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Date 1912-11-30

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dnterest to Wa age Earners tors are not secured. While to in- corporate all of these Hines in a full and complete education may be the deal toward which the schools are working, Very few have attained this ideal'and there seems no present (prospect of ite universal attalnment. In the -meanwhile, if these different objects can be worked out by some outside organization, thelr practica fully demon- IVESTINE AND ORGANIZED LABOR afusion of Military Spirit Objection Raised Was Organised Following the South , A iS eee eee grevelitien Raise Objootions. LIEUT. GEN. BADEN-POWELL WAS THE ORIGINATOR tions Along. Boy Scout Lines in Am rica Baden-Powell s Lectures to dtnary school curriculum and that Scouts on *Seouting in War and Peace Suggests That Militarism Uader-' lies the Whole Movement. feanlbility thelr usefwlneos in hild taratopment fag Uuetratod wl e much: easier for the public to de- jp-and that they be. made part of the ee orale Typographi- cal Union. Sinks 600,000 in the Money Market. FOUR CANADIAN e thera. trained in thes lines be empjayed. 60 Big a Load for Teachers. If tho full responsibility of inatruct b,x the youth of our country in mor- 725 end ethics be placed upon the pubic schools. under thelr present /organtzation, the load might be more than they eould carry. At present it le Ympossible to keep the boys and rirht under their constant supervi+ During the months of summer -Sbixion, ag well as during that part of Uy daly not spent in the school, + s absolutely no control, Su:'4 outside organization can sup- plemrr-t this moral and ethjgal in- struc ux the school boy will be the Under the present -organixa Hon a reat majority of the teachers: m, and it would not be prac- 19 expect them to lead the n. (erose-country hikes, door yiunustics end camp life. To. the change would lead to traipine and employment of more quallse veacaers or to the utilization of the ptesent force in the But tt seul be noted that many of the texters of the boy scouts are the active and efficient men 1 the public schools, so that after al (he school still has an in- fluence tn the boy scout movement which should be increased and dev Rightiy Directed Will Help. The boy scout movement seems to be one phase of a larger. movement, Sometimes termed the simple life, the purpose of which is to couxteract the injurious cffects of our ncreas- ingly complex civilization and method f livin. The idea is to get Lack to the elemental thing. to close sontact with the earth, forost and yater, to develop a strong, vigorous. physiau gt;, that the boy may nw the pu: joy of mere living, and as a strong, exisienee, although practically all of Deslthy, animal be absle to teke care the; branches..throughout the. country The street sweeptra of New York City bave petitioned to have their Wages increased from 780 year to 920. Extra pay for Sunday work is A year ago the American Federa- Labor also . passed. resolutions, con-yhis parents, patrol leaders, and scout Yon of Labor referred a resolutiun Gemning the movement. j condemning the Boy Scouts to the At the May meeting of the Execa- Executive Committee who have since tive Council; held in Washington, te. Presentatives of the boy scout move- met, Mr James F. West, the Rxe- made the following report on oon-lecutive Secretary of New Yor Jaitions as found by the committee. et imastere without) question, was r- jalso asked, for. vised to read: Consider Bonds From the Dominion Will Yield In- come A weout is obedient, Ine obeys his parents, mcout mastex patrol leader, and all other duly ou-( stituted authorities. reason for the change, the revisi s re- moves the serious objection tha: organization was intended to bri strikes. Objections Not Refuted. The objection to the organization on the ground of encottraging mil- itarism isnot so clearly refuted. t is quite evident that though the tet- ter of the constitution and bylaws may not, openly favor military train- ing, the spirit of the organization could very readily develop that ten- dency and could endow military pur- poses and ideals with a glamor that would allure many an American boy. Then, too, the fact that last winte- the lecture given im thts country by Gen. Baden-Powell under the aus- pices of the Boy Scouts ,ef: America upon the subject of Scouting in War seems to indicate friend- ly relations with that organization Jand to clearly emphasize the ultimate military purposes. for the organiza- for which -Geo. Ihimselt