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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
STEEL TRUST
ISNOW HOLDING
BUSINESS BACK

When the nation was at war the
United States Steel Corporation
was taking "swollen and unconscion-
able profits" from the government
and it's allies, and during peace it
is holding back readjustment by re-
fusing to lower the price of steel
and steel products, John Shelton
Williams, Comptroller of the Treas
ury, charges in a letter addressed
20 Judge Ebert H. Gary, its chair
man.
Refusal of the Morganized Steel
Trust to assist in solving the great
and difficult problem of reviving
business is worse than Bolshevism
of "either high or low-brow va
riety," Mr.. Williams declares.
The letter was mailed to Judge
Gary on February 15, after he had
commented on the Comptroller's an
nual report, in which the Steel
Trust had been taken to task for
tJrofiteering. Inasmuch as he had
received no reply from the COM
munication, Mr.. Williams asserted he
felt free to make public the letter
and a report on Steel Trust prof
it's which he had made for the Rail
road Administration on May s.
1919, when he was acting as pur-
chasing agent for the department
Indicted Before World
On the basis of that report, which
Mr.. Williams says shows conclu-
sively that the Steel Trust could
have reduced steel prices $50 a
ton and yet pay dividends on both
preferred and common Stocks" the
trust will "stand responsible for
doing harm to the people of the
United States and all the world
An analysis of the Steel Trusts
financial statement for 1918 de-
veloped the extent of it's profiteer-
ing, Mr.. Williams says, and he pre-
sents this summary in support of
his charges:
In two years the Steel Trust
made more than $1,000,000,000 OF
profits, "the eXaction of which had
a most disturbing and injurious eff
feet, not only upon our allies, but
upon our country in the midst of
war, even though part of it was
afterwards paid back in taxes"
These earnings were so large that
the trust could during the year 1915
have doubled the salaries and wages
paid to every one of it's 68,71C
employees and officers and leave a
surplus sufficient to pay interest
and sinking-fund charges and leave
a balance of more than seven mil
lion dollars after dividends had
been paid on preferred and common
stocks.
An "UncOnscionable" Profiteer
with its plethoric treasury" the
Steel Trust "could richly afford tc
say to the government that for the
remainder of this year 1919) il
would sell its products at net cost
having made in the past two years
"swollen and unconscionable prof
it's"
Had the Steel Trust held prices
to a moderate basis during the war
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
SUMMARY OF TRADE UNION CONFER
ENCE HELD IN WASHINGTON. D. c.
Considered and Acted Upon Present Day Trade
niOn Movement

Washington, March 5.-Practical-
ly every national and international
affiliate of the A. +. of L.. together
with the railroad brothcrhoods, were
represented at the conference on
February %, in this city, called by
President Gompers, under instruc-
tion of the executive council, to
trade union movement.
The conference was harmonious
and enthusiastic. A declaration
was agreed to- which included an
arraignment of injunction judges
and employers who would destroy
American ideals. 1t was declared
that these employers and believers
in European fanaticism are work
ing for the destruction of the trade
union movement, though inspired by
different motives and each using
the other as tool in the struggle to
overwhelm democracy and put an
end to American progress, POLITICAL
ly and industriaIIy
Workers were urged OF ignore la
Dor injunctions, and profiteering
and the shameful and unjustified
over capitalization Of industrial and
commercial projects, which compel
the public to pay interest on in
flatcd prices, we're denounced.
The conference callod for nul,Iic
.sunnort and rncognitinn of. G pun
r1,, 'II. - ,1...,N. ''
me me rIgnt Ig5i. OF S! She "orhllg people
" 'He VhlItu states 20 organize
mo mo trape Unions Tor Ohe pfoUec-
''o!t nri' ol 'ileli rlshOS ana interests
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
VICTORY WON BY
COAL MINERS in
ALABAMA STATE
Open-Shop Campaign Gets Hard
Blow When Operators
Capitulate

