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REPUBLICAN PARTY PLAN3
TARIFF REDUCTIONS.
° washington—The following resolu
tions were adopted at u Womau'i
Itade Union League meeting: Where
an. Twenty-Ave working women lost
their lives in a recent tire at Newark,
N. J . and as many more were fatally
injured, and Whereas, This terrible
logs of life was duo to the unmerciful
greed of the factory owners as well as
to the criminal negligence of the prop-
er authorities In permitting the m:iin-
tu I nance of such firetraps, and thus
exposing the lives or the working peo-
ple to unnecessary danger; Therefore,
he It Resolved, Th-.t we, the members
of the Women's Trade Union League,
in meeting assembled, emphatically
condemn this criminal Beglig nee of
the Newark authorities ami si-id our
heartfelt sympathy to the relatives
nnd friends of the innocent victims-
and Whereas. The Newark flre-tran ii
only one of a thousand or more k1 >nl-
lar traps harbored In our own city;
he it further He;;, lyed That we de-
mand a thorough Investigation of all
factory building* from the authorities
In ch.irge That we call upon all or-
ganized labor In th • city of New York
to Hart a rigid inspection of all tie
tor.v buildings Independently of tin
one demanded of the city authorise ;
That the Women's Trade Union
League organized for the protection o'
'he life arid Welfare of the working
women tnke the Initiative by electing
nn Investigation committee to oo-oper
nte with similar committees elect'd
by the other bodies
Washington.—Labor strikes appear
to be steadily decreasing in number
In Austria, Judging rrom a voluminous
report Just ! tiucd by the Ministry of
Commerce. I.ast year there were fiRO
as compared with 721 in 1908
ptrPtes,
More than h i'f of them (M 4 per cent i
were due to demands for higher wn<- b
nnd nearly one-fifth for shorter work'
lug hours, [n 889 strikes for nn In
crease in wages the men were com-
pletely successful In 71 Instances, par
tlnlly successful in 178 nnd Mied en
tirely in 12ft. Disputes concerning |r
l or org inl/at'ons and the recognition
of labor representatives occasioned K
strikes. Lnbor was victorious In ,1?
Instances partially successful In S
and entirety defeated In 4(1 strlU
I he Increases jyalned lnwr<ges varied
from 2 to R5 per cent The
shi tening of the hours of labor
r.'-rged from five mlnrrtes to two
bn rs a d iv 1,-hor troubles see.- to
have been very g nerally distributed
over the Industrial area, bulld'ng
tides. textile f-.ctorles, mining wood
iron. Stone, g'ass, rubber and clotulng
firms recording   ralrly even nu .iber
of strikes.
pvr 'nn, 111.—Firemen of th
ton and other we t«rn
ro,,( • receipt of a letter from
President W. S Carter, the h "id of
the firemen's organization, urging th !
eo-operatlon with the erplneers while
the latter are engaged In a contro-
versy with the roads relative to an
Increase in pay and improved working
conditions. President Carter refers to
a certain feeling of resentment onter
taired toward the engineers for the al-
leged failure of the latter to cooperate
with the firemen in various matt r In
the past, but he asks that th! bo for
gotten and that the firemen do every-
thing In their power to aid the erg!-
neers. dec'aring that by so dolrg t'^ y I the Tampa decision, relating to mat
will he'p their own cause All mem- [ ters of Jurisdiction.
hers of the order of firemen who nre
employed as
Vienna.—Labor strikes appear to be
steadily decreasing in number in Aus
tria, Judging from a voluminous re
port Just issued by the ministry of
commerce. Last year there were 580
strikes, as compan I with 721 in 11)08.
More than half of them (56.4 per cent)
were due to demands for higher
wages, end nearly one-lifth for shorter
working hours In 369 strikes for an
increase In wages the men were com
pletely successful in seventy-one in
stances, parti illy uccessful In 178,
and failed entirely In 120 Disputes
concerning labor organizations and
the recognition of labor represents
tlves occasioned eighty-one strikes
Labor was victorious in thirty-three
Instances, partialis successful in two.
and entirely defeated in forty-six
strikes. The increase gained in
wages varied front 2 to 56 per cent
The shortening of the hours of labor
ranged from five minutes to two hours
a day Labor troubles seem to have
been very generally distributed over
the industrial area, building trades,
textile factories, mining, wood, Iron,
stone, glass, rubber and clothing firms
recording a fairly even number of
strikes.
