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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20
GREAT UNION VICTORY.

The recent decision by the SUI
preme court Of the United States,
brief account of which is given
on our first page, is one Of the
greatest victories ever won by
organized labor in America, or
probably in any other country for
that matter.
1t seemed for a time as if all
that had been accomplished in
decades by the devoted and self
denying efforts Of honest, faith
full and law-abiding leaders, on
behalf of our millions Of toilers,
was to be swept away by the ar
bitrary and unlawful methods of
courts, the judges Of whom were
sworn to support the constitution
and laws Of our country, but were
SC thoroughly committed to inter-
ests antagonistic to the toilers
that the men of labor everywhere
had almost dispaired Of relief
against their oppressive judy
ments and DEGREES.
But our loyal leaders with full
faith in the integrity Of their own
motives and actions, and with an
abiding reliance upon the eternal
righteousness of their cause, stood
heroically at their post Of duty,
inspiring disheartened and dis
couraged trades unionists with
the hope and courage born of the
assurance that there was yet a
''battle royal'' to be fought be-
fore the highest judicial tribunal
in the civilized world before
wrong was permitted to triumph
over right.
The decision has been reached
and the nine judges constituted
the full bench of the supreme
court Of the United States, unani-
mously agree in opinion that the
labor leaders were ripht while the
courts of the District of Columbia
both district appellate and su-
preme were wrong.
Is it possible for trade union
ist to conceive of a greater civil
victory than this? We think not.
Because it practically marks the
turning point in the fight against
trades unionism in America.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20
TROUBLE WITH OUR COURTS.

What seems to be the main
difficulty with our American
Judges is probably not lack of
honesty nor a lack of technical
knowledge along certain lines. We
insinuate nothing of either kind.
The infirmity with our Amer
lean courts is Of a. different ma
ture. It is the inability Of our
judges to divorce their thoughts
from the crude principles laid
down by Anticipated judges of
. the days Of the small shop, few
employees and the most elementary
kind of machinery.
. The genius Of our present in
dustrial development seems to en-
tirely elude them, Blackstone
and Kent, and Storey and Ohitty,
were profoundly versed in the
legal ethics of their day and gen
Grafton, but we are morally GER
tain that were those great
jurists to come back to earth to-
day, they would condemn our pre-
sent day judges for applying OBJ
selete doctrines ancient princii-
piles" to the changed conditions
which the able jurists of other
days never anticipated. I,
a pertinent illustration Of the
question we have in mind IS fur
slsIin1liished by the Judges Of the court
, appeals Of the state Of. New
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20

and the methods employed ii It's
manufacture, and evidently his
critical and peevish mood became
intensified, for in the conclusion
Of his speech he delivered a IL
rade against the trade unions, a
fertile field for all captains Of in
dustry.
In part, he detained: 1.-THE
labor unions destroy incentive for
efficient labor. They seem to be
arrayed against promotion or the
culling out of competents from in
competents. They bring every
member to a dead level Of eff
cheney. They are against bon
uses..'' And so on ad infinitum.
Strange indeed that labor
unions are so reprenhensible and
yet weather the storm of so many
fierce gales as just set in motion
by Mr.. Bidder.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20
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BUREAUCRACY

The attitude Of the postioffice
department officials is now a
matter Of record with reference
to the right of the employees Of
Il the postal service to organize for
mutual protection. While it has
been known that the department
has has been edingly active il its
host g, 4 i1l[ity, It was hardly conceived
that the chief officials would s.
..s SUI re that because ID iipdiyidual
entered |s!' TIE posts seryl1iics ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20
RIDDER AS DETRAuToR,

