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The labor world., 1920-10-16
AMENDMENT NO. 4.

Everybody is talking about Amend
ment No. ], which is the Babcock Good
Roads amendment to the constitution
of Minnesota, but there is no one with
any money to spend to interest the
people in Amendment No. 4, which is
of great importance to the people of
Duluth and other towns and cities in
the state.
Amendment No. 4 is better known
as the Gross Earnings Tax amendment.
The purpose Of the amendment, if
adopted, will be to subject railroad
companies now paying gross earnings
taxes to the payment Of assessments
for local improvements, to which they
are not now subject, except in certain
cases where city governments have
made provisions: for such in local fran
chises.
In Duluth the 500 railroad pays for
local improvements abuttin9 its prop-
erty just as other property owners are
required to do, but it makes such pay-
mcnts as result Of contract made
with the city and as condition for
the vacation of certain streets and
avenues through or across which il
may run.
But such a railroad as the Northern
Pacific which owns so much of the
water front property in the city can.
not be compelled to pay for a single
street Improvement, for sewers, side
walks or any other special improve
ments. The city at large must bear
the cost thereof.
This is neither fair nor just. If
Amendment No. is adopted by the
people that road and all others will
be subject to local assessments. It will
save the people of Duluth thousands Of
dollars every year. It will be of even
greater benefit to such places as Two
Harbors and Proctor.
In order to carry this amendment, it
must have majority Of all votes cast
at the election. When voter fails
to vote on the proposition his ballot
stands as vote against it, just as
though he had voted "No.' The State
Federation of Labor has endorsed
Amendment No. 4 and every labor voter
IS requested to give the proposition
his support.
The labor world., 1920-10-16
SUPPORT No;PARfY PLAN

Nonpartisan organized labor urges
every lover of freedom and democracy
to join with it on the political field
against exploitation by the few.
Partisanship is more than selfish; it
is blind and ignorant-a condition that
brings joy to privilege.
The organized workers made q free
ballot possible. They demanded the
secret ballot, urged independent vot-
ing and resisted employers who marched
their unorganized employees in political
parades and "delivered'' them like
chattels on election day.
The workers won their fight for the
secret ballot, and smashed the idol of
fanatic party worship. Through trade
unions they stopped political coercion
and intimidation by employers.
The organized workers have reyolu-
tionized election practices in this coun-
try and now other groups Of citizens
are successfully applying the nonparti-
san policy.
Organized labor urges workers to
study the records Of candidates. to
think, to cast their ballot in the inter-
est Of the men and women who do
useful labor.
The sweep of nonpartisanship among
workers terrifies reaction. A worker
who studies, who thinks, who acts as
his judgment dictates, cannot be
handled.
Reaction cannot conceive of workers
who think. This kind of a worker has
no place in reactions scheme of
things.
10 privilege, a worker should be
physically free-except in strike times
but he must always be an intellectual
bondsman, an obedicnt menial who per-
mits "superiors' to do his thinking.
The worker who studies, who thinks,
who becomes acquainted with the rec
ords Of candidates, and who casts an
independent ballot, is beyond the con
troll of reaction. And in their helpless
rage these enemies Of democracy snarl:
"Gompers is trying to deliver the labor
vote.''
A thinking eitizenry is dangerous to
reactionary rule.
But labor will not be denied.
America must be thoroughly Amer.
ieanized. The ideals of liberty, dcmoc:
| racy and freedom must become facts.
The spirit Of freedom cannot be de-
stroyed by the wolf cries Of reaction.
The labor world., 1920-10-16
THE LEAGUE TO STOP WAR.

Every member Of the League of Ma
t1ons solemn1y agrees that it will never
go to war without first having done
one or another Of two things, without
either submitting the matter in dispute
to arbitration, in which case it prom.
lses absolutely to abide by the verdict,
or, II it does not care to submit it to
arbitration, without submitting it to
discussion by the council of the
League of Nations, in which case it
promises to lay all the documents and
all the pertinent facts before that
council; it consents that that council
shall publish all documents and all the
pertinent facts, SO that all the world
Shall know them; that it shall be al
lowed six months in which to consider
the matter; and that even at the end
OF the six months, if the decision of
the council is not acceptable, it will
still not go to war for three months
following the rendering Of the decision.
1t is provided in the covenant of
the Leagne Of Nations that any nation
that disregards these solemn promises
with regard to arbitration and discus
sion shall be thereby deemed ipso facto
to have committed an act Of war
against the other members Of the
league and that there shall thereupon
follow an absolute exclusion of that
nation from communication of any kind
with the members Of the league. No
goods can be shipped in or out; no
telegraphic messages can be exchanged: !:
there shall be no communication of any
kind between. the people of the other
nations and the people of that nation.
There is not nation in Europe that
can stand that for six months. Ger.
many could have faced the armies Of
the world more readily than she faced
the boycott Of the world.
The labor world., 1920-10-16

