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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
PEACE OF the WoRLD-1nE BUSINESS OF ALL PEOPLE

we dare not be found with less when
next We meet him in the dark
night.
There is the whole matter. The
nations of the world are meeting
each other in the dark. And each
regards the other as a ,robber.
Compare this situation: in which
the world finds itself at: New Years
Of 1922 with that in Duluth, or st.
Louis county, or Minnesota, or the
United States. There are robberies
from time to time In Duluth. But
no man can be a 'rohber in this
mans country and get away with
it-not. if he is known. No man
surely can keep a train of;iassassins
and face the neighborhood: Under
the reign of law, the robber is sup
pressed as soon as he comes in
reach" of the law IT is only be-
tween nations that robbery is pre-
sumed to be the purpose; only be-
tween nations that5.arm force must
be maintained by every mem Der,
against the predatory designs Of his
neighbors, Because the nations do
not yet Recognize, as soon as they
must, that thfs IS ins rule to govern
their relations, 4 rule TO which. their.
consent must be given. q rule Sto be
Upheld by their organized opinion,
50 that whoever offends against q It
will find the whole civilized world1
arrayed against him. n. Il I, s ! Is S:s5
a. That II the rl11e fiaSTanl11th ana sa,1:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31

st. Louis county, and in Minnesota
and in. the United States. It is
broken sometimes but on the whole
it works. ..s. >. -
What about that rule, Thou
shalt not steaT' between nations?
This arms conference has it's COM
mentary on that. What is this
four-party agreement on which
some Of the members Of the arms
conference are working? - J
+: It Is an agreement that, as be-
tween the United States and Japan
and the other two parties, we agree
not to steal from one another. It
IA not law OF nations. Thou shalt
not steal. It siss a.. pledge Of these
four not to steal from one another
and not to permit stealing BY. either
ofathe other three from any Of the
four. 4; .ss # Vi u ! B H..
). Such ans aesesn,ena, 10 effectivs to
estab blish peac tn tie world only to
4 very limited degree. It Is very
far from estAb liahinG the reixn OF
LAW among nations. Perhaps II Is
~ far rs we and the rest sof the
world can be persuadsd 20 oSat this
time. .st. ~ s.sS,7 ..* .Ss. y Y
. In the League eK Nations the at
tempt was smade 10 write that rule
into the law Of nations. In that
sc0fenanti it wassswritten that Ill the
:nasmb bsr1 will respect one anothes.s
boundaf5es7And that the wrath OF
sha i q On i. eny which znay
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
JUDGE WARNS LOCAL
YOUTH AGAINST the
REFORMATORY INMATES

II hope that you will come out
o. The state reformatory no worse
IMAM when you enter it," was the
statelnent Of Judge H. A. Dancer to
2l-year-old boy, convicted of man
slaughter in the second degree for
fatally injuring a boy with an auto
mobile and standing before the court
1or sentence on Wednesday,.
The inadequacy. Of the penal in
sutut1ons was further emphasized
when the court in addressing the
young man whose name is Lloyd Ma
man, told him that from the number
OF friends of high standing that had
interceded in his behalf, he was a
man OF good character, and warned
him that he would be, thrown to-
gether III the reformatory with boys
whose character or bringing up was
not as good and that he should try
and come out of the institution as
good as when he entered it. -
The sentence given the young man
was tndeterminate. The lnaximum
for3the offense is Is years.. ~ ::
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31

Evidently the arms conference is
accomplishing something. It is
achieving what it was called for.
That is success. The man who does
what he sets out to do is to be cred
tier with success. ,.;.
Evidently thee conference IS not
making secure and lasting peace in
the world. That is not discredit to
it. The conference was not called
for that; it was called to consider
reduction of naval armaments; to
lower the cost of preparation for the
next war; to arrange a system of
war handicaps. s..
Day by day the conference pro-
ceeds toward agreements. One day
Japan won't; another day Japan
will. Again France WON'T a little
later France will. The things they
yield are usually of no moment; the
fact that they consent is:$0f real
In that way sthey ap-
proach the real matter set before
the nations and their governments
the firm and lasting peace of the
world. The organization OF the
world for peace.
The things with which. the con-
ference occupies itself seem ,pid-
ding. How many assassins should
each country maintain, for example
For the submarine isithe$ assa ssin: Of
the sea. And. if the robber across
the road has sixty. ASSESSING in his
train--or 600 tons Of submarine
tonnage which is the same thing
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
PAYMENT OF FOREIGN r
DEBTS IS POSTPONED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-The SEN
the funding Of the $1,000, 100000
debt owed the United States by for
eign governments: into obligations
maturing not. latter than June Is.
1947, and bearing not less than per
cent interest.
This means that the debts will
be postponed for 26 years and that
they will bear at least per cent
interest. The senate committee ac-
cepted that part Of the house bill
which provides that no part Of either
the principal or interest of any of
the debts can be Cancelled, and the
bonds of one government can not be
accepted. in payment of the debt of
another government.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
RAIL SHOP men
TO MEET JAN. 4
Executive Boards Will Take AC-
ti0n on Federal Rules Just
Issued Next Week.

