The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1814, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1910 Page: 2 of 4
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increased Prle* of Elk Teeth.
“During the last five years the value
of elk teeth has more than trebled,”
said a western traveler at the Fred-
eric, according to the St. Paul Dis-
patch. “In 1904 you could get any num-
ber of fine specimens in Idaho, Mon-
tana, Washington and bordering states
for $2,50 apiece. Now you will pay
from $7.50 to $10, and they are hard
to get for even that. The Apache,
Sioux, Comanche and Chippewa Indi-
ans used to have dozens of them in
their possession and traded them for
trinkets. But the redskin got wise to
their value, and you can buy them
from a regular dealer cheaper now
than from the Indian. The passing
of the elk and the great demand made
by the members of the Elk lodge for
teeth for emblems have boosted the
price.”
The traveler recited an incident of
an Oklahoman who bought a robe cov-
ered with elk teeth from a Wichita
Indian for $100. He cut off the teeth
and cleaned up $2,200 on the deal.
If you see a fault In others, think
jf two of your own, and do not add a
third one by your hasty judgment.
A Lesson In Economy.
“I notice you always fling the driver
your purse when we take a convey-
ance,” said the heroine of the his-
torical novel.
“I do,” admitted the hero of the
same.
“How do you expect to support a
wife? Give him the exact legal fare
hereafter." — Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Novice.
Old Lawyer (to young partner)—
Did you draw up old Moneybag’s will?
Young Partner—Yes, sir; and so
tight that all the relatives in the
world cannot break it.
Old Lawyer (with some disgust)—
The next time there is a will to be
drawn up, I’ll do it myself!”—New
York Sun.
All Kinds.
“It takes all kinds of people to
make a world,” said the ready-made
philosopher.
“Certainly,” answered the plain per-
son; “look at explorers. Some of them
excel with mathematical instruments
and some with typewriters and picture
‘ machines.”
Interesting Information.
In an interview published in the
Kieler Neueste Nachrichten, Grossad-
miral von Koster says many interest-
ing things about his visit to New
York, among them the following: “In
the absence of President Taft, who
was away on a trip to the Mexican
frontier, the place of honor was
taken by the vice-president of the
United States, Secretary of State
Sherman of New York.”
Sorry He Spoke.
Mr. Dubbs (with newspaper)—It
tells here, my dear, how a progres-
sive New York woman makes her
social calls by telephone.
Mrs. Dubbs—Progressive. Huh!
She’s probably like me, not a decent
thing to wear.—Boston Transcript.
And Mother Officiates.
Eddie—Do you have morning pray-
ers at your house?
Freddie—We have some kind of a
service when father gets in.
Happiness in marriage would be
more prevalent if a man would handle
his wife as tenderly and carefully as
he does an old briar pipe.
Graphic Variations.
“Civilization,” remarked the canni-
bal king, “promotes some strange
ideas.”
“To whom do you especially refer?”
inquired the missionary.
“Among you the ultimate con-
sumer is regarded with sympathy.
Here he is considered very lucky.”
Taking No Chances.
Griggs—Odd that these doctors can’t
prescribe for themselves. There’s
Cuttem just gone to another physician
to be treated.
Briggs—That’s where he is wise.
Cuttem knows how few of his pa-
tients recover.
Mistakes Will Happen.
Lady (to her sister, a doctor)—
There—I cooked a meal for the first
time to-day and I made a mess of it.
“Well, dear, never mind; it’s noth-
ing. I lost my first patient.”
Would Surprise Him All Right.
First Girl—I want to give my fiance
a surprise for a birthday present.
Can’t you suggest something?
Second Girl—You might tell him
‘ your age.
Don’t Weep At
The Ice House.
Some people swell up on “emotion”
brewed from absolute untruth.
It’s an old trick of the leaders of the |
Labor Trust to twist facts and make
the “sympathetic ones” “weep at the
Ice house.” (That’s part of the tale
further on.)
Gompers et al sneer at, spit upon
and defy our courts, seeking sympathy
by falsely telling the people the courts
were trying to deprive them of free
speech and free press.
Men can speak freely and print opin-
ions freely in this country and no
court will object, but they cannot be
allowed to print matter as part of a
criminal conspiracy to injure and ruin
ether citizens.
