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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-31

The l6-year-old grandson of a
tobacco trust magnate inherits
$5,000,000 outright. It would
seem that the greatest rewards
were paid on the Judgment shown
in the selection Of a grandfather.
Henceforth a, fellow can't light
his pipe without paying dividends
on that young fellows sagacity.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-31
PIERP'S FINE ITALIAN
HAND IS REACHING OUT

There is sufficient proof on
hand to show conclusively that J..
P. Morgan and his ieutenants are
working out a plan to introduce
their "pro6t-sharing'' and pen
sion schemes into all the in
dustries in which they are inter-
ested. These *welfare'' systems,
as they are called
known as ''hell-fare' plans
among working people-are in
augurated as a sort Of a sop to
discourage men from organizing.
Stock has been peddled, pensions
promised or reading rooms and
soap and towels furnished to en-
ployes in Morgan's steel trust,
harvester trust, lake shipping COM
bine, on numerous of his railways,
in his automobile works and other
industries that he controls.
George Perkins, Harry Coulby,
Judge Gary and. other Of j. P.'s
lieutenants are the warmest cham
pions of the open shop and no
unionism. Their theory is that
the workingman can be. made
happy if he is taken into the trust
as a '*partner''. By being given
a bargain sale to purchase a share
of stock Cor lose his job) the
working man becomes grateful and
in some instances is inclined to
swell out with pride as he thinks
of himself and Morgan as part
ners.
The further theory is that the
labor stockholders will work
their heads off to insure a divi-
dend Of couple of dollars per
year, and under no circumstances
would they think Of demanding an
increase in wages of a couple Of
dollars per week, for then they
would be robbing themselves as
stockholders and have no divi-
dend coming.
The pension scheme Is also a
good incentive to keep the work.
ers satisfied and produce pace
makers for the trust. The only
trouble is that a good many en-
ployes are killed, permanently
disabled or discharged before they
get within hailing distance Of that
pension prize that is hung up to
dazzle thrifty and loyal toilers.
Next month Perkins and other
Morgan lleutenants will make
their annual reports and laud the
scheme of making *'partners'' of
labor men to the skies and advise
the extension Of the scheme.
Trade union officials urge
that the so-called proft-sharing,
insurance and pension systems are
the most insidious and effective
schemes that have yet been de-
vised to prevent labor from organ
izing and preserving it's rights in
dignified, manly manner.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-31

purses in the attempt to find
something, somebody, anything,
to show that gas did not wreck
the Times plant. Gas is the Otis
nightmare.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-31

One pleasant thing about it is
that we are able to tell who the
secretary Of the interior is with
out stopping to look it up in the
World Almanac.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-31

A New York woman gives her
opinion that her daughter should
be able to live on $4,000 year.
The cost Of living in New York
is evidentl y moderating.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-31

49,
MUST MAKE AMENDS FOR
GOETZINGER'S IMPUGNING
A few days ago there appeared
in the St. Paul papers a statement
furnished by the state public ex-
aminer which reflected severely
upon the state board of arbitra-
ton.
This statement was in the light
Of a report made subsequent to an
examination of the book sof H. w.
Goetzinger, secretary Of the arbit-
ration board, and, incidentally, a
member at large of the Republi-
can state central committee.
The examination of MIR. Goet-
fingers books was made during
his absence from home and the
report was given to the news
papers Of the state capital before
any notification had been given
MIR. Goetzinger of it's findings or
any explanation asked as to the al
legged Irregularities it purported to
disclose.
Now comes MIR. Goetzinger and
in a concise and straightforward
statement to the public press
shows the allegation made as to
irregularities in his accounts to be
absolutely false and the report as
a whole one colossal blunder on
the part Of the assistant examiner
who went, over the books.
In his communication to the
press MIR. Goetzinger says among
other things: 1.-The conclusions
arrived at by the public examiner
are absolutely false. I have filed
with the governor reply showing
every paragraph of the report to
be inaccurate. The records show
thirteen meetings of the arbitra-
ton board, not ten, as charged;
nine trips by me to Minneapolis,
not one, as charged. I charged for
eight trips to Minneapolis and still
have the cost of one trip due me-"
The fact that, on top of his
egregious error, the state examiner
rushed into print without consult
ing MIR. Goetzinger or asking an
explanation of apparent irregular
tiles, is the most regrettable
feature Of the incident. The i'm
pugning of the character of pub
lie officials is easily accomplished.
The setting of them right again
in the public eye is not so easy,
especially following so unbridled
and unfair a statement as was
given to the st. Paul press. Vast
amends are now due MIR. Goet-
Finger from the state examiner S
office. Still more necessary is it
that these amends be public
AS public as the original rehec-
ton on that officials business
capacity or integrity.
MIR. Goetzinger is too we'll
known and stands too high in
labor union ranks and both
politically and socially in the
state to have anything but cred
ence given his emphatic denial of
the charges contained in the re-
port.
His friends, who are legion,
await an early retraction from the
state examiners office-the more
prompt the more satisfying.
The 16-year-old grandson of a
tOhoooo +y,,,,+ ,,,.~o4o :l:L
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

