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The labor world., 1921-12-10

master general that the Federal gov
ernment was going too far with its
"shoot on sight, order.
A Captain Barry of the Marine corps,
imagining apparently that he and not
the postmaster general had been ad.
dressed, replied to the governor: "The
shooting of buns by marines,' he
said, "may be a question of law, but
it is not a question of POWDER -
Real smart! If we had compulsory
military training i'll the United States
that would be common reply. The
Prussian autocrats overlooked bet
when they missed this fellow. They
once indulged in such fresh retorts.
They don anymore. 1t has been taken
out Of them. Only in the United States
does militarist insist that the mill
tary is superior to the civil power.
The postmaster general, who is a
mighty good publicity man, would do
test. According to the latest info:-
nation the marines have killed and
wounded dozen men, but have no:
"wingcd' a single robbcr. That s not
record to boast Of.
Washington papers tell of a young
man passing through the Union Sta.
ton with his sweetheart, who care
lcssly placed his hand on a mail truck
while walking by it. "Bang,'' went
a bullet by his head Only the poor
craftsmanship Of the marine saved the
young man s life.
Surely there is a better way Of pro-
tecting the mails than by permitting
marines to take such pot shots as have
been referred to herein, or even by
shooting poor devils found ''riding the
rods' because they haven't the mone.y
to purchase tickets.
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er of the dollar was quadruplcd. Thus
our indebtedness is not 20 billions but
80 billions, If WE MEASURE IT BY
THE PEOPLES s ABILITY 10 PAY.,'
There is nothing in: the Record to
indicate that any senator challenged
the accuracy Of that statement. SEMI
tor Smith is not "radical.' He
belongs on the "right' rather than
on the Cleft wing of political ac-
tionists on economic questions. His
remarkable statement was not NEIL
toned in single newspaper Of note
in the country.
Not word was said about our ma
tional debt being quadrupled within a
year, long after the armistice was
signed. No mention was made of the
fact that peace has been made inf
nitcly more costly than war through a
trick Of Wall street bankers.
The men who controlled the green
backs and demonetized silver in 1879
were "pikers' compared with tht gen
tlemen who control our Federal Re-
serve board and who over night re-
duced the value of the farmers crops
by eight billions, threw from three to
five million workers out of employ
ment and into the streets, and, az
cording to the senator from South
Carolina, quadrupled our national debt.
There is a sentiment growing in the
country in favor of the cancellation
Of all debts owed to the United States
by foreign countries, but no one is
saying anything about cancelling our
own debts in such manner. True It
would be hard on lot of little fellows
who staked their all on the solvency
and integrity of our government, but
we for one would be willing to wipe
the slate clean and start over again.
1t would be cheaper for all in the long
run, all but those who use government
as a ladder on which they climb to
wealth and fortune
The labor world., 1921-12-10
THE COST OF EFFICIENCY

Employers who have attuned them
selves to the music Of the times have
come to look on wage reductions as
the only means of cutting down pro-
ducing costs. Railroad executives can.
not see it in any other light. They
will not admit Of inefficiency or waste.
They will not concede that farming out
repair work to private shops means
increased cost. Many of them own
stock in such repair shops.
President Wilson once said to Amer
lean manufacturers that the markets
of the world were theirs if they would
get down to an efficiency basis and
quit depending upon subsidy in one
form or another, such as on a protec-
tive, but they would not heed that wise
advice, and now since the war is over,
the best markets have gotten away
from them. Their plants are down and
millions Of workers are out of employ
ment.
AS an. example of waste and ineffi-
cheney it is pointed out by experts in
the Interior department at Washing
ton, following an exhaustive inquiry,
that II per cent of all the coal con-
sumed in the independent power plants
in the region between Washington and
Boston is wasted
In the year 1919 these plants used
19, 200 tons of coal. A central pow
er plant, properly managed, could have
developed the same amount Of energy
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They want to get everyone Htsgustcd
with everyone but themselves.
Among this. tribe of crepe-hangcrs
is Fl. G. Wells, the best advertised ami
most destructive correspondent in at
tendance at the conference. He looks
for every chance to play the BolsheviS
game. He is one of the parlor pinks
with strong sympathies for Germany
and Russia and marked aversion for
France. He takes fling frequently
at trade union movements. He never
misses a chance-all in the name Of
liberalism.
The world s diplomats now at Wash
ington are in it too deep to turn back.
They dare not return to their native
lands without having made some sub
stantial contribution to the future
peace Of the world. They may strut
and duck, fence and fiddle at the con-
ference, but when all will be said and
done they will sit down and agree
upon terms that will render war less
likely.
No great public question has ever
held more Of promise for the human
race than that which is being dis
cussed at Washington. 1t must not
fail; it cannot fail. God will surely
answer the prayers Of the worlds mul
titudes. In the meantime it behooves
US to continue in the work of arousing
and mobilizing public opinion, and at
the same time to keep close eye Oh
the destructive wolves in the clothing
of liberal sheep, who are sending out
disheartening stories to the daily
papers.
We cannot afford to let real prog
ress be destroyed by those who pretend
progress while they plot destruction.
The labor world., 1921-12-10
THAT HEATING FRANCHISE,

