The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-05-30

stand for that thing any, longer; it
is the worst kind of special privi-
lege: it is the worst kind of special
opportunity; it is the worst kind Of
special advantage and he decreased
the amount of taxes that were raised
from the little cottagers on the little
cottages, on the personal property,
the homemade tools and benches,
and so forth, and perhaps a few little
pigs and cows about the place-ma-
terially decreased the amount to be
raised from that kind of property,
and increased the amount of taxes to
be raised from the land there. and
what did it do? It made some of
those men land-poor, and they had to
begin to consider the question Of di-
viding up those great tracts into little
plots of ten and twenty and thirty
acres and dispose of them at reason
able prices to the real men and the
real women of England. who were
eager to go out and get a: piece Of
land upon which to exc out an
existence. That is craftsmanship,
and that is one of the problems we
have got to begin to consider. g.
Slashed Navy Appropriation.
Lloyd George is against war. He
is not Irish, but he is some kind of a
fighter. He looked at the last budget,
and there was an item appropriating
money millions of dollars. for the
ships, and he cut it in two, and he
said, I wish could cut it out Alto
gether.' Why he said, we have the
biggest navy in the world. If we
build five battleships, the United
States will build five new battleships,
and Germany will do likewise, and
France will do likewise, and Japan
will do likewise, and our relative
strength will be the same; and if we
we do not build any. they will not
build any, and we will still be the
strongest naval power in the world,
|. and he said, we can use that money
for better purposes Just think how
materially it will decrease taxes That
was the other great thing he did.
Lloyd George said, England is big
enough, England is strong enough,
the men of England are manly
enough to take the lead in the crea-
tion of a sentiment that will work
about gradual disarmament, that will
bring about the brotherhood OF man.
Every time one Of our big battle
ships goes out, on q sunshiny morn
ing. for target practice. and fires of
a single charge, the cost, of so doing
Is equal to the annual salary that
you pay to one of your school teach
ers here in Duluth. And that Is not
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| Criticized His Opponent.
Senator Boyle then discussed the
needs Of the Eighth district. He
spoke of the necessity of improve
| ments to the Duluth harbor, of a
| breakwater out in the lake to protect
ships and the lives of the sailors. He
declared that Congressman Miller was
derelict in his duty in not attending
! to this earlier. s;Ts Ia FL
He promised that If he was sent to
congress he would devote all his time
to the work. When congress was In
session he would be on the job In
Washington; when it was not in ses-
sion he would be in this district get
ting acquainted with growing needs
Of the people. .S s..
| He discussed the tariff at some
length. He characterized all tariff
bills Of the past as "hotch potcl1''
! Legislation He told Of the German
plan, and thought 1T would soon be
necessary for this country to change
its method Of fixing a tariff on GER
tain goods. In closing the speaker
drought to q climax his ideas Of gov
Iernment. He pleaded for the higher
ideals, and held that mans only use
ION earth was to render service to- his
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