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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
STOLE FROM DRAFTED MEN.

The companies running the coal
mines in the Terre Haute, Ind, field
played cheap trick on the miners
who were drafted for the army from
their district. It has been their GUS
tom to deduct illegally of course, 10
per cent of the wages of any miner
who quit between pay days. When
the drafted men were taken away be-
tween pay days, without any choice
of their own, their pay, too, was re-
duced by the usual 10 per cent.
The miners union figured out what
the companies had stolen from the
drafted men on this deal and at their
recent convention showed that it more
than paid the total amount given by
the coal companies to the Red Cross
fund to date. Well did Madame Ro-
land exclaim: 20, Liberty What
crimes are committed in thy name!'
Exchange.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
THAT PEDDLERS' LICENSE ORDJ.
NANCE.

We seem to be cropping in the dark
to get free from the greedy grasp of
the food pirates. The grocers would
have us believe that the repeal of
the peddlers' or transient merchants
license ordinance will injure their
business without affecting Michigan
street. 1t has come to a time in the
life of this city when the welfare of
all the people must take precedence
over every private interest.
The existing ordinance was en-
acted to protect our merchants from
unjust and injurious competition, Its
purpose was endorsed by the major
lty of our people, at the time of its
passage, but business has not been
satisfied with the protection given il
by the ordinance which has ever
since been used as a means to extort
high prices from consumers for per-
1shable food products. This abuse
of privilege given under the protec-
ton of the ordinance is causing pub
lie demand for it's repeal.
Popular sentiment is behind CON-
missioner Phillips and Mayor Magney
in their efforts to relieve the peo-
pie from the high prices on food
products now obtaining. Michigan
street Is entitled to no protection at
the expense Of the people. The gro
GERS, who with few exceptions are
mere statesmen for the Wholesale
houses, should not complain when
relief for the people is sought by
the only means at present open for
them.
Organized labor demands the
passage of the Phillips ordinance. It
is standing to a man behind it. The
Carpenters and Painters unions
have adopted strong and emphatic
resolutions in support of the ordi-
nance. Other unions will endorse the
measure at their first opportunity of
meeting. The mmissioners will
do we'll to hearken to the voice of
the people. They should not take
the grocers too seriously. The real
opponents of the measure have not
exposed themselves. They are using
the poor profit-shorn grocers to pull
their chestnuts from the fire. The
voice may be the grocers', but the
hands are the hands of Michigan
street..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
SOME MOTHERS CHILD.

At home or away. in the alley 0,
Street,
Whenever chance in this wide worl
to meet
4 girl that is thoughtlees, o. a DO
that is wild
Ny heart echoes sadly: IT'S SOM
mothers child"
No matter how far from the right sh'
has strayed,
No matter what inroads dishonor hatl
made.
No matter what element cankered thu
pearl,
Tho furnished and sullied, she's some
mothers girl!
No matter how hayward his footsteps
have been,
No matter how deep he is sunken in
No matter how low is his standard of
joy.
Tho guilty and loathsome he's some
mothers boy.
And when see those DER whom Ions
years have rolled,
Whose hearts have grown hardened
whose spirits are cold:
Be it woman all fallen, or man all
defiled,
A voice whispers sadly: "Ah! Some
mothers chtld!'
That head hath been pillowed on ten
derest breast,
That form hath been wept DER. those
lips have been pressed.
That soul hath been prayed for in
tones sreeteand mild.
For her sake deal gently with Some
= Mothers Child"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
OUR REAL TRAITORS.

