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The labor world., 1918-03-09
HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BONDS

HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BONDS.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
urges the purchasers of Liberty Loan
Bonds of both the First and Second
issues to hold fast to their bonds
They are the best investment in the
world.
The secretary's statement was
called forth by the fact that Liberty
Bond holders are being approached
from time to time by agents seeking
to induce them to part with their Lib
erty Loan bonds and take in exchange
securities which in number of cases
are of very questionable value, and
was prompted by the desire to pro-
tect the bondholders against ill-ad-
vised disposition of their bonds.
The secretary expresses the hope
that every purchaser of a Liberty
Bond will realize that the only genu-
inc help that he gives his government
is keeping his bond as an investment
SO long as it is possible for him to do
so. He states, however, that no just
objection lies to the sale of Liberty
bond where real necessity exists for
its sale.
The labor world., 1918-03-09
LATEST ATTACK ON THE NON.
PARTISAN LEAGCE.

Another move has heen made Ii
the campaign to destroy the Nom
partisan league by those sinister in
teEests in Minnesota which fear that
possible auccess by the farmers
league at the November election may
:csnlt in putting a stop 10 the bust.
r<ss tucc2neering which has long
hcan a parasite on the backs Of the
farmers and consumers in this state.
TIle latest action by the antt-Non-
Dart'sans has all appearances OF be-
ing 'ndiscreet, for there is flimsy evil
t'snce for the arrest o. 4. c. Town
leg, president CT the league, and
Joseph Gilbert. organization mana.
ger, who were taken into custody Last
Thursday.
Tine war: ut, sworn out by the
prosecuting attorney of Martin coun.
~. charges seditions conspiracy tc
discourage sn!istments in the United
States armies. effected by the fssu.
ance Of pamphlets last Juue. It h..
taken NINE months to determine the
character o. these pamphlets. If the
latter were actually soditious the au.
thorities ciould have prevented thei,
distribution when frs; published
and not permitted :hcir complete dis
. semination throughout the state, ant
nation. This belated action irdi
Gates that several officials should b,
y
The labor world., 1918-03-09
IcoMoCLAIsTS FOR PROFIT
(Fronls The Public. }

Messrs. Vanderbilt, Morgan, Ber-
wind and the other, good church men,
bers who control, among other things,
New York's transportation lines, are
today in a fair wa. Of establishing
themselves in the front ranks of the
radicals and inconoclasts. It seems
we have been mistaken in supposing
them conservatives, bulwarks of the
established order, champions Of the
best in the institutions handed down
to us from the past, They are moth
ing of the sort. Beside them, the mill
tant suffragists are reactionary. Votes
for women may be we'll enough for
the old-fashioned, but for these
sprightly innovators it is a puerile
halfway measure. Why not KHAKI
bloomers and uniform coats and en-
ployment at posts where orc girls can
rub shoulders with the world at its
toughest, where they can demonstrate
the truth that woman is not gentle,
refined creature, primarily fitted for
wifehood and motherhood, but
rather one who can hold her own in
d field where wind and weather
coarse speech, staring hoodlums, long
hours, give her the opportunity to
prove her real mettIe?
The replacing of men with women
as conductors on New York's subway
and surface lines is only another indi-
cation of the callous and brutal In
difference Of business enterprise to
any consideration save the demand
for profits and more profits. It
should be an effectual, final answer
to those good folk who fear radical
economic changes In the belief that
the spirit Of innovation may play
havoc with such holy things as the
family and tho moral fabric. The
change has been made in New York
with never ripple Of public Discus
sion, save when managers OF the pub
lie employment bureaus, denouncing
the innovation az needless and assert
ing that thousands of unemployed
men were available, found that the
Socialist Call alone would print their
DrOtasts -.
The labor world., 1918-03-09

service is almost as safe as the d
honest one, and were It not for t
general awakening Of the people
il : certainty that Secretaries Dani.
and Baker would have been replae
by men chosen by the busy-bo'
leagues that are insisting. agar
fate. that the government remain
the hands OF the money-gFahbers.
All that is wrong with the secl
tary of war and the secretary Of
navy is. their honesty in giving Yth
servtoea. to their countryraa 2 Whe
and not for the exclusive benefit
the few. .t...-. :. -. =
=, Were justice to be done, traduc<
would be interned as traitors. andst
nation would lose nothing ia
IL the members Of these seH-eens
tuted leagues we're all housed up
would be the removal of the great.
obstacle that now stands in the W.
of carrying out President Wilsel
war program sEE
The labor world., 1918-03-09
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP A FAN. .URE