Gompers and his trust associates
started out to ruin the Bucks Stove
Co., drive its hundreds of workmen
out of work and destroy the value of
the plant without regard to the fact
that hard earned money of men who
worked, had been invested there.
The conspirators were told by the
courts to stop these vicious “trust”
methods, (efforts to break the firm
that won’t come under trust rule), but
instead of stopping they “dare” the
courts to punish them and demand
new laws to protect them in such de-
structive and tyrannical acts as they
may desire to do. * * * The reason
Gompers and his band persisted in try-
ing to ruin the Bucks Stove Works
was because the stove company insist-
ed on the right to keep some old em-
ployees at work when “de union” or-
dered them discharged and some of
“de gang” put on.
Now let us reverse the conditions
and have a look.
Suppose the company had ordered
the union to dismiss certain men from
their union, and, the demand being re-
fused, should institute a boycott
against that union, publish its name
In an “unfair list,” instruct other man-
ufacturers all over the United States
not to buy the labor of that union,
have committees call at stores and
threaten to boycott if the merchants
sold anything made by that union.
Picket the factories where members
work and slug them on the way home,
blow up their houses and wreck the
works, and even murder a few mem-
bers of the boycotted union to teach
tnem they must obey the orders of
“organized Capital?”
It would certainly be fair for the
company to do these things if lawful
for the Labor Trust to do them.
In such a case, under our laws the
(boycotted union could apply to our
courts and the courts would order
the company to cease boycotting and
trying to ruin these union men. Sup-
pose thereupon the company should
sneer at the court and in open defiance
continue the unlawful acts in a per-
sistent, carefully laid out plan, pur-
posely intended to ruin the union
and force its members into poverty
What a howl would go up from the
union demanding that the courts pro-
tect them and punish their law-break-
ing oppressors. Then they would
praise the courts and go on earning a
living protected from ruin and happy
in the knowledge that the people’s
courts could defend them.
How could any of us receive protec-
tion from law-breakers unless the courts
have ' power to, and do punish such
men?
The court is placed in position where
It must do one thing or the other—
punish men who persist in defying its
peace orders or go out of service, let
anarchy reign, and the more powerful
destroy the weaker.
Peaceful citizens sustain the courts
as their defenders, whereas thieves,
forgers, burglars, crooks of all kinds
and violent members of labor unions,
hate them and threaten violence if
their members are punished for break-
ing the law. They want the courts to
let them go free and at the same time
demand punishment for other men “out-
side de union” when they break the
law. * * * Notice the above refer-
ence to ‘‘violent” members of labor
junions. The great majority of the
(“unheard” *euoa men are peaceable,
upright citizens. The noisy, violent I
ones get into office and the leaders of |
the great Labor Trust know how to
mass this kind of men, in labor con-
ventions and thus carry out the lead-
ers’ schemes, frequently abhorrent to
the rank and file: so it was at the late
Toronto convention.
The paid delegates would applaud
and “resolute” as Gompers wanted, but
now and then some of the real work-
ingmen insist on being heard, some-
times at the risk of their lives.
Delegate Egan is reported to haye
said at the Toronto convention:
“If the officers of the federation
would only adhere to the law we would
think a lot more of them.”
The Grand Council of the Provincial
Workingmen’s Ass’n of Canada has
declared in favor of severing all con-
nections with unions in the U. S., say-
ing “any union having its seat of
Gov’t in America, and pretending to be
international in Its scope, must fight
industrial battles according to Ameri-
can methods. Said methods have con-
sequences which are abhorrent to the
law-abiding people of Canada involving
hunger, misery, riet, bloodshed and
murder, all of which might be termed
as a result of the practical war now
in progress in our fair provinces and
directed by foreign emissaries of the
United Miners of America.”
That is an honest Canadian view of
our infamous “Labor Trust.”
A few days ago the daily papers
printed the following:
(By the Associated Press.))
Washington, D. C., Nov. 10.—Char-
acterizing the attitude of Samuel Gom-
pers, John Mitchell and Frank Mor-
rison of the American Federation of
Labor in the contempt proceedings in
-the courts of the District of Columbia,
in connection with the Bucks’ Stove
and range company, as “a willful, pre-
meditated violation of the law,” Simon
Burns, general master workman of the
general assembly, Knights of Labor,
has voiced a severe condemnation of
these three leaders. Mr. Burns ex-
pressed his confidence in courts in gen-
eral and in those of the District of
Columbia in particular.
