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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-04
RYAN HEADS LEGION
AMERICANIsM COMMISSION


w hsorinted ffess.
BOSTON. Dec. 3.-"Sallor" Ryan. n
COB, who was listed as Henry !,
Ryan. seaman. In the navy muster
rolls during the war was asked today
by Colonel y. W. Galbrai,h. national
commander of the American Legion. IA
head the legions' Amcricanlsm com
mission. lie would succeed Colonel
Arthur Woods, former assistant sccrc
tary of war.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-04
ANOTHER DAKOTA
BANK N CLOSED.
b. Associated Press.

BISMARCK. y. d. Dec. 3.-Closlng
81 the Citizens state Bank of Antlers.
In Bottineau County. due 10 depleted
reserves. was announced tonight hy
q. y. Lofthus, state bank examine.
This II the nineteenth bank To close IN
North Dakota since November rs.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-04
Cox q Life Member.

w Associated "fees
NEW YORK. Dec. 3.--Governor Cox
of Ohio, defeated Democratic nominee
for president. today accepted life
membership In the national democratic
club
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-04
5OOOLumbermeni in
Arkansas Laid OFF

LITTLE ROCK. Dec. s.--Flve thou
mnd men employed IN the lumber In.
dustry In Arkansas have been laid OH
since Nov. is. according 10 reports re
celved nj the office 81 the state labor
commissioner. made public today.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-04
Danes send Detachment.

" Afeortated ffs<s
COPENHAGEN. Dec. 3.-Parliament
today passed a bill authorizing the dis
patch of q nsnish detachment 20 ths
Wilma plebiscite zone.
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WEATHER

West Texas Saturday fair. cooler IN
southeast portino Sunday fair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
LABOR HOPES De M0CRATS WILL
{ DO BETTER Than REPUBLICANS
}Eyss Of Liberal Voters Cas- San Francisco; Demo-
cratic Party Has Chance to COMMAND - Independents
and Labor Republican Platform Vac|atIng a.. = 3onay.

Labor and the liberal voters of the country casting their
longng towards San Francisco the hope that the Democratic
national convention to meet there next week. will adopt upoate
platform and nominate progressive candidates for
president and president If the delegates the national
vntion the situation there will need third party
they fail third party will be formed and in all probability will
either the nation take second place. leaving Of the old
parties in the discard.
The Republicans had their opportunity and they permitted
The Od Guard which CONTROL rough shod
everything that spelled progress "Bg Business dominated the big
gathering from the opening of the convention till its
The platform adopted has much about the past but it does
not contain single ceancut declaration constructive
legislation for the future It is full of what Colonel Roosevelt
fond of calling wease word Plank after plank capable OF
practically construction may fit to give it,
big Business Saw to It That Committee Was Loaded.
Big Business to it that the committee which framed the
patform made of tried and true reaconaries Senator
Watson Of Indiana for floor leader the House
the National Association of Manufacturers
It will be remembered that Watson placed ugly
light the Muha charges 1913 He has seriously reuted
them. His record in the senate has been reactonary.
Senator Smoo friend the interests rendered able assist
Chairman Watson The Wisconsin member of the committee
resolutions representing Senator LaFoe presented minority
report and the convention he Missed and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
MINERS HAVE NO.
Time. FOR ". VA.
PR|VATEPoL|CE
Protest Against Continued Use
Demand That j, s, Senate
Make Investigation.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June .25.-
Every possible effort is being made
by the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea to bring about full and thorough
investigation Of conditions in West
Virginia under which coal miners are
employed. The recent battle between
coal miners and coal company gun
men at Matewan, w. Va, in which 10
men were killed. has caused the off,
cials of the union to redouble their
efforts to induce congress to make a
sweeping probe of the situation.
Operating under the guise of pri-
vote detectives. hundreds of gunner
and thugs, nearly all with criminal
records, are employed by coal opera
tors of some fields of West Virginia,
and these men enforce a. reign of ter
ror among the miners and their fam
lilies. Miners are beaten. slugged and
shot. They are arrested and thrown
in prison on no valid pretext what
ever.
The gunner bully the miners fam
lilies. Miners are denied the right to
meet or to use the highways. under
VCAe4AIy u UOuAly 41ca1 Ill. b6dtcu anu
mutilated victims of thug brutality
have been taken before the governor
Of the state as evidence of the bloody
work. Evictions Of miners and their
families from company houses are Of
almost daily occurrence, the thugs
and hired gunner acting as the evic-
tion agents without authority of law.
The Matewan battle followed the evic-
tion Of a number of families by a gang
Of these thugs.
Time after time the United Mine
Workers have called the attention of
the West, Virginia authorities to the
fact that such methods were in viola
=tion OF the ConstitutionS and the; laws
Of the state. Police powers, they de-
clare, belong to the state and not to
gunner. hired by private interests.
However, the authorities have failed
to put stop to the system.
At the headquarters of the United
Nine Workers the hope is expressed
that congress will heed the insistent
demand for an investigation that with
bring to light the vicious West Vir-
ginia system and let the public see
what is going on in the mountains
and coal fields of that state.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
DISTRICT Democrats
NOMINATE HIM FOR CONGRESS
Given Splendid Endorsement Friends and Neghbus at Proctor
Pay Fine Tribute to Fellow Toxnsan- Candidates Fare
Well In Primaries :HodgsonI Is Democratic Nominee.

