held tonight
by all crafts in the railroad service,
a resolution was adopted calling on
you to Immediately settle the lust
demands Of the federated shopmen
now on strike. Trains are being
moved without inspection; engines
are being sent out in dangerous con
dition, and Federal inspectors are
conspicuous by their absence. Idle
ness caused by slack business is Gre
atlng feeling of unrest among
other crafts in railroad service and a
duration of the strike may lead to
ends which no one can foresee."
Reports, lacking confirmation,
are received saying the Shop Men
had returned to work in several
sections of the country, except Chi
cago, Boston and Atlanta.
The air is full of rumors. most of
them baseless.
The strikers in Everett are quiet,
orderly and hopeful. There is no
doubt they hold public sympathy.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
STATE FEDERATION
TO DROP O.B.U. VOTE
OR LOSE CHARTER

The following letter has been re-
ceived by the Washington State
Federation of Labor from Frank
Morrison, Secretary of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor;
1.-THE Washington State Federation
of Labor has ordered its affiliated
unions to take a referendum vote
upon the proposition of forming "one
big union along industrial lines, the
vote to determine whether or not a
call for a special conference should
be issued to carry the decision in fa-
vor OF the formation of such a union,
if the vote resulted that way, into
effect.
II have a copy of the Off
cial document issued by the Wash
ington State Federation of Labor un-
der the caption Referendum Vote,
dated Tacoma, Wash, July /, 1919.
This particular proposition is desig-
mated as No. s. and reads as follows:
mo. s. The convention ordered
the following submitted to referen-
dunn vote:
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
REFERENDUM RESULTS

The following report of the re-
suit of the referendum recently TAX
en- by Ne Federation on constitu-
tional amendments as ordered by the
convention was compiled by Secre-
tary Taylor at the close of his term.
While the small vote cast indicates
that wise judgment was exercised
by those who participated in the
referendum, yet it is a sad reflec-
ton on the great bulk of our mem
bership that such important ques-
tions only bring forth such mea-
ger vote.
The total vote is approximately
5000, from membership of ap-
,proximately $4,000. 1t is 1000 less
than it was a year ago when our
was little more than
half of what it is now. If the sound
principle of the referendum is to be
preserved there should be a greater
interest shown by a larger number.
The figures are as follows:
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
THE A. F. OF |.
SWATS 0. B. j.

According to letter received last
Monday by Charles Perry TAYLOR.
eX-Secretary of the State Fedora
tion of Labor, from Frank Morrison,
Secretary of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, the charter of the
Washington State Federation Of
Labor will be revoked unless it's
Executive Council calls off" the
referendum vote now being taken
on the formation of One Big Union
Secretary Morrison says the State
Federation's participation in the
organization of any body of work
ers on the !. w. w. plan is a viola
tion of charter pledges and the laws
of the A. F. of L. and will result in
the revocation of its charter. If
this should be done the A. F. of L.
will Immediately proceed to organ
ize a State Federation under an A.
F. of L. charter and let the o. B. L.
people go their own sweet way"
Secretary Taylor turned the let
ter over to President Short and
special meeting of the Executive
Council was called to meet in Seat
tie, Thursday, August IA, when the
A. F. of L. warning is to be consid-
cred.
Following is the salient part of
Secretary Morrison's letter:
IN ordering a vote upon the
proposition to determine whether
the local unions comprising the
Washington State Federation of La
Dor shall adopt other organization
policies, your union has absolutely
ignored its pledge to recognize and
support the principles of autonomy
of the national and international
unions,
THE illegal action of the State
Federation of Labor, above referred
to, has been brought TO the atten-
ton of the Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor. and
the Executive Council instruCts me
to notify the officers of your organ
ization that, unless they immediate
ly disavow this illegal act and cease
participation in referendum vote
which is in violation of its charter
pledges and the Constitution of the
American Federation of Labor,
which the Washington state Fedora
tion of Labor promised to observe,
the Executive Council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor will be
under the law, to revoke
the charter of your State organiza-
ton.
In that event, yourself and asso- /
ciates understand that the American
Federation of Labor will Immediately
establish bonafide State organiza-
ton in Washington and will call on
all national and international unions
to affiliate with same
The Ordnance Department of the
United States has guaranteed the /
right of employees to organize.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

