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The labor world., 1921-11-12
FOR REHABILITATION
OF INJURED WORKERS

Society can not pay it's debt to an
injured workman by merely awarding
him a small compensation. says the
public health committee of the New
York academy of medicine in a cri-
ticlsm of the New York workmen's
compensation law.
For some time," says the report,
the feeling has been growing that
society has not discharged it's debt
to the injured workman when it
pays compensation and leaves him
mained or i'll. or mentally unfit. He
becomes a liability to the commun-
ity in proport on to his incapac CITY
for productive labor, and it it,
therefore, to the interest of the COM
munity, to, restore his as completely
as possible to his nomal condition of
living.
"The war has shown. the possi-
bilities of vocational re-education,
and the value of occupational the
rapy for mon still in hospitals
The labor world., 1921-11-12

ment department., except in, the dires-.
ton of providing an inquitious exanSs!
pie for private employers to fohe !.
In the direction: of imposing harsh
and o1erous conditions on the workers.
:.As is pointed out by those VINO
have gone into the question, in theory,
piece work and payment by results
are quite attractive systems. But
they fall far short of their promise.
"A basis time for the job is fixed,
and a bonus offered for jobs cont-
pleted under this basis time. As
soon as the worker promises to .1rAW
high wages, the tendency to cut t;:ne
and prices down commences. until
they fall below a reasonable mini
mum which the trade union assures.
1T is the application of the sys-
tenn by INSCRIPTIONS employers taat
has caused the unions to fight he
question of payment by results ai
similar systems. -
Another factor which has carried
great weight with the workers in their
fight for standardized wage is that
the bonus system means that while
the physical giant might earn !iv-
ing wage, the weakest employees must
go to- the WALL"
The labor world., 1921-11-12
ARE FAvOR|TES PLAYED
BY R. R. LABOR BOARD

"The railroad labor board did no:
emerge from it's public hearings on
the strike controversy with flying
colors,' says the New York World,
in an editorial entitled "Going Behind
the Strike Vote.'
"Its record of important treatment,
as between the roads and the unions,
Of violations, of it's decisions was
shown to be far from ideal.
Before: this crisis under .the
transportation act has gone by, the
country will want explanations from
the labor board of these charges. It
will want to know why as much
publicity and effort were not. en-
ployed to keep railroad offenders in
line with the law as. have been later
employed to keep strike offenders in
line. To hold the scales even as
between railroads and employees is
primary function of the labo:
board and to it's apparent failure to
do so is to be largely attributed the
rise of the present trouble"
The labor world., 1921-11-12
GOD AND DIPLOMACY,

Addressing a convocation on the
arms limitations conference, Senator
Frank B. Willis Of Ohio, who succeeded
President Harding in the senate, said:
eff the world is to live industrially
and morally, some way must be found
to make wars less likely. r..
eff I may properly say it, differ
ent spirit must and will rule: at Wash
.ington than that which ruled at Yer
sailles. y j.
cat that conference there was too
much of greed and too little of God;
men were trying, through the manipu-
lation Of human agencies, to settle a
vast world problem and the. peace-sof
Paris was I failure. ". .s} I'LL.
IT trust that this forthcoming con.
ference win not forget God in its de.
.liberations-we need more 'of religion
and less Of rifles. = ~. ss 3
The labor world., 1921-11-12
rs FRANCE SEEING GHOSTS?

A prominent French statesman, NJ.
Tardieu, voices alarm at the position
Of France; in the coming so-called dis
armament conference. He doesn I
think the French delegates are equipped
to handle the questions coming before
the meeting. "The French deIega
tion,'' he asserts, "wil be alone in
the face of the formidable combination
between the United States and Great
Britain.'
Is he not seeing ghosts? The senate
will have no entanging alliances
even though it be to save our national
life. No matter what plan any othel
nation may have for safeguarding civ
ilization, we will not join in it. The
senate has settled that. Not we. MOI
if the senate knows itself.
So M. Tardieu may rest easy. A!
though combination between the Uni
ted States and Great Britain would be
able to do about as it pleased, how car
we combine, with any one, unless WI
give something for what we receive
And how can we do that without agree
ments amounting to alliancess An.
the senate says we shall not have them
And, M. Tardieu, there you are.
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autocracy that maintains itself with
hired mercenaries recruited from the
outturnings Of penitentiaries.
The conservative New York Post de-
clares that "this is a condition Of
affairs which cannot be allowed to
continue. -
But it will continue until outraged
decencies, brought to bear upon an
indolent national government, compels
it to send it's armed forces into that
territory, not to shoot down unarmed
men who are demanding what is theirs
by: natural right, but to compel the
operators to disband their armed
guards, dismiss their thugs and killers
and obey the law.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
CHOICE GEM FROM THE
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

