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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
THE DEMOCRATS CHANCE.

l"Who will be the Democratic nomi-
aye for president'' That is question
being asked on all sides, and which no
ONE can answer at the present moment,
because it will not be known until the
Nomination has actually been made by
R-two-thirds vote of the, delegates to
The national convention. I'm the Re-
publican convention, only majority
VOTE was required.)
! Despite the fact that the "enehy'
Mas been saying that 'there is no
chance for any Democrat this year,
THAT the Republicans could elect H.yel-
low. dog''--the woods are full of active
and potential candidates, who are more
THAN anxious, or just willing if duty
calls to sacrifce' themselves. Among
these candidates are some Of s'the best
VI breed'; also, perhaps, some of the
worst. That the nominee will be
chosen from the former we can safely
Ipnedict. Any other course would, be-
:f'uuu HuOoOAoA1 1A>1t0 1Hu u1Cdu dAu
observe defeat.
4 The Democrats must nominate their
strongest man-one with shoulders
broad enough to bear the load Of prin-
.ciple; one unsullied in public and in
private life; one with a record for
noble endeavor and great achievement;
one whose very name will: inspire con-
idence and rally the voters to his side;
In brief, one worthy in every way to
/ succeed Woodrow Wilson as the chief
magistrate Of this great republic Of the
west. d:
Aid the platform adopted must be
aahflly as strong as the man. Unlike
thel Republican platform it must neither
Dodge nor equivocate as to any; vital
is4ue-any question of great public I'M.
poFt-whether pertaining to- the League
af Nations or to purely domestic prob:
ems. It must courageously, boldly,
: Stand for genuinely progressive and
constructive measures, industrially as
well as politically, and be thoroughly
dlsmocratic. AS the declaration Of priin-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
GOOD FUEl: CAN Be: MADE
| FROM SAWDuST and CLAY:

Henry Cleveland, Duluth's very ef-
ficient and resourceful superintendent
of parks, has very kindly sent to The
Labor World the following interest
ing and valuable formula for making:
a good fuel out of a mixture Of saw
dust, clay and crude oil, and which
was first published by Daniel r. Jen-
kins in the indicator:
Sandy clay is plentiful in many out
lying sections not traversed by rail-
ways, and so is sawdust in most
states to be had for the taking. Com
munities may work this fuel formula
on a large scale with an ordinary
cement mixing machine. Families
may work this fuel formula as it is
easy and cheap to make, goes farther
and makes a hotter fire than: any
other fuel.
:: Take 100 lbs. Of coarse sawdust
which may cost about is cents Der
100 lbs. To such. 100 lbs. Of sawdust
add 200 lbs. clay. Moisten the clay
and saw dust and mix thoroughly.
When we'll mixed place in metal or
earthen trays about inches deep.
AAAO' IL dyS S1lOAAu lave. Cross DIVISIONS
SO that when the mixture is baked or
dried it will be in cake or brick size
about .2x2x5 inches. When the bricks
are baked they will be porous and
should be immersed for a minute in
cheap crude oil. OF course, common
kerosene oil answers the same pur-
pose. but is more costly than crude
oil.
Two of these small bricks will cook
a meal or heat up a room. TIL ey will
hold heat longer: than the best hard
coal, and can be. made at less. than.
half the: cost Of coal; as they are
made mostly: OF clay and cheap saw-
dust. The cost Of baking the bricks
is almost nothing, as two bricks will
furnish: the heat: to bake>,4o bricks,
and 40 bricks will bake 500 more and
80 on. ~, -. -. :.
/ Your readers may have loved ones
in some:.far distant vill4ge in one of
our coa1less states in the Union, who
will find this fuel. formula a. valuable
help. With this in view I send it to
The Labor, World.:-.. iH:s: Cleveland.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
: RADICAL SAINTS. -

The Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat pub
fishes few extracts rom Writings Of
early Christian fathers On the land
question: The Inter: Church movement
may find in them helpful hints in form
ing a~policy that will arouse interest
and attract many from outside of the
ranks: Here they are:: ~
NO man shall come into our com.
mlne who sayeth that the land may be
Sold Gods footstool is. not property:
st. Cyprian. =
God gave the same earth to be cult
waited by all. Since, therefore, his
bounty is common, how comes it that
you have so many fields and your neigh.
Dor not even a clod Of earth ST.
Chrysostome. ~- ~,
The soil was given to the rich and
poor in common. The paqans
hold earth as property. They do: bias
pheme God.-St. Ambrose. =.
They wrongfully think they are in:
nocent who claim for themselves the
common gift Of God.-st. Gregory tile
Great. "a. -.
From which it appears that Thomas
Jefferson was preaching nothing less
thanr primitive Christianity when he
said:>> =" =.
."Whenever there are in any country
unemployed poor and uncultivated
lands, it is clear that the laws of: prop
erty have been SO far: extended as to
violate natural rights. The earth has
been given to man as common stock
Ito labor: and live upoh::', WI; +
+. Or Henry George when he declared:
ss.Private property in land,is a bold,
bare, enormous wrong, like that of'eAat.
tel slavery" ~ r.. ~: = :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE.

The Republican party convention at
Chicago, now. passed into history with
the nomination of HaRding and Cool
idge, was also an occasion for re-
union Of the big business family. Judge
Gary, who presides over the steel trust,
was there. So were the most impor-
tant Wall street bankers, the oil mag
mates, and the kings Of the: COAL. lum-
her and agricultural products markets.
Perhaps: they needed the outing and
rest from the labors of business to be
obtained by watching the antics of
politicians, but one:would also be right
in concluding that they recognized the
close relation between business and
politics: They knew the Importance of
having no effective. laws against profit
eering,. no, enforcement of antitrust
acts and of railroad rebates possible
under. private ownership. We might
add also the Importance Of having legal
machinery to >browbeat farmers and
workers who do not as yet. grasp this
relation Of business and politics as well
as they do: -: :; .>
:; There is every. reason, for believing
that the big family left well pleased
with the work of the convention. And
next week they will all be on their way
to San Francisco to prevent the pro.
gressives Of the Democratic party like
wise from making it anything less
than 100 per cent reaotionary. :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
:Lenin's Amazing Call 10 Revolution
Boomerang Among British Labor Men

IKE ours can be examined and judged
ltbys men of every class and party.
Everyone should read it. 1t should
|sbe< circulated as a political leaflet With
me utmost freedom throughout cths
country"
Organized labor agrees with chur-
Chill that the letter is its own. best
reputation. But labor remains firm
in its belief that the British govern.
ment ought to open trade relations
with the Soviets even if it involves
recognition. Many leaders consider
that this is the surest way to over
throw ~tottering Leninism because
many Russians who detest the Boil
sheviki are supporting them for fear
OF foreign invasion or influence if 4
purely Russian government is BROUGHT
to an end by foreign power.
A new and interesting sidelight
comes from those Britons who. have
been long in Russia as foremen Of
factories. They describe the Russian
town populations, especially in Petro-
grad and Moscow, as thoroughly dis
ilusioned and anxious to find sons
escape from the Soviet tyranny. but
SopPoA IAA6 ACAAA AOI Lear OIL a. re"
stored. czarism under foreign control,
Cook COT Nishni Novgorod) asserts
that the, hour Of collapse is coming
for, Bolshevism. 1T has been livins
on stores accumulated by industry un.
der the previous regime. It has ex-
hausted it's capital. It lacks credi,
and supplies. It has brought the
country to starvation and only retain.
it's hold by a merciless spy system
and the suppression of hostile criti-=
cism." =
The only section Of the labor, press
which approves of Lenin's letter is
that represented by the Daily Herald
and the Workers Dreadnaught. Gar
vim OF the = Observer :1ismisses the
Whole thing as silly and insolent."
Lenin also told the British dele
cation that nothing could prevent
Russia from. acquiring the resources
OF Persia. The Times special CORES
pondent asserts that the proposed de-
legation of Russians to ENGLAND IL
composed Of Communist fanatics or.
business adventures. The British Ia
Dor movement is waking UP to the
fact that the Russian labor unions are
only tools of the Soviets.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
WHERE YOUR MONEY. GOES.

