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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
.oNLY TRUE SOLUTION.

To the Editor Of the Labor World:
! Socialism in the struggle Of the
working class to- emancipate them,
selves from wage slavery; and there
by en1ancipate the whole Of humanity
They realize, >. that political organ.
ization lis essential to any degree of
only effective weapon that working
men can use against the powerful
capitalist GLASS; and that indeed, as
Miss Bradford has 40 aptly. put it:
Men and women alike should: go to
the polls to express their burning con-
victions." and the, convictions Of So
cia1ists are that there should be equal
rights for all. special privileges for
none, and that the wealth of the
world should b. owned collectively. by
the producers Of the wealth OF the
world. ="
Socialists do not ':have a confused
idea that society. 10 divided into hos
tile classes" Socialists, as well as all
society. is divided in two we'll defined,
hostile classes with interests diar1e-
tritally opposed TO- each other-the
class with money; and the class with
no money-the class which buys labor
and the class which sells labor. no
one has the temerity. to. assert that
the interest Of the man who works
ton hours for two dollars or less. is
Identical with that Of his employer
for whom, in those ten hours, he pro-
duced eight dollars Of wealth. net. (
However, Socialists have no quarrel
with !. the Individuals who make up
the capitalist class. they recognize
the fact that capitalism is the fruit
Of q system. and it IL the system
that produces capitalism the system
that makes classes possible, that
makes q small minority masters and
the large majority slaves that they
have q well grounded opposition, ana
It ID 'ag4it1st the system that they
are putting Into practice = definite,
clear cnt, prActical plan to bring
about the political and Industrial lib.
erty OF the hul1i4n race, ..895f} ss.j
Thers II, no quarrsl between Social
lists ana Single Takers; II 10. q fact
that = greet number OF Socialists
were Single Taxars 10 bs1in with and
leafning With DISNEY the limitations
Of sthe Single T41 theory. graduAted
From the Sin sc n NJ rs Socialism.
Ihers there. n can SO no more
quarrel b4tsseen sing Tax ana & ~:
csals n 10 bet eesn
din srspt y m 1nsn Z
Isinsis 4 ~ Z Z! Z ~,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
AM||C'lBL L !. I D OF i.
/ BOSTON CIGAR Gil; STRIKE
q .o,toa obaicco strip l;i !
Union No. 1856, "A. r. Of
! = - r -. Boston, 49,, :: =.
Announces that the Controversy
!. With Traiser and Company ::
T. -; Has Been Settled, 49, ).

BOSTON, Aug. 26.-It. is with the
greatest pleasure that the Cigar Fac
tory Tobacco Shippers Union: No.
1856, "A. F! OF L., Boston, announces
to. organized. labor and its friends that
the controversy which has been exist
ing between It and the firm Of H.
Traiser & Co., in regard to which. we
circulated you a few weeks ago re-
questing your support, was on satur-
day, July 25th, 1908, brought to an
anicable ending by the above named
Arm and union entering into an agree
nent which provides for the return to
work, under union bill Of prices. Of
all members Of the Shippers union
who went on strike, and the reference
for adjustment Of all questions in dis
pute to board Of arbitration, said
board to consist Of President Samuel
Gompers' Of the American Federation
OF Labor and President G. w. Perkins
Of the Cigar Makers International i'm
ion, their decision to be final and bind
ing upon both. parties. =:
We desire to tender to your organ
1zdtlOn and Its members our most sin.
cere thanks for the splendid support
rendered to the Shippers union in the
controversy, and we assure you. that
the Shippers union will at all times
remember the Important work per-
formed by organized labor in. assist:
ing to maintain union conditions Of
labor in the tobacco stripping industry
Of Boston. y -I#..s.Ss.. J. 1 =. .;s
/. IN: view Of the satisfactory settle
inent between the arm Of II. Traiserr..
& Company, ana the Shippers union,
as stated above, the cigar manufac-.
tured by II. Traiser = 8, Company,
known as Harvard" Harvard, Jr.''
and "Pippins'' are removed from the
unfair list, and we request that you
PLACE said brands Of cigars on an,
equal footing with all other union B
made cigars. s ....t. # b s5 Is 3 &
Again thanking you for your splen-
did assistance rendered III the time Of
need, we are il Il RI .ss2 ~ 4! a,
4. &. Yours In the cause Of labor
SIS &. $ i$ S, sss .s BESsIB JACOBS,
&! President Cigar Factory Tobacco
Shippers union No. 81 So, a. F. OF Il.
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the 4anount aims RIM little veins fof gold
to succor and supper vet awhile the
dying and Improve rished -aristocraci es
Of old Europe. I 5s s3
But one day the coal, the iron ores,
the forests. will have disappeared, and
then at last q though tless people Will
awaken. They will ;flnd that they have
sold their heritage and that OF their
children to cunning peddlars. and
themselves and their children into
bondage and slavery 15g, s.s, ss. s5s
They have bored wells. quarried
stone, drilled veins of precious metal,
cleared the forests and exhausted the
land at the behest of q handful ! OF
money sharks. c1sl ......z4 5sj -.
For, a daily wage the people have
amassed the riches that succor the
aristocracies Of Europe. !, For a daily
wage they have brought together mil
lions that have created the richest fam
lies Of the world. For q daily wage
they have made it possible for a few
thousands to live in idleness and lux:
ury for centuries to come. sa@ $.},5
And the people? Well, they get thei,
daily wage. e. They have earned am
eaten their mess OF pottage, and the,
do not YET know what they have bar
? tered" & Es5 Is>ssst:s, g .5,
|. Yours respectfully. s.5%
+ "a ~ - y I'll: ALBERT M, %SCARLETT. !
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
TAX VACANT LAND.
Duluth, August. /!

