Galveston Journal (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1906 Page: 4 of 6
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WATCH THESE LABELS
THE CASH BOY TALKS.
FULL STOCK OF
A MENACE TO CITIES
DRINK
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Our Latest Production
The Perfection of Bottled Beer
Galveston Brewing Company
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22nd and Market Streets
United Hailers of Norm America
LONG LIVE THE BOSS!
Stationary.
The Sunset Route
Licata Bros.
FINEST EQUIPMENT, OIL BURNING LOCOMOTIVES
DEALERS IN
Fine Groceries, Fish, Oysters,
HOW CITIES LOSE MONEY.
The Clean, Convenient and
3102 Avenue N
Phone 1013
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GALVESTON’S NEEDS.
Straight as the Crow Flies.”
UNION LABEL WHISKY
2424 STRAND
Galveston
CHAS. E. WITHERSPOON
DRUGGIST
FULL LINE OF FRESH DRUGS
21ST AND MARKET STS.
There is Only One
BAUSS’,2010 MARKET ST.
Phone 65.
New Orleans to
San Francisco .
Vegetables, Fruits and Game
FREE AND PROMPT DELIVERY
Makes connection at New Orleans with Southern
Pacific Steamship Line for New York and Havana
Also rail connection to Memphis, Atlanta, Birming-
ham, Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Chicago and all points
in the North and East.
PORT
ARTHUR
ROUTE
When You Want Something Pure and Good
For Family Use, Call at
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“ ‘Yes, there are some things I don’t
know, and one of those things is this:
If there is a man more fit for the
lunatic asylum than you, I don’t know
him.’
“Then I commenced to whistle ‘Ev-
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union.
Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Builders
of America, Brotherhood of.
Brushmakers ’ International Union.
Brewery Workmen, International Un
Union of United.
Brick, Tile and Terra Cotta Workers'
Alliance, International.
Broom Makers ’ International Union.
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Inter-
national.
Carvers’ Association of North Amer
ica, International Wood.
Cigar Makers ’ International Union of
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Pabst Brewing Co., Milwaukee. Wis
Celebrated Bohemian Keg Beer
Bottle Beer.
Bohemian Select Expert.
Red. White and Blue.
Anheuser Busch Brewtg Assn. St. Louis
Celebrated Tony Faust Keg Beer.
Bottle Beer.
Budweiser.
Anheuser
When Officials Are Efficient.
When the administration of the de-
partments now in charge of our local
public officials show better results in
economy and efficiency, it will be time,
and not until then, to consider an en-
largement of their responsibilities.—
Everett W. Burdett.
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F. E. ROESLER,
IMMIG’N AGENT.
Kansas City Southern
Railway
Professor Fessenden Sounds a
Note of Warning.
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J. H. MORRIS,
TRAV’L PASS. AGT.
0. K. Laundry
TAYLOR BROS.
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OY EK THE road of a thousand
WONDERS IN CALIFORNIA
EXTREMELY LOW RATES ON
FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS
OF EACH MONTH
Teeth-ePlates
Don’t use rubber in your mouth,
when you can have the very finest
Aluminum Plates at same price.
Light as feather—strong as steel.
Only $10.00 for the best on earth
Equal to any $100.00 gold plate
All Dental Work Guaranteed.
OFFICERS
B. ADOUE, President
H. Wilkens. Vice President
John Sealy, 1 reasu er
J. H. Langbehn, Secretary
C. C. Bowen, Ass’t Secretary
Comfortable Route.
PROCURE PAMPHLETS, PUBLICATIONS AND POINTERS FROM
ANY SUNSET AGENT, OR WRITE TO
T. J. Anderson, Pass. Agt., G. H. & S. A. Ry
HOUSTON. TEXAS
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $300,000.00
PAID UP IN CASH
Seaboard Fire &
Marine Insurance Co.
Galveston, Texas
Thq people’s Bank
(UNINCORPORATED)
22nd Street,
Bet. Market and Mechanic
General Banking Business
Interest allowed on saving deposits.
A few less mossbacks
A ball park on the beach.
A first-class hotel in town.
A few less knockers at home.
A high-class vaudeville house.
Another water main across the
bay.
Another good office building or
two.
A few more electric lights on the
streets.
A great big floating dock on the
bay shore.
A yearly flower parade in May
.or June.
A cotton mill that won’t go into
the trust.
More hurried work on the new
causeway.
