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CARDINAL GIBBONS IMPROVING

BALTIMORE, Jan, g. Cardinal Gibbons who ha been critically i'll ismproving His physicians consid 2ring moving him to his home today. There is no organic trouble merelyWeakness due to increased age.
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MAJOR GEN. HARRIS SENTENCED TO JAIL

WASHINGTON. Jan. g. On December 31st. Justic~ 5ddons supreme Court sentenced Malv- >1eneral Harris la ten days on the charge O. tempt reIsed to obey the orders or the cou exnlDlt a1Idavts eu With the war aepartulellt the selectve act The General appealed and was save allow government officials ther liberty under appeal
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HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR ARRESTED

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan g. The polce today arrest ,d F. Butcher high school instructor in the charge of beng connected with the theft of satche containing $
 ,0O0O in Liberty Bonds and $74OOO in checks on Dec, ast Butcher is the step father of Charles Wright who alleged to have confessed that he stole the sache from bank messengers. i. >
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pENROsE RETURNS TO WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Jan, g. Senator Boise Penrose, hartman of the Senate Finance Comttee who returned Washington last Friday after an absence of nearly ear indicated that he would oppose the House Emergency ,arriff measure and the Soldiers Bonus Bill =.
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MORE OUTRAGES IN CORK

CORK, Jan., g. Military headquarters announced oday that houses in nearby towns and their con ets had been burned by the military the result of an ,bush of the police near Middleton when one policeman IS killed and eight wounded two of whom have ded e inmates of the homes which burned declared
  nave known of the ambush. .
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z EARTHQUAKE WIPES OUT VILLAGE

PARIS Jan. g. Fourteen were killed. three hundred l;ureu au homeless an eartnQuake eterday which nearly oblterated the village or ElDassan n Albania
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MINES CLOSE INDEFINITELY

PRINCE RUPERT B. C.. lJan. g., The Dolly Var den meS anu tue Ance Arm h . nave shut a0wn maeAl- .utey. wee oDiigeo io wax elgteen Aues u camp. >@ST@
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James ,. Bre.naa.E E. Bigger and Andy Sins4 .zs stopping st the Ho- ta Sszssa < q
 Lsul. Dsssk ef caiease is register. 4at tAS Seward.
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AMERICANS WIN THE DAVIS CUP

AMERICANS MAKE CLEAN SWEEP OF GAMES
 AUKI4AND, Jan. g. Tlden and Johnson. American tennis champions made clean sweep for the Davis Cup championship by defeating Peterson and Brooks Austral ias in the single events thereby terminating the tourna- ment II
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DELAVEKAEXNDS ON IRISH SOIL

DELAVERA. president of the Irish Republic affec ed alanding this morning Irish soil No particulars
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Apvrlr1sD LETTERS

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MORE BONE DRY TERRITORY IN CANADA

OTTAWA. Jan.. g. The provinces of Nova Scot Manitoba Alberta and Saskatcnewan will be bone drv teb1uary lst 1t is understood.
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Itf COAST CITIES CELEBRATE WITH WEI GOODS

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan.. g. John Barlevcorn on New Years Eve arose from his tomb donned fools cap and rfted into the carnival smoke He staked through the streets of San Francisco in plain sght of a twg the divers police and prohibition officials who tried in vain to stop his triumphant march, He hid under the tables in the cafes early in the evening but later came rght out into open and sang with glee 1t was wet night said the desk sergeant.
 LOS ANGELES, Jan., 3-The New Years celebrants Los Angeles ran amuck They rioted early in the morn- ng crowd of thousand composed mostly of sailors ob cted to the arrest of two civilians who had been fighting ots were fired into the mob by the police who blew their nst1es for hep Two hundred patrolnen answered the Ill for help 1t time before quiet restored
 ree people were injured windows were broken and au Jlnobes overturned.
 SEATTLE, Jan., B. The New Years crowd in Seat , was noisy and moist but not moist as in former ears Riotous crowds thronged the downtown streets ,ooteggels beckoned from every corner but the blue ,ats prevented open dsplay of the cup that cheers nevertheless there many cups that cheered mbbed
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-14

