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The labor world., 1921-09-17
PROFITEERING A CRIME.

The senate Of Cuba recently adopted
legislation which places profiteering in
the category Of crime. This is the first
instance where the right appraisal has
been given to this contemplate prac
tice, and it should be cheering news to
the common people everywhere, who
have been made victims of "dollar q
year patriots,' and have been mulcted
and skinned by predatory interests.
However, there is a fly observable in
the ointment. Can it be possible that
the unsophisticated Cubans do not real
ize that WE have considerable interests
at stake in the islands Have they: no
conception Of what generally happens
to small peoples who dare to run coun-
ter to Wall street views and interests?
Are they not acquainted with recent
history of Nicaragua, santo Domingo
Haiti, Mexico, etc. Dom they know
what is happening to the Moros, our
little brown dwarfs in the Philippines;
or are they so childishly innocent that
they do not realize it is worse than
lese majestic, treason and heresy com
bined, to attempt restriction of profits,
or to do things that do not: bear the
stamp of approval from Wall street,
In the light Of past performances
we can hardly believe that the Cubans
are hungering for visit from our boys
who are "the first to fight,'' but in
passing such iniquitous (') legislation
the Cuban senate is surely creating the
foundation for q sudden invasion.
The labor world., 1921-09-17
HOW WARS ARE MADE.

The Mexican supreme court has de-
clared that the article Of the constitu'
tion under which mineral and oil rights
were held to be the sole and exclusive
property Of the Mexican people is not
retroactive before 1917.
The decision, it is reliably stated by
responsible government officials, ha:
removed practically the last barrie,
hating the resumption Of cordial rela'
tions between the two republics.
The provision Of the constitution to
which exception was taken by Ameri.
can oil interests has been part Of
Mexico's organic law for more than
half century. It had not been en-.
forced because, as everybody who
knows anything about Mexico's affairs
we'll realizes, the foreign oil interests
had corrupted and subordinated Mexi.
co.'s officials to their own dubious
schemes. ~ %s
In 1917 when a new constitution was
written, this provision was retained
and a popular government sought to
enforce it. American oil interests set
up ! howl Of confiscstion, were sup.
ported By the United States govern,
mem. md on Yarious5 occasions this M
The labor world., 1921-09-17
THE UNION SHOP.

".The synonym for union shop
and 'non.union shop respectively, are
democracy and 'autocracy,' " accord
ing to President Gompers Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor, in an edi
torial column of the Federationist, off
cial organ Of the federation, making
public the stand Of labor on the
"open'' shop proposition.
"In the union shop writes Mr.
Gompers, "the workers are free men.
They have the right of organizing in
trade unions and for bargaining col
lcctively with their employers through
representatives of their own choosing
"Employes in the non-union shop
are like cogs in a machine. They have
nothing to say as to the conditions
under which they will work, but must
accept any wages, hours and working
conditions that may be fixed arbitrar-
lily by the employer.
"a non-union man who accepts en-
ployment in union shop has the priv:
ilege Of joining the union, which has
a voice in determining with employers
the wages, hours and conditions If
work. He is given time, in which to
make application, if he so desires.
"No union man, if known, is PEI
mitted by the employers to work in a
non-union shop.
"Most relentless propaganda has
been used to discredit the union shop
and to hold up to the public the great
bentfits of the non-union shop. No
more malicious Misrepresentation of a
desirable condition in industry was ever
launched. It began in the early
1900's when a number Of associations
were formed to destroy the trade
union movement. Lawyers were en-
ployed to travel the country, delivering
addresses, all of which were confined to
denunciation of labor organizations
The most venomous charges were madc
against them.
"When labor sought the enactment
Of laws providing for compulsory edu
cation, it was such men who fought
them most viciously. The latter be-
.lieved if the children of the workers
were permitted to go to school, tha:
when they grew older they would de-
mand better conditions Of employment
than their fathers. It is for the same
reason they have been and are now
demanding the non-union Shop
The labor world., 1921-09-17
judicial Usurpation Is Against Proven
Citizens Now Recall Labor's Protests

Jand decisions when the issue involved
is that OF a utility corporation or a
special privilege group that knows ex-
actly what it wants and how to get iIs
"Such danger as confr0nts our in
stitutions' today in this republic be-
gins and ends with the arbitrary abuse
Of judicial power 'nulifying all laws
in a fragrant disreguard Of public
right in order to serve private rights
and special privileges. H.
"Our institutions are in a thou
sand fold greater danger from a Ber-
gen and a Rellstab than they are from
a thousand Bill Haywoods and Emma
Goldmans.
1.-The good sense and patriotism
Of the people constitute an adequate
| antidote for the poison of the boil.
shevik, but there is no antidote for
public respect and esteem ana t~.-
! riotism that is destroyed through ig-
norant or corrupt courts that are
beyond the reach of the people.
"Let us repeat that as a choice
and a court in contempt Of the pub
lie, all the danger lies in the latter
alternative.
Let us repeat that the courts con.
stitute the greatest menace that con-
fronts this republic and the only
remedy lies in elective appointive
courts by the. people as against ap-
pointive courts by politicians for corr
porations.
'Let US report that we have no
law today except court-made law;
that we have no liberties or rights
except those resting on the whims
of the prejudicees and the ignorance
and corruption of too many of our
courts under politically appoinive
tenure in office
The labor world., 1921-09-17
Open Shop Cheap Labor Advocates
PIay Same Game In Same Old Way

