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The labor world., 1920-05-01
PEACE BY REVOLUTION.

Having disgraced our country by
rejection of the peace treaty, Re-
publican leaders at Washington now
bring it into ridicule and contempt
by being sponsors Of 4 joint resolu-
tion declaring that the state OF war
between the United States ana Ger
many is at IN end. Months ago
Senator Knox, forgetting his law In
his eagerness to play peanut politics,
proposed that the senate throw the
treaty into the waste paper basket
and declare peace by resolution.
Political pothunters and yusrillas,
In their eagerness to kill OFT Prssi-
dent Wilson, rejected the treaty.
Having awakened to the fact that
they have marched themselves and
the country into . blind alley, they
are looking anxious1y tor 4 ladder,
tunnel or some other means OF
exit for themselves and their party.
aav1ng failed to bluff the president,
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Ridiculous 'Trusteeship'' Theoyl
Is Revived by Platform Makers

Republican party platform makers
have revived the ridiculous theory that
capitalists are trustees" Of their pro-
perty, which they administer. in the
interests Of the people.
In a questionable issued by tho ad.
visory committee on politics and plat.
form Of the Republican national COM
mittee this was asked:
What form Of profit sharing. If
any, wilt promote thrift, corporation
and better understanding. fthe
function of the capitalist aa trustee
and administrator of wealth in the in
terests of the producers and consum-
ers alike?
This question was answered as
Americans by Samuel Gompers, Mat
thew Woll and Frank Morrison, plat
form committee, national nom partisan
campaign Of the A. F. OF l.. The trade
unionists said:
IT'S this question predicated upon q
possible declaration Of national po-
lttical party to the effect that en-
ployers are trustees and administrA-
tors Of wealth in the interests Of pro-
ducers and consumers alike? Surely
this is interesting. BY what right
have they obtained trusteeship? BY
Divine Right? American labor en-
tertains no such delusion. Trustees
derive their authority from q prin-
cipal who trusts them. Producers
and consumers have, 50 far as the
records show, never agreed upon any
trustee Of the character here sug-
gested. The thrift section Of the ques-
ton should be kept distinct from the
ridiculous assumption Of capitalist
trusteeship, ana is dealt with in reply
to question 81.
:, "Profit-sharing is not a device for
the promotion OF thrift and co-op-
GRAFTON. 1t is a device for the en-
trenchment Of privilege and for the
subsection Of workers. It is calculated
to produce docility Of spirit ana to
discourage organization among the
workers. Without organization and
without freedow Of action amons
workers there can be no true and ef-
fective cooperation with employers
The labor world., 1920-05-01
NOTHING new UNDER sun
NOT EVEN ON TAXATION.

Exactly century ago, writes Ed.
ward N. vallandigham. Sydney Smith
warned the American people, then al
most free Of taxes. and with a mod
crate public debt, OF q time when we
might find ourselves taxed as was
John Bull; and he summarized Johns
taxes in a famous r assage that used
to be in some of our school readers
and should be now, il only to show
how little the world has learned as to
just taxation in a hundred years.
Tere is all but the closing line or two
Of the passage:
Taxes upon every article which en-
ters into the mouth, or covers the
back, or is placed under feet,-taxes
upon everything which is pleasant to
see, hear, feel, smell, rste---taxes up
on warmth. light, locomotion---taxes
on earth and the waters under the
earth--taxes on everything that
comes from abroad or is grown at
home'-taxes on raw material--taxes
on every fresh value that is added to
1t by the industry OF man-taxes on
the sauce which pampers mans ap-
petite. ana the drug that restores
him to health-on the ermine that
decorates tho Judge, and the rope
that hangs the criminal-on the poor
mans salt and the righ mans spice
On the brass nails of tho coffin. and
the ribbons Of the brids-at bed or
board. couchant or levant. We must
pay.-The schoolboy whips his taxed
top,the bearless youth manages his
taxed horse, with q taxed bride on /
taxed road,-and the dying English-
man pours his medicine, which has
paid seven per cent into a. spoon.
which has paid Is per csnt-tlings
himself back on his chintz bed. which
han paid 3 per cent-and expires IN
the arms Of IN Apothscary. who has
paid 100 ,podnds Tor tho privilege OF
putting him to death. ...
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MONEY USED TO PREVENT
DEMOCRATIC RESULTS

