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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30
GEO, M. PULLMAN'S DEATH.

Geo. NJ. Pullman has gone to
his reward and whether he
enters the pearly gates of
heaven it is not our province
to predict. He was one of the
men who had an opportunity
to do a grand amount of good
for his fellowmen, had it not
been for the inordinate greed
which constituted his make
up. Mammon was his god, the
pursuit of which he followed
until the last day of his life.
His millions of accum ulated
wealth awaited him nothing
and could not purchase for him
another half hour of life. Still
he trampled over everything
to hoard millions, which he
used as a weapon to crush the
weak. From a poor man, by
the invention of a single
article-the sleeping car -
which he stole, he arose to a
multi-millionaire in a very few
years. This invention came
at a time when the people de-
manded and could afford to
pay for a more comfortab bic
mode of travelling, and from
that source some of his money
was made, but the greater part
of his accommodations came
from the sweat and blood of
his fellowmen. He builded a
great city and called it Pull
man; not for the benefit of those
toilers who earned his millions,
but for his own Qualification.
Men have grown old in his
employ, and in worldly goods
had little more than enough to
pay for the pail in which they
were laid to rest. He rented
them houses, sold them pro-
visions, provided magnificent
churches and good school
buildings, yet when the
month ended their earnings
had gone through the Pullman
channel and was back in his
own possession. He posed as
a great philanthropist for
years. Praises were sung of
this great benefactor, but the
mask was finally removed and
his hypocracy exposed to the
world in all it's nakedness. He
passes from the scene of life
unwept and the world and
mankind in general is not
better that he ever lived.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

The civic federation has been
nozing around the affairs in
the court house again and re-
port great satisfaction that the
expense Of maintaining the
county poor has been cut in
two. The federation was
formed by selfish men for sell
fish purposes and there is
mighty little stock taken in
their herculean efforts to run
the county affairs. If it's mem
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30
Failed to Work.

Dinguss -Shadbolt, did you ever
look closely at a silver dollar and
notice how many faces you can
make out on the diverse sidef
There's the profile of George III, the
head and name of the British lion,
the profile of Disraei and
Shadbolt-Yes, and you'd like to
run your face on silver dollar if I
had one to spare, wouldn't you9 It
won't work this time, Dinguss. It
won't work. haven't silver dol
lar about me.-Chicago Tribune.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30
The railroad magnates woulC

The railroad magnates would
rather pay double the amount
of the entire debt of the Union
Pacific than to permit the rail-
road to become an object lesson
in government ownership.
But it would be worth to the
people ten times what any
syndicate would or could pay
for the roads for the admins
tration to carry out the law
the Thurman Act-and seize
and operate them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

Under our competitive sys-
tenn the American worker gets
back as wages only II per
cent of what he produces.
Every man capable of perform
ing a fair days labor can and
does produce about three times
the amount of wealth necess-
airy to keep him and family
on the best food, dressed in
the best clothes and housed in
the best of houses. That the
worker does not get it, is be-
cause he and every other
worker is robbed, through the
private ownership of the means
of production, of four-fifths of
what he does produce.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

Governor Clough has ap-
pointed a committee to investi-
gate charges of brutality to the
convicts by Deputy Warden
Lemon at the state penitentiary
at Saltwater. Lemon has
filled the office of deputy
warden for the past twenty
years and every so often
stories of his i'll treatment has
caused an investigation. Evi-
dence given at former investi-
cations were of such a char
acter that any ordinary man
would have been removed and
himself sentenced to penal
servitude for the remainder of
his DAYS. That he is a brute is
an admitted fact by those who
are in a position to know him
best. Criminals are not sent
to penitentiary to be abused by
some heartless reprobate; they
are committed there for
reformation. Were it not
for his political pull Lemon
would, many years ago, have
been compelled to seek other
employment. When human
beings are placed in as help
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30
Akin 3 Blessin.

