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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
MR.. BOWSER'S
RULES
He Finds That Mrs. Bow
ser Has Them, Too!
By NJ. QUAD.
OOOOCOOOOkOO
| 1921. hx Mcclure NeWspapNr 9yndicat


Mr.. Bowser drew a manuscript from
his pocket and read for awhile. When
he had finished reading, he said:,
Mrs. Bowser. I have something here
with which you will agree. l want a
mutual understanding"
II think we can come to one," re-
piled Mrs. Bowser.
"That is good Of you, as beginning.
You do not always agree with me, but
/ think you will in this case. It will
strike you as it struck me, as some
thing for our great benefit. Let me
tell you that this house has been run
In a slam-bang way In the last three
years." ....
Il am aware Of that" was the an
swer.
"There has been no head to the
house." continued Mr.. Bowser. "SOme-
times have run it and sometimes you
have, and sometimes the cook or the
cat. We have probably lost thousands
of dollars by not having program or
set of rules to guide us. have COM
piled here a set of rules. Ihave given
them deep thought. but I think have
them just right, now"
"rhat is what we have long needed"
acQuiesced Mrs. Bowser. I'VE have
slowly been tumbling over each other.
The cat has sometimes been in her
place and sometimes not. The cook
has sometimes been In her place and
sometimes not. The cook has sometimes
bossed the whole thing. and sometimes
she has let everything go. II you have
solved the problem shall be very glad
to know it,
"Wdl, here are the rules" said Mr..
Bowser, after long look at her to see
II she was sincere.
"One.-We get up at seven O'Clock
a. m. That is. you do, as you must see
about breakfast. lay and sleep until
q quarter to eight. You are to get out
Of bed softly, so as to not waken me.
'Two-The girl must have my meal
all ready, so as not to detain me.
While I'm eating it, you must not tell
me that this thing or that thing is
wanted in the house and thus depress
my spirits. Neither must you ask me
for money.
"Three.-The first thing when I am
gone, you must tidy up the house. If
you find my cigar stubs lying around.
you must pick them up. If, in my
haste to get out of bed, I upset my
chair and leave 1t thus, you must pick
1t up and place 1t where 1t belongs.
Your work must be done neatly. There
must be no feathers or apple cores left
lying around. sr''aA- !.
"Four.-When you have your work
done up you can phone your orders to
the grocer and the butcher. It will be
we'll for you to order in a command
ing voice. and thus give them to under,
stand that you are not to be trifled
with. Say to the butcher that you
want two pounds Of round steak, and
that it must be as gentle and tender
as the best Of porterhouse. Tell him
you will cease to trade with him If 1t
Is not. If you order meat to roast, tell
him that II he sends you bull meat, 1t
will provoke me to do some desper-
ate act. In ordering of the grocer, :.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
orA1B ROAR WORK
trict road superintendents reDO,

DQstf1ct road suPerlntendents report
thatt
The sections Of the road north Of
Bfainerd and near Hackensack have
been put in good condition.
The paving to st. Cloud is expected
to be completed October 10.
The St. Cloud Royalton detour is be-
ing fixed up. 3
The fills near Lincoln are being raised
across the swamps. !
The new construction between Swan
vile and Sank Centre ,is being speeded
up.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
Former Slave Dies Aged ~

Former Slave Dies, Aged 12a.
Moses Walker, who claimed to be one
hundred and .twenty-eight years old,
Ii dead at Moultrie, Ga. He often
stated he came to this country In
1900 In slave ship with his father
and mother. Walker did not have any
rules for longevity, except to suppose
that fondness for good corn whisky
might have helped. +.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07

4oooyo 600 Bushels Grain In Shipment
Port Arthur, Ont.-A total of 4,090.-
900 bushels Of grain including more
than 100000 bushels of wheat, left
Port Arthur and Fort William in one
day in II steamers. ~ !: -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
Fur Exporto.
Great Britain exports about $4,000.
co Worth Of furs each year.
Would Soar, paddys Feelings.

