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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
A PROPHET IS HERE.

The high cost of living, which has bafflcd poet,
prophet and SEER has been finally solved by United
States Senator Sherman who rejects such theories as
the war, trusts, middlemen, the gold supply, poor
distribution faulty transportation etc., etc. High
living costs be traced to fine factory conditions
union hours and city life, says this philosopher,
who talks OF underlying causes
'']t is because the help has gone from the farm, -
he AYERS 1T has gone to the factory to the count
ing house, to the store, to the great manufacturing
lobbng and retail centers Of the country. These men
have gone because they like the work and get higher
wages and shorter hours. They have more amuse-
ments. City life is more attractive to the average
young person. The result is that the farm is
drained.''
1t is really burning shame that Senator Sher-
man s heavy observations the high cost Of living
should be confined to the musty pages of the Con-
gresslonal Record. The Labor World wishes to do
its full share in disseminating the senator pearls of
wisdom to an anxious public. The senator S heroic
efforts must not 20 unrewarded
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
THAT MAN HOOVER.

That man Hoover seems determined to bring the
protleers to time and compel them to bear their fair
share of the burdens Of the war; President Wilson is
behind Hoover. More than that, the public is unani-
mous behind both and it is time Congress realized
that fact. There will be some new faces in Congress
after the next election This war is war of demo-
cracy, not "a rich man s war and poor man s
fight.'
congressman will be watched from now on. The
test of their patriotism and worth as public servants
will come when they are put up against the PROPOSE
ton to whether the profeers and SPECTATORS are
to be eliminated or whether the folks are to do the
fighting in order that these worthless may get rich
from the war
VIII Congress stand by Wilson and Hoover. or
will it play peanut politics? That will be the test
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
was makeshift and unsatisfactory. It was temper
airy and something permanent needed.

makeshft and unsatisfactory. It was temper
airy and something permanent was needed
The two great European Immediately pre-
cedlng the American strugglc-the in the Crimea
and the Franco Autran conflict-first opened the
eyes OF the world to the necessity of supplementng
the work of the army surgeons in the field Florence
Nightingale had gone into the hospitals of the Crimea
and what she and communicated to the world
there, we'll as her own heroic work for the suf-
fering shocked England and the world into
of responsibility for such conditions.
This was the first awakening and the humanity thus
stirred was kept alive by the work of Henri Dunant
i'll the Austrian that followed.
Dunant was a Swiss traveller in Italy when in
1859, the French. A,1strians and Sardnians met in
the terrible battle Of Solferino lie came upon the
field where 10000 dead and wounded soldiers lay
uncared for and the he beheld there led him
to dedicate his life to the work Of brnng about an
international agreement whereby the horrors of war
might be somehow lessencd. He began his work upon
that field. lie organized the of the neighbour
hood for service. "A wounded enemy is an enemy
no longer he told them.
After that war Dunant began systematic cam
paign among the governments of Europe to win them
over to his idea Of an international compact whereby
the hospital and ambulance services on the battle
fields should be neutralized The Geneva treaty was
the result and from that seed sprang the world wide
organization now known the Red Cross.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
WANTS 'SASSIETY' TO WORK

BOSTON, June 21.-President Nc
Grady of the central labor union is
not Impressed with the publicity of pa
trlotic stunts by certain Boston society
women.
The trade rnionist says young work
ing women are invited to fashiona BILE
homes to do work for the soldiers
after their regular work is done, while
the mistress of T.. house and her
women connections do nothing but
get all the credit for their patriotism.
Much of this work can be done by
machines. but the society DANES de-
mand that everything be hand
stitched" says McGrady, who insists
that the health and strength of work
ing women and girls should be con-
served and that some plan be devised
whereby society women will be put to
work like other folks.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
THE ROTARY CLUBS IDEAL

