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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-08
CONGRESS Will
TAX EXCESSIVE
WARTIME
With Evidence Of Profiteering
Before Lawmakers, Such AC-
tion Is imperative.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Conscrip-
ton of wealth-or at least the con-
scription of excessive profits taken by
corporations during the war-is al
most certain to be fact before con-
gress adjourns President Wilson has
called upon congress to enact tax
law that will hit the .profiteers, and
he announces that the treasury. has
abundant proof. of the protiteering.
Senator Borah has followed this an
nouncement by speech denouncing
war profteers as lower than enemy
spies, and asking the treasury to send
it's evidence to the senate, so that ac-
ton can be taken at once.
Organized labor in this country has
all along demanded that wealth
should be conscripted along with men,
since the nation manifestly had a
right to use both to the fullest extent
in order to save the life Of the nation
in war. There seems to be little
question that the man-power Of the
United States is being mobilized. Day
by day the number of unemployed
and mis-employed is reduced, and day
by day the efficiency of the men and
women at work in the war industries
is improved. When bonds were to be
purchased, the government did not es-
pecially encourage the millionaires to
buy large blocks of bonds. The Lib
erty Loan is not taxable. The people
of comparatively small means hold
most Of these bonds
But now comes the time to harvest
our crop of prOfiteers. The treasury
knows where the big money is, how
much it's profits during the war have
been, how few people hold it, and
how they have used the power of this
money during the past year. The
stage h set for a real conscription of
wealth.
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Acted Under Instructions.
Because the state arbitration agree
ment provides that workmen shall not
ask recognition Of a union which was
not recognized before the war, this de-
mand OF the employees was not grant
ed. The board, however. advised the
members of the union to send COM
mittees to the managements of the
other cabinet shops operating under
conditions similar to the Scot: Craft
company, and submit the award Of
the board, with the suggestion that it
he made the basis of relations.
These instructions were carried out.
At the Radford-WriSht company tie
n, ambers of the shoo committee were
Immediately discharged, with :he
statement that the company would
Rave nothing to do with the arDitra-
ton award. While q few of the other
shops were willing - accept condi-
tions imposed by the award, there
was a general attitude of hostility to-
ward the employees.
Thoroughly Disguised and impul-
sive, the more than 1875 members of
the union walked out Friday morn :.
ms.
Will Make Investigation.
With these chaotic conditions, the
arbitration board wc:; notified. aal
its secretary, H. w. Southwortn, was
sent to Duluth to investigate the
mattec Late Saturday night he IS
sued 4 statement ordering the men to
return to work Monday morning,
pending adjustment of the trouble,
and all the men have returned with
the exception Of those at the Scott
Graft shop, which is closed.
Rumors are current this week that
Manager Reckdal of the latter COM
pany is in st. Paul endeavoring to
secure men to employ in the sash and
door shop. Should these be obtained.
it Is said the company intends to dis
regard the terms of the award, be-
cause the new employees were not in
volved in the controversy settled by
the board.
The local cabinet makers and mill
men have worked ten hours a day, and
the average pay was less than 40 cents
an hour.
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IF REGULATION
FAILS, FAVOR U.
S. MEAT:C0N7R0
Meat Probefs Suggest in Re-
port Placing Stock Yards
Under License.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Continua-
ton of regulation, and if that fails,
federal control, was the recommended
ton Of the beef investigation commits
sion in the report now made public.
The commission, appointed by the
president, began its sessions in April.
It's recommendations were made pub
lie following an extensive survey.
The commission recommends:
"Continuation of regulation Of the
meat packing industry by the food
administration.
Placing Of stockyards under IL
cense and regulation by the depart
ment Of agriculture.
"Auditing of packers bimonthly
profits returns.
'"Control of packers profits to pre-
vent excessive charges.
Making prices to the public the
same as to the government where
The commission making the report
consisted of Secretary Houston, Secre-
tary: Wilson,, DR.. Taussig, chairman
tariff commission: Commissioner Fort
federal trade commission, and Admin-
istrator Hoover: !: =
The commission in its report says:
I'VE recommend the continuation
| of regulation of the meat packing in
| dustry by the food administration and
do not favor. governmental operation
Of the industry unless it should >be
found impossible to enforce regulatory
measures. ~
"The stockyards should be placed
under license and regulations by the
department of agriculture, which
should also establish q government
system Of animal grading under suit.
able regulations and method Of pric1
lEeporting Of actual transactions. -.
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OF MINNESOTA =.
ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
Being PrObed By National War Labor Board on
Complaint of State Federation Off1cials-Denial
of Right to Ask Union Recognition Is Issue.

