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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
STANDS Up FOR:
POSTAL: UNIONS
Seha|l Defends
Unions Of Postal Employees;
Praises achievements.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. - While
the house Of representatives was con-
sidering the usual postal appropriation
bill, Congressman Schall of Mime
sofa, defended the trade union or
ganizatioDs OF postal employees and
specifically referred to the legislative
program Of the National Federation
Of Post Office Clerks.
Congressman Schall is totally blind
but this affliction has not affected his
keen sense of justice. He said: .-
Largely through the activities Of
the employees themselves there have
been placed upon the statutes by the
congress such beneficial legislation as
the eight-hour law. the retirement
act, day Of rest weekly and other
laws, all Of which have added to
service efficiency. The sixty-second
congress very wisely restored to the
postal employees the right to; petition
congress directly with reference to
their grievances. They bave since used
this right with medication and in a
manner calculated to; keep the, con-
gress informed of the urgent indus
trial needs 1f the SERVICE"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
LUMBER DEALERS
IN BIC COMBINE
Organize Country Into Regions
and Run a Real Closed Shop
Against American People.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.-The fed
eral trade commission has forwarded
to congress a report on combinations
Of lumber manufacturers who have
eliminated competition and are hold
ing prices to their present level: It
is shown that the manufacturers have
divided the country into 10 regions,
each region having an association of
manufacturers bound together in the
National Lumber Manufacturers, as
sociation, with headquarters in Chi
cago.
The report contains description OF
an association of retail lumber dealers
in Chicago which parcels out to each
concern a certain share of the entire
lumber business in that city. The Or
ganization is called the Chicago Re-
tail Lumber Dealers association.
When one concern sells more than it's
share it is obliged to pay into gem
eral fund a certain proportion Of ita
profits and that excess ds divided
among concerns that sold less than
their shares.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22

20 doing had brought the laborers
under the Jurisdiction OF the equity
side Of the courts, and under the
Sherman antitrust law, and congress,
therefore, enacted in section 8 Of the
Clayton act '"That the labor Of hu-
man being II not a-commodity or ar
t1cle Of commerce." The courts had,
In violation of ags-old definitions of
what constitutes property, held that
labor is property. ... 49, -.
No thing il property unless It can
be disposed Of. trapsferred from one
person to another. Thus sayeth the
law. Property IL something that can
be sold. disposed Of. separated from
the possessor. Labor cannot be prop
erty, unless the person 10 property.
Not even the courts can. In fact, sepa-
rate the labor power from the man
in whom it iss inheresh The affirma-
tion, that labor ID property, was true
in Babylonia, Ia Athsns In Carthage,
In Rome and In tho s0uthern states
Sof this Union PRIOR 6 the adoption ot
the thirteenth amsud dlnent, + cannot
be- % bold nov. uni Ie disregard
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
LABOR E:Nj0NED !: !.
FROM UNIoNIz|NC
Federal Judge Anderson Re.
strains Indiana Factory En-
pIoyes From Forming Union.

) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. >2o.-Federal
Judge Anderson has issued an in
junction against trade unionists in
shelbyville, this state. who are at
tempting to unionize factories there.
The complaint was made by a trav-
cling salesman who lives in Chicago,
who claimed his livelihood is affected
because the activity Of the e1nionists
has curtailed the output Of the firms
he represents.
The furniture business is suffering
from the general business depression
and the manufacturers seized upon
this condition to blame lab0r and
stop unionization Of their plants by
the injunction process.
Judge Anderson's order is the
usual labor injunction against "vio-
lence and intimidation"
While this situation, If It exists.
should rfghtfully be handled by the
police authorities, the pu pose Of the
furniture Companies is shown by their
presentation to the court of the de-
mands Of the union. It was also al
legged that the unions attempted last
May to force these concerns to adopt
the union shop which the. employers
call "closed" shop.'' =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22

