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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-10-16
RUSS SLAE THIRST WITH VARNlSH and COLOGNE

An imperial decree shortly after the
outbreak OF the international war
prohibited the sale of alcoholic bev-
erages in the Russian Empire Since
the decree went into effect, about one
year ago, there has been much con-
troversy as to whether the decree has
really prohibited the sale of liquor in
Russia and as to how it otherwise
has worked out in the Cars empire.
The prohibition element has been
1auding the order and has been very
busy explaining how remarkably we'll
it has worked out. The opponents
Of prohibition, on the other hand,
have been ridiculing it and claim that
the order really never prohibited the
sale of liquor and that drunkenness
ii just as much in effect as It was
previous to the war.
But what are the facts as officially
disclosed? Have the Cars anti
drink rescripts really prohibited the
consumption of vodka and the other
intoxicating beverages? Have the
peasants and the skilled and unskill-
ed workers, given up vodka, and is
the empire really sober? -
s. :, Cost $45O, 100000.
p. l., Bark, Russian Minister of
Finance, was quoted recently as say
ing to a committee of the Imperial
fDuma that the prohibition of the
sale of liquor has already cost the
government about 900, 900, 900 rubles
E(about $450,000,000). He also de-
clared that the savings banks Of the
country show a, remarkable increase
in deposits, amounting to nearly the
same sum. From this statement in:
ference may be drawn that the nation
has ascended the water wagon and
: that it Is saving the drink bill. These
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IN Admiral yreeland-Itis is. sir: -, - -.
#'Mr. Gray-What would be the advantage to us or
any other powers If the navies increased equally
byal the nations Of the world? Would there be any
advantage to to any other power? ~ '-..- :
admiral vreeland-Not if you mean in the same
ratio ~ '..F' -
:sMr. Gray-would not the same grounds exist after
an increase for further increase?
Ea"Admiral> Vreeland-It would seem So 4,
Mr. Gray-There would be no advantage gained by
any nation, then. How long could that be maintained
any nation? :, -
" Admiral Vreeand-If it continues to increase the
poorer nation w eventually exhaust ITSELF and then the
other nations. the United States Included will have
free hand be free to build in accordance with
the changed conditions. .>
"Mr Gray-Then it is only question of the limit of
taxation?
admiral Vreeland-Yes, SIR" ~.
IN other Words the only thing that the international
war trust has to fear the of reduction profits
is the limit of the ability of men, and children
to Keep on, paying the and increasing per
capita appropriation tax in the form of higher prices
foodstuffs and wearing apparel This is certainly
bright prospect for the armor POWDER battleshp and
ammunition trusts But for the taxpayers the PROSPECTS
are not SO bright. =
+ the taxpayers Of the world want to escape being
forced to pay higher and higher taxes until they get
high they simply can not pay them, there is but one
thing to do and that is for the people all the nations
to insist that their manufacture their
munitions Of war. .; -. 49,
Il the millionaire and multimillionaire war-trust
magnates not make huge profits in supplying the
armor guns, powder and battleshps they will take the
same toward the wasting OF public that
the rest*of us do. .y..., - '.-:~
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EcHoEs OF MUscATINEs
STRIKE; PAY DEPUTIES

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 14.-The
state supreme court Is called upon to
decide whether Muscatine shall pay
$4,000 for the services Of, the numer-
tons shtea go strike e aap,Iss. imp ported
into that city ling the strike. 81
button workers several years ago: The
Muscatine board of supervisors was
enjoined from paying the bill = aud
the decision s:@appEa1ed < tta. -,tnsssyd
preme< court; Opponents of the bill
declare. that because the strike. depu-
ties We're, not residents Of the state
that ta9essssttronlsff estr as1ateesssE 1mcsrs
and thar:5 t11e1r1sssp111f; :: II therefore,, is
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-10-16
SEAMEN'S LAW AIDS
AMERICAN SHIPPING
Andrew Furuseth Said Japan
Might Have Grabbed Western
Traffic But for New Law.
GIVES u. S. CHANCE
ON PACIFIC OCEAN
Foreign Ship Owners inspire 0p-
position to Law-Eastland Dis
asters Should Not Happen

