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The labor world., 1921-12-24
"A MERRY CHRISTMAS
The MIRACLE
BY REV. CHARLES NELSON
PACE.

He met the master or 111e's way;
He stopped, he looked-he looked
again!
Such challenge to nobility
He neer had met from man or
men.
He turned around and followed Him
A step or two, and half in fear
He paused, and then more resolute
He fastened forwaru, pressing
He caught step with this man su-
preme,
He walked with Him along earth's
road,
He heard Him speak, and saw Him
work,
He felt Him lift life's heavy load
He learned the truth, repeated it;
Began experiments of love,
And his soul came virtues rare,
Like fragrance from Gods fields
above.
Enamored of this life renewed,
He bolder grew each passing day,
And happier, holier, grew the task
Of helping others on the way.
Impersonating what he learned
Of this great Master, newly found,
His life partook that spirit, so
The two were intimately bound.
Less Of his selfish way had he,
More Of the Christ life came to
view,
In all his thoughts and words and
deeds,
In all the good, the right, the true,
And thus that strangest miracle
The eyes of men on earth may see;
A man transfigured and transformed
To Christlike personality.
The labor world., 1921-12-24
WORLD ORGANIZATION
NECESSARY FOR PEACE

An organic and continuing rela-
tionship between nations in which
America will accept a full share of
responsibility is declared for by the
General Committee on the Limita-
ton of Armament in it's adopted pro-
gram and in the first number of it's
official bulletin just issued. In this
bulletin the viewpoint Of the General
Committee is expressed as follows:
One hundred million people want
less armament and no war. The first
half Of that wish is in g. fair way of
satisfaction. The second half does
not appear prominently on the
agenda of this Conference. In fac
ing the larger problem of the limi-
ties Of war, the people of the United
States must choose between the ideal
of nationalistic isolation,-every
nations arms against it's neighbors
Or a realization that peace can only
be achieved by a policy Of mutual
accommodation and International
cooperation.
This General Committee is un-
qualifiedly in favor of IAN organic
and continuing relationship be-
tween the nations, in which merica
will accept its full share of RESPONSE
bility. It will seek to keep before
the public, during this period of
general interest, the need of some
permanent international body to su-
pervise the execution of the agree
ments reached at this Conference,
the necessity of further Conferences,
in the near future, to deal with the
many other and equally pressing
questions which disturb the nations.
and the obvious gain in convenience
and efficiency to be secured by re-
gularizing such meetings, through
creating permanent organization.
The labor world., 1921-12-24
some DANGEROUS "PACIFIST" VVRAR|}-MAKIEE ERE|s
By WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING.

remains heavily armed when no
man threatens, which builds new
ships to fight non-exisfent armies,
believes it can humbug America" f
"The chief obstacle of a recuper-.
ating Europe is the obstinate Frencrf
desire to dominate the continent.''
Most savage Of all was -Ir. Wells
reference to the "vive Ia France"
with which he says the French SOL
dier gives up his life, as ''tin-pot
vivaing" = -
The New York World, which pub
fishes Mr.. Wells articles without
endorsing them, declares that If any
considerable number of Englishmen
feel as Mr.. Wells Goes about France
it is we'll to have the fact known in
this country. True, such a state OF
mind, if it exists in England, is a
grave menace to world peace. But
it is not we'll to spread the propa-
ganda Of national hatred from one
country to enthusiastically at
this hour. This is what Mr.. Wells
is doing.
Most effective nationalistic propa-
Sanda mas long taken the Su1Se OF
pacifism. Mr.. Wells should be re-
minded that the venomous anti
British propaganda carried on in
America by Imperial Germany dur
ing the war was directed against
British "navalism.' It did not loss
any of its value to German militags
ism on that account. Does MA
Wells want America to draw the
parallel?
The A neri can Government
through it's delegation in the WASH
ington Conference has pursued and
is pursuing q riehtful course.
course making for gradual but sure
disarmament and world peace. And
our American citizenship unitedly
and whole hcarted!y stands by the
American proposals. It is the duty
of our citizenship to make known to
the Wellses Of all kinds that they
are persona non grata in their ef-
forts to scrap the great Washington
Conference and thereby provoke
another cataclysn2ic world war
The labor world., 1921-12-24
WAGE FIXING BY Law

