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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
THE S|X,HOUR DAY |SPRACT|CABLE
SAYS NOTED BRITISH EMPLOYER

WASHINGTON, May pa
book written by Lord Leverhulme,
British manufacturer, in favor Of
the six-hour day, will make inter
esting reading for American cham
bers of commerce and manufacture
! ers' associations, says Prof Vim. +.
Ogburn, formerly of the University
of Washington. in a review of the
book which is published in the
Monthly Labor Review of the Unit
ed States Bureau of Labor Stats
tics.
Lord Leverhulme is pictured as
anything but a moralist, a scnti-
mentalist or fanatic, and is
strongly opposed to all forms of
philanthropy and charity. He is
a hard man." writes Prof. Ogburn,
who quotes the Britisher:
There could be no worse friend
to labor than the benevolent, phil
anthropic employer, who carries his
business in a loose, lake manner,
showing kindness to his employ
ees."
In the book are several pages of
evidence to show that by using ma
chinery continuously at its highest
point of productivity for two six
hour shifts, the worker will pro-
duce more than under present sys-
tens. Lord Leverhulme thinks the
time is ripe now for the six-hour
day in England with the same wage
rate as is now paid for eight and
ten hours. He favors not only high,
but still higher wages, but wants
the employees to share in the prof
its Of industry. His profit-sharing
plan, which he terms 'co-partner-
ship" is in no sense the usual
American substitute for living
wage, but is a return over and
above the trade union rate of wages
and acts in no sense as a bar to
further wage increases.
He wants to abolish poverty, and
in advocating good homes for the
workers would limit the number of
houses on an acre of ground so that
every home would have a garden.
According to Lord Leverhulme
industrial success is concerned
quite as much with consumers as
producers. Many leaders of indus
try have seemed primarily con-
cerned with production, and their
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
DOMINION SOLDIER
SETTLEMENT ACT

OTTAWA, Canada, May "a
The Dominion soldier settlement
act, which is intended to place re-
turning soldiers on the land, is be-
ing applied by the government i'll
an energetic manner.
To carry out the spirit of the
act the government has ordered al
lowances to be paid for the support
ances apply to soldiers who are re-
ceiving training at an agricultural
center and their dependents, and
for those soldiers who are receiv-
ing agricultural training while en-
ployed with the farmer. and their
dependents. In the first case, if a
man is married. he may receive a
maximum of $50 a month, which
includes $35 for himself and wife
and $25 for his children. Lower
maXimums are announced for un-
married men and for men who are
being trained while they are living
with farmers. These allowances
are outside of any money the set
tier may receive for work done on
farms.
Under this soldier settlement
act, any discharged member of the
Canadian military forces or widow
of same will be loaned money up to
$4,000 to purchase land, The set
tier is required to pay 10 per cent
cash down on the purchase. but
this can be waived in the case of
one who has had agricultural eX-
perience or who is regarded as a
desirable settler. The loan is re-
payable In 25 years at 5 per cent
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
LOCAL UNIONS

BARRIERS, Local No. 446-Meets fourth
Thursday in each month, L W Sol
ONION, president ihohe nam H., -
christ Balmef' secretary 1H"He
Main o94H.
Bouermakers, Lodge 50O-Grant Wiz
lex. President. Piuehurst, Wash; Lee
Main, Corresponding secretary -UIf
summit Ave; +. . Brlel' treasurer
+. o. station y.
Electrical workers, No 1911, meets in
Hall No. /, Labor Temple, on Mon
days at y. m; j. NJ Gibbs, Presi-
dent. 3ll9 Cakes, fRone Whlte 55e955
II. H. rue tlnanGial SeCreldIE' -o-f
Lombard lhoHe bldcN Ia
Engineers, Local No. 1l9, meets every
Thursday in Hall .. Labor Temple.
\; II. Herbst, President ~ Soloy'
none > ~ Harry la'5H7', go o .
iary, 5OIS fucker Ihohe l'eu Ole
Longshoremen No. ass, meets Monday
nights at $50, al 1888 Bond street.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
LABOR MUST MEET
EDUCATIONAL TASKS

