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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-07-25

union made caskats.s,, i. t:.sz 81 :, ID.
Officers Reports Adopted.
: At this point the, comn4ittees ap-
pointed to report on the several 70.
ports OF the officers were 4nnounced.
The reports were all accepted and
their several SUGGESTIONS adopted n
for the advancemento f the Minnesota
labor movement. $50 was appropri-
ated by the convention: to reconapence
delegate Lawson and: his several as
!sistants In their work securing data
on convict labor, which follows here
with in. part:
Your committee appointed By
President Hall, under instructions OF
the st. Cloud convention, OF 1918, to
study the problem Of convict. labor,
its relations to free labor and The
other economic f4ctors involved, and
submit recommendations to this con-
ventton, respectfully begs leave to re.
port as follows: s..
I'm order that the convention may
more readily understand the recon.
mendations made, your committee
has decided to divide Its report into
five chapters under the following
heads: ..2i 80 t:l-,i s.s. ~ s 3.
'..r.irst-The contract system: n Its
evil effects on the; prisoners Is well
as on free labor.
"sscond-Road building by prison
ers. 4, {.
Third Clearing state lands BY
prisoners. s. .s..s
"Feurth-rhe state use systen,.s,.::
Fifth commend ations OF the
AA MI 49, - ~ =. E. ..
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YOU'D lo III 6 :offsst any bsnsttt to
the aAte, 4. /. ,s:. ss.g S B
s:But the H6sslor sylssts;m enn,b,odt.s ne
serious difficulty. !, It Ii enthusiastic
ally fndors1d BY the Eovernorss Of Ill
the states Il which 81 has:s betn used.
Clearing IL stalttA LaAds. ~.
'Thef1a sof tconv 1ctssinatlse cleexing
OF state lands 4has not, been, put into
actual operation ~ ,ai1y. stats, 20 far
as your committee has bsen able TO
learn. At the Clinton prison, Dame
mora, New York, however, senaetAing
Of this kind has been tried success
fully. 81, :s ga 81.
Reference to this subject would
not be complete without attention Sc.
ing called to an experdmsnt stllat Is
now being. tried IN this very city Of
Duluth. Through the courtesy. Of Sec.
retray McBwen the secretarysof your
committee. was shown over the work
fartn Of the city while on 1 whit here
last May. &: He saw 50 prisoners work
ins IN the open, clearing, 4 tract Of
land purchased by the city. prspara-
tory to starting . farm. A, sawmilI
was in operation. saving 4 l6Is Tito
lumber fore permanent bull dtngs. No
guards or rifles wsfs In .evtdense. The
officers wore WORKING with the men.
The superintendent informed mo that
very little: trouble, had been exper-
| tsnesds through men attempting to
escape. s s.s Rs IS: ss
Hecoriain endstionss d stlss ooasnits1s.
Tn making ito Instrumentation to
this oonv4ntion the, committees desires
to emphasize the stakenionts that in its
Opinion the following conditions must
be met: .S5
''First-The pr,.onsr nuat Ne 1.n.
ployed. 41 &. 81.
.'seaond-H. mus s. .mp,ey.a
productiv4ly. .... IS: ~ !.
Third -Hs must not 30 exploited
for private profit Or IN UNFAIR com.
petition with tt1s. labor Il So
All students Of tho convict labor
problem eeAn to sASres on thess essen-
ttal points, md also that there arA
nix intersjts inyolved which must IS
considered: IL The state; COS The
Prisoner; (3) The Prtsensr's Fanaily:
l141 Free Labor; (5J This Employer
OF 914bdr;. (e1 The Consumink Public.
The. convention also W1lit on record.
rltdxins to work for i weekly ynini-
mum ware for eirls; Of not lsss than
so.
The retail clerks Assocaattnn urged
upon tho ceuv>ntion the sc4sgity 81
asking Tor, the clerks card Nhan ~
wsitt upon cisto lnsrS Ihljv aleo nrs.
s4ptAd 9 resolution A1manaing that
all Stores b closed al day Labor Day
IL
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!. greet delI uf 1fon tiSu siSiv ,ial
nnstt4rs. The tsettss aAopao1 S d.
nnandlnx votes on some al. he cues
lions Delayed the work 81 TIC ixscion
corstdsrably. The most lnap6ttSnt
amendment AdoptSd aKas cone4Fnins
AHicie section !! conosFaiIlg the
eltt1bilitys:of; delegates. TIE g ns1d-
mont provides that any d9lstata be-
Ing elected TO attend the 1S44tetttn
Conventions must y 4 bon1A StdA
member OF the organization witch he
reprseents and nlu1t have wor:ked 1t
least one year Ct the trade Of calling
Of that craft.
Resolutions Of Respect.
A resolution was adopted oettri4g
thanks to tho entertainmAnt corn
mite for their untirinf efforts to-
ward the comforts Of the visiting
delegatss and sthetr families, to Mayor
Prince and Reversnd Mc04xuhSy and
to the daily papers: for their AndAav-
ors to give complete and accurate re-
ports Of the pFoceedings Of the con-
vention, 70 the fr4tArnal delSg14es,
the commercial club for their kind
nees In. furnishing the boat ride to
Fon -du lac, to the business mon who
90 eagerly co-operatsd IN the Antas-