Action on the recent decision of
the United States railroad labor
board relating to shop craft work.
ing rules will be taken by executive
boards Of divisions I, . and 3, at
meeting in Chicago Wednesday,
Jan. 4. r. A. Henning, Of st. Paul,
general chairman of the federated
shop crafts for the northwest roads,
received communication from the
American Federation of Labor ex-
planning the meeting purpose. Un-
til it is held federated shop craft
employees are "directed to continue
to work under protest.
The communication says. "Em-
ployes in the shop crafts on more
! than 100 roads have been requested
to have conferences with executives
on wage reductions. Employees are
preparing to ombat further cuts and
have countered with a demand for
d wage increase of cents per hour
in excess of the rates established
July 20. 1920, and have asked the
roads for conferences. Most of
these conferences have been held
and in every case a disagreement
has resulted, so it is expected the
demand of the employees for an in
crease and the proposed decrease of
the executives will be before the
board at the same time
"The executive boards will consid-
er carefully each rule issued by, the
United States railroad labor board
and will vote to accept or reject as
the majority may determine.
'The so-called open shop decision
Of the board, given prominence by
the daily newspaper, is not SUBJ
stantiated by the facts. The open
shop feature rests solely in the
point that minority groups Of work.
ers may be represented before the
board by anyone they may choose
instead of by representatives of
unions which constitute a majority
of workmen. This is not a restric-
ton of the right of collective bar
gaining. There is no curtailment Of
the right and privilege of organized
railroad workers to come before the
board through agents of their own
selection"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
WESTERN. COPPER Men
CONCEAL BIG, PROFITS

NEW Y DIRK Dec. 22.-Ihe
government has, filed suits against
former directors of seven mining
companies that have been absorbed
by the Anaconda mining company.
It is charged. that the directors fail
ed to report profits aggregating $s,-
509,063. =;
Other suits. filed by the govern
ment for claims aggregate 100000
against holders of common stock
representing surplus issued as divi-
dends in exchange for other shares
OF stock: in: corporate reorganiza-
tions. The United States supreme
court has ruled that these stock di-
vidends are taxable and do not come
under their former decision that tax
dividends that stay in the company
are exempt from taxation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
UNION EXPOSES
SHoDDY MAKERS
Textile Workers Declare ChsaD
Wage Employers are m
Ing Out Phony Sill.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-rhe
market it.. filled with shcddy silk.
manufactured by cheap-Wase en-
tloyers, say the Textile Workers of-
ficial magazine Of the Uni ed Tex
tile Workers. !: 4. "a
These. shoddy manufactdrers are
generally found among the hun m ):
derds Of small ".war bst5y' investors
that pralag up like m, shrooms dur
ing war. mostly IN the vicinity
Of Paterson, n. J. x . ) <sks2sIs III
It II stated thattthe high efftcien.
cy ~ finishing silk Is placing the
imitation kinds on the market to
the detriment f6f the real silk b1lsi-
ness The I'm, ,tation "looks like, silk
Dat 4 IN rs,1tty not even 50 PEI per 9 cent It
s@s.A poupd of silk today" !, says the
Textile WORKERS, lis: one-third of the
peak prtd Is during the war and wages
have bakn reduced from 10 to 50
ser q At and shameful attsmpt
at stilt further reductions in Naaxss
are taI King place, IN the face Of the
pressnl handicaps that are con-
ftrontiu1k tie Workers such as high
rents, Sttant coal 4ces. etc.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31

