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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06
\ BY w. j. GHENT.

There is no word so overworked>
these days by Socialists, super-so-
cialists and radicals generally as the
word "reactionary" It is almost un-
discriminatory applied to everyone
who disagrees with them. They ap-
ply it not only to conservatives but
to one another among themselves.
Each "revolutionist" who finds his
neighbor little less utopian. fanati-
cal and impossiblist than himself
greets the discovery by hurting at
him the term "reactionary." when
I make word do a lot of work like
that" says Humpty Dumpty in Lewis
Carrolls Through the Looking
Glass" II always pay it extra" From
its present over-employment the
word is entitled to and half.
double price, sextuple price or any
other multiple of the, normal, with
war bonus added. - s.....e s..-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06

of work shall be inaugurated.
"The cigarmakers Of the United
States are engaged in strikes for
improved conditions occasioned by
the high cost of living, and there
are les 900 Of that industry who are
now engaged in the struggle.
"The executive council indorsed
the strike and pledged its moral and
financial support to it. and will issue
additionally an appeal to labor and
friends to come to the financial and
moral assistance of the men engaged
in that controversy.
"In regard to the actors situation,
a new charter was issued to the
Actors Equity society and the old
time White Rats, association under
the title of Actors and Artisans Asso-
citation of America, and pledge was
= given for the full support of the
federation with it's membership to
the actors engaged in the contest.
1.-The executive council had before
it the Representatives of. the labor
organizations and their counsel who
favored the Plumb plan of railway
ownership or railway control and
administration. The counsel cOnSid-
cred the plan as we'll as the pro-
visions of the Sims bill dealing with
this important subject. The plan
and the bill, so the council declared,
are of such transcendent importance
to labor, to the people and to the
country that the council decided to
defer final action determining the
position of the American Federation
of Labor thereon, and in the mean
time a subcommittee was created for
the purpose of examining into all
the facts and evidence obtainable,
to secure the advice of all We can
who can contribute to full UNDER
standing of the subject and the sub
committee after it's examination and
investigation is to report to the ex-
ecutive council of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor upon the entire
subject.
There were other matters of i'm
portance considered by us, but these
are regarded hardly of public in
tereSt"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06
PLUMB Plan ONE;
STRIKE ANOTHER
Demands Of Railroad Men for
Higher Wages Have No Con-
nectIon with Ownership D..

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Officials
of the railroad shop men and railroad
brotherhoods have signed a state
ment that their solution of the rail-
road problem embodied in the Sims
bill, and their demand for wage in
creases are separate movements and
are in no way related.
They have found it necessary to as
sure excitable editors and lawmakers
that they have never considered the
strike method to "Americanize the
railroads." The railroad workers
say:
1.-TWO distinctly separate considera-
tions now confront the people, the
wage requirements Of the railroad en-
ployes and the Sims bill (embodying
the railway employees plan for reor-
ganization Of the rai1roads.)
I'm the matter of wages we have
submitted an eminently just PROPOSE
.tiOn. We have said that if we are to
continue to live as American should
live, and are to care for our fami-
lies as American families should be.
cared for. the prof1teers must be re-
strained or our wages increased.
Every fairminded man, and every
Intelligent housewife, will recognize
the. reasonableness of this request. II
congress and the president cannot
meet this request, it is still a living
question, and we shall have to try to
find another solution.
"This, however, bears in no way
upon our sponsorship of the Sims
bill. We do hold to our conviction
that the railroad employees are in no
mood to consign themselves finally IT,
the autocratic control of financial DIG
tators. but in 2 Rroposing the elimina-
tion of capital and the tripartite di-
we have no purpose of In.
tiinldatfon. We appeal to the states,
manship. of America and to the: COM
mon sense of American manhood and
womanhood. We are all voters, and
unless our: democracy in government
is a failure; our democracy in in
dustry need not be. We believe tn
the native ability Of American labor.
What we ask is the Americanization
Of the railroads."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06
UNION labor EXPECTS steel
TRUST MANAGERS WILL YIELD
Mr. Gonpers Expresses Hope That Some Agreement Will Be
Reached on Demands Of Steel Workers Before Threatened
Outbreak-A.F "$>!t9! Ma Make Study Of Plumb Plan.

