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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
,LACoN1Cs ON GOOD
OF EIGHTH DAY

President Samuel Gompers, voicinx
the organized labor movement, places
the tght-hour. work day on an i'm.
pregnable rock Of Justice and right
eousneas in the following concise
sentences:
1.-THE individual who works eight
hours or less does not each day ex-
haust his energy.
'.He has time for recuperation and
something more.
Ills mind is more alert and active.
"He is capable of more vigorous
and more effective work. :
He goes to and from work at
time when well-dressed people are on
the streets.
"He really has time and oppor-
tunity for making comparisons and
forming desires.
HE has longer time to stay at
home, sees other homes better fur
nished, and consequently wants a
better home for himself.
"He wants books, pictures, friends,
entertainment.
I'm short, he becomes a. human
being with intellectual desires and
cravings.
'"This change makes him more
valuable worker.
because his standard Of living has
changed he demands higher wages.
"Men and women will not continue
indefinitely to work for wages that
force them to live below their con-
cepts Of what constitutes standards
of living"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
HOW POVERTY CAUSES UNITS.

Senator Kenyon of Iowa believes the fact that
more than 50 per cent of the who apply for enlist
ment are rejected as being physically mentally unfit
for the SERVICE is due to child poverty.
Says the Senator: 1.-THE childrens bureau reports
that the infants of men who SO week die at
the rate Of 255 1000 while the infants Of
earn SIS week die the rate of only "a per
1000. The babies OF the poor die at three times the
rate of those who in fairly well-todo families"
The Industrial Relations commission reported that
70 of fathers of families
less than $500 per year.
This means that between one-haf and two-thirds of
these families living below the standards
subsistence while about onethrd living abject
otto adults
And Judge Henry Neil the father of mothers pen
sions, reports that his investigation of child poverty
shows that thousands Of children are separated from
their mothers account of poverty and that the deprv
ing of children Of mother love tends inefficient
and unpatriotic adults.
Senator Kenyon believes that the problemof child
poverty has direct bearing the efficiency of the
nation in its relation to preparedness"
eve must prepare the human resources as well as
the material" he declared. 1T is just as important
in fact important-that take our human
properly that we conserve our material
resources.
"A nation of units is not the kind of a nation out
of which to built decent civilization one prepared
to resist invasion'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
A THOUSAND THANKS. BROTHER.

So W. E. McEwen has passed his sixteenth an
niversary as publisher of the Labor World That quite
some time to spend in the editorial but the make
of the Labor World it's broad and unbiased policy
indicate plainly the work of man who knows his
business and who has acquired his knowledge in lfe's
school of hard knocks. We like the Labor World for
it's impartiay and its giving credit where credit is DUE
We compliment the editor the pillar of strength his
labors has erected and hope kind Providence will
give the field of journalism many more years of Billy
McEwen.-Chisholm Tribune Herald
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
WE WORK TOO LONG
TO SUPPLY WORLD

The Hon. Carroll D. Wright is
quoted as saying that 1.-TWO hours and
fifteen minutes daily work by each
able-bodied man, If systematically ap-
piled, would produce all the food,
clothing and shelter that people
need"
He meant, Of course, with the use
of the modern instruments OF produc-
ton.
Yet many men are working four.
five and even six times that number of
hours, and do not receive enough to
support family in decency.
It is very plain that there Ii some
thing seriously wrong with such a
system of industry.
OF course, tho labor unions have not
perfected the lot of the worker.
But what would his lot be if 1t were
not for tho unions2
The unions are responsible for
every improvement OF conditions that
have been made.
And if the workers were organized
as q whole the adjustment would be
much more advantageous to labor
Los Angeles Citizen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
STRENGTHENING THEM OUT.

