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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-05
Of Course IL Did.

And Judge Emmett Wolfe of Pensa-
cola says that the state committee
overstepped it's bounds and did what
it was not authorized to do.-Ocala
Banner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-05

With the Majority.
Candidate L'Engle says that the
state executive committee exceeded
it's authority. In so saying he seems
to be with the majority.-Ocala Ban
ner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-05
considerable" Dissatisfaction.

Considerable" Dissatisfaction.
There is considerable dissatisfaction
throughout the state with the recent
meeting and adoptions of the state
Democratic executive committee. The
eliminating of circuit, court judges
and states attorneys from the prim-
airy elections seems to be most pro-
tested to, while supreme court, county
court and criminal court judges are
to be voted for.-Jacksonville Me.
tropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-05

A Fixture.
Speaker Cannon declares that he
will never quit under fire. 1t has been
previously demonstrated that he won't
quit when there is no firing. So there
he is.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-05
Do Away With Appointing Power.

Do Away With Appointing Power. y
The desire that some of our people
have for a convention is, in our opin-
ion, a want without necessity. Some
of our would-be statesmen read so lit
tie that they know very little about
political economy, so are anxious to
do as their fathers did. We feel rea-
sonaibly sure that the people will
never again be ruled by machine
men. Those men who cry for con-
vention to formulate a platform and
nominate candidates are also anxious
to have judges appointed. The very
best thing that could be done would
be to do away with all appointing pow
Ter. Take from the president the
right and power to appoint men to
Office, then congress would become
more honest, and would obey the
wishes of the people which they do
not do now The primary may be
expensive, but the people are tired
of delegating power to men to repre-
sent them, and then have themselves
misrepresented. Our advice to the
people is to watch these men who
are clamoring for a convention. EN-
dure the ills that you have rather
than fly to those you know not Off,
Barlow Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-05
The People Are Sovereign.

The People Are Sovereign.
The action of the state Democratic
executive committee at Jacksonville
on the 18th. in removing the election
of judges from the primary should re-
ceive the condemnation Of the state
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
Charges Suspicion IS a
IS: Pet Hobby Of Socialism,