Labor and liberal The Labor World and host of good
friends feel mighty proud Of the endorsement Congressman
w. L. Ca Of Proctor by the Democratic voters of the district
at the primary election held Monday last.
There conceaing the fact that Mr.. dAureon had
scared during the campaign We the usual strength
out backed him during the
We recognized that large number Of voters friendly
Mr. Carss intended to vote the Republican for the farmer
labor candidates for Offices We concluded that the
candidate rested with the liberal progressive
party outside of the labor voters. We right.
Carss did better than expected he would sections
Of the district and he didn't do well The vote
him in Duluth particularly gratifying Out Of 1885 Democrats
voting in the primaries 1924 voted for Mr.. Carss.
Given Great Vote In Home Town Of Proctor.
The vote at Proctor indicates that Mr. Car still holds
on and confidence Of his friends and negbors There
votes cast and Mr. Carss received all three Of them The railroad
men at Two Harbors remained loyal their old fellow worker He
Democratic vote in the but eight.
The vote st. Louis county outside Of Duluth and in asca
Koochchng aca and Cook counties favorable
The full has not been announced but
have been heard from outside Of Duluth they indicate
may be expected when the totals compiled.
Oscar Larson to be the Republican nominee
The early returns indicated that w. A. Pnger
Indeed Mr. Pitnger received 1850 Duluth
cast for Mr. Larson However Larson put all in the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

Dor. they have succeeded. On careful
reading, however, any delusion that
organized labor has been given the
honors disappears.
1.-THE impression of. important con-
cessions to labor will be based in the
failure Of the committee to indorse
the Kansas industrial court law which
Samuel Gompers and his associates
have so bitterly denounced. and to
the declaration against compulsory
arbitration in disputes between capt.
tai and labor. The concession, how
ever, is more apparent. than real, for
while compulsory arbitration is spe-
officially disavowed. the principle Of
state Intervention is approved.
so also is the railroad bill against
which labor protested so vigorously,
while for public utilities, presumably
other than railroads, much the same
machinery for discouraging If not pre-
venting strikes Is recommended. Thus
it is recommended that tribunals to
be established shall not accept juris-
dicttion over dispute 80 long as men
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

are on strike. In effect this says, to
labor. you may keep your old dog
strike, but we are IN favor Of taking
the edge off it's teeth.
''More than this, the, plank dealing
with strikes and lockouts is so phras-
ed as to permit and approve the use
Of injuncttons in labor disputes.
I'm effect It voices approval of At
torney General Palmer's action in the
miners strike. Under it 4 Repub-
lican attorney general might duplicate
Mr.. Palmer's bitterly denounced in
junction and If attacked fall back
upon it in defense and Justification.
:" The strike or lockout as a means
Of settling industrial disputes inflicts
such loss and suffering upon the, COM
munity az to justify government ini-
tiative to reduce it's frequency and
limit It's consequences.'
If that plank means anything, it
means that the sky Is the limit In at
tempts by law or the use Of injunc-
tfons under the law to keep the indus
trial peeace.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

