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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-07-25
TRADES union MOVEMENT.
An ACTUAL DEMOCRACY
Union a Free Forum Where
Every Member Has a Voice
- and; Vote.

President Frank A. Kidd Of Column
bia> Typographical union, No.. 101, in
recent speech satd:::. .,..:..:, ~<
Il know that. in some rather re-
|'spectable quarters and in some par
ticular minds there is a. disposition
to belittle and bemean the cause Of
labor, to ascribe to it purposes and
principles wholly foreign, utterly i'm
possible, to this great movement. +
know that the opinions Of many good
men have been: poisoned against this
expression of true democracy, this
free forum where every man Of what
ever degree can have voice and vote
and leave an impress according to his
talent 49, r.
us this a true democracy, this
trades union Of which we speak? What
is the object of it's organization? 4
ITO establish and maintain an equi-
table scale Of wages and protect our
selves from sudden unreasonable fluc-
tuations in the rate of compensation
for our labor and protect, too, just
and honorable employers from the un-
lair competition Of greedy cheap la
Dor, huckstering rivals; to defend our
rights and advance our interests as
Work1ngmen; to create an authority
whose seal shall constitute a certif-
cate Of character, intelligence and
SKILL; to build up an organization
where all worthy members of the craft
can participate in the discussion Of
those practical problems upon the So
luton of which depend theeir welfare
and prosperity as workers; to foster
Fellowship and brotherhood and shield
from aggression the isolated defense
less toiler; to aid the destitute and
unfortunate and provide for the de-
cent burial Of deceased members; to
develop and stimulate by association
and social converse those kindly. In
stincts of humanity that most highly
adorn true manhood; to encourage the
principle and practice Of cancellation
and arbitration in the settlement OF.
differences between labor and capital
to incite all honorable efforts for the
attainment Of better conditions IF
labor-shorter hours, increased privi-
leges and greater enjoyment of the
enobling amenities Of life, the con,
comitants Of culture and civilization;
to defend the defenseless, befriend the
friendless and in all charity inculcate
lessons of justice and good will among
men. '.'v ~ = 49, E. - = y. u
Our friends and fellow craftsmen
spent the flower of their youth and
the vigor of their manhood in the pro
motion Of the ideas and purposes of
this movement" i'% ny 's.5s Y r.: 81
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THE: SMALLEST KINGDOM.

T. Monaco Is the smallest kingdom in
the world. It is only So Ia miles in
circuit, including Monte Carlo. The
capital Monaco containing 1000 in.
habitants, Is perched upon a rocky
promontorys rising perpendicularly
about 200 feet above the. sea level.
The only land approach IS BY a steep
winding road, well fortified. The
CASTLE, built In 1912, which chowns
the center Of the rock upon the site
Of q much more ancient fortress, ID
remarkable specimen Of military
architecture OF the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries. The interior Of the
castle IS #remar kably rich. One long
gallery Is said to be painted by MICH
taels Angelo. Another Is covered with
hnes painting by Genoese artists.
There 10 q sn1asnin cent marble STAIR
case ana nns Iar ttnera j, each with
IL history attache ca ssssss 4
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To the Editor Labor World:

To the Editor Labor World:
Whenever an earnest assault is made
upan an 1ntrenched wrong the first
e1pedient resorted to by it's defenders
and apologists is to confuse the public
mind by irrelevancies and misrepre-
sentations.
II: they believe the popular: mind to
he sufficiently uniformed they will
not hesitate to. defend the most inn
moral and Ubiquitous institution as
right; ana hurl violent charges Of
wfongdoing against its assailants..
AS the public mind becomes more
enlightened on the merits of the ques-
ton they drop these tactics, and turn
to Misrepresentation and falsehood:
But as the discussion goes on the
minds Of men become cleared of these
misconceptions, and such weapons are
no longer effective.
At last the question gets disen-
tangled from all irrelevant and side
issues. and the sole question: presented
for determination is, Is it right, or
is it wrong? When question reaches
this. stage its final settlement. can not
be long postponed.
Socialism is fact passing through
these preliminary stages and soon the
right or the wrong of the subject will
be the only question at issue.
"OBSERVER."
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uDluth, July %, 1908,

