Cut off that cough with
112 Expectorant —^
prevent pneumonia^ —
|P bronchitis and consumption.
e wor^s Standard Throat and Lung
Get it of your druggist and keep it always ready in the house.
LITHE MILL WORKERS
TRUE TALES TOLD BY CHILD
f'-AVES UNDER OATH TO THE
ANTHRACITE STRIKE COM
MISSION.
There Little Girls Stood All Night In
t'-e Midst of Dangerous. Whirling
Machinery For a Mere Pittance, and
All This Under a Law That Experi
ence Has Proved Inefficient.
Conditions surrounding child labor
in Pennsylvania have been such that
the State has become a gathering place
tor factories that rely upon cheap la
bor. no matter how obtained, for great
profits.
Particularly true is this of the slik
ami woolen factories that have drained
the. schools of the anthracite and bi
tuminous coal regions of thousands of
children. For these little ones, the
bill which has been framed and modi
fied under the supervision of the Penn
sylvania Child Labor Committee will
be a means of rescue and a permanent
safeguard against future imposition.
The character of work that has been
required from these children of the
mining regions is best told in the offi
tial notes of testimony given before
the Anthracite Strike Commission in
Hi i anton, Dec. 15, 1902. Following are
excerpts from that evidence:
Theresa McDermott called to the
stand:
How old are you? Eleven past.
Are you working anywhere? Yes,
sir. in the silk mill.
Here in Kcfanton? No. sir, up in
Dunmore.
How 1 ng have you worked there?
About four months.
Days or nights? Days.
What time do you go to work? We
start at seven o'clock in the morning.
What time do you stop at. night?
Fix o'clock.
What do you do there? I learned
reeling.
Stand up or sit down? Stand up.
What do you get a week? About $2.
Have you been to school? Yes. sir.
How far did you get in the readers?
Third reader.
Annie Denko called:
How old are you? Thirteen.
Where do you work? In the silk
mill.
l>o you work f.-i's or nights? Nights.
What time do you goto work? I
start to work at half-past six.
How long do you work? Twelve
hours.
You are about thirteen hours alto
gether going and coming to the mill
and working? Yes. sir.
You go home at half-past six in the
morning? Yes. sir.
Winter and summer? Winter and
summer.
How long have you worked there?
1 am working here over a year.
Do you stand up or sit down? Stand
up all night.
What do you do? I t,wist.
Do you stop in the middle of the
night to eat? We have half an hour.
How much do you get ? I get five
cents and a half an hour.
For twelve hours or ten? We work
twelve hours.
The Chairman (Judge Gray)— What
is the law in this state about working
!n textile factories, do you know. Mr.
112 Torrey? Mr. Torrey—No. I do not.
The Chairman Anv law about work
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Here is a Genuine Bargain "PPQTTI nn^-Mnr
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Nobody —not even a manufacturer ever made The Hawthorne is Identical with the cream separator
WBiwß'm t* a prices so low on Standard High Grade Sepai ators as that received the Gold Medal at the St. Louis Exposition
»/■ 11 0 : we are quoting now. last year, in competition with the world. The expert
Hna . ri, I 0l!r 1 Hawthorne Cream Separator, with a judges acknowledged it to be the best skimmer in the
■ caj:. /of 250 lt»s. of milk an hour, guaranteed in world: easily cleaned; sure to be sweet: safe, and
j IP iS*Jb,S * *** every way. we now sell you at $36.00. It is superior easy to operate. Our dairy manager has made tests with
BSbpJI <df'L-• '\ y~SL to any other make. the Hawthorne that show it to leave less than one one-
A./A Our No. 2 Hawthorne, capacity 350 lbs, of milk an hundredth of one per cent of butter fat in the skim irsilk
T IT hour, we sell at $45.00. If it does not satisfy you. send In December, and even do better than this during the
■ k" - ifjSij Jit back. summer. It will skim closer than any other separator
JGrSM. iSk Anc * cur ' V,CI ' Hawthorne, capacity 500 lbs. of at ajiy price, and is. in reality, the same separator, only
milk an hour, for ssi 50. sold by us under another name, that is usually sold for
Either size will be sent you on approval and for you $65.00 (for No. 1), $85.00 (for No. 2), and SIOO.OC
'° ' es< anc ' "-y. and " " does not prove to be the very (for No. 3).