HelsT1 on NON. .u1I1oN1SM. 81
Industrial peace and nou-unionism 70
hand in hand, according to Alba B.
johnson, president Of tho Pennsylvania
state chamber Of commerce, in an ad-
dress before the annual meeting Of
that body, held at Harrisburg.
The time has come, thundered the
speaker, when the laborer must exer-
else his right to work "whcre he will
at wages satisfactory to him, and that
the right Of employers to manage their
business and employ whom they will,
be recognized" loud applause.)
After making this moth-eaten citi-
zen's alliance plea that workers adopt
a cut-throat wage policy for the benefit
Of employers, Mr.. johnson asked if all
there was to show after the efforts of
the war, the turmoil and the Sacrifices,
was "a sordid struggle of man against
man and class against class for a larger
share of the material things which
minister to the wants of the BODY
rather than to the growth of the soul
and the spirit.''
Every owner of natural monopoly
every profteer, every gouger, every tax
dodger, every exploiter of women and
children, and every advocate Of indi.
vidual bargaining who was present, ap.
plauded this beautiful plea for spiritu-
aity and soul development.
The labor world., 1920-10-16
Senator Harding Is Not and Never
Was Member Of Typographical uni(

The report has been spread through
out the country that Harding is a
member of the Typographical union,
1nls report being circulated for a pur-
pose that can be plainly understood.
Hardlngs press agents have had illus
trat1ops made of him setting" big
strings" as q swift at the linotype.
Otners picture him in full regalia,
wearing his leather apron and holding
alott his "make-up" rule to prove
1hat he is practical journeyman
printer and member Of the typo
graphical union.
Enterprlslng reporters and lex"
prominent labor officials who are
"rltlng up the escapades of Harding
at so much per line. are fond of tell
ing about finding him out in the COM
posing room, making up the paper. so
evidently for show purposes he uses
the atmosphere of the composing
room to make him sure printer. but
it was only after he became a candi-
date for president that anyone thought
OF claiming Tor him the honor Of be-
Ing member of trade union.
The real fact is that Harding never
was and is not nc.v an active or hon.
orary member of the Typographical
union. 1t is true that he employs
members of the union in the compos-
ing room of his paper, the Marion
Star, but this fact is rot of Hardine,s
choice. The workers in his Liant or
ganized against his wishes and some
who disobeyed his desires We're dis
charged for pernicious union activity
as he termed it. Harding suffered de-
feat for governor against Judson
Harmon owing to the fact that he op-
posed the Typogra phical union.
At the present time the scale of
wages paid tc journeymen printers in
the composing room of H1rding's
paper, the Marion Star, is the NUM-
The labor world., 1920-10-16
THE BALLOON DEsCENDS,

Someone has let the gas out of the
Republican balloon and it is coming
back to earth with crushing speed.
Senator Harding did it with his little
interview at Marion this week when
to hold the political support of Sen
ators Borah and johnson he finally,
and this time it is believed, irrevocablv
scrapped the League Of Nations.
Friends Of the league within the
party had hoped against hope that Sem
ator Harding would sooner or later
agree to accept the present covenant
with such reservations as might be
deemed necessary to reconcile the
major Republican thought. But sena-
tor Harding had to choose between
Borah and johnson on one side and
the friends of league of nations on
the other. He feared the chief noise.
making senators Of the west and he
figured that loyalty to the party would
prevent Republican friends of the
league from boiling.
IN some respects he figured rightly.
Mr.. Taft could be no bolter. His
party regularity has been put 10 the
test on more than one occasion. and
ne never Wavered, not once. He de-
voted the past four years of his life
IN behalf OF a movement to make
friends for league Of nations. When
MI. Wilson returned from Europe with
the covenant written and agreed to by
the leading statesmen of the world.
MI. Taft organized party Of leading
national characters, and they went
through the country to cinch public
sentiment in behalf of it's acceptance
by this country. Recently Mr.. Taft
completed lecture tour in which he
explained the senate reservations and
showed how unnecessary they all ap-
peared to be. Senator Harding finally
put it up to Mr.. Taft to choose between
party loyalty and devotion to principle.
He chose with his customary habit, the
former.
But there are other leading Repub-
icans, men who put the honor of their
country above loyalty to their party.
and they refuse to repudiate the
League of Nations, not even if it would
keep Borah and johnson in good
humor. 1t is too great price to pay
to save the party and too little to re-
pudiate the country's honor.
Aud there arc hundreds of thousands
The labor world., 1920-10-16
END THE CONTROVERSY,

