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COURAGE
UNIONS NOT TRUSTS
SAYS JUDGE WILLIS
Learned z*s>esota Jurist Tells
Presidentss. m That Unions
Should e. Exempt.
LABoR's Pos1Th%.
c1EARE2t .F1NED
Cessation From Work, 4le Says,
Is Absolute Right Of Indi-'
vidual, Not a. Conspiracy.

1t is refreshing to have such man
as Judge John w. Willis of st. Paul
come to the defense of American
labor in it's demand to be released
from the provisions of the antitrust
law.
Such publications as Collier s de-
clares that the bill passed by the
house last week is a bad measure, and
should be defeated. 1t holds that the
measure is class legislation, but
Judge Willis declares that it is not
He holds that the cessation of work
by laborers should never be regarded
as conspiracy in restraint of trade.
In letter to President Wilson, which
is published exclusively in The Labor
World, Judge Willis defends organ
lied labor's position as follows:-
No Monopoly In Labor.
II beg leave to appeal to you in my
capacity as citizen of the United
States to use your influence against
the continuance or further extension
of the enforcement of the Sherman
antitrust act against the laboring
men of this country. The anti-mono-
poly legislation Of the congress of the
United States had its inception in a
desire to control trading in commod-
tiles. Its scope is limited to transac-
tions which involve interstate trad
ing. So far can the Federal govern
ment go and no farther.
1T was never contemplated by the
makers of the Sherman antitrust
statute that mere negation or the
mere abstention from work should be
reckoned as an interference with
hot ho n.
deed, since slavery and involuntary
servitude have been abolished by the
all-potent voice of the people, speak
ing through constitutional amend
ment, it is difficult to say how any
enactment can-be framed having for
its design the punish ssfef1t$ Of sAahste11@
ton from labor without rendering
such enactment absolutely obnoxious
to both the spirit and the letter of
the Federal constitution.
Labor's Right to Strike.
"A strike is the cessation of labor.
Cessation from labor is the absolute
privilege of the individual. A "boy-
cott," so-called, is the abstention
from the purchase of commodities.
1t is pure negation; not compulsion.
, 1t does not interfere with the cross
ing of state lines by any commodity
and does not have any tendency to
create a monopoly in commodities.
IAN old English theory which has
been expressed in certain adjudicia-
tions that a workingmen's strike was
an illegal conspiracy, has been ex-
ploded by the progress of humanitar-
ian ideas and has been conclusively
negatived in England by parliament
tary enactments.
Il am aware that the judiciary of
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In WestbOro, Worcester county, Mas
sachusetts, November IT, 1868. He
was graduated at Dartmouth college
In 1884, coming to Minnesota imme-
dlately thereafter and locating in
Mankato. %,%ss5: ~ a II
He was superintendent of the pub
lie schools Of Madelia, Mimi. from,
1887 to 1890, and was admitted to
the bar in 1891. He was the Demo-
cratic candidate for congress in the
second Minnesota District In 1892, ia
which campaign Mr.. Hammond met
his first and only defeat in politics.
Thereafter he was elected county at
torney of Watonwan county at three
successive elections, by large majori-
ties over his Repu blicaa opponents
His private practice engaged SO much
Of his time that he resigned his office
toward the close of his third term. 7
He was appointed member OF
the State Board Of Normal School
Directors by Governor Lind in 1898,
and served the state in that capacity
for eight years. = . q
He was delegate from Watonwan
county to the state convention in 1870 4
and made the nominating speech
in favor Of JohnEA. Johnson for gov
ernor. Z, .@5j. ,Sss
In 1906 Mr.. Hammond was nom
mated. by the Democrats Of the Sec
ond District as their candidate for
congress. in which campaign he de-
feated James T. McCleary by approx
mately two Thousand majority. He
has been reelected in that over
sWhelmingly Republican district in
each subsequ ent election. and is no "
serving his fourth term in congress.
He is acknowledged to be one Of Its
most influential members and is now
serving upon the Committee.of Ways
and Means Of that body. 81 r..
Mr. Hammond is a man who takes
his obligations to his constituents
'seri riously. He was elected BY the peo-
pie Of the Second District to serve
them hen in congress. and he feels thatSa,
this time, when great questions con-
II front the national & administr ion as,d
the people Of the country; his place
e in Il W'ashing ton rforming the dul.
ties to which he was elected conse.
qulet'ntly he VIII hot appear before tic
ytoatersa of 4 the champion shil
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f.. -PRoTECTION-- .,. r,E.
SCORES SHARKS WHO.
.: LURE JOBLESS MEN
Efforts to Decoy Idle Men to
West Sharply Criticised by :,
Labor Expert. =
OVER SUPPLY OF MEN ,
WILL REDUCE WAGES
Information Should Be Definite
AS to Conditions, Wages and
, Number of Men Needed.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June 12.-Wil-
liam M. Leisermon, superintendent of
the Wisconsin Free Employment Bu-
reau and chief investigator j. of the
United States commission on industrial
relations, denounces the labor bu-
reaus of Kansas and Oklahoma for
sending out plans for a wholesale in
flux of farm hands in those states.
The denunciation is contained in a
letter sent to r. v. Powderly, former
ly head of the Knights of Labor, now
chief of the division of information
of the bureau of immigration and
naturalization of the department of
labor in Washington.
The national government has been
appealed to in the effort to flood the
states of Kansas and Oklahoma with
idle labor
Report Is Harmful.
Leiserson says:
1T seems to me that the kind of
information that is given in press
bulletins which say that from 1900
to $4,000 men are wanted in state
Is likely to do more harm than good.
I have bulletin also from the Kan
sas bureau of labor which says they
will want over $4,000 extra farm
hands in their state.
This kind of publicity, often leads
men who are utterly untitled for the
work to flock to these states and when
they get there they are in trouble.
aside from that, the men quite
often get to the large cities in these
states before the harvesting season
has begun and these cities become
overcrowded with unemployed, with
the result that there is not only a lot
OF. distress, but also that wages are
cut down.
THE informations that We. need
about the labor market is the definite
kind that tells the man exactly; where
"a Job is,, what 1t will psy,t+Aow,- Ions
1t will last and when he can begin
work. It does not help a person very
much to tell him that in the state of
men are wanted. i
Want Specific Information. ']''
The reason that we establish en-
p1oyment offices is to connect men
with definite jobs. When you merely
tell them that theresare thousands of
jobs In a state, they are still in the
dark, and are as likely as not to go
to the places for which they are not
fitted or where they are not in demand
as they are to go to the right places.
I'VE have made it. the policy Of the
Wisconsin offices never to accept any
statement in regard to demand. for la
Dor except when the demand is rep
resented by an actual order for help
received at the amDlOvment office
for which we hold the employer re-
sponsible, so that if we send men to
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CLAW And ORDER LEAGUE THE LATEST

