The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-09-09

Guam, as we'll as Haiti, are absolutely
ruled by naval officers. and the local
people who have anything whatever to
say about government are those will
ing to say "yes" to anything which
pleases the said naval officers. The
great island of Porto Rico, with It's
more than 100000 people, is ruled by
broken down Kentucky politician
This kind of colonial rule, which marks
back to the earliest days OF Engllsn
and Spanish colonization of America,
has as it's chief motive the seizure OF
sugar and fruit lands and of public
utilities by great American corpora
lions, and the avoidance OF labor
troubles for these same corporations
through the use Of outside military
force.
Since 1915 large sugar syndicates
and the American Fruit company have
been acquiring the lands of the small
farmers throughout the West Indies.
including Cuba. because governments
maintained by American military pow
er have made it practically impossible
for the small farmers to continue as
independent producers. During the
last year these sugar interests have
repaid the American people for assist
ing in their robbery of the West indies
with 30 and 35-cent sugar.
And these naval governors 10 not
neglect acts of petty tyranny. His
democratic majesty in Guam has Tor
hidden whistling in public. A native
of San Domingo who wrote patriotic
verses is under sentence of death. "
A "FRiEND" OF LABOR
How little the fine words for labor
uttered by politicians actually mean
is indicated by the retention OF Will
bur w. Marsh, president of the Iowa
Dairy Separator company, Waterloo
Iowa, as treasurer of the Democratic
party. Marsh is notorious labor hat
er and has fought labor organiza'
ton by all possible means, even to the
extent of disregarding the laws OF his
own state. At the present time his
factory is engaged in an effort to break
up the machinists' union, and Frank
M. Shelley of the Iowa District Inter-
national Association of Machinists is
touring: the country to put the local
facts before labor bodies.
In the Democratic Manual in 1918,
page As, we find: 1.-THE right OF work
ers to organize into trade unions and
to bargain collectively through their
chosen representatives is recognized
and affirmed. This right shall not be
denied, abridged or interfered with in
any manner whatsoever" Again on
page s. of a booklet issued by the ma
tional Democratic committee, entitled
Progress of Labor in Wilson Admin
istration and Democratic Congress- we
find: 1.-THE right of laboring men to
form unions should be upheld by gov
ernnhent authorities" News reports
of the San Francisco convention, on
the other hand, told u.s., 1.-THE re.elec-
ton of Wilbur Marsh of Iowa called
for ringing applause from the conven-
ton floor Marsh is deservedly popu.
lar"
Marsh, it should be said, has as his
primary motive a political career:
manufacturing is only side issue to
provide pin money for the family. 1t
would seem as If organized labor
should take care that he does not
smite labor with one hand while he
achieves his political ambitions With
the labor votes on the other.
Dali orAn.al ice
For over a month publicity men for
the railroads and employers in general
have been charging on how the Penn
sylvania Railroad company proved the