Marion 10 fond Of, her daddy and
l1Nsr Wishes to hurt his feelings. Ono
day. she ate too much candy and made
Asrsslf 90 sick she had to 60 to bed.
Every little while her daddy would 60
IN to geo how she was, and e6nally,
when he went in, before he had time
to ash her, she said: Don't ask me,
daddy, for VIII have "a tell you ]
feel worse"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
silver Windplpe for Hor.e

Silver Windpipe for Horse.
The city Of Worcester, Mass, has a.
valuable horse in its street depart,
ment. The other, day h, veterinary
surgeon insertedta silver windpipe to
enable the animal to breathe >more
freely.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Evans Connolly and
daughter of Minneapolis arrived Wed
nesday for visit with Mrs. Connelly $
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Rasicot.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07

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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
Patrick Made Air Chief.

Patrick Made Air Chief.
Washington-The nomination. Of
Mason NJ. Patrick to be: chief of the
army air service with the rank Of Ma
jor General, succeeding Major General
Nenoher. was confirmed BY the Sem
ate. 49,.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF FARM BU
REAU LOCALS ~.

The Darling town Farm Bureau local
will hold its annual meeting atthe town
hall tonight. ~. =.
Ripley's local meets tomorrow eve
ming at the town hall A lunch and
general good time is planned,
!. Next Tuesday evening, the. Little
Falls town local meets at the town hall.
All these meetings are annual meet
Eings. Il 81 Il
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07

Mr.: Farmer, get your mo 'Huntingr>
signs at the Herald office, 10 cents
each.-kdv. 23-tf.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07

Were you among the Herald subscrib-
ers to send in remittance the past
weekf DO TT NOW.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
PARKER TOWN

Oct. ira 1eotga Qothoudt e
sceived word from jamestown, y. Y,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23
Willing to Take
Losses; Want No
Prying Receiver

Baltimore, Sept. 17.-Represen-
tatives of a majority of the policy
holders in the Employers Mutual
Insurance and Service Company, the
strike insurance concern which the
state insurance department charges
to be insolvent and unable to meet
it's obligations, and for which a re-
ceiver has been asked, have petit
toned the court to postpone the
hearing on the receivership appli-
cation for 30 days. They want time
to work out a plan of reorganiza-
ton, declaring that they do not de-
sire receivership, being willing
to stand their losses in order to
keep the company going. The COM
mittee of the majority policy hold
ers is composed of three employing
printers, two of whom locked out
their workmen May 2. A receiver
ship for the company may mean that
the methods of the concern in at
tempting to break strikes will be
investigated, hence the purpose of
these employers in opposing the
proceedings. The state insurance
department has examined the fl
nancial affairs of the company and
has reported to the court that the
concern is insolvent, having liabili-
ties exceeding assets by more than
a million dollars. The employers
opposing the receivership evident
ly hope to uncover an angel to
square accounts in the event the
court grants the 30-day postpone
ment,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23
Smoke BLUE RIBBON So Cigar.
UNION COAL 81
UNDER UNFAIR
MINE PRODUCT

Last Mondays Seattle Union Rec
ord says:
Even with the reported price re-
ductions made by the operators of
unfair mines, the public can buy
Union mined Washington state coal
at 81 below the price of the scab
product.
Union mined coal is a first class
product and is gaining in favor ev-
cry minute, according to W. j
Henry, manager of the Purchasing
Service department of the Union
Record, who is making a speciality
of placing orders for undermined
coal. Henry is giving coal infor-
nation to hundreds of inquiries.
This union mined coal can be
had in any quantity and for every
purpose" said Henry Saturday.
"There isn't an excuse in the world
for a union man in this town to
buy anything but union coal.
"The unfair coal companies are
making extravagant promises about
delivery, but the fact of the case
is that they cannot make good be-
yond a few scattered deliveries.
"The public must obtain its coal
now, because cold weather will be
upon us soon and it will be almost
impossible to get any kind of coal. u
Officials of the mine workers point
out that the unfair operators are
not only producing very little coal
but that, due to the expense of their
armies of gunmen and the lack of
experience of their few strikebreak-
ers, the coal which they are trying
to produce and sell at a reduced
price is really costing them in the
neighborhood of $500 a ton.
"They can't keep this up much
longer" declared a miners union
official Saturday. What is the
good of their talking about price
reductions when they can't even
deliver the coal"
w. j. Henrv's phone number is
Elliott 4471.
81 don't want to use any scah
COAL" reads a sentence in a letter
Saturday from NJ. E. Engdahl of
Tacoma. This is a sample from
one of hundreds of letters and in
quiries being handled by Henry
Engdahl is anxious to lay in his
winters supply of fuel now, anC
Henry is telling him how to do it
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23
TYPOS APPROVE
DISARMAMENT
Also IndOrse A. F. of L. Rail-
way Policy

