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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
DULUTH OFFICIAL suRPR1sEs NATIVES

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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27

ing landlordism is to be found in
Oklahoma. 1t is only rs years since
the first lands in that State were
opened to settlement by white citi-
zens and only FL years since the first
or these settlers were able to get title
to their lands. Yet in this state of
small landed proprietors, only "a per
cent of farms are worked by owners
who hold free Of incumbrance.
This tendency is not surprising
When it is remembered that farm
land values more than doubled in the
decade from 1900 to 1910. That sucn
rise IN land values must result in in
crease Of landlordism was shown
more than thirty years ago by Henry
George. In the chapter in Social
Problems, entitled. THE: American
Farmer" he shows how in Eneland
increasing land values changed the
farmers, majority of whom in 1856
owned the lands they cultivated, into
tenants. Then he added: This pro-
cess must 50 on in the United States
as land rises in value" And further
he said, The typical American Far
mer, the cultivator of small farm
OF which he is the owner, is the pro-
duct Of conditions under which labor
is dear and land is cheap. AS these
conditions change, labor becoming
cheap and land becoming dear, he
must: pass away as he has passed in
Englan'.' q. : so far from,
1t being to the interest of the work.
ing farmer to defend private prop
erty in land, its continued recoEni-
ton means that his children, if not
himself, shall lose all risht whatever:
IN their native soil; shall sink from
the condition of free men to that Ct
serfs." rs 4 If
Henry Georges reasoning was
clear enough to have made needless
the practical demonstration Of Its
correctness. which the census returns
produce. His reasoning as to the
remedy rem needed il nj, less clear.
American Economic League.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
70. the Editor Of '"rhe Labor World"

To the Editor of 1.-The Labor World"
Dear Sir
Under the head of :''To Union men of,
Duluth" in your paper 1.-The Labor
World" of Feb. Goth you are accusing
union men of unjustly criticizing THE
Labor World" and the Editor and
Management thereof.
AS I have reasons to believe that
am one of these "n1isinformed" cri-
tics who had the audacity of COM
ent1ng on the management of your
paper I take the liberty to answer
your editorial.
Wheter to the knowledge of the edi-
tor or not, the fact remains that the
columns of THE Labor World" were
closed to the commity which was i'm
powered to act, when they wanted an
article printed.
There is absolutely no misunder-
standing about the fact: that the.
Labor World refused to publish this
Item in question, for it was put to the
committee in very plain english.
AS far as my critisim is concerned I
will say that 1 have confined myself
to merely stating actual facts, I have
not condemned your paper in any way
but have left it to the judgement Of
the Members of those Bodies where
have stated the facts as the occurred.
My personal opinion is that the
Labor World, made sad mistake
when they did not extend the Com.
mittee, who desired to have the item
printed, the same consideration as the
two Local papers did, of which we
really never expect much sympathy in
the hour of adversely, by not even
reading what sthe committee really
wanted printed.
In your other article, with you fill
up your valuable space, I must agree
with you, that when the Creator made
man, he endowed him with the powers
of thought and I hold that the men
in the labor organizations have the
same right to exercise that power as
the labor Leaders or misleaders have
Regretting that there should any
difference arise between Union men
and the one paper. that supposed to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
WOMEN WANT TO VOTE
Mrs. Carrie Chapman. Gait saws:

Mrs. Carrie Chapman: Gait says:
Because we live in a republic
wherein the entire machinery for
making and enforcing laws. draws
its authority for existence from the
people. Kings and Emperors may
claim their Devine Right to rule. but
that theory to Americans is as out
worn as witchcraft and slavery. Here,
the Voice of the People is the Voice
OF COD Obviously, women are peo-
Pic, and logic, ethics, common sense,
tells them that they have the same
right to ballot, a share in the MAX
ing of their tountry's welfare as have
men. The number of women who feel
tnat our government makes an out
rageously. unfair discrimination again
st them in, the matter, Of votes, grows
day by day and is already a:vast army,
This ever Increasing sense Of injustice
and indignity is aggravated by the fact
that the most ignorant, untutored
man of any. nation In. the world, save
the :Moneelian,> is accounted good
enough to vote here while the most
cultured daughter Of the Republic
Is judged unworthy to: have her opin-
Ion officially, counted. By the thou
sands, women are rising in protest
against such indefensible injustice and
they want, to vote because they know
it is their right. x.
Clifford Ptnchot: at a recent meetnis.
said: There ia strong reason why
women ought to vote. This world is
run by partnerships. And the part
nershlp between the man and the
woman who live together in a. home
Is the best partnership of all. Giving
the woman the ballot will add ons
more great sphere of common in
terest to this partnership and make
1t what it ought to bean alliance
founded on equality" Why the man
needs the woman's vote so that the
sons Of the nation may have "a decent
classif1cation>fe Sl their mothers"
Women now have an equal voice
with men in casting 81 electoral
votes, or more than one-sixth of the
total number in the electoral COL
lege.
Campaign states are PENNSYLVANIA.
massachusetts,, New Jersey and New
YORK, where a woman suffrage bill
mas passed one legislature. If sue
cesstul on the second reading the
amendment will come before the vot-
ers this year. ;>.>
The New Jersey legislature now in
session. and the house, has unani-
mously passed the. Joint resolution to
amend the. state constitution. The
Suffrage speakers included .pr. Anna
Shaw; m 99e} repfesehting,: he -four po-'
nt1cal parties. and the State Grange
and the Federation Of labor. s. r.:
Both houses passed the. resolution
last year. =
The Wonan's Protest, organ of
the National Association opposed to
Woman Suffrage has published a list:
OF questions inviting suffragists to give
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
CENSUS RETURNS v1ND1cATE HENRY
~. =; GE0RGE-VITAL STATISTICS

Landlordism is widespread in
stltution in the: United States.
The last census shows that more
than half of the homes in the country
are rented outright and that only 20
per cent are owned free from mort
gage.
In the fifty cities of more than 10O,-
600 Inhabitants "a per cent of homes
are rented and only 10 per cent are
owned free of incumbrance
In New York City more than IS per
cent of homes are rented and only
three and a half per cent owned free.
In Chicago 73.S are rented and only
IL per cent owned. free.
In Philadelphia conditions are prac-
tically the same.
In the Eighteenth Ward of Chicago
there are 1905. homes and only los
or them are owned free.
In New York City, in the Eighth
Assembly District of Manhattan, there
are but six homes owned free, while
1852 are rented.
In the year 1880, 25 per cent Of the
farms were operated by tenants. In
1910 the percentage had increased to
81 per cent. Only AZ per cent of
farms worked by their nominal own
ers wore free of incumbrance
In seven states Il majority of the
farms are worked by tenants. These
are Alabama. Arkansas, Georgia, Mis-
slsstppi, OKLAHOMA, South Carolina
and Texas. These contain 20 per cent
OF all farms in. the union.
In "a other states rented and mort
gagged farms combined exceed those
owned free from mortgage:
IN only II states arc a majority
of farms owned free, and these con-
tain but.,22 percent of all: farms in
the union. They are Arizona, Colo
.rado,. Florida Kentucky, Maine,
Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New.
Hampshire. New Mexico, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah,
Virginia, Washington and West Vir-
giniap iWa shingt and w est Yirgtnia.
sss.s The 70 most striking example OF grow-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
SOME RUNNER.

One day a college youth went. west
and got work on a farm. He WASH
very we'll informed about farm life.
but as he was willing to work. the
farmer hired him. That night the
farmer said, How are you-a pretty
good runner, hey?"
The coliegian swelled with pride,
Il took the prize at college for being
the fastest runner
well, them" said the farmer, you
can bring in the sheep
Two hours later the young man en-
tered exhausted, his breath coming in
short gasps. :.
Have any trouble?" asked the
farmer, ,grinning to himself.
IT. got: the sheep in easy enough, y
said the youth, "but I had an awful
time catching the lambs
WAY, Il haven't any lambs" said
the farmer, in surprise.
Together they walked to the pen
There were all the sheep and also five
jack rabbits
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
a clear explanation of facts and
neures.' These have been answered
by Mrs. Gait in the Woman Voter

