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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-01-15

these cooperative plants, and if the
market continues to hold, many mills
on which the workers have now op-
tions will be converted into mutual
concerns.
these plants are the workers whose
unions the lumbermen smashed when
cuts in wages were resisted with,
strikes. ''- s
When they were once regarded as
next to buns, they are now the re-
spected men of the community. -
"All this merely shows that the
social application Of Christianity can
do for men," says the logger preacher,
who is now at the head of the selling
agency of these cooperative shingle
mills; though still retaining his forest
pastorate as an. accredited member of
his church. e.= -.
K Merit Counts On Jobs. -. +
EVERY, stockholder-worl<er must
hold his job on merit alone. And this
Is but one detail by which the shingle
mems mills have fortified themselves
against the pitfalls of other co-opera-
tive ventures. ~ -. SO
'The selling agency, supported by
q 1.-THE Of 1 cent per 1000 shingles
cut in every mill, has thus far readily,
disposed Of all the output. It IL also
buying supplies for the mill workers
families in wholesale lots, and has cut
the cost Of living as we'll as the cost
Of working materially" S. 80 81
McGill and the shingle workers
make no claim Of Utopia Tor their,
experiment. But It will be something
for other toilers to watch CAREFUL
this idustria1 adventure Of Q logger
preacher with d vision.
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MEN WHO OPPOSE ARhtoRY SALE GIVEN EARLY
TASTE OF OPPOSITION THEY ARE TO C0NFR0N

Those Duluth citizens who are desrous of keeping
the old arory for the peoples have been given
early taste of the kind of opposition they meet
with when the proposed ordinance goes to the peoples
Their position will be rdiculed and msrepresented, and
the Herald the chief defender of the sale of the
with it's well known tactics, will be found in it's old
time place throwing dust in the eyes of the people.
It's first effort is to attempt to dscredt The Labor
World and to question its motive in opposing the sale
of the armory property. That's old game Of the
Herald when is short of argument to meet issue.
Like Mayor Prince it to fear the judgment of the
people this question It pretends that the expense
and annoyance of referendum election will be useless,
and then 1t artfuly dstorts editorial appearing in
the last issue of The Labor World to suit its own
deceptive and delusive purpose.
1t is pleasant duty to oppose the plans of such
splendid organization the shriners to appeal from
the Judgment of the majority members of the city
mission who have voted to dispose of the armory for
less than it originally cost the city to acquire
the property and construct the building
Unfortunately The Labor World is the only news
paper in Duluth to out boldly against the sale Of
with US, and think it would be if armory
in Cleveland other distant city, and it was
advocated that the building be converted into public
forum and great social center for the of working
The Herald is usually mighty forward looking
things far away, where it is safe but times it
at home.
Now let about the expense Of referendum
election. We stated last week that charter election
to be held and the referendum election could
be held at the time without any additional expense
to the people, the cost of the additional time 1t
would take the judges of election count the ballots
The Labor World made this fact perfectly plain but
Herald true to its timeworn cunning, ignores it, Why
does not print the truth in this instance it claims
to do in other instances?
Then there is the matter of annoyance. Oh mercy!
AS this seriously disturbed the editorial soicitude
of the Herald. If the armory ordinance goes to the
people it will be the first of the referendum in
luth the petition of citizens who will not profit
financially by the outcome of the election The Labor
World could not stop this referendum il it would,
Should front the issue today, it
would be taken tomorrow group of good citizens
and the campaign would still be carried if every
newspaper in the city opposed it,
The Herald. usually alert hasn't awakened to the
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Sunday will be industrial Rela-
tions Day." At the meeting of the
Federated Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, to be held tonight at Owls hall
a communication will be read from
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the
committee en- Industrial relations,
urging all Duluth labor unions to
observe the next meeting following
the receipt of his letter as a. day to
study and review the Walsh report
to congress on industrial relations.
