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safe from Bolshevism forever after.
And the other, being part Of our un-
fortunate national endowment Of
superficial optimism, is that, if. we
are all right nobody else can be bad
ly off, so what is the use of bother
ing?
OF course, we do not proceed in
practice upon that easy-going doc
trine because whenever we are shown
anybody in distress this country is
the first: and most generous in relief.
All the world knows that. But the
rind of self-satisfaction is always a.
little hard to pierce and now, hav-
ing ended the war, harder than ever,
And Europe four thousand miles
away! :: -, = -. -: -, ~:
And ,assto- the:.other idea that Bol-
shevism i;ts SELF destructive and need
not be +feareds let meEcall~,yo At
tentien to- the fact, that Bolshevism
does not have to be called by that
name.@ =: ,.,.s., z.5.sv - ~
The spirit OF the L thing, under
many different names, Is going over
all Europe. .%I. -, ~. ~
TO starving men It is a most nat
ural and attractive. spreachme : !: -.
The: present system civillxa-
tion isaSresponsible for pour suffer
ing,' p say the Bolshevtst apostles.
Pull sit DOWN sand erect mo othsf and
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save them and save civilization. One
is food supply which would relieve
their physical suffering, and the other
is the League of Nations, which would
give them a substantial reason to
nope that this war and their suffer-
ings had not been utterly for nothing.
1T Is the combination Of their dis
tress and their disappointment that
makes the situation so peculiarly had
They cannot see so far any advantage
FOR anybody out Of the war. excent
the transfer of some territory and is
lands from one power to another. or
course, they are wrong about this. but
SO they look at it. -.
The United States is the only ma
tlon In the world that can give them
the least help. It has food enough: ::
it can keep them from starving. It
has. influence enough to make the
League Of Nations a fact, and there
by, give the world hope and COURAGE
to go ahead on. the accustomed
lines. Everything rests in the handa
Of the, United States. What will Il
do with the, most wonderful oppor-
tunity any nation ever had?"
This man pointed out the undeni-
able fact that every other ): civili-
zation, Asyrian, Egyptian. drecian,
Roman, had gone down in some con-
vulsions and that there. was no; srea-
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you will have plenty to eat"
Moreover, think of this: every
starving town swarms with returned
soldiers. unfed, unpaid, with guns in
their hands and .Bolshevik doctrines
In their heads
: Some of them will not starve very
long before they begin to shoot as
they did at Munich. ..... -
do not know that it is possible
to make we'll fed and comfortable
people at q great distance UNDER
stand how great is this menace, but
If it is not, the man I. quoted at the
beginning Of this article is probably
well-grounded in his conception and
Europe Is camping on the crust Of
a atvolcano. |- q. .s@. - =, =, 49,. = -
T. Thsns the sFelief should be prompt
generous and effective. =: We ought
to 4st< behind tha League of Nations
and put that oversso that. the world
may have hope, that it is not to go
again through these horrors. Out
of the @supsra abund dance Of food, with
which we are blessed we ought to
save Europe from. starving. And do
it now. :; So - IS ss i. g. =. =. - -. =
|. And where Europe can't pay. for
II, dosit without charge. :.x.,st.- SIS s.
: We were not, made the worlds
igranary and garden spot to extort
pronks from the needy. IS ~ 5 s.
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BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL

mere is man in Europe whose
knowledge of social and political con-
d1tions abroad is so full, exact and
unusual that he is the confident,u1
ac'lser on European :.ffairy to tha
-hlghest authorities in this country
This man said to me two weeks aco n
Paris: 'O 80
Are the people Of the United State:
READY 10 drop every other considers. .
tl'n but Europe starving and broke, J?
Arc they willing to sacrifice pro:,.s
business and comfort to save I:l,ooe
from ruin?"
1said off-hand that I did not think
they were.,
Then," he said, European civili-
zatlon is doomed. You will see in the
next six months the beginning of a
cataclysm such as you never imaglned
could be possible. When many mil
lions OF people are starving and des-
perate, disappointed and disgusted.
the one thing that is certain about
them is that they will pull the props
out from under whatever system ex-
lists at the time. In Europe the num-
ber that in the next few months will
be starving is. so enormous and SO
widespread and the conditions in
which they exist are so terrible that
ewe can expect the worst. = =
4. There are two thing that could
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LABOR IS HAPPY
over ELECTION
Refreshing Scenes at Labor
headuarters When Murnian
Victory Is Announced.

