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thrown into tho balance for Industrial ’ In 1*10, not only did Mr Roosevelt re-
THE PBOBPBOTIVZ SOM-IM-LAW.
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falrness and justice.
1 port the mill as clean and sanitary, but
The difficulty ef securing from the [ ,ha ver>’ n,an who advised me to seek
A contributor to tho
August Worn-
general public a recognition of the con- 1 *« rk there on account of Its evil cendl- „ ,* , j j oma Companion o.i the subject
of
By norm te« Laca* Banville, Qentral Secretary
League. Bayrtntod dlttona and tl amends of modern Industry it Ions, told me lest summer, when I vis- marriage writes. In part, as follows;
upon its workers Is therefore very ap- Red the place, that the girls said that
by Permlsajoa from The Outlook.
"How much do most mothsn; know [
parent. One of the efforts by which 1 everything was wonderfully Improved, of tho men their daughters fin al!)
the Consumers’ League, In co-operation 1 Whether the lower window cashes are marry? And how much real friendship
A group at women In a suburb ot by the setting of a standard of employ­
Second and Morriaon Streets
with two other societies, sought to win I »till permanently fastened summer and and trust Is there, usually, between
Philadelphia recently set about an at* ment conditions and publishing a list of
this recognition was by an Industrial 1 winter and whether the foreman con- young men end the mothers of the
tempt the issue of which seemed doubt­ merchants who conformed to It. It was
exhlblt held six years ago. Here the I tlnues to arraign brutally any girl who girls the young men choose to marry?
ful In the extreme. Their hope was to by no means a universally popular step.
publ't was first brought Into direct con-; Is caught sitting for a moment’s rest Yet 1 do not as a general rule count this U n i o a CAMPBELL’S AMERICAN BAND
indue« the shopkeepers of the commun­
"How would you like me to walk Into tact with living workers from city on a pile of bobbins in lieu of any other to be the fault of the young men. The
A
ity to «rant to their employes the re­ your kitchen and ask h«.w many hours
M L 74tk St.
lief of a half-holiday In each week your cook works, and whether she Is a l­ sweat shops, and was given a chance to «est.l did not. at this last visit, ascei- mothers are older and wiser—should be
Pfceee Tefcer 55?
tain.
wiser at least In a ll such matters— yet 1
during the months of July and August lowed to sit down during the day?" an
the work In mines and factories as It Is
The need of creating In manufacture they are generally slow to speak of them '
—an experiment hitherto practically un­ Iraaclbla employer once demanded of
done by the young people of Pennsyl­ the same sort of. standard which now or »hare In them, whether from shyness,1
tried by the merchants in the town. 'To tho writer.
vania.
Exhibitions
of
this
kind
had
a
l­
controls the provisions for employes In or jealousy, or Inability to express
any one who Is fam iliar with the cli­
" If you should sat the food ahe cooks, ready been held In Germany and Eng­ retell trade Is painfully apparent. In themselves, or a forgetfulness of the
mate of Philadelphia at that season of
land, but this was the firs t effort to Pennsylvania, at all events, tho lunch years when they, too, were young.
the year the need of this endeavor will and pay mo for It, you would have every
"The mother who does not think her­
he patent, eepecially as the habit of right to thia or any other Information present facts In this form to the Amerl- and rest rooms Adequate toilet and
j washlng facilities and a proper supply self wiser In all these matters than her
night shopping had fastened upon the as to how your food waa prepared— can public.
SHIRTS
nothing
could
bo
more
your
business,"
I
Many
school
girls
were
brought
in
O
f
seats—all
now
a
part
of
every
large
daughter Is rare to find; yet there are
community, and was as great a feature
replied.
groups by their teachers to see this e x -, «tore's equipment—are rare exceptions not many mothers who are conscienti­
of summer as of winter.
A frequent and more disinterested hlblt, and their visits brought about In factories, where the need Is even ously helping— fitting would be the bet­
Surprising success met the effort,
criticism
against the publication of another and more widespread educational greater on account of the longer hours ter word— their daughters to make a
some stores granted a Saturday half-
wise and rational choice. Perhaps most
holiday, while others, which could not "White Lists" has characterised them as movement. Consumers’ Leagues had ex­ and the character of the work.
