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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
AGAIN THE INJUNCTION.

News comes from Porto Rico to
the effect that Santiago Iglesias, rep
resentatiye of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, and forty-two "labor-
els and employees of the American
railroad of Porto Rico" have been
enjoined from carrying out an al
legged conspiracy, whereby it is
charged quoting from the New
York Times, 1.-The employees Of the
railroad were made to strike on De-
cember g."
This is the kind of injunction
known as a restraining order. It
prevents persons from doing things.
In the coal miners case mandatory
Injunction was issued. The nlanda-
! tory injunction orders persons to do
things.
; The charge against the Porto Rice
railroad workers is that they econ.
! spired" to violate section of the
! food control act This is the Leve
: act, invoked in the case of the
! miners.
! Speaking of the abuses of the in.
!! junction, the declaration of labor
adopted in washington on December
IS, says:
"We declare these abuses in tn.
exercise of the Injunction writ az,
clearly violative of the constitutio,
and that this issue must be deter
! mined definitely in accordance witt
the guarantees of the constitution OF
! the United States
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
LIGHT FROM MIR. NJ. WOOD.

Let us extend thanks and apprec-
iation to Mr.. William NJ Wood,
president of the American Wooden
company. He has said truth. This
is it:
1.-THE worker, finding that his ad-
ditiona1 wages have no more pur-
chasing power than his old wages
and that he is economically in the
same state as he was before he got
his raise, begins to think-or his
leaders guide his thoughts.
Mr.. Wood prefaced this by the
statement that "raises in wages are
Immediately followed by increase in
prices,' but his later statement so
completely demolished this cart-be-
fore-the-horse proposition that we
may forgive him for falling into the
reversed form momentarily.
Throughout the country workers
have been finding that higher wages
did not necessarily mean greater
purchasing power. To maintain
their living standards they have
been compelled to continue the strug-
gle for greater purchasing power.
Many so-called economists and
authorities" have been telling us
that increasing wages kept forcing
prices up. OF course. the idea has
been to. put the blame on the work
ers. We refer: all these "economists'
and authorities to Mr.. Wood. He
is on the inside of the business and
from that vantage point he says that
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
-SUPERIOR-
STUDY MEANING
OF AMERICAN|SM
Superior Trades and Labor As.
Semb|y Delegates Read ArtI.
Gle In Wisconsin Daily.

Members of Superior Trades and
Labor assembly have started to study
politics in it's fullest sense. So far the
with local affairs, and national ques-
tons of particlar interest to organized
labor, but little knowledge has Gre
ated an appetite for more and at the
meeting Tuesday evening the assembly
made a start to find out the true
meaning of "Americanism" as ex-
plotted in the daily press.
The question was brought. up by
Secretary Roy M. Boston, who read an
article published in The Capital Times,
a daily published at Madison, Wis.
under the caption, 1.-The Calling Of
Names" The delegates applauded the
article and recognized that it clearly
put forth a thought that has been
troubling the minds of many of the
members of the assembly
Laboring men Of Superior have not
been very we'll impressed with epithets
thrown at organized labor by the kept
press and each man had formed lis
own opinions, but this article hit the
uail on the head and expressed in con-
crete form what the men had figured
out for themselves. many delegates de-
clared after the meeting.
The Article
The article reads as follows:
What is radical? What Is
red? What is 'Bo]shevist'?
Are not the American people be-
ginning to get an accurate estimate
Of the motives back Of the studied use
Of these words to thwart progress in
this country? Are not the American
people beginning to see that these
words are being used to throw dust
and detract attention from those who
can capitalize prejudice and misrepre-
sentation to their own advantage?
where is there an American c1tizr1:.
today who has opinions of his own
and who has the courare to speak
against the economic wrings that are
now depressing the people who is free
Of the charge Of being Bolshevist?
Where is there an American If any
influence who is fighting organized
wealth who doesn't have the charges
of being a "red' hurled at him by TIE
kept press?
The coal mine owner who has been
making profits from $50 to 1000 per
cent says that the men who want
better living conditions are actuated
by 'Bolshevist' propaganda. The pack
ers. stung by the revelations Of the
federad trade commission, seek 70
meet these charges by throwing dust
! and by yelling that the commission IS
dominated nv "sncialists" Tho am.
ployer who wants to work his help 10
to ~ hours seeks to prejudice. the
| public against the employees by attr'o-
uting such desires to allen propa-
canda
TN brief, the men who are exploit
ing the people and making big profits
are attempting to stifle all opposition
by saving: Don't you dare to molesc
US. II you do we and our newspapers
| men in all walks Of life will brand y III
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
ABOUT UNDERNOURISHED
CHILDREN.

