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now employed at some remunerative
occupation. One of the chief causes of
this was the Introduction of improved
machinery. Formerly the woman made
many little things in the line of cloth
Ing, ETC., that are now made in big
factories, and at such rates that no
woman would think of making them
at home. Hence, the woman has, while
becoming a worker in the business
and Industrial work at large, become
also competitor with the natural
bread winner of the family. While she
contributes to the support, of the fam
lily she at the same time lessons his
chance for steady and remunerative
employment. For the same reasons
that men are forced to organize the
women will have to do likewise. The
women of today are becoming more
and more Independent and self-sustain-
ing. They no longer fear the name "Old
maid," on the contrary they are proud
of the fact that they are such and are
able to take care Of themselves. 1t is
fair to presume that this condition will
grow in the future; hence the neces-
sity for the organization of the woman
workers into the trade union move
ment. They should be organized and
encouraged in the effort to secure equal
pay for like work performed by men
workers. By proper organization their
competition can be reduced to mini
mum. The woman's union label leagues
are a start in the right direction, and
should be encouraged and developed
wherever possible.-Cigar Makers
Official Journal
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Disc ussed ~ Jolsn Aliessl j lette IN " &
Voice ~ s. S.

1ASH1S
Voice ~ % J. oi.. u y 4s H J
Public ownership is coming. It is
not coming all at once, but it. is com
ing gradually and with absolute GER
tainty. It is already here in part,
and it is only a question of a short
time when. it will control every de-
partment of the Industrial world.
It is needless to say that public
ownership has become a necessity
Private ownership means private
monopoly, and exploitation of the
masses. OF this " the. people were
formerly ignorant, but they now un-
derstand the situation better, and are
determined to make amends for the
mistakes of the past. +. .:-.s
There is a striking example of the
advantages of public ownership in
Augusta. The city owns its water.
works and canal and receives net
income from them of S49,675, which
is 81 per cent on the entire cost. II
is one of the cheapest water powers
in the world, and has doine more for
Augusta than, all the other agencies
combined. Mr.. Nisbet. Wingfeld, writ,
ing on the subjects, says The cost
to the city is nothing; the advantages
gained are exceptionally cheap water
power, large addition to- the popul.
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COLORADO COAL MINERS. J.
The Average Wage of the Men and
the Cost OF Supplies. y:,.. 5#:s

The Average. .Wage OF the Men and
.:- the Cost OF Supplies. s...
:s5 A recent investigation Of the condi-
tions surrounding the coal miners Of
Northern Colorado who struck for an
developed testimony that the
average ewages Of the, men were i$34,7O
each month, from which the company:
charged for supplies from S. so TO
E$6.2 3 The men were also at an ex-
Elpetise of about one-half . cent a ton
|to paysa check weig ghman, employed
Eby the men themselves to check the
weight OF coal hoisted from the mine.
The officer had been rendered neces-
sarlsy1,, alls1, the men stated, because the COM
|pany's weighman had not been always
fair to the miners 4. /. 81
The materials ecessary to- mining
and which the men testified that they
were compelled to buy from the COM
|paily, are oil and powder. The COM
pahies, witnesses said, exactet n a
|fnonthly tee OF 5Ocents from single
men men and 81 from MARI men Tor the
services of u pi, ysician and so cents q
mo ittionth for blac cksmit thing. The men
and soil in bulk and allsgs
|,thHfat com pany d s'charR is higher
fhan 81 IL ai pfi 6nt
l 81 q
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-02-23
INNOCENT are ACCUSED
For Things That They Never Did -Du.
luth's Real Enemies Are Some Who
Pretend to Be Her Friends.

