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The labor world., 1920-07-17

lilies in Ireland, $500 are occu-
piers of land. All Of them have a
substantial interest in their land
and most of them are owners in
fec.
As a matter Of fact, Mr.. Bruce s
figures show the ignominous failure of
the tory method to settle the Irish
land question without putting an end
to private ownership. After years Of
effort and expenditure Of vast sums by
the British government to create a
province Of small proprietors only six
per cent of the people are landowners.
And Mr.. Bruce is worried about this
six per cent, not considering what it
means for "a per cent to be denied
legal right of access to the natural
resources Of their country.
OF course with affairs in an unset.
tied state it is not to be expected that
an absolutely correct solution of the
problem can be applied. But sooner or
later we may safely assume that the
Irish people will gain control of their
own affairs. When that time comes
better methods should be Instituted.
No cumbersome commission or court
is necessary. There is no need of an
arbitrary regulation concerning size of
holdings. No one will hold more land
than he can use if required to pay, as
Bishop Nulty and Michael Davitt ad-
vocated, the rental value into the pub.
lie treasury. No one will delay needed
Improvements if along with this re-
quirement all taxation of labor and its
products be abolished. If with the es-
tablishment of political democracy the
Irish people apply this means of secur-
ing and retaining economic freedom
they will show the world an example
Of nation enjoying true liberty. May
that day come soon.
The labor world., 1920-07-17
new YORK BANKS LEAD
PROFIT GOuG|NG PACK

Because Of their refusal to obey
laws regulating interest, New York
bankers make beef trust barons look
like amateurs, says S. s. Fontaine,
financial expert, writing in the New
York World.
There is no more autocratic and
unrelenting body on earth than the
New York money Carbohydrates it
Is the governing committee Of the
New York stock exchange-and the
broker or other borrower who defies
it might as we'll 80 out Of business
he says.
Nov the laws of New York state
absolutely fix the interest rate of 6
per cent on all classes Of loans, ex-
cept demand loans in excess Of $4,000,
In which there is no restriction, and
loans OF commercial paper or collat-
eral for a fixed period in excess Of 6
Per cent. Whether the excess is ex-
acted in the form of bonus or COM
mission is usury pure and simple, and
the banker who practices it is a law
breaker, and the only way he gets
away with it is that his victims do
not dare complain. That would be
the end Of their credit"
The writer explains the methods
Of "these merry banking bandits"
who set interest charges for loar> at
and 8 per cent and then dema nd
that the loans be paid on the ground
that they need the money.
And the same banks that have
called loans in the morning at . per
cent because they need the money
are the principal lenders in the after
noon at IL and II per cent. There
's no money market on Saturday and
che loan carries over till Monday al
the high rate. Do you get the point
And the trail of all this leads straight
to the stock exchange, where three
| men handle all the mechanism of the
call money market for the account o1
the group of banks who engage in
! this form of prohteering with other
peoples money"
The labor world., 1920-07-17
HONEST ANALYSIS WILL
GIVE LABOR CLEAN Bill

1--WE are hearing a great deal in
these days of reconstruction about the
wrongs and hardships that are In
flicted on the general public by work
ers who go on strike" says President
Perkins Of the Cigar Makers Inter-
national union, writing in the official
magazine Of that organization.
Legislation is proposed ana en-
acted to prohibit strikes. Proponents
of this class Of legislation are loud
in their declarations that it is to
protect the public
I'VE, on the other hand. hear very
| little about the wrongs and hardships
inflicted OH the general public by the
| operator of mine or mill who has
the power, and exercises it, to oper-
ate or not, just as he wills, and has
|, the power, and exercises it, to pride
the necessities of life beyond Tue
each Of the average purse.
There has been no strike in thu
svgar industry, in the meat Industry
ir: the flour mills, nor have mil1
cows failed to deliver the goods, y4l
according to the annual reports ot
the gigantic combinations of capita
controlling these industries price1
were never higher and profits wenf
never larger than for the past fey(
months.
Honest analysis of the causes d
present inflated prices will give Oh
Ganized labor a clean bill and ab1d(
lutely fix the blame where it just&t
belongs, on the shoulders Of th&
ErOflteer." i
The labor world., 1920-07-17

