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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
War Against Privilege Will Be
Prosecuted With Strong and
:: -. Renewed Vigor.
SEEMING REVERSES BUT 80:
- INTENSITY OUR ENERGY
Loyal Unionists Will Not Be In
>fluenced by the Enemy's
Distorted Statements.

Mr.. c.. A. Potter in reviewing the
present labor situation gives express
sion to some very palpable truths upon
which the members OF organized labor
can ponder with profit. This is what
he says: - - ..
:, SociaIistie Abuse. .-
How often lin the past few months,
have we heard the name Of Samue!
Gompers being echoed from street cor
ners and through workshopes' in abus-
i've terms by members Of trade unions
who are affiliated with the Socialist
party. And how often also have, we
heard some of these same members,
ignoratnly informed, make utterances
against Mr.. Gompers, which we we'll
know were never coined in either their
own minds but originated from their
party leaders, who read the true parts
Of MIR. Gompers' position ana then
sought to scatter broadcast distorted
statements hoping thereby to weaken
his standing among his following in
the labor field. = =. -.
Gompers Untarnished. go =
And not, only have the members OF
the Socialist, party spent unlimited
time and energy in villifying Mr.. Com
pers but their papers also have: de-
voted column after column teeming
with gross denunciation against a man
who has served labor nobly for nearly
a score of years, and Notwithstanding
all this, he stands as we'll, if not better
today than ever before in the esteem
of his followers. ) Abuse has only
served to bring brighter lustre to his
untarnished character which he has
won - by his strong devotion to the
cause OF the worker. ,lI -
!. Labor's Faithful Leader.
Many who declare that Mr.. Gompers
has sold labor out to the dominant
political parties Of today, have them
selves unconsc1ously sold out their
affiliations to the unionist cause, by
adhering to q political belief that has
for its@objeete the control OF disrup
ito, NOT. the labor organizations! the
only party IN the political arena to-
day, composed wholly Of workingnaen,
which insists on it's members, whether
leader or subaltern, ignoring the dicta-
tions OF the Labor Congress held at
Washington last year to devise ways
and means whereby labor could claim
that lawful recognition before the
courts to which it is justly entitled, to
and for which Mr.. Gompers,: as
chairman of that body, is acting as its
representative to bring to a success
full termination, as soon as possible
the policies that were there outlined.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
BANKER CLEWS FAV0RS
Il THE TARIFF REVISION
Thinks Radical Reductions Disturb
Ing Of Trade Should be Avoided. "

Ing Of Trade Should be Avoided. !.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 11.-Before
the Indiana Bankers association to-
day, Henry Clews, the New York
banker, declared in favor of tariff re.
vision. Among other things he said:
"A lowering of the present tariff is
absolutely necessary to the welfare of
cur foreign interests and our foreign
trade.
"Protection under it has very large
~ ceased to protect, owing to the ex-
cessive competition it has encouraged
here. But the reduction made in It
should be gradual, and ample time
three to six month-should be allowed
importers to dispose of their stocks
of raw and manufactured merchan-
disc imported under the existing
Radical reductions would be dis
tIrbing to trade and should be care
fully avoided. There is safety in
making haste slowly. Let us preserve
the middle course, the golden mean.
THE effect of judicious lowering
OF the tariff to one of only moderate
protection would be to give our manu-
fecturers cheaper foreign raw mate.
rails and so enable them to sell their
manufactures at lower prices than
they can now, both at home and
abroad.
Thus, our export trade to the
Orient and South America would be
stimulated by our being enabled to
compete there with England, Ger.
many and other European countries
where labor is comparatively much
cheaper than here"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
DEALERS TN LEATHER
-, it OPPOSES THE TARIFF
Say They Are Discriminated Against
:: Through Western Meat Packers.

