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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
ASSEMBLY VOTES
TO join PARADE
Special Meeting Held Wednes.
day Evening ResCinds Acton
Of Regular Meeting.

At special meeting Of the FEEDER
ated Trades assembly held at Owls
hall Wednesday evening the invita-
ton of the Home Coming committee
to participate in the parade was &C
cepted by a vote Of "a to 16: The
action of the regular meeting was
rescinded and every union in town is
urged to join in the parade. :
The call for the special meeting
contemplated the holding Of a sep
arate parade by organized labor. to
honor the soldiers. but: the majority
declared that labor should forget at
this time it's prejudice against the
Home Guard and join with other pa
triotic organizations in doing honor to
the returned soldiers.
No delegate who favored parading
defended the Home Guard as an in
stitution, but great praise was given
and motor corps for the great WORK
they did during the forest fire here
last October. While the guard itself
was generally condemned few dele
gates blamed the individual members
! who joined it during the war. They
rather blamed Governor Burnquist for
using the guard to crush the street
| railway strike in the Twin Cities.
The executive committee Of the
! assembly reported on the strike OF
! mattresses at the Spalding hotel. A
union has been organized and the
assembly gave it's Endorsement and
| directed it's executive committee tt
act for the assembly in attempting tc
| affect settlement
! Resolutions were adopted calling
upon the charter commission to sub.
! nit an amendment to the city charter
! to the voters providing for an increas;
of three mills in the tax levy. An
other resolution called upon the leg
islature at it's special session to enac
a law giving municipalities the righ
and power to operate public groceries
Henry Dworshak jr., secretary O.
the Consumers league, explained tn,
purpose of that organization and re
quested the delegates to report t.
their unions that mass meeting
would be held at the Shrine audi
torium next Wednesday evening fol
the purpose Of discussing the hig.
cost Of living and organizing to tax,
steps to reduce It.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
PARTY MACHINE 4
FAILS TO: MOVE
.CARSS OR BIAER
Trick: Of Reactionaries Subma.
rined by Forty |nsurgent
Members Of Congress.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. a.
the present congress occurred in the
house when a group of 40 independ-
ents and progressive Republicans, in
Guiding the chairmen of two import
ant committees, Porter of foreign af-
merce, summarized trick partisan
resolution conceived by the majority
administration and combined with the
Democrats to put through an amend
ment making it of practical value to
the people Of the United States.
The occasion was the vote on a
special house resolution demanding
that the secretary of war make i'm
mediately available to the public the
huge stocks Of surplus army food held
by the war department. The resolu-
ton had been drawn after an tnvesti-
cation showing terrible 1ncompetency
on the part of the war department
with regard to the disposal of its sur
plus food supplies, and very plainly
Indicating that influence brought to
bear by the packers and the Gamers
is primarily responsible for letting
this food rot in storage rather than
place it on the domestic market
Nevertheless the resolution con-
ceived by the the Republican steering
committee, body with ideals worthy
Of the worst davs of Cannonism. was
partisan measure and nothing more.
It demanded that the secretary of war
place the surplus food products, on
sale without delay, carefully omit
ting to give Mr.. Baker any assistance
or authority to handle this gigantic
task. It was clearly designed to focus
public wrath on the administration by
ordering Mr.. Baker to imme ediately
settle problem which he had neither
money or men to solve.
In spite of furious opposition from
the majority leadership an amend
ment to this resolution, offered by
Clyde Kelly, Independent Republican
of Braddock, Pa, giving the ~esolu-
ton constructive value by instrHcting
the war department to utilize the par
cells post system in selling the food,
was put through by combination Of
40 Republicans, lined up with the
Democrats. Prominent among those
who refused to be bludgeoned by their
reactionary leaders were Representa-
tives Baer and Sinclair of North Da-
kota, and Representative Carrs of
Minnesota.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
LABOR PARTY TO
M AXE BIG DRIVE
Minnesota non-Partisan Work
ing Peoples League Out
After 10000 Members.