Down in the rural district it hap
pened that the mean man invited
the preacher to dinner. The mean
man had plenty Of money, but he
didn't spend it on his table, which
on that occasion showed but scant
fare.
"Parson,'' said the mean man,
times air hard an groceries high J.;
but, SIGH as it is, you're welcome.
Will you ak a blessin?''
II WILL" replied the parson.
Fold your hands," And then he
said:
Lord, make us thankful for
what we are about to receive-for
these green's without bacon, this
bread without salt, this coffee
without sugar-and after we have
received it give thy servant strength
to get home in time for dinner. -
Atlanta Constitution.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

Father Thomas J. Ducey, of
New York, the comrade OF
Father McGlynn in his strug-
gle for free speech some ten
years ago, preaching on the
Latimer, Pa, massacre, said
that there is a higher law than
the law made by man, and that
no laws passed by corruption
in the interest of trusts and
monopolies, against the inter-
est and welfare of Gods Great
ures, in contradiction of the
laws of God, are binding on the
conscience of any man. That
is reaffrmation Of the
old and glorious "higher law"
of the ffties, as proclaimed by
the heroic Abolitionists. And
it's truth can be made more
vital and emphatic when con.
Joined to the fact that our sup.
posed Representative" system
by which spurious laws are
enacted is a "flaunting lie
which should also be "tOrn
down" and trampled under
foot in the interest of equal
rights. Star.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30
TO CALIFORNIA
In Through Cars, via 1.-THE North West.
era Line"

In Through Cars, via 1.-THE North West
era Line"
Every Thursday in the year the
"Omaha" runs through tourist sleepers
to Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno
and Los Angeles, making the run II
hours quicker than any other line. The
cars are the latest models of the Wagner
shops, vestibuled, fully equipped with
charge of a conductor and colored por-
ter!
While the service is superior to all
other roads and the time shorter, the
rates of fare are as low as the lowest.
Berth reservations, tickets and full in
formation of your local agent, or call
upon,
Geo. M. Smith, B. w. Summers,
General Manager. City Ticket Ag't.
405 West Superior Street, Duluth, MINI.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

England is in the throes of
a labor struggle that threatens
to be the most serious of the
country. Iron and steel manu-
facturers of England say they
cannot possibly accede to the
mems demands, owing to the
competition of American
"parper' labor products.
Will some loud-mouthed yaw-
per or subsidized writer about
':American labor the best
paid in the world,' 1.-THE most
prosperous" etc., kindly ex-
plain?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30
Cotton From Egypt.

With gradually improving sys-
tenn Of irrigation the Egyptian cot
ton product is increasing and be-
coming more profitable. The annual
production is now 247, 500, 600 pounds
OF lint and 22,275,000 bushels of
seed, with a total value of $56, $685.
900, an increase of 60 per cert with
in seven years. The value of the
crop per acre is about 500. IS; cost
Of production, s46.5 so; net profit,
SEATS.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

There is every Indication that
the supply of coal tor this sec
ton will be decidedly short
this winter and consequently
the price will be higher than
usual. Anything that the coal
men lost by the strike will be
taken out of the pockets of the
people with compound interest
without any decided delay.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

Apologists for capitalism are
all the time jawing about the
tramps and their alleged unwill-
ingness to work. Why, then, do
they raise such wild OBJ
jections to change in our
industrial system that will say
to every able-bodied indivi-
dual: "WOrk or starvev
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30
What The Cleveland Citizen Thinks
About the Situation.

One OF the cardinal demands
of the trade unionists of this
country is that the president of
the United States and the
senators should be elected by
direct vote of the people. Yet
the American Federation
of Labor officials, as we'll as
many of those at the head of
national unions, are elected by
the undemocratic delegate
system. 1t is high time that
reforms began at home.
A general union election day
ought to be held once year.
The expense incurred would be
infinitessimal compared with
the interest it would create
among union men in union
affairs. It would have a ten
dency to bri ghten the minds of
organized men and women,
and the wide discussion would
without a doubt serve to.attract
the attention of thousands of
non-unionists who hardly hear
of unions at present.
But aside from all that what
moral right has a majority to
sandbag a minority? For ex-
ample: What right have
10000 cigarmakers to instruct
their delegates to cast the solid
vote of the union for Gompers,
disregarding 10000 men op-
posed to him and thus giving
out the impression that the
vote is unanimous? Why, it is
actual acknowledgements of a
minority. and next door to
ring rule and ballot box stuff
fing. Talk about proportional
representation!
The Citizen is Of the opinion
that the rank and file, who pay
the dues and assessments to
keep organizations intact;
ought to have a right to say
who should hold office and to-
whom they should pay salaries.
They should not be compelled
to depend upon the whims or
sobriety of delegates who may
come into contact with ex-
perienced politicians. It is
largely due to the fact that
those who stay at home and
pay the freight have had no
direct voice in national or state
union affairs that many of the
organizations are r1ng-r1dden
and governed by do-nothing
policies.
It is time to call a halt in
this enervating conservatism
that has kept the trade union
movement stationary for years.
LET new ideas be brought to
the front and let new men be
placed in positions to carry
them into execution. The
first and most important step
is to make the organizations
thoroughly democratic.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

