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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
President Of Iowa Federation Of
Labor Issues Special Bulletin
Against the Nomination of VIII
liam H. Taft for President Of
the United States.
Shows That if MIR. Taft Has Not
Been Struck by Corporation
lightning, He Has Certainly
Been Tempering His Rod in an
Expert Manner.

A. L. Ur1ck, president of the Iowa
Federation Of Labor advances some
strong reasons why Taft cannot be an
accepted candidate to trades union
men. Among other things Mr.. Urick
says:
Politicians Are Debating.
Many politicians Of the nation and
especially Of the state of Iowa, re-
gardless Of faction. are fully deter
mined to nominate William H. Taft
for president Of the United States.
The able protests Of the American
Federation Of Labor and it's affiliated
national and International unions, ap-
pears to have but emphasized the ef-
forts of these politicians to force Mr..
Taft's nomination. These men. having
always dominated nominations and
dictated to all classes Of voters the
particular nominee who should be-
come the beneficiary of our votes, ap-
pear to resent the idea Of our daring
to cr1ticfse, and by an unanimity i'm
possible upon other matters Of public
veal, seem determined to make us like
both Mr.. Taft and his injunction rec
ord.
The Writ Of Injunction.
There Is no one subject that is more
thoroughly and justly despised than
the writ of injunction as applied to la
Dor disputes. While there has never
been one word Of protest against the
writ as originally contemplated and
used, the misuses and abuses have be-
come so evident that even MIR. Taft
himself felt called upon to offer an
apology, although this was done in a
way that insults the intelligence Of all
self-respecting workingmen.
Early in life, when a judge of the
superior bench at Cincinnati he dis
played the disposition and training
that has now So fttingly placed him
in line as the injunction bearer of the
present campaign. At that time,
Bricklayers' Union No. of Cincinnati,
which had struck against. fellow en-
ploye for violating his obligation, and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
NOVEL METHOD FOR
REACHING A VERDICT
Jurors in New York Negligence
Case Flip Coin to Reach
Verdict.
And are Sharply Rebuked There
for by the Judge and also
Fined.

The members Of a jury in a New
York negligence case were sharply re-
buked and in addition fined $50 each
the other day by Justice Guy for flip
ping coin to find verdict. Ths
court also ordered their names stricken
from the jury roll.
The case tried was brought against
the New York City Railway company
for damages for killing a little girl.
The jury reported a veydict for the de-
fendant. The verdict seemed so much
at variance with the evidence that
Justice Guy who presided at the trial,
questioned the foreman Of the jury to
ascertain how they arrived at such a
decision. He frankly replied that it
had been determined by tossing a coin.
Inc excuse offered by the jurors was
that they We're hopelessly divided over
the verdict, and one Of them was. anx-
1ous to get away to close a pending
business transaction. To save. time
they decided to settle the matter in
the manner described. It Is; we'll
known that juries sometimes decide
cases without regard to the point at
issue. but so fragrant a violation Of
duty is said to be without precedent
In New York. =
Justice Guy is fully justified in m
n1ctlng SUMMARY punishment on the
recreant twelve. 1t may serve to i'm
press on juryment. the solemn nature
OF their obligations, and the danger Of
punishment involved in violating them
Juries occasionally manifest a DISPOSE
tion to treat their responsibilities
lightly, without pausing to consider
that the rights Of litigants are IN their
keeping. When honest differences. Of
opinion develop in the jury room, II is
the duty of Jurors to report a dis
agreement, instead OF turning the ad-
rninistration Of Justice into a game Of
chance-Rochester Democrat -, 4:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
In Order to Have Just Measures
to Labor Placed Upon Our Leg
islative Statutes, We Must Have
Men Friendly to Labor in the
Halls of Legislation. =
The Working Glass Must Wake
Up, Present 9 United Front,
and Vote for Men Who Know
Labors Aspirations and Hopes.
and Then Justice will Prevail

