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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-06
WORKERS OF WORLD .
L ||IPLEA !. | /: F0RIlJ|I[lI / n. | ]
A. F. or L. CONFERENCE
>, PLAN Is FAVORED
President Gompers Declared to Be
Father Of English Speaking
Labor Movement,

WASHINGTON, Nov. TN the
issue Eof American Fedora
tionist President Gompers publishes
correspondence between himself and
representatives of trade union centers
throughout the world during the pres
ent war. In his introduction he says
these letters reveal the strength Of
the fraternal ties that still bind the
and that communication between the
representatives of labor in the several
countries has met with little inter-
ference."' ...E. .>,9as.r' : r. & -
At the: close of. the Philadelphia
convention, last year; President Com
-pers notified the trade union centers
Of the! decision of American unionists,
'favoring a conference of worlds trade
,urlionists after the war closed, to, be
held at the same time and placeawhere
the diplomats convened, for the pur-
pose Of insisting that democratic ideals
may be, included in any. settlement
agreed to-. e . = s,... -. 81
Depth of Fraternal. Feeling. :
Copies Of. letters that passed: be-
tween: the trade. union groups were
also forwarded to President; Gompers,
and the correspondence. now published
for the first time indicates the depth
OF fraternal feeling between these
toilers. despite the european carnage.
The principal actors IN TINS silent
but thrilling drama, STAGED. by the
word's workers.: are fPresldent Com
pers, .represe,'ttnes the e North Amer 1ler:
lean trade union movement; Secretary
Carl Leglen, international >tedera%tion %
,0f trade unions, Germany; Secretary:
Appleton, ,generaN federation OF trade
unions. s Enslandss Secretary 81 :Jouhaux,
lcohfed GRAFTON generate gu S!traYa!ai,
France; secretary Rigola, Italian
trade :unlonists' Aan; ,l''r' resfdent:: g l:
OudeKessts Iederat1onz o. 1raae Unions.
romano; .SecretaI W. CRAY, I1eaes y 3
s2oun cil ponrne, ). aus
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-06
MAcH1N1sTs STILL
WINNING 8-HoUR DAY

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 4.--After
a three days strike the Pittsburgh
Machine and Tool company: at Brad
dock, near here, agreed to the eight
hour demand Of over200 employees
The nine: ::hour rates will prevail. EN-
ployes of the Miller Saw Trimmer
company are also striking for an
eight-hour day and conferences are
being held between the Interested par
ties.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-06
THREATEN g. j RECALL. : :
s.:,* ARIZONA GOVERNOR

/. PHOENIX, Ariz:,: Nov. 4.--Petitions
have been placed In circulation for
the recall of>Governor Hunt, as a: re-
suit of the present strike of. copper
miners at Clifton: !The states exc
cutive, it is. claimed, declared that the
grievances Of these workers were just,
and II he sent troops there the mine
owners :or any one else who antag gon-
lied a settlement would ibe~ inpri-.
soned. ,---.:.,>:r~5s -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-06

CLERKS. WANT EIGHT HOURS.
BOSTON, Nov. AT q meeting Of the
adjustment board Of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Clerks OF the Boston & Maine
railroad it was Ito demand higher
wages and an eight-hour day. :: -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-06
URGES EARLY cLOs1NG.

untonists are urging earlier Saturday
night closing OF department stores In.
this city. The Essex Trades: Council
has appointed committee to assist in
the agitation. :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-06

It is not SO difficult 4 task 10 plspt
new truths as. to root out old errors:
for there IS this paradox in men: they
run, after that which is2 new but are
prejudiced IN favor OF tlAat which, Is
old.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-06

Continued ON Pase 2.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-28
DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T RUINED
1T

More and more each day does it be-
come evident that the democratic ad-
ministration, despite the great diff
culties under which it has labored,
has not ruined the country as our
friends Morris, McJimsey, Swanger,
ct al. would have you to believe. In
Bradstreet's last report, Oct. 1, on
the condition of the whole country,
We find:
Clearings for that month (Septem-
ber) were the largest ever recorded
in September and the heaviest of any
month since January, 1914. New
York's clearings are about double
those of year ago, and in the entire
country the increase is "a per cent
over last year, and Is per cent over
September, 1913. For nine months
the country's clearings are GA per
cent larger than last year, per cent
greater than in 1913, and l per cent
in excess of 1912, the hitherto record
year in bank clearings.
This absolutely correct financial
and business medium also points out
that there has been an increase IN
nearly every line of business. The la
Dor situation has improved 70 per
cent and there is no longer what has
been called the unemployment prob
lem. There have been many Difficult
ties, an exceptionable wet season and
international problems of the very
gravest character. Outside of New
York the bank clearings were 49,.
264,363,278 and exceed in amount
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-28
WHAT A TARIFF IS FOR.