Say They Are Disseminated Against
. . g. Through Western Meat Packers.
/, Washing gton. Nov. n.vCiting that
the cal for hearing on tariff revision
now going on here does not mention
hides, interests represented by. the
National Shoe Manufacturers asscia-
tion and importers Of hides and leath-
er have Joined forces with the inten,
tion Of demanding a hearing before
the ways and means committee Of the
house Of representatives. r. +
These interests further assert that
the removal of the duty on hides has
been light issue for q long time and
that they are being Disseminated
against through the western II meat
packers. Several conferences have
been sent here to appear before the
committee. r, ~, :.
Members Of the National Shoe Man.
ufacturers' association have prepared
data from which it would be argued
that alone share the profit from a Is
per cent tariff on sole leather and
hides: and that as shoe manufacturers
and retailers are compelled, in conse.
quence to pay higher price for the
finished product. e., +. y.
The committee on ways and means
today continued it's hearing on the
schedule for chemicals, oils and
paints - - : a.D~. q, -
There are indications of conflicting
views regarding the duties on certain
paints and colors, it being claimed by
some that certain of these articles
q h0' %1,4 18th h.
p. H.. Dyer of St. Louis, representing
the paint manufacturers association
of the. United states, stated before
the committee that the eighty OF
more paint manufacturers belonging
to that association believe the duties
now levied are not, too high, consider
ing the comparative cost Of labor and
material.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14

Hostile Faction Cit Very Little
Figure atzthe Denver
Convention. I -
First Fight at Federation Meet:
ing Settled Decisively in
His Favor.

DENVER, Nov. 1.-THE exercises at
the first session included address of
welcome by Governor Buohtel Of Colo
rado Mayor speer pf Denver George
H. Alley for the State Federation of
Labor; L. M. French, for the Denver
Trades and Labor assembly, and J. T.
Clepp, for the building council.
Response to the addesses were
made by Samuel Goinpers, president of
the federation. Themport of the COM
mittee on credentials followed.
Rumors Of growing dissatisfaction
with the Gomperss plan during the re-
cent national campaign, are -. being
given free publicity, but leaders in the
federation who should know, the status,
Of things declare their, Ignorance 5of
yorsanizs1 oppeS4tion to Mr.. Com
pers. -,
He himself valves the subject aside
10y saying that the federation will Sc
lect the man best equipped to lead: it
to further success. He admits there
is opposition, but assertscit is confined
to matters OF policy affecting local.
ties only. " :,
A strong card in Gompers' favor is
the fact that several of his bitter. op-:
ponents of Socialistic tendencies have
failed Of election as delegates to rep
resent their own unions at the present
meeting.
The first real fight in the twenty
eighth annual convention of the Am
| er1can Federation Of Labor occurred
this afternoon on the report of the Gre
dentfals committee and resulted in the
unseating Of the delegates Of the flint
glass workers by a practically unani-
nous vote.
For many years the flint glass work
ers were members of the federation,
but withdrew on account Of a. contro-
Versy growing out of question Of
Jurisdiction with the glass bottle blow
ers' association. Having seeded, the
Hint glass blowers association cannot
be restored to membership, according
to, the constitution, while it is in con-
troversy over jurisdiction with an or
ganization belonging to the federation
| Considerable comment was caused by
the annual report OF Samuel Gompers,
read to the convention Of the Ameri-
! can Federation Of Labor in which Mr..
Gompers said that President Roosevelt
had issued invitations to number of
| labor leaders to meet with prominent
lawyers and jurists at a dinner at the
White. House for the purpose of dis
cussing labor legislation. President
Roosevelt, said the, report, had 2ex-
cluded from the list Of invited guests
the Officers Of the American Fedora
tton OF Labor including its president.
Mr.. Gompers in. an interview on the
subject refused to discuss'it from the
political standpoint but gave state
ment to the effect that he deemed him
self honored by the exclusion and con-
! sidered the. presidents: act tribute to
| his honesty. ~ -. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
FRESH BAPTISM THE
NATIONS GREAT NEED
President Schurman of Cornell
University Pleads for More
Political Idealism.
Experience of Former Republics
Valuable for Our Instruction
and Warning.

