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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-08
Liked by the Farmers.

The post office department is con-
stantIy receiving large amount OF
evidence tending to show the popular
ity of the rural free delivery system
where it has been tried, and the desire
for the extension of the service to
other territory where it is not yet in
trial Of operation. The original aprr,-
pration by the last congress under
president CIeyeland'S administration
for the trial Of the system was $4,000,
and the I'ifty-fourth congress follow
ed this with an appropriation of $780,
900 to continue the experiment. The
congress just ended increased this
amount to 100000, and the system is
now considered practically Il pcrma-
nent feature of the post office depart
ment. 1t is said by the officials that
great satisfaction has been expressed
throughout the country, and those
familiar, with the subject say that IN
popuIons sect ions, where the country
is thickIy intcrSpcrscd with farm
houses and correspondence naturally
is considerable. he system will be self
sustaining. The only persons, it is
Said who are opposed to free rural de-
livery are the fourth-claSS post masters.
who lose not only their revenue from
stamp cancellations, but also the priv
ilrye Of doing out provisions Of var
iurlS kinds to the patrons Of the office,
who. naturally. in Il good many cases.
deal with them in the grocery line,
t he four1Il-cluSs postmaster usually
Keeping Il store.
The service has now been extended
bv thr department to nearly all the
states and territories, and in such
states as have made application the
department is now considering the
mos advisable system to Introduce.
In some OF he parseIN-stttlc1 regions
where the farms are large and the dis
tances between houses is great the tX-
pertinent j. being made with L Di-Wcck-
! " and ,r-Wrrkiv system. instead Of i
daily.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-08
FOR 4 biz. TIME.
Labor Unions Arc Preparing for the
hi" Convention
curse.

Last night there WAS It meeting Of the
committee appointed by the trades as
scnlblN to devise ways HnJ means for en-
tcr;aininy the convention Of The Mime
sofa Federation Of laDo:. This convention
will meet here on June T. and T. and ilL>,-
ing from preparations talked over Leg
night ii VIII be Il mrmOrlDl. occasion il.
the history Of union labor in this STATE.
The arrangements inc.lll,, Il banquet nn,I
DANCE. The bHnuUct Will BE- given 81.
M"n,l;,y evening and the dance, on -r:l..s-
day About POO delegates VIII be- mere ,tu,,
many will Drin-, their wives. Tr, commit
Zee, = determined 10 lnI!.,. l",:r say N
mis- city is Pleasant ;iS ijur$ill'.. y \,
dies auxiliary will be appointed TO work
in conjunction with the rommli.-" from
h. tr.,,..S' assembly. The. III, mbrrS ',
IL. committee. r"r W. L.. NJ +. ", n.
Charles l.. we. Henry DWor>h"rk. WiE!~
lam Garland and Charles Seymour. tn
money for entertaining. II" visitors VIZ.
j.. raised among the It lt,r"", unions.
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LITERARY NOTES.

