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largest tannery in the United States
were. less than half the proportion
they were of profits In 1912, 1913
and 1914. :.. Il
The excessive profit of tanners was
primarily responsible for the. advance
in the price Of shoe leather, exclu-
sive of the: cost Of hides.
That ) the packers. are; guilty Of
juggling the price Of hides, an ex-
tract from q recent report of the
federal trade commission may be
''rhe. packers storage facilities
and strong financial position make
1t possible for them to manipulate
the market and dispose of their
product without regard to supply and
demand. It is isSadmitted in the cor
respondence of the big packers that
when leather was in enormous de-
mand, certain Of the Big Five
:hoarded hides in such immense
quantities for the purpose Of inflat-
ing the already unreasonable prices
that Ito quote their. own CORE
spondence): We are forced to pack
them In our cellars and outside IN
the open. but have reached the point
now whore We have no placss to sc
With any moro = ~. sss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22

of the big packers varied interests,
it can be said without danger of con.
tradiction that their profiteering is
very largely responsible for the high.
price Of shoes.
The retailer has increased his mar
gin Of 102 per cent or 1882 per pair
on the basis of shoes selling for
$3.50. The manufacturer appears to
have increased his profits less than
the others, although it should be
mentioned that he took his highest
profits in 1916. during which year
they amounted to twice the amount
he took in 1914. .--. -.
The shoe trade has ascribed wage
advances as the. compelling: cause for
the fantastic price increases, but in
1914 all the labor costs, from the
hide to the finished shoe, absorbed
less than one-sixth of the price paid
by the consumer. while in 1917 this
share Of labor had decreased to one
ninth Of the price, "A wage increase
Of IS per cent after 1914 was re-
sponsible for a direct increase OF
merely Is cents in a pair Of shoes.
The cost of q pair Of mems shoes
Increased from IS to $3.50, while the
cost OF hide used in pair Of shoes
jumped from $1.03 In -1s1 Z to $1.44
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22

The actual cost Of producing a pair
OF shoes is considerably less than
one-half the price which the con-
sumer pays-the rest Of the pur-
chaser's money going to the form of
profits into hands through which the
goods pass. The entire cost; of
manufacturing shoes for which the
consumer paid $3.50 in 1917 was
only $3.46.
The popular contention that wage
increases given labor are responsible
for the amazing price advance has
been shattered by recent investiga-
tions, which shows that of repre-
sentative $3.50 increase in prices
during the war on pair Of shoes,
labor received only Is cents, or less
than one-twentieth Of the advance.
The blame for the unconscionablA
profiteering in shoes is placed jointly
on the packer, tanner, manu-
facturer, wholesaler and retailer,
with the heaviest burden of guilt on
the leather producers.
The retailers margin of profit is
by far the largest: absorbing over
one-third the price, but it does; not
show so large an increase as the
packers Ind tanners profits. AS the
largest tanneries are indirectly a part
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22

in 1917, or 1913 per cent; the
packers margin from cents to 4e
cents, or AIS per oent; tanning ma
terial from 20 cents TO- 81 cents, or
10 per cent; labor in tanning from
9 cents to II cents, or 80 per cent;
factory expense from 8 cents to IL
cents, or 37.5 per cent; administra-
tion expense from 2 cents to cents,
or 100 per cent; tanners profit from
10 cents to SO cents, or 221 per
cent; shoe manufacturing material
from % cents to 80 cents, or IT per
cent; labor in shoe manufacturing
from II cents to SO cents, or IL per
cent: overhead from 80 cents to 81
cents, or. s:23.3 per cent; manu-
facturer's profits from ~ cents to
81 cents, or 54.2 per cent; and retail
profit from $1.7s to $3.50, or 1922
per cent. -! H. &
The rates on earnings on invest
ments of 237 shoe manufacturers .foi
the years l914-17, showing that the
general level. Of profits in this In
dustry advanced from approximately
Is to- rs uer cent during the war
years, although their pre-war re-
turns were und doubtedly liberal. Four
l:of the largest shoe concerns had
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22
SUGAR PR0FITEE Rs ROB PEOPLE
OF $6oo,ooo, 600 IN one YEAR
Primary Reason for Present Hi g Price Of Sugar Said to Be
Unchecked Speculation and Meciess Proteermg; Rail-
road BotheIhoods and unio Expose Gouging Methods.
Bv NEIL BURKINSHAW.