revoked through a land-value tax that
would put the rental value in the public
treasury instead.
That done, the foundation Of mo-
nopolistic power would be removed,
taxes on labor and its products could
be abolished, transportation would no
longer be monopolized by corporations
ready to charge all that the traffic will
bear, natural resources would be opened
to those able and willing to put them
to their most productive use, opportuni-
ties for labor would consequently be
open to all willing to work, and every
one, including the ex-service men, would
have a far better protection than a few
hundred dollar bonus could present
against poverty.
In short, Congress Of true states
men would settle the bonus question by
making bonuses unnecessary. 1t would
give the ex-service men something much
better, something that no existing gov
ernment has given it's people, the right
to job at any time together with
power to retain the full product Of one g
labor. It would give them economic
freedom.
However,, we don't happen to have
that kind Of Congress. It is our own
fault that we haven't. It will be our
own fault if the next Congress falls
short Of that standard. It only re-
quires intelligent use of the ballot to
get the proper kind. Have we the in
.telligence to make such use of our
political power?
The labor world., 1920-07-17
Want ALIENS IN j, S.
IF THEY SHun UNIONS

According to newspaper, F. w.
Mansfield, former treasurer of Mas
sachusetts, gives this advice to trade
unions:
If labor unions are to endure and
serve the useful purposes for which
Trey were originally formed and for
which they have every right to exist.
they must eradicate the radical. The
alien must go. Every member of a
labor union ought to be an American
citizen. Every labor union ought to
amend its constitution to that end"
Editor Baine Of the Shoe: Workers
Journal suggests to Mr.. Mansfield that
ne recognizes that the alien is here
and that the unions cannot solve the
immigration problem in meeting halls
"The trade union movement" says
the labor editor, has favored re-
striction Of immigration for" many
years, but congress has been slow to
act in that regard. To say that the
unions should compel aliens to take
| out naturalization papers while con-
gress refuses to act is to suggest that
tho unions undertake a large sized
Job.
Many publicists would object to
such an arbitrary exercise Of author
ity If the unions had such power that
they could afford to drive all aliens
either into the unions as citizens or
into non-union relations as aliens. If
the trade union were to expel an
alien because the alien refused to be-
come a citizen, some lawyer, possibly
Mr.. Manshld himself, might act as
attorney for the alien in remon-
STRANGE against what he would then
claim. to be an act beyond. the legal
right or power Of the union.
1.-THE trade union recognizes all
| workers as workers, without regard
to race, creed or nationality and as
proper subjects for membership in
Unions. Unions recognize the aliens
as fellow workers and take them into
IN membership, leaving questions of cit
izenship to their voluntary act or to
the laws Of the country
The labor world., 1920-07-17

When they first advanced it they were
confronted by intolerant political par
tisanship in every walk Of life. Non
! partisanship was classed az "freak-
ish' by leaders Of thought who be-
lieved that party allegiance was but
one degree removed from loyalty to
| our country. The logic of events,
however, again sustains labor's. posi-
ton and the situation is reversed.
Labor's program for social better
ment is constructive. It includes CO.
operation based on the Rochdals sys-
tenn; government ownership and de.
mocratic operation of transportation;
tax on unused lands, thereby releas,
ing these large holdings for cultiva1
tion; unity between the scientists Of
industry and trade unions that ordeF,
discipline and greater production mayy
result; publicity of income tax re-
turns and dividends to ascertain ex-
cessive profits and dividends; govern
ment control of credits. because Of
their social nature, rather than con-
troll by privately-owned banks.
Profiteers and special interests an
swer this demand for statemanship
with the cry, Labor wants to be 4
privileged Glass;
In reply. labor calls upon the work
ers to educate and agitate. Labor is
conscious Of other tedious and sue
cessful struggles for remedial lesisla-
ton; it's fight against injustice IL his
toric. Labor knows that the first re-
quisite for legislation is sound public
opinion; to reach the minds and the
heart of the people. 1t knows the
| value of solidarity, enthusiasm and
! right thinking and the present non
partisan political campaign has arous-
| ed it as never before to it's duties as
! citizens and as trade unionists.
The labor world., 1920-07-17
labor's non-Partisan Plan
Develops Thinking Citizen,

