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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07

New York UnionIsts Call Special
Convention and Hit Back a at
'0pen Shop" Advocates.

ALBANY, N. Y, May 5. - At a
special convention of the New York
State Federation of Labor, plans were
perfected to war on the state m achine
of the dominant political party, which
was declared to be .capitaIstic con
sriracy to destroy the American labor
union and reduce the American wage
worker to condition of peonage." "
In an address to the convention
President Gompers declared that the
anti-labor legislation, passed by the
New York state legislature, is "ample
proof of an attempt to establish an
industrial autocracy in our country
He declared that this attempt would
be defeated by organized labor, as the
militaristic autocracy of Europe had
been destroyed in the great war.
The convention also declared in
favor of a. statewide campaign
against the abuse of the injunction
power that has been assumed by
courts.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07
DID ROADSBACK
OUTLAWS STRIKE? 5:
". S. Carter J., Grand Chief, Bro
therhood Of Locomotive Fire.
men, Holds They Did.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 5.-Was last
years outlaw Failrcad strike backed
by rail magnateS who knew that the
railway labor board would Nject wage
requests if forced on them '. by this
illegal walkout?
This point was raised by VS.. Car
ter. president of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firenen and Enginemen,
in the official magazine of that or
ganization.
HAS it never occurred to the mem-
bers of the railroad brotherhoods
that the surest way to prevent a huge
increase in wages, the result of. a de-
cision of the labor board, would be to
get the men to go on an unauthorized
striker asks Carter.
1T is now known to everyone that
had this illegal strike become general
and involved all railroad employees,
decision No. 2 would never have been
reached by the labor board and thus
the railroads would have been saved
probably $500.oO0,000 or $600,000,00U
per year in labor costs.
1T is a fact that at certain points
the most active promoters of the IL
legal strike were secret service men.
Enormous funds were disbursed
by somebody. Agents were sent
sometimes in groups of three. to most
of the important railroad terminals
in the United States, at which termi-
nails the same attacks were made
upon these old brotherhoods and their
! officers, and with apparently the
same degree of success, and many
members of these railroad organiza.
tions lost their heads and followed
these leaders,
employers do not hesitate to say
that if railroad employees now strike
against wage reductions the thousands
who lost their positions in the Illegal
strike of 1920 will get even.'"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07

the other executive salaries. Part went
into taxes. Part went into dividends
paid to my shareholders. Some, per-
haps, went into loans to finance my
customers - especially custom ers
abroad who are taking long time to
pay.
It is quite possible that a large slice
went into stock dividends that is, that
Issued new capital stock and gave it
away<to myself and to other owners
on the expectation of continued large
earnings-and this part now repre-
sents liability instead Of an asset.
Part went into new plant and ma
chinery which is now lying idle and
must be carried on my books at loss
for while. And part went into SUR.
plus. -.
Profits, as such, have largely van
.ished with the collapse of business.
Even my goods on hand. which have
called an asset and reckoned as pro-
fits, have shruhk so much in price
that my profits are less than I
thought. cannot pay new wages out
of past profits. 80. = ~ 4
. But what about my surplus? II !
have been wise, a large share of my
earnings were not spent, but Saved. g
Yet the surplus does not. consist of
gold dollars in my safe or in the safe
Of a bank. OF course I wanted Ito
draw interest on It. and 80 used Il
to buy stocks and bonds. mortgages
or other commerciaIpape
/ Of. It, IL the shortage Of present pro-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07
AGAINST A j
WACE.:REDuC1l0N
AntI-Union Influences Interrupt
Long Fra Of Industrial Peace
at CIoquet Paper Mill.