If the value of the opportun-
ity was generally realized by
the people, public opinion
would compel the administra-
ton at Washington not to
commit the treason of selling
the Pacific roads at any price.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

The equally persistent policy of the
Western Union has been to lower wages
and increase the burdens of the workers.
The Blair committee of the United
States Senate found that the Western
Union had pursued a systematic policy
of reducing wages by filling positions
vacated by death, resignation, transfer
or discharge with new men at salaries
IS or $40 below the pay of former occu-
pants; that the reduction had amounted
to 40 per cent from 1870 to 1888, and
that all the while the hours of labor
were increasing and the profits of the
company growing larger
Organization frowned upon. Employ
ment insecure. Promotion at mini
mum. Long service rewarded by dis
missal to make room for the cheaper
labor of boy the old operator has
taught to do his work. No provision fo,'
sickness, disability or death.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

bers are such superior finan-
ciers why do not some OF them
come before the voters on cleo
ton day and see what other
people think of them. We ven
ture to say their self-conceit
would be more than cut in two.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

less positions as a man is
when the prison doors close
behind him there should be no
doubt as to the character of the
keepers who have them in
charge.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

Pullman is dead! Debs still
lives! The Almighty must be
interesting himself in things
here below.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

From first to last the policy of the
English Postal Telegraph Department
has been to raise wages, shorten hours,
and add to the privilege of labor.
Since 1870 when the government took
the telegraphs. wages have risen from
80 per cent to over y per cent of the
total revenues. AS a rule, the salaries
of photographers in England have been
raised $3.50 to 5000 each since 1881 and
hours have been shortened one-seventh,
the present hours being eight in the day
time or seven at night for six days in
the week.
The employees are free to organize.
Employment is secure. Merit finds pro-
motion, Long service is rewarded with
increased pay. And liberal provision is
made for pensions in case of sickness,
disability and old age.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

Entered at the postoftce at Duluth, Minn as
second class matter.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

per mile. The total earnings that e393,54
penses G2691S42 earnings 122699 All government
freight carried All employees eight
day. Engineers receive 49, and common labor $9O
per day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30

Letters and articles relating to..the social
problem are solicited
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GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

Continued from first page.
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SABRE G. AKIN, Editor and Publisher.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-30
Wash
Dress
Goods.

Apron Check Bingham, or
cheap at &C.; Saturday. O2U
Indigo Blue Calico, AZ
cheap at &c; Saturday. ........4U
Bale of extra heavy Unbleached
Sheeting, worth Sc; at E1n
All Wool Sanitary gray 1914 Blankets
worth $3.50; 90 IN
Saturday at. ............OZ.O0
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

page lis Of the Delta county. Colorado records
by reason OF which default the legal holder Of
ssia note has declared all said Indebtedness due
and PAYABLE. and requested this foreclosure: and
trust has since died. and Orson Adams. Jr.
the successor In trust named in sad deed Of trust
isabsent from the csslnty Of Delta aud il unable
and refuses to act - such successor I'm trust by
reason Of which the undersigned tecame and &
Nov. thessfore, four weeks public notice 4.
hereby given that I. the unde rsigued a. success
sor in trust in said deed Of trust and under It's
Powen and authority and for the purposes there
In stated will sell at public auction for the high
the 22nd day Of Nay. ls97. at 10 o'cl,rk q. M at
the front doos Of the court house In the city or
town Of Delta, Colerado, all shs following de-
srribed property. in and by mid deed
San,d q 1nsd eonysysd situate In said Delta county
The norh east quarter the south east qrarter
IN. X. =. =. ~ Of section numbered twenty
fur t2G in township numbered nftecn u5l south
o. range numbered nincty-sx t9, west Of the
Of stock in the Delta Canal. having priority No
% from the Cnccmpahgre river for ten tio)
cubic feet u water per second Of time, sad
twenty shares OF stock emitting tn eighty statute
inches OF water per second Of time from the
rights thereunto belonging or in anywise ap-
pertaining TO the said desc ribed land, with all
water rights and privileges. ditch bitches. or
any interest therein, and also. ali the right title
in said decd Of uust. his helm. execunrs,
administrators, SUCCESSORS aud assigns in and to
Dated II toic,.do Spring. April 2ia. 1907. by
request Of Charles u. Drury. the owner Of said
note.
CLARENCE y. MowER;
bhertn Of Delta county. Colo, successor I'm trust
First pub. April n; last Nay 10. 1897
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