Out Of the three mill tax amendment
there has developed an interesting and
annoying controversy between the city
employees and the commissioners. The
employees state that when it was pro-
posed TO submit the tax amendment to
the people and they agreed to get out
and work for its passage the commits
sioners promised to find way to begin
the salary increase from the month
Of August.
The commissioners, on the other
hand, declare such was not made as a
promise. They would increase salaries
now if they had the money available.
They hold that money cannot be legally
transferred from one fund to another,
except from the general fund to an
other fund. and such transfer can
not be made because the general fund
is depleted. The city attorney advises
that no money to be received under
the new levy can be paid for salaries
to employees for labor performed prior
to January ], 1921.
1t is admitted by the commissioners
that former Mayor Magney stated that
he had $4,000 unused in the welfare
fund and the city employees were led
to believe that this would be trans
ferred to the proper funds so that an
increase in salary could be paid at
once. It is understood that the city
attorney has ruled that even such a
transfer cannot be legally made.
But this much is certain: The com
n1issloners can legally transfer the un-
used money in the welfare fund to the
general fund. They can then legally
transfer the money from the general
fund to the proper funds to enable
such to bear increases in salaries to
employees for the months Of October,
November and December.
And that is exactly what the COM
missioners should do without further
parley. AS result of the controversy
they are being subjected to consider
able criticism. They can get out from
under it by meeting the situation in
accordance with the understanding
previously had with the representatives
OF the city employees and when it was
known that the tax amendment could
not be passed without their help.
The labor world., 1920-10-16
OPPOSE EDUCATION.

The hypocrisy Of anti-union employ
ers who talk "Americanism,'' is shown
by Editor scharrenberg of the Sea.
men s Journal, who discusses the "Bet.
ter American Federation" which has
replaced other anti-trade union move
ments in southern California.
This group Of employers declare that
compulsory education should not be ex.
tended beyond the fourteenth wear.
They say:
1.-The vast majority of children finish
the eighth grade or grammar school at
the end Of their fourteenth year. I'm
less they are intending to follow some
vocation, requiring superior educa.
tS NDE y lE-|g
The labor world., 1920-10-16

ficent gum o. $24 per week. lid
to this scale added some sort
trick bonus" whereby employees
work full month and are prese
roll call on pay day receive q
"bonus," but there is an unders}
ing in the counting room that Il
ceive the "bCnus" one must wor5
full month AMI be in action on|
day.
Several of Hardirg's empI
forced by the rising costs of Il
and. with no prospects of receI
any advance to meet these Il
costs while j. his employ, leftI
Marion Star within the past yea.]
have located in nearby cities III
printing employers have given III
more consideration than did Gil
date Hardint
In an authorized interview
Walter Lisgett of the Federated I'll
a news gathering agency of assoc
labor papers, Harding declared
favor of the non n-union or "open"l
when asserting his belief that thd
nues of employment should nd
closed to any "self-respectinx
who wants to earn his living but!
not belong to a Union"
In reply to the question, do ID
do you not believe in the open sid
Harding said:
Il do not believe that as an
ing policy any group has the rid
close the avenues of employme1
any self-respecting man who !
to earn his living but does mol
long to the union," replied Han
"As a matter of principle I
think you have right to deprivd
man of the opportunity to work
as a matter Of practice, on NV
newspaper, I have the closed \
shop. I happen to like and get 4
under the rules of the prij
union''
The labor world., 1920-10-16

Samuel Gompers may be old in years,
but he is youngster in spirit. Tho
other day he missed a train for Roehes-
ter where he was to address the con
vention of machinists. He chartered an
airplane and arrived at Rochester in
time to make his speech. The "Grand
Old Man" now declares his grandson
and namesake has nothing on the grand
daddy when it comes to high flying. His
grandson was IN aviator in the U. s.
army during the World War.
The labor world., 1920-10-16

In 1895 when the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver was the great political
issue the Republican spouters laid great
stress on our international relations.
'Amcriea can't 60 it a1one," they
shouted 'Other nations have the gold
standard and we cannot isolate our-
selves from them,'' was the campaign
cry. But how different it all is now
when we would apply the same reason
ing to the League Of Nations. No "en-
tangling relations with the old world''
is one thing in application to peoples,
but it is quite another when financial
interests are involved.
The labor world., 1920-10-16

Captain George Mallon Of Mianeapo-
lis, whom the Old Guard characterized
as dangerous man when he was the
Nonpartisan candidate for lieutenant
governor last June, can It be such a bad
fellow after all since he was invited
to be q guest of honor as one. of Persh-
ing's "10o Heroes'' at the American
Legion convention when it was in ses-
sion at Cleveland. ~ +:.. gel.
The labor world., 1920-10-16
PACKING THE COURTS.

