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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-27

l. Yosemite National Park. A Studebaker LIGHT
SIX, piloted by Hart L. Weaver and carrying crew of
i've men from the Chester N. Weaver Company was the
hrst automobile to reach the Yosemite National Park
over any one OF the three covered under its
own power this year. The went over the narrow
and dangerous Coutervie road, buckng snow as deep
as ten feet IN some places, arriving Yosemite Valley
January To-
q. Round Trip Record BetuUeen San Francisco
ana Los Angeles. On February the same car
driven by Hart L. Weaver and James F. Gurley of the
Chester N. Weaver Company, established new round
trip record between San Francisco and Los Angeles
distance of 8648 miles, in the sensational time of 81
hours and % minutes.
3. Coast Route Record from San Francisco to
Los Angeles. On the round trip record of February
the Sudebaker LIGHSX lowered the coast route record
from San Francisco to Los Angeles by hours IS
minutes and 20 seconds. The former record was II
hours, At minutes and so seconds the of the Stude
baker LIGHT-SIX being 10 hours, IL minutes and 30
seconds for the distance of 4537 miles, The pilots were
Hart L. Weaver and James F. Gurley.
q. Valley Route Record BetUeen Los ANGELES
and San francisco. On February "a the Studebaker
LlGHTSX smashed the valley record between Los
Angeles and San Francisco running the distance of ALL
miles IN the remarkable time of hours Is minutes and
81 seconds This record made all the more remark
able on account of the having go through dense
log distance of than 100 miles between Tuare
and MERGED. The pilots Hart L. Weaver and
James F. Gurley.
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natural complement to military. con-
scription. When the state, organized
primarily to protect property, claims
the right to conscript men to kill or
be killed in wars stirred up not by the
natural antipathies of human beings
t'by the rivalries of predatory gov
ernnaents. it has. already made itself
Moloch more. terrible than any of the
gods Of antiquity. The Pope has re-
ferred to conscription as a blood-tax.
II, 10 worse: It. is the negation Of per-
sonality at the point Of moral choice
In. the most desperate issues of life
and death. While this sort: Of con-
scription and the espionage laws which
accompany it are accepted: complac-
emily in civilized nations it IS idle to
believe that lesser freedoms such as
the right to a decisive voice as to con-
ditions under which one shall work.
can. be secured. That the states which
exercise such coercive powers over the
individual are nominally: democratic,
proves nothing There is sno tyrant
more. irrational OF cruel than the
crowd, and the manipulation of the
crowd by those who enjoy. special
privilege has BECOME a science. -
How shall We escape from this ty-
ranny and obtain the Ssc0- operation
necessitated IN an age dk n4chine- pro-
duction. is the supreme problem Of our
generation. It cannot be, solved BY
men who live In an sirrati6nal awe Of
that srtificial entity t1ey Sall govern
ment America q tessssA ikihe best ia
her5. life to I men lhloNS d fognixed "a
higher laN than 9 ution., and
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power above government Not
Roger Tawney and the justices who
promulgated the Dred Scott decision,
but the great-hearted men and women
who ran the Underground railroads
for the escape of frugitive slaves de-
serve the lasting gratitude of their
country. What men once endured to
abolish chattel slavery some men in
the ranks of labor must do to end in
dustrial peonage. The pioneers Of Ia
bor's emancipation mary have to prac-
tice the high duty of civil disobedience
though they share the fate of Gene
Debs and with him have to test In
their own person the truth of Thor
eau's great words: 4
/; Under a government which impri-
sons any unjustly the true place for
just man is also a prison. 1t
Is there that the fugitive slaves, and
the Mexican prisoner on parole, and
the Indian come to plead the wrongs
Of his race. should find them; on that
separate but more free and honorable
ground, where the state places those
who are not with her but 'against her
the, only house in slave state in
which q free man can abide with
honor. II any think that their in
fluence would be lost there, and their
voices no longer affict the ear Of the
state, that they would not be as an
enemy within. its walls. they do not
know by how much truth is stronger
than error, nor how much more elo-
niIAnflx, nnd nffAr%SS,nI1, ~ - :, srnrn hat
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UN|0NS.:Io ! TEST
= ER|E''S RIGHT TO
FARM OUT WORK
Will Ascertain Through Courts
Legality Of Plan TO Wipe
Out Tail Unions.

