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HINTS FOR FARMERS
Value of a Good Harness Room.
A radical platform upholding the
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LABOR HERE AND ABROAD. States judges was adopted recently by
the Centra! Iuibor union of Philadel
phia in fratuing a new constitution,
▼rad«« Unionism In This Country «n
under which the labor movement in
a High«r Plan Than That of Europ*., the city will be reorganized.
Th« American Knows His Rights
At the same time the Central Labor
and Demand« Them.
union delegates fri'ed themselves from
all restrictions on political actions. The
Only those who can go back in per
constitutional committee iu its report
sonal recollection or through enreful had put In an article forbidding the in
reading thirty or forty years are able dorsement of any political party aud
to appreciate the present position of restricting political indorsements to in
the labor movement in the leading dividual candidates bearing a union
countries of Europe as well us In the card. These restrictions were defended
United States, writes Joseph it. Buch by tlie constitutional committee on the
anan in the New York Journal. Partic grounds that they "would keep labor
ularly has the attitude of the govern out of politics” and prevent anybody
ing powers undergone radical changes. from trading in labor votes. Past po
Less than forty years ago there were litical discussions and indorsements by
A Believer In Alfalfa.
few countries in which labor was con the Central Labor union have been
Properly cared for, Professor Sani-
blamed
for
creating
Internal
dissen
sidered other than as a part of the
uel Fraser of Cornell experiment sta
physical force contributing to produc sions in tlie labor movement. Up until tlou considers alfalfa one <>f the best
about
four
years
ago
political
discus
tion and trade. The laborer himself,
crops that farmers can produce. On
as a person entitled to certain rights sions were not tolerated in the union.
Professor Fraser’s farm are some old
“
We
are
drifting
toward
political
ac
because of the work he performed,
pasture lands, with which he has tried
tion.
”
said
a
delegate
of
the
Cigar
rights which it was the duty of organ
makers’ union, "it is no use for us to various plans of renovation. The sim
ised society to obtain and, maintain,
plest plan he finds is to harrow and
put
up bars against the inevitable."
was not recognized
Several otlier delegates spoke in the sow about a dollar’s worth of grass
But a change came, and to the or
same vein. Tlie clause forbidding in seed per acre annually for two or
ganization of labor pratically all of
dorsements of political parties was three years In succession, using blue
the credit is due. I11 England, Ger
grass and white clover.
Professor
then voted down almost unanimously.
many, France, Italy and other Euro
“The next section restricts us from Samuel Fraser is a great believer In
pean countries and in the United
indorsing a fair employer," said an clover as a foundation crop. He
States labor legislation has become a other delegate, “I don’t think there Is thinks a good crop of clover plowed
standing item on the calendar of every any sense I11 that, It says we can only under with half a ton of lime per acre
legislative body.
Departments and indorse a man who carries a union Is better than ten tons of barnyard
bureaus for the investigation and card. How are we to stand by ern- manure and ahead of any commercial
management of labor matters have [iloyers of union labor who are candi- fertilizer as a crop producer. The
become so numerous that it is unnec dates for office?”
poorest soils on the place under this
essary to refer to them specifically.
That argument killed the second sec- treatment give better crops than the
In some of the countries of Europe tlon of tlie constitutional article on best soils without such treatment.—
state Interest in the affairs of the politics, wiping out the entire article American Cultivator.
workers has gone further than In this and leaving tlie union a free hand in
country. Indeed, there are pessimists politics.
Feed For an Idle Hor.ie.
among us who see in adverse court de
Tlie virtual reorganization of the en
As to the feed for an idle horse,
cisions and occasional exhibitions of tire labor movement in the city is something depends upon the desire of
the power of manufacturers’ associa made necessary by section 2 of the I the owner. If it is the intention to
tions and other anti-union combina new constitution, which provides that get him in good flesh and his blood is
tions sure signs that the cause of tlie the local unions shall have direct rep in good condition he may lie grained
workers in America is retrograding. resentation in the Central Labor union as heavily as when at work without
Such notions are not founded on tlie instead of being represented through any injurious effect. On the ottier
facts and are the result of a refusal to trades sections, as formerly. This sec hand, it is often advisable to cut down
see and recognize the general progress tion will not only do away with the his grain ration one-third when lie is
of the labor movement.
trades sections, but will also enlarge not at labor. If his grain, for in
There is a spirit of Independence the scope of the Central Labor union stance, is divided into three parts and
in the American workingman which is to take in al) those unions which never he is fed iu the morning, at noon and
not so marked In other countries. He had any trades section affiliation, It at night, let the noon meal be cut out,
doesn’t like to be patronized. He pre will more than double the number of or, what is lietter, cut down each feed
fers doing most tilings for himself. Central Labor union delegates.
