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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
DEEUOA1|oN OF CH|NA'S
FORESTS CAUSES famine

The ruthless destruction Of their
forests by Chinese IS one reason why
famine. and plague hold that nation
in their sinister grasp, says the de-
partment Of agriculture.
Denudation, wherever practiced, 1t
is stated, leaves naked soil; floods
and EROSION follow. and when the soil
is gone men must also go-and the
process does not lake long.
Forests, says the department., not
only play an important part in the
distribution of mankind over the
earth's surface. but also deeply at
feet his spiritual, physical and econ
onlic life. A country that recklessly
wastes its natural resources faces ul-
innate poverty ind decadence. His
tory is full of such examples, says
the department..
It is shown that the famine dis
trict is denuded of forests. GAS a
result, the water rushes off the naked
slopes in veritable floods. Outlying
away the mountain sides, causing the
rivers to run muddy with yellow soil
and carrying enormous masses Of fer
tile earth to the sea. The tree-cov-
cred mountains formerly absorbed a
considerable portion of the annual
rainfall and let It escape by slow,
regular seepage during the dry sea-
son. Now that there are no trees,
shrubs, or even grass to restrain the
rainfall, the streams that were for
merly narrow and deep, and supplied
an abundance of water the year
round, have become broad and shall
low, with slender currents Of muddy
water, which, when it rains, swell
to roaring torrents that bring dis
aster and destruction everywhere"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28

cu1nstanceS those who exercised po-
lice authority would be under the con-
troll OF and -ponsible to the people
Of the community in which they
served.
1--WE are against the Won Trejt-
schke system OF law and order as
advocated by the proponents of tho
military police BILL We stand for the
system Of law and order provided by
the American theory.
LAS matter Of fact, an examina-
ton into the history and uses OF
state police systems, wherever they
may be found. will s11ow that they
are never used for the primary pur-
pose OF ordinary police duty but are
always political and industrial in
character. The West Virginia law
provides that no member Of the state
police force shall be allowed or per-
mitted to remain at or near any vot-
ing or polling place during elections
OF to be in attendance at any polit-
iec.l onvention or caucus, and it fur
ther bars from all public office,
either elective or appointive, every
man who serves ON that state police
force until one year after he has Sc
vered connections with it.
THE constabulary Of that was
organized at the request Of the coal
owners. The legislature Of that state
gave the .nine owners what they
wanted. and then sought to safeguard
the political institutions OF the state
by enacting the sections of the law
which have just referred to-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
COAL OWNERS ADVISED
TO, BEWARE OF FUTURE

3. c. Forbes, who is considered a.
business authority. drops hint to
coal owners that they may 60 too
far in .upholding prices.
In the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
Mr.. Forbes writes:
Goal is not being produced from
the mines today at a rate sufficient
to mcet next winters normal require
ments. Rather than make coal
cheaper. operators have chosen to
throw more than 100000 miners ca:
of work. Pay our price or go with
OUT is the ultimatum they have pre-
scented to the American people, 1t is
a daring policy to pursue, consid-
ering the past performances of coal
barops and the American public's bit
ter feeling toward them. Apparently
the coal sellers reason that product
is q necessity and that the public
will be forced to- step up to the
counter and pay the high prices de-
manded.
"They may be guessing wrongly.
IT the: present deadlock lasts very
much longer, public opinion is likely.
to demand that the government step
in and break ruthless]y.
THE coal people would do we'll
not to invite such extreme action, for
they are likely to find that their stub
borness was lamentably sfortsighted.
There are few industries in
America which, size Considered, have
made more .milltonaires than COAL"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
THEY ASK TOO MUCH.

