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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
It Is a Serious Matter When Five
Elderly Lawyers Selected by
Influences Naturally Antagon-
istic to the Laboring Glasses
Gan Veto Any Law Designed
to Restrain the. Power Of Cor
porations.
Such Vast Political Power Now
Asserted by the Supreme Court
Cannot Safely Be Left In the
Hands of Any Body of Men
Without Supervision or Control
by Other Authority.

though popular sentiment may change
the entire personnel Of the other two
great departments of government,
generation must pass away to change
the supreme court, which possesses
an irresponsible and unrestricted veto
upon the action Of the other depart
ment is practically impossible, and
as to erroneous decision.
Controls Policy Of Government. s
The conrtlo of the policy of govern
ment is thus not in the hands Of the
people, but in the power of small
body Of men not chosen by the people
and holding for life. In many cases
which might be mentioned, lla dthe
court been elected, men not biased in
favor Of colossal wealth would have
Allied more seats upon the bench; and
If there had been such, decisions as in
the income tax, under the tenure of
term Of years, new incumbents would
have been chosen to pass upon it, men
upholding the right of congress to con-
troll the financial policy Of the govern
ment in accordance with the will Of
the present day and age, and not ac-
cording to the shifting views which
the court has imputed to language
used by a mere majority Of the Sc
men who met in Philadelphia in 1887.
Such methods of controlling the policy
of government are no whit more toler-
able than the conduct of the augurs
of DID,, who gave the. permission for
peace or war, for battle or other pub
lie movements, by declaring from the
flight of birds, the inspection Of the
entrails Of fowls, Or equally wise de-
vices, that the omens We're lucky or.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
diction to hold any provision of any
statute whatever mot due process Of


dictlon to hold any provision of any
statute whatever mot due process Of
law" -. -. ~
Vast Power Exercised BY Court.
Nothing can obtain benefit from the
growing humanity of the age, ex-
pressed by the popular Will, in . any
states or the congress. If such statute
does not meet the views of Ave eld-
erly lawyers selected by influences
naturally antagonistic to the laborinT
class and whose training and daily
associations cannot incline them in
favor Of restrictions upon power Of the
employer. The preservation Of the
autonomy ofsthe several states and OF
local self government Ia essential to
the maintenance Of our government,
which otherwise would expire in tho
grasp Of a consolidated despotis1n.
Nothing can save us from this centri-
petal force but the repeal Of the 18th
amendment or recasting Of it's lam
guage In: terms that no future court
can misinteTmret.
! Dangerous Political Powers.
The vast apolitical power now assert
ed and exercised by the court. to set
aside public policies after their full
determination by congress, cannot
safely be left in the hands of any
body of men without supervision or
control by other authority. If the
president errs, mis- mandate expires
In four years and his party and him.
self: are held accountable at the ballot
box. If members Of congress err they
must account to their constituents.
The federal judiciary hold for life. and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
LABOR WOULD EXCLUDE
|LL|TERATE ALIENS
Too Many Anarchists Already I'M
ported for the Safety Of our
Citizens.
Many Petitions Have Been Filed
With Congress Asking Legisla-
tion Along This Line.

Organized labor has arrayed itself
full force in behalf of certain bills
which are now pending in the immi-
grafton committee Of the house of rep
resentatives at Washington and con-
gress is being flooded with petitions
which would exclude from the United
States aliens who are not able to read
and write the English language.
Position Of Organized Labor.
The American Federation off Labor
is not asking that aliens be able to
write in the English language but that
they have a basic education in soma
language, and to that end the leaders
Of labor are insisting that there be
some legislation to exclude total litter
ates.
Labor Leaders Position.
It is understood that Speaker Cam
non of the house is opposed to such an
act on the part of congress, but it is
thought by many of the wise heads
that before the end Of the session there
will be some legislation along the
lines desired by the labor leaders.
Locally the labor organizations have
taken no action so far as learned, but
it is safe to say that these organiza-
tions will follow the actions of their
leaders and also submit petitions to
congress requesting the passage of
such law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
STRIKE BREAKING
THUGS ARE FIRED
Out Of Philadelphia Because the
Public Sentiment De-
manded It.

