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A N ELOQUENT A PPE A L .
T H E CH ICAG O F E D E R A T IO N .
D isc u ss a t L e n g th th e O rd er o f th e
M a d e b y a G e o r g ia S ta te s m a n fo r
A m e r ic a n F e d e r a tio n on th e
a R e c o g n itio n o f th e R ig h t s
Q u e stio n o f T rad e
o f C h ild r e n .
A u to n o m y .
T h e infam ous factory system is pene
T he order of th e A m erican F e d e ra
tr a tin g th e so u th and th e m o n ster of
tion
of L abor th a t the c h a rte r of the
greed is calin g for ten d e r ch ild ren for
C
hicago
F e d e ra tio n of L abor should be
its food, says T h e T obacco W orker.
revoked
if c e rta in u n ions a re not ex
Som e m en, able to see som e of th e h o r
pelled before Ju n e 1 was discussed for
ro rs w hich will come in th e w ake of
th re e hours in executive session a t th e
the in d u stria l d evelopm ent of the south,
la st m eeting of th e c e n tral body.
a re nobly b u t im p o ten tly s triv in g to
N early every delegate declared h im
so ften th e b ru ta lity of th e com ing era
self
opposed to th e order of th e A m er
by leg isla tio n a g a in s t child labor.
ican
F e d e ra tio n for th e reason th a t the
W h ile the a n ti-c h ild lab o r bill w hich
sam
e
actio n had not been tak e n in re
w as defeated, was up for discussion in
gard
to
o th e r c e n tra l bodies th a t w ere
th e G eorgia le g isla tu re , Hon. Seaborn
v io la tin g th e law s of th e n a tio n a l
W rig h t spoke eloquently for its p a ss
body.
age. H is p e ro ra tio n follow s:
The law s of th e A m erican F e d eratio n
“ T he s p irit a n im a tin g th e opposition
of
L abor p ro h ib it th e adm ission of
to th is bill is th e s p irit of com m ercial
dual
and non-affiliated u n ions to c h a r
ism . It know s no pity. It chills every
tered
c e n tra l bodies, says th e U nion
g en ero u s th o u g h t and deadens every
A
dvocate.
It was said th a t 90 per cent
holy feeling. It m easu res all th in g s —
of
th
e
c
e
n
tra l labor bodies in th e
m anhood, w om anhood and childhood—
U nited S ta te s are v io la tin g th is law,
by th e dollar. T he h e a rts and b ra in s
and th a t it w as stra n g e th a t C hicago
—aye, th e puny w eig h t of c h ild re n —
should be chosen th e first victim . It is
a re v aluable only as th e y can be coined
also
declared th a t th e A m erican F e d
in to m oney. You lay our little c h ild ren '
e
ra
tio
n w as ab o u t to c h a rte r th e C en
a t th e feet of e a ste rn cap ital and say
tra
l
F
e d e ra tio n U nion of New Y ork
all th is will we give in exchange for
City,
w
hich had a dozen u n ions in its
y o u r dollars.
m em bership th a t are not recognized.
“ I lift the s ta n d a rd of rev o lt today
T hese include several K n ig h ts of L abor
and in th e nam e of th e so u th denounce
assem blies.
th e unholy traffic.
A le tte r from P re sid e n t G om pers to
“ Mr. Speaker, I stood a t th e door of
the
New Y ork c e n tra l body was read.
a hu m b le co ttage shadow ed by th e fac
In
it.
he sta te d th a t a c h a rte r would be
to r y ’s m assive w alls. T he m istre ss of
issued to t h a t organization.
th is hom e w as th e wife of a g a lla n t
W h ile th e s e n tim e n t w as practically
C on fed erate so ldier. T hey had seen
u n an im o u s fo r tra d e autonom y, and
b e tte r days. D eath had k in d ly com e to
th a t th e A m erican F e d e ra tio n ’s ord er
him . and he slept. T he rem o rseless
w as u n ju st, it w as finally decided to
h a n d of n ecessity had driven th e w id
a p p o in t a com m ittee to correspond w ith
ow and her ch ild ren out from th e old
P
re sid e n t G om pers. T he com m ittee
hom estead to th e hum ble cottag e. A s
w
ill also urge all unions n o t affiliated
I stood th e g ates of th e fac to ry sw ung
w ith t'he A m erican F e d e ra tio n to secure
open, and am id a h u n d red c h ild ren hers
c h a rte rs th ere fro m .
cam e. T hey w ere y o u n g Children.
