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TWO Organizing Activities Of State Labor Federation Organizers Placed in the Field With Purpose of Reviving In terest Where Trade Union Sentiment Had Been Permitted to Wane, and of Building Up Movement. Valdosta Keenly Alive to Value of Organization. Rome to be Invaded. Cultivating Friendly Relations Between Employers and Employes. Atlanta,- —(Special.)—L«bor Depart ment, Aujuiti H«r«ld.—The Georgia Federation of Labor ha* placed two organizer* In the field In an effort to (mild up the labor movement lri eltlo* that have apparently lost Intcrcßt. aim to organize new territory. At the present time. O. A Cone la located In Valdosta, and the reports from him arc very encouraging, not withstanding the fact that ho ha* been there only a f<w days. There are two union* In Valdosta, the Ma chinist and Hallway Carmen, and on the night of Organizer Cone’s arrival, eighteen of the boys got together and voluntarily subscribed $52 towards defraying the expense of a business sgetil *■' ln Ihe organizing work. The prospects are bright for several new organizations In thl* thriving South (Jeorßia city within a very short time. The Federation hopes to place an organizer In Rome at an early date, a* It In though that something can be accomplished there. Romo has been a vsry good organized towh, but for some reason the workers have per mitted Interest to wane, and, as a re sult, several of the unions have sent their charter back and cloned up shop, In fact gone out of the union busi ness entirely. Journeymen Horeeehoere Meet. Last week the Journeymen llorne shoern of Atlanta held an open meet ing and Invited the Master Horse nhoere to be present. Only a few of them aroeptod thfc Invitation, hut those that did, seemed to be Impress ed and It will no doubt servo to es tablish a more friendly relation be tv ecn employer and employee. At i '■ t there Is no til feeling of nny I 1 i but It Is desired to show to the o;i )> oyer that the Journeymen are ln le.-c: ted In the husnteas also. C R. Jackson presided over this meeting nnd Introduced the president of the Oeorgta Federation of Labor and Jerome Jones. Girls Win Victory In Short And Well Conducted Strike List of Grievances and Strike Ultimatum Wed nesday Evening and By Thursday Morning Had All Demands G. ntcd—What at First Seemed Ludicrous and Funny Soon Developed Into Serious Proposition. Thr first Rlrls' strike In the labor movement of Augusta Roes on record as one of the shortest, best conducted and most successful strikes wit Red by employee nnnliist employer* In this section of the country. The strike of the forty salesgirls of the Silver 6 and 10 Cents Store to secure better working conditions was declared at the clostna hour Wednes day evenlnti and by 8 o'clock Thum day momlnß the striking Kiris had their every Rr leva nee adjusted, ev ery demand irranted, and won a de cided and complete victory. The Kiris' Krlovanees. ns submitted to the mauaKement Wednestlay even ing through a committee of three, were lon* hours. Insufficient time for dinner, extra work without extra pay. The main grievance, the straw that broke the camel's back, as one Kir I pats it, was the nmnairement's recent order to the Kiris to take their sta tions behind the oountere prunsptly at 7.46 every momlnK Instead of 8 o'Klork, as had been the rule In the establishment up to ten days rko. The Matte betwneen the Kiris and their em ployer next In Importance was the Saturday ntKht closing at 10 JO and It Instead of 10 o'clock ue previously •creed upon. , Another recent change In the rule* that provided the Kiris to protest and led up to a strike was the new rule of 44 minutes for dinner on Saturday and Monday. There war© a number of minor grievances that helped to aggravate and accentuate the situa tion. The climax was reached Wednesday evening when the feminine sales force, with but a few exceptions, after a spirited meeting In the cloak and lunch room upstairs, at which a sort of round robin was signed by the girls, delivered their ultimatum to the tnan agerpent, declaring unless their de mands were granted they would leave their Jobe and go out on a strike. The committee, the girl# claim, wn* unceremoniously turned down end told to proceed with their strike. The girls thereupon repeated their pledge of solidarity and departed *or their homes determined to remain firm In their position. It Is reported t>-M the management, after the Klrle' departure, enjoyed a hearty laugh at the ludlcroueneas of the whole thing—at the very Idea of girl* In Augusta striking and collect ively making demands through a com- IN THE WORLD OF LABOR Tuesday evening the Plumbers and Steam Fitters held an open meeting and a large crowd was present. Every Indication polnta to a complete re-or ganlzatlon of this union In Atlanta. About two years ago these trades went on a strike for the eight-hour work day, and although partially un successful, and several of the mem bers dropped out, they have been en abled to maintain a very substantial organization. The speakers at this meeting were the president of the Georgia Federa tion of Labor, Lqule P. Marquardt, or ganizer for the Georgia Federation, 8. 