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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-17
COTTON CARNIVAL
AUTO LIST CLOSES

Yesterday was the closing day for
entries in the Cotton Carnival auto
parade scheduled for II a. m. October
25. The committee in checking up
found the entries numbered over 100,
and decided to make an effort to secure
another hundred entries, as the par
ade seems to be proving popular.
From present indications the parade
will be the most imposing motorcade
seen in the valley. Motorists who
have not yet entered their cars may
still do so. Entries should be listed
with DIR. benson at Everybody's Drug
Store.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-17
HAD NOT IMPROVED BY TIME

The grocer saw his best customer
was bit ruffled over something, Sc
strove to be extra obliging and pleas
ant
81 think" he said blandIy, living is
getting cheaper. For instance. a year
ago them eggs would have cost you
five cents more"
"A year ago said the customer
would have been worth more"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-17
BASED ON SCRIPTURE
lBlightv. London

The profiteering bill is not without
precedent. Years ago an injunction
was obtained against A. Whale by a
Mr.. Jonah to enforce the giving up of
an i'll gotten prophatl
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-17

The recent excavations Of Pompeii
I'm the ancient Street of Abundance
have resulted in such extensive finds
that the life Of the street can be al
most entirely reconstructed. The
principal discovery is that Of huge
"thermopolium," a kind Of public
house.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
WILL PROHIBITION
BREED BOLSHEV|SM?

Heavens to Betsey! Call out the
militia! Don't disband the Grizzlies!
Here we have it, staring type, wide
spaces, extra. b1ack-face, everything
to scare!
"Bolshevism is on its way to Amer
lea in the form of National Prohibi-
ton! The Massachusetts Chamber Of
Commerce only, recognizes the damn
able, curse.9 ~*
twenty-five American states gone,
one after another. over the precipice
the Massachusetts, Chamber Of Com
merce got busy. That chamber, which
also fights 1.-The damnable CURSE Of
prohibition of child labor and the
granting of woman citizenship, is out
to raise linitless thousands right now
to save the country from dying Of
thirst and starvation! Realize the
danger: millions Of bushels Of grain
and fruit that go to the manufacture
Of intoxicants will be turned into
food; men will be deprived of their
be furnished milk and hungry hun
dredS meat, from increased paSturage
for herds and aocks. Thus is Boil
shevisn. lifting it's head right in the
midst Of the well-organized and
strongly-fortified brewers and distill-
ers of free America!
One gets sadly confused over this
''Bolshevism" yawp at everything
from a blighted bean crop to the adj
ministration's war policy. Here are
chambers of commerce shouting the
hydrophobiac word at labor unions
that may be with them fighting prohi-
bition! .(Might seem that with such
bonanza advertising the papers could
furnish their modicum Of news to the
reader for less than the wartime
price of 80 cents a month. )-San
Francisco Star,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
LINCOLN ALWAYS PROUD
He WAS WAGE GARNER

The anniversary of Abraham Lin
coins birthday on Feb. II brings to
mind Of Lincoln's sentiments in re-
gard to labor, and their application at
the present time.
Lincoln adhered closely to the idea
that industry and intelligent economy
form the basis Of prosperity. Although
his administration offered no such
profitable securities, the principles of
advancement enunciated by Lincoln
could very well be part Of the wise
buying" intelligent saving" and
"safe investment" which are the chief
features of the governments 1919
thrift campaign. Lincoln said:
"The prudent penniless beginner in
the world labors for wages a while,
saves a surplus with which to buy
land or tools for himself, then labors
for himself another while, and at
length hires another beginner to help
him. This is the just and generous
and prosperous system which opens
the way to all, gives hope to all, and
consequent energy to progress and i'm
provement Of condition to all'
This was not theorizing. Lincoln
was no stranger to labor. 1t was his
closest companion during the greater
part Of his life, and it is safe to say
that he performed we'll more kinds
Of hard manual work than falls usu-
ally to the lot Of man. e..
When Lincoln was being acclaimed
a nominee for president in 1860, the
most notable contribution made to the
State Convention Of Illinois was a
curious banner composed OF two-wea.
ther-worn fence rails; decorated with
flags and streamers, and bearing the
.inscriptiQn:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
A WELCOME VISITOR.

