Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1913 Page: 2 of 4
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THE OKLAHOMA LABOR UNIT
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TRADCS ■ CC J*C C > t>
that Judge 1
Dder Gwrcf
That the people it* a whole a
Diopetem to pas* upon the er«
loci vbich «ill come up befc
r*c C Japanese iand-
lr 'ha: :s to blame
t ia Califomt.
y di«pc f« Japa
c r force t-bein to tell
bout benefittiag lft-
-r nationalit> a par-
isd owners *ho are
a* (aii a-ill remain
white men who dia-
sndless CaHforniana
Without a diet of nyaiena, § ir :.*■
and bloodshed ^be Industrial ^orken
ot tbe World would aoon be among tae
dec eaaed.
la there a merchant in Oklahoma
City that favors the building of the j
c-apitol with convict labor* If so. we
would like for the individual to t'ep
forward.
A burning issue around the senate
ia. "Who Sw iped the Roll ( all ot tbe
Convict Labor Amendment?** Wat
some aeualor afraid of going on record
so that labor would know?
There are any number of kfiilaton
in Oklahoma who could better im-
prqve tbelr time and aave the people
money by fiddling upon a stick of
cord *ood with an able-bodied bu< k
;*Lded upon to teach tiie oum
ti— is here when tin- farmer
ataring men should organise .
*o put over cnoch needed laws
lahoma and they are rapid!.- *
I up to thi fact
• ner be no b
etter off as
a result, even
0 if tbe Jap*i
• should
be worse off
insed Japanese i«:
od owners
w bo are hold-
dited i*nds c
rot of use
or renting to
wfctte tenan
ts, may be
succeeded by
ini|*. white ownei
r who wil
1 do tbe very
<5^. same thing
Landless
California wtU
derive no b
eneflt f^-om
either
ifornia. as
well as every
Labor,
meats.
i its past i
present
accomplli
and ever-
. compos
gioc Po-
academic
U herniate
tme. need*. is abolition of land
>ly. Let that be done and
alien nor domestic landlords
en be able to exploit labor,
e old Southern alaves had come
•r and demanded ownership of
ut negro masters, and that none
and
dis-
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If
tog#
non
but negroes be allowed to flog
mistreat them, they would have
enc-ed to imprisonment
a The decree as entered by Justice
; iciei Thew Wright carried anger
and resentment im every line of it. On
. peti to 'be Supreme ourt of the
:.>ed States tbe judgment was re
versed in May. lfll. by a unaniomu*
decision., on the ground that if then-
was cause for action at all it should
Lave been by civil and not criminal
Yithou: bee-d Lg this rebuke, the
I strict Court, in June. 1M-. again
arraigned the defendants and again
iound them guilty, imposing jail sen-
tences. This verdict is now affirmed
by the Court of Appeals of the Dis-
'.r.ct of Columbia, 'which reduces
• ompers penalty to imprisonment for
th rty days and imposes fines only in
tbe cases of bis associates. Thus
■ hile punishments are lightened, they
are nevertheless inflicted upon the old
theory of criminality which the high-
est court in the land has disavowed
and repudiated.
It is not possible to indorse the tban by any legal enactment The
a -,'and word* of Gompere Mitchell, question of regulating wages by la-
and Morrison in thi* controversy, but i*. indeed, a most delicate one. and it
li.e courts of tbe District of Columbia is questionable whether beneficial and la*
Post Bed
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Mattress
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TucklrFurnitiriCo.
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NEXT PUBLIC PRINTER.
re even more in error. They are not
ealing appropriately with citizens
ntf
Gall makes many s good pear,
putty headed politician who
rau< h better serve tbe r'
planting Uie mild-eyed pota
vesting the much-n*
hoop-pole.
t by
bar
and useful
Legislation humanitarian in charac-
ter cannot but materially benefit the
wage-earners, but the organised work-
ers cannot afford to put all their in-
dustrial eggs into one partisan polit-
ical basket.
Well, what's tbe use? Can a work
ingman expect progressive legislation ^ 1 an<*
from a legislature made up principally 01 ili provision
ol politicians and lawyers nine out
of ten who have special and particular
axes to grind?
' to meet obstacles by tbe
litical panorama painters
philosophers, industrial
teeterboard logicians, bigh-brow doc-
trinaires. pessimists—all are compe
tent <?i to furnish blue-prints on short
notice, minutely depicting tbe route
to be taken to lead the wage-earners
out of the industrial wilderness. Not
withstanding, the Federation is still
tbe greatest and most eff«- tive com-
bination of workers the history of tbe
world has ever recorded.