i. Duluth, August 190S.> 2
70 the Editor Of the Labor World:
From the early days Of our country
to the present time we have been pes
tered with hard times, not all Of the
time Of. course but a considerable
portion Of the time. Ill.,. = &.
The present period Of hard times
has been vartously attributed to the
superexpanaion of industry, made
quacyr Of the worlds capital, inscru-
pulous f1nancierinS, Inadequate and
1nelastic currency, etc, The hard
times Of the los were attributed to
the contraction of the currency; the
characterization Of silver, etc. It is
notable that whatever may be pecu-
liar to the period In question; the
currency system in vogue at that time
always bears the greater portion Of
the blame. -: :. !
. A defective money system might
cause some Inconvenience and compel
us, to resort to ingenious devices to
facilitate exchanges but 1t could not
check industry shut downs factories
and throw men out OF work 1t re-
qufres something Of far greater i'm
portance than that; it requires some
thing that grinds with resistless
force. =:
/ No ingenious device can relieve us
of our dependence upon land. Money
lis merely an: instrument of commerce,
but land is the source OF life itself.
1T: is: not an ineiastic currency. but
an: .inelastic land-tenure system that
contracts the volume OF: business. The
mania Tor. speculation In land is like
an iron band arout1d every co1nnnun-
ity, checking: its growth; .Hke*>an iron
pot around ;, the roots o. -. tree: It
Us this inflexible unytelding, band, in
tetefering with the ~ ,aral-. terd ency
lot Industry. u expand with :increas:
Ing ,pepplatiao,T thaf causes: Industrial
depressiotist., That IL the; reason why
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Fl industry
to- be one OF the reasons; tor. hard
times II. Is AS: though we should
say that the "superexpansion' Of the
rapidly growing tree planted In the
iron pot was the cause Of It's untime-
|ly death. The industrial depression
is" really caused by compression
Fguratively speaking, the way to
prevent industrial uepressions Ii :. to
remove the iron pot, which 1nterferes
with the natural tendency Of industry
to expand. Stop Speculation in land
Just for an experiment, suppose We
increase the tax on vacant land. In.
stead Of assessing large tracts .o1
valuable but unused city land as farm.
ing. land, let it be assessed at it,
value a. city property. -.
| n. p. .MDANALD.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
::'WAIeEslAN1a,w WEALTH. Ar. II :.
LittleforI: Mihn.; 1A1fhr...s 26e7