Indianapolis, Ind —The International
Typographical Ui> :n Is the oldest
American labor organization, and its
activities are of unusual interest to
sociologists. It m. . italns a home for
aged members and a tuberculosis Ban
atorlum which has cost more than
$900,000; last year it spent more than
$100,000 In pension * to aged members;
It also has the us; .1 strike and burial
benefits. The nn! u is also conduct-
ing a trade school. To reach the more
than 50,000 membt s of the union, in-
struction is given l y correspondence.
This system of ed atlon is popularly
known as the "I. T. IT. course," and
its methods mark a departure from
other systems of typographic educa-
tion. The old plan was to study speci-
mens of work by accomplished coin
posltors, the students following them
as much as possible, which tended to
develop copyists rather than creators.
Decorative typography must necessar-
ily follow artistic lines, so the pro-
moters of the I .T U .course went to
the art schools and ferreted out the
principles of des'gn and color har-
mony which under lie good typography
Indianapolis.—The action taken by
the building trades department of the
American Federation of Labor In sus-
pending the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners from the de
partment, at the recent St. Ixmls con
vention, was not legal, according to
William D. Huber, general president
of the United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners, whose headquarters
are In this city. The dame position
Is taken by Frank Duffy, general sec-
retary of the united brotherhood. They
contend that a two-thirds vote is neces
sary to suspend an organization from
membership in the department, and
that the vote at the convention stood
Si in favor of suspension and 22
against. The same vote also covered
the suspension of the International As-
sociation of Steam and Hot Water
Fitters, whose case was disposed of at
the same time as that of the carpen
ters and Joiners In both cases the
charge was that the internationals
had not obeyed v>hat was known as
President Taft's Message, In That Re-
spect, Disappointing in the Ex-
treme—Delay of at Least a
Year Is Proposed.
In considering severally during the
past year the claims of different
countries to be entitled to the benelits
of the minimum tariff, the case of
Canada gave President 'lalt particu-
lar ditllculty and was dihpooed of
last of all.
After it had fortunately been de-
cided that the penal maximum tariff
schedules should not be imposed on
Imports from ti.at country, negotia-
tions contemplating a formal reci-
procity treaty between Union and Do-
minion followed as a natural sequence,
These negotiation interrupted dur-
ing the summer, were resumed in
October and continued into Novem-
ber. They are now in suspension, and
Mr. Taft, accordingly, gave no details
In his nu iage to congress and ouly
expressed a hope that they may be
successful.
it is evident that Mr. Taft sineere-
| ly desires the conclusion of the pro-
posed Canadian arrangement and
will permit no stand-pat re. istance to
interfere with the object of the nego-
tiations, so far as they are in the con-
trol of the executive.
The possible reduction in duty on
a few Canadian imports that would
result from the success of the nego-
tiations is, however, tie only tariff
reduction Mr. Taft promises the peo-
ple for au entire year. To the wide-
spread demand for early relief from
some of the more outrageous pro-
visions of the act of August 5, 1909—
which popular demand was evidenced
in very striking fashion during the
campaign—the only response he
makes Is the response of him elf and
the administration leaders during the
campaign's continuance
That is to say, he again promise0
relief through his "Tariff Hoard." the
name by which he dignifies his "as
sistants" in the matter of the tariff,
whose official character is question-
able and who have no greater author-
ity than an assistant sec retary or
stenograph^- In the president's office
or a departmental clerk. Mr Taft
says frankly that these "assi tants '
cannot complete their work nnd 6ub
mit recommendations during the pres
ent session. He hopes, however to
present something from them during
| the session that begins a year from
| this December.
i It may be pointed out ti at it Is ex-
tr mely doubtful whether any reci-
procity treaty with Canada, even if
one is arranged, could be ratified by
the senate helore the beginning of thai
j session.
I Annual messages have rarely con
talned passages as disappointing
With the state of the public mind and
almost every other circum tancc
favorable to a reform of at least four
or five schedules, a reform to which
he himself is privately inclined. Mr.
Taft ignores the psychological mo-
ment, so far as his party is concerned,
and weakly consents to a delay of a
whole year.
