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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
ROOSEVELT STILL FAILS
ON THE TARIFF QUESTION

OLONEL ROOSEVELT does we'll
~ when he dwells on the right Of
the people to rule, but on certain
economic questions he still fails to
ring true. Thus in a recent address
ne said: "The tariff ought to be a.
material issue and not g. moral issue;
but If instead Of a square deal we
get crooked deal, then it becomes
very emphatically moral ISSUE"
Then he went on to say he favored
that time-worn fake, tariff that
will equalize the cost Of production
here and abroad"
Will Mr.. Roosevelt please explain
how robbery can be made into "a
material issue and not a moral is
sue?" Tariff robbery is not different
in that respect from any other. Mr..
Roosevelt once wrote an editorial in
which he took the ground that muir
der is murder" Does he not realize
that it is also true that robbery is
robbery?
A tariff duty of 200 per cent is rob-
berry, for reasons than apply equally
to a duty of two per cent. In either
case something is taken by force
from the rightful owner by some one
to whom it does not belong. Theft
by a pickpocket is Of the same nature
as collection of import duties by a.
government agent.
The fact that one is forbidden by
law and the other required by law
only makes a legal difference not g.
moral one.
An act Of congress can not make
robbery anything else than robbery
any more than it can make murder
anything else than murler. The con-
gressional act makes the theft safe
but 1t can not make it right.
The plea about equalizing cost Of
production is only resorted to by per-
sons either too ignorant to know that
American goods are being sold in
foreign markets in competition with
goods of foreign make, or so in
sincere that they will knowingly re-
sort to claptrap believing that it will
be helpful to their game.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
NO, COMPETITION IS NOT DEAD.

1t is often heard these days that competition is
thing of the past. With one or two exceptions
may be mentioned the following:
The competition between producer and consumer
The competition between employers and en-
ployees.
The competition between new rich and old rich
for social supremacy and vulgar display
the competition between newspapers to see
which publish the most trivial matter.
The competition between organized and unor-
gained labor for jobs which are too few in number
for ALL
The competition between vital literature and
ephemeral best sellers.
The competition between morals and greed to
see which shall dominate the lives of the rich.
The competition between morals and hunger to
see which shall dominate the lives of the poor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
MODERN PRIZE FIGHT AGREEMENTS

According to news stories, Jack johnson, despair
OF the white hopes and heavyweight champion of
the world, does not have his affairs arranged by
an ordinary manager. He brings a. skilled lawyer
around with him when he is to consider articles,
and he does not sign until the lawyer decides that
from the legal end everything is all right.
This shown the wonderful advance that has
been made in matters of the ring Formerly fighters
had perforce to be content with what was handed
them Now makes good as beaten up of
other gents can in year more money
than college professor gets in five, or even ten
years, and if he is a really skilled pugnacious
practitioner like Mr.. Johnson he can in year earn
more than ordinary clergyman can earn in a. life
time.
So why be pulpit FOUNDER when, by adroit
pounding of a fellow creatures physiognomy you
can earn much more money? AS Milton says {:
Were it not better done johnson does to sport
with white hopes in the ring and toy with the in
eptness of heavyweightsB''
BY such course you arrive at the dignity Of
having your matches arranged by counsel He looks
after your legal AFFAIRS He sees you get the fat
end of the purse. And such is modern prize fighting
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
WHOLE WORLD IN SORROW
OVER TITANIC CALAMITY