ernment of the people, for the peo-
pie. by the people, Can you beat
it? To all wage-earners, to
all producers and to all their
friends, whomsoever they may be,
we urge that all petty factional
strife may be forgotten, that all
tendency toward apathy may be dis
carded and that all fealty to obso-
lete political wire-pullers be ig-
nored, to the end that we make a
strong united effort, at this supreme
moment, to recover for ourselves
that right of self-government which
so justly belongs to us"
Secretary c. R. Cottrell says the
activity of the railroad men in be-
half of the Triple Alliance is typi-
cal of the sentiment of all branches
of organized labor. Carpenters Lo-
cal No. 1871, of Seattle, has pledged
the support of its members to the
Alliance, and backed up the sup
port with a check for $500. At a
recent meeting of Butchers Local
No. 81, of Seattle, Secretary Cot
trell outlined the plan of the Al
lance and the result was a shower
of membership fees and pledge of
support 100 per cent strong.
That's the way it is going all
along the line" Secretary Cottrell
said "The Triple Alliance is get
ting splendid support, but we must
go still farther and faster. The
plan of organization throughout the
State has been approved by the State
Central Committee, and we are all
ready to go, but it is necessary to
have more money to insure the sue
cess of the movement. We want to
put an organizer in every county in
the State, but we don't want to start
that program until there is suffi-
cient money in sight to finance it
through. Those who are opposed to
us are already in the field, appar-
emily with unlimited financial
backing. We must meet them at
their own game, and the quicker
we get started the easier it will be.
Every personal appeal on behalf
of the Triple Alliance has met with
a generous response, but this is an
emergency where we cannot meet
all our friends personally. Don't |
wait. Send in your membership fee
of So at once This is payable in |
full or at the rate of SO cents every |
three months"
The organized workers and farm |
ers of Washington are not alone in |
this movement, Secretary Cottrell |
says. A few days ago he received a
letter from r. II. Parks, President |
of the Idaho State Federation of
Labor, asking for information on
the plan of campaign proposed by
the Triple Alliance. President
Parks said the people of Idaho are
ready to go and it is only a ques-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE
WIN. STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR

tion of the time necessary to organ
ize the movement, when they will
be marching to the same music as
the people of Washington.
Headquarters of the Triple AL
lance are in the Railway Exchange
Building, corner. of Second Avenue
and Cherry Street, Rooms 422 and
423. The telephone number is Ell
lott 1896.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

Acting Mayor F. II. Petit, of Ia
coma, has announced that the food
supplies purchased from the Gov
ernment will be thoroughly inspect
ed and such as is found unfit will
be returned to the Government
warehouses. The bacon will be
placed on sale at the Union Labor
Cooperative Stores.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
CANNERY WORKERS, SOCIAL

The Cannery Workers Will hold a
get-together Tuesday evening in
Lombard Hall. Refreshments will
be served and the evening will be
spent in getting acquainted.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

The keel plates for two revenue
cutters were laid Tuesday in the
Norway-Pacific Construction %
Drydock Company's yards. 1t is
expected that when these vessels ara
completed there will be a double
launching.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

Sixty per cent of the work on a.
ship is constructing the hull and the
remaining 40 per cent is in install-
ing mechanical parts, deck furnish
ings, and other equipment that goea
to make the finished vessel.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
In An Address Before the A.
F. of L. Convention at At
IantiC City, June 10, 1919.

Mr. Chairman, and you men upon
whom rests the hope of mankind: ]
am very glad of this opportunity to
explain to YOU the plan which has
been endorsed by all of the organ
lied employees Of the railroads. and
in addition has received a very large
endorsement from organizations rep
resenting men outside of the railroad
employment. Today is particularly
the day of all days when human
rights are coming to the foreground
ana beginning to demand full recog-
milton at the hands of those who for
so long a time have monopolized
control of our industries
We have developed a plan for the
reorganization of the railroads which
recognizes these human rights, which
are equal; they cannot be measured
in dollars and cents; there is no fl
nancial standard by which you can
measure the interest of the employ
ee and set it off against the interest
OF the public, or by which these two
interests can be compared with the
interest of the ca pital and measured
in dollars and cents. The interest of
the wage Garner and the interest Of
the public are human interests and
not dollar interests. We have at
tempted to devise a plan which
brought those various interests into
sympathy gave to each one its equal
voice of authority, and gave to each
its share in the responsibility for the
conduct of this great industry
The railroad industry is peculiarly
a national issue; it is not confined to
any one locality or to any one in
dustry. The products Of every farm.
of every mine, of every factory, Of
every form Of production must pass
over these railways before they can
reach the consumer, and either the
producer or the consumer pays the
cost of that transportation. There f.
fore, it is an issue which reaches the .
farthest corners of the nation. It is /
an issue that is present in every /
family, in every factory. in every /
great center, and in the farthest .
hamlet
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

