davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Floor Covering

in all the lines that comprise big floor covering stock
tons require Every rug and eoery piece of carpet &c
shows material owering in pricean Average of $50.
few examples M to show you wat we are doing:
9x12
Wlton..
8SxlO6 Wool Wilton
Velvet Carpet,
Wilton Velvet
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Women's Porto Rican Hand-drswn
Mosaic Pure Linen Handkerchiefs
sheer fine linens, with hand-drawn
corners and edges. Prices range from
$2.65 to 5000 each.
Women's Armenian lace edged and
motif corner effects on sheer pure
linen; real Armenian handcraft.
Prices range from $1.15 to $500 each.
Women's Madeira Hand-Scalloped
Edged Pure Linen, plain or with eye
let, seed; solid and blind embroidered
corner effects on finest sheer linen.
Prices range from 6Oc to $500 each.
Women's Hemstitched Plain Pure
Linen Handkerchiefs sheer or Cam
brio linen, with 1-16, 1-s, Ia and 1-2
inch hens, also rolled hemmed by.
hand. Prices range from 3Oc to SLIPS
each.
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amount granted by. congress tfor this
service for each of. the two preceding
fiscal years. Last year. thiss division
handled labor disputes involving &
1,011, 900 persons directly !. and L.
100000 indirectly. OF: these cases
all were adjusted with the exception
Of Ill. Among, the important cases
adjusted and sin which uninterrupted
production continued were the cop
per industry and the packing indus
try. :: - ssf =. ::
Congressman Nolan OF California
made Z strong; fight in behalf Of re-
tanning. the 5000, 900 appropriation
for this, service, but. realized: that he
was up against a. stone wall. He
said: Iss e
II contend that this house ought
to encourage tho work of this divi-
sion, and ought to give It what it
has asked for, 80 long as 1t .is In rea-
son, and increase the amount, in-
crease the efficiency Of that service.
and j trust if the senate sees ut to
increase this amount that the mem
bers OF the house committee will
agrce to It Ia conferences .
An effort is being made. this week
to have some sof these Amp portant la
Dor provisions restored by the senate
committee on appropriati tons, before
which the bill q nov psnd dtns,
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practically all important labor dis
putes. in the. country Beginning
with the stipbuilding wage: adjust
sment board Of the: Emergency Fleet
corporation, United States shipping
board, wage, agreements were made
in all shipyards, of the country based
upon the data furnished by the bu-
reati. The National. WartLabor board
made its wage adjustments on the
basis Of the same figures. This prin-
ciple : Of adjusting wages has been
recognized in the street railway In
dustry, in machine shops and fac
tories, in pulp and paper manufac-
ture. and in practically, Ill other in
dustries. over which the National
War Labor board exercised any
jurisdiction Es.s.. H.,
Railway wage adjustments were
made upon the Wholesale and retail
prices and cost Of living indexes
compiled by the bureau, as were: ad-
justments in the anthracite coal
mining district. The committee ap-
pointed by President Wilson to In
vestigate the sbituminous coal mining
industry has used the statistics coli
rlected BY the bureau in adjusting
the present controversy. Tho bureau
was called upon to furnish all avail
able information as to wages, hours
and earnings and has made . COM
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p1ete: study in eight OF the more Inn
portant bituminous mining towns.
The number OF employees in both an
thracite and 5bituminous mining at
fected by wage agreements based on
wage and cost Of living data fur
nished by the bureau of labor statis-
tics is not far from 100000.
Governmental and private wage
adjustment boards and Industrial re-
lation services have used the statis-
tics on wages, prices and cost or liv.-
ing issued by this bureau. No other
agency is set up by the government
to collect such data, and the results
OF its.. researches have been accepted
without question by practically hi
employers and employees. s s5E. ~.
Members Of congress cannot -h6ld
that this crippltng Of the: bureau 20
done in the name of economy. The
small sum Of approximately $4,000
taken from it IL for the sole purpose
Of preventing, tho collection ofssdata
which show what, it costs the work
ers to live. Without this data en-
ployers believe that force Of public
opinion will be At least neutrAlixed
and ineffective. S. s.4;
Another rap at the labor depart
ment was taken when the appropriG-
tion Of the division of concilIation
Twas cut $4,000 which q half sths
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.cAtll|..S'Iu|IRI.h|||oN 4 | !. )
5MRl|, / ] POINT / ] { / TER
iowa. GHlzea.Ieas Mask, From
!: Washington Senator Who
Woutbe President.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March Is
Sell your5 ouija board to some one
who has q brain to stand it," is the
advice E:;;,J. o'Connor ! Of this city
gives to United States Senator Po!n-
dexter, who asks. the local man to
assist him in forming a "Poindaxter
for President Club" ~
"A study Of your Platform OF Prin-
:ciples' reveals the fact says Mr., o.
Connor, "that your particulars fight is
not against the. .strawman radicalism,
which you have built up and: which is
mongrel birth Of an imagination 'craz-
I'D by .cowardice, butt is: against the
tyranny Of the closed shop
TT i have@you sized up right, you
are a lawyer, and not an employer. OF
men and women. What then is the
explanation Of all this worry about
the tyranny Of the, closed shop?' The
only explanation, patent to an out
slider, Of this contradiction Of cir
;cumstances is that you are the windy
attorney Of those who do. employ
men, steel kings, coal barrons, etc
Well, ! don't now as you should be
blamed severely. Steel kings, rail
kings and coal barons have oodles OF
money. and money is a very neces-
,sary commodity in ones presidential
.campaign."- Is-,: >, ;. ,:~;a =:
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S|DE::uP.*T0 Big .
.-L
RoAD'UNll1lls !!
Lille Company. Unions: !: .1IiyIalg': {
to Crawl Under Big Tents.
of Trade uaionIsnl =:

WASHINGTON. March 1s.-Un-
known little company unions" in the
railroad service are trying to. crawl
under the big tent of trade unionisn
and are asking officials Of bona Tide
railroad organizations. to recognize
them when nominations are. being
made for three labor members on;
the board that will be created under
the new railroad bill to adjust dis
putes. u =;
These company unions" =: could
never see their way clear to- affiliate
with the trade union movement, and
it appears now that they will remain
outside the fold, as the interstate
commerce commission has called on
the recognized trade unions to make
nominations for the labor board. The
mechanical department Of the rail-
roads. represented by the shop en-
ployes, will present two names; the
transportation department., represent
led by the four brotherhoods and the
swltchmcn, will present two and the
maintenance of way department, rep
| resented by trstckmen, telegra phers,
etc., will present two. Out of :hesc
SIX the president will select three
The president will appoint three o1,
behalf of the public. and the: railroad
managers will present at least six
names, from which the president will
choose three. 49,.
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Big Business has ordered. con.
gress to cripple the United States. la
Dor department and make its opera
ton as inocuous as possible. The
quickest way to do this is by refusing
to appropriate sufficient money to
carry on the work.
Recently the bureau of labor sta
tistlcs prepared family budget bas-
ed upon accurate data secured by
expert investigators. Figures were
published showing that an average
work1ngman's family of tive re-
quired minimum of $4,000 per
year to live in accordance with
American standards. This did not
please heads Of large industries and
other labor exploiters who are en-
deavoring to return to the ;prewar
wage schedule regardless Of the cost
OF living. = ~.
Dfsregarding the appeal Of Dr.
Royal Meeker. commissioner, Of la
Dor statistics, the house last week
passed the legislative and executive
appropriation bill, which cut the
funds Of this department almost III,
two. The 'emasculated, bill Is now
up to the senate. Commenting upon
this action. Commissioner Meeker
says: ...,.. FL.
If congress refuses the. appropri-
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.BLANI0!N, | On ! TEXAS ! /: ] I
MEMBER, ! ! |: RAVES:
L|k.v | ! v|ll|D:MAN vi ]
B|eating Tom Became 50: Rabld
That voteof GensWeW
:. Threatened by House,
WASHINGTON, March 1s.-1n OF

