The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-10
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.1u1S Is d. l1lIe sentiment from the
Elks: 1.-THE faults Of our brothers we
write upon the sands, their virtues
upon the tablets of love and mercy"
We do not know of any good reason
why the Elks should have a monopoly
on such beautiful thought, and
would urge our brothers in the labor
movement to share in it's application
to our daily life and work.
David r. Cuppernull very cruelty in
Inmates In his paper, the Virginian.
that Mr.. Johnson will be governor in
name only. Who'll be the real thing.
Brother Cuppernull?
Silver Joe" Konkel of the SUPERIOR
Leader evidently believes In
keeping old sores open. He persists
In reminding the Republican party that
Cortelyou must have hit the trusts
pretty hard, as the Standard Oil Com
pany has again advanced prices,
A man who had lived in Chicago
for fifty years died the other day and
was carried to his grave by hired nail
bearers. That is one Of the disadvan-
tages of dying in a large city.
John Stone Pardee in the Goo1hue
County News writes the concluding
story of the campaign Of 1904 with the
following paragraph: "The swimming
hole at Esopus is frozen over"
The Brown County Journal of New
Ulm insists that the murderer of DR..
Gebhardt is still in the city. and that
If the County Attorney was on the
square an arrest would have been
mace long ago. The Journal does
everything but mention the name Of
the suspect. and everyone acquainted
with the case can readily guess tn
whom it refers.
According to P. e. Bowling in the
Eveleth Star, that enterprising iron
range city is infested with the "Chi-
nese Evil Young girls are said to
be lured to the Chinese joints and their
young lives destroyed. This is only
REPETITION OF what is occurring every
DAY where the celestials are encour-
aged in business. Every true Citizen
should Cooperate with union labor in
Its efforts to discourage the patron
age OF chinese business institutions.
Ihey are not only immoral but they are
ieperous and degrading.
1t cost David P. Jones Just SIS to be
elected Mayor Of Minneapolis. That
sounds good, but it does not seem rea-
sonaple to the nonresident observer
OF Flour City Politics.
w. &. Ca1derwood, editor OF the Min
nesota Press Bulletin, is evidently so
wrapped up with the prohibition cause
that he fails to distinguish between the
question OF morals and economics. The
Labor World gave utterance to that
CID sentiment, People cannot be made
good by law" To this Mr.. Calderwood
takes exception and asks: what is
the use. dear world, of seeking legis-
iatlon to remedy the wrongs of labor i?
/ Capitalists cannot be made good by
law But it Is not the capitalist we
are opposin Brother, !Caldewood. It is
the system that gives him power
to do labor an injustice thatsw object
to. lH=s :: = - 70 !, :5:x r.
T At that the Labor World contends:
that MIR. Calderwood's reference is
wholly out Of place, because it i11fers
that this paper was opposed to efforts
Tor legislation tending to abolish the
sale of liquor. Not so. We hold that
there is close relation between the
liquor and labor questions, and that
the solution of one will lead to the
solution of the other.
Some very earnest men and women,
working to accomplish the same end
differ on the question as to whether
drink causes poverty, or poverty causes
drink. We rather. believe that the
results of both are nearly equal. All
poverty is not brought by drink, nor
Is I'LL drink brought by poverty Over
work Is responsible for much Of it. We
have seen men tired and weary after
days work drag themselves to the
nearest saloon for the purpose Of get
ting a stirnulant, temporary as it may
be, to tide them over until they reach
their homes.
/ Them again sociability has consid-
able to DO with the drink problem. The
desire for strong drink is cultivated in
the majority Of men by force. Tom,
Jack and Harry may enter a saloon
to have drink. None Of them may
care for more than one. But custom
demands that each must treat back.
The last two drinks taken for past
time, are forced into the system. Pos
sibly II they remain longer the rounds
will be taken again, etc. This repeat
ed day after day makes drunkards out
| OF the most Of men who try it, whether
they be laborers or business men.
The two foregoing illustrations show
that at least two reasons for drunke-
ness are socia bflity in the saloon, and
overWork. This would indicate that