Mannfaetareri ef
A W hite List of local factories cannot mothers have ahope that when the time
readjust the demands of their business thinly disguised boycotts. These critics, isted in some of the woman's colleges
for
several
years;
but
the
idea
of
sys­
be compiled on the same basts as with comes they may be allowed to choose for
on such short notice, closed their doors by their objection, practically reject the
BOBS OF THE ROAD”
tematically establishing chapters of the stores, which deal directly with the pub these daughters of theirs; and they fall
on Tuesday afternoons; but the vast ma­ whole theory of tho responsibility of
local
league
In
nearby
colleges
and
OVERALLS
lie, and yet the Consumers’ League has to realise that almost their whole duty
jority of the shops on the main street consumera A vague sense of responsi­
of the town displayed cards announcing bility Is about as affective as none at all. schools was firs t begun in Philadel­ long felt the want of some such stand lies In fitting them to choose for them­
phia, in the belief that the students are ard in a manufacturing community like selves.
one or the other ot these days as closed Bash Individual must apply that sense
none too young to have their minds Phlladelpnla. As an attempt to meet
Saiaeroea, Fifth aad Ankeny Streets
to the public "for the benefit of our to the practical affairs of Ufa. If It is
to bo felt. Thus, when a woman, by trained and their help sought In mat­ this difficulty the League there has corn-
employes."
Many
a
man
who
Is
always
looking
Factory,
Grand A ve. and B. Taylor St.
ters concerning
concerning the
the Uvea
lives of girls no! menced a systematic Investigation of
The writer entered one of these shops supporting an Indorsed employer, not
for a snap lacks ginger.
older
than
themselves,
but
from
whom
factories,
which
alms
eventually
to
cover
as a customer one day. and In the course only encourages him In his enlightened
of purchasing a box of note paper asked policy, hut also stimulates a hesitating modern society has removed Its tradl- , he c„ y. A1J factories which then seem
tional protection and solicitude.
The to comply with a required standard of
the man in charge how he accounted for brother merchant to rollow along, she
U N IO N T A IL O R S
the readiness with which the new cus­ has given a practical value to her sense results have strengthened opinion Into xrages, hours and physical conditions
conviction.
Tho
girls
In
tho
chapter
Bre
placed
on
an
approved
list
And
ap-
of
responsibility.
The
publication
of
tom had been adopted.
thlnk twice before they give a rush or­
"W ell,” he replied, "ef course the idea tho names of a group of merchants for der to their dressmaker or start a shop­ pllcanta for work are received by the
League and sent to any of these facto
Union Made Gloves
is not a new one . Th« proposition has tho guidance of shoppers with a wide­
been brought up in o ur business associa­ awake conscience ean no more be con­ ping tour after the Saturday matinee rles as they require workers.
t Carry the Union Label
This branch of the work is known ai
tion a great many times, but there was demned as an act of boycott than can
An In teres. of this kind is not ex­ the Industrial Betterment Bureau, its
always enough opposition to down It. tho publication of a list of satisfactory
Are Strictly First Class
tinguished by graduation. Each g irl is purpose being to raise the standard of
But this year, you see. the customers hotels by Baedeker for tho guidance of
expected to carry It Into her own home employment conditions as well as to
took a hand for the first time and that tourists on tho lookout for their crea­
community and spread It there; end this divert people .especially girls and boys
decided the matter for a great many ture comfprts.
to ta ll
The standard required of ovary firm expectation la realised In the fact that leaving school, from the worse to the
of th« members. I t was the ladlee who
(U
aioe
Shop)
In
several
towns
lh
Pennsylvania,
at
Stark, between 12th and 13th
better places; and the reasonableness of
did It, I gueee."
before acceptance on tho White List
The significance of thie Incident lies covered hours, wages, physical condi­ least, tbs firs t impetus toward consid­ tho request that the League’s Investi­
Portland, Oragon.