The labor unions Of the Mesaba
range have launched a paper, the
Grange Labor News the first copy
Of which came to our desk last week.
It is edited by James G. Brewer of the
Virginia Typographical union and is
published by the Virginia Central
Labor Union under board of control
The new paper is gem in every re-
spect. It. is geographically clean,
splendidly edited and contains rum
Der Of fine articles of interest to work
ingmen, and indeed to all people who
are giving thought to The great labor
problem.
A labor paper in the north country
will be of much service to the cause
Of organized labor, and we predict for
the Range Labor News a bright and
successful future. It is assured from
the beginning Of the friendship and
support Of The Labor World and its
eO1COko l.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
BABSQN WARNS! BUSINESS
+ Of: lPPR0AGHING DANGER

Roger w. Babson. head of Babson's
Statistical Organization, Inc, which
furnishes reports to merchants. bank
ers and investors, has sent out
Barometer Letter. in which the les
sons Of the war are discussed.
This letter raises the question, "Shall
we all voluntarily give up something,
or shall we all run the risk of losing
everything?" The answer, Babson
tells his business clientele, depends
upon whether or not we are willing
to profit by. the real lesson of the
war.
If we are willing to let the bulk Of
manual workers of this country peace
ably retain the prestige and privileges
which the war has given them-if we
are willing to run the country in the
interest Of the producers of property
rather than the inheritors Of prop
erty, then we can head off disaster.
If, however, the financial and bust
ness interests Of the United States and
allied nations attempt to return to
pre-war economic conditions then
there surely will follow an explosion.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
FAKE INTELLIGENCE.
OFFICER IS EXPOSED

Secretary Baker has just killed a. ;
other attempt Of special privilege to
prosecute American liberals. One
Archibald Stevenson. testifying before
the senate committee on German pro-
paganda, was reported by the press to
be head of the military intelligence
bureau. His testimony as reported
consisted chiefly of reading off lists
of names of those holding radical CT
pacifist views. Independently minded
college professors were singled out and
the lists also included such names as
Frederic c. Howe and Miss Jane Ad-
dams, prominent authors and progress
sive leaders. Now Secretary Baker
declares Stevenson has never been
either an officer or an employe OF the
military intelligence bureau and that
the war department does not udner-
take to censor opinions of the people.
Stevenson, in fact Il aat formally. is
on the Intelligence STAFF of the spe-
cial interests and his list of undesir-
ables is really an honor list to all in
dependent Americans. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE RAII. CANDIDATE.
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1860
Two rails from a lot Of 5000 made
by Thos. Hanks and Abe Lin
). coin, whose father was the =:
first pioneer Of Macon
County.

Following the storm Of applause
which greeted the banner, Lincoln
arose, and pointing to the banner,
said: 81 cannot say whether 1 made
those rails or not but am quite sure
1 made a great many just as good"
Later on, when Lincoln was in the
White House, he always pointed with
pride to the .dayszwhen he did hired
mans work, and told many a story
about his rail-splitting, ploughing,
numbering, boating or store-keeping.
He never failed to pay tribute to- that
most important incident in my life,
when by honest work. I. earned my
first dollar"
Lincoln lived in the first half of
the nineteenth century, but were he
here in the first half Of the twentieth,
he could not more fittingly interpre,
the personal and patriotic ned for
industry, frugality and investment in
profitable War Savings Stamps and
Liberty Bonds than by repeating:
What is that we hold most dear ?
Our own liberty and prosperity
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
LABOR'S OPPORTUNITY.