stands. Charges-Are Refnted. In letiey Which Mf. James 1. West wrote ur Mr. Ow eretary of the meri Styiusicians, teres 2rd wiich -irose The Texas State Council of Carpen- ters 8 working on a plan to bdulld a home for the indigent and disabled carpenters of the State in the near future. E weade full enquiry into the workings jof the organization and have just Whatever S. Martin, the Exectitive Se- hore emereptarapecas Sis pete of lt; e appeared. be- Introduced condemning fore the Council, explained the move- the boy scout organization and thaliment, and filed documents. This con- boy scout movement, which, after ference and the data Slc brought out due deliberation, was refereed to the ine following facts: 3 Execative Council for an for report thereon to thie. con- vention. Tendencies to. Militarism. The American Boy Scouts was in- troduced into this country some years ago. The movement originated tn England. This movement was trans- ported in its entirety and without any changes. The scouts were required to learn military drills and use the rifle The scout organization in Eng- land aces: weit Lieut. Ger. followed beg Soul rite war that had alarmed England as to her future fighting stock. The movement ap- peared to b military cabal, scouts Were being trained to arms and inured to the privations oi camp Mfe. There. are about 400,000 boys: otganized in England and tn her col- onies. The founders of in this country suggested the organ- ization of the American Boy Scouts fxs a national institution, Profainent workers tor boy welfrre jattended- meetings aad helped y launch the movement perond io other rit efforts. met lution was The Plumbers and Steamfitters Internationa Unton has increased its membership by about six thousand in a year. The total membership is now about 30,000. investigation. Two Organizations. There are in the United States two boy scout movements the American Boy Scouts and the Boy Scouts of The ideale and activities lof te Boy Scouts of. America are for peace and the building up of body, mind and character. The rifle js not a part of thelr equipment. It seems that in the launching of the move- ment, a8 result of, increasing and insistent demands for Information from all over the country, that a manual was hastily pr pared fo- use. In this rather unwise ual was taken bodily, from that used in England and was not carefully. ited. AS. result there appeared in the manual considerable emphasis on militarism, and the section just quot- ed which, roused organized: Iabor, As soon as popular criticism called .the fattention of the. Executive Board to these objections, the Boaril directed that the plates af ebanged as soon as paelblu: Fisher these 1 ed. toy oFeap an lthrocgh oversight er failure to -con- siter ali thelr beariags, or popstar criticism had convinced the Yeaders that 2 change of i taxable State, county, township, .city or school bonds. The council ts also lempower d, f deemed advisable, t gt; deposit the funds of the International Union in any reputable bank or banks For practical charity organized 1a- bor has a record second to that of no other human institution. Every year it disburses millions wf dollars Bt aaathy ick, cub-ot- work aud 08 age benefits. are we ticable America. be sus, ee oe the formation of a new butch- lon at a Chicago mase meeting ee seecsee ceases the eighty thousand stock yards tollers in the Windy City has been greatly advanc- paden: ed and strengthened. consideration of any pro- f for one moment would a Toop hole for the defeat of public iosnership. This is one of the. main /Pienke of the Trades and Labor Conprees,.and of trades unionism throwghout the world. Plank No. Platform of Prin- ds Yor the public, ownership il. franchises, such as, railways, telephones, water works, lighting, eto. There are trained, teachers closely: the man. 24 Peace, Za: the' lst Heat Sar. sate sye of the United States paid to labor, in round figures, 42,000,000 more than would have been required had the wage schedule of 1910 been in effect. /and 69,000,000) more than the wares of 1909 demanded. te Congress 10,000) of the City of Victoria (B. C,) debentures, which will yield am income of 4.4 per cent. . 