I The assemblage at the labor bead
quarters Tuesday evening when the
returns came in was a wonder in many
respects. There never was another
like it in Duluth. Union labor men
were there from every section Of the
city and how they did cheer when
favorable reports came in for Murnian.
Chairman Jensen had perfect Or
ganization. Men were stationed at
every district and when the votes were
counted they either hurried to head
quarters or phoned the returns. AS
a result the labor men knew as early
as 10 o'clock that their candidate was
elected by from 1000 to 1900 major
ity over Mr.. Hicken.
When a district was reported from
the East End. the boys became philos-
optical and said: "Oh, that's not so
bad, but wait till we hear from the
shipyards." What shouts went up
every time report came from the
West End or West Duluth, and how
pleased they were at the flattering
vote given to Mr.. 'Murnian at Morgan
Park where he led Hicken by % votes,
a district not expected for Murnian.
There was real fellowship among
the labor men that night. Vets and
drys, radicals and conservatives, for.
got their former differences and good
feeling prevailed throughout. "Isn't
it great?" said. conservative Henry Pc
reault, as he slapped radical Joel Lich-,
ten on the back, and Joel liked 1t:
: Men threw their arms about each
other and exhibited feelings of great
JOY over, the victory to Murnian and
the .ssiiecess =: - 10
Adams. of the Metal 'Tra deX CouIinicfI,' :
c., A. Peterson Of the Electrical Work
ers'' union, just back from France,
Earnest Roulsan ct the West n]lluths I,tlt.
Electrical Merksrs,.Reter .schaeffe1. ef,
the tlgarhas lEsf ! '6r iozf and q k6ndfsd'
others remained through the evening
until,the last return was received. and
they gaEtsas st. saianiEht tbs .Aageie4st 4;
lot y se s. sss
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N O.: ;:bEATEN.bY
, :: ! p|!y|'t|y4R|, u = VOTERS
Decide ||! By Big: Majority Against:
Purchase Of Duluth Street
Railway: Property.

Municipal ownership got an ..unfor-
tunate waliop in Duluth at Tuesdays
election: The prop osition to dirct
the city commissioners to begin pro-
ceedings, to acquire the property of
the Duluth Street Railway company's
In Duluth by purchase or condemna-
tion;was defeated by a large majority
Thore were 4,6SS votes cast in favor
Of the measure and 1866. against it.
An analysis of the vote indicates.
that sentiment against the. proposition
extended throughout the city. It was
a -four-to-one shot. in the eastern por-
ton; of the city against municipal
ownership: Down town the sentiment
against purchase: was, equally as
strong, but in the western section the
vote was more nearly even. The la
Dor. precincts, the districts that gave
Murnian the big vote, invariably
voted in favor Of municipal ownership.
A communication sent out by the
opponents of public ownership on. the
day before the election served to turn
Eklund, George w. Buck, Frank Ma
hOWSAA, ~ L. :0eAlOus w. II. dle d1lu
H. H. Phelps, DR.. Eklund, because
Of his alleged strong standing among
the <Scandinavians, can lend the use
Of his name to more queer PROPOSE
tions and get away with it than any
man in Duluth. George W: Buck is
a staid standpatter. Frank Makowski
is chairman Of the Democratic county
committee. and T. H. Sexton is its Sec
retary. It looks as If the Little Tam
many" organization needs cleaning:
and the Democratic committee a re-
Organization. II. H. Phelps .l1nsftto.1-
on such questions is we'll known - He
opposed the universal fjve-cent' fare'a
year ago. He. probably will have an
opportunity to advocate a six-esRt
fare: .-"-@e = -
The Duluth Street Railway COM
pany,: elated over its victory, will in
all probability insist that the city
permit. it to increase the: fare from
five cents to six cents. It has1 a~gaod.
story.
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CARMENESTRIkE.
,,;:;:::h|HEj4|l't|SA$el1H | | ! !
|Sgslead Work Whel Company
Refuses. ID: Abide by War -
....:. . Boards Award.

: KANSAS City, Mo-, April 4.-The
Kansas City Railways company is
working overtime to ''protect" the in
terest of strikebreakers who have
taken the places of street car employees
The latter suspended work when the
company refused to accept decisions
by the national war labor board.
The majority stockhold in this COM
pany Is J. Ogden Armour, Chicago
meat packer, and his subordinates in
this city announce an elaborate uplift
and social welfare system = for the
strikebreakers. The first ''uplift" has
been to raise: wages so cents day and
at the same time cut off bonus of 81
a day. BY this transaction the COM
pany cleans up so cents a day on
each employe. But to show that it
has the interest of these strikebreakers
at heart the company announces that
in order to assist its employees to Sc
cure sick and accident insurance bene-
tits 1t will contribute toward the cost
of insurance so cents per month per
member"
There are whole lot Of other good
things in store for the strikebreakers,
according to the company's press
agent, A bank will be established, as
will a building and loan association
and legal aid will be as free as the
flowers in May.
And in the meantime $500 work.
ers are idle because they ask for a.
living wage and the right to join a.
labor union of their choice.
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URGE MINERS TO
ACCEPT: PR0FER
Leaders Declare Workers Have
Already Gained An Improved
Standard fife.

