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that has not had to pay bribes to hold
old business and to obtain new bust
ness" One business house corrupts
the purchasing agent of another or the
agent demands a bribe before he will
place the business. But now let us not
condemn these agents and these busi-
ness houses too hastily. Are they, in
fact, doing anything that really vio-
lates the spirit Of private business as
we know it? That spirit is to make
as much money as possible by any
means. Why hold the little fellows to
higher standards than the great cor
poration leaders who "get theirs" by
any means9
High officials in railroad company
form another company to bleed the
railroad on supplies, and we hear no
Wall Street protest. They may threaten
to stop production in time of war un-
less they can get their 100 per cent a
year and we hear nothing of arresting
them for sabotage. The majority stock
holders may defraud the minority Of
dividends by paying themselves high
salaries, and the act passes for clever
business.
Business for private profit is a dog
eat-dog, immoral affair, with some Of
the participants so big that they do
not have to answer to such laws as we
have tried to devise for business regu.
lation. State ownership Of the public
utilities, of the important natural re-
sources, and of essential marketing ser,
vices, together with cooperation in
many other lines, is the one hope we
have of putting business on a moral
basis and fair for. all participants.
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THE WAR DOCTOR.

Employers who saved positions for
all their men who were in the service
have been receiving special citations.
It was plainly the only decent thing
to do but when it is consistently done
it is being formally commended.
How about YOUR citation?
You don't employ anybody, you say :?
Think again. There was that young
doctor-or maybe he was middle aged
who took care Of you and your fam
lily. When the call came and there
was shortage Of M. d. he scrambled
into ginger colored clothes, left home
and worked like a mailer for months
where his service was all the more
conspicuous because the living was hard
and the need great. 30
It is true in Duluth and other places
that medical men returning from SER
vice have found they must start all
over again because Il cir practice has
scattered and all gone to pieces. There
has been no complaint from these med.
icos and it is unethical for them to :ad-
vertise, so that in some cases the re.
building of practice is proving slow,
discouraging work.
AS you read about firms being cited
for their consideration ker their scr
vice men, just think about this family
doctor situation. Have you, got cita.
tion cQming9
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COMMERCIAL BRIBERY.

Many of the opponents Of public
ownership Of public utilities make
much OF the possible corruption of pub.
lie officials. They appear to assume
that bribery is found only in public
business; whereas private business is
rotten with it.
Tho federal trade commission has
been leading = campaign against /,
under the name Of commercial bribery
and efforts are now being made before
congress to have that body mako i,
legally crime. - ..
e"From an experience Of 30 wears in
the industry says one business man,
quoted BY the commission, 1.I don q
believe there is single house IN 5it
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which Mr.. Lloyd George has effected
has not already proved an
enormous boom .
Some OF the assertions go further"
DR.. Harris continues. land are but
partial statements of fact; thus it is
stated that the average number Of
days compensated per sick member in
creased in Germany from 1871 to 20.2
(betWeen 1890 and 1919; but no ref
erehce Is made to the law Of 1902
which raised the minimum benefit
period from 13 to 26 weeks and in
cluded certain diseases previously not
compensatory
A particularly glaring instance is
shown up by DR.. Harris thus: I'm
order to give the impression that
malingering Is a serious evil under the
British system, partial quotation is
given of the results Of examinations
by medical referees in Ayrshire
where in other words, nearly one
half COT those receiving sick pay)
Distorting Plain Facts
stated is that the cases examined by
the referee were persons whom the
insurance officials suspected were not
entitled to benefits and had called be-
fore the referee for examination"
were court fit for work. What is not
Again, the civic federation pamphlet
makes the positive assertion that the
final report Of the British health of
munition workers committee "is
equally cold toward. health insurance.
and "credits that insurance with no
evidence or data bearing on sickness"
DR.. Harris turns the searchlight of
fact on this by pointing out that only
rarely and incidentally did that inves-
tigation touch the field of health in
surance, and, contrary to the civic
federation statement. the committee in
its report specifically thanks the ma
tional insurance commissioners for as
sistance in "the loan Of their officers
and the. supply of information"
The civic federation pamphlet
makes the .''positive assertion" that
"health insurance in Switzerland, ex-
cept TN one or two cantons, is volun-
tary," while the fact is, Dr. Harris
points out, that "at present six can,
tons have adopted compulsory sys-
teme.''
"A careful reading the the pamph-
let," DR.. Harris concludes, "is all that
is necessary to convince one that there
is larger measure Of truth in the
statements so violently denounced"
than in this "refutation" by the civic
federation.
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Deceptive Propaganda Against
Government Health Insurance

