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The labor world., 1900-01-20
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M gress has nothing to brag OF in
the shape of work accomplished
during the past week, and if 1t con-
tinues to confine it's work to the offer
ing of scores of resolutions, and the
adoption of an occasional one. the
Fifty-Sixth Congress VIII deserve the
nickname of ''The Resoluters." The
House made no pretense at working,
as no business had been reported from
it's committees: it met several days
ago only to adjourn. The fact is, the
great game Of politics, which always
starts in Congress in presidential years
is now on, and the men who play 1t
are more intent upon scoring point
for their side than upon dispatchlns
business, and the expansion question
seems to be in greater favor with the
players on both sides than the finan-
cial question. The debate on the Sen
ate Financial bill has been decidedly
laggy thus far.
The most noteworthy feature Of the
hearing before the Senate Election
committee, in the Clark bribery case,
is the contradictory evidence given.
More witnesses will be heard this week.
The House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce committee doesn't lntend
to wait for the report of the Isthmlan
Canal Commission. 1t has ordered
a favorable report on the Hepburn
bill for the construction Of canal
over the Nicaragua route. The Oil
authorizes the president to acquire
such territory as may be needed for
the construction Of the canal from
Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and directs
him as soon as that has been done to
order the Secretary of War to go ahead
with the construction of the canal. The
bill carries an appropriation OF $l4O, :
OOO, ,0gO. Mr.. Hepburn expresses SO
much confidence in getting action on
the bill! at this session that it is sus-
pected that he has received promise
from the speaker. Senator Morgan ap-
proves the bill and says he would like
to see it Il law at once, but he mas
serious doubts about the senate act
in. in advance of the Canal Commits
sion.
Representative Pearre, of Maryland,
believes that the tariff offers the best
method for controlling trusts. ana
keeping them from becoming too
greedy, and he has introduced a bll'
which provides for the suspension OF
duties upon imports when their sale
or manufacture are moEopolized: also
providing for a Commission. the du-
ties of which shall be 10 investigate
and report TO the president. as to the
necessity for such action. He says the
machinery for the enforcement of the
The labor world., 1900-01-20
How Wounded Men Act.

The conduct Of the wounded men OF
different nationalities was worth notic-
ling. A sandy-haired, square-headed
German, with a lance wound through
the muscles just above the knee joint,
was brought in, bowling and shiver-
ing like sfckly school girl in the hys-
terics. He kicked up such row anu
threw his arms about so, for all the
world like a man in the delirium tre-
mems, that man in the Gordons. with
one arm in a sling. threatened to brain
him with an empty beer bottle. He
was lifted off the dining table and laid
on the floor by some kindly disposed
individuals who did not wish to see the
Draining process and was nearly right
|again next morning.
In contrast to the above was a Cor
don Highlander who swore with very
strong Dundee accent. This fellow had
Ibis wrist shattered by Mauser bullet.
which had passed on, and killed some.
body. else probably. On the field
dressing being removed. the blood
spurted out of the wounded arm like
garden spray, which caused the fal-
liant Dundonian to calculate, ma
GOd!"
After getting his wound attended to
he Immediately tackled a plateful or
bread and jam, saying apologetically.
~ hena' had onything tae eat the day.
A man with bushy black beard and
strongly marked features lay on his
back in bed in one of the side rooms.
His head was bandaged up and the
mattress was saturated with blood.
which flowed freely from the wound i'll
his shoulder. The writer imagined he
recognized in the wounded man an old
Natal friend, and said: "Halloa, Cod
frey! What's up with you?" The
man looked up, with a pathetic express
sion on his wan, woe-begone face and
/ saw it was not Godfrey.
1t turned out the mans name was
Harris; but how he came to be fight
ing on the Boer side still remains a
mystery. All he could say was. i've
been a d fool"-The Cape Argus.
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When He Ix Gone,

