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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
BOOSTS AND SLAMS
ON CURRENT EVENTS
SHOULD. NOT DELAY.

I'm THESE DAYS of an awakened
4 public conscience it sounds strange
to hear that some of President Taft's
advisers are trying to stave' off fur
Their proceedings in the Archibald i'm
parchment matter until after election,
fearing the effect the disclosures may
have on the fortunes Of, the candi-
date. s$@4 - s-sa. "
1t is true that Judge Archibald is
an appointee OF the president and
that the court of which he is an Of
ficer was created as one of the poll
cies of the present administration.
And it is equally true that the presi-
dent will and must feel some of the
effect of the scandal. X.
But, in the face of the report
which has been made by the con-
gressional committee, report which
that Judge Archbald's Sense of NOR
al responsibility has become dead
ened;" that he '':prostituted his office
for personal profit and has "at-
tempted by various transa ctions to
commercialize his potentially as a
Judge" it would seem that there is
but one course for any honest admin
istration. That course, obviously, is
to bring the accused jurist to trial
at the earliest possible moment.
Even President Taft's worst enc
mics will never accuse him of eondon-
ing such grave misconduct on the
part of Judge as is laid at the
Archibald door. The president re-
CARDS the judiciary with such al
most superstitious veneration that the
report of the house committee must
have caused him the greatest chagrin.
But, allowing the case to be held
open as a matter Of political expe-
diency the president and his advisers
would convict themselves of po-
litical stupidity remarkable even in
an administration which has been
notable rather for It's mistakes than
for it's achievements.
In the good old days it might have
been good politics to drag such a
case until after election. Today, how
ever, any such hiding Of heads in the
sand Is likely to arouse an indignation
much greater than could be created
by disclosures, however damaging,
made in a fair trial in an honest eff
fort to clean house. ''"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
A LUCKY SMASH.

IT HE dismembered, shattered,
L busted, fragmentized, pulverized
and dissolved Standard Oil company
seems perfectly happy in its present
atomic state. Shares sell for $1,000,
whereas in 1907 they could be pur-
chased for the trifling sum of $3.50.
II g young man had been wise, saved
up his money, put 1t into the crum-
bled STANDARD OIL company and grown
up with that company in It's present
condition, he would now be worth an
enormous amount OF money. But few
had the foresight to do It. and be-
sides John D. Rockefeller was doing
most Of the growing up with the new
standard az he did with tht old.
Bill. the Benevolent Buster, who is
running for president on q platform
which tells what he did to the trusts,
can point with particular pride to
this case. 81 .ig54 4.
There are, Of course, some others
in which he Was equally successful.
He did q like good turn for American
Tobacco. and the Sugar Trust became
angelic under his wise guidance.
The Harvester 1taist, 81 however.
seems to wish Som eH onas slse % d.
vide Il up and has consequently se.
.lected Roosevslt. It lileAa Is IS sure
.of its friends bsforSl @ nd 4, hpush e
coulA sttli1t ss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
THE HIGH COST OF .NUTTMEss.''

In these days when the difficulty Of obtaining
the necessaries of life is pressing problem for mil
hons it is quite relief to read how in special
instance satisfactory solution of this vexed dues
ton was attained. %H&
The instance alluded to is that of poor woman
named Flagler, inmate for the last ten years or
of insane asylum, where she had been starving
on meager income of $4,000 per annum.
This unfortunate woman, who was the wife at
time of Standard Oil magnate, was divorced
by her husband, who, for the purpose of obtaining
his divorce, had the constitution of the State of
Florida-of which he a resident-changed so as
to permit lncurable insanity to become cause for
absolute divorce. He married again and the ex-Mrs
Flagler was cruelty cast into insane asylum to
starve the miserable pittance above mentioned,
to provide which small portion of the Flagler
estate was set aside
This portion was some eight years ago valued at
So, 250,O00, but through the DILIGENCE prudence,
sagacity, foresight and general ability of Mrs Flag
ler-or her salaried manager, which is the same
thlng-the estate has grown in value to nearly
$3,5OO,OOO The fixed income of $25 600 yearly how
ever, not increased and at last, driven to des-
peraton by the ever rising cost of living Mrs Flag
Ter appealed to the court, succeeded in getting
increase of $4,000 per annum and is now in COM
paratively easy circumstances
From which it will be seen that even the sup
posed disadvantages OF insanity are not necessarily
destructive of what Mr.. Mallock the British anti
Socialist and political economist calls the ability
OF the capitalist" Rising triumphant]y over these
adverse circumstances, the case of Mr. Flagler is
worthy and inspiring example for all those who,
though not confined in lunatic asylums, cannot ap-
parenty solve the problem Of the high cost of living,
for which this talented lady found such simple and
effective solution.
However, as insanity is VIGOROUSLY on the in
crease, this incident holds out most encouraging
prospect that perhaps when the majority of us have
been consigned to the |Ebughouse'' the problem of
the high cost Of living will have found final and
satisfactory solution
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
NEEDS. NOT DOCTRINES.