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE
recent Quebec convention of the In
ternational Typographical Union,
upon the recommendation of the
resolutions committee and by un-
animous vote, adoped a resolution
favoring disarmament and govern
ment ownership of the railways of
the country. The resolution also
gives unqualified Endorsement" to
the action of the Denver convention
of the American Federation of La
Dor in establishing in Washington
an information and publicity service
to help the labor movement. The
typos urge printers to give close
attention to the recommendations
of the A. F. of l.. relating to school
text books.
The International Typographical
Union is a pioneer among labor or
ganizations in pushing agitation for
government ownership and control
of the telegraph system. beginning
it's propaganda in favor of this
policy in the nineties.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23
NOT ALL THE LARGE EMPLOYERS
FAVOR "OPEN SHOP" MOVEMENT

tive members of organized labor"
he continued. "These leaders have,
by sensible and reasonable elements
in their ranks, and as soon as the
present labor movement is repudi-
ated we will really learn what
hell is.
"The best way to deal with or
ganized labor is to work with and
not against it. Collective bargain
ing, which the so-called American
plan seeks to suppress, is the
cornerstone of organized labor.
Collective bargaining is the only
practical proposal for adjusting re-
latons between the managers and
the workers, securing fair deal
to both sides. There are always
two sides to an argument. In
dustrial peace can be secured only
by the righting Of the wrongs suf-
fered by the workers If the body
Of workers has a grievance it can
be adjusted only through cO-opera-
tion between the employer and the
employees representatives. As all
cannot meet the employer at one
time, it is necessary for the men
to select representatives to carry
out their will as expressed collec-
lively This right is identical with
that always held by the employer
and never challenged by the laws
or the public"
Pointing out that labor is always
patriotic and that it had Just re-
Gently worked earnestly, honestly,
efficiently and unselfishly for the
1f l9tFfc tigr, 4,J l,,-
the chamber, Mr.. Remmers sound
ed this warning: Labor does not
easily forget. 1t is ever vigi-
liant, and sometimes resentful and
vindictive The continuation Of
cumulative resolutions on this sub
iect will definitely stamp this cham
Der as an enemy of labor, and all
academic words and sophomore eX-
pressions will not change the opin-
ion of labor. Loud denials will not
help; neither will the lamentations
of jeremiah be heard. Let US not
play with fire by attempting to
suppress orderly evolution. To do
so means revolution. Let us re
tain the good will of our neigh
bors we might need them for
greater things in the future"
Mr.. Hansen told the Ohio cleo
trical contractors and dealers that
were it not for organization they
would not be there He regarded
it as inconsistent, to say the least,
for organization of employers to
condemn organizations Of employees.
"If we admit of the laborer's right
to organize, we then must not re-
fuse to recognize his organization"
he said
We're there no reasons for labor
organizations, he continued, they
would not exist. Nothing can per
petuate itself over long series
of years, overcoming difficulties and
warding off bitter attacks, unless
there is substantial need Of it.
Employers, he thought, are inclined
to overlook this fundamental fact.
Were there not greedy and merci-
less employers, there would not be
organizations Of toilers, for labor
unions came in response to a bit
ter cry of the oppressed for eman-
cipation.
Labor unions are a God-send to
our industrial system" said Mr.
Hansen. "They may at times step
on your toes or my toes, but. be-
lieve me, they are largely respon-
sible for our having any shoes on
our feet that we can come out
of the affair with our toes not
crushed
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23
WE DON'T
PATRONIZE
LIST