:. WAsH1NGTQN;> March 1s.-1n op-
posing a continuance% Of the; $40 war
bonus~ for federal government en-
ployes,, Congressman Blanton4 acted
like an insane man. / The Texas law
maker. became so 1shid thats he was
threat tened with. ceritnr4sb sby the house.
The following is. Ken from: the Com
gressional Record g.. : - :. s. = :. :: ::
F. Mr.: Blantoau, :-:s- j 1)[ Chairman, a
q point Us e { oFaer e sav' the: I. read
The: chairmaiu,fys ms s. clerk han not
com pleteds the. reading Of the: para
graph. =" :.
Ne: B1anton--A: point Of order. Mr..
Chairman. -. -: -
The. Chairnan-No Nothing is III order
nntil the reading: of the parasraph ii
Mr; Blanton-A point Of order, Mr..
Chairman. :
i The Chatrman-The chair declines
to recognize the gentleman. The clerk
will conclude the reading. =
(The clerk reads.)
Mr.. Blanton-:appeal from the de-
cision Of the chair.
vine CLERK IeaOS.)
Mr.. Blanton-Mr. Chairman, a
point Of order, We have not got a
quorum here. presume the chair
will conduct this body according to
tho law and the; regulations.
The. Chairman-The gentleman
makes the point Of order that there
is no quorum present.
Mr.. Blanton-I am forced to do 50
to get some action by the chair.
The ,Chairman-The gentleman
from. Texas is out Of order. The
chair will count.
Mr.. Mann (of Illinois)-The gen
tleman from Texas is liable to gel
censured by. the house for such re-
marks. y
Mr.. Blanton-1 presume I have thu
right to make the point Of nc
quorum. ..-
The Chairman-The gentleman
from Texas will be in order. The
chair will count.
| Mr.. Blanton (during the COUNTY
II withdraw the point.
! The Chairman (after completing
the. .count)-One hundred and TWEEN:
ty-seven members present-a quo.
rum.
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COAST LABOR 0RGAMzER
P|CkETS BY AIR PLANE

SAN PEDRO. Cal. March 1s.-J.==
w. Buzzell, orsanizer for the state
federation Of labor. pulled = new
picketing stunt when he dropped
trade union, propaganda from an
airplane into strike-bound shipyards.
The strikebreakers were showered
with printed matter by the first air.
plane picket. although Federal Judge
Works has issued an Injunction
against any one communicating with
the strikebreakers. His honor issnows
probably figuring how Buzzen sand
his flying craft can be cited for con-
tempt OF court. -.
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alton of the bureau. Of labor statis-
tics as proposed in the bill at it
passed the house, cutting off $7S,-
$50: from the amount on which the
bureau operated in the fiscal year
Of. 1890, which is a cut of $54,180
from the regular appropriation OF
this current fiscal year, it wilY be
impossible for the bureau Of labor
statistics to continue the cost of liv-
ing; surveys, much less to expand
this work" -
:. In the past few years these statis-
tics have been widely. used in the
settlement Of wage. disputes. EN-
ployers could not, bring forth a
sound =or reasonable argument why
wages should not be- adjusted when
living costs were presented in an
authoritative manner. Hence their
desire TO have this avenue Of infor-
nation choked off at its fountain
head:i+the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics. / -
In d smemorandum under date of
Feb 3assto the house committee, ON
approximations, Commissioner Meek
er raid: ss =
For the short period during
which sl:.have published cost. OF liv-
iny indexes they. have been used ! in
a9rtsing at wage. adjustments !; in
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Democracy IL Politics oIlndusy Is 6ood Talking Pdnt; Bot Il
Must Never B1lansled Into Actually Privilege Once Flat
tered Workers, Now Tells Lab Il Doesn't Need 1eh Votes.
By CHARLES: NIX KELLEY.

Privilege is itehng for fight with labor. believes
its eontrol the the and industry it poSn
definitely check liberalism For than
lines anticipation of struggle which clearly
saw inevitable
Never convincngl did labor demonstrate power
during the It furnished the fight gave weapons
and munitions with which fight It supplied large
funds with which the financed endured hardpa
privilege was pling up dropsical war profits.
But while labor giving of its best to the enterprise
also dong thinking For thing it learned its It
realized that industry the mansay reliance
the world. r
Somewhat grudgngy privilege made concessions
was less than the demand Employers large
compelled into the market and bid for
workers. Labor invited to sit conferences which
and domestic policies Labor place
the counse Verify it that the lion of privilege
the lamb Of industry last to realize the Biblical
But the lion concealed it's real emotions didn't like
were gsnng IN menbersp power and Independence It dnt
relish the idea OF having oeras sitting about long tables
advising captains industry how ships should
built how railroads should be and doing other things that from
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SCoRE|SAcE|0!)LB|.. c | s. ! I [,
|: PRISON SYSTEMS
New York: Governor Says HospI'
tails Proper Placefol Most.
PeopieIn jail.

