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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05
Editor Labor World.

Editor Labor World,
Dear Sir:
Our attention has been called to an
article in the Nov. 14th, issue of your
paper, entitled, Does Municipal
Ownership Pay?" in which certain
figures are given and conclusions
drawn therefrom which tend to
create the impression that Duluth is
a more desirable place for a working
man to live than is Superior.
That the working men (and
women) do not think so is attested
by the records Of the Street Railway
company, which show that for every
in Superior there are two living in
Superior and working in Duluth.
There will probably be no one, to
dispute the statement that taxes, rent
and living expenses in general are
lower in Superior than in Duluth, and
we believe that it can be shown that,
even as regards water and gas, the
Superior workingman is at least as
we'll off as his Duluth neighbor.
The article in your paper stated
that the average Duluth citizen
uses 707 cubic feet of water a month,
at a cost of $1.o6. This is a general
average workingman's household
average for all residences, but the
uses less than half this amount and
pays from soc to Coo a month, while
the same household would pay 75c to
S5c in Superior; BUT, in Duluth the
consumer has to buy, install and re-
pair his water meter, which is fur
nished free in Superior, and, in addi-
ton, he is taxed twice as much in
Duluth for the support of the water
plant as he would be in Superior. His
nominal saving Of 25c is thus turned
into an actual loss. It is also true
| that the average working man uses
| much less gas than the figure given
in your article, which, like the water
figure, is a general average, including
not over 1900 cubic feet per month
on which the difference in cost is 81
cents, but it can be shown that this
difference is NOT due to one plant
being publicly and the other privately
! owned, but to the fact that the distri-
button and interest charges are much
| lower in the larger place.
| To illustrate this, let us compare
the cost Of gas to the City of Duluth
In 1904 (when about the same
amount of gas was being sold as is
now sold in superior) with the pres.
! ent cost. -
Cost of gas in Duluth per 1000
cubic feet. =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05
u. S. POPULATION rs NOW
MORE THAN 100, 900, 900

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE pop
ulation Of the United States today is
more than 100, 900, 900 and the money
in circulation totals $3,419,000. 900,
while / 1,000,o 30 OF the thrifty inhabi-
tants have 1886, 900, 900 in the saw
ings banks. .}s
Such Is the announcement made by
the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce In the department OF COM
merce. 81 ssS szs55s4
81 The pamphlet issued BY. the bureau
Is entitled Statistical Record OF Prog
ress Of the United States, 1s0O-1914."'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05
ELECTRIC RATES CUT 49,. ;.
AT TWO HARBoRs

TWO HARBORs, Dec. As the
result of resolution adopted at Mon
days meeting of the council, e., de-
crease in electric power rates will i'm
mediately be put into effect at the
municipal power plant. In the fu-
ture lighting power will cost users S
cents instead of 8 cents per kilowatt.
For general power purposes flat
rate Of 3 cents per kilowatt will re-
place the sliding scale that has long
been in vogue. a:5 +
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05

$ It must be taken into account,
also. that in Superior gas service
pipes are run free to any point not
over 80 feet inside the property line,
while in Duluth charge is made
from the curb line. The average
cost OF q service pipe in Duluth would
equal the difference In the cost OF gas.
used in q worAingiman house for a
good many years an q, even II he rents
his house, YOU may be sure that ne.
pays for his water meter ana gas SER
vice pipe In his rent. # The following
figures, the correctness of which Is
guaranteed, Will perhaps surprise
some b 81 your leaders. They are
taken from the 81 3 reports III gstls
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05
THREB WEEKS TO CHRISTMAS.

Do you realize the weeks and days are rapidly
growing less between now and Christmas?
Don't you think you had better begin your Christ
shopping now?
There are several reasons why you should
One reason is because you avoid the crowds and
have time to choose your presents but the
are compelled to wait on you. 49, -.
There is no legitimate reason why the department
store girls should be on duty after o'clock on any
night before Christmas nor after O'Clock Christmas
eve.
BY doing your Christmas shopping early the girls
have this privilege. If they don't get it YOU are
10 blame. I:
Remember that they love enjoyments such as the
movies we'll YOU You can shop first and then
all can go to the movies" later wherever else
necessary. ..<.' @@> ~s~~
Arrange to make your Christmas purchases now and
help the O'Clock closing for Christmas eve. il
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05
FOR GREATER ORGANIZATION.

