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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-12-10
SUPERIOR.

There was meeting OF the
unfair commitsee Nondayeven-
ing in the Hammond block. 1t
was reported by the committee
appointed to look up the Klink-
ert Brewing company matter
that it is in fair way of being
settled soon.
The brewery workers held a
regular meeting Sunday after
noon. Messrs. Smith and Free
land, of the unfair committee,
were present.
Next Tuesday evening will
be the regular meeting of the
Trades Assembly. All dele
gates are requested to attend.
About 30 laundry workers
were present at the union meet
ing for reorganization Tuesday
evening, and considerable in
terest was manifested by those
present. The laundry workers
can have, by all working to-
gether, one of the largest and
strongest unions at the head of
the lakes. Messrs. Hail, Dow,
Winkler, Smith and Forrest of
the organization committee
were in attendance and several
short speeches were made.
\ regular meeting of Superior
Typographical union was held
Sunday afternoon. A commu-
nication was read, signed by
The Leader and Telegram, re-
questing the appointment of a
committee to confer in regard
to a change in the scale. AS
no definite change was pre-
scented the secretary was or
dered to notify the publishers
to put the changes desired in
writing, then the union would
consider them 49,. - L.
The cigarmakers held a regu-
lar meeting Tuesday evening.
A mass meeting has been ar.
ranged for Sunday afternoon at
2:3O in Trades Assembly hall.
All unorganized and organized
labor is invited to attend (this
includes the ladies). An excel
lent program has been ar
ranged. Don't forget the date.
Come and bring a friend.
The journeymen tailors met
in regular session Mondayeven-~
ing. Officers were elected for
the ensuing year.
Anothermeeting of the boiler
makers was held Sunday after
noon and everything is progress
sing nicely. The boilermakers
will soon have one of the best
organizations in the city if they
keep up the work already
started. ...
The Amalgamated Meat Cut
tiers and Butcher Workmen,
Local No. 43, intend to give a
grand ball Washington's birth
day. A committee has been
appointed and will report at the
next meeting. The retail clerks
will find in the butchers a for
1nidable rival when it comes to
giving dances and entertain
ments hereafter.
The committee of Aldermen
appointed by Mayor DIETRICH to
confer with Receiver Norvell
in regard to reinstating the dis
charged union men reported at
the council meeting Tuesday
night. Aldermen Lund was the
first to give report, which was
verbal. He stated that the COM
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-12-10
The German Pooh Bah.

~ don't know that there is much use
of my keeping my school open more
than month or two each year." said
the German pedagogue.
"Why is that?'
"Our emperor has simplified matters
to such an extent that when you ask
the name of the worlds greatest poet,
painter, musician, general, traveller or
monarch there is only one answer to all
the questions. Washington Star.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-12-10

Among Other Things.
$50 you've lost your new servant al
ready" remarked a lady sympathetio-
ally to neighbor.
Eyes,
"What time did she go?''
II really can't tell, " was the reply.
"She took my watch with her. Rose
leaf.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
A GOOD POINT SCORED.

The Milwaukee Advance scores q
good point against the present owner
ship and operation of our railroads by
the gold trust:
One of the main objections to the
government ownership of railroads is
raised by those who insist that public
management is more expensive than
private management.
Facts do not bear this out. The las,
quarterly report of the government OF
New South Wales shows that the cos,
of running the government railroads 10
that colony is $l.O3 per mile to 50 cents
per mile under private control in this
country. But the total receipts there
at much lower freight and passenger
rates, are $3.50 per mile while in this
country the receipts are only $1.4O pei
mile showing profit of 80 cents pei
mile more in New South Wales than
in this country.
LII Australia the railroad men like
all Oth-r -WOrkmen, work but eight
hours day, while wages are as high
as paid here for ten hours work, hence
this is conclusive evidence that govern.
ment ownership management is more
economical than private management
in this country"
But the greatest advantage to be
gained by public ownership of the
transportation highways is the stop.
ping of gross and deadly discrimina.
tions. The gold trust that now prac.
tically owns all the railroads of thu
country can by rebates and other discri
mlnatiOns tear down a thousand bust.
nesses and build up one and make il
hugh trust-it can destroy ore city
and build up another-it can kill an(
make alive. 1t is the most tremen
dous power in modern civilization
The gold trust could not dominate thi
government if it did not own the rail
roads and the telegraph.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
SWITZERLAND Is WISE-SHE HAS
@~s GONE DEMOCRATIC.