Senator Watson (Rep., Ind.)-We
probably shall be compelled to do all
those things without the aid and as
sistance from the Senator from Mis-
sissippi, because he intends to oppose
the tax bill no matter what we put
in it.
Senator Harrison (Dem., Miss >-I
do not know.
Senator Watson-He intends to op-
pose the Railroad bill.
Senator Harrison-The Senator can
not speak for me in that way.
Senator Watson-I say no matter
what we would put in it.
Senator Harrison7 think the Sem
ator from Mississippi would oppose
any bill the Senator from Indiana
would write
Senator Watson-The Senator will
oppose the Railroad bill when it
comes up.
Senator Harrison-I certainly will.
Senator Wats0n-The Senator will
oppose the Foreign Debt Funding bill
when it comes
Senator Harrison-I certainly will.
Senator Watson-And the Senator
Will oppose the Tariff bill when it
comes up.
Senator Harrison-I certainly Will.
Senator Watson-And that is on The
programme. CAS- he said about Zach
of the other bills)
Senator Harrison-I was in hopes
that you would present something in
the interest of the people that could
help you out on.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
PLUT0CRACY STANDS PAT.
Speaking for his anti-trade union e

OpcdA4uR lOI MS duLl-Crdue union eW-
ployers before the senate committee on
education and labor, Judge z. T. Vim
son, chief counsel for West Virginia
coal owners, de6ed the government,
the President and the senate. He gave
this notice that his employers would
continue their warlike course, and
would ignore every overture for peace:
:*We will not have anything what
ever to do under any circumstances
with the United Mine Workers of
America, or their representatives: {
see no reason why we should ;recog
nize their union, and under no circum-
stances will we do so,' either through
this honorable committee, through the
President Of *he United States, or any
other tribunal.''
This spokesman for plutocracy mis-
stated the miners position. He knows,
and the senate committee knows, that
the miners have not asked for union
recognition.
But the straw man that Vinson
erected served its purpose. It was
Mammon's s snarl that the government
must not interfere with it's West Vir-
ginia property-Mingo, Logan and Nc.
Dowell counties, and inhabitants there,
in. -
Vinson's def was less crude than
the methods Of the Baldwin Felts thugs
but its intent was as sharp and clean
cut as the bullets zip as it speeds from
the thugs. rifle into the tented colony
Of striking miners.
No one accepted Vinson's challenge.
No public official has picked up this
gauntlet that Garyism flings in the
face Of government. g.:
: When workers would strike against
wage cuts; they are warned not to defy
government. But when autocracy shows
it's teeth, these lecturers>are silent.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
TRADE union IS PROTEST :
AGAINST TYRANNY'S RULE.

The trade union comes into being
as a protest against the domination
of the employer, the owner of power
and machinery.
The trade union is not something
which employers may arbitrarily
recognize" or "refuse to recognized"
1t is something which is here as aa
economic necessity.
Those who say they "refuse to rec>
ognize unions" speak as foolishly as
if they were to say, 1--WE refuse to
recognize the Atlantic Ocean"
+ Through power the American ma
tion is able to bring to it's service the
equivalent Of thirty billion slaves
Thirty billion dead men are thus in
productive power, brought to life aud
set to work
One hundred years ago the ratio OF
servants to freemen or whatever they
may have been called in the various
localities-the propertied and pros
porous 'men-was approximately the
same as it was when in ancient
Greece the ratio was five to one.
, In that hundred years the ratio has
increased from five to one to the all
most: startling figure of thirty to one.
That is why we have one motor car
to every ten inhabitants in the Unitee,
States, why we have so many pianos
and talking machines, why we have
SO many comfortable homes, so many
bath rooms. so many pleasure resorts,
so many merchants selling so many
excellent commodities. so many suits
of good clothes, so many pairs ot
shoes. and so on.
The workers. through their organ
izations,., and through every other
channel through which they may ex-
ert power, have compelled the own
ers and dictators of power and mach
inery to play fair with the whole
populate to that extent.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
ADVERTISING A SOCIAL, ULCER.

