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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08

tho narrow, vicious and short-sighted
policy Of "deflation" launched by Big
Business Immediately after the armis.
tice 50 seriously eurtailed the nation IS
productive and consumptive capacities
that the existing situation was newt.
able, the obvious remedy would be ap-
parent.
If the conference refuses to grapple
with fundamentals and fuses around
with non'essentials, it is doomed to
failure before it fairly starts.
If it imagines that it can force tho
workers of this nation back to pre-war
conditions, it will suffer humiliation
as well as failure, for the thing can not
be done.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08

tsmptsd to bribs government officials
both Ut home and abroad.
5. The armament firms have dis
senainated false reports concerning the
military and naval programs of coun.
tries in order to stimulate armament
expenditures.
4. The armament firms have sought
to influence public opinion through the
control OF tho newspapers in their own
and foreign countries. ',
5 The armament firms have organ.
lied international armament rings
through which the armament race has
been accumulated by playing off one
country against another.
6. The armament firms have organ.
lied International trusts which have in
creased the price Of armament sold to
the governments.
There is. nothing new in these
charges. They have been made many
times and in many places. A few years
ago, when the so-called Navy League
was agitating for large naval establish.
ment, it was shown beyond question
that armament makers were generously
financing the expensive propaganda,
campaign which sought to convince the
American people that they were threat
ened by alien foes.
While munition makers were urging
the nation to EARN to the hilt' Charles
N. Schwab and William e. Corey were
being pilloried by a congressional in
vestigating committee for "imperiling
the dearest interests Of the nation'' by
foisting ON the government armor plate
50 defective that broadside from its
own guns would have sunk the ship
that it was protecting.
When profit is taken out Of wars,
there will be no difficulty in getting a
real disarmament conference and put
ting an end to the insane folly that
turns civilization into a madhouse.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
Pennsy Pension IS PaternaIi.m =.
Trade Union System Democratic

The Pennsylvania railroad il cir
cularizing the country with y pamph-
let which eulogizes the paternal PEN
sion system Of that corporation.
In opposition to this system is tho
pension plan Of organized labor. illus
trated by the International Typo.
graphi unions pension system. The
difference between the two plans are:
Railroad employees and officials
from IS to 50 years Of age, inclusive,
who, after 80 years or more in the
service become disqualified from "ac-
tive Duty are "eligible'' for pension.
The union printer automatically
draws pension it he is 60 years OF
age, has been in good standing in the
union for 20 years, and fails to secure
sustaining employment.
Railroad's'pension is based on 1 per
cent Of the employees pay for the
10 years imm ediately preceding re-
tirement, multiplied by the years he
has been in the service of the Penn
sylvania railroad, but no pension must
be less than SIS a month. Under this
system it a. worker was employed 80
years and his average monthly pay
for the last 10 years was $50, his pen
sion would be 80 times 80 cents. or
$24 a month.
The printer pensioner receives a
flat So week without running the
risk Of having his wages cut in his
declining years. and have these rates
the basis for his pension. Wages
earned by the pensioner are not con-
sidered under the union SYSTEM.
Pennsylvania railroad officials ad-
minister that pension. The printers
administer theirs. with every men,
Der Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. includ-
ed-having a voice and vote in its
affairs.
The railroad maintains its pension
entirely by funds taken from its treas
ury. This generosity" is always
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
JUST A STACK OF CHIPS.

A news item announces that there is
to be revival Of the ancient and Bit
ter rivalry between the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific interests
with the Burlington system as the
stake.''
In that quoted phrase lies the es-
sence of about everything that ais the
railroads today. It is chiefly because
a railroad may be made stake, a pawn
in game Of speculative manipulation,
that it has accumulated the handicaps
which weaken it today. Over-capitali.
cation, short sighted financing and a
divergence Of managerial interest away
from the Importance of maintaining
service all result from the point of view
which would place railway and a
stack Of chips in the same category.
For many years the federal govern
ment has been lamentably neglectful of
its obligation and it's authority to see
that railways were maintained as agen-
cies of service. It is doubtful if fed.
deral aid or the recently announced
federal plan of grouping can cure the
evil results Of abuses that are historic
and fundamental. The railway has too
long been a stake to be played for by
big gamesters, after patient anil
trustful public has paid more than am
ply for every rail, every tie and every
piece Of equipment. If railway COM
panies had put more Of their own
money into construction, extensions and
equipment and had not financed them
selves so readily from the purse Of the
common people, there would not be so
much Generalization today.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
AMBIGUOUS MISREPRESENTATION