Since President Harding has sug-
gested the passage Of a law to pre-
vent strikes similar to that cham
pioned by Gov. Allen in Kansas he
has been charged by Mr.. Gompars
and others with attempting to drive
the workers back to slavery.
Fixing wages by government
agency was the means used to "de-
stroy monopoly during Colonial
times. In the town Of Newburry-
port, Massachusetts, in 1777, one
year after the Declaration of Inde-
pendence was announced to the
world, the following vote was taken:
"Pursuant to "an Act Of the Gen.
eral Court to Prevent Monopoly and
Oppression, it was voted by the
Selectmen to establish the following
as the maximum daily wages to be
paid: carpenters, five shillings four
pence; calkers, six shilltngs; day
laborers, not found, four shillings;
day 1aborers found, three shillings;
joiners, four shillings eight pence
and masons, six shillings.' En-
ployers were prohibited from pay
ing more, but not less than the above
schedule.
The labor world., 1921-12-24
LITTLE BITS OF HISTORY

While Robert Fulton is accredit-
ed with being the inventor of the
steamboat in 1911, Congress gave
credit to another, to James Rumsey
who conceived the idea of steam ma
vigation in 1888.
The Boston Newsletter is gener-
ally credited with being the first
American newspaper. It's publica-
ton began in 1904. 1t was follow
cd by "The Gazette" of Boston and
by ''The American Weekly Mercury"
Of Philadelphia in 1913.
The first congress of the Ameri-
can colonies was held in New York
city, May I, 1890. 1t was called to
"agree upon the general security"
following an attack on Schenectady
by 800 French and Indians. A new
England confederation was formed
in 1643.
A certain type Of offenders against
the law of this day would appreciate
the Quaker laws of New Jersey en-
oNlSO LII 4OOL NY Wu1Cn I1l0 dSSr16VeQ
person in all criminal cases, except
for murder, treason, and theft, had
the right, tf\ he wished, to pardon
the offender.
Harvard!Ncolfege was founded in
1888 and Incorporated in 1850. It
was named after the Rev. John Har-
ward who had died and left $4,000
for the erection of the necessary
buildings for a college at Cambridge,
known then as Newton, three miles
from Boston.
The first printing press in Amer
lea was set up in Harvard college,
1t for time was the only printing
press in the country. The first news
Journal "Public Occurances, Both
Foreign and Domestic" made it's
appearance in September, 1890. But
one number was printed because the
royal authorities refused to license
it.
The labor world., 1921-12-24
COURTS USUEF POWER

The injunction granted by Judge
Lands on the application of the Penn
sylvania system restraining the United
States Railroad Labor board from
publishing its decision against that
road for violation Of an order carries
the Federal courts into new and
dangerous field.
Clashes with the labor board started
when the Pennsylvania organized it's
company 'union.' The board ruled
that members Of trade Unions were
disfranchised, and quoted admissions
by the railroad officials to sustain
this point The railroad was ordered
tC hold a new election, but it has not
done so and now secures an Injunction
to restrain the board from making
public its decision.
The railroad holds that the board
exceeded it's authority The board re-
piled that it was merely acting on that
section of the Esch- CuminS law which
requires carriers and their employees
The labor world., 1921-12-24