Reports to the A. r. Of l.. national
non-partisan political campaign COM
rnittee at Washington indicate that a
different congress will be elected next
November from the one that now ex-
lists.
The committees intensive applica-
ton Of the 40-year political policy of
organized labor has quickened work.
ers everywhere. These workers do
not want to be led. They do not want
to be told who to vote for. They want
to know how the men they elected to
political office have voted on questions
Of interest to them. And they have
instructed their trade union officials
to supply this information. They want
literature on the demands of labor and
on gains made by the workers. With
this information they insist on their
right to cast an independent ballot
guaranteed them when they Joined
the union.
The kingly idea of Heading the
workers. has no place in the economic
or political theories of the A. F.. of L.
The workers refuse to place this un-
demo ocratic power in the hands of anv
official or set of officials, and at everv
convention OF the A. F. of l.. labor's
representatives have declared that
they will continue on these lines until
they have received other mandates
from their membership.
These mandates are not forthcom-
ing. Instead, the membership shows
new zeal in applying the nonpartisan
theory. Never was organized labor
so politically. independent, so deter
mined to support friends and defeat
enemies, regardless Of party.
The workers have done more than
maintain this theory for 40 years,
The labor world., 1920-07-17
UNION LABOR DEMANDS
DEMOCRACY N INDUSTRY

GALDSBURG, ILL.,. July 1s.-At the
largest mass meeting Of workers ever
held in this city strong ground was
taken against the present movement
Of anti-trade unionists who insist on
dealing with employees as sindivid.
usls. These employees are resorting
to the usual hish-sounding phrases
about liberty and "Americanism"
to conceal their opposition to coli
lective bargaining, the first stsp
toward democracy In industry. ok
This fight 10 besng waged around
the local telephone company, whfch
has refused to deal effectively with
IT.. tslsphone ops1a tbrs or I'll slsc.
'hieAl work srs. 78sSl
The labor world., 1920-07-17
A STREET RAILWAY STRIKE?

y The street railway officials are put
ting up program they will never be
able to get away with in this city.
They have a Rockefeller union down
at the car barns and it's members are
being used by the company to force
the city commissioners to authorize an
increase in car fare.
Threats of strike are being made,
and while the company officials are
apparently attempting to head it of,
it is evident that they would not set
up the opposition to strike they did
in 1899 and in 1912. This is the first
time since the old street railway en-
ployes' union was broken up in 1899
that Mr.. Warren or the president of
the company has condescended to meet
with a ''union'' representing the en-
ployes.
The old union had influence, and con.
siderable of it, with other unions and
with the people generally. The com.
pany "union" has practically no out.
side influence upon which it can work.
Had the Duluth Street Railway CON-
pany been fair with organized labor,
as have some of the eastern roads, it
would have behind it today the solid
support of the union labor movement
on every fair proposition it has to pre-.
sent to the people.
If the company would take it's hands
off the present organization and permit
its employees to form a real labor union
it might at this time get some sym.
pathy from organized labor and the
public. But all look with suspicion on
the present subtle movement of the
officials through its company "union. -
1t is not too late for the street rail-
way company to get right with organ
lied labor, and it can do so by for.
getting the past and permitting its
employees to be free agents in the mat
ter of forming union just like other
workmen do. There is not the slight
est disposition on the part of union
labor to be unfair to the company,
but it wants to know, first hand; if the
company needs the money, If the en-
ployes will get substantial raise in
wages and if it will permit them to
have free hand in organization.
The city commissioners will surely
not feel authorized to pass an ordi-
nance permitting of an increase in car
fare in view of the recent referendum
vote on the question. And should such
an ordinance be passed it cannot es-
cape again being referred to the people
who will have the final say.
A strike to force the commission ers
and the people to grant an increase is
the I. W. w. way Of getting "direct
action - Surely the company will not
resort to that. If it does do so the
city would be justified in taking the
lines over and running them until all
the questions involved are fully settled.
And should the city be compelled to
adopt such course it is probable that
the property would permanently remain
in the hands Of the people.
The labor world., 1920-07-17
GIVE MURNIAN A CHANCE.

