The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-04-09
LABOR NEWS
OF INTEREST.

consists in reality Of four seperate ma
chimes. The first resembles an ordi-
nary typewriter, by means OF whoich
the characters are inscribed on a band
Of paper by peculiar system Of per-
foration. This can be telegraphed any,
where and distributed in thousands Of
copies without necessitating any tram
scription. The band of paper, when it
arrives at a printing office, is simply
passer Through tthe printing appara-
tus number four, and the composition
is done.
Paper is now being successfully made
from cornstalks. says a publication de-
voted to new inventions. The machine
cleans up six acres a day for, which
the farmer pays 81 per acre. 1t shucks
the corn, deposits the grain in the box
es, bundles the stalks into great rolls
ready for shipment to the paper mill,
and leaves the husks and fodder ready
for use as stock feed. It Is estimated
that wherever these machines are in
troduced fully three-fourth of thte lab
orers formerly employed in gathering
the corn crop will be displaced. This
shows that farm laborers are up
against the machine taking away their
jobs just like the wage-earners in
other lines Of employment. And where
is the ex-farm hand to turn for en-
ployment.
Officers Of the western Federation of
Miners request union people every
where to be sure and write the United
States Congressman or Senators from
their state, requesting a copy OF: the
statement Of the Western Federation Of
Miners, introduced in the United States
Senate by Senator Patterson Of Col
orado. This statement Is condensed
history of the corporate war against
the Western Federation of Miners,
compiled by the officers Of the organi-
cation and carefully reviews the Colo
RADIO strike. This is a public docu-
ment free to those who apply for it.
Recently capitalistic newspapers
have printed story to the effect that
because the editor Of a Denver paper
criticised Mother Jones his house was
set on fire. The report first appeared
in the Denver Post, a paper which was
silent about the alleged occurrence
afterward, while now the Denver
Times announces that a police inves-
cation showed that the story was man.
ufactured to throw discredit on the
| miners union. But the sheets that
spread the yarn will not make a. cor
restion, you san bet on that.
| Report from London says the Labor
people, in anticipation Of the overthrow
of the government and an early natl
| nal election, are straining every nerve
| to perfect their organization and raise
| funds to make vigorous campaign.
There are now over so Labor party
candidates for Parliment In the field,
and the old party politicians are at a
loss to guage the strength OF the new
force which threatens to make heavy
| inroads in many districts.
| The National Women's Trade Uuion
League held a convention in Boston
and made plans to. send organizers
| through the country for the purpose of
forming unions Of women. Mrs. Jane
Adams, Of Hull House, Chicago, and
others equally well known in social re-
form work are supporting the plan.
the women and children in the clothing
| industry especially.
| AS in a number of states, an at
| tempt Is being made in Maryland to
outlaw the boycott and picleting dur
| ing strikes. The bill is modelled closely
after the Alabama law, and means
fines and Imprisonment if two or more
persons "consptre" to boycott or picket
a concern. Uuion officials assert that
| 1t means the end Of strikes if the bill
becomes law, and there Is fear that
| twill pass.