in requiring the petty republics to con-
form with the obligations of their
statehood.
The object of the United states 81
not to coerce the Latin republics, nor
to control them. but to protect them
that is, to allow them opportunity l1i
development, free from aggrandiZc-
ment of the Powers Of the Old World
They must keep their engagement
with the Powers and Old World IN
vestOrs of capital and citizens. Th&|
are to be independent, out the Nom ="
Doctrine requires that their right Of in1
dependence cannot be separated GroH:
the obligation of making good use Of il.
They must behave and pay their debts.
The Monroe Doctrine fOrbids them To
rcpudiate debts and thereby to INVITE
foreign aggression.
Thus the United States has a big
task in the Western Hemisphere. The
responsibilities of the task grow year
by year This guardianship Of all
America costs chiefly in maintenance
Of an adequate navy. But. cost what
il may. the result is worth the cost.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

passion fruit q few grapes are cult
waited and an inferior peach may be
grown. but the climate is too warm for
both Apples, pears, apricotS and plumS
might be successfully cultivated on high
mountain slopes, but where so many
good fruits flourish without cultivation
it is too much to expect that people will
climb to any considerable elevation in
this climate to raise the best fruit in the
world
With the exception of pincapploS and
melons, scarcely any fruit may he said
TO he cultivated in this colony. For a
few years grass and weeds are cut from
around young fruit trees and then they
are left to luxurate under the gentle in
fiuenccs of this fertile soil and genial
climate. Although Tahiti oranges are of
fine quality, there is not an orange grove
or orchard of any sort in this island OF
40 square miles. The orange may he
seen growing like other fruit trees along
the highways or in the woods. There is
an unfailing supply of wild plantain in
the mountains, though the men my
sometimes have to go as far as 10 miles
for it. some of them being able to bring
down 200 pounds of fruit balanced on Il
short pole across the shoulder, which is
the native fashion of carrying anything
of weight. Mango, avocado and bread
fruit trees grow along the streets and
roads or elsewhere, attaining Il diameter
of from two to three feet Tor more) and
a height of from 40 to 60 or even 20 feet
The natives make long dugout canoes
from the trunks of the Spondias dulcis
and breadfruit trees.
In the Papeete market plantain is al
ways and bananas sometimes sold in
lunches as cut from the plants, bread
fruit and cocOanuts in punches of from
to 10 or l. each. oranges in large
baskets or in strings made by fastening
the stems in Il plat of bark in such
! manner that the oranges stand out on all
sides close together; alligator pears,
papayas, manGoes, bananas custard ap'
pies. guavas, lines and other fruits are
sold in long-handled baskets quickly
made of the blades of cocoanut leaves
The Tahati chestnut. which is five or six
times as large as the American variety,
is also sold, roasted and opened on the
market. A popular article in market is
what the natives cali poi, made by mix
ing mashed bananas, plantain or bread
fruit with powdered arrowrnot to form
a dough. which is baked in banana
leaves of hot stones and then while still
hot stirred in the rich milk obtained by
squeezing grated cocoanut, after which
it is put in pans to become cold when II
may he sliced like cheese.-Consular Re-
Dtrt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30
What Is a Government.