The Colorado coal barons are out
with neat little idea. Have you
heard of it? No? Then here it is:
), This fall they will conduct a cam
paign for supremacy at the state
house under the appropriated ban
ner of Law and Order ~.
Va Now, that really Is a. good scheme,
just as the Colorado coal baron is
plan is worthy Of cleaner hands than
the coal baron can show @ ss,s
~., No one will doubt that the coal
digging corporations of. this state arc
sadly In need of controlling the leg
islature and the state offices. With
the exception of one OF two places.
they have certainly been, in the gov
ernmental saddle for the past two
years, and they know that IL they
continue their assaults on Colorado
workingmen and the latter's rights
they must likewise continue their re-
gime on Capitol hill, Denver.
Claw and Order''
Wherefore, in casting about for a
campaign slogan one that stands a
chance Of snaring the unwary-the
SOe%A OSAA VI Ills OA SAACI CIAAA6AA-0OAAUAA6
cry, Law and Order" is .8s i. e
But, the exigencies Of the coal
baron's case aside, it is hard to re-
fran from admiring his monumental
gall, colossal egotfsm and abundant
but absurd political chicanery.
The desire for genuine law and orr
der is as far from the coal baron's
heart as his soul Is from the pearly
gates. He wants no law but the law
OF loot, the law OF injustice, the law
Iof outrage, the law Of Inine-mule-
above mine-man. ss {,.
He seeks no order except that to
defraud, to imp poverish. to hold ia
bondage, TO stulify, to abuse and rob.
All, yes; occasionally he seeks an or
der from " governor tool calling out
| 1.-The state militia to do his bid dding.
wink at the statutes and sconnive st
I lsordinaIce breaking. This may ex-
plain why. needing the governor on
his side, the coal baron has embark
ed on his ridiculous law and order
lcanpai ign.
l Now II would be lanshab be, a 4
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SEAMAN EXPOSES :"tSAFETY:ATSEA" ShAMS
(By Andrew Furuseth, President In
ternational Seamen's Union
Of America

