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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19
RAILROADS GET MILLIONS.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided that the railroads, under
private control, must have Immediately
$3.50, 100000 Of public funds, if they
are to make any pretense of operating
satisfactorily. This sum has been al
lotted for the purchase of cars and
locomotives and refunding maturing
obligations. It seems that the govern
ment will be compelled to completely
rehabilitate transportation at public ex-
pense if the nation is to be saved from
a great disaster.
Investors will have nothing to do
with railroad securities. Obligations
that will mature this year cannot be
refunded unless the government fur
nlshes the money. The government ap-
parently is quite ready to do this, and
for the time being the railroad emery
ency may be passed. But the public
will not always submit to this rank
imposition. An awakened public sen.
t1ment will tell the banker-managers
that they must put to use some Of their
boosted initiative and organizing tai
emit and sink or swim by their own
efforts.
So long as the government is dom.
mated by the emissaries of special
privilege the railroads are reasonably
safe. But there is a very strong tide
in the direction of representative gov
eminent, and when the people can give
expression to their will bankers and
spectators will find that the treasury
is closed to them. And then we shall
have a fair test of private ownership
and control of the railroads.
Private control today is costing
three times as much as federal control,
and the people have scarcely begun to
pay. When new rates are piled on. the
good-natured public will realize that il
has once more been humbueeed and
will, as usual, set about to redeem an
lntolerable situation that might easily
have been avoided.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19
SHIPPING BILL HOLDS
SNIP SUBSIDY JOKER

Ship subsidy has been put over" in
the merchant marine bill, which is
now in conference Of the two houses
Of congress.
Nobody discovered it until the SEN
ate had acted-just as nobody learn
ed Of the Wadsworth industrial con-
scription joker in the army reorgan-
ization bill until the scheme was in
conference. The CONSUMPTION trick has
been killed, thanks to loud outcry
from all over the nation. Possibly the
ship subsidy will not be so unfor-
tunate.
Section 81 of the bill-H. r. 10308
has the effect Of abrogating all
treaties with foreign governments
which provide against discrimina-
tory duty on goods brought to our
ports in ships under foreign flags. This
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brings automatically into effect sub
division ]. paragraph Z, section w. Of
the revenue act of 1913, which pro-
vides that goods entering our ports
under foreign flags shall pay q spe-
cial duty of 10 per cent; also that
goods entering in ships under the
American flag shall be given per
cent discount on the normal duty.
This will cause importers to pay
heavy premium for cargo space in
American vessels, and the ship owners
or shipping companies will absorb the
special profit or subsidy. OF course
the! Am erican consumer will foot the
bill, and the consumer Of goods en-
tering in America or fereign-operated
vessels will pay the same inflated
prices.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19
Labor Present Plan 10 Hit High
Cost Of living and Profiteerinq

with the declaration that it is the
only program Of remedy that has
been placed before the nation" the
Montreal convention of the American
Federation Of Labor demands Of con-
gress the passage Of several drastic
measures for the solution Of the high
cost of living, as follows:
Il. We demand that the govern
ment be authorized to buy standard
commodities direct from producers
and that these commodities be dis
attributed through regular retail chan
nels at a retail price to be fixed by
the government.
I'VE demand that this power be
made use of as a. corrective for prof.
lteering and we call attention to the
fact that the: government has estab-
lished a precedent for such action in
its sales Of surplus war supplies.
%. We demand the federal gov
eminent through the internal reve-
nue. department ascertain the amount
Of excessive war profits extorted
from the American people during the
years 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920
and that these excessive war profits
be taken through it's taxing power
by the federal government and ap-
piled to the extinguishment of the
floating debt Of the government and
to the partial retirement of liberty
bonds at par in order that the exist
ing inflated structure Of currency
and credit may be reduced and that
the government may carry out its
sacred obligation to the people to
maintain it's liberty and victory bonds
at par.
20. Cooperation should be en-
couraged as an effective means OF
cnrbing profiteering. TO stimulate
rapid development of co-operatives,
the federal farm loan act should be
extended, so as. to- give credit to all
properly organized cooperatives, just
as credit is now given to Individual
farmers. Corporation is no less vital
and worthy of support than are the
railroads, which were given humid
reds Of millions, Of dollars and an
area Of land equal to New England to
facilitate their establishment. There
should be legal enactment to protect
co-op era tives against discrimination
by manufacturers and wholesalers.
~. Control of credit capital by
those whose chief interest is the
emulation of profits results newt
ably in the open door for profiteer-
ing. We repeat and emphasize the
demand Of organized labor that con-
troll Of credit capital be taken from
the hands of private financiers and
placed in the hands of a. public agen-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19
PLENTY Of FARM LABOR
IF FARMERS PAY WAGES

ALBANY. N. Y, June 1s.-Offic-
ials of the state department Of farms
and markets assert there will be no
dearth of farm labor If farmers are
willing to pay the wages. These Of
ficials express the belief that the
farmers are beginning to realize that
their products will command high
prices next fall, and that will induce
them to pay high wages to laborers
and to plant at least as many acres
as in former years. Men who LEFT
the farm for the cities will be lured
back to outdoor life as soon as the
warm days come and will need little
coaxinE, say the state Officials.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19
STACKING AND SABOTAGE.

