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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-01

CHICAGO. Jan. l.-Hogs-Receipts,
40, 000; weak, steady to roc higher, clos
ing weak; bulk, S14,25Ql4.30; top, sl4.60;
heavy, $li.25ql4 SIS; medium, $t4.354
1850; light, $l4.0Oql4.55; pigs, $l3,25q
l4.25.
Cattle-Receipts, 1000; slow; choice
heavy steers, $lS,75@19.75; medium,
$40. 15qlSf5; common, $S.754l07b;
choice lights, $lS. 500 is. rs; common,
$500 IS so; butcher heifers, Sc, 406f14,7 10;
cows, S6,25@l3, 80; Gamers, $50 5 @6g5,
calves, $l5, 75ql7.00; feeders, $1,000
- IS, stoclers, $50 q 10. 25.
Sheep-ReceiptS, 1i,0ON, strong lambs,
SIS. 75GlS7 rs; cuils, Sl2, 00ml5 SC; medium
ewes, $S,50@lo.7b; culls, $450GS25.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1.--Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 5000; opened 15c to $50 higher,
closed with advance mostly lost; bulk,
l4.000li 20; heavies, $14. S0nl4.75; me-
diums, Sl4.35Gl470; lights, $13. s0R
1850; pigs, Sl2. 75qlS.25.
strong; choice heavy steers, N675a
1850; medium. $lS S5@I6.75; common.
$l0.50Gl3.35; choice lights. $l2. S5@tI75
common, SS.15Tl2.S5; butcher heifers,
SO 7aml4.35; COWS, IS 6S ole. 40: Gamers,
IS. 25dl665; calves, Sl5.00al5. 90; feed
ers, 81 75@l3,o0 stockers, So 0Gr10.6o.
Sheep-ReCeipts. 1000: steady to
strong; lambs, S16,2011765: culls. So rs
n16.l0; yearling %wethers, S12 .S5ml5,lO:
ewes, S65@l0.5o; culls and common.
Sa00M7h0; breeding ewes. 81. O0R H. so.
feeder lambs? Sll.7S6lh.n0.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-01
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Central State National
Bank,

a semiannual dividend of five (5l
stock of the Central-State National
Bank, Of Memphis, Tenn, is this day
declared by the board Of directors, and
credited to the accounts of shareholders
of record Wednesday, Dec. 81, 1918.
Il. T. CRENSHAW. Cashier
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-01
WE ALSO OWN AND OFFER

The Following Bonds Free From All Local Taxes in Mississippi
$4,000 r. Z. Ipe First Farm Mortgage Gold 6s Observation-Disclosures. 5000
$70O0 Darnen-Love Lumber Co, First Mortgage Gold 6s............ 5000
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
Committee Reports.

The committee to visit unaffil-
lated unions and urge them to send
delegates to the Council reported
progress.
The Legislative Committee re-
ported on the Political Welfare
Council.
The Unfair Committee was given
further time.
The Workers College Committee
reported securing number OF
names of workers wishing to attend
such a school when instituted and
and urged the delegates to take the
subject up in their locals.
The Cannery Workers Committee
announced that the Building Trades
would not touch the work on i'm
provements to the cannery build
ings until the company had squared
with the Cannery Workers. The
Fruit Growers Association will
bring pressure to bear to bring
about an agreement, it is said.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO GET GOOD LIFT

OLYMPIA, March 23.-"Hand il
to Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston
State superintendent of Public In.
.struction. When the call was
made for a special session of the
legislature, the common schools
did not attract any attention.
1t was called chiefly for the re-
lief of the higher educational in
stitutions and secondarily for the
ratification of woman suffrage.
The appropriations committee
therefore met and agreed upon a
tentative program which did not
provide for more common school
funds.
Mrs. Preston, however, was de-
termined that the common schools
were to be treated right" She
asked for a 20-2O bill, $40 state aid
and $40 county aid for each school
child, or just double the present
rate.
The appropriations committee fl
nally agreed to make it a 1910 bill,
raising the state aid S.
Mrs. Preston declared she would
carry the fight to the floor of the
Legislature. Evidently she did, for
when the senate got through with
the measure yesterday it was a 20
no measure, an increase Of 50 per
child from state funds over what
the committee was willing to give,
and $40 more than had been prev
iously allowed.
On the other hand, the appropria-
tions committee had agreed to make
) mill levy in aid of the higher in
stitutions of learning, but when the
final action came in the senate, it
was reduced to mills
Mrs. Preston got more for the
common schools than the committee
agreed to; the colleges got less. The
common school bill viii yield ap-
proximately $13,000,O00.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
YAKIMA Is ACTIVE
AND PROGRESSIVE

