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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29
THE SMALLPOX SCARE.

What IS this we are hearing about a
smallpox epidemic: One child in a Du-
lH;h school showed symptoms of the
disease in mild form and is now well;
q complaining teacher is suspected Of
having the disease, and promptly the
health authorities issued mandatory
order to have every child and teacher
in the Duluth schools vaccinated.
II We are to have an epidemic of
smallpox in Duluth this winter fear will
have more to do with it than actual
contact with victims of the disease.
The rule of the health authorities is
unnecessarily frightening the people.
In the first place it is believed the
health authorities have been in too
much OF a hurry. The law relatin M to
vaccination is very plain. 1t is first
incumbent upon the board of health to
declare that an epidemic of SMALLPOX
prevails before it can require every per.
son to be vaccinated or remain isolated
Such has not been done. There is no
epidemic and there will not be one IN.
less considerable number of people
can be made to believe it.
Every pupil and teacher has been
notified to be vaccinated within three
days If he has not boon previously i'm.
muned, and should he refuse he must
remain away from school for 81 DAYS.
In the normal school the rule has been
made 50 severe that pupils refusing to
be vaccinated will not be permitted to
make up their studies.
Ihere are many parents who have
scruples against vaccination. They con.
tend that a healthy child made sick
from the effects Of vaccine and kept out
OF school until we'll might better re.
main out and continue to be we'll with,
out being vaccinated.
In any event there is not the slightest
reason for the present scare, and there
is less reason for such an arbitrary
order as the health authorities have nut
into effect.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29
JUSTICE, NOT CHARITY.

Pensions for old age may come to
pass in the state Of Washington. A
bill has been introduced into the state
senate, proposing, to submit the question
to the voters. The plan is to present,
at the general election in November, a
constitutional amendment, providing for
old age pensions for persons IS years
old and older who have resided in Wash,
ington for 20 years. The necessary
funds would be raised by poll tax.
England has for many years had such
a pension measure in actual operation,
and Washington is the third state to
propose it in this country. Massachu.
setts passed an old age pension bill in
1908 and Wisconsin in 1911.
in every civilized land the. care Of
the aged is regarded as the inevitable
duty Of society, but it has been pretty
largely left to chance. This does. not
always work ont we'll And, moreover,
it puts aid on the plane of charity in
stead Of justice.
The economic justification for the
pension is the theory that when a per-
son has served the state and society
through the prime Of life, he is entitled
to care for the rest of his days, as a
legitimate reward, not as aims. Tho
whole trend Of modern social develop.
ment is to build up right conditions
which will foster independence and pre-
vent the neod Of benefactions.
The old age pension is fine imposed
on society for not having lived up to
that standard. 1t may prove an ineen.
tive and spur to work out an ade.
euate basis of self-support.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

their employers that the Duplex must
be placed on the same competitive basis.
This was notice that if Duplex wore
permitted to operate under tho 10.hour,
low'wage system, they would do like.
wise.
1t was under these conditions that the
Duplex complained to the United States
supreme court that New York machin'
lists were interfering with interstate
commerce.
And the court made the astounding
decision that the New York machinists
were not directly involved in the strike
and that their conspiracy" should be
enjoined.
The court ignored the old maxims:
"He who seeks equity must first do
equity and "He who seeks equity
must come into court with clean hands. ~
Duplex did not "come into court with
clean hands" It was attempting to
debase conditions of its employees and
force its competitors to adopt the same
policy.
And the court gives notice to other
machinists that if they do not aid in
breaking the Duplex strike and fasten
upon themselves the 1O-hour day, they
are in contempt Of court,
The courts decision is eommercialisn,
rampant and has brought bowls Of glee
from every reactiouary in the land.
This decision is in line with the
courts refusal, last March, to dissolve
the steel trust, In this case the mi,
nority opinion declared thas the trust
was formed Gin plain violation and
bold Defiance Of the Sherman anti.
trust law.
But the majority Of the court refused
to dissolve this trust because sit may
be a serious detrinent to the foreign
trade,''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29
AGAIN THE H. G. L.

