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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
IDLE:NAT|oN1S
BIG CONSPIRACY:
TO CRUSH..l,.AB|oR |.
It's Deliberate Shutting Down
Of Industry to Starye Work,
ers Into. Submission

Frank Morrison, secretary Of the
American Federation of Labor, in a
statement made at Atlantic City this
week, declared the nation's unemploy-
ment now prevailing is the :'most. gi-
gantic and widespread lockout of wage
?earners in the history of the country"
ITS lockout-you can't cali 1t
anything else," Morrison said. Its
deliberate shutting down of labor to
starve 1t into submission even If the
country goes to ruin.
If congress wants to know why
approximately 100000 workers are
out Of employment, as the secretary
Of labor estimates, let it investigate
the gigantic conspiracy to crush or
ganized labor. by financial interests
with. an iron and Blood policy that:
would do credit to the kaiser and his
crew. Rule or ruin is the slogan Of
these interests. They are cold blood
edly starving women and children, and
they intend to keep business depressed
until they have the workers submit
ting to- lower wages and working
standards.
''Secretary of Labor Davis, in his
report to congress, dealt only with the
number of unemployed" said Morri-
son. "He did not estimate the mil
lions more who. are employed only
on partial time, earning just enough
to keep body and soul together.
1T is time for the public to wake
up before it is too late. That is la
bor's warning. ~
1T is astounding that congress
should think anything as important
right now as legislation to provide
jobs for millions Of jobless anxious to
labor. It Is, idle to talk about business
revival when nearly 100000 men and
women are out Of employment and
millions more are making starvation
wages: With; the purchasing power
Of the millions either cut off entirely
or reduced to minimum there can be
no return to norma1cy."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

Uncle Sam. to Get But Little
Benefit From S|ashes on
Workers in Shlpyards.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-In dis
cussing the construction Of 19 pas
senger ships by the United States
shipping board, Congressman Madden,
chairman. Of the house appropriations
committee, made: this interesting
statement:
with the. lowering Of wage and
the lowering of material costs, 1
thought and your subcommittee
thought that the government ought
to save money in the construction
of these ships. and we inquired as
to whether or not the government
was to get the credit for any reduced
cost Of material or any reduction in
wages. And the reply came that the
government divided that saving with
contractor. We believe this is not
good business. It can not be reme-
died during this construction period,
when these contracts exist. They will
be finished by April L.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
CHURCH !: MESSAGE: Il c
HITS OPEN SHOP
Federal Council Of: Churches
Vigorously Attacks Critics Of
Its Labor Policy.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25-In~its Labor
Sunday message for 1921. the Fed
eral Council of the Churches of Christ
in Am erica; vigorous answer is made
to critics Of its industrial policy. The
message says:
'The message for this labor. sun
day is set against a background of
suffering and confusion. The land
is filled with unemployment. Pos
sibly one-fourth of the population are
strained and anxious. Thousands OF
employers are holding their industries
together merely from day to day.
Labor is fighting for it's fundamental
right Of collective action and fight
ing at a serious disadvantage. The
freedom of the ministry to proclaim
a social gospel and to apply it ac-
cordlng to their own honest convictions
sis sharply challenged. Even the COM
mon right of citizens to freedom of
speech and assembly in many commun
speech and assembly In many COM
munities is at stake.
THE economic and industrial fac
tors that condition the lives Of men
and women and help to make them
what they become are as much a con-
Germ of the church as any other phase
Of their moral environment. An in
dustrial practice that cramps and de-
vitalizes human beings in: body or in
spirit as is the liquor traffic. The
church cannot ignore the one any
more than it can ignore the other"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