Good Work and
Healing«
In the elements which It contains of a tions. holidays, obedience to tho law, and ering the welfare of tho workers there gators be allowed to inspect a plant is
has
come
from
a
graduate
member
of
a
usually
justified
for
employers
on
this
wide spread movement which, seising general behavior toward employes. In
college or school league.
ground. This new attempt, which Is less
upon the hint of power Implied, time It became evident, however, that in
Alder Street, bet. Second and
There have been many expresalons of than a year old. Is already throwing
has
built
upon
this
power
the certain essential things It was necessary
Third. Portland Oregon
organisation
known
as
the
Con­ for the better employers to bo protected this now-found Intoreat In Philadelphia, many sidelights into unexpected cor­
B u tter
H ooey
sumers'
League.
This
league
is against the lose enlightened policy of but none louder or mere forcible than ners. A sickly and deformed boy of 14,
that signified by the concerted action who had Just received his working cer­
competitors
who
ware
not
so
sensitive
E ggs
simply a part of that great process of
C h e e se
of the groat merchants and tbo Christ­
Soita 386 and Up
combination which is the characteristic to public opinion; tbo moot direct moans mas shoppers in the leet holiday sea- tificate, was by mere chance overboard Tallon to Mon
to remark that he had secured a Job In arzy, w ash. st.
feature of our present Industrial civi­ of securing such protection waa clearly
Main 8133
a glass factory— this meaning. In Penn­
lisation. We have organisation of em­ tho passage and enforcement of a law
8
lx
years
a
g
o
a
n
igh
tly
tour
o
f
the
ployers to develop economy ot produc­ before which all employers should be retail shopping d istrict w as m ade for sylvania Alternate weeks of work all
day and work all night. A horrified by­
tion and to protect themselves against equal. The enactment of the Mercan­ tw o weeks before C hristm as.
Earlier
excessive competition. We have organi­ tile Employers* Act in 1999 waa the firs t in the year a law had beat, passed in stander happened to overhear this, and
-
told the boy that he could got a bettor
sation of workers to develop a standard Important step thus taken by New York
a L. fyhrib
of earning capacity, and to protect them­ SUte for the protection of children and the hours of work for women to tea In
1— ™
When the little fellow came, one glance
YAMHILL SANITARY MARKET
selves against an underselling o f their women employed in retail atoree.
a day during thia season. IB spite of
While . the Consumers' League was this regulation the employes of prac­ was enough to show tho need of a modi S U IT S $ 3 5 . 0 0 A N D U P
labor. Both of these are organisations
bboord ard yamhtli , stbxetb
of producers. The Consuméis* League thus establishing its Influence In New tically ovary store In a radius of five cal examination .and ho was found to
represents the organisation of a still Tork City, slater leagues were springing blocks of tho central shopping district have tuberculosis of both lungs and of
Tallon to Women
“ “
Free Delivery
greater economic class. I t Is a combi­ Into life In other communities, with the stated that they were required to work the spine. Except for tho chance over­
hearing
of
the
child’s
remark,
he
would
711-718-713
BotbcbUd
Bldg.
nation e f Individuals who use their same basis of appeal. In 1996 the Idea from f a. m. until tho closing hour at
have now been throwing away his last
power as consumers to protect the com­ caught In Pennsylvania, followed by
W h e n y o u v is it m em b ers
night—in some cases on alternate days.
munity of which they are a part from league in Illinois In 1997, and one in In others continuously every dsy. And chance of life in tho overheated atmo­
o f U n io n 3 3 9 , se e
the disastrous effect of unregulated in­ Massachusetts In 1999. Than came a no manager who was Interviewed was sphere of a glass factory— largely be­
dustry upon its workers—an organised new stage In the development of the aware of any regulation prohibiting such cause no physical standard and no phys­
th a t y o u g e t
ical examination are required of a child
expression of responsibility on the "art movement.
overtime.
before
he
receives
his
work
certificate.
of the buyers of things toward those
It was felt that this newly recognised
Late one Saturday night the league’s |
W ell th a t is ju st w h at w e are pre­
Such oversights as these are due mere­
who make and distribute the things responsibility could not logically stop investigators left a store after talking
or
which they buy.
