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The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16
YOU CAN. OF COURSE YOU CAN

Could you make full success. You can. And win the gifts that build and
 bless.
 You can. Resolve this day to make the starr; Unite the strength Of head and And make your hezdpiece do is You eaa. Of course yOa can, Szz to yourself: Tn bound to VII You can. Psck cut the task yoa ought . tO, Thea stick right 2. is. st4neh and
 true, Ard. come what ~ln. yOa' see f
 Ihroagh-
 You e4a. of course yOa can. yoa are the master of yoar VIII Ton can. fc1 make colE-EoEs4 good or a-- You can, Think hard, and with yoar reason
 clear Selec, the course yoa mean 70 steer Then hold is-dzy, ~sek, month and Yoa ezn. Of course yog can, Right here and S0w's the plaee to Yoa can There's work a-plenry. Do your par. Yoz can. This minute, waiting st yosr door, Are opportunities galore; With wisdom, garner ia yoar store You cAnl Of eogrse yo1 can.
 Nixon Wst.rmzn-
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16
DIP THAT TICK NOW.

Reports from local men are coming regular from all parts e the county. showing that the people are dipping their cattle. building some new vats and get ting ready to dip one hundred per cent this year.
 Tick eradication as you have been told heretofore Is Q cooper atiye work carried on by county. state and Federal Government and the people. There is no re- cord Of the people of any county having accomplished this work without this help. Likewise there is no record Of county. state and federal officials doing t without the help Of the people. Ne must help one another to get results. Cooperation means working together and no work requires closer cooperation than tick eradication. The closer the cooperation the better the work < done. Cooperation is the foundation upon which tick eradication is build and upon the strength Of the foundation depends the success Of the work.
 Is | not a duty we owe to our county to our families and to ourselves in bringing about these better conditions and eradieating a pest which is pro duetiye Of 10 good whatever. which on the contrary depriyes Us Of beef. milk and butter and costs the south from forty to seyenty-five million dollars a year
 Ne believe the people are wiling and anixous 70 cooperate and help n every way possible . make Drew county a free county The question has been asked me time after time and day after day. vii this be our last year for dipping?" The only answer I can give is this. it depends altogether on how you dip this year. Had you rather dip regular every fourteen-days for one season and finish the lob. or had you rather half way dip and be forced to dip another year.
 l. is not our purpose. nor my purpose 10 have to force any body 10 dip. but with the cooper ation Of the people who are anxious and wiling to dip and
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16
ManIicellonian

Published Weekly zt Monticello. Ark.
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16

Il is strange that the generous hearted Monticello people, who gave So freely Of their riches in response to eyery patriotic and charitable cause. should @ soon become indifferent as 10 the future Of her returned scldierz. Almost da.ly | ls the sad ex, pereace Of the writer e see some returned soldier and off times 2 ter1 late from the blood soaked fields ef France. having 10 leave Monticello n search Of work.
 The patriotism of our people &ho have been among the first 70 go oyer tha top in every Liber-y Loan drive. is not 10 be questioned. But 10 the man who was . p9p1lar n khaki | must be a bitter thought that the people Of his home town do not care enough about him 10 give hin legitimate way of earning 2 living.
 How many Of the organiza- tions that hung up service flags and % proudly boasted Of the large number of stars have made an effort 70 secure a posi- ton for . returned soldier?
 The statement that Man doth rot live by bread alone" is as true today as when Moses was exhorting with the children of Israel but We should bear in mind that mana no longer rains from the heavens. Though battle conditions may have accustomed the soldier 10 hun ger it does not follow that he can exist indefinitely without the staff of life. If Monticello has no place for him he must go elsewhere.
 The scarcity Of young men
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16

An old relic Of barbarisrn is again cropping out in this city, Wilmar and Warren. 4 certain young element, let us hope they are very young. has taken the pos;tion that no one but the local boys have right to the town society. Not only has the childish practice Of rocking" out of town guests been report a but on more than one occasion automobiles have been tamper-
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16

