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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
AN AMBITIOUS MAN.

Some pessimists are continually
deploring the fact that the old-time
all-around man, that was really USE
full, is fast disappearing and that it is
nowadays almost an impOssibility to
get one of the good old sort. Such,
however, is not the case, for a Cleve-
that the manager of a life insurance
company in that city advertised for a
stenographer. He sent one applicant
the following requirements: Ability to
dictate and transcribe, file and index,
operate an oscilating mimeograph,
hitch pony to cart ant drive to town
twice daily with mail, sweep and
dust.
A few days later the insurance
manager got this reply:
Dear Sir-Yours of recent date at
hand. L beg to state that I am a
typist with speed Of 100 words a
minute. I am AZ years old, have been
connected with British embassy at
Madagascar, am not only an expert
biographer, linguist, telegrapher and
college grad, but have several other
desirable accomplishments.
The light duties you enumerate
would not serve to keep me busy.
fear I would get homesick. 1 am an
expert snow shoveler, frst-class pea
nut rooster and have some knowledge
of removing superfluous hair. Also,
have a medal for reciting 1.-THE Cur
few Shall Not etc.
"Am a skilled chiropodist, can
cook, take care of horses (your pony
cart would be a sinecure), crease
trousers, open oysters, repair UNI
brellas and cane chairs and am also
the champion tobacco chewer of
louisiana My splitting record is
38k feet.
Being useful a. we'll as orna-
mental and my whiskers being eX-
tensive and luxurious, doubtless
| would be useful as pen wiper and
! feather buster.
| by the way, I might ask If 1t
would be Objectionable If I should
practice with my cornet during leis-
| ure hours ?'-Exchange.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
THE AMERICAN FLAG.
When Freedom from her mountal

When Freedom from her mountain
Unfurled her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe of night,
And set the stars of glory there.
She mingled with it's gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric of the skies,
And striped it's pure celestial white
With streakings of the morning light;
Then from his mansion in the sun
She called her eagle bearer down,
And gave into, his mighty hand
The symbol of her chosen land.
Flag of the seas! on ocean wave
Thy stars shall glitter Ger the brave;
When death, careering on the gale,
Sweeps edarkly round the bellied sail
And frighted waves rush wildly back
Before the broadside's Keeling rack
Each dying wanderer of the sea
Shall look at once to heaven and thee,
And smile to see thy splendors fly
In triumph DER his closing eye.
Flag of the free hearts hope and
home!
BY angel hands to valor given;
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome.
And all thy hues were born in
heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls
before us,
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet
And Freedam's banner streaming
DER us?
BY Joseph Rodman Drake
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
APPRECIATE MOTHERS LOVE.

The trouble about mothers is, that
we get so used to them that we don't
half appreciate them until we lose
them. Then we realize what all that
divine care and tenderness meant. No
matter how much you do you can't
begin to return all they have done
for you, but do the best you can. Now
that vacation is here let mother see
that you appreciate all that she has
done for you. Your shoulders are
young and strong; help lift the bur-
den from the tired shoulders. Take
the heaviest part of the homework.
Send her out to enjoy herself while
you do yo,': share. And the daughter
employed can give mother many
little pleasures. So :eth:ng pretty to
wear will please her. che likes pretty
things as we'll as you do. Spend
more time in the home, confiding in
her, telling her your hopec and am
billions, for she is better than all the
girl friends in the world. AS for
the girls who talk and act disrespect-
fully toward their mother, no criti-
cism IS too harsh. If only they knew
what outsiders think of them they
would stop it.-Fox River Leader.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
! VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
BY the Rev. Charles Sickle,