Any relief from the more burden
some tariff exactions that is given be
fore March 4 next must come from
the initiative of Insurgents and Demo
crats. The White House declines to
furnish the initiative and if an at
tempt Is made will probably offer ob
structlon rather than help.
Prize Offers from Leading Manufacturers
Book on patents. "Hints to inventors." "Inventions needed."
* "Why some inventors fail." Send rough sketch or model for
■j search of Patent Office records. Our Mr. Greeley was formerly.
Acting Commissioner of Patents, and as such had full charge of
the U. S. Patent Office.
^ Greeley &m?int!re
Patent Attorneys
Washington, T>. C.
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1 am making preparations for a large CHRISTMAS TRADE
with the Largest and Best Stock of
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, R.ings,
Cut Glass, Silverware, Etc.,
In Oklahoma. My prices are the Lowest.
the Jeweler.
, , . New York.  
employed as engineers are directed to 0eorKe w ,.erklll8
be loyal to the engineers Firman the llrm of J r M<
and nost'erp are hIro asked to respect
their contracts and remain on duty
1 on don, Khr.—If the Flrass Masters'
association and the National Society of
Bra«s Work era nnd Metal Mechanics
pupnort the unanimous decision of a
Hritlsh conciliation board selected to
settle a dispute ns to wages, n new
rate of wages will soon become opera-
tive under which workers will be
graded according to their quallflca
tions and capacity.
The announcement that
has retired from
organ & Co. to de
vote his attention to the profit-sharing
plan in Morgan corporations designed
to avert strikes, has brought the
American Federation of Labor out in
open hostility to the plan, with Sam-
uel Oompers, president of the federa-
tion, taking active part The federa
tlon is circulating an official state
ment which sets forth that thf  Mor-
gan plan "which is frankly acknowl
edged to be for the purpose of pre
venting strikes," was proven a failun
London, Km: According to the Vol- in England when 3,000 employees of
unn- t'f Statistics of Workmen's Com ] Sir Christopher Furness, the groat
pensallon, recently issued by the home j shipbuilder, "discovered that the sys
oflire of the Mrltish government, dnr tem whs merely a scheme to curtail
ing the year 1909 the gross total com- the power of their unions to protect
pulsation paid In flruit Hrltaln in their w iigesatiud working conditions."
seven groups of industries was $11.. | Colo._Tb.
075.539, representing 3,341 can.'
of
cases of disable
death and 332,012
ment
New York —A movement has been
started among the unions in the gar-
ment making Industry In New York
city for a general sfrtke of tho differ
ent organizations In the trade here in
support of the striking gurment work
ers In Chicago Tho chief grievance
explosion oi
j October 8 In the Starkvllle mine of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company, in
7 which F>6 men were killed, "would not
and could not have occurred had the
mine been properly sprinkled and
cleaned," according to the verdict of
a Jury. Gross negl'gence In not keep
•tig the mine propurly damp, in viola
tlon of the laws of Colorado, Is charg
id. The cause of the disaster, in th<
of the local unions is the alleged filling ^opinion of the Jury, was an exploslo
oi orders o^ the ( bicago firm: affect- of dust tVnited from a short circuit oi
ed by the strike by New York houses
Mauch Chunk, Pa—Committees of
the Lehigh Valley railroad engineers
und conductors have ft^rmulated a new
wage scale, which they will present to
General Manager J. A. Maguire at
South Bethlehem some tltne this
month It Is reported that the con-
ductors will ask for the same scale as
that followed on th> New York Central
overhead trolley wires.
l/ondon, Eng. —A difference as to
hours and rati s of wages between bali
ers and their employers lu the Bit
mIngham district has been settled, am'
a material reduction In the hours <
labor and some Increase In wages has
b'en effected. Hereafter 54 hours s
week, exclusive of tneal times, nre ti
be the limit of employment Prevlotn
railroad, which Is higher than that In ly the average throughout the district
effect on tile Lehigh Valley. was 70 hours a week
London, Eng.—A check for $16,000, | Concord, N H.—The legislature wir
which has been subscribed by work this winter be asked to pass a law for
men In local factories, was presented bidding the employment of young
recently tf> the Coventry and War girlB In the cotton mills of the state at
The Latest Soger Trust Scandal.
