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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-01
Sewell Ford.
"OUITTIN' TIME"

"A romance in which an auto
mobile. a handcar. an unworthy
executor of an estate. a college
man down on his luck and a
lovely heroine take part. BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-01
In The
Sunday Star
FACT and FICTION
TRAGEDY and COMEDY
PHILOSOPHY and FUN

Our next Sunday Magazine
will contain all of these, aid
will exhibit some of the best
art of modern illustrators, be-
sides. There will be twenty
four pages. An especially large
amour: of advertising COM
pels us to enlarge the maya
zine section by four pages. and
we have increased the reading
matter in proportion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-01
THE BACHELOR
GIRL CONFESSES"

is the leading feature. A real
heart story. which was called
forth by the series of articles
on the disadvantages of mar
riage. Illustrated by JAMES
MONTGOMERY FLAGG The
author is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-01
Clinton Dangerfield.
"A BRIEF
BOHEMIOGRAPHY"

-"Roheruia " land of dreams.
of aspirations and inspirations.
of temper and temperament. of
poetry and poverty. of music
and misery. Of genius and gin
and a few other things. delight
fully described Illustrated by
Modest Stein The author is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-01

We've taken a lot of regular 500
and $50 Dress Goods of which we
have not full assortment 81 COL
ors or hut one bolt or piece of a
kind and put them all at one price
tomorrow-49c a yard.
You'll find these weavcs-Pana-
mas. Mohairs. Serges. Cashmeres.
Prunellas. Shadow striped Suit
ings, Mixed Goods. Voiles, Silk and
Wool Effects and others.
Good variety Of colors.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
ENOUGH or FAKE PRoH,slTloN

F.. When the substantial, thinking peo--
pie OF a community, soberly ana
quietly, after considering all the facts
and conditions. decide by substan-
tial majority vote that they will have
no more saloons and no more liuuor
selling, they can establish real PROM
>bition and may be trusted to enforce
1t. We think the country has had
enough Of the pretense of prohibition
brought about under excitement, by
appeals to religious fervor and by
artificial and extravagant demands on
emotion and sentimtnt. We believe
deliberately that that kind Of cam
paigning and extension of dry terri
tory does much more harm than good,
Injuries the public and individuals and
puts on taxpayers extra burdens for
which there is no compensation In the
lessening Of unhappiness or immoral
tty or the cleansing Of the general coz
duct.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
A JUST CRITICISM.

By virtue OF the recent decision
handed down by the supreme court,
the legislature is now at liberty to
ravish northern Minnesota at will. The
court holds that the wide open" tax
amendment to the constitution, voted
on at the general election in 1906.
shall be considered as carried and en-
dorsed by the people. The facts do
not agree with the court. but the facts
had only one chance out OF five. Il
Is another case Of truth crushed to
earth" BY that decision Minnesota is
now in position to rival Pennsyl-
vania in the graft trade. -Four men
very ordinary men at that-1,ave
torn the keys Of safety from the gird1e
Of the constitution and thrown the
gates Of corruption a3ar. In the face
Of two decisive defeats by vote Of the
people the Infamous tax amendment il
declared CARRIED by four OF the; five
members Of the state supreme court
on the tlinsiest sort oe teehnicality-
q manufactured technically at that
Grand Rapids HeraldReview.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
.WHERE DANGER LIES.

1t has long been my opinion, and I
have never sllrunk from it's expression,
that the germ. Of dissolution of our
federal government is in the Judiciary,
an irresponsible body working like
gravity, by day and by night, gaining
a little today and gaining little by
tomorrow, and advancing it's noiseless
step like a thief over the field Of jur-
isdiction until all shall be usurped
from the state, and government Of all
become consolidated, into one. To
this I am opposed, because when all
government, in little and great
things, shall be drawn to Washington
as the center Of all power. it win rem
der powerless all checks provided by
one government on another, and will
become as ver1al and oppressive as the
government from which We separated.
Thomas JEFFERSON.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23

