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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
CoLoRED BROTHERS FACTS.

Those who shudder at German out
RACES in Belgium and British reprisals
in Ireland and who wish to feel that
the United States is in a position 70
cast the first stone, would better not
read the annual report for 1920 Of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People.
1t tends to shake your faith in the
practical efficacy Of the life-liberty-
happiness clause Of the constitution.
There were Is lynchings recorded in
1920, as against SO in 1919. On the
face of it, that looks like decrease,
but the report does not include the
election day trouble at Ocoee, Fla,
where from 80 to so negroes were said
to have been burned to death in the
buildings that were fired.
The lynchings were particularly
brutal. Eight victims, besides those
at Ocoee, were burned and one was
flogged to death.
Minnesota springs into unenviable
prominence, as the sixth state in num-
Der of lynchings, by reason Of the Du-
luth case, in which three negroes were
lynehed on a charge which the associa-
ton claims was far from proved.
At the national election the co1ored
people of the south were pretty gen
orally disfranchised In Jacksonville.
Fla, alone 941 colored citizens were
prevented from voting.
It has been repeatedly demonstrated
that a colored man in a southern state,
accused Of any offerse against white
man, has little or no chance of a fair
trial.
All this and much more in "tAe land
of the free.' One trembles to think
what might happen if it were not "the
land of the free.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
WORK AND WAGES.

There is no more absorbing topic be.
fore the general public today than the
matter of wage increases for those who
toll from one weeks end to the other.
Perhaps the only other question that
rivals it in general interest is the one
of constantly increasing costs loaded
upon those who have to live by the
sweat Of their brows.
If there is no satisfactory method
Of keeping the cost of living within
reach Of the workingman s purse, then
some means of helping him to meet
the situation must be devised.
An advance in wages appears to b.
the most practical method at hand.
The men who do the worlds work
arc entitled even to some of the world :
luxuries.
They ought not to be compelled tt
battle from day to day for the mere
privilege of working, eating and sleep
ing.
It is their just duo that they should
have many of the. keener enjoyment.
Of life that are an utter impossibility
in the face of fear and uncertainty
as to the future.
The perplexing question of how tt
get food enough to fill hungry mouths
at home, enough clothing to keep lit
tie bodies warm and provide the daily
necessities of existence often units {
man for the best effort.
Efficiency seems to be the keynote
Of modern progress.
And to obtain the highest degree Of
efficiency possible from human beings
if that seems desirable, it is essentia
that the man who works be happy
contented and we'll fed.
And if the worker is given a suf
ficient wage to make him happy, wei
fed, and in love with his job, he car
be depended on to develop his owl
efficiency to the point where highe
wage will be the best kind Of an in
vestment for his employer.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
THE "SALARIAT' ASSERTS
ITSELF.

The great union Of the middle
classes Of England is asserting itself.
This body, composed mainly Of the So
called "new poor'' and that immense
number Of minor officials, secretaries.
clerks, bookkeepers, typists, ETC., to
designate whom the new word "sal-
ariat'' has been coined, sprang into
existence because. those who compose
it were made painfully aware that
through lack of organization they
failed to secure increases in pay
equivalent to those granted to trade
unionists. They have further grievt
ance because they feel that they are
sufferers from the high living costs
which have resulted in advances to or
ganized labor. In other words, they
saw themselves condemned to genteel
poverty while the more favored mem
bers of labor unions were rolling IN
comparative luxury" In contradis-
tinction to the MARKHAM "proletarist, "
these have coined the term "salariat. -
Their ranks are swelled also by we'll
TODD professional and middle-class
business men and merchants of pre-
war times, through the operation Of
| England's income taxes.
This must not be regarded as an
| anti:union movement, we are told, in
this country, but merely as measure
of self-protection by workers who are
| unable to increase their earnings and
who are menaced with further taxa
ton plus maintenance Of the cost of
living at war levels. Thus the unor.
| ganized "salariat' claims his own
For the first time unorganized pub.
lie opinion has been able to make its
influence felt by getting ready for &C.
ton in opposition to the destructive
"direct action'' Of syndicalism. It i:
not likely that this newly-discovered
power will be allowed to lie fallow
after the present emergency. It means
that a new sociological element has
awakened into consciousness of its OVID
potency.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
WEST VIRGINIA NEEDS
TO LEARN hMER|cANISM