The following words from Gov. Wilson should be
studied by Progressive Republicans. They show
how clearly he looks the issues of the day, how
he keeps his mind the end to be gained and not
on party doctrines and fetiches He looks beyond
the name to the thing and states the real issue
clearly that there never be danger OF the coun
trys failing to understand his position Could there
he more adequate expression OF the tariff prin-
ciple than this 1.-THE only thing want to know is
which duty and how much of duty is serviceabe
to the country more impartial disregard of
names than, 81 don t rap about protection;
it is not scientific doctrines neither is the doctrine
of free trade Is not this the the country
needs? A man who thinks that the administration
OF the country is "a very practical thing' and who
shows by his idea of what is practical that he looks
steadily on the need of the country? This is what
Wilson says:
when I sit down and compare my views with those
of Progressive Republican I can't what the diff
ference u.s. except that he has sort of pious feeling
about the doctrine of protection, which have
but the a needs Sow
say anthing about protection I don't anything
which duty and how much of duty is serviceabe to
the country? That is all I want to know I don't
care rap about the doctrines of protection 1t isn't
scientific doctrine neither is the doctrine of free
trade. But the administration of the government of
nation is very practical thing, and intend to
necessary 10 do the promotion of the
prosperity Of the United States. That is all.
when think what engaged in do
ing in the field of politics, conceive it this way,
who behind interest always unite in organi-
cation and the danger in country is that these
Special Interests will be the only things organized, and
that the common interest will be unorganized against
them The business of government is to organize the
common interest against the Special Interests. That
is the it is worth while going around and try
ing to expound-no matter how imperfectly-wha+ the
situation is, so that may draw these threads of
common thought into pattern, that yau may
ganze the general mind for the comprehension of the
situation. AS the common mind is organized
then Special Interest hold it's against it.
This is the thing to which challenge our
ia Of o11oH
four time. If am informed correctly the
meaning of tn eword radical, it has something do
with roots Now the false radical pulls up roots to
if the thing is growing; the radical goes down
to the roots that the wholesome and that
the taproot is getting the that ought
to come from the SOIL That is the kind of radicaism
believe in, recultvaon thence reformation of the
whole process"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20

Love letters take a. lot more ink
than brains.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
sOLA:CE.

BY Berton Braley.
When your heart is sad and the
world is glum,
Whistle-that's ADJUST whistle!
Pretend you're a fife-though you
have no drum
And whistle-thats adjust whis-
tie!
Nary a classic of fearful song
But a raetime melody jigging along,
An air as light as a thistle.
When the world is weary and lifes
all wrong,
Whistle-that's adjust whistle!
Fucker your lips and pipe a. tune.
And whistle-that's ADJUST whis-
tie!
It's bound to brighten you up right
soon.
Whistle-that's ADJUST whistle.
Whistle at fate in the gayest style,
Though she keeps you lodging all the
while
AS she losses many a missile; 49,
Though your timbre is poor and your
time is vile,
Whistle--thats ADJUST whistle!
It's solace when skies are gray or
blue,
Whistle-thats adjust whistle.
And it's better than groans to listen
. .'-.. to.
Whistle--that's adjust whistle.
Fight the fight with soul intent,
With all Of your courage and daring
bent,
With all of your bone and gristle;
But when things happen you can't
prevent,
Whistle-that's all-iust whist1el
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
ALL me MAN.