T h e k in d ly w alls of th e n u rse ry should
have been aro u n d them . T h ere w as no
B IG B R E W E R Y LO CK O UT.
sp rin g in th e ir steps, no lig h t in th e ir
L ast week it was rep o rted about a
eyes, th e ir cheeks w ere w hite, an d I
m ovem ent of m ore th a n 1,000 brew ery
th o u g h t, s ta n d in g in th e presence of
w orkers' in K ulm bach, B av aria, one of
th e ch ild ren of th is C o nfederate so ldier,
th e beer in d u stry ce n te rs of G erm any,
I w ould give every sp in d le and loom in
for a s lig h t b e tte rm e n t of th e ir con
th e so u th to b rin g back th e lig h t to
ditions. H ence a lockout w as in au g u
th e ir eyes and see th e roses bloom
rate d by th e bosses as th ey im agine
a g a in upon th e ir little ch eek s.’’
th a t by th e d isch arg e of th e leaders,
or r a th e r the spokesm en of th e d issa t
A M ODERN LU X U R Y .
isfied ones, th e d issa tisfac tio n itself
could be suppressed. All th e ir im a g in
T he T u rk ish oath in th e la rg e r cities
a tio n s n o tw ith sta n d in g ,
th e bossies
of th e w orld has developed a new in
don’t seem to know th a t th e o rg an iz a
d u s try for w om an. T h u s far, says th e
tio n s of lab o r follow s d irectly the de
N ew Y ork P ost, th e re is no nam e fo r it,
velopm ent of th e in d u stry on larg e
b u t it com es close to w h a t in th e old
scales. I t is m erely a Don Q uixote
d ay s w as know n as th e tra d e of a bush-
fight a g a in s t w indm ills, th e fight of
elw om an.
T he m odern e d itio n and
th e K u lm bach brew ery p rinces a g a in st
arlodification, how ever, gives it a n en
th e o rg an iz atio n of labor. W hen they
tir e ly d iffe re n t c h a ra c te r.
I n e first
believe
th a t th ey could destro y w ith a
o n e appeared in New Y ork th is week
reign
of
oppression and violence th e
and m ade so successful a deb u t th a t
tra
d
e
u
n
ions
and th e justified, even too
o th e rs will undo u b ted ly come fo rw ard
m odest, dem ands of th e ir wage slaves,
in th e n e x t m o n th or tw o. A lady
th e n we pity them for th e ir ignorance.
v isits a b a th and, a fte r d isro b in g and
Should on account of th is fight, th e ex
d o n n in g h e r b a th in g tu n ic, h a n d s over
p ressio n of th e so lid a rity of th e U nited
h e r c lo th in g to th e bushelw om an. Sne
S ta te s brew ery w orkers be called upon,
d u sts it, re p a irs any w orn or to rn edg
th
e n our co m rad es in G erm any know
ing. s tre n g th e n s or replaces b u tto n s
well
th a t th ey w ill n o t appeal in vain.
an d presses th e different pieces of the
—B ra u e r Z eitung.
w ard ro b e th a t need th a t kind of w orx.
T h en w ith an ato m iz e r sh e sp ra y s it
w ith a perfum ed d isin fe c ta n t and hangs
T opeka (K an.) T yp o g rap h ical U nion
th e a rticle in a h eated room so as to
is fighting a bill now before th e leg is
expel all m oisture. T he process ta k e s
la tu re of th a t s ta te w hich, according to
from a h a lf hour to an h o u r and a half,
rep o rt, seeks to abolish th e office of
w hich is less th a n th e tim e req u ire«
s ta te p rin te r and have th e w ork done
for a R u ssian , T u rk ish , R om an o r elec
in th e s ta te p e n ite n tia ry and o th e r
tric bath.
T he g a rm e n ts coixie out
public in stitu tio n s.
T he p assage of
n e a t, sp o tless, “ d ressy ” and void of ail
such a law w ould be a d e trim e n t to tho
germ s. T he cost is m o d erate and to e
citizens of K a n sa s em ployed a t tn e
sa tisfa c tio n to th e w earer un sp eak ab le.
p rin tin g trad e. I t would lessen th e ir
T he allied tro o p s h av e looted e v e ry
th in g in sig h t in C hna. And it is in ti
m ated th a t m issio n aries. G od-fearing
m en, were am ong th e m ost a c tiv e of
th e looters. W ell, w h a t of it? T he
allies a re C h ristia n ; th e C hinese a re
h e a th e n . If a C h ristia n c a n ’t rob a
h e a th e n , w ho th e deuce Is he going to
rob? Som e people a re a lto g e th e r too
sq u eam ish .—A rk a n saw T h o m as Cat.