WASHINGTON May 20Sugar which today is retailing from
the pricecoud be sold at
11A pound the producer and retailer satisfied with
profits according W. Jet Lauck consulting economist
e railroad broherhood and unions supplemental profteer
the United Railroad
According to the present trend declares Mr. Lauc the
amount exacd from the by the profteers will
conservative estimate least this
annual contribution Of $50 from American family
to the greed Of the gougers.'
Citing the swollen profits Of 2 leading sugar companies which
produce than half the for domestic consumption Mr.
auk pointed out that their earnings
creased production during the because their output actually
creased since the ante-bellum PERIOD
Has Goods On Sugar Profiteers.
Although concedng that the present situation degree
due the diversion of the Cuban Europe Mr. Lauck charges
that the fundamental for the
since 1914 artificial stimulation Of prices unchecked speculation
and mercless proeerng In illustration of his the
producer mddeman and retailer chiefly bme
that 1913 the between production price
OF pound OF less than while today the
of 10 cents.
Beet sugar producers said Mr. Lauck made profits and
tax returns 1917 show that they had earned 1928
their capital stock 1892 capital actually invested and
1858 cent their capital actually all had
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average annual earnings Of $4.S00,000
for the 1924 period; but for the
years 1916-17 they had Increased, to
more than ,$10,000,000. = :
There was an increase Of 68 per
cent in the price Of packers " hides
as against ~ per cent in country
hides, and an advance from 1919. to
25.7 per cent on investment in. the
earnings Of the tanners over the pre-
war level. .s.-.-..
The large packing house interests
have completely dominated the hide
trade in this country, exaeted sxorb-.
itant.. prices for their product, and
have extended their influence to the
packing industry in such large meas
urer~ that they are practically in q
position to dictate the price Of
leather. rr,. ~ y, -. 80 "a:
The price Of packer hides, during
the war. advanced much more rap-
idly than country hides, although the
prices Of the cattle from which the
hides were taken remained virtually
the same, indicating an exorbitant
price charged Tor packer hides.
Wages in the tanning industry
were. advanced over pre-wan rates.
!. but total wage payments in B the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22
aims TO SETTLE
COTTON DISPUTE
British Officials Worried Over
Extent Of Lancaster Weavers'
Trades Strike.

MANCHESTER, England, May 20.
DIR. T. J. Mcnamara, minister Of
labor, has intervened in. the Lanca-
shire cotton dispute to the extent Of
getting in touch with both sides in
order to arrange a meeting Of the
parties concerned; but no meeting
has yet been arranged. This will be
the first labor dispute in which DR..
Mcnamara will take part, and, as
Sir David 'Shackleton, permanent Sec
retary, will lend his aid in the nego-
tiations, it is hoped that a speedy set
tlement will be effected as Sid David
was unofficial Of the Weavers' Trades
Union before becoming labor advisor
to the home office.
Five hundred thousand operatives
are involved in the dispute. At a
meeting Of operative spinners and
cardroom workers here today, it was
announced that the mems leaders
would meet the minister of labor
next Monday to discuss the mems
claims.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22
W0MAN'S BUREAU
BILL IS. PASSED
Proposes to Formulate Stand
ards and Policies TO Promote
Welfare Of Women Workers,

