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AN EXPLANATION

It has not been customary do we think it now
advisable for the editor of The World
to use space in the columns of this to air his
personal actions personal public expressions Owing
to the fact that large amount Of criticisms
that have been made which have certain definite
the part of members Of labor unions
during the last two months this explanation is being
made for the first and the last time. w..
During the recent campaign in Superior against the
dlsrepuabe conditions that existed in that city Edwin
T. Harris campaigned for the "drys" Whether or not
ne was justified in doing this will be left "time to
tell"
What he did during that campaign was done as a
personal matter In each every address, four ALL
that he made it plainly stated that he was not
representing organized labor the party or The
Labor World and consequently he cannot be held
responsible for any newspaper items contrary that
appeared in the News Tribune or other daily paper
The position of the organized labor movement, by
the resolutions adopted at the various conventions
pointed to so that cannot be said this matter was
ignored On the other hand material from organized
labor and Socialist sources used supplement
position on the question Of alcohol For this he alone
to be held responsible Labor World paper
is not at all concerned.
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VALUE OF PUBLICITY

Ihat the American Federation of Labor recognizes
tne value OF publicity is shown by the excellent exhibit
in the Palace of Education at the Panamapacific
position in San Francisco
All OF the national and international unions were
requested to cooperate and make exhibit of their
nstory WORK and achievements Through this coopera-
ton instructive and helpful charts with o+ber
terial OF great interest to students of economies
the labor movement have been provided. In addition
to these exhibits the American Federation of Labor
provided literature and other international matter show
Ing the aims purposes, methods achievements Of
the organized labor movement
Every person who intends to take the trip to the ex
position should make it point to visit the exhibit Of
the American Federation Of Labor the relative merits
OF which are given in splendid descriptive article in
the San Francisco Labor Clarion which will he
duced In the next issue Of The Labor World
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THE SABBATH RIGHT.

If the Sabbath was made for man,
every man ouht to have it. II So
ciety does not allow him to have It.
then he is robbed Of one Of his most
precious possessions. A man who is
obliged to work all the time is q
drudge, a slave. Never to be per-
mitted to take ones hands off his
work, never to be allowed to take
ones mind OFF his task, this is a.
form Of slavery hateful to God, and
which ought to stir up the fierce
condemnation Of, men. For any class
OF people In a community to be
obliged to work seven days out of
every week, is an outrage watch no
civilized: town ought to permit. It
men over 5000 years ago were 50
kind hearted that they would not
compel oxen and donkeys to work
every day in the week, shame on
us II we, 1000 years after the COM
ing of Jesus. have SO little chivalry
in our heart :that-we are Indifferent
to the outrage perpetrated on our
fellow men who are driven by the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-06-05
WHY CAPITAL GETS Mu Oh AND LABOR LITTLE

