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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
FEDERAL TAX ON LAND
WOULD HELP INDUSTRY

The American Contractor, devoted
to the construction interests. discusses
the Ralston-Nolan federal land tax
bill in a spirit that indicates new
viewpoints on land taxation by many
business men.
The bill is pending in congress. It
calls for per cent tax on land held
out Of use, and is intended to penalize
the practice of those who hold idle
land while the growth of a community
increases its value.
The American Contractor says this
bill is ATTRACTING increasing attention
from the manufacturing interests Of
the country.
THE American Bankers associa-
ton refused to approve the bill in it's
recent convention in Washington. This
was to be expected because of the i'm
portance of land in the security mar
ket. The bankers action does not
eliminate the bill by any means and it's
consideration by congress will be
forced by large number Of business
men and manufacturers who are con-
WINGED that business is paying an UNI
just share Of federal tax while the
speculative and idle holdings of land
and natural resources are escaping.
1.-THE committee of manufacturers
and merchants on. federal taxation,
which apparently is backed by some
of the most substantial manufacturers
in the United States, is lining up the
forces favorable to the bill so that
they will be ready for action in the
next session Of congress-"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13

criminals and slugeers to beat your
fellow citizens into submission. You
win import murder, theft, venereal dis
ease in order to rid this community Of
the undesirable element who fill your
factories, lodge rooms and churches.
You say:
"a city must either go backward
or forward.'
Right you are. And the men and
women Of organized labor are the great
est factor in moving a city forward.
It is they who are seeking to lift the
workers above the draft animal. It
is they who are fighting for the higher
standard Of living without which human
progress is impossible. 1t is they who
took the children out of tho factories
and placed them in the schools. It is
they who placed what little legislation
we have for the protection Of women
and children in industry on the statute
DOCKS OF THIS state.
The activities Of organized labor
have resulted everywhere in better
men, better women, better children, bet
ter homes, better food, better clothing,
better education and better morals.
Your activity, gentlemen Ct the
Open Shop (American Plan), tends
backward and downward. You will
bring strife and war to our city. You
will bring misery and sorrow to your
employees and bankruptcy to yourselves.
Already you have imported disease and
degeneration into this community.
Your association, your aims, and the
means to your ends all are bad. And
III the end you will be beaten miser-
ablv
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
UN1ON1sM IS AMERICANIsM.

The union shop is challenge to
absolutism in industry.
In the union shop the employer is
shorn Of autocratic power to set wages,
hours and working conditions. Here,
joint bargaining is the rule. The work.
ers have a. voice.
In the non-union shop the employer
is master.
This employer is less frank than the
Roman slave owner and the fcudal
baron, both Of whom controlled the
lives Of their chattels. But his pur-
pose is the same-mastery over the men
and women Of toll.
He makes no pretense of superiority
and divine right, as. did other auto.
Gratis. He talks Of liberty and equal
opportunity.
His liberty is to have each worker,
:single-handed, pit his wit and his need
to labor against a trustided industry
that - powerful enough % defy gov.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
THREE CHIEF CAUSES Of
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

Accidents may be due to mechani
cal, physiological or physiological
causes, said Peter c. Spence, nechani
cal and civil engineer Of the New
York department of labor in a recent
speech.
Mechanical deficiencies can be
remedied by applying guards. Physi.
illogical, causes may be due to fatigue.
mental worry, disease. etc. The physi-
illogical causes Of accidents are ignor-
ance, inexperience, carelessness. reck-
lessness, lack Of discipline and care
less supervision. Horse play, scufflinR,
ill feeling between men or different
gang, sliding down ladders, jumping
from higher levels onto Scaffr,de,
throwing material recklessly-consti-
tute conduct prejudicial to safety.
1.-THE crank shaft, sprockct wheels
and chains and all exposed gears ANA
revolving set screws, keys and key
ways las we'll as all reciprocating parts
Of hosting engines, motors. steam
shovels, etc.. should be substantially
guarded. Likewise the gears on breast
rderricks and concrete mixers az well
as the spokes or fly wheels shoul:1 be
protected. The engineer or operator
should be provided with footing that
is not slippery.
"All ladders, scaffolds, ramps, rzi,.
ings and guards should be constructed
and installed in a substantial manner,
i. e., taking into consideration the
loads that have to be carried and the
coundation of footings which support
these devices. A weak guard lends
false sense of security. For, when sucn
fails the result is likely to be more
serious than If no guard was in: place
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
COOPERATIVE LABOR BANK.

