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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20

best teaching of English was found
In class of workers taught by
trade unon organizer. THE enun-
citation was not always correct, but
the spirit Of the class was that of
equals working out problem to-
gether. The men were working
hard, even doing home work for
each lesson, and there was an at
mosphere Of mutual helpfulness that
was most inspiring"
It is stated that mill owners main
tan an espionage system OF their en-
ployes. This charge is doubly signi-
flcant when read in connection with
the statement that the English Ian
guage "was not taught for purposes
of communication"
THE criticism of the workers that
they We're taught to read and write.
but not to speak, was a well-founded
criticism" it is stated
Aside from the espionage system
the treatment of the foreigners as
children and the refusal to teach
them what they most desire-the
English anguage-industria condi-
tons is another factor that prevents
characterization.
"Over and over again." says the
report, when the workers were
asked why they Gid not attend eve
ming schools, the answer was a shrug
and How can I? I have night work.
or My wife works at night I take
care Of the children
1t is only the exceptional. person
who, after a 10-hour day, will come
to evening school for two hours hard
work on learning a new language"
says the report. Nor can it he ex-
pected that large numbers of those
having an eight-hour and 40-minute
day will have the energy to attend
school in the evening"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
the Remedy

He used to get three bucks a day
About ten years ago;
And strange as it may seem today
He saved a little dough.
But strive at present as, he may
He can't make both ends meet,
The profiteer stands in the way,
His game he cannot beat.
A Sunday lid for which he used
To pay three iron men
He cannot purchase anywhere
A penny under ten.
The pair of shoes he bought for three
Has skidded up to nine;
1t even costs him fifteen cents
To get a decent shine.
suit once sold for twenty-five
Is now marked forty-four;
All other goods have aeroplaned
Around a clothing store.
Eggs eighty cents a dozen now
That used to be dine,
And sugars gone to twenty cents.
1t simply is a crime.
Meanwhile the greedy profiteer
Grows holder every day;
Nor does it seem to worry him
What people think, or say.
And so 1t goes. the workingman
Has got to be the 'goat,"
And yet it has the remedy
TO change it all-the vote.
Thomas H. West in Kansas City
Labor Herald
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
British Labor Leader Appeals
10 Working People to Speed Up

would overtake them, and when the
crash came nobody would suffer
more than the working classes. Great
Britain owed the United States today
f1,O0O,000,O00, with the result that
they had to pay Is per cent more for
their goods. In order to equalYze
the balance. of exchange in future:
the British workman would have to
work one-quarter harder; the French
workman would have to work doubly
harder; and the German workman
would have to work 1S times as hard
as he had done in pre-war days. 1t
was not for Winston Church hill OF
anyone else to say that labor WAS I'M
fit to govern. His (Mr. Th6mas')
answer to that was that the pAesent
state of the world was the great test
reflection Of the other political par
ties, and te Labor party could MEYER
bring things to a worse position than
they were at the present time.
Referring to the combines, he said
they were asking for milk, coal and
bread to be controlled, because thel
economic system today enabled small
groups of men to take advantage of
the worlds position and profit at, the
peoples expense. The economic posi-
ton of the world was bad, but bad
as it was, let them not let it be ex-
plotted by handful of people, but
let the burden be shared by the COM
munity. It was the responsibility Of
every one to save the world from the
present turmoil. in order to bring
comfort and hope to men and women
who were desolate and detected, and
to give every child, every laborer's
and navvy's son, the same chance to
rise, to enable him to give his best
in the service of his country.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
$4,000 j FOR DUNCAN
IN SEATTLE ELECTION

The polling of more: than. $4,000
votes by James. A. Duncan, labor cam
didate for mayor of Seattle, marked
an increase of 5000 over the vote of
any labor candidate in previous elec-
lions.
Abe growth Of labor's strength is
indicated by figures for the past three
elections. On Dec. O.: in the school
elections, $4,000 votes were polled, In
the. municipal elections, $4,000 votes
were polled: and Duncan reached ST.
900 in the naayoralty election.
Despite the com bined power of the
three local capitalist papers, of the
chamber Of commerce, and OF the
Associated Industries Of Seattle, labor
succeeded in electing Oliver Erickson
to one of tho three vacant seats in
the common council.
During the campaign, Duncan was
reviled by the privately-owned news.
papers as "a man who would lead the:
city into Bolshevism." The fact that:
$4,000 citizens Of Seattle voted for
him despite the assertions and Meth
DDS Of the opposing faction is accept
ed by local labor executives as a mo-
raj victory for the forces Of progress
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
DID TRADE REASONS
Affect HIGH COURT?

