The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-11-30
Splendid Testimonials Received
from Unbiased Officials of
Trade Unions Who Reside in
Cities that Have Tried Out
Plan Of Local Government Ad-
vocated Here,
Gompers Adds to His Telegram
Of Last Week and Tells of Fine
Democratic Features of CON-
mission Form of Government.
Is Its Staunch Friend and Ad-
vocate.

tHe commission form of government.
Before another issue of The Labor
World is printed the people of Du-
luth shall have decided for them
selves as to whether they will con-
tlnue tho present expensive, obsolete,
haphazard and irresponsive system
OF government, or whether they will
adopt the new and modern system
which will mean efficiency, honesty.
economy and high standard of
morality in the administration of the
affairs of the city of Duluth.
We think We have successfully
answered the claim that there is
danger of the establishment Of an
obligarchy in our local government
by the adoption fthe new charter,
The most bitter opponent. of the
he charter has been forced to ad-
NIT that where the Initiative, the
referendum and the recall obtain
there can be no plutocratic govern
ment government, for it's power is
always and ever within the hands of
the people.
Harvest for the Reds.
The Socialists, the self-styled rep
Of Duluth, found an excellent oppor-
tunity to exploit their propaganda
of '""class consciousness during the
campaign for the charter : amend
ment. They have not succeeded In
anyone who thinks for
himself that the proposed charter
contains a single provision that de-
stroys rights that the people now en-
JOY. When driven to bay they re-
sort to their old .time-worn tactics
of attacking individuals who may not
agree with them on the issue in
volved
Enjoying, as they think they do, a
monopoly on honesty and integrity
they cannot conceive that an indi-
Vidual who does not agree with their
"class Consciousness" philosophy Is
prompted by an honest motive in
he undertakes that does not
accord with their belief.
Cannot Delude Workingmen.
They are attempting to delude the
of Duluth with the be-
lief that the members Of the charter
majority of whom. have
stood for the rights of all Of the peo-
pie of this community for years, are
to fasten a dangerous
form Of government upon them. By
doing so they resort to the basest
species of class hatred and class
prejudice, something absolutely for.
eign to the minds of the right
thinking working people Of this
city.
We refuse to believe that the work.
lHgmen of Duluth will permit them
selves to be influenced by the rain
bow chasers and political quack doc
tors who pretend to have a cure
for every social, political and econ
omic Ill from which the people suf-
fer.
Union Labor for Charter.
The men of labor of this city will
not and cannot be misled by the
needless fears expressed by the So
cialist propagandists, who are sim
ply exploiting the present situation
for political advertising purposes.
The men of labor everywhere
throughout America are and have
been in the van in advocating the
commission form of government
The Labor World this week pub
fishes extracts from letters received
from officials of labor organizations
who are living in cities where the
commission form of government is
being tried. These men have no rea-
son to tell anything but the truth.
They have not been asked to give a
colored opinion, but they were re-
uested to state whether or not the
new form of government was prov
Ing satisfactory to the men and wom-
en- of the working classes.
In most instances the letters indi-
cate that labor and the poorer class
es are given greater consideration un-
der the commission form of govern
ment than they received under the old
aldermanlc system. Surely the prac-
tlcal experience of these men is worth
1t ought to be worth more
than the theoretical reasoning of the
men in Duluth who are opposing the
form and who never lived
i'll city where it has been tried.
GOmpers Endorses Charter.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
Federation Of Labor, has
been very busy during the past three
weeks: The Labor World sent him
copy Of the proposed charter and
asked his opinion Of it. He writes
that he did not have time to study
the charter carefully, but hc gives