The New York Evening Post seems
inclined to exonerate labor from the
charge Of Stacking. It recently an
alyzed charges made by the National
Association of Credit men and other
capitalistic organizations. The Post
admits that the charge that labor is
only so to 60 per cent efficient is
"clearly an over statement" and the
editor attributes whatever Stacking
there is to the high labor turnover due
to the labor shortage.
Sabotage is a crime attributed to
labor, and to labor alone. There is no
evidence to support the charge. Yet
If all the charges against labor were
true, they would be small in comparison
with the sabotage Of capitalism: The
railroads sabotage all industry. They
sabotage the production of wealth.
They sabotage its distribution. The
railroads. sabotage independent coal op-
orators by refusing to give them cars.
This throws tens of thousands Of men
out Of work. It causes coal shortage
and high prices. The railroads sabo-
tage agriculture by working with the
packers, the spectators, the mil1ers and
the food gamblers. They leave food to
rot in the fields in order to keep up
prices. A food shortage means that
tho gamblers can control the price Of
food much more easily than they can
if food is abundant. The railroads
have sabotaged and destroyed thou
sands Of Independent industries. They
have sabotaged hundreds of thousands
OF men who have been deprived Of
work by such discrimination.
The banks sabotage our Industrial life
from one end Of the country to an
other. They charge the farmer extor-
tionate rates Of interest. Often they
deny him credit altogether. They lend
thei r money to the big trusts and re-
fuse money to men to. build homes or
to start in industry. The banks, like
the railroads, support monopoly. In
supporting monopoly, they destroy com
petition and sabotage the talent, the
initiative and the ability Of America
to produce wealth.
Sabotage is a crime Of capital, not a
crime Of labor. It has been estimated
that the wealth Of America would be
Increased at least four-fo If the land,
transportation, banking and credit were
opened up to human effort as they
should be in really democratic state.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19

this late day. Labor may not BE- all
powerful, but it at least controls the
balance Of power. and unless all signs
are wrong, some Of the gentlemen who
imagine that they can indefinitely fool
the electorate will realize that for once
they have been mistaken.
Reports have come to the headquar-
ters Of the A. F. Of L. that several
scores Of reactionary members Of con-
.gress have been defeated in primaries
or have pulled through by such unstable
pluralities that their fate is as good
as sealed when they are subjected to
the winnowing process of the general
election.
Few progressive members Of con-
gress have been defeated thus: far. Most
Of them have been renominated by
larger majorities than usual. Mr.. Carss
Of this district ran as an independent
two years ago. He has made splen-
did record. Circumstances forced him
to file as a Democrat this year to pre-
vent three candidates from running at
the general election. He should be
nominated, and the voters who are
truly alive to the national situation
will see that he is given the right sort
of endorsement at Mondays primary
election.
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cy to be administered by voluntary
and cooperative methods
IS. We urge that the United
States. department Of labor compile
and issue monthly statements Of the
cost Of manufacture of those staple
articles which form the basis of cal
culation in fixing the cost of living.
&c. AS a means Of aiding these
and other anti-profiteering measures
the federal government should be au-
thorized to establish permanent
boards for the prompt investigation
Of profits and prices. All income and
other tax returns should be available
for inspection.
I'VE do not demand, nor do We
desire, a precipitate collapse in prices
generally, for in such a collapse
there would be the greatest danger
Of a national calamity. The program
we have here laid before the nation
is constructive and is practical. Be-
cause it is constructive and practical,
because it contains measures native
to American life and :, American
thought, we urge and demand for it
the Immediate and effective consid-
GRAFTON of the people and Of the au-
thcrities of our country.
''The cost Of living must 80 no
higher. Wages must be advanced in
every case to a point at which the
American standard of living is Sc.
cure. The life and the productive
capacity Of the great farming COM
munity, now stricken sorely, must be
brought back to the richness that
has marked it above the agriculture
of all other nations. This will be
possible only when the vicious forces
that load the values of the farm
with fictitious and fabulous profits,
have been curbed and made power
less.
Finally we call attention to the
vital fact that the present non-par-
tlsan political campaign of the A. F.
Of L. offers to the people everywhere
an opportunity to enforce remedial
measures with their ballots. The
enemies of the workers are upon the
platforms of the nation seeking po-
lltical preferment. Defeat them. De-
feat enemies everywhere. Let right
eous wrath and indignation find it's
expression in constructive effort and
in the intelligent use of that greatest
Of democracy's weapons, the ballot
Press upon every candidate every
where the wisdom of labor's con-
structive program. Defeat enemies
Elect friends The national future
Lis in the devoted keeping Of the
working people"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19
LABOR Is IN POLITICS.

