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The labor world., 1920-12-11
ANSWER Us Tf4IS.

Did you ever hear Of a Commercial
club or a Citizens alliance endorsing
woman suffragee
Or, did You ever hear Of Commercial
club or Citizens alliance going on
record as opposed to child LAHORE
Or, did you ever hear Of Commercial
club, the Citizens alliance or any other
employers organization going OH rec-
ord in favor Of living minimum wage
for working women?
No, you never heard Of anything Of
the kind, and you never will. Such
organiza tions are not interested in the
human side Of any question. With them
all things are measured in terms of
dollars, and NOT in men, women or chill
dren.
That is the difference between q
trade union and an employers organ
ization. And perhaps it is just as well.
It would not be good for mankind if all
were altruistic any more than it would
be if all were money y~nad. If the equili-
brium could be preserved all would be
we'll. The trouble is, money seems to
count for most. That's why there is
such grief in the world.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
CHRISTMAS SEALS.

The dread white plague destroys 15o,-
600 human lives. every year in the
United States. Tuberculosis spreads its
darkening clouds over millions Of people
in this country alone. Many Of these
lives are made well-nigh hopeless by the
presence Of poverty, for tuberculosis
strikes hardest and most frequently in
the homes Of the very poor. Their hope.
lessness, too often, is cue to their help
lessness.
In the community there are many VIC
tins Of the disease in need Of home care
and instruction as to how ther can ct1re
themselves and protect others
Protect yourself and your loved ones.
The organized fight against tubercu-
losis needs your aid.
Will you help fight the white plague
1t has been made very easy for you to
aid in tho battle.
The least you can do is to invest in
Christmas Seals, the money going to the
public health nursing service, for the
work Of free dispensaries, and open air
schools. Your money will 60 to aid hu-
man beings, who, more than any other,
need aid.
Stick Christmas Seal on every letter,
On every package
1t is your Christmas gift to the Vie
tim Of tuberculosis.
The labor world., 1920-12-11

methods Of getting money has cotne to
oar attention. A young Illinois collegs
student in whom good sense had not
reached normal Development, lost con-
siderable money in Rock Island gam
bling house. The gambling houss WAS,
of course, contrary to law, and in add.
sion the gambling was not on the square.
Made desperate by his loss, the student
went to the proprietor Of the crooked
joint and recovered his money at the
point Of gun.
Then came the heavy hand Of the
law The young man got 20 years in
Joliet penitentiary and the gambling
house keeper got nothing but the protec-
tion Of the law. Protection from society
whose law he violated to secure the
young mans money.
When we are more civilized we will
realize that transfer Of property by
fraud is less Objectionable than transfer
by force only in that it is less likely to
produce bloodshed. There is no more rea.
son for allowing one to rob another be-
cause he ''knows more'' or has the pro-
lection OF crooked politicians than for
allowing one to rob because he is
stronger. AS between the strong and
the crafty, the crafty man is generally
the more detestable person.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
JUDGE rAvoHS oAuT1oN.

Circuit Court Judge Hunt Of Detroit,
Mieh., dos not favor using the injune.
tion writ Unfortunately and has re-.
fused to issue one Of these orders on
"t "tsuspicion.'
Employing BARRIERS ask for an in
junction. against the Barbers' union and
the SQUIRT said:
"There must be an allegation Of per.
sona1 knowledge Of the fact, Or in tie
absence Of that, certain other proof
must be shown from which it must be
a compelling inference that such fact
exists.''
The court gives notice that If employ.
ers want him to usurp the functions Of
the law making body and sentence
workers to Jail without a trial by jury,
they must present something tangible.
Ex~Federal Judge Taft has taken this
position on numerous occasions. he in.
sits that the ihdiscrimfnate use Of the
labor injunction destroys its usefulness.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
REPLY or THE COAL PILATES.