Public policy and trade, rather
than law, caused the United States
supreme court to refuse to dissolve
the steel trust.
This claim is made not by "agi-
tators who would overthrow the gov
ernnlent," but by three members OF
the court who dissented from the ma
jority opinion.
Associate Justice Day made this
singing comment on the majority
opinion, which was agreed to by
Justices Pitney and Clarke:
las 1 understand the conclusions
of the. court affirming the decree d.
recting dismissal Of the bill, they
amount to this: That these combina-
tons. both the holding company and
the subsidiaries which comprise al
though organized. in plain violation
and bold defiance Of the provisions
of the. act, nevertheless are immune
from a decree. effectually ending the
combinations and: putting it out: Of
their; power: to attain the unlawful
purpose sought. because of some rea-
sons Of public policy requiring such
conclusion. -.
II know Of no public policy which
sanctions a violation of the law, nor
Of any Inconvenience to trade, do
nestle or foreign, which should have
the effect Of placing combinations,
which have been able to thus organ
ize one of the greatest industries of
the country in defiance of law, in an
lmpregnable position above the con-
troll OF the law forbidding such COM
binations.
"Such a conclusion does violence
to the policy which the law was in
tended to enforce, runs counter to
the decisions of the court, and neces-
sarily results in a practical nullifi-
cation of the act ITSELF"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
OIL FIELDS ARE REAL
Cause Of CONTENTION

AT last we know why war with
Mexico has been urged upon the peo
pie of the United States with such
'pernicious persistency," says Editor
Barry Of the San Francisco Star.
1T IS for the protection of the great
oil interests-prsumably English as
we'll as American.
1.-THE admission is contained in a
dispatch dated New York, Jan. Il, and
the pungent paragraph reads as fol-
lows:
"'The oil fields are the real bone of
contention between the United States
and Mexico, and if peace is esta blished
in oil it will mean peace in all respects
with Mexico
ut will be glad news to the mothers
of America that their sons will not
have to invade a sister republic and
risk their lives in defense Of their
country because the association Of
producers Of petroleum have made an
agreement with Pr esident Carranza
under which the drilling of several
new wells Immediately will be made
possible.
Let us lift up our hearts in thank
fulness to the association of petroleum
producers who have delivered us from
this great trOuble-who have anointed
our wounds with oil. and buried our
sorrows in the black pools of crude
petroleum. Selah!"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
RUSS PLAN HORR|F|ES;;
EMBRACED IN AMERICA

William c.. Redfield, ex-secretary Of
! commerce, has analysed the labor
code Of the soviet government of Rus
man in that country is subject to COM
pulsory labor.
mo American Workmen," said Mr..
Redfield, would submit for a moment
to such a tyrannical and oppressive
, SYSTEM
Tho former cabinet member thun-
ders against this condition in far-away
i; Russia, but he or his kind did not
protest against the bolshevist idea in
their own country when the Kansas
; can t-strike" law was being enacted
and when the attempt was made to
establish compulsory labor in the
American railroad service.
WASHINGTON.-In a speech in
this city. Justice Wendell Phillips Stat
ford Of the supreme court of the Dis
| tr;ct of Columbia, accepted the idea
that individual rights are nothing and
that workers should be prohibited
from striking where the public inter-
est is affected: AS the public is more
or less affected by every strike, it does
| not take q mind reader to guess what
| Justice Stafford would do if he had
! the power.
This jurist indicates that he retains
| the serf concept of workers by his
reference to them as "hands."" He
says the A. F. of L. is a menace; that
unions should be incorporated; that
they should give bonds when they
| enter into agreements and that the
| sympathetic strike should be unlaw-
| full.
With fine mockery Justice Stafford
closed his speech with a peroration by
| that glorious defender of the rights
, Of man-Wendell Phillips.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
Government Scores Sham Plan
of AmericaniZinq Foreign Born