D on’t let your union card expire.
o p p o rtu n itie s of secu rin g w ork and de
p rive th e ir fam ilies of th e re su lts of
th e ir labor, all fo r w hat? T h a t con
victs and o th e rs of th e ir class m ay not
rem a in idle. E v ery organized tra d e in
K a n sa s should p ro te st a g a in st tne
adoption of a 'm easure of th a t c h a ra c
ter, and should m ark its fra m e r for de
fea t a t th e n e x t election. L abor does
n o t need such m en in th e leg islativ e
halls.
M ake th e clerk show his card.
Something of igierosi ago
.. Profit to life Wage Earners
.... READ . CAREFULLY ....
W h at D old’s H igh-G rade B U T T E R IN E is.
How it is ch u rn ed and put
up, etc.
1. O ur B U T T E R IN E is m ade of pure cream and “Oleo” oil. ab o u t an
equal q u a n tity of each.
“ Oleo” oil is th e oil e x tra cte d from choice beef fa t w hich m akes the
sam e su b sta n c e w hen chu rn ed w ith cream as th e b u tte r fa t w hich is ex
tra c te d from m ilk.
2. E v ery possible p recau tio n is used by th e c h u rn e rs in K a n s a s C ity , th a t
m odern science can suggest, to m ake our B U T T E n tix E pure, clean, sw eet,
w holesom e, and h e a lth fu l, and e n tirely free from d irt or any im p u rity of
any kind.
3. All ou r c h u rn s and o th er u ten sils a re kept th o ro u g h ly cleansed e \ -
ery day in th e year by th e use of th e m ost m odern c lean sin g m ethods,
th u s p rev e n tin g tn e g a th e rin g of im pure acids w hich are so liable to get
in to any b u tte r, if th e u tm o st precau tio n is not used to p rev en t it.
B u tte r is a p roduct w hich absorbs m ore im p u ritie s w hen being m ade
th a n a n y th in g else we e a t—hence th e im p o rtan ce of these p recau tio n s, and
also of th e consum ers u sin g a p ro d u ct m ade by people w ho u n d e rsta n d
th e science of th e business in all its branches.
4. E v ery em ploye connected w ith the c h u rn in g , w o rk in g and p u ttin g
up of o u r p ro d u ct is req u ired to tak e a th o ro u g h oath every m o rn in g and
put on a fresh ly lau n d ered su it of spotless w hite clothes before s ta rtin g to
work, and w hen going out of th e B U T T E R IN E room s, m ust, on re tu rn in g ,
w ash his h an d s and a rm s th o ro u g h ly before s ta r tin g to w ork again. H ence
you can read ily see w hy we m ak e th e claim th a t o u r product is th e Clean
est and p u re st in th e w orld.
5. It is, to m ak e a long story sh o rt, H ygienically m an u fa ctu red foi
food. T h o ro u g h ly w orked according to m odern ideas, hence c o n ta in s no
B utyric acid, th e im p u rity th a t causes o rd in a ry b u ^ e r to “ sp o il,” or ro t so
quickly, and th e n a tu ra l, as well as th e scientific inference is, th a t if you
p u t in to your sto m ach a p ro d u ct co n ta in in g th ese im p u ritie s w hich cause
th e o rd in a ry b u tte r to ro t—well, to say the least of it, your h e a lth m ust be
in som e m easu re dam aged thereby. Y o u r physician w ill tell you th a t BU T
T E R IN E is pure, w holesom e a n d h e a lth fu l.
D old’s F in e st and P u re st B U T T E R IN E is sold by th e follow ing well
know n and e n te rp ris in g firm s, who w ill be pleased to serve you w ith th is
su p erio r product.
A. J. FARMER, Wholesale and Retail Grocer,
Phones, Main 403; Col. 243.
Third and Jefferson Sts.
You can indorse th e p rin c ip le of rig h t and ju stic e by dealin g w ith A. J.
F a rm e r, th e G rocer w ho sta n d s for freedom of co m p etitio n in tra d e and
“ defies” m e h ig h -p ric e -m a k in g com bines.
PACIFIC MARKET AND GROCERY CO.
Phones, Grant 1411; Col. 128.
364 Washington St.
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