As ti e Investigation Into the chargi j
that the stigir trust has unlawfully :
acquired large tracts of Philippines }
sug:ir lands proceeds public prcsump
tlon will be that the trust Is guilty a-
charged. For the people have come to
regard this trust as an offensive out j
law, utterly beyond ordinary consld 1
eration as a business institution.
It Is charg ■'! that In the Philippines
case the trust h:'s used nnd abused
the government ; that it h s proceed
ed on a land policy that, if continued,
would give the mgar Interests a mo
nopoly of the Philippine sugar bus!
: css, and that the purchases have j
been made nn a ruling by Attorney j
Genera] Wlckershata that.is obviously
contrary to law.
So far as the trust Is Involved In I
these charges, the accusation Is en
tirely plausible For many years the |
s :gar trust Iihs been the backbone of
\ TBslve nrotlctlon duties. Through
the tnilff It has used the government
to extort from the people, for It has
lawfully, collected vast tribute an
average of about $(10,000,000 per year
—In prices far In excess of Its rates
in free trade England. Then it w.-n
caught steallng.rt venuo to the exten'
of many millions of dollars It-
"snitch" Inwy.-is are corflstantly look
Ing lor techrlc '1 flaw* In the Ui iff,
and through some of these flnws the
trust has had refunds amounting to !
millions. Jhe.reftinds being for dutle*
collected bv the government, but fof
which tie trust already had taxec
the consumers. In the refund busl
ness tlit1 trust enjoyed a double grift
The country will hope that the con
gre slonal Investigation may he thor
ough, and that no one who has been
■t .party to a new sugar trust I in post
tlon will be spared
OLD SHIP-SUBSIDY CLAMOR
Scheme Still Has Backing of Repub-
licans, but With Little Hope
of Success.
President Taft did not fail to in
elude in his message, according to
promise, a recommendation for the
enactment of legislation to ent ourage
and rehabilitate the American mer
chant marine, either by the passage
of the law already before congress
providing for increased mail subven
tions or by other measures that would
help American ships to compete in
the foreign trade.
President Taft has long been firm-
ly committed to the ship-subsidy prop-
osition, but Ik is too well informed a
public man not to know that no such
measure has the remotest chance of
passing during the sl.ort session of
congrese owing to the protracted fight
that a determined opposition that the
bill would be certain to encounter,
can make. It is equally certain that
the next congress, wiiu its large
Democratic majority in the house of
representatives, will do nothing in
the way of enacting ship subsidies
Those who favor the rehabilitation
of the American merchant marine
might as well abandon the subsidy
idea an(f devote their time to de
vising practical plans for eliminating
the things that now stand in the
way of the rehabilitation of the Amer-
ican merchant marine. We can build
ships as cheaply &  they can be built
abroad beyond a shadow of a doubt
and were we not handicapped by
burdensome shipping laws we could
operate ships as reasonably and as
profitably as other countries.
If we cannot make up our minds to
compete with foreigners in the over
sea trade on equal terms we might as
well cease our constant laments about
the decadence of the Ameri< an mer-
chant marine.
We have not for a quarter of a cen
tury had a Republican tariff that was
really made by congress. All were
nude by the Interests. And we know
ihat the intc'iests do not wish a down
nd revision tiiat they will not
The Latest Fulminatlon.
At last the lid is raised and fi o pub
lie is invited to gaze upon the first
member of the Association of ('rooks
He is A. B Anderson, circuit court
Judge of Indiana, appointed by Pres!
• lent Roosevelt if  1902. According to
the published reports, which seom to
be amply substantiated, Judge Ander
son was pronounced guilty by the
Judge of Judges, while "greatly agi-
tated," in the Columbia cluh of Indian
apolis. Ills offense lay In a decision
he had rendered In the famous Pana
ma libel case to the «fTect that there
was no warrant in law for haling Kdl
tor Delavan Smith to Washington fur
trial under the wrathful eyes of the
monarch, whose supersensitlveness,
had been outraged by aspersions upon
Tils Own brother-in-law.
The decision was sound, if Klihu
Root and other lawyers of repute arc
to he believed, but what was the Con
sfltution between friends when the
family was Involved Did not the
Gaekwar? And was not rne fJaekwar s
desire made clear when he had the
Tribune announce that "the president
Is deeply Interested In this case, and
those charged with the prosecution
realize that they will earn his grati-
tude if their efforts are successful?"
