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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
THE KAISER is HEALTHY.

I'LL duu luyIu mdh0T Mari nos
ner sees his kaiser "in radiant
health, bronzed and bright-eyed."
Does not this everlasting pose and
pr4ttle of the kaiser nag a little
the nerves of "honest Michael?"
What picture this health and ra-
dance of the kaiser make! BY his
act, as truly as by his hand, mill
lions of men are dead. Thousands
are blind. Whole races have been
almost exterminated after cruel SUI
fering. Starvation is the normal
lot of millions. Plaques, typhuses,
a legion of diseases, have ragged
over the world. Multitudes OF lit
tie children droop and die for want
OF the scantiest foods and reme-
dies. Even in his own empire robust
health has faded from the crowd.
Europe and Asia are sick. The
world is hospital and a grave
yard. And this poor strutting ca
botin of a kaiser is healthy as a
horse and merry as cricket.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
OUR GRAND OLD man;
TRIBUTE TO GOMPERS

(Words and Music by Thomas H.
West.
The Union Labor movement
Has a leader we revere.
His deeds and words have won him
worldwide fame.
Right at his post of duty,
He has stood from year to year,
We're proud of him, Sam Gompers
is his name.
Chorus.
He's the Grand Old Man of Labor.
With a heart as true as steel.
And his name was ne'er connected
With a mean or crooked deal;
In the union labor movement,
He is always in the van.
TO the workers Of the country x
He's our Grand Old Man.
Our faith in you Sam Gompers
Stands Gibraltar-like today,
The union workers here their greet
ing send.
Let all labor haters
In their frenzy fire away,
On our support you always can de-
pend.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
NO UNION LABOR MAN
WOULD Be UNGALLANT
Editor Labor World

Editor Labor World.
I was more than surprised the other
evening to hear unkind remarks made
to one OF the lady conductors on the
West Duluth line and more than hu-
inflated to note the men making the
remarks were in the overalls and uni
form Of mechanics, that which ought
to be the dignified emblem OF Labor.
Several Of the men enroute home
from work were crowded on the back
platform and joshed the conductoress
who smiled and replied in a lady-like
way to their banter. One fellow how
ever made several very uncomplimen-
tary remarks about women taking the
places of men and when the crowd
got off he deliberately turned and
yelled "scab' several times. Tears
sprang to the eyes of the girl ana she
hurried in the car to get away from
the ungentlemanly language.
These girls are doing their bit in
womanly style, leaving home, often
household cares and making many
sacrifices to let our: boys go to the
front. 1t takes sterling and true
woman qualities to do this work. It
should be the privilege and honor of
every man to assist them by courtesy,
clean conduct and gentlemanly bear.
ing. No matter where placed they are
ladies and doubtless some of them
mothers of men.
tits a safe bet that the rowdy who
yelled at the girl did not have Union
card in his pocket and was scab
himself. No decent, respectable work.
ing man with wife and daughters
of his own would thus insult a work.
ing woman. A re-occurance will result
| in this or other buns getting handled
pretty roughly bt the clean minded
men on the cars.
These girls deserve the admiration
of every thinking man and the pro-
J lection of every man with red blood
in his veins who is loyalist and
helping the government win the war.
Let every union man help to pro-
| tect the girls.
Truly yours,
B. MARKHAM.
Duluth, July 3, 1913.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
FREEDOM DAY!
In his independence Day procla-