WASHINGTON, D. c." Sept d. organize the workers
still made pc that amcable
adjustment of their demands may be reached oubrak
of work shall be naugurad Samuel Gompers president of
the Federation of Labor statement summarizing the
council The council has been in
days considering the general labor situation the
country Mr.. Gomper statement follows:
The council of the American Federation of Labor
called consider number of vexaous questions
generally They desired have immediate information
regarding the delegation of the American Federation of
Amsterdam conference of International trade unions the
WHICH delegation held with the representatives of labor
in those countries. "
delegation, consisting Samuel Gompers Daniel Tobn
their writing, which will be
made public shortly
Recession of Bo1shevsn.
be said for the that showed clearly that the
has edd and that the international trade union
overwhelmingly against Bohevist
the international trade movement founded
that u.s. that the representation of organized
United Sa England France and of Germany
those and that the offices
and officers have been taken away from Germany.
had under consideration the and steel
organizing bring about best results
still being made and the hope entertained that
reached before outbreak cessation
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06
COST OFLWINC
CAUSES UNREST
Chicago Commission Appointed
by Mayor Investigates Con-
ditionS LOCAL. y.

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-The high cost
of living is responsible for industrial!
unrest and domestic suffering, re-
ports a commission appointed by
Mayor Thompson to investigate local
conditions. An appeal for relief has
been forwarded to the Illinois delega-
tion in congress.
It is significant that the causes for
high costs do not include high"
wages. In the judgment Of the COM
mission, the causes are: Expectation
of food to Europe in excess Of domes-
tic surplus; 'profiteering by specula-
tors; hoarders who withdraw, food
from consumption during the produc-
ing season in excess of normal re-
quirements and later throw it on the
| market at exorbitant prices; resales
within the same trade during inter-
state commerce.; fictitious sales to en-
hance prices; wasteful practices by
common carriers during transporta-
ton; illegal monopolistic combina-
tiOns.
Another investigation is being con-
Quoted by the Anti-Profiteering league
whose chairman, Mrs. William C.
Keogh, said:
Il know the working people. I
know the conditions under which they
struggle. am satisfied from our in
vestigation there would have been no
strikes in Chicago had the cost Of
living kept within the bounds Of rea-
son. The working people have been
forced to demand more wages and
the pitiful part about it is that few
weeks after, their wages have been
Increased the cost of living is boosted
and they are no better Oft than they
were before.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06
SXS PRESIDENT WILL
NOT FIRE" BURLESON

WASHINGTON, Sept "A local
newspaper predicts that Postmaster
General Burleson will not be "fired''
despite protests by organized labor,
which. it is stated, never misses an
= opportunity to swing on the postmas-
ter general"
"Burleson," continues this paper,
lis their best argument against gov
>ernment ownership or operation OF
public utilities without labor being
granted protective voice and vote
in management.
"Mr. Burleson is grieved and hurt
by the attitude Of labor and Of the
men in his party who every now and
then rise up and demand his sacrifice.
They don't understand him. He is
not antagonistic to labor. He simply
believes in keeping the workingman
in his place.
"And Albert Sidney knows the
nlace'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06
OLDEST WOMAN TRADE
Uh|0A|ST IS CLAIMED
BY GARMENT WORKERS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 4.
Local Union No. 127, United Gar
ment Workers of America, is proud
to have one of the oldest women
unionists in the United States as q
member. She is Miss Elizabeth
Coulter, 7S, who has just returned
to work in the Lewis-M COM
pany plant, after an absence of sew
eral weeks. On her return, Miss
Coulter's fellow workers presented
her with a good sized sum of
money.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06
WOULD REVOKE r, r. GRANTS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Revoca-
ION of railroad rights Of way through
indian reservations or lands where
he grantees, over a period Of five
ears, have failed to construct roads
n uti lie other land granted them
las been recommended by Secretary
the Interior Lane in a report to
ongress. He asked for power to
:ecide questions arising under the
r0posed law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06