The leader in the campaign of
national hatred now being carried on
in the name of "internationalisln"
| and "pacifism'' is H. G.. Wells. AL
| ready he has aroused a storm of
| angry protest from America. But
| he has by this time written SO cOpi-
| ously about the conference and the
| universe that there is danger that
| the extraordinary lengths to which
| he has gone and the enormity of his
offense against international decency
lost in his sea OF verbiage-nay
be forgotten. We must not forget;
Wells and his kind must be rcbulzed
and their power for evil brought to
| an end. Let us recall at random a
few of his expressions about France:
IN. Brands stupendous claim
that France with her submarines
and Senegalese might do as she
pleased in Europe" "A falsehood
and an appeal to race hatred.)
"Under the surface of this exu-
berant patriotism runs deep tide
of Communism, raw and insanely
logical" (This from the apologist
for Bolshevism and the man who has
expressed profound admiration for
Trotzky and Lenine.)
Other expressions convey the
same animus and Indifference to
fact:
1.-THE plain fact of the case is that
France is maintaining vast Army
in the face of disarmed world and
she is preparing energeticaHy for
fresh warlike operations in Europe
and for war under sea against Great
Britain.'
France as represented in the
Washington conference is "only an
impenitent apologist for three years
of sins against the peace of the
world, an apologist for national ag-
gression posturing as fear, and reck-
less greed disguised as discretion'
France proposed to scrap moth
ing. France does not know how to
scrap. She learns nothing and for
gets nothing."
The new rhetorical France which
The labor world., 1921-12-24
BIG BIZ QUITS TALKING
ABOUT AUSTRALIAN LAW

The tinsel of Australian cant
strike" laws is exposed as employers
discover that this scheme does nn1
make workers "contented."
No longer is compulsory arhitra-
ton praised. No longer is this
country referred to as the land
without Strikes
Instead, employers are openly an
tagonistic to the plan, and this sen
timent is being voiced by reaction1
agents in the laWmaking bodies.
Premier Bardwell, of New South
Wales, has declared in favor Of
wiping out the entire federal and
state compulsory arbitration system.
Under the Wage-fjEing powers Of
the federal arbitration court, Justice
Higgins endeaVored to carry out T.2e
wage intent of the law, but he has
been driven from office.
Recently the federal government
appointed a basic wage commission,
and Premier Hughes agreed to abide
by it's decision. The government has
since rejected the award and Justice
O"S1S, VI lilC al W ~ itclioii Dcdi us
declares that the Industries of Aus
tralia can not afford to meet these
rates. 1t has now developed that
he arrived at this conclusion through
figures that the trade-unions were
not permitted to see. Labor nlen-
bers in the federal parliament de-
Mandtd that the figures be made
public, but the government replied:
1T is a confidential communication"
The Australian Worker declares
that this "is sclEdaiCUs reversicn
Of all principles of equity that a
courts decision should be influenceFsa j.
by secret testim ony.''
Other Australian labor newspap-
ers voice the workers belief that en-
ployers want a free hand in wage
reductions, and will smash the very
thing that they praised but a few
years ago.
The Daily Herald, of Adelaide.
South Australia. says: eff the arbi-
tratiOn courts are to go it will not
very much matter to the rank and
file of the workers SO long as they
determine to stick together In fact,
the attitude of the capitalists. az
personified by Premier Bardwell,
may be, indeed, d blessing in dis per-
guise.'
The labor world., 1921-12-24
HAYS RAPS BURJESONTSM