Strikebaeaker James Farley has been
run out OF Philadelphia, where he
maintained in one Of that city's swell
summer parks camp Of 750 men,
picked up from the underworld Of
the cities OF America
Farley was hired by the philadelphia,
Transit company to break" a strike
that never took place. According to
the New York American this Farley
collected $50 fellows, many of whom
have served terms in State prison for
every crime known from arson to bur-
glary and back again. Others were
men out Of work who were deliberate-
ly snanghaied by Farley's ex-convict
Heutenants, loaded with bad LIQUOR
and returning consciousness found
them in Philadelphia suburb herded
like cattle in bull-pen, closely
guarded, i1l-fed, forced to sleep in
hunks three berths high. If they pro-
tested or tried to escape, they were
clubbed and driven back even when
they declared they had been fooled.
President Mahon, of the Amalga-
mated Street and Electrical Employees
association, President Samuel Comp
ers, of the American Federation Of
Labor, and other labor leaders so
aroused a dormant public sentiment
that the Traction company was noti-
fed that no Colorado Bull PEN"
would be tolerated in Philadelphia, 80
Farley loaded his motley crew aboard
three special trains and dumped them
upon the taxpayers Of New York city.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
UNIVERSAL. PEACE.
War Will End When Organized Labor
Refuses to Fight,


Refuses to Fight.
:: :"Thev abolition Of the labor union
will not solve the uabor question" de-
clared Rev. Charles Stelzle. member
of the Machinists' Union and official
representative to the labor classes for
the Presbyterian church, at recent
Sunday meeting for men held at the
Belasco Theater, Washington, under
the auspices of the Y. M: C. A.
Most workingmen are too close to
the labor problem to understand it,
and this is true also of the employers,
but the workingman undoubtedly un-
derstands the economic side of the
question better than does his en-
ployer.
abolish the labor union." said Mr.,
Sickle, land what will you have in
its stead? The problem Of 24,O0O, 900
Socialists, 100000 of whom have
voted for a presidential candidate, will
face you: 100000 men who now COM
pose the trades unions will have to
he dealt with, not considering the
laboring classes Of Russia, Germany,
France, Italy and other countries.
The labor union has come to stay, and
the question is whether it shall be a
good or bad unionism,
"Organized labor stands for four
great things--the. abolition of child la
Dor, equal remuneration to women for
equal work, sanitary conditions in
shops and tenements and the Ameri-
canization Of the alien. s
Il began my life in New York
east side tenement and when I was 8
years old began work in a sweatship.
My. mother made wrappers at 81 a
dozen, and it took her three days and
three nights 60 earn that ST. My four
sisters slaved during their early child
hood land nothing I MAY accomplish
in this life for them can offset the
terrible experiences of those years
when I and my family were poorer
than any man here. -
Three millions Of dollars were ex-
pended on. the recent Hague , peace
conferences, and. among other things,
we have been assured that interna-
tional correspondence will hereafter be
couched in the most polite language,
which I know will be comfort to
the dead soldier and his widow.
But universal peace will be estab-
lished only wnen organized labor will
rise and declare a peace strike, refus-
ing to fight their fellow men at the be-
hest of monarchs and monopolists." 81
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t'Statue of Liberty Enlightening
the World is Our National EN-
blem in Art,' said Mrs. Wan
ecka. I'VE Have Struggled
With Thrones and Tyrannies
and Won; We Shall Just as
Surely Conquer Greed.''
"You Men are Too Slow and We
Women Have Concluded to
Lock Ourselves Out and Lock
Yon In. The First Step We
Insist Upon Is the Sacredness
of the Right Of All to Work. "