President Wilson has served notice
that the government will make rigid
investigation in case there is an at-
tempt at reducing wages on th*- ex-
cuse that su'-h reductions are made
necessary by lower tariff duties. And
now' some of the larger cotton mills
are posting notices that they will < lose
tbe factories to remain closed for an
indefinite period. Looks like a con-
spiracy to discredit the proposed tar-
aft *• u« -1 u:>qob as > ontain- who are in the wrong. They are carry
ed in th demand that none but ng on a personal feud which has al
American citizens be allowed to be ready received a most impressive re
American landlords
The Japanese who ar
selves be worked ii
over California legislat:
unreasonable in this
Americans. The masse
et*:ng them
* a freoxy
i are just as
sard as are
of Japan are
uke.
they
They are judicial last-ditchers,
ucing reprisal into what
call the administration of jus-
President Wilson has Intimated that
M Lynch, head of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union to be
named for public printer. If he ioes
take the place there will be ler.4 talk-
ins: in the public printing effice at
before in its
tbe
denied their
threatening
that their <
practical
right to the use
land. Yet they are very
California legislature for
to den- tbem something
n -ovarnment for all
urposes. withholds from
tbem. They should show much more
sense in demanding abolition of land
monopoly at home.
Do not get away from this *rith. A
political pan - is held responsible for
the men it places in office.
slnst
lasting results would accrue to the
working people of any country were
wages fixed by statute.
• Many persons appear to be im
pressed with the notion that legal Washington than ever
enactments will solve the labor prob- history, for Lynch is know
ho are introducing reprisal into what lem, and much theorizing is indulged possessore} ability to eep .us mou n
in relative to the extent to which leg- shut so tight that it is considered ab-
. islation can favorably affect working solutely dangerous.
which cat; people, but they fail to counterbalance He smiles and -miles and sa.-s not..-
their reasoning by recognizing a possi- ing and looks nothing when .*e «s cn
bility that if laws can be placed upon business concerning h<: ... *-r s- s c
the statute books establishing mini- the 55.000 printers in the organization^
mum wages, and kindred measures, It has been his habit to speuK when
by the same pifjeess of reasoning the time came, and to such good
there mav be other laws placed upon that the International Typographical
the statute books that will be ex- I'nion has grown m the fourteen years
Phat part of the editorial dealing tremely detrimental to the working of his management
k holly with the court is as follows: people.
An appeal will be taken, and there
- an opportunity for both Mr. Gomp-
The New York Times
usually be depended upon to knock
the knuckles of labor whenever op-
portunity affords, while taking its ac-
' jstomed position relative to the Fed
eration officials, delivers a cleverly
worded rebuke to the court. The im-
portance of the criticism is its source
Paul B. Smith has protested
workmen's compensation. That setties
it. for Paul knows what is best for the
workingman. He has imbibed his the-
force a repeal of some 0ries from too long association around
the chamber of commerce, where the
m-eds of the working men and women
are carefully considered, that is, if one
doesn't care what one says.
from an empty
members to an
From the knowledge I have been old-age pension system and a full
able to glean from history, and from treasury, to say nothing ot ?5.«' "
ers and the entire community to re- other countries where legislative spent to
<-onsider their positions soberly To means have been utilized to interfere
spook candidly, there :s danger tha- with the natural growth and develop-
ment of the economic advance of tlie
toilers, I am compelled to view such
efforts with many misgivings.
"We mu6t not, we can not, depend
enactment to set
When once we en-
the courts will be used for private pur-
poses, as the Legislatures have been.
unless a halt shall be called. The Su-
preme Court annulled the ftrst sen-
tences for contempt in this case be- upoji legislative
cause the process for contempt was wage standards.
an eight-hour
TEAMSTERS' FAIR LIST.
O K Transfer Co
Red Hall Transfer Co.
Merchants' Transfer Co.
lias an<l Electric Co.
«'itv Health I epartment.
<"ity Street Department.
Peoples Transfer & Storage Co
How about that new law that only
property holders shall be allowed to
vote upon bond isues? It seems to
have been slipped over, if our inform-
ant is correct, w ithout very many
people knowing anything about it.
Quest iona put to those who
know do not seem to elicit the in-
formation and we are anxious Won't
some one rise up and explain?
used as a means of punishment in a courage such a system, it is equiva-
private proceeding. The main offense lent to admitting our incompetency
was conspiracy in constraint of trade, for self-government and our inability
but judgment was given for contempt to seek better conditions.''
of court on motion of private counsel.