Louis f. Post, assistant secretary of
labor, denounces profiteers and mon
opolists as Slackers and worse in ar,
article in The Public of New York
He says:
The readiness Of privileged bene-
ficiar1es Of the rich natural resources
OF our country, to relinQuiSf1 through
war taxation not only part of but if
necessary all the unearned profits of
those resources in preference to bur-
detins any ones earnings with war
expenses, is fair test Of their pro-
fessions of patriotism. How can they
object to this principle OF financing
our war in defense Of land of which
they own 50 much, without thereby
tllscrediting every patriotic profession
they make?
When genuine, patriotism is modest.
Like Paurs concept of the charity
that is love, it "vaunteth not itself"
and lis not puffed up" Nor 10 it
greedy of unearned gain. Brumna-
gen patriots there are, to be sure,
whose greed keeps pace with their ar
rogance. Such as these cling tena-
clously to the unearned profits of
their privilege of saying with legal
force and effect, The natural re-
sources of this country are ours!"
Let US not be deceived by them to our
national undoing. What are they but
slackers? While hundreds of thou
sands Of young Americans, most Of
whom do not own eonugh Of the nat
ural resources of their country for a
grave, are conscripted into the battle,
tn 1ofa ~
shall monopolists of natures gifts to
1t be patiently heard with objections
to conscripting their unearned wealth
IN preference to industrial earnings?
Thlnk OF our natural coal, iron and
Oil deposits, of our duca! domains Of
fertile farming lands speculated out
OF use or farmed by tenants, of the
fortunes in our city lots, Of our king
doms OF forest areas-all developing
increasing values as mere premiums
Of ownership! Increases, moreover,
which are largely due to the war it,
self. Think then of their owners OBJ
1ecting to special war taxation on
those unearned values! If these be
not slackers, whom shall we with hon.
est face den0unce as Stacker? They
are worse than the weakest Stacker
i of common reproach-as much so as
sordid greed is worse than physical
fear.
Only types, however, are they: for
the trail Of this sordid treason runs
through the whole domain Of Big
Business--which, by the way, is bad,
not because it is big but because it's
! lnterrelated interests are nonstrousiy
rooted in nAtural-resource mononolies
The condemnation is for ALL Who
ever in any way takes advantage of
his country's war necessities to get
easy money is not patriot but 4
ghoul. It was this ghoulish type Of
patriot that President Wilson's words
rebuked when he said that patriot.
ism has nothing to do with profits"
in times like these. Singing but sadly
needed and Justly applied were those
words.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
lNOpPORTUNE.

A young man In charge Of new
ly-platted realty tract, upon which
the only building was the office OF
the company, upon seeing the first
person to enter the door. hastily took
down the telephone receiver and COM
menced: Eyes, sir, think we can
agree on those terms. Thirty lots In
one parcel and 80 in another. Yes
sir, the price is satisfactory, 10000
at the transfer and the remainder In
60 days. Did you say I could NEE,
you in the morning at O'Clock and
receive your check Tor $4,000 as the
initial payment? Very well, sir
Hanging up the receiver, this busy
person turned to the man who had
entered tho office us there any.
thing I can do for, you, sir?" NAV
not a thing" returned the visitor. II
have just come to connect up yer tele.
phone, that's ALL"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
INTERESTING FACTS.

Did you know that IS per cent OF
the wives and mothers of working
men are forced to work to keep the
wolf from the door, that the annual
income of one-half of the wage-earn-
ing fathers is but $500, that two-thirds
of the Wage.earning adults earn less
than SIS per week; that nearly one
half of the women workers are paid
less than S.; that three or more per-
sons occupy one sleeping room in 81
per cent of the workers homes; that
babies of the poor die three times as
fast as those Of the rich; that nearly
20 per cent of the school children are
underfed and under nourished; that
economic conditions force two-thirds
of all children to leave grammar
school before graduating ana that
only 10 per cent finish high school;
that workers in the basic Industries
are out of jobs one-fifth Of the time;
that there are ~ families in the
United States whose incomes equal
that Of 100000 working men; that in
dustrial conditions are responsible for
our highest crime problems; that 2
per cent Of the people own 60 per
cent of the wealth, ana that Is per
cent own less than 5 per cent of the
wealth.
The above facts were taken from
the report of the federal relations
committee, after two years work by
that body.
Wealthy employers. stop and pom
der over these facts and then If you
can conscientiously refuse to give the
working man a portion Of his just
deserts, close your eyes to his grief
and continue to grind the face Of the
poor. while, the happy child Of your
own household revels in luxuries and
that Of the working man goes hun
cry to acknowledgements
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
not get a fair return for it, and the
consumer would have to pay too much

