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The labor world., 1906-09-01
The GAS STOVE.

~ OR1NG THESE sultry months, with the mer.
curry striving to undo it's previous efforts in
- reaching the highest degree of altitude the
gas stove Is veritable boon to our good
wives and housekeepers, insuring them to a great
degree against the oppressive heat which formerly
characterized summer cooking. Although we are
plumber by profession are an editor by practice
and consequently must not be suspected of any de-.
sire of booming the commodity dispensed by Super
1ntendent Case or the appliances furnished by our
brother artisans. We are ,actuated solely by a. de-
sire to alleviate the sufferngs and dscomforts of
the poor woman who must three times day stand
oyer red hot stove and suffer and sweter in pre-
pairing food forSthe family. If it were matter of
economy there would be some excuse fer it but it
isn't For cooking purposes, the unanimous verdict
OF those who tried is that gas cheaper than either
wood or COAL and infinitely comfortable to the
ufen Many personsha conceived the opinion thai
"a gas stoveAs fitted for little more than make sbft
cookery This is mistake. The capabilities OF a:
good gas stove are not excelled by any stove or:
range In the matter Of economy It is more than
their equal and In point Of comfort to the user in
hot weather, there is room for comparison. Inst
try 1t and your wife will bless the Labor World for
calling 1t to- your attention.
The labor world., 1906-09-01
OUR POLITICAL CREED.

r. WE WE'RE called upon to give expression to
our poltcal creed on the spur OF the moment,
d our formula would be in brief as follows:
First, The welfare Of our country first last
and all the time. Every other question must be SUBJ
serv1ent to this OF all the questions to be consd-
cred we know Of more nomentous than the
Labor question: hence our eternal devotion to the
principles which 1t inculcates
party for the majority of their leaders need It, and
sincere attachment to the fundamental principles
OF the Democratic party, we find ourselves more Of
an American than anything else
lh1rd' We draw strong line of demarkation be
tween Cne statesman and the demagogue The former
mas our respect whatever his party affiliations may
oe' inc latter character-well; "he better 70 away
back and sit down."
The labor world., 1906-09-01
JUSTICE, OUR MOTTO.

TVERYTH1NG of value in this world everv
r. thing worth holding, worth having. or worth
- taking, must be produced by labor the 1ahor
OF human hands exercised on the bosom of
'he earth or on some product of the earth. It nec
1ollows then that everything of value which
any one can possess, must be the product Of his own
laoor or the labor of somebody else. There ts m
sett'ns away from this proposition Whenever q
n'an undertakes to secure anything of value there
are out two ways In which he can succeed IN oh
'aln1ng 1t. He must make it himself or pot T. fro,
SOMEBODY who has made it. No one has ever ~;
recely disputed these principles. They are con.
'eueo 70 De the truth. The right of the laborer To
al 'hae ne produces by his own labor Ia a doctrno
30 eternaly right, that every writer on social and
poh'lcal economy from Adam Smith down start.
ou' win the doctrine as postulate Now. heaidas
'ne laoorer' there is only one other factor IN tho
"no'e industrial world ,and that is the emn,ovor
Aosoute Justice between these two factors tho ono
""a'os tne other is the creed Of the labor move.
nlene 10 the attainment of that end # d,rocts ITO
energies and although its methods NAV at timos ho
olc'ureo With human frailty that Success ebor
eventually crown its efforts Is as certain as tho ~
"nen shining with all his might In the g,orv -
monday. ~ o''' -
The labor world., 1906-09-01

The typothetae in recent convention In p,.,.,.
practically admitted the winning of the eishth.'S
day by the Typographical Union, but excuse 49,.
contesting it upon the ground that had they accen
II in the beginning they would have suffered osu
from shortage of workmen that would hava h..'
occasioned by shortening the day. They now n,a
nose to continue the fight under the slogan "on.,
shop" "Anti-eight hours" has lost it's magic ss.
from now on it will be discarded, they havin, ~
termined to give the "rats eight hours lust a. .os
az conditions so shape that there will be an ors1:
supply of that kind Of labor. SO far as thav y.
member now, they never fought the eght,hour do.
they were just fighting for time.-Motorman 49, ~.
Conductor.
The labor world., 1906-09-01
BRIDGE WHIST.