-; LittlefoI MINI; Aug 49, 1908.
To the Editor pr the Labor World:
The following article is from. the
pen Of that able exponder Of econ
onnics, Robert Ia inter-. I wish you:
would, give yotr readers the benefit,
Of it by publAhhg: i: =, The article,
is the following: - T.
. we hear nue. sth@se days about
conserving our natHnal> resources
Certainly no othr Puntry :. in the
world has been 50 Ressed as ours
with natural riches. :: ....
We started with: a: aorious heritage
that might have beenEonserved SO as
to yield riches o. :&. children and
children's children to- be end Of time;
But we have been Ipdfgal; wasting
our substance in roiSus living, and
we find now, after: te wild FRANKS
and fast living of a c4tury that most
of our heritage is il the hands of
usurers, paWnbrokers I'D cunning old
money Theheritage which
we might have conser2d for our chill
dren Is gone to buildfp. the fortunes
Of a few millionaires whose sons are
fools and whose daugRrs are foreign
princesses'' II \
Great houses and eRtes are being
laid out in this countrAnd in Europe.
The riches of our @feYa are the envy
Of the old: Europeans a4tocracies. And
once more in the hist@ Of the. world
blue blood Stops to u1e with vulgar
riches: From coal am an mines; from
All md pas 6alda f,sns1 ~ s.v,<,1,,l,, ri
Niagara, from, the priftFal forests Of
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
= TAX LAND VALUES:

+: = jamestown, N. Y, Sept. 8, 1908. II:
To the Editor OF the Labor World: i
! Dear Sir:--That, there is a tax prob
lem is evident from the agitation of
the subject in various ways and sun
dry methods all over the country That
taxes must be levied and collected in
some way Is: a truisrn no sane man
cares to dispute. But the question ma
:turally arises, GLOW and on what shall
we levy taxes?' Many methods have
been. and are being tried, but. seem
inglyz without satisfactory results. II Is
there no true: rule or guidance where
by we can be guarded in settling this
matter? Yes, assuringly there is, And
that it is SO simple, that were it not
for its simplicity It would have solved
the tax problem long ago. 81 :., 5s, i: !"
The people generally get and usually
want trax remedies that are intricate,
cloudy and uncomprehensib1e Hence
the present state of confusion and
doubt regarding this important prob
lem, But, to come to the point: Why
do we have taxes? Because we must
have government. And why must we
nave government? Because the well
fare, interests and protection of the
population demands it. And If these
Things are granted, given an achieved,
what happens :? The community then
becomes an attractive place to reside
or do business, so also the value OF
land increases. : No other kind OF
property increases in value by this
same reason. Is not this fact remark
able, and con we not learn something
from it,. Yes!:: This very important
truth, namely, that we should :tav land
values and nothing else. = r. }''.' -
;. -: =. 49, Z. F. G.TANDERSON::
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
COMMON SENSE. TALK.

No man Is free who has not some
thing TO say about the conditions un--
der which he works. <.. /. II. ~
F The free man today Is he who has
some money in the bank. who is out
! Of debt. who works a fair length OF
time for a fair amount Of money, and
who can. personally or through, his
union, remedy any injustice from
which he may be suffering. ! :..,z , :.
II the wage-workers do not pro-
tect their own interests, who Will ?
Will the politician VIII the col
lege professor?; dill the supreme
court?. =. ~ =.
AS for the trust makers, they ARE
racing to see who shall be the first
billionaire.,' and they. have. not time
to"think of the !, insignificant 81 "a
day atoms who wrtggle about IN their
great mines and, factories. !. !.
!. HERBERT N. :CAsSON. /:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
UNITED STATES AWAY u.
4 BEHIND OLD NATIONS.
Only Country of Importance il tbs
orld Having No Liability Law. L

Practically every i foreign h country
Of standing industrially has recog-
mixed by Legislation the principle that
the workman IS ntitled to- conpensa-s
ton Tor INJURIES received int the line
OF duty Twenty TWO 81 foreign states
or overnment have passed such ems
sactnsnts. They are Austria, Bel
sEium, British Columbia Cape of Good
Hope Denmar finland, France,
Germany Great Britai IN Greece. Hun
Ita1y, Il sr,burg Nethsrla nds.
New Russia sout ,lstra
H. tn. stegn ~.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-30
Local Justice Factory Not So
ExpensiveIy Conducted as
Others.
WHIMS OF ATTORNEYS
THEY COST THE COUNTY S64 Be
CAUSE PETIT JURY WAS SUM-
MONED TWICE. BUT WAS NOT
USED IN ETHER CASE.