It is reported that there are 2OO,-
900 under-nourished children in New
York's public schools. The commits
sioner of health is authority for the
statements.
Sometimes under-nOurishment is
due to inability of the system to
assimilate food. Mostly it Is due to
the fact that the system doesn't get
the chance to assimilate food-the
food isn't there.
There are number of evils that
are best remedied when the cause is
removed. Under-feeding is best
remedied by proper feeding:
Under-feeding not only means
hungry children, but it makes Grim
inals and cripples and crazy grown
ups. It is one of the things that
make bolsheyiks. 1t makes erratic
persons of all kinds. There really
are very few rich and well-fed boil
sheviks, except those that have moth
ing to do and take to parlor boil
shevism as a pastime And there
are very few bolsheviks among nor
NAL, properly fed and clothed busy
people in any walk of life.
This is only a short bit of an edi.
torial and there isn't room to go into
all the why's and wherefores and into
all the PHILOSOPHERS and isms. But
most everybody will agree that city
that has 100000 under-nourished
children tn it's midst ought to gel
good Of that city and of the country
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
We ARE INDEBTED FIRST TO SPAIN,
THEN TO NORWAY FOR SANTA CLAUS

Many centuries ago. in fact more
than sixteen hundred years back, there
lived in Spain a bishop who was all
goodness all benevolence. He loved to
live and work among the poor people,
and work among the poor people, and
was especially fond Of the boys and
girls. Nothing delighted him more
than to give gifts. but he always gave
these Gifts in secret, mysterious,
roundabout way, SO that no one would
know whence they came.
The name of this good bishop was
Nicholas, and, after his death, he Was
called Saint Nicholas, and day set
apart for his festival. The good deeds
that he performed during his life kept
his memory green after his death, and
the countless stories of his strangely
modest benevolences at last became
legendary.
The legend runs that he once be-
friended the three daughters Of a pow
erty-stricken nobleman by throwing Il
purse of gold, three night in Success
sion, through the window of their
house.
AS this good deed took place about
December 6, just before Christmas, this
day was eventually decided upon for
his festival. 1t was from this and go
many other good deeds like it that the
custom at last arose of placing gifts
secretly in the shoes and stockings OF
boys and girls on Christmas Eve, and
attributing them to st. Nicholas. or
as he is now generally called. Santa
Claus, st. Nicholas in the course of
| time became prominent saint in the
/ Greek Church, and also the patron
saint of Russia.
came worldwide, and how we all
! came to call him Santa Claus, is re-
| liably said to have come about in this
| wey:
! During the long war between Hol-
/ land and Spain in the sixteenth ana
| seventeenth centuries, many Spanish
legends were spread abroad in tho
! Netherlands by its Spanish conquer
ors. The Spanish, having annexed
! little Holland, were imposing their
manners and customs upon the ma
'1'eo' ~ "oo III tH1o WdSs OW41lS 10
the Spanish celebration of the Festival
of Santa Nicholas, that the story of
the good bishop was told to the Dutch,
f! upon whom it made a great impress
! sion, quickly spreading among the
! boys and girls. Before long the festi~
val Of the bishop December 6, came
: to be as we'll observed in Holland as
! in Spain.
Called by the Spanish Santa Nicholas
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

