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Show som of the tricks of the tradel, ar. deceived by them, what chance d, whose flnan you thipk a workingman cial experience is confined, usually, to making the contents of his pay envelope cover the household bills has to see through the mysteries of the proposition? There are a few of these financial semaphores, however, which every wage worker should know how to read, and can know. At first glance , they seem to show a clear to give the signal to "come on" at full speed, with your savings account in your hand; but Un you know the rules of the road, you can see a red light a danger signal-swin- ging from every one of these semaphore arms. Here are some of the danger signals of this sort which are very deceptive at first glance: "This company is going to be kept in the hands of the common people and out of the hands of the capitalists." "The shares of this company have increased 50 per cent, since our fiscal agents put the first block of develop ment stocks on the market, 60 days ago; they will be advanced 20 points on the first day of next month and you must act promptly and remit at once if you wish to take advautage of this handsome advance." "We need only a limited amount for immediate development work and in order to secure the requisite sum without delay, we are making the confidential offer of a bonus of one share of preferred stock for every ten shares of the common, which you can secure at 30 cents on the par value if you respond at once. Just as soon exas our needs for development met are by subscriptions penditures on this liberal basis, it will be impossible for you to secure the common, as it will be withheld from the market except on offerings of 60 cents or Kent's New Livery. oAt rear of Hotel Kent, - TREMONTON, - UTAH; ITEW HORSES, NEW HARNESS, NEW CARRIAGES, Everything First Class and Up to Date. Reasonable Charges. right-of-way- Samuel Kent, - cTVIanager. George Meldrum, House Painting and Decorating, HEADQUARTERS FOR WALL PAPER. Will Meet Prices on First Class Work. - Tremonton, Utah. - - You Can Get ncrete pi Building Blocks any quantity and for any kind of building by calling on Garland, Utah. FAMILY LIQUOR STORE, 0. A. " r I ;- - 'Jill Woodward, Proprietor, CORINNE, UTAH. We keep the Choicest Wines, Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars. JOHN MITCHELL. Working the Wage Workers 5S 5 " People Should Be Careful of References, for Big Men's Names Are Often Obtained by Fraudulent Means and Unauthorized References Should Never Be Taken for Granted. f By JOHN MITCHELL, President United Mine Workers of America. &m pa , Ax v I S9 p ?aJl z z s- - Z. nfli Ew of B- - Conspicuous among the enemies constantly preying upon the wage earner while he is fighting the battle of organized labor, Is the investment swindler. He has all the craft Of a wolf, his purpose seeming to be to attack the workingman from the rear while his attention is absorbed by the forces facing him. And these piomoters of the small investment swindling game have grown so in numbers, in boldness and in cunning that their attacks must receive attention before their depredations amount to quite as much as the losses which might come from unfair wage scales or unjust restrictions upon labor. When a workingman engages in a struggle to advance the cause of or- gauized labor, he feels that he is doing something substantial for himself, for his family, and for his fellows. And so he is; but if he turns over to the fal.e investment sharpers all the concrete results of the advantage thus gained, how far ahead is he? How much more of comfort can he give himself or his family as a net result of the transaction? It is time for the wage earners of America to awaken to the fact that they are being systematically swindied by the small Investment brokers, and swindled out of millions of dollars every year. Unless they arouse themselves and protect their savings they might about as well go tack to the old labor conditions, since there is not much practical choice between giving the fruits of honest toil to an and unjust employer and handing them over gratis to a systematized project for swindling. In my opinion there Is no class of people so fit to drink the dregs of human contempt as are those who glut themselves upon the small savings which the wage workers have slowly and patiently put away In the family And If I could know that stocking. this word of warning would be the means of deterring worklngmen who read It from investing their savings without first making a thorough In vestlgation of the proposition offered, I should feel that I had rendered a service to the wage earners that I could look back upon always with satisfaction. If there Is one sacred duty - hard-earne- over-reachin- S iff tore 3- - 0.1 If POO iK8 2 lis If r &i y I ffs ! q 3 I"-- l ip j y resting more heavily than another upon the shoulders of the working-manit is that of conserving