The incident Of mobilized, marching
workers making a protest against un-
civilized conditions that have contin-
ued for more than a year in Mingo
county, West Virginia, was made much
Of by the sensational press. Only a
few newspapers, however, grasped its
real significance.
The incident assumed real impor.
tance in that it directed attention to
a social ulcer that requires immediate
lanclng. 1t has too long been neglected
for the public's own good. It demon
strates clearly that social unrest is
smouldering close under the surface of
the banked fire.
The fact stands out as plain as q
plkestaff that civil government no
longer exists in Mingo county; that
the authorities there are either impo.
tent to assert their prerogatives or arc
venially and corruptly serving the coal
barons who rule with the rigorous
heartlessness Of feudal overlords.
There is no protection for those who
question or resist this usurpation,,
Right everywhere regarded as inalien.
able are trampled underfoot, and the
whole machinery of government as al,
active or passive agent of industrial
The labor world., 1921-11-12
REWARD1Na THE pRoF1rEERs

If the. conference committees Of the
house and senate can get together on
the senate tax bill the excess profits
tax will go smithereens. By way Of
a partial substitute, flat tax of Is
per cent will be levied On the profits
of corporations,
That sounds very simple and inno-
cent, but as a matter of fact it de-
scribes one of the most brazen "jobs'
ever put through the American con-
gress!
Senator Jones, Of New Mexico, who
is not given to strong language, de-
clared on the floor of the senate that
it was "The most Infamous thing that
the human mind can devise.''
And he submitted some figures which
votets should paste in their hats 80
they may have them handy. when the
senators and congressman responsible
for this monstrosity come home to make
their explanations.
First of all, Senator Jones pointed
out that under the new arrangement
all corporations which earned less than
Is per cent would have their taxes in.
creased while those which earned more
than per cent would have their taxes
decreased.
In other words, congress deliberately
places premium on profteering.
Senator Jones presented figures show
ing the profits Of 100000 corporations.
In the year 1918 they "cleaned up''
$9,00o,000,000. q
OF this enormous sum $50 corpora
tions got away with one-fourth and
their excess profits tax amounted to
$848,000,000. Under the bill which
congress is about to pass they would
pay $30@o00,000.
That means that these $50 profteer.
ing corporations would retain $500,000,.
900 year which under the excess
profits tax would 60 into the public
treasury.
Now do you understand why there
has been such a persistent agitation in
favor Of repeating the excess profits
taxi
The men who are interested in the
18O corporations are, of course, willing
to spend millions to have the law wiped
off the statute books. They have the
ear of congress but apparently the cor
porations which will have their taxes
increased are still in blissful ignorance
of what is about to happen to them.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
SENATOR NELSON AGAIN.

If the bill that Senator Nelson had
slipped through the senate several
weeks ago had passed the house and
was now law, Federal Judge Anderson
would have had club with which to
enforce his standardization injunction
against every citizen who dared dis
pute his edict.
The Nelson bill provides that fed,
eral judge can order the arrest of a
person residing outside his (the
judge's) jurisdiction and the person
shall be denied the right Of a prelin,.
mary hearing in the federal court in
the jurisdiction Of his residence.
This bill was quietly showed through
the senate when less than half dozen
members were present. Organized labor
protested to the country so vigorously
that no one in the house dares cham.
pion it or is willing to take the odiun,
of attempting to get it out Of com.
mittee.
Under this bill the jurisdiction of
an injunction judge would include all
territory under the American flag. If
one dared criticize Judge Anderson :
injunction, or if Mingo county miners
were encouraged in their stand by any
trade unionist, regardless of where he
lives, Judge Anderson, like Caesar Of
old, could order his arrest. The ac
cused would be denied preliminary
hearing in his home courts and would
be taken to Indianapolis and called
upon by Judge Anderson to show cause
whey he should not be fined and jailed
for contempt of court.
The Nelson bill is startling illus
tratlon Of plutocracy's cunning an
stealth. It also shows the necessity
for constant vigilance by organized
labor.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
BLANTON's MOCK HEROES.


