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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18

It is beginning to look as If we are
to have, the six-cent fare ordinance
to deal with again.
Certain business interests are at
tempting to create an atmosphere in
favor of the passage Of the ordinance.
Whey intended to have it passed by the
council and then to discourage every
effort to be made by it's opponents 90
have it referred to the people.
For the present at least such will
not be done. The labor members of
t., city council, Commissioners MUIR
nian and Phillips, it is reported, have
stated they will not vote for the ordi-
rance.
Commissioner Voss, it is said. does
not feel justified in overriding tho will
Of the people expressed at two previ-
Gus elections. and would refuse to vote
for the passage of the ordinance 1in-
less it is submitted to- a referendum
vote of the people. s"> : - f. j.
Mayor Hugo and Commissioner Far
rell. according to: press reports. are
unequivocally in favor of a :six-cent
fare. Mr.. Farrell appeared before the
Civic Council Saturday last and stated
that he wanted the six-cent ordinance
to pass and .'he did. not care who
knav. Is # !" S - VI
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18
CARSS ! }; HELPS /. 1 ! TO.
k|EL...LEvER ACT
Labor Group Insists That Abused
Law be Repealed WITH Other
War Time Legislation.

Congressman w, l.. Carss is. con-
tinuing his work in congress just as if
nothing happened. Working with the
labor group Monday they SUCCEEDED
In putting a. deserved lcrfmp in the
Lever act, and now it is up to the SEN
ate. for final action. -. j..
Under the resolution by Mr.. VOL
stead an attempt was made to repeal
all wartime legislation with the ex-
ception OF the. Lever act, the. rents
control of the District of Columbia
and the war finance board. The labor
group in which Mr.. carss is active or
ganized for two days and managed to
line up enough forces to favor the. re-
peal of the Lever actkalso.
The Lever act was originally sup
ported by LABOR. 4 contained some
mighty fine features, but Of lat it ::has
been used against labor and seldom
against the profiteers. 1T was used
with deadly effect against labor; not
ably in the miners strike,' said Mr..
Carss, "and while it was never used
to. curb the eactivities Of the profiteere,
the, friends OF labor decided that it
would be better repealed. The bulk OF
the wartime legislation is about; re-
pealed.":
Mr.. Carss is working for an appro-
priation to provide for the expense of
maintaining the coast guard station
at Grand Marais. In this he has been
aided by the commander OF the coast
guards, who has given the Grand Ma
rails station preference in his recon-
mendations.
IT do not think congress will at
tempt to pass any very important leg
islation at this session, other than the
transportation bills said Mr.. Carss.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18
AMERICAN 8 ; 4 YOUTH | | ] | ! !:
:. BIASED. AGAINST
TRADE uNIoNISM
Samuel Gompers Tells Trades
Assembly Enemies Of Labor
are Working in Schools.

Enemies of labor are conducting a
most insidious campaign. They have
succeeded in having Included in text
books subjects for debate which seek
to prejudice the youth Of our land
against trade unions. Such teaching
is, inimical to industrial peace"
This statement was made in a letter
to the Federated Trades assembly of
Duluth from Samuel Gompers, read
last Friday evening at the regular
meeting, after which a committee was
appointed to ascertain whether any
such text books were being used in the
Duluth schools
Mr.. Gompers requested that there
be transmitted to him any and all in
formation which may be secured here.
School book publishers, the National
Association Of, Manufacturers and
chambers Of: commerce." he asserts,
''are conducting the campaign. Letters
have been sent to school superintend-
ents asking them. to furnish the names
Of school teachers who teach the sub
ject of economics. The object is to
furnish the feathers with pamphlets
dealing with the anti-unionists' con-
ception of the labor prob',m.
I'm the: text book entitled, First
Year English by Rose Buhlig Of the
Tilden high school, Chicago, among
the, e,subjects for debate are the follow
ing: OF what good is the trade union
to the laborer? Labor troubles are
brought, about because the poor ape
the rich. Strikes should be considered
illegal
This. volume also suggests. the
Chicago newspaper strike as q subject
for debate. Poverty of the families
of the strikers: is another: subject
which is recommended. This book IS
published hys4D. C::sHeath and Cons
zpany, Boston. New York and Chicago.
y ''Uh-American employers ire tssek-
ing to teach the children Of the work
ers that their fathers and brothers are
engaged in an unholy cause. The: pub
Lie. schools should be kept free of pro-
paganda that has for its purpose the
breaking down of home life or the
|. .hampering of the natural advance
ment Of the workers. Such propa-
ganda is sent out to influence the peo-
pie in favor Of the non-union shop"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18
COUNCIL HAS POWER TO CoMPEI ).
better SERVICE FROM COMPANY
Let Mayor Hugo Of 1920 Do What he Started in 1902 and
Instruct City Attorney SamueIson to Put Up Fight such as
City Attorney Oscar Mitchell Thrice Made.

