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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-07-24
Bryan to Speak in State This Fall.

Minneapolis, July 24.-William Jen-
nings Bryan will return to Minnesota
during the latter part Of September or
early part Of October, to assist in max
ing the state dry, and in the election
of dry legislature, according to Sen
.ator Richard Jones, campaign manager
for the Minnesota Dry Federation.
MI. Bryan is president Of the Ma
tional Dry Federation and, it is, said,
particularly interested in the campaign
here owing to the fact that the Mime
sofa constitution is difficult to amend,
requiring a majority Of all votes cast
at the election
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-07-24
BOYS is TO q MAKE
THE BEST SOLDIERS.
The Dashing Victory Of American Sol
diers Has stirred the Youth at
Home to Get in the Ser
-. vice Now.

Events Of the past few days on the
Western. battlefront in France have:
proven that American youth, when
they know their cause is right, cannot
be stopped. A new page was written
IN American history in the. past week,
and deeds accomplished which = will
send a thrill of pride along the keel OF:
every red-bl0ode American, whenever.
deeds of va1or are mentioned s 40 T. 49, ss
: The dashing victory OF American
troops has. so stirred the youth at home
that extra precautions have to be taken.
by recruiting officers to keep the boys
under the age Of Is years from getting
unto the service. Hundreds OF boys,
have been turned down during the past:
week because Of their fmmaturity .;
The same condition exists in all parts
ofthe country, SO much so in fact, THAT
special orders in regard to accepting:
men below the registration age. of "a
years have been issued from the Office
Of the Adjutant Gener::... &c & I Washing;
ton. * = y Z
Enlightenment Of age in enlisting con-
st1tut9s fraudulent enlistment, and
hundreds Of boys have been discharged
from tpe army recently upon applica-
ton of their parents who present proof
of the fact that they are under IS
years. The consent of parents or
guardiaN is not necessary if a boy is
over Is stears of age and wishes to en-
list in tho army. It is necessary, how.
ever, that he furnish documentary evil.
dence to the recruiting officer that he.
is above the age Of Is years. Hereafter
young men under the registration age,
upon applica ton for enlistment must
prove to the satisfaction Of the recruit:
ing officer that he has reached the ages
A birth certificate, certificate of
baptism, or school certificate showing
exact age will be- accepted. :, If the fore
going are not available, affidavit of
parent or guardian with legal evidence
Of guardianship must be presented.
All previous wars in which this
country engaged prov ed that men from
= years of age make the. best.
fl So. and best allsaround soldiers
Ma. :!ohn D. Yost, r recruiting officer;
fer - Minnesota District, is anxious
TO enlist as many men Under. the draft
age as possible but all must present
satisfactory evidence Of their age. -:
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-07-24
TEL q: El'P ,!9'| LINES Or 7.
] !; COUNTY INSPECTED
Reports Will Form Basis For Making
an Appraisal Of Physical Value
y Long Distance Telephone
.. s Lines in Minnesota

All 5the long distance telephone lines
In Marshall County operated by the
'Tri:State Telephone & Telegraph Com
;paiiy have been inspected, and a com
piete inventory obtained by a crew Of
expert telephone men, under the direc-
tionEd the Minnesota Railroad and
sW Y Aouse Commission. The crew
which was. at work in Marshall county
.N VA 1n charge Of Mr.. Charles e. Hoy,
Of minneapolis, and covered every foot
ct pole in the county, making a COM
plete record of the condition Of each
unit, such as poles, wires, crossarms,
anchors and pins: 5t:4f
These reports will be forwarded to
the ONCE Of Mr.. D. F. Jurgensen, Chief
tEnginsefsof the Railroad and, Ware
house Commission, for compilation, and
win formathe basis for making an ap-
sprais4l of*the physical value Of the
long distance telephone lines in Mime
sofa. The records also will become a
part q the permanent archives Of the
Engineering Department. The valua-
ton y desired by the Railroad and
Warehouse Commission at this time
mainly for the purpose Of enabling it to
determine the reasonableness of the
telephone toll rates in the state, against
which. there have been more or less
criticism # competent telephone men
will be available, Mr.. Jurgensen hopes
to complete the field work this year,
but the task is an immense one, entail
ing asst does the inventorying of fully
ten thousand miles Of pole lines.
The. inVentorying Of: the toll line pro-
pertieJ of the Northwestern Telephone
Exchange Company will be done lit
tie later sin the summer ssrr.aH...
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-07-24

