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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
HUGHES !. !. !.
H0N0RS MITCHELL
Appoints Him a. Member of Com
mission on Employers Ii y
ability Law. j.

NEW YORK, July 1-Governor
Hughes appointed six of the commits.
elon OF fourteen members authorized
by a law recently signed by him IL,
inquire into the question Of the liabil.
1ty Of employers, where employees are
injured, and also to inquire into the
condition Of the unemployed in this
state and the causes and effects OF
such unemployment. ..3&ss.
The commission has an appropria,.
tion Of $4,000 for expenses, and Is ia, ia,
report to the legislature next Febr71-
ary. The governors appointees are:
Henry P. saeger, president Of the
American Association forLabor LeRis-
lation and professor Of political econ
omy in Columbia university; NJ. Lei
ditz, building, New York city: Joh1,
Mitchell, American Federation OF Ia.
Dor, New York: Geo. w. Smith. Lack
aWanna Steel & Iron Co, general sus
pertntendent Of the Seneca Transpor-
tatton Co, president OF the n Central
Railway club, Buffalo; Philip Titus,
passenger conductor, !, chairman of gen
eraI committee Of adjustment, New
York, Ontario & Western railroad,
King gston: Miss Crystal Eastman a.. Al
thor thor and dnYesti stigator, New & orr city.:
l h I +
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HOME CITY .R0N0RS
A STATE OFFICER
II II / u i II
Assistant Labor Commissioner E.
G. Hall Elected President Of
Cigarmakers, Minneapolis. .

: MINNEAPOLIS July Ia queer
movement was started in Minneapolis
recently to oust 70. q. Hall assistant
commissioner Of labor from e seat In
the Minneapolis Trades Assembly. The
move has not met. with popular favor.
ana the Minneapolis cisar4nakes, to
show their faith and confidence in Mr..
Hall. not only reelected him as dell
egate to the Trades Assembly, but he
was promoted by handsome vote to
the presidency Of the union. 49,
MIR. Hall has held the position of
secretary-treasurer for several years,
but his duties In the Bureau OF Labor
are OF such a nature as to claim most
oe his time. SO he was obliged to de-
cline reelection However, the MEM
fters OF the union would not listen to
his complete retirement to the ranks.
so he was chosen to fill the highest
office within the union. ~. =
y. Mr.. Hall will be succeeded as Sec
Tetary-treasurer by Alben weiseI. q
most worthy member, and one abund-
antly qualified to take: care Of the du-
ties Of the office. So, :.
32 ]. D. Chubbiclk, well known to rn,-.
luth union men as g. delegate to. many
conventions Of the Minnesota State
Federation Of Labor. and one Of the
best union men in the state, will also
represent the Cigafmakers' union I'm
the Trades Assembly. ,,~ Sc.
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Frankly Tells the Senate That He
J Will Vote Against
the Tax.
CORPORATION TAX A RUSE =.
TO DEFEAT INCOME TAX
Declares That Corporations Ought
Not to Be Taxed 2
Per Cent. e. j '

WASHINGTON, July 1.-While the
question of tea remained technically
before the senate for long time
Tuesday, it was impossible to keep
the income tax and the corporation
tax question entirely In the back
ground They We're referred to more
than once, and at one time SO pointed
ly by Senator Clay as to bring out
a. most interesting statement from
Senator Aldrich, who, as chairman Of
the finance committee, presented the
corporation tax amendment.
Senators Bailey and Clay were
prodd1ng the chairman of the finance
committee and appeared especially
anxious TO- know whether he would
revise the tariff schedules downward
If the income tax should be adopted,
dn order to lower the revenue from
customs to an extent equal to that
which would be raised by the income
tax.
AIdrich Is Frank.
It was In response to direct ques-
lion from Mr.. Clay that Mr.. Aldrich
responded bluntly:
Il shall vote for the corporation tax
as a. means Of defeating the income
tax,
Il shall be perfectly frank In that
respect" he added. II shall vote for
dt for another reason.> The income Of
the government this year will show a
deficit of $60,00O,000. Next year there
will be a deficit Of s45,000,0O0. am
willing that the deficit shall be taken
care of by a corporation, but at the
end Of two years it should either be
reduced to a nominal amount or re-
pealed."
Mr.. Aldrich said that he did not
favor as a permanent form Of taxation
ga tax which is sure in the end to de-
stroy the protective system" -.
- ,TilIman Tea Tax Lost.
Senator Iillnnan,s amendment to;,the
tArln Sbin providing for duty 9of ten
cents per pound on tea was defeated
this afternoon by a vote Of 18 to So.
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY 49,
<: /. MAKES GOOD ON LAKE