There seems to be lot Of trimming going the city han
reference the street railway question The the
railway company making is that give service
the public until the authority raise its pure bluff
The city council has the compel better That
question has been settled time after time by the All that
necessary tor the to do resolution stating
complaints of the people and demanding
maintained Then put up the city attorney All
has to do himself to look the record and refer
dents y
He will get sympathetic hearing the because lawyers
judges have always been great sker for preceens If
find where distinguished lawyer kind of judge has said
something the subject that involved in pending
matter how long sai cited precedent
must govern the decision in the pending case.
Every Decision Has Been in Favor of the City.
The workers have been busy for attempting wipe the
from law and the courts have that the law
should along with the rest of civilization that old rule Of
stare decis believe the lawyers call it, thrown
their path and blocked it.
WELL thought the other that maybe if these
of lawyers and judges conclusive
could find recedents matter that be bother
the legal department. of the city and the particular
friends the railway So
needed the help of legal friend or two through with it, but
another discovered these interesting
l. The legal Of the services the rawaw
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18
SAYS PARAL YS|S OF INDUSTRY
CAuSEDbY ESCH.CUMMlNS ACT
George P Hampton Managing Director Farmers National Coun
Gil, Says Present Crushing Burden Upon People Largely Due
to Return of Railroads g Private Competitive Operation
"Under the Cummins-Esc

Under the cummins- American people will have to
pay railroads nearly $1,000 year for years
carrying their freight about oneseventh
Of the nstGn1 s declares a managing d
lone dollar of every fve holds Mr.. Ha that the farm
receive for their products will the ralr Nearly dol
lar of the American people from the sale Of
farm products ares dividends interest rayotes
and in every other to for transportation
'That will break nation few years. he I
nearly oneaf national debt and oneh billion
dollars than Uncle Sans last This transportation bill
directly $6666 apiece the average for
and child in the nation The indirect and three
times much.
Railroad Rates onehalf of Value of Farm Products
Ts 81 nearly half Of the total price farmers
receive this year for farm products raised about FARMS
Out of what farmers receive they have all their help all
the interest," and bonuses the $6 of farm
indebtedness freight their products marke
for Seeds fertilizers machinery farm implements and everything they
buy and then something for the rainy day. and
themselves against the total failure which
ve oftener Americas basic industry which has
ernment guarantee and no watered stock.
GENDER the Esch the railroads
the first six months after they returned 100000 within
$4O000 the deficit incurred during
operation under conditions
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18

Philadelphia Fair Price Connnis::
sioners Calls Them to ':Ac-
count for High Prices.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16. - Fa