81. JOSEPH. Mo-. Dec. Local
unionists have org anized j labor ad-
vance colnnitt ~ for the purpose Of
tnausur rating Atrade union campaign
the coming year. The Leather Work.
/ srss union hiss been revived. and tho
/ sentiment Tor organization ID sincreas.
Ing III thisacity
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05

Total cost per 1000 feet -. HAL 1913
Annual Sales ....S..86 million $40 million
The above figures show that for
the same sized output, gas cost the
City of Duluth 15c per 1000 feet
more than the maximum price the
Superior company is getting for gas.
The Superior costs for 1913, on an
output OF So million, were as fol-
lows: IF
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05

some of the Organized" Duluth people are CON
tending that if the minimum wage law were consttt-
tional and was to be applied that societies would have
to be formed to provide Of vhood for the girls
that would be thrown out Of employment as q result
Better wouldn't it be- to q Eastwood club On the
employer who makes slaves OF the girls that his COT
fers might be filled7--Mesabe Ore.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05
THE LABOR PAPER,

The belief of many that labor paper is conducted
much as advertising medium through which man or
body of men run for the purpose of mulcting the
unsuspecting retailer advertiser has gained much
ground Of late and in common with great many
other charges laid the labor press faretched and
perverted In more than respect.
The main trouble with the successful MANAGEMENT
of labor lies not in what the outsider thinks of
mans motives in running the paper, but generally
lies In the selfish and views that the
members of different unions themselves of the
matter These disgrunted stop to think Of
the thousand and difficulties labor paper
man Is up against from day to day. The daily grind
of routine duties the assembling that thought
will be of paramount interest the cause cost of
maintaining and the running expenses incident
suing the paper time and well the will
allow the petty ealouses and the dscord by
those who do not with the policies paper
the friends that lost and the enemies made
by sticking clearly and resoutely to the editor
thinks is right the fractional chickering's that arise on
all sides, the political issue that takes that is not
always the right one-and thousand other things.
Again it is a necessity for labor paper to take
sides in exposing graft in high places of deceit and
meanness In the low-whether it be who steals
money In high places for himself the little union
man who does low thing inside the councils of his
own craft the labor paper must expose without
regard to the toes that trampled There be no
playing of both sides, middle of the fence policy
the labor paper must tell the truth sees
1t behooves the labor to live straight that
old adage Hew to the line, let the chips fall where
| they may."-Baltimore Trades Unonist.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05
THE HUMAN HAND.

If1E HUMAN HAND
The hand is the emblem Of labor. 1t is fitting
one. 1t is the greatest of all tools.
1t was called by Galen the instrument Of instr1-
mens 1t euogized. by Cicero by many writer's
since his time.
1t it the principal organ Of feeling. It may become
eyes to the blind and hearing to the deaf.
A local author says OF the hand:
1T Is the symbol Of action. The hands are lifted in
prayer extended in expostulaton, clasped bargain
folded in sleep. laid in blessing, raised in OATH
cnched In Defiance and Joined at the hymeneal altar
ITO smite the hands is sign of griet to give the
right hand is pledge of fidelity the hands is an
act of homage and to wash the hands is sign of in
nocence.
1.-THE hand is instrument of power and conquest
With his hand has conquered the external world
He has harnessed the winds and waves and cataracs
He has imprisoned the sunbeas and brided the ghtn-
Ing He has seized the thunderbos collected the
electrical currents He has transformed and water
into power and light and he has destroyed Kingdoms
and built empires and republics.
"The trained hand involves the head and the heart
The thirteen-nch gun required the skilled hand of the
man behind the gun. The telegraph instrument and
pesetting machine useless without the hand to d.
rect Without the steady hand the locomotive would
stand still the tracks, lie helpless the ditch and
without the fine technic of the hand assve
instrument the delicate VIOLIN would full of dis
cords With the hand has made himself a master
in painting sculpture music, and architectural
Isn't then, the hand faithful symbol of labor?-
Labor gives practical worth the faculties of the
individual and all the resources of the world-The
Citizen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05

The man who takes his pay enve-
lope home to his wife without open
ing it is never among those present
when police court is opened on Mon
day morning.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05
NEXT WEEKS ISSUE.