Inc single tax is an ideal that ap-
feals to all classes. Many labor or
carnations md farmers organiza-
tons have endorsed it. And now
business organizations are getting
into line. The latest one is the Rot
airy club of Syracuse, \. Y, which
recently adopted. the following reso
luton:
AS business men, interested in the
growth and prosperity of our CITY and
CTR country, conscious of The heay-
burden which taxation often puts
Upon industry, believing that individ
TALLY created wealth rightfully be-
longs to the individuals who create
this wealth, believing also that So
c;any created wealth belongs to that
society which creates this wealth. it
is our conviction that the time has
come for a.careful study of the whole
subject of taxation for the purpose OF
discovering, if possible, a more equit-
able system than the present one OF
distributing this burden upon prop
erty.
Therefore we recommend the ap
pointmcnt Of Rotary single tax com
the subject Of taxation and from time
TO time report the results Of its in
eestlsation to the Rotary club"
While the committee IS investisat-
l1g, it might consider the significance
CT the following from the Rotarian
code Of ethics:
We contend that society best holds
together when eqral opportunity is
accorded all men in the natural re-
sources OF this planet"
To secure equal opportunity FOR all
men in natural resources, is the OBJ
Ject of the single tax The first es-
sentlal to such equality s that those
who occupy superior locations reim-
purse those whom they exclude. That
requires payment into common
fund of the rental value. The single
taNer proposes to accomplish this
through the taxing power of the gov
eminent. BY abolishing all taxes
save one upon land values. and maxi
lrg this one large enough to take ths
entire rental value, equality in nat
t1al resources will be secured. The
Rotary single tax committee NAV find
this fact useful
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
RED CROSS HISTORY.

The Red Cross. now recognized by all the civil
1zed nations OF the world is the organization that
carries comfort and mercy to every battlefield and
every of suffering.
Nations that meet with swords in their hands
ground arms before it's stations The flag with the
red cross on the white field gives protection and
swift aid to the wounded of both Sides It does not
inquire into the of the quarrel that stretched
the wounded soldier on the field. It knows no foe
no nation, in is work of mercy 1t is the en-
blem OF all peoples and it ministers to all alike.
The international character of the work of the
Red Cross dates from the Geneva convention Of 1864
Previous to that the mnstrations to the wounded in
war fell separately upon each nation. Generally such
aid as the wounded received given by the medi-
cal service Of the armies engaged 1t was never
equal to the task
In the American Civil War the United States
SANITARY Commission undertook the work of relief
and, aided by numerous independent organizations
which raised money and furnished supplies, it &C.
compllshed much. 1t was the work of this commits
sion that largely gave direction to the efforts of the
Geneva convention and furnished it with the emblem
now know as the Red Cross But the Commission
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
HEALTH INSURANCE
FOR THE WORKERS

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 21.-"As
men are taken by war from shop and
factory, those remaining must lie kept
lit to meet the increased demand for
output. And as women enter indus
try in rapidly increasing mum bers, the
need becomes even more pressing for
the protection afforded by universal
health insurance, including maternity
care" This declaration was made by
DR.. John e. Andrews, secretary of the
american association for labor lesis-
]ation in an address on progress
toward health insurance at the an
nual meeting of the national confer
ence of charities and correction
today.
Existing protective standards for
labor must be upheld in the interest
of national effectiveness he said
But in addition to that we should, in
the changing social order, make pro-
visions for increasing still further the
nations productive power and the
wellbeing of its workers. Healthy
wage earners are the foundation of
national strength both in peace and
war;
Progress toward health insurance
has been encouraging in this country,
according to DR.. Andrews. "Civic
medical, commercial, and labor or
CARNATIONS in ever-increasing num-
bers are endorsing public health in
surance as the need and the benefits
ere understood" he asserted. "Ag-
sressive and organized opposition
comes principally from private insur-
ance companies since the proposal for
universal health insurance absolutely
excludes private profits. Fair dis
tribution of cost and democratic man
agement are making a strong ap-
peal, particularly to the workers
whom health insurance will assist
The favorable findings of the first
two official commissions in Massa-
chusetts and California have stimu-
lated the movement toward legisla.
ton"
That unfamiliar work and intense
effort due to industrial shifting re-
CURED by war will increase the toll OF
sickness among wage earners, partic-
ularly women. as it has in Europe,
was predicted by DR.. Andrews.
"Workmen's compensation provides
the stimulus for prevention of acct
Dents" he said. Under universal
health insurance there would be
similar efforts to prevent sickness. 1t
is in the national interest to provide
the machinery by which preventative
measures against disease will be stim-
ulated and adequate medical atten-
ton and cash benefits provided to
tide the worker over sickness periods
without distress and restitution.
Health insurance is social Justice. The
responsibility for sickness is shared
| by industry, the worker, and the
state, and all three will share in the
benefits of public health
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
EXPOSE STRIKE BOMB PLOT