Z CHICAGO. July 1-wareless telee-
5rauhy had an opportunity to demon
Istrate its efficiency On Lake Michigan
a, few days ago and made good. en-
abltng zoo passengers On the steam
ship City Of Racine, OF the Gpoirich
line. TO be rescued from q perilous sit
tuAtion.j 3. .s. 55sIs$ ,:s
s Disabled by !. Q broken propellor on
9R1aukeean, the boats wireless opera
Tor flashed the &C.. D. a., across the
q Waters The distress signal was re-
seeived by the Chicago and the Chris
topher coIliers which changed thef1
Hf5ourse ana steamed quickly 70 the
Y. sesc'le. elt The 200 passengers ii were
transferred in midlake ~ the sChicaRe,,
sai1d with but a few hour delay con.
4 sf1tnned their Journey To- afdl Waukee III
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
LIBRARY GETS PRESENT Z Zs
FROM HON. g. H. GRAVES
Books to Form Nucleus Of Library
'&S for the Scandinavian III ] 5.'ES 4'@ = 7.
III, People. &5 - ...t:}

t Charles H. Graves, the American
ambassador to Sweden, and for many
years resident of Duluth, has sent
TO the Duluth public library most In
teresting collection Of Swedish books
To- be added to the circulating depart
ment of the library.
The gift is especially welcome. as
there are no books In the library In
the Swedish language, and there is, Of
course, g. demand for them. Some
months ago, through the efforts Of the
librarian, collection of books in this
language was borrowed from the
State Travelling Library association,
and were at the Duluth library Cor q
month. and during that time were in
constant demand.
The books were returned, and in
spite of continued efforts since that
time, it has been impossible to secure
another loan because OF the great de-
nand throughout the state among the
Swedish people for such books. The
library board and the librarian are de-
lighted with Mr.. Graves gift,: which
includes seventy-f1ve volumes, which
have been carefully selected and rep
resnt the best Swedish literature of
today. ,
Books In this language which, Of
course, would be in much demand in
Duluth owing to the large Swedish
population, have not been purchased
by the library board because Of the
many other needs in the library, but
1t is hoped that this collection will
for nucleus of circulating library
of Swedish literature that will meet
the demands of many citizens. -
In his letter to the board, Col.
Graves says: please accept them as
a tribute to my many Swedish-Amer-
ican friends in Duluth and a memento
Of my pleasant stay in their beautiful
and interesting fatherland.''
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I.AUKAWANNA !. STEEL
/ co. MAKES RESTITUTION

BUFTAI1o, n. ], July The.
Lackawanna Steel Company has an.
nounoed that on July s1 viii ad d-s
vance the wages ot all Its employess
10 per cent hi ySs 5iH sSs sS
I aat March the company reduced
tvages in the office force 10 per cent.
while that of the unskilled laborerss
was cut from Is s. u cents an hour
TO IS cents
The inc1 saaes is eftectiv4 4 straight
through thu spla ant. q said General SUI
rintendent 3. ~ IS tbs Gig:
sni1eancs o6 the Action I need only say
that bum rs the:
Iinereass 3 s | L &
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union FACTORY IN =: ]. !.
CANADA A SUCCESS
Established by Organized Labor
to Give Employment to the
Unemployed.
It Is Designed to Make the Fac
tory O. Permanent Insti-
tuition.

LONDON, Ont. July! 1.-The fac
tory for the runen1ployed, established
here by the. Trades and sIRhnr gosatestf
has aroused sfnterest through6utks ksans,
ada and inquiries have been received
from the United States regarding It.
Exactly twenty-five OF the unen1-
ployed have been put to work, and
what Is more they have done good
work and been paid: for the work they
performed, The factory Is still run
ming and is to be a permanent insti-
ution. It is no longer an experiment,
Tor It has made good, and next fall It's
operations will be extended In the
summer months only a couple Of uaer,
Will abor to prepare material for the
coming winter and finish goods on
hand. It is from November to the
close OF March that the factory Is
most active-the time when work ID
scarce and men are idle. The expe-
rience gained in the operation Of the
London factory viii lbe valuable 1n
helping on similar factories to be
started in other places next winter,
The factory manufactures toys, iron
Ing boards and hangers. It pays no
dividends to shareholders and does MOI
aim at the accumulation Of profits.
It was only because the promoterl
of the new move were not built .S;as
cutters that success was made pos
stble. The doubters were many. II
was said that printers and painters
could not work up tin Of wood, thai
the thing could not be done and It wax
better to leave it alone. It was only
in the face Of persistent opposition
that start was made, and ait wal
only in the face Of the same persist
ent opposition for the first few week.
that the work was carried on to. s,1c-
cess. e.
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PLAY Grounds FOR
DULUTH CHILDREN
Duluth Association Hopes to Have
Them in Commission
49, July 5.
Establishing of a Public Bath
House Is Included in the
Program.

