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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
5
The Labor Argus invites local union secretaries to mail news and notices. All copy for future issues must arrive at the office by Tuesday each week and be written on one side of the paper only.
The Bricklayers met Tuesday at Assembly Hall with large attendance and business discussed. The Carpenters plan a lively meeting tonight as the Labor Union pages toward renewal and growth, with several new members to be initiated at the Tender Local Union gathering Sunday afternoon June 9.
A large crowd heard remarks by Lewis and District officers at a Union gathering in Winifrede. National Vice President T Lewis and District Craige spoke urging unity and further organization work across the region. Advices from Spring Valley mention favorable coal coalition signals and a hoped- for visit by President Mitchell before his vacation.
The University of Wisconsin hosts the American bureau of industrial research to preserve early American labor history. Plans call for reprinting rare documents in several volumes and publishing a History of Industrial Democracy in America. Individuals with copies of papers or convention records are asked to contact the bureau in Madison.
Two more states have established direct election of United States senators. Iowa and Washington have joined, making eighteen states adopting direct senatorial elections this year. The northern states listed include Oregon, Washington, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma. The southern states named are Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Organized labor is linked to homemaking and family well being, stressing that unions strengthen the family unit and national prosperity. Arbitration gains ground as a fair method to settle labor disputes amid rising worker empowerment and educated membership.
The text discusses compulsory arbitration in New Zealand with penalties for employers and workers who breach provisions. It notes no strikes since enactment, suggests stabilizing effects on wage levels and trade, and mentions similar vestibule law efforts in Iowa with state federations backing legislation for street and electric railway employees.
The piece promotes gold hing dental work as the best choice for long lasting teeth. It emphasizes serviceability and aesthetics and notes Wakarat geld is used locally with cost based on gold used rather than ability to pay. Painless method is highlighted as a specialty.
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