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16. - Fair
Price Commissioner McClain. used
harsh terms in discussing the low
price Of beef cattle and the high price
of meat charged by retailers. The
official called the retailers "plunder-
ers," but the profiteers continue rag
ing in. the shekels.
It was shown that the price of beef
CATTLE, except prime choice, is down
to- the 1915 level, with a glutted mar
ket..
Mr.. McClain also expressed surprise
that the price of shoes and other COM
modities made from leather have not
been reduced, as hide prices have
reached a low level that has not been
equalled since 1909.
Investigation has disclosed" he
said, that a great many retail ven-
ders Of essential commodities, such
as wearing apparel and footwear, are
trying to maintain nearly the peak
prices of October and November q
year ago, no doubt hoping that they
can bluff the thing through and un-
load their high. cost stuff on the pub
liz at profit. or at least. at 70 loss.
''This is a vain hope on their part.
The tide is running strong in the
opposite direction. The people have
gotten over their orgy of spending and
the class Of merchants to whom re-
fer might as well face the inevitable.
The day for settlement has arrived,
and normal conditions cannot be had
until lold stocks are Hquidated.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18
BuRLES0N RULES
AGAINST CLERKS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Postal
General Burleson has ordered that
postal organizations or postal en-
ployes cannot solicit advertisements
for their publications or periodicals.
He says business men have responded
to these solicitations because they
have believed that their interests
would be protected by gaining the
good will of these organizations'' and
not because of benefit from the .ad.
vertisements.
The bona fide postal trade unions
have always conducted their maga-
zines on a, business basis, and sold ad-
vertising space as every other legi-
innate publication.
Under the order it is permissible,
however, for a business man on some
dark night to slip under the office
door of one of these publications,
copy for an advertisement with the
request that same be published.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18
ACTORS TO WORK
FOR union SHOP

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-The injus-
tice of the non-union shop will no
longer be tolerated by the Actors
Equity association If the views of a
large number of these actors at a
meeting in this city. is the sentiment
of the membership at large.
It has been decided to submit to a
referendum whether Equity members
will appear on the same stage with
non-Equity members. A union-shop
decision will not not apply to the
Producing Managers association until
1924, when an agreement with that
organization expires. The union shop
will however, apply to unorganized
theatrical managers.
The Actors Equity association in
cludes Americas foremost theatrical
stars. They are affiliated with the
A. F. Of L.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18
WHOLESALE PRICES DROP T.
IN SPITE Of HIGH WAGES

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-The claim
that high prices are caused by "high'
wages is shattered by the drop in
wholesale prices, and the almost i'm
perceptible decrease in cost to the
consumer.
On November ~ of this year the
wholesale price for No. 2 red wheat
was $1.7s q bushel. as compared with
$2.36h for the same date last year.
The price OF No. 2 yellow corn was
94h cents a bushel on November q
of this year and $1.70A last year.
Flour (Minnesota patent) was $3.50
this year. and $14.75 last year. Coffee,
No. Rio, TN cents and Is cents.
Butter, cream, % score, 81 cents and
73h cents. Print cloths, six-tenths
Of a cent and 12X cents.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18

MEAT ! PACKER ! RFljAD's'Al|Ys D's''All|Y i!
RETAlIElRs |l|I!El:!' I IRE PIRATES:

=. CHICAGO DeGS ls.-The retail
butcher is the most :brazen profi-
teer in the sltstory OF. piracy, de.
clared Everett G. Brown, president
of the national live stock exchange
in an address to i've stock produc-
ers. ,T!ts x
"WholesaIe prices of meat are
now down. to pre-war level, 1vhile
retail prices, instead OF declining,
remain at the peak they reached
during the stress Of war;" said the
sneaker -. ~ - -,
Mr. Brown favored the formation
OF an organization which would en-.
able the consun,ers TO place their
fingers on the prufitees in meat
production, which he declared at
this time We're the retail butchers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18

MACON, Ga, Dec. s.-Organized
plumbers have secured the eight-hour
day and raised wages 81 for the same
period.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-12-18
MIR. MERCHANT / (,

LAS it occurred to you that this paper goes
into the homes Of the best paid working.
men in Duluth and surrounding territory!
: It is carefully perused by, every adult mem.
Der Of the household. There il no better ad
vertising medium anywhere.
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Mr.. WORKINGMAN

HIS is your paper. It publishes nsttes :
- pertaining to your life and velfsfe. i
wants and needs your support II esnnot
exist without it. = Your cause wonld be weak
indeed without 4 labor paper to champion Il.
Become reader and subscriber,
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Under the Cumm1ns-EsC-*'V Ssaa
pay the railroads nearly $1,000, -
least, for carrying their freight andss
of the national incotne,' declares Geor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
VICTOR HUGo's VANITY

