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CITY SCHOOLS
High School Leads With
1907 Enrolled; No. 25
Has COS Listed
DECREASE OF SS3
FROM LAST TERM

Statistic compiled by DR.. clifford
J. scott. superintendent Of public
schools. shows i2s2i pupils enrolled
in the schools as follows.
Wilmington n ch school. 1 .301 :
Howard High school. iOi 40. 4. 3Qi..
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MOOsEZAAl Tms MEEK.

The NOoseZaar which opened sat
.urday night, will be continued every
might this wee. with danclns every
night. Music will be furnished by
ihc Moose band and orchestra. More
than 1000 persons attended The open
ing OF the zaar. Many members of the
lodge from pennsgrOyc attended.
p %. 5. OF A. Bazaar, Nov. 10 10 90
-AAdVl
Evening journal., 1920-10-25
I.n-I. RIllIlIAGE sALE-

The Ladies Loyal Orange Lodge. No.
POP. will hold rummage sale at Sixth
and Poplar streets. Wednesday and
Thursday Of this week. Anyone wish
ing 10 make donations phone 6926-J.
s25 worth OF Records free. Afford
Plano Co., 2iO W. 9th St.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1920-10-25

school children need Clover Dair--
SAFE milk. Phone iSio-Ads- ~
Evening journal., 1920-10-25
THE WEATHER

Showers probably late ton sht or
Tuesday. somewhat warmer tonight
In north. portion, moderate south
west winds.
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Estimated Disbursements.
(cl All expenditures payable out
Of levy for teachers fund purposes
for current year.
Delinquent taxes. discount
and generations. ......$ 1883
Tuition transferred pupils. 5000
Institute attendance. a.. 10000
Coupons OF credit. 1000
10 teachers, SIS per month $4,000
8 teachers, $3.50 per
month ................ 3,9tSIo
/ teacher, SIS per month. 1886
1OtAI ...........,......S 5IuV1'lc
Total estimated dis
bursements ...".....Ss,b64iS
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lion cou1ay and previous to- xhai
| started an Innovation By Hing
. stump puller on his farm. BE
served under Capt Amos Prichard
being an incorporating Union
man and bitterly opposed to slay-
cry.
The History Of the Barnes Fam
| fly contains many illustrations,
among them q likenes Of the al.
thor, q picture Of the Barnes as
sembled at the first family reun'
lon 1t Pleasant Valley in 1900.
J. Walter Barnes. first president
Of the association, John Donham
Amos and bis great grand mother
Mrs. C. E. Harden, Or. Joshua G.
Barnes, John Barnes and wife. Of
Shinnston. Dr.. Edgar ". Barnes,
Mrs. Edgar Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs:
T. Lambert Barnes, and family Of
Bridgeport, William H. Barnes and
Nancy Barnes (oldest son and
daughter Of Abraham Barnesl,
Mary A. Linn Barnes, second wife
Of William H. Barnes, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Radford. the family Of
Thomas L. Rcwand, Of Falrmoni,
Charles L. Barnes and wife, Jof,
dan H Barnes. home ri Mrs "a.
rah Raymond at Grafton, Sllas
Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Ma
/! rion Barnes. Mr.. and Mrs. John
IA. Barnes. Rev. J. Walter Barnes
and his family, Mr.. Ind Mrs.
Thomas II. Parreg. tfeir M hairo
lat Palatine, Charles B. Barnes, J.
Lee Hail and family. Of Fa!rL.1ilt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac y. Barnes. the
entire family Of Thomas D. Har.
den at the home Of Mrs. Ella Don
ham at Fairmont. home Of Frank
R. Amos at Falrmouf. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alonso Ayers. G3Ir and fl'fi:y O.
! Ray D. Harden. home Of Ernest L
| Hawkins. Mr.. and Mrs. 7. D. Har-
! den and their children, Rev. l. A
Barnes In 1920 and Mrs. Barnes n
1855. their family. and their home,
Jacob R. Barnes, Of Cardingtop
| Ohio. family Of Lloyd ". Brown
Of Wheeling. Peter 7. Barnes, fam.
lily OF ]. Walter Barnes. Mr.. anc
I Mrs. George ". Wiley, Mrs. LULU
! Wiley Reese. OF Canton. Miss, 10
seph Lee Wiley. Of Tucson, Ariz
ona, home Of Mrs. Eva Hoult al
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Estimated Receipts.