Whatever may be said about Post
master General Hays and his methods
OF publicity he has his ear to the
ground and he evidently has learned
what the postal employees are think
ing about. He is doing what Burleson
was advised to do and refused. He
is making allowance for the human
equation IN post office discipline.
Bur'cson surrounded himsclf with a
type of post office experts and in.
spectors who did their thinking lar.
gely IN terms of dollars. Tie rcposed
confluence in their judgment and sus
tanned them in nearly every instance
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to "exert every reasonable effort"
to avoid any interruption in the oper-
alton Of the roads, and in the event Of
dispute the board shall act.
The Pennsylvania is spending large
amounts Of money to create a friendly
public opinion. An exposure by the
r;'ilroad labor board of its duplicity
in treating with it's employees would
nullify the effect of its propaganda.
It therefore sought the aid Of the jul
dietary to save its face. 1t claims 50
per cent of its employees voted through
"employes representation, Or the
company 'union.' The board shows
that but IS per cent voted, and repre-
sentatives Of the regular railroad
labor organization were denied audi
cnces with the officials.
The immediate effect Of the iniunc-
ton issued by Judge Landis was to
stop the railroad labor board s award
and prevent its publication. It is
easy to see how a court might en-
join the board from putting an award
into effect, but where Judge Lands
gets his authority to prevent the pub
lication of report issued by govern
ment board is not so clear.
The fact that a court can stop the
publication of a decision reached by
any government agency is repugnant
to every ideal of democracy. Admit
Of it's correctness and the meat packers
could prevent the Federal Trade
commission from publishing its dis
closure on their questionable prac-
ices for fear that it "would create
unrest and dissatisfaction among the
people, There is nothing so ef-
fective in American jurisprudence as
precedent. One step in a certain
direction is the forerunner Of many
others still to be taken along that
course.
None knew this so we'll as Webster.
He had great case to be decided bv
the United States supreme court. He
had been beaten in the state courts,
which held to the accustomed inter-
probation Of the law and the consti-
tuition. There was a ray of hope for
him in the supreme court, although
that hope for a long time hung on
slender thread But Webster was
master Of his case. Every doubtful
point was clear to him. Other law
yers declared he had no chance. That
fact did not discourage him. He had
planned course of action, which he
calculated would bring him victory.
He did not hurry his big case to the
supreme court. He began by carry
ing minor cases there, cases which,
il decided in his favor, would estab-
lished precedent. All the time he was
paving the way for the big case, win
ming in every matter.
So when he was ready to argue the
Dartmouth College case in the highest
American court he was so fortified
with precedents that he was able to
convince the court that the attempt
The labor world., 1921-12-24
Then AND NOW
By REV. CHARLES NELSON
PACE

Once Christmas was day to me-
A bauble on a shining tree;
And then tale Of Jesus birth
And angels song of peace on earth
AS years came on I learned to give
And found it mans best way to
live.
So now the gifts I have received
And Christian truths I have be-
lieved
Have made my faith a glowing
flame,
Wherein I hear the Masters name
That story cheers me on the way
And Christmas tide floods every
day.
Attend Unemployment Ball at
Armory Tonight.
The labor world., 1921-12-24

Of the state of New Hampshire to
take over tho college as a state uni
versity was in violation Of the Fed
eral constitution. 1t was held to be
an impairment by the state of the obli-
cation Of contract. Dartmouth col
lcge had been chartered by the King
Of England in 1859, just IS years be.
fore our constitution was ratified.
The decision in that case has legalized
every questionable railroad grant and
public franchise then in effect or
since granted by any city or state in
the Union.
! So here we have the Pennsylvania
railroad making new precedent
| through Judge Lands. He prevents
| by judicial ukase the publication of
report and ruling issued by a govern
ment agency. If such is within the
power of the Federal court what is to
prevent an accommodating Federal
judge to stop by injunction a United
States senate committee from print
ing and publishing it's report on the
outrages in the coal fields Of West
Virginia, in fear that its publicity
would excite and "create unrest
among the miners and the people2'
That power unchallcnged a bolder
judge, guided by precedent, could
some day enioin the people from read
ing a president s message. We've
had timid presidents who would ac-
ccpt such an order in meekncss. Only
at rare intervals have we had one
like Andrew Jackson to challenge the
supreme court right to interfere with
the administrative and executive busi
ness of the government.
There is nothing the courts can dc
that will more quickly destroy public
confidence in their own integrity than
continued abuse of their power.
Jefferson looked upon judicial usur-
patton Of power with fear. He seem
ed to see in it the ultimate dissolu-
ton Of the Union. "The germ of
dissolution Of our Federal govern
ment," he said, els in the judiciary,
an irresponsible body, working like
gravity, by day and by night, gain
ing a little today and little more
tomorrow, and advancing its noise
less step like thief over the field Of
jurisdiction until all shall be usurped.'
On another occasion he said as if
he were looking into the problems of
this day and generations: "If we ever
lose our liberties it will be through
the action of the Federal judiciary,
who with a. life tenure of office will
feel themselves the law and construe
away the rights Of the people,
Surely there are sufficient number
Of real Americans left in the coun-'
try who can see the drift of things,
and who are willing to register their
protest in such manner as will com
pei the recognition Of just principles
in the treatment Of all public ques-
tions involving the rights, welfare and
1ihnrtioa 0f tho naoplo r.' :tsE Il
The labor world., 1921-12-24

