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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-23
OPINIONS OF EDITORS
$3.50 ...s..os...,.
Another Stearns County Candidate

ahoIher StearnS County Candidate.
The follow-up system is sure to
bring results. We have been persist
emily directing efforts in the direction
OF developing a Republican candidate
for governor in Stearns county. The
task was one that promised TO con
sumo months. The early results are
quite gratifying, and indicate final
success. A nice. first grade candidate
for lieutenant governor has already
developed over in the Sank Centre
corner. That is certainly good, and
Indicates the political possibilities
in that plumful county. Sprague is
just the man for lieutenant governor.
st. Cloud, on the other side OF the
county, has still better timber for a.
higher state Office. Wouldn't the
Sixth district look nice, all solid
again:-Little Falls Transcript. w..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-23

little more modesty and considerable
more attention to the public interests
would suit them better. Governor
Johnson's predecessor set him a bad
example in this regard that for some
reason he has thought it necessary
to follow:-Martin County Independ-
ont
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-23
A Mongrel Boss Worst of All.

Don't be fooled with this CUFF about
the overthrow of the bosses in Repub-
lican states. It is simply the triumph
Of a new boss with the aid of Demo-
cratic voters, and a mongrel boss is
the worst Of them -Ortonville
HeraldStar. ..~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-23

Aunt Jemima's pancake flour, all
ready to use and eats fine.
Ludden's store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-23
Assassination of Char.o,.r

A Minneapolis judge administers a
scathing rebuke to the grand jury for
denouncing by name respected citizens
as scoundrels and felons without
bringing indictments against them.
This is mode of assassination of
character possessed by grand juries
that is largely the cause of much OBJ
lection to the system. River
Star News.
= :. :.
Fullerton ct al. Should be Kicked Out
If the game wardens are servants of
the public, and if the state press truly
reflects public opinion, then there are
a number of public servants who
should soon lose their positions.
There appears to be much dissatis-
faction over the work of these officials,
and it is conceded that there is good
cause for this feeling.-Sleepy Eye
Dispatch. a.-.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
THE MODERN CRIME.

Whenever children are taken from
school and the conditions essential to
healthful growth and development
Of body and mind and are confined
in mills, factories and shops where
they perpetrated-a crime against
the young life and crime against
the society of tomorrow. Moreover,
whenever society becomes so sordid
as to permit this inhumanity the
conditions of the little ones become
In many respects inexpressibly tragic
and the general tendency in their
treatment is downward rather than
upward.
Some recent disclosures of the
factory inspectors in New York re-
veal conditions that are wen ca1cu-
lated to stir the blood of even our
complacent, money worshipping
masses, whose optimism is largely
the fruit of ignorance. Two in
stances cited by the inspectors
Ue3e%AAoC A41A Gil WIZ are udlGO
into court indicate to what extent
the crime against the young is be-
ing carried in the most opulent and
populous city Of the new world.
1t was shown at this investiga-
tfon that girls, respectively Is and
4 years of age, had been compelled
to work 68 hours week, or II
hours day, and for this they re-
ceived but SO. The Judge before
whom the case was brought char
acterized such treatment as criminal
and as in effect being slavery. In
her testimony Miss Foster, the in
spector responsible for bringing these
outrageous facts to public attention,
stated that she also found that the
children of this firm were fined 10
cents each time they spoke while
working and two cents for each five
minutes they were late.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
ISN'T 1T so?

That a trades union is the only or
ganization that represents nothing
but the mechanics and laborers?
That it is the only organization
that pays benefits to it's members
when out of work?
That 1t is the only organization
that persistently and continually
fights for the employment of the
father and the non employment of
the child?
That it is the only organization
that the working people can apply
to with any right to demand protec-
ton against INSCRIPTIONS Compel
ing sweatshop employers and spec
ulating contractors?
That it is the only organization
that employs an agent to devote his
entire time to finding employment
for the unemployed and to adjust
difference between workman and en-
ployer?
That it is the only organization
that does not demand the passing of
a physical examination to entitle it's
sick or disabled to disability bene-
fits and it's dead from burial or
death benefit?
That it is the only organization
that furnishes a publication with
free columns to it's members, through
which the different callings and
class throughout the country may
exchange ideas and ventilate abuses
or advocate changes necessary for
their advancement, comfort and
prosperity?
That 1t is the only organization
that prohibits it's members from
supplanting other working tien and
women at lower wages or any kind
of inferior conditions?
If you have never given this
thought it is time to do it now,
whether you are a union man, a
non-union man, a scab or an en-
ployer.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
REFERENDUM IN CONSERVATIVE
MAINE.

