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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
What Other Papers Say
THE COAL MARGIN.

Milwaukee Leader: A margin of
the difference between $3.50 ton at
the mine and 1886 a ton to the con-
sumner ought to net nice little prof
it to the coal dealers.
There are several things that need
to be done in order to solve this and
numerous other similar problems.
The coal mines should be owned
and operated by the public. This
would cut out the profits of the para
sites who own the mines. and thus re-
duce the cost at the mine, even
though the wages of the miners were
increased and their working condi-
tons improved and made more safe.
The railroads should be owned and
operated by the: public. This would
cut out the profits made by the trans
portation parasites on the coal ship
ped by rail from the mines to the
various places Of consumption and re-
duce the freight rates to actual cost.
The same should be done with lake
transportation.
The business of selling coal to the
consumer should be owned and oper
ated by the public. 1t is clear from
recent developments that this alone
would cut out several dollars per ton
of profits now received by the para
sites who own the coal distribution
business.
These are the things that ought to
be done.
But the powers that be are always
willing to do everything except the
right thing. There is but little
prospect that they will do the right
thing.
Instead, they will no doubt content
themselves with fixing a maximum
rate. This will help some. It will
cut out some of the extortion But
1t will only cut out portion of it.
TO cut out all Of it, the mines, the
railroads, the lake transportation, and
the retail coal business, must be
| owned and operated by the public,
| and thereby run for the benefit of
the public. instead Of being run for
the benefit of private individuals as
they are now.
Take notice that we do not have
any such extortion in the carrying of
the mail.
The postoffice is owned and
, operated by the public.
1t is not run for private profit
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
Force a Failure.
BY JOB HARTMAN.

Brute force as governing power
is suicidal. It is the law of death.
Every race or species that adopts
force as rule of action ends in the
tomb. The most peaceful races and
the most peaceful animals have sur
vived. Were force the law of life,
the reverse would be true.
The ferocious lion and tiger with an
offspring Of three or four to each lit
ter are fast disappearing, and never
have been humorous, while the COW,
the sheep, the horse, bearing only one
or two, lived in great herds prior to
the rise of civilization and are being
preserved by mankind.
Gentility, love and kindness is the
law of life. Ferocious brute force is
the law of death.
Whoever and whatsoever employs
brute force as means of survival in
vites the antagonism Of the world.
Whoever and whatever is gentle and
lovely invites the affection and ad-
miration, and receives the aid ond sue
cor of all.
Love is the law of life. 1t is the
only thing that possesses cohesive
power. 1t calls to it's aid reason, pa
tience, forbearance and all things that
make for peace and growth.
Force is the law of death. 1t pos
sesses the powers Of disintegration, 1t
calls to its aid cruelty, hate, revenge,
tyranny and all things that make for
destruction and death.
Force descends from the heart to
to fang.
Love ascends from the fang to the
heart.
This world refuses to be ruled by
force but pleads for love to be its
king. What service will life withhold
from love? Yet, it will begrudge
every title of service it renders to
force. Love inspires service; force
inspires resistance.
Tyre and Sidon, Babylon and Egypt,
the Caesars, the Charlemagnes, the
Napoleons and the Cromwells have
had military power sufficient to have
made their governments immortal If
force could have done it, But alas,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
CRITICISM is HEALTHY.

