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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
SEATTLE AWAKES TO
DANCER OF RAD!ChLISM

The Seattle labor movement which
has been rather undly tolerant of
mass actiontsts' and other ultra
radicals in recent years has been
awakened to the danger of such toler-
alton and the Central Labor Council
has just condemned as dual organi-
cation and a menace to the entire Ia
Dor movement a newly formed organ
ization known as the Seattle Federat
ed Unions, the alleged. purposes of
which are to junction as a distinctly
economic organization" to bring about
a general revision of the trade agree
ment system with the purpose of lin
ing the workers up for mass strilNs
and ether quick and decisive" moves.
The promoters Of the Federated
Unions accused the labor council Of
frittering away too much of it's time
on resolutions dealing with world pol
tics and national government affairs,
besides dabbling too deeply in loval
politics, which the radical holds him.
self to be not concerned in. That
there was more than a grain of truth
in the criticism of the labor councils
past record was recognized by many
unions that were thereby induced to
send delegates to the new central
body.
Resolutions introduced in the Cen
trail Labor Council pointing out the
dual character of the new organiza-
ton resulted in the charge being open
ly made and only weakly denied that
the I. w. w. had finger in the Fed
Grated Unions pie and that behind
the wires, to bring about a secession
from the A. F. Of L.. of the entire
Seattle labor movement.
The result was that the self-styled
"sanely radical' delegates lined up
with the conservatives to put through
the resolution denouncing the new
central labor body. The organizers
Of the new body. however, threaten to
continue their activities, though a
number Of the influential local unions
have since Withdrawn from the Fed
Grated Unions as requested by the
Central Labor council.-Spokane La
Dor World.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
sAB,cA1; KITTENS AND
the |, ". v. WOODEN SHOE

An organization of alleged wage
workers known as the I. w. w., per-
haps meaning industrial wreckers of
the world, like all organizations has
emblems: Its principal emblem is a
black cat and a woode: shoe. This is
used literally on the printed matter of
the organization. The cat is known
to the brethren" as a. "sab-cat."
Sab of course, is an abreviation of
sabotage, which word designates the
chief means whereby the I. w. W.,
hopes to gain it's ends. The word sab
otage comes from the French word,
sabot, a shoe. Hence the wooden shoe.
This emblem was chosen, it is said
in Europe workman with griev-
ance has a pleasing habit of indicating
that fact by throwing his wooden shoe
into the machinery, or at his employ
er, or any other place where he thinks
it will do the most damage. Another
story is that railroad strikers take out
a steel shoe or sabots holding the
rails and switches in place, thus caus-
ing. wrecks Or "sabotage." TO an I.
w. W. "job" does not bear any like
ness to the word as it applies to the
average wage worker. When an I.
w. w. gets ION the job he gets on to
destroy and not to produce. His
work is to lay waste and not to
conserve. II member Of that Or
ganization can make the operation Of
an employers business more expensive
it he can stop the machinery for
day, or even an hour, it. has increased
the burden of the operation for the
boss" and has decreased his profits.
That is victory for the I. w. W.ism.
They have other ways Of commit
taing sabotage. One now being ad-
vocated to be used during the coming
harvest season tells of putting a rock
inside a bundle of grain SO that it
will break the threshing machine;
shock bundles of grain upside down
so that the grain will rot; cut the
bands Of the bundles so that the wheat
will fall out, blow away or become
damaged; slip matches inside bundles
so that when fed into the cylinder Of
the thresher the matches will light
and set the grain and machinery on
fire, etc.
What do you suppose these things
mentioned above are called in tho hui
morous speech Of the I. w. w? Kit
tens! They are the offspring of the
sab-cat.-Bricklayers Journal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07

would eventually abolish the present
democratic form Of the trade unions
and substitute in it's place an arbitrary
autocracy composed of few individ-
uals.
Many Of the present day trades and
callings are closely allied. and with
the constant-clanging character Of in
dustry they are being and will be
brought still closer in identity and
unity in the future.
The adoption of any program to
change orga nization methods. hastily
is invariably met by hostility from
those affected, and thus a fair de-
gree of corporation cannot be Sc.
cured. Where two trades or callings
overlap in jurisdiction the members
Of both frequently cling tenaciously to
the organization. to which, .mayhap,
they have long been affiliated, actu-
ated by an unexplainable reverence
for it. While the clear judgment Of
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
A "DIAL" DIATRIBE,