the name in Dutch became Santa
Klaas and the day Of his festival be-
came the great children's day. The
Dutch boys and girls were led to be-
heve, that on the night of December
big toy-laden ship would arrive
in Holland from Spain, with. the
Spanish bishop. anita Klaas, wearing
his scarlet robe and bishops inter,
and accompanied by little Moorish
boy standing at the prov. And that
Santa klaas and his black boy,
mounted on a black horse and pony
respectively, would scour city and
country distributing toys to the good
children and rods for the chastise-
ment Of the bad ones. and that the
horses climbed onto the roofs so that
the Saint could enter the houses un-
seen by way OF the chimneys.
In course OF time, it is said, Dutch
sailors spread the legend among the
NorWegians, whom it also captivated.
Klaas (Dutch), became in Norwegian,
Claus, and that is how the patron
saint of children came to be called
santa Claus the world over.
The people Of Norseland. however,
were very strongly Protestant. and not
as tolerant as the Dutch. So they
dressed their Santa Claus, not in his
Spanish clerical robes, but after the
fashion OF their own country, in a
thick fur-lined coat of scarlet, cap to
match, thick warm breeches and
heavy top-boots. And instead Of rid
ing big black horse like his Spanish
original, the Norwegian Santa Claus
glided over the snow in a sleigh drawn
by reindeer. The Moorish boy not
suiting them either. fir-tree, another
characteristic product Of that north
ern land, was substituted. The day
also was changed from December g.
the original St. Nicholas day-to De-
cember rs. our Christmas day.
The legend now, with the pictur-
esque addition of sleigh and reindeer.
began to spread to Denmark, then to
other European countries, and at last
reached England.
Once English people adopted the
story and the day, it did not take
| Santa Claus long to reach the United
! States, and on every Christmas eve
, millions Of American children try to
keep awake in order to see Santa
! Claus and his reindeer sleigh lader
| with toys for them.
j Sleep usually overpowers them
however, and the ruddy-faced, silver
| 11airod Santa a1uavs mana gas To rom
! and go unseen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

The state committee of the Ameri-
can Legion found that representa-
tives" of the E. w. Backus lumber
interests made representations to the
state adjutant general that labor
troubles and riots at International
Falls were getting beyond control of
local authorities" and it was upon
these representations and not the re-
quest of Sheriff Mcintosh, that Gov
ernor Burnquist sent troops to the
scene of the strike. We knew it all
the time.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

as radicals or reds or followers Of
and our congressman and our bench
alien IDEALS
IF you are for the big interests that
are taking toll in unholy quantities
from the people you are an 'Ameri-
can; If you are against their depre-
dations you are radical or an 'agi-
tator' or a 'disturber'.
with the interests that made
$4,000 millionaires by capitalizing
'Americanisnl' and patriotism during
the war by using the word Pro-Ger-
man to stifle all opposition now be
able to continue their bilking Of the
people by yelling Radical and Red
and Socialist, at all those whose views
they do not like?
'Have we arrived at a stage in this
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
SOVIET SYSTEM IS ANAL YZED::
AS RULERSHIP FROM ABOVE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-In an
analysis Of the Russian soviet system
of government, in the house of repre-
sentatives, Congressman French, of
Idaho. destroyed the beautiful picture
Of Russian wage-earners and farmers
in complete control of that country.
1t was shown that this alleged .democ-
racy is the same old system Of gov
eminent by the few. bedecked in
phrases that are intended to appeal
to the imagination.
The lawmaker did not depend on
oratory or flights Of fancy, but he
relied on the simple method of ex-
planning the soviet system, Of quoting
from the Russian constitution, and
then comparing these with the Ameri
can system Of direct voting.
Starting his analysis with defini-
tons, Congressman French said:
Russia, considered as a whole, is
divided into regions, provinces, coun-
ties and rural and village units. Then
we have the governing body for each
unit. This governing body is known
as a soviet.
There is no magic in the word
Soviet It means a council. 1t means
legislative or deliberative body. It
had as well be called a council, con-
gress or a parliament. In Russia there
are several different soviets-the local
rural, the rural, the village or urban,
the county, the provincial, the re-
gional and the All-Russian Congress
of Soviets. These may correspond to
deliberate bodies of our precincts,
our counties, our state and our ma
tiOn."
The speaker then explained the
soviet system of elections. In the
case Of the industrial worker. he
votes by trades or crafts for a repre-
sentative to the local (village or city,
soviet. That is the last political ex-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