It would seem that if the state has
the right to demand that its officers
take an oath that they are not ad
dieted to drunkenness and gambling,
it would have tbe same right to de-
mand they not be afTlicted with the
contagion of ignorance and bodily
neglect
Some merchants are experts at tell-
Wfll the Chamber of Commerce sit Ing customers that they do not handle
idly by and see the <apitol building union made goods because there is no
er*<ted by convk-ts in competition demand for tbem. yet the name mer
with free labor? If so. the retail mer chant who handles non-union made
chant who belongs to that organiza *o*d cannot say that he handles
tion and does not object certainly haf them because he has a demand for
It was a good show as long as it
lasted, and that was several months,
yet we'll be contented until June 23
bould w ith the picture films and other comic
opera shows.
the brsin of a jeilf-fish and an angle
norm for backbone.
merit to the capital bill <au/-e.] peri-Merit a.non. for they know from 'reI(ntIliVH ho complied with its titled
y of .-xcitemeiH and ww de experience by themselvea they are rovi||loIlg that lh(.re ere tew others < ent§
The mysterious disappearance of tbe
senate roll on tbe convict labor
amendment
a flurry
bate, but it has not been resurrected
laboring men of this state are very
much Interested in knowing just what
members of each house voted for the
"amendment. It will come in quite
handily in the near future.
A local paper says that the Okla
homa senate yawned at the workmen'*
compensation act when it was pre
sented by te heommittee w ithout rec-
ommendation Tuesday. And the mem
bers'of the Oklahoma senate will find
Oklahoma worklngmen yawning when
again tbe democratic state platform
is filled with bunk in the way of pre-
election pledges.
them.
Employers organize associations
for their mutual advancement anc Dujj^g
ction, they believe in united and ,
prote
Senator Kenyon of Iowa has intro-
duced a bill that prohibits all former
senators or representatives from act-
ing as lobbyists unless at the request
of a committee or a member. Accord-
ing to the provisions of the bill every
lobbyist will have to be registered in
the office of the clerk of the house
and the secretary of the senate and
in addition set forth his or her interest
in pending measures. A penalty of
from $500 to $5,000 is provided. Okla-
homa also has a similar law- which
the state legislature, yet it
may be noted that outside of th
That was not action by the court for
the protection of its dignity in the in-
terest of the public rather than of it-
self. When this error waft corrected
another mistake was made. The court
referred inquiry regarding its dignity
to private counsel, and the sentence
is now so far reduced that the court
practically is rebuked again. It is by
no means sure that an appeal may not
again be successful. In that case, and
even if the reduction of the sentence
shall prevent another remand for re-
trial. the efficiency of the lower courts
in protecting their dignity leaves
something to be desired in the inter-
est of both the court and public."
PERFECTLY CHARMING.
Eastern "sassiety" will flutter with
excitement this season over the action
of Harold Yanderbilt and a friend,
who, press dispatches tell us, worked
in a mine at Nanticoke, Penn., last
week.
With thrilling abandon, the reckless
young devils donned regulation over-
alls, blouse and cap. And they act-
ually carried a lanp. And they wore
gloves, which, we are assured, are un-
common in the mining region.
After being shown how to cut the
coal, they mined enough to fill a car,
and then "went into the private car
of Vice-President Loomis for a well
ejsh but organized they secure
There would have been fewer bond
eues carried in Oklahoma City haci
be workingxnen not owning real
irate been refused the right to vote
Politics affords the star-spangled
hump his greatest opportunity We
have the present legislature in mind.
the bargain counter.
and bargains
A press dispatch which has all the earned rest."
thumb marks of the steel trust comes Gracious! Won't the debutantes at
labor| from Sharon, Pa , and should be en- Newport and the hite Mountains
How to Be Happy on Thirty, thrill at the story of these young con-
provisions. that there were lew otners rents a Da> Here is is "After a querers of old Nature And won't the
And the regular as well as the extra stay of five years in India, where h'- matronly chaperones and other dawd-
ordinary session was overrun with lob- had charge of the mills and blast fur ling idlers, who wax fat on dividends
byists representing the railroads and naces of the Tata Iron & Steel Com- wrung from producers envy these
other < orporations and they were panv. in Satchki, O. O Laudig has re- snobs who tell the story of how they
shown more favors and had more lee. turned In company with many work- did a few hours' productive labor in
way than those who had registered men, largely employes of the biasr their young and worthless lives
a cord ing 'o the state law furnaces of Western Pennsylvania, The incident MAY result ;n driving
I^audig left here and successfully oper- the whole gang to honest toil.
more United a**d the mills. The holdings of the But seriously speaking, the Lord
aliher of Sen- Tata Iron k Steel Company consist of must love America when He permits
He has two blast furnaces, four basic steel newspapers to print such nauseating
to with- open hearth furnaces, a combination stuff while workers, single-handed and
hich he rail and structural mill and a small alone, better conditions to the tune of
President Wilson for shape mill. Skilled native mechanics strikes and injunction writs—Toledo
federal Judge draw _■ cents a day. native laboring Union Leader,
garments
beau
of the legislature
s good politics to
of labor legislation
Some members
may think that it
make a joke out
but it certainly Isn't good sense One
member remarked that the Eight
Hour Law for Women was only de
sired by a few union agitators and
walking delegates. This membei
should tell us how many union people
such a law would affect. With a thor
ough investigation he would learn that
such a law would not affect a single
unionist in tbe state and that it ii-
only fathered by union men because
of its humanitarian features.
