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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

Having found out fifteen
years late that the law exempt
ing iron lands from taxation is
unconstitutional, the county
auditor is going to do the next
best thing and try to collect the
unpaid taxes for the last five
years. That was probably the
most imbecile law we ever had.
1t "encouraged" men to get
hold of iron properties and be-
come millionaires without ever
doing stroke of work. 1t
made their royalties just so
much more. It did not add one
ton to the amount of iron ore
in the state nor to the amount
mined. And it took us fifteen
years to find out that it was
unconstitutional while most of
the public hasn't found out yet
that it was imbecile.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

Next Monday the report of
the court of enquiry on the
Maine disaster is expected in
Washington. Meanwhile we
are treated to rumors as con-
Trajectory as ever upon the
intentions of the administra-
ton, and meanwhile the gov
eminent is pushing all it's war
like preparations, presumably
to be ready for action while
trusting that no violence will
be necessary. And meanwhile
in spite of all the derogatio1 of
the administration, the clamor
about supineness, we may have
confidence that dignity will be
maintained.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
OF INTEREST TO OBEY.

,"The art of preventing in
surrection and rebellion is not
to take from the people the
power to resist but to make it
to their interest to obey"
That was said a long time
ago by an English bishop far
wiser than most of his peers.
That was when the common
people were supposed to exist
for the benefit of their .betters
and England had no idea of be-
coming a democracy.
!. Today in this country, where
all men are politically equal
and the majority rules, we
hear that the mob must be
kept down, that the dangerous
masses must be ruled with a
strong hand, that more civic
troops are needed to check
riots of our citizens and hold
in check the turbulent ele-
ments. .
That is a proclamation of in
equality, a confession Of in
Justice. There was never fear
of a mob where conditions
were fair and opportunities
were equal. -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
MADE IN DULUTH.

If for any reason a given: ar
ticle can be made better and
cheaper in San Francisco or
Mexico or Hong Kong than in
Duluth, we might as well take
advantage of that advantage
and buy the best at the least
cost. It would be silly, to use
a familiar and extreme illus
tration, to raise tea in hot
houses in Dakota. .
But in most cases there is
no such difference. Goods
made at home are ordinarily
quite as good and reasonable
in price as those that have
paid freight on thousand
miles or so. And often the
home made wares are better
than can be had from outside.
And yet, on the old principle
that prophet is not without
honor save in his own country,
most of us unthinkingly give
the preference to the things
that come from a distance or
even from foreign countries, SO
much that sometimes goods
bought at home have to wear a
foreign label before they find a
market.
That is more silly than hot
house tea would be and that is
done every day.
This Home Consumers
league, working in line with
the efforts of the trades unions,
can do power of good in that
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
CHANGING OF CHIPS DOESN'T
MATTER.

##. MATTER. f@#
Senator Butler has issued an
address criticising the narrow
ness of the sixteen-to-one
movement. It is we'll timed.
He seems to be a pretty good
sixteen-to-one advocate him
self but he perceives that there
are other questions to which
this is an incident.
He begins with the futile
crusade against trusts begun
by the republicans and carried
on by the democrats. There
have been laws and laws, each
more drastic than the last, and
none of them ever hurt or
hampered any trust or any
servant of a trust. And they
never can or will be worth the
time it took to pass them. A
trust is a monopoly and the
child of monopoly. And Sen
ator Butler recognizes three
principal means by which com
MERGE is, controlled and by
which it may be monopolized:
the railroads, money and the
telegraph.
Give the government con-
troll of those three agencies
and he believes the control of
production and distribution
could be treated with some
effect. .- f.
If he had mentioned land his
catalogue of the parents of
monopoly would have been
more complete, And of the
three factors he does mention,
it does not appear that the
telegraph has ever been greatly
abused in the interest of com
mercial monopolies. It is evil
enough that it is public
monopoly in private hands.
It has seldom been used i'm
properly aside from that es-
sential misuse.
That railroads have powers
of life and death over commun-
tiles and exercise them, is an
agreed proposition among all
the readers of the Labor
World, and government owner
ship is the remedy they unani-
mously propose.
TO tell how the monopoly OF
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
Lady Agents Wanted.

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Private instructions will be given to
agents on application, also samples and
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This is an opportunity of a lifetime. Do not
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Our treatment stands on it's merits and
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We want only reliable and reputable
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
A SIGNIFICANT GAIN.