Minnesota building employers, under
the influence OF the Citizens Alliances
and other anti-union organizations are
more unreasonable than the employers
in nelyhboriug states. Here they arbi-
trarilv insist on straight 20 per cent
reduction in wages. IN New York the
employers are content with 10 per
cent reduction.
In our ncighborng state Of Wiscon-
Sin, particularly in Madison, there was
an honest effort put forth by the en-
p'oycrs association and the unions to
rp.adlust wages and they succeeded
through the medium Of collective bar.
gaining. Most Of the unions accepted
a Hat 10 per cent reduction
IL some instances, however, it was
discovered that the workers were under
paid and their wages were increased.
The >tcamlittcrs were receiving but 80
cents an hour in 1920 and they were
raised to o. cents for 1927. Electri-
clans were increased from so to 80
cents and sheet metal workers from
s. TO 90 cents. Painters were paid 80
cents in 1920 and that scale was con-
linucd for 1921.
The attention of the Citizeus ALI
ance and the public in general is called
to the following comparative tables.
The Madison table shows what both
sides agreed to . The Syracuse table
shows what the employers are insisting
upon, and the Duluth statement, which
is the most severe, indicates that the
2nti-unionists here are most greedy in
their attempt to reduce wages:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
WILSON IS INDICATED.

George Harvey, the American ambas-
sador to Great Britain, whom Wood
row Wilson once turned down, startled
the world last week in speech at Lon
don with some surprising statements as
to the motive that prompted the
United States to enter the war. He
cold-bloodedly declared that we went
"to war to save ourselves and for no
other reason,'' and while making such
bold and chilling declaration he could
not resist the temptation of taking a
slam at Woodrow Wilson.
Such sickening statement does not
square with the laudable sentiments ex-
pressed by Charles z. Hughes, now Sec
rotary Of state, before the Harvard Law
school in June one year ago when he
said: eve went to war for liberty
and democracy" Mr.. Hughes was dis
cussing the autocratic appetite that de-
veloped during the war and which has
since been fed by men who disregard
the essentials Of liberty.
Mr.. Harvey's views may be shared
by the Wall Street group whose kept
editor he was for a number of years,
but they do not express the opinion
Of the larger number of Americans who
recognized during that fearful struggle
that liberty and democracy were
trembling in the balance; that if sue
cess came to- Prussian arms, the auto
cratic spirit which sustained and ami
mated them would become the domi-
mating factor throughout the world.
Had President Wilson expressed the
language Of Harvey when we went into
war the selective draft measure would
not have been worth the paper upon
which it was written. In all probable
ity the federal prisons would not have
been large enough to hold all the
"slackers'' that would have been sent
there; volunteers would have been less
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
in number and the peoples purse string
would have been tirhtened instead Of

in number and tho peoples purse string
would have been frightened instead Of
loosened to provide the money to wage
the conflict. It was the ideal, SO elo-
quently expressed in language by Mr..
Wilson, that made the nation as one
man in its defense Of the great cause
which summoned US to action.
Harvey's hatred for Mr.. Wilson ex-
posed his real character when he re.
ferred to the immortal retort that came
from the lips Of the former President
at the time American jingoes were de-
handing that we "clean up' Mexico.
He then said: ''There are times when
we are too proud to fight Mr.. Har-
vey would lead Britons to believe that
Mr.. Wilson intended that statement for
Germany. We were too proud to fight
Mexico. America is no bully. If we
were y tackle anything it would be
country more nearly our own size.
We went to war with Germany not
one day earlier and not one day later
than we should have done. History
will vindicate Mr.. Wilson and the wis.
dom of his course when the name of
Harvey will have been forgotten, and
when he is numbered among the pigmies
that were. Wilson was accused by his
enemies of being an migrate for turning
Harvey down, but he evidently learned
the man early in his administration,
and now the people know him as Will
son had known him all along. We can
imagine the former President chuckling
with satisfaction when he read Har-
vey's London speech.
President Harding picked lemon in
Harvey. We predict his residence in
London as the official representative of
this country will be of but short dura
ton. His cunning, crudeness and pique
will bring lot of grief to the present
administration if they DON get rid of
that "soldier Of fortune.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28

taxes are involved in the decision, as
there are few partnerships or corpora
lions which do not carry on their books
an item showing substantial sums re-
sulting from increased value Of capital
assets. According to the supreme
court s decision these valuations are not
exempt from taxation.
While the decision shows the real rea.
son why big business wants the excess
profits law repealed, it also illustrates
a major reason for high prices, which
business places on its products to pay
dividends issued on increased valuation,
that is generally matter Of book
keeping.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
THE LEAST WORK.