with local conditions In retail storee; to oeveral weary girls who confessed ly to unrecognised factors In Industrial pared to do, g e t one o f th ese slip* from
In these days when the differentiation that behind these visible workers lfi each to having worked a continuous 14 hours life. The comfort Is, that as they are your w aiter, present it at our (tore
ever becomes wider and more striking community was an army of unseen toll­ a day for 1« days past. Two nights recognised by the public, so are they when you order your «nit and w e w ill
between whole classes, as producers and ers, tho product of whose labor was dis­ later, when we returned there to find If dealt with. The task of the Consumers’ a llo w you 82.60 discount. Men*« suit*
not only In the communities to
BO TH P U R E
oonsumers, the basis for such an or­ tributed fa r and wide through the land. our complaint to tho orficlal department. League,
to order 825.00. L a d ie s’ »uit» to order.
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ganisation as the Consumers* League be­ To find out some of tho facts which con­ had broi ght the needed relief, one of the
835.00.
comes apparent. The great suction trolled the lives of those workers and girls said; "Do you know, after you limited, but wherever Industrial society
wheel of consumption which draws out to make them known to the public which waa In here asking questions that night, hides Its darker secrets. Is to search out UNIQUE TAILO RING CO.
the fruits of industry and appropriates buys the product of their hands was three of the girls rtght here on the these secrets 4nd place them as facts
308 STABK ST., BET. 8TH AMD 6TH.
make It
thorn to the needs of complex human i le it o be the next most v ital undertak floor fainted diad’ asrey.’ You* ou'ghjttaH b* for* th* «,ubllt *a" d
Union Tailors.
life, derives Its power from tho count- lng. In May, 1191, a conference of all seen that! That waa the worst day c*aar that’ a,ter * ’*’ "the broduclnK
1"
»
world is only the servant of the con­
ices little acts of shopping and buying the existing leagues was called to con­
BEST CBBAM EBT B UTT E E
in ’ 1910, that same establishment w a a i”*!” 1" ’ w.?rld * nd ,l.he fllia* dlrect?.on ot
In our dally lives. Each woman as she sider the formation of one organlaatlon
70c AMD 76c
purchases a 6-cont cotton handkerchief, wltn a nation-wide scope and a nation­ visited at 9:16 on the night of Decern - industry lies with the consumers."
Creamery B u tte r .........................................65c
a 16-cent can of "sifted June peas,” or wide Intoreat a t heart; and just a year bpr 14. “We close at 9:10. and I came
D airy B u tter.
T A IL O R S
. .65c
a 140 hat from a fashionable milliner; later the National Consumera’ League In at 10 thia morning," the girl replied,
Second F loor D ekum B id ,., T hird S t . ^ » r e n S S T Egg» ’ ..W ;
..3 0 c
each man when he buys hla slx-for-a- began its work, with Mrs. Florence in answer to our questions, volunteering
..2 0 c
quarter cigars or hie 14 derby—every In» Kelley as Its general secretary.
b stw ss n W aih in gton and
Large Con M ilk .
furthar: "The girls under 19 have to
. . 6c
significant part of tho millions of pur­
The firs t efforts of the national body get oqt at 9 sharp. Gee! don't I wish
A ld er
- Full
- Cream
-
Revelstoke, B. C„ retail clerks, team­
Cheese, l b ..............
. ,20c
chases made each day, guides, controls, were given to diagnosing the case of 1 waa under 19!”
sters and other employes In the retail
Picnic Ham», l b .............................
