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Wall Street LOOters
Wreck the d. & r. G..

Another final chapter in Wall
Street looting was written recently
when the Denver & Rio Grande Rail
road was sold under the hammer for
$5,000,000 cash.
"No provision was made to take
care of the stockholders. common
and preferred, who have invested
$87, 7,775,670 in the company" says
the press report of the foreclosure
sale which took place in Denver No
vember 20. The purchasers agreed
to assume Sal ,175,000 obligations of
the railroad. The property was pur-
chased by representatives of the
Western Pacific Railroad Corpora
ton, for the construction of which
road the credit of the Denver & Rio
Grande was used and eventually re-
suited in a receivership and foreclo-
sure by the court.
Football of Exploiters
Some years ago the Gould inter-
ests, which then owned the Denver &
Rio Grande, conceived the idea of
building road from Salt Lake City
to San Francisco under the separate
corporate title of Western Pacific
Railroad and issued bonds in the sum
of $50, 900, without consulting the
stockholders, underwritten by the D.
& R. g., which bonds were purchased
by the Equitable Trust Company of
New York. In 1918 the Equitable
Company brought suit and obtained
judgment in the sum of $36,000,000,
to which amount the bond issue had
been reduced by previous payments.
Almost from it's construction in
1871, the Denver & Rio Grande has
been a football of Wall Street inter
ests. General William J. Palmer, a
Colorado mining millionaire, built the
road and it became so prosperous
that various financial interests in the
East sought to gain control. In 1888,
General Palmer disposed of his in
terests to the Goulds and from that
time on the road was the object of
financial campaigns of rival interests
until the receivership caused by de-
fault of the road in payment on
Western Pacific Railroad bonds,
which latter road now swallows its
parent.
Small Investors Lose All
Millions of dollars invested by in
nocent persons are swept away, or
rather these millions have been COB
bled up by Wall Street looters, who
now own and control not only the
Denver & Rio Grande, but the West
ern Pacific as well.
Hearings on the foreclosure were
held before a United States Master
in Chancery, and on September %,
1920, an order was signed by Judge
Sanborn for the sale of the road,
over the vigorous protest of COM
mittee representing the stockholders.
This is only another instance where
privateers have demonstrated that it
is more profitable to Wall Street in
terests to wreck and loot a great
railroad system than to operate il
efficiently in the public service and
to depend upon legitimate profits.
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S1S ASSURED
MINIMUM WAGE
6-DAY WEEK
For Women in Hotels and Res
taurants i'm This State.

OLYMPIA, Dc. 13.-The supreme
court Saturday unanimously upheld
the validity of the industrial well
fare commission order fixing the
minimum wage at $18 a week fol
women employed in the hotels and
restaurants of the state of Wash
ington.
In upholding a ruling by Judge
Wilson of the Thurston county su-
perior court dismissing petition
for an injunction filed to restrain
the commission from putting it's or
der into effect, the supreme court
holds the commission acted entirely
within its statutory powers and that
it's action was a reasonable exercise
of authority conferred by the indus
trial welfare act. The court re-
affirms a former decision sustaining
the constitutionality of the act it
self.
In answer to the hotel owners
contention that the order of the
arbitrary the court says: "The
statute provides the commission
shall specify a minimum wage anG
standard conditions of labor for wo-
men, and this provision is clearly
broad enough to justify the COM
mission in establishing the six-oay
week"
The Industrial Welfare Commits
sion on April 2, issued an order
making effective June 2 a recon-
mendation of welfare conference
and establishing minimum wage
for women hotel and restaurant
workers of $18 week, based upon
siX-day week. The order fixed
rate of 81 day for meals and
So week for room where board
and room constituted part of the
compensation.
Hotel owners of the state attacked
the order of the commission and
suits to restrain the chairman from
enforcing its provisions were insti-
tuted by The Hotel Company of Ia
coma and the Spokane Hotel COM
pany. Judge Wilson refused the in
functions and appeal was taken to
the supreme court. The commission
is sustained on all points raised in
the petition.
The welfare commission will pro-
ceed at once to enforce the pro-
visions of its order, says C. H.
Younger, State Labor Commissioner
and ex-officio chairman of the We'll
fare Board, and employers will be
directed to make adjustment of
back pay from June 2, based on the
difference between the former min
imum wage of $500 a week and
the $18 minimum ordered by the
commission.
Younger announced the commits
sion will proceed with hearings in
other branches of industry. A
recommendation for an $18 minimum
for women employed in factories
was made to the commission by a
welfare conference last spring but
on a tie vote failed to adopt it.
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$4,000 Reward For
Banditized Papers