tainmAnt Arrangements ana to w. =.
McEw4n Tor HI work In the e6nvsn-
ton.
Han He.e1Dreed. 81 #
The next order ot business bltAx
tho election Of officers president =.
q. Hall was nominated BY ". =. Me-
EVEN who rave beautiful nonAina.
tiAn taltr nAvaA n ASAAtMN DpAaSA An< HalJ
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state con8t4 bulkfil9 aud III forms 81
nilitarisna were denounce4 and many
other resolutions from ths carpenters,
BARRIERS and electricians asking. the
patronage Of their PARTICULAR; labels
and laws for the protection Of. their
trades. A resolution. Of protest was
made to the governor by the. electri-
cans against. the board :of inspectors
appointed because it does not comply
with the law which provides for ar.
tizans of the craft as appointees.
President Wilson was called upon to
reconsider the appeal for pardon on
behalf of chas. Beuln of: Minneapolis
who it is believed was unjustly found
guilty" Several resolutions bearina
upon one days rest in seven for hotel
and culinary workers were adopted a
was one endorsing the Monthly Labor
Bulletin Of Minneapolis. A resolution
endorsing the action Of the workers
as political and economic was the first
division vote Of the session. This res.
olutton was voted down on the floor
by vote Of 1873 to 4s.
The first real excitement Of thu
convention occurred on the introduce
ton Of resolution. against national
prohibition. After a heated debate
lasting for almost two and q hall
hours the resolution was referred
back to the committee tor, correction
The atmosphere OF the conventiou
hall seemed to be. charged when
the nnuch-discussed resolution wa,
brought forth and President Hall
who il. oTao aAcrAtar.,- ~ 49, NyAr%t.
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eYAIa laws enacted In. = Il1in1o0 n: he
referred. briefly to q faction that
states there are no labor representa-
ttves in -eougress.'.s This Mr. Connors
states is untrue. There are today in
congress H. representatives of organ
lied: labor said Mr.. ..Copnors. He
took this,opportunity to <flay this fac
ton roundly. Reference was made to
a recent incident at Indianapolis
where :'one of this breed held Sam
uelGompers up to public scorn. The
recent affair in Butte, Mont, was an
outcome, of this condition according
to the speaker. In closing he stated
that the ''only way to make progress
in the labor movement is to kill off
some of the drones and clean out the
snakes in the grass, and start on the
road o~success." --'.&. ~ 5..~.-. ..> E..
President Hall then introduced la
Dor commissioner w. F. Houk who
spoke on the work and purpose of the
labor department and stated that it
would be we'll for the labor depart
ment and the organized labor depart
ment to confer as often as possible
with each other. The questions con-
corning the compensation measure,
child labor laws and other. law en-
forcennents were touched upon and
explained clearly by the speaker. He
urged that the state provide for bet
ter supervision Of the private employ
naent bureaus and that the free en-
ployment bureaus be strengthened so
as to meet any emergencies that may
arise. Various Investigations are be-
ing made by the bureau such as that
Of the docking, and, filming Of en-
ployees in merantile ablishments
and other work places for being late
and other 'misdeanors.' A case cited
by Commissioner Houk was of a girl
who had worked six hours during a
week at the rate OF, 10 cents per hour
who had been late one morning. AT
the end OF: !; the week.,a check was
handed her for ten cents. it being ex-
planned to her that she had been
fined loo tor being late, 15c deducted
for benefit fund and Csc deducted for
use. Of locker. Occupational diseases
and other things OF vital interest ia
the labor movement were spoken 81
by the speaker s55 4s....G4s2 -.
Legislation Resolutions.
Several resolutions were reported
favorably ,fon by the committee on
LEGISLATION among which were resolu-
tons ealing for laws to license sheet
mteal workers. supervise plumbing
and license plum bers through exau,in-
atoms, prohibit the operation Of 80
called barber schools, providing sfor
9 semi -monthly pay day in railroad
service, and sanitary plumbing. The
typographical Delegates introduced
resolution urEing that campaign 81
education be carried On So ID to &c.
complish the passage Of the constitu.
ttcnal amendments at the tall elsc.
ton. 3ss
Resolutions COMMITTEES. s 4
The resolutions COMMITTEES opened
their Recommendation With q rinkinl
appeal for the COMMUNICATION of sam.
l:uel Gomphers, presid ent Of the Amor.
lean Federation 81 Labor TOT His! Val.
liant fight Tor labor laws. Child IL.
Dor waS cond et,aneA, trast made brea4
was tAboosd ANA tA1 union LABEL dc
lmAnAAA on MI halAtv ~ 1llga@ ~ . SsA
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DR.. STUART INQUIRIES VIEWS on
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION

E If I believed that Statewide prohibition would
prohibit then would be for prohibition. If be-
- leved that State wide prohibition would diminish
drunkenness and crime, would increase the pros
pert peace and happiness Of this State then would
be for prohibitions but study and observation of pro.
hhition in operation in other States has convinced
me that it does good, and, on the contrary, is
source of great harm.
Looking to the Good of the State.
AS who has the good of the State at heart,
viewed with apprehension and misgivng the passage
of the Enabling Act at the recent session of the Legs
lature. foresaw bitter and acrimonious political
contest, which would divide people, and for a
time I feared the movement might be carried to
successful issue wave OF hysterla created by the
activities Of number Of honest, well-meaning, but
misguided and misinforned people, feared that
local option established and tested and perfected by
years of experience would be abandoned, and that
method mi ht be adopted, which in my opinion,
would disorganize the economic and moral life of many
Of communities
:. Such being my personal view, I accepted with
alacrity invitation extended weeks ago
to meet at the Jefferson Hotel and take part in
conference between number of citizens of Richmond
to devise ways and means by which the movement to
establish Statewide prohibition might be thwarted.
Movement Backed by Strong and Able Men.
have lived my life in Richmond. I have been
member of many committees and organizations hav
ing for their object the good of the city, but
truthfully say that in Of my previous expert
ences have I been thrown with strong and able
set of citizens met that occasion at the Jeer
they represented the culture and refinement the force
and vgor the capital and brain that have made Rich
mond progressive and prosperous.
Not Single Man Connected With the Liquor Traffic
There was not single man present who was
directly remotely connected or interested in the
@1f TILT
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liquor traffic not one whose political future would
be helped and not one whose business interests might
not be jeopardized by the movement ID which he took
part. As listened to the earnest and serious
pany of patriotic body Of men who were inspired
by atruistc motives and whose objects were to pre-
serve their individual rights and protect the State
from economic and moral evil. AS looked over
the body and: saw judge and :jurist, doctor and
surgeon, banker and broker, merchant and business
man, said to myself It is impossible that this body
will fail to accomplish its object provided only the
individuals will work, and pledged myself, then
and there, if, in the approaching campaign could
do anything it would be DONE III.
= -: From Sense of Duty
"A few days ago committee came to ne and
asked me to address this meeting My first impulse
was to decline. MY second thought was that it was
my duty to accept am speaker T. know little
of politics. I have not the time to prepare or the
talent to- deliver address suitable to this occasion
I am here at the sacrifice Of the personal vanity
man must feel who is conscious that be Is able to do
one thing well and knows he is doing another thing
i'll. am not here to make speech; am here to
set an example, example, which,, if followed by
those in my audience Of greater ability and oppor-
tunity, may change the possible result of the coming
Woodrow Wilson Struck the Keynote.
I am opposed to: Statewide prohibition for
political reasons 1t is not democratic and you have
Woodrow Wilson's word for that. Local option gives
the power TO- every community to decide for itself
whether or not it will license saloons. If majority
they are abolished. IF majority Of the voters are
in favor Of saloons they licensed. 1T is thus left
to each community to determine for itself whether it
will be wet' or dry and most important Of all,
when this matter is determined the decision has back
Of it the sentiment of majority Of the people in
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MINI. FEDERATION
. OF LA!BOR'S .32ND >: !.
amman CONVENTION

