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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-10-09
sinews of War in Great Industrial
si:strife Don't All Come From
= Golfers of Organized Labor.
There's a Reason. " :,

=: In a recent. issue of the Square
Deal" the organ of the closed shop
movement and, the especial mouth
piece of the lugubrious Mr.. c. W.
Post, there is contained an article
Under the caption What Boycotts
Cost"
:: In commenting on and deploring
the amount Of money spent by the
labor unions in strikes the Post organ
walls What a power for good they
could become If they devoted these
vast sums, that have been used in
ways that brought them disaster aid
oftentimes proved a menace to their
country and a blight upon the hopes
Of their coming generations, to in
vestmeiit in enterprises that would
raise the efficiency of themselves and
their children" =. ....
There's reason enigmatically
croaks the roast bread crumb manu-
facturer. - ....,,
- There's Surely a Reason.
Indeed there must be one.
{ What would Square Deal" and
Post have the labor unions do? In
vest their dues. in Postum Cereal
stock? @h @a-z, -. Vi:
y What II the mine workers did spend
q rnillion dollars in one year and the
Typographical union a million and a
half? Has It ali been for naught? (
What have you ana: your friends
spent the past year? ,5si.5 .55>.3 5.3s flsE
Who finances the open shop move-
nlent g. & !? Who foots the bills for the
fGomp Mitchell- Morrison d prosecl-
taion Where has your # campaign
fund gone? The one sct aside for
the war Aof extermination Who Is
paving for the i #Hatters' demise, or
what YOU thought would tbe & one?
!. How much are your friends, the ves.
~ osynets, 1or The ilyilege
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TO TENDER ROUSING
WELCOME TO GOMPERS
Will Greet Grand Old Man at
Capital With Monster
Parade.
Impressions of Noted Leader on
European Situation Eagerly =.
Awaited.

w WASHINGTON, D. c., October II.
.---iE honor Of the return to this coun-
try of Samuel Gornpers, who has
been in Europe studying continental
jaDor conditions and problems, the la
hor organizations OF the cast will Fri
COY, october is, Unitc in a monster
testimonial demonstration as u well
come to The grand old man" of or
garized labor.
:. monster parade will be held in
.i.'s City to which thc labor unions
OF Philadelphia, Baltimore. Whining
ron. Richmond, Wheeling, Harris
burg, Pittsburg and many other cities
will send delegations. IT is promised
that several thousand members of
organized labor will be in line to tes-
tify to the respect in which the re-
turning leader is held by those for
whom he has so long labored and
fought.
The day will c.1lminate in a meet
ing in Convention hall in this city
and on the program Of addresses will
be the names of all the prominent
leaders of the country-naen who have
in the past gained regulations as
champions of the masses in their
fight for q fair share Of. the profits
they create
The address of Mr.. Gompers on
this occasion is being awaited Gag
erly by all who will have the oppor-
tun1ty to listen as it is expected to
he fraught with International signi.
1icance, following as it does closely
upon the heels of careful investi-
cation of the European labor prob
lem at close range.
What Mr.. Gompers has seen dur,
ing his trip abroad and what of his
Impressions he is willing to impart
to his American colleagues now or
his return, is a matter which. may
we'll claim the rapt attention of all
interested In Organized labor.
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Thrifty Members of Zenith City's
Unions Plan for Comfortable
Declining Years.
WAGE FARMERS INVESTING
SURPLUS IN CHEAP LAND
Country Surrounding Duluth Has.
Advantages Working Men: Are
Tardily Recognizing e.: =