From the Youths Companion.
 Humor and self criticism. says Prof, William Lyon Phelps. so together; sense of humor is an antidote for con cei; Victor Hugo dad no sense of hu- nor and the con piaeeAcy with which he looked back apon his career aroae from coaceit that was even more co lossal than his genius.
 Late in life some of his friends were talking with him, and. of course, about him. One said, Streets ought to be named after him
 Another remarked. "Streetsa Paris ought to change it's name and be called Victor Hugo"
 Another added scornfully, "Paris? Paris, after such a great man? No, in- deed. France ought to change it's name, and the whole country be called Victor Hugo"
 The great writer then lifted his head and with .Jovian dignity spoke in tones of quiet solemn conviction: That will come in time."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
AMERICA IS SECURE

navy from the records of the late war"
 Referring to His text, Righteousness Exalted a Nation,' the cardinal ended:
 If the American republic will survive, it must rest upon stronger foundation than the patriotism of it's citizens and the wisdom of it's statesmen and the valor of it's soldiers. It must rely upon more impregnable force than standing armies and dreadnaughts. The race is not to the swift nor Ihe battle to the strong. If our republic is to endure it must rest upon the eternal principles of justice, truth ana righteousness and downright honesty in our dealings with other nations. It must rest on devout recognition of an everything Providence that has created all things by His wisdom. whose search ing eye watches over the affairs of na- tions and of men, without whom not even a bird can fall to the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
LITERALLY SPEAKING
Vrom the Edingburgh Scotsman.

From the Edingburgh Scotsman
 A patriotic Scotsman was present at a meeting at which an eminent Shakes pearean scholar dwelt on the virtues of his fayorite author. At the close the Scot approached the lecturer and said:
 "Ye think fine lot Q Shakespeare, doctor?"
 q do, sir,'' was the emphatic reply.
 An ye think he was mair clever than Rabbie Burns?"
 Why, there is no comparison be- tween thenn."
 Maybe no. but ye tell us the nicht it was Shakespeare who wrote. Uneasy lies the head that wears a croon.' Now. Rabbie would never hae written sic nonsense as that"
 -Nousense. sir." cried the indignant doctor.
 ,.Ay. just nonsense. Rabbie would hae kent that King or queen either. disna gang to bed wi the croon on his head. He wad hang it owcr tn back o chair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
$ < #
SS E H, William Jennings Bryan's Ludicrous Proposal

MM R. BRYAN'S principal asset is HVH eloquence, and some orators are gifted with wit. Henry Ward Beecher, for example, was a prince of orators and he was hufnorist of the first rank. Champ Clark is an- other public character who can move with his eioquence and provoke laugh ter with his jests. But Mir. Bryan seldom attempts humor, and when he does it fails to hit the mark.
 No clumsier bit of humor ever emanated from man in public life than that in which MT. Bryan suggests in view of MT. Harding's overwhelm- ing victory over the democratic party. the resignation of President Wilson in favor of Vice President Marshall and placing the President elect at the head of the state department for the time being.
 MT. Bryan, as Secretary of State in the early part of MT. Wilson's first administration, was a misfit. The clumsiness of the situation could not escape his sense of the ludicrous-if he had such sense. At any rate, he knows full well that Mir. Harding could no more fill the bill than he himself did. MT. Hard ing may turn out to be an acceptable President, but he will have to de- pend upon some one of large expert ence and especial aptitude to handle the foreign relations affairs of the government.
 Nobody wants the President to re- sign, and MT. Bryan knows that his proposal is out of the question. In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
Bryan, Johnson and Reed Comment on the Election