Deceptive propaganda in opposition
to workmen's health insurance legis-
latton is charged against the National
Civic Federation and Frederick L.
Hoffman. vice president of the Pru-
dental, Insurance company, in a re-
view by Dr. Henry J.. Harris, chief Of
the division Of documents, library Of
congress, in the current number of
the American Economic Review.
DR.. Harris criticises a pamphlet is
sued by the civic federation against
health insurance as resort to tex
treme" and violent" assertions; to
partial" quotations so twisted as to
give quite. a different impression
from that intended in the original" :"
and to the partisan use of commercial
insurance propaganda as reflected in
the writings of Mr.. Hoffman.
. The civic federation pamphlet,
which is put out ostensibly as "a refu-
tatlon of false statements in propa-
ganda for compulsory health insur-
ance," assails in heated terms the
well-conside conclusions not only
OF individual economists, actuaries,
public health officers, physicians, leg
1slators and representatives Of organ
lied labor, but also Of official state
commissions favorable. to fealth insur-
ance laws. It comes from q commit
tee of which Mark A. Daily, secretary
Of the associated manufacturers and
merchants Of New York, is a member,
and is reprinted by the so-called New
York League for Americanism whose
activities as a ''pseudo-pat 4"
"catspaw" organization connected with
the "Daly lobby against the adoption
of health insurance have been exposed
by the New York State. League of
Women Voters.
Doctored Quotations.
Specific instances of "doctored'
quotations used in misleading way
by the civic federation's. committee
and Mr.. Hoffman, particularly in
their attempt to discredit social
health insurance which has been in
successful operation in all great in
dustrial nations with the single ex-
ception Of the United States, are cited
and refuted by DR.. Harris.
"Thus," he points out that in the
pamphlet ''is given an extract quoted
In such a way as to indicate that a.
British report holds that the maternity
benefit has failed of it's purpose;
while mo mention is made of the
qualifying statement, but this does
not mean that the specific beginning
or an "endowment of maternity"
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THE UNFORTUNATE KIDS.

The methods Of doing business that
have made some 10000 millionaires
among us also force about 100000
children to 60 to bed hungry. And
really we cannot see how the con-
trolled press would consider it "social-
istic" to do anything for them. Per.
haps the children should have been
wise enough to choose parents who
would fight against special privilege
and thus secure them fair start in
the worlds But then the millionaires
might deport these wise immigrants
from heaven for having ideas foreign
to our civilization.
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Labor Shortage Is Wolf Cry
L0W-Waqe Bosses Want MeXican<