An extended trip through East
ern Washington has just been made
during the last ten days by Pres.
Short, stopping off for three days
at Yakima, on the way east.
The Associated Industries has in
vaded the field at Yakima, in re-
cent weeks, and through the me-
dunn of full-page ads in the local
press there, have announced their
intention to establish the open
shop generally in all work in that
city and vicinity. 1t seems evident
that the Associated Industries, hav-
ing learned that the task of destroy
ing the labor movement of Seattle
was little too big for them, has
decided that probably with all the
support they can garner from the
entire State, that they might make
a little impression at Yakima.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26

for the valuable service that had
been rendered it in its organization
work by the Washington State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. 1t decided to in
Iaugurate a fight for the S-hour day
in the State of Wisconsin, to start
on the first of April. Something
like / 5000 members have been or
ganized. during the last year, in
Wisconsin. Dad Young, organizer
for the American Federation of La
Dor, is to leave, following the ad-
journment of the convention, to
take charge of the campaign in
that State, but with the under
standing that he is to be returned
to Washington during the early
part of May.
The Timber Workers Union has
shown a marvellous growth during
the last year. and the time is not
far distant when it will embrace in
it's membership every worker in
every sawmill and logging camp
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Ask to see the Union Card.
TACOMA DROPS TO
SEATTLE SCALE

TACOMA, March 24.--The Seat
tie printers scale of IS to $S.5
for day of seven hours was ac-
cepted by the small majority of
four votes at a special meeting OF
Tacoma Typographical Union No
40 late yesterday afternoon, fol
lowing a two-hour meeting in
Eagles hall. This afternoon the
scale committee will meet with
of Tacoma newspa-
per publishers to sign the new
scale for one year. StereOtyperS
and pressmen propose to sign the
same scale and the mailers a
slightly lower scale.
If possible the newsboys union
agreement and scale will be
brought forward and signed as a
concurrant agreement by the eXecu-
tive board of the Allied Printing
Trades, said President Jack Browne
of the Topographic Union.
The new scale is to take the
place of the present scale of $8.62
and $9.4S for day and night work
which was handed down by a
board of arbitration in December
1t was flat 72.5 per cent increase
over the s. scale of 1914. designed
to offset the increase in the cost OF
living in Tacoma since 1914.
Newspaper publishers reopened
the scale March II and asked tc
have it cut to 1925 and 1915 a
day, an increase of % cents over
the scale in force prior to negoti-
ating a new scale September 1.
The Seattle scale was tentative
ly adopted as a compromise, fol
lowing endeavors of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union to force
the local organization into an inter
n9tional agreement contract in
place of its present independent
agreement plan. President M. G
Scott of the International Typo
graphical Union was denounced al
the meeting by President Jack
Browne of the Tacoma union.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
PASSES THE BUCK
TO REFERENDUM

The special session of the Legis-
lature frightened at its reckless ex-
travsgance with the peoples money
during the regular session last year,
referred the question of a bonus to
eN-service men to a referendum next
fall, A few members, with the
courage of their convictions, pro-
tested against making the soldiers
and sailors wait for vote of the
people before they are granted
what they consider is justly due
them.
The bill provides for SIS a month
during service. The money is TO
be provided by a state bond issue of
.$11, 100000.
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bic to hide excessive profits by
dribbling it through large stock
issues. This is illustrated in the
case OF a well-known motor car
company which issued three times
the original amount of stock held
last year. and is now paying 10
per cent dividend While taxes
must be paid on the total income
received by a stockholder, a 10 per
cent dividend is less formidable
and is less liable to arouse COM
ment than a 80 per cent dividend.
Atlantic Refining, a subsidiary of
Standard Oil. had a capitalization
Iof $5,O0O.OOO and its excess profits
were placed in a surplus fund that
is now over 55,00O,O00. The com.
Ipany has increased its capital stock
to $5,OOO,O0O and stock dividends
TO reduce the surplus are predicted.
If stockholders are given three or
four stock dividends for each
share of stock held by them, a 10
per cent dividend, for instance,
would arouse less interest in the
public mind than 40 per cent
dividend, if the stock dividends
were not issued. The stock of
Atlantic Refining is now selling
at nearly $500 a share.
The supreme courts decision is
given universal approval by finan-
ciers, who construe it as Motifs
cation to business to go the limit"
One New York financial paper
SAYS that the decision, taken in
conjunction with the steel trusts
victory in the supreme court. re
wives the day of consolidation"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
SPOKANE MOVEMENT
IN GOOD CONDITION

