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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
NATIONAL LABOR BOARD
assists COMMON LABOR
Fixes Minimum Wage For Unskilled Laborers al
10 and so Cents an Government
Is For Man First.

WASHINGTON July 19-A minimum wage for common labor
OF between 45 so cents hour to be fixed by the National
War Labor board before the end Of the present
That the of the decision
the Of 5000 employees in eight plants Waynesboro,
week. granting them
at The had asked minimum of only 80 hour
Some OF them had been getting % cents hour the time
strike.
This Wanesboro sets the rule for all which
before the board LATER which the common
labor issue The board that
sderaon the question Of determining the living wage which,
its principles must be the minimum
and his family to subs in health and reasonable Final
determination of the question special business
for Tuesday, July %. *>'f
Hundreds of thousands Of working industries
IN the United States today less than 40
their brought before War Labor board
whether separately abor along with grievances
OF skilled and betterp paid the wage will be applied
The statement that the be fixed be above 45
cents hour based the known figures
the cost OF living IN the cheapest Of the industrial
How honestly the board earning the title of edge
OF the labor movement illustrated further take
aso July 23rd the final consideration question of the
basic woday In the meantime TEMPORARY decision
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
toWER|1PR|.IcE.F0R ! |! ..
MILK DEMANDED
Dairy Association Asks For a
Cheaper. Rate for Twin
Ports Consumers

The Twin Ports Dairy association
and the milk distributors at the Head
Of the Lakes have not reached an
agreement yet as to the price to be
paid producers for July and August
milk.
The creamery men have refused to
make an advance over the price paid
for June which was 1886 pei hum
dred for standard test Of 3.5 per cent
butter fat and four cents for. each
point above standard test and an
equal discount for each point below
standard.
The association contends that this
price SHOULD be advanced or that con-
sumers should be given reduction in
the retail price Of milk and cream.
They cite the fact that in the Twin
Cities. producers are paid $3.50 for
standard milk and an advance of five
cents for: each point above standard
test with an equal discount for each
point below standard. Also that milk
retails for 10 cents a quart there.
j. N. Ottum OF Dedham, president
OF the association, stated that "CJnIess
we can secure fair deal, we will
establish our own distributing plants
In Superior and Duluth and a cheese
factory at South Superior to work up
the surplus milk when there is an
excess over the retail denand.> The
| cheese factory would be opsrated in
connection with the creamery at that
place."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
LOYALTY TO GOVERNMENT
LAB0R'S; FIRST THOUGHT
State Federation Of Labor Convention AT VIRGINIA
Puts Country First, But Will Not =:
Sacrifice Rights. - =:

Patriotism the keynote that permeatd the Thirty
annual of the Minnesota State Labor
yenton held at Virginia Monday Tuesday Wednesday,
attested telegram being sent President Wilson Monday
noon by Secretary Lawson after had suggested by
delegates which assured the fortunes Of
OF unions that the Minnesota State
at his command in the fheance of his
ideals and in bringing speedy victorious conclusion the san
conflict now going and that the
Federation OF Labor ready all the
dent in of his actions that conducive bring equ
rum national commercial and social the coun
" and that the Minnesota State Federation anticipates
mandates." - 7
This telegram bespoke the sentiments than 300 delegates
from various throughout Minnesota that
representatives of 1876 labor the state
Above all achievements success
the the needs Of the pres
ent time the the minds Of the delegates attending
the convention 10 realize th unions that
to make up the Minnesota State of Labor dedicated
1ner Ve their fortunes their personal gan their efforts nd
ualy and unions the and are willing
perform such duties there to the
~
The Minnesota State Federation of Labor is loya
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
MARkEDADvANCE !,
Big Changes For Better Made
<. in AL Lines Except
Stores.