Next week we issue our Home Industry edition Tor
Duluth n this edition will appear accounts st
the manufacturers and banking institutions
Of the Zenith city Watch sdition read IL
fully ard pressrye IS for future references
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-12-05

THIS WEEKS THOUGHT.
Get but the truth once uttered, and tits like
star new born that drops into its place
And which, once circling in it's placid round
Not all the tumult of the earth can shake
james Russell Lowell,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
MOSQUITO AND HIS
WAYS To Be DISCUSSED
Plans May Soon Be Taken Up to
Eliminate Pest From
This City

The little beast with the long and
eXasperating singer will go under the
spotlight of discussion at the April
meeting of the Dauphin County Medi-
cal Society. when DIR. Clarence r.
Phillips will read paper on malaria
locally considered. The lecture will be
Illustrated with lantern slides show
ing the life history of the MOSQUITO,
and its relation to malarial diseases.
Considerable attention will be paid
to an exposition of breeding places
OF the mosquito and it is possible that
out of this meeting may be evolved a
plan to place Harrisburg under a
mosquito quarantine" to eliminate
the breeding places of the pests Such
a campaign has been carried out in a
number of cities, particularly in New
Jersey, with gratifying results.
The April calendar of the medical
society and Academy of Medicine calls
for meeting of the council of the
Harrisburg Academy April 3. The
medical society will discuss the mos
quito on April Z, and on April "a at
a meeting of the Academy of Medi-
cine. DR.. ]. Madison Taylor, of Phil
adelphia, will present a paper en-
titled: "Mechano Therapeutic Re-
sources of the General Practitioner
Applicable at Almost Any Time or
Place" A general discussion will
follow. April % the board of COVER
nors of the society will meet
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
C-ran1 .rroro N0DDL crown cflenspRe8
NhxsALI.vQSs;1a aR0SAAIQl2sO R'0
BIG REALTY DEAL
CLOSED At STEELTON
Erection Of 100 New Houses in
Borough During Summer Is
Now Assured

That at least 100 new houses will
be erected in Steelton during the COM
ing summer, was assured yesterday
when the big real estate sale that has
been under consideration for several
weeks past was closed. Fifty acres
of ground east of the borough andN
facing the Luther r. Kelker park
We're sold to q large New York real
estate firm. The deal was negotiated
through Miller Brothers & Neeffe. The
consideration was $4,000.
This plot includes the entire realty
holdings of Luther Kelker in Steelton
with the exception of two acres sur
rounding his residence. The plot lies
along the upper side of Swatara street
and extends around the borough res
ervoir to Mohn street.
This plot has already been laid out
into building lots and just as soon as
the weather permits building opera
tions will be commenced. More than
100000 will be spent in developing
the tract.
Negotiations are now being made
for the purchase of another plot of
ground in the Eleventh extension
owned by III. c. Wright and ]. M.
Brightbill. The same company that
purchased the Kelker plot. 1t is un-
derstood, is anxious to acquire this
second tract which lies closer to the
borough than the Kelker plot and
joins it on the west.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
Telegraphic Briefs

Report declares AK per cent. of
autopsies at Bellevue Hospital, New
York, show wrong diagnoses.
Senate committee holds up nomi-
nations of postmasters at Gettysburg
and York pending investigation.
Sir Edward Grey denies that Great
Britain has made any bargain with
the United States on canal tolls.
The condition of cattle and crops in
the Western States promises an un-
usually prosperous season.
Eastern railroads receipts decreased
S51, ,O26,935 in the seven months end
ing January 81. 1914.
Governor Stuart, of Virginia, vetoes
bill alleged to have been drawn to aid
Allen clansmen to liberty.
Mississippi Supreme Court rules that
foreign corporation may own more
than $2,000.000 In that State.
Pennsylvania in Kentucky sena-
torial campaign assails liquor record
of Congressman Stanley.
Princeton University receives in
come on s3.000,000 after death of Mrs,
F. s. Thompson and 100000 outright.
Gimbel Brothers withdraw offer to
buy stock nf Simpsoi-Crawford Com
pany. thereby permitting a reorgan-
ization.
New England milk producers
threaten to discontinue delivery to
Boston unless prices are increased.
The Erie Railroad is considering an
extensive reduction in its working
force.
Army and navy officers consider
Princeton as possible place for 1914
football game.
For the sixth consecutive business
day stock prices in Wall street decline.
German soldier on guard at fort in
Alsace is shot by night.
Premier Asquith in effort. to solve
Ulster and army crises assumes mort
folio Of secretary Of war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
MIDDLETON.
SHALL q. S. INTERVENE?