about two years ago everybody in
town. except la''orng men, were talk
ing about how labor organizations
We're in,iuring Duluth. They are
driving Industries out of the city, so
some would say. Of course, we will
not 'tleny for Il minute, that the boy
cott was not effective at that time.
If an employer of labor was unfair
and the members Of the labor organic
ations agreed among themselves not
to patroniZe him until he ran a fair
institution, and also asked their
friends to do the same, this action
instituted boycott. 1t was not the
intention of the. boycott TO help that
persons business, but on the contrary
to in,j ure it as much as possible. 10
deny this is to deny facts. If labor
succeeded in it's efforts along this line,
it demonstrated that labor organiza-
tions had discovered the value of
''sticking" together. We will not at
tempt to discuss the wisdom Or folly
of any boycott. No doubt there have
been many injudicious boycotts levied
Ills there have been many just ones.
The labor organizations are not, nor
do they pretend to be, infallible, but
this one truth must be acknowledged,
that when they discover that an error
has been made, they are the very first
to rectify it. No one will suffer more
for an I'M lst action than he who
performs it. If the labor organiZa
tions have done wrong, they have
paid the penalty, and if there be any
who persecute labor their time will
come sooner or later. Since we have
\ come to our senses, hasty action has
4 M, 1,aaxe Aaalleen
made 4 u ter pr olonged VI & elliberati Ion:
Now while some still main tain that
7 they are unfriendly to Duluth, we are
endeavoring to show that the are Du-
luth's true friends. Time will prove
that our assertions are correct. Time
are. They are about us every day,
praising and lauding our institutions,
yet rsady to pull them down, ex-
tracing from our people enormous
rents, and refusing to pay their just
shate for maintenance of our local
government, compelling the small tax
payer to pay his full taxes, and buying
up their own property under a for
feited tax law calling public meet
ings to protest against an increase in
our tax levy, and signing petitions to
the legislature asking that the sher-
ifs exorbitant fee salary be continu-
ed for two years more; endeavoring
to get industries to come to this city,
then trying to sell them useless swamp
lands in West Duluth at highly in
tlated prices. These are the enem-
les of Duluth these are the sucklings
that are absorbing the blood Of our
people. These are the opposers OF
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alone in suffering his contempt. Even.
the creatures. Of Gods creation gain

alone in suffering his contempt. Even
the creatures of Gods creation gain
but passing no tice. ST 5,y 81: .t IS,
Said gentleman Of more than orr
binary discernment: |'When I first
took up my residence on Riverside
Drive I was the happiest man to be
found in the city. The wonderful
Hudson, with its magnificent views,
was the Joy of my life: Y The time
spent travelling through and from
work was constant. feast of the
beautiful to me. But this was at first.
I now read my newspaper when pass
ing even the choicest bits of scenery -
Verify, man cannot wonder and ad-
mire always! e',::= =: 81 a::22,, =: !. =s T.
A young man has charming sweet
heart. He vows eternal love, devotion,
etc., and she. finally does him the
honor of becoming his wife. Is he
properly grateful? Oh, yes. For how
long?s For the lifetime he promised
Wait and see. Does he appreciate her
sacrifices? Yes, until they become too
numerous to keep track of. What
then? Well, sometimes he begins I'd
consider her the beneficiary, and then
sometimes he begins to find fault She
loses her pretty airs and grace under
the strain of hard work, and he then
blames her-not the work., > > ri n .l II: IN
Oh, man, verify, you are hard and
cruel and forgetful sometimes. Il .=sa: +;
The richest blessings of earth are
yours. They. deserve far more than
your whi1om appreciation. The famii-
iarity which breeds contempt is soul
starving. ! ..s..;z...: 's.;..::3 ~ <:
The constant worship of something
bigger, greater, or better than our.
selves does no harm" to the best OF
us. It rather creates in our mind the
needful leaven by which we will fin
ally rise to the heights of Paradise.
And, as an afterthought, it is GER
tainly much better, to be. contented
with the earthly planets than. to sigh
for the brilliant but .fearfully unstable
meteors.-Bricklaye and Mason.
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YOU ARE THE UNION.
A Trade Union Must Either Advanc
or Recede.

