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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-06-21

LA pREESA cs cl pcri6dico ne1icano de
circulation en- los Estados Unidos. y
por 10 tanto el mejor Iara los anuneiantes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26

ton and he wasn't quick enough to
get from under.
''The cause of anarchism, bolshe-
vism, Industrial Workerism, and
other evidences of industrial unrest
in the nation does not interest the
Republican congress in the least, and
the member who attempts to bring
about an Investigation of the causes
is regarded as no better than the
other anarchists"
'"To unbare the cause of these
evils would show up the privilege ed
class in its true light, hit the men
higher up and uncover condition
that for rottenness has no equal any
where in the world, and naturally
those most interested in maintaining
those conditions will oppose every
attempt to bring about a better
ment.
'"The remedy Is to elect con-
gress that will not be under the
thumb Of big business
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
INITIATION CAUSE or
Il HIGH.*C0ST OF LIVING

:. Shallow thinkers who blame "high"
wages for present living costs get lit
tie consolation from a report on
Economics of the Construction In
dustry," issued by the division of
public works and construction de-
velopment of the United States de-
partment of labor.
It is stated that "the rise in prices
during the war was not. merely the
result Of great demand for goods
but was largely brought about by
means Of initiation of the currency by
the government at war and by the
neutrals, either by the direct issue of
paper money or by the issue of bonds.
"Alhough war. orders are now
largely a. thing of the past, the: ex-
tension of credit still exists as. a con-
tinuing cause of high prices. There
is little to indicate an5early contrac-
ton of Credits :
The report sta ties that wages are
not likely to be lowered, and that if
the production: capacity of industry
should be greatly increased, lower
prices would not necessarily follow. :,
. ~ The report includes "a. statement by
Prof. Irving Fisher. Of Yale UniYe;-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
THE WRONG PRoCED17RE.

2! Ate1: e'e+ll tophs of discus:
sion today is the prevalent labor un
rest-and Ways of eliminating this
menace to stability and prosperity.
This country has it's radicals and
Bolshevists, whose activities "terror-
lie" business. Naturally conditions
must be favorable for the sowing of
the seeds of radicalism,, otherwise
these sinister creeds would make
little Roadway. Therefore it would
be logical. to Investigate and ascer-
tain why: American ideals permit
irregular conditions to exist here.
But are these steps taken by the
proper authorities? No, for the re-
suit might be interesting disclosures.
tits the same old story: of dealing
with the effects instead of the causes.
For example, take the following
from The Mesaba Ore:
&C o-ngress has. appropriated
$1'6oo,o0o for the prosecution of
the anarchists of the country, and
100000 has been given to the bu-
reau OF immigration for the deporta-
ton Of alien anarchists, but when
Senator Welch, a new member,
offered a resolution appropriating
s45'ooo<for the: pprF pSe cfinquiring
into labor conditions, the senate
steam roller was turned IN his direc-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
FOOD STORED UNDER
e.. !: CONTROL OF PACKER

CHICAGO, July Pain a report
sued this week officials of the Hin,
departing ;, Of agriculture, decla
that enormous quantities of mea
butter and eggs are now in stora
in Chicago warehouses, chiefly und
control of the five big packers. T
report states that since the last reg
lar compilation of figures, June 1, t
stocks of these commodities ha
grown in abnormal proportions
that their release would, go far !
ward relieving the present shorta
and tend to reduce prices.
According to the report: the TO-
ing quantities are at present SO
in Chicago: Beef, $751; 900 potn,
pork, 70,517,000 pounds; but
$4,000 pounds; eggs, 1896
cases or 360,OOO,O0O dozen eggs.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
RAILROAD: VALUATION
!: /. IS KN0TTY> PROBLEM