IN discussing the subject of "Union
Labor and the Enlightened EMPLOYER" :"
Samuel Gompers observes that upon
employment relations rests more, of
the responsibility for unrest in the
life OF the masses of our people. ex-
planning that we have come to apply
the word unrest to that turbulence
OF mind and spirit which is mani
1estatlon OF lack of satisfaction or re-
belliousness in industry.
For. all our. social unrest there is
a basis in the complaint which work.
ers make against the terms and con-
dltlons under which they must work.
1t. may be said there is not always
a sufficient cause. but, however it NAV
be, there is some cause.
1t may we'll be that the future his
tory of the world will be writteni in
accord with what happened in Ameri-
car industry in the next two or four
years. America is the only country
in which the working people have
gone forward with a. dogged deter
mination to prove that the same DEM
ocratic principles to which they PIN
ned their faith before the war are
workable and sound. America is the
only country in which the working
people have not been to greater
or lesser degree beguiled by phrase
makers.
There is no need for scientific read
justment of a large part of our in
dustrial life today and the trade
union movement looks hopefully to
the engineers and the scientists Of
industry for a needed and valuable
contribution to human welfare ~
= The labor movement is, hopeful in
this way today because there are
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HAYS Owe RRULES
BURLESON ORDER
Chicago Postal Clerks DISMISS
ed by Last Administration Re-
instated to Old Jobs; >.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The civil
service commission has approved
Postmaster General Hays reinstate-
ment of 10 officers Of the Chicago
Post office Clerks union who were
dismissed from the service during the
Burleson reign. :.
This union was active in the fight
Of the post office clerks for wage ad-
justment. Their officials we're charged
with being responsible for placing ad-
vertisements in Chicago newspapers
and for the solicitation of funds for
publicity purposes.
The National Federation of Post
Office Clerks took up the cause of
the victimized workers with POST
master General Hays. That official
ordered an investigation and two in
spectors reported that a gross injustice
had been done. Mr.. Hays ordered the
clerks reinstated and the civil service
commission, following the law in such
cases, has approved the order.
The cause against the Chicago clerks
were handled by the first assistant
Postmaster General Koons, who pre-
ferred the charges, and gave: the order
Of dismissal. When the clerks ap-
pealed from that decision Mr.. Koons
was the judge.
He laid great stress on the state
ments made by the union in the daily
press and officers Of the National Fed
Grafton Of Post Office Clerks offered
to pay $1,000 to any worthy charity
Mr.. Koons named if he could prove
to a jury, selected by himself, that
any of these statements were either
false or misleading, as he charged.
He did not accept the challenge.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27

Attorney General Promises to
Start Vigorous Campaign
Against War Protiteers.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-There is
going to be a sure enough, honest to
goodness campaign started against
war profiteers. according to the de-
partment of justic. Other attemps
have been made along this line, but
the next venture will be the big hop
Off. 1t is stated that the repeal Of
the -profiteering section of the
Lever act by the United States SUI
preme court will not avail the gougers
as the justice department still has
behind it the powerful antitrust laws
and other acts designed to prevent
artificial pricefixing.''
j. Evidently some patriots are defraud-
Ing the government on their income
tax returns, for it stated that every
one who makes false returns will also
90 rounded up. The department, it
Is satted, will refrain from doing any,
thing that might be construed" as
an oppression of big business.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
AUSTRALIAN court PUTS
WORKERS ON DEFENSIVE

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUS
;TRAL1A. Aug. 25.-1n enforcing the
minimum wage agreed to by the
national basic wage commission
Justice Powers ras ruled that the
workers must prove the necessities
of the employers and the necessities
of the public. The court holds that
the law calls for this proof, and that
the workers. therefore, will not only
have to show that their demand is
'fair and reasonable" but also prove
that it is in the interest of the public
by not forcing increased prices. The
third proof necessar,' will be that en-
ployers can pay the increase with
out injuring profits or taxing the
public.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
CAPITAL PAPERS |: II
|CN0RE>BLANT0N
B|eating Tom .''''Discove(ed by
Washington Press Now Passed
Up by Reporters.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Bleating
Blanton is "discovered" in the national
capital and cam no longer be *played
up" on the first page. of the public
press. Last week he declared that
the government took over the rail-
roads, not to win the war, but be-
cause the government feared the rail-
road employees would strike and tie
up transportation from coast to coast.
If you pass my bill to stop strikes
by law, we would not have to take
over the roads," shrieked Blanton.
And the newspaper correspondents
cruelty ignored the Texans bombast.
Blanton is aware he is slipping, for
he blamed the International Typo
graphical union. He said there: are
but IA newspapers in the United
States'' who would dares offend this
union. There was. time when this
was considered "hot stuff" but now
the men in the press gallery yawn.
:. sRlatQnss policy Is to- remain silent
when big business. or. Influential per-
sons ARE involved and to rave for
"the people" on minor matters or
where he can aim a blow at organ
lied labor. He applied his system
in a discussion in the house on a bill
to appropriate $4S.00o,0O0 to the
shopping board. For an entire day
the house discussed mismanagement
and waste by the board. Blanton took
no part in the discussion, nor ex-
pressed an opinion in any form. Later,
when the house considered a $4,000
item relating to contested elections
Blanton howled for economy and
made vigorous protest against "the
wasteful expenditure of the peoples
money"
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$50 FOR AN All (-WO0L
SUIT; FARMER GETS S?