In China there are very few, Grip
pies to be seen. It Is said that any
person. who there saves tho life Of
another, when threatened by some
accident, or who tries! to, and who
succeeds in saving the life but not
tho limbs Of the unfortunate, incurs,
With reference to the unfortunate, the
relationship Of a father. He has given
him his further lease on life and he
must be responsible for him. Hence,
no cripples: but the white. man Of
America IL n6t Chinese. Laws enacted
and court decisions handed down have
not yet been able to destroy the finer
qualities OF the Nordic race. And 30
we are not to bear each others bur-
dens7 Not even II refusal endangers
our own lives?
The real vice Of the decision is,
that the majority of the court over
looked the plain congressional in
structions with reference to the con
struction of the Sherman anti trust
law. Congress found upon investiga-
tion, that the courts had held that
5labor = p.opsxty. that the eeo.,sts 81
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
BIG WOOL TRUST
WILL CUT WAGES
Fifty Mills Controlled by Anerl-
can Wooden Company to Force
Down Wages Y Per Cent. !;

LAWRENCE. Mass, Jan. 20
President Wood of the American
Woolen company, has announced a.
22h per cent wage reduction that
will affect employees Of so mills con-
trolled by this TRUST. The announce
ment was made at dinner given to
overseers Of the trusts four mills in
this city. Mr.. Wood stated that the
company must lose some Of its profits
and the workers. must submit to wage
cuts to start business.
The trust head made no mention Of
the enormous profits made the past
few years. In 1918 the profits Of this
concern were; SIG per cent more than
in 1914. In 1918 the net earnings on
'each share of common stock were
$13.86. or a total of $5.572.527, after
all taxes had been paid, large amounts
set aside for depreciation Of plants
and dividends on preferred stock. In
1919 the" dividend on each share of
common stock increased to $39.89,
or total Of $10.779,8O4.
After this orgy of profiteering en-
ployes are now told that their wages
must be reduced and with a grim
humor these workers are assured that
the trust will be content with less
profits.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22

BATTLE SHIPS Of NO USE
SINCE SUBMARINE CAME.

LONDON, Jan. 20. ~ The discus
sion in this country on the merits Of
battle ships In view Of the develop
ment OF the submarine, continues as
the public reads the publication by
the government of all papers and
orders on the battle of Jutland be-
tween the British and German fleets.
In commenting. on these papers,
the Manchester Guardian says:
1.-The value Of the battleship is un-
quest1onably diminished, not only by
mine and submarine but by the tor
pedoes OF the destroyer. Had the Ger
mans built more destroyers and Fewer
dreadnaughts we might have been in
much worse case at Jutland. What
are we to build noW?"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
PRICES STILL TWICE AS
HIGH AS BEFORE the WAR

; OTTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 20.-Em-
ployers are demanding that wages be
reduced 10. Is and 20 per cent be-
cause food costs are lower, but the
reports 1ssuet: by the department of
labor show price reductions have not
reached the consumer and that prices
arc twice lis high is in 1914!
The Labor, Gazette, issued by the
department., says: ... - 81.
In retail prices the average cost
OF a list of staple foods in 50 cities
at the middle Of November was 1852
as compared with 1858 at, the middle
OF October. ,$14.23 l., No emher, 1919,
and $7.96 in November, 1914
In coal, wood and oil there were
slight increases and rents were higher
in several Of the cities" =,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
LABOR WORLD EDITOR DISCUSSES
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BEFORE
SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS.
LEADERS IN PROFESSION
BELIEVE IN UNION LABOR
HERBERT HOOVER, FRED J. MILLER
AND W. B. DICKSON, CARNEGIE'S
FORMER PARTNER, QUOTED.