A government is an institution es-
tablished by an entire nation for the
purpose of determining what part of
the nation shall make money Nslt OF
the other part, says Life
BY tariff schedules and rates the
government decides to what extent
dealers in protected articles shall
prosper.
BY franchises and land grants it de-
rides who shall reap the benefit of
transporting people and goods.
by patents and copyrights it places
Itself on the side of the inventor and
the writer.
BY building battleships it shows a
friendly interest in the owners of the
steel mines and mills.
by depositing public money in banks
1t materially reduces the financial diff
ficuities of fnanciers.
good government is one which
does all these things in such a wav as
te satisfy both the beneficiaries and
the victims.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

America and other white nations
are ignoring the Japanese in China and
continue their SHANGHAI activities;
while the Japs grit their teeth. edu-
cate their children in warfare and
wait. japanese newspapers are de-
voting much space to a discussion of
the activities of American and Eu-
ropear financiers. The semiofTicial
Japan Times endeavors to brighten
Chine. with the bogy that the admis-
sion of financial combination of Am
erican, British. German and French
financiers into Manchurian invest
mcnts would menace the integrity of
China, and also the existence of the
Marchu dynasty. One Toxic paper.
quoted by the Chinese press. solemnly
declares that manifestly japan will
now have to so to war with all four
Powers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30
Coming Events.

Dec. dedication of new High School
Building, Bingham
Dec. 6.7-S-Annual Meeting State Dairy
mems Association. Augusta.
Dec. East Somerset Pomona, Hare
land.
Dee. 9-1O--AnnuaI meeting state Seed
Association, Augusta.
Dec. 13-SOmerset Pomona, Madison:
Dec. 1f-|<ennebec Pomona, Readfield.
Dec. H-15-16-l7-Maine State Poultry
and Pet Stock Association. Portland.
Dec. aO-2i-State Grange, Augusta.
Dec. 2,-Waldo Pomona. Searsmont.
Dec. 21-2S-.9-30-Freeport Poultry Assoc
ciatio0. Freeport.
Jan. S-i-5-Western Maine Poultry AS
ISOLATION, So Paris.
Jan. 11-Annual meeting of Maine Opt
clans, Portland.
Jan. 27-Kennehsc County Christian
Endeavor Union. Gardiner.
Feb. 2l-a2-Western Maine Pythian Jul
hilee. Lewiston.
March Sony IIigh-Portland High de-
bate Augusta
April 19-26-Itast Maine Methodist Con-
ference, Oldtown, Bishop Cranston pre-
siding
April 19-26r4Maine Methodist Confer
ence, Biddefofd, Bishop Nicely presiding
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30
Treatment Of Pavements.

They took little gravel
And they took q little tar
With various ingredients
Imported from affair."
They hammered it and rolled it
And when they went away
They said they had a pavement
That would last for many a day.
But they came back with picks ant
Smote it
To lay a water main;
And then they called the workmen
To put it back again.
To run "a railway cable
They took it up some more;
And they put it back again.
Just where it was before.
They took it up for conduit
To run the telephone:
And then they put it back again
AS hard any stone.
They took it up for wires
To feed the 'lectrc light,
And then they put it hack again,
Which was no more than right.
Oh, the pavement's full of burrows,
There are patches everywhere;
You'd like to ride upon It.
But it's seldom that YOU dare
It's n very handsome pavement
A credit to the town:
They's always diggin' of it np
Or putin of it down
Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30
Uncle Sans Latin Neighbors.
CPortland OregOnian.)

In America the ancient antipathy be-
tween the races of TeutOnic and Latin
extraction is absorbed and largely for
gotten. Peoples of Northern and
Southern Europe come together here
and mingle in peace and security Bit
between Americans and the Latin
tinged races of Central and South
America. the ancient antipathy is more
persistent.
Returning travellers from the south
tell of its existence in the nations of
tie Latin folk. The United States has
been doing what it can To convince its
southern neighbors that its purposes
are not for aggrandizeme TO some
extent this country has succeeded. But
the old prejudice persists and some
times vents itself, despite Mr.. John
Barrett's Deace-lOving Bureau of
American Republics. Clash between
Americans and Europeans recently
has occurred and the sympathies and
antipathies awakened by the contact
have brought to mind old racial facts.
The Monroe Doctrine of the United
States is an object of suspicion, des-
pite the cndeavors of Uncle Sam to ex-
plain its pacific purpose The an
nexation to the United States OF large
territory of Mexico anu the more re-
cent occupation of the Canal Zone
in Panama by this country have not
aided the explanation. Investment Of
great sums of capital from Europe in
the Latin American REGIONS. inmi-
grafton to them of large numbers of
Europeans, and the bonds that have
been created thereby between Europe
and the countries of South and Cen.
trail America, have made Uncle Sans
Monroe Doctrine task the more diff
cult. These immigratiopss and in
vestments of capital mean heavier
responsibilities for Uncle Sam to bear
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