Will American voters authorize reac-
ton, at the coming election, to 'pack'
the nation 8 federal courts?
Will social legislation during the
next four years be set aside by gradu-
ated corporation attorneys?
will these attorneys, then garbed as
Judges, be permitted to rule that child
labor laws are, can interference with
the individual,' and that "workers
have the right to organize" but the
employer has the right to starve them
if they do not forego that rights
A liberal-minded judge on the United
States supreme bench is a nightmare
to reaction. To special privilege the
model jurist is blind, both to economic
development and a social conscience.
For his guide he takes expressions. Of
men who lived before the machine age,
and who knew nothing of steam or
electricity.
A federal judiciary with these views
is the bulwark of reaction. A tax on
excessive profits can then be declared
interference with private initiatiye,'
tax on land values can be declared
confiscation. Laws that actually regu-
late gigantic corporations can be de-
clared "un-American.'
The president appoints federal judges
and because Of increasing years to a
few Of the judges on the United States
supreme bench, new nominations will
be made during the next four years.
The same is true Of subordinate federal
courts.
1t is golden prize that reaction has
in mind. Through the supreme court
every piece Of legislation that threatens
monopoly's hold on the people can be
set aside by men who cannot be reached
because Of lifelong tenure.
progressive senate and house is
powerless against this bulwark, which
is never discussed by a reaction that
talks of "Americanism' and "liber-
ty''-as a ground work to continue
thwarting the peoples will.
Control Of congress is important to
the iberal-minded citizenry Of this
country, but the presidency is the key
stone to the arch. The president ap-
points federal judges.
Every advocate Of special privilege,
every souger, every exploiter is as
sured protection if federal courts can
be depended upon to ignore the rising
tide of progressivism and to set aside
legislation that accords with present
day ideals.
1t is this power that has impelled
the trade union movement to demand
that lifelong tenures aud setting apide
of legislation by these courts be ended.
In "'Labor's Grievances, Protest and
Demands adopted by a conference of
trade unionists at Washington last De-
cember, this declaration was unani-
mously adopted:
I'VE urge that the judges of our
federal courts shall be elected by the
people for terms not exceeding six
years.
1--WE assert that there cannot be
found in the constitution of the United
States or in the discussions of the con-
gress which drafted the constitution
any authority for the federal courts Of
our country to declare demonstrations
any act passed By congress. We call
Upon the people Of our country to de-
mand that the congress of the United
States shall take action for the purpose
OF preventing the federal courts from
continuing the usurpation Of such au.
thority.'
4 Until mt legislation Of this character is
The labor world., 1920-10-16
TO PROBE HOUSING.

ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. 16.-The
legislature has authorized an in,
cation of the housing situation
the reason for a lack of building
probers are given unlimited auth
to Investigate charges of collusio
tween building material men an
other questions relating to the /
ing industry.
The labor world., 1920-10-16

passed, the only way to seeure j.. tor.
ward-looking federal judiciary is to
elect forwlrdlooking president.
A bsekward.looking president means
backward looking federal Judges.
The labor world., 1920-10-16
FUR WORKERS ARE OUT.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 17.--Fur work
ers were forced to suspend work to
enforce a new wage Formerly en-
ployers negotiated with these union
lists, but contrary policies have been
adopted. The reason for the change
is citizens alliance agitators who are
urging business men to favor the nom
union shop and Individual bargaining.
The labor world., 1920-10-16

Enough sheets are n1anufactu
Philadelphia each year to provi
pair for every home in the Z
States.
The labor world., 1920-10-16

Kansas has -four mills with a ca
pacity Of turning out sufficient flour to
meet the needs of about 10000, 900
consumers annually.
The labor world., 1920-10-16

