Show FRIEND FREND OF THE PEOPLE I Under this department THE T Trill bo bi hInd clad to answer Cr all reasonable questions and A give Ac c advice c c when it is sought Our hope is a that this department can be made very valuable to this papers paper's readers as a source of general information as w well ll as IS a n place pIneo of good counsel TELE TELEGRAM GRAM readers are aro invited to send inquiries on any subject and efforts will be made to give i e accurate to and plain answers I Editorials by bythe byS S the People I Salt Sail Lake e City Utah No Nor 11 1011 1911 I. I Editor Telegram In Iii last evenings evening's TELEGRAM I noticed your on tho hour eight law an and better wa wages es for or trio tM working girt girl on anti and women and would like to tell you ou of oC a Q afew afew few ew experiences I havo o had ad during tho the live ilvo years I have 11 worked here In the city as a clerk telephone operator and now nosY as aa a stenographer The Tue o. o o of the dry stores are arc getting ettin better hours out DUt the tho telephone girls do not ot neither do 10 the majority or of steno stenographers h-cr h and tho the stenographers u get ct tho the worst wages too al although although al- al though tho the liI largest l per vcr cent of at the lawyers law law- yera and tho the big corporations wilt will not com comply pit with wills the hour eight Jaw Jawor or the financial end but tr try to evade o tho the laws lawR I Iso so made by either cither saying their girls aro are getting tho the proper salaries or that the they arc Incompetent and theo same lawyers and corporations arc tho the very cr ones who make mako these laws but never intend to carry carry curry car cur ry them out Also some of or the thc strongest advocates of or tho those better conditions for tor women om n never nev ne or er have havo J kept thc s rules and never lu- lu tend tand to AS 5 in one place J worked tho the lawyer owed me sue for tor six aix weel necks necks' wages ages and when sued by ono one of the largo larco col- col agencies ii In this eit city as I tho the other lawyers would not handle tho the case compromised com corn promised ed for tor half halt knowing the agency would tal tako o half naif of or cl was wati paid 1 leaving ln a. me with Just one-fourth one th the inal amount of tin the waged due dile He Ia has ban other even een to larger sums then trl to Z t. t y s. th they were told to leave although h b hI ho kept them th there ro working hard harel until tho the last when girls would quit him bins thorough thoroughly ly Iy te dhul with trying to collect the theft the back wages ages or says Bays he be never had a 8 girl I leave wc to i whon horn hom ho Is Indebted And i he pretends to bo ho a strong strom political po ad advocat advocate ad- ad especially for tor b better belter lter laws for the I working girl b 1 Ho lIo In 10 not th the only on one as I 1 have ha heard other girls say ay they have o walt waited d for COr a month b before Core receiving ln their wages then thenon on only to be laid oft off with Ith some paltry ex excuse ox- ox cuso cuse about their work or dull times rind find anda rinda a small sum of ot money monay Th Tho majority of ot places do not pa pay their girls t th tle e right wages aes but always have e somo om excuse to give thinking it squares square them with tho thola la law I Iotti otti officers tre There are art tome corporations In ill this city that tha t I know of ot and some aetna men for whom I e have worked who ho have l paid their employees b by check when they knew there thore were no funds In th the bank to meet tho those choc s. I Then tho the employment bureaus of or thi this city aro are constantly sending girls and women to these poorly paid positions r with a n. promise of or better pay soon or Ot that the person Is ts incompetent Then also aIm dally daily advertisements ad appear In tho the thone ne newspapers for tor positions where 3 or t IS 6 ISIs Is 1st given I en an ai tho the amount of or ora a wages cs paid These positions should be looked after arter Tho The employers know only too well aH that the tho girls are very cry plentiful hero KO roO offer such wages as they know the they can g get gd t any amount o of help for the money they thoy wish to pay pa and the tho girls In positions arc frightened of losing their positions if It they let tho the authorities know of tho the lon long hours and small email pay Even the tho bo boya a arent aren't much better belter paid Heros Hero's hoping the movement nt for better r wages and J hours meets meds with more success S In the very cry n m-ar m ar future A SUBSCRIBER Salt Lake e City Utah Nov I 12 1 1011 1911 11 Editor Telegram From the proceedings 6 of the board lOard of ot education it appears that nominations of or new members of ot said Mid board must be ma made mado o oby by No November 2 25 It Il has been the custom In tIle the past to nominate cm candidates for this office at moos mass conventions held in tho the respective e precincts of or Salt Lake City O OK Owing Ing to the tho Increase o In population and the tho In Increased increased in- in creased Interest tak taken n in school matters by hr tho thu people It seems Mems to mo use that this method is no longer feasible Jary s- s Is this true truo In the first precinct precInct- Salt Lake City Nov 11 11 UH U. U I Friend