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The labor world., 1921-12-03
Chicago Dec 1.-The meat packers agree that company
unions improvement the crude and expensive
mashing strikebreaking policy long used by them.

1HO QNCAV4S Cd4 tA4S1I COSUpoAJ>
unions" plant councils, which con-
sist of an equal number Of workers
ana packers representatives. Recent
ly the employers gave notice that q
wage. cut is necessary. This served
to break the ice.' to prepare workers
for the mournfuI days to. come. The
next act saw Representatives Of the
company "un1on'' comforting with EN-.
ployers; who stressed the Importance
Of wage cuts. =.
Financial records were introduced
in the conference and company experts
led the workers into the maze OF cap1-
tal accounts, depreciation, sinking
funds, debentures, amortization, liqui
dation, write offs, refunding and prof.
its and loss. =,
It was as plain to these workers
az the Einstein theory, but they were
assured by the experts, that "the fig
ures speak for themselves"
Then the meat packers represen-
tatives, in the company union" staEed
their part. They assumed mortified
attitude at the financial situation
which confrontk our employers" They
assured the assemblage that the pub
lie would likewise be shocked. OF
course, they understood that financial
conditions are mot satisfactory" but
they never dreamed that their en-
ployers were in such financial straits:
Under the circumstancessno one could
deny tho need--the very urgent need
--for wage reduction; -.
All eyes were then: turned on the
workers representatives who have
nothing behind thes., but a paper
union" controlled by the bosses.
The inevitable happened; Wage re-
ductions were voted, which include =
The labor world., 1921-12-03
A0WA||'T REMOVED |E !
FOR VIOLATING
LAW Of MINERS
His Imprisonment Due to Failure
10 Test Validity Of Anti
Strike Law,
Continued from page -

CONTINUED from page ~
do with It. It was their own REBEL
lious refusal to obey the laws Of the
union and their own defiance of the
international convention that caused
their removal from office.
If the officials Of District II had
been half as anxious. to knock out
the Industrial court law as they pro.
fessed to be they could have instttut-
ed proceedings many months ago and
a decision could have been obtained
from the highest courts that would
have settled the question ono way or
the other. But they did not to this:
On the other hand, they continued to
violate the law and defy the indus
trial court and. Of course. they landed
in. jail. =
.>, Against Kansas Law.
''The International union is just as
bitterly opposed to the Kansas in
dustrial court law as Howat ever was.
Every official Of this union has de.
nounced the: law: as being cruel, bar
baric and unconstitutional The in
ternational officials are just "a .;anx-
ious as Howat. and perhaps. moro
| dAAAOOSs k4AdS IA9 OAS~A A9A ~vuAe "a W
shall be wiped out and they offered
to help Howat to wipe it out with
proper legal proceedings. which How
at did not accept.
1.-THE: same international convention
which ordered Howat to put the strik-
ers at the Dan and Reliance strip
pits back to work and live up to the
joint agreement also adopted a reso-
luton directing that proper steps be
taken by the international union to
test the constitutionality Of the indus"
trial court law. And: yet Howat de-
fled the convention and the union.
''It. is to be hoped that the men,
bership of the union will not allow
itself to be- fooled by the. loud talk
Of those who are in open rebellion
against the laws Of the union. The
membership should understand that
Howat and Dorchy are in JAIL in Kan
sas for one reason and that they were
removed from office for an entirely
different reason.".
The labor world., 1921-12-03

rate <of rs cents an hour tor women
employees. The meat packers gleefilly
announced that "this is the first time
in the history of industry that wage
reductions have been made in such a.
manner"
The packers may we'll be joyful.
The company union" fights their bart
tie. The money they have invested
in high brows" and intellectually
to work out this system has. paid
greater dividends than their expensive
private detectives; injunction judges,
strikebreakers and subsidized public
officials. .
= All that is necessary now Is to force
these cuts on the rank and file of
butcher workmen. Many Of these en-
ployes. arc organized in the regular
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and But
cher Workmer1. This organization op-
poses the lowering of wages and the
company "uI1ion".
The labor world., 1921-12-03
TOWN. EY WANTS UNITED STATES
TO revive GRAIN Corporation