The things. government spends
money for discloses the kind Of gov
eminent people have. 1t discloses
the kind Of rulers it has, and what
they want to do with your government.
Huxley once said that the "object
of government is the well-being Of
mankind.'
Let us test this by an analysis Of
the things your Congress considers most
important, and. the way it spends the
eoo,ooo,ooo that it collects from you:
The statistics are for. the year 1870.
This is what the main divisions show:
(D Expenditures for. 1920 to pay
for wars, $3,855,4s2,5S5. -;
(2) Expenditures for. future wars,
for War and Navy Departments; 81, 49,
1855. -
(5) Executive, legislative: and ad.
ministrative departments, $lsl, os7 ;eR5.
d, a. Public works, rivers and har-
bors, agriculture, ETC., $1es,2os,557.
(5) Research, educational and devel-
opment, $57,o9S,e $3.50.
Total, $5,6s6,oo5,7o 5.
Let us ana]yze this by PERCENTAGES.
1:Ol per cent is spent for educational
and development work.
2.97 per cent is for public works,
S.19> per cent is for carrying: on the
government.
This is total Of III per cent for
services to the average man; that con.
tribute to his happiness, comfort and
well-being. The total sum for these
purposes is $4o6,ss4,441: - ,:>
All Of the%rest;; or *$5,e7s,6sEooo; Il;
for war and. military purposes and to
pay for: past wars. y
|: All Of; the problems and. needs ::,o Isl
labor, .compri siagg +. 80 per-: cent of ;:oui
population: are cared for BY: a: beskafly
$5,S13,000. = -. -. -.
Yet commerce RECEIVES $27, $751;, 900.
The Interior Department receives $13,.
81, 900. -. !. -..|: ri I'll }s..s
II The Labor World has stated Il On !,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

The letter which Nikolai lLeninl en-
trusted to the British labor delegation
which has just returned to London. Il
an amazing document. i: Here are the
chief points made by the new car of
all the sRussias which have not yet
achieved their independence.
First, a call for a revolution in Eng
land similar to that which ruined
Russia.
Second, abuse of all the old :5or
leaders of England, calling them par
tisans of the capitalist, burgois de-
mocracy.
Third, denunciation of, all freedom
of press and freedom of assembly.
The result Of this letter has been
an enormous throwback and even
papers like the Daily News which
were flirting with ~Bolshevism devote
great space to confounding the letter.
The Daily News has a special reply
by j. M. Clynes, the labor leader and
former food controller, in which he
says: :, e., -
ITO denounce as faithful servants
OF the capitalists all men who reject
the violent and often murderous
methods which revolutionary dicta-
torship involves is dogmatism OF the
worst kind and reveals the mind Of a
tyrant more than Of a Socialist: Phys
ical force is not the instrument by
which the communist system can be
permanently established even in that
part of the world where the education
level is admittedly low" y :.
Tom Shaw, one Of the delegates
who brought the letter, back to Eng
land, says that Lenin's: knowledge of
conditions outside Russia, especially
in England, is very limited. :. This is
generally believed in England where
it is agreed that Lenin has lnisread
the temper and the ideals of British
labor. 49,
!. Even those who most distrust VIM
ston Churchill for his bitter anti-Rus-
sian policy are quoting his words.
"This is the man whom a crazy por-
ton of the Socialist party has been
worshipping, this man who wants to
create here the enslaved. starving and
verminous .Bedlam to which he has
reduced Russia. The letter which Le-
min condescended to write for a care
fully selected deputatiton permitted to
visit Russia is a simple. definite do
cunent which in a political nation
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
WOODEN TRUST ESCAPES.

