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The labor world., 1919-11-01
HOPES OF LABOR
And FARMERS IN ..
BIG CONFERENCE
Joint Conference to Include Fed
GRAFTON, Brotherhood and
Farmers Announced.


WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 30
The, hopes Of labor, disappointed in
the recent industrial conference, are
being revived by the prospects of a
joint conference to be held here in
December to include representatives
of the American Federation of La
Dor, the railroad brotherhoods, and
farmers, which is regarded as a great
moment.
If labor cannot come to an agree
ment with capital in a mixed confer
ence. it can hold it's own and device
it's own program in such a meeting
as is now planned, and the problems
for which it had hoped to obtain at
least a partial solution can be
taken up.
With the cooperation of the rail-
road workers and the farmers, labor
can go far in establishing a compre-
hensive and effective program Ell
bert H. Gary, of the United States
Steel corporation, has since made the
criticism that organized labor repre-
sents only a small portion of the
| workers of the country, and there
fore is not authorized to speak for
them, but with the railroad workers,
who have not yet been incorporated
with the American Federation of
Labor, but are on friendly terms with
its membership, and the great body of
| farmers who are rapidly organizing,
that judgment will not hold good.
The employers group, in the confer
| ence which. it is believed was directly
controlled by outside interests mimi
! cal to, labor. has. driven organized
! labor to renewed efforts by it's UNI
7 Willingness to yield on any PROPOSE
tiun made by labor. representatives.
As to the radical elements within the
! ranks of labor, that , is one Of the
problems of great difficulty, and that
efforts are being made to deal with
! that at the same time that the de-
mon nstration Of labor's ability to cope
with capital is being made. What is
expected is that conservative labor
may become more radical, and that
extreme radicalism may be somewhat
curbed.
! What Is attracting the attention of
politicians is the political possibilities
Of such "a combination as is now pro-
posed. While the representatives of
the three classes of workers disclaim
any intention of forming new poll
| tical party, declaring that their politi-
cal activities are to be- limited to at
tempts to obtain legislation helpful to
their interests, it is not lost sight OF
that out Of these efforts may come
a necessity for closer cooperation
which would result in breaking away
from old party lines and the estab-
lishment of new ones
The labor world., 1919-11-01
BIG STEEL PLANTS MAKE LOT
OF :H'!oKE y! !!!K!!E BUT LITTLE STEEL
Great Black Cheys Bech Out y' 1ke Made Of Tar; In
ense Glass Tube Lighted With Electric Lights Gamoufage
for Melted Iron Used to Mis|ead Striking Steel Men.

PITTSBURGH, Oct 30(Specal to The Labor World 1.-THE
great steel strike in it's sixth week and the holding
with determination that spell the end There
sign of weakening anywhere along the line.
Of the 1926 900 who went strike the number still
For what few have back others So the
number still about the the first day Of
strike
The steel baons have had weapons which they could
against strikers There which used
to undermine the morale of the strike than the steady assault of the
headlines of the papers, Strkers 60 back work. Furnaces
have all resumed work. So goes the daily press.
Plan Is to Mute Down Strike.
has probably affected the spirits Of almost who reads
ms read the 1ca papers wh are ea y the great
gentlemen agreement which to mute down the strike play
The public being fed the defeasts dornet the strike
over, going back to work.
Here real The report the New York Times gives
steel production fallen off 40 cent certain this 40
cent produced by scab labor the steel good
Without conspiracy Of silence the would be full Of the
results of this falling off in the manufacture of STEEL nothing
said about We only learn through the unions that works
parts the country being shut down. From the structural
workers the that they beginning feel the
They running full blast in construction work all the
try. Now they slowing down. Steel ism It being made
Steel ism being made smoke There smudge that
The labor world., 1919-11-01
LEWIS DEFENDS.
$0F:C0A1:M men
Says Operators Are Camout|ag:
ing Issue 10 Permit Them to
Profiteer on Coal.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-John L.
Mine Workers, defends the coal dig
gers against the charge that they
have repudiated their contract with
the bituminous operators when they
declare they will strike to enforce
wage increases. President Lewis
said: "The claim Of the operators
that miners are guilty of reputation
of contract is totally unfounded and
has no basis in fact The Washing
ton wage agreement reads that it is
to continue in force and effect until
the ending Of the war or until March
81, 1920 In substance and form
the war has ended. The mine workers
have no contract; the contract ex-
pired uDbn the 18th day of November.
1918, when hostilities ceased
I'm order to give the country and
the mining industry an opportunity
for readjustment, the mine workers
have worked for an additional year
for the same wages, merely by COM
mon consent. We now seek to ne
gotlate new agreement to become
effective November 1. Ample notice
has been given the operators of our
intentions in this respect, but they
have steadfastly refused to take any
action that might interfere with their
profits. The miners have had no in
crease in wages for: more than two
years.
The miners official charged the
mine operators with attempting to
camoudage the situation by talks Of
':.repudiation Of contract" that they
might profiteer.
The labor world., 1919-11-01
COST OF LIVING
STILL CLIMBING

