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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
RETIRE OFFICE BOZ 5
AND ELECT MANAGERS

This is the way they do things down
IN Delaware, that comfortable little
commonwealth which is entirely sur
rounded blythe Atlantic ocean and the
Dupont Powder Trust.
T. Coleman Dupont Republican,
wanted to go to the United States SEN
ate, but was in such a hurry that he
could not wait until election day r:ils1
around. Senator J. 0. Wolcott. Demo-
crat, obligingly agreed to resign. Then
the governor of Delaware, Republi-
can, appointed Walcott, despite his
Democratic affiliations. to the higesI
judicial position in the state and is
sued a certificate to Dupont emitting
him to full membership in the Ameri-
can House of Lords 10
While we are willing to confess rna1
the deal looks little "slady"-to
state it mildly-we are disposed to in
dorse the change.
II the Powder Trust must be repre-
sented in the senate we prefer that
one of the chiefs of the combine
should take the place rather than
some glib-tongued office boy.
Why not have Lodge and Under.
wood and Penrose resign and give
Morgan and Armous and Rockefeller
chance to egislate?-"Labor.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
ALL GUESS WORK.

The tariff law under which the coun-
try is now operating provides that du-
ties be levied on the foreign value Of
imports. The new tariff bill as it went
from the house to the senate, where il
is now pending, provides that the
American valuation Of goods be thu
basis for duties.
This feature was written into the
bill after bitter fight among the So
called tariff experts. And it is the
feature Of the bill about which an
equally bitter fight is waging in the
senate committee on finance.
1t is an entirely new departure in
tariff making, the necessity for which
has been urged by its proponents be-.
cause of the abnormal exchange rates.
It is evident from reading the reports
Of the senate finance committee that
the members Of the committee are pref
ty much at sea as to what the effect
on the ultimate consumer is to be if
the American valuation basis is allowed
to stand. Experts disagee.
The net results of the months of work
on the new tariff bill will probably be
the same old story-a law based upon
theory and guesswork, which will raise
an indefinite amount Of revenue and
have an entirely problematical effect
on the cost Of living.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
RANK BETRAYAL.

The Sheppard Towner bill to provide
federal assistance in maternity cases
was passed by the senate several weeks
ago by vote Of 63 to 7. It went to
the house, where it still reposes in CON-
mlttee and the news from Washington
is that it seems to be the intention to
let it die there.
1t this happens it will be rank be-
trayal of the millions Of American
women who, through their organiza-
lions, have endorsed the bill and urged
its passage.
A similar law exists in most other
countries in the world.
In the United States $4,000 women die
in childbirth every year. The fatalities
among children during the critical first
years are upwards of 25o,006. Half of
these are said to die nsedlessly for lack
Of care.
The extent to which we as a nation
have been remiss is shown by the fact
that the United States is seventeenth
among the nations Of the world in re-
spect Of protection and collaborating
women And we are seventh in respect
OF protection to~the babies.
This is not guesswork. It is based
upon the death-rate figures Of the en-.
lightened nations Of the world.
The sheppard.Towne bill is designed
to wipe out the stigma which these fig:
ures have placed upon the nation.
The amount of money which it ap.
propriates, $1,4so,ooo, is inconsequen-
tial in the view Of the urgency of the
situation and teh great objective.
During the two and half years that
congress have been "consideringn the
bill, 10000 mothers and 100000 babies
have died as the result Of the lack of
care which they would have received
had it been promptly enacted into law.
There can be no possible excuse for
further delay and every member Of the
lower house of congress who directly
or indirectly contributes to the DELAY
should be held responsible.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
ANOTHER CAUSE FOR TEARs

The propriety Of the appointment of
Joseph E. Powell to take charge of the
financial accounting and sales depart.
mont OF the Emergency Fleet Corpora.
tlon is open to question. It must be
regarded with serious misgivings, even
though that starts Charles NJ. schwab
weeping again.
POWELL has agreed to serve the na.
ton without salary. That may seem
like a sacrifice, but the country's OK.
perlence with patriots without paw has
not been happy. It would have been
real economy had they been given sub.
stantlal salaries and held to them.
Before any sympathy is wasted on
foweli because he has undertaken d
heavy task,'' as the press agent Of
the shipping board phrases it,, the pub.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
PUBLIC NOT IN ON IT.