Miss Cora B. Wilson J. B. Wilson Editors, Publishers and Propreto-s
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16

as his business center. where he maE act well hzs part in his Secza. group.
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16

around 9hlS eisy < really aa alarming condition e affairs 1oE nos aSs1z-EClE 8ur future res uPsn our young people.
 hhE rot co something = mae ta5 old town more attrac- tive At leaSt assist those young men xne would Ike 70 remain to secure respectable positions.
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and stripes. publicly subscribe 10 the liberty loan. make 2 rous- ing speech q every good roads convention and boost better farming methods. but at the same time take rent from 2 widow with three children for "a house with cracked chimney that is liable to burn any hour. day or night.
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16

Entered al the Post Office aI Mont icello, Ark, as second class maA matter.
The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16
FRIDAY. MAY Is. 1913.

Subscription sl per Year, in Advaoce-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
STEEL TRUST GUSTS MINERS
WHO JOIN NEN LABOR UNION
. -
American Federation Of Labor Urged on Ranges
i to Organize Miners Finds Hg'caIpQia1Qa as Bitter
!. ::: as Ever Against uhpaIssl;


Inc miners on the Mesaba being organized under the
American Federation Labor They with the same stub
born opposition received by the large number of
who have Joined the have discharged
companies. '~'-~'t ~z"+sT<
Any eploye accepting office walking papers
without miners tialing annoy
to their work They continuing discharged
officers and finding until other employ
ment can be had - :~s.~la ~
local unions have already been the Maba
and it expected that five will be added during the few
The unions being chartered by the Union of
Mne Mill and Sme]r Workers of America regularly affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor and bound by it's
t.*@Sk7fled Men Favor Organization.
The best skilled workmen
mnt and they determined to see through The
national Union of Nine Mill and Smter formerly the
Western Federation of Miners has been pugd Of the element that
brought much dscredit former Haywood and his
longer identified with it. Those who
with the l. w. w. -. - =:
This union ranks with the safe and organizations
labor like
Typographical union and others of similar E. Hall
OF the Minnesota State Federation OF organiza
on work. and he ably assisted by Alfred experienced
organizer the miners For the first time history the Mime
labor movement stands squa behind the miners their
effort Organization N'>-.@:: s:;:>
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
ToNNAGE.TAx'.! IS
-. GHOST. HOUSE
Northern Minnesota Is Against
h-0n|y One Kind Of Super :
>. Tax Valid.

The second day Of thesession found
a tonnage tax introduced in the leg
islature. The bill permits of the pre-
sent method of taxation on iron ore
and levies in addition thereto a su-
direct to the state. The money de-
rived from this additional tax will be
used to defray the running expense
Of the state.
The mining companies and all the
interests in northern Minnesota will
be obliged to fight for their lives to
prevent the passage of such a bill, and
every citizen of the =. same section
should consider it his personal duty
to do likewise.
Sooner or later we will have to
come to a tonnage tax. but when we
do it should be right and proper in
principle. The Labor World favors a
tonnage tax law, but one Of a very
different character than has yet been
presented in the legislature.
The iron ore in this state should be
the common heritage Of all the peo-
pie of the state. in this and future
generations. A super tax should be
levied every year. The money de-
| rived therefrom should be placed in
a state fund and invested at a fair
rate Of interest. Not one cent of the
| principal amount should ever be ex-
| pended, but the interest received from
it's investment should be used for
state purposes, and principally to re-
! habilitate the waste lands in the north
country.
An accumulative fund such as we
here recommend would in a few
years bring millions to our state trea-
sury. The interest would in time
! create a permanent annual fund, to
forever run this state. In this way
future generations would receive; some
/ benefit from the vast. store house
that is now being rapidly emptied.
We are doing wrong when we rob
our children Of such a heritage.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
RIGHT idea OF
LABOR PROBLEM
New York Employer Points Way
to Associates For In.
duStriaI Peace.