Continued from Page T.
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al am opposed to prohibition for physical reasons
Wlne beer and whiskey are not, in themselves, bad
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-10

Contradicting the report from Toxic
that Washington demands that Japan
do not aid Great Britain is the news
from Washington that as far back as
July 80 1t was recognized by the adj
ministration that Japan would have
to stand by her British ally. II
The Associated Press report of July
80 carried the following from Wash
ington: ..~ g.
THE possibility that Japan might be
come involved in a general war should
her ally, England, be drawn into the
threatened vortex in Europe, was dis.
cussed today in diplomatic circles
here. -",.
THE existing treaty of alliance be-
tween Great Britain and japan was
signed in 1905 and renewed in 1911,
provides that the two countries shall
support each other In the event of an
attack or aggressive action against
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JURY OF PHYSICIANS
BRIGHT'S DISEASE

They were not genuine cases OF
Bright's Disease" Then how about
cases like this?- nv ).
r. G. PeIl, cor, Broadway and Bat
terry Sts., is the manager of one Of
San Franciseo's big corporations. His
son had Bright,s Disease. He called
two physicians, one of them an army
surgeon. Usual albumen and aptient
swollen with dropsy. The doctors de-
clared the case incurable. The father
thereupon ordered Fulton's Renal
Compound administered. Patient be-
gan to mend and in six months was
so well his father could hardly credit
it and had two other physicians ex-
anime the patient and analyze sam
pies. Both reported normal
Thus jury of physicians decided
the patient had Bright's Disease and
was incurabie and another jury Of ply
sicians later determined his recovery.
As to permanence, this was nine years
ago and patient Is in business IN San
Francisco at this writing (Feb- 1914.
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WASHINGTON SEES JAPANS STATUS
WAR VESSELS IN FAR EAST WATERS

either in eastern Asia or India by an
other power. ..:<
Therefore the possibility of Japan's
being drawn into any war that might
involve Great Britain with Germany
or Austria or Italy, Is believed here
to hinge entirely upon naval develop
ments in the Far East In those wa
tiers are many vessels Of European
powers engaged in looking after the
interests OF their citizens resident In
China, Korea and Japan Just as the
first blow in the naval war between
the United States and Spain in 1898
was Unexpectedly struck in the far
away Philippines. It is suggested the
first clash between European powers
might occur in the China Sea. And
in case the British fleet there should
find itself engaged in hostilities with
the German and Austrian and Italian
vessels, many believe Japan would be
called upon to aid her ally"
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The ability OF Fulton's Renal Com
pound to reduce albumen in many
cases Of Bright's Disease is not a mat
ter Of opinion but FACT IN PHYS
les and we win mail formula for al
bumen test that viii show the per-
centage from week TO week. AS the
aIbumen declines improvement CON-
monty follows, recoveries having been
reported in thousands OF cases. For
mula and literature mailed on request
John ]. Fulton Co, San Francisco.
Ask for pamphlet advertisement
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Americans Abroad
To be Given WARNING,

WASHINGTON, July 81 Anne.
rican consuls throughout Europe soon
will receive instructions to get into
close communication with all Amer
lean residents and travellers in their
districts. -
If a general war breaks out they
will serve notice that Americans
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Arehduehess Marie
Wants to be Nurse.

