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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
TRAMPS VS.. MILLIONAIRES.

The average tramp is O. very HARM
less person in comparison to the aver
age millionaire. The tramp forces the
community to support only himself
Ee does not ask for extras and bank
account. On the whole his demands
are simple. The millionaire, however,
wants legislation twisted to save his
charters: he asks that the reperes-
entatives of the people betray the
people for his benefit; that courts shall
be a centre from which technicalities
must radiate instead of a straight line
running directly from injury to justice;
that that which was originally intended
Ion the protection Of the public shall
be used for its injury He crosses the
boundary of felony on trestle work of
technicalities. A tramp will steal a.
ride on the bumpers of train. A mil
lionaire will steal thes whole road. His
ideas are larger. On the whole the
tramp is the better citizen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
AMERICAN SHIPS
BUILT BY C0LLIES

Recently Il SOdp-bOX Or;t'''' in New
York. speaking in the in: 1t of the
Socialist party, made the H.! !'ge that
American ships are BEL built in
China, Japan an dthe W., indies in
order to prove that the capitalistic
politicians Of this country have no
more love for the American working
man than the Chink or Jap. The speak
err was challenged to substaniate his
charge and wrote to the secretary of
the Navy,at Washington, for the facts.
The latter replied that the government
is having no ships built in the places
named. Being still unsatisfied that he
was wrong, Mr., We'll, the agitator,
wrote to the Labor World, of TOXIC
Japan. and struck oil. The World says
five American Warships are being built
at the Uraga dock, that in all twelve
are to be built, that United States
naval officers are supervising the
work, and that this fact is not only
we'll known in the far East, but in the
naval circles of the entire world. Of
course, the Washington authorities
can truthfully claim that they did not
contract for the building of the ships
by cheap cOOlie labor and Chinese and
Japanese capitalists. A Shanghai ship
building company, controlled by Ameri-
can and British capital, secured the
contract, and then sub-let the Job to
the Craga dock owners. The fact, how
ever, that American ships are being
bu'lt by Chinese and Japanese labor
is correlated, and the further fact that
those who pretend to favor the exclu-
sion Of cheap foreign labor are arrant
hypocrites is also proven. All this goes
to show that capitalism has become
truly international, whether that CAPT.
tallsm Is represented by government Of
1lclals or private enterprise and those
workers who toll cheapest are the ones
Who are employed
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
New Yepr'k Calls.

New Years calling in New York was
purely the OutgrOWth of an early
Dutch custom, yet strangely enough
many of the descendants of the early
Dutch settlers fought against the con-
tinuance of a practice which they de-
clared had long since passed beyond
the bounds to which the fathers limit
ed it and had been made the excuse
for great excuses OIL day which
ought to be given over to the forming
of good resolutions.
In the early days of Manhatten Is
land the male Dutch settlers every
New Years day started out as a mat
ter Of duty TO visit the houses Of all
their friends. The good wives who re-
ceived them were arrayed in their Sum-
day finest and had bowls Of steaming
hot punch upon the best room table.
The latter day Dutch descendants de-
MED the punch and said it was coffee.
The irreverant latter day champions of
New Years calling denied the punch
also and told their opponents that their
forefathers would not know pune n
if they saw it and th..t they drank
nothing but i'll smelling hot gin.
Whatever it was that the good
burghers drank, they succeeded in call
ing within the compass of the day
upon every family Of any note OH Man.
hatten Island.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
LOUD NOT YET BURIED.

News comes from Washington that
Congressman Loud is likely to be an
pointed fourth assistant postmaster
general. and that the letter carriers
division is likely to be turned over to
his department. Says the Cleveland
Citizen.e This is said to be Roosevelt $
reply to the postal employees, who de-
mand higher wages. and who ma terially
aided in defeating Loud for reelection
because he antagonized the workers.
Loud is a notorious corporationist, and
about every move that he had made in
congress was in the interest of the
Southern Pacific railway. Rcosevelt's
threatened action, after all his phrase
mongering about the. rights OF labor"
is only one more example of the mans
hyprOcricy. At the same time, it is not
improbable that the rumor has been set
afioat to fell the public pulse. and if a
sufficient amount of protests are
aroused RoOsevelt's press agents can
deny that LIQUIDS appointment was ever
considered, and such an announcement
would. of course, bring out considera BILE
applause from unthinking people,
There are more ways than one to skin
a cat or catch a sucker.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
'0S'o"S oF5 f66 STRENUOUS

"A customs officer of the name of
Theobold has been peremptorily dis
missed nominally for the good of the
service but evidently for no other
reason than because he has been spy
ing upon rich smugglerS and causing
them to be searched and their SNUG
gled goods confiscated when they land
in New York. Spying Ut this kind is
not nice business. truly, and one can
synlpathize with Secretary Shaw's re-
pugnance to having such creature in
MS department. But the man was do
ing his duty under the law, and if we
are to have "protection to American
Industry we should not shrink from
Its disagreeable Incidents SO long as
rlch protectionists try to evade the law
there must be spying Theobolds to de-
tect them. Does Mr.. Shaw intend
that protection shall not apply to
Americans who are rich enough to 20
to Europe annually and become their
own smugglers? It would seem 81
Fheobold's abrupt dismissal can mean
nothing to the other treasury spies than
that they must confine their Swing to
th3 steerage and to merchants, and AL
low rich sn1ugglers to bring in their
goods without question. Among the
seizures Theobold had made and for
which he has been dismissed, was a
diamond necklace worth $1,000
which he found among the trinl<ets Of
Mr.. SchWab. Of steel trust fane.-The
Public.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
klpRKLES' CLUB.
"What Good is That to the Miners 2"

AS "lnodern instance the follow nc
clippings from the United Mine Work.
ers is intel estirS:
"When the anthracite commission
visited Jeddo, John MariSle showed to
the members the shack he called a
club house. bishop s;t;aulling per-
tinently inquired: What good is that
to the .ininars?' Suce enough, what
good is it? 1t is thin veneer upon a
crime. A plausible prclence to cover up
the many wrongs inflicted upon the
working men. This club house is point
ed out as an example Of the human
treatment the Markles give their en-
p1oyes. The shack and it's furnishings
cost probably $4,000 about the sum the
Marbles: take wrongly every week from
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27

passed by the last Indiana legislature
and is now knocked GU, on the plea
that it Is "class legislation" It's pro-
visions dealt exclusively with coal
miners and merchants" as the agents
of the coal company that do the
plucking are termed. and it was con-
tended that the law placed the 'smerch-
ant" ut a disadvantage compared with
other exDloiters to whom an assign
ment Of wages might be made. So
the eternal and inalienable right Of all
classes OF exploiters to pluck the pro-
letariat has again been yindicated. The
latter Is fair game anyhow, and should
not complain so long as he votes for
the system which has us its basis his
continual plucking, and then files all
objection against one spec>'' brand Of
plucker.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27

their employees at the weigh scales and
pluckme. A club house did not obscure
the clear vision Of the bishop, and he
penetrated. the hollow mockery of it's
surroundings and the pitiable excuse
it was. A club housed When working
men get decent wages they can erect
their own club houses in their own
homes. If bishop Spaulding never did
anything else he deserves the hearty
thanks of working men for exposing
the pretty hunbug and transparent
Chronicle.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
LABOR EDITORS ORGANIZE.

The International Editors Associa-
ton was organized in New Orleans
during the A. r. Of L. convention. The
officers elected We're: President, S. J.
Triplett, of Charlotte, N. G.; secretary
and treasurer, r. L. Harper. of Jack
sonVille, Fla; first vice PRESIDENT, A.
". Jones, Huntington. W. Va; Sec
ond V1ce-president, t. H. Dubois, Fort
Worth, Tex; third vice. president, Cor
don \. Rice, of cattle, WASH: fourth
Vice-president, Frank L. Rist. of Gin
clnnatti, Ohio, fifth vice president.
George Horsfield, Murphysboro, Ill.
These officers constitute the executive
board. For the present Jacksonville
Will be ten headquarters Of the associ-
alton, but the permanent headquarters
VIII probably be in some city in one
1.-THE Middle West States
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
SENATOR BLUFFS
STREET RAILWAY

Hon. William f. Chandler, Senator
from New Hampshire and former Sec
rotary of the Navy, became an attorney
for small boy and conducted sue
cessful action against Washington
street railway company for the recov-
cry OF one silver dollar, is made matter
OF record by the Washington corre-
spondent of the New York World. The
Senator was viewing the Grand Army
parade few days ago when he was
accosted by an eight-year old boy who
asked him for a piece of sticking plas-
ter. On being questioned the boy ex-
planned: why, I came up here from
LeWinsvile, Va, this morning to see
the parade and was riding up here on
car just now. I started to hand the
conductor a silver dollar to pay my
fare and it dropped out Of my hand and
rolled down the trolley slot, and I want
to get it out with the sticking plaster."
Lets investigated said the Senator.
Thereupon the boy and Senator Chand-
Ter went out on the street car tracks in
front of the Corcoran Building and
walked back and forth, peering down
the trolley slot. Dozens of cars came
by and they had to dodge in and out
with much agility, for the conductors
were in hurry and did not care
whether the Virginia boy recovered his
dollar or not. After a careful examina-
ton of every foot of the trolley slot
from F street to the Regent Hotel the
dollar Was finally located just oppo-
site the fourth window on the south end
~
Chandler counted the windows care
fully and Deered down the slot intent
~ between the cars. He gave it as his
opinion that the dollar was exactly
there. There were some efforts to re-
cover the coin. None was successful.
The boy from Virginia was in despair
Never mind" said Senator Chandler
I'll do what I can for YOU" They all
went back to the Corcuran Building
and Senator Chandler wrote this let
ter:
Manager Capital Traction Company,
Washington. D. c.
Dear Sir: I have to inform YOU that
this afternoon a client of mine from
LeWinsville. Va, dropped one silver
dollar down the trolley slot on your
road on Fifteenth street, just oppi-
site the fourth window of the Treasury
Department, counting from the south
end. Diligent effort was made to re-
cover this dollar, but without success
have been retained in this matter, and
I write to notify you Of the loss and to
suggest that the silver dollar be re-
covered forthwith by your employees
who are versed in the intricacies of
trolley slots and restored to the right
full owner. Otherwise we shall take
such further proceedings as may seem
necessary in the premises.
Very truly yours,
william Il. Chandler"
The next day gang Of workmen
from the Capital Traction Company
visited the spot, counted carefully up
to the fourth window from the south
end of the Treasury Building and got
the dollar. This was conveyed to Sen
ator Chandler, who sent it Immediately
to his client at Townsville, charging
nothing for his services. All that is
needed to accomplish results in these
matters. said Senator Chandler, lis to
present a firm front to these soulless
corporations and right and justice will
prevail"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
BROUGHT UP TO DATE.

tlergy,nen who are inclined to take
the pessimistic view that religion is
losing its hold on the people, should
brace up. 1t is really being brought
up to date as it We're. modified and i'm
proved to fit the times. Here for in
stance is the 'doxOlOgy' sung at the
"gridiron fest Of the Chicago Press
Club in conjunction with the members
Of the University football teams, the
University of Chicago Of course in
Guided.
Praise John. from whom oil blessings
flow;
Praise also Bill, who spends the dough:
Praise John, praise Bill, praise all their
Praise Bill a little-John D. the most.
college men and journalists" saws
the press report, sung this refrain
standing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
NEW INSURANCE
AGAINST STRIKES.

We have had Insurance agents about
everything, but now comes q perfect
plan to insure manufacturers and en-
pioyes Of labor in Austria against
strike. The plan of course simply
means to Distribute the losses caused
by strikes. The plan will be put into
operation when $50 firms representing
a pay roll of five million dollars per
year accept this new insurance.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
DIDN'T WANT TOO MUCH.

Lone Star state man tells the fol-
lowing story of a negro baptizing In
Texas:
An old negro preacher did the hon.
ors, and the candidate for baptism was
a coal black negro woman. The preach
or led his victim far out into the
stream where she could be thoroughly
immersed, and at the suspicious mo-
ment he cried in q loud voice:
he stiddy, sister. be stiddy, and
you will cum up whitah den snow!"
"Oh, parson,' she exclaimed, .'dat's
aSk1n too much; n cream colouh'll
do."-Ex
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
TRANSPORT WORKERS.

The Longshoremen's Union of Nom
treal has decided to affiliate with the
international union of that craft. This
action on the part of one of the largest
independet unions in eastern Canada
will probably induce other organiza
tons which have heretofore operated
as Independent bodies to follow ex-
ample.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
A New Years Cyclone.

Is that a cyclone ragin'?
is the roof a-tumblin' down?
Is that an earthquake shakin'
All the winderS in town?
Is that the river roarin'
Above it's banks of green?
Has Gabriel bowed his trumpet
To make the dead serene?
They stood and heard in terror
While loud the noise arose.
Like the warwhoops of the Indians.
The SHOUTS Of foreign foes.
But a voice brought better comfort
(Let not the sainted scoff):
"Thar amt a bit Of trouble:
That's daddy sWearin' off,"
From the Atlanta Constitutions:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
WHAT LABOR PRODUCES.

An exchange says that the census for
1870 shows that each wage Garner in
our manufacturing establishments pro-
duces wealth to the amount of s2,451
per year. The census says nothing of
the kind. 1t does show, however, that
each wage Garner produces about 1913
per day in wealth and receives $437.50
per year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
TREATING JEALOUSY.

Paris Cor. New York World:
Speculation as to the motives which
led Leon Syndon, an artist, to murder
Lucien David has brought to light a
singular theory. advanced by DR.
Fieury. This eminent French ply.
stefan thinks that he has discovered
ttat jealousy can be controlled. anl
even eradcated. by course Of judicious
uedical treatment.
Ills method is tn take a man who is
Nn'easonab!y jealous and irrita bile. give
him a go'd. solid breakfast and then
ask him the reason for his behavior.
IF III" patient consents to talk about
the matter" the doctor snys. half the
BATH. is won. If you let him get past
the first meal the green-eyed monster
Scts lie better Of him and holds him in
r.: tolls the rest of the day"
According to Dr. Fleury, jealous peo-
pl:H have lucid intervals. the malndy be-
irs intermittent, like chills and fever
Fo sets forth that to be effective the
treatment must include everything that
can give strength and self-confldence
to the jealous subject-in short, to
make man Of him.
What Babe new born in this that in e
manager cries?
Near on her lowly bed his happy moth
err lies.
Oh, see the air is shaken with white
and heavenly wings!
This is the Lord. Of all the earth; this
is the King Of kings. ~. ! +:
.:EE .H@fk3s n ASnS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
A Time Of Peril.

Clarissa-1'm always glad when New
Years day is safely over.
Fidela-Yes; it is saddening ami
versary.
Clarissa-Oh, don't mean that
Clarence and I always have a horrid
quarrel suggesting improvements in
each ather's conduct
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
EFFECT OF SHORT WORK DAY

Thes hort hour day enjoyed by the
thousands of government employees at
washington effects private business
IN that city, so that all offices and
stores close at O'Clock every day, ex-
cept Saturday, and even on that day
the stores close at p NJ.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
SUCCESSFUL IN ENGLAND.

Forty-one cities in Great Britain
own and operate their street railways.
and in every case they have proved to
be source Of municipal revenue. as
we'll as giving the people better service
and better conditions for the workers
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
EIGHT HOURS PHILOSOPHY.

One hundred men work 500 hours at
eight hours per day; likewise eighty
men working ten hours per day per-
form 500 hours of labor Therefore the
eight hour day would give employment
to 100 meme where 80 are now emplov-
ed. The eight hour workday would
likewise decrease the competition in
the labor market and thus increase the
rate of wages
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
CHEAP LABOR.

Cheap labor means cheap consump-
ton and less production. Take any
cheap labor nation and compare it
with high wage nation and what a
difference in favor Of the latter. Those
nations which pay the highest wages
are better educated. have better morals
and more wealth. Cheap labor i e. low
wages are detriment to the whole
population.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
To 'Naughty-TwO.

Come in. New Year. come in:
Don't stand out there in the cold and
grin.
Put on some clothes; your legs are bare
You haven half enaugh to wear.
i ne Old man S gone, the coast is clear;
The worlds your oyster. kid New Year
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
UNCONSTITUTIONAL

decision Of the Indiana Supreme
Court has declared the pluck me-
store law Unconstitutional and invalid.
The law against these stores had been
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
stock on Hand.

olutions this year, Spikes?
Spikes-NeW ones? I should say not.
I've got a lot of aid ones I've never
used, by jove.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-12-27
MITCHELL'S BOOK.

President Mitchell, Of the miners, is
writing book under the title Of
"CTpital and Labor He refused an
offer to deliver eight lectures for 81, 800
The Conservative, 1902-04-17

The example of this man shows how
easily men may be weaned from the
habits of civilized life to the ruder,
though scarcely less fascinating
manners of the woods. This hunter
had now been absent for many years
from the frontiers, and might
naturally be presumed to have some
anxiety, or at least curiosity, to re-
turn to his friends and his country
yet, just at the moment when he was
approaching the frontiers, he was
tempted by a hunting scheme to give
up all those delightful prospects.
and to go back without the least re-
luctance to the solitude of the
wilds''
Back he went, therefore, and spent
the winter of 1867 somewhere in
the mountains. In the following
spring he is found coming down the
river alone. Near Plattsmouth he
met Manuel Lisa, going up with the
first trading expedition on record.
Lisa wanted Golfer, SO back goes
Golfer a second time. When they
reached the Bighorn Lisa sent him
on a mission. The lawyer and trav-
eler Brackinridge speaks Of the mat
ter thus:
"He shortly after dispatched Col
ter, the hunter before mentioned, to
bring some Of the Indian nations to
trade This man, with pack of
thirty pounds weight, his gun and
some ammunition, went upwards Of
five hundred miles to- the Grow ma
tion; gave them information, and
proceeded from thence to several
other tribes On his return,a party
of Indians in whose company he hap
pened to be, was attacked and he
was lamed by a severe wound in the
leg; Notwithstanding which, he re-
turned to the establishment, entirely
alone and without assistance, several
hundred miles. Yet such instance es
of intrepidity would not be regarded
amongst those people, as any way
extraordinary. How should those
blush, who are continually whining
about the little inconvenience and
privations of common life
On this expedition Golfer, as Cap
tain Chittenden has shown, undoubt-
edly discovered and passed through
the Yellowstone National Park his
stories of which were treated as
fables until the official discovery of
the Park in 1871. He spent two years
more in the upper country, where
various things befell him in connec-
tion with the long standing feud of
the Blackfeet Indians, then just
broken out. The naturalist, Brad
l,,ry, tollc tho fO11Owiup story Of
The Conservative, 1902-04-17


"They now seized Golfer, stripped
him entirely naked, and began to
consult on the manner in which he
should be put to death. They were
first inclined to set him up as a
mark to shoot at but the chief in
terfered, and seizing him by the
shoulder, asked him if he could run
fast. Golfer, who had been some
Grow Indians, had in considerable
degree acquired the Blackfoot Ian
guage, and was we'll acquainted
with Indian customs. He knew that
he had got to run for his life, with
the dreadful odds of five or six
hundred against him, and those
armed Indians; therefore he cum
ningly replied that he was very
bad runner, although he was con-
sidered by the hunters as remarkably
swift. The chief now commanded
the party to remain stationary, and
led Golfer out on the prairie three
or four hundred yards, and released
him, bidding him to save himself
if he could. At that instant the
horrid warwhoop sounded in the ears
of poor Golfer, who, urged with the
hope of preserving life, ran with a
speed at which he was himself sur
prised. He proceeded towards the
Jefferson Fork, having to traverse a
plain six miles in breadth, abound
ing with prickly pear, on which he
was every instant treading with his
naked feet. He ran nearly half way
across the plain before he ventured
to look over his shoulder, when he
perceived that the Indians were very
much scattered, and that he had
gained ground to a considerable dis
tance from the main body; but one
Indian, who carried a spear, was
much before all the rest and not more
than hundred yards from him. A
faint CLEAN of hope now cheered the
heart of Golfer; he derived confidence
from the belief that escape was
within bounds of possibility; but
that confidence was nearly fatal to
him, for he exerted himself to such
degree that the blood gushed from his
nostrils, and soon almost covered the
fore part of his body.
"He had now arrived within a
mile of the river, when he distinctly
heard the appalling sound of foot.
steps behind him, and every instant
expected to feel the spear of his pur
suer Again he turned his head, and
saw the savage not twenty yards
from him. Determined if possible to
avoid the expected blow, he sud
denly stopped, turned around, and
spread out his arms. The Indian,