The Duluth Playground association
hopes to be able to open two free pub
Mc Fairgrounds for the children of the
city not later than the Fourth of July.
The organization is short of money
to carry on the work planned, but
hopes to be able to raise it In time to
give the young people the benefit Of
the grounds this summer. There is
about $3.50 nthe association treasury.
and as much more is necessary to
carry on the work planned.
The money now on hand came in
the shape of donations. Miss Jean
Poirter, secretary, sent letters to per
sons interested in the work, request
J ing contributions, and the response
was entirely satisfactory. Still more
donations are needed, however. Those
received last week were as follows:
Ward Ames, $25; P. S. Anneke, $25:
C. A. Duncan, $25; A. M. Marshall,
$40; Julius Barnes, $40: F. w. Paine,
$40; J. L. Washburn, SO; Red Cliff
Lumber company, per Mr.. Buxton, S.;
Bishop J. D. Morrison. IS: Mrs H. G.
Marshall, IS; A: H. Crassweller, IS;
Miss M. Quilliard, IS: Cook Ely, ST.;
F. S. Kelly, 81; Mrs. F. r. Kennedy,
81; Mrs. c. K. Diclzerman. 81; Mrs.
James T. Hale, 81, and Marine Sup
ply company, per Simon Clark, 81.
Included In other plans Of the asso-
citation, is one to build bathhouse on
Park Point, a little below the aerial
bridge, 80 that 1t Will not be necessary
to board a car after crossing the canal
dn order to reach It. st. Paul hao q
bathhouse established along the same
plan, and it is literally patronized,
and has been a big success.
Association members want to i'm
press upon the people Of Duluth that
public Fairgrounds are q necessitY
and not luxury. Their idea is to &C
qudre land for park and playground
purposes now, while it is reasonable
in price, rather than wait until the
prices are prohibitive.
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GARMENT; WORKERS WIN Ill
OUT I'M NEW YORK CITY