NEW BUILDING FUND EST.
NATE.
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Out Of a total currency supply
Of about s6,000,0o00u0 in the coul'
Try. II Is estimated, less than bal
Is in the banks.
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There are many other descent
lnts Of these early settlers who
hare been prominently identified
With affairs in this ection Of the
state. ellas Barnes. son Of Abra.
nam and Mary Hall Barnes, brought
he first reaping machine to Mar.
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Estimated Receipts.

(a) The amount due and the
amount that will become due ana
collectable from every source Tor
maintenance building fund puf.
poses, except from the levy Of taIes
for such purposes to be made for
the current fiscal year.
Amount due from sheriff. 1861
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
BOARD OF EDUCATION LEVY
ESTIMATE.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
County Of Marion,

OLeulCl VI OEIon, ~
At q regular session Of the board
OF education Of Union district OF
Marion county held at the regular
meeting place thereof, on the sec
ond Tuesday in August, 1920. Pres.
ent: I. A. Barnes. president Of said
board Of education. and W. E. Nor
gan and Geo. c. Fleming, commits
sioners.
In accordance with chapter 126,
Acts 1918, the board Of education
proceeded to make up an estimate
Of the amount necessary to be lev
led for the current fiscal year. 70
cover all district debts and liabili'
ties payable during the year, in
Guiding the probable expenditures
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i =
lFairmont, Miss Bette WILEY and
q group Of slx ccusins
The illustrations ccyer Q LONG
period Of time and are quite q
valuable In the way Of family his
tory as the splendid record that
! Rev. Barnes has complied. In lhe
back Of the book blank pages are
Ilett that future generations msy
have q complete tamil, history.
The History Of the Barnes Fam
fly 10 for sale to friends Of the
| family by W. Kenneth Barnes a
q dollar which barely covers the
cost Of production and which
would not at present printing
prices; fortunately this contrad:
. was executed before costs had
mounted so high.
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TEACHERS FUND ESTIMATE.

Estimated Receipts.
(s) The amount due and the
amount that will become due and
collectable from every source for
teachers fund purposes except
from levy Of taxes for such pur:.
poses to be made for current fiscal
Balance due fund from
sheriff ................s 1886
Total .................., sss.5s
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(a) The amount due and the
amount that will become due and
collectable from every source for
new building fund purposes. except
from the levy Of taxes for. such
purposes to be made for the cur.
rent fiscal year.
Amount due fund from
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WANTED

SEWfNG WlNfEbl0S Quincy
afnnaf &st.6t-SI2l
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COAL AND VIMRER
FARMS F0R s4T,E

FARMS Al FAiiMERS PRICES
Near Cambridge Springs, Pa.
Seventy.flve acres Of good land. two
houses, three barns, all outbuild.
ings: plenty Of fruit; tame berries
OF all kinds; close to town and
only $50 an acre: excellent terms.
One hundred and sixty acres Of
French creek valley land; Y mile
TO depot and Perry Highway; brick
house; u rooms, running water in
house; large barn, Toulouse, Ice
house, pigeon and hennery; fine
sugar camp, and all for a price less
than cost Of house and easy terms
given. For bargains write W. r.
Beedy, Cambridge Springs, Pa:
.S.21.3t.Se2n
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Estimated Disbursements.

(c) All expenditures payable out
Of levy for maintenance building
fund purposes for current fiscal
year.
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CLASSIFIED -SPEG GAL ADVERT Using
spEcIAL NOTICES.

for district purposes, and propel
allowances for delinquent taxes
exonefatloas and contingencies, bul
deducting the money IN the treas
ury applicable to the service Of The
year and district claims doth Dc
termins and estimate the several
amounts 70 be leyied as follows:
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CENTRAL MISSOURI FARMS
Send for lists. 100 farms In CAL
loway county, Missouri, with full
description and price for each: In
&issouri's best grain aud bleu grass
county. Eoonts & Palmer, Fulton,
Mo. 5-3l-a2t-79S6
FOR SALE-Farm 81 acres Col.
umbiana county. Ohio. On C. l.
P. R. R. 30 miles from Wellsville.
Good buildings, fruit, land, church.
es. stores. On Lincoln highway.
will sell for part down balance
long time. No agents, Address
P. D. box q, Canfield. Ohio.
S.2s.4t-S7S5
DELAWARE FARMS "A acres
cleared, on main state road,
near Milford, nice ne!ghborhood,
fine land, nice buildings, lately
built, painted; ask for particulars.
G. T. W. Williams, owner, Milford.
Delaware. S61S
FARMS FOR SALE = Two farina
adjoining each other. Containing
SC acres each, with good buildings
100 fruit trees, sugar camp, good
water, land IN high state Of cult.
yation. Located b etween Guys
Mills and Sugar Lake In Crawford
county. Inquire Of J. C. Went.
worth. Guys Mills, Pa. S.23.7212
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SPECIAL NOTICES
Total estimated rseeirts MIS-
Amount 70 b raised y !:

And the board d; educantf Oh
determine and estimate thlt 8 VII
be necessary: to raise 32,lp IS 3or
maintenance building Z ind pIIs
poses and s...... 4or pbN nnilds
Ing fund purposes and IS foe
teachers fund purposes 70 con1nct
the schools in said distritt Tor the
term Of 6is months, and % pay The
same will require D lew Of Een
cents 10cr for maiut1naHee hgllo.
ing fund purposes and. .,,.. eeHtk
for new building fund purpclel,
and forty cents l40c) fof teacherbs
fund purposes on each one hundred
dollars valuation Of N property
taxable In said Union diBtfict, 'bl1ei
upon the last assessment Of real
and personal property therein, ss
follows:
(s) Real estate. J. 1865. y7So, 176
(bl Personal property -. i2s,7oS
(c) Public utility property 1
80" ~ Ma nAVanN4u "A
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-10-14
Fresh beef at Bakers. Adv. tt.

Fresh beef at Bakers. Adv. tt.
Mention was made in last weeks
World of the departure of Rev. f ink
beiner and family for Wilbur, Nebr.
Word was received Saturday Of the
death of their little babe which oc-
CURED the next day after their ar
rival at Wilbur.
Joe Morath is advertising public
sale of live stock and farm machinery
to take place at his farm north of Wa
Keeney on Monday, October 18th.
The advertisement of the sale appears
in this issue of The World. The sale
is to commence at o'clock p. m.
There is a chance for the enlisted
men who served during the late war to
get business education without hav-
ing to pay the usual tuition There
is fund left from the Y. M. C. A.
and part of it is being used to pay
the tuition of young men desiring a
business education. There is no
strings to this offer and it is abso-
lute1y free. Amy enlisted man is e1ig-
ible. Any ex-service man desiring the
benefit of this offer should take it up.
direct with Mr. Wynne, General Sec
retary of the Y M. C. A, at Sa1ina,
Kansas
The I. W. w. prisners at the county
jail came nearly not being prisoners
there very much longer Wednesday
evening. Deputy Sheriff Fox had
given them their supper about o.
clock and had allowed them the priv
1ege of the corridors of the jail until
such time as he desired to go home for
| the night. The prisoners are always
locked in the cells at night. About
9 o'clock Mr.. Fox called at the jail
/ for the purpose of putting his birds
| to bed He was considerably sur
| prised to find that if he had waited
| about another five minutes he would
/ have had no birds to put to bed. They
had used jimmy the stone walls
| of the basement and had a1Ino ost fin
ished hole through which they could
have crawled to liberty. They gave
| as an excuse for their attempted es-
cape that they had committed no
crime and were tired of being held in
jan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-10-14

For Sale-A small six-hoIe Globe
range in good condition Phone 16s.
Mrs. r. C. Bingham, WaKeeney-
Mrs. Allen Toothakg and little
daughter were down from Park the
first of the week visiting with Mrs
Harry johnson. They returned home
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs Roy LaRue arrived
home Tuesday afternoon from Wich-
ita where they have been for q week
visiting at the home of Mrs. LaRue's
sister, Mrs H H Bacon
A hypnotist by the name of Nc
Knight dem onstrated to good sized
audiences the last of last week and
convinced a number of people that
there is something in hypnotism.
s. J. Straw went down to Wichita
Sunday where he attended the dis
trict meeting of the county repre-
sentatives of the American Red Cross.
Mr.. Straw is the representative from
this county.
Mrs John Drake and Mrs. Walter
Cone, of Larned, Kansas, were here
last week visiting at the home of
their sister, Mrs. W. R. Triplet, north
west of WaKeeney. They left for
their home the first of the week.
Mrs. T. T. Purcell is preparing to
make a nice residence of the barn on
their home place on Franklin street.
The barn is to be moved half block
west where a foundation and base
rnent has been made and when it is
rem odeled will be very attractive
dwelling.
Marion and Elsie Warne, son and
daughter of Lawrence Warne. of Or
leans, Nebr., were here this week
looking after land interests. Mr..
Warne is ex-county commissioner and
very highly respected citizen. Mr..
Warne still owns the land that he
homesteaded in Ogallah township and
says it is not for sale at any price
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-10-14
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

