The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-23

Say Mr.. Worklngman, how 90 you like the SIZE
OF the sack Of sugar you get for one dollar
You can get larger sack for the same money il
you can induce congress to put sugar on the free
list and thereby destroy the power Of monopoly in
this article of food -
Write your congressman and the Minnesota sen
ators to vote for your interests by repeating the
ubiquitous 80 per cent duty on sugar. They can
not refuse you this time
Capital has solved the question of production
1t is up to the people to solve the problem of dis
trlbutlon There is terrific charge against the PEG
pie when dairymen receive but 4 cents quart 70,
milk at Duluth, and the people pay 10 cents quart
for it with much of it's richness extracted. Is not
this question worthy of the attention Of the 'Dc
It for Duluth boosters?
Supposing such men as Post and Kirby would
succeed in destroying the organizations Of labor
throughout the country: What then? What in
sitution would be left to advance the economic in
terests Of the working classes? With employees
fully organized and labor helpless it would indeed
be a game of industrial plumber 49,.
If we really want to make Duluth better an6
bigger town it is absolutely necessary to cut dow1
the cost of living. This can be done, not bv com
pellng the producer the farm to sell cheaper but
by placing some regulation upon commission mer
chants and distributors who are now exacting thu
lions share for themselves
The News Tribune holds that Governor Eberhar1
is child Of fortune and that his star of destiny
carrying him through every political crisis. Can il
be that we have in our midst as governor of this
great state an unappreciated and reincarnated
Napoleon? Mr.. Mitchell, put out your pipe.
In lew months if matters political progress as
they now appear likely to progress it will be of con
siderable interest to note the aacrity with which
certain gentlemen now opposed to President Taft
will drop into the line of his ardent supporters Pol
tiles develops remarkable acrobats.
To make Duluth city of homes and citv 81
home owners it is essential that the price of Duluth
real estate be materially reduced This is the very
easiest reform to bring about. JUST put an honest
tax on land values, and down will come the price
OF land at surprisingly quick gait.
1t is gratifying to find the newspapers all owe,
the country that usually deal fairly with labor mat
tiers, showing most charitable disposition with
~ boost at this time is more than appreciated
It is simply Democratic prophecy fulfilled. inst
as it was said when the Mckinley tariff was bult mn
1t has come to pass-the privileged classes have
grown so strong and defiant their former unholders
and abettors are becoming frightened -
The upholders of legalized wrongs which create
poverty can not be given to understand anv stoc
emphatlcally that gifts to charity can be great
enough to atone in the slightest degree for the evil
DONE go 49, ~ &s#ss -#zsa# I -
A button striker down in Muscatine Iowa was
given five years in prison last week for daubing tar
ON non-union mans house. A man got q wear
down in Kansas for tarring lady school teacher
If people could get this into their heads one
phase OF the high cost Of living problem would
he solved: High taxes on land values and low
taxes on buildings mean lowerrent for the tenants
Whatever protectionists may believe Of pretend
to believe tariff protection is not designed to pro
tect workingmen against any one. but IS designed
to protect monopolies against the people.
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