- HE awful ocean calamity of this
Titanic collided with an iceberg and
went to the bottom Of the Atlantic
carrying with her to Watery graves
more than 1900 souls, has cast
gloom over every home in the civil
lied world.
This terrible accident is all the
more appalling from the fact that 1t
was believed the Titanic was the
triumph of modern shipbuilding and
that she was practically unsuitable.
When the news was flashed
throughout the world that the IT.
tanic had struck an iceberg all be-
lieved that whatever might happen
to the vessel it would at least remain
afloat long enough to permit every
passenger and every member Of her
crew to escape with his life. While
hopes were the highest, like a bolt
of lightning from a clear sky, came
the saddening information that
scarcely more than one-third of the
people on the ship were saved.
Considering the means Of safety of
this generation, wireless biography,
the number of ships upon the ocean
and the number of lives that were
lost, this accident was the most awful
maritime calamity ever known.
Possibly someone was to blame, or
it may be that it was one Of those
kind of accidents that just happened.
In any event, the owners Of steam
ship lines the world over have a new
problem to solve, and the greatest
minds in maritime circles will be
employed in helping to study a. way
for the prevention of similar acct
dents in the future.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
WHEN PALS MUST PART.
(By John ID. Wells.)

(By John ID. Wells.)
the bowl and laughed at quip
and jest
Whove smoked their pipes, believed
in life and looked upon it's best
Whove ere been true when Failure
claimed the toll it takes from
Who've given each the others hand
and helped him up again
The world must turn aside nor heed
the honest tears that start,
When two such men shall reach the
forks where best of pals must
part.
"Old Par'-there turks within the
words meaning more than
friend=-
A pledge, trust, a fellowship that
only men can blend:
They've shared their woes, their
cheer and smiles, alike the worst
and best,
And pledged the world for what it's
worth and overlooked the rest;
They've drunk in silence round the
board, and seen, with heavy
heart,
The time when they shall reach the
forks where best of pals must
part.
They've passed the bowl and ever
made Of Fate a happy jest,
But, comes a time when cheer de-
parts and Death becomes the
guest
Then two strong men shall clasp
their hands and, ere the final
ban,
Can look into each others eyes and
each can sea Man!
It is no woman's heart that quails
nor childish tears that start,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
INDEED, SENATOR CLAPP KNOWS.

That delegated government is an experiment and
has proven failure, while popular government is
the natural system and will be substituted for
delegated government, is the truthful claim made
IN Congress by Senator Moses E. Clapp.
1--WE are constantly met by the statement that
the initiative, referendum and recall are expert
nents, when the fact is just the REVERSE said
Senator Capp. "The natural fundamental thing is
Tor people to act for themselves When thew
delegate the function to Others such delegation is
the experiment.
The men who framed the Constitution feared
TO nave the people vote directly for President and
the consequence was they developed the idea of an
electoral college. Without ever changing line in
the Constitution, the American people began pro
cess whereby today they vote directly for President
as though there Presidential electors on the
ticket. Wv
BY the same resistless logic of sequence the
people will establish method by which thew can
drectly nominate President. It is absolutely
foreign to our Government that any man shon1d
nave the power through patronage and the prestige
OF an administration, either to name his successor
or to renominate himself
Several States Of the Union have already passed
laws permitting the voter of his party to determine
who the choice of his party shall be-
Big Business is opposed to the initiative. refer
endum and recall, for the same reason that tho
burglar is opposed to policemen and burglar alarms,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
PROMISES FROM RICH DON'T
GO-LABOR WANTS LIBERTY

II frederick TOWNSEND MAR
l. TIN, who won 80 much fame for
himself in his magazine articles on
THE Idle Rich," now declares that
rich men are realizing their respons-
Utility. Only recently multi-mil-
lionaire-the third richest man in the
world--blurted out to me as though
from inspiration that when he dies
he will give his money to the men
who made It for him--the laborers.""
There IL some satisfaction at least
In knowing that the third richest
man IN tho world has admitted the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20

An American once asked English gardener
now to make a lawn like the one upon which he was
working. The gardener replied, ttYou must roll it
and roll it, and it and NOW it, then roll it and
roll it, and NOW it and it, and keep doing this
for three hundred years. Unionism is not the
development of day. It is the result of centuries
OF sacrifice and effort 1t is the product Of struggle
for liberty and advancement that antedates the
Declaration of Independence
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20

For more than hundred years the people of
America have tried the system of indirect control of
their state and city governments, and it has failed
That's enough experience with failure. What we
want now is success in popular government, and
we can't have success without direct control. For
direct control we must have the initiative referen
dun and recall.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20