''Great Captains, with their guns and
drums.
Disturb your Judgment for the hour,
But at last silence comes"
Lowell
The silence has come in which but
the echoes of the guns and drums Of
our great captains remain. The time
has arrived which calls for the cNer-
else of Judgment undisturbcd by excite.
mcnt or passion. We stand face to
face with problems which require
prompt solution. Those who repre-
sent us. with sword IN hand. deman I
of millions of people but just escaped
from one foreign opprcssor, humble
submission and blind obedience. Tn
conditional surrender and unpuestfon-
ing acceptance Of another military
authority are made conditions pre-
our purposes in respect to Il great
archipelago in which our doubtful in
tcrest is but probable q11it-clnim deed
of Il title by force. We are about 70
succeed Spain's contested title. We
have already. at least for the present,
succeeded in her methods. Whether
we are merely to take her place does
not yet appear. The president only
ventures to propose ''the success Of orr
arms and the maintenance Of our hon
or and to relegnte the 'Whole sub
ject" Of 'tl,e welfare and happiness
and rights OF the inhabitants OF the
Philippine islands, to congress. which
he says is ''the voice, the conscience.
and the judgment Of the American
people, This want Of a definite policy
has already led to dire results. TO
wait until the proper time comes 10
act is one thing: to let loose the dogs
Of war and wait for programme IS
to confess that we are adrift.
The necessity. the wisdom, even the
Justice. Of our war against Spain arc
ST III widely doubted. Whether our in
reference in a quarrel that was moi
ours, whether our breach Of the peace
Of he world after Spain had conceded
orr reasonable demands. can be ju>tI-
fed. depends almost wholly upon our
execution Of the far greater task that
remains The final verdict upon our
action will depend on its results rather
than on its manner Of crraSion. The
problems which now confront lis in
volve vastly more than Il few petty al
diticns to our trade. or even The wei
fare of the alien peoples OF some re-
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in the country. In Western Pennsylvania
millions of dollars are invested in the in.
,lns;ry and it gives employment to thous-
;.n(iS of men.
Armour already manufactures about
orc-eishth of all the glue used in the
nited States. The American Glue COM
plny, a combination. formed three years
ago controls about one-third Of the Ou.-
put, it's factories being located in half 4
dozen states.
Mr. Armour has made an offer in spot
c;sh for The company's entire business.
Tire company is considering the offer and.
so the report goes, will probably accept.
This deal contaminated .nr. Armour. !.
is said, will be in a position to mdersell
ali competitors. From that point of van
tase he will make cash offers for the re-
n.aining glue factories in the country.
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of the horSeShoring and blacksmith
ING of the town. he is we'll up near
where the new town is TO be. and we
can nnyine what Il trade he will have
as he people get settled into I heir new
bones. Aside from his other work he
has turned out from his shop eighteen
lew SlciGh> in the past winter.
Close up to the new town is the Eve
lrth Electric light plant under the
management Of {. II. Webster. a man
Of large enterprise. who will turn Iii"
light into all the homes as fast as hey
are demanded in the new town.
The residents of F,veIeth and the
strangers who! vomt should UNDER
stand that John \. IIeaIey has a wei!
equipped livery stable here with good
and reliable horses for their Use when
wanted. lie has another stable IN
charge of his brother at Sparta. Mr..
nealey is also deputy sheriff.
There is muc, about Eveleth that we
have not time nor space to tell. We
can only say that it is fine little city
With grand future.
The pay roll at the Adams and Faya'
IRON mines mere III iiN DttHt'i -
about SG5. 900 month. with prospects;
Of rapidly becomin" more.
For full information about the Won
derf,I DEVELOPMENT Of the iron mine
industry in this region. general iron
Range news. and facts relating to the
rapid growth of Eve1eth we refer vo
to the F.\'ETETH STAR. published by
Dr.. p. Ellard Dowlino--a large eight
page weekly. and positivrl vNone Of tE''
best weekly journals in the United
States.
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Our Mission
A Curse
,ChriStianiSin+: the PHILIPPINES
\. ID. 1880.
by ID. 4. Pctrc.
10 Snch a high degree has the no
I ton of American Christianity riS-
iIalt cllI.cl aIlNQrateS

u ton Of American Christianity riS-
EN- that many church advocates
have agreed. that the bes, plan to ac-
compish the freedom of the natives OF
the Philippine islands is to cNterni-
rate all those who are loyal to their
own country. and who are now fight
i ING American invasion. We hear Of
ministers Of the gospel from various
pulpits lecryine he vain efforts Of
those who oppose determination, as be-
! ing contrary to Christian, and mOdern
civilization: we hear these criticisms:
on all sides: we listen to their weekl::
| SCI mons-largely devoted to technical
| the ology-we are confronted with the
prospect of everlasting doom, if the
terets Of a church doctrine are not
faithfully adhered to: and to cap the
| climax of unreason. we arc asked to
believe that Il process OF eNtermna l.
tior is the basic principle Of Christian
| itv: in other words, if YOU do not be-
lieve as | do. a righteous sword is your
just desert. Poor Fillipinos. Content
| to govern themselves after their own
fashion, and yet to be restrained by
the mighty hand of the free sons Of
America: pity their freedom indeed.
| better servitudc under Spanish sla2-
cry, than to be slaves Of american des-
petition. What an eXemplitiication Of
| the gospel of Christi, what guiding
| star for our rising generation, which
would advocate peace. by the sword;
when the Master Himself said, that
| he who draws the sword must perish
| by the sword" And yet we read Of
His supposed followers and teachers,
preaching the gospel Of slaughter.
What man with heart ever so cold and
! conscience ever so d1mmed could az
cept such an inhuman. to say the least,
un-Christian doctrine? May the Goa
j of the universe preserve our people
from such untimcly belief. which II
allowed to eniwine our rising youth,
hi CHIT prcripitate ccininy generations
into Il condition of i'aganiSm. No. no.
not the sword Of revenge 10 right
our wrongs: the world. and America,
first should cast aside, forever such IN
human arbitration. But for Il minis
ter of the church to advocate suci,
doctrines in the nineteenth century,
to 90 back to the dark ages Of the IN
QUESTION, is it possible to the imagina-
ton: IT it is so. he people must re-
turn to the sixteenth century and like
Archbishop Thomas Cranner. when
being burned at the stake. recant his
! heresy, and say to the world, this
right hand has offended. this unworthy
right hand
If the government intends to enlight
en- and ChrstianiZe the inhabitants u
tie Philippines. after the fashion, p''r-
sued toward our home Indians, by
breaking faith with them, concrdinC
to them reservations and then allowing
rhe dollar white man to absorb Them.
crowtling them into Il small portion cf
the earth, stealing their timber. lcttin"
the white man and the whisky bot tie
to incte them to uprising. then to
utrIi them with the militia: then say.
the Fillipinos will ever regret Spain &
departure, and our mission prove q
| curse.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-08
French Mission Wrecked