A good sized excursion steamer
for the bay.
Prescriptions Carefully Filled
ATKINS SAWS
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JUST ARRIVED
Some decent paving on West
Market street.
♦
A bagging factory that the trust
cannot gobble
That emigrant landing station
for Uncle Sam.
A big canning factory for fish,
oysters and fruit.
Some more helpful organizations
like the W. H. P. A.
A hotel for winter tourists and
summer visitors on the beach.
An equitable adj ustment of teach-
ers’ salaries in the public schools.
All-day transfers at all times,in
the year on the street railway sys-
tem.
Some decent buildings erected
on Tremont street in the neighbor
hood-of the Tremont hotel.
As a Socialist Sees It.
Every recognized authority on So-
cialist economics, from Marx to Ferri,
has been and is an avowed economic
evolutionist. They alf without excep-
tion recognize that public ownership
under capitalism must come before the
full Socialist programme can meet with
realization.
When the Socialist party shall suc-
ceed to power in municipality, state or
nation it will fall heir to the holdings
of its capitalist predecessors. Every
dollar’s worth of property that we can
wrest from private capitalism through
public ownership will fall into the
hands of the Socialist party without a
struggle upon its succession to power-
International Socialist Review.
M. O. In Chicago as Dead as Caesar.
One of the most remarkable reversals
of public opinion on record is that
which has taken place in Chicago in
the past year in the matter of mu-
nicipal ownership and operation. The
municipal ownership theory, which a
little more than a year ago flourished
here with so much vigor as to attract
the attention of the entire civilized
world, is now the deadest duck in the
pond. Apparently nobody believes in
it any longer. Certainly nobody ever
talks any more about it.—Chicago Jour-
nal.
DIRECTORS
B. Adoue, of 'done & Lobit. Bankers
J. P. Alvey. Gen’l Mgr. T. G & T. Co.
J. H.Langbehn, of Langbehn Bros. S>. Agts.
S. P Mistrot, of Mistrot Bros. & Co., W. D. G.
R. WAVERLEY Smith. Pres. F N. Bank
John Sealy, of Hutchings, 8. & Co., Bankers
H. Wilkens, of F. W. & L.. Wholesale l rocers
ALL OUR BRANDS
PLome 30.
ARE UNIOP MADE.
x8ta and Aue. A.
Cities Not Adapted to Operate Busi-
ness Enterprises—Loss of Capital
Through New Developments — The
Danger a Real One.
America.
Clerks’ International Protective Asso-
ciation, Retail.
Cloth Hat and Cap Makers of North
America, United.
Coopers’ International Union of North
America.
Electrical Workers of America, Inter-
national Brotherhood of. '
Engineers, International Union of
Steam.
Engravers, International Association of
Watch Case.
Fur Workers ’ International Union.
Firemen, International Brotherhood of
This is the Label of the Hatter's Union.
When you are buying a FUR HAT, either soft or stif, see
to it that the Genuine Union Label is sewed on it If a re-
tailer has loose labels in his possession and offers to put
one in your hat for, you do not not patronize him. He has
no right to loose labels. Loose labels in retail stores are
coanferfeits. Do not listen to any explanation as to why
the hat has no label. The Genuine Union label is perfor-
ated on the rdgep -X: ctly the same as a postage stamp.
Counterfeits are sometimes perfoated on three of the edges
and sometimes only two. Keep a sharp lookout for the
We give below a list of the different
trades that have official labels. Some
employ union" men, such as restau-
rants, dry goods stores, hotels, saloons,
barber shops, etc. In more cases the
label is affixed to the article produced
by union men under fair conditions; the
of these are hung up in the places that
printers, garment makers, hatters, boot
and shoe workers, etc., being examples.
All union men and friends of organized -
labor are urged to study this list of
trades having labels in the house in
which they produce and see that their '
purchases in these lines have the labels. 1
American Federation of Labor.
Actors’ National Protective Union.
Bakers and Confectioners’ Internation-
al, Journeymen.
Barbers’ International Union, Journey-
men.
Blacksmiths, International Brotherhood
of.
What Government Is For.
It is the appropriate function of the
government to safeguard the individ-
ual and to see that the game of busi-
ness is fairly played, that the cards
are held above the table and that ev-
erybody is given a square deal. It is
not the appropriate function of the
government to sit in the game.—Hon.
Leslie M. Shaw.
