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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
IDLE AND OVERWORKED.
Which More Pftiable, the Rich or the
Poor?

From Ainslee's Magazine:
! I'm fine, hardly know who are most
to be pitied, the rich or idle and lazy
| who underworld, or the very poor who
must overwork to live. The former
grow flabby or tense according to their
| heredity in both muscle and mind, be-
come fastidious, finnicky and senti-
mental, are especially prone to YIELD
| to temptation of drink and of sex ex-
| cesses must aimlessly change their in
terests, location and pursuits from
sheer ennui; are easily bored, and fin
ally lose the power of being strenuous
about anything. The effects of an in
active life upon the offspring are some
times sadly and markedly degenerate.
1.-THE overworked, especially if young,
| are prone to many forms of arrest.
Cheildren are undergrown in both
| height and weight; they are robbed Of
the paradise of leisure, which is the.
literal translation of the Greek word
school. The high ideals and ambitions
! normal to adolescence fade into dull
state of apathy and encouragement,
| and, at worst, of smoldering revolt
against the existing order of things.
To be always tired is misrable and in
dividual or social misery is a powder
magazine liable to explode at any time.
Man is endowed with fatigue sense
that tells him when he is tired. 1t
seems to be a specific feeling, due per-
haps to accumulated products of de-
composition in the muscles. This pain
tire is a warning to stop or let up. It
is, however, possible to press on in de-
fiance of it, and if we persist in so do
ing there comes a point when the
fatigue sense is itself fatigued and tired
out and ceases to act. This is when
runners get their second breath; when
those beginning night work have fought
through the period Of sleepiness that
comes when they have been wont to 60
to bed, and feel very wide awake and
alert as if they could go on forever.
But the day of reckoning comes. They
are now living on their capital, which
is being rapidly overdrawn."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
COUNTY TREASURER.


COUNTY TREASURER L. H. WHIPPLE
is a candidate for renominat ton. If
faithfulness and merits are entitled to
considera ton Mr.. Whipplt should be
again chosen for county treasurer.
Those who have business in Isl office
know full we'll how it is conducted. 1t
is a source Of much pride to every citi-
zen to know that the treasury depart
nent of the county Is managed as care
fully as any bank in the city. This has
been the feeling Of the people ever
since Mr.. Whipple has held the office.
He is all old resident Of the city. and
has always been a public spirited citi-
zen His denomination will give COLI
fidence and satisfaction 10 all.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
IS A new BARBARA FRIETCHE!

Judge Jackson's insistence that lie
would not allow Mother Jones to be-
come a martyr by sending her to
prison, not only. showed him to be an
unblushing representative of capital
ism and careful of it's interests, but it
indicated also something of the valiant
and venerable woman has aroused. He
did not propose as tool of capitalism
(and holder of mining stock, as well!)
to try the public temper any further
than was necessary in his judicial acts
Mother Jones stands before the Am
erican people today in the light of a
modern Barbara Frietche. Already
the verse-makers are celebrating her
stand for liberty in verse. One Of the
best attempts of this sort we have yet
seen is the following by O.. L. Ford
in the Typographical Journal
They've put an injunction on old
Mother Jones.
The language so stung
From the brave woman's tongue,
And her truth-telling words were so
noisy in tones,
That they've tried the suppression OF
old Mother JONES'
The court has imprisoned old Mother
Jones.
She raised such a rage
About starvation wage,
The coal barons' greed and the coal
miners means,
That they had to get rid of poor
Mother Jones.
Do they think an injunction will gag
Mother JOneS2
It will certainly fail
Though they've put her in Jail
There are thousands to talk for old
Mother Jones.
For the words and the works of old
Mother Jones
For downtrodden men
Will be eulogized when
The earth has enshrouded her weary
old bones,
And a monument built for old Mother
Jones.
Then the wonderful spirit of old
Mother Jones
May march up and down,
Like the soul Of John Brown.
Till justice shall vanquish our burdens
and groans,
And oppression is buried like old
Mother Jones,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
POLITICAL ACTION.
Trades Assembly Committee Favor
ably to Milwaukee Plan,