The Labor Union is not muscletrust It is a
lie preserver and soulprotector. It does not seek
monopoly for few, but enough for many. It would
provide muscle-play for all at living soulexpand
ing pay Its aim is not to prevent any one from
working, but to secure for all who work pay COM
mensurate with the effort expended and the profits
produced.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20

Whatever the people can make, that they can
unmake; whatever servant they can employ, that
servant they discharge. This is rule to which
there is no logical exception and with it we must
stand or fall. But we will not fall; after the ap
preaching election all elective officers in this ctv
will be subject to the recall
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20

An editorial writer in Worlds Work, summing
up long article on the subject, says: <No one can
read without disgust the story of the doings of the
Legislatures OF Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York. Con-
necticut or Illinois last year, and adds: 1Snch
events give powerful impetus to the movement for
direct legislation''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20

Every man who joins the Union is entitled to
and accorded equal protection with every other He
shares in all the profits of the organization AS LONG
as ne carries valid card he an equal shareholder
Labor Union is the most democratic of all American
institutions. - -- - 800 80.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
"RIGHTS OF THE MINORITY
IGNORED IN, CALIFORNIA

ID EPORTS from San Diego, Cali
~ fornia. tell about arbitrary ex-
pulsion Of labor '.agitators' from the
city. There is no law on the statute
books that empowers any official to
take such action, and if there would
be 1t would be an infringement Of
guaranteed constitutional rights Of
American citizens.
But for all that it is safe to assume
that the courts will do nothing to
protect the citizens who are the VIC
tins Of this official lawlessness. The
reason why the courts will probably
not interfere is because the victims
are members of organized labor
which is not popular with vested in
terests in southern California and
has become the object Of some pre-
JUDGE on account of the outcome of
the Mcnamara case.
Although We are being told by
President Taft and other stand patters
that the courts protect the rights of
minorities against gusts Of popular
passion, here is clear case where
they will probably fail to stand the
test. Popular passion" in San Diego
Is on the side of vested interests in
this case so far as it exists at all.
Under such circumstances the
courts usually forget all about the
constitution and the rights of minor
tiles. It is only when predatory
privileges are the object of popular
attack that one may confidently look
for judicial notice to be taken of the
constitution and the minority rights
it is said to defend.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
IT IS THE SAME OLD FIGHT.

There is not much difference between the
political conditions of today and those of sixty
ago. In the days of it's great strength the slave
power had control Of our Government, and had no
scruples about ways and means for keeping control.
Big Business has control today and is bothered by
no scruples about ways and for keeping
control.
10 the slave power the people and their rights
meant nothing. Slavery the Big Business Of
ffty-fve and sixty years ago, and the men who
managed that Big Business knew that the only way
to themselves to control the Government.
It is the way with the Big Business of today.
When Lincoln proposed to submit the question
of slavery to the people,, Jefferson Davis said: No;
1najorities are seldom right" When it is now pro-
posed to give the people voice in their own gov
eminent by means of the initiative and referendum
and recall. Big Business says: ''No, for that means
government by the mob
Big Business objects to the recall and the in
itiative and referendum because they mean govern
ment by the people for the people. Government
of the people without the consent of the people
political slavery to begin with, and political slavery
is the seed of industrial slavery.
The Big Business of slavery had to be crushed
by The Big Business of today will be crushed
by the initiative, referendum and recall
The success Of the city charter amendment at
the coming special election will start in Minnesota,
state wide initiative referendum and recall move
ment. We not afford to lose.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
When two such men stand at the
forks where best of pals must
part!

