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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
FutilltN of ElatterN.

Nothing is ever gained by flattery.
To the serious man flattery in the
form of sincere praise makes him
more responsible and only sadder, be-
cause he knows how much he falls
below what is expected of him and
what he expects OF himself. Lip fat
terry makes a real man feel as though
his sex had been mistaken, he feels
as though he had been given curling
tongs instead of a razor for his morn
ing toilet.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30

Prourr Sar1Nrv conditions. such as
testroy"> ,Ar ay aud mc quito and
their BIZ, - .laaes. r-a 5iius gcod
sewage Dip J. .,".YinL ;te r.. misses
clcIa. I'D &c i.,'1i- application Of
anti-typhCil Vaccine whore there is
the least suspicion Of the fever. will
prevent typhoid fever Preventive
methods Will save $4,000 lives annu-
ally.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Valuable Fruit

Grapes are a wholesome and delight.
full food. They are in the class of de.
mulcents and are highly beneficial to
those suffering from various illnesses.
Apples are correctives, and are very
useful in overcoming nausea from sea-
sickness and other CAUSES They are
also very cooling as stomach sedatives
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Responsibility surrendered.

Your wife is an enthusiast
vocate of woman suffrage" le;
Piled Mr.. Meekton. Ard In g
II. She's going 10 take her turn
ting me ask irrelevant questions
she tries TO explain what's beins
In politics.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Unfortunate In M. Er,.a

mere are, said the gloomy man
VINO had Just parted with a V to a "a
treating friend, only two kinds q,
men There are those who soma
times get into trouble. and tbosa -,
someunes get out. l don't seem =
Know ANY of the latter"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
The Safer plan

She-Don't you think a man is a
fool to marry woman for her
money?
He-I sure do. II would be a whole
lot safer for him to jolly her into
lending il to him.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Apparent Contradiction.

She twists her husband around her
little finger" Why. | thought you
said she had him under her thumb
Baltimore American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Gambia! God,

Fiiian cannibals worship a god
named Mata WALDO. who has eight
stomachs. and is always eating.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
rhos. lnsistent Admirer.

Count that day lost who's e
scending sun finds no new -
whCee friends say
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30

Inc greatest known depth of IN.
sea Is eight and three-quarters niles
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30

There is always a straight way TO
yerything.-Dickens
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-30
Optimistic Thought.
The last to fight the first 10 fly.
Find 1t.

Find IL.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

necessity for the workers to get to-
Cether and act together for the pro-
lection Of themselves and those de-
pendent upon them. We claim, too,
that the trade unions compose. the
most formidable force for : the ad-
vancement Of those principles which
ultimately will result in the estab-
lishment Of complete and lasting So
cial justice. But that 4@ is another
question; let us get back to the ques-
ton Of the individuals liberty to.
contract. z.< Ill., .3 3 ..'., r.. :;
Imagine yourself in the position of
a worker who applies for a. job at
the offices OF the Duluth Street Rail-
way company. It ] is in the dead Of
winter and there are q thousand men
in the city out Of work. ll#s&. Ess
e.. :. oh Yes, You Ne Free. I. = .,i::' !. !:
You are, OF course, q free American
citizen and proud Of the fact. You
have read the. consti tuition; Or, II you
haven't. somebody has told you that
no state can pass q law :innpairins
the liberty Of contract and you don't
purpose to let anybody or any cor
Sporation deprive you Of that right. sasz
Approaching the forema an--yol1 find
out early the game, that YOU are
not dsai with 4 the general man
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

speculation, undermines industry and
makes every vacant piece Of land a.
tramp factory" ::
The objectors to trade unionism on
the ground that it deprives the in
dividual Of the liberty to freely con-
tract, would remove that individual
from the protecting wings of organ
lied labor and permit him to march
right in 26 Broadway, all, by his
lonesome, and ask John D. Rocke-
feller for job! Make his own. terms
with the money king! A fine theory
to be sure, but the only thing wrong
about it is that it doesn't work.
Land and labor are the chief ele-
ments in production. Labor applied
to land creates wealth. Unless there
is available land. labor is out Of
job. IT,, = -. p. T..
Where Land Is Free.
Where the Land is free, wages are
high. But as. soon as the land be-
comes :1nonopolized, wages fall to, the
lowest point at which men will con-
sent to work and i've, = r. t;@s II
Can an individual worker make q
contract with an employer who en-
joys a monopoly? Until special privi-s
lege IS bolished and men IRE given
equal opportunities there win l3s Be-
III S<gk
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
No LIBERTY OF CONTRACT FOR LABOR WHERE SPECIAL PRIVILEGE RI