The arrival Of the steamer China an American vessel
owned by the China Mail Steamship company. confirms
the story that thiryeght Germans and Ausrians
taken off this American vessel by the British auxiliary
cruiser Laurentic This is more of the violations
OF neutral rights which beligerent nations too
willing to commit That the of the Laurentic's
commander in violating the sanctity of American
vessel was unlawful there is lack of precedent to
show: The same thing has happened before during
this war, it has in other This case parallels
the act of the American vessel which in the Civil war;
removed the Confederate agents. Mason Side from
the British mail steamer Trent. In that instance our
government made prompt disavowal and Immediately
released the Confederate agents. The same thing has
happened within three months in the the French
cruiser Descares, which in the activities
in the West Indies removed Germans from American
ships The French government representations from
our government, promptly disavowed the act and re-
leased the men.
The case of the China is the newest and one of the
most fragrant examples of the abuse by begerents of
neutral rights. Our government will insist upon dis
avowal and the surrender of the captured Germans and
Austrians and Great Britain guilty many Instances
OF abusing her at sea, ess and will not
be permitted to do less, than make disavowa and
reparation
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
PRIVATE MONOPOLY
CHILD OF PRIVILEGE

Some time ago a promoter went
into Wall street to interest some cap
italists in a. scheme to monopolize a
certain business.
"Have you the control Of any con-
siderable part of the raw material
needed?" asked the banker.
NO." was the answer.
''Do you control in any way the
method of manufacturing?
''No'
do you control transportation?
mo"
do you control the labor you must
employ?
mo"
"Please excuse me from having
anything to do with your project, -
said the banker "for it is impossi-
BILE for you to create a monopoly un-
less you have a. cinch on at least one
Of these essentials to success
Look the whole industrial field OVER
and it will be four.d how true all this
is. A monopoly may be started with
out this control; and it may even de-
clare dividends for a time: but it is
doomed to ultimate failure.
Monopoly is the taproot Of. every
successful combination. Scott Near
ing, in his latest book, "Anthracite,"
show how the monopoly Of one nat
ural resource-anthracite coal-has
made a few men rich.
The owners Of the anthracite fields
have succeeded in establishing a mon
opoly of the most absolute character.
The purpose of monopoly i.
to make profits-the higher, the bet
ter. The interests Of the con-
sumner clearly demand that the com.
munity, acting through the state OF
the national government, shall take
possession of the anthracite coal
fields, operate them in the interests
Of the community, and sell the peo-
at cost.
Here is the point: If Prof. Nearing
has proved his contention as to the
general harmfulncss Of the monopoly
Of anthracite coal, should not the
principle he has established be- ap.
piled to all monopolies in order that
consumers be no: exploited.
Must the nation stop at anthracite
How about the ether mineral re.
sources Of the country?
The people must own the natural
monopolies, or tho monopolies will
own the people. This is tie key tc
the industrial situation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
THE HYMN OF HATE

And this I hate-not men, nor flag.
nor race,
But only War with it's wild, grinning
face.
God strike it till its eyes be blind as
night,
fright!
Oh, let it hear in it's death agony
The wall Of mothers for their best
loved ones,
And on its head
Descend the venom curses of its sons
Who followed her. deluded, where it's
Had dyed the daisies red.
oply,
The lie that hides its CHASTITY mock
cry,
That makes its glories out of wom-
ems tears,
The toll of peasants through the bur-
dened years,
The legacy of long disease that preys
On bone and body in the afterdays.
Gods curses pour,
Until it shrivel with it's votaries
And die away in it's own fiery seas,
That nevermore
It's dreadful call Of murder may be
heard
A thing accursed in very deed and
word
From blood.drenched shore to
shore!
- by Joseph Dana Miller.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
ORGANIZED LABOR;
WOMAN's CHAMPION

The woman Of America, and In
fact of the whole world, owe a big
debt of gratitude to organized labor
out boldly as the champion of wom-
anhood.
It has fought a brave battle for the
gentler sex that has not been fruit
less Of results. It has secured for
the women workers vastly improved
conditions in the factory and the
workshops. It has at all times de-
manded that women shall receive
equal pay with men for equal work
performed, and wherever the union
label il in evidence the female work.
er receives the same remuneration as
the male toiler.
Organized labor has forced our
legislators to place valuable 1egiala-
ton on the statute books to protect
tho health and welfare Of the women
workers. There is no other institu-
ton, society or establishment under
high Heaven that deserves 80 we'll at
the hands OF the wives and mothers
Of the nation as the trade union
movement, for no other has stood so
determined and undoubtedly in in
ststing upon justice for the sex.
Neither the church nor any philan-
thropic movement has ever insisted
that women should receive equal re-.
Enumeration with men for equal serv-
Ice rendered. In our mercantile
houses and in our industrial institu-
lions, run by protesting Christians,
woman as q wage-earner occupies a
lower plane than man,
1t is only in union establishm ents
and protected by the union label that
1ndustrially men and women are
equal. Did youxe ever think this up?
Knoxville. Tenn, Voice Of Labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
THE BRIDGE BUILDER

