davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27

0OObO
State OF Michigan. County of Wayne.
SIS, ~ session OF the Probate Court
for said County OF Wayne. held at the
Probate Court Room in the City OF
Detroit. on the twenty-third day %
July In the year one thousand nine
hundred and twelve Present Edgar
q Durfee. Judge OF Probate. In the
matter OF the estate OF Lola Cole. de-
ceased. On reading and hling the Pc
tition OF Lawrence Cole. praying that
administration OF said estate be grant
ed 10 Austin ~ Kimmis or some othor
suitable person. IL Is ordered that
the twenty-first day -ef August next at
IL o'clock In the forenoon. at said
Court Room. be appointed for hearing
said petition.
And II Is further Ordered. That q
copy OF this order be published three
successive weeks previous 20 said time
OF hearing, in the Detroit Times. q
newspaper printed and circulating IN
said County OF WAYNE
HENRY :. HUBERT,
Judge OF Probate.
ALBERT W. FLINT. Register.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27
Sir Horace's Neat Reply.

Sir Horace Plunkett, chum OF Col
onel Roosevelt, once delivered a lee
ture in Dublin, ireland, on the best
way to improve conditions among the
poor. Al that time Sir Horace was
not exactly a finished speaker His
tongue could not do justice to the
riches OF his mind.
The day following his address he
received from a woman a note con.
tanning this statement:
WHAT you need is two things: "a
n wife, and (2) lessons in elocution.
To this Plunkett sent this reply:
have received your letter saying
that | need two things: Cd wife.
and 60 lessons in elocution. Those
are only one.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27
Ex-eoverner OF Wisconsin Dead.

WASHINGTON, July ga cable
gram to Senator Warren, of Wyom-
ing, today, announced the death at
Melbourne, Australia, of William A.
Richards, formerly commissioner OF
the general land Office and at one
time governor OF Wisconsin.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27

Owing to the recent large In
crease In The Times circulation.
the clerical force OF the paper
has been taxed heavily. and Tho
Times asks indulgence for any
errors In names and addresses
which may temporarily result.
III The Times Is not being dsiiv-
cred promptly the management
VIII appreciate notification OF
with full name and address be-
Ing better than telephone call.
In adding upwards OF 10000 new
names 10 The Times subscription
list. IL can readily be seen that
some confusion may result. but
prompt notification from sub
scribers will be quickly attend
ed TO by the circulation depart
ment.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27

promoters of the wireless company
are in Jail. the property Of the trao.
ton company Is In good shape, and 10
stock, which Is paying dividends, -
selling for sSS share. The victim
has changed newspapers.-Colliers.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27

Business-Iike Printing. 40 fuss ana
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing Co., Is
John R.-st. Phi. Main 149S or City 1855.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27
THE POPULAR ROUTE
Between Buffalo, Niagara Falls and
Toronto,

IS via Niugara Navigation Co., and
connecting rail and electric lines.
six trips on week DAYS and four
trips on Sundays For Illustrated fold
er apply at railroad ticket Offices or
write to II. Foster Chaffee. G. p. A..
Toronto.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27
OSBORN DECLINES INVITATION.

LANSING. Mich, July 26.-Gov.
Osborn has received an invitation to
deliver an address before the Young
Mems Wilson club, OF Grand Rapids,
Owing to the fact that he is ex-
tremely busy, the governor will be
unable to accept. the invitation.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27

10 tlIRllPE TICKETS on the prln-
cipal steamship lines at
tarin rates, sold at HIRSCHFELD
BROS TICKET OFFICE, II Girls
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27

Job Printing Done Right. TfMss
Printing Co., Is John R.-st.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27
sac. 600 shoe Sale.

We ara overstocked with summer
footwear which we are sacrificing at
less than manufacturers' cost
Schroeders, go Randoiph-st.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-27

job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co.. Is John R.-st.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
THE LAND or PROMISE.