The News-Tribune believes Mr.. Muir.
nian should be transferred from the
public safety to some other division Of
the city government. It contends that
he ''fell DOWN. during the lynching;
that the police department is in bad
shape and he can never win sufficient
confidence in the men and public to
give it proper standing again.
And thereby hangs a story. It would
be well for some one to write history
of the decline Of the Duluth Police de-
partment which dates from the hour
when the morning paper. with some
others, succeeded in inducing Commits
sioner silberstein to get rid Of Chaun-
cey NJ. Troyer, the best chief of police
this city ever had.
During the unsavory administration
of the police department following Mr..
Troyer's retirement, did tho News.Tri-
bune or any one else now clamoring
against Commissioner Murnian, advo.
cate the transfer of Commissioner Sill
berstein from the safety to another
department! Mayor Magney alone
stood for such change.
Commissioner Murnian has been put
in difficult position; he has had more
! misfortunes than come to the ordinary
official, and we believe he should be
given time to show what he can do
now that the police department is to be
| recognized. 49,. -.
After all, the only criticism against
Murnian is based on the fact that he
did not order some one killed during
the night Of the lynehing. That il the
best thing he ever did despite the cen
sure Of the grand jury and the eriti'
eism Is the dali nsideisblt Z y
The labor world., 1920-07-17
CREATIVE POWER OF LABOR IS DORMANT
WHERE AUT0CRATIC MANAGEMENT RULES

Creative lies dormant
mas vested right good will
must be earned
oea
o release OF productive under
must spirit of
poys submit
for ORDER discipline N '~O
we mold that the organization
establishment collective
proper development
production
needs for use and higher standards of f
ves OF organized workersFrom
-'~<~O
The labor world., 1920-07-17

Ohio school children are xoin4 II
have thrift congress, represent i
atives from every county conveninl
at the state capitol to perfect plans
fer more systematic saving.
Home budget blanks are free TO,
the asking. Address government
savings organization, Federal build
ing, Minneapolis, Minn. These blankl
are simple forms for keeping an ac.
count of your household expenses.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-04-15
Interchurch World
Movement Campaign

Mitchell, S. d., April 1.-THE Unit
ed efforts of over thirty great denomin-
nations to put across the Interchurch
World Movement Campaign for $780,
has brought forth to the sup
port Of the movement some OF the
biggest men from every walk of life
In the United States.
In South Dakota, Willis 4. Johnson,
President of the State Agricultural
College has agreed to take the stump
for the campaign during the month of
April, Governor Peter Norbeck has
wired his hearty approval of the move
ment to the South Dakota Directors
office. and Lieutenant Governor w. H.
McMaster is expected to take the plat
form as one OF the Interchurch World
Movement speakers just before the
opening of the financial campaign
April 25th.
One of the most unusual and inter-
esting campaign speakers who will
enter South Dakota Is Chief of Police
Walker of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
who will speak in Aberdeen April 21st
and in other points of the state. Chief
of Police Walker bases his support
on the Interchurch World Movement
by the broad experience in dealing
with criminals and the lower tenth
Announcing his unqualified support OF
the Interchurch World Movement, this
great Chief of Police gave as his rea-
son, because the ~Interchurch World
Movement will combine the efforts of
the churches, and through their united
purpose, and complete survey of con-
ditions will hit the moral week spots
OF our social system and reach classes
of people that never before have been
touched by the churches or Christian
principles"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-04-15
ATTORNEY for Plaintiff, Redfi
South Dakota.
ApTli 1919
Notice Of Sale of Real Estate

April f5t3
Notice of Sale of Real Estate
In the Matter of the Estate of Will
liam NJ. Spain. deceased.
Whereas, An order of the County
Court of Hand County. South Dakota,
was made on the 18th day of April,
1918. directing Elizabeth Spain as the
Administrators Of the estate of the
above named William M. Spain. de-
ceased. to sell at private sale certain
real estate, the property of said de-
ceased
Now, Therefore. in pursuance OF
said order of sale the undersigned will
ON or after the 3rd day of May, 1920,
sell at private sale to the highest bid
der the real estate in said order OF
sale described, to-wit: Lots Four az
Five 90, Six co, and Seven (7), all in
Slock Twenty Eight (2S), of North Ad-
dition to the Town of Miller, Hand Co.,
S. ID.
The terms upon which said property
will be sold are as follows: Cash.
Said real estate will be offered for
sale at the home of the undersigned in
the City of Miller, in said County, and
bids in writing received at said place.
Dated April 18th, 1920.
Elizabeth Spain,
Administrative of the Estate OF
VIM. nj. Spain, deceased.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-04-15