CHICAGO, Oct. 14.-Asserting that
opposition to the LaFollette shipping
bill is inspired by foreign shipowners,
Andrew Furuseth, president of the In
ternational Seamen's union and father
of the bill, speaking at the City club,
defended the measure.
Referring to the Easuand disaster,
he asserted that lake boat owners had
demanded easier terms in section H.,
and as a result this section orders
boats for only 20 per cent, RATS for
80 per cent. Life belts. which must
take care of the other half, he said,
had proved worth practically nothing,
as in the Empress of Ireland case.
Eastland Disaster Too Late.
If the Eastland disaster had taken
place before the passage Of the act,
section IA would have been much
more effective for safety than it now
isl he said without the LaFollette
seamen's bill nothing except a tre-
mendous subsidy could prevent the
Japanese from taking charge of the
Pacific, and in my opinion not even
that could prevent It. But give to the
seamen coming to ports of the United
States the right to release themselves
from contracts made in foreign coun-
tries and the result is inevitable-for-
eign vessels leaving port; of the
United States for forcing countries
and the result is inevitable-foreign
vessels leaving ports of the United
States will have to pay the wages
current in those ports and will there
by get on equality with the American
vessel.
THE real opposition to the LaFol-
lette| legislation comes from foreign
ship owners. The ship owners of Eng
land held meetings forty -eight hours
after the passage Of the seamen's bill
in 1913 requesting their government
to take diplomatic ,steps preventing
the passing byS the United States OF
this legislation. Their diplomatic pro-
tests failed.'
Good rich Sees Ruin.
A. W. Goodrich, president of the
Lake Michigan Passenger Lines asso.
citation, admitted regret over the brie1
discussion of the law as it applies tt
traffic on the Great Lakes. He, also
/ admitted number of leaders in th'
association had attended, planning t
answer from the floor such claims al
the speaker might make.
Romance has had it's day in the
seamen's bill propaganda" said Mr.
Goodrich. 'In three weeks the Amer
lean public will awake to the realiza
tion that the last vestige of our Amer
lean merchant marine has been torpe
doed from within"
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trv Inv itse}f, EAnotha,>fof +hos. oo,.
coctiona 10 a1han.a" ~ mh,o,, -.
CHIEF inerel,ants .are rad nanIa- : 80 80
other -stronr, snices and @ r wand ;a1co. %
.hol:I Other s,,hst,t,,+e1 ara ..I,ro,,s,,
ke' and s'hriaz1ka." )" which contain
substances having even greater main.
full effects. =, : ~. - - -. -
The aristocracy has taken, to drink
regulate the sale of these. souEht-for
drugs, although the increased demand
has meant extra profits. So horror
struck were they by the casualties
resulting from their, use that they
were willing to forego the financial
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PENNSYLVANIA! JUDGE
WANTS MoLDERs ARMoRED

MEDIA, !; Pa, Oct. IA. Judge
Broomall believes that foundry COM
panies should provide their employees
with suits, Of armor when there is
danger Of flying pieces of iron. The
court expressed this opinion in a
damage suit brought by Philip Nc
Carthy against the. Federal Steel
Foundry company; plaintiff was en-
ployed in breaking scrap iron at the
foundry and was injured by a flying
piece Of metal.
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that drunkenness is still going on to
a; certain degree. Some of them even
go so far as to state that the imperial
ukase, instead OF improving the po-
litical and economic conditions of the
nation; has aggravated them and made
them worse than ever, due to the in
vodka.
Drinking Substitutes.
Even some seni-official papers do
not attempt to deny the reports that
the Russian moujik and laborer have
taken to drinking roxious substitutes
for vodka since the prohibition decree
went into effect. The Novoye Vrem-
va, Of Petrograd, q pro-government
paper and stanch advocate Of per-
manent prohibition in Russia, in re-
cent issues hints at the consumption
by the population :'of poisonous imi-
tations of government vodka" It ex-
plains, however. that the new policy
! throughout the greater. part Of the
empire is due to the intense interest
that is felt in the war, even In the
! most isolated villages and obscrue
| corners Of Russia. .
! It is .truea that the sale Of vodka
and other alcoholic beverages was Of
ficially. abolished by the Car on .Octo.
ber 49,, when, the third and final
prohibit forever" decree went into
| effect It Is true that all the govern.
ment 'monopo1kas'' liquor: shops clos.
ed down onsthat day and, the stock o1
whisky was transferred to the store.
rooms where 1t was TO age until thu
Car, decided what was to be done
with 1t. ] But It is also true that thii
action 3of the government brought OF
:, a state OF affairs and introduced many
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facts, If true, would indicate that the
decree has ideally worked out and
that it has, proved to be wonderful
and double success, for not only the
Russian people are not getting drunk,
as was customary, for them to- do
previous to the time the imperial uk-
ase went into effect, but they are not
spending the money saved through
prohibition in other foolish and ex-
travagant ways.
But survey of the Russian daily
and weekly papers will show that the
situation in the Cars empire is not
as ideal as Mr.. Bark's figures might
imply and that the nation is far from
being sober. Few people outside of
Russia have as yet learned the real
facts of the operation of the decree.
Still fewer know that the people have
a substitute for vodka which they are
consuming in large quantities since
the sale of liquor was prohibited.
Not Complete. Success. >.
. Russian papers, among them the
Ryetch, of Petrograd; Russkoye slovo
of Moscow; KievSkaya Misl, Of 'Kiev
and the Novy Mir, of New York, have
openly declared that the order has
not worked out ideally and that the
many assertions of the complete sue:
cess. Of prohibition, even as a wa,
measure, do the cause Of temperance
more harm than good. Replying tc
the charges Of the German press tina.
the Russian peasants and workman
continue ,tosget liquor surreptitiousl1
and get drunk in the grand old way
even II the government does lose tn,
revenue from the alcoholic beverages
the Russians papers though denying
the specific charges, admit that there
are some foundations for, them arl
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WEST VIRGINIA TO r:->
= >, - HAVE UNION DAILY

