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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
SPECIAL BENEFITS
OF TRADE UNIONS.

There are people who look upon
labor unions because they are fire.
quently composed of men who must
roll up their sleeves when they go to
work as vulgar affairs where crude
methods, uncouth manners and per-
haps positive brutality prevail. But
such people are mistaken. The trades
union Is not a parliamentary rough
house. Its beginnings are, Of course,
somewhat unsatisfactory, owing to
lack Of experience. But in trades
which have been unionized for any
length Of time better order is probably
observed on the average than among
almost any other class of men united
Tor common purpose. The desire to
Improve on the part of individual
members is possibly greater. It is here
that the trades union is directly ben
ef1c1al to society. The unionist who
has learned how necessary Is obedi-
ence to the rules Of his union is
bound to have more regard for the
laws Of the land than the "indenend-
ent' workman with no fixed busi-
ness or moral standard to guide him
In his relations with the other fell
low. The union Is likewise beneficial
to the workingman in a general wav
and he Is there uplifted through the
influence Of ideas which, in Walt
Whitman's fine phraseology, teach
the average man the glory Of his
daily walk and trade'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
MACH Inc RULE DOOMED
BY MAINE LAW MAKERS
Passed Constitutional Amendment
Measure Providing For In
itiative and Referendum.
Minnesota Legislators Tagging
Behind Progressive Spirit
Of the Age.

AUGUSTA, Maine. April 11.-(Spec-
cial to the Labor world)-The House
of Representatives in Maine unanim-
ously passed a bill submitting to the
people of the state a constitutional
amendment for the initiative and re-
ferendum. During the same month
vote in the Delaware House Of Repre-
sentatives for an initiative and re-
ferendum system for the city Of Will
mington was unanimous. In Okla
homa the vote in the constitutional
convention for the initiative and re-.
ferendum was practically unanimous.
It. would seem that there is no with
standing the arguments. Therefore
every state, in the union is sure to
install this direct-vote system, and it
is only a question of time when it
will be established nationally. AL
ready twenty states have adopted the
system Of the movement is far along,
while nationally 100 members Of the
next house are pledged IA Democrats
and IS Republicans Is It at all un-.
liksly that nsxt years campaign will
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
union LABOR NEWS
FROM SPOKANE WASH,
Harmony Prevails - Wages
Have an Upward Tendency.
Supply of Workers Not
Equal to the Demand.
Special to Labor World:

Special to Labor World:
SPOKANE, April 11.-Contractors
and representatives of the various
building trades unions in Spokane
came to an agreement regarding ad-
vances of from so cents to 81 a day
in the wage scale submitted by the
last named and all demands were
granted after brief discussions. There
ed, the session being harmonious. The
largest increase, 81 day was grant,
ed to the hosting engineers on con-
struction work. They now receive IS
day. Building tradesmen are paid
advances Of so cents a day.
Scarcity Of Skilled Labor.
There is an unusual scarcity of brick
and stone masons, carpenters and cleo
trical workers in the Spokane country
at wages ranging from $3.50 to $3.50
a day. Painters and paper hangers
are also wanted. Business agents OF
the unions are unable to supply the
demand, and, as consequence, the
master painters have been authorized
to appoint F. B. Wright, president of
F. B. Wright & Co., and j. w. Car
penter of Spokane, to hire men outside
the city. Mr.. Wright announces that
from thirty-five to forty competent
workmen can find steady employment
for the entire system in this city at
the present scale, $3.50 for eight hours.
Also Of Common Laborers.
Railway companies and contractors
also need hundreds of men for con-
struction work, while the Great North
ern are posting notices daily, saying
that brakemen are wanted There is
also demand for engine and train
crews on the Hill and Hartman lines.
Ranchers and orchardists are Offering
from $35 to $50 a month and board
for farm laborers, and the supply is
nowhere near equal to the demand.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
REV. CHARLES STELzLE
GIVES TIMELY Advise
The Distinguished Divine, and
Friend of the Labor Move
ment, Gives Suggestions
Well Worth Heeding.

Worry has been called "American-
it's" But that is a SANDER No coun-
try is immune from the disease. Neith-
poor, learned and ignorant, capitalist
and laborer-all are subject to it's ra-
wages. Work rarely kills, but worry,
sooner or later, brings down it's vic
tim. A man can least afford to worry
when he does worry, because just at
such time he needs the force of everv
faculty to bring him to his normal con-
dition.
What is worry, anyway? It is Just
a host of restless imps of fear, which.
taken singly, could be conquered with
hardly an effort. It is their multi
plicity, their persistency that discour-
ages.
How may worry be cured?
First, by realizing the utter' useless
ness of worry. A dozen eternities
spent in worry will not change single
fact. It is only by hard, faithful work
that such things are accomplished, and
no man can work well, with a clear
head and a, steady hand, i fhe will
persist in worrying.
Second, by taking a large view Of
life. Most of us imagine that the
world is comprehended with our own
limited horizon. That is not quite
true. There are really some good peo-
pie and some good things beyond the
line Of our vision.
Third, by not 'crossing bridges" un-
til we come to them. AS matter Of
fact, nineteenth of our fears are never
realized. Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof"
Fourth, not only by remembering
that tomorrow has not yet arrived, but
that yesterday is already passed.
Fifth by constantly recalling that
this is Gods world. 1t has not vet
gone to the devil. 1t may at times
seem as though it had, but no presence
Of SO many strong, good people in it.
and the constant progress that We are
making, disprOves it..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13

