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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10
PARCELS POST COMING.

There is strong probability that before this
session OF congress is parcels post law on the
lines Of the Bourne BILL will be enacted
A parcels post bill has already passed the house.
But 1T provides only for experimental service on
the rural routes The Bourne BILL presented in the
senate as substitute for the house BILL provides
for nation wide service but with zone system Of
charges. The Bourne bill is also deficient in many
details and in defniteness but it is believed to be
the only one that get through the senate It is
also believed that the house will accept it and the
president sign it. 1t would at least give the coun-
try some parcels post that would benefit everyone
That would help ever if it is incomplete
1t is also believed by the friends of universal
postal package service, that with the Bourne bill
as starter it would be easy to have the measure
recast either by amendments or by new law. at
the next or session in the near future-the en-
terlng wedge would be followed by the COM
plete splitting
It is strange thing that a body of men of the
ntelllgence OF congress cannot make law as it
should be at once, especially when the faults and
flaws are pointed out at the beginning. But nreiu-
dlces, Influences and rooted opinions die hard and
1t IS frequently necessary to accept half loaf rather
IMAM none at ALL even when the whole loaf is RIGHT
at hand That is the case in this instance.
vi course it would be better if congress wou]d
give the people good, thorough postal package
service at once The ordinary citizen who would
like to snip or receive country produce and small
merchandise over the postal system finds it hard to
see why such bill cannot pass But facts are facts
ana among the facts is the will and stubbornness of
enough congressman to make such law imnossih1e
now.
therefore, for what is given be thankful. and
work for at future sessions. After a Aooa baa
made crevasse in dam the whole stream son oo+
through. ''''N'00A e0' '
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10
PEACE.
By G. J. Buell..

O the day Of worldwide peace is
near;
feel and I know it will come:
And the battle flags be furled at last,
And the braying guns be dumb.
And every flag be a flag Of peace,
And none shall be flags Of war:
And over the earth a calm good will
Shall scatter her blessings afar.
Than the arts of peace shall thrive In
the land, =
And the glortee Of peace shall come;
And the mothers and sisters, and
sweethearts and wives u.s..
May keep their loved ones at home.
For no more shall our strongest and
best go forth
As food for the lannon's maw-
No more shall the bleeding heart OF
Be fung to the dogs Of war.
Then up from the soil, q new race
shall rise,
In the days that are soon to be-
A race Of purer and better men. 80.
And women fairer to see.
And Justice then, shall rule in tho
land,
And plenty shall be in store: =
And greed and graft shall hide their
heads,
And hunger shall gnaw no more.
For the land of the earth shall be for
all, %
And none shall forestallers be,
And brothers of every color and
tongue
Shall trade in the marts OF the free.
Then Peace with her magic wand of
love, -s
In every land and cline.
Shall rule in the hearts and lives Of
men :
TIL the end Of earthly time.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10
AN EVIL IN TARIFF MAKING.

nNE of the evils in tariff making
that has cost the American CON-
sumers many thousands of dollars is
touched upon by the Stanley commit
tee In its report of the steel investi-
cation. That is the custom, 50 long
common with the high protectionists.
OF permitting the benef1ciaries of the
tariff tax to practically write their
own schedules.
It has long been the practice Of
the tar1n makers, when new sched-
ules were under consideration. to call
manufacturers into consultation.
sometimes at formal hearings and
sometimes in private meetings, and
hear and heed what they had to say
as to what degree of protection they
wanted. And much too frequently
the rates were fixed on the basis
Of the representations Of the bene-
f1ciaries.
Tariff making by that process
leaves out of consideration the buy
Ing side of the market. It considers
only those who are to benefit, not
those who are to pay. Result? en-
defensible" schedules, excessive pro-
lection, especially to industries which
do not share that protection with
their labor-aH the tariff the traffic
will bear. That is to say all the
tax that can be bled from the con-
sumner.
But there is new thought in tar
If making these days. Under the
Democratic practice such degree of
protection as is granted-as shown
by the Democratic bills framed and
framing-is granted in accordance
with the Democratic policy of gradu-
ally reducing the protection of indus
tries which have leaned on the tariff
wall in a. manner that will not in
jure or destroy legitimate industry"
That Is to say, the Democratic plan
gives first consideration to the peo-
pie who pay the tariff tax, but, while
bringing all taxation back to sound
constitutional grounds-the party
does not believe the fundamental law
permits the taxing Of one class of
the people for the benefit of another
industries will be enabled to adjust
themselves to the new conditions, aud
the people be given chance.
/. Such a chance is not a considera-
ton in the old way denounced by
the Stanley committee. Then it was
all for tho tariff harona
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10
LAW VIOLATING RAILROADS