There is considerable howl going
up from these who are looking for
excuses for criticism of the admins
tration on account of the suggestion
made that the sugar tariff may not
be abolished as proposed by the free
sugar plan begun in the last session
of congress.
They do not give the dominant
party credit for the courage with
which it defied the threatened hostil-
ity from the democratic south in de-
termining to eventually put sugar on
the free list. In fact, they have kept
up a running assault upon the action
of congress in regard to sugar, omit
ting mention of the fact that beet
sugar production in the north has
gone ahead of the production OF cane
sugar in the south in volume.
The democratic idea all along has
been that such tariff as is levied
should be for revenue purposes. The
difference between the republican
and the democratic ideas of the taritt
is that the protectionists want the
tariff for favored industries, without
regard to the revenue needs OF the
government, while the democrats,
satirically called free traders" want
Just enough tariff taxes imposed to
pay the expenses of the government
Having discovered that there Is a
shortage in public revenues, because
the war abroad has interfered with
American commerce, they now pro-
pose to retain tax on sugar, not to1
so-called protection" but to provide
revenues for meeting the expenses OF
government.
1t may be urged that the govern
ment is not economically administer
ed-which remains to be seen, but
every time retrenchment of any
sort is proposed, the protectionists
set up howl that is quite painful te
hear about how it is throwing gooc
men out of employment and Grip
ping governmental industries.
However if the government find:
it necessary to retain the sugar tariff
tax in order to provide sufficient rev
enues, these high protectionists arr
quite sure to be inconsolable.-St
Joe Observer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-28
CARRANZA'S RECOGNITION.

Gen. Carranza will be formally
recognized as the chief executive OF
the de facto government of Mexico
This recognition will be extended
not only by the United States but by
all the nations represented in the
Pan-American conference.
This means that diplomatic rela-
tons with Mexico will be restored,
that the new government will be able
to obtain the financial assistance
which is vitality necessary to the es-
Enlistment of any government in
Mexico and that the work of recon
struction can begin without further
delay.
There has been doubt and misgiv-
ing as to the capacity and character
of Carranza, but for one thing he
must be given full credit. He has
held tenaciously and unswervingly to
the objects of the revolution, and,
victorious on the field, he is now the
embodiment of the revolution.
That in itself is claim that could
not we'll be set aside by foreign gov
ernments, and even if Carranza's in
firmities of temperament are unfor-
tunate, it is folly to assume that the
man cannot grow to meet his new re-
sponsibilities. Only time can deter
mine that, and until he has failed he
is entitled to the benefit of every
doubt. Had it not been for the Villa
uprising, CarranZa would have lneVl-
tably been recognized months ago.
The opportunity has come for him
to take rank with the two or three
greatest statesmen that the Latin
American race has produced. He
comes into acknowledged power at a
time when Mexico for once must be
surfeited with war and hungry for
peace. Nowhere in that unhappy
land can there be a strong desire to
resume the system of government by
assassination. The followers of Villa
and Zapata may be able temporarily
to harass the new government, but
they can hardly represent greater
guerilla strength than has been at
war with Mexican power most OF the
years since the beginning of history.
II Carranza can succeed in Great
ing a civil government that will meet
the desires and aspirations of the
Mexicans in the territory that his
military forces now control, and pro-
tect the lives and property of foreign
ers, neither Villa nor Zapata will
prove serious obstacle.
Mexico has paid heavy price in
blood and treasure for the overthrow
of the old regime of tyranny and des-
potism. But every gain of liberty
that mankind has ever won was
bought with blood and treasure.
What is important now is whether
the old despotism is to be followed by
a new and disguised despotism or
whether the revolution has been a
revolution in fact as well as in name.
Every American who has the well
fare of Mexico and the Mexicans at
heart must wish Carranza we'll, and
hope that he will measure up both to
his opportunities and to his respOn-
sibilities in the most difficult task
that is yet to come.-New York
World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-28

that of any September since records
were kept The southwestern group
of states shows a gain Of AL per
cent, the northwestern displays one
OF 9.5 per cent, and the southern re-
ports an uplift of Sc per cent. One
hundred and forty cities show a gain
in building, and in some instances,
instead Of there being unemploy-
ment, there has been a demand for
labor, both skilled and unskilled,
that could not be filled.
There is one thing certain. A dem
ocratic administration has not ruin
ed the country, and the few that are
trying to make the people believe
that it has, have an impossible task
before them.-St. Joe Observer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-28
Queer Quirks of News. "

