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The labor world., 1921-11-19
MAKE GOOD THEIR THREAT.


The railroad executive have made
good their threat. They have announced
another reduction in wages. The rail-
road workers abandoned their strike in
exchange for an implied promise that
there would be no immediate reduction
in wages. The news of this bargain
had scarcely become public when an.
nouncement is made Of a reduction ir
wages.
OF course, the demand will 60 be-
fore the Railroad Labor Board and that
body will have to act upon it. This
practically means that the recent sit
uation has been merely postponed on:
month. The railroad managers an.
nouncc that the reason for this pro-
posed reduction is to enable them to
reduce rates as soon as possible. This
anxiety to reduce rates is very pa
thetic. If we could think of burglar
anxious to cast aside part
Of his earnings'' for the night we
could conceive Of the railroad gamblers
anxious to risk strike solely because
they want to bring down rates.
What this procedure really means is
that the railroad managers intend to-
follow up the first drive with rein
forced drive against the railroad work
ers. The first drive failed to achieve
its objective. further reduction il
wages, but it demoralized the forces of
the workers, which is important in any
kind Of warfare.
Having shattered the lines of the
railroad workers, leaving them divided
in opinion of the outcome of the firs:
drive, the second assault is decide!
upon with the expectation that further
Generalization will follow. Hence this
announcement of another attack all
along the line, which will be. pressed
with determination to force the wag',
reduction. That the railroad gambler;
will surrender all that they may gain
by reducing wages only imbcciles will
believe.
On the other hand, even a reduction
Of rates would mean nothing to the
railroad workers. It would not reduce
rents in the slightest and they and their
families would be forced to live on
smaller rations than are now within
their reach. The masterful oligarcts
Of the United States are drunk with
the enormous power which they feel
they have and they are determined to
transform the nation into a glorifie:
sweatshop and the workers into human
reservoirs of private plunder. The
United States has been made safe for
the dcspoilers of labor and the latter,
like giant without knowledge, allow,
its pigmy tormcntors to bind it. hands
and feet.
The labor world., 1921-11-19
EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL.

Ever since human beings began to
congregate together in tribes, they have
been more or less dependent upon ONT
another, =.
But this dependence was often slight
in degree, and sometimes it was en-.
tircly negligible.
This was especially true in America
in the early days. Up to about the mid.
die Of the nineteenth century-or per.
haps little later-it was possible TO!
a man to 60 it con his own hook: in
this country. Women could not-for
they were bound about by idiotic and
antiquated traditions-but men could.
It was due to a combination of two
things-the newncss Of the country, and
the undeveloped condition Of machin-
cry. The newness' of the country
caused it to afford almost unlimited
opportunities. The undeveloped cond;
tion of machinery 'enableda a man to ges
his living out Of the soil, without hav-
ing to buy much of anything from
others, and without having to sell his
products in order to live. He and his
folks made their own clothes, raised
their own food. and consumed it them
selves.
Those days have receded into the
past:
Even farmer is now dependent up
on others. He has to buy his machin-
cry and most Of his food from others.
He hast sell his products to get money
to buy the things he must have.
The residents Of tho cities are still
more dependent-or inter-dependent.
A man can no. longer make a living
on his own hook. He must necessarily
make his. living--if he makes it at all
by establishing mutual relations with
other human beings. {
Furthermore, machinery has brought:
about the development Of gigantic ana
inextricably intertwined Industries A
man who lives here is dependent, for
some part Of his living, upon men who
live thousands Of miles away-and he
is dependent upon men who work live
and work all the way between there
and here.
Society having become thus inter-re-
lated and interlockcd, it becomes the
duty Of society to see that
each resident has niche in, the social
machine where he can fit in and earn
the. things which he needs as a human
being.
To put it bluntly, society owes every
man or woman a job. Considering the
industrial evolution briefly and made
quately described above-and the con-
dition Of mutual interdependence which
it has made-this duty of society to
the indiidual is unacceptable.
1t is a primal duty.
The individual owes we'll defined
duty to society-and society owes to
the Individual regular and satisfac.
tory status within its border-a status
that will enable him or her to grasp
the opportunities for. higher develop.
ment and happy, useful life.
The labor world., 1921-11-19
SOME AIRTIGHT UNIONS.