12% c
nay, moves, this wheel. And because the clothing trades. Even without pre­
Improved though It was. even this trade, have organised an »Asoclatlon, the P h on s M ain 8886
Eastern Sugar-Cured H am s, l b ___ 17%c
women do tho llon’a share of shopping liminary Investigation it had been ap­ store was an undesirable exception In objects of which are "the procuring of
L afd Compound, l b ............................. . .15c
for tho community, and thus contribute parent that tbls Industry in Its several 1910. Far the Christmas of that year better working conditions and a general
Saturday is Chicken day. Price»
most to tho power that keeps the wheel branches leaned especially heavily upon saw In Phllauloiphla a movement in b«- |sarly closing day each week,
P*r l b ...........................................16c to 20c
in motion, the appeal of the Consumers' woman and child workers, and to those hglf of the women end children In the
League has always been directed espe­ whoso occupation brought thorn into con­ stores and the boys and men of the de­
L
A G RAN DE CREAM ERY
A combination consisting of the Wo­
Cleaning aad Pressing
tact with tho poorer residents of tho livery service such as has not been men's Trade Union League, the Young
cially to them.
864 Yamhill Street.
808
Morrison
St.,
Bet.
Front
and
First
For the most part, too, this appeal has largo cltloo some of Ita most serious Paralleled In any other large city In
People’^ Social League, and several So­
been directed to members of tho leisured evil» wore already known.
the country.
cialist party members, are actively en­ Telephone Tabor 2384
cteaa. Under even the host condlttlona.
The basis of appeal of the National
Good Clothing for Man and Toting Men
This general closing began in 1909, gaged In organixing the department store
the individuals of this class consume! Consumers' League was Identical with whan about 6000 Interested women workers' In R hester, N. Y.
fa r more than they produce; and th e 1 that of the local branohes, and Its selxed upon a suggestion of the Con-
on Easy Weekly or M onthly Payments
purchasing powsr of one woman among ™ ‘
of galnlng lts end was there- samara’ League and wrote porsonal let­
887897 itllar—
The Typographical Union has suc­
them Is greeter often than the com­ f<
1. e„ the settlng of a ters to the leading merchants, urging
TA IL O R
ceeded In securing substantial wage In­
bined power of a doaen worklngwomsn. ■I
end the encouragement of em- them to reduce the number of open
1638 Foster Boad
Also, working man and women have
Pl
lin thls case manufacturera) to nights. Quick to respond to the wishes creases from the Baltimore newspapers.
power of tholr own to further their In- c<
to it by winning tho support of of the public, the customary 10 nights The new agreement carries an Increase
ranging
from
92
to
96.40
per
week.
dustrlal welfare, and tne trade union i tt
umers of their products.
ln- was cut to Ave. In 1910 another and
R a g t im e P ia n o P l a y i n g
educates thorn In many of the v e ry ' v<
on had shown that there were equally powerful factor entered the sit­
P ia n o , p layin g p o sitiv ely tau gh t i
About 700 workmen at the' Crystal
principles which It Is the purpose of if«
»f evils to bo combated: child uation In the shape of a new law re­
City Glass works are on strike because 10 to 20 lessons. Success guaranteed.
the Consumers' League to establish. T h e , la
a sweating system, unduly long
quiring among other things that no girl the management refused to conform to W rite
or c: 11 for
free
booklet'
curious structure of society completely ' at
rular hours of work, and dls-
under 19 be employed after 9 P. M. eight-hour law.
The men who struck i C hristensen ’a feehool o f Popular’
hMee these* wealth producers from tho r«
'or such laws aa already ax-
In addition to the Uaual reminder sent were unorganised.
normal v is e of tho numerically small > >■
n support of such factorise as
1 201 Goodnough bldg.
but economically powerful class of w
» from the«« unwholesome con-1 each year by the Consumers' League
Washington, at Tenth
<
4
1
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_
.
.
..
.
ind as a guarantee to tho pub-1
d? c"7ery. of ' .The strike declared In the Paint and
wealthoons jm era; and It la to establish dl
Consumers’ League devised a ? P™ *«»'"« Ignorance of the law Cabin Creek districts against the coal
the economic relationship between these lk
operators for failure to live up to the
two classes—or rather to point out tho la
plaoed on stitched underwear;
I. not covered by the tra d . !
1
tentative agreement reached some time
Intimate and often tragic relationship
abels—and granted tho use o f ' “ " y, not,ned ,v e r>r «mployer or the new ago. le still on.
that already exists— that the Consum­ ui
"THE STOKE WHERE VtfüR
regulations.