An increase Of So ton for coal is
the answer mode by the profiteeriHg
dealers to the threat Of Senators Calder
and Edge that government regulation Of
the coal industry will be demanded TN
less it reforms it's methods before Dec.
6, when congress reconvenes.
! Heartless men who are responsible for
widespread suffering through their ma
nipulation Of supply and prices are not
in the least disturbed by the dire posi-
bilities forecast by two members of the
senate oligartby who are futilely wrest-
ling with problems Of reconstruction.
And they have no cause for apprehen-
sion. They realize that the interests
which placed Calder and Edge in the
senate will not permit them to do any
thing that would interfere with the i11i-
tiative Of profiteering groups, even were
they disposed to do 50, which is un-
| likely.
| No, relief will not come from those
who have been sent to congress for &
specific purpose. It will come when an
outraged people realize that it is absurd
to expect favorable consideration from
privilego-servers and voice their demand
in tones so menacing that the Calders
and Edges will understand and respect
it.
The threat Of regulation which pro.
vokcd the derisive laughter Of coal pi-
rates was laundering in the index. It
was devoid Of good faith and real inten-
tion. Yet, unconsciously, it pointed the
way to the only solution Of the prob
lem with which these senator's have
been hopelessly struggling. The liberty
which Big Business demands will always
be interpreted as license to lay cruel
burdens upon the harassed consumer
until the public removes both the op-
portunity and incentive by making basic
industries agencies for service and not
exclusively for the profit Of those who
now exploit them
The labor world., 1920-12-11

plane. Less than q million had been Sc
cured when the committee Oh industrial
relations, thinking to accomplish some
thing Of real value, began investigating
the causes Of the great steel strike. The
money interests Of the nation at once
sought to use their influence to stop the
investigation: as it has SO often con-
trolled church activities. But for once
its millions could not buy for Judge
Gary and others immunity from expo,
sure for their criminal acts. The report
was completed and final attempt was
made to suppress it, but again the at
tempt failed.
Big business then resorted to the boy
colt and succeeded in causing at least
two Of the largest denominations to
withdrsw-the Presbyterians and the
Baptists.
With the loss Of the promised finan-
eial support, che movement was unable
to proceed on the lines which had been
planned. The federated council OF the
Churches of Christ, the home and for<
eign missions council, and other church
organizations are now trying to re-es-
tablish the movement on a sound and
permanent basis and, while they will be
unable to raise the stupendous sum con-
templated by the first movement, they
still have an opportunity to 60 along
the road opened by the committee which
investigated the greatest labor dispute,
as far as numbers are concerned, that
this country has even known.
With the greatest power centered in
the newspapers, the employers are grad
ually 1essening their efforts to control
the pulpit, and in this fact lies the hope
of the church to become a power for
good
The labor world., 1920-12-11
PRODUCED MORE COAL
THIS YEAR THAN EVER

No class Of workers in the country
has been more generally accused Of
''slacking'' than the miners, and those
who usually Shouted the loudest were
those who were antagonists to Or
ganized labor, who never investigated
the facts upon which to base their
charges, and are just plain liars who
depend upon the ignorance or preju-
dice of certain groups among the pub
lie to swallow the stuff.
The facts susceptible to ample proof
that the railways did not furnish shf-
ficient cars to haul coal. that certain
operators did run short handed or
CLOSED their mines to keep up prices
and that retail dealers in many parts
Of the country did not stock up when
they had the opportunity make little
difference to the vicious individuals
who deliberately peddle the falsehood
that unions order their members to
restrict productions"
The government reports for the first
half Of 1920. which have already
been referred to in this paper.
showed that coal production in that
period was far above the average. and
now b H Wentz Of Philadelphia.
president Of the National Coal assooi-
alton. composed Of bituminous coal
operators, declares:
''The production of bituminous coal,
for the month of October, 1920, is
practically the same as for October.
1918. At that time tremendous ef-
fort was made to have each miner aig
all the coal possible because of the
war. The tonnage for October of this
year. without any special effort, is
about the same as 1913"
Possibly the pawsmitl1s who mono
tonously chatter about. the miners re-
stricting production, will cease their
wild talk iloW--but on second
thought, probably not, as their habit
of lying has become incurable, and,
doing no useful work themselves,
they must meddle like other BUSY
bodies.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
ARE QUACE PATK10rs