Give a man a bad name and he
pays you back in your own coin.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20
THE "HONEsT MEN, CURE,

*'Let the fads alone and elect honest men to
office, say the enemies of the initiative referendum
and recall. The 'Honest Men, remedy is guaran-
teed by all corporation lawyers and machine
politicians. It looks good in the bottle.
But the corporation doctors don It take their own
medicine. The directors Of a railroad don't elect
''Honest Men, and turn the road over to them
for two four years without controlling their acts
Not bit of it.
No merchant ever thinks Of hiring f'Honest Men,
and giving them full power over his business for
two or four years. He wants Honest Men," but
he keeps the power to manage his own business
he keeps the initiative and referendum and recall
powers for himself
That is the only way to manage private bust
and it is the only way for the people to manage
their public business.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-04-20

Big Business is opposed to the initiative, refer
endum and recall, for the same reason that tho
burglar is opposed to policemen and burglar alarms
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-25
Bddy Bishop originator of Umpire Day. and sketch showing how
that badly used individual will look on August rs.

Tacoma, Wash, July Is
''Umpire Day. the one day in
the baseball season when the
''Royal Red Hot Fam takes off
his hat and bows politely and
says, Whatever. you sayis right,
Mr.. Umpire will occur in the
Northwestern league August Is.
There will be no disputes that
day. From the bat boy to the.
team managers and the ticket
takers to the grandstander and
bleacherite, all will pay tribute to
his jumps.
In Tacoma, where Umpire
Day" had its birth, the creation of
Geo, w. Bishop, better known in
the sporting and sport writing
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-25

world as 'Biddy" Bishop, there
will be quite a celebration. The
umpire, yet to be selected, will be
presented with a monster bouquet
Of roses and some little tribute
from each of the players, manag-
ers, magnates and members of
the press.
Last year Umpire Jakey Baum
garten was honored on Umpire
Day" in Tacoma and made him
self solid by breaking up his bou7
quets and distributing the roses
among the women fans.
The honor this year lies be-
tween Umpire Toman and Um-
pire Van Haltren in the North
western league. At-the last ma
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
NAKED COUNT AND
GYPSY CLASH IN BATHS

VIENNA, September 23-The level
ling influence of nakedness has had
serious and at the same time comic
result in the Hungarian baths at
Budapest. Count Karl Esterhazy, re-
turning from a dip, was entering his
dressing cabin, when he collided with
Ladislaus RACE, the thirty-sixth son
of the so-called "Gipsy King"
Both of the men being undressed
there was nothing to differentiate
their social position. The Count, be.
ing angry with RACE for humping
him, slapped his face. The gypsy
thereupon seized the Count and
hurled him through the glass door,
the nobleman being so severely cut
that he was taken to a hospital.
RACE was Mortified when he learn
ed of his victims identity and Count
EsterhaZy in turn was furious on
hearing that his assailant was a gyp-
sy, the Counts social rank making il
impossible for him to fight a duel
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
GEORGE ANGUS Wins MANOA CUP !,
FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TINE
Championship of the Oahu Country Club Goes to the Veteran
Player Who FORCES Ahead Of His Field in the Afternoon
and Wins EaSily-Frank HaStead Second

Keeling on q fine 7s in the after
noon play, George Angus yesterday
annexed the Manoa cup, emblematic
of the golf championship of the Oahu
Country Club, for the fourth success
sive time. Angus played very indif-
ferent golf in the morning, being tied
with Frank Halstead for low, with
]. I. B. Greig only one and Arthur
Ewart two strokes worse. After lunch,
however, Angus found himself, his
card for the first nine of the after
noon play being fine 81, 5 below
DOGGY. He negotiated a Al on the
final round, which brought him in with
total of 167 for the days play, full
II strokes ahead of Halstead, who
ranked second. r..
On the whole the scores were sur
prisingly high, and several players
who thought they had no chance at
all were calling themselves names
when at the lunch hour they found
themselves within stroke or two of
the leaders. There was no particular
reason for the high scoring, weather
and green conditions being all that
could be desired, the usual strong
wind being absent, and not drop of
rain falling throughout the day.
Angus, Halstead and Greig were
the favorites, with the first named
the general pick, in spite of the fact
that he has played only a few times
this year. He is a great fighter in
tournament play, though, and can be
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
kauai joins THE
BOWLINGLEAGUE