10,000 Province of Ontario bonds. which will net the International 3.9 per cent. 10,000. City of Toronto 3 1-2- per cent, bonds at a-price which wil? het 4.3 per cent. 10,000 City of Calgary (Alta) 1-2 percent. bonds at a price that wil? net the International 46-8 -per-cent. They-are all bonds that are market able at any tlme at a price'that yiold the investor from 3 1-2 to 4 per Raden-Powell , reasons. given e movement for ipiosttion the: franchise orb position. There are those who are of opinion thut the time has not yet arrived wher street railways are a necessity for Medicine Hat,and will) therefore sett pists ap) X agatast the bylaw whealed and present nications are that. eae eS . Miller, Se- Federation the diffe . Louis, it In 0 The latest reports regarding :the desperate: struggle of the iron mold- ers throughout Ontario for the nine- encouraging. Many 79 been already obtain- hook he slhed been me 2 ofgenization It is only yFect One Bias: reference, Thetorganization fs still in hai 1 showld cor- hour ae ha It 18 Yotes upon. Aetgicg ty the delay that f ) bain GSpreionced Sn getting + wath hecsiz yori from prominent meg throushout sountry. ls Wes Deceseurs ae ircumstances, of himself under all By a Local , Trade. Unionist SHEE LIN CO We have 75 Goats that v out at a dis 20. oe Ill DOMINON CITIES ON List Near Four Per Cent. to the Union. These are a Taterhitlona Typo Dalon than a Po. by referendum yote, has jnst amond- to ey. them ed a section of its bylaws relating to in the seasor the investment Of gurplus funds of the snap price is organization. The executive counol? man who fs now authorized to invest all funds side can f 50,000 in bonds of the et et United States and Canada or im non- ue lt; lt; Turpin The Man's Stor selected and accept as security bonds Get the Big D from any approved surety company x bf good reputation. Under this law the exectitive council has invested 525,000 in approved securities, ; x :MPhe executive. council has also. Pare Pe 4 placed an F for 75,000 im bonds + in addition to the above amount. They + Bow will includ + + 10,000 of the City of Ottawa, Ont.. THEE ET- on a 4 1-4 per cent. income basis, PRINTERS. cent. on the par value of the bonds. to adapt the mu without artificial assistance. Our ar- agrewhert-into rhape Modicime Hat which is to tificial method of living and the stram several tpure have. become affiliated with this or- ganization. There are, however, Gstructions for the boy scouts, in- cluded the rudiments. of The council may Yate thowwins January, a proposal paeprsa Tagan feels that in making these investments it has teken steps SAS ES that will secure 600,000 of the funds of the Peta Sete ; MORRIS CONDE ee ee AEWITT oil the Levor parties j Empire shail hold cdnvention e-relder the Isbor polley.of Imperiat ttatrs, wit a view to united action on questions affecting the relations of conetituent parts of the Empire to each other and-to foreign countries, and the Labor Socialist movement as 8 whole. a gple om the populektent roll, ao if sethis IR delayed for wany months Hu sejuction will ot prove quite so sirens, But omy dig Kick cgainat the pet ute. franchise basis eet 46 gestion that the emrioye will not te- cette the same trestmant ae from a munietpelly controlled railway. Strect: Tatiway . corporations along.yery agreeably with their om miIBer of lt;usattabhed: lot modern industry have so taxed the nea Pe rnc physical endurance of theract that pervision. They drill with rifles, and) lentists have been constantly warn ingus that We must conserve our arely. physical resources or therace will de- miliary, ,, TO tls we SFI riorata The boy scout movement rightly directed will help to solve this. problem. present ideal of the organi- zation is to. develop all of of the good qualities resulting from military life cooking... signal- Dontiag. training, camping, woodcraft, swimmizg, the rescue of persons from the water, fire, c. Special achievements were rewarded by certificates and medals, Official uniforms were adopted. Mil- itary terms were used In connection with organization . such as enlisting and recruiting; drummers and trum- peters were encouraged to join the addition to. the ars working practically. without su- fmplicit loyaicy and pbedienee to-em- pioyers, which were :nost offensive to , Were changed) entirely. A peout is loy- ai to the, President and to his officers and to-his parents, his country and employers, he mu t stick to them throngh thick and thin against any lone who is their en my and who even talks badly of them, im fact most of thelr activities are clause which st pe ae radically opposed. It is not quite clear just what Mr. West implies by saying that branches of that did organization have ated with his organfzation. might occur. seldom get . Fifty-two union upholsterers It is nov organisation. was changed to Vancouver Sp plain whether or not these affiliated plores.... The latter demand union re- ployed in the wholesale department Without the attendant evils of mttt game and drills, there was the boy A scout is Joyal, is loyal to branches have ofa Mimeapolis furniture company ceased all connection liariem, To gain these. results, boys cognition and get i: fom scout law, which, with the scout oath, Inade up the ode. tion of the scout law contained the all to whom loyalty is due; is scout Bis home, and parents and Another with the older organization. 