No one will deny the, undercurrent
Of discomfort Of workers, that grows
In strength at every knock down by
courts or rebuff and double dealing by
legislators.
. Too Much Conservatism.
Neither will none deny that conser-
vatism still grips the labor movemen:
machinery with an iron hand. How
long this will continue, none can tell.
But 1t 1s certain that recent events ara
not aiding the old time policy of ap-
peal and petition, which even the
blind can now see only results in
courts declaring our. successful efforts
unconstitutional
Some workers still believe the old
fable that there is one law for the
rich and poor alike" Max Hayes OF
the Cleveland Citizen, gives the best
answer to this statement, when he
adds: "But they are interpreted and
enforced dlfferent."
:" distinction OF Class Lines.
Secretly, every worker will acknowl-
edge this. He knows he alone Is en-
Joined, thrown in jail and his property
confiscated.~ He knows the class lines
are becoming more and more distinct.
He has no deep seated convictions or
belief that he stands before blind 1us-
tice with the same chance as Wall
Street ntagnate. r.. ~
But the lack Of political CLASS
spirit holds him back. This spirit is
found in his union-it is back of every
strike. But when he would bring the
same uncomfortable force On the poll
teal field; he *awakens to: the real
power Of plutocracy. !. T.. = =
Conditions Of Success.
The success Of the trade union
movement deper.ds on a class spirit.
A political movement n,1zt depend on
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
GREAT REFORMS THAT :
LABOR HAS bROUCHT
Financial Gain Not the Onlv
Benefit Accomplished by
Labor.
1t Has Uprooted Ignorance and
Inaugurated an Era of
Intelligence.

Labor organizations contend that the
library is the half brother Of the pub
nc school and statistics will prove that
the children Of the wage earners are
the more frequenters of the circulatine
libraries The agitation for the free
text books in our public schools has
been going ON for years in every COM
munity where there is a labor organi-
ZatiOn.
Ignorance has been unrooted and
education planted in the homes of the
toilers. Labor unions all over this
country have been contendine for
years that the principle of driving the
child from the factory, mine and mill
into the school house is a fundamental
one.
The hours of labor have been short
ened. Years ago men were compelled
to work 16 and 18 hours day for a.
wage that prevented them from giving
their families many Of the necessities
OF life. They now work on an average
OF eight hours day at good wages
thus enabling them to educate their
children as they should be educated.
Education elevates the home life and
When we have a high standard Of
nome living in this country among the
wage earners we can say that we have
nation that is physically and morally
correct.
That deadly peril, child labor, has no
more bitter foe than the labor organi-
cations. They were the pioneers in the
movement to take this monster by the
throat and throttle it. Year in and
year out labor representatives have
gone before legislatures and coneress
and pet1tioned for laws that will nra.
vent owners Of factories and mills
from employing boys and girls Of tan i.
der years. In this reform which
means a fostering Of education manv
Of the greatest men Of our country
have done much to aid the labor or
ganizations.
Another great moral benefit derived
through the work Of the labor orsan,-
cations Is the enactment of laws COW
erlng the sanitary conditions In our
large shops and factories. It is not 20
many years ago that some Of the
places where hundreds Of men and
women were daily employed were un-
ft for human beings to be in, The
forces of orga nized labor went to work
and devised plans for throwing safety
and comfort around them. They
pressed the passage laws that conn
pelied owners Of mills, shops and fac
tories to install new and modern sana.
tary appliances In their buildings. 4
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
Early in Life When q Judge at
Cincinnati, he Abundanfiy De:
1nonstrated the Qualifi fications to
Make Him the Fitting Injunc-
tion Bearer Of the Present Fight
His Decisions are Always Cited as
Justifying Labor Injunctions,
and He Has Always Used His
Influence with Legislatures to
Defeat Labor Measures. -