CLOQUET, May 5.-(Special Cor
respondence.) The paper mill is
closed down here and all members
Of the Papermakcrs and Sulphite
Workers unions are on strike against
a reduction in wages, the working
agreement having expired May 1.
The local management has always
been fair to labor and the Cloquet
mill was one Of the first in the coun.
try to recognize the union, adopt col
lective bargaining and grant the eight
hour day. 1t is understood that or
ders for the cut in wages came from
the East, and the situation is not un-
der the control of the local manager.
Herbert Hubert, president of the
Papermakers' union has been des-
patched to New York to confer with
the officers Of the International union
who are endeavering to get a confer
ence with the officers Of the paper
manufacturers association.
The strike of the papermakers is
general and affects all of the large
paper mills in the country. During
the week there have been several
breaks in the ranks of the manufac-
tLrers who have refused to longer
ganized anti-unionists. Paper mills al
| other points in Minnesota are also af-
fected by the strike.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07

By GEORGE SOULE in The Nation.
IT I were an employer announcing
a wage reduction at this moment I
should feel a little embarrassed. 1t is
taken for granted that 1 should be a
just employer, wanting to do the best
possible thing by my workmen, and
that should be we'll informed.
My information would show me that
during the rise in the price level from
1914 to 1917, the average wage, did
not rise as rapidly as the cost of liv-
ing. In these three years the wage
earners were, on the whole, able to
buy fewer things than they had
bought before the war.
During the same. period, however,
my profits and buying power had in
creased enormously-even after the
inroads- Of taxes. Perhaps 1 was alb
stemious, perhaps1 invested the great
er part Of my profits in my own Or
some other business, but the chances
are I loosened the purse strings a
little.
During short periods in 1918 and
1919 some of my employes-but not
al1-possibly did reach and surmount
the price level. Yet their advance was
not comparable to the rise in busines.
earnings, which were piled UP in un-
parallelled profits and surpluses.
Now the cost of living has gone
down little. from the peak of last
July, but not more than Is per cent
The earnings OF labor have automat-
ically been reduced by, the fall II
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07

PRESENT !! !: WAeERA1Es !! !! !: ! |
...... -. SHQullBE MAINTAINED
The general 1cvel of wages at
taincd should. nit be lowered.

The general jcvel of wages at.
taincd should nbt be lowered.
The =. overwhelming majority
should not be- compelled or suf-
fered to undergo any reduction in
their rates of remuneration, for two
reasons: Ffrsts because the aver
age rate of paI has not. increased
faster than thascost OF living, Sec
ond, because considerable major
ity of the wade earncrs of the
United States, 18th men and women
were not receiving living wages
when prices began to rise in 1915.
Even il the pflcc of goods should
fal: to the level ion which they were
in 1915-sometfling that can not be
hoped for within five years-thc
average present rate of wages
would not exceed the equivalent
of a decent likelihood in the case
OF a vast majority.
Even II the majority of the
workers were now in receipt of
more than living wages, there arc
no good reasons why rates of pay
should bc lowered. After all, nv7
ing wage is nof necessarily the full
measure Of jusiice.
The employee has a right to get
a reasonable lifting out of his busi-
ness, but he has no right to inter-
est on his investments until his enl.
ploycs have obteined at least living
wages.-From the Bishops Pro.
gram OF Reconstruction, National
Catholic Welfare Council.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07

Congressman Fess Would Have
Government Match Dollars
With Those Of State.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Congress-
man Fess Of Ohio has re-introduced
a bill which would appropriate $780,
900 for home economics education
for the year 1922, and increase
$250,O00 each year until its maximum
of $3,0O0,000 annually is reached.
The purpose of the bill is to train
the country's 26,000,000 women and
girls in home making, including the
care of children, selection and prep
aration of foods, selection and MAX
ing of clothing, advice for keeping the
family we'll and home making.
The appropriation is to be allotted
to the various states on the basis of
total population, with the proviso
an equal appropriation by the state.
that the money shall be matched by
The funds are to be administered by
the state boards for vocational edu-
cation, with the approval of the fed
eral board for vocational education
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07
C0URT:F|NALLY
s *M0RBERS i |: !;
.T0.FACE TRIAL
Southern Lumber Company and
Its Agents Must Answer for
Murder Of Union Men,
NEW ORLEANS. Nav 5.-Afte