not get a fair return for it, ana the
consumer would have to pay too much
to get it.
If the producer gets too little, and
the consumer pays too much, there is
somebody between them that takes
too much for traffic and profit 1t is
not hard to guess who this is. The
transportation and fuel companies are
the extortioners. They Cypress the
public without mercy for all tho traf-
fic will bear.
Is there no remedy? OF course
there is; more than one. Railroad
companies and fuel dealers are not
the only concerns that absorb the
wealth of the public They are not
wholly to blame either. The public
is mostly responsible. Why will not
the people cooperate, demand, and
enact laws that will el.able everybody
to get his rights?
If our waterpowers, of which there
are many, would be taken over by the
state, and developed to supply current
for power, heating, lighting, and other
useful purposes. the mine owners
might keep their coal, the railroads
find something else than fuel to
carry, and natural resources, that
should have been retained by the gov
eminent for public utilities. 20 that
they could be operated, and current
sold to everybody demanding same.
If we had single tax laws in force.
latent water powers would be put to
more use than now. because it would
not be profitable to pay taxes on their
value ana not get benefits proportion
ate to the cost Of holding the prop
erty. Respectfully, =
! WILLIAM .BUseELMAN,
President Duluth Single Tax League.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
DULUTH OUTDOES ITSELF

The campaign to dispose of bonds
OF the Second Liberty Loan is now
history, relegated to peaceful slum-
Der with that Of the first loan.
And what success it proved!
The total amount of bonds sold in
the United States reached five bill
1ons--the maximum sum desired by
the government-there fulfilling
the fondest expectations of those in
charge.
And Duluth-with it's reputation of
liberality and generous response on
such occaslons-has outdone itself,
subscribing for more than ten mill
ions of bonds, or twice it's allotted
quota, which was placed at five mill
ions.
The result shows that the per CAP
tia subscription here was more than
500, which will give this city a DO
sition near the top in the role of
honor of all the cities in the country.
surpassed by only a few unusual
cases, where munition makers in
vested huge sums in the bonds.
According to those in charge of
the local campaign, one of the most
gratifying phases was the extremely
large number of investors who
bought the smaller denomination
bonds, thereby emphasizing the fact
that, despite the enormous increase
In the cost of living, the working
men and women of this city were not
willing that the purchase of the
bonds be left to the wealthy. When
one realizes the sacrifice which is
involved when the working people
arrange their expenditures so that
the bond payments may be met, this
fact is all the more impressive, and
is ample manifestation of their pa
triotism.
A large part of the local success
was undoubtedly due to the very ef-
ficient and capable leaders who SUI
spervfsed the sale, and to the large
number of statesmen who canvassed
the city in such a thorough manner,
that it il \ safe assertion that vir-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
PEOPLE SHOULD NAME SUCCESS
SOR TO SENATOR HUSTING.

In very able editorial, pointing
out the responsibility which rests on
the people of Wisconsin in choosing
the right man to succeed the late
Senator Husting, Editor Stivers of
the Superior Telegram decries the
proposal of Governor Philip to call
special session of the state legisla-
ture to pass law giving him au-
thority to fill the vacancy by appoint
ment.
1t is absurd to belittle the ability
and integrity of the voters of the
Badger state to assume that they are
| incapable of electing a stanch and
loyal senator who will honorably and
competently represent them in the
deliberations which will take place
in the upper house on the vital war
and after-war problems.
1t has taken years of hard fight
ing to obtain the right for the people
to elect their representatives in the
United States senate, and to suspend
that prerogative because of some un-
founded fears engendered by alleged
war exigencies would be the worst
kind of folly.
In closing the appeal for an cleo
ton by the people, The Telegram
says:
The Telegram Is assuming that it is
the electorate of Wisconsin that is to
Hustlng,s successor There have been
reports from Madison to the effect that
Governor Phillip is considering the
plan of calling upon the legislature
soon to be convened. asking that it
pass law empowering him alone to
choose the states representative in
the upper house of congress.
The Telegram refuses to believe that
the legislature will give serious con-
sideration to any. such program. Fur
Governor Philip is sufficiently. lack
ing In political astuteness to ask that
such power be conferred upon him.
This nation is already spending bill
ions in money and will risk lives by
a. the million to put down autocracy in
gressive Wisconsin, any with the tenn
Gritty to suggest that while the state
is enlisting it's all in this fight it shall
at the same time rob it's own people Of
one Of their most cherished rights bv
vesting it in one man?
:. The memory of the present genera
ton is not so faulty that it thus easily
forgets the years of struggle that fin
ally brought to the people the right to
elect their own United States senators.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
SOME MORE MICHIGAN STREET

