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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25

The trades union movement does
not clamor for sympathy, charity or
special favors from the government;
it does not demand special privileges.
or immunities from the laws that
should apply to all alike in equity.
Being composed of human beings 1t
has made some mistakes in the past.
But it should not be judged by the
errors committed, but by the: actual
service it has rendered. in the promo
ton of-the common welfare. The
achievements Of the past bear = rec
ord that cannot be challenged Succsss-
fully.-Exchange sS. & 81. 3.s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25
THE CAPITALISTIC 7. w. VS..

While we are fighting the I. w.
w., we must not be carried away
with the idea that this organization
harbors the only enemies of the
United States. There are the food
pirates who are preparing to bleed
the people to the last penny for the
necessities of life. It may be that
Hoover can reach them in time, but
he will have to make haste. Think
of pork and beef travelling skyward
in price at such rapid rate. There
is no excuse for it save that the
packers and cold storage men have
the country by the throat and they
will not release their hold until the
people rise in their might and force
them.
The enemies of the United States
are many in number and in groups.
Every one needs watching, and all
require our immediate attention.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25
What Other Paper. Say.
NEARING THE ABYSS.

San francisco Bulletin. The cost of
living is not only rising, but is rising
at an accelerated rate. The average
price OF the ~ articles of food used
the federal labor bureaus statistics
rose from a point indicated bv the
index number IS in 1913 to 1913 in
1s1I; that is. a purchase costing IS
cents in. 1913 would cost $1.33 now.
During the year preceding the war the
cost went Up only one cent. During
the f1rst year of the war it went up
only two cents. That was year, as
may De remembered, of business de-
preston. During the second year of
the war the rate Increased and eight
cents were added But the great in
crease occurred between May, 1916,
and May, 1917, between which dates
81 cents were added. Unless heroic
measures are taken the increase dur
ing the coming year will be even
greater, and even the most heroic
measures cannot utterly check a tend
ency which Is partly due to the depre-
c1atlon of the worlds stock of cur
rency-or, to get down to realities, of
the worlds surplus stock of goods.
me worlds currency has less and less
value partly because there is less
goods in the world to buy with it; and
partly because the amount of cur
rency has been Increased by the loans
Pof the belligerent governments. It
seems pretty certain that this ten
dency cannot prevail indefinitely.
Sooner or later bankruptcy will inter-
vene, but bankruptcy of things to
eat and wear, not the money bank
ruptcy which people used to fear be-
fore the war. If Germany spills over
the precipice first, as she undoubtedly
Will If the struggle is prolonged suffi-
GENTLY, the war will be won that way.
But the cost will be one which will
TALL heavily upon every man who has
to earn living in any civilized coun-
try, neutral or belligerent, on the face
of the earth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25
order to rally working people to
their black flag.

their black flag.
The American labor movement and
the American people declare war on
these treacherous movements. 1t
must be war to the finish. There can
be no compromise with the devil or
his agents no matter what fair name
they assume or befoul.
American labor we'll understands
what liberty means: American labor
prizes at full value everything that
America means. And American labor
will not stand idly by and see it's
own splendid organization disrupted
and the nation crippled in the most
crucial hour in all history.
Autocracy everywhere must de-
The agents of autocracy must be
driven from their nefarious work.
America, free America-America
victorious! For that we stake every
thing!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25

Isn't it too bad that Senator La
Toilette broke his pick at the outset
of the war. His minority report to
the senate Tuesday in which he
recommended shifting the burden of
taxation for raising money to con-
duct the war from the poor to the
rich should be adopted. But con-
gress will do nothing Of the kind. It
is not in the habit of passing such
legislation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25
THEY MUST BE PATRIOTS.