Members of the Citizens Debating
Club will meet in the high school
room this evening to discuss number
of questions of local and national in
terest. The principal part of the pro-
gram will be debate on the subject
of whether or not armed intervention
in Mexico would be justifiable The
complete program Is as follows:
Legitimate Amusements for Children
Under Sixteen" e. S. Gerberich; de-
bate, Resolved, That armed inter-
vention by the United States in Mex
leo would be justifiable," affirmative,
e. c. Leber and D. B. Kieffer; mega
tive, III. e. Brandt and c. S. Leftwich;
Ways and Means to Bring About a
Day to Clean Up the Town" C. A.
Seltzer: Reasonable and Just Legiti-
mate Ways to Prevent Law Viola
tions, w. J. Kennard The program
will be interspersed with a number of
comic and folk songs by C. S. Left
Wich,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
SWATARA TOWNSHIP
BUDGET IS PASSED
Tax Rate Fixed at a Mills; $4,000
Set Aside For Road
Building

Just $7,665 will be required to keep
the machinery of government in Swa-
tara township in full operation during
the coming fiscal year and this
amount is carried in the township
budget passed by the township COM
missioners.
One of the appropriations that
stands out near the head of the list is
the amount of $500 to the board of
health. Under the rulings of the pres
ent board residents Of the Mohn street
district have been compelled to i'm
prove sanitary conditions surrounding
their homes. No pig pens are allowed
now within seventy-tive feet of any
house and all pens must be cleaned
twice each week. Formerly pig pens
in this district frequently joined the
rear of the houses and were cleaned
sometimes.
To maintain the present roads and
open new ones in the township the
sum of $4,000 was set aside. This is
$1,000 less than was used for this pur-
pose last year. For building new cul-
verts and cross drains $500 was ap-
propriated and it was decided to use
81 to "a inch corrugated metal pipe
instead of terra Gotta drains, as for
merry used in this work.
According to recent act of the
Legislature it is made compulsory for
townships of the first class to have
survey made of the entire township
and a complete map of all the streets
and roads made. Swatara township
includes the villages of Oberlin, En-
haut, Bressler, Paxtang and Ruther-
ford Heights, besides rural district
that runs the total area to fourteen
square miles. To survey and map this
entire district would cost more than
the township could pay without bor-
rowing money, so it was decided to
do only half the work this year. The
sum of $1,000 was set aside for engi-
neering expenses and it was decided to
have the villages of Oberlin. Enhaut
ana Bressler surveyed this year.
Other appropriations were made to
the townships two fire companies. to
the State aid road fund and for the
purchase of small plot of ground in
Oberlin for the storage of township
road roller and other machinery and
tools The township tax rate was set
at mills. the same as last year. The
total taxable property in the township
was as reported to be assessed at
$3.50, 900
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
Park Development Is
Now Under Discussion

Plans for the development of the
Luther r. Kelker park, a ten-acre
tract. into beautiful summer recrea-
ton place were discussed last night
at a meeting of the Steelton Municipal
League.
A committee Of five members of the
league was appointed by President
Harry c. Wright to meet some time
during the present week with the town
property committee of the borough
council with view of drawing up a
list of suggestions to be introduced
at Monday evenings meeting of coun-
c1l On this committee from the Mu-
nicipal League are Prof. G. S. Davis,
j. V. w. Reynders, L. E. johnson, DIR.
w. j. Middleton and r. NJ. Ruther-
ford.
The Municipal League plans drives
and tree planting. The league last
evening went on record as favoring a
general observance of Arbor day and
the appointment of shade tree COM
mission. A committee consisting of
e. H. Mengle, c. W. Mccoy, III. e.
Gallagher, Solomon Hiney and w. f.
McGinnis was appointed to represent
the league at the State housing confer
ence in Harrisburg April 6.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
CHARGED WITH
STEALING $4,000
tContinued from First Page.1