.
when i. am gone,'' he sighed, "the
Will shine on in the sky;
The tinkling rivulets will run,
And the flowers will bud and die!
When 1 am gone the breeze will blow
Across the meadow still, &:
And trees will bloom and grain will
grow. -
Upon the, distant hill! s
When am gone the waves will break
Upon THE sloping strand,
And happy children still will make
Their castles in the sand!
When am gone the birds will sing,
AS blithely as today,
And men and maidens, in the spring,
Will live to love alway!"
when you are gone" she said, "the
rose.
Will blow itself in June:
The winding brooklet, as it flows,
Will sing the same old tune!
When you are gone the ducks will
quack
Just as they quack today,
And every planet, in its. track,
viii swing through space away!
When you are gone the bumblebee
Will humble as before, S.
And sails will CLEAN upon the sea,
And waves will shake the shore!.
When you are gone, the gentle breeze
Will blow as now it blows, slaa.r
But, OH my friend, some breweries
May contemplate to closet" i
Chicago Times Herald.
The labor world., 1900-01-20
List Of Patents

Granted to Minnesota inventors this
week. Reported by c. A. Snow and
Co, patent, attorneys, Washington, D.
C.-J. W. Bates, Minneapolis, auto
matte coupling for air pumps. F..
Hachmann, st. Paul. railway construc-
tion. j. F. Halloran, Jr., Cha tfield
hay rack. o. R. Hunt, Minneapolis,
spring bed bottom. B. r. Kelsey,
Minneapolis, cylinder lubricator. J.
F. Rukacka, Montgomery, cutter bar.
j. E. Luce, Minneapolis, cable saw. G..
A. Peterson, Florence. setting guage
for axles.: J. s. Reynolds, Minneapolis,
fireproof door. ID. A. Robinson, Min
neapolis, portable and hopper for coat
ing stations. F. T. Stevens, Long Lake,
penholder. A. H. Wade, Minneapolis.
reversible corset busk. w. H. Welsh,
Saltwater, laundry apparatus. For copy
of any of the above patents send 10
cents in postage stamps with date of
this paper to C. A. Snow and Co.,
Washington, D. C.
The labor world., 1900-01-20

Sherman antitrust law has proven
slow and tedious, and that there is a
public demand that something be done
by Congress to. curb the greed of
trusts. ,..--
The administra ton has ceased ac-
tive efforts to get the several reciproc-
ity treaties, negotiated under the Ding
ley tariff law, ratified, and there is
much talk of the probability of the
failure of the entire bunch of treaties,
owing to the combination of their OPP
ponents in Congress. 1t is claimed,
however, by members of the admin
istration that efforts to get the treat
les ratified will be resumed when Hon.
John A. Kasson, who had charge of the
negotiation of all of them, returns from
Florida. where he has gone by order
of his physicians, to try to get rid of
the grippe. ..
There is much gossip and almost a
scandal on account of some things let
out by Secretary Cages answer to the
Congressional resolutions of inquiry as
to the relations Of the Treasury with
National. banks. There is particularly
a lot Of gossip concerning the fact that
the Seventh National bank, of New
York city, shortly after First Assistant
Postmaster General Perry Heath, be-
came it's principal stockholder. was
designated by the Postmaster General
|as the depository Of post office funds
in New York. Mr.. Hea6h's friends do
not deny Fthat his official position was
an influence in getting the bank chosen
as a depository, but they say that there
is nothing wrong about it; that there
is nothing in being a depository of
postal funds, except the advertisement
of the benk. but that doesn't stop the
talk. Lots of men who do not believe
that there was anything wrong in the
transaction. yet believe that man
who is next to the head Of a great
government department should not al
low bank which he practically owns
to be benefited, even by advertising,
by the official acts of the department.
There is a flavor of favoritism about
such things that the average American
does not like. Our officials should be
like Caesars wife, above suspicion,
and they cannot be when such things
are done.
Z y D. .
If the present programme is carried
out. Porto Rico will not only soon
have, a civil government but will en-
joy the same freedom Of trade with
the U. s.. that one of the states has
with another. N
Gen. J. H. Wilson, military governor
of the provinces of Matanzas and San
ia Clara, Cuba, is an admirer of the
;Cubans. He said in a public address,
in Washington, I declare, without res
ervation, that in the cities of Matan-
zas and Santa Clara. ranging in popu-
lation from twelve to forty thousand,
there is less violence, less lawlessness,
than there is in any city Of the same
size. in the u. s.. There is no more
humane, no more kindly people than
the Cubans. Every unkindly term that
has been leveled at them has been un-
just and untrue. Z ses 0
The labor world., 1900-01-20
Socialist Labor Party