Just one-third. If a full grain ration
And this is true of tlie American trade
is fed, for example, on Sunday, when
aud labor unions.
the horse is idle, there is Just a little
STRIKES
PURIFY
LABOR
In both France and Italy, for in
danger of producing indigestion, and
stance, many of the municipalities
in some cases colic is the result.—
Raise Wages and Elevate the Moral
have established trades and labor
Homestead.
Tone of the Workingman.
halls, or chambers, which not only
“Not only have the wages of the
serve as bureaus of . registration, but
To Destroy Canada Thistle.
do many of the other things which are workingmen been raised by the strikes
A good method to kill Canada thistle
done by our trade aud labor unions lu this country, but tlie whole moral is to go over the ground once every
for their members. Most of these "la tone of the labor element has beeu ap two weeks after mowing lu June and
bor centers” are directly under the preciably elevated,” said John Mitchell cut off every thistle about two inches
charge of governmental authorities.
in an address to the members of the below the surface witli a hoe or spud.
An English newspaper, commenting League For Political Education I d New A spud made of a strong, sharp chisel
upon this subject, says that this care York. Tlie subject of bis talk was on the end of a pitchfork handle will
of labor interests is often the result “Tlie Moral Uplift of the Strike.”
be found most convenient (or this
of the capture of a municipality by
“There is no phase so much dis work. Tlie second year the spudding
the Socialists. There are 100 town cussed and so little understood,” he should begin as soon as the thistles
councils in Italy with Socialist ma said. "To understand the moral influ show In the spring and should be con
jorities. “Hut,” further says the pa ence of a strike it is necessary to un tinued through the season, although
per quoted, "it is more often due to derstand 'he ideals of tlie strikers.
there will be few to cut after mid-
the government's secret fear of trades
“The American workman wants the summer if the work has been well
unions and the unemployed and to things that make for bis physical, done. The land should lie looked ov er
keep them and their doings constantly moral and mental advancement, and in occasionally each year afterward to
under |silice surveillance.”
pursuit of these ideals lie is Justified detect and destroy plants that may
The American labor movement is not in adopting such lawful means as will spring from dormant seeds. — Orange
seeking such “progress.” The trades aid him to achieve these things.
Judd Farmer
unions in this country prefer to take
“A strike attributed to an apparently
care of their own affairs. At tiie same trivial cause is often caused by a pent-
Lime For Old Land.
time they will continue to strive for up feeling resulting from months and
Lime is not, strictly speaking, a com
such legislation as will protect their months of continued aggression.
mercial fertilizer, but an indirect one.
rights as American citizens and as im
“It is often said that the walking We use it for two reasons—first, be
portant factors in the social organism. delegate calls a strike for the benefit cause we want it to act upon the in
And along that line we have been of his own pocket. This is not true, soluble plant food, making It avail
going aud will continue to go forward. for every strike means a loss to him. able: second, because it is good for
In fact, the remuneration of the walk land that lias been farmed a long time
ing delegate is like that of the Chinese and where acid has developed. A
Mitchell on tha Drink Evil.
In an address to a meeting of work physician, who is paid only while his bushel of average unleached hard
ingmen held in connection with the patients are in good health.
wood ashes weighs about forty-eight
“Roughly speaking, the average pounds and should contain approxl
international tultereulosls exhibition at
workman has spent less than 1 per mately four pounds of potash, one and
Philadelphia Judge Mitchell said:
“Above everything else, avoid alco cent of his wages in strikes, in other one-half pounds of phosphoric acid and
holic exi'esses. The notion that whis words, tlie workmen of tlie United eighteen pounds of lime. Ashes sown
ky cures, cheeks or prevents consump States have lost less time in strikes on old fields where clover lias not been
tion ts exploded. It causes the malady than from tlie celebration of the E'ourth grown for years will produce a rank
frequently and hastens the consump of July.
growth of the clover.—A. W. Gilman,
“A strike cannot be won by a single Commissioner of Maine Agriculture
tive drinker to his grave.