The anti-union employer now calls in
dividual bargaining "the American
plan
These 4uack patriots commereialize
the most holy ideal and brazenly call ON
the Shades Of men who have lived life
OF service to endorse cheap wages, child
labor and denial Of human rights
The real patriot is unselfish; the
! quack would control the lives Of others,
; One inspires; the other is visionless.
The quack's $ Americanism is lip serv
ice and big profits.
He favors free speech-but not for
those who disagree with him.
Be favors free press-when it is
silent on wrongs that are profitable to
him.
He believes in the education of chill
dren-but would fill his factory with
child labor.
He talks of freedom but would
feudalize America.
he glories in the progress Of his coun-
try but plays no part in it's social or in
tellectual development. To him, govern
ment is thing for private use. Its only
purpose is to grant special privilege and
'keep labor in its place.
The counting room patriotism Of the
cheap wage employers cannot be fused
with the Declaration of Independence.
| Paternalism in the shop and voting.
booth liberty is not democracy.
| Freedom is not actual where individ-
ual bargaining exists: Patriotism is un-
real midst Industrial autocracy.
| If patriotism and Americanism are to
be exalted the terms may we'll be res
cued from these men Of sordid mind.
Citizen g alliances and kindred bodies
should be called upon to cease traffick-
ing in. nation s aspirations.
The youth Of the land should not have
their ideals debased by market place
hagglers who below patriotism as they
barter with unorganized, defenseless
workers.
Men must live Americanism to be
Americans.
The pretense of quack patriots
should be hooted.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
BUSINESS or REVOLUTION,

1t is said that at one point in the
discussion Of the projected strike Of
British miners there semed to be ma
jority in favor of making tho strike the
basis for revolutionary movement. The
possibility Of overthrowing the govern
ment and establishing system Of So
viets was seriously urged.
At a critical moment one of the saner
labor leaders addressed the conference.
'All right,' said he, "you are out
for revolution. In that case let us have
q business-like revolution. Name your
cabinet; name the commanders of your
armies; decide from what source you
will get machine guns and how you pro.
pose to keep them supplied with ammu-
milton; decide who are to replace the
fallen, and, abcve all, make out list
Of those you intend to hang in order to
prevent them from hanging YOU
Whereupon, so the story goes, the
hot-heads subsided and there was no
further talk Of revolution.
Revolution is pretty idea to play
with; but when you get down to the de-
tails Of revolution az business PROPOSE
tion it assumes q rather formidable as
pect. Nor is it merely question Of how
you are going to pull Oft your revolu.
Ition in a business.like and efficient
manner. That settled, there remains the
bigger question Of what you arc going
10 do with your revolution when you
Ihave pulled it off. On this point most
Of the gentlemen who are 70 eager to
overthrow governments display at best
q confused and indefinite state Of mind.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
WINNING THE PUBLIC.

About $3.50 Monday evening last an
elderly couple standing on the corner of
First avenue West and Superior street
had just missed Lester Park car, The
weather was cold and raw. It would be
at least 20 minutes before the next
car passed, so the man and women
stepped into Smith s drug store to wait
and keep warm.
The man was observed standing close
to the front window watching every
approaching car. At about $3.50 he was
heard to say, as he huriedly opened the
door, "Come on, mother, our car is
coming" He then rushed quickly across
the street, motioning to the motorman
as the car was brought to a stop. One
passenger got on, and the conductor,
standing inside, gave two bells and the
car was started, leaving the aged
couple looking pensively and wistfully
as it speeded east on Superior street.
The couple came back to the drug
store to wait for another Lester Park
car, and when the woman was seated
the man was heard to say, "No wonder
everybody is against the street railway
company. Neither its officers nor il,
employees have any thought Of the pub
lie. even raped on the vestibule win.
dow to attract the attention of the con.
ductor just as I saw him pull the bell
and he merely craned his leck, looked
at me smart like and grinned. I'll SET
them in hell before I'll ever vote *
permit them to charge six cents for z
fare.',
That's the story everywhere through
out tho city. The company does no
enjoy the good will Of the public. It.
Officers know that they are in. bad, ant
still they would rather provoke tha,
please the people. In this particular in
The labor world., 1920-12-11
But They tiave No Voice.

The sophistry Of anti-unionists is
shown in this statement by the Wall
Street journal:
rs. H. Gary estimates So per cent Of
American labor is unorganized, which is
no small voice for an open shop
While the editor thus acknowledges
that an unorganized shop and an "open
shop' is the same thing, he would
create the impression that these unor-
ganized are demanding that they be left
in their defenseless state, when, in truth,
the E. H. Garys demand this condition.
Naturally, the Wall Street journal
echoes, "Here too.''
The labor world., 1920-12-11
EFFICIENCY Is LACKING.