It cost Wayne county S6i within the
past ten days to suit the whims of at
torneys. but even with this experience.
the Wayne circuit court is conducted
upon a more economical basis than any
in the state of the same jurisdiction in
the number Of population. The eXpendi-
ture OF SEA was necessitated because
the petit jury was summoned twice and
not used in either case. After the jury
arrived. the attorneys agreed to try
the case before the judge and dispense
with the juries. The county had TO
bear the expense.
In regard 10 the matter of court
costs. Judge Fox said this morning
there is no circuit in the state of equal
size conducted in such a money saving
manner. 1t is not TO be judged that be
large as in other circuits, that not as
much business is done. The low ex-
pense rate is due to the fact that attOr
neys practicing at the local bar are
willing so often to try a case before
the judge and not demand a jury.
There seems to be d more evident de-
sire on the part of the attorneys 10
submit case TO the judge than to
leave its determination to twelve men.
Besides saving money to the county in
this manner, a great saving of time is
accomplished and the court is able 10
dispose of a greater number of cases
than could be done if jury were re-
quired.
The fact the jury is called so seldom
is the direct cause not only for the low
expense and the greater expediency
but for more general satisfaction
among attorneys and clients, In some
counties almost any kind of a case Of
any character the least bit important is
tried before a jury. 1t has happened
frequently in the last few years that
murderers have been tried in the
Wayne circuit court without jury In
the majority of cases of this kind there
has been little attempt at denial upon
the part of the defendant and he has
entered plea of guilty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-30
Ran to the Electric Chair and
Assisted in Adjusting Ap-
paratuS.
NO MISTAKE WAS MADE
MINISTER'S ISSUE SIGNED STATE
MENT TO THIS EFFECT AFTER
THE ExECUTIoN-Mo is
FRANTIC.

Auburn. \. Y, March 3o.-ln the ell
ectric chair at 6:14 this morning Ches-
ter Gillette died for the murder of his
sweetheart Billy" Brown. of South
Ostelic. at Big Moose Lake. July II.
1OG. After one shock of the electric
current. the murderer was pronounced
dead. Gillette before electrocution is
sued a statement in which he professed
conversion. Following the execution.
Gillette's spiritual advisor. Rev. Henry
MacIlravy and Chaplain Herrck of the
prison. issued signed statement that
No legal mistake was made in his
electrOcutiOn. The boys mother is
frantic over this statement Her work
for months was based on the assump-
ton that her son was innocent The
statement has proved her mistaken eff
fort, God forbid that should have
done anything wrong" is all that she
could say When Gillette was led into
the death chamber he ran to the elec-
trio chair and assisted all he could in
adjusting the apparatus.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-30
Thought that Purchase of
Hawkins Site Means Larger
Freight Yards.
PRESENT YARDS AMPLE
IN CASE LARGER FACILITIES ARE
NEEDED, THE NEW ADDITION
WILL BE UTlLIZED-NO NECEs.
SiTY OF PURCHASE.

The P, c. c. & ST. L. railroad COM
pany has purchased the Hawkins place
on North Nineteenth street north Of
the railroad and it is the general opin-
ion that this tract of land will be used
by the railroad company in enlarging
its yards This tract includes sixty
one acres. The purchase price has not
been announced.
At the local railroad offices il was
stated that the railroad company did
not intend to utilize the ground for
some time, but that it was secured so
that if at any time in the future it was
decided TO enlarge the yards it could
be made use of.
A railroad officer stated yesterday
that the present yard facilities were
ample and that there was no absolute
necessity for purchasing the Hawkins
property.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-30
Within One Minute Handed Out
Big Quantity of Justice to
Abrams.
GOES TO REFORMATORY
FRANCHISED FOR TWO YEARS
AND FINED $5-MAN WANTS TO
SEE HIS MOTHER.

