davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-07-13

FOR RENT-Tract of hay land close
On. with 100 tons of hay to be cut from
at. See ]. A. WEIGH, Northside. advtf
For Sale-Ford touring car, Chev-
Tolet touring car and small Overland
touring car. See F.. ID. Wilson, at
BAKERS Garage advtf
Mrs. John Gheen and little son, of
lWestchester, Penn, arrived Sunday
and will visit for several weeks at the
home of MIR, and Mrs. Yahne, parents
of Mrs. Gheen. and at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. d. O. Mcdonald, Mrs. Nc
Donald being sister of Mrs. Gheen.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-07-13
Miss Louizette Moore Married

Miss Louizette Moore, formerly of
Bonners Ferry, was married Wednes-
day, July 7. at the home of Rev. Father
Killeen. in Pasco, Wash, to S. ].
Arkoosh, prominent merchant of
Bellevue, Idaho Mr.. and Mrs Arkoosh
will reside in Yakima Wash, where
Mr.. Arkoosh expects to engage in bust
ness in the near future.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-07-13

DR.. w. S. Severns went to Spokane
Saturday to meet Mrs. Severns who
had been visiting for a week at tbe
home of her parents at Davenport
Wash. They returned home Sunday
evening.
Harry Gale. of Spokane. travelling
representative of the international
Harvester Co., has been in the citv
several days this week. Mr.. Gale IL
handling the truck sales of the COM
pany in the Inland Empire.
Send your shoe repair work to the
Up-To-Date Shoe Shop. Prompt and
satisfactory work guaranteed. Our
prices are right. adv
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-07-13
w. M. Halstead Dead

w. M. Halstead died at the Boomers
Ferry hospital Thursday afternoon. He
came here a short time ago to receive
treatment for pneumonia and had been
working at the Continental mine
at Hickman.
The deceased is supposed to have
brother in Butte but Undertaken Stock
ey has not been able to get word to
him and it is planned to hold the bur-
ial today The deceased was about 40
years old.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-07-13
Order In New Sidewalks

This week City Clerk G. d. Rowe.
acting under orders of the town board.
sent out notices to property owners on
Main street where concrete sidewalks
have not been constructed, to put in
the same, work to be started in Is days
and to be completed within 80 days
Notices were also sent to property
owners in other parts of the city to re-
build wooden sidewalks which are now
in poor condition.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01
DISTRICT WORKERS TO
NOMINATE CONGRES ESSMAN CARSs
Conference Called 10 Meet IN Duluth May 9Gompsfs Pays l
Tribute 10 Labor Representative From This District Declares
v. |. CaTss Should Be Reelected By Large Majority.

has been issued for convention of labor for the Eighth
Congressional district of Minnesota be held Duluth Sunday
May the Of candidate for congress
meeting will be held at Owls hall There 165 unions
the Eighth district and believed local organization will be
represented # r: -: ..>s. -:
The convention will in all probability renominate William
Cars Proctor candidate himself
drafted two to make the member Of the
Of Locomotive Engineers His record congress
been strict keeping with his life work union
job from early morning to late at night and spite Of
have he has really
something worth while for his district. @':"z
!. Put Through Two Local Bills Last Week. *.=
Only last he succeeded in getting bills
house. one granting extension for the bridge
across Sc Louis the other establishing guard
north shore Of Lake Superior with headquarters Grand
He assured that both will passed by
Gompers president of the American Federation Labor
has heartily indorsed Mr. Cars In letter Henry L. NORM
secretary Of the Federated Trades assembly Mr. Gompe
terms to Mr. Case member Of congress and
the strong veteran
always present when matters Of
under Consideration continues Gompers one
absent he called Of illness
in his family. ..: = -. NJ
Whn the bill for the rehabilitation of crippes industry
for passage by brilliant strategy succeeded
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01
NORTHERN TIMBER WORKERS MA Y.
/ GO ON STRIKE. FoRI8 HoURDAf
M Hit All Saw Mills and Logging Operations in Minnesota, Wis
eeni, Michigan and Ontario Men Refuse Increase in Wages
and Insist on Shorter Wokday to Become Effective at Once