r HIRAM JOHNSON, William en- U U nings Bryan and United States Senator James A. Reed of Missouri agree that the democratic party went down in defeat because of it's position on the League of Nations. That these three varieties of statesmen should come to the same conclusion is worth noting.
 The one is a republican, the other a democratic leader who has seldom agreed with other democratic leaders and the third is democrat whose chief occupation for more than two years has been an effort to discredit President Wilson before the nation. Birds of a feather flock together" These three came from different nests, but the eggs must have had mucn Tn common.
 Of course, the German vote had nothing to do with it. There was no feeling against the man who nailed the Kaiser to the cross. There was nothing in the Irish vote resentful of the Presidents failure to do the bid ding of the most ardent of home rulers. There was nothing in the vote of those soldiers who want cash bonus.
 There was nothing in the universal sore toe due to readjustment. The luxury tax, the excess porfits tax and other taxes had nothing to do with it. The natural desire for change from an administration that had been forced to lay heavy hand on the peo- pie in order to win a supreme strug- gle cut no figure. No; not according to this unique triumverate. Democrats at large prefer receiving an analysis of their defeat from those who made greater efforts to win and stood more loyalty by the administra tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05

burden of construction and reeonstruc- tion. It is difficult to live up to a maximum of trust and responsibility.
 Were administration changes fraught with half the consequences that partisan speakers would have the people believe, this nation would have split on the rocks generations ago. Were this the case in Great Britain, where administrations change oftener than they do in this country, the empire of the seas would never have been created.
 Both the stock and cotton ex- changes on the day after the election reflected the stability of America. Not only were dealings in stocks light, but there was very little rise and fall in any of the securities. On the cot ton exchange less was said and though of the election results than of the coal strike in England, which has to do with the exportation of cotton.
 Americans well realize that when the smoke of political battle is over and the congregations of political propaganda have spent themselves, sound sense will prevail.
 The victor is probably more chas- tened than the defeated, because he feels the load that has been placed on his shoulders and the seriousness of the trust that has been imposed.
 It look as if Americans were going very sensibly about their usual busi- ness affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
Europe Not Excited
 bx Election News

- ITDGING from the comment oI III European newspapers on the re- cent election in the United States' +here is little likelihood that the "beart of the world" is broken.
 President Wilson, in the hour or his greatest defeat, will find no com fort in the views expressed by news papers of Great Britain, France and Germany. The popularity he enjoyed when his fame was at the zenith seems to have been succeeded by feeling of open hostility. Foreign on;nion. as reflected in the press, while in some instances regrettlng that America has shown an unmlstak- able antipathy- toward the League of Nations, as constituted at present, IS frankly glad that "Wilsonism," so- called. has been repudiated by Amer  ican voters.
 Europe was deeply interested in our national election, but it does not ap- pear that the result has greatly per- turbed its people. There is still con- fidence in the American sense of fair play and a belief that we will do what is expected of us to make the world better place to live in, regard less of what may be done in regard to the League of Nations.
 Europeans who are we'll informed have a good understanding of Ameri- can political methods. They know that a change in administrations is not revolutionary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
% Root to Be a Member
 of Harding Cabinet

T1 LIHU ROOT will probably be the lC next Secretary of State, but correspondence from Marion indicates that he will not play dominant part in shaping Americas foreign policy during the Harding administration.
 MT. Root is obviously the best choice MT. Harding could make to head his official family. It was con- ceded long before election day that he would be Secretary Colby's logical successor and while it is said that MT. Harding made no prediction prom ises, there can be little doubt that he will appoint Mir. Root and that gen. tleman will accept the appointment.
 The statement that MT. Root is not in the good graces of the President elect just at present is interesting, but not important. He showed some attachment tosthe League of Nations, despite it's Wilson label. That was displeasing to the reactionary and ''ir- reconcilable" element of the repub- lican party.
 MT. Harding, as everybody knows by this time, is easy to get along with. There will be no hurried exits from his cabinet, come what may. He and Mir. Root will work together with such other assistance as MT. Harding may require.
 MT. Roots knowledge and expert ence will be of inestimable value to the Harding administration. His presence in the cabinet, as we'll as MT. Harding's own declarations should insure America's participation in some kind of international agree ment.