Wages in Minnesota again sconed
marked advances during the three
months ending June 80, according to
the quarterly just issued BY the state
department. of labor. The average
wage. for men in all industries was
$2o.6e' as compared with $16.s5 the
previous quarter. The median. wage
was $20.65 as compared with the pre-
vious median of $17.85. The study is
based on wage returns in .6,179 &C.
>cident reports. The industries which
showed the most marked advances
were mining, metal products, machln-
cry and instruments, and public util-
tiles. The only line which showed
little change was stores, representing
both the wholesale and retail mer-
camille lines.
The average wage indicated for
women is $3.50, but as this is based
on only >222 accident reports it is not
considered a good index. The wage
increases noted are no doubt to off,
set previous increases in the cost of
living,as the standard study, made by
the New York Annalist and shown in
their cost Of living curve indicates
that food prices have not varied on
an average more than 2 per cent
either during the quarter and
that at the end Of the quarter they
wore per cent below the position at
the beginning.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
HOSTS OF MINNESOTA UNIONS PROVE PATRIOTISM
EMPLOY: / fHRoUeH
PUBLIC BUREAUS
Government Insists Dock Work.
ers Be Hired Through US.
Employment Service.

|, Under an order of the department
Of labor all dock workers in Boston,
Philadelphia and aBltimore will
henceforth be supplied exclusively
through the United States employment
service. The same is now being done
in the ports Of New York, Norfolk and
Charleston, N. c.. under: the direction
of T. " o'Connor, formerly head of
the International Longshoremen's
union.
The dock workers at PHILADELPHIA
nave for some years been almost
wholly the members of an I. w. w.
union, but apparently the government
will ignore all affiliations in supply
ing men for the loading and unload
ing of ships, and will handle the prob
lem as one of centralized control of
a national labor force.
SO successful has the centralized
control proved in New York, by short
en1ng the period of delay of vessels
in port, that it will be extended to
every port in the country as rapidly
as the organization of this branch of
the employment service can be per-
fected. Not only is O'Connor the di-
rector of stevedores and marine work.
ers under the employment service,
but he is also a member of the ma
tional adjustment board which sits
to determine all questions Of hours
and wages for this work.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
SHIP BUILDERS
PR0VEL0yALTE'
TO Government
Hurley Declares They Have
Periodically Met Every De-
n1and Of United States.

WASHINGTON, July 1e.-Labor
in American shipyards has responded
to the unusual demands upon it with
spirit and enthusiasm that not only
assures rapid progress in the building
program, but does much to ease the
task of men who are charged with
supplying vessels to keep continu-
GUS stream of troops going to Europe
and to provide them with food and
munitions after they are there.
. Chairman Hurley Of the shipping
board in speaking Of the wonderful
progress made, said:
"Our shipbuliding industry is one Of
the greatest In the country. We have
about $4,000 workers in the ship
yards building mercantile vessels and
fully 100000 men in the iron works,
steel mills, machine shops and other
factories engaged in making ship
building materials. Measured in man.
the country of such magnitude
numbering, with 100000 workers, and
the iron founderies, with 100000 men.
"A year ago this great industry did
not exist. It was necessary to create,
out of nothing, more than $50 ship
yards, and find the workers, and train
them. We have put new shipyards
down everywhere around our coasts
and on the great lakes.
Figures do not tell the whole story
af labor's achievement in shipbuild-
ing. We have more than half a mill
lion men in this new industry but we
HN1116 h1,iIS fho 81, &>A
times that many if we lacked the
splendid American spirit which has
developed in our people the past
year.
There has been scarcity in, food,
with rising prices, so that the fair
wage set today may be, far from fair
tomorrow. Our government has never
stinted us in money. Yet with all the
money in Uncle Sans treasury It
would not be possible to provide Justly
Tor every worker every day. But,
with all these difficulties, we have had
practically none Of the so-called labor
troubles. and there has never been a
time when the spirit of the ship
workers could not be counted upon to.
keep work going.
Every demand made upon the
workers by the Emergency Fleet corr
poratlon and shipyard managers has
been met with heaping measure.
1--WE nave today, in our new ship
building industry, a spirit of coop
Grafton from the workers which is like
an unlimited balance at a bank. It
has been equal to every draft made
upon it and those of us who have the
managing and planning tasks realize
rhat the matter Of team work rests
with US rather than the men in the
yards" - -. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
MEAT PACKERS !.
!. water STOCKS
IN WAR TIMES
Within Last Manth Have Pro-
jected New Financing TO
Extent Of $16o,ooo,00o.~,

