The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-08-18

with the Chinese government for the
number Of men needed. Thus Uncle
Samuers commission will be next door
Isthmus.
In the past year we nave seen COM
mittees, representing those associa-
tions Of employers who endeavor to
enforce the open shop, in Washing
ton and In the various state capitals,
where they have used their influence
to prevent the passage of employers
liability laws, child labor laws, sanl-
tary workshop laws, anti injunction
laws, eight-hour laws, etc. Neverthe-
less, they have the hardihood to ap-
pear In public and announce them
and the chosen defenders of the Amer
lean principle of freedom and fair play.
Iron Moulders Journal
Don't worry over trlfles. Let your
brain expand, but beware OF the big
head" Pay strict attention to all the
details of your trade. Head work Oft
times lessons hand work and it should
be encouraged. Education can be ac-
quired and all should endeavor to get
into the game. paper and pencil
coupled with a certain amount Of per-
severance will land you up in the front
rank and the prize Is worth the trial.
A practical knowledge Of the trade is
essentially necessary and if accompan-
led by technical knowledge the ad-
vantage Is somewhat greater-The
Steam Filter.
1t Is well known fact that when
ever general improved wage candi-
tion has been effected in any occupa-
t!on amCng industrial workers during
the last half century in America. it has
been brought about by the trades un-
ions. If there were no unions, would
the employers have advanced wages to
anything like the point at which they
stand today? The wages for workmen
as class, in every occupation, have
been advanced only as a result of or
ganization, or by the opportunities
created by those organizations, whc
were in position to enforce their
demands.-Duluth Labor World.
Some new method Of punishment,
other than a shorter prison sentence
and then pardon from the governor,
should be procided for the men who
deliberately loot banks and squander
the savings Of depositors. This sort
of outrage Is becoming to common,
proof that the old system of punish
ment does not have a lettering effect.
Perhaps II 1t were known that when a
~couluaits- a. .ertnro s-1<an8l, he
would be taken to some public place
and shot. there would be less liability
to have fun at the expense Of the de-
positors-Grand Rapids Chronicle.
Show me the man without thimble-
full of brain and he will be found to
be eager to abuse the man who made
1t possible for him to earn a subsist-
ence or have recognition: he is capa-
BILE Of casting reproaches on his bene-
factors; he would sell his soul for
seven pieces Of silver, his utterances
will receive condemnation of all good
men.-Baltimore Labor Leader
To succeed, labor organization
must have a disciplined constituency
When any part of the membership
ting the stitutional course at
naught, putting up standard of their
own, acting according to their own
ideas, regardless of the established
will of the majority, the whole organi-
zation suffers.-Amalgamat Journal
What ridiculous remedies are very
often prescribed for the evils, deficien.
c1es and injustice of our present
society, or what quasi patented cures
are there not being lauded to man.
kind in all shapes and forms, while it
must be apparent to all sensible people
that there Is but one single remedy
for all these evils, deficiencies and in
ours, namely, the abolition OF private
apitalism.--Cincinnati Brauer Zietung.
A professional medium Is out with
an interview with the spirit of Russell
Sage in which the departed fnancter
says he is happy in heaven" How
ever, any of Uncle RusseIs" debtors
who may wish to settle can send their
checks south with considerable conf
dence in their prompt delivery.-Ap-
peal to Reason.
DR.. r. J. Black, former mayor OF
McKeesport, Pa, was nominated Sun
day afternoon to oppose the veteran
Congressman John Dalzell in the Thir-
tieth district. The Union Labor party
placed him in the field, but he will be
upon the ticket Of some other party
and may even enter the Republican
primaries and try to defeat Mr.. Dali
zell there.
The strange disappearance OF Thom-
as J. Richards, of Mahoney City, Pa.
and a member of the executive board
Of the United Mine Workers, Is caus-
ing considerable anxiety by his cohorts.
Richards disappeared seven weeks ago
and has not been heard from since.
Three more cities, representing 10