the Seattle business men, and just
prior to his recent trip to the Orient
evidently feeling himself amongst con-
genial spirits he declared the reason
why working people wanted an
abridgement of the writ of injunction
was because they wanted to create IA
privileged class of wrongdoers."
His Pct Hobby f. =
Coming now to the point where he
realized that his injunction record
would seriously jeopardize his chances
Of acquiring the presidency, he made
an attempt to square himself with or
ganized labor and for his purpose the
meeting before Cooper's Institute, New
York city, on the night Of January 10
1908, was announced. At this meeting
after delivering himself Of an academ-
:cal discourse on the rights Of capital
and labor that might do credit to d
high school graduate, and in which
the exploded theories of old time econ
omists such as supply and demand
and wages fund.- coupled with the
great fear that organized labor might
In some way unjustly. accuse organ
ICED capital was made the basis. Com
ing to his pet hobby, he said:
AN injunction suit does not differ
in the slightest degree from a suit
brought after the event, so far as the
function Of the court is concerned in
declaring the law, except that the
court declares the law in respect OF
anticipated facts rather than in re-
spect Of those which have happened
He has no authority to make law. In
an injunction suit, as in any other
suit he merely interprets the law and
applies it to. the circumstances. His
Judgment in the one case involves ex-
actly the same precedent and the
same rules Of law as in the other. In
order to save the party plaintiff from
having to bring suit to recover for an
injury that he is going to suffer, he
says, This is an unlawful injury; and
assyeu threaten to- do H. / len3eius yo,,
from doing IT, ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
BUDDHIST RITES
FOR JAP BANKER
First Service Of the Kind on
American Continent Per-
formed at Frisco,
Fellow Countrymen in Oalifornia
City Throng to Bier of the
Dead Nipponese.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 1s.
The funeral ritual of the Buddhist res
ligion was recited for the hrst time on
the American continent at the obse-
quies Of Seiroku Kato, the japanese
banker and merchant, who died here.
The services were held In Golden Gate
hall, Sutter street, and were attended
by the Japanese consul general, Choyo
Koike, and several hundred Japanese.
At the entrance Of the hall white
banner bearing black characters flut-
tered as a sign that Buddhist cere-.
monies were being conducted within.
Caskst Drapsd in Flowers.
In the center Of the hall stood tho
casket, draped with a pail Of violets,
ferns, and lilies Of the valley. A hun
dred floral pieces were placed about
the altar and in the hall.
The Rev. Uehida and the Rev.
Yamasaki, ministers of the Buddhist
mission in Cough street, conducted the
ceremonies. They were the only per-
sons in the hall not gafbed IN western
attire, the widow and other relatives
wearing the heavy black Of Caucasian
mourners. -, ~ :.
sHfs1CH pIleSl wore q OldCk kaSa, 81 or
kimono, of brocaded silk and over It q
sashlike garment Of purple silk, dotted
with golden suns. Each carried fam
At the head Of the casket were two
lighted candles, and on teakwooi
table, was a small bronze Tbraxier, IN
which Incense burned, filing the hall
with its aroma. The services consist
ed Of the reading Of prayers from the
book Of Buddha and the reciting OF.
chants Then the mourners passed by
the remains. each one depositing q
pinch Of incense In the brasier.
After the services the body was
taken to the Oddfellows' cemetery,
where it was cremated. A band pre-
cedsd the hearse and the mourners.
friends and associates Of the deceased
banker following In carriages.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
UNITED ACTION. ON POLITICAL LINES IS
*[AB0RS. BEST WEAPON AGAINST INJUSTICE
FRIENDS QF LABOR
MUST BE ELECTED.

\ The best. education is repeated
bumps which In time must sweep
the most conservative In line, for
history does not record 4 class
givinE anything sway.
So let workers continue elect
Ing their Afriends cf labor and
other good mem from the ranks
Of lawyers to make laws for men
who alone know LabQr's aspiFa-:
tiOns and hopes. But remember
this: There must be an ending to
this plan.' = - =
Let ms stop blaming opponents
for .swrong doln4,' and acknowl-
edge that AZ long a. we have one
spirit On our lHduatrial. held and
another ON our political field, we
will be susceptible to suspicion,
dissepsion and di4cord, which our
enemies take advantage Of, while
we are allowed to boast Of our
triuInPhs% and our deeds. ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
Open t. SHOP. l.|]I|'i: CIGARS |;'I i;
MENACE TO. HEALTH
Choice Reading For Smokers
Who Use Product Of Non
Union Shops.
Expose of Filthy Methods Pur.
sued at tho Ohio Peniten-
tiary.

