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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
MARTYRS OF MOTHERHOOD.

Two items in the current news make us sit up
and take notice.
Arthur Kraft was Milwaukee machinist. Seven
months ago he away from his wife, leaving her
to support three children
She did so in two-room attic by working like a
slave Did until suddenly one night the stork
came with her unprepared. When neighbors finally
arrived she lying the bare floor, unconscious
the baby clasped in her For days the children
had had nothing to eat.
A coroners jury in Troy, Me-, recently reported on
the case of Mrs. Abbe Daggett, widow, aged 49,
She lived in a cabin the edge Of the town. Neigh
bors had found her Just before she died. Here too
there was no food in the house. A baby had come.
with only 15-year-old daughter to care for three
little Children wait mother and do the work Of
physician and nurse. Mrs. Daggett till this sickness
came. had just managed to keep the family goinx
But, working her utmost she couldn't save a SURPLUS
Don't you think mothers pension would have
helped In these cases? Do think society has the
right to call itself Christian that doesn't better protect
the mothers of it's racer
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
NO TARIFF NEEDED.

THE Baker Chemical Co., of East
u on, Pa, is circularizing hospitals
tor Offering to supply drugs at as
low or lower rate than foreign goods
imported free of duty. That is evil
dence enough Of the fraudulent ma
ture of the protection argument as
far as chemicals are concerned. There
is plenty of evidence of the same kind
to show similar fraud in protection
claims regarding other articles. The
congressman who, in spite OF all this
evidence, still advocates protection,
betrays either woful lack of informa-
ton or woful lack of honesty. p
The adoption of the Income Tax
amendment has removed the last
shadow Of an excuse for a revenue
tariff since the plea can no longer be-
made of unconstitutionality Of direct
taxation. BUT while congress has a
Democratic majority, advocates of
genuine democracy are so scarce in
its membership that there Is not the
slightest prospect Of a free trade
measure passing at the coming SEES
sion 81
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
FAKE "PROGRESSIVISM."
UTAH. is

l. strange sounding phrase. Yet
the legislature of that state, which
adjourned last week, passed a "blue
sky law, a minimum wage law, and
a mothers pension law.-Boston Com
mon.
1T is rather an example Of the kind
of "progressivism' that favors any
reform except what will seriously af-
feet predatory privilege. If the Utah
legislature had been truly progressive
it would have passed the long-de-
layed enabling act to put the Initia-
tive and Referendum section of ito
constitution in working order.
Privilege has nothing to fear from
"blue sky" laws. On the contrary
these laws, which prevent no evil that
existing laws against fraud and de-
ception do not already cover, tend
to give privileged corporations a
monopoly of the market for stocks
and bonds.
Minimum wage laws and moth
ers pensions do not affect the pre-
datory power of privilege.
But the Initiative ana Referendum
would have been different. There Is
no telling what measures might be
submitted and adopted under them
which are Objectionable to privilege.
The Utah legislature has, in fact,
served It's predatory masters wisely
and we'll. It has passed nothing that
will hurt them, but has adopted pro
gressive" measures which may tenn
porarily at least deceive some un1n-
formed disconnected ones.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
BOOSTS AND SLAMS
ON CURRENT EVENTS
FURTHER ADVANCE IN CANADA,
n HE single tax has become an es-
Il fahlieho1 XVoc%oru

HE single tax has become an es-
l. tablished institution in Western
Canada as far as it's application to
municipalities is concerned. All i'm
portant cities and towns in British
Columbia and Alberta have adopted
1t. The time is now ripe for its ap-
plication to provincial affairs and this
has been recognized by the govern
ment Of British Columbia. In his
budget speech, the Finance Minister,
Honorable Price Ellison, outlined the
governments plans as follows:
by the bill before the house, which
I introduced the other day, we pro-
pose to abolish the poll tax, which in
wolves loss of revenue to the extent
of about $350,000, and it is proposed
in two years time to exempt inn
provements from taxation. In four
years it is proposed to abolish the
tax on personal property and rear
range the incidence Of income tax;
endeavoring as far as possible to
adopt the whole of the recommended
tons of the tax commission. Our aim
is as soon as possible, by easy stages.
to reach a point where direct taxa
ton Con labor and Industry will be
eliminated and our revenues will be
obtained from the natural resources
Of the province. This I regard as a
sound policy, and I shall go further
into the matter when I explain bill
~ on its second reading"
So in four years British Columbia
Will be the freest place on EARTH
There will still remain taxes on labor
levied by the Dominion government
to be abolished, but that too will
come in time.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
COURTS FOR THE POOR.