Mr.. Walsh has written to each Of
the 674 central labor bodies in the
country asking them to keep alive
the work OF the federal commission
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a prize fighter has the energy of
steam roller, and is more at home in
a bunkhouse than at a parish recep-
ton, regarded the move alp a promo
ton, even though the church. cut: off
his salary. @, g.
The establishment of the co-opera-
tive shingle plants of the Northwest
was the result. Wherever saws hum
and axes ring-in hundreds Of timber
camps and mill towns-Preacher Nc
Gill is a respected pal Of the men in
mackinaw and jumper.
It began in Olympia, State capital,
this logger pastors industrial adven-
ture, where he converted the debts
and despair of twenty idle shingle
weavers into assets and productivity.
Labor Made 1t Pay.
A $4,000 shingle plant had been
closed because the owner could not
run 1t at profit. Shingle production,
because of market conditions, was at
low ebb. Everywhere the owners were
giving up. !
Then McGill appeared. Learning
that the mill could be rented at low
figure, he called the unemployed
workers together to discuss co-opera-
ton.
About. 5000 was necessary to buy
logs to start up. But not a man in
the crowd had dollar. Worse still,
practically every shingle weaver there
owed bills for food and merchandise:
They had no further credit. Raise
SO, 900 cash? That was indeed funny!
But they did get the $4,000 in just
four days. . !. *&:
The shingle mill started, and is to-
day putting out record production.
The men are making comfortable
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EXPLOITS CHILDREN
TO GET BIG PROFITS

DETROIT, Jan. 13.-Business
Agent Jones Of the Cigarmakers'
union told federation of labor dele
gates that non-union cigar plants in
this city give certificates Of *'compe-
tency'' after one years work, instead
of six months, as formerly:
"A child works in a place of this
kind for 81 a week." he said. THAT
is, she gets that dollar a week If she
first works year. At the end Of
her year she is given back pay at the
rate of a. dollar. During her appren-
ticeship she receives a certificate
each week which enti ties her to
dollar for each certificate at the end
of the year. Yet some men smoke
the product of these places, though
they could get excellent cigars made
under union and humane condi-
tions"
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and in addition are purchasing it at
a percentage Of the 'cut basis"
= These men had no security except
their proved Integrity.
They were, however, able to bor-
row sufficient money from the bank
to purchase logs when the owner was
unable to borrow the money. =,
This has proved a common occur
renee in the spread Of the co-opera-
tive shingle mill wave here.
Perhaps the reason is that labor
troubles are eliminated In the mills
where the workers are the virtual or
actual owners.
Perhaps it lies in the fact that the
cooperative workers put out finer
shingles and more per day, than they
ever did as mere employees.
They Own Their jobs. 49,.
Perhaps it's because the mills are
operated at a lower rate Of deprecia-
utilization Of timber.
And no doubt it is partly because
the energies Of a worker. elevated to
a responsible share in q connpany's
production and profits have proved q
sure foundation to a substantial busi-
ness. ts:i5 - -
1T is," commented McGill, a. sig
nificant comentary on the Industrial
situation when workers have been
able to. do what employers couldn't"
In Everett, Wash, fifty shingle
weavers who run q mill are earning
more than the former scale Of wages.
ranging from $3.50 to $S, according to
the job. FS's s.s .ss..39.> !. /. ID #
! "A '20-cent rise in the shingle mar
ket recently added an extra 1.b0 per
day to practically every partner In
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that there is tremendous public sentiment
sale of the armory The Labor World is flooded with
letters from in all walks Of life urging to hasten
the petitions, and telephones in constant use
answering Inquiries from every part of the city as
when and where petitions may be signed. least fifty
have volunteered to get signatures, they to give
their services without cost, unselfshly and with
possble profit in to them that will accrue to
yeitizen of Duluth
81 And again, the Herald, eager to prejudice honest
citizens against signing the referendum petition and
without regard for the truth, attempts couple The
Labor Worlds position in advocating a separative
Legislative body in city with opposi-
on to the sale of the 1t practically states that
this paper is in favor Of returning to the old ward
system. It's editor knows better. The Labor World
has taken such position since commission gov
ernment came into being In Duluth.