In his Independence Day procla-
nation President Wilson said:
LAS July 4. 1776. was the dawn
Of democracy for this nation, let
us on July 4, 1918, celebrate the
birth of new and greater spirit
Of democracy-for all mankind"
AS we celebrate this 1918 Inde-
pendence day we realize that it is
with a new and finer conception
of national life and a broader, no
bier conception of world life and
our own part in that world life.
We are a nation more than ever
and part of the world more than
ever.
Curiously the full flower of our
national life comes the full flower of
our world life.
And so, Independence Day means
more than ever. Let us this year
celebrate the birth of new and
greater spirit of democracy-for all
mankind"
We glory in new strength this
year; new physical strength and
a new spiritual strength. Never
has our vision been so broad, our
aim so high, our purpose so noble.
Let something of all this shine
through our observance of Inde-
pendence Day-World Freedom
Day.
Let us remove everything petty
from this day. Let there be no
smallness of spirit about it. Let
us on this day build high hopes for
human freedom-let us look into
the future and make mind sketches
of what we shall do tomorrow
There is new radiance upon our
n"tion's horizon, a new glory at
Freedoms shrine. Let us give
voice to those things upon our ma
tons natal day!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
JOHN Bennett WELL;
WILL BEGIN CAMPAIGN

John Bennett, secretary of the To-
cal Plumbers union, and candidate
for the legislature in the 5sth dis
trict, who has been confined 70 his
home for several weeks on account
of sickness, is now able to be about.
His old time strength is returning
and he expects soon to begin his
canvass for election
Mr.. Bennett is one of the best
known plumbers in the northwest.
He is loved and respected by all who
know him, and if he makes the
right kind of canvass for the legis-
lature there will be no question
about his election.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
A PRAYER.

Father, protect our boys in brown
Who march from hamlet, field and
town:
Each one a replica of Thee,
Each bears cross to Calvary
Be with them on the bloody field;
Be Thou their armor and their shield
Whisper to those so sorely tried
Hold firm, thy Gomrade stands be-
When far from friends and mother
care,
Be with them there-be with them
there.
mo greater love hath man than this"
Be unto them the love they miss.
Father, behold how straight they
stand,
These boys of our beloved land!
Oh, bring them safely home again,
This is our fervent prayer-amen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
To Instruct Foreign-Speaking People
In Canning.

10 INSTRUCT tOrclgn.SpeaklnS .fcOplc
In Canning.
Boy and girl club members who
speak foreign language are being
taught by the extension workers OF
the United States Department of
Agriculture and the state agricultural
colleges to give canning and drying
demonstrations to foreign-speaking
people in their communities. These
young teachers are being taught in
teams of three. They must give the
demonstration to the audience first in
English, and then in the foreign lam
quage. This is for the purpose Of edu.
eating the foreign speakingspeople in
English. It is the aim Of the ex-
tension workers in the 80 northern
and western states to have trained
team Of volunteer members to give
canning and drying demonstrations
wherever there is sufficient number of
foreign-speaking peoples to warrant
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
CREED FOR AMERICANS:

wish to be kind just, intelligent digen happy,
persuade others help because that in
far succeed shall help country to be generous law
abdng and progressive country in which
find much pleasure his permits him
and to enjoy.
If my country does wrong, shall oppose wrong
any try to nure it, shall oppose them and need be shall
fight them
believe that and should continue united
of making each day nearly equal before
CUSTOMS and opinions and giving every
day freedom in thought and speech and actions all the
end that all work together in harmony and
to make this still desirable dwelling place for gentle
intelligent and industrious people.
r. JOHN: COTTON DANA
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
UNION LABOR is LOYAL.

