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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
INVESTIGATE RIGHT!

Let us have real investigation into labor condi
tons i'll Minnesota. Bills have been introduced into
the legislature proposing hurry-up investigation
OF alleged lawessness in the northern part of the
state, because immediate relief is needed.'
The Labor World does not sympathize with the
tactics of the Industrial Workers of the World. We
want to make that plain. But we believe any inves-
tgation into the question of lawlessness should not
be confined to one side Of the controversy.
Complaints Of low wages violated contracts. and
insanitary conditions in Northern Minnesota lumber
camps not new. Any real investigation into the
present situation should include the question of
wages and working conditions.
Minnesota is rapidly growing industrial state
1t Intelligent legislation is expected first the legis
lators must have information from reliable sources
Elk parte speeches before legislative committees by
lumber barons will not supply the needed Informal
ton. The other side should be given hearing
The lumber interests propose hurry-up ''inves-
tigation" by committee appointed by the governor.
The proposal doesn't look very good to the legis-
lators firstly, because such investigator will do
absolutely no good, and secondly, because they don t
particularly banker after opportunity to travel
through the north woods such mission in the
present state of the weather.
Minnesota, especially Northern Minnesota is not
Garden OF Eden in the winter time.
Then, again, there is feeling that real inves-
tigation of industrial conditions including agricul-
ture mining and numbering, is what is really needed
This will take time. A commission appointed for
this purpose could be able to make it's report to the
next legislature, and such report might be worth
while
If the labor men in Minnesota make their wants
knoWn-that they want real investigation when
one is made-they will get it. Labor usually gets
what it wants when it goes after it in determined
manner.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
T00LEY TAILORs IN ST. PAUL.

Members Of the legislature will again be pestered
Tailors, unless all signs fail.
AS the story goes, long, long ago. three tailors
convened and signed protest against the then
existing conditions. The protest signed, ave,
the people of England
Minnesota's "Tooey Tailors'' were in evidence
at the session two years ago when the semi-monthy
pay bill was passed A few employees of the railroads
operating in this state signed petition protesting
against the enactment of the law. They claimed to
represent the men who would be affected by it. eve
don't want to get pay twice month, - they said
Furthermore, it will impose an unjust burden on
the railroads.
The Labor World happens to know that in many
cases these men %ere obliged to sign petitions
against their will Put they signed rather than sub
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20

better homes.
The third will increase the taxes on
iron ore and mineral lands.
More of this vast wealth that ma
ture has so lavishly placed here in
our state will be used for the benefit
of the people.
The effect of all these bills will be
to make it better for the man who
puts his land to use and harder for
the one who is now holding it idle,
doing nothing, waiting for others to
improve and build up while he reaps
the increase in value that comes from
their industry.
Get behind the Jones bills and
boost for them. c. J. BUELL.
st. Paul, Mimi
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
WHY DID THEY CHANGE?

Many Of the senator's who voted against Sullivan
two years ago Topped this year. In every instance
those senator's who voted against Sullivan in 1915
and switched to him this year given the privi-
lege OF appointing senate employee
1t was question Of principle two years ago.
sullivan was opposed because he represented the
special interests.
Has Sullivan changed? Not much Is he anv
more desirable now than two years ago? Not that
it may be noticed
Have the $'chameleon'' senators-oh, we'll,
what's the use?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
OUR HOUR OF PERIL
BY JOB HARTMAN