Within one minute from the time he
took his seat in the witness chair in
the Wayne circuit court this morning,
Joseph Abrams was convicted of the
charge of grand larceny. disfranchised
for two years. fined 81 and sentenced
from one to fourteen years in the Indi-
ana refOrmatOry at JeffersOnviile Alb
rams changed his plea of not guilty to
that of guilty. He admitted the theft
of horse and buggy belonging to Ben
ming. the local liveryman. The theft
was committed last week. Abrams has
requested that he be permitted to re-
main at the county Jail for few days
in the hope of receiving a visit from
his mother. The law requires that he
be at the reformatory by Friday. The
man is twenty-eight years old. 1t was
expected Judge Fox would sentence
him to Michigan City. inasmuch as it
is his second conviction. The court
was not informed Abrams had done
two years in the penitentiary at Col
umbus. Ohio. Abrams had preferred
being sent to Michigan City. because
of the privileges offered prisoners
there.
TIE attempt of Abrams to dispose of
his stolen property was made in such a
bunglesOme fashion that it excited the
suspicion, which caused his arrest. At
ter securing the horse and rig from
the local liveryman. Abrams drove to
Cambridge City. He offered to dispose
of the property 10 Curt GOsuell and
Joe Wade. both experienced dealers in
horses For the entire outfit consisting
Of horse. rubber tired buggy. harness
and robes. Abrams asked only S1ho
Inc horse alone was worth half again
as much, Gosnell and Wade were sus-
piCious and informed Abrams they
would defer final action The fact that
Abrams was trying TO dispose Of the
outfit so cheaply. aroused the suspicion
of Daniel Drischel. marshal of Cam
bridge City and he arrested Abrams
The latter claimed he was too intoxi-
Gated at the time TO know what he was
doing. He claimed he remembered
nothing of his trip to Cambridge City
until he awoke in the caliboose.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-30
COLORED METHOD|STS
ARE MUCH INTERESTED
w. H. Chambers Candidate for
Bishop.

Members of the cOlOred Methodist
churches of this city, the same as
those everywhere, are much interested
in the coming meeting of the quadtun-
nial or general conferences of the
church. The conferences will be
held, the African Methodist Episcopal
at Norfolk, Va, the Methodist Episco-
copal at Baltimore, and the African
Methodist Zion at Philadelphia The
members and laity Of the last-named
conference are deeply interested in
the coming meeting because of the
candidacy of the Rev w. II. Chambers
a presiding elder of the Indianapolis
district, for the office of bishop.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-30
Il ARE KNOWN
TO HAVE LOST
LIVES IN MINE
Rescuers are Fighting to
Gain Access to the Bodies
of Men Who Lost Lives in
Wyoming Explosion.
CARELESSNESS WAS
CAUSE OF DISASTER
Before Second Roar Came, Re-
lief Workers BrattICed off
the Gas, Forcing it Into the
Fire Area.

Hanna. Wyo., March 30-Seventy-
lives in Mine No. !. of the Union Paci-
fic Coal company here, although only
coffins have been rushed to Hanna.
The bodies of Alexander Tenant and
Mat HughtaIa, of the rescuing party,
were found at daylight, 100 feet from
the mine by the second explosion
which snuffed out the lives of more
than 90 men.
Tennant's head could not be found
and one arm was some distance from
the body. iughtala's body was hOrri-
bly, mangled Warburton, MunSOu and
Perry were taken out last night. All
were badly burned and all those still
in the mine have been given up for
dead.
The resCuing party are working he
roically. but the bodies will probably
not be reached for several days, rs it
will be necessary to close the west
stope and smother the fires below
the tenth level and then draw off the
large quantities of gas before enter
ing the cOllery of the dead.
Fully so per cent of the victims
were married men and practically all
leave children.
All but three men IN official capac-
tiles in the mine were killed includ-
ing the superintendent, foreman, fire
bosses. gas watchers and others.
The second explosion was due TO
the carelessness of the relief workers,
who rushed into the workings unOr-
ganized without a leader, and attempt
ed to brattice off some entries in
which there were large quantities of
gas. this gas being forced into the fire
area and exploding. This one mine
has claimed more than 300 victims
during the 20 years of operation.
The widest excitement prevailed
Sunday in Hanna and at the mine,
where hundreds are cOngregating, in
cluding widows, children and other
relatives of the Victims
When the explosion occurred addi-
tiOnal appeals were telegraphed to all
surrounding towns for aid. One train
is being rushed from West Omaha,
carrying officials of the Union Pacific
railroad and the Union Pacific Coal
company. The regular force of men
into rescue work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-30
LEWIS WAS HERE.

Ernest I. Lewis. the well known cor
respondent of the Indianapolis News.
was in the city yesterday visiting
friends. Mr.. Lewis just recently COM
pleted a tour of the world for his pa
per. He will soon engage in Chautau-
qua work. lecturing on the results of
his Investigations in the cannibal is
lands of the south seas, While in this
little visited section of the world, Mr..
Lewis took over 1900 pictures.