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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-06-12
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President Gompers : Voices Or
:. ganized Labor,s Demand in
r.: Federationist for June.
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE
49,. MOST IMP PoRTANT
unionists' Economic Power Fore
ing New Concepts of Life and
- Liberty.


wAsH1NGToNJun 11.-"1awson
Must Be Freed !''s declares President
Gompers in the leading editorial Of
American Federationist, June issue.
The causes that forced Colorado min
ers on strike arerecorded,. as are
other recent events in that state.
''This attempt & writes President
Gompers, ito hold: John r. Lawson
responsible in connection with the
death of a man of which he had no
knowledge, standslKdn vivid contrast to
the studious effortsof John D. Rookie
feller, jr., to establish his complete
ignorance of the. colorado strike and
hence mis- complete irresponsibility,
John R. Lawson Had nothing to gain
by the death Of ~ ohm Nimmo. but
John D. RockefeHer had profits at
stake in the suppression of the Colo
RADIO strike.
Landboldels Powerful.
''Holders of PROPERTY nave created
a tradition of theaparamount import
ance' Of property and have exalted and
exaggerated the part. that property
has in production AT the same time
they have mininlized and detracted
from the service that: the laborers
render. Through their political in
fluence gained by their economic pow
er they have Incorporated this mis-
conception into governmental and le-
sal theory. It is against this inequal-
ity, this injustice that the workers
are now directing.the power of the
labor movement SH
"Slowly the workers are learning to
appreciate their great economic pow
er. AS producers they have the world
in their grasp. Through their eco
nomic power they. have been slowly
Injecting into political and legal
thought the conception Of the sacred
ness Of human lifesand the paramounS
Importance of humanity. They are
trying to establishs q real equality OF
opportsanty hi
affairs; they are trying to secure equal
governmental protection to all human
beings. This is the real revolution
the labor movement is working. !.
''The great injustice and wrong al
1eady inflicted on Lawson must he
undone and righted.
John r. Lawson must be freed!'
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agement Of a director appointed by
the. king on the nomination of tho
ministry. Associated with him are
eight members selected in the same
manner. All questions of improve
ments, contracts, administration and
appointments are under the control
Of this council and the director. In
addition to this there are twelve: CEN
trail bureaus, to each of which are
assigned particular departments .df
administration. ., "a
In Belgium.
IN Belgium the railroads are in the
1 hands of responsible Minister of
Railways, Posts and Telegraphs. In
addition there is a railway council,
and q number of bureaus to each one
of which are assigned certain admits
trative functions. Efforts are made to
stimulate efficiency among the en-
ployes by the granting OF premiums
to those directly concerned with the
running Of TRAINS Other benefits are
state owned cottages which are let at
a nominal rental, and the giving Of
fortnightly free tickets to clerks and
shop assistants. Pensions are granted
to all employees after thirty years OF
service on their arrival at the age Of
sixty-six, and to any employe whose
health has been imp paired and who has
been in the service at least ten years.
Disabled employees are entitled to q
pension, under any circumstances.
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Farrell Clashes With Mcdonnell.
-. Merritt Says, II IN Butt
of Jokes" '-.

