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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23
Republican Party Has Regulated
Its Early Principles, Say Eliot

The Republican party has turned
its back on Its own principles Of 1850
and 1878. Thus writes tho vener.
able Charles W. Eliot in the current
issue OF the Atlantic Monthly.
DR.. Eliot adds by way or further
comment: This deplorable change
Of front is a deep modification and
distress to all patriotic Americans. Re-
publican Or Dem ocratic. ana pArticu-
larly those who remember the politi-
cal ideals which the Republican party
was founded to contend for and which
it led to glorious victories
AS If to emphasize DR.. Eliot's caus-
tic criticism. Senator Harding said In
his speech at Wheeling Tuesday night:
Il was not present when the senate
passed the war resolution. but I know
what it conveyed, 1 know what it
means, and wa did not 20 to war to
make the world safe for democracy.
We did not 60 to war even for human
ity's sake"
Trevelyan remarked Of George III
that 'he could never forgive poll
tician for taking the right course un-
less it was from q wrong motive"
Senator Harding. himself had no part
in voting the declaration Of war
against Germany, but he IL willing to
justify it provided 1t is agreed that
the motives Of the American people
were sordid and materialistic. On this
basis he might even forgive, President
Wilson for his successful conduct Of
the war.
For the rest. Senator Harding re-
fuses to concede that our dead died
for any noble and inspiring principle.
He refuses to admit that the Ameri-
can people had any exaltation Of
spirit; that they regarded the war az
an irrepressible conflict between free.
dom and autocracy. between the doc
trine of right and the doctrine of
might. TO the Republican candidate
it was just row over some ships and
submarines and disputed interpreta-
ton Of the trading status Of neutrAIs.
If Senator Harding IL right in his
estimate of the motives OF the Ameri-
can people, the war was 4 needless
war. Every life that was lost was
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

men th4t our government is really The
people, and th0< b has stood soms
rather severe tests during tho last con.
tury and half. It accomplished dur.
ing the war results that were not o.
tainable by so-called private initiative.
1t rescued the railroads from complete
disaster. It mined coal and increased
food production. It financed the ma
tional needs and it supplied funds for
private industry. It did practically ev.
erything that was necessary to be done
during time of great emergency.
And yet time-servine politicians, who
are loyal to big business, and who see
in government an opportunity to ad:
vance their own interests as we'll a.
those Of their private employers, would
have us believe that government is
something apart from the people, that
it is q sinister force within US that
must be tolerated but not encouraged.
The effect Of this studied misrepre.
sentation and maligning Of the gov.
eminent will bear its legitimate fruit.
Senator Harding and those who speak
for and after him are sowing the wind,
and they will reap the whirlwind. Re.
spect for government is absolutely es.
sential if our institutions are to be pre-.
served. There is not today in this coun.
try handful Of men who do not re-
we're our government. If they have any
criticizing, it is of administration.
No man who has such small respect
for government should be permitted to
have any part in it. If a soap-box ora
tor would make the speeches that are
being made by the railroad group of
senator's and congressman there would
be demand for his deportation. Hun
dreds of men are today languishing in
Jail for saying less injurious things.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23
THE SIMPLE ISSUE.