7. "A common saying among people
nowadays is Every man has his
price, "A well known Socialist has
recently hurried himself into print
with the declaration that even Ben
Lindsey. ''the kids judge, .; may sell
out and for that reason Socialists
should put very little faith and ex-
tend only q finger or two of conf
dence to. Judge Lindsey and his series
Of articles on 1.-THE Beast and the
Jungle !; :. >.. =: ..e
Look out for the reformers. They
will sell you out. - seems to be the
one main howl heard regularly from
some Socialists. s@ Il: VII
Look out for the opportunists.
They win sell you out" is the cry
of the imposstbilists in the Socialist
party. $50.
Look out for the impossibilists
They are often hired spies of the big
capitalists. They will sell you out, -
say many of the opportunists in the
Socialist party.
Everybody seems to be selling out
somebody.
Nowhere can you find q man whose
stand Is clearly and definitely for
certain IDEAS and certain lines Of ac-
ton. but you will find that man &C.
cused of Selling out He is a SPY
or faker. He has got an ambition.
He does not belong to the brother
hood of man. He is out for what
there Is 1r 1t. He is a dead sure
betrayer and makes a. regular BUSH
ness Of betrayal and gets paid for It.
There are several things the mat
ter with the Socialist party. And
one of them is suspicion, mistrust, a
capacity for smelling mice. cult
waited ability for hunting heresy and
detecting the early symptoms of
treachery.
Is It Walter Thomas Mills? He Is
q two-faced faker.
Is It Victor Berger? He Is g. middle
class reformist. j.
Is it A.. M. simons? He is a "pro-
fessional:" 5'''
. Is it Daniel De. Leon? He is a
deep-dyed: Judas !:
Is it Samuel Gompers? He is a
bribed tool.
1s 1t Senator La Toilette? He hath
an ambition.
Is it John spargo? He /, an in
tellectual.
Before we have q solid, powerful.
hghting labor: movement in this coun-
try-a movement with q fine team,
work between political and industrial
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will have to be
less suspicious, less mistrust, more OF
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ftsa
follow the sea has never been
equalled.
Nine-tenths Of the tonnage on
the Great Lakes is controlled by
the Lake Carriers Association
That organization, a greedy and
tyrannical ship trust, has pursued
"a policy, all summer long; Of hir-
ing green landsmen for firemen,
deck hands and the other minor
classes Of marine workers.
Investigations conducted by the
United States government have.
repeatedly shown that these men
were entirely incompetent for the
work they We're set to do. s..
@ In placing the blame for this
enormous loss Of life and proper
t1 the Lake Carriers > Association
cannot escape an overwhelming
share Of the most dreadful respon-
.sibility. The elements have done
much this last season, but men
have done more.
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the faith and cooperation and fellow
ship that always 60 along with brains
and good will. zSs, III
II you don't like q mans ideas,
fight his ideas and let the man alone.
Do you think q man has an idea. q
theory. = line of action. that is bad
and vicious for the labor movement?
Then attack the theory Combat his
argument. Shut up your suspicion.
Lock away your mistrust. 49, "a 4.
F. "A man may die but his ideas may
1 1--we. Il IS best to kill his ideas
Then il the man dies his ideas will
die with him. @es, +. a.. :.
ss To hell with the petty. peanut tao
tics Of hammering, 'tBilliken has sold
out >& ss T.,
Ben Lindsey is wrong in some Of
the ideas about political action. But
he will class with Gene Debs as a
lover OF man" and q magnificently
lovable human character.
Daniel De Leon is a. curiously bit
ter, knocking laborite and though his
theories and actions have had a shat
tering effect on the American Socialist
with De. Leon without choking my
throat. eE@ ~ .,,.@
There are reformers who are sim
cere and will not "sell out" There
are Timpos1tbi1ists, revolutionists, who
are sincere-they are not spies nor
sewers of disunion. .:a,::- ..... =.
To class all reformers as insincere
is wrong. TO brand all imposstbilists
as spies is folly: - --~+s :.
When you !" have the goods on a
reforner and can prove your case,
turn It loose. Expose him. But il
you have not got proof, shut up your
suspicious. -.
You can accomplish nothing with
suspicion. Let us use more facts and
fewer suspicious against the reform
ers. 49,. w.. n;&:
In case Of dottbt, always attack
the ideas of a. man rather than his
character. Es-:. 49,. t .:T-:=l.
It is easy to call man q liar or
traitor. But 1t is more eredit TO
yodr intelligence. If you can prove
him inefficient not on the job.
Some day in this country there will
be political movement Of the work
ing class and it will have size, and
power and efficiency. We will look
back with pity on the sectarian bah
blers, and doctrinair with ever q
phrase on his lips.
Class consciousness will be a great,
noble passion-so noble that It will
be slow to suspicion-so great that
treachery can not do it harm.-Chas.
Sandberg In the Labor Journal.
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their wages were matter of SUI
preme moment to them.

their wages were matter of SUI
preme moment to them.
That was the condition that
confronted them. They met it by
organizing and by making a de-
termined demand for higher wag-
es. And they~are getting higher:
wages. The higher the wage they
will be able to get, the more men
will be again employed in the
factories in which they work. The
more men will be employed the.
less the girls. will be dependent
Of their own small wages for sup
port. ~ 81 =. g. ...... -.
And they fight, these girls, they
fight like tigers. Jails, workhous-
es, fines or judges, policemen or
bosses have no terrors for them,
They are more afraid of low Wag-
es than Of all these put together.
And they are more afraid to-: to- re-:
turn a. to their former unorganized
condition than they are of having
to spend: few months in the
workhouse. ~: ..:.: :: !,
!. So"they are winning their fight.
In their fight they have had the
assistance that brave fighters ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
DESTROY FOOD WHILE
THOUSANDS ARE HUNGRY