The Vega Farmers Club meets Sat-
urday evening, July 9th. A good pro-
gram will be rendered. Everybody is
invited to attend.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT.

just after the packers combine
had been shown up as using slush
funds to prevent an investigation of
their business and the possible pros
ecution of the Swifts and Armours
on criminal charges, the Labor De-
partment announces a settlement be-
tween the packers and their 100000
employees. It's a compromise, and
probably will not last long. There
is no recognition of the union during
the war. Adjustment of wages and
hours is to be left to the decision of
an administrator who will be chosen
by the secretary of labor and ap-
proved by the Council of National
Defense. Six Of the eighteen propo-
sitions at issue will be arbitrated:
the rest have been settled, at Least
for while. Public ownership sux-
gestions are dropped.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
SHORTAGE OF VASES"
IS NATIONS PRQblE EN-

Shortage of wages and not a short.
age Of labor is the thought Of cooie
advocates and others who talk about
a scarcity Of labor, says Editor Tveit-
moe, In Organized Labor, official pa
per of the California state building
trades council.
1.-The real trouble with this kind
of gentry is not scarcity Of labor; it
is shortage of wages" says Tveitmoe.
agricultural vocations and indus
tries which pay living wages have no
difficulty in getting plenty Of able
and faithful workers. This is amply
evidenced by the large numbers who
seek employment every day in the
ship yards. Hundreds of men are
looking for work that will enable
them to earn an honest living. Our
farmers also are honest and among
those who have been exploited and
robbed. They understand that they
must pay higher wages to their help
when their products are selling at a
price several hundred PEI cent more
than what these products brought 10
years ago.
Raise the pay of the workers!
That is the solution of the labor pro-
blem. OF course it would be fine for
the greedy labor skinne1; to flood the
state with cheap labor under the pre-
text Of patriotism"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
committee had twice reported the

committee had twice reported the
measure, unanimously favoring it,
An appropriation of but $4,000
was called for, and this provided for
a study of after-the-war reconstruct
tson. a movement in which the gov
eminent will be vitality interested.
It is very significant that the meas
ure was opposed by big business in
terests, and the roll call showed that
the anti-labor forces lined up against
it.
Congressman Miller OF this district
cast his vote against the resolution,
thereby affirming the suspicion that
he is too solicitous about the welfare
of the big employing interests in the
Eighth Minnesota.
The vast army of workers in this
constituency should remember this
fact, for it is likely that Mr.. Miller
may soon have occasion to submit his
candidacy to the voters, either for re-
election or higher office.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
MAY END LABOR PERSECUTION.

Secretary Wilson's special COM
mission, by persuading President
Wilson to urge a new trial for Tom
Mooney, victim of the "frame-up"
trial in the San Francisco bomb case,
has stirred up no end Of talk in the
capital. All the reactionaries wish
that the case could have been quietly
disposed of long ago, because it has
been made the text of too many cri-
ticisms of the anti-labor prejudices
of courts and prosecutors. Now that
the president has called the atten-
ton of the California authorities to
the SERIOUS disQuietude" caused in
this country and in Russia and in
other parts of the world by the ap-
parent ease with which a labor agi-
tator could be put to death at the
demand of fanatical capitalists in the
United States, there may be an end
of these scandals.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
FREE TRADE and PEACE

