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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
SAD, BUT TRUE,

The sugar trust pays its fine for
swindling the government out OF
custom duties and that is the end OF
the matter so far as the heads OF the
combine are concerned. But with it's
minions who manipulated the scales
on the docks where the sugar was
E'eighed it is different. Seven Of them
have been indicted and the sugar trust
base migrate that it is-has dis
charged from its employ these faith
ful servants who, for beggarly sti-
pend performed such duties as were Of
them required. And the outcome win
probably be that these poor fellows
will go to jail branded as common
thieves while the trust magnates, who
have escaped with a mere fine, are the
real, criminals. The old saying that
there is one LAW for the rich and
another for the poor seems to closely
approach the truth in cases Of this
nature.-The Princeton Union. z.5..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
BROKERS OF RECOGNIZED =
COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY

The firm Of Piper, Johnson e. Co.,
brokers, have moved into their new
quarters, 1913 West Superior street.
Both phones, Bell 73s, Zenith 72s.
Their offices are furnished with an
all round equipment of new furni-
ture, that would reflect credit upon
a Wall street banking house. ~.
It's the same old story again re-
peated. Prosperity always attends
those whose commercial activities are
characterized by honest efforts and
business-like methods. .,..
The firm executes every order, great
and small. according to the rules and
customs of the New York and Boston
exchanges, thus giving their customers
all the protection which a rigid adher-
ence to recognized principles can in.
sure.
The business of the firm IS daily
increasing in magnitude, and their
many customers attest that all the
firms dealings are entirely reliable
and honorable.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
MITCHELL ON : UNIONS.

John. Mitchell, former president Of
the United Mine workers of America,
declares that the strongest charge
that can be brought against trades
unions is that they have succeeded
in the work Of improving wages and
the hours and conditions of labor. He
spoke on organized labor at an. en-
tertainment given by the Tennyson
Social and Literary Society In the
Young Mems. Hebrew association
building, at 92nd street and Lexington
avenue New York -. =
Replying to assertions that organ
lied labor destroys personal and ,ndi-
vidual initiative, Mitchell told his
hearers there are many things which
men can. do collectively, but not indi-
vidually, and that was why the unions
were formed. Admitting unions have
made mistakes, he thinks a union
should be judged by the good it does
and the best that is in it. 49,
Another oft-repeated charge against
u.s." Mitchell said, ''is that labor un-
ions reduce men to the same level
No union fixes maximum wage. An
employer may reward a especially eff
cient workman by paying him more
than the minimum. but labor unions
object to that man being rewarded at
the expense of his less fortunate
brethren"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
A SENSIBLE. VIEW,

Speaking before the national confer
ence on city planning, General George
M. Sternburg, United States army.
president of the President Homes
commission stated that private en-
terprise has proved inadequate in
meeting the question of improved con-
ditions in the large cities, especially
in Washington, and he very sensibly
suggests that If, a Carnegie or a
Rockefeller would invest $1O,OOO,O)0 in
model houses for the poor of that
city, placing the trust in competent
hands and devoting returns to the
construction Of additional modern
houses, the resulting benefit to wage
earners and to the; community gen
orally would be far greater than could
be obtained from the same amount Of
money invested in ts1s srsasTries or his
pitfalls. ~. ~'' ".
That's all very we'll, but the plan
suggested is not SPECTACULAR enough
to meet the vanity bumps" of either
Carnegie Or Rockefeller: The general
is mistaken in the motives that actu-
ate those two commercial : pirates
when parting with a portion Of the
accumulations Of watvred stocks. They
are really not giving anything, but
only returning fraction of the steal
ings they confiscated from the people
Ky larceny methods so#.eomplex and
elusive that no law was adequate to
circumvent their Vaccinations.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
HONESTY ABOVE POLICY. *.
- THESE BROKERS MOTTO