Alabama coal operators have made
what amounts almost to an uncon-
ditional surrender, and the strike
in that state, which has been vigor-
ously prosecuted for several months,
came to an end February %. Twelve
thousand striking miners have re-
turned to work.
The proposal submitted by Van
Bittner, representing the United
Mine Workers of America in the
district, was accepted. 1t provides
for the appointment by Governor
to adjudicate all matters in con-
troversy, which both sides have
agreed to recognize. Troops were
Immediately ordered withdrawn from
the strike zone.
"We have won very important
victory in Alabama said John L..
Lewis, international president of the
United Mine Workers, who was in
Washington attending a general la
Dor conference. at is a severe blow
to the open shop drive and estab-
fishes the fact that organized la
Dor can maintain it's position in
the face of the strongest possible
opposition of corporation interests.
A group of Alabama citizens have
underwritten the terms under which
the strike was called off and give
guarantee that satisfactory condi-
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tions in the Alabama coal mines
will henceforth prevail. This, of
course, means that the mines will
be unionized throughout the state.
We have been supporting 10000
strikers and their families and were
prepared to continue doing this in
definitely"
The cases against Sergt. Glenn L.
Stephens and eight other Alabama
militiamen, charged with lynching
William Baird, a union miner, dur
ing the strike, were noll pressed in
Hamilton, where the cases were be-
ing tried, on motion of Judge Will
kinson, special prosecutor. This
followed the failure of the jury to
reach a verdict in the trial of
Stephens.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11

''the government, our allies and the
public would have been saved ex-
actions amounting to many times
The $28S,O 100000 paid by it in Fed
eral taxes.
Mr.. Williams declares that Judge
Gary had access to the statement
emboGying these charges and COM
pletely ignored them. After %
months they stand uncontradicted
and challenged. The public, the
Comptroller says, is entitled to an
explanation and any defense that
Judge Gary can make.
I'VE are calling on the working
people to accept a reduction of
wages he continues, "and every
day we urge manufacturers and
wholesale and retail merchants to
trim their margin of profit, and
the farmer to be content without
profit or to accept losses. Evidence
that the United States Steel Cor
poration is selling its products at
reasonable prices and accepting
smaller profits would be an example
and inspiration to all these classes"
There is a real live revolution on
in Russia. Hands off and let Rus
sia settle her own affairs. That
will be self-determination
Smoke OLYMPIC CLUB 1Oc cigar.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
A EEACTIONARY
ATTACK MADE ON
THE CITY GOVT.

The Commission Form of Gov
ernment in Everett is being at
tackled by trucking and other in
terests, urging return to the
old ward-heel council system which
we had before the Commission
Form was voted in 1912. The re-
Gently formed Everett Businessmen
and Taxpayers Association, organ
lied by those opposed to the new
truck ordinance, are circulating pc
titions for return to the good old
days of the ward council. When
asked to sign one of these petit
tions, taxpayers would do well to
compare the business management
of the city today with the mis-
management of the ward council.
Cost Of city government we are told
will be reduced if we return to the
ward system. Will it?
The last act of the last mayor and
ward council in 1912, was to turn
over a burden of debt to the Com
mission Government, amounting to
more than $600,0O0.00, which debt
we still' have with us, and was
caused by spending more than our
income for city government.
The increase in state government
expenses during the last ten years,
as shown by the Olympia Legisla-
tive appropriations of 1921 amounts
to no less than 260 per cent; the
levy for state taxes Jumping from
$3.50 to $16.45 per thousand dol
lars assessed valuation in the past
ten years. Expenses of state gov
ernment, as shown by the 1921 leg
islative appropriations, have in
creased $10,650,000 over the 1919
state Legislative appropriation. The
total tax levy, as shown by the
Legislative appropriation bill just
passed, has jumped from $5,062,-
100000 in 1911 to $40 1924 100000 in
1921. This is an increase of 260
per cent.
How do the expenses of the city
of Everett compare with this rec
ord? In 1910 under the mayor and
council it cost about $185 100000 to
run the city. The 1921 budget
for city expenses is $255, 100000, an
increase of but 36 per cent, or one
eighth the increase in state taxes.
In the past two years state taxes
have increased eight times as fast
as city taxes.
Everett's general fund tax levy
for city expenses in 1912, the year
the Commission Government took
hold was $40 per thousand. To-
day it is 5000 per thousand or an
increase of but one-third. Compare
this with the state tax record of
26O per cent increase in the last
ten years.
Has the Commission Form of
Government been efficient and eco
nomical? We think Everett's rec
ord shows that it has and that it
would be a grave mistake to return
to the old ward-heel council.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
Bunk" Economy Program of Legislature
COnclusively Exposed
State Federation's Contention Sustained

dispatch Olympia by the Associated Press
the
mills
The Federation of Labor ontendd the
fight
that pretended
the Legislature merely the crudes kind
might hide their position of taking
the labor laws of the state for the past The Federation
the of administration rather than reduce it,
ing in a slightly $10y0O0O00.
his estimate
application of
ington evidently
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
The WOOlwOrth Firm
Changed It's Mind