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Th labor
shortage cry in the southwest is not
founded on facts and Mexicans are
being imported by. cheap labor em-
ployers in defiance Of immigration
laws T.
The above summarizes replies to A.
F. of L. Secretary. Frank Morrison
from scores OF trade union Officials
In Texas, New Mexico. Arizona and
other states, who were asked to wire
information regarding the labor situ-
alton. In every instance there is a
surplus of labor. The following are a
sample. Of the kilograms forwarded
to the A. F. OF L. official: $
Phoenix, Ariz.-Importing of Mex
ican labor into Salt river valley has
lowered wages of common labor to
a point where Americans cannot COM
pete and cannot maintain American
standard of living. On cotton ranches
they are in state of peonage and
when they escape from the ranches
drift into towns and become active
competitors of American labor. In
lines other than farming the practice
is a growing menace to living condi-
tions In Arizona. Absolutely no short
age Of labor here.
Brownwood, Texas-There is no
shortage Of labor in Texas. Need no
immigration from Mexico. Lots of
men and women out of work.
Houston. Texas-5.ooo American
citizens are now idle on account of
immigration OF Mexican labor into our
city.
Bakersfield. Cal.-No' shortage of
labor in this district Busiest oil field
in world. Sufficient labor to handle all
classes Of work when living wages are
paid. = I:
Clifton, N. Mev.-There is surplus
Of Mexican labor in this county, de-
spite the voting Of over. 100000 for
public work to give employment dur
ing depression in copper industry. I
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personally recruited and sent over 100
cotton :pickers to Salt river valley last
fall and could have sent more had they
paid living wages, but they could Sc
cure pickers from Old Mexico for less.
1t is not so much a shortage" Of labor
to do the work. az it is inadequate
wages offered. Hope. you can prevent
admission Of more Of this labor until
there is a real shortage. Our. state
federation has been working on this
for three months.
Port Arthur, Texas-No shortage OF
labor of any kind in this vicinity. Men
Of all crafts being laid off, every day
Mexicans being imported to take their
places.
San Mateo, Cal-No shortage OF
labor in this district
Alanosa. Cal.-No shortage. of labor
in this vicinity.
Ely, Nev.-Copper industries have
laid off 200 men here. No surplus OF
labor.
Miami, Ariz-There is a very large
number of Mexican laborers in the
Globe-Miami copper district. About
20 per cent of there are unemployed;
nothing to indicate that these condi-
tions will change soon.
Napa, Cal.-No labor shortage il
this vicinity. Napa county farm bureau
reports today more help available than
could be placed past two months.
Clovis, N. Mex.-We are not short
Of labor, as there are q number o1
white people wanting work and quite
a. number of Mexicans who seem .tc
be idle.
Albuquerque, N. Mex.-No shortage
OF labor in New Mexico.
Fort Worth. Texas-No SHORTAGE O,
labor in vicinity Of Fort Worth. Usina
Mexican la Dor in this section to dis.
place white labor. :
salida, .Col.-No shortage of com
mon labor in this vicinity; surplus.
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stimulate emigration Of women and di-
rect it to those colonies in the British
empire where there are more men than
women.'' ,t' III ~
For the exceptional woman, career
may take the place Of wifehood and
motherhood; for the great majority of
women, thanks to the primal urge of
evolutionary tendencies, to want and
seek mate is as necessary to her own
nature as it is to the welfare Of the
race.
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portunity of trial before being de-

- 3 - .
portunity of trial before being de-
ported. ,sG
Hundreds of men have been arrested
by Justice Department spies without a
single vestige Of evidence to show that
they were plotting against the govern
ment.
It will be recalled that recently
United States District Attorney Kane
Of Philadelphia resigned because he
could not conscientiously concur in the
policy of being pursued by Attorney
General Palmer. Should the House Ju-
dietary Committee file impeachment
charges against Post some interesting
developments are expected.
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SHIRKING DUTY.

Isolating America from world affairs
has its moments Of inconvenience
America can no longer sit back and
scorn Europe for not putting things
right in the danger corners of the
earth
It was the American habit in forme,
times to play the role of self-righteous
critic when massacres and other cruel
ties fixed the world g attention on prim
tive civilizations. Those days of de-
fusion about our own lack of respon
sibility have gone forever. The world
will not let the United States forget
it is shirking its international duty
Lloyd George, answering an interpella
tion in the house of commons about
America, said:
cup to- the present we ,have only
received requests from America to pro
tect Armenia without any offer to as
sumo responsibility
There u.s. a terrible sting in this blanc
statement. America has no answer
Americans are appealing at this mo
ment to Great Britain to protect thu
Armenians from the Turks. But
America is Mortified at any suggestio,
that" it is Uncle Sans duty to lend .
little help himself. If Great Britai,
ever takes a similar view of the inter
national responsibilities Of the Anglo
Saxons, the day Of the triumph of th'
Teutons or another master race vii
be at hand.
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EDITORS SHOULD TAKE \
STAND FOR BEST Things

The editor who lacks the couraS
or the energy to take stand on pub-e
lie questions performs little service
Tor the community in which he lives
The newspapers, large and small,
make up one of the biggest factors
In the progress Of the world. In so
Tar as aneditor fails to play such part
In the betterment of conditions as he
is able he has been false to his dut,
an dto such abilities as he may pos
sess. Not only should a paper give
the news, but it should ever be on the
alert to make the world better place
to live in and 1t should stand against
those things that are evil or detri-
mental to the best interests of the
people. This is our conception of the
sacred obligation that rests upon one
who has chosen newspaper career
as his life work, into which he can put
his heart and hopes.
White Lake Is. d. Standard
+ A human generation is counted as rs
years; generation Of flies covers
seven or eight days.
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COURT SAYSIT IS
An ILLEGAL. STRIKE