4 Gay & sturgis, bankers and brokers,
are moving their offices this week
from the Alworth building to larger
and more commodious quarters on the
first floor Of the St. Louis hotel block.
Bv square dealing and upright bust
ness methods, the members OF this
firm have established for themselves
a most excellent reputation not, only
in business circles but with all classes
OF citizer,s. They are good conservat-
i've advisers, and customers can al
ways relv upon getting fair and honest
treatment in all business transactions
with the firm. - -. j. ~ -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29


action Sct the republicans. in the tariff
!. revision ffaseo Her opening the
eyes o. re srapk ma fftle 81 the party
and they are callih baek to the dem
ooratic csmpalsn ITO ran. "The Rob
Der Tari1f-a law that makes the rich.
richer and the poor poorer The fact
is too ARIA NIT hat congress is MAX:
ing law to meetsthe demands Of the.
interests rather hars the masses, and
it will ll| DO impossible to longer pull the
Woo. over the eyes Of the average
voter Of the nation who has always
given lis s.. ballot o II to the republican
party In. Il the faith that it was the
party that furtherel the interests Of
the wag': Garner The Mesaba Ore.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29

versity few weeks ago that the econ,
omic professors : in our universities
are shackled by financial interests and
at a meet. ng Of the Free Trade League
at Boston Mr.. Holt repeated his Col
unlbia statement. and after quoting
tn. denials Of his professional critics,
ard th=ir assertions that economic
professors who have lost their. chairs
were victims, not OF hostility to their
independence in teaching, but Of their
own fne:.s'ciency as teachers, he said:
Did Prof. H. C. Adams lose his posi-
ton at Cornell because Of inefficiency
or for any other well-founded reason
other than that his views on public
questions did not meet with the ap-
prevail of Henry w. Sage and other
patrons of Cornell? Has he not since
in Michigan University, and in the
government service, shown remarkable
ability and efficiency?
Was Prof. John r. Commons forced
out Of Syracuse University for ina bill
ity, tnefficiency, or other proper rea-
son? Has he not since demonstrated
great ability and Efficiency.
Did DR.. E. Benjamin Andrews "re-
sign the presidency of Brown Uni
versity because of inability or ineffi-
cheney, or because his views on the
money question differed from those of
the financial powers behind the col
lege? Has he not always been
model college officer, so far as learn
ing, discipline and conduct are con-
cerned?
Did Edward A. Ross leave Stanford
University because he was not an
able and efficient teacher, or because
he taught doctrines not in accord with
the views of Mrs. Leland Stanford?
Was Prof. William G. Sumner Of
Yale forced out Of the chair of polite
al economy and into minor position
as teacher Of an insignificant branch
Of sociology because Of inability, in
efficiency, or for any other sound rea-
son? Was there any connection be-
tween this degradation of the most
capable, most honest, and most popu-
lar professor Of Yale, and the fact that
President Hadley could not obtain
large contributions from w. C. Whit
ney, Chauncey Depew, and other rich
men while Professor Sumner was
teaching scientific economic truths to
Yale's students?
Similar questions might be asked
concerning many other well-known
cases of professors who have lost
their positions for teaching plain
truths, and of others who have gotten
and retained PROFESSIONAL positions be-
cause they were willing to teach false
doctrines.
1t is becoming clearly evident to all
Intelligent and impartial men &C.
quainted with the facts, that our col
leges have ceased to fulfill their proper
functions?
How could it be otherwise when
their hands are tainted'' with the
graft Of tariff trusts and other repre-
hensible cources of revenue?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
MUzzLiNG THE PROFESSORS

Ihanso nave come to a pretty pass
IN this country when able professors
cannot retain their positions in our
5s universities, unless they ''bow their
knees knees to 'he image Of Baal," as aetna,
or %or pretended worshjppers of the god
Ma Mam ~ teach false doctrines of po-
lit economy, and otherwise poison
the nations founts o. knowledge at
their sources.
sS Our learned men must be presumed
to have a more adequate knowledre
5. of7 5 the laws and forces Of social de-
$&Ye}opm ert than the average man; but
sof ' what VIII use is such knowledge as a.
light high to the people, If it is obscurea
;' ana put Under 9 rnsterialistic bushel:
a2sl ;ilsyroa Holt stated at Columbia uni
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
PREACHING VERSUS PRACTICE