ST. PAUL. Aug. 14.-One hundred
and fifty thousand members are to be
sought by the newly formed Working
Peoples Nonpartisan Political league
in a big state campaign, according to
plans under consideration by the or
ganization's executive committee,
which held it's first meeting last week
In Minneapolis.
headquarters will be opened in
Minneapolis in a few days." said Will
liam Mahoney, president Of the labor
league. 'This will be followed by an
intensive campaign through the labor
newspapers and by organizers. It is
our intention to establish news bu-
reau from which literature about the
organization will be distributed.
1.-THE membership movement will
not be confined to labor organizati tions
solely, but they will be the first to be
brought into the league and will form
a nucleus for statewide organiza-
tion.
1T is the intention Of the executive
committee to reach every industrial
worker in the state whether he be-.
longs to organized labor or. not and
seek him for a. member. We have re-
ceived pledges Of sufficient financial
support to guarantee success in our
Organization plans and we will un-
doubtedly have g. membership Of at
least 10000. before the. campaign
ends"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
LABOR COT THIS
FOR MANY YEARS
Memphis Editor Sent to Jail for
Contempt Of Court, Escorted
By Brass Band.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Aug. 14.-Ed-
ward T. Leech. editor of the Memphis
Press, was escorted to Jail - where
he will serve 10 days for contempt
of court-by brass band, an auto
mobile and a delegation Of promi-
nent citizens, who Justify demanded
free press. The editor was charged
with criticizing public officials when
he discussed politics in a general
way. The editors friends point to
the process by which the editor: was
jailed-without jury trial and by the
court that combines itself into
judge, law maker and executioner.
This evil has been combatted for
5 years by organized workers who have
been Jailed by the same methods used
In Editor Leech's case.
Trade unionists; are hopeful that
the latest exhibition Of injunction
power will be remembered by prom
inent citizens who have heretofore
turned a deaf ear when the workers
urged that American rights be main
tanned. .s~ A & {.s=,,,s $50 u. -,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
SH0PMEN STANDPAT;; REFUSE
TO-. = '::'''!:!! EA.QF !. PRESIDENT
Head Of Lakes Men Act Independent u . Irrational tfces
Send Delegates to Chicago Conference Where Strike
~~' Status Is Being Discussed Decision Is Awaited.

Striking railroad shopmen the Head of the Lakes left their jobs
the railroads following call from the district office Chicago and
they will work until that office authorizes it, This
to be the sentiment Of all the shpmen in he middle district
A conference session at Chicago consisting of representa-
all Duluth Superior,
Proctor and Two Hbor we'll represented at this meeting The
delegates They John P jensen Duluth
William Granger Proco c. E. Wooey, Two Habors and Frank
Gaunders, Superior.
The delegation left for Chicago Tuesday afternoon and not
this possibly until early
week. In the the hopmn will sit tight and await develop
Few Are Returning to Work.
Press early the week stated that shopmen
work. but the representatives claim to have noma
They declare the generally standing
President Wilson's appeal them
work and have their adudicated after
The bame the officers 1t has had
months with and paid attention appeals
The made attempt and
the made effort reduce the Of living
the local letter the Herald
editorial appearing that advising the
officers He
parta folows
information revolt national officers,
against
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
FORM ASSEMBLY.
AT TWO AARB0RS
Central Labor Body Organized
With Eleven Unions
More to Join.

Two Harbors has a trades and labor
assembly. It was organized last Sun
day and starts out with a charter
membership of II unions, all repre-
senting men and women employed on
the Duluth and Iron Range railroad.
There are three other unions in town
and these will be invited to join.
j. F. Robins of the Machinists'
union was elected president and Miss
Susan Woodfill Of the Railway Clerks
union was unanim ously chosen secre-
tary. A committee consisting of one
representative from each union was
named to draft a constitution and by
laws. N. A. Gray Of the B. Of L. E..
was made chairman Of the committee
and Chas. MacMains Of the Brother.
hood of Railway Carmen is secretary
The following unions were repre-.
sented at the first meeting
lists, locomotive engineers, railway
clerks, sheet metal workers, mainte-
name of way, trainmen, conductors
tiremen, boilermakers, railway car
men and blacksmiths. The unions tc
come in at the next melting are the
ore dock workers., electrical workers
and retail clerks. Representation was
fixed at three delegates for each
union.
The new assembly will make appli-
cation for affiliation with the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
RETAIL.PR|CES
ON SHOES VARY ~
=: IN MANY TOWNS
Sales in Europe and Findings Of
Federal Trade Commission
Are Revelations.