At 9 meeting Of the new board
Of directors of the Associated.
Press il New York recently seve-
raj addresses were delivered and
amor a'1n'ong them one by Herman Rid
der. .s,'
Ridd 81 VIC oro,,s fall
out g the m6nl,l psper
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20

fork, IN declaring the law OF that
state to provide for workmen s
compensation unconstitutional.
The decision is q peculiar one,
because the judges in order to
render the decision had to- put
a forced construction on the state
constitution, and ignore the prin-
ciple of some of their own former
deliverances; and the inexplicable
thing about the whole proceedings
is that the judges themselves ad-
NIT that inequity and injustice
are wrought by the decision, but
that the constitution is to blame.
We don t believe one word of it.
There were as good lawyers, and
more of them, among the repre-
sentatives and senators who en-
acted the law and found no pos
sible constitutional objections to
it as there are in the court of ap-
peals.
The decision and others Of SINH
lar import actually endanger our
American institutions, because
they serve to generate among the
people, suspicion as to whether
this is ceasing to be a government
by the people and gradually
developing into a government by
judges.
We believe in the constitution,
but evidently our judges do not,
else why do they arrogate to
themselves powers which the con-
stitution does not give them9 If
solemn legislative acts can be alb
rogated by the mere whim of a
judge, how can we longer boast
of government by the people
through their representatives..
The liberties of the American
people, today, are not in half as
great a danger from red-headed
anarchists as they are from the
unauthorized assumption of power
by judges, a power not exercised
by the judiciary Of any country
in the civilized world, the power
to defeat the peoples will by over
riding statutes passed by our
state and national legislative
bodies
From a recent article which ap-
peared in The Outlook, from the
pen of ex-president Roosevelt he
very earnestly submits the pro-
blem Of twill the American peo-
pie permanently submit to having
small body Of public. servants,
(meaning the judges), rob them
of the right of self-government,
and above all Of the right to move
forward along the path already
trod by every other great indus
trial nation in the direction of
securing more just treatment for
wageworkers.''
He characterizes the decision re-
ferred to as ian enactment of
judge made law in defiance of
legislative enactment,'' and in a
way oppressive, and well nigh
ruinous to the interests of the
wage workers, and indeed to So
ciety as a whole"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20

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q citizen, guaranteed to him under
the first amendment to the CON
stitution Of the United States.
Second Assistant Postmaster
General Stewart, in testifying be-
fore the house committee on civil
service reform, admitted that en-
ployes in the service had been
dismissed because they were too.
active in promoting a union Of
postal clerks, understanding the
fact that they were highly eff
cient. His exact words were as
follows: r
<'They were discharged because
Of their pernicious !. activity in
promoting this new union organ
ization. The organization had
headquarters in St. Paul, and !
believe they were officials of the
proposed union. Otherwise they
were efficient men. The only rea-
son for their dismissal was their
activity in the face of the plain
order of the postmaster general
and other department officials
which they persistently violated.
It was a plain ease of insubor-
dination.
Oscar F. Nelson, president Of
the National Federation of Post
office clerks, followed Mr.. Stew
art before the committee. He de-
tailed to the committee the man
ner in which he had been dis
missed from the service, the only
apparent reason being that he was
an official in the union organiza-
ton:
Intense interest is being mani
tested by large number of con-
gressmen, who are in daily at
tendance at the committee hear
ings. A significant fact is that
the National Association of Manu-
facturers have requested to be
heard, and queries are being cir
culated to ascertain what interest
this union busting combination
has in the controversy, and
whether there is some combina-
ton .between the department Of
ficials and this well known aggre-
cation.
In the face of determined op-
position by the postoffice depart
ment' against the employees join
ing or forming unions, increases
in membership and organization
Of new unions are continued. The
arbitrary action Of the officials
has caused and is causing a cuml-
lative FESTIVE spirit, among them
owing to the uncertainty existing
as to what new plan of persecu-
ton may be put into operation at
any time. NJ
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20
BEGUILING THE WORKERS