11. Itrady, president of the Atlanta Federation of Trades, Tom Dukes, a member of the Plumbers Union, and Jerome Jones who presided at tho Hind hIUT- At the present time an effort Is be ing made to have an ordinance pass ed by the city council to require an examination of all of thoae engaged, at the trade. Several of the Master Plumbers of the city are bitterly fighting the proposition, while others are heartily In accord with It. It Is reported that the Maator Plumbers Association have raised a large sum of money to fight the ordinance, hut the Indications are that tho ordinance will become a law. Metal Trades Section Will Bmoks For tho purpose of stimulating a greater Interest In the organizations of the Metal Trades, a smoker will bo given at the, Labor Temple In Atlanta on the evening of March 31st and sev eral speeches will be made by promi nent labor officials. Those In charge of the nffalr prodlct that It will ho re sponsible for reviving a number of or ganizations an<l will establish a more harmonious co-operation amnns those unions whoso members work In the metal Industry. William Robinson, of the Machinist, and William Van ITouten, of the Molders, are visiting the, different union* extending Invi tations to the workers, and they are very optimistic over the encourage ment received. mittee and an ultimatum. It wan Incredible and most laugh able Indeed, rather funny. Out the management soon began to reflect Maybe II wasn’t so very funny after all. The girls seemed determined, tho situation looked serious and the strike appeared to be real. After some reflection tbo manage ment began telephonic communication with what they considered the sen sible ones In the bunch. "Are you one of the leaders?" one girl was asked by the manager. "I certainly ant." came the answer. 'Tin you mean to stay out?” another girl was ques tioned. "1 shall stAy out as long as the other girls stay out," was the re ply. "Can't you get tho girls to eome to work?" the strikers' spokesman was asked, "We'll come at 8 o’clock. * Thursday morning the strikers, forty strong, took up a position on the broad sidewalk In front of the store and waited for development*. The doors WOT# opened. Inside the store the girls saw several of the delinquent fellowworkers behind the countersand the word "scab" was passed. Two of the more high-strung among the strikers rushed In and by a few en dearing terms and taunts persuaded two or three of the delinquents to lenve their places and to Join the strikers. In the meantime the beaming faces and unceasing chatter of the striking girls on the sidewalk attracted and were surrounded by a large number of pedeatrinns. Women with union affiliations pledged their sympathy and support to the strikers, urging them to stand firm and declaring that unless the management yielded they would withhold their patronage from the firm At a ffw minutes before 8 o'clock a representative of the concern came out and Invited the girls Inside, prom ising at the same time that every thing would be all right." Every thing was soon all right—for the strikers The protest was conceded to be reasonable and the strikers' de mand! were readily granted. A great cheer went up from the feminine throats: "We've won. we've won." was sent rolling all the length of the store, and the fight was at an end. And now the girls are seriously dis cussing organisation and the assu rance Is held cut that before many days the ranks of organised labor In Augusta will be swelled by an ''Au gusta Salesladies' Union." Chicago.—A letter was made pub lic today which was sent to Lieuten ant Qoverner O'Hara by J, O. Bentall. secretary of the Socialist part of this state. Boutall wants to know why the white slave probers don’t call the owners of the 6 and 10 cent stores. "Do you know," it asks, “that the Rockefellers arc in close relation relation with them? Why not call John D., Jr., and let him sweat" THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Names of Delegates Elected To Coming Labor Convention At the office of the secretary of State Federation of Labor, at Savannah # the folFwinj? name** of delegates elected ro far to the coming state laobr convention In Augusta, April 16-18, have been re ceived. It will be seen from the list that the largest representation at the convention of the state body will £e that of the Carpenters and Joiners Local No. 283, of Augusta, there being eight, members in the delegation: Albany, Machinists, No. 290—R. L. Gray. Atlanta, Stereotypers & No. 42—Oeorgo A. Soarratt. Musicians, No. 148—B. Lee Smith, Car 1 Karston. Webb Pressmen, No. 16—Frank E. Smith. Railway Carmen, No, 46—G. C. Gogs. Typographical Union No. 48—W. E. Jones, Fred Norris, W. H. Kirkpatrick, H. W. Stein, Jerome .Tonop. Horse Sheers No. 60—J. R. Jackson. Machinists Ufclon No. 43—R. L. Cor ley. Locomotive Firemen A Englnemeen Np. 247—T. M. Doster. R. L. Hatfield. Moving Picture Machine Operators IK- JJL I? 3 r.ijl Sheet Metal Workers No. 86—C. H. Barnes. RAilway Carmen No. 364.