The people of Switzerland have lust
voted on proposition to buy the rail-
roads of that country, now in private
hands. and operate them as a public
function. The proposition was to buy
the roads at their present value-that
is what they could be duplicated for
and then operate them at cost, with
out discrimination against any person,
business or place. The proposition
was adopted by vote of two to one.
Switzerland has taken a step that
was necessary to preserve her Repub-
lican form of government. In the
future her people will not only get
the best transportation facilities at
cost, but there will be no more dis
ordinations which crush out com.
petition and builds up trnsts.
Above all there will be no more rail-
road lobbies around her legislative
halls to corrupt legislation and rob
the people to enrich Railway Kings.
1t is the essence of Democracy for
every instrument of commerce (all of
which are natural monop0lies) to be
used as public functions like the post.
Office Transportation is one of the most
important of the instruments of
commerce. Switzerland is wise-she
has gone Democratic.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10

STOCK JOBBEEs vs.. NATIONAL HONOR
The stock market was becoming de-
mOraliZed as the result of the Maine
disaster; financiers were getting PAN
ic stricken for fear of war with Spain,
which the popular pulse indicated
must GENE if it was settled that the
disaster was due to design; evidence
of Spanish treachery were rapidly &C.
cumulating, and the war clouds were
causing prices to decline. Something
will have to be DONE" SO said Mr..
Mark Hanna, it is reported, at a recent
meeting of the Cabinet, and it was de-
cided that something would be done.
The thing decided upon was for some
member of the cabinet to give an "un-
official expression OF his belief that
the matter Of Spain's official RESPONSE
bility in the destruction of the Maine
was practically eliminated. Mr.. Sec.
rotary Long was the one picked out to
make this unofficial expression, which
he did, and as result of these few
words, it is estimated that the values
on the New York Stock Exchange
were in less than an hour inflated to
the amount of $2O,oOO,OoOOO. We often
hear it said that "talk is cheap, but in
this instance at least it seems that talk
was exceedingly profitable to some
people. Is it possible that the profits
of stock jobbers is of more concern to
| this administration than the nations
honor, to say nothing of the peoples
welfare?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
SENATOR BUTLER ON TRUSTS

The New York Journal copies and
publishes in full an article from the
March number of the Arena, "Trusts :
The Causes That Produce Them and
the Remedy" written by Senator Butler.
The Journal comments editorially on
the article as follows:
"By special arrangement with that
brilliant radical magazine, the Arena,
the Journal prints to-day an article
on the menace of the trusts, by Senator
Marion Butler, the chairman of the
Peoples Party National Committee.
Senator Butler portrays wildly the
causes of trusts and their perniciOus e.
fects on the industrial body polite.
He does not overstate the case AGAR st
the trusts, nor does he err politically
when he suggests that the warfare
upon them should be made the chief
strategic feature in the attack upon
Republlcanism in the elections of
1893 and 1900.
ut is proper to note that it is not
the trust in its technical form-that is,
consolidation Of corporations for the
purpose of acquiring monopoly itself,
Of whatever kind and sort, and he
holds that monopoly is made possible
and buttressed by the control by in
dividuals of the "three instrument of
money, transportation and
the means of transmitting intelligence.
This control he would attack In order
to break down the trusts and monopo-
lies bred Of il.
"Unquestionably the power to con-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10

Our Home.]
All true friends of reform are ready
at all hazards to unite and vote
together for the advancement of the
principles of good government. The
only thing that keeps the reform for
ces divided is the work of design
ing partisans whose only object is to
pander to prejudice and crafty sell
fish aims. We believe that w. J.
Bryan and large per cent of his fol-
lowers are ready and willing to lay
down party lines and party name
and unite with the reform forces in
a determined fight for emancipation
from industrial slavery, but the ma
chine element of the Democracy is
eternally opposed to reform and are
therefore in favor of pursuing q
course that will result in dividing
the forces and bequeathing to plu-
tocracy another bounty, such as it is
now getting on account of the pres
ent gold standard administration.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
DO NOT WANT A PEOPLES VICTOR,