MARTIN LAWLOR, Secretary,
11 Waverly Place, New York
The John B. Stetson Hats Are Unfair.
PHONS Hi
STRICTLY UNION DRUG STORE.
L. KOESTER
WHOLESALE
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LIQUOR DEALER
DISTRIBUTOR FOR
erybody Works but Daddy.’ Say,
boss, you see that lump on the back
of my head? Paw has had that tune
poked at him before, and I wasn’t look-
ing when his old shoe came flying my
way.”—Yonkers Statesman.
Municipal Ownership Would Make His
Position Impregnable.
Referring to the recent announcement
that 51,146 persons are on the payroll
of New York city, the Newark Adver-
tiser declares that in the event of mu-
nicipal ownership of street railways,
electric light and gas plants, ferries and
other public utilities the city employees
would constitute a political army that
would make a change of administra-
tion impossible.
It recalls the fact that 25,000 city
employees in Philadelphia kept Phila-
delphia in the hands of the corrupt
Durham machine for years, and only
a great popular uprising overthrew the
grafters.
“If Durham had had control of the
street railroads and other public utili-
ties in Philadelphia through municipal
ownership,” it observes, “he could have
laughed at popular uprisings. He
would have been as absolute in his au-
thority as the czar.”
The point is well taken.
In other cities the political situation
under public ownership would be as it
would in Philadelphia and New York.
Bosses may be overthrown and
grafters turned out whenever the pub-
lic will it at present. Public ownership
of all public utilities would end this.
It would bind the people hand and
foot" and deliver them into the hand
of political grafters. — Long Branch
Record.
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SHORTEST LINE AND BEST SERVICE TO
KANSAS CITY,
PITTSBURG, JOPLIN, NEOSHO,
FT. SMITH, TEXARKANA,
BEAUMONT, SHREVEPORT,
LAKE CHARLES and PORT ARTHUR.
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Flour and Cereal Mill Employes, 1।
ternational Union of.
Garment Workers’ Union, Internatioi
al Ladies’.
Garment Workers’ Union, United.
Glass Workers, International Associa-
tion of Amalgamated.
.Glove Workers’ International Union.
Gold Beaters’ National Protective
Union.
Hatters of North America, United.
Horse Shoers of United States and
Canada, journeymen.
Hotel and Restaurant Employes ’ In-
ternational Alliance and Bar Tenders
International League of America.
Jewelry Workers’ Union of America,
International.
Lathers, International Union of Wood,
Wire and Metal.
Laundry Workers’ International Un-
ion, Shirt Waist and.
Leather Workers’ Union of Ameriez
Amalgamated.
Leather Workers of Horse Goods, Unit-
ed Brotherhood of.
Machinists, International Association
of.
Machine Printers and Color Mixers of
the United States, National Association
of.
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America, Amalgamated.
Metal Workers’ International Associa-
tion, Amalgamated Sheet.
Painters and Decorators.
Paper Makers of . America, United
Brotherhood of.
Painters, Decorators and Paper Hang-
ers of America.
Musicians, American Federation of.
Molders’ Union of North America,
Iron.
His Father's Idea of the Delights of
Municipal Ownership.
“Say, boss,” remarked our cash boy
this morning, “my paw is red hot for
minniesickle ownership. I don’t know
what that is, but paw says everybody
is going to own everything and divide
up the profits. He was telling ma
about it last night.
“Ma asked him where the people
would get the money to buy those
things, as they would cost millions of
dollars.
“Paw said, ‘Issue bonds.’
“ ‘Yes,’ said ma, ‘but how will you
pay the bonds when they are due?’
“ ‘Issue more bonds,’ said paw.
“ ‘But how about the interest?’ said
ma. “Won’t you have to tax the people
for that?’
“ ‘Why, no!’ said paw. ‘Pay the in-
terest with bonds.’
“ ‘I don’t see how you could do that,’
said ma.
“ ‘You don’t, eh?’ replied paw. ‘Now,
when we went to housekeeping, didn’t
I pay for all our furniture by giving a
note, and when it came due didn’t I
give the man another note?' You wom-
en know nothing about finance. You
wait until the minniesickle ownership
gets in power, we will divide the profits
among the people, and no one will have
to work. We will all be Vanderbilts.
Won’t you be prou l of your hubby
when he becomes part owner of all
public utilities? You see, madam, there
are some things you don’t know.’