II the ordinary citizen were asked
on what basis, should the private
owners of railroads be paid if the
government takes control, he would
reply: "Get valuation of the roads
and pay what the property is worth"
1t is agreed that a valuation is the
can be done, but when the method
Of valuation is inquired into contro-
versy imm ediately starts. This is
shown by Glenn E. Plumb, attorney
for the railroad brotherhoods, in an
article published in the bulletin Of
the A. F. Of L. railway employees de-
partment.
The brotherhoods insist that rail-
road value can be determined only by
ascertaining the amount Of money the
various roads have actually invested
at the present time. Against this
seemingly fair theory is the plan
urged before the Interstate Commerce
Commission by the Kansas City
Southern Railway. This plan, which
is also urged by other large corpora
tons, ignores the amount of money
invested but is based on the earning
/
! City Southern holds that since it earns
| 6 per cent. on $75,000,000, that sum
represents the present value Of the
property. Under this theory profits
over a fixed interest charge are cap
! italized and becomes a charge against
! the property.
The Texas midland Railway has an
other theory of valuation. It: con-
! tends that the value of its property
must be measured by the cost Of re-
production, at present cost of land,
labor and material. This theory ig-
nores earning power, prudence OF
investment, rates, the amount of traf-
fic and actual net earnings.
Another Valuation system is the
property investment accounts, -
which is urged by railroad executives
and security holders, who demand
that a and a 6h per cent. minimum
be guaranteed all securities.
| The property investment accounts
Of the railroads do not represent
money contributed by the security
holders to the corporation. It is
merely a bookkeeping account, says
Mr.. Plumb.
+"This demand for value is intended
to give a solid financial earning basis
for all securities now outstanding"
he says, without any regard what
soever to the consideration paid
therefor, or tho services to the public
which such securities actually rep
| resent"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
MAl-NUTR|T|oN IS *:z:
a$*
e: RAPIDLY INCREASING

DR.. Royal S. Copeland. health COM
missioner Of New York city, has
issued an official bulletin from which
it appears that 10 per cent of the
children in New York city are under
nourished. sg,t. \ :. WIN, ,<e
Nineteen per cent!
Charles Dickens in t'Hard Times"
pictures school teacher, Mr.. Nc
Choakumchild, giving a lesson in eco
nomics. Mr.. McChoakumchild says
to Sissy Jupe, a daughter. of hardship
and poverty, Here are the. statistics
of accidents upon the high seas and
I find that in a. given time 100000
persons went to sea on long voyages,
and only 500 of them were drowned
or burned to death. What is the per-
centage?"
Sissy Jupe answers, "Nothing."
''Nothing!" exclaims Mr.. McChoak-
umchild, in establishment.
Nothing" answers Sissy Jupe. 'to
the relations and friends of the peo-
pie who were killed."
Nineteen per cent of the children in
New York city are under-nourished.
What does the per cent matter to the
fathers and mothers of the hundreds
of thousands of boys and girls about
whom DR.. Copeland writes,-'Inves-
legations have shown that under-nou
ishment is to be traced most directly
to insufficient or wrong feeding. Re-
ports Of the United States bureau of
labor show that the average increase
in wages since the war began has
been about is per cent, while the
average increase in the cost of food
has been nearly LOO per cent. Fam
lilies with a. narrow margin of living
cannot but suffer as result
At the present time one child out o!
every five in New York city is so un.
der-nourished as to demand imme-
date attention, while at least two adj
ditional children out of every five are
on the border line between good health
and under-nourishmen
The percentage of :under-nourished
children in 1914 was per cent; and
the percentage in 1919. is; 10 per
cent, which is another way of saying
that four times as many fathers and
mothers look with anguish. from
their ,inadeq,iate wages to the meager
bodies Of their little ones.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
Milestones on a Long Road
BY A. M. SIMONS

or the American for Labor andDe
social prophet
a commodity Of
commerce. That road the whole
arches of achievement It'll with
This milestone
corpse is not yet inferred beneath it.
hidden of the
Further
unions" nations world.
adequate of This
milestone
e1ght.hour
built broad boulevard Fifteenth
After
ground Along its
labor's battles
bonion cvla-
inherited
This milestone
millions children sacrificed the mechanical
children of the. EARTH
between and women
industrial
factory
building
created and
fe liberty pursuit
pinesss ...-s%z IL
mlestones imposing But they do not mark terminals
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
RAILWAY MECHANICS ~
VOTE IN FAVOR OF STRIKE