There was funny side to the threat
ened railway strike, although none of
us were in frame Of mind to see any
humor in the situation.
But today one can enjoy some Of the
humorous angles.
Take, for instance, the claim of the
railroads that unions and collective bar.
gaining on the part Of their employees
are "bolshevistic and menacing to
the public safety.
Just consider that during all the con.
troversy, no individual railroad or rail
road executive spoke for himself or
acted for himself. They, all operated
through general, sectional and local un.
ions-organizations for the purpose Of
collective bargaining and concerted ac-
tion; especially in the matter of their
wages; that is their passenger rates.
Can you at any time hire a railroad
to haul yourself or your possessions to
a certain point-no matter how manv
roads enter it-unless you pay the union
scale?
Among the organizations which were
opposed to the labor unions were: The
Association of Railway Executives, the
Association of: Railways Entering Chi
cago, the American Railway Associa.
tion, the Association Of Western Rail
ways, Of Eastern Railways, of. Trunk
Lines, Of Short Lines, Of Passenger
Agents, Of Freight Agents. There are
Transcontinental Associations and New
England Passenger and New England
Freight Associations. There are, in all,
seventy-seven local, state, national and
international associations Of railroads
which are unions.
Organization!
Railway men are really infants in
arms as compared with their employers
when it comes to unionism.
The labor world., 1921-11-19
WHITEWAsHING THE FACTS.

Big army and navy advocates are
much disturbed because the facts re-
garding government expenditures have
at last reached the public The citizens
Of the country have learned with alarm
that 1874 per cent of the total appro-
priations of the United States govern
ment for the fiscal year :. 1921 went
to pay the costs Of past wars and: to
prepare for future wars.
It is necessary to cover up these
disturbing facts somehow 50 the army.
propagandists are reerouping the year >,
figures and spreading them over the
country in an effort to hide the i'm:
portant facts. The costs Of the World
War, comprising 52.2 per cent Of the
whole budget are grouped together con-
spicuously as though they were an en-.
tirely separate item.
Beside them are placed the amounts
Of the current appropriations for this
army and navy by way Of contrast,
but not with the idea that thy shoul4
be considered together. They are to
be taken separately; there is to be no
relation in the readers mind between
war costs and costs for maintenance
and enlargement Of the military ma
chine.
All emphasis is laid on the $780,
900, 900 appropriated for tho navy and
the $418,0o0,0o0 for the army whicI,
together amount to 1873 per cent of ths
whole expenditure Of the government.
The public is to think the only i'm,
portant fact is that the services get
SO small an amount of the whole. IT
is not pointed out that even this 1873
per cent is more than half again l.,
much as the entire amount that was
spent for constructive purposes for the
whole year. =
Less than $12 out Of every 800 spent
by the. government in the fiscal veal,
1921 went for construction. The bal.
ance went to pay the, costs. Of past
The labor world., 1921-11-19
MINNESOTA RANKS FIRST.

Minnesota is not 50 bad after all.
There has been a lot of waste in onr
state government and goodly por-
tlon OF our natural resources have been
given away, but thanks to an honest
and far sighted craftsmanship Of other
days, some was saved, and that some
IS the backbone of our wonderful pub.
lie school system.
Into the school fund of the stat,.
from the sale of state lands, the re-
eelpts of timber sales and royalty on
IRON mine leases there was paid 49,.
4oo'974.75 for the support of high, con.
sol'dated, semi graded, graded, associat-
cd rural and Glass "A' rural schools
and OF which st. Louis county was civ.
en- 55,3So.Oo, the largest amount given
to any county. Itasca county ranks
next with an apportionment of 500 81
and Hennepin third with $96,292. Ram
sey county's allotment is $34,oo5.5o.
According to State Auditor Chase
this years allotment Of state and fed
eral moneys in aid of the public school.
OF the state is the. largest in the his.
tory OF Minnesota. The state distrib.
uted during the year hundreds of in.
d1Vldual warrants on school funds GOV.
erlng total of $6.S3S, ,749.60. This doe,
not include the state University whic.
would bring grand total up to many
millions Of dollars more. "
With the splendid school. facilities
provided for the children in Minnesota
The labor world., 1921-11-19
THE RIGHT TO LIFE.