AGAIN THE H. G. L.
Tho press agents Of "normalcy" have
been busy bringing prices back to nor
NAL by an attempted process Of hypno.
tism Of the public.
The impression has oeen created that
there has been a greas tumble in prices.
Buyers have not been able to notice
any appreciable descent, but presum.
ably thigh prices are merely in the
buyers minds.''
Now come statistics from government
offices which set the consumer right.
Retail cost on ~ leading articles, made
at tho close of 1900, show them at a
slightly higher mark than at the close
Of 1919.
''Such price tumbles as have &C.
Cured as, for example, sugar, are con-
spicuous for their small number, but on
buying sugar at 10 or IL cents pound
you are paying just about what you
paid for it a year ago. The scattered
instances Of price tumbles have been
woefplly restricted to group Of things
that scared to dizzy heights with the
year 1890" This is the testimony Of
experts in Washington.
April, 1920, marked the pinnacle Of
soaring prices, but there has been no
sudden plunge downward from that
peak. It is true that since tho govern.
ment figures were compiled there have
been holiday bargain sales which have
enabled housewives to lay in some sup.
plies, long lacking, at prices that seem
",easonable" compared to the standard
prices Of 1920.
Year by year since 1914 the average
range Of prices has been higher. With
few inconsiderable exceptions we are
still on the 1920 basis, which was the
highest in seven years.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

which the worker has something to say
in regard to his wages, his hours Of
work and his working conditions. The
American plan is democracy, and as ex-
pressed by Thomas Jefferson long before
such pygmies as Gary, Grace, King and
their ilk appeared upon hfe's brief
stage to say their little piece, do as
much damage as possible and 90 their
way, "back to tho oblivion from whence
| they sprung, unn.ourned, unhonored and
unsung." Democracy is the PROPOSE
ton that "all just governments derive
theii: power from the consent Of the
governed" If that Il Americanivm in
government, why is it not Americanism
in Industry Why should, the employer
DO tho sole arbiter Of the destinies of
his employees True Americanism is
that in which the contending parties set,
tie their differences by the consent of
each.
Little Rock was among the first cities
in the southwest to indulge in this form
OF industrial foolishness. After more
than a year Of the bitterest kind Of
strife the labor unions are still doing
business there, apparently as strong if
not stronger than ever.
Seattle is another city where the fight
broke early. The president of the trades
council of that town says that the
unions are stronger in their determine
ton to stand four'square for their man.
hood than ever.
Wichita Falls has been almost ruined
by the strife brought on by the paid
anti-union agitators, but the unions are
still there.
The1o are dozens Of others-Beau-
mont, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Okmulgee,
these are cities from whence columns
Of braggadocio emanated, and whose
unions still live.
we sincerely trust that the time is
near at hand when the average business
man, the merchant especially, will see
that no building is stronger than tho
foundation upon which it rests, and that
community where the workers arc
poorly paid and poorly treated will be
poor community. Who patronizes the
stores if not the Iaboring man. If he
has two dollars to spend the stores of
a community will profit just that much
more than If he has but dollar, And
yet we find merchants who are over
willing to lend sympathetic ear to a
lot of clap-trap about "freoing the
working man from the walking dele.
gate Any time the working man
needs freeing from the walking dele,
gate he has the means at hand to do
the freeing. And no will use those
means, as he has often done in the past,
The mask has been torn from the
face of the union busting scheme, and
the employer who desires to continue
his business peacefully is beginning to
o@1 '"a' tAo aSlIdlOi Win tho SILK
cravat is just as dangerous as the I.
W. W. with his cotton socks Aud he
will find in time that he has boen made
merely a catspaw 80 rake some other
fellow chestnuts out of the we'll
known fire. And when he does see all
this some of the delectable gents who
have been selling their souls to Toledo $
labor exploiters for few dirty ducats
will have to stink into their holes and
pull the said holes i'll after them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

The majority opinion Of the United
State3 supreme court in the Duplex
Machinists' case shows the sharp rea-
sontng of men determined to reach a
certain conclusion.
The majority opinion, in effect, is
as follows:
other places who boycotted the Du.
pick printing presses were not em-
ployes of the company, and while they
may have sentimental interest in
the controversy between the DUPLEX
and its striking machinists, they have
no direct interest, because they are
not employees. These "outsiders' are
therefore conspiring to interfere with
Interstate commerce.
The minority opinion, prepared by
Judge Brandeis, and concurred in by
Justices Holmes and Clarke, riddle
this position by showing thct tie
printing press manufacturers who had
conceded conditions refused by the
Duplex forced the union to call a
strike, and that every machinist was
directly affected because his working
conditions were endangered.
Judge Brandeis says:
'Thereupon, two of the three man
ufacturers. who had assented to union
conditions, notified the union that
they would be Obliged to terminate
their agreements with it unless their
competitor, the Duplex company, also
entered into the agreement, which, in
giving more favorable terms to labor,
imposed correspondingly greater bur-
dens upon the employer
Justice Brandeis also states that
the conditions the Duplex refused
We're an eight-hour dow, instead of
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29
WHAT'S THE CAUSE?