soap-box orator over there The war
labor board did everything it could
to organize our plant during the war.
The war labor board did everything
it could to embarrass us. and fought
the thing through to a finish, and
they didn't organize our shop. I will
be confounded, at this late date, if I
am going to get up here-you can do
what you want-but I am not going
to get up here. for one. and say am
in favor of the open shop and that
there will be no discrimination against
union men, because I am mighty apt
to do it, ..-zs..
+; Mr.. Zoller, chairman Of the COM
mittee, which introduced the resolu-
tion, admitted that the committee it
self did not agree as to what wars
meant. for, in reply to a question by
Mr.. Gillette, he said:
II have to say that the committee
was unable to agree upon any defini-
ton Of the open shop as such, except
as it is stated in the preamble of the
resolution, When we got down to de-
filming the open shop as such, we
parted company in the committee;
however. we all agreed to the pream-
bic and to the conclu on. That is as
far as we got. and that IS the best
we could do.@I do not believe that any
definition could CIV and 81 am not
anthortsed to Eiys & e e eourss {. q q
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chairman and one member OF the
committee-except as stated here in
these terms. in the terms of the pre-
amble, would be satisfactory to the
people here.'
A. M. Glossbrenner Of the Indiana
Manufacturers association, helped, out
the discussion at this point by saying:
= II happen to running shop which
I think is similar to yours. Mr.. Gil
lette,. in the manufacturing business:
in that we will not employ an sindi-
vidual in any part of the plant that
does not sign an individual contract,
in which it is understood, that he is
not and Will not become a member OF
q labor Organization while in our en-
sploy. I am in favor: Of this resolution,
because the Interpretation give to 1t
is that the open shop means to me
that can employ whomever please
as an individual employer. i.
That is the definition understand
under the resolution "a
~ Not satisfied with this, A. r. ST.
monds Of the Simonds Manufacturing
company, Fitchburg,, Mass, added his
definition in the following language:
my definition sof an open shop
would be a. shop in which the em-
ployer deals with his employees, solely
san ndividual /. whether ne be union
sOr non-union
Finnell ot the mericau
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pass resolutions on tbs and that, day
in and day out, and as to the open
shop ii you attempt to carry it out
with mixture of union and non-
union men in your plant, you are in
viting trouble and disaster.
Il have done it time and again
and. periodically. union man will try
to unionize your shop or make it dis
agreeable for the non-union men who
are there. The. thing don't mix any
more than water and OIL To my
mind, there is one important thing
to do today; and that is this. We run
practically a non-union shop. We have
to be very careful ourselves, Mr..
Chairman, how we. who are >advocat-
ing what you call an open shop
but what I would call non-union
shop-how we deport ourselves in
these conferences There is no rea-
son I can imagine why any manufac-
turer, situated almost anywhere in
this. country, cannot conduct almost
any kind Of a shop. he wants today
with the he<unemployment which exists.
4 suppose It is a good thing here to
declare in favor ofAhe open shop and
all that. but I am one sQ those who is
pretty careful not to sign declaration
when am going back home and not
live UP to It. u went through nine
months Of experience with the war
labor board. They stood behind the
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CHARGES MADE AGAINST UNIONS
mere 'oPENSH0P' PROPAGANDA
Every One Can Be Reed None Of the Alleged Abuses Can Be
Applied to Duluth Citizens Alliance Hopes to Rally Scat
tered Forces in Losing Fight By Publicity Campaign. !