The most notable cooperative effort
attempted in this. country attained
Practically in the recent opening at
Cleveland of the Cooperative National
Bank, organized and controlled by the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
1t has a capital of 100000 and a
paid-up surplus Of 100000. The stock
is owned exclusively by members of
the Brotherhood and the over-subscrip-
ton amounted to more than $500, 900.
This, too, in spite of. the fact that the
earnings Of the bank are limited to 10
per cent annually.
For perhaps the first time in Ameri
can banking history depositors, who
mako banks possible, are to share in
the earnings resulting from banking
operations. After the dividend re.
qpirements, limited as above, have
bee been 3 met other earning Be dis.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13

came to the same conclusion, and it
frankly admitted that tho anti.union
policy adopted by the Associated Indus
tries was a ruinous policy to the pros
perity Of Seattle and overtures were
made to union labor to adopt a con-
ciliatorv attitude: The chamber of
commerce made an offer to that effect,
fully admitting that it's attempt to
crush organized labor by the iron heel
method was a complete failure.
In adopting report calling for con-
ciliation between employers and work
ers thirty Of the trustees Of the cham
Der Of commerce unanimously voted a
call for new order Of things in the
industrial life Of Seattle.
What transpired in Seattle we trust
will be an object lesson to the business
men in all sections OF this country.
The crusade to destroy unionism that
cheap labor may be secured is doomed
to failure no matter in what section Of
our land such attempts are made.
The failure of the anti-union cru
SADIE in Seattle brings large measure
Of encouragement to the united workers
of America that similar. attempts that
are being actively made in various
parts. Of the country at this time are
sure to be doomed to, quite as disastrous
as Well as humiliating results.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
Time FOR FIGHTING MALE
OF RACE TO TAKE NOTICE

Man has already become the drone
of the beehive" affirms John M.
Glenn of the Illinois Manufacturers
association. the other day. on his re-
turn from a trip across the continent.
Man is declining. and his place
is being taken by woman.
woman is always busy with type
writer and ledger and correspondence
and other affairs of industry: doing
things, directing things, ordering
things.
"She is elbowing man out OF his own
sphere in nearly every line Of en-
deavor."
And so, Mr.. Glenn rambled on.
Without taking sides in a, contro-
versy. there is undoubtedly enough
truth in Mr.. Glenn's observation to
make one pause.
And Mr.. Glenn is not alone in his
observations. No less a scientific man
than Benjamin Kidd recently put out
a book on 1.-THE Science of Power"
and maintains that 1.-The great secret
fthe coming age Of this world is that
civilization rests not on reason but on
EN- otion,' and therefore. concludes:
1T is the mind Of woman which is
destined to take the lead in the future
of civilization as the principal instru-
ment of power" and
1T is not il the fighting male of the
race: it is in woman that we have the
future center of power in civilization"
Mr.. Kidd asserts that woman holds
the winning IDEAL"
When two men SO far apart as
Messrs. Glenn and Kidd arrive at the
same conclusion. it is time for 1.-The
fighting male of the race" to sit up
and take notice."-Seattle Union
Record
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
RUSSIA.