WASHINGTON, May 40. - The
house passed by a vote of 255 to 10
the Campbell bill to establish on a
statutory basis the Woman's Bureau
of the U. S. Department Of Labor
Having failed of considerable non the
unanimous consent calendar because
OF the objection Of Representative
Schuyler Merritt of Connecticut, the
bill was later brought up under sus-
pension of the rules and passed. In
the senate a imilar bill, introduced
by Senator Kenyon. ha been favor
ably reported by the. enate committee
ond education and labor, and Sena-
tor Kenyon today tated will unques-
tlonably be passed at an early date.
Those voting against the bill in the
house were Representatives Blanton,
Garner and Young of Texas, Coady
Of Maryland, Sisson and Venable of
Mississippi, Tillman Of Arkansas. and
Wise Of Georgia, democrats; Cannon
OF Illinois, and Merritt or Connecti-
cut, republicans.
The bill provides that there shall
be esta blished in the Department of
Labor a bureau to be known as the
Womans Bureau" whose duties it
shall be ito formulate standards and
policies which shall promote the well
1are OF wage-earning women, i'm
prove their working conditions, in
crease their efficiency, and advance
their opportunities for profitable en-
ployment."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22
48 C0mMITTE
WANTS DAMAGES
Sues Libe|ers Who Declare Il Is
in League With Revo|u:
tionIsts in America.

The. Committee OF Forty Eight,
New York city. has brought suit for
libel against "The United: Americans
for 100000 damages because Of the
statement sent to 1the press by the
latter organization: c1hrging that the
Committee Of Forty Flight is allied
with Revolutionary forces in. this
country" This state1hent was print
ed in newspapers, and has been wide
~ circulated in *othet ways by :The
United Americans, according to
members Of the Committee of Forty
Eight. r. - ~ (. J.. :.
In speaking Of. the ,zuit. ]. A. II.
Hopkins, chairman Of the executive
committee Of the Committee Of For
ty-Eght said: '"rhe statement that
the Committee Of F'orty-Eigh has
any relation OF any kind whatever
with any revolutionary forces in this
country is a malicious. lie: made out
Of whole cloth. =
1.-THE official investigator: of The
United Americans who supplied the
material for this lie, admitted he had
never read the platform Of the Com
AAASIV0 VI = VI Iy.CA6AeS ASVCA 0ISSAOVNs
any~of its meetings, and had never
been near its headquarters, which are
always open to all visitors.
Such a statement issued by an or
ganization like The United Ameri-
cans which has raised confidential
ly large sums Of money to- combat
radical activities according to it's
literature, raises the question as to
the rights Of American citizens to in
stitute such independent political ac-
ton as the Committee Of Forty Eight
is organizing, without being subjected
to Misrepresentation by hired pub
licity agents Of the forces Of reac-
ton. This question We shall carry to
the courts.
''That a body of American citizens,
who. from the first, have publicly
proclaimed in all their literature their
adherence of violent revolution,
should be maliciously misrepresented
by such widely circulated falsehood,
is intolerable to every right-minded
American citizen. Our suit for libel
will be pressed to it's conclusion as
rapidly Dis possible"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22
Give C0URSETo
COOP MANAGERS
Universities Of Wisconsin and
Nebraska Encourage Coop
erative Movement,

The cooperative movement in
America has received quite an i'm
petus in recent months. According
to c. H. Gustafson, president Of the
All American Farmer-Labor coop
erative commission, the demand for
active and effective cooperation is
increasing so rapidly it is difficult
to keep up with it.
zone important evidence Of the
interest in cooperation" says Mr..
Gustafson, ''is in the fact that the
universities of Wisconsin and Me-
braska have recently established de-
partments to train cooperative man
ayers"
The cooperative commission has re-
ported on a plan for the organization
of cooperative banks which are said
to be essential to the widest devel-
opment and growth of cooperative
organizations and of direct trading.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22
RE'1|REME ACT
FINALLY. PASSED
Congress Votes. Pensions to
:Aged and |nthm unIted States
Government Employees.

