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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
DULUTH BIDS GOOD BYE
WITH SINCERE REGRET


4 e. G. Brown, who has been for
about eight years in the service OF
French. 4 Bassett Of this city, haa
accepted = position with the New
England Furniture company Of Min
neapolis. II. as Is said, true success
consists in developing all there is in
you and giving IT. to the service of
the world and your fellow man. Mr..
Brown judged by such a standard. is
q preeminent success, He carries
with him. to his new position IN the
Flour City, the respect, confidence and
esteem Of every man and woman In
Duluth that, ever, had any business
dealings with him, and the. Labor
World .unites with the rest of our
citizens, in wishing him an abund-
ance Of the good things of life.
Minneapolis ia great city OF gener-
Gus, warm hearted people, but Mr..
Brown will, Of necessity, be there a
good while. before he shall have az
many devoted friends as he is leav-
ing behind him In Duluth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
Duluth, June 10, 1911

Answer: We, are up against
the real proposition now. Once
upon a time-before we were led
into the matrimonial slaughter
house-we thought we knew all
about the fair sex, but we were
wrong. We were dippy to even
suspect it. We were boneheaded
to allow such a crazy delusion to
creep into our think dome. We
are frank to say we don't know
when woman begins to show her
age, but we suspect it is when
the supply Of peroxide, facial
cream, bloom Of youth, puffs,
rats, pads, ETC., runs out. Then,
and then only, will woman begin
to show her age, and perhaps not
then.
l,--4s ,~< - - ss,'.- IL -. 4 :-.sEt$5
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OLD I lSIoll


What Z blessing It would 30 if
our toilers werss 10 rewarded that
when age Or other infirmity com
PEELED the honest worker to lay.
down the tooh he had SO long
used, he wouA be secure from
want. =.s.5. q
Looking backward over the
road he had travelled, conscious
of work wal done, he would
spend his declining years in
peaceful counsel to the active, as
BELTS one whose honesty and in
dustry have earned him this re-
ward. , b., ,.>. j
Imagine the feelings Of one
who for thirty or forty years has
rendered to society the best that
was in him, to find himself at the
end Of his usefulness, when the
evening Of his life should be
made as peaceful and restful as
possible as a reward for his no
BILE service, facing a cold and
cherries world, unable to support
himself, compelled to seek either
private or public charity, cast
aside as Of no. account, to spend
his last moments in miserable
reflection on the injustice of mod
ern industry.
The man who has given his
strength and industry to his fell
lows during the good years must
not be expected to view with
complacency an old age which
may find him in the poorhouse
while the man who has stood in
the capacity Of employer spends
his last years amid hordes of
wealth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
RAILWAY MAI. SERVICE.

The magazines are taking no.
tice of the questionable methods
being employed by the postoffice
department in victimizing mail
clerks who become members of
the American Federation of
Labor. A prominent periodical
carries an article in it's June is
sue entitled, "Mutiny in the Rail
way Mail Service, and treats the
postoffice department without
gloves.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
0VERCR0WDED CITIES UN
NECESSARY

When some wiseacre begins to
talk about any city being over
crowded he should be put through
a course Of questions. He should
first be asked to state how many
square miles there may be with
in the city limits. Then he should
be asked to state the population
and required to divide this num-
Der. by five in order to learn the
approximate number of families
When he has furnished this in
formation, which may easily be
obtained from any encyclopedia
or almanac, he should be re-
quested to figure how many fam.
lilies could be put on a. single
square mile if each family were
placed by itself on q lot measur.
ing 25x100 feet He would then
learn that this would furnish
room for 10000 families or about
$1,000 people. This will show
that one-fourth of the area Of the
most thickly populated city will
furnish ample living room for the
whole population. Then let the
wiseacre explain if he can why
the bulk Of the population in
every large city Is forced to
crowd into slum tenements while
large tracts Of land lie idle.
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5dens which their frailty units
them to bear. Better that q few
women here and there should be
thrown out Of a job than that the
entire sex should be subjected to
such long hours Of labor as Greed
might choose to give them. :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17

Trusts are sometimes defended
on the ground that they elimin-
ate waste and lower cost Of pro-
duotion. On this account we are
left to infer that they also lower
prices to the consumer. There
may be some combinations which
do benefit the public that way vi s,
but the monopolistic ones are not
included. 8. Il. &.
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THE GASSER BOYCOTT.