A financial writer in PHILADELPHIA
paper says engineers generally consider
the present methods Of refining sugar
"The most inefficient and wasteful of
our industrial processes
These conditions are rarely discussed
by those whose efficiency ideals consist
Of driving workers at top speed and
then having them close their work day
III an exhausted condition.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
TRYING TO COME BACK,

Efforts are being made to revive and
re-estab1ish the Interchurch World
Movement which collapsed when busi-
ness interests withheld promised finan.
eial support following the report Of the
movement on the steel strike.
When the movement started It was
proposed that = fund Of 4 hundred NH.
lion dollars be raised 70 help restore the
world to its former moral md tpirif,,al
The labor world., 1920-12-11
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AGAIN.

There is an effort being made to
create public opinion favorable to
the restoration of capital punishment
in Minnesota. Representative Frank
E. Nimmocks Of Minneapolis, the reg
nlar author Of H. F. No. l, in the lower
house Of the legislature, whose No. I
bill two years ago was designed to pre-
vent the display Of the cred flag,' an
nounces that at the coming session his
first bill will be one to restore capital
punishment.
Judging from the present tempera-
1nent Of tho people II. F. No. /, by Mr..
Eimmoclls, stands an excellent chance
to become law. Indeed not few Min
neseta newspapers are advocating that
capital punishment be extended to GER
tain kinds Of robbery. Over in Scotland
at one time men were hung for stealing
sheep. Hanging was the ordinary pun
ishment for minor crimes i'll the dark
ages, yes, even until the middle ages.
But it never prevented or even lessened
the number Of offenscs against the
law
Capital punishment for murder is still
employed in several American states,
chiefly in New York and Illinois It
has been abolished in Minnesota. There
have been a large number Of murders in
this state, particularly since the close
Of the war, some Of which have been
most grucsome. The savage in us
prompts us to kill by law the man who
would deliberately take human life.
It is the revival Of the old Mosaic law
Of an ''eye for an eve and tooth for
a tooth''
IN spite Of the fact that capital pun.
ishment has been abolished in Mime
sofa there are fewer murders committed
in this state than there are in either
Chicago or New York, cities located in
States that still have cipital punish
mcnt. 1t is said that there is at least
hre murder a day in Chicago. Nearly
20 men at this writing are waiting to
be executed in the Cook county jail. The
wil'ful murdered who prcmeditates his
crime rarely thinks Of the punishment
he is to receive. Indeed, he believes he
will succeed in getting away with it
without being caught That is the tes-
timonv Of criminalogists the world over.
1t is also true that more murderers
are convicted in states that have abol-
ished capital punishment than in states
that have retained it, That is the en-
perience of Minnesota at least.
The legislature will find a fertile
Held for study along this line. Would
it not be more proper for it to look into
the causes Of crime with the view Of en-
acting preventatives, than to revive
punishments that were instituted bv
less humane governments in other davs
when kings and property interests
welded all the power and were Jealous
OF 1t. That's the thing to do in the
light Of our past experiences.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
RELIEF FOR THE FARMER.

Senator Arthur Capper Of Kansas,
believes Cultures trading is the chief
devil responsible for the present ipade-
quate price Of grain.
He is going to introduce bill to re-
strict sales to actual wheat
There is a difference of opinion about
futures but that ISM It the point. The
main thing is to GET ACTION.
It is all we'll enough to discuss mea-
sures for the "relief Of agriculture. "
Maybe the abolition of option trading
would work that way in the long run;
if so, all right.
But in the meantime something has
got to be done for the ''relief Of the
farmer''
To "relieve agriculture may bring
a remedy to the farmer sometime. What
he needs and wants and is clamoring fol
is something that will give him help
right NOW when he has lot Of stored
wheat upon which he needs to realize q
compensatory return.
Congress is about to meet for it's stub
end session. It is to be short one bu,
there is time enough to make arrange
ments whereby the farmer can realize
upon the undoubtedly good security h
holds. Even if the arrangement is only
temporary make-shift to meet a situa
tion which amply warrants emergency
action, the service will be one of th'
most important rendered by the presen
congress,
The labor world., 1920-12-11

Government studies in the cost of live
stock feeding and returns for the 1919
20 season show that the cattlen1an had
one chance in 18 to make money. There
ism It any profit in providing the flesh
pots for the beef trust.
The labor world., 1920-12-11
FORCE OR FRAUD.