Washington, D. C.-Margaret Ker-
fott, government employee, holds
the record for accuracy. She has been
in the Bureau Of Printing and En-
craving for thirty years, in charge OF
twenty-five men and responsible for
the consignments of postage stamps
to the offices throughout the country.
Last year she consigned twelve bill
lion stamps to postoftices without a
single error.
Steel, N. Din a thunderstorm
here recently, lightning struck the
barn of Ed Heusted and burned all
the hair eff a bird dog which had
taken refuge there.
Carlton, Okla.-For IS years J. NJ.
Haigler has gone barefooted and to
that fact attributes his old age and
the fact that he never has an ache
or a pain. He is as prankish as
boy of II, although the father of five
huge sons. He refuses to wear
shoes even when he visits large cities.
Rockwell City, Iowa.-A ditcher
brought into the newspaper office
here a two-headed snake which he
had stepped on accidentally. One OF
the heads was where nature intended
it to be, and the other was at the end
of the tail. Both were. perfectly
formed, but one was larger, and the
snake crawled in that direction more
frequently, although at times the
tail head seemed to be trying to have
| it crawl in it's direction.
New Rochelle, N. Y.-For 10 years
John Cabot Lewis, 80 years, and
Helen Fales, %, have lived next
door to each other and were appar-
emily deeply in love. John would go
to New York to work each morning
and Helen woulr meet him at the
train when he returned in the even
| ing. The other day John confessed
to Helen's father that they had been
married for 10 years, but that both
had feared to tell Mr.. Fales.
Washington, Pa.-Divorced, mar
ried and fatally stricken with paral-
ysis is one days record of John W.
Wise of East Washington. 1mmed.
| lately after receiving his divorce
Wise met Miss Julia Elizabeth Scott
who agreed to marry him. He was
stricken at the altar and his physici'
an says he cannot live.
| Hickman, Ky.-A baby girl with.
out eyes has been born to Mrs. Chas
Brown. The baby's face is smooth
where the eyes should be. 1t is heal
thy and is expected to live.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-28
THE ONE CLOUD ON THE HORI-
ION.

Financiers who talk learnedly
about "the foreign exchange situa
ton" are not discussing anything
that is really complex or obscure. II
Smith has money and Jones has
goods that Smith needs, and Smith
neither earns any more money, pro-
duces any goods himself nor does any
work for Jones, the time will come
when Smiths supply of money will
be drawn down so low that Jones
must either give him credit or quit
trading with him. That is as simple
as addition and subtraction, for ii
merely involves "sum" in those
familiar operations. Substitute Eng
land and France for Smith and the
United States for Jones, and you
have the gist of the foreign exchange
situation.
Look at the foreign trade returns.
Last week, the thirteen principal GUS
toms districts of the United States
six on the Atlantic, two on the Gulf,
two on the Pacific and three on the
Great Lakes-reported goods going
out to the value of $73 100000, and
goods coming in to the value of less
than $3O,OOO,O0O. In other words,
for every dollar that we spent in for
eign markets the foreigner spent
$2.43 with us.
England and France recently bor-
rowed 500,000,000 of us to help
them through this period Of great
needs and small production. How
long will this loan answer the pur-
pose In the fiscal year that ended
four months ago Great Britain and
France took 46 per cent of the total
exports of the United States to all
countries, while they supplied us
with only 20 per cent of our imports
from all countries TO state the sit
uation another way, they bought of
us nearly four times as much as we
bought of them. The excess for the
- months was $S47,000,0O0. No
merchant ever prospered when his
best customers went bankrupt. We
are confronted with the gravest stu
alton in the annals of international
trade; for war has destroyed we'll on
toward three-fourths of the paying
power of our two largest customers.
The salvation of American trade is
just as much in the goods that come
into our ports as it is in the goods
LudL gu OuI, duu JuoC AZ" IAC "oo|
important question to us in the
whole realm of trade is the question
of restoration of the producing pow
er of the nations that trade with us.
And it is such time as this, when
the world is threatened with the de-
rangement of it's entire trade, be-
cause foreign nations cannot produce
and ship us goods to pay their trade
balances, that the republicans have
chosen to talk like so many solemn
owls about ''thc necessity of a pro-
tective tariff to restore prosperity:
At this particular time, this coun-
try is prosperous, as reports repro
duced in these columns from the cur
rent issues of the Financial and Com
mercial Chronicle and the New York
Times Annalist have testified. There
is just one lowering cloud on the
horizon of our prosperity and that
would be removed if our republican
friends could devise some way to en-
able the foreigner to produce goods
enough to pay his bills in our market
with his products, which is the way
of normal trade the world over, and
has been since the first cave man
'swapped" a haunch of cave-bear
steak for flint ax.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-28
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Senator Jim Ham Lewis predicts a
new Europe as a result Of the war.
The old one is being shot so full of
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-28
THIS IS THE RIGHT DOCTRINE.