BOSTON,, Mass, April 22.-k
strike to enforce collective bargain
ing is an illegal strike, according te
a recent decision Of the Supreme Jd
dicial Court Of Massachusetts,, in th{
case of the Folsom Engraving Com
pany VS.. William Mcneil, ct ais.
This is the first decision on that
subject in this country" William M
Noble Of Boston said. 1.-THE signif-2
cance of the opinion has not reached
the newspaper columns because the
words collective bargaining are no
used in the text, for the reason ha,
the term collective bargaining is t..
known to the law as legal phya:5s no
ogy" i seol.
Justice Henry King BraleyIs;
the opinion and says, that at IL wrote
ing Of the local union, of VIII meet
OF the defendants are presidenkch two
secretary, it was voted to submit ane
the photo engraving esta blishmeh} II
OF this city form of proposed COZ at
| tract providing among other thin in
Tor scale of wages and hours. f ig
| a nxed ratio of apprentices and 8 1Q
al disputes not covered by the al 'tha
| ment should be submitted to az gree
b1tration committee Of two from n ar
party, but il they failed to agra s?cf
NTH member was to be chosen b.
| the committee"
AS the agreement was not accepted
| by the photo engrAvers, the union
| called a strike which resulted in
suit to enjoin the union from compel.
ling the employers to sign the agree
ment. The vital sentences .relatine
to collective. bargaining are the fol.
| lowing:
THE plaintiffs could not be COM
pelled, to make an involuntary con-
tract, or. to substitute compulsory ar
oitration for due process Of law.
The right Of the plaintiffs at all
tlmes to- hire in the labor market,
and to retain in, their, employment
such workmen as they might choose
unhampered by the interference of,
the union acting as body throughl
the 1nstrumentality of a strike, or of
/ boycott. or Of black list. lis
primary right which has never been
aorosated but remains unimpaired
by our decisions"
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LABOR COST ON SHOES
RAISED BUT IS CENTS

Officers of the Boot and Shoe
workers union have issued a state
ment based upon an investigation Of
wage conditions showing that "the
increase in the actual cost Of labor in
making the better grades Of mems
SHOES has beeni not to exceed IS to
40 cents per pair"
In word, shoes that formerly cost
"a or IS and now sell for IS to $12 a
pair, carry an additional labor cost
not to exceed 40 cents a pair. The
union officials add that they do not
intend that their organization should
be made the ''goat'' for the profiteers
although goat skin leather is selling
at an advance of 500 per cent over
pre-war prices, with calf-skin leather
approximately the same and sole
leat her and side upper feathers are
800 per cent higher.
That the hide and leather dealers.
| largely controlled by the beef trust,
the shoe manufacturers and dealers
| have been permitted to profiteer in
the shameless manner that the whole
| country has known during the past
| few years despite the Lever act, and
apparently expect to continue to do
| so for an indefinite period, Is only
one more instance Of the miscarriage
of Justice that has prevailed under
the present administration that finde
keen delight IN running own alleged
"reds" and permitting Wholesale rob.
oers to GO scot free. ...,zaz za.-< ~. y:
It Is small wonder that there /,
unrest" among the masses who are
compelled to buy shoes and .clothe,
and food from profiteers who double
and treble prices without let OF hin.
drance. & z..s. u
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OUTLAW RAIL STRIKE.

