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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-29

! SoohSus AAC pOtutOCS
should be buried in hot ashes fully
half an hour before anything else IS
started. If one does not care to both
er to cook, or will forgo that pleasure
almost everything from hot coffee to
ice cream may be carried now in the
bottles and receptacles made to con-
serve the temperature.
Paper plates and cups will do away
with weight in carriage, and work in
caring for them, as they may be burn
ed before camp is broken, and much
time is saved for more profitable
amusement.
A heavy square Of sheet iron is a
most useful camp utensil, 1t may be
used on which to set the various
dishes while cooking over the Goals
or. may be used as toaster, broiler Of
steaks or as a sriddle for cakes, in
fact, its repertoire has not yet been
exhausted.
Long sharp sticks will be needed to
roast frankfurters, or for boiling ba-
con, as every member Of the camp has
some especial duty to perform the
preparation for the meal is shared.
To be a good camper, one must not be
afraid Of work and the normal person
finds something Of the primitive man
In himself when he gets into the
woods, conventionality is forgotten.
and the picnicker has the excitement
and fun of making fire and preparing
q meal like 4 true sayaRe. --->
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-29


one has the habit, an
equipment is a great
convenience, getting just
the lightest, most essen
tial and most compactly
packed. Potatoes and
corn may be roasted In
the woods and they new
er taste better, If one
can wait until they are
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-29
OUT OF DOORS DISHES.

For the nature lover there is no
pleasure equal to meal prepared and
eaten ont of doors III
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-29
8 x Ej8{ $H{
Is worlds no blot for US,

This worlds no blot for US,
Nor blank: it means intensely and u
means good;
To and its meaning is my meat and
drink. Browning.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
NATIONAL LABOR ADJUSTMENT
BOARD CREATED.

The organized labor movement won
signal victory and recognition of it's
demands last week, when the Ma
tional Council Of Defense, represent
Ing the government, created a ma
tional labor adjustment board.
This industrial tribunal will be com.
posed of nine members, three repre-.
senting the government, three the en-
ployers who have war contracts, and
three the workers on these contracts.
and will hear all Industrial disputes
arising in industries where war work
Is being done for the government.
Matters pertaining to wages, hours
and conditions of employment will
come before this board for adiudica.
ton.
The government will insert in each
contract for anything needed for the
army or navy a clause binding the
contractor and the officers of tho var
fous international unions. represent
ing the workers, to abide by the deci.
sions of the board. The right to strike
Is not surrendered by the latter, but
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
WHY BRITISH LABOR SUPPORTS
THE WAR.

At the bottom of the first page is
printed an article by J. A. Seldom
explaining why the working class of
Great Britain is supporting the prose
cution of the war.
Mr.. SeLdon is one of the best known
British labor LEADERS,. He has served
as president of the National Amalga'
mated Union of Shop Assistants, as
chairman of the parliamentary com
mittee of the Trades Union congress,
and as president of that congress. He
also was a labor member of parlia.
ment. Previously he was an oppon'
ent of militarlsm, but since the out.
break of the war has supported the
national cause. In his article Mr.. Sed-
don tells what effected the change.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
THE PRICE OF LIFE.

A man is entitled to a living as cer-
tainly as he has a stomach; that is
natural law. We do not know who
formulated this sentence, but we do
know that no one will find a living
unless he works for it or makes others
work for it.
The possession Of a stomach is by
no means a guarantee that it will be
filled, for food is not growing wild, at
least not in our climates. It has to
be produced by human labor, and
only the man who works or is ready
to work is entitled to a living.
Labor is the price Of life, you can
not get it any cheaper; if it is not
your own labor it is surely that Of
other people. And so far have; we
emancipated ourselves from the law
of nature that the living of those who
depend on other peoples labor is
more secure and more abundant than
that Of the workers themselves. Thus
we have reversed the order of nature
and put price on idleness and USE
lessness and call this social order
which it is the duty of every man to
respect. obey and, if needs be, defend.
And we do defend it. even If we are
very far from admiring it; we de-
fend it furiously against every poor
devil who. prompted by an empty
stomach, ignores it to help himself to
what he claims he is entitled to,
namely fOod.-Exchange.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
ECONOMIC FREEDOM.