BOSTON, Mass. Jan. "9.-In ad-
lressing meeting Of the members
II the Associated Industries on
,lan to produce Industrial peace, at
he Copely-Plaza Mr.. Galen Starr
Ross of-New York. emphasized indus
rial peace as the one big question of
he day and urged IAN efficiently or
:anized, scientifically conducted cam
,aign of education to bring the truths
= + industrial peace to the back Of the
aind and bottom Of the heart of every
1dividual, whether worker at the
ench, in the office or on the road as
art of the sales machinery These
'uths he defined as "the truths about
le principles and forces necessary to
le scientific conduct of anything
hich accumulates earnings for the
- :ockholders or income for the
'Orker."
1.-The unhappy conditions of today
etween labor and capital" he de-
ared, "are reaction from the pig
eaded conduct in the past cn the part
reactionary, selfishly- INSPIRED capt.
.listic interests, which did not realize
lat the human elemen- would make
s way into industrial science"
He said that in teaching the funda-
entail principles of cooperation and
fe requirements Of scientific produc-
on, there should be regular meetings
ith addresses by staff of speakers
aimed for that purpose. ', 30 1s Il, sz':
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
MAYOR MAGNEY RECOMMENDS
CITY PURCHASE CAR SYSTEM
Declares There Is No Hope For Permanent Improvement Under
Private Ownership Holds Conlps o" "", Got Along
With Present Rates -MSmanagu%;v:.' %:.' er' :s sss

Mayor Magney has touched the fireworks In b clear and
comprehensive report the council Monday the railway tu
Duluth points forcby that the only solution
the through public ownership His indictment against the
and dignfed He declares that the
long weather the and points out
that relief the expected through private
ownership.
mayor opposed granting He has
caused the financial of the be carefully
PERIOD that the net earnings
properly the provided
obtained
Cost of Operation Mech Higher.
that labor and supplies have increased the of
operating the railway system, but has been found that increased
other cities have brought increased the people
ar not riding much as under the old rates.
The situation under private ownership is uncertain This is
illustrated by the fact that when railway corporation contract
city, highly profitable the corporation wants continue
the contract if unprofbe the wants DEAL
The operation the railroads of the country offers ilu
attitude of the public
corporations rgun and regu
The railroads. under private had been demanding
higher freight me but the public unwilling
demands When the roads placed under the direction
William A. McAdoo of the Rail-
roads, Immediately advanced the rates.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
U. S, LABOR Men ! !.
OFF: FOR. FRANCE, \
Gompefs and Associates Leave
to Attend Woad's
Labor Congress-. !:

The American labor delegation
headed by Samuel Gomners sails for
France today to attend the Interna-
tional Labor Congress to take place:
at the same time and place as the
peace congress-. >:'-.: r.. a -. e.: e:
The members Of the delegation are
Samuel GCmpers, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor; James
Duncan. president OF: the Granite Cut
ters' International association; John
r. Alpine, president of the United
Association of Plumbers and Steam
filters; Frank Duffy. secretary ot: the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America. and William
Green, secretary-treasure of the
United Mine Workers of America.
The date Of the International Labor
congress has been left to President
Gompers. The following propositions
will be presented to the peace confer
ence as representing the demands of
American labor:
1. A league of the free peoples of
the world in a common covenant for
genuine and practical cooperation to
secure Justice and therefore peace in
relations between nations.
2. No political or economic re-
strictions meant to benefit some ma
tions and to cripple or embarress
others.
3. No indemnities or reprisals
based upon indicative purposes or de-
liberate desireto injure, but to right
manifest wrongs
4. Recognition Of the rights of
small nations and of the principle:
'.No people must be forced under. SOW
ereignty under which it does not wish
to live" -:
5. No territorial changes or ad-
5ustment.sof power except, in further
*ance of the welfare Of the peoples af-
fected and in furtherance OF world
peace.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

Non-Paftlsan League Chief Dis.
charged From: Bankruptcy
Despite Opposition.

