The Oklahoma Farmer and Laborer (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1911 Page: 4 of 10
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Oklahoma Farmer & Laborer
Motto—"Organization Is the Spirit of
the Age."
Officers: W. T. FIELD, President;
FRED C. JOHANNES, Editor and
Business Manager.
Your Congressman are:
McGuire, Creger, Mclrgan
Farris. Care of House of Re-
presentees.
Your Senators are:
Robert. L. Owen, Thos. P.
Gore.
Address them at Washington
D. C. care of Senator Chamber.
Kntered as Second-class matter, Oct. 8, 1909, at
the Postoffice at Guthrie, Oklahoma, under the
net of March 3. >K79
Removed Irom Gutnrie to Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Jan 20, 19x1, and application made to enter the
Sapulpa, Oklanoma 1'ostoffice as Second-class
matter.
TERMS OF SRBSCRIPTION
One Year - - $100
Six Months -
50c
Former Endorsement:
Resolved, That the Guthrie and Logan
County Co-Operative Union does
hereby endorse The Oklahoma F arm-
er and Laborer as its official organ,
and recommends to all affiliated or-
ganizations that they give considera-
tion to advertiseas that use the col-
umns of said labor paper,
Published Every Friday at Sapulpa,Ok
gh trade union effort. A better
social condition will surely follow
an improved economic state.
Begin at the bottom and build up.
The trade union will do it.
the texas governor all right
the poligy of the political boss
men "it's up to w 00 it
The Immigration Commission
made its final report to congress
December 5, 1910, and unanim-
ously urges effective and sud-
stantial restrition, suggesting
the illiteracy test, an increased
head-tax an economic test and
other specific measures for curb-
ing the present enormous art-
ificially stimulated influx, both
for its and our own and the coun-
try, s best interest and welfare.
The position to this needed
legislation is powerful, resource-
ful and insidious. The foreign
steamship companies have mil-
lions of dollars at stake. There
is the greatest necessity for
writing your Congressman and
two Senators, at once. Don't
delay. Do U. now. And by all
means get your friend tc write.
Write your congressman and
Senators, at Washington, D, C.
urging them to work and vote
for an illiteracy test, such as Aus-
tralia and other new countries
have; a money requirement such
as Canada has. an increased head-
tax and the heavy fining of the
foreign steamship companies for
bringing undesirables here.
Dont delay. Do it uow. Make
it short and to the point.
This is the short session, end-
ing March 4, 1911. Time is short.
Congress moves slowly. Write
at once. Dont delay.
Specify the illiteracy test, by
all means, as the game of the op-
position is delay and disagree-
ment as to the specific kind of a
measure needed.
In commenting upon the policy
and purposes of the Political Boss
in a recent magazine article the
Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of
Oregon says:
In the selection of the indivuals
composing the slate the political
boss has in mind the peapetuation
of his own power, and selects in-
dividuals whose interests are
identical with his, or whom he
thinks he can direct and control,
though occasionally, if anticipat-
ing a struggle, he will select a
few men whose standing in the
community will bring strength to
the slate he has prepared in or-
der to carry out his purposes.
Independent men are selected
only where it is deemed necessary
to the political boss to deceive the
public and secure sufficient sup-
port from the personal influence
of those few selections to carry
through the slate made up chief-
ly of his willing tools. The system
prevails not only in selection of
delegates to county conventions,
but in selection of delegates to
congressional, state and national
conventions as well. The result
is inevitable that the delegates
nominate candidates whom the
machine and political bosses de-
sire except in rare cases where
a few independent men are able
by presention of arguments ag-
ainst the qualifications of a ma-
chine candidate, to demonstrate
to the convention the probability
of the defeat of the man slated
for the position.
Organized labor in Texas demonstrat-
ed to the retiring governor of that state
substantial appreciation of what he has
done for it when he retired from office
last month. The Austin Trades Coun-
cil solicited funds from the various la-
bor organizations in the Lone Star state
with which to buy a suitable token to
express the esteem in which Thomas M.
Campbell is held by the members of or-
ganized labor. In this connection, the
joint labor legislature board, in its re-
port, speaking of Governor Campbell,
says:
We wish to say that the working peo-
ple of Texas owe a debt of gratitude
they can never repay to the governor
for the strong support he has given to
all measures for their betterment. His
office has been open at all times to mem-
bers of our board, and he has always
been ready to meet and confer with us
on matters of legislation, and in count-
less ways has advised and assisted us.