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May
24.-The Labor News warns labor
that it must meet the educational
tasks in the following language:
Education of the public to a
right understanding of organized
labor, of its true principles and
higher ideals, is the great task that
confronts the working man today.
Education is essential to the crea-
ton of favorable public sentiment.
to the enlistment of public support.
Public sentiment is the handspring
of achievement and public support
is the assurance of accomplishment.
Public sentiment and public sup
port are the essential elements of
the one invincible power in the
world-unity
Labor is seeking to achieve
unity. Hence the task that lies
before it of educating the people of
the world to a proper understand
ing of the aims and objects of la
Dor. This task is no mean one, be-
cause of the long and adroitly con-
Quoted campaign of transformation
which has been maintained by the
enemies of organized labor to pref
udice it in the eyes of the world.
"Organized capital, of the auto
cratic brand, has conducted
ceaseless campaign of propaganda
to saddle the undeserved odium Of
anarchism, l. W. W.-ism, Bolshev-
ism and all the other 'isms' upon
the name of organized labor 1t
has sought by every. means to make
the word union a synonym for de-
structive conspiracy instead of con-
structive cooperation as it really
is. BY this mud-slinging method
its enemies have been able to place
an undeserved stain upon the name
of labor, but through the medium
of education labor will remove an
Iunwelcome and unwarranted odium
and reveal itself in it's true light
to the world.
when the day comes that the
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
OLYMPIA KNITTING
MILLS COMPANY
UNFAIR TO LABOR

Secretry Everett Central Labor
Council:
Some years ago the Olympia
knitting Mills Company secured a
large contract containing union
label clause. The concern imme-
diatelv caused its employees to APP
ply for and secure charter as
local union of the Textile Workers.
Later. the contract with the union
label clause being completed, the
open shop atmosphere reasserted it
self and under pressure from the
boss. the workers in the knitting
mills allowed their union to die.
This incident illustrates the es-
tablished policy Of the Olympia
Knitting Mills.
Recently the knitting company
decided to erect a large addition to
the utmost efforts in the spirit of
the utmost efforts II the spirit of
Cancellation on the part of union
labor, the company announces and
is carrying out in its building OPP
erations the non-union policy that
has been insisted upon in its fac
tory.
Olympia Unions have decided to
make a fight against this institu
ton. It's products have been de-
clared unfair, and we ask that uni
on labor of your city give us its
valuable help in making unpopu-
lar the products CT the Olympia
Knitting Mills.
Company manufactures sweaters,
underwear, hosiery, etc.
Fraternally yours,
Fred Hudson,
Secretary Olympia Trades Council.
The above letter was inadvert-
emily omitted from the last issue
of the journal.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
Everett, Washington

public is educated to a proper UNI
derstanding and appreciation of
the righteous aims of labor then
will organized labor come into its
own. Let the educational task of
removing prejudice, the prejudice
of ignorance and misreprescnta-
ton, progress increasingly, that la
Dor may flourish"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

interest in consumption consists
largely i'm marketing. Lord Lever
hume seems to have a broader con-
ception of marketing and makes his
social philosophy turn a good deal
on this point of consumption. Rails
ing the standard Of living means
creating a market Hence. higher
wages are good because they mean
"a better market.
Ninety per cent of the consum-
ers of the United Kingdom are
workers." he says. "The six hour
day means two more hours OF lei
sure, which furnish opportunity for
education, the higher life and the
expenditure of more money, thus
improving the market The plan of
two shifts means enabling the nom
spending unemployed to become
consumers and thus to develop the
market. 1t also increases the pur-
chasing public
Prof. Ogburn says Lord Lever
hulme's conception of reform is
along lines of increased production
of commodities of wealth at less
ening cost of production per unit at
the same time shortening hours of
labor and paying higher wages.
The foundation stone is increased
production.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Alleging improper Imprisonment
and treatment while confined for
one year in the internment hospital,
Mrs. Elizabeth Franklin, age "a,
mother of two grown children, on
Friday morning started suit against
Seattle for $26.50O.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