The United States government has
adopted an official position regard
ing organizations of labor. This po-
sition has been established by the
national war labor board, and has
been formally approved and Endorsed
by President Wilson.
This position recognized the right
of working men to form Organiza-
lions in their own interests. The
policy of the administration, in fact,
has been to encourage the organ
ization Of workingmen in time of
war. This position is in sharp dis
tirction to the action Of some pub
lie authorities and the position of
some employers that no organiza-
ton work should be carried on dur
Ing the war.
1t is not mere sentimentality to-
ward labor that dictates this course.
1t is good sense and patriotism. The
troubles so far experienced in han
ding war labor problems have been
due to lack of organization among
the men rather than too much of
it. Employers who have been fight
ing the un-cns for years have reaped
the fruits of their own work in
finding chaotic labor condition
and not knowing where to turn for
men nor low to hold them. Fixed
conditions of employment and fixed
scales of pay, TO-: which the unions
stand, would have obviated many
of the difficulties.
But, further than this, it is right
that when men are asked to stay
at work, to work hard and long,
for patriotic reasons, they should
hive the privilege through organi-
cations of arranging with rep
resentative of the government the
terms of the service they are to
render.
The labor and trades unions of
the nation are standing by the
agreements they make with govern
ment authority. In nearly all cases
the have been not only willing. but
glsd, to !ct final decision in any
case rest with the nations repre-
sentatives and when that decision
is rlade their organization guaran-
tees it's effectiveness Unionism has
ts-us meant practical and effective
enrolment in the nations work.
Not all employers have been as
willing as have the men to submit
wage scales and conditions to gov
eminent arbitration. 1t is to an
employer who has refused to accede
to the request of government au-
thority that President Wilson ad-
dressed the letter in which he says:
MAY I not say that in my judg-
ment it is imperatively necessary
in the national interest that deci-
sions of the national war labor
board should be accepted by both
parties to labor disputes? TO fail
to Except them is to jeopardize the
Interests of the nation very seri-
0usly because it constitutes re-
lection of the instrumentality set
up by the government itself for the
f1eterm I'M alton of la hOr disnutec cot
up with a sincere desire to arrive
At justice In every case and with
The express purpose of safeguarding
the nation against labor difficulties
during the continuation of the pres
lRnt war;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
A GERMAN AUTOCRAT IN 1875:
ANOTHER IN 1918; REMEMBER 1T!

us stop being Revolutionary history.
Let make it that the king fought 1776
always who
republic
OF old mother
Let that the king England
borow
stop being early history get straight
andk it straight
We're fighting another German king odaya German kaiser
On July told German wouldn't tolerate
telling the
it. through autocracy.
powers German
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
FORMER STRIKEbREAKER
OUT FOR SCHOOL BOARD

Gus Silverness, a master plumber
at West Duluth, is a candidate for
the school board. While Silverness
has frequently employed union
plumbers in his business, as, jour-
neyman he came to Duluth during
the building trades lockout Of 1907,
working as strikebreaker. This
record stands against him, and it
will be remembered by union men
and their friends at the school cleo
ton
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06

7 They're wearing wooden shoes
and paper clothes in Germany now,
tsays an American woman who lost
ia pounds in weight there. And
I've won't be happy until lot Of
them that are responsible for this
!ibloodshed are wearing wooden XII
monos and have their friends say,
"My, doesn't he look natural!"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06

"Treat EN- Rough" is the. title
pf a newspaper issued by United
States tank service men. German
morale will be a negligible quantity
bitter they've had a few doses of
manly American rough house adj
ministered in return for their out
rages on little girls and boys in
belgium.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06

What would the rights of labor
amount to if Germany wins the
war;" asks the Providence Jour-
nal, commenting on President Will
sons telegram to the A. F. of l..
convention at St.: Paul. Belgium
furnishes the answer: A Scrap of
Paper. .,.-.~~ -.-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06

A German can standardize a ma
chine provided g. Frenchman,. and
Englishman or an American first
invents it, declares Mr.. Newell
Dwight Hills. Won't somebody
please design an anti-kaiser ma
chine and have the Germans exercise
their peculiar ingenuity on it?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
Kindergarten Teachers Give Food
Demonstrations

Kindergarten Teachers Give Food
Demonstrations.
Two hundred and fifty kindergar-
ten teachers in Boston, Mass, have
just completed an effective food-sav-
ing campaign. During the school
year these women have received
course of instruction in conservation
from the city home demonstration
agents of the Department of Agricul-
ture and the state agricultural college.
This has fitted them to do volunteer
food work among the mothers whom
they visit frequently in connection
with the regular school schedule. They
give advice to the Individual women in
the home kitchens. They meet small
groups at some neighbours home and
give many talks and demonstrations
to mothers clubs.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
Poultry Appeal Renewed (.