(By Andrew Furuseth, President In
ternat1onal Seamen's Union
of America.)
How many more dead bodies must
be floating around before the ship
owners and their defenders shall be
compelled to quit misleading the pub.
lie and the legislative branches of the
different governments with reference
to safety Of life at sea?
The Slocum was burned with about
1000 persons lost. Men with no axes
to grind, serving ON the coroner's
jury. said that the cause was an in
efficient and insufficient crew. Tho
public and our congress was led off
from the fact and were temporarily
satisfied with life preservers.
The Valencia, with about 40 peo-
pie, was lost, and one of the commits
sioners appointed by President Roose-
welt urged the passage of laws that
would compel vessels to carry more
real seamen. Nothing was done.
When The Norge was Lost
The Norge was lost with $50 peo-
pie. ID. Investigations were held and
recommendations made, to be side
tracked and forgotten through the in
huence of the shipowners, except that
a large improvement was made in
.life-saving appliances, which Norway,
under, the influence Of foreign govern
ments, afterwards had to reduce.
The Titanic was lost with 1917 peo-
pie after the public had been in
weighed into believing that she was
unsinkable. She did not have boats
enough to take care of more than
*one-third of the people on board, and
Z the crew she had was so inefficient
that they could only take care Of two
thirds Of the number of people which
Z the boats could have saved. - ..
The shipowners then put on more
4 boats as an advertisement, and the
pressure of public opinion in. England
4 compelled the adoption of a law that
provided boats for all on ocean ves-
sells. But no more nor any better
4 men were furnished. H. ~ n
VI. The result up to the present, as far
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as this country Is concerned, was a
slight increase in the number of boats
to be carried, and to offset that a per-
mission to carry more than double
the ordinary number Of passengers. If
shore.
The Volturno was burned, 1876 peo-
pie lost. She had boats for all, but
she did not have the men to manage
the boats. That lifeboats could be
managed at that time was positively
proven by the fact that in the night
the Russian steamship Gar, with one
boat, the same crew working all the
time, and in the dark, saved more
persons than any other steamer that
was present there. =.
Then the Monroe was sunk in COL
lision with the Nantucket. and any
honest analysis of the testimony TAX
en- proves beyond doubt that the loss
of life resulted from the underman-
ming of the vessel and an Organization
Of her crew that takes no account. OF
danger to; human life and is based
solely upon getting: the vessel from
port to port with the smallest pos
sible crew. -. 49, - !. 80
/: y @ Empress OF Ireland
:. Now the Empress of Ireland gets in
collision with a freight steamer in the
St. Lawrence river, two or three miles
oft shore. She sinks in less than 20
minutes and about 1000 people are
killed or drowned. t,..,
In the morning papers, Senator
Burton is quoted as intimating that If
the London Convention on Safety to
Life at Sea had been adopted, the con :
struction provisions of that conyen-
ton would have prevented the disas-
ter. Senator Lewis is quoted, as say
ing that the Empress Of ireland
would not have been permitted to
leave port II the convention had been
in force. Congressman Alexander
chairman Of the Committee on Mer.
chant Marine and Fisheries, tells 81
the construction provisions made by
the London convention, and intimats.
that through It's Recommendations
vessels are to be made more nearly
unsuitable than at present. 3,,i;t.
The Empress Of Ireland vas bur
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In 1906, she had all modern improve
ments, and in the construction Of
bottom and watertight bulkheads she
comes up to the-provisions made bv
the London convention.
The official figures, of the deck crew
of the sister ship of the ill-fated En-
press of Ireland, the Empress of,Bri-
tain, are available. Out of atotal
OF 4S in the deck crew, exclusive Of
the five officers, only 20: are able sea-
men. That means ten able seamen on
each watch, two of whom are quar-
termasters doing duty at the wheel
and on the bridge, two on the look.
out, thus leaving only six able sea-
men for emergency deck duties. And
the vessel has five passenger decks.
That's where the trouble is. The Lon
don conference did not, provide a
larger crew. nor did it provide more
efficient crew. It makes no change
IN the deck crews whatever. It sim
ply gives legal endorsement to the
selection Of some men from the ste
wards department and the engin-
eers' department to be Certified" as
capable Of handling life boats. And
that lis just what is being done now.
under another name. js ~
F. Answers Senator Burton s.:
The Empress of Ireland ) had aa
many boats as the London convention
provides; she had as good crew as
that convention provides; indeed, a
better crew, because her crew. could
understand the language OF the off,
GERS, whereas the London convention
would permit her to carry a crew that
could not, and provides that orders
may be transmitted through inter.
prefers. s5 RI ..s 81
There was nothing about the En-.
press OF Ireland that could have JUS
tttled her being held up and refused
9 clearance II the convention had been
III force. 81 $.' s Il III s5:. s sl
n The great loss OF life attending the
sinking Of this vessel proves that the
London convention does not improve
safety OF life at sea-. There must be
better manning of these ships, both AZ
to skill and lumber Of deck crew, " and and
that the ss convention X does not provide
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the city officials in beginning a
gradual reduction in fares.
T A blind man can see the folly
Of the private ownership Of public
service utilities at this late day.
We rather like the philosophy Of
Life on the subject. In it's
characteristic way it drives a truth
home in telling fashion. and ridic-
ules the citizens who opposes pub
lie ownership. 1t says: -:
"A citizen is an intelligent in
dividual who has surrendered his
individual intelligence. and be-
come collective chump. lie the
average man were as foolish in his
private affairs as he is in his af-
fairs as a citizen he would 20
bankrupt in a rush. =, = :. tn ...sr
Car fare is something you
hand indirectly to a group Of
gentlemen to manipulate tho stock
Of a company that is paying on
the installment plan for the. car
which you buy the privilege Of
entering. @~1
& : The process is simple. First,
as a citizen, you vote to elect to
Office man who votes to sell the
car-fare privilege to others. who,
in turn, votes to water the stock
for the benefit of certain insiders.
Second, as passenger, you pay
twice as much as the service is
worth, to provide enough money
to pay interest on the stocks and
bonds watered beyond the labor
spent on the road. Third, you
stand up while doing it.
Its game of uplift: "A put
up, a stand-up and hold-up.' = :
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CITY OWNED STREET RAIL WAY
WOULD KEEP MONEY At HOME