LOW MANY VOTES would the
-. third party poll next November
If Theodore Roosevelt should die to-
day? @e
The third party adherents make
much pretense Of principle. Is it
not entirely a part Of personality?
would become Of it?
Mr.. Roosevelt has answered this
question himself He has repeatedly
said that the progressive" sentiment
in this country could not be crystal
lied by any one except himself, and
that he was forced into the campaign
for the presidency because no other
candidate could possibly have held
the "progressives''s together If Mr..
Roosevelt should die, then, there
would be no bond to coagulate the
incohesive mass of sentiment that
forms the third party, and it would
scatter into fragments. How can it
be properly said of such party that
it is a party Of principle and not a
party" of personality, when it's prin-
ciple cannot keep it united and its
very life depends upon the continued
existenct of ont man?
Senator Dixon. or whoever penned
the call for the. third party. conven-
ton, set forth a succession of grounds
for appealing to voters. 1t would
steady the thoughts of any voter al
lured by this appeal to read it over
once more with the supposition in
view that Mr.. Roosevelt had died
suddenly. How many would be at
tracted by it's call under such con-
dition? ~
The third party is solely and alb
solutely the party OF and for one man,
and its existence Is conditioned upon;
the continued existence Of that one
man, Theodore Roosevelt. ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
sCRUTINIZING THE CHECKS.

NJ OTHING in long time has been
~ so genuinely inspiring as the
statement that Gov. Wilson will per-
sonally supervise the receipt Of cam
paign funds, land no subscriptions
will be- received from any question:
able source, or from any person who
does not intend tht money as a help
to elect Democrat to office and ex-
pect not return for It,
For years the kuestion of campaign
funds has been talked about and
fused over and played with. and since
1904 it has been about the biggest
question in the national campaigns.
Various candidates have protested
great virtue in connection Herewith,
have recommended legislation on the
subject and have professed them
selvts ready to be good as soon as
the other fellow is. =. - -
Wilson, like the extraordinary man
he is, isn't going Ito wait for the other
fellow. He's going to set the exam
pie. - = @'5 :-~--. ~
It is what might have been ex-
pected from the man who turned
down Thomas F. Ryan's assistance in
the campaign for the nomination.
May he live up risidly to the let
ter and spirit of that determination!
1t will take great deal Of strength
on his part and a great deal Of faith
on tint part of his campaign manag-
ers. But we believe it will be profit
able as well as proper. The American
people are yearning to get back of a
man with the nerve and character to
do thing OF this sort. The number
Of votes that can be bought, after all,
is limited. Let the Roosevelt and the
Taft managers divide the corporal
IONS money between them. and the
money Of those whom Mr.. Bryan calls
the predatory rich" and let the Will
son managers content themselves
with the free-will offerings from UNI
questioned sources--and well put our
money on the ticket without faint.
The time IS ripe for such an ex-
pertinent:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
THE HIGH COST OF POPULARITY

G ONE IDEA of political expendi-
~ lures is given by George B. Cor
telyou who admits the Republican
National committee spent nearly
100000 to make Theodore Roose-
velt's greatness, patriotism and loyal
ty known to the voters of this coun-
try. In addition to this huge sum. the
various state and city organizations
spent comparatively equal sums to
elect their governors, representatives
and members of the state legislative
bodies. 1t was veritable riot Of
money, larger, probably, than the
amount spent in 1908, but still not
as large as what will be spent this
year..
Roosevelt always had the knack Of
getting into the limelight and push
ing his modest merits to the fore.
Harry Thurston Peck, in "Twenty
Years Of Republic" relates, on au-
thority of Lincoln Steffens. that
Roosevelt. at the funeral services Of
William Mckinley, turned eagerly to
Mark Hanna and whispered, II hope,
old man, you'll stand by me the way
you stood by him. and he nodded
toward the coffin in which the body
Of the president lay. Even Hanna.
who wa none too spueamish, was
shocked. But he whispered back.
"All right, but for Gods sake don't
call ME- old man."
But these timely little personal ap-
peals for. support were not the only
thing in. which Roosevelt is expert.
He sure does know how to fry the
fat. Hanna was immense as the Gus
todian of the dough bag, but he was a
political piker compared with Theo-
dore. There were millions Of dollars
spent in that 1904 campaign, all for
the purpose of letting the country
know what an unblemished patriot
he IL, how economical and how zeal
GUS for the welfare Of the country.
This year he has managed to i'm
press his usefulness on such eminent
servants Of the people as the Steel
Trust. the Harvester Trust and certain
Institutions within the Money Trust.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
ARE YOU A CRIMINAL?