Order 9f Hearin1 On Petition Tor De-
termination Of Descent II LAnd.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
ST. Louis. In Probate Court.
In the matter OF the estate OF Thea
Gunderson. decedent.
The petition OF Ole J. Johnson hav-
ing been tiled in this court. represent;
ing. among other things. that the above;
named decedent died more than five
years prior to the filing OF said petf-
ton, and that no will or 0ecedAnf has
been proved nor administrators grant )
ca on her estate In this state, that;
said petitioner has, and claims to have,
decedei,t lying and being a the Couris
scribed In said petition, and prAyinE
that the descent OF said real estate be
determined by this court, and tho same;
assigned to the persons therAunto en-
titled. Sc
t Il Ordered, That said petition BE-
Court Rooms In the Court House. in;
the city OF Duluth In SAID County on;
Monday, the 18th day Of Eebrlaryss
1903, at ten O'Clock O. m. and all per-s
SONS interested In said hearing and: III
said matter are hereby Cited and res
qutred at said time md place to eh0Ms
ton should not be xranied. - So
Ordered Further. That this order be-
served by publication In the Labor
World. according to law ST
!. Dated q at Duluth. MINI, Jan. 10th.
.Ss BY the Court.
b. MIDDIsaCoFF
tssa, proe.ts Court, \ L $ G eoans,s
Jan. 2s-30- Feb. { 1908
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lelp the widow and orphan.

help the widow and orphan.
That they strive to secure the same
compensation for women as that re-
ceived by men for the same work per-
formed.
Tat they are helpful to the family
by gaining the best possible terms OBJ
tainable under present conditions.
That unions are respected. Power
wins respect from everybody.
That they reduce excessive and
wasteful competition.
That they educate the workers upon
public questions.
That they inculcate Independence
and frown upon servility. III. :.
That they develop the spirit OF fra
terntty where jealousy and suspicion
exist among the unorganized. "
That they enlarge the acquaintance
and friendships OF men.
That they teach co-operation, the
most beneficent rule. Of lite. 1872,
That they curb selfishness and check
the greed of individuals.
That they. level upward, ALWAYS
striving to lift the wages OF the low
est paid. ~ -, ;. /. X
That they make the shop a better
place to werk in and resent the tactics
OF foren1en who are inclined to billy.
- That they, are no longer an expert
ment, as a century OF effort has de-
monstrated.--Max Hayes in the Star,
San Francisco. 4: 1Iaz5: 81 ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
WAGES AND LIVING.

Sixty-nine cents ten years ago had
the buying power OF the dollar of to-
day. This is the graphic way in which
Prof. Joseph French johnson of New
York university, drives home the
meaning Of Increased cost of nvins.'
His simple statement made It start
lingly plain that there is seamy side
to modern American prosperity.
Our Republican friends commonly
point to the existing high scale of
workmen's wages as evidence of the
exceeding blessings Of the country
under Republican policies.
1t hardly need be pointed out That
an advance OF wages Is Of no advant-
age to a workman II everything that
he buys has advanced in. the same
proportion.
The true gauge of laboring mans
prosperity is the purchasing power OF
his income, and even those workmen
wnoseowages have most advanced are
lucky It they can live as well now
as they could 10 years ago.
With the professional classes and
with clerks, statesmen and other mid
d1e-priced employees the situation as
1t Is. is much less favorable Lack
ing unions to promote their interests
and having no organised cl4ss identity
70 enlist attention, they aave= haar nd
advance In income to keep abreast OF
the advance In prices.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23