A shooting-fish in the East IN
dies has a hollow cylindrical beakS
When it sees a fly on plants that
grow in shallow streams it elects a.
single drop Of water, which knocks
the fly into the water.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

You, Mr.. Citizen, fall far short
of your duty IL YOU do not reg
lister and exercise your right To
vote mt every election.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

How did you feel after the car
struck you?" Very much run
down, doctor. Judge.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
BIC
NOVELTY
DANCE

For the benefit of the Railway
Shop Mems strike will be given in
Eagles Hall on Tuesday evening,
August 10. Admission 81, includ-
ing war tax
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
Misunderstanding

We have designed our plan along
lines which recognize these various
interests. and before I attempt to
explain the plan I want to take just
few minutes to define clearly to
you what we have deemed to be the
interests of these corporations in the
railroads. There is a vast public
misunderstanding as to the extent
of these interests. This misunder-
standing has been fostered through
generations of usurpation of privi-
lege and an education among all of
our pepole to consider railroads as
merely private property. To get an
understanding of the relation of
these interests to the public l want
to announce Just a few simple. reCog-
nized principles. and from that will
come a clear recognition OF the plan
which we present
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

Try BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, Sc.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15
Basic Principles

First, railroads are public high
ways; we all recognize that; that
needs no definition. Public high
ways are matters purely of public
concern. There can be no private
interest in a public highway except
that which has been granted by the
people And all that did not pass by
grant into the hands of the private
owners remains part Of the public
domain retained for the public hem
eft. You have frequently heard it
said that railroads are private prop
erty retained for public use. Rail
roads are public property i'm which
the public has granted certain re-
stricted private rights, and it is only
the right measured by the grant
which has passed into private prop
erty; all the rest is retained as the
public interest in these highways.
Now, how are we to determine
what has become private property?
BY studying the charter of the cor
pOratiOn which has received the
grant. And when we look at these
charters We find many restrictions
on the rights which have been grant
ed. First. YOU will find this univer-
sal restriction, that property can he
acquired by these corporations only
for the purpose Of operating pub
nose v,bo+soevar Socondl,. ,,o,t ,t,il1
find tba oId D,jrcirIe of no cor,
mon law, res+,ic+irg tho roy,-arg ,,f
v-,i+tan into +ha coT,-
stf+ntions Of tvertv-siv S+stos g15
,vritter into tho sta+,Ites of r,ost of
tbe Others II q nro,.isior +be+ re
Iono baer overIoolfa5 ma vitb
,ybic, tho erea+ n7nItitude of +ba
people are entirely unfamiliar. Illi- |
+bis In i+s constitntior =, +boso /
words.
.'N-o railroad co~nora+io,, eberl IS
s,,a its stools ~. bor5e o,co,,+ fo,
money labor or nronortv actua1Iy .
recoi,.ed and anDlied 10 no nrrnoses
for which tbs rornoratior vas craa+-
cd AM stock dividend NJ, otber fic-
titiore irCrcaso of csnit.1 stocl, or
shall no Hioid :,
Csn ,,o,, in,aeirs stroDeo,. 1e,rruso.o
than maj to nrotect the peonle from .
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

Continued on Page ThreeD
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

The Ordnance Department of the
United States has guaranteed the
right of employees to organize.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-08-15