While society has taken elaborate pre-.
cautions to prevent the transfer of
wealth by force, we seem somehow to
think that transfer by fraud il far less
Objectionable. Many forms Of fraud are
not punishable at all.
|. A striking illustration of how we dit.
tihgaiSh between force and fraud @
The labor world., 1920-12-11

| Every increase in freight rates
knocks something from the prices Of
farm products which must move TO
eastern cities and increases the price to
consumers.
The labor world., 1920-12-11

Spectators in corn futures on the
Chicago market had sold the country's
crop Of over 100000 bushels three
times this fall before single bushel Of
the new corn had reached the market.
The labor world., 1920-12-11

Mere organization does not mean any
thing. The important thing is to have
an organization. with real punch in it
for the purposes which the worker
wishes to accomplish.
The labor world., 1920-12-11

Those who put their faith in respecta+
bility must not be surprised to find it
empty.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-09
ANKENBROCK AND
DIXON TRIUMPH

Exhibiting a brand Of tennis and
court sense" that would pay honor 10
g veteran of the net game, much less
junior racquet sw1nger, Henry AIKEN
brock, who makes the BroOkside Park
club his headquarters, Travelled a long
and weary path TO kick over the dope
bucket, defeat Henry Orme, Jr., 80,
Sc, PC, rs. 90, and win the junior
championship of Indiana on the Haw-
thorn courts yesterday afternoon
Ankenbrock's victory was a big sur
prise, but not a fuke by any means. He
outplayed and Out-smarted his opponent
more and more as the match progressed,
wearing him down bit by bit, until
finally he had him where he wanted him
and where he could step up and put over
a victory in one Of the most interesting
matches ever played in Indianapolis:
Guy Dixon won the boys champion
ship from Chic Davidson on the same
courts and will accompany Ankenbrock
to Forest Hills, N Y. next month to rep
resent this city in the national boys,
and junior championships. The score OF
the Dixon-Davidson match was rs. As,
Orme was conceded all the odds in bis
match with Ankenbroek and he started
out In fine style, winning the first set,
the ball nicely, while Ankenbrock was
laying back on the base line. depending
on lobs.
In the second set, Orme again started
fast and ran the score up to SO in his
AdFoE DeAOIe Nc DeSeh " s1ON s-e VI
slipping. At this point, the Brookside
players's lobs. which were exceptionally
good, began to gain results and he came
through with an Sc victory.
The third set was Ormes in a walk
and the spectators figured the match all
over but the shouting. Then the big
surprise rolled around.
Ankenbrock's lobs IN the fourth set
were working to perfection. They forced
Orme away from the net to the back
court Time after time Orme netted the
ball from this position or knocked Il
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-09

over the base line, and the strain started
to tell on him.
Ankenbrock kept plugging along at
the same steady pace, using a cool head,
and won the set. TO, after a great fight,
Orme was truly sup in the al" when
the fifth set opened, and going higher
Ali the time. He had been drilled to
NAV the net, and when he ran into an
opponent that kept him away from his
favorite battle ground he worked as
though he were in. a trance. The last
and deciding set resulted in an easy o.
win for AnkenbrOck.
Orme never lost his fighting spirit.
ute of the time he was on. the court,
which is more than lot OF our oloeT
stars do when they are being defeated,
and must be given credit for being what
is sometimes called hero in defeat.
Ankenbrock will prove himself
worthy representative of indianapolis IL
the big show at Forest Hills.
Chic Davidson, a strip OF lad. who
has a hard time peeping over the net
played the same brand Of tennis against
Guy Dixon that Ankenbrock played
against Orme, and there were times wheT
Dixon and 0rme were in the same boat
but Guy managed to tighten up In th'
emergency and put over victory.
Dixon won the first set, dropped the
second and the third and fourth. In thu
fourth frame the winner won the frs
three games before he hit a slump an(
let Davidson tie the count at fall. They
remained on an even footing until thu
call stage, then Dixon won his servic'