What West Virginia needs is not a
federal army, but a course Of educa:
ton in Amertcanism, says Matthew
Wolf, president Of the international
Photo Engravers'' union, writing in the
American Photo Engraver.
what the political managers OF
that state now require is not more
gunner, but a thorough lesson in
the elements Of civics. What the gov
ernor Of that state should now demand
is not more troops but greater sense
of justice and the full measure Of the
workers constitutional guarantees to
the protection Of their rights to or
ganize and combine, to safeguard their
lives; to exercise their freedom, fully
and freely.
mo state which tolerate feudal-
istic industrial system can ever expect
to find happy and tranquilized com.
munity. No state which allows it,
functions to be usurped by, an army
Of gunner can ever hope to merit
a. reward other than that Of p}llago,
murder and bloodshed.
america, the land Of the free, il
not place for feudalisn Of any
kind
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
COURTS TRIPLE WITH LIBERTY

In UNFOLDING wage decision by the
Kansas "can 't-strike' court, the su-
preme court Of that state said:
"The wages paid employees in a
packing house are a matter of pub
lie concern, and the determination of
the sufficiency of such wages is a
question affected with the public in
terest.'
Logically and unescapably, the
courts ruling leads to one of two con-
clusions-either salaries and incomes Of
all persons connected with the pack
ing industry are affected with the pub
lie interest and can be lessened or in
creased by the court, or wage Gamers
are chattels, subject to the laws of
trade.
If the court accepts the first con-
illusions, it abandons American tradi.
tions and guarantees and embraces gov,
eminent interference with the individ.
ual, as did England in the middle
ages.
If the second conclusion is accepted
the court not only sbandons Amer.
lcanism, but it places wage earners
in class by themselves, which even
injunction judges deny-in theory, but
accept in practice.
To men who grasp the meaning Of
liberty there is no difference between
court sitting in judgment on wages
paid packing house employees and pass
ing judgment on the living cost OF
meat packers, the salaries Of then
managers, or the fees Of their law
yers.
But the "can 't-strike'' advocate
sees a difference; though he dare mol
confess it. To him the worker is thu
same as in the days Of feudalism ant
those of Rome. To him the worke,
must "be put in his place.
And to create shallow public opin
ion to support their purpose these
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
SCHOOL BOARD CUTS WAGES.

The school board committee on
buildings has announced reduction
in wages Of common labor frof 50 to
40 cents an hour. The committee con.
sists of Fred D. Knight and D. H.
Clough, the former an employee of the
United States Steel corporation, and
the latter a contractor and member
Of the Builders Exchange.
The announcement comes at the
same time that q new superintendent
is named at $500 a year, an increase
OF $1,000 over the amount paid to the
retiring superintendent, Mr.. Kent.
The Labor World understands that
the report Of this subcommittee will
be placed before the meeting Of the
board on Aug. 6. The cut, however,
takes effect Aug. /, and affects a
considerable number of employees of the
board.
1t would seem that some difficulty
will be encountered by the sub-com.
mittee in explaining to the other mem.
bers at the next meeting-and to the
public especial]y-why such a cut
should be made in the wages of the
men who really need so cents an non,
and more, and the salary of a super.
intendent increased $500 a year, OF
more than the average yearly wage Of
a common laborer.
While the cost of nearl y all com
modities is going down, it would seem
that the school board would be abb,
to secure a c-mpetent superintendent,
who would be able to worry along OF
$4,000 year-the former salary-if al
increase to that official is to be made
at the expense of the common laborer
The new superintendent may bt
worth all that the board has agreed
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
LobBIES ARE LISTED
At NATIONS CAPITAL

"A new and powerful assistant
government has been installed in
Washington says G. s. Barrett.
president of the Farmers union and
chairman OF the national board OF
farm organizations, in statement in
which he lists the business orSar1i-
cations that maintain powerful lob
bies in the nations capital.
The list is headed by the United
States chamber Of commerce. which
has so rooms as headquarters in this
ers, the national association Of manu-
facturers and others. Mr.. Barrett
does not deneunce the lobbyists, but
he calls attention to their existence.
He refers to the claim that the United
States chamber OF commerce: 10 not
attempting to influence legislation.
and says if this is true, some per-
sons are asking why a moro central
city was not chosen for its head
quarters"
Mr.. Barrett says the national as
ISOLATION of manufacturers is "ons
Of the most virile and resourceful or.
ganizations which is assisting tho gov.
eminent in it's efforts to give the peo-
pie an enlightened administration"
"Of course" he concludes, 1T 10
improper for foreign diplomat to
attempt to influence American leSts-
lative or executive action. But 4 way
has been found to accomplish this.
Legislative committees have been cre~
ated under the names of educational
bureaus or such like. These have
no definite or tangible connection with
any accredited diplomat, nevertheless
the country which the diplomat rep
resents is the beneficiary of their
activities"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
COINCIDENCE or CONSPIRACY?