WASHINGTON, June 6-Upon complaint by principal Off
the Minnesota State Federation
issued proclamation March so that
right of in that ask
this except where that has already been recognized
National War Labor board has prepared throw down direct h
enge to Burnquist -.
Former President Taft Frank P Walsh and the FIVE employers
five trade union officials who make the board have
opening the whole issue whether
mission of Public Safety override the principles laid down for
by the board in the presidents proclamation They
going find whether Burnqu bigger
ment time of when he and his
That employees shall ask for
not been recognized before the
THAT employers, by lockout other shall try
break which had been recognized before
employers employees agree good to maintain the
existing status place of employment
open shop"
The Minnesota proclamation employers organized
workers had agreed these propositions The Federation
Labor that OF its officers author
zed to make such that
eponby made Accordingly Mr. Taft and Mr. Walsh have written
the asking him the basis
who the signe of the petition which
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union
DEF|ES NATIONAL
WAR RLAB0R:B0AIRD J
Telegraph: Concern Refuses to
Compromise and Meet Its
Employees.

NEW YORK., June 6.-The West
ern Union Telegraph company declin-
ed to submit to the jurisdiction of the
national war labor, board which
sought to adjust the differences be-
tween the company and its employees
who are members of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union of America.
The Western Unions decision be-
came known when the report of an
executive session of the war board,
held here, was made public.
It embodied a report by w. HI. Taft
and Frank P. Walsh, joint chairmen,
who conferred with Newcomb Carl
ton, president, Western Union, in an
effort to compose differences between
the company and employees who had
been dismissed, it was charged, be-
cause they Joined the union.
Grants Right to Unionize.
Complaint against the company's
action was taken to the war board,
and Taft and Walsh investigated.
They submitted proposition in the
nature OF compromise, based on
principles underlying the war board.
This platform recognizes the right of
men to organize and holds they should
not be discharged for membership in
unions or for legitimate union &C.
tivities.
This compromise proposal, under
which the Western Union was not re-
quired to recognize the union and by
which the union was bound not to
use the strike as a weapon, was: sub
mitted to Carlton, but he declined
positively to permit employees of his
company to Join the union unless a
referendum of all the com pany's =
workers, showed a majority Of them
favored such a step.
Urge No Further Action.
Correspondence between Taft and
Carlton followed, with the result that
the joint chairmen ended their report
to the board with this statement:
I'm view of the correspondence, it
does not seem useful to further pro-
long the mediation The construction
Of our principles as set forth in Mr..
Taft's telegram to-. Mr.. Carlton. leads
to the: conclusion that the Western
Union Telegraph company should &C
cept this Compromise. It declines
however, to do so, or to submit to
the jurisdiction. of this board and no
further action of the board is, there
fore, recommended, except the publi-
cation of this report, and the vote of
this board upon the. report
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7. D. SCOTT DlSRECARDS
AWARD OF STATE BOARD
Rather Than Accept Findings of Arbitration Body,
Lumber Company Closes Sash and Door Plant
State Official Is Making Investigation.