AO0SAO4OO0 AASkkoS &hksoxaGN 1lA14OGS
The United States Chamber Of Com
merce has issued and is distributing
broadcast an expensive publication
which purports to deal with "The Rail-
road Question Before Congress. In q
statement to editors it is said:
"By reason Of the great Importance
Of the railroad question in relation to
business and legislation, it is thought
that an analysis Of the question, as dis
cussed from various viewpoints, would
be Of assistance. to every one in reach.
ing better understanding Of the SUBJ
ject."
There is abundant evidence that the
United States Chamber Of Commerce
is simply a subsidized clearing house
for misleading propaganda favoring
certain privileged interests, but its lat
est effort to influence public opinion
is the very limit of audacious misrepre-
sentation
It has taken the ex parte statements
Of railroad officials, who were before
the Senate committee as special plead
ers, and is disseminating them as rep.
resenting ''various viewpoints That
is a bold and unmitigated lie.
The Senate committee has refused to
hear any viewpoint other than that Of
the railroads. Its interest in the SUBJ
ject Of inquiry was the interest Of the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
It sought to build up by carefully Sc
lected witnesses case that would pass
muster with the public and afford some
justification for the outrageous legis-
lation that it intended fostering.
The public will never reach "bettcr
understanding Of the railroad ques-
ton by relying solely upon the state
ments Of the railroad lobbyists and
presidents, or chambers of commerce
controlled by them. All are unworthy
Of credence. Why, just the other day
the United States railroad labor board,
admittedly friendly to the railroad in
terest, was compelled by circumstances
to say that the officials of the Penn.
sylvania railroad, to serve selfish pur-
pose, had "misstated" and "grossly
misrepresented" matter Of prime
public importance. As much could be
truthfully said Of testimony offered to
the Senate committee.
Attention is called to what is being
done by the United States Chamber of
Commerce not in the hope that the ex-
posute Of the mendacity will cause. it
to change it's ways, for that is out Of
the question, but as offering further
proof of the sinister and dangerous ma
ture of that camoufIaped organization
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
SPECULATORS COLLECT.

Having succeeded, in a measure, in
"deflating' labor and thus compelling
the sale of Liberty and Victory bonds
on bear market, the large -corporata
interests are now buying largely OF
these bonds.
This buying has resulted in boosting
the price Of the bonds, which means
that enormous profits have been made
by the capitalists who have been buy
ing these securities as the original buy.
ers have been compelled to sell them,
owing to reduced wages and unemploy-
ment.
Figuring the average discount on
these bonds at 10 per cent, a conserva-
tive figure, it will be seen that these
spectators stand to "clean up'' at
least TWO BILLION DOLLARS.
That represents gain for which no
useful work was performed. It is sim
ply the result Of manipulation.
Everyone was solemnly assured that
it was a patriotic duty to buy these
bonds. Everyone bought. Then the
government permitted profiteering
spectators, who control the credit of
the country, to deflate these issues.
This sort Of skake-down' will
recur periodically until such time as
control Of credit is taken from the
hands Of private interests and vested in
the government. It will, of course,
then be necessary for the producers to
take control Of the government. This
program is desirable and can be accom-
plished. ss # ... 7s IA i H N .#
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08

The principal objection to ATTORNEY
General Daugherty's suggestion that
publicity should be the remedy for in.
dustrial conflict is that the medium,
OF publicity are interested for the most
part in giving but one and the worst
side of tho story -,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08

In fixing the approximate era to
which the nation must back. pedal to at.
tain normally, some attention should ba
siyen to the early sb's, when one Bar,
cum waxed TT On his original discov.-
~ that the A1ae rriican people love ~, 5to
Is Nj
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
AFTER THE SCRAP.