"Let me utter this further solemn action. It requires the greatest endur
warning—it will destroy not only your ance and patience. Tlie striker must
Increase Orchard Yield.
health, but your character, your mind refrain from any hostility toward the
One orchardist is said to have In
men who have been imported into bls creased the yield of ills orchard from
and your worth as a man.
“And now. in conclusion, 1 desire to town to take ids place.
15 to 250 bushels in the following
“Tlie amount of violence in strikes manner: He reduced the tops of the
advise tiiat (be organizes! workmen of
Philadelphia, through committees from is greatly overdrawn. It is a matter of frees one-fourth; then In the fall he
each of the local unions, co-operate record Unit there are more people plowed between the trees.
After
with the Society For the Prevention killed 011 the Fourth of July than have manuring well be planted corn, beans
of Tuberculosis. The members of this been killed in strikes In the United and pumpkins and harvested a nice
•ociety and the tnen of science and States since the declaring of independ crop of each. The next spring he re
learning who are directing the move cnee.”
peated the same form of cultivation,
ment cannot carry forward its work
and
that year. In addition to the good
Women Plate Printer» Organize.
to the fullest fruition unless the or
crops of corn, beaus and pumpkins,
A
local
union
of
the
women
em
ganizations of labor give them loyal
harvested seventy bushels of good ap
ployees of the bureau of engraving
aupport and thorough co-operation.”
pies. The next spring tie manured for
and printing at Washington has been
the third time and planted potatoes,
organized, with a charter membership
which did not do well, but lie harvest
LABOR NOTES.
of 200. The organization, which was
ed 250 bushels of tine apples from tlie
brought into existence through the aid
The number of commissioned organ of Mrs. Eva McDonald Viilesb. assist orchard.—American Cultivator.
Izers lu the American Federation of ant editor of the Feilerationist. will be
Feeding the Heifer.
Labor is WMJ.
attached directly to tlie American Fed
Liberal feeding Is to be commended
About 6,000 men will tie affected by eration of Labor as a federal labor un
at all times and for all animals, but
the 10 fier cent wage reduction made ion.
A resolution was adopted for
by the Jones A Laughlin Steel com presentation to the director of en w« have been told the heifer must not
be fed so as to become fat. and this
pany and W. P Snyder & Co.
graving anil printing asking for a
The St. Louis court of appeals re minimum wage for women of $2 a day teaching, in my Judgment, has done
cently affirmed a tine of >100 imposed and thirty days' sick leave annually, much harm to the dairy interests of
the country and is in part responsible
upon Alliert St. Clair for using a union file present wage is $1.50 a day.
for the lamentable decrease in size of
printer's label without authority.
some
of our dairy herds with ea b suc
The Waitresses' union of San Fran
th. Union and Citizenship.
ceeding generation.—B. Walker Kean
cisco has adopted a resolution impos
R..ston Cigarmakers' union has de
ing tines ujM>n members who work for •kled to take a census of Its 2.500 In Holstein-Friesian Register.
less than the union rate of wages
members to ascertain If any are not
Wisdom In the Oairy.
Of the 250,000 building laborers in citizens and to endeavor to have any
If a Holstein cow giving forty quarts
the United States not more than 50.000 who are not immediately become citi-
are members of labor organizations. sens, if eligible, and to take the flrat of milk per day and requirtjig no more I
Nevertheless union bod carriers and steps to the end that all will be voters room than a common cow giving ten
building laborers receive higher wages Citizenship and voting are an honor quarts a day can tie reared as easily
and work fewer tear* than
of- «nd' a dutv to ull men. the union ds ns the inferior one. Is it wise In farm
ers to keep tlie poof milkers?—Col-
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