When the council voted to
require the union label on the
job of printing the charter re-
port, it was the most significant
gain unionism has yet made in
Duluth.
When unionism gets a foot
ing it does not soon re11nquish
it. The label is recognized,
the eight-hour day will be; the
city will soon become more
and more an employer of union
labor and will not retreat from
this position.
It is in that way significant,
and it is significant in sug-
costing that what the unions
want they can have if they
will ask for it distinctly
enough. It would be inpos-
sible to elect council COM
posed wholly of union men; it
is as easy as you please to elect
a council who will carry out
the provisions upon which
unionism insists. It is so far
and let us hope it always will
be-impossible to establish a
national party of workingmen.
We would not want to belong
to a party of anything less
than men. But it is easy,
once the workingmen know
what they want, to make any
party that happens to have the
power, carry out that demand.
We don't half know what we
can do. There is no limit to
what may be accomplished by
the unions sticking together,
making sure they know what
they want and asking for it in
unmistakable terms.
We have the union label
fixed on the city's job. work.
What else shall he ask for?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
Frank Leslfe's Popular Monthly for.
March.

The propagation and cultivation of
fish by the government is interesting
and instructively described by Joanna
r. Nichols Kyle in Frank Leslie's pop
ular monthly for March. The article
has the fellcitous title. Aquatic Pro-
teges Of Government" and is profusely
illustrated. The same magazine con
tains an important paper on the "Con-
gregationalists," setting forth the his
tory and growth Of that denomination
in this country, by Rev. A. b. Dunning.
This also is accompanied by many fine
illustrations. The fifth paper in the
series on Andrew jackson is the second
part of A. Oakley Halls account Of
jackson as Statesman and Presi-
dent" The illustrations to this article
include reproductions Of rare paintings,
miniatures, cartoons, etc. "Massachu-
sets Before the Mayfower" is the title
of an article in which Francis Worcester
Doughty chats entertainingly of the
early history Of the eastern state, and
gives maps and views from old copper.
plates. Helen Bradford describes the
life and people of Christiana. The city
of New Orleans furnishes the subject
for long and superbly illustrated ar
ticle by Charles Thomas Logan, who
calls that city "the quaint and unique
Metropolis of the Southwest" Another
deliberately pictured article is one on
Harvard University, by L. w. Sheldon.
A new serial story, the scene Of which is
laid in revolutionary times, begins in
this number. It is called marie Ire
maine," and is by Frances Swan Will
liams. There are number of clever
short stories, some good poems, and an
attractive young folks department..
Frank Leslie's Publishing House, New
York.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

direction. Other things being
equal, give your neighbors the
trade. Other things being
equal, have it made not in
Hong Kong but in Duluth.
Where bonuses have failed,
the simple method of asking
for the home product is efficient
to build up home industries.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

France demands that China
shall not make any concessions
to any other nation in specified
provinces, that China shall
finish railroad that would be
convenient for France, that
China shall grant France a
coaling station and a trading
post-and answer within eight
days or take the consequences.
You see, China has got to be
civilized. ..H
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

money may be controlled in
the general interest is to dis
cuss the silver question, the
banking question and forty
collateral problems, many out
side the sphere of legislation.
Anyway Senator Butler has
the right idea. The world is
not to be reconstructed simply
from changing from yellow to
white chips.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
Build up manufactures her

Build up manufactures here
good. The union men will
help. They will do more than
any other set of men. But
they will not forget that when
all is done, nothing will have
been accomplished to make
their wages higher. When
Duluth doubles in size rents
will be RICHER and wages not a
cent increased. r.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

Have you subscribed for The
New Time? It is the best
magazine ever published in
this country, and it is fighting
the battles of the people. It is
your duty to give The New
Time your earnest support.
We make a clubbing rate of
1.5O for The New Time and
The LABOR WORLD.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
Origin of BrandyWine.

The battle of Brandywine was one
of the worst of Washington s numer-
GUS defeats. The name originated,
it is said, from Dutch brandy dis
tillery on the banks of the stream
Brentwine, variously spelled, being
a Dutch name for brandy, or ''burn-
ed wine"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

Another absurd superstition
is that only those who pay tax
es have a right to a say. This
country is supposed to be for
the benefit of men, notproperty.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

IF it has the label it is fair
made goods. The city author
tiles have recognized the virtue
of the argument-and that
unionism has votes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
See What We Give for Only Ten Cents


Take notice.-You are given a choice
of one of the following articles and The
Home months for only 10 cents. Lord
Lisle's Daughter, by Charlotte M.
Braeme; Book of 60 pages on Crochet
ing and Knitting; or Stamping outfit
of &C patterns, many new designs, in
Guiding centerpieces, doilies, etc.
The excellent stories, for which The
Home is noted, will be continued; the
Fashion and Fancy Work Departments
will be kept up to high standard.
Kate Sanborn will continue her bright
"Of Hand Talks" and every one of the
numerous departments will be increased
and made brighter.
Illustrated Premium List, or outfit
for canvassing sent free.
The HOME PUB. Co.,
al Milk St., Boston, Mass.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