In George Cram Cooks novel, 1.-The
Chasm,' a certain revolutionist re-
proaches the heroine with maintain
ing and profiting by the established
order.
She protests that she does nothing
to maintain the established order
and the apt reply comes back: $500.
ITO do nothing is to maintain the
established ORDER" -
Truer word was never spoken.
ITO do nothing is to maintain the
established order" T.
The active opponent of labor is
not its only enemy. -
He who believes in trade union
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
WHY NOT?

In explaining the bill which he has introduced in
congress to provide elastic currency and place at
the disposal of the towns villages cities and coun
ties OF the United States the means to carry pub
TIC improvements without burdening themselves with
heavy interest charges Representative Berger re-
marks that the national bankers and the eminent
1nanciers will not look with favor upon his proposal
for national currency
We may be sure that j. Pierpont Morgan will not
approve MIR. Bergers monetary measure. 1t is not
the kind Of currency reform that Mr. Morgan con-
templates 1t is true that Mr. Berger's bill proposes
to issue currency identical to that issued by the
eminent to national banks and absed upon precisely
the same security-public bonds But there is this
difference, which is the difference that exists when
ever different OK is gored. Under the existing
scheme, Mr. Morgan and his fellow fnanciers pocket
the profits, which considerable while under the
plan proposed by Representative Berger there would
be no prott-the public interest only would be con-
suited; the people alone would get the benefit
Public improvements could be made and labor
employed in time of panic industrial depression
without placing burden of interest upon the COM
munltles making them. Imitation of the currency
would De avo1ded by the provision requiring re-
payment OF the loans in yearly installments each
loan to be extinguished within a period of twenty
years Elasticity would be given to the currency
by the fact Of the retirement of the loans within
liked period and their issuance as industry should
lessen IN activity, the purpose being to provide
against unemployment and the waste resulting in an
industrial crisis from the enforced dleness Of large
bodies of workers.
MIR. Berger's measure is simple, common-sense
treatment Of the currency problem If it should be
adopted which, Of course the financial interests will
not permit there would be no necessity for central
bank legislation or emergency currency measures or
other devices to provide for adequate volume of
currency. 1t would make the treasury great CEN
trail bank, which, in fact it now u.s. but the private
banker would be eliminated as means of placing
the national currency in circulation s
MI. Bergers measure is designed to make indus.
trial depression less grievous affection to the
workers. 1t strikes at the money trust precisely as
his bill for the public ownership Of the steel nd,sr
strikes at the steel trust s.ss.''.
~ Let the government own the trusts We have
t1ed the plan OF letting the trusts own the govern
ment and the time is ripe for . change
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
ROOsEVEUT'S ANINIUS.

~ALL1NG ATTENTION to the per-
~ sistence with which Roosevelt
adherents dwell on tht votes that
Taft could not get with Roosevelt in
the field, the New York Evening
Post points out how slight the chance
of Roosevelt's winning even in those
states which gave him an overwmelm-
ing vote in the primaries. Thus in
Pennsylvania even if the proportion
Of Roosevelt votes to Taft votes in
the primary were preserved in the
election. Roosevelt would have about
$4,000 of Pennsylvania %745,O00
Republican votes of 1908, or a close
enough vote to the Democratic vote
Of 1908 to make Pennsylvania ex-
tremely doubtful. BY the same CAL
culation Illinois would be carried by
the Democrats, even if no more DEM
ocratic votes we're forthcoming than
four years ago. In New Jersey
Roosevelt would have but 10000
fewer votes than Bryan had in 1908,
SO that undoubtedly Wilson would
carry the state. With such results In
the states where Roosevelt was most
successful in the primary, what would
be the inevitable results in states like
Massachusetts,, Indiana and the 9th
ers where he divided the Republican
vote almost evenly with Taft? This
is but assuming thot as many Repub-
leans would vote for Taft at the
election as at the primaries, whereas
in all probability more votes would
be cast for Taft as the regular nom
1nee of the party:
Taking it on the vote in the cleo
toral college. In 1904 with Roosevelt
at the zenith of his popularity and
the weak candidate Parker running
against him, 100 votes in the electoral
college would have changed the re-
suit. Could Roosevelt this year and
with Taft in the field carry enough
Of the votes of the following states
which were for him in 1904 to prevent
a Democratic victory? For: he then
had Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana,
Illinois, Massachusetts,, Maryland,
Missouri, New Jersey, New York and
Ohio. With Taft getting the electoral
vote Of some Of these states and Will
son undoubtedly carrying some 9TH
ers, where would Roosevelt be? The
only reasonable conclusion is that the
Roosevelt movement, unparalleled as
personal movement but claiming to
be constructive" can hope for moth
mig more than to defeat Taft, that it
is in fact not at oil the attempt to
form a Progressive party but an e.
fort to secure personal vengeance.
Surely its protested idea1ism is not
convincing. 5'1' II -, = -
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ism, but does no active work for It