What is the cause for the present
situation of unemplo .5mente
Those economists who are sincere, but
still think industry is shutting down
because it can't stagger along, say it
IS because credit has been manipulated
so as to divert it for the use Of specu-
lators who have goods in storage, hold
ing them there in an effort to block
price reductions. 1t is, true. Credit has
been so manipulated. But is this all
there is to the situation? If stagna-
ton in industry is because: business is
going to the dogs, would there not be
failures. as there have been in other
crisesg
Explain this, if you can. How is it
that any group Of workers who are
ready to accept reduced wages without
a protest, are able to find employmente
How is it that, in the needle and some
other trades, workers who will accept
return to the piece work system, can
have their jobs if they want thems
How is it that in some trades workers
hours are being heightened, instead of
reducede The 44-hour week is being
stretched to IS hours and the eight
hour day is being abandoned in favor
Of the lo-hour day at Swift & Com
pany's Detroit plant and the 12.hour
in the Inland Steel Company plant,
Social workers say that children are
being taken out Of school in armies to
be put to work. The usual story is that
the grown folks Of their families have
lost their jobs, but tho children can
find Jobs. Why's Because they can
be employed for smaller wages. So
serious has this situation become in Chi.
cago that group Of social workers has
started q movement to keep children
in school and prevent their being sent
out for employment.
At Detroit several automobile and
other factories have opened up after
shut'downs. In every case reported in
tho kept press, tho men found wages
reduced when they went back. Is this
unemployment crisis brought about de.
liberately by the private owners Of in
dustry, a. a means Of knocking wages
downe +.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29
Duplex Workers Forced TO Strike
Court Ignores Most SaIiant Point

10 hours. a minimum wage scale land
other union standards.'
The machiniats were thus COM
PEELED to strike at the Duplex plant t.
hold their eight-hour day at the othe
printing press manufacturing plan. 1
The workers in the latter plants We IF
as directly involved in the Dup 2
strike as were the Duplex emplo {
because the other employers !
given notice that the Duplex mus, =
placed on the same competitive Il
as they, or they would re-estal IL
the l0-hour day, abandon a mimi Z
wage and ignore union standards lid
Every member of the Internati.he
Association of Machinists emplt be
on the eight-hour basis was like rm
directly involved. A machinist nd
ployed on locomotive work, tn and
engine or q printing press, or in on
mercial shops, do practically the UGH
work. If one of these industrie.
ject the eight-hour day with the hall
sent Of the machinists. eight no ton
every section of this industry is lion
pardized. sys-
The majority opinion ignores de-
facts and rules that machinists sition
than those employed by the Q de-
had onlv sentimental con rform
with the case and their hovcr on be
illegal. y out
The minority opinion sho7
every machinist was directly taken
ested. whether emn1oved NV :ission,
MEX or NOT and - Ia bard,sd ,.litiga-
n,ex nrint;rg was. ha u,os :. IN the
dereat,n. l;s a;oht-1,o,,, 49, or be-
ia h1;sh;.. n.n',,,,;o, oorS;+; street
tho en+ire no,ohj,,;ets, i7,d,,~tx all be
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29
THE ATTACK ON THE JEW.