commit trespass. -
That was going too far. First we
said through our representatives at
Washington that we might agree to
that ii it were clearly understood
we were not bound to do anything
If the law were broken. And then
we said we would not agree to- that
anyway. 1t vas going too tar. r
Now the. people Of the United
States are among the most advanced
in the world. We like to think we
areHthe most advanced of all. But
we were not ready to say that this
rule, Thou shalt not steal, was to be
the, law OF nations, to be maintained
by the outspoken opinion Of all the
nations. to be backed by action II
necessary. We were not ready to
so that fsr. We decided we would
claim ali the benefits without in
curing any obligation. !.
+ So there Il, no law OF nations
against International robbery which
every nation, is required to respect.
The nearest they can get to It is a
pledge between four governments
that. they won't commit robbery on
nMesanother. And that, as Senator
Kxilogg has lately told us, Is the
grextest step in history. =. 4
Until We feel capable Of setting
up that ruls, Thou shalt not. steal,
.wes are not ablesto enforce th&sc ther
rule. Thou shalt not kill. The. bsst
lscan dc. Is to agree on hsaatati1n
EsI7 Continueds on PaEe q
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
UN|0N|STS HERE
ASKED TO: AID
film BOYCOTT
-Four Studios are Boycotted by
Los Angeles Central
Labor Council

Word received in Duluth recently
urges the cooperation of Duluth
Trade Unionists and their friends in
enforcing the boycott against the
Goldwyn studios, Universal Film
company, Lasky Famous Players,
Realart, William Fox and Universal
Film companies. The boycott is be-
ing asked by the Los Angeles Gen.
trail Labor council and the Building
Trades council against the studios
as result Of the latter locking out
every union mechanic in their en-
ploy last July when the union woEk,
ers refused to have their work day
increased from eight to, ten hours
and accept a cut in pay ranging
from 81 to SO day.
The boycott is the most widespread
and systematic Of any ever launched
and carried on in the history of the
labor movement of America.
Hundreds of skilled men and won1->
en- were forced upon the streets, thus
adding to the already large army
of unemployed But the four stu
dios which. attempted to lower wages
and lengthen the work day now re-
alize they made a very costly mis-
take as. practically every Trades
Unionist in Los Angeles is paying
o. monthly assessment Of so cents,
the vast sum thus realized being de-
voted to carrying on the boyctt..
The committee representing the
two councils is sending letters to
every national and international
union and every central body in the
United States and Canada, and to
every city throughout the world
where there is a labor movement.
Letters are being forwarded daily to
Australia, New Zealand, England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France,
Italy, Russia and Germany These
letters request that Trade Unionists
and their friends. refrain from pa
tronizing any theater displaying films
produced by the following Los An
geles studios: Goldwyn, Lasky-
Famous Players, Realart, William
Fox and Universal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
HIGHER LIVING COSTS .:
JUNK WlGE PROPAGANDA

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-High rents
and other increased living costs has
junked the propaganda that high
wages is responsible for high prices.
One information service for con-
tractors and builders tells it's patrons
that 'the turn in the cost Of living
will make radical wage reductions
in building labor an unsafe element
to figure on"
Secretary Of Agriculture: Wallace
reports that the farmer is receiving
less for his products, considering the
purchasing power>o his dollar, than
ever before. Wages have been ham,
mered down. in many instances, to
almost a.. pre-war level, but living
costs refuse to sustain the claim that
high" wages are responsible FOR
high living costs.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
Tell hY'THEY
ENGAGE: CUNMEN
West Virginia Coal barons Ad-
NIT HlrIng & Professional Kill
ers to keep Peace