CHICAGO. July 1s.-The leading
American meat packers have been In
creasing their capitalization at a great
rate lately. Within the last month
or so they have projected new finance
ing to the extent of $3.50, 900, 900. This
dwarfs their capital stocks on the
breaking out of the European war.
The advances in capitalization are
not without purpose. Whatever their
ultimate effect may be Is not now
plainly discernible, but without doubt
they have g. bearing on the public
during the war and probably greater
thereafter.
Swift & Co., briefly to mention the
financing of the last few weeks, voted
on May 13 to issue $4,000, 900 Of new
stock half of which was stock divi-
dend. Armour & Co. followed a. couple
of weeks ago with the sale of $50, o,oo0,-
900 Of debenture bonds convertible
into preferred stock and almost SIM
ultaneously made announcement OF
forthcoming issue of $50,00o,oo0
of common stock. Manner OF it's dis
position was not disclosed.
The Swift capitalization now stands
at $150,000.000. The new issue Of
$4,000 common by ARMOUR will
bring its capitalization to $3.50, ,000, 900.
In addition Armour will have out the
debentures which may be turned into
$60,000,000s more stock and if all are
CONCERTED, Armour will then have 4
capital stock Of $210,00O,00o. = =
Dividends must be paid. on all Of
this stock. -
These are great days for the pack,
ers. Sales are totally unprecedented.
Huge as were the Armour & Co. sales
for 1917. the company reports thata its
sales for the first part of this yean
exceed the same period Of last year
by 41.3 per cent. The packers are
making tremendous profits from these
hundreds of millions of dollars Of
sales They are putting back much
of their war profits into the business,
and capitalizing them. 80
What will be the effect Of this huge
capitalization, much Of it based on
war profits, when days OF peace come
and war sales fall off? Will OF will
not the public of this and other coun.
tries be asked to pay extra prices for
food in order that dividends may, be
earned on the great peace profits and
the greater war profits that the pack
ers have gathered in and put back into
their business and now are capitalize
ipg? ~. .S>'@# :. = $,
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thousand factories running night and day.
making great guns and small guns and middle-sized
guns.
thousand factories running night and day
making high neutrality-suspicious. stuff that
looks soft and pale and harmless, but that has in
it the kick of the devil: dark stuff in strings that
look deceptive, and black stuff that looks glossy
and pretty enough to weave into bead-strings for
women's necks.
A thousand factories making swift scouts Of
the air, and numbering tanks, and rumbling auto
mobiles.
All of these going at top speed, flinging out
their all to the at the front
Populations working in all the multitude~of
moods of populations, all driving along at the same
BUSINESS
Huge trucks chugging along highways. Swift
motorcycles, fitting here and there on errands and
with messages from important men to other i'm
portant men.
Men naked to the waist in front of forces and
standing alert around pits where the red hot
jackets are put on big guns.
Women trying to solve the problem of hungry
stomachs and little food.
Women, too, in the workshops, with their
hands on levers that start and stop powerful ma
chimes; women swinging hammers and using deli
cate instruments tnat measure down to the thou
sandth part of inch. 49,.
Great fields where the machinery Of war ls
tested fields where fleets of tanks lumber around
- in the mud before being sent to lumber over No.
Mans Land; fields where mammoth hanears shell,
ter arplanes that come out like bees to 90 tumbling
through the skies and off to Picardy and F1an
ders
Huge sheds where mountains of food are niled
IN orderly arrangement, food gathered from HI
corners, OF the world to be brought here on its
way to- the ultimate consumer in khaki .
Railroads, c1o of
time traffic. burdened now with the stuff of armies
-1ood and Clothing and guns and trucks and ex-
posves and all the multitude of trifles that chink
in between these major articles out of which war
is made.
People everywhere bent upon travelling in 1ft,e
inches and doing little things that Jumped together
make great national machines doing great world
job.
Men in hospital blue, limping along and being
wheeled along-men back from the front: the front
which is the peak Of everything and the hone of
everything-men in faded hospital blue. aloncbv
and baggy, but uniform of service performad
Men with arms and legs gone, and with eves
eone' learning to do new things that come within
their strange, new limitations; men doing these
new tn1nes with cheer and satisfaction :
Men everywhere driving their brains to new
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20