Many reports have appeared in the
press, and many complaints have been
made by citizens that retail shoe
prices vary widely in different stores
for the same grade Of shoes. Recently
a prominent Washington resident in
formed representative of this paper
that he had found in Baltimore, Nd,
at 50, shoes Of exactly the same type
that a Washington. dealer priced at
$15. The Boston News Bureau has
published several stories Of the same
nature.
' The finding of the federal trade
commission that underlying economi:
conditions do not justify the present
high shoe prices, and the discovery
by the congressional committee in
vestigating the conduct of the war
that $4,000 pairs of army shoes had
been sold in Belgium at very low
prices, when reports were being sent
abroad here that there would be a
shoe shortage in the fall, have. excited
much comment. Another item of evil
dence as to conditions in the shoe
industry at present, is the following
New York World editorial, entitled
Cheap Shoes-for Export" based
upon an advertisement in current
shoe trade publication:
"A day or two after the published
threat of still another jump in tho
prices Of shoes, an advertisement ap-
peared in the Journal Of Commerce CT
100000 pairs of mems shoes, READY
to ship at once direct from our own
factories, for export. at prices that
excite. curiosity.
There were, for instance; 900
pairs Of mems work shoes at SO, male
two full soles, solid leather, insoles,
and counter. solid lift heels Other
work shoes are offered at $2.25, $2.35.
$1.S0 and $3.50. The highest. price
quoted is 1915 pair for, mems gun
metal calf high-grade shoes The
fair sex is not forgotten; two of the
IL items provide it with kid welt
shoes at 1926 and welt oxford and
high shoes at $1.75 a pair,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
DULUTH HIT HARDEST BY HIGH PRICES
DISEASE AND Death a j!
UNDER B0LSHEy|SM

THE Bolshevist ''Ekonomiches-
kaia Zhizn'' states; that in the
Moscow hospitals and homes the
average death-rate among women
in the maternity. wards is so per
cent, owing to underfeeding. The
death-rate among the newborn
infants is 80 per cent
All kinds of epidemics are rag
ing, and spotted typhus carried
away most victims. On April 1
the Moscow hospitals contained
8,4S6 spotted typhus patients,
and cases are on the increase. In
January. there were 6,S20 cases,
in February $3.50, and lin March
1895: Frol.l Oct. to April:
81 per: cent Of the medical staff
attending typhus cases died.
Besides spotted typhus there is
a great deal of smallpox all over
Russia. Owing to the use of
hOrseflcsh there have been cases
of glanders among people, which
are generally fatal. There are
already signs Of cholera. The
percentage of nervous cases Is
far greater than during the war:
Hospitals for nervous. diseases
have long been overcrowded, and
at present the soviet authorities
are trying to find new premises
where lunatics can be isolated.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
100000 LIVES LOST BY
FLU IN UNITED STATES

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-statistics
compiled by a life insurance COM
pany In this city show that the re-
cent influenza epidemic resulted in
the death of 100000 persons and cost
insurance companies 100000, 900.
Previous flu epidemicsz attacked chils
dren and persons in late life. The
last epidemic took its greatest toll
from infants and persons in adult
working life. The highest mortality
occurred among wage earners and the
lowest death rate among those best
situated economically.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
V|CT|M|zE Telephone
OPERATORS IN TACOMA

TACOMA, WISH, Aug IA After
winning their strike for higher
wages and retroactive pay, telephone
girls in this city and Seattle are being
victimized. The company agreed that
there would be no discrimination.
The strike inVPlved several thous-
and electrical workers and telephone
operators, affiliated with the Brother.
hood of Electrical Workers. and ex.
tended through the Pacific coast
states. - T.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
GOES UP SIX MILES.