Somebody, or group Of somebodies,
possessing advance information Of the
last-minute decision Of the ways and
means committee Of the house of rep
resentatives to place duty Of So cents
barrel on crude oil, raided the shares
Of the Mexican Petroleum company
and cleaned up a pot of money.
It had been announced in the Of
ficial forecasts Of the new tariff bill
that oil was to be on the free list and
spectators arranged their plans ac-
cording1y. Then, without any intima-
ton Of the intended reversal, the com.
mittee put out belated statement
that change Of one vote had COM
pletely altered the status Of oil. The
result was decentralization of the spec
ulative stocks and a big cleanup for
those who went short Of the market.
Even before the public had informa-
tion of this important action it was
known to group that sold large
blocks of Mexican Petroleum, driving
the stock down to So. They were prof
table days for those who enjoyed a
favorable position.
Some members Of congress want to
know whether the "long arm Of coin
| cidence" is to be blamed for this in
! cident, or whether it is not really an
other of those too frequent scandals
that have marked the consideration of
tariff schedules.
That somebody s1eaked' has been
| openly charged on the floor Of the
house. The intention to place rate
against oil became known through pri.
vate sources in Wall street and sew
eral important oil centers of the coun-
! try. The members of the committee
were pledged to secrecy, and it seems
to be up to them to purge themselves
Individually and severally of the sin.
lister implications of the entire pro.
ceedings.
The supreme court has recently ruled
that improper use of confidential gov:
eminent information is punishable I'm.
der criminal statutes. The "tip' that
was impaired to gamblers subjects
someone to prosecution, and the pub
lie will await developments with the
sincere hope that congress will make
it warm for those who rugged up a sen
sational stock market raid on informa
tion that was believed to be solely ir
the possession Of the members of the
ways and means committee
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23

that it be considered to tho extent
that it's members are vital units Of
society and as such need proper home
conditions, which only proper wage
can afford them.
If you are working man or woman
and you do not fully appreciate the
work that organized labor has done
for you, the many reforms and i'm
provements they have brought about,
you are not hurting organized labor,
but you. are hurting yourself. Be-
cause through kept press and through
prlpits/ that adhered not to the teach
ings Of the lowly Nazarcne you have
been fed prejudice and the worst of
it is that you have believed it. You
must think for yourself, you muS learn
to discern the true from the false. You
must see that organized workers are
not in position to do anything for you
that they cannot do for themselve,
and to the extent that you fail to see
the mission of organized labor as an
uplift movement for all workers yvu
fail to see what is best for you.
If you cannot affiliate with organ
lied labor you can at least give it the
benefit of thorough investigation.
You can see that its principles are
sound, its motives honorable and it's
desires strictly in keeping with all that
tends to raise and improve.
Think well Of organized labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23
THINK WE'LL OF LABOR.

Regardless Of how much you think
Of yourself and your own conclusions,
we would be interested to learn what
you think Of organized labor.
Many people foster unfounded preju-
dices. Are you one of them9 This
is no time for bigotry or for fostering
Of prejudices one against the other.
Have you ever stopped to think what
organized labor has done for you as
an individuals Increased wages OF
any class Of labor has set higher
standard for all classes Of labor and
has accustomed the labor-hiring class
to consider labor worth more. In this
way it has Indirectly increased your
daily income, even though you have
never appreciated it.
Organized labor, as a class, gives
careful study and thought to all munic'
ipal conditions and acts as a body in
oil reforms. In this way it has i'm
proved your conditions Of living, the
better educational advantages Of your
children and all things that help tt
make life more worth the living.
Many consider organized labor as an
tagonistic to the balance Of working
people. This is wrong, it is not an
tagonistic to other workers. All thai
organized labor asks is fair day.
pay for fair days work. It ask
only for an opportunity to earn it:
way and pay its way. 1t asks only
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23

have deliberately sought to create 3
situation in which they could set aside
agreements and revert to autocratic
control Of the lives, fortunes and hap
piness Of the railroad worker, his
loved ones and those dependent upon
him.
The managers have created the sit.
uation now existing, cynically and
brutally Indifferent to the rights of
the public and the necessity for trans.
portation, and they will be solely re.
sponsible for any stoppage of work if
they refuse to renew agreements.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23

While a lot Of workers in the tim
Der industry have been arguing about
what kind Of an organization they
should join, and did not join any, the
boss perfected his organization and
it is working beautifully for him.
Less argument and more organiza-
ton will get US farther ahead.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23