interest. After the settler has Sc
cured his land the government
may loan him money up to $4,000
for the purchase of livestock, i'm
plements and other equipment, and
loans up to $1,000 for the erection
of buildings.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Benjamin Franklin said: "He
that murders a pound Give dollars
destroys all that it might have
produced, even scores Of pounds. -
Buy w. S. S.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Last Friday evening the FEEDER
ated Shop Crafts of the Great
Northern held an interesting open
session. Both visiting and local
speakers discussed the subject, OR
ganization and Cooperation.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
ROSTER OF UNIONS

Under this head will be printed
weekly the names OF unions dates
and places Of meeting. names of
presidents and secretaries. or bust
ness agents, with their house or
phone numbers, at soc per month.
The advantage Of this Roster will be
readily seen Corrections made as
soon as possible after notification.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

\ new local union composed of
all employees of the telephone com
pany in Seattle, with the exception
of switchboard operators. was for
mally organized Thursday night,
May %.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

A man watches his pear tree
day after day, impatient for the
ripening Of the fruit Let him at
tempt to force the process, and he
may spoil both fruit and tree. But
let him patiently wait. and the ripe
fruit at length falls into his lap. "
-OLincoIn.) Hold your w. S. s.
until maturity and the fun interest
viii be yours
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
WASHINGTON STATE FEDERATION
OF LABOR

William short President. 402 Mutual
Life Bldg, Seattle, Wash.
Charles Perry Taylor, Sccretary-Treas
urer, p. O.. Box 1855. Tacoma, Wash.
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PAINTERS, ATTENTION I!

Bids for kalsomining will be re.
ceived at the Labor Temple. Cal
and see work to be done
adv JOHN WATSON, Secretary.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Benjamin Franklin said: Money
can beget money, and its offspring
can beget more Buy w. S. S.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Benjamin Franklin said: IF you
would be wealthy. think of saving
as well as getting" Buy w. S. S.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
OLE HANSON'S TRUTH

has its eye on this section, we print
the following editorial from the pen
of writer in that organization:
4 great deal of CUFF has been
credited to Mayor Ole Hanson, Of
Seattle, since the strike in that city.
The Western Mayor has broken into
the magazines and has hit the lee
ture platform with a bound. Some
rough stuff has come from him
since he jumped into page-one posi-
ton and some Of it has sounded a
good deal like the talk OF a man
trying hard to cinch his hold on
the lime-light.
J However, Ole Hanson has said
one little say that IS worth some
thing. Employers ought to read it
and learrt writer's of advice to
labor ought to give heed to it.
Said Ole Hanson:
THE trouble started with the
EMPLOYERS in the lumber camps.
The men wore yilely treated; two
camps out of three were denounced
by the Government as unfit for
human beings. when war compelled
The Government to take an interest
in workers.
The men packed their vermin-
infested blankets from camp to
camp The lived under Disgrace
ful, unhealthy conditions. In the
periods between work no one would
receive them, or check their dread
FIJI packs, OF cash their pay checks
except the basement saloon. The
worst kind CT saloon was the only
rlace for these meu TO go. They
knew no other home And no hui
man being took the trouble to seek
them out there, except the !. W. w.
agitator. 70 one else knew that
they were alive, or cared what be-
came of them. In the lumber
camps the l. w. w. literature was
the only thing they had to read.
DO YOU wonder that the l. w.
w. teachings became their Bible?
They did not know, what | know.
that the I. w. W. is in no sense a
labor organize ton; that it does not
seek to help labor; but seeks to
make Industry of all kinds and
governments of all kinds impossi-
BILE, by making it impossible for
the employer to do business on any
basis Whatever"
The trouble started with the
employers in the lumber camps"
says Mayer Hanson. A year ago in
st, Paul the American Federation
of Labor listened to the report of
the Executive Council, which re-
counted the story OF the timber
workers in the Northwest. The
convention of the previous year, at
Buffalo, had directed the Council to
continue its efforts in assisting the
timberworkers to organize and to
secure the eight-hour day. At St.
Paul the Council reported that the
itimberworkers had struck to secure
the eight-hour day, but that the
strike had failed Of its object.
The war entered in then and
lumber became war need. The
government took a hand in the sit
Iuation and in agreement with Fed
GRAFTON organizers and the compa-
MES ordered the eight-hour day
into effect
Few places in American indus
trial life have baked against prog
ress as fierce]y as the lumber re-
gions. Isolation desolation and
desperation have gone hand in
hand. The result has been lumber
barons' and hopelessly exploited
slaves of the camps.
But we nave got past the point
where lumber camp policy can be
tolerated That is the policy which
fruits most readily and surely in
Bolshoyik desperation.
That nation which would avoid
I O.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
cENrRAL LARoR CoUNcIL

