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Show 4 PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION. UTAH 'Qora HUSBAND DID Labor's Financial Institutions By PETER J. BRADY President, Federation Bank of New York. THE WASHING Labor day is always momentous, a day of rejoicing, a day of visualizing how much has been done and how much still is to be won. Of all the newer enterprises of labhr none have been more successful than labor banks. That idea Is little more than six years old, yet it has been overwhelmingly successful from the start. It has not been merely a pooling of interests of labor. It has attracted great support from the public, it has increased the prestige of our movement and is becoming a great educational force, for the workers who own these banks and for those who have been entrusted with their administration. Labor is learning the game of finance in the most practical school of experience. All of this knowledge will be at the disposal of the movement, to guide and safeguard it, at all times. The growth of the thirty and more labor banks has been gradual and sound. Beginning with what might rightly be termed a visionary Idea, these financial institutions of labor have put solid foundations under them In the form of deposits and resources at present over $125,000,000. The Federation bank has been particularly inspiring, for It now has entrusted to it the Immense sum of $12,000,000. There Is nothing supernatural about banks, but workers continue to regard therewith awe. What would be the amazement of the worker of a century ago on seeing labor enjoying Its own holiday, having its spokesmen In the councils of the nation, owning its own banks, life and its millions of members marchInsurance companies, ing steadily on to a better day. We have made great progress. That labor banks should be successful Is natural. The time was ripe for it. That the public should support labor banks Is natural, for the public leans toward labor. As a result of labor's participation In finance is coming a new alignment, mutual respect, a keener appreciation of the points of view of labor and capital. It will lead to a clearer understanding. It Is this appraisal of progress made that warrants us to celebrate Joyfully and to mark this Labor day, 1926, as of biggest promise, most rich In achievement. Labors Place in Organization Only Gains of Mankind Hope of Workers existence rests heavily on the shoal case, he tells ids wile when lie goes tiers of those who have It in their home. You should have heard me ' IIAT poos on behind the power to make or break it. They tnlk It over with the Judge afterward. I said to him . . . and he agreed locked doors of the grasp at any favoring evidence. Jury room? I low do , Not long ago, In a case tried In the with me. Some peewees even bring their twelve men, sitting In criminal court of New York, some judgment of evidence men were accused of having thrown wives to the courthouse, so that those on which rests the a waiter out of a hotel window. The ladles can behold them as they stride f'tte of u human being, strongest witness for the plaintiff was majestically into the box with the air deport themselves? a woman who testified that she had of a toreador who is about to confront Lawyers and Judges seen the act committed from her room the bull. cant tell you because they are barred window at a distance of about 100 Then there Is the Jury lawyer," the from Jury service. No one Is supposed feet. The Jury had been out for hours. man from the business world, who, in to know but the Jurors themselves. They seemed hopelessly deadlocked. his college days, took a course In law. Ilut Information leaks out, and In Half of the men were unwilling to He remembers Just enough of Black-ston- e many cases eavesdroppers have over- believe that the woman could have to be convinced that he 'knows heard the entire proceedings ltt sup- seen so far; the remainder were dis- more of the legal aspect of the trial posed to accept her testimony. The than the lawyers, and sets forth his posedly sealed Jury rooms. Recently n Jury was deciding the dinner hour came and the controver- knowledge In a lengthy oration. fate of n murderer. The ease bud at- sy was temporarily brought to an end. Many a time It Is the member with tracted national attention. All through ! hen the court attendants saw the a prejudice who forms the stumbling the night and on Into the morning the guarded Jurymen return from their block in the way of a peaceful settlejury remained out. When the twelve evening meal they sighed, expecting ment ; perhaps his prejudice Is remen finally filed out of the stuffv room 11,1 session. ligious, perhaps racial. Tlie twelve returned to the Jury with their verdict they were amazed Last, but not least, there Is the to see morning newspapers, printed room. The night was hot and sultry. naturally stubborn man the bugbear several hours earlier, carrying news I Ike caged animals .hey paced hack of every Jury. of the verdict they were about to an and forth, snarling and snapping, for In civil suits one of the difficult