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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918
SULZER AND THE EIGHT-HOUR
DAY
In a letter recently written by Del
egate Chas. Sulzer to Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American feder
ation of labor, Mr. Sulzer shates his
position very plainly in regard to the
Borland amendment providing that
all federal employes working over
eight hours shall receive time and
one-half for such excess time.
In part Delegate Sulzer says:
"I might say to you that I have
studied with great interest for many
years the matter of giving the work
men a fair day and a fair wage. I
have noted for years also the work
being done by you (Gompersj, and
the organization of which you are the
president, for an eight-hour day.
Many years ago I became convinced
that eight hours was a proper stan
dard for a day’s work. And that I
was thoroughly convinced is shown
by the fact that as a mining operator,
on a small scale, in southeastern
Alaska, I establshed an eight-hour day
at my property. I did that almost 15
years ago, and long before the equity
of fijbe eight-hour day was as gener
ally •recognized as at the present time.
“I have also realized for a number
of years that for all work in excess
of eight hours, the laborer should be
paid time and one-half. And to that
end, I want to work in the interest of
the laboring man, whether he be gov
ernment employe, munition worker,
miner or cab driver, I do not care
what the employment may be. It is the
principle 1 direct my attention to, and
I wish to assure you again that I
shall take pleasure in carrying out
your wishes to work to the utmost of
my ability in bringing about the adop
tion of an amendment to the Borland
amendment, whereby time and one
half will be paid to all government
employes who are called upon to labor
in excess of eight hours in any day.
And if a bill was before congress to
make the same provision for all
classes of workers, I would take
pleasure in favoring it, too.''
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LIEUT. P. E. DONLIN
In a campaign to refute uerman
propaganda stories which are being
circulated broadcast throughout the
country regarding conditions in the va
rious military training camps, Lieut.
Philip E. Donlin of the Officers’ Re
serve corps, who received his commis
sion at the first Plattsburg training
school, Is touring the principal cities of
Ohio and western Pennsylvania and de
livering a lecture depicting true condi
tions in the training camp*
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Mr. and Mrs. R. Blix are in th
city from Copper Center on their w&;
to the States.
Wonderful Record of Achievement
of National and Human Freedom
By JOHN BURTON FOLEY. Clucafo
France haa a wonderful record for achievement of national and hu
man freedom that makes the whole world her debtor.
1. The assistance of the French army and navy in the darkest period
of our war for independence.
2. The French Revolution and its aftermath which forever destroyed
feudalism in Europe.
3. The freedom of the (Austrian) Netherlands from the yoke of Aus
tria.
4. The regeneration of Germany, particularly of Prussia: for it is not
generally known that the peasantry of Prussia were in a condition of serf
dom until 1807.
Queen Louise of Prussia wrote from Koenigsburg to her father: “The
divine foresight is unmistakably introducing new conditions into tht
world, and a new order of things is brought about, for the old has outlived
its day. It were a crime to say, ‘God is w7ith the French emperor; but he
is manifestly an instrument in the hand of the Almighty, to bury out of
sight the old order, which has no further purpose.”
The Zeitgeist (The Spirit of the Age) was the direct cause of the
emancipation edict of October 9, 1807, whereby serfdom was abolished in
the kingdom of Prussia. It also removed the principal restriction that in
terfered with the free traffic in land, the abolition of caste in land, and
above all granted to every noble, citizen, and peasant the right of free
choice of occupation. This document has been rightly called the “Magna
Charta of the Prussians.” ' '
5. France sent her fleet in 1827 to assist Greece in her war for inde
pendence. *">■■
6. In 1831 she sent her army into Belgium defeating the army of
Holland, and thus securing Belgium’s independence from Holland.
7. In 1859 she waged successful wrar against Austria for Italian lib
eration. f*~'*v4* ,—^— i,
8. In 1914 at the Battle of the Marne, when France saved the world
from the domination of brutal Prussian militarism.
France never broke a treaty.
These are some of the reasons why France has been called the chival
rous nation. 1 - V, ^ x
WASHINGTON, June 18—The
American soldier in France has a ver
acious appetite for news from home
declares Eliot Wadsworth, of the Red
Cross war council, w'ho has returned
to the capital after three months
spent in observing the activities of
the mercy organization in England,
Belgium, France and Italy.
“How did Mayor Thompson make
out in Chicago,” and “Who’s police
commissioner of New York” are the
questions which Mr. Wadsworth says
occasionally supplemented the con
stant queries about baseball.