Politicians who have been deluding
Themselves with the notion that labor
cannot be induced to seriously con-
slider politics are learning their error.
They discover, much to their chagrin,
that the workers of this nation were
never more thoroughly aroused to the
need Of effective and intelligent po-
lltical action, and enough reactionaries
have already fallen by the wayside to
put the fear Of impending punishment
into the hearts Of others who have
been recreant to their trust.
The ringing declaration of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor that political
action il the salvation of the workers
finds responsive approval in the hearts
OF millions Of toilers. It is frankly
admitted by shrewd politicians that
never before have party labels meant
80 little, has party discipline been SO
loose. Hundreds Of thousands Of work.
ers today are pledged not to vote for
candidates whose records and pledges
are not in harmony with labor's con-
structive program.
1t would, perhaps, be too much to
hope or expect that all workers have
been Impressed with the Importance of
making wise use of the ballot. Many
Of them will continue to vote for men
and measures which mean absolutely
nothing, so far as they are concerned.
But there is vast and growing army
OF enlightened toilers who realize the
hopelessness of attempting to convert
politicians after they become office.
holders, and intend this year to know
beforehand how men will react when
they have taken up the reins of power
They propose that men shall be tested
before they are tried.
The reactionary element il strong
In the Republican convention last week
1t defantly adopted an anti-labor plat.
form and named an anti-labor ticket
but it cannot get. away with either at
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70 V1olate 1t as occasional outlaws and
degenerates are in the habit Of doing.
The judges Of the district court are to
be congratulated for the prompt man
ner in which they have set the machin-
cry Of the law in motion.
And while we are trying to reason
during this exciting period it is a
pretty good time to take IN inventory
of our temperaments and their applica-
ton to all things in general. Hate of
all kinds must be dispelled from our
hearts. Race hate, national hate, DO
litical hate, religious hate, class hate.
sectional hate, neighborhood hate and
personal hate, all must be banished if
we would preserve continuous good
order, and if we are to enjoy real peace
and happiness and prosperity in this
good old land Of ours. Let US learn
to plant in its place sympathy, toler-
ance, cooperation, faith, hope, charity
and love, and whom we do 50 we will
go long ways towards solving most
of the social and political ills that now
perplex U.s.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19
SECURED AN INCREASE.

TRENTON, N. j., June 13.-Eighty
per cent Of the members Of Electrical
Workers union are employed at $1.25
per hour. The remainder have re-
fused to accept the offer Of tho en-
ployers of 80 cents per hour.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19
MIR. G0MPERs AND BANKING.

In recent announcement Mr.. Comp
ers declares that the control of bank.
ing aud credit must be socialized, He
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-19

CHURCH AND LAND VALuE6.
Says the 1nterehurch World Move
ment Of North America in an adver.
tisement published on April IS:
"Put church in town and all real
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
81 shall not hesitate TO kill
YOU"
GRO BIZ CONTINUED
sAvAGEs WORE BODY ARMoR
Gilbert Islanders Used That Form Of
Protection, but 1t Was Limited
to Leaders.

Only one tribe in the South Paciilc
islands ever rose to the height of in
venting armor to be'used in their war
fare. But even this tribe the Gilbert
islanders, turned out only few suits,
owing to the work entailed in the
manufacture. Francis Dicllie says, in
the Scientific American, that the suits
were limited in number, and that
every village was the proud possessOr
of one At the outbreak of a conflict
between villages, not all the inhabi-
tants went to war; but the most
doughty warrior was dressed in the
village armor and sent against the
champion of the rival place.
The brown-colored fabric covering
the body and legs, which formed the
Gilberts' armor, was made out of cOir
string taken from the .husk of the
coconut, so closely woven as to make
a protection stronger than board. and
having greater lightness to recommend
it. A further breastplate, inyulnerGble
to any native weapon, was made from
the dried skin Of the stingaree, or ray
fish, which dried as hard as metal.
In the last few years peace has set
tied over the Gilberts and the armof
has ceased to be manufactured. Tho
few suits in existence have all been
seized by collectors of rare articles.
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BY
) CLIFFORD S.
RAYMOND
= N q
Illustrated by
IRWIN MYERS

that | recognized her. l might add to
her perpleXities by speaking to her,
but might obtain an insight into mat
tiers which would enable me to act
discreetly and usefully. If l remained
ignorant of motives prevailing in the
house. / might at any time bunder
into a serious mistake. 1t seemed best
to speak to Mrs. Sidney.
could see. when spoke to her. she
had been greatly disturbed, but she
was Roman.
at was nothing serious or important,
DOCTOR" she said. "I'll net say lic 1t
was pleasant or that liked it, but it
had no significance. Jed is faithful
and invaluable servant. He has vice
for which he is not responsible. He
was perfectly sober man when he
came to us, and if he isn't now, it is
our own fault. My husband corrupted
him without intending to do SO. My
husband, when he was well and strong,
loved to drink wine. He drank it Ia
great quantities and without any dis
turbance OF his sobriety or good ma
ture. 1t mellowed and at the time in
tensified life for him. He cannot use
| 1t now, on account of his health, but
he enjoys seeing the use of 1t, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-09-09
Diamond Thieves Easily Detected.

