The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-23
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY
SHALL MOONEY HANG?

SHALL MOONEY HANG?
The Omaha Unionist: Word comes
from the coast that the last appeal
OF the Mooney defense for a new
trial has been turned down, because
someone did not misplace a comma
In transcribing the testimony, it was
according to "Hoyle," as we might
say. 1t makes no difference to the
legal fraternity on the coast whether
or not the witnesses lied from start
to finish, they lied I" according to
law" so that settles it.
The report of the special commits
sion of the president showed preju-
dice beyond the shadow of a. doubt,
but, just as the south refused to ex-
punge the slavery laws from their
statute books, so Big Biz refuses to
release their strangle hold upon a
rebellious slave in California AS
far as commerce is concerned, Cali
fornia is in the United States, but
when it comes to justice, it is indie
pendent, alien and congoized, a fit
mate for Diaz of old Mexico.
In the meantime Tom Mooney is in
serious danger of becoming the vic
tim Of as blood-thirsty a bunch of
pirates as ever sailed the Spanish
Main. In protecting their slaves and
their loot they will not stop short
of murder, provided the victim is a
common, cheap worker from the great
horde.
Seattle workers are aroused to a
dangerous pitch over this proposed
murder by Big Biz through legal
methods, but unless radical action is
taken by the labor movement as a
whole, MONEYS blood will be added
to the crimson stream that has paved
the way to freedom through the ages.
It this sacrifice necessary? 1t is
for labor to say. There is now no
question of MONEYS innocence of the
charge against him, but the cars on
the coast demand his life be forfeited
they want no labor agitators. What
will labor's answer be?
RAILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA,
Milwaukee Leader: Pearson's mag.
azine has performed a good service
by giving to the world the article on
government railroads in Australia.
While our congress is putterine
with the railroad problem-guaran'
teeing enormous profits to the rail.
way magnates for doing nothing
and endeavoring to make sure that
the magnates will get the roads back
again after the war-the people OF
Australia have complete public owner.
ship of 10000 out of about $4,000
miles of track.
The comparison shows that the pas.
senger and freight rates are less thar
in the United States.
It also shows that the roads are ir
part used in a humanitarian manner
to transport working class families
out of the hot belt in summer at Z
rate of less then one-half a cent :
mile, to make low rates for suburban
travel, to facilitate the reaching Of
educational institutions by students
etc.
Yet, in spite of all this, the road.
| pay a profit into the public treasury
With such figures before your eyes
do you need any further proof that {
| senator or congressman who stand.
for big dividends and private owner
! ship is representative of the capital
! list class?
! Any member of congress who doe
not stand for the collective ownership
/ and control of all social means O
production and distribution is a rep
resentative of the capitalist class.
Merely standing for the pub1i
| ownership of railroads does not talk
him out of that category. He ma,
want the public ownership of rail
! roads for the benefit of the small
| shippers, without being in favor o
the emancipation of the people from
capitalist rule in general. Or, he ma,
| stand for it merely as a matter Of
policy, because there is congress
ional election coming on wherein h,
will need votes.
WHEAT SUBSTITUTE PRICES.
Buffalo News: There is some littl
complaint among housewives with re
| spect to the advanced prices bein,
charged for wheat substitutes. Tn
prices charged for these substitute
are felt to be excessively large an,
the suspicion is engendered that prof
iteers are again busy.
The fact is pointed out that there i.
no shortage of corn, yet the price o
corn meal has scared even above tn
price of wheat flour.
| Prices for these substitutes evidentl,
come as the consequence of the fifty
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