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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND TRADING VOTES s=
Each session of our law making bodies, especially
our state legislature is cursed to greater
tent with logrolling tactics and frequently trading
of votes.
The present session has been no exception to the
rule The sorry part of the affair is that such tactics
in American politics. at least from the standpoint of
the professional politician deemed good politics
Seekers after special privileges welcome the oppor-
tuniy to purchase mans conscience partic-
uarly noxious measure by of holding the power
10 trade vote. The man who though holding posi-
ton of TRUST whereby he is expected aid in legsa-
ton of benefit to the state, successfully trades vote
frequently heralded broadcast as statesman of no
ability
The question of woman's suffrage was the victim
of vote trading.
is we'll known that the interests the legislature
most strongly opposed to womans suffrage the liquor
interests In an endeavor to get the support of the
liquor delegation and men of similar minds to oppose
the county division bill, the suffrage amendment was
voted against by three senator's from St. Louis county
They little reckoned the power that lays in the vote
those who voted favoraby on-the suffrage
who know full we'll the why these St. Louis
county senators voted they did.
1t is rumored that the liquor interests are in favor
OF county division. Whether this is true not We
do not venture to say. We will venture, however to
say that it is true the voting against womans suffrage
Will get no votes against county division.
The question to be asked is this: Which is of
greater Importance to Minnesota or any Of it's SUBJ
divisions the slicing of St. Louis county or granting
to the people of the state the right decide whether
this state shall remain half slave and half free?"
We not in favor of dividing this or any other
county of the state by arbitrary the legislature
Neither are in favor Of seeing legislator from
this district vote in favor of continuing the dsranchse
ment of the of the state in order gain sell
fish point for but city in the state.
Let county division and every other measure be
fought out it's merits That would be more states
man like. To trade votes is just vile as buying
votes The difference is that legal trckery up
held by parliamentary procedure the other is corrupt
the offender being subject to fine or imprson-
ment.
If votes must be traded bought to defeat county
division then let the county be divided,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

@ When the sixty-third congress ended the admins
trations ship purchase bill died with it. No measure
that was before the last congress excited the same
measure Of opposition that ship purchase bill
aroused If it should have become in the form
which was designed to make government ownership
permanent it would have put end the ship subsidy
program for reviving the American merchant marine
The expectation of the administration that an Amer
lean merchant marine could be established by repeating
the.provison in the navigation law denying to foreign
built ships American registry not realized has
become evident that method must be devised that
the higher COST in wages and conditions of service
imposed upon American ship masters may be met if
American shipping is to be restored to the seas The
private shipping interests propose that subsidies be
granted and the restrictive labor laws modified or re-
pealed.
X The administration alternative to suhsidies
proposed government owned merchant marine It
purposed to the subsidy directly to the officers and
crews 1t was an exceedingly dangerous proposal-so
dangerous that aged underwent personal dis
comfort to kill it. The which it threatened
was as dangerous to the security of the nternatona,
shipping trust the kaisers submarine warfare against
merchant ships in the English channe.-Ex
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

1t is almost difficult to make a man unlearn his
errors as his knowledge Ma1information more hope
less than noninformation; for error is ALWAYS more
busy than Ignorance. Ignorance is blank sheet on
which we may write; but an is scrubbed one
which we must first erase Ignorance contended to
stand still with her back to the truth but error is
more presumptuous and proceeds the same direction
Ignorance has no light but error follows false one
me consequence i that error when she retraces
footsteps has farther before she arrive at the
truth: than ignorance Cotton s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
PREJUDICE TOWARDS UNIONS

g. How often DO we meet professional men and men
apparently possessing broad minds who have an I'M
comfortable fear and horror of union labor
&c., Carlyle said, MAN is. and always was
much reader to feel and digest think and
slder. PREJUDICE which he pretends to hate, is his
absolute law giver."
@ Maybe in talking with of these men we learn that
so-and-so one time had suchandsuch experience with
la man that belonged to union or he heard union
man say swear word one time right loud or some
otner horrible thing like that and unions therefore
Ha menace to the welfare of the community
1t is true there those have other and nosshlv
better reasons for their hatred labor unions and It
AS also true that union organizations have made
mistakes.
invariably however, after the opposition hatred
from labor unions has been sifted amounts to
mere unreasonng prejudice 49, ,.@->'. @:..ssz.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
TO THE NEWS WRITER'S.

