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Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
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MAY HAVE BEEN MIsJUDeED
History Has Only Word Of saVants
as to the Bad Temper Of the
Tyrannosaurus.

No admirer in theory of the good
old times" would care to 60 so far
back as the period Of the dinOsaur,
whose bones were not long ago dis
covered in Canada, and the Tyran-
nosaurus, whose skeleton is almost as
recent q find In the Bad Lands Of
Montana. Both belonged to the 81
gantic land animals of prehistoric
America, but If the dinOsaur was bad
enough to meet wandering over the
landscape, the Tyrannosaurus was
worse. According to the savants, he
was the biggest animal, except the
vegetarian and gentle-mannered an
cestor of the elephant, of his time, and
had the worst temper One wonders,
however, If the savants are altogether
fair to the TyrannOsaurus. Granting
that he was uncOmmonly well pre-
pared to make trouble, does 1t neces-
sarily follow that he always went
about looking for 1t? Unvexed, he
may have been of a good-natured and
even affectionate disposition, for, after
all, the disposition of prehistoric an
imal leaves no fossil remains.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21

The American army Of occupation
built bridge at COblenz, pOntoOn
bridge, wide enough for only one We
hlcle at time. An official of the Red
Cross was forced to wait at this bridge
while a German peasant woman, draw
ing cart loaded with vegetables, came
across. An American soldier doing SEN
try duty on the bridge, walked along
behind the cart ostenslbly for the pur-
pose Of Fastening the crossing. The
Red Cross official observed, however,
that the wOman's pace was expedited
by more than verbal admOnition; the
muzzle of the soldiers gun found a
resting place at the rear of the cart,
and the soldier himself plodded cheer
fully along, pushing more than his
share of the load. AS Is customary
when one of his class is discovered In
a deed Of chivalry or valOr, a sheeplsh
grin spread over his face, and the Off
cial's passports were rather more
brusquely and thoroughly scrutlnizet
than would ordinarily have been the
| case,
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
THE PACKERS AND
Refrigerator CARS

Whether refrigerator cars should be
owned by the railroads or by the pack
ers-a point to be determined by leg.
islatlon now pending In Washington
may seem to be question rather re-
mote from the interests Of the average
person. But, inasmuch as these "ice
boxes on Wheels" as one Of the pack.
ers terms them, are the conveyances
which bring our beefsteak to town, we
may assume that we have a certain
concern about them. II they have any.
thing to do with the price Of the beef.
steak our concern is deep one.
1t is maintained by some that these
cars give the packers who now own
them an unfair advantage over com.
petitors. This is stoutly denied by the
packers, who offer as proof the fact
that they pay the same freight rates
as any shipper; and they assert that
the only advantage they enjoy Is in
being able to get enough cars for theiI
needs by furnishing them themselves
instead of depending upon the rail-
roads to do so. In this they are backed
up by q report of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission, made after an In
Vestigation Of all privately owned
ears, to the effect that there were no
unfair practices and that a radical
change would adversely affect both
shippers and the public.
While not opposing, in principle
railroad ownership of refrigerator
cars, the packers maintain that there
are not enough Of these cars to 90
around and that the legislation in
question makes no provision for insur
ing that the railroads shall furnish
them In sufficient number. On the
other hand, to pool their cars and take
chances Of getting what happened to
! be available, would seriously handi.
cap the distribution Of their perishable
meat products. The stream of ship
ments from the packing plants would
be blocked, which In turn would block
the buying of live stock, and the in
dustry which Is founded on a basis OF
rapid distribution, would be badly
muddled.
| a. NAASSS NOANSASAOAo paw 0AN wal
there are three parties whose interests
are at stake-the packers, their com
petitors and the public. Only one Of
these parties could gain a possible ad
vantage If the packers, cars were
taken away from them, viz, the pack
ers' competitors. The cars are now
admittedly handled on an economic
and efficient basis, and no change l;
justified unless unfairness is definitely
and absolutely proved-which would
be In absolute contradiction to the re-
port that the Interstate Commerce
Commission has already rendered on
, the subject. The public would pay the
bill for ineffclency In the packing In
dustry, and 1t has no desire to pay this
! bill 10 order to help few Of the pack
! srE cO@pstitOrss ..
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
The Aftermath.