The bandits who used an automo-
bile and a 2X6 plank to batter in
the front door of the Home Sausage
& Meat Co. last Tuesday morning
between and 7:30, and carried
away the safe, in which were $65
and valuable papers, deserve some
thing and will get it if they will be
kind enough to call and demand a
reward" They also should be com
plimented for their magnificent gall
The safe was found by the Sher-
iff near Silver Lake and brought
back to the shop where it was
placed on exhibition with it's bat
tered-off door, under card bearing
this inscription, "Home again"
Mr.. Rasmussen one of the prop
rietors will give 500 reward to any
person who will find the stolen
papers, consisting in part of two in
surance polices and an abstract of
some town property, and return them
to him.
Everett has new, up-to-date
class of bandits.
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Yours fraternally,
FRANK MORRISON,
Secretary, American Federation
of Labor.


A communication was received
presenting a statement in regard to
the arrest and conviction of Emil
Herman, former editor of the Party
Builder. The statement relates the
circumstances surrounding the case
and will be forwarded to all Cen
tral Labor Councils in this state
and to Attorney General Palmer,
with a view of securing Herman's
release from the Fort Leavenworth
federal prison, where he is now
serving a ten-year sentence. A
committee of three was appointed
to forward copies of the statement
to Central Labor Councils in this
state and to appear before the Sc
attic Central Labor Council at its
next meeting in behalf of Bro. Her
man. Meyer, Fortson and Higgins
are the committee. A demand will
be made for the release of Bro.
Herman as the council believes he
was injustly held a prisoner.
United Hatters of North America
Chas. w Cullen, General Agent
of the United Hatters of North
America was given the floor. Bro.
Cullen narrated the story of the
celebrated case of Loew, a hat man
ufacturer VS.. the Hatters Union, be
ing a damage suit for losses sus-
tanned by Loewe & Co. on account
of boycott of that firm. The
cost of that suit brought the Hatters
down to poverty, and the case hav-
ing been decided against the union
by the highest court in the land,
247 homes and 226 bank accounts
were attached After the case had
gone that far the manufacturer, on
account of adverse public opinion
feared to execute the attachments.
The A. F. of L., as an aid to the
defendants, announced that each
affiliated member would donate one
hours work to raise the money to
save the bonus of the Hatters, q
large number of whom were very
old men whose homes represented
the savings of a lifetime. Then
the kept press got in its deadly
work to prevent the donation by
saying the hatters were in posses
sion of $500,000. This was done
through the Associated Press.
The Hatters are in a bitter war
with the employers again through
their attempt to establish the "open
shop" The bosses last move is to
induce, through their drummers, the
retail hat dealers to give orders for
hats without the Union Label.
Brother Cullen asked the Council
to appoint a committee of three to
visit the hat dealers in this city
and try to prevail upon them to
buy none but union label hats. The
delegates were also asked to take
back to their locals the message of
Bro. Cullen. There are two abso-
lutely scab brands of hats, the
r. & M. and the c. & K. which or
ganized labor is asked to look out
for. The committee are Delegates
Higgins, Goldthorpe and Mckay.
Reports of Committees
The organization committee re
ported that it was unable to meet
with the Shoe Sinners and did not
know what can be done with them.
Given further time.
The Herman -McSlarrow commit
tee had nothing special to report.
A motion was made that money be
collected for these people and turned
over to the family as they are in
want. The motion was amended to
include needy members of organized
labor, Delegates Moncur, Ferrell
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UNFAIR LIST