The Public: There is room for dif-
ference Of opinion as to the correct
explanation Of President Wilson's
declaration for 1.-The removal so far as
possible, Of all economic barriers and
the establishment of an equality Of
trade conditions among all the nations
consenting to peace, and associating
themselves for it's maintenance" But
while an exact Interpretation may be
hard, there is no reason to question it's
tendency. The removal of all eco
nonic barriers can mean nothing else
than abolition Of all tariffs whether
. levied for protection or for revenue.
The phrase 80 far as possible is in
tended to modify the declaration in
order to lessen opposition, although
whatever exists is due solely to
economic ignorance or to predatory
inclipations. But concessions may be
necessary lest protected interests block
peace. And this is probably what the
president had in mind.
That there are selfish interests. in
all be1ligerent nations capable Of taxi
And these interests will be responsible
oAAooAA &AAV WIZ ~ S1S1AA w uGdSSSu
into war. More than reduction of
ornaments, adjustment Of colonial
claims or changes in national bound
aries, will free trade be a. guarantee
Of peace. Under free trade conditions
it would be a trifling matter to Serbia
for instance, whether she had her
window on the sea-" Free trade
would give her as free and secure ac-
cess to the sea as has any inland state
of the United States. Lack Of sea
coast would be Of as little concern to
any nation as it is to the state Of Kan
sas. The ice free ports OF Europe
would be as open to Russian COM
merce as if they were within her own
boundaries. In fact. international
boundaries would signify little more
| than our own state boundaries. So
| the removal of economic barriers to
trade, means removal, at the same
time, of serious obstruction to per-
manent peace. But it is doubtful
| whether American and European pro-
tectionists do not prefer to perpetuate
| the menace Of war.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
VICTIMS OF SANDER
(From Nonpartisan Leader.) ,

<From Nonpartisan Leader.)
Union labor in the United States is
being made the victim of the same
tempting to besmirch the farmers. It.
is the game Of the Big Interests and
the press and political subservient to
them to make the farmers and the
labor unions appear unpatriotic. An
instance is an insulting editorial in the,
January issue of Worlds Work. The
title is: will Labor Keep its Pro-
mises?"
The object Of the editorial is to
make it appear that lober's pledge
of loyalty at the Buffalo national con-
vention is more or less a blind; that
there is large element, it not almost
a majority, in union labor ranks that
is "pro-German" and "dis1oyal," be-
cause they oppose >Gompers. The
Worlds Work makes the insulting:
and hysterieal statement that this an
ti-Gompers element is financed by
German money. It goes on to say
that the Gompers candidate for trea-
surer of the American Federation was
defeated tor PREDICTION at the conven-
ton, and that man who is luke
warm in his patriotism elected in his
place; that there would have been an
open attack on "ompers himself, fol-
lowed probably by his defeat for re-
election, except that the anti-war
unionists lacked the courage to make
an open fight on Gompers in the CON-
vention. They took out their spite.
however, by defeating the Gompers
candidate for treasurer, according to
the Worlds Work.
The Leader has no opinion in re-
gard to the desirability, from a labor
union standpoint, OF having Gonlpers
remain the head OF organized labor
in this country. That is a. matter SOLE
ly up to union labor, and the business
of no one else. Union labor has a.
right to elect what men it sees fit to
the highest offices in it's gift, and we
do not question union labor's judg-
ment. We have, always understood Mr..
Gompers to be an honest, patriotic
citizen, with the best interests Of or
ganized labor at heart. But it is
ridiculous to assert that any union
man who opposes Gompers is dis
loyar and "pfo-German." It is fam
atica1 to say that his opponents are
financed with German money.
The game Of trying to discredit
union labor and the organized farmers
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02

most surely is. Each endeavors to
sell something; one some ware or
product, the other his labor.
When workman accepts employ
ment, say for eight hours, he agrees
to sell his energy for that time.
What would be the result, if, fol-
lowing the ethics of big business, the
worker would proceed to deceive his
employer by giving him only half or
part of the eight hours, restricting
his production through stalling or
loafing? And again, what if he
would do his work only half as we'll
as he is able to? The outcome would
be that he would be branded an
l. w. w., harshly dealt with, and
probably prosecuted by lawless mobs.
Thankfully, however, the workers
don't subscribe to this kind of ethics,
and consequently expect a square
deal from those who control the in
dustrial business of this country.
The people have tolerated corrupt
business long enough, and the time
has come when the government
should penalize the culprits who
have spread misery and ruin by their
high-handed tactics.
If business ethics permit such I'M
scrupulousness, then they are in ur-
gent need of purging.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
Editors Talk Up to Governor
(From The Mesaba Ore