Kauai is ready to Join the Inter-Isl-
and Bowling League. and has team
to take the field. or rather the alleys,
against the Maui team and the two
aggregations from Honolulu
Word to this effect wac received b.
A. T. Wisdom this morning The bIah
is to roll games every Wednesday,
night, all four teams being in action.
The series will probably start the
23rd of this month.
The teams are to be five-man or
CARNATIONS, with five substitutes al
lowed According to the letter from
c. Maser, the Kauai team viii be com.
posed as follows, the first five men
mentioned being the regulars: VOL
ters, Maser, Crawford. Rice, Kuhl-
mann, Hills; Winter, Morgan, Siebel,
Hopper
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
Sierra Met by Two Launch
Loads of Enthusiastic Root
ers and Big Times Are Now
Planned

A great reception was given to the
All-Chinese ball team on it's return
from the long mainland tour this
morning AS the Sierra passed up
the harbor q crowd of enthusiastic
rooters lined the rails of two launches
and gave cheer after cheer foR the
clever players who did such good pub
licity work for Hawaii, on a trip
which lasted for more than six
months, and which took them from
the Pacific to the Atlantic and back
again, with few side trips over the
Canadian border Altogether the
team played 119 games, and when the
mileage made is taken into considera
boys had little time for anything but
ball playing.
We've had a mighty good time,
and everyone has treated us fine"
said Manager K. C. zap, but all the
same it was fine to see Diamond
Head again. l think all the boys
would like to get another chance TO
make such a trip as we've just fin
ished, but they want to see something
of home first. Half year is a long
time to be away from Honolulu"
Members of the team who arrived
this morning were X. c. zap, man
ager; Apau Kau, Hang Chack, Y. Aki,
Sing Hung Ho, Kan Yen and Lai Tin.
The other players put in an appear
ance previously, and were on hand
this morning to join in the reception.
The Chinese team made it's fare
we'll to the mainland in a blaze of
glory, by taking a game from the
Golden Gates, a semi-pro organiza-
ton of San Francisco, by the one
sided score of q to 5. With this
final shot at the baseball prowess of
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14

depended to make n good showing.
practice or no practice. In the morn
ing Angus had great trouble with his
puts, and time and again threw away
a stroke on the green. Robbie"
Booth. who was partnered with him.
estimated that he lost no less than 8
strokes in the morning, on puts that
any child could have knocked into
the hole with the handle OF an UNI
brella.
Taken as whole the tournament
was great success, although the en-
try list was simmer than Il should
have been. or the sixteen who quail
fed for the last day of medal play
the Sunday before. only ten were on
hand to drive of, and only nine com
plete cards were turned In.
Angus gets his name on the cup.
for the fourth time, and receives o
trophy emblematic of his victory. He
also retains possession of the trophy
for the coming year.
Following are the scores OF yester-
DAYS play:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
EVA PLAYERS
DEFEAT MANOA

Manoa tennis players had to again
bend the knee to the Eva racquet
exyerts Saturday night, when the sug-
ar men came up the line and tackled
their rivals by selecrric light The ar
,tifcial suns didn't bother the Eva
players to any great extent, however,
and they were able to take three out
of four matches in Impressive style.
The tournament was made quite a
social event, and about twenty-five
motors were parked on the street
overlooking the courts. Refreshments
were served after the games, and the
evening was voted a social as well as
a sporting success. "
The results: +.
Greenwich and Ross (M) beat Green
field and Schmidt (E) 10-7; McKeev-
er and Eklund (E) beat Steere and
Donald Ross (M}, 10; O'Dowda and
McEarchern (E) beat Beardmore and
Rietow (M), liz; Renton and Rem
ton (E) beat Hemenway and Olson
(M), 10-4. ... -
The best match of the evening was
between Beardmore and Rietow and
0'Dowda and McEarchern. The Ma
noa pair had lead of S. in the ten
game set, and were point match when
the Eva pair took brace and ran
out the match. Had the Manoa men
been able to get that one point it
would have made it an even break for
evening between the two clubs.
w. D. McCallum umpired all the
games, and w. H. Goetz acted as
linesman.