r, NEW YORK, July 1.-The 500
Jacket makers Of Local 1873, u G.. w.
OF si AZ; have returned victorious, to
work, getting q fifteen per cent in.
crease III their wages and reducing
their working hours to hrty-three. in :
stead OF sixty-six per. week. = *. ~. I.
All the bosses but Samuel Glass, of
E299 Wallabouts street, have settled
with the union. Glass has his place
guarded BY police, and has been try
ing to have the committee picketing
his place arrested. @1''.s: -
The union held q mass meeting at
4s Manhattan avenue, where the VIC
tory was celebrated. IS
j Herbert B. Sussman, business agent
of the union. reported on the settle
raent and was. heartily applauded.
i The union unanimously decided to
pay strike benefits TO = the forty-hve
men semployed by Samuel Glass. :. /.
other clothing unions involved
in this strike, the Jacket: Makers
Union, Local 10, the. Childrens Nom
Blasted Jacket Makers Union; Over
coat and Sackcoat Makers Union and
the Vestmakers' :. Union .of Brooklyn
had q few settlements and about 5000
more men will return to work under
union conditions this morning.
s. Vestmakers, Union, Local 16, Of
New York, will start settlements to-
day and it Is expected that all those
on. strike will return to: work. <ss
Louis Zuckermah, business agent Of
the union, said to reporter that this
was; the most remarkable strike he
j ever handled. as the strikers were
more enthusiastic than In any pre-
vious ones and were sure of victory.
~ The Buttonhole Makers were Joined
by more shops yesterday and It is
expected that the strike will spread
all over Greater New York today.
Their strike headquarters is at 1876
Grand street. ,g,.ss & II. ss@z - 4 r '. +:
= The atrikerss are enthusiastic and
are confident OF winning. j.
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.. MONDAY viii be OFFICIALLY recog-
ntzed. as the day for celebrating the
Fourth Of July In Dslluth this year,.
'eald, Chief. of Police Troyer. '"The
same rule will hold good in most
citiessof the state and country Every
thing considered, iti ts much better to
have the observance on Monday than
on Saturday. .%5S tS s.*...%-.>#. %-.#. 49,
"The police. will do what they can
to ,stave off all celebrating until the
fifth. This applies to Saturday as well
as to Sunday. We do not want. to be
unreasonable. but there Is an ordi-
nance against the: llse Of explosives,
etc, and the creating of disturbances,
which might make premature. cele-
orators liable to arrest II they get too
noisy. Nothing in the line OF shooting
of flrecrackers OF other explosives Will
he tolerated on Sunday. ~. ~ Z: ~:
I'VE want to- see everybody have a
good time on Monday, bnt must insist
that they keep reasonably within the
lines of order. Independence day, OF
course, would not seem like. the Fourth
at all II too strict glllations were
made. and enforced, and If there
wasn't a good deal e noise. The <po-
lice department. nn not be unreason-
able IN 9teeezytnsa ogdgt, Monday !. but
|sill have q, an snsoservancS
|sof ex1sting ord11ss ). pfactng re-
str1cttons upon the size and character
Of explosives used. Fire crackers fou1
inches dn length and three -fourtl1 ol
an inch in diameter are the limit that
can be used. Dynamite canes, guns,
revolvers. cap pistols, ETC., are
barred" = r ~..'r,- -
Local dealers are preparing for a
large sale Of Fourth Of July material
and are laying In liberal stocks. It Is
expected that. the fact Of the .observ-
ance not coming until the day after
the Fourth will reduce the total sales
somewhat, but mot enough to interfere
to any very great extent with the an
ticipated profits OF the dealers. The
smal boy must have his Fourth OF
July celebration, whether It comes on
the fourth or dfth Of the month. I
Fireworks In greater variety thar
ever before are being received IN Du-
4u&h. Every year sees new Improve
nents in this line, and this season II
no exception. The fireworks to b&
obtained are more beautiful than ever
And then there are old standbys, sucl
az Roman candles, sky rockets, pin
wheels, etc.
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REV SUNDAY SPEAKS -:
Il. ION THE UNION LABEL
As An Emblem Of Purity ALL Re
lgious People Should De-
= re ~ nand It.. =
:" ~ 5$r ~ y. s.s,@ =, SIS :.@ltGA II
Society Should Recognize It's In
!; r SsS :: debtedness to Man With
| the Dinner Pail.

,ts While delivering a sermon at I'M
dianaIoits recently the Rev. William
once famous on HE dfannond
as "a great fielder. n hdfew' mis- coat
and displayed the union label inside:
the pocket TO che audience and, said:
This 4ss the union label, the em-.
fble1n OF purity, and no man can sell
me q garment that does not bear the
lebel. All religious people should de-
mand It. II. you have visited the
sweatshops and witnessed the condi-
tions, as j have done. you would not
let a merchant sell you anything else.
IN many Instances the entire family
are compelled to work at starvation
wages, and eat, cook and sleep In one
ROOM which breeds disease and en-
dangers the life Of the public, all for
the greed of gold. .{EGl.. - +
I'VE are only just beginning to ap-
preciate how much we are indebted to
the men with the dinner pail. Ny
sympathies are with the labor unions.
Had it not been for them, men would
be working for starvation wages to-
day. Certainly they have the right to
unite, so that they won't live below
the starvation line. The church must
never lose sympathy with the man
who tolls. II It does L will leave It.
Greed for gold and power have blind
ed men to the old time principle Of
love your neighbor. TOO often busi-
ness consists OF getting all you can
and keeping out OF the pen1tentiary.
OFTEN some fellow will pay $4,000 for a
dog and. Give aoY1e moor woman sfxfv
cents q dozen to make shirt waists.
and little children viii set pulling out
basting threads so that ma can carry
home m flfteen cents more, when night
comes. That's the, reason I. buy my
clothes from THOSE who. pay the union
scale OF wages" ~. r. .=S 55.:S. Il !
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
Thirty RACES ARE: ... =. .
FOUND ON RANGES
Most of the Working People on
Our Iron Ranges are
Foreigners. ~ !,
Contrast Between Manner Of Liv-
ing Of Northern and South
!. =. ern Europeans. J.

Seventylfive per cent Of the pop,1la-.
ton or tha minnesota iron ranges Is
composed of immigrants and thirty
races are represented, declares, LEROY
Hodges. snecial agent ,,, s,,t Of the govern
ment inmderation commission. : r
Acting undar instruct ions. from con
sress.5 the inn1ierat1on denartment Il
gathering statistics y about the general
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WORKERS 7 !. !.
UNITED |! !. |: }. BROTHERHOOD B! n /
International's Executive Board
:: :. Met in Kansas City Last !
- Week. ~. ~".~
= t., ------- --- = 81 = - =
Vote for International Officers
Oanvassed and Result An j..