Trinidad (Colo.) Free Press: The
whisky and brewing interests have
been waging war with a vengeance.
since bill was introduced in con-
gress having for it's object the control
Of food prices. The liquor interests
through their well-paid lobbyists, have
been able to delay the passage of a
measure that would have kept in the
pockets Of the American people many
millions of dollars every day. The
tood sharks, through the dilatory tao
tics of congress, brought about by the
powerful influence of the liquor inter-
ests, have been jubilant andhave been
able to retain commanding position
which made them absolute masters in
debating the prices that people should
pay for the RIGHT TO LIVE.
eHrbert C. Hoover, who is consid-
cred one OF the worlds greatest ex-
perts in the conservation and regula-
ton OF the price of food products, was
appointed by President Wilson as the
best fitted man for the job as food
administrator, but Hoovers ability as
an expert has been shackled, and he
has been practically helpless to pro-
tect the people, owing to the fact that
the whisky and brewing interests have
been able, through their lobbyists, to
keep congress in a turmoil over vari-
Gus amendments that have been Of
fered to the bill, conserving the food
supply and the regulation of prices.
The defenders of the whisky and
brewing interests in our halls of ma
tional legislation, tutored by lobbyists,
have raised the cry that placing the
ban on food products being converted
into whisky and beer would bring
about great loss of property, the de-
moralization of real estate values, and
thats the United States government
would lose an annual revenue If
$400,000,000, But these defenders of
the vile stuff that steals away the
brains of men, that cover towns and
cities of a nation with ruined homes,
that wreck manhood and Womanhood
and that sentences countless thou
sands of children to institutions of
charity and delinquency every year,
have nothing to say of the source
from which this $400,000,000 comes
every year as q bride to the govern
ment, to keep it's hands off the traffic
that builds jails and prisons, asylums
and poorhouses, and that breeds crime
and criminals.
These defenders of the liquor inter-
ests are asking that congress shall
sell America for few hundreds of
millions of revenue.
They are asking that the food that
should belong to little children shall
be converted into a poison that wrecks
body and soul. that destroys the physi-
cal and mental energy of man and
woman. and leaves in it's wake that
abject poverty that shrouds life in the
| midnight blackness of hopeless de-
spair.
during the present season. of con-
gress, the people who have observed
closely have become convinced that
John Barleycofn must be sentenced to
death, and that distillers and brewers,
whose business has spread ruin and
desolation, filled asylun1s and peniten-
tiaries and robbed childhood of joy
and hope, are not entitled to any fl
nancial consideration.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25
ALWAYS AGAINST AUTOCRACY.

At chautauqua meeting in Mil
waukee last week speaker was
heckled by Socialists, one of whom
protested a prediction for the Ger
man government in preference to
that of Great Britain by the follow
ing remark: II think they have bet
ter conditions in Germany than there
are in England, and I respect the
German government more tina l do
the English
1t is folly for Socialists to
jeopardize the aims and effectiveness
of Socialism by taking a compromis-
ing attitude in regard to an auto
cratic government.
All monarchical governments in
which the people have no say as to
the selection of their rulers are alb
solutely in the same category. The
treatment accorded the proletariat
by thse rulers has but one object
the manipulation of the resources
and elements of government to
further the welfare of the imperial
party and to make secure the perpet-
uation of constituencies and tyran-
nical autocracy utterly devoid of any
respect of the divine rights of human
beings to work out their own saliva
ton and destinies.
The palpable purpose of Socialism,
if we know anything about it's
philosophy, is to eXterminate auto
cracy, to make possible one compre-
hensive human brotherhood, and to
provide for free and unrestrained
expression of the ideals of love and
friendship which would cement the
relation and interdependerc Of the
peoples of all the nations en- this
mundane sphere.
Socialists, to impress the world
with their sincerity of purpose, must
assail everything that serves as an
obstacle to the attainment of these
ideals, relentlessly and without dis
elimination or favoritism. When
it's aims have been accomplished
there will be no need of WARRIOR
who will undertake to refute the
statement that wars are without ex-
ception caused by overbearing and
Unsuitable greed and the covetness
of sovereign powers.
Czarism in Russia has been ex-
terminated, and so must the other
political absolutisms of the world
perish. And then must friends of
true freedom deal with the worlds
unjust economic systems, abolish in
dustrial serfdom and secure for the
workers the full fruits of their own
toll.
While we are strongly opposed to
Germany at this time, the grievance
of mankind is not against any
particular government or any one
nation, but against the iniquities and
injustices perpetrated by the few on
the many.
Universal peace will not prevail
until modern civilization has been
thoroughly purged, and the sacred
freedom to live as God intended is
assured for all humankind.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25