we've had it in local offices, all the
time placing organised labor in q hui
initiating ana ridiculous position. UNI.
TT the leaders In .eur ranks are afraid
TO recommend paenbers TO-, a: public
position, fearing that they VIII have
to be peded OF it with crowbar when
the term expires. = ~s:5y E. -. !: 4: !.
These political unionists seem to
forget that someone had to let 90 for
them to catch on" They seem to
think that a political . appointment
gives them a, life tenure at the public
crib, and they gnaw the bone until It
il forcibly released from their hungry
nnaWs, unmindful OF the fact that as
unionists, they have been Ia office to
reflect credit on the movement and
not because they had any particular
claim to official crumbs. <,
We hope that when Williams con-
cludes mis- farce respecting the labor
comn'issionership he will stop and
consider the d1Scredtt his acts have
reflected on organized labor in the
state. . II
when told he could not be re-
tanned, he should have retired grace
fully, but in acting the dog in the
manager he has not only given q very
disgusting view Of his own character,
but he has placed organized labor in
the state ridiculously before the peo-
pie as crew Of office-seeking para
sites who are playing their un1o1ism
for gallery plaudits and boxoffice per-
auisites, and organized labor should
not stand for being ileld up to public
view in that aspect"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
MENACE TO NATIONAL 4 LAW
3 MAkE38. ss.sz, = Fit Ill. I. I.

W.. 'The. people' representatives In
Washington. both Republicans" and
Democrats. are chatting with the In
science and arrogance 81 q most pow
erful federal bureaucracy, that as
sunes to be the whole United states
government. ~. ,:ss s .ls.> -
It is idle to disguise the fact that a
bureaucracy Of tremendous reach and
influences has In late years been form
:inE. as one Of the natural results Of a
rapidly increasing naturalization and
Roosevelt's egotisttcal:: stunts has
operated to encourage rather than
suppress the pretentions OF the bu-
reaucrats. ..:}s.
At bottom, there is an inherent an
tagonism between a. grea t: bureau
cfacy. intent simply. on spending
money and doing things. and the leg
islative body from wnich It must
draw the means Of IT'S support; and
II the American people viii look
sharply enough they Will see the be-
ginnings OF the conflict in the pres
ent situation at Warrington.
Perhaps the most vitality important
heritage a free people, enjoys is the
absolute control of, the purse by the
parliamentary or congressional body.
For, In the last analysis, bureaucracy,
however arrogant. must be hopeless
before 1t, provided that the people are
alive to the maintenance OF the diff
ferent departments Of government in
their integrity.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
PROOF or THE PUDDING.
(From our Exchanges.) J

Today every student of economies,
every philosopher every honest states
man and many employers admit the
necessity Of labor organizations, and
they frankly declare If they were in
the working class ranks they would
join trade unions.
Years ago, Abraham Lincoln advised
the workingmen to organize times
without number, and Wendell Phillips
spoke at many labor mass meetings.
William E. Gladstone said that trade
unions are the bulwarks Of democra-
cies," and the late Cardinal Manning
urged the workers to protect them
selves by joining trade unions.
Prof. J. ThoroM Rogers, Of the chair
Of political economy in Oxford uni
versfty, who made 9. careful investiga-
tton IT the records Of labor conditions
for six centuries, said: II look to the
trade unions as the. principal means OF
benefitinE the condition Of the work
ing classes" &. ~
Scores Of other men whose names are
familiar in every household might be
quoted as endorsing trade unions u:l-
reservedly,, and surely they can not
be accused OF partisanism, and con-
sequently they are better authorities
than the unlearrled non-untonist who
permits some selfish petty boss to do
his thinking for him. The. unions are
mere, are necessary, will remain, and
have no apologies to offer. + 8. lz.a>.s;
We are prepared to prove. .#g
That the unions raise wages. The
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
THE MINNEAPOLIS OPINION.