CLEVELAND. March 1s.-rhe ex-
pose of rottenness in the Ohio peniten:
tiary is respectfully referred to those
workers who have a holy horror Of
union labeled cigars, and especially to
the man who talks so learnedly about
the poor grade of tobacco in union
made cigars" =
These Judges of cigars resent the
attempt of the Cfgarmakefs' union to
gold brick them. They believe the
stories of open" shop products. They
laugh at the claim Of sweat shops. and
convict labor. No one sees the methoj
Of manufacture. The, cigars are
packed in a nice box, and under the
theory of where ignorance Is bliss
ills foil yto be wise," they pun away
on the scab product, (With apologies
to the supreme court
But these statements are only intro.
ductory to the article printed in the
News Bee Of this city. dated last Sat
urday, regarding cigar making in the
Ohio penitentiary:
"The George B. Sprague Cigar COM
pany, for 200 infirm men. on the
piece price, plan:
oA ioS M. W1IS, VINO mas big
factory outside the walls, is president
The contract expires July /, 1909, :.
Under the Piece Price, plan the
state makes cigars for tn e sprague
company at so much per thousand. do
Ing the bunch breaking, stripping an,
rolling for less than free labor receive,
for rolling.
"Outsiders are not permitted to see
the interior Of the cigar shops unless
they have pull. Cigar shop No. / I,
q more horrible place to look into than
the insane asylum. It was a shockina
dirty, unventilated place the day T. was
there, filled with senseless mon and
cripples. : -.:ss .~>'@s 1:
! Here was man with a. strange
growth, larger than a banana, on hi,
neck; here a man with chores, and
all around were hollow-faced men
coughing and: d:expectorating. The uxht
OF human intelligence was in the face.
q few, MOST of the mon being, what
are known In expressive slai1ks al "haif
dips" and '.priaon s1mples." .: = N - -
This is tho place we send tha+
class guard said. a.%E q -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
Progress and Poverty" Under
the Same Sky Are Inconsistent
With Genius Of our Government,
and Howsoever Plausible, are
an Economic Contradiction.
Let This be an Unusual Year in
Politics, Let Labor Assert it's
Manhood, Surely it's Rebuff by
Courts and Double Dealing by.
Legislators Ought to Wake it up
WORKING CLASS must back the:
movement, and until that time all talk q {.
along this line is folly.

WORKING CLASS must back the:
movement, and until that time all talk
along this line is folly.
Corporation Appointed Judges.
A chief Justice of one of our Amer
lean commonwealths recently declared
that "of 113 United States judges,
there are very few, who were not corr.
poration lawyers before appointment.
There are still fewer who do not owe
their appointment to trust or corpor-
alton influences, vigorously exerted In
their behalf"
Driven to Politics.
Union men all over the country have
an abiding faith In the power Of their
union to combat the employers. They
believe, in most instances, the union Is
the most logical weapon for the work
ers to USE and are opposed to every
other method of advancement prposed
to them: But let the employers, with
their injunctions. court decisions and
corrupt. minfons of. the law dispel this
allusion. and the whole force Of the
working class movement will be direct
ed along political lines.
Just as quick as the employers OF
labor drive them to it, the workers
will engage In politics and then they.
will begin to make some headway. We
welcome the local onslaughter Of the
union busters" not because we wish
to see the unions destroyed, or tha.
employers defeated, but because we
are confident that only. by joint agree
ment conditions, and by the same
token we believe 1t to be the ultimate
destiny Of labor to rule the ballot, a
we see in the "Post-Parry-van
Cleave" aggressiveness Of the local
representatives Of capitalistic anarchy.
the: seed that promise to bear early
fruit. Go It, Mr. Union Halter, for the
sooner You force then the quicker they
Will get into politics and eliminate you.
as factor in human AFFAIRS.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
Cooks and Walters un;o,

This union Is composed Of all the
competent workers in the lines Of sY7
deavor indicated In the caption here,
Of. The union Is In a prosperous. con-
d1tion. and attendance upon the meet
1ngs. Is as large as the nature Of the
members employment will permit. Irhe
meetings are held at Hall b, Kala1i1a-
zoo hall. on tho second and fourth
Thursdays Of each month"; The pre-
sent officers are: ~. z...aa.z B
President. =, II. Gardner: vice presi.
don't (Miss) aDmna Coll recording
ana financial secretary, Emil HOE
lander; treasurer, George Wanch:
business agent. Chris Jensen .ss..5ss ss, q.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
TRUST EVIL FED az TARiFF

The remarks Of former Governor
Douglas Of Massachusetts on the tarift
qnestion have the right ring. The
only remedy for trust evils Is q radical.
revision Of tariff. President Roose-s
velt's policy Of postponement Is cer-
tatnay not ins the interest Of the people.
Dsmocrats should 60 into the fight for.
q reduction in tariff with all their 1old-.
time vi gor. e Is not only right but c.
VIII be- popular as sentiment on tho
tariff question has changed materially
In the past few years iyemore Hsr-s
al,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
EFFORTS OF POLITICIANS TO FORCE TAfTS
NOMINATION NOT APPROVED BY IOWA LABOR
HAS BEEN MAKER
OF BAD PRECEDENTS.

