davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

done in this line by the railroads and
mines. In one Of these mills, not 80
long ago, man by the name Of John
Brown was killed, the body being
fr1ghtfully mangled by a saw. The mill
was shut down long enough for the
head sawyer to file the saw, when
operations were resumed without fur
Their delay.
It had been but the work Of a. mo-
ment to load John Browns body in
an ambulance and send it to an an-
dertaker, who has a contract to bury
the dead from this industrial battle
field. All survivors then returned to
their tasks, for be it known a. Puget
Sound sawmill is busy place.
In less time than it takes to relate
1t, traveller appeared In the neigh
borhood of the mill. On his back he
carried something that looked like a
turkey, which afterwards proved to
be a roll Of blankets. He threw the
bundle behind a lumber pile and
walked with rapid strides to the mill
office, which he entered.
II have just heard" said he, that
John Brown has been killed.
We'll, what Of it," said the mill
owner. "Have you come here to med
die with my business?"
NO." replied the stranger, 1T isn't
that. I thought perhaps you might
want another man in Browns place,
and I have come to get the job"
It Is sad but true story.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
FRANKLIN AND ROOSEVELT.

Benjamin Franklin, confirmed and enthusiastic
single taxer, lamented that the prejudices Of the
people would not allow the establishment Of the
single tax, which, as he wrote to Dupont, he hoped
would grow and increase until it became the govern
ing philosophy of the human species Franklin said
There is so much goodness mixed with the wisdom
in the principles of your philosophy that I am
perfectly charmed with it, What was the trouble
in the way of the benefcent tax? According to
Franklin it was sparseness of population.
The single tax is coming into it's own. Theodore
Roosevelt sees that. In his Confession Of Faith
at Chicago he wishes to try the single tax. Glory
be-but soft He wishes it tried not in the City of
Washington, D. c., but in Alaska. Why because
the population is sparse
Single takers do not expect much from Mr..
Roosevelt They have reason to suspect that he has
been Singletax for years. Years ago he used to
listen to Henry George and applaud him vigorously.
Robert Baker, single tax congressman from New
York, talked with Roosevelt few years ago. when
Roosevelt was president. Roosevelt said to Baker:
81 am nearer to you people than you Think - Baker
did not tell the president that he was timid but he
might have done so.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
KIER HARDIE ON UNIONS.

Before large audience in Chicago last week, j.
ker Hardie, Socialist member of the British parlia
ment, among other things made this statement, and
it is interesting in view of the fact that many poti
cal enthusiasts discredt the trade unions wherever it
is possible to do so.
Il am told-1 have not heard it yet myself re-
member but am told that in some parts of these
states, just in parts of Europe there are men
that Socialists who seek to bettle trade union
ism or labor unionism
II say to you that the man who seeks to belittle
the trade union is no friend of yours that all the
progress which the working class has made hitherto
has been through their labor unions
The strike, my friends, has been the weapon !;
fear OF the strike and the strength which union gives
mas been the weapon which has brought whatever
Improvement has been secured by the working class
of the world
Therefore do not let any mislead you into
belief that the day of the union is over It is not
over: 1t is the very foundation upon which the
whole superstructure of industrial liberty will one
day be reared.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
UNIONS PAY DIVIDENDS.

By reducing the report of Secretary Frank Duffy
to the recent convention of the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters in session in Washington, to definite
accomplishments, it is revelation.
While it is impossible to reach an absolutely &C.
curate result yet the report is not difficult of ap-
proclamation. Nearly all of the local unions have re-
ported increase in wages and shortening Of hours
wherever this result has been attained
Trade movements OF the carpenters have been
general and in simplifying the report it is found that
in large number Of cities there has been an aver
age increase in the daily wage, taking into consid-
Grafton the shortening of hours without reduction
pay, of 1874 cents On appropriated membership
of 100000 this yields advance in wages of $780,
300 per day. Computed on 300 working days in the
year, this increase yields $22 631 200 as record for
one year.
When it is taken into consideration that the total
sum expended by the Brotherhood in the year under
consideration was only SOL, 1861 it is revealed
that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters paying
dividend to it's members unparalleled by any cor
porate body engaged in the mercantile or any other
business in the entire world
It is an argument in favor of the organization of
the workmen that cannot be controverted.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE.