Ia clear explanation Of facts and
nsures. These have been answered
by Mrs. Gait in the Woman Voter.
First question:: why is it that
after sixty-five years of constant agi-
tatlon, the woman suffrage cause is
opposed by women themselves more
vigorously than ever? Answer: For
every woman suffragist sixty five
years ago there now are at least
100000. Sixty-five years ago, with
the exception of a small group, every
woman in the land opposed woman
suffrage: not by organized effort be-
cause organization among women in
those days was regarded as indeli-
cate. Today the little group Of sixty
nve years ago has become a mighty
power with hundreds Of thousands of
women behind it. Those who op-
posed have now adopted the right of
organization and apply their opposi-
tlop by that means. For every anti.
suftrasist In the United States there
are thousands of suffragists
SECOND question: Why is woman
suffrage the only movement amonx.
women that has excited against itself
an organized national and state 3D.
position from other women? Answer:
because 1t Is the only constitutional
movement among women, the opposi-
tlon represents the relic of the opin-
ion once universal that women are bv
nature inferior, mentally and moral
ly, to men.
Third question: If votes will raise
wages, as suffrage agitators promise
women workers, why do men in the
same industries depend on labor
unions rather than on votes to get
higher pay? Answer: Men depend
upon their labor unions to secure
better conditions, but they get those
conditions because those labor unions
have votes behind them. 1t is those
votes behind union labor which have
made every political party in the
country write labor planks in its
platform.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
Greysolon Cigars, ! sizes.
represent them, I am J.
Yours truly -. -.
OH. TARUN.

Yours truly 80,
OH. TARUN.
Editors note. If the gentlemen will
accept the statement as made by, q
member of the "oouamittee'' on the
floor of the Federated Trades Assem-
bly, he knows that Mr.. McEwen pub
Usher and owner of The Labor World
said the "article will he publisher if
you want it publfshed". Because Of a
division Of sentiment in the; committee
the matter was, left ont Of tie. paper.
The editor is also Informed that MI.
Tarun was not a member of the com
mittee and therefore is not qualified
to make the positive statement that
the columns of The Labor World"
were closed to the committee. His
self styled "facts' need considerable
revising. The editorial Of last week
stands as written. 1t is also well to
state that member of this committee
stated that one of the local dailies, ut
least, absolutely refused to publish the
article in question. r.. r. III. S
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
PUBLIC SERVICE.

AS population grows social ties increase in spnif;
cance The experience of the world shows that social
evolution carries with it necessarily an enargemant
Ine tasks devolvng the of all Grades
Town. country, city, state and nation Without excen
ton all progressive platforms recognize this =.
The work Of government daily becomes mora md
more common affair, and more co-operative in
us nature as 1t serves in increasing number of
arectons: but likewise 1t becomes daily more comp1ex
and difficult The great social need is ia At
tract to the public service strong in character in
tellect, and training - ~a>
We must see to it that public works like oorlyate
work. should offer an adequate field for strong and
bilious men. ,.1
The public service must offer career or we xnist
be poorly served The civil service must generally he
put on the footing professorshius in state
universities in this and other countries Men must he
encouraged to for in administration bv
long and careful study and training, and must be re-
Warded by permanent positions honor for dstin-
gushed service
TO be- proper mayor manager of the affairs of
great city is difficult than to be president
Oh great railway company and requires years of study
ana apprenticeship In no other way is good govern
ment possibility. AS people we far from grasp
ing this truth with it's implications. Even in progress
sve Wisconsin, men appointed members Of the Rail-
road commission and of other commissions recurring
expert services for periods of whereas like
1esors IN the univerity they should appointed on
good behavior.
Our present system gives us government Of law
yers to an extent known in other civilized land and
very largely government Of secondhand thrdrate law
yers. Lawyers can best take up lay down nub1ic
incomes in office than in practice and freouent,v mi,
new cl4ents-from "Progressvism, True and Fase--An
outl1ne. by Richard T. Ety. in the American Review of
Reviews for February. ,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
WORKERS MUST ORGANIZE.