Mr.. w. E. McE,wen of Duluth, the
newly installed State Labor Commits
sioner, is the proprietor Of the Labor
World, and we who have the Tabor
ing oar" during his absence, were
given explicit instructions by him,
that under no circumstances must any
thing appear in the columns OF the
Labor World that would in any man
ner reflect upon Mr.. w. H. Williams
administration of the affairs of the la
Dor commissioners office.
We have religiously observed the
"injunction' and have no disposition
to evade it at this time; but our Du-
luth readers have a right to know,
how the men Of organized labor in
Mr.. Williams home city look upon
mis- recent antics.
At the risk Of being in contempt of
the aforesaid 'injunction," we will
quote from the only publication in
Minnesota owned and controlled by
organized labor-The Labor Review
published at Minneapolis, and Of which
the able and fearless writer, John p.
Kennedy is editor and manager.
Aside from its reference to Mr.. Will
nams the Reviews editorial contains
4 practical lesson Of great value to
all members Of organized labor
whether they reside in MINNEAPOLIS
Duluth or elsewhere. Tnis is what the
Review says:
"Organized labor in this state il
certainly being placed in a ridiculou.
light every time political plums art
being distributed, and by partiel
whose connection with the ur,io1
movement has evidently always beer
governed by the opportunities afford
ed for personal advantage.
Time and again when a union man
In the strength Of his unionism. hal
been given a public office, when hi!
successor has been appointed and Il
every whit as desirable as he, he mo-
only clings to the office to the las
moment. but uses every method t.
continue at the public crib-nnetaod.
that would be considered most DESPITE
able II employed in other affairs o.
life-and is finally only uprooted from
his official chair almost by physical
force. -
We have an example Of it in the
labor commissioner matter; We've
had it frQ1 the same office before;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
THE RoseER TARIFF.

MIR. Herbert E. Miles, manufac-
turer of farming implements, wagons
/ ana carriages, recently appeared be-
fore the ways and means committee
at Washington on behalf Of the indie
pendent manufacturers.
4 Mr.. Miles was honest enough to ad-
init that when congress makes q duty
so high as to be pronibitive Of imports
it shuts out foreign competition, leaves
the home consumer wholly at the
mercy Of the home producer and sub
ject to trust exploitation.
He said that in his own business, for
instance, a 20 per cent duty would
more than cover the difference in cost
Of production here and abroad, but
that the duty on many Of his pro-
ducts was as per cent. According to
MI. Miles, in this prohibdtive duty lies
congressional permit amounting to
an invitation that those engaged in
the industry consolidate, form trust.
and under this congressional permit,
which delivers the home market to
the home manufacturer exclusively,
add to the prices the difference be-
tween the necessary 20 per cent Of
protection and the As per cent given in
the law. Intelligent business men are
to be expected to make use Of an ad-
vantage like this especially granted by
congress, and this is just what every
one Of OUT big trusts has done.
1t is clear beyond question that
every big trust gets about onefourth
Of its selling price by grace OF con-
gress at the expense Of the consumer,
and that congress must change its
ways, or independent endeavor must
entirely cease in the more important
forms Of production, as it is rapidly
ceasing.
An excessive and trustmakins traiff
is a blow at labor, in that it dimi:,-
tshes hours Of work by curtailing the
output OF the smaller factories, raises
the cost Of living beyond reason, as is
shown on every hand, and lastly be-
cause, by diminishing the profits Of
old-fashioned competitive employers,
it keeps down the wage-earner's daily
rate and his chance for a share in the
better profits that should obtain.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
FOUND DEAD IN BED
r. WITH GAS ESCAPING

NEY YORK, Jan. 20.-With gas es-
Gaping from every Jet in his room,
Frederick E. Osborne, IS years old, Of
the International Bank Note company,
was found dead this afternoon at the
Hotel Wellington. Osborne had left
no note to indicate that he had con-
templated suicide. At the Offices Of
the International Bank Note company
officials said that Mr.. Osborne-had been
Ill for some time. l. A. Osborne, q
brother OF the suicide is said to be sec
ond vice president OF the Westinghouse
Electric & Manufacturing company Of
PittsburE. 50, -.:ezsEz.. Z
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
AERoPLANE COMES TO
EARTH WITH A THUD