Bakerfteld. (Cal.) Union Labor Jour-
nal: If it happens that an organiza-
tion with which you are identified
does this or that which you do not
think should be done. use your in
fluence to have things done different
~. The labor movement is as nearly
democratic as any movement we
know about. Make your protest, and
make it hard>
At the best. activity in a labor
union is not highly rewarded so far
as individuals are concerned. There
Is usually less self-seeking in a labor
organization than in any organization
with which you are ever identified.
The man who devotes his time to the
work of a union usually gets much
less for his time than the man who
devotes all OF his time to his own per-
sonal work. We have never known
a union official who was able to get
better salary from labor union
than he might have been able to get
from some other line of work. Criti-
cisms of the conduct of union affairs
are not personal criticisms and no
one has right to so cQnstrue such
criticisms. Learn to give and take,
and do not be afraid to criticise and
don't be thin skinned about receiving
criticism.
Usually it is a personal favor to
union official to be relieved of his
union duties. He may not feel so for
the time. but in the end he will find
it so. No union man is the whole
show by any means.
We are all paying our money into
the unions and the organization be-
longs to ALL therefore we all have a
say. If you have say, say it and
say it hard.
The average man on the job is maxi
ing a lot more money than the jealous
Individual who is selling his services
to the union in an official capacity.
We know of few Of them who are
getting as much pay as other men,
bers of the same organization who
are working at regular situations and
taking none of the worry of the Or
ganization. Learn to treat your Of
f1cials charitably or help to Dust them
and get others that you can treat
charitably.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
DEATH OF JOHN ROGAN.

John Rogan of Minneapolis, one
of the best known union labor men
in Minnesota, died Tuesday after a
long illness. He had been in poor
health for several months and his
death was not unexpected.
Mr.. Rogan was a member of the
Plumbers union, No. Is, of Mime
apolis and for the past rs years took
prominent part in labor matters.
Until quite recently he attended
every convention of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor from the
date of it's founding. On several oc
casions he served as member of the
Federation Council of the state or
sanitation. He also served as bust
ness agent of his local union for
many years. He was prominent in
all the activities Of the labor move
ment of his home city.
John Rogan was the most unself-
ish men we ever knew. His whole
life was consecrated to Others No
man ever came to him empty handed
and in distress without being re-
lieved. Indeed he gave far beyond
his means and his giving was of the
kind that made him suffer for many
earthly needs, but his great heart
would not permit him to see another
in trouble, if it was within his power
to assist him.
He was my friend, in all that the
word implies, for nearly quarter of
a century. We followed the same
trade, belonged to the same union,
were fellow officers in the State
Federation of Labor, and boon COM
panions all of the time. No man
was more loyal than he to his
friends and to any cause he cham
pioned. He is survived by his aged
mother, his widow and splendid
family of boys and girls, to whom
he was worthy son, a good hus~
band and a kind father. My heart
goes out in sympathy to the be-
reaved family, for know how dearly
he was attached to them. And the
labor movement of Minnesota loses
a member who contributed nightly
to it's present success.-William e.
McEwen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
THE BUSINESS SIDE
BY Scott Nearing.

A great daily paper, commenting
upon the efforts of New York ban.--
ers to dispose OF the Liberty Loan.
states, Liberty Lean Week in Wall
Street was inaugurated with another
advance in stocks. United States Steel
led tho rise at the new high record of
1875. Other tnduStrials, particularly
the war group ard related issues were
at the best prices of the year.
Financially, the war thus far "looks
good" to the business side of Anleri
can life. Up to the time when we
entered the war our industries had
been reaping unheard of returns
From 1918 to 1916 the profits of the
meat business, the rubber business,
the leather business, the cotton bust
ness and the grain busiEess,-to say
nothing of the steel business, the gun
business and the powder business,
doubled, trebled and quadrupled.
Wall, Street, rejoici $; in these profits,
made holiday when Bernstorff got his
passports. One financial paper in re-
viewing the situation rising out of the
break with Germany and the probable
ity that the United States would ent II
the war, predicted, 1.-The most extra
ordinary and universal prosperity the
world has even en-"
Since that time things have moved
smoothly on the business side of Am
erican life, barring certain incidental
setbacks. Our fiji war move was
business one. We decided to issue
$1,000, 900 loan. hiatt act put our
credit behind the credit OF the Allies
and assured an anxious American
public that J. P. Morgan e. CO. would
not lose anything on account of its
humanitarian "flier' in Allied securi-
ties. Our sugge -tion that the Allies
use the money which we loaned them
to buy our goods from. us-a sort OF
international co,1pany-stOre idea-as-
sured the manufacturers, whose war
contracts had expired, Of at least two
more years OF extraordinary and uni
versal prosperity. AS one of the Il
nancial papers put it, with the 49,
100000 placed It the disposal of
the Entente governments by the
United States, it is expected that the
shell business, which for the last few
months has been practically dead will
+, reopened.'
The American government next
turned it's attention and it's money to
the submarine menace which threat
ened to prevent our merchants and
manufacturers from selling their
goods to the Allies at extortionate pro-
fits. BY this act we frankly admitted
that our opposition to t., submarine
menace had commercial rather than
a humanitarian basis.
Everywhere the m phasis was laid
on Business as Usual" One of our
great metropolitan lilies in announc-
ing this policy on May % stated that
business will contil. - "as usual long
after the war is over, adding that mo
one but the professional calamity
bowler has or will hav any excuse for
doubling the evidence of his own
senses.
Evidently tie wa is proving an I'M
mitigated ilessing to the peoples of
Europe. At least one would gather
that the business interests of America
wish to convey that impression to the
American pee pie. Just how the Am
erican people will take this infornaa-
ton is a question which they alone
r-uSt decide
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
REVIEWS MOONEY CASE.