Those who have a public Ii
cense to Nevy tribute on the
public should pay tribute to
the public. That is simple jus
tiCe.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

It is better to be seif-support-
ing than to have borrowed
fortune to spend and devote
the rest ola down-trodden ex-
istence to paying off the mort
cages. "
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
A Disguised reformer ha

A Disguised reformer has
abandoned the field because
he says his fellow-patrlots
were all for office and wouldn't
give him his share of patron
age. He evidently never had
the apostolic spirit very highly
developed. The man who is
possessed by an idea must
work at it with or without re-
ward.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

n0 WdlkCu lulO lu0 luIulIuTC SuOp
with a nervous air and tried to look
as if he were quite accustomed to
that sort of thing. He gazed about
the establishment in search of some
thing and seemed perplexed.
"a nice pair, that, y observed the
shopkeerer soothingly, as he saw
the young man stand still before a
couple of chimney ornaments.
"That's what all the relatives and
neighbors say said the young
man, biushing a fiery red. ''How
did you know about its''
"Well-er-they always are, -
stammered the proprietor, taken
aback. "You see," he added, recov-
ering himself, ''I'm married man
myself $50.
"Yes-exaotly,'' said the custom
or. perhaps you can help me. If
you had to-buy a cradle-I mean,
if it was-more-than you expected
that is, if they were more than
you expected-do you think-that
one would do or would one be-too
small for-two, and ought I to buy
one for each? I shall have more ex-
perience of that kind of thing as
time goes on, of course. ''-Pearson' S
Weekly,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

Russell Sage IS willing to
hold Uncle Sans coat in case
of WARRIOR what is in the pock-
cts.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

This is strange thing, that
capital should hire men. In
better times men will hire cap
ital.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

More wanton than the de-
struction of the Maine, over
which the whole nation calls
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
SABRE G. AKIN, Editor and Publisher.

Letters and articles relating to the social
problem are solicited.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

Entered at the postofice at Duluth, MIMI, as
second class matter.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26

In selecting your winter
reading, do not forget The New
Time. It is fighting your bat
tie and deserves your support.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
DANCED IN THE FIRE.
How an Indian Entertained and Aston
shed Some Frontiersmen.

How Indian Entertained and Aston
ished Some Frontiersmen.
So much has been written Of late
years about the various dances of
different Indian tribes that it recalls
a curious incident relative to this
custom. Some time in the fall of
1854 a party of miners from a small
town in Nevada started northward
to establish themselves in some
newly discovered mines in southern
Idaho. Owing to the general inse-
curity of the times, we travelled aft
er the usual immigrant fashion,
hating wherever nightfall overlook
us. In the course of our journey
we encamped one night on Queens
river, near the boundary line of Ne
vada and Idaho, then the domain of
the Piutes. At that time they were
generally regarded as a half friendly
tribe, and the occasional traveller
through their territory had little to
fear.
The weather had grown bitterly
cold, and on this particular evening
we had built a rousing fire, the rud-
dy blaze of which streamed through
the dusk of evening, lighting up
that naked region until our situa-
ton was visible from every point.
Evidently the flame of our en-
campment drew attention, as soon
after dark three Piutes appeared in
camp. The chief, leaving his fol-
lowers in the background, drew near
our fire and offered US the usual sal
utation of Heap hungry" He
was given cold biscuits, after which
he proceeded to make himself COM
Portable.
AS he stood warming himself we
we're struck by his fine proportions.
His powerful frame and majestic
stature would have rendered him a
striking object anywhere, and by
the Pickering light of the campfire
he appeared colossal. His attire
was savagely primitive. Saving the
customary clout and a blanket of
fur skins on his shoulders, he was
destitute of clothing. .s-.s
Shortly before turning in for the
night some of the boys began beg
ging him to give us the war dance,
and after some time, tired perhaps
of their opportunities or seeming
possible grub, he thought better to
yield. j.. 'i.
Without giving sign of his in.
tentions, to our astonishment he
leaped into the blazing bed of Goals
and, casting his blanket from him,
began dancing in the most vigorous
manner, whirling, leaping, bound
ing high in air, again circling with
dizzy speed, finging his arms wildly
about him and all the while uttering
succession of such whoops and
yells that fairly rang in our ears for
hours The live Goals hoped and
flew, but he kept it up, never quit
ting his hot bed for fully three min
utes; then, ceasing, he resumed his
stolid demeanor and his blanket and
for the remainder Of the night re-
posed by the fire. TWAS startling
feat, entirely out of the ordinary by
way of exhibition, but just what
manner of dance it was, whether
war dance, fire dance, ghost dance
or whether it had any significance
in savage life, I have never been
able to determine. San Francisco
Chronicle. ". j.. ..l5.
He walked into the furniture shop
with a nervous air and tried to look
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-25
The Local Paper A Barometer

a barometer in creating an impression
with an outside people. That is to say
if the paper is dull, it follows the town
is in h same fix. The pride and sat
~isfactiOn the editor takes in the pro-
gress and growth of the town; the pa
per's value as a medium by which a
towns advantages may be advertised
to the world; it's reliability as a means
by which the character and intelli-
gence of a towns people may be judg-
ed by the outsider; its freedom from
sensational and demoralizing features;
it's influence in local affairs-an are
signs that the progressive, unsel1sh
citizen welcomes with a warm hand
Milton Vt)Rays.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-25
Yours respectfully,
j.. N. McELROY.
Saved by an Alligator