Whether railroad managers to
avoid the provisions Of the Cum
mins-Esch law. covering the rela-
tions of employer and employe, can
lawfully farm out repair and other
work to dummy corporations. COM
posed in the main OF railroad Off
Gals. is to be made the subject Of
an appeal to the. courts.
Officers of the Erie System Fed
GRAFTON No. 100. representing The
shop crafts on that road. are pre-
pairing to apply for an>:injunction re-
straining the management, from fur
ther contracting out shops and de-
partments, that the legality of the
proceedings may be determined.
The extension of the Erie plan las
been given consideration by the As
sociation Of Railway Executives
and it is said that it may be adopted
by all Eastern roads as the quickest
way of destroying labof: organiza-
tions and forcing wages. down and
hours up.
In every case where the Erie has
farmed out its work there have been
immediate reductions in wages. he
revocation of transportation pTivi.
leges and the imposition of: hard cen
ditions. Shops are barricaded and
large forces, Of gunmen are placed on
guard. The directing officials gre
former officials otsthe road and are
still participating In councils of the
management. :.
This seems to demonstrate. that the
scheme sa bold subterfagesto. to .evad@
the law and fat the same, time n1ake
some money on the side for :officials
who get these contracts.
It has been proven conclusively by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
that wehn roads award contracts te
insiders the cost is always double o,
more what the same work would LOST
If performed in the company's own
shops. The guarantee provision CT
the Cummins-Esch law apparently
justifies railroad mana gers in disre.
garding ficiency and economy. as
was generally the case when the road:
were operating under Federal guar
antee Of expenditures.
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When an injunction issued in the
public interest Immediately. results in
spontaneous strikes where there was
industrial peace, in restricting the pro-
duction Of coal at the approach Of
winter. and in threats by conserva-
tive labor leaders that they will choose
Jail rather than obedience, the plain
citizens is warranted in suspecting bad
laws and in being sure of a bad social
philosophy. Judge Anderson's in
junction against, the United Mine
Workers had all Of these Immediate
consequences. The language of the
judge was astonishingly confusing but
the essential features Of his decision
were clear enough. The United Mine
Workers have been trying to organ
ize the West Virginia coal fields. This
they have done not merely out of re-
gard for their fellow-workers who now
lack the benefits Of organization, but
also to protect themselves against the
competition of coal fields whose lower
labor standards tend to drag down
wages and general conditions through
the whole OF the so-called Central
Field" This attempt at organization
constitutes, in Judge Anderson's opin- ;
ION, conspiracy between the union and
the operators who have. agreements
with it to destroy competition and
as such violation OF the Sherman
Antitrust Act. Hence he forbade
the operators to continue the check.
off system under which they deduct
union fees from wages and turn them
over to the union treasury, 10 lone. 81
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the DUTY OF CIVIL DIs0BED|ENCE

such dues were used in the West Vir-
ginia field. This prohibition of the
check-off has, been suspended by the
higher court, pending appeal. If the
injunction Is then sustained it will end
agreements in the coal fields which
were reached at the request Of former
Presidents Of. the United States. It
Will serve as AM. inyitation, to anti
union employers in every industry to
ask Injunction against national unions
which seek to organize their men. on
the ground that free competition is
destroyed thereby. But the very life
Of unions depend on such activities,
and if the state ean forbid them the
workers are backed in the helpless
position Of tho A9riy days Of the in
dustrial revolutf6n.A>
And Judge A4derson's injunction Is
neither solitary nor unique. It merely
illustrates the extreme lengths to
which the coercive power Of the state
has gone. It can roughly be parallel
ed by judicial decision and executive
acts denying to4workers the right to
strike or to picket, as we'll as the
ancient rightsTof free speech and as
semblase. InSaitpport Of the Railway
Labor Board and to prevent strike
the Harding ngsxAdquinistration was pre-
pairing to, avsii si{self of every techni-
cality, ineiudlnS war laws: never in
tended for any such purpose, against
the Brotherhoo4s: ! Attorney General
Palmer usA4 satfnilar tactics in the
coal strikes II: We have gone
q very ! r = & since Lincoln said: !:
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FLORIDA MOB NJ Nj
H0cS UNIONlST