DO NOT WANT A PEOPLES VICTORY,
It grows palmer each day that a
large part of the Democratic press of
the State are railroad and monopoly
organs. They are very much alarmed
at the advice given by Senator Jones,
the national chairman of the Demo-
cratic party, and by Mr.. Bryan, that
all the opponents of the gold and mo-
nopoly syndicate should cooperate to
restore good government. They are
alarmed because they know that the
suggestions made by Mr.. Bryan and
Mr.. Jones, if carried out, would win a
victory for the people. That is what
the monopoly organs do not want
They are serving their masters their
masters are the overseers of j. Pier.
pont Morgan and the foreign gold syn
dictate. They want railroad legisla-
ture. Therefore they will exert every
effort to divide the people, so that the
old corrupt Ransom machine may
again get in power to betray the State
into the hands of the Southern rail-
road and the other monopolies.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
TBE REDUCTION OF PAssEN6EE
RATES WILL NOT CRIPPLE
The RAILROADS.

The railroads Of the State which, ac-
cording to their own reports, are max
ing each year net profit Of *s,I4o. 600,
have raised q mighty howl because the
Railroad Commission has reduced pas
senger rates enough to cut down their
profit only from two hundred to three
hundred thousand dollars per year
With this reduction they will still be
making q profit upon their investment
larger than the remainder OF the peo-
pie OF the State are making Two and
one-half cents for first class and &c. for
second-class is a very liberal rate for
the railroads; indeed, that rate is too
high to the people. The railroads by
their own reports show that they get
now only Lie. on an average, per
mile, on passenger travel. This is be-
cause they have issued over one hun
dred thousand free passes. This is
about One-third Of the voters OF the
State with free passes in their pockets
Thus two-thirds OF the voters are
forced to pay 3iIc. per mile, while one
hundred thousand people ride free
That is, the riding of these free-pass
toters is paid for by those who buy
their tickets and pay 314c. mile. Now
II the railroads can afford to issue
free passes to such an enormous extern,
that the average rate that they receive
or passenger travel is only 1-5c. pei
mile, why cannot everybody in the
State be allowed to ride at Loo. pei
mile. provided rybody in the State
is forced to pay their fare, and the
same fare? The fact is, that at 211sc
rate with free passes abolished the rail.
roads will collect more money thar
they collect now, not only from those
who do actually travel, but at a 2Hc
rate their travel will be increased
What The CAUCASIAN is fighting for il
equity. 1t is the average man who hal
no political pull who is now forced t,
pay 314c. per mile. The rich man ant
the office holder who is able to pay hi
fare gets his transportation free. Lee
them all pay and pay alike. Besides
if necessary let the railroads reduce
the salaries of their officials who ar,
drawing fifty thousand dollars PEI
year instead of taxing the people t.
pay outrageous prices to pay sucl
salaries. The Commission has don,
right. If there is any criticism to b.
made on them, they should be CRITICS
ed for being too liberal to the rail
roads.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
"COULDN'T YOU STAND THAI?',

The New York Journal has taken a
bold stand for municipal owns rship of
natural monopolies We mah The fol-
lowing extracts from an editorial of
the oath:
suppose that New York were gov
erned for the people, instead of for the
men who squeeze fortunes out of it.
Suppose the city managed its own
street car lines, ran its own gas works
and electric plants and managed the
other natural mOnOpOlies for the bene-
fit of the public at cost, instead of al
lowing private syndicates to manage
them at high rates and then attem Of
to corrupt city politics to keep them
high. Don't you think the city would
be better off
Sages and few others who know how
to buy what they want would have
fewer millions to hoard or to suuan.
der. But would that be an unendura-
BILE calamity? Suppose Sage or Gould
even had to go to work. Couldn't YOU
| stand that?
The suggestion that the city manage
| It's own street cars, etc, would be met
"ANA :" VII INV hO"a IIUll w I'll OGTe6C,
But we suppose that giving the pub
lie this service at cost instead of tax.
ing them up to the handle, would be
denounced as anarchistic paternalism.
But is that a reason for letting pri-
vate individuals rob the city so gayly.
If the city owned the street railroads,
OF course the first voting day would
make all fares three cents, except prob
ably for school children who would
ride for one cent. Plenty of cars would
be supplied, as no one would be inter-
ested in getting the greatest numbei
| of fares for ths least amount of money
The profits from the street railways.
gas supply and similar monopolies
would reduce taxation, reduce cost to
citizens, provide honorable, well paid
work for thousands of deserving men.
abolish the present system of grinding
down wages, AND WHAT HARM WOULD
1T DO, SAVE THAT 1T WOULD PREVENT
PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS FROM MAKING
VAST FORTUNES FROM PUBLIC NEcEssI-
TIES and then using their money to
corrupt politics and control legisla-
ton!
| OF course, the public will control
these and many other things in time.
But the time should be hurried on.
Perhaps discussion will help it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10