In his paper Mr.. Thompson asks
why it is taat, in the division Of the
product, "Gapital" gets so much and
Labor" ges so little.
think that question has been pref
ty completely answered by a number
of very abb writer's during the past
hundred VARS. Before the middle
Of the last century, Patrick Edward
Dove, in his remarkable work THE
Theory Of EHuman Progression" an
sWers the question with considerable
clearness. Long before this, Adam
Smith and the French. Physiocrats
had discussed the subject somewhat,
but had c4ne far short Of solving it.
In 1879 Henry George, in Progress
and Poverty" handled the question
so ably, ami yet 50 SIMPLY, that thou
sands of People believed that he an
wered it completely. A. few years
later, Behrens and Singer in their
wonderfuHsimple little allegory, 1.-THE
Story Of my Dictatorship" made
Georges answer palmer still, il pos
sible, and in addition, undertook to
show thu. even Interest would en-
tirely disappear and Capital, 30 called.
oOt AAOLAeA6 dt A@AS - VAAAy 0AA AWW q.
created Hiyileges were abolished and
the rentA value Of land were taken
and usedfor public needs In place Of
all existing taxes. It is, of course.
known tt all of you that this is the
remedy proposed by Dove and George.
Later B41rens, in his more complete
work, Onward the Light" goes over
the wh4e subject again far more
thoroughly, and brings out more
forcibly ptill the same conclusion he
| reached sn the allegory. But about
the mos thorough and convincing
work tnow Of is The Science OF
Social S4vice, .. by Louis f. Post. In
this wotx Mr.. Post examines the
whole ftld Of Land, Labor, Capital
and Cooperation, and makes the sub
ject so dear that a child could under
stand it'll ss ss- s~=. AZ s5.ss4.
And Sd It comes about that all these
great thinkers have brought US tc
the samf goal, and By path SO plain
and eaS trod that no one need fail
to see II ~ 5= $ s sSS .&z ss $..#:
! Here ire a few Of the truths laid
down sbs these writer's: s S. 3: s.s
I. TIE forces and resources 81
Mature fare a free gift to All men
II. Njture yields her products t
Labor, Ind to Labor only. and Ii
property to the intellige renee that di.
l reefs TVS effort. IA 3: s.=
III. Hi the Capital" In the world
that isE all that can logically and
properlt be- called CAPITAL has beer
produc6i Nv labor. i and It is only by
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and held away from Labor, then La
Dor Is Handicapped just in proportion
to the price it must pay for access
TO these natural forces and materials.
Here then is the kernel Of the dit
nculfy. Here is the real and only
reason why the workers cannot free
ly and effectively cooperate to pro-
duce the things they need. Here 10
the reason why Labor--tf1e creator of
all the wealth of. the worlds u
Deggar In the land of its birth. The
FORCES and materials OF Nature are
monopolized and withheld from it.
And these same authors are equally
agreed as to the remedy that must
be applied. .~.. .:es$.:;s b r.. a. =
There are certain simple and fun.
damental things that the people as
a whole must do-that Society must
do-tf men and women are to be free.
and have a. fair and equal chance in
the world. =. =. =. -; =.
]. This can only be done by social
tzing the value OF Natures resources,
thus making every form OF taxation
wholly unnecessary and relieving in
dustry and it's products Of the excess
sive burdens that now crush and
destroy. -..... $780,. u-.....D .. ;.... a..
II. It is also the duty of Society
to make and maintain all the needed
public ways for the transportation of
persons and property and the trans
mission Of intelligence. This includes
all railways. canals, pipe lines, tele-,
graph and telephone systems, and
everything that goes to make mod
ern city street, with an it's sewers,
water pipes. gas mains, electric wires,
pavement, Sidewalks, curb and gutter,
boulevarding, etc.-in short, every
thing that would grant q franchise to
put it into private hands. s;. .s8:s
It is especially worthy OF notice that
all these things conn ected with the
making and upkeep Of all public ways
are necessarily public ctions, and
porate hands except through q public
grant. so II:
II Society will faithfully perform
these two public functions 1t can safely
leave the Production and EXCHANGE f
wealth In the hands of private In
dividuals and voIunt ary association
untrammeled by statutes 81 any kind.
subject only to tho com On principles
Of equity.
Then men will associate themselves
together In freedom Tor the conduct
| OF all such kinds Of 4 work 90 are too
great for ind vidual I'm dertak kim. They
will be able to produce all the
apitai" they nssd, ana wi u manage
their affairs without the ridi culous IN
terference and obstr tons of statute
law as
And until ii ess hings ares flrst done,
Il al the paternali stics md PATCHWORK
Ilegisiation 81 MI the cons leGis-
Islaturea md n rim nt ora
ill IN erxe ts +, ia ers
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WHERE DANGER LIES.