law was passed there is none now.
In '64 the countrys resources were
depleted by the greatest Civil War the
almost beyond redemption, and land
was at the lowest imaginable figure.
But think of saying today to the man
who has redeemed the country "you
have made the great prosperity of
this country, the promotion Of its
great industrial enterprises, and gig
antic corporations by the sweat Of
your brow, but our banks can only
loan their funds to those whose idea
of industry. is the amassing Of great
personal wealth at your expense"
Comparison Of Securities.
The banker says to him further,
1--WE realize full we'll the great value
of the land security which you offer,
but the law prohibits us from loaning
upon it. We can only take as collat-
mercial enterprise securities. To be
sure these would be no value what
ever were it not for your farm lands,
but we must obey the law"
Absurdity Of tho Law.
Our national banks may loan on the
note of a merchant or manufacturer,
whose business could not continue
were it not for land productiveness;
our national banks may loan on Uncle
Sans bonds, whose value depends en-
tirely on the activity of his farms, on
all these things depending upon land
for their existence, national banks
may loan, but our prohibited from
loaning on the land itself. With such
legislation it is no wonder We have
periodical panics.
Keeping real estate out of the field
of collateral securities encourages cor
porations in their vending Of spurious
stock and the floating of immense in
hated bond issues.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

The talented advocate of woman
suffrage, Alice Stone Blackwell, has
favored us with some notations rela-
tive to the movement, that are inter-
esting to say the least. AS showing
how the cause is progressing in other
countries and states the following fig
ures are significant:
In England $4,000 women petition
ed for suffrage as aginst $1,000 in
opposition thereto,
In Maine, Massachusetts, New York.
Illinois and Iowa favorable petitions
vastly outnumber the remonstrances.
In New York the suffragists had
100000 names to their petitions: the
antis only $4,000. :,
1t seems that wherever the matter
has been brought to a test, the great
majority favor the reform. More pow
er to the good women Of our. land,
and more especially to women Of the
stamp Of Alice Stone Blackwell. "
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
WALL STREET JOURNAL
FOR RULE Of PEOPLE
Progressive View Of Initiative and
Referendum Take in Fin
ancial World.
Restoration Of the Majority Rule
Program 1naugurated By
Money Men.

An editorial in the Wall Street
Journal of recent date says: IF pro-
gress in favor Of the initiative and re-
ferendum In representative govern
ment advances in the next few years
as it has in the last few, it will not be
long before the people will send their
representatives to the. state legisla-
lures and to congress with a definite
program Of convictions to enact into
laws for the subsequent decision of the
voters. It Is true that the referendum
idea may be carried to foolish ex-
tremes, but within due limits it has
great value.
There are undoubted signs that
machine rule must give place to more
or less direct control by popular vote.
More than twenty states have taken
action upon these methods Of legislat.
i've reform. In a few Of the new
states they are already in operation,
but there, as elsewhere, they forecast
a more complete control by the peo-
pie, In determining what laws shall be
presented for consideration, and that
only such laws shall go into effect as
have been accepted by the direct vote
Of the people.
"The restoration of the rule of the
majority in politics comedies with
what is taking place in the financial
world. The two tendencies seem to be
part of a parallel awakening to power.
With increasing publicity questions of
policy can no longer be confined to
star-chamber session of a few inter-
ested people, but must be open to the
considerable nof all who are direct
ly concerned. The initiative and the
referendum in financial management
have possibilities in the direction Of
broadening the confidence and
strengthening the credit of business
which the oldest system of boards of
directors has never realized.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
Agricultural Interests Must Be
Given Just Recognition, and
Provided With Facilities to
Keep Pace With Our Enor-
nous Development.
Changed Conditions Require
Corresponding Remedies in
Legislation Stocks, Bonds
and Commercial Paper No
Better Security Than Real
Estate.

