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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
WHY MEN QUIT THE ARMY

When Congress was discussing
the proposal to reduce our standing
army to 100000 men, the militar-
lists of the War Department came
out with an appeal that the govern
ment should consider it's "moral
obligation" to the young men who
had enlisted with the understand
ing that they would be permitted
to serve for stated term. 1t was
represented that to rudely separate
these soldiers from the service
would be to do them a great in
justice which they would properly
resent.
Congress disregarded the argu-
ment and slashed the appropriation
and now word comes that 10000 OF
the enlisted men have already APP
piled for discharges. The move
ment to get out of the army has
gained such impetus that it is nee
essary to restrain it.
Evidently the young soldiers are
more than willing to waive the
question of moral obligation if I'm.
Gle Sam will only give them their
freedom.
Why do red-blooded Americans
shun service in the regular army
The answer is to be found in the
fact that our army, as at present
organized, is essentially undemo-
cratic and therefore un-American.
Practically every American boy
is prepared to fight, and, if need
be, die for his country, but he
quite properly objects to having
some whipper- of an officer
treat him as though he were the
dust under his feet.
The French have demonstrated
that you can combine the highest
military efficiency with the broad
est democracy. We have not learned
that lesson. We helped destroy
Prussianism in Europe, but we pre-
serve some of the most obnoxious
features of the vile system here
at home.-"Labor."
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
GREEDY BANKS ORDER
REDUCTION OF WAGES

Back of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce and the National
Association of Manufacturers, in
the effort of those organizations are
making to force down the wages of
labor and to disrupt and, if posi-
Bile, to destroy the workers unions,
are the big banks of the country,
led by the blouse Of Morgan"
President John Mcfarland of the
International Typographical Union,
has just announced that employing
printers who wished to keep their
agreements with the union and to
inaugurate the forty-four hour week
on May l, We're compelled by the
banks to abandon their plans and
join forces with those who were
making war on the unions.
These former employers of union
labor" says Mr.. Mcfarland, "are
victims of terroristic influences i'm
possible of resistance by them. One
employer, an old-time union man
whose record as such is unimpeach-
able, tells me that the banks mott
fled him that he either must close
his establishment to union men OF
it would be closed by the banks re-
fusing to carry his notes or tc
renew them"
From Chicago, where tens of thou
sands of building workers have, un-
til recently, been on the streets
comes word that the banks of that
city notified contractors that they
would not loan money for buildinp
operations unless wage schedules
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
THE LEGISLATURE JUST
AS BAD AS GOV. HART
(Kitsap County Herald)

\ large part of the Republican
press Of the state has had con
siderable criticism on Governor Hart
lately. and even the idea Of a re-
call has been advocated by some.
Strange, isn't it?
How about the reactionary legis-
lature that met last winter and did
the work which is now being kicked
at? Hart advocated the admins
trative code: the legislature passed
the measure. Hart advocated the
poll tax law: the legislature made
it a law. Why blame one more than
the other? If a recall is insti-
tuted, recall all who are responsi-
bic. Hart is no worse than those
who passed the measures.
This paper does not approve of
the agitation to recall Hart.
The legislature had taken an oath
to support the constitution of the
state. Then the legislature passed
a measure and created an emery
ency. Then the same legislator,
slapped an emergency clause onto
its own creation, and thus by a trick
prevented the voters of this state
from exercising their constitutional
rights in having the measure re-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
HARTS CODE PROVIDES
CEARIST SPY SYSTEM

When you get fellow to explain
ing you have him on the defensive.
In his explanation Governor Hart
tells things that the press and pub
lie speakers of the state knew and
have told the public many times.
About the only thing new the
governor said in his address to the
State Bar Association, was his
claim of credit for devising plan
whereby the deposits in the Scandi-
navian-American Bank of Seattle
would be saved without taking a
cent from the State Guaranty fund
That's something he will have to
prove before people believe it. There
is a belief that the bankers of the
state have devised or are devising
a plan to save the depositors'
money.
When Governor Hart get through
explaining to the Republican edi-
tors of this state, and others, he
will need a rest
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29

ferred to the people. Twist and
turn as they may, they cannot
justify this sinister trick to cir
cumvent the provisions of Article
? of our Constitution.
1t appears that the great mass
Of people are Disguised at these
laws that were passed. The storm
that is brewing is darkening the
political horizon of our state. To
divert the attention from the real
issue, different minor things are
reverted to. 1t is claimed that Gov.
Hart is eXpendng too much money
for his personal use, etc; that he
has appointed persons unfit for the
positions they hold. That may or
may not be. In fact it is mis-
management that is claimed.
After obtaining laws that be-
long to the dark ages, Hart is
expected to make the people en-
dure them, and when they see this
cannot be done, these same interests
want Hart recalled.
We predict that Hart will not be
recalled.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
MEN OF LABOR, ONWARD!
(By Samuel Gompers in the Ameri-
can Federationist.)