The beauties Of capitalism had
another exemplifcation last week
when a train Of potatoes were
hauled seven miles from Chicago
and dumped in sand pits, there
to freeze and spoil, so that the
balance of potatoes in the Chicago
market might be sold to the poor
at higher rate.
This is fully equal to the burn
ing up Of cotton to save the mar
ket from being glutted, or the &C.
ton Of the New Orleans fruit
trust which dumped a train load
of bananas along the railway
north of the city and poured kero~
sine oil over them to keep the
poor and hungry from eating
them.
If the people of Mars can look
down upon the earth and see
what is going on, they wonder
what kind Of damphools live here,
who work and toll producing
good things needed by the peo-
pie, and then burning them up
and destroying them, while mil
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
LET ALL THOSE WHO ARE
SURFEITED STAND BACK

~ QE Gl1IEID o1ANO 6ACA
"Too Much Unionism'' is the
caption Of a communication print
ed in the New York Call.
There is no such thing as @'too
much unionism."
There are too many other
Eisms'' trying olassoe union
ism; and unionism has a mission
to perform which will keep it
very much alive long after other
'*isms'' have gone hence.
What is needed is more union
ism-not the kind that runs off
on a wild goose chase, but the
kind that has faith in the prin-
ciples Of organized labor to bring
about nearer approach to JUS
tice and human rights than can
be secured in any other manner
so far suggested.
No, there is not "too much un-
ionism' at all-there is too much
Knocking" of unionism.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
PUPPET DANCED WHEN
MASTERS PULLED STRING

Federal Judge. Smith McPher-
son, who, after going on junket
to Mexico in special train sup
piled by the railroads, knocked
out the two-cent railroad fare law
in Missouri, las been calle;l IN to
do more to square the bill for the
train,
He was called to Iowa to sit
there in place Of a judge whose
Jurisdiction was in that state, the
purpose being that he might serve
the railroads by knocking out the
Iowa. two-cent law.
He did this at Des Moines, grant
ing a temporary injunction forbid
ding the Cedar Rapids and Iowa
City Railway and Light company
from complying with the Iowa
two-cenr fare law. The action
came through a suit instituted by
Mrs. Elizabeth McClintock, of
Haverford, Pa, a stakeholder of
the company, who brought suit to
have the law annulled. IA
There are three astonishing fea-:
lures in the case: First, q federal
judge assumes power not only to
set aside law, but also to author
ize disobedience to law. Second,
q railway company has power to
transfer g judge from one state
t. another il. order to get one who
viii obey its will Third "a cap
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
LET HOME THRESHOLD
FIRST BE CLEANSED

During the present session Of
congress it is presumed that a
law will be = enacted imposing
heavy penalties on those who en-
gage in the ''white slave" traffic.
The evidence submitted to con-
gress shows that the traffic ex-
tends over a vast portion of the
earth and that the syndicate in
this country is now reaping $780,
100000 annually, through the i'm
portatfon of girls for immoral
purposes.
1t is true that under this civil
ization a girl has become an ar
ticle of merchandise and is sold
for profit with as little scruple Of
conscience as dairyman mani
tests in selling embalmed milk to
poison babies to swell the receipts
Of the undertaking fraternity.
But will congress enact law
sufficient to reach and hamstring
that curse Of this free" country.
the greedy employer, whose brut-
ish love of dollars makes him un-
derpay the girls in his employ,
thereby driving them into the
snares set by the procurer and
his lecherous clientele?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
ORGANIZED LABOR, NOT 5
H. PHILANTHROPY, DID TT

A certain correspondence school
in an advertisement asks the
question: ''Are you in the eight
o'clock rush in the morning going
to work 90 and then goes on to
insinuate that with technical ed
ucation one can get out Of the
"eight o'clock in the morning
rush,
The following suggests itself in
reading this advertisement: "How
long is it since there was an Eight
o'clock rush?''' If this adver-
tisement were published a few
years ago, instead Of having it
the "eight o'clock'' rush, it would
more likely have been the six
or seven o'clock rush, and the
question arises, was it the philan-
thropy Of the manufacturer, the
contractor or any employer who
is responsible? =:
Not was organized labor who
set the pace and by the sacrifice
of many thousands of dollars in
strikes, where it could not other
wise be brought about, that the
eight and nine hour workday has
been reduced from ten hours per
day.
And after organized labor set
this pace employers Of morgan
lied labor were practically COM
PEELED to follow suit to keep up
with ''custom.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
PROHIBITIONISTS HAVE
NOT AIDED WOMEN'S VOTE

