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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
EPtGRAMs By DEBs. !.

Books are better than beer. +
Self1shness IS moral suicide.
!. Character should count for more
than cash. *.S 60 f ssI&5G. r.. ~ s, :,
Beneath ragged coat may be a
noble soul. 0 :. s .= s7ss:. r. sts =
II you are not well dressed society
is against you. t:.s ~. Il, #
Excessive wealth is as demoralizing
as extreme poverty. y. az, g, {. y )
Many q man who is poor in money
is rich In principle. Sss~ =25s = 4" l., :;
Our children are becoming mere
cogs in the wheels Of industry.
The millionaire has as much. too
much as the tramp has too little. 81
Capitalism makes criminals of men.
/ would makesmen even Of criminals.
7 would rather be right with the
minority than wrong with the ma
jority.y * ':s:: a: s:=s-, 7-:j.... !
The present day rule Of business is
might against right-cunning against
conscience. y - '.~>&>s<r
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
THE COLUMBIA MERITS
YOUR STEADY PATRONAGE

In1S We'll known house is now hold
ing it's Fourth Anniversary Sale, and
their immense and we'll selected stock
of clothing and gents furnishing goods
are on sale at prices that are hard to
duplicate. It matters not what one
wishes he will find his needs in every
line Of wearing apparel anticipated at
the Columbia: The store has always.
enjoyed substantial trade on account:
of the superior quality of it's goods:
and reasonableness of it's prices, but:
the present anniversary sale surpasses:
all others in the magnitude of it's sales,
The we'll known reputation of the
house for good clothes, square dealing
and perfect service is bearing fruit In
a steadily. increasing patronage. The
Columbia has an enormous union
trade, and it deserves it, and is every,
day getting more. -. :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
FAVOR |. CLOSING |. n { !. OF j i:
THE SUNDAY MAILS
Letter Carriers Association Adopt
Such Resolution at Lake
.,;= City Meeting. 5.- -. :: -

.LAKE CITY, July 1.-The seventh
annual convention Of the Minnesota
Letter Carriers association closed its
session here. One of the most i'm
portant resolutions adopted at this
meeting was one which recommended
the closing OF all free delivery postal
stations throughout the state on Sun
day. in order that the postoffice en-
ployes might have the day for worship,
rest and recreation. sSss5s + F.. ....,,z
The state association will meet at
st. Cloud next year. The. following
officers. were elected: Fred M. Trux,
st. Paul, president; j. 10y, Red
Wing. vice president; C.. w. Schwerin,
Minneapolis, secretary; Julius Nelson,
Duluth, treasurer; c.. J. Romick, Lake
City, delegate at-large. asE4. tv =s5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
THE WAGES or SIN.

= Sin is an expensive luxury. It
costs society more to support q crook
than an honest man. Right living Is
cheap compared with q career Of
crime. $$2E X, $llz 552
! Yet there Il fascination about evil
doing that attracts and holds men
spell-bound. Some natures crave ex-
element. They love the glitter and
glare Of the red light. 10 them, the
orderly walk and the honest life are
extremely ordinary, dull. common.
place. Hence they easily fail prs ny u
the temptation to make . dash cut
3 9, wide swath ana enter upon liI, that
career that only stops u the fslon's
cell Of under the shadow 81 thes Rang
mans Moose But such courrss
|, means rrla bankruptcy At the last ank.
ruptcy n purse and ID character.
III slociety pays ca enormous price for.
The LUXURY q SIN and crime but thpss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03

q u9EFuL TN aFTlTuTIoN.s

Last week Witnessed the opening IN
San Francisco OF q home Tor dis
charged prisoners. This Is certainly
the Beginning OF one OF the most need
ed and most important reforms IN
penology. ~ 5 zsS5 4
For years. perhaps, the convict has
been denied every independent initia-
tive. He has been cared for and d.
rected, made helpless, Irresponsible and
either rebellious or submissive. and all
his thinking and planning have been
done for him. Then, without training,
position or friends, with the stigma Of
the penitentiary on him, he is sud-
denly thrust into a world of which he
Is not q part, to maintain his own
place In the world. + Naturally, he
turns to the only occupation he knows
soon comes back on a
second convictions confirmed Grim
inal" .%s ~, y = -
The convict when he comes out
needs somewhere to go and someone
to find place for him. To find or
make ones own job is hard enough,
even for a free man who has been in
continuous touch with the active
world. To expect it Of a man whose
start was wrong, whose recent envir-
onrnent was vicious and artificial, and
who has no point Of contact, with the
outside world, and no name but a dis
graced one. is too much. The con-
victs' home, giving the dicharged pris-
oner q definite place to go and definite.
o1ganized help in finding employment
and friends, will be invaluable.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
WILL RESIDE IN NEW YORK.