by Samuel Gompers in the Ameri-
can Federationist.)
With the approach of Labor Day
it is necessary that there be stock
taking and a making of plans for
the future work of our labor move
ment.
American labor, on it's day of
celebration and commenoration this
year must give to the world mes
sage of hope, of courage, of deter
mination and of constructive thought.
The forces of destruction and of
reaction have made every possible
onslaught. They have sought to dis
rupt, to tear down, to despoil, to
imprison, to corrupt. They have
sought to iniure and destroy by
economic might, by the passage Of
hurtful laws, by the abuse of injunc-
tions, by the manipulation of wealth
and by the use of that portion of
the public press which customarily
lends itself to the uses of the I'M
principled.
The trade union movement has
stood like rock through the storm.
No assault of reaction at any per-
iod of history was ever more sue
cessfully withstood. No body of
men and women anywhere at any
time ever manifested a sterner spirit
or stood more unitedly than the
American trade union movement in
the face of the hostile attitude of
aggressive and ruthless organiza-
tions of employers, bent upon break
ing down the organizations of the
wage earners.
Our movement has now reached
the point in the struggle where it
is not enough to stand firm in re-
sistance. We have resisted at every
point until the drive of the labor
hating opposition has been brought
to a point where it is without in
itiative, without enthusiasm, with
out what may be called driving pow
er. This does not mean that it is
not still menace. 1t is a menace
as long as it exists, and it remains
a menace which cannot be lost sight
of for a moment. But it has for
the present been beaten out of it's
initial momentum by the tremendous
effort of the trade union move
ment.
The time has come for labor to
assume the aggressive. We have
held the line. Our positions are in
tact 1t is the hour for great
forward movement. With a unity
such as our movement has never ex-
celled, with a spirit of determination
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
DAMNS HARRIS CODE

President Otto B. Rupp, address,
ing the State Bar Association,
roundly roasted King Louis's Civil
Administrative Code. Mr.. Rupp in
part, said:
"The code provides that the di-
rector of efficiency shall make GER
tain confidential reports to the gov
ernor. But why confidential re-
ports? The officers of the state
do not own the state. Public af-
fairs are not their private affairs,
but the affairs of all the people.
1t would seem then that a condi-
ton worthy of report ought to
be made public. We want no spy
system in this commonwealth. The
overwhelming objection to the act
however, is that it continues the
policy of enlarged governmental
activity"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
A SINGLE TAX DAILY

The Standard, single tax daily
to be issued in Washington, is the
latest journalistic venture in the
movement. The publisher, Benjamin
j. Salmon, is trying to get the first
issue off of the press as quickly
as possible. Three months trial
subscription are solicited at one dol
lar per month, or a one month sub
scription at the same rate. One
million circulation is the goal. Some
say that this is impossible" but
then we also hear occasionally that
the single tax itself is impossible"
The publisher knows that a single
tax paper can be made self support
ing and he knows that he is going
to prove it. Give him hand in
this work. Send your trial order to
The Standard, 1853 18th St., S. E.,
Washington, D. c..
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29

Smoke OLYMPIC CLUB Toe cigar.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
Fatigue-Causing Powers

Opinions have differed as to the
fatigue-causing powers of different
occupations; and many efforts have
been made to establish scale for
definitely ranging them. A recent
report of the U. S. Public Health
Service states that the amount of
sulphur eXcreted through the kidneys
Of men engaged in a wide range of
work has been found to coincide very
closely with the relative righteousness
OF the work, as estimated by four
good observers.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-29
Smoke CHALLENGE 100 Cigar.

Decatur Ill) carpenters allied
with the union have agreed to work
for 80 cents an hour, instead of 81,
the scale previously in effect, but
contractors will only pay 80 cents.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07

turtle racing. a sport regarded by na- tives of the Bahamas as Cubans re- gard cock fighting and Americans baseball, is to be imported into Flor ida by local sportsmen. Turtle races never have been held in the United States, local authorities assert.
 In racing, the huge reptiles are har- messed almost in the same manner as horses, the riders don bathing suits. mount their backs and drive in the most approved jockey style. The tur- tie may be so handled by the driver as to prevent it's diving, but the rider finishes the race thoroughly soaked.
 Racing turtles are the largest of the species that may be obtained. The entries to face the barrier here were taken along the Florida keys after search of sevral weeks.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07
CHINESE TO HONOR MEMORY OF
 YANKEE YOUTH WHO LED EVER
 VICTORIOUS ARMY" YEARS AGO