LONDON, England, April 4.-In a.
manifesto published this week Robert
Smillie, president of the Miners Fed
Grafton of Great Britain and Frank
Hodges, secretary of the federation.
make strong appeal on behalf Of the
miners executive for acceptance by
the rank and file of the government
terms. THE door has now been
opened" says the manifesto ito en-
able the miners to pass through to
an improved standard of life both So
c1ally and industrially, in an or
dered fashion, without having recourse
to the arbitrament of social strife.
In plain terms, the miners have al
ready achieved, by public presentation
OF their case, most definite step for
ward in their history. A new era is
opening up. The status of the toilers
IN the mine is to be raised. The fun
demands of the men will be speedily
met, provided no steps are taken now
which would plunge the industry into
chaos The choice is between definite
and systematic progress, and the dan
gers of Social disorder"
Despite the acceptance Of the eov-
ernment terms by both the National
Union OF Railwaymen and the Associ-
ated Society of Locomotive Engineers
and Firemen's executives, unauthor-
1zed strikes occurred yesterday in var
lous districts; but the men are already
returning to work under the steadving
influence of the union officials.
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son to think ours was more sacred.
He thought that If It was worth saw
ing from one kind OF enemy it was
worth saving from another. Autoc-
acy~was the visible foe that had at
tackled it on one: side and had been
defeated, and famine was the in
visible foe that was now assailing it
on the othei,
He is a. serious minded and rea-
soning man; he would not spy a.
danger where none existed. He had
been lately in Central, and Eastern
Europe and what he said about con-
ditions there exactly agreed with all
reports from all, other sources. =,
=. The worlds attention has been so
exclusively fastened upon. the, Peace
Conference and peace terms. it has
overlooked the s nsw and. perhaps
greater storm that iss brewing. :. .
For Just at tho tins when the Pc
rlod Of acute. distress lis; beginning
in these afflicted regions the sub
stance, Of the sBolshevik agitation is
most active. = : ;'Ss
About. this we have in the United
States two comfortable feelings that
keep US from getting the real situa-
ttionl* straight I'm our minds. One is
that the failure :6f y xBolshevism-z to
provide, an effftcient xgovernmeist. in
Russia nders the rent sof the world
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.Pos1oFll:E|cE:cAlE|Fl Eli f!
, -: .:%eakEssssplHkhESs, ! ! /
SAYS TRADE / uMoN|ST

WASHINGTON, April Ain a
letter to. Secretary Of Labor Will
son, Postmaster General .Burleson
says. he's "fair" to Telephone and
telegraph workers. and that, the
present turmoil In This service is
caused by a few 'tasttators.", The
postal official also says that. inade-
sauate wage rates I'm his depart.
ment are being equali.ed as rap
idly as possible. 4 ...
Secretary-T Treasurer Flaherty of
the National Federation of Postal
Employees, makes this comment on
the letter:
"Postal employees have won a
most unexpected victory, because
they can show that in Mr.. :Burle-
sons seven years as postmaster
general he has progressed to the
point where he acknowledges that
there are inadequate wage rates in
his department.. #
"Every 'agitator' will congratu-
late Mr.. .Burleson Oh his progress.
The postal chief,. however, has a
poor opinion OF his subordinates
when he insinuates that few 'agi-
tators' can put q ring in their nose
and lead them around. Mr.. Burle-
son himself complimented these
,sub0rdinates last Christmas for
their setf-sacrifiee and devotion to
duty. -.
::Tle countless liberty-loving
:. Americans in, all walks Of life who
b ave objected to. present policies of
the postofffce department should
be happy to know that their pro-
tests are bearing fruit In the most
unexpected places" .*:.. -. e."
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BRAIlsERD
LABOR ]. 4 / O. & TICKET. ! / ( !
heavy ! ! ! ! MAJORITY


