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The labor world., 1921-09-03
Strong Labor Sunday Message
Sent Out By Federal Council
Of Churches Rings True.
PREACHERS CONCERNED IN
WELL-BE|NG Of lAB0RERS
Practices That Cramp and De-
Mta|ize Human Beings Pro- +.
nounced as Religions Foe. -.

In a carefully prepared state
ment outlining the responsibility
Of the church in industry the
Commission Of the Church and
Social Service of the Federal
Council Of the Churches Of Christ
in America declares that there are
at least "three Fundamental prin-
ciples in the teachings Of Jesus
that must be applied if the king
dom Of God is to prevail in the
modern industrial world" These
principles are that "men are to
live as brothers, that "a human
life is Of Unreasonable value -
and that S'service is the Christian
MOTIVE"
It Is pointed out to clergymen that
the right of the church to interfer re
in industrial matters has been chai-
lenged and they are urged to speaE
out boldly against evils that are cas-.
lily manifest to all who are seeking
the truth. The church. the state.
ment says, cannot ignore these prob.
lens without endangering it's ow1
structure.
The statement, which has beer
supplied to every clergyman of tht
30 denominations composing the Fed.
eral Council, says:
'The message for this Labor Sun.
The labor world., 1921-09-03
BURNS GREAT IECTIVE' NAMED :
CHIEF OF j. s. SECRET SERVICE

to be chief of the re-organized U. S.
eek by Attorney General .Daugherty.
partments. of the government will be
The administration considers it made
I'm line with these practices it il
further shown that one of the defend-
ants, with Jones, Is a man named
Sorenson, while he was presumptiveiy
being tried by the government, was in
the active employment of Burns and
received compensation from the gov
ernment under the name of George
Edwards.
I'm this way Burns kept tab. on
Jones, and the latter, relying upon
Sorensen, because he was fellow de-
fendant, accepted as jurors persons
to whom he. would otherwise have OBJ
jected. e.~1
ION this evidence, submitted by
his chief legal advisor, President Taft
pardoned the victim of the present
head Of the United States secret ,serv-
ice system, who now has unlimited
power and opportunity to duplicate
his Oregon "frame-up.'
About the time Attorney General
Wickersham made public his expose,
the "great detective" said: s
Private detectives, 30 per cent Of
them, as class, are the worst lot Of
crooks and blackmailing scoundrels
that live OUTSIDE the prisons. .
The labor world., 1921-09-03
{hoe Workers Give Good Reason
For Refusing to Accept
Reduction in Wages.

The Shoe Workers. union re-
fuses to accept a reduction in
wages proposed by eastern shoe
manufacturers and a mighty good
eason for such refusal is given by
tditor Balm in the current issue
If the Shoe Workers. Journal, in
which he lift sthe lid on shoe
Irices.
"Shoes that retailed at $50 or over
tould show a still smaller percentage
i labor cost in proportion to the SELL
hg price at retail," he says.
During the period of advance, shoe
tices were made without reason. The
&cuse given the consumers was the
tgh cost of material and labor. One
han who paid SIS for pair Of shoes
tas blaming labor for it. He was
kked what he supposed labor received
pr making that pair of shoes and he
iplied: Probably four or five dol
4rs. When told that labor received
{ss than $l.3O he was astounded.
For something over year we have
Ad a falling market for shoe materi-
Is. Prices q shoe materials now
fry nearly equal pre-War prices. Yet
manufacturers and dealers seem un-
blc to make shoe prices anywhere
lear pre-war levels.
A manufacturer said he wanted to
bake a shoe to sell to dealers at So,
b be sold at retail at 50, and would
H. -, 1ol, -
b me shoe used to be sold to the re-
biler at S2.S5 and retailed at 81. La
|or receives about 10 cents per pair
hore on that shoe.
Labor was asked to contribute
ON its 40 cents to help the manufac-
lrer sell at Sc what he used TO sell
Il $2So, when his market for raw ma
frials is nearly the same as before
he war.
There are other instances of pro.
Iosed reduction in labor cost that have
20 better foundation than the one just
elated. 1t is not strange that labor
not enthusiastic to cooperate for
k:ch ends.
These policies are among the
buses of the public resenrmen.
Eainst the shoe business that results
the jeering of shoe manufacturer
b the floor of the house Of represen-
htives at Washington"
I'VE know there are circumstances
bmewhat extenuating, such as high
fnts, freight and other expenses, bur
til it is in order for manufacturers
md dealers to introduce a little team,
FORK into their lead pencils.
Labor declines to be the goat for
be public prejudice to pay the freight
pr margins that a few years ago
Eould have seemed extremely ex-
faYagant"
The labor world., 1921-09-03
COMPERS SPEAKS
FOR BETTER DAY
Says Labor is Striving for No
Set Goal; Just Going Onward
and Upward.

