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AMERICANS IN COREA r
DRIVEN OUT BY JAPS
American Owners of Public Utili-
ties in Corea Going Out Of
Business
Hostility of Japanese Leaves
Americans no Alternative But
to Quit.

LONDON, May 8.-Andrew McKin-
ley, who arrived on Tuesday with his
wife from an eighteen months tour Of
the Philippines, China, Japan, and
Corea, said the Americans are having
a hard time in Corea.
AT Seoul he said. ''the manager Of
the New York company owning the
New York company owning the water,
electric lighting, and street railway
concessions told me the Japanese have
made things SO hot for the company
that 1t is going out Of business this
summer. The result will be that the
Japanese will get control.
"The Japs are going on the principle
that Corea is for Japan, and are push
Ing out the Americans, Britons, and
Germans with a high hand. -
I found much complaint in the
Philippines owing to the high export
duties for sugar, tobacco, and hemp.
These commodities really mean the
commercial life Of the islands, and
high duties practically prevent export
ing them.
"The business outlook is gloomy.
The new coastwise law preventing
ships In this trade entering more than
one. Philippine port also is proving a
bad thing. While Manila was world
port few years ago, the amount Of
shipping to be seen there now Is in
siRniflcant"
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ROOSEVELT SOUND on
THE. LABOR QUESTION
Concluding Paragraph Of His Last
Message Characteristic Of
the Man.