Trade. Assembly Committee Favor
ably to Milwaukee Plan.
The executive committee of the
Trades and Labor Assembly held a
meeting Monday evening in the office
of the Labor World. It agreed to re-
port favorably on the following propos-
ition from the trades council from Mil
waukee:
To the Officers and Members of the
Subordinate Central Bodies Affiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor:
Greeting: It is becoming clear, as
time goes on, that in our industrial
struggle for a decent livelihood, the
strike and the boycott only serve, where
successful, in regaining for the work.
ers (who produce all wealthy only a
small portion of what is due. Through
many years Of bitter experience labor is
forced to the conclusion that the policy
OF the strike and boycott alone will
never bring us to the goal of industrial
freedom. Permanent relief and true
justice can only be secured by inaugur,
ating a policy of independent political
action in conjunction with the trade
union movement. In this way alone can
we as toilers assert our manhood and
common sense and do successful battle
to the system that is degrading us and
robbing us of our rightful station among
men. AS the same conclusion is being
reached in all localities, as recent
events show, we submit to you that the
time is now opportune for concerted
advance upon the line of conscious in
dependent political action. AS nothing
can give us the full fruit of our toll
while the present competitive wage
system continues we must unitedly
Identify ourselves, both organized and
unorganized workers alike, with such
political porty as advocates the aboli-
ton Of the present capitalist breeding
wage system, together with cooper.
ative system of society to take it's place.
Our municipal governments concerns
our welfare as workers most directly.
Before we can hope to do much on a
national scale we must obtain the con-
troll Of city and state governments. The
proper course for the toilers is to Use
their trade union strength-that is, the
local central organization, as the guild
ing spirit and rallying point for their
municipal campaigns This being true,
1t is also important that these city, and
town movements work along unifor
lines and in full knowledge of what
each other are doing, each getting
benefit from the experiences Of the
others and strength and mutual SYM
pathy and comradeship therefrom Only
by such united action can we hope to
burst the letters that bind us and es-
tablish the rights of man.
All this being 50. therefore, the under
signed committee has been appointed by
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
JUDGE OF PROBATE.


JUDGE OF PROBATE w. G. BONHAM
is a candidate for denomination on the
Republican ticket Judge Bonham's ad
ministration Of the office has been high
ly satisfactory. He is always cour-
teous to any one having business in his
office. This has made him particularly
popular with administrators, of estates,
lawyers and newspaper men. He has
lived in this county since 1884, and has
always been public-spirited citizen.
His denomination and election will give
great satisfaction to his many friends.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
AUDITOR.
ODIN MAIDEN

as a candidate for denomination. His
high standing and undoubted fitness for
the office is acknowledged throughout
the county and state. Referring to his
past record he asks the favor of the
voters in the oming primaries.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
LEGISLATIVE.
+. NJ. PUGH

candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton as senator from the Fiftieth dis
trict, asks Republicans to cast their
votes for him in the primaries The
efficiency he has shown in the two
terms he has served in the house from
that district, he feels, justifies him in
asking this.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
j. B. MIDDLECOFF.

candidate for judge of probate, has
wide acquaintance throughout the
county, and his excellent administra
ton of the office during the year of
1899 and 1900 will no doubt secure for
him a large vote. He is an able lawyer,
courteous and obliging to all, and his
nomination is predicted by his friends.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
PHILIP C.. SCHMIDT

alton for member of the house of re-
representatives. from the Fifty-f1rst leg
1slative district. He asks for the support
OF the voters at the primaries Sept. 16.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
F. Fl. DAUGHERTY

has announced himself as candidate
for the Republican nominate for state
senator from the Fifty-first district. He
asks for the support of the Republican
voters in that district to secure him
the nominal ton.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
COUNTY Superintendent OF
SCHOOLS,
ANDREW r, PARK.