A Jersey junkman who paid $50 In
advance for the privilege of carting
away all the empty bottles he could
gather up under the seats Of Tex Rio
kard's arena, got $4,000 of them, and
cleared $500.
Nah! Nearly all pop hottles.-Times-
STAR
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
DISARMAMENT IS POSSIBLE.

IT the PUBIC accepts mllltarlsts and
commercial expansionists as authority
on armament, the nation is headed for
kaiserized democracy.
If the public permit racial prejudice
to grip them they must pay the cost in
back,breaking taxes for military estab-
lishments.
If the public neglect domestic mar
kets to- aid commercial expansionists. in
foreign lands, the alleged gain will be-
more than neutralized by. batleship
costs and preparedness bonds
Today our country votes dollars for
war and pennies for construction and
peace.
Out of every dollar appropriated by
congress in 1920, SO 6-lO cents was for
war and its effects and 40 cents for
peace.
This policy can be changed if the
people refuse to longer accept the view
points of those who profit by war.
The conscience Of the nation must
be ,nassed behind the armament confer
ence that will convene in Washington,
November II.
On that date demonstrations under
the auspices Of organized labor will be
held throughout the land, and President
Gompers has cabled the suggestion to
organized labor in England, France,
Italy and Japan that similar action be
taken by them.
The immensely of these meetings,
their determination and their inclusion
OF all citizens should stagger the mill.
tarist and stand patter
These militarists are not invincible.
They are powerful because they con-
.tlnue unchallenged. They can be en-
quilted in a Niagara Of public opinion
for disarmament.
The people can sweep them aside as
chaff and bend every public official to
their will if they but express it.. Most
public officials would welcome this
force.
Militarism thrives on the people 3
awe Of an alleged power, on their indif-
ference to duties, and on the false con.
cept of those who imagine that shouts
to the flag is patriotism Of a high or.
der.
The alleged power of privilege and
greed is ludicrous before determined. in.
telIigent citizens.
Labor's Armistice day demonstra-
lions should be taken advantage Of by
every believer in harmony and concord
between nations.
Those who block this ideal should BIZ
showed aside.
Petty partisanship and the strugel,
OF individuals for prestige and place
are nothing.
The one question is: ssShall our
country stop building war machines and
devote our energies to construction and
peaces'
Nothing else is important. Nothing
else counts. The question reaches into
every home, into every pocketbook, into
every pay envelope in America.
shun the man who ignores the great
principle involved and discusses indi-
vlduals, incidents or side issues.
V1tallze the A. F. of LIS 4o-year de.
mand for peace.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08

b required for the present, but Il tho
American worker will stand firm and
abide his time 10 viii b able to over.
come all his enemies and como into his
own.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08

j The scientist who declares that the
great fault Of Americans is that they
eat loo much should be eanonized b.
politicians who don 9 know lyhat CO do
tAs M
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
THERE'S A REASON; SIX OF THEM

Wars do not, as did Topsy, *just
grow" They are not inevitable and
unacceptable visitations recurring at fire..
quent intervals o.plague mankind. They
are fomented and stage.manaRed by in
dlvlduals and interests that have in
them pecuniary concern.
Because this is true, agitation for
world peace makes little progress. The
disarmament commission Of the Leapue
OF Nations recently issued 4 compre.
nenslve report on this question that is
most Illuminating in the light Of what
has been happening to the conference
to be held in Washington beginning
next November. It declares without
mincing words that war cannot be elm.
mated until private munition makers
are eurbed, and endeavors to explain
why what was originally intended to
be a 'disarnament conference'' was
distorted into conference ON limi.
tation Of armaments'' and will finally
DO conference on ornaments. -.
Here are six reasons why murder on
largo scale will be practiced for some
tune to come, IL enumerated by the dis.
armament commission: -. r.
l. The armament firms haye been
active in fonentins war scares and ii
persuadlng their owl countries to adop.
W '''at.ll policies and increase their &,
naneats, SsZ 5sf.3
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
MIGHTY PARTICULAR.

