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ESPIONAGE AS SUBSTITUTED FOR
direct RELATIONS IS FAILURE.
Testimony Of Employers Who Have Tried Bot Reports Of Labor
Spe> ~ ain Little and are Unreliable; Agences Color
Them I: t..>%uose; All Labor Men Radicals"

the articles on ''The Labor Spy
prepared by the Cabot Fund ura Research and reprinted
by courtesy Of h New The first three serials of this
story be secured at the office of The Labor World.
In the espionage practice of agency these reports of the
py such the of Racine made reach the Of the
client The agency chief prefers what Mr. Sherman called
the substance and pt This obviously affords oppo
unity for coloraion both protective and dramatic.
There in the Nonpasan League organization
Nebraska Among other facts concerning his activity, it
shown that his had all to be rewritten by his chief because
''they contained SO little stuff
1t interesting, in few quotations from these letters Of the
the client observe what added value the original has
gained how the original has been turned the immediate
requirements Of the agency Of the clients psychology
These quotations again. selected from the works Of John
Francis Sherman They excerpts from the exhibits submitted
by the Sherman Service nc in the injunction hearings Pha
delpha Of something less than year ago.
The has already met attention: the injunction
brought Tobias Butler Of the Butler Industrial Research
Bureau by the Sherman Service And we'll tor us to under
this deal with the phase Of the
Sherman enterprise with the Sherman Service ln not with the
Detective Agency with Mr. Sherman harmon
who claims ony do good not with Sherman the industrial
detective
in passing Of interest," because object with which
exhibits submitted that of illustrating to the court the
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Plea. for Veteran Citizen Who
Has Given Of his Energy and
Wealth to Build City.
VISION OF IS YEARS AGO s: :
+ IS NOW ALMOST: FULFILLED
Few Men in Duluth are Better
Equipped by Training and Ex-
-. perienCe To Be Mayor.

This is a plea in behalf of the
election of Samuel F.. Snively
as mayor Of Duluth. It is not a
partisan plea. It is not even a
personal appeal. We are merely
presenting the unvarnished facts
relating to Mr.. Snively's qualifa-
cations for the office, the great
service he has rendered the city,
and as to what may be expected of
him as it's chief executive.
''Sam," Snively. as he is familiarly
known, came to Duluth in his 20s to
grow up with the country" From
the day he hung up his "shingle" as
a lawyer to this time he has been one
of Duluth's most active and forward
looking citizens. He learned very
early to have faith in the future of
Duluth.
That Sunday Vision.
"One Sunday, shortly after my ar
rival here,'' said he recently. &C. p.
Craig and myself took a long walk
out towards Lakeside. We climbed to
the summit of the hills. 1t was a
beautiful Sabbath; the lake was calm
and a number Of steam and sailing
vessels were moving peacefully over
tire waters. Mr.. Craig said TO me,
Sam, some day the, waters of the
rivers from Lake Erie to the St. Law
renee will be damned and 'deepened,
and when that day comes the flags of
all the maritime nations of the earth
will be- flying from the ocean going
ships reaching this port. When that
day comes Duluth will be the third
city of the continent
Wants to Help.
II shared Mr.. Craig's sentiments
as expressed by him on that stony
hilltop that Sunday afternoon IS
years ago. and my faith in Duluth has
never since been shaken" said Mr..
Snively. "Mr. Craig is now the chief
spokesman in the nation for a deep
waterway from Duluth to the St.
Lawrence. His vision of IS years ago
will soon be fulfilled, and I want to
help him all can right here at home
to- make Duluth ready for the accom-
modation of the larger ships that will
sail into this port when the deep
waterway shall. have been COM
pleted.''
Is Well Equipped.
No man has had wider experience,
none is better equipped to be mayor
of Duluth than Samuel F. Snively.
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out his Indebtedness by examining the yellow
label on his copy of The Labor World For in
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it. would indicate that the. subscription was paid
to October list, 1919. A remittance Of 81 would
put the subscriber in good standing to October
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=. May we not impress upon every subscriber
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ter we would* like to write and publish. -
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ANT|:-UNI0NISTS
PLAY. old GAME
West Palm Beach Employers
Spread News That Workers In.
Other Cities Work Cheaper.