The Dial" is a New York publica.
ton that sneers at almost everything
OF a constructive nature. The "Dial''
now sneers at the labor provisions Of
the peace treaty.
This learned organ of distrust
sneers at the declaration that labor
is not commodity, declaring that
labor is a commodity. The Clayton
act doesn't mean anything in the life
of the Dial"
Nothing which the peace confer
ence has proposed" says the Dial"
will excite less opposition than The
recommendations of it's labor commits.
sioners."
This will be news, indeed, to the
members of the labor commission, and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
to the American, members in particu-

to the American, members in particu-
lar.
The "Dial' hints that the labor pro-
visions denote an "alliance between
stand-pat unionism and stand-pat bust
ness"
The truth is that the labor provi.
sions, as finally got into the peace
treaty draft, were put there only after
the hardest kind of fight against
stand-patism Of all kinds, including
that most bigoted of all varieties,
radical stand-patism. Most difficult
Of all the obstacles to even stronger
labor provisions was the particular
type of mind represented by the
DIAL"
But, as they stand, the labor pro-
visions are an almost unreasonable
advance over any provisions ever
made in international agreement prior
to the present treaty. These provi-
sions stand out as a great mark along
the way of progress. 1t probably is
because practical gains have been
made that the "Dial' sneers. What
the "Dial' wants is, not practical
progress that really means something,
but large words that make much noise
and mean nothing. 1t is fortunate,
indeed, that the destiny of American
labor is not shaped by the DIAL"
organ of the intelligentsia.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07

those not affiliated would be benefic-
ial, vet this end can be accomplished
as the result of persuasive methods :,
together with self imposed dicipl;ns.
Trade autonomy, according to th=
ethics of the American Federation
of Labor. means elf-government
Craft autonomy does not prohibit tue
amalgamation Of kindred or other
trades or callings. It encourages it..
In fact, trade auton omy is a guar
antee to every union that makes CON-
m on cause through federation or 9TH
erwise with other unions that its
rights of self-government are to be
protected.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07

the stand when tho armistice was
signed that there should be no re-:
duction OF wages:
1t is more than. a probability that
the average wage Garner is not get
ting $4,000 per year. The American
Federation of Labor has declared that
in many cases wages need to be
raised. Labor knows what it is talk
ing about, for it speaks for the men
who have to fight the battle of max
ing wages meet standard OF living.
Once more, wages must not go
down!
Will Mr.. Barr. and Mr.. Blanton and
Mr.. Kirby kindly make note of the
figures given out by the department
of labor?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
DON'T SLEEP ON tn FLOOR

The man who sleeps on the floor
cannot roll out of bed.
But he does not sleep easy. The
floor is hard resting place. If you
have nothing no one can take any.
thing away from you, but they can
keep you sleeping on the floor.
A man of strength does not fear
having his belongings taken away
from him. Nor does he want to sleep
on the floor. He wants bed, and a.
comfortable bed, and is willing to take
his chances of: rolling out.
Every union man in America can
sleep, both soft and sound if he saves
regularly part of what he earns.
He can buy Government Thrift and
War Savings Stamps every pay DAY
and at least have a bed to roll out
of. This investment will pile up into
a competence.
He will have. something to lose, but
he cannot lose it unless he lets some
body trick him into giving it to them.
These securities are not scraps of
paper. They are secure. Moreover,
they pay the highest rate of interest
compatible with safety. and you can
get your money, every penny of it,
when you need it,
IT you choose to sleep on the floor
because you are afraid of falling out
OF bed, you are not the kind of man
that is of value either as union
member or as citizen.
Buy w, S. S.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
BOlSHEVlk FOURTH ESTATE.