| utility shall render that would be
safeguard enough. There are other
folks who have other ideas about
proper safeguards in franchise.
What are some of those ideas which
have como in the light Of expert
cnce?
In the first place the applicant for
this heating franchise wants one TO
cover but the profitable section Of
the city. He wants the cream and is
perfectly willing to let the skinned
milk 80 to the city. THE, COMFORT
OF CENTRAL. HEATING WILL
NEVER BE ENJOYED IN A pRI-
NATE RESIDENCE IN DULUTlI
OUTSIDE OF THE CONGESTEN
.i.NRITORY UNDER THE pRl-
|ATE OWNERSHIP or \ HEAT-
:NCr SYSTEM. That 5 a frrcyouc
conclusion. There S no profit in it.
Take our gas and water system ard
compare it with our traction SvStcm
DNe is publicly owned aud the other
is privately owned. The publicly
owned system extends with the grow III
If the city. 1t develops the city. 1t
= u city asset. The priv2te!v owned
system follows in t,p wake of the
r,;.f's growth. It takes no chance
~. serving sparsclv settled locality
/ leans on the city and it rctar,ls it's
.roWth.
In the second place, the city must
S2mc day build Or purchase a central
h"1tINg plant. That s coming is
>no. 1t is in the march Of progress.
That 5 the day to look forward to
Row. A franchise is a contract that
'H'not be altered or amended without
tGe consent OF the city and the COM
,.:%v holding it. II is the duty Of
'a' commissioners to see that such a
'.otrart will protect the people Of the
t";"re from having 10 pay an cxorLi-
:''.t price for the plant when it is a
',"inE concern. It takes time to work
It provisions tLat will safeguard the
lie Interest anI simplify the
nod Of purchase. The connls-
,',nvrS are to be commended for look
: at the question in th2t Tight,
q" = than to be r"lrjmantcd for cx-
' :'.'>iNg cHUtjrn.
The labor world., 1921-12-24
JJoNCE MR., E7E,F ;


N~thi"g that has harpcnr>l in b,,si.
'r>S circles in recent times has given
- such genuine pleasure as did the
U''fjc announcement Of the elevation
n Fcntlcv p. Noff to the office Of
- iiicnt Of +. 4. Patrick & Co. His
.rnnotion is we'll earned reward
or honest, able and faitl1ul service
to the many Interests Of Mr.. patric k;
aud his associates.
Nr. Ncff started in business life
with Mr.. Patrick as an office boy on
a salary Of eight dollars week. lie
applied himself diligently to his work
and steadily advanced from one Dos;
ton to another with the growth Of
the great Patrick organization until
now he has become the active exccu-
tive Of the company, and he is still a
young man.
lie has always boon q very busy
"2n, but never too busy to devote his
Ii.1e to numerous public and patriotic
AffHirs. He served as president of
tie Duluth Commercial club and gave
tn0t institution the best that was in
HIM during his term of office. He
".meu to make the club more lcmoc-
rate and more representative of ropu-
lar thought, and his administration
"2s marked by activities that won
~ the club many new friends.
lie took prominent part in war
work at home, and later was called
to New York and Washington to as
st in war organization activities.
IL every instance he made new friends
ant returned to Duluth the rcciDicnt
~ fine praise for his able and patri
",;r service.
]'ut the really big thing about Mr..
\"it is not so much in his business
"ni public achievements as in his
! %h character and fine personal
qualities. lie has heart. He is
tolerant. Ho has sympathy. IIc
can understand the other fellow He
IS 10 snob. lie is always willing to
E'He 4 good boost to the man who is
trying under adverse circumstances
t" make good. Fc can be decent to
ono with whom he disagrces. He has
NO class prejudice. He is human.
That 5 why we arc over fond Of
Inn, and that too, is why we have
been made very happy to read Of his
!"tc*t promotion. We congratulate e
Mr.. Ncff. He has our best wishes
for his continued success. The future
still holds many good. things in store
tor him, and not the least will be the
growing friendship and ACCOMMODATING
good wishes of lot of folks. some
OF whom he probably never will know,
but who will understand.