PUBLISHED IN
THE INTEREST OF
ORGANIZED LABOR
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-25
LOCAL ITEMS

Merry Christmas!
S. p. Bruton, of Fort Myers, was a
visitor here Friday,
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to FIT. Myers, Friday.
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Ind, arrived Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Golf were among
the visitors to Arcadia Tuesday.
Mrs. Bessie Smiro and child went
to Nocatee Wednesday for a short
visit.
A. Daniels, of Fit. Myers, arrived
Sunday for a short visit with friends
here.
Going! Going! Going! Just five
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Milton Bryant and Bobert Russell
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Myers, Tuesday.
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after a pleasant visit with her mother
returned home Sunday.
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on December 18th am, -pected
that he will return here almost any
day.
DR.. and Mrs. A. l.. Holmes, Mrs.
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started for Miami via FIT. Myers Mon
day.
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Nelson and fam
lily, OF Charlotte Harbor, left Sunday
for Chipley, where they will spend
Christmas with relatives and friends
Several hundred subscribers have
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Shake 'em up!
John Bedford returned from Tam
pa Thursday. While in Tampa Mr.
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which he stated was one of the larg-
est and finest craft he has ever seen.
Miss Hester Douglass, who has
been attending the Florida Confer
ence College at Sutherland, returned
Friday to spend Christmas with re-
latives.
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went through Punta Gorda, Monday,
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Browns shipyard.
If you wait until Thursday, Janu-
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-25
PEPTO-MANGAN
FOR PALE SCHOOL
CHILDREN
Pepto-Mangan Gives the Help the
Body Needs to Make Rich,
Red Blood
Name "Gude's" ON Every Package.
Sold by Druggists i'm Both Liquid and
Tablet Form-Nfedicinal Vir-
tues are the Same

The lessons are hard and the
children are growing. Watch their
health and if they become pale and
llstless and don't want to work Or
play, consult a good physician at
once If you suspect any serious all
ment. The splendid tonic, Pepo-Man
gan, if given daily for a few weeks,
W II in most cases restore the strength
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in tablet or liquid form of your drug
gtst and can always be sure of the
genuine by looking for the name
Guides" on the package. without
the name Guides" it is not Pepo-
Mangan. 1t is fine tonic and blood
maker for the whole family. Physi-
clans everywhere have used it for
nearly thirty years. (Adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-25

Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday-just five days in
which to renew your subscription to
the Herald at the old rate!
]. ]. Haslett returned Friday from
Arcadia, where he had been under
going treatment at the sanitarium.
He is much improved in health.
Newport daily independent., 1919-02-24

Twas a foolish man who tried to "get" the Tiger of France. A sneak ing assassin could never do what brave men have essayed and failed.
 President Wilson perhaps knew better than anyone lese that his re- quest that no public discussion of the League of Nations plan be held in the senate until his arrival and explana- tion of the plan would be in vain. A senator can no more keep from talk ing than a razorback can be kept out of a cornfield by rail fence. The more momentous the subject and the more delicate the situation, the surer it is that it will be Haunted to the four winds with all the loose and vii cious statements of backfence gos- siping tournament Somebody ought t. induce Mr. Maxim to construct one of his famous silencers for the hu- man mug, and then make it one of the
Newport daily independent., 1919-02-24

Arkansas, having been engaged in the publicatio of the Harrison Times for more than thirty years. He had served as president of the Arkansas Press Association and in the Spanish American war was captain of com pany of volunteers in an Arkansas regiment. He was noted musician and for years was director of the Newman Band of Harrison.
Newport daily independent., 1919-02-24
well-known "perquisites of of the United States" ooc GOOD ROADS ARE MOST
 IN COUNTY.

The most needed thing county is a system of { The present condition of ways leading to Newport is to convince every one of tn
 The way seems to be op county to realize the establ| better roads. Several disd been formed, but some of 1 be more active.
 We have stated before is not a single sensible against good roads, while favoring them are numberl
 Newport cannot get ahe good roads leading to it. CTS will do their trading an products in the town tha roads leading to it.
 Newport bankers, mer business men favor good will not balk at helping pa But more than that is ne| personal campaign for bet imperative. One cannot much about the subject wb skepticism.
 And it requires some might otherwise be given to boost good roads. Bu| boosts good roads he boos
 Every man ought to ma ject a hobby. For, men, afford to miss this opT make the county the state. Keep behind these til they are put through.