In 1903 Tom L. johnson was candidate for GOV
ernor of Ohio. The issue the single tax At
least that is what the voracous organs Of plutocracy
said. They shouted themselves hoarse over the mat
ter describing the single tax being about every
thing that it is not johnson defeated by 114OO0
majority.
In 1912 constitutional amendment was voted on
in Ohio, providing for the Initiative and Referen~
dun. The issue involved in it's acceptance or rejec
ton was the single tax. At least so said all the
aforesaid organs Of plutocracy their heirs assigns,
associates, bosses and hired men. Perhaps they
would like to admit now that they were only lying.
There was the same shouting, the same misrepresen-
tation and the same appeal to ignorance and preju-
dice. But it carried by $4,000 majority The voters
had done some thinking during these nine years.
A funny little bungler named Lampson, who rep
resented predatory interests in the Constitutional
Convention, imagined that few words inhibitinp
the single tax could block the movement He might
proftably study the history Of King Canute and of
Mrs. Darlington.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
A WISH.

Do you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what to do;
Set watch upon your actions; keep
them always straight and true;
Rid your mind of selfish motives, let
your thought be clean and
high. y
You can make a little Eden of the
sphere you occupy.
q
Do you wish the world were wiser?
Well, suppose you make start.
BY accommodating wisdom in the scrap
book of your heart.
Do not waste one page on folly; live
to learn and learn to live.
IT you want to give men knowledge,
You must get it ever you give.
s-sasa ssys 4lIssss sa
Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day -
Just to scatter seeds Of kindness as
you pass along the way;
For the pleasure Of the many may;
be oft times traced to one,
AS the hand that plants the accord
shelters armies from the sun.
Exchange.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
WILSON'S VICTORY.

What the bull moose say now as to the re-
latonship between Governor Wilson and the bosses
Governor Wilson hasn issued any cannons pro-
claiming the sanctifcation of bosses who declare for
him. But he has fought-and whipped-bosses and
boss methods. Personal worship doesn attract him.
He's after results based on principle.
Down in his home state the governor refused to
sanction the boss. When he went into his guberna-
torial race he defed the bosses-and walloped Them
When he governor he refused their support
and beat them flat at the legislative game And now
he has defed the old boss who wanted to 20 to the
senate-and that boss showed under by the gov.
ernor's candidate by vote Of from two to one in
some districts to four to in Others carrying only
three in the whole state.
And now he's Throwing the scares into'' the
Tammany crowd and their boss, Murphy, by refus-
ing to sanction the denomination Of Dix and insisting
that to have the support of the national leaders, the
Democratic candidate for the Empire states gov.
ernor must measure up to the national leader 3
idea-must be boss free and unconnected with TAM
mnay.
That is practical boss fighting He has won in
his own state and shown his nerve in the New York
case, whatever the outcome may be. The people
know that they have in him boss killer equal to
the giant slayers Of old.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
A SAWMILL STORY.
BY William HI. Waynick.

At some time in your life, dear
reader, you may have witnessed a
sawmill turning a forest into cash.
No? Then I shall tell about it.
The managing editor of a mill, who
Is called the head-sawyer, lays out
log In his mind and works it into
cants. The cants are then shifted to
re-saws and edgers, where they ere
slashed into flooring, two-by-fours,
two-by- SKIES, etc. If you could see how
quickly a log is turned into money
or watch the mill owners speeding
In their automobiles, you would be
sorry that you are not successful
timber thief. i5 .s3
Taking the country at large. the
timber industry is third in, the num-
Der of killed and injured. being out.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
RACE REGENERATION.