9be urged through the organization
known as the Democratic party, and
the question of protection with rec:-
procity must be forced to view through
the Republican party.
by thus dividing the voters We
can get them to expend their ener-
gies in fighting over questions of no
importance to us except as tethers to
lead the common herd. Thus by dis
Greet action we can secure all that
has been so generously planned and
thus far successfully accomplished"
Then is was the knights of Labor
and Farmers Alliance. Today it is
the A. F. of l.. and the Non-partisan
League. The methods are the same
''watchful waiting plus the squeeze
play through the calling of loans,
foreclosure of mortgages, shortening
of pay and unemployment. The agen.
provacateur paid spy were used then
as they are now. The forces of loot
have developed technique that is not
quite SO bfazen as the publication OF
this circular would indicate prevailed
in 1892, but the results hoped for are
the same.
The labor world., 1921-09-17
LIFE CURRENT.

Hereward Darlington, in a new book
offers the theory that life is force
existing outside the body, which "man'
ifests through the body He believe:
death is not an ending Of life, but q
physical condition in which the mys
ferrous life current is shut off.
Like an electric light. The body is
the glass bulb. Nerves and muscles arc
the tungsten filaments. Turn on the
current. You have life. Turn it off
That's death. Destroy the fi1amentI
and the lamp is dead-can't light. But
the current is eternal.
Science calls this new theory. Bu1
the church has been teaching it fol
ages. What religion calls "soul,'' sci
ence now calls "current.' That's all
It's nothing new.
The labor world., 1921-09-17
TWO TONGUES.

There will be two official Languages
at the Washington disarmament confer.
ence-English and French. The Off.
cial announcement has not been made,
but it soon will be. The tentative sug-
gestion was made .unofficially a few
weeks ago, that the proceedings could
be much simplified if only one Ian.
guage-English-was used.
The French people reacted instantly
to the suggestion by demanding through
their newspapers that their language
the official language Of diplomacy, also
be used.
The pressure Of Premier BRAND: be.
came 10 strong that he has announced
that under no circumstances could the
French government take part in con.
ference at which the French language
was not admitted as an official Ian
guage. g. E,.T
The labor world., 1921-09-17

The following. printed in circular
form for exclusive circulation among
bankers in 1892, and published in the
Bankers Magazine OF March, 1892
and reproduced in the Chicago daily
papers Of March Fl, the same year
again proves the truthfulness of the
adage that "there is nothing new
under the. SUM-"
1--WE must proceed with caution
and guard we'll every move made, for
the lower orders of the people are
already showing signs Of restless COM
motion Prudence will therefore die
tate a policy of apparently yielding
to the popular will until all of our
plans are so far consummated that
we can declare our designs without
fear of organized resistance.
''The farmers Alliance and knights
Of Labor organizations in the United
States should be carefully. watched
by our trusted men, and we must AXE
immediate steps to either control these
organizations in our interest or dis
rupt them.
"At the coming Omaha convention.
to be held July 4th, our men must
attend and direct its movements or
else there will be set on foot such
antagonism to our designs as may
require force to overcome. This at
the present time would be premature.
1--WE are not yet ready for such a
crisis. Capital must protect itself in
every possible manner through COM
bination and legislation. The courts
must be called to our aid, debts must
be collected, bonds and mortgages fore
closed as rapidly as possible. When
through a process of law the COM
mon people have lost their homes,
they will be more tractable and easily
governed through the influence Of the
strong arm of government applied
by a central power Of imperial wealth
under the control Of leading financiers.
"A people without homes will not
quarrel with their rulers. History
repeats itself in regular cycles; this
truth is well known among our prin-
cipal men now engaged in forming
an imperialism Of capital to govern
the world. While they are doing this,
the people must be kept in a condi-
ton Of political antagonism.
1.-The question Of tariff reforms must
The labor world., 1921-09-17