According to Thorstein Vcblen of
tie University Of Missouri, the con-
troll of industry by business men in
behalf Of vested interests has proven
itself bankrupt. In the reconstruction
to come after the war two things
should be done, he declared before
the National Institute of Social
Sciences. First, there should be no
control Of industry on the ground of
ownership alone. Unless the owner is
personally and directly engaged in
carrying On. the industry in question.
his ownership should avail him moth
ing 50 far as power OF direction is
concerned. Second, any industry that
has been SO standardized and reached
such 4 routine as to be "controllcd
from the office by the ordinary meth
DDS OF accounting should be publicly
owned" ~ - l.
The labor world., 1918-03-09
\ -If-f..9 .!.E7- , ~ 10 q 5Ts.N n %
PRICES AND WAGES
(From the Milwaukee Daily News. }

!lFrom the Milwaukee Daily News.)
The endless chain, the ceaseless
cycle-that 10 what tho country is
working in now. It is higher cost OF
living, demands for higher wages,
prices again advanced on account Of
the labor cost, and still higher wages
to meet: the new advances, This isl
not a new thought but it is a mighty
pertinent one, one that remains with
US. But keeping up this continual
chasing around the circle, crushing
certain elements Of the people to the
inside OF the circle and steadily press
1nE them tighter, will not solve. the
problem. '<@' III
Is. the only answer. to the ever in
creaslng prices 3 higher wage? And
then the only, answer to- the higher
wage, more price? Remembering, Of
course, that there is a considerable
portion of the people who are not
reached by the advancing wages but
who are hit hard by the advancing
prices. Also remembering that other
persons receive the benefit OF the ad-
vanced prices without having: their
expenses advanced in proportion.
These endless chases around the
economic circle have always resulted
In disaster. Conditions go on until
the strain can no longer hold and
there is a smash. Then all suffer to-.
gether. Cannot American thought
and American ingenuity develop some
means OF steadying the~eonditions. and
leveling up so that there will be fair
ness and justice to all, and distress
and perhaps disaster be prevented? :
It would seem with all the ingen-
uity In this country, that if this ques-
tion We're approached with thought
for the good of all, without ideas of
unfair profiteering for some at. the
great cost to others, method could
be found by which there could come
a remedy of the high cost Of every liv-
ing necessity, without distressing con-
d1tions or this everlasting stair climb
ing. It would seem that there should
be some method of regulation or, dis
tribution Of adjustment, by which
wages would be able to meet prices
and prices be able to pay the cost of
production and distribution without
series of alternate jumps.
Elimination of waste in every di-
rection, the better use OF agricultural
lands and Of factory materials, a
wiser use Of labor in both time and in
capacity, more just division Of the
profits on both labor and materials,
more producers and fewer who live
upon others production-these. are
some Of the things that worked into
the economic fabric should aid in bet
tering what has become an almos. i'm
possible condition, certainly an un-
sound, uneconomic one. If something
is not done the old penalty will be
exacted. Then will come the usual
weeping and wailing and gnashing OF
teeth
The labor world., 1918-03-09
is VERY CONSISTENT.

According to newspaper accounts,
the local organizations which have
united to demand that the United
States Steel corporation establish a
basic price for steel are somewhat
disappointed because of the attitude
of the corporation.
1t is stated that the steel officials
are obdurate and obstinate, refusing
to make any concessions whatever,
and refusing to conciliate in any way.
It might be stated that the steel
corporation is consistent, for that is
expressly the attitude which it has
maintained towards it's employees in
their demands for better working
conditions, increases in wages and
the right to organize unions.
The working class has long felt the
oppression Of this gigantic employer,
and t'is rather interesting to note the
treatment which local business men
are receiving in their negotiations
with the big corporation.
The labor world., 1918-03-09

Senator George n. Peterson, chair
man Of tho local food administration,
did stroke OF good work last week
ny raiding downtown buildings and
con!iscat'ng quantity of flour and
sugar, which had, been boarded in
violation Of the food control Jaw. The
senator might continue his activities
by an investigation Of some OF the
residences in the eastern section Of
the city.
The labor world., 1918-03-09
OLD DMEIHOOS n WORN OUT

(From The Me.aba Orc.