uD1uC11, July ~ 1SVo.
To the Editor Of the Labor World: :.
AS you allow space in your paper
for discussions, take the opportunity
to reply to the speech by Mr.. w. s.
Churchill, which was published in your
paper July '4th.
I have read the speech with great
interest because I am interested> to
know the other side Of the. question.
If a person reads only one side Of a
question, he Is a fanatic.
Let us examine the arguments Mr..
Churchill presented: 90 He says. $50
cialism seeks to pull down wealth and
democracy seeks to raise up poverty. !"
It would not be any use for us to
attack: or defend the democracy of an
other country; and therefore shall
only try to answer the arguments
against Socialism.
Does. socialism seek to pull down
wealth? MOI. Socialism seeks that
every man, woman and child shall
have wealth. Not as at the present
time when a few have too much and
millions have none. >''
(2) Socialism would destroy private
interests Yes, it will destroy the
private interests of the few, which
consist in robbing the many; but So
cialism will be for the best interests
of the many. ..>.l
60 Socialism would kill enter
prise" 1t seems that the opponents
of socialism know very little about
human nature. They think that the
dollar is the only thing that moves
g. man to do thing. They don't
know that the inventor does not in
vent because he gets dollars; but be-
cause; he has an inventive. faculty.
Neither does the great artist paint
a picture for the money part; nor does
the dioscoverer discover for money.
Give all the millions of John D. Rookie
Teller to Edison that he shall stop in
venting, and he will not accept your
offer. Two wears ago when Mi. Edit
son was sick with his eyes, the doclor
told him to stop inventing otherwise
he said: You will get blind" Did Mr..
Edison stop inventing? No. And you
know chat he has money enough and
don't need to endanger his eyes to
get more @Sn s.5f,s% #. /. %@$*5ss IL. 54s.5
i Neither did Columbus endanger his
life for the dollars and cents I IN ev-
cry person there is q desire to VI do
omething, to show the world what ne
can do. And fore under social
Ism. there VIII s. more enterpri -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-07-25
Favors the Single Tax.

jamestown, n: Y, July H. 1908. !,
To the Editor Of the Labor World,
Duluth, MINI. e -. - :.
Dear Sir:-Who would not rather be
excused from paying taxes, both direct
and indirect?. That there. is nothing
surer than death and taxes, the next
best thing for: U.s. all to do is to place
the tax burden where it can be mast
easily borne. How can this be doneR
Experience and common sense have
taught us that to: attempt to tax per-;
sonal property lis fruitless, for it is
difficult to find and after it is found
it is difficult to accurately and Justly
assess. Most personal property is easy
to hide or carry away Just before or
when the assessors are. around.
Further, a tax o improvements acts
as a fine on the making Of improve
ments and lessons the amount made.
This is bad for, all classes of people.
Finally tax on the site value of
land regardless of any Improvements
In or on the land. possesses none of
the above objections. Land cannot be
| hid or carried away, nor does such q
tax operate as a fine upon production
or the making Of improvements. OF
all species of property, land is the
easiest to appraise. And the heavier
we tax the site value of land the better
| the land is used and the less are the
| inducements for the owners to hold it
! out of use or it's best use In SUBJ
stance-only when land is put to good
proper use is it beneficial to both labor
and capital. BY taxing the site value
of land, we are taxing (taking back
a thing we all in common have pro-
duced and are maintaining.
| F. G. ANDERSON.
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Duluth, July 81, 1908.