SHANGHAI, Aug. 6.-As a part of future observances of Memorial Day by Americans in China, annual pill grimages are to be made to the grave of Gen. Frederick Ward, the Ameri- can who while the Civil War was be- ing fought in America conceived and put into execution the plans which suppressed the great Taiping rebel lion.
 The custom was instituted this year by the Shanghai branch of the American Legion, the General Fred erick Ward Post.
 It was when the Taiping rebellion, in which it is estimated 20,000,000 persons were killed, was at it's height that Li Hung Chang, foremost Chin csc of that day, recruited the serv- ices of Frederick Ward, then a youth full American whose exploits as first officer on a Chinese gunboat had brought him into notice. He was a native of Salem, Mass.
 Under a commission Of the Chin csc gOsernment Ward organized what after, e. ds came to be called by the Chinese the Ever Victorious Army" City after city was taken from the Taipings by this army. which grew from a ragged nondescript force of a hundred to 10000.
 On the morning of Sept. 20, 1862, when General Ward was directing an attack on the town of Tsz Xxi, he was mortally wounded. His troops cap
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tured the town but their leader pass ed away that night. He is buried in Sungkiang.
 The respect and the confidence that the Chinese had felt for General Ward in life they demonstrated by the honors they paid him after his death and by the monument they erected to hIs memory at Sungkiang. Here in the ornate language of old Cathay they have thus immortalized him:
 "A wonderful hero from beyong the
 sears,
 The fame of whose deserving loyalty
 encirCles the world, Has poured out his azure blood upon
 the soil of China. III A happy seat among the clouds and
 temples lasting for a thousand
 springs Commemorate his faithful heart"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07

FEN ROUTE, NEW YORK, to IDAHO, Aug. 6. - Thirteen-year-ol Muriel Scott has a job any kid would envy.
 She's the bugler of th> motor car avan that is carrying 2S Brooklyn families to homesleads in Idaho.
 Muriel, dressed in khaki and a cow girl hat, blows up' the Argonauts in the mornlng and sounds taps at night as the moderpized "torty-nlners' progress on their six-weeks' trip to Idaho.
 Camping along the road each night, the caravan is a huge trolic in the, eyes of the II children between T auu lo. Half dozen others under 6-in- cluding the youngest pioneer, six months-old Mary Cecilia Walsh = can quite understand what it's all about, except that it's loJ more fun than living in Brooklyn.
 Bugler Muriel is the daughter of William A. Scott, commander-in-chief of the caravan. She sits beside him on the front seat of hIs auto, which leads the procession of cars. Each car has a trailer that carries more comforts than all the early-day ''prai- rie schooners" put together. Scott, who is tall and very thin and bald headed, is the man who conce--- ed the idea of collecting all the dis satisfied city folk he could find and piloting them to new homes on tract of irrigated government land - 40 acres per family - near Buhl, Idaho.
 StTannpd ta the side Of SpOtt'c t-lt. is Winchester rifle presented to him just before the caravan left Brooklyn. The rifle is silver mounted and is a duplicate of the one carried by the late William F. Cody t5uffalo Bill.)
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07
PUBLISHER AND
 PREMIER START LONG STRUGGLE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE) out to wage war ons Lloyd George III America. he may go so far as to is sue paper regularly in Washington during the conference.
 For Lord Northcliffe has repeated ly said that the only way to bring about d mutual understanding be- tween the two nations is for each to read the others publications. And he has spent tens lpf thousands of pounds to encourage aviation. hoping that some day he would be able Jo deliver his papers in New York on the same day on which they are issue: in London.
 How It Started
 Most people saw the conflict com ing on shortly after the peace con- ference began to meet at Versailles. ,The Northcliffe press criticized the prime minister because of the follow ing things:
 The secrecy of the proceedings.
 The tender attitude toward the Bol- sheviki.
 The apparent failure to make Ger many pay in full for the cost of the war
 Nobody knew how these attacks were hurting the premier until he returned to LondCn on April 16, 1919, and made an extended speech to the house of commons, explaining what had been done at Versailles. In the course Cf this he made an attack up on Northcliffe. Said the premier: / When d man is laboring under keen sense of ulsappolntment, how ever unjustifled and however ridic ulous the expectations may be, under these circumstances he is always apt to think the world is badly run.
 When a man has deluded himself and all the people whom he ever per ni-s to go near him, help him into the belief that he is the only man who can win the war, and he is waiting for the the Clamor of the multitude that IS going to demand his presence there to direct the destinies of the world and there is not a whisper not sound, it IS rather disappointing. It is unnerv- ing, il is upsetting.
 Then the war is won without him. There must be something wrong. Of course it must be the government lThen,.at pay gate, ha is the osslN nans to make peace. The only people who get near him tell him so, constantly tell him so. So he publishes bis peace terms and he waits for the call. It doss not come"
 As d matter of fact Lloyd George largely owes his position to the Northcliffe press. lt was c:Ie expose Of the British need for high explosive shells that was made by the North. clifte press, and their demaLd that
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THESE PICTURES SHOW THE AUTO CARAVAN WHICH IS TAX ING BROOKLYN FAMILIES TO FOUND A FARM COLONY IN IDAHO AND MURIEL SCOTT. THE CARA VAN BUGEER. B.
 Were getting back to the land" explained Scott. All of us, especial ly the children. will be healthier and
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NEW ALTITUDE MARK