The Literary Digest for Saturday.
July 7, devotes two full pages to dis
cussion of the Mooney case in San
Francisco, revie::inG the events be-
ginning with the prep: -'edness parade
bomb explosion on July % of last
year. The article gives the express
sions of the labor press " the coun-
try, and also quotes George P. West
chairman of the committee on indus
trial relations. who was sent to make
an investigation OF the affair." which
he branded as a desperate campaign
to or lsh labc-: union; on the Pacific
coast. The Literary Digest points out
the fact that the daily press has given
the case very lit lie publicity
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Talking Points for
Organized Labor
BY REV. CHARLES STELZLE.

Dy nLV. CHARLES SIELLLE.
In arguing for the value of trade
unlonlsm. the average friend Of or
gained labor frequently makes the
mistake OF discussing questions which
are debatable, and concerning which
there will probably always be a diff
ference OF opinion. No doubt these
debatable questions have their place
In full discussion of trade unionism,
but for the sake Of a better under
stand of the aims and objects of or
ganlzed labor, it would seem to be
more tactful and more logical to first
talk about what it has accomplished.
There are many matters with which
organized labor has to do, concerning
which there can be absolutely no dis
pute. Trades unionists would make
more friends for their cause among
the public, if they presented more fire.
Quently the ethical value of their or
CARNATIONS.
For instance, one might proclaim
the fact that, labor halls have come to
be important social centers. Here
helpful lecture courses on moral and
economic subjects are frequently
given. The labor press has it's educa-
tive value. Many of the labor Jour-
mails, especially those published by in
ternationals, give courses in technical
training.
A genuine moral uplift comes
through the regular meetings of the
union, because man must present
his facts in definite convincing form
if he hopes to win over his associates
to his beliefs. Every man has fair
chance to preach these views, no mat
ter how unpopular they may be.
Nowhere does one get a more pa
tient hearing than at a labor union
meeting. Here, too, he learns the
! lesson Of subordination to the wills of
others. He learns the value Of team
work"-of cooperation.
In the labor movement the working
man learns the lesson of thrift. Rarely
does trade unionist apply to or
ganized charity or any other form of
charity relief. It is easily possible
to talk about the value of the trade
union\as force for temperance. One
can easily make a strong argument in
this direction. The question of the
education and the AnericaniZing g
the Immigrant must be discussed in
favor of the trade union.
Child labor, the sweat shop, in
sanitary conditions in shop and home,
are all questions concerning which
trade unionism need not be ashamed
to speak.
Having clearly established these
i points, it will be easier to discuss the
measures through which these ends
have been and shall be secured.
An intelligent presentation of the
broader work of organized labor must
win to its support the thousands Of
i'm partial men and women whose en-
dorsement will be Of great value to
the cause.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
PATRIOTISM.
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
uay of the Last Minstrel.)