The individuals and publications re-
sponsible for tho s<-called "anti.se.
naitie movement are not serving the
cause Of truo democracy in the United
States.
The American government was found.
ed on tho principle that men of every
race are entitled to equal rights and
privileges and endowed by nature with
a capacity for good citizenship, under
democratic institutions. That, at least,
was the conception Of Jefferson and Lin.
coin, and tho two great expouuders Of
the Declaration Of Independence from
which Lincoln declared oil Of his politl.
cal sentiments had been derived.
We arc passing through period in
which the Toryism Of 1776, disguised
as super'patriotisul, has singled out for
unwarrauted and dishonest persecution
millions Of American citizens Of Ger.
man antecedents, who have contributed
in full measure to build and perpetuate
real American democracy.
These Tories Of our time, like their
double dealing prototypes proclaim a
false "Americanism" alien to the creed
Of Jefferson and Lincoln.
The anti.Semitic movement is an OK.
treme form of bigotry. But it goes one
step further than Toryism, by urging
discrimination against the Jews on the
ground of religion as we'll as the acct
dent of birth.
I Whether the Jew is superior or in
ferior to other races, is immaterial; in
the eyes of the law he is no better and
no worse than members Of other groups
who compose our citizenship. In his
right to the full privilege of a citizcn
he stands on an absolute equality with
all other men. An attack upon the
Jew because he is Jew has no more
basis in reason than an attack upon an
1rishman, German, or an Englishman,
and because the Jew has for centuries
shown his ability to survive persecu-
ton, it is even less likely to accomplish
its diabolical purpose. The propaganda
directed at the Jew on such narrow
grounds hurts its victim less than tho
nation at large, because it is obvious
that if we should once open the door
wide to racial animosities in the United
States, we should speedily find ourselves
involved in endless contention and
/ strife, fatal to our continued existence
as nation,
The anti-Semitic movement will re-
suit in evil reaching beyond our national
boundaries. Racial prejudice is tho sur.
est breeder Of war. Until it is weeded
out of the hearts Of mankind, there
will be no lasting peace. The common
people of the land, who have most to
gain from democracy and most to lose
in international war, must defend this
country from attacks like that now d.
rected against the Jew. He is an enemy
of American democracy who assails any
man OF any people because Of national.
ity or religion.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29
NOT ALWAYS WRONG.

President Wilson, in his last message
to congress, went on record as favoring
independence for the Filipinos.
He is right. The Filipinos have DEM
,onstrated their ability to maintain a
stable government, and the time has
come to fulfill our promise and recog-
nize their right to determine their own
government
Arthur Brisbane, anxious to make it
appear that Wilson is always wrong,
says that if we drop them now, we will
have to fight Japan to maintain their
independence.
Nothing of the kind. The Filipinos
must accept what goes with the right
of independence and take their chance
of being gobblcd up by some greedy
imperialist nation.
In trying to show that Wilson is al
ways wrong, Mr.. Brisbane proves that
he is not always right.
If we keep tho Philippines, and get
into war with Japan, we must fight
to hold them It is then, when too
late, that America will discover that
distant possessions arc source Of weak
ness, not strength.
|" We whipped Spain, not at Cadiz and
Madrid, but at Santiago and Manila
Bay.
The presence Of our flag in the Philip
pine Islands binds us in honor to d.
fend it at all hazards. An intelligent
enemy would strike at our weakest
point. To defend islands 10000 miles
from our base of supplies would cost
more in men and money in one month
than they would ever be worth.
Let 'sm 70 and be quick about it.
I. ma .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

The men and women of industry, like
the citizens of the republic, can only
make their desires and aspirations
known through collective bargaining
and by collectively selecting their
spokesman and representatives.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

Before the supreme court passes upon
it no man can be sure Of what a law
contains; but if it has anything to do
with vested interests he is reasonably
safe in hazarding guess.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

"We re sure of success" says fnan'
cial sharp, "if the people work and
save and the government makes no bad
moves.' That leaves tho future in
considerable uncertainty.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

Tho real purpose Of the "open> shop
is to destroy the efforts Of all effective
labor unions and subject the workers to
the complete selfish domination of the
employers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

:. Labor union. are nj organized to
start strikes, but they viii newer sur.
render, /, the right of the workers q
i5istri
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

Those who are carrying on the "open
shop' fight are working in one Of the
sure,t ways possible to bring about an
industrial upheaval in America.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

A As per cent tariff on wool is going
to protect a lot Of Americans from tho
embarrassment that accompanies tho
breaking in Of nav clothes,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

Inpstisass ii sst % mstims. ,ssss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-29

Open bedroom windows will keep
you healthy.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-01-05
4. 10 9. seeR LErrsR.