Diamond stealing iii the South AT
frican mines is becoming precaEous
business. The blacks still swallow
them or hide them in self-inflicted
wounds, but these methods no longer
suffice. Coolidge 1-ray tubes are SO
mounted in a frame as to illuminate
the whole body of the stripped native
standing before them. The entire body
of the hundreds Of miners can thus be-
brought into view in the Horoscope In
a few seconds, and any diamond pres,
emf, even if behind thick bones, IL
quickly detected. The glow of the dia.
mond under the X-rays, as well as its
dense opaqueness, aids in detection
it is said.
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shakesneare as Poacher.

In the description of the amenities
of the Shakespeare hotel, Stratford-
on-Avon, which was recently put up at
auction. the story is revived that
Shakespeare came before Sir Thomas
Lucy on a charge of stealing deer
from Charlotte park. The charge is
OMEN to the comment that in the time
of Elizabeth there was no deer park
at Charlotte. To this il is retorted that
deer were to be found in many parks
not described as deer parks. AS to all
which it may be suggested that
Shakespeare may lave been brought
before Lucy for stealing any deer
within his jurisdiction.
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that made Hartley house, place so
comfortable and genial, at the same
time place so threatened. The threat
could not be ignored: it was there. The
story of the ghost at the haunted pool
could have nothing to do with it. The
threat had tangible aspects Mrs. Sid
ney's worry, unspoken but craven in
her resolutely Roman face, was one
evidence. The extraordinary behavior
of Jed was another. The atmosphere
of the place was one of mystery.
During the pleasant, peaceful, odor-
Gus summer months, when our life was
one of undisturbed routine, never es-
caped the sense of dread. / hoped the
intangible would take shape; surely
something intangible that would be en-
bodied, hung over the house.
/ may not be able to make this GER
tainty appear so wildly to you as it
did to me. 1t permeated; it was in the
atmosphere it hung over the woods ;
it filled the house. 1t came with the
odors of blossoms: it was expressed In
the summer winds; It was threatened
! in the lightning which flashed over the
river. / could not reconcile this effect
TO such q cause as that feeble ghost
story of the pool. ] could not dread
that ghost or feel it's presence. 1t
was a benevolent ghost needed for
decoration.
| asked the people of the house, the
servants, and found that for them it
was largely a superstition. They all
had been brought from the city, and
only few, such as Jed, gardener, the
housekeeper and the cook had been
long enough in the house really to be
associated with it.
Jed was the only one that willingly
would be in the vicinity of the. pool ut
night. The others might laugh at the
suggestion of terror, but they would
mot willingly test their superiority to
superstition. If they had been really
frightened, they could not have been
kept in service. They were not. The
place was large, comfortably inhabited
and genial. There was d touch of
dread at one spot. Iney avoided the
spot, and it was negligible so long as
they did avoid it.
In the small town of Hartley there
was more of the legend than there was
at Hartley house. To the people who
lived at distance and came in con-
tact with the place only on occasions,
it had an alien, exotic air. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney had come from South
America, from Moltevideo, where they
, had lived many years. The circum-
stances of their selection and purchase
of the place were normal, but the VII
layers spiced a great deal of gossip
with notions of the alienism, wealth,
aloofness and odd habits, concerning
which gossip ran from our servants to
the Hartley householders.
l have mentioned that my first morn
I ing at Hartley house n gardener asked
me to see one of his children, which
had bad cough. The man had
good deal of sickness in his family in
the next few months, and Was OF
considerable service.
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After usinQ.

The woman was the author of
cookery book that had been published
ut her request with wide margins and
occasional blank pages for notes and
additional recipes.
Often she had expressed q wish to
see an old copy of the book and find
TO what use the blank pages had
been put. One day in secondhand
book store her husband unearthed an
old volume. Noticing that it had been
annotated freely, he bought it. After
day or two he said:
'rHow about the notes in that cock
cry book? Were they Interestingly
mo-" she said curtly "they didn't
amount to anything"
When he got chance he looked
through the book himself. Every note
the book contained was remedy for
dyspepsia and kindred ailments =
Dallas News.
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Father and Daughter
Get Relief by Eatonic

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