The union man, the man who is
working fair hours for a fair wage,
Is with the advent Of good times rap
idly coming into his own. -:
Hard times and close money condf-
lions have taught him that he must
look ahead if he would not in his old
days be left a helpless hulk stranded
on the sands of charity.
And he is profiting by the lesson:
The working men of Duluth are no
exception to the rule.
Close investigation reveals that
there are more members of local labor
unions investing in land wherewith
to profit In their declining years than
ever before. They are showing wis.,
dom in their investments if the kind
of purchases that are daily coming
to the surface can be taken as a cri-
terion.
He's Sick of Schemes.
The working man of Duluth has
had his fill Of get-rich-quick schemes.
p He has had a surfeit of wildcat in
Vesting. He is making .detours around
every bunch of nicely engraved min
ing stocks that lies in his path.
He is going back to nature He
is planting his hard earned rocks
where cajolery and specious prom
ises cannot corrupt nor "con' men
break in and steal
He is buying land with the surplus
from each weeks pay envelope and
whether it is five acres, or ten, or
forty, he is looking forward to some
day standing on it and, looking
around, to saying '"This is mine
These hands earned it and I owe
no man dollar for the right to call
it home"
~ Bsery'week We hear of hard work.
ing members, of Duluth unions who
are planting their surplus4in -piece
Of land. Not In some land a tlons1
and or two miles away which they
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out OF every $7.70 produced. L Z =
Fertilizers, labor gets 81 Euut. of
every %$7.75 produced. s.sz>s- ~. ,...~ s,
b House furnishings, labor gets 81
Sout every o. 49, .ses L.
sS IS Leather goods, abpr gets 81 nut *of
every + IS IL 's
Paints. labor zsefs 81 aout of ievArss
$75 producsd,9 &.;<ssst's. -: s !. ~ v ~
Patent medicines and compounds,
labor gets 81 out Of every $7.25, pro
duced. ~! :; s'-.*
Tobacco pipes, labor. gets 81 out
OF every 1912 produced. - =
Slaughtering and meat packing, IA
nor gets 81. out Of every $16.75, pro-
duced.: -: ="
Soap and candles, labor gets 81 out
of every 1925 produced:
Sporting goods. labor gets 81 out
of every 1886 produced. a. ;,.;;:::4s
Starch, labor gets 81, out Of every
1925 produced '..... ,,...
Refining, sugar and molasses, labor
gets 81 out of every $29.33 produced.
Chewing and smoking tobacco, la
bor gets 81 out Of every $12.65 pro-
| duced. *sH".. -.
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DEsPERAT +, GLASS TRUST
I II hIsI:EADS WORKINGMEN

\ P1TTsBURG, Pa, Oct. That
the American Window Glass, COM
spany@is using Hoffstot strikebreaking
methods in desperate. effort to keep
Ats Monongahela plant running Is as
serted by the strikebreakers them
selves, who have deserted and joined
the ranks: Of the strikers. N. .:5s 81 &
By means Of attractive advertise
ments In various papers throughout
the country, the men were. attracted
to thescotnpany's plant. Nothing was
said IN the ads f. It would indicate
g. strike was on, but excellent wages
were Offered. Good accommodations
with the best Of food was part of
the bait held out IT, j., y. ~ II
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DIAZ, sMARTING, ~. Y
+ THROWS EDITORS 3
:. =.:.~. j, N. INTO DUNGEON ONs

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 7.-An
Of the typesetters and the girl
employers who were arrested In !,
connection with the closing and
confiscating by the government. !.
Of the opposition newspaper, Ell
Anti-Reflectionist, have been re-
leased. The news editor, adver-
tising manager and two repor-
ters have been consigned to
prison. = = - =
\. The article objected to was
entitled "What is the mystery in
the Diaz-Taft meeting?" signed
by "Un Mexicano." 1t appears
that the author of the article
was found on searching the Of
flee of the paper.
The police department has In
tcrpreted portions of the article
as slanderous to President Diaz,
a crime defined in the penal
code. I.
~, Government officials have
pronounced on the guilt of tho
arrested newspaper man In ad-
! vance and q fair trial will be an
improbability.
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n. Y. ,FEDERATION
FLATFo oTED FOR 5.' .z,
T.. :. !. y. !. WOMAN SUFFRAGE:

NEW YoIsK, Oct. " THE
State Federation OF Labor, at its
recent convention, adopted the,
following rcsolutior. .zss. I
# Whereas there are upward OF
six millions Of women in the
United States engaged in gain
full occupations; and
Whereas the American: Fed
eration OF Labor at Its annual
convention formal lly declares Its
belief in woman suffrage each,
successive ycnr; and 5:ll..la sass
X Whereas the State Federation
OF Labor in twenty states have
taken similar action; therefore,
be it 5:<.. g. g. s:: : I'll -
Resolved, That the Federation
OF Labor OF the state Of New
York, I'M convention assembled
at Troy on this 2sd day OF Sep
tember, 1909, hereby expresses
! its approval Of such action and
declares Its belief In woman sui:
frage as q necessary step !, to.
ward the better protection s.of.
the. Industrial interests, not Of
!. women wage workers only, but
of men as;Well. ~ :.
90
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MINNESOTA GETS - .1ss..s s= ~. -: :
r. 80 sTATIsTICIANs