Secretary J. W. Hays Of the Typo
graphical union, recently filed a re-
port that the. average age Of printer,
who died: last year was 43.17 years.
The American Experience Table Of
Mortality, covering all American citi.
zens and their " expectancy" after 2l
years Of age, fixes their average length
Of light at slightly over 81 years.
So, the printers, under the s.hour
system, arc losing only about nine
years of life: According to some old
records, printers in 1850 worked II
hours day and died at an average
age of2s. When the New York Typo
graphical union, No. 6, was forme,!
in 1850, with Horace Greeley as its
first president, it forced the working
hours down to II day. By 1865
printers were dying at an average aga
BY 1898 working dours had been re-.
duced' to 10, and the printers were
living to the average age of 3s.7. years.
In 1905, after six years of the e.hour
day, the average age at death had
extended to 46-4s years. The S.hour
day became effective in 1906. after a
bitter battle with the employers, last
ing two years and costing the inter
national union over $4,ooo,ooo.
Thus the organized labor victories
have meant life-nothing less than life
.itself-to the printers. The employers
who opposed the shorter work.day were
fighting for the right to kill men off
young! Every labor union, in its fight
for. shorter hours, i. fighting for the
life. life Of the workers. Every employers
: association s, in its fight. for long hours
i fighting for death 81 tho workers.
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The labor world., 1921-11-19
THE PRICE OF PEACE.

The people of every nation want
peace. Some of US have seen in the
proposal made by Mr.. Hughes for the
Limitation of naval armament the first
real step made in recent times to re-
duce the possibilities of war.
Mr.. Bryan is so jubilant over the
American offer and its tentative ac-
ceptance by Great Britain, France ami
Japan that he says that it looks as
if the world is to be born again. He
contends that the heart of the world
is sound; the mind may be misled by
sophistry but the heart of the multitude
responds to an appeal made to it in
language that can be understood.
"But,' he asks, ''what is to become
Of the Far Eastern question and the
Far Western question, and the foreign
questions of every kind'' He opines
that they will cease to be questions of
importance when navalism and militar
ism disappear. He dislnisses the sub
ject too easily to suit the notions Of
other observers at Washington.
Japan has parlcyed to have the East
ern question put over until after the
limitation of armament has been dis
posed of. and she succeeded. There
will be the big rub. There's China.
the chief bone Of contention. We wan:
Japan to stop hogging China. BIT
everybody is trying to hog China.
Britain has sewed up her part Of
China which, she controls from Hong
Kong. France has stranglehold on
a great territory in China. If anyone
doubts it let him so into the French
zone in China and try to trade.
China has been parceled out among
European nations and Japan. Her gov
ernment is subject to European nations
and Japan. She will always be bon :
of contention and menace to world
j. peace until the other nations get out
of China-as they once got out Of
Japan.
Nothing else but getting out of China
with spheres Of influence, extra-ter-
ritoriality and all the mess Of con.
cessions will cause China to be any
thing but a perennial menace to world
peace.
If the nations want peace, they must
pay for it. They must replace injus-
tice with justice. They must an lie
satisfied to stand even.
+ Will they pay the price'
Well, let them compare the value of
their loot in China with the cost of
war.
If the people instead Of the diplo-
mats and politicians could speak, the
verdict would be certain.
The people would pay the price for
peace.
The labor world., 1921-11-19
OUR THEATERS UNSAFE?