The Milk Drivers union started a
cooperative creamery in Minneapolis
and it is proving mighty successful. It
is showing good earnings and is giving
its customers the benefit IF goodly
portion Of the profits.
1t recently headed off a wage reduc.
ton for milk drivers. Competitors had
Matched up deal to cut wages, but
suddenly let it drop.
The coop creamery is but five
months old, and it has become one Of
the leading milk distributors in Min
neapolis, with membership in the Milk
Distributors association. At a recent
meeting Of the association it was en-
Enthusiastically proposed that in view of
the "general deflation'' throughout
the country an immediate reduction
should be made. in the wages of their
employees.
In order to get it across with the
public and the drivers' union, such &C.
tion would, Of course, have to be unani.
nous. The only question was as to the
attitude Of the coop creamery, which
is largely owned and operated by the
workers Of the city.
"Well gentlemen,'' said the coop
manager, "the price of milk in this
city enables every distributor to pay
present wages and leave generous
profit besides. If you insist that a
cut be made in wages, then we will re-
duce the price Of milk a cent quart
to consumers SO as to give them the
benefit Of the saving effected.''
That was all, but it was enough. A
soft pedal was put on the wage reduc-
ton talk, and nobody has heard word
about it since. 1t bespeaks the value
OF cooperation and the service a we'll
managed cooperative institution can
render in any line to the workers and
to the public.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
THEIR BEST REWARD.

In an address to the convention Of
the Brotherhood Of Railway Carmen,
in session at Toronto, William G. Nc
Adoo, former director general of rail-
roads, said:
1T is difficult to he patient under
misrepresentation, but I am confident
that insidious propaganda can not per-
manently obscure the fine record made
oy railroad employees in the year of
1915"
Mr.. McAdoo is right. Temporarily
the public may be confused and misled
BY the campaign Of Misrepresentation
directed against railroad workers. but
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

s. az long run truth ma Justice VIII
prsvail. And when the public realizes
that It has been misled there win Be 1
sharp swing Of tho pendulum and the
railroad propagandists and their scurri.
lous newspaper agents will be called to
account.
The truth is that during 1918 tho
American railroad workers performed
brilliantly, efficiently and periodically.
They did what private management had
confessed its inability to do, namely,
so manage the transportation agencies
that the nations war program might
be carried through.
When the atmosphere is cleared OF
lies, treacheries and deceit the work Of
these workers will Island out boldly as
one Of the finest accomplishments Of
the war. That record is the railroad
mems best reward.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
PULL ALL TEETH AND CLAWS

The impending disarmament confer
ence in Washington, interests every in
dlvidual keenly. Taxes can be lowered
If the world lays down it's arms. More
basic, it appeals because it is tinkering
with the instinct of self preservation,
That strikes home.
Militarists for thousands of wears
have preached that every form of life
develops some means Of defense-that
armies and navies are natural processes
in human life.
The fallacy Of this is that man has
conquered the world Of beasts. All Of
his natural enemies are under control.
Man 8 only remaining enemy is him.
self-and man is mans enemy only
when he is armed.
War between nations is barbarous.
futile, senseless.
Disarmament by one country might
be dangerous. But when the whole
world disarms, as eventually it will,
each man, each nation, will be rela-
lively as we'll protected as if it were ali
armed.
Lions, in fighting, have reason to DO
glad for their teeth and claws. But
pull the teeth and claws of every lion
and each lion would be safer and DOS
sessed of the same relative defense
against other lions as before,
World disarmament is the perfect
protection for man.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

lie7i hould 81 s u that - 1. ths
1nan who, . syics president ma een-
sral manager of the Bethlehem Ship
building Cooperation, succeeded in stop
ping IN effort to audit tho books Of
the corporation when the. shipping
board was resisting Bethlehem claims
aggregating SCI, 100000.
Auditors had been put to work in
conformity with the terms of the
boards contract with the schwab COM
pany, but Powell put stop to the in
vestigation when they had uncovered
81 100000 worth Of material shortages.
The auditors had reported that they
had found nearly hundred misapplied
items, but they were not permitted to
run them down, thanks to Mr.. Powell
and a complaisant shipping board.
Now Powell is going to take charge
OF the future Investigations Of the
board himself. He will pass on the
$60,000,000 Schwab claim. Other claims
will tremendously increase that sum.
He will handle all of them. Every
thing depends, both from the govern
ment and Schwab standpoint, on the
accounting that is to be made under
his direction,
If Powell is still a loyal servant Of
schwab, is it proper to expect him to
shake out some Of the exaggerations of
his claim? If he is sore at Schwab, as
is limited, is his appointment fair to the
weeping ironmasters
: 1t seems to be in order for some one
to shed tears, and the public will fer
vently hope that it will be the lachry-
NOSE Schwab. He's used to it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
KNOWN BY IT'S COMPANY