Wales, is still operating a government
wheat pool for the farmers.
The entire expense Of the New
South Wales pool for. handling the
! crop from the farmer to Liverpool
buyer, and including freight on the
government owned railroads was 9hc
a bushel plus ocean freight. Our mar
gin between farmers price and export
price ranged from 60c to $1.20 a
bushel.
The government wheat pool prop-
erly carried out cannot only produce
an immediate pool but can perform
a number of other valuable functions
not open to co-operatives.
Like the Canadian. wheat board Of
1919 the revived Government Grain
corporation should have power to set
a reasonable margin of doing business
for elevators, mills, and bakeries. and
it should have power to forbid abso-
lutely the swapping Of wheat products
by brokers among themselves to in
crease the price.
Too Long to Walt.
Mr.. Townley points out that Coop
erative plans at present before the
farming public are quite Inadequate
for the emergency. It would take at
least three years for the farmers to
get anywhere if the plans were Wig
orously and honestly pushed. One
great weakness of the cooperative
plan is that it involves financing Of
the grain pool by the farmers them
selves and the farmers have little or
no money and are not able to exer-
else any control over the great bank
ers in league with the grain gamb-
lers.
Mr.. Townley also points out that the
problem is problem for the entire
nation and not merely one tor the
farmers and that the entire nation
should participate in the burden Of
it's solution.
Since the war closed the aim Of our
government authorities has been to
get away from what is known AZ war
socialism" rather than to provide ade
quate solutions for the problems which
the war left behind, regardless Of
able hope Of solution or not. Mr..
Townley takes the position that the
Sreat game Of providing ourselves
with living should not be- played
with the black cards Of the deck en-
tirely. He says the relief of the wheat
farmer and a fair supply Of our daily
bread to consumers is a sufficiently
important trick to warrant taking it
with a red card.
The card that he would use is Of
no brighter hue than the war finance
corporation. If it is all right to use
a red card trick for the railroads there
is certainly as much warrant for u.s.
ing one for the people.
Present World Shortage.
Those interests whom even the con-
servative Minneapolis Tribune refer to
as finding that 1.-The use Of concerted
propaganda is much cheaper than
paying 81 or SO for wheat" have
closed the public mind to the present
world shortage OF wheat.
Russia has been out Of the market
since the war. and on the other hand
is buying large quantities from US.
We have already exhausted our ex-
portable surplus and have virtually
nothing for carry over into next
year.
Nearly all of the Australian surplus
will go to the Far East markets where
there is a shortage of rice and the
Argentine surplus which has been
used to beat down our markets will
be absorbed almost entirely by South
America itself.
The labor world., 1921-12-03
trade UNIONS MAY BE
SUED IN ALABAMA NOW

BIRM1NGHAM, ALA, Dec. H.
Coal owners are jubilant over the
passage Of 4 state law which provides
that factions or suits may be matrf-
tained against and in the name OF
any unincorporated organization or
association. for 4ny cause Of action
for or upon which the plaintiff. there
in may maintain such an action
against the members Of such organi-
zation or association"
This makes it possible to sue trfde
unions as organizations.
The labor world., 1921-12-03
.0RPHEUM:

The eleventh. anniversary Of Or
pheum vaudeville in Duluth will be
fittinsly celebrated starting: Sunday.
For the occasion a bill of superlative
quality has been gathered to make
the week one Of the most enjoyable ,
of the season. .... I a
There will be two birthday head
liners; Lillian Shaw. the ltngtng
com edienne in the varieties. is one OF
+ the top. notch attractions. Her He
brew and italian songs are laughing
triumphs. Her final number IL song
Of the woes and worries OF a yeutg
mother and from this theme she Sc
cures wealth Of fun: Lillian Shaw
has been adequately described an ''rs.s
arch enemy Of Eloom.'' She II, all
that and more. .:
Assisted by the Dale Sisters, Jack
Landauer and Bobby Roth. Gladys
Clark and Harry Bergman, who have
been frequently seen in musical COM
| edy, offer their splendid vaudeville
act, '"runes of the Hour"
What will unQuestionably be. a, sem
sation is the presentation Of '"rarzan"
by Felix Patty, the great French train
er. The stunts done by 'Tarzan" will
create more talk than anything seen
in this city in long time.
| Joe Morris and Flo Campbell in
| their little skit of song and comedy
called .'"The Avi-ate-her'' are among
the best funmakers Of present day
vaudeville.
Eccentric comedians are Carson ana
! Willard who interrupt their comedy
skft, Meet the Doctor, with several
song numbers. Nihla, the beautiful
artists model. appears in & serieA OF
artistic poses that are visionary de-
light. ~
A special musical feature IN COM
memoration: OF "Anniversary Week.
, will be presented as an overture*by
the Orpheum Concert Orchestra. un-
der the direction of D. ]. Michaud.
1t is a descriptive fantasie entitled,
"A Day at the Circus" and in music
presents all, the Incidents which oc-
cur on circus day from the street
parade to the last grand finale.
! During the big musical mum ber var
ious vocal parts will be sung by the
U. C. T. quartet of. Duluth. This
quartet is composed of Messrs. Peter
son, O'Sullivan, Baker and Belauger.
They are all we'll known locally. The
quartet will appear at all evening per-
formances and. Sunday matinee.
|
BIG oVERcoAT SALE.
All prices greatly reduced at the
The labor world., 1921-12-03
COMPANY UNION SERVES PURPOSE
EXPECTED OF II BY MEAT. TRUST
How Anti -Unionists Confuse Public Mind