For the first time in the history of
Duluth the Socialist Labor Party has
placed a ticket in the field, and will
hold their first meeting at the City
hall chambers Saturday evening, Jan.
co. John Opperman, Edward Kriz and
others being the speakers. Mr.. Opper-
man is the S. L. P. candidate for
mayor Following is their platform in
which they outline their position.
PLATFORM:
| 1. The city to authorize street railways
electric plant and all other utilities,
same to be operated by the employees
cooperative under control Of the
Icity administration, the employees to
elect their own superintendent, fore
man, except such as are elected by the
direct vote Of the people. No employe
to be discharged for political rea-
sons.
2. The city to establish FREE EN-
PLOYMENT BUREAU where the
WORKING CLASS can obtain reliable
aid in securing employment free Of
charge. E H
8. Abolition Of contract labor on all
icity works. Direct employment of
LABOR BY the city. The city to adopt
means for the relief and employment
Of the unemployed, as circumstances
will allow.
4. Minimum wage Of adult employ
ees to be not less than $500 per day;
eight hours to constitute the work
day. Il
S. All city printing to bear the union
label. All material used by the city
to be the product of union labor, when
such can be procured. Il
6. Rigid enforcement of sanitary
conditions of streets. alleys, lots, lands,
factories. work. shops, ETC., within the
city limits. Il
Z. In cases of disputes, strikes, ETC.,
between workingmen and capitalists,
the city administration shall aid in
every possible manner the just de-
mands of the workers. (For instance,
the appropriation of money, etc.)
8. The requirement by the city of
vacant lots within the city limits and
the erection thereon of sanitary and
comfortable homes with modern cons
veniences to be let by the city to
the working people, at rental cal
culated on the cost of repairs and adj
ministrative expenses. 81
g. Free medical attendance to be
furnished at the homes Of applicants
when necessary; and also medicines,
food. etc Establishment by the city
|sof municipal bakeries, milk depots,
drug stores. coal yards, laundries and
other agencies for furnishing the peo-
pie at cost price pure food and other
necessaries now, sold for profit. Free
public baths.
10. School education Of all children
under IA years of age to be compul-
sorry. The city to furnish food and
clothing to children when necessary. :.
II. All business Of the city council
to be transacted in public; abolition Of
secret sessions.
The labor world., 1900-01-20
A WOLF HUNT
IN THE WEST.

! struggling on the ground. They had
! stopped her for a second. Then they
got out after the others and pretty
soon had them sprawling on the prairie
The wolves got up and showed fight,
but the staghounds stood off and the
wolves started on again. The same
tactics were repeated and their pro-
gress was so impeded that the pack
gained rapidly. The staghounds SEEM
ed to devote most of their time to the
two male wolves. But the pack was
now in striking distance and the fight
commenced.
"The two male wolves We're soon sur
rounded and there was a mix-up equal
to scrimmage on a football field.
They We're game, and they disposed of
five, doge before they were killed.
1.-The old she wolf had not gone far
and her INJURIES We're beginning to tell
on her. The staghounds overhauled
her and then the rest of the pack
came up, followed by the mounted
crowd. A circle was formed around the
dogs with the old. she wolf in the CEN
ter. She had laid down. painting and
tired, with a long, dripping tongue
protruding from her mouth. Her dull
green eyes were half closed and she
appeared to be the most unconcerned
Of all present. The hounds came up and
snapped at her, but she paid little at
tention. None of the dogs seemed will
ing to- attack her. Finally dog with
more of the bloodhound than the 9TH
ers led the assault. The old wolf woke
up and killed him instantly. The 9th
ers then stood aloOf. .f
Zone of the cowboys suggested that
none of the male dogs would attack a
female, wolf, and that their apparent
timidity was nothing more than the
chivalry Of the animal. At that moment
the coach with the tourists arrived and
with them came a fierce female bull
dog, weighing about 30 pounds. Nhc
owner was told the reason why the
fight should not proceed, and he OFFER
ed to back his bulldog against the old
wolf. He was advised against the
course, but he insisted and his pet was
lnleashed. sSs,s 8 IN
a"It was all right for the first minute
I or two. The little bulldog was game and
commenced the attack on her adver-
.sary with the utmost ferceness.i The
wolf still lay on the ground with half
closed eyes, apparently unaware. that
anything unusual was going on. Her
hide was thick and the teeth Of her
small assailant did not bother her
much. But the bulldog finally grabbed
her by the throat and this took all the
indifference. out Of her. The old wolf
struggled and tried to free herself but
iii vain. She rose to her feet and shook
herself, but the bulldog hung on with
that, tenaoity Which 1t alone can dis
play.
.t,"At last the wolf shook herself free.
But she did not remain unmolested.
The game little dog returned to the
attack, but sthis time. she was more
than met. The great jaws Of the old she
wolf opened, showing the cleaning
fangs now covered with foam. A fetnt.
quick snap, and the ivory teeth sunk
deep into the head of the brave little
bulldog. The ,lifeless body was thrown
aside with contempt. A bullet from
cowboys six-shooter then ended the
old VOLTS career. and the crowd rode
home, trying to figure out whether the
game was worth the candle"
The labor world., 1900-01-20

