The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-02-07

! nO0r2 Qay Ile I0HJOrlLy aODTOpS{. The
policy Of extending the, eight-hour day.
that the products OF. labor: win be i'm
proved ,i tqt + TIE hanpnes {pa;E Gf ;WoFMns
brighter the -intelligence Of the mass. OF
| the people. increased. and civilization
advanced by such legislation: "a ma
this measure: which has received from
the whole Committee such serious and
| careful consideration: is not. radical. but
Gff9nssryatlye; go Ya..a and therefore recommend
The committee has spoken. Now let
us see what the senate will, do. Will
labor's efforts be futile? Will the bill,
like those that have reached this stage
In former sessions Of congress, be side-
tracked in, the last days Of the session?
II ever labor hoped for anything from
the y. S. senate it is the passage Of the
eight-hour bill. Write a letter to Sera-
tor Clapp and Nelson tonight II you
have already written, write another and
tell them that you have read the COM
mittee report and it is their duty to
support. the bill. Never hesitate to tell
a public servant what his duty is.
.'*
Morgan and his associates have hyp-
Noticed the Chicago city council At a.
Pierpont Morgan this week. an agree
ment was reached as to the terms Of a
street railway franchice covering all Of
Chicago. The agreement is substan-
TALLY as follows:
Acceptance by the Union Traction
company of 20-year franchise ordi~
nance containing the provision that the
city shall take possession at the end Of
that time on the payment of a fixed
| sum to be agreed upon now or at the
end of the grants tenure.
The Conditions.
To make such an ordinance valid, an
enabling act, authorizing the city to ex-
ercise municipal ownership must be
passed by the legislature.
If at the end of 20 years the city is
not ready to purchase the property the
companies to continue operating until
the municipality Is ready to purchase.
Would saot this jar an up-to-date
student of municipal affairs? Morgan
proposes to expend $15,000,000 for the
property OF a street railway aad then
he will put $60,000,o00 in improvements
and repairs during period of twenty
years. AT the end Of this time the city
can purchase the railway for 5000, 900.
I Nothing will be allowed to the city for
the use of it's streets Nothing will be
allowed for wear and tear, and: the com.
Epany is to ,enj 10y the prqf1ts of. 10 Chicago:
street syatenl for twenty years:
lliIll sttk
thing pub op nioIl so
erysta ii lized in twenty years that the:
people will refuse to be continually gold
brfcked by such generous 90 corpor-
ations.
It can be said that there is a coal
famine in Duluth. There is not one ton
of available anthracite to be had on the
docks. The Duluth winter is but one
half over. Much suffering may be ex-
pected from now on.
T.
"That was very liberal offer of the
United States Steel Corporation to it's
employees" said an employee of con-
stituent company yesterday. II am
given the privilege of buying stock at
$S2.00 share, while the officer in
charge of ny department was given
present outright by the company on the
nrst of the year of $4,000, which rep
resents portion Of one per cent of the
earnings set aside for faithful officers
OF the various constituent companies"