CONCERTED action Of powerful bod
les of men shall not be permitted to
stop the industrial processes of the
| nation, at any rate before the nation
shall have had an. opportunity to &C
| quaint itself with the merits of the
| case as between employee and en-
plOyer." Wilson,
What remarkable statement from
| president who has just been elected
to office by these very same powerful
bodies of men.
For many years these union men
! have struggled against the railroad
magnets until finally, by adding to
their numbers. they have actually be-
come more powerful than the mag
mates themselves.
While these two tremendous powers
stood glazing at each other, a third
power, like monster from the social
! deep, arose, with its arm Of steel
| around the 'magnates.
Thou shalt not strike"
The government has spoken.
The six hundred million dollar
army and navy are now talking, and
! they will be heard.
mo politics in the union?"
Reward your friends and punish
your enemies?'
Will not the union men now see
that more than friends are necessary
in such an hour of need? The work.
ers must hold in their grasp the
power, both to make the laws and to
command the army that enforces
them.
Are not the laws now made to pro-
tect the ownership Of private prop
erty?
And who will say that the govern
ment shall not enforce it's own laws i?
Can not the working men see that
they must make the laws or submit
to the army while they enforce the
laws made by the expressing inter-
ests?
Whenever there is a clash Of in
terest between two powers, the power
that is in office will pass laws pro-
tecting it's interests and will enforce
the laws it passes.
Not only will the army be COM
manded, if necessary, to coerce the
union men, but the union men them
selves, if they refuse to submit to
compulsory arbitration.
But those who have power to make
and to enforce the law, likewise have
power to appoint the arbitrators
Rest assured that they will arbitrate
in their own behalf with the same de-
termination that they pass laws and
command armies. Hence the results
of arbitration conform to the ends
gained by enforcing the law.
Those in power therefore demand
compulsory arbitration laws, while
those out of power resist compulsory
arbitration laws, even to the point of
rebellion.
Whenever the labor unions, by vir-
tue of their power, overcome the
owners of a national industry, they
are immediately and necessarily con-
fronted by the government. The own
ers step out, and the government steps
into their shoes. The weak master is
disl0dged for the irresistible master.
Failure to obey this master is an ap-
peal to arms.
Worklngmen, you are forced to en-
ter politics as a class, to put your own
men in office, to make laws protect
ing your interests and to use the gov
eminent force, the army, to enforce
your laws, or you will have to submit
to their laws and their armies.
You are confronted with a. fact and
not theory. Govern yourselves &C.
cordingly.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
SalOOnless Oregon.

Hibbing Tribune-After one year
without saloons, Oregon is ready to
say that prohibition has been a sue
cess both economically and morally.
The Portland police records show
that petty crime has decreased more
than SO per cent. Automobile acct
dents have decreased so per cent.
Public drunkenness has almost dis
appeared. Vagrancy is lower than
ever before. The number of non
support Eases has been cut in half.
Commitments to the penitentiary have
decreased so per cent and to insane
asylums rs per cent.
The city superintendent of schools
of Portland sa, the children are bet
ter clothed, better fed and better
shod than they have been in the past.
And school attendance has improved
materially. .f
Its fine showing. for one year.
There seems TO have been no period
of painful readjustment to new con-
ditions. The first forward step was
taken and followed BY steady prog
reSS, '..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
RICE MILL WORKERS GAIN

CROWLEY, La, Jan. 1S.-Organ-
lied rice mill workers, affiliated to
the American Federation of Labor.
have secured wage increases of Is
cents day, and will now attempt
to reduce working hours. They are
preparing to enlist every eligible en-
ploye in the Organization. The pres
ent work day is from 7 a. m. to
p. m. Most of the mills run "a
hours a day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
What Other Papers Say
Military Training In Schools.

new orleans Labor Advocate: We
are opposed to compulsory military
training In schools, such as Is being
advocated by certain bloodthirsty in
divlduals throughout the United
States. While we believe in prepared
ness, we think military service should
be entered into voluntarily. and the
services should be paid for by the ma
ton. Training for soldiery is training
for human slaughter. There are per-
sons whose natures will not permit of
this sort of training and they should
not be compelled to undergo it. Let
those who are so inclined follow mill
tary careers.
1t occurs to us that in this age Of
intelligence and enlightenment wars
and all things pertaining thereto are
needless. We do not see why there
cannot be peaceful solution of all
international troubles. It is just as
natural for nations to quarrel as it is
for individuals, but all quarrels can
be settled by courts of jurisdiction.
The case of the United States and
Canada is an example for the world
to behold what can be accomplished
without boundary bristling with
forts and cannon. All troubles be-
tween these great nations are settled
without resort to war; On the other
hand, if great standing armies had
been facing each other along the
boundary line during the many years
of settlement and colonization it is
more than probable that they would
have leaped at each others threats
long ago, as that is the teaching and
business Of soldiery. Instead of vast
ing millions of dollars in training our
school boys in the game OF human
slaughter, we ought to try and ad-
vance them to a state of intelligence
and understanding whereby they
would realize that no quarrel or diff
ference between nations of persons
was so great as to not admit of an
amicable adjustment
While we are willing and ready to
offer our sons in defense of the ma
ton, we want them to know that we
consider war and soldiery a needless,
brutal drain of lives and resources.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20