III HAN4 or The Eastern papers express alarm
/" at the prevalence Of bridge whist, ana fear
4Vx that if the devotion to the game cont,nuaa
for two more seasons. the country will be-
turned into "one great Monte Carlo" In orr NUN
Duluth in certain fashionable and woud-be swell"
circles the bridge mania has reached the acute stage
so that proficiency at the game has become nos,
i've social qualification. This is to be reeretted
Inc 1ns1dlous danger of the game lies in its tendency
unoer the sanction Of social CUSTOM to make tho
wee OF gambling respectable For some Of orr sood
people nowadays, the church. prayer meeting and
SUNDAY school, are tame affairs. The bridge" can
oeae 'ne church sewing circle missionary meeting
al 70 peces When good people in any communtv
lnuu'se 'ne gaming propensity as an amusement or
ue II can hardly be expected that the efforts
.ne clvlc aotnor1tles to suppress gambling in 9th
er quarters. can be very successful.
The labor world., 1906-09-01

great deal is heard about "hot air" In connact,o.
with union meetings Come to think of it. vbo =.
the man that is dubbed the hot artist" in uno.
meetings? Isn't he the one who has sometime -
say upon pretty nearly everything that come. M
and isn't he listened to with attention, and doesnr
his idea usually prevail7 The man who comes Ia.
to meeting and leaves early, the man who sta n.
meeting through like an OYSTER the man who do..
his talking after the meeting is over is never caod
"hot air artist The man who docs thnps" -
the one who is thus charaeterized-and the man NH.
does things is the one that makes life worth ,v,,.
for the neutrality-suspicious. Record.
The labor world., 1906-09-01
GRAFT.

GRAFT.
FTER ALL is said and done, the moral sense
n of the American people when aroused into
4 activity always be relied upon to
spond to the call of duty. Graft in high
places Of trust, which almost threatened the degra-
daton Of business life has felt the power of the
moral sentiment Of the nation and the end is not
yet will it be, until 1t Is demonstrated that the
moral sentiment Of the American people Is suffi-
cieny powerful to correct the abuses Of aggregated
capital, howsoever formidable in extent elusive in
method. Insurance rascalties, meat packer Frauds
railroad 1nQuities, Standard Oil wickedness, and
other reprehensible methods of business, having
their day of judgment ,and made to feel the wrath
of an American sentiment which they have so long
outraged. Whatever may be the infirmities of the
American character dishonesty is not one of them;
and every instinct Of people a whole de-
mands a square deal in all that pertains to their
financial and industrial life Let the Investigations
and prosecutions be so thorough and effectual that
future generations profit by the punishment and
degradation meted out to rascality in this. It is
spectacle, but its effect is timely and good,
and in the future honest trustworthy men will re-
ceve the appreciation their conduct deserves, even
of they not bloated millionaires. Another en-
couraging aspect of these Investigations is the
thought universally emphasized that moral
obligation must permeate into every activity of fe
1t will not do any for the man who makes claim
to moral virtues confine the sphere of his moral
activities to church going and pious mouthings. He
must make every department of his business con-
form to the requirements of the moral law otherwise
for what he is, sanctimonious fraud deserving
of no respect ,n
The labor world., 1906-09-01
DOING WORK WELL.

@VERY MAN is artist who tries: to do his
- work perfectly for it's own sake, and not
IL merely for what he get out Of it. He
preacher, or street sweeper Superior street. If
he puts his soul into his work, his work becomes
fine art Besides that, look upon a piece
OF work well done the product of his own hands OF
brain without experiencing degree of satisfaction
therefrom that is uplifting and enobling. The wo
man who will take useless pile of rags and by
patient work weave them into useful and artistic
rug is blessed in the doing by its effect upon her
own mind and heart She has really created some
thing and is that far at least in tune with the Great
Creator My father worketh hitherto and I work."
When men and women begin to realize the blessed
ness and nobility of work then will be the dawn of
a m1ll1n1al age Let all hasten the day by giving
TO honest labor the recognition that Justly it's DUE
But there is also another phase of the question:
the doctrine of the dignity of labor ought not to be-
used to conserve the interests Of privileged class
There is no dignity in sweat shops too long hours
olgn1ed is the labor required to supply the leeiti
mate wants of man, and that is performed under
healtn1ul conditions and within reasonable hours
man mas no higher prerogative than the direction
or MS bodily and mental powers toward the nro
oucton OF things Of and beauty" But lahor
tnat IS performed under conditions or hours that
oegrade or destroy life is unmitigated evil and
that Is the problem with which organized lahor ,s
successfully graphing
The labor world., 1906-09-01
.JHE PURPLE BOOK.