While the Citizens Alliance appealing the people Duluth
the shop and giving
employment to union wages the building
result there fewer unemployed building
than at any time since last fall. H.
The an-unonists have failed in their aempt
labor They attempting rally their scattered forces
making ridiculous charges against labor because alleged
abuses that occurred two the large cities where dis
honest employers bribed weak dishonest labor
For charge the Citizens Alliance antinon
can against the unions produce so against
dishonest and other employers
has been brbeaker until there first -giver
Labor, Guided By Ideals, Makes No Apologies.
The workers general rule guided by ideals They want
do the right thing They injustice and they attempt
in their they the light which They
methods and in Judgment but such usually honest
due largely to the that they lacked the information about
things possessed by their employers
There charge that the Citizens Alliance against
labor elsewhere that be applied Duluth The
here have been exceedingly cautious They song
instances than they New York and the cities cited
by Alliance where certain abuses alleged have occurred
The Alliance charges that the labor organizations they
conducted while constantly asking for shorter hours and higher
wages giving less and less in return for servce'
ut mahematical impossible the advertisement 'for
all workmen to receive more and while at the time
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THE 0PEN SHOP AS viewed BY IT'S MOST PRONOUNCED ADVocAIE

The. recent national conference of
the State Manufacturers association
which was held in Chicago, encoun-
tered some difficulty in disposing of
the "open. shop" resolution which. it
finally adopted. Many of the mani,-
facturers present realized that the
resolution was hypocritical and in
tended to mislead. but the majority
lalled to show the courage OF their
convictions
The discussion on the resolution
was opened by George M. Gillette Of
the Minneapolis Steel Machinery com.
pany, who wanted to know what was
meant by the american plan" or
the, "open shop"
In part he. said:
Il suppose I am some what Of a
hereto. 1t is improper to say YOU
don't believe in the open shop but
confess I do not quite know whot
the open shop means. To my mind,
It is good deal of question of nom
union shop or unionized shop, and /
hate to be hypocrite under a reso-
luton or anything else. or to vote or
declare in favor of the open shop
when my policy is not to carry that
out, but to hit the head of the radical
in my shop whenever he puts it UP,
s& don't think it is a practical thing
to do. but you can 80 on and you can
declare from now nntil doomsday and
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Scrubbing Equipment company. Chi
cago. discovering that, what the man
.ufacturers meant by 'open shop" was
getting upon dangerous ground, tried
to save the situation by saying, that
:'My definition Of an open shop
would be that we should leave out the
word open and use the word .Ameri-
cam shop. = ..-..,,; -
Apparently he believed that a rose
by any other name would smell as
sweet. =. - -@ ssE.-9-,.y NJ .'- >%5 >ssE "
- From this discussion it is easy to
discover what these. manufacturers
have in. mind as an ''open shop" It
is a non-union shop. A shop in which
there is no collective bargaining. A
shop in which the union man who
endeavors to organize is fellow-work-
men is to be discharged. A shop in
which the. employer is to enjoy auto
cratic authority in determining the
terms Of employment, the conditions
Of labor. and the shop rules and reg
ulatfons.4 A shop SO conducted that
not only will trade-unionism be de-
stroyed, but Individual contracts en-
forced SO that organization in the. fu-
ture will be imp possible.
The hypocrisy and the camoufIage
Of their public statements their ef-
forts to mislead the public, ne clearly
Indicated IN tlle views which these
gentlemen ex xpressed ..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-14
SCHOOL BOARDS
CUTTING WAGES
Follow Plan Of Anti-Un|onists in
Several States and Take Big
Slice in Salaries.

W1LMETTE, ILL.,. May ~. - The
widespread agitation for teachers
living wage has subsided and the pen
dulum is swinging the other way, ac-
cording to officials, of the American
Federation of Teachers.
School boards in, South Dakota,
Kansas and New Jersey" it is stated,
"have already voted substantial cuts
in pay. while the subject Of salary
reduction is under discussion in Ohio,
Nebraska, Illinois. and Washington.
The severest handling yet on record
has been given the teachers of the
Platte line schools of South Dakota
where the organized school boards
have slashed pay 25 per cent of the
1920 schedules.
1.-THE inevitable result of such short
sightedness will be that still more
teachers will leave the profession of
teaching or shift from the grammar
schools to the better paid high school
positions. Nebrasks' where salary re-
duction is under contemplation, is en-
ploying 1,700 teachers on, emergency
certificates
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open SHOPPERS
AGAIN hit. HARD
N madlson Building Trades Union
Win Collective Bargaining and
Recognition Of Union Shop.