II. S. Hofer, of Riverside town
ship, was here Monday.
Misses Hattie and Hazel DeBoer
were shopping at Hays Tuesday af-
bernoon.
Miss Grace Altman, of Denver,
visited with Miss Irene C1oud~the first
of the week
For Sale-Folding baby carriage
Can be seen at E. ID. Beason's, Wa
Keeney. adv. 32-3fp-
Mrs. wasson, of Philhpsburg, is
visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Ed. j. Rogers in this city
AL Green is building little room
between his billiard room building and
the Our Way Cafe, which he vii use
fer an office.
Miss Maria Ehlers, of Holdrege,
Nebraska, is here this week visiting
at the home of her cousin, Miss Bertha
Struss, west of town.
ESTRA RAYED-Three Angora nanny
goats Last seen northeast of Wa
Keeney Please notify Fred Dietz,
WaKeeney, Kansas. adv 33-H..
Mr. and Mrs Gerd Struss and sons
left Saturday morning by auto to
Bertrand and other Nebraska points,
to visit with relatives and friends.
w. J. Rogers and son, NJ. Rogers,
both of Clyde, Kansas, were here the
first of the week visiting at the home
of their son and brother, Ed. Rogers.
For Several nice potted
ehrysanthemum plants just ready to
bloom. Also some Boston and Os-
trich plume ferns. Mrs. J. W. Bing-
ham
Judge T. T. Purcell is enjoying a
little rest this week from court work
having finished up the regular term
in Russell county Monday evening and
returned home
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-10-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. j. Rogers visited
at the home of her parents at Phil
Hpsburg the first of the week.
NJ. and Mrs. v. NejdI enjoyed vis-
it from their son, Louis, and family, of
Dorchester, Neb, last week. They
were accompanied by Mrs. NedjPs
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kotil.
I Henry Fo1kers, of Benson, ILL.,, who
had been visiting at the home of his
brother, Chas. F'olkers, south of Wa
Keeney for about ten days, left Mon
day morning for Wilson and from
there viii go to Wcihita before going
on to his home. He is very well
pleased with the showing Trego coun-
ty has made and is strongly consider
ing returning.
You will get a complete set Of fine
cooking ware as a gift-f you pur-
chase your New Majectic Range at
J. j. Keraus & Sons store during the
/ week beginning October 18th An
expert demonsrtator from the factory
will be there to show you the many
exclusive features and superior quail
tiles of the Majectic. Buy your range
now, and get this set of cooking ware
absolutely without charge.
The home of Mr. and Mrs Ralph
a gathering for a number of relatives
last Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs John Ash
choft and family and Harry Green
| wood and family of Hill City and Mr..
| and Mrs Leonard Ashcroft, of Atch-
inson, were here besides the family of
l. &C. Gleason. There were twenty
| four in all which took the form of a
family reunion.
Word was received the last Of the
week announcing the death of J. M
| McStay, at Spokane, Wash. Mr.. Nc
| Stay was the father of A c. McStay
north of WaKeeney and a brother OF
| Mrs. NJ J. Morgan, of this city He
| was eighty-three years old and had
been in a paraIyzed condition since
last spring at about the time his wife
died The body was taken to Water.
90, Iowa, where it was buried by th<
side of his wife Mr. MeStay was
quite well known to a number of the
citizens OF this vicinity
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-10-14

Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Holt, Of Hoyt,
Kansas, are visiting relatives IN
Trego county this week Mrs. Holt
was formerly Miss Edith Rufner, of
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Stewart, OF
Topeka, have moved to Trego county
and are located on the Steinberger
ranch Mr.. Stewart is a brother of
Mrs Steinberger
G. L. Barger has sold his farm two
miles south OF WaKeeney and is adj
vertising a public sale to take place
on Friday, October 22, 1920 The
advertisement appears IN this issue of
The World. He viii sell horses cattle
and farm mac chinry. Get line on
the stuff offered by reading the adj
vertisement or the sale bills.
Chas. Spitsnaug1e called at the Of
fee of the county clerk Wednesday
for the purpose of 4scashing mr. on
his coyote scalps. He brought in
eleven of them. They were from
coyotes which he had killed during the
winter months but had neglected to
claim the bounty of them He hunts
coyotes with three hounds and not
with a gun. His dogs are well trained
and when they sight coyote they
'<get'' him if there is any possible
chance for doing SO.
The entertainment given Monday
night by The Angelus Trio as the
first number on the lecture course for
the coming winter, is being comp1i-
mented very highly by those who at
tended. The theatre was well filled.
The Trio is under the mana gem ert of
the. Redpath Lyceurd Bureau which
is being handled locally again this
year by the Senior class of Trego
County High School We understand
that enough season tickets have been
sold to raise the guarantee for this
course.
Fresh pork at Bakers. Adv. If.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-10-14
HOUSE WIRING