The three men who want tht fran
chise from the city to build central
heating plant are in a hurry about it.
They want the commissioners to give
them this valuable grant at once, as
"thev are very anxious to get started.'
That 8 the same old cry. We spent
six years in the city council and we
heard that request every time spe-
cial interest appeared before the alder
men seeking a privilege. They never
could wait. It would spoil their plans.
The money was waiting for them, anil
they must have the franchise right osf
the reel without the dotting Of an "i'
or the crossing of ''t,' or all would
be lost.''
The Great Northern Power company
couldn t wait, but they waited, and the
people were better off because the al
dermen made them wait. The Wiscon-
sin Central railroad, now the 500 Line,
held stop-watch on the council COM
mittec and it's representatives went
away declaring they would pass up
Duluth, but they came back, and when
they did the people got good bargain,
better than was first offered. The
Great Northern wanted part Of Arthur
street near Garfield avenue over which
an approach was to be built to the
Duluth-Superior bridge, which it owned.
The attorney for the road was in q
great hurry, but the council took It's
time, deliberated cautiously and Of
fered several amendments to the pro-
posed franchise, all of which were re-.
fused by the company. Later the 500
came to the council with the same re-
quest over the same street. Its rep
resentatives agreed to the councils
terms, accepted the franchise and Jim
Hill found himself with a bridge or
his hands but with every approach to
it blocked.
That is in part the history Of special
grants by the city of Duluth in re-
cent years. 1t will pay the commits
sloners to 60 over every clause in the
proposed heating franchise slowly and
carefully and then turn it down. AS
representatives of the people such a
matter should be submitted to the vot-
crs with an alternative proposition to
authorize the issuing of bonds for the
building of big city heating plant.
Let the people decide such an impor-
tant question.
And in any event, why be hasty?
The petitioners for the franchise have
been spending months on their plans.
They have, it is said, canvassed that
portion Of the city to be covered bv
the franchise and have secured manv
contracts. They are primed and load
ed. Their baby is fed and dressed
according to their liking. 1t will paw
the commissioners and the city to give
the request the timely and careful
consideration it deserves.
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by burning 5,26S,s00 tons. More than
100000 tons of coal, which probably
cost more than $l000O0,000, was
"burncd' up through inefficiency.
The men responsible for such an enor-
nous waste are in all probability in
sisting that the only way they can re-
duce costs is to cut the wages Of the
workers. 1t is the easiest thing to
think about, although not always the
easiest to do, that is where their work
ers, are bound together by a strong
and effective labor organization.
The labor world., 1921-12-10
"SHOOTING ON SIGHT,"

Everyone wants the mails protected
and most people endorse the arrange
ments made by the postmaster general
with the United States Marines by
which Marine is posted in every mail
car to assist in guarding the mails.
His orders are to 81 shoot on sight' any
one suspected Of an intent to rob the
mails.
Governor Blaine of Wisconsin, fol-
lowing the shooting of a young man
who was stealing railroad ride to
his home from neighboring town on
the "blind end,' protested to the post
The labor world., 1921-12-10
SHIP SUBSIDY AGAIN.