All American labor has got to do
is to hang on to itself during the
exciting days that are to come in
this country. If it remains with it's
feet on earth and holds fast to the
time-honored principles of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor it cannot
lose.
The first requisite Is to organize.
No wage Garner, man or woman,
should be- outside Of a labor organ
ization:~:s The: American Federation
of Labor::is not, as has been charged
by I. w. W: adherents, a skilled
! labor organization only The I'M
skilled workers have as good a
chance there as the skilled workers if
they will but take advantage Of it.
No good things come to labor on
a silver platter. They have been
secured by hard work, organization,
J persistence and sacrifice. The rea-
son why skilled workers have done
so we'll is that they have stuck to it.
They haven't permitted one defeat
to put them out of business: Every
time they got wallop they came up
again and went after it harder than
ever until they tired the other fell
low out
The unskilled workers must learn
first the lesson of patience, self sac.
.rifice and persistence in organiza.
ton. Those who have learned this
! lesson are getting results. The men
who are not organized will be the
first to have their wages reduced
If they organize now they can save
what they have. Now is the time tc
get busy. Every day counts.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
Worldwide Temperance
movement ADVOCATED

Speaking at the Social Welfare Con-
gress held in Toronto. DR.. Wilbur F.
Crafts Of Washington said that alco-
hol was the "king-pin" Of the three
great evils against which civilization
had been struggling, the other two
being anarchy and autocracy. OF the
three, anarchy and alcohol still re-
NAMED, autocracy> in his opinion, hav-
ing been conquered. AS alcohol, he
declared, was what anarchy thrived
upon and the ranks of Bolshevism
were fed by it, it must be the first
Of the two remaining evils to be abol-
ished. He said that the United States
had Numbered hopelessly over the
liquor question.
THE manufacture Of liquor had
been stopped only to make four dis
tillers multimillionaires. and the per-
centage of alcohol in beer had been
reduced only to increase the profits Of
the brewers, who now manufactured
J at greatly reduced COST" he said. The
| distillers and brewers had dominated
the administration in the United
States" he declared, and twice he
chad seen the Senate turn handsprings
when they cracked the whip"
In view Of the fact that distillers
and brewers were already preparing
to ship their, machinery to, China in
anticipation Of these businesses being
abolished: on the North American con-
tinent, he urged the need Of a world.
wide propaganda against the danger
Of permitting the liquor interests to
set control Of their governments.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
ENGLISH CHuRC'HMEN|
URGE HIGHER IDEALS

A. committe of churchmen, in Lon
don, headed by the bishop Of Win
chester, has published it's report on.
"Christianity's Industrial Problems."
It is stated that as late as the Amer
lean civil war treatises were being
written to defend slavery, and that
future age will probably look upon
some features of our industrial sys-
tenn with something Of the same feel
ing that now exists on the slavery
question.
The committee declares that it is
the duty Of the church, while avoid
ing dogmatism as to the precise
methods, to insist that Christian eth
les are as binding upon economic con-
ditions and industrial organizations as
upon personal conduct and domestic
life.
The sufferings of children, in ade-
quate wages, bad housing conditions
and irregularity Of employment are
matters which society as whole
should make impossible. It is impor-
tant, the report states, to insist that
what is wrong for an individual to do
cannot be right for collective body,
The first charge upon every indus
try should be the payment of suffi-
Gent wages to enable the worker to
maintain himself and his family in
health and honor, with such a margin
Of leisure as will permit reasonable
recreation and the development of
mind and spirit.
The report states that the princi-
pie Of the living wage involves not
only adequate payment during en-
ployment, but continuity of employ
ment. The deliberate casualization Of
labor merely for the convenience Of
employees is strongly to be condemned.
The employment of child labor IS
condemned as folly and injustice, -
and in the future, it is stated, the
demands of industry should not be al
lowed to prevent any child from Sc
curing full opportunities Of education
as human being and citizen.
It is declared that trade unions and
employers associations are the best
foundation for mutual understanding,
industrial peace and social progress,
and that the representatives of these
two interests should often meet, not
only to discuss hours and wages, "but
all such questions affecting the trade
as may be suitable for common dis
| cussion.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
LINCOLN WALKS IT NIGHT