Labor organizations destroy the
liberty to contract" is a stock phrase
often advanced as an argument
against the trade unions.
Well. let us take a look at the
proposition and see if there is any
merit to the claim.
Those who make this point forget
that the individual laborer is trying
to exc out a living under a system
where capital is highly organized.
The land. is being monon9lized. Fiji.
! ty-four individuals and fs,eign syn-
dicates own 26,710,39O acres of land.
an area greater than eight of the
most populous eastern states with a.
population. Of nearly 100000 peo-
pie, 49,. I.y,~
.l~ Dicloses Startling Facts.
The report of the Public Lands
commission appointed by President
Roosevelt in 1906 discloses some
startling facts and figures regarding
the concentration Of the most val
liable agricultural and timber lands.
Gradually, our farms are coming to
be owned in the cities-farm tenancy
is on the increase. Supporting it all
is g topsy-turyy9; taxation system, ssor
lack of SYSTEM, which destroys in
diytdua1 incentive. encourages land
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

cy.5 You must submit to the coalitions
and accept the wages named by it, or:
other men will take the Job and you
can shift for yourself. 4 ss.> 81 EEL S>>
~ Where, now, u your freedom to
contract? Mutual consent? There
was no consent on your. part and
there WAS undue influence. Outside
forces compelled you to submit to in
.toIeraD1e conditlons and wages 1nsuf-
ficient to enable you to feed and
clothe your family az a proud Ameri-
can citizen should. -
) Those Outside Forces
These outside forces are what We
tried to tell you about when we be-
gan this article. It Ii the system that
enc courages monopoly to grow and
that sdeprives you OF. the. s s. freedom
to contract yhic csuutd 10 vourA
but - not. tt Is tl1lS system that
throws hundreds of thou usands of
men m out of work Ia the dead olf WIN.
sten and forces them tos os work Tor
wages barely sun flcie1t 'ttos hold body
and soul together. 10 III the system
that forces women and sIittle sehil.
idrsns to 90 Into hi mill and Tho
factoSiss ma snuffs ont ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

~ you with q contract acceptable
to both p " -. 49, 4 !. -: s1 . +: :s +
Now there are certain, elements
necessary to be present before there
can be1.reals-&s contractural rlations.
There must be- an offer. s!of course,
which offer must. be accepted; q con-
sideration, and among other things
mutual consent. Last but not least
there must Be an absence s1f ] undue
influence, that Isy there must not be
any outside forces that would induce
either party to the agreement to act
against y his best interests or against
his Will. :ss, #,s 'ts .ss & 1. 5s
At Company's Mercy. III. s3s +
ssS z sEs You are still talking with the fore
man. While you are In the act. OF
driving home some telling point shout
yonr rights and 4 lot .of other things
tho foreman knows nothing Of and
cares less. along. comes 4noth work
ser out who, sstd les up To- the
foreman dollar ssventy-five q
day, says the foreman. There are
#a thousand other men who will. take
that Job sif YOU do nor .RAme ermber III
swirtsr and the bills are coming IN
;regularly and you must do sometning
to meet hem.
ess1n y psp Y \ J, / n h y 1aer, ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

5000 men organized in the Mime
sofa timber, industry, fighting for
themselves instead Of for the boss,
we could put the employment offices
out Of business. 81 could demand
1aiBh qagas. Al eaInp and
shorter ho,frsts r i @ ~ ~ -: #
The lumber barrens hate organI-
cations of labor. Instead Of fighting
a one fight, organize, and
when you then ask for, better condi-
tions, you will not be an individual,
but you will have behind you the
concentrated might of the: greatest
fighting organization in, the world" +"
We are in this fight to the last
man, we never retreat and we, never
compromise. Let us get together.
Change the timber beast into the. full
stature of manhood. The road to
better wages to open to you.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
KEEP THE ARM0RY FOR The PEOPL Use;
IT'S A VERY GOOD PROF PRR00P P0SITI0N