Even though the arbitration suggested by Governor
and embodied order of the
Public Safety favored the employers the state because denied the
workers the right ask recognition Of unions organized the
United has developed the
employers which narchstc than the philosophy Of the
outlawed |. W. w.
this open hostility the state
afforded Duluth last Saturday, when the ScottGra Lumber
which Scott closed its sash and door factory
for the period of the rather than the award handed down by
the arbitration board between the and forty
employed in its shop.
On May 27 the state board Of arbitration conducted hearing St.
Paul the dispute between the SoGaf Lumber and it's
employees who members of the Cabinet Makers and Mimen
The demands dispute also other cabinet
town, considered
At the ST. Paul hearing the represented by Attorney
c. Baldwin, while the employees interests looked after by Thor
Thorsen, of the Cabinet Makers and Mmen who
had been discharged by the because of his
After evidence the board which included the
following spulatons:
THAT all employment the first hours day shall be
holidays
That the hourly the employees involved this
shall be increased by Is cent with minimum of 32 cents
hour for all male employees lS years of
19ls and force and be effective to and until May 1919
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]. H. MAuRER HEADS
PENNSYLVANIA F.,;OF |.

P1TTsBURG, June e.-James H.
Maurer, the sole Socialist member of
the: Pennsylvania :lesisla ture, was
elected for the sixth time president Of
the state federation Of labor by . ma
:jority Of $50: votes. =; -
The election Of Maurer was a dis
tinct victory for the liberal and radi-
cal element in the federation, for the
labor "machine":w was just as anxious
for Maurer's defeat as were the forces
of political and industrial corruption.
Never had any candidate for presi-
dent of the federation been so abused
and libeled as Maurer has been:
The Penrose machine, represented
IN the federation by Frank Feeney Of
Mulhall fame, turned all its batteries
upon Maurer. Es -, !,
The capitalist press has been partic-
ularly vicious against Maurer. j
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Unrest Is Caused
By Profiteering

PHEONIX, Ariz., June g.
"Proffteer1ng pntrdots''w the. term
used by Governor Hunt in his mes
sage to the special session OF the
state legislature in placing the re-
sponsibility for industrial unrest in
Arizona and for "such shameful
events as the deportations at Bis
bee."
II am certain" the governor said,
''that the /. w. w. was not a de-
>termining factor in the strikes that
have tied up copper mines during
the past four months. These strikes
grew out of long standing strug-
gle between the forces Of legitimate
organized labor and forces of or
ganized business dominated by the
copper companies. So far as law
1essness is concerned the chief role
of the I. w. w. has been to serve
as camouflage."
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Wilt Mooney /! Be
Ha!agei!'a?'! : {! Depends
On eov!, ]; Stephens
Court Orders Removal 4 To Prison;
:, Time Linat Set For
Execution.

SAN FRANCISCO, June g.
Thomas j.. Mooney, convicted of
murder in connection with. the
preparedness parade bomb explo-
sion here July a., 1916, again has
been sentenced to DEATH. The Or
der made by Judge Franklin Grif-
fin, who presided at the trial, was
that Mooney be removed to San
Quentin prison within 10 days, and
there hanged at as time to be deter
mined by the warden, but not less
than so nor more than 90 days
from this date.
Mooney showed little emotion.
This action takes from the courts
OF San Francisco county a case
which has occupied much of their
time for the past two years and
has attracted international atten-
ton. Organizations: as far distant
as Russia, have sought to inter-
: vene in MONEYS behalf.
MONEYS. fate now rests with
Governor William ID. Stephens of
California, who has pardon peti-
ton before him, and q request
from President Wilson for execu-
tive clemency,t this request being
based on findings of federal COM
mission that possibly perjured
testimony-orf Il at least questioned
testimony contributed to MONEYS
conviction
Mooney was convicted in Febru-
ary, 1917. .. :. - =
~ A former .deathasentence against
Mooney was null fied because an
appeal: was pendt when the date
set for his execut n arrived.
Warren X: Bin pgs, another de-
fendant, was. oodFicted and SEN
fenced to life ind isonment. Israel
Weinberg, q thiI4 defendant, was
|zacquitted.- sM.sa Rena Mooney,
wife of the coa1f1enlned man, was
tried for the murder OF one of the
bomb explosion victims, acquitted,
and subsequently admitted to bail
on other, untried charges.
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Want REHABILITATION plan
TO INCLUDE: WORKERS