W rom 4Ae 11N~8OR 49, s
: The Navy league tried to get"
ecretary Daniels and failed. and the
National Defense, leaGue tried the
same thing on Secretary Baker. and
failed also, which goes to show that
the big newspapers of the nation will
have to employ soma other means for
carrying out the. orders ct the money
hungry p1utocrats that 40 not like
honest men in public offices.
There was time. YOU know, when
all that was necessary for the de-
struction of any man in public life
was a general onslaught by the daily
newspapers that are controlled by
Big Business, and II didn't matter,
either. whether the Officers were Of
the honest sort or. the other kind,
but that time is passing: ~
Today an honest man in public
The labor world., 1918-03-09

Many capitalist organs are con-
demning F. ]. Heney, attorney for the
Federal trade commission, because he
attempted to make a raid upon the
vaults Of the Chicago packers. to OBJ
tain certain documents. These same
papers lauded government officials
for raiding I. w. W. headquarters in
the larger cities. Why this incon-
sistency? Industrial I. w. w. and
business l. W. w. should receive the
same kind Of treatment.
The labor world., 1918-03-09

BY demanding the union label the
wife of the trade unionist becomes
truly the help-meet of the bread-win-
ner, her powerful influence being
thus extended from the home to the
workshop, from which she is other
wise totally excluded.
The labor world., 1918-03-09
PItOFITEERS AND FINGER
PRINTS. y.

The Milwaukee Leader: What a
silly and insulting thing it is to take
the finger prints of men who have
liyeds in this country for years and
years, and whose lives have been an
open book, just because they never
found it necessary to take out their
second papers in order to vote!
It would be much more sane to line
up the capitalists Of the United States
and take their finger prints-especial-
" tho capitalists OF the Hog island
variety. = 5 All b ~
The labor world., 1918-03-09
ENLARGE THE PUBLIC MARKET.

The public market conducted by
the city on Lake avenue South. at
which farmers and others are af-
torded an opportunity of disposing
of produce direct to the consumers.
is proving a splendid success in so
far as combating the high cost of
living is concerned. Those who pat
ronize this market also benefit, be-
cause of the elimination of the mid
clemens profits.
The Mothers League of Chicago,
alert and aggressive, has taken the
Initiative by recommending the mu-
nicipal distribution of milk. coal.
bread, meat and all other necessities
OF life, as a remedy for the present
high prices
Although public ownership is in
evitable, as long as the great produc-
tive industries and distributing
agencies, such as the railroads and
express lines, are privately operated
the best way to stop the soaring food
prices, especially to the poor, is
through municipal organization
such as is proposed in the Windy
City.
In Duluth the municipality has
made start in the right direction,
although little development has
taken place so far, and the project
is in primitive state. It is the duty
Of any government to function to the
needs OF the people, and in a munich
pality much may be accomplished by
the operation of a city market.
The city commissioners should au.
thorize the welfare department to
expand this work. Not only pro.
ducers. should use the smarket, but
the city should 60 into business and
make favorable. purchases of commo-
dities. such as meat, fish, potatoes
fruit, vegetables, etc. After deduct
ing the cost of distribution, this
could be sold to the people at very
reasonable prices, through elimina.
tion of retailers profits. Although
the city would be compelled to ad-
vance money for purchases, such a
project would be self-supporting and
no additional burden to the taxpay.
ers.
Municipal distribution of this sort
would also conduce to stabilize
prices throughout the city, another
beneficial factor.
Municipal operation of the water
and light plants has proved success
fui, and the public market might be
conducted just as profitably.
Mayor Magney has shown himself
tc be in sympathy with any move.
ment (which has for it's object the
welfare Of the common people, and
as head Of the welfare department
Would make 4 success OF suck a ven.
ture il Ne were empowered to &c
ahead.
The public market should be made
q permanent institution. and will, II
the city commissioners give It the
support they should.
The labor world., 1918-03-09

Agreement or compensation of
railroads while under government
control based on the average OF their
net income tor the three years end
ing June SO last was reached Mon
day by the conferees OF both houses
on the railroad bill
The labor world., 1918-03-09
PROFITEERING MUST BE
STOPPED.