Nineteen years ago next month the first number of
The Labor World published from which we quote
the following editorial: .........
"The newspaper writer's of St. Louis and Min
neapolis talking organization. Why not form
such organization here in Duluth and West Su-
but nothing has been heard of the scheme lately
The newsWriters unions under the jurisdic-
ton of the International Typographical union probably
of the most conservative and progressive organza
tons affiliated with the American Federation Labor
At the last convention of the American Federation of
Labor held in Philadelphia resolution introduced
calling the editors of the labor papers their
energies and influence to unonze the newswrters in
their respective territories.
Nothing could be of greater benefit to the
papers of the Twin Ports than efficient union of
newswrters. For the protection and advancement of
the newswriters connected with the papers
union under the jurisdiction the International Typo
graphical Union would be Of the greatest help.
writing should be the very highest plane and or
ganzaton of those who gather and news for
the benefit of the public the very thing push
writing to the topnotch.
Let the newswriters of Duluth and Superior think
this matter carefully and should there be suffi-
cient enthusiasm in the Twin Ports for such union
the editor Of The Labor World would pleased to take
the matter with the national officers of the Typo
graphical union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
EVENTUALLY-WHY NOT NOW?

The above motto has been by practically every
workman in the city. The significance Of the motto
can be seen at glance and applied to any practical
proposition
That who depend the sale Of their labor
for subsistence will organize in to better
their conditions maintain their standard living
inevitable. Men who today the outside of the
union will some day the of their ways and
join the union of their craft trade
Employers Of labor in cities are slowly but
surely learning the advantage to trade that necessarily
follows through collective bargaining They are like
wise learning that matter Of justice their en-
poyees is but fair that the should be free
form organization of their calling self protec
stion. ..
Eventually the employee will insist on organization
Eventually the employer will insist on collective bar
sgainng.
8Hs Eventually-Why not now?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
THE ROITER

The ''bolter" has done more bust
ness in. history than the party has.
He "bolted" first and the party fol-
lowed. Abraham Lincoln was a
'bolter,"' but so far as that is con-
cerned, 50 was George Washington,
and James Otis, and Hancock, and
Jefferson. -
All ages have proved that the only
man who starts anything new in the
direction of human progress has had
to ''bolt":in order. to start. it, The
only man who never bolts lis the
mar. man who who, let's himself be tied hand
and lll'l 81 foot to q part ifornia OUT
look 1. nj !,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

Intellectual education now to- be worthy of the time
ought to include in its compass elements contributed
in every of the great epochs of mental
which the world has In this respect most espe-
cially, we are, if know how to our ADVANTAGES
lnheritors of the wealth Of the richest imes strong
the power of the giants of all ages placed on the
NIT of an edfice which thirty have been en-
ployed in building.-Whewell.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
MAORI WOMEN VOLUNTEER.

From the London Telegraph
. Among the. Maori warriors who vol
unteered, far in excess Of the num-
Der accepted, for the: New Zealand
expeditionary force. were "a number
of stalwart ''wahines',' (native wo-
m en-. :? To their disgust and indigna.
ton they were informed that thsir
sex debarred, them from service. Il
can shoot as We'll as any man who
ever stepped" one Maori maiden
said, who expressed utter scorn for
the incomprehensible ways Of the
Pakeha, (white MANI in dispatching
an army Of men to fight without
their women folk being there to: take
care Of them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
GO TO CHURCH.
Sunday, March 18th, is the. day.