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-Rufus
Patterson, a private detective, convict
ed of placing a bomb in the pocket OF
a labo4 or during the culinary workers
strike, has confessed. The plan was to
have the two pickets in front of
restaurant knocked down by slugger.
Two detectives were then to rush up
to the fallen pickets lille they as.
sisted them to their feet. The slugger
was then to escape, lille the pickets
would be arrested.
Patterson intended to collect $1,000
reward offered by the chamber of
commerce as part of it's claw and
order" campaign.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
CHRIST'S COMING
AND DEMOCRACY
BY the REV. CHARLES STEIZLE.
Lift the stone
And thou shalt find me;
Cleave the wood,
And there am l."


And thou shalt find me;
Cleave the wood,
And there am l."
Although not recorded in the Bible,
Various interpretations have " Il put
upon it, but whatever else it may
mean, it indicates that the presence of
Jesus is With the man who tolls This
,ught -::Enifies labor as nothing else
can. Men have sometimes made the
distinction between secular work
and 'religious' work.
Jesus never made such distinction.
To Him all work was sacred. Even be-
fore He performed a miracle or had
begun His career as a preacher, Jesus
had this testimony from His Heavenly
Father: This is my beloved son, in
Whom am we'll pleased" Jesus had
pleased God as carpenter. His daily
tasks were sacred tasks. The swinging
of a hammer or the pushing of saw
in the doing of a job for a neighbor,
was to Him as though 1t were done for
God.
When it is remembered that Jesus
was a carpenter at time when the
philosophers declared that pur-
chased slave was better than a hired
one, and when, in accordance with this
teaching Of the philosophers. half the
world lived behind prison bars, the
coming Of Jesus into the home Of a
humble artisan and the living OF His
life for 80 years in the atmosphere of
a workingmans home, becomes all the
more significant.
He lifted labor out Of the pit in
which the so-called upper classes had
placed it. He gave the workingman a
place in human society which he had
heretofore never enjoyed. The prin-
ciples which he taught have since
made the workingman the equal of
every other man no matter what his
vocation in life may be. This is one
of the chief benefits of the coming of
Jesus into the world, and for this
service the masses owe him debt Of
gratitude
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
Tamper With Mooney Jury.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-It was
disclosed in court that the district at
torney's office had obtained list Of
the first panel of 100 prospective jur-
ors for the Mrs. Mooney trial after
Judge Dunno had issued strict orders
that the names be kept secret. 1t was
also established that the list had been
kept in the district attorneys office
over night. Mrs Mooney is the wife
OF Thomas J. Mooney, whose convic-
ton as a bomb plotter, was secured
through perjured testimony.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23
MONEY WELL SPENT.