Mr.. M. M. Gasser has made
some very loud statements
through the columns of the daily
press relative to his trouble with
the Bakers Union.
He very studiously refrains,
however, from offering any rea-
sons or justification for his de-
liberate violation of his agree
ment made with the union May
LIST, Of this year.
He hopes to win sympathy by
maudlin appeals to certain class
of people who are so prejudiced
against organized labor as to con-
denim union action whether it be
right or wrong.
The Labor World is not in the
habit of championing an unjust
cause, even when union labor is
involved, but in this case, it is
impossible upon a just and i'm
partial consideration Of the facts
to arrive at any other conclusion
than that Mr.. Gasser is clearly in
the wrong; not only this, but that
he knows it, and wilfully and OBJ
stinately adheres to the wrong to
crafty possibly a certain species
of enobbish vanity which is a
weakness Of human nature.
We are writing advisedly be-
cause we know that Mr.. Gasser
was kindly demonstrated with,
and urged in the most gentleman
ly manner possible by duly &C
credited representatives Of the
State Federation of Labor, to OBJ
serve the agreement Of May l, but
Mr.. Gasser declined all overtures
and ordered the representative Of
the bakers out of his store.
Further than that, he supple
mented his bordering OUT man.
date with the statement that he
had no use for unions, and that
he did not want the patronage Of
union men, and would not live up
to his agreement with the Bakers
Union, and wanted all union men
to be notified of his attitude land
more"
Now, that he is getting what s
coming to him in generous meas
ure, he is endeavoring to take his
revenge on the other bakeries of
the city by cutting prices below
the Give and let live'' line.
If Mr.. Gasser is suffering in his
trade and business by reason of
union men taking him at his word
he has nobody to blame but him.
self. He deliberately violated his
contract with the Bakers Union
and then to add insult to injury
declared he didn' It want the trade
Of any union man. Union men
have taken him at his word. Thew
can bestow their patronage upon
\ other bakeries.
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THE WORLDS NEED.

Were half the power that fills the
world with terror,
Were half the wealth bestowed on
camps and courts,
Given to redeem the human mlnd
from error,
There were no need of arsenals or
forts.
Henry w. Longleffow,
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Don't begrudge anything that
will make life easier and brighter
for those about you. When they
want to rusticate for a few DAYS
at. Fond du Lac, advance the
money as freely and generously
as though you were millionaire,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17

The union label Is . constant Re.
hinder Of the common interest
and common duty Of all trade
unionists ID and toward each
other, and certain guide IN the
discharge Of that duty.
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There is nothing in the world
that lasts as long as q mother s
love.
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LOYALTY.

IS: LOYALTY.
BY Larry Ho.
o, woman may up and leave you:
The children may drift away,
But once little dog loves you
He sticks till his bones turn clay.
The world may call you lobster
And scorn you because you fail
But the little dog that loves you -
Will keep on wagging his tail. 3
Battered and bruised and broken
O, hard is the trail you roam:
But the little dog waits to welcome
Your steps on the porch Of home.
There may be better masters
Who'd keep him sleek and fat, Z
And give him a warmer kennel.
But the little dog stands pat. !
No matter how grouchy and hateful
You come from your daily cares
He snuggles up against you
Like q youngster saying his pray
. ers.
The world may hand you lemon
And tell you you won't do;
But there's one little dog that loves
you,
s Will share his last bone with you.
~. 5 m i = - ? - =.
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Many have quarreled about re
ligion that never practiced it.
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Women are changeable, but you
cant change them when you
want to. ......
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Defeat is word that is not in
the vocabulary of organized labor
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The future Of many 81 Us would
be rosy i it were not FOR the
clouds Of the past.
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Men discuss the mplexion 81
affairs women the affairs 70 com
:plexion. W s.1 \
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Who is strong9 He that con
5nuers his bad habits. III
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Our Question Box