25.-Anti-nnionists in this city have
Observation-Disclosures in this. city. have
been trapped in the old game of an
nouncing that unionists in other local.
tiles are voluntarily reducing wages.
and then asking why local unionists
do not do likeWise.~ -zs.9
In this case Miami trade .unionists
were advertised as: taking such volun-
tary action. The local unionists made
inquiries Of the Miami building trades
council, and were informed by Presi-
dent Strom Of that body that the
staten ent is a: plain lie"
"As our people are not idiots
writes the Miami unionist. t'they are
perfectly aware that the obstruction
to building activity is lodged solidly
behind two rocks. One is the specu-
llation in land that places q, heavy
penalty on the home builder and the
other. is the lumber trust, The cost
fof labor Is dwindled into insignificance
beside these two CRAFTS.
There Is neither excuse nor proba-
Ibility that any, such action will be
taken by organized labor Unorgan-
he'd labor. Of course, will always have
I'd take nything that 81 offered 4 .'ss5E
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Who is he and what has he done to
claim the suffrage Of the men and
women voters of this: ctty2 Let the
younger and newer voters know the
man as the older people do and his
election on April next. will be as
certain as the rising. of thessun in the
morning. (
Born on a farm in Pennsylvania so
years ago. he from his earliest child
hood was Obliged to perform the la
borious duties of a farm boy. going
to school between seaso4E and prepar-
ing himself for entry ITO Dickinson
college, a Methodist hiifution To-
Gated at Carlyle. from 6tch he grad
uated with B. A. and "a. degrees
conferred upon him.. E.
+ He TaughtSss ool.
Mr.. snively then taud dn an acad-
emy for several years, Alter which he
entered the law school Of. the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, graduating three
years later. He read Sy.seR in Phila-
delphia in: the office Of BENJAMIN Har-
ris Brewster, then attorney general Of
the United States in the cabinet of
AOoAuSAI al IAAAA. IL "eo <41CA 1AA I.
Snively met c. r. Craig. who was
reading law in the same office.
Mi. Snively had dreams of the west
and decided in 1886 to leave Phila-
delphia and come to Duluth. city
which was then favorably spoken Of
by many Philadelphians. He promised
Mr.. Craig that if the city looked good
to him he would write and advise him
to come here. which he did very
shortly after his arrival. They opened
law office and had a successful prac-
tice from the start.
In Mining Business.
When Lon Merritt and his brothers
discovered iron ore on the Mesaba
range, Mr.. Snively became interested
in mining, so much SO that he found
it necessary to turn over his law busi-
ness to the late Henry r. Greene,
which was done in 1891. Mr.. Craig
and he then engaged heavily in iron
and farm lands.
| Later he took over the land grant of
the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany consisting of 225.00O< acres in
this session of the state. Associated
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difference between the present Sher-s
man Service and the industrial detec-
tive sort of thing, a difference which
seems to have been more clear to Mr..
Sherman and to the Philadelphia
court in which he won his case than
it is to ourselves. !. !
Cot No Publicity.
The hearings for all the sensational
material they produced, received prac-
tically no publicity. The situation in
question in the exhibits is strike in
the plant of a Philadelphia clothing
manufacturer. The plant has not since
been unionized. The quotations fol->
low with as little comment as need be.
The first begins with a canny re-
commendation for troubling the union.
Upon visiting the hall early in the
morning, very few strikers were found
to be present. or those who were
there, the majority were gambling in
g. back room. Apparently is is once
against becoming practice and be-
lieve it might be we'll if you caused a
police officer to visit that hall unex-
pectedly on any morning, prior to the
Clothes, and no doubt if evidence of
this kind We're ATTAINED by the officer
it would have tendency of discourag
ing any further meetings in the hall,
and, as matter of fact. they could
be prevented from meeting there for
the time being at least
Then follows a practical touch of
harmony:
Blame It On Labor.
"Arguments were advanced relative
to the costliness of clothes. all of
which has bee brought about directly
due to strikes that has been in effect
not only. in the textile industry. but
also in the clothing industry. and they
were assured cf that fact that 80 per
cent Of the cost of clothing was di-
rectly due to the exorbitant cost of
labor.
Furthermore, the conditions that
are at the present time prevalent in
Europe, due to the Societ form of
government and the activities Of the
Socialists, Bolshevists, etc., have been
emphatically brought to their atten-
ton for the purpose of endeavOring
to convince them of the fact that a
democratic form of government was
the only one which proceed successful
and unless they fell into line and en-
deavored to bring about a normal
state Of conditions. there would be
considerable hardship caused among
the workers in this country.
= There have been many arguments
brought to the attention of your work.
ers, all Of which were calculated to
cause them to change their views en-
tirely in your interest"
1t Is Pure PrOpaban(la.
This is propaganda. For present
purposes we are, so to speak, looking
a gift horse in the teeth. We have to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-03-26
Has ] Always Taken Deep Interest
in Parks and DriveWays;; Is
| i. II. /. Pioneer Road Builder. +. .
WIS LEADER IN MOVEMENT
TO PURCHASE water PLANT
Received Endorsement. Of Labor;
Made no: Pledge and viii :
: Serve Interests Of All,

