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THE LABOR HERALD
Official organ of the Savannah Trades
and Labor Assembly.
Building Trades Department and the
Affiliated Unions
<N. S. HARRIS, . Editor ant* Proprietor.
W.H. H.YOUNG - Assistant Editor
SIDNEY FENTON - Business Manager
Office 107 Bay Street. East.
Bell. Phone, 1140.
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY.
Correspondence solicited from secretaries
jf unions, giving notes of Interest, and from
others. Space will be given for discussion in
these columns of economies and social ques
tions In brief form.
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THE UNION LABEL : The
insigna of industrial decency
See that this label is <>* all
YOUK PRINTING.
Savannah Trades and Labor
Assembly,
Meets First and Third Monday Night.
President—George Strongman.
First Vice President—G. C. Burckel
Second Vice President—J. H. Pap
pot.
Recording Secretary —W. H. H
Young.
Corresponding Secretary —U. S.
Moylau, Box 283.
Reading Clerk — J. I l ’. Meyer.
Financial Secretary—W. T. Boze
man.
Treasurer—Geo. C. Manning.
Seargt. at Arms—J. D. Draughan.
Legal Attorney Hon. <’har es G.
Edwards.
Trustees—J G. Nasmith, J. K.
Frizell and J . G Keane.
I
The man who refuses to pay his
subscription to the labor paper is the
worst “scab” in the movement.
Nashville Typographical Union has
again nominated Albert E. Hill as
president for the ensuing term. Mr.
Hill is a man of wide experience anl
ability and the Nashville union shows
its wisdom by retaining him at the
head of the organization.
A joint war on “unfair” booking
agents was decided upon by the offi
cers of the Actors’ Union and the
White Rats of America. The mem
bers of the two organizations are de
termined to put an end to the prac
tlc • of inserting a clause in contracts
granting managers the right to can
cel acts after one performance with
out i ay.
Miss Annie Morgan, daughter of J.
Pierpont Morgan, is a recent applkam
for membership in the Wonia.i s
Trades Union League, and when her
name has been passed upon she '.' ill
tccome a regular member, paying
a year, which is the fee. This is Hie
league to which the striking shirt
waist makers belong, and the applies
tion for membership means that Miss
Morgan is interested in the attempt
these girls are making for their own
benefit.
Company has signed up an agreement
with the Glass Cutters’ Union and
will hereafter employ only members
of the union. They are at present
employing 22 men and the fact that
the company has signed up means
much to the cutters. •
The long standing dispute with the
Hoe Printing Press Works and the
Machinists’ Union has been settled,
and this concern will hereafter be run
under union conditions. A substan
tial increase in wages goes with the
agreement.
The contemplated organization of
the International Brotherhood of Rail
way Carmen and the National Car
Workers would ..ave a membership
exceeding 60,000, which would place it
numerically among the foremost la
bor organizations of America.
The nrst court of civil appeals of
Galveston, Texas, handed down a e
cfslon which declared the eight-hour
telegraphers' law, passed by the Texas
Legislature last year, as unconstitu
tional.
STRIKES AND TRADES’ AGREE
MENT.
The flood tide of prosper'ty is now
flowing in over the entire country.
With It comes the usual train of
strikes and labor difficulties. The rea
son for the extra large number of
strikes at this time is obvious. With
the return of prosperity on a large
scale, every employer Is enjoying
greatly increased profits and the prices
of almost every commodity take a sud
den upward turn. In order to meet
the Increased cost of necessaries, and
also to secure a portion of the in
creasing prosperity, it is but natural
that the wage-earners should make
demands that would not be regarded
as reasonable during a period of finan
cial depression. It is an established
fact, however, that employers as a
rule resist to be last ditch any propo
sition to raise the cost of labor, the
chief item in their expense budget.
The price of raw material may go up,
and they are obliged to stand it even
without the alternative of an arbitra
tion board; but many employers will
fight it out to a finish, when labor
proposes a new wage scale consistent
with the cheapened value of money
that always accompanies prosperity.