troll the volume Of the circulating
medium confers upon its preseason the
power 90 increase and depress prices
At will, and thus to make IL easy for 4
few beneficiaries 10 acquire and main
tain . monopoly Of anJ given line OF
productive or distPibutive industry.
Such power exist 10 . certain degree
now in the hands Of few powerful
and allied fnanciers, and would be
made even more absolute IL the Re
pnbiicans plan to turn over tn the
national bank exclusive control of the
volume OF paper currency should be
given effect.
Even more obvious and immediate
as factor in the formation of trusts
is the private and irresponsible con.
troll OF railroads. Insistencs upon q
| broader measure of national control
| and even upon ultimate public owner.
| ship and management o! the railways
Is an essential feature OF any of plan
campaign sincerely intended to route
the forces Of monopoly and extortion
senator Butler, like many OF his
party, exaggerates the Importance oil
private ownership Of telegraphs. The
Journal believes in the need for 8
postal telegraph system and fully ex-
poets to see IL established within q
few years, but it thinks the influence oil
the present system as an ally to mo.
nopoly is overes,imated. Certainly i,
| falls far short in importance to the
growing monopoly o. land, which Sen.
| ator Butler ignores.
The article is Of importance as par,
| OF the discussion Of the policy of tn,
Democratic party and its allies, which
the JoYrna. has been encouraging
Senator Butler thinks the trusts ar,
the vital point at which 10 strike, tn,
solar plexus Of the common enemy"
The same article has also been COPIED
by the Literary Digest and com
mented on favorably. It is general,
conceded that the facts are stated cor
rectly and that Senator Buffers argu
ment as to the true remedy is I'M
answerable.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
LET KvERY POvCIfST ANSWER InIs
OCESr1ON.

We clip the following timely ard
sensible editorial from the Herald. one
of the leading Popuiist papers of Ore
gon. I. asks questions that every pa
triot should consider and answer for
himself:
The Peoples party will enter the
contest Of 1900, two million strong. To
be the victor In this contest IL must
closely approach voting strength Of
seven millions. From what source
shall it draw nearly three times it,
present strength: From the Bryan
Democrats. Hardly there Was . time
" ben the free silver ana anti-nation-
ai-bank Democrat WAS net satisfied
with his party and We had hope of his
becoming q Popuiiss, but under the
leadership of Mr.. Bryan on the Chica-
go platform he is satisfied for the pres.
ent. Why should he come TO US. He
believes in Bryan-he believes in him
more than in the Chicago platform,
and only when Bryan is elected and
fails TO carry out his promises, if he
should, can We reasonably expect &C.
cessiOns from the ranks OF the Demo.
cratic party.
Until the free silver Republicans boil
ted the 81. Louis platform and focked
TO Senator Teller's standard, free sill
yer, anti-bank and direct legislation
Republicans naturally drIfted into the
Peoples party-now they become free
silver Republicans. Where, then, are
Popuiists to secure an accession of -four
or five million voters? Let every pa.
triot answer this question.
Shall We abandon our organization
| and go boldly to the Democrat party
as re- organized under Mr.. Bryan? No:
We are not asked to do so, neither
! would such course be advisable. We
must retain our organization, extend
our education on advanced lines, force
the adoption of direct leg Station upon
the more conservative party and benG
our utmost energy toward the capture
Of legislative offices.
| An honorable union will not make il
necessary for one party to swallow tn,
other, but it can and will give us direc
legislation In Oregon; we shall be abl'
to place three congressman in congress
who can be depended upon to vote first
last and all the time against the en-
croachments of plutocracy. Let Popu
lists refuse to cooperate in this crisi
and We shall not only lose the state t
the money power but our decreased vot
will discourage cur people, imperil GU
party organization and destroy on
power to force to the front our princi
Piles. Let us face this ordition lik
patriotic men. Let party prejudic
give way to our plain duty to gu
country. Let us keep intact our organic
alton but reach out the hand Of vel
come to any organization and any hop
that will enable US to be an active fac
tor in the dethroning of the none,
power and the restoring of this govern
ment to the people themselves.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
THE PASSENGER REDUCTIONS ARE
JUST.