Among the resolutions adopted at
the meeting last week of the North
ern Minnesota Editorial association
was an urgent request that Governor
Burnquist call the state legislature in
extra session for the purpose Of pass
ing a law enabling the Minnesota
soldiers in France to participate in
the state elections.
The governor has repeatedly re-
fused to make the call, and there is
a growing suspicion about the state
that he entertains the fear that the
legislature might do other things than
that for which the meeting was called
and there are several other things
the governor does not want done.
High Oil the list is the Public
Safety commission which, apparently
is playing considerable politics in the
governors behalf, and at the expense
OF the state-so apparent that the
people about the state are passing
remarks about it. Still, the governor
is said to possess the fear that an
extra session Of the legislature might
interfere with this very laudable un-
dertaking, even to the end of dissolv-
ing the commission altogether. y.
If there is truth in the report, then
the Commission should be abolished
or made to sit up straight and attend
strictly to the business it was created
for. And. on the other hand, if the
report is untrue, then the governor
need have no fear Of what the legisla-
ture might do to the commission. .H
Governor Burnuuist cannot afford
to be a, piker and there are forty
thousand Minnesota soldier boys in
France, 4 E .E4..- s. ia, cs ,.s .5...ss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
BAKER MAKES GOOD.

When Secretary of War Baker con-
cluded his testimony before the Sen
ate committee Tuesday afternoon OPP
position to him faded into nothing.
Here was an honest, sincere and pa
:riotic man answering his critics
without malice, admitting that mis-
takes had been made, but correcting
them upon their discovery, and ex-
planning without boast the marvellous
since America entered the war, CIV
ing credit where it was due to his as
sociates, and defending with pride
the program of the department in
purchasing heavy guns from Eng
land and France, while every effort
at home Twas conferred on assembling
and drilling an army of more than a
million men.
Secretary Baker looms like a giant
above his critics. His answer shows
Roosevelt to be back number in the
art Of war Chamberlain is reduced
to pigmy size, and his compulsory
universal military training measure
will now find safe resting place in
the graveyard of Congress. The
rank partisans who sought to make
capital out Of the nagging of Teddy
and the whining Of Chamberlain
should now sneak back into their po-
litical holes and remain there until
the real American patriots win the
war.
President Wilson declared that
Mr.. Baker is one of the ablest men
he had met in public life. Again
Wilson is shown to be right Mr.
Baker is great man. The war de-
partment affords him an excellent
opportunity to prove his ability, and
when he shall have gloriously fin
ished his task there the American
people will keep him in mind for
higher honors, and greater public
service, and this is the thing that
Republican partisans most fear.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02

It is likely that the outbursts of cri-
ticism of the war management, in
congress, will result in the cleaning
up of the press-gag situation. It is
expected the president will compel
the postmaster general to stop sup
pressing radical papers, since the re-
dictionary press is never disturbed
when it denounces the administra-
tons acts. Another change pro-
posed is that the Department of JUS
tice give up the notion that it can
root out any given sort of political
or economic thinking.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
ETHICS OF BIG BUSINESS.

! An outstanding feature of the war
at this time is, the sensational expose,
through the governments interest
in business and divers Investigations,
of the lack Of scruples and honesty
of many of the big industrial cap
tains.
The daily papers are full Of ac-
counts depicting the means of dece.p-
ton employed by business interests
to. exact enormous profits from the
people. Not satisfied with pre-war
earnings, which in most cases were
. adequate, these business men have
taken advantage of wartime condi-
lions to add to their incomes
At present the Federal Trade COM
mission is conducting an investiga-
ton of the meat packing industry,
which is centered around the "bjg
five" packers in the Chicago district.
Reports show that large staffs of at
torneys and political fixers'' we're
maintained to influence legislation,
with the explicit purpose of prevent
ing the enactment of any laws dele
terious to "business 1t was show n
that even attempts were made to con-
troll the president in an effort to
forestall legislation calling for a
probe of the packing industry.
That there is little justification
for the present footwear prices, and
that the manipulation of the leather
market is primarily responsible for
present conditions, is very evident
from the revelations in the leather
industry, for records show that ex-.
ports have decreased, while at the
same time there has been an increase
in the slaughter of cattle, conducting
to provide greater supply of leath-
er in this country.
There are scores of such illustra-
tiens, including the coal industry, in
/ all of which the paramount concern
Ii has been to accumulate dividends,
4 with the public fertile field for ex-
&: ploitation and the sky the limit for
I. profiteering.
RI In contrast with these ethics of
Il business are the sincerity and tnteg-
n rity of those who toll for their
daily bread.
although some may contend there
4. is NO analogy between the ethics of
y busX ess men and Workingmen, there
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
SEEING |. THE ! BIG THINGS
BY ReY. Charles Sickle.