, WHEELING, w. Va Oct. H.
Publishers of the wheeling Majority,
trade union paper. of this city, con-
template issuing,:a a daily in the near
future.
Editor Hilton states:> 1T. will be
'nonpartisan and 'nonsectarian, but 1t
will be, trade union all the way. We
are going to make complete news
paper of it and cover the whole field
Of general news. We have not def1n-
itely set the date as. yet. ,but it will
be- launched sometime this fall,
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IS: STRONG; ! .
PEOPLE BEHIND | | HIM.
Washington Star, Leading Tory
Republican Paper, Says Presi-
!: dent Has Country in Pocket. :
OUTLOOK SATISFIES u.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
Settlement of Arabic Case. and
Mexican Recognition Greatly =.
Strengthens His Chances.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-"Presi-
dent Wilson apparently has the coun-
try in his vest pocket, politically. This
is the statement of The Star, one OF
the leading Tory Republican news
papers of the. country, which support
ed Taft in 1912. The Star. drops a
bombshell into. the camp of the ad-
ministration's foes by printing atwo-l
column article on it's from: page which
frankly admits the probability that
Mr.. Wilson will be- sent back to the
White house in 1916.
. democratic leaders have never
been so satisfied with the political out
look, a year in advance OF a presi-
dental election, although recognizing
that the strength of Mr.. Wilson per-
sonally is not necessarily the strength
Of the party" says The Star. -:Ir
: The article goes on to say that Mr..
Wilson's chances of remaining in the
White house have been especially
strengthened by his satisfactory set
tlement of the Arabic case. It con-
tinues: "The great success attained in
the Arabic case puts him on a pedestal
in popular favor far above what his
opponents in the Republican party
"oulo WISH 70 see MN occupy. -
ADove any Otner Denocra'. ~ ra
"1tnln MS own parry II eleVates
MN so 1ar ABOVE Tue Aeaoz " any
otner man as V1rSuaAy 10 emo any taik
OF announcer man; 1or +tne Democratlc
nomination. #sf
. 'Mr. wilson, ms amlrers say towers
hleh, apoVe any other man IN punl1c
me To-Day. ne mas KEPT ene country
out OF war; mas ma1ntaaned IT'S pres
tlge among The natlons Of tne World.
has not shown the white feather; has
followed policies that ave started
prosper1ty rol!lng q 1he nook y,
ana corners Of. ' ot the tte iand: E.
,intey4suggest me 1nat tne preside /.
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of those suffering from alcohol poi
sonings were women. The writer also
explains that the morality from alco-
holism Increased: as the anti-drink
measure grew in strictness.. The rea-
sons for these remarkable conditions
are said to- be simple-n,amely; that
not only hard drinkers, but also
moderate ones, finding it. Impossible
to obtain properly distilled govern
ment vodka, have turned to. more in
furious and literally poisonous substi-
tutes manufacturer in Fly -by-nights''
and ''blind tigers, These substitute
beverages for; the most part are COM
ing eau de cologne and tincture Of
valerian. The peasants and the people
in the provinces and Industrial cent
ers, because of their cheapness, must
contend themselves with, varnish, lac
quer and wood alcohol In some
places the conditions have become so
deplorable that pharmacists voluntar-
ilyt have applied to the authorities to
posed OF wood alcohol, ,varnish, lac
quer, spices, snuff, dry yeast, wild
hops and cider. ~, : r. ~. .s.s..
OF, the various noxious connections
that are being drunk al unmber al.
ready have become well known. One
Of these Is ''kvacok," sold in practtc.
ally all the cafes In the districts d
Tamboy, Penza, s1mbirsk and all near.
BY. provinces. It's sale ls practical,
not hindered by the authorities, It i
made I Of cider, Wild hops and dr,
yeast: to this IS, added wood alcoho
and snuff, which gives It . kick
This drink sells in large quantities
The average village on market dal
drinks # by; thousands: OF gallons
Judging from It popularity. It's manu-
| facture promises to sbeco ONE an indus
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-10-16
COLORADO / | n1'[:[[RY. ! !: ! TRY. ).
1000 UNION ! \ [ !. MINERS I'M n J.
/ : :~,,. .'>
! Governor Carlson, Friend Of:
! Mine Owners Finally Decides
to Press Cases. y
- -:..-. =,
JOHN d. RooKEFE1LER
( Is FAVORED DISMISSAL
But vindictive Executive Stub
:: bornly Refused to Permit In
, dictments to Be Quashed,