One of the distressing features Of
the discussions that arise when
wealthy men are caught or accused of
using larg sums of money to influence
elections, is the vast output Of fog, the
confusion Of thought. It is true, az is
solemnly asserted. that the use Of
vast sums Of money in elections is an
evil, "even II no law is violated" and
1t is true that III we are to have
democratic. election results. the posses
sion Of backing Of money must not
count for advantage over the candi-
date who makes his appeal on per-
sonal merit Or principle" OF course!
Who denies 1T?
The use Of large sums of money, In
elections is not for the purpose of at
tanning democratic election results"
but to prevent democratic results in
elections. And that is the evil: We
don tmove an inch along the road
to democttc election results by saying
that "the advantage Of money is an
unfair advantage" in elections. OF
course it is. It il meant to be just
that. That was Mark Hanna's idea in
. AoSO. WHICH, Liz SdlTdtAOu OF ClV1llZaC1On
depended on rescuing the country
from "Bryanism." That was the Re-
publican idea in saving, the country
from Henry Ford by using money H.
legally TO elect Newberry in Miclli-
gan.
But does it never occur to the SOL
emn, uninteresting owls who plati-
tudinize owe rthe use Of money in
elections, that large sums Of money
are spent in campaigns, and cam
paigns are financed by men Of great
wealth, for the one great purpose Of
protecting special privilege?
Privilege is the power Of taxation
for private purposes. It's worth pay
ing for. AS long as The People, in
their innocense or ignorance-or both
permit special privilege to exist, it
wlayed for and paid for in political
campaigns. But the money paid for it
and obtained from it will finally come
ignorant people.
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What Is the Difference Between
Senator NeWberry and Victor Beruer

Prominent Republicans. party as
sociates OF Senator Truman II. New
bsrry. Of Michigan, In their 11ysterical
rush to defend ths Michigan senator
since his conviction for conspiracy to
Violate the corrupt practices act, an.
pear to forget that all Republicans
who are In good standing in the con-
gregation do continually shout for.
"law and order" They fnay not be-
heve in flaw and order," but they
must say they do 80 as to set 4 rood
example to the working classes" and
the masses"
But Newberry occupies g. prominent
seat in the CONDENSATION, 10 his forset-
ful friends excuse him on the ground
that Tor the good Of the country It
was necessary to keep Henry Ford
out OF the senate, by crooked methods
il no Others would avail: and. after all.
the crime Of Newberry and his fellow
criminals was only a. 'law-made
crime" That, Of course, makes all
the difference. What boots It to 4.
chemically pure patriotic Republican
that a Flaw and order'' xovernn ent
must rest upon purity Of elections Il It
is worth preserving?
It isn't SO long-~or1ly d few months
since Victor Berger, elected to the
house of representatives from the
Fifth district Of Wisconsin, was denied
q seat in that body because he waa
convicted, under the espionage law.
Of conspiracy to sobstruct the draft
and was sentenced to fnnnriso+ M ant
for 20 years. The members of the
house Of representatives. didn't want
to associate with him: Was it because
he had been convicted Of. q felony, or
because he is a Socialist? That is a
fair question, because the senate has
taken no action in the case Of New
berry. who also has been convicted of
a felony and sentenced to prison for
two years. y
Prominent Re publica1s hold that
the Newberry< offense is not con all
fours" with the crime Of Berger. In
that they are correct. Berger COM
mitted his crime openly; he wasn't
dressed in American uniform and do
ing war work at the time he was do
ing dirty work. He made no pretense
of being 100 per cent American" He
openly questioned the motives OF
America in entering what he said was
a "capitalistic'' war. He was q tool
and criminal, but he wasn't 4 sneak,
nor q Pharisee.
Newberry's crime was at least three
fold. He participated in and profited
The labor world., 1920-05-01