= WASHINGTON, Oct. New York
with Philadelphia following a close
second, leads, all other states IN tn,
number Of chief and assistant *pe-
cial agents who will be assigned to
gather statistics relative to- 'niarufac-
lures, mines and quarries for the
next census, it is announced at the
census bureau, The total number
of such employees will be slightly in
excess of 1900. .... ~...'.z 81. -
= To New York, $50 chief ana as
sistant special agents will be as
signed, and to Pennsylvania 22o: Wis
consin is seventh, with 35; Michigan
will have 3o,- and Minnesota 30; love-
80; Montana, g.: North Dakota, 4, and
South Dakota, 5. :. .tff 1853 sttssssss sttssss
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HOW MUCH Do YOU CONTRIBUTE? t: ;

,J r%-F,r
OIL manufactures bysa competent stat
istician will give You some idea as to
how many auto4p obiles you have
helped pay for II the past year and
how Fronts and
s.ssn g = yaehtsye have hslpea l' main
tain :sslss. . ). ~ A i: s IL "
In the fla4Mfactnre af4-nL
Beer, labor getsa,l out of every
$3.50. produced. -<-.. :..-...s.. -. =
Flour, labor. gets 81 out Of every
.$26.35 produced. E : -.:s-& r.:
Fruit preserves, labor gets 81 out
of every $685. produced. - -
Steam and street railroad cars, la
Dor gets 81 out of every $3.50 pro-
duced.. -
Cheese, butter and condensed milk.
labor gets 81 out of every $16.5o pro-
duced. - r.
Chocolate and cocoa, labor gets 81
out Of every $11.75 produced
Mems clothing, labor gets 81 out OF
every $5.35 produced. ..
Coffee. and spices, labor gets 81 ont
of every $27.75 produced. s.-'
Confectionery, labor gets 81 out OF
every $5.25 produced.
Cordage and twine, labor gets 81
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WIN THEIR 7. I. !.
i: !. STRIKE IN CHICAGO

'@ CHICAGO: Oct. I've have won
the strike completely" announces
Business Agent Herman of the Ladies
Tailors' union, the members of which
went on, strike last week for higher
wages. =, =. -.a,..e,.-.:, ,zs-5s & .~.s.]
:; Although three. Of. the State street
emporiums--Marsha Field & Co.,
Mandel: Brothers and Carson, Pirie,
Scott & Co.-still refuse to grant the
demands of the men, and two of the
smaller bosses are holding out, all
the remainder have signed up, so
that only Is :tailors OF the 900 remain
idle after two. days of striking, "
T. On account Of the large demand
for skilled ladies', tailors the, men
still idle: are rapidly finding work at
other shops, SO that the, State street
storess will soon be without men al
together, even If they; do not fall into
q TEfl.Altsthe. skAledl:: !. cl,oatmakers {, s:of the
city are orgaHzed or walked out in
sympathy with the. union men, SO
that only a very few men can be
secured as ikebreakers. The strike
leaders announced today that the
State street stores have been upablt,
to turn out any work since the ltrike
began In spite of their cries for
tailors through the want columns Of
the capitalistie papers Of the city.
+ 7 AS a result of the stubbornness Of
the State street stores In opposing the
demands Of the union: and their In
ability to turn out the. work Of their
customers 4 large amount Of their
tall trade Is going to- the shops that
have already granted the demands Of
the strikers. ia 5Sfas Sls 5t= # AZ &
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R8B BUREAU OF
WOMAN INDUSTRY

