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The labor world., 1917-05-26
WAR END COMING.

The end of the war may be much
nearer than now appears from a glance
at the batle-map. There is all over.
europe growing desire for peace.
Inc people of all nations are war;
weary, but not willing to throw down
their arms until something like a per-
manent peace is assured. The work.
ing classes threaten to take things
into their own hands, but as Arthur
henderson. speaking for British labor,
said to deputation of Russians,
"Kaiserism hopelessly separates" the
Workmen Of England from those Of
Germany.
There may lie more hope than is
now apparent in the international
gathering of Socialists. If Gerany can
oe brought to a realization Of the utter
hopelessness of her position, that those
VINO are fighting her wish no more
than a guarantee of being able to live
their own lives in their own way and
that salvation lies only through the
elimination of the Hohenzollerns, the
end will be in sight and the Socialist
gathering will have accomplished a
great purpose
II labor will but take the bit in it's
teeth war among European nations
may be ended for all time Labor can
never come into it's own except
through the instrumentality of demo-
cratic government True democracies
do not make war on demOcracies and
the overthrow of autocracy in Ger
many. followed by fraternity Of
workfngmen throughout Europe,
would be long step in the direction
OF peace for generations among the
nations that have been brought to
present awful conditions solely
through the ambitions of the self
seeking ruling classes.
But the end now is not apparent
The final outcome is more beclouded at
present than any time since the out
break of the war. This. indeed may
be the darkest hour just before the
dawn."-National Labor Journal.
The labor world., 1917-05-26
ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD.

BY an overwhelming vote the English labor
conference that recently met at Manchester in
lorsed Woman Suffrage.
The convention Of the Minnesota State Fedora
tlon OF Labor will meet at Faribaut in July and
another opportunity will be given to the delegates
to put the Federation record for this fundamen-
tai reform. 1t is hoped the Faribault convention
will not follow the action Of the Winona and Hib-
blng conventions when woman suffrage was turned
down, thus bringing severe criticism on the labor
movement FROM forward-looking people throughout
the entire country.
England is nearer woman suffrage today than
at any other time. Labor stands true in England,
as manifested by the action of the conference at
Manchester. Equal suffrage will come in America,
too, as sure as the day follows the night.
Now is the time for the Individual unions to act.
Delegates who elected to sit in the Faribaut
convention should be made to understand that the
rank and file Of organized labor want the move
ment in Minnesota to be set right on this issue.
The labor world., 1917-05-26
COMMITTEE FOR
SEED SITUATION

A committee on seed stocks has
been appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture to cscure full information
in regard to the available supplies of
seed for staple food crops and to de-
wise methods of meeting shortages
in particular regions. The commit
tee will inventory and ascertain the
amount and price Of the seeds avail
able and will consider questions relat-
ing to the growing and distribution
of seed stocks. Among the crops
with which the committee will work
are corn. wheat, oats, barley, rye, po-
tatoes, fax, beans, peas, soy beans,
kaf1r corn, and sorghum.
The committee consists of the fol-
lowing members:
r. A. Oakley, chairman, agronom-
ist, Forage Crop Investigations, : Bu-
reau of Plant Industry.
l.. NJ. Estabrook, chief, Bureau Of
The labor world., 1917-05-26
SIGNIFICANT WORLD
VOICES.
By the Rev. Charles Stelzle.

The world is echoing with new,
strange voices. Sometimes it is the
cry of one in the wilderness, the fore
runner of new world policy, a new
religious force. Often it is the voice
of thunder that comes from the heart
of the masses, speaking with no un-
certain sound.
If these world voices could be
blended into one grand chorus, their
theme would be expressed by a single
word-"Expansion."
Men are today seeking national ex-
pansion. America is bound to grow
because we have all the conditions
which make for permanent success.
We are demanding social and eco
nomic expansion. This will mean a
larger, fuller liberty. It will mean a
more abundant life. In this struggle
the people are going to win. No hu-
man power can prevent it, and nc
divine power will. 1t is part Of Gods
plan that men should grow, and
growing, they will burst the bands
that held them.
But the world is today expanding
rellglOusiy. Rarely has there been q
time when men cried out more per-
sistently after the noblest and best
things in life. The world is not ir
| the hands of the devil, as some are
saying. 1t is still Gods world. He
rules. Let us never forget that. II
| is we'll for su to be in harmony witt
| His plans. No sane man would think
of fighting the laws of nature. He
would be a fool who tried to stor
| the stars in their courses. But fol
some reason some men believed tina,
they have power to successfully op.
pose God in the spiritual world, for.
| getting that the spiritual world il
! Gods. world, as we'll as the physica
world, and that Gods laws prevail il
the unseen world, just as they do ir
! the seen.
| It is only the small man who sees
no power beyond himself, who recog.
nizes nothing that is divine.
The labor world., 1917-05-26
WHY SOCIALISM FAILS.

