MAIL CLERKS WANT MORE MONEY. A smoker was given in the postoffice building last night by the railway mail clerks of this city, for the purpose of discussing the inadequacy of the salaries paid to employes in that branch of the postal department. James T. Canfield of Syracuse, N. Y., national president of the Railway Mail Association, made an address and a number of business men made short talks. The meeting last night is only one of a series of meetings being held all over the United States among the railway mail clerks to show to business men and congressmen that the salaries of the clerks are

No one need remain deaf now

for I have invented and perfected a device which fits into the ear without a bit of discomfort.

It is to the ear what glasses are to the eyesbut when worn it can't be seen.

So small you don't know you are wearing ityet so effective you would miss it instantly.

This device of mine is so constructed that it magnifies the sound waves-then this magnified sound is concentrated to the center of the ear drum. It does what ear trumpets are supposed to do -but it is invisible. You even forget it yourself. You see, years ago I was deaf myself-people had to shout at me. It was so embarrassing that I was avoided.

Yet what it cost me in years of struggle I let you have for five dollars.

Don't send me the money now-I want you first to read my book. It goes into detail about this wonderful device.

The whole result of my successful experimentand, how you can have your hearing restored-is yours for the cost of a postal and a minute to send it.

Write today to the Wilson Ear Drum Co., 38 Todd Bldg., Louisville, Ky., and simply say, "Send Mr. Wilson's book."

Published Monthly by Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Wilbur Braggins, Editor-in-Chief. R. E. Fisher, Business Manager.

VOL. VII.

AFFILIATION WITH THE AMERICAN

FEDERATION OF LABOR
ACCOMPLISHED.

During the recent convention of the American Federation of Labor at Denver an agreement was reached with the Freight Handlers' Union as to jurisdictional lines to be observed by each organization in the future, thus eliminating further rivalry, making it possible for each organization to aid the other in building up its membership, and finally attaining more thorough and effective organization of both classes of employes. The agreement was reported to the convention, the report was adopted and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks was admitted to membership in the large family of labor organizations who are working for universal justice, universal peace and the uplifting of the human family under the banner of the American Federation of Labor.

The conference at which the agreement was reached was participated in by Brothers F. T. Hawley, president of the Switchmen's Union of North America, H. B. Perham, president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, P. J. Flannery, president of the International Freight Handlers' Union, and Wilbur Braggins, grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and the agreement is as follows:

"That the membership of both organizations shall remain as at present, but hereafter the line of jurisdiction shall be drawn as follows:

The Interior Freight Handlers' Interna

$1.00 per Year.

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tional Union will organize all men employed in warehouses or on team tracks.

The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks will organize all clerks employed in general offices, local freight offices and yard clerks.

It was further agreed that both organizations will aid in carrying out the terms of this agreement."

While the terms of this agreement are brief they are still sufficiently definite and comprehensive to admit of the harmonious fulfillment of the purposes of the agreement if both parties thereto strive fairly and fully to that end, as they should and undoubtedly will. It is to the best interests of each organization that the class of employes represented by the other should be as thoroughly organized as may be possible and that the membership of the two organizations co-operate for their mutual benefit at all times. This fact should be patent to every member of both organizations and the members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks are hereby urged to not only willingly conform to this agreement but to always strive to promote the interests and welfare of the Freight Handlers' Union whenever and wherever they consistently can, and to maintain harmonious relations with the membership thereof.

That the membership of this brotherhood may fully understand the nature of this agreement in all respects, each clause of the agreement will be here explained and defined:

First, each organization retains its pres