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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
SCHOOL DANCES.

The citizens of Virginia. MIMI, at
the school election last Saturday
voted to permit the holding of dances
in the public schools.
Boys and girls, on the threshold of
manhood and womanhood, by human
instinct. pass through that period
when dancing holds an irrepressible
fascination for them, and, overcoming
all obstacles, will find a place to
indulge in that pastime. Public
dance halls operated for profit, and
generally with very little regulation
are dangerous menace to the morals
of the younger generation, while
properly conducted and sponsored
dances in schools or social centers
will tend to bring out the more tol-
cradle features Of that form of recre-
alton and 1nstill higher respect of
one sex for the other.
To forbid dancing in schools will
serve but to accentuate the latent de-
sire for 1t. and consequently impe1
young men and women to turn to
public halls for the qualification of
their propensities.
If dancing there must be, let 1t be
under responsible school authorities
and parents, and this form of diver
sion will have less deleterious results.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
1T MUST BE LEARNED.

Tacoma Labor Advocate: No man
or woman in this world ever got JUS
tice-that thing that all know is due
them-unless he or she went after it.
Philanthropy is separate and apart
from justice-as far as the moon is
from the earth, and infinitely farther.
The workers recognized this many
years ago, and the American Fedora
ton of Labor is the result. 1t is be-
yOnd the power of man to imagine
that there would have been any organ
ization of the workers if the workers
had always received fair treatment.
Industrial conditions have been such
that a few men have been able to
secure control of a larger share of
this worlds goods than they are en-
titled to, and this has been followed
by dissatisfa ction of those who pro-
duce these goods. This dissatisfaction
has crystallized into what are called
labor unions. With this crystalliza-
ton have come many forms of effort
to correct the abuse-an abuse that is
vital to the producers-that spells
absolute life or death to them. The
present-day labor union has been and
is the result of nothing but oppres-
sion and unfairness on the part Of the
employment of labor. Lesser oppres-
sion will mean lesser unions, and
greater oppression will mean greater
unions. This is simply law of nature,
and those who do not understand it or
who do not recognize it will inevitably
have to learn the truth of it in the
stern school of experience.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
MRS. MOONEY ACQUITTED.

Verify, right has overcome might,
and the halo of justice still shines in
an ineffacable brilliance, illuminat-
Ing the pathway of progress for the
human race.
Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of Thomas
Mooney of San Francisco, has been
acquitted Of the charge of murder in
connection with the preparedness pa
rade bomb explosion July % last
year, which resulted in the death of
ten persons, by jury which deliber-
ated fifty-one hours.
This verdict was the elimination
! OF trial which lasted nine and one.
half weeks, during which the prosecu-
ton, abetted by the counsel and ad.
vice OF sinister interests of San Fran.
cisco seeking to crush the organized
labor movement on the Pacific coast
by intimidation of its leaders, re.
sorted to every means known to I'm.
scrupulous legal tactics, including
the subornation of witnesses, in its
frantic zeal to secure a conviction
and place the stigma of guilt on labo,
and thereby retard the growth of the
Egreatest humanizing force in .the
world.
+ Seven other indictments are pend.
ing against Mrs. Mooney, but it is
likely that they will be quashed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
STEADY! STEADY!
BY Rev. Charles Stelzle.

The enemies or organized labor feel
that they've pulled off a big stunt
which Will cripple the movement for a
long time to come. But nothing ever
permanently injured a cause that was
just. me labor movement cannot be
retarded because it is based upon
righteousness and Justice.
10 the trade unionists I would
frankly say-don't lose heart at a
temporary check. The church has
often passed through similar periods,
out each time it came out purer and
stronger. In the main, the labor
movement is on the right track-don't
allow anyone to persuade you to the
contrary. If leaders occasionally prove
untrue, and If enemies malign and
SANDER, taking advantage of the
downfall OF few. remember the men
IN the ranks who have sacrificed and
suffered for the cause which has
meant so much to them. For after all,
this is peoples movement,-it is
made up of the mass of humble toll
ers who have come to their present
position because of a bitter expert
ence.
Stand by the guns. The battle for
the people and by the people has just
begun. Do not allow anybody to befog
you nor to make cloudy the real issue.
Organized labor is rooted and
grounded in a great principle-the
principle of democracy and justice for
all.
1t must be judged not by it's worst
members nor by its greatest mistakes.
It has right to demand that it's real
significance must be judged by its
highest hopes and aspirations, and by
it's strongest characters.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
THE PRICE OF MICHIGAN STREET