" We are however, advocating that commission govern
men be strengthened by the addition of legislative
members who will serve check against admin
1strat1ve extravaganza And in mighty good
pany when we champion such change. This question
discussed quite seriously the meeting of the
charter commission committee and four the five mem
bers present declared themselves in favor of the
principle and al including the publisher The Labor
World, expressed themselves opposition to return
to the ward system.
8 The Herald wfully otherwise perverted refer
ence The Labor World made last to the fact that
under the old system it requires the votes of II out
AV aAuo1Meu " ueeu away tne peoples properly, while
Under commission government constituted city
property may be disposed of by but three five
commissioners a majority of but In the armory
ordinance three commissioners voted for the sale and
two opposed it. This fact alone would justify ten per
cent of the voters to appeal to the people,
AS climax to its artfu and misleading editorial the
Herald advises "those who may be mised into Joining
the hue and against the armory sale watch
fully to see what company they keeping and where
It is leading them" What child's play! Under COM
mission government other form The Labor World
would oppose the sale of the with all strength
In its being
Il This is not proposition with this paper The
armory Is suited, is other building in Duluth for
public forum, great social center and worknkmens
club It is adapted for the things stand for right
hsre71n Duiuth 1t is going to take good light to
the armory the people, but we are to win
And when we shall have we will appreciate the
old building and the institutions it will house all the
more because. it took good fight to get them.
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AT1E|V|F''|O'RECA[[
AR|zONA'S GOVERNOR
Circulate Petitions Against Chief
Executive For Daring to Pro-
tect Striking Miners.
MINE OWNERS WOULD
PUNISH HONEST MAN
Gov. George w. P. Hunt Is Target
Of Men Who Could Not Use
Him TO Crush Labor.

Will the mine owners of Arizona,
backed by the millions of Cleveland
H. Dodge, William Church Osborn,
ana other New York multi-million-
aires, accomplish the political ruin Of
Governor George w. P. Hunt and de-
feat the strike of 5000 copper miners?
Because Governor Hunt has dared
to treat the miners fairly and protect
them against an invasion of lawless
thugs and strikebreakers, the mine
owners are circulating petitions for
his recall and bitterly attacking him
through their subsidized press.
All Very Powerful.
The leading corporation involved in
the Clifton-Morenci strike is Phelps
Dodge and Company, Of which James
Douglas is president, Cleveland H.
Dodge vice president, and William
Church Osborn a director. The COM
pany in 1912 earned % per cent on
it's capital of $45,000,000, and paid a
Is per cent dividend. Today copper
is higher than at any time in nina
years, yet the company refuses to
grant it's men a wage increase or to
make any concession. The principal
property of the company at Clifton
paid in 1912 dividend of 146-h per
cent on "a capital Of $1,0OO,000.
Governor Hunts refusal to permit
the importation of gun men and strike
breakers has attracted wide attention.
It has furnished a striking contrast
with the policy of Governor Ammons
in Colorado, where the Rockefeller
interests coerced the Governor and
obtained the use Of the state militia
for escorting strike breakers.
Not Like Colorado.
Whereas Colorado became the scene
of the worst strike violence seen in
this country in many. years, Governor
Hunts policy has prevented all vio-
lence in Arizona. Strikers themselves
are maintaining order in the mining
towns, and several Of their number
have been sworn in as deputy sheriffs.
Instead of prostituting himself to the
mine owners, the sherf1f has been. ac-
tive in distributing supplies to- the
families OF the strikers. and the state
militia are engaged in protecting the
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us. We are all workingman; the
only foreigner is the boss; let's fight
him.
''The price Of lumber is going up
and these cut-throat lumber COM
pany hogs won't pay any more
money. This damned robbery will
have to stop.
mot all the 1umberjacks are
needed. We must have one out of
every five to form the neuclus of
strikers and to successfully carry on
strike. The I. w. w., and One
Big Union. that's it.
