The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-21
DULUTH MERCHANTS ARE
WARNED.


WARMED.
The Twenty-fourth Labor Day edi-
ton of The Labor World will be pub
lished Sept. I. Every dollar re-
received from our patrons on this
number will be earned by Duluth peo-
pie and spent in Duluth. Our chief
solicitors are Mary Murphy, men,
her of an old Duluth union labts
family, and Henry Dworshak, Jr., of
the regular staff of this paper. The
publisher sincerely appreciates the
liberal patronage he has enjoyed
from Duluth business men in the past
and he prays for continuance of
that patronage this year.
Solicitors of another publication,
"a program,-are in the field seek
ing advertisements from local mer-
chants and business houses. They
are exhibiting as a sample the last
Labor Day edition of The Labor
World, and merchants who are led
to advertise therein have informed
agents of this paper that it was rep
resented to them that this publica-
ton was being issued as formerly by
The Labor World. This is not true.
Solicitors for the Labor Day program
are outside advertising promoters,
residents of other cities, who are get.
ting out the program for the Trades
Assembly on commission basis, a
sort of 'fifty-fifty" arrangement, and
who carry with them the bulk of the
net proceeds of the program to other
cities and to new fields of exploita.
ton.
The Labor World is published 50
times every year, the Labor Day pro-
gram but once. Until this year and
to relieve local merchants and busi-
ness houses from the load of sup
porting two publications on Labor
Day, The Labor World has printed
the official program with its regular
Labor Day number, paying the
Trades Assembly a liberal bonus
therefor. Only reasonable advertise
ing rates were charged, and as re-
suit of this arrangement merchants
were saved money, the assembly was
well treated, and a fair profit was
enjoyed by The Labor World.
1t is represented by a local mer-
chant to The Labor World that these
fly-by-night solicitors are asking as
high as 500 page for space in the
official program. The same space
was sold last year by The Labor
World at the rate of $50 a page. The
difference represents the premium
Duluth business must pay to support
outside men in a publication of this
character. The number of copies of
the program to be printed, and the
character of the publication, do not
warrant such an exorbitant rate.
The Labor World presents these
facts to Duluth advertisers SO there
may be no further need of confusion
or charges of Misrepresentation. If
advertisers prefer to use the Labor
Day program published under the
auspices of the Federated Trades AS.
sembly committee by contract with
outside solicitors that is their bust.
ness. If they can see their way
clear to support The Labor Worlds
big Labor Day number published ex.
clusively by home people, we will
appreciate the business and we will
attempt to give value received fol
their contribution. While it is re-
GREETED that there are to be two pub
locations on Labor Day, and we have
no desire to discourage patronage il
the Labor Day Program, we deer
tour duty to give the information
herein contained to our readers, ant
they may Judge of the merits o
either or both publications.
In any event an advertisement /,
the Labor Day program being ,,ub
lished by outside solicitors under tn,
auspices of the Trades Assembly i
not to he an advertisement In Til,
Labor Worlds big Labor Day mum
Der to be published by residents O
Ealuth who spend every dollar the!
earn in this city. And on tho othe
hand an advertisement placed In on,
Tabor Day number will not he a,
advertisement for the Labor Da,
program published by these outs:d,
men.
Let there be no misunderstanding.
about this so that when both pubi:
! cations are out there will ru M
charges of Misrepresentation ~ re
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