f?~MAeFIINGTON, Nov. 24.-officials
o<sthe A. r, of L have called the atten-
.tion Of the department Of justice to
tho hogging Of John e Winstanley
by a Florida mob, who took the un-
donast from a train and after beating
him threatened his life and left him
for dead. =
Winstanley is a representative of
tho International Union of Timber
Workers. While on train near Sher-
man, Fla he was sized by a mob,
thrown into an automobile, followed
by another auto, filled with thugs. A.
ter d journey Of several miles Win
stanley was taken from the auto and
placed across a railroad tie., when he
was dogged. The leader Of the mob
~:
-you, we'll show you we
don't want no union organizers in Bay
county" After the mob left him,
Winstanley crawled to a house, where
he was cared for and later driven II
miles to small hamlet. where a dep
uty United States marshall placed him
IN hotel.
1t is believed the mob can be punish-
ed by federal authorities for violation
Of the United States laws against
forceful removal of a passenger from
an Interstate train.
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CANADIAN LABOR
Given PLACE:;::::0N
.RA|LR0AD'BoARD
Member Of B. Of |, E. Named as
Member Of Dominion Rail
Governing. Commission.

OTTAWA, Ont. Nov 24.-Predic-
would be given representation on, the
Board of Railway Commissioners are
confirmed by the announcement today
that the cabinet has submitted the
name Of Mr.. Calvin Lawrence to the
Governor-in-Coun for the post, and
the confirmation of the appointment
by Parliament.
representative of the Brotherhood: of
Locomotive Engineers, is likely, to-
take his seat on the board at an early
date. and this action will mark an
other important gain for the railway
men of Canada. who for several
years have sought representation on
this body.
The appointment is regarded as en-
tirely satisfactory to the railwaymen
Of Canada, for the name of Mr.. Law
renee has been. mentioned for the post
from early in the movement to secure
this representation. It has been a
case of the office seeking the man.
rather than the man seeking the
office, for while Mr.. Lawrence is en-
inently we'll fitted for the duties he
will shortly assume, he has not been
anxious for the appointment for per-
sonal motives. In accepting it, he
will be doing SO in the interests Of .he
railwaymen Of Canada at large. -.
Mr.. Lawrence will fill the vacancy
on the board, caused by the death, a
short time ago. of Commissioner A. S.
Goodeve. His appointment marks
another victory for the railwaynen Of
Canada, and Also is an eloquent eui-
butte, te=,he~1:aa,1 who has 30 cnaaabls.
acted as legislative representative Of
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers for the past eleven years.
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II IS ALL RIGHT FOR
FARMERS TO BURN COAL

WASHINGTON, Nov. :4.-1n a
starving world the department Of a:ri-
culture defends the burning of corn
for fuel, because of the low price
farmers are paid for this grain, an!
because of the high price, Of coal.
Corn burning in the>7west will be
general this winter, and the depart
ment explains that this is all right
that corn at so cents bushe!
equals coal at SIS ton. 1t is stated
that corn will probably be used in
the country towns because Of the
high price of COAL and that there is
an efficiency in this: s:.~mcthod as it
saves hauling coal.--.:.-
In defense Of this destruction Of
a food, the department points to corn
burning in Argentina, South America
country that imports its coal and
raises more corn per capita than any
other nation
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INTEREST Rates
WAGES ]! DOWN
E.'3!ductionS on Labor Have MOI
Revived Building Industry,
But Middtsmen Thrive.

CLEVELAND. Nov. e4.-Wage re-
ductions have not revived the build
ing industry, as predicted, and these
prophets realize they must make
good" if they are to be believed in
the future.
One local newspaper is d.. ing
the financial and mortgage shark, a
subject that only trade unionists
would refer to few months ago.
This newspaper imagincs it has dis
covered something when it calls at
tertion to the per cent interest and
10 per cent bonus, or a total Of II per
cent. which second mortgage COM
panies charge man who would build
a home. This is after the first mort
age companies have scooped in their
! per cent on a first mortgage.
The worker is urged to place his
savings in bank, which pays him 1
per cent. or in building associa ton:
which ray per cent interest, on the
sounGest of security-land.
And these mortgage sharks rolled
their eyes heavenward few months
ago and assured the public "la Dor
costs are so high that building is re-
tarded."
Wages have been reduced. but high
interest rates, bonus charges and
commission hold-ups are yet the rule
in financial circles.
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MIDDLE CLASS ORGANIZES,
BUT We HAVE NO CLASSES