The people of Maine are evidently
intent on securing the referendum and
initiative, having just organized Ihe
State Referendum League Of Maine,'
and adopted a constitution which de-
clares the object to be 1.-The establish
ment of the peoples right to direct
vote on questions Of public policy
A majority of the last legislature voted
favorab bly, for an amendment to the
constitution to establish the referen-
dunn and initiative, but the necessary
two-thirds vote was not forthcoming,
and the measure was defeated.
The League just organized now pro-
poses to question all candidates for
the legislature wherether, if elected,
they will vote for the proposed amend
ment to the constitution, and the men,
bers Of the League and the votes they
can influenced will be cast only for
those who do so pledge themselves.
The League is non-partisan, being
COI1lpO6cu VI uIclAOclS VI al PoAAtASoA
parties, with two very influential on
CARNATIONS as the chief moving power,
namely: the Organized Farmers-the
Grange, and Organized Labor-the La
Dor Unions The Journal Of Augusta,
a Republican newspaper of great in
fluence in that part Of the state, in
giving an account Of the meeting for
the organization Of the League, said:
"A testimony that the movement is
one Of widespread interest, was shown
by the letters and kilograms received
by Mr.. Nichols, expressing regrets Of
prominent men Of the state that they
were unable to be present at the meet
ing for the organization Of the
League"
Then follows a list of the most
prominent endorsers Of the movement,
which includes mayors Of cities, leg
islators and editors Of newspapers The
honest voters of Maine have evidently
decided that the era of graft that is
overrunning the country, can best be
stayed by the people taking to them
selves the right to veto corrupt OF
monopoly legislation and also the pow
er to initiate such laws as they desire
for the public good.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
TRIBUTE TO HOME.

The English poet, James Montgomery
man of rare and subtle poetic inf1u-
ence, pays the following beautiful trib-
ute to the home In his beautiful and
fsmous ode:
There is a land of every land the pride,
Beloved by heaven DER all the world
beside;
Where brighter suns dispense serener
light,
And milder moons emparadice the
night;
A land of beauty, virtue, valor. truth,
Time totored age, and love exalted
youth;
The wandering mariner. whose eye ex-
~plores
The wealthies isles, the most enchant-
ing shores.
Views not the realms so beautiful and
fair,
Nor breathes the spirit of purer air;
Ir every cline and magnet of his soul,
Touched by remembrance, trembles to
the pole;
The heritage of natures noblest race
There is spot Of earth supremacy
blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the
rest,
Where man, creations tyrant, casts
aside
His sword and scepter. pageantry and
pride.
While in his softened. looks benienly
blend,
The sire, tho son, the husband, brother
friend;
Here woman reigns; the mother
daughter, wife,
Strew with fresh flowers the narrow
way of life: =,
In the clear heaven of her delightful
eye, .
An angel-euard. Of loves and graces
lie; .. .>...
Around her knees domestic duties
meet, T. .':12-:.< Il :. -.
And f'reside pleasures gambol at he1
Where shall that land, that spot Of
earth be found? 4.fssE ..:< s = r
Art thou q man?-a pafriot1-1ook
around; 2>s->z p: III 80. Il II
Q, thou shalt ind howe'er thy footsteps
|S~- = roam, L G ,se3t 4:
That land thy country. ana that spot
s thy IS, home
!! oubsorlbse ise tjsss Labor isorid. ,o1aa
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

Senator Depew has fallen far and
hard, and none is there to do him
honor. All the smiles and quirps
and jokes of the court jester of the
corporations are forgotten, and like
Casby in Little Dorrit, after his hair
was cut off by the bustling Parks,
the outlines of the true Depew are
visible beneath. Poor OLD man!
With an attempt at airy grace he
tries to carry it off, but the moving
finger, having writ, returns not to
blot out the painful record, and there
will be little sunshine in the closing
years of this weak victim Of the
Equitable exposure. Goodbye, De-
pew.-Little Falls Herald.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
WISE USE OF POWER.

The agitation, education and or
ganization plan of tradesunions is
bearing fruit in the form of a steady
development Of the spirit of organ
ization among the workers. With
this development comes increasing
power, the wise use of which Is a
serious union problem. Local organ
izations sometimes develop overnight
and their enthusiasm, spurred on by
a few radicals who believe in pro-
gress through revolution rather than
evolution, leads them to rush blind
ly forward in an unwise attempt to
overturn existing conditions and es-
tablish ideal conditions at one bound.
To those unaccustomed to govern,
who suddenly find themselves in a
position of power, restraint is diff
cult under burdensome conditions,
but power without the knowledge or
ability to properly use it is like a
charge Of dynamite improperly han
died. While organization gives a
control, a too rapid growth often
proves dangerous.
Trades unions find themselves con-
fronted here and there with local
unions quickly and loosely formed
and with only slight conception Of
the principles, policy and objects Of
the parent organization. The edu-
cation regulation and discipline of
these locals should precede any at
tempt to enforce their demands.
Solidifying its forces, regulating its
power and fortifying it's lines is of
more Importance to all trades unions
and eventually to the unorganized
than extending it's lines beyond a
manageable point. Striving for in
creased power through premature
extension and larger numbers builds
up a large membership which has
the elements Of instability and I'M
wieldiness and increases the respon-
sibilities Of those directing the af-
fairs of the parent Organization and
diverts it's energies and resources
from important work-that is, of
general benefit to quelling Insured
tons.
The lines of a trades union should
not be moved forward until they can
be moved with safety. Premature
organization is very apt to develop
incapacity for restraint and depart
from the safe and sound lines of
progress. The extension of a trades
union'f lines should not be greater
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