Complaint IS !. sometimes
made that; merchants make .
bluff at carrying union-label
goods in stock. !: .: + IT.
i When the rank and file Of
=. the e membership Of unions call
for union labA goods Thorn
selves tho merchants will a.
50 stop bluff fling. s........ s. {
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
1T PAYS TO ORGANIZE,

Wages in the United States" is the title of VOL
by Scot Nearing of the University of PENNSYLVANIA
1t is meaty book but the figures given do not suggest
meat for the workers; beans and must be substi
tuted.
He tells us in the preface that in New York family
of five maintain their physical efficiency on 5000
year But few of the workers make experiment.
Statistics of wages sure for OPTIMISM
OF the 4S,472 adult males in the cotton mills Of
Massachusetts, SO per received less than SO per
annual wage $4sss4. The foundry and machine
Of $So1.o3, hosiery and knit goods workers drew
$685.. -. ~ 49, .'%:~ = !:
Some said: 1T is easy to be good on SO, 900
year." The women workers in Pennsylvana's ten in
dusries employing the largest number Of women would
find easier at their present ranging from
in silk thrown to $s5735 for the in silk dress
goods Why do women 60 wrong? There is an answer
when wages go to 50 cents day. they can't afford
to be good but being bad don't to help
Kansas figures are argument for unionism. The
coal miners union, have SO per drawing between
SO and SIS per week, 80 per cent draw from SIS to
$50, and % per cent receive $40 or more. Cement
workers. nonunion, longer hours per cent receiv-
ing SO to SIS week, % per cent SIS $40 and
per cent, $40 There similar contrast be-
tween the glass and smelter workers. 4 per cent Of
glass workers get from 50 to $15 per cent from
to $40 and 20 per cent $40 per week. Sxty-fiye
per cent Of the smeltermen in from 50 to
class 26 cent from SIS $780, only per cent get
more than $40.
The moral is: 1T pays to organize."-Miners Ma
gazne
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

Goodness to the theological virtue charity:
and admits but error the desire of power
excess caused the angels to fall the desire of know
ledge in caused fall but in charity there
neither angel or man come into dam
ger by it.-Lord Bacon.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
THE FACTORY CHILD
BY j. j. CALVIN

BY j. j. CALVIN
20 Father in Heaven, be good to me;
Sweet Mother OF God, / trust in thee
Thus prayed the Child of the Fac
tory Town,
A girl of ten, yet broken down -.
by toll and fear, and life so sad
The Recording Angel, in pity, had
Written these words, with severest
look,
In letters Of flame, in the Lost Soul
Book:
The brute who tortures a child will
be
Punished in hell through eternity"
my father was good, and kind, and
true,
And mother loved me, as mothers do:
They passed away in the factory's
grind,
And left an orphaned girl behind.
i do no wrong, and l do not shirk
The hardest kind of factory work;
But they pile 1t on me, oh, so high,
That I sometimes wish / too, could
Il hear them talk of the land of the
free,
Where each child has the same op-
portunity;
Yet never played, like the masters
girls,
Or had doll with clustering curtis,
Or piece of cake, or a candy bear
But maybe some day, when people
care,
They'll change the laws, so ones like
me
Will have chance, as it ought to be-"
She lived awhile, in youthful< hope
Like the flower of devotion, the hello
trope. -
With childish faith in the heart of
man,
Believed, as only children can;
And died with the prayer her mother.
taught - :H'~ .--@%-s =
When men forget, God must be
sought:
20 Father in Heaven, be- good to me;
Sweet Mother Of God, trust in thee"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

A man who follows his. virtuous heart will
be always found in the end to have been fighting
for the BEST One thing leads naturally to another
in an awakened mind, and that. with upward
progress from effect to cause.-R. L. Stevenson.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

Hunting after arguments to make good one side Of
question: and wholly to neglect those which favor the
other is wilfuy to misguide the Understandings and
is so far from giving truth it's due value that it wholly
debases it.-Locke
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

Were we as eloquent angels; yet should we please
some men, some women and some children much more
by listening than by ADMINISTRATION
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

The man who will live above his present circum-
stances is in great danger of living little tme much
beneath them-Addison.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