4 MONTHLY magazine for Elks and all others
~ with the5Elk spirit Published by Chas e..
4 = Hunt, Duluth, $500 year. We are in recent
of the first issue, the August number In
typographical beauty, elegance Of dictton and SYM
metry OF arrangement, the Purple Book compares
very favorable with any Of the most pretentious
monthes The first portrait~fs adorned with very
excellent portrait Of n. w. Andrdge Exalted Ruler:
Cartoonist Handy with his little bear in arms smiles
at US from the fourth page and that prince of good
fellows the Incompatible secretary of the lodge J.
L. Fuller, greets us from the twelfth page Although
the first article, editorial takes familiar liberty
with our first name 1t is easily condoned in the
pleasure afforded by the hearty greeting, Hello
BILL That the magazine starts out with determi-
nation to give credit where credit is DUE is evi-
denced by its reference to the faithfulness and ef
cheney of Chief of Police Troyer.
Beginning on the sixth page W. s. Mccormick, p.
f. r., treats us to charming account of his pilgrim.
age to, and happy experience at the Grand Lodge of
Elks' The caption of the article is significant:
'Denver-Mi1e High" Brother Mccormick ia
brilliant writer and If the art of expressing ones
self with propriety, elegance and force constitute
rhetoric he is past exalted ruler of that art also
Ihe magazine as whole is one of which Elks NAV
justly feel proud, and heartily wish Brother Hunt
all kinds OF success in his journalistic undertaking.
The labor world., 1906-09-01
BORROWING TROUBLE.


"sone of ills can cure" =,
"And the hardest still may survive" :
-. :: But what pains and distress endure,"
-. From the evils that never arrtve:" e~>.
Some writer, whose we have forgotten, has
said in substances that to be- troubled about what is
to come is distrust of Proyidence; to be troubled
with what is present is to be impatient with Provd-
dance and to be troubled Tor what is past fs to be
angry and fault-finding with Providence: The trus
way to commencement is to know how to receive the
vcissitudes Of lfehe returns of the agreeable and
dsagreeable. so as neither to unduly excited BY
the one or overthrown by the other: The temperate
climate Of the mind is when we bear ourselves to,
wards everything which happens with an ease and
fortitude bordering very near an indifference
that has wisdom and knowledge tor it's basis The
greatest minds Of race have given attention to
this subject and the consensus OF their opinion is
that the surest remedy for truble be it actual or
imaginary, Is to set about doing good to somebody
else.
The labor world., 1906-09-01

W said the Great Teacher thus gor1fying
5j;sA H4. forever the nobility ofwork. It. ts=sa
e+s reis solemn lem thought bit as true as il is sol
emn. that every faithrul worker any |lea1tim
endsa7or copaftner With COD. of rssa
who have unfoldea great powers have been hard
workerss Genius itself is nothing tniHenae
power :5 OF work. Henry Drummond says: .The
three Ingredients Of perfect life are, 1st work,
which gives opportun1ty 2nd God, who gives happt
ness; 3rd Love, that gives warmth" j.: -;
whenever the world seems all wrong II wa az.
anime our lives shall find that one Of these in
gradients Is wanting. The ideal perfect and dev,ne
hfe Tor thirty years was spent with the hammer
and saw. There is nothing greater in the wor1d
tnan the simple doing Of every day tasks Work is
our moral education. No work no opportunities
without work OF some nature life itself becomes nm
desirable even unendurable. The dreadful diseases
OF lie WEAKNESS attacks all who have no aim. wor,
or permanent purpose, who are not looking forward
onward and upward. Those who are not obllqed IN
work are unfortunate indeed unless they POSSESS
common sense enough to keep up interest in life
Dy working 1ndustrously at something that makes
towards progress.
The labor world., 1906-09-01

oon le1 US De toe severe on a sanctimonious old
.auu IKE hocKe1eller' shrewd; heartless and un.
feeling gambler like Morgan. or nnon INV - 49,
1dolatrous mamontes of our nation Tbesa oh.u..
ters are but the developed product of false nator
'aI'stic sentiment too common in our day. viz that
money is the great am" Rather let us hera+ o,,r
selves to reinculcating the virtues OF simple honesty
the education of the conscience and the cult,v.tor
OF those sraces Of character and lfe as will, rnda
tne growth OF such abortionists Of finance ahso,+a
impossible. 0's
The labor world., 1906-09-01
RUSSELL SAGE.