He has proven himself a true friend of
the masses of the people, and has stood
courageously by their cause in all mat-
ters.
During the administration of Govern-
or Campbell there were enacted twenty
eight laws for the protection and bene-
Ot of labor, and many measures inimi-
cal to the interests of the wage earners
were defeated.—Typographical Union.
Cyrus W. Davis, proprietor of the
Waterville Sentinel, the only paper in
all Maine carrying the label of the typo-
graphical union, was recently elected
secretary of state. M r. Davis was twice
candidate for governer of the state of
Maine, and is considered one of the very
best friends union labor has in that
state.* m m m
When asked by the reporters
of Chicago whether the discus-
sions of the secret meeting were
the result of "sectional or sex
determinism," she promptly re-
plied, "The latter--these men
don't like to yield to a woman."
When woman disabuses her
mind of the idea that because she
is a woman she has no part in the
world's work, she will have es-
tablished a lasting and valuable
principle to bequeath her child-
ren.
mmim the win
Some fellow has tackled Morris for a
finish fight. This is sort of a joke, be-
cause in Oklahoma they cannot adver-
tise or match a finish fight. However,
if the gentleman is in earnest about the '
matter why don't he simply get up a'
match with Morris and the big Sapulpa
engineer will make it a finish proposition
in a very short time. It's an easy mat-
ter to get a fight to a finish with Morris,
even if the law says no such match can
be made.
butcheh cattle ii problem
"Never paid such prices be-
fore" is the common remark one
hears when following cow buy-
ers.
Not that the choice kinds are
high, but the medium and com-
mon kinds are defact, out of
sight. Some Western comers
sold recently at $3.75. The buy"
er of course was under stress of
urgent orders. If farmers reserve
the proper number of young
breeding cows and heifers they
should, fat cows and heifierswill
continue scarce and high-' Prices
of all butter cattle show unim-
portant changes from a week a go
A perfect economic condition
can only be brought aboutthro-
The Bruno-Anderson fight Tuesday
night did not last very long. Bruno had
the best of it from the sound of the
gong, and Anderson knew it well enough
to foul Bruno. Outside cities were well
represented at this match. The next
match which will no doubt draw an im-
mense crowd will be on the 15th when
Jess Willard will meet Mr. Fink here.
The Women's Trade Union Lecgue of
New York has entered upon a very act-
ive line of work. Its three organizers
are busy forming new unions and
strenghtening old ones. Trade unionism
is a new idea to many American girls in
New York, but once they have caught
the idea they are enthusiastic support-
ers of the union.
As tha Italians in New York have
special problems, an Italian committee
of the league make3 its special interest
to deal with these. A sick benefit
has been put into operation among the
Italian womon workers. The women
have shown a hearty and unlooked for
interest in this scheme It has been
demonstrated that the best way to reach
the Italian is through the family. Ac-
cordingly the organizers work not only
with the women, but with the Italian
men also, and give them the ideas of the
American Federation of Labor. Many
of the Italians are imbued with the ideas
of syndicalism, which they have brought
with them from Italy.
One purpose is to increase the under-
standing between the Italian and Jewish
workers, so as to prevent the employ-
ers using the Italian against the more
strongly organized Jewish workers, for
the employei-s' own profit and the in-
jury of the union.
Niles (Mich.) Union No. 467 has se-
cured a signed contract with the Fred
D. Cook cencern to operate on a strictly
union basis. Outside of the large plant
ol the National Printing and Engraving
Company which does not cater to local
job work, the Cook printery will be the
only label shop in the coun.y.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce is
co-operating with the employing print-
ers and the allied printing trades coun
cil of that city in a strong campaign for
"home industry" in the printing busi-
ness. A united effort is being made to
induce Seattle banks, merchants and
business men to place all their orders
for printing with local establishments
instead of having their work done in the
east. The triple alliance states that
1,500 men and women are employed in
the book and job printing industry there,
with an investment of $1,500,000 on the
part of the employers, paying out $100 ,
000 monthly in wages.
English newspapers oppose the
Canadian reciprocity agreement,
and so do our standpat senators.
This opposition should almost be
convincing as to its virture, if there
were not a thousand other good
reasons for such reciprocal rela-
tions between the United States
and Canada.
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