Monday Minnesota Wisconsin, Michigan and the province
of Ontario will be in the throes of great strike Of timber workers.
The the day. The strike will extend
mill operations the woods throughout this section the
country 1t will hit Fort Frances international Falls Crookston
Cass Lake. Bemid Cloquet Virginia, Rhineand Mein and
other towns the three and province Of On
tario.
At convention held at Rhineandr Wis., last the tim
Der workers resolved naugrae the eghour day in the
mills of this district the spring poll has been taken and the
vote to strike decisive Mill have offered the
lieu of the shorter workday but they have
ssteny refused all alternative propositions At Bemd
it understood offered raise of 81 day. and they replied
We asking for We the eghhour day.
We will discuss higher wages again. i
Threaten to Close Saw Mills Permanently:
Mill declare that they will close down permanently if
they are forced to do They contend that the eghou
Impractical in the lumber Industry that it will work. and will
unnecessarily boost lumber to price that will prohibit building
The back with the that the eighou
good for the who erect the building should
long enough for the mill worker who
The argument used against the old 1our workday
Less than 25 mills from daylight dark
The daywas the workday from morning
till SIX and seven at night But the mill had to
the march OF labor and they yielded the
didn't kill the lumber industry Indeed attracted better men
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

a=b-c that a private: company which
is compelled to meet high interest
charges against a bonded indebted
ness equal to the value Of its prop
critics, and pay dividends on an ex-
cessiye capitulation cannot now exist
on >pre-wars earnings. Public owner
ship will at~least wipe out the ddvi-
dend charge and continue to give
service to thu people at the old rates.
But public ownership will do more.
It will extend the service In advance
of paying traffic. Having no regard
for profitzits first duty will be to keep
the public satisfied: This is true
everywhere. cut In San Francisco
they have two street railway systems,
one privately owned and the other
owned and operated by the city. The
private company, like the Duluth
concern, is soverecapitalized. 1t Is
now asking the state railroad COM
mission to permit it to increase, its
carrying charge to the public, bes
cause it cannot continue to pay divi-
dends on. watered stock and interest
on an excessive bonded indebtedness
by charging the public the old rate.
It must have more money. 3
=. But how. about the city-owned
street railway system OF San Fran
cisco?. Let us see. Before us .is 9
statement Of Supervisor Ralph Nc
Leran, chairman Of. the finance come
mites, In which he declares the N mu- Y.
nicipal railways sof sAn Franctsco ars
making money o. cent 8ege AAd
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

In June the people ct Duluth will
be called upon to vote to amend the
franchise Of the Duluth Street Rail-
way, which if passed will give the
council authority to permit the COM
pany to charge a 6-cent fare. The
company has laid it's cards on the
table. 1t claims it's Duluth prop
erty to be worth over $4,500,000, al
though a pre-war valuation made by
st. Louis county for taxation pur-
poses showed the value of the prop
erty to be less than half of the sum
now claimed by the company.
If we accept the company's figures
as to value it can not be expected to
meet its obligations and build needed
extensions without an increased re.
venue, and this can only come from
an increased carrying charge. OF
course the company might wiggle
along on the present scent fare by
hay-wiring it's equipment and hold.
ing off on, extensions and rebuilding
but it in time will be compelled tc
face day of reckoning.
A 6-cent fare would be a knock tt
the city of Duluth: This, SO to speak
is street railway town. It i.
long, narrow and hilly. No matter
where one lives he must take stree
car to and from his work. He cam
get away from it. Car fare is a.
| much the part Of ones family bud
get as Is food and clothing. The larg
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

! Hold Back 7'2Pel' Cent o. Pro.
duetloh | And Ire Reapiag
Biz. Harvest.