ATLANTA, Georgia, July "a
Railroad shop mechanics in session
here recently adopted resolutions fav-
oring a strike of more than-25, 900 rail
workers in the southeast at 10 a. M,
Aug. /, unless the United States Rail-
road Administration grants Increased
wages. The demands contained in
the resolutions are IS cents an hour
for mechanics, 60 gents for helpers,
10 cents an hour increase for ap-
prentices, all retroactive to Jan. 4,
1919. The resolutions have been for
warded to the Director-General of
Railroads at Washington.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
THERE'S JUST ONE LEAGUE

Once upon a time certain persons
said the administration at Washing
ton was too, slow about pushing the
war. -
Just lately they have been saying
it was too fast-nobody else got a
chance.
Once upon time certain persons
said this talk about "our associates
in the war was silly; it should be
"our aHies.':s.
Once upon time certain persons
said they wanted a League of Ma
tons.
just lately they have decided that
they don't want a League of Nations.
Oh, to be- sure, they say in a way
thatY they want one, but they are
against the only one they can get,
and stherefore they are against the
League of Nations. Z
If you wanted a peach pie and the
oAiJ p1c Ill Iue "Ollu was an aDpIG
pie, which YOU refused to take, you'd
get no pie. -
That's about the way it is with
certain persons, notably certain per-
sons in the United States senate.
There's only one League of Ma
tlons to be had-and if ANYBODY
wants a League Of Nations It will
have to be the one created in Paris
by the peace conference.
This League of Nations isn't per-
feet. Almost anyone could find
something wrong with it. But, like
the Constitution of the United States
the League of Nations covenant ron.
tains the machinery for change and
Improvement.
And, finally, let it be repeated
this league is the only league there
IS any chance of getting.
1t is not going to be- good TO,
'statesmen' who forget that!.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
NEW ULAI CONVENTION,

The most important convention Of
The State Federation Of Labor ever
held in this state" was in session this
week at New Ulm.
With an increase Of s. per cent
in attendance, the deliberations were
varied;3 covering Maany vital topics.
The outstanding feature of the
meeting vas the domination of the
pfo4ressiv$ OF: radical wing, with in
dications that many innovations in
the industrial and political activities
of organized labor smay be expected
in the near future.
The present is an unusual era in
the affairs of the nations of the
world, largely as a result of the
great war. Old, accepted and con-
ventional policies and doctrines have
been :thrp WI to- the ,winds, with new
and sometimes radical concepts
animating the actions Of men.
Minnesota labor, likewise, has ex-
perienced the. re-birth of the war era,
and the future gives promise of many
Interesting events.
The Labor World had a special
representative at the state conven-
ton, and has endeavored to give its
readers a comprehensive account of
the proceedings.
Read these reports. :! ~,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
VOTES THAT WEREN'T CAST.

R. J. Coole was the only success
full candidate on the Labor ticket at
the annual school election last Satur-
day. Mr.. Coole was unopposed and
was also on the administration
ticket. 5f':~s~ Sssz ~ lz57S: :s7s
The failure of the Labor candi-
dates was a surprise to many, but
there were several contributory
reasons.
In the first place, it was unwise to
put full ticket in the field: there
was a lack Of interest on the part of
labor during the quiet campaign, and
most important, as will be shown by
an analysis of the votes, very few
ballots were cast in the accredited
labor precincts:
The eastern section of the city
showed unusual interest and appar-
emily every qualified voter visited
the polls. In the downtown district,
West End and West Duluth apathy
prevailed-and, regardless of the
sentiment, few votes were cast.
Consequently the Labor ticket made
poor showing.
The results of the election prove
one thing: that the local Labor party
executive committee should ascertain
the sentiment of the workers before
taking definite action
At least 5000 working men and
women neglected to vote last Satur-
d day:=1and 3 Labor ticket can't be
successful without votes!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26