All right, let's discuss as business proposition
Probably the most hackneyed and most
approach to discussion Of proper municipal methods
of government by assuming automatic
men is merely business and that the best adminstra
tion Is "business" administration. s. =. g&5 .
Itis true that student of so considers
and that business administration succeeded
Those who study governmental administration; municipal
state national invariably conclude that the
Of is to give the people happier and more
wholesome life. ~: 5~>@ ~, -. ~
This is particularly true Of municipal government
because it is nearest to the people. is also true
that those who have succeeded best in governing
municipalities those who devoted their thought
energies to giving the people wholesome environ
men easier the sunny side of METROPOLITAN
existence, greater participation in the governments
=, Who ever heard Tom Johnson's administration in
Cleveland or Brand Whitlocks in Toledo referred to
good "busness'' administrations? And where is the
man that dares to condemn them in Cleveland or
Toledo? :--. =" "' -. ..'
No, the business administration has never been
success and it never will be, because "business,'
administration is always that allows the heavy
tax payers to- their just contributions to the
municipal treasury bestows favors that money
to those who have pull give contracts to contractors
who pick their own Inspectors and take special
interests from the saoonkeeper to the franchsehold
ing corporations at the expense of the people, !
But that isn't what we started to say ''.' y *'>. -
! What about the sale of the old armory NOW as a
business propostion? =.
The price offered is $50, 900. No matter who
makes the offer, all the city gets is $4,000. =:
When the city gets it, the commissioners say-they
will hold 1t in the permanent improvement fund until
they accumulate enough to buy the city hall site from
the county. No one knows when that will be- .. s..
In the meantime that $4,000 will be on deposit
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
W. W: ISSUES APPEAL TO TIMBER WORKERS NORTHERN MINNESOTA
TO ORGANIZE SHoUDfET BUSY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY

The American Federation of Labor
should pay some attention 70 the ap-
peal of The Labor World to organ
ize~ the timber workers Of Northern
Minnesota, before it Is too zlate.s. Al
reed theI. We w de ma lLing aystren-
nous eRoff ~ organize these ssnireil
have been opened at
s907 West Michigan street. They are
in charge of Arthur Boose. A strong
appeal has been issued to the timber
workers to organize under the I. w.
w. by J. A. Mcdonald of Virginia.
The appeal is in printed form and
states that the timber barons are en-
!ploying young men and are discard
ing all of the old men to become
"hobos, vagrants and buns The
boss has thrown them to one side to
starve, as they may, to die as they
can. Those worn out timber beasts
are pictures of their future"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

you see many ofs1purs bosses are
healthy men, at so. How
many lumber Jacks ad you find who
are healthy at that The bosses
'atea1 IS 1 IS - of the pro-
iFiiss Il ~ RaSf "a q. IN Sc laaar-
les to the semp p1oym4nt sharks that
they may fattenl -seon your poverty.
Running an employment office is
easier than swinging an ak. But you
have to swing the Ak that these para
sites may fatten off your labor. It
is easier for them to- work you than
to do the work themselves"
= "The main cause of your: present
conditions: is the fact that you are
unorganized in the world, where all
power is organized. The boss does
not respect you because you are not
powerful you are not powerful be-
cause you are not organized. With
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
MICHIGAN CoMBATs'
=. GREAT5:;WHITE PLAGUE;

. LANSING, Mich, Dec. 23.-The
state educational department is ar
ranging to carry the statewide cam
paign against tuberculosis into the
public schools of Michigan. During
the week of March 6 next public
school teachers will act jointly in this
work. ~ y
The state board &of health has dis
covered that many rural schools are
responsible for the spread of tube-cu-
losis. It is stated that "the little red
school house" is passing and that
buildings erected on standard lines is
the rule in many school districts. T.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