BOSTON, 4 April pa local ttn>az
cial newspaper says Tho United Fruit
company has probably; made the big
sest sinsl. rplay' Of, .py sugar com-
pany in th4 country and a. / rssult
Of holding back IT. crop :: Il has on
hand: at the present unheard<of pmcss
FOR sugar e per cent: OF IT, record
breaking production" "A
i The Boston Post makes: this sdt-
torial comment:
: 1T would seem that a large food
producing concern like tho United
Fruit company has some RESPONSE
bilities to the public it serves. as well
as to- it's ;stockholders. Indeed. the
question might be raised: Is it quite
fair even to Its stockholders to gamble
Tor the last penny. in 4 wild sugar
market? The company might not have
been able to stop the panicky condition
in the sugar market by allowing. q
larger proportion Of Its crop. to come
On to the market; but at least by do
ing so It would have: been doing it's
part in preventing the present ,unfortu-
nate conditions. >:''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01
FORGET FORMER
cRIESAeAItS'. !.
ALIEN WORKERS
Claims Against ''II|Itelate For:
eIgners' lntelferes with En-
pIoyn|ent Of Cheap Labor.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-Larges
employing interests are forgetting
their cry that '1lliterate foreigners
are a menace to America" They find.
that this interferes with their cheap;
labor policy. :
The 'Americanism" of some. Of
these employers was most intense i'm
medtately after the armistice and they
refused to employe any illiterate. In
some cases they would only employ
American citizens or those who had
declared their intention of becoming
citizens.
These Americana are again
"hard-headed ed business men" and
throughout the land is heard the cry
that this country needs Immigrants
In the southwest organized, labor il
protesting against tho wholesale :; =:
mission OF Mexicans who are. replac-
ing thousands of citizens, especially in
Texas. -.
At q meeting: of the inter-racial
council in New York recently a de-
mand was made for the: abolition Of
the immigration literacy act; The
council is headed by: Coleman dupont
and includes more than $50 ,indus-
trial. concerns: A committee was ap-
pointed to urge congress: to- repeal the
| literacy test section of the innmigra-
tion law. While favoring all bars
being: thrown down for cheap labor
the council declared that t'citizneshfp
should not be easy Of: attainment =
Summed up, these; employers favor
a. continuance: Of old policies. that
flooded, American industry. with illit-
crate innsnigrants, but would make II
harder for thesn: TO: sec,,ls the, ,rtshl
I'd yste. ~ = =: ~ I
f. ~ 50 It Is no longer fashionable ia
Fattack the illiterats foreign1s His
vote il. not needed; but his labor
power. bought cheaply, is.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

Head Of Steel Trust Finally Gets
Away Fro! the Idea Of |ndi:
vIdua| Bargaining.

NEW YORK, April 29.-Judge Gary
Of the steel trust is developing into a.
first-class funny man.
At the annual meeting of trust
stockholders, the judge said that
"our' men generally to not belong to
labor unions, and that I'VE stand for
the open shop, which permits a man
to work when and where he pleases
upon terms mutually agreed upon,
whether he does or does not belong to
a labor union"
And. then the judge forgets his plea
for individual bargaining and hints
that he may establish company
unions" in the steel trust. He said:
Much consideration of late, has
been given the subject Of shop COM
mittees whereby groups of men may
! present to the management for discus
sion any question relating to- employ
ment conditions"
| In one instance the judge calls for
individual bargaining with workers
and In the next instance he says work
ers can unite and suggest that the
J terms are not acceptable.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

they are not piling up deficit. We
quote from that statement: :t.F :
The Municipal Railways have paid
their bills, paid for important "serv-
ice extensions, paid all interest
charges on their bonds, met their
bonds as they mature d, and laid up a
heap of gold in the county treasury
as clear profit. = -.
The above statement Is made, fol-
lowing the filing Of the report of the
system up to Jan. 81, 1920, and in
response to published and many pri-
.vate requests for, a statement OF the
financial condition of the system.
Since the city borrowed the money
to- build~the Municipal Railways the
gross receipts Of the road have been
$12,496,3s7.22. The volume Of. re-
ceipts has steadily, grown as extern
sions from time to time have devel-
oped the system. Both the scope
and the succefs of the Municipal
Railways have, grown and In every
way they have justified themselves.
The cost of operating has been
$S,007,17s.64, showing the remark.
able excess Of revenue over operation
Of E$4,4Ss,217.5S. Out Of this excess
the road has paid interest on Its
bonds, 81. .4l2,7es.6s. zss.SSs 5S.sS. ! !
The total remainder 70 surplus, and
out Of this surplus 37O6. 900 of the
money originally borrowed has been
paid. 80. .Ss
u other words, the roads are pay
ipg Interest on the snonsy tl1et 70
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