Whom did Paul B. Smith represent
when he introduced a resolution at
the State Press Association meeting
at Bartlesville with reference to work
men's compensation'' On the face of
it, we hazard the guess that it was
either a small per cent of the state
manufacturers, who call themselves
the Manufacturers' Association, or the
damage suit lawyers. The editors of
the state are surely a gullible bunch
to allow anv individual to put over a
resolution on them denouncing the
principle of workmen's compensation.
Ir shows clearly that the editors pres-
ent at that meeting were not in touch
with the progress of the times and
that some one miscalculated when
they were dubbed "the brains of Okla-
homa".
offerings pile
cheap!
This country needs
States senators of the
a tor Ashehurst of Arizona.
given notice that he desire
draw the recommendations
has filed with
the appointment of
in the state which he represents. The
senator proposes to his constituents
that they petition the governor to call
an election to designate the people's
choice of a district judge for the fed-
eral #districi of Arizona The senator
in a letter to his constituents says:
"1 am anxious to see an advisory elec-
tion held in Arizona at tli<- earliest
ical date in order that the people
have an opportunity to express
it was their choice for federal Judge." He money th
further refer* to the recent adoption
woman ill ol the amendment which amends th<-
Constitution of the L'nited States, arid
plume for a wonderful ha! authorize* the election of V'ntted
he beauty to States senators by direct vote of the
people, and bases his contention main-
ipon this fact.
rema
and!
rkably
. In
these bargain
into the bargaining l>*
exquisite
by
're bai
E re we
gam«
Look at
rnad<
Down in
paid
Glorious
Little child hands gave 1
that!
Bargains in goods? Wh;
gains in pain. •
Bargains in bodies and bargains in
brain.
Bargains in manhood and woman-
hood, too.
Bargains in childhood here offered to
you;
Bargains in hate and oppression and
greed,
Bargains in hearts that must suffer
and bleed;
Bargains from sw
lent holes.
Bargains in labor
souls.
Here on the counter together they lie.
Bargain sale! Bargain sale! Come on
and buy!
—Berton Braley.
men 7 to U cents a day, while the
women are given 6 to 8 cents for their
daily toil. And tbe women do the hard
and heavy work just like the men.
The husbands always work with their
wives and keep them hustling. When
asked if the natives live well on the
wage they received, Mr. Laudig said
'I never saw more smiles among the
workers of India than I have seen else-
where. They live comfortably on the!
receive and seem happy.' "
DANGERS OF MINIMUM WAGE.
Thank God, it's over until June 23.
SPECIAL LOW RATES
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isiiif
Ticket- on -ale May 23-.4-.25
and 2b. return limit June 5th.
Extension privilege to June 25
on payment of 50c fee.
SPECIAL SERVICE
A NEW ROUTE is offered
this year. FRISCO LINES to
St- Louis, Mo., thence through
Xa-hville. Term., or Louisville,
Ky. A route FAMOUS for its
scene- t battle? of the Civil
War. Special train service will
he operated \ ia this route from
' oklahoma on May 24th. Rout-
ing is al- arranged through
Memphi.-. Tenn. Ask the Fris-
co Agent about our splendid
service for this trip, or write
the under-igned.
R- C. Mills General Agent,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
C. O. Jackson, D. P Agent,
Oklahoma City, Okla
Th<
it Hhopa and penti-
and bargains In
•JUDICIAL PERSECUTION"
District of Columbia courts be-
fore which Pr-"idMit (iomKii. VI"-
President Mitchell, ami S«"r"tar\
Morrison have had to appear in de-
fense of an-alleged contempt. ar« the
subject of some severe criticism by
the press The judicial warfare opened
In l'<07, and while the original con
troversy out of which grew the con
tempt proceedings has long since bt-' 'I
amicably adjusted, has continued with
Intermittent lapses between appeal,
until now. The New York World, in
editorially commenting on the recent
t'ourt of Appeals rieclslor
I the verdict of tbe lower court, jives
ALL
WOOL
MADE TO ORDER
In a published letter from President
Gompers, in which attention is called
to some unusually unseen dangers in
minimum wage legislation, the follow-
ing is an excerpt:
"If the minimum wage law for work-
lngmen is established by law, by the
same token it is more than probable
that it may finally transpire that
another law will be enacted, compell-
ing workmen to work for such a mini-
mum as a maximum. When that time
comes, when by statutory enactment
wages are Bet. it will only be another
step to force workingmen to work |
at the behest of their employers, orj
at the behest of the State, which will
be equivalent to. and will be, slavery !
"We want a minimum wage estab-!
ltfehed. but we want it established by j
the solidarity of the workiiigmen!
themselveH through the economic
forces of their trade unions, rather W. RA3LE BROWN, Huxagn
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