The past week at the city hall has
been teeming with excitement that to
the public is both amusing and some-
what repellant.: ..>
At the. meeting of the council last
Monday night Paddy Mcdonnell, the
notorious; contractor, resorted to per-
sonal abuse of Commissioner Farrell in
an effort to :belittle. the commissioner
on the question of paving: After a
duel Of words between the, two men
Mr.. Mcdonnell was informed by the
mayor that the commission was dis
cussing paving and not the abilities
Of the public affairs commissioner.
Discord Evident.
That all is not. harmony among
the commissioners was brought out
Wednesday morning when Commits
sioner Merritt made, public a state
ment regarding the attitude of Com
missioner Si1berstein and incidently
the entire commission. towards him.
He also Indicated his disgust with an
apparently unapprecative public.
IAN official who really tries to
serve the people and improve their
condition get little thanks for his ef-
AOA u <ahu 6OOH SSIS W O0 hIlO"u dS d
fool and dreamer was a part Of
the commissioners complaint. In re-
CARDS to the attitude of Commissioner
Silberstein and the other commission
ers, he said, II am the butt of. Com
missioner Silberstein's course jokes
I and treated as If I did not have COM
mon sense, The council did not In
vite me to the special meeting last
Saturday to give the jitney ordinance
amendment second reading. Then a
totally new and meaningless amend
flnent bobs up and an afIort is made to
hing I IKE Is 5:be
treated a. IL I had common intel
hgence. You may tell them for me
that the new jitney amendment" in
all it's mystery didn't fool anybody.
commissioner Silberstein's attitude
especially annoys me. He tells me to
run my office on business principles.
I've done more to build up Duluth
than any 10 men in it. Silberstein
used to see me sailing on the lake
and whiting on stumps, and must
have the idea that never learned
half as much as a gentleman mer-
chant knows. That hard experience
is what taught me business
Merritt denied he ever plays to the
galleries. What incentive have T
for it - he asked. II never intend to
run again. I wouldn't have the office
again for any money. Still am ac-
cused of counting popular favor on
the jitney ordinance. It is all rot.
Trying to do something for the peo-
pie is a thankIess job, absolutely
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IGNORANCE REASON
FOR UNORCAN|zED
No Intelligent Workers Who Re-
fuse to Join Labor
Union.
TEAR OF LOSING JOB
IS ANOTHER FACTOR
Pamphlets Issued Show Extent of
Missionary Work Among Un-
organized Workers.

WASHINGTON, June 11.-When
President Gompers was asked by the
industrial relations commission last
week, if it were not true that organ
lied labor is opposed to those labor
ers who refuse to organize, he de-
clared:
There are no such laborers'
The unionist presented numerous
organizing pamphlets to show tae
missionary work being done by the
organized workers.
Ignorant Stay Away.
He further stated that workmen,
because of ignorance respecting the
objects Of organized labor, and the
beneficient result sought for, remain
away from the organizations only so
long as that ignorance lasts. Some
Others refuse to join unions in the
hope Of currying favor with employ
ers. but the large number are kept
away by coercion on the part Of en-
ployers.
The efforts to organize employees of
the United States steel corporation
were cited and instances given where
men who attended meetings were dis
charged, and where they suffered the
same fate because their wives dared
to attend. Thugs and gunmen were
employed to prevent the men from or
ganizing; halls and meeting places
were rented in advance by the COM
pany to prevent the men from holding
indoor meetings, and outdoor meet
ings were prevented by local police
authorities. Orga nizers were assaulted,
and the case of Organizer jeff Pierce,
who received injuries that resulted
fatally, was detailed at length.
Contempt Case Cited.
President Gompers told of the ef-
forts made by trade unionists to Sc
cure the right of free speech. The
courts, he asserted, have attempted
to abridge these rights without either
warrant of law Or - the; semblance; en- OF
Justice The case was cited in which
he was himself sentenced to Jail with
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison.
Speeches made by him, in which he
discussed the principles involved
were used as evidence to prove hi&
violation of court injunction and te
warrant his sentence to Jail for con.
tempt of court.
In this case, he said, there was the
most open and fragrant effort by the
courts to prevent a. man from exer.
cising the right of free speech guar:
anteed him by the constitution.
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Of the people Of America
would say: Yes, theoret-
ically, believe in govern
ment ownership of the
railways but the administrative pro-
blems are so serious; there is so much
danger from the spoils system and
the use Of the railroads for political
purposes, that it would be unsafe to
undertake it. It would involve adding
3 million and a half employees to the
government service; there would be
constant changes in the higher admin
istratlve officials, and in consequence
efficiency would be subordinated to
political considerations" such is the
general attitude Of America towards
municipal and national ownership. We
are so close to the old days of political
corruption and the spoils system that
we are not ready to trust ourselves.
Distrust Is Unjustifled.
OUCH distrust of the Federal Gov
- ernment is far from justified. The
Post Office department, measured by
cheapness and service, is one of the
most efficient instrumentalities in
America. AS matter fact, the
American postal employe performs a
larger number of transactions than
does the ,employe' Of any other coun-
try. The postal service has been clas-
slhed for years; no one suggests that
1t be returned to the spoils system: it's
employees are animated by a. fine en-
thuslasm; and they are courteous, eff
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-06-12
Noted Socialist Orator and Editor
Of National Rip Saw Making
Lecture Tour.