The microscope has its uses. But
you cannot see the stars through a
microscope. You cannot get a broad
view of nature-the rivers, the noun
tains, the green earth--you cannot
see even a single tree through a mi
croscope.
There are men who always look
at life through this little instrument.
They seem to take a peculiar delight
in searching for the small things in
life-the petty. the mean things--in
others lives:
They never have a vision. They
never take into the sweep of their
horizon the really great and good
things. If they were to be shown a
beautiful painting, they would search
for fly-specks upon the frame. and
because their outlook is narrow, they
become pessimistic and bitter and
censorious.
Unfortunately, the labor movement
is sometimes retarded by these un-
happy individuals. Occasionally they
are found within the ranks of the
workers., They are the ones who are
dead weights to the really earnest
men who are bravely making fight
for better things.
But they are also found outside the
labor movement. To them, the labor
movement consists Of Unreasonable
strikes and INSCRIPTIONS agitators.
They do not see the millions of chill
dren in the mills and the factories
who should be at home and in the
schools, and for whom organized.
labor is making a strong fight, while
the great mass of even intelligent
people are strangely Indifferent to
their struggles.
They seem to be ignorant of the
terrible sweat shop in which thou
sands Of the toilers are wearing out.
their lives in the hopelessnesa of
abject poverty, and for whom the
labor union almost single-handed is
battling, in what is bound to be a
winning fight.
Who is doing more for the woman
that tolls than the labor union?
What institution stands more cour-
ageously, for a squarer deal for our
sisters and mothers? Not in a weak,
sickly. sentimental way. but with a
vigor and a red-bloodedness that is
sometimes startling in its persistency
and in it's effectiveness.
Look through your telescope for a
little while-and forget the fly
specks. Nobody likes them. We
can't get rid Of them altogether, but
there is something else on the hort
Zon.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02
A FRIEND OF THE WORKINGMAN

A FRIEND OF THE WORKINGMAN
The appointment of George D. Nc
earthly to succeed the late J. A. P.
Neal as city prosecutor, announced
by the city attorney this week, is the
subject of great deal of favorable
comment in union circles.
Mr.. Mccarthy, who has had sew
eral years. experience as newspaper
man, recently passed the state bar
examination, after having studied
law in his spare time. This in itself
Is a testimonial to his integrity and
sterling character, and stamps him
as one who is sure to .emerge from
life's trials triumphantly.
Although never having belonged
to a labor union, Mr.. Mccarthy has
always been friendly toward the
workingman, and is a steadfast be-
lever in the contention that he is
entitled to greater share of the
fruits of his toll. Mr.. McCarthy's
views on the big questions of the day
are consistent with those of men
connected with the labor movement,
and workingmen may feel assured
that their interests are safeguarded
while the city has such a prosecutor.
Mr.. Mccarthy enters upon his new
duties untrammeled and with a clear
conscience, and The Labor World
wishes him every measure of success,
and that his present position may be
but a stepping stone to field of
greater activity.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-02

by questioning their patriotism goes
merrily on. ANY union that asks for
better wages or working conditions il
disleyal and financed by Germany.
Any farmer who asks that the govern
nent fix prices on what he has to buy
as well as on what he has to sell, is
unpatriotic and in sympathy with tho
Kaiser. However, Teddy the Terrible,
who is going up and down the country
n1aligning President Wilson and Civ
ing comfort to Berlin by his vicious
attacks on the conduct OF the war, is
a gentleman and patriot. It is to
laugh.