~ "ooAv VI oA1P ouUoIuy LII Auleflcd
is one Of exciting interest. Mark Han
ma, following the campaign Of 1896,
did his utmost to induce Congress to
pass bill granting subsidy to ships
sailing under the American flag to
foreign ports. He failed in his pur-
pose. Then after the death of presi-
dent Mckinley an attempt was made
by Mr.. Roosevelt to have Congress pass
such an act. Congress again refused.
President Taft took up the cudgel where
Roosevelt left it, and he too failed.
President Wilson did not believe in
subsidy OF any kind of privilege. He
advocated government merchant
marine as and alternative. Congress
backed him up and a goodly number
OF ships were built. Mr.. Wilson made
the mistake of trusting to the patriot.
ism of the shipping crowd the organ
ization and completion of the merchant
marine. That crowd has since scrapped
or sold at great sacrifice most of
the ships built by Uncle Sam during
the war.
Up to the time of the civil war the
United States was the second maritime
nation in the world. Confederate fri
gates during that war succeeded in
driving the American flag from the
sea by sinking most Of our ships. Since
then American exports have been car
ried to foreign ports largely in for
eign bottoms. The capital that formerly
went into merchants ships, after the
war, found better field in the new
and rapidly growing industrial plants
and the railroads Of the country. Few
capitalists ventured into the maritime
field until the government started
building ships Of it's own.
America had a wonderful opportun.
ity, with her new ships, to supply
the market of South America and the
Orient, during and since the war. She
permitted it to pass. The house of
Morgan is interested in big shipping
lines, the ships of which carry the
British flag. The Morgan controlled
railroads are favoring foreign ships
and are discriminating against Ameri-
canships.. 1t is even alleged by United
States senators that the railroads are
selling coal to foreign ships at the rate
Of $500 ton and are charging Ameri-
can ships a great deal more. That is
subject Congress is beginning to in
vestigate
Now comes President Harding with
a repitition of the request Of his Repub-
lican predecessors for a government
subsidy on American ships. He believes
the middle west, which has always been
against the scheme, is now In favor
Of it. It is said that the president will
go before Congress early in January,
with "his shipping proposal.'
It is queer mix:up we are in. The
big fellows do not want the govern
ment in the shipping business because
it will operate at loss, but they are
perfectly willing to get into the game,
provided the government guarantees
them profit in the form of sub
sidy. We're back to normalcy all
right, and the" privilege seekers are
on the job as they have never been
hefnre
The labor world., 1921-12-10
SELF CONTROL: and ITS
RELATION TO SAFETY

Almost every Minnesotan knows
Thomas P. Dwyer of Minneapolis,
former Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of this state. Mr.. Dwyer is
boilermaker in the employ of cer-
tain railroad running into Minne
apolis.
This road has organized safety
committee consisting of one repre-
sentative from each of the IS crafts.
It is the custom of the road to select
representative each month to pre-
pare paper on safety and the pre-
vention Of accidents. Last month it
fell to the lot of Dwyer to read a
paper. Instead he prepared poem
on safety; the reading of which made
an impression on his fellow workers.
Every railroad employe should read
it. Here it is:
: Self Control and Safety.
Self Control, is very wise. while you're
working through the day.
For it leads you on to safety, that
should have the right of way.
Otherwise, if you get hurt, or some
one hurt through you,
There's no one, but yourself to
blame, when cautioned what to
do.
That is, to think of Safety, first,
last, and all the time;
1t never. breeds an accident. upon
a railroad line.
1t saves the train. from wreck, then
fire, and death, in burning
flame.
And leaves no cause for damage
suit to try and shift the blame.
Control yourself, throughout the week,
through every month and year,
So that Safety, is the watchword,
throughout your whole career.
1t protects you, from those cuts and
scars, and from the doctor
bills
While countless, are the victims,
that the careless wounds and
kills
Then why, take any chances, where
there is so much at stake?
Apply the rule, of Safety first, be-
fore it is too late.
1t saves both loss of eyes, and limbs,
and often saves the life,
That would leave the orphan child
rem and the broken hearted
wife.
These lines, may seem pathetic, but
we cannot go too deep,
Because through lack of Safety
first, many thousands weep.
And you, can help to stop it all, just
control yourself and say,
I'll take the rule of Safety first, and
hurt no one today.
And keep it up tomorrow,-then
there's no more bruise to mend,
For tomorrow, let me tell you. like
the world.-it ! as no end.
But there is an end, to poetry, as
common sense will do
For all, to practice, Safety First;
so now it's up to you:
: It's hard to sing in A flat and B
natural.
Uneasy lies the head that wants to
wear a crown.
Why is it a fad to criticize women?
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Way down south in the land of cot
ton, the price is good but freight rates
rotten.
The labor world., 1921-12-10

Why not scrap the railroad poison
squad by calling conference on the
limitation of propaganda Then We
would have no further use for waste
baskets. -
The labor world., 1921-12-10

& Saving the world for democracy is
not what it is cracked up to be, 50 we we
are learning at this late date.
The labor world., 1921-12-10

Since we are for the Legion and
the Legion is for a bonus. what are
we hesitating for?
The labor world., 1921-12-10