BALTIMORE, Aug. 25.-"When' a
man pays $50 for an all-wool suit
of clothes and the farmer gets less
than 81 for the wool that went into
it. somewhere in between lies deep
and dark mystery" says the Mary
land Farmer.
when a farmer sells a bushel Of
wheat for $1.10 and pays IS cents
for a four-ounce box of prepaf9d'
wheat breakfast food, making the cost
$36 for 60 pounds, Or one bushel,
there is something wrong, and If .fak-
mers' marketing organizations !tXn:
overcome this then they will be rend-
ering a distinct service to humanity"
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abundant signs that the engineers
ana srhe" scientists have recovered from
ana progressed far beyond that pseudo
science that brought them such ILL
repute among workers a decade ago,
when speed up was. their watch
word and when humanity was classed
with steel and wood as material for
the production of goods.
Broadly speaking, the human fact
ors in industry are two: workers and
employers. Actually, however, there
are many. more factors. There are
workers of many kinds: There are
the workers that the world call un-
skilled (but let those attempt a
work which they have never done),
and the workers known as skilled
workers. There are foremen and
superintendents; men who must apply
themselves closely in small space and
men who have much freedom; of mo-
ton. There are engineers OF many
Kinds; including employment engin-
eers who are now coming to be recog-
nized as Indispensable in big indust-
ries. There are employers who have
no relation except that Of investor to
the industry from which they draw
their income. There are employers
who have the direct relation Of ex-
ecutive. And there are executives who
have no investment relation to the in
dustry to: which they give their ef-
fort. ~ -
II there were some process by wn1cn
all. desires except the desire for fair
ness. for Justice could be. taken from
men engaged in or connected with in
dustry and since these so frequently
oppose and oVerpower the desire for
fairness and Justice there must be
some restraining power, or industry
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
U. 5, GOVERNMENT SHOWS:
FOOD PRICES ADVANCING

WASHINGTON, Aug. 525.-With
prices paid farmers down. to- the
lowest ebb, retail prices for food.
In ii principal cities Of the
United States have increased ap-
proximately 54 per cent from
June Is to July Is, according to
the United States bureau OF labor
statistics. TX r. =
These figures are a challenge
to the propaganda of cheap-wage
advocates who insist that food
costs are being reduced and that
wages should also be cd !.
The bureau shows hat during
the 30-day: period the was an
increase OF s per cenf I'm Afinnc-
apolis; in Buffalo, foo prices In
creased = per cent; II Indianap-
oils, 6 per cent; In Biton, Dem
yer and Springfield, INF Is per cent;
in Baltimore and New Drlcans, 2
per cent; in Philadelphia, three
tcnths of 1 per cent: In, Omaha
there was decrease of four-tenths
of 1 per cent; t:'-.4
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
DEREL|CT IMMIGRANTS
SHIPPED TO AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY, New South Wales, Aus
tralia,-Trade .unionists charge that
derelict immigrants are being import
ed from England for the purpose of
eventually attacking the powerful Aus
tralian Workers. union. The union
lists refer to recent statement by the
Sydney Sun, which gleefuly stated that
among these immigrants "strike are
taboo and there is no union."
Organized labor is suspicious that
the scheme is to plant nurseries of
non-unionists at different points in
Australia.
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SENATE COMMIT APPLIES /
GAGRULE ON SUBSIDY BILL!
Refuse TO Hear Evidence From McAdoo and Union Officials Which
Might Be umaVorabe to the Gigantic Railroad Grab and
Arouse People to What is Being Put Over by Congress.

mouse s week passed the railroad subsidy bill
Press concealed
story the lead that
providing that
fciency 1890 ~
Ina n ; on is mere tie compared with
"hcn the Dill
a." opf0A'uNA''
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MEXICO GIVES EVERY man AS
MANY ACRES AS He CAN WORK
Government Buys Farm Machinery and Tools; Pays SO Cents
Day IN Wages to Give Farmer Start; First Recognition Given
TO Rg'% n.~mers and " oTkers; Breaks Up Estates.
Because Of considerabfa.e -
as been a more or less innocef.> 0a1,.
~entation, to which the press, believe,
here is a complete misunderstanding

conderab O. ~entaton to which the believe
a
agrarian c.
a
especial the the Mexican people, he
a
coph the objects Of their mission they send back this dis
srealp
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-27
MIR. MERCHANT