1OTmdLlOn regarding the plan.
BEGUILING THE WORKERS.
A lot of gush is constantly be-
ing handed to the workers about
the dignity pf labor-they are
continually being told that labor
is the source of all happiness and
contentment, and that they should
be proud Of their position in the
ranks of those who are rendering
to the world it's most valuable
service.
There is, of course, a grain of
truth in all these statements with
which it is expected to beguile
the worker into a state of salts
faction with his present condi-
ton. The biblical admonition
that your bread should be eaten
in the sweat Of your brow means
not only that men shall be COM
PEELED to earn their living, but
also that the only honest and
healthful sustenance is that which
is earned by labor
1t will be noted, however, that
those who are so liberal in their
praise of the industry of the
worker and who seeks to encour-
age him to still greater effort
are either those who are escaping
labor altogether and profiting by
that Of those they seek to cajole,
or else have captured for them
selves some favored position that
requires no excessive toil-they
are not to be found in the ranks
of the fellows they pretend to so
much admire.
Along this line DIR. Frank
Chance recently said: f'The
happiest people are the workers.
Look at the dinner-pail brigade
going to the factory Of mornings
their faces are shining, their
step is free and glad. Happiness
is the child of WEAKNESS from
work. - All of which is perhaps
very poetic and has a learned
sound, but will hardly be en-
Enthusiastically endorsed by those
who carry the pals.
It is hard to conceive, if they
are sincere, where those who
make such statements get their
information: They surely do not
get it from the average worker
1t is a safe guess that if they
would stop a few of these pail.
carriers and ask them what they
thought about it they would have
their viewpoint greatly changed
To say that man who labors
day after day in a factory Sc
many hours that home becomes
but a place to sleep, with means
for either the standard of living
that he desires and really earns
for himself and family, with scant
opportunity for entertainment OF
social pleasure, with most of the
comforts Of life denied to him
but enjoyed by those who seek
by such buncomhe to spur him
on to the limit to say that such
a man should be in q frame 81
mind to face his daily. drudge
with carefree stride and con.
tented countenance is stating q
human impossibility.
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20
SHOULD ILLITERATE CITI-
.ZENS BE DISFRANCHISED?

ZENs BE DIsFRANCH1sED?
Edward A. Ross, professor Of
Sociology in the University of
Wisconsin writes in La Toilette s
magazine advocating. the disfran-
chisement Of illiterates as we'll as
Of those who can not pass a sat-
isfactory examination in civics.
The strangest feature of his ar
ticle is his belief that such re-
striction will be particularly de-
sirable under the initiative and
referendum. ~
Professor Ross does not teach
ethics.
His position on the suffrage
matter shows that he is hardly
competent to teach anything in
that line.
He speaks Of suffrage as though
it were something that some peo-
pie have a right to withhold from
others.
Such view is entirely unten-
able.
The only persons who have yet
been able to present anything out
wardly resembling an argument to
show that some may justly rule
others are the advocates Of the
divine right of kings.
There is no logical middle
ground. between absolute mon
archy, and complete democracy.
Any argument advanced in
favor Of anything between these
two extremes will logically justi-
fy either one or; the other. =
The divine right of part Of
the population to disfranchise the
rest has no better foundation
than has the doctrine, Of the d.
vine right of one man to rule all
the rest. ..r, =. = +
Experience shows that restric-
ton Of suffrage does not give
better government than where it
is unlimited. .........:.. 49,. -
In the southern states, the ell
mination Of the ignorant negro
vote has not made the rule of the
interests any weaker.
On the contrary, the principal
argument advanced in justifica-
ton Of such Acknowledgement is
that property ought to rule.
Wisconsin with an unrestricted
suffrage is less under the control
of the interests than Virginia or
Florida. ~..+.l ....@<.> ss.-yS
Russia, governed entirely by
the so-called cream Of society,
does not make nearly as good a
showing as Switzerland with uni
versal suffrage and the initiative
and referendum. I j z #
The dangers inherent in an
ignorant electorate are practical
~ eliminated under direct legis-
lation without arbitrary disfran-
chisement Of any one.
It is one thing to bamboozle an
illiterate voter into voting the
straight party ticket but quite 4
different one to get his vote on q
concrete proposition concerning
which he has no partisan pro-
judice. 81
Experience shows that the
voters who are ignorant or in
different concerning measures
submitted through the initiatiye
or referendum voluntarily ab-
tTfsIf5 III 49,
stain from voting on them. 3.
That is the only kind of restriic-
ton that justifiable and Is
besides far more correct il its
separation of the f Fl I from the
unfit than any arbitrary legisla.
tive equation can Be. d.
Pro sssor Ross i noress exper-
iehce g svell ethic II his plex
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-20
THE TWENTIETH
-. CENTURY MAGAZINE