The struggle for better conditions
of work, for higher wages and
shorter hours cannot be eliminated,
nor can it be postponed, while COM
modities and the costs of living are
soaring higher and higher. The pur-
chasing power of wages can be main
tanned only when the rate of wages
corresponds with the increase in the
retail prices of food, clothing, etc.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25

homes and the glory of their country
is one Of education, not Of force.
We must not sow the, seeds of
violence now under the pretense of
wartime necessity, lest we reap the
whirlwind Of destruction later when
war debts and war losses and
economic injustices accumulate.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25

The Chamber of Commerce Of
Phoenix, Ariz., wants congress to
enact an industrial CONSUMPTION law
in the form of an industrial draft
ing SERVICE" for the duration of the
war-a war for democracy. The fact
that involuntary servitude is pro-
hibited by the Constitution of the
United States evidently doesn't have
much bearing on capitalists.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25

Fearing plot to liberate and re-
store former car Nicholas, the coun-
Gil of ministers of Russia has ordered
the removal of the Romanoff end his
family to Siberia as exiles. The pro-
verbal worm has turned.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25

Senator George H. Sullivan in a
hecent speech at Anoka advocated
teaching in the public schools how
the war originated. Who has the d.
vine ability to provide such 4 text? \
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
BOY EMPEROR IN PALACE
y - - y 49, 49, y ~
Washington Fears War in China
Associated Press BY U Naval ssryies


WASHINGTON, July 3Depatches from Tientsin receiv ed
last night said that advices reaching here from Picking reported
the boy emperor is in possession Of the palace while the res
surrounded by military leaders which places him practically
prisoner under guard 1t is said that in the demands
upon him resign the presidency favor of Huan 1
the reply by Ii that he could not but would consult with
vepresdent who would be his natural he
hould res ign. @..% ..
Minister Reich cabled yesterday the department that
General Changshun and other marsts had graphed Pef
dent Ii that the restoration of the Mancu dynasty had been ordered
and that he resign The cable added that civil feared
The attempted coup dat which would restore the monarchy
China has been received here with the greatest disappointment
has been hoped that peaceful settlement could be secured
in fact in sight Owing the widespread dissatisfaction
with the Manchuran dynasty the old days and the feeling that
known still continue against it, the opinion here that the
restoration end failure but that civil will be
result. 4, .
dispatches say of the
of the dynasty received late the day but believed that
coup would be attempted Immediately Advces received there
from Pcng the that General Changshun, with
engineering the movement had placed guards around himself
From Toxic advces reached here that China had de
caed absolute monarchy and placed the twelve old boy who
deoscd FIVE years ago upon the throne Whether Japan
would the boy remained to be but thought
would be the and that since generally
followed Japan Far Eastern decisions Toxic diplomats believed that
once Japan recognized the empire England would take similar action
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
LEADERS TO invoke
CL0TURE IN Senate "A
Decision Is Forced BY fContro-
versy Over Prohibiting Pfovi-
sions In Food Control Bin
ASSOCIATED Press By U. s. Navi ,commu.
W Ast nication Service) FL 81


y. nication servicel ~, 81
WASHINGTON, July s-sLeaders
for the administration in the senate
last night announced that they will
invoke the cloture rule in the consid.
Grafton Of the food control bin in order
to force vote this week 1t has
been arranged that Senator Ehamber,
lain shall introduce the resolution at
the opening of the session this fore.
noon which will limit the debate. s
This decision of administrator lead,
ers Is due to the controversy over the
prohibition provisions. Thusg far the
debate has centered chiefly on the
question OF prohibiting the use of
grain for distilling intoxicants but wet
and dry leaders alike prediaked that
this fight will be as nothing Ia the one
that viii be made for and against the
provision which empowers TIE Presi
dent to determine whether OF mot beer
shall be brewed and light wines made
The ,debate on this point is expected Ia
begin today aud both factions are un
yielding in the positions which they
have taken. The vets have sthe sup
port of the farmers who grow barley
and hops and the vineyardists who sci
their crops for wine manufastpre.
II.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
.BEERBOHM TREE PASSES
AWAY IN ENGLISH HOME
ASSOCIATED Press BY o. s. Naval Com
munication Servtce)