KANSAS CITY, July 1.-The gem
eral executive board of the Interna-
tiona1 United Brotherhood Of Leather
Workers on Horse Goods, who have
been holding an annual meeting at
the; headquarters; Of, the organization
IN this city, adjourned Wednesday,
after an interesting. session lasting ten
days.. all the members being present
with but one exception. The books OF
General Secretary Treasurer Pfeifcer
were audited and found to be o. x.
IN every particular. b. ..,s <s. 3..,S =. !
- Constitutional Amendments. fs IT.
Several amendments to the consti-
tuition were acted upon and one was
proposed to increase the ! salaries OF
lhe general president and secretary
Kruger, first vice 4president, did not
arrive in the city until the last days
session. He Is g. member Of; 4 the
school board OF: Memphis. Tenn. and
accompanied that body to this city.
tor the purpose OF Investigating Kan
sas City's public school system, ., 1.-f:s
Officers Eleoted. nitS
+ The vote for international Officers
was canvassed with the following re-
suit: General president, Eiward j.
Baker Of Kansas City. Mo-; first vice
president, George Shipman OF s To-
ronto, Canada; second vice president,
Peter A. sMaloney Of San Jose, Cal; =
third vice president, C. C. sseigler OF
Oklahoma City. Okla: 6ourth vice
president, Herbert Martyr OF Hart
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LONDON SUFFRAGETTES
i: $$fa ARRAIGNED IN COURT

= LONDON, June 30.-The 116 suf-
fragettes arrested last night during a
raid on the house Of commons in an
effort to present a petition to Premier
Asqutth. were arraigned in the Bow
street police court this morning and
after lengthy arguments Tor and
against the question Of their right to
present petition to the premier which
was raised by Mrs. Parkhurst the
mag gistFate adjourned all the cases un-
I'll July 3 and the women were y re-
leased = ON their own tzzecogn35ancesss Il /
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Enormous Increase in Membership.
Despite All the Enemy's
=. Opposition. ..s s. [~ (. = =
ARDoR OF AssAILANTs =55 ii
VIGOR OF DEFENDANTS
Manufacturers' Opposition Has
Served to Develop Enthusiaam
!: -. ::> and Activity. .

Since the Manufacturers' Associa-
tion has placed a new president In the
field and given him instructions to go
ahead crushing labor unions, it is not
amfss to give the names Of a few or
sanizations and their, gains in mem-
bership during the period when the
most opposition to organised labor de-
veloped.
The following figures 80 back to the
year 1898, giving the total member
ship then and the total membership
on the first of January, 1909-a period
Of ten years. The fight against or
ganized labor during the last ten years
has been most bitter, but from the fig-
ures given It will be seen what the
effect has been: >; ..'.
: In 1898 the Bakers International had
Zoo members; 1909; 16;30o.' ,'~' .'.~
Barbers grew from 5000 to $4,000:
!? Blacksmiths from 800. to 10,600.-
Brewery Workers from 10000 to &c.
000. .'.'.. <'...
Carpenters from 10000 to 1853, ZOO.
Retail Clerks from 5000 to $4,000.
=, Electrical Workers from 1000 to 21;-
900.
:, Stationary Engineers from 1900 to
27,eoo. -
Stationary Firemen. from none to
10000.
Granite Cutters from 1900 to liz
300.
Bartenders and Restaurant Work.
ers from $500 to 49, 500.
Longshoremen from 5000 to $4,000.
Milne Workers from 10000 to 2e1,-
900.
Musicians from 5000 to 5,4O0.
Painters from 1900 to 60.70o.
Plumbers from 1000 to 1850. ...
) Street Railway from 5000 to- 10000.
seamen from 1000 to 10000, ....
Teansters from. 100 to $4,000,
:Machinists from 10000 to st. 700.
sEigarnAkers end s. TypoeraphtGal
Info6s 4avss II b
per cent during that peri65d ..t.s. s5s !.
There. are many other branches of
labor organised ,tl1a nthose mentioned
above, some affiliated with the Amert-
fscan Federation Of Labor and some
that are not, and the growth Of each
has been in proportion with other
unions.
MIR. Kirby, Jr., the new president
q fthe Manufacturers association hal
q real job on his hands.
He says organised labor is hanging
by q: thread.
Wait until he attempts to cut iti