The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-12-21
Labor Review Of Minneapolis, Or
fetal Organ Of State Fedora
ton of Labor, Deals a Treach-
I,erous Blow to Trade Unions.
Makes False Statements of the
Condition of American Labor
Movement-Dollars and Cents
Is. It's Standard of Value.

La Dor Review. the official organ OF
the Minnesota State Federation of La
Dor. in an editorial characteristic Of
the school of political thought to
which the editor claims adherence,
attempts, to make out case against
the trade union movement, and the
only industrial organization of the
= American working classes that has
ever been able to secure for the la
borer shorter hours of labor, higher
wages, better working conditions and
greater measure of industrial lib
erty.
1t is fine pastime for these mouth
iings who have stolen their way into
the labor movement, who know moth
/ Ing OF the history Of the struggles
; Of labor for centuries past. and who
Weuld not profit by it if they did
know. to magnify the human frailties
| of labor leaders and the temporary
| reVerses of certain trade unions that
claim allegiance to the American Fed
! Grafton of Labor To mislead the sur
face scratching .laborers into believ-
ing that their industrial emancipa-
| ton can only be brought about po-
over the achievements of the trade
! unions and leave in view only their
! failures. which at the best in any
! case have only been temporary.
! Those Dollar Labor Papers.
! Labor Review begins it's attack up.
| on the American Federation of Labor
by referring to Some Labor Lead
ers,' and Some Labor Pa pers,
w.! 1t makes no open charges
against any one in particular, but by
lnnuendo casts reflection upon all
privately owned labor papers,.
| tom" Hamlin, the editor of the La
| Dor Review, should come with clean
skirts himself. before attempting to
. dlscredit the editors of other labor
papers anywhere. He has hood
! winked the workingmen of Mime
apolis ever since he became editor
! of Labor Review, and because he has
, 1ured himself into the belief that he
was getting away with a lot of shady
business without any one getting wise
to- him. Here is a case in point.
What About Labor Review:
During the last political campaign
every labor paper in this state was
given an opportunity to make an ad-
Vcrtlsng contract with the keystone
Advertising company Of Pittsburgh to
run as editorial and news certain ar
tjcles in the interest of President Taft.
This advertising company offered to
paay good price per line for all
matter used. but under no circum-
stances was it to be referred to as
advertising NATTER To have made
such contract and run such an adj
vertisement according to the terms of
the Keystone company would have
been a violation Of the corrupt prac-
tees act of this state.
Every labor paper in Minnesota re-
fused to have anything to do with
the keystone company. save Labor
Review Of Minneapolis, of which pub
lication TOM Hamlin is editor. In
its columns during the campaisr
there appeared political articles pub
lished as correspondence. supposed TO
nave been written by one McNulty.
and which were nothing less than
paid advertisements, but which were
printed in such a way as to lead the
readers of Labor Review to believe
that McNulty was Minneapolis union
man.
Withheld ''Paid Advertisement"
Not line nor a word in the Nc
Nulty article indicated that it was
an advertisement furnished by such
company as the keystone Adver-
Using company. This kind Of adver-