In report on 1.-The Problems Of
Adult Education in Passaic, n. j."
the United States bureau Of educa-
ton shows the absence of democracy
in an alleged Aner;canization move
n1ent in that city.
Passaic is one of the three cities
in the United States having the larg-
est amount of illiteracy. According
to the last census one out of every
three persons (15,107) could not
speak. English and SIS per cent of all
the foreign born 10 years Of age and
over could not speak English. Seven
ty-three per cent of all males of vot-
ing age were foreign born and only
20 per cent of them were naturalized.
From 1914 to the present time ap-
proxmately ESQ persons year have
attended evening English classes
maintained by the public schools and
about 200 year have attended
schools conducted by semi-religious
organizations.
The bureau of education investiga-
tors refuse to accept the claim that
the foreigners do Tot want to learn
English" 1t is stated that the meth
cd Of handling this situation is un
sound because it is based on the the
Dry of working out plans "for'' the
people, and not with" them. 1T is
the old story of endeavoring to work
changes from the top down, instead
Of from the bottom up" says the
report.
ALSO. it can not be denied that
there was a tendency to treat the
members OF the class as though they
were children. The attitude was
kindly, but the tone of the voice was
not that Of an equal addressing
equals
The investigators declare that the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
WOLF CRY OF CLASS HATRED,

Intelligent capitalists and their re-
tainers no longer claim that "Gom-
pers is attempting to deliver the labor
vote.n
These individuals find that labor is
determined to vigorously apply its nom
partisan political principle and that
the A. F. Of l.. executive is simply
doing his duty as an officer of the trade
union movement.
Since it's inception, in 1881, the A.
F. Of L. has urged this political theory.
It took bold men to resist the frenzied
partisanship Of 80 and 40 years ago,
but the organized workers maintained
their position. OF late years other
groups of citizens have accepted the
A. F. of L. theory, and now the more
intelligent Of labor's opponents realize
that their charge against President
Gompers is ridiculous. So they hasten
to assure trade unionists that their
political program, as such, is perfectly
proper, but evil days would befall our
country if ono class dominates the GOV.
eminent for it's especial benefit.
And this from men who favor anti.
strike legislation and the. Injunction
= - { r : F. g ' T.. < ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
HISTORY GLASS rs READY.

Are the readers Of the New York
Times unacquainted with economic his
tory Of centuries ago, or does the fault
lie with the editor?
In discussing the Kansas cant
strike' law, this newspaper says:
"In the end the principles upon
which it is founded WI prevail. AS
pioneer (Governor) Henry J. Allen
has earned the gratitude of his coun-
trymen.''
English employers and statesmen
of the middle ages would turn. III their
graves if they knew that the Kansas
governor has stolen their thunder and
is classed as pioneer.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
HAD IT ON PA.

Mother did fin;~lly succeed in eet-
ting father to go with her and little
chester to church. When they had
returned home the inspired Chester
chlrped: Mama. you said heathens
don't wear any clothes" To this
mother replied: eyes, that is right,
they don't" The perplexed Chester
continued: "Well, then, why did pa
put a button in the contribution
box?"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
WHAT IS. RIGHT HEIGHT
FOR The KITCHEN TABLE?

The height of woman's kitchen
sink, washtub, and workable is an
important factor in her well being
and well doing. 1t takes more Of her
strength and tires her more to do the
same amount of work when she had
to bend over too far or hold her arms
too high than when she is in COM
Portable position.
The following figures make a good
general guido in finding the correct
height Of working surfaces. Each
woman ought to find out for herself
the working level at which she can
work most easily and efficiently, and
see that her workable, washtub, and
sink are adjusted accordingly. She
should remember that the working
level of sink is the bottom, the
working level of a washtub a point
about half way between the bottom
and the top (where most Of the work
Of scrubbing is done), and that for
ironing a lower surface is needed than
for general workable.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
I'D Be A BIG MAN!
Ry ANISE.

