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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14
BY w. e. McEwen.

The most important social legis-
lation to be considered by the Min
nesota legislature this winter will be
the proposed code on workingmen's
compensation.
The industries of Minnesota are
manning and killing the wage earners
Of Minnesota to the tune of $1,000 a
year. A large number of the acct
dents are of minor character for
which compensation need not neces-
sarily be paid.
Under the present law If an en-
ployer is negligent, the injured en-
ploye may recover However, be-
fore doing so, it is necessary for him
to enter a long, tedious and expen-
siVe litigation. Only a small proper
ton Of the accidents can be charged
to the negligence of the employer.
Most of them are due wholly to the
hazard of the industry.
In all foreign countries the basis
of recovery has been changed from
that of negligence to one of the risk
Of the industry. No less than IS
| American states are now planning to
change their Anticipated employers
liability laws to meet the requirements
| of industrial life of today.
A Minnesota commission has Just
completed an exhaustive report on
the subject and has prepared a bill
which it will ask the legislature to
| pass, the aim of which will be to
| provide for fair, just and adequate
compensation to every person injured
in Minnesota industry, who may
| be disabled for a longer period than
two weeks.
Legislation of this character should
meet with the hearty support of every
thinking person. 1t is not right that
the laborer should bear the whole
burden of industrial accidents. The
financial burden should at least be
borne by the product of the industry
in order that the crippled labore1
shall not become an object of public
charity.
The next important legislation tt
demand the attention of the legisla.
ture will be contained in bill drawn
to strengthen and render more cas-,
of enforcement the present child lab
Dor law. A bill has been framed b,
the Bureau of Labor and endorsed b,
the Minnesota committee, which il
passed in its present form would Civ
Minnesota the very best child labor
law in force in any state in thu
Union.
No less important will be the bill
designed to extend the power ant
authority of the Bureau of Labor
giving it's officers the right to in
spect every place within the state O
Minnesota in which a human being i
employed, with the possible excep
ton of domestic service in the home
AS 1t is now over Is per cent of tn,
accidents which annually OCCUR il
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14
THE GUTTER Is EXCESS
BAGGAGE THE WORLD OVER

The world has little use for a
quitter-the fellow who starts
and backs out because the creek
is up; the fellow who starts to
trim the hedges, blisters his hands
and decides to let it go until next
spring; the boy who goes racing
through his school books until he
strikes participles and compound
fractions, and then wants to quit
school to get a job; the girl who
starts out to be a great musician
and learns just enough to play
ragtime and beguiles the francies
Of some young saphead.
There is a big family of these
cutters, but they are a very sor-
ry lot. They never want a job
that takes time and patience.
With the qualifications OF a bill
poster they would like to earn the
salary of railroad president.
Their ideal is job that requires
two hours Of easy labor each day,
with Saturday and holidays off,
You will find them scattered up
and down the road Of human
failure, turning back from the
handle Of the pillow, complaining
of their lot and of the world
They are the clogs in the wheels,
broken rails on the road, time
killers, patience killers, forever
wanting what they have not.
The people who accomplish
things in this world are those who
qualify themselves in spite Of bad
crops, high water and measles
who hang on to their work unit.
failure turns to victory; whose
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14
meant to be free as the air we
breathe4 81