Recently before body of business men of Duluth,
one of the most prominent and influential manufac-
urers of the city stated that will be for
the business to organize in order to protect
themselves"
We at this time urge the same advice upon the
working not of Duluth only in all other loca
TIES AS long the workers remain unorganzed their
labor will be bought and sold the labor
as so much brick, and lumber coal and potatoes.
The main article published the front page of
The Labor World this week is we'll worth the
perusal of all working
Employers who want to be fair and honorable will
recognize the right of the workers to organize.
Through efficient organization only the
guaranteed the right to living wage under favorable
conditions In cities, hope it will prove
true of Duluth, the aim, of employers labor
ls to take advantage of the unfortunate situation
fronting the nation and purchase labor power at the
lowest possible wage.
In Colorado where the fields are under the ur-
isdction of John Rockefeller Jr the Sunday School
teacher of the mine directors of the
in the hands of capitalists take advantage of the
surplus labor on the market to lower wages
necessary violate laws, the unions out
OF existence by starving them into submission
THE laborer is worthy of hire is merely a. phrase
and has been amended with the phrase providing he
takes what offer' >'
To the non-union worker would draw attention
to the condition in which he voluntarily places him
self on the assumption that he is preserving his indie
pendence.
FIRST the worker of today in order must sell his
labor power AS individual worker he is in CONNIE
ttion with countless other individual workers some with
1am1es to support, with strngs" attached to
them In selling his labor the individual work.
man delude himself into believing that he sets the
price on his labor In the end he learns how
ever, that the employer, the purchaser of his labor
power is the to set the price.
Second, when the Individual worker purchases COM
mod1tles OF any description again he may deude himself
by thinking he determines the price which those
modities bought. Again he soon learns that it is
the seller of those commodities who the selling
price.
Organizations of labor organized primarily to give
to the workers the obtain for the workers
the inherent right to sell at their price, through the
means of collective bargaining" their labor power
Competition at one time thought be the "life
OF trade Combination soon proved to be the bulwark
behind which the capitalist class made it's profits Com
petition among the workers, the death of the
workers. 1t MEANS low bad housing and sickly
and stunted children. Combination the ony method
through which labor can command it's just rewards
Workers of Duluth, take the advice of Duluths most
prominent manufacturer "You must organize for vour
own protection
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
MILLIONS FOR WAR! NOTHING FOR MEN!

$109000,0O0 appropriated by congress- for military
purposes while voting to continue the shop
tenn OF stop watches and other so-caed scientific shon
management methods in government plants, was the
wonderful achievement of Congress last Tuesday,
$1o9ooo.0oo appropriated for the purpose of "mur-
der1ng men outright and the continuance of sys-
TEN that murders mon piecemeal Truly "patriotic"
citizens should be proud their' national senate
$lO9,OOO,O0O would furnish $4,000 home to each
OF 27,250 citizens Computing the average annual
wage for the average worker at $780, this appropria
lion represents the yearly wages Of 1866 workers.
computing the average workers family be five men,
oers tns appropriation means the existence wages
one year for 908,330 people.
This appropriation is only a part If the toto, mil,
tary appropriations Of the Uunted States The s1os
100000 represented here applies only to the
coast Notifications. There remains to be made q
larger appropriations for the maintenance and
of the navy
We do not wish to be Understood "a taking . maud
lin stand against appropriations for the defense Of the
nation We do not want to be ranked with those who
arc c49ne out against the horrors war; regardless
OF tho conditions confronting u.s. We BY no means
stand m favor Of total disarmament under the existing
state Of society.
We 40 want to be counted among those however who
protest against the actions Congress- in ref.nr to
consider the detrimental effects Of the so~called eft
cheney systems the workers EMPLOYED in tho
ment workshopa
We stand up to be counted among those who nro.
TEST against tina actions Of those senators and
taVes who refuse to free the child slaves Of this
country and refuse to heed the of the men and
women who arc being ground down in the sweated
ana unorgantzed industries Of the nation These are
the senators and who talk the 1oudes
and the longest tor "our people the FLAG md
nation and at the first bugle call are found marchinr
towards the rear.
# $lo9O0O,O0O for murder" but not a cent for tho
conservation of life.
@%#.2s -------7--
Master plumbers convicted Of "unonopolfz,ne, n "a.
raint OF trade in Iowa reads item Evidently i
sleAhy joint some place 49, :, s'y@''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
SUPERIOR SPECIAL DELAYED