The latest method of securing evil
dence, and certainly an incontroverti-
BILE one. has been adopted by the New
York police, who. in a recent raid upon
an alleged gambling den secured flash
light pictures of the room and its in
habitants with a camera carried for
the purpose. The camera, like figures
won't lie but both can be iuggled
amazingly by liars. However. it is
difficult to make a gaming table look
like an altar in negative.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30
The Newark Tragedy.

"1f | find any city or state official
guilty Of negligence in the inspection
of this building" said County Prose-
outor Mott. Monday, as he stood by
the ruins of the factory at Newark,
n. J.. in which "a girls lost their lives
by fire last Saturday. there will be
the btterest sort of prosecution"
After a fire horror of the order of
that at Newark, Saturday, an investi-
CATION always follows. and we renew
our pledges and our determinations to
hold public officials strictly account
able in such matters and see that
proper inspection is made Of such
buildings as schoolhouses, churches
theatres and factories, frequently and
carefully Then we forget, and ne
elect, and as time goes on we begin
to feel immunity from disaster.
Not since the fire in the schoolhouse
at Collinwood, Ohio, in which 40 chill
dren lost their lives. has there been
raSedy that so shocked the general
public ms this one at Newark. Satur-
day. 1t recalls the pathos of the
General Slocum disaster at New York.
and suggests the neglect and careless
ness and graft which brought about
the loss of more than 1000 lives there.
OF course it is hoped that no such ne
elect of duty will be found in connec-
ton with the Newark horror, but a
rigid investigation will no doubt be
made, and if there has been neglect,
as the prosecutor says. there should be
the Interest sort of prosecution.
Criminal negligence figures all too
often in such terrible affairs. 1t is
too often the case that had but reason
able nrecaution been taken and ade-
quate safeguards provided the grue-
some toll of human lives would not
have been exacted. If .there was
culpahility on the part of anyone. that
person should be made to suffer for
any heedlessness. or carelessness, or,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30
Epochal RaiIroadinq.

| (Christian Science MOnitOr.)
| At exactly two minutes past mid
night Sunday morning the Pennsyl'
vania Railroad Company put into ef-
feet q service which not only marks
an epoch in modern railroading, but. ir
SO far as it articulates Manhattan
island with the rest Of the country, is
| bound to prove one of the most i'm
portant advances in transportation
| within several decades. When the
Port Amboy accommodation pulled ou
OF the Pennsylvania terminal, al
Seventh avenue and Thirty SECOND
street. at 1902 A. NJ, it inauguratec
the through under-river traffic be-
tween New York city and New Jersey
| Crossing the North river from the OPP
posite direction a special train from
| Philadelphia reached the terminal a,
1850 \. NJ. Shortly after that the
regular service was begun.
With the tunnels opened under the
North river and the East river
through service from New Jersey To
Long Island is now effective. Ac-
| cording to the railroad schedule, there
will be siXty-Onc WcSt-bound and fifty
five east-bound trains. These figures
are apart from trains operating be-
| tween Manhattan and Long Island, of
| which eighty-cight go east and eighty
| five west.
AS indicating the necessity for such
additional facilities, figures touching
I the railroads which tcrminte on the
west bank of the Hudson river show
that they in 1856 carried about 5000, =
COO passengers. While in 1890 the num-
| Der had increased to over 72.000.000
| Six years later there were recorded
9+,ooo,ooo passengers. and in 1906 the
total was 140,000.o00 These figures
| correspond to the growth of popula
| ton within a radius of nineteen miles
of the city hall, New York The
population gathered within this radius
| in 1890 was 3,326.99S. In 1900 it was
| i,Gl2.l5 and five years later 5.40t,-
G3S. The increase in ten years was
equal to 30 per cent, and it is csti-
| mated that the population in this terri
tory in 1913 will approximate 5000, 600
and in 1920 S.000,000 people.
1t is not quite six years since the
immense work OF building the Pennsyl-
vania terminal began. Work on the
tunnels started the year before The
building compound occupies eight
acres: more than 500 houses were
RACED in order to make way for the
| improvement. That the railroad has
been able to accomplish this huge
work within q comparatively short
time encourages the citizens Of New
York in the belief that when once sub
way construction begins, the under
ground roads will be COMPLETED quick
~, to the end that a transportation
service will be provided whereby the
railroads and the local roads can CO.
operate for the best possible advantage
Of the community. Meanwhile the
opening of the Pennsylvania station to
through traffic with New jersey will
prove an advantage to the entire
country, which for many years has
found the Pennsylvania railroad in the
van Is a progressive force.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