Next Saturday June 49,. Eugene v.
Debs. Of Terre Haute, will speak at
the Auditorium in this CITY. Mr.:
Debs is making an extensive tour of
the middle west in the interest of
socialism under the asupices of the
National Rip-Saw, a monthly socialist
publication OF st. Louis. of which he
is the editorial writer.
Mr.. Debs needs no Introduction to
the people OF Duluth as he has been
in this city several times and never
fails to draw capacity houses. He is
recognized; to be a foremost orator
and exponent, Of MARKHAM socialism
and with rare exceptions his sincerity
in the labor movement has never been
questioned.
Debs is without doubt one Of the
most loved men among the workers
and probably the most disliked man
among those Of the employing class,
although even they treat him with
the greatest respect and recognize his
abilities, and~power. -,:,,.--,->.
Debs was in Duluth year ago and
gave the: most mastery address on
the Colorado situation and told most
wildly OF the martydom of Louis
Tikkas the Greek miner who was
dubbed ITO death by q ratlitiaman in
tt1haf stat 1tslsra rare treat to listen
to Mr.. Debs rectte the wrongs to labor
and paint an optimistic picture Of the
future for the men who: toll with
hands and brain. :, =
I The workingmen of Duluth and
others who have the interest of hu-
manity at heart should not fail to
hear this. brilliant. man when he
speaks next Saturday, June 19, at the
Auditorium at $3.50 D. m.
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SHORTEN WORK DAY.

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, June 11.-Af-
ter locking out nearly 800 employees,
contracting carpenters and the Car
penters, District Council settled Diff
ferences through arbitration. The
same wages-55 cents an hour-is
agreed to, but the workers secured
a. half Saturday off the entire year.
Heretofore, the half holiday only ap.
piled to certain months. The con-
tract signed will be in force for two
years. These workers now have a
44-hour week.
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SAFETY NOT |. SE:GyR|| |:
/ BY by ''sAFETY' A! |: | First ! |!|
Signs No Guarantee Against In
* jury in Shops With On
protected Machines
MUST BETTER CONDITIONS
BEFORE IT CAN PREVAIL
Street Car Mems Union Teaches
Safety First More ectively
-. Than Employers.

DETROIT, Mich, June 11.-Hol-
lering" safety first, and placing huge.
signs around a factory Is less effective
than removing conditions that cause
accidents, was one of the, points de-g
veloped by President, Mahon Of the
Amalgamated Street Car Mems union.
in an address before an arbitration
board that will decide whether the
local street car company wrongfully:
discharged a motorman. .
The union insists that the worker
was dismissed because he is a union
official. President Mahon's answer to
the companys plea Of safety first
follows: go
Signs Not the Way. :s#
THE way to establish safety first il
the question that should be studied.
1t should be studied from it's real
basis. Not by putting up signs. OF;
painting beautiful pictures of safety
first but by going into tho organiza-
ton and the system and putting it
upon a proper basis; placing the men
who do the work, who are responsible
for it, upon a. condition of employ
ment that will bring safety first, and,
transportation world until you do
that.
The hours of labor, the conditions
and environments under which men
work; the treatment. of men by the.
officials and officers Of the company
and their entire attitude, so as to
establish between the company and
the employees the harmonious relations
that should exist, and that can only
be established by taking into consid-
Grafton the questions that have.
noted, and many others. It is one
thing to holler;4 safety first, and it
is another thing to put It into opera
ton. Our association Is trying to
teach men safety first, Z and We cons
tend that we are doing more 70 es
Il ablIeh safety flrst. than ther
ganlzal lon, tby Betfer
wages, surrounding them wit better
environment, and the improvement
Of their hours and their conditionS
80 we are just as much, gentle
men, interested: in safety first as =
the company, or any other person. q
But we are not going to let theI1
cry, safety first to throw dust in or
eyes, or dust in the eyes OF the
Dublic.'' ~. 4zz5..34 n
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Los ANGELES ADOPTS
r ';}}PLLATOON ! SYSTEM
u g.
Defeste> ~ ~ 'lativs 5itney Ord
inanc> It Woman to
C,>%c ocil:::