Jones'" 'Ow is your 'ealth today,
Mr.. 'Arrison
Harrison-"My name is not AR
rison.'
Jones-"Well, it a, hatch, hay,
two hars, a. hi, hes. no and a hen
don't spell "Arrison.' then what does
it spell ?''-The Country Gentleman.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08
CALLING THE TURN

CALLING THE TURN.
Oil Promoter-"Do you know what
would happen if we struck oil In this
well?"
Friend-"You'd be the most sur
prised man in the world. Judge.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-08

WHAT'S IN A NAME?
The reason dentists call their Of
fees dental parlors is that drawing
rooms" would be too suggestive.-Life.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-04-27
FRANCE READY TO SEIZE RUHR
THERE AND UNTERRLFZED"

The people The
of
and the interests which have controlled New Mexico
comfortable a
After seeing conditions this promise of soft
of
1t has meant continuous struggle against heavy odds.
not being wealth. these
for the nrcbse
of the Journal called They believed they
They forgot about the people did fight together
better conditions had feel close the folks
might desphe the man of small savings" did
told the people prsdicamen told
They did quite all of that
approached that total that have had trouble
there is time enough to sell the
The people did this
bond.
did solicit single subscription l not
interests o the people. '' - ~
asked of fidelity the people
direction duty beckon could have the fold of the big
would have would have
The only thanks while
Journal independent renewed pledge increased
have regarded the control Of public
The of responsibility the people
have shown sincerity and willingness fight with
their battles feel that the Journal o
obedient
Many who have disagreed with specific policies past
You will disagree with the Journal
purposehe people the unvshed
breaking e those who unfairly profit by spees G
privilege To these things the Journal ) dedicated
prominent Abuquau citizen met met Oklahoma aeaine
Journal Is he still there?" "e and
However the struggle break the
hope be "hee and unterihed."
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face and to pledge myself the people.
editorial or
the Journal The incident closed
Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-04-27
AMERICAN FLYER
ESCAPES FROM A
RUSSIAN PRISON
(By The Associated Press.)

Riga, April 26 (by the Asso-
ctated PresS) Capt. Merton c.
Cooper of Jacksonville. Fla, the
kosciusko squadron flyer who was
shot down on the Polish front and
captured by the Russians last July,
escaped from a prison camp near
Moscow on April IL and arrived In
Riga today.
Captain Cooper was accompan-
led here by two Polish officers.
Captain Cooper had made an
earlier attempt at escape and after
being free for several days was re-
captured. He was considered not
a Polish but an American prisoner
He was in several prison camps
and worked last winter Shoveling
snow on the railways. He passed
himself as corporal under an
assumed name.
Captain Cooper finally learned
that his identity was about to be
revealed through the efforts of
some outsiders to secure his re-
lease and he decided to take a
chance to escape, together with
some Polish friends. with whom
he was scarcely able to make him.
self understood because of Ian
guage difficulties.
The railway bridges on the way
to the frontier were heavily guard
ed and the little party had to make
long detours at every stream. Near
the frontier they hid for thirty-six
hours above a brick stove In n
PEASANTS hut. They parted with
their shoes and overcoats to spec
ulators who aided in smuggling
them into Letvia.
They had no compasses or even
money to buy couple Of pounds
of bread.
1--WE adapted the American hobo
methods to our circumstances, "
said Captain Cooper. I'VE jump
ed freight trains at night when we
could and walked through the
woods when we couldn't get ride,
sleeping mostly In the day time.
Everywhere the peasants were kind
to U.s."
Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-04-27