Escape Of William Wood, head of
the wooden trust, from the tolls Of the
Lever act was accomplished in most
artistic manner.
He had been indicted for profteering
on IA counts. under this act, but his
attorneys found that while the charg-
ing Of excessive prices for wearing
apparel. was prohibited, the lay did
not mention bolts of CLOTH The at
torneys pointed out that the two terms
do not mean the same in trade practice
and that if congress had meant to in
clude bolts Of cloth it would have done
SO. Federal Judge Julian Mack has
sustained this line of argument.
We find difficulty in imagining what
the bolts Of wooden cloth would be
used for other than wearin & apparel,
or how we would have wearing ap.
parel without bolts Of cloth. Judge
Mack. might have interpreted the act
more literally, especially since the Re
publican leaders Of congress. have as:
sured the country that the Legislation
on the statute books was sufficient to
prevent pro6teering. Hs might have
been at least half as liberal as Judge
Anderson Of Indianapolis was in inter
preting the act against the coal miners.
/ Rather than blame Judge. Mack, how
ever, for the Wood escape and the es-
cape Of thousands like him we would
put it at the doors Of congress: There
is no adequate law against profteering
and we prefer to see Judges interpret
the law strictly rather than read int
it points which are not there: The
friends Of the pro6teers eleetedtto, con
gress for flag, waving two years ago
are responsible for the escape sof the
black sheep Of the wooden trust. :. -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

cost Of normal operation, with allow
ance for interest on the investment.
The higher tho efficiency of the mill,
tho better price it gets. This puts a
premium on efficient operation. The
state owned mills pay q better price
to the farmers than the privately owned
mills, because they do not have to pay
a profit on their investment.
The result-sugar at 9 cents :: pound
to everybody.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
WORKERS ARE NOT GUILTY.

WORKERS ARE NOT GUILTY.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, in his
keynote speech as temporary chairman
Of the Republican national convention,
endorsed the Cummins- Esch bill and de:
clared his opposition to government
ownership.
"The phrase government ownership
said the senator, |means not only that
the government shall own the railroads,
but also, it is to be feared, that those
who run the railroads shall own the
government
Why's
We should like to have the dis
tinguished senator tell us how the. en-
ployes Of the railroads-the men who
actually "run" the roads whether they
are under private or public ownership
can Gown the government" any more
under government ownership than under
private ownership. -:
Z: The railroads were under government
control. for more than two years and
the government was controlled by the
Democratic party, but it was during
that period that Senator Lodges party
won the only national victory with
which it has been credited in eight
years. Surely the senator does not hold
the railroad workers responsible for
that. They may be properly chargeable
with many sins Of omission and COM
mission, but they did not give America
the most reactionary Congress it. has
seen in its history.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
DEFEAT THAT SPELLS VICTORY.

DEFEAT THAT SPELLS VICTORY.
Senator Cummins has been renomi.
mated.
BACKED by the votes of Iowa s power.
full Republican machine and tho dol.
lars Of "Big Business,'' he succeeded
in: polling 100000 votes. Ninety thou.
sand members Of his own party voted
against Him.
.,:Whatis even more important, THEY
:VOTED AGAINST THE THINGS HE
STANDS FOR.
,:cummins' opponent, Colonel Smith
Bfookhart, did not "pussyfoot.'' he
did, not indulge in pleasing generalities.
He did not ask people to vote for him
because Of his splendid military record.
::::Instead, he denounced the Cummins.
Esch bill, and the attempt to deprive
labor Of the right to organize and to
quit work. He advocated government
ownership of the railroads. He :Hl-
yanced the Rochedale system Of CO.
Operative buying and selling as the
real remedy for protiteering. He de-
manded a tax on excess war profits and
zheaRroclaimed his opposition to COM
Pu1sory military service and every
phase Of Prussianism.
He made no deals, he had little money
and no machine. He made no attempt
to plaeate ::'Big Business He ap.
pealed openly and frankly to the farm
ers and to organized labor:
Nevertheless, 10000 Republicans in
rock-ribbed; conservative Iowa went to
the polls and voted for him.
= He was defeated, but it was the kind
Of defeat which should cause the van
pushed to rejoice and the victors to be
filed with grave -apprehensions.
What Of November, when Senator
Cummins must again submit his case
to the voters of Iowa!
Have the Democrats a candidate
capable Of Selling the banner Of pro.
.gressivism which Brookhart defended
SO gallantly'
= The army is ready. Only the leader
is lacking.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
WORKERS ARE ADVISED TO
STAY AWAY FROM MONTANA

BUTTE, Mont, June 25.-workers
are warned to remain away from this
state, as there are number Of dis
putes involving several localities. En-
ployers' associations are making 4
strenuous fight to destroy unions.
This warning has been issued by the
state federation Of labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
TEACHERS BILL. PASSED.