The labor movement at Spokane
is also in excellent condition. The
Timber Workers convention was in
session there all of last week, and
was addressed by f. P. Marsh, of
the Labor Department; E. J. Stack,
Secretary of the Oregon Federation
of Labor; C. o. Young, organizer
for the American Federation of La
Dor; Martin j. Flyzik, Labor mem
Der of the State Safety Board;
Mayor Fleming, of Spokane, and
President Short.
The convention is writing an
entirely new constitution. which
includes a provision that all of its
locals in each State must affiliate
with the different State Fedora
tions of Labor II adopted a reso-
luton expressing its appreciation
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
LAW MAKERS DODGE
HIGH COST PROBLEM

WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The
workers earning power is less than
before the war, and statesmen ring
bells and play for political advan-
/ tage, says President Gompers, writ
ing in American Federationist, cur
rent issue.
1T needs no argument to sustain
the statement that in 1913 the aver
age American worker was not living
in more than state of fairly salts
factory comfort. 1t would be pos
.sible to produce volumes of statis-
tics to show that his condition at
that time was a condition in which
he had little surplus for saving and
none at all for anything that could
be called extravaganza. The earning
power of the average American
worker is less today. according to
the statistics of the department of
labor than it was in 1913. This
condition applies to the overwhelm-
ing majority of the American peo-
pie. II does not. of course, apply
to that small proportion of the pop
ulation whose income is always so
far in advance Of the amount re-
quired to purchase life's necessities
and luXuries. Nor does it apply to
that small yet powerful group Of
greedy persons whom We have come
to know as profiteers.
In point of intimate appeal 10
the average American individual,
there is no issue that today ap-
.proaches this. There has been an
indifference in official circles that
is astounding and an impotence that
is ineXcusable. Senators and con-
gressmen have used their time and
their offices for political purposes.
which have meant nothing to the
people, except it be shame and dis
grace. Bells have been rung and
great pronouncements have been
made heralding action on the prob
lem of the cost Of living. Nothing
has come Of this ringing Of bells
and of these pronouncements."
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THERE'S NO TAX ON STOCK DIVIDENDS
AND EXCESSIVE PROFITS ESCAPE

NEW YORK, March 20. - Be
cause the United States supreme
court has ruled that stock dividends
are not taxable under the income
tax law the government will have
to return millions Of dollars re
ceiyed during the last three years
as taxes on these holdings.
In non-technical terms, a stock
dividend is receipt, If a concern
is capitalized at 100000 and makes
(, a 20 per cent profit it would, for
ILLUSTRATION. pay per cent
dividend and place the remaining
| 3 per cent in what is known as a
surplus fund" In eight years.
! if this proportion is maintained the
surplus will total $1O4,OO0 outside
of the 100000 capital stock.
If this surplus We're divided
among stockholders assuming this
concern is representative of all in
dustry-it would mean a bulging
treasury for Uncle Sam, under the
operation of the income tax law.
Instead of dividing the 100000
the company issues stock dividends
against this amount. A stockholder
Will now have two shares of stock
where he previously owned one. If
the same rate Of interest prevails
the stockholder will receive y per
cent dividend and will be in the
same position as when he received
I per cent while the profits, form
erly called surplus" are placed in
the capital account and escape the
tax collector.
The decision will make it posi-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
THEY DON'T GET MUCH.