Clap the creed over any new fact
that arises. and if the fact will not fit
under the creed, shut your eyes and
! jam it under. This manner Of employ
ing the mind can not be called think
ing. L call it theological automatism,
and have no doubt it is the leading
cause of the failure of Socialist party
progress. The number of people who
are willing to sell out their intelli-
! gence to formula is very large.
But the number Of liberty loving
people who will sell out to a Socialist
; formula is not large. These people are
to proud and this formula is too VITAL
1t inevitably sets them to thinking:
! they cannot help thinking. And so in
the very nature of things the attempt
! to establish a revolutionary theology
was doomed.
| After that fault in the very attitude
OF the various systems of the orthodox
! socialist is corrected there remains
! another change to be wrought before
! he will function very effectually in a.
current OF events. Having released
himself from dogmatic fixation upon
his doctrine, he will have to learn to
subordinate doctrine altogether in his
recruiting activities. Even a live and
! plant scientific hypothesis is not the
nucleus around which political party
can be formed.
A political party ought to represent.
not certain kind of. knowledge, but
certain economic interest. 1t ought
to take in all the people who agree in
wanting something concrete and i'm
mediate. The American Socialist partv
includes only people who agree in un-
derstanding something remote and
ultimate. 1t is not a party of the
Work1ng-class; it is a party of the
theory of the Working-class.
| This fatal weakness is accentuated
by the fact that the theory is of Euro
pean origin, and all it's terminolorv
| and catchwords are alien to our people.
But no matter where the theory orig
| lnated-and no mater how true it may
J be-you can not build an effectual
t1ght1ng group around it. Theoretic
thinking is too Observation-Disclosures is
to universally subordinated to imme-
diate interests, for such a group to
: grow great and have a direct impact
upon history. 1t will remain merely
! an organ of special education.
The Socialist party will never be-
! come the party of the labor struggle.
another and a wiser party will take it's
place.-Max Eastman in ''The Masses
The labor world., 1917-05-26
SUBMARINE LOSSES.

In recent issue Of The Literary Digest, Nor
weglan statesman is quoted as saying we lost sc
ships IN March and 70 in April through the ac-
tivity of submarines
just how this got by the we cannet of
course, say, but evidently the German submarines
are dong business at the same old stand. If this
represents the Norwegian losses in two months, it
would be extremely interesting to learn the sum
total OF all losses during the same period
After all, perhaps there was something behind
the threat of prominent English citizen-we be-
lleve 1t was Northcliffe-when he promised to Law
bare to the people Of the Allies the real situation
with respect to submarine losses in order to stimu
late more real intrest in the war;
The labor world., 1917-05-26
CONTRACT-BREAKING.

There seems to be tendency on the part of
some labor organizations, not in Duluth, we are
glad to state, to regard lightly the contracts under
which they are working and which it has been diff
cult to secure in less prosperous times
In some localities where local unions are feeling
their strength and where work is PLENTIFUL there
are rumblings on the port Of those more conserva-
tive and responsible to take steps toward withhold
ing aid from such organizations in cases Of strikes.
Contract-breaking will not be tolerated by re-
sponslble labor unions, and The Labor World is
proud Of the fact that the labor movement in Du-
luth is officered by men who can be depended upon
to put their stamp Of dsapproval upon any attempt
at such tactlcs IN case any group of men tried
them here.
The labor world., 1917-05-26
KELLOGG'S TROUBLES BEGIN

Senator Kellogg's troubles have begun Al
ready the temperance forces calling attention
to the fact that in the first big battle over the
Prohibition question in the senate few days ago,
Mr.. Kellogg voted with the vets on all amend
ments and substitutes we'll as on the main ques-
ton.
Mr.. Kellogg explains his vote on the ground that
he did not consider this the proper time for such
measure: and suggests that he might not object to
prohibiting the of certain grains for manufac-
itself.
1t is asserted that when Mr. Kellogg was can
ddate for the United States senate he stated he
in favor of national prohibition, all of which seems
to be giving the dry forces who opposed him an
opportunity to begin the attack. And when thy
start anything of this nature they usually make it
interesting for the man who is the object of that
attack.
The labor world., 1917-05-26
CHILDREN IN WAR TIME.