This government is in imminent danger of INVASION
me attacking force has already landed has found
us undefended
This force is part of any imaginary German JAP
anese English other magazine fiction army such as
nave marched and counermarched this country
IN lurd Illustrations during recent months tribute
OF billions is not collected in stage money Its danger
to our liberty" such have is not confined to the
nystercat screeches of the Roosevels and Gardners
The spies Of this invading host are not to be looked
Tor among the brown skinned gardeners of the Pacific
coast or the peaceful workmen in Cities They are
1ound In the halls of in the editorial and
offices of the powerful newspapers Instead
OF being SILENT unobrusive dffident they are blatant
sensational. shreking.
From the pages Of hundreds of the most powerful
the herads of this conquering army
are proclaming the necessity surrendering without
resistance to the sort of military and naval on
preston that crushed the peoples of Europe and then
hung them at one anothers throats
The cry for more men, more guns more ships more
1orts Is one that can be satisfied 1t is always
more never enough. the cry is for the strong
est navy on earth and army large enough to whip
any one nation Then follows combinations of nations
until the ultimate conclusion is each nation mist
be armed until it whip all the remainder of the
world ~
In the meantime each army and navy has thoroughly
conquered its nation and laid upon it tribute
tnan any foreign conqueror has dared de-
mana IL mas turned the money the national in
teres that might been used for the re,ieq ~
1erlhs al nome into the pockets of armament manu-
1acturers, bondholders and navy ring un-
I'll the children OF the workers slaughtered faster
tnan In the invaded provinces of CONQUERED nation
Our schools. hospitals; universities parks and other
services that might have heightened and
lie are led into the muzzles Of own guns Every
punder1ng interest flag the eyes of those who
would interfere with its thievnR
Ih1s is real INVASION genuine threat of COMMUNIST
therefore no one gets excited about it-Milwaukee
Leader.
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tyranny of modern life to- toll on
every day Of the week! Wherever
any class of men or women are
obliged to work seven days week,
We should rush to taeir rescue, cry
out for their deliverance, and never
cease from our efforts until their
liberty has been won. How could
we call ourselves Christians II we
were negligent in working in season
and out Of season to. secure for all
human beings the God-given right to
one day Of rest out of every seven
E. Jefferson, D. D., in The
Living Church. .... -. - zsS..
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Russia may soon face revolution to tho one
NH 1904 aecordng to All reports
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MILITARIsM IN OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

EaGJs
Every boy in the United States
more than is years old should he
trained as soldier. would ont
German the Germans by instituttnz
compulsory military education in ali
the schools.,, General Of high rank
IN the United, States ArmH
Was it for this that the prophets
taught ~ :. :"
And the Christ was crucified, l.
And was 1t for this that the fathers
fought
And the Union soldiers died,
That the youth of our land In their
young fresh life H.
Must be all trained for war and its
bloody strife?
Was it for this that the world has
sought
For peace in it's every cline,
And was it for this that the nations
have wrought ,,-s
Advancement through ages of time
That our nation of all must this pro-
gress reverse
And the earth turned backward to-
ward wars red curse?
Is it patriotism, the advocates cry.
TO be done for the good of the State.
1t is barbarism, is my reply,
AND 1t hazards a nations fate.
For the patriot forces of any land
Are not those trained to obey COM
mand.
Without a reason why?
But to think for themselves on which
side to. stand,
And to take their strong life in their
eager hand, -
All ready to do or to- die, ::
When the right is assailed, or when
Justice In need:
Is asking: release from the tolls of
greed,
Where the patriots sires that Of old
unfurled
The Stars and Stripes to the air.
And fought the dread Lion Of the
world
TIL he crept to his distant lair
Were those stern patriots trained in
their schools
For the battles surge and in wars
red rules?
Were the men of the Union who
marched to the front,
When the Flag went down at the
South,
Swift forming for war and the battles
brunt
And the charge at the cannon's
mouth
were these men taught in their
school-boy days
OF the arts Of war and the soldiers
ways?
OF the voice Of conscience, and duty's
might,
And the Justice OF Gods DEGREES.
They were taught of Freedom, and its
behests,
AS they sat at their teachers feet:
OF loyalty, and it's requests, -.
And the doom that a wrong must
meet - -..E
But not *oneFsy liable, line or word
OF the soldi4E1 step or the use Of the
SWORD.
They werp taught Of fairness. and
truth, and right,
AS they stood at their mothers
knees:
These, these were the men who sprane
into line
In multitudes in cause divine;
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Who leaped to the call Of their country
to arms, "
And laughed at dire danger and wars
alarms;
Who cared naught for dying and moth
ing for pain,
So the old Flag might float DER its
= ramparts again
Who wheeled into line by division and
corps,
And straight into battle the old flag
bore;
Yet these were the men who sprang
into the strife,
And fought to the death for the
Nations life,
And who ne'er lost their faith nor
from battle refrained
Till their cause was triumphant and
Righteousness reigned.
It is Righteousness maketh a nation
great,
And firmness in its cause;
Not serried ranks, or tactics of hate.
Or military laws.
Let us not turn the thoughts Of the
Nation at large -
To the swift leaping sword and tho
bayonet charge. .sS-"
Let the earth and the nations of earth
still look ..5 81: We: .2 =.
Toward the plow's peaceful share ana
the pruning hook. =. =: = =: 2. = =: =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-06-05