THE PRICE OF MICHIGAN STREET
The people of Duluth, like the peo-
pie of most cities, are closely welded
to system even though that system
may be means of robbing them out
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
every year. We have had Michigan
street with us so long that some of
us labor under the delusion that we
cannot get along without it. But it
costs money to support Michigan
street.
Today 1t is costing us at least 81
bushel for the new potatoes we buy.
Down in St. Paul, where they have
a city market, farmers are selling
new potatoes to grocerymen at 800
and $1.10 bushel. Grocers are re-
failing these potatoes at $1.25 and
$1.35 bushel. In Duluth we have
no city market and it seems to be
against the rules Of the game for
grocers to buy direct from farmers.
As a result Of such rules potato
eaters in Duluth are trimmed to the
tune Of SO and 1925 for every bushel
of new potatoes they buy.
Putting it in another way, a potato
| eater in Duluth is forced to pay 1925
for bushel of new potatoes. while
his friend in St. Paul is getting the
same quantity for $1.25. He pays
from his weekly or monthly income
to maintain Michigan street at least
$500 on every bushel of potatoes he
eats What is true of potatoes is also
true of cabbage, cauliflower, string
beans and other like vegetables. On
today's prices workingman in St.
Paul can afford to work for at>least
one-half the wage that must be paid
to his fellow worker in Duluth.
Isn't it nearly time for the people
of this city to arise in their might
and stamp out needless system
which Systematically robs the con-
sumers of this city of thousands of
dollars every year?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
THE OPTIMIST.

Never knew thing so bad
But what somehow could be glad
It wasn't worse;
Always when my troubles come
And I am sitting, sick and dumb,
About to curse,
Somebody whistles, jogging by,
That is ten times worse off than 7.
Lord, when I think about them all,
Most of my troubles here are small
And petty things:
l don't believe really know
(Save one or two real bits of woe)
Life's bitter stings,
For can hear and walk and see
And health is still a part of me.
Cripples and blind men and insane
AND 1nvalids on beds of pain
Are all about;
I daily meet the deaf and dumb
And that still can talk am glum
And wear pout,
And now a smiler passes by
That is ten times worse off thanI.
Each day of self I'm more ashamed,
TO think with rage I am infiamed
When plans go wrong:
So many joys belong to me
My life upon this earth should be
One round Of song.
Why should now my woes rehearse.
When many near me suffer worse.
Detroit Free Pres
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

ters who have successfully manipu-
lated school elections for these many
years past. Two factors entered into
the defeat of the old members of the
board; one was the discharge Of r. E..
Denfeld as superintendent OF schools
and the other the apparent public
be damned" attitude assumed by such
board members as Frank L. Brewer
and his immediate associates.
The people have lost at least two
valuable members of the school
board. The fact that they were
beaten at the election does not indi-
cate that it was personal defeat for
any of the old members. 1t was the
protest Of the people against a
naughty and defiant attitude assumed
by the board whenever any number
of the people made protest against
school changes, or advocated school
reforms.
The old board members found that
they lost a good asset when r. E.
Denfeld was practically forced out
of the office Of superintendent of
schools. Unless the members change
their defiant policy there will be more
new faces on the board Of education
one year hence.
It does not hurt to keep near to
the people and to yield to their
wishes occasionally between elections.
Indeed it pays In the long run.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
Immortality Of a Dollar
By Scott Nearing.