THE PASSENGER REDUCTIONS ARE
We take pleasure in reproducing the
following editorial from the States
vile Mascot:
The reductions in railroad passen-
ger rates made by the State Railroad
Commission last week are just. Every-
thing else has come down, including
the wages paid railroad employees and
the material used in railroad eouip-
ment and operation, and the rates
which they are allowed to charge the
people should also be reduced to suit
6 cent cotton and the other evils of the
gold standard. The railroad companies
are raising great howl against these
reductions and claiming that they can
not pay interest upon their stock. Let
the officers and bosses quit spending
so much of the money belonging to
their companies for the purpose of
controlling elections and the actions
OF Legislatures, and there will be
enough left to pay all legitimate ex-
penses and fair dividends. That was
a good days work which Messrs. Cald-
we'll and Pearson did on Monday Of
last week, and the great common neo-
pie of North Carolina, irrespective of
party, sustain them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10
SECRETARY LONGS STRANGE CON.
DUCT.

SECRETARY LONGS STRANGE CON-
DUCT.
After a recent meeting of the Cabi-
net, Mr.. Long, Secretary of the Navy,
expressed himself to newspaper re-
porters IN the following language:
"The element of SPANS official par
ticipatiOu in the disaster to the Maine,
in my judgment, may now be practi-
cally eliminated"
This declaration of Secretary Long
has been severely and justly criticized
by both the press and public.
The people had been asked by the
administration to withhold opinion as
to the cause of the destruction of the
Maine until the Court of Inquiry
could establish the cause beyond
doubt. What right had Mr.. Secretary
Long to give utterance to this "unoffi-
cial" utterance, as he terms it. If he is
ready to make an official report
of the causes, the American public is
waiting and anxious to hear it. Until
then we cannot see why he any more
than private citizen should give pub
lie expression to unofficial opinions.
But evidently Mr.. Long had a pur-
pose in making this declaration. 1t
certainly had the effect whatever his
purpose was, Of boosting the stock
market, and making millions for few
spectators. Besides it is also posi-
BILE that Mr.. Long and the administra-
ton may have "official" knowledge of
the fact that the Maine was bio wn
up by mine or in some other way de-
signedly, and in order TO prevent the
war which is 50 much dreaded by
Wall Street, are seeking a way to let
themselves down easy with the PEOPLE
in refusing to declare war. Whether
Spain is officially responsible in the
opinion of the Administration or not,
the fact still remains that Spanish Off
GERS guided the Maine to her mornings
when she entered Havana Harbor, and
il she were purp0sely stationed over a
mine as now evident, then in the
opinion Of the great bulk of the Amer
lean people Spain is officially respon-
sible and must be made to pay a heavy
penalty for the crime.
To say the least Secretary Longs
conduct it very strange.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-10

spirit be satisfied, snd unless We have
wrongly measured the sons OF Revolu-
tionary antecedents, they will not be
satisfied with . sordid pecuniary i'm
demnity - has been suggested viii be
demanded.
II. however, we are wrong in this
estimate, IL in this crisis when SO much
Is at stake, the stranguiating grasp oil
gold is stronger than the honest indig.
nation Of the American people, il sci.
hshness snd greed are permitted Il
triumph over patriotism, then indeed
is American manhood sunk low in ths
scale, and the hope Of resisting the ir.
fiuence Of sordid wealth unto a free
dom from its shackles will live hence.
forth only in memory.