The National Bank Law was enact
ed in 1864. The great Western terri
tory of our country had then barely
been opened up and the country as
nation had not assumed it's position
Of unchallenged supremacy among the
nations Of the world This law pro-
hibited national banks from loaning
money on real estate security.
Conditions Have Changed.
The real estate values of our coun-
try today are conservatively estimated
at sixty billions of dollars, and our
country, as nation among nations,
ranks second to none. There exists
today among the agricultural classes,
and other landed interests Of our coun-
try, a feeling akin to demand, for
recognition and accommodation from
money depositaries which bear the
name Of National"
Basis Of Our Commerce.
Figures plainly show, and statistics
with one accord prove beyond a doubt
that land, the product of our farms, in
other words, our agricultural resources
make up the large bulk Of our COM
merce. They are largely feeding and
clothing the world, are in great
measure the cause Of our wonderfully
large and growing exports, the prime
factor in maintaining the balance of
trade in our favor, and are likewise
the prime factor in paying off the
debts of our country, and maintain
ing our stock Of gold.
Injustice Of tho Law.
Whatever justification may have ex-
listed for the prohibition when the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
A QUESTION OF ADvIsARlLlTY

If any warrant can be found in the
constitution for the establishment and
maintenance of the present system Of
national banks, equal warrant can be
found for a postal savings bank sys-
tenn. The question, then, resolves it.
self into one of mere advisability or
expediency. Is it advisable that the
wage earners and the poor Of the ma
ton should have place, whose safety
is guaranteed by the government, for
the deposit of their savings? Is it
expedient that they be encouraged in
habits Of thrift? Is it advisable or ex-
pedient that, constituting as they do a.
vast majority Of our population, they
should In this matter have the benefit
of the principle that all legislation
should be for "the greatest good OF tho
greatest number r
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
Adoption Of a Well Organized
System Would Prove of
Inestimable Benefit to the
People of the Whole Coun-
try.
Happiness and Contentment of
People in a. Great Measure
Conditioned Upon the Guilt
walton Of Thrifty and Saw
ing Habits.
Would. Be Valuable Feeder to
Financial Currents Of the
Country, and a Most Valu-
able Auxiliary to Ordinary:
Banking.

The establishment Of postal savings
repositories would tend to better citi-
zenship. II the masses of people were
thrifty and saving in their habits, they
would more likely be contented and
happy; and it their hardearned saw
ings could be placed in the hands Of
the government, in the welfare of
which they are all so deeply concern
ed, it is reasonable to believe that
they would come to a better realiza-
tion of the duties they owe to their
country and consequently to each
other. The union of common interest
would surely result in a broader, wiser
and more useful citizenship.
Conducive to Better Citizenship.
The successful operation. of a postal
savings deposit system would bring
into closer relationship the govern
ment and it's citizens and result in the
development Of practical and endur-
ing patriotism. The citizen who feels
that he has personal interest in the
affairs of government beyond the pay
ment of his share Of taxes and the
discharge Of those other duties COM
mon to all, is of more value to the
community and the nation than one
whose conception Of citizenship means
merely the performance of those
duties.
Savings Of Workers.
It has been reiterated that the
American people know how to make
money but not how to save it. The
latter knowledge has been brought
home to millions in Europe by the
postal, savings depositories. The les
son which was taught ITO the children
has become the practice st their ma
ture years, and saving IS easy. It
has made capitalists of the working
men, Of their wives and their children.
More than a third of the postal saw:
ings accounts in European offices are
held by minors, and more than two
thirds are held by those who toll with
their hands and who follow the most
humble callings. It is essentially the
bank of this class. There is no other
channel which could so completely
reach all the people. 1t is true that
in the more densely settled portions
of our country there are located over
attracted nearly 100000 depositors,
and now hold more than $1,000, 0,000, 900
in savings; but two-thirds Of the
banks, and even a larger portion Of
their depositors, belong to New Eng
land and New York. These answer the
purpose as far as they go, but the
postal savings repositories would, in
no way conflict with these institutions,
and their principal usefulness would
be In the wider dissemination of ia
cilities for depositing savings in mod
est sums, and ther primary object
would be to create the habit of saving
rather than to accumulate large sums
of money.
Faith in the Government.
1t is reasonable to suppose that If
the government undertook the task of
providing for the investment Of this
money and caring for the accumula-
tions of interest thereon in behalf and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
THERE is NO CONFLICT,

The president OF a New England
railroad in recent address said:
"There is no such thing anywhere
as an irresistible conflict between. cap
ital and labor. The difference and dis
cords that sometimes arise between
these two necessary adjuncts of the
worlds business and progress are
nothing more nor les than the up
springing of that desire, implanted
from the earliest dawn Of civilization
in every human breast, for better
ment Of his or here social and ply
sical condition and environment. and
that without this constant and unre-
mitting struggle for individual i'm
provement which pervades every class
of humanity, human progress would
cease and civilization lose Its ,virility
an,11s become stagnant and ssnils."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13