preston these voters have % the
local soviet elects representatives &C
the county soviet, the county soviet
elects representatives to the provincial
(state) soviet and the provincial
soviet elects representatives to the
All-Russian Congress Of Soviets.
The same absence of genuine de-
mocracy is seen in the working Of the
Al1-Russian Congress Of Soviets, which
selects an executive committee OF zoo.
This committee selects another COM
n1ittee Of II members, each one pre-
siding over other committees chosen
by the II. The committee Of IT,
called the council of peoples COM
! missars exercise the function Of a
cabinet department Of the govern
ment. s
"The Craftsmanship Of the foreign
affairs committee" said CongressmaI
French, 4'is the office that is-nf
filled by Lenne. The chairmansfs /
of the committee on military affas Z
is the office filled by Trotsky. It
by virtue of being chairman OF this
commissariat that Mr.. Lenine has be-
come what we popularity call tn
premier, the head of the Russian gov
eminent. A@+
MIR. Lenine, then, is responsible not
to the people, not to the country, not
to the state or province. He is re-
sponsible to the executive COMMITTEES
of the All-Russian Congress Of Soviets.
which in turn is responsible to the
congress. He is from three to five
times removed from the voting power
Of the people Of Russia
The speaker compared this system
with the American process Of direct
voting. us it possible" said Con-
gresham French. that any though
full person can contrast this system
with the system that obtains in Rus
STA and find that the system in Russia
is more democratic?"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
labor has to strive for more pay be-
cause Of constant depression of the
purchasing power of the pay he has.

Now that the supreme court has
held that it is unlawful for person
to have in his possession anything
that contains alcohol of one-half Of
one per cent it becomes the duty of
all to watch carefully the behavior
of any sugar, raisins or hops they
may have in their possession, and
above all to keep them away from
the rain barrels. Nature has a
strang way of dealing with these in
gradients when soaked In water.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

Union labor was an enemy OF
law and order'' when it opposed
the passage of the motor corps bill
at the last session of the legislature
at least it was characterized as such
by the daily papers and other friends
Of the bill. But union labor knew
what it was doing, and better still,
it knew Governor Burnquist and the
sponsors of the measure, and what
they had up their sleeves.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
AN OPEN SEASON FOR
UNION endorsements

This is an open season for political
endorsements by the labor unions of
Superior, who are to select q man who
will make a run for office now held by
Chas. N. O'Hare on the city commits
sion. The election takes place in the
spring and each union has been asked
to endorse some man suitable for
candidate. and then the candidate will
be chosen by referendum vote of all
members Of the Trades and Labor
son, vice president; Charles Boswell,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

There are stormy days ahead for
the American labor movement. W.
see signs OF coming trials and tribu.
lations when every union man will be
put to the most Seve;e test. II We
stand erect, hold true to American
ideals and keep our heads we viii
triumph in the end. If we fail t
do these things all will be lost.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
Big Reductions In 0vercoats.

$2o and $50 Overcoats reduced in
price.
S35 and $40 overcoats reduced in
price.
| $50 and $50 overcOats reduced in
price.
Big Overcoat sale at The Big Duluth
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

The militia boys from St. Cloud
through the American Legion at In
ternational Falls. got real friendly
with the union men, so much so that
the Backus interests advised the gov
ernor to call them home and send
another company to police the strike
Governor BurnQuist obligingly com.
piled with the request.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

Now that the miners are back at
work the operators are getting ready
to repudiate the agreement they
made with the government when the
strike was called off. That's an old
trick of theirs.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

It is not our government that is In
danger just now, it is autocratic cap
italism, and it's agents are camouflag-
ing the issue to alarm the people
for the real purpose of prolonging
its life of plumber, profiteering and
power.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
Big Reductions In 0vercoats.