- We have received the May
number Of Twentieth Century ma
gazine Of which that wonderful
ly able man B. @. Flower is edi-
tor, and to say that the maya
zine excels all others that come to
our table, is but a feeble express
sion Of Our esteem for the pub
LEGATION.
Every article in It is master
piece, but as the magazine is copy
righted, we cannot reproduce any
of it's articles, much as we would
like to. Our readers would en-
| joy thena, we know, but the best
we can do for them is to assure
them that there is within their
reach a monthly literary store
! of, the highest order Of excel
lence for the low price Of $500
a year. Address the Twentieth
Century Magazine, 5 Park Square
Boston Mass. The magazine
costs an equivalent Of three dol.
lars a year at the news stands.
J.
Whenever an organization is to
become effective in the proper
manner it must. never stop and be
simply content with it's formation.
Above all it is necessary that the.
principle Of solidarity be- prac-
ticed among the organized men.
A still closed affiliation must be
created, the individual parts 81
the organization must be cement
ed, thereby strengthening the or
ganization itself. The organized
men must realize the necessity Of
forming compact mass, where
unity Of thoughts, aims and OBJ
jects must prevail. RI
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Z "
Some day industrial warfare as
well: as warfare between nations
will be seen. to be ridiculous and
a waste Of life and money. EN-
ployers will realize that the man
who puts his life into a business
has as good a right to be heard
in the regulation of that business
as the man who put his money
into it -, -. - 5.-.s..
Some people can even do their
duty without patting themselves
on the back. "
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
REPORT OF COUNTY FARM.
supsr;ntsndsnt J. c. Koontx Shows
Business Done During the Year.


Business Done During The Year.
The report OF Superintendent J. c.
Koontz, Of the county farm, OF the bust
ness Of the year 1910. was filed with
the board OF supervisors. by Mr.. Koontz
today. In it Mr. Koontz sets out In
detail the various receipts and expendi-
lures to carry on the work at the farm.
Stock and farm products. Of a total
value OF $6.076.75. were sold from the
farm during the year. OF this amount
$4,000 was turned into the county treas
ury and $2.122.72 was paid by the sup
erintendent for eundry farm expenses.
A balance In cash Of $92S.2s was on
hand Ut the close Of the year
Tho total expenses Of operating the
farm during the year were $S.635.S6.
OF this sum s.s1s.41 was paid for sal
aries and wages OF the help. Provisions
and supplies cost $1.706.41. and fuel.
light. and clothing cost $1,450.S0. Sun
dry expenses totalled $2,43474. and
permanent Improvements totaled $42S.
This latter. Of course. does not include
the cost OF the new hospital. OF the
total expenses only SLOPES was de-
rived from taxation for the mainten-
ence Of the farm. Most Of the rest was
paid for by the proceeds from the sale
OK STOCK anu -1siIIla' pEOOuScs ~ eAnIi ZIG
farm Is largely self-supporting.
During the year the average number
of inmates was sixty-six. thirty-six of
whom are insane. A total Of 96.275
meals was furnished to the inmates,
help. and others, during the year.
Twenty-six hogs and four cattle were
killed on the farm for the use OF the
inmates and during the twelve months
there were twelve deaths. On Jan. I.
1910. the farm property invoiced at
217Q7661 -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
Search Brides Homo.

On search warrant filed by Joseph
Seibert Constable Taylor last night
Center street, where Mrs. John j.
Clemens. who was recently married, Is
staying. and recovered toilet set,
which Seibert alleged was taken from
his home. Mrs. Clemens made no con-
test for the retention Of the articles In
Justice Peek's court today and the ar
ticles were delivered to Seibert. Be-
fore her maria &c a few days ago Mrs.
Clemens was Helen Coffey
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
slReE VS.. IMITATION.

The Proof Of the Pudding 10 in the
Eating, and You Nay % the Judge.
The Birge handmade feathers are
made Of lead and oil and can DO wash
ed and oiled. and are superior in wear
ing and artistic effect to the best fres-
CO work known. Don't confuse the
cheap German or English pressed and
glazed papers with the Birge feathers.
They may fool you. but you can not
fool your friends. as they look more
like vanished tile than they do leath-
er. Everist has both kinds. Come in.
compare them. and be convinced. and
YOU will say with us that there is only
one wall paper house. the great Birge.
EVEREST,
Opposite NJ. e. Church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
VETERAN Is DEAD.