at Buffalo and travel 442 miles
further to reach the ocean-going
ships. ~,
Now look at the important coun-
tries competing with the northwest
in its principal products. Australia
is entirely surrounded by water and
Its farming sections lie along rail-
roads built directly back from the
ocean ports. 1t has no transcon-
tinental roads. Its wheat raisers
are within 800 miles of the port.
Now look at another-Argentina---a
narrow strip Of land between the
Andes mountains and the Atlantic
ocean. It's railroads would have to
follow the practice found frequently
here of kiting goods "around Robin
Hood barn" to get more than 200
miles OF rail haul.
Next look at Egypt. Its wheat
is raised along the Nile river. River
boats can take it to Cairo or Alex
andria, and from there the big ships
can take it directly to Liverpool.
Then glance at the toe OF the
African continent and you will see
another growing competitor-South
Africa-likewise favored by nature
with nearness to seaboard. Southern
Russia is fortunate in having the
Black sea close at hand and it is
covered with a network of rivers
and canals. India in all parts is
likewise within short rail haul of
the sea. Central Asia and the
Canadian provinces to the north OF
us are the only competitors we have
that are as unfortunately situated
with respect to ocean commerce as
are the farmers of the northwest.
And Canada has turned to govern
ment-owned railroads and to elm
mating profiteering from the mar
keting of wheat.
Is the rich soil of our northwest
50 rich that it can pay rail freight
on 1882 miles. pay for market
profiteering and still meet these
other competitors in the world mar
ket?
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they rebuffed him and-lied about
1t. Victims Of their own venom and
chicanery, they are trying to per-
suade themselves and the country
that q "joint resolution il IN exz
cellent substitute for 4 treaty neso-
tiated by the president and ratified
by the senate. Not one of them has
been so brazen as to say that such
q method Of ending a war is recog-
nized by our Constitution or by in
ternational law.
The resolution passed by the
house OF representatives is one that
brings our country into ridicule and
contempt because it is a cowardly,
underhanded attempt to obtain for
the country all the benefits that
would be derived from the Ver-
sailles treaty, but without accepting
single one Of the responsibilities
for enforcing the treaty! Even
worse than that, it is 4 deliberate in
vitation to Germany to disregard the
treaty it has made with the allies,
and an attempt to post America be-
fore all the world as q skulker. The
effect on Germany is very evident.
The Republican majority in congress
is melting Germany to violate the
treaty.
Lodge and Knox, and Poindexter
and Sherman, and Hearst and Reed
and the other guerillas-believed
they had Wilson beaten and broken
when they sent the rejected treaty
back to him. They believed hc
would say something that would
give them political advantage. Thus
far he has said nothing, but it is
possible that he may reply to their
resolution-if 1t is adopted and sent
to hlm-by vetoing it and resubmit-
ting the treaty.
1t is not Woodrow Wilson who
is in hole, but the Republican
majority in congress. It remains to
be seen how much longer that Re-
publican majority wishes to keep
the country ''in a state Of war" for
the purpose Of playing politics. Even
with the assistance Of their great
and good ally, Wu1lyum Randolph,
can they get q two-thirds. majority
in both chambers Of congress to pass
the peace resolution over Wilson'S q
veto?
The labor world., 1920-05-01
SUPREME COURT UPA0LDS
VALIDITY or SEAMEN'S Act