The Fairmont Daily Sentinel clipped bodily an
editorial from the Labor World last week, entitled
Lloyd George and Suffrage without giving this
paper credit for the article. We should worry but
Immediately following The Labor World editorial as
run In The Sentinel an editorial entitled elm
portant Omissions, :" otherwise we should perhaps
not have noticed it,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES,

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Jan. 49,
Typographical union No. 1872 has
signed a four-years' contract, carry
ing wage increases of 10 per cent,
with employers. One-half Of the in
crease becomes effective Immediately
and the remaining one-half in two
years.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
embarrassment. and perhaps

ject themselves to embarrassment and perhaps
something more serious.
The same old gang of lobbyists is on the Job in
st. Paul. men who assume to act for the railroad
companies, and do not represent organized labor.
If they did, their jobs wouldn t last two minutes.
They will lobby for ''Tooley Tailors,'' aided and
abetted by every railroad corporation in Minnesota.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20
FEW MOLDERS
ON STRIKE ROLL

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Jan. 49,
The iron molders' strike for a shorter
workday has resulted in the estab-
Hshment of the nine-hour day and
minimum wage of $3.50 There
are less than a score Of molders on
the strike roll.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20

The Labor World has noticed that some Of it's
editorials have been reprinted in the editorial COL
umns tt other labor papers, but without giving us
credit We take just pride-although we would
IKE to see credit given-and appreciate the dissem-
nations Of the ideas and opinions contained therein
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20

People, generally, are out of the
hero worshipping mood. Statesman
ship, for a while, will be estimated by
common sense tests. CO.. VI. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-01-20

Chief McKercher has expressed approval of the
proposed state constabulary bill Is the chief in
capable of preserving peace and order?
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16
CARE OF FINE FURNITURE
AND INTERIOR WOODWORK.

Several Ia. year all the interior
Woodwork AMI furniture should be rub
he'd with soft cloth molztened with
yellow paraiiin oil. costing about Il
cents pint. The finish Is greatly Inn
proved ~ this treatment. and the wood
will last much longer In perfect eondi.
ton. This paraiiin oil Is also an excel
lent cleaner and viii remove the dust
aud grease deposit found on woods
cleaned with a dry dust cloth.
\ great many people clean white
woodwork with strong soap or the va
rio8s cleaning powders The woodwork
viii be- clean. bot II vii soon wear on
or bccoma dry and faded. \ Thin paste
~ powdered whiting i by Tar the hest
cleaner for all painted wood. furniture
aud enamel beds. The whiting Is mixed
with water 70 make n thin paste about
the consistency Of cream. This Is rub.
bed over a small surface Of the white
v gsdwofk until Il becomes clean. the
surplus whiting Is rubbed 81. aud no
rlusing Is required
Many housekeepcr has grieyed over
a highly finished table OF stand which
j. ruined Is white sffofs caused Is
water from Hover pots or bowls. These
white spots may - readily removed By
liffle careful treatment. Wet n soft
cheeAeciuth With wood or denatured al
cohol and lightly sponge the spot.
When the white disappears pour
enough Of the yellow parafiin oil over
fAe spot TO cover and allow 10 stand
several hours. wipe on the surplus oil
and polish when thoroughly dry.
Remember. then. that finished woods
require cleaning. but they are ruined
ty strong soaps and washing powders
an intelligent understanding OF their
composition.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16
High Shoes Worn.