Why is it a fad to criticize women ?
Half our parents are women.
The labor world., 1921-12-10

Radicals want to pull down the
American eagle and have a lark.
The labor world., 1921-12-10

! It's hard to sing in A flat and B
natural.
Uneasy lies the head that wants to
wear g. crown.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-28
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 81 Wheat
Receipts. 1903 bu.: No. red win
ter, spot. s122h; No. sarlicky.
spot. s1.1S1s.
Corn-Receipts. 1888 bu: track
yellow corn, No. or better. domes-
tic delivery, 6ic asked; cob corn.
SAYS bid for carloads prime yellow
on spot; contract spot, 60kc.
Oats-Receipts, nil; market firm;
44c nominal for No. 2. and Al Y a42h
for No. r white oats.
Rye-Receipts. 1894 bu.; No.
Western spot closed at $3.50.
Hay-Receipts. II tons; fair to good
mixed and timothy. sl6a2O.
Straw-Receipts. 10 tons: No ]
tangled rye. $3.50; No. l wheat, s11:
No. l oat (nominaD. s11a115O.
Mill Feed-City Mills winter bran.
per ton. 1oO-lb. sacks. s32: Patapsco
mill feed, per ton, in 10O-lb. sacks.
$50; white middlings. per ton. in so
III. cotton sacks, s37; same in 100
ID. jute sacks. s34. These quota
tons are for jobbing lots.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-28
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 2T.-Butter-
Fancy creamery, 44a4ac: choice
creamery, 42a43c: good creamery.
46a41c; prints. 45ai7c: blocks, 44a
Ace: nearby creamery. 40ai3c; Iadie.
30a32c; Maryland and Pennsylvania
rolls, 2Sa30c; West Virginia rolls,
2Sa30c: store packed. 24a25c: Mary
land. Virginia and Pennsylvania
dairy prints, 2Sa$lc process butter,
35a36c
Eggs-The following prices are
for strictly wholesale lots: iobbing
lots are higher: Maryland and Penn
sytvania and nearby firsts. sic: West
Virginia frsts. 53c.
Live Poultry-Chickens old hens.
a.. pounds and over. per pound. ga
2sc; medium. 3 to I pounds. per
pound. 2ia2Gc; smaller. per pound.
22a23c: white LeEEcrns. per pound,
2la23c; old roostcTs, I1a1Sr: spring.
ers. large. per pound. 21a2Sc; small
to medium, 27a2SC, white Lcghorns.
per pound. 23a25c: rough. poor and
thin, 22a23c Ducks, young Pekins.
3L pounds and over. per pound. 90
arc. puddle, per pound. 25a2Gc;
MuscoYy, 22c: smaller and poor. per
pound, zoe. Geese. nearby. per
pound, 26a27c: Western. per pound,
24a25c: Kent Island. per pound, 2Sa
SOC. Pigeons, young, per pair. 2oa
zoe; old, per pair. 20a26c. Guinen
fowl, young. II. pounds and over
each. soc: smaller, each, 30c: old
each, Use. TuI keys. choice hens. per
pound. 4Oc: young gobblers, pound
56a3Sc; old toms, per pound. 34a35c;
poor and crooked breast, per pound,
zoe.
Game-Eabbits. choice Maryland
and nearby. per doz, s3a4; fair to
good, doz.l s2a2 30.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-28
WHEAT FIGURES
AVERAGE HIGHER
Trade Continues of Holiday
misunderstanding Orders
Check Mays Advance.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Wheat prices
averaged higher, with trade mainly
OF holiday character. There were
numerous resting orders to sell at
s1.1S for May, which checked the
advance. and toward noon the mar
ket had reacted to around Satur-
days finish. There has been per
sistent selling of late at all the
even figures on the way up and
outside trade has not been suffi-
ciently large to absorb them with
out reacting. This has tended to
make the net gains of the day
rather small. Little was heard re-
Garding export demand, due to
some extent to the holidays abroad
Cash premiums were well main
tained, however, with MinneapD lis
reporting a slightly better flour de-
mand. with indications of an i'm
provement after the turn of the
year. Dry and cold weather in the
southwest. with the forecast for
generally fair and warmer Senti-
ment generally is bullish. Govern
ment final crop reports for 1921,
and also the revised figures for
1920 and 1919 will be issued late
tomorrow, and the trade generally
looks for the revised figures to
show considerable gain, as com
pared with the preliminary figures
on wheat, but a reduction in corn
and oats. Corn held close to Sat
urday's finish, but averaged Slightly
lower. with some selling of May
by cash houses. Country offerings
were small, with a general dispo-
sition to hold off selling until after
the reduction in freight rates which
goes into effect between January
l and Z. The reduction on corn at
Illinois points will be around 10
per cent. Seaboard exporters were
after corn but sales here were
small. 1t is expected that further
purchases will be made for Russian
relief tomorrow. Oats showed in
dependent strength early on COM
mission houses buying. but reacted
later
Provisions were Influenced by the
strength in hogs, and a fair cash
demand, and averaged higher. Hogs
were up 20a3Oc, with bulk of sales
at s7.25a7.75.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-28
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-Butter
Solid packing creamery. high
scoring, 43a45c; extras. 40: extra
firsts, 4Oa44C; firsts. 35a37C: seconds.
32a34c;: sweet creamery. choice,
fancy, 44a45c; fair TO good. 35a43c;
fancy prints, 54a56c; fair to good.
46a53c.
Eggs-Nearby extra firsts, SIC:
firsts, Sic; Western. extra firsts. Sic;
firsts. soc: seconds. 4Oa47C: fancy
candled. 67a6Sc; fair to good. 6la66c.
Live Poultry-Fowls. fancy yell
low skinned, 25a2Sc; medium. Goa
24c; inferior. 15a1Sc; white Lcghorn.
15a22c: spring chickens. fancy. yell
low-skinned, 23a25c; inferior. 15a
Use; old ROSTERS, 17a1Sc; turkeys.
fancy. soc; fair to good. 45a4sc;
ducks, white Pekin. 26a2SC; mixed.
24a25c: muscovyt 16sl7c: geese
23a25c.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-28