“So long as you’ve come from Amer
ica within a month, you’re a welcome
object for attack by any member of
Pershing’s forces,” says Mr. Wads
worth. “A crowd of news-boys in
khaki will light on you and compel
you to ransack your mind for news
items concerning every part of the
country.
“And if it happens that a doughboy
from Terre Haute or Kankakee dis
covers in the course of the conversa
tion that you know someone from
these towns—well his joy simply can’t
be described.”
ENGLISH WRITER ADMITS
AMERICA SAVED THE BIT
LONDON, June 18.—“13 It realized
by the people of this country that
America has already saved us from i
capitulatfng to the enemy?” asks a
special writer for one of the big Lon
don dallies.
“Either,” the writer continues, jfcw'
should have been forced Into this
surrender with our armies unbroken
and our munitions of war unex
hausted, or we should at t&is moment
be struggling to live and work and
fight on one-third of our present ru-|
tions.”
The foood supplies being sent by
the- United States to its allies rep
resent, it is pointed out, “the* kindly
and entirely willing self-racrifice of a
whole nation, the vast majority of ■
them working people.
America, the article concludes; lias
answered England’s appeal ”1n a
manner which marks her out as one
of the greatest moral forces in the ,
world. It should: he known out there
in the farm houses and cottages of
the American continent that the peo
ple of this country, tightening their
belts and confronting the future with
an indestructible confidence, are mind
ful of America’s aelfi-sacrifice—self
sacrifice which will save the world.'’
Good Health Depends on Condition
of Heart, Lungs, Liver, Etc.
By GEORGE M. MARTIN
Director of Physical Education, Central Y. M. C. A_ Chicago
We used to feel that a big man or a man with big muscles was neces- I
sarily the healthier and even today we frequently hear the remark, “Why, i
he looks so big and healthy” or “He looked so strong and well!” The
word “health” is synonymous with “wholeness” and a chain is no stronger
than its weakest link.
I remember attending a side show where a strong man, expanding has
chest, apparently broke a heavy chain. Investigation showed that Bv
spreading and hammering back one of the links it had been crystallized
and was therefore exceedingly weak. The surface looked fine hut the core
was rotten. A flabby muscle is not only the chasm between willing and
doing but may be also the weakness in an otherwise strong chain. It may
even be a cesspool through which the blood passes in its course around the
body. A city’s water supply may be unexcelled and the mains good but if
one section is bad and the sewage gets in then the whole is tainted. In the
human body it is not the quantity but the quality which counts.
The unused muscle is neither ready to meet the emergency of sudden
exertion nor to resist disease. We do not need much muscle in city life,
and more than we need is too expensive to keep up. No business man is
going to pay the upkeep of a hundred-ton crane in his work if his
heaviest load is never over five tons. Muscles larger than necessary for
health are a drain on vitality to keep up, and frequently the very strong1
man or the very big-muscled man goes under, until now we hear frequent
ly. “give me the wiry man for endurance.” Again, the size of muscle and
body produced by normal hygienic conditions plus vigorous exercise of!
large muscles will give you the most enduring physique. Real health de
s pends on the condition of heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys and so
r forth, as well as muscle and it takes constant vigorous exercise to develop j
these or maintain organized vigor.
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A Group of Prominent Bankers and Capitalists Conceived the Idea of
and Financed the
BANK OF ALASKA
With tne Aim that Its Growth Will Give
the Name Full Significance
Practically all the territorial banks In Alaska had their origin In
a mercantile business, and were the outgrowth of a condition. The
BANK OF ALASKA was launched purely as a bank, and without the
support of other interests than the business that comes to It In the
regular channels.
The trend of American banking legislation Is toward branch bank
ing systems. The pioneer In this territory Is the BANK OF ALASKA,
which is the first and so far the only branch system.
Complying with the laws and regulations governing the Institu
tion, from the combined paid-in capital there is apportioned to each
branch sufficient capital to cover the legal requlremnt of an Inde
I pendent bank. Each branch makes full individual report to the bank
ing board. Each must show how It is progressing individually.
In the final analysis the strength and justification of the system Is
apparent, for each branch has the full strength of the entire system
back of It.
The system is backed by very able men, and furnishes all the ad
I vantages of a metropolitan bank, having the facilities of checking ac
counts, certificates of deposit, savings accounts, travelers’ checks and
safe deposit boxes. Your account is solicited.
Bank of Alaska
JUST RECEIVED
A Large Shipment of
LIVE
CHICKENS
Excellent Fryers
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
JOE FRY
Phone 22
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
astigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
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