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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
CLAIM AGENTS FIGHT FOR
lives; AP<E :9!!lQ0MED Q! IN STATE
Every Dsnteested Student Of Mu~";.> >ss Compensation in
World Strongly Advocates State |ndustra' .,surance.
Minnesota Employers Make Mistake.

The private in Minnesota fighting for their
ives AS Representative Hugh Fawcett put last week
friends 1T has resolved bread butter question for the
agents. If the fund plan adopted they will be forced to
apply their energies other direction.
And that all there Every sinterested student of work
ngmen compensation the world and this without exception
advocate of The injured wongman has been
able get deal country state in this country
where private operated for profit stands between
the injured workman and his settlement of claim The
does not anything about the future the Its
chief getting the off its books If the workngman
does falls back the law holds that
all the law requires should be paid.
Got the Daily Papers.
The Duluth finally the the
Duluth daily The Tribune heretofore pronounced
that the before the
has begun quibbe elective and compulsory It
against elective industrial insurance. but opposed compu
sorry insurance.
The Herald always for REFORM from home, out fiat
footedy the other night for the first We
have been such editorial appeared Tuesdays Evening
Catalogue We have been expecting for several weeks since
the designated COL w. Henry Acting Post
master part of the the price the Herald paying
have its business acting of Duluth Such
emphatic statement would be made by The Labor World if the
proof could not be furnished. denial challenged
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
h|URNlAN NOW APPEARS TO Be
LEADING CANDIDATE. IN RACE
WoTknen Stand Soidy Be hind Their Choice for Commits
soner; Attempts to Divide Them Fai|-Labor Plat
form Appeals to the Average Voter. IA

The political stock Murnn labor candidate for city
looms higher with the close of each day. Union labor
od behind him Union making just such fight
they did for W. Carss Congress last fall They
the they their candidate
when the votes counted after the primary election held
Saturday, March 49,
John E. jensen of the active charge of
Mr. Murnan campaign very optimistic the outlook
aging reports coming from section of the and
districts where ballots leads all other
candidates This particularly with reference districts
workingmen reside. ..@..
Attempts to Divide Workingmen.
Every effort being made split the Cunning poll
cans at work attempt trump why
should not vote for W. F. Murnan abo candidate commits
oner But they standing They approve his They
know he of them and that ne depended
to every principle of organized labor. -.
The labor platform declares for the ownership
railway the establishment hospital with free elm
cs the establishment and maintenance of city markets. the perform
ane OF city work by day labor wherever pobe living wage
city employees system for aged and nrm
the repeal all ordinances which tend to municipal employees
Of the right to seek redress of grievances
Mr. Munan stands squarely platform He believes in it
and will when elected do all within his prov-
sons During the period of reconstruction
directly represented the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
Have CROWN TOO
BIG TO HANDLE
Victor murdock Declares Five
Big Packers Appear Stronger
Than Government,

WASHINGTON, March IA fear
that the five big packers (Armour,
Swift, Cudahy, Wilson and Morris)
have acquired so much power that
even the government might not be
strong enough to combat it was ex-
pressed by Victor Murdock, member
of the federal trade commission, testi-
flying before the house interstate COM
merce committee. The witness urged
government control and regulation of
the meat industry.
Legislation along these lines, known
as the Sims bill, is now pending in
congress. u It is supported ~ farnl&rs'
organizations, and provides that the
packing industry, as such, shall re-
main in the hands Of private parties,
but that refrigerator. cars terminal
and belt railroads, icing plants and
other equipment shall be controlled by
the government. 1t is believed that
this policy will place independent
packers on an equal footing with the
"big five" packers. ss,.. i i !. :5.,# (
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
LABOR HOPEFUL OF HECIC ABLE UNION MAN MEMBER CITY COMMISSION
NORTH DAK0TA
.. UNIONS HAPPY
Farmer-L Legislature Gives
=. Labor Best Treatment Ever
Accorded in America.