LONDON, July 3--Sir Herbert Beer
'bohm Tree, one of the greatest of Eug.
land 5 actor managers died here last
night. Sir Herbert was born in this
country in 1853 and received his edu-
cation in Germany. He made his first
appearance as an actor in 1877 and
eleven years later became manager of
the Haymarket Theater. In 1896 be
rehnquished the management of this
playhouse and took charge Of His Ma
jesty 5 Theater, and later acquired com
plete financial control, He held the
Order Of st. John of Jerusalem and
other orders and distinctions from this
government as well as number from
the German government. ~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
ARMY THOUSANDSOF
men SHORT IN RANKS
Recruiting Campaign Last Week
Brings 10000 Recruits
ASSOCIATED Press BY u. s. Naval Com
muLnication Service)

WASHINGTON, July 3--The recruit
ing campaign which the army recruit
ing officers throughout the gation be,
gan last week has proved disappoint
ment 70 the war department heads, and
the army is still many thousand men
short Of its full complement under the
National Defense Act. Ten Thousand
men were enlisted last week, of the
seventy odd thousand that we're then
needed, and II is hoped that-a addi
tional ten thousand will he irecruited
this week, Even so the shortage will
be fifty thousand men.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
Is Made Excuse
To Boost Food
Prices To Consumer
Federal Grand Jury In Chicago
Reports On Methods Of Extor-
tion For Necessities and Gives
Instances In Corn and Butter
Associated Press By U. g. Naval Com
munication Service)

CHICAGO, July 3--The federal
grand jury which has been investigat-
ing food prices here, yesterday after
noon rendered its report. II declares
that the war is being used as an ex.
cuse for exploitation and to raise the
prices to the consumers for the benefit
of the few that are handling certain
commodities.
One result from the rise Of corn, the
report says, is that the goods the
wholesaler sold in 1916 for sixty-hve
cents a dozen to the retailer the latter
now sells to the consumer for $1.75.
The Elgin butter trade is also hard
hit in the report of the grand jury.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
WARREYENUEBLL |
READYF0R Report
Draft Prepared BY Senate Fl
nanc Committee Doeshot Pro-
vide For Issuance Ot, Bonds
ASSOCIATED Press BY U. s Naval Com
munication Servtee)

WASHINGTON, July S-lThe senate
committee of finance last evening com
pIeted Its draft of the proposed 81 ,67O,'
coo, 900 war tax bill and Will report it
out today. 1t is expected that it will
be the next order Of business following
the vote ON the food control measure
which may be forced to a vote before
the end of the week.
While' this draft falls short Of the
amount provided for in the house bill
it contains no provision for the issu'
ance of additional bonds to make W
such deficiency should this be required
Such clause may be added and it IL
understood that amendments with that
end in view will be introduced from the
floor.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
l. w. w. PLOT DISCLOSED
)" - =. S& - - - u
Germans Are Aiding Conspirators
Associated Press BY S. Naval Communication seryce

WASHINGTON July Sin the expectation Of putting the
sng touch what is declared be wide spread plot against
United States by the W. W. officials last night
publicity the details of the conspiracy to hinder the lake
shipping the outlaws of the organization The of the
pray avowedy hinder the shipment OF food and munons
Already there have been number OF less accidents
for which Americans acting under the direction OF etmans havs
been responsible and the determined put
to the work OF these Pro- German thugs ~ NfE S444,~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
GERMAN PRISONERS ARE
SURPRISED BY AMERICA
ASSOCIATED Press BY U. s. Naval Com.
innnication SerYicel
FRENCH PORT Jnne 27 "A,