HAZLETON, Pa, Jan. 16.-The 1.S0O
employees of the Lehish Valley Coal
company in this region were notified
today of an increase of per cent in
their wages, the increase going into
effect Jan. I. 81
The labor world., 1900-01-20

Skunk raising is an infant industry"
in Ohio, and the few persons engaged
in the business will ask the legislature
to give 1t the protection that other
game has in the state.-Tiffin Adver-
tiser.
The labor world., 1900-01-20
Not In Summer,

A Washington scientist has devised
d scheme to utilize the heat of the sun.
A conference with the old settlers
would possibly settle the time at which
he would best visit st. Louis.-St. Louis
Star.
The labor world., 1900-01-20

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The Hamburg
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
An export firm here has undertaken
the immediate delivery Of G00,UD me-
tres of barbed wire to the Free State.
The labor world., 1900-01-20

In so far as the American Federation
of Labor is helping on the time when
industrial wars will be abolished, it
is doing a good work.-Erie People. :.
The evening times., 1900-02-02
EXPORT OF HAVANA TOBACCO.
A statement b. the War Department
Sor the Past Year.

The War Department gave out today
statement that will especially interest to-
bacco dealers. The statement gives the to-
tai amount of leaf tobacco. cigars, cigs-
rettes and cut tobacco exported from the
mort of Havana for the year 1899.
To the United States there Was exported
of leaf tobacco during the year named e.
2ss. $50 pounds valued at $1,150.S59: and TO
other countries .6S9. .013 pounds. valued at
sSe7. .75S: making the total exports of leaf
tobacco for the year 1857 36S pounds val
ued at SS64S.115.
To the United States there was also eS-
ported in 1899 15S, ,26t. SO cigars. valued 1T
SIZE. $40: and to other countries i5.o2i,'+o
cigars valued at Sc. $50. S63; making the to-
tai exports of cigars for the year 22b.2S6. 6.-
$50 cigars. valued at 81 .669,b23.
To the United States there was exported
in the same year $3.50. $50 packages OF ci-
garettes of the value OF SS7.02S; and 20
other countries s. 14S, 800 packages of the
value of s295. 1j4; making the total exports
of cigarettes fo- the year II. .52s Sos pack
ages. valued at 1922 .1S2.
To the United States there was also eX-
ported 124.4S5 pounds of cut tobacco o. the
value of $50. .15j in the same year; and TO
other countries 2S3.5 .599 pounds of the value
of s113, ,617: making the total exports of cut
tobacco 40S. .034 pounds valued at s163,SO2.
Total value of all exports OF tobacco dur
ing the year $40. sos, 49,
The evening times., 1900-02-02
MAY STRIKE ANY MINUTE.
Great Northern Railway Employee
Prepared to Go Out.

MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 2.-The indications
are that the long expected strike on the
Great Northern Railroad will now take
place within a few hours. Eight thousand
men are ready to go out at moments
notice. That the company is aware OF this
is shown by the fact that its agents in
Chicago. Milwaukee, and other large cities
have for some time been gathering men
to take the places of strikers. II is said
there are 500 men ready in Chicago 2c0
IN Milwaukee, and an equal number In
some other places.
The employees know this. 100, but hey
are none the less determined to strike.
They promise 10 give the newcomers
warm reception when they arrive In
Chicago between 300 and 400 men are
lodged at the Wyoming Hotel. wait
ing for the signal that a strike has
taken place on the Great Northern Road.
Some of these are former railway men,
but many others are entirely green.
Few. il any, have an idea why they are
brought together, and the hotel men re-
fuse to say anything about it. But local
railway employees have been watching the
hotel for several days, and the departure g
of the raen will be known in Minneapolis
as soon as they start. The Great Northern
has arranged fol- train, which is ready to
start at any moment. 10 convey the men
north.
The evening times., 1900-02-02
NEW STREET LEGISLATION.
I'm Amendment 20 the Rhode ISLAND
txenue Jmpr0yement Act.

Avenue Improvement Act.
The House Committee on the District OF
Columbia has presented a favorable report
on joint resolution the purpose of when
is to amend the act to extend Rhode Island
Avenue by adding to the sixth section
thereof. the following proyiso, namely
Provided, That no appeal by any IN
terested party from any decision ot lhe
Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia confirming said assessment or assess
ments shall delay or prevent the payment
of said awards in respect to the property
condemned"
The House District Committee reported
several bills during the last session OF the
Fifty fifth Congress which were enacted
into law, and in all except that for the
extension Of Rhode Island Avenue a smi-
lar provision was Incorporated, and IL was
an inadvertance that such provision was
not incorporated in the bill for the exten-
sion of Rhode Island Avenue at the time
1t was passed.
The committee says that the proposed
amendment is wise and practical In the
absence of 1t. any interested party has the
power by appeal to suspend all the pro-
ceedings taken under the act, when con-
firmed by the court, for an indefinite pc
riod, and may affect this as well, upon a
mere technical exception to the proceed
ings as upon one made in good faith and
meritorous and may exercise this power
of appeal in a way that is oppressive and
unfair TO other parties in interest who do
not desire to appeal and who are satisfied
with the proceedings as confirmed by the
pul1rt
The evening times., 1900-02-02
THE GROWING IRON INDUSTRY.
A Wonderful Increase i'm the Exports
of Mineral.

No feature of the marvellous growth CT
our foreign commerce is more striking
than that relating to exports of iron and
steel The total foreign commerce Of the
United States in the year just ended has
for the first time crossed the two-billion-
dollar line and the total exports OF manu-
features of iron and steel have for the
first time crossed the one hundred million
dollar line.
In the calendar year 1890 the total ex-
ports of iron and steel amounted TO $21,-
000, 600 and in 1899 they were s105,0S9 645.
Meantime the importations OF manufac-
lures of iron and steel have decreased with
nearly equal rapidity the importations Of
1890. being $44,544, 40. and those Of 1883,
SIS, 799, 2G6.
One especially striking feature of this
rapid growth in our expectations of manu-
factures Of iron and steel is the fact that
European countries are taking largely from
us in these lines In builders hardware,
for instance the United Kingdom took
nearly 50 900 O00 worth in the year just
ended, Germany more than sl,O00.OO0 in
value. France s33S, S57. and other Europe
an countries $3.50 ,93j. OF sewing ma
chimes the exports to the United Kingdom
were 81 ,2Sj 500 in 1899 against $S92,oo4 last
year: to Germany sS46.034. against sSoo,-
4O1 in the preceding year; to France. Sl09,-
269. against SSg117 in the preceding year
! and to other European countries. sZ59,4e
against $l64229 in 1898.
For new and ingenious machinery the
world seems now TO be looking TO the
United States. Exports of electrical ma
chinery increased from s9l7 453 in 1897 TO
g.. 80. GA in 1898. and s3.143. 1856 in 1899;
metal working machinery. from about "a
| 600 600 in 1897 to nearly $1,000 000 in 1899;
| railway engines. from $4,000, 900 in 1897 to
nearly s.. 600 900 in 1899; typewrting ma
| chimes. from 81 800 91G in 1897 10 81. bj65
| in 1883, while such lines of machinery az
! cash registers. laundry machinery. PRINT
| ing presses. shoe manufacturing machin-
cry and fire and stationary engines also
| show a marked growth.
The total exports of iron and steel for
! 1889. was $23. AZ. S14; in 1899 the total was
| 81. $50 645 The imports amounted in 1899
| only