—R. E. Ham ilton. Machinists Union No. 1 John Thomp son, J. F. Mosley, J .P. Osbourne. Bartenders Union No. 192—George B. Hill, Roth. H. Nelms. Augusta, Federation of Trades—J. A. Allen, S. L. Gay. *— Smith. Electrical Workers No. 121—Robert H. Young. Carpenters and Joiners No. 283 —J. W. Luqulre, J. W. Coldman, S. M. What ley, I. B. Carter, W. H. Cole, E. L. Pryor, Frank Wright, N. T. Barnes. TyopgraphloaJ Union No. 41—J. R. Bass. Plumbers Union No. 160—A. F. Bush. Paintens and Decorators—F. W. Bills. Savannah, Trades and Labor As Echoes From Jacksonville Child Labor Convention Editor Labor Department, Herald. — On my return home from Jackson ville, where I was in attendance Upon the Child 1-obor convention, I had my attention called to your article In last Sunday's Issue summarizing the proceedings of the convention and giving a few of the- striking passages of the discussions at the sessions and tho masß mooting. Having been present at all the aes slons and at the great mass meeting In the auditorium, I am in a position to say that your summary is an au thentic and very correct presentation of the deliberations aa they occurred, though of course far from conpleto nnd necessarily abbreviated. With your permission I will supplement your report with somo Items from my note book. In short hand I took down tho speech of Senator Hudson, eome of whose remarks were as follows: "Child labor was being used as the standard of pay that keeps the work ers below the poverty line, while the employers pile up millions and grow greedy for more power. “The employers have their strong state and national associations, but they fear to permit their workers to organize, nnd see to it that tho con stables escort out of towh the union delegates who come to preach union ism to the operatives. The feudal lords of the cotton mills draw up pe titions for the employes to sign, beg ging to be delivered from working less than slxty-flvo hours a week. They literally force their workers to protest against being restrained from working their heart# and lungs out. "While the employes have become more helpless, their employers have grown more powerful. The only free nom yet retained by these helpless operative# 1s the liberty of ctyuigtng their feudal lord#, and there have been such bitter complaints of the mtgratory character of the cotton mill workers that I look to see some bar onial edict put forth that no family will be employed at one mill that moves from another without the cAi ploycrs consent. "This feudalism l* sometimes called a benevolent feudalism, because It sometime# builds, out of the surplus made by the labor at low wages of She workers, schools and hospitals and libraries, and ao forth. But there Is no benevolent feudalism. The ex pression is « contradiction In terms. The best benevolence would be to Increase the pay roll,* so that the em ployes might do some of these things for themselves. "Abolish child labor and the child can go to school Then the wage scale will raise to the point where a man or woman can support the fam ily, where educaten and intelligent workers can make their own terms as to hours nnd wages and the Con dition* of labor. This Is not theory but history." Recently some one published a book, the purport of which was to prove that a mountaineer’s family In a mill town was much better off. financially, physically and morally, than In their rude mountain shacks. Following la the way this view was combatted by a huaky. broad-shoul dered, ruddy-cheeked young North Carolinian, who was Introduced to the audience ns a Mr. IV. H. Swift: "i was born In a one-room moun- ! sembly—Robert Fechner, J. J. Kedne, G. M. Oliver, J. W. Downs. Machinists Union No. 23—C. E. Wil liams, J. H. Brewer, B. W. Jarvis. Blacksmith** Union No. 11—W. E. Yokum. Brewery Workers No. 211—ChaA Toussant. Tallapoosa, Class Bottle Blowers No. 91—Walter J. Walburn. Waycross, Trades and Labor Assemb ly—F. A. Morton, H. C. Morse, C. T. Miller. Blacksmiths Union No. 479—J. S. Da vison. Machinists Union No. 562—L. M. Cor nell. Carpenters and Joiners No. 779—R. L. Singleton, T. C. Saute, O. I. James. Oedartown, Railway Carmen No. 458 —W. P. Sules. Machinists Union No. 645—J .A. Hun ter. Columbus, Railway Carmen No. 246 W. O. Kent. Printing Pressmen No. 262—William O. Skinner. Typographical Union No. 220—0. E. Petry. Dcuglas—Machinists Union NVx 16— Frank —Meredith. 1 Railway Carmen No. 503 —J. E. Causey Fitzgerald. Railway Tranmen No. 767 —A. S„ Rogers. Macon. Central Labor Unon —W. A. McKenna, C. T. Williamson, G. S. 801-lon, lon, Walter Hatton, Geo. Black. Railway Carmen No. 226 —B. B. Campbell. Railway Trainmen No. 376—J. T?. Sul livan. Garment Workers No. 183—Mrs. C. H. Wems, Miss Addle Holt. Blacksmiths N0.13.