NEW YORK March 1s.-Fifty per
cent Of the. men in penal institutions
in this state do not belong there, said
Governor Smith. in speech in: this
city. =; ::
Inadequate provisions for public
health - physical and -mental-have
brought about this condition, the
governor added, as we'll as the great
increase in the number Of mentally
deficient and insane persons: The
state executive frequently attacked
the apathy Of the legislature and the
public generally toward the problem
Of public health. <,s
There is something wrong In this
state" he continued. Considerably
more than one-half of the men: In
prisons belong In hospitals. It lis; not
correctional care that they need; 1t is
Doctors attention. We care for
them two years let them out:, they
stay out two years and then they
come back again. Nothing is done
to remedy their defects ...-,.-,,,....
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DECLARE ESWALL.:
Street FRAMED
RA|LR0AD.DE:.AL. !
Judge Prouly q. Interstate Com:
n1erce Commission Defends
: Public contrdot Roads.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March Is.
The return of the railroads to pri-
vate control: was: brought about
through an insidious propaganda: ex-
erted by Wall, Street interests,. ac-
cording to- Judge Charles A." Prouty,
director Of valuation Of the Inter-
state Commerce commission, who
spoke, on. the railroad situation at
the University club in this city. y -
! The 100000, railroad president;
the banking interests who create
and own him. and big shipping in
terests which, under private man.
agement, have always. received pre-
ferential rates, have bombarded
congress and the public through the
press to create sentiment favorable
: to private operation,' he said 's,em-
porarily: they. are: successful.
:'Under the railroad administra-
tion, the: United States Steel corpor-
alton and: the, man who had only one
stove to ship: got exactly the. same
prices and the same service. -
Ownership. and operation Of the
railroads is a. public function. The
$700,o00,o0o deficit: made so much
Of by, the railroad owners, was caus-
ed by the inability Of the railroad
administrator: to raise rates prompt
" in proportion: to- the rising costs
of operation, and; in. part because II
was restrained during the past year
from the further raising of rates,
owing to: the; approaehing. return 20
private managernent:'' %; - q.
Mr.. Proatx .spld that. tia. atsxt aet
Of the ratlroad, oTss;s{ lltsR ta De-
I1aand a5.75rpetsenT Increase }. ia
fraiehtG ratek and that the, cost:. of
an to, shippers Woult = i, ,06d.ss
100000 n a:Year> ~'.,.S-- :, = :
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:LAB0|RoN. ! +. GUARD
IN. CALIFORNIA:
Interests Would Amend Initiative
and Referendum Law to
Hamper. Operation.

?. SAN FRANCISCO, March 1s.-of-
ficers Of the California state fedora
ito. Of labor warn trade unionists
against a proposal that would de-
stroy direct legislation in this state.
Petitions are being circulated to
increase the number of signatures re-
quired for any initiative petition re-
lating to taxes from per cent to Is
per cent.
T "There is no good reason for lin
ting the initiative" the unionists
say. with the per. cent require
ment, and under normal conditions
a. in 1916 and 1918, more than TO-
600 verified signatures are required
to: put a measure on the ballot. With
a~25 per cent requirement more than
100000 signatures would be neces-
sary to qualify a measure for a place
on the ballot:
THE: people can be trusted-even
to have a voice in saying how they
shall be taxed!"
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WAR over WANT
* -'' =
/. LABOR TO WORK
i. !: toNeERH|o|uRS
-; >AR>-> R1>1n>
British Employers Call on Gov.
ernllent to RI. e.Instate Pre-:
War Conditions,

