The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-03-21

certain group O1 ubeA 10 DuAu d o1o"A-
stone building with the name Of An
| drew Carnegie on the cornerstone.
The world may be better for this, but
we cannot blame people who refrain
from applalding benefaction so
chilly and remote. They are frozen by
the nature Of the gifts and offended by
| the patronizing manner of the giver.
Money is not everything in this world.
! It is sometimes easier to give a dol
| lar than to give word Of good cheer,
| or to work for a system calculated to
| make unnecessary for poverty to exist.
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Eight coal dealers were arrested in
Chicago some time ago for violation
Of the conspiracy laws Of Illinois. A
! Cook county grand jury indicted the
coal dealers after a long investigation,
| and when they were brought to trial
last week Judge Chetlain Of the Dis
| trict Court ordered the petit jury to re-
turn a verdict Of not guilty. The court
| said in it's decision that the state courts
had no jurisdiction in the matter, and
that the charge should be filed in the
! Federal courts as the violations of law
! were Of an interstate nature.
The operators although they secured
their liberty did nat escape unscathed.
! COMMENTS on Current Ev.-gall q
| The court held that the contract Of
the operator was "a restriction of COM
petition and a restraint Of trade" and
that It created a pool and combination.
1.-THE defendants did business in ac-
cordance with the terms of this con-
| tract and met from time to time and
| - ~
Chicago continued the Court in his
| decision.
We have visions Of prison bars for
coal operators-nit.
The Hearst papers sprang a new SEN
| sation last week. They accused presi-
dent Roosevelt OF bowling to the i'm
! perial dictation OF Rockefeller and
Morgan. 1t Is said that the two trust
| magnates are very much wrought up
over the failure Of congress to pass the
Aldrich finance bill, and the Infamous
ship subsidy measure, and it is said
that they talked exceedingly plain to
the president over the defeat of these
measures. A dilemma has thus been
created for the administration and it's
: expectations of the sinews Of war for
the campaign of 1904. The only way
out of the difficulty has apparently
been scheme to reconvene congress
In order that the legislation framed
| by the two great trusts should be en-
! acted. No trust bills, no campaign
bills is the logic, and 80 tho elephant
bows to its master. ~. IN,
! : Il :~zse ssss
T1p1nIuQ 1ac
upon the downfall Of Addicks when lie
began to realize that Addicksism1o still
lived. and that all of the evils repre-
sented by the man were still practiced
by politicians both for and against
Addicks. The rebuke Of Addicks was
not sufficiently general to DISCOURAGE
the course of such men in politics.
Some newspapers and periodicals came
out admirably against Addicks but the
attitude of the president of the United
States was the most surprising. It
was far from creditable for the nation
al administration to manifest it's ap-
proval of the Addicks faction.
While the victory against Addicks
was but half victory, yet it was as
suring enough to let the unscrupulous
Of Addicks ilk know that the people
VIII not long tolerate such open dis
graceful methods as we're practiced by
them.
Former Mayor Ames believes that he
will be vindicated by jury of his
peers, when brought to trial in Henne-
pin county. Once while mayor OF
Minneapolis he saved the city $4,000
on a paving proposition. 1t is vel
known in that city that the mayor ir
purely legitimate business trans
: action could have cleared a nice sun
OF money If he so desired at the ex.
pense Of the people Of Minneapolis.
In discussing this Mayor Ames says
DO you think that the people will be
l1eve that I took small amounts o1
money from big mitt men. when
could have fixed myself handsomel,
on this paving proposition in straight
business manner? In conversation
at the county jail the other day, Charlie
Howard says that he paid to Mayo,
: Ames in one month $14.00, received
from big mitt games.