Declaring that title to property
is a special privilege, and out of it
arises industry's obligation to the.
public, W. E. McEwen, editor of
The Labor World, in speech be.
fore the northwest section of the
American Society Of Civil Engin-
eers at St. Paul last Monday eve
ming discussed Industrial Rela-
tions,'' and outlined a plan for
bringing employers and employees
together.
Mr.. McEwen deplored anti-strike
laws, said they were an abridgement
Of personal rights, advocated a.
magma charta Of industry and made
strong plea for the Introduction of
democracy in industry. His speech
was as follows:
Engineers are Trail Blazers.
1T is both pleasure and privi-
your profession and to discuss with
you questions affecting the freedom,
welfare and happiness Of the human
family. Engineers have solved great
physical problems. They are the
John the Baptists' Of our Industrial
civilization. They herald the coming
of new orders. They penetrate the
wilderness and jungles; they scale
heights, bridge passes and bring
mountain tops and hollows to q COM
mon level. They harness streams and
build highways. They deal with ma
ture and bring it's forces to the serv-
Ice Of man.
mo man can look upon the marve-
1ous material achievements Of this
civilization without 11onoring with
mingled respect and awe the great
service rendered by the members of
the, engineering profession who dir
ected the human activity necessary
to- coordinate natures forces and
materials to serve the needs and as
pirations or men.
Industry Deans on Them.
I'm matters pertaining to projec-
ton, construction and operation, the
captains ;of our industrial system have
learned to lean on the advice, expert
ence and judgment Of the engineers
Of industry. The "Dictatorship Of the
Proletariat" in Russia soon %discov-
cred its mistake when 1t destroyed
them.
1--WE in America have been unfor-
tunate in our failure to recognize that
professional men, whether they be
doctors, lawyers or engineers, should
In the last analysis be agents Of So
ciety and not merely masters Of their
own particular professions. And that
is true Of US all. We cannot isolate
ourselves. Our influence extends to
other groups or individuals, just as
the fragrance Of pure air invigorates,
or the odor Of noxious gas depresses.
A New Field Opens.
LEADING American engineers have
for some time recognized that there
was field for service in industry be-
You'd the time-worn paths Of their
profession. This recognition came az
the result Of their experience under
the so-called Taylor system when the
stop-watch and the tape4measure
were the symbols of cult that DOM
mated a great part of engineering
thought. That system failed because
it. die not take into account the hu-
man side Of the equation. Engineers
are giving broad recognition to 1t
today. The departure of, most en-
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gineers from the old concept is one
of the most hopeful signs of progress
and greater freedom.
"As an instance we find such a man
as Horace B. Drury Of New York,
before a. meeting of engineers and
technieians, recommending that the
eight-hour shift be substituted for
the 12-hour day in the steel industry.
Mr.. Drury made a careful survey Of
the labor cost in eight and 12-hour
industries and found that the differ
ence was but normal. He held that
If the entire steel industry went on
the eight-hour basis 1T could not add
more than three per cent to the total
cost of making the steel product He
added that the human and civic val
ues in changing from Il to eight
hours are more important than the
financial and operating difficulties
Of the change.
-: Hoover Sees 1T
'"From another angle We get an in
spiration from Mr.. Herbert Hoover,
who in an address before the Feder-
ated American Engineering societies
at Washington in November, said:
Among the greatest Of the prob
lens before our .country-and, in fact,
before the world-are those growing
The enormous industrial expansion Of
the past SO years has lifted the stand
are Of living and comfort beyond any
dream Of our forefathers.'
"'Our economic SYSTEM continues
Mr.. Hoover, under which it has been
accomplished has given stimulation
to invention, to enterprise, to tndivid-
ual improvement, OF the highest
order, yet It presents g. series of hu-
man and social difficulties to the So
luton Of which we. are cropping. The
congestion Of population is producing
subnormal conditions Of life. The
vast repetitive operations are dulling
the human mind.
Basis of Discomfort.
The intermittency of employ
ment, due to the bad coordination of
industry; the great waves Of unem-
ployment in the ebb and flow of
economic tides; the ever-present in
dustrial conflicts by strike and lock-
out, produce infinite waste and great
suffering. Our business enterprises
have become 80 large and complex
that the old personal relationship be-
tween employer and worker has to q
great extent disappeared. The ag-
gregation of great wealth, with ite
power of economic domination, pre-
sents social and economic ills which
we are constantly struggling to
remedy These have brought about
q conflict Of economic groups.
"Mr. Hoover believes that the en-
gineers occupy q unique position in
our industrial life In that they stand
somewhat apart from the economic
groups now in conflict. He holds that
If the engineers with their training
in quantitive thought, with their in
innate experience in industrial life,
can be of service In bringing about
cooperation between these great eco
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
ACCIDENTS INCREASE
IN ONTARIO PROVINCE

OTTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 2o.-There
were b4,s41 accidents reported to the
Ontario workmen's compensation
board last year. This was 1851 more
than In 1919. Fatal accidents reported
during 1920 were 452. as against 429
tn 1919. being an increase Of 2S.
The daily average was 1S3 acci-
dents, or one accident every three
minutes Of the working day. The
amount awarded last year by the
board for compensation was $7,076.-
1880, and the amount for medical
aid. $7O3,7O6.56,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
ANrssAv1NGs GUARDED.