Reports from throughout the coun-
try indicate that the anti-union move
ment is suffering from a general COL
lapse. The latest refreshing news
comes from Madison. Wis, where the
contractors ditched the "open shop"
meddlers and signed up with the
building trades unions.
A building strike had been on in
Madison for more than a month. It
was called following an attempt by
the contractors to. make an arbitrary
reduction in wages without consult
ing the workers: Every man in the
building industry answered the call
and stood pat until the collective bar
gaining was again recognized
An agreement was reached early
Sunday following an all night confer
ence between committees of the
unions and the contractors. Wage cuts
ranging from to - per cent were
conceded by the unions while the
contractors recognized the union shop.
The new scale brings the scale for
bricklayers and plasterers from $1.12
to 81; carpenters from 81 to 90 cents;
plumbers from 81 to 95. cents. About
600 men were involved in the strike.
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BUSINESS WOULD
Get ] rid OF TAX
Congressman. Erear Declares
There is $8oo,oOo,0oo Prize
Proposed Sales Tax.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Corpora-
ton excess profits taxes that amount
to approximately $S00,0O0,000 is the
prize sales tax advocates would cap
ture, declared Congressman Frear in
a speech in which he explained this
attempt to shift this amount to the
backs of 100000 people.
There are practically nine turn
overs in the case of cotton goods and
woolen goods, eight turnovets- in the
case of leather hoods and seven or
eight in the case Of steel-that is,
from the original ore up to the time
of the finished article" said the Wis
consin representative What applies
to these articles. applies with equal
force to almost everything we use. In
other words, this proposed tax of per
cent on each turnover has to be ap.
piled five, six and seven to nine times.
But that is not the worst. You
will find that in many cases where
the present tax on luxuries is inn posed
they have raised the price of the goods
sometimes 100 per cent during the diff
ferent turnovers.
1--WE are now further asked to ex-
:empt the profits of those who stayed
at home and accumulated money and
place their tax burdens equally in part
on the shoulders Of the soldiers of the
last war. and OF the men and women
who scraped up their savings to buy
Liberty and Victory bonds.
1T seems like adding insult to in
jury. The war is over, the powerful
interests behind a sales tax propa-
ganda are pushing hard for a repeal
of the excess profits tax and enact
ment of a general consumption tax,
the Liberty, and Victory bonds bought
by those who gave, till 1T. hurt, -. have
deprecated in value, the service mems
bonus bill. that has been juggled along
for over a year, is now laid aside and
we are asked to- look for the beauties
Of natuss. iIs. spring time and breathe
deep the air OF the thews dei1oerucy in
1921"
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LABOR made LEGISLATIVE GAINS
WHEREIT VOTED T0MEET ENEMY
Wisconsin and Iowa Legislatures Were Progressive, Vicious
Bills Were Killed and Several Good Laws Passed. While the
Cause Of Progress Suffered in New York, Pennsylvania.
BY CHARLES M. KELLEY,

actually happens when producers take active intelligent
politics what they when they fail do
the records made by the four outstanding state
because Of them made large
part progressive members and the other dominated by
eactonar controlled by selfish business and poit
cal interests.
New York and Pennsylvania of progressive laws
after struggle have been off the books
and evil laws bstte In Iowa and Wisconsin, where the workers
political effort and stood guard defense
popular and liberties reaction checked and turned back
The moral that the people exactly the kind Of
they deserve
In Wisconsin, where the general assembly winding it's
efforts through ractonay
posa all failed Had the result been otherwise Governor Blaine
fearless and progressive La Toilette would have been ready
with the veto
Farmer-Labor Combination Proved Successful
In Iowa the farmers workers made brave fight fall
while they did defeat Senator their candidate
governor they did substantial the
e and by their brilliant and campaign the fear Of
the Of weakened eactionar
persuaded them be good when the lines being be-
popular government and special privilege.
One incident stringy illustrates this point The lower house
Iowa had approved public utilities bill that JOKER
extending indefinitely the life Of public utility franchises 1t
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-14
Van Lear POLLS
PLURALITY VOTE
Welt Known Labor Man Leads
All Competitors for Mayor
in Minneapolis Primary.