John Mitchell. for eight years pres
ident of the United Mine Workers of
America and during the last year con-
nected with the national civic FEEDER
alton. has left Spring Valley. ILL.,.
where he has resided for the, last sew
,enteen years, and taken up his: resi-
dence permanently in New York city.
The people Of Spring Valley made
earnest efforts to have him and his
family remain among them, and the
citizens Of Scranton. Pa, tried to per-
suade the great labor leader to locate
in that city, promising that they would
elect him to congress as labor repre-
sentative from the coal region. 'But
he desired to make New York his
home in order that he might be near
his duties in connection with the Civic
Federation. r.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
METAL WORKERS = !
II .s.. ELECT OFFICERS.

At the election of officers and dele:
gates to the International Convention
Ct. the Amalgamated Sheet Metal
Workers, Local II, of New York, T. J.
Butler was reelected president, r,
Hilzinger was elected vice president;
James Smith, secretary; James Con:
molly, financial secretary F. A.
Hughes, treasurer; j. McGroth, trus,
tee; j. Bobb1 and j: Gerber, delegates
to the general arbitration board. R.
Patterson and J. Gerber were elected
delegates to the Central Federated
Union. - g. A. ~ u -: i
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03

The Federation Of Labor at the Red
Wing state convention last week John.
sonizea Secretary w. e. McEwen. He
had held office thirteen years and
begged to retire, but the delegates for
fifteen minutes unanimously wouldn',
permit Il, and reelected him, and then
presented him with q splendid gold
watch as q reward for faithful service
and to remind him that all the, time
the federation is with him. IFrreeburn
County Standard. H.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
MERITS THE SUPPORT
or ALL CITIZENS

s. The following brief Biographical
sketch Of MI. Andrew Nelson, candi-
date Tor member Of the Board sof Ed
ucation OF this city. shows that 40 9
member Of the Board he would be the
right man IN the right place.
Born In Washing ton county, Min
nesota, 1872. Attended the. rural
schools OF Washington county as q
boy and entered Gustavus Ado1phus
College in st. Peter in. 1887. Began
his course IN the University Of Min
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
SPECIAL SALE STILL .... Mt
-. /. .-.>s.: y. ON AT THE UNION

The special sale at the Union cloth
ing and shoe house, 405-407 West SUI
perior street, is still in progress. j.
Union made shirts, manufactured by
high standard firms are going at just
one-half the. usual retail price. %..t..Ts
!, Mems suits, made in the most fash
ionable and up-to-date styles are sold
at very low prices.
This sale certainly affords every one
who SO desires an opportunity to dress
well at nominal cost.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
THE LAKE sEAMEN's STRIKE

THE LAKE sEAMEN's STRIKE.
In view of all the facts In the case
fair-minded men must conclude that
the vessel owners are wrong. II their
cause was good one they did not
need to fear to submit it to outside
d'sinterested men.
: Their attitude strengthens the claim
of the seamen that the whole dispute
is an attempt to drive trade union
ism from the great lakes. The "open
shop with the vessel owners has
meant the shop closed against union
men. - - 49,.
The most enlightened employers OF
today have given up all idea OF crush:
ing out labor unions. They have
come to recognize the fact that the
workers have right to be heard IN
making the conditions under which
they shall work. J. -. ......
Collective bargaining is recognized
as the only just method of dealina
With labor questions. The members
OF the Lake Carriers association in
refusing to recognize the principle OF
collective bargaining display their
Ignorance of economic conditions. 10.
The cry Of the open shop is pure
humbug. \ Unions are organized for
the express purpose of dealing with
EMPLOYERS IN q collective capacity IN.
stead Of az individuals. III. ST. i, - .g
If employers refuse to enter into
such agreements they are not stand:
ling for the "open shop ia the true,
sense OF the term. they are rather
going back to the methods 81 i quarter
OF q century ago when the Individual
workman was compelled to accs,,p,t
whatever conditions tho employer
sought to impose. Z. Il D 81. 4
KS y; y is to be hoped that the vessel 81
owners on the lakes will Ii the end
be induced rI to take = more enlightened
position. s sss8 q
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03