Ihe Duluth Herald is having
1renzled spells over the Republican
opposition to the League of Nations.
and denouncing all those who opnosa
us adoption. Yes, it does seem
queer and unreasonable, this onno-
sltlon-but not any more 50 than
aces The Herald's opposition to the
Nonpartisan league. There are two
ways to look at it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
LABOR DIFFICULTIES IN EAcr

LABOR throughout the east, is plainly
III d llght1ng mood and is Showing
oally mat the organized workers. WIN
diohe nave the power of effective re-
slstance will no longer tolerate con-
dltlons, which were. accented ,,nder
protest during the war.
very serious strikes are now threat
ehed IN two great industries, shippine
ana steel. In the former, trouble al
ready has started. Last week savera,
thousand seamen refused to man YES
sells about to sail on a number Of
coastWlse shipping routes along the
Atlantic -seaboard and extension of
the strike to include longshoremen
and stevedores in every Atlantic port
IS anticipated if" the demands. of the
men atrpo t:granted.
: = .lEhesa< demands :provide for a Small
wage inofease. but the principal point
at issue is recognition of the sean1en.s
UNION The sailors ask that in giving
employment, ship owners give sprefer-
ence first to American citizens and
second to union men. It is a matter
OF common knowledge that ship own
ers: have been using foreign sailors,
particularly orientals, to beat down
wages,
The right to organize in trade
unions is also the point at issue be-
hind the pending: trouble in the steel
industry. Following the decision of
the American Federation of Labor al
its recent Atlantic City convention to
press organization work among the
100000 unorganized steel workers,
hostility to union men in the steel
mills is said to have increased. A
letter from PRECEDENT Gompers: of the
federation to Judge Gary. president OF
the Iron and Steel institute. asking
for statement on his attitude toward
the organization work has been
ignored by the steel baron.
AS result representatives Of "a
unions engaged in the steel industry
met in Washington and resolution
adopted on the subject of launching a
strike throughout the entire industry
to settle once and for all the right OF
union organization, long ago accepted
as a. basic principle by the war labo,
board. The result Of the vote will be
known in 80 days. :.
w. The lyceum Players in; 20
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
LOOKED SUSPICIOUS.

Gr-rr-r-hi The train drew up with
a mighty crash and shock between
us it al accident? what hap
pened?" inquired a .worried-looking
individual Of the conductor.
someone pulled the bel1-cord."
shouted the conductor. 1.-THE express
knocked our last car off the track!
Take us four hours before the track
is clear!"
"Great Scott! Four hours! an
supposed to he married todAy!"
groaned the: passenger.
The conductor, bigoted bachelor,
raised his eyebrows suspiciously.
Look here!" he demanded. 81
suppose you amt the chap that
pulled the cord ?''-Truth Seeker.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26

A certain group Of anti-prohibition
labor men from the Twin Cities evil
IDENTIFY lack intelligence enough to
realize they are supporting a lost
cause. Be good sports, fellows, and
observe our laws the way all good
cltlzens should. You can't afford to
be anarchists.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
JAILED; AGAIN PICKETING.

DETROIT, Mich, July pam in
junction judge sentenced eight
striking iron molders:t to Jail for five
days each because they violated an
nti-picketing order; = When the
men were discharged, after serv-
ing their sentences. they headed for
the picket line.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26

sity, who says. that there is little likeli-
hood of a fall in prices in this coun-
try, and that "the present rise in
prices has resulted from the great ex-
tension Of credits by the countries at
war;, s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26

II you buy so you get a dollars
worth Of value for every dollar, you
CAN spend more. If you treat what
you buy as if it had the same value
as money. you do not HAVE to spend
so much.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26
SCRIPTURE FOR THE MOVIES.