Last winter many women wore low
shoes In the street throughout the
worst weather. Now unless n woman
steps from n limousine or taxi she is
seldom seen counting pneumonia
Those who are on their way 10 after
noon functions requiring elaborate
dress generally slip on pair of silk
gaiters which are in keeping with the
costume and may be slipped off on ar
rival 1T destination. There might be
some question of correctness i'm wear
Ing these spats with crepe or chiffon
afternoon dress If kept on after the
coat was removed. Black patent after
noon pumps or slippers are worn with
stockings which match the gown.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16
BETSY and the Bad Boy.

Once upon n time not SO very long
ago there was "A nice rag doll by the
name of Betsy.
one day She went cut to play in the
yard with her mamma and uncle. who
was q rather noisy little boy. Jimmie
by name. She was sitting happily on
wooden bench beside her mamma when
her uncle cried out. give me my ball
or | viii do something 20 your doll,'
OF course Betsy was much fright
quarreled with her mamma and had
thrown Betsy right into a lily pond
that stood In one corner of the yard
II haven't got your old ball" Betsy
heard her mamma say. So she chung
tightly TO the wooden bench and hoped
the quarrel would pass over.
Bur. alas for poor Betsy. her uncle
ran right up To her, seized her by one
calico arm and bracing both legs. with
all his might flung her right ~, on TO
limb OF the apple tree that they had oil
been 50 happy playing under.
Betsy screamed with fright. She felt
sure that her leg would be broken
when she fell back TO the ground. But
happily her blue Bingham apron caught
on a twig, aud there she hung quite
safe IL uncomfortable until her grand
mother came home and poked her off
the twig with clothes pole.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

From Paris come some lovely little
aprons for children. They are made OF
praeticai materials. such as jean. pop
lin or fine French cotton fabrics. aud
they have borders which show printed
flowers. animals or geometric designs
10 delight the eye Of the little wearers.
The eolors are blue. pink and tan
and also white. Some Of the models
are made with shoulder straps. while
others Introduce plaits across the
shoulder and have rufiie finish. Near
~ all the aprons are supplied with
pockets They make ideal play gar
ments ~ we'll rs Offering protection
for The little frock of linen or batistc
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

Jesus the Bread of Life (John Vi,
2240). Memorize verse % Golden
Text, Jesus said unto them. am the
Bread of Life John Vi, 35l..
Verses 24-26. The seeking multitude.
With great vlyidness the fourth COS
pei describes the perplexity of the mn-
tltude when it discovered the absence
of Jesus on the morning following the
miracle of the feeding of the 1000.
Word from The region round about
made ii certain that he was mot
there. so as last resort the crowd
got into the boats and came to Gaper-
inally come. There they found the OBJ
Iect Of their search And when they
found him on the other side of the. sea
they We're 50 perplexed by his presence
there that they could not at once take
up the subject which had been dis
cussed the previous day. Instead
they asked. rabbi. when earnest thou
lilherE In that question was com
pretended another. for they wished 10
know how even more than when"
Jesus made no direct answer to
their inquiry Tie time had come
when, in view of their act on the pre-
yions night. he felt it necessary 10 face
them Squarely with the implications
Verify. verify. We seek me. not because
We saw signs, but because We ate of the
loayes and were filed 1t was not so
much what Jesus might mean for the
nation as what be might mean for
them in the most selfish aspect of life
that interested them And Jesus
would never admit men into his com
pany on such basis
Verses Dc. -lmperishable bread.
Immediately Jesus turned upon the
conception of life which governed most
Of them. "Worl. not for the food which
perisheth.' The Greek verb has it in
the idea of spending all ones energies
In the pursuit Of Il daily livelihood. II
WAS against such Il Grass materiallsm
that Jesus was protesting. The food
winch anldetH unto eternal he, winch
the Son Of man shall give unto you"
In contrast TO the sort Of food for
which they were struggling, Jesus
pointed out the food which Is worthy
OF such an effort. II is spiritual nour-
ishment of the Kind which builds III
the soul. There is some uncertainty
MS 10 the manner i'm which this sen
tenee should be punetnated. tThere
are no punctuation marks in the orig
inal Greek. The English speaking stu
dent must insert them rs he believes
the sense demands.5 relying upon the
example of other passages. it seems
likely that the comma should be insert
ell after the word 'abideth' and that
eternal life should thus he considered
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16
FOR BEGINNERS.
Hints to Help Mrs. NewIy~ed Over
Hard Spots.