'ft best crecm separator you ever heard of, you can return We will gladly send you a full description of the
j " at cur '"P® O36, and no ' be out one penny. Hawthorne; or wo will send you for free examination
mat IwtfJWe have sold thousands of Hawthorne Cream Sep- either size you desire, without advance deposit of any
f® K YyEgjjMffML " arators —ut higher prices than we now offer them— ktnd, if you follow our directions in "Paragraph 3" on
Jff and all have given perfect satisfaction. page 3of our No. 73 Catalogue. But the best plan ii
V You will find former prices at which we have been ,0 send the cash with your order, get and use the K?p-
Jf Jfff selling Hawthornes on page 77 of our No. 73 Catalogue, arator, and then decide as to Its merits. If you'll take
Sff asfollows: No. 1. $43.75 i now $36 00c No. 2. $63.75 your money back for it after you've used it. you can
MO.I NO.S (now $45.00); No. 3. $75.00 (now $51.50). We have have it for the asking.
l T i.UlU{(UlllCl y VV ai U Ijr LU. large order in anticipation of your wants, and in buying doing without, now, or for putting up with an inferior
Michigan Avenue. Madison by ?"* V ° secuied a cou " machine any longer. Send in your order today and
and Wathintfton Streets cession in price, which we gvre yon. have the separator to use at once. io
ing ar njgnt:
Mr. McCarthy—No. no law about
working at night.
By the Chairman:
Would you rather goto school? We
can't; I have togo to work.
Would you rather work in the mill
than to live out at service? 1 would
rather live out at service than go to the
mill.
Commissioner Parker—Would you
rather goto school than goto the mill?
Yes. sir.
The Chairman —I think the father
ought to be seen. Mr. Torrey. and the
employers, too. There is no use .in
disguising the fact that it may be a ne
cessity, but there must be many cases
in which the fathers allow this and
give their own consent to coin the
flesh and blood of their children into
money to help their income when there
is no absolute necessity for it. It is an
I outrage.
j Helen Sissak called:
How old are you? Eleven years,
past. v
Where do t you work? I work ir.
Dunmore in the Cambria Silk Mills.
How long have you worked there?
One year.
i Do you work days or nights? Nights,
j How many hours? What time do you
jgo there and what time do you get
i back? I go at half-past six and leave
i the mill at half-past six in the morn
| ing.
How far do you live from the mill?
! About a mile from tin- mill: takes half
I an hour to get to the mill.
| What do you do in the mill? Carry
i bobbins.
i Carry them from one place to an
! other? No; *ne bobbin gets empty
; and T take the empty bobbin off rhe
| frame and clean the bobbin and put it
! fin a board.
I Do you stand up all night or sit
I down? I have to walk around to get
! the bobbins and sit down and clean
j them.
How long have you worked nights? j
' One year.
! Always worked nights? Yes.
How much dc you get? Three cents !
j an hour.
Have you a certificate of your age
\ as required by law. or don't they re- j
' quire certificates? Yes, they won't
: permit us in the mills unless you hav# j
! n certificate.
Hnnlril n I'rw I'olntem.
It is barely possible that Mr. Bryan's |
1 object in calling on the president last j
i Saturday was to obtain a few pointers
; as to the most effectual method of re
i organizing the Democratic party.—Chi
i eago Tribune.
' "
THE GRANGE
Conducted by J. W.DARROW,
ITrt* irtrrupondont Nm Vor<i SUitt
Ora nflr
MRS. SARAH G. BAIRD.
OuJy Woman Who Ever I'osl
tiikit of MitNter of \ny Stale (iriuiKf.
Mrs. Sarah CJ. Raird of Minnesota,
the only woman who has held the office
of master of a state grange, is one of
the strongest women in an order that
encourages the women in every way to
take places on the level with men.
I'mler her leadership the grange in her
own state has prospered, and the state
shows greater activity in grange work
than for years. It is needless to say
that Mrs. Itaird is a magnificent speak
er, a fine presiding officer and a strong
worker in every way. She is in the
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MRS. SAliAil G UAIItD. j
ninth year of her mastership of the 1
utate grange. George \V. l'aird is «;:te
keeiH'f of the national jrniug."'. and he
and Mis. Baird are charter members of
Minnehaha plunge, which was or
ganized twenty-eight years ago and
lias never become dormant. Mr. l'.aird
Is master of Minnehaha grange. Speak
ing of his work, he says;
"Our work in the subordinate grange
is now principally along educational
lines. Our members have the greatest
faith in the Order and have clung to
its principles during all the years of
our organization. We now see the ben
ell ts of organization as never before,
and we are enjoying to the fullest the
social and educational advantages of
our work. We have a well equipped
hall and everything necessary to make
our iv-fotines a success."
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