The world has. searched in vain for
a spring Of perpetual youth. Men
and woman seem destined to grow old
and die. Not even Metchinkoff, with
all of the resources of the Pasteur in
young or stay alive.
Man must die. His property lives
on, if the modern system of finance
has its way,-forever.
Financiers believe that they have
discovered the river of perpetual fl
nancial life. Its modern name is ''se-
curities.' Once put a dollar in this
form, and its vitality. is so increased
that it lives, almost if not quite, for
ever.
Modern business practice has
welded an immense influence in the
direction of property permanence. A
thousand dollars, once invested, is vir-
tually immortal, unless it is stolen, or
disposed Of in some extra-legal way.
Depreciation, amortization, insurance
and special surplus-fund charges
throw around income-earning prop
erty large guarantee of safety. Any
failure in the perpetuity of the prop
stupidity or dishonesty OF some SER
want of the property interests. For
centuries, the thought and effort Of
the business world have been directed
toward the increasing permanence of
property rights.
The efforts Of the propertied in
terests have been exerted to good pur-
pose. The public mind, the laws and
constitutions, the forms of judicial
practice-7-in short, all of the social
forces that were of advantage have
been bent to the guarantee of property
income permanence.
Granted the continuance Of the
present system Of property, the stu
dent trembles to think Of the task in
store for the toiler of the future. Each
year, besides producing wealth in suf-
ficient quantities to provide for him.
self and his family, he must devote a
large portion of his energies to the
provision of income for the owners of
vast and ever growing body of i'm
mortalized property rights and inter-
ests.
Today the property values of the
United States are only $250,000,0 00,-
900, but they are increasing at the
| rate of more than ten billions each
year. Stacked up mountain high. these
| inam ortalized stores of exploiting
power pr Divide their owners with an
ever increasing possibility of living
without working upon the work Of
| someone else.
Today the dollar is in1mortal-but
| tomorroW-who shall say
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

The constitution Of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor provides
that no delegate to a convention Of
that body shall be seated unless he
can show the labels OF at least four
different crafts on his clothing. And
now comes the Wisconsin federation
with a. resolution that a delegate to
a convention Of that organization
must have at least seven labels on his
wearing apparel.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
THE OLD ARMORY AGAIN.

The position taken by The Labor
World more than year ago against
the sale of the old Armory building
brought down on this paper severe
criticism from many strong and in
fluential quarters. However, every
passing day brings vindication to us.
A week or so ago, Former Mayor
Prince, now secretary of the Com
mercial club, in an address to a meet
ing of the Federation of Farmers
clubs, stated that the sum of $4,000
from the sale of the old Armory had
been set aside for a city market. The
farmers forthwith named a. commit
tee to interview the mayor and city
commissioners to ascertain what had
been done with this money. Mayor
Magney Immediately got busy and
after a careful search of the records
in the auditors office found that no
such appropriation had been made by
the city council and that Former
Mayor Prince evidently was mis-
taken.
The people of Duluth have no mar
ket. The city has no money with
which to build and maintain one, and
az whole Duluth consumers must
continue to submit to Michigan street
extortion.
The Shriners have leased the first
floor of the old Armory building and
1t is now being used as an automo-
bile garage. 1t is said that the Shrin-
ers receive rental from the first
floor alone of $4,000 a year. This
income is equal to an investment of
100000 at the rate of per cent. The
Shriners paid but $4,000 for the
Armory.
The city's automobiles are placed
In the Armory garage and rent there
for is being paid monthly from the
city treasury In addition to this
the city equipment which is valued at
more than $4,000, which formerly
was stored in the Armory, is now
kept on vacant lots and is fast depre-
ciating, not so much from use as
from exposure to inclement weather
conditions.
Big business men and little bust
ness men united in declaring that it
was good business for the city to dis
pose of the old Armory building.
How mistaken they were! If man.
ager of a private corporation had
done the same thing he would have
been candidate for a new job right
away. Indeed the retirement of For
mer Mayor Prince is largely due to
the fact that he engineered the deal
by which the old Armory building
was sold. Commissioners Voss had
a narrow escape because of his vote
on this proposition.
During these war times what an
additional asset the old armory would
be in helping us to train and develop
our young men to become soldiers
and sailors.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