The supreme court of Washington has sustained
the law of that state which authorizes the unsexng
of habitual criminals and criminals of degenerate
type.
There are quite few medical men and other So
called scientists who have idea that crime and de-
generacy due entirely to heredity. They hold to
the theory that if persons who abnormal should
be prevented from giving force to the scrptural in
junction to multiply and people the earth, should
within few generations Danish crime and attain to
high degree of racial perfection.
There are some extremists who conceive that the
Of tobacco and alcohol manifestations of de-
generacy. The more conservative content them
selves with the demand that the criminal classes
should be dealt with before extending the activities
Of the race regenerators to persons whose habits
are bad
Europe dealt with the problem by banishing it's
criminals It was found convenient way of build
ing up colonies and creating foreign market. The
ancestors Of many of best citizens induced
to leave their native land in the expectation that
their departure would tend to prevent the perpetual
ton OF criminals and crime.
The great criminal colony Of the United King
dom was Botany Bay, Australia.
Thousands of thieves and prostitutes were
shipped to the convict colony.
Where are their descendents9 In prison' De-
generates? Imbeciles? Not at all; they are the first
citizens of the Austrian commonwealth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
GROSSCUP. REFORMER!

Judge Grosscup, Chicago, says he is supporting
the third term candidate. This fact will interest the
working men Of that city. What does the Chicago
Tribune think of Grosscup as third termer? Will
it forgive and forget those charges?
What haven the third term organization ia nro
viding for all kinds Of politicians. Wisconsin has
some wonderful examples to offer, but none equal
to Grosscup. That the judge singles out Wilson as
particularly Objectionable to his excites our graft
tude.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
come when a group of experts will be

come when group Of experts will be
developed who will minister to life
in the country. The growing CO.
operative movements. the new science
of housekeeping, the various business
groups in agricultural regions and
other new types of organizations will
demand expert leadership. When his
time comes, many of the young people
who are today leaving the farm be-
cause it does not at present offer them
a way to work out their natural tai
ents, will remain in the country to
render it service Of another kind.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

The organization of the non union men and WON
en- IS the most important issue of today and of to-
morrow. All efforts should be concentrated in this
direction. What we need is enthusiastic energetic
and willing workers; the assistance Of the rank and
file is essential to The benefits to accrue
from thorough organization are far-reaching and
permanent
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

Short hours of labor are the barometer Of prog
ress in the industrial life of nation They indicate
the growth in the productive capacity of the factory
mill and mine; they reflect trades union energy and
activity Shorter hours of labor are the slogan of
organized labor in the endeavor to secure more lei
sure, higher education and better economic and
social conditions
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

BY the law of necessity which prevails the aims
and objects Of the trades union movement are he
coming more and more universal Step by step,
guided by experience, they are moving in the same
channel, widening their scope and embracing new
opportunities for better economic conditions. This
law applies to the whole civilized world.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

Strikes are costly and not desirable, when the
same results be obtained by conference concilia
ton and arbitration. Frequent strikes are destruc-
tive and not constructive; they have tendency to
undermine the reputation Of the trade gained by
years Of hard work. -" %..-s H.. t.. ~, =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
ASK SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY

ASK SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY.
F1TCHBURG, Mass. Oct. 3.-The
Massachusetts, State Federation Of
Labor has passed resolution de-
smanding that the legislature pass a
bill calling for a Saturday half holt
day without loss Of pay the year round
for all laborers and mechanics in the
employ of the commonwealth,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

With the growth Of organization on trades union
lines the inherent forces developed by strength and
education manifest themselves by change of public
sentiment in favor of the legitimate aspirations fo
better and more healthful conditions Of labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

The aviator who every day puts it
off until tomorrow Will have a chance
to enjoy the cheerful heartful hearth
fire this winter on this side Of the
great divide.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05
HE DUG.