the present county superintendent Of
schools. has filed for the Republican,
nomination for second term. Super
,intendent Park has made good official
and has worked constantly for the good
Of the schools. He is now in the best
tional interests Of St. Louis county,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
f.. H. JEFFERSON

announces himself to the Republican
voters. as candidate in the coming pri-
mary election for the nomination for
state senator from the F'iftiet district
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
FOR CORONER.
DIR. S. HI. BOYER

is a candidate for re-nominati ton. His
standing in his profession and his faith
fulness in office are sufficient reasons
why he should be re-nominated by his
party.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
l.. VI. JOHNSON

is candidate for Register Of Deeds.
He is a member of the Typographi
union, and is prominent in the West
End of the city. He is Swedish Amer
lean and if nomination will bring
strength to the ticket
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
SENATOR F.. 81. HAWKINS

who has filed papers as candidate for
denomination as senator from the
Forty-ninth district on the Republican
ticket, presents his name to the voters
and asks their support in the coming
primaries
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
She Hoped He Was.

II never saw anything so eccentric as
that clock of ours" said she, by away OF
hint.
Eccentric? Like me, Ell? Ha! Hal"
Mr. Staylate chortled.
Goodness! I hope not"
"No?" .>s,:'>'
mo. It isn't going, you know"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
j. ADAM BEDE.

announces himself as candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress
from the Eighth congressional district.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-09
lA III ! 5 I a OR
HEMARskABLE EDITORIAL ON ELEc-
:TloN$oF, LABOR MAYOR THERE.

Hartford Ii One of the Richest
Towns lin New EnEland-Workers
Have Realised That az Voters
They Are in the Majority-Ex-
Failed to Appear.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18
The Finances Of the Nation.

The gold in the treasury amounts
In round numbers to t574, 100000 an
increase Of nearly $0O,OO0,OOO since
July l, 1891, and the largest sum,
with possibly one exception, ever
held by any government.
In October, 1896, at the height Of
free-silver campaign, the treasury
had less than $l22,0OO,OOO in gold,
and the total amount In circulation
was only $47S,OOO, OOo-neary $780,.
900, 900 less than is now held by the
treasury alone.
The amount Of money in circula.
ton has increased from Spills, the
per capita average for 1896, to nearly
500 at the present time.
Meanwhile the commercial ratio OF
silver to gold, which was 1892 in
1896, is now about SO. The treasury
now holds 540,OOO,OOO silver dollars,
and there are nearly 7O,OOO,oOO in
circulation against SSO,OOO,OOO in the
treasury and 56,OOO,OOO in circula-
ton six years ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18
How Did 4. Do III

When you have to get new set OF school
books for your children this fall remember
that Emil Grosser, present member of the
legislature, aided in bringing about the
text book commission which adopted the
new series Of books.-l Dickinson County
News.
How did be do itp A Populist
legislature adopted the law in 1897;
a Populist legislature in 1898 amend.
ed II, providing that at the end OF
the first commissions term another
commission should be appointed by
the governor, both before Grosser
entered the legislature. As the law
regarding the commission has not
been changed since. what under the
shining sun has Grosser had to do
with itP Gov. Stanley, In accordance
with the Populist law, appointed q
commission consisting Of members
from oil parties and that commission,
In accordance with the Populist law,
has selected books. Grosser had
about as much to do with the matter
as he has with the canals Of the
planet Mars and the News knows it.
What's the use Of lying about itP
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18
Keeps EN- Jumping.
On the second page Of Mondays
Kansas CITY World appears this.

On the second page Of Mondays
Kansas City World appears this:
"The prosperity Of Kansas City
and the tributary territory during
the summer season Of 1902 has been
reflected in no way more emphatical.
ly than in the healthful increase in
business Of the big department stores.
The past season has more than full
filed all expectations, and the amount
Of business done has been OF greater
magnitude than the increase in the
city's population would naturally &C.
count for. The people have been
buying goods, good goods, and have
been paying for them. Cash trans.
actions have outrun those done on
credit, a healthful symptom Of the
times. More people have had money
to spend and they have spent more
Of it. The outlook for the fall and
winter is even better than the flatter.
ing record that was made during the
warm season, and an unprecedented
business season is expected"
On the editorial page Of the same
issue appears this:
1.-The punctures made in the pros
perity' windbag by Chairman Griggs
Of the Democratic congressional com.
mittee seem to be letting lot Of hot
air out Of 1t. Griggs' official facts
and figures, showing the wide dis.
parity between profits and wages, in.
dictate the prosperity to be not q
solid ball Of gold, but only brilliant
hued bubble"
1t keeps Demo'Pop editor Jump
ing to make his theories and facts
agree in these good Republican times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18
Two Able Men.

National Tribune: There is q
warm fight going on in Kansas over
the senatorship. OF the various can
didates there are but two in whom
the veterans are deeply interested.
One OF these Is Hon. Chas. Curtis, OF
Topeka, who is now serving his fifth
term in congress from the First dis
trict. He Is a son Of a veteran, and
has always been warm and out
spoken advocate OF veterans rights.
He has been one Of the few men in
congress who could always be relied
on in this respect, and did more than
any other one man in congress to SO.
cure Evans removal by the letter
which be wrote to President Roose.
welt, recitiug the promises made to
the veterans by President Mckinley,
and giving other good reasons for
Evans removal. The other is Hon.
W. A, Calderhead, who is now serv.
ing his third term in congress from
the Fifth district. He is q veteran Of
the l26th Ohio, and is regarded as
one Of the ablest men In congress.
He Is a strong man on the Commit
tees on Banking and Currency and
Invalid Pensions. He was actively
opposed to Evans, and did all that he
could to secure his removal. He Is
an eloquent, convincing speaker, and
either he or Curtis would make q sen.
ator Of whom Kansas could be proud.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18
Just His Natural Gait.

Here is a pretty good Roosevelt
story: Two men were travelling to.
gether, and naturally fell to discuss
ing politics. One Of them admired
President Roosevelt; the other said he
was q good man, but that he was
over-reaching himself, going too fast,
and that be would eventually run
away with the band wagon and smash
it up. "That reminds me Of q story
the ether man said. "A friend Of
mine wanted to buy horse, and got
one that suited him AZ to style, size
and appearance, but he wanted it for
a family horse, and made careful in
quiries as. to whether or not 1t was
gentle, or had any runaway habits.
He was assured that the horse couldn't
be made to run away; that he was
perfectly safe In that line. So the
trade was made, the horse taken home
and hitched up. The first thing be
did was to put bis head and tail in
the air and run for about four miles
without stopping. He was brought
back and tried again the next day.
Again be took the bit in his mouth
and ran around the farm before be
could be stopped. The buyerin great
wrath rushed back with the horse and
demanded to know why he had been
swindled. What did the horse doP'
asked the man who had sold him.
why, he stood on bis hind legs and
then shot out on a dead jump for
about steen miles before he could be
stopped 'Aw, he's all right, was the
answer; he wasn't runnin' away,
that's just his natural gait"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18
A Pleasant Home Wedding.

Under the headlines, "A Big We'd
ding-Miss Pop and Mr.. Demo
United" the Pleasanton Observer
gives an account Of the pleasant event
Of which the following is a part:
"The bride is young in years, but old
in experience. She was born about
1889 and her parents were named
Alliance. A few years later the fam
lily went into bankruptcy and changed
its name to Populist The lady is not
particularly handsome but claims the
ownership Of 1000 votes in Linn
county which caused her hand to be1
eagerly caught by the groom. Mr..
Demo is gay old sport who has been
on the turf for long time. He and
Miss Pop have been counting for sew
eral years and while they have quar-.
relied at times and said mean things
about each other they have as often
made up and gone about together for
a month at stretch campaigning.
The engagement is Of long standing,
but the wedding has failed at several
appointed dates. There has always
been opposition on the part Of the
brides relatives because the union
meant the loss Of the family name
and all of the property rights. While
Mr.. Demo was most anxious to alb.
sorb the name and chattles OF the
bride, he said little about the matter
and kept her entertained with taffy
and promises Of a happy home"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18