On his recent Canadian trip Presi-
dent Gompers was asked by repre-
sentative of Toronto newspapers:
What is the ultlmate goal of labor?"
The newspaper printed this reply,
given extemporaneously to the re-
porter by the A. r. of T.. executive:
THE ultimate aim of labor is bet
ter day, nothing else. People who
look to a sudden upheaval, a catas-4
trophe, a change over night. are all
wrong. The betterment Of the world
will come very slowly, and when it
comes it will last. Other changes can
not stand for long because that sort
Of thing is merely action and reaction.
what do you mean by a better
day." queried the reporter. do you
mean higher wages and shorter hours
for labor?"
Mr.. Gompers removed his cigar.
THAT is much Of it," he said, deliber-
ately, "but what I mean is a better
DAY for everyone. I don't know how
else to describe it. Higher wages
mean that the workers become part of
the general public. When a man is
ground down under a low wage he
does not belong to the public-the
world ignores him." and concluding
with a striking sentence. There is
more in the 25 cent raise in the work.
er's envelope than thy philosophy
dreams, o sweet Horatio."
Mr.. Gompers said that the better
day did not mean communism. Il
! prefer to let the people Of that day
label their own condition." he said.
| Names are misleading"
Asked as to the effect Of the war on
labor in general, the great leader re-
piled: "The war inspired us all. It
gave us new enerry. 1t showed us
liberty-not license, please note-but
liberty and freedom. 1t gave us 6
vision we shall not forget"
These are the views of the man
who 40 years ago organized the work.
ers of the cOnti-.ent into a central
federation, the man who today leads
an army of over 100000 followers
The labor world., 1921-09-03

The appointment of w. J. Burns
Secret Service. was announced this
It is stated that all secret service d.
placed under the control of Mr.. Burns
a ten-strike in getting the detective.
The power now possessed by Burns'
recalls the pardon by President Taft,
in 1912. of Willard N, Jones. convict
ed in Oregon on the charge of violat-
ing federal land laws. In favoring the
pardon, Attorney General wickersham
presented affidavits to President Taft
which proved that Burns, who was
employed by the prosecution, investi-
gated every prospective juror in sew
eral counties, and no one was accepted
as Juror except those whom Burns
reported would convict. e' d..
The background of this case was
political feud between two factions of
the then dominant party. Burns aided
the faction In control by securing a
Jury that would railroad" Jones to
the penitentiary. 4. 'Iy.....
Burns carried his jory fixing so far
that he sent the following telegram in
cipher code to the office of Secretary
Of the Interior Hitchcock:
"1ury commissioners cleaned out old
box from which trial Jurors were se-
flected and put in: 500 names, every one
of which was investigated before they
were placed In the box. This conf
dental. :. .
The labor world., 1921-09-03
Collective Bargaining With Labor
Unions Is: an Expression Of
Democratic Ideal.
Open SHOPPERS GET POOR
CONSOLATION IN MESSAGE:
Right Of Church to Speak on
Human Relations in Industry
Strongly Asserted:

other areas Of life, the church must
seek to discover and to proclaim the
mind Of Christ. To do So: calls us,
but; also to courage and to faith.
when the. pulpit speaks on human
relations in industry it is not under
taking to advise the engineer or man
ager' about the technique of manage
ment or machine processes. It Is
simply trying to apply its gospel to
the relationships between men in the
working world. It cannot be too
strongly asserted that the preacher
has a speciality as we'll as the engi-
neer. = =
machinery, buying, selling, finance
these are matters of which he has
only incidental knowledge. But the
relation of persons to one another is
always moral and religious question
and so is inevitably in the preacher's S
field.
1t Is Religions Foe.
''The. Immediate and compelling
consideration for the church is al
ways it's divine commission to win
men and women to personal disciple
ship to Christ. But redeemed life
is one redeemed in all its aspects and
relationships. The economic and in
dustrial factors that condition the
lives of men and women and help
to make them what they become are,
therefore. as much g. concern of the
Continued on page 2.)
The labor world., 1921-09-03
TRANSFERS RAISE WAGES.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Sept. Lice
wagon drivers have secured a new
agreement which raises wages $3.50
& week. %'s.....: >s5 q, $
The labor world., 1921-09-03
LEGION REJECTS
YELLOW PE0NAG;|E:
Officials Say They're Against
Any Attempt to Lower Amer
lean Standards.