Renewing their appeal to Ameri-
cans to increase production of poultry
and eggs, the specialists of the United
State Department of Agriculture in
a meeting at Kansas City in June
adopted a platform of production
with the following aims: Keep better
poultry; select healthy vigorous
breeders; hatch early; preserve eggs,
except for Matching; Gull the flocks;
keep small flocks to supply the fam
lily tables; grow as much poultry feed
as possible; eat more poultry and eggs
and conserve the meat supply.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
War Kitchen to Handle Ton of Prod
nets Daily

uctS Daily.
A new win the War Kitchen" just
opened in Richmond, Va, has been es-
tablished to save SURPRISES of fruits
and vegetables coming to the Rich
mond markets. The kitchen is in
charge of the urban home demon
stration agent of the Department of
Agriculture, and the state agricultural
college, and three assistants. It is
situated next to one Of the large mar
kets, and has equipment for handling
a ton Of products daily. In addition
to spacious glassed-in demonstra-
ton room there is one room contain
ing a drying plant and a steam pres
sure Gamer, another for canned sur
plus, one for the storage of vege-
tables, rest room, and the offices
Of the urban home demonstration
agent and the state leader of city
work.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
GERMAN TRICKERY.

The man who plays on the loyalty
and sympathy of his friends in order
to betray them is constituencies
scoundrel. The government that does
the same thing is just as base. We
have had many evidences Of the per-
ffdy Of German officialdom and the
trickery practiced by German repre-
sentatives on the German-Americans
Is only a comparatively small addi-
ton to the general mass. But it in
wolves such a clear violation Of ordi-
nary rules of conduct that it is worth
while calling attention to it.
Mayor Harm of Bloomfield, himself
a German by birth, recently made the
expose. Before the United States en-
tered the war he was in charge of one
of the many campaigns to raise money
for the use of the German Red Crose
in it's work of mercy in the Father
land. He sent check for 1929 to-
Am AMBASSADOR Bernstorff, this amount
representing the subscriptions to the
fund. One might consider donations
for this purpose sacred for the cause
for which they were given. But to
German cfficialdom nothing is sa-
cred. Mayor Harm now presents the
Cancelled draft to show that instead
OF the money going to the relief of
suffering Germans it was devoted to
spreading German propaganda in this
country. The draft was turned over
by Count Won Bernstorff to DR.. Dern-
berg, who was sent to this country for
the avowed purpose Of spreading the
propaganda Of kaiserism. Thus the
German Americans now learn that
they were betrayed by the representa-
tives Of the country whose suffering
people they were then trying to assist.
The money secured from them by an
appeal to their natural sym pathies was
devoted to undermining their own
adopted country. Kaiserism simply
can't be decent.-News, Norfolk.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
THRIFT: AND SAVING
SPELL WARS VICTORY

County Saves Clothing as War Meas
ure.
The women of Uinta County, Utah,
have saved $4,000 during the last
month by remodeling hats and cloth
ing under the supervision of the
county home demonstration ! agent.
The work is carried on at meetings to
which the women bring their mater
ials and work under the agents SUI
pervision. Three hundred and fifty
hats have been remodeled-a saving
of at least $1,500-dresses have been
made from coats and suits, waists
from old shirts, children's clothing
from women's dress, boys trousers
from mems clothing, and boys over
coats from mems old coats.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06

and proper profit. It has reference
only to wrongful profit wrung from
the public unjustly.
Always there has been too much lib
erty in the practice of extortion, but
under war conditions the government
has been placing limitations on that
liberty with a considerable degree of
success, but not with the result Of
completely subduing the evil. Fur
'ther progress is needed and the re-
port referred to is likely to help the
progress. Probably the reforms
which come as war measures will
continue, and even be perfected, after
the war is won.
Some people do not understand the
meaning of liberty in government by
the people. There are persons who
think it means the privilege of con-
spring to upset the government under
the disguise of free speech" and
others think it means the privilege Of
skinning the people alive by means
of monopoly methods and high prices.
Both classes are in fact enemies of the
republic. Some time the people will
find ways to handle these evils with
better effect. The extortionist seems
likely to be given some more remedial
medicine in the very near future.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY,
THE NEGRO AND THE UNIONS.