Organized worke. LOB Angeles
are feeling consider. IS. elated over
the results of the city election in that
city June /. Several candidates who
have been tried and proved true to
labor were elected, and for the first
time in the history of the city a.
council.
1.-The women Of Los Angeles" says
The Citizen, "are to be congratulated
for having such a worthy representa-
tive of the sex placed in the council.
She has a splendidly trained intellect,
a large knowledge of civic matters,
and a supreme degree of practical
business sense" The woman chosen
is Mrs. Estelle Lawson Lindsey who
has gained a wide reputation as
feature writer on the Los Angeles
Evening Record.
Adopt Double Platoon.
The firemen of Los Angeles are
also jubliant over the election be-
cause of the large majority by which
it was adopted. The voters of Los
the consideration they have shown by
IHdI VoIe A1one, Ior the men In the
employ of the city. The proposal
carried by a vote of 64,91S to 1856
Among the severa. propositions up
for adoption at the election only one
was defeated, that being the regula-
tive ordinance for the jitney bus.
The ordinance, in many respects very
stringent, requiring a comparatively
heavy bond for operators, was de-
feated by vote of 46,0O2 to 34,599.
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general board of approximately $50
members made up of separate COM
missions Of accounts, engineers, finance
and service. In this council the vari-
GUS ministries have representation, as
ricultural societies.
In Switzerland.
THE administration of the Swiss
lines is recognized to be very eff
cient. The law declares that the rail-
road shall be independent of political
influence, and at the same time close
ly identified with the government. The
railway policies are determined by
the Federal council, while the actual
direction is In the hands of general
manager and administrative council.
The country is divided into five dis
tricts, with a director and district
council in each. By this means
Switzerland.t secures central political
control on the one hand, and the
decentralization of local operation,
schedules. and construction work on
the other. -. ssi r., IT
&& In Austria. :, :
THE Austrian railways are directly
! under the Minister OF Railways,
who is member of; the cabinet and
changes with each Standardization In
Hungary, the chief isa permanent
official. =.$: $ !, sS. 4. t.:a II : '5:
.1.gs ...: S. a In Italy. '..- }-ss*
HE Italian railways. WHICH have
! been greatly improved under state
ownership, are under the general man
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BREWERY WORKERS STRIKE.

WIbMINQION, Del., June II.@The
labor movement is supporting brew
cry workers who are striking rather
than except the non union shop and
abandon the collective principle Of
bargaining between employer and en-
ploye. The workers asked that the
contract in force for three years be
renewed, with q, 81 weekly increase
The counter proposal of. employers is
SO Objectionable that, a strike was
agreed to by=a, vote Of thirty to- one.
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PROFITS IN COOPERATION.

ROYALTON, ILL.,, June 1.-THE
cooperative society Of this place,
known as the Workmen's Protective
association, has issued a report cover
ing the period between December and
May. The statement shows the So
ciety to be in good shape and that
profits during this time amounted to
S1,0O8.05
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WILL DISCUSS SEGREGATION

SAN FRANCISCO, June, 11.-shaU
the bartenders and culinary worked
be divide into separate International
unions? This question will be settled;
by the 500 delegates to the biennial:
convention Of the Hotel and Restaur-
ant Employees International Alliance
and Bartenders' International League:
of America. which convenes in this:
city, June IA. . 3 sss$#
Officers Of the International are ops
posing the plan. %. - - as;
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:'s':We have never used
+ a single advertisement,
of any size from a half
inch up to. a two page
spread, that has not
been profitable to u.s.
Otto Sovereign, president of the
North American. Construction
Company. ~
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SOME LESSONS FROM EUROPE

- ANY, possibly majority,
NH of the people of America
would say: Yes, theoret-
L ically, I believe in govern
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
High Prices For Lincoln Relics.