Philadelphia records fourteen deaths
directly due to football injuries during
the past season, this being a saving of
Il lives over those lost. last season.
Wonder il the builders of the new
rules should not b. awarded hero
medals rs life savers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

DIR. Charles Little. moderator of the
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church, recently declared; the growing
spirit of Christian fellowship among
the various UNCONVENTIONAL bodies to
be the most significant feature in
twentieth century religion. 1t is hoped
the church will be we'll to the front in
dropping the big I. little YOU" dis
position.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

If we are to believe indictments
published i'm Atlanta, Ga, the other
day, political workers. there have gone
Eve ono better i'm the working of the
apple. They are charged with an in
genious method OF vote buying. in
which they enclosed a five dollar bill in
an apple and gave it to the voter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

Four hundred thousand spools OF
embroidery silk were ruined in a New
York fire. the other day, while firem. n
were climbing i flights of stairs to
reach the blaze. The danger from
these near-to-heaven fires will be
largely obviated when the aeroplanes
reach another stage Of perfection.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30
. Editorial Comment.
Near to the Wilderness.
cleveland Plain Dealer

This is still q new country. Every
little While some novel happening
bears witness to the fact. Not long
ago a Massachusetts man asked for
protection against the deer that in
vaded and destroyed his gardens. the
law protected the deer but not the
garden. More recently u Michigan
man. n resident of the upper penn-
sula, appealed to Il Judg" OF the
municipal court for advice of a very
unusual character. He lives at some
distance from the district schOolhouse
and a state law makes education COM
Dulsory. But as his children had been
chased by bears and wolves while on
their way to school, and he himself
had barely escaped the claws of big
black member of the bear family, ne
hesitated about sending the young
sters. While Michigan law makes
education compulsory, another law
makes it a serious offence to shoot
bears out of season. And that was
the dilemma which confused the
homestcader.
Should he shoot the bears and send
the children to school, or should he
| keep lHt cHlluIcIl HolHS SdISsJ
and be prepared to pay the penalty for
violating the school law? In short, ii
was a case of go it bear, or go it chill
dren.
We know nothing about the celebrity
of Michigan court decisions, but the
ban against shooting bears was raised
early in the present month, and now
the homesteader can shoot all the
bears and wolves he considers it ne
cessary to shoot in a conscientious eff
fort to keep his children in school.
With deer running wild in Massa
chusetts and bears chasing school chill
dren in Michigan the margin between
the wilderness and civilization would
seem to be narrow indeed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

a girl in New York City. while com
ing out OF church Nov. o. slipped on
a step, and falling, fractured her skull
1T is not stated whether the step was
ico-coatcd or she wore a hobbIe skirt
but one seldom hears Of man falling
ut a church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

Tho pope has wisely forbidden CathO-
lie clergy to take active part in finan.
cial enterprises, even in those which
have a charitable scope
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

Grahame- White has ordered seven
new bi-planes. He seems to be pre-
pairing to have an extra one always
on hand in case of emergency 1t
might be advisable for him to keep an
extra Grahame- White or two on hand
also