Such questions viii b answered ii thie
column - appertain in Z moro OF lsD de-
sres: g the good and welfare Of oar rad
~ Questions strictly ssctaxaaa ID neaufo.
g ultra politieal in character, Will - sftAsr
ceonsisned TO the waste basket o. la&u1neA 9
tne Qvees1oner. - Z due sense e pFeDtsttt
. -: Duluth, June 1S, 1911
Editor Labor World: i: a.. se. ;.ss T.; ::
AS you seem to know everything, we
would like to'haye you settle a dispute
for us. How old IS a woman when
she begins to show her age?
Yours, ..-...,..
$3.50 TWO HUSBANDS.
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OF course marriage improves
man-if you don't believe it ask
his wife, -

It people only spoke their real
thoughts, there would be less
talk.
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Duluth, Mimi. June TO-


Editor Labor World: .ssFs3 81 .: s. SO
Did the last legislature pass . law
abolishing capital punishment ia
Minnesota What states still adhefe
to 1t? p. r. West End.
Answer: r. your first ques-
ton, yes. 70 your second Cap.
ital punishment prevails ii alIsof
the states and terri cries of fthe
Union except Michie 20, mime,
sofa, Wisconsin, Rhode Island,
Kansas and Maine. Il va abol.
sished in Iowa ii 1872 and =.
stored in 1876 E Ras also sbol-
Eished FL Colorado but
stored inz $50 u ork I'd
|Ilghio scutiol m y
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The man who would do great
good with his money seldom Has
any 8
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. isten 70 eryone y adyiice and
then think for oursel Il.
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%ss....t >-fet..5 Duluth. June IA. 1911.
Editor Labor World: a S.
Please give me the names OF Pres.
ident Taft's cabinet officers ana
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The man with more money
than brains has more dollars than
sense. &.
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you want q
Ego "a s 1aonay llend
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-04-06
FORTY YEARS IN BED.
Self Chosen Fate Of Man Prevented
F rom Marrying Girl of His Choice.

Self Chosen Fate Of Man Prevented
From Marrying Girl of His Choice.
Because Joseph Plummer Of Milton,
N. H., was prevented by his father
from marrying the woman of his
choice he has remained forty years in
bed. He is now seventy-one years old.
The woman he loved is dead, but
the old man has not been told. In
fact. he refused to speak of her from
the very day when he said to his
father. "Since you will not let me have
her. I have no other ambition and
may as well spend the rest Of my
life in bed Joseph went to bed. Jo-
seph did not get up. He continued in
bed day after day, week after week,
year after year, until the sensation of
his course waned, and he became more
or less Of an institution in Milton.
His mother and his father have both
died. Now his two brothers. both well
along in years, keep the Plummer
household. which is a prosperous one,
and take care of Joseph. These two
brothers. Ephraim and Samuel, are
Dachelors and cook all the meals.
"When Joseph took his bed" says
Ephraim Plummer. father did not
make any objections, but took his food
to him and let him stay there Father
didn't approve of Joseph going with
the girl because she was only sixteen
years old, while Joseph was consider
ably older.
Joseph felt that after seeing her he
could never love any other girl. He
was stubborn and used to having his
own way. He did not like to be
crossed. At first when he took to his
bed none of us thought that he would
stay there long.
'Now he is so weak from staying in
bed so long that he has lost the use
Of his legs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-04-06
TAG BABIES mo NE BESE.'

Campaign lnaugurated Against Pro-
miscuous Kissing of Children.
The latest fad in the nursery is to
equip children with printed labels
bearing the words, ''No Me Bese" C'Do
Not Kiss Me').
The tags are the result Of Euro
pean campaign against the promiscu-
GUS kissing of children. The wording
is in Spanish because the idea is said
to have originated with Queen Vic
toria Of Spain. ~
On hygienic grounds the queen d.
rected that her three children should
not be kissed by the sundry court at
tendants who desired merely to show
their loyalty. w.
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GREAT FLIGHT PLANNED.