IS BOSTON, Jan. z0.-In In inaugural
address Governor Charming II. Cox,
Of this state demanded legislation that
would protect the people from being
robbed of their savings. The new
quick schemes Of promoters Ts.
Eouging Ct profitesrs was mo- i'm
Eeauded
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
HUGE MEAT PROFITS.

CHICAGO. Jan. 20.-Swift & Com
pany. meat packers. announce that
;dtv1dends amounting to $12,o00,0o0
have been paid stockholders the last
fiscal year. The company also set
aside as surplus a comfortable sized
hest sEg that totaled :$6.1zo, ,as3:4S. %.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-01-22
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING INTRODUCES AND UNION
SH0PGUARANTEES real DEMOCRACY IN INDUSTRY
DEMOCRACY IN IND |srRY 4.
NECESSARY TO HECURITY
BY w. e. McEWen.

= by w. II. mCAiWe0.
"Engineers are tho ,sJohn< the
Baptists' of our Industrial civiliza.
ton. Il -
Z 'Iand and the natural, products
it yields are the common heritage
Of mankind. =:
'Tftle to property In America is
trusteeship with: all the duties
and obligations of such. :
'The right to property is our
chief guarantee against revolution
and destruction.
''Master-made law In govern
ment or industry STILES and
covers.
democracy is an empty word in
itself. 1t can exist only by good
order and government.
"Real democracy Il not an
achievement, it is put an oppor-
tunity for further struggle upward.
Democracy in industry needs
its safeguards is much as democ-
racy in government"
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i For Rights Granted.

"Industry's responsibility to the
public arises from tho right granted
to private interests and persons to
use and utilize the public's natural
wealth and resources to create new
wealth. the unedusl distribution Of
which has become the chief cause
(Contlnued On Pa9So TWo0 :.
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LAS it occurred to you that this paper goes
into the homes Of the best paid working.
men in Duluth and surrounding territory
II 10 carefully perused by every adult mem
Der Of the household There 10 no better id.
lvertising medium anywhere.
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(Oondnued on Pa8to Two)
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-01-15
The Chronic Borrower.

There was time, and but a little
while ago, when jobs were few and
money a good deal harder to get than
it is now. Then there was an excuse,
a Slight one, for borrowing. But an
era Of prosperity came, and people
soon learned that it is far better to
buy than to borrow, or even go with
out.
We have with us yet, however, a
few who can see no good reason for
subscribing to their hometown
paper when their neighbor appears
willing enough to loan his. They are
few now, as compared with former
years.: but even one in an entire COM
munity is q nuisance. Of course The
subscriber is not going to show his
displeasure when approached by the
borrower. He's too much of a gen"
tleman for that But if the borrow
err had some means Of reading the
mind of the man whose paper he is
borrowing we feel sure that he would
either subscribe in a hurry or learn
to do without it altogether,
We don't believe there is man ir
this or any other community too poor
to subscribe to his home pa
per. If there is, and he feels he
must have the paper to be happy
we'll meet him more than halfway
Wen do most anything to discourage
borrowing, which, after all, usually
winds up on hard feelings among
neighbors and brings about spirit
that is not helpful to the community
at large.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-01-15
An Honest. UnseIfish Prayer.

The following from the Sovereign
Visitor is more than good. How
many of US need the prayer. A self
analysis will tell US.
''Teach me that sixty minutes make
an hour, sixteen ounces one pound
and one hundred cents one dollar
Help me so to live that | can lie
down at Night with a clear con
science, without gun under my Pill
low, and unhaunted by the faces OF
those to whom | have brought pain
Grant that may earn my mea
ticket on the square, and that II
earning it / may do unto others az
would have them do unto me
Blind me to the faults of the othe1
fellow, but reveal to me my own
Keep me young enough to Laugh
with little children, and sympathetic
enough to considerate Of old age
And when comes the day of dark
ened shades and the smell Of flow
ers, the tread Of soft footsteps an(
the crunching Of wheels in the yard
make the ceremony short and tn
epitaph simple"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-01-15
Dakota Farmers Smash Socialist
League.