The Red Cross is the Humanitarian arm of the
United States'' Herbert C. Hoover, the man at the
head of the Belgian Relief and now placed in charge
or the food supplies OF our country has made the
statement that ninetysix per cent of all the money
and supplies subscribed to Belgian Red Cross Relief
reached their destination.
BY contributing to the Red Cross you will know
that your money is being used in the best possible
way 1t will go towards alleviating the conditions
OF those thousands who are in way responsible for
che war; yet who must bear great part of the suf
ferng and Distress More real unsefish work is done
for the Red Cross than for any other arm of the
crnment service
The Labor World is sure Duluth will do her hit
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-06-23

Commissioner Silberstein saws it. is his nnrnose
to enforce the dry law and prevent the sale Of
liquor in Duluth. That's good. Now watch him
not do it-Steel Plant News
Evening star., 1917-03-18

but only the utilization of a substance
which was formerly not only wasted
but likewise a detrimental by-product.
1t is further declared that there Will
be sufficient incentive to establish new
mills located near deposits that are
rich in potash and that in the future
no cement mill viii have a haphazard
location. 1t is even minated that
mills may be erected in certain parts
of the country for the purpose of
making potash for the main product
and cement as Il side line. The belief
is prevalent among those interested
that, as by-proGuct in the manufac-
tu.e of cement. potash can be made 4
such a price as to make it profitable in
normal times at normal prices.
The stopping Of the dust nuisance in
california ~ the use Of the Co;trell
process Immediately drew the atten-
tiou of those Interested to another uSe
for the government inVention---to OBJ
tain potash from the gases Of the blast
furnaces V hich manufacture pig iron.
Charles Catlett of Stauaton, Va. a
chemist and metallurgical expert, is
authority for the statement that the
by-protucts which can be collected
from the blast furnace gases are IF
sufficient value profoundly to affect
the question of the manufacture of
iron in certain sections and from GER
tain materials. He refers to the ma
ing of potash from blast furnace gases
as a contribution to industrial pre-
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Your Back Yard and Reduce High Cost Of Livr

done in the late afternoons and morn
ings. and for the plowing he borrowed
one horse to hitch with his wife's sad
die horse in the plow. In July. Au-
gust September and October he saved
s15 a month on his living expenses aud
was able to present his friends with
baskets of fresh vegetables. Mr Rice
raised on the lot last season GOO ears
of sugar corn. seventy quarts of lima
beans, $50 heads of cabbage-these
alone would bring an average of -
cents a head noW-tWenty five heads
of caulifiower. twenty-five dozen sweet
peppers, five bushels string beans. five
bushels of beets. fifteen bushels Of
sweet potatoes, 900 heads of lettuce,
one bushel of early turnips, half peck
of radishes. two bushels of parsnips,
one bushel peas. ten bushels potatoes,
ten dozen cantaloupes, ten dozen Gu
cumbers and twenty-five dozen squash.
This garden in front of the Russian
embassy must have had an influence. for
word comes from Petrograd that the
minister of agriculture has authorized
the organization of a group of society
women Of that city to exploit the vast
vacant meadows around Petrograd. The
Russian government has agreed to
finance a plan to populariZe the raising
of common garden vegetables by the
people and instructors will be sent out
to assist in the work. The scarcity of
fresh vegetables and canned ones, too,
Evening star., 1917-03-18

paredness, which may aid in the move
nent which seeks to produce all neces-
sarv things within our own borders"
Mr. Catlett mentions one instance
where by-products valued at S24 might
be made along with each ton of iron
produced He further states that the
interesting feature about potash is that
II is ant TO follow the SiliceOuS impuri-
tics so that those furnaces which are
at a disadvantage on account OF what
is snoken of as loW-grade material
may nv the utilization of the by
PRODUCTS. produce iron cheaper than
ptha, furnaces which are at present
blessed with the finest of raw ma
tcrialS.' ~
cntarins along this line. Nannoy III.
,In,;,,. Director of the bureau of
r1jnns recently said: The bureau of
r,i,,as has i'm cooperation with the
anoiorjcal survey and the bureau of
soils Leeu studying the question of OBJ
tainiro potash as a hy-product in va
t.io,,s existing industries. The two pos
eibi1ities which stand OUT with the
grna,esf probability of being able really
10 meet the whole or a large part Of
our national demand for potash are the
manufacture of hydraulic cements and
iron smelling.
cement manufacture is in itself so new
a development that its wlde-reaching
Significance not only to agriculture,
but possibly even to the building
trades themselves. is not yet generally
appreciated; still it has gone far
Evening star., 1917-03-18