A large and influential meeting of
the wives Of the wage earners of Du-
1uth was held at Steinway nall, on
Tuesday afternoon to perfect the or
ganization in Duluth of a branch OF
the International Women's Label
League of America.
Mr.. w. B. Howley president Of the
State Federation Of Labor, called the
meeting to order, and spoke in part as
follows:
The union lalbel-what does it mean?
This is question often asked, and 1t
receives variety of answers. In or
der, therefore, to get it properly before
the public it becomes necessary to
make application Of the principle in
volved in it's use in other directions
than from the standpoint of union
man.
Churches Adopt creeds.
Churches organize, adopt names and
creeds of faith and refuse to tolerate
any infringement upon their right to
worship according to their standard Of
faith and practice. This the union la
bel does for the union workmen.
Clubs and associations adopt insig-
MIA of recognition to prevent fraud and
imposition. This is the mission of the
union label
Corporations Have Marks.
Firms and corporations have distin-
gushing marks which they jealously
guard and protect. So does the organ
lied worker guard and protect the
union label
Authors and writer's secure copy
rights as a shield from plagiarism OF
the products of their brain and pen
The union workmen uses the label as
a shield for the product of his labor
and brawn
Inventors secure letters patent. to
prevent infringement upon their
rights. The union, label serves the
same purpose for organized labor.
The manufacturer places mis- trade
mark on the products Of his shop or
factory. The label performs the same
service for the worker who brings
forth these products
Worker Entitled to Same Rights.
It therefore seems plain that the
same law which steps in and protects
those whose interests lie in these vari-
Gus arteries Of trade and commerce
should step in and protect the worker
in the use of his distinguishing mark
But the label means even more thar
this. To the union man it means loy.
atty and fidelity, compact organization
'hrotherly love and consideration
fealty to organization, help in time o.
distress. To the public it means hon.
est work we'll performed by skilled la.
Dor, the best Of material fifty Joined
together by grown up men and womer
at living wages. 1t means an homes
days work for an honest days pay
Mr.. Howley then introduced a.
chairman Mr.. Perrault, president o
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22

the Duluth Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,. Mr.. Perrault expressed his ap-
probation of the honor of being select
ee to preside over the organization of
branch Of the International Wo-
mans Label League in Duluth, and
declared his belief that the orgaMza-
t1on would be the most effectual in
strumentality for the promotion of or
ganized labor principles this city has
ever known. MISREPRESENTATION is the
first law of nature said Mr.. PerrauIt,
land it is upon this idea that the
workingman has acted in organizing
and protecting his organization with
els trademark-the union label"
The thoughts have been on the
positive side of the question involved
There is a negative side, however
which presents dark and repulsive
picture.
Suffice it to say for the present if it
is right to protect the employer it is
equally right to protect the employe.
| BY organized labor nothing more than
this is asked. To organized labor
nothing less will satisfy.
Mr.. Perrault then with appropriate
remarks introduced Mrs. Wannecka,
| who spoke in part as follows:
Woman, whether employed in the
mill Or the factory, or in the home
! looking after the needs Of the family,
| plays an important part in the world S
| work and should be interested in all
| that concerns. If she works at an or
ganlzed trade, and does not become a
part of the organization, she is not
only standing directly in her own light,
but IS doing great injustice to her
fellow workers, - ~. .:*. 49,.
The Woman in the Home.
! "The woman in the home (possibly
the home Of a union MANI who spends
money earned under union regulations
for goods that nave been made under
the most unfavorable conditions may
not be directly affecting herself or her
husband, but she Is prolonging the
struggle of the workers for better con-
dltions. dook for the union label!
| Every time we make a purchase we
become an employer, and work for OF
against our own best interests. It Is
inconsistent for wives Of union men tc
be employers Of nom organized labor
l regret to say that In this matter
women have been rather Indifferent
Notwithstanding the fact that through
organization has the natural bread.
winner of the family been able to com
mand better wages, shorter hours ant
improved conditions.
More Home Comforts.
Better wages mean more hom,
comforts. Shorter hours for tn,
breadwinner mean not only bette
health for all, but shorter hours TO-
the nousekeeper. 1t was this apparen
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22

Let Good Men and Women Secure
Absolute Control Of Every
Elective Office.