If labor neglects its political inter
ests and refuses or neglects to fight for
them between now and November, it
will be compelled to fight for some
thing just as important. after election.
It is automatic that those who control
the political power also control the
economic power, and big business real
ICES this if the workers do not.
If privilege and reaction win at the
polls, those who profit by keeping con-
ditions as they are will be ready for
another line Of attack. In fact, the cam
paign is already under way and finds
its most frequent manifestation in So
called "open shop'' campaigns,
"Americanization' crusadcs and "edu-
cational' efforts that seek to impress
the public mind with the thought that
the workers are Stacking production
and are responsible for our economic
ills.
A recent survey developed the dis
quieting information that in more than
100 American cities organizations Of
employers, chambers Of commerce and
public utility corporations have pooled
their interests and resources for a
smashing assault upon organized labor.
Impetuous leaders in this conflict have
been impatient Of restraint and have
launched their campaign before the
"master minds' were ready for it.
It is no secret that big business ex.
poets to secure strangle hold upon
the government. They expect to'elect
president and safe majorities in con-
gress. It expects to name the cabinet
and other administration officers. It
expects, in short, to have things it's
own way, and will be in position to do
just what it deems necessary to secure
the success Of its program.
That program is brutally simple and
brief. It contemplates the subiugation
of labor. 1t would take from labor the
rights it has gained through long, bitter
struggle, especially the advantages
gained during the war. Business is
united on that point. The workerA
must be beaten back, and they must be
attacked through their organizations
Back q this novement il the United
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wasted and every dollar that wAs
spent was wasted. We could have
easily bary4ined with Germany Tor
protection. Both sides had violated
American rights on the hitaa sSas,
ana IL nothing r1atteted except the
mAterialistie aspects Of the case, Ger.
many had more to offer than the
Allies.
The kaiser could never understand
tho attitude Of the American people
toward tho war. From his point OF
view they were foolishly blind to their
own interests. The thing for them to
do was to pick q quarrel with Great
Britain over the blockade restrictions.
80 to war On the side OF the Central
Powers and take Canada ana iii tho
British possessions in the Western
Hemisphere as their share Of the
spells. That IL what any country
would have done which was concerned
only with permanent material advar.-
tages ana not with morals.
The kaiser was mistaken In his a.
innate Of the American people, ana
Senator Harding Is also mistaken. In
fact, we do not believe that the sena-
tor himself Believes what he says Or
that tho marvellous denomination OF
devotion to high principle which the
American people gave has been Who'll
ly lost on him. Even 4 Republican
senator cannot be 50 cAlloused to the
really fine things in American tift.
But In order to sustain their opposi-
ton to tho League Of Nations, the
Republican senator's have been COM
PEELED to sheer at everything that re-
sembles 'idealism and high purpose in
the affairs Of the country. They jeer
at ideals because Ideals are dangerous
to the kind Of campaign they are
forced to conduct.
They assume that the surest way
| to discredit President Wilson IL to try
to drag the nation down to the lowest
level Of political motive. That IL why
Senator Harding tells the American
people that they went to war without
single generous or disintereSted I'M
pulse and asks them to indorso at the
polls l1iA degraded estimate Of them
The New York World.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

such II Mr.. Burnquist enjoyed in the
Int canqaien.
TO The Labor World it seems that
Mr.. Pseus il ont of the race, and not
Larry Ho. The fight is between Ship,
stead and Hodgson, a fact that is al
ready feared at Republican headquar.
tiers: IT Mr.. Preus stood any chance of
getting considerable number of Dem.
oeratic votes away from Hodgson he
lost it when he went outside of state
politics and attacked the league of
nations. That has cost him the cleo.
tion.
1t is believed that DR.. Shipstead will
get every vote that was cast for hin,
in the June primary. 1t is also believed
that he will get large number of the
votes that were cast for Frankson and
Iverson. He will also be given the votes
Of many Democrats who were unable to
vote for him in the primary election.
At this moment, and with such
strength, he looks like winner, with
Hodgson second and Preus third in the
race.
This is the situation as we see it.
Hodgson's only chance for election will
be in Republicans deserving Preus and
going over to him. A sufficient number
Of Democrats cannot be induced to de-
sert Larry Ho and vote for Preus. They
will not repeat the mistake they made
two years ago.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23
REACT10NARIEs IN DISCARD.