A great ship was nearing America. Down in
the steerage little immigrant baby lay dying, and
when the doctor told his father he would not live
to reach America the man hurried with his little
Franz to an upper deck, and far away just show
ing in the distance they caught the CLEAN of Fire
Island light. It the only comfort his parents
had; their little Franz had seen America the Land
of Promise -~<
If little Franz Sohes had lived would he have
found in the new country all that his father hoped
Or would the land Of liberty and opportunity have
shown the father how bitter is the lot of an imm-
grant unschooled in the ways Of the country9 To
be exploited because he does not know what his
service is worth; to be worked on dangerous Job
and little accounted as "wop'' whose family will
never know enough to collect damages, if he is
killed; perhaps to work in the textile industries
where wages are SO little that the boy himself would
have had to help support the family in very few
years. Would this have been America to him 2
This seems a dark picture of our land. It is a
picture of the possibilities before the common mmi-
grant. America in spite of these wrongs we must
remember, is still the country of hope; but how
long will it continue so if we let such things as
these prevail? -.
Are we as Americans worthy of this immigrant
with the spirit of hope and faith in thel and? Do
we care tor our own country this foreigned
cared for itG On Labor day as on any national
holiday such questions may we'll come to u.s. We
know the lot Of labor in this land Are we taking
care that it is such lot as will make the foreigner
feel as this Sohes felt that it is the promised
land? Will his sharpest grief still be that his baby
did not live to reach it?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
PRAISE WHERE IT IS DUE.

Congress has adjourned. Doubtless the servants
OF the people have courageously done their best
some of them most Of them-during the long swell
tering days of Washington summer It is the
fashion OF folk to scold at and about the servants
they hire. It is the fashion to ''breathe sigh of
relief to thank heaven Congress has adjourned -
Small inducement for man of fine fiber and high
ideals to offer himself for service when employers
show no discrimination in their Judgment except
party discrimination, and label their employees as a
collective unit of rasca]ity!
Only the pachyderm who prides himself on his
likeness to believing bull with horns can stand
the racket With no scruples to hinder he can be-
smirch others he is besmirched, then don his
mask again and preach piety.
But we have honest upright and able men to
whom we should give confidence and support The
public mind should be disabused Of the idea that
noise and noise only wins The chaff floats on wind
currents and the grain remains the cleaner for it's
wlnnowlng. Our politics have been debauched, our
standards lowered patriotism blurred by vulgar
language and acrobatic feats in a national prize
ring 1t is easier to drift than to stem the current
nut as sald there are strong souls in midst and
they need and must have recognition-or 'tthe peo-
ple' do not deserve relief -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
WHAT ORGANIZATION CAN DO

The ever-constant plea for the future Of nn;on-
ism throughout the world is organization. An or
ganlzatlon is the constructive, the defensive and
controlling force of the world It is the wan and
the wool of political and RELIGIOUS as we'll a. +ha
social and business life. We look and behold the
world, 1t is marvellous realization of organization
the universe IS OF which the world is but a small
part, is an illustration of the divinity of organiza
tlon ana the exemplifcaton, as David the Psalmist
uttered in that famous psalm: 'sThe Heavens 10
clare the glory of God and the armament sho4nath
Ills handlWork Day unto day uttereth speech and
night unto night showeth knowledge''
- organization IS the systematization Of the inv;s
1ole' yet very material bonding cement the
greatest force for good evil that the world DOS
sesses Again repeat that organization ;s ~
Governments backbone of armies. colleges nari;o
ments political parties, Of churches business enter.
Pr1ses OF Whatever nature, social and moral intor
courses as we'll as the humble or palatial home.
. we repeat the finer and more perfect the organ
ation the more perceptible the progress of the in
habltants as the progress of the world is h;tched
upon organization, every individual member of the
union are subjects of organization. If we ever a+-
1all any hgher Ideals, any more proft-sharing bust
ness or employment, ever reap dividend or ro,
sonaole compensation for labor performed, this
auuss ana only can be accomplished by natures in.
exorable law, which is to be organized
We will admit that the organization has heen
IN a crude state but with each days succession
IT Is reaching nearer and nearer the perfect.
The idea that we endeavoring to BRING IN
the attention of the readers throughout the world
Is that it is impossible to cause us to think in one
+ direction This is the common ground that all NAV
stand on and the power of numbers gives force to
the accepted decision. ~ III,
Let us begin to cooperate let us see how
lasting the results will be; let us be intimate. and
Let us destroy the suspicion that you are getting
the benefit and am not. Remember that # a.,
gan1zatlon proved nothing more than tie word
implies this would solve Of the greatest objects
A that We, as loyal unionists, represent
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
ROOsEVEINS TWO. AIDES.