NEW YORK, Aug. IA. - Roland
Rohlfs, an: airship pilot, broke the
altitude record by sailing upwards
nearly six miles, or 31,100 feet. He
said the temperature at the highest
point in his flight was 25 degrees
below zero. In making, the flight
he, travelled more. than 200 miles.
The plane was equipped with a
00-horse power motor. Rohlfs
broke the former record by 200
feet,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
CO.OPS. FOR FREE TRADE.

PARIS, Aug. IA. - The inter-allied
conference of cooperative societies
has declared for the abolition of all
import and export duties on the
necessaries Of life and on products
required for the reconstruction Of
industry The conference favored a
pool of the food supplies of the
world, same to be distributed, ac-
cording to the. needs Of the various
peoples. & s..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
WANT UNION SHOP.

wilmington, DEL, Aug. 14.-The
building trades council has declared
for the union shop. These workers
insist that they make the condi-
tions> and that every building en-
ploye must aid in the fight for bet
ter conditions. The bosses favor the
"open shop''-so open, as Dooley
says, that a trade unionist coming in
the front door, will be kicked clear
through the rear door.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16

practically lied to us for seven
months.
Shopmen Never Will.
"The business policy of the Herald
as far as the editorials are concerned
might tolerate such conditions but
the railroad shopmen never will.
"You say the men have the presi-
dents word for it. at the very moment
when the rank and file was convinced
of the bad faith Of their own officers,
projected a strike when those officers
were working in their behalf. We say
let the administration outline COM
plete program. We will give it a
hearing and due consideration.
THE legal phase of this strike can
be settled between the rank and file
- iyaM their grand officers. We under
land this thoroughly; the Herald
does not.
1--WE say that this strike is the ver-
dict of Is per cent of the men. This
verdict was duly conveyed to our
representatives and TO the administra-
tion at Washington. We say that the
constitutional mandates of our men,
~ bership must be obeyed by officers.
1.-The Herald and the administra-
ton may make an effort to shield
them. This to us will be positive
proof our suspicious were we'll
founded
"In considering this question you
say we will remember that unionlsm
is at stake and that we must guard
it's principles religiously. We agree
on that, and that is exactly what we
are doing-we fear not the jury's
(public's) verdict.
Charge Passing Buck.
GAS to the merits Of the demands
for higher wages, you say it's un-
necessary now to pass judgment as
1T is in the hands of the government.
The presidents disposition is to act
promptly if the men return to work,
according to your statement
"You are passing the buck the same
as the rest, for we think that it Is
necessary to pass on the merits OF
our demands promptly and effectively
and. then the men will return to
-swork, and only then, as we see II
now.
"You say that the president cannot
act without an organization to dea
with and a decision can be reached
lust as we'll with work proceeding a.
It can with work stopped. Indeed i
,an be reached far better because i
will not be prejudiced by the irrita
ion growing out of a strike.
"Our reply is that the effect of thi:
,trike is in itself a positive proof tina
We have an organization open for th1
administration to deal with at an!
lime. AS regards settlement wher
working, we again say after trying
:or seven months without prejudic'
ind in the absence of strike irrita
ion there was nothing doing.
I'm the meantime the men now o!
trike will act on this matter accord
ng to the dictates of their own judg
nent, based on full knowledge Of tn
:ase to the end that all labor and tn
public in general may be benefited
through our courage and organiza
ion to bring to their senses, if nee,
,e to their knees. the profiteerinl
,mperors, now gnawing at the fun
lamental principals of trade union
SIN, in fact all our social, politica
nd industrial welfare of the Amer
can people"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16