Meets every Wednesday night at s
pm. John x. MonCur, President;
A. w Stanley, Secretary, 2J09 Cali
fornia St, Phone White 522.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Benjamin Franklin said A roll
ing stone gathers no moss. A
careless spender gets no W. S. S.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR

Address Samuel Gompers. President;
or Frank Morrison. Secretary. a. l..
Of L. BIDS, Washington, u. c.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Smoke Chas. Sneets' CHALLENGE
10c Cigar.
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Try BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, sc.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

BARRIERS, Local No. 446-Meets fourth
Thursday in each month. 7. W. Sol
ONION, President, Phone Main 81.
Christ Balmer Secretary, Phone
Main Iq4R.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Khaki Pants of extra quail
ity, for the man and
boy ........... 1.69
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Mems Summer-weight two
piece Underwear, a genu-
inc good garment at, per
garment ........... CSC
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

Mems Black Sateen Shirts,
nice and roomy, well made,
a splendid garment, 1.49
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
BANKS FACING RESPONSIBILITY

Never before in history have the
banks Of the world welded greater
power or faced bigger responsibility
than they do today.
Before the war, few people really
came in contact with banks, the great
mass of the people considering them
merely for the benefit of the rich. At
the beginning of the war there were
only about 100000 investors. Now
our billions of dollars of Liberty
Bonds are held in hands of 10000, 900
people, many of whom have thus been
brought in close contact with bank
for the first time.
An investor or a bank depositor is
not likely to be Bolshevik or So
cialist. The leading banks Of the ma
ton realize that the time is here to
get in closer touch with the great
mass of the people in order that these
people may become acquainted with
banking methods and be brought to
realize that the safety of the nation
including rich and poor alike, are not
merely the funds of the rich, depend
upon sound banking institutions. Pro-
gressive banks are exerting effort to
teach depositors that banks exist for
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
THE COUNTRY PRESS AND
THE POSTAL ZONE LAW