NEW ORLEANS. May 5.-After
resorting to- technicalities for 1S
months Federal Judge Foster has or
dered the city of Bogalusa, the Great
Southern Lumber company and other
persons sued for damages as the re-
suit of killings at Bogalusa, in No.
vember, 1919. to stop fighting for
delay and get ready for trial. 1t will
probably be another year before the
mobbers will be placed on the wit
ness stand and forced to tell Of their
connection with the murder of sew
eral trade unionists and the attempted
lynching of Sol Dacus. influential
negro in Bogalusa, who urged fell
low negro workers to stand with the
white workers in the mill strike of
that year.
The suits were started by the wild
oWs of the Murdered. unionists. In the
case of George Williams the charge
is made that he was beaten nearly
to death because he refused to quit
his business of draying and return
t.. work in the mill.
The widows charge that their hus-
pose of destroying organized labor"
in Bogalusa, and that the company
sounded the mills siren whistle to
assemble the mob.
The mob first went to the home
| of Dacus. but the negro hid in the
swamp, and with the aid of white
| workers made his way to New Or
leans and later to Gulfport. Miss.
When the mob failed to find Dacus
his home was demolished, his fam
lily terrified and $1,000 worth of war
savings stamps stolen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07
M|SMANAGEME|NT;, ! /. ] !!
.No1:.>.H|CH. WAGES,
IS RESPONSIBLE
Senator La Toilette Holds Rail-.
Roads Fail TO Function Be,
cause Of Unfair Methods.

WASHINGTON, May s. - 1.-The
reason for the present plight of the
railroads is their illegal and dishonest
expenditures Of money for mainte-
nance and their prohibitive rates
which have stalled traffic." said SEN
ator La Toilette, in an address before
the peoples reconstruction league.
The lawmaker assailed the Cum
mins-Esch act and declared that the
railroads were the authors of this leg
islation
"Having dictated the terms of this
law" he said. land having failed COM
p1etely to put the transportation sys-
tenn on sound basis under its oper-
alton, the railroads are again here in
Washington preparing to make an
other rail on congress.
ANY difficulties that the carriers
are now in. is due to- misfeasance
before government control and to ar
ttflcial and malicious distractions. by
men in. high railroad places to make
the system fail.
THE time will come when the truth
will be known about the sabotage they
:practiced in order to discredit the op-
GRAFTON Of the administration"
The senator declared that misn1an-
agement and not high wages Is respon-
sible for the present condition of the
railroads. II have read hundreds of
affidavits of men who were employed
on the railroad who stated under
OATH" he said, that they were or
dered and required to execute orders
which blockaded transportation, or
ders which undermined and retarded
the work, orders which destroyed
MATERIAL ...,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07

week was promised to. the printing
trades workers. but the unions all
along were led to believe that they
we're so bound. The following is the
story Of the proceedings, admitted TO
be true by every person in attendance
at the conferences:
Both Arc Represented.
IN March. 1919, there was tormed
in the city of Cincinnati an organ
ization to be known as the 1nterna-
tional Joint Conference Council or
the commercial and periodical
branches Of the printing industry. Its
purpose was to consider ways ana
means for the improvement of the
nrinting industry in the United States.
It's membership is composed OF ooth
representatives of employers and en-
ployes composing the following or
ganizations:
F:mploves - International Typo
graphical union, International Print
ing Pre- ssmen and Assistants unlon'
1nterna tional Brotherhood OF BOOK
binders, International Stereotypers
and Electrotypers' union.
Employers-Closed Shop branch
United Typothetae of America
Printers League of America Inter-
national Association of Employing
Electrotypers.
One of the important questions to
he taken up by the Joint Conference
council was the introduction OF the
44hour work week in the printing IN
dustrv. and in April, 1919, the follow
ing resolution was adopted upon that
question:
Resolution Al Hours.
'Resolved, that both parties are TO
submit to their respective bodies:
That, beginning May /. 1921 the A.
hour week will prevail nationally IN
the printing industry and that each
side recommend the adoption OF TINS
resolution to their constituent ooo!es
and report to the next meeting OF the
international Joint Conference Coun'
Gil"
The question was acted upon pS
the various bodies represented In the
council, as the following. from thf
minutes of the meeting OF Sept. IL
1919> shows:
Mr.. Kalkhoff-This resolution wa:
passed at the meeting of the Closet
Shop branch of the United Tpotheta'
of America on Sept. Is:
"Whereas, the National Joint Con
ference council, composed on the on'
hand of duly accredited representa-
tives Of the United Typothetae o.
America, Closed Shop branch, thu
Printers League of America, the In
ternational Association of Employing
Electrotypers, and on the other hant
of the presidents Of the international
Typographical union, the Interna
tional Printing Pressmen and Assist
ants union, the international Stereo
typers and Electrotypers' union an<
the International Bookbinders' union
at a meeting held in Chicago. Apri
-. 1919, mutually agreed to recon-
mend to their various bodies thu
adoption of the 44-hour week on Ma!
! 1921:
Here's Their Pledge.
"Resolved by the Closed Sho]
branch of the United Typothetae o
America, in annual convention assem-
bled in New York, on Sept. IS, 1913
in accordance with the intent ex
pressed by the National Joint Confer
ence council, that we hereby agre'
to the introduction of the .44-hou
week in the Closed Shop branch, OF
May /, 1921.
This, Mr.. Chairman, was unani
mously adopted by that body" ,'-
by the fall Of 1920 the open shop
element had launched, campaigl
against the national agreement, an,
An effort was made to get tho Unite,
Continued :on Page Tvo)s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07
WANT LESS HOURS.