Thomas Van Lear o: Minneapolis,
well known memberrof the Machinists,
union, was nominated. for mayer Of
that city at the primary election held
Monday last. Mr.. Van Lear led the
field, having almost a clean majority
over all his competitors. The election
will be held in June.
Mr.. Van Lear IS not the Socialist
nominee. That party put up another
candidate. Van Lear was put up by
labor and the progressive. forces. The
citizens Alliance is backing Colonel
George E. Leach who polled ~ oo1
votes as against 47,302 cast for Van
Lear.
Every aldermanic candidate for re-
election who voted against the peo-
pie last year was defeated for the
nomination. The opponents of labor
az claiming this early that Van Lear
VIII De beaten. at the. election. They
aeclare he polled his full strength ct
the primaries and there are more than
$4,000 lectors who did not vote Mon
day.
+ On the other hand, Van .Lear's ad-
herents state that he already has as
good as certificate of election: that
ne will get a good share of the votes
cast Tor the minority candidates and
ne VIII split even with the electors
VINO VINO old not vote at the primary.
Inc campaign is attracting statewide
at!entlon. Duluth union men are ex-
ceedlngly interested in the outcome of
the Minneapolis election.
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50 Declares Alexander AoWat,
President Kansas DIstrictof
Mine Workers Union.

TOPEKA, Kan, May 1--we re-
spect law, but this industrial court
law is no law-it is a: Joke" declared
Alexander Howatt, president of the
Kansas district, United Mine Workers,
in a speech in this city.
1T is so-called law that has made
Kansas the. laughing stock OF this
country and the worle world" said
Howatt 1--WE don't respect any such
law as that and are not expected to by
law-abiding citizens Of Kansas.
"The first days Of this law two
mines were idle down in the coal
fields. These mines were idle on ac-
count of being filled with deadly
basses. For. a miner to- enter either
Of these mines it. meant death and
therefore the miners refused to work
until the mines were cleared of the
gas. For this refusal of the miners
to work the governor, gave a state
ment to the press and it was widely
circulated by the corporation press,
that the coal miners have defied the
law. The state accepts the challenge.
"After investigation they found
that the fans used to ventilate the
idle mines were out of order and
the mines were full of gas. If tn
men had gone down into the mines,
they would have ben burned and
roasted alive.
Because they refused to commit
suicide, the governor threatened to
throw them into prison.
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WAGE REDUCTION
NOT FOR MINERS
President Lewis Advises Public
That Coal Men viii Resist
Attempts to Make Cut.

In order that there may be full
and complete understanding of the
position of the United Mine Workers
Of America on the subject of reduc-
tions in wages and to set at rest
all rumors and reports in regard to
that subject, International President
john L. Lewis. has issued the follow
ing statement:
There will be no reduction of wages
in the organized sections of the coal
mining industry. The mine workers
are now working under a scale Of
wages fixed by the United States
bituminous coal = 1mission, created
by the president, and which func-
toned under governmental authority.
These wage schedules were written
into an agreements between miners
and operators which will not termin-
ate until March 81, 1922.
There can be no modifying or abro-
cation of this agreement in any coal
producing district without disturbing
the integrity of the contract through
out the entil nation. The United
Mine Workers will resist any attempt
to disturb the equanimity of it's pres
ent cOntractual relations.
The present acute depression in the
mining industry, with consequent
widespread unemployment and dis
tress among the mine workers, is not
in any way attributable to the wage
schedules now in effect. Production
costs at the present time are such as
to enable coal e., be produced and
furnished the consuming public at
price relatively lower than any other
basic or essential commodity.
Users of coal should not delay pur-
chase upon the theory or with the
hope that any reduction of wages
will be accepted by the mine workers.
Statements to the contrary have NO.
basis in fact.