1t has long oeen acknowledged
that 1.-The voice Of the people is the
voice Of God" misunderstanding may
hear in the peoples voice only
great roar of discomfort, or the NUT
terings of the misguided mass. But
he who has understanding will hear
the still. small voice." which speaks
the will of God.
The statesmen I'M every age who
have accomplished the things which
have produced the greatest good for
all the people, got their inspiration
because they kept close to the masses
Rarely does the vision come to the
man who spends all Of his time in
the seclusion of the study. His touch
on life is so slight, and his under
standing Of the needs of men SO in
adequate, that his outlook extends
only to the limits of his own life and
his own narrow experience. It is
only as man comes into contact
with others that his own life becomes
larger and fuller, and # is out of this
fullness that he is enabled to speak
concerning the greater problems of
life.
4<O CLASS VI I1IoIl udVe UIOducl cA-
perience than the common people,
no class knows quite; so well what
it means to toll and to- suffer and to
sacrifice None have higher aspira-
tons and none exhibit deeper conse.
Grafton. 1t is becalse of this that
God speaks through them.
Sometimes the peoples expression
of Gods will is crude. Sometimes it
comes as shock to men who have
become accustomed to things as they
are, who, quite satisfied with present
conditions, are unwilling to be made
uncomfortable by a change which
may mean readjustment in their
method Of living and in their way OF
doing business. But to stand in the
| way of progress is futile. It may be
that it is necessary to oppose certain
features-man-mad and man-ln-
spired-which have crept into the
plans which the people present, but
back of then. all and y eneath them
| all will be found the hand Of God.
This has been proved in history. Al
Gladstone once said, I'm the begin
ming of every great fight for the righ
! and for progress, the leisured classes
! the so-called upper classes, have beer
! on the wrong side of the battlefield.
| The, common peop1e-the men of un
common sense-to these the worle
owes a debt Of gratitude.
II you would hear the voice God
| keep close to the people.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
J: A I. BOND B: D N FolBA':B|Y,I. J
BY Scott N%'ing.

At the outset OF tn war the presi-
dent urged congress Day for the
war as they went. ThSevident means
OF doing this lay in ilbn1e taxes, in
heritance taxes, lai taxes, taxes
upon war Irofits, snt1 Their financial
measures directed at lie surplus in
come of the commury Had this
pohcy' been followed, athe American
people had every feasn to suppose
that it would be follred, the war
would have been a 4ay-as-you-go"
affair.
The many millions /. people who
hoped that the war weld be put on
such pay-as-you-go basis were
rudely awakened duril the early
days of the campaign buy Liberty
bonds by being urged ( ''buy bond
for baby
one paper publisheda large pic
ture OF a charming bab:boy, and un-
derneath Was an Insertion.
Buy Bond for Bah. There you
have the three BIS q JOY. Little
Jimmie or Jane is nowtiny, but 10
years from now will ! at an age
, where money will >be ffful' maybe
Uncle Sam has offerk the Ameri-
! can people a $2,0O0,00OO0 Liberty
bond issue. These bons will help
to pay for the great WY for world
freedom. If you buy hnd for baby
you will be doing two god things
helping America :. in TIL war and
giving baby a stake in lib.
I'm case of necessitys)aby's bond
can be sold at any time! If the gov
eminent does not wish tetake up the
bonds at the end of Is sears it may
let them run for Is yers more, in
which case baby's bond gill continue
to accumulate interest.
"A $50 bond bearing interest at
3% per cent will yield 1875 a year.
A 800 bond will yield 3.50 a year.
In Is years the governnent will pay
in interest $3.50 on 500 bond. If
the interest is depositedSo baby's &C.
count regularly, the Sompoundins
will increase this amour. If only
! per cent is paid on the{interest, the
sum thus earned added 10 the $3.50
paid by the GOVERNED will make
baby's interest $61.S2. pr his total
wealth s161.s2 at tn. cna of Is
,, years. A
'And it IS the sdest invest
1nent in the world. is as Sc
cure as the United Staes itself, as
! it has back Of it all te boundless
resources of the nation!
Buy bond for basy-a liberty
bond. Make baby a littt patriot and
| a little banker"
! The war is not to be Maid for as
we go. Baby and baby's companions
for the next so years will continue to
pay interest on the war bonds, and
! then the principal must be met a,
some time in the future by them or
their descendants,
Is it bonds or bondage that we are
! being urged to buy for b,by?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
LABOR NOTES.