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 6.-Eduardo Olivero an Argentine flying man who served in the Italian army during the war in which he attained the rank of captain and won five medals, has just set a new South American flying record for altitude by attaining a height of 26,240 feet.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07

question upon a basis of justice 10 Ireland.
 THIRD - The wisdom of standing by France and understanding her fear of German plans for the future.
 FOURTH = The vital necessity TOT the peace of the world that England and America should see eye 10 eye on such questions as disarmament and the problems arising out of the politics of the Pacific Ocean.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07

Seven million game licenses were issued by the various states last year.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07
Loggerhead Turtle
 Racing To Soon Be
 Started In Florida

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 6. Loggerhead
Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-07

happier out in the ope;=. I'm through with city life.'
 Not everybody, however, left the city without a pang. Mrs. Arthur Vermire, mother Of four children, turned around and took one last look at Brooklyn. But, unlike Lots wife. she wasn't turned to salt-only to sal ty tears.
 ''I loved Brooklyn with all it's rack et,' she said. T hope I'll love Idaho as we'll"
 Far more enthusiastic was Peter A. Vanderput, who presented his butch CT shop to his son, and started out to grow alfalfa with all bridges burned behind him."
 The company will form colony with homes clustered together to pro- vide social evenings when each days work on the farms is done.
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Lloyd George be made minister of mu- nitions that gave the Welshman his big chance in the early years of the war.
 Declines Position
 Also Northcliffe declined the pre- 9mier's request to accept position in ''the cabinet,
 Since Lloyd Georges April, 1919 speech the Northcliffe press has not only unsparingly criticized his admin istration, but insisted he ought to roI- low a program the chief blanks of which were:
 FIRST - The necessity for rigid economy in government and the cut ting out of all waste. This anti waste campaign resulted in several smashing defeats for the government
 SECOND - Settlement of the Irish
Evening star., 1921-09-09
Sympathy and immigration.

In some Of the comment on the i'm
migration question complaint is made
that the United States is showing a
lack Of sympathy with the distress in
Europe; that instead of narrowing the
entrance to the country at this time 1t
should make the entrance broader;
that there is room enough for all who
wish and are worthy to come; that the
number Of unemployed in the country
is not nearly so large as popularity be.
lieved, and that when the expected
boom period begins we shall need a
great many more workers. skilled and
unskilled. than can now be mustered.
This statement is not supported by
the record. There has never been a
lack of sympathy in America for dis
tress in Europe. whether the distress
took the form Of famine or political
complications. We have repeatedly
contributed Of our store in famine
times, and are doing so now; and, first
and last. we have received millions of
Europeans who had tired of old world
governments and come to the new
world for opportunity.
Whether the number of unemployed
in America is as large as reported may
be questioned. But the number, be-
yond question. is large. and must be
considered in connection with our
duty toward all who are in the coun-
try by right, and looking for the op-
portunity they were seeking when they
landed.
We shall cross the boom bridge
when we reach it. May the time be
soon! And when we do reach it we are
not likely to lack long. If at all, for
workers in so large and profitable a
field.
Evening star., 1921-09-09
Mob Spirit and the Idle.

America has no monopoly of the
unemployment question. England,
Scotland, France, Spain and Italy are
faced by it, and the authorities have
been obliged to take it under con-
sideration.
In Englan1 and Scotland the unem-
ployed have adopted mob tactics. They
are parading the streets of cities, and
destroying property. The police have
their hands full, and more.
The situation in this country has
not as yet taken this form. But it may
unless promptly and properly attend
ed to.
The mob spirit, unfortunately, is
easily fired in America Unfortunate
ly, too, t-has been tolerated, and. in a
way, even coddled. Mobs have set
themselves up to redress all offenses,
from petty thieving to rape. They
operate in both town and country. and
oftener take human life than destroy
property.
On this account all means should be
used to keep our unemployment Qres-
ton free Of the mob spirit. Murder
would be a horrible addition to win
dow-smashing.
The President has sensed the i'm
portance and gravity Of this matter,
and the conference he has called to
consider it should have the good wishes
of all.
Meanwhile it would be well for us
to take note of what Is done abroad
to relieve the distress there, and ap-
ply to our own case whatever may be
applicable. There is no lack Of SYM
pathy in this country for those need
ing work and capable Of performing 1t.