ager. and make your contract with
the company through - him -ap-
preaching the foreman you proud
ly state your business. having in
mind your right Z to- freely contract,
and then tell him you viii work for.
him in consideration of wages say,
OF $3.50 per day s.. 'Sy =. : : .ss &
r. You have kept yourself Informed
regarding wages paid elsewhere: you
have read the report Of the Minne-
sofa Bureau OF Labor. which. after
an Investigation found that In Minne-
sofa q man could not live on. less
than $3.50 per day, and support his
family decently. Anyway, you have
q family and YOU feel that $3.50 is
about 'as little 90 you can AFFORD to.
work for and still provide Tor them
decentiy. ss:.s.5s /. I
!: = ID It's, ~ One.sided Matter. d.
The foreman answers gruffiy that
he Will gtyss syo5a 4 ,lay. Per-i
.haps hs MN I've 81 t I, 22a cent. 81
hour Tor q ten hour day covering q
spread Of about 4 s. hours. gu at
tempt 70 argue.s Y1ou state { that you:
cannot pay the linary eax.pens g, 81.
YOUR fa1ail Oh those wages Does,
The orernaln Does hos off fer!S
q 4 t
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

banks The basks pay one per cent interest on
deposts. The city therefore would receive an an
nnaI addition to the fund OF $500. =. r.. vi
That would be good business for the banks.
We don't blame the banks mind you; blame
city Yes it is the way the city has done It for
Years but perhaps that is good why the COM
nlssoners should do better business" with the banks
The rest of put our. little savings in the same
and get three per cent them but the city gets
only one Per cent on its hundreds OF. thousands. "
However that may be, If sell thearmo1y we make
$500. year the investment. - '-
Whe is there in Duluth that does not believe the
arory will increase in value more than oneper cent
as5ear? ...H" = -> =, i: -
lf there be such one, he has argument in favor
ofRsn immediate sale. .',.a, - 4 = ..r-.
s But none Of real estate agents, nor those who
large Investments in that vicinity believe values
hve ceased to rise around that And hardly
le6 in the mouths of city officials. daily press
even the bidders for the site to give the city such
asblack eye just at the time when told we are
the eve of the greatest prosperity in the history OF
Duluth. .-~. .'.> 49, - ...,.
that potential $4,000 that will yield large an
crease toward the price Of city hall will have
tilt let's it stay right where it is. = L.
The city is not specializing in real estate, but now
that It has it there is earth why it should
not get the big profit there is in holding st instead of
letting some private speculator have it.
: 8 What do you think about it business' PROPOSE
tiont - :, : &'''
II S.. Then there is use for the armory by the
public works department and the water and light de-
partment and for public market civic forum and
asgreat central social center. o. :
It ts worth to the city $500 year in dollars
and ten times that in things that cannot be measured
insdollars. ''.i~ .:.-.>
I've think the people are going to keep It.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
"A MERRY CHRISTMAS
.|s:VVAR TRUST BACK !. "
,!
/: OF PREPAREDNESS? D||l| !
Representative Tavenner Says o..
S. Manufacturer of Num-
tions Offers Security
MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE
AGAINST NAVY LEAGUE
ebns'ares Senator Dupont Gave
p to Germany AS To Ma
! tion's Powder Supply. .