Duluth, July 81, 1908.
To the Labor World:
With your permission I would like
to recount few things that socialism
has done for Germany.
The German cities Of today have no
slums.
Twenty years ago they were notorf-
Gus.
Cologne. Frankfort, Munich, Breslau
and Berlin had acres of vile and over
crowded tenements.
An English workman, visiting Stuff
CART at the international socialist con-
gress. asked a German workman to
show him where the poor lived.
He took him to a clean, well built
quarter, inhabitated by the poorest
workmen. ...'
But 1 want to see your slums," the
Englishman said.
"These are the worst we've got," his
German friend answered.
The amazed Englishman. exclaimed:
Great heavens! If you'll get me job
here I'll stay forever"
t visited scores Of German cities.
In every one I asked the same ques-
ton and was given the same answer.
For over twenty years every German
city has had socialist aldermen.
They have fought those responsible
for slums, vile inha;bitations, insanitary
workshops, neglected children.
They have fought al Opposing par
ties and have forced the municipal
ownership Of public utilities, land re-
form, taxation reform, the demolition
Of insanitary districts and the build
ing Of sanitary tenements.
The socialists have forced the num-
icipal councils to tax unearned incre-
ment. and the increase in land values
| is gradually being taken over by the
community.
The cities own extensive tracts OF
land. Z,
Strassburg has over $50 square yards
| Of land for each inhabitant.
Ulm owns 80 per cent Of the land
! within it's boundaries: It buys and
leases land daily and prevents all land
| speculation.
| The socialists Of Germany are not
satisfied.
They have fought; they are still
fighting. They mean to gain ever
greater changes than these, which they
consider as only trifling byproducts
of their immense and powerful poll.
teal organization.
/ SAUE1R KRAUT.
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Note.-We think our esteemed cor
respondent has misunde rstood the drift
OF Mr.. Churchill's ), assertion, "They
wish to construct the world and they
begin by leaving out human nature
We think Mr.. Churchill meant that
socialists do not reckon with the self
ishness of human nature, which would
}be just as certain to assert itself I'M
der socialism as under the present
form of governing society," Editor
Labor World ''- $50, ::
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RUNS AGROUND TN s.+ss5.
b. THE PORTAGE RIVER

HOUGHTON, July 21:-The steamer
Havana, bound down from Duluth with
cedar poles ran hard aground in Port
age river near Coles Creek ttnfs noon.
She has not been released, Tugs
pulled at the big vessel for several
hours this afternoon but were unable
to free her. The grounding was caused
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mobile. furniture. carpets. plano, pictr
ures, books. etc. for his personal use,
they are his. and no government can
interfere with 4 HIS ownership under
any system, because such ownership
does not hurt anybody. .,;rs Il. 5..s a;
S% I think have answered very argu-
ment and the socialists are not afraid
to answer any other arguments, be-
cause the truth is on our side. ~.
SIGMOND M. SLONIM.,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23
BRUTAL IGNORANCE

One of the funniest bits Of wisdom cOnceruing Alaskan affairs that has come out of Seattle for a long time is the reaay approval by the Trade Regis ter of that city of Delegate Gales opposition to the approval Of Juneau as the site Of the capital of the district. Ia doing so the Trade Register-edited by L. NJ. Wood-comes gravely forward and names whitehorse as "the ideal pace for the capital of Stewards Ice Chest"
 The whitehorse Star suggests that some person take Mr. Wood back in the stock room, open his head with crow bar, aud Into the cavity he would and there drop a map showing that White horse, while au ideal place for a capltal-capi,al of any klnd-is situated jus. ninety miles deep ID British ter riIory.
 Now thers is lesson in this. If the editor of a Trade Register, in Seattle, the seat of most of the trade that is carried on iu Alaska, has not yet dis covered the English possessions up here what Is to be expected in this regard of the senator from Connecticut or Rhode Island? Ask every man iu con grsss to bound Alaska and not dozen of the whole To, could do 1t correctly, I, IS the same with every other feature Of our affairs. Not a dozen men in congress have the slightest conception of the burden of taxes we are carrying or the justice Of the levy.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23
CASE FOR DISCRETION
Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press When a lovely lassie tells you, As you're sitting by her side, That a man has never kissed her, Though a dozen men have tried; Though you dOub. i, be DO: hasty, Le, your anger be deferred; Do uOt qualify the lassIe
 By that short and ugly word. When a lovely lassie whispers That she'll never, never wed; That's she's planned to dwell with
 mother,
 And to care for her instead, Hold your tongue, O doub,Ing brother, Many times that tale you've heard; Just remember she's a lady Kill that short and ugly word. When that seli-same lassie murmurs That a secret she will keep, That she'u tell no living person In her her heart twill ever sleep, Don't believe her-dO TO. tel her, Treat her statement as1absurd; But it is not polite to utter That one short and ugly word. When pretty lassie tslls you She can;cool, although you know That her mothers in tbe kitchen, With her arms deep in the dough, Doubling brother, be not tactless, Though the thought may have Oc'
 cured;
 Though you'd like to, sllli you
 mustn't
 Speak that short and ugly word.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23
5000 MINERS WANTED AND 5000
 PREACHERS