SOME MORE MICHIGAN STREET.
Just to show how Michigan street
works it, we are this week in receipt
of a letter from a farmer down near
Barnum who has a large quantity of
table carrots for sale. This farmer
wrote to a prominent Michigan street
firm and was offered 70 cents an
hundred weight for his carrots. On
the same day grocers in Duluth were
paying this firm 1926 per hundred
pounds for carrots, a difference of
$1.55. The farmer writes us that he
will supply local consumers with
carrots for $1.35. Poor pickings for
Michigan street, Eth?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03

News emanating from New York
city indicates that the supporters of
Mitchell. Hylan and Bennett are
alarmed over the popularity of
Morris Hillquit, Socialist candidate
for mayor, and are fearful that he
will be elected to head the govern
ment Of the largest city in the coun-
try.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03

The non-unton workingman who
once believed all his boss told him
against the unions is awakening to the
fact that nearly all the increases in
wages secured during these strenu-
Gus times are brought about by the
unions. The non-unton man il be.
ginning to think. This is a good sign.
Soon he will be in the union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
ITS PROBABLE EFFECT.

The Mesaba Ore: The refusal Of the
authorities of this and other states to
allow the farmers to hold non-parti-
san meetings will likely have the ef-
feet of filling the several state capt.
tails and courthouses with new faces
following the next election.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03

Now that the days are getting
chilly the girls and women who have
worn furs all summer will begin dis
carding them and put on low neck
dresses.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03

The purchasing power of the
union-earned dollar, rightly applied,
would ameliorate many of the unjust
conditions which at present exist
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03

The attempt of Governor Philipp
OF Wisconsin to deny the voters of
that state the right to name success
sor to Senator Husting is incompati-
Die with the aims Of this nation to
rid the world of autocracy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03

Concord grapes are selling in Mil
waukee at Is cents basket. In Du-
iuth they are retailed at little over
90. OF course Michigan street is en-
titled to "some" profit, and then
there is the freight charge.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03

; Every trade uniontst who has given
the matter any thought IL IN advocate
af land-value taxation. Il.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03

John p. White, president of the
United Mine Workers of America,
has resigned to assist Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield at WASHINGTON.
Frank J. Hayes becomes president
Of the international.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY
Is THIS SABOTAGEc

cleveland Citizen: Another illustra-
ton of scientific profiteering despite
the nationwide cry for food saving
and the food conservation law: The
United Fruit company, the trust that
controls tropical fruits, applied to
Boston officials for a permit to dump
$4,000 punches of bananas into the
bay, alleging that the fruit was
spoiled in transit. The health board
investigated and found that the rep
resentatlves were untrue and that at
least 90 per cent of the cargo was in
good condition. Thereupon part of
the S,7S0,000 bananas were sold at
low price and eight carloads were
sent to the soldiers encampment at
Aver, Mass. SO the. food again be-
came automatically fit for consump-
ton by the act of local officials in
refusing to permit it to be destroyed.
Why was this attempt made to wan
tonly destroy these millions Of ba-
nanas? The answer is to sustain a
high market price. The trick was
worked before with profit to the fruit
trust plutes, who care nothing about
the needs of the people. If an I. w.
w. had tried some such sabotage
scheme he would be in jail But the
rich anarchists are eminently respect
able citizens in their communities
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
NO SALOONS FOR IOWA.