Finland now has the universal
etght-hour day for workers n indus
tries. 8. h.
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.Arcyb. Mundeleina - szkoNa sw.
Jana Kantego wyslaia take swo-
ich Representatives w dniu one9-
dajszym. Wymarsz ow rozpoczal
sic cd Grobli Municypalnej - do
kad dzieci z Kantowa zawiezli W
automobilach obywatele kantow'
soy nastepujacy: Alderman Sta,
nisIaw Adamkiewicz, Kosek, Ko-
WALSH, Kilijan, Malinowski, O.
siadacz, Smolen, Strzalka, Raj
czyk, Wojczyhski obywatel 10,
r~zeniewski, ktory dostarczy} dwu
automobil6w.
Pc rozwiazaniu sic wymarszu
w parku Lincoln'a, CT sami oby'
watele ptzywiezli dzieci z powrc
tenn do domu; ~obywatele owl do
starczyli automobilow zupe{nie
bezinteresownie, "a co nalezy sic
i'm sluszne i sprawiedliwe UNA
ME, a zarazem podziekowanie; !
'iako tacy, zasluguja sobie, azeb,
ich Kantowianie ~popierali. Dodat
music i zaznaczyt, re bardzo u
mieietnie i starannie zaopiekowa
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BacznosG! West
Hammond, ILL.,.

Jutro odbedzie sic wielka de-
monstracya i wiec W sprawie Pol
skiej Pozyczki Panstwowej.
> Rodacy! Jutro ostatnia spo-
sobnoSc okazania czynem, kto
czuje sic bye Polakiem.
Obywatelu z w. Hammond,
Guys juz speinii swoj obowiazek?
'czys zakupil polskie bondy? Je--
zeli ME, to przyjdz ma demonstra-
eye i ma wiec i spefnij swoj obo--
wiazek wzgledem Matki Twej,
Polski, zakupujac przynajmniej
jeden Bond P. P. P.
Przedewszystkiem obowiazani'
sa stawic sic Ct, ktorzy juz zaku-
pill, ably okazat, re ME wszyscy
wyrzekli sic jeszcze polskosci.
Przyjdzcie wszyscy bez rozni-
cy wyznan i zapatrywah! Mech
rie bedzie miedzy Mani W ten
dzien zadnych partly, tylko jedna
wielka rodzina polska!
Okazmy to ctynem, re tax jest
rzeczywiscie: zakupmy wszyscy,
jak jeden Polskie Bondy.
A vice jutro o godz. 1szej po'
poludniu. Punkt zborny pred ko-
Sciolem. Wszystkie towarzystwa
proszone So stawic sic lin corpo-
re-.
Vice odbedzie sic w sail Ko--
sciuszki zaraz 20 demonstracyi.
Przemawiac beda MONEY! z Chi
cago.
Komitet.
Dzisiaj wieczorem odbedzie sic
posiedzenie komitetu P. P. ?. ma
sail OBJ. Pociehahskiego o godz.
I 80 wieczorem.
Na posiedzenie proszeni So
wszyscy prezesi i prezeski iowa
rzystw, oraz szanowny zarzad mia
sta West Hammond.
S. Kuzdrowski, sekr.
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z WEST PULLMAN.

Koiko Literackie i'm. II. Sien,
kicwicza odbylo swe roczne pc,
siedzenie W hall paraflalneJ DIN.
7go czerwca b. r. Pc zalatwieniu
spraw. wchodzacych W zakres
togo towarzystwa, wykonany 70
stall program popisu, ma ktoryn1
kilku z czlonk0w koika Litera,
ckiego dobrze sic poplsafo. 70,
niewaz by}o to zakohczenie SEQ,
MI kofka, urzadzono zabawe, pc
}qczona Z przekaska; wszyscy ba
will sic ochoczo do poznej go,
dziny.
Pan 7. Welninski, prezes Koi'
ka Liter. objai ~intratna posade.
pracujac Iwieczorami dla firmy
realnoSciowej "A. J. Smith and
Son. Zaiatwia wszelkie sprawy
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,,Wyleczcie sic
z rupMry tax jak
ia sic w~yleczylem"
Starry kapitan okretowy wyleczyi sic
ruptury potem gdy dOktorzy
powiedzieli:
=; ,Operacya albo SmierG".

lego lekarstwo I Lsiafkn pos'ane darms
Kapitan Ceilings ~odbywai podroz'
morskis przez wie.e lat: potem donna.
podwojnei ruptJry | przeZ wle!e Iai
ME mogi opuScic Dtka. Naprozno szu.
ka( rady iekarzy. O3tateczn!e pow!e-'
dziano mu. 4. mus! poHdac sie. opera
cyl albo um!erac. On ME zrobN tegS
4 wykurowal sic sam.