The whltehorse Star Of the 10th inst. says: "EdnOr Hopp of the Douglas Island NOvs, Is sloughing bis SlavOn- fans OT on Yukon and advertising for minister's for his own town"
 To this Editor Hopp in the last issue ofthe News replies: The Star is just alit,le bit mistaken. We are just as particular as to the qualities of the preachers iu this town as we are with the Slavouians. But the Slavonians are alone responsible for the "slOughIng " They came, many of them, right from their native land to Douglas island. They were entirely ignorant of mine wor4, but were given positions In the mines a. $500 a dsy-sucb wages as they never dreamed Of getting in their own country. They allowed their false leaders-paid a salary for so doing-to lead them into a union, of which they knew nothing, and 1t was their votes that precipitated a strike, unreasonable 10 its demand and impossible Of accom- pllshmenls.
 "There are thousands of American workmeu, sll over the United States 'o- day, who will De and are glad to take the jobs that these Slavonians refused, s,the srumaud of the Douglas branch oitbe Western Federation of Miners. As for these striking slavonians, when they now ask for their jobs they find that they are not wanted. and 80 the "sloughIug" to the Yukon Is natural process. As ior the leaders who got them iuto trouble, they are still draw iug their salaries, but for the rank and file there Is nothing left for them on  Douglas island but a scant existence on two meals day at the federation soup house. So they arc going on every boat. to the north aud to the south, in the hope that they may again And job as good ss the one they scOrned st Tread well, Meanwhile the Boss TarkelsOns, who led them iDto thls slough of Des- pond, wax fat, wear rings on their dn- gers and eat of the iatted calf three times a day No. the SlavOnians have no one to blame but themselves for their slougbing."
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23
ORDINANCE NO. S2

An ordinance fixing the amount oi compensation paid ;o certain officers of the Town of Skagway, Alaska. BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council Of the Town of Skagway:
 SECTION l That the compensation to be paid the following officers of the Town of Skag- way, shall be, and the same is hereby dxed as follows:
 Municipal Clerk and Registrar Of waterworks, Fifty ($5OOOl Dollars per month,
 Municipal Treasurer, Forty (slO.OO) Dollars per month,
 Municipal Magistrate, Forty tS4O OO) Dollars per month.
 Chief of Police, One Hundred (slOO.OO) Dollars per month. Assessor, Three Hundred (s3OO.OO) Dollars.
 Fire Warden, Street Commissioner, Supervisor of Waterworks, and Light Inspector, One Hundred and Twenty five tsI25.OO) Dollars per month. Health Omcer, Twenty-Five tS25.oN Dollars per month.
 SECTION ? That said compensations shall be paid in twelve Cl2) monthly installments, except that of Assessor, whose comPen- sation shall be paid in oue p'yment on completion and approval of the Town assessment.
 SECTION 3 All Ordinances and parts of Ord finances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this Ordinance shall be in effect from and after it's approval and passage,
 Attested: E. J. DohertY,
 Town Clerk. Passed under suspension of rules April 18th 1908.
 Chris c. Shea,
 President of the Council and Ex- OGicio Mayor. lS-5t
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23

Mir. Claude Dech has severed his con nection with the Dol glas News and has gone to Juneau 10 embark in journalism on his own hook. He and w. c. Ull- rich have purchased John Frames Transcript, and new outf. of types and presses. Wonder it they can keep keep up that flow of peculiarly hot stuff that has made the Transcript famous.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23

as having since gone to Manitoba to lecture. This was just what tbe United States authorities were anxious 70 have her do and when she attempted to re- turn she was met at the boundary line with b'ue ticket, It is now up to Canada to get rid of her and they are sbiukiug Ot sending her to Siberia.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23