The columns of this paper afford
an excellent advertising mediums for
all kinds of merchants. Printers Ink
says that pace in a labor paper. is
superior to that in any other publi-
cation, reaching the consuming class
AM the rates are much lower.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-09-06

TURN 70 PAGEI 2 !, I; I . FOUR
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-16
FACTS ABOUT SEWARD

Seward is situated on Resurrection Bay, midway oI tie coast line of tle Gulf of Alaska and l52 mlieS lron route of the Pacific steamers t2 the Orient.
 The various trade routes the North Pacific ocean aad all the roads and higways and trails and mountain passes from the interior converge at this point much as n ture had anticipated the. neei of gateway hroHg4 which the trade and travel of great region might 1md convenient passage.
 The deep perfectly protec cd harbor presents an c9 ong surface embracing forty square miles, upon which any ship that floats may sail il safety at any time and which in appearance suggests nothing so much as beau fl inland lake.
 The mainland and shores cG Resurrection supply am ple space and perfect top0grap for the building oi cy o whatever extent future needs may deyeop aud this cir cmsance added to its natura position as gateway to ne interior and the freedom from ice at all seasons Ot the hrbor ana adjacent waters cai the government to select nB is port as the ocean terminal fer the railroad The u, Enitcd coal and oil and mineral resources Of Alaska Wn flow through this port to eneI he commerce Ol the Woio ald in return n come the supplies for distribution over territory greater in extent than many state c9mblned ius making it the great port cE the North Paciilc or the NEW YORK OF ALASKA.
 For other facts about ward and the great district surrounding this city, write to the
 SEWARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-16

condition of the district in prchistor- <, ,h.,r.
 A piece of the root of q tree, a foot long ana th,cc inches in dtamot. cr was recently taken from a depth o. .ioj fee, from a welt in thc Lyt.e creek wash. w,s. Q, san Eamardiuo.
 From tho same well, a, a depth 9. GS2 feet. other pctrified wood, having ,a, characteristics ol p.ue or hem.o,E, was taken.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-16
pEvElFIEn w0QD FOUND
 DEEP IN THE GROUND

SAN BERNARUINC, Cal, Aug, 16 - Terrified wood, found by wei-ho". us hundreds Of feet utcr ground in .ho San Bcmardjao valley, k ,ausin" lu.a, gco'ois,s to speculate as to the
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-16

,o.s of G." thgcc leading parties a..y introduced m Parliament a bl.i e, pu.. moving picture films under the supervision of a Ministry for ,. nnga and Arts The scheme meets wi h the favor of the majority of the press.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-16
MOVING PICTURE FILMS
 GO UNDER SUPERVISION

BRUSSELS, Aug, iG- A groupo O
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-28
MAY MAKE NEAR
 BEER BEFORE LONG

Washington Jan. 2S.-The Food Administration announced today that President Wilson signed a proclame- ton in Paris on January 23 removing restrictions on the manufacture of so- called near beers.
 It was stated. however. that the proclamation could not become ef- fectiye until the seal of the United States was attached thereto by the State Department and the admins ration warned the public 1t could not safely act on this information until the proclamation has become effec- tive'
 No reference was made to the re- strictions on the manufacture of beer or other intoxicating brewed bever- ages
 Under presidential proclamation the brewing of beer, near beer, and other malt beverages were stopped on De- cember l. as a wartime conservation III measure.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-28
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss. PROBATE COURT,
January 2o, A. D.