1t is portentous. and a thing Of state,
That here. at midnight, in our little
town
A mourning figure walks, and will not
rest,
Near the old courthouse pacing up
and down.
Or by his homestead. or in Swallowed
yards
He fingers where his children used
to play,
Or through the market, on the we'll
worn stones
He stalks until the da' 4-stars burn
away.
ancient black.
A famous high top-hat and plain
worn shawl
Make him the quaint great figure that
men love,
The prairie-lawyer, master Of US all.
His head is bowed. He thinks on men
and kings,
Yea, when the sick world cries, how
can he sleep?
Too many peasants fight. they know
not why,
Too many homesteads in black ter
for weep.
He can not rest until a spirit-dawn
Shall come-the shining hope OF
Europe free;
The league of sober folk, the Work
ers' Earth
Bringing long peace to CORTLAND
Alp and Sea.
1t breaks his heart that kings must
murder still,
That all his hours Of travail here for
y men = ~, r. = - =. ~ =
Seem yet in vain: And who will brini
white peace lis
THAI. he may .leap Upon his l,i n. hi
! agains7 .... s.s,s.s.es IS:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
CHANGE BOYS FOR DOLLARS.

Now arises Stephen G. Porter, con-
gresham from Pennsylvania, repre-
senting a Pittsburg district, who wants
the Washington government to send
United States troops into Mexico to
safeguard some American invest
ments that, for all the public knows,
may have a rather fishy parentage.
Who does Congressman Porter
"represent," his district-or Standard
Oil? And has he son he is willing
to lay on the sacred alter Of American
investments in Mexico?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
LABOR EDITOR HONORED. !:

LABOR EDITOR HONORED.
Frank Kennedy, editor and pub
Usher Of the Omaha Western Laborer,
has been appointed labor commits
sioner by the governor Of Nebraska.
Mr.. Kennedy has been prominent in
the labor movement tor more than q
quarter of century. He Is con-
sistent trade unionist and has at all
times stood for sane and practical
methods in the labor movement. He
is fully equipped with knowledge and
experience to perform the duties Of
the office, and we predict he will soon
be known as the foremost labor COM
missioner in the United States.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
TWO D1FFEREN / GOVERNORS.

The people OF maine nave a OlI-
ferent kind Of governor than we have
in, Minnesota, although both are n.em-
bers of the: same political party, and
Maine is not usually reckoned as state
of progressive tendencies in law max
ing.
The governor of Maine recommended
to the legislature in his biennial
message that q law be enacted Uro-
viding tor the creation of a state fund
to administer workingmen g compen-
sation. He declared: "That society,
through organized forms Of govern
ments, has the right to protect itself
against any conditions which tend to
impair the efficiency Of the toiler or
to create friction between the worker
and his employer
Referring to the advantages Of state
funds for workingmen's compensation,
the governor declared that the portion
Of the expense of operation Of an in
surance company which represents the
cost Of soliciting business els not a
justifiable charge against insurance
which is made compulsory by law"
Now in Minnesota we are seeking
the passage of a law that will take the
administration Of payments under
workingmen s compensation away from
private insurance companies by hav-
ing employers pay their insurance
premiums direct to the state, which in
turn will pay the money received there
from direct to the injured workmen.
This is known as the state fund plan.
It puts the insurance company out Of
it. It would prevent the cold blooded
claim agent of profit seeking com
pany from standing between an in
jured man and his proper compensa.
ton.
The governor of Minnesota is against
the state fund plan. He favors private
insurance companies. He has taken
sides against the workingman and in
favor of the claim agent. He believes
that the cost of soliciting els JUS
tifiable charge against insurance made
compulsory by law" His view is en-
tirely at variance with that Of the
governor of Maine. It is at variance
with the highest authorities in the
world on the subject. His is the voice
of the insurance companies speaking
from the executive chambers to thu
peoples law makers.
The difference between the two
state executives is that the governor
Of Maine has been doing his own think
ing for him: The governor Of Maine
has decided the issue in favor of the
people. The governor of Minnesota ha!
determined it in favor Of ":business.'
Wouldn't it be great if Governor
Burnquist could see tho light of tn
morning or" this vital question: VIVA
happiness he would assist in bringing
to the crippled population of the state
But-what s the use?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
NOTHING BETTER IN SIGHT.