"NN|INN ITO NNN hNllrN.
NeW ORLEANS Jan & The m1r-
k,t neaumnd o. rcacfiouary tendency
fhiH uurnlnF Ueilg io th" lafo u1
Nnrcr attracting rDHiIfinr rulcH ANA
nlrHuen of reports uf SOME minor o.
runrisi iruuhira ir Ternr and ernrain.
Opinions differ IH fn the nd-iruhiity
of receiving the war firHnnr c0lnOf1 -
fInn measure hui Che nrHDrnl imnrra-
si0u Is th1t 20 viii he 90 benefit to
agriculture aud foreign trade since o.
accomplished runirrH during tho war
ara up to May 1920. whom 90 was re-
acinded. after which time there was "a
mHrfsd falling or in exports.
Therefore 10 would ercu ns ltH ro-
rfrni win hn of benefit fn trade and
farming interests pVnriuuliF.
Eaunrts continue to fNnf through
from nrnfiy an svciinnH of the country
ua tn mills nud factories rrHuminr uu-
srntInna and moro business iH reported
ln the goods markets. low prices heinz
mo attraction During The current
week f if planned go hnla meetings in
mnut ~ The southern HintrH in educate
fho fnrmrf lu fho necessity ~ m1ltinH
"a drnHiic reduction iu The rutiun ncro-
urr af planting flmf.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-01-05
Lionel Barrymore
AT the Amusu Today
In The Copperheud

Lionel Barry repeats 10 tho
sCfeUn version ~ "The Cuurnrhyud"
tho striking Impression whlt1 be made
10 this great drama uf civil Wur times
when % WIS produced as a. atugc play.
The picture comes To the Amusu iudoy
for two days run and is woll worth
The attention of every udlnlrer " really
fine rhOtoulays.
Aururtus rhomaF story has hcen
given sympathetic Interpretation on
tne surotn and a sritlug remarkably
realistic Veg ltH details that ada cone
side rnhif ta Che CnIuYmrnt Of the piC-
turc Infinite palms have been taken
to reproduce the atmosphere uf the
slime and loUalo ~ "rhe Comprehend p"
particularly in the MetioHn end Citn
War- epiandos.
Lionel Barrymore brings Go the role
~ Miit shauAH the horu. The same fine
QuaiIlieH as an actor and penetrating
understanding OF the character TINT
scored so cmphatlcily in tho stage
version. Tho Hlufl uf NliIE Hcff .rIrs
fIfic0 while Uorforminn delicate and
MOST important mission fDr prsaidCnt
iaUD.i n ia particularly timely in these
pufi-wHf days.
On tho role ~ Mu shanks Harry
more Is superb. Tho plot cnnfera
nround iiifs 4eif sacrifice in perform
lng delicate mission f0r President
Lincoln ir civil War days which me-
roHsiinted hls posing a. % traitor 90 his
country aud thus earning the Hcorn
no oven hir own family Doris Nan-
kin aud William H. Carleton are DOB the
llrAC ana thoroughly r0mpet"rt cum-
ppuN supporting M Barrymore
Charles Mnlrue directed the picture
nnt DO in "A Paramount Aircraft
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-01-05
REFUGIO


Special 20 The Caller
REFrGlO. Texas. Jan. 1.-The tHat
OF the holiday Festivities Was The grand
han glver hy The Rcfugln Social club
az tho auditorium Tuesday niEht. com-
plimoutary g., their friends. The hall
WAS beautifully decorated with rcd and
green crepe paper. Christmas bells and
pnrlands were hunE tn an tdrnninEt
uunilctoe also had lis placQ Boa ihc arct
oraliuns. Ofowdf from ucighhuriug
towns were present The muHlr nHN
furuighod hN ihO Victoria orchestra.
Frnnk low Aubrey Atkins uud
Misses Eflic IcfkFr and Beatrice Mnr-
phy attended tho dance ht Nol.ad Mnh-
day night
Miss Nrilie Woods uf Victoria was
thn guosi M Miss Niyian % NfIrn Cos
tine wrpk -rud.
g. A. uroddt and r. D. lettering nf
hortiiio are here
J. o. Power aud family ui tnrpu.
christi ipcni enc Wrok Az uNf ranch
near here
Ayron pcafr and nmHv 0f Hrnup
waro Huesfa ~ Nr and AIRS Claude
Heard
The BfamRh steer and gOHi rcpinF
contest which was held here Friday
and Saturday under the management
~ niyk Wood proved "a great succres-
Crowds FROM Victoria. Gnllnd Heev|lle
and other points were in attendance.