nounee. It vv ns "Guilty," and the they- - wanted to get home. One man problems thnt confront jurors Is the newspapers said Guilt)." The only stopped to the open window for a awarding of Just compensation in perpart of the proceedings the papers breath of air. Bright lights were shin- sonal Injury cases. Here prejudices lacked was the penally. ing In n printing establishment more of all kinds enter. Many are the Investigation later revealed the than two blocks away. Every movo-- tricks the genl lemon of the Jury play out of the typesetters was plainly on one another In the method by which the newspapers thus settling of had "scooped" the Jury itself. A re- visible. Here, you fellows, look I these disputes. On one occasion a porter, using a physician's stethoscope Ills companions crowded around him. woman sued a trucking cotnpnny. applied to a pipe connecting with a In less than half nn hour the Jury was Her injury was slight, and was steam radiator In the Jury room, had of one mind. largely due to her own carelessness, ecu able to overhear practically evAny one familiar with Juries and most of the Jury felt. Eleven voted erything said In the room above. De- Jury duty will tell you thnt, with to give her $500, the twelfth held out cision as to the guilt of the defend- rare exceptions, the men serving in for $1,000. Let's compromise," spoke t criminal cases are tremendously con- a man having Initiative. ant had been arrived at by the Every one In time to allow the reporter to scious of their responsibility. "There of us will write dovvn the sum we Inform his paper before the presses is a genuine effort to be fair, to quote lldnk should be given her. We'll total started rolling for the tlnal edition. In a man who 1ms served In both crim- the figures and divide by twelve." three more hours the jury had Used inal and civil cases. "The Juror In a They agreed. Much to the surprise of the penalty, but the big news already Criminal court feels the gravity of the twelfth man the answer was $.100. was out. the situation. Not so, however, the I 'dont believe It has occurred to hlm The secrecy that envelops the de- one in a civil court. In the civil case that I put down zero, the speaker bates held within the frequently hid- his human qualities enter Into play later whispered to his companions. eous, dirty, smoky Jury room has n he Is proi 3 to be swayed by prejudice. Justice and fair play are, on the fascination for almost any imaginathe seriousness Regarding with whole, the rule of the game, says a tion, says the New York Times. Just which the Juror takes his responsibilbusiness man who has served on seven what brought the decision In such a ity when he Is called on to Judge be- Juries. "Several times I have heard case? What were the facts that tween right and wrong, the n It discussed how a large verdict could tipped the scales in favor of a defend example can be cited of a dozen who he rendered with the probable chance ant whom all the world thought guilty? went out to determine the guilt or thnt the court would permit It to stand Even judges themselves are curious Innocence of a youth accused of grand and not set it aside. A well man who about the workings of (he jurys minds laneny. They began to talk tne mat- depends on his health and strength for It Is of many minds. ter over before the guard had fairly-close- to make his living for himself and I'd like to hear those fellows deand locked the door. They family, which Is the position of nine liberate," once said a Judge, who had weighed what the lawyers had said, out of ten Jurors, cannot measure in charged countless juries. they spoke of the cast in the defend- his own mind the amount of damages You can. your honor, spoke up a ant's eye, they removed their coats that would compensate for the loss of court attendant. "There's a crack in and, as their conversation became such health. the wall where we often listen to 'em more heated, their collars. A man was run intd by a motor They I'll take you there. puffed great clouds of blue smoke car that wac driven without proper Somewhat incredulous, the judge fol Into the dense atmosphere. regard for the rights of pedestrians. lowed his guide. The crevice was After four hours they1 were still He was injured so that he could not found. He placed his ear to it. talking. "Lets take a vote." at last do any hard labor that required him Loud voices issued forth. "What spoke up a leader. to be oi bis feet. The evidence makes you believe tlmt" one bad thought of that before Its not seemed conclusive ns to the Injury. so!" "You" Who said so?" tln-- were all novices at criminal jury u,. as a naturalized citizen, One of The Judge." Well, what doc he dm ' . Every mothers son of them ins ovv n raee was on the jury. The know about it, the old fossil?" wrote "guilty" on the page that lie foreman asked this juror what he I think have heaal enough," said tore from his note hook I thought was fair under the clrcutn- ids honor, removing Ids ear from the Centlemen of the jury fall into cor- - stances, and the juror answered: "Ilis opening- - winch, by the way, was