In his last message to congress the
president gave utterance to certain
truths that our Duluth union smashers
can study with profit. They read:
"The first duty of every man is to
provide livelihood for himself and
for those dependent upon him; it is
from every standpoint desirable that
each Of our citizens should endeavo-
by hard work and honorable methods
to secure for him and his such a COM
petence as will carry with it the op-
portunity to enjoy in reasonable fash
ion the comforts and refnements Of
life: and, furthermore, the man Of
great business ability who obtains a
fortune in upright fashion inevitably
in so doing corfers a benefit upon Iiu
manity as whole and is entitled to
reward, to respect and to admiration.
"But among the many: kinds of evil,
I social, industrial and political, which it
is our duty as a nation sternly to COM
bat. there, is none at the same time
more base and dangerous than the
greed which treats the plain and
simple rules of honesty, with cynical
contempt If they interfere with maxi
ing profit, and as a nation we can
not be held guiltless If we condone
such action. .. - ;, e..
"The man who breaches hatred OF
wealth honestly acquired, who incul-
Gates envy and jealousy and slander-
Gus ill-will toward those of his fell.
lows who by thrift, energy and indus
try have become men of means, is a
menace to the community.
+ "But his counterpart in evil is to be
found in that particular kind Of multi
millionaire who is almost the least
enviable, and is certainly one of the
least admirable, of all our citizens; a
man of whom it has been well said
that his face has grown hard and
cruel while his body has grown soft ),
whose son is q fool and his daughter
foreign princess; whose nominal
pleasures are at best those of a taste
less and extravagant luxury, and
whose real delight, whose real &, life
power in its most sordid and least ele-
waiting form. + s..
TN the chaos Of an absolutely un-
restricted commercial individualtsln
under modern conditions, this Ii. q type
that becomes prominent as Inevitably
as the marauder baron became prom
inent in the physical chaos nsthe dark
ages. We are striving for legislation
to minimize the abuses which give this
type It's hourishing promine partly
70 the SAX ofsWhat can be accomplishd
by the legislatio ion itself and partly be-
cause the legislation marks our par
|sticipation IN q great and stern moral
elopment to bring -olr ideals into
measurable accord. 8
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So long as the trade unionists and
the people elect as their. representa-
tives the vassals hirelings, and chat
tells of the millionaires, plutocrats,
corporations, and combinations they
must expect to play a losing hand,
and the sooner we wake up, throw
aside the false party pride we may
have, and elect men to office who be-
people, for the people, and by the peo-
pie, just that much sooner will we be
able to secure that degree Of justice to
which we are entitled.
Labor's Motto "ExeeIsior."
The organized toilers have lessened
the drudgery of toll and extracted
from life more Of the blessings that
sesve to sweeten. existence than could
have been accomplished by any other
agency. They have made a special
care of the women and children OF
our land; have made better men out
of good men, and good men out Of in
different ones; have done more TO
eliminate the sin of intemprance by
example and discipline than can be
we'll estimated; have nurtured and
AAldO0 q ASdAAAdIlOll 4dCC l1AdL AOpC
springs eternal in the human breast
for better days and better things. Its
progress has been upward and on
ward, and onward, with "Excelsior''
its motto, despite the many obstacles
and introductory laws placed in its
path by enemies-enemies by choice
since we would fain have regarded
them in a friendly light.
Collective Versus Individual.
Our preference for the collective
bargain as a means for securing bet
ter conditions and for the industrial
field as the scene of battle was justi-
fed as long as 1t was a fair fight and
no favor-free from interference by
outsiders. But that method will be
less effective until we have secured a
restoration of conditions necessary to
it's efficiency. The time has come for
us to enter the political field. Laws
must be enacted which will clearly
and positively restore to us the rights
of free speech and a free press, to
quit work individually or collectively
and to use peaceful .prsuasion irs: dfs- :
putes with our employers7-the right
to Dc collectively anything which we
may legally do as individuals.
AS long as the employers were ablo
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The American workman is. perhaps,
the most law-abiding citizen in the
world. He has been led to believe
that the laws are interpreted and ad-
ministered to ali classes Of the COM
munity alike. In fact, that they are.
his protection against the oppression
Of the rich and the powerful in this
country. Yet he now learns, 20 years
after the enactment Of the Sherman
antitrust law, that it applies to la.
bor; yet, at the same time, the vicious
nonopolies and trusts are growing,
multiplying, and devastating the land.
+. s. What. W. Must Do.
What is there left for us now to do?
Well our movement had been success
full hitherto In educating and human
izing our employers. Many Of them
are now aware that labor is a human
power ana can not be, purchased the
same as bales Of cotton or, tons Of pig
iron or salt pork; that a good many
Oe4AVA SOA1SAASA ASAOAAO OAASOA ANU SAAO
transactions Of purchasing the labor
power Of their workmen. The ablest
lawyers of this country are evidently
not aware Of this. We will have to
educate them also.
Evolution Of Unionisna.
We will also have to convince them
that while the institution Of the SUI
preme court is a<result of a particular
enactment and can therefore be
changed, modified, or even abolished
by the same method, the trade union
movement on the other hand is the
product Of the social needs of, every
industrial community. That while
there are many communities who have
never yet felt the need Of such an
institution as the supreme court there
is no civilized country where the
working people have not felt the need
Of organized action along trade union
lines as a means Of improving posi-
ton. And as long as this country re-
tains its, democratic form Of govern
ment the workers. viii create any
movement which they feel they an
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in need Of; supreme court or no SUI
preme court. s. - -. ~ !"
r. Lapses Of Msmory. = -. :. :
Our lawmakers have at times, after
considerable urging on the part Of
those who elected them, and when
they werEin an unusually sympathetic
mood, tried to legislate in the interest
Of man, forgetting for the time being
their, own material interests. These
lapses Of lnmory have occurred very
seldom. ::.Apparently it is just as we'll,
for the recent actions Of their .supe-
riors, the supreme court, would indi-
cate that. any laws passed Tor tho
benefit Of struggling humanity would
be a waste Of time.
Lessons Taught. .s.< .-.
On the other. hand decisions like
these should teach. the people Of this
country the much needed lesson that
it is equally as dangerous, to leave the
Interpretation Of the laws Of the land
to an Irresponsible body: Of lawyers.
however able they may be, as it Is
the framing of the: very laws them
selves. - e ~as>.e-"~~-7>v,- SO.
Evidently the work which the Posts
and the Parrys have undertaken to
educate" the public as to the nature
Of the activities Of. the trade unions
Of this country has succeeded, at least
with the judges Of the supreme court
Of = the United States The Van
Cleaves, may rest on their lanrels.
It is indeed an i'll wind that blows
no good, and this unprecedented appli-
cation: Of "a law intended for other
purposes will, serve to more thorough
ly awaken the workers to. a sense OF
their own: power and responsibility.
= -, Shall Stand Together.
Organized labor must abide by the
decision Of the highest court in the
land, whether that decision be just OF
otherwise; but. organized labor need
lose no sleep over. it, for, the recent
decisions and injunctions Of the courts
have done much to cement the ranks
Of union labor and make them more
determined to-. fight shoulder to
shoulder sin the. noble = 'scause they
espouse than anything that has oc.
Cured for many years past. -z'..S5:2,s .
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to successfully combat US in the in
dustrial field, they did not resort 10
the courts for aid. But now that
more thorough Organization places us
upon an euuality-in some instances
gives us the advantage In the enforce
ment Of the collective bargain-they
have transferred the contest to s*the
courts. Instead of pitting against our
control of labor their ownership Of
the Jobs and leaving the issue to be
decided by a test Of endurance, they
have attempted by judicial decision 10
deprive us of our most effective weap-
OnS.
! Shoulder to Shoulder.
: 1T is high time that those entrusted
should hold office directly from the
people and the powers of the courts
be clearly defined and properly re-
stricted. TO accomplish these ends
we must, wherever strong enough
alone or in combination with tho
farmers and other reform elements,
nominate and elect candidates pledged
to the workers interests for state leg
islatures and congress. We should
cordially accept the cooperation Of
all who are willing to aid us, but can
place absolute dependence only on
representatives elected by and answ-
cradle to labor. We must sink all
racial, religious, and political differ
ences and stand shoulder to shoulder
as one man.
Resort to Courts.
The time has arrived when we must
use the power conferred upon us by
the organic laws Of our land, AMI
which even the supreme. court cannot
take away from us-the right OF the
ballot. We must elect men to office
pledged to the enactment Of laws
containing provisions that will very
plainly set forth the fact that organi
cations having for their purpose the
uplifting Of mankind, must not be
classed with and subject to the same
laws that apply to organizations and
corporations which having for their
purpose the controlling. Of the mate.
;rial necessities by which inla;hlEand
lives. We: should do these things at
once. We should elect representatives
VIII oses*environments . are, such that
they will legislaterto put, the rights OF
man above property rights.
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WORDS OF GOOD ADVICE
To THE M|LL|0NA|RES
Direction in Which They Might
Expend Their Surplus to Bene-
fit Their Fellow Men.