Although the threat of the I. W.
w. to, take tho law into their own
hands" If the deportation Of members
of that organization from the copper
district Of Arizona did not stop, may
be but a bluff, it's realization would
be no more than was done by the min
Ing corporations and its hired gun
men ana !.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

BY virtue Of decision of the New
York supreme court, honest criticism
Of the government and public Off
Gals is declared permissible and up
held as the inalienable right Of all
citizens.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
MY BANK ACCOUNT

My bank account is very slim.
Sometimes there is no balance
there.
But there are shoes on little Jim
And ribbons gay in Sylvia's hair.
And there's a smile in mothers face
And happiness around the place,
And If the laughter only stays
The cash can go it's several ways.
I put my money into smiles
And cakes and sweets and little
gowns ~
And dresses in the latest styles
And anything to scatter frowns.
And, though it doesn't show in gold
That can be used when I am old, E..
It's drawing interest every day =. Il
In laughter and in childish play. =.
- ~.....,.. 80 ,z% Detroit; Free T.. x.,s1.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

The dancing masters say that the
leading dances next winter will be the
waltz. fox trot and one-step-except.
OF course, In politics, where the side
step. as usual, will be the tayorita, 81,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

Men whose wages remain static
may BE- forgiven if they sigh occa-
sionally for the good old times when
a dollar would buy dollars worth
of anything.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

Girls with bilious amount Of
white matter and red matter on their
faces are never bothered with gray
matter within.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

The dollar may not buy as much as
it did,, but it is no easier to get on
that account.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

things if they were not troubled with
great ambitions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

4 THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
4. The result of last Saturdays school
election was complete surprise to
the staid and conservative standpat-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

Anyhow, they haven't begun to
charge extra for toothpicks in the
restaurants.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
American

Ambitious American millionaires
with marriageable daughters ought to
he able now to purchase European
titles at lower rates than formerly.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
PARAGRAPHS.

A dollar can do so few tricks these
days that the eagle on it is ashame ed
to scream.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28

SIS Suit Values, SO.
stE az = q a. R,r pglYtl',, ].
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-12
Over 100000 in
States Strong Box

CHARLESTON. w. Va, July 12.-
West Virginia had a grand total cash
balance in her treasury at the close OF
the fiscal year, June 30, of $2,11S,576.1S,
according to statements issued by the
auditors and treasurer's departments
The statements further show that the
cash receipts in the month of June
were $3S4,3FO7, and the expenditures
were S1O5,37S9O.
The state is shown to have the
following amount of cash on hand in
the several funds as follows:
State general revenue, S6O45S1.96;
state special revenue, s213S16.10:
state moneys belonging to counties
districts and municipalities, S9660S.16;
general school fund, $4SS909.36;
school fund, $63 500; state road fund
S7,832.7O; compensation fund, $685.,
277.9O. The compensation commits
sion also is shown to have 5000, 600
invested.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-12
"cLosE.UPs"

Another of those Napoleon and
Sally monkey comedies is showing at
the Nelson today.
Lionel Barrymore is featured IN
the week end attraction at the Prin'
cess.
That old saw which centers
around the discovery that there is
nothing in name" has been explo'
ded by tho latest Paramount-Arbuckle
paroxysm producer The Rough
House" This two.roeler, at least, is
all that its strenuous title implies 1t
will be released soon.
Thomas Meighan, the inter-studio
leading man, has again been selected
to play opposite Billie Burke in her
second Paramount picture THE Land
OF Promise" an adaptation Of w. Som
erset Maugham's play. Mr.. Meighan
was Miss Burke's leading man in her
first Paramount picture The Myster'
ious Miss Terry" being transferred TO
the role, which he assumed after play.
ing opposite Pauline Frederick in a
number of her pictures.
OLD STAGER
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-12
INDUSTRIAL
FAIR1NTOlI