An old man, going a lone highway,
Came at the evening, cold and gray,
To chasm vast and deep and wide,
The old man crossed in the. twilight
dim,
The sullen stream had no fear for
him;
But he turned when safe on the other
side
And built bridge to span the tide.
"Old man." said fellow pilgrim near,
"Y0u are wasting your strength with
building here;
Your journey will end with the end
ing day,
You never again will pass this way;
You've crossed the chasm deep and
wide,
And built a bridge to span the tide"
The builder lifted his old gray head,
Good friend, in the path I have
come" he said, ....
There followeth after me today
A youth whose feet must pass this
way;
This chasm that has been as naught
to me,
TO that fair-haired youth may a pit
fall be.
He, too, must CROSS in tho twilight
dim,
Good friend, an building this bridge
for him. ANONYMOUS.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
INSULTING THE SCAND1NAVIANs.

A letter from our congressman to a prominent Du-
uthian Of Swedish birth relative the provisions
Burnett immigration bill reads something like this:
IF this bill were law when many of Scandinavian
citizens to this country they would
permitted to enter because of their inability to pass the
iteracy test.'
This Duuthian not easy the congressman
took him to be- for he we'll knew that the educational
laws of Sweden and Norway such character that
countries who cannot read and write in his native
language and he did not fail tell the congressman So
AS matter of fact it is we'll known that the pro-
visions of the Burnett immigration bill will operate
against worthy immigrants from European countries
north Of the Alps and west of Russia. It is also we'll
known that the bill is designed the great
Of aliens who flock to shores from southeastern
Europe and Asia whose civilization is far behind that
of northern Europe and the United States.
These aliens exploited by American industries
and used to beat down and keep down the wages
of American laborers because they cheaper
American workmen live, and their low standard of
living due largely the fact that they terate
When they learn to read and write in any language
their wants instantly increase. They Immediately
possessed of hunger knowledge which creates
additional demands than for cheap food and humble
shelter This is all there is to it, and sympathzer
of alien labor get away from it.
For the good Of America and for the good of the
aliens themselves the Burnett immigration bill should
become law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
THE SHIELDS BILL GRAB.

The Shields bill pending in the United States Senate,
allows private interests to grab publicly owned water
and further provides that in get it
at the end Of so the United States must pay for
unearned increment Clifford Pinchot has performed a
great service in calling public attention fact and
urging the bills defeat.
The bill should be defeated, but if passed all will
not be lost It will still be possible to the value
of these water power privileges sufficiently divert
the unearned increment to the public treasury.
The fault that Mr.. Pinchot finds with the Shields
BILL is fault inherent in every title to national
that has been granted since settlement of this
country Because titles to land give holders the right
to appropriate publicly created values induce
ment is held out to land holders to withhold land
speculation. For this there is an army
of unemployed, while land is withheld from use on
which these unemployed might be engaged productive
labor.
There some excuse for the failure of original
settlers to foresee the evil results of such system
But there is for such ignorance United
States Senator of today.
However, the remedy that can be applied should
the Senate yield to the wishes Of grabbers
can be applied to the natural that have
ready passed into private ownership.
tax on land values be levied that would put
an end to private appropriation of unearned wealth.
Whenever the people ready they can put stop to
evil results of land grabbing of the past as we'll as to
results of similar grabbing in the future.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
ANOTHER AWLFUL HOWL.

1t is reported that Frank A. Vanderlip. president
OF the National City Bank of New York, during an
address at the Chamber Of Commerce banquet At the
alexandria hotel Tuesday evening last asserted that
our mercantile marine has been scuted by
and labor unions"
Presume this is another belated wall about the La
Toilette seamens Act and other legislation for the
lection of the sailor and the public
strange how peeved the pirates become when they
perceive their intended victims receiving the protection
Of the law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
REWARDING SERVICE.