~
"A the end of the week refused to
pay a worker his promised wage of
$40. The employee sued his employer,
and at the very beginning paid SO
to his lawyer and IS for a bond to Sc
cure the costs Of the suit. The laws
delays took six weeks before the suit
was even begun. It was two months
before the magistrate awarded the
claim. The employer appealed and it
placed on the docket. Meanwhile the
employee was paying for the lost time
Of witnesses and suffering the loss of
his own wages for many days. Six
years after he began suit he got his
Judgment, and he had paid 20 times
the amount to get it.
This is the kind of thing that has
brought the conviction that justice is
not for the poor man. This sort Of
thing it is that has brought the law
into disrepute. Measures to correct
just this sort Of Injustice are needed
in making our government more a
government for the people than it is.
1t need not be said that the poor man
was entitled to. his SO just as much
as a wealthy man to his $4,000, nor
pointed out that he needed it even
more. And practically he could not
get it. The cost made it not worth
while. ,4t;~-
Kansas has recently established a
court to handle debts of less than
$40. It is to be without costs to the
litigants. It is sought to provide for
judges who shall be notable for their
common sense. For common sense is
more needed than law in such cases.
Whether the Kansas court will solve
the problem Of the poor man who is
defrauded cannot be told. At least
it 10 a recognition Of his rights and
seeks to assure them. And it is very
plain that something Of this kind
must be done, if our courts are to be
equal tribunals for all. 1t may hap
pen that the reform Of court proce-
dure ds to be wrought from the bot
tom up. If so, 1t will be welcome
Real democracy must seek a way for
serving the poor man and the rich.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
ROOSEVELT ENDORSES UNTA1
ING OF IMPROVEMENTS.

UJHEN in his Confession of Faith
w ex-President Roosevelt recon-
mended application Of the single tax
to Alaska there were some cynics who
asked why he did not favor it for
New York, where the people had
votes. The best answer to these
critics is the following from the New
York Times: #
Colonel Roosevelt, accompanied
by William B. Rowland Of the Out
look, also visited the Lower Rents
Exhibit 81 Sixteenth street and Union
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
PREPARE FOR I. AND r. CAMPAIGN.

After ~ years OF legislature OF Mime
sofa has at last voted to submit to the people
proposition amend the constitution to provide for
the initiative and referendum. AS is usually the
in such legislation, the bill is far from being perfect
The special interests to that the constitution
shall not be amended by a majority of voters.
They also prevented the free and easy of the
initiative by requiring that petitions shall be circulated
in one-fourth Of the counties of the state.
These two serious objections, however, not vital
The people once in possession of the initiative and
referendum in due time strike out all bad features
contained therein.
The principal thing to do is to the passage
of the An educational campaign must be
started and kept up until the polls close in November
1914 The whole state must be organized; literature
must be printed, and speakers should be sent to
discuss the question in township in Minnesota
The special interests will have two ways of killing
the BILL They and their allies will vote against it to
a AS every citizen who votes at the election,
but who does not vote on the proposed amendment,
will be voter against the BILL the special interests
through their servants, the daily all
of them but particularly those in the large cities
will attempt to hold the proposition in the back
ground. They will be perfectly satisfied with cam
pagn of apathy"
The friends of the initiative and referendum can
expect little support from the daily of the two
large cities And these really the truly influential
papers of the state
This condition will make it all the more necessary
for early organization work. Money must be sub
scribed and systematic organization started at
If this is not the initiative and referendum will
not carry at the next election.
In 1898 the constitution of Minnesota was amended
requiring all proposed amendments to receive majority
of all votes cast at the election. Prior 1898 and
from the year 1892 when constitutional amendments
required only majority of votes cast each propo-
sition, the following amendments were adopted:
Against special legislation, authorizing inherit
ance tax, gross earnings tax sleeping COM
N panies, investment of school and university funds
home rule charter, extending franchise to
q libraries, and changing the amending clause
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
COMPENSATION BILL SHOULD PASS.

