Profiteers Rally Fake Patriotism to Black Living Wage
In San Francisco on September 17, twenty six thousand skilled mechanics walked out of 100 factories, halting 150 million dollars in government and private marine contracts. The strike, not linked to the war effort or alien money, is stated as independent of other local labor actions and not connected to the streetcar or Seattle wooden ship strikes.
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Robert W. Hobbs
San Francisco
Seattle
Th. W. Burton
Iron Trades Council
Pacific Coast Tron Trades Council
Dradstreet
Bradetreet
Red Cross
Fanderson
Freckle Free Lotion Hint and War Labor Stand
An advertisement touts a homemade lemon juice lotion using three ounces of orchard white for a cheap freckle and complexion boost. The piece shifts to a labor dispute where iron workers demand wage increases tied to growing living costs and war profits, citing Bradstreet index data and wartime contracts.
League and City Fight Gas Rates Campaign
Attorneys I A Michelson and Milsted organize the Gas Consumers league at 205 Boston Building to contest a proposed gas rate increase. Members contribute $1 to fund legal work before the state commission.
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I. A. Michelson
L. & Mildted
Gas Consumers’ League
Boston
League
Michelson and Milsted
State Commission
Evolution of Caste Fading in Postwar Prospect Song
The verses imagine a future after war where caste and power fade. It predicts elimination of millionaires as fortunes concentrate less, envisioning a better world with reduced class hatred. The piece expresses faith in social progress and equality through gradual change. Florence Upstairs at Union Street referenced.
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