The Russian Soviet Bureau in Amer.
lea, take it from L. C. A. X. Martens,
the official representative and pay.
master in New York, is about to
launch a new magazine. 1t will be a
weekly paper, and it's avowed purpose
will be to further the work of the
bureau in bringing abo1t more
harmonious relations" between
American business men and the
Bolshevik ring leaders. The Bolshe-
viks seem to have acquired several
hundred millions in gold coin, and
they think that some of it might ju-
diciously be spent with American
merchants and manufacturers.
j.. w. Hartman, the papers editor,
was asked whether the new maya
zine would propagate Bolshevism.
NO." he replied, Eve consider our
selves a bureau that aims chiefly at
the establishment Of friendly relations
between the Russian soviet govern
ment and the United States and
therefore deem it very unwise to in.
terfere in national or local politics in
this country
Why, inded, should the American
agents of Lenine and Trotsky estab-
]ish paper here to propagate Boil
shevism? That job is being done
quite satisfactorily every day and
every week free of charge by The
Call, The Dial, Survey, National, New
Republic, Appeal to Reason, etc.,
thank you! And it's not costing the
Russian Federal Soviet Republic a
red cent. None that they'll confess
to, at any rate.
So Messrs. Martens and Hartman
will go merrily about their task of
spending the gold coin of the Rus
sian people with American capitalists
while the official newspapers of the
Great American Cult of Something
Else, as Client calls it, attend to the
little job of spreading the Bolsheyist
message.
And while we're on the subject we
might as we'll mention that these pro.
Bolshevist papers and magazines have
a combined weekly circulation con-
servatively estimated at 100000
copies.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
TO REDUCE NUMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL UNIONS
By CHARLES PERRY TAYLOR.
{ president Washington State Fedora
ton of LabOr.)

There is a great clamor these days
for reduction of the number of in
ternational unions, some of those ad-
vocating this reduction overlooking or
ignoring the fact that the workers
in any two or more internationals
now possess full opportunity to ANAL
gamate their organizations into one
whenever the rank and file desire that
step to be taken.
Innovation untried and specifically
considered, at varying periods often
attract the fancy Of those whose con-
ception Of progress seems largely
founded on Elusive imagination or
fruitless commotion. Progress in the
organized labor movement is the re-
suit Of natural development, and
not the effect of new-founded forms
of organiza ton. Cohesion in the move
ment is apparent in the same degree
as education and experience brings
understanding.
Trade unionism in some form has
an unbroken history of. achievement
and a continuous regard for the rights
of every member. This latter feats
ure is ignored by the advocates Of
new forms Of organization, mainly
typified by the term industrial union
ISM To the minds Of many of its
advocates discipline equalled only by
military system is prescribed as a
distinctive feature, forgetting that the
workers. even organized are voluntary
units with persuasion the only method
of securing obedience.
In contradistiction to the present
diffusion of power and consequent
control in the local unions the prin-
ciple of Industrial unionism, as ex-
pounded by it's ardent advocates,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
DOES YOUR WAGES PAY THE
BILL?

The department of labor has issued
a statement containing the informa
ton that'it requires $4,000 per year
to keep the average family going at
present prices. That means that the
American standard of living canno,
be maintained on less.
The American Federation of Labor
understands exactly what is required
to maintain a decent standard of Hv.
ing and for that very reason it took
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
REFUSE Z. S. AWARD.

ELIZABETH, N. j.. June 6.-The de-
partment of labor has assigned con-
ciliator. in the dispute. between iron
molders and More; brothers. The
firm has refused to accept an eight.
hour award by the national war labor
board. 5:- r.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
DON'T BE RASH, Mr.. HENDERSON