The passage by both houses of
Congress of the sterling-LshlbacA
bill for retirement Of federal serv-
ice employees has brought to a. vio~
torious end a twenty-year campaign
on this subject by the sovernmen.
workers and numerous outside sup
porting organizations.
It's enactment will mean the re-
tirement OF 1000 aged men and
women, some Of them so feeble they
had to be taken to their desks in
wheel chairs. The bill will retire
employees of the United States civil
service upon an annuity Of 1920 a.
year for those whose salary has av-
eraged $1,000 a. year or more and
who have been in the service at least
80 years.
j." For shorter service at lower salary
the annuity ranges downward to a
minimum Of $3.50 year. The bill
contains provisions for the payment
OF a greater annuity than $720 to
those employees whose contributions
to the fund would purchase more.
The cost Of the annuity is to be
borne by the government and the
employees, the latter paying a little
more than 2 per cent Of their salaries
each, year.
An attempt was made by Bleating
Tom Blanton of Texas to exclude en-
ployes belonging to organizations af-
filiated with the American Federation
m Labor, but he could muster but six
votes for his amendment. The bill
passed the house by a vote Of 27s to
So.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22

HUMAN COST OF WORLD
WAR 35,38o,ooo LIVES

The total cost of the world war
in lives has reached the appalling
figure of $3.50, 900, according to
final estimates made by the Cop.
enhagen Society for the Study of
the Consequences Of the War and
made public this week
These figures were reached after
an exhaustive study Of the de-
crease in the birth rates of the
countries involved, ~ well as in
crease in deaths from causes di-
rectly attributed to the war.
Actual military deaths in killed
totaled 9,829, 200, according to the
report. Each European nation
involved lost the equivalent Of S.S
per cent of it's population from all
causes. Each nations actual killed
equalled as per cent Of its pop
ulation.
Serbia was the heaviest suffer-
er of all the belligercnts. She lost
IS per cent of heE total popula-
ton, while her actual killed
eQualled 1913 per cent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-22
LABOR OPPOSES CUMNnNs.

At the convention Of the Iowa State
Federation Of Labor held at Ford
were adopted opposing the reelection
of United States Senator A. B. Cum
minis, once the idol Of labor in that
state.
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neighbor keep chickens?
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! you that this paper goes into the
homes Of. the best paid workingmen
.ln Duluth and surroundins territory7
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member of the household. There is
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where.
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New-York tribune., 1920-10-30
Six Killed, Many Hurt
In Argentine Strikes
Papal Nuncio Escapes Injury
When Wild Locomotive Runs
Into His Train

BUENOS AYRES, Oct. 2S.-Acts Of
violence in connection with labor
troubles were reported in dispatches
from various parts of the country to-
day. special train on the Central
Argentine line CARRYING Monsipnor
NassalIo do Torregressa, the Papal
Nuncio, to Argentine to attend a re-
igious ceremony at Jujuy was run into
by wild locomotive near Tucuman.
Ten persons were injured. The nuncio
was unhurt. The authorities charge
that strike sympathizers set the wild
engine in motion.
In clash between strikers and
working employees Of the sugar fac
tory al Las Palmas. in the territory of
Chaco, four persons were killed. An
exchange of shots occurred between
the provincial police and striking en-
ployees Of the national asylum at
Olivia, Cordoba Province, two persons
being killed and several others
wounded.
Five persons were wounded in the
town Of General Niamonte, Cordoba,
last night when unidentified persons
concealed in trees fired into a labor
mass meeting on the plaza under the
auspices of the Argentine Patriotic
League. Dispatches declare the
MaNimalist element. there had threat
ened to prevent the meeting
New-York tribune., 1920-10-30
british Mine Truce Held
A Peace Without Victory
London Press Views Proposal
as Compromise and Approval
by Workers Is Forecast

LONDON. Oct 29.-Newsnaners
here, IN commenting upon the agree
ment by which the coal strike NAV be
ended II the referendum to be held
among, the miners is favorable. pener-
any recognize the scheme as 4 compro-
mise. Neither the advocates of the
miners nor the representatives of the
owners OF coal pits claimed victory.
lhere is universal approval of the
arrangement by which sliding scale
would apply to the profits of owners
as well as the wages of the men, and
TINS IS thought the most hopeful fea-
ture OF the agreement. For this reason
II Is believed the plan Will be indorsed
by the miners.
1t Is remarked that the settlement
MAKES for future peace in the coal in
ouslry and may prove the Introductory
step Tor new era in British industry
generally.
The governments emergency rcwer
bll passed the final parliamentary
stages to-day and received the royal
assent.
lhe emergency power bill virtually
gives to the British government war
time authority. 1t was introduced in
Parliament with the advent Of tie
miners strike, and when it seemed
probable that the railway and trans
port workers might also become in
Volved in the strike.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-30
Japan Demands Chinese
Apologize for Massacre