-E SOCALLED great f1nancier" is dead He
left fortune estimated at from so to 100
millions Of dollars. For the next half dozen
years the taxpayers of New York will be
paying for court machinery, in which his surviving
relatives can wrangle over the disposition of his
wealth. For the last three weeks newspapers far
and near have been filled with stories of his mean
ness tales of his penurousness and little petty
dishonesties are charged to him. We have yet to
read of a single noble charitable action to his
credit Even the New York cartoonist raises a
laugh over the spectacle of Sage approaching the
tomb and being compelled at last to part with his
money After. all, Of what good to him were his
boarded millions2 How would you trade-you that
are working hard every day in Duluth industry
and owing to the high cost of living find it difficult
enough to balance expenditure and earnings during
the year? You wouldn't trade. Howsoever hard
ones daily work may be, If at night he comes to a.
home cushioned with love, and feels that every
ne1ghbor remembers and respects him he is happier
far than are any OF these money maniacs. There Is
not In this world In any other far as we know
anything more despicable than selfishness which
lives only for ITSELF Let hope for the sake of our
common humanity that all the acts Of meanness at
trbuted to Russell Sage exaggerations Is it
possible that money useful and necessary as
servant may like fire and water, be dangerous in
the extreme If the heart permits It to become the
The labor world., 1906-09-01
ppospER,rY DANGERS.

-~v1HEN PROPERT1ED classes become 1u.e'
W. luxurious selfish, hard-hearted and 1noir
'" ferent to the struggles and tolls OF 1883
fortunate citizens. It is high time 1or tnose
who have the well-being of the nation at near' 10
sound a note of alarm. Legislators should peset
themselves to the question Of enact1ne laws su11l
centlv ADEQUATE to restrain the brutal and
sntr1t that would sacrifice every principle OF human
ity to the pursuit and accumulation OF wealth. fros
pertty is good only when it is regulated by souno
laws and healthy moral sentiment IN the absence
Of such control the philosophy OF history teaches
that prosperity leads to the downfall OF nations as
we'll as of individuals. Without right standard OF
morals what did wealth and prosperity do for Egypt
Greece Rome and other powers that are today num-
bered with the governments that were? 1t made the
people luxurious voluptuous imbecile and 1dle and
buried the monuments of better ages In ruins 1t
was prosperity without morality that led Hannibal,
Alexander and Caesar to untimely graves, and
Napoleon to Waterloo In the absence OF just rec
ognition of moral duties when prosperity is at its
zenith decay Is at the door, We not decrying
prosperity as such. Aside from those who prosper
it is mere abstraction But when the sister Of the
president of the steel trust states under oath that
there is not rich in New York fit to be trusted
with the moral training of little boy, is high time
should be asking ourselves some questions as
nation and God be praised, are doing
The labor world., 1906-09-01
RELICS OF THE BOOM.

roets are not always true prophets. The bard who
visited Duluth in 1897. and went home and wrote
the following lines would have to take it all back
now even II he were from Missouri:
is excitement intense in the valley Of rocks
rney an nave 1mbibed 1t cen the small boys in frocn
nne Ola country yahoos those fellows uncouth,
10 snout themselves hoarse wit hthe boom in Duluth
nave heard blatant blatherskites stand on the walt
1hu Aho; noalge IN their fli1nsy nonsenscal talk
on' merc1tul fate stay this boom in Duluth.
me streets are knee deep with the muddest mud
nt nnu oo"n the steep cliffs runs an omnibus flood.
~ NJ ,ock OF Gibraltar is not a maker in truth
ror the rock that's the cause of the boom in Duluth
-SPOKESHARE
The labor world., 1906-09-01
: THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
NV THERE the carcass is there will the eagles
~t\A be gathered together:"-an old adage
w possibly lacking little in refinement

but mere appropriate than any that
now comes to mind, to illustrate the condition
that confronts Republican voters at the approaching
primary election. AS we understand It, party usage
from time immemorial, gives the incumbent of an
office hope, If not right to second term, when
be has faithfully discharged the duties of an offics
during the first term 1t is none Of our funeral how
ever, but the multitude of candidates on the Repub
can ticket for the office Of sheriff would imply that
there are going totbeson political funerals Evi.
IDENTIFY there must be- some dissatisfaction arising
from something TO the office or extran-
eops thereto What would be thstmatter with rele.
eating partsansh to tie rear and giving the office
this year to:a good competent Democrat? 1t would
only be an act Of simple Justice Some 81 the heavi-
est taxpayers in this county are Democrats, and It
would seem Sat fair that the minority should have
at least one REPRESENTATIVE ct the Court house At
the present. writing all Of the offices sse held by
Republicans ana fo other reason than preponder.
ance Of ballots Really ana truly; ana With mo re-
election whateyer upon present lncumbents we have
a abiding eopytctiop, based on soods reasons, that
the interests Of the taxpayers 81 ST. Louis county
would be subserved fby a Juditious co1nmtngly or
Representatives OF the two great parties in manag
Ing the business affairs Of the county The nick
name of"1ncubat9r' political schemes for private
ends' would then find no place in the glossary of
court houses tefmssS 2 y;?:45~t @*<S%>
The labor world., 1906-09-01
DANIEL WEBSTER ON LABOR