The New York legislature adjourned
without taking action on the full train
crew law repeater, which passed the
state senate.
Seven hundred unorganized machin-
lists Of Chicago struck for an eight
hour day and the union scale of wages.
Many joined the union.
Coppersmiths in Cincinnati sus-
pended work to enforce the eight-hour
day. which has been granted by several
large concerns. These workers are
affiliated with the Sheet Metal Work.
ers' union.
The Bartenders' union of Pittsburgh
has reduced the work week of sew
enty-t two and eighty hours to not over
sixty and raised wages SO week.
James c. Cronin, president and bust
ness agent of the Molders' Union, local
Is, of Philadelphia, was arrested in
| Chester, Pa, recently charged with
| ''inciting to riot, agitating and causing
trouble for the government in time Of
! war"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
THE REAL OFFENDERS.

Race rioting, which broke out in
East st. Louis, ILL.,, on May 20, re-
sulting in several deaths and more
than fifty injuries, besides the de-
struction of much property, within
few weeks, has again become seri-
Gus, continuing with unprecedented
fury, causing enormous property loss
in the burning of several of the negro
quarters of the city, and deaths es-
timated as high as $50, mostly
blacks.
Although martial law has been de-
clared and more than twenty COM
panies of the National Guard are on
duty to quell the disturbances. indi-
cations are that the rioting will be
but temporarily abated, and that
there will be more clashes between
the whites and blacks.
The principal cause of the trouble
is alleged to be the importation of
between 5000 and 5000 negroes
from the south during the last six
months, according to Mayor hoffman
OF East st. Louis, to replace striking
workmen in the factories and ma
chine shops. This was done under
the subterfuge Of war necessity" by
avaricious employers who have but
one consideration-that their profits
squeezed from the products of the
.toilers may be necessarily increased
The Philippians are lured to the in.
dustrial centers and then compelled
to labor for niggardly wages-far
far below that required by the stand
ard of the average white workman
and that is generally exceedingly low
The latter are unable to compete on
these terms, and the outcome is in.
evitable; a feeling of resentment and
hostility on their part, and of re.
pugnance and vindictiveness on the
part of the invaders-and race riot
ing is bound to continue just so Ions
as those conditions are tolerated by
the authorities.
If Governor Lowden would curt
the uprisings Tor the Illinois State
Council of Defense), let him assai
the real instigators-the employers
who are responsible for the deplor.
able industrial conditions in East St
Louis.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
CLEANED AT JOHN
BIS OBSE QUIES

Saturday, June 80, the final day Of !
the legalized saloons career in Duluth, 4
was gala occasion in the downtown
section of the city. BOisterous and
jovial throngs Of men and youths
thronged the thoroughfares from
early in the afternoon until after mid
night, although the various thirst
emporiums ceased to dispense liquid
refreshments at 10 o'clock At that
time the groups of exuberant cele-
brants were unceremoniously and re-
luctantly elected by the mOrose and
downcast saloon proprietors, although
the latter were somewhat cheered by
the enormous eleventh-hour business,
which resulted in tie passage of a
large amount of money into the cof-
fers of the barkeeps.
There was virtually no disorder of
any kind, but one or Two disturb
ances being reported. Those who
were displeased with Duluth entering
the dry column exhibited good sports
manship, being resign d to their fate
without any malice or ill-feeling.
Superior street had the appearance
of a summer carnival affair-wi.h
one sig: ificant Giffe14 'e-many, yes a
great many, mn carrying packages
! which looked as though they might
! contain the wherewithal to alleviate
parched Threats in the future.
Local breweries and saloons did
! probably the largest one-day usiness
! in their history, nearly all delivery
! vehicles in the city bein.; enlisted in
! the frantic endeavor to fill all orders
before the ban was effective. It was
reported that many were unable to
| be accom- odat :, and, should like
! occasion occur, it is certain that these
would 20 their shopping early
| A few minutes past 10, near Third
| avenue West thirst parlor, men were
| seen emerging from er. tWlAile merry
| places carrying glasses which had
| hitherto been used to serve the 'suds'
j but which now, delegated to the
! discard, had evidently been distrib-
;. ed t, be retained as a memento Of
| the occasion.
Out in West Duluth, just before
closing time, belated shopper was
seen laboriously pushing a wheel
barrow toward a brewery, evidently
not wishing to take chance on get
ting left. After obtaining his supply,
he started for home, internationally
! pausing to refresh himself, and, Incl
| dentally, lessen his visible load. Early
Sunday morning pedestrians wit
messed a strang spectacle-a Wheel
barrow, heavily laden, being used as
an improv.sed bed, the occupant with
bottles protruding from his pockets,
| sleeping soundl!- till not having
| reached his destination.
All in all, it was a great evening"
both for the saloon men and those
who attended the last rites of an in
! stitution which had, since there was
a village at the NORTHERN end of Lake
Superior, been licensed to engage In
it's nefarious traffic.
And may its slumber be uninter-
rupted and perpetual!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
MUST PROVIDE SUBSTITUTE