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Casting aside all the frills that
frame the main cardinal principles
which it may be said are the sole
cause for its existence, we find
that to be loyal to ones employer,
Ito stick to him through thick and
thin, and against every one who
speaks or initiates against him,
to learn to obey without question
and to recognize superiors in all
whose social position has been
placed by circumstances above his
own, are the most laudable quail
tiles a Boy Scout can possess, and
it is to this end that the movement
has been organized.
1t seeks to create a docile and
obedient nucleus in the ranks of
the working class, which can in
time of need be used to combat
the interests of it's own class. To
accomplish this end it offers the
most alluring bait to working
class boys. It offers the oppor-
tunity of camping out in the
woods, and sitting in the evenings
around blazing log fires, in the
picturesque attitude Of the dime
novel backwoodsman, and also of
learning woodcraft, and all man.
ner Of sports such as swimming,
rowing, football, baseball, target
practice and drills.
It dresses them in uniforms,
arrays them in. glittering arms
and marches them about, proud
as peacocks of their likeness to
the grownup murderers who strut
about with the tools Of their trade
clanking by their sides or borne
upon their shoulders ready at the
behest<of the master class to take
from their fellow men the olives
they never gave:
But the most. alluring bait they
offer is the chance Of physical de-
velopment and : the outdoor life
which every boy longs for, and
which is denied to the children
Of the poor by the very ones who
seem to befriend. them by offering
them the glorious opportunity to
romp and play in the free air of
the forest and meadow land which
has been appropriated by these
very donors or. their ancestors,
who had no more right to it. It
teaches the boys to look upon
their exploiters as benefactors.
Is the millionaire, in whose
factories young lads work long
hours at starvation wages, a bene-
factor?
But he thinks the Boy Scout
movement a fine thing!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14
LOS ANGELES SITUATION !.
Is TEACHING ITS LESSON

That persecution of union men
and columns Of falsehoods printed
in capitalist newspapers to throt-
tie organization among the work
ers do not attain the object de-
sired, but frequently react the
other way, has been amply illus
trated in Los Angeles, CAL, in the
year just past.
And not only has the number
of union men increased in spite
of all the prosecutions and mis-
representations to which union
men are subjected, but the old
union men are becoming more
and more class conscious. The
labor papers Of Los Angeles are
taking on a distinct Socialist char
acter. Everywhere the working
people are beginning to realize
that the only way to stop per-
secution of trade union men is to
put in office officials whose party
represents union men and the
working people generally.
Now, a few months after the
fall election the capitalist papers
are beginning to worry over the
growth of Socialism in Los An
geles. 1t is with grave apprehen-
sion that they look upon the 49,
900 Socialist votes which Los An
geles gave Stitt Wilson, the So
cialist candidate for governor, at
the last election in November.
Especially do the capitalistic
papers feel this blow, which is
aimed at the power back of these
papers at the system when
they compare the vote of 10000
for Stitt Wilson with the vote of
4,717 which Debs got in 1908.
The last two years have been
years Of great activity among the
capitalists in the direction of
crushing unionism. And it was in
these two years that more than
5000 workers in Los Angeles
came to the realization that the
Socialist party is the only thing
which will put a stop to the foul
outpourings on labor of the Los
Angeles Times and it's contem-
poraries.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14
SHOULD WORKERS AID z.
BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT?

"The worst Of enemies" it is
said, lis that one who parades
in the guise of friendship
The Boy Scout movement may
be cited as a most apt illustration
of the truth of this saying. On
the surface it appears to be a
movement for the regeneration of
boyhood, fostered by lovers of
children who dedicate their lives
to this labor of love, out of the
loftiest and purest motives that
can animate the heart of man.
At a recent lecture delivered
in New York by Ernest Seton
Thompson, one Of the foremost
leaders Of the Boy Scout move
ment, the speaker, in an at
tempt to show that the Boy
Scout movement had powerful
backing, stated that, though
ordinary representatives of
charity organizations found it
difficult to obtain even a hearing
from the great capitalists and
business men, representatives of
the Boy Scout movement found it
easy not alone to obtain a hear
ing, but also liberal contributions.
One capitalist who owned some
10000 acres of park land in
Tuxedo, N. Y, put the entire
ground at his disposal for the use
of the Boy Scouts. Another large
capitalist who owned some 5000
acres of forest and woodland in
the neighborhood of White Plains,
N. Y, ceded the whole for the use
of the Boy Scouts. He mentioned
numerous other examples Of the
generosity of the rich patrons of
the Boy Scouts.
To put it in his own language.
"Though charity representatives
and others find it hard to ap-
proach men of means, no sooner
are they acquainted with the car
dinal principles of the Boy Scout
movement than they are ready,
nay, anxious, to donate to any
reasonable amount.''
What are these cardinal prime
iples that cause the potentates of
industry to unloosen their tight
ened pursestrings and pour a
stream of gold into the Golfers of
this movement, blessing it with
the only blessing that their sordid
souls are capable of, the blessing
of blinking coin and of gifts of
land, which in it's very nature was
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14