WASHINGTON, Oct. .30.-The cost
. of 20 Of the most essential foods in
creased 3 per cent in July over
June, reports the United States bu-
reau of labor statistics in its
Monthly Labor Review, September
issue.
:'By this increase" it is stated.
July now represents the Month
when the food cost more than they
have ever cost.
During the past year, from July,
1918, to July, 1919, the cost for the
United States Of the 22 articles Of
food has increased 13 per cent.
During the six-year period July.
1913; to July, 1919, the retail price
Of the 22 food articles com bined in
creased 90 per cent. The following
articles increased 100 per cent or
over: Ham, 101 per cent; sugar, l02
:. per cent; bacon, 1O9 per cent; pork
chops, ia per cent; corn meal. III
per cent; -four, 127 per cent; pota-;
toes. l53 per cent, md Hard s164 per
& Cen
The labor world., 1919-11-01
. FEAR ! ] || BURL.Es0N ! \.
!. :::!M!|AGE yueGLERy

; WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The new
wage schedule for postal service en-
ployes, now being considered by con-
gress, increases wages about 10 per
cent over existing rates and about
IS per cent above rates in, 1914. The
United States bureau of labor sta
tistics, show that living costs have
gone UP :over 80 per cent since 1913.
= The proposed increases will amount
to $35,000,000, but Postmaster Gen
7eral Burleson suggested that If con-
gress gives him a lump sum Of
100000 he will arrange for an
adequate wage adjustment, and save
the taxpayers $33,0O0,O00. Postal
employees are not impressed by the
postmaster generals plan to stage
this piece of wage jugglery and con-
gress has, declined the, offer
In discussing wage increases for
the postal employees Senator POM
creme acknowledged that their pres
ent; compensation is not sufficient
The marvel to me. = he, said IN that
there have not been. more resign
I tiol,s cannot gets livs jGr men
ulilee1 sWeFKi I've ei1n r
The labor world., 1919-11-01
LABOR NOT JUNK,
STA1[ESGoMPERS
Grand Old Man Of American
Labor E|oquent|y and Ably
Defines Capital and Labor.

WASHINGTON, Oct 30.-While the
presidents industrial conference was
discussing the relations of "capital
and labor" President Gompers struck
this fundamental note:
Capital consists of tables-these
tables and these chairs, these chan
deliers, boots, shoes, pork, hides and
cattle, machinery, wool, sugar, oil
anything that can be brought to your
mind relative to the very things that
I have encompassed in the term cap
itar-dead things, hanimate things,
material things, things which can be
sold and bought, things which are
subject to barter and sale, capital
invested for the production for still
more capital, more inanimate things,
material things.
And what is labor? Labor is the
men and the women, erroneously, and
Intentionally coined i'll the terninol
ogy Of labor. It is laborers, workers,
human beings, men and women and
children, and when it comes to the
question of determining what is Of
greater Importance as to men and
women and little children and dollars
and things, the soul of mankind goes
out to men and women, and chill '4.s'o,
rather than to, capitalize reguls on
Of capital, the material things # .4fe
and the regulation of men and wo-
men and children.
If the old concept Of labor and
capital still prevailed in this year OF
strife you would find children in the
textile mills of America work'ug H.
IA and 16 hours a day.
Talk of labor and capita: and reg
ulating both by the same yardsticl
and rule!"
The labor world., 1919-11-01
CARY Gives HIS
VIEWS: .0||N|.LAB0R
Says He Believes in. Some Sort
Of Collective Bargaining,
But What Kind?