"The experience Of time has only demoE-
strated the necessity technical economic, and even
physiological of the labor laws enacted before the
war In our legislation secured in time of peace we
shall find the conditions for better and more in
tense production during the war;
In this way, M. Albert Thomas, French Minis
ter of Munitions illustrates perfectly the official
attitude of both France and England after two
years OF emergency exemptions for industries
according to the Children's Bureau of the United
States Department Of Labor which has just COM
pleted brief review of all available reports on
child labor in the warning countries
In France and England, earlier standards of
hours are being restored, not only to protect the
health of the worker, but for the sheer sake of
industrial efficiency, present and future In Italy
the Central Committee Industrial Mobilization
The labor world., 1917-05-26
SECRETARY LANES OMISSION.

Franklin K Lane, Secretary of the Interior, calls
attention to the 2400000O0 still remaining on
the public domain. The press takes up Secretary
Lanes information and argues therefrom that there
is still plenty of free land for the landess. The
landless read it and become imbued with hopes,
doomed to be dashed Why did not Secretary
Lane add to his statement that by far the greater
part of these 24O00O00O acres are worthless? Some
Of it needs irrigation Some is located on mountain
tops or is otherwise inaccessible. There is plenty
Of good unoccupied land, but it is privately owned
The hope Of the landess lies in legislation to force
this land into use. Heavy taxation of land values
will do the work.
The labor world., 1917-05-26
UNITED.

The president of the American Federation of
Labor, and the president Of the Farmers Nom
partisan league, agreed the need of drastic
treatment of the land question. Mr. Gompers, Of
the American Federation of Labor, in a letter
to Congressman Heating says, "A tax on land
values should be laid not only as war emergency
measure, but also for permanent means Of
raising revenue" Says Mr.. A. c. Townley, .of
the Farmers League, ''take over the idle land
held by specializing land holders, and distribute
it among the hundreds Of thousands of farmers
who will make this land productve''
If Mr.. Gompers' suggestion should be coupled
with proposition to exempt all improvements and
other labor products from taxation, the result will
be practically what Mr.. Townley wants to see ac-
| complished.
Why not try it?
The labor world., 1917-05-26
A PROPHECY.

Old Father Hubbard went to the cup
board
u For beer to go out on bat,
But Hoover had need for the booze
grain for feed -.
Now what do you know about that!
The labor world., 1917-05-26
Samuel Gompcrs, president of the All:

Samuel Gompcrs president of the Az ;
Grafton Of Labor is sturdy patriot. | V
sent an inspiring message to Russia. and the
other day handed the proper reply to request
from group OF peace advocates for use Of his name
on call for peace conference. The reply was
short and to the point and follows: |I prefer not
to ally myself with the conscious or unconscious
agent OF the kaiser in America ''-Princeton Union
The labor world., 1917-05-26
Crop Estimates.

Crop Estimsstes.
William A. Wheeler, specialist in
marketing seeds, office of Markets
ad Rural Organization.
John E. w. Tracy, assistant super
intendent of testing gardens, Bu-
reau of Plant Industry.
William Stuart, horticulturist, Bu-
rea uof Plant Industry.
c. P. Hartley, Psychologist in
charge of corn investigators, Bureau
Of Plant Industry
A. J. Pieters, agronomist, Forage
Crop Investigations, Bureau of Plant
Industry.
\ c. w. Warburton, agronomist, c.
real Investigations, Burea uof Plant
Indutry.
The labor world., 1917-05-26

Mayor Mitchell of New York has
ordered cafes closed at a. m. Now
lot of walters and singers and VOL
unteer drinkers can devote the rest
of the evening to the service of their
country.
The labor world., 1917-05-26
About Retail Prices

Of late years we have
said a great deal about
columbia Year Round
Specials
These are non sale"
articles sold at the same
price every month of the
year and priced on such a
small percentage basis that
they are beyond ordinary
competition. Their success
depends on the resulting
big quality-selling.
Such are our "Columbo
$14.50 Suits our Little
Columbo $4.9o Clothes"
our $500 Hats, our $1.O0
Shirts, our $1.OO Under
wear, our 2 for 25-cent
socks and our $500 shoes.
The more you patron
ize us, the better we shall
do for you all. Econom-
lists call this ''Co-opera-
tion.'
X X
Cooperate!
The labor world., 1917-05-26