HE DUG.
He wanted a job and, like every one
else,
Where his clothes would not Soil and
his hands would keep clean.
And the salary mustn't be low.
He asked for a pen. but they gave
him a spade,
And he turned away with shrug,
But he altered his mind and. selling
the spade-he dug!
He worked with a will that is bound
to succeed,
And the months and the years went
along.
The way it was rough and the labor
was hard,
But his heart he kept filled with q,
song,
Some jeered at him and sneered at
the task, but he plugged
Just as hard as he ever could plug;
Their words never seemed to dis.
turb him a bit-as he dug.
The day came at last when they
called for the spade :
And gave him pen in it's place
The Joy Of achievement was sweet to
his taste &.->-'.' '
And victory shone on his face
We can't always get what we hope
for at first, ~....s
Success cuts many queer jiEs,
But one thing is sure a man will
succeed-if he digs. s
Louis E. Thayer in The Metropolitan.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

Labor, organized, possesses power Of resistance
that can stay the hand of privilege made laws and
privilege court rulings and exact square deal in
spite OF unfair courts and intrigue infested laws
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

When you buy non-union goods
you create "a demand for non-union
labor which in turn buys non-union
goods In your line and tends to throw
you out Of work. 5l Sss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

Hard times are natural periodical result of an
lnequltable and unjust distribution of the fruit Of
toll Under existing rules, the trade union is the
only repeling power
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

Until different order of things politically the
trade union will remain the most humane institu.
ton in existence ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

II. Prospects of an excellent Ice crop
are very enconra Eing. ,ss slS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-05

:. me Labor Day committee managed the celebra-
ton with success both financially and otherwise ,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
FRIDAY, JANUARY %, 1912.
MP. RANsDELL ELECTED.

It is nos a little satisfying to the Ga
zette to De able 10 announce to-day that
Congressman Joseph T. Ransdell, of East
Carroll parish, has been called by the
citizens Of Loutiana to don the Sena-
torial toca and serves his State and the
country ct large in the higher branch of
the FeGe'al Councils, place that he is
eminently wo N OF because Of his pre-
eminent ana .aIh'll services in the low
er branch.
NJ. Raasdei had a fierce political fight
on bis haa6s IL Uu-.iout the canvass, his
antagonist bc,7. Senator Murphy J. Fos-
ter, p. cent i'clmbeat, whose tenure of
Office expires ia 1918, who had the adj
vantage OF being "'in," which is always
a strong CT d in a political campaign, but
the woes o. the state realized the value
of Mr.. Rams ellis service in the House
OF Representatives., and determined to
promote him 70 more exalted position,
whe his po,.e OF usefulness would be
even gr. ef aud his field broader and
more es;eldol.
Senator For has been good and
useful q izel OF Louisiana, both in pub
lie AID privste capacity, but it is evident
the voters OF tse state think Mr.. Rams
dell's influence and power in Congress,
to say no.hing oi lis experience, would
better equip bin to represent the Com
monwealth. in the higher branch, and
therefore called him to 20 higher, trib-
ute OF which he is most worthy.
The Gazette congratulates the gentle
man himself, the citizeury of Louisiana,
aud those Of toe nation at large-but es-
pecially Of tao great Mississippi Valley
at his elevation to the United States SEN
at3and Zee, assured that he win prove
eyeumcee alet and waichful OF the inter-
ess oi.te peoAe Of the Valley, If that
can be poa she Fl tine Senate, than he
was IN le Ilure.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Saturday the End day Of March
Al. 1912.