BARBER SHOPS
i. II. Turner, ll04 Hewitt.
Barnhart Shop, Monroe
BUILDING LABORERS
L. Starke, Emil Mitersbach, Phillips.
COFFEE AND TEA HOUSES
Manning's Coffee House on Hewitt between
Colby and Wetmore.
CONDENSED MILK
Libby, Mcneil & Libby, Packers and Cam
ners.
Carnation. Aster. Mt. Vernon and Wash
ington Brands.
Yakima City Creamery.
CONTRACTORS
Christ Kruppler Sons and the Standard
Oil Bldg, at corner of Pacific and Virginia.
Contractor Barry and Church at end of
car line in Lowell
F. n. Hare. electrical contractor; John
FISH COMPANIES
San Juan Fish Co., Seattle.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Buffers. The Star, Bon Marche of Seattle.
MEAT MARKETS
A. C. Snider. the Rural Butcher in Mu-
nicipal Market Annex
PLUMBERS
VIM. Plambeck.
Joe Walem and his house at the corner
of 1925 Lombard.
LAUNDRIES
Independent, Standard. Union, Paris and
Kriegers.
O, w. Ward, Cement Worker.
M Anderson.
Mr. Burden and his house, 26ll Maple
street.
Everett Fruit Products Co.
F. s. Lang Manufacturing Co, of Seattle,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23
GOmpers Nails
An Erring Writer
With Hard Facts

Washington, Sept. 17.-Public
lists" may learn some day that they
cannot make statements misrepre.
senting the labor movement and
get away with them. In a recent
issue of the Gateway, a magazine
published at Detroit, writer un.
der the caption Labor Unions anc
Capital" gives out this bald dec
laration:
"The most reliable information
obtainable indicates that at the time
America entered the war less than
10 per cent of all the labor of the
country belonged to labor unions,
and less than 3 per cent of the
labor employed in the more ad-
vanced types of manufacturing in
dustry was unionized"
President Gompers, in a letter
to the Gateway, nails the writer
with these facts:
"That statement is in line with
all those in the article and Just as
true as all others. The census of
1910 shows there were 38,000,000
people employed in gainful occupa-
tions, including the farmers, Mr..
Rockefeller, Mr.. Morgan, the Presi-
dent of the United States, members
of congress, members of legisla-
lures, and all the professions and
others.
Before the war there were about
100000 eligible to membership in
trade unions. Of these 100000
were organized or about 70 per
cent. The statement of the writer
is such a bald-faced misrepresenta-
tion of the truth that / have no
doubt "The Gateway will willingly
correct the false statement which
cannot otherwise but believe was
maliciously made. No man with
any Judgment would say there
were 40,000,000 wage workers in
the country. That would presup-
pose a population of at least 300,-
100000"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23

shoe prices were made without rea-
son. The excuse given the consum-
ers was the high cost of material
and labor. One man who paid $1S
for a pair of shoes was blaming
labor for it. He was asked what
he supposed labor received for
making that pair of shoes and he
replied: Probably four or five dol
lars.' When told that labor re-
ceived less than $1.30 he was as
founded.
"For something over a year we
have had a falling market for shoe
materials. Prices for shoe mater
ials now very nearly equal pre-war
prices. Yet manufacturers and
dealers seem unable to make shoe
prices anywhere near pre-war levels.
"a manufacturer said he wanted
to make a shoe to sell to dealers at
$6 to be sold at retail at SO, and
would like a reduction in labor
cost. The same shoe used to be
sold to the retailer at $2.85 and re-
tailed at $4. Labor receives about
40 cents per pair more on that
shoe.
Labor was asked to contribute
from it's 40 cents to help the manu-
facturer sell at $500, what he used
to sell at $2.S5, when his market
for raw materials is nearly the
same as before the war.
"There are other instances of
proposed reduction in labor cost
that have no better foundation than
the one just related 1t is not
strange that labor is not enthus-
iastic to cooperate for such ends.
"These policies are among the
causes of the public resentment
against the shoe business that re-
suits in the jeering of a shoe man
ufacturer on the floor of the House
of Representatives at Washington.
"We know there are circumstances
somewhat extenuating, such as high
rents, freight and other expenses,
but still it is in order for manu-
facturers and dealers to introduce
a little team work into their lead
pencils.
Labor declines to be the goat for
the public prejudice to pay the
freight for margins that few years
ago would have seemed extremely
eXtravagant."
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23
A Missouri Judge
Criticises Courts