YOKOHAMA, April S.--News has been
received here that a French mission has
been wrecked in the province of Chun
Chong, Corea. The priest in charge was
carried off, and il is not known by the
sender of the advlces whether he is alive
or dead. The Corean government has
sent troops to the scene of disturbance.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-08
PRISONER BECOMES INSANE
PAUL JONES . AWAITING TRIAL
LOSES HIS WITS. '-- Z
Prisoner Suddenly Becomes Violent
and Sees SpOOks and
Spirits. o.. " -

Paul Jones, United States prisoner held
for trial. was taken violently insane i'm
the county jail on Wednesday night and
had to be bound down. Jones is charged
with selling liquor to indians. Jones' hal
lrcinatons seem to have taken the form
of spooks and spirits that dance before
him. He keeps yelling at these shadows
to keep away from him and at times, es
peoialJy at night, seems to have fearful
struggles with them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-08

LONDON, April SIT is asserted in
Rome. according TO dispatch to the
Daily Mail, thar the Italian warshps
have already landed troops at San Nun
Bay. province Of Chi-Kiang, China, where
the Italian Government has been seeking
SO year lease of a naval base and coal
ing station.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-08

LONDON, April 1.-THE Barry dock di-
rectors have accepted American tenders
for the construction of several locomo-
tives. They. assert that they will get
quicker delivery at price $500 less per
engine with equal and perhaus better
workmanship as compared with the Eng
fish tenders
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DEi.WEIN. IT,, April 7.-Tn,lay Juds"
II ','s II Of The district cpur; sentenced
J. H. CASTOR. eN-prrSidrnl Of the First
National ,Ink of Derortt. to five years
il, the pcntcniary. he having been con-
victcd for fraudulent banking.
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Nh. but Jones. the ci gar maker,
thinks that Smith, the ct her cigar man.
would ret all the trade if he does not
send in a salesman imscIf and so
twenty firms have each Il salesman and
the Surposition is that the cost Or
these twenty statesmen is about 500 Il
day for soliciting trade.
|! * readily seen that this is (, ire
nvnuollS waste. of over S21O.OnO Il year
10 ;ht twenty tobacco factories, as all
his expenditure OF money does not i'll
crease the SAX, OF tobacco one pound.
At last manufacturers have runcluh-
r,l 10 stop cul1in" each Others tllroatS.
they have grown up TO that point
Where they cam cooperate and cooper
Axiom is " trust. They have resolved
~ rjlt ;!.,.;r institutions together. bear
equally the expense Of manufacture
and ,iScharwiny their travelling men.
have less expense in Sclliny--an emil
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klRkSNll.Lf', Mo-, April 1.-CNy Ma
81 alJohn y. Scot. committed suicide as
be result Of worrying over his defeat in
the r'r. l.. election. Tie. was the RepubH
i, n cIll'lid,tlr for rc-rleclinn. lie swa!.
lowed S;ry"hnine in the presence of his
vi
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nentlN wise cOncltlSiO7l. so lar as PROM
to the manufacturer is concerned.
OF course if tobacco factories choose
to give onrhalf of this money saved to
customers selling goods at lower price.
while keeping the other half them
selves. nobody could complain very
much. but human nature being what
it is, it is evident that this entire say
ing of expense will be divided among
the proprietorS. Not only that. but. be-
ing alone in the field, prices to consum-
ers are liable to be advanced.
The situation is about this in the
trust business: Manufacturers in or
der to make money and save money,
discovered that they must stop cutting
under each other on prices, and that
they must stop expenses of advertise
ing and travelling statesmen. hence the
combination known as the trust.
What is the next thing beyond? The
setting Of price by a government com.
missioner. That will not be very new.
The government today sets the price at
which the postmaster shall sell post
|age stamps. 1t sets the price at which
the service of policemen, firemen,
school teachers. soldiers, and many
kinds of federal. state, county and city
officers shall be paid.
The governemtn sets the price at
which gold and silver miners shall sell
their product, determines the price on
binding Irvine in several states and Oh
various other commodities.
During the period of high price for
wheat, last summer, European govern
ments seriously considered the matter
of purchasing large stocks of grain
and selling the same ut a fair price to
consumers. MI these things show the
way the wind is blowing. Municipal
and general government ownership is
in the wind. and it's coming will be
greatly fastened by the trusts who will
put up prices while they discharge
help.
The outcome of all this will be that
the government by ana ny will set
prices at which commodities shall sell.
The first steps will probably be in the
setting the price of coal. This will
make the coal trust vince, but the
trust will have to stand it, as the con.
mon people will be SO Overwhelmingly
in favor of putting the price down to
cost that there will be no standing
against public sentiment.
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Officials Deny 1t,