French Aviator to Attempt Trip From
France to AIgiers.
The revival Of interest in aviation in
France continues to be marked.
Brague. who recently made a notable
flight from Nice to a little island be-
tween Corsica and the Italian coast,
says it was purely experimental and
that he intends eventually to fly from
France to Algiers, making Ajaccio his
midway station.
He declares that to succeed in this
voyage an aviator must possess three
essential things-a good motor, an alb
solutely accurate compass and exact
meteorological information. He con-
siders that the superior speed of aero
planes makes the escort of fast war
vessels wholly useless unless they be
scattered at regular intervals along the
greater part Of the route.
The value Of the aeroplane, says
Brague. has now been demonstrated
to be greater over sea than over terra
firma. Many experts in France be-
lieve the development of aviation de-
ponds chiefly upon the problem Of
dimensions, and there is growing
opinion that a machine so vast that
air currents will have only minimum
effect upon it may make navigation Of
the atmospheric space relatively as
safe as that Of the ocean in ships Of
the type of the Mauretania.
Meanwhile a leading French military
organ announces with great confidence
that an infallible method of making
aeroplanes self balancing has been in
vented.
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BANDS Of ASaSaNS HOu|PONERH[ SWAY

its destination, a well known and s.hon-
orable' merchant, withoutFa word. In
another case the young son Of GER
tain prince was kidnapped, and a sum
Of 100000 francs was demanded for
his return. The prince Immediately
sent the money without breathing a
syllable to a single soul about the in
cident, which only became known to
the police some time later from dis
covery of the letters Of negotiation.
Rivals of the Malta.
Much more farreaching and almost
as terrible is the Camorra, an organiz-
ed band of assassins who infest Tur-
key and stretch their. fearful tentacles
over almost the whole of the Levant.
This society had its origin in the for
mer kingdom Of Naples, where it plum
dered and terrorized the country, prac-
ticed wholesale smuggling and under
took for suitable reward to commit
any crime from murder to arson.
Candidates for membership swore
upon an iron crucifx fearful oath of
fidelity and secrecy and only after a
long period Of training and probation
received the two knives of peculiar
form by which the Camorristi recog-
n1zed one another.
In Turkey, where the Camorra is
particularly active at present, incen-
d1arism is it's chief occupation. It is
said that three fires out Of every four
in Constantinople are the work of the
Camorra, whose method is to remove
all valuables from the chosen house or
shop, saturate the walls and floors
with petroleum and set fire to it. The
agent who refuses to pay the insurance
money is promptly assassinated.
Other Dreaded Societies.
But the services of the Camorra are
available to any who are willing to
pay heavily enough for them, from a.
jealous wife who wishes to get rid of
a fair rival to the tradesman who can
not collect his debts. If threats fail
a stab in the dark invariably settles
the business satisfactorily. Like the
Malta, the Camorra draws it's members
from all classes, from the workingman
to the man of rank and fashion, and
any disloyalty means death to the rec
reant member.
Among many other secret societies
in Europe-the Carbonari, in Italy; the
Nihilists, in Russia-the Hetaira has
had princes and even kings among it's
members. The Gar Alexander I. owed
allegiance to the Hetaira, and Napo-
leon III. was throughout his reign sub
missive to the grand master of the
Carbonari. whom he joined as young
man. The Grand Duke Nicholas Con-
stantinovitch, who was exiled to ST.
IBERIA for stealing his mothers jewels,
was member of the Nihilist society
and had for wife Nihilist, daughter
of the postmaster of Tashkend.
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A Chance for Another Saving.

A Chance for Another Saving.
Postmaster General Hitchcock may
not be as broad as some barn DOORS.
nor as deep as some wells, but he has
done moro to put the postofice depart
ment on a business basis than all his
predecessors combined. We may
occasionally get mad at him, but on
the whole it is not possible not to- ad-
mire him.
His faults are those of the pin
pricks; his mistakes are those of
penny saving. But he hits with a
club as we'll as prieks with pins, and
saves in large sums as we'll as in the
baby's bank.
st is clever move to transmit
magazines in bulk by fast freight for
the long haul. For this be has estab-
hshed certain Of the larger cities as
receiving centers to which these
bulky periodicals can be sent in car
load lots, there to be broken into the
small packages and distributed in the
surrounding territory.
This lessons not only the Transport
tation, but the handling charge.
Now, if he will tackle congressional
mail in somewhat the same way, send
ing all franked mail except what
would otherwise be of the frst-class
variety by slow freight, all of his
minor sins will be forgiven him. =
The one thing the people are in no
hurry to get, and that will do just as
we'll in President Taft's second ad-
ministration as in his first, is the stuff
congressman send out by the carload.
Indeed, it would be a blessing if most
of it never got there at all, or never
had been written or spoken. Duluth
! News Tribune.
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MORE PEANUTS IMPORTED.
Uncle Sam Increases His Liking For
Coolers.