the full proceedings Of the case against
Congressman Thomas L. Blanton Of
Texas. The outstanding feature in the
proceedings was the attempt Of Blantou
to use his mock heroics and sob stuff
on his colleagues, but it failed to work.
It will be remembered that the Texas
congressman was charged with print
ing obscene statements In the Congre-
sional Record. He escaped from be-.
ing thrown out Of the house with but
eight votes to spare. A two.third vote
was necessary, and a roll call showed
204 for expulsion and l13 against.
The accused gave a history of his
life and said he mortgaged his home
"to prevent this government from be-
ing sovietized." The speech was a
combination of Fourth Of July bonn
bast, citizens alliance dope, and the
"Little Jack Horner'' nursery jingle
Blanton made a mess of things, how
ever, when he declared in one of his
heroic periods, that if he had the means
he would put a copy Of the objection
able speech in the hands ds every
voter in the country. The statement
was a boomerang.
The fear that Blanton would pose
as martyr, in his district, swayed
enough votes for him to escape being
the first member of the American con-
a:ress to be expelled for obscenity The
charge against him, however, will stand
on the record.
When the expulsion resolution was
defeated, a motion that he be censured
was carried unanimously. When Blan-
ton was escorted before the presiding
officer by sergeant-at-arms, Speaker
Gillett said:
. "Mr. Blanton, by unanimous vote
Of the house-yeas, 1898; nays, none
I have been directed to cenusre you
because, when you had been allowed
by the courtesy Of the house to print
speech which you knew you could not
have spoken on this floor; and that
disgusting matter, which could not have
been circulated through the mails III
any other publication without violating
the law, was transmitted as part Of
the proceedings Of this house to thou
sands Of homes and libraries through
out the country, to be read by men
and women, and worst Of all, by child
ren, whose prurient curiosity it would
excite and corrupt. In accordance with
the instructions Of the house, and as
its representative, L, pronounce upon
you its censure.''
Clearly verse than expulsion, this
singing rebuke, together with an all
day grilling, took all the bravado out
of the blatant anti-unionist, who reeled
from the floor Of the house in faintins
condition.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
REPORT SHOWS MANY
j CHILDREN EMPLOYED

PHILADELPHIA, = Nov.10.-State
reports on this" city's industries show
that there were 2.519 boys and g.
$50 girls under the age of 16 employed
in 1920. The total number of all en-
ployes was 317,601. Of which aproxi-
mately 20 per cent. or 59,537 We're
aliens. The figures show that the
boasted American" plan that is
urged by captains of industry in this
city only applies to conditions in their
Shops. '%@.
: The vaule Of manufactured goods
during the year totaled $2;343,6:G,-
TOO, and Increase Of $3s1,000,000 over
the value OF products in 1919.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
SEND THEM TO THE REAR.

This is the day set for the assem-
blage Of the. international conference
on the limitation Of armaments at
Washington. All America is meeting
at the same time in churches and halls
to urge that the conference take some
steps to make future wars less likely.
The leading nations Of the world
have sent delegates to the conference.
They come as the guests of the Amer:
ican government and on our invita-.
ton. They come to consider any prop:
osition we may desire, to submit. They
have taken it for granted that we had
something definite in mind when we
sent out the invitation.
Apparently that was not the case,
because now, on the eve of the confer.
ence, we are told that the naval and
military advisers of the American del
egates have not been able. to "work
out satisfactory fornula.'' Il
Isn't that enough to make old Mars
chortle his joy.
In Heavens name, if the American
delegates are unable to suggest way
to relieve the world Of the burdens of
militarism what may we expect from
the representatives Of European and
Asiatic monarchiese
The trouble is that our delegate.
have placed themselves at the mercy
of their military and naval advisers.
Of course, those gentlemen are not dis.
posed to legislate themselves and their
associates out Of the soft berths they
now occupy. If they could have their
way they would increase the appro.
priations for the army mad the navy,
not decrease them.
The professional soldiers and sailors
should be ordered to. the rear until the
civilian members of the American del.
egation agree on a plan for restriction
OF armament and then they should be
called in to work out the details.
The labor world., 1921-11-12