The importance of maintaining
economic freedom at home should not
be lost sight of in our endeaVor to
bring political liberty to the oppressed
abroad One is just as important as
the other. In fact, both are neces-
sary to the advancement of civiliza-
ton.
No man or family has the right to
dictate the civil or political condi-
tons under which people shall live,
to eliminate this long-existing evil
men are giving their lives, and will
continue to give, until the last flame
in the fire of autocracy has been ex-
tinguished.
It is our duty as liberty-loving peo-
pie to aid the people of the world to
improve our own conditions and pre-
vent the destruction of the work al
ready accomplished.
Keep in mind the fact that there
are selfish interests in our midst who
have tried and will continue to try to
destroy living standards, bring about
the repeal Of labor laws or any other
safeguards the toiler has been able to
throw around their conditions. It is
an obligation we owe those who will
follow us to see that these endeavors
are not successful. >>"< -
Be ever watchful Of the attempts
Of corporate interests to influence
legislation that throws the toiler at
the mercy Of the employer.
Don't form the opinion that you will
be considered unpatriotics If you assist
in defeating such moves; for by your
opposition you will be contributing
toward making our country better
one and a more desirable place to live
which should be the first thought of
every true American. S. ~ st.
Lot us show the world a true ex-
hibit Of democracy. be ever ready to
fight oppression, whether the battle
be wased in the trenches OF Europe
or upon the Industrial field at home.
Exchange. ..> >sss ss Gt5 4. III /
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
PERMANENT RELIEF FROM COAL
PRICES.

Recently the Illinois State Council
of Defense made threat to seize and
operate the coal mines of that state,
as the only possible solution of the
prevailing high prices and shortage
of COAL
Ostensibly it was only a bluff -
which has resulted in only a partial
capitulation of the coal barons.
The operators have signed an agree
ment with. Governor Lowden to permit
the chief justice of the state supreme
court to fix prices at the mines. They
also agree to reserve enough coal for
Illinois, and at the best, the pact will
serve to alleviate the gouge of the
public in just the state of Illinois
and it is not impossible that the res
idents of other states will be made to
bear the extra burden of which the
people of Illinois are relieved.
And then, the chances are that the
price of coal will be fixed to permit
the operators to exact far. greater
than reasonable profits. At any rate,
the profits craze will not be curbed
to that extent to which the consum.
ers are justly entitled.
Regardless of temporary appease-
ments, there must be a complete re-
adjustment of the system of coal pro.
duction and distribution prevailing in
the United States at the present time,
and the inevitable way of accomplish.
ing this is federal control and opera
ton of the mines. The exigencies of
war demand that the time is oppor.
tune for such action.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
What Other Papers Say.
HAVE WE A DOUBLE STANDARD:

