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Show lPage Four, t tal) 2Ubot I ctos Published every Saturday by 15a-dLabor. Salt Lake Federation of Federation ot ee d by the Utah t?tato Labor and the Salt Lake Building or i Council. Trade Editor and Manager Knerr ...Advertising Manager BOARD 0 If CONTROL. Chairman A. V. Moore I Wm, M. A. E. Barbers No. 377. 0. 15. A SHBRIDQI5 i:D,ctor Plumbers ft gteamflttera No. 19. .Director D. F. LEWIS Brewery Workmen No. 252. Director H. KLENKH Musicians No. 104. Director J. J. CUSHMAN No. 184. Carpenters 1. S. DIXON. Utah State Federation of Labor. .. .Cooks and Walters No. 815 JAMES HALL.. Building Trades Council Building Laborers' No. 79. Subscription, 1.00 a year In advance. Advertising rates on application to Business Office, Labor Temple. Phone Wasatch 1921. Correspondents alone responsible for views and statements in signed matter July Entered as second-clas- s at the postoffice at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 14, 1916, 1179. THE ADAMSON DECISION. The public press, we believe, Is more elated over that portion of the United States supreme courts decision in the Adamson case than sober second thought would justify. The right (to strike) is nee'es-suri- ly shall be divided between employers and employees. Just so, but still a service to some dear two million members of the on the railroads, public" employed who, according to Chief Justice White, "necessarily surrender the right to strike when engaged in the public service. It is refreshing to many that there were five out of nine members of the supreme court who saw humanitys side rather than the dollar mark in the sky. Ice the lawmaking prerogative of the duly constitutcd lawmaking authority will cease to be a Joke and, like Nicholas of Russia, lose a mighty good life- time Job. In old frontier days, when the town marshal and other city officials combined with the baser element to terthe rorize the element, duties of good citizenship demanded that good citizens combine to oust the officials. So with the Adamson decision, if It is an infringement of the Tights of good citizens in the interest of big business, it is the duty of all good citizens to show the spirit that has made America what it Is today the land of the free and the home of the brave. If the United States supreme court contemplates what the press suggests that the decision means, it surely is a radical departure In the way of usurpation even for the justices of the United States supreme court. If the government is going to op- -j crate the roads, surely the government will be fair enough to recognize the right of workmen to a wage that will permit of decent living as well as large profits to the private owners. Thats all the workers ever contended for, and if they dont get it they should die fighting rather than from starvation. law-abidi- f i By Justice Pitney, dissenting from the opinion of the United States supreme court, says the Adamson act is unconj , stitutional upon the ground that it did not prescribe a service to the public, "simply steps in and prescribes how the money earned in the public serv- - strength of the men who have died for it. The Store for Union Labor Each stone of the structure of truth Some one has made ready and right for It, Some one has spent heart's blood and youth, Some one has been willing to fight for it. J Suits Odd Trousers Corduroys Hats Not always has blood been the pay, But always a price lias been paid for it. The worth of achievement today is gauged by the struggle weve made for it. Caps Shirts Gloves There need not be a rancor or hate, Nor bitterness, terror and blight for it. But nothing is worthy or great Unless you are willing to fight for Carhartts Overalls Etc. You cannot buy progress with gold (You get but the emptiest shell Main Street 228-23- 0 of it). But to win it, and earn it, and hold, You must go through the heat and the hell of it. suffer the sweat and the pain. You must toil all the day and the night for it, For nothing worth while you can You must Better, Cheaper gain Foods Unless you are willing to fight for it. ices too cheap. WHEN DO THEY SLEEP? VERY STRANGE What is the strangest case ever had in life insurance? that you Miss Oldbud. She took out Agent a twenty-yea- r endowment policy when she was 19 years of age, and it matures this year, when she Is twenty-eigh- t. Friend Puck. MIGHTIEST FORCE IN THE WORLD In your cooking do not A KNOCKER two-legg- Idle znd Preserving Sugar A!SSLiyi72LY - NOTICE Labor That cuts the forests and drains the swamp. Labor That delves in mines and sails the ships of commerce Labor That plows the fields and grinds the grain Labor That builds our acqueducts and spins fine linen Labor That cuts the stone and digs and 100-poun- d Labor That rears the monuments granite Labor That grows the cotton and molds the brick Labor That harnesses the elements and turns them into servants for manof bronze and t Labor That from the cocoon draws threads to weave beautiful raiment Labor That smelts the iron and molds It Into anchors and axes Labor That cuts the trees and makes the paper and builds the printing press Labor That throws a span of steel across the rivers and makes chasms Labor That drives tunnels and makes pillows of softest down Labor That feeds the world, and clothes it and shelters it Labor That turns a wilderness into a garden of beauty Labor That binds our books, digs the graves and fashions brilliant jew- From the laws of the American Federation