. How would you like to save
for the people 100000 year
that is n pw being paid to Can
adian and New York holders of
Duluth Street Railway company
stock and bonds in excess Of what
would be paid if the street rail-
way system was owned by the
people Of Duluthe .s..' y
For the past two weeks The
Labor World has printed two
corking good stories about the
method of, organization: of the
Duluth Street Railway company.
We have shown that the company
is watered far beyond reason, and
the people who ride on street cars
are paying interest and dividends
on stocks and bonds that. they
would not be obliged to pay if
the people owned the plant.
Appraisers for the county of
St. Louis, have figured the value
of the system and equipment in
Duluth as worth 81 ,691,387. To
be decent with the owners the
city could afford to pay $2,O00,-
900 for the system. This would
be giving them $4,000 for good
will on its value, just to get the
private company out of the way.
If the city owned the system
there would be no dividends to
pay. save in service and possibly
reduce fares after we shall have
operated it for a while. We
would at least be safe in selling
six-rides-for-a-quarter tickets at
the outset. A little later this
could be reduced to eight-rides-
for-a-quarter. Such a reduction
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.COLRADO MINERS
EAGER ]: | 4: FOR | DEBATE
Leader Of Mine Workers Declares
State Guard Officials Try
TO Mislead Public.
CHALLENGE ISSUED
TO ADJUTANT CHASE
People Should Have the Facts Is
Belief Of John R. Lawson Of
United Mine Workers.