West Virginia coal operators have
discovered that something more than
subsidized newspapers are public
officials, state police, and private
gunmen are needed to keep their
workers in subsection, hence they
have resorted to propaganda.
The nation is being bombarded
weekly with circulars from the "Lo-
gan District Mines Informa ton Blu
reau," with headquarters at Charles
ton, purporting to give the facts of
the situation in the Mingo and Lo-
gen districts. This propaganda. is
finding its way to the desks Of
Senators and Congressman and other
government officials, as we'll as edi-
tors and others who are regarded
as possessing influence.
Circular: No. =. THE Truth About
Mine Guards and Gunmen in West
Virginia." attempts to explain away
damaging exposures Of high-handed
law SuppressioH. tits stated ta1at
the appropriation for peace officers
in Logan county is sufficient to pay
three policemen in Login the coun-
ty seat, and eight deputy sheriffs
for general duty in the county.
Admit Employing Deputies.
1T is manifest" the statement
reads, "that this force is ridiculously
small to provide protection, conse-
quently the coal operators of the
couaty have been called upon to
provide funds for the employment
of 80 additional: deputy sheriffs.' -
The statement admits that these
corpOration-paid officers are under
the direction Of the NOTORIOUS Don
Chafin. who is creature Of the coal
operators and makes it his sole and
exclusive business to do exactly what
they tell his to do.
This admission confirms charges
made by miners and many indepen-
dent investigators that civil law in
sections of West Virginia has broken
down and that. its processes have
been turned over to the paid gun
men Of the corporations. 1t is against
the conduct Of these deputy sheriffs
that workers have bitterly COM
planned and which is the basis of
an investigation made by the Senate
committee on labor and education.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
ST. PAUL Wins
u n DaAn~ - :
"a. =;
str R.E.E::T::.cA
!: :.FARE.DEC|S|oN
CITY, Takes Steps to Block Ap-
peal to Higher
olNf :&y-
VVUs' ::.3A

st. Paul street car fares will re-
main at cents, Judge Frederick NJ.
Catlin of Ramsey county district
court ruled Wednesday,.
After having the case under adj
visement Tor six weeks, Judge Cat
lin issued an order vacating thu
order Of the state railroad and ware
house commission, issued last ta..,
which increased the fare to sevc:,
cents, four tokens for a quarter.
In addition city authorities made
a, new move to put the street car
company on the defensive. They
obtained from Judge Catlin a tenn
porary injunction to prevent the
street car company from putting
any fare higher than six cents into
effect. This order is returnable
Jan. IA, when it is set for hearing
The effect of this order. will. lie to
prevent the street car company from
carrying the fare case into the fcd-
eral courts, it is said.
49,. Action Not Legal.
. Judge Catlin found the action c..
the railroad and warehouse en-
mission was illegal at every point.
In addition, he criticized chc,t t:leory
that the public service corporation
is to be the favored Of the law; that
all public utilities at all times are
entitled to an elixir in the form of
advanced charges anil said "there
is no legal or equitable pri1ciple
sustaining such absurdity and the
constitutional. prohibition against
class legislation will eventually sup
press this dOctrine."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
WOULD ARREST COLORADO
Miners FOR watkins OUT

Denver, Dec. e. IN a. letter to
district attorneys, the state indus
trial commission urges criminal
action against miners who are on
strike againt wage cuts. The law
provides that employer or employ
ed shall not change. working con-
ditions until: the commission has
been given a 3o-days' notice. The
Colorado Fuel &. Iron company "a
Rockefeller unit( :slashed. wages 80
per cent, and this violation of the
law was-not noticed by the commits
sion. Then the workers struck and
the commission demands that they
be Jailed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
"FRAME-lP" DETECTIVE
GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-
Frame Up" Emerson has been
given an interminate sentence rang
ing from two years to life by the SUI
perior court of Contra Costa coun-
ty. He was found guilty of setting
fire to the property of the Asso-
ciated oil company at Avon during
the recent strike Of oil workers.
Emerson was sent to the company
by a well-known strikebreaking
agency and when arrested the com.
pany refused to prosecute him The
trial showed that the attempted ar
son had all the ear marks Of: a
frame up against trade unionists.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31