While trade unionists condemn the
irregular strike of railroad employees,
they ask: "Do the railroad managers
see in this outlaw strike chance to
split the railroad brotherhoods and de-
stroy their future effectiveness?'
Trade unionists make the point that
this strike possesses features unknown
in any other extensive strike in this
country. There has been no violence,
and if strikers commit violence during
y legitimate strike, trade unionists say,
why are they law abiding during this
outbreak? Or would the present stu
alton justify the unionists' claims in
other strikes that employers are behind
the destruction Of property and Singing
Of strikebreakers as an excuse for pri-
vate police, deputy sheriffs, troops and
injunctions?
This strike has been on for a fort
night and there was no call for troops,
no violence reported and no screaming
.owspaper editorials that the strikers
are attempting to defy the govern
1nens and starve the public.
The government s action in this out
law strike is in contrast to its activity
before and during the recent miners
strika For over a fortnight the at
toruey general has been studying'
the railroad strike, and has asked off,
cials Of two eastern railroads for a
list Of strikers and men who are lead
in. the strike. Before the miners
strike was called Attorney General
inner had. secured a federal injunc'
ton against these workers, and news.
papers became hysterical over the dan
ger Of people freezing to death.
In the miners strike agents Of the
department of justice swarmed through
the coal fields, and no public demand
was made on the coal owners to assist
the department.
Trade unionists are in sympathy with
the grievances of the outlaws, but make
strenuous objection to methods which
would destroy discipline and regularity
The claim that Zone big union' advo.
Gates caused the strike is urged by
those who are blind to these griev
ances and who favor handwriting work
prs to their jobs.
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GETTING UNDER THEIR HIDES.

'Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad.' The non-partisan
political program Of organized labor is
causing more disturbance, among men,
bers of congress these days than either
he foreign situation or the railroad
strike. Many Of those who have es-
tablished records in opposition to labor
and the farmers are being made to
realize that their usual method of ex-
plantations and excuses will not hold
good this year.
The boys back home are reading and
thinking and have not hesitated. to. let
their representatives in Washington
kz.ow about it. Hardly day passes
that one or more senators and repre-.
senta:ives do not take occasion to speak
against labor's political program. they
attack TIE railroad brothcrhoods the
American Federation Of Labor, the
farmers organizations, and the Plumb
Plan League, as being bolshcvistic, ur.
American.
This is the best evidence that these
movements are getting in some mighty
good work. information reaching head,
quarters of these organizations in
Washington indicate that party affilia
tlons are not going to hold the voter,
this year to men who misrepresent
them in congress.
Recent defeat Of the Wall Stree
candidates in Michigan and Wisconsin
clearly shows that the plain people re-
fuse to longer be pawns Of Wall Street
bankers and exploiters.
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China had women sailors long ago.
During the Tae Ping rebellion in 1850.
women as we'll az men, served in the
also recruited women. " -
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KEEP ON SAVING.

In the old days of the free range
before the barb wire fence and the
railroads, the Chisholm Trail was the
great cattle highway from Texas to
the. north. As they rode around the
restless herds on night guard and logged
through the Justified hours of the day
drives the cow punchers gave free rein
to fancy and evolved songs as distinc-
tive and now nearly as obsolete as the
deep sea chantey and the lumberman s
"Come all ye's.'
The best known of these took its
name from the trail they Travelled.
There are 1878 recognized verses of
the "Chisholm Trail'' and as many
more unauthorized and unexpursated
stanzas. The first verse, however, went
something like this:
'Oh, my slicker's in the wagon
And I know it 3 goin' to rain:
l hope to fry in
If l ride this trail again -
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I ride this trail again. ::

That verse has lost none Of it's an.
proprlateness even though the hoof
marks Of the Chisholm Trail have long
been forgotten. Thousands of Ameri-
cans today are riding the long trail
with their slickers in the wagon, with
out protection for the rainy cav that
even they know, when they stop to
think, is bound to come. They have
nothing laid by for the rainy day but
An old umbrella and they cannot 20
back for that.
Savings are the only protection which
my man has against the storms and
d'seon'forts Of old age, illness, loss of
employment OF misfortune. The only
way to acquire savings is to lay aside
a certain portion of each pay envelope
REGULARLY.
The place to carry slicker is
strapped behind the cantle of the sad
die where you can get at it when the
rain begins to fall. The place to carry
savings is in Government Savings Sc.
curities, War Savings Stamps, Treasury
Savings Certificates, where~you can ge:
at them when misfortune befalls. You
can always get your money, all Of it.
and with a profit if your savings are
safeguarded in those securities which
are backed by the whole wealth and
total resources of the nation.
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: A human generation is counted as Z;
years; generation Of flies coveft
seven or eight days. = - !