William Simpson, who lives at Pin
Castle Fla, near lake Marie, has a
small boy named Rob, who tanned an
alligator and loved him as dearly as if
he had been a goat. The gator "a
called Pete, and nroudly sported a
copper ring in his head, as a civilized
gator who knows tricks should
One day Pete disappeared, and he
stayed away for three years. In the
mean time Robert received many
spankings because he was continually
playing With alligators and getting all
sorts of scratches and bites in conse-
quence.
Now comes the queer partOfthe story
that recalls the interposition of fairy
godmothers. Rob was making over
lures to a big alligator n day, and
the Saurian came at him with his
large, open co~untenance, and the little
boy began to say his prayers.
Just in the nick of time another gator
appeared, and the first gator had a
fight ON his (hands. When the fight
was over Rob discovered that his al
ligatOr was the lOng-lOst Pete, grown,
indeed, but still wearing his stamped
copper ring.
This time Pete stayed and people go
for miles to see the yOungster ride
about on his back.-The Chicago News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-25
COTTON MILLS IN THE SOUTH.

The Chattanooga Tradesman gives a
needed hint to textile journals of the
best way 10 make returns as to mills.
etc. 1t says that ito be of any real
value these annual returns should give
concerning new mills, the capital invest
ed; number Of spindles, looms, knitting
machines; line OF goods each MIL VIII
produce. The mere number OF mills
has very little significance. Fer in
stance, the returns We get would count
the great Pelzer, with its s1.250,000 cap
ital, and los, COO spindIes, and looms 10
match a mill, and offset it with "a
mill of $50, 900 capital and 5000 sptndles,
in another state" The trade journals.
and the Tradesman among them, do
not give always reliable figures as to
the Number of mills, etc, in the south.
The Tradesman lately gave the num-
Der of mills in North Carolina far be
low what is correct, n with the mis-
take also blundered in the number Of
spindles and the cotton consumed.
North Carolina a also Il wColen mills,
The following is not without interest:
THE record of new mills, under
taken or projected, for 1894, was 1868;
1895, 337; 1896, $50; 1897, 155. Sixty
eight new mills were begun or project
I'd on the last half of 1897 Of these
ithirty-one are cotton mills, eleven
wooden mills, seventeen knitting mills,
one linen mill. The north and east
ha twenty-eight of these plants, the
south thirty-five. 1t is noted that the
i n -o-aT- n1,,ohp-- Of tho Tnr~thGr-n CON
Germs are small, and for knitting, or to
manufacture silk goods.
Sixty-six cotton mills were begun or
projected in the south during the year,
and twelve in the north"
North Carolina did excellently last
year. 1t viii continue to build mills
and enlarge the business, although re-
turns are less satisfactory as to profits
than this time last year
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-25

even get rid of that rebellious member
of h human system. With the stom-
ach discarded as an useless offender,
and the introduction by discovery Of
such an unpleasant and serious addi-
ton as an appendix, the use Of which
does not yet appear, il would really
seem as il surgery had other surprises
in store of a complete revolution.
While the medical world keeps it's eye
upon the operation upon the woman at
Zurich, other experiments are already
made and treated. In St. Louis last
week-Wednesday-a mans stomach
was removed, but the patient died in a
few hours. He was aged 46 and and a
machinist. In Milwaukee a woman
was operated upon for ance Of the
stomach. She died in four hours.
These experiments rather damage the
new theory. What Will be the final
conclusion time will show.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-25
THREE CASES OF STOMACH RE
MOVAL.

The case in Switzerland Of a wo-
mans stomach being removed some
-four months since has attracted not
only great attention among the doc
TORS, but has also interested a great
many others outside of the profession.
af1e Messenger promptly ave some &C
count of the most astounding operation
and its success so soon as lit was re-
Eorted in the New York Medical Re
cord The woman is getting along we'll
without any stomach at all, n has
-zctualIy fattened. This is a severe re-
Euke 20 old theories, and if this opera
9Ecn is confirmed in the future it would
asem as if the doctors would have to
abandon entirely all the old theories
and practices as to the stomach, and