APPROVED BY DELEGATES.
This rebuke by Burns was in his an-
nual report to the general assembly of
his organization. He received the
hearty approval of the delegates who
heard it read at their annual meeting
in this city.
“There is no trust or combination of
capital in the world,” said Mr. Burns,
“that violates laws oftener than do the
trust labor organizations, which resort
to more dishonest, unfair and dishon-
orable methods toward their competi-
tors than any trust or combinations in
the country.”
Mr. Burns said the action of “these
so-called leaders” would be harmful
for years to come whenever attempts
were made-to obtain labor legislation.
“The Labor Digest,” a reputable
•workingman’s paper, says, as part of
an article entitled “The beginning of
the end of Gompersism, many organ-
izations becoming tired of the rule-or-
ruin policies which have been en-
forced by the president of the A.
F. of L.”
“That he has maintained his leader-
ship for so long a time in the face of
his stubborn clinging to policies which
the more thoughtful workingmen have
seen for years must be abandoned, has
been on account partly of the senti-
mental feeling on the part of the or-
ganizations that he ought not to be de-
posed, and the unwillingness of the
men who were mentioned for the place,
to accept a nomination in opposition to
him. In addition to this, there is no
denying the shrewdness of the leader
of the A. F. of L., and his political sa-
gacity, which has enabled him to keep
a firm grip on the machinery of the or-
ganization, and to have his faithful
henchmen in the positions where they
could do him the most good whenever
their services might be needed.
“Further than this, he has never
failed, at the last conventions, to have
some sensation to spring on the con-
vention at the psychological moment,
which would place him in the light of
a martyr to tha causa of unionism, and
excite a wave of sympathetic enthusi-
asm for him, which would carry the
delegates off their feet, and result in
his re-election.
“That his long leadership, and this
apparent impossibility to fill his place
has gone to his head, and made him
imagine that he is much greater a man
than he really is, is undoubtedly the
case, and accounts for the tactics he
has adopted in dealing with questions
before congress, where he has unneces-
sarily antagonized men to whom or-
ganized labor must look for recogni-
tion of their demands, and where labor
measures are often opposed on account
of this Very antagonism, which would
otherwise receive support.
“There is no doubt but what organ-
ized labor in this country would be
much stronger with a leader who was
more in touch with conditions as they
actually exist, and who would bring to
the front the new policies which organ-
ized labor must adopt if it expects to
even maintain its present standing, to
say nothing of making future progress.”
We quote portions of another article,
a reprint, from the same labor paper:
“Organized labor, through its lead-
ers, must recognize the mistakes of the
past if they expect to perpetuate their
organizations or to develop the move-
ment which they head. No movement,
no organization, no nation can develop
beyond the intellects which guide
these organizations, and if the leaders
are dominated by a selfish motive the
organization will become tinged with
a spirit of selfishness, which has never
appealed to mankind in any walk of
life at any time since history began.
“It can be said in extenuation of cer-
tain leaders of organized labor that
the precarious position which they oc-
cupy as leaders has had a tendency to
cause them to lose sight of the object
behind the organization. The natural
instinct in man for power and position
is in no small measure responsible for
the mistakes of the leaders, not neces-
sarily in labor unions alone, but in
every branch of society. This desire
for power and leadership and personal
aggrandizement causes men who have
been earnest and sincere in their ef-
forts in the start to deteriorate into
mere politicians whose every act and
utterance is tinged with the desire
to cater to the baser passions of the
working majority in the societies or
organizations and this is undoubtedly
true when applied to tue present lead-
ers of the Federation of Labor. We
mention the Federation of Labor par-
ticularly in this article, because that
organization is the only organization
of labor which has yet found itself in
direct opposition to the laws of the
l-and. There are other organizations of
labor whose leaders have made mis-
takes, but they have always kept them-
selves and their organizations within
the bounds of the law and respected
the rights of every other man in con-
sidering the rights of themselves and
their constituency; whereas, the motto
of the Federation is just the reverse,
and unless the leaders conform them-
selves and their organization in accord-
ance with the laws of the land, the
leaders and the organization itself
must be disintegrated and pass into
history, for in America the common
sense of mankind is developed to a
greater extent than in any other nation
on the earth, and the people, who are
the court of last resort in this country,
will never allow any system to develop
in this country which does not meet
with the approval of the majority of
the citizens of the country.