BAKERIES
The Quality Bakery. Hewitt Avenue, be-
tween Oakes and Rockefeller.
BARBER SHOPS
l. II. Turner, 1104 Hewitt Barnhart Shop,
BUILDING LABORERs
Peter Jackson, l.. Starke, Emil Mitersbach,
COFFEE AND TEA HOUSES
Manning's Coffee House Hewitt between
Colby and Wetmore; Jack O. Lantern. on
Colby, between California and Hewitt.
CONDENSED MILK
Libby. Mcneil & Libby. Packers and Can
nGrs Carnation, Aster, Mt. Vernon and
Washington brands Yakima City Creamery.
CONTRACTORS
Christ Kruppler & Sons and the Standard
Oil Bldg, at corner of Pacific and Virginia
ELECTRICIANS
F. r. Hare. electrical contractor; John
FISH COMPANIES
San Juan Fish Co.. Seattle.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Buffers, The Star, Bon Marche of Seattle.
Bon Marche of Seattle
MEAT MARKETS
The Municipal Meat Market and its Prop
rietor, A. c. Snder Sinners Market, 1909
Hewitt
A. C. Wright, A. L. Knapp. Booth. W. L.
Porter
PLUMBERS
Otto Merz John Theuson.
SHIPYARD
The Norway-Pacific.
MISCELLANEOUS
C. w. Anguish. 3505 Lombard; American
Packing Co., Everett; Cal Smiley and Sons /;
Fritz Gerald; M. Anderson and house. 2l0sh
Rainier Avenue; r. ]. Mccain, lumber deal
er. ]. w. Johnson and building at 1928 Maple !;
Mr.. Burden and his house. 251l Maple street !;
Everett Fruit Products Co.; F. S. Lang Man
ufacturing Co. of Seattle
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now exists here, the Labor Move
ment is again in the ascendency and
it will be many many years before
the employers and business men can
again be bunked into putting their
money and effort behind another
open shop campaign, whose purpose
is the destruction of the Trades
Union Movement and attendant ruin
to the community.
"The truth of what has happened
in Seattle during the last two years,
if generally known, would prove a
profitable lesson to every other
community in the Nation that is
threatened with an open shop fight
Advise the citizens of your commun-
ity to avoid it as they would a
plague.
Accept my sincere thanks for
the information contain in your
letter.
Every sincerely yours,
"W. M. SHORT,
president, Washington State
Federation of Labor"
Labor badly needs a medium thru
which to counteract this vicious
propaganda.
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THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE
WN STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR
"Open Shop" Campaigners MisinfOrming
Eastern Cities

The following letter has just been
received from a prominent public
official at Springfield, Minnesota,
wohse name is being purposely omit
ted to protect him from possible dis
elimination:
washington State Federation of
Labor, Seattle, Wash.
Dear Sirs:
"The advocates of the open shop
gave your city as an example of the
success Of the adoption of that form
of industrial organization. Will you
kindly give me the affects which
the open shop has had upon Unions
in your city? Have the Unions been
hurt by the adoption of the open
shop? How has it affected wages,
output and general working condl-
tions?
81 will be glad of any information
you may give me.
"Yours very truly"
President Short has replied as fol-
lows:
Dear Sir:
"Your letter received this morn
ing, stating that the advocates of
the open shop at Springfield, Mime
sofa, are giving our city as an ex-
ample of the advantages of the
open shop form of organization.
Let me assure you that if they told
the truth about the affects of their
attempt to establish the open shop
here, every other city in our nation
would be positively immune from
having imposed on it the injury that
has resulted here.
"For almost two years now mil
tant organization of employers,
known as the Associated Industries,
has attempted to enthrone the open
shop here at Seattle. The labor
war that has been the outgrowth of
this effort on their part has resulted
in the elimination completely from
Seattle's waterfront of the great
shipyards here that employed ap-
proximately thirty thousand men;
the yards are permanently closed
and the machinery has been sold
for junk.
"Practically every other line of
industry has suffered as a result of
this war until the business life of
the city of Seattle has been reduced
W dDOuC lhCy pCISSie VI 'oi iA'.-
There are today, conservatives ~
speaking, ten thousand idle men in
our city. Strikes have been neces-
sary in the printing trades, the
building trades, metal and other
trades of the city, but in each case,
after a long-drawn out fight, the
closed shop has had to be again es-
tablished in order to protect the in
dustry as we'll as the interests of the
workers. All that Seattle, its in
dustres, and it's workers have suf-
fered as a result of the open shop
campaign instituted by the employ
ers has been of no avail as far as
the establishment of the open shop
is concerned.
"The Unions of Seattle are still
closed shop and will remain closed
shop. The Associated Industries,
which was power in the commun-
ity during the early days of the
fight, is being slowly but surely dis
migrated and has lost most of its
power and influence as a result of
the failure that has attended it's
efforts and the disastrous injury
done the community.
despite the unemployment that
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-12-17
An Immense Flood
of Immigration Pour
ing Into the u. S.