Employers who are most insistent
that there shall be no curb ON child Ia.
Dor are invariably those who are most
insistent that adult labor shall be held
in check. =
The labor world., 1921-11-12

A time is coming when some Ear,
rister of Science will codify Natural
Law. g
The labor world., 1921-11-12

The Constitution was made for
man-not man for the Constitution.
The labor world., 1921-11-12

: What passes for courage is some
times merely a great fear of bang
thought timid.
The labor world., 1921-11-12
PRAY As LINCOLN PRAYED
FOR END OF WAR FOREVER

In those dark days when human
counsel failed him Lincoln turned to
God for guidance. and God, in the
great enancipator' own words, de
cided in favor of the slaves" Once
more a. fundamental issue for human
ity copfronts this country, and if it
is to be solved justly guidance must
again be sought. where Lincoln found
it, and not merely in the human
mind beset with selfish passions and
narrow comprehensions
To set aside a day Of prayer for
the success of the disarmament, con-
ference is at once an act Of devotion
and Of reverent wisdom. 1t is evident
already that il the men to come to
Washington are to save mankind. the
needless barbarisn of future wars
something must become predominant
in their hearts and wills that is nos
predominant there today. That. some-
thing is such a faith in the high
destiny of humanity and such a. love
of human brotherhood as will sweep
away the debris of degraded prin-
ciples from the minds of statesman
and let a new light play upon their
souls.
That day of prayer will be a day
OF conservation. Prayer is an act Of
the will as it is an act of the heart.
To unit in an aspiration that the God
Of all peoples should inspire a
stricken world so that it may aban-
don the consuming sin Of war will be
to unite also in a purpose to obey that
inspiration. Let US consecrate our
wills to the highest ideal it will ever
BE- our privilege to serve.-The Gar
mont W0rlxer .-,..-
The labor world., 1921-11-12

q What do we live, for. IL it is not to
make life less difficult to one another.
The labor world., 1921-11-12

Nobody can deal short measure to
one whom he loves.
The labor world., 1921-11-12

One defect of many people is thai
they are aDnormally normal.
The labor world., 1921-11-12

There knowledge ends, judgement
begins
The labor world., 1921-11-12

Nothing ever happens-everytning
results:
The labor world., 1921-11-12

Time is not measured in years but
in human progress.
The labor world., 1921-11-12

Sometimes it is hard to distinguish
between an ascetic and an acetic.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-11
u. S. Steel Books
Show Big Drop in
Untitled Orders
About $50, 900 Tons in Can.
cellations Represented in
873,359 Tons Shinkage
Since End of November

Further curtailment in the iron and
steel industry during December was
reflected in the monthly statement of
the United States Steel Corporation
yesterday, showing decline in un-
filled orders on December 81 to s.14a,-
122 tons from 9,o21,4 tons on No
venlber 80. The bookings are now at the
lowest point since November, 1919,
when they amounted to 7,128,33O tons.
Shipments Of the corporation in De-
cember were estimated at approx
mately 10000 tons, and incoming
orders at 100000 tons. 1t was there
fore deduced that of the 873.35o tons
decrease, compared with November,
about 100000 tons represented cancel
lations.
The Steel Corporation is now operat-
ing at little over 80 per cent of
capacity. compared with a much lower
percentage for the independents. 4
large volume of orders was accumu-
lated during the period, when it was
unoerselllng its competitors by ad-
nerlng TO the quotations of the Indus
trial Board, and this accounts for the
corporations favorable position.
With the volume Of orders on hand
the Steel Corporation would be aolc
TO keep its plants running full we'll
into the summer even if there were no
improvement in demand. The falling
on IN new business announced vester
day was not as large as some Of tbe
Wall Street statisticians had nrevi-
ously estimated.