Surplus earnings" of the Bell
System of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company have been
$7,00O,000 in the five months since
federal control ended, according to
the annual financial statement just
issued by the corporation.
other surplus and reserves to the
amount of $33S, 100000 had been
Invested in additional productive
property" thus avoiding the in
come tax.
"The net earnings" of the COM
pany for the fiscal year were $780,
100000. Dividends of $35, 900
were declared. This amount is dis
tributed among 120,460 sharehold-
ers, 10000 of whom are company
employees, literally forced under a
company policy to invest from
their slim incomes.
The report points out that the
corporation has been able to keep
down bona fide labor unions among
its employees by the formation of
associations" carefully nursed by
company officials.
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TWO MORE GOOD ACTS
OF OUR ''C|TY DADS

At Wednesdays legislative ses-
sion the City Commission passed
the first reading of two very i'm
portant ordinances, affecting the
interests of all the citizenship of
Everett.
An ordinance providing for a
municipal market house and a s60,-
600 bond issue to finance it, went
on the calendar Wednesday. having
passed the first reading. The
proposition will go before the city
voters on May 25, at the special
municipal election. This is pro-
gressive measure long hoped for,
and too long delayed.
The second important measure
was the passage on first reading of
an ordinance providing for the sub
mission of a city power plant pro-
ject to a referendum at the special
election on May 25. This measure,
if passed, will show the way to
nrovide profitable means of dis
posing of our surplus water and
make for the industrial welfare of
the city.
The City commissioners are
surely making a commendable eff
fort to place Everett on the map
among the foremost progressive
cities of the State.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
New Labor Temple

However, from all indications
there, the movement at Yakima
will prove competent to take care
of itself. Yakima in recent years
has been building up one of the
best organized movements in the
States. They have just started the
building of a large labor temple,
which will be one of the best struc-
lures in the city OF Yakima. Stock
has already been issued and sold
and the building is already under
construction. 1t will house the
Fulmer Bros. Cooperative Garage
and Auto Agency; the Yakima
Daily American, owned Jointly by
the organized farmers and workers
of Yakima County; it will provide
space for a branch of the Listman
Service Co., and a branch of the
Trades Union bank. Uptodate
quarters are to be provided for the
entire labor movement of the city,
with sufficient additional room to
take care of the increasing growth
of the movement there. Three large
halls are planned in the building,
with up-to-date kitchen, dining and
banquet room.
The determination with which
the thoroughly unionized labor
movement of Yakima is meeting
the onslaught of the Associated In
dustries, was best demonstrated by
the enthusiastic audiences that
turned out to the open meetings
held there during Pres. Shorts
visit. 1t was planned to have only
one mass meeting, but such large
number of people had to be turned
away on the first night, that it was
necessary to hold a second meeting,
when the hall was again filled to
capacity.
The entire movement of Yakima
will concentrate it's entire finan-
cial and economic strength behind
the first unit of the movement that
comes under the attack of the AS
sociated Industries. The greater
portion of the business men of the
city have up to date declined to
align themselves with the open
shop program, recognizing that
only very small portion of the in
dustrial interests stand to profit
by the success of the open shop pro-
gram, and that just in the degree
that union conditions are destroyed
and wage standards lowered, their
business will suffer proportionate-
ly. This was fully emphasized in
the meetings held at Yakima. and
it is doubtful if the open shop pro-
gram will ever really get under
way there
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
LABOR COUNCIL HAS LONG SESSION
SP|CED WITH MUCH WARM DEBATE
Wednesday, March "a, 1920.

Wednesday, March "a, 1920.
Council was called to order by
President Goldthorpe at 1880 p. m.
Credentials were presented by
otto Anderson to succeed Delegate
Kidd of the Timberworkers; Philip
Bowen and ]. S. Jurgens to succeed
Delegates Wertz and Cleveland of
The Cooks and Walters; James Moore
to succeed Delegate Rogers of the
Loneshoremen; Mrs. Fay Thompson
to succeed Delegate Mrs. Walden of
the Cannery Workers.
Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion.
A communication was received
from the Private Soldiers and Sail
ors Legion and read to the Council.
The communication explained the
method of organization and its
sympathy with organized labor. A
motion was made that the Council
% on record as endorsing the Le-
gion; and also to give its aid to
the Legion in advertising meetings;
and that the secretary be instruct
cd to notify the National Council of
the Private Soldiers and Sailors
Legion of the action taken. Car
80
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MRS. ANNA PATTERSON