s. S. Mcdonald, president of the
North Dakota State Federation of La
Dor, is loud in his praise of the legis-
lation secured by labor from the la
bor-farmer legislature which recently
adjourned in that state.
In letter to The Labor World, Mr..
Mcdonald says: 1.-THE. labor-farmer
legislature passed every bill we asked
them to enact, and we only had two
labor men in the legislature, miner
and a barber. We have the best laws
of any state in the Union. This is
what we got:
"A workingman's compensation in
surance fund, making it compulsory
for every employer of one or more
employees to take out insurance with
the state.
IAN entire mining code legislating
for the health and safety Of the lig-
mite coal miners.
IAN apti-injujnction law, prohibit
ing the courts from interfering with
orderly strikes over reasonable dis
putes, similar to the Clayton act.
"A full crew regulation for pas
senger and freight trains.
"An eight-hour day, or 48-hour
week for women workers.
"A minimum wage scale for women
engaged in various occupations.
1.-THE placing Of the union label OF
the International Typographical union
on all state printing.
''The providing of shelter for work
ers engaged in the construction or
repair of the equipment of railroads
and other common carriers.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
INSURANCE PACT HAS NOT
SINGLE LEG TO Stand ON
How It Use; the little Old Woman Of First Street. 3 As|edd sIedd
the People by Quoting Elective State Insurance Rates
toBo|ster Private Companies. 'ss*sszz'

The insurance pact don't want any
kind of state insurance but if it can
not swing the legislature entirely,
then it will attempt to save itself by
agreeing to state elective insurance, a.
plan under which employers may
either insure with private companies
or with the state. This plan Of in
surance has not been marked sue
cess in any state. or in any country
where it has been tried.
A private insurance company has
the option of accepting or refusing to
write any persons insurance. The
state has no such option. 1t can not
discriminate. It must accept all COM
ers. Now where elective insurance
has been adopted the private COM
panies take only the ordinary risks.
They refuse the hazardous risks, and
the state is left no alternative but to
accept them. For this; reason and
with the bad risks out of the way,
which every insurance company is
glad to get rid of, the companies are
able to write such insurance as they
are willing to take at a lower rate
than the state can accept them, and
at the same time carry all the hazard
GUS and extra hazardous risks.
Mislead the People.
The insurance interests, in combat
ting state industrial insurance, pur-
posely nislead the people, by giving
comparative figures on state and pri-
vate insurance rates applying in such
states as have the elective plan, but
they dare not compare their rates such
as are charged employers in Mime
sofa with the rates that are charged to
employers in Ohio where the compul-
sorry state fund plan is in operation.
The Herald fell for the stock argu-
ment of the insurance pact the other
evening. 1t attempted to confuse its
readers by quoting rates in states hav-
ing the elective plan Of state insur-
ance, by showing that the state rates
| were higher than the rates charged
by the insurance companies. 1t re-
ferred to bulletin issued by the Fed
! eral Bureau of Labor showing that
seven states in 1915 had elective in
surance. But it failed to enlighten
it's readers with the fact that one of
! these states, Ohio, had since changed
from the elective to the compulsory
plan.
Fear the Ohio Rate.
The Herald didn't mention anything
about the low state rate obtaining in
Ohio. It knew better. It's insurance
advisers failed to let the Herald in on
the matter. Had they done so its
editorial tone would have been much
different. 1t would have attacked the
question from another angle. We dare
the Herald tc make a comparison OF
the Ohio ra>sss:with the rates charged
by the private companies in other
states where they are still permitted
to do business. They dare not do it.
But we will do it for them. Take
! the steel erection business. It is most
hazardous. In 1917 in cost g. con-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08

tractor in Ohio for instance, where
they have compulsory state insurance,
$6.37 for each 500 on his pay roll.
The same contractor doing business in
Illinois where the private companies
still thrive. paid $3.50 for the same
class Of work.
Employees Get More.
The employees in case of accidents
received about 26 per cent more in
Ohio with the lower rates than in
Illinois with the higher rates. Since
July, 1917, the Ohio rate has been
reduced to Sc and the Illinois rate has
been increased to $19.74 by the La
bility insurance companies. This single
example Is sufficient to warrant every
fair minded man to look with favor
on compulsory state industrial insur-
ance.
The insurance interests have been
driven to their last trench and they
are fighting with the desperation of
despair. They haven't a foot to stand
on. They are new in the working
mems compensation business, and
they are trying to make the people
believe they have vested interest in
the business which they have not.
They were organized to meet employ
ers' liability and not workingmen's
compensation. They have lost and
none know it better than they do
themselves
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
iron M0LDERS
co ON STRIKE.
Foundry Employees at Clyde and
National Shops Seek Better
Conditions.