Six hundred thousand names
have been enrolled on a petition
to congress which reads: 'We,
the undersigned, citizens of the
United States, over 81 years Of
age, hereby petition your honor
able body to submit to the legis-
latures of the several states for
ratification an amendment to the
national constitution which shall
enable women to vote.''
Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery Of
Philadelphia, chairman Of the
committee having this work in
charge, reports that labor. unions
generally throughout the country
have co-operated, but that the
Prohibition party has not re-
sponded to the appeal of the suf-
fragists for help.
!" No, it would hardly be fair to
expect the professional reformer
and the all-the-year-round dissen-
Bionist to subscribe to a movement
that would deprive him of his job
"a fat job at that. r.]~...- :,
The vote of the women of the
country, properly directed, would
/ put the average prohibitionist de-
claimer where he belongs, in
oblivion. i. &=s.::
The women Of the country are
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
GIRL STRIKERS PUT MEN ::
- :.
ToILERs TO THE BLUSH

The strike Of the waist max
ers in New Jersey and New York
is one Of the most admirable and
commendable struggles ever wag-.
ed against capitalism. !: \. +:
Everything considered, it is: the:
most wonderful fight ever carried
on in this country. + = . :.::::=
For,be it remembered, this fight
is not carried on merely to win an.
advance in wages for the present
It is probable that, had that been:
the only object, the bosses would:
long ago, have won out. ::s..,..::>
The fact is that 1thesgirl waist
makers are striking to increase:
their wages so that the positions
Of the men employed inzthe shops
in which they work may be: Sc
cured. .:: -: Il =. =:
They have found by experience
that every time they allowed their
wages to be reduced some Of their
fathers, brothers, cousins or other
male workers in the. shops in
which they are employed; have
to give place to women. :s ,,.- : VII. q"
The more men were discharged
to give way to women, the sooner
the time came when the same per-
Torrance would be gone through
with again. :. pr. -. 49, % RE ..s3:s
The harder the girls worked
and the greater the number Of
them employed in the shirt max
ing factories, the more dependent
they become on their own wages
tossupport them and their parents.
| It was all right for a girl who
boarded at home and whose faith
or and brothers probably, earned
good wages in the factory, to
work for four or five dollars q
week, providing she did not have
70: work too hard, because she
was not dependent on her earn
Iings for q livelihood. ].
Soon, however, the time came
when the men: were nearly al dis.
charged from the waist fac tories,
and then the girls found that they
were becoming more and more the
breadwinners Of the families Of
l'|lll they were g part and that
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lta]ist Of Pennsylvania has power
to go into Iowa and secure the an
nu'ling Of an Iowa law.
What is law worth, anyhow, in
the sight Of capitalism It must
beware or it will teach that dis
respect for law q which will prove
in the, end its own undoing. I. s:s;>>
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ways get the assist nce IS al
right minded people. ' d ].
Incidental Lnc i'I[e' to they are sham
ing the working people al over
the country who are submitting
to low wages, long hours and HUI
initiating conditions rather than
make q determined resistance.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
LAKE sEAMEN READY TO f.
RESUME FIGHT IN SPRING