SAN FRANCISCO, May S. - The
Cracker Bakers union has asked
employers to reduce the work day
from nine to eight hours and increase
wages so cents a day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07
TEACHERS BILL ]

TEACHERS BILL PASSED.
SACRAMENTO. CAL, May 5.-The
state legislature has passed the Ecks-
ward teachers tenure bill, which pro-
hibits dismissal of public school
teachers without public hearing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07
MR.. MERCHANT

IL AS it occurred to you that this paper goes
/ into the homes Of the best paid working
men in Duluth and surrounding territorye
II is carefully perused by every adult mem
Der Of the household. There is no better ad-
vertising medium anywhere.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-07

IT HIS is your paper. It publishes matter
pertaining to your life and welfare. It
wants and needs your support. 1t cannot
exist without it. Your cause would be weak
indeed without labor paper to champion it.
i Become reader and subscriber.
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1Cont8nued :on Page Twol !;
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-02-26
SHOWN EVERY MONDAY NIGHT FOR Is WEEKS
"BRlDE 13'-Synopsis of Episode z.

trapped limousine at the bottom of the
twelfth bride fall into the hands OF the submarine
From the submarine lying near by diver PUTS outhc
the villains through pcscoe Flea
the wharf The diver carries Eleanor
the limousine and takes her into the submarine through air
lock.
with fendh gee the unconsci
have her resutated with pumotor
shore, Lieutenant Morgan waiting to be married is informed
the disappearance of his bride into the bay lie Joins Sorrow and
his the dock where the auto went over and directs the rails
the derrick In the machine nothing found
bouquet with this scrawed
"You'l Eleanor unless the PAID
the Sorrow Ruth artes her father and Bob
announcing that she will brave the by marrying mme
diatey Eleanor defy the despea
dos Bob refuses let her risk herself this which Ruth
Winthrop the der who is really of the pirates
forward 81 love Ruth and will face danger help
find sister," Ruth accepts Winthrop.
The the twelve brides the submarines to
castle Nile who loves Winthrop learns of
his approaching marriage and in stab him. but fails
On Rths wedding day Stoow has female detective take her
locking Ruth with Bob the
Bob oenlookng stranger signaling from tree and
lures him, handwriting him to the tree.
Ruth indignant being kept from her wedding leaps from
the window.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-02-26
SIT DOWN
A MINUTE
AND THINK
Size Up Your Condition. Look At
The Facts Squarely
1T PAYS TO HAVE GOOD HEALTH
Most Illnesses Are Prevented By A
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Take PeptO- Mangan, The
Red Blood Builder.