9wages and the manufacturer gets four
dollars pair more III profit It
Is the same with everything we use,
only in some instances the ratio is a.
great deal more. $50 .,r-e: S.--~:
Must Work Longer.
A plumber visiting in this Office yes
terday said on the subject of shoes:
Ten years ago I. earned $3.50 a day
and paid $3.50 for a pair Of good
shoes. I therefore earned a. pair of
shoes In eight hours. Now I receive
81 day and pay $12 pair for shoes
II takes 13 hours and 36 minutes to
earn pair of shoes now as against
e1snt hours 10 years ago. don't see
now l am getting the best of it from
the big wage scale am supposed to
be getting"
The high price of food stuffs hi+s
labor the hardest, as it does n,ost ~
tne people living on limited incomes.
Inc packers have corralled most of
the necessities of life, and there is T.
general suspicion that they have a
hand In the present sugar SHORTAGE
and the scarcity of glass preservinp
jars. 1t is believed they aim to COM
pei the folks to purchase during the
coming year all the canned goods thew
have monopolized.
IN Duluth we are more unfortunate
than in other cities, as the COST If
1000 seems to be higher here than
elsewhere. The difference in nrices
between the Twin Cities and Duluth
IS most marked. It is out of all nro-
portion and the time has come when
the city should take a: hand in the
matter. = -
Want City to Act.
John E. Jensen, president If tho
Federated Trades assembly, introduced
resolution in that body last Friday
evening calling upon the city COM
m1ss1oners to enact an emereencv. or
d1nance providing for the appointment
OF a commission to make an investi-
cation of the cause of the high cost
OF living In Duluth. Mr.. Jensen pro-
poses that this commission shall have
power to subpoena witnesses and put
1ull and complete inquiry be made so
that the responsibility may be fixed
Tor the apparent unreasonable prices
exacted in Duluth.
There Is danger in delay. The un-
rest among the workers is reaching
an alarming state. We are looking to
the nation to bring relief in a general
way, but it is up to the city to find
out where wrong exists: at home. Gov
ernor Burnquist in his. call for a spe-
cial session Of the legislature advised
that body to give consideration to the
question of high prices. and we should
see to 1t that the members: of the leg
islature tackle the subject sincerely
and earnestly.
If the working people cannot obtain
relief through the agencies Of govern
ment, and If governments fall to func-
tion, the workers cannot be blamed If
they use their economic power to
force governments to act and profiteers
to release their hold on the people.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
INSIST ON SIX-DAY WEEK

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. IA. -
The minimum wage and. maximum
hour commission has refused to
abolish the six-day provision of the
54-hour law for women and permit
seven days labor. The request was
made by hotel men, who claim they
are facing ruin and starvation if
these women are not permitted to
"enJOy" seVen-daY week
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
DEMAND FOOD SALE,

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. - The
ouse has adopted a resolution re-
uesting Secretary Of War Baker to
lace on sale without delay surplus
ood products held by the war de-
artment and valued at $120, ,0Oo,000.<
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16

The columns of this paper afford
an excellent advertising medium for
all kinds Of merchants. Printers Ink
superior to that in any other publ
says that space IN a labor paper is
cation, reaching the consuming class
and the rates are much lower.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-16
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YOU; ought to subscribe-$l = year.
The Washington times., 1919-11-14
FINISH PLANS FOR
ID. c. CITIZENS DRIVE
Every Civic Organization to
Unite In Putting Across Men,
bership Campaign.

Final plans for the I'D. c. organ
lied citizenship" campaign were COM
pleted when representatives of thirty
citizens associations met last night
in the board room of the District
building. The drive, conducted by the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
is for the purpose of boosting the
membership of civic associations from
10000 to $4,000.
Jesse G. Suter, chairman of the
drive committee, who presided last
night, announced that a committee
composed of clergymen from every
religious denomination in the city
was being formed. This committees s
purpose is to interest the men in the
various churches and church society
in civic work.
w: b. Westlake, president of the
federation, in a brief talk, stated he
felt confident of a splendid success,
IL each association will canvass It's
territory thoroughly.
The committee appointed William
F. Peat, a representative of the Con-
necticut avenue association, as secre-
tary to the downtown canvass COM
mittee Oliver P. Newman, former
Commissioner, is chairman.
F. c. White, representing the Con-
gress Heights association, reported
that that association mad voted at its
last meeting to participate in the
drive. He said the vote was taken
after the association heard an ad,
dress by Commissioner Louis Brown
low on the coming campaign.
Buttons were distributed last night
to be given each present member of
the association to be worn during the
drive. Buttons will also be given to
each new member obtained. In addi-
tion to the button, each person can
vassing for men here will wear tri-
colored badge.
A universal application blank,
bound in books of twenty five, was
also stributed.
The dates of the drive are Novem-
ber % to December l. inclusive.