"Gather the people together, men,
and women, and children. "-Deuter-
onomy, 81 ~.
"sit in darkness Isaiah, 42:7.
Lift up your eyes" 49, Isaiah,
40:26.
BE silent in: darkness. SAMUEL,
2:9. - :.
1.-THE shadows: of the evening are
stretched out. Jeremiah, GA.
1.-THE sound of the grinding is low"
1874.
"The stars appeared" -Nehemiah.
4:21.
"All pleasant pictures!'- Isaiah,
2:16.
"a time to weep and time to
laugh"
"Clap your hands, all ye people!'
Psalms, 47:1.
REDUCED PRICES ON MEMS SUITS.
Buy Now! At The Big Duluth.
AT THE ZELDA.
"The Woman Thou Gavest Me-
Beginning Sunday.
l. The lyceum Players in =:
1.-THE LOTTERY MAN."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-07-26

: The lyceum Players in; 4
e.. "THE LOTTERY -MAN.s: Z
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02

consider the saying that years
work can be done better In II months
than IL.
The men who are managing the Brit.
ish munition factories are thinking Of
the last lap OF the most strenuous
struggle within human e1breience, ara
are slowing up for, whirlwind finish
when the adversary 10 distressed. To
accomplish that II ID necessary to sur
vive to the last lap. There are too
many men dying before the last lap.
wasting themselves In the middle Of
the race, and with the excuse Of wars
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02

about the fatigue Of metals a. well
a. Of men. but there is no metal trade
union, nor Is there any need for moral
scruple about working metals into the
scrap heap as fast a. there Is advan-
tage In It, under war conditions. even
II there 10 no profit in the excessive
wear and tear OF the machinery.
The experience Of the British gov
eminent as an employer may be cdn-
mended both to some few workers
who drive themselves faster than they
are driven. only to meet untimely
ends, and to some few inhumane en-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02

ployers with impractical views re-
garding the waste Of human material
which they think costs them nothing.
There can be no permanency about
the Industrial star which Ii constantly
disintegrated by excessive wear and
tear, with tho effect Of diminishing
output through the diminished energy
Of the workers 90 q whole. and the
waste through the undisciplined Of.
forts Of unframed labor which has
only energy instead Of experience and
skill. The worker whose youth will
be his possession but once may well
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02

tories will stop all Sunday labor a.
the result Of an investigation by =
special committee, with the conclusion
that Sunday work rather diminished
than increased the output, remarks the
New York Times. That may be true
Of the workers, but 1t 10 impossible
not to wonder at the application to
the factories Of the theory regarding
the hands. In the desperate need for
munitions 1t would seem that the fac
tories, the plant itself, might be
worked continuously with fresh shifts
OF employees. There 10 . theory
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02

Vegetable Compound cured me 90 ! did
not need the operation, and am telling
all my friends about it"-Mrs. A. W.
BINzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
It'll just such experiences a. that Of
Mrs. Binzer that has made this famous
root and herb remedy household word
from ocean TO ocean. Any woman who
suffers from Inflammation, liberation.
displacements, bsckachs, nervousness,
Irregularities or the blues" should
not rest until she has given II q trial,
and for special advice write Lydia 4.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn. Mass.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02
SIX DAYS QUITE ENOUGH
WORKING Human Machine Seven
Days q Week Practically
Condemned.

The Biblical authority in favor OF
six days work each week is approved
by the British munitions committee
for the wost worldly reasons. In the
words Of Lioyd-G George, 1T II better
70 work overtime during the week
than to have Sunday work." Accord
inrly. the government controlled fac
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02
Reckless seIf-confldsnce.

Daughter, II you don't quit dancing
so much you are gsing to have nerv.
GUS breakdown
Don't worry about me. father. ]
have Q great little constitution and 20
long as you are able to pay the piper
I'll guarantee to give him employ
ment.'
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02
THIS WOMAN II
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
By taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, One
If Thousands of Such Cases.
Black River Falls. Wis. -"As Lydia
T. Pinkhsm's Vegetable Compound

saved me from IN
operation, ] cannot
cay enough In praise
oft. lsufered from
organic troubles and
my side hurt me 20
! could hardly bs up
from my bed, and ]
was unable TO do my
homework. ] had
the best doctors In
Eau Claire and they
wanted me TO have
an operation, but
vulisE ptukh0msn
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-02

necessity. II is an Indication OF .
me. al defect, as well as OF unbal.
ance between mental and physical
powers.