A certain millionaire is reported as
possessed of the desire to die poor
man. If similar desire should spread
to his contemporaries of the 'big pile"
what possibilities await it's execution!
There is one direction in which the
poverty mad millionaires might ex-
pend their surplus to immeasurab BILE
advantage to their fellowmen. That
is, in the reclamation Of waste land
and the settlement on it Of the coun
try's surplus population.
AS the fleet sailed away Saturday
morning, stretching it's column along
the shore line of our chain of beaches,
peopled with thousands upon thous
ands of enthusiastic admirers, one Of
them remarked, "Think Of the cost Of
that string of ships! Yet there are
men in this country who could pay the
cost of them all and hardly miss the
expenditures
The remark recalls the words Of one
Of our patriots Of peace:
Irrigated valleys pay better than
battleships, and for every battleship
we send upon the seas, we should irri-.
gate at least one new valley in the
west. Military preparedness is we'll,
but social preparedness is better.
Those nations are wise which protect
themselvs against possible foes from
without, but even wiser are those ma
tions which, taking time by the fore
lock, protect themselves against cer-
tain dangers from within. We are
spending for war, past and future, not
far from four hundred millions q year.
We need as much for the blessed
work Of peace, who hath her victories
no less rnowned than war;"
Tom Reed once said: "F'rom the
time my eyes first rested on the great
uncultivated plains which lie between
the Mississippi and the Pacific ocean,
my Weakening dreams have been fllad
with visions Of incalculable wealth
which the touch Of living water will
bring to life from those voiceless de-
serts.''
Room! Yet there is room! Room
for the homeless, jobless, starving mil,
lions! God gave this country a lavish
amount of territory. This country has
been lavish to the men of money.
What an pportunity!-Los Angeles
Citizen. ....
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The industrial problem has much to-
do with the social evil Some day the
preachers Of social purity will awaken
to this fact. The relation between
wages and virtue is an intimate ono.
The Rochester Labor Journal has an
article that hits home. 1t says: ., J..
IT the church people are. to remedy
the social evil, let them commence
right in. their own pews. Let them
preach fair wages to female employees,
let them preach decent surroundings,
let them tell the women Of the church
to perform their whole d,ttis as wives
and mothers and not give their hus-
lures. Let them inpress upon tho
may grace the front pews that what
they visit on the daughters of the poor
may some day come home to heir, own
daughters. Let them preach against
the lying g-in hospital and the conconi-
tant. the assignation house, for they
are but mile posts on the road to the
registered domiciles that are affording
US a problem that is hard to solve. Let
us begin at the beginning and strike.
at the very root of the evil, instads Of
wailing and lamenting on the better
method Of curing after the patient has
reached such a stage that the in
fluences Of religion are negative, and:
the mention Of the love Of the Creator
seems like. mockery. Il women are,
not led astray, you will not have 1. to
noYx $hA% ~ - %1~Af H tn
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NIGHT RIDERS WRECK !.
ENGINE WITH DYNAMITE