The building inspector complains
that number of moving picture thea
ters in Duluth have not fully COM
piled with the city ordinance pro-
viding for the protection Of their pa
irons. As a result nine of the II
theaters doing business in Duluth are
operating without license. Some OF
these, it is said, were among the COM
plainants to the city council against
the showing Of moving pictures in Du-
luth schools.
According to the city building in.
spector, Adolph Anderson, many Of the
theatcrs arc not properly equipped
with automatic shutters as a protec-
tion to the patrons against fire. He
also maintains that the aisles are too
narrow in other theaters, and two thea
ters do not have steel curtains for the
proscenium opening as required by thu
ordinance.
The records Of the city hall show
that the Diamond, Sunbeam, Astor,
Doric and Zelda have complied with the
ordinance, while the Lyceum, Orpheum,
STAR, Alhambra, New Grand, New Gar
rick, Lyric and Strand theaters have
not been issued licenses for the rea-
son that they have not complied with
the ordinance and are therefore re
garded as unsafe. The Star complied
with the ordinance yesterday and was
granted a license.
In view of such contention bv the
building Inspector the strange thing
about the situation is that the police
are still permitting the unlicensed
theaters to operate. They have no Ii.
cense to do so and they are held to
be unsafe, a fact recognized by every
person who has been crowded through
narrow aislcs at the close of show.
The Labor World has never taken
any part in the campaign started by
the churches against the moving pic
ture theaters in which they insisted
upon a censorship of shows. We saw
in such a danger of infringement up-
on liberty. We have recognized that
from time to time certain theaters have
permitted shows that were repulsive to
every conception of morality, and we
remained silent, for we knew that soon.
or or later an indignant public cou-
science would be arrayed against them
as 1t arose against the saloon when i.
became too brazen. But when these
theater owners and managers play with
Official negligence and tamper with the
lives of their innocent and unsusnect-
ing patrons it is about time to set IN
protest.:
We do not want repetition Of the
Chicago 1roquois thcater fire in Du-
luth. If one should happen, in the
light OF the statement of the building
inspector, there surely would be clean.
ing in the public safety department.
Delay in compelling the theater own
ers to comply with the ordinance is
but playing with fire and death.
The labor world., 1921-11-19
PLAYS BOTH SIDES.

Joseph P. Tumulty, who served az
secretary to former President Wilson,
tells some interesting political tales in
his book, "Woodrow Wilson as Know
Him. now running as serial in a few
of the daily papers.
/ Prior to, Wilson'S election as cover
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-22
FRIENDLY SUIT
OVER RATING
Insurance Companies Not
Satisfied With Commits
si0ner's Orders.

What Is termed friendly suit" 10 dc
terniue the legality OF three orders issued
by r. s. McNlurray, Jr. as commissioner
Of Insurance for the State Of indiana
concerning the re- rating Of plants and
factories when the risk or hazard is af
fected by the erection Of new buildings
and the Ike. was filed today in Superior
Court, Room ], by the Firemens lnsur-
auce Company OF Newark, ~ j., and
other companies.
The plaintiffs ask that the insurance
commissioner be restrained from en-
forcing three orders promul gated by him
which the compniues claim are illegal
and UNFAIR and that on final herring that
IN injunction be issued against the COM
missioer and that the orders In question
be declared nun ana void.
In the absence Of Judge W. W. Thorn
ton Of Superior Court Room 1, the re-
straining order was issued by Judge T.
J. Mol OF Superior Court, Room 3. The
return date is hxed as Sept. g. with the
hearing scheduled the latter part Of next
month before Judge Thornton.
The plaintiffs in addition to the Fire
mems Insurance Company are tho 4 atna
Fire Insurance Company Of Hartford,
Conn: Great American Insurance Com.
pany Of New York; Hartford Fire In
surance Company of Hartford, Conn. ;
National liberty Insurance Company Of
America, New York National Fire In
surance Company Of Hartford Conn.
and the United States Fire Insurance
Company of Now York and all other
members n the Indiana Inspection Blu
reau and f. NJ. Sellers as manager or
the Indiana Inspection Bureau.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-22
CONFERENCE TO
OPEN TONIGHT
Reformed Churches to Hold
Missionary Sessions.

The opening session of the ninth annual
missionary conference Of the Reformed
Churches of the United States, to be held
in the auditorium Of the Y. w. c. A,
win be held tonight, the Rev. William n.
Knierim delivering the welcoming ad-
dress. Prof. George Stibitz win be the
speaker for the evening his topic being,
pitching the Tune musical pro-
gram viii be given by a string trio in
Guiding Carl c. Schmid, Louis Smith
and Miss Evelyn Eberhardt. A social
hour under the direction of the Rev Ger
hard Gebhardt, chairman of the recrea-
ton committee, will close the meeting.
Glasses and study hours with addresses
by various spea kers prominent In mis-
sionary work will make up the sessions
Friday evening. a banquet vii lbe given
In the Y. ". c. A. under the auspices of
the Heidelberg League. the Sunday School
Association and the Brotherhood of the
Reformed Churches OF Indianapolis.
Reservations may be made with Henry
+. Bond not later than Tuesday.
The executive committee in charge of
the conference includes the Rev. William
II. Knierim. chairman, the Rev. julius b.
Grauel, treasurer and tho Rev. Otto b.
Moor, secretary. The Rev. F. w Rnatz
is to be the musical director and Miss
Louise A. Grauel, pianist The instruc-
tors will include the Rev. c. =. Schaeifer.
the Rev. A, V. Casselman, Miss c. A.
MILLER the Rev. Mr.. Moor, Mrs, H S.
Gekeler, Mrs B. B. Examines, the Rev.
Paul s Leinbach, Prof. A. B. Krampe,
and the Rev. G. A, Hauser.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-22
PLAZA HACKERS
BEFORE SESSION
Ready to Submit Further Evil
dence of Reputed
Fraud.