The kindergarten teacher had made
the children an impressive talk on the
danger of playing in the street. But
one little boy did not take warning.
An automobile struck him, bruising
him slightly. For two days he was
out of school; the third day he came
back, only to hear the teacher begin
another talk on the dangers of the
street. This time she used him as
"the horrible example"
"Just think, children, If Johnny had
been killed how much we would have
hated it. He never could come to US
and we would have" she was going
to say, ito do without his compan-
ionship."
But the freckled little boy finished
1t for her.
1--WE would have to buy some flow
ers," he yelled.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
DO NOT WANT
LICENSING BILLS
Farmers, StOCkmen and Mer.
chants Oppose Packer Leg
islation at Washington.

Representing diversity of inter.
ests and including farmers, feeders, re.
tail butchers and produce dealers, full
ly a thousand individuals have made
their way to Washington to enter their
protests against the packer licensing
plan now In hearing before the senate
agriculture committee.
Far from solving in any measure the
high cost Of living, the proposed legis-
lation If passed would be dangerous
experiment for everyone, is the con-
sensus Of opinion held by these wit
nesses.
"We've had government control Of
railroads and telephones and tele-
graphs until we're plumb worn out,
and we don't want any more" w. P.
Carpenter, stock feeder of Tarkio, Mo-,
told the committee. "I'm in favor of
the man who can produce the cheapest
going ahead as far as he can. That's
the way to cut down the cost Of liv-
ing"
That the packers dominated the
stock markets was an idea secuted
by testlfying stock feeders, who said
they found the stock yards places of
keen competition.
Taking away the packers refrigera-
tor cars was as reasonable as taking
away their butcher knives, was the
conviction expressed by ]. P. Lynch,
another feeder from Tarkio.
The concern Of stockmen and butch
ers who fear that hampering the pack
ers will only result in disrupting the
meat industry without benefit to any
one, was not the sole interest displayed
at the hearing. Business men through
out the country are strongly against
the licensing feature which would es-
tablish a precedent for bringing gov.
eminent control and politics into the
conduct of all manner of business.
Many business organizations have
expressed themselves formally, through
resolutions, as against the principle Of
bringing business under government
interference of the kind proposed in
the Kenyon and Kendrick bills.
In speaking for the chamber Of COM
merce of Moultrie. Ca, g. 7. Caldwell
said: "We've got Swift & Go. down
there. and they've helped more than
anything else to get our farmers to
diversity. The live stock business
needs their national distribution"
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
ALONG THE WAY.

II you can't shout hallelulla
AS you travel on the way,
You can keep the quiet spirit
And look thankful for the day, w
IN
When the heart keeps time to song,
AS q Teller goes along,
He's gittin' out the country
Where the thorny troubles throng.
II you can't be on the hilltop
In the big blaze of the light,
Youth know that even the valleys
Keeping heaven still in sight.
1t still keeps time to song
AS the shadows dream along
And its paths lead from the countr!
Where the thorny troubles throng
Atlanta Constitution.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A woman seldom means all
the mean things she says.
A pretty girl is usually more
ornamental than useful.
A woman never thinks that a
man thinks she talks too much.
The motto Of some men is,
GIVE me liberty, or give me
debt"
Most woman would rather
patch up a quarrel than darn
stockings.
Many a self-possessed girl
would like to transfer her poss-
ession to some man.
Several people have bumped
up against disgrace while trying
to dodge poverty.
A summer girl has many en-
gagements, but the telephone
girl gets the most rings.
When a bachelor meets the
right girl he is apt to discover
that he is the wrong man.
A man simply has to tall
sometimes; that is why so many
married men talk in their sleep
There is no good reason why
a man should not marry and set
tie down if he has previousl.
settled up.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS !

COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS.
Lawrence Cone, son Of County
Treasurer Otie l.. Cone, has ar
rived home, after more than two
years service in the u. S. navy.
He will remain here until Janua-
ny 1, when he expects to enlist in
the merchant marine.
Charles Branscomb, linotype
operator on the Spokesman-Re-
view, at Spokane, and former
Grangeville boy, arrived here
this week for visit with friends
He had been in the U. S. army,
and spent many months in SER
ice in France.
F. S. Rice was in Grangeville
this week from Florence, on his
way to Lewiston. Mr.. Rice is
operating the Waverly mining
property at Florence, and has a
crew of ten men at work. He
plans on returning to Florence
in about six weeks.
J. A. Zuver has sold his 16O-
acre ranch, four miles southwest
Of Grangeville, to Les TWilegar,
and will soon remove to town.
Price was $35 an acre. Mr.. Zuver
owned the ranch for twenty
years.
Fem Batty is now at Phoenix,
Arizona and is feeling quite a
lot improved in health, the warm
climate of that place seemingly
agreeing with him. Mrs. Batty
will not go south until later in
the season.
J. B. Running, director of the
Grangeville Cowboy band since
last February, has resigned and,
with Mrs. Running, will leave
early next week for Lewiston,
where Mr.. Running has accept
ed the position of director of the
Moose band.
L. M. Harris has removed his
real estate offices from the
rooms in the basement of the
Lyric theatre to the Grabskl
building, which has been re-
modelled. Mr.. Harris will main
tain in the building an office,
automobile salesroom and living
quarters.
J. o. Rhoades of Pollock is in
the city today, and in company
with his former partner, Chas.
Holt, is closing up matters in
connection with the recent sale
of their extensive land and stock
holdings in the Salmon river
country. Mr.. Rhoades expects
to Join his family in California
in the near future.
R. o. Wilson on Monday pur-
chased from w. A. Robinson his
half interest in the Central Gar
age. Mr.. Wilson now is sole
owner of the garage. Several
months ago he acquired by pur-
chase half interest owned by
Fred LYDIA in the garage. Mr..
Robinson, who has resided in
Grangeville for four years, has
not decided on a new location
He will spend a week or more
hunting big game, and then, in
company with Mrs. Robinson
will depart for the coast, il
search of a location.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
swlnoIna tho Ak.

Uncle Joe Cannon was commenting
on a certain governmental bureau.
ats a mighty polite bureau" he said
thoughtfully. why, they never fire
a man in that department. They ask
him to tender his resignation. And ten
derlng, you know" said Uncle Joe
smiling, rendering makes 1t lsSa
tough"
Idaho Gold" a health and
strength producer. NH
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
OF Course Not.

"COst me $40 today just because ]
was honest"
"Oh, well, you don't mind paying q
small premium on a good policy
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
Mlaht Do There.

"This new clerk doesn't seem to
know anything whatever about any.
thing"
"Well, that won't do for silks or
dress goods. Put him In the book de-
partment."
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21

"Tip Top" makes more loaves
of better bread than other flour
on the market. 24-tf
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21
PLUTOCRATa

They had some
very expensive
presents at the
De Bosh we'd
ding.
Did hey
What did her
ia t h err give
them?
Two barrels
OF sugar and .
ton Of coal.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-11-21

Always in the market for
poultry Saturdays and Mondays.
T. Clarke, the junk man. 39tr
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22
EVEN IN THE SENATE.