January 23, 4. D., 1919
 Estate of Patrick COughlin. late Of Bridgeport. in said district, deceased
 Upon application praying that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased be admitted to probate,aS Ter said ap- plication on file more fully appears, it
 Ordered, That the said application be heard and determined at the Pro- bate office in Bridgeport, in said dis trict. on the Srd day of February, A. D., 1919, at 10:S0 o'clock in the forenoon; and that no tice thereof be given to all persons known to De interested in said estate to appear, if they see cause. at said time and place. and be heard there on. Sy publishing once in some newspaper having a circulation in said district and by leaving with, or by mailing in letters addressed 10 each of the persons named in said appiicadon-who have not signed yaiyer-a copy of this order. all at least five days before said day of hearing, and that return of notice g4ten be made to this court
 Attest:
 PAUL L. MILLER, Judge
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-28
NO SECRECY
 IN LEAGUE
Disposition of Colonies To
 Be By Five Great Powers.

Paris, Jan. 28---When the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference as sembled at Il o'clock today there were present, in addition to the full mem
 bership of the body, Premier Hughes of Australia, one of the Chinese rep
 resentatives and several technical ad- visers on colonial matters.
 The council had on it's program for
 today two sessions, of which this was the first. Before 1t met, what had
 threatened to be a conflict over the
 representation of some of the smaller
 powers on some of the important com mittees had been entirely cleared away by the unanimous action of the
 spokesmen of the small nations them selves, and the Peace negotiations in
 general are continuing to move for ward with a degree of progress which the members of the council regard as indicating definite agreements at an early stage.
 Attention for the moment is center | ed chiefly on the plan presented by | President Wilson for the internation- alization of the German colonial pos sessions. This, indeed, now is virtu- l ally monopolizing the attention of the council, which has summoned repro
 sentatiVeS of New Zealand, Australia
 and China into the conference hear ings which consumed most of yester- | day and were resumed today.
 Premier Hughes, representing Aus [ tralia, claims German New Guinea for 1 the Australian commonwealth, while | New Zealand claims Samoa. Japan i desires the Marshall and Caroline l groups of islands. A reported secret 1 treaty between England and Japan | giving Japan the islands north of the
 equator and the British the colonies
 south of the equator stands in the way
 of the internationaliZation plan, but il ] is generally believed that all secre l treaties will give way before the Lea 1 guep of Nations. The impression seems
 to be that the disposition of the | German colonies will be finally ar ranged by the five great powers, with i out reference to the Peace Conference ! at a plenary session or to the variou. commissions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-28
LEGISLATION ON
 IMMIGRATION

Washington, Jan. 2S - Legislation prohibiting general immigration for period of four years following the signing of the peace treaty was ap- proved tentatively today by the House Immigration Committee.
 Although no record vote was taken, it is understood the committee divided seven to two fn~ the legislation, with six members :- sent. Prohibition of immigration during the peace recon struction period has been strongly urged by representatives of organized labor and others at hearings before the committee.
 The bill as now drafted would per init an alien resident to bring his wife and children, (except boys over IS years old), into the United States; orphan nephews under IS, and nieces of any age also may be brought into the country. Tourists would not be barred from entry for temporary stay
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-28
Mandatory For Various Powers to Administer
 Affairs of Colonies