MANCHESTER, England, March
1S. - Employers in this city want
longer hours-for their employees.
The chamber of commerce has
called on the government to reinstate
pre-war hours of labor "in view of
the worldwide shortage Of goods,
depreciation in British currency and
prevent further. increases in the cost
Of imported foodstuffs and other es-
sentiali commodities"
r,a,a. TO this nhn,;a9' appeal the cottoP Factory
: "The cry for increased production
and the assumption that our national
ills can only be cured by an increase
In the hours of labor is becoming a
bore.
mo suggestion, here that capital
should renounce excessive profits or
that recapitalizetion on a. ficticious
basis should cease, or that any form
or unearned increment, should be dis
countenanced. No; merely that work.
eps should work still more.
/ 'The shorter workday was not OBJ
tanned so easily that, the workers will
be prepared t0,sacrifcie. it in the hope
"a forlorn; hope, in, our opinion-that
It Will be returned to them ten-fold.
Under the present economic system
cotton workers, in common with oth-
ers, have repeatedly found that when
supply has overtaken demand it has
not improved: their position. They
have still been required to carry the
baby in the shape of short time and
reduced earnings
| We cannot but admire the, pre-
sumption with which. some Of the
more: fortunately~placed people are
always ready to prescribe for the ills
kof the >tlatlon5 bys Teeoram ling mora
tswork' Tor the spenple Is i1eho sre: already
edoine. bysssffa IL the st9at: --liaakSof TIL
twofk' that is done1" .s-.:. ~: ~ -:
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Russia, Prussia and Austria have
been removed from the earth as mill
taristic empires bent: upon the con-
quest of their neighbors. Great Brit
!ain, Japan and. the United: States re-
main as the only first-class military
:rowers.
In a word, Americas milttaristie.
rivals have been reduced from tive
in runlber to two-Japan aud Great,
Britaln-while our military and:
naval budgets have been increased
far beyond anything the world ever
saw.
AND the leading presidential can
d:da:es are screaming to have. the
amount doubled.
Democrats have not monopolized
the sentiment for super -militarism IN
America. Leonard Wood is trying
to out-Baker the secretary Of war
The peace-time CONSUMPTION bill most
heard of was written by julius Kahn,
Republican.
y Added to other government ex-
ReASeSj tHfS Wlllldfy-ndVal program
for next year will cost the average
American family more than $500 in
direct or indirect taxes. That is the
minimum. The family tax. will go to
$500 unless a lot of items which still
have toe-holds in the estimates are
abandoned. And there is a deficit of
$4,000, 100000 in sight.
Republicans and Democrats are
beginning to quarrel over how these
bills shall De paid. Taxes in sight are
quite insufficient. For the Demo
Gratis, William G.. McAdoo calls for
fresh taxes, or an emergency bond
issue. Republican House Leader
M ondell says the taxes can't be
touched. He wants the Democratic
administration to 'cuts- its expendi-
lures.
:: If the Republican congress appro.
PIRATES, why shouldn't the Demo.
cratic administration spend? Both
: old parties are sure the people will
pay, In any case-and cast Their
votes on some other issue next No
vember.
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MASSACHUSETTS WOULD
PUT CENSOR on MOVIES

Il BOSTON, March 18. A pending
bill in the state legislature to- censor
moving pictures is opposed by citi-
zens who appreciate fundamental de-
mocracy. Advocates Of the bill plead
for moral" pictures, while oppon-
ents insist that the bill will:eventually
reach beyond the professed purpose.
The Boston Record shows that no.
where in the bill is there. anything
to prevent prejudices Of economic
views, religious, race, partisanship or
other similar considerations from be-
coming the moving and decisive
force of the censorship control.
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)capltal. IL was 4 little too. much OF
that democracy thing for, which the
world was being saved -
:, Democracy, they agreed. amssx
Themselves, was a good talking point;
but itYmust never. be translsted into
actuality. The divine rtsht ht'' theory.
:had- gained too firm u foothSldstebtH
dislodged $50 easily. SosprfS1llkss;
bidding its time, planned tosput The.
workers back to, their places Just On
soon as the world had been Aaved.
From its vast war profits: IT. laid
aside large sums with which tofcatry:
through its program. And 1t il now
ready to devote millions Of dollars to:
the rather large task of breaking np
labor organizations and forcing labor
back into the status of feuda1r serf@
dom.
+ Privilege has an ambitious objec.:
tive. It plans to take over thu gov4
ernment and operate it in its own: in.
terests. It plans, by. very represstxl
measures, to hogtie. the great mass
Of workers, and liberals and m6Ke it,
mighty, improbable for them to pro-
test. =, ...... -
f. AAoOOI: AA1AuS AlSSA1' d. q N10t1uS<s NAky.
advantage in that privilege sactually
controls, the; present government.
Congress is as servife in its deviation
to privilege az the: most obstinate Of:
reactionaries could, demand. A ma
jority. Of its members could not be.
more completely. subject to Wall
Street detection were they actually on
the payrolls Of the financial group
which is running the country. The:
invisible government IL no longer In.
visible. 1t came squarely out In the:
open on the railroad question. The
issue there was clean cut and unequi-:
vocal. Those who voted for areturn
OF the railroads to Wall Street were,
naturall, on the side Of Wall street..
Those who opposed the return o1 the
roads were on the side Of the people.
"A great many more senator's and con-
gressmen were ON the side Of the
railroads than on the side Of the
people. -
That was just a beginning. Privil.