, IS . - LsE 81
gar" Gobble UP, subdue, or kill off all
competitors, like, say Arbuckles or the
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Com
pany. Find boss powerful enough
or INSCRIPTIONS enough to let you
write a tariff bill and to pass it, say
Cannon or Aldirch. Put a duty on
the unfinished product equal to that
Of the finished, say zone and ninety.
five hundredths cents per pound" on
refined supar and all light enough in
color for use. The result will be that
the unfinished product will have to
be sent to your mills to be finished,
refined "'--and You will have a $145,-
100000 trust-say the American SUI
gar Refining Company. Perfectly
simple! La Fullettte's Magazine.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
I VALUE OF oU Il'

Poltteness and common courtesy
what potent force for happiness and
success. Do YOU know. of . single in.
stance where these have failed 81 sub:
/. sI1t,a q worldly reward e combined
With even med iocre sbility, and can
you recall 2 polite and agreeable per-
son on against whom society ever closed
its Gates Without Imperative proyoca-
81 ton 'IE,' a duty You ow be agree
able g those with whom You como In
contact be not only court ous and
kind, but e snever dlessly hurt or
zo q Ever notice how much polite
1 men and women ARD ad(mired ( II
wins IN and y the easisst
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
A. F. OF L. CONVENTION.


Officials OF the American Federation
Of Labor on their visit to Toronto to
arrange tor the convention were rather
surprised to find that they had prac-
tically no choice In deciding on the
place in which to hold the sessions of
the big labor body. The only building
that In any way met the requirements
was Massey hall, and it has been Sc
cured for convention purposes. Each
alternate row Of chairs will be re-
moved to make desk room for the del
egates. The headquarters of the fed
Grafton will likely be located at the
Rossin house during the sessions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
"a coRREtc,,TloN.

- an article on page s Of our last
weeks issue, the words Plumbers and
s s.tias Filters union No. II were enron
seously substituted for Steam Filters
Il union union no. 42e. We try hard to avoid
errors, but they will occasionally Green
Sin 81. II spite Of all efforts to the con
8trary. i. ss.....5. .5.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03

If there is any one thing on earth
that can create more strife, hard
feelings and down right misery to
the square inch than anyone other
thing or being In the whole world, it
is one good healthy gossiping tongue
with a t1uctuating regard for the
truth. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03

price paid BY the wrong-doer himself
is Infinitely greater. The man who
takes out his conscience and deliber-
ately puts It under his feet and then
throws integrity and honor and right
living to the winds must take the con-
sequences Evening Wisconsin.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
GOOD RECIPE FOR A IL. .-...
SUCCESSFUL TRUST

Find some necessity Of life which
in whole or in most part must be i'm
ported, say sugar. Fix on some stage
OF its production at which it is unfit
for. market. say Mot above Number
is Dutch Standard in color. = Build
mills for finishing It, say refining SUI
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-07-03
pEFINlTIvE OF GENIUS.

DEFINlTIVE OF GENIUS. =
When all is; said, genius is q wrath
whose visible presence is hard work.
There must be the divine spark; but
with it ere any have attained the
heights was close and earnest applica-
and persistent. It
is these and more, whereby the gift
was developed, that have won the ad-
miration Of mankind. Talent is an
inheritance, too, and genius It's spirit.
'ual twin--but only through industry
are they ever made manifest,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
ADD TO TERROR OF PEOPLE
Slight Earthquake Shocks Occur in
Stricken District.

Rome, Jan. 4.-No serious damage
has resulted from any of the new
earthquakes, according to reports
made to the government.
There have been recurring shocks
in Stromboli and a distinct shock in
Southeastern Sicily. Messina, Reg
Eio. Palmi and other of the devastated
cities have also been slightly shaken.
A tremor hardly appreciate was
re,t Ii Pcsaro and Fano, Adriatic
coast towns in the department of Mar
chest, many miles north of the recog-
nized quake region.
While but little damage has been
done by this new series it has served
to terrify the people throughout all of
Italy, as it is felrad that another vio-
lent shock will come and duplicate
the ruin wrought along the Strait of
Messina.
Scientists say that the seismic dis
%lurbances are lasting an unusually
long time and that the "earth's un.
rest is likely at any moment to mani
fest itself in another wrench such as
the Calabrian and Sicilian coasts suf-
fered.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO.
Their Unceasing Work Keeps Us Strong
and Healthy.