]. L. Washburne. They organized the
Boston & ,puluth-Farm Land company
and disposed Of the land at exceed
ingly moderate prices to persons who
would become bona fide settlers:
Nearly all of that acreage is now.
under cultivation. It was the first
real attempt ever made to develop
the agricultural RESOURCES of this sec
ton Of the state. It's success is one
Of the great. achievements in, Mr..
Snively's useful career.
Developed Country, :.
Mr.. Snively next acquired a strip
of approximately 100000 acres be-
tween Superior. and Bayfield,. He
built roads and encouraged settlement.
That country is now dotted with
farms. Dairying and small fruits are
the specialties. It is one Of the most
prosperous areas in the northwest.
He next acquired about 1000. acres
Of land east Of Duluth anG retained
the purpose Of which was. to encour-
age the development Of the surround
ing country. With his own purse and
by his own energy he built the beauti-
full driveway along the west bank OF
Lester river to- Morningside- Park
(which now bears his name. He ac-
qufred and presented to the city sew
eral beauty spots aggregating $50
acres for parks. He had in *4nind
building dams and flooding small
areas along Lester river to make "arti-
ficial lakes Of from five to Is: acres
each. =.
/: Built Driveway.
He saw the advantage to. the. city of
acquiring the right of way for this
driveway while land was cheap and of
reserving for parks certain spots of
particular beauty. Some Of these were
destroyed by the forest fire in the fall
Of 1918. Mr.. Snively gave his whole
energy to the driveway for a ,consid-
erable time and finally succeeded in
getting nominal assistance from small
land owners and the city to enable
him to complete it.
The park system is under the SUPER
vision of the mayor. Is. not Mr..
Snively we'll equipped to complete the
great work he started as a private
citizen, work that has since been ina
terially added to my Mayors Magney
and Hugo? Indeed there are few. men
in Duluth as we'll qualified to continue
this work as is Mr.. Gnively.
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all have fine public records.
Has Served Well
Mr.. Phillips: has served the city
faithfully and well as commissioner Of
public utilities. He has made .a.Eood.
Epdblic servant in every respect. He is
brave and fearless and never fails;
to attack what appears to him to be
an Injustice. He has the faculty of
speaking right out in meeting when
ever he takes sides on a question. That
was-evident last week when the city
council and the building contractors
conferred on the construction Of the
water and light building. He stood
just where labor expected him to
stand, and he fought without gloves.
The big vote he received in the pri-
maries assures his reelection.
Lon Merritt is a veteran resident Of
Duluth.- He IS a typical Minnesotan.
He knows its forests, its lakes and its
streams. He is one of the discoveries
of iron ore on the Mesaba range. He
served as a member of the legisla-
ture many years ago. His public re.
cord is an open book.
In a statement to the voters he says
of his candidacy:
-. Where Merritt Stands.
>. ;'I have no platform and I make no
promises other than to discharge the
duties Of city commissioner, without
fear or favor, according to the best
Of my ability, and with the object al
;v, x,;ov of iofa
ests Of the entire city.
II am most earnestly in favor Of.
and will support the, proposition that
all city business must be carried on
at the lowest possible expense consist
ent with continually increasing civic
requirements.
+In regard to maintaining a clean
city, I feel sure that this will prove a
much easier task now than in the past.
| because of the active part I hope
women voters will take in all city af-
fairs. Everyone ought to be for law
| and order. but no one should become
hysterical over it. 9.
!. mo part of the city Of Duluth is too
/ insignificant to bee overlooked or
slighted, and no part of the city is too
large to be pampered or catered to;
each section Of the city is entitled, as
matter of absolute right, to that de-
gree of alert attention from each pub
lie officer as will make for a better, a.
greater, happier, q more beautiful
and a more prosperous community:
FINALLY, every man, woman. maid
and child in the city Of Duluth who is
at all acquainted with me, knows that
am .unalterably, irrevocably and abb
solutely opposed to giving any person
or group Of persons any or the least
kind Of special privileges MY record
in 1912 to 1916, as city commissioner,
proves this statement beyond a sha-
I dow of a doubt - ~.
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SHORT WORK IS GENERAL i.
!. IN BRITISH coal MINES