At a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Metropolitan Trust
Company, of New York, yesterday.
Samuel McRoberts was elected pres
ident and added to the directorate.
In addition, the following new
members were also placed on the
board: Samuel McRoberts; Philip
d. Armour, of Armour and Com
pany; Earl d. Babst, president.
American Sugar Refining Company:
Van Lear Black, president. Fidelity
Trust Company of Maryland; will
lam .B. Joyce, president, National
Surety Company; c. G. Smith, presi-
dent, Great American Insurance
Company, and c. w. Watson. presi-
dent. the Consolidation Coal Com
pany.
These gentlemen. with Others.
representative of solid and substan-
tial interests throughout the coun-
try, have, with Mr.. McRoberts, be-
come interested in the Metropolitan
Trust Company, associated with
such men as Haley Fiske. president
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company; Thomas De Witt Cuyler
Ogden l.. Mills, Joseph walker, Sr..
Harold I. Pratt, and others who
are already on the board, the new
administration would seem to be
amply backed for an active and i'm.
portant career
At the same meeting the directors
Of the company elected William II.
Maxwell. jr., of New York, a vice
president.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-28
COTTON CLOSES
At HIGH FIGURES
Little Fresh Selling Pressure
Encourages Traders to Buy
And Bid Up Crop.

NEW YORK. Dec. 27.-A:hougn
the Liverpool market remained
closed today for an extra Christmas
holiday there since Friday, there
was some foreign buying of cotton
contracts here for British and Japa-
nese interests from the opening.
New Orlean salso turned up fairly
good buyer With little fresh SELL
ing pressure from either local or
Southern accounts. this demand en-
couraged the local and Wall Street
bull element to buy and bid up the
market While their purchases
were relatively small the absence
of any selling pressure made 4 easy
TO advance prices. and in this way
the general contract list was
marked up between 20 and 25 points
from Fridays closing quotations.
Under the lead of January and
March contracts January went rp TO
lsZ, while March sofa at 1915, May
1915 and July 17.72. against 1885
for October Of the new crop. These
prices were established shortly
before o'clock, with mos tof the
gain held during the last hours
trading. when the volume OF busi-
ness was very small. There were
no fresh DEVELOPMENTS in the gem
eral situation over the Christmas
holidays. but there was a better
feeling toward the market from the
absence of any outside selling
pressure and reports of a firmer
spot basis in the South.
Today was the first day notices.
could be sent out for deliveries or
cotton on January contracts. In all
there were only the equivalent of
1000 bales rendered On this there
was some covering of January
shorts and its maximum rise of IS
points advanced March nearly as
much before the demand ran out,
The Worlds spinners' takings OF
American cotton for last week were
$4,000 bales, against $4,000 lssr
year This makes the worlds
spinners takings from August i to
date total 6.e65.0e0 bales. against
100000 the same time last year.
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