The Helmet (Cal.j News: One of
the most incomprehensible features of
American life is the strange concep-
ton which many people have of what
should constitute public honesty.
Public funds are looked upon as some-
thing in the nature Of spoils, the right
full property of him who is shreWd
enough to annex them.
Now we have no reference here to
the public official who resorts to the
very crude expedient of detaulting. He
Is bungler and deserves all of the
punishment possible to inflict upon
him.
Rather, we refer to the amazing sys-
tenn of graft that is so openly and
defiantly practiced in almost every
community in the land, and that by
people who would be quick to resent
any slightest question of their probity.
Take, for instance, Mr.. Jones, "a
purely fictitious personage). He is
one of the most substantial men of his
town. His word has always been as
good as a bond. No hint of crooked
business methods has ever been
breathed against him. He is regarded
as scrupulously honest and above
board in all of his dealings.
But Mr.. Jones is elected to some Of
flee wherein he has the custody of the
peoples money-that is, the spending
Of it.
Now what do you see? Why, the
sickening spectacle of an hitherto hon
est man 'grafting" on the public.
Deals are made that he would not for
IN, hi
capacity as private citizen. And it
is noticeable that they all tend to his
own or his friends advantage It is
a bite here and a nibble there, until in
the long run he has consumed many
loaves in excess Of what was his
legitimate portion. And the strange
part of the circumstance is that Jones
would Indignantly resent any reflec-
ton on his integrity.
Now, why was Mr.. Jones not Just as
scrupulous in his public acts as in his
private dealings? Is it possible that
we American people have a double
standard of honesty as well as moral
ity? Is 1t wrong TO fitch from one
and right to fitch from the many?
Another strange feature of the case
Is that Mr.. Jones is as highly respected
after he retires from office'as he was
before he assumed it.
We submit that Mr.. Jones was and
is essentially an honest man, but with
a wrong perspective. He is, unfor-
tunately, possessed of that all too
common idea that the public is COW,
and should be we'll MIXED in order
that she may not dry up.
We should change our perspective.
We should require as scrupulous hon
esty in public as in private life. The
funds Of a commonwealth are just as
sacred as are those of a customer, or
a client. or a ward, and should be so
considered. 1t should be just as re-
prehensible to allow 'leaks" in public
business az in private affairs; just as
wrong to graft from an Individual as
from the public.
There is but one standard of hon
esty, and that is-Honesty.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
AN INSTRUCTIVE STRIKE!

Tacoma Times: The Garments strike
is settled. And settled in the one way
it should be and the one way, under
the circumstances, it could be. The
men win. Their right to organize is
fully conceded, and their just claims
for shorter hours and better pay are
to be met.
The agreement IS a victory for every
worker in Tacoma and Seattle. For
every merchant in Tacoma and Sc
attic. For people generally.
1t is regrettable that the Stone G.
Webster interests could not have seen
the light two weeks, yes, three weeks
earlier. They would have been saved
an enormous sum of money, possibly
quarter million dollars This money
could lave gone into service better
n1ent, into increased pay for the men,
into the many legitimate channels
where it is obviously needed.
The strikers would have been saved
grave loss of time and pay. The
public would have been saved an in
terruption of it's business.
However, after all, it is quite likely
the expenditure and the experience
were well worth to Tacoma and Sc
attic all the cost. Other employers, as
we'll as the traction people, have been
brought to see, that the year 1917 lies
in an entirely different era than in
1916 and 1915 and 1910 and 1900, that
the labor-ignoring, busting
methods must go to the scrap heap,
that workers henceforth must be
treated as something different from
nv
matte.
We walked for a day and jitneyed
the rest of the time, and smiled! No
corporation can trounce a whole city
that smiles and ignores it.
Another result OF the strike-call it
good or bad. as you like-is the resur-
rectlon of the auto bus. AS a means
Of conveyance it was dead three weeks
back, as dead as the Pacific avenue
saloon. as dead as the Popu1ist party.
Today it is a flourishing transporter
ton institution. Whether it again shall
wax and wane or shall gradually sup
plant the street car remains for
future day to decide.
Still another result Of the struggle
is an undoubted impetus toward a.
municipally-owned and operated trac-
ton system. Even Stone e. Webster
managers admit that.
On the whole, it probably was the
mnst instructive labor demonstration
the Pacific Northwest ever has seen.
Its effects will be noticed in dozens
of radiating lines for years to come.
And those effects, nine out of ten of
them, spell better labor conditions,
higher citizenship, cleaner-cut idea
of public service and a Tacoma much
more worth while living in.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18

is virtually relegated to the discard by
the terms of this new industrial agree
ment.
Since the entrance of this country
into war, the officers Of the American
Federation Of Labor have demanded
an arrangement of this kind, and con-
tinually have endeavored to impress
on the Defense Council the dire need
of the government enforcing decent
industrial standards in the production
Of war supplies to prevent an interrup.
ton in the work and preclude the &C.
currence of unnecessary and embar-
RAISING strikes.
The consummation of this new in
dustrial agreement was materially has
tened by the prevalence of the indus
trial trouble and strikes in the
shipyard industry in the vicinity Of
New York and in the mining districts
in the West and Southwest, which
greatly curtailed production of metals
of vital Importance to the national de.
Tense.
The latest move on the part of the
Defense Council is recognition of the
potential po"er of organized labor and
its inherent ability to allay the tenn
pests on the industrial sea.
Another milestone in the progress of
the labor movement in it's. effort to
improve the relations between capital
and labor has been passed, and the SER
vices Of the national labor adjustment
board will surely result in the elimina-
ton Of many needless strikes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
DON'T BE A. KNOCKER