ism, but does no active work for It.
Is also its enemy.
BY his indifference, he helps to
maintain the existing order.
Poverty. restitution, overwork,
lack of work, starvation, child labor,
prostitution, strikes, lockouts, in
functions, military oppression. in
sanity, suicide. crime. drunkenness,
graft, preventable accidents to life
and limb. adulteration. disease, pre-
mature death. mental and moral
straightforward these flourish because
of his Indifference.
He IS a criminal, guilty Of all these
villainous crimes .
Are you a. hustling trade unionist?
Or, are You criminal?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-20
PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THEIR OWN

Once refusing to deny Lorimer his seat in the
lace OF evidence to prove far beyond reasonable
doubt that his election was fraudulent and after
every imaginable delay after the vce-president of
the United States had journeyed to Chicago in an
effort to induce Lorimer to resign the senate has
at last expelled Lorimer
Why? Not because the senate wanted to do it
but because the senators had to do it.
Is 1t conceivable that, for the sake of single
man. the upper house Of the government of the
United States should so put itself out should defy
public opinion and submit to sure and abiding
stain on it's honor? That is hardly possible. What
the senate has been fighting is the idea that the
people OF the country have any right at all to be
heard in their highest legislative body The senate
has consistently and stubbornly persisted in the at
ttude that it law unto ITSELF If ever a. lepis-
atve body has cherished the belief that it was to be
unquestioned to it's members and their acts: that
what it did, it did by all but divine right, it has
been the senate
And the senate has yielded.
When has the senate, in the past, bowed to pop-
ular opinion, however strong? When even a reluct-
ant house has been made to- hear the voice of the
electorate, the senate has pursued it's own course 1t
has become powerful it has refused before this to
purge itself Of corruption at length it has tried to
stand alone in the face of an outraged country and
has failed -
Herein lies the great victory for the country
not that single man, tainted with however I'm.
speakaDe corruption has been cast out but that the
senate has been made to hear the voice of the
country.
Before this could happen, however, came the
vote allowing Lorimer to remain before it could ap
pen, senator after senator who had stood for Lori
mer failed to retain his seat Aldrich is gone; Bur-
rows OF Michigan is gone; the venerable Cullom of
Illinois has gone down in the struggle; Crane of
MASSACHUSETTS will not return Bailey of Texas will
not return; Illinois has even been carried over
whelmingly for Roosevelt, whether rightly or not
believing it vote against Lorimer All this has
taken place, and at length the senate yields -.
But it the senate hopes to save it's power it is
doomed to disappointment
The senator who Saturday voted to expel Lori
mer may have saved his scalp for the time, but he
has to deal henceforward with an awakened con.
stltuency that has recognized it's right to question
MS acts Not alone the twenty Eight men who voted
tor Lor1mer and whose future careers it will be in
terestlng to watch, will be affected but every SEN
ator who attempts other issues to use his vote
his personal property for his own advantage NAV
expect to hear from the people,
That is what the expulsion of Lorimer means
Ihe country from now on increasingly will insist on
It's right to be represented by it's legislators The
people have Weakened to their power to enforce the;,
will. ~