President Schueman of Cornell Uni.
versity is close student of national
affairs. This is what he says:
In forty years our republic has
grown strong and rich and powerful
as no other nation on earth has done.
And, if I am not mistaken, there has
developed among us a disposition to
exalt and glorify the mere physical
power of our nation in disparagement
of the. political sentiments, ideas and
principles by which the republic was
Ecreated, through which It has been
rourished and vitaAzed and by meaas
of which alone it has contributed
something of grandeur and nobility to
the history of mankind.
Material Worship. i"
Along with this unrepublican wor.
ship of gross material power there
goes disregard of the constitution
and the laws when they stand in the
woy of forceful men doing things by
forcible ways. And as an inevitable
climax there follows the disposition
to concentrate in single hands the
powers which the constitution, the
laws and we'll established practice
lave assigned to different and inde
pendent departments of government
A Pertinent Question.
Are we, then, travelling the road
from democracy to despotism? Is ou1
| constitutional government giving way
to autocracy?
These are startling questions. Some
OF you may think them alarming ant
unjusti1able. But ask if you have
considered the history of democracies
| No for moi government is more diff
! cult to maintain, because none de
mands so much patriotism and civic
| virtue In the people. In the long and
checkered history of mankind only
| two nations, with petty exceptions
had attempted republican government,
| before the organization of the United
States of America. And even in these
countries popular self-government co
existed with slavery on large scale;
but, subject to that qualification; thu
| petty republics of Greece and the iAx
tensive republic of Rome had pretN
much the same problem as we have
and their experience is valuable fo1
our instruction and warning.
| The Greatest Desideratum.
l believe the heart and mind of ou1
people to be entirely sound, but thu
political principles and sentiments
which they passively entertain neei
to be vitalized and aroused to active
expression. We all ned a fresh bap
tism of political idealism, a new con
secration to the old-fashioned republi
can faith Of the fathers. Leadership
in that form regard as the greates1
political desideratum of our time.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
A GooD SEGREGATION.

Never think yourself too wise to lis
ten to advice or suggestions. Don't
get puffed up and think that your
ways and ideas are the only ones that
can bring success in the labor move
ment. And above all things don't imi-
tate the schoolboy and say you won't
play because your opinions are not
given preference over all others. Such
conduct might leave the impression
that You are not sincere or that you
care more about yourself the recogni-
tion OF oyur opinions and the adoption
Of your ideas than you do abut the
success Of your Organization or the
labor movement. Shoe Workers Jour
nal. 1tS AZ M LIZ .. i \. -: Z !! .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
Certain Precautionary Measures Of
" Which ALI May Avail
Themselves. y
PREVENT DISEASE GERMS
FROM GAINING FOOTHOLD
Fresh Air and Sunlight the Best
Safeguards Against the
Disease.

Consumption is disease of the
lungs, which is taken from others, and
is not simply caused by colds, although
a cold may make it easier to take the
disease.
The matter coughed up and sneezed
out by the consumptives Is full of liv-
ing germs or "tubercle baci3lf' too
small to be seen. These germs are the
cause of consumption and when they
are breathed into the lungs they set
up the disease.
Don't Got Consumption.
Keep as we'll as possible. for the
healthier your body, the harder for the
germs Of consumption to gain a foot
hold. Every person should observe the
following rules:
Don't live study or sleep in rooms
where there Is no fresh air. Fresh air
and sunlight kill the consumption
germs and other germs causing other
diseases therefore have as much Of
both in your room as possible.
Don't live in dusty air; keep rooms
clean; get rid OF dust by cleaning with
damp cloths and mops. Don't sweep
with a dry broom.
Keep one window partly open in
your bedroom at night, and air the
room two or three times day.
Don't eat with soiled hands; wash
them first.
Don5t put hands or pencils in mouth
or any candy or chewing gum other
persons have used.
Don't keep soiled handkerchiefs in
your pockets.
Take a warm bath at least once a.
week.
Don't neglect cold or cough, but
60 to doctor or dispensary.
Get Well If You Have 1t.
II you or anyone in your family have
consumption you must obey the fol-
lowing rules If you wish to get well.
Don't waste your money on patent
medicines OF advertised cures for con
,sarffptfon ,hut got to a,doctor. or dis+
pensary. II you 60 in time, you can be
cured; If 20 uwatt, 1t may be too late.
Don't drink whiskey or other forms
OF liquor.
Don't sleep in the same bed with
anyone else and, If possible, not in the
same room.
Good food, fresh air and rest are the
best cures. Keep out In the fresh air
and in the sunlight as much as pos
sible. -
Keep your windows open winter and
summer, day and night.
If properly wrapped up you will not
catch cold.
Go to sanitarium while you can
and before it is too late.
The careful and clean consumptive is
not dangerous to those with whom he
lives and works.
Don't give consumption to others.
Many grown people and chilrren
have consumption without knowing it,
and can give it to others. Therefore
every person, even If healthy, should
observe the following rules:
Don't spit on the sidewalgs, play
grounds, or on the floors or Railways
Of your home or school. It spreads
disease. an dis dangerous, indecent and
| unlawful.
When you must spit, spit In the gut
| ters or into g. spittoon half filled with
water.
Don't cough or sneeze without hold
ing a handkerchief or your hand over
mouth or nose.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
DIVORCE INDUSTRY IS
CRIPPLED BY NEW LAW,