lCOntInued from First Page.
$4,000 bail he was held for a hear
ing April 8.
Baum refused absolutely to discuss
his arrest. He said he will imme-
diately employ counsel. He sent word
10 relatives to try to get bail for him.
Spent Fortune on Case
In clearing up the theft the United
States postal authorizes have already
gone to an expenditure of nearly twice
as much as the amount lost in the dis
appearance of the packages. At times
there have been as high as twenty in
Spectors working on the case and
every postal clerk working between
st. Paul, Mimi, and New York has
been under close scrutiny on and off
duty during the past two years.
1t was only a short time ago that
Harrisburg loomed up as the probable
location of the person who took the
packages. Reported lavish expendi-
lures by a postal clerk who was get
ting a salary of $1,000 a year aroused
the ssupicions of the inspectors. In
formation came that Baum was deal
ing extensively in real estate, had
money in the bank. a safe deposit
vault, was a heavy dealer in stocks
acd owned an automobile.
Accused Recently Married
On January 4 of this year Baum
was married and with his bride he
went on trip to Palm Beach, Florida,
where he was reported to have been
a liberal spender. While on his hon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
SAMUEL Galley DIES

Samuel H. Galley, aged SO, died yes
terday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. William Truler, Spring street,
from a complication of diseases. Mr..
Galley Is survived by the following
children: Harry and Edward, of Nor
folk; Albert, Mrs. NJ. F. Alberts and
Samuel, of Toronto, Canada; Mrs. C..
Meyer and Miss G. Galley, Of Geary.
Ind; Mrs M. Rutherford, Elizabeth
town; Mrs. Harry F'ishburn and Mrs.
William Imler. Funeral services will
be held Thursday afternoon at Q
O'Clock from the house. The Rev. H.
f. Hoover will officiate and burial will
be made in the Middletown Cemetery
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
Chicago Scientists
Will Weigh the Moon
By Associatsd Pre,s

Chicago. ILL.,, March 81. = Expert
ments for the weighing and measuring
of the moon are being conducted by
scientists at the University of Chicago,
1t was announced to-day. These expe-
riments are a continuation of the OBJ
servations which satisfied the scien-
lists that the earth is a rigid body,
offering enormous resistance to the
attraction of planets. The effect of the
sun on the tides will be compared to
the effect of the moon, and by inter-
preting the results the scientists hope
to determine the weight of the moon
compared with that of the iln.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
/, Baum's business in Harris

eymoon, Baum's business in Harris
burg was carefully scrutinized.
1t was learned, say the postal au-
thorities, that Baum suddenly became
wealthy, and this fact increased the
suspicion against the accused.
Details as to how Baum was able
to cover up the alleged theft Tor so
long a period and how he got away
with the money at the time it was
missed will not be told until the hear
ing next week. At least twenty-five
nail clerks came in contact with the
registered pouch from which the
packages were stolen. Each pouch
Is sea led with lock that shows a GER
tain number when closed. When this
pouch is opened the number on the
lock changes and suspicion is at once
aroused.
One Explanation
1t was explained by the postal au-
thorities that when business is dull
clerks sometimes sleep and leave one
mar. at work. 1t is thought tnat
Baum may have taken the money
while he was on duty and the other
clerks In the car We're mapping.
Baum entered the postal service as
a subclerk in 1904, at a salary OF $500
year. Previous to that time Baum
was employed in the baggageroom at
the Pennsylvania Railroad station at
S5o.S5. He was made a regular clerk
In 1908, receiving $1,000 a year.
About twelve months ago, Baum,
according to the inspectors, started his
dealings in real estate and bought
properties in Harrisburg, Philadelphia
and elsewhere. 1t was also learned
that he had money in two banks and
was heavy dealer in stocks on the
Philadelphia exchanges. 1t was said
he invested in various securities in
New York city and Philadelphia. His
run at times took him to New York
and Pittsburgh and at other times
his lay-off was in Philadelphia.
When asked at one time whether
he had received a fortune Baum told
some of his friends that he had made
money in an investment
Inspectors on Case
Among the inspectors who worked
on the case We're:
Herbert E. Lucas and A. B. Craw
ford, who handled the case from this
end; j. Nj. Heltdy, Philadelphia; Will
liam NJ. Calvert, Altoona; George
Daily. Williamsport; R. j. Pollitt and
William Kenyon, New York; w. ].
Marles and Carl Egge, st. Paul, Minn.
Baum was unable to secure bail and
was taken to Jail late this afternoon.