New Jersey citizens have discov-l
cred that judicial usurpation' is q
reality, and not a supposed figure
of speech used by agitators.
Federal District Judge Rellstab is
responsible for the awakening. He
has raised car fares to cents with
a 2-cent transfer privilege.
: The state public utility commits
sion refused to increase rates after
an exhaustive examination and hear-
appealed to Judge Rellstabe that their
property was being confiscated. The
court held that this was violation Of
the United States constitution, and
without hearings. granted the COM
pany's request:
Judge Rellstab's decision has ex"
cited everyone but trade unionists,
who ask: What do you expect,
when you fail to protest when these
courts annul guarantees against
workers."
L. J. Russell, editor of the Newark
Morning Ledger, in a signed state
ment, declares that Judge Rellstab
SHOULD be impeached and removed
from office in order that the public
at large may not come to feel that
too many of our courts are filled
with serve puppets only too ready
to serve special interests"
No trade unionists ever uttered a
more bitter attack on courts which
are declared to shave ceased to be
institutions that are impersonal. and
sacred in their nature.
1T is the height of ridiculous ab-
surdity to expect people who know
the source and the pedigree and the
calibre of so many Of our judges to
have the slightest. respect for them
or confidence in them or their rulings
The labor world., 1921-09-17

standards Of living by naming their
scheme to do it ttthe American plan. -
In furthering tho. purposes Of thi.
autocratic and falsely:named plan
these employers have cause workmer
who refused to be bound to be locked
out of shops and have enlisted the aid
of the courts. by suing out writs Of in
junction against the. workers forbid
ding them from doing acts which they
have lawful right to do.
This so.called "American plan'' at
tacks the principles of American lib
erty by denying to workers the right
of free association. It's plain purpose
is to shatter wages and to increase the
hours of labor and thus break up the
homes Of the workers, taking the chill
dren from the schools and putting them
to work in the factories.
This co-called "American plan' cut:
deep when it assaults the home-life OF
the American worker, which is thu
guarantee Of national security and the
fount Of social progress.
By whose authority do the organ.
izers Of this plan use the name Ameri'
can? Upon whose authority do they
claim a place for it on American soill
America, in its very nature is opposed
to everything for which this plan i.
sponsor-low wages and long hours
which mean child labor, ignorance
misery, poverty, squallor and hovel
homes. All the court injunctions on
earth cannot make these black things
white, cannot make them just, cannot
make them American.
America has declared to all the world
that the labor Of human being is not
commodity or article Of commerce.
This means that workers are human
with the rights Of humans.
America stands for justice and equal
rights to all mankind.
America, above everything else
stands for human liberty.
The so-called ''American plan,' if
put into use, would strangle justice
would destroy equal rights, would
smother human liberty.
The labor world., 1921-09-17
THE REMEDY DOESN'T WORK,

Attorney General Daugherty declared
that "disrespect for law has manifest.
ed itself in the past mainly by large
corporations or aggregations of wealth,
commonly known as big business, and
by labor organiaztions.''
The remedy for this situation, he be-
lieves, is the setting up of a govern.
ment tribunal for ascertaining facts
fully and making an impartial find,
ing," reinforced by "full, accurate
reliable publicity that will enable the
public to have a fair understanding of
all elements involved in industrial con.
flict.
Mr.. Daugherty has taken to his
bosom theory upon which many other
well-intentioned individuals have come
to grief through bitter disillusionment.
Has a government tribunal power to
enforce its decree, after made, and
does public opinion exert any influence
on the side Of justice9 Some recent in
cidents seem to say NO to both ques-
tions.
Every tribunal that has ascertained
"fully and impartially the treatment
of workers by the steel trust has with
out qualification declared that it was
brutally and cruelty bad.
Has that mftigated in the slightest
degree the wrongs of these workers? =?
Has public opinion been powerful
enough to break the arrogance Of the
stiff-nccked Gary7 Not that anybody
has noticed.
And what chance is there of getting
the facts to the public while the com
mercial press is controlled by "large
corporations and aggregations of
wealth, commonly known as big busi-
ness,' and is interested not in dissen-
mating truth and exalting justice but
in perpetuating grievous conditions
conditions that the attorney general
would heal with a tracts
If that is all Mr.. Daugherty has to
offer towards the solution of a momen-
tour, struggle he might better keep to
his briefs.
The labor world., 1921-09-17
THE OUTSIDE AGITAToR.