The senate on Thursday last passed the working
mems compensation bill. 1t is special order In the
house to be voted upon today. The BILL as we have
repeatedly declared, is not what expected 1t is
3 presuuptive elective measure and had hoped for
compulsory law.
The compensation is not sufficient The period of
time for which payment be made is far too short
The limitations death and permanent disability are
not in keeping with the demands of justice
In spite of these objections to the BILL The Labor
World believes the better than the present
law 1t is start in the right direction. The funda-
mental principle of requiring industry to bear the
financial Industrial accidents, irrespective OF
fault, admitted for the first time in the history OF
lawmaking in this state.
Our objections to the BILL which the objections
of all workingmen, may be remedied at subsequent
sessions of the legislature Where the compensation
is low it will be much easier to induce the next
legislature to increase it than it is TO a
workngmen's compensation law.
1t is strange that the workingmen who oppose the
compensation bill cannot the matter from this view
point There never was perfect piece of legislation
enacted into law at the outset any question This
Of postal savings banks, parcel post the in
itiatve and referendum, direct primaries election of
United by popular VOTE railroad regula
ton and kindred legislation.
In all such matters congress the several legisa-
lures reached a compromise and adopted the best
measure upon which agreement could be made, and
depended subsequent to build upon It,
What true with other legislation is true with
relation to workingmen's compensation.
If the bill before the house should be defeated
today no bill will be passed by the next legisa
ture We studied the laws passed by other states
and based upon the history of work.
ingmen's compensation legislation in those states.
Ohio and Wisconsin passed compensation laws two
years ago. legislature in each state this winter
considerably amended the law passed two previ
ously. 1t will be necessary for Minnesota to undergo
just experience.
1t is hoped that the bill to be voted upon today,
imperfect it is, will become law We repeat it is
far better offers far relief than is given the
workmen under employers liability exists today.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

Political anatomsts claim to be able to cure every
i'll with which the body polite is afflicted in the sweet
bye-andbye but the unonist the nerve to battle
with the bitter now-and-now.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

When the soft answer won't turn
away wrath try the swift kick.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

The unions of our day are fighting for the per-
peuity Of civilization and it's further deyelonnent
It requires nerve and valor to make this nph+
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

The un1onist who performs service In the interest
Of humanity ever encounters the hordes Of envy-but
he has the nerve to stick.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

Borrowers thrive on the lack OF
moral courage to say no.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

Rejoice! the overtime hog is not
wanted.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
toilin' until late,
And said he'd stand no bossin' from
a Walkin' delegate.

toilin' until late,
And said he'd stand no bossin' from
a Walkin delegate.
The bosses cut down wages and the
union men all struck.
But Joe just knuckled under, and
tight to his job he stuck.
And when the employers cheered him
and said, Heres hero, see!"
Joe thought he was one surely, and
felt proud as he could be.
And then, they cut his wages nearer
to starvation's rate
But Joe said, It'll keep on workin
spite Of walkin' delegate.
Then work stopped because the bosses
couldn't scare up ''scabs"
enough,
And then Joe was on his uppers and
was feeling mighty tough.
Then, when union men were sent for
cause they knew their chosen
trade,
An agreement with the union and
higher wage was made.
But Joe found himself at leisure to
sit down and contemplate
The freedom he was proud of from
the walkin' delegate.
VIII S. Maupin, in the Commoner.
When a man offers to poy you in
advance take the money
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

The man who has nothing to learn
has nothing learned.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
THIS WEEKS THOUGHT.