1t will require something more sub.
stantial and convincing than the white
washing report of the senate committee
on elections to restore Senator New
berry of Michigan, to the respect and
confidence of the American people.
The upholding Of that report by the
senate will secure Newberry his seat,
but it will not change in the slightest
degree his standing with the public.
Rather will the senate stultify itself
by condemn 6 the corrupt and criminal
practices employed to place Newberry
in its membership. The supreme court,
1t is true, has decreed that be violated
no law, but the senate should have
welghtier reasons for generating the
discredited gentleman from Michigan.
In passing the corrupt practices act
congress laid down as rule of conduct
that no aspirant for congressional hon
ors should expend more than $4,000.
Newberry expended twenty times that
sum, and he thereby laid himself open
to charge Of political immortality that
anybody with higher standard of 20.
htlcal morality than is possessed by the
senate could not afford to leave III.
challenged.
The proper view to take of the New.
berry report is that it fairly measures
the committee s conception of right and
wrong. In other words, it is willing to
be known by the company it keeps.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

no ~ ltaad Us respect ~ =
less tisy - |. alld personally li.bls 1er
violation of sneh. 4. NJ NJ
Il p1ohibition Officers may search
ones person o. property without lsgal
warrant, upon superstition Or prstsase
that no possesees Intoxicating liquor,
what guarantee have we that they will
not make search for other seasonal
Freedom from search without warrant
is tho outpost Of human Liberty. Re-
move it and no other right is secure.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

y = ~ Is III 4. !, u. alhiaa 8
toa ~ Ing peial tavor1 s ths hands
:of 6ovsramsnt. He asks for no bo-
muses., no subtidies, no ,prohibitory]]
rates. /
Ford knows. that honesty, in rail-
reading rs elsewhere, ID the best bust
ness policy.
He makes his railroad useful to the
public, and the public makes it profit
able to Ford.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
RENT HOGS.

Profiteering landlords of Duluth take
notice,
Ira Shapiro, Of Boston, who controls
$50 apartments, has reduced his rents
to pre.war levels. In a public state
ment, explaining his action, he says:
"Any landlord can do it. Those who
don't are robbers and will deserve what
they will get. I predict that the land
lord who continues to gouge his tenants
in spite Of falling prices and incomes,
will go down in 4 crash.'
A reasonable. profit on his invest.
ment is all any landlord is entitled to.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
PAYING FOR THE "oPEN SHOP. -

Inc united states Steel corporation
owns railroads, mines and steel plants.
On its railroads where it's employees are
well organized the only reduction in
wages So far announced was that au.
thorized by the railroad labor board.
The unions were able to prevent a big
slash IN wages such as has been put into
effect at the mines and the steel plant.
Mine and steel workers are not or.
gained, During the war and to fore
stall organization among them the basic
work day was fixed at eight hours.
This applied largely to underground
miners and employees at steel plants.
Time and one-half was paid to workers
employed longer than eight hours
At the steel plant workers were en-
r'oyed on 12-hour shifts for which they
were allowed IA, hours pay. That is to
say they: were given straight time for
eight hours, and time and one-half foc
all time in excess Of eight hours. Six
hours time was therefore allowed for
the four hours they worked on the Il.
hour shift over. eight hours.
Ordinary workers. were paid at the
rate of AZ cents an hour. By work
ing IL hours day, for which they re-
ceived ID hours pay, they were given
$685. in wages. In less than one year
the hourly wage has been reduced to
50 cents, while the eight-hour basic
workday has been completely abolished.
SO now when an employe receives
his pay envelope, instead Of receiving
$685. for every 12-hour day he works
he is given by $500 for the same time.
His actual wage decrease amounts to
$3.05 a day, or within a fraction of 46
per cent. For the first eight hours q
steel worker is employed he is pail
80 per cent less than he formerly re-.
ceived, and for the next four hours he
gets 81 rs per cent less.
IL the mine and mil workers were
organized as are the railroad men there
would be different story to write to-
day relating to the size of the wage
slices in the steel industry.
No wonder Mr.. Gary wants the non.
union shop. It serves him mighty hand
lily during times Gge these, but it is a
costly institution for tile non-union men
and their families. They are no doubt
giving it lot Of tardy thought Just
now in the quiet of their homes when
any kind of job is precious. Will
they forget the present when the in.
dustrial pendulum swings back to good
times9 We shall see.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