Ihe supreme court Of the united
states has recently rendered A. deci-
sion upholding the constitutionality
OF tnat clause in the seamen's act
winch permits seamen in United
states vessels. AMI in vessels under
foreign flags while in harbors Of the
United States, to demand one-half tha
wages which they shall have then
earned at every port where such
vessel, after the voyage has been
commenced, shall load or deliver car
go before the voyage Is ended and all
stipulations in the contract to the
contrary shall be void: provided such
a demand shall not be made before
the expiration Of nor aftener than
once IN five days. Any failure on the
part OF the master to comply with
tn1s demand. shall release the sea-
man from his contract and he shall
De entitled to full wages earned"
This is the vital part of the Sea
mems Act, as it puts all seanaen.
American and foreign, on a level IN
American ports. and automatically
adjusts wages on an American basis
the foreign seaman being free to
leave his vessel and engage With one
Offering better inducements.
Commenting upon the decision, the
seamen's journal says:
In fighting this case and CARRYING
1t to tho highest court Of the land
the International seamen's Union Of
America has spent about $4,000, On
the surface OF things it was all done
to collect three months wages for
John Dillon but in practical effect it
Will mean; that every seaman on for
eisa vessel coming to America will
ee able to collect one-half OF his
wages If he is disposed to claim 1t,
And as = perfectly natural conse-
quence, it = will euualixe seamen's
wages--first out Of American ports
and ultimately the world over, An
equalization Of seal..en's WAKES will
enable American ships to compete
and to compete successfully with iii
the world. =
For that object, no less than the
"the welfare Of American seamen''
has the I. 8. U. Of A. spent its funds
and furnished the talent and energy
of men like Andrew Furuseth, Vic.
tor Olander, Patrick Flynn, Walter
Macarthur and others too numerous
to mention.
Some day, concludes the Journal,
the American people will give credit
where credit N due, but not just vet,
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while In industry. The capitalist who
asks the workers to accept profit
sharing has no notion that he is act
ing IN the capacity Of a trustee in the
administration Of the property he pos
sesses and the implication to that ef-
feet HI the question is evidently a
crude and clumsy effort to give stand
Ing and circulation to q misconcep-
ton. Does the question imply the res-
direction of the idea Of the trustee
ship Of wealth which was believed to
have been Inferred with the remains
of the late George F. Baer?"
The labor world., 1920-05-01
THE CHANGING TIMES.

Times as well as customs are
changing--there is no doubt about
that; and, generally speaking, we ali
agree that the changes are for the
best. OF course, we still have the
pessimist with us, who constantly
complains of. conditions and makes
dire predictions as to the future
but then the world has always been
handicapped by people OF this type.
We expect them.
We must not, however, minimize
the dangers that confront the ma
tion and its institutions. They are
real and they are menacing. AS
pertains to labor, the greatest dan
ger is that which emanates from
labor itself-tho misguided or thor
oughly selfish zealots who, with
radical theories or doctrines, are
threatening the destruction of that
which took years to build. And the
changed times that have been
brought about by the agitator and
trouble-maker, as a matter Of course,
cannot by any stretch Of the imag-
ination be classed as ''better" times.
But broadly speaking, times and
conditions are improving, in spite OF
the industrial unrest that prevails
in America today. The younger
generation OF workers take for
granted the new conditions; light
and we'll ventilated shops; tiled
wash rooms and lockers; fans to get
rid of the dust that once choked the
workers; safety devices and medical
attendance. They take the shorter
hours as matter Of course, good
pay as a condition precedent to
working at all. Older men remen1-
Der the days when they produced
by main strength, and the full din
ner pail was the main objective Of
labor to such an extent that a ma
tional political party made it a
slogan--and carried the country.
They and their fathers worked
longer hours and under tar less sat-
isfactory circumstances.
And in connection with these
changes, let no man think that they
were entirely brought about by the
working body. OF course, labor has
had a lot to do with it. but we must
not lose sight of the fact that the
employer has extended his cooper
alton and, although he has protited
MS Skill in taking greater profit
is not to be compared with the
stupendous profit---mental, moral
and physical-of tho man who
works with his hands.
The labor world., 1920-05-01
DULUTH.TO.SEA PLAN.