:. 49,
BRA1NERD, Minn., 'Aprn c4.-rhe
Labor Union ticket. Tuesday elected
Its mayor, treasurer, six aldermen and
two members Of the school board, de-
feating a field of Independents For
mayor, Frank e. Little, machinist,
got 1904 and DR.. ]. "A. Thabes, 1nde-
pendent, SIT votes. Richard Isle,
molder, was elected treasurer, while
Hugo schwartzkopf, Independent, was
elected assessor. Walter r. Wieland
was reelected judge of the municipal
court.
Labor candidates for aldermen
elected are William c. Rasch, paper
NAL ker; J. H: Stricken, machinist;
Andrew G. Anderson, boilerrnaker and
Cordes Hugdahl. machinist. The In
dependent aldermen elected are H. F.
Michael, Andrew Anderson and Lyon
ais F. NJ. ,Koop. Mr.. Anderson, though
running Independent, is a member of
the molders' union. School board la
Dor candidates elected are Stanley and
McCloskey. The Independent School
~A - CeHA\f4NdISS SA0SkCO hI0 :11O41I1du,
Mrs. Lavinia Gemmel and Purdy.
Amendments on the recall OF Off
GERS and making city attorney an
elective office carried by a large ma
jority. Water works bonds for the
construction of a 100000 system
carried 1920 to 123.
The city council now consists of
seven union men and three merchants.
There are four union men out of five
members of the school board.
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St. Louis Building. Trades Coun-
ell Shows What Trade
Unions Can Do,

ST. LOUIS, April 4.-Wage increases
affecting. $1,000 men In the st. Louis
building trades have been announced
to take effect within a few weeks.
They range fror. S to 20 cents an hour
increase in most Of the trades and
represent an advance of from Is to 33
per cent over present wages. About
1000 other workmen of the building
trades industry will receive substan-
tial increases by May 8, according to
Maurice J. Cassidy. secretary of the
Building Trades Council. Paperhang-
ers will advance from IS to-. IS cents
an hour; building laborers- from As
to IS cents and electrical workers
from 871z cents to one dollar. Car
penter wages have advanced from Is
cents to S2h cents; iron workers
from 80 to one dollar; cement fin
ishers from Is cents to 82k cents
their helpers getting 55 instead of so
cents an hour. At the present tim
5000 Of 10000 building trades work
ers are employed, and all will have
employment by May 1.
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}cant thing about Mr. Murnian'S cleo
tion is. that. il .aa ows, the solidarity of
labor, something that was never SO
manifest before in this section of the
state.< Labor is determined to come
into its1QWR. poll litically, and Industrial
y.-1- It was this Thought that forced tt
into politics; axdsit Is the same thought
that will keep it united on the indus
trial field. The time was never so
:opportunet tor Employers and: employees
to geest6fSether as now Mr. Murnian
is the one man who can bring them
together. =.
Jensen Made Good.
The labor campaign was never so
ably managed as it was this time. John
E. Jensen, although a~novice in poll
tics, showed them all how to conduct
a political campaign. He worked
from early morn until late at night.
He never permitted an opportunity to
escape to cinch votes for Murnian.
He was Mr.. Murnian's opponent for
labor's endorsement. Mr.. Murnian was
selected, but Jensen's zeal for the
cause was so. great that he took off
his coat and worked as hard for the
labor candidate as if he were running
himself 49," '" -,.-
Mr.. Jensen 1s:the recipient of many
congratulations from the members of
organized labor, and indeed from
many other people, for the able man
ner in which he managed the cam
paign. And he deserves every one Of
them. The so-called radical members
of organized labor stood Loyalty be-
Such men as Joel Lichten, Samuel F.
Esse and M. ]. O'Rourke, all consist
ent Socialists, worked for Mr.. Murntan
as hard as if he were their own party
candidate. Mr.. o'Rourke resides in
the Third district where Mhrnian
polled but q votes in the primaries.
He received 81 votes in this district
Tuesday, due largely'to the hard licks
put in by Mr.. O'Rourke.
All Are Very Happy.
Henry NORM, secretary of the Fed
Grated Trades assembly, was one of
the happiest men in Duluth Tuesday
evening when the returns were coming
in. Mr.. NORM rendered great service
for the labor candidate as did score
or more of other good labor men we
haven't time or space to mention at
this time. "
You have got to-give it to Guy E.
Warren, one of the defeated cantli-
dates for commissioner. Coming out
of the primaries with a handicap he
made a a>single- handed fight and was
given a fine bunch Of votes. His de-
feat is as glorious as his election would
have been. His friends were legion.
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progress, while the profiteers were
reaping an unprecedented harvest.
That some organizations should not
attempt to secure what their members
are justly entitled to should not cause
any great surprise or arouse public ap-
prehension. On the contrary, every at
tempt on the part Of employers to
deprive the workers Of whatever ad-
vantage has come to them during the
war by decreasing their wages or
lengthening their working hours
merits just and forceful rebuke. In
deed, the workers who supinely sit by
and me lkly accept the doctrine of non
resists Ace while their wages are being
redu, ed or their hours of toll length
: ned, are unworthy of the rights and
.;;gnefits that come through trade
union activities.
Strikes Must Be Regular.
While strikes in many instances are
justified and whenever warranted re-
ceive the approval and support of the
labor movement, yet the constitution
= Of the American Federation of Labor
expressly prohibits the Inauguration
Of strikes, general, sympathetic OR
otherwise, by central labor unions or
oy any other body without the con-
sent and approval of the international
tlnion or unions the members of which
may be affected. Under the laws of
The American Federation of Labor,
= he international unions have absolute
Ind unqualified authority to exercise
full control over the administration of
heir internal affairs, and internation-
III unions alone can by agreement with
zach other order collective or sympa
lhetic strikes on the part of their
members, and then only when their
laws and regulations have been fully
complied with. In no other way can
Ihe rights Of individual members be
Iafeguarded the funds of the inter-
kational and local unions adequately
protected and contractual obligations
observed.
ls A. F. of LIS Position.
AS late as December of last year the
Executive Council Of the American
Federation of Labor in dealing with
Ihe subject of general strikes made the
following ruling:
'"That as far as general or sympa-
Ihetic strikes are concerned all part
I,s are reminded that the authority
}or ordering strikes rests absolutely
md entirely with the international
Enions, whose rules governing the
Eatne must be respected. There is not
Tested in the Executive Council of the
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LABOR TROUBLES.
SERIOUS IN SPAIN.
Government Reported In Difficult
ties Syndicate Action Pro-:
posed by Laboring Men.