All the employees in the foundries
of the Clyde and National Iron Works
went on strike Tuesday morning. They
ask for a minimum wage of 80 cents
an hour, the eight-hour day, and the
abolition of women as core makers.
1t is said that women are employed
only at the Clyde. The National has
been operating on nine-hour basis
for some time The ten-hour day OBJ
tanned at the Clyde. 1t is also said
that about one-third of the me-. are
now receiving 80 cents an hour. The
management of the Clyde declares
that the average wage in the foundry
is 76 cents an hour.
The officials of the union state that
the demands have been met by three
shops in Superior and one in Duluth
outside of the shops engaged in the
shipbuilding industry, and that only
two local shops are involved by the
strike.
The union has 144 members in the
two cities, of whom So are said to be
employed at the National Iron Works
and the Clyde Iron Works.
There has been no change in the
strike situation during the week. Both
sides appear to be firm: This is the
first strike to occur in Duluth since
the end of the war. and labor men
are very much concerned lest it may
spread to other workmen.
There is possibility that confer
ence between the employers and the
union will be held in day or two
and a settlement of the strike will
be affected.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
IDAHO WORKERS
FACE DISTRESS
Mine Owners Fail to Live Up
to Liberty Loan Promises
to Workmen.

BURKE, Idaho, March 7.-Organ-
lied mine. mill and smelter workers
have appealed to the Idaho state fed
|eration of labor to assist them be-
cause of the refusal of employers to
fulfill promises made during the lib
erty loan campaign.
The unionists say they were assured
steady employment If they bought
bonds on installments and that where
the worker could not continue pay
ment the employer would refund the
amount paid thereon and take the
bond himself. The mines are now
shut down and the employers reject
their agreement. Many workers find
themselves with a partially paid bond
and no employment, with the alter
nate Of borrowing money at excessive
rates or losing the bond.
The unionists say they know of in
stances where $50 bond was sold
for $40 to enable the worker to seek
employment elsewhere. .:> ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
DULUTH LABOR MOVEMENT
IS IN HEALTHY CONDITION
Federated atts Assembly taxes Up Many MATTERS d Interest
te!2RgZ1sIEg A&X Unions g!ga9!zed |ndorse llle
DdJ:R6St1n- SEVER Bill.

vited all union men to attend mass
meeting at Woodmeh's1 haifsaBunday
afternoon to which all candidates for
commissioner had been invited.
Two New Unions.
Delegate Henry Pereault of the Or
ganization committee reported that a
local. union of heavy truck drivers had
been formed with a charter member
ship Of Is. The uniol. will be installed
upon the receipt of the charter, when
it is expected at least 100 members
would be initiated into the new organ
izaztion. The committee also has an
other organization in hand, but its
name would not be announced until
after the union shall have been we'll
organized, on account of certain op-
position to it's formation.
Employment for Soldiers.
Delegate Peter Schaeffer of the spe-
cial committee appointed at the pre-
vious meeting to inquire into tho re-
employment of returning soldiers re-
ported that approximately 1000 men
had returned and 600 were given their
old jobs back. In addition to this
number fully 800 soldiers from other
places had been put to work in Du-
luth. One delegate reported that the
Universal Portland Cement company
of this city was refusing re-employ-
McEwen Invited to Speak.
ment to returned soldiers.
w. E. McEwen, editor of The La
Dor World. was invited to address the
delegates. The speaker touched on
the labor situation and urged work.
ingmen to organize in the tried and
true trade union ~way.- He also re-
ferred to the city campaign and ad-
vocated that every loyal union man
get behind the candidacy. Of w. F.
Murnian. He spoke on state insur-
ance and other legislation now pend
ing in the legislature.
Organizes Track Men.
w. I. Forest, organizer for the
Maintenance of Way Employees, who
is organizing the railroad trackmen
and shop laborers in. and about Du-
luth, was q visitor at the meeting. He
was invited to address, the assembly.
He said the membership Of his union
had increased 10000 during the past
year. There were now 200, 900 mem
bers in the international Organization
and there" were 6oo.ta0 prospects in
the country. S;&2.E s;;'':, -. (. RI
Mr.. Forest stated that these men
who owned no property had been neg
lected by the American Federation. of
Labor IN the past> They were now or
ganizing in large numbers, and they
would form the basis OF the social rev.
olution that he predicted was on its
way in this country as It Is through
out the world. He lauded Bolshevism
in Russia and urged*:i1e wqrkingmen
of Duluth to form q soviet governth hent
here and move the city han down to
the trades and labor assembly head
quarters #ssts!:< $ 81, &,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
union LABOR Will PITT
TICKET IN THE FIELD