Bremerton, March Z. - The big
event in Bremerton Saturday was
the opening of the f. w. Wool
worth 5 and 10-cent store, which
had been declared unfair by the
Central Labor Council because of
the management's refusal to abide
by the retail clerks rules regarding
the opening and closing hours. The
council committee picketed the place
and at noon won their demands
when the manager called the COM
mittee and agreed to close at 6
o'clock.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
Insurance at Cash
Thru State Funds

Bills to establish exclusive state
funds for accident insurance have
been introduced in several legisla-
lures, according to the current num-
ber of the American Labor Legis-
lation Review
In prohibiting commercial insur-
ance companies from doing business
in this field and furnishing the in
surance protection against accidents
at actual cost, the Connecticut bill
would make it unlawful for employ
ers to do business without coming
under the Workmens Compensation
Law and insuring in the state fund
In Minnesota, the group of la
Dor members who are sponsoring
the bill have pointed out that it is
"in line with the Ohio and North
Dakota Compensation Acts and the
most progressive and enlightened
thought on the subject"
C.-1-- 1I1ATT I,ArCIN 1n4 r.-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
Peterson & Howard
Buy Blacker Grocery

The newly organized firm of Pet
erson & Howard, last week pur-
chased Blacker's Grocery, and will
operate it along lines similar to
those it formerly followed.
Porter Peterson, senior member
of the firm. has been associated
with A. l.. Frederickson in the op-
Grafton of the business for some
time. A. H. Howard, formerly an
employe of Moon & Reep is the
junior member of the firm, having
purchased Mr.. Frederickson's inter-
est.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
S55,6OO,OOO

What does that row of figures
mean? Oh, nothing MUCH. They
are supposed to show, approximate
ly, what will be the expenditures
of the State of Washington for
the biennium beginning July /, 1921
That amount was appropriated by
our LIBERAL Republican legisla-
ture. Much of it was added to the
buget to please King Louis.
These appropriations exceed those
of 1919 by about $16,500, ,000-a
mere bagatelle, More anon.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE
WIN. STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR

Fubsned weekly by the Executive Council of the
tam a and other items of interest the member
SNIP
Seattle, Washington ~ ~ ' ~
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11
MOVEMENT FOR
A THREE-SHIFT
SYSTEM Is MADE

An official inquiry into the op-
GRAFTON of the three-shift system in
the iron and steel industry has been
undertaken by the International La
Dor Office among all member coun-
tries of the League of Nations, says
an article in the current issue of
the American Labor Legislation Re
view.
A comprehensive QUESTIONABLE
has been sent to the principal or
ganizations of employers and work
ers as well as to the governments
by Director Albert Thomas.
Information is particularly sought
with respect to the extent to which
the three-shift system has super
seded the two-shift system in the
iron and steel industry in the most
important industrial countries and
"the effect the change has had on
the quality and quantity of output
on the economic use of plant, on
the number of work people employed
on the frequency of accidents and
on the interest and health of the
workers"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11

According to official statistics
there are 100000 unemployed per-
sons in France.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11

VIM. G. McAdoo, former Secre-
tary of the Treasury and former
Director General of Transportation
says "it isn't fair to tell a railroad
workman that he is worth so cents
an hour and then refuse to pay him
that sum merely because railroad
bonds do not yield up to a certain
per cent of profits. That argument
won't go with the railroad work
ers, in my opinion"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11

Smoke CHALLENGE 1Oe Cigar.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-03-11

Smoke OLYMPIC CLUB 1Oc cigar.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10
GOVERNMENT WINNER
IN CERNaN LOTTERIES
10 Ha'hbie in the Fnthcrland Ono
Must Pit His Stakes Against
the Government.