THeANnINS VERSUS PHACIICE.
How easy it is to tell others what
they ought to do, but how rare it is
for oneself to put his own philosophy
into practice.
DR.. Eliot, who retired from the
presidency Of Harvard university this
week, does not approve Of old-age
pensions for working people. He holds
that every self-respecting laborer or
mechanic ought to save up enough out
Of his munificent wages to provide
for his declining years. He also holds
that to assure working people against
poverty when their working days are
over would destroy their incentive to
do good work. undermine their manly
independence, and destroy their in
dividuality.
The alumni Of Harvard are raising
fund Of $150,000, which will be pre-
sented to DR.. Eliot in the near future
they. call it "retiremeft fund" They
have not made any secret about it.
And DIR. Eliot, who for forty years
has held a steady job at a salary sew
eral times greater than that of the
most highly skilled of mechanics, does
not seem. to thi nix that the proposed
gratuity either threatens his cherished
individuality or reflects upon his man.
ly independence.
Oh, no; only the man who earns
his living by the sweat of his brow
and works for a pittance is expected
to save money, and if he doesn't 10 So
retirement fund.- might undermine
his manly Independence" What of
DR.. Eliot himself?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
El.L DESERVED RE uk ~

Hon. r. G. Dunn, more Familiarity
known ~ Hob. Dunn proprietor OF
thu Princeton Union "a man, though
an aunc,mlpr omising republican, always
gives e ,untry precedance over party,
honesty over policy, {. and Is, never
afraid to tell the exact truth, in fact.
is neve~ better pleaced than when ex-
posing tine. sophistry Of some presump-
tous smart Aleck that doesn't know
what he is talking about. The follow
ing exchange Of views between kim
SELF ana The editor OF the Anoka Union
is an illustration, in point:
If oar third governor is, q. little
god In st. Louis county, it is we'll to
remember that that county is but a
very SINAI! part Of the great state Of
Minnesota Union. 49,
That is quite an admission to make
That st. Louis county is part and
parcel OF the great state Of Minnesota.
We ha! almost reached the conclu-
sion that ST. Louis county was a
foreign colony. But st. Louis county
is a bis part Of the state when the
question Of revenue for the support of
the :e government. is taken into
considerationyit contributes almost
one-fourth Of the direct state taxes,
and this does not include the immense
sale Of lands and timber and royal
ties on iron, ore.-The Princeton I'm
iOr.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
HONEST JOHN MITCHELL
SHOWS UP NEW PRESIDENT
OF MANUFACTURERS
Continued from Page 1.

groups In society in sympathy with.
the Legitimate purposes and high
ideals Of: the labor movement. They
claim and proclaim the right of
Organization and combination. They
pirate about aw and order, yet advo-
cate y violence and anarchy; they sug-
gest the use Of the cannon as means
Of dispensing the workingmen; they
mal1gn and tfaduce the great major
lily Of employers of labor who refuse
to join them II scarrying forward their
unholy and In- American designs to
destroy organized labor movements,
and to cap thu climax Of their incon-
sistency, they lmpugn the motives and
question the Intelligence Of the relig-
Ions, educational and philantropic in
situations Of our country simply be-.
cause these Institutions have opened
their doors toI the organized labor
movement M, q and have listened respect
fully to the claims made In behalf OF
the workingmen ana women whose
brain and Drawn have contributed in
no small degree to the commercial, In
tellectual and moral supremacy Of the.
nation. 4 ISIS st
How much better would It be Tor.
ourselves D ''s how much more would Il
contribute to- tlse honor and glory Of
our Common country. Il these gentle
men of the National ASSOCIATE ton Of.
SiManufa cturers |s0oul| anime with
open mind and rent discern
slrlent the and phil
.osophy ot the Aaael lcatl laatbor rnoyes
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
AN APPARENT, FACT !,

The b. 9 cost Of living and the wage
scale 'csl Just strike a balance now, and
i there's ftel the prospect that the cost 81
necessities 2 Of LIE will be increased
bv the new tariff law. but there il not
much much q prospect that wages viii be
ING increased 4e'o coz dinghy. .Protec-I
t ; 70 American industries' wis once
s the rallyins Try Il of the republic
party, a:ld the wage earners 81 tho
nation were Et s mad SIS believe that free
trade 4, emit ruinat ton To hem, nut TIE
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
THE CRY OF THE CRAMstERs


VIM. Hawley Smith in the Fra.
Hygiene and history, >~-
Asiatic mystery,
Algebra, histology,
Latin etymology. - -
Botany, geometry;
Ram 1t in and cram it in,
Children's heads are hollow.
Scold 1t in. mold it. in,
All that they can swallow: y
Fold it in. hold it In, -. r.
Still there's more to follow.
Faces pastry, pinched and pale,
Tell the plaintive,- piteous tale;
Tell the hours robbed from sleep,
Robbed from meals for studies deep.
All who 'twixt these mile-stones go
Tell the self-same tale Of woe. -.
How the teacher crammed it in,
Rammed it in, damned it in,
Crunched it in, punched Il in, ~
Rubbed it in, dubbed it in, -.
Pumped 1t in, stumped, it In,
Raped it in, slapped it in, = - %.
When their heads were hollow. !:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
EYE OPENER ON TARIFF.