offer for sale at the Court House door
O. the town OF st. Joseph In this parish,
between the hours of IL o'clock a. m
and 4 o'clock p. m. the following de-
scribed property, situated In the Par
ish of Tensas, State Of Louisiana, and
seized in the above styled and num-
bercd suit as property Of defendant
herein, to-wit:
All that part of the Southwest quarter
and the West half of the Northwest quar-
ter of Section Ten, in Township II, North,
Range 10 East, lying West of Beiler's
Bayou or Lake, containing one hundred
and forty-two and 70-l00 acres, more OF
less.
Also that certain part OF the former
Hopakah plantation situated in Tensas
Parish, State of Louisiana, inherited by
Mrs. Sarah Nichols, wife OF w. W.
Drake, from her deceased mother, Mrs.
Mary G. Nichols, wife OF j. +. Mich.
OILS, acquired by her deceased mother by
private act of Partition between her said
mother and Mrs. Harriet Reynolds, wife
of H. s. Nichols, deceased, as same up
pears recorded in the Records Of til.
above Parish and State, and being d.
scribed in said Act of Partition as "rhat
part of the West half of Section IL
Township u, North, Range 10 East, "
ing North of the line run from a pom
on the line dividing the East from tn,
West half of said Section Is, onef -hun
bred and fifty feet North Of the dwelling
house due West to the dividing line be-
tween Sections Is and Is.
Also all his right, title and interest il
o,d - tho rndixidad holt IF tho aero n
ground of the said Hopakah plantation
on which the gin house stands and tn,
gin thereon; together with all the build
ings and improvements thereon or there
to attached as well as the immovables b,
destinations thereon or attached thereto
all situated in the Parish of Tensas, Stat
of Louisiana.
Terms of sale-Cash.
JOHN HUGHES. sheriff.
ST. JOSEPH. La. January Is. 1912.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
CONGRATULATIONS TO SENATOR
RANSDELL.
Cvicksburs Herald.)

The only pronounced preference The
Herald had in the Louisiana contest,
which closed at the polls on Tuesday,
was the Hon. Jos. Z. Ransdell, candi-
date for the United States Senate. By
the accounts at this writing he is elected
to the term which begins March 4th,
1913. Congratulations are extended him
in behalf of his many friends in Vicks-
burg, where he is we'll and popularity
known. Mr.. Ransdell is the present
member of the House of Representatives
for the river district, including his home
parish, East Carroll, and his term in the
lower House will end as that in the up
per begins. Of his position and service
in Congress, which he entered in 1899,
the Directory reads: /.
Since December, 1901, Joseph Eugene
Ransdell, Democrat, from the Fifth Dis
trict, has been a member of the Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors, and has
devoted himself to legislation in regard
to waterways, especially to that part of
the Mississippi River between Cairo and
the Gulf, with its great levee system. In
1905 Mr.. Ransdell was one of the active
leaders in recognizing the National Riv-
ers and Harbors Congress, and has been
its President for the past two years. This
Congress is a voluntary organization,
composed of individuals, commercial
bodies, boards of trade, municipalities,
and waterway associations from nearly
every State in the Union. Its purpose
IL to arouse such comprehensive public
sentiment that Congress shall be induced
to adopt a broad, liberal, comprehensive
policy toward all the nations waterways.
IL stands for policy, not a project, and
its slogan il, can annual rivers and har-
boss bill carrying not less than fifty mil
lion dollars"
Zeal and industry in whatever cause
he enlists in, is characteristic of the
louisiana Senator-elect. And it is large
ly through these qualities and ability in
behalf of rivers and harbors improve
m mt, which is the paramount interest
in % large a portion OF louisiana, that
NJ. Ransdell has won, and so well de-
served, the popularity which is now sig
nalIzed in his election TO the United
States Senate. He has The Herald's best
wishes in the larger sphere of public SER
wee to which he has been raised
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
--------l--1-------l-
Want Old Schedule Restored.

The citizens Of Sltcaez, particularly
the merchants, want the bid schedule on
the New Orleans & Northwestern Rail-
way restored, claiming that as it stands
at present the bulk of the trade OF the
territory traverSed by it goes o Monroe,
wa the Iron Mountain road.
The citizens of st Joseph and this sec
ton Of Tensas parish are complaining at
the schedule on the NJ, II. 4 L., es-
pecially those who desire to trade in
NatcAez.
1t is doubtless a dificnIt matter to ar
range railroad schedules to suit every
body or every interest, and it is probably
a fact that the schedules are all arranged
to best suit the interests of the roads
themselves, in the matter of connections,
etc.