MADISON, Wis. June 25.-The leg
islature passed a bill which gives the
teachers and other employees Of pub
lie schools in Milwaukee. approx.
mately. $1,0O0.0oo in increased SAL
aries. The minimum salary for school
teachers was increased from 5000 to
$1,000 and the maximum from $1,e0o
to $2,5 per year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
HIGH PRICES SAID TO Be
CAUSE OF FOUR-DlY WEEK

MANCHESTER, N. H., June 25.-
The Amoskag Manufacturing COM
pany has curtailed working time in it's
Norsted department to four-day
week. affecting $500 employees. An
nouncement was made that merchants
were withholding orders because of
the high price of manufactured goods.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26
BUILDERS RAISE WAGE.

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, June u.s.
Organized carpenters of this city and
Moline and Davenport have estab-
lished a new rate Of 81 an hour.
Contractors have refused to recog-
nize the Hold Carriers and Building
Laborers' union and these workers
are on the street, rather than accept
non-union conditions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

number of*occasions that it knew, not.
a single measure passed by this Con-
gress that contributed to the comfort,
10 the: well.being or the happiness of
the people Of America. Certainly! =
study of the budget Of the nation and
its expenditures is proof conclusive
that the Congress which you elect and
whose salaries you pay is far more
interested in wealth, in property, in
privilege, than it is in: humanity.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-26

The Duluth News Tribune sounds
this worning to Oscar j. Larson,
Republican candidate for congress:
look Out for the Carss," and well
he might, for Carss is an old en-
gineer and good speeder.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-08-06
AVOID WASTE AT
THRASHING Time
Many Little Leaks Result in To-
tai Loss Of Many Millions Of
Bushels Each Year.
MACHINES NEED ADJUSTING
Estlmated Total Saving In 0akotas,
Minnesota and Montana Placed at
2t,eoS. 600 sUsheIs-Tioht-
Bottom Wagons Best

Probably the most important indi-
rect means for increasing production
is the avoidance OF waste. This should
be borne in mind with regard to wheat
at thrashing time. This operation
should be conducted with the greatest
care, and measures should be taken to
see that as little grain as possible ~
lost or allowed to escape through
faulty operation Of the machines or I'M
wise methods of thrashing. This year
there is a particular necessity for a
more careful handling Of the grain in
the fields and In thrashing TO increase
the production.
Observations made by specialists Of
the United States department Of agri-
culture show that surprising amount
Of wheat is wasted In the thrashing
operation. In North Dakota, for in
stance, the average waste day on
about 26 per cent Of the rigs in opera
ton was 14.63 bushels for each rig.
After testing the machine and making
adjustments this loss was cut down to
4.0S bushels day, or a saving of 1850
bushels, with a total saving Of 1,6OO,-
600 bushels in the entire state for the
season.
More Than 100000 Bushels Saved.
In South Dakota the testing and re-
adjustment of the machines effected a
saving of 1873 bushels day on is per
cent Of the machines tested, or 1900
600 bushels for the state. In Montana,
through proper adjustment Of the ma
chimes and avoidance of waste, the saw
Ing on Is per cent Of the rigs was T0a.-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-08-06
AW6F IERAL
MRW1N0YES

Make plautings Of vegetables for
early fall use.
Baled hay and straw should bring q
good price this year.
Keep the tractor under cover, even
II the months Of little rain.
Spraying Is necessary TO control In
sect pests and TO prevent blight.
Peas and oats should be cut FOR hay
when the peas are yell podded.
Clover IL ready to cut for seed when
most Of the headg have turned brown.
II il the dealers business 20 label