Hints to Help Mrs. NewIywed Over
Hard Spots.
In making soups always put the meat
in cold water. Corned beef and ham
should be pnt In boiling water. \ tn
blespoonful of vinegar put Ia the pot
VIII make tough meat or chicken ten
der
70 roast beef allow twenty minutes
20 a pound.
All vegetables should be put In boil
ing water.
tut hot brown bread by putting a
string around the loaf the right thick
ness for slice and draw quite tight
Anything mixed with water requires
a hotter o~en than anything mixed
with milk.
\ dish Of cold water put In the oven
viii prevent cake from burning.
In making tea allow one teaspoonful
for each person and one for the pot.
Allow one tablespoonful of coffee for
each person and one for pol.
Always part fruit with "A silver knife.
Always sweep carpets the way the
nap runs.
II new tlnware Il rubbed over with
fresh lard and then thoroughly heated
In the oven before 1t j. used II viii
never rust aiterward. no matter how
much water Is used Ia II.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16
The Sunday School Lesson

gift of The Son of man. For him
the Father, even God hath sealed
Jesus claimed that his ministry had
already been certifiC; 10 by God. show
ing that he did possess The power to
grant eternal life. Yhe reply Of the
multitude was characteristic. Jesus
had reproached them for working for
the wrong kind of food. To that they
said. What must we do that we may
work the works of God?' The ques-
ton. while ii showed willingness to be
taught. also showed that the multitude
was i'm Il mental fog. They missed al
together the essential fact in the words
of Jesus. that he was a giver of eter-
nal life. Perhaps they even missed
the inference that lie was the Son Of
man. The only thing they grasped at
all was his command to work for the
eternal food of God. And they asked.
as persons stepped in the ritual of
, formal worship, what works they
might perform to secure this bread.
Jesus was quick TO answer that ii was
not works that God requires. but Il
single work." and that this is belief
on him whom he hath sent" Faith
in Jesus is the supreme Christian re-
quirement. Immediately the counter
demand was made, "What then doest
thou for a sign, that we may see and
believe thee? Our fathers ate
the manna In the Wilderness" In 9TH
er words. If Jesus is the greatest of all
Gods leaders. he must be able TO per-
form miracles which shall surpass
those performed by Moses, until then
the highest type of divine representa-
tive.
The demand of the multitude showed
| the crassness Of their thought. Jesus
Immediately turned their thoughts back
TO his words by saying, 1t WAS not
Noses that gave YOU the bread out of
heaven" The mama might have saved
the bodies of the Israelites, but they
knew that there had been no eternal
spiritual nourishment i'll it. MY Fa-
Their giveth you the true bread out of
heaven. II was this Jesus had come
to proffer.
Verses 33-:,5-The bread of life
Jesus did not leave any doubt as TO
the implications of his words. This
true bread of God is that which com
eth down out Of heaven and giveth
life" II is possible to translate the
verse by substituting he" for that"
But even as the words stand the fig
nre is so thinly yelled that it seems
remarkable that the crowd did not
catch their meaning. Il am the bread
OF life; he that cometh TO me shall not
hunger. and he that believeth on me
shall never thirst" Here is the an
nouncement to which all the rest had
been leading. In Jesus is TO he found
complete and abiding spiritual Salts
| faction.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-16

Photo by American Press Association.
"Haye been spending n week on the
great Bahama banks and managed to
catch a sea devil | inclose Il snapshot
of him. Not bad fish" So runs
letter from w X. Vanderbilt, Jr., who
has been hunting big sea game in
Florida waters aboard his smart yacht
Tarantula. His catch Is n record for
that part of the ocean and more than
Justifes the millionaire's pride in the
capture of the mammoth specimen of
the manta yirostris shown in the pie
ture. we ran on three deyilfish uE-
expectedly." he says. This one we Sc