“And then paw looked wise. Ma
stood and gazed at him for some time
and then said:
It is becoming more and more gen-
erally recognized that undertakings
founded on the great public needs of
the highly organized society of modern
times should be controlled by society.
Whether, having the power; it is ad-
visable that municipalities should ac-
tually engage in such undertakings or
whether they should merely maintain
their control, as it has been aptly put,
through their powers as a landlord, is
a matter which will be determined by
the municipalities from political, social
and economic as well as engineering
considerations.
Considering the question from its en-
gineering side alone, it is found that
from the very essential nature of the
matter only a certain class of engineer-
ing undertakings can be efficiently and
properly operated by states or munici-
palities. It is very important that this
limitation should be recognized, as
where the limitation has been over-
stepped it has resulted in heavy finan-
cial losses to the governing bodies im-
mediately concerned, it has seriously
checked development in engineering
lines, and these results have in conse-
quence afforded a strong argument to
those opposed to municipal operation
of public utilities.
It is true that under state or munici-
pal operation some minor and sporadic
developments may be expected, but
nothing of a general or important char-
acter. Important developments gen-
erally come only from the hands of in-
dividuals or bodies responsible only to
themselves and provided withehe in-
centive of a large profit. The elimina-
tion of self responsibility and incentive
would inevitably produce a condition
in industrial and scientific develop-
ment analogous to the dark ages.
It is to be noted that this conclusion
is derived from engineering considera-
tions alone and does not include any
consideration from the political, social
or economic side. There may, it is
conceivable, be political, social and
economic considerations which tend to
affect this limitation. Considered, how-
ever, from the engineering standpoint
alone there can be no question but
that the field of state and municipal
operation should be limited to under-
takings in which there is no immediate
prospect of or need for improved
method.
A danger which is always associat-
ed with the ownership of industrial
undertakings is that the capital invest-
ed may be lost through the develop-
ment of new and cheaper methods and
processes. The extent to which indus-
trial machinery of certain types is ren-
dered obsolete by new improvements
is not always realized. The writer is
personally acquainted with one street
car railroad plant in which the entire
electrical equipment of the power
house was thrown out and replaced
with improved machinery four times
within a period of ten years. The Car-
negie company is reported, correctly, it
is believed, to have scrapped on one
occasion more than $1,000,000 worth
of new machinery which had never
been used.
This has already become a serious
matter for many municipalities which
have engaged in undertakings lying
outside of the engineering limits de-
fined above. Many of these' municipal-
ities installed plants for the produc-
tion of electric light at a time prior to
the advent of important improvements
in generating and distributing electric-
ity, and as these municipalities in com-
mon with most municipalities made no
proper allowance for depreciation the
capital invested has been practically
lost, and in addition the cost of elec-
tric light to the consumer is much
higher than it is in other places equip-
ped with later and more economical
types of machinery. In addition, heavy
and expensive repairs have been neces-
sary and the taxes correspondingly in-
creased. This has reacted upon the
municipalities, since the heavy rates
have caused manufacturers to move
away to other towns, and this again
has still further increased the burden
upon those remaining. There are al-
ready indications that a considerable
number of these municipalities which
have engaged in improper undertakings
are entering upon a period of financial
difficulty.—R. A. Fessenden,
Municipal Plants Pay No Taxes and
Reduce Tax Receipts.
The subject of lost taxes is one that
deserves far more attention than it
usually receives from advocates of
municipal ownership. There is scarce-
ly a municipal plant in this country
which mentions this item in its reports,
although it is just as much an element
in cost of production as coal and
wages. The omission is readily over-
looked, because it is a negative ex-
pense involving no direct payment, b t
only a loss of income to the city. —
If you own a store for which you
are receiving a good rental and dis-
possess your tenant in order to -occupy
it yourself the rental value of the store
becomes a charge against. your busi-
ness, just as it was previously a
charge against your tenant’s business,
and you are out of pocket unless your
profits exceed the rent you formerly
received. Similarly if a city buys out
or otherwise dispossesses a public serv-
ice corporation the real, personal and
franchise taxes formerly paid by the
corporation become a charge against
the operation of the municipal plant
that succeeds the corporation, and the
city is out of pocket unless the profits
of its plant exceed the taxes lost.
S. Q. WARNER, G. P. &T. A. _
105 THAYER BLDG.. KANSAS CITY, MO.
No Dust. No Cinders.
M. BROCK, Wholesale Dealer for
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