instead Of scattering the small surplus which belongs to his family. It is a most serious responsibility and any man who is sensible of its weight will proceed cautiously, will sift the situation down to a hard and cold business basis, he surrenders those savings to anyone, particularly to an unknown promoter of an investment "sure to bring large returns within a brief period." There are several ways by which one can tell whether or not an investment offered him is sufficiently solij to warrant his putting his savingn into it. In the first place, use all the sober common sense you have, and this with a realization of the fact that as you cannot bargain advantageously us an individual with the employer who hires hundreds of men and is experienced in the art of getting the most for his money, neither can your untrained common sense be a safe 'iiide when it comes to dealing with men whose business is to dissemble. '!o to a man whom you know to be an honest man conversant with money and corporation matters and who can detect an investment fraud at a uiance. Common sense the shrewd, natural ability to form accurate judgmentsis always at a disadvantage unless one has the best information upon which to act, and about the most It can do for a man under such circumstances is to cause him to get the real facts before forming a judgment and a decision. You would not think of trying your own case In court If you found yourself Involved In litigation. Yet the majority of small law suits arc simple In comparison with the devices which the invest-men- t sharpers have evolved. They know that they can reap a golden harvest If their scheme is only presented properly and that they can afford to employ theTiost expensive aids Is the way of crooked lawyers to defend them and to advise Investors, and un scrupulous advertising to agents prepare booklets, prospectuses, and uifidentlal" letters. When thf.se baits are so skilfully set that haul headed and experienced business men who themselves know , "You are taking no risk, for our guarantee is behind every share of The Silver and Gold Inour stock. vestment and Surety company is back of our securities and the Searchlight Investigation and Expert Engineering Association has made a detailed examination and analysis of our properties and stands sponsor to the world for In the first three months of them. operation of our properties, we have a been able to pay our stockholders 12 per cent., and the splendividend did ore bodies now in sight warrant us in assuring our stockholders that this individend will be substantially creased In the next three months, owing to the increased facilities of production made possible by great additions to our working equipment." These are only a few of the most glaring statements contained in the "confidential" circulars and letters, displayed in advertisements, and made by solicitors, to draw money from the pockets of the wage earners. There are scores of other and more subtle and clever baits in every mode of expression, but they all spell one word, and that is B U N C O. How do I know It? How do 1 dare make so broad a statement? Because we have had times of unprecedented prosperity for so long that millions of dollars belonging to capitalists are lying idle or drawing only small interest. As a result, the sound securities and the solid investments are snapped up by men who understand values. These men command large sums, and In order to secure all the money required for a solid and honest enterprise, it is only necessary for men having real investment "opportunities" to go to them and convince them of the merit of their propositions. They will not permit to slip past them per cent., any chance to make 33 or even 10 per cent., provided the risk involved is not too great. Which Is only another way of saying that when a concern must go forth with blare of trumpets to secure money from the wage workers, the proposition it has to offer is not only not worth consideration, but it should be left severely alone. If it were sound to the core, idle capital would be put Into it be fore the "confidential" letters to prospective wage earner investors could be printed. And this feature of the matter stands out in its true light when something of the cost of selling stocks by an "appeal to the common people" is Not long ago a Chicago understood. concern which had gone to the "peo- pie" for Its support went into the hands of a receiver. Wage earners and people working for small salaries had put $100,000 into the enterprise. When the receiver began his examina tlon of the affairs of the company In order to determine how much those at the head of it had diverted into their own pockets, he was amazed to dlscover that the entire $100,000 had been spent In "getting the great publicity campaign started:" They had committed the error of making some flagrant particularly misrepresents lions and this put a period to their plans by sending them to the