MADRID. April An official denial
has been issued on the report Of Carlist
disturbances in northern. Spain, but eX~
irnsiEe police and military precautions
have been ordered and the government
is in readiness for any emergency.
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Failures of cooperative schemes do
not deter successive attempts. The
latest of these plans announced is that
OF Il band of Tolstoi students in Minne-
apols. who have bargained for 1000
acres Of land in the valley of the Red
River of the North, in the western
There. when the SHOWS haze
part of this state.
gone. they will erect buildings and be-
gin TO live in unity III the vain Hope
hat competition and tlle human fraity
of envy will not enter. The commune
itv will be made up Of men and women
representing all branches of business,
with the exception Of that of nlanu-
hclurin" and selling liquor. which IS
to be barred. Everything is to he
owned in common. and $50 is the en-
trance fee which each person joining
he colony or living upon the commune
| i1v grounds will be compelled to turn
| into ,hr common treasury. Plans nave
been made for Il variety OF industries.
but thus far only two lines Of bush
! ness are really ready to open in the
| new community. These are Il tailor
shop and the inevitable printing plant.
Ni,hout which no >uria!istic commul-
ity feels itself property equipped. This
j. ~ be the first cooperative colony III
! Minnesota but if it has Il measure Of
success ii is likely to have many A|-
hrrrnt>. IL HE state has 4 large nn"t-
Der of persons with SUciali>tlr trn'ieII-
! cir>.
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NEW YORK, April ..-Shnwullrr Won
The final game of The series with Januwskl
at the Brooklyn Chess club this afternoon
and thereby captured the stakes Of 500.
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NEW YORK, April 7.-Adalbert Pepp
mueller, president Of the international
News company, and one Of the most
prominent COMMUNICATIONS in the Uni
ted States, died last night at his home
in Brooklyn, aged c. years.
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From coal it will be but II short dis
lance to all he other products. In the
appointment Of commissioners by the
government to determine the price at
which all products shall sell is the
solution Of the trust question.
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Willie S.imSOu--Nlulhrl' sly: ~ IlN.tN
Fixes to ~ shopping with N'"'.
Mrs. .!uplrtuN--WhN. Wiilr
III saves car far. ~ r,I' .:,'
Press.
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'lft vi tire very important lnSt'[ll-
tons here is the t,vcleth Hospital I'M
der the supervision Of DR.. Charles W.
More. conducted largely for the brnr
tit OF the miners ut this point though,
open to the advantage of all who may
need hospital treatment.
The legal affairs Of the town air'
largely attended to by j. {. Mct;i'
very, an attorney and justice of the
peace. who has IL large practice.
The hardware store of james C.
Poole has been established here for the
past four years; pcninsl1lar stoves de-
ing largely introduced to the people
here through his efforts.
The cIo1hing trade is we'll repre-
been here for the past three years. :
The large number of miners and new
cGlnrrS here makes an urgent drman
for boarding houses. NmCnT ,ht>.
may he mentioned he Revere House.
Under the supervision Of Mrs. VI. Car
roll. which has now nearly fifty boar /
rrS.
Henry I:lfurl'~ House has nrrumnr.
,ln,irnS for from thirty 10 forty board
r">
The Samuel Bate House has np,lr-
!unily to care fer over twenty h"nl''
tr>.
The j. j. Sullivan House up near tl:
electric Iin'!l, plant. This large house
1rrrn,lv OPENED, is located on the rt'>
town site and vii! remain where it is
i rapidly filing with ln,nr'Ir,>.
Charles Johnson is one Of the IT,. j.
ing BURNERS here with n large i al
growing il'Siur>> on hand.
One IF The heaviest firms here is la
rr lrlrin 4 Robin, general lumber deal
US. " hr have Il lumber yard in Snr;"
and one ais, AT l'iNnhjk. Thry ru1
i've, lirnln'r camps IN he winter. THEN
Speciality being the f,lrni>hin" or min
in" ,imiorr>.
L. N,rhrru is in r:;l,iinr>> 10 supply
BE nrnnlr when they 1ti settled I'M,
l!u,ir new homes ON the !iIl with fur
Eitilrr fitn his Stores. ONE CT Which !.
! eve AMI me in Virginia.
t.. j. Nijh.llr j. eve vi the best kiloWi
,r>;nr>~ men here. Every reading
~ ''>nn IN Town comes here fnr thr'l
/ ,,:';n'r> HuN mn~;<inr>. every child fui
raniy anI people in general for fruit
cigars. notions and toys.
William Murray does Il large Si'ar.
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Government to
Let the Price
~ ThOS. E. Hill.
X + had not intended to say an
wv other word about trusts. at