The American Issue: iowa voters
have apparently defeated the prohi-
bition amendment submitted at the
special election Oct Is. An official
recount of the ballot has been ordered
by the state auditor. The official re.
turns show wet majority of about
1000. There is not much likelihood
that this will be materially changed
by the recount. Indifference Of the
dry voters is probably the chief cause
of the defeat of the amendment.
One fact must be remembered The
vote does not return saloons to Iowa.
The state is dry by statute and the
saloons are barred until that statute is
repealed by some Legislature. Even
the vets confess that this is almost an
impossibility. 1t is conceded by
many wet leaders that had the issue
been straight out issue of saloon or
no saloon, the results would have been
different at the October election for
Iowa has demonstrated that the no.
license policy has brought increased
prosperity to the state and has had
a marked effect in decreasing crime.
The worst feature from the dry stand
point is that it means the question is
not permanently settled. 1t is likely
that every legislative campaign will
witness reopening Of this issue. In
spite of the defeat Of the amendment
it is not at all probable that saloons
will ever be returned to the Hawk
eye state.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
PAYTRIOTS.

N Il
Seattle Union Record: Employers
who are profiting as a result OF the
war situation can be properly de-
scribed by the above caption. Work
ingmen who are daily witnessing
their brothers limbs and lives ground
to pieces for profit and who have
borne the burden of sacrifice while
the price of eats have skyrocketed
are the true patriots and they have
stood for this condition until patience
has ceased q be virtue.
Organized labor in Seattle and else
where will soon take the patriotic
stand of firmly deciding by action
that il any further sacrifices are to
be made by them during this inter-
national crisis it will be made for
our country and for democracy, and
not for any one who derives a cents
profit from the labor Of others
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-11-03
FOOD CONTROL IN EFFECT.


San Francisco Star: Food control
by the United States government be-
comes effective on the first of No.
vember. All the staples will be under
governmental supervision, and while
there may not be a great reduction in
prices. at least there will be sta bility
and a checking of the upward tend
ency that has been steadily curtailine
the purchasing price of the house
keepers dollar. Manufacturers and
distributors of foods must operate
prevent unreasonable profits and stop
speculation and boarding.
1t is not the purpose Of the Food
Administration to interfere with nor
NAL activities Of trade, but there must
be a change in the methods that have
been employed to the detriment OF
the consumer. There must be no mani
pulation or speculation in foods; there
must be no boarding of foods; unfair
or unreasonable profits must be elm
mated. Discriminatory and deceptive
and wasteful practices which in any
way restrict supply or distribution
must be stopped.
That in brief is the program as out
lined from Washington. It sounds
Utopian, and in time Of peace it would
be damned as impractical and
"socialistic.' But there has been a
mighty change in conditions and In
the point of view since America en-
tered upon the war for humanity.
Success to the Food Administra-
ton may it's efforts accomplish all
that is promised and even more.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06

trust business. Publishers have already
contracted for enough testaments e
supply 100000 soldiers and sailors
with pocket editions. There is nat.
uraI disposition TO give testaments &c
departing soldiers and they accept
them gladly. There are special pocket
editions bound in khaki. meant &c
stand hard usage. And still the orders
roll in. T5e civilian demand is said
to be as s%normal as the military de-
mand. Never was there such an in
sistent call for complete editions oil
the old and new testaments.
The re'igit. spirit 81 the nation has
deepened and strengthened since we
entered the war. It's perfectly natur-
al thing. exemplified in the experience
OF nearly every helligerent. Struggle
sacrifice, hardship and sorrow turn
the minds of men and women back to
religious things. War makes them feel
the realities Of life as nothing else
does. And in the stress OF such deep
emotions they turn naturally to the
Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
which have solaced and stayed many
generations.