John r.. Lawson, national board
member of the United Mine Workers
OF America, has challenged Adjutant
General John Chase, eye doctor and
TIN soldier, to a joint discussion Of
the Colorado coal strike, its causes,
acts OF Governor Ammons and the
special session of the legislature, at
public meeting to be held in the
auditorium, date to be as early as will
suit the generals convenience. Chase.
and his officers have been, travelling
about the state making addresses in
defense of the militia, and Lawson
questions the truth of what is being,
told the people by these discredited
officials. Here is the letter sent to
the adjutant generals office in the
state house Wednesday:
Lawson's Challenge to Chase.
John Chase, Adjutant General Color.
ado National Guard, Denver, Colo.
sir-The public press makes known
the fact that you and your officers
are touring the state. and that your
former judge advocate, Major E. j.
Boughton, is visiting the east defend.
ing the actions Of the Colorado Ma
tional Guard during it's service as a
police power n the coal strike. and es-
pecially its actions at Ludlow, when
19 men, women and children were
murdered and cremated.
To any controversy that calls for
explanation from either factor there
must be two sides. It is not within
the bounds Of possibility that one
side in arguing it's own cause can be
expected to give that measure of JUS
tice to which the absent factor is en-.
titled. zssrl
(: we admit your right to defend the:
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The daily Alaskan., 1914-07-10
The Ascent Membor8.

Day after day 1t is demonstrated that abseutees are causing a loss of time In the senate and are placing the house of representatives at the mercy of one man. No one can blame members for leaving the house rather than listen to speeches of no importance or the tech nfcal discussion of bills in which only a few people are interested, but the re- suits are that any one man can force a roll call and thus consume a great deal Of time. 1T a man desires to talk he will consume time, and if they shut him or he will make Q point or no quorum and cause a loss of time There are often criticisms made in the house against the senate being dominated by one man who wants to flibuster but 1t happens in the house whenever there are so many men aO- sent.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-07-10
Ry ARTHuR M. DUNN.

Washington, July g, (Special)-As reports are received from different parts of Mexico about the Ouuages committed on American citizens and the methods by which the Medcans in Vera Cruz conducted their warfare are disclosed in private letters, bitter com ments are made against Mexico and the Mcxicaus, and there is a general demand among such people for dec IarutiUu of war against those respOn- sibIe.
 At the same time l think that the positive assurance that has been quiet ly whispered about for the last week or ten days that there will be no war against Mexico has been received with thankfulness by most people.
 It is said that President Wilson has given assurance that nothing but the most extraordinary and fragrant out ragcs against the government will force actual hOstliies by this country in Mexico further than we have al ready gone. There Is an intense de sire that some sort Of peace shall be patched up and, if possible, that the Mcxicuns shall be left to run their own affairs in their own way.
 Do Not Want a Vote.
 There are lot of men in congress who do not want a vote on either the prohibition resolution or the WOm- an suffrage resolution. In some dis tricts it will not make any difference 10 the member about his vote on these questions. In others the casting Of a vote may mean defeat Naturally there is an effort on the part of men to pro tect their fellow partisans and not force a vote on these two troublesome questions.
 l remember away back in a congress presided over by Tom Reed that a man from South Dakota, Major Pickler, who was an intense Prohibition advocate, often put the Republicans in a hole by his methods, much to the disgust of Sneaker Reed. Whenever 1t was pos sible Pickler would offer a Prohibition amendment to some bill. The Demo crats would generally vote in commit tee of the whole to put this amend ment in the bill and then demand a yea and nay vote when the bill came Into the house and thus force the Republic ans to be recorded for or against the prohibition proposition. The Democrats themselves would vote sOlidly against anything like prohibition and it left theRepubIicans responsible in their diff fercnt districts fer the way they voted It cost quite a number Of men theLI seats in congress.
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Take East Lake car from Unio1 Depot to Fourth. FOURTH AVE between Union & Pike
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A Shot at smeot.

Every member of congress, whether in the house or senate, who seems to know pretty much everything about everything, is apt to get called down at times, and occasionally somebody takes a little shot at Reed Shoot The Utah senator interrupted Senator Smith of South Carolina the other day, and the southern man rather resent fully remarked, "Oh, I would leave all knowledge of all affairs to the senator from Utahr'
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Telling It to O'Gorman.

This is the way a diplomat like sena- TOT IIoke Smith of Georgia told Sena- for O'Gorman of New York that his Irish ancestry had prejudiced him against Great Britain. 'I trust the distinguished senator from New York will pardon me for observing that his bright mind does not possess all Of Us usual judicial qualities when Great Britain Is involved"