some OF the more important commit.
tees OF congress are shot to pieces as a
result Of recent state primaries. While
the cold guard' seem to be having
things pretty we'll its own way, the re-
turns disclose that many Of them are
going to have an opportunity to medi-
tate. upon their records in the placid
environments of private life.
Three members of the house commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce,
including the chairman and vice chair
man, have terminated their official
careers. This committee assisted in
framing the transportation bill.
The workers are concentrating their
fight against reactionary congressman
and their campaign is more successful
than is pleasing to their enemies. They
are not winning every struggle, but
they are recording enough victories to
prove that when aroused and deter.
mined the producers are invincible.
The wisdom Of labor's non-partisan
campaign is being justified everywhere.
Privilege servers are winning only
when the workers are divided. During
the, remaining days Of the campaign
an earnest effort will be made tc
smooth out differences and have all
liberals agree upon candidates oppos-
ing congressman who betrayed the PEG.
pie.
Labor can have just the sort of gov.
eminent it wants, if it wants it enough
to make an effort to obtain it. When
the final roll is made up it will be
clearly established that several million
voters were in real earnest when they
set out to dethrone WORTHLESS officials
who forgot that there would come 4
day Of reckoning. Those who have any
doubt on this point might communi-
cate with Chairman Esch, who fell bv
the wayside, and Senator Cumnlins, who
had the toughest fight Of his life At the
primaries and is now facing another
just as bitter, with less promise of win.
ming.
That labor's strength is appraised at
It's true value is demonstrated by many
,reactionaries who are trying to fake up
records that will pass muster. Very
few Of them are prepared to repeat
statements made during the recent ses
sion Of congress, when every day was
q field day for labor hatets and laiters
and the Congressional Record was filled
with wild charges affecting the pro-
ducers Of the land.
Labor has its sleeves up and is 20.
ing at its job in thoroughly work.
manlike manner.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23
THE SOUL OF LABOR.

Labor s victories can not be listed by
percentages or debts and credits.
It is impossible to point to labor .
thigh water'' mark in any period.
Labor's wage gains, its reduction Of
the hours Of work, its betterment of
conditions can all be recorded, as can
legislation of benefit to the workers.
But there is something beyond these
that cannot be "tabbed,'' filed or card
indexed.
The velocity Of 16inch shell, roar.
ing from the side Of a battleship, can
be measured with accuracy, but the
power Of an ideal is beyond compute.
ton.
The development Of the human mind
can not be valued by mathematical ex.
perts, adding machines or financial
wizards.
The soul Of labor! The aspirations
for higher and fuller life!
Every victory by the workers in
flames this spirit and creates more
wholesome unrest in those who would
make "life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness a reality.
In all ages reactions endeavor has
been to kill this spirit, to discourage
unity, destroy aspiration, chill hope and
replace confidence in ones self with
the deadening philosophy of depend.
ence.
Labor's non-partisan political policy
in this campaign has awakened labor
to an unexpected degree.
The soul Of labor has been stirred as
never before,
1t has ignored the cuckoo cry of re.
actions defenders and pleaders that
"Gompers is trying to deliver the
labor vote.'
Labor has won many victories in the
present campaign and will win more on
Nov. 2 next.
1t has won its fight for non partisan.
snip, after 40 years Of effort, and has
destroyed the intolerance Of party wcr-
ship that was capitalized by special
privilege.
But its greatest victory has been the
awakening of the soul Of labor--the
wider acceptance among wage carriers
that IN no economic or political jnsti-
tuition shall the voice and presenc, Of
labor be denied.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23
QUEER PROCEEDINGS,