Vice President Marshall says he is
for Wilson for denomination and that
he does not care who the democrats
name for vice president. Clinton
County Democrat.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

dominant party. while o. e. Weller is
the G. o. p. choice.
Prohibition is the leading issue in Ohio,
while several other States will vote on
the liquor question In the 1916 elections
The defeat Of woman suffrage by a de-
cisive majority in New Jersey has not
cast down the women leaders OF Penn
sylvanis. New York and Massachusetts,.
who have fought all the harder since the
setback OF October r.
In Pennsylvania the women have the
governor on their side and many other
Republican leaders have spoken in ia
vor Of the proposed Constitutional
amendment. In Massachusetts,. too, Gov.
Walsh has made many speeches In favor
Of suffrage. The failure to incorporate
a suffrage plank in the Republican State
platform was a great disappointment to
the women.
In New York the saloon interests are
backing anti-sunrage propaganda, but
none of the regular political parties have
taken a public stand either for or against
the cause. II is said that President Will
sons espoussl Of suffrage made a great
impression Throughout the State.
New York IL also wrought up over the
new State constitution and the newspa-
pers have been filled for months with
long arguments over the proposed
changes In the organic law. There is
opposition to the constitution from both
party ranks and the union labor chiefs
have declared against IL, because, as they
believe. the civil administration Is sub
ordinated TO the military and the court
rights OF a civilian are endangered. This
view is hotly disputed, the other side
pointing out that in this respect the pro-
visions of the new constitution will be
identical with those Of the old.
In New York City District Attorney
Charles A. Perkins. who succeeded
Charles S. Whitman when the latter be-
to his present office. The Democrats
picked to run against him Judge Edward
Swami. Of the Court OF General Sessions.
known as a Tammany man. and Frank
Moss, former assistant district attorney.
Il making a strong campaign on the Pro-
gressive ticket.
Friends Of Moss endeavored to dissuade
him from continuing his fight by the ar
gument that he was dividing the
strength against Tammany and deliver
ing the election into the hands Of Judge
Swami. but Mr.. Moss persisted, assail-
ing both his opponents in public
speeches
Manhattan borough elects a holder of
the extremely lucrative post Of sheriff
Frank h. Bowers. at present an under
sheriff. is opposed by Alfred E. Smith,
brilliant young product of the New
York East Side. who has shown great
qualities OF leadership in the State as
sembly. Mr.. smith is a Tanmany man.
\ bitter municipal campaign has been
waged in Buffalo. the unfortunate relig-
ious issue being brought to the fore as
last year.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

The elections OF next Tuesday would
he of minor Importance If this were not
the wear preceding the Presidential con-
test As 1t Is, the national political lead
ers here are watching carefully several
States to see which way the straws VIII
blow, for national issues have been IN
jected into many local contests.
In the Twenty-third New York Con-
gre.sional district. for instance. both the
Republican and the Democratic candi-
dates have boldly and openly made
fight on countrywide issues This dis
trtct comprises parts Of the western
Bronx and nothern Manhattan. The
election was made necessary by the
death of Representative Joseph A Goul-
den.
The Republican candidate, former Rep
resentative William Bennett. has i'm
ported several Republican United States
senators to speak for him and has at
tackled the Wilson administration on the
tariff, finances and the Mexican policy.
The tariff has been the principal point
Of attack.
Besides the Republicans. Mr.. Bennett
has the Endorsement OF the Independence
League and the Progressives. His OPP
ponent, Ellsworth J. Hcaly. is making
his fight squarely on the Wilson admin
istration. Several German American So
cieties have adopted resolutions opposing
Mr.. HeaIy's candidacy on the ground
that his election would be an tndorse-
rnent of the President. The district ID
normally Democratic.
National issues also figure in the three
gubernatorial contests in Massachusetts,.
Maryland. and Kentucky.
In the Bay State Republican State con-
nOF,ntp afad former Repre-
sentative Samuel W. Mccall. a platform
was adopted declaring for increased ma
tIonal defense continued neutrality to-
ward all warning nations and revised
protective tariff Attempts to put through
resolutions condemning the issuance OF q
foreign loan for belligerents and favor
ing national prohibition failed.
The platform also favors national
CORPORATION law. national regulation OF
the hours Of labor Of women and chill
dren and a national divorce law.
The Progressives are back in the Re-
publican fold in Massachusetts, and for
this reason Gov. David l. Walsh will
have good opposition in his race for
third term.
The Democratic platform congratulstes
the country upon the administration OF
President Wilson and, like the Republi-
cans. favors neutrality and preparedness.
In Kentucky prohibition has tended to
split the Democratic ranks. The Demo-
cratic candidate for governor Is A. o.
Stanley, the Representative who became
we'll known throughout the country when
he headed the steel trust investigation.
His Republican opponent Is E T. Nor
row.
In Maryland, a Democratic stronghold.
f. C. Harrington is the pick Of the pre-