On Monday the machinery Of the Del
ia creamery was started up, under the
supervision OF j. Fl. Dickson and found
to run smoothly. Everything about the
works ID new and OF the best, the build
ing being 24x3s with 16x24 wing, aud
the plant including q fine separator with
a capacity Of 100 pounds Of milk an
hour; two ripening watts OF 200 gallons
capacity each for ripening the cream; q
81 bottle Babcock Ideal tester; q 600
gallon receiving tank; 800 gallon churn;
800 gallon skim milk tank; butter work.
ing table which will handle from 100 to
$50 pounds at a time; print machine; 6
horse power engine and 8 horse power
boiler. They have ample refrigerator
room for storing butter and are prepar-
ed to handle 1000 pounds Of milk each
day. The officers Of the company are A.
r. King. president; w. Z. Obert. vice.
president; George Stephan. secretary and
r. e Dodge. tssas asurer.
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

Monday afternoon the school board OF
Delta district held a meeting and re-
employed Prof. W. G. Harris. Misses NJ.
G. Myers. Alice Royce. Olive Ingersoll.
Irms Worth, Mrs. G. E. Gray and Mrs.
A. d. Browne. for the town schools; Miss
Florence Cockrell for North Delta and
Dan Doughty for Gunnison vallcy.
The Misses Nutter did not apply for
re.appointment and Miss Mary Cameron
and Frank Rasmussen were employed
for the California mesa schools and H..
B. billiard for the Escalante school.
The tax levy for the coming year was
fixed at 10 mills, les than last year.
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

ONE oe the surest evidences of the
value q the creamery to this comnunity
b that George and Willard Truax moved
theis hssd Il dne jersey cows down from
Mootross - soon ss it was ready to re
ceive milk. They know that there 10
money in milk il they can get . market
for II and that the creamery will furnish
the market ID q self evident fact. There
is room for many more such enterprisins
men as these brothers in Delta county.
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

EDrroR BLooM is serving . sentence
in sinking hole Of Jail in Conejos
county for having said mean things Of
Judge Holbrook when that party was
running for ONCE. Holbeook having
ordered him committed for contempt.
Bloom 10 mean enough. but it 10 not en-
dorsing his meannees in the least to say
that he is saint compared with judge
who will insist on trying his personal
enemy for contempt and sentencing him
to imprisonment without the interven-
tion Of q jury.
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05
slEcral, LIGHT PROPOSITION.

There has been 80 much uncertainty
and rumor concerning the electric light
proposition hero and the authority OF
Nr. Wills to act for Messrs. Bristol 4
Bushaw that The INDkPESDENr has
made a special effort to look the matter
up, 90 that the voters might be correctly
informed. As result OF the investiga-
tion 1t was found that Mr.. Wills has q
duly acknowledged power OF attorney to
act for the other gentlemen in an matters
pertaining to the proposition. We also
find that Messrs. Bristol 4 Bushaw have
sent their duly signed waiver q the de-
mand that the town should take four, or
any. lights and made it a part Of the
original proposition, which 10 given else
where in full. We also give table OF
rates paid for lights in other towns, all
larger than Delta and furnishing a
greater amount of business, and some Of
them operating their plants by water
power, others with coal az cheap or
cheaper than ours, and the comparison
will be found very favorable to the
proposition made here.
With this information before us we
believe that the proposition to grant the
franchise should carry, because it will
bring in additional property for taxation;
because 1t is not exclusive and could not
prevent the establishment OF another
plant either by the town or another
company whenever 1t 10 desired; because
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