(Continued from Page One)
 Japan also suggests an equatorial de limitation between British and Jap- anese influence in the Pacific"
 The correspondent refers to the Anglo Japanese secret treaty of 1916. which assigned the Marshalls and Carolines to Japan. and adds:
 Such possession would be very dis tasteful to the United States and American political opinion Is that if President Wilson agrees to this move his power will be seriously impaired. It suggests that from this comes hts earnest demand for the international ization of all Pacific colonies. It !s quite clear, however, that the whole voice of the British empire at the Peace Congress supports the claims of Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa and also agrees to the retention by Japan of the Marshalls and Carolines, with equa- torial delimitation of influence
 Tt was the current opinion tonight that President Wilson would see the justice of Great Britain's claims. He requested evidence of Australian in terest in New Guinea, and this was quickly forthcoming in g. telegram re- cording resolutions by a large num- Der of public bodies in Australia. op- posing any other solution of the Colo nial problem. Australia declares she has lost more men in the war than the United States and has no recompense in the shape of war contracts. and that the possession of the whole of New Guinea would arouse great bitterness"
 Paris, Jan. 2S.---Further light on the Bolsheyik attitude toward the in vttation of the Allied and associat el ! Powers for a conference with the Russian factions at Princes Island is given by an article in the Bolsheyill official newspaper. Izvestia, of Jan | uary 2. The correspondent of Ia Journal at Berne telegrapfls a quota 1 ton from this article carried by the ftliEs1an wireless service, the quota ton showing that the outgiving is much more moderate than was the re- cent note on the subject sent by M, ] Ichtcherin, the Russian foreign min ister, to NJ. Vorovsky, the Bolshevik emissary at Stockholm.
 The Izvestia article, which was signed by NJ. Ne6lor lays stress on the indirect character of the invita- ton, noting that it bore neither ad- dress nor signature. The writer d. | clares the Allies must choose between the role of adve-saries of the new Russia and that of a1tbitrators If they desire to prove their fitness to act as aI'bitrators, he insists. they must completely evacuate Russia Then their initiative, he adds, may be taken seriously.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-28
VICTORY LOAN b PATRIOTIC TEST
Coming Issue of Liberty Bonds Will Probably Be Last
 Call on People.
WAR DEBTS MUST BE PAID.
Support of the Fifth Call Will /, Prove One Hundred Per Cent. E. AmeriCanism.

| Americas last call for war bond buyers will be sounded soon. This time It is the Victory Loan, to approx innate five billions of dollars. The campaign is to be conducted along the same line as the previous loan cam paigns-appealing to patriotism and thrift.
 Triumphant America, flushed with the victory of her armies at Chateau Thierry, St N1ihiel and Sedan, must now pay in full the debts she incurred to gain her laurels. One hundred per cent Americans will see in the Victory Loan another and probably the final opportunity to participate in the achievement of the men of the Army and the Navy.
 We-aII of us-cannot disregard the appeal of the Victory Loan. It is the last testing of our caliber and power as a nation. To neglect 1t is to throw into the discard all our previous pa triotic utterances and acts-to ac- required to put over the biggest thing in which nation ever engaged. The United States went into the war at time when the nations with which 1t fought as common allies had almost all virtually exhausted their supplies Our presence i'll the conflict called fol the raising, equipment and transporta tion to France of the most impressive army ever sent overseas. While ma chine guns and artillery were sending up In smoke a kingly ransom every second of day and night, Liberty Bonds were sold in this country. The | issues enabled us to maintain Per
 shing's Army In France. At the same tine another host of warriors was
 raised, equipped and kept in the train ing camps for shipment abroad if nee essary. Those in France struck at the
 right moment The war was won-bu
 we still have an army of one million l men in France. '. he flow of demobilfz 1 ing units to America continues. | Money is needed to maintain ont
 army, to discharge another, to pay wal | debts A nations coffers are mex haustible only as long as it's citizen:
 support it's financial policy The fna
 expression of our patriotism will be tt
 support the Victory Loan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-28
DOUDREAU
 STRIKES MAN

Henry A. Doudreau of River street, Westport, struck an unidentified man at Fairfield and Howard avenues at g o'clock this morning. The man was taken to St Vincent's hospital, and although the police and hospital au- thortties have made every effort to identify the man they have been un- successful up to press hour.
 Doudreau has been placed under arrest. charged with reckless driving. He had no operators license with him at the time of his arrest.
 It was stated at the hospital late this afternoon that the man had not recovered consciousness, he is suffer ing from fracture of the skull, and Is not expected to recover No bond has been fixed on Doudreau.