Inc tripping up process OF pei :
turbations caused by the earth s
influence will pull the comet away
from its course somewhat, but it
will continue to plunge along the
cosmic speedway at an undimin-
ished pace. 1t will cap it's su-
premacy finally when, on June q,
it flips its tail 80 hard against its
terrestrial rival that the impact
will send out sparks. These will
go down in the record as q metoric
shower.
The comet, which, at last cal
culation. was in the constellation
Hercules, or approximately $1,000
600 miles from the earth, is due
to make a flying risit to the con-
stellations Lyra, Cygnus and Pisces
nearest approach will be 1872 of an
astronomical unit. or 10000, 900
miles on June Z and shortly there
after the race will begin.
At the greatest brilliancy OBJ
servable from the earth the comet
will be of the eighth or ninth mag
nltude. Nothing greater than the
sixth magnitude can be observed
by the naked eye, so the world at
large will see nothing of the visitor
until the tail-flipping episode on
June 27. However, the earth's at
traction for the comet may be so
great that new calculations may be
necessary wnen the race gets un-
der way.
Any potential prophecies that
the comet will do great damage to
the earth are out of order, the OBJ
servatory states. On the other
hand, the metoric shower, if it de-
velops as anticipated, will prove to
be a harmless, if inspiring, spec
tacle.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-04-27
Of
A WELFARE:
BUREAU IS
OPPOSED
Indications Are President
Harding viii Have a Hard
Task Whipping the Pro-
ieCt Into Final Shape.
OBJECTION VOICED
BY LABOR LEADERS
They Protest Against Re.
movaI of the Women'S
and ChiIdren'S Unit From
the Department of Labor.

Washington, April &c. 49,
Plans for creation Of a new
federal department of public
welfare, though still in a
formative stage, have al
ready aroused enough oppo-
sition to indicate that Pres
ident Harding will have
much work to do before
whipping the project into
final shape.
, The matter was up today both
at the cabinet meeting and at a
conference between Samuel Com
pers and other officials of the
American Federation of Labor,
and Secretary Davis and Brigadier
General Sawyer, Mr.. Harding's S
personal representative in welfare
department preliminary studies.
The labor men voiced objections to
transfer of the children's and
women's bureau of the department
of labor to the proposed new de-
partment and the cabinet meeting
was said to have developed a diff
ference OF opinion as to what
should be done with federal edu-
cationai agencies. 1t was indicated
that no conclusion was reached by
Mr.. Harding and his advisers, and
that the president planned to con-
fer with administration officials
and members of congress before
rounding out welfare department
plans he first presented during his
campaign and later formally rec
commended to congress.
Some administration officials are
represented as opposing any effort
to consolidate additional educa-
tional agencies like the bureau of
education in tho interior depart
ment with the projected welfare
department. on the contrary, it
was said, they believe that a de-
partment of education should be
created separately. leaving public
health and related subjects to the
welfare department.
Organized labor'S objections as
voiced by Mathew Vol. vice pres
ident of the labor federation, to re-
moval of the women's and chill
dren's bureau from the labor de-
partment rested on the contention
that with them would go supervi-
sion over women and children in
industry, matters In which labor
Is held to have vital interests.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-04-27
BUSINESS WOMEN
To UPHOLD CITY
COMMISSIONERS
Professional Women Go On
Record Sustaining Posi-
tion of Municipal Faith
erS; Will Work.

The Business and Professional
Women's club of Albuquerque,
composed of forty members, went
on record at a meeting at the
Country club last nighd as sup
porting the city commissioners in
their action in dismissing the fire
men. The Business Women's club
had been asked by the Business
Mons association what their posi-
ton would be in regard to the re-
call OF the three commissioners.
After a discussion in which the
case of the firemen versus the city
was briefly reviewed, and the fact
was learned that q new election
following a recall would cost the
city from seven to eight thousant
dollars, it was foun- that the
unanimous sense of the club was
in. support of the commissioners.
1t was moved and seconded that
they be sustained.
To Work on Election Day.
Mrs. Margaret Medler, president,
also recommended that the club
as individuals do their utmost to
support the commissioners and to
uphold their authority, both before
the election and on the day of the
election, when, she asked, that
each one be at the polls and work
with other women to explain the
justice of the position of the COM
missioners. The club decided to
otter its services as a body to the
citizens committee.
" was reported at the meeting