IL Is Wiling and ready to do all in it's
power towards aiding in humanity's
great cause, but it. will not sacrifice
> the rights that are those of the FEEDER
alton BY reason OF it's constitution.
Loyalty; to- governn1 ent ana sfbuntry
First" are the slogans of the Mime
sofa State. Federation of Labor. and
! the Federation is ready as 1ody to
I abide. by these slogans and as indi-
+ vidual members waiting to fulfill the
wishes Of the government and the
country to the superlative degree Of
service:
The convention, opened Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock with an 1nvo-
cation by Rev. A. III. Mckee Nearly
800 delegates and about 100 guests
were present. J. P. F. Sanders, pres
1dent Of the Central Labor union and
Hibbing-Virginia Typogra phical union
No. 727, welcomed the delegates in
behalf. of the local labor movement
and introduced the speakers.
Mayor johnson gave the address of
welcome to the delegates and their
friends IN the name . fthe city of
Virginia. Former Mayor Michael
Boylan was next introduced by Chair
man Sanders. Boylan was greeted
with loud and prolonged applause. II
am thankful for your ovation" Boy
Ian said, ''but what pleases me most
is the great number that has come to
the convention. You will now see
what told you about the city of vir-
. glnia at Faribault last year is true.
4ou are welcome here and we want
70 snow you the true hospitality of
Vlrglnlans. The great number of del
egates that have come to our city to
convene and vote on vital labor SUBJ
s1ects shows that the time when labor
organizations were driven from pillar
to post is past and the day of it's
growth is with us. We are growing
and we must keep on growing, and
we must emulate that great leader
former President Taft land grow un-
TIL nothing on earth can BATTLE our
principle or our rights.
"And in making reference. to Taft,
let me, by way of contrast, hold up to
view a picture OF our present little
governor who has defied the courts,
defied the President, and defied all
that the common people thought was
rule because it was right. I am
greater than the republic, + am great
er than the people, I don't give a
damn for the courts is the attitude
our little governor assumes.
y 1.-THE time has passed, ladies and
gentlemen. when corporations can dis
charge at will anyone the choose. The
labor unions are to be credited with
taking things into their own hands
and let labor unions continue to do
50 until the corporations will have
but little to say.
Labor unions should support men
who are in unison in thought with the
President and who do not oppose such
actions as the President may deem
proper to recommend.
''I would recommend, gentlemen.
that the miners and mill hands of the
Mesaba range be organized into labor
unions 100 per cent. Come to us and
DO this. We need such organizations"
Much applause. greeted Boylan's
speech and after the meeting groups
OF men talked over the possibility Of
making unionism 100 per cent among
the miners and mill hands on the Me-
saba range. .,,&
Presidont p. G. Hall then began the
business ct the convention, asking the
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
NEW STREET CAR uNiON

!. OAKLAND, Cal. July 413.-Division
NO. 81S Of the Street Car Mems union
has been formed here and is reported
to- be 100 per cent Of the men EN-.
,pioyed on the Key system. No oppo-
,sition Is anticipated. si,s. ...s -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20
CRUCBLE OF WAR IMELTS EVERYTHING
BY CHESTER M, WRIGHT
America lEancefor rIaboran