A Trade Union Must Either Advance
or Recede.
A trade union can never remain
stationary. 1t is obliged either to ad-
vance, to prosper, or to go backward,
to perish. It shares the fate of every
organism here below. The growth of
a trade union depends entirely upon
the harmonious and devoted activity
of its members. The. question is to
make an, active and intelligent whole
out of the diversity of temperaments
and talents of which an organization
is composed. The principles of trade
unions being few and simple, asily
understood by all, are the spring
which is bound to incite to ACTIVITY
every available force among the mem.
bership. il .-~:.'.... - :: :.
You believe to acquit your duty by
paying SO much per month into your
treasury and by electing your officers
every six months-far from it! You
are, first of all, to watch for the vel
fare, of your union. That is one of
the highest duties of every member,
In the second place you are to parti.
cipate in the work to be performed,
if it is but by your advice, by attend.
ing the meetings. ~ +.
= The union is you; you are your
union. 1t will be exactly what you
make out of it. You complain that
your union has no power, that it can
not protect you. Are you not asham.
ed to talk in that manner? Go among
your fellow craftsmen; conduct them
into your ranks; be on the spot al
the election of officers; and turn
every incapable and dishonest $aspir;
ant off. Keep a watch on the funds
SO that they be not misappropriated
With all this prudent watchfulness
and your own effort thrown in at the
bargain you may be assured that your
union will flourish, and that it will
repay your pains with the bests of in:
lsterest.s AT the same time it will slo,t
lsyonr protector as well IN rela atio1
lwit the emplo as III your public
ssconnectl gs our rnA
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organized labor, who are loud in their
denunciation of it's actions, whether
they be right or wrong. They blame
the trade unions for retarding the
growth of Duluth, something like the
thief who calls out "Stop, thief, stop"
Who ever thought of blaming the
poor man in the ditch, at the work
bench or in the factory, of ever doing
any harm to a city. until these afore-
said enemies of honest labor and of
our city, thought it out at a time
when some one must be blamed for
the condition of the city, and to
divert the minds of the people from
the real cause, they organized an
antitrade union movement. But that
movement died, as all ill-born move
ments will, and the trade. unions still
live and will continue to live as long
as they are the true friends of labor,
and when they are true friends of la
Dor it naturally follows that they
will be true friends of the city, be-
cause the city's prosperity depends
entirely upon the prosperity of the
working man.
If our friends, the enemy, want cap
ital invested here that will employ
cheap labor it will be no creditable adj
dition to the town. Who will be
benefited by such an industry? La
Dor? 1t can get employment now at
respectable wages. Bring in more
labor? What good to the city will
cheap labor be? Cheap labor is not
a good consumer. It will not help
business in any way. It is the well
paid mechanic that: makes business.
i He buys good ss5 VI clio thes, who olesome
food, and Is a good Gus TONER for any
e ej
supporting every ia
simply because they are paying good
wages to their labor. These indus
! tries are all in theirtinfancy yet, but
/ if every element in the city supported
them as we'll as do the members OF
the labor organizations it would not
be long before they developed into
large and useful institutions.
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CAPITAL GETS HEEcfD'
In Duluth Real Estate An Institution Leav-
ing Duluth Exorbitant Rents Are
:>. Partially to Blame. 80

are certain real estate agents in town
who make it a practice to make d
lease with business houses for a long
term of years, at very high rents. The
business men are, to get rebate on
the rents After: this is done the
agent goes east, finds some rich
widow who wants to, place some:
money on a good investment, and lies
makes the following propositions: IS Aye.
will sell this building for $50, 900 "a { is:
worth no more than s2O, ,0OO The.
tenant has a lease for ten years Mt
s., 400 Gle really pays s., ,sO0) The
cost of insurance, taxes and repairs
is: $4OO per year. You will notice by
this that there is between and Z per
cent on the Investment. AS the lease
runs. for ten years, and the city is a.
young and growing bne, at the end
of that time. it will certainly bring
in a greater revenue . The PROPOSE
ton is. accepted. The agent RETURNS.
gives $4,000 rebate to the tenant and.
pockets the balance. This is usual.
occurrence in real estate transac-
tions. How many people consider IL
an honest transaction? Does this
manner of doing business do the city
any good 2 Really, honest injun, is5
this not.one Of the reasons why East
ern capital steers clear of Duluth? Are
labor organizations to blame for this? z
Would we not be justified in exposing
those who practice such methodist
Would not the. city be better of IL an
such persons were banished from the,
city f this were done it would mot
be- necessary to get; rid OF the few
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FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT.
ID BY a Writer in the Brick
layer and Mason. .:.,..~g