Judge Anidon in federal court at.
Fargo gave President A. c. Townley
of the Non-Partisan League clean
bill of health last week in discharg-
ing him from bankruptcy The lea
que was brought into the case In de-
Gliding it Judge Amidon used the fol-.
lowing notable language:- =.
THE reeord is full and has been
honestly kept. and it shows an honest
purpose to give an account Of an hon.
est stewardship +.
Judge Amidon finds that the entire
property of the league and of the
Non-Partisan Publishing company be-
longs to the farmer who constitute
ends any attempt on the part Of cred
itorss to obtain any such property.
Speaking of the Investigation of the
books and records Of the league the
decision say: ....>., 49,, -
/. +..'.The trustee has been. Permitted to
i go through the record of all these
concerns as, with a.nghted candle. He
has found no trace OF, any grant Of
any OF the funds or property OF the
Nonpartisan league OF. Its subordinate
agencies to- r. Townley, except a
salary Of 5000 per. month. On the
contrary, the record shows clearly and
league and ;.its* subordinate agencies
have never, granted. to: Mr.. Townley
any part Of their funds: or property
as his. personal estate, that he has
never made any, claim TO those funds
/ or properties as. belonging to himself
personally and he has never used
them for any: purpose except that of
a political lleader.:zdevot them hon
estly 70, the achievement of the OBJ
jects Of his party. -. -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
CITY FlREMENON STRIKE
FOR ;TWO-PtATo0N SYSTEM

CLEvELAND,@ Ohio, Jan. s.-ow-
ing to the fact that the city of Cleve-
land is unable. under the existing
Smith / per cent taxlaw. to raise suf-
ficent money to- put its fire depart
ment on an eight-hour basis. recently
authorized by the city council. all but
:2S of the city's, $50 firemen are now
out on strike, which welt into force
at midnight on Tuesday. The direc-
tor Of public safety is closing six fire
stations in order to distribute men
among other engine houses which
have short crews. -
An effort is being made. to recruit
returning soldiers into the fire SER
vice. but members of the Firemen's
union declare that the men will be
asked to join their movement as rap
idly as :tl.ey enlist for duty.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

NEGRO LABoRERS WILL
NOT RETURN. TO SOUTH

: WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Repre.
sentatives o. the department of
labor employing service have found
that many thousands OF negroes
who rntgrated from southern states
to the north and west during the
war will not return to their old
homes, but remain where they are,
for: the higherfwages>ct they receive
and the better conditions they live
under.
1t is estimated that more than
100000 negroes, principally men,
went to New York, New England,
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and other
middle western states to take the
places Of the fN1ontenegrins, Ital-
ians and others who went back to
their native countries to fight. I'M
mediately after the outbreak of the
war the movement OF negro labor
ers began and Increased In volume
until the war closed. AS the
younger negroes were drafted into
the army older ones left the south
for the buster sections of the coun-
try for employment at increased
wages.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11
SQUARE DEAL, REGULAR WORK And
GOOD WAGES MEANS NO B0LSHEVISM