thoughts that will make armies gain more ground
with smaller loss
People at home divided into two classes-those
who can WORK and those who cannot work.
Men at the. front divided into two classes-ef-
fectives and casualties.
So they make war over yonder where our ships
unload the youth Of our land to push forward the
line Newton Baker calls the frontier~of denocracy
So they have been making war for months and
months: With weary bodies but steadfast and de-
term1ned spirits they on, nations united peoples
united IN the universal work Of making war--of
making 1t as powerful and as terrible as flaming
hearts and. straining muscles can make war when
liberty and safety at stake
And today, as they work and fight in those
countries over there they see marvel that eives
them new hope to strive on, confident of victory
confident as they never were before and so cheered
on for the cause in which they never lost their
faith and to which they have dedicated their lives
They see the men of America tumblina out of
huge transports that go across the ocean in mas
querade costumes of camouflage; men in thouz
sands from land that is filled with thousands
and millions likewise dedicated to the great cause
They see this wonder of all time and high hope and
surety buoys them up and on in the labor that has
borne upon them for so long. -
Men picture war as an armed fight between two
lines OF men. That Is not the picture of war todav
The fight is at the front-the war is everywhere
War ramifies it's imperious way into the last
hooks and corners of nations, making it's demands
upon all, giving each part, demanding Of each
service. The peoples of Britain and France are
wrapped in the tolls of war.
Their service to humanity has been. their best
and their noblest. Their conservation to the com.
mon cause has been of the truest and finest. a.
-: Their sacrifice is a call to Americas call that
America is answering nobly and greatly. And here
let us pause between ticks of the clock to pledge
each OF US his utmost to the end-to pledge without
reservation and without qualification his whole
endeavor in this highest service to mankind. this
crusade that We must carry for freedoms sake.
We face a>toe common to all free people: We
face a common destiny.
~ And we have before each individual one of us
an opportunity to do service to the great collective
hope and aspiration and trust of the world in the
supreme hour of its most colossal need.
have seen these nations in their travail of war.
1 bring you true picture Of their struggle which
is our struggle. We are together in the great
crucible OF war. By our united strength we shall
come out with our faces turned toward q new
radiance In the morning sun, toward more blessed
time for humankind. s.. X
But it must be by our UNITED strength!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-20

The columns of this paper afford
an excellent advertising medium for
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

Q retical service squadron. and that
squadron is sent 10 the field main
tanned in connection with the school
and remains there Tor two weeks do
ing nothing but the work in which
he has been trained
AT : o'clock in the morning all the
ships which are TO be flown that day
land his will be one OF Ihem) are
taken from the hangers and assem-
bled. ready for their pilots. The ship
Of our mechanic Is ready, his pilot
comes and gives IL BRIEF inspection,
knowing that the mechanic viii have
done his duty well. straps himself in.
and after testing his motor for amin
ute or two signals that he IS ready
and takes the air. After a short
flight, he alights with the report. per-
haps. that the ship is flying with one
wing down, or some other defect. The
trouble is then diagnosed and rem
edied and soon the pilot is again in
the air, this time with the ship fly
ing perfectly.
Then the Trip TO France.
Two weeks OF this work and the
mechanic viii probably have demon
strated 10 his instructors that his
training IS completed He Is gradu-
ated a highly trained mechanic in.
perhaps. the most delicate OF trades.
and is sent out TO take his part in
the struggle He viii soon find him
rying on the duties in which he has
been trained, and then in two or three
months the long anticipated day VIII
arrive when he viii be on a trans
port bound for France In France he
viii be assigned to a service squadron
and soon viii be sent out 10 the front
and there viii commence the real
work for which he has been prepar-
ing
Mechanics are needed in the air
service. needed badly and at once. and
all men who have had experience as
motor mechanics. blacksmiths. cab
inent makers, carpenters. chauffeurs.
coppersmiths. electricians, fabric
workers. instrument men. magnetic
men. metal workers. motorcycles, pro-
peller makers. vulcanizers or welders
VIII be doing their bit in the best pos
sible way by presenting themselves
for induction 10 the air service trade
test board at Atlanta, Ca. st. Louis,
Mo; Detroit, Mich: Denver, Colo
Boston. Mass; Chicago, H.; New York,
n T.. or san Francisco, Cal. in order
that they may be indicted by these
boards. The following data concern
ing the draft status IS necessary: Ad-
dress Of local 'draft board. order and
serial number. classification and di-
vision