At Indianapolis the other day the
United Mine Workers OF America en-
dorsed woman suffrage by a rising
vote, following an address by Miss
Laura A. Gregg, fraternal delegate
from the National Woman Suffrage
association, who aroused great enthu-
siasm by telling Of the splendid service
rendered to the cause in Oklahoma by
Pete Hanraty, one of the officers Of
the Mine Workers. The following day
formal written Rsolution, presented
by President Mitchell himself, was
unanimously adopted.
eernarr MaeFadden on Civic Decency.
There are enough men and women
in this country working for the better
ment of mankind to secure absolute
control Of every elective office. Why
cannot we all get together Why must
we be continually pulling away from
each other? We are all working for
little difference in details, but in the
main we are trying to uplight man.
kind. We are working for temperance,
most of us for total abstinence. All
of us believe In those things which
tend to improve the morals and there
by the manhood and wonnannood Of
the race. Let us suppose that all the
socialists, the prohibitionists, members
Of the w. C. T. u, the Y. NJ. c. A.,
and every church organization that
stands for human betterment were to
combine their forces at the polls at
the next presidential election. No one
can doubt the result. The man VINO
had been nominated and who had
agreed to stand by the principles for
which these mighty forces and organi-
cations are working, would be elected.
He could not possibly be beaten. No
power on earth excepting criminal
Vaccinations of unscrupulous and
prominent politicians could defeat such
a mighty movement"
So speaks Bernarr MacFadden in
his magazine, Physical Culture.
Sounds we'll, doesn't it? Mr.. Mac
Fadden overlooks one important fact
in this beautiful plan;7 however, and
tnat is that the churches. having SO
bers, are practically disfranchised and
many more women than men mem
that the w. C. T. u, being composed
entirely of women, is utterly disfran,
chised. When the women Of this
country have the same right at the
polls that men have, then Mr.. Mac
Fadden's remarks may be in order.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
Some of the Ablest Lawyers in
Our Land Question the Consti-
titional Right of the Supreme e
Court to Pass on the Constitu-
tionality Of a Law solemnly
Enacted by Both Houses Of
Congress.
A More Complete Denial of Pop
ular Control Of This Govern
ment Cannot Be Conceived
Than Placing Such Powers in
the Hands Of Nine Men Not
Elected and Holding Office for
Life.

A more complete denial of popular
control of this government could not
have been conceived than the placing
Of unreviewable power in the hands
of men not elected by the people and
holding office for life. The legal
tender act, the financial policy Of the
government, was. invalidated by one
court, then validated by another after
a change In its personnel. The income
tax was held constitutional by the
court for hundred years. and then,
again held so, but by sudden change
of vote by one judge 1t was declared
unconstitutional, nullifled, and set at
naught, though it had passed, by an
almost unanimous vote, both 'housts OF
congress, containing many lawyers
who were the equals, if not the supe-
riors, of the vacillating judge, and had
been approved by the president.
Power Exists in No Country.
Such power does not exist, and
never has existed, in any other coun-
try. 1t is non-essential to security. It
is not conferred by the constitution,
but is contrary to the will Of the con-
vent1on. Judges not only have never
exercised such power in England.
where there is no written constitution.
but they do not exercise 1t in France,
Germany, Austria, Denmark, or any
other country which, like them, has a
written constitution.
"A power without limit, except in the
shifting views Of the court, lies in the
construction placed upon the 14th
amendment, which was passed solely
to- prevent discrimination: against the
colored race, but has, been construed
by the court to confer upon it juris-
o.. i - s -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22
ABOUT MEN,,

The man always in a hurry seldom
gets anywhere. s5r e.,
Often man with nothing to say
has much to hide. i
1t isn't always safe to trust a man
who parades his honesty. %%
The man who intends to succeed
works without a time table. s
Duty is a thin disguise often as
sumed to hide mans meanness.
Unless a man is a good listener he
cannot expect to be happily married.
If it were not for thei rnistakes a
great many men would never. be heard
Of s..
Many q man takes more pride in
his ancestors than in making q name
for himself.
Some men ave 50 exclusive az not to
be on speaking terms with their own
opportunities. 5.s s..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22