A convention of the International
Typographical Union will be held at
Quebec City next August.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23

No amount of protection can Al
the place Of equal freedom.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-23

Shutting ones eyes to the truth
does not make it any less true.
Putnam patriot., 1921-09-02

Mrs. Whistler coming out to welcome her lady guests, and Jimmy tagging along behind holding his mother s apron strings, as the boys would say, with his pensive delicate face and that brown curl hanging down on his forehead Oh. that was g sight for us other boysi How we laughed and jeeredl And that corn throwing epi- sodel How characteristic that be should let the girl take the blam, be cause he did not dare face the wrath of old Payson Grosyenor or of Capt. Perry Bowers And again. when he deserved a good thrashing. We find him running over to the girls side and hiding himself among them
 What point of contact could he have with those elegant sports,-sAmasa Mason and Sam Hammond. whose fa- thers each paid Br. Park a thousand dollars year7 When they left. the school went down. Just to show what sports these two were, they persuaded Dr. Park that something should be done to improve the breed of poultry The dear doctor was delighted that they should take such an interest in farm life. and the result was several small coops of roosters, s,-one bird in each coop. were sent up from Proyi- dence, and nr. Park even went Co the station and brought them up Co the school in his old lumber wagon. On his way up he is said to have boasted. in his exaet and formal way. of the result of b.s teaching on the tasks of city bred yaung men.
 sIt is sad that these two young men even procured steel gaffs which made the sport more interesting and more fatal
 But enough of this. for it is writ ten merely to show how mean and iconoclastie a small boy can be.
 F.. T.
Putnam patriot., 1921-09-02

The Patriot has received number of letters commenting the recent ar ticle contributed to it's columns re garding the early years that James McNeill Whistler spent in Pomfret The author of that article, Pomfrei woman. regretted the lack of souven, frs of those days which could be glean- ed from those living persons who re- membered the famous artist in his brief life in Pomfret Rev. EbenezeI Thompson. writing to us from Sara. sota, Fla, was sehoolmate of Whis. tier in those days. Naturally Mir Thompson sees him delightfully."- from the eye of the small boy in school He contributes the following delightful illumination of those old Pomfrei days of half century ago:
 '.Is there anything meaner than a small boy? If so. have not found it. He can think up more mischief than a pet monkey. or pair of tame crows, and he generally continues mean until. by some sorrow. or by getting married. or by having to work for living. he has the meanness knocked out of him. state this re- suit of long experience because notice, in that fine article in The Pa triot of August 18th. signed "E NJ R. regarding Jimmy Whistler. there are only gentle kindly feminine opin- ions. and not q word from any living man who remembers him and his stay in Pomfret.
 "rhe only living person mentioned in that article Is Mrs Elizabeth Mathcwson GroSvenor. and the simple reason she does not recall much about him is that being Congregationalist she knew him only in school, while l being an Episcopalian tand then and always a mean small boyD knew him m very different relation and re- gardcd him from a very different an gle
 Mrs Whistler and Mrs. Park and my own dear mother were very active in the sewing society of the Episcopal church. was allowed 10 attend probably to keep me out of mischief at home. or to hitch the old horse and l was also allowed to play ovei on the hay scales or to watch Capt Peter Hall march up and down befors the Han mansion over on the corner 1 but wild horses would not have drawr me into that house where Father Fit, now livesl
 ''i could see Louise Chandler, ther and to the day of her death. one ot my dearest friends, 70 into that der Of iionesSes, but 10 he seen escortine her beyond the gate. in the facs of the other boys. would have ruined my rep utafion with them.
 ! ''l can see as if it were yesterday,
Putnam patriot., 1921-09-02
ORDER OF NOTICE

A Court of Probate held at Woodstock in and for the District of Woodstock on the 26th day of August. 1921. Present, Clarence II. Child. Esq. Judge The surviving trustee on the trust estate created by the will of Eurilla May. late of the Town of Woodstock. deceased. having exhibit ed his trust account with said estate to this court for allowance. ORDER ED. That the seventeenth day of Sep 'tember, 1921, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at a Court of Probate to be held at Woodstock Probate Office, in said District. be appointed for a hear ing on the allowance of said account, and that notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publish ing this order once in some newspaper having circulation in said District and by posting copy of this order on the sign post nearest to the place where the deceased last dwelt. and in the same town; and it is further or dered that a copy of the foregoing order be mailed to each of the persons known to be interested in said trust estate al least seven days before the date therein set for hearing, and that due return be made. CHAR ENCE H. CHILD. Judge