TIE Grand Junction Sentinel now has
q man out writing up the orchards Of
that county in detail and il il found
that they mako very good showing.
This work should bring them many now
subocriherA
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

Notice L. hereby given that at . special siec-
ton ~ be held ~ the Hose House In the Town OF
Delta, Colorado. on Tuesday. the nth day Of May
o. the Town Of Delta who are taxpaycn under
the Law the question o. granting 10 ". D. Briaoi
and X. u. Dushaw the right to construct and op-
crate an electric light plant in the Town Of Del.
=. Colombo, foe period Of twenty Year, from
the date o. the granting Of such franchise. The
mitted will be as PILLOWS:
foe Frantins electric light franchise.
Against Granting elertF1c light ffnnrhise.
laaed st Delta, f'olsfado, III nth day OF April
Aisess: Io. !: n,As. MAYOR.
lPtrst pub. ASsil n: - Nay S. lss7.l
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05

TIE owners Of the big Leadville mines
have decided to set their pumps 70 work
and dsain the pcopsrtis6 In The basin.
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05
Nssiee 81 Ysreesossss 0ass e nssI
Estate.

Nssiee 81 Ysreessssrs 0ass e nseD
Estate.
SANE 1aTsGs 1r &c GSIbSnApo'. In Di..rc. Court
GEORGE W. WALKER, Trustee, andl
THE COLORADO LOAN AYD MORT
GAGE COMPANY, corporation.
GEORGE b. McGRASAHAH. Defend
In pursuance Of . decree and Judgment OF
foreclosure and sale, made and entered I'm tie
above entitled action, bearing date the Isl day
Of March 4, D. 1881; and entered in the records
OF said court In said county and state, I, the
undersigned, the preseut duly elected, quaii6ed
and acting sheriff Of s.id c..unty by virtue a the
will sell at public auction At the front dr OF the
court house In the Town Of Delta in aid county OF
day Of May A. d. 1897 at the hour Of II O'Clock in
the forenoon Of said day for the highest aud best
price the same will bring in cash, the following
The west one half Of the north east one quarter
and the east one half of tile north west one
rsnse ninety ve west, Of the sssh eriseipni ssi
meridian, Except the north one hall of the
north east one quarter Of the north west one
quarter OF said section twenty, together with all
the interest Of the said George r. Mctirnnahan I'm
the Garnet Ditch Company, its bitches. reservoirs
Colorado.
said sale is to be made to secure the amount Of
ajndgment obtained in the said cause In favor
Of the plaintiff. The Colorado Loan and Mortgage
Company, against George b. McGranahsn,
amounting to ya57.O0 and costs. and also the
judgment In favor Of George W. Walker. q
trustee, plaintiff. against George B. McGranahsu
for the amount Of $1,000. with costs; tDrether
with all expense Of aaid nale and all taxes or
assessments which may be paid by said plaintiff
or either Of them or anyone for them, prior to
said sale on account Of said premises all Of which
Is in said decree more fully set forth.
Dated a. Delta. Delta County. Colorado. April
sth A. D., 1897.
CE. NewER,
sheriff Of Delta county, Colombo.
BLACKHEn & McALIIsrRR
Colombo Springs, Colo
Attorneys for plaintiffs,
tFirst pub. April a. last pub. Nay s, is07.l
The Delta independent., 1897-05-05
Chairs.

Chairs.
Fine Oak dining 81 % 81, formerly 81 75 &25O
Kitchen hard wood, 75c to 81, formerly 9Oc S125
Swing rockers plush IS 40
Cobbsr sole leather solid Oak rocker bargain
fered in Delta, $3.50 to sc, worth from - to %.
Office chair swivel $3.50 $3.50 formerly 81 $780,
High chairs Sits to $215.
Childrens rockers S125 to 81.
Youths rockers, 81 to $275.
Desks.
High roll top Oak, 4-foot, S24.7 5-foot $35.
Ladies secretary, Oak $s to $40
Oak Book and desk combined SIG 70 to 48S.
Oak book $8 $25 These prices duplicated
anywhere on the Western Slope.
Oak Chifonies specially low At $12 to92O.
Baby carriages, rubber tire, $12 to $1S.
Bed springs from dollars one
fifty to ten dollars Curtains Curtain poles and pillows
frames and moudng wall pockets Fishing
lie Of all kinds At bottom figures.