LONDON, England. March 25.-At
q conference Of the executive commit
tee Of the Miners International union
It was stated that short time is. gem
eral in this industry and that trade.
depression is universal. Stocks Of coal
are being accumulated, and in Ger
many overtime is the rule that the
terms Of the Spa treaty as to the de-.
livery Of German coal to the allies.
may be. carried out. Britain. FRANCE.
Belgium, Germany and Czecho-slo-
valkia were prepresented at the COM
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ALABAMA COAL OWNERS TO
:: IGNORE TRADE AGREEMENT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 25.-
The agreement which ended strike
OF coal miners in this state is being
ignored by the coal owners. according
to statements made by the workers
representatives to the commission that
is now adjusting differences. The
unionists stated that miners are being
evicted from company houses and
otherselare denied employment.
The commission was appointed by
Governor Kilby after every attempt
by big business failed to break the
spirit the coal miners. sSs1 ,sssss. /.
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MIR. MERCHANT

LAS it occurred to you that this paper goes
l into the homes Of the best paid working.
men in Duluth and surrounding territoryl
1t is carefully perused by every adult men,
Der of the household. There il no better I'D.
vertisins medium anywhere.
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fNG b kour paper. Il publishes matter
pertaining to your life and welfare. Il
wants and needs your support It cannot
exist without. it.. Your. cause would be weak
indeed without = labor paper to- champion: il.
Become reader and subscriber. =!
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15
RED CROSS WORKING
FOR HEALTHIER U. S.
Thousands Aided by instruction
in Care of the Sick, Food Sc
lection and First Aid.