S+i.-lN. July 9.-If you gamble in
ItE'h"hy you must play against the
state private luie; games run tho
riSk OF being raldcI by The police.
gambling by cards or roulette IS uuu-
'Hha Die. The paicrnal German gov
efhment attempts To satisfy its ci,i-
z,ns instincts for gambling by CON
Quoting state lotteries.
io0 hu" numbered ticket. which
."S'' you i"y marks. AT certain in
's' ''''s The numbers arc drawn and
the winners are advertised in the
press The usual high prize is 500 600
marks, the smaller prizes dccreasinr
to 1000 marks
The EXPLANATION OF the government.
conducting the lotteries is tina, 4 pr,
'a'e INDIVIDUAL might cheat YOU: The
government wouldn't think OF such n
thIng SO You take chance and oer-
maps may ORA the haif-milllon mari,
prize
fiTst you plan exactly how YOU are
going 10 spant the half million. Then
you go around to draw your money.
The cashier hands you 10000 marks
twenty per cent was retained by the
government a. it's profit; You are in
formed that list Of the winners 10
given 10 tn. lax authorities IN nrc-
.eH' your doaginS on your tax return.
ne TAX collector relieves you Of
$4,000 marks Income tax on the 500
coz. for on your tax certifcatt' is n
snccial question as 10 your lottery
winnings
You st!ll have 225.000 marks to re-
port 70 the authorities as your can't
IA Increase for the year. The capital
increase tax "a first cousin to the
excess pr"i5s tax costs you 100000
marks You have $4,000 marks re-
manning to build your air castles
oEisinh!Iy planned on the basis of
100000.
Germans gamble with the state he
cause It's a sur. thlng--you simply
Ga Mt b. cheated.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10
How Sanux C0rrects Stomach
Disorders, Clennses Impure
ties From System, Stimu.
lates the Appetite, Builds
Up Health and Strength.

Newport News. Val was all rum
down." says Miss Flcislier. the widely
known and popular housekeeper of
the Strand Hotel. OF this city. II
couldn't sleep and felt tired and
,achy' all over ana had sharp pains
In my back and sides 80 that ] could
hardly do my work. I took cold very
easily and had n bad cough.
81 had taken lot OF medicine, but
nothing seemed to do me any good,
but Sanmx was so highly recommended
decided to try it. After the first
bottle My backachc was entirely re-
lievcd and I fult much better l took
two more bottles. and now ! am n
well. healthy woman. can sincerely
recommend Sanux to any one who
suffers as did"
Sahux, nrst OF all. acts as a mild
but thorough laxative. gently cleans
Ing the system OF accumulated waste
matter and Impurities. Then it tones
UP the stomach and aids the over
worked digestive organs in converting
the food into tissue and rich. red
blood. Disorders OF the liver and
Kidneys gradually disappear rs the
medicine assists these organs back to
n normal sfunctioning. and good,
healthy appetite quickly follows as
q natural result.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10

street In the capital. although no
had also n considerable liking for
Fleet street. the charm of which had
long since been enthusiastically ex-
tolieh'bv Lamb and Or. Johnson.
On the other hand. Sir Reginald
Bloomfield. T. A.. past president ~
the institute" OF british Architects.
thinks the strand s TOO crowded ia
be ycrwhclmingi! interesting
And Pali Mail" h. told me. ~,
too spacious and algnincd PiccndIty.
i'aGain. il too shor, and 100 narrow.
the cast end of the circus IN par,icu-
lar having disastrous effcc, on the
rest OF it.
The only streets OF adequate width
tor cc"cr d.c Portland Place and tn.
Mile End Road. and. OF course. the
Emsankment from Biacktriars Bridge
TO Westminster. which however. is
hardly "a street"
And Louis y Parker VINO blame,
the architects Tor spelling streets
that 10 him would otherwise he nam
hcrcd among the most Interesting.
says:
is whitcchapcI Road street?
! That, TO nay mind would take some
| batting Church street. kruSington.
too. has many merits--It is hilly. IL
winds, and it is lined with aIIurins
| shops Is Bankside street? There
/ is little left OF il, tut what there i
I rs rav!s hing II is the spot from
| which ono gets tho best view OF ST
"auls. aud Shakespeare must often
| hnNc troddcn It's cuhhlcs Moreover.
IL is difficult To get at
"iiammcrsmith Road on Saturday
| nights gorgeous. bur. on the whole.
! I plump inr Bankside."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10
LCNDCN,S MOST INTERESTING
STREET HARD TO AGREE ON
Pail Mall Too Dignifed Piccadily Too Short Say Some
While Famous Personages Discuss Regent Street and
The Strand as Contenders for Popular Approval