Peace on Russia's Polish frontier
seems to be fact and will presently
be permanent, for the soviets have
officially ratified the terms laid down
by the Poles. In consideration of ter
>ritory, according to Chicherin, the
Poles have. agreed to aid no attacks
upon the ,Bolshevists, thus stepping
outside the sphere Of French influence
again.
>Wrangel is now the sole opponent
of the Soviets, but he has contribu.
tory forces both in the Ukraine (Bu-
denny: and Petlura) and in the north
under Semenoff: That all Of the Soviet
force is being thrown against him is
clear, but nothing like a decisive battle
seems yet to have been fought:
The domestic situation Of the Soviets
is fatally bad according to their own
accounts, some Of which show an an
ticipated deficit of a million billion
rubles. It is impossible to tell how
much truth there is in the rumors of
revolts and rebellions, as some of these
are put out by the Soviets themselves,
as it suits their purposes.
To Americans the report, apparently
based on fact, of a great concession
made to W. D. Vanderlip (not the
New York banker) is important. It is
indicated that the region is northern
Siberia, including Kamchatka, pos
sible prospect for gold. The indication
IN this concession is that the Soviets
are anxious to do business with the
outer world and are pre- pared to go a
long way to satisfy the demands Of
business men. Last year the Hannevig
concession was made, but fell through,
apparently for lack Of money. At that
time the extreme left among the Boil.
shevists protested against Russia Civ,
ing up any Of her land or products,
but even then the necessity Of trading
with the world was making itself felt
among the leaders of the. Soviets.
Political issues clouded the Vanderlip
affair somewhat, as it seems that the
concession came with the assumption
that the United States would recognize
Soviet Russia. This is exceedingly :un-
likely under the present administration,
and President-elect Harding has of
course given no indication of his in.
! tentions. The fact that oil is to be
found in the district supposedly grant
ed to Mr.. Vanderlip has aroused much
interest, and foreign governments have
asked the State Department whether
the United States backs up the conces-
sionaire.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
THE DEFEAT OF CARSS.

The defeat OF Congressman William
L. Carss is regretted by most of the
practical, forward-l looking people in
this district. lis good record entitled
him to reelection. Had he ran as
Republican he would have been over
whelminglv elected. Had the Repub.
licans been given but their normal ma
jority in this district he probably would
have won by good margin. That he
stood up at all against such terrific
landslide indicates that he possesses
remarkable strength as a vote getter.
\ number Of labor men didn t like
the idea of Mr.. Carss running as
Democrat. They contended he should
have run as an Independent candidate,
as he did two years ago. But then
there was no Democratic candidate and
he had the field all to himself against
the Republican nominee. This year
another Democrat filed for the nomina-
ton. Had Mr.. Carss remained out Of
the Democratic primary and filed as an
Independent there would have been
three candidates for Congress, and in
stead Of the Republican candidate be-
ing elected by 1000 majority over Carss
he would have plurality Of several
thousand
Note what happened to the farmer
labor candidates for state offices who
ran as independents. Dr.. Shipstead
came within 1000 of winning the Re-.
publican nomination for governor in
June. He was defeated as an independ-
snt by nearly $50 900 votes. Everything
that has happened during the campaign
and since has INDICATED the judgment
Of Congressman Carss in filing this
year as the candidate Of a political
party.
1t probably is just as we'll for Mr..
Carss that he was defeated. He would
have no easy road to travel in the next
congress. However, the loss to labor
is more serious than the personal loss
to Mr.. Carss who really is victor in
his defeat.
During the campaign The Labor
World made its fight for Mr.. Carss
without attacking Mr.. Larson, his sue
cessful opponent, who we believe will
make an honest effort to represent
labor as we'll as. all the people in this
district. Mr.. Carss knows the wants
Of labor first hand. Mr.. Larson is
sympathetic, knows good deal about
the philosophy of the American labor
movement, and will aim to keep his
record clear. Regretting as we do the
defeat Of Mr.. Carss we are consoled
by the fact that he is TO be succeeded
by man like Mr.. Larson.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
LABQR'S FOES WEAKENING