When it comes to getting things
from congress, the packers again have
demonstrated that they have perfect
control.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

The great American public is ons
common carrier that is not sharing in
the reconstruction program Of the ad.
ministration.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

During a protracted period of hard
times the only thing that is plentiful
is loose talk.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

"sweet are the uses of adversity'-
it lets the world know who are the Gro
ators of wealth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

1t may be accident or design, but
people generally get the kind Of gov.
eminent they deserve. -. -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

inc Vafled schemes. for temporarily
bridging railroad difficulties, the pub.
TIC interest has been entirely over
looked.
When congress decreed that the rail.
roads should have a guaranteed return,
without regard to the effect Of that
provision upon the public, it regarded
solely the financial side of transporta-
ton. The public has suffered heavily
Tor CONGRESSES neglect and the railroads
were not helped. Today they are de-
handing new concessions, new subsi.
d'es, not IN tho interest of the public,
out solely in the interest of Wall street.
Ford declares that loaning the rail-
roads billion dollars will simply make
tho situation worse. He ought to know.
He is an experienced railroad man and
is familiar with transportation prob:
lens. He picked up railroad that had
been wrecked by the PRACTICES that ara
condoned and defended by congress,
put it on a transportational basis,
sought to serve the public, and tho re-
suit has been satisfactory all around.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-28
HOUSTON GANG
NABS ANOTHER
Automobile Salesman Is
Victim Of Houston
Committee

HOUSTON. Texas, April 27.--G.
~ McGoe, 30, auto salesman, the
,,,est "victim" OF an alleged vigil
- committee, could not be located
,oaay but It was stated ny his en-
.loycr, B. V. christie, that the young
man is an right
police today are conducting an in
,ss,igation 10 learn Just what hap
.soed TO McGcc after seven mask ed
men seized him from an auto sitting
IL front OF his downtown apartment
"15 made away with him In high
rogerod motor shortly before last
McGee had been arrested and TO.
,,ssed on bond earlier in the night.
uls arrest was made on complaint of
,breo high school girls alleging mis-
ronduct by McGee at Baldwin Park.
Amer the "kidnapers' were through
Win NcGce, he wac allowed TO re-
,urn 10 his apartment.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-28
FEW FOREIGNERS IN STATE
Nearest pure American state OF Amy
In United states.

WASHINGTON, April 27-The
figures recently prepared by the
census bureau on foreign bora
whites for the use Of congress. show
that oklahoma comes nearer being
A straight American state than any
ether state in the union.
Il has only 39,95t foreign born
whites out Of "A total population Of
sO21.5Gf Almost exactly half Of
This comes from three countries,
Germany, Russia and Mexico.
Foreign born whites in oklahoma
arc distributed as follows.
England, ., 6S3; Scotland, 1120;
Wales, 3l9; ireland, 1921; Norway,
ss7; Sweden, 93f; Denmark, b61;
Belgium, 2S9; France, including Al
sace-Lorralne, $50; Luxcmberg. 52;
Netherlands, 176: switzerland, 62S;
Germany, 1920; Poland, 1881; Aus
tria 1898; Hungary. 3l1; Czechslo-
yakia, 1870; JugO-Slavla. 217;
Ruthenia 8; Russia, 5,006; Finland,
l0l; Lthuania, 1872; Portugal, 10;
Spain, 124; Italy, 2.119; Greece. 619:
gugara, 1O5: Rumnnia. 65: Turkey
n Europe, II; other Europe, 81;
Asia, 100. Africa. 22; Australia, 54:
Canada. French, 1875. Canada, other.
s3i7: Newfoundland. II; Cube and
West Indies, 43: Mexico, G,692: Cen
trail America, {; South America, so;
Atlantic islands, 2; Pacific islands,
y; at sea, so; country not speci-
fed, 20.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-28
TAKE UP HORSEBACK FAD
Kentucky Thoroughbreds to Furnish
Society with Thrills.