BRA1NERD, March, 5.-A mass
meeting is scheduled Sunday after
noon, March 9, at Trades and Labor
hall for the purpose of nominating
men for city office, including mayor,
treasurer. assessor, municipal judge
and aldermen on a. union labor
ticket
Considerable speculation is rife
as to what men the labor organiza-
tions will nominate or indorse for
for office. F. E. Little is receiv-
ing mention for the office of mayor.
D. A. Petersen, now city treasurer,
is memher of the Clerks union.
The presen: city council carries con-
siderable labor representation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08
Welsh MINERS DECLARE
FOR BIG GENERAL STRIKE

LONDON, March 6.-The first vote
taken by the miners Of the Welsh dis
trict regarding the question of calling
a general strike~to force the demands
recently formulated, resulted in an
overwhelming majority in favor of a
strike. r
The vote was taken at the CLAM
organ colliery. and resulted 1,741 for a
strike and 44S against. @ =. =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08

2stanus the needs or labor and being
builder he knows how to go about
things to get for labor: the things it
wants and needs.
Lived Here Is Years, :.
Labor's candidate Tor city; c6isnimis e5isii
sioner has been resident of Duluth
rs years. He was born at Charlotte
town. Prince Edwards Island, 81
years =4K4as=eame to the United
States when, he Masz1z Years Of age
and worked as q Woodsman In Maine
for five years. He then moved to
Saginaw, Mich, and worked out Of
that city following the work. of a
woodsman for IL years, coming to
Duluth in 1894. He followed his oc-
cupation in the northern Minnesota
forest for the next three years, and
then became identified with the elec.
trical business
He joined the Duluth Electrical
! Workers union in 1897 and has been
an active member ever since. He
served as president of the local union
for six years. and has been secretary
treasurer for eight years. He repre-
sented his union in the Federated
|
has been president Of that body for
five terms, which position he still
holds, no other persons having served
as president of the local central body
as long as he. I 80. >.''' ;
Performed Patriotic Service.
i Mr.. Murnian is also a vice president
OF the Minnesota State Federation of
Labor and during the war he served
his country as secretary Of the Fourth
District Exemption board, handling
over $4,000 appeal cases. He is mar
rted and resides in the center Of the
city at 22S Second avenue west.
The workingmen of the state are
| watching the Duluth election as will
be seen from the: following editorial
taken from the Minnesota Union Ad-
vocate OF st. Paul: = -
A Fine Tribute.
Trade. unionists in St.. Paul and
many other parts Of the state are
very highly gratified with the knowl-
edge that William Murnian IS "a candi-
date for city commissioner in Duluth,
and that hosts of voters outside of
organized labor circles are earnestly
supporting his candidacy. Mr.. Muir
MAN has long meen prominent in the
labor movement OF. his home city and
for some years has served zea1ously
and helpfully as one Of the vice presi-
dents of the State Federation OF La
Dor for the Eighth Congressional dis
trict. He has proved himself to, be a
gentleman of intelligence, probitY.
progressiveness and practical con-
structive ability: His election: to the
office he is seeking will be a triumph
for good government and an assur-
ance that the welfare Of all the people
in Duluth will be promoted along sane
and wholesome lines of advancement.
| The Minnesota Union Advocate wishes
Mr.. Murnian success in his laudable
ambition with all its heart and con-
graduates Duluth on it's opportunity
to obtain the services Of so capable
and satisfactory public official as he
! will prove to be If elected"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08