A record price for a plate vas
brought at a sale In New York city.
$42.50 for 4 pale blue ironstone china
plate with q little landscape In the
center. Il plate with no value as such.
but sold as a Lincoln relic. The sec
ond record breaker was an old knife
and fork, steel. with bone handles.
which started at $40 and went TO
$b2,5O. the selling point,
The plate was ased by Lancoiri in his
home in Springfield. III. In 1887, and
the knife and FORK ut the am time
Atail tin pedestal lamp. With IA double
whale oil burner and acorn shaped oil
font, with d tall standard and panlike
base. used by EncolISin bis law Office
at Springfield. brought SEQ, and an
old chair of rather pretty shape with
rush bottom brought the same price,
These fonr relics OF the martyred
president were taken by Or. Norton,
with other relics from the Lincoln log
cabin. which was exhibited IN New
York In 1905, Ia lieu Of fees which
were to have been paid him Tor lectnr
Ing Al the cabin.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
LAWS OF THE lNcAs.

A Code That Was Remarkable For to
seneficene Simplicity.
Amung the most remarkable In ws OF
the lncas we're those concerning TAXA
ton. The principal feature OF those
laws was that taxes rere o paid In
money. but IN work and In produce.
whether manufactured or grown. The
Inca emperors thought It unjust to de
mand that taxes should be paid In any
kind OF commodity that the people could
not produce By their " personal la
Dor.
The people also paid another sort OF
tribute. They made clothes, shoes and
arms for the soldiers and for the poor
who could not work themselves owing
to age or lnfrmity. The cloth was
made of wool from the flocks OF llamas
that abounded in the mountains. On
the plains OF the seacoast, where the
climate is warm and they do not dress
In wooiena. the people made cotton
cloths. the cotton being supplied from,
the crops OF the emperor. The shoes
were made In the provinces where
aioes were most abundant for they
were. made Of the leaves OF d tree
called maguey. Each province furnish.
ed Its " produce. and no province
had to supply anything that did not be
long to It
There was q mandate that forbade
beggary and d~estitution: that. Of course,
followed upon due provision OF their
laws. Every citizen al provided fol
theoretically ana practically. No mar
need be idle; no man need lack land Of
seed or implements for cultivation;
therefore no one was permitted to beg
II any were found doing so 1t was
clear proof OF idleness, for the incapa,
BILE rel provided for, and contemp1
and punishment we're meted ii on al
tramps. ~yagabonds and idlers.-.Tht
Secret of the Pacific
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11

Liberia at great expense to himself
All this the lady recounted, dra wing
attention to the fact that Mr.. Lincoln
was only freeing other peoples slaves
So far from being offended at the
woman's invidious comparisons. the
great war president evinced the most
lively interest lii the story. granted the
request and showed great good nature
concerning the Incident
General Augur. when In command of
the defenses at Washington, caught O.
spy whom he regarded as a peculiarly
obnoxious specimen of his tribe. There
was no question OF guilt. and quick
work was made Of a court martial and
conviction. The spy was to be hang
ed the next morning. and General Au
CUR went to the war department to.
have the papers approved. 1t happen
ed that Lincoln and Stanton were both
absent from the city, and Charles A..
Dana was left In charge. He promptly
signed the papers, and Augur and he
congratulated each other that this n
spy would trouble the Union cause no
more. The next morning Damn met
Augur and asked abont the execution
In q Disguised manner the general said.
there had been no execution.
Lincoln had reached home at mid
night. and before he went to bed the
accused mans friends got around the
president and secured a pardon. Gen.
eral Apgur could never refer to the In
cident without showing anger.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-11
.For the sake 81 Arguments.

well, now, for the sake Of argn-
tnent Is there q more Irritating
phrase? Is there any greater bore than
the person who ~habituaIly employs It?
10 be asked to assume anything just
for the sake Of argument invariably
:preJudices US against making that con,
cession. We sit grim Tipped while the
controversialist assumes and expounds.
we feel that TO oblige him we would
not even assume that two and two
make fours-Yonth's Companion