" OInef NOlU ABOUT trusts. at
present. but the act of the
insurance commissioner in Vermont IN
deciding what the rates of insurance
shall be. decides us to add Il word
more.
The law permits any person, in that
state, who thinks that he is charged
too much for insurance to appeal to
the insurance commissioner. If lie
thinks the rate is too high he deter
mines what the rate shall be and the
insurance company must charge ac-
cordingIy. In other words the gov
eminent determines the rates of in
s,lrance in Vermont and the companies
are simply agents.
This is only a beginning. The day
is coming in the opinion of many peo-
pie when the government will fix the
price on all goods that are sold. If
the law can determine what shall be
the price of insurance. street car and
railroad rates, it will ultimately fix
the price on all things sold.
It is the opinion of conservative men
that the government should fix the
price of labor, in all general employ
ment. for the advantage of all parties
concerned.
We judge. from taking up the morn
ing paper, that a dozen strikes are now
in progress in different parts Of the
United States. Because Of these fire.
quent strikes employers are unable to
make definite contracts, and employees,
who belong to unions, are liable to be
drawn into the strike, stop work, and
greatly impoverish themselves and
families. Whereas, were the wages
determined by a government commits
sioner. the manufacture could govern
himself accordingly. The workman
would know what he was to get and all
he could receive, labor conditions
would be settled and large amount
of loss now incurred because Of strikes
would be avoided.
So far as the trust is concerned it
is a move in the direction of general
economy. 1t is estimated that twenty
cigar manufacturers send their travel
ing men into the little village Of Two
TIarbors Several times Il year. 1t
would be different for a commercial
traveller to visit Two IIarbors or less
than three dollars counting his own
salary and travelling expenses, so that
the cost for one visit Of all these
twenty men is $50.
As statesmen generally make their
rounds once Il month that would make
30 calls that the tobacco dealers will
receive from tobacco statesmen in Two
IIarbors during the year, their actual
total expenses being $72O in order to
induce merchants in Two IIarbors to
buy tobacco.
The supposition would be that the
merchants of Two l[arbors would
know enough themselves to order to-
l'acco, if they ran short of stock, but
! tobacco manufacturers seem to doubt
hat, as indicated in he fact hat they
are willing to spend $40 a year in
simply asking Two Harbor merchants
if they want tobacco.
1t cannot be that any less tobacco
would be used if tobacco statesmen did
not 90 there. When Il customer wants
tobacco he wants it and is sure to get
it independent Of any statesmen. There
fore. if just us much tobacco is going
to be used in Two llurbors. whether
statesmen 90 there or not, what folly
to spend $40 for nothing.
Nh. but Jones. the cigar maker,
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midst OF The moving the Erir~, US. Ne
Nlc>ulSpnS and the l.rn~,ta~ tn,
houses going NY so SmnohIy rs t."
rnaDlr the families to remain steadily