Discussed by a Writer in the Brick
layer and Mason. ..::.~g
. Did it ever occur to you, thinking
Americans, that man, even at his best,
is a distinctly ungrateful and unap-
preciative animal? :>.:I :.:,I ii: & -
: Undoubtedly it has. Stop and think
just "a second--but isn't it true?:ass :
u: Longing for the, unattainable contin-
ually assail the human heart, yet each
blessing, as it comes, is enjoyed but
a ,scant half moment-and then there
are few worlds for the conqueror to
conquer. :.:1sss5 r. ~: -
d Who of you who have stood at the
top Of a tall office building, say in the
city of New York, and looked out over
that vast medley of man-built struct-
ures of steel and iron, brick and stone,
without feeling of awe and rever-
ence? The situation is magnificent.
On this side one cong1omerate mass
of stacks, towers and stone hulks; on
the othersits replica, with the. boat
laden stream flowing and whirling be:
tween, and spanned by the wonderful
creation Of cable and masonry, which
bears It's sting food tide of hum
anity. In truth the situation Is mag.
snificent, and sthe| pi gmy watcher from
his observatory pauses TO- wonder al
the creat tiona EofE his fel low beings. The
flrst time .he looks; his soul Is filled
with. awe. The second time he looks
he Expresses admirat ion of the view
The third time he looks, he finds him.
self comparing, and the fourth time he
|is comparing odio,lsl The plodd dine
ants on the sbridg only serve e 81 com;
riSoa &.
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Whlles we are talking about those
who are the friends Of Duluth and
those who are not, it perhaps would
40 no harm to tell some things that
is not doing Duluth any: good. We
often hear some one assert that the
Twin Cities are doing all that they
can to prevent the growth of Duluth,
but we wish to! show how some of our
prominent citizens are nots only pre-
venting the growth of Duluth, but are
encouraging the Twin Cities. s-.,:. - /
The B. Heller Liquor Co. is one of
our Oldest institutions, and has been
very successful in business. In the
last year their rent has been increas-
ed over so per cent, the last increase
was to go into effect on May 1st next
Since Mr.. Heller was informed of the
intention of the owners to increase
the rent, he thought Of looking about
Minneapolis with the ideas of COM
pairing the rents Of the two cities.
He found a building within two blocks
of the Nicollet hotel, with 100x165
foot floor space, which is much larger
than his present quarters, at a much
cheaper rent than he is now paying.
Believing that Minneapolis is a better
distributing point, and, with the
cheapness in rent, he has decided to
locate there; hence Duluth loses this
institution, partially as the result of
exorbitant rents. We trust that no
one will blame the loss of this insti-
tuition to organized labor, but rather
place the blame where it belongs hi
We, desire also to mention another
reason why capital is losing conf
dence in Duluth. They are tired OF
being tei yictinized shar There
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-02-23
THE YELLOW DANGER.
The Chinese Are n Menace to White
Labor

The Chinese Are n Menace to White
Labor.
No danger can come from the Chin
ese as fighters. The real danger to the
western nations through them, is their
passiveness and submission. Should it
really come so tar that the immense
population of China should be divided
up among the allied powers or come
under their closer control, then the real
danger would begin. 1t would bring
these people in closer touch to their rul
ers. The restraints upon the immigra-
ton of the Chinese (their old customs
and ignorance of outside conditions),
to other parts Of the world, especially
to America and Europe, would be re-
moved to g reat extent, and what will
then become of the white laborer in q
competitive struggle with the yellow
man?
The eagernes in which the enormous
ly cheap and very competent labor of
the Chinaman is sought by western
looking at California. There the China
man has revolutionized the labor mar
ket, and their Influence upon public
life, even in politics, cannot escape the
observer. In the July number Of the
Arena itsis laimed that fully :asi many
= lias, xiatance
SsinceY the 'rest Sefof
More than once the 5question has been
raised BY German land downers and cap
italiats r. 5introdl1ce Chinese Ia borers
in that country. :
Experts in the Chinese question in
America say that the adapta bility Of
these people to any kind Of conditions
is nearly unlimited, that they will sur
mount nearly every barrier, if once
determined to settle in a country.
The nations are one in mind that the
rights of the foreigners in China must
be respected, and this is not very
difficult task among it's meek popula-
tion. Out of this, however, the real
danger may, nay, will arise in the
Western nations. Capitalistic greed,
which is responsible for a large part of
the trouble now going on in China, will
open the doors to Chinese immigration
in Europe as we'll as in America. And
if no effective remedy can be found
against this, if the interests Of capital
continue to weigh heavier in the bal
ance than the welfare of nations, the
Chinese will become one of the great
est dangers to the western countries,
! and the greed of the white man will
| once again become his curse.-Bakers'
| Journal
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WOMEN'S UNION LABEL LEAGUES
Are Il Good Thing and Should BE
Helped Along.