The so-called "postal zone system"
now law until repealed, abolishes
our basic postal principles establish
ed for more than half a century,. This
revival of the idea that cost must de-
termine the postage rate, introduces
a new element of such importance to
the country newspapers that they need
to scrutinize with great care and pre-
cision before they blindly support the
postal zone system, as some of them
seem disposed to do.
There is no more important SER
vice than that rendered or, which
may be rendered, the American people
by the small country newspapers. Re-
cognizing this fact, free mail delivery
within the county Of publication was
provided for the country press many
years ago. This free postal service
was never regarded as a subsidy to
country newspapers. 1t was a vital
public service of information and ed
ucation to rural readers. 1t meant,
chiefly, freedom of circulation to the
readers, for any postal charge would
be added to the subscription price, di-
rectly or indirectly.
The subsidy, if so it might be term
ed, was to the readers, to the people
themselves, who pay for it in their
national taxes. The rural delivery is
for the benefit Of the. country news
paper reader.
Now, the latest official report Of
the Post Office Department shows
that the annual cost per newspaper on
Rural Free Delivery routes is Ia cents
per piece. AS the country papers
weigh approximately ten or eleven to
the pound, this would mean minimum
postage charge on country newspa-
pers of fourteen cents per pound.
The First Assistant Postmaster last
year, testifying before a Senate COM
mittee, stated that the Overhead" on
every pound of newspaper mail was
3.S cents per pound. Therefore, on
this new rule of postal "cost" the
country press of this nation will have
to face the terrific total postage
charge Of almost eighteen cents per
pound.
OF course, no country publisher can
affrd a postage chage of eighteen
cents a pound. He must pass this
charge on to his subscribers, reduc-
ing thereby his circulation.
This overturn of postal principles
in existence for over fifty years will
impose a very great injustice upon
the country newspapers and their
readers. The rural delivery is the
most expensive and least profitable
of all the postal departments and
therefore the revival of this old pos
tai theory will put upon the country
press of America the highest rates
of postage in the land.-Evening
News, Peepskill, N. Y.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
$1,000 FOR SINGLE NAME

San Francisco, Aug. 12.-Can you
create the one word which will best
denote the United States and all paris
of Britannia? If so, you will be paid
at the rate of $1,000 word. The
World Trade Club of San Francisco
has offered $1,000 to the person who
suggests the word which, in the iudg-
pent of the Clubs Metric Campaign
Committee, is best adapted to world
wide use.
The competition is open to all hu-
mankind. The money will be paid to
the winner at noon on 18th of May,
1920, by a committee appointed by
President w. H. Hammer Of the
World Trade Club.
Britain, 'Ambria,' 'Ambrittica,
'Br-Am,' 'Sam-Bull,' are some words
thus far suggested. New names are
constantly coming. The world Trade
Club is offering this award because
in carrying on it's present campaign
for the adoption of metric units by all
English-speaking people-the United
States, the British Isles, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania,
United South Africa, and so on it
was hampered by the lack of single
short word which would express all
these.
The metric units of weights and
measure are now used by all the world
except BRITAIN or 'Ambrittica' or
Sam Bull
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
VOCATIONAL EDUCA-
TION IN MISSOURI

Two years ago Congress enacted a
law which grants to the States large
sums of money with which to pro-
mote vocational education on condi-
ton that the States appropriate like
sum. Missouris share of federal mon
eys for the biennial period, 1919-1020
is $205,820. The last legislature APP
propriated like sum with which the
State Board of Education can match
the federal money, and proceed on
plans approved by the Federal Board
to spend the SAIL GAO in promoting in
connection with the public high schools
of the State the teaching of trades
and industries, of agriculture and of
home economics. This may be done
in day schools, in evening schools and
in part-time schools.
The State Board Of Education has
organized to push this work by en-
ploying an administrative and su-
pervisory staff as follows:
w. T. Darlington, former State
Superintendent of Schools and later
president of the Springfield Normal
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22

protection and assistance of any wor-
thy and responsible man or woman
and not merely for a selected few.
The war has given socialism and
more radical movements an impetus
never before thought possible and
working people of foreign countries,
oppressed for centuries have gone
wild with freedom which they do not
understand. In many cases banks
have been pillaged, simply because
they were supposed to be the deposit
vaults of the rich.
American banks are profiting by
this object lesson. They are endeays
oring to bring the individual laborer
and the capitalist together on common
ground by having the funds of both
in the same bank, thus teaching that
the bank is for the protection and as
sistanse of both.
The banks themselves face the re-
sponsibility of educating the people
and thereby consolidating their own
position with the masses.-The Man
ufacturer.