The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1921-02-03


for about four times as much as the
supporters of Irish independence. 1t
is reported that the government agents
have destroyed AZ farmers creameries
SO far in it's effort to break the morale
of the Irish farmers.
WELSH LABOR WINS SEATS
Two Welsh coal miner leaders have
been elected to the British parliament
The victory of the labor candidates is
noteworthy not only because Of their
majorities of 1850 and 4,076 but be-
cause of the fact that Lloyd George
used to be the political idol of the
Welsh people.
Government candidates made a
strong campaign for the seats.
Many observers are wondering how
long Lloyd George, who came to power
as radical" can keep his power by
yielding and playing the game for re-
| dictionary elements. The last general
election and the bye-elections indi'
cate that he no longer has the follow:
ing of organized labor and, on the
other hand, the Tories are impatient
with catering to labor and liberal sup
porters of the premier even If it is only
for political effect.
| They get great encouragement from
the results of elections in the United
States and feel that now is the time
for large business to break through
all restraints. The governments re-
| tn &,,r, Lo hoo1y n
private ownership is one Of the thorns
in the Tory hides.
| DISARMAMENT MOVE GROWS
| The burden of armament as we'll "a
the growing power of the Anglo-Mor-
gan banking alliance is driving all the
conservative governments of the world
! toward the league of nations, or better,
| the Improvement idea.
| In Europe more than here the states.
men realize that this great expense
of preparing for war against ecah other
adds to their bankruptcy and weakens
them before the menace of working
class rule. If united under a super.
government, with one great group OF
capital dominant, there would be no
more reason for military preparation
! among the nations than there is here
for military preparation by our states
| to defend themselves from other
states.
Not only do the crafty business
statesmen see this tremendous saving
but they see a pooling of the military
resources of the world, which can be
used in the near future to wipe out
the Russian experiment or any resist
ance anywhere to recognized govern.
ment.
A great wave of disarmament pro-
paganda in papers hitherto shouting
militarism shows the direction in
which the wind is blowing. But this
should not be interpreted to mean that
we have hope of any less fighting and
bloodshed through the super-govern.
ment which the Republicans will in.
dorse. 1t will defend method Of do.
ing business by military power against
those who want change.
CLAYTON ACT oVERRATED
Much of the shock in labor circles
over the recent supreme court deci.
sion declaring the so-called secondar!
boycott illegal is probably due to un
warranted confidence in the Clayton
act.
In 1914 President Gompers called
the Clayton act the Magma Charta of
American labor. Labor had support.
ed Wilson in 1912 and it was neces
sary both for the politicians and labor
leaders who had worked with them to
show fruits worthy of this support.
In 1916 the Democratic platform
pointed to the Clayton act with pride
as an "act which lifted labor from
the category of commodities" It did
nosuch lifting. The act in general is
one of those tricky legal documents
which lead the unsuspecting to think
it means something far different from
what it does. In fact it made legal
only what was already legal.
The supreme court probably looked
at the wave of reactionary politics
which has swept the country and
kleaned toward big business, but if the
law had been right it could not have
leaned. Labor and the farmers should
realize that big business politicians
have not had any reason for putting
anything on the statute books for
| them.