Proponents Of the plaza project were
prepared this afternoon to submit further
evidence Of what they consider fraud In
the remonstrance against it when the
city council elections committee recon
vened the public hearing upon the docu-
ment, which asks for referendum upon
the question of the city's participation.
The hearing was continued from July %.
Dr. Sumner A. Furniss chairman of the
elections committee, was prepared to con-
tinue the hearing this evening either be
fore or after the special meeting OF the
council If the argument could not be fin
ished this afternoon.
Some of the pro-plaZa leaders predict
ed that the remonstrants would not be
represented at the hearing because they.
have not asked to see the remonstrance
which has been in the possession Of the
city legal department for several weeks.
Some Of the remonstrants ere under
stood TO have taken the position that the
council is bound by law to call the spe
cial election regardless of attacks upon
the remOnstrance by the pro plaza forces
and that therefore IL is unnecessary for
them TO attend the public hearings.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-22
CONTINUANCE
is GRANTED IN
KENNEDY CASE
Defendants Given Until Next
Monday to Enter
Pleas.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 22--Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchain and Arthur c.
Burch. charged with the murder of j.
Bolton Kennedy, were granted until Mon
day, Aug 20, to plead to the indictment
when brought before Judge Sidney N.
Reeve fer arraignment today. The post
ponement was granted at the request Of
the defense and with the consent Of the
prosecution.
Mrs. Obenchain and Burch exchanged
smiles of recognition when brought into
court.
Long before the arraignment was
scheduled to take piace the courtroom was
filed with spectators. Lining the side
walk in Bucna Vista street from the
county Jail to the Hall of Justice. was
another crowd awaiting TO see Mrs Oben-
chain escorted to the courtroom.
Ralph r. Obenchain was at the side Of
his divorced wife as she came into court.
Burch was comforted by the presence Of
his father, the Rev. W A. Burch, Evan
ston, III
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-22
POLICE AFTER 2
NEGRO SUSPECTS
Chase Results in Escape of
Both Men.

Police today are searching for two ne
groes, who. they believe have been enter
ing and robblng homes and business
places in the northeast section Of the
city. Early Saturday morning Merchant
Policeman Gates caught a negro who was
attempting to break into the Jacobson
Cohen dry goods store at 1904 Roosevelt
avenue. The negro jerked away from
the policeman and ran.
Patrolmen Trautman II. Smith, Lyons
and Taylor were attracted by the officers
calls and went to his assistance. The
would-be burglar was just disappearing
into an alley when the patrolmen shot
at him four times. After chasing the
negro for some distance the officers found
piece of shirt sleeve wet with blood
and believe at least one of the bullets
hit the mark.
About a. IN. Sunday the four patrol
men were together at Nineteenth street
and Martindale avenue when they saw
negro, who had been standing near the
curb on the sidewalk on Nineteenth street
near Arsenal avenue, jump back behind a
post and then run down an alley. The po-
lice started in pursuit and when they got
within revolver range the negro turned
and fired two shots at Patrolman Lyons.
The negro was n poor marksman, but
was coed hurdler and made his escape
when he jumped a fence after being
chased by the police for about four blocks
The police say they are positive they
have not seen the same negro twice.
They say the negro they shot at Satur-
day morning was Of lighter build than
the one they chased Sunday morning.
They say they believe the two negroes
are the ones who broke into a moving
picture thcater on College avenue few
nights ago.