Some months ago the Seattle cham
bcr of commerce began, through tho
creation OF any organization known as
the Associated Industries, campaign
against organized labor in that city,
says the Garment Worker. The pur-
pose Of this association was to COM.
bine in its membership all the business
men in the city--its manufacturers; its
merchants and all employers of labor
with the intent Of moving on the forces
Of united labor and driving them with
out its borders and out Of the country
if possible.
Associated Industries. began it's work
with big war whoop, assured it was
going to win a great victory and pre-
sent to the country an example Of
what united employers could do to give.
knockout blow to united labor.
1t was only brief time after the
forces of the Associated Industries got
into operation before its leaders learned
that they had made some serious mis-
takes in their calculations. They had
not counted the cost nor the formid.
able foe that they were to meet. They
soon found their attacks on labor were
failures. 1t grew from opposition and
from persecution and it's enemies began
to be driven from the field.
The business men at last came to
understand that in fighting union labor
they were contending against their own
interests. They realized that union
labor, being the best paid. gave them
an assurance of business prosperity that
would be lacking if unionism were
driven out Of the city and poorly paid
labor substituted
This sentiment grew among the men,
bers Of the Associated Industries and
as a consequence its aggressions on
labor became less. and less. intensified
until finally it showed a disposition
to acknowledge, that it was mistaken
In its policy Of fighting union labor.
The parent Of the Associated: Indus.
tries. the chamber of commerce, also
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
LABoR's ANCIENT LAW.

1.-THE laborer is worthy of his hire
The workman deserves his wages. This
is labor s most ancient law. It needed
no legislative body to enact it. It is
the fat Of the square deal. It is a
part Of the common law Of mankind.
At the gate Of the last Eden, God
said to man: "In the sweat Of thy
face shalt thou eat bread'' That made
the earth world of working people.
Man at first thought work was curse.
He soon discovered that it was a bless.
ing God was giving him plans for a
new and better Eden than the one he
had lost.
Then into this world of working
people came life's most binding Gus
tom and labor's most ancient law:
''The laborer is worthy of his hire.''
Two things are in that law:
The first is the dignity Of manhood.
1t is labor, but the laborer that steps
to the front. It is not labor that
makes man respectable, but the man
that makes labor respectable.
The individual comes before the sys-
tenn. Any scheme of society, whether
put forth in the name Of capital Or of
labor, that ignores or degrades the in
dividual, is vicious. Labor unions have
their uses, but they are worse than
useless when their members become the
victims of a system. Capital has its
rights, but capital has no rights that
are in advance of the rights Of the
laborer.
The. man takes precedence of the
machine. Labor exists for him rather
than he for labor.
Let labor project its reforms along
! this line, promoting and maintaining
the fundamental rights and essential
dignity Of the man who works. Let
the laborer lift his work with himself.
The second thing in this ancient law
is compensation.
What shall be the scale of wages9
How is the hire to be regulatels On
what principle is the question Of pay
to be adjusteds Here the laborer steps
to the front again. You cannot buy
him. Manhood is not for sale. You
are far gone in lawlessness on the labor
I question if you think the wage you
pay gives you title to the soul Of
the wage-earner.
He is worthy of his "hire.'' He
can stand on his feet and look you in
the face, man to man, without apology
His compensation is, therefore, vastly
more than matter of dollars and
cents. 1t is manhood's reward. That
covers decent living conditions and an
adequate. wage; out it covers more
1t includes what you cannot put on
the pay roll-good will, friendliness
mutual respect, human interest, broth
erliness. The laborer is Of more i'm,
portance than the organization and
compensation does not stop with the
scale.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
"NERVY" WOMEN.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 11.-Trustees Of
the public library has reinstated seven
women employees. who were discharged
because they asked for wage increases
and then refused to apologize to the
little upstarts who are temporarily
occupying these positions. Organized
labor took UP the cudgels for the
Women. N did civic orsa mia ions. fs
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-13
$51,0O0,O0o TO EUROPE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE AM
erican Red Cross expended $4,000, 900
in relieving suffering Europe during
the year ending June 80. according to
a preliminary report by that orzaniza-
ton. The details will appear in the
forthcoming annual report. Relief is
nof confined to Poland. Serbia. Mon
tenegro, Albania. West Russia, South
Russia. the --altic states, Vienna, Blu
dopest and Constantinople.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

Little things like fallen
trees or eight-foot fences
don't keep members of
t h e Quebec Snowshoe
Club from travelling in a
straight line when out
t or a hike. Here's a
picturesque quartet of
them showing our pho
tographer just how it is
done. 1t looks easy, but
just try it yourself if
you ever have the oppor-
tunity.
kdpitn
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