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Nov. 11.-Con-
trary to every expectation the voters
of Minnehaha county last week ra-
turned a majority Of TAT for the new
law which will cripple the South Da-
kota divorce industry, which is CEN
tered in this country.
The referendum was invoked upon
the, law, which extends the term of
residence to one year, through; the
activity Of Sioux Falls lawyers. Oftic1al
count was made today,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
.1aql,. .P1aqRl,.IlNcEToa READY ron FOL YALE. I:

e ITT1xSANV11 rs AO1s. = 1S11AAO1. HU1E#. 1AI11s
! !, PRINCETON 81 Nov. / Is e. -- The under
ton here tonight when the Princeton
football team left for private coun-
try estate near Philadelphia, where
they will rest in preparation Tor the
Yale game On Saturda .s with the ex-
sception of the head coach and man
agemAnt no ono here knew the desti-
nation ,of tho cam. The $of fcial Iline-
up sha1 not been decided upon, but Will
8bs annonnceds here Friday night
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
ROOSEVELT FOR SENATE
Jenkins Says New York Could Do
-: Nothing More .Creditable. n =

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Nov. lii
Congressman. Jenkins is an. enthusiasts
tic advocate Of the movement to send
President Roosevelt to the senate. He
states in. a dispatch to the New York
World: H'"rhe state OF New York could
not do anything more creditable to
itself and beneficial to the nation than
to unanimously elect President Roose-,
welt to the United States senate.'S& Il, I
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
MR.. AND MRS. TAFT ARE :.
PATRONS TO THE BLIND

HOT SPRINGS, va, Nov. i 11.-Presi-
dent-elect and Mrs. Taft were patrons
tonight at the lecture for the benefit
OF the blind given III the ball room
sof the Homestead hotel by Mrs. Walker
Fearn, widow OF the late mbassador
4 to- Greece. ss Mrs. Fearn told Hof what
was being done for the blind by the
king and queen Of Rumeli liza. She. was
si In s5H5 q most entertaining
\ manner by Winston Churchill of New
Hamp
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
SHOT BY TRAIN ROBBERS.

CHICAGO, Nov. @ts 11.-Yardmaste
Clarence Burton was found. uncof,-
scious in the Wabash railroad yards
early today. He was sui ffering with
9 bullet wound in the head. He was
taken to the Mercy hospital where he
died several hours later. II IL 10 believed
that Burton was shot by rain robbers
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-14
CHASED FOR 300 MILES:

1Os1U1 OS0e1o oACJC1c "uU O1IICefO
Trace Him from Town to Town. /.
APPLETON, Wis, Nov. 11.-oscaf
Zinner, who pleaded guilty to stealiIrIsur-
bicycle, gave the sheriff merry
chase OF 800 miles before he was
caught. The boy is only 10 years of
age and claims that drink led I hii3a,
to commit the crime. He sold tfiS
wheel andathen went to Seymour, ttAn
to New London, then to Amigo. . ai,s,1
finally TO s Birnamwood, his home.
where he was located. He was senf
to tho workhouse for 80 day..
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q chpsetts had y .slasl factory g
early q
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Continued on pa 60 s.)
New Ulm review., 1908-02-26
Historic Doors For Vale,

Two doors of the parsonage in Bran
ford. Conn, where the ten ministers
met in the year 100 and gave the
books for the founding of Yale college,
are to be mounted and placed in the
university library, says the Yale Alum
nj Weekly. The two doors were origi-
nally mounted on swinging hinges and
opened into the room where the minis
ters gathered. They are the gift of
George Dudley Seymour of New Ha-
ven. Conn, who obtained them when
the old house was torn down and pre-
sented them to the university at the
time Of the bicentennial celebration. It
was planned to make them into panels
In the doors which open between Lins-
ly hall and Chittenden library, and for
this purpose they were preserved un-
mounted. When Linsly hall was COM
pleted, however, and the old doors
were Inspected, it was decided that
they were too frail to stand the wear
and tear of actual service, and it has
been decided to mount them on swing
Ing hinges in glass cabinet, where
they will stand in the same relative
position to each other as in the old
Branford house. The relics are espe-
c1ally valuable from an ANTIQUARIAN
standpoint, as they are the Oldest parts
known which belonged to any building
connected with Yale history.
New Ulm review., 1908-02-26
Maxine the Dirt FIv at Panama