unconstitutional acts passed by con-
gress.
Threatens the right Of the people
to bring about "a change in the ad-
ministration and laws of the govern
ment by peaceful means, as is guar
anteed by the Constitution"
President Gompers and Vice Pres
ident Woll were instructed to present
to the Democratic national convention
the demands Of labor in the identical
form that they were submitted to the
Republican convention.
In an analysis Of the industrial
planks Of the Republican national
platform, John ]. O'Leary. jr., New
York World correspondent, wired that
newspaper from Chicago:
"On first blush, labor would seem
to have the best of the planks In the
platform dealing with industrial con-
ditiops. It is very clear that the
builders sought to please and to the
extent that the superficial reader may
be impressed with the thought that
they have been very liberal with la
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
OIL KING P|kER,
SAYS REleEEMAN
Borough President amazed at
Revelations. in Transit CON-
pany Affairs.

NEW YORK, June Is. - ''Why,
Rockefeller was a p1ker alongside that
kind of stuff" remarked Brooklyn Bo-
rough President Reigelman after
Commissioner of Accounts Wood D.
Loudoun, who was testfying before
the board Of estimates relative to the
facts he discovered in going over the
accounts of the Transit Development
company, called the mystery COM
pany'' of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
system, has revealed some of the
transactions Of the company named.
Mr.. Loudoun stated that the "mys-
terry company had managed to pay
dividends of $3,761,000 in 16 years on
a capital Of $4,000, an aggregate Of
1922 per cent, or about 460 per cent
a year. In looking over the debit and
adjustment entries Mr.. Loudoun came
across an item Of special reserve,
100000"
He testified that he had been un-
able to find anybody who could tell
him what this particular entry. was
about. The accounting officer said 1t
had been made before his regime.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
SH0DDY WOOL IS
SOLD IN MARKET
FOR REAL STUFF
Pfofiteers Palm OF Half Billion
Pounds as All Wool on un-
suspectlng Public.

CHICAGO, June 25.-Half billion
pounds Of shoddy were thrown on the
American clothing market in 1919,
while a billion pounds of unmanu-
factured, virgin wool were accumulat-
ed in the store houses.
Last year, as never before, the
shoddy interests succeeded in foisting
their goods on the public. Only 60o,-
100000 lbs. of wool in its natural
state, or 300,000,000 lbs. of cleaned
wool. were converted into cloth. Most
Of this amount was mixed with shod-
dy to make it stick together. If the
entire 300,000.000 lbs had been made
into pure virgin wool cloth, it would
have provided only 240,oo0,000 yards,
as against the 380.000,00O yards of
shoddy goods.
It would have taken 1850, 100000
lbs. of virgin wool to have made the
entire 20,000,000 yards of "all wool"
cloth turned out by our mills. But the
entire amount need not have been
made of virgin wool. There should
have been virgin wool cloth for those
who could afford it and shoddy for
sAA"~ASA PUAo0o' AAdl WOulu nave ptU"
vided for fair competition between
virgin wool cloth and shoddy and for
a fair range Of prices. Instead,
through the lack of stamping, shod-
dies were sold as "all wool' and the
public, accepting "all wool" to mean
virgin wool, was denied the right of
choice and the benefit of a range of
prices.
Today, the stores are filled with
shoddy clothing and billion pounds
Of virgin wool fill the storehouses.
The shoddy Interests have become so
thoroughly intrenched through the
right Of their product, to masquerade
/ as new wooP' under the popular
term, 'all WOOL" that they have been
able to create in their own interest
an artificial oversupply~ of virgin
wool. - -:
In spite Of this billion pounds IN
the storehouses, the world produces
third less wool annually than it
needs and the demand for new wool
is as great as ever. The shoddy man.
ufacturers have simply thrown them
selves between the public with its de-
mand for virgin wool and the sheep
men with their supply.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
GIVES: HELP TO
HOTEL WORKERS
International unioh Apbropriates
$4,000 to Head OFF Open
Shop in Minneapolis,