Racine Tim es-Call: It is perfectly
useless for anyone to claim that there
has not been profiteering on an i'm
mense scale out of the necessities of
the present war.
It is stated that in Wisconsin alone
the increased income of the industries
of the state in the year 1917 will total
in excess of $28,0O0,000. This inn
mense sum represents excess profits
taken from the national treasury and
the pockets of the people in time Of
war.
ALL down the line of industries in
the nation the profits OF the past year
have been enormous. There seems
to he no exceptions to the list of
profitcers. The metal and coal mines,
the Oil companies, the big food hand
lers, the clothing and shoe naanufact-
'urers. the shipping interests, the
paper manufacturers and all the
others have reaped enormous prof.
it's. to an extent never heard OF or.
dreamed of III the past.
And while all this has been tran
spring the government has been
pleading with the common people to
Nv
won.
And the common people have re-
sponded nobly and will continue to
do 50 but they are going to demand
that i!l-gotten gains of the profiteers
shall be stripped from them.
The government must take drastic
action against excess profits. The
common people will cheerfully deny
themselves of luxuries and even u
portion of their necessities but upon
only one condition and that y that
NO one shall be allowed to exploit
the necessities Of the government and
of themselves. -
That is the condition they make and
the national government must take
prompt and vigorous action to prevent
profiteering if it is to retain the uni
ted support of the nation.
The labor world., 1918-03-09

TO the woman of the trade union
ist household the union label affords
a guarantee that the wages earned un-
der union conditions are expended
upon union products and for the
maintenance OF union conditions, to
return with interest in improved con-
ditions for all.
The labor world., 1918-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL BAR'NAlCLES' Ar
(Frona the Milwaukee Leader).

(From the Milwaukee Leader).
Representative Fuller Of Massachu-
sets invited attention to matter that
might well be given serious thought
end action by the American people
when he stigmatized the useless house
committees a. barnacles.
(, Barhacle Is charitable name for
them. -
They are in reality species Of graft
They also serve as blind for congress
sstonal l7ineffectiveness.
Tho house works under rules that
are subversive Of popular government
rules that compel the individual
member Of congress to step aside and
allow one small committee-the COM
mittee on rules-to decide what legis-
lation shall be considered and what
shall not be considered. He just alb
dicates and might as we'll not be there
at all. ss:..~, .s,.
TO cover. up this scandalous contli-
ton of things. all sorts Of unneces.
sary committees were created, 50 that
congressmep might become cha1rmen
or members Of committees with i'm
posing names and no duties. They are
thereby enabled to make show Of
Importance. They have letterheads
with the names Of the, committees
printed on them, and they use these
in writing to their constituents.
This is where the blind for congress
sional ineffectiveness comes in.
l. Then, these committees afford
openings for extra clerks-with little
or nothing to do for the committees,
hut lots. to do as political secretaries
+ OF the congressman.
There is where the graft comes in
What is worse than all this, how
ever, is the fact that the congressman
becomes powerless to- do anything.
This is one of the many ways in which
we do not have democracy in this
country at this time.
These rules will have to be abol-
ished as a. step toward democracy.
That's one Of the numerous jobs the
American people have before them.
They. must elect. congressman who are
willing that the house shall not be
ruled by a small clique.
The labor world., 1918-03-09

The union label is essentially an
emblem Of peace. both in suggestion
and practice. @#> r.l,'s..s5 s5zl,s
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
CARUSO Anglers
FATHER R-IN-LAW
Advertisement of Singer
Afront to Son, Papa
Ayers