Governor Allen, Of Kansas, discovers
new menace in the "closed. shop.''
ut has introduced into this country, -
ne says, "the un-American principle Of
putting as little as possible into life
and taking as much as possible out of
lfe,' says the New York World. :,
AS to why this should be character
lied as an un-American principle is not
clear. To some persons it may seem
only an application to human effort and
energy Of the Yankee principle of driv-
ing bargain-to get the most possible
for the money. It $ a game employer
and employee have played at, and II
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
NAMED "YELLoW DOG.''

The individual contract used by anti
union employers is contemptuously re-
ferred to as "yellow dog'' by trade
unionists.
10 secure employment where this
contract operates the worker must
pledge not to join a trade union or en-.
courage the formation of same while
so employed.
The United States supreme court up
held this contract {Hitchman VS.. Mine
Workers) and sustained an Injunction
against unionists who were charged by
a West Virginia. coal company with in
terfering with one Of these "yellow
dogs.'
The acknowledged basis of a contract
IS free and voluntary action by both
parties.
Courts invariably void contracts when
made by duress, pressure or coercion.
What choice has worker seeking
employment with hungry babes in his
home when an employer offers him a
job if he signs away his lawful right
to join a trade union!
How much free will has this worker
when his family is threatened with
eviction because he is unable to nav
the rent?
What self-control has he when he
knows that if he stands on his legal
right and refuses to accept employment
under this agreement, others will suffer
because he is alone in his fight for
rights
What respect can workers have for
courts that defend the |'ye1low dog''
on the ground of sacredness of con-
tract?'
Contracts are based on freedom of
action, but when one Of the parties
uses his unequal power to force the
o:her to accept, the first principle of
contracts is outraged.
1t may be said that worker can
seek work elsewhere.
That is no answer to the question.
Whether he gers work elsewhere or
whether he does not has n,thing t., 10
with courts throwing the p3we: Of gov
c.nment in fav,r of contract that
forces men not 10 do thing that tacv
have legal right to do.
What kind.of public policy is to &C.
knowledge that workers have the legal
right to join trade union and then
permit injunction judges to assist en-
ployers to annul that right?
A contract should be based on mutu-
atty. The "yellow dog' is based on
force by one Of the parties and on ne
cessity by the ether.
It is unfair, immoral and unsocial.
IT. does not contain a single element
Of contract theory and ignores the first
essential Of contract making.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OFF.

The bosses fight labor with slogans.
"Open shop" is a bosses slogan, mean.
ing shop closed against union labor,
but named "open" to make it sound
attractive so many people will support
the idea. "American Plan' is another
such slogan attractively and falsely dc.
scribing an un-American plan which de-.
prives workers Of liberty to organize as
they please.
In the same way the bosses are fight
ing the 44-hour week demand Of the
printers with a misleading slogan "44
hours work for 4S hours pay.'' As
matter of fact, what the printers are
fighting for is a Saturday afternoon of,
same as other workers, without being
locked or having to make up the time
other days. When q boss gives his
Office workers their Saturday after
moons off or q two-weeks' vacation he
does not take it out Of their pay en-
velopes. Well, then, that is what the
printers are after-the same treatment.
Heretofore the printers have had to
divide up the four hours and work
longer than eight hours five days in a
week in order to get their Saturday
afternoons off. Under the 44-hour week
plan, they will work eight hours day
five days a week and get their Satur-
day afternoon without a: penalty. The
bosses say that will grant this arrange
ment to their clerks and stenographers,
but not to their printers, without max
ing raid on their pay envelopes. That
is what the printers : lockout is all
about. -: :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
PERFORMS PATRIOTIC SERVICE.