4s to the specific charges of hostil- ity to labor organizations, the follow- im this city have returned to work, after being on strike against the ven- volved bas agreed to install an ado- are taught to regard as sports the talking of animals, to eam thejt customs, to catch picture of them in eres. They, pp0 tently r6o wages for tbe'long hours and un- Satisfactory working conditions that recelyo mes- The second sec- leader, country. A scout is: 10; they have to encounter. No insinu- quate ventliating system witiin a folowing seritences; A scout obeys orders trom ling replies were made: In regard tolthefr native haunts, . exploring, . the Des Moines theident, ft was sald Thera is much about theactivities of jal to his parents, to his superiors, to specified time or forfelt an amouut im accordance with the Iaw govern- ing the sanitation of factories and workshops: atfons ar made that tho men would hardships under the Aitken Fropesitinn. Eut nothing is certain. With the rallwaz ownerabip zrom his country, and to his employers. H must stick to them through thick an thin against every one who is thelr enemy or even talks badly of that the bootblacks were Greek boys the orgaulzation that would serve us a School for training the imagination, vantage of a temporary increase it /such as the mphasis Inid on legends, demand due too fair, anid increased animal life, the weird mystery of the who were endeavoring to take ad- municipal its inception THE CANADIAN them: their charges from 5 cents to Attorney-General Carmody; of Al- (19) camp fire, the long nights spent in the working man has a most effectual This ofganization of scouts becarie very popular and attracted much .at- LABOR CONGRESS: cents. A scout leader who was rath- ler indignant at the attempt at whatland the winds telling strange stories bany, N. ., in an opinion issued re- open with only the stars. overhead, cently, holds that und r n amend- erpon to use in case of labor diffi- cxitios, Tho railway Is in the hands tention; although .exact information of-its aims ana purposes was not gen- asserted that he could supply enough of the stream and forest and hillside, to the State Inbor Iaw made bootblacks froni his boy scouts to do this year it Is necessary before a of the Conell the Council is in the These things bring out the: poetry Soeee ee amtion rs Setugroenerts erally known. The attention of or- OW THE SCOUTS all the Work at the old price. would look more fair under these child between the ages of 14 and 16 Ufe anid the poetry of the world, and ganized labor was attracted to the moyemddt by two characteristics its tendency to foster militarism and West asserted that there was no trio : serve-as an antidote for much of our or labor difficulty involved, and that conditions to the railway employe. too practical civilization. The verdict as'to the treatment meted years may be employed in any factory in this State that svich-child shall be The Inbor movement of Can- the speaker did not intend to imply such as the emphasis laid on legends, examined as to physical fitness by a ede isnot opposed to the or- the employe would le with the elec- possible interference with organized FG illlisiy Weheeegewere any avowed policy of opposition to medical officer of the State Labor labor organizations as such. The in- torate of. the city. What redress can Department or by a health officer. be wecured agdinst a corporation The Adolescence Age. The movement setzes the keener ia- ganization of the youth of Dominion. for the purposes of emphasized by the expressions of those who were backing it so that irs chief purpose seemed to be that of + cident was purely local and did not represent the deals and purposes of the movement. without strikes and oftimes violence 4s am uncertain problem. The Trades and Labor Council will their instruction in the rudi- + ments of camping, Boating, bath- terests of the boys of the adoles- cence age and directs them toward William S. Bigger, reneral organ- izer of the United Brotherhood of pure and simple things, and in this way keeps them away from much bf jthe evil and impure that would other- ise occupy their