MINNEAPOLIS, June IS. Ten
thousand dollars has been set aside
by the executive board Of the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees Interna-
tional alliance as the first install
ment to carry on the struggle Of the
culinary workers If Minneapolis
against the restaurant and hotel keep
ers who are insisting upon a non
union shop.
Five hundred members of the
Cooks union who are at work are
paying an assessment of 81 day to
take care of culinary workers who are
locked out, and several hundred thou
sand culinary workers throughout the
country who are not involved In the
present dispute are contributing to a
defense fund to back the locked-out
workers to the limit.
An advertisement run by the en-
ployers, urging the culinary workers
to return to work under open shop
conditions and receive wage increase
of 20 per cent, had no effect what
ever on the solid ranks of the locked
out culinary workers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
FACTORY GIRLS
ABOLISH BONUS
Don't Want Gratdlties and Strike
For Increase In: Pay; Employ
ers Concede. Demands.

YORK, Pa, June Is. Twenty
fouE girls employed in the New York
Wall Paper mill walked out in pro-
test against the practice Of the firm
in docking them 81 g. week in addi-
tion to lost time. The stoppage re-.
suited in a. loss Of; three hours for
the girls in addition to the complete
closing of the mill.
Their action resulted in the firm
agreeing to add the 80 to their regu-
lar pay and the abolition Of the
bonus system and also payment for
strike. 4
The firm had beens enforcing the
filming system for some time under the
guise Of the bonus which was only
granted when they had not been late
for stipulated time fixed arbitrarily
by the a.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

In a report by President Gompers
and Vice President WQll to the A. F..
of L. convention on the Republican
national platform it is declared that
the heritage left to that party by
Abraham Lincoln is abandoned in
the platform, which embraces every
opportunity to strengthen the con-
cept Of repression and coercion Of the
working people,"
The report was the result of the
presentation by the two trade union
lists of labor's demands to the plat
form committee Of the Republican
party convention in Chicago. These
demands were ignored. The A. F..
Of l.. convention unanimously con-
demned the platform as a document
defiant in it's defense Of the enemies
Of labor" and one that proposes an
industrial enslavement and an abroE-
alton of rights as precious as life it.
self.'
Not a delegate raised his voice in
defense of the platform, which was
condemned, among other things, on
the ground that It:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
MORE THAN 5000.
ALIENS IN WEEK
Big Influx Of Immigrants Swamp
Ellis Island Officials MANY
More Are Coming.

NEW YORK, June 25.-That the
threatened influx of immigrants has
started is evidenced by the report
from Ellis Island for last week. De-
spite the difficulty in securing pass
ports, over 5000 immigrants landed.
Superintendent P. A. Paker declares
that the force of inspectors will have
to be enlarged to- meet the increasing
number now landing and those who
are endeavoring to secure permission
to come. over. In telling Of his ex-
perience, he said: Immigrants are
coming to this country as fast as
the limited transportation facilities
can bring them. There is every evi-
dence that. even with the postwar
passport restrictions, there would be
the greatest rush of people of this
country than was ever known in the
history Of immigration if there were
only ships to bring them"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