A FRENCH PORT, June 27 (do.
layed in transmission) )-German prison
erS under guard of the French and as
sisting in the preparation of the Amer
Jean camp were amazed when the
United States troops arrived here
They had refused TO believe that the
Americans would actually participate in
the wal.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
INSURANCE OF ALL
!. fighters APPROVED
Heads Of Companies Promise CO.
operation and Congress viii
Be Asked To Pass legislation
tAssociated Press By o. s Naval Com
munication Service)

munication Servics)
w ASHlN0TON, July More than
enc hi,e1Fed sropipept insurance men
'inelildiBe vi 4 siieats of the largest cont
panies III the country, held confer.
Ience yesterday IN the treasury depart
ment with the secretary and his assist
ants and administration leaders from
both senate and house relative to the
proposal of the administration that in
dennity policies shall be carried for Of
fcers and men Of the army and navy
The plan of the government. for such
insurance for the members Of all Of the
fighting forces met with approval and
the insurance companies will agree tC
cooperate with the government as de
sired. .'. - .#"
1t was announced at the conference
that the administration will ask con
gress to pass the necessary Legislation
to put the plan into effect during the
present session. t,srss .aF"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
After Four Days Of lmploring Rus
sian War Minister Puts Him
self At Head Of Troops and
Charges Home Against Enemy
SLAvS TAKE TEN THOUSAND
PRISONERS FROM THEIR FOE
Success Of Daring Plan Of Cabi-
net Official Makes Him Hero Of
Republic Which Goes Wild
With Delight Over the Triumph
Associated Press BY o. 9. Naval Com
munication ssrvice)

u -
i War Minister Kerenski in
person leading the troops, the
Russians in Galicia struck a
mighty blow at the Austro- Ger
man enemy, sweeping over the
as'ton dpfnases Al koniuchy,
taking the city and capturing ten
thousand prisoners.
This Is Russla's final and con-
elusive answer to the plea Of Won
Hindenburg that the SIays de-
sert their western allies and en-
ter into an armistice to continue
during the period Of the election
Of delegates 10 the coming con-
stitutional convention In Septem-
Der. 1t is an answer that has
sent a wave Of rejoicing through
out the length and breadth Of the
Slav Republic, and its success
has made a national hero OF the
minister of war. f ...
The drive was made between
the Dneister and the Zlota Lipa,
following a heavy bombardmeni
OF the Austro-German positions
carried on throughout Sunday
The Russian advance gave them
a series OF heavily fortified posi-.
tlons southwest Of Brzezany, and
carries the front close to the i'm.
portant junction point Of Lipica
The booty included seven bic
guns and a large number of ma.
'chine guns and munition stores
Minister Kerenski, who has been the
ministerial leader in the demand for
a renewed offensive and against any
suggestion of an armistice or a sep
arate peace, had been for four day
travelling along the Galician front ex
horting the army 10 strike. The sol
diers, waiting to hear from their com
rades in the council Of the workmeI
and soldiers, we're apathetie. r ~
Finally, riding to the front lin,
trenches, Kerenski made his last ap
peal. Then, giving the order to ad
vance, he put himself at the head ot
the troops and personally led tn,
charge against the Austro- Germal
trenches. His example was contagiou
and with mighty roar the Slav,
leaped to the charge until the advanc,
was general along d wide front an,
carried through witha fury that swep
the Teutons from the positions into
rout, @ et," @a...',- J..
What oratory had failed in accom-
plishing, action and a display of valo
had accomplished. o."
The Russian attacks carried then
along the streams south of Koniueh,
and across three lines of trenches
which have been consolidated.
In the Caucasus, a Russian advanc
has cut the Turkish caravan route t
Lake Deribar. 1s.sr H%&
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
SUBMARINE SUNK
ASSOCIATED Press ny u. 8. Naval Com
Inrnication geryfcel

NEW YORK, July 3-An Italian
steamer which arrived here last night,
brought the news that she had been
attacked by a submarine but managed
70 sink the diver with couple Of
bombs. I&1
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03

ee' Centrifugals N. z. per 10. per ton
Price, Hawaiian basis 6.27 s126.40
Last previous quota
don. ...,..............s 6.52 Sl3O.4O