VIENNA, Austria, July 31.-Popular
enthusiasm in connection with the war
against Servia shows no signs of
abatement An appeal for Red Cross
nurses today met with an immediate
response from 1000 women and girls
belonging to all classes. Archduchess
Marie Theresa applied to Emperor
Francis Joseph for permission to be
enrolled as Red Cross nurse.
The police authorities have forbid
den the publication of extra editions
of the newspapers, and even the reg
ular editions have not been permit
ted to refer to the occupation of Bel
grade, which is still not generally
known \ E5-
The Austrian plan of campaign, it
is understood here, is to attack Ser.
via chiefly. by way of Bosnia, while
the armies on the Danube in the north
simply occupy positions and remain
temporarily inactive.
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LONDON. England. July 31.-Dover
and Sherness are virtually on a war
basis, and protective booms are ready
to be drawn around at a moments no.
tice. These ana other harbors have
been mined. The Calais and 0stend
are likely to be transferred to Folk
estone from Dover. ...
The war council of the British cabi-
net is composed of Mr.. Asquith, the
prime minister; Sir Edward Grey,
secretary of state for foreign affairs:
viscount HaIdane, lord high chancel-
lor, and winston Spencer Churchill,
frst lord of the admiralty They are
the same ministers who directed the
joint diplomatic and military policy
of the country during the Agadir cri-
sis. They remained in conference on
military matters after the last two
cabinet meetings. - 49,.
Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster
Unionist leader, announced today that
majority of the listers volunteers
were ready for home service and that
many of them would accept any SER
vice in which they could be useful.
- -. @.$t, =
KEEL, Germany, July 31.-The COM
maader of the Baltic station has is
sued the following drastic order for
the government of navigation: t..
Until further notice a practical
blocking of the KieI harbor will be in
effect both BY day and night. The
closed area lies within the navigation
channel and may be passed only with
the help of special naval pilots. All
vessels arriving or leaving must wait
until pilot comes on board. Naviga.
tion of the closed area during mist
or fog will not be permitted, even
with naval crews.
ROME, July S0.-The Bulgarian min.
lister reported today on behalf of his
government that Bulgaria will. remain
neutal 1t is reported from Salonika,
however, that numerous bands of Ko.
mitadjis have concentrated on the
Servian- Macedonian frontier. This
force is said to number $4,000 men,
and ii is suspected that they are reg
lIlar troops. =;
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British Crews to Quit
Warsips al San pleao.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 81 The
British sloops OF war clearwater and
Algerine will be interned at San Di.
ego and their officers and crews rush
ed overland to New York for passage
to England, was the report current
here tonight.
The Algerine is steaming at full
speed from Mazatlan to this port
The Clearwater, fully coaled and pro.
yisioned, is lying in the stream.
Neither the Clearwater nor Alger.
inc is capable of taking place in
line of battle, and because of this fact
their officers and crew will be trans.
ferred to larger ships of the home
fleet aI,.s
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should remove themselves and their
property from localities which may
become dangerous.
There has been some discussion Of
the possibility OF using American ma
val vessels to supplement the limited
number Of ships in the American mer.
chant marine to bring home Amer
leans. ss..
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v. S. Naval Officers
Are Ordered Home.

GENEVA (SwitzerlandD, July 81
Several American naval officers on
leave In Switzerland were. recalled to-
day on orders from Washington The
Swiss government has ordered par
tial mobilization and the troops are
ready to. defend the neutrality of Swiss
territory. -
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Troops Called Out
To oueH Socialists.

STUTTGART (Wurtemburg, Ger
many, July 20. Socialist and anti
war demonstrations in this city today
led to such serious collisions be-
tween the nanifestants and the po-
lice that the authorities called out
the troops to. cope with the disturb.
.ances. The district where most OF
the foreign Legations are situated was
surrounded by police guards, who
were attacked with yolleys of stones
by the people.
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Britain Prepare for
Strife In the Orient.

HONGKONG (China), July 81. -
Most active preparations are going
on here in view Of eyentualities.
The Canadian. Pacific steamer. En-.
press of India, has been chartered
by the British government and guns
are being mounted on board AT the
dock yards work is proceeding night
and day, and double guards have been
placed on duty. An the troops have
been confined to barracks and leave
has been stopped. -...
The British battleship Triumph to-
day took on her war stores and Is
prepared for actioh All the boundar-
les of the colony are guarded by out
posts. ~ ~-..
Hongkong is to be made the British
naval base in Chinese waters, and
in case of war the German possession
Of Tsing-Tau IS to be blockaded.
Wei-HeEWei had no Notifications,
while Tsing.Tan IL fortified on both
the land and the sea sides. The Ger;
mans believe the foftifications win af-
ford them ample protection. .::.
-