The non-Partisan or Socialist League
of North Dakota, was smashed to
pieces by the people in the recent
election.
The league theorists divided prop
erty into two classes. One was as
sessed 100 per cent, the other so per
cent. In the former group were in
cludad land of all kinds, buildings
owned by railroads and buildings used
for business purposes, and bank
stock.
About all, except land, that far
mer owns, buildings used for homes
stocks of merchandise and all other
property not otherwise mentioned
was put into the so per cent class
An exempt class included all build
| ings on farms, buildings used fol
homes in the cities to the amount OF
$1,000, and limited amounts Of per
sonal property. The average limit
on untaxable personal property was
$500, but the farmer could owr
$1,000 of untaxed tools and utensils
AS may be judged, the whole sys
tenn was based on that species o.
socialism which would differentiats
between the classes. The purpose
was to put the heavy burdens on ont
element and the light ones on an
other. Hence, the system was radi
cally and inexcusably unfair.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-01-15
u. S. Supreme Court ON
Bank Overdrafts.

In rendering a decision in connec-
ton with a bank overdraft case, the
United States Supreme Court made
the following comment: :!s=s
AZ usage to allow customers to
overdraw and have their checks and
notes charged up without present
funds in the bank. Stripped of all
technical disguise, the usage and
practice, thus attempted to be sane
toned, is a usage and practice to
misapply the funds Of the bank; and
connive at the withdrawal of same,
without any security, in favor of Ger
tain privileged persons. Such a
usage and practice is surely mani
fest departure from the duty, both
of directors and cashier, as cannot
receive and countenance in court
of justice. 1t could not be supported
by any vote of the directors, how
ever informal; and therefore when
ever done by the cashier, it is at his
own peril and upon the responsible
ties of himself and his sureties. 1t
is anything but well and truly exc
cutting his duties as cashier.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-01-15
One of Oldest Banks in Country.

In an extended article on the SUD-
ject the New Orleans States says:
"The Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Of Louisiana, held its eighty-seVenth
election of directors Monday even
ing. -,
7'There are not many banks in the
United States which are older thar
the Citizens. Established in 1888, il
has seen the many changes that nave
happened in New Orleans.
ut survived the trying days OF the
civil war. When the Washington Ar
tillery marched off to the Spanish
American war it was here.
"Today it looms up strong after
world war that has distorted the eco
nomic structure Of the world. ;,
"Many interesting tales, are tol(
Of this old bank. Such as how slave
transactions were recorded IN 1T
huge Iedgers, just as mortgages to
day. Ben Butler took a million dol
! lars from it's vaults to pay the TED
/ eral troops. And how, through tn
issuance of ten-dollar bills, writer
in the name of Dixie, as now applle'
| to the south. is said to have orlglna
| ted.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-01-15
"Whas Women Love-"

Annette Kellerman, the Diving
Venus, as she is known throughout
the world, and said to possess the
most perfect female figure of any
woman, whose activities in water and
exhibitions of fancy high-diving have
been the features Of our vaudeville
circuits and motion picture attrac~
tions. is coming to the Grand Theatre
Tuesday in her latest work before
the camera, "What Women Love-"
released by First National. "What
Women Love" is said to be wholly
different from and to exceed any
thing Miss Kellerman has ever done
| before the camera, a 150-foot dive
from the mast of a pitching schooner
serving as one of the many thrills
Miss Kellerman gives her audience.
One Of the unusual episodes in
photodramatic presentations are the
under-sea scenes showing Miss kel-
lerman in combat with one of the
mutinous crew., Exhibitions Of
fancy diving are also given. The
story deals with the moral reform
efforts of James Cotton (Ralph
Lewis), whose daughter, Annabe:
i (Annette Kellerman) is particularly
! fond of swimming and one-piece
: bathing suit. Willie St. John
: (Wheeler Oakman) is also strong for
the moral up-lift stuff and is model
) young man. The cave-man stuff
: however, is thrust unexpected on our
; Willie and he develops into a real he.
man gaining the respect Of Annabel