The wages Of gin is death.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14

When a man remains single all
the women think he was disap-
pointed in love-the men think he
got wise early.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14

Far more pleasant is it to be
rich and respected than poor and
imposed upon.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14

"<ABOR PF
WAGE SLAVERY AND WHITE
PLAGUE BOON COMPANIONS
In 1910 the sum of $15, 900
was spent in fighting consump-
ton. Several state governments
appropriated large sums, and Or
carnations which have as their
object the laudable intention of
checking and discriminating con-
sumption raised the rest of the
money. The figures are impress
sive and encouraging. They are
so much so that there is the hope
that those who have so sincerely
and zealorlsly entered into the
fight may be led to the point
where they will understand the
real basis Of most of the consump-
ton.
It is true that it is a disease
that knows no class distinctions.
It may attack and kill a person
possessed Of millions of dollars.
Usually, however, it does not. It
has a we'll recognized field of
operation, and from that field it
draws most of it's victims.
Go into any manufacturing
town, study the statistics, look
over the records, and it will be
found that the majority of those
who died Of consumption were
working people. Go a little
deeper and it will be found that
the larger percentage of that ma
jority were very poor working
people. Totaling up the figures
it will be understood that con-
sumption is a disease tof poverty.
It follows close in the wake of
hunger, and hunger is the disease
that attacks those who are out of
work.
II any real, effective fight is to
be made against consumption it
must begin in the homes Of the
workers. It must directly con-
Germ itself with the means where
by the workers make living.
Nothing else will amount to any,
thing.
Fifteen millions Of dollars may
be spent, and twice and thrice
that sum. The figures look i'm
pressive. But the results are not
impressive until something real is
done to improve the condition of
the working class. There, and
there only, can an effective fight
be waged.
Consumption is class disease.
Glass diseases concern themselves
with condition of work and with
wage. If conditions of work are
bad and if wages are low con.
sumption will be rampant. If the
workers are hungry they will be
susceptible to the disease. If they
are badly housed they will be sus.
ceptible. If the conditions Of
work are bad they will be sus
ceptible. In the mill towns it will
be noticed that where wages are
low and conditions are bad thu
disease is widespread.
Those interested in Industrial
problems realize that wage slav
cry and the tuberculosis germ ar,
boon companions.
Abolish wage slavery and yo1
strike blow at the. white plagu,
more effective than that conjuret
up by the vision of fifteen million,
of dollars set at work.
When a man remains single al
the women think he was disap
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14

A woman writes a letter in or
der that she can add a long post
script to it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14

Bostonians eat baked beans be-
cause they find them more digest
ible than the raw product.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14
Discoverer Of Herbaqueen Remedies

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commission and consequently the
bowels and system don't just work
right. Why not let HERBAQUEEN
keep them in repair? They surely do
the work. If you are ailing with any
Kind of disease come to
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14
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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-30
ANNIVERSARY
Services at So. Frances of
Rome Church Next
Sunday.

Tomorrow Rev. Thomas White and
the people of st. Frances OF Rome
parish will celebrate in a worthy and
impressive manner the twenty-fourth
anniversary of the dedication of their
church. When Father White started
his mission twenty-four years ago
Clifton was in the country and his
congregation was indeed small. To-
day the church stands in the center
of one of Louisville's most beautiful
and prosperous suburbs, and is taxed
to the utmost to make room for the
congregation that surrounds 1t. The
celebration will begin with the SOL
'emn high mass tomprrow morning,
which will lbe sung by Father White,
and conclude with solemn vespers
and benediction of the most blessed
sacrament at 1880 in the evening,
when many of the local clergy will be
present. A special musical pro-
gramme has been arranged for the
excellent choir for the services, which
will be attended by people from all
parts of the city. In the evening the
sermon will be preached by the Rev.
Eugene Donahue, of the Cathedral,
and it is expected Bishop O'Donag-
hue will grace the occasion with his
presence The Crescent Hill cars
stop at the church entrance and II
necessary will run extras.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-30
COVINGTON.
Imposing Parade of Holy
Name Societies Last
Sunday.