Judge Gary, chestily returning from
the industrial conference at Washing
ton, addressed meeting in New. York
in which he said among other things
that the union labor delegates at the
conference stood for collective bar
gaining through the unions, "but the
others favor collective bargaining
through representatives selected by
the employees themselves from their
own numbers" There was, he said,
no objection from anyone to a form
of collective bargaining, as between
employees and employees. provided
both were free from .s,atside repre-
sentation and direction. !:
The steel industry, he said, was a
family Of industrial workers on a
higher plane than ever before, but it
would be unfortunate if I'VE could
not discover opportunities for further
Improvement, if we neglected to give
our employees individually or in
groups, opportunities to discuss with
the managers all questions Of mutual
interest, if we minimized in any de-
gree the well-recognized fact that the
public good is of prime Importance,
and that private interests must be
subordinated."
part of Judge Gary. AS a matter of
fact he does not believe in collective
bargaining along any lines. Suppose
union was organized among the
steel workers Of Duluth and it con-
fined its membership solely to en-
.ployes of the Minnesota Steel COM
'pany, would Judge Gary or his local
representatives deal with a commit
tee from such an organization?
The committee would be discharged
on the spot, and the company
sleuths would be busily engaged in
getting complete list Of the unions
membership and every last one would
be discharged. In the first place a
committee Of company employees
could not get within 40 rods of the
local manager.
The labor world., 1919-11-01

PROMISED one TH|NG;;:.
FIND ANOTHER; STRIKE

CINCINNATI, Oct. s4s-Foreign-
ers employed in the STEEL mills sus-
pended work because they were de-
MED a freedom that they expected,
says John p. Frey, editor of the
International Mo1ders' journal.
"For years. foreigners were CIV
en- the preference ovefSAmerican-
corn in many of the ste{ mills, and,
If majority of worl1ers in the
steel industry are foreigners, 1t is
because the steel interests pre-
ferred the foreigners TO the Amer
leans.
"Had the steel interests given to
these foreigners the conditions of
labor which they expected to find
in freedom-loving America, the
present strike would not have oc-
Cured" -.
The labor world., 1919-11-01

|NfRs: a9ERcHANr-Has It occurred to
you that this paper goes into the
homes Of the best paid workingmen
lin Duluth and surrounding territory?
1T id carefully perused by every adult
member Of tho household. There Is
|no better advertising medium any,
lwhere.
The labor world., 1919-11-01

ISAAAo OIL ONCA IAAO <AAAO6AOAy VeAAAOJ.
The great black chimneys belch out
black oily smoke made from, tar.
"A Real Warfare.
Industrial warfare has it's camou-
fiage as we'll as real warfare. In
youngstown one of the union men
saw at a MI he thought had been
struck the deep glow of pouring iron.
He repassed the place later in the
night and iron was still being poured.
There was something unnatural in
tho way this iron poured hour after
hour. They got man inside the mill
and this is what they found-an i'm
4 mense glass tube lighted with electric
lights.
The noise of production, the glare
of melted iron and smoke, are all
being manufactured. but steel isn't.
Here is a curious thing in this
strike It is the sympathetic public
that is discouraged-not the organ
izers nor the strikers. Whenever an
organizer leaves the strike zone he
goes from an atmosphere of hope into
one of depression.
From the labor standpoint the
strike situation is most satisfactory,
as may be dyed from the following
field reports:
MEN AT GARY LOYAL.
GARY, Ind.-We have picture
which refutes the press lies about the
Gary workers flocking back to the
mills which can be dinly seen in the
background. 1t shows the skyline
clear Of moke, which shows the mills
are not working much, as it is always
black when they are working. (The
picture shows 5000 to 10000 men at
an open-airs Getting in Gary the other
afternoon.) There were 1900 more
who had left ats the day was cold and
the picture was taken after the speak
ing was done.
The men had been there more than
lE2z hours and the meeting was called
ON short notice or it would have been
much larger. They have imported
quite a few scabs, nearly all negroes
and some Of the rollers and high-paid
men are working, but we have them
crippled SO badly that practically
nothing is being produced. J. H. De
Young.
DOING VERY LITTLE WORK.
BRADDOCK, Pa. - The Edgar
Thomson mill here is still tied up
tight. Strike breakers are paid for
z4>hours work each day, getting their
meals inside tn. mill, but they are do
Ing very little work and are getting
out no steel. The principal object
seems to be to make appear that
everything is running full blast for the
purpose Of discoura6ing the strikers
Strike breakers are quitting in large
numbers.
~, BUFFALO TIED UP.
BUFFALO, N. Y.-The mills here
are tied up and do not believe any
IforIes to the contrary. The state po-
ice shot one Of our men the other
day. The newspapers carried big
headlines stating that the mills were
70 start up. Naturally the men were
QUITO see them do it. The police es-
tablished dead line and our man
got little outside Of it when he was
shot.
STAND PAT AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND. Ohio.-The situation
here is satisfactory. While the Amer.
lcdn Steel & Wire company is at.
we. have not lost 200 men all told
since the strike started. About thu
q only trouble we are having is with
Il steef scompany's sunmen. The
herin and police are eminently fair
The labor world., 1919-11-01