DENVER. Nov. 24.-Just When
every 100 per cent American has con-
Guided his campaign ON the evils of
class Propaganda, along comes the
Middle Glass union, which has been
chartered by the state. The new or
gan1zation has fine program. The
declaration Of Independence and fed
eral constitution will be- put back in
the running, the interests of taxpay-
ers Will be protected, the public. will
De guarded against oppression in every
form, the ballot will be purified and
q general moral uplift will ensue.
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FREEDOM ASKED
WITHOUT PARDON
Atlanta Prisoner Claims linus.
tice Of Sentence Under Es-
pionage Act.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-David T.
Blodgett, political prisoner" now
confined in Atlanta prison, has made
public, through friends here, a letter
to President Harding in which he de-
mands that the president free him
without the issuance Of the ordinary
pardon, because he is innocent.
II have been unlawfully imprisoned
almost four years." he says, "for re-
printing a. speech sent unsea1ed
through the mail by Thomas E. Wat
son after the espionage act became a
law. If his speech constituted the
crime alleged against me, (for which
I am imprisoned as Watsons substi-
tute,) congress would not be so tyran-
nical as to fail to proceed against him
after having ousted Victor L. Berger
from congress for a similar alleged
offense. BY accepting a pardon or a
communication Of the 20-year sentence,
I would be falsely pretending that
there was a crime to pardon or law
ful sentence to commute. I would
thus pave the way for future similar
federal officials transgressions against
my fellow citizens. Personal liberty
is highly priced by me, but would
not give any bandit so high a ransom.
my opinion is that the Constitu-
ton, afticle2, section2. prohibits a
person innocent Of any 'offense against
the United States T did not COM
NIT an offense. .......I understand
that the Constitution prohibits a
president from enforcing unlawful
orders of ignorant or dishonest judges.
It requires- that he shall take care
that the laws be faithfully executed
therefore you are. by your oath,
bound to proclaim that the judges
order, by which have been falsely
imprisoned, is unlawful, and: quit en-
forcing such lawless court order"
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Il thank God We have a system of la
Dor where there can be, strike and
whatever the. pressure there is a point
where the workmen may STOP" :."
Let no. one take these words ofours
as a slisht-hearted vindication Of a
right whose exercise involves the pos
sibility of human suffering. 1t Is "a
mark Of the essential stupidity of our
present system that strikes should
ever be; necessary yet. until we have
learned to guide our tremendously
complex and interdependent; industrial
system by principles Of cooperation
instead Of subjecting it, to tho law of
the jungle, the strike. and still more
the labor organization whose weapon
it is affords the only: defense for the
workers against a despotic owing class
which is becoming more ana more
closely Unidentified with the Govern
ment. The function Of the state as
primarily to protect special privilege
and private property has become so
obvious as scarcely to require argtl-
ment. When the Railway Labor
Board, an agent Of the state, was de-
fled by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the
Government; showed no alarm, It. was
only when the workers. threatened 4
strike that every department. sprank
to instant E activity. The sherman
Antitrust Act long ago lost its terror
for capital. It is today invoked to
keep labor from effective organisation.
This increasing resimentation Of
workers into an industrial army g
part :6f = 5seFviioeg sstaks u ~ e essrssa 4
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ANDERSON DECISl0lN| and
RIGHt Of. CONTRACT

.CLEARF1ELD, Pa.,-"H our or.
ganfzatlon is to function and II VIC
are not to be forced back TO the in.
tolerablc conditions which prevail
cd before the coming Of the United
Mine Workers, We must stand to-
gether and insist on Compliance
with the terms of the present agree.
lnent which Is based upon g the
award of the Bituminous Ccal Com.
mission functioning under govern.
mental authority."v
John 'Brophy;: president. and
other officers of District 2. United
Mine Workers of America, have is
sued this statement to the miners
of the district, ;.
''Judge Anderson's decision in
vailcs the Fight Of contract for If
that clause of our agreement deal
ing with the check-off can be set
aside by injunction, every clause
could be set aside in the same man.
ner and contracts with labor unions
would therefore be n,lllificd. 1t
forEids organization in non.union
fields, without, which there can be
no collective bargaining:
1T is a blow which strikes at tho
vary heart of our union, and Is part
OF a plan to cripple or destroy the
organization. The need for soli-
darity on the part of our men,
bcrs is manifest"
The labor world., 1921-11-26