Certain employers who are tryins
very hard to keep their industrial poi
icy back in the mi ddle ages are fond o1
pointing to the "Outside Agitator.
The Outside Agitator! Great discov
cry. Caught, at last. Here is the root
of the evil.
Have no dealings with labor unions
because there is an Outside Agitator il
their midst.
Simple. Why didn't somebody think
Of that before9
Unfortunate that there has to be Z
"but" to spoil anything so beautiful
Butt isn't so. That's the onl,
trouble. It's good idea, but it is {
false idea.
The trade union movement knows n,
such thing as an "Outside Agitator.'
The trade union movement came init
being because modern industry made il
necessary for the working people t,
combine their abilities and thei
strength and their resources, in orde
that they might be able to deal o,
something like even terms with an en-
ployer who himself represented pool
ing OF strength and resources. Moderr
industry made trade unionism indispen
sable to welfare and safety of the race
Labor unions elect and pay men t.
represent them. Some Of these men art
called secretaries, some treasurers, som,
presidents, some business agents. It il
these men to whom some employers re
fer as "Outside Agitators. Asa mat
ter Of fact they are Inside, not Outside
They REPRESENT the men who elect
ed them. The machinery Of democracy
which the labor movement respects ant
understands and fights for, put thos
representatives where they are.
The chosen representative of a unio,
is no more an Outside Agitator than il
the president of a corporation, or tn,
| superintendent Of a plant.
Those who think they can stop prog
ress by calling names are sadly in tn,
wrong-especially when the name
don t fit.
The labor world., 1921-09-17
WHAT GOD HATH JOINED.

WHAT GOD HATH JOINED.
The bane, trouble and tragedy Of the
world come from separating things that
can not prosper and be happy unless
they are united.
"What God hath joined let no man
put asunder," says the church to the
world at the marriage service.
For it is law Of nature that mau
and woman only find their highest Joy
when they loyalty cling together, fol-
better, for worse; for richer, fo'
poorer; till death do them part.''
But this same law holds throughout
the world of work and thought.
Most Of the wretchedness, contention
and failure everywhere comes from di-
vorcing what should be forever one.
For instance:
Capital and labor. For capital can
not keep alive unles sit is daily IL
touch with labor; and the honest Ia
horer is constantly, becoming q capi.
talist. All the Industrial war is caused
by the crazy theorists who preach
class, and that labor and capital are
enemies.
Theory and practice. For no the.
ory ought to be held unless it is prac-
tical; and no practice is effective un-
guided by theory.
Education and life. For education
is not something you get to prepare
you for life; it is life itself. No life
is worthy Of the name that is not con-
tinuous education.
Religious and secular. For religion,
any at least that is of account, is not
something apart from daily work and
play, something to be added to- one IS
other interests. You don It take up re-
ligion as you would law or engineering.
Employer and employed. For they
are both workers, else there is no profit
for either. The employer must think
oAAu oSAoAno dfiu tdht IlSAS, duu lue ell
ployed must stick to his bench. Both
milk the same cow~-the consumer.
They are co-worekrs and when they fall
to fighting chaos results.
1t is making business clean and glad
and serviceable to society that VII
save the world. It is not the doing of
charity. An honest occupation is the
truest philanthropy.
So humanity is cleft and wounded
with disruptive ideas. The curse Of di.
vorce infects everything. Glass and
caste are unmitigated curses. Things
that ought to blend. are separated by
the forces of envy and prejudice.
If we could open all our hearts to
the mystic force of unity and cleave
to one another as flame seeks flame.
or as the waters run to the sea, then.
as a great teacher has said, "the mira
Gle Of shared life and shared expert
ence would be spontaneously felt and
the hardness and crudeness of our
common life would BIZ bathed in the
light that never was on. land or sea-
The labor world., 1921-09-17
WHY "AMERIoAN" PLAN?

Certain employers are pushing cam
paigns to forbid workers having a
voice in fixing the conditions under
which they shall work. !
These employers assert that they
alone have the right Of naming the
terms of work, the wages and the hours
OF labor of the persons whom they EN-.
ploy. Thus the workers, through the
economic power Of these employers, are
forbidden from making use Of the ma
tural, the human right Of free associa.
tion with other workers for mutual,
economic C and social benefit, u.
# 81 t sse employers seek to hide. their
resl dssian to break down asrican
The labor world., 1921-09-17
MEXICAN OIL WORKERS:
ASK PAY FOR IDLE time

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 15.-When
the oil companies decide to resume
operations on a large scale in thu
Tampico districts workmen will not
rush back to their old positions. ac-
cording to: labor leaders here.
The workers will demand payment
for all Of the time they have lost since
the shutdown, due to- the low price OF
oil.
1t is believed, however, that this
plan to collect for days of idleness
cannot be carried out, as many Of the
oil field workers are in great need ana
will rush to get employment at the
first opportunity.
The labor world., 1921-09-17

eral Pershins might ven take i l>s-
son from him. His speech at Wash
ington reveals in . msasu1s Why hs il
not popular with tho rank and file Of
tho soldiers who fought in tho late
war.
The labor world., 1921-09-17

There would be greater interest il
the prediction that the lives Of mon
may Be extended indstiaitsly ware II
not fer s. lksln,owa1sdse 3, that high taxss
would eontiAue right along With thsl,l