POLICE.
From the Indianapolis Star
Omar-There goes a man who be-
lieves in arousing the masses.
Heiny-Labor agitator, Ell?
Omar-No-manufa of alarm
clocks.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

Money can give a man reputation
for brains, even If he hasn't'an
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13

Greysolon Cigars, sizes. Il. q. s.s
1 some men, car. IS fortune have flat
wheels
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-05
OFFICE MANAGER AT YEILD|NG'S
 NOW TEST|F|ES
J. H. O'Neal Comes Out With Facts-Positive as ] to Merits of Tanlac

You certainly have a good, medicin, tn Tanlac,' said Mir. J. II. oNeal 1T Patton-Pepe's drug store yesterday. MT o'Neai is the popular office gel for Yielding Brothers company depart ment store. Birmingham, and resides al be22 Third avenue, north.
 I was in here about two weeks ago continued MT, O'Neal, and had beer troubled for sometime with a bad spell of indigestion and constipation. MT. Pat Ron suggested to me that I try the new preparation Tanlac. as it was especially recommended for such complaints SO without giving the matter much thought. l bought a bottle and took it home with me.
 This one bottle, without doubt. has done me a great deal of good, and don't think l have used 1t faithfully. either. You know, an office man is Kept pretty busy and frequently I would forget to take the medicine at The right time. However, as I now see 1t is helping me I want another bottle and will take it regularly Already, my appetite is greatly improved; my diges- tion is better and for several days l have had no trouble with my stomach. The constipation has disappeared, too, snd l feel that Tanlac is building me up right along. You may depend upon me to recommend it, for I believe it Is a meritorious preparation. and I am glad got it."
 The Tanlae representative, in com menting upon Mir. ONears statement, said:
 While hundreds and hundreds have endorsed Tanlac, and have given us per sNafe CtA fA as matter of fact. find space to use only very small percentage of them Then, too, some of these endorsements might be misleading to the public
 "Of course. the general publicity that has been given Tanlac, is responsible in great measure for it's widespread Introduction in such a short space of time but unless the preparation pos sessed unusual merit, and did what was claimed for it, it Is not reasonable to suppose that the sales would repeat in so large a percentage as they have in almost every section where it has been placed on sale
 'As the majority of the American people suffer from some form of stom- ach trouble. imperfect digestion. etc, it can be readily seen that Tanlac has great mission to perform and, l believe 1t is proving all and more than is claimed for it.
 Tt is certainly gratifying when a man so well known and respected as Mir. O'Neal voluntarily adds his endorse ment to the hundreds of other good clti- zens of the south in testifying to the merits of Tanlac''
 ranlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- sively by Jacobs drug store and Patton Pope company, under the personal di- rection of the Tanlac representative. It Is also sold in Ensley by D. w. Morris Drug company, and at Bessemer by Pe- gram-Patton Drug company.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-05
BAPTISTS NOW HAVE BIG ENCAMPMENT
 AT PELHAM HEIGHTS

Pelham Heights, August 4.-(Specjal) The Sixth Alabama Baptist State en- campment people here on the Heights are being reinforced each day by the arrival of newcomers who are here to remain until the exercises close.
 The Judson college girls entertained the Howard college boys today in the hotel dining room. ''rhe girls intended to sur prise 'the boys but in this they failed tor "the boys" got on to their ..iIttle game and returned compliments in splen- did form.
 The programme for "Wednesday was as follows:
 9:00-Address, Training in the Baptist Spirit" Dr. VanNess.
 10:o0-Laymen's conference; Enhancing the Kingdom" Drh Henderson. leader. w. M. U. conference, Misses Mallory and Huey. leaders.
 Il 11:00-Praise service, Mir Reynolds.
 Il 1S0-Address, Business and Religion" pr. Poteat.
 :00-Rest and recreation.
 5:0e-Quiet hour service, Dr. Bomar
 7:30-Service of song, Mir. Reynolds.
 S:00-Lecture. Some By-Products of the Gospel Dr. Henderson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-05
CITY CAN LEVY TWO PER CENT OF GROSS
 RECEIPTS UNDER
 COMPROMISE PLAN
(Continued from Page one)