lessons slide until the last moment and
then crib, cram and pretend to know
the thing at which they only guess:
For physical exertion your cigarettist
has a profound dislike. He calls q
cab and pays for it with your money.
and if he has only a block to walk
he takes a car. Should you by much
effort get him into an outside game, he
soon grows weary and stops to light
cigarette. When he rides he pollutes
the morning air with smoke. Ere long
he will grow as limp as a printers
roller in July, his vertebrae is Good
year; all his decisions goes into smoke
and if you ever had hopes of him they
are ashes.
The difference between mine and
thine is a very hazy line to the cigar
ettist-meum and teum are not in his
lexicon. Larceny and lying are sprouts
that grow from the same soil.
The cigarettist has an abnormal
egotism-he has much faith in himself.
IT this faith valves he rolls a gcigarette
often in advance stages half a day
is given to rolling cigarettes. To find
men who roll cigarettes for their own
smoking one or two hours every day
is not difficult. $3.50
To roll his own cigarettes gives the
defective something to do. Nervous,
clutching. scratching, searching, yellow
stained hands-hands that alternative
ly play the devils tattoo and roll cigar
ettes-these are the hands that forge
your name and close over other peoples
money.
r \ 1o{ mn 10 fn 1iO -.
ettist himself, because it is of no use.
He has a fixed belief that he is i'm
mune and that all men are mortal but
himself.
His name. is Mr.. Knowftall.
He grins at warning, laughs 1t the
advice Of his best friends and turns
your brotherly appeal into joke. He
sets his foolish little will against the
knowledge and experience Of the
scientific and business world-all Of
which. action is but a. symptom of his
:paran;oiac malady::
The man who quits the cigarette vice
must discover his own folly and con-
vince his own mind of the existence of
the vice ere it can be eradicated. The
trouble is the brain. There is no SAL
walton for him outside of himself.
There is no doubt but that the cigar
ettist is often man of many good i'm
pulses and over and over in his heart
there sweeps resolves to cease all sub
terfuge and to be true, but these maud
lin resolves are not to be trusted any
more than you hearken to the promises
of the dope" fiend. The choice be-
tween cigarettes and daily doses Of
cocaine, morphine or bromide is very
slight-all and each lead downward
to the grave. Dishonor, perfidy, disap-
pointment, disgrace, at the end of all.
And so I close by again sounding a
warning note to the employer of labor:
Place no confidence in the eigarettist,
never promote him-he is an irrespon-
sible being-a defective. Love him If
you can; pity him, but give him no
chance to clutch you with his nicotine
fingers and drag you beneath the wave.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

the 1000 men employed there. No word
OF complaint ever reached his lips.
A year later the superintendent re-
signed to become president of the cor
poration, and he had the naming OF
his successor.
Who did he choose?
You know whom ne chose-he chose
duced.
The man who is big enough to take
orders, and has in his heart the spirit
of obedience, is sure winner. No man
has right to give orders VINO can't
! obey orders.
l. But in all my experience in business
this is the only instance I can recall
of reduced man taking his medicine.
Usually they explode with wrath, take
to their bulge and get the instant blue
envelope, or else fly, leaving behind a
trail of vituperation. About one time
out of five they remain at work.
grumpy, glum, sour and sullen. But to
accept reduction and put good cheer
and instant obedience into the mental
portion marks the man of million.
Such one is in league with the law
Of levitation, and nothing can long
keep him down.
The foreman 1 have mentioned was
not a cigarette smoker. He had at in
tervals his little time out with the
boys. And probably the resulting loss
Of sleep and irregularity of hours led to
an suitability which brought about the
reduction.
But the reduction sobered him for all
time. =, =: - mr..
make no plea for tho orgie, yet I
realize it may have it's use in stirring
up the dregs in a mans thinkery. In
very truth, since we are now talking to
be very strong, useful and competent
man and still indulge in the periodic
spree. The elder Dumas even recon-
mended it as a panacea against spirit
ual ankylosis and religious fossilization.
He though it better that man should
occasionally become hilariously
whooped up than to go through life
without bowels and sit SNUG, wrapped
in the satisfaction that he has never
been guilty of an indiscreet thing.
But for cigarette smoking no argu-
ment can possibly be made. Ask the
"f1end'' about it and he will smile a
silly supercilious smile out Of his gam
boge face and feel for his cigarette
box.
Cigarette smoking is not periodic-it
is continuous-a slow, insidious, sure
poison.
It's results can be foretold as accu-
rately as the expert alienist can fore
see the end Of incipient locomotor
ataxia.
Fortunally, most young men who be-
gin the habit quit before it gets a
vital hold upon them. When this is
so, how could the student body at Har-
ward, Yale and Dartmouth ever out
strip their professors? These young
men smoke cigarettes just as they
dabble in strange vice when away from
their immediate straint Of family and
home. Later most of them square
away and become pillars of society.
But for the young man. who has
grown so calloused that he smokes
cigarettes in the presence Of his mother,
sister or sweetheart there is little hope.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