For the benefit of Minnesota voters
in general and those Of the eighth
congressional district in particular, we
desire to submit some observations
to show how the robber tariff victim
ICES the American people for the bene-
fl: Of men already millionaires. -
We will! take sugar for an example,
as it is household necessity every
where.
Section 213 Of the tariff bill pend
ing in the senate puts a duty Of nearly
two cents pound on refined sugar.
The consumers in the United States
last year Used 100000 900 pounds of
sugar. The average wholesale price
for this sugar in New York was 1876
cents hundred pounds The average
wholesale price for sugar in Hamburg
last year was 2.64 cents hundred
pounds This difference between the
New York and Hamburg price
ar15unted tc $13e,oso,ooo Of this Diff
ference the government got $53,0o0,0o
ir. customs duties. The American peo-
PIC paid to somebody other than the
government $S3,0sO,o0o more for sug-
ar than hey would have paid but for
tie tariff. Who got that $S3,000,000?
Senator Clay of Georgia, stated in
congress the other day that in twelve
years the tariff on sugar has COM
peiled the American people to gay to
the Suga~ Trust ss6O,oO0,000 in profits.
The duty on refined sugar now is
$l95 pounds. The Payne bill makes
it s1.90. The effect Of this tax is that
only PIG tons Of refined sugar was
brought into this country last year.
The Sugar Trust controls or owns
practically all the refineries in the
country, and because the tariff shuts
out refined sugar from other countries,
it is able to fix the price for refined
sugar to suit ITSELF
But verse than the sugar trust it.
self is the joker in the bill, by which
all sugar under Number is Dutch
Standard" is made dutiable as raw"
sugar. Iris description, Number Is
Dutch stardard' meaps nothing on
earth excepting that the sugar is
darker than certain shade.
Refining sugar does nothing to it
but to whiten it. The whitening is
done with bone charcoal and other
things, which bleach 1t. And the Sue-
ar trust monopolizes the bleacheries
In this country. We could import light
brown end dark brown sugar from
Cuba, Hawaii and other countries. and
sell 1t cheaper, but this Number 16
Dutch Standard test forces all this
darker cclored sugar to come as raw
sugar, AMI makes the trust the 0nlv
i possible purchaser The refining pro-
cesses Of other countries don't make
the sugar white enough to come in for
use, and so it comes in raw. The tax
on refined sugar pre- hibits other coun-
tries firm sending us white sugar. So
we've g,t to buy white sugar. and buv
1t Of the trust
T. Dr. Wiley, the government EXPERT
shsmist. several years ago declared
this color test to be obsolete and IN.
scientific" There is an instrument.
4 the polaroscope, which tests sugar for
degrees Of sweetness. That's the wav
the ref!ntrs determine its value. Rut
{ TO- the benefit Of the trust, the tariff
L, law stii: continues the old Dutch color
5@5 test
Altogether, we raise in this country
@ with Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Is
# lands included, less than half the ST.
Il, gar we consume
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29

Another proof that an income tax
is a just and necessary measure is
found in the fact that the will of
H. II. Rogers devising his immense
fortune, Of probably over hundred
millions, is so drawn as to conceal
the amount of his wealth from all
but his immediate beneficiaries.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-29
SUNBEAM" IS STEADILY L Il
GROWING IN POPULARITY

The Sunbeam Theatre still continues
to draw the crowd. ., The management
is complimented by old and young up
on the very excellent Judgment shown
In the selection OF moving pictures,
as well as in all other attractions
shown at this very popular theatre.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-21
The IeeIess Refrigerator.