How the American Red Cross guides
thousands of persons to health Is
shown In a summary of the society's
activities In the health field based
upon the annual report for the last 1s-
cal year. Through Its Nursing Service,
Its Home Hygiene and Care of the
Sick courses, nutrition classes, First
Air classes, Life-Saving classes and
ways designed to acquaint masses of
citizens with proper methods Of living,
the Red Cross carried its message Of
health into all parts of the country.
The work of the Red Cross during
the war in It's traditional field of nurs-
Ing, furnishing the military and naval
establishments of the nation with 49,
BIT nurses, is well known. And there
are today 37,787 nurses registered with
the American Red Cross and subject
to call in emergency. During the f1s-
cal year, 1861 Red Cross nurses were
accepted for assignment to Govern
ment service, 1888 by the Army and
Navy and 1,183 by the United States
Public Health Service.
In addition to the nurses enrolled
by the Red Cross for Government serv.
Ice, the Red Cross Itself employed a
total of 1,34S public health nurses In
the United States and Europe. BY far
the greatest number was employed In
the United States, 1,257, while 81 were
in foreign service.
Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick
classes, giving thorough instruction in
the proper care of the sick in instances
where the Illness Is not so serious as to
require professional nursing care, dur
ing the fiscal year numbered $40. A
statistical picture of the Red Cross
operations in this field follows:
New classes formed during
year o,lto
Glasses completed during year. 5000
New students enrolled .......1 01 ,068
Students completing curse. =. 1892
What the Red Cross accomplished
in giving proper instruction through
its Nutrition Service Is indicated by
the following table
New classes formed during
year az
Glasses completed during year.. 1876
New students enrolled ........ 2,341
Students completing course.... 2,013
In addition to the above, a total Of
22,o06 children were given instruction
in the proper selection and prepare
ton of foods.
Through It's 260 Health Centers, the
Red Cross reached 00,252 persons. In
these Health Centers, 4,o15 health lee
lures were given and $50 health e
hibits held.
In the United States last year, 49,
432 persons were killed and 100000
injured In Industrial accidents. To
prevent this enormous waste the Red
Cross held 800 first aid classes with
a total of 104, 900 students enrolkr.p
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15
RED CROSS RESCUED
100000 FROM DEATH
Spent s1,2OO,0O0 for Relief Of
Famine Sufferers in China
Last Year.

To help overcome conditions of acute
distress in five famine stricken prov
lnces of Northern China, where mil
lions Of persons were affe cited by an
unprecedented shortage of food, the
American Red Cross during the last
fiscal year spent more than $1,200,0O0,
100000 of which was contributed d.
recty by National Headquarters and
the remainder by various groups IN
terested In the welfare of China.
Through the wide relief operations
thus made possible Ii Is estimated that
more than 100000 famine sufferers
were saved from starvation.
To the end that similar prompt re-
lief measures by the organization may
always be possible the Red Cross Is
asking continued support by the Amer
ican people by universal renewal of
membership at the Annual Red Cross
Roll Call, November II to "a.
The method of relief employed by
the American Red Cross in Its opera
lions In China was particularly effec-
tive, for In addition to saving hundreds
of thousands of lives it provided China
with more than 900 miles of permanent
roads that are sorely needed to pre-
vent a recurrence of famine. At one
time the Red Cross employed $4,000
Chinese workmen, paying them in food
for themselves and dependents, this
food being brought In from Manchuria
and elsewhere.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-10-15
FEARS SUBSTITUTES
MAY SUPPLANT MILK
Head of Borden Company Says
Gamers of Condensed Product
Are Unable to Compete.
FIGHT IS ON IN CONGRESS
Eighty-seven Million Pounds of mi
tations Sold Last Year, Oils
Replacing Genuine But
ter Fats.

Production of milk substitutes will
be forced on companies which have re-
Trained from the sale Of anything but
pure condensed milk unless Congress
adopts one of four measures pendin.;
in committee to prohibit the manu-
facture and sale of these substitutes,
according to Arthur w. Milburn, presi-
dent of the Bordens Condensed Milk
Company.
Placing these substitutes for con
densed milk on the market has grown
tt such an extent, according to Mr..
Milburn, that the situation amounts TO
a public health problem. Last year
81, 100000 pounds of condensed skim
med milk" in which the butter fat
had been replaced by cocoanut ell or
other vegetable fats, was sold in the
United States. As this sort of product
has only been on the market for three
years, It's growth is considered alarm
ing by manufacturers who believe in