1t IS a sad commentary on the state
of the morals of the public press that
it will not give the essential facts of
industrial controversies save through
the medium Of paid advertisements.
1t is readily recognized that the at
tainment Of decent social and indus
trial conditions will be delayed until
this condition is corrected, since a we'll
informed and intelligently directed pub
lie opinion is essential if the scales
are to be held anything like equal.
Recognition of this fact doubtless in
duccd the Church League for Industrial
Democracy, a national organization
composed of members of the Protestant
Episcopal church, to attempt to get to
the public the disputed points in indus
trial conflicts. In half page newspaper
space which it buys weekly it is setting
forth calm, carefully considered state
ments covering the claims Of workers
and employers and the attitude taken
by representative men and organiza-
tions toward the aspiration of the
toiler for the right to exist under con-
ditions that will make him an upbuild-
ing factor in our nation.
In the latest advertisement of this
public-spirited organization are pre-
scented the facts Of the printers de-
mand for 44-hour week, few Of which
have gotten to the readers of news
papers, for reasons that are obvious.
After quoting various authoritative
statements bearing directly upon this
controversy, the league concludes "that
one of two things is certain: Every
employing printer in America who runs
a union shop is morally bound by the
agreement to put the 44-hour week into
effect May l, 1921; or else such en-
ploying printer is guilty of gross negli.
gence by failing to be represented when
this vitality important law of the trade
was made, and for giving it his tacit
approval for almost two whole years
during which time he reaped the reward
Of this tacit agreement.
Only small number Of those who
read this advertisement had knowledge
of the merit of the printers case. They
did not know-for the newspapers did
not tell them-that the employing
printers were guilty Of deliberate re-.
pudiation Of pledge that brought them
large benefits.
1t is important and necessary to let
the public know when employers WEIGH
on their given word, and for that rea-
son, if no other, the work that is under
taken by the Church League for Indus
trial Democracy assumes the quality
Of the highest and most patriotic pub
lie Servicn
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
DEATHS N INDUSTRY
GREATER THAN IN war

Deaths in industry exceed those in
war, and this condition will continue
as long as workers accept the en-
ployers' theory that life is cheap, says
President Perkins of the Cigarmakers'
International union, writing in the Of
ficial magazine Of that organization.
1.-THE number of American soldiers
killed in battle is placed at 50.151,
and during the same period. the num-
Der of American workers killed in
their line of duty was 126,664,55 says
the trade unionist.
"On the battle front men laid their
lives on the altar Of patriotism and
gladly sacrificed themselves for an
ideal. In the mines and mills. on
the railroads, wherever industry turns
the wheels of progress. men, women
and little children lay their lives on
the altar of necessity. and die in
striving for the wage that means shell
ter, food and those dependent on
them.
'"The mutilations of modern war
fare are not to be compared with
the mutilations of high-speed indus
trial endeavor. For every man blown
to pieces by gun fire we find two or
more have been blown to pieces in
our mines and quarrieS by premature
blasts or the deadly mine gas.
Human life is said by some to be
cheap. It will be held cheap by the
employer just so long as the workers
accept his valuation OF it. There is
one factor that is doing more to en-
nance the valuation Of life and limb
than any other, and that is the trade
union. This power for good is con-
tinuously on the job, forcing the bet
terment Of conditions under which We
work and live"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
Madison Wage Scale.

This wage agreement becomes ef-
fectivc at once and terminates April
J, 1922.
1.-The principle of the union shop is
conceded, as it has been in the past.'
The Syracuse, n. Y, Builders Ex-
change seeks to put into effect 10
Per cent reduction in wages as follows:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
le Duluth Demand.

While tie Minnesota Employers as
ISOLATION originally announced a reduc-
tion il the wages Of plumbers and
steamftters from 81 to IS cents an
hour no attempt has been yet made to
make tho demand effective.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28
BEATING LABOR RACK

Those who are engaged in the shame.
less business Of Cheating labor to its
knees' are being forced to reveal the
thought that is back in their minds.
The tue phrases that they employed
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28

Now comes Duluth, a city in which it
costs more to live than in either Madi-
son or Syracuse, and with shorter
building season. Surely study of
these tables will convince any fair
minded person that the Builders Ex-
change and the Citizens Alliance arc
decidedly unfair to the Duluth workers
as the following will show:
The Duluth Demand
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28

Wouldn't it be unfortunate if BY
some mischance the names Of any Of
the dollar-a-year patriots should be. in
cluded il the official slacker listsi
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-31
SPECIAL NOTICE.


THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the Washington Railway Ind
Electric Company for the purpose Of elect
ing Boa I'd OF Directors to serve for the
ensuing pear and to transact such other
business ss may properly come before the
meeting, win be held at the office Of the
company, 18th and G strects northwest.
washingtoo. D. c., On "a turdsy. January
Il. 1927 at IL O'Clock noon. In connectinn
herewith the troks for the transfer o.
stock Of said company tpurxuant to the ty-
inwsl win be closed from the close OF bust
ness on December 81. 1921, to the opening
Of business on January s, 1922. 9. n.
BOWEN, Secretary. se5
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
annual meeting OF the stockholders Of The
Capital Trsctice Ccmpsuy for the election
Of a board Of directors for the ensuing year
and TIE trsnsactiou Of such other busises.
~ may be brought before the meeting. will
b. held at the ofRice Of the company. seth
sbd N SITS. NV, Warrington. D. c.. 90
THURSDAY, January IL. 1922. at 1885 o'cscrk
a N. ne polls viii b. opes from II O'Clock
q. n. until IL e'cscch soea- X. d. cRAMP-
TON. Secretary.
dec3-jai2.isc 7<2
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-31
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 30.-Butter-
Fancy creamery, 43ai4c; choice
creamery, 41a42c; good, 3oa40c;
prints, 44a46c; blocks, 43a45c; near
by creamery. 40a43c; ladle, 2Sa32c;
Maryland and Pennsylvania rolls,
25a30c; West Virginia rolls, 25a2sc;
store packed, 23a24c; dairy prints,
25a30c. Process butter, 35a36c.
Eggs-The following prices are
for strictly wholesale lots; jobbing
lots are higher: Maryland and Penn
sylvania and nearby firsts, SOC:
Western firsts, soc; West Virginia
firsts, Soc: Southern firsts. 4sc.
Game-Rabbits, choice Maryland
and nearby, per doz. $3.00a3.50: fair
to good. doz, s2.0oa250: poor, s:
Season for rabbits will close tGmor-
row.
Live Poultry-Chickens, old hens,
AZ lbs and over. per h. 27a2sr;
medium, to 4 lbs. per lib, 2Ia26a;
smaller, per Id. 22a23c; white Leg
horns, per Id. 21a23c: old ROSTERS.
l7a1sc; springers. large. per lib, Csc;
small to medium, 27a2scs white Leg
horns, per Id. 23ac5c; rough. poor
and thin. 22a23c; ducks. young Pc
kins. az lbs and over. per Id, 26a
&c; puddle. per Id, 25a26c: Mus
covy, 22a23c: smaller and poor. per
ID, zoe; geese. nearby per Id. 24a
zoe; Western. per 10. 23a2lc; Kent
Island. per ID. 2sa30cs pigeons, per
pair, young. eoa2sc; old, per pair.
2oa2sc; guinea fowl, young. III lbs
and over, each. soc; smaller. eacn(
zoe; old. each, Csc. Turkeys, choice
hens, per ID, 35c; young gobblers.
ID. soc; old toms, per Id. 25c; poor
and crooked breast. per lb. zoe
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-31
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 3o.-wheat-
Receipts. s5.43s bus; No. Q red win
ter. spot. s1.21: No. 2 red garlicky,
spot. SLIT.
Corn-Receipts. 14s.s7s busTrack
yellow corn No. or better, 81 cts
bus. asked. Cob corn, s2.7o Dbl for
carloads prime yellow on spot. No.
spot. 5s%c; No. 4 spot. 5sxc.
oats-Receipts, nil. No. . white
oats. 45a46c: No. white. 43a44c.
Rye-Receipts. 1895 bus. No. 3
Western spot. closed lower. at s2Izc.
Hay-Receipts, nil. Mixed and
timothy, s1sa2o.
Straw-Receipts. nil. No. 1 tan
gled rye. $3.50: No. / wheat. sI1;
No. / oats tnominal), s1ia11.5o.
Mill Feed-City Mills, winter
BRAN per ton. 100-pound sacks, s3,:
Patxpsco Mill feed. per ton in 100
pound sacks. $50; white middIings,
per ton. In se-pound cotton sacks
$37; same In 1oa-ponnd jute-sack..
80. These quotations are for job
bling lots.