The American Legion is with the A.
F.. of L. in opposition to house joint
resolution III, urged by Hawaiian
sugar planters, and which is intended
to admit Chinese coolies in bond to- the
Hawaiian islands, thereby re-estab-
fishing peonage on American, soil. :,
Information regarding the fact that
Leonard Wilmington, legion commit
teeman from Hawaii, wiring from
Texas, has telegraphed, support, Of the
coolie resolution to Congressman
johnson, chairman of the house immi-
grafton committee. brought from the
legion's national headquarters a. warm
message Of support for labor's posi-
ton.
Lernuel Bolles, national adjutant
Of the legion, communicated with
President Gompers and with Con-
gresham Johnson. In his letter to the
the latter, Mr.. Bolles said: :,
"In the telegram from Mr.. Withing-
ton he expressed an opinion with ref
erence to the proposal to permit Chi
nese coolies in Hawaii, which Is not
the position of the American Legion
on this matter. 1t is a matter of re-
gret that we feel it necessary to ad-
wise you that Mr.. Wilmington had no
authority to address you in an official
manner on this matter as represent
ing the American Legion, and we muse
request that you consider his telegram
in the light of IAN individual opinion
only and not as representing that of
the American Legion.
THE American Legion is opposed
to any lowering Of the standard of i'm
migration now existing, and any action
which would tend to lower the stand
ard of living of the American work.
ing man in part Of the United States
or of its territories"
Following Mr.. Bolfes' letter, Alvin
owsley, representing the Legion's ma
tional commander, called at A. F. Of
l. headquarters and repeated the
statements by Mr.. Bolles, and de-
clared that the >Legion's position is
substantially that of the A. F. of l..
The labor world., 1921-09-03
WESTERN LUMBER BAR0NS REDUCE
WAGES But DON'T BOOST MARKET


Less than 35 men. or corporation
: western timber and this, not wages,
<paralysis Of this industry, declares
treasurer of the International Unoin OF
! in an official bulletin this week.
Reductions in wages have not sold
any more lumber" said Call" They
have not started any more mills and
i camps. They have not reduced
freight rates, and they have not in
ced the public to buy.
tThey are right back at the end Of
vicious circle which they started
months ago, being ably assisted by
cir company 'union,' known as the
ion of loggers and lumbermen.
MANY logging camps in the fugev
und section, and in British colum-
aEare closed, the reason being given
lat there is a surplus Of fir in the
ater. Prices for cedar logs are so
'gh that many mills are forced to
spend operations. Others are oper-
ng with reduction in wages of
m 10 to rs per cent; again the
'kers are compelled to help pay ror
al a increase in the price Of cedar.
=, Seattle, common labor for the
Mills is down to $3.50 per day,
n some cases lower In some
employment offices do not state
ges to be paid. "
,-not and has not been. the
1 e paid at any stage Of the
The labor world., 1921-09-03
l.Ab0RC0ST ON SHOES 81 NOW
TWAS SO Cents BEFORE WAR
ASKS $5oo,ooo,oo0 TO
TO AID UNEMPLOYED LABOR

There was strong bit of irony
in a resolution introduced in Con-
gress by Representative Meyer
London of New York in whicn nc
asked that $5OO,OOO,OOO he appro-
priated for the relief Of the uncm-
ployed in this country.
The sum asked for is the exact
amount Congress is handing the
railroads to save them from bank
ruptcy, which is to be given on top
of the guarantee provided for in the
Esch- -Cummins act.
Congress takes the position that
millions can be provided for privi-
legged interests represented by pow
crful lobbyists, but is unable to
raise a penny to relieve crisis that
London declares is becoming more
acute every day.
What does it matter il more than
100000 workers are Idle and
many of them facing starvation?
Railroads, nursed and babicd from
the beginning, must continue to be
fed by the government, lest they
perish.
The labor world., 1921-09-03
Unemployment RUNS FROM
| MINING TO MANUFACTURING

| Unemployment increased another
~ per cent in July in the larger in
Fustrial plants throughout the coun-
Try, according to the United State.
Employment service. This makes I.
Total decrease in employment for the
past six months Of 7.3 per cent. The
figures are based on returns from
t,42S firms in IS cities, employing
normally 500 or more persons each.
j 'The darker side of the picture" "
Fays the report, has to do with
metals and metal products, from min
Ang to manufacturing. The entire pro-
kess, in all it's ramifications, has felt
Ehe full force of the present industrial
depression. There is an almost un-
Precedented lack of orders"
The labor world., 1921-09-03
MINISTERS DECLARE There CAN BE
NO BROTHERHOOD IN AuTocRATlc SHOP
CHOICE THOUGHTS FROM
LABOR SUNDAY MESSAGE.