result in a majority vote in both of
the national houses and the approval
of the president?
Machine rule is doomed. Only yes
terday it defiantly ruled US, today it
is practically an outcast In the long
run truth always wins. The peoples
cause is secure.
When the time for each particular
reform is ripe it sweeps the country
like a prairie fire. 1t was so with the
movement for the secret ballot, today
it is the movement for direct-votinR
on public questions and direct nomina-
tions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13

solely on account of the investors the
latter would gladly accept the service
offered them. No question as to the
security would disturb them, for the
faith of the people in their government
is unbounded. Their little savings,
which separately could hardly be put
out at interest, would amount in the
aggregate to a sum that could be in
vested to their advantage. Provision
could be made for the withdrawal Of
deposits in case Of necessity or for
any other reason, so that to the in
dividual would insure the benefit of the
postal exchange and the increment Of
interest arising from the investment,
and to the country would accrue the
benefit Of the circulation Of capital
hitherto unused and in that sense use-
less.
Details Of Management.
Foreign countries furnish us an OBJ
ject lesson, which it would be we'll for
us to consider. The postal savings sys-
tenn was first put into operation by
Great Britain in 1861. largely through
the instrumentality Of Mr.. Gladstone.
Canada followed in 1868; Belgium,
1870; Japan, 1875; Italy, 1876; Holland,
1881; France and India, 1882; Austria,
1888; Sweden, 1884, etc. During this
period nearly every English colony fol-
lowed the example Of the mother coun-
try. The history of the system where
ever applied has been marked with
success and prosperity. Intelligent
thrift has taken the place Of ignorant
waste and recklessness; the shiftless
have become self-supporting, and the
frugal have attained a competency.
This is the uniform testimony. The
methods Of operation are much alike.
All of them pay interest on the de-
posits, varying from 21a per cent in
Great ss Britain to Az per cent in
E1ad. if;=average IS l,tkpers cent; shout
one half per cent below the average
paid by American savings banks.
Small Cost Of Management. y
: The average cost of management in
1896 is given in a few countries as
follows: Canada, 022 per cent Of the
mean amount of deposit; France, 0.45
per cent; Great Britain 0.44 per cent;
the Netherlands, 0.4S per cent; Swe-
den, 0.40 per cent. France made a
profit that year Of $4,000 in handling
100000 accounts, aggregating $143,-
100000, after paying 8 per cent in
terest. Great Britain earned a sur
plus of $4,000, after paying 21z per
cent interest on $4SO,00O.000, made up
Of 6,500,000 accounts. The average
commission paid to postmasrers is one
cent per deposit.
Each depositor is given a. pass book
and no depositor is allowed more than
one account. This account may be
settled and withdrawn from any de-
pository in the country. The telegraph
Is coming into use as a means Of with
drawal
Investment of the Savings.
In Europe, where areas are SMALL
the money is usually deposited in a.
central or government bank. at the
capital Of the country. 1t is invested,
first, in government bonds: second, in
municipal bonds; third, in real estate;
and, finally, in great variety Of chan
nels; but in all of them with the ap-
proval and under the guarantee of the
government.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
APPEAL. ISSUED BY
ROUMANIAN GOVERNMENT

BUCHAREST, April 1o.-The govern
ment has issued an appeal to land
holders and farmers to- return to their
properties and arrange with the peas
ants for the resumption of work, It
promises laws that will improve the
lot OF the peasants without working
injury to the Legitimate interests o1
the land holders.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
POSTAL REPOSITORIES
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
VAST SUMS OF IDLE MONEY
TRANSFORMED INTO USE
FUIINESS,

There is no question but large
adence In ordinary securities and
monetary institutions Organized
by private citizens. 1t IL unneces-
sary to discuss the reasOnableness
or unreasOnableness of their dis.
trust; the fact that 1t exists 1s q
matter Of common knowledge. The
amount thus boarded cannot I'm
the nature OF things be estimated
with accuracy, but it undoubtedly
axxrekates many millions Of dol
lars. 1t Is now dead capital; but
inspire its owners with confidence
and the bulk Of 1T would find Its
way into the postal savings bank.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
|0UR NATIONAL BANKING LAW
UNJUST IN ITS PROVISIONS
SUPERIOR TO ALL SE-
CURITIES.

The fact that a large majority of
National banks, and particularly
country banks, resort to all man
ner Of subterfuges in order to
make loans upon real estate In
violation of law. and that these
practices are tolerated by the de-
partment under whose authority
they are permitted to do business,
IL In itself the most conclusive
evidence that the provision In the
law prohibiting loans on real
estate, has Outlived it's usefulness.
The experience of life Insurance
companies that have made a spe-
cialty Of real estate loans dem,-
Onstrated cOncluslvely that such
loans are both safe and profit able.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

Give the people the power to initiate
legislation, and veto that which a. ma
jority Of the people deem vicious or
unwise, and you will have DESTROYED
the political power OF the corporations.
trusts and restore to the people what
they once fought desperately fora
government Of the people by the peo-
pie and for the people.