MADRID, Spain, April 4.-The La
Dor situation has again taken a very:
serious turn. It is stated that the
government feels itself in difficulties,
and that Mr.. Maura, former Prem
ier, has been called urgently to Madrid
from the South. Newspapers are pro-
hibited from giving strike news or re-
ferring to the Labor troubles abroad,
and from reporting the movements of
troops.
The tension is acute, but though
the strikers are demonstrating, there
Is as yet no serious disturbance. The
organization of syndicalist action
Throughout Spain was said to be in
tended, and the government evidently
feared an organized movement for
martial law throughout Spain was sud-
denly proclaimed, but after investiga-
ton, was withdrawn.
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SECRETARY DANIELS
:. ORDERS Navy YARDS
TO STOP BUILDING

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels has or
dered the temporary suspension of
1.-THE building Of large battle cruis-
ers because the war has created
difference of opinion among ex-
perts as to the best type of vessel
that will be necessary In the fu-
turc. Because of these differences
sof opinion, and the large amount
5Of money involved approximately
5000, ,OOO,OOC) Secretary Daniels,
I together with other navy officials,
arc visiting Europe to study the
aqucstion. =. g
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SEATTLE GENERAL /; ST.: :; WAS
AGAINST trade UNION POLICY
Il Has Taught More Lessons Than 0ne-Repudated by Amer
lean Labor Leaders, Federation Of Labor Strongly
~ Against lnsanctioned Strikes
BY MATTHEW WOLL,
In the American Federationist for March.

In the American Federationst for March.
While fully of the phenomenon taking British indus
trial fe unmndful of indus
trial relations There growing undurrent of and bitter
that deserves
Strikes
aps interesting and significant all these has
the general strike called by the Seattle Central Labor Union sympathy
with the striking shpyad workers. This strike parayzd the whole
industrial for three Unlike similar industrial disturbances
this strike its total absence violence
After period of three CESSATION again
normal activities.
Mayor Hanson Did Not Settle Strike
1t that the Mayor Seattle declared that the strike
attempted revolution also that Mayor Hanson
looked the general strike rebellion the
that United States called the and that machine
paaded the gten threaten
equally true that Mayor Hanson did settle the strike
workers
'3king utterances and war-like activities.
be freely conceded that during the period
stances the workers compelled which
cnt and ndquate the increased prices chagd CLOTH
Ing fuel SHELTER 1t likewise recognized fact that the
did take advantage of the nations need that
Der of instances the workers maintained industrial
ty uninterrupted government
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Mrs. Cora Strickland. of Charleston,
Mo-, has been appointed treasurer of
Mississippi county.
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The columns OF this paper afford
an excellent advertising medium for
all kinds of merchants. Printers Ink
says that space in labor paper is
superior to that In any. other pubn-
cation. reaching the consuming class
and the rates are much lower.
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