II AS it occurred to you that this paper goes
II into the homes of the best paid working
men in Duluth and surrounding territory?
Il 10 carefully perused by every adult mem.
Der Of the household. There is no better ad.
vertising medium anywhere.
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] MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL.
Mr.. WORKING MAN

HIS is your paper. It publishes matter
pertaining to your life and welfare. It
wants and needs your support It cannot
tsxist exist. without it. Your cause would be weak
R!naeso R.oe without labor paper TO champion it
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-11-17

tho .kinner bnrriadlv iumnad IN hi
hare fact and tore onf acro.s the fros
coverad ground - = mia MINT,
~. = hs.a A. -. a. I,aL 20,
k as ~ rs. re s III -, s.,. a.
.. 49, 80 ~ H. h.,,ts
~. 1917 s,',,J,,aJ ~. ~. - ,v;th
4 psirh We wers m hefors Tie do wu
ard NOD sos,n refrashod tbe Inner
,.a., ,.,i,h lac s,,r,i,, af ,ancsLes
nd eaffae Ali that a. ws travsied
.hra,,gh Seott vsIiav and .vsr IN Rio
craaL snn,n,it eanning a. noo, far
lunch right on the biz Creek saddle.
where we melted snow for water to
put in the Mulli9an stew,
W. must here stem aside for a few
Moments from onr narrative In hand
tbe rnad BUILDERS Win hava heen at
work an the Cascade n KnoY high
49, ~ hoamst tcr ths;r ~ orssions werk
H. rsI;.yinr the traveller ~ msnv sni-
nal adiustments wbicb wonld have
snd-nanerad The rnad We sure an.
going and coming
about 4 O'clock ~ the III We dacided
IN rhanUa mr. nlanr IN On altar deer
NJ Roosevelt e. going down the river
10 Reeves Bar. The sudden change
WAS nromnted bv = sudden cIondino
~ the avanIno sLiss That hstoLsn.d
q bsavv snow p nnr ;,ns oinstion Re-
;na Trad ~ No GUN hs[;n, nnvdsr
nsf.s The .Linn.r 10000 - r., 81.
insL ., .tirr;r, -, .os. =. ne
dor eskss Ana IL. Il he ssid tI.t
tho,,h th.v 1ar. s,,e. th;eL arS :.
isathsry a.. III Sarra" 49, .,hsnn 49,
- stad tha hast - snath;na have
svsr s.tar To- r.ny n oa, II
49, 81. :. ~ -
NV .tomscS and nscs.sItst.d h,,vpinc
nidnisht 81 IN the iantern. The end
clear and bright with : frosty
tang in the Air that Challenge nj
.ick. lame or law to r. I'M and doing
81 freeze the vatery blood IN their
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LINCOLN LINES

The first contingent Of the Helmick
Haynes, Miller, Bancroft and Coonroc
expedition into the wilds Of Thunder
Mountain returned Sunday evening
or rather At an extremely early hour
Monday morning, having pulled in at
about $780, This first half Of the
crew to arrive home consisted Of the
Skipper Amos Helmick, the hash
singer and official pancake Hopper,
Alya Coonrod, and the company's duly
elected "Salter" Vern Miller. whose
duties we're the most important Of the
entire crew, az his business was to
slip up with bag Of salt and throw
a handful on the deer's tails so they
would stand while we shot at them.
The remaining three members con-
sisted Of our expert Mule Skinner
Ralph Haynes. Java contortionist
Alden Miller and our private Punch
and Judy show Chef Bancroft. There
you have the roster Of all the nota-
bles taking part in this death defy
ing, nerve racking. grub spelling par-
suit Of tho antlercd hind. We hardly
know just where to begin our nara
ton Of the trip or where to omit, but
believe that ii should start with our
first nights camp in the tall sticks,
after leaving civilization, as 1t WAS
there that the chain OF events leading
up to the grand climax began.
Leaving Cascade At about 2 p. m.
October 81, the party joeTed msrrily
along with four-horse load Of guns,
ammunition. grub stake and horse
feed TO put In the hay burners. Hap
py and excited were all the crew, AL 1
ed with great expectations and .
longing desire to play Daniel Boone
= while. Our first nights camp was
made at the lower end Of Scott val
ley. There the biacuit shooter wound
up his mixer and prepared = barrage
Of sour dough. The skipper consult
I'd the map and held 4 council Of war
with the rest Of the tribe to see who
was to build Ares in the morning. It
was about curfew time by the north
rtar when we all rolled our hunks out /
upon the uneven face Of Mother |
Earth and prepared to absorb N .
much Of the refreshing atmosphere
md moonahine that filtered through
pine needles ~ was possible In the I
brief interim that the skipper al
Owed " to snore. II seemed but |
scarce = period Of more than ten {
minutes we had been exploring slum- /
,er land when Amos let out an I'M
yodly yell that conferred about our
LACED minds that there was = horse
oose. You all know what that means
I you do not prefer TO walk. Ralph, q
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Notice I'd Election.