Few men know the lumber country
of the north more intimately than VIC
tor Rousseau. and in his story. wood
en- Spoil" which we are pleased to an
unc ms our new serial, he gives as
q background very vivid and accurate
pictures Of life among the French
Canadians identified with this great
industry. There is about that life a
quaint beauty that cannot fail to In
terest you. This Is all the more so
when the story, as 1t does In the pres
ent instance. concerns a young Amer.
lean. Hilary Askew's uncle left him
q Canadian timber tract to develop.
II might have been easy enough to
manage IL circumstances had been
propitious. bnt the young man soon
found himself u sss.:s. difficulties
not mentioned in the forestry course
which he had taken a few years be-
fore. A crooked lumber company. q
grasping notary, a proud old seigpeur
and his Paris educated daughter are a
few Of Hilary's difficulties, some Of
which. 1t may be added. he enjoyed.
The author. born In England. was
educated at Harrow and Oxford and
fought In the Boer a Afterward no
came to the United States and became
assistant editor of Harper's Weekly.
he has been engaged in literary work
ever since. contributing short stories
and serials to most Of the leading mag
szines.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-04-15
NOTICE FOR SEALED BIDS

Notice is hereby given that Hand
County, a Municipal Corporation, by
It's Board of Commissioners will re-
ceive sealed bids on the construction
OF a steel building, so feet x 100 feet.
ground space, heighth of posts IL
feet 6 inches, Is guage steel. weighing
not less than 81 pounds to the square
foot. net surface, to be used through
out, in accordance with plans and
specifications on file at the Auditors
office in Miller, Sd Oak. Bids to be in
writing and accompanied by certified
check in the amount Of 10 per cent OF
bid. Said Board reserves the privilege
to reject cny or al bids.
Said bids will be opened and acted
upoa at 200 p. m. Tuesday, May 4th,
1920.
"A. C. Sweetland,
sta County Auditor.
A"+N|
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-04-15
April Its
Notice Of Application for Probate Of

WIN
State Of South Dakota, County of
Hand, ss. In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mar
garet Kelley. deceased.
The state of South Dakota sends
greetings to Timothy OLeary. John +.
OLeaTy; the children OF Joseph J..
OIeary, deceased, a brother of Mar
garet Kelley deceased; Julia Baumann
formerly Julia Russell, Mary Goss.
Bessie Deasy, John ID. Kelley, Sacred
Heart Union, st. Johns Institute, the
Catholic Church at Duncan, s.. d.,
James j. O'Hara, Mary Moore, Francis
Micheal Moore, Thomas Joseph Moore,
John Moore, Leo Moore, and Leona
Moore, Reverend Francis C. Kelley,
president of the Catholic Church ex-
tension Society Of the United States OF
America, heirs, next of kin Of Mar
garet Kelley, deceased.
Pursuant to an Order of said Court,
made on the 31st day of March, A. d.,
1920, notice is hereby given that Sat-
urday, the 18th day OF April, A. d.,
1920, at Two o'clock p. NJ, of said day
at the Court Room of said Court, at
the Office of the County Judge lat the
Court House in Miller, in the County
OF Hand, have been appointed as the
time and place for proving the Will
of said Margaret Kelley, deceased, and
for hearing the said petition for pro-
bate thereof and the issuance of Let
tiers of Administration with Will an
nexed to c. M Carroll, when and
where any person interested may ap-
pear and contest the same.
Dated at Miller, South Dakota, the
31st day of March a. d., 1920.
BY the Court:
y. n. C. Anderson,
Attest: Judge of the County Court.
Emma A. Morrow.
Clerk of the County Court.
BY w. E. Burke, deputy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-04-15
Rancher Loses 1.OOO Sheen

Buffalo. April 9.-The greatest loss
CT livestock suffered by any one ranch
this winter is that OF the Nick Lale
sheep ranch near the south end OF
Slim Buttes, where 1000 sheep were
frozen to death in the last blizzard.
" hen part of their sheds were blown
away the sheep scattered and it was
several days before their dead bodies
were found, in an old lake bed into
which they had fallen.