or COLONEL ROOsEvELT's two
~ aides in his presidential cam
paign, one, George w. Perkins, a for
mer partner Of J. Pierpont Morgan,
has been for several years the active
head Of the Harvester trust and is
the man who contributed to Roose-
velt's campaign fund in 1904, $780,
900 or SO, belonging to the policy
holders Of one of the big life insur-
ance companies. This same Harvester
trust, by the way, has recently been
convicted of working women ZEN
hours at night and Of compelling them
to haul to their machines bundles Of
hemp weighing 100 pounds.
The colonels other chief aide Is
Senator Dixon, Montana. Mr. Dixon,
when the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was
pending in congress, voted with AID
rich 1O5 times and voted against Aid
rich only three times. He voted with
Aldrich even oftener than did Jones,
Washington; Smith. Michigan; Bulkc-
ley, Connecticut; Piles, Washington;
Root, New York; Frye, Maine; Gug-
genheim. California; Hale, Maine;
Lodge, Massachusetts,, or Oliver, Penn
sylvania. HE e,@% 4 81 III .z>t,@s &j,.sl
Perkins and Dixon are certainly
queer men to manage Colonel Roose-
velt's campaign if he is as progressive
as he says he is. n ..sS. + .fEz l.7te1
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
TORYISM HURTS ITSELF.

The men who can nothing but danger in
anything which proposes to better the rights
of all the people and to safeguard the many against
the encroachments of special privilege for the few
never go far without making bunder which
rebounds like boomerang against their purpose
and at the same time proves them too blind, too
lacking in real intelligence, to be right at all. An
example Of this may be found today in England
Mr. Lloyd-George the real head Of the British
government, has certainly been doing great many
new things. State Insurance. graduated taxation of
the great hereditary landed gentry, old age pen
sions-such are some Of his policies, and to those
who accuse him of Socialism, he says: II not
Socialist; this is simple JUSTICE
But, of course, he has raised row. and the
discovery that England is back of him has but pro-
voked an inquiry into the reason why English COM
mon people united in seeking things they
have not had and ought, of course, never to have
learned they wanted. The result is the conclusion
that books too cheap, real solid books on the
history of England that have been given the peo-
pie O. vivid picture Of what free England was
books on philosophical and economic Subjects They
are too cheap; they so cheap that they are be-
ing read. So the Tory spirit is inlamed against
the publishers.
This is right where the Tory great mistake comes
in and proof Of their blindness. For censor
ship OF the press, of the free expression of men
thoughts is too well known mark of despotsm
to DC mistaken When men begin to read, they
begin to be dangerous, the great attempt of de-
SPcV1sIu udS OteH 10 Keep men Ignorant. EngllSl
people too well versed in their bill of ri ghts
not to know this. form Of fighting their ideas
that takes the form of opposing the greatest dis
semlnation of knowledge will but make them more
determined and more radical
Here in the United States the operation of Tory
logic does not differ from the spirit which has
led in England to the monstrous conclusion that
knowledge should not be widely disseminated
Here in Minnesota the actual inability Of the Tories
to realize that anything which runs counter to their
idea OF government in the interest of the privileged
few may yet be fair and right and what is more
significant still, may have to stay is the same
kind Of manifestation It has the same absurd ex-
tremes in it's path that Toryism in England has
run to- Nothing is more obviously silly than de-
mandlng that the people be allowed to gain less
knowledge 1t is just silly to demand that they
give up rights which they have once acquired They
will not do it; they may be hornswoggled time
or two, they may not perceive the DANGER but
IN the end they will come back asking more than
they demanded at first, and having made up their
minds, they will take it, and for this the Tories
will have themselves to thank
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
THE PARCELS POST.