MIR. WORK1NGMAN-T is your
paper. It publishes matter per-
tanning to your life and welfare. 1t
wants and needs your support It
cannot exist without it. Your cause
would be weak indeed without labor
paper to champion it. Become reader
and subscriber.
The labor world., 1919-11-01

The management and
the government have each one-third.
Both acting together can overrule the
workers. But there is real industrial
democracy in the Plumb plan, and
that IS why I like 1t. :: Every other
plan I have read OF establishes the
dictatorship of the, autocrats. There
is- where real Bolshevism it,
Mr.. Plumb spoke for nearly. two
hours. His speech in full was as fol-
lows:
II am very glad of this opportunity
to speak on the plan which labor has
presented for the reorganization of the
railways. -.
':We look on the entire industrial
problem as being expressed briefly in
these words-that every man who
earns a living shall get his living that
he earns. and every man who gets a
living shall earn the living he gets
We start with that proposition.
Nov in explaining the Plumb Plan,
there are two subjects to be discussed.
first, why is the Plumb Plan; and sec
ond, what is the Plumb Plan?
"The why, think. is Of quite as
much Importance as the what. And I
will address myself to that question
first.
Three Basic interests.
1--WE recognize three basic interests
in every industry based on a public
grant. privilege or monopoly There
is first the need of society in general
for service. It is that need which in
duces the people through legislative
bodies to grant the privilege of con-
Quoting the business-the need of the
society for service. That is the first
and fundamental interest in every
such industry. Second is the right of
capital.
1--WE have been accustomed to
speak Of rights Of capital and rights
of property as though things-rail-
roads, land-had some rights. Under
our Constitution that is misconcep-
ton. Our Constitution deals only
with human beings and not with
things, and when we speak of property
rights, rights of capital, we mean the
rights which the human beings pos
sess under the law in money, in
things, in lands; that Is what is meant
by property rights.
!. Must Have Capital.
I'VE must have capital in order to
carry on any industry. Especially
must we have the use of capital to
carry on a public industry, and the
owners of that capital, If they are
to place that which they possess in
the service Of the public: must re-
ceive from, the public certain guaran--
tees. They must have the integrity Of
their Investment insured. They must
be guaranteed. such a rate Of return
upon the use of that money As will
induce them to make the Investment,
because the making Of the Investment
cannot be compelled. I place this
second interest as second not because
1t is second in Importance but because
In the chronology Of events it always
follows the granting Of the franchise
or privilege. .: ....-g. $50 80.
The third basic interest Is that of
the producing element in society, the
human beings who utilize the tools
and the materials and the equipment
which capital furnishes in order that
the needs of society may be- supplied.
This is the created Impulse Of man
kind. Like the need of society, Il is
J = purely human element. and It IS.
essential. !.
Ess !. All of these til-es interests are
IA -
The labor world., 1919-11-01
WIN 44-HOUR WEEK,

DENVER, Oct: 30.-After a two
weeks strike the jewelry workers
have returned to work with A.
hour week and wage increases. The
former work week was 4S hours with
a wage rate as low as $40 a week.
The new minimum will be $50.
The labor world., 1919-11-01

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The labor world., 1919-11-01
STREET CAR STRIKE ENDS.