The columns Of this paper afford
an excellent advertising medium for
all kinds Of merchants. Printers Ink
says that space in a labor paper is
superior to that in any other publ
cation, reaching the consuming class
and the rates are much lower.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-03-08

TURN TO PAGE TWO.
The Lamar register., 1919-10-08
WILL ROAR TOWARD GERMANY
Position Of scuiptured Lion on Fa-
msus Battlefield Of Waterloo 10
to Be Reversed.

The lion on the battlefield Of Water
loo is to face the other way. and
before long 1t will stand with open.
ponderous paws roaring silently, after
the manner OF your fierce but consid-
crate sculptured lions, toward Ger
many instead OF France. Fortunately
for the quiet of the countryside the
roar Is imaginary or the lion would
long ago have become nuisance
whichever way he faced. The lion
was set up by Belgium after the bat
tie of Waterloo. and stood as a warn
ing to France not to engage In any
more Napoleonic dreams of conquest {;
and year after year 1t looked toward
France, while behind It Germany pre-
pared for the next effort to dominate
other nations. II maintained its atti-
tude while Germany carried through
the program that separated Alsace-
Lorraine from France; but presently
behind the lions back Belgium began
to fortify. and eventually left him in
the ridiculous position of looking in
one direction while the Belgian fortin-
cations looked In another. A tame
lion. one might say. roaring for the edi-
fication of tourists and with no per
sonal feeling about 1t. But now Bel
GUM decides to turn him round and
let him roar toward Germany as
solemn reminder OF the unwisdom Of
dreams of world conquest
The Lamar register., 1919-10-08
Honor Cuban Generals.

Cuba is to pay honor to the memory
Of General Maxine Gomez. the island
republics military hero. by erecting a
costly monument A first prize Of S25.-
900 was awarded recently to Aldo
Gsba, an Italian sculptoE, for a model
Of the memorial, which Is to cost $780,
900. Second and third prizes went re-
spectively to Huertss Cabarrocas, 4
Spanish Cuban. and Gutson Borglum,
an American. General Gomez became
popular as the leader of the Cuban
forces In the war for Independence
from Spain. from 1895 to 1898. He
also took 4 prominent part in the Ten
Years war. q revolt which began in
1888. On the day Of his death, June
IS. 1905. the generals family was pre-
sented with a gift of 100000 by the
government OF Cuba. At the conclu-
sion of the Spanish-American war.
General Gomez was honored at a pub
lie reception given by the American
forces occupying Havana at that time.
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1919-10-08
THINK TERM is EFFEMINATE
Some Tennis Players Object to Word
Love" as At Present Employed
In Scoring System.

There is talk among the overlords
Of tennis Of finding another word than
love" to mean nothing" In the scor-
ing system. for. although It may sur
prise many to hear It. the game IL
sometimes spoken of as eneminate.
and this bit Of termInology Is held re-
sponsibls. Nobody has ever explained
why love" means nothing" in tennis.
but there is q footnots In an old and
rare book about card playing which
refers to an old Scottish word ''luff."
which meant nothing" and this. per-
haps. may have been somehow trans
ferred into the game Of tennis. Or.
again. the term may be of far eastern
origin. where word sounding like
love" was used In the old form Of
tennis that was once popular In the
orient. Whether or not the ter1nin-
ology undergoes change, the Eame is
In no immediate danger Of falling on
In popularity. and the repeated shout
ing of these seeming endearments
across the tennis net has occasioned
much Innocent Observation-Disclosures
Science Monitor.