Announcement has been made otths
opening Of the offices in the Jacobs
building, of the recently organized
Crescent Fuel company and the COM
pany has begun operating. The COM
pany was organized a few weeks ago
with ]. F. Cole as president and It
now has contracts for the output nom
several mines and Is prepared to fur.
nish coal on contract or for spot ship
ment. R. A. Johnston, who has been
for number Of years traffic manager
Of the Hutchinson Coal company is
the sales managerof the new company
and is ready and willing to answer all
inquiries in regard to providing coal to
purchasers or disposing Of the prod
ucts of operators. The company has
a number Of mines in operation and
others to be opened within few
months. At present the company is
occupying one Of the two office rooms
belonging to Holbert & Spedden but
within short time they expect to
move into another suite OF rooms in
the same building.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-12
IpanIIne FrederIek as asapho.n

In the screen version Of Daudet's
HSapho," at the Grand today, Pauline
Frederick has. added her interpreta-
lion to the many Saphos who have
stormed and cooed their way through
THE scenes Of this hectic old drama.
Needless to say, her creation does not
suffer by comparison with the work
8 bf her predecessors, even with that OF
our most famous Sapho as played by
Ola Nethersole. Although she al
!. ways gives Fanny Legrand the bene.
az OF the doubt she does not attempt
5 % whitewash the role-her Sapho Is
neither Magdelene nor a Carmen
BUT the tempestuous, irresponsible. al
luring creature that Daudet first
brought to life. She gives the true
keynote OF the character In the scene
where Fanny breaks into passionate
weeping over the arrest Of Flamant
who has forged check to buy her
levels and then as suddenly dries her
Tears and begins delighted prepare
Hon at the arrival Of an invitation to
masked ball. None of the symbol
am or the subtle emotional phases Of
der acting has been lost In this trans
Ter Of the character to the screen.
The staging and direction are equal
10 the many spectacular effects that
he piece demands. The revels in the
studio, the elaborate ballroom scene
md the turbulent episodes in the coun-
~ are reproduced with striking fidel.
lty TO the novel. Thomas Meighan
plays the role Of Jean with rugged
simplicity and ferVor. Frank Losee,
John sainpolls and PedrO's de Cordo-
b. each do polished and contrasting
work as the discarded lovers Of Sapho,
who inconveniently appear at the
moment when she most desires to for.
get the past. In fact the entire cast
IS exceptionally good and quite equal
% the support of Pauline Frederick's
remarkable Characterization.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-12

POLICE CHIEFS, MEETING OFF.
CHARLESTON. ". Va July H.
The wet virginia chiats q Police ana
peace ofticers Associations annual
convention, II ich was scheduled one
held here in October, has been called
OF on account Of the war by Chief Of
Police Harry L Brooks, Of Wierton,
president Of the association. When
consulted the members Of the assocta'
ton agreed that the peace ofticers
should not leave their posts Of duty
this year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-12
CHILD PIAGQE
N MON0NGAH
Two Well Defined Cases in
Outskirts of Coal
Town.

There are two cases Of infantils par.
alysis In the suburbs of Monongah.
One is located at 2O4 Pike street while
the other Is on Traction avenue
County Health officer L. N. YoEt was
In Monongah Tuesday evening con.
ferring with the Monongsh Health
Officer j. A. Rledy after which the
quarantine signs put up at each Of
the two houses.
Both cases are on the ThorbuIn side
of the river and are for apart The
case on Pike street is at the eIereme
north near White Rock. The other
is at the extreme south Of Traction
Avenue near Traction Park.
Monongah Health Officer ]. A. RE
dy has refused to give out ay infor-
nation regarding either case.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-12
UPsHUR FARMERS ORGANIZE.

BUCKHANN0N, W. Va, July 12,-
Farmers of Upshur county have organ
lied five branch clubs of the Upshur
County Farm Bureau, the last having
just been organized at Indian Camp.
with 81 charter members. Word has
been received from Director Titlow Of
the farm extension department of the
state university, that a woman instruc-
tor will be supplied to supervise the
work of the womens and girls clubs
during the canning season throughout
the county. Much Of the canning will
be done in the open,