-; The preacher has a speciality as
we'll as. the engineer.
The relation of persons to one
another is always moral and re-
ligious. question. :.
The life interest of the workers
should be, the first. consideration,
not that they should be called by
their first names.
Arbitrary control leads to class
war, which Is as contrary to Chris
tian principles as any other war.
There can be no real brother
hood OF man unless there Is q
brotherhood in industry.
1t is not consistent to demand de-
mocracy in government and prac-
tice autOcracy in industry.
The growing sense of manhood
and responsibility in the workers
leads to industrial democracy.
The labor world., 1921-09-03
Labor Will Carry Opposition to
Senate; Battle Royal viii
Be Staged There.

WASHINGTON Sept. LIN a
final effort to defeat the new tax
bill, which passed the house on
Aug. 20, representatives Of organ
lied labor, headed by President
Gompers, called on congressman
to send the bill back to the COM
mittee, that glaring inequalities
could be remedied.. The plea was
ignored. 80 -
Trade unionists will carry the fight
to the senate, and it is predicted that
battle royal will be staged in the
upper branch by group of progress
sive senators before the measure is ap-
proved by that body.
AS passed by the house, the bill
makes no tatempt to tax the loot OF
war. profiteers., The tax on excess
profits is removed. and the surtax, or
extra income tax on swollen fortunes
and great corporate interests is cut in
two.
The exemption Of $4,000 for mar
ried men is increased to $500, and
the 5000 for each dependent, is in
creased to $400.. In referring to these
exemptions, the organized workers
said:
1--WE are not deceived by the sop
thrown to the people in. the form Of
increased exemptions in the lower
brackets of the income, tax. We are
aware that those who escape a trifle
in that respect will pay more heavily
elsewhere.
"Government. tax experts them.
selves have testified that the excess
profits tax is a fair and honest tax
because it is a tax on ability to pay.
So it is with the surtax and the grad
uated tax on the higher brackets of
the income tax and these should stay
as just and proper provisions.
1T has been estimated. that excess
profits, above a reasonable return,
pocketed by a favored class during
the war. totalled fully $4,000. .0o0, 900.
1t is clear that to allow this g.s4s}
tribute to favored ones to escape whi:e
wage earners are compelled to carry
an added burden Is an outrage
The country. will demand an &C.
counting If the present bill becomes
law. In the name of the wage earn.
ers OF America, as their representa-
tives, we make solemn protest.
The bill not only permits profiteers
to escape with their war loot put II
actually permits profiteers to pay less
taxes In proportion to the amount
that they gouge from the people.
| This statement was made by Con.
gressman Oldfield on the floor of the
house. He presented figures to sup
port his claim that the flat corpora
tion tax Of 12h per cent as a substi-
tute for the excess profits tax favored
the extortioners.
The law maker declared that there
is not an expert in the treasury de-
partment who will dispute the accur-
acy of his figures.
''Under the present law a. corpora
iton with $4,000 capital stock is
taxed 10 per cent, or $50, when it
makes per cent profit. Under the
law as passed it would pay 12h per
cent. or $62.50," he said.
when it makes 6 per cent profit it
would pay $25 more;~ when 1T makes
per cent it would, pay $50 more:
when it makes 10 per cent it would
pay SIS more; when it makes Is per
cent it would. pay the treasury $3.50
more than the present law. Now, when
the corporation. begins to profiteer q
little bit more and makes 20 per cent,
it pays $340 less. When it makes rs
per cent it will pay $1,177.50 less than
than. under the present law.
The labor world., 1921-09-03
HOUSE BILL NOT INTENDED TO.
i TAX L0OT0F WAR PR0FIIEERS
SCHALL REVEALED PLOT
TO CURB TRADE BOARD

The coming Of Congressman
Thos. D. Schall to Duluth to deliver
the principal Labor Day address is
arousing no little interest in pOliti-
cal and labor circles. 1t is .rumorcd
that Mr.. Schan Is to become can.
didate for the senate next year to
oppose Frank p. Kellogg for the
nomination. -.
Visitor at Fairmont Park. are as
sured that they will get some inside
information about what is going on
in Washington just now. Mr..
Schan is not a bit bashful about re-
sealing things. =;
Speaking on the Packers. bill
early in August in which he exposed
the purpose of the meat trust to
kill the Federal Trade Commission
he said:
''The stage is set. The scene is
laid. The curtain is risen. The
first act is about to come off. There
is q murder in it. Who is to be
killed? The Federal Trade Com
mission, because it dared to stand
between the people and privilege.
The labor world., 1921-09-03