WV "oV ~ NV va WIG AA04OS LuE1S
is something strikingly strange about
the proceedings instituted by the Du
luth Street Railway company for s
recount Of the ballots cast at the spe
cial election on the six-ceat ordinance
The returns showed that the ordi.
nance was beaten by 637 votes, and
yet the company maintains that there
were sufficient number Of ballots
m1smarked or questionably marked and
counted against the ordinance to insure
its passage if they had been correctly
counted.
Few people in Duluth have taken the
question raised by the attorneys for the
company seriously. They have thought
that they were merely taking the
gambler 9 chance. Had the ordinance
been defeated by but few votes, say
less than 100, there would have been
reason for recount, but it does not
seem possible that there arc 637 BAL
lots, or one-half that number, incor-
rectly counted.
But here is something that makes us
sit up and take notice. Three commits
'sioners have been appointed by Judge
Dancer to recount the ballots, not one
OF whom is known to have been against
the passage Of the ordinance. One of
the commissioners is an attorney in the
case for the Duluth Street Railway CON-
pany, the second is in the legal depart.
ment Of the United States Steel cor.
poration and the third was employed
during the campaign to get out liter
AZURE which was circulated among the
voters in behalf Of the passage of the
ordinance.
The three commissioners are James
&. Nyc of the law firm of Washburne.
Bailey and Mitchell; Dennis Donovan
OF the Oliver Iron Mining company
and Lawrence H. Dow, actively identi.
fled with the campaign in favor Of the
six-cept ordinance. It is understood
that the name Of a we'll known and
conservative labor man was recon-
mented, but he was rejected.
While all Of the three commissioners
appointed by the court may be honest
and high-rnindod young men, common
decency would have warranted the an
po1ntment Of one known to- have been
against the passage of the ordinance,
sSupposing the three commissioners find
that a sufficient number of ballots
were miscounted to change the result
OF the election, there are goodly num<
Der Of people who would always believe
thereafter that something crooked had
been pulled off.
In any event a commission 50 consk.
tuted cannot command the confidence
OF the opponents Of the ordinance.
should the recount shw reversal If
the official count.
Later: Since the above was written
Mr.. Donovan has declined to serve =,
commissioner in the recount and Alan
}. Mclean of the law firm Of Afford E
Hunt has been appointed in his place.
he is a square young man who will
see that the interests of the peoplc are
protected.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

States ChazAbsr Of Commerce, which in
turn il backed BY tho money Of BIZ
businsss. It IL the motivatinr force
OF the almost epidemic growth Of op.
position to labor organisations in all
sections Of tho nation. it, leaders de.
clare that the "union" is a menace
to the liberties Of the public, and they
have set out, and frankly declare their
purpose, to destroy unionism and take
from the workers their only effective
method Of protest against intolerable
conditions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

The present Republican leaders have
forgotten the history Of their party in
honorable dealings with the peoples of
other countries, and they seem also to
have forgotten the sage declaration Of
the immortal Lincoln when he said {:
"You can fool some Of the people all
OF the time, and all of the people some
OF the time, but you can't fool all tho
people all the time.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23
MORAL COURAGE:

When stormy winds shall blow upon
thy lite,
Be thou no 4uivsri11s. shaking reed,
TO bend Or break beneath the r4ue6us
strike,
And find no manly nber for thy
need.
Defy the tempest, -. il thy cause BE
true!
BE no persuaded from thy riSftt-
eous goal!
Not all tho wrong malicious that can
brew
Shall lont disturb the Gc4.s4p-
ported soul.
A hurricane Of wrath may breAk on
thee;
Hnvenomed tongues like lightning
flash with spite;
Torrential diatrite incsSsAntly
May hurl Itself upon thee in its
might;
AZ mountain tops Above the storm
clouds rise,
Majestic. bold. In bolden sunlight
bathed,
Hold thou thy head on high. in azure
skies,
And thou shalt come through AL
the storms nnscath~d.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

Eighty-nine per cent of all the cleo
trochemical products made in the
United States are manufactured along
the Niagara river. where power from
Niagara Falls Is available.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23
MAL1oNING THE GOVERNMENT,

@"A<AAANNAN9 IaE C*OV6RNMENx.
Politicians who seek to justify their
votes for the Ubiquitous railroad bill by
declaring they sought to free them from
. the paralyzing hand of the govern
ment' make up the most dangerous ele-
ment IN our society. They are seeking
to undermine and destroy confidence
IN tho government. They are just as
guilty Of disloyalty as were any Of
the men who have been deported be.
cause they attacked the institutions Of
our government.
1t is dangerous game these men arc
playing: They are putting Into the
thoughts Of millions of men and women
more than a suspicion that there is
something inherently weak and vicious
IN our government. They frankly say
that 1t is not to be trusted. Senator
Harding declares without the slightest
reservation that he wants the govern.
ment to have just as little as possible
to do with industry and commerce. I'll
Influence is blighting,'' he says, and
whatever it touches it Destroys = = .z !.
+ probably does not occur u these
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