I 10 07Vr 01 great elements of societv
-the great substantial interest on which wa
~ oil s'ano Not feudaI SERVICE or predtal toll
1 'ne lrksome drudgery by one race of man.
h,'. o'e''0o on account of their color to another:
and ~ .n'eineent manly, Independent, thinking
and acting for ITSELF earning its own waeos aooa,s
lat1ng those wages into capital educat,np chdhaaa
ontaln1ng worship, claiming the right Of tho e1ec
1--WE FRANCHISE and helping to uphold the great fa.
D'" ol 'ne state. That is American labor; and all
.ny sympatnles are with It, and my voice, till am
dumb. will be for IT," '@
The labor world., 1906-09-01
CAMPING on LoNDoh poA,

WI ''NV ON IONUON ROAD
Has your dinner lost it's savor?
Has your greeting lost its cheer7
Is your daily stunt burden7
ls your laughter half sneer,
There's medicine to cure you.
There is way to lift your load
II you only pick up courage
And camp out on London Road.
Is your eyeball growing billious7
Is your temper getting short?
Is this life blind delusion.
Or grim unlovely sport?
IN nnere is world Of health and beautx
There is a way to lift your load. ''"o'''
II you only pick up courage
And camp out on London Road
~SELAH
The labor world., 1906-09-01

The time is not yet but its com,no W.T.
that" when a mans true wealth will he est,,.+.
tne amount OF good he does in this world to h, -;
10" men, When he dies people will not ask "wh,t
property has he left behind him." but "whs+ aoos
deeds has he sent before him." e'ou
The labor world., 1906-09-01
THOUGHTS FOR LABOR DAY.

THOUGHTS FOR LABOR DAY.
THIs IS A DAY to reinforce immortal truths.
It reminds that labor has transformed
this earth of ours from literal chaos to
shape, order. comfort and progress Through
long list of centuries labor has been the tails
man at work converting the wilderness into cities
barren wastes into fertile feds, and rugged rocks
into golden grains The dignity of labor is now fully
recognized by economists, statesmen and phuos
ophers and portion of the world today Is prouder
of manifests in convincing form the unlimitaa
able and eternal progress Of labor than our own
United States AMI probably in no country or other
territory in the United States is observable the won
derful results of the axe, the pick and the shovel,
than in our county of st. Louis and State Of
Minnesota. The mines, the ships, the railroads.
trade commerce, the magnificent structures Of our
city of Duluth in short all that is glorious and
full in day and generation here by the effort
Of labor. Surely this Is something to rejoice
and something worth celebrating. Surely such
Elections these should inspire every wage worker
with solemn sense of the Importance Of organiza-
ton as the watchword of labors progress.
The labor world., 1906-09-01

- David NJ. Parry, president Of the National Laas
facturers association. advocates in American indas
tries the direct selling by the manufacturers to s
consumers of all manufactured articles. Thus Parry
exposes his true selfish nature He would force out
OF business the small merchant the retailer and II
OF the workmen dependent upon the retailer. Truly
'tis wonder why the retainers continue to pull
Parrys chestnuts out OF the tre-Kansas City
Labor Herald.
The labor world., 1906-09-01

"A newspaper should be an educator For ths
cause came 1t Into existence and to that end was it
oorn' When 1t witnesses hundreds of promoters.
1ons headed cunning schemers thriving on the
poo0 credul1ty' II is it's bounden duty to sound
1'o'o u warning Without going into particulars let
us say to the laborng man who would invest hi.
hard earnings in stocks, that the way to mako
money out Of them, is to let them severely alone.
The labor world., 1906-09-01

An active campaign is to be waged against the re.
election OF Congressman Charles E. Lttlenelds os
Maine, on account Of his opposition to Legislation
favorable to labor especially the anuin1unction bill
Speaker Cannon Of the national house of representa-
tves. Is to go to Maine and make speeches in behl
OF Ltttlefield Thus the willy Uncle Joe" indicates
how strong" and "atfectionate is his feeling and
sympathy for labor. Truly, he has: every earmazk
OF q wolf In sheep's clothing. :lNashvine Labor.
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