thoughts and time. It deals with the problems of child training by the simple process of substituting good things for evil things and crowding out what be detrimental. construction work or the elevation of thelr physical conditions. feeder to the army. Military ideals were held up to impressionable youths. The possibility of its antag- onism to labor organizations using and training the boys as strike - breakers was brought out by two il- lustrations. At Des Moines, Towa, boy jpcouts were used to break a strike of Referring to the Ironton band, he stated that he had known nothing of the affair until the called to his attention, and that it was not the purpose of the organization to encourage the organization of scout bands, and it certainly did not ap- Prove of the organization of such 20 donbt consider the proposed agrec- has beer ineat thoroughly and may find good features to the proposition, but it jwould alot appear as though, in their nxlety to seo the cars running tu Medicine Hat, they will give the cold tirn down to Plank No. 6. Carpenters and Joiners, elected to the Legislature trom the Eighth Legislative District of Penn- sylvania. Mr. Bigger is theauthor of the tight-hour bill passed at the last session bf the Legislature. ger has been a persistent champion) of the shorter work day in Pennayl- It fs the activity displayed by the foun- ders of the orgafiization who are identified with military idea of Boy incident Mr. Big- operations. The Scouts organization was never SY Bee Widen Ideals of Schools, * The lets of to suggestion and desirous of doing Asked to Hi what the publis demands: Hyland Sera To be Militarism or Nott : Pa The officials have expressed de- Vancouver, Nov. 2 sire to shape the ideals and practices: - is making every eff: of th movement in accord with the Hewitt, the popular aims and ideals of organized lsbo: Paperman and well The boy scout movement ts n w In thority, to accept the formative period; it is dally gain- referee at Calgary ing in popularity and influence; it - tnd Fighting Dick E promises to have great power in boy- The Vancouver. spc life for good or evil. Whether this pressed a willingne power shall be directed toward mil ley's next hout whe ifariem or toward dealizing the avo visit a few days cations and pursuits pertaining to don s intentions to peace and civic and soclal uplift is eharge of affairs at nOW to be determined. The movement that .bout fell thro has features and tendencies that can there would be a ch now be turned in either direction. If itt go to Calgary. organizations working to promote the Condon a free han general uplift, endeavoring to devel of an official, and op the best that is in humanity. make the trip to should tndorse the movement. it wil Lowes, of Calgary, be within thelr power to keep the the third man in th boy scout movement away from mill- : tarism, in the direction of pure whole gt; COLLEGE some ideals. If-we keep in touch with the movem nt, we may be able to Washington, Nov shape ond direct it; if we condemn ir, today destroyed we shall find more difficulty in di buflding and the o feating the military tendencies thit ing of the Marylan can 0 eaally develop and dominate lege at College Pat the movement, and thereby exert a The Jors will he far-reaching and potent influence in paratas was hurried here aud although this morning, the f ihaotblacks, who wished to increase Condemned by the Trades and Much of the work of the boy cout Is Ing, it was under doing might and should de under the yania, and while a former eight-hour law has been declared Dands for the purpose of competition. Tt was simply a case of a local auth- Ority failing to carry out the spirit any one of which each scout may pursue in order to win distinction is *MOFRS FROM THE LABOR WORLD. their prices. At Tronton, Mo,, m scout Po Labor Cong: of Canada, Ac- musical band was organized which e ime tion was taken at the conven- unconstitu . control and supervision of. the publig The wife of Mar school system. The is growth Seca, president oo vs aah aa Brasil, died today. The Canadian N Targe office buildi British trades unions in 1912 in- erenoed thelr membership by 304,2' tonal he hopes to see his last Bill stand the test of the courts. very wide one, and includes almost every form of useful human activity. Machinery May be Misused. The ideals of the movement seem to be well chosen and calculated to develop poise, self-confidence, comradeship among the boys. course in any organization of such a Size and scope there is a chance for the machinery tc be misused by some selected. This