Emma Goldman, queen of the anar- cbl,ts, who went to Chicago to fight back a, the proposition of depOr,ing all her kind and who went to pieces from nervous pros,ratiou, recovered and then went to Sacramento on some mysterious mission, since when the wires have left us ia doubt is reported in our exchanges
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23

whitehorse-.cloudy, wind 26 above. Atlin-cloudy, calm 29 above Center-snowing, D wind, 25 above. Tagish-cloudy, wind, S4 above. LaBarge-cloudy, calm, 36 above Hoo aliuqua-cloudy, calm, 57 above selkirk-cloudy, wind, S6 above. Coffee Creek-cloudy. 0 wind, 36 above, Stewsrt-cloudy, calm, 3S above, Ogilve-cloudy, calm, 30 above
 Dawsou-cloudy, calm B. ab7ye.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23
 SUNSHINE, BLUE SKY, FAIR WIHOS JUST LIKE JUNE
 -4 LOCAL AND INTERIOR WEATHER

The result of the observation taken at Moore wharf at midnight, April 22 1908, Is as follows Temperature time observat'n., 36 above Max, temp. preceding 24 hours, 50 above Min (" ..36 above Mean '" AZ above
 Barometer Z9,52
 Clear, calm,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23
SPECIAL MEETING.

A special meeting Of the Common Cou ell of the town of Skagway will be held at the City ball, this Thursday April %, 1908, at $ o'clock D. ID, for the purpose of considering a Certain Proposition to bs presented before them by the Home Power company.
 (Signed) Chris C, Shea,
 President of Council.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23

Noting headline Evans is in good spirits" the CleayeIand Leader says, there are rumors that the conditions have beer reversed.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-04-23
A Wonderful Instruw ut

You should drop into the Mascot and hear the music, The electric piano has Mandolin attachment equal to a whole Octette of Mandolin attachments with a string of new airs,
Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-23
PANAMA TRAFFIC
GROWING
SMALL
Pacific Mail Steamship Com.
pany'S Work Against Route
May Mean Steamer Line.

Washington, Jan. 23.-Secretary
mittee on interoceanic canals the re-
port of ]. l.. Bristow of Kansas, who
was sent by the war department to
investigate the relations between the
Panama Railroad company and the
steamship lines operating on the Pa
cific coast. The investigation was
made with a view to ascertaining
whether the government ought to en-
gage in the steamship business on the
Pacific coast in order to preserve
the business of the Panama route
and furnish traffic for the govern
ment steamers plying north on the
Atlantic side.
The report contains data and re-
Communications which may give the
canal commission some important
legislative points to consider in con-
nectlon with the building of the can
al. 1t is shown that the government
is facing q serious condition of af
fairs in that the traffic over the Pan
anna railroad from west to east is
dwindling at rate which practically
will mean the extinction of trade be-
tween San Francisco and New York
by steamer by the time the canal is
built.
The business at the Pacific termin-
al of the railroad has been reduced
one-half since the government took
charge. Last year only $4,000 tons
of freight were transported over the
railroad from Panama to Colon. Now
most of the steamers operated by
the government on the Atlantic oc-
can are compelled to return north in
ballast.
The traffic depression Is mainly
due to the action of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, which has been
refused an exclusive contract with
the Panama railroad. A contract
formerly existed by which through
| bills were issued by the Pacific Mail
company, but this was an exclusive
contract and the Secretary of War
deemed it proper to cancel IL. The
steamship company advised the gov
| ernment that ii would be willing to
/ improve the service on the Pacific
coast and put on two new steamers
if the government would give it the
| exclusive right to shut out foreign
ships of certain lines north from
Panama. The secretary of war did
not feel justified in doing this and the
result has been a general falling off
in east bound business from the Pa
cific coast states to New York.
The question now arises as to
whether the government should save
| the income to it's transportation line
on the eastern side by running some
risk on the western coast in operat-
! ing a steamship line and retaining a
| traffic route through the canal. As
the conditions are at present. accord
ing to the report of Mr.. Bristow,
there is danger of the traffic being
diverted to Tehauntepec ana other
routes.