Either you are in good health or
you are not. There's no nalf way.
You may think nothing of beng lit
tie run down. 1t may not worry you
if you look pale. You may think you
will be all right tomorrow or next
day. But will you?
Certain it is when you do not feel
just right, you are not right. There
is probably something the matter
with your blood. And while you can
get around and do your work you are
leaving yourself open to any of the
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When you are pale and easily tired,
when you cannot enjoy your meals,
when you lose enthusiasm, your blood
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Take Pepto- Managn for awhile. 1t
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But be certain you get the genuine
Pepto- Mangan. Ask for it by the full
name - "Gude's Pepto Mangan."
Some people take it in tablet form. 1t
is so convenient. The liquid and the
tablets have the same medicinal val
ue. Look for the name "Gude's" on
the package.-Adv.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-02-26
Married In Princess
Anne On Saturday Last

Mr.. r. Frank Jones and Miss Vir-
ginia Gertrude Dryden were married
at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage
in Princess Anne on Saturday last
the 10Th instant, by the Rev. w. F
lawson.
The couple are both we'll known anC
highly respected in this community
I he groom IS a son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank T. Jones of this district. Tx
bride is a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Eavid Dryden, formerly of Dublin
district but now of Princess Anne
and for several years has been teach
ing schools in this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones will make thei;
home in this district and they hav,
the best wishes of their many friend
for long, happy and prosperou
married life.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-02-26
FARMERS, READ this!

February "a, 1921.
Francis M. Wilson.
Dear Sir:
1920 being our first year in Mary
land, having bought the Vessels
farm in 1919, we contracted for two
cars of Fertilizer from one of our To-
cal men before moving to Maryland.
Running short we bought 6 tons of
your Fertilizer. Where we used these
6 tons we had a perfect stand and a
large crop, digging within a few bar
rels as many potatoes as we did from
the two cars. Your bags had half.
bushel of Fertilizer more than the
other kinds we used, which showed
you used no filler 1t did not get hare
but distributed evenly through the
planters. Will use only yours this
year, the 35 tons we gave you order
for.
LLOYD WILLIS G. SON.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-02-26
Refuses To Get off,;
He Pays Heavy Fine

Because of his stubbomess in re-
fusing to get off the premises of Mr..
Willis Howard on Saturday last,
Noah Schoolfeld, colored, was sub
jcoted to a heavy fine by Justice E. 6.
Uargis on Monday afternoon. School
field had acted in an ugly manner to-
ward Mr.. Howard and he was order
e. to leave the premises. This he re-
fused to do and inasmuch as there
was another colored man in the barn
yard at the same time Mr.. Howard
was at disadvantage, he being the
only white person in hearing distance
Schoolfeld's actions were go obsti-
nate and contrary and his disposition
so ugly that on Monday Mr.. Howard
Lad warrant issued for his arrest
re was given a hearing before Justice
Edwin S. Hargis on Monday after
room and fined $25 and costs, which
amounted to more than $50 in the az.
gregate.
Schoolfield was in the recent wal
a"tivities and we understand that he
went overseas. His experience will
Justice Hargis on Monday last ha!
evidently taught him the lesson tina
var service does not give him il
ctnse to violate the laws of Mary
lend, and that if he does violate then
q heavy penalty awaits him.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-02-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS

The Kings Daughters will meet at
the home of Mrs. Jennie Matthews on
Fourth street Monday afternoon at
Z o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Broughton Of
Philadelphia, speat a portion of this
week in our town visiting friends and
relatives.
Mrs. Fred Dukes, of Girdletrec has
Teen guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter S. Atkinson Of Cedar
street this week.
Mr.. Calvin Jaeger of Cape Charles,
spent part of this week in our town
aa the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. s.
NAPLES on Market street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Ellis and chill.
dren, of Frankford, Del, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. NAPLES on Mar
ket street. Mrs. Ellis is sister tt
Mr.. NAPLES.
A full page advertisement else.
here in this issue tells of the big
"After-Inventory Sale" that is being
llade by Benjamin Givarz. 1t Will bc
worth your while to look it over, ev
cry line of it.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Coston, o.
Philadelphia, are at the home of Fir
Coston's mother, Mrs. Joserhilt Rob
inson, at the corner of Market an,
Second streets, being caller here b!
the illness Of Mr.. Coston's half broth
or. Mr.. Allen Robinson.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-02-26
Mr.. Sidney L. Bunting
Home Much Improved

Mr.. Sidney l.. Bunting, who last
week was reported as being under
the treatment of DR.. Friedenwald in
Baltimore, returned home the latter
part of last week. accompanied by
Mrs, Bunting and their son, Leslie
who made the trip with him. We ar;
glad to learn that his physician in
termed him that he had no chronic
trouble and that the treatment he re-
ceived has been of much benefit to
him,