ALDERsHoT. England, Jan. 2o.-Ths
aeroplane with which the balloon corps
Of the British army Is conducting ex-
periments again came to- grief here to.
day. = --.s. "
After a couple OF short nights, Capt.
F. S. Cody. the American in. charge OF
the experiment work, started on q more
ambitious trip. He had hardly gone
100 yards at height of % feet on his
third trial when the lifting ian buckled
and the machine come down with q
thud and was badly wrecked. Captain
Cody was not hurt g Z.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23

!; A publisher in s.. Johns. N. B., has
been t'ned and sentenced to Jail tor
importing a gang Of rats" to- take
the place Of members OF Typosrapni-
cal Union No. s.. who have been on
strike in that city for Some montns.
The charge against the publisher was
made under the alien contract labor
law, and it is, anticipated the victory
Of the printers win, have . far-reach-
ing effect in the Canadian labor move
n1ent - ~ ,.. W. 'st..s77ar . < fts.s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
CONSISTENCY 4 RARE JEWEL.

This ought We to have done and
not left the other undone" The ap-
preparation by our government Of a
large sum of money for the construc-
ton OF dwellings, and places OF shelter
for the Italian earthquake sufferers
supplying civilian carpenters to sup
ervise construction, would sound very
we'll, were it not for the fact, That
several thousand Of the wards OF our
government in Montana, are suffering
for the want Of food and shelter, and
no spectacular effort is made to give
these destitute women and children In
our own country any relief.
Verify! consistency is a jewel OF
great rarity. Objects OF charity at a
distance stir all our beneficent feel
inss into action; the needy and des-
t1tute at home create but little con-
cern. The souls OF the heather far
away must be saved at all hazards:
tho souls Of the heather at home may
go to the eternal pow ows.
1t is strange faulty Of our human
nature-how willing we are to assume
responsibilities that God has not COM
mitted to our charge, and how careless
and indifferent we are about matters
for which we are directly responsible
A. few evening ago. a* one Of QUIZ
churches, q lady missionary from be.
yond the seas lectured on the man
ners and customs Of certain alleged
heather nation. Her description OF
the costumes Of the people was 50
fudicrous that the congregation, more
especially the women, went into con-
vulsive laughter as they pictured tc
themselves the comical and mirth pro-
voking appearance Of heather women
decorated as stated by the speaker.
We presume the same heather men
and women would be tickled beyond
measure with a glance at the hat
products of our boosted civilization
SO abundantly in evidence in the news
before us. 1t is more than probable
the women Of heather lands have con-
sideration enough for the rights q
others, not to intercept the view OF
those others, by wearing a mountain
GUS aggregation OF useless and un-
necessary fuss and feathers for a
head gear. At all events we much
doubt If such exhibitions are toler-
ated in heather temples. Let US cas-
the large Norway pine beam out Of
our own eye before we proceed to re-
move the microscopic mote out d
the heathen's eye.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
THE RIGHT WAY.

Life a man, give hirf life, let him
work eight hours n day. give him
beautiful things to see and gooi
books to read, and you will starve out
the lower appetites. Give Z man 3
chance to earn q good living and you
may save his life.sz5's..:s:' -. = GIVE. y
hundred men in this country good
wages and eight hours work and
ninety-nine will disdain to steal
WendaH Phillips. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23

The strike Of the marble cutters en-
ployed by the w. R. Thompson Marble
company Of Denver has been settled.
The company agrees to withdraw the
$4,000 damage suit against the union
men and completely unionize the snip.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-23
PANICs, THEIR CAUSE
~ IT,. AND CERTAIN CURE
Continued from Page /

half q dollar. Now the chickens have
come home to 81 oost. we have the
single gold standard. we also have
. very healthy panic-th the worst ii
the e history Of the country. The work
tngnlan has no dollar. And he who
has g dollar has one that Ii worth
Just about half what Is was when free
silver aavocates were pleading tor 4
double tandard OF money The thing
that has happened IL this: The single