Ra1lroad officials evidently blind set of
men and apparently imagine they can continue to
1901 the American people all of the time
They water the stock with impunity: thew charoe
exorb1tant rates for service they attempt to cheat
the tax collectors in every conceivable way in everv
state they manipulate party politics for their own
INTEREST," they furnish unsatisfactory and lamentabv
dangerous service; they harass the organizations Of
LABOR and discriminate wherever possible against
members OF trade unions; they oppose the enactment
OF humanitarian laws; they have persistentlv at
tempted to block the passage of every safety annl
ance measures they claim the right to abuse the wit
OF injunction and make the federal courts the no;ce
olcers Tor the nation in their interest," and thew do
nantly and brazonly violate state and national laws
on every hand, as witness the following summary
OF, violations of the 16-hour law compled nv Wa.
rem s. Stone, Grand Chief Engineer Of the Btothpr-
mood OF Locomotive Engineers, from the monthly re-
ports OF the railroad corporations to the Interstate
Commerce Commission
Thls table shows that in eight months. or from
July, 1911 to March, 1912, inclusive % 600 viola
lions OF the hours of service law were comm+tood =;
the employment of engineers alone and does MT IN
clude other workmen in road service to whom +ha
law applies. N. Y. c. & n r. R. II, 200 violations
g. & .. r. R. 1851. Erie R. R. 1854. N. y. n
q H. H. Il. 4l5. B. & NJ. R. r. 1872. R. r. r o76
Wabash l ,403 L. S. & NJ S. 1,O38 G. G & E. s.
L. 691 Total $4,000 violations on nine Of the &C.,
roads east OF the Mississippi River.
What the whole total would be upon all Of tho
railroads and among all of the men in road service
Is lett to the imagination of the reader.
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A POINTER.

nNE OF the largest competitors Of
the steel trust, Jones & Laugh
Inns, limited, has made a voluntary
advance in wages to its day and hour
labor Of 10 per cent. This, too, in the
midst Of a presidential canvass when
the tariff on iron and steel is the sub
ject of a bill before congress and an
issue in this campaign.
Never before in the history Of the
American tariff has such thing
taken place. Heretofore it has been
the rule for manufacturers who are
beneficiaries Of the tariff to put on
a long face when that sacred list of
schedules was under discussion, and
tell sad tales of how their business
was to be wiped out from under them
If any changes were made, and
threats Of wage, reductions-some-
times the reductions Themselves
have been the accompaniment.
But now one of the large steel
manufacturers actually increases
wages at a time when their protec-
tive schedules are under the knife.
Interpreted this means that the
tariff on steel has outlived it's USE
fulness. It means that the Demo-
cratic plan for the reduction of the
tariff carries no terrors to the bust
ness world. It means that the peo-
pie are right in their demands that
the tax on their necessities of food,
clothing and building material and on
their comforts be reduced.
After such, action by SO large and
influential concern as Jones &
Laughlins, limited, flat will fall any
dire prophecies of disaster to fol-
low relief to the people from tariff
extortion which Republican high
tariff advocates or beneficiaries Of
that system may emit. Threats of the
terrible things to happen to the
wage Garner if the tariff is dis
turbed have long been the stock in
trade, Of the Republican office seek
er. This. year he will have to find
something else.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10

we shall be called on to provide
state aid for persons not able to do
a days work.
Why do immigrants come to this
country?> It is not to work under
conditions such as these, but to es-
cape them. Too often, we fear, they
are disappointed. Such things "a
these may explain why they have
been returning recently in such large
numbers. If we want our land to
hold the place she has held and to
each even greater, we must look
we'll to the troubles that lie at the
bottom Of such conditions as these
which in perpetuating poverty ara
bringing trouble.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10
HUNTING TROUBLE.
RECENT writer In The 81,