In discussing strikes, however, we
wish to impress upon the public the
fact that we do not believe in strikes
if they can possibly be avoided. No
matter which side wins, labor always
gets the worst of it. A strike is al
ways expensive to both sides, but es
pecially to labor which can le st af
ford to stand it. A stride is a two
euged sword which should be wielded
only when all other means of secur
ing an equitable settlement of griev
ances have been exhausted. Many of
our people are too prone to rush head
long into a strike on the slightest prov
ocation and without giving the mat
ter due consideration. This is espe
cially true of organizations that are
not conducted in a purely practical
and business like manner. We con
tend that the more solid the organi
zation and the more thoroughly it is
organized, the less chance there is to
have to resort to the strike as a weap
on of defense. As labor unions are
now more and more recognized as
an essential factor in the industrial
world, the more orderly are all dif
ferences settled by arbitration, trade
agreements and the like. With no
trade contracts existing between capi
tal and labor and a disposition on the
part of either side to insist there is
nothing to arbitrate, the strike is the
logical result. In the most deplorable
strike of recent years, that of the
Pressed Steel Car Works of Pittsburg,
it is a fact, not generally Known that
the men were not organized at all at
the time of the strike and the impro
vised organization they effected among
themselves was in no way affiliated
with the American Federation of La
bor or conducted in a high-class man
ner, such as obtains in the regular
industrial contest as we know it.
We have at all times put forth our
best efforts to preach the gospel of
avoiding strikes if possible; to prefer
arbitration to the strike and to enter
into trade contracts that are fair and
reasonable and finally to live up to the
letter of every contract entered into,
no matter what the consequences may
be. An organization that would re
pudiate a trade contract would be do
ing incalculable damage to the cause
of labor. The great body of intel
ligent trades unionists do not sub
scribe to the idea of breaking a con
tract of any kind, and we must teach
the public that our word is as good
as a government bond. By doing so,
we will gain that support and confi
dence that is so necessary in winning
out and in advancing the labor move
ment to its proper plane of dignity
and respect.
The princinle of moderat’on should
he injected into every question that
irises at this time and if possible,
■•e should undertake to receive all that
’s due by means of conciliation and
arbitration rather than oy the strike.
Above all we should keep our agree
ments as sacred and thus be able to
sop to It that the representatives of
< apital do likewise.
TUBERCULOSIS OR CONSUMP-
TION.
ITS NATURE.
This disease, known also as “phthi
sis,’’ is caused by living germ, called
the “bacillus tuberculosis,” which mul
plies with great rapidity. The germ
is called “bacillus” because it resem
bles a little rod, this being the mean- I
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Toilet Sets
Manicure Sets
Pin 'frays
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Comb A brush tray
Asli receivers
Button boxes
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Talcum boxes
Cracker jars
Call bells, etc.
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Ing of the word “bacillus.” A picture
of these germs, much magnified, is
shown herewith.
Outside of the human body, the
germ may live in warm, moist, dark
places for a long time. By direct
sunlight the germ is killed in a few
hours, in a few days by ordinary day
light, and immediately by boiling wa
ter. It the germ finds its way into
the lungs it rapidly increases in num
ber. A strong, healthy person will
resist the germs, but 1 annniW—tf
resist the germs, but in an individual
who is weak, the germs rapidly mul
tiply until the lungs are consumed and
the person dies.
The germ generally obtains access
to the body through the mouth, and
most frequently lodges in the air pas
sages of the lungs. It may, however,
get into the glands of the neck, at
tack the throat, the bowels, the Kid
neys, the brain, or any other organ of
the body, as well as the bones or the
joints. Fortunately, strong, healthy
people possess the power of resist
ing these germs, otherwise it is likely
that the disaese would kill off whole
communities. NEARLY EVERYBODY
at some period of h<s life BREATHES
IN the living GERMS of the disease,
but owing to the power of resistance
of a HEALTHY body they are not
able to multiply. If they do not im
mediately die they produce little
lumps called “tubercles, from which
comes the name “tuberculosis.” If
these form in the lungs, they continue
to grow, soften, break open, and are
eventually expelled by coughing or
otherwise. For this reason, the spu
tum, or spit, of an individual who has
consumption is filled with the germs
of tuberculosis.