On June 80 the saloon was rele-
gated to history-most likely never
to return.
Regardless Of it's many apparent
distasteful and irremediable fea-
lures, the saloon-like almost every
thing else-was not without a few
commendable traits, and it did rem
der the community real service.
When the transient workman ar
rives in a strange city he generally
seeks out the place where he may
find companions-men like himself
and although sometimes this COM
oanionship costs a great deal, he 10
almost certainly sure of warm re-
ception by the proprietor Of 1.-The
poor mans club The saloon also
provided other accommodations.
The municipality owes it to it's. citi-
zens-and those who visit it at inter-
walls for useful purposes-to provide
place where these migratory work
ers may assemble, where proletarian
hospitality and congeniality may
abound-where lunches may be pro-
cured, good reading material OBJ
ta1ned, and lounging rooms provided
in short a social center expressly
for men, but which must eventually
be made self-supporting and in no
way be considered a charitable insti-
tuition.
Also 1t is necessary that the city
provide several public comfort sta.
tfons, similar to the one located on
the Duluth side of the Aerial bridge
In Hibbing reading room branch
OF the library was established in the
section formerly infested by saloons
ms substitute for workingmen, and
the annual report of the library
board states that it has proven an
unqualified success.
These suggestions may seem fan.
ciful, and incapable of consummatio1
on account of the expense incurred
but in view of the city commission
past action in appropriating money
for such purposes as establishing 3
zoo back of Lester Park, It is not If.
relevant to- ask the commissioners
to undertake this project, and The
Labor World is confident-fn view
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
FIRST LABOR STRIKE.

The first labor strike in America
occurred in Philadelphia 100 years
ago, when 800 shoemakers quit work
and refused to return until their en-
ployers had granted their demand for
increased wages. After this success
full struggle there were no further
important demonstrations of the soli-
darity Of labor until 1S4S. when a
great strike of weavers was declared
in Fall River, marking the beginning
of the long seri Of labor troubles in
industrial New England.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
THE ILLEGAL SALE OF LIQUOR.

THE ILLEGAL SALE OF LIQUOR.
The Minnesota Public Safety COM
mission recently notified the brew
ers of the state that, unless the lille
gal sale of liquor by boot-leggers and
blindpiggers ceased, it would take
steps to suppress the entire sale of
liquor, either by mandate of the
commission or that an extra session
of the legislature would be called for
that purpose.
At a meeting attended by virtually
all of the brewers of the state, held
in St. Paul last Sunday, a committee
on law enforcement was appointed,
whose duty shall be to cooperate
/ with the safety commission in it's
endeavor to stamp out the illegal
traffic.
! Judge John F. MCGEE of the COM
mission was present at the meeting.
!; and told the brewers of the serious
aspects of the illegal sale Of liquor,
stating that this had accelerated
labor troubles, particularly on the
iron ranges, where violations of the
liquor laws are alleged to be more
numerous
In view of the enormous powers
| vested in the public safety, commits
sion and it's determine ton to elimin-
ate any obstacle in the way of Min
nesota doing it's utmost to assist in a
successful prosecution Of the war. it
is we'll that the brewers take all pos
sible steps to carry out it's orders as
far as possible, otherwise there will
be but one outcome, and that is the
prohibition of the sale of liquor in
this state-and the brewers would
have none but themselves to blame
for such drastic action.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07

A news dispatch recently recited
that man was arrested and fined
for making malicious and defamatory
statements about President Wilson.
The offense was committed in a Nee
nah, Wis.,, saloon, and "National
Guard officers testified as to the
language used" Are officers in the
habit of frequenting such places?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07

; Charles R. Van Hise, president of
the University of Wisconsin, charged
that the excess profits of the United
States Steel corporation during the
last year were quarter of a billion
dollars. And then to think that the
corporation subscribed a few paltry
millions for Liberty Loan bonds!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
A GREATER CALAMITY.