I CHICAGO, Oct. IA federal bu-
reaa inside the department Of COM
merce and labor at Washington, pre-
sided over by a woman, to collect
data pertaining to women in indus
trial pursuits, was advocated by reso-
buttons adopted at the convention, Of
the National Women's Trade Union
League now being held in this city.
: According to the ideas Of the dele
gates the bureau when created should
conduct scientific Investigations into
the effect of factory labor on the
health of women workers. It also
should study to what extent men are
being displaced by women at lower
wages and what effect that has on
lowering the standards Of living Of
men as we'll as of women.
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at no time be swerved from what he
deemed the right path. ..sss45-i ss5 - - ,.
A strong testim onial to the esteem
in which Mr.. Mcdonald was held by
the unions Of, Duluth was rendered
him on his departure for: the golden
west last .Wednesday when delesa-
tions from the Trades and Labor
assembly and sathe Carpenters Union
Of this city In6t him at the station
and :bade him g Good td luck and, a safe
journey" 5.*. .t>.xr:.s 4. !.
5 It is Mr.. McDonald'sy intention to
resume the practice Of: law in Seat
tie. profession which he, interrupt
ed to assume editorial work two
years ago. :, ( H. ...,Z.-,
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What is your trade?

y, What is your trade? o.,
: What do you do six days in the
week, or maybe seven for that mat
ter, to put food into your: babies'
mouths and keep clothes ON t11uir
backs? " ~ T. zs@ en- {hssa
- Noser.satter tvlfst YOU DO It Is prob
ably some trade where a pair of toi,
worn hands, tired brain and aeh-
ing muscles are the daily accompani-
ment
Now do you know within a dollar
or so how much of the product Of
those toll worn hands, tagged brain
and aching muscles really goes home
to feed and clothe the wife and
babies?
Probably not! Few working men
do Under present day conditions
they are too busy eking out a bare
existence, too engrossed making both
ends meet when the week end comes
round to puzzle over sum of figures
which will show them how much the
man or corporation up top Is making
off their labor. =.
The following figures. compiled
from the United States census reports
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VICE PRESIDENT REEQE 4. jSs
TALKS TO BRICKLAYERS

About a hundred members of the.
Superior Bricklayers' union last Sat-
urday night listened to an address in
Maryland hall, Superior, by t. r.
Reece, vice president Of the Brick
layers union of the United States
and Canada. =: <'F'' s4't 8 {4.tt;s> 4E.st;sI>.
A sumptuous banquet was served
during the evening.
Mr.. Reece is on a short tour Of the
country visiting the unions In the
middle west. :, -" i
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!. r. McDoNAi1DI 7 GOES II
! .::..... gIIs T0 GOLDEN WEST

- With lask week issue ended the
services Of "a. =. Mcdonald who for
the past tiiso years has edited the
columns OF the Labprs World. l5s p.
Desire for . change and a wish
to- She reunited wit, = son, now u
resident Of Seattle, stnduced Mr.. Nc
Donald toHsever hisTconnection with
Duluth and trek oathe far west.
:. Mr. McDnnald dnrtng his, incum-
bency .of the editorial chair. of the
Labor world made many friends who
shonored and respected him as much
for the clear incistVeness Of his rea-
soning as evidenced I'm his writings
as for his blunt honesty that could
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ORGANIZED. J ] LABOR
IS LOGICAL ENEMY
!. OF TUBERCULOSIS
Grim Besieger Of Workers Homes
Finds Way Barred By
Unions Massed Ranks.
WRITE PLAGUE THRIVEs
+. IN SWEAT SHOP CRIME
Printers and 8 Tobacco Workers
Are Leaders in War to Throttle
r Moloch Of Commerce.

= No movement lis at the present time
more deeply stirring the ranks OF Or
ganized labor throughout the United
states than the campaign against tub
erculosis 4;- -. s - zzs:Ssss
=. Politics, strikes, boycotts and all
other issues are being side-tracked to
make way for the fight which Is to
save the lives Of thousands Of labor
Ing men and laboring mems babes.
Meetings are being held and move-
ments started in hundreds OF cities
for the purpose of stimulating the
labor forces to activity in anti-tub-
erculosis work, .4s.. - Ei
D Scope of Movement Unrealized.
This uprising against the worst foe
of; the workfngmen is Of such recent
growth that in spite of it's present
magnitude and daily development, few
people are aware of its significance
and Importance. = z ~5..# s. So. z=.Ss
Several years ago some of the larg-
er~ national and international labor
unions, notably the printers and cigar
makers, began an anti tuberculosis
movement among their members,
which resulted in the establishment
Colorado Springs. q -~.(<
~ Other unions followed suit and still
others are now laying sthe nucleus Of
a fund for the same purpose
,@ Campaign Vital to Workers.
~ The fight against the dread white
plague means more to- the working
man and his family than at first ap-
pears on the surface, IA III.
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WoMEN's LABEL LEAGUE
TO GIVE; CARD PARTY