Now is good time to get your
house wired for lighting, while you
can have the work done by an expert
electrician. We viii guarantee you a
satisfactory job. Work by contract
or job. Let US know at once.
f. H. Mussemann,
WHY'S Light Man.
WaKeeney, Kas. Phone 857 and17O.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-10-14
APPLES 35. CENTS A HEAPMG
BASKET

We have some specked Ben Davis
apples good for canning, making but
ter and jell which we offer at 35 cents
per basket. We are also selling Viii
low twig apples $2-oo; Ben Davis
So. 90, Kiefg pears $2-5e, cabbage
$500 per cwt., potatoes $500. At Blue
Front.
RIGGS & CARROLL
Phone lob. 2t
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Phone lob.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-08-15

Ely friends will be interested in
the announcement of the marriage of
Miss Lillian Devlin and Elton Harris
which was scheduled TO take place
in San Francisco Saturday. August
II. The contracting parties are
members of Ely's young social set
and will be accorded a hearty well
come upon their return to the dis
trict.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. August II. Riepe and
Herman Teitz have returned from an
extended motor trip through Cell.
fornia and Yellowstone Park.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-08-15
FARM BUREAU FAVORS
COOPERATIVE MARKETING

At the final session of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation held
at Chicago last month, the appoint.
ment of the committee to devise
plans for the cooperative marketing
of grain and livestock was determin-
ed Upon. The livestock proposal was
unanimously approved when the as
sociation's committee on that indus
try brought in its recommendation.
This action came a few hours after
the plan of the grain commission
had been received favorably by a
majority of the committee. The grain
commission which will be appointed
at the next meeting in August by
J. r. Howard, president of the fed
Grafton will be a permanent body
with headquarters at Chicago. 1T
will Investigate existing plans OF CO.
operative marketing, as well as sug-
gest new plans. Members of the
committee will comprise leading
grain producers. grain elevator men
and others. A resolution was adopt
ed directing that efforts be made by
the farm bureaus to obtain cars to
move crops. 1t also was recommend
ed that freight problems be referred
to the federation to obtain uniform
freight rates and equal facilities for
all farmers. The federal trade COM
mission was congratulated for its
substantial work in the east, and b
support of the federation vas pledg-
ed to that organization. Another
resolution Endorsed deep waterways
projects.
Efforts of the federation to obtain
freight cars we're reported by Mr..
Howard. He was advised that there
existed a shortage of approximately
100000 cars and that about 10000
more needed repairs. About 50 per
ZEN of the normal equipment was
about all that could be hoped for.
Representatives of the United
States grain association and or the
national board of farm organizations
who attended the meetings at Chi
announced that a convention of
those organizations would be held
at Columbus. Ohio, in August.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-08-15
GOMPERS SEES POLITICS
IN INDUSTRIAL SHUT.DOWl

President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor takes a shot a
the blican movemen which ut
declares to be a move to discredii
the Wilson administration and pro
mote the election of Harding. He
declares that the cry of increased
production is a call for the accom-
plishment of the impossible while
the policy of laying off thousands OF
workers is being practiced by the
big industries. He calls attention
to the American Wooden company
for closing its Massachusetts mills,
making the statement that the COM
pany had increased its income 316
per cent between 1914 and 1918
with a net increase in common stock
earnings of 531 per cent. He stat
ed that President Wood OF the
American Wooden company made a
statement TO its stockholders thai
the close of last year left the conf
pany with untitled orders sufficient
to keep the machinery employed well
into 1920, with good prospects for
full production for the entire year.
The action of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was also attacked by Mr..
Gompers, for the laying off by the
~ ohn,,f 4 > mn nnan1nuno
which action is not CONSTANT with
the need throughout the country TO
move the freight or increase produc-
ton.
The Federation president sees in
the release of employees and shut
ting down of plants another attempt
to reduce wages and in a more sub
tie form than the attempts in 1907
and 1908 which were met by the
American Federation with a strong
warming that resistance would be
made, declaring that it would be bet
ter to resist and lose, than not to re-
sist at all. The result of such action
at that time would have been a panic
and the attempt on the part of the
employers was abandoned.
AS shown by the statement in the
last edition of the Federation paper
there exists nc excuse today for a
reduction of wages, as the plain
statements offered of the many bust
nesses throughout the country and