A scheme for an iceless refrigerator,
for use of poor families. has been
evolved by Miss Winifred Gibbs, cook.
ing teacher and diettician on the staff
of the society for improving the con-
dition of the poor. 1t is designed to
do away with the use not only of the
icebox, but ice itself.
Miss Gibbs refrigerator consists OF
tubs into which sawdust is placed
Whatever is needed to be kept cool
may be packed in the sawdust in
bottles or tin boxes and the tempera
ture will be maintained for a least
three days exactly as when placed in
the refrigerator. The sawdust will
prevent outside heat from reaching
the receptacle inside. The refrigera
tor is intended particularly to keel
milk cold, as when delivered by tbs
milkman.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-21

JUDGING from many reports of new
j business ventures on the part Of
the new junior senator from Illinois
which are floating into Washington,
be is soon to be known as
wealthy william" Lorimer in
stead of plain Mister" and Sen
ator." Besides continuing at the
head of successful brick manufacture
ing company and one or two other
concerns in Chicago, Mr.. Lorimer soon
is to participate in steamboat busi-
ness on the Mississippi and to help
operate railroad in Colorado.
His membership in a concern which
Is to operate steamboats, of light draft
between st. Paul and st. Louis ard
furnish wheat cargoes to ships at
New Orleans connecting with the lead
ing rail line, was announced recently.
News now has come from Colorado
that the San Luis Valley & Southern
Railway Company has been projected,
with Senator Lorimer of Illinois and
Congressman Weeks of Massachusetts
prominent among its incorporators.
Connected with the project is a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-21

WASHINGTON. = President Taft.
w the summer bachelor" of the
White House. is sharing the fate of
many other government officials and
Washington residents whose families
have gone away to mountains or sea-
shore. The president Is taking the
situation philosophically, doesn't seem
to mind the hot weather and is read
ing daily with great delight letters
from Beverly which tell of the rapid
Improvement in Mrs. Taft's health.
Living bachelor fashion at the
White House is not fraught with the
same discomforts that beset the mere
man who has his home closed up on
him." when his wife goes away and is
compelled to seek food and lodging as
best he may. The president and Mrs.
Taft divided the White House help
when the occupancy of the Beverly
cottage was begun, so the president
is well taken care of and domestic
affairs at the White House run on
much the same.
The president, however, allowed
Mrs. Taft to take the first cook" to
Beverly, while he is served by the
second cook" who is a legacy from
the Roosevelt administration. She is
a negro girl named Mary, who halls
from Old Virginia and whose sway
over the White House kitchens now is
covnnloto
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-21
Tawney Gets Taft to Stop at Winona

President Roosevelt was touring
the west when he came to Minnesota
In his itinerary. too. Winona was
omitted Mr.. Tawney boarded the
train up the line and asked for a
quarter-hour stop and speech in his
town Secretary Loeb said it would
be impossible, as they were going
somewhere else and had to hurry or
they would be late. Then Mr.. Tawney
locked up the district passenger agent
Of the road, who was on the train.
For some reason. not yet entirely ex-
planned, the engine got out O. order
when Winona was reached, and it
took the engineer 20 minutes to find
the fault and fix 1t.
In the meantime Mr.. Tawney had
introduced Mr.. Roosevelt to large
crowd of his admiring townsmen, and
the president bad made speech Mr..
Taft said he was convinced he would
have to stop at Winona anyhow. and
he might as well promise to do SO
now.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-21

The president has happily solved
the problem of disposing of the long
evenings by taking long autmobile
rides about the city and suburbs. He
usually starts out on these trips about
$3.50 o'clock, returning to the White
House at IL or afterward. Capt. Arch
ibald Butt. the presidents aide, is al
ways his companion on these jour-
neys and usually the president tele-
phones an invitation to some cabinet
officer. senator or representative, and
stops at the guests house or club to
pick him up. The evening rides often
extend out into the beautiful Rock
Creek park, which stretches for miles
along the little waterway whose name
it bears. At other times Mr.. Taft has
his chauffeur drive about the city or
on the Potomac park driveways,
which skirt the river back of the White
House and the monument grounds.
Arising at about seven o'clock the
president gives nearly an hour to
dumb bells, pulley weights and other
forms of exercise prescribed for him.
He breakfasts slowly and usually
alone. During his morning meal and
for half an hour or so afterward. the
president reads the newspapers. Be-
tween $3.50 and 10 he begins his busy
day in the executive Offices. At 1:30
comes luncheon at the White House
always with some invited guest for
company. The afternoon is devoted
to golf, for the president hopes to
play every afternoon that he remains
in Washington. Dinner always hnds
guests assembled and usually 1t Is
an informal and delightful meal
which begins little after seven
o'clock and sometimes continues for
an hour and a half.