A small boy who had been sl1ppered
by his maternal ancestor and set out
on the front porch to- cool off, asked
his little chum, rs there anything you
hate worse than to- have your mother
spank you p" Yes" was the prompt
reply, ITO have dad do It,"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07

The Bakers Local No. 26 of Den
yer. being unable to settle it's Diff
ferences with the three large baker
les there, is operating a bakeshop in
competition with the unfair firms,
and indications are that it may be-
come a permanent institution.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07

1t has been conservatively estim-
ated that $4,000 was spent in sa-
looms in Superior on the opening day
of the wet regime. Just think how
many worthwhile things this would
buy!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
Of the public sentiment expressed by
the vote last April-that they will
receive the support of the citizens of
Duluth.
INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

At the present time industrial
trouble, made manifest by the strikes
occurring in various sections of the
country, including the copper pro-
ducing sections Of Arizona and the
northwestern states, is more pro-
nounced than at any time in recent
years, and of far more precarious
consequences at this time, when the
government is assiduously engaged
in war preparations and is demand
ing the utmost from it's producing
agencies.
The allegation has been made that
German intrigue" is mainly respons-
ible for this unrest of the workers.
This is a fallacious belief, for al
though German influence may be the
instigation of some strikes, there is a
far greater cause of the present trou-
BILE.
Businesses which have sprung into
existence, or have been accelerated
and enhanced because of the extraor-
binary war demands, have, in the
main, reaped--and are reaping-
enormous profits Labor, which is
producing this wealth, is sharing
very little in this 'prosperity' and
wages have been increased in no pro-
portion to the returns which capital
is exacting.
Then must be taken into consider
alton the fact that living costs have
scared far beyond the limits of justi-
fication and reason, so that the
meager increases in wages are in
sufficient to meet wartime prices
with the result that labor is less able
to cope with it's problems than it has
been in the past-which must in
evitably cause dissatisfaction and, in
cidentally, the last resort of labor
strikes.
Give the workers their just re-
: wards, and there will be fewer STOP
pages in the production of those
things which are most vital to the
welfare of the nation and it's people.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
HOME LIFE.

Make the home what 1T should
be-the abode of happiness. There
IL mo better way Of. loving and
proving our love than by showing
at home all the courtesies, SUN.
lures that most Of us reserve for
company use. for love that takes
these things for granted 10 either
counterfeit or DeE1loysly near
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07

Who will venture a prediction as
to the status July 4th, 1918, will
find the United States of America?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07

Have you a label on that pair of
shoes, Mr.. Union Man? If not. why
not?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07
GOOD BOOKS.

Peoria Labor News:-No home is
complete without q bookcase full Of
good books. Nothing is more restful
to tired nerves than good book.
There is an old saying that the
worth of a man is Judged by the
books he reads It is probably a
good way to judge men. Books not
only keep you informed as to the
the brain power.
The business man always has the
latest book on his line of business
and on business in general, for that
matter. The worker, too, should
keep himself informed as to the prog
ress of the labor movement and what
the workers are doing and have done
on other parts of the globe.
The government sends out free a
great many books of value to the
average workingman. They are in
tended to be of benefit to the work
ingman.
BY spending sixty cents week for
books you will have library in five
years from now that any man ought
to feel proud of. They will never
deteriorate in reaf value. A good book
is always good. Good books will give
you new idea Of life. They make
you forget the sordid things in life
They give you the inspiration to ap-
preciate beauty and nature. Get in
the game and be reader and a
thinker. If you stay down in the
mire too long, you'll never be able
to rise
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-07

WILL FISH FOR FISH.
When prohibition reigns supreme,
then men will 60 fishing for fish.