Hundreds of thousands of foolish
young men balk every year at start
ing on a mechanics career because a.
mechanic has to wear overalls, get
his hands dirty and wear clothes
bearing the union label. Not until
after the finish line is reached do
these men begin to realize that they
have paid more for the privilege to
wear a white collar and manicured
finger nails in working hours than
they have ever pulled out of salary
envelopes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

A constant demand for the label
on articles purchased by union peo-
pie will result in curtailing the out
put, of goods manufactured by I'M
fair concerns. The union label is
the battle axe of organized labor.
and should always be in demand.
Sweatshop and disease-laden tene-
ment-house goods never bear the
union label. Cigars made by I'M
clearly and leprous Cinnamon and
garments made by women who are
forced to work from IL to 16 hours
a day-none of these bear the mark
of the union label. Without excep-
ton they all come from the open
shop, with it's long hours, low wages
and degrading conditions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
AN OBJECTION TO PUBLIC OWN
ERSHTP

The objection that public owner
ship -centralizes too much power in
the hands Of the government is weak,
to say the least. It rather diffuses
the power. The railroad companies
of this country employ about one
million men. Do they use their
power with these men to influence
elections? OF course they do. FIRE.
Quently mans job depends upon
the way he votes. But under our
civil service regulations, which
might be extended and improved up
on with much benefit, the govern
ment employee would not be inf1u-
enced in hts action any more than
the officer or private in the Regular
Army now is. We need better civil
service regulations whether we have
public ownership Of anything else or
not. We need it. for what we have
The spoils system has done much to
corrupt and undermine our free in
situations, and every patriotic citizen
should cry out against it.. But, even
as 1t is, its baneful influence is moth
ing like that of the corporations, for
not only do the corporations use the
power they have over their employees
to influence elections, but they have
done more to corrupt our legisla-
lures and courts than all other forces
! combined.
1t Is known that hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars have been spent in
bribing congress to pass laws grant
ing lands to dinerrssnnt railroad cor
poratikSas. and It has BEEN stated that
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

the Union Pacific company spent
$4,000 to bride congress to pass
an amendment to the original act,
so that the government would accept
second mortgage on the road for its
own loan to the company. The
greatest Hobbies kept in our legisla-
tive halls are those of the railroad
corporations and banks, and these
can be got rid of by taking absolute
control of the railroads and of the
currency. Instead of government
ownership centralizing power it
would have the reverse effect-that
of diffusing the power among all the
people, and would most certainly PUT
a stop to so much wholesale corrup-
ton and debauchery of our courts
and legislatures.-W. s. Morgan in
Tom Watson's Magazine.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

1t is probably true that the world
is growing better, but that is no
reason why we should rest on our
oars in the struggle for still better
conditions. On, on, ever onward, so
long as the world turns! If the
world is better today than it was, It
is because those who lived before us
worked to that end, and we must
keep the work going, so as to leave
the world better than we found it..
To cease agitating and clamoring.
even for a day, would be treason to
posterity and a dead loss to our
selves, for in human society, as in
other realms of nature, nothing eyer
stands still, and If we do not wish
to be set back in time we must keep
moving forward.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

When some poor fellow goes
wrong and starts down the tobog-
gan, don't stand with hunk Of tai
low ready to grease the slide so it
will carry him down faster. Just
lend a helping hand. Remember,
none OF us are perfect.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

than it's power to protect them. The
greatest educator ana organizer of
the unorganized is the wisely man
aged union enjoying a steady, natur-
al progress. . -..~.~----- ..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
REBuKEU,

From Lippincott's Magazine:
Father" said boy of twelve, "can
you tell me who Shylock wasp
, WHAT" exclaimed the father in an
aggrieved tone, "hAve sent you to
Sunday school for the past six or seven
years only to have you ask me who
Shylock was? Shame on you, boy!
Get your Bible and find out at once!''