second to in the world. Labor has-gven and
striven and sacrificed to the utmost It is not now
going to be made the pawn in the game of grab.
eve going to have hard problems in the days
to and the employer and employe must fight them
out together But they must do this with the UNDER
standing that each is entitled to consideration. The
employer should have fair return the money he has
invested the laborcr fair return his Investment
his labor power-and he is entitled to it. The en-
poyer believes after paid he is entitled to
something and above. And this is true of labor;
that after he has paid his expenses there must be some
thing oyer. :{ - :.~z.~~ = -S~>c.-<@. =
( "The time of working for wage that barely keeps
him and his family alives gone Labor is not going
backward What labor has that is good that labor will
not only for itself but for the community as whole
This is not greed, it is working out the great good of
the race" ..., III. ....-s,., ..-5.
This is pretty sound reasoning, and if the Spokane
committee starts out the understanding that good
wage to laborers is foundation for prosperity it
will not miss fire. - = .
From President Wilson down the word has gone out
that wages should not be reduced * community where
high wages paid is usually very prosperous one,
containing citys chief asseta happy and contented
population. r.. ..* .', -. -: %: -
- Charles NJ Schwab the great steel magnate, in for
er years not friendly to this idea, is credited recently
with sayings T.. .-.,
"In years gone by seriously doubt many times if
labor has received it's fair share of the prosperity of this
great country We, manufacturers have got to open
eyes wider vision of the present and the future
devise ways and by which capital and labor shall
share equally, not in theory, but in practice We must
not talk about these things, must do these things
F. Would it not be well for Duluth to also pay some
attention to the advice given by Mr. Schwab.. The
first thing to do is to establish better feeling Of con-
fdence and trust between the employers and the
ployed Most of the differences between capital and
labor are but temperamental. They come from the
fact that side shuns the other. There is spirit
of cooperation desire to talk things We have
time yet when could kick feet under
anne fotI0 0xyfh nnf oct
together with him. that if he was inclined to be fair,
and tried to be.
Capital and labor worked together spendidy in help
ing to destroy German mitarism. Class differences
forgotten, and common country was given the
benefit of united strength Does not our country
need the assistance now? 1t equally important
that together and work together for the develop
ment and prosperity of this good old land OF ours of
which we are all very proud.
If there any Kaserites among employers or Boil
shevik among workingmen let us, in the interest of
oil and for the good Of society, teach them that
their course and conduct is inimicabe to the Natons
welfare. = 5 #
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-11

A great meeting held in Duluth a week ago at
the Spalding Hotel 1t attended by Duuths lead
ing business and professional men, and was ripe with
suggestion for making Duluth bigger and better city,
The principal thought ran to deep waterway between
Duluth and the Atlantic ocean, snake Duluth salt
water port" seemed to be the slogan. Or as l. K.
Lewis very. ceverly put it: eve will put Duluth on
the salt water wagon"
Post meetings of business men are being held
in of the large cities of the country at each
of such meetings the big talk :'What we do to
make ours better and more prosperous cty?" =;
Out in Spokane such a meeting was held. It
breathed the air of optimism, and resolved that
Spokane to prosper the people of the city must
bring about the prosperity themselves by ardent and
faithful cooperative work. '''.' ;
The labor situation was gone into pretty thorouph
y That seems to be purely an academic question in
Duluth Everyone seems content on letting matters
drift they are trusting to the future and to new
conditions to settle it.
Spokane isn't going to take any chances with an un-
certainty. The meeting referred to herein, upon the
recommendation of the chairman of Spokanes larg
est employers, endorsed the appointment of commit
tee of ten employers and ten employees to be selected by
the Federal Community Labor board. The committee
is to be appointed from the largest employers in the
city and the most representative in the labor move
ment, both units to be composed of men with broad
vision who harbor the spirit of cooperation.
Spokane looks forward with much hope to the work
of this committee might any city. Such a commit
tee holds the destiny and prosperity of community in
there will be industrial peace chaos, good telling and
cooperation between employer and employee disagree
ment and industrial strife And whya The Spokane
Labor World reasons it this way:- ~,
"A great many people have been standing tip-toe
waiting for the end of the to bring them trade
chances out Of which they will reap vast profits and
lodged in the minds of these is the idea that low
wages mean great profits. They figure that the less
the working man receives the money the employer
will get. Low wages and high profits look like adding
two and two.
"But low wages and high profits are not two and
two at ALL They merely figures Low wages brings
us into the realm of living beings. Human life is some
thing different than arithmetic. Low wages mean i'm
poverished human life. The way to wreck all of
the high hope and great promise that has been built up
by this war is to usher in of low wages
"Low wage employers forget in what nation and in
what age they live. They think of labor in terms of
material to be traded back and forth at much per
pound. Labor is not that in America now Labor in
America means Liberty. It the right to have
voice in the affairs of the right to think even
to dream the right to imagine wonderful things and to
realize as many of them possible.
rLabor has gone through the with fidelity