arthur HENDERSON says ne is COM
ing to America at the invitation OF
the American Labor Party of Greater
be of service to those sections If
American workers who desire to or
ganize politically" he feels it his duty
to place his services at their disposal
ito explain the machinery and pro-
gram of Great Britain's political labor
organization"
We wonder just how much Arthur
Henderson is going to explain. Will
he explain how he tried to prostitute
that political labor organization of
Great Britain into an ally for Ger
many? 1t would be embarrassing if
somebody asked him to explain why
he wasn't reelected to parliament,
The explanation of the defeat of J.
Ramsay Macdonald and others of the
same political labor organization
might prove just as embarrassing.
Will Henderson explain the part
which his little clique at the head
Of the Labor Party played in trying
10 win the war for Germany? Will
Ne explain his indefatigible attempts
to meet with the enemy while the
war was still in progress?
Will Henderson explain Stockholm,
will he explain Zimmerwald, will he
explain Berne: Will he explain how
Samuel Gompers' signature got on the
end of the call which he in the name
of the workers of Great Britain sent
out for the Berne conference? Will
he explain why he ignored the eX-
ilessed wishes of the last lnter-Alliet
labor conference held in London in
order to include the Germans in his
packed meeting at Berne?
r,ut whether Henderson does or
does not explain these things is Of
little consequ eEce. There IS another
aspect of the situation. more anus
ing III It's pOSS' OullleS.
Arthur Henderson has for m:,ny
years been idolized and idealized by
many Socialists in this country,
particularly the "internationa]ist"
kind, meaning thereby the ones who
placed their udo-internationalism
above their patriotism and voted at
St. Louis to oppose the war Hender-
son has been their idol-so long as he
has remained in England.
We wonder what these same So
1ialists will think Of Henderson's de.
termination to "be of service to those
sections of American workers who &C.
sire to organize politically?"
Doesn't Henderson know that the
Socialist Party of America lays sole
claim to that job, and that it doesn't
give anybody else the privilege to or.
ganize the workers into e1ything?
Doesn't Henderson know thvt the
american Labor Party of Greater
New York" is taboo with the good
Comrades" and has been officially
disavowed and otherwise frowned
upon by the party, and it's members
denied permission to affiliate?
What does Henderson mean by
coming to America to organize the
workers away from the Socialist
Party?
Why doesn't somebody tip him off
before he gets across the Atlantic anil
gets tangled up in the various Left
and Right Wings of the Socialist
Partyo One of the little groups of
serious Thinkers will have to de-
nounce him, and what will the COM
rades think then?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
CHILD LABOR STILL TAXABLE
SAYS REVENUE Department

WASHINGTON, June 6. - The
United States revenue department has
ruled that the 10 per cent profit tax
on establishments employing child
labor will be collected, despite Federal
Judge Boyd of North Carolina, who
recently ruled that this act was un-
constitutional
The department says it has received
no official information of the deci-
sion and will continue enforcing the
law until the United States supreme
court rules otherwise.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
TO DESTROY UNIONS.

HAVANA, ILL.,, June 6.-The Ores
cent Forge and Shovel company an:
the Havana Metal Wheel company
have closed down because the EN-
ployes organized,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07

SAN DIEGO, Cal, June ,6.-Brew-
cry Workers union No. was given
an advance, dating from May 5, Of
SO cents per day, making the scale
IS for an eight-hour day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-06-07
REFUSED AN INCREASE.

REFUSED AN INCREASE.
HALIFAX, Canada, June 6.-The
building trades presented the con-
tractors demand for minimum rate
of Is cents an hour A refusal fol-
lowed and all the workers threw down
their tools and left the jobs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-01
PASTOR SAYS WIFE
LIKED COCKTAILS

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The Rev. Ed
ward ]. Birmingham, an Episcopal
clergyman of Babylon, Long Island.
appeared in the suit for divorce which
Mrs. Emily R. Birmingham, of Hamp-
den, n. j., is bringing against him
before Vice Chancellor Stevenson.
According to his testimony Mrs.
Birmingham, before she left him I'VE
years ago, was on intimate terms with
other men, particularly one Searles,
who, the plaintiff admitted. taught
her to drink cocktails.
Mr.. Birmingham testified his wife
told him before they parted that she
had met Searles in a restaurant and
that she loved him. He also said her
conduct became so generally known
among the servants in his home that
when she discharged the butler he
refused to go. saying that she was
mot a fit person" to discharge him.
The witness said his congregation
thought of calling upon him to resign
because of the gayety Of his wife, es-
pecially on Sundays, and when she
brought suit, insisted that he defend
it. Mr.. Birmingham was attired in the
uniform of an army chaplain. He has
been at work in the Long Island can
comments throughout the war. The
case will be summed up on August IL,
although Robert Carey, attorney for
the defendant, said he was ready to
submit it for immediate decision with
out argument
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-01