In the early stages of the disease
the germ is found in small numbers
in the sputum, in larger numbers as
the disease progresses, and in count
less millions in the later stages, un
less this sputum Is destroyed by
burning or by disinfectants, it may be
come the most common method of
carrying tuberculosis to other Indi
viduals.
,It is generally believed now that
CONSUMPTION IS NOT INHERIT
ED. It is true that the children of
consumptions are frequently of low vi
tality and generally of poor physique.
This does not mean, however, that
they are bound to become consump
tives. They will get consumption on
ly if the germ enters their body. Be
ing weak, however, and being unable
to resist the action of the bacillus,
they are more susceptible than indi
viduals who are physically well and
strong. There is no reason whatever
why such children, if properly cared
for, should not grow to be healthy
and well-developed men and women
who will never get consumption.
It is possible to HAVE THE DI
SEASE for some time AND NOT
KNOW IT or suspect it. An exami
nation of the patient’s chest by a
competent physician and a micro
scopical examination of the sputum
may discover it, but if both of these
tests fail, it does not definitely mean
that tuberculosis it not present. Re
peated EVAMINATIONS SHOULD
BE MADE from time to time IF THE
EARLIER SYMPTOMS OF TUBER
CULOSIS ARE PRESENT. Among
these (if they are present, the indi
vidual should consult a physician at
once) are the following: Slight
cough, lasting a month or longer;
loss of weight; slight fever each af
ternoon; bleeding from the lungs;
tired feeling. We repeat, if these
spmptoms are present, do not delay,
but consult a physician AT ONCE.
From what has been said above, it
will be seen that as consumption is
a GERM DISEASE, it is a COMMU
NICABLE DISEASE, and as such a
PREVENTABLE DISEASE.
IF IT IS TREATED PROPERTY
IN ITS EARLY STAGES, IT IS A
CURABLE DISEASE.
. Tuberculosis is the great disease of
middle life. It causes about one
third of all the deaths that occur be
tween the ages of twenty and fifty
years. More deaths result from con
sumption than from any other disease.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
DIE EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED
STATES FROM TUBERCULOSIS.
Between the ages of fifteen and forty
five, one-third of deaths are from tu
berculosis. During the four years of
the C'vil War the total loss of life
was two hundred and five thousand
and seventy. In the same time the tu
bercle bacillus destroys in the United
States alone over seven hundred thou
sand people.
When we hear of yellow fever, we
make every possible effort to stamp
out the disease at once. The same is
true of smallpox and other so-called
contagious diseases, ano yet it is es
timated that the total Limber of
deaths from yellow fever in the United
States during one hundred years was
only one hundred thousand. The an
nual economic loss from consumption
in the United States Is $330,000,000.
IT IS WORTH WHILE FOR YOU TO
HELP, all who are engaged -n this
war against tuberculosis?
Art China
Pin trays
Hair receivers
Powder boxes
Tobac o jars
Vases
Etc. Etc.
Other
Suggestions
Hair ornaments
Dainty boxed or
single Handker
chiefs Fans
Umbrellas
Egyptian and
Chiffon Scarfs
Eiderdown and
blanket Robes
Sweaters
Cretonne novelties
The Labor Herald
KICKS AND KINKS
KEEPING CLEAN
IN A TENEMENT
There are twenty-two families in
our tenement—four on each of the
five floors and two in the basement.
Perhaps the story of the family that
used their bath tub for a coal bln,
covering it at night with boards and
a mattress for a roomer, has reached
even you. I don’t know where it or
iginated, but I have an Impression
that it’s a newspaper yarn. A real
bath tub would be such a luxury and
the rental of an apartment containing
one would be so great that no one but
a fool would think of doing such a
thing. If it were a matter of mak
ing money out of it, it would be more
businesslike to hire out the room to
one’s neighbors, who crave the luxu
ry of a genuine bath. But seriously,
most of my friends and neighbors
want to be clean. It is pathetic, some
times, to see how hard they try to
Keep out the dirt. There is so much
of it where there are so many peo
ple, that it is difficult to conquer it,
but many of them succeed—at least,
so far as human limitations will per
mit. There are some who become dis
couraged and let things slide, but
most workingmen’s wives are ever
lasting busy with their housework,
and they deserve great credit for it.