Because OF the vast amount of material on hand to
be prepared for the Superior special edition of
Labor World, It has become to postpone it's
publication until next week.
Tha Labor World promises to have this edition ont
next week, sure. We also promise to turn out most
"respeetable' edition.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27

Captain: "All is lost. We cannot
save the ship -:
likely: DO you hear what he says,
Moses, the ship is going to sink %
Moses: we'll, let 1t sink. Vat do We
care? We don't own de boat ~ =,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27

- 1t would be we'll for some card men to not on1v MIR
chase union label products but also put the unon
label on themselves, Ito paying proposition, both
ways. 80 'ss,s.s
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Don't take yourself too seriously, you may overes.
innate your power Of persuasion
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-29
SENSATIONS IN CASE
OF CAILLAUX'S FRIEND
Two Germans Were Partners of
DcSclauX's Woman Assoc
ciate. Says Report.
,n...al ca.le b..pet.h 10 Tn s.

PARIS. Jan 2S.--Tho arrest Il France
pesc.auN. genera! army aaymaster. j.
causing great sensation. lie is charged
with appropria,.ug immense quantities
Of foodstuns belong ng 10 the army which
lac sent to the house Of a woman associate
on the Avenue Henri Martin
Tho name OF the woman IS not given.
hut she Is sufficiently described TO be
easily cogn Fable gas the woman partner
OF one Of the .ctd.ng dr,ssmak.ng houses
\ second parUcl It German. disappeared
during the urrt days OF mobilization The
third partner also is German who was
recently naturalized. The house wa.
sequestrated, but the seuucstration was
soon annuilcd because, according to the
newspapers, Of DesclauX's polit!ca. pull
DesclauX testified in behalf OF NJ Can.
lauX az the trial OF the latter's wife for
the killing of CASTOR Calmette OF the
Figaro. lie always held an important
position when CailauN was In the
Cabinet.
The Figaro says Desclaux will explain
that he. who H. small eater and en-
titled to triple rations. had arranged to
send his surplus OF supplies to the woman
she. In return. sending him Cnlckers ana
other dcli,acles She has not been ar
rested
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-29
KAISER NOT TO SEIZE U. s. FOOD.
supplies BROUGHT Into Country ES-
cmpted From Government Control.

WAsrtNGToV. Ian. 2S.--The state nc
parimert received to-day from tn. Ger
man Ambassador. Count Won Per- storT
% fcI's am giving assurance that shin.
merits OF f.ud-tuhs from the United
states 10 Germany will be exempted from
the provisions OF the recent lmper'al Ge-
cree providing for Government control
OF the food supplies In Germany.
TINS assurance was received In q tcl-
orram sent by the Ambassador from y. ~
York. wuere he nov IS. Il indicated that
II is the Intention Of the German Gov
eminent % attempt to distinguish betw, On
food supplies produced within the country
ana supplies brought In from the outside
Il rs assumed that the purpose OF this
distinction j. to enable as far s poss i0le
Americans to send food supplies to Ger
many without being consigned to the Ger
man Government. Consignment to the
German Government would furnish t1e
British Government with plausible grounds
FOR selling all such cargocs
The state Department is stil, await "
the text OF the German decree which Z
mas asked Ambassador Gerard to tranm [,
and officials here are not attemptlns to
r@a"h any conclusions with regard TO the
effect the action Of the German Govern
rn-nt may have on the status of American
shipments of food to Germany.
II is believed, however. that "A case " n
be promptly presented, as the American
steamship Wilhelmina is now IN route to
Hamburg with cargo Of food supplies
The British Government. II is expected
will SELF" her and this will present case
necrssitating a discussion Of the gencr At
problem