er the family the more car fares must
be paid. The poor have large fam
lilies. The poor will be obliged to
stand the burden Of an increased
fare.
want the city to bankrupt. the Du-
luth Street Railway company; it
wants the city to buy the property
and run it for the people at cost, and
for service. not profit. The private
company ~confesses it can not fur
ther operate the system at a profit
to. the stockholders unless it is per-
mitted to charge more than a. scent
fare. We say in reply that the peo-
pie ought to acquire the property Of
the company and run it without re-
gard to paying dividends.
But, say our objecters, the city
cannot operate a street railway as
/ cheaply and as satisfactorily as q
private company can do. That is q
shop-worn argument. We have our
own water and light department to
refer to. It is conducted as efficiently
and as economically as any business
institution on earth, and that is saying
a good deal. Municipal plants every
where are making the same kind of
q record.
Our water and light department
has passed through the high-price
era without finding it necessary to
lSraise either gas or water rates, and
every year it continues to show Z
Handsome surplu. It = - patpnt q
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01
.b.R :T.REVQkES :.
UNION CHARTER
Outlaw Strikers Punished by Of.
fIcefs of:Brotherhood Of ).
Railway Tfainrnen. .:''

NEW YORK, April 2s.-Charters
for nine local unions Of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen. approxi-
mately 1000 men, were: revoked be-
cause members Joined in the "out-
law" strike, Edward A. McfIugh,
strike leader, said today.
In a last effort to induce the rail-
road labor board to take hand in
the strike, a delegation of five strik-
ers was enroute to- Washington to-
day. They will appeal to the board
to provide for the restoration Of their
jobs without loss Of seniority rights.
Railroad officials reported service
showing a steady improvement in the
New York district.
Despite a statement by McHugh
that Lackawanna engineers would
strike today, company, officials said
none Of the men were out.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

'ated them, ,and In also paying back
that money9are rapidly buying them
selves for he: people Of San Fran
cisco. n:-a.
Out of the earnings extensions have
been fuilt from time to time costing
and worth. S1,gss,4el,22. and vet
there is a present credit in tho treas
ury Of $1,o78, ,o46.s3, invested ii hieh.
class bonds or otherwise earning in
terest. - 81 s. $50
As the roads pay OFT their bonds.
interest payments will decrease and
thsir business rs constantly on the in
crease. The outcome Ii obvious. The
city will ultimately own, without in
debtedness, a. great Income earning
Property, paid tor outfof 1ts own re-
ceipts, bringing IN a huge profit year
BY year, and Ill the time swing the
public service lin street car transpor-
tation never before souaisd any-
where. Z. ~ '>Ss ~ So r.
what san Francisco, 5, q doing Du-
luth can do. The city. commissioners
should at least give the people q
Duluth another opportunity TO vote
on the proposition of acquiring the
Duluth properly of the, Duluth street
Railway company. It will be good for
the company and good for the city
TO give the people . chancs. to de-
clare themselves on the proposition.
which should be submit led With the
scent ordinal1c at' the sspsef1l elee
.tion To be held 81 Tune. Let the
votee sof ths
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

Kentucky Chief Executive Says
He VIII Pardon Every Pris:.
ona Convicted u'der Il.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, April 2s.-In
signing the anti-syndicalist bill passed
by the state legislature, Governor
Morrow said he will pardon any per-
son who might .be convicted under
the sections he construes. ais uncon-
stitutional.
To this statement, Peter Campbell,
GRAFTON Of labor, replies:
why the necessity Of executive
clemency when the constitution OF
the United States and the state OF
Kentucky guarantee the right Of free
azemblage and free speech?"
Kentucky trade unionists oppose
this legislation, which was urged, said
Secretary Campbell, "by our ultra pa
triots'' S..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01
G0MPERS GIVES !. !.
SOUND ND'|C0UNSEL: !:
...:T'o.LAB0||R! !! PARTY