A committee; Of United States SEN
ators has been Investigating the steel
strike. Surely: the United States SEN
ate cannotsbet said to IS .prejudiced
in favor Of organized labor4or of the
steel strike. Therefore some of the
sentences in;the report of tue senate
committee may Sbe Of interest. OBJ
serve:what ire report says: !
8 The lab9rers !; in the steel mills
had & just complaint relative TO the
long hours eof service on. the part of
someS ot them and the right to have
that: complaint heard by the COM
.They had the right to have rep
resentatives = Of their own choosing
present grievances to the employers.
I'VE believe that a:large majority
of the men actually working in the
mill work: ten andTtwefve hours a
day. ~. r." :. .,>:s.: 49,
MEN cannot work ten and twelve
hours a :day:and attend, classes in
night: schools: An eight-hour day
with a living wage that: will enable
men to- support their families and
bring up their children according to
the standards of America life ought
to be cardinal part of our industrial
policy"
The committee conceded what has
always been: known: to labor when It,
labor, has no way. to secure recogni-
ton of just demands; if employers
do not see fit to grant them: except
through Strikes OF strikes the re-
port says they ''are apparently the
only way for labor to. secure even its
f5ust demands if employers refuse to
grant them"
The right to: bargain collectively
is sustained emphatically. Some
members Of the committee, it is true,
were caught by the fancy that strik-
ers' representatives ought to be Sc
lected from among those working
within the industry. But the full
committee put into the report the
clear approval of the right to bargain
collectively through Representatives
chosen freely by the men.
Industrial barons are asked: to
note these findings. Collective bar
gaining is approved The eight-hour
day with living wage is put forth
as something that ought to be "a
cardinal part of our Industrial
policy"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22
Is LABOR PRIVILEGED?

The government fixes the price of
wheat. That is regulating an article
of commerce and trade. It regulates
at times the price of sugar and other
staples. It makes it unlawful for
two or more persons, be they bust
ness men or workingmen, to COM
bine for: the purpose Of increasing
or fixing prices of any article of trade
or commerce.
Now because such regulation OBJ
tains there are some people who
maintain that labor should be: regu-
lated and restrained by law as bust
ness is regulated and restrained, and
that when labor IS exempted by law
it is set off in class by itself to
enjoy a special privilege from the
government. Such reasoning at
first thought sounds good and at this
time it appeals to great numbers in
our country.
But there is great deal of diff
ference between wheat and iron and
steel and sugar, and the labor of a
human being. One is cold, feel
ingless, inanimate thing, while: the
other is the life and soul of civi1iza-
ton. 1t is Of a living, breathing
mortal, which ceases with him. 1T
is no longer held to be an article OF
commerce or trade. A. government
which attempts to restrain the order
ly attempt of laborers to improve
their working conditions is bit STEP
ping backward.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22

This is the average wage Of Illinois
miners during the time when .pro-
duction was stimulated by, war de-
,mand.. Is Iowa II average yearly
q durin 4''|z:: Nsh time were
.s1,2S0. :: !. J, = I: i: 4:
: In oklaho4,ss :thes:mtne s.. operated
an average Of 1879 days .The average
number Of tons produced by each
miner. was %Eo11, which ;on a ton
mage basis . MADE Tie average earn
ings for the year $1,o21.11. The
average amount expended by the
miners Tor. explosives was $48.27,
making $: the net annual earnings
$971.s4: or $5.14 a day. The ex-
penses here do not include oil, fuse.
tools, blacksmithing and other
things which further reduce the av
erage wage. There were 2,032 day
men employed in Oklahoma mines
whose pay. averaged $945 for the
year without making deduction for
the expenses noted above. while the
outside men At 1886 day averaged
$Ss9:l4 forstheSxear. 8#:
: There Is ssAfct,onsi delable difference
between these figures and the aver
age wage OF $500 claimed by the
morning paper to be earned by coal
miners. Should the six-hour day
and the: ave-day week be conceded to
them and their work could be spread
out over so. weeks they would b.
employed 1860 hours in a year,
while under the eight-hour day they
are employed but 18e days in a year
or 1872 hours. While these de,
mands may seem to be premature
there is NO question but that condl-
tions in. the mining camps have war
ranted the miners TO make them.
God knows what any of US would dc
were we obliged to submit to condi-
tons such as the coal miners have
endured - =. +.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22
A PRUSSIAN BATTLE: CRY;