IS, nave virtual monopoly OF north
s responsible for high prices and the
Harry w. Call of Seattle, secretary
Timber Workers, an A. F. Of L. union,
Ogame that has been responsible for
the present stagnation in the timber
industry. This condition has been
charged to three reasons: High
wages, high freight rates, and the
refusal of the people to buy lumber.
''The truth of the matter Is that not
to exceed 35 men, or corporations,
have q virtual monopoly on this raw
material.
"They do not have to sell logs ex-
cept at their own price.
"The big cost in lumber production
today is not labor; it is not freight
rates; it is the cost of raw material,
''The public can we'll believe that
the lumber operators did not run full
page advertisements in the newspa-
pers for fun. They did it because they
hoped to mold public opinion in their
direction; they wanted to place the
blame anywhere but where it belonged
upon their own shoulders"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
lmadinary Service.

'Father," said the small boy, what
is u lobbyist?"
"A lobbyist, my son, is usually a
man who succeeds in making some
large interest believe that he influenced
legislation that went through strictly
On its merits"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29

Wife-What did you mean BY kiss
ing Charlotte in the hall?
Professor-Did L? Really, do not
know a thing about i'll must have
been absent-minded when | did it?
Wife-Huh! It's very seldom you
are SO absent-minded toward me =
- Der (StOckhOlm).
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
Imagination.

Imagination causes more anxiety
than reality does"
Undoubtedly" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax. Il know several chaps on the
board OF trade who got into all kinds
of trouble with imaginary wheat"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
plscreet Statesman

Senator SnortswOrthy seems to have
the gift of oratOry."
ITS gift acquired under protest"
How is thatY'
IF Senator Snortsworthy had his
way, he'd depend entirely on the gum
shoe and the high sign and never open
his mouth in public"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
Creating Rivalry.

"Why did you quit quoting poetry in
your speeches"
II found that my constituents went
home and read up the poets instead
Of giving undivided attention to my
remarks"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
A plseouraalnn Impreaalon.

"People don't read Dickens as much
as they used to-"
NO." replied Miss Cayenne. ''The
Illustrations in most Dickens pubIica-
tons discourage a reader at the out
set. They show people whose clothes
are so terribly out Of STYLE"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
No seK.Flattery.

"Are you a servant Of the peopleT'
"No," replied Senator Sorghum; 81
don't feel that way about it. While l
enjoy a fair measure Of confidence and
esteem. nobody thinks Of making the
complimentary fuss over me that is
made over a good servant"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
CHEERING THOUGHT

He (gloOmily)-"T'm afraid it's no
use ;,your father has such an aversion
to me-"
She-"Don't worry, dear He has
still greater aversion to paying my
bills"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
THE CRACKER Box CROWD.

Heres some good advice TO mer-
chants-neyer fail TO say good-by to
people"
Il read that dope" said the keeper Of
the general store at PUNK Corners.
city methods may be all right in the
city"
Il tried saying gOOd-by to people and
some of the lOafers got mad."-
Louisville Courier-JOurnaI.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
Advice to Those in Love

Marriage is the climax Of love. T.
is a wonderful thing to start hand in
hand down the road of life. But
there are stumbling blocks along the
way. For instance, the glamour of
love often fades
When the bride finds he has holes
in his socks and wears a torn under
shirt.
When she finds that despite the
satisfying quality of their love, his
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
rhat.s Why He Wa sIekl

Physieian%'m sorry, SIR, but we
can't quite be sure as to what is wrong
with your arteFtal system unless we
put yen under the X-ray.
PublfsheF-That's all right. L never
made any secret Of my circulation
Science and Invention.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29
Different Mss.

Mrs. A.-Marriage certainly changes
a man.
AIRS. B.-DOesn't it2 Take my hus-
band-he used to offer me a penny for
my thoughts, and now he offers me $50
to shut up.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-29

EDO the boys IN Crimson GulCh shoot
"a sight the way theg used tor
''Ee," replied Cactus Joe. us des-
pegadoos are 81 taWed 4OwB. We're
afraid - get cat h the street and act
Bsck3esa Tor fear sen be E8fgtDBk for
usVia aCtoGG"