a few years back
When Woodrow Wilson.
Was choosing
His CABINET,
The story goes
That a tall, thin man
With q bent-in chin
Struggled his way
Through the guard
OF SECRETARIES
To the Presidents
INNER SANCTUM
And said: II am
A prominent
PAPER HANGER
From East Liverpool, Ohio.
And I want to be made
SECRETARY
Of the TREASURY"
The President smiled
That patient courteous smile
With which, presidents
Are ACCUSTOMED
TO turn folks down,
And said: My dear sir.
You may be q prominent
PAPER-HANGER
in East Liverpool.
But don't you realize
That JOBS like THIS
Are given only
To BIG MEN
OF NATIONAL reputation::'
We'll" said the stranger,
I'D BE a BIG MAN
With a national reputation
If I got the JOB
WOULDN'T II"
The story doesn't say
What Woodrow answered,
But judging by the brand
OF "big men"
We see in high places
l guess that paper-hanger
knew TOO MUCH
About how things are done
In POLITICS.!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
DECLARES GOVERNMENT
NEEDS differentiation

WASHINGTON, March lathe
list of persons and things that need
Americanizing has been enlarged by
Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant Sec
rotary Of the navy.
For hodge-podge methods Of con-
Quoting business, he says. 1.-The con-
gress of the United States and the
executive department of the govern
ment need Americanizing more than
any other Of our institutions"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
LITTLE THRIFT STAMPS.
One little Thrift Stamp,
Stuck on with glue,

One little Thrift Stamp,
Stuck on with glue,
Felt very lonesome, ~
But soon there were two:
Two little Thrift: Stamps
Were lonely no. more;
For along came a. couple
And then: there were four;
Four little Thrift Stamps
' Had not long to wait
Till four more were added.
Then there were eight;
Eight little Thrift Stamps
Looked happier: when
Two more enlisted,
" For then there were ten;
Ten little Thrift Stamps:
Didn't look SO mean.
But locke d lot better
When they numbered sixtecM
Sixteen little Thrift Stamps,
= Sure they're bound to, thrive
Singing, "We'll be worth five dollars
In Nineteen Twenty-five.''
Ben McCutc11eo on.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
NO PLACE TO, GO.

Any one who won't go to- church
these days had better read this ana
draw his own conclusions: A church.
man and an, atheist were having q
discussion. mo, sir" .emphatically
declared the atheist. II don't believe
in heaven, hell or God:' The church,
man slowly shook his head and went
his wal. Ten days later the atheist
had died and the churchman,. gaxinx
upon his acquaintance who had been
prepared with especial care Tor bur-
ial. remarked sadly Po6r fellow. al
dressed su1 and no place togo S n
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
Height of
AMERICAN KAlSERISM
STILL IN ASCENDAhCY

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, March 49,
The agitation against kaiserism DUR
ing the war means nothing to the
Crystal Paper company. The COM
pany discharged several workers and
notified the others that they would
have to abandon all notion Of FORM
Ing a union OF ''get out" The work.
ers are out" and the petty cars
now threaten to .evict them from
company houses.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
SHOWING HANDS EARLY.

President dried OH the railroad return
bill when the railway executives an
nounccd their intention Of lemandin~
Immediately an increase Of freight
rates. They insist that to successfully
operate the roads they must have from
- to 40 per cent more for service than
was cSacted during the period CT gov
eminent control.
An occasional newspaper comments
critically OH this proposed new burden
to be piled upon the backs Of the peo-
pie. Those l,apers which were in great
distress because the government lost
q few million dollars in winning the
war are, strange enough, silent when
The railroads under private control set
GU. to tax the people directly to the
tune Of more than a billion dollars
per year, and Indirectly to the exetnt
Of approximately five billions Of dol
lars.
The hypocrisy Of the treatment ac-
corded the railroad question by the
American press was never more clearly
revealed than in it's attitude before and
after the railroads were put back into
The hands of Wall Street.
They regarded it as monstrcus that
the government should operate the
lines at a deficit, due largely because
the railway managers were doing every
thing in their power to make opera:
ton expensive, yet consider it quite
the proper thing that the railroads
shall dig deep down into the pockets
Of the people and take the few pen:
MES that are overlooked by other
protitecrs.
The government, according to Mr..
Hines, would not have incurred de.
felt had increases been coincident with
higher labor and material costs. Six
months were lost in putting into effect
rates which during the last few months
Of government control were adequate
for all needs, including the govern
mental guarantee, described in the sen
ate as so high as to shock the moral
sense of mankind.
IF the government could operate the
railroads without increasing rates, why
should not Wall Street also be com
PEELED to operate them on present in
come? Are the people willing to ac-
"ept new and crushing burden Of
approximately 1925 per family per
year simply that a group Of financial
'nanipulators and spectators shall be
permitted to resume their game Of
loot:
When congress passed the railroad
hill railroad stocks went up on the
stock exchange and liberty bonds went
down. This was inevitable. BY in
crcasing the value of the real and
valueless securities held by the large
financiers, it was certain that the peo-
PIE who own liberty bonds should suf-
fer.
That is a portion Of the price which
moro than 100000 people who gave
literally to the war chest must now
pay for the perfidy of congress in turn
ing the roads back to Wall Street.
When the people get through paying
the bill for this iniquity, they will
learn in several definite ways that
their interests have been betrayed.
They already have lost millions of dol
lars, and they will lose billions before
they have iquidated this experiment.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
NAVIGATION LAWS AMPLE,