What, then, did the fossilized crea-
ture mean by dragging in legal subtle-
ties and statutes that did not meet
the spirit and needs of the time? There
could be but one answer. The man
was a "crook." Also a "damned Jack-
ass." Roosevelt declines to say
whether or not he applied these op-
probrious epithets. He wants to talk
about something else. It is Just as
well. Anything he might say by way
it denial would carry no conviction. In
any case, unless fully substantiated.
But how can any decent American
contemplate even his silence without
experiencing deep humiliation, disgust
and shame? How long, O Ix>rd. how
long?—Harper s Weekly.
Ball'nger May Like It.
If Secretary Balllnger Is pleased
with his "vindication," he is welcome
to all the pleasure he can get out of
the situation. On a sum osedly full
hearing of all the evidence and after
able arguments by opposing counsel,
the committee having the matter in
charge makes reports—according to
the political beliefs and positions of
Its members.
One set of men declares the secre-
tary guilty of acts which should debar
him from all part in public affairs.
The other set would make him appear
a sort of angel of political light and
personal honor.
Fortunately for the cause of truth,
the Jury before which he was tried
was the nation, not a mere commit
tee. The overwhelming verdict of
that Jury is of such nature that Mr.
Ilallinger may be thankful it is not
operative immediately.
:entral co-operative uniou
of guthrie and vicinity.
President—J. P. Ho well; First Vice
President—H. A. Kennedy; Second Vice
President—Dale Hall; Secretary-Treas-
urer—Edwin Kuthven; Sargtant-at-
Arms—Albert Meyers. Council meets
every Tuesday night in Labor Hall
v isitors welcome.
APOGRAPH ICAL UNION, NO. 587
Pres't—George Dunnica; vice presi-
dent—Charles E. Morrison; recording
secretary—J. E. Brewer; secretary
treasurer—J. W. McGatlin; sergeant-
at-arms—Harry Loyd. Meets first Sun-
day in each month in Labor Hall, at
2:30 p.m., promt.
Carpenters and Joiners, No. 1886
President, J. F. Rodgers; vice presi-
kent, C. J. Rowell; recording secretary,
E. M. Vanderpool; financial secretary,
I. H. Best; treasurer, Wm. Heim; con-
ductor, A. H. Norris, warden, George
Friedly; auditor, Bailey; trustee, Reece.
BARUERS UNION, No. 382.
T. H. Young, president; Ray Lowe
Ice-president; o. F. Fowler, secretary;
A. L. Ridge, recorder; k. J. Armstrong,
ivasurer. Meets second and last Tues-
day nights of each month In Labor llall.
BRICKLAYERS AND MASON'S No 4
J. W. Brodle, president; George Tuttle
Ice-president; Charles Pound, financial
nd corresponding secretary. 4_'l N. Vine
street; William Bledsoe, wording sec
etary; vJlias. Matthias, treasurer. Meet*
every Friday night at Labor Flail.
prejsmen.
Guthrie Printing Pressmen's and As-
sistants' t'nlon No. 170 meets the first
Thursday of each month. How-ird Cla>«<
president; Harry Bay, vice president;
A1 Ferdner, secretary-treasurer.
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Writing on the Wall. .
Before it is deemed lit for farther
a'id greater trusts, the Democratic
party must give evidence of two
tilings—Its determination that preach-
ing and practise shall go hand In hand,
and its ability to select for stations
of great official responsibility men
most fit to fill them. It can mar Its
future for the lifetime of the present
generation by filling a few senator- |
ships either with men who have no
real faith in Democratic principles, or
with men who lack either the integ ■
rity or the intellectual gifts befitting
j a senator. The failure to make the
most of its opportunity now by put
I ting its best material of mind and
character into Democratic senatorial |
places would turn away from the D«m !
I ocratlc party that great tide of Inde
pendent support v'.lthout which no
presidential election can b« won in
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In a big cooperative bakery in Co-
penhagen, although the cost of raw
material has greatly increased of late
years and higher wages are now paid,
neveJtheless the price of bread is low-
er than it was before the co-operation
bakery was established.
The milk white deer has been killed