LONDON. July 81 general vote
on the question: (which is the mos,
interesting street in London" would
probably be remarkable chiefly for
the vide difference. between the opIn-
inus OF men and women 1t is hard
Z" "!irve that IT was mer.ly cuiuci-
Hcu"" that The iirSi three women to
whom the question WAS pu, should
hiiv" rrpllrG at ono" Regent Strcrti'
Three mcmbctS of the savage cub
who tmmndiatciy named the strand
as thci choice ala 50 without in
tending to be taken seriously
Regent street its broad and gently
risin. sweep linking the two cir
cus"s, with the plck of the worlds
merchandise In its shops and it's
lavish dispiay Of wares dear to the
feminine heart undoubtedly has a
fascination for women That no other
stree; "a the metropolis, aud proba =
tiy IN the world. possesses. Just ns
he strand Gnds greater favor in the
minds OF most mon
u have always regarded tn"
strand" said Joseph Narkrr. rha IA :
mons scene painter. as being hy far
: Ne most Interesting OF all loudon's
streets My memories OF it goes back
City years. aud its attraction for me
T. a. great ms ever No stree; in
l.ordon has witnessed more of tho
"Eentry ~ tn" past, few ARE richer
10 historical associations Nul no
other street. fancy, has the power
L. produce q more Violcu, uostalgia
III absent Londouers"
II is wcrth while rcmurEiug here
th;t, To bisri.li the strand was ever
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10
WILL RADIUM AT LAST
OPEN THE DOOR OF
THE GREAT UNKNOWN?

II you are sick and wan, to Oct Well
ana Keep Well. write for literature that
tell. Hos and why this almost unknown
and wonderful new clement brings Keller
TO go many sufferers from Constipation.
rheumatism. Sciatic;t. Govt NcnrttIs, Neu.
rnlgia Nervous pros,ra;ion. i'eh biood
Pressure and diseases OF IN" stomach.
Heart, Lungs. Liver. Kidneys and other
ailments. You wras Dcgncn's Radioactive
Solar rad day ana night, receiving the
Rud!p.AciIv" Rays continuously into your
system. causing healthy circulation,
overcoming sluggishu"ss. throwing OF TN
puritics and restoring the tissues ana
nerves TO a normal couhition---and IN" next
thlng You Know you are getting well.
SOLD on test proposition. Won are
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fore the appliance - yours. Nothing TO
10 bu, wear IL. No trouble or expense.
Rnd tho most wonderful fact about the
appliance Is ih': Il - sold so reasonable
that 1t Is within she teach Of all. boil
rich nnd poor.
No matter hnw bad your nIimeni. or
how long standing. we will be pleased IN
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10
ESSENTIALS OF COURTShIP
DEFINED BYLOMDON COURT
London Jury, on Which Two Women Sat, Gives Widow
Farthing Damages in Breach-of- Promise Case When
Plaintiff Fails to Show Proof of Woonp

LONDON. July 0.-Tive essentials
OF courtship were laid down by coun-
sci in Justice Lush's court.
S. ]. y. Merlin was addressing
the Jury FOR william Cuthbert Crom-
well. motor engineer, clerk OF BriSh-
by Mrs. Winifred Katc Coales. war
widow with two children. for alleged
breach OF promise.
In The correspondence. counsel
pointed out. there was nothing even
approaching what was usually called
love letter. and not single letter
which contained stronger term
than Yours very sincerely"
There was no engagement ting 4nl
the young man took the WIDE" to u,
thCI;crs--ii'i, even 10 a picture thea =
ter There were nv. essentials Ia tho
conduct of engaged persons u each
other which here were totally absent.
Mr.. Merlin gave the nrst thrc"--love
letters. engagement ring aud the in
PRODUCTION To the respective families
Tho judge thon intcrjcctcd: Il have
exhausted them when ] think OF those
three. What arc the others? Counsel
said the others were the giving OF
presents AMI the taking OF lover-'ikc
expeditions and outings.
Look Hnck ut your own enga &C.
incuts. ladies and gentleman. mr.
urged. (Tnere were two women on tho
jury)
Can YOU say" he asked. that dur
Ing that period any one OF the hNe
yas abscnt?" The jury merely smiled
The judge. summing IN. said ne