Judges, many of them taking
their cues from sthe leading
cases" Of judge Taft, have since
1902 attempted to ahridge US In
doing many things perfectly
legal, they hive fined and Inn
prisoned many OF our members
for doing those things clearly
within our legal rixkts to do;
upon many occasiona we have
been abused and scoIded In the
language Of flsl-monEeFs, they
have deprived us Of liberties
guaranteed by the constitution Of
our country and Of our states, all
of these things have been done
when we oftentimes knew Of NO
reason for such procedures, and
1T has remained for one Of the
oriEinators of the labor injunc-
tion abuses-Judge Taft-tO en-
tighten us by explaining that 1t
1s all done din respect Of antici-
pating facts.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-21
Parsonal,

p P. Kinney, general organizer; of
.tne Hotel Restlurant Enpioyes' In
5ternational Alliance, and Bartenders'
lnternationai Leasle Of America. is in
the the city, on an offtcial visit to the
local organizations of the lines of bust
mess Indicated 81 S.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-01-08


tAe highest Individual vote IA the
county. He served four years with
eflcisncy. but in 1908 declined
p qnteg the race. His servIce 10 this
ppaltlpn Ike that Of the former. was
ReFsecL loyal ana sincere.
ne cleo served The county for ssy.
eFal years - county commissioners.
a. which body Be was chairman.
Deceased bee beep for years . naem-
bar Of ne 1GsthoaiSt Episcopal church,
eonth, b which he ives ~ loyal 90 10
was ID public affairs and the duties 10
NE family. He was loved and e.
tsemea By every member OF that
chafch. Ind viii be missed in the con-
gfegntion.
Deceased n survived By a widow
two sons John and @. Sydney, and
three daughters Misses Emma. Ger
truda and Eva. the latter residing IN
Fernandina. The sympathy OF the en-
tire community 10 extended the be.
Reaved family.
The funerzf will be held from the
residence a. $3.50 o'clock this morn.
ing. Rev r. J, Nixon Of the First
Methodist church oficiating. The fol-
lowing gentlemen win act as pail
bearers; Dr.. J. L. Kelley. Geo. X.
Broome. James Doig. e. T. voyle, g.
n. wlengeus II. l.. Phifer.
Friends Of the family are invited.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-01-08
INSTALLATION AND BANQUET.
MAsONs viii join Together This Evan.
Ina and Have q Bla Time.

wv aVe VaNS ufH bWVSs
The Masons OF Gainesville never
believe in dc'"S things by halves.
whether ny individual lodges or
whether they make combination.
They have n reputation for doing
things right, and tonight. when Gaines
vile Lodge No Il, =. 4 A. NJ. and
Gainesville Chapter No. 2. r. A. H.,
come together In q Joint installation
OF oiicers. to be followed by a ban.
Quet. there will b no exception to
the rule.
Il was first intended 10 hold q pub.
Ito installation and banquet. 30 that
the Masons might invite their FAINT.
lies and friends, but owing to the fact
that. on account OF the huhy season
during the holidays, Il was impossible
for the committee 10 leave their duties
TO arrange for such a large AMIR
Il vas finally decided to hold
the installation and banquet for Nom
eers OF the order only,
The ceremonies viii begin At the
usual hour. Caterer NJ. u. Saunders,
whom the lodge viii not relieve, viii
have charge Of tho spread. which 10
sufilcient guarantee that eveFything
will 50 on smoothly
The Masons especially the mem
eers Of the lodge which viii PARTED.
pate. are anticipating with q great
deal Of pleasure this meeting.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-01-08
VIII Return to Gainesville.

Friends Of Col. John b. Dell and
family, who have been residing at
Hague for the past few months, will
be- giad to learn that they have de-
cided to return TO Gainesville, and
win be located In East Gainesville.
Col. Dell. who owned near Hague
one Of the finest and most fertile plan
tations In the county. recently sold the
same. and intends In future to make
his home IN Gainesville.