tain distinct typos. The most amtis lawyer will want at least $2,500; It sealed up soon after. ing of them Is the one who, in the lias probably cost the man about On how slim a thread the life of a vernacular of the courtroom, is culled thus far for the loss of time and man hangs only those know who have the "peevvee. He is a very small for expenses. If he had $10,000 in sat around the talde In the sealed person at home, and in his place of cash lie could buy a little business on chamber. The slightest circumstance business no one listens to hint. It is which he and ids wife could support may save a man from or condemn him when lie gets inside of u jury room themselves. So I should say a verdict to prison; yes, and even the chair. that he lias his innings. The Jury of $14,500 would be fair. The weight of another human beings I was the guy that decided that qvvarded him $15,000. all-nig- 1 Jury-Jus- well-know- d "I" Advancement Depends Upon Proper Utilization of Creators Gifts. Militant Trade Unionism Essential Need of Wage Earners. Labor conLabor omnia vlndt" The problem which the wage earner quers all, the proud motto of the is compelled to deal with Is not solved trudes unions, Is an expression of hu- by stock ownership, company unions, man confidence In human prowess welfare work, or any other system, which Is stimulating, full of hope and cheer, and through a very wide range of conditions and facts of life absolutely true. What man has done and won by hard work Is practically the measure of the achievements and gains of innnkind, all the way up from the grossest aud blindest savagery. What man Is destined yet to do and win by earnest toil will be the measure of the advances and victories of the coming years and centuries. But It Is always well to give a little sober thought to the subject of man's unending indebtedness to forces always beyond his control, a beneficent heritage without which he could not live. Labor conquers all things which can be overcome by human effort or resources of whatever kind, but outside of the widest boundaries of mans gains and his mastery over his environment there is an unmeasured realm in vvhiih he is only a powerless spectator, a plaything of forces which are beyond his grasp, or else the watched and guarded creature of a creator above human comprehension, in the sense that material things are weighed and appraised. It is very true that the promise of further vast gains and finer triumphs of human toil and talents rests upon the ability of mankind to bring the creative powers and the productive endow incut of human beings Into more perfect harmony with the tremendous elemental forces of nature. That is to say, human progress and the fate of l"'11'1 upon the setting of ,i,:"lkil"1 the stage for the worlds great drama and upon the utilization of resources which man did not create and could never have provided. There is wholesome humility In that eternal and fundamental fact. It is the basic truth which balances the other great truth that is so much in evidence in the celebration of Labor 'day. It steadies, sobers and widens mans concept of his place in the universe. It is essentially and forever a thought worth remembering. Cleveland News. Trade Union Achievement Second to no other achievement of trade unions, lias been its effective insistence upon educational opportunities. its first demand was for free public schools for children and compulsory education laws, which has been followed by a developing understand-:that educational opportunities ought to parallel life and ifforts to increase opportunities for adult education. , g method or condition originated by the employers. The wage earners principal problems are grouped under two heads; under one lies the entire question of terms of employment and conditions of labor; under the other the relationship which exists between employer and employed. The trade union movement exists for the purpose of enabling wage earners, as such, to have a control over their lives, a definite voice in determining the conditions under which they will give their labor In industry and com merce. The paternalistic policy which under lies stock ownership, welfare plans, company unions, and other forms of relationship employers have estab lished, are all paternalistic in theii purpose. The vvotkers are to be given something which will' create a beliel that the trade union organization is unnecessary for their welfare and pro tection. The purpose is not different from that of those few wise monurchs who prevented the people from devel oping a desire, or a determination to establish by improving their condition through various so called reforms. Autocratic or paternalistic govern inent could not endure when men's minds became open, for then they saw the necessity of governing themselves and so monarchies were overthrown and republics established in their place. It is much the same with the proh lem which the wage earner must deal with, whether he is willing or not. Regardless of the improvements which employers may establish in their personal relationship with their