Breathes there the man with soul SO
dead,
Who never to himself has said,
This is my own. my native land?
whose heart hath ne'er within him
burned
AS home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on foreign
strand?
If such there breathe, go, mark him
we'll;
For him no minstrel raptures swell:
High though his titles, proud his
name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can
claim;
Despite those titles, power and pelf.
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown;
And, doubly dying. shall go down
TO the vile dust from whence he
..s sprung.
Unwept unhonored and uusung.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

there is in brute force the germs of
death. Russian imperialism has
found its tomb. German imperialism
has aroused the antagonism of the
world and will soon go down. The
brutal imperialism of England, OF
Italy, of Turkey, of all the world has
aroused the enn1ity Of the people OF
the world and must so down. The
European trenches are the tonlbs OF
imperialism. In them, will every
crown and secpter be buried. Over
the trenches the heart of the world
will bleed with sorrow 1t will battle
its lost ones in tears. 1t will visit the
sentence of death on force as a rule
of life. 1t will tell man to recompense.
evil with good. It will teach the chill
dren of the world to love one another
and SO fulfil this law
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
THE UNION LABEL.

1t disarms opposition and conquers
prejudice.
It commands the respect and pro-
lection of the courts and state.
1t is invulnerable to the Injunction
the lockouts and the blacklist.
It supercedes the boycott by con-
centrating the purchasing power upon
union products.
It facilitates organization by In
creasing the demand for the products
of organized labor.
1t constitutes recognition of the
union by making certain the recogni-
ton OF union products.
1t protects the trade union against
attack by constituting the purchaser
the real employer -, -.
It makes the strike unnecessary by
making compliance with union condi-
tons an advantage: In business.
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THE LANDLORD PROTECTED.

The Public: CONSUMPTION may
force a man to sacrifice his business
OR his job as we'll as his life, but it
does not release him from obligations
to his landlord, Assistant Federal Dis
trict Attorney Knox of New York has
decided. The drafted man may not
move without his landlords consent
from premises which he has leased
without foreseeing the approach Of
war CONSUMPTION. If the draft renders
him unable to help his family pay the
rent, his goods will be liable to
seizure as though he We're a civilian.
The landless citizen may die for his
country, but il he wants to live in
it he must pay private landlord for
the privilege.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
SALE OF HATTERS' HOMES.

On July Is, at Danbury, Conn, the
foreclosure sale of 141 homes be-
longing to members Of the Danbury
Hatters' union will be begun, to con-
tinue not later than Aug. 9, by order
OF the United States district court Of
Connecticut.
This action is to satisfy a judy
ment for $252,000 obtained in
October, 1912, by D. Loewe & Co.
against the Danbury hatters. who
were convicted of a violation OF the
Sherman antitrust law.
Resultant agitation from this case
was responsible for the enactment of
an amendment to the Sherman law.
which provides that the antitrust
law is not applicable to members Of
labor organizations. thereby obviat-
ing the possibility of recurrence of
the Danbury Hatters' case. The
hatters were, in a sense, martyrs for
the rank and file of labor, and there
fore are entitled to the unstinted
support of labor unions.
The officers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, in January, 1916,
called for a voluntary contribution Of
one hours pay from every member of
a union affiliated with tho A. F. of
L., to reimburse the hatters for the
judgment which they were compelled
to satisfy. Although quite a sum
was received in this way, the re-
spouse was not AZ widespread as it
might have been, the amount realized
Insufficient, and there still remain
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
INSURE THEM.