AT last the parcels post is to be inaugurated
After long fight the increasing determination of
the country to have such service has been strong
enough to effect beginning. The appropriation
provides for the system as planned by Senator
Bourne. Beginning with cents for the first pound
for distances of SO miles less the charge runs up
to II cents for distances of over 1900 miles, This
maximum rate is cents less than the present mer
chandise rate, and, added pounds in the parcel
do not increase the cost proportionately it will be
seen that even for the longest distance reduction
is provided.
Most important, however, is the fact that the
parcels post has been established At Length the
long opposition Of the express companies has proved
less powerful than popular demand and the people
are to have one more opportunity to share some of
the prosperity which they create Voluntary reduc-
tons already announced by express companies show
that too much has been paid for transportation as
they show also the actual power Of the people when
they are fully reused. The weapon of government
competition when the people find themselves ex-
plotted is not likely to be forgotten Increasingly
the public will ask to sit in when there is melon
cutting of prosperity which they have created.
Meanwhile we are likely to have parcels post,
and it is not likely once started to be abandoned
1t predictions are justified the rates now provided
for which for all short hauls mean big reduction
are likely to be further reduced once the actual cost
Of the service has been actually determined It is
one more victory; there other battles ahead
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
NOW AFTER COAL.

/ Il FTER having spent its time on
- many things Of much less I'M
portance the federal government is
at last going to find where that Diff
ference between the cost Of coal at
the mine mouth and in the coal bin
really goes to-. d .EE4 .5 3 .t55
A big investigation Is to be start
ed by the department Of commerce
and labor to learn something OF the
powerful trust which has for SO long
done It's share to make the cost 81
living high, and Of the reasons why
coal Is steadily held at high prices
while every agency OF production
tends toward lower prices except la
bors---and with that the advance IL but
9 tiny fraction OF the price increase.
It Is high time something was done
In this regard. Even II the govern
ment finds itself powerless to aid the
consumer directly has frequently
been the II case the publicity which
is bound to follow such an exanlina-
ton. esp oially if d It Il found that
much of the advance 81 duo to greed
and " ower only. VII have = vvhole-
some effect.
siss the plan o1 the depart stos
hag-t ], I. Z Ion finished by IN
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
WHY NOT?

III minimum wage boards, why not maximum
price boards?'' thoughtful writer inquiries Ger
talnly the latter would be the only way by which
the former could be bolstered up to anv kind Of ef
hclency: SO long as we going to cleanse this
economic river at it's mouth, instead Of at it's
source, why not all sorts Of boards commissions,
organizations and amalgamations and declarations
all doing kind of whirlng dervish act, with oppos
ing boards, warning commissions, antagonistic asso-
Citations and amalgamations and declarations to circle
dizzily in the same vortex? I. p"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
AN EXTRA SESSION COMING.
NJ ASHINGTON correspondents are

w AsH1NG1oN correspondents are
wv agreed that in the event of
Governor Wilson's election there will
be an extra session of the congress
elected with him, to make the tariff
reductions the Democratic candidate
says should be made at once as a
measure Of relief to the people.
They also believe that Colonel
Roosevelt will call an extra session,
if he is chosen, to consider tariff
board and maybe act on some Of che
schedules-a prediction certainly not
based on anything he did to those
schedules while president.
In the event Of President Taft's re-
election they agree that nothing will
be done to the tariff until he can get
a permanent commission with real au-
thority, and not then until that board
has a chance to do it's Investigating
and make it's recommendations. That
means no tariff relief, even on ."in-
defensible'' schedules, for many
moons. Meanwhile the people are to
go on paying.
These expressions Of opinion from
we'll posted men should PROVE good
arguments for the election Of Gov
ernor Wilson. The people want Sc
lief from the schedules that protect
monopoly, and permit American pro-
ducts to be sold to them at much
higher prices than charged for the
same goods abroad. They realize that
they are paying an extra price, a tax,
equal to the amount Of the tariff
duties, on every article Of American
production protected by the tariff, and
that that tax does not go to the gov
eminent for it's support, but is a sub
sidy to special privilege, a payment
to private pockets. Even the labor
in the protected industries does not
get it.
Therefore the suggestion that Gov
ernor Wilson, if elected, will call
an extra session to act in their in
terest will be we'll received and ap-
preciated by the people as their votes
should prove.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
BOOSTS AND SLAMS
ON CURRENT EVENTS
T. r.. AND MOMENTS WORK.