ts true of fany Orgunization, for only through ithe human agency can any deal te realizedy-and in dealing with human agent the personal will modify more or less pokes and Anstroetions of the officiais. Wherever there is a great chance for 800d to bedone there is also a great Chinese for perl to result anageniont. lant and objection have so far been pufely Tocal 5 the official competed with a band of organized musicians. Sehool Teachers Object. In Chicago. some of the, im the public schools whd: ganized in the Federation, tion in-Calgary and the follow- Jand-the ideals of the national move- ing resolution brought before the session by a Medicine Hat delegate was carried without a. Aissenting vote: Whereas, an organization effected, known as the throughout demand throughout the length aad breadth of the land that the scope and ideals of education should be widened and. adapted to needs of ail of the children; that the schoot may not only serve for th mind and for cultural purposes, but pall train the children to consery gt; and control their resources mental, physical and moral; that the schoot shall not only prepare for fature lite and work, but shall enter into and direct Jn the best channels child life. interests and ideals. The possibilities open to the school for infivenoing: standards ef honor-and -ethice ts c function that cannot be too strongly or gravely emphasized. We. cannot Fecommend. too heartily that every facility for education, for the consor- vation and dev lopment of the phy- (Continued on page leven.) An international labor congress Will be held in Austria in the year Richard V. Farley, a union printer, was lected at the recent election to the State Senate of Pennsylvania from the Fifth Senatorial district, Mr, Farley defeated William H. Key- ser, who has been a member of the legislature for the last quarter of century, and who was considered one of the important cog wheels in the oncedominant State political machine. Tn regard to the resolutions of the Chicago teachers, it is possible that In this case also the ground for op- position was occasioned by lack of harmony between the local authori- ties and the avowed purposes and in- tent of the organization. ment of the teachers that the work done by the boy scout im nature study, wood craft, physical culture, and ethics belongs t teachers and the. school, not alto- gether convincing, nome of the more progressive schoo s have attempted-something along these Chicago became alarmed at the tendencies and appointed), tee to investigate and its pufposes, but this committee was flot permitted to attend to any of the metings of ithe officials, Ac- cordingly the Teachers Federation, after making all observations gad in- vestigations possible, adi condemning A Dew Isher temple at San Jose. Californis, was decided on at a recent ey as, ada, and whereas, the training ven the youth of the country onnected with the organization infusing spirit of militarism, be it re- solved that this Congress go on records as, while being heartily in sipport. of civing the youth peopertrainine-in-everydny te; that We are oppased to. the in- troduction of anvthing tends to.the infusion of the. mil- spirit in the The argu- (Thomas H Cancing, of Boston, has re-elected General Master Work- of the Knights of Labor. organization towards ic VES annual convention of the Nat- gees Dillons and BIN Posters Union (1 meet in New York City, Decem- ie 2 Ag a result of the general forty- clj:ht hour protest strike of the Ital tem seamen on government hes, 2 (item of a3y A total of 50 and costs was the fine fmposed upon the Spreckles Su- gar Refining Company, Philadelphia, by 2 local magistrate, although it was conclusively proven, by lt;jte Con- sumers'-Lesguo that seven girls un- equation Tesolu- the organizatfou because of Its military nature and be- cause-it appointed as teachers of ra- mature boys persons not required to conform to the nsual nnd standards; and because it placed instrisction that -properly belonged to the public schools under outside jur- The Chicago Federation of It i true that the pur- Hines, but the greater proportion of the schools outside of the Iarge-cittex yory little of this work. This 1s due to lark of funds, apd-to the salariea paid the teachers, so well equipped gad efticlent inst qualifications through derjsighteon -years of age.have been refinery all night in Pe en Subscribe now for The Daily News workers, the je State factory laws, organiza- nthe seen amenable isdiction. fecal ee ate ay

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