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 6.-Nieht
riders dynamited and wrecked an en-
gine belonging to, W. E. wall OF IRE
donia, Montgomery county. last night
letter addressed to Wall was found
near the wrecked engine. Wall is an
Independent tobscco grower and has
suffered heavily at the hands Of his
enemies. His store, house and barn
were burned some time ago, and he
was forced to change his place OF
residence. T. u< .>,ES@%
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CATHOLIC BISHOP REs1GN.s:

RICHMOND. Va, May 76.-It was an
nounced today that Bishop Van Devyer
of this Catholic See has resigned and
growing out Of their conduct OF New
York banks will begin in June, Tac-
cording to an announcement today by
United States District Attorney stfm-
son. All three were arraigned In court
today and pleaded not guilty TO the
indictments against them, 81
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NEWS WE'LL RECETvHD

{ TOXIC May 6.-The. news Of the
conclusion Of the arbitration treaty
between the United States and Japan
has been well received, and 1t is be-
Heved II will remove whatever suspf.
cion exigts regarding the mutual rs.
= tions OF the two countrte> Il 4 q 3,,52
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other agents than the brains and
hands Of the man who works, def
milton that; covers labor Of whatever
kind done by man. .~..
State INSURANCE
DEPARTMENT items
Furnished Through the Kindness
of john A. Hartigan, 1nsur-
ance Commissioner.
st. Paul, Mimi. May Z. 1908

y. The :. 1ndianapol lis Fire Insurance
Company Of annapolis, Ind, rein-
sured In the German American Insur-:
ance Company of New York, March 2,
1908, and the Hamilton Fire Insurance
Company Of New York. reinsured in
the Delaware Insurance Company OF
Philadelphia, Pa, April 1, 1908.
The Independent Order Of Foresters
is proposing to 4eadjust the rates OF
it's members admitted prior to 1898.
OF 654 fires from lightning investi-
gated by the Fire Marshal Of Ohio
only one building had a modern rod
on it. The accident was caused by
electricity jumping from a copper rod
through the weather boarding to a
radiator close to the WALL. The loss
was $3.50. In two instances weather
boards or shingles were displaced but
not fired. No person has been struck
in a rodded building in that state
The National Protective Legion of
Waverly, N. Y.,: the license of which
two years ago, is now paying $113.56
instead Of $250.00 promised to it's VIC
Tins. The disappointment felt by the
unfortunate certificate holders is the
inevitable result Of speculative con-
tracts.
The proposition made to the receiv-
ers Of the. Mutual Reserve Life In
surance Company of ftNew York by the
Pfttsburg Life & Trust Company of
Pittsburg, Pa.,, to take over the legal
reserve business Of the former COM
pany, was accepted by the receivers
on April 8, 1908.
Since January 1st, there have been
Sc fires in educational institutions
throughout the United States. One
hundred and sixty-six lives have been
lost and thousands endangered. The
property damage varies from small
amounts to $16o.O0o.
The new law governing fraternal in
surance societies, enacted at the last
session Of the state legislature, re-
quires that all such societies have a
representative form Of government ana
that at least a majority Of the men,
bers Of the governing body be dele
gates elected 8, from subordinate
branches; Several societies formerly
doing business in this state will be
obliged either to- amend their consti-
tuition and by laws or to withdraw
from the state. ss |,t4: =. d, ~
:, The fire losses in the United States
and Canada for the month Of March
aggregated $l6,72s,soo. ~ III. ,s...r
The premiums and losses for the
various forms Of casualty business
transacted In this state for the year
1907 are as follows: % @s
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UN|0N|5M MUST NOW ASSERT
ITS P0NER. At THE BALLOT: BOX
Every Loyal Union Man Should Refuse Political Support Any
Individual Who Does Not Recognize Labors Right do
Collectively What May be Done Individually 81