BAR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTS.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, June 4.-Both
branches of the legislature have pass
ed bill which will rule out privately
paid experts who testify in civil and
criminal trials on the side of their
employers: The court will appoint
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-06-05
AN EDITORIAL BY AEsOp

Politicians and good fellows have peculiar knack
OF pleasing or at least trying to please everybody
sidestep an Issue and first learn where his ouesoner
stands on question before giving answer and then
making that answer be with the attitude of the ono
with whom he is conversng ordinarily is the attitude Of
the 'good fellow
1t has been said that the good fellow is of no earthly
use to himself or else. To disagree with man
doesn't imply quarrel To hold opinion at variance
with others and to that opinion fearlessly il
usually mark OF character. The diplomatic that
dlfference OF opinion is expressed an added virtue
who try to fight both sides Of the fence or
Jump from side to side trying to keep popular usually
end in getting nowhere -
EE once upon time a fierce was waEed between
the Birds and Beasts The Bat at first fought on the
side OF the Birds, but later in day tide Of
battle ran so much in favoS OF the Beasts that he
changed over and fought on the other side Owing.
mainly however to the admirable conduct Of the Eagle
the tide once more and finally turned in favor of the
Birds The Bat to save his life and escape the shame
Of falling into the hands of his deserted friends fled
and has since skulked in and hollow trees
out only in the dusk the Birds are Is
roost. .,.S j. L<<,. 49, t-s- ss% 64s
He that is neither thing nor the other has no
friends" III e@ b 8
Russia may face revolution similar to thu ons
of 800 according to al reports
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The cultured young woman from
Girton was crying to make CONVERSE
do you care for Crabhe's Talez?"
she asked.
II never ate any" replied her part
just dead struck on Holsters claws"
Sacred Heart Review. ,,-E -. 800. :.
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TAFT STILL OPPOSED TO LABOR

William Howard Taft is keeping up his reputation
as an antagonizer of organized labor.
His record as a public has been a stencil in
the nosr1s of those who have strven better the
dt1ons OF the working class in this nation The revver
not the FOUNDER OF government by Injunction is
engaged in reving the leaders the American Fedora
ton OF Labor for the work they have been so nsru-
mental in accomplishing for the working class of the
United States.
Taft has been the upholder of special nrivepe
and corporate interest and without a doubt the
most incompetent that graced" the presidents
chair.
With all his faults, however, let us be kind enough
to give him credit for thing in particular. He has
never endeaVored probably because he didn't know how
to hide his antagonism against labor unions and
democratic institutions He at least has been consistent
IN MS views and no one need have been mised as
70 "nere ne stood upon any vital matter of interest
the people.
The former protege of Theodore Roosevelt the
monkey hunter has failure and his utterances
Will nave out little effect upon the American Federation
OF Labor any other institution that NAV he 81 for
tunate as to gain his antagonisna
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WILL START 4 11FORWARD ,.

WILL START A 'tFORWARD.''
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June A.
This city is the latest to see the value
of a vigorous trade union propaganda,
and the Central Labor Unions COM
mittee has perfected plans for a 'labor
Forward movement, to be conducted
with exceptional aggressiveness.
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My cares and inquiries for decency and
truth, and in this am wholly occupied.-Horace.
THE PURPOSE OF LABOR UNIONS.