All the blood in the body passes
through the Kidneys once every three
minutes. The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day. When
healthy they remove about 500 grains
OF impure matter daily, when unhealthy
soine part I'll this impure matter is left
in the blood. This brings on many dis
eases and symptoms-pain in the back,
headache, righteousness. hot. dry skin,
rheumatism, govt, gravel, disorders of
the eyesight and hearing, dizziness. ir-
regular heart, debility, drowsiness, drop
sy, deposits in the urine, etc. But ii you
keep the filters right O will have no
trouble with your kidneys.
w. B. Gordon. Real Estate Agt.. living
in l4angdon. y. d., avs "Doan's Kid
ney Pills deserve endorsement aud | am
IN a position to state that they are a
most reliable remedy. Previous 10 us
ing them | Suffered from grinding pains
across the small OF my back. The kidney
secretions were irregular at times and
all the remedies | tried failed to give me
relief. At last Doan's Kidney Pills were
brought to my attention and | procured
n box at f.. |. Donovan's Drug Store.
a few doses brought me relief and the
remedy eventually b ,nished every sylnp-
tom OF my complaint. | lerl better in
every way since taking Doan's Kidney
Pills"
Plenty mnreprooi like this from Lang
don people. Call at e. |. Donovan's drug
store and ask what customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price fifty cents
Milburn Co.. Buffalo. New York.
sole agent for the United States. Re.
member the name. Doan's take no other.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
MISSING PASTOR A SUICIDE
Anxious Flock Make Startling Discov,
cry at Buchanan.

When he failed to arrive at church.
where the congregation had assembled
TOR worship, a searching party was
formed to locate Rev. Robert l..
Dougherty, pastor of the Congregation
al church at Buchanan, a small town
near Jamestown, and on visiting his
apartments over the Buchanan State
bank, the s%earchers found the minis
ter in a pool of his own blood.
That he had committed suicide was
established beyond a doubt, the razor
with which he had accomplished the
deed being gripped in the cold hand
of the victim, while nearby was found
a rambling note half explaining the
deed. This note was evidently writ
ten when he borrowed a revolver from
a neighbor, and at which time his
courage must have failed him.
His actions had been under the sur
VIGILANCE of people of Buchanan who
We're o satisfied that he was in his
right mind.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
News of the Week From vari.
Gus Parts OF the State.
ROBBERS SENT TO PRISON
Soma Given Both Long Terms
and Heavy Fines.

Judge Amidon of the United States
court at Fargo imposed sentences on
nine prisoners who have been con.
victed at this term of court, seven of
whom We're sent to the p%enitentiary
at Leavenworth. Kan.
Charles Ackers and Alfred j. Lewis,
convicted of conspiracy to rob a mail
car on the 500 train near Lucca, were
each given two years and fined $1,000.
Herman Schulz. who robbed the post,
Office at Delamere, got fifteen months
and must pay a $1,000 fine. Oscar Dial
bow and E. F. Gildarth, who raided
the %postofica at Mannhaven, each got
thirteen months and a $500 fine.
R. H. Garrett, who raised a post
office money order from 81 to $40, will
serve two years. Charles Mccarthy
got four years for cutting a mail sack
in Fargo.
Oswald Goldner and Philip Shaw,
convicted of failure to post govern
liquor licenses, We're each fined
500 and given thirty-day sentences in
Jail. Rheinhold Mantel was convict
ed of mailing obscene matter at Up
ham, a box containing the stuff hav-
ing been mailed to Miss Flora Meyer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
IN NORTH DAKOTA RELIEF FOR SUFFERERS
Congress Appropriates a Large
Sum for Italians.

Washington, Jan. 4. = President
Roosevelt, in a message to congress,
asked for a direct appropriation Of
100000 for the relief of the stricken
people i'm the earthquake zone of It.
ally. This, the most generous fund
ever contributed by the American peo-
pie for succor of sufferers in other
lands, is to supplement the dispatch
of the supply ships Celtic from New
York and the Culgoa from Port Said
for Messina with their big cargoes OF
neccssaries, originally intended for
the American fleet diverted to the i'm
mediate use of the Italian victims. 1t
also supplements the presidents prof
fer of the services of the entire Amer
lean fleet of sixteen battleships, whose
use, in whole or in part, hinged only
on the acceptance or d~eclination OF
the Italian government. The message
was brief and both houses immedi-
ately enacted into law the recommen-
dations made.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
Further Quakes Predicted to
Occur in Stricken SeC-
lions Of Italy.
MESS|NA TO Be EVACUATED
Two-thirds of Her Population of
10000 Dead and the City
a Complete Ruin.