of Labor; Section 2, Article XI It shall be the duty of all national and International unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor to Instruct their local unions to join chartered central bodies, departments and state federations in their vicinity where such exist. Similar instructions shall be given by the American Federation of Labor to all trade and federal labor unions under its Jurisdiction. elry Labor That does all the useful work the world-La- bor That fights the battles for tli liberty of the human race Labor That unlocks natures storehouse for the benefit of all mankind Labor Without it the millions who now revel In luxury would In a few days be without food or fuel, and soon be without clothing or shelter. The sun would still shine, the rain would fall, the grass would grow, but there 48-pou- bag nd orders. No sugar can be purer, whiter nor sweeter than this perfect Order it by name and sugar. see that it is marked Made by SUGAR CO. O meal tastes if Royal Bread is served. Fla-is not the only rea- ANY or and- son quality goodness are also t ROYAL BREAD IjgiJ The bread that made 51 rother stop beg fggl and satisfies strengthens. It's just as good as bread cai; ho. Perfectly baked and made of high quality ingredients. BAKING CO. Salt Lake. f ap- parent. ROYAL Bring this mattter before your membership tonight, brothers, then act I am, yours fraternally, J. IL LAMONT, Secretary. 4 bags, also a for parcel post UNION MEn To All Unions Affiliated With the American Federation of Labor in the State of Utah: Is your union affiliated with the Utah State Federation of Labor? If not, why not? Are you aware that your union Is not living up to the laws of the American Federation of Labor, through falling to affiliate with the state body? The secretary of the Utah State Federation of Labor has written letters to every local In the state that he knows anything about, urging upon them the necessity of affiliation. Where he failed to get a reply to his letters he has sent letters to the different international officers asking their help to get you to affiliate, and has had some Success, still there are some locals holding back who really ought to be leaders in this movement. Get busy, brothers; help to build up an organization worthy of our great state. the coal PUCSS Made by the Utah-Idah- o Sugar Company is put up in 10, 25, 50 UTAH-IDAH- ing bells would be none to plow or sow or to harvest. Bellingham Labor Unionist. extra fiwe ed Labor That builds our mighty cities and railroads, its aeroplanes and div- kind hesitate to use a liberal amount of pure sugar, as it is one of the cheapest foods today, and plenty of gpod sugar makes things more palatable. j By Art Bettes. A KNOCKER you will usually find to be the same man that refuses to pay his dues. After God had finished making the rattleettake, the toad and the vampire, he had some awful substance, left with which he made a KNOCKER. aniA KNOCKER Is a corkscrew soul, a watermal with logged brain and a combination backbone made jelly and glue. Where other meR have hearts, he carries a tumor of decayed principles. When comes KNOCKER down the the street, honest men turn their backs, the angels weep tears in heaven and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out. of A POST MORTEM. Clothing Co. grown In one of last Sundays newspapers was an article by a local educator that is one more argument against employment of children and in favor of minimum wages under certain conditions. This writer points out that the aver-ag- e laborer earns an average of 2500 per year for forty years and that the average citizen who has graduated from the high school has an average earning capacity of 21000 for a period of forty years. Twenty thousand dollars being the value of a high school education against no education at all. After computing this difference we are told that the boy or girl who, either through necessity or from choice, elects to work rather than attend school, should receive 29.02 a day for each day out of school for the period necessary to gain the high school education, or they are giving their serv- day--Kvc- If the United States supreme court should attempt to drive that down our throats that heretofore honored institution that has been allowed to usurp Whatever of freedom we own. Somebody has striven and tried for it; By war through the years it has , me of our hUtldred million citizens will acquiesce in the decision if the men be compelled to work for private profit-taker- s until such time as private owners are willing to make concessions. SIEGEL THE PRICE GOOD REASONING. Before a legislative committee in an eastern state the other day one of surrendered when the men the representatives of big business are engaged In public service. said, in presenting his argument They are comparable to soldiers in against a law proposing that women the ranks--, who, in the presence of in manufacturing be not employed enemies of their conntry, may not concerns between G oclock at night desert. and 7 in the morning: "Most of these If this is good law, fine and dandy, women prefer to work nights so they n. Who, then, Tuust these mep. appeal to can do their housework In the "Tn'infuhe dT4vaU&rjme. a(chH would see the fled with the Conditions of their emweak point in tfyat argument and wanF ployment?'7 Surely to the Congress to know when,these women were to that regulates such matters. Very few' sleep. shouid-thc-beee- Saturday, Mar. 21, 1917, UTAH LABOR NEWS ' |