Don't criticise your neighbours faults,
No matter what they do;
Don't ridicule the masses, or
Malign the chosen few.
Don't think yourself censor for
The silly human flock,
And just remember as you go
That any fool can knock.
Don't laugh at those who make mis-
takes,
And stumble on the way,
For you are apt to follow them,
And almost any day
Don't think the others shifting sands
While you are solid rock. 49,.
And don't forget, for heavens sake,
That any fool can knock.
Don't be puller down Of fame
On other men conferred; =.
Don't give a parting kick to one
Who fell because he erred. ~s.',,I ~
Don't think that you are perfect ana
The only size in stock; .s., NJ. s,s.
And now once more, Just bear in
mind; ...E@' Il III :6,5s s.s'z' -, s}N
n That any fool can; knock. d u Mi.
r..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18

A local organization has been
formed to promote peace. We all want
peace, for that is the very thing we
are fighting for. But we don't want
the German kind of peace. When the
United States and her allies get
through fighting we will have the kind
of peace the world has been yearning
for since the birth of Jesus, and not
until then.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
A GOOD MAN.

A good man never Dies
In worthy deed and prayer
And helpful hands, and honest eyes,
If smiles or tears be there;
Who lives for you and me
Lives for the world he tries
To help-he lives eternally.
A good man never dies.
Who lives to bravely take
His share of toll and stress,
And, for his weaker fellows sake,
Makes every burden 1ess,-
He may, at last, seem worm
Lie fallen-hands and eyes
Folded-yet, though we mourn and
mourn,
A good man never dies
james Whitcomb Riley.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18

Under present conditions 1t is a
matter of give and take: And he
who takes more than he gives is
declared to be success; and he who
gives more than he takes is branded
as failure. Organized labor stands
for a coming society where those
who give the most to society shall be
considered the successes, and those
who take the most the failures.-Ex-
change.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
]. w. W. STRIKE FAILS.


general strike of iron miners ic the
Lake Superior district developed to be
the bluff predicted by The Labor
World two weeks ago. AS matter
OF fact there are not sufficient num-
Der of I. w. w. members in this neck
of the woods to make noticeable show
Ing If all of them who worked stopped
working. There are at least precious
few Americans who claim membership
In this bandit organization. The aliens
who predominant in the l. W. w. are
so divided over national differences
that there is no chance for them to get
together on strike that would tend
to weaken their respective countries
during the war;
The Firms are the only alien work
men who could put up solid front
in a strike of iron miners at this time
and it is said that even they are d.
vided among themselves. Every at
tempt they have made to provoke
strike thus far has failed. They have
not any love for any country at war,
not even Russia Their only consid-
Grafton in striking at all is to direct
a blow at that which they are pleased
to call 'capitalism," and that blow
would be dealt without regard to the
consequences that would follow to
this country during this the most
critical period of her history.
Their attitude toward our laws and
our institutions is such as to divorce
them completely from American SYM
pathy. They will not even play the
labor game in accordance with any
rules laid down by such an organiza-
ton as the American Federation of
Labor, which they hold is controlled
by the capitalists They are both po-
litical and industrial outlaws and
should be treated as such until they
learn that labor's first duty is to sup
port this country at all costs and at
all times, and that any movement for
labor's freedom in the United States
of America, where we are permitted
to use more than ordinary methods to
gain it, should be waged in an orderly
manner, by evolution and not by revo-
luton.
The Labor World should not be I'M
derstood as opposing all strikes dur
ing the war. So long as profiteers
continue to exact the last dollar from
the American consumer, labor will be
to meet increased living expenses, but
no strike that will interfere with the
preparations for the nations defense
should be called until fair chance
has been given the government to af-
feet an adjustment. AnG above ALL a
strike called for the purpose of en-
barassing the government at this time,
as was the proposed iron miners
strike last week; should properly be
regarded as an act against the United
States.
Our first consideration is to defeat
Prussianism and to make the world
safe for every kind Of human freedom,
and we do not propose to permit any
sophistry or subtle appeals to class
consciousness to divert US from our
settled purpose When the war is
over we will have plenty of oppor-
tunity to set our own house in order
when we are assured that it is free
from attack from without,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
AN OBJECT LESSON FOR COAL
BARONS.