Collective Bargaining Means Of Securing Just Conditions
Must be Insisted Upon by all of Condition Precedent
to Getting Support ~
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is proposing to Aeadjust the rates OF
it's members admitted prior to 1898.
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Since January. 1st, there have been
56 fires in educational institutions,
throughout the United States. One
hundred and sixty six lives have been
lost: and thousands endangered. The
property damage varies from small
amounts to $150,O0o.
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The premiums and losses for the
various forms Of casualty business
transa acted In this state for the yeal
1907 are as follows: g. -. -
The Jewish outlook., 1908-06-19

To the Editor of the Spokesman
Review: | notice that perigrinating
Rev. Mr. Colburn has come to Spo-
kane to SOW i'm the minds of our fel-
low citizens hatred of the Jew. AS I
understand from the allusion to his
address his subject was prohibition.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-06-19

If the statistics are right, the Jews
constitute but one per cent. of the
human race. 1t suggests a nebulOus
dim puff of star-dust lost in the blaze
of the Milky Way. Probably the Jew
ought hardly to be heard of; but he
is heard of, has always been heard of.
He is as prominent on the planet as
any other people, and his commercial!
Importance is eXtravagantly out of
proportion to the smallness of his
bulk. His contributions to the worlds
list of great names in literature, sci
ence. art, music. finance, medicine.
and abstruse learning are also away
out of proportion to the weakness of
his numbers. He has made marvel
o,is fight in this world. in all the ages
and he has done it with his hands tied
behind him. lie could be vain of HIM
self. and be excused for it. The
Egyptian. the Babylonian. and the
Persian arose. filled the planet with
. sound and splendor, then faded to
dreamstuff and passed away; the
Greek and the Roman followed. ant!
made a vast noise. and they are gone:
other peoples have sprung up and
held their torch high for time. but it
s;irned .,it. and tha,' 81: in twilight
now or have vanished. The Jew saw
them all. beat them all. and is now.
what he always was. exhibiting no
decadence. no infirmities of age. no
weakening on his part. no slowing of
his energies. no dulling of his alert
and aggressive mind. All things are
mortal but the Jew. all other forces
pass. but he remains. What is the
secret of his Immortality Mark
Twain. Concerning the Jews
What has the Jew done for the
world! That is a question which |
shall endeavor to answer rs briefly as
possible. In the first place. let me
state that we Jews do not wish to be
judged by any other standard than
that of our merits and demerits. We
despise the sycophant who for polit-
cal and other reasons would mount
the platform. and putting out his
chest. perorate on the great virtues
of the Jew and after election fall in
with the chorus of those. whose chief
stock in trade is to malign and to
hate the Jew.
We don't care for adulation: we
have nothing but contempt for the
man who pats You on the shoulder
condescendingly and tells You in
dulcet tones what a fine fellow yOu
are and how different from those
other Jews. There are Jews and
Jews. and there are Christians and
Christians. If a Jew is not to he the
standard. il is not because he is a jew.
but because he is bore. or rascal.
or fool. just as the burglars. safe
breakers. jail-birds. defaulting bank
cashiers are not what they are be-
cause they may be born of Christian
parents. but because they are repre-
senting the criminal classes of the
commonwealth.
Now the Jew has ever been law
abiding citizen. and his efforts have
been directed towards the welfare of
the state within whose bounds he