Messina, Jan. 4.-There is reason
TO believe that the devastation by
earthquake Of Calabria and Sicily is
not yet at an end. Further heavy
shocks have been predicted for Jan. {
and Jan. S, when the relative position
of the u and moon will produce the
greatest strain on the crust Of the
earth. Several minor shocks were ex.
p%erienced Saturday and many totter-
ing walls We're thrown down, but it
is not known that any persons Were
killed. The new Quakes are starting
the fires afresh and the people are in
a condition bordering ON panic.
Messina is to be evacuated entirely
as soon as possible. The disposition
Of the dead is one of the greatest
problems confronting the authorities.
Two days spent amid the ruins OF
Messina and Reggie bring convincing
evidence that the horror of the situa
ton in the Straits of Messina has in
no sense been exaggerated.
Messina and Reggie have ceased to
exist. LII tne RUNS OF lle former CITY
tWo-thirds OF the Inhabitants lie bur
led, while at Reggie oue-half the PEG
pie lost their lives. Messina counted
150, 600 aid Reggie $4,000 souls.
t Sickening stenchcs arise from the
countless decomposing bodies and the
air for many miles out to sea is pol
luted. Vultures are congregating to
prey upon the dead.
The radius of ruin and death eX
tends back with decreasing intensity
for forty miles on the mainland and
for thirty miles in Sicily.
The work OF rescuing and transport
ing wounded and homeless survivors
is attended with the greatest confu
sim
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
MANY TAKEN FROM RUINS
Fifteen Thousand Rescued Alive at
Messina.

Rome, Jan. 4.-Parliament will be
convoked Jan. II. The minister of
wal says that the forts around Mes
sina, which contain tons of powder
and millions of cartridges, have not
been injured. He also says that while
he was at Messina at least is, 900 per
o n We're taken from the ruins, in
jured and uninjured, of which number
1000 were saved by the Russians and
1,O0p ny the English sailors.
The Italian navy has SEM 600 tons
of provisions to the affected district.
All the treasure found has been placed
aboard the warships. One pocketbook
was picked up containing $4,000 and
much clothing has been found at Mes
sina and elsewhere with bank notes
Sewed in it. Advices from Messina
say that twenty looters were shot
there. That city will be evacuated.
Six thousand persons already have
left there and 5000 more will leave at
once.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
ESTIMATES OF DEAD VARY
Foreign Officers Place Total Hiaher
Than italian.

Naples, Jan. 4.-Foreign officers
who have explored the ruins on both
sides of the straits give higher esti-
mates of the loss OF life than Italian
reports. They believe that $1,000 per-
sons have either been killed or
trapped in the ruins of Messina and
10000 at Reggio, Where the tidal wave
rose to double the height that it did
at Messina,
Signor de Nava, a Reggie member
of the Italian chamber of deputies,
has personally t~raversed most of the
earthquake region on both sides of
the straits. He estimates the total
death roll at $4,000 and the wounded
at 100000. OF the dead Signor de
Nava calculates that $4,000 are at
Messina, $4,000 at Reggie and 1000
at other coast and interior towns af-
fected. The radius of destruction ex-
tends thirty miles north and south on
the coast of Sicily and on the main
land for an equal distance below Radi-
cena towards the south
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-07
SURVIVORS HAD DEPARTED
Rescuers Find Only Bodies Of Earth
quake Victims.

Reggie, Jan. A detachment Of
troops which went to the villages on
the east coast of Calabria found moth
ing but ruins and the bodies Of per-
sons killed in the earthquake. The
survivors had fled. There is every
reason to believe that dreadful havoc
was wrought in the mountain villages
that have not yet been explored.
A convoy with 1000 rations Of
bread, which was going to Bagnara,
was rifed en- route by famished per.
sons here.
A number of small boats, all Of
them overloaded, put out into the
channel to request food Of incoming
steamers, which the officers of the
vessels were compelled to refuse
them. Several of the smaller craft
capsized and a number Of persons
were drowned.