Retail prices are COM
posed of wholesale cost,
plus mark-up to cover ex-
penses, plus net profit.
Skilled buyers with long
years of experience will
assure true relation of
. wholesale cost to actual
value.
Efficient s tor e keeping
and good advertising will
keep down the percentage
of expense by keeping up
and increasing the volume
of business as we'll as by
economic management.
This in turn will enable
house to achieve success
on a minimum percentage
of net profit.
Most advertisers fill their
space with finely turned
sentences. Words-words-
nothing but wordsl
X X
We prefer to say some
thing fit for an intelligent
public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Penn Baseball
Team Too Much
For Lehigh Men
Rally in Last Two Innings
Turns Defeat Into
Victory

South Bethlehem, Penn, May 26.-By
g great rally in the last two innings the
University of Pennsylvania to-day de-
feated Lehigh to 3. Berry, who usu-
ally does the rescue act for Penn, made
the hit that scored Gilmore with the
winning run in the ninth.
Up to the eighth Lehigh had the game
we'll in hand In the second inning
Todd juggled Connell's drive, which
went through him to right field. c. W.
Twombly and Lees, who were on the
paths, romped home. In the third
Mathag scored on a double steal. Fish
burn. who had singled. stole second.
Gilmore tried to catch him and Mathag
started for home. On the return throw
to catch Mathag Gilmore dropped the
bail.
Penn's first run came in the fifth,
when Bennis's high fly, which landed
on top of the right field fence. bounced
outside the lot. In the eighth, with
two men down, Light singled to right
field and Dennis followed with a drive
past Mccarthy. Then Allen doubled to
centre, scoring both men.
The score follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
St. Louis Fans in
Riot While Red
Sox Win Game

st. Louis, May 2s.-The Boston Red
Sox won from the Browns to-day by
score of IL to 7. Angered by decision
of Umpire Owens in the second inning,
a portion of the spectators in the right
field bleachers surged upon the held IN
protest. 49,.
Scott, first up for Boston In this nm
ing, hit low line drive to right, when
Jacobson felded near the ground; Inc
umpire ruled the ball was caught on
the short bounce, but the st. Louis
players argued it had been caught be-
fore touching the ground. The bleacher
fans broke through the gates and
rushed toward Owens. Players OF both
teams-the Boston men being armed
with bats-helped drive the crowd
back.
Tho scora follOWs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Cardinals Victors
In Last Contest
With the Braves
Cruise Makes Longest Hit
Ever Seen on Field
in Boston

Boston, May 26.-St. Louis closed its
first Eastern swing to-day by defeating
Boston, to /. Doak's spitball pitching
was extremely effective, Boston making
only two hits, a single by Without and
a double by J. c. Smith in the fourth.
The Cardinals were aided in their
scoring by Boston errors and improved
their opportunities with timely hitting.
Cruise made home run into the dis
tant right field bleacners in the eighth.
1t was the first time this has been ac-
complishea and was the longest hit
ever made at Braves Field. He made
a home run inside the field Thursday.
The score follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

Tom Needham's Bears defeated the
Baltimore Orioles in Newark yesterday
afternoon. to 4. The game was
marked by wrangling throughout. Um-
pire Mulln chased Manager Dunn and
Iniielders Shannon and Williams from
the game for kicking. Williams was
reluctant about leaving, and the UNI
pire called upon a police captain to
have him removed. Shannon was orr
dered out Of the game in the third inn
ing, while Dunn and Williams followed
him in the fourth. The kick in this
session came about when Lewis over
slid third, twisting his ankle in doing
80 and having 10 retire from the game
McCarron replacing him.
Score Tied in Ninth
Baltimore tied the score in the ninth
inning. when Sherman led off with .
double and advanced to third on =
sacrifice. Acosta popped to Russell
ard when Barber hit to McCarron il
looked as If the game was over, but
McCarron threw to the grandstand, all
lowing the Birds to tie the score.
Newark won out in its half Of the
ninth, and there was but one out when
the winning run was scored. Sherman
passed Fuller and Move advanced him
with a sacrifice. Sherman was wild
and also passed Hass. In trying to
catch Hass off first base, Sherman
threw the ball into right field. Fuller
crossing the rubber with the winning
run.
After scoring one run in the ninth
the Orioles had an excellent chance to
break up the game. There were men
on the paths when Jack WARRIOR came
UP, but Sam Ross famed the former
Yankee, retiring the side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Williams Downs Union
In First Tennis Match