THIS WEEKS THOUGHT.
All the little vexatons of life have their use
as a part of our moral discipline. They afford
the best trial of character. Many man who
could bow with resignation, if told that he was
to die is thrown off his guard and out of temper
by the slightest opposition to his opinions or his
projects.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

When a man offers to poy you in
advance take the money.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04

blackberry, cufrant. gooseberry, catnip
Virginia cfeeper, burdock. beech and
sugar maple is eaten by the grape leaf
hopper before It mfgrates to the foliage
of the grape. Strawberry and rasp-
berry are the preferred spring food
plants The foliage of the grape is In
jured by the Overwhelming adults. but
most of the feeding is RESTRICTED to
the lower leaves. especially on those
on the Young shoots or suckers at the
base of the SiHe.s The amount of In
jury to vineyards varies directly with
their proximity to favorable hibernat-
ing places and spring food plants.
Spraying experiments during 1872
sheWedxtltsthstslall elsr leaf ~, - olle.~part
TO 1000 parts of water. or bordeaux
mixture, is an efficient spray for the
leaf hopper; 90 the automatic attach
ment Il Il Nprifctf4,tlT fhachinesfh the
hands of careful sprayers; 81 the fruit
from Vines projected from the Pop
per is superior. to fruit from vines sub
jected to the attacks of this pest.
The" destfnction~of F1ibernating places
of the grape leaf hopper is recommend
ed~as~a method ! Of co 1T especially to
save Sthe young foliage of the grape in
the spring. -.srrsr~szgv
When ALTERNATING adultssare on the
young<foliage, delaying the removal of
theyoung shoots at the base OF the
vine will tend .toc'keep the insects on
the lower leaRes, and thus afford some
protection to the more. permanent TO-
liage. The lower shoots should be re-
moved just previous to spraying.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
-. lRRIGATING THE SAHARA.
Worlds Record Claimed For Artesiad
Well Bored In Alberta.

1.-The Sahara, according to. common
opinion is. a land entirely without wa
ter. This is far from the truth. In all
the parts of the region that are inhab-
tied there is plenty Of water The only
trouble is to find it, as it lies at an un'
known depth below the surface.
To discover and make available this
hidden water supply was the mission
Of a corps Of .artesian well ,diggers
which has been operating in the south
Of Algeria.
In February one Of these engineers
opened a well for which is claimed the
, worlds record, having a flow Of 5000
gallons minute. This is in the oasis
Of Tolga, about twenty-five miles west
of .Biskra, says the Boston Globe.
The water of this well rises into a
fountain nearly six feet high and forms
small river which will make 1t pos
sible to cultivate nearly 5000 acres.
The former record for Algeria was
3,4OO gallons a minute from well
bored in 1907 in the oasis Of Toug.
COURT. @'' 80
In the last ten Years this" artesian
corps has bored wells producing $4,000
gallons a minute, making 10000 since
the French" occupation began This
permits the irrigation Of 100000 date
palms. in which lies the wealth OF
southern Algeria. ~ ~ 80 Eh%7
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
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THE PLANTATION n,... By
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SHARPSHOOTER 49, ALLEN

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covered. This suggested to Grimshaw
Il means of getting rid of his rival. He
sent for Gumbo to come to his rooms
"Gumbo," he said, would you like
your freedom?''
Yes, massa - SC s.'4.,.
And $1,000 besides?''
yes, massa." Gumbos eyes We're
as big as saucers.
Very well. Tonight Captain Pen
nington will leave the plantation to
ride to camp. l will join and ride with
him You follow and when | take off
my hat shoot him through the head"
Why don't yo' do dat yo'seif,
NASSAU
Il wish to marry Miss Prochet. If
l killed Captain Pennington even in a
fair fight it would prevent this mar
riage." -
But wha' TO d'yo' go long with him
when he git shot?" -
ITO prove that I did not shoot him
myself. l shall give you signal when
some one Is near to be a witness in my
favor You must shoot from a dis
lance, but you are good shot and can
hit your mark easily d ~-,~''.-
Gumbo lowered his eyes to the
ground and thought while Grimshaw
watched him eagerly. Presently the
negro looked UP and said: -''~
Reckon | want dat freedom and de
five thousan' dollars" ~
Very well; Turk near the plantation
gate from 10 O'Clock till you see the
man come out. If you succeed come
here tomorrow. will keep my word.
At II O'Clock Pennington, who had
finally secured Miss Prochet's consent
to break with Grimshaw. rode out of
the plantation gate feeling very happy.
He had not gone far before he overlook
horseman whom he recognized. as his
rival - '.r~..~ -'-.-. -.....
GOOD evening. captain said the lat
ter. riding to camp ?'.i'--
Yes. said the captain shortly -.
with your permission III ride with
you" t~t-
co. AS YOU like ---'..f ,~-~,. --t.i..-..,
Grimshaw made passing remarks at
intervals till an army courier. with a
dispatch in his belt, met them. when
he raised his hat. Pennington was as
tonished to see the oyerseer pitch for
| ward i'm his saddle and fall to .4the
ground s4'.-.f-., 49, af..... ia,
1t was fortunate for Pennington that
there was a witness. to prove. he was
innocent of Grimshaw's death, which
was never explained, though it was be-
I1teved that a bushwhacker had intend
ed to kill the officer and had made a
! mistake. a.,
Grimshaw left no heir, and it was
found that his hold on the Prochet
property had been acquired by fraudu
lent means and was void
After the war Captain Edgar Pen
ningtOn returned to the south and took
back with him Miss Carey Prochet.
Gumbo became the captains body sery-
ant. but if he told his master how
Grimshaw met his death Pennington
kept the secret. @'~
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
WORLDS BIGGEST WHIRLPOOL
junction of Madre de Dios and Inam-
bari Rivers Eearsome Place

Just before the junction of the Madre
de Dios and Inambari rivers the later
divides into two arms, with an island
some two miles long in between. The
right arm, which is usually the safer
for navigation, was at the time Of our
arrival impossible owing to the recent
and excessive drought that had caused
the formation of perilous rapids. We
had in consequence to take the wide,
left arm. down which the main vol-'
ume of the river was then flowing.
The reader can imagine the enOr-
nous force of water that was being
shot into the Madre de Dios when he
realizes that the lnambari at its left
arm junction was 300 yards wide, per-.
haps thirty feet in depth and flowing
at tie rate of six Knots an hour: This
great mass of water met the Madre de
Dios. itself 400 yards wide here. at q
right angle. The current of the IMAM
BARI being faster than the Madre de
DiOs, the. former river cut it's way
through the latter. right across to the
farther bank. A:,--.~. 49,. SO So ...:.
There. the. Inambari was, thrown
back and surged around in a huge
circle POO yards in diameter. to join
up again with the water flowing to the
bank. The whirlpool thus formed was
probably lone of the largest in the
world q have. purposeX used the
past. tense, in this description. says
the. writer in. Wide World. as j the
course Of the ,Inambam is constantly
changing near its mOuthl The circles
of .seething wafer, curled inward and
downward, screw fashion, to their CEN
ter. which appeared as a great hole. at
Least six feet below the level of the
outer rim. o ~. ~
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-04
The Weekly Farm Budget
SPECIAL FEEDS FOR CROPS.
Kind of Fertilizer to Use Depends
Largely on Nature of Soil.

Kind of Fertilizer to Use Depends
Largely on Mature of Soil.
AS it is not always practicable to put
barnyard manure on every field either
because Of inaccessibility or the nature
of the soil, commercial fertilizers will
sometimes have to be applied for Spe-
cial crops like potatoes, sugar beets
and tobacco, says Professor A. K.
Whitson of the College of Agriculture
Of the University of Wisconsin.
1t must be recognized that the kind
of fertilizer to be applied depends more
on the character of the soil than ON
the crop grown. Marsh soils generally
require great deal of potash, and some
phosphorus. Black prairie silt loan
soils require phosphorus chiefly. while
sandy soils require all of the essential
fertilizers
1t is. as a rule, more economical to
secure nitrogen by growing legumes
than buying it. Where the land is poor
or is acid the application of lime and
about 200 pounds of acid phosphate
and Seventy-five pounds of muriate Of
potash per acre will cause most fields
to produce a heavy crop of clover. In
sandy soils that have been exhausted
by continued cropping without ferti-
liZers it probably will be necessary to
SOW the clover without a nurse crop.
Then when the clover is turned under
the following spring in preparing for
the special crop Il second application
Of phosphate and potash fertilizers at
the same rate will put the soil in a
good state of fertility.
Commercial nitrogen ~ fertilizers
should he used for growing garden
crops on high priced land, but not usu-
ally for staple truck crops. :- --.. .-.