/ Notice Is hereby given that ar
election will be held in Emmett Ir.
rigation District on the 3rd day OF
December, 1921, at which election
there will be submitted to the quail.
fled electors Of said district the ques-
+ ton whether the board Of directors Of
said district shall be authorized to is
sue refunding bonds Of said district
to the amount Of $1,208, 10000, for
the purpose Of paying off and refund
ing the outstanding bonded indebted
ness Of said district evidenced by
bonds of said district dated the LIST
day Of January, 1911, in the principal
sum Of 1896, 10000, and the accrued
and unpaid interest on said bonds
evidenced by due and unpaid
interest coupons of said bonds
and judgments obtaiBed against
said district on such coupons and in
terest on such judgments in the fur
Their sum Of $309, 600 90, said refund
ing bonds to bear interest At the rate
Of six per cent per annun from the
date thereof payable se1ni-annually,
and the debt evidenced BY such re-
funding bonds to be paid 1t the fol
lowing times, to-wit:
On January /, 1872, $4,000; on
January I, 1888, sec, 80; on january
!, 1894, $4,000; on Jannary /, 1886,
80 900; on January I, 1886, $106,-
900; ON January I, 1887, Sic, 900; on
January I, 1888, $126eeo; ON Jam1ary
I, 1889, $135 900; ON January 1, 1910,
$145, 600; on January I, 1871, ST66,-
600; on January /, 1872, 416H200.
Further notice 10 hereby given that
for the purpose of holding said cleo
ton the said district shall be divided
into three election precincts, and the.
particular description Of said election
precincts, and the polling place fixed
and designated for each, is set forth
~ follows, to-wit:
Precinct No. ! shall consist Of all
that portion Of said district lying
south and east Of the Payette River;
and the polling place therein shall be
How'd School House in School District
No. z.
Precinct No. shall consist of all
that portion Of said district lying |
north Of tho Payette River and east |
IF line commencing at the NV COR
ner Of Section %, Township North,
Range 2 W. B. NJ, and extending
thence south on section lines to the
Payette River; and the polling place
therein shall be the Brick School
House in School District No. ia
Precinct No. shall consist Of all |
hat portion of said district lying /
north of the Payette River and west /
II the line last above described; and /
he polling place therein shah be the
Hanna School House in School Dis
riot No. A.
At said election, the polls shall be
opened at 8 o'clock, A. NJ, and re-
main open until o'clock, P. NJ, of
aid Bird day Of December, 1921.
Said election shall be by ballot, and
he ballot shall contain the words,
Refunding Bonds-Yes" and the
vords "Refunding Bonds-No"; and
he voter answer the question sub
nitted by marking q croAs (X) OPP
.osite the words expressing his choice
No registration shall b required to
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vote At said eIsctfon, but in lieu thsrs.
Of the judges Of election shall require
every elector to subscribe to an cleo
tors oath as = prerequisite Of casting
his or her vote, and such osth shall
be the usual electors oath with the
following words added: "And am =
resident and holder Of land within the
boundaries Of Emmett Irrigation Dis
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Most disfiguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes. ETC., are due
to impure blood. Burdock Blood Bit
tiers as cleansing blood tonic, is we'll
recommended. $1.25 at all stores.
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year, I believe. When I get rested
up little more am coming and get
all the gossip that has been put out
since we were in the jungles of cen
trail Idaho.
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trict."
By order Of the board Of directors Of
Emmett Irrigation District.
Dated this Bird day Of November,
1921.
H. HAYLOR,
Secretary Of Emmett Irrigation
District.
(Seal).
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Good Health

II you would enjoy good health,
keep your bowels regular. No one
can reasonably hope to feel WELL when
constipated When needed, take Cham
berlain's Tablets. They are mild and
10