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Attack-
ing the Navy league of the United
States, J. P. Morgan and the NUM-
tions makers, Representative Taven-
ner, Illinois, asserted that the NUM-
tions industry of the country is con-
trolled by what he designated as ''the
J. P. Morgan war control trust" He
asserted that this trusts methods
are supported by the propaganda for
increased preparedness now being
conducted by the Navy league.
Tayenner said that unless the gov
ernn1ent took over the manufacture
Of all munitions needed in time of
war the people would be robbed in
the expenditures for supplies to be
made under the proposed program
for preparedness.
Facts Given Germany.
Tavenner charged that the muni-
tions makers of this country. were in
a world wide trust for the control
of. munitions business.
During this part Of his argument
he alleged that during the war of
1898, when the United States and
Germany were at the breaking point,
Germany was advised as to the full
supply. of powder in this country by
reason of the participation by ,ne
Dupont de Nemours company Of Del
aware in the the combination.
He then read a list of names of
persons said to have been parties to
the arrangement. One Of these was
tiat of Senator Dupont Of Delaware,
Withdraws His Remarks.
'The chair admonishes the gentle
man from Illinois that it is against
the rules of the house to drag into
debate the action of senators in an
other BODY
saying could be- backed up by public
documents. Speaker. Clark: replied
that; neverth heless, the rules. proYided
That it ittss< oufa not be; dune and that
the ulneisan would have to with
draw his remarks
"Then," Tavenner said, II want to
withdraw what I have said.'
Interruptions of Tavenner's speech
by Miller. Of Delaware, brought
SABBATH to his feet, asking if Miller's
state is not a big beneficiary of pow
der contracts.
When Tavenner charged that
American armor plate companies SOLD
product to Russia for $249 per ton
while the United States paid them
$616 a ton, 'Cyclone' Davis, OF
Texas, shouted ''Amen!" with camp.
meeting fervor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Frank
p. Walsh, chairman Of the. commit
tee on industrial relations, in a letter
to the executive committee Of the Ma
tional Americanization committee, re-
Gently organized in New York, at the
home Of Mrs. Vincent Astor; calls up
on that organization to: recommend
trade unionism as the greatest aid to
aliens.
Included in the membership of the
New York organization is chairman
Trumbull of the executive committee
OF the Chesapeake & Ohio railway:
Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt and President Sprou1e OF
the, Southern: Pacific, Railroad COM
pany.
Mr.. Walsh urges the Americana
aztion committee Ito use every agency
Of publicity and persuasion at your
command" to impress upon newly ar
rived immigrants the, advantages of
at once joining existing labor unions.
or, where unions do not exist, of
forming unions of their own.
""I need not point out to you the
great valte Of the labor unions as an
Americanizing influence continues
Chairman Walsh. Leading econo-
mtsts and sociologists have done so
often that the success of the unions
as agencies Of Americanization Is an
accepted fact. No other agency can
compare with them in 1nstilling into
immigrants the spirit of America and
developing in them the capacity for
self-government. No other American
institution so embodies the soul Of
America, the spirit Of democracy. -
':Nor is, 1t necessary to point out
the un-American and dangerous sub
serviency, amounting to serfdom,
that exists in immigrant industrial
populations that deny their employees
the cght to o%organiez. j As an. Amer1-
anization coInnit tee you viii i i of
icourses gree that no an1ount of tsel-
fare work fby tavors are
handed down from above. can remove
the menace to- American institutions
that are economically subservent and
that must depend for their well-being
upon the generous exercise of arbi-
trary- power by a superior class"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
BOSTON PHONE GIRLS
GET HIGHER WAGES

BOSTON, Dec. 23.-The Telephone
Operators union is preparing a new
wage scale. This may account for the
company posting notice of "a voluntary
raise in wages"
These union girls, however, show that
the so-called ''raise in wages consists
of reducing the number of years before
the weekly maximum of SIP is paid.
The maximum was formerly six years,
but the company has volunteered to
make it five years.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
EASTERN RAILROADS
HAVE BIG EARNINGS

WASHINGTON. Dec. .23.-The net
earnings Of the 1877 principal rail-
roads in the country for September,
1915, are far in excess of the earn
ings for the same month Of 1914, says
the interstate commerce commission.
The net earnings for September,
1915, were $1os,2ea,e5s, a. net of
SAT- per mile,5 against q net of $4O2
per mile in 1914.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
COURT EXTENDS LAW :;
TO MENTAL WORKERS

BOSTON, Dec. 29.-The state supreme
court refuses to define work, whether
the .women's 54-hour-week law applies
to both classes. The court held that
the working hours of women had been
limited on the ground that they were
under an industrial disability. and that
a reduction of hours was Justified on
the ground Of public welfare. \, .
! This reason applies quite as strong-
ly where! the labor is@ not purely physi-
borer' and 1aboring' have no hard and
fast meaning" said the court. "
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
TO ATTEND INDUSTRIAL
EDUCATION CONVENTION

Union labor is to play an import
ant part in the convention of the Ma
tional Society for the Promotion of
Industrial Eudcation, which will be
held in Minneapolis beginning Jan.
20, 1915. =. ~
President E.: G. Hall and Secre-
tary-Treasurer. G.. w. Lawson will
represent the State Federation Of La
bor as delegates to this convention.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
FURNITURE FACTORIES So,
TO BOOST UP PRICES
GRAND F

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Dec. 29.
An increase in the price Of furni-
ture is necessary. declared speakers
at the convention of the National
Furniture Manufacturers association.
Figures were quoted alleging that
lumber had increased 10 per cent,
hardware and trimmings 100 to $50
per cent, mirrors Is per cent and
stains 200 per cent. 4..
AS wage rates in the furniture in
dustry are among the lowest, the
speakers made no reference to, this
cost. -