The average yearly output Of coal
IN Australia is about 100000 tons
OF which quantity over 100000 tons
are raised in New South Wales. the
only Australian state producing any
large quantity of coal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

There are at present nearly 10000
employees Of the federal departments
n this country who receive less than
81 per day. 5| y. {s,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

A steel milling machine that will
do the work Of four o1d-type machines
has been invented by a Milwaukee
man.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23

An attempt 10 being made to Or
ganize the retail clerks in Canada 90
that their working conditlt M can be
improved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-08-21
TEXTILE CONCERN
IS LAUNCHED HERE
TAKES OVER COTTON MILLS AT
NEW ORLEANS, MAGNOLIA
AND MOOREHEAD.
WILL DEVELOP A MARKET
The Three Mills Taken Over Have {
Total Output Of 100000 Pounds
Year Which Means
Large Business.

New Orleans took another step for
ward in it's development as manufac'
turing center when the announcement
was made that organization Of the
Magnolia Textile Corporation, a
100000 enterprise, has been com
pIeted here.
The company will take over cotton
mills at New Orleans, Magnolia Miss
and MOOrehead, Miss, and has laid
comprehensive plans not only for the
development of its own business but
for the building up Of New Orleans
as a textile market, both domestic and
export
Harris Hyman of New Orleans is
president Of the new company; Milton
Florscheim of Chicago, president OF
the FlOrscheim Shoe Company, vice
president; w, Loeber Landau of New
Orleans, vice-presideut and executive
head Of the business; H. X. Strauss OF
Chicago, secretary, and A. K. Landau
of New Orleans, treasurer,
Gerrish Gassoway former major of
artillery, who has been manager Of the
Manufacturers Bureau of the AssOcia,
ton of Commerce since his return
from the war, has severed his con,
nections with the association, and will
become the sales manager Of the new
company.
The mills taken over by the new
company are those which have been
operated by w Loeber Landau and his
brother, A. K Landau. They are
among the most modern factories, both
as to buildings and equipment, in the
country. One of them, the Orleans
Cotton Mills, is situated in New Or
leans; the second, the Magnolia Cotton
Mills, is at Magnolia, Miss; and the
third, the MOOrehead Cotton Mills, is
at Moorehead, Miss The three mills
have total output Of about 100000
pounds a year which, at the average
market price of the products manufac-
tured, means yearly business of
about S6,OOO,OoO for the new company
as a starter. The output for months
to come already has been sold
Headquarters OF the new company
will be at 1924 St. Thomas street, the
present plant and offices of the Or
leans Cotton Mills which are being
materially enlarged to take care of the
additions that are to be made to the
office staff. All of the business of the
company will be directed from the
New Orleans headquarters, the COM
pany even planning to maintain its
own distribution system and to market
its own products itself.
1t is through this policy that it
hopes to aid in the establishment of
New Orleans as a textile market of
Importance. In the past the product
of all of the mills except the Orleans
mill has been sold through commission
agents in the East, the old, old custom
among the cotton mills of the South
which, it is claimed, has stood in the
way Of developing a great Southern
textile market
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-08-21
Villa and Followers
Surrender at San Pedro

San Pedro, Coahuila, via Laredo
Francisco Villa marched
into San Pedro Monday night between
the lines of cheering populace which
greeted him with cheers of Viva
Villa!" Behind him came his band
of followers, part of his bandit fol-
lowing which with their leader have
surrendered to the De La Huerta gov
eminent under terms agreed upon re-
Gently at Sabinas.
As he drew up before the main
plaza of the Mexican town cheering
throng of 5000 gathered around him,
the chieftain indicating that he was
about to speak to them.
81 surrendered" he said, because
further fighting in Mexico meant in
teTvention by the United States.
"They call me bandit They call
me the worst man in Mexico, but |
would preserve our nationality by
avoiding the Intervention
Villa told the populace that I'VE
must all return>to work"
81, Francisco Villa" he shouted,
shall return to the pillow"
He pleaded for united effort in
Mexico to stop further internal war
fare, which meant the ruin of the
country"