employees, and the methods by which this relationship is applied, so that the employees may have something to say about conditions of labor, the outstand ing fact is that it is only through militant trade union organization that the workers can have control over their lives as wage earners. With society erected as it Is today, upon an industrial basis, it is as essential that the wage earners should have control over their lives in industry, as fully as in their political relationship to all others as citizens of a common country. It is only through trade unionism that the wage earners can secure an adequate voice in determining the conditions under which they labor and live. International Labor News I have no pane now, dear Egypt and the Near East was greatly remark : Not only was France mother. One carried this warning: curbed but the British nation re- - "The driver of tills bus Is a Guy's The Empress Eugenie of France ceived an investment that has more hospital student. The conductor Is a was one of the first passengers taken than quadrupled in capital value Guy's hospital student. The pollce- man is a Guy's hospital student. Any through the Suez canal when it was durlng the years that have elapsed. officially ope led to traffic In 1S09. She one who throws a brick will be a ; was aboard the first vessel passed Humor During Strike Guy's hospital patient. Disraeli's purchase of the through. Signs on some of the omnibuses shares in the Suez canal which had manned by volunteers during the LonToo been held by the khedive of Egjpt, on don strike took on a humorous tone. Archie Do you think you could November 25, 1S75, was considered his Said one: A stone in the hand' is learn to love me? boldest and timeliest stroke. By ttiis worth two in the bus. On an omniAlice No; I have us much as I can iu bus with all its glass gone was the do to Kuril tennis and h move Great Britains position K!o strengthened. j j 111 Health Because of his wifes frequent III health. Mr. J. F. Gage was obliged to do the washing and for the cooking family. One day when Mrs. Gage was confined to her bed, he brought her the newspaper to read. Among the advertisements she noticed a letter from another sick woman telling of the help she had received from Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. Ill try it, she decided. Her husband brought home a bottle and only a few days after she had begun to take it she felt well enough to be up around the house. Gradually ker general health improved until she is now able to do her own work. In a letter which Mrs. Gage recently wrote, she said, I have taken twelve bottles and feel like a new woman. She has told many women about Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and one of her friends is now taking it. Her address is Mrs. J. F. Gage, Route 5, Brownwood, Texas. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has been taken by women for more than half a century with very satisfactory results. Add to Agricultural Products of America Avocado, chayote, dasheen, pejibaye and telfaeria are words that mean nothing to most of the people in the United States, says the Hudson Star. They are, however, worth knowing about and may become familiar ones in the market place. They are new fruits and vegetables that have been Introduced into the United States by a group of agricultural explorers employed by the government to search the world over for new farm and garden products for America. Among other advantages possessed by the United States is the remarkable one that somewhere within its borders are conditions of climate and soil in which any plant may be grown. In the last twenty-fiv- e years they (the agricultural explorers) have introduced into the United States more than 51,000 new grains, fruits, forage crops, vegetables and other plants. Lively How is everything going here nowasked a recently arrived adays? guest. Lively, sir ! Lively pridefully replied the landlord of the Fruntytown tavern. Why, yesterday a stranger broke the spider web that has been across the doorway of the grocery for quite a spell. That, I'd say, is an indication that things are looking up, good and proper! Kansas City Star. ! Vacant Prairie Lands It is estimated that there are still in the three prairie provinces some 30,000,000 acres of cultivable land, within 15 miles of existing railways, which is as yet unsettled. In Manitoba only about ll.S of the cultivable acreage is n.ow under field ero;n In Alberta only 17.5 of the available area is being farmed, while In Saskatchewan the percentage is 34.7. Americas favorite early settlers are those who pay up promptly the first of each month. safe relief COENS In one minute your misery from corns is ended. That's what Dr. Scholl's Zino-pado safely by removing the cause-pres- sing or rubbing of shoes. You risk no infection from amateur cutting.no danger s from drops" (acid). are thin, medicated, antiseptic, protective, healing. Get a box at your druggists or shoo dealer's today 35c. Zino-pad- For Free Sample write The Scholl Mfg. 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