$25 and $50 overcoats reduced in
price.
$55 and $40 overcoats reduced IN
price. -.
$50 and $50 overcoats reduced in
price.
Big overcoat sale at The Big Duluth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

Bill Adams, boss of the strike
breakers at International Falls, at
one time ran a blind pig" and Ques-
tiOnable resort out on the Two Har-
bors road near Lakewood He had
"fink'' record before coming to Du-
iuth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

Didn't your red blood boil when
you read of Governor Burnquist's
lame excuse for calling and keeping
the militia at International Falls ::
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

unions and railroad brotherhoods.
Jack Bross. member of the Marine
Pipefitters' union, was endorsed at a.
meeting of Local 276, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
this week. Bernard Strong has pre-
viously been endorsed by the Ship
builders and John Shafer was en-
dorsed by union some time ago. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27
PEREAULT AT HERRING

Henry Pereault Of Duluth. vice
president of the Minnesota State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, went to Hibbing last
Saturday to install the newly organized
union Of retail clerks there.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

country where We are going to give
:Americanism' definition that means
simply protecting the present system
Of profit n1aking?"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

o claw and order,' how many
wrongs are committed in thy name.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

Oh people who are lame IS per cent
are affected on the left side.
The planet Mars is never nearer te
the earth than 100000 miles. sz#s.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-22
RHEUMATISM LEAVES
YOU FOREVER
Deep Seated Uric Acid Deposits Are
Dissolved and the Rheumatic Poison
Starts to Leave the System Within

Deep Seated Uric Acid Deposits Are
Dissolved and the Rheumatic Poison
Starts to Leave the System Within
Twenty-four Hours.
Every druggist in this county is
authorized to say to every rheumatic
sufferer in this vicinity that IL two
bottles of Allenrhu, the sure conquerer
of rheumatism, does not stop all agony,
reduce swollen joints and do away
with even the slightest twinge Of rheu-
matte pain, he will gladly return your
money without comment.
Allenrhu has been tried and tested
for years, and really marvellous results
have been accomplished in the most
severe cases where the suffering and
agony was intense and piteous and
where the patient was helpless.
Allenrhu relieves at once. Immedl.
ately after you start to take it the
good work begins. 1t searches out the
uric acid deposits, dissolves the secre.
tons and drives rheumatic poison out
of the body through the kidneys and
bowels
It's marvellous how quickly 1t acts
Blessed relief often comes in two days
and even in cases where the suffering
Is most painful all traces disappear in
few days.
Mr. James H. Allen, the discoverer
of Allenrhu, who for many years sui
fered the torments of acute rheuma
tism, desires all sufferers to know thai
he does not want a cent Of anyone's
money unless Allenrhu decisively con
quers this worst of all diseases, and
he has instructed all druggists to guar
antee it in every instance.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-22
Wesler Warns Against
Danger To Rhubarb

Do not fail to take good care of
your rhubarb plants all season. as
well as in the spring when you are
making use of the tender stems for
sauces and pies, says F. w. Wesler,
garden supervisor. After the first
few cuttings of rhubarb stems, many
gardeners neglect this crop until the
following spring.
Stir the earth around the plants at
least once a week in order that
healthy growth may store plenty of
food in the roots to produce large
supply of tender stems next year.
Keep the seed stalks broken out all
summer. II these are allowed to de-
velop the plant food will go to seed
production rather than into the roots
where it is desired.
In the fall if your rhubarb plants
are old and losing their vigor, dig
them up and divide by cutting through
the crown with sharp spade, then
plant them again with the crowns
just above the surface.
Rhubarb needs plenty of plant food
for good results, and the best material
to use is barnyard manure. Heap the
manure around the plants in the fall
and dig in 1t when spring comes. Oh
an occasional application through the
summer will cause vigorous growth Of
the plants. consequently the roots will
, have plenty of food manufactured fol
and stored in them to produce stalks
early the following spring.
If desired, few rhubarb roots may
be dug in late fall, allowed to freeze
then bedded in moist sand or Goa
ashes in the cellar II kept moist
tender pink stems will be produced
| that are delicious in sauces or pies
No fertilization or soil is needed, mere
ly moisture must be supplied sine,
the plant food that produces the stems
has been stored in the roots durin,
the summer growth. Roots at leas
four or five years old are best 70
forcing in the cellar as just explained