With the close of navigation on
the Great Lakes the struggle be
tween the Lake Seamen' s unions
and: the Lake Carriers Associa-
ton enters upon another, and
pdobably the last phase. ~
:. The record maintained by the
unions during the past season af-
fords a good assurance that peace
will be proclaimed in the spring.
or, failing that, that the struggle.
will be continued with undated
vigor.
In either event, the seamen's
unions Of the country stand just
where they have stood since the
beginning, ready and able to lend
hand as long as the struggle
lasts. 49,. +. :~..> q.
+ In another column is given a
summary Of the catastrophes
which have occurred on the Great
Lakes during the season of navi-
cation which has just closed. It
is a gruesome record and one
which, in most respects, has not
been equaled in the history Of
navigation on the Inland Seas.
Although the publc's attention
has been attracted to two or three
horrible disasters, in which many
lives. have been lost, it is doubt
full whether many persons, out
side of those directly interested
in maritime affairs, have any ade-
quate idea Of the full extent Of
the casualties on the lakes this
summer and fall. <.=@2 ' ,.:@ .:. :.
One hundred and twenty one
lives lost, 80 vessels sunk and
property, not including cargoes,
tozthe value Of $4,000, 900 destroy
ed is the record for the season Of
1909! " 81. :, !, q o. :.
And it should be borne in mind
that these stupendous figures do
not include the loss of a single
passenger. vessel. All Of those
who persisted were men and wo-
men who followed lake naviga-
Etion as a calling. ,
In no, other season, it; is stated
by old. seamen, has there been
(any loss Of life Of sailors to COM
pare with that during the recent
[period4of navigation. Last season
was unusually J, bad; but only half 't'1
as many lives were sacrificed, the
number Of: vessels sunk was, only
one fourth as large and the value
Of the ships lost was in the same
proportion. 49,.
t In. some previous years, long
|'ago, there re- may~=.have been an
equally great loss of life, owing
TO, O. the burning Of a passenger
steamer, as, IL; the case Of the
t'Erie Belle, T.. but the. toll Of
death from those who regularly
. - ST. " .98glz ~ ~.
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&5yq tfNa5
too wise to ~ fooled by prohibi-

too wise TO be fooled BY prohibi-
zion. ss,:sG.y. 10. fsF}s "a In ~ .-s&>
They would realize and signify
by their ballots that properly en-
forced restrictive measures are
away ahead Of fantastic theories
that are. daily being proven ;hol-
low, and are found insufficient
when put into practice. s..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08

In consequence OF a dispute be-
tween wool brokers and buyers in
Sydney recently, between 700 and 500
members of the Storemen's Union
were thrown idle. @>@t>.s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-27
POTATO OUTLOOK
FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Big Business Ahead for Virginia
and Other Southern
Planters.

The Bureau of Statistics of the
United States. Department OF ASri-
culture has been gathering informa-
ton from the potato growers and deal
ers In tho principal potato growing
sections OF the United States with
regard to the supply on hand January
/. 1910. The%result of these inves-
legations indicate that about 4l.2 per
cent. of tho crop raised for market In
1900 remained in the hands of grow
ers. and 96 per cent. in the hands of
interior dealers. A similar investiga-
tion last year showed that 32,5 per
cent. of the crop raised for market In
1908 was In the hands OF growers
and l1.3 per cent. in the hands of in
terror dealers on January !. 1902
+ There We're still available for mar
ket purposes, then, on January of
this year, sos per cent. of the 1909
crop-a4 little more than half-as COM
pared with ass per cent. of the 1908
crop on the same date last year. We
had. therefore, a greater proportion
BY per cent. of the 1909 crop on
hand this year than was available from
the previous years crop on the same
date last year. More than this. the
crop of 1908 was estimated at about
Ie7S.000,000 bushels. While that of 1900
Preached a total of 37S.531,o 900 bushels.
! AT the beginning of the present year
| there was available for market pur-
/ poses about 69,ooo,OoO bushels of po-
1 tatoes more than at the same time
! last year. Although the price of most
other commodities is at the present
time greater than last year at this
date. the quotations on potatoes arc
considerably lower IN fact, potatoes
i are selling now for less than they did
at harvesting time last fall.
/, owing to the scarcity of old po-
/, tatoes on the market last year when
! the Southern crop was harvested.
i growers in the South received very
Ercmunerative prices for their product.
! When the southern crop came upon
lsthe market last season old potatoes
| We're selling IN Boston for over ST.
per bushel In carload lots. The quo
tatlons for them in New York In Feb
ruary of last year ranged from sl,75
to SO per barrel. At present $1,75 is
the highest market quotation.
From present indications, it wolrrd
seem very likely that the Southern
crop will be In much lighter demand
the coming season than 1t was last
year. The southern growers, there
! fore, can hardly anticipate that when
| their crop reaches the market this
year and comes in competition with
In plentiful supply or old potatoes. the
returns will be as large as they We're
i last season. Although there is always
"a siderable demand for iew pos
\ tatoes. 'still the abundance or scarcity
OF old stock will control To a. large
extent the market price or the new. 1T
would hardly seem Wise for southern
! Continued or. Third Page.)
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