,
.
ers’ League has especially directed Its th
1 to approved manufacturers,
ii
T?"
¿
T
U,t
,nev,tab1*'
Tbe
*
“*!
«Ince
March
1,
14
local
unions
have
efforts.
mediate task of tho Consumer»
CREDIT IS GOOD.”
Can it bo done? Lot tho atory of the i L<
saa to find those factories, to lightened pul c and the newspapers . been added to H e Internationa] Union
facte answer.
| ed
the purchasing public Into de- wore Incessantly urging, "Shop early!” ' of ghtngleweavers. Sawmill Workers and
Just 20 years ago a group of women | m
goods baarlng tho label, and The law demanded that a large propor- i Woodsmen.
______
in Now York, appalled by the discovery
tn
gain the co-opkratlon of both tlon of their employes bo dismissed at '
PATONI, o o m o m t s
. 7 Plys ° f th* “‘erchant’ I South Chicago teamster, have gained
of certain conditions In a big retail store,
th
ufacturer and distributer of ?
to
this
combination,
h
r.!
over
the
tele-
.
wa<e
|ncraBaa
of
„
week
began an Inquiry Into the conditions un-
th
ids. Not a very long time was
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--- had '1 nextned .v In tes d X " * * ”
tra t'° n Th* ,nCrea,”, a" * CU 600 taam‘
der which saleswomen and oagh-glrla ............................................—
re
to dumonstrato again
what
ah
bocoma. apparent to th . N n r
d\ y
,he dt'?y n* » -P * P « <d’ *r- . atera.
worked. So apparent was the difficulty
Look for tho Trade-Mark Cap.
Y<
y
League
In
Its
early
days
1
,laemant’
waa:
Th"
«-I«««-
a
ll
doses at
of forming an effective organlaatlon
B u tter, Cream, M ilk and B u t­
9
o'clock
throughout
the
holiday
season.”
among the unskilled young workers In v l
t legislation alone can
In the Grand Rapids railroad yards
tbs store that a committee waa formed I as
ate foundation upon whlch°to I And, wUh thb • ’ c*Ptl° n o t •
cheep
ter M ilk o f absolute p urity—
the company has established a stockade
with the purpose of organising tbo I n - ; mi
an effective standard of In i;*ildy ^nd . . ’ll1? 1 ah° pa’ "n>a11 "«ores
a t your grocer» or delivered
to pen In Its 160 strikebreakers.
fluence which could be exerted by the du
sondltlons. Thereupon was be- S?,l<’ " ad * U,J- Thue, after years of prod-
by ua.
customers of this and other stores. The gu
ye ematlc and continuing en- d*n< ,he Pub,l«’ and persuading the mer-
A local union of waiters, waitresses
¿7,
i
ebsn«"*
•
victory
for
about
40.000
work-
first step taken by this committee was ds
» secure better legislation and
P itts - and cooks has been organised In Rioux
the compllln» of a list to keep shoppers to
I existing lawa which has re -ii™ 'J* Phl,ad**Pbla
y on* and PH
Milk That Stays S w sst In H"t Weather.
City, Iowa.
Informed of „urh shops as deal justly au
thin the last two years In ob- ,U^lfh'
.ha’]<*" wl,b her *ar*
upon
with their employes,
employes, and
and so
o» Important de-
conferred the same boon up
so bring
bring nub-
pub- talnlng
talnlng two
two of
of the
the m
most
The law requiring saml-monthly pay
llc opinion to bear In favor of just em-| clelons favorably affecting labor that her working cltlsens and children.
Manufacturers, too, have not been days In Pennsylvania became -ffectlve
ployera, and also in favor of such am- tho Supreme Courts of the State of Na-
slow to feel the keener eye of this new July I-
ngmtos ombhy
ployera as desire to bo Just, but are tlon have boon called upon to render,
prevented by the stress of competition
A scrutiny of this brief history of public Interest and criticism turned on .