“This must have forced itself upon
the leaders of the 'Federation hy this
time. If it has not, the leaders must
be eliminated. The organization which
they head has done many meritorious
things in times past and the people are
always ready and willing to acknowl-
edge the benefits which their efforts
have brought to their constituency as
a whole, but at the present time labor
organizations in general, and the Fed-
eration of Labor in particular, stand
before the bar of public opinion, hav-
ing been convicted of selfishness and a
disposition to rule all the people of
the country In the interest of the few.
, The people are patient and awaiung to
see if the object lesson which they
have been forced to give to these lead-
ers is going to be recognized and if they
are going to conform themselves and
their future work and actions in ac-
cordance thereto.”
Let the people remember that com-
ment, “The Federation of Labor in par-,
ticuiar stands before the bar of public
opinion having been convicted of sel-
fishness and a disposition to rule all
the people of the country in the inter-
est of the few.”
The great 90 per cent of Americans'
do not take kindly to the acts of
tyranny of these trust leaders openly
demanding that all people bow down to
the rules of the Labor Trust and we
are treated to the humiliating specta-
cle of oiir Congress and even the Chief
Executive entertaining these convicted
law-breakers and listening with consid-
eration to their insolent demands that
the very laws be changed to allow
them to safely carry" on their plan of
gaining control over the affairs of the
people.
The sturdy workers of America have
come to know the truth about these
“martyrs sacrificing themselves in the
noble cause of labor” but it’s only the
hysterical ones who swell up and cry
over the aforesaid “heroes,” reminding
one of the two romantic elderly maids
w'ho, weeping copiously, were discov-
ered by the old janitor at Mt. Vernon.
“What is it ails you ladies?”
Taking the handkerchief from one
swollen red eye, between sobs she said:
“Why we have so long revered the
memory of George Washington that
we feel it a privilege to come here and
weep at his tomb.’
“Yas’m, yas’m, yo’ shore has a desire
to express yo’ sympathy but yo’ are
overflowin’ at de wrong spot, yo’ is
weepin’ at de ice house.”
Don’t get maudlin about law-break-
ers who must be punished if the very
existence of our people is to be main-
tained.
If you have any surplus sympathy it
can be extended to the honest workers
who continue to earn food when threat-
ened and are frequently hurt and
sometimes killed before the courts can
intervene to protect them.
Now the Labor Trust leaders de-
mand of Congress that the courts be
stripped of power to issue injunctions
to prevent them from assaulting or per-
haps murdering men who dare earn
a living when ordered by the Labor
Trust to quit work.
Don’t “weep at the Ice House” and
don’t permit any set of law-breakers
to bully our courts, if your voice and
vote can prevent. Be sure and write
your Representatives and Senators in
Congress asking them not to vote for
any measure to prevent the courts
from protecting homes, property and
persons from attack by paid agents of
this great Labor Trust.
Let every reader write, and writs
now.
Don’t sit silent and allow the organ-
ized and paid men of this great trust
to force Congress to believe they rep-
resent the great masses of the Amer-
ican people. Say your say and let
your representatives in Congress know
that you do not want to be governed
under new laws which would empower
the Labor Trust leaders with legal
right to tell you when to work, Where!
For whom! At what price! What to
buy! What not to buy! Whom to
vote for! How much you shall pay
per month in fees to the Labor Trust!
etc., etc., etc.
This power is now being demanded
by the passage of laws in Congress.
Tell your Senators and Representa-
tives plainly that you don’t want .them
to vote for any measure that will allow
any set of men either representing
Capital or Labor to govern and dic-
tate to the common people, who prefer
to be free to go and come, work or
not ,and vote for whom they please.
Every man’s liberty will disappear
when the leaders of the great Labor
Trust or any other trust can ride rough
shod over people and mass their forces
to prevent our court* from affording
protection.
“There’s a Reason.”
C. W. POST. Battle Creek, Mlefc,
SEWING ROOM HINTS
HOW TIME MAY BE SAVED AND
GOOD WORK ASSURED.
Piece Bag Will Be Found Extremely
Useful—Proper Care of the Sew-
ing Machine—For Rugs and
Table Covers.