The flood of immigration which is
sweeping into this country through
New York and other Atlantic ports is
causing genuine alarm, and will
probably lead to further restrictive
legislation during the short session
of Congress which cOnvenes on De-
cember 6. Congressman B. F. Welty,
one of the leading progressives of
Ohio, after an examination of con-
ditions at Ellis Island, addressed the
following letter to Secretary of State
Colby, urging that immigration be
forbidden for stated period in Or
der that the country may have an
opportunity to assimilate the aliens
now within our gates.
"Permit me to call your atteneion
to the fact that this country will be
swamped with immigration from Eu-
rope unless checked by the State De-
partment under authority of Con-
gress. l am reliably informed that
the steamship companies have re-
quests for transportation of immi-
grants from Europe which would tax
the capacity of all lines touching
American ports for ten years.
"The records at Ellis Island show
the following arrivals since July l.,
1920, to wit:
"July, $4,000; August, 1854;
September, 70,052; October, 1865.
can examination at Ellis Island
will reveal that practically all of
these immigrants flock to already
congested centers such as New York,
Chicago, Pittsburg, Philadelphia,
Buffalo and other large cities, and
few expect to follow agricultural
pursuits.
"In view of the shutting down of
a large number of our industries,
awaiting readjustment, the lack of
markets for farm products and the
shortage of coal, would it not be ad-
visable to shut down immigration
this winter so as to avoid additional
suffering?"
1t is reported that the big steam
ship companies, acting on the sug-
gestion of certain large employers
of labor in this country, are conduct
ing an extensive propaganda in Eu-
rope with the idea of stimulating
emigration to this country. In one
instance it is alleged that these
agents undertook to transport mil
lions of the residents of the central
empires to this country.
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"OPEN SHOP"
OR NO WORK FOR
CONTRACTORS
National ErectOrs' AssOcia-
ton" Puts Employers of
Union Labor Out of Business

New York, Dec. IA. - Testimony
that builders in New York and many
other cities have been driven out of
the structural steel erecting business
by the iron league-the National
Erectors' Association-was given to-
day by Paul Starrett, president of
the George A. Fuller Company, be-
fore a joint legislative committee
investigating the building trust"
The Fuller Company, one of the
largest construction companies in
the United States, he declared, could
not buy any steel for it's own erec-
ton, and the company had been
forced to quit erecting about year
ago.
Starrett declared that an official
of the iron league notified him "they
had me fixed" and he could not get
any steel unless his company OBJ
served the "league's open shop"
policy.
The witness declared that union
structural iron workers were 25 to
35 per cent more efficient than non
union workers, and their employ
ment reduced construction costs.
These, he added, were considerably
increased because of the necessity of
paying member of the iron league
to do erection work, instead of the
company itself doing the work.
Asserting appeals to the Bethle-
hem Steel Company for steel had
been fruitless, the witness told of a
conference with Eugene Grace, pres
ident of the company, and Charles
Schwab at which he was warned
that he was getting in bad with
the steel manufacturers because he
hired union men.
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THE CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL
HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING

Wednesday, December Is, 1920
President Michel called the coun-
ell to order at p. m.
Credentials were presented by
Harold Lock of Sheet Metal Work
ers No. 1873. Bro Lock was obi
gated and seated.
A letter was received from Sec
retary Morrison of the A. +. Of /.
which is self explanatory, as fol-
lows:
To the State Federations of Labor,
City Central Bodies, Building
Trades Councils, Metal Trades
Councils, Official Trade Journals
and Labor Press.
Greeting: The Montreal conven
tion of the American Federation of
Labor, held June, 1920, gave con-
sideration to the controversy which
has been pending between the Metal
Polishers and the Winchester Re
peating Arms Co., of New Haven,
Connecticut, since September, 1919,
when a strike sanctioned by the in
ternational union was declared by
the Metal Polishers in the employ
of this company for improved con-
ditiOns of labor.
The Metal Polishers made con
tinued effort in the past twenty
five years to organize the men en-
ployed in the polishing department
of the Winchester plant, but were
not successful until during the per
iod of the war. The demands of
the union met with the firm refusal
of the company.
Before the strike was declared,
the international officers of the or
ganization endeavored to induce the
company to treat fairly with their
employees also, one of the concilia-
tors of the Department of Labor
acted as a mediator, but their eff
forts failed to bring about an ad-
justment.
The Metal Polishers International
Union have made the request that
all possible publicity be given the
attitude of the Winchester Repeat
ing Arms Co. of New Haven, and
the Montreal convention directed
that this be done.
Pursuant to this action, we are
communicating these facts to the
State Federations of Labor, City
Central Bodies, Building Trades
Councils, Metal Trades Councils, Of
ficial Trade Journals and Labor
Press, so that this information may
be brought officially to the atten-
tion of these bodies for the cir
culation of the information among
members of organized labor and fol
such action as in their judgment
may be practical in promoting the
success of the struggle of the Metal
Polishers to secure just considera-
tion from the Winchester Repeating
Arms Co.
Yours fraternally,
FRANK MORRISON,
Secretary, American Federation
of Labor.
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In the Superior Court of the State of Wash
ington in and for Snohomish County.
In the matter of the estate of Bertha h
Erikson, deceased
Notice is hereby given. that pursuant to an
order of the above entitled court made and
entered November 30th, 1920 the under
signed, Andrew Fjerlie administrator of
the estate of Bertha X. Erikson, deceased
will sell at public auction to the highest and
best bidder, the following described real es
tate situate in Snohomish County, state of
1915 feet north and 210 feet west of the
section corner common to sections l, ,. IL
and u, Township 81 north of range 4 east
of w M, at the northwest corner of Ole
Pedersons lot running thence northeasterly
at an angle of 800 to the line of the Great
Northern Railroad 40 feet thence north
westerly parallel to said railroad 30 feet {;
thence southwesterly at an angle of 500 to
said railroad 1lO feet; thence southeasterly
along the county road parallel to said railroad
30 feet to the place of beginning said sale
to be at the west door of the court house of
Snohomish County. in Everett, Snohomish
County state of Washington, at the hour of
Der. 1920. said sale to be upon the following
terms and conditions, to-wit; 1000 of the
amount bid to be paid at the time of said
sale. and the balance upon confirmation of
said sale by the above entitled court.
Dated this lst day of December. 1920:
ANDREW FJERLlE,
As administrator of the estate of
Bertha X Erikson, deceased
GEO w. LOUTTIT.
Attorney for Estate.
Office over First National Bank, Everett,
Washington
First publication, December 8. 1920
Last publication December "a, 1920.
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tary.
BARRIERS Local No. 44e--Meets End Thursday
in each month Ike Macdonald, President
2S28 Rockefeller avenue; w. c. Davis, Sec
retary-Treasurer. 1918 Hewitt avenue.
Boilermakers' Union, Everett No. 500-Meets
the End and 4th Wednesday nights of each
month. at the Labor Temple; Fred n. Lii
jenberg, President. 81 33rd ST., Everett /:
Grant Wirick, Financial Secretary, Pine
hurst. All brothers invited to attend
Electrical Workers, No. l9l. meets in Hall
No. /. Labor Temple. on Monday at pm
President, j. 4. Penturf. Labor Temple !
Sec, J. M. Gibbs, 3ll9 Oakes, Phone White
S67
Engineers. Local No. 7l9. meets every Thurs
day in Hall 8. Labor Temple. A. H. Herbst
President. 1717 Colby Phone Red SlS
Harry c. Parks, Secretary. SOls Norton.
Phone Black 962.
Loneshoremen No. 1873. meets Monday nights
at Z $50, at 2s39 Bond Street. President,
Frank Preston, 2939 Bond; Secretary, l..
w. Stevens. 2939 Bond Business Agent.
Harry jacobson. 2939 Bond. Phone 7O6.
Painters, No. ss9. meets every Tuesday at s
St, Phone White 1861. H. Arends, Secre-
tary, 3426 Virginia. Phone Blue 1856.
Pnedrivers Local 2liO, meets Tuesdays in
the Labor Temple. Morris Wilson. Presi-
dent, 1910 Lombard; J. II. Anderson, Fl
ancial Secretary. Labor Temple.
Retail Clerks. Local No. 44s - Meets first
Thursday of each month in hall No. 8, in
the Labor Temple A. J. Hennessey, Presi-
dent; r. X. Swalwell, LIST Vice-President
f. j. Edney, End Vice President; l.. 7.
johnson, Sec.-Treas. F. J. Scuilto. Rec. Sec.
Stage Employees and Moving Picture Oper.
ators-Arthur Patterson. President. 1900
Wetmore; Mark Bebeau, Recording Secre-
tary, 2514 Virginia; Geo. Fauver, Fin
Sec. Treas, 20l9 Colby
Teamsters Local No. ss-Meets in Hall 2
Labor Temple, every Tuesday evening
T. s. Overvold Secretary. 1925 Wetmore
s. c. Boyd, President; l7l6 Rainier; Blue
1928.
Timberworkers, Local No. Meets lst and
3rd Fridays and End and 4th SUNDAYS In
Labor Temple, at p. m. ]. C. Rath Prest..
2Ol716 Hewitt Phone Main 997R: Thomas
Holmstrom Rec. Sec, $3.50 Lombard; M. A,
Meyer, Fin. Sec, 2227 Summit