Uncle Sam Increases His Liking For
Coolers.
: It may have been due to the increase
in the number of peanut eating fans
at the baseball games or it may have
been because Of the more extensive de-
mands of the confectioner, but the fact
is the imports of peanuts to the United
States for the year 1910 assumed un-
precedented proportions. s...... =.
Consul General Gaulin at Marseilles,
France, where great quantities Of pea
nuts are raised, reports to the depart
ment Of commerce and labor that pea
nut exports to the United States: for
the year 1910 rose in value from the
comparatively Insignificant total OF
$8,772 in 1909 to- $751; 1868. Large pur.
chases Of peanut oil by Americans also
were recorded, and the trade was the
briskest in years. 49,. ...
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New Works MARRIAGES,

New York's marriages decreased
1858 in the year following the finan-
cial furry of 1907. Since then they
have gained steadily, recovering the
loss and bringing the figures higher
than those of any year before 1907.
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trial of band of Canon
rists at viterbo, Italy, draws
attention to the secret socie-

~HE trial Of band Of Camor
5. rists at Viterbo, Italy, draws
attention to the secret socie
ties of Europe which have fol
their object murder or any form of vic.
lence and crime that will promote
their views or fill the pockets Of the
scoundrels who belong to them.
The whole. continent is honeycombed
with such societies, who set all laws at
dehance and are a constant terror to
law abiding people.
Morountzeff, the man who died
through being accidentally shot by a
fellow criminal during the attempted
burglary in Houndsditch, was known
to the continental police as the des-
perate leader Of a gang Of hooligans
and thieves which he had got togeth-
er, known as the "Zmowa Robgotnic-
za," the members of which devoted
their energies to robberies with vio-
lence and attacks upon banks and COM
mercial houses. In these outrages sew
en- persons were killed. Twelve men,
bers of this gang were ultimately cap
tured and hanged, but Morountzeff es-
capped.
One of the most terrible of these
leagues Of criminals is the dreaded
Malta, which has terrorized Sicily for
several generations and is said to be
especially active just now: Its anna
BILE code Of honor is to defy the law
and to rule the island by threats and
Violence
includes All Glasses.
According to M. Gianelli, the Malta
is IAN unapproachable and multiform
union of persons of all classes, who
aid each other, in spite of the law and
morality, to murder, to intimidate and
sequestrate landed proprietors, to raise
a ring in the corn market, to forge
wills, to influence the results of trials
and to push their best men into gov
eminent Offices" Its ranks include
men Of all classes, from outlaws to
mayors and judges and from thieves
and sharpers to members, of parlia-
ment
At one time this remarkable band
confined its efforts principally to kid
mapping the sons of rich families and
to coming false money. Now they
draw most of their revenue from levy
ing blackmail on wealthy landowners
in return for their protection and by
assisting smugglers. Direct robbery
and violence are resorted to only for
vengeance.
How powerful the Malta is is shown
by the following stories: One day a
sarge case arrived at the Palermo GUS
toms labeled ''Biscuits" The customs
officials opened it and discovered $780,
600 francs in forged banknotes. Not
one Of them, however. dared to speak,
The case was reclosed and sent on to
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Giant Melons,

Giant watermelons and muskmelons
grow in Diarbekir, Asiatic Turkey.
Some Of them are as large as a -four
barrel. They are raised in the beds
Of rivers which are almost dry in sum
mer. Their meat is coarse and not
nearly as sweet as that Of smaller va
:ieties. grown elsewhere.