for '1 percentum," and that instead of making that l percentum subject to division, the bill be so amended as to permit each municipality to collect 2 percentum of the gross revenue derived by the corporation in the respective mu- inequalities The John amendment pre- vailed and the section was adopted
 In the course of his speech before the house, MT Shapiro criticized the cor lorations' lawyers who, in 1911, repre- sented corporations In the legislature l ather than the people of Jefferson coun- ty," spoke eloquently of the distressed financial condition of the city of Birming- ham, read dramatic statements from the members of the city commission and the various organizations of outlying municip- alit.es; made a touching plea for local government, and took to task agents of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, who were endeavoring according to his statement, to bias legis- lation in favor of their employing cor pore ton.
 The house this afternoon, sitting as a. committee of the whole, completed the consideration of the license bill and it will probably be formally considered next Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-05
NECESSITY OF VIGILANCE
 ASSOCIATION IN ALABAMA
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMESr
 By MRS. SIDNEY M. ULLMAN

Probably the biggest work of this sort done in the United States. certainly the finest and most far-reaching is done in Chicago through the Illinois Vigilance as- sociation. This association was organized in 1908 under the auspices of a union meeting of ministers about 4o0 in num- Der and the social welfare workers being present. The object of this association is the promotion of personal morality and the suppression of vice, both clan destne and commercial" Whether vice be segregated or scattered 1t is a verit- able pirate on neighboring property rents and values
 letter from the Illinois Vigilance as- sociation says Tn addition vice has ruined the lives of many boys with dis ease before they knew that the danger existed. On the other hand. good nor als help the growth of mind and body. This is especially tM case with boys. and millions of people do not know it. Vice literally murders women.n
 Seventeen vice commissioners have de- olared against the toleration of vice In any way. Reports from Des Moines. Seattle and Syracuse will be found to be surprising to many people.
 Do you know that through the Mann white slave act the enforcement broke up a gang of notorious criminals found to be trafficers in women?
 Do you know as a result of this more than 1000 promoters and trafficers of vice have been sent to jail?
 The Illinois Vigilance association has placed over 1000 warning to girl" cards in railway stations of Illinois and other states
 Warning girls" cards are placed in the street cars of the city of Chica 20 and many appeals are made asking that help be given to locate missing girls. Thousands of people are reached by sucn an association and are being warned against vice diseases
 Iowa has an injunction and abatement law to help it's citizens protect their homes and their business property from the encroachment of houses of prostitu- tiou. Iowa was the first state to have such law. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have since adopted it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-05
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Vaudette

The story of the operations of a gang of international crooks is told at the Vaudette today in 'The Great Ruby Mystery, wonderfully interesting drama in two reels. Herbert Rawlinson duplicates his great success in The Black Box and is ably assisted by an all-star cast.
 The crooks attempted to steal a ruby of immense value and the manner in which 1t is saved from the thieves bt som nambulist. who unwittingly removes the ruby from Its hiding place while asleep. and it's final recovery makes a story of more than the usual interest.
 The work of foreign government se- cret agents and the work of a clever American detective adds to the effect The ruby is the property of Novensen, an ardent patriot and a high born Dane,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-05
EXCELLENT BUSINESS CONDITIONSREPORTED

Washington, August 4.-Business conditions throughout the country con- tnnue to show improvement. said the monthly bulletin of the federal reserve board issued today. Until crops arc harvested the full measure of this im- provemcnt cannot he judged, the buIIe- tin added.
 Crop prospects are bright and in sev- eral reserve districts war orders have brought a boom to industries.
 In the Richmond district the cotton crop is reported late. but in excellent condi- ton, though prices are low Business generally is holding a steady position.
 There is a tendency to improvement in the Atlanta district but conditions do not show material change. Cotton mills are at full capacity and new mills are under construction. Agricultural prospects are bright
 The Dallas district cotton crop will be