There might be some justification
lor storing coal even in a bath tub,
because there is no place to keep it
io quantities, excepting down in the
cellar, where each family is given a
little closet-like affair in which to
Kce > iheir miscellaneous belongings.
But there isn’t much fun in lugging a
scuttle of coal to the third or fourth
floor, so practically everybody buys
coal by the pail and has the coal man
bring it up, although it costs about
th’-ee times as much as buying it by
the ton. The same is true of flour
and about everything else that we
n * d in the way of food. That’s what
makes the cost of living higher than
most folks imagine—more, even, than
it costs the rich, for the same things.
And we pay cash for everything, too.
Strange as it may seem, we pay high
er rent, proportionately, than is be
ing paid by many an up-town fam
ily. for the same space. There are
really some advantages in being rich
—it is so much cheaper to live!
Needless to say, there is consider
able overcrowding in our neighbor
hood. I’ve never had a chance to
count my neighbors, but I would es
timate that there are at least one
hundred and fifty people in our tene
ment. Some of the tenements have
more than that. In one of the five
acre blocks in another part of town,
there are nearly seven thousand per
sons living. Another block on the
East Side contains 1,672 persons per
acre. In a little “tract” of fifty acres
then are more people than live in
the entire State of Nevada. My home
is in the midst of the most densely
populated part of the world. TaiK
abo ’t China and London—they aren’t
in it compared with us.—Rev. Charles
Stelzle, in “Letters from a Working
man.”
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Organized labor is always
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Ladle.’ Entrance Telephone
on btate street 12 >0
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O. K. BAKERY.
Fancy Bread. Cakes and Pies o
p Every Description.
Special Attention Paid to Parties or
Weddings.
32nd and Bull Streets,
SAVANNAH. GA
Gut Flower Plants
FLOKAI designs
ft. C. Oelschig & Sod
Union Bakery
Wayne and Jefferson streets. Fresh
Bread, Cakes and Pies daily. Orders
solicited. Ga. phone 1637, Bell 2204.
J. WILLMAN, Prop.
Thomason & Kuhlman
139 Jefferson Street.
All kinds of stoves at reasonable
prices. Phone 2871.
CHAS. F. FULTON
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
When you wish to rent a bouse this
is the place to get it. We keep our
houses in good condition, and are
mindful of the comfort of our tenants.
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PHONE 42
15 York st. w. Opp. Postoffice
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FLORIST.
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RADIUM SHOES
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$4.00 All Styles and Leathers $4.00
================= UNION LABEL :
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20 BROUGHTON. WEST.
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Made in your own city by your
own people, from products of
Georgia Farms.
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IGEIL & QUINT’S
Ladies 9 and Gentlemen’s Shoe.
205 Broughton, West. ] ]
WE CLAIM and Justly so,
that we are the only
producers of
Soft Beverages in Savannah
that use exclusively Distilled Water
carbonated at freezing point. We use
only Granulated Sugar, and the highest
grade of extracts.
Every bottle is sterilized in caustic soda
thus precluding the possibility of germs.
Everything you drink with our label on
the bottle is guaranteed to be abso
lutely pure.
Savannah Brewing Co.
Copperhead Overalls
~ : —Union Labeled Garment—
Made in Savannah Sold Everwhere
IWJLKER-MULIIGAN FURNITURE CCMPINY
are offering SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS on their
Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, Rugs ano
House Furnishings
SEE THEM AND SAVE MONEY.
Where Your Credit is Good.
N. W. Corner Brouuhton and Jefferson Sts.
UMON-MADE
“LASTING BROOMS”
A Savannah Concern
SCHWARZ’S BROOM FACTORY
Tnis is the only broom made in the Savannah with the union label on
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SUCCESSORS TO
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