p: DENVER, Oct. 1.-THE more than
1000 persons made defendants in
cases growing out of the recent coal
strike in Colorado must go to trial.
Governor George A. Carlson. after
several hours deliberation today, re-
fused to interfere in the prosecutions
This decision was the culmi1sation OF
a series of conferences between Gov
ernor Carlson. labor leaders, State Of
>f1cials, and prominent, citizens of the
State. Among those who were said to
have favored dismissal was John D.
Rockefeller Jr., now in Colorado on q
tour Of investigation of the; various
mining. camps Of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company. -.
He Lost No Time. a.,
The decision Of Governor Carlson
came only a few hours after: the an
nouncement Of the action OF the 6u-
preme Court, ordering the release on
bail Of John r. Lawson, labor leader,
who has been confined in q Trinidad
Jail since his conviction several
months ago of first degree murder, In
connection with strike disorders.
Approximately seventy-five criminal
and civil suits were filed, and more
than 1000 persons were made defend
ants, as result of the recent Colorado
coal strike. '~'. = ;-.-.s,. .s,, =:
OF the civil suits the case of the
Colorado Fuel g. Iron Co.. against the
United Mine Workers ss1oofess:ssAmerica1
charging conspiracy In restraint OF
trade. and asking DANCES in the sum
Of s1.000.O0O. was the most proroi-
nent, OF the criminal, cases:sthatS ~of
John R. Lawson was the most note
worthy. : * ,.<s -:
Reviewing the history - 80 SOS. + Z
growing out -of, The. sstrikeL.s / and their
Dresenf afffuss Sxhh SY ~ ~. &
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GREATEST LABOR LAW
PASSED IN CENTURY.
Department Of Commerce Issues
Circular Interpreting Measure.
British Sailors Affected.