Mrs. Anna Patterson, wife of
Thomas Patterson, 32O2 Lombard
avenue, died Monday at noon at the
Everett hospital after an illness of
eight months. She was 27 years
old and leaves, besides her husband,
five small children, the Oldest 10
years and the youngest two years
and a half. Funeral services We're
held Wednesday afternoon at 1870.
at the undertaking parlors OF John
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
SUFFRAGE AMEND
MENT RATIFIED

The special session of the Wash
ington legislature unanimously rati-
fled the Woman Suffrage Amend
ment to the Federal Constitution
last Tuesday. Though tardy in this
act of justice it is satisfying to
know that it was done, Let us in
dulge the hope that every mem
Der of the legislature, when he
voted for ratification, felt deep
down in his heart that he was doing
the right thing.
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Amendment.

The amendment to the constitu-
.tion fixing the pay of the secretary
at SIS per month came up for final
action and was unanimously passed.
There was much discussion as to
the proper way to raise the money
to pay Delegate Meyer for atten-
dance at the I. w. w. trial in
Montesano as a labor juryman.
Delegate Mitten read extracts of
the proceedings of the International
Convention of the Street Car men,
which was listened to with much
attention.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-26
CARPENTERS SCALE
TO BE SO IN TACOMA

Carpenters of Tacoma will re-
ceive IS per day from May to
April 80. 1921, inclusive and have
signed an agreement with the mas
ter builders.
Negotiations for new wage
scale have been on since last No
vember, An agreement for a wage
of $3.50 day in place of S6.sS be-
ginning March l was waived in
view of the IS scale May /, when
the, Building Trades Council is to
sign a blanket building trades
agreement
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from the Minneapolis Trades and
Labor Assembly enclosing a series
of resolutions adopted by the World
War Veterans, Post No. I, con-
demnatory of the immigration
Bureau and the Federal Labor De-
partment under which the bureau
operates, and the concurrence of
the Minneapolis body in the resolu-
tions. After long and heated dis
cussion the communication was re-
ferred to a special committee.
A communication from the Ma
tional Labor Party of Chicago was
referred to the Triple Alliance Po-
litical Welfare Council.
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International Broom and Whlsk
Makers Union.

The following letter was received
from the international Broom ana
Whisk Makers Union, addressed 10
the Secretary OF the Council:
Chicago, March 10, l9Zo.
Dear Sir and Brother:
The International Broom ana
Whisk Makers Union is making a
special effort to organize the trade
at this time. We are one of the
smallest organizations affiliated to
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THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE
WN. STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR

Published
ontanng official and he items interest to the mem
which might be Office the publications Maynard Bldg
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The State Safety Board,

The Council discussed at some
length the series of articles written
by Martin Flyzick, member of the
State Safety Board, giving instruc-
tions to workers and employers in
the extra hazardous industries. The
Instructions are printed in two
PAMPHLETS for general circulation,
which will be furnished. These
pamphlets will be placed in the
hands of all workers and employers,
and if all workers do not have
these pamphlets they may be Sc
cured by applying to the local Of
flee of the Local Aid Board.
The State Safety Board has es-
tablished three district local aid
boards at Seattle, Tacoma and Spo-
kane, under whom is employed and
conveniently situated at branch
offices in the most centrally 10
Gated places, a number of field as
sistants who will be ready at all
times to serve and assist the in
dustries in their safety work, sub
iect to the supervision of the State
Safety Board.
The local offices are as follows;
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Continued on Page Three)

F. Jerread, and the remains were
inferred in Evergreen cemetery.
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LOCAL AID BOARD,

District No. 3.
14O Perkins Building, Tacoma
Telephone Main 2S96.
Hropcb OFFICES Under District NO. 3
432 Finch Building, Aberdeen
Telephone $50.
Rooms IL Blurock Building
Vancouver. Telephone 19S.
The workers are urged 10 reao
,arefully the literature of the State
Safety Board and thoroughly post
themselves on the working of the
law and the proper course to pur-
sue under its provisions.
A communication was received
from Frank Morrison, Secretary OF
The American Federation OF LABOR
announcing the suspension oil the
Maintenance of Way Employees ano
Railway Shop Laborers. lhlS
brought about an extended discus
sion. A motion directing the Secre'
tary to notify Secretary Morrison
that the union named was MOI
affiliated with the Central LABOR
Council. No action was taken OF
the motion and the matter deferred
to the order of good and welfare ol
the Council.