WASHINGTON, April 2s.-If trade
unionists can not nominate a mem
Der df organized labor in primary,
can they expect to draw sufficient
strength from established parties to
elect an so-called labor party ticket?
> This question, is asked William Kohn
of the American Labor party, New
York city, by President Gomperx :
The A. F. Of L. executive calls at
tention to the A.. f. IL recommends
stion that whenever possible the NOM
.ination and election. Of tried and true
should be secured
IL the workers Of New York, :" said
President Gompers, would confins
their activities to the primaries. in
endeavorine to nominate on either
the republican or. democratic tickets
true and tried trade unionists,. they
would be: doing something practical.
II they failed; they could unite to de-
feat the least acceptable candidate
who would be on the. ticket in the
elections: II the workers wonld BE
true to- themselves they could secure
the nomination Of true and tried trade
:unionists in many New York districts;
both congressional and Legislative.
: 1T would be easier to- draw votes
from one: party into. another. where
the issue was between: enemies. and
friends Of labor that: it would be- to
convince a sui fficient number OF these
tyAf Is II
from them and: support a; So called
labor. party.< :: The latter could only
bring ore ressllxy witch would *be the
re-slectfo1 Of tenenntes@ and defeat: o1
misn labor" .st. ~: ::,.. :: 81.
: This has been the policy sdff. the
"A. +: Of: L forSyeara nast, and ,thia
policy: has won for: IT, the. immei,sS
prestige It enjoys. today. IT, has
brought sucosss where independent
action has produced failure. F.. - ::
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01
WILL A4DiEzzRE TO A. +. OF |. Pol LI1lCAL POLICY
US. Report No. GONE
! :! ||'ll|lnNG [ COSTS 5;

! wAsHlNGToN. pril ae.-The
:: cost OF living Il ~ presented BY.
prices Of 22. al IsDf food re-
mained virtually q af = nm alu1lxed during
!: tho month; eilti q lsrch. is, re-
ports the United ies bureau OF
labor ssAtisttcs IN Figures made
public sl,os ta,as Il cost 81 the a
articles 6 food Swa Ps,ly six-tenths
OF. one por cent beaak the, same cost
of the same saxtices i'm January,
when prices re.che4 the high water
mark. =. tt-,si -
:. Wholesale prices Of ycomnlod odities,
4 other than food, were higher in
4 eh than 11is$7 any previous
montl1. Lumber and building ma
!. teFials increased more than 8 per
& cent: over February. Is 49,.
Only cloths and clothing showed
q snna net sdeefease. Clothing
prices, however, haye increased a
! percent over March, 1919.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01
PRESIDENT OFFERED
MINNESOTA ESTATE

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2s.-
Freeman Thorp, an artist, who for
20 years had a studio on the top OF
the senate: wing Of the capitol, and
whose portrait of Abraham Lincoln
has just been bought by the senate: to
be hung in. the corridor Of the capi-
tol, has offered his home at Hubert,
Mimi, to the President for g. summer
residence, the offer having been con-
veyed to the Presidents secretary.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-01

Electrical cohlI, ,sittots Refuse 10
Meet eulnnIH tIulnD Down
!. !. Collective Bargaining,

:: Inside. electrical Workaxs.will go. on
strike Saturday m0rntng.S| Seme: time
ago the Electrical Workers union
asked for "a atconferenc1.w with local cleo
trtcal: contractors: for Ithe purposei Of
discussing q demand nm; increase in
wages. The union as1 adS for: q: wage
scale Of s$1.1o an hourt The contract
:prs;; tits: said. :refuSed tb meet with the
tconnnitt tee from the nnion, and the
only thing left for tho Union; to do
;wagss ssto- send thedrA demands hy mail to
sstfekontrActdxEa aE* &c -:.->:.. ',.;.~*
tF1laa posted III at thS
arioua.shops anottne approved ~ the
.Buildeds; s;Exohangei announcing a wage
scale Of 90 cents ON hot,r. The pres
ent scale: 10 =Saacents. There was also
posted a: set OF: rules fpan1ed by. the
contractors. that, the union had. no
voice in naaaina. altholgh some OF the
.rulesa wexse copied from thu old union
schedule. , A number OF old rules were
eliminated.
Collective bargaining Is entirely ig-
nored and the contractors. expect tu
make all: the rules, and regulations Of
the trade. Just as they were in the
habit Of doing near the close of the
last century. This is 1920 not 1890.
Workingnen live under two laws, the
law Of the land and the rules OF in
dustry. They have a voice in makins
the laws OF tho land under which they
live. They insist Son having 4 voice
not all the voice, but a voice, In de-
termining the rules of industry unde,
which they work. Anything short OF
this is a step backward.