—M. A. Michael. Machinists Union No. B.—J. P. Ken ealy, R. T. Chappel, J. B. McCarthy. Newnan —Carpenterw and Joiners No. 1920—T. E. McCall-ough. # Rome —Central Labor Union —B. P. Anderson. Iron Molders Union No. 234.—R. B. Hampton, W. L. Nortoq. tain cabin. I’ve lived the life. Tve sat down to meals of nothing but cc. n meal and milk. I was one of ten children, and we lived on one of those poor mountain farms. But we are all alive and well today. Most of us arc living fairly decent, too. Now, If my father had put us Into a cotton mill aa soon aa we got to 10 or 12, would we be what we are now? ,“I have three boys of my own. I'vo lived for six years next to the best cotton mill In my state. In a few years my boys will be old enough to earn 76 cents a day by working from 6:30 In the morning until 4:30 each night. "But I want to tell you that before I’ll put those boys of mine In that mill I will take them back to the mountains, build me a shaejf cabin and plow a brlndle steer on the Ivy bluffs and pick berrle* to help live. And what I think Is good for my bqys I'm going to fight for for the other fellows' boys. "If the community only knew the worth of children and could only place the proper estimate upon child life," said Swift "children would come Into their own at once. The one thing which palls upon me Is the absolute Indifference of our own mill people to these problems. It looks all right to them to see little girls hur rying along at 6 In the morning to npln all day long and never know the pleasure of Jumping rope In the glad sunshine. They even think tt Is a good thing to be given an opportu nity to place their 16-year-old daugh ters at all-night work, forgetful of the moral risk In subh busirfees.” In my note book I find a few terse sentence* delivered by a young,, fash ionably dressed woman, who waa In troduced as Miss Newell, from Co lumbus, Go. What she didn’t know about public speaking would make a book; but she didn't care—not a rap. She managed to convey her feelings In the following manner: "I am from Georgia and am proud of It. I am connected with the or ganised charities of my city where the cotton mills are thick. I have been trying to keep the little opera tives in school. Georgia's educational laws haven't helped me much. '"Why, we Just can't stand It. Let me tell you of one of my boys, 9 years old. He had been missing his lessons. And what do you think I found out? Why, that little chap had been get ting up at 6 In the morning, working In a krilttlng mill until school time and going back after school to work until 10 at night. He got 1 cent for every twenty-four stockings, and tne most he ever earned in a week was J 1.50. and at times he took Into the mill as a helper hts little brother. 6 years of age. “Now, we want to stop this sort of thing. I don't know much about law making or politics, but I’m going to learn. I've never been before & legis lature. but I'm going, and I'm going to have some facts to relate." Trusting you win fee fit to Insert the above In your valuable columns, l am, yours very respectfully, DELOACH TILLMAN Rights of Organized Labor From Two Different Viewpoints Presented In Parallel Form Senator Samuel B. Montgom ery in Speech Before House of Delegates in West Virginia Capitol. Eloquent Summary of Position of Miners. "I say to you tonight that the con test, the issue being joined. Is not the supremacy of any labor organization Is not the supremacy of the United Mine Workers of America, but the question is: have the men on Paine Creek the right of free speech, and the right to meet and peaceably as semble in a lawful manner to discuss questions which vitally pertain to their welfare, which pertain to their happiness and living conditions? “In order words, It is a quetsion whether we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, all of which I.understand as a layman, Is guaranteed under the Constitution of the state, and under the Constitu tlon of the United States of America. We are opposed to a system, and de clare it an economic blunder, that makes homes where the sunlight never enters, where the merry laugh ter of rosy cheeked children Is never heard; where the morning glory never raises Its amorous lips to kiss the morning sun; and where the only commotion ever heard Is that of the breadline and the only cry that of feverish Ups for Ice that never reaches them. “As an Individual, I believe that the lips of thought should forever be free, and that every individual has the right to appeal to the public ear and rest his case upon the patriotism and morality of the people, coupled with their faith In the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. "If we deny this, we are going back ward toward the sinking sun and barbarism, and not forward toward the rising sun and civilization, and re ligious liberty. The more liberty you give away, the more you have for yourself. Out on the intellectual sea there Is room for every sail, and In the Intellectual air, space for every thing.’ "We believe In the republicanism of the home, the democracy of the fire side, and that the hut with Its calico and cotton, and Its empty cupboard Is entitled to the same protection, the same splendid loyal homage, as the palace with Its silks and satins and Its empty cradle.” LABOR NEWS FROM CENTERS OF LABOR Beattle, Wash. —A representative of the International Retail Clerks Is In this city for the purpose of assist ing the local retail clerks In strength ening their organization. A cam paign of considerable length Is pro posed, and will be under .the direc tion of the representative of the In ternatlonal union. Chicago.—Police reserves In South Chicago and In districts where there are railroad yards were'ordered to day to prepare for duty in anticipa tion of a strike of 6,000 switchmen in the yards of nineteen railroads en tering Chicago. San Francleco. —A conference has been held between representatives of the California Rochedale Co-operative Company and the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union with a view to start ing a cooperative shoe factory in this city. It Is said by those who were pres ent at the conference that the Indi cations are that such an Institution will be established in the near fu ture. Albany, .N. ,Y.—The report of the state labor department on Its Inves tigation of conditions among the Lit tle Falls Teitlle Workers —brought to public attention by the recent strike, was made public today* "Certainly It Is a matter of grave | public concern,” the report says,' "when a considerable body of wage-' earners are found In such living con-! ditlons as are revealed by this re-' port There Is reason to suppose that more or less similar conditions are to be found elsewhere.” Paterson, N. J. —Paterson silk mill The silk mill owners of Paterson, owners will open up their factories this morning with large American flags fylng on each roof as a sign that their striking employes will be wel comed back to work and wilt be as sured "protection." The I. W. W. leaders propose to offset this by dis tributing thousands of small Ameri can flags, each bearing a piece of lin en with “Don't Scab t’nder This Flag" on It. John Golden, general organizer In the textile trades of the A. F. of L., Is in Paterson now. He is seeking to enroll the strikers Into his organ latton. Columbia, S. C.—Commissioner Watson of the state department of agriculture, acting undef- the labor laws of the state, has now begun to rigidly enforce the child labor law In all factories employing children In John Kirby, President National Manufacturers Association, in Address Before Students Forum of the New York Uni versity, in Judson Hall, Be rating Closed Shop System. "The open shop is a factory where labor of all kinds Is performed by la borers who work for hire, where there are no restrictions Imposed upon the workmen with respect to their mem bership In any particular society, or, in other words. It Is a place where the employer exercises the right of freedom and contract. "The right of the unions to declare who should be employed In a particu lar position was an arbitrary use of power. "The closed shop denied the boys the boys the right to learn trades. It -militates agnlrmt the guaranteed rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness as quoted in the Constitu tion. "A labor trust Is a most vicious thing; It opens an avenue for Immense graft among union officials; It finds Justification In the creeds of Socialism and anarchism; It encourages all kinds of crimes, including" murder, ar son, dynamiting and other crimes; it destroys a proper regard for law! It is economically unsound; It fortifies the workers In jobs to which, judging from their inefficiency they are not entitled; It arbitrarily fixes a mini mum wage; It places the skilled arid the unskilled on one level; It destroys Incentive. It Is a wicked institution, and Is as intolerant as It Is intoler able In any Christian community. “As a whole, Increases In wages did no good. Increases In the pay of the workingman would result In cor responding Increases in the cost of liv ing. An Increase in the standard of wages served to depreciate the pur chasing power of money; and vice versa, a lowering of the wage level Increases Its buying power. “The closed shop system has a de generating effect upon the character of the worker. It undermines his manhood and it violates the funda mental principle of God’s purpose In the development of mankind." any capacity whatever. During the past year the main effor was to get as complete enforcement as possible In the chief child employing industry of the state, the textile plants. The law, however, applies to all factories of all descriptions employing chil dren. Salt Lake City .