The members of the local union
No. 230a Of the Women's Union Label
League, will give card party at
Kalamazoo hall, 1s. West Superior
street, next Monday evening at which
all interested In the cause OF organ
lied labor are invited to be present.
"A special program. OF entertain
ment has been prepared and q large
attendance IS expected 5=5; .:5
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ARE BOYCOTT FUNDS THE !. :
0NLYTHOUSAND9 D9'WA6TED2

of trying to wipe out the Seamen's
Union from the lakes? :
Who Pays for Incompetents?
Who is paying for the police-d -detec-
tive protection at every port?a Who
wrote the check for = the damaged
Canadian lock, and what keeps the
Lake Carriers employment offices
a-going?. # .'r1.=&.l~> J..
Who: pays the state constabulary,
the Jim Farleys and the armies Of
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rally. TO .SUFFRAGET
4 CAUSE {. ]: IN new ! HOME HI. L
=. r.. ~ ~. 80 81 %sr.ttsf q ~ -
National {. Headquarters Of Asso.
citation is Moved from Buck
II !. eye State TO- Gotham City.
Distinguished Americans Flock to
New Tepee to Reaffirm Their
:: <. j. Faith in Women. = i"

:: NEW YORK. Oct. 7.-The head
quarters of the National American
Woman Suffrage association has been
moved from Warren, Ohio, to this
city: : .sl . :.y5<,-.S~ -. IL - - sr::.A
/; The offices are located on the 17th
floor sof a.. handsome. new office
building at sos Fifth avenue. Rev.
Anna H. Shaw. and Prof Frances
Squire Potter, president and corre-
spending secretary are the officers in
charge. :, T., ..r-.:y, 1s,--.. T.
The press department is under the
personal direction of Mrs. Ida Hustled
Harper, ,biographer OF. Susan B. An
:thony, assisted by Elizabeth ]. Haus-
.er, OF Ohio. - r
~ :ss ~: D Woman in Majority Here.
THE New York State Woman suf-
;:tfrage association has its "headquar-
tiers ION the same floor, and the two
remaining rooms are occupied by
Mrs. OliverrH.S p. Belmont as offices.
Thus the entire floor Is. given over
ito the propagation Of the woman's
cause. >> 5>s-.s, Fl, r, a.. NIX II.
:. Among the distinguished visitors
who have already called to express
their interest are Mayor Tom L.
johnson, OF Cleveland, Kate Barnard.
State Commissioners of & Charities Of
oklAhopias I'm Temple Graves, ;i;sys ed
ttor1ef the New. York k5A1erfcan,saon.
I. m Stevens, editor of the Colorado.
= 8 ORR tof ThesKdbera-
tors, ocl1as. > s Duryea,,sS an automo-
bile manufacturer of Reading, Pa,
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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-24
N. P. Gives Bet
ter Train Service

The North Dakota railroad COM
missioners, who recently had
number Of complaints put up to
them concerning the train service
of the N. p. and who visited
Beach on the 18th inst. in search
for information. having thor
oughly investigated the various
complaints relating to local pas
senger train service west of the
Missouri river in this state on the
main line of the Northern Pacific
railway, and having been con-
vinced that the allegations of the
compliments are true and that
the train service is utterly made
quate and insufficient, thereby de-
termined that in order that the
said service may be adequate to
the demands of the present pas
senger traffic between stations in
that territory. a service should be
inaugurated which, in addition to
the service as now maintained,
snOuld PROVIDE Tor the following
stops. to-wit:
"fhat stations Lyons and Sweet
Brier should be made flag stations
for No. z; 3 and 4 should be re-
quired to stop at New Salem, Glen
Ullin. Medora and Beach, and
should be required to stop on flag
at Hebron. Richardton. Belfield
and Sentinel Butte; or that in
the event Of the restoration of
trains Nos. 5 and 6. or Is and
16. or trains affording adequate
service, these stops may be made by
these trains.
Inasmuch as trains S and 6 are
now restored, there is little likeli-
hood that 3 and 4 will stop, though
Agent Cooper is of the opinion
that 8 will soon be scheduled to
pause here.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-24

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