NEW YORK, June 6.-The Central
Federated union of New York has Just
endorsed statement issued by the
State Federation of Labor. favoring
an amendment to the Hoke-Smith bill
for the vocational rehabilitation of
war crlpples. already passed unani-
mously by the United States senate,
so as to include crippled industrial
workers as we'll as manned soldiers
and sailors.
1T is estimated" says the Fedora
tion's statement, that there are now
In this country 100000 industrial Grip
pies, and these are being added to
yearly. BY means of vocational edu-
cation under the auspices of the Fed
eral Board of Vocational Education
these cripples could be re-created into
skilled workmen."
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Raise Wages; Labor
Supply Adequate

ROCHESTER,, N. ", June g.
The new York State railways is no
longer experiencing difficulty in Sc
curing motormcn and conductors
since it has increased wages.
'"The recent wage increase grant
ed to our employees has proved very
helpful i'm our attempt to render
satisfactory SERVICE" says General
Manager Hamilton.
'The number of applications for
positions as motormen and conduc-
tors has more than doubled since
the period of the increase. Another
pleasing result is that very few men,
If any have left the service since
the increase and a number of mo-
tormen and conductors previously
in the service have returned.''
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Federal Plan.
Notice what the Walsh-Ta board
agreed upon, and the president ap-
,proved, as the proper principle in this
'matter: ::
!: 81. In establishments where the
union shop exists, the samo E11all con-
'tinVe, and the union STANDARDS as to
Wakes, hours of labor, and other con-
:ditions Of employment shall be main
tanned.
= "2. In establishments where union
and nOn-union MEN and women. now
work together and the employer meets
only with employees or representatives
engaged in said establishments, the
continuance Of such conditions shall
not be deemed a grievance. This de-
claration, however, is not intended in
any manner to deny the right or dis
courage the practice of the formation
Of labor unions or the. joining Of the
same by the workers in said establish
nlents, as guaranteed in the last para
graph, nor to prevent the War Labor
board from urging or any umpire from
granting, under the machinery herein
provided, improvement Of their situa-
ton IN the matter OF wages. hours of
labor, or other conditions as shall be
found desirable from time to. time"
In the following paragraphs occurs
the keystone principle OF the whole
War Labor board position: -. j
Right to Organize Affirmed
''The right Of workers to organize
in trade unions and bargain collec-
lively through chosen representatives
is recognized and affirmed This right
shall not be denied, abridged, or inter-
fered with by the employers in any
manner whatsoever
1t is because Burnquist and his
Public Safety Commission do deny this
fundamental right Of workers to "bar-
gain collectively through chosen rep
resentatives, - where they get the op-
portunity by new organization, that
the National War Labor board is 60
ing to bring them to showdown.
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NUFACTURERS
.IND0RSE WAR
labor PROGRAM
Resolutions Urge Cooperation
With WaIsh-Tatt Board;
Means Industrial Peace.