THE NEGRO AND THE UNIONS.
Detroit Labor News:
The time has arrived for the Ameri-
can labor movement to squarely face
the fact that the negro is a big factor
in our industrial life, and that he must
be taken into account in the adjust
ment of our economic differences.
Never again can the negro be ig-
nored. Time and time again, the self
lsh masters of industry have used him
to batter your organizations to pieces,
and instead of trying to win him over
you have saVagely fought him be-
cause they used him as a strike
breaker. But the negro must be made
to see the value of an organization to
himself and he must be incorporated
into and made part Of the great labor
movement.
1t is a stupid policy to try to keep
him out. Let us work to shift him
from his present unhappy position,
where he is despised by the2big bust
ness element, Notwithstanding his
utility as a strikebreaker, and hated
by uninists for his loyalty to the open
shop element.
to it's ranks.
LABOR CANDIDATE FOR CON-
GRESS.
The Meseba Ore (Hibbing):
The Federated Trades Assembly of
Duluth has signified it's intention of
tacking the political hide of Con-
gresham Miller on it's barn door, and
is casting about for a suitable man
to make the run against the Eighth
district congressional representative.
The labor candidate will be en-
| tered by petition, as Mr.. Miller got
| away in the primaries without oppo-
sition.
Congressman Miller seems to have
| nothing in common with the working
| man, or he would not have voted to
| make the strike criminal offense,
| and it is of record that he has sup
| ported many other Big Business
| measures that were directed against
the liberty and advancement Of the
laboring man.
This of all times offered the oppor-
tunity for Democrat to enter the
! lists against Congressman Miller with
I 1CdSoIdUlc assurance O1 success, Dut
the Democratic LEADERS" Of the dis
trict gently laid down to the Repub-
lican plunderbund and thus left the
way clear for Miller's reelection with
out opposition-in the interests Of
harmony" and to help win the war. -
| If the labor people, who seem very
determined in this movement, select
a capable man, they will have no great
difficulty in electing him.
!
| PROFITEERING APPEARS.
Superior Telegram:
| A report just made by the Fedora
trade commission makes charges o.
the continuance of profiteering on &
quite extensive scale, as shown by
front page news article in this paper
The profiteering referred to has NJ
reference to the making Of legitimate
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06
PROFITEERING APPEARS.

Superior Telegram:
A report just made by the Federal
trade commission makes charges of
the continuance of profiteering on
quite extensive scale. as shown by a
front page news article in this paper.
The profiteering referred to has no
reference to the making Of legitimate,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-06

Duluth, July 3, 1918.
Evening journal., 1918-11-05
QUIET AROUND POLLS
Large EARLY Vote
Both Republicans and Dem
Gratis Are Claiming Vic
tory in Delaware :
WOMEN WORKERS
ARE ACTIVE TODAY

One Of the most unique campaigns in
the history Of Delaware is drawing TO
a close and the leaders Of both parties
continue TO claim a victory.
The polls opened on time in prac-
tlcally all districts in Wilmington and
rural New Castle County. In Whining
ton there were some short delays at
several polling places because Of clerks
arriving late. but at noon 1t was re-
ported at the Department OF Elections
that there had been no trouble. The
same report was given out at Republi-
can and Democratic headquarters. The
police also report a quite election, but
Chief Black has every member OF the
department on duty in case they are
needed.
From most of~the city districts and
also those in rural New Castle County
heavy early vote was reported with not
near as much cutting OF tickets as had
been predicted.
One unique incident in connection
with the election IS the fact that for the
first time at a general elections women
were around the polls at most of the
voting places. They distributed litera-
ture and buttons "VOtes for Women"
and in many instances openly worked
for Or. l.. Heisler Ball, the Republican
candidate for Senator. being opposed
TO Senator Salisbury because OF his
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