penitentiary before they were quite ready to do the actual looting. There Is Just one thing for the sensible workman suffering from an attack of the Investment fever to do, and that Is to go to a Bolld man of financial experience, a trustworthy man, and ask him to ascertain for him who are the men behind this wonderful "Opportunity" offered to him find out what their records have been in the past, and what they are putting his money Into, as well as what there is and who there is behind their guarantees" and "guarantors." When you have done this you will find. In all probability, that your fever to get rich quick has cooled to the freezing point 3 be-for-e ' - (Copyright, by Joseph n. Bewlss.) - nrv IMBEDDING WIRES. Waxing the Wires with a Brush ano Spoon Combined. When full sheets of foundation are used in wired frames it is always de- siable to put the frames in use soon after the imbedding is done, or the wires are likely to cleave away from the sheet of foundation, and this is especially likely to occur when such frames of foundation are hauled to outyards. As the spur comes so near to cutting the sheet of foundation in two, we have, in the past, found it better to use the old Easter-da- y rocker to avoid occasional trouble from the sheets breaking or pulling apart where the Imbedding had been done. Now we find It safe to use the spur Imbedder, and the sheet of foundation will never pull apart at the wires. It Is now our practice to wax the wires In place after imbedding them Into the sheet of foundation. This In-r z Brush and Spoon better." A. B. MANAUSA, Manufacturer, PRICES QUOTED ON APPLICATION. oQLLTDy . Waxer. sures that they will stay imbedded, whether used this year or next; aids in preventing sagging along the wires, making that line (usually the weakest) the strongest place in the sheet of foundation. Frames with sheets of foundation so prepared are especially good for hauling to outyards and over bad roads. Our older methods of waxing the wires In place were faulty. With a brush the brush would not carry enough wax; with a sharpnosed tin spoon with a small notch in the end it was difficult to follow the wire and to regulate the flow of wax. During the spring of 190C, writes E. F. in Bee Culture, Mr. H. E. Crow-the- r and myself originated the plan of combining the spoon and brush, as illustrated herewith. The sheet of foundation, with wires Imbedded, should be supported on a slant, then with the combined spoon and brush it is an easy matter to wax the wires in place; easy to follow the wires; easy to regulate the flow of wax, and the spoon easily carries enough wax to finish one or more wires without stopping to dip again. Don't imagine that an exceedingly light coating of wax Is required, neither should it be used lavishly. This little tool Is easily made, and should be on the list of supplies. Perhaps the brush can be combined with waxtube, though we prefer the pointed spoon as shown. Fig. 1 shows the complete spoon and brush combined, ready for use. Fig 2 shows the parts the brush and the spoon. The spoon without the brush is the simplest tool to use when we want to attach either starters or full sheets of foundation to plain It is the "Onderdonk spoon," as described in the American liee Journal years It is also perhaps the best tool ago. to use when we fill sections with foundation fastened on three or four sides a plan that I discarded after years of trial and experiment. top-bar- s. CLEAN Do Not Water WATER VESSELS. Contaminate Flock by clean Dishes. troughs or fountains Un- that can easily be cleaned are the only kind that should he used in the poul- try yard. Wooden troughs often be- come slimy, especially in warm weather, though the water in them appears dear and clean. broom and soapsuds should he on such troughs, afterwards rinsing thoroughly in clean water. If this task is attended to once a week, and the receptncles filled with fresh water every morning, the hens will be amply supplied with all the fresh water they need, if It Is kept out of the sun. If ducks are kept, wooden troughs will be found the most convenient, and in using these slats of lath should he nailed across the top to prevent the ducks wallowing In the water, rendering If filthy and a creating a sloppy muddy place in the yard. A used To Get Eggs. Among other things, It takes lime, materials protein and to produce eggs and keep the hens in flesh. It is estlmatetd that a bushel of corn will feed 160 hens one day, but It contains only lime and protein enough to make 32 eggs, while It has elements enough for two jays' feed for 160 hens. This shows the necessity of having a variety of feed In which there is more lime and protein. Is It any wonder hens do not lay In the winter when they are fed nothing but corn? Be Regular. Because sheep are easily cared for dc not neglect to salt and water them regularly. This Is an absolute necessity If you wish to keep the flock In the most healthy cordis i( n |