The fundamental purpose labor union is to secure
to the members of the union the comforts necessities
of life This does not that only the Favored"
few in the union who may become officers organizers
of the organization have the good things of H
but that each and every individual paying his dues
regularly and promptly into the general fund
entitled to the benefits of organization.
There are at times Individuals who creep into labor
unions as in all other organizations of influence who
would use their membership and influence in the union
to secure to themselves to the exclusion Others
certain env1able positions. This particular kind an
individual is the greatest enemy organized labor.
On the other hand there those who will, seeing
men rise from the ranks and become influence
and power, antagonize them every step of road
and charge such with motives because they
do not happen to stand for the thing Again there
those who would make of union in itself
an adjunct to particular political party other
side interest and condemn if reve those who object
TO uphold1ng that party or that interest.
Suppression of free speech and freedom of political
opinion is not part of the duty of labor union On
the contrary tolerance for the opinions Others and
defense OF constitutional rights principles
upon which the labor movement is founded.
When labor unions allow themselves to become
divided questions of politics. religion or outside bust
ness traffic of any nature then that be an
effective economic organization This however does
not mean that politics and economics shall be dis
cussed on the floors of the labor union neither does
mean that is advisable for labor movement on the
outside OF the union to be divided upon the political field
AS long as there within the civic antagonstic
interests both of which may be of great moment tn
certain parts of the labor bound to
be differences of opinion these matters when thew
are expressed as political issues.
Keep the political side of such questions off the floor
OF the labor union and leave the political merits of these
questions to the political parties and allow each man
within the labor movement to use his own Judgment
politically and great deal of unnecessary antagonism
"ltn1n the labor movement will have been eliminated
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THE AMERICAN DUTY.

Inc note received from the German government IN
reply to the American note of May 13 will meet variety
OF opinion In the minds of the American people, It il
possible to say many things of it many different
viewpoints In this crisis however one thing ia desir
able and necessary We have trusted to the
the handling of this International business Stand
Ing behind him today is the whole body of the American
people, who will support him in whatever course ha
takes. He has shown that he worthy of orr conft
dence; with him the honor and the position Of Amerco
are SAFE What he decides the nation will do and
mas confidence that his decision be right II 10
duty not to him in the conduct of his du+v h
hasty or violent expressions Only camness and con,
dence can serve the present occasion Every man will
nave his own opinion and is entitled to it, the nraadon+
alone carries the responsibility the nation Wa a.
not doubt his ability and his patriotism: we NAV nj
question his course We shall better country Nv
our se-conro and our trust in man with whom tho
fortunes of America rest-Milwaukee Journal -.
*'| T.
Now Amos is mad at Theodore and wants co.,+,o,
of real progressives with branch of the soc,.ltat
party which might be dissatisfied with program com
posed only with vague yearnings with NO specfic
immediate program attached thereto" ns.sTE@-
Eugene v. Debs. the noted Socialist orator an
candidate for president the Socialist ticket
will speak IN Duluth at the Auditorium SATURDAY eve
ming June TO- #4$ Il SIS - 8,
It looks very much. At this distance as il Law.
had been sentenced not for counsene Or particnan.
n the % but tor being u leader 81
striker says Patl tropE 81
A1s snt
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CONCEALED TO SAVE SERBIA
Invention of Professor Pupin of Co.
lumbia University.

New York, Nov. l7.-Because his
invention might be useful to the enc
mics of his country tSerbia) Profes.
sor Michael | Pupin Of Columbia uni
versity. who is honorary Serbian con
sui general to the United States. told
the members of the National Academy
of Sciences at their fall meeting here
that he will not make public until the
war is over the secret of the receiver
for use in wireless telegraphy and
telephony by which static interference
can be eliminated
The new instrument Professor Pu-
pin claims, is the one thing needed to
make possible the transmission OF
wireless messages between any two
points on the earth's surface. BY its
Use, the inventor says, the receiver
can be made to record only those
sound waves which the operator de.
sires to hear.