Military necessity"-those were
the two words with which the mill
tary machine ran all Germany under
the old democracy. ....
/ No matter what the aspiration in
the hearts Of the people, but let the
autocracy utter the words, military
necessity" and all protest was sub
|dued. !. = =: ;: :i>s,
All things gave way before "mili-
|tary necessity. -.
III America two words have been
coupled with the idea that they will
have like effect. 49,.
industrial necessity we are told
is the yardstick by which all activ-
tiles must be measured, the measure
by which all of our aspirations must
be limited.
II the necessities OF humanity do
not fit industrial necessity, then hui
mainly must forget its necessities.
So 1t was in the coal strike. JUS
tice to the miner had to give way to
industrial necessity" - =
America def1es the best traditions
Of her past. when she sets up this
standard of dealing with life and
liberty. It cannot continue so.~ The
needs Of humanity must be- above all
other needs. When the needs of
humanity are served best. ali needs
are served best. ~.~.~
industrial necessity" as d meas
ure for the social and industrial
needs OF America Is exactly on 9. par
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22

Col. Mapes, in charge of the fed
eral troops at Gary, was quoted in
Chicago newspapers as saying: IF
the loyal workmen on strike knew
what the, military and other agencies
have discovered the strike would fall
flat. The Chicago Federation of
Labor asked the Colonel to verify
this statement. =. tie request was re-
fused. The secretary of war was ap-
pealed to-. Col. Mapes had to answer
him and stated. he was merely mis-
quoted: " He: denied that: the reds
we're in. control of the labor move
ment in Gary.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22

We haven't any sympathy for the
position ta ken by former Congress
man Earnest A. Lundeen of Mime
apolis in opposition to the League
of Nations: But he has a right Ito
oppose the League, the same right
that is enjoyed by the News Tri-
bune, and when a sheriff with mob
of former soldiers, said to be mem
bers Of the American Legion, break
up a lawful meeting and deport the
speaker from town by locking him in
a box car, they become; from the
example they set, more dangerous
enemies to the country and her insti-
buttons than the, most radical .revo-
lutionists. ,:...
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22

The attitude of SNUG, stiff-collared
American responsibility towards the
lowly, despised, but withal useful
foreigner within our gates, is much
the same as was the: attitude Of the
Romans towards those of their neigh
bors whom they were pleased to call
barbarians. The. only use the Ro-
mans had for them was as slaves.
Yet these same barbarians overran
and CONQUERED effete. Rome, and
eventually built a saner and better
civilization upon the crumbling ruins
Of Rome's greatness: Is there no
lesson :. in !! that for pre's,ert-day
ga
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22

trial autocrats ARE making "radt~
GALS" in 4. America and TO- show how
little regard they have; for law when
it comes to furthering their own in
terests the attention of our readers
is called to AM article: in this issue
on a raid by Illinois officials on the
Sherman Service, detective agency,
financed by the big steel interests.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22
SPANISH Mine WORKERS
I i: SECURE sEvEN:HouR DAY

NEW YORK, Nov. 2o.-An Associ-
ated Press dispatch from Madrid
states that the Spanish miners in AS
turias have won their fight for the
seven-hour day.~sA-delegation of min
ers wereinforned ~ the government
that the mine owners had granted the
:seven-hour day for work underground
and an ceightshour day outside: It is
stated that Premier Toca will confer
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-11-22

We are lfving in a government of
law made by the chosen representa-
tives of the people. Make law su.
preme by upholding its majesty with
a firm and dignified enforcement
and with a just and exacting punish.
ment for it's violation by the proper
officers thereof. It may be a trifle
slow, but it pays in the long run.