Those who have maps OF the
world at hand can discover easily
Tor themselves tho strongest argu-
ment tor the plan for opening the
ports OF the Great Lakes to ocean
ships.
minneapolis and st. Paul, which
are the great eastern gate for the
farming country Of tho northwest.
are 1889 miles from tho ocean at
New York and 1885 miles from
New Orleans. Duluth is 1891 miles
from New York by rail, When
products travel By boat from Du-
luth, they must be reloaded 70 carr
The labor world., 1920-05-01
an anarchist. . communist or some
other sort Of 1 Bolshevist.

an anarchist. . communist or some
other sort OF I Bolshevist.
Department OF Justice &tents are
not chosen because OF their fAmil-
iarfty with social and economic prob
lens, and they have no doubt
rounded up Tor deportation a num-
ber OF harmless aliens accused Of
being enemies of this country. Mr..
Post is the one man in Washing
ton official circles big enough to
distinguish between the sheep and
the goats. He has been trying to
deal out Justice In the immigration
bureau. He has busted himself look
ing up the evidence against every
alien held for deportation, and has
passed every case on it's merits.
ordering the release OF such as ap-
pear to be worthy Of it.
Such course does not please the
super-patriots and as a result Inn
peachment charges are about to be
lodged against him. Wouldn't it
be great If they ousted him between
now and election day? Post might
lose his job. but it would open the
eyes OF q good many real Amer.
leans who have been slumberins a.
together too long since the close Of
the war.
The labor world., 1920-05-01
WOULD IMPEACH POST.

Congress has put Louis r. Post,
the most fundamental democrat in
this country, on the pan. His chief
crime IN in separating the xoats.
Palmer's agents are busy gathering
In every alien who IL doing some
Independent thinking. II he raises
his voice In protest against tho OK
'tortionfsts OF life and happiness. the
profiteers who are robbing him and
his family OF needed comtorts, hS 10
The labor world., 1920-05-01

W the fraudulent. corrupt ana
| lawful use Of money in an elect
gained seat In the senate by f.
pretensss and lied to the people he
pretending to serve. Berger was
victed for holding and publishing
opinion. Newberry was convicted =
sentsnced Tor an acts There il no O.,
denoe that Berser's publicly express
opinion did. in fact. In any way
struct or interfere with the draft
was such evidence necessary. He
what he deserved, in court as we
In the house Of Representatives
there is ample evidence tn;
berry's act did befoul the
ballot.
AS has been said, Berger's ;
was weak because he was not
ana did not constitute a majt
the house. His vote could Meth:
nor deprive any party of mai
that body. He was a rather lc
unit In a minority. The safet
great moral political party d
depend upon him and his vott--=
NeNbsrry's position was quite
Wise, politically, which is to say
in the senate it makes not an 10
difference II in law And morals
Berger and Newberry cases are
tuAl1y the same.
What II Newberry had not be
elected by corrupt and unlawful l.
Of money? The Republicans cou-
not have reoreanized the senate. Wha
if the Republicans had not been abb.
to reorganize the senate? There woult,
have been no carefully packed foreign
relations committee. headed and man.
ipulated by Senator Lodge, to bring
about the defeat Of the treaty and
stain our country's honor for the glory
OF the Republican party. Having
served the high and noble purpose
made possible by fraudulent use of
money In campaign, by corruption
at the ballot-box and by most patri-
Otto conspiracy to violate the law,
Newberry holds the fort" and his
seat. However urgrateful republics
may be Republican nlajorities in th-
senate have at least a burglarious
sense OF gratitude and honor.
Besides, Newberry, though convicted
ana sentenced, is. out on bail--as is
Berger. But Newberry out on bail is
out OF Jail and constitutes the Repub-
lican majority in the senate. So the
Socialists and those impossible persons.
Who demand tolerable honesty at
elections may as we'll leave politics
alone.
The labor world., 1920-05-01

The next time you are tempted to
sacrifice your Liberty bonds tor
something you can get along without,
remember that they are a. good a.
virgin gold; that they pay YOU Z good
rate Of interest and that II they are
good buy tor the other Fellow they
are a good ''hold'' for you.