Last Sunday was an ideal day for
the Holy Name Society parade at
Covington, which assumed monster
proportions and surpassed all expec-
tations. The many societies in line
turned out their full strength and
were divided into four divisions,
headed by the knights of st. John in
dress uniform, individuals on horse
back, automobiles, carriages, etc.,
bringing up the rear. Judge M. t.
Shine was the Grand Marshal, as
sisted by the following aides: James
w. Maloney, James E. Day, John F.
Ostendorf, Edward Neff, e. j.
Maloney, E. ]. Taylor, John B. Dillon,
John ]. Seller, Joseph Coyne, Harry
Klaene, R. L. Kinney, John S. Glenn,
John J. Collopy, L. ]. Ante, Joseph
Stegeman, Ben Kreutzkamp, John
Zembrodt, Isadore Owens, e. ].
Doran, John Potter, Lawrence Walsh,
]. H. Koshin and w. B. Cullen. The
line of march passed all the churches
and ended at Goebel Park, where the
exercises took place. There the
opening address was made by e. j.
Kennedy, of West Covington, Presi-
dent of the Diocesan League of Holy
Name Societies, who was followed by
the Very Rev. L. F. Kearney, o. p,
and the Right Rev. Bishop G. p.
Macs. Passing the churches the
bells of each were rung.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-30
HOLOCAUST.
Three Valiant Firemen Are
Caught Under Failing
Walls.

In the holocaust that destroyed
three buildings on Main street last
Saturday night the Louisville fire de-
partment suffered its greatest loss in
recent years. Three valiant men,
bers OF the Salvage Corps, Richard
Hardiman, Joseph Dial and Virgil
Ferguson, lost their lives by being
Caught under falling walls, while
Assistant Chief Sheehan, Capt.
Bundschu and others were seriously
injured and narrowly escaped the
fate OF their three fellow fire fighters.
It was late Sunday morning before
the bodies were recovered, when they
were removed to their respective
homes and prepared for burial.
While the death of all was sad,
that OF Hardiman was pathetic. He
was a native of Ireland, where he
leaves an aged father and mother and
two brothers and one sister-John,
Michael and Kate Hardiman, who do
not yet know his awful fate. Hardi-
man had resided here for the past
seven years. Besides brother,
William Hardiman, three sisters,
Mrs. Anthony Henehan, Mrs. Daniel
|O'Keefe and Mrs. Patrick O'Brien,
all of this city, and Patrick
Hardlman, of Philadelphia, also
survive him. The funeral took
place from st. Cecilia's church,
and the feeling sermon of
Rev. Philip Brady brought tears to
every eye of the many present to
pay a tribute to a man whom to
now was to respect.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-30
DIsGRACEFUL.

The students of the Kentucky
State University at Lexington last
Friday afternoon observed with a
mock funeral the fourth anniversary
OF the disappearance OF Willis
Smith, which caused such a sensation
four years ago. The services We're
conducted by the senior class who,
when Smith disappeared, belonged to
the freshman class of which Smith
was a member. Six pall-bearers
entered the chapel carrying a coffin
headed by the university band. the
other members of the senior class
following in solemn procession. The
coffin was placed upon the rostrum,
draped in black and covered with
ivy leaves. II bore the inscription,
"W. Il. Smith, Departed September
|22, 'OS. Requiescat in Pace. I"
Thomas Earl, Glass President, spoke
a few appropriate words over the
coffin and the farce ended by the
students giving nine "rahs." This
may be a new educational feature.
but II is one that would disgrace any
college or university. Never are
such proceedings heard OF In Cath
olic institution.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-30
TABLET
VIII Commemorate Deeds
of First Irish Cow
ernor.