process is applicable to dust of this
nature" argued the cement men. why
wouldn't it work equally well in our
plant?" They therefore decided to eX-
pertinent with the new invention, ana
the Cottrell process was installed.
The surprising result was that the
new process not only eliminated every
bit of the dust fumes, but also gave
the cement people a product, formerly
wasted by distribution upon the sur
rounding country, which was found
to contain a high percentage of potash.
The results were so satisfactory That
a project is now under consideration to
make potash the main product OF the
mill, with cement as a by-product. thus
completely interchanging the relations
of the two substances. When 1t is con-
sidered that this one cement mill re-
covered, through the use of the Cot
trell invention. nearly one hundred tons
of dust day it is easily seen that such
a change of policy would not be at all
radical, but only natural under the cir
cumstances. During the last year this
cement mill sold NOR ethan 100000
Evening star., 1917-03-18

enough thoroughly to arouse the ce-
ment manufactu of the country to
its Importance. The character and
local distribution of this industry is
such as to insure a quite general adop-
tion of the potash by-product feature
wherever feasible and advantageous 1t
also seems probable that in the loca-
tion of new cement mills the matter OF
the potash content of the raw mate
rails viii come to he one of the normal
determining features.
with regard to potash from the iron
blast furnaces less progress has been
made. but the bureaus metallurglsts
believe that there are possibilities there
quite comparable with those in the ce-
ment mills. and have been urging upon
those in authority in the industry the
Importance of not only a careful
examination of blast furnace dusts and
gases for potash. but likewise the
necessity for systematic studies on the
effect on operating conditions of the
same. with the object of obtaining the
maximum possible yield of potash.
The bureau of mines has so far re-
Trained from attempting to publish act
ual estimates of what might be produced
in this way, since potash has been so
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Boston possess within their envlrons num-
bers of small plots in back yards and
vacant lots where persons for a few years
past have found it possible to reduce their
vegetable bills and furnish their tables
with succuleut lettuce, onions. radishes
and even heavier produce directly from
the soil to the table. However, the Dis
trict, too, has had experience in the
from-city farm to-table luxury. for some
ten or fifteen years ago there was City
Garden Association here which was fos-
tered by the late Il. II. Warner and
other men prominent in municipal mat
terS. They proposed plan similar to
that launched by the Department of
Agriculture. the system being modelled
on one established in Philadelphia by
the late Joseph Fels millionaire single
tax advocate who founded the vacant
lot gardening movement to demonstrate
that people would cultivate the land if
given the opportunity. The work has
been carried on in that city for quar-
ter of a century. and the scope of the
movement has increased each year
In Washington, when the City Garden
ing Association existed. back yards. va
cant lots and tracts of land loaned by
the municipality were utilized and eN-
tensive gardening was followed by
scores of persons, government clerks
working their little plots after office
hours and finding the exercise and rec
reation beneficial in every way. Owing
TO the fact that vegetables at that time
were cheap and the cost of living had
Evening star., 1917-03-18

generally ignored in the chemical work
of the iron industry, and a review of
the whole field would be necessary be-
fore one could safely draw definite con-
clusions Furthermore. the question of
lust how much of the potash recover
able appears as cyanide and how much
as carbonate sulphate or other COM
mound is an important one to be de-
termined eXperimentally under vary
ing coditionS as this Will have very
direct bearing on its adaptability for
agricultural or other uses.
\
"The bureau of mines has been at
tempting to follow up this subject and
to collect the necessary information
wherever possible; but the limited
funds at its disposal for such work
make the process necessarily slower
than could be desired. For this rea
son the bureau wishes all the more
earnestly to obtain the cordial Coop
Grafton of all those in position to aid
in the accumulation of data and. par
ticularly, in the study of effects OF
variation of operating conditions on
potash elimination. However, the coun-
try is making such progress in solving
the problems that have been put UP
to 1t by the inconvenience of the great
war that 1t now looks as II we Will
in the future be able to make tor our