The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-02-21
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>Rosevelts 5:retn6edy tor: the trust evil
| is publicity. The greatest trust in the
the country rs the United States Steel
Corporation. The company publishes
quarterly statements giving. full details
| of it's business and showing enormous
profits. Does the company seem to be
going to pieces? Teddy, you are try
ing to bring down bear with bean
+ gun.-Socialist Voice:
! In connection with the fox attempt
to rush through congress a bill to es-
| tablish a reserve army Of 100000 men
! to- be solely under control of the pres
ident, the following utterance of John
Randolph in the early days Of Amer
lean congress is worth reading:
! detest standing armies as the pro-
| fgate instruments Of "depotism. They
will support any and every existing
government. In all history remember
only one instance Of their deserving
their government and taking part with
the people; and that was when the
| Duke of Orleans had bribed the army
of the last of the Bourbon Kings. A
mercenery soldier is disgusting to the
! eye of reason, republic anism and re-
| ligiOn. Yet, that mere machine Of
Murder rude as it is, has been the
manufacturer of all the Caesars and
| CromWells, and Boneparts Of the earth.
Military men are fond of glory, the con-
stitutional elements of which are blood
and taxes.
Bill Dams daughter has scarletina
and the whole Dam family is quaran-
tined.-Ozark News.
The net profits for 1902 of J. P.
Morgans firm in the various big en-
! terprises he has put through are esti-
mated at $42,O0O,0 900.
A bill has been passed by the French
chamber of deputies forbidding public
| and private employment Of more than
| six days a week.
Korea, on the other side of the world,
! is rejoicing over the blossorning of
fruit trees recently imported from an
| American nursery.
Reports from United States Consul
! Barlow at Mexico City show that $780,
| 100000 in American gold is invested
! in Mexico.
Farmer-Got "a letter fer me? Post
| office Cler]>-What's the name, please.
Farner-Name! Say, can't you see
the name on the etter?-Judge.
Every man has noticed that after his
| wife has returned from q visit with her
folks it has to be decided all over again
Who is Who.-Atchinson Globe.
Mark Hanna's fervent portestations
OF love for: .weEkingnlen lays him open
| to suspicion of having appropriated the
| mislaid golden rule Of Mayor Jones of
Toledo.--Cincinnati Post.
#N.The workers ~enjessing the best acon-
ditions under which to pursue their
labor are members Of the strongest
| unions, and have gained for themselves
those conditions bv first making their
| union strong. Plumbers Journal
...--
| The Mormon scare is being worked
up again all over the country Great
fear is manifested that the morals of
| washington are about to be corrupted
! by the advent of a: Mormon APOSTLE
| disguised as U. S Senator. If what
has been written about Washington
| morals be true-and the testimony of
! the many people largely confirms it
the Mormons should be: urged to send
| no man to Washington whose repu-
| tation they value. A man with a plu-
| rality of wives, whom with their chill
| dren, he. acknowledges and supports
has an ethical advantage Of man with
plurality Of mistresses whom he does
not acknowledge and whom the gov
| eminent supports.-California Social
| list.
The fact remains, says the Brooklyn
Eagle, that 'Smoote's election Is =,