of or the People Could you tell me through your coI columns where I can got ot In touch with the pur purchasing purchasing chasing agents of or either the British French or German governments go A At SUBSCRIBER Wo We sUc suggest that you ou communicate with J. J G. G general agent Rock nock Island railway lines Judge Jud e this city lIe Ho Is acting In Irs certain capacities for tor these governments FRIEND OF TUB TIIT- Pl tho the one In fn which the writer niter resides Here Mere tho tile total yO vote to cast at tho the election this month was waa as It would evidently b be I impractical to attempt to hold an effective e mass meeting attended by oven even a small part of or theo voters Will not tho the press of or Salt Lake Lako Cli City unite to propose o a practicable plan for nominations for the approaching deetion dee elec tion Will th the chaIrmen of or all aU tho the political parties of or the city unite In a call caU for tor nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan non- non partisan primaries to b be held In tho the re respective respective re- re districts to elect delegates dele dele- gates representation to be ba based c 1 on total vote voto cast b by the district at the r recent cent election said delegates tes to meet in iii a nonpartisan non non- I partisan school chool convention to be bo held in irs one of or the thu school buildings or In one of ot the courtrooms within th tIne tho time required b by law Any Inexpensive he plan that will wilt give gave representation to lo all aU alike o should have havo the support of the Iho people If you hAVO have a better plan propose It tt But Dut action should bo be Immediate Yours truly M. M CANNON CANNONI I PRAISES WORD TO TIlE THE VICTORS I Salt lt Lake CSt City Utah Ulah Nov 0 9 I 1011 Editor Telegram In Iii reading rendinG your our editorial of fr November r 7 1914 I was waa a very cry much Impressed with the thought that was as as eo so plainly expressed warning tine tho Incoming officers of or the fact that th they should not nol allow a machine rule to g got t l Its Us clutches upon them and say to tho the bo botes Hands lIandi or off T This Thin ll piece Is headed A Word to the tho VIctors this editorial should be berc rc roan read rl and reread with a great deal del of oC thought Some splendid men IDen were cho n for tor office Tuesday etc Yes Ye and that was t not the first time good men have b en Chosen ho eu to fill the sanio samo po positions I will venture x to S say that Hint of the defeated candidates when hen first elected had a deIr de- de sire Ir to bo be hOnE honest t with the tho people But nut Buta nuta a long Ions continuation In office without a recall as a constant nt reminder that tha t. t thc they had been elected d servants and not masters masters mas mos caused them to become puffed up and ind the they hec heeded ed not the forewarnings to serve the people I wish to call can their attention to and em- em the fact men are human some sonic a little more than others Aa As long as that thatIs Is la the case we can expect men inca to graft for manc money How necessary that laws are arc passed that will mako people honest and especially that will keep men from Crom becoming becom b In ing self seU con conceited and anti puffed purred up In irs theIr own estimation And as a long and untiring untiring un un- un- un tiring worker that has helped to put In these victors I wish to emphasize tho the need of or framing Industrial laws and putting putting putting put put- ting them up to tho the next legislature uro to pass upon Of Ot course we can see If IC the governor Is willing to place his approval al upon them and soul to show that h he h 1 Is it for tor tho the masses maes and not the classes If It he will show by his signature to bills that he f Is willing willingto to havo have peace yea political peace how glorious n and nJ prosperous the near future for this state wilt will seem Governor Go we wo hope that you are for tor or pea and that you OU have havo seen the handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing liUn upon ono one wall that you Oll have come out from that class that Iia has been humiliated as ha has hasi been to your our associates inthe Inthe In- In in the past election elections Oh If it we C were only In poss possession lon of or those laws laws initiative Initiative referendum urn and re recall re- re call call that that would give I to people tho-people their rl rights ht especially the recall you recall you would woul be hp careful how you used that one man power that Is so often lI used e by hz selfish h beings I am ans aware that some men and those a that pretend to safeguard the people do donot donot donot not want and oppose the recall Has Hat It not be been n always alwa's th the case with sith ith men o of selfish and aud unscrupulous makeup that they have o always as been opposed to placing tho the government 10 In the tho hands hand of ot tho the masses masse There Is and always has b been en a cr cry CO to go So up lip from that special p privilege class warning the people aa as tho they call It It against those thoo deceivers Let Lt Letus Letus us not be deceived by wolves In sheep J clothing but lot let us continue In the good work and keep on Oil housecleaning until we e have c com completely eteh ousted the plutocrats v v P CRA CRAM r. r J |