The memorial tablet to Gov.
Thomas Dongan, a massive bronze
plate inscribed with the record OF
his accomplishments as Colonial
Governor of New York, which is to
be placed on one of the pillars OF
old st. Peters church on Barclay
street, will be unveiled with cere-
monies appropriate to the historical
Importance of the occasion on Sunday
afternoon, October s. His Grace
Archbishop Farley. the Right Rev
Monsignor Mooney and the Right
Rev. Monsignor Mclean, rector OF
St. Peters church, as well as many
other dignitaries of the New York
diocese. have signified their intention
of participating in the ceremonies
Gov. John A. Dix and Mayor William
j. Gaynor have accepted the invita-
tions Of the Dongan Memorial Table,
Committee, and short address from
each is promised.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-30
APPRECIATED.
Autograph Letter and Pic
ture For Rev. Father
FeIten.

Rev. Francis Felten, pastor of the
new St. Augustine's church for col
ored people at Thirteenth and Broad
way, is the proud possessor of an
autograph letter and picture from
the Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, the
Apostolic Delegate, which he re-
ceived from Washington last Satur-
day. The picture is large sized
one, and encased in an elegant frame
will occupy a prominent place. in the
rectory. Following is the letter,
written and signed by Monsignor
Falconio himself:
Apostolic Delegation, Washing
ton, D. c., Sept. 81, 1911.-Rev. and
Dear Father: BY the same mail
am sending you my photograph,
which you will please accept as a
token of my gratitude for your
courtesy to me on the occasion of my
visit to Louisville May God bless
you. d. FALCONIO,
Apostolic Delegate. +"
Father Felten left Sunday to take
a needed and deserved rest, and will
sDend two weeks visiting friends and
elatives.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-30
INITIATION
Planned For Last Monday
In October by Division
Four.

Division 4, A. o. H., met last Mon
day evening at Bertrand Hall, with
President John H. Hennessy in the
chair and a good attendance of mem
bers present. It was decided to make
preparations for an initiation at the
last meeting in next month, being
Monday, october 23, there being
quite a large class awaiting the de-
grees and about ten other applica-
tions to be acted on before that date.
The degree team will begin re-
hearsals Immediately, and Capt. T. J..
Langan, of the guards, will notify
all members of the team the exact
dates OF rehearsal. The entertain
ment committee has also been noti-
filed TO get busy and will have a sur
prise programme for that night in
addition 10 refreshments. Thomas
Dignan, one of the old war-horses of
Division 4, made a few remarks, and
NJ. ]. Moriarty was obligated by the
President.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-30
CONAN DOYLE
Surprises Unionists, Com
Ing Out F,or Home
RIie.

Sir A. Conan Doyle, having been
asked to write a letter in support OF
the Ulster Unionists, to be read at
the opening meeting of their anti
home rule campaign in Belfast Sat
urday, stunned them by declaring his
adhesion to home rule. He said:
81 have twice contested Parlia-
mentary seats as a Unionist, but on
each occasion carefully defined my
own position that home rule would
only be safe with an altered economic
condition and gentler temper among
the people and, above all, after the
local representative institutions al
ready given them had been ad-
equately tested. It SENS to me these
conditions are now fairly we'll COM
piled with. England, which is Just
recovering from a period of absolute
anarchy, is not in a position to
citicize Ireland. There are other and
more general considerations which
have profoundly altered the whole
Irish question. One is the apparently
complete success of home rule in
South Africa. This has had a great
Influence upon my mind, for the
animosities in Ireland are tepid COM
pared with the boiling racial passion
which existed only ten years ago in
Africa.
"I think a solid, loyal ireland Is
the one thing the empire needs to
make it impregnable and I believe
that the men of the North will have
patriotism so broad and enlightened
that they will understand this and
will sacrifice for the moment their
racial and religious feelings in the
conviction that they are truly serving
the empire. There may be an element
Of risk in home rule, but we ran the
risk in Canada and Africa, so surely
we need not fear after two successes
to try it once again. l believe that
after an experience of united,
friendly Ireland nothing would in
duce the North to- go back to the old
conditions"
Lord Norton, Unionist Peer, says
he now has an open mind on home
rule, which he bitterly opposed the
last time.