BY all means let the soldiers lives
be insured. Let them be insured b.
the government, not by private com
panies. =
And let the government insure all
other men and women, too.
Service in the industries is much
more important than service il, the
army. Service in peace is much moro
important than service ii, war
The government should be as care
full to safeguard Industrial workers
and workers in peace, as it is to safe
guard soldiers in time of war-M".
waukee Leader
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

The United Cloth Hat and Cap
Workers Journal, in it's annual con-
vention number, reports that the
past two years the increase in the
number of labels used over the pre-
vious two years is 4,S25,000 single
labels.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

And now the policemen claim that,
since the saloons are out Of business.
they haven't much to do, and conse-
quently are going to demand an
eight hour day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

Texas state authorities revoked
the license of an employment agency
In Houston which was found guilty
of sending workers to places where
no demand for labor existed. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
many who have not yet contributed
to this worthy cause,

The A. F.. Of L. is sending out a
last appeal for aid for the hatters of
Danbury, which should be answered
in a material way for the help Of
those who have rendered such valu-
able service in the movement to
solidify labor organizations and pro-
vide protection and security for their
mem bers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

The American Car and Foundry
company made gross profit of
nearly 400 per cent last year in the
manufacture of war munitions and
railroad cars. Why, OF course, this
company is "patriotic."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

r. c. Dunn in the Princeton Union
asks: What effect will the closing
Of all blind pigs in Minnesota have
on the number Of drug stores in our
state?" In Duluth the drug stores
are forced to buy annual licenses,
with forfeiture of the same as a pen
atty for violation OF the LIQUOR laws.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14
CAPlTALISTTC PRESS ATTACKS
LABOR UNIONS.

The Milwaukee Daily News, in COM
menting on the controversy between
Samuel Gompers and Theodore
Roosevelt at mass meeting in Car
negie hall. New York, last Friday
night, when the latter accused labor
unions of being responsible for the
riots at East St. Louis, to which the
president of the A. F. of L. took ex-
ception, printed first page feature
story, indulging in bitter TRADE
against labor unidns, their practices
and their officials.
In this denunciation the right to
strike is upbraided, and the freedom
OF workers to scab is zea1ously de-
Tended, and an appeal is made that
a citizen of this country be protected
under it's laws in the possession or
sale of his property, whether it CEN
ters in realty, personality or labor"
thereby implicitly CHASING the labor
Of individuals as their property, in
direct controversion to Section 6 of
the Clayton amendment to the Sher-
man antitrust law, which says:
That the labor OF a human being
Is not a commodity or article Of
fS1 Nothins eoTta in in
o otrnsd to forbd the and
cations. instituted for the purpose Of
mutual help, or to forbid
or restrain individual member: of
carrying out the legitimate objects
The declaration that workers
should be allowed to sell their labor
individually and thus encourage I'M
organization, which, of course,
places them at the mercy of heartless
exploitation, is also refuted by the
foregoing section, because of the fact
that labor organizations are striving
for the mutual advancement of the
people, and must necessarily resort
~ val lOuo III LILO u uAoCIpIIAC ~ az"
complish their aims.
In ending it's malicious attack, The
Daily News says: "Mr Roosevelt's
premises were right and Mr.. Com
pers' were wrong; that is why Mr.
Roosevelt will win out in the end
with public sentiment" and also
makes the libelous assertion:
1t is so unfortunate for itself that
la Dor cannot be warned against such
woeful mistakes as The Los Angeles
Times dVramting. the San Fran
cisco parade bomb incident and the
East st. Louis riotings. They cost
labor so much
The 1nsolence evidenced by this
deceptive assumption is testimony
enough of the utter lack of fairness
and the incorrect perspective which
that newspaper has in regard to the
struggle which labor unions are
making in their endeavor to Danish
that bulwark of capitalism-ignor-
ance and illiteracy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

If all grain is diverted to food >pur-
poses, we'll have to hand it to John
Barleycorn for making the ultimate
sacrifice. r.. ~. ~ IT, H. ri +
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

Start by demanding the union
label, continue to demand it and end
by getting it. Then you will have
done your duty and aided in encour-
aging others to do theirs, thus bring
ing about Improvement all along the
line. There is no telling where your
good work will end once you get the
ball to rolling.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-14

Mayor Thomas Van Lear of Mime
apolis, in welcoming the convention
of the National Editorial association
to the Mill City, "startled'' the dele
gates when he criticised the press,
stating that, in numerous instances it
had been shown that through adver-
Users 'big business was able to die
tate what newspapers should and
should not print" And yet none
knows this better than the editors
he addressed.