New York. Nov. s0.-Enrico Caruso
the noted tenor, is in discord with
his father-in-law. Park Benjamin
This was revealed only today. Hsr-
mony was believed to have been the
keynote Of the relationship between
the singer and his brides family and
it Is claimed that there is no lack OF
cordiality between Caruso and his
mother-in-law, brothers-in-law and
sisters-in-law. But Il describing a
visit of the singer TO the naval hos
pital some writer appears TO nave
struck one chord which Jared on MI
Benjamin.
The following letter, printed today,
brought the first news Of discord:
NY son, a gunnery sergeant OF
Marines, who has fought through all
BeIleau Woods and Chateau Thierry;
who has been cited for conspicuous
gaIlantry in action; who has been
wounded three times and bears three
honor chevrons on his arm, and who
is now convalescing from still another
injury, arrived here from France
forty-eight hours ago. I found him
in the naval hospital. where every
thing that the great kindness and the
surgical skill for which the navy il
famous can do, is being done for him.
"I submit that this soldiers hon.
orable wounds and devoted service
should have protected him from being
dragged into a bald and blatant ad-
vertisement of EnTico Caruso. a pub
lie singer. which appears in the guise
of a report of this mans visit to the
hospital, which report as to what then
took place was a Misrepresentation OF
fact.
PARK BENJAMIN
Caruso could not be seen at his
apartments here today His secre-
tary. Beruno Zirato. could not pos
sibly permit his employer even to see
the clipping of his fatheF-in-law's let
ter, because. he said, it would assur-
edly precipitate an artistic fit, and
that might prevent him from singing,
Zirato said CarusO was angry at
Mr.. Benjamin. who, according to
Zirato. had forbidden both the singer
and his bride to enter the Benjamin
home. But Mr.. Caruso also has his
own dignity" said Zirato. He does
not ask forgiveness
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
CITY WILL CELEBRATE
GREAT BRITAIN'S DAY
Schools, Clergy and Diplomats 10
Join in Observance Dec. 8.

Britain's Day vii be celebrated IN
Washington on December S. accord
ing to an announcement from the Ma
tionsl Committee of Patriotic Societies
last night
The principal celebration Of the day
will be held at Central High School at
2:45 O'Clock in the afternoon A chorus
OF 300 voices. under the direction of
J. Edward Bowler, Will sing and a
series of FIVE tableaux representing
events in British history is being ar
ranged by Mrs, Marie Moore For
rest. In the morning the clergy Of
the city will speak on the day In
the puipits Of the churches OF the
city.
The committee In charge OF the af-
fair is as follows: Lieut. Gen. S. h.
NJ. Young. honorary chairman; Will
lam Mather Lewis. chairman; Brig.
Gen. George Richards, Lieut. Col Ed
ward Clifford Gilbert Grovesnor. Cor
coran Thorn. Clarence A. Aspinwell.
George Hewitt Myers, H. H. Sheets
and II. Ralph Burton.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
PURELY PERSONAL

AIr. Isaac Cans has been appointed
chairman of the committee on in
dustrial interests Of the Washing
ton Board of Trade.
Rev. DR.. H. F. Randolph, the new
pastor of Foundry Methodist Episco-
pal Church. is expected to take uI
his duties here December 20.
Rev. DR.. Edward D. Eaton. formerly
president of Beloit College. and re-
Gently called to the pastorate OF the
Congregational Church of Cleveland
Park. has purchased home in Cleve-
land Park.
Miss winifred Walker. who has sung
with the New York Symphony Orches-
ira. is to be a member of the Young
WOmens Christian Association Orches-
ira Miss Walker is to be in Wash
fngton for the winter.
Representative John A EIston, of
Berkeley. Cal. returned to Wash
inEton yesterday.
=. \ Hayes. representative from
California. is expected in Washing
ton today.
Mrs. Frank c. Lander. who has
been at the Ebbitt Hotel during the
past two weeks, left this morning
for Pittsburgh
Mrs. Warren McConhie, of New
York City, has returned to heI
home.
Maj. Morrison. of the Marine
Corps, was in the city yesterday
from his detail at Indianhead.
Julius Kahn is expected back for
the Congressional session tomor-
row.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l. Weaver have
given up their home in Chevy Chase
and returned to their apartment In
Washington for the winter.
Miss Katherine Bittenbender. the
head dietician at the United Service
Club. No. 2. at Thirteenth street and
Massachusetts avenue, has been trans
ferred to the new service club, oppo-
site the COrcoran Art Gallery which
is starting tomorrow.
Miss Dorothy Booth. of Pennsyl-
vania, Is in the city for a fortnights
visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee D. Iatimer have
taken a residence at Chevy Chase for
the winter.
Judge Bailey. of the District of Co
lumbia Supreme Court, has bought a
residence on East Irving street in
Chevy Chase.
J. MacDOnaugh, who has been alb
sent for several days from the city,
returned yesterday.