rpfNlAI 70 T ne Nnrld.
BARTl l.ESNlLLE. April 2T.--Thc
society folk OF Bartlcsvillc arc pre-
pairing to take up horseback riding
as a summer recreation and the for
nation OF a riding club. with "a rid
ing academy under the direction Of
a skilled riding master, is well under
way j. J.. Bcasley will leave this
week for Kentucky, where he will
purchase carload of thoroughbred
saddle horses from among the
blooded stock Of the blue graSe state
he having been commissioned 60
make tho purchase by number Of
prominent society leaders OF this
city.
On his return It Is planned to open
n riding academy under Mr.. Bcas-
leys tntclage and this sport promises
to become Bartlcsville socicty's most
popular outdoors diversion during
the coming summer. A large stable
will be erected, probably on the oak
nm Country club grounds west OF
the city, which is convenient to the
many scenic roads leading into tho
Usage hills.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-28
The Record for .lprli.

HENRYETTA. April 27.-Thc
ohildren's rally day of the Methodist
church brought To Sunday school at
tendance for Icnryotta TO a total
Of 1865. this number being nine
more than any previous record. Tho
average attendance of the various
sunday schools for the month OF
April being Methodist, 235; Baptist.
!l2; Presbyterian, 213; Christian,
itj Nazarcnc. 1874, or a total attend
snce of all Sunday schools of $50
for the month of April.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Cornell's Varsity
Grew Shows Wav
To Harvard Eight
Upstate Oarsmen Win by
3 l-2 Lengths; Crimson
Race First in Freshman

BOSTON, May 28.-A Cornell varsity
eight stroked from the right-hand side
defeated Harvard varsity crew
stroked from starboard to-day in the
annual regatta between these colleges
contested on the Charles River basin.
Two and a half lengths of open water
lay between the shells at the finish of
the mile and n-eighths pull
The Harvard freshman eight, in
which the stroking accent was from
the right-hand side, showed the best
Craftsmanship of the day, winning race
from Cornell freshmen for the first
time in years. Not only was the form
OF the Crimson freshmen the most
finished on the River, but they con-
tributed the fastest time of the re-
gatta-9 minutes 43 seconds. This was
three. approximately three
fourths of a length by distance-in
front of the Cornell yearling crew.
Cornell's varsity took minutes 4s
seconds to cover the course, but theirs
was an easier task over the last mile.
The three and half lengths advantage
was represented in Harvard's official
time OF 10 minutes l second.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Army Nine Noses Out Navy
BY Thrilling Rally in Ninth
$4,000 See Two Service
Teams in Hot Contest;
Middies i'm Lead Early
Special Dtspateh to The Tribnns

WEST POINT. N. Y, May 28.-In a
nerve-racking contest which was won
in the ninth, Army defeated Navy in
the annual service baseball game to-
day by score Of to 7. The cadets,
fighting like mad all the way, came from
behind and tied up game which to
everybody looked like another Navy
victory, winning in an exciting ninth
inning finish.
The game was witnessed by 10000
persons. Destroyers, submarines and
other navy craft anchored in the Hud-
son off the south end brought a big
Navy crowd of officers and men to the
contest. 1t was the first victory for
the army over the navy since 1916
Army tailed in the first inning and
Navy took big lead by annexing six
runs in the the second and third
Army changed pitchers and settled
down. In the fourth the cadets caused
Fleming's retirement. Wilhide's home
run, with two on bases. tied the score.
Army opened up on Gaines in the
ninth. Smythe singled, Barchett knock
ing the hot one down, but with no
chance to get Smythe he tossed wildly
to Humphreys. Smythe went to second
on the error. Don Storck hit another
at Barchett and beat the throw.
Stevenson, essaying to bunt, popped
one just behind Gaines, which Hum
phreys, Pino and Barchett all At
tempted in vain to get. Smythe in the
mean time raced home with the win
ming tally.