In an Irish courthouse an old man
was called into the witness box. and,
being inf1rm and just a little near
sighted, he went too far in more than
one sense. Instead of going up the
stairs that led to the box he mounted
those that led to the bench. The
Judge spontaneously said:
els it Judge you want to be, my
good man?'
"Ah, sure. yer Worship" was the
reply; I'm an old man now, an
mebbe it's all I'm fit for."-London
Globe.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
CALIFORNIA; OPPORTUNITY.

California courts declare that they
are without remedy in law to cover
the case of a man sentenced to death
because of perjury by a witness. Isn't
it time for the legislature Of that
state which is in session now to re-
move this black stain from California?
By doing so the state and the whole
country might be saved a lot of un-
necessary trouble before this year rolls
by.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
WHO DID.

Some people were made 10 be soldiers,
But Irish were made toibe cops.
Sauer kraut was made fer the Dutch
men,
Spaghetti for the wops,
Fish were made to drinl water,
Buns were made to drink booze,
Banks were made for money,
And money was made for Jews.
Everything was made for something,
Yes everything but the niser,
God made Wilson for President,
But who in the II made the
Kaiser.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
BOLsHEV1sTs OF FINANCE.

It does not require a. very vivid
imagination to believe that there is a.
concerted pl.t of Bolshevists to spread
terror Throughout America. 1t is also
quite certain that there is concerted
and heavily financed plot on the part
Of the stock gamblers to spread dis
trust of public ownership of railways
and other utilities. All plotters and
conspirators do not belong to the same
lodge.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
HOLLAND APPEALS TO UNIONS.

The dock-workers of Fowey in
Cornwall, England, last week refused
to load Holland steamer as a pro-
test against the former German kaiser
being allowed to remain in Holland.
The Consul-General of the Neither
lands appealed to Ben Tillett, gen.
eral secretary of the Dock-Workers'
union. to use his influence with the
men to load the ship. They reluctant
ly followed Tillett's advice.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
BRITISH TRAMWAY DEMANDS.

Street railway employees in England
have taken part in the general
strike, and they have presented de-
mands upon employers for a 44-hour
week, a maximum eight-hour day
within nine-hour. spread including
time for meals; time and one-half for
Sundays, overtime and national holi-
days and IA days holiday every year
with full pay.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
SCATTERED NEWS AND COMMENT

which it required many years Of sef-
fort to get trade unionism back on:
Its feet again., He would have labor
men profit from the lessons Of history.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
NOT IN MINNESOTA.

The United States Distillers' asso-
citation has decided to invoke a re-
ferendum vote in Is states on the
Federal Prohibition amendment. This
action, it is said. will be taken within
90 days, in an effort to nullify the
votes of IS legislatures. How far the
distillers will get is uncertain. but
one thing is certain there will be no
referendum vote in Minnesota, thanks
to the opposition Of. the liquor inter-
ests to this sort Of legislation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08

-LYoEuM THE.ATER:
g Are You q Mason2''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
FRENCH LABOR HONORS WILSON.
:. When President Wilson arrived In

FRENCH LABOR HONORS' WILSON.
= When President Wilson arrived In
France he was presented with greet
ings from the Confederation Generate
du Travail, which is the federation
of French trade Unions. The message
read in part: ''The workers OF
France hail your arrival with joy.
They are with you. The proclamation
of your IA points. which marks a
memorable date in the history Of the
world, was for us a light in the dark
ness of slaughter.
'Toward you are set and on
you are fixed the eyes of all men and
women, who ask only to support you
in order that peace may be peoples
peace, and that for the future civiliza-
ton will not be an empty word"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-08
GRANTS 48-HOUR WEEK.

On Monday last the textile workers
of the United States went on strike
for the eight hour: day. The Amer
lean WOODEN company saw the strike
coming and on Saturday proceeding
it's officers announced that four mills
at Lawrence would be put on a 49,
hour weekly basis, but with wages
reduced to meet the present 54-hour
schedule.
In a letter to the employees the
company declared it could not meet
the low wage competition of foreign
manufacturers by granting the in
creased wage scale asked by the
union, and would pay them on a basis
of 4S hours for 48 hours work. The
union will insist upon no reduction
of wages.