;: Remains silent on the right of
wage earners to organize trade unions
and bargain collectively.
Offers no remedy for the high cost
Of living and denies the importance
Of profiteering.
Denies lawful right Of workers to
cease working in the plank on arbi-
tration of wage disputes.
Ignores request to uphold the sea-
mems act.
Refuses to take a stand against
child labor:
Aims TO- undermine the sovereignty
Of the Mexican people and fulfill the
hopes and aims of those whose sole
object is the exploitation Of the peo-
pie and the boundless resources of
Mexico"
Fails to- favor extension of federal
compensation law or the election of
federal judges by the people 70 six
year terms.
Fails to urge congressional legis-
1ation to prevent federal courts from
usurpation. Of authority In declaring
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
AROUSED
AGAINST c. UNMEN
West Virginia Finally Rises in
Protest Against Employment
Of Private Armies.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, June 25.-
The latest outbreak OF coal owners
gun men has aroused the state and a
greater number Of citizens are agree
Ing Nith. organized lasEsI that these
private armies, maintained for years
in West Virginia, must be abolished.
The recent murders at Matewan, in
which IL men lost their lives, followed
the attempt Of the Baldwin Feltz de-
tective agency to arrest miners with
out securing warrants. The detectives
were evicting miners families from
company houses at the time. The at
tempt to arrest the miners in this IL
legal way caused feelings that have
been smoldering to break out and a
general battle ensued in which seven
detectives and five other persons, in
Guiding the mayor of Matewan, were
killed. Among the killed were A. c.
Feltz, head Of the Baldwin-Feltz
agency.
Several years ago the thugs reigned
supreme in the Paint creek and Cabin
creek districts, but they have been
ousted since these miners have been
organized. Now the stronghold of
the thugs is in Logan and Mingo
counties, where no pretense is made
to recognize law or constitutional pro-
cesses.
The trade union movement has
made repeated appeals to Gov. Corn
wall to use the power of the state
and have lawful methods restored in
that section, but the governor is too
busy making speeches on the need
for Americanism and the danger of
bolshevism among the workers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION

These names go ON the ballot for
the general election to be held in
November:
For Congress - william. Il.
Carss,'' Democrat; o. j. Larson.
Republican.
For Judges-W4liam A. Cant,**
Bert Fessler,*" Warren e. Greene,
@. r.. Magney, Richard Funck* and
j. b. Richards. t%
For Probate Judges. W. Gil
pin. =.
For Clerk of Court. p. john
son and William b. Shaver.
For the Legislature, 57th Dis
trict-S. +. Skrove* and M. b. Gull
lum; 5Sth district: Frank Scribner,
r.. T.. Patterson, G. O. Lockhart,*
Charles Esse,* two to be elected;
58th district, William Bernard,
John Goodwin and j. @. Jad-
licka,* two to be elected.
For County Commissioner, First
District-Alex Frazer and John
Schneider; Third district, Walter
A. Swanstrom and Earl W. Griffin,*
Fifth district, Joseph Becks" and
Charles Kauppi.
*EndOrsed by City Committee,
Minnesota Working Peoples Nom
Partisan League.
**Endorsed by American Feder-
alton of Labor Political Confer
ence.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
MINING MORE SOFT COAL
THIS YEAR Than IN 1919

WASHINGTON, June Is. - Btu
minous coal production for the week
ended May 20 was 9,425,000 tons, an
increase Of $4,000 tons over the pre-
ceding week, the geological survey
announces. Production since January
1, while 36,000,000 tons ahead Of that
for the corresponding period in 1919,
was 16,8O0,000 tons behind the pro-
duction in 1918. Losses attributed to
labor were reported by operators as
4.3 per cent of full time.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
WATERS AND COOKS STRIKE.

GALVESTON, Tex, June 25.-All
hotel and restaurant walters and
cooks ceased work when refused. an
advance Of $3.50 per week. bringing
their wages up to $22.5o for IA hours
a day and seven days per wook. Fol-
lowing the action Of the workers, sev-
eral Of the restauranters conceded the
advance demanded. An early settle
ment is anticipated.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
PROFITS Of NEWSPR|NT
PAPER firm LOOM BIG

WASHINGTON, June Is. Testify
ing before the senate committee that
is Investigating the. newspaper print
industry, S. L. Wilson, vice president
or the Graham Paper company Of st.
Louis capitalized at $10,0O0,000, said
MS company paid 120 per cent divi-
dend on common stock last year.
other witnesses said their companies
were paying similar dividends.