A RECENT writer in The Survey
charges us with perpetuating
poverty by the conditions Of labor and
iiv1ngi which We allow. Employing
nttle children who ought to be out
IN the open gaining strength for the
future, working women at night and
IN absolutely se' exhausting occupations,
improper housing and failure to pre-
vent infectious diseases are some Of
the mistakes which he rightly saws
are perpetuating poverty Another
term for this kind Of shortsighted- !.
ness, due partly to greed and partly
to neglect would be hunting trouble
! For. &, g country Is hunting trouble
's,l,' II allows q generation of men en-
and alh women en- grow up physically and
theirs e' fore mentally Inc ompetent.
More 81 and more our labor ID Is on,nidl
Is 4 - 49, ftlc3eot aore rnegs
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10
A TYPICAL REACTIoNARv

e. oeheVer in reincarnation might be pardoned
Tor claiming to have substantial evidence Of tho
truth of his doctrine in w. P Sharer of Zanosv;11o
o., president Of the Ohio Bankers Association That
gentleman is reported in the course of an address
delvered at the annual meeting of his organization
at Sandusky to, have expressed sentiments nearly
IKE those OF French statesman of the eighteenth
century named fouon This Foulon once had occa-
sion to discuss the discomfort Of the peasant,.v
70 their inability to feed themselves out Of the small
part q their produce which TIN predatory classes
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10

there should be an official compila-
ton of the paroles granted in the en-
tire country since the system was
started that would show how many
paroled convicts returned to crime
and how many kept their paroles and
were in truth reformed-that would
show the worthy uses and the abuses
of the system. BY such report it
might be shown whether the sheriffs,
or the judges and the reformers, are
right in this matter.
The reform of men and their re-
turn as useful citizens on the one
hand; the punishment of crime and
the protection of society on the 9TH
er, are both Of too great Importance
to the country to be trifled with
through either fads or ignorance. And
they have been so trifled with plenty
enough.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10
MORE PAPERMAKERS
GET EIGHT-HoUR DAY

HOLYOKE, Mass, Aug. s.-The
papermakers' organisations have se-
cured the eight-hour day and what u
known to the trade as the three tour
system" in II mills In and around
Holyoke. None Of the men now
enjoying the eight-hour day have re-.
ceived any reduction in wages. Some
received an increase. The rates run
ming from 1918 per day to machine
tenders and heater engineers to 4
$l.75 day to. fourth hands.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10

Every increase in wages tends to increase the
purchasing power OF the working people for more
and better commodities It increases the desire a.
better homes and more healthful surroundings: +
stimulates ambition for information by the purchase
OF books and Magazines it developes self Nv
the ability to purchase better clothing and furniture
tor family use The influence Of fair and adequate
rate OF wages is tar reaching in promoting the So
cial we'll being of the community. - -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10
SAFETY APPLIANCE 5s. s.
N 55. ACT rs SUSTAINED

WASHINGTON. Aug. The
Standardization OF Equipment act
passed BY congress In 1910. on ap-
peal by the lAtchison, Topeka & Santa
ne railway has been sustained by the
United state1 circuit court OF appeals.
Tor the seventh rcuit ana the penl
altls1 linatt tho SAINT N,e
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-10

The scope and activities Of the trades union
movement cannot be clearly defined; neither can
tney be restricted within the narrow compass Of
t3mld minds They develop ii the same ratio 81
Ehe school Of perience il safe guide FL III
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-11
Special to The Journal.

Tallahassee, July 10.-Returns from
the wet or dry election here today in
dicate that Leon county remains in
the dry column by a large majority.
Both city precincts in Tallahassee
gave dry majorities OF over two to
one.
The drys are highly elated over their
decisive victory today. Late returns
give only one wet precinct, that of
Woodville, out of nearly all heard
from. The wet forces have been led
by a man named O'Neal from Pensa-
cola, aided by three Tallahassee citi-
zens, while the drys were led by
Mayor d. M. Lowry, DR.. Conradi,
president Of the Woman's College, and
by a well organized league of busi
ness and professional men.
It has been strictly a local fight
The State Anti Saloon League was
not called in to help. In the city pre-
cincts attempts were made to vote the
negroes, but very few voted. No fights
nor disorder were reported and the
contest was quiet but determined.
Consideration of the Woman's Col
lege here helped materially in the de-
cisive dry vote. All the main business
houses We're closed today, while the
business men worked for dry town.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-11
By Associated Press.

Atlantic City, July 10.-Governor
Wilson talked for half an hour to five
hundred men this afternoon on the
necessity of working today for the re-
suits of tomorrow" and on the evils
of individual and national extrava-
gance." The governors audience was
composed of delegates to the national
convention of the United States Build
ing and Loan League"
'I have sometimes heard men say
politics must have nothing to do with
business" he said. "and that business
has nothing TO do with politics, but
when you think Of it seriously there
can be no separation between business
and any other interest in life"
He said one of the most characters
tic features of active life was CO
operation, declaring in conclusion:
I'VE are trying to create everywhere
in men Of large business this funda
mental conception, that any man who
handles any affair bigger than himself
is the trustee for the rest of the com
munity in proportion, and as we lift
ourselves to the full dignity Of that
conception we shall lift ourselves
above all confusion and difficulties of
public life"
In the forenoon the governor de-
Iivered an address at the laying of the
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sy Associated Press.

Oyster Bay, July 10.-The imme-
date downward revision of the tariff
is likely TO be one of the demands
made by the new party headed by
Roosevelt, it was learned today from
a number of leaders who have con-
ferred lately with the former presi-
dent. According to the present pro-
gram, the demand for action will be
restricted to schedules which, in the
opinion of the party heads, are
obviously high, such as the woolen and
cotton schedules.
The election of a Democratic ma
jority in the house in 1919 has been
cited to Roosevelt in support of the
argument that the progressive party
must pledge itself to a downward re-
vision. The ex- president feels, how
ever. his views on a protective tarlfr
are well known and it IS for the con-
vention to decide what course Is 70
be adopted. He said today he would
issue statement soon on the various
issues.
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WILSON TALKS ON THE
NECESSITY OF WORKING TODAY
FOR RESULTS OF TOMORROW

corner stone Of the Y. NJ. C. A. build
ing.
It was the Democratic nominees
first appearance on the platform since
the Baltimore convention and the
crowd cheered him enthusiastically.
Il am speaking to those Woh live
here" he said, and not the strangers
within your gates. What Atlantic City
needs most is moral pride. A man is
ashamed to be caught in a dirty trick,
and a community ought to be ashamed
to be caught in dirty practice"
The governor was introduced by
John Wanarnaker, former postmaster
general, who referred TO him as a
plain man and a learned states
man
The introduction. especially the
plain part" of it. the governor d,
reminded him of his favorite limerick,
which he recited thus:
For beauty I am not a star;
There are others more handsome by
But my face I don't mind it.
For am behind II;
There are others in front that I Jaw. F"
Lauding the Y. NJ. c. A, the COVER
nor said:
THE vitaIizing force Of this great
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-11
BY Associated Press.

Parsons, Kas., July 10.-Missouri,
Kansas & Texas passenger train No.
9, known as the Katy Limited"
which left here at 10 O'Clock last night,
was held up by six masked men near
CoffeyviIle Kas., early today. The
bandits held the train two hours, dur
ing which time the passengers and
trainmen were corralled and guarded
in the coaches by two robbers while
the others made unsuccessful attempts
to blow open the safe in the baggage
car No effort was made 70 rob the
passengers and no one was injured.
The robbers left Of their own &C
cord, fearing they might be surprised
by the approach Of another train CT
the arrival Of officers who might have
been sent to learn what was delaying
the train.
No arrests have been made.
It is thought the bandits boarded
the train as il left Cofeyviile. Con-
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BY Associated press.

washington, July 10.-The right of
William Lorimer to a seat in the
United States senate will be decided
within the next forty eight hours.
This much seemed certain after seven
hours of discussion today, the speeches
by Senators Johnson of Alabama and
Jones Of Washington, for Lorimer,
featuring the debate.
Besides the closing plea of Senator
Lorimer the program still includes
speeches by Senators Lea of Ten
nessee and Thornton Of Louisiana.
Senator Johnston, of Alabama,
Democrat, who supported Mr.. Lorimer
at the first trial, opened today's
session with a spirited speech in his
behalf. He conceded a popular demand
for Lorimer's unseating and said he
knew he would be on the unpopular
side, bat declared:
I refuse to save myself at the sac
riice of my honor"
Senator Johnston declared that the
number OF printed copies of the Lori
mer hearings taken from the senate
document room indicated that less
than half the senators had read the
evidence in the case.
CONDEMNS ROOSEVELT.
He condemned as ''un Christian and
un-American" Col. RooseveIt's course
in declining to sit with Senator Lori
mer at the Hamilton clubs dinner at
Chicago.
Senator Jones. of Washington. who
opposed Lorimer at the first trial. but
VINO supports him now, spoke after
Senator Johnston. Senator Luke Lea,
III opposition to Senator Lorimer. was
expected to speak next Mr.. Lorimer
indicated that he would not begin his
speech at the close of the session, but
would ask for a recess until tomorrow
II today's debate were protratced.
Senator Jones said that he had
changed his convictions because he
had personally heard the witnesses
against Lorimer. He complained of
public clamor in the case and charged
It was having too much influence in
determining the votes Of senators.
This aroused Senator William Alden
smith, OF Michigan, who confessed to
Irritation over what he characterized
as covert and insinuating intimations
In the speeches in support of Lorimer
that those in opposition lack honesty
and courage and are subject to infiu-
ence by public clamoT"
That intimation is false" said
Senator Smith.
Senator Jones asserted that there
had been too much effort to control
public sentiment in opposition 10 Lori.
mer. He admitted there had been
perjury on both sides of the case.
In the course Of the colloduov Sena-
tor Smith declared it to be worth a
mans life to antagonize certain ele-
ments in the senate"
References to perjury brought ont a
vigorous statement from Senator
Jones
The case against Senator Lorimer
is based upon and buttressed with
forgery" he said.
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j. 81
convention thar evening, He Of course
complied with the request, and on his
return to the platform he ran pencil
through that part Of the resolution so
that the presidents wife might not be
embarrassed by anything he might
do.
Following the tornado that accom-
panied the passage of the resolution,
Mr.. Bryan left the convention hall
and entered the room of the resolu-
tions committee. Leaving behind the
slowly subsiding storm of excitment
and entering the committee room two
or three minutes later, 1 found Mr..
Bryan debating to Bob Rose, in the
most calm and matter of fact manner
conceivable, the opening sentence of
his story for the morning papers: 2
This has been a day of interesting
developments"
Mr.. Bryan took his stand against
Speaker Clark very reluctantly. He
was hurt and perplexed when so
many of the Clark delegates voted
against him in his fight for the tenn
porary Craftsmanship, but his own
course was in no way shaped through
this partial desertion by his friend
Clark. TT is hard to part with old
friends he said. This is the sad
dest part of politics"
SOFT ANSWER FOR
CHAMP CLARK'S OUTCRIES.
Champ Clark, abetted by Hearst
scored Bryan roUndly, but Bryans
replies may be summed up in these
words: "I have not accused Mr.
Clark Of wrongful acts, but merely
of failure to act. He is generally be-
loved, and his failure to secure the
nomination is no reflection on his per
sonal character or general ability"
Mr.. Bryan's valedictory in the clos
ing hours of the convention. when
he surrendered the leadership tc
Woodrow Wilson and pledged his
support to the ticket, was received
with an attention so close that the
proverbial pin might have been
heard had anyone dropped it. The
convention was willing at last tc