Williamstown, Mass, May 26.-Will-
Jams won its first tennis match of the
season from Union by a score Of to ,
to-day. The teams were evenly bal
anced and the match was close all the
way.
The scores:
SINGLES
Beckett. Union. defeated Cook. Williams G.,
C-l
Halsied. Williams. defeated Clapp. Union. &C.
- l9-l0.
Pollard. Williams defeated wadsworih. Union.
c. e.
sneppcri Williams defeated McAuley. Union.
6-l g
DOUBLES
Beckett and Wadsworth, Union defeated Cook
and Pollard Williams. rs. &c. 6-l.
Haisted and sheppcrd. Williams defeated Clarp
and MacAuley Union. 6. l-G. -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Townsend Tennis Boys
Defeat Morris High

Townsend Harris High School de-
feat Morris High at tennis on the
Marion courts yesterday By matches
to none. This is the first defeat for
Morris this season. Rsbinowitz. Brunie
and. lie eros won the singles for 7. ii.
H., while Alexander and Jacobs capt
ured the doubles.
slnzie--Rabinositz. I. HI defeated ihsiein;
silver Morris -. &c. So. I> Gros, r. u. n.
defeated Condor. Morris. &c. 81, -
pr,,hl,,-Alersnisf and IsooOs Y ". ". de
fsat,d l. AMI NJ S,hspfv. Morris s-5. 6-i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Six.Inning Draw for
Senators and Chicago

Chicago. May 26.-Darkness caused
Washington and Chicago to stop play
to-day at the end Of the sixth inning,
with the score tied, to /. The visitors
made their run on two singles and .
wild throw by Risberg when Milan was
trapped between first and second. The
locals tied the count in the fourth
when Crane fumbled Jackson's ground
err and Jackson took second on q passed
ball. He scored moment later on
Felsch's double. The score:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

Totals. SIS il "a 81 TOt5 % 10 y 10 !
sBa'ted for knetzer IN the seventh inning.
fBsiied for Shean In the eighth inning
IRAN Tor Clarke in the eighth inning.
Cincinnati .......... 2 o 0 o.
Philadelphia ........ 0 o o 0 II
Two base hits-Neale. aIcroft. Stock. Three
base hit-Tnorpe. Home run--Chas- Stolen base
Bancroft Left on bases--Cnciunau 10. phila-
dclphia. .. First base on errors-Clncinnat. l.:
Philadelphia. .. Bases on bais-Of Mitchell. !.
OF bnetzef. .: on Oescheer 3. Hits and earned
runs-Of Mitchell. hits and runs IN %
innings. of >hnetzer. hits and no runs IN l-3
innings: or Ellcr. 10 hits and IN ] inning
OF Regain. ! hit and no runs ia ] inning OF
Ocschgef II hits and runs IN 9 innings. Hit
hy pitcher-By Mitchell tLuderus). Struck out
Ry Mitchell .: by Rnetzcr 2. by Eller. by
Ocschger. .. Umpires-O'Day and Harrison. Time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Williams Has Picnic
With Boston Nine

Wiliiamstown, Mass, May 26.-WilI-
Jams overwhelmed Northeastern Col
lege, OF Boston. here this afternoon By
the score Of 10 to 0. The visitors were
weak in every department of the game.
making eleven errors and only three
hits.
Williams hit Thompson freely. max
ing eleven safe hits. including three
for two bases, one triple and one home
run.
The line-un foIlows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
Fans at Polo Grounds
See Long Home Run
D.vev Robertsons Smash Into Right Field Bleachers
Feature of Game in Which McCrawmen
Defeat Chicago Cubs
By w. J. MACBETH

The score That's for the thirty thousand fans that
ahmed Grounds yesterday afternoon Certainly the Giants
ror But victory only incidental
Ordinarily necessary tell the spectators the dmen
Of victory here's exception that the rule Probably
ono in every thousand the battle remembered the
he left the had been knocked right of the
us all but the mathematical hounds such as Don Munro Elias
bv the longest home the Polo Grounds