After a hard fight In the legislature Of
l90l-of which Mr.. Grosser was member
the Demo-Pop law giving the state a uni
iormity Of school books was allowed to stand
News.
OF course it was little less thar
criminal for q Republican Legislature
to allow Demo.Pop law to "stand.
We are glad to see that the News Ii
heartily ashamed Of Its psrty's &C.
tions in law-making.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18

The new geography used in the
schools ought to be replaced with one
that treats Kansas right. The geog-
raphy was prepared for schools in
general; when the Kansas commits.
sion adopted it for use in the Kansas
schools, a chapter relating to Kansas,
together with a double page map OF
the state, was hastily thrown to.
gether and showed in at the end Of
the book, while on the front cover
the words we're printed; "Kansas
Edition" Along in the middle Of the
geography Kansas is treated together
with the other states, and there are
no mistakes Of statement made. But
in the chapter on Kansas at the end
Of the geography there are a number
Of blunders due to cAreleseness which
mar On otherwise excellent account
Of the state geographically, agricul-
turally and iudustrially.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18
Toll tho Truth.

Emil Grosser, the Republican candidate
for representative, was chairman Of the
committee that framed the tax law.-lNews.
The chairman OF the committee, as
the News we'll knows for it has q copy
Of the bill with the fact in large let
ters, is John Francis, four times
treasurer OF the state OF Kansas and a
man Of wide knowledge Of the states
needs and respected by all.
Tell the truth!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18

Mr.. Craddock, the Democratic can
didate for governor, 10 little late in
bis advocacy Of . franchise tax for
public utility corporations. The bill
prepared by the Kansas tax commits
sion, Of which Emil Grosser was .
member, contains . complete fran
chise tax law which is copied largely
from the law passed BY the New York
Legislature called In special session by
Governor Roosevelt for that purpose
three years ago. This Law taxes rail-
road, telegraph, telephone. express
and other public service corporations
upon the market value Of their CAPT.
tal stock and bonded Indebtedness
rather than upon their visible assets.
The New York State Board Of Tax
Commissioners in their report for the
year 1900, In speaking Of the opera
tion Of this law says: mo enact
ment Of modern times Is more popu.
lar with tho people Of this state.
Under the first years operation Of the
franchise tax law, 4,751 valuations
were made, aggregating q total OF
1886, 2O2, 759; an increase Of $40, 14O,-
857 over the assessment Of the same
properties the year prior" So ample
were the returns from franchise tax
In New York that the rate Of state
tax on the dollar for the year 1900
was less than two mills, being the
lowest rate in that state during the
last forty years.
1t is this kind Of law that Emil
Grosser will support. Every tax
lodging corporation In the state, as
well as the Democratic banker candi-
date for the legislature from this
county is opposed to it. Under the
present law every hooi, every dollars
worth Of property that the farmer or
other small property owner has is
taxed without stint, while the large
corporations are assessed outrageous
ly low. The enactment Of q franchise
tax law in our state will change this.
Such . law will save hundreds Of
thousands dollars to the honest tax OF
Kansas. 1t will compel the trusts
and corporations to bear their proper
share Of tax burden.
: The bill prepared by the Kansas
commission revises the entire tax
system OF our state. In the hurried
manner in which this work was nee.
essarily done-fitv days being the
time Observation-Disclosures mistakes
were made. But when the legislature
meets next winter and considers the
bill, section by section, it can be
trusted to reject those features which
do not meet with popular favor and
enact into law only those which are
clearly and certainly an improvement
over the present law Enterprise
JOurnal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18

Wichita Eagle: "Stand back"
cried the Poland China, as the herd
Of hogs made q wild rush for the
basket Of corn the farmer had Just
dumped into the pen.' Stand back,
you idiots. There's no hurry. Don't
you know Kansas raised 100000, 900
bushels Of corn this year, and there
are 100000 less hogs in the state
than there WAS last ysarP"