Call up E ast 3240 or B 6155.
them. Only two summers ago I was
Journeymen horeeshoers of Plllston.
from following (heir sense of duty.
early development reveals the four dis­
This was the birth of the Consumers' tinct methods by which tho Co sumers' obliged to record the shameful neglect i P*-. ar* on strike for recognition of the
League. At Its very Inception It thus League undertakes to win Its purpose. of the welfare o f the glrle In two mills J union.
affirmed that there Is an element of Shortly expressed, they are: first, the In .Lackawanna County, in which 1
J- W. Taylor
W. L. Orey
P m iden t
morality In the act of buying which la essential step of Investigation; second, worked. One of these* mills was visited j Trades unionists ot Bloomington, III., !
Secretary
R»«. Phone Tabor l u 9
too often ignored; and that, while cheap­ tho creation of standards In conditions less than a year ago hy^a committee > r e planning to build a labor temple.
ness S" cheapness Is not being attacked, of employment, by conference and o o -Inf wom* n tn ,b* ,own and the shocking
some of the worst evils from which operation with the beat employers: third, i ,ack of <'l’ anl"’*"" ">d sanitation was
Electrical workers In Bloomington
SUm securing of ________
. - ..
wage-earners »uffer ere traceable dl- ths
necessary - legislation
and - I r,,‘,nd «" hav* * * * " replaced by new and III., have gained the eight-hour day.
C M I^ . T H IE L H O R N
rectly to the thoughtless buying which Its enforcement, and of judicial decisions ad*’I" a«* sanltar- provisions.
In the I
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Pnnll ef Sevelk Teaeher of T iellä. Thtrty
demands the cheapest market, regard- affecting labor conditions, so that these ”,h* r m,H* which happened lo be the one
T he tw o carm en's unions In P h ila d e l­ Yeare Intereational Experlenee
396 rtedT-
lass of how that rheapnese 1» acquired: standards shall be rendered permanent vl* ,«"d ••"« summer by Mr. Roo»eve|t. phia are p lan nin g to consolidate.
ner BaUdteg, Waahlagten and Teath Straate.
that It la therefore not only the privilege and of universal applle-.tlon; fourth, the *
Transfer and Storage
Pheaee: A-41S0; Marshall 199*.
work’"' ln July. 190» .across the
hut the duty of <'on»umera to satisfy education of the buying pub.lc Into i •*•••
• «roup of girls who stood
T h e hokera o f V ic to ria have organised
. piAMoa. furniturb a raooaob
themselves as to the conditions under
F 1 N L ÏY
(H. S O N ■ atbs
a union.
M OVED, PACKED ARD SH IP PE D
whleh their purchase» are made and dis­ showing a watchful and Intelligent In- a’ w< rk for flv* da>’" *n a wlde »hallow
Progreaalvî
tersst ln the sources of Its purchases. I'*”'1 which escaped from under the door
tributed.
Offlca as« UtarereoaL *7-99 Pront gtrset.
Panerai Director* and Embalmer*
and so directing Its purchasing power , ■
broken toilet—the only one avall-
It Is seldom th a t a m an la a beau.
W h a n the p rincip le was firs t applied th a t
•«■ Whole mighty force shall h e iabl* fur «hr 64 or <0 girl» on that door. and bow-legged, too.
Oowpstaat Lady Aaslstaat
POBTLARD. OREGON
M fth\ad Mon
asry Btrests. Phon* Mata 9
Phoa»» Maia 647, R e a s A t 8 «7
T i e Story of the Consumers’ League
The A n h e u s e r
C a fe
Music
NEÜSTADTER BROS.
P O R U GLOVE W S
TAILORS
The Model Butter
Huffinan & Grant
Store
United Tailors
Wfcat would you say if we
handed you $2.50 in money
C y r u s N o b le
M o n tic e llo R y e
W. J. Van Schnyver & Co.
M O NEY SAVED
ELMGREN & LOUIS
Among the Workers
I. E. Norgard & Co.
TAILO RS
Richard W. Bryan
EASTERN
OUTFITTING
COMPANY
Elwood Wiles
CONTRACTOR
D AM ASCU S
Kratz Buffet
Third and Alder Streets
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Damascos Creamery
Olsen-Roe Transfer
Company'
J- F.
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