Warrensburg, MOI, sept. H.
In a plan of revision of the con-
stitution of Missouri submitted to
the new constitution association,
Judge Ewing Cockrell of the sew
enteenth Missouri judicial district
takes the position that the courts
are needlessly expensive and un-
business-like. He declares that fire.
quently decisions favor the party
able to employ the best lawyer
rather than to the party in the
right and that the entire fabric of
the judicial system is such that
the poor are deprived of justice.
1--WE have the best courts and
best Judges for a few neople," SAYS
Judge Cockrell "But they are the
people who have the most money
and who are in the least need of
justice. The poorest courts and
judges are for the Door people who
most need justice. l think most
judges realize that the public has
not full confidence in the courts,
but most of them have been too
busy running the antiquated ma
chinery of our judicial system to
consider the causes for this lack
of confidence" He expressed the
opinion that under present conditions
in Missouri that appointment of
Judges would not meet with popu-
lar favor and that it would be
necessary to provide in the new
constitution for the election of
judges by the people.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23

this case. And l have listened
very attentively to both affidavits
and arguments and citations, think
ing that probably l ought to dis
tinguish this case from that, and
| listened very carefully because of
the Importance of the matter at
issue not only to the miners and
to the operators but to the gen
eral public, of which of course the
court is part, and also because
of the gravity of the situation up
there and the gravity that is likely
to attend any strike of any magni-
tude. In that case to which |
refer / was unable to find a suf-
ficient showing to warrant the
court in issuing a temporary in
junction and l therefore refused to
grant a temporary injunction. i
am unable, gentlemen, to see any
essential difference on the facts
between that case and this one.
| think the showing here is insult
ficient to entitle the plaintiff to a
writ of injunction. 1t seems to
me the injunction ought not to is
sue without clear showing of in
ClHlludIlOil, COeICioil, NioiehCc VI
breach of the peace or imminent
danger of the use of intimidation,
coercion, violence or breach of the
peace. Now, as / recall the facts
in this case, there are practically
only two instances of violence, one
instance, as l recall, is where one
of the affiants struck a striker.
and another striker struck the af-
fiant and the affiant says that a
deputy sheriff restored order, and
the other instance is where a
deputy sheriff himself struck a
striker or a strike sympathizer.
Those are the only two clear in
stances or exhibitions of real vio-
lence. 1t is true that men may
strike, and it is likewise true that
workers-men-are entitled to work
but strikers must know that that
strike, if at all, deplorable as it is,
must be carried on without resort
to intimidation, coercion, violence
or breach of the peace, and that if
it is not carried on without re-
course to these extremes, the courts
will vigorously enforce the law to
maintain order and preserve the
peace and to protect employers as
against any act of striker or
strikers tending to breach of the
peace or constituting violence or in
timidation or coercion.
81 do not see from the facts
disclosed that the sheriff's office
is not able to control the situation
up there and maintain order. There
is nothing so far shown, it seems
to me, to warrant the arm of the
court of equity being extended there
for or on account of the inability
of the ordinary law of the land to
protect the rights of both parties
to this controversy. / think a
court of equity ought to be reluct-
ant to supercede the ordinary law
of the land. / think there ought
to be some showing that there
is not or cannot be afforded the
protection that all citizens are en-
titled to whether they are in busi-
ness or not, whether they are op-
orators or miners. 1 think am
warranted in holding the showing
for the time being is insufficient
to warrant the issuance of the
temporary injunction, and for that
reason the restraining order will be
dissolved"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-09-23
SMALL COST OF
"SHOE LABOR

Editor Baine of the Shoe Work
ers' Journal lifts the lid" on shoe
prices, and in explaining why labor
refuses to accept wage reduction in
this industry he shows who is prof
iteering.
Before the war. he says, the labor
cost of pair of shoes retailing at
$3.50 ranged around 60 cents. La
ter this shoe sold as high as $12
and the labor cost advanced to
81 or 8h per cent of the retail
price.
"Shoes that retailed at $50 or
over would show still smaller per-
centage of labor cost in pronor-
tion to the selling price at retail"
he says:
During the period of advance,