GEORGE W. PERKINS,. who is
- chief open hacker of Theodore
Roosevelt's presidential campaign this
year and who assisted in the formu-
lation Of the social reform" platform
adopted by the third party convention
which nominated Mr. Roosevelt for
president. has for years been active
ly identified with the management Of
the Harvester trust. ILL.,.
There has Just been made public
in New York a report by the state
factory inspecting committee regard
Ing labor conditions in the mills Of
the Harvester trust at Auburn, N. Y.
1t has admitted by the superinten-
dent Of the plant that $50 women we're
working night on ten-hour shift
and that these women have to haul
to their machines piles Of hemp
weighing 100 pounds. In addition,
some Of the work rooms were dark,
even in the daytime, and, contrary
to law, no exhausts were operated to
carry off the dust with which the air
was charged. The superintendent tes-
tilted that rules as to labor conditions
emanated ultimately from: the board
Of directors Of the company.
The Progressive platform insists on
the general prohibition of night
work for women and the establish
ment of an eight-hour day for wom-
en-" The facts, however, show that
Mr.. Perkins does not practice the
social reform ideas that he breaches.
They show, too, that while Colonel
Roosevelt and his platform advocate
the general prohibition of night work
for women and the establishment of
an eight-hour day for women" some
Of the profits Of the Harvester trust
derived from women who work ten
hours at a stretch at night are d.
verted by Mr.. Perkins contributions
to the coloners presidential cam
paign fund.
If he cares to convince the public
of any sincerity on his part in the
movement of ameliorate conditions
under which women work, the third
term candidate might we'll denounce
the treatment which women workers
receive at the Harvester trusts plant
at Auburn and at similar institutions
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
FARM AND OTHER VALUES.

THE total amount Of land values
L in the United States is about one
hundred billions. OF this the United
States census declares that 1885,
10000, or g. trifle more than % per
cent is on the farms. But all this
does not belong to working farmers,
for the census also shows that only
IS per cent Of farm lands are i'm
proved. Furthermore 81 per cent Of
the farmers are tenants. So it fol-
lows that the value of lands nominally
owned by working farmers in tho
United States is about $40, 446, OILS, 019,
or about 10h per cent of the whole.
But one-third Of the farms worked
by nominal owners are in fact en-
cum bered. This leaves but $6,977,-
343,666 Of land values or less than
per cent of the total in the hands of
working farmers free of all encum-
brances. :,
= Now suppose the single tax were
adopted in the United States for local,
state and national purposes. What
percentage of the public revenue
would be obtained from the farm.
ers? Somewhere between Z per cent
and 10k per cent would clearly be
the correct amount. The rest would
be paid by owners Of city lands, cor
poration franchises, mining lands and
owners of rented farms.
Do the farmers pay less than 10h
per cent now? None Of them will ad-
nit it. Most Of them claim that 40
per cent is an underestimate. Prob
ably they are right. - g 49,. ..sts
Then the working farmer who OBJ
jects to the single tax is Directing to
having big slice of his tax bill cut
off. OF course, he does not know
it, but it amounts to that just the
same. rig lT~ , r
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
THE PEss1MIsT.
BY Roy X. Moulton.


There's been a whole lot written of
the value Of smile, -.
But still the Teller that goes round
asmtlin' all the while
And don't do nothtn' else but smile.
no matter what is said, =
Don't seem in this worlds goods to
. get so very fur ahead.
You'll hear this idee harped on by
the optimistic crowd,
There is a silver .ltnin' bright to every
gol ding cloud.
But when the cloud dissolves in air
-s... and disappears from view.
The silver linin's gen'ally dissolves in
:. thin air. too.
The darkest hour comes just before
dawn, they love to say, ! d
Although your own pertickler dawn is
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-07
twenty years away. !,

twenty years away. 3.
It never helps the Teller much thats
workin' in the ditch
To hear that some day, possibly, per-
haps he may be rich.
They say that all things surely come
unto the man who waits,
But still there amt q mite Of hope
for him who heaitateG, I
The Teller who don't wait. but goes
right after things, you know.
He 10 the one who rings the ball aud
grabs OF all the dough.
The optimists and pessimists can
argue pro and con.
And thrash out all the questions that
they are debatin' on.
But after oil IL said aud done, think
that you will nud t..
That misery or happiness - Just q
state Of mind.