PEKING, Oct. % (By The Associated
Press Acting on the basis of the re-
port Of joint commission Of investi-
CATION into the alleged participation of
Chinese gunboats in the massacre Of
Japanese at Nikolaievsk, Asiatie
Russia, last spring Japan has de-
manded that China express 'e-
gret She also has demanded that
the Chinese naval commander
apologize to the Japanese COM
mander at Nikolaievsk, that the Of
fcers and men involved be punished,
and that reparation be paid to the
families of alleged victims of the
Cl inese guns. The findings of the
commission, it is said. are being with
held by mutual agreement.
The Chinese naval vessels are al
legged to have lent guns to Russian
partisans for the attack on the JApa-
nese garrison of Nikolaievsk, in which
several hundred Japanese were re-
ported to have been killed.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-30
Three Indicted
For Operating
Baseball Pools
Chicago Grand Jury Also
Hands Down Bills Against
Seven White Sox Plavers
and Three F Former Players
Ex-Pugilist Is Accused
Two Gamblers Also Must
Face Trial; Bail Placed
at $4,000 in Each Case

CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-True bills against
three owners Of baseball pools were
voted to-day by the special grand jury
Investigating baseball. Owners of the
Great Western, Universal and Ameri
can-National pools are named in the
bills. They are William Chelirs, Mar
tin Carlin and T. c. Walters, all of
Chicago.
Investigation of the pools resulted
from numerous complaints received hv
the grand jury from men holding win
ming tickets who were unable to col
lect on their slips.
Two indictments charging thirteen
persons with operating confidence
game and conspiracy were returned bv
the grand jury. Seven members of the
Chicago White SoX. three former base
ball players, boxer and two gamblers
are named.
Seven Players Indicted
The charges grew out OF the alleged
fixing the last years world series be-
tween the White Sox and Cincinnati
Those indicted are:
Eddie Cicotte, Joe Jeckson. Claude
Williams Fred McMullin, George Wea-
yer. Oscar Felsch and Charles R,sberr.
White Sox players; Arnold "Chick
Candil and Bill Burns, former White
Sox players; Hal Chase, former New
York Giant; Abe Attell. former boxer;
Joseph sport Sullivan of Boston. and
Rachel Brown Of New York.
Chief Justice Mcdonald announced
that he would fix hail al $4,000 on each
Indictment, or $4,000 for each of those
named
The conspiracy Indictment contains
Eve counts including charges of con
spiracy to obtain money under false
pretenses and to injure the business Of
the Chicago American League Baseball
Club
Ccotte, Jackson and Williams con-
fessed to the grand jury they had ac-
cepted brbes to lose the series last
year and named the others as parties
to the plot.
Extradtion papers have been pre-
pared by the States Attorney for the
thirteen and efforts viii be made i'm
mediate!y It was announced, to obtain
their return 10 Chicago
Cub Player Named
Ban Johnson, president Of the Amer
can League. to-day turned over to AS
sistgat States Attorney Hartley Rep
logic letter from Kansas CITY
sporting editor, alleging that Frog
Thompson, Kansas City gambler re-
ceived & telegram from Claude Hendrix,
Chicago Cub player, advising him to
bet $1,000 on the opposition" in the
game between Philadelphia and Chi
eago here August %
Il was the circumstances surround
Ing the Cubs defeat on that date that
started the baseball gambling investi-
cation. The Kansas City letter also
alleged thai Thompson received tele-
gram from Hal Chase, who was then
IN California, confirming the Hendrix
message.
The special grand jury adjourned d
late this afternoon until November ;,
when it will be dissolved unless fur
ther evidence is brought up for CON
sderation.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-30

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