The wageworker., 1910-01-08

unionists of Nebraska should do is to
| Burkett stood when the matter OF
confirming Judge Lurton was before
the senate. Recently President Taft
appointed Judge Lurton of Tennessee
to the supreme bench of the United
States, and the senate ratified the ap-
pointment. Judge Lurton is motor
ioulsy committed to the corporation
| cause ,and it follows, as the night
the day, that he is committed against
the cause of the organized toilers.
Time after time, in the trial OF dam
age suits before him, wherein injured
railway employees have sought to re.
cover damages, Judge Lurton has
shown his bias in favor of the cor
porations. Time and again he has
ruled directly against the decisions of
judges in neighboring circuits, and
haso held in direct opposition to the
rulings of the high tribunal to which
he has just been elevated. The Nash
vile Tennesseean, published in Judge
Lurton's own home, says of him: "He
belongs to that school Of jurists who
are looked upon as exponents of the
rights of property rather than of the
rights of men," That is correct dag
nosis of Judge LurtOn. His whole ju-
dicial career is marked by evidences
that he can see property rights, with
1o hpyf fe tn
human rights with MICROSCOPE. In
one particular case, the Hecla- -Osceola
copper controversy, he made deci-
sion which, if he continues to hold
against the government and in favor
of the Standard Oil Co., in its appeal
from the United States circuit court
of appeals. Organized labor protested
unanimously against Judge Lurton's
appointment, but the backing if "trus-
tees of providence" the men with the
money and the corporation property
to safeguard, received more attention
than the men who had nothing but
their manhood at stake. hat we want
to know, and what every wage Garner
has right to know, is this-how did
Senators Burkett and Brown vote on
the confirmation of Judge Lurton?
Judge Carpenter is another one of
President Taft's recent judicial ap-
pointees. And his record as a corpo-
i,,l ;e hot
Of Judge Lurton. He has always been
quick to recognize property rights, and
equally slow to recognize personal
rights. He was backed for the ap-
pointment by the big corporations who
have always found him willing and
ready to serve corporation interests.
Some of these days the whole body
polite will learn, what trades unionists
long since learned, that the whole ap-
pointive federal judiciary is a menace
to free institutions, and a mockery On
a republican form of government.
o, Yes; the protective tariff is a
great blessing to the workingmen! The
men who shout loudest for protec-
tive tariff are the men who most have
the interests of the wage earners at
heart. And the whole thing works out
SO beautifully in favor of the wage
Garner. Like the old woman kept ho-
tel! The rich man who imports dia-
monds pays a duty of 10 per cent. The
n J;o Vryb~
worth of diamonds leaves $100 duty
at the customs house and tacks that
much more on his selling price-10 per
cent. The dealer who imports a thous-
$601.60 at the customs house and adds
60.16 per cent to his selling price. The
rich man who can buy rdiaminds is
taxed 10 per cent for his luxury; the
poor man who has to buy shirt is
taxed 60 per cent for that necessity.
The dealer who imports $4,000
automobile leaves $2,500 at the Gus
toms house. But when he imports
$4,000 worth of yarns he must leave
5000 at the customs house. The rich
mans auto is taxed about so per cent.
The poor mans yarn or blanket is
taxed 40 per cent. Gee, but they do
carry the good of the poor working
man almighty close to their hearts!
The garment working industry is no.
toriously the most underpaid and the
worst "sweated" industry in the coun-
try. But the tariff on clothing is pro-
The importer who brings in |
$4,000 worth of furs pays duty OF
1850. The man who imports $4,000
worth Of clothing pays duty of S4,-
330-which is added to the selling |
price, and the American manufactur-