war prisoners.
Eugene V. Debs plans tour Of
the world as an apostle of peace.
The socialist leader sentenced to 10
years in prison for opposing and de-
nouncing the world war, announced
today that he will devote his fu-
ture activities to fighting war.
'It is my plan later..to tour the
world.' he said. II have invita-
tions from several countries and I
hope to visit every country. fighting
war and getting men, women and
children to VOW that they never
again will support murder in the
form of war"
The socialist leader added that
zone Of his great Desires was to
visit Russia.
f understand that an official in
vitation from the soviet government
awaits me-" he said. Il should like
greatly to accept it and hope to. I
should love to see those men over
there. In my opinion they are great
heroes. The Russian revolution was
the greatest event in. the history Of
the world"
May Be Candidate
Asked about his political plans, he
said he would again be a candidate
fn, president Of the United States if
the workers demand it,
But 1 hope I will not have to
be-" he said with smile.
II have been a candidate five
times and I think that's enough.
But ain at the service of the work
,rs and will obey their demands
But YOU are no longer citizen
What if your citizenship rights are
not restored by the next presidential;
campaign ?" he was asked,
a li,tlc> thing hke that wouldn't t
keep me from running" he
answered.
Debs now calls himself "citizen
Of the world
"Wouldn't it be great If citizen
Of the world was elected presiG ent Of
the United States?'' he asked.
Conference ''Forced'
The present armament confer= ='.cc
he declared, was forced by cond:-
1ions.'
1T was inescapable," he sad
"Conditions forced the capitalists,
masters of the world. to call the con-
ference. 1t is significant only as a
phenomenon of recognition of the
cost Of war. It's program. will ID
moro than save taxes for the capt.
s!ists.
Every war for trade eventually
will become war of blood.
"Events are urnlasking' the rulers
Of the world. They arc beginning to
realize that war is sending. them to
hell and wrecking :ile world
The socialist leade:', declared he
believed President Harding was
sincerely against wars
Il am perfectly satisfied that he
sincerely desires to end war but lie
is representative o. the capita list
system and it is the capitalist sys-
tenn that makes war; said Dc5s.
Plead For Prisoners
Only Eugene Debs' desire to has
ten to his wife in Terre Haute kept
RIM from going directly to Wash
lngton on his release from The fed
"ral prison h"re IN! appealing to
President Harding for freedom for
all the so-called political prisoners,
close friends Of the socialist leader
said
He Will not be reconcile'l to his
own release until all WAR offenders
serving sentences are freed. and pre-
dict that after a short rest in Terre
Ilaute he will make personal plea
10 the President at Washington.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
FINANCIAL AID URGED. 2

Financial aid is urged for the
South st. Paul packing house strik-
ers in a letter sent out by Lynn
Thompson, organizer for the, .Minne-
apolis Trades and Labor assembly.
This letter calls upon all employed
members Of organized labor Of Min
neapolis to contribute cents a day
for three weeks to provide necessi-
ties for the families OF the striking
packing house employees.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
Confesses. Starting Fires

: CROOKSTON-John Kiewel con-
fessed to state and county author.
ties that he has caused five fires
here this summer with 4 total m on-
etary loss of $1,000. One Of the
fires attributed to the boy was at his:
own home.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
To. Elect Officers

Officers Of Local Union, No. II,
United Association Of Plumbers. Gas
and Steam Filters: Of the United
States and Canada, will b. elected
at a, meeting on Jan. 3. The election
will be followed by a banquet.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
ARE AR0UsEDbY pERS|STENCY .
I Of Al1Ill ACTIVITIES HERE
Call for Volunteers From Duluth Tank Corps to Do Strike
Duty in South St Paul and Sending Of Other Troops
" There Emphasizes Need Of More Unified Action, 81

Aroused by the persency Of the attacks Of the Citizens
lance and kindred bodes Union Duluth today
more active front than has been the in years
That need active and has been shown
by the activities OF the local anuno bodies
what happened in South with the of the troo
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-12-31
DEbS To SPEAK AGAINST WAR:
Wants WAR PRISONERS FREED
Socialist Leader Plans Tour Of World As Apostle Of Peace
Soon; Says He Would Like to Go to Russia From
Where He Has Received an Invitation.

WASHINGTON, Dec 28-Eugene " Debs. socialist leader
recently released from prison. plans to devote his efforts
mainly campaign against and for the release of all other
rriSO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-14

John K. Turton Corporation, a Cor
poration, and Fidelity and Deposit
Company Of Maryland, g Corpora
ton, Defendants. -
To the creditors of the John X;
Turton Corporation who supplied
labor and materials in the construc-
ton of buildings for Officers Quar-
tiers, at Marine Barracks, at Guam.
tico, Virginia, under contract be-
tween the said John K. Turton Cor,
poration and the United States OF
America, dated the 18th day of May,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-14

1919:
You are hereby notified that suit
was filed on September Doth, 1921,
and is now pending, at Alexandria,
Virginia. in the District Court of the
United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, under the above
entitled caption, for the use and
benefit of said T. G. Schafer and
Company, and other cerditors who
supplied labor or materials in the