Tho immense advantage is that
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l. w. w. ORGANIZERS THREATEN
TO CALL BIG LUMBER STRIKE
In Letter Sizzling With Characteristic Lingo to the Tune of
"Halleujah, I'm Bum, :" With "Muigan Stew On
the side They Appeal to Lumberjack

According to A. Boose, 907 West
Michigan street, Duluth, and J. A.
Mcdonald, Bemidji, delegates Of the
I. w. W., a movement is on foot to
call big strike Of the lumberjacks
in northern Minnesota.
In a red hot letter that sizzles
with I. w. W., lingo these proselytes
of 'Mulligan stew" who glorify their
depravity in singing, ''Hallelujah,
I'm a Bum,' declare they already
have the lumber barons on the
rum" Here are few of their char
acteristic jibes:
"On the job there is no nationality.
Get all the nationalites fighting with
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1.-THE greatest difficulty was to in
spire the shingle weavers with conf
dence in themselves, and to get them
to sign their own notes for $3.50 each.
TT was the first stime I or any of
them had ever realized that debt may
prove to be positive, asset"
This mill has now been operating
three months. has already made new
enthusiasm of the weavers, and will,
at the present market price for shin
gles, continue to provide q comfort
able living for it's cooperative mama
gers, as well as discharge the $4,000
debt by the end of the fiscal year.
Logs and all supplies are bought
for cash. For every 1000 shingles
cut cents is laid aside for g. fund
to meet the notes. What is left is
divided equalley- among the men.
Easy to Borrow Money.
The most amazing feature Of the
cooperative shingle mill venture has
been their ability to borrow money
without security. -,
This is one Of the many things the
"w4se men" said couldn't be done.
The mill at Anacortes, Wash, after
the plant had closed down was bought
on installements from the owner for
$4,000, without a penny having been
paid down. 49,.
The worker-managers merely pay
the relinquishing owner at the rate Of
10 cents per thousand for: all shingles
cut. "a - :sr>$g... ,.~5>s - -, .t$3t -.
Over in Marysville, Wash, where
another shingle plant had closed be-.
cause ofs the owners inability to op-.
crate at q profit, the weavers have
paid 310, 900 rent Tor the present year
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LABOR IS FREED Of
STRIKE RIOT BLAME.
Detective Agencies Gunmen And
Company Police Hired to
Stir Workers.
D1sTR1f MINI o"ToRNEY
st;e 1!sto. csso.,t,, UNIONS :,
'apttoi Sac
Grand Jury Conducting
cation and Company Officials
Are Summoned to Appear.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. 49,
"After 4S hours of constant and care
full investigating I can say that or
ganized labor has clean bill of
health in the East Youngstown riot,
and, not only that, but leaders of or
ganized labor did everything they
could to prevent trouble, though the
men were not their men and were
not organized"
So said District Attorney A. M.
Henderson, and, after quietly re-
marking to that effect, he fired a
bomb-one that may be the first of
a series to follow before the final
chapter of this bloody business is
, written.
: "President James A. Campbell, of
| the Youngstown Sheet and Tube COM
! pany, will be summoned to go before
/ the grand jury" he said. "Campbell
! will be ordered to bring with him all
! books and records showing what de-
tective agencies have been hired by
the company to send men here. The
District Attorney wants to know how
many gunner the company brought,
where it got them, and why it got
them.''
Revelations Are Expected.
Those are but two points in story
that reeks with the filth Of the rot
tenest of rotten business, and which,
If it's veracity can be established in
court ard the county officials stick
to the job, ought to make one of the
most astounding in American finan-
cial and Industrial history
Bringing it all to a focus, General
Organizer T. H. Flynn, of the Amer
lean Federation CT Labor, issued a
lengthy statement this morning. This
statement was carefully looked over
by Flynn after il had been trans
cribed, and was then signed by him.
The statement has created storm
of CONSERVATION in this city. Flynn
said:
.::'I ,do-not think there wass any for
.eign influence involved. I think it
was a financial scheme, rigged up
as a last desperate resort to depress
the value of the works stock, so
that interests that are trying to form
great half-billion dollar merger
could -1t the contro. that they
wanted. Strangely enough, control
Of the tube works stock is held by
local men. They did not want to
sell. They figured that stock worth
$500 t., others was worth that to
them, and they wanted to keep the
control in Youngstown.
Rockefeller in Deal.
"The proposed merger was to in
clude Colorado Fuel and Iron, Cam
bria Steel, Youngstown Sheet and
Tube and the Lackawanna Steel COM
pany, Colorado Fuel and Iron means
John D. Rockefeller, and John D.
Rockefeller's name brings up strange
ly familiar remembrances of Trini-
dad.
Here is another nail that drives
home the proof of devilishness
While East Youngstown was in
flames some of the American Fedora
ton of Labor organizers, with some
local business men got automobiles
and hurried to the scene. They
found that the men who were firing
the building with torches were not
molested by the police, but where
residents, excited by events, found
saloons already broken into and went
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It Is not so difficult task TO plant
new truths as to root out old errors,
for there Is this paradox In men: they
run after that which is new, but are
prejudiced in favor Of that which Is
old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-29
The UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
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 EnroIlrn enr now, the best prepara- ton for summer examinations or next NeaSa woSk. LII aS~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-29
STOCK MARKET ~~~~~~~<

New York, June 29-Opening: The importance of the Mexican situation as a financial factor was demonstrat- ed at the opening of today's market. The decision of the Mexican govern ment to release the American troop CTS captured at Carrizal was made the occasion of excited trading, in which special issues rose 2 to 5 points with 10 for Mexican Petroleum. Other active stocks, including rails, the war group and metals. were higher by to 3 points. United States Steel's first transaction consisted of 13,0OO shares at S6 to S51 an extreme gain of A Recations of 1 to points resulting mainly from profit taking were regis tered before the end of the first half hour.
 Noon-The buying movement, which included much covering of shorts, soon ran it's course, dealings diminishing to less than normal proportions be- fore noon. There were further reac- tions, Mexican Petroleum yielding about half of its gain, while Maxwell Motors and similar securities suffered greater reverses. Reading and South ern Pacific receded one to two points and U. S. Steel, which led the busy first hour. lost all but fraction of it's gain. This same. condition applied to ship hing shares and miscellaneous issues. Bonds were firm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-29
LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEWS.
Keeps It's Post Office.

Tn response to strong protest against the abo1ishment of the Beth lehem post office and the serving Of its patrons by a star route service post office department officials prom fsed to cancel the proposed routes and indicated that the Bethlehem post of flee would be retained and a rural car rier supplied.f
 Judgment For Plaintiff.
 Judge Greene has rendered judg- ment for the plaintiff to recover $500 damages in the case of Mrs. Alice Catlin Baker, formerly of Winsted, against Ralph Burr of East Canaan.
 Summer Post Office.
 The post office department has or dered the immediate esta abHshment of a summer post office at Twin Lakes. Cut By Moving Machine.
 Lucy, the s-years-old daughter of John Hunter, ran in front of a mow- ing machine driven by her father at Riverton, Friday, and was badly cut about the legs.
 Shot Himself. k Despondent over the part Italy has so far taken in the European war, Domenick Tocchi of LitchfeId shot himself Wednesday night in the re- zion of the heart. He is seriously in jured, but it is thought that he will recover.
 Auto Victim Dies Wilbur Webster of Pleasant Valley who was struck by an automobile Sat urday evening, died Sunday. In addi- tion to a fractured skull he had z compound fracture of the leg. Mrs George W. Hotchliss and Mis-. Bessie Ryan, who were badly injured | in the automobile accident Saturday evening in which MT. HotchAiss los his life when the car plunged from tn, Valley bridge spanning the Farming ton river to the rocks along the shore