Nearly threeQuarters of million year for antics!
According to press accounts Charlie Chaplin favorte
OF those who go to moving picture shows to enjoy
certain Kind OF humorous situation has signed contract
with hlm corporation calling for salary
year, and bonus of 0,00O for appearing in and
directing the staging Of one tworeel photoplay month
Consider the reward that comes to the worker who
really ministers to the intellectual and spiritual develop
ment OF men. Thousands of ministers, teachers and
newspaper workers labor harder than Charlie CHAPLIN
Their work deals with the development of souls and
minds and the welfare of the nation. Hundreds of
singers and painters strive interpret the beauty
and meaning Of the world How many have an income
even approaching this mans bonus? Or how manv of
the hundreds OF moving picture actors who really in
terpret emotions that upft the receive tenth as
much money?
This figure is all the more astounding when we
examine the economic factors the distribution of
rewards to workers. In continental United States out
OF population of 10o,o0o,oo0 about 10000, 900. or
are engaged In sanful occupations. The in
como from all the efforts of people is estimated
AZ $5o'ooooooooo year, or about $3.50 each. The
average income of those receive salary or wage
IS between $500 and $500.
Food for thought indeed! But the solution to the
p1oolem Will not be accomplished by bringing forward
hnespun theories that can be put into practice
ne solution depends on the good sense of the American
people. Whenever they come to see that men should
% paid IN accordance with the value of their
ts enduring qualities and the depth and breadth of it's
app1cation-and that their dimes and quarters should
not be piled mountain high on the desk of him who
merely amuses them for the moment these instances Of
injustice In remuneration to workers will disappear
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
w1sDoM's CHILD.

Only fool has the nerve to boast
Of his good sense.
People who always say what they
think have few friends.
The road to success IL shy OF rapid
transit facilities. X
The people who never make mis-
takes all reside in tho cemetery. -.
The average man is willing to get
his hands on tainted money for the
purpose Of removing the faint f.
A. frenxied financier 10 one who
provides for his family at the expense
Of those who are not cogntzant Of his
game. - =. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18

A farmer in small way walked
into the officer of one of our 4ire in.
surance companies and animated that
he wihed to insure tis barn and q cou-
pie of stacks.
what facilities have you for extin-
gushing a. fire in your villase?" in
quired the superintendent of the
office.
The man scratched his head and
pondered over the matter for little
while. Eventually he answered.:
Journal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
AFTER EUROPEs WAR rs OVER

Twenty million men who have been living in the
trenches in Europe and have developed the spirit of
democracy will become restless under old restrictions
after the and wish to country declares
Frederick c. Howe, United States Commissioner of I'M
migration.
The largest influx Of immigrants, Mr.. Howe points
out may be expected from Russia the Balkan states
While Great Britain and AustrlaHungary also will have
trouble keeping their people. He said We might also
expect many from other countries whose business has
been ruined by the war.
He says the United States must be prepared for the
exodus Of many foreigners here who will return to
Europe at the end Of the war to learn what has
of their relatives.
In year so. he predicted, there will be work for
everybody and conditions for the aborer will be better
than at any time since the Civil war;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18

The astounding statement is made that with from
twelve to fifteen million men under arms. PRODUCING
practically nothing. it seems likely that Europe pro-
dueed last year about az much as ever before
II Is u.--- 1900:
u not the vital one, but that have yet to vranele
with the problem Of distribution, S=S ..T.'s-.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18
Baked Onions.

Boil in sailed water until almost
tender as many. onions 90 necessary,
lift out lay in 4 baking pan and salt
ana pepper to taste Place a bit Of
butter on each onion, bake In q hot
oven for fifteen minutes. when brown
serve in a hot dish, -.... g.. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18

RECKLESS LANGUAGE OF MR. TAFT.
Former President Taft il becoming rather reckless
OF speech in his old age
The other evening the Champion Heavyweight Presi-
dent in address at the annual banquet Of
Traffic Club of New York, declared that tho railroads
OF the United States have themselves to blame for tho
hamperng regulations with which they find Themselves
enmeshed."
"They lend themselves to the building up OF in
dusrla monopoes by the granting Of rebates against
the law" said Mr.. Taft.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-03-18

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lady manicure. =2.5 III.
You'd better leave me enough for
ear,flre. WAS tha reply !,
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