OLEAN, N. Y, Oct. 30.-An eight
weeks strike Of traction employees has
ended by the street car men securing
improved conditions and recognition
of their organization.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-06-11
Big Building Boom i'm Richford.

The rapid growth of Richford's
manufacturing industries with its
consequent need of additional fami-
lies suggested to the Richford board
of trade the probable demand for
more homes. This active organiza-
ton has induced the business, profess
sional and manufacturing interests of
the town to organize Richford Home
Builders, Inc, for the purpose of
building, renting and selling homes.
The new corporation has an au-
thorized capital stock of $4,000 and
its immediate intention is to build 25
homes.
The incorporators are George E.
Read, H. c. Comings, S. Carl Carpen-
ter, Ralph NJ. Buck, H. A. Puffer and
A. J. Livingston.
1t is the intention of this new
company to provide prospective and
present residents of Richford, attrac-
tive homes at prices which could only
be obtained through a large scale OPP
Grafton.
Richford has long been known as q
manufacturing center and it is evil
dent from this move that it intends,
not only to furnish good schools,
churches and living conditions. but
also good homes, and provide for the
expansion of its business interests.
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Catarrhal Deafness Canno. Be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness.
and that is BY . constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube When this tube is
inhared you have a Tumbiing sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when Il is entirely
closed, Deafness IS the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored TO its normal condition hearing
VIII be destroyed forever Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which is
n tnhamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces. Hairs CataTrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
system
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine Cir
cuiars free. All Druggists Use
F. J. CHENEY * CO. Toledo. o.
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CALEDONIA COUNTY

A soldiers monument has been ded-
lcated at Groton, the gift of Mrs. M.
). Hall and the late Mrs. Margaret
Meade to the town. There are S5
names upon the tablet, all men who
enlisted for the Civil war from that
town.
st. Johnsbury academy will have
its commencement June 18th. Rev.
+. b. Richards will deliver the bacca-
laureate sermon and the address at
the graduation exercises proper will
be given by the Hon. George NJ.
Powers.
The annual reunion of the 18th
Vermont Regiment, will be held in G..
A. r. hall, st. Johnsbury, June Is, at
10 o'clock a. m. All veterans, their
families and friends, are cordially in
vited. The families of deceased
comrades will receive a hearty well
come.
While his nine children were half
fed and not comfortably clothed. u.
s. Walter of Newark was found sit
ting calmly on his front door step by
States Attorney James Campbell and
A. F. Stone of ST. Johnsbury, smoking
a powerful T. D. pipe. The result
was a session of court among the
brush piles and unkept yard and the
man was sentenced to three months
in the house of correction.
The June term of Caledonia county
court opened in St. JOhnsbury last
week with Judge Stanton of Roxbury
presiding. There was an unusually
small attendance of the county bar.
The trial docket is shorter than usual.
The court calendar is a long one and
includes rs divorce cases. The prin-
cipal case for trial is Philip K. Beck
versus Margaret n. Haywood in
which the plaintiff sues for alleged in
juries received by the defendants
automobile. The case is set at the
heel of the docket as the defendants
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-06-11

chauffeur is still in army service
and could not be here at the opening
of the court.
A. L. Bragg of st. Johnsbury, a
well known contractor and builder,
had a close call in his automobile on
Sunday afternoon in attempting to
cross the Maine Central railroad
about two miles east of st. Johnsbury
in front of freight train. The en-
CINE struck the rear end of his car
but Mr.. Bragg, who was alone in the
car escaped injury.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-06-11
SUTTON

Charles Bennett is building an adj
dition of 80 feet to his barn.
Leslie Stoddard spent Sunday with
his sister, Mrs. F. B. Norris.
Roy LaClair goes to the st. Johns
bury hospital soon for an operation.
Road Commissioner Melcher in
tends to commence state road work
this week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-06-11
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