Piece Bag.—Buy three yards of un-
bleached muslin, cut into four lengths;
make four bags with draw string of
cotton tape, leave a slit in the front
for putting in the pieces; outline in
red cotton the different uses the bags
are intended—one for silk, one for
muslin, one for cotton, and one for
woolen; tack the bags to the inside of
closet door; will be found to be con-
venient as' well as useful.
Care of Sewing Machine.—About
once a month oil the machine thor-
oughly with kerosene oil, treadle
wheels, and every joint; remove the
sewing cotton and run the machine
quickly for two or three minutes, then
wipe off all oil and dust, next, oil just
as thoroughly with the best machine
oil, and again wipe well to remove ex-
cess of oil. It is a good plan to place
a piece of absorbent cotton around
needle to the sewing. A thickly fold-
ed newspaper placed under the tread-
les will prevent oil dripping on the
floor. A few drops of oil should be
used each day.
Rugs and Table Covers.—Use old
tub dresses. Tear them into strips,
sew together like carpet rags. Dye
them a bright yellow, or any preferred
color, and have them woven in stripes,
with white alternating. Use old sheets
or any cotton goods for the white
stripe's. Thesfe' cost only ten cent3
for the-dye, and the price of weaving,
which is small: T’hey can be woven
in any size/'an#..used for floor rugs
and table covers. Can be washed
without injuryl- '"■! ■
Curtains.—Ecru- scrim can be pur-
chased for ten. cents a yard and up-
wards. Cut curtains proper length to
hang straight. Hemstitch one side and
one end. Beginning one inch inside
the hem,: run In five rows of colored
rope silk, leaving two threads of the
curtain between each row of silk. If
desired conventional designs may be
drawn in the corner with impression
paper and darned in with silk. These
make dainty curtains. Purchase un-
bleached cheesecloth at five cents a
yard. Hem one side and one end.
For a border stencil a row of black
eyed Susans with yellow petals.
Bias Bands.—To make perfectly
even bias strips mark the goods the
desired width allowing for the seams.
Make a pencil mark every few inches,
then cut. Have a knife the width the
strip is to be when finished, lay this
in center of strip, and with a hot iron
press what has been allowed for
seams over the knife, pass the knife
along, and continue pressing until
strip is finished. Does away with al)
basting.
Prunes in Batter.
Required: Half a pound of prunes,
four ounces of flour, one egg, half a
pint of milk, one strip of lemon peel„
one inch of cinnamon.
Stew the prunes gently with a little
sugar, the lemon peel, and cinnamon.
Drain, and with them fill a greased
basin. Beat up the egg with the flour,
and by degrees stir in the milk. Have
ready a steamer with the water un-
derneath boiling fast. Pour the batter
over the prunes, tie over with but-
tered paper, and steam for an hour
and a half. Turn out and serve with
a sweet sauce.
Twin Mountain Muffins.
One-quarter cup of sugar, same ot
butter, one egg well beaten, three-
quarters cup sweet milk, two cups of
flour, two teaspoons baking powder.
Cream the butter, add sugar, then
egg. Sift flour and baking powder
thoroughly and add to the first mix-
ture alternately with the milk. Bake
in hot buttered gem pans or mqffin
rings about 25 minutes. Hot oven.
Ploughed Field.
Put into a saucepan a pint of gran-
ulated sugar with three tablespoonfuls
of water, one cupful of shaved choco-
late,. a piece of butter the size of an
egg and a tablespobnful of vinegar.
Place the pan over thp fire and boil
20 minutes,, stirring enough to pre-
vent burning. Test by dropping a
little into - ice water.' .
If found to.be very, brittle, stir very
hard and pour,into 'a. buttered tin.
When partly cool,- mark the candy
into squares. . ...
Fruitcake Recipe.
When you are making bread take
one cupful of the sponge, a large cup-
fnl of sugar, one cupful of raisins and
dates, one cupful of currants, and figs
and citron, one cupful of flour, one-hall
cupful of butter, two eggs.
Mix all together, with the sponge.
One teaspoonful of soda dissolved in
one- tablespoonful of hot water, one
teaspoonful of' cloves, one teaspoonful
of cinnamon. Put in pan to bake and
let it raise for two hours. This cake
will not hurt the most delicate of stom-
achs. Trs It-
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