WASHINGTON, June Given the
National Association of Manufact-
urers, which has for generation
fought labor legislation and labor or
country, has swung into line with the
Walsh-Taft program OF securing in
1ustrial unity during the war.
It has notified the War Labor board
that it has adopted these resolutions:
whereas, the National War Labor
ton of the president Of the United
States, April 8, 1918, for the purpose of
adjusting labor controversies without
stoppage Ct production during the per-
"Whereas, the policies and principles
which are to govern procedure of the
said board were formulated and pre-
board appointed by the secretary Of
labor Jan. 20, 1918; therefore be it
Resolved. That the National :Asso-
citation, of Manufacturers approve Of
the policies and principles so formu-
lated and presented, and recommends
that it's members cooperate with the
said War Labor board to the end that
the aims and purposes for which it was
created may be effectuated." -:
Frank z. Walsh said, when this en-
dorsement of the program was re-
ceived:
Walsh Delighted.
1T should be a source of gratifica-
tion to the War Labor board and to
all Americans as well, that organiza-
tions like the National Association of
Manufacturers should so whole-Aeart-
.edly pledge support to. the great .prin-
ciples upon which the government has
set out to adjust differences arising
! in The field Of Industrial relations. Or
| ganized labor has enthusiastically
| agreed to abide by adjustments made
on the basis Of these principles and
.olicies. No greater. augury for 100
per cent poeration of the industries of
! the country could be desired than
that organized employers should In
he same manner agree to be governed
by the same principles and policies.
This occurrence makes OF these princi-
Piles the basic common law for the
elations of workers and employers in
he United States." :>r:. ~~.~
Mr.. Taft also expressed his delight
at the spirit displayed by the manu-
1acturers in Hedging themselves to
thus cooperate in. maintaining indus
trial peace, and SO ''hasten the win
| ming of the war" ..EE.zrsF
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the senate in the Fifty-seventh district
is receiving encouraging tenders of
support-from every section Of his dis
trict tits said that he is particularly
strong in Lake county, and he is loom
ing up decidedly favorable throughout
the eastern portion of the city where
he is we'll known. Mr.. Dworschak is
considered a progressive and will sup
port all constructive legislation.
) Emil Erickson Of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men has no contest for the nomina-
tion in the Fifty-ninth district. His
scrap will come in the general cleo
We. N. 81. .stsz.. sSss.; ~
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est, earnest, conscientious and reli-
able. If elected to the legislature he
will give a good account of himself
and the people can rest assured he
will at all times be on their side.
Juls J. Anderson of the Typograph-
ical union, a candidate in the Fifty
eighth, is not permitting the grass to
grow under his feet He is making a
complete canvass Of the district and
is leaving no stone unturned. He ex-
poets to be one Of the nominees and
is bending every effort towards this
end.
Henry Dworschak,s jr,, also Of, the
Typographical union and editor Of The
Labor World. who. u q. a.candidate tor
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The labor candidates for the 1egis-
lature are conducting personally, or
through their. friends, an aggressive
campaign: John Bennett Of the
Plumbers union, candidate for repre-
sentative in the Fifty eighth district,
is on the sick list and will not be able
to carry on an active campaign in
other friends are doing his work, and
while Mr.. Bennett is, under the care
of a physician. they will see to it that
the voters of the district are fully ad-
vised as to the. merits s,of his candi-
5dacy.- .r..x .~...-.. ...f@
Mr.. Bennett is a staunch union
labor man. He is a good citizen. hon:
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LABOR SITUATION, GOOD.

BISMARCK, N. D., June 6.-The
farm labor situation in North Dakota
this spring is the best in the history of
the state, thanks to the cooperation
of the United States labor bureau.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hagan
reported to the North Dakota council
Of defense.
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10000 WORKERS
n ..'>'=. ARE=oUT on STRIKE

NEW BEDFORD: Mass, June g.
Morest than so, 900: textile workers, most
or them ON government work, went
on a strike Monday. The men de-
mand a, 20*per?cent increase in pay.
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ARGENTINA RAIL WORKERS
VOTE T0.s5TRlE june 50

BUENOS AIRES, June 6:-The COM
bined railroad labor Celebrations of
Argentina Friday dscid1dson a general
strike June 80, tying. UP the transpor-
tation of the entire country, to force
a favorable solution Of Argentine Ia
Dor problems.
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$4,000 MINERS strike 81.
IN WELSH COAL CENTER

LONDON June 6.-Fifty thousand
miners in Monmouthsire have struck.
The cause of the strike is an alleged
infraction of the union rules by the
employers.
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REGISTER NEXT monday

June 10 is the last registration day
for the primary election June II. All
citizens should avail themselves of
this opportunity to have a voice in
their government. Register!
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REGISTER NEXT MONDAY.

June 10 is the last registration day
for the primary election June II, If
you don't register then you will be
unable to vote, unless you have the