Aaron NJ. Harter, Of Thirty. Second
Iowa Infantry, Dies.
Aaron NJ Harter. a veteran OF the
Thirty-second Iowa infantry. died at
the hospital of the soldiers home at
O'Clock this afternoon. His death had
been expected for some time. Mr.. Har-
ter was born in Indiana, July Q. 1S41.
He enlisted in Company E. Thirty-sec-
ond Iowa infantry. at GAINESVILLE. Aug.
20, 1852. He was discharged in Massa-
chussetts July 8, 1865. He entered the
home from Wisconsin on May %. 1909.
Mr.. Harter Is survived by one son. c.
W. Harter. Of Davenport, and one
daughter, Mrs. Dora Foulk, OF LaPorte.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
BREAKS MATINEE RECORD
Produetion Of "Madame X" Skaters
Al House Records For Afternoon At.
fractions at odson-company Plays
to Practically Capacity House-No
Small Children Admitted.

Henry w. Savage's production Of
Madame X" played as matinee per-
Torrance at the Odeon this afternoon,
shattered all house records for matinee
attractions. playing to practically a ca
pacity house. This was one Of the very
few reserved matinees ever played at
the Odeon excepting on holidays.
Because the action of the play. and
the intensity OF the dramatic situa-
tons, demand that the audience remain
quiet. the management insists that no
small children be admitted to the house.
Several women who had brought chill
dren were refused admission because
Of the youngsters. No children under
10 years of age were admitted this az
ternoon. and the same rule will hold
good tonight.
The sale for tonight's performance is
exceptionally large for Saturday night
attraction
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
vAcclNArEs 4so HOGS.

irnmunizins Of Big ststs Herd at In.
dependence Hospital Completed.
Special to Times1 Republican.
Independence. Feb. 4.-Dr N. A. Kip
pen. q local veterinarian, has completed
the vaccination Of the big herd Of hogs
at the farm at the state hospital here
the immunizing treatment being given
to $50 porcine patients. The wholesale
vaccination was resorted to upon the
development OF hog cholera among the
herd The serum. so It is maintained.
immunizes hog for at least sixty
days.
There has been but little hog cholera
in the county for a period Of two years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
LOCAL MARKETS.
Prices Paid 20 Farmers by MARSHALL
town Dealers.

Prices Paid 60 Farmers by Marshall
town Dealers.
The following prices are quoted by
Marshalltown dealers for the different
varieties of farmers provisions. grain.
produce and poultry. also for hides.
tallow wool. pelts and skins.
The Peckham Grocery Company
quotes the following prices in trade for
country produce until further notice:
ERgs-23
Butter-2O.
GRAINS.
Z. e. Benedict 4 Co. will pay the
following prices 1T their place Of bust
ness in ts:s city:
Corn-SS.
Oats-27.
Timothy hay-l3.o0.
Dat straw-Soo.
HIDES. FUR AND WOOL
H. Willard. Son 4 Co.. quote the fol-
lowing prices:
Horse hides-2.so@3.00.
No talloW-k.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04

hereby announce that ! Will be
candidate for councilman at the COM
ing primary election. i am In favor OF
business methods in the management
OF city business and the observance OF
the laws that protect the city's finances.
Marshalltown is noted for Its efficient
water works and electric lighting sys-
tenn, for Its paving and broad side
walks. for its abundant shade trees.
wide lawns and beautiful homes. All
these must be maintained and improved
by a liberal and constructive policy.
l., DERBY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
EGGS OF DOUBTFUL AGE.

Ten Thousand Dozen "Undssirables"
Seized BY Government.
Boston, Feb. 4.-Ten thousand dozen
OF eggs, consigned by q Chicago COM
pany to Boston bakers. were seized by
federal officials here today. The age OF
the eggs IL objected to by the govern
ment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-04
DUNN FARM IS SOLD.

Forty Acres in Liberty Township Dis
oossd Of to Close Estate.
A forty-acre farm belonging to the
Catherine Dunn estate. In Liberty
township northeast Of st. Anthony.
was sold at public auction by the refe-
rec. F.. L. Meeker. at the court house
this morning for 1871 an acre. The
farm was bid in by Thomas c. Dunn
The farm was sold to close the estate.