Knoxville Plain Dealer: If this
country. is to remain democracy in
fact as well as in name, the people
themselves must put a. stop to the
plumber Of the many by the few. AS
an initial step. they might remind the
coal kings Of the fate of few other
crowned heads on the other side of the
water. And If they will not profit by
the object lesson, they must be taught
that in this war time the central gov
eminent, can commander. w. )"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18

The governor of Oregon has pro-
posed the creation of a board of
Cancellation and arbitration, COM
posed of three men selected by Or
ganized labor, three representatives
Of employers, and the chief justice
Of the state supreme court acting for
the commonwealth, for the adjust
ment of all industrial disputes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18
The, Spols Of Victory.
BY Job Hartman.

THE WORLDS Work. ID authority for
the statement that when the allies
were confident that they had beaten
Austria and Germany, they entered
into secret agreement among them
selves al to the division Of the spoils.
Great Britain was to keep what She
had taken from Germany, In China, in
the far east. Russia was to have Con-
stantinop1e and 4 great deal Of Asia
Minor. Italy was to extend her con-
troll around the Adriatic ana in the
Turkish islands ana fnainlafds ada
cent to Smyrna. France was to have
Alsace-1orraif1e. Roumania was to
have Pennsylvania. Servia was to
have Bosnia and a large portion of
Bulgaria's Macedonian territory: There
was to be new Poland under Russia.
What fight tor democracy!
What a farce this world tragedy Is!
The above are the peace terms Of
the allies, while If Germany Is victor
ious she will hold fast to her former
possessions and establish an empire
Under her domination extending
from the North seas to the Indian
ocean.
Conquest! Conquest! Conquest!
This is the spirit, the aim, the AM
bition, the determination, OF every cap
italist government.
Every capitalist institution subsists
by its conquests over its employees or
the markets it controls.
Every capitalist government ID 4
composite OF capitalist institutions and
lives secured by conquest.
Civil conquest lays the foundation
for International war, and interna-
tional war leads to international con-
quest.
This is the reason why capitalist
governments will not state their terms
of peace.
Do you want to know the terms of
peace that each and every belligefent
capitalist government now demands?
They are: keep all you get, ana
get all you cam
Hence, they cannot state their terms
of peace until victory determines how
much they can get.
Neither would capitalist Russia,
while the car sat in the throne, state
terms of peace. But the throne Of
Russia has fallen with her capitalist
government. Out Of the ruins has
sprung a new Russia Russia Of the
people-a Socialist Russia Russia
that can state it's terms 1T peace. The
terms of peace that have issued from
the new Russia will ring the world
around, resouhding the lieart-pulse Of
all peoples, but will be damned and
condemned with equal fervor by all
capitalist governments.
What are these terms?
No punitive indemnities.
No forcible conquests.
Freedom of the seas.
Free development Of all peoples.
This is the program Of the people of
the world, and the capitalist govern
ments of the world will go down BE-
fore it. The crown Of Germany will
melt, and the people Of Germany, led
by the Socialists. will join hands with
the people of Russia upon the pro-
gram of Russia. But England will
still live and conquest will remain her
ambition.
President Wilson has said that we
have no grievance against the people
of Germany.
We tell the people Of the world that
we have no grievance against any
people.
Our grievance lies across the ruth
less pathway Of every ambitious capi-
talist government Of conquest.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-18

The Bethlehem Steel company re:
fuses to provide steel rails for gov.
eminent use at the rates named by
Secretary Baker. Evidently patriot.
ism and loyalty must not interfere
with war profits: