The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-28
Advice of Miss Jeanette
Rankin at St. Paul Meet
SPEAKS OF MINE FUSS
What Can Be Done to Develop
Country and Garry On
War Also
UNITED Press Dispatch. ]

81. Idul, september ZU.-JameS
Manahan of ST. Paul, former con-
gresham, urged government owner
ship of elevators and flour mills as a
means of stopping grain gambling,
skin grading, excessive dockage, short
weighing and extortionate prices, at
/ today's session of the producers and
consumers convention under the aus
plces OF the nom partisan league.
In the first address of the three
days session which did not touch up
on the unfairness of fixing wheat
prices without fixing the prices of
other necessities, Judge Ell Torrance
of Minneapolis pleaded to the farm
ers to show their loyalty by purchas-
ing Liberty bonds and by increasing
production.
Senator La Toilette will address
the closing session tonight.
st. Paul, September 2O.-Develop-
ment of the United States, and fight
ing the war depends upon the COM
bined efforts of capital and labor, &C
coring to Miss Jeanette Rankin, con-
gresswoman from Montana at the
producers and consumers conference
here today. Miss Rankin said in part:
Both capital and labor are neces-
sary, and both must respect the Just
demands of each other if industry is
to proceed. 1t is unpatriotic of either
faction to make unjust demands. The
demands that labor is making in
Butte at the present time are reason
able and just, and for the welfare of
the country they should be respected.
1.-The chief grievance of the Butte
THE chief rievance of the Butte
miners is the so-called 'rustling card
system employed by the Anaconda
Copper company, which operates
against any organized attempt of the
miners to secure safer and better
working conditions. The men are out
on strike, and have been for several
weeks. They intend to remain out
until their demands to have the rust
ling card system abolished is granted.
To-day, with the mines shut down,
we are facing an alarming decrease
in the production OF. copper Accord
ing to estimates of the National
Council of defense, the normal pro-
duction of 30,000,O0O pounds of copper
month is being checked This cop
per is needed in almost every branch
of mechanical endeavor.
Liberty Loving People in War.
And, meanwhile, the greatest, most
l1berty-loving nation in the world is
engaged in WARM the most ire
mendous conflict recorded in history.
The effort of all right thinking peo-
pie at this time is to sacrifice as lit
TIP as possible of the constructive
forces, and to be more generous with
those things which will protect life
and reduce suffering. With the as
sistance of the metalifferous mines,
the young men who are bearing the
brunt of the conflict must be protect
ed by being provided with all posi-
bic equipment. A shortage of copper
must mean greater sacrifice in
American flesh and blood in Europe.
Diminished metal power will mean di-
mlnished men power.
Can Take Over Mines
IF the Anaconda Copper Mines COM
pany refuses to furnish copper for the
prosecution of the war, the govern
ment can take over the mines. IF
capital refuses to respect the lust
demands of labor in the present crisis,
an adjustment will have to be made
whereby the present operators are ig-
more, and an equitable balance of DOW
er between labor and a new operator
can be secured. Thus will the two
factors of production be able to pur
sue their course with mutual respect
for the just demands of each other"
Unity Is Needed.
UNITED Press Dispatch !
st. Paul, Mimi, September 90
Complete unity of the men working on
the farms and the men laboring in the
city, so that the united power of these
great agencies in the production of
wealth can obtain control of the gov
eminent is one of the objects of the
convention of the National Nom
Partisan league that is being held
here. The committee on resolutions
was today drafting a platform. This
platform will declare for the con-
scription of wealth to pay the cost of
the war. The heavy taxation of all
companies and persons owning land
Tor speculation, government owner
ship of AZ kinds of business that are
monopolistic in their nature, and COM
plete control of the government by
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