IA quartet has been sent to Panama by
the government to furnish music for
the lsthmlan canal diggers.-News item.I
No longer repine in the blizzard bound
north.
Take a shovel and pick on your shoul-
der 49,
And toward the canal zone haste happily
forth,
To battle with sand bank and bowlder.
On the ditch, as you toll the glad hours
along,
Your labor's made light by inspiriting
song.
Pray, who could not work when tune
full quartet
Perched on some embankment or other.
Carols soft, "She's the Girl that You Hope
You'll Forget
Or WHO Can Fry Liver Like Mother?'
The putting steam shovel puffs fainter
and finer,
And the dynamite chords with each bar
Der shop minor!
When under your pickax the rocks seem
obtuse
AS you work in the adamant section.
The singer, to aid you in jarring them
loose,
VIII oblige with Wagner selection.
For "Siegfried," well rendered by mouth
or by band.
Is a thing N the noise line no rock can
withstand
Time was when rude bosses. bull voiced
and profane,
Drove men at the rock builded barriers
By raucously bowling. again and again.
"Git In there and drill there, ye tar
riersp'
But they didn't succeed, and they didn't
know why.
You have got to have song or the dirt
doesn't fly!
James J. Montague In New York Amer
fcan
New Ulm review., 1908-02-26
Japs on Texas Rice Isnds

Il have leased my rice farm in Texas
to Jap" remarked T. NJ. Walker of
pes Moines, Ia, recently. There is
some local feeling because the Japs
are taking the rice lands thereabout.
But | can see no reason for refusing
to accept his offer, inasmuch as the
Japs can raise twice as much rice
with the same cost as our people can.
They understand rice culture as no
American does. This particular Jap
Is young and rich and comes with am
pie resources to do business. I under
stand that as rapidly as they can Sc
cure leases or can purchase the Japs
are taking the rice lands"
New Ulm review., 1908-02-26
C0LLARLEss COAT FOR MEN.
Designer Tells Of. New Garment to Re
Worn Next Summer.

worn Next Summer.
The collarless coat Is to be a correct
style in mems attire for the coming
spring and summer. Waistcoats with
out backs will be worn also, accord
ing to the designer for downtown tai
loring firm in Kansas City.
"The coat without collar is an ideal
garment for warm weather." said the
designer to a reporter of the Kansas
City Star. ut is especially adaptable
for the Office man who doesn't care to
remove his coat in business hours.
The absence of a lapel from around
the neck and shoulders makes the coat
much lighter. 1t does away with the
double thickness of the cloth. How
ever, the coat is not for office use only
When made up in outing flannel it is
extremely nobby.
"A waistcoat that has loop arm
holes and is connected across the back
by two inch strap is among the inno-
vat1ons for the season. This garment.
like the collarless coat, is designed pri-
marily for GOODNESS. The strap across
the back is of thin material and will
hardly be felt. The loops for the
arms are of the same material as the
strap and will not add much weight.
The waistcoat goes with the collarless
coat"
New Ulm review., 1908-02-26

AIA/ presidential candidates? There
are enough of them, and they
are more interested than any,
body else. Let them get together and
fight it out. The first number on the
programme would be speechmaking
contest to show which candidate has
the most real oratory and which the
most tiapdoodle. The second test would
be to determine who could talk the
longest on the tariff without commit
ting himself A third exercise might
be to discover which aspirant could
make the most imposing speech on
money and never get below the sur
face of the question. Other tests might
we'll be to show which candidate could
be the most undertaking friend of la
Dor without losing the support Of capi-
tai, which could do the most things to
the railroads without the railroads
knowing anything about it. which
could hammer the trusts most fiercely
without the trusts resenting it and
withdrawing their support. which
could most effectively oppose corpora
ton contributions to the campaign
fund in future campaigns and who
could best impersonate the one and
only simon pure Roosevelt legatee
without offending Roosevelt's enemies.
This sort Of forensic foot race would
not only help the public in sizing up
the entries, but would be most valua-
BILE training for the candidates them
selves. 1t would give them chance to
get acquainted with each other, which