Helped Along.
Quite a number Of Women's union
leagues are now in existence and more
are being formed. This is as it should
be. Women have entered more largely
into the economic field than many
imagine. A few years ago it was
common thing to see three or four
grown girls and women in one house.
hold living at and working around the
house. All of this has now changed
and women have invaded all the aven-
ues of employment. Even the girls of
well-to-do people that formerly did
not think of working for living are
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S44QNe1p 4l Sak sd sye51 y .
I'M a1ls
muck ma more mt
ton ana wit create success With the
mine owners than can several unions
with the same end In, view In allegreat
strikes in large Industries there has al
ways been more or less dissatisfaction,
because of a clash between unions, ,or
because the employees had settled With
the more skilled men and they have
selhshly returned to work, leaving the
others to fight the usual losing battle
for themselves. ..'.. :.* %
It is folly for labor to hold out
against the inevitable. New methods Of
production will compel labor to change
it's methods also. Even if the Chicago
Federation Of Labor threatens to with
draw from the American Federation of
Labor It cannot change the federation's
position In the matter. It will
matter little to the A. F. of L. whether
the Chicago federation withdraws or
not. Chicago labor unions have invari-
able been Of a 'rebellious disposition.
Some Of them are under the impression
that there are no unions outside of the
Windy city, and hence believe that II
they should withdraw from any move
ment that the movement will eventual
" die; but the labor movement will go
on and it will progress as rapidly as
the trust. and when the time comes for
final action the Chicago Federation of
Labor, with every other labor organiz-
alton in the country, will help to line
IN N ooIid nj, q 10 nv roproeor+ixr tho
producers of :. the land that
will make the great effort for the COM
plete emancipation Of those who toll. Z
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| r. sIa q - = = - -
s q ~ x
brings the use 81 M te =
in the means Of onr oorest inklilS
tahts. 8 Mr. Wingfeld is commisaions
er Of public works and his .utterances
on this subject are Of great signi1f-
cance. 4z
The electric railway should be own
ed by the. city and run in the interest
Of the people. It may be said that q
scent fare is cheap enough. Iff only
the rich were to be considered, that
is absolutely true. They could affordr
to pay a great deal more without ex-
periencing any great inconyenience,
but it is the poor, the wage Garner.
the working man, about whom NE
are ch iefy concerned.-John Allen
Mette, in Voice of Labor.
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I We MUST PROGRESS J | !
TRADE UNIONS MUST CHANGE ME.
THODS JUST As CORPORATIONS.

As the Large Concerns Eat Up the
Smaller Ones SO Will the Larger
Unions Destroy the smaller-The e
Day Of Craft Prejuilices Are Fast
disappearing with improvements IL
in Machinery. .-* ="
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A UNION MANS DUTY.
Discussed by Benjamin Dean i'm the
- Labor Advocate. ,..>

Discussed by Benjamin Dean i'm the
= Labor Advocate. ..:..
The real work of labor organizations,
the work that will be lasting in its in
fluence and beneficial to mankind, is
not found in the police function of pro-
tecting the immediate rights of the la
borer, but in the education which the
association develops. When the great
body of working men know the econ
omic law by which they are controlled;
when they understand that the evils
which they bear are the results of con-
ditions which they control, rather than
the perverseness Of individual employ
.ers; when they understand that thsy
are responsible for Injustice, want,
crime and wretchedness,sa and that it is
only that they have not learned the les
son and applied the remedies that the
necessity for labor organisations has
arisen, there will he q better condi itipn
- v r -
.lrill illsn
should be taug to be brave, self--re-
liant and helpful to their fellow labor
ers, and to mankind in general; they
should be taught that a man has only
partly fulfilled his duty when he has
informed himself; that he owes the duty
+ of informing his neighbor, and: of US
ing his Influence, his voice and his vote
in the working out Of the problems of
government in their relation to the
economic welfare Of the people. ,.-