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-More than
$4,000 garment workers are on strike
in protest of one Of the most glaring
instances of contract-breaking in the
history of the trade union movement.
These workers are members Of the
International Ladies' Garment work.
ers' union. Their contract does not
expire until the middle of next year.
They also have joint board which
stands instructed to investigate pro-
ciuction conditions. This board was
to report on Nov 1. but before that
date the employers declared for re-
turn TO the piece system and the long
work week.
BY the record-breaKing vote Of
?S.G72 to 162 the workers declared
they would strike rather than return
to former conditions.
President Schlesinger OF the gar
ment workers union charges the
losses with attempting to- destroy the
union. In support of this charge the
union executive makes public conf
Dental letters from the manufacture
ers' association. written everal weeks
ago. in which manufacturers in other
cities are asked to confer with the en-
ployers in this city and perhaps act
collectively on matters concerning
their relations with the union.
The manufacturers first elaine 4
that the union "leaders'' were at
tempting to force a strike, which the
membership did not want The
astounding strike vote, however, has
answered this claim. Now the bosses
are attempting to gain public opinion
by the claim that If they win, prices
will be reduced. President Schles-
ineer shows that the labor cost Of a
80 garment under uresent conditions
as:hut 81. and for 800 garment but
from SO to $12.
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RICH PUT MONEY
IN water STOCK
Hid in Low Price Investments
Now Paying No Dividends,
Says Senator Jones.

WASHlNGTON, Nov. 24.-Ihe
claim that rich investors are placing
their money in tax-exempt bonds,
rather than in industry. because of in
cometaxes, was again refuted by Sen
ator Jones Of New Mexico, who urged
his colleagues to look at stock mar
ket quotations.
Daily reports from the New York
stock exchange show that many con-
Germs are not paying dividends and
yet the stock is selling in some cases
for as much as three-fourths Of its
par value. These companies, Senator
Jones said. are keeping this money in
their treasures ''for the purpose of
putting substance into their overtaxcd
corporations.
"Using the language which the
majority report of the (senate) finance
committee uses. they are concerns
which yield no dividends at present
sHt which promise well for tke future.
."Wfo is buying such stock? The
men who enjoy high individual in
comes, who. want to escape taxation.
The money is going there and when
ever we offer an inducement for the
corporation to retain in its treasury
or in its business it's income we are
offering an inducement for the aug
mentation of that kind of business.
Talk to me about investment in
tax-exempt securities: such invest
>ment is comparatively insignificant
compared with this great reservoir
which is absorbing the vast incomes
of the country on which high sur
taxes would be paid If they were in
vested in productive enterprises or di-
vidend paying enterprises.
The labor world., 1921-11-26
=; ::'S : K1N!! TOURING U. S. .
OWN HALF JAPAi;S WEALTH

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-It is stat
ed that a group of % japanese busi-
ness men, now touring the United
States, represent "one-half of the en-
tire wealth" Of their nation. Virtually
every member of the delegation IS a
director Of five or Six concerns, he
sides being actively engaged as the
manasing head of two or three more:
Half of the members are bank direc-
tors or presidents.
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UNIONIST AT HEAD.

BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.-Will J.
FRENCH, chairman of the state indus
trial accident commission, has been
elected chairman Of the new state de-
partment of labor and Industrial re-
latlons. l.l This department is 4 COM
plnatlon of four state departments
that relate to labor. Chairman French
is iii. 2 member Of the local Typographi-
cal union and was formerly editor Of
the Labor Clarion. at .7 -.:.11s' :11ss
The labor world., 1921-11-26
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR
REFUSES ANTPS TROOPS

SEATTLE, Nov. Ex-Governor Hart
has denied the request CT anti-union
coal owners for soldiers to break a
strike of their employees Sheriff Star
Wich Of this county told the cover.
nor there is no need for troops and
that he is aided by officers of the
Miners union in preserving the public
peace.
The miners are striking because
coal owners reduced wages in yio-
lation of an award made last year
by the governments coal commits
sion.
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SALES TAX NOT DEAD.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-Senator
Smoot has given notice that the sales
tax fight will be continued, because
the country is heart and soul in
favor Of this plan.''
In view Of emphatic expressions for
a soldiers bonus at the recent elec-
tions, it is hinted that the plan is to
hide the sales tax behind great hip,
hip, hurrah for a sales tax to pay a
soldiers bonus. This would permit
big business to escape additional taxes