—Among the meas ures passed by the tenth session of ths Utah Legislature that adjourned ear ly today are a mothers' pension bill, minimum wage bill, a “blue sky” law, and an anti-bookmakers and poolsell lng bill. PERSONALS At the last regular meeting of Lo cal 121, Electrical Workers Union, Mr. R. H. Young was'elected dele- Ngate to the State Federation con vention, which convenes In Augusta next month. Mr. Wm. H. Warshauer, of the Ci garmakers Union, severed his con nection with the Wolfe and Lombard firm and has left for his former home In the North. Mr. Warshauer has been a strong factor for trade union ism and the union label idea while in Augusta. In the person of Mr. Henry David son, Division 323 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has a most competent and painstaking secretary. At his hands the smallest detail of the affairs of Division 323 receives closest attention, and the manner in which the books of the lodge are kept by him and all transactions recorded has won for him repeated re-elec tions. MODEL GROCERY CO. Ninth and Telfair St Phone 307 iUNDAY, MARCH 30 0 CORRESPONDENCE Editor Labor Page, Herald. Sir:—Labor has many grievances and wrongs to protest against; wrongs done It openly and brazenly and offenses committed against it covertly and surreptitiously. To the latter class belongs the ad verting card entitled "Friends of Labor,” published by some glib and slippery schemer and conspicuously lacked up in many stores along Broad street. I vehemently protest against the use of the name of labor for ques tionable and unauthorized schemes of this character. I protest against the passiveness and unconcern of labor that permits and makes pos sible the publication and distribution of a card that makes recommenda tions and speaks for labor without Its sanction and authority. By what authority and with whose permission did this irresponsible a n d unknown exploiting advertising schemer undertake to tell the pur chasing public that the firms grouped in this brazenly displayed card are the particular friends of labor “just ly entitled to the good will and co operation” —ef —labor and —the- public? Why did not the Federation of Trades officially repudiate the action of the out-of-town schemer or schem ers and disclaim any responlibility for the publication and distribution of the card? Are all the advertisers on the card friends of "organized” labor? Let me reproduce 'what the sleek * sneak from out of town says editori ally In the center of the card: "In pursuance of the movement which has for Its purpose the urg ing of all working people to give their combined support to repu table concerns that have uniform ly shown a friendly attitude to wards the cause of labor, there will be here found a directory of enterprises that we feel can be conscientiously endorsed from a Labor standpoint and which are therefore Justly entitled to our good will and united co-operation. "It does not necessarily follow that concerns which may not be represented here are ‘unfair;’ nevertheless, those listed on this page have demonstrated athelr friendliness in various ways amj, other things being equal, they are deserving of your support.” Note the “we:" “we feel can be conscientiously endorsed;” note the “our:” “eniitled to our good will;" hote the “your:” “they are deserving of your support.” Who gave him the authority to speak thus in our name? I can scarcely believe it, yet I learn from unquestioned sources that an official high in the counsels of the federation accompanied the so licitors on their visits to the mer chants, thus giving sanction to the acts of the advertising agents and lending his official Influence to the procuring of advertisements, for which, I understand, the merchants parted with about JB.OOO. If the mer chants. who have the reputation for being shrewd and proof against halt ing, permitted themselves to be thus exploited by glib and voluable Btrang ers, It Is their business and I have nothing to say about it. As an or ganized workingman 1 protest against organized labor allowing itself to be betrayed in this manner. I call on the Federation to investi gate and to ascertain the Identity of the official concerned. If It is found that the questionable transaction was accomplished with his sanction and connivance he, obviously, Is not fit to hold office In the Federation or In any other labor organization. Yours, In the cause of labor. B N. Little Rock, Ark. —The legislature has passed an employers' liability law. The laws In the Interest of labor In this state are few, and the achieve ment of securing the law mentioned means much to the workmen of the state, and Is Indicative that the Inter ests of labor in the future are to re ceive greater consideration than In the past. The Union Tailorinq Co. J. GARY JOHNSON, Mgr. We handle union made clothes. Cleaning and pressing a special ty. r ‘ 554 Broad Street, 'Phone 3522 W. It Would he Foolish to cut yourself off from the comforts of life when you can obtain them so easily. There is no excuse for not taking advantage of the good values In Groceries offered at this store. We carry nothing but goods of sterling character. Distinctive and out of the ordinary. Call tomorrow. f *►».