WAsHINGTON-To put into effect
the provisions of the LaFollette sea-
mans law, operative Nov. 4, as re-
CARDS American ships, and March 4,
1915, as to foreign vessels, the depart
ment Of commerce issued circulars for
distribution by customs and other Of
ficials to shipmasters for posting in
the forecastle and elsewhere.
These give notice that seamen have
certain new legal rights. One calls at
tention to the new law .ag1nst "crimp-
Ing" 50 that ship captains and owners
will be on notice that they are no
longer permitted to advance money
on account of wages, under a penalty
Of $500 and six months imprison-
ment. In addition, the sailor may re-
cover earned wages besides any money
advanced by the "crimpin:' agent.
Must Pay Wages Promptly.
Another Interpretation notifies the
seaman that he has Alright to his pay
If on a coastwise vessel, within two
days after the termination of the
agreement under which he shipped,
or four days after his discharge, in
case he does not complete the voyage,
and In either case he is entitled to
one-third cash payment of the amount
due him Immediately on his discharge.
Pc nalties are provided for failure to
comply with this provision.
seamen serving on foreign ships en-
tering American ports have under the
new law a right to draw a proportion
of thei pay and leave the vessel II
they wish. Formerly they would have
]. been arrested and jailed If they left
esthe vessel without completing the voy-
are. This is regarded a. one of the
most important provisions Of the sea-
mans act. Foreign sailors finding that
they can leave the ships in American
ports viii, If badly treated, do so. In
this case the shipmaster will be COM
-po1led to employ American 4seamen4to
! hilNtheir plates, which would tend I'd
raase the standard of wages and work
ihx conditions for all seamen.
~; Will Affect British Seamen.
:, This provision touching wages or
; foreign ships will be effective after
March 4, 1915, as to British ships. The
law exempted certain nations having
conflicting treaties, but Great Britain
which has more merchant vessels thar
any other country, was not covered il
this exemption. Other nations whose
ships will be subject to the law are
Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, China
Chill, Cuba, Dominican Republic
Haiti, Honduras, Mexico. Panama
Peru, Portugal, Russia, Uruguay and
Venezuela.
Another circular calls attention tt
the language test as applied to crews
Seventy-f1ve per cent of the crew il
each department of the vessel is re-
quired to be able to understand an!
order given by the officers. The de-
partment has construed this to mea
that the crew must understand th'
language spoken by the officers as ap
Continued Raxa
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evils which will demand every energy
of the authorities to combat. =
. The Substitutes.
For, with the closing of the govern
ment liquor shops, there has appeared
a great deal. of "moonshining" and
drinking Of substitutes for vodka in
the nature Of denatured. alcohol, wood
alcohol, varnish,T lacquer, eau de CO.
logne. tincture, of valerian and other
liquids which the people manage to
make drinkable-- ---or at least non-poi-
sonous-by various processes. But
that condition exists in the large cities
only. In the. country the peasant and
the labOrer, consume these poisonous
substitutes without even having them
go through some refining process AS
a result the hospitals have to treat
daily dozens OF cases of alcohol poi :
So large have the fatalities from
alcohol poisonings become that the
number has astounded. the medical
profession. There is hardly meeting
Of a medical society or a congress OF
physicians where the question Of al
cohol poisoning Is not discussed. The
Russky Vratch (Russian .Physician)
the leading Russian medical weekly,
published at Petrograd, in an article
on alcoholism, prints figures based on
hospital returns showing q marked
increase under prohibition in the num-
Der Of deaths from alcohol. In Petro.
grad itself the increase is consider:
able.o i = 7 x 3$ gse = {.$2 .s II /;
. Woman Among Victims. &t$5.s ss5.5 3
The report Of the Petropavlovsl
hospital shows that among the: alco.
hol victims. since the closing of the
monopolkas, are persons OF all agel
and all occupations. !" A good many
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selling it to their clients for drinking
purposes" 1913 . ~. X -. K III.
:, The Ryetch Of Petrograd, I'M a re-
cent article, quotes official figures to .
show that there has been an extra
ordinary increase in the number Of
illegal stills discovered, by the author
tiles. The Novy Mir on March re-
printed the following figures from the
Ryetch showing the number Of secret
stills discovered by the police during
the first six months after the decree
went into effect: saa'*> '.7 Z. 4 -,
:, '''Petroerad, Reports Of the Minister
Of Finance show that during the six
months after the closing: Of the gov
ernment liduor shops the. authorities
Z discovered 1895 secret stills manufac-
turing special brand of whiskey
known as 'kumuskka:' 100 stills fitted
/ out with the most modern machinery
{ for the nanufacture OF vodka; - stills.
& especially outntted for the fiitering Of.
/. lacquer and varnish, and so stills,
which have been engaged inathe filter.
ing. Of denatured alcohol ,is.358s &.
Rewards Are ofered.
In a. letter from Ilthuania, printed
in the Ryetch, IL Is stated that ia the
2provinceo of Wilma alone So secret stills,
were discovered during the late
months of 1914 i ~ &c inst but ~ dis
covered in the same province during
the whole year of s1pl3. The Ryetchs
stated. Nat tens Of hou1aiad d of such
stills have come into existence ana
that q circular has been issued by the
government fterins= special reward
for the arrest of persons guilty of
the secref manufa acthre OF alcoholic
beverages OF any descrip tion But IS
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OPPOSE CONVICT LABOR

i BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 14.-The
state federation of labor has opened
:lature who voted to continue the
present convict labor lease system.
The unionists will be aided by many
organizations and individuals who are
opposed to this relic of barbaric
age.
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ELECTRIC EMPLOYEES STRIKE

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Oct. A.
Several thousand men and women en-
ployes of the General Electric com
pany are on strike for a shorter work
day.
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= Next to organization, education on
= broad and comprehensive lines Is
potent weapon in the hands OF the
worktne people. 1t affords an oppor-
tunity to penetrate with clear vision
into the shams and sophistries which
becloud the minds of the masses.
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