Indifference on the part Of women as
individuals which showed the need Of
the formation of the Women's Inter-
ganfzat ton which is filing a long felt
want. Although the underlying prin-
ciples of our organization are unsel-
fish, we fully realize that everything
we do to improve the conditions Of
the natural breadwinner is Indirectly
in the best interest of every member
of his household
Objects Of Label League.
'"The objects Of the Women's Inter-
national Union Label League are: To
promote the welfare of the wage earn
ers; to discountenance the sweatshop
system of production by encouraging
the sale Of union made goods; to gain
universal eight-hour day; to abolish
child labor; to secure equal pay for
equal work, regardless Of sex; to aid
the Sunday and early closing move
ment; to urge Industrial and political
equality for women
''This union label is by far the most
effective weapon In the hands Of trade
unionists today. If union men and
their families would buy only such
goods as show the label, the result
would be far more helpful to the cause
than any strike could ever hope to be.
According to statistics, child labor has
increased 33 and 1-3 per cent within
the past ten years. This fact alone
should inspire women to a determined
effort to do their part to prevent the
employment Of children. They can do
this by persistently demanding the
union label. 1t will not be found on
any article made wholly or in part by
a. child. ,.:: -r@ss ,.,: r
=, z organized labor r. believe Lean
safely say: There isl nothfng: voc can
do that will bring about better results
than to devote time and effort to aid
the Woman's International Union
Label League. Women must be taught
the value Of the union label. and that
1t is the women who are the purchas-
Ing power. A. united effort on the part
label would prove the greatest pos
sible help to organized labor"
Mrs. Wannecka then explained the
technical requirements of the organi-
zation of a branch Label League, and
yielding the floor to the ladies present
a number of them expressed them
selves as decidedly in favor of the
| movement, after which the work Of or
ganization was perfected and the fol-
| lowing officers chosen:
President, Mrs. Wannecka; vice
president, Miss Nellie Stewart; re.
cording secretary, Mrs. r. A. Wallen;
financial secretary, Mrs. r. H. Demp.
sey; treasurer, Mrs. r. F. Barrows;
marshals, Mrs. r.. J. Hood and Miss
Pearl Ettinger; trustees, Mrs. Logan
Lalonde and McCullom
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-02-22

From Which the Authorities Of
Duluth Can Learn Some
Profitable Lessons,
Policy Which Creates Anarchists
Distinguished From What
Creates Good Citizens, ~

Let him who would like to compare
bad with good municipal government,
contrast Chicago with Cleveland. In
Chicago, the disemployed who ask for
public work are dubbed by order OF
brutal chief of police; in Cleveland
they are officially invited to send rep
resentatives to the mayor to confer. IS
Methods of Employment.
In Chicago, intended public improve
ments are not expedited In order to
afford immediate relief for the self
respecting who are out Of work; in
Cleveland work on intended improve
ments has been ordered to begin at
cnce for the purpose of afrording en-
ployment. In Chicago the chief Of poo
lice devotes his energies to hunting
anarchists" and to irritating workless
and suffering men into an 'anarchis--
tic" state of mind: in Cleveland the
city administration regards itself as
the trustee OF all the peonle, even the
poor and out"ast, and not merely OF
the rich and crrOgant.
Enforcement Of Law.
= In Chicago, a workhouse conviction
is In its tendency sentence Of econ
omic and moral death upon those who
are going down hill; in Cleveland It
proves to be a step toward economic
and moral recovery for those who are
going down hill. This policy Of Cleve-
land, under Harris r. Cooley, who Is
at the mead Of the local charities and
corrections system, is. inspired not by
the brutality that characterizes Chs
cago under its present ruffianly ad-
ministra ton, but by that humane
Christianity of which SO much Is
preached from our pulpits and SO little
is practiced from the pews. The story
Is impressiyely told in the Outlook for
January 1S, by Senator Frederic G.
Howe. With we'll founded satisfaction
he describes Mr.. Cooley's success In
curing criminals by kindness" It
would be Instructive reading, this. for
citizens Of Chicago who would like to
boast Of the civic humanity OF their
city hut cannot without blusning or
schoking. s 35s
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UNIONISM IS
THE ONLY HOPE.

The toiler of today finds In
unionism his only hope for better
ing his condition and ensurin4 his
legitimate rights, while We liye
under our present cOmmercial
system.
The force of numbers In some-
thing that capital cannot ignore
and must reckon WITH. COmbi-
nation therefore Is, at present,
the workingman's only weapon
intrenched capital.
1t is not to be wondered that
the struggles between the two
forces have Mt times been strcnu-
Gus and bitter enough. Labor
fighting for existence, and capital
In % cases out Of 100, contending
for higher dividends On stock
composed largely of water.