WASHINGTON, March IS. - No
fundam entail changes of present nav-
cation, laws are necessary to faciii-
tate the development of an American
merchant marine, said Commissioned
Of Navigation Chamberlain, testifying
before the senate commerce commit
tee.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
DEATHS IN. INDUSTRY.

PHILADELPHIA. March 18.-1n-
dustriai workers in this county ,suf-
fered 20,222 accidents during the last
year; according to the state depart
ment Of labor and industry; OF that
number 255 were fatal. 5,397 were
serious and 1850 were of a minor
nature. Throughout. the state 1854
accidents. including 1850 fatalities,
occurred in 1919.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
SWTC[1HndEN UNITE.

: BUFFALO, N. r, March 1s.-The
switchmen's Union Of, North America
has chartered unions in the following
localities: Creston, Iowa; Grand Is
land, Neb.; Newcastle, Pa: Mobridge,
9. D.; and salamanca and Corning.
M ss5.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-03-20
WANT FREE TEXT ROors

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, March is
me central labor union will circulate
petitions to, have free text book
proposal placed or the local election
ballot. Under a recent legislative act
!. municipalities are given this power.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-02-11
|CUENTO DEL Ola
Ell PERFUME

una Elujer Sc lie puede perdonar to-
do, memo que sea fea.
Ia fealdad es objectionable.
No b&sta con que una mujCr sea
boaita-dijo Gonzalo, es n~ecesario
lue sea intelligence, cue tenga espi-
y que ademas. sea un angel de
bonGad, :no?-anadio Amadeo.
No es menester tartO. me
coatento Q que haya en- ella Senti-
DO artistico, concepto de Ia vida am
plia. generOso. Vamos. que no sea IN
peG2Zo &c carne. uricaEente, por
bien modelado cue este. Que pjense.
que Sienta cue tenga n modalidad
eSpiritual. Una mujer sin esprit
ia, 10 eNistc. Es como una de estas
flores de que hablapamos antes.
Que OpiEas. til, Tristan?
Tristan. algo ~apartaCo. en- u rim
con de Ia Sala del club-Que e Gre
puSculo comeHzaba = apenumbraU;-
responGio:
Que vote contigo... Que e ma
terra de mujeres Y de flores, no me
contento cor la forma...Y aur pido
mas que IlS GNiJO que : 10 So
10 compression, inteGgencia, siro al
ma. emocion, bondad. Sin b9ndad
no hay NADIA en- Ia mujer. Antes que
intelligence debe ser bondadosa. La
bcndsd que he-mosea IA he-mosurs,
que die el poeta, reputando ! bon
dad como suprema bel!eza.
ST tan eXigente ereS, no q a
encontrar nunca mujer q tn gUstO.
-:Por que no? Hay tantas mule
res buenas.-..... Hay tant2s Dont-
.Tar.tas inteligentes...
10 dificii-contesto: Amadeo,
es hallar reanidas en- n sofa eSaS
tres cUaIidades. PorQue mujeres fe&s
e inte!isentes q IN tempo ' o len
ties por anadidura, las tienes a porri-
10. ! las feas ~bohdaosas, no olga
mos. Acaso porque la bondad pare
&c asustarse de la excesiva hermcsQ-
a.. Pnro una mujer mtg bonj-
-. muy .ateiige2te y muE bEeNa..
CI,sro Cue ias hay: &c que 70 no sc Is