You New York suburban.
ties who have taken to
skis this winter and feel
that you have experienced
all the thrills of this ex-
hilarating sport just be-
cause you've done the
hills over at the golf links,
consider the above pic
ture "a nervy group Of
Swiss ski experts hiking
it away up on the precipi-
tous slopes Of the Jung
frau. The Jungfrau is one
Of the most picturesque
and famous of the Swiss
Alps.
NUtftyUot,d
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

Lake Placid's "more-
popular-than ever-this-
winter" club goes in
for a winter sports
Gymkhana, and here
are three of the dis
tinctive events that
helped make the novel
affair a big success.
Above - A race on
skates in which the
contestants have to
fan a small ball the
length Of the course,
first ball over the line
vi mi ing. Lett-A
Swimming" race on
sleds over the ice. each
entry being supplied
with two spikes by
which he must propel
himself. Right A
hoop race on skates,
which proved the most
exciting event of all.
Both men and women
contested in these
events, the fan race
being won by the lady
in til e above picture.
Lcrick
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

Left-.The wonderful
double track tobog-
gan slide Of the Lake
Placid Club, which
carries you and your
best girl over an icy
course through the
sweet-smelling Adj
rondack pines at a
mile-a-minute speed.
What do you say
about going up over
next Sunday kcylek
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

Meet one of New York's
most skillful ski aviators-
P. A. Kyeve, u. S. manager
Of the Norwegian Marine
and Transport Insurance
Company, is a Wall Street
business man who really
knows how to handle his
skis. Here he is making
7O-foot jump clear over the
h e a d of cameraman La
Rue, official cinematog-
rapher Of Canada's Bureau
of Public Information, dur
ing a strenuous vacation up
Quebec way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-13

MODEL IN" HUPMOBILE TOUR lns car; good running order; elec- tfAc llSnto and sJal ter; cord tires , WlIl sacrifice II taken at once;
 good reason for selling. II inter- ested see or phone lacn Tankersiey phone No. 11I or lo1h. l2-7-tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-13
Chicago Grain.

Chicago, Jan. 12~ Industries and shippers competed for corn and to- day and rallied tho market from de clincs due to an official warning against price hAbards on wheat and flour after withdrawal of government control The close was unsettled, at the same as Saturdays finish to 7-8 cents higher with May l3i l2 10 h-S and July 132 7-S to 33, Oatr closed unchanged to l-de down, and provisions varying from 25s loss to 5ec advance.
 At first, selling in the corn mar kct waa very active aS result Of hcarish conclusions drawn from statements of National Wheat Dt- rector Barnes. However, the fore" of the Barnes statement was mini mi2cd by the fact that spring wheat vas selling at the highest figure on record. Then came reports lndlcat- ing that the supply of railroad carS showed lttlc or no improvement Good up'urns during the later trad ing followed.
 Business in oats was restricted by inability to obtain COTS for ship mcnts to the aeaboard.
 Big exports largely eountcrbaIan- ccd in provisions the effect of hog market weakness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-13
Home for Wild
 Birds in Chicago
 Suburban District

Chicago, Jan. 12-Animals .and birds of all kinds may some day find wonderful home in the sub urbs of Chicago. A thickly tim bered forest preserve tract near Riv- crside, H., the gift of Mrs. Editl Rockefeller Mccormick. is to be con verted into an extensive zoologica garden.
 It will be a haven for the antleret tribe, with the Desplaines riye' running at one side of the forest and the Salt creek winding throug} it. Not only deer, elk and moose may run wild, but the carnivora bears, and even mountain lions may find pits to house them, and other animals long banished from North ern Illinois.
 Birds, too, will be welcomed there, with the one exception of tho English sparrow.
 The land, comprising about l5f acres, adjoins a tract of sixty acres already acquired from Mrs. McCor- mick by the Cook county forest pre- serve.
 The county plans to develop gar dens that will eventually equal the geological parks of New York, Lon. don, Paris, Tokio, Hamburg and Calcutta.
 In accepting the gift the Cook county commission directed that the tract should be known as the Edith Rockefeller Mccormick Ioologica Gardens of the Forest Preserve of Cook County"