Senator Owen. Democrat. of Okla
homa, declared in a speech in the
Senate yesterday he would vote for
ratification of the peace treaty with
out amendment or reservation.
However. he also said that those
Senators who have doubts should pass
resolutions stating what the inter
probation of the Senate may be-"
But even such reservations, Owen
declared, should be separate from
the resolution of ratification, so as
not to endanger the treaty in any
way.
The League Of Nations. Owen said,
will provide the world for the first
time with real international law.
THE political enemies Of President
Wilson should not throw themselves
in blind fury against the covenant
of the league" said Owen. DO not
slay the covenant as President Will
sons child"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-01
RUSSIAN RED CHIEF
SLAIN; WOMENHELD

STOCKHOLM. Aug. Ia Russian
general. a colonel and several
women are under arrest here today
charged with the murder of the Rus
sian Bolshevik leader. Nikolai ,Ardas-
JEFF.
According to the reported confess
sion Of the prisoners, ArdasjeR was
kidnapped July 3 and taken to villa
near Stockholm. There he was tried
by a military court composed Of
formef officers OF the Cars regime,
who sentenced him to be hanged.
Afterward the corpse was thrown
into the sea-. the prisoners are said TO
have admitted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-01
LADY GERTRUDE DECIES
BECOMES HOTEL KEEPER

LONDON, Aug. Lady Gertrude
Decies, widow of the fourth Baron
Decies. and aunt, by marriage, of the
present Lady Decies. nee Gould, has
become a hotel keeper, having con-
verted her magnificent home, Scots
Wood" at Sunningdale, Berkshire,
into "Scotswood Golf Hotel"
This idea" she said. sis partly a
patriotic effort to assist in solving the
housing problem. 1 have an excellent
chef and a good manageress. but I'll
supervise everything myself."
Lady Decies' price is reported to be
what wealthy Americans are prepared
to pay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-01

retaryi of the free milk for France.
who spent the winter and spring in
Washington, has gone to Rochester,
Mimi, for several weeks with rela-
tiyes at Newlin Knott. She was ac-
companied by her sister. Mrs. George
H. Holt, OF New. York. Miss Newlin
will visit friends in Newport this
month.
Mrs. Henry Jervey, wife of General
Jervey, u. S. A. has her cousin. Mrs.
Il. r. Stewart, wife Of Colonel Stew
art, who is Instructor of drawing a.
West Point, visiting her. She enter
tained a small company Wednesday in
her honor, at the Pierce Mill Tea
House in Rock Creek Park.
DR.. and Mrs. w. E. Pairo announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Charlotte Virginia, to Turner Clayton
Thompson. OF Washington, D. c. The
wedding will take place early in Octo-
Der.
Mr. and Mrs. EIdridge Jordan are
spending the summer. in Washington.
taking occasional weekend trips
Mrs. Jordan is busy with her Red
Cross canteen work.
Congressman Edward j. King has
reached Washington, after an ex-
tended European trip.
Prof. and Mrs. Thomas ]. Preston.
jr., the latter formerly Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, have closed their home in
New York and gone to Tamworth. N.
H., for the month Of August
Brig. Gen. and Mrs T. Q. Donald
son, who were visiting in New York
and at Fort Slocum for several weeks.
went to Greenville, S. c.. the end of
last week. General Donaldson was
called up to New York to testify be-
fore the Congressional committee in
quiring into the abuse of soldiers OF
the A s. F. in the prison camps in
France. but expects to rejoin Mrs. DON
aldson within a few days. They will
not return to Washington for come
weeks to come,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-01
FRECKLES.
Don't Hide Them With a Veil: Re,
move Them With 0thine-DOuple
Strength.

This preparation for the removal
Of freckles is usually so successful
in removing freckles and giving a
clear, beautiful complexion that il is
sold under guarantee to refund the
money il it fails.
Don't hide your freckles under a
veil; get an ounce of Othine and re
move them Even the first few appli-
cations should show a wonderful i'm
provement, some OF the lighter freck-
les vanishing entirely.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength Othine; il il this that
is sold on the money-back guarantee.