Can workers be said accept proposition when it feared
they will accept?
The public Informed that the packers company
on accepted wage reductions made
tnguis between workers and their alleged who
selected under plan worked by the barons
The packers publicity agents first that the employees
voluntary" marks in industrial history.
With this thought fixed the public mind they favely
that the final will when the employees receive their first
pay envelope under the new plan
The labor world., 1921-12-03
WAGES ARE LOWERED.

9 NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Dec. H.
'Normalcy" has struck this city with
a vengeance. Employment is i'm
proved in the large machine shops.
where men are being offered 20 and
30 cents an hour for machine work
and ss cents for. skilled nachiaists.
In some cases a working week Of 81
hours IS demanded.
The labor world., 1921-12-03
CH|NA'S DELEGATION IS
LARGEST 1T CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, Dec: 1.-Excluding
the United States, China has the
largest. delegation Of counselors. ad-
visors, experts and secretaries to itt
representatives in attendance at the
limitation Of armament conference.
The number Of Chinese are 100. Great
Britain IL next with 100, Japan is
next with 81, followed by France with
~.
The labor world., 1921-12-03

BIG OVERCOAT SALE.
All prices greatly reduced at the
Big Duluth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28
Giant Owner to Place Veteran on the
! 55s PAYROLL

Giant Owner to Place Veteran on the
Payroll.
!, Charles. "A. Stoneham, one of the
principal owners Of the New York
Giants, never made anybody happier
than ,heImade Jim thidtrle,, ,,4he veteran,
who christened the team Giants"
when he handed Mutrie a check for
s25 and informed the oh man that he
would be on the Giant pay roll for s25
per week as long as.he lived. It was
like, mamma from ths heavens for, Mu-
trie, for fate has not been as kind to
tfie' STIR 'of early Sdass Asf'it iiaa: :yeeh
to SOME Of the recent stars. 80 a: -
Mutrie is now. past seventy years
old.HUntiir'his predicament was re-
c9ntE brought to. the attention Of the
Giant owners Mptrie lived in saualid
quarters I'M aasyisolated corner Of
Brooklyn, broken tp health and spirit
and practically penhhess!iTThe weekly
check from the Giants means that Mu-
trte fwill be able3to live in peace and
contentment during the remainder Of
his days. AS well as the money ten
dered him., some others Of the Giant
organization made arrangements to
outfit the old man with good warm
clothing. Mutrie was too full of graf
itude, for expression when, Stoneham
handed him the check and broke the
news.
Stoneham Is really, responsible for
the act. He read in New York paper
where the man who christened the
Giants was In hardened circumstances
and approaching life's sunset. With
out talking the. plan over with Nc
Graw or McQuade, the Giant official
got into his car and went to visit Mu4
trie. What he saw touched his heart,
so he arranged to" have Mutrie report
to the Polo Grounds to see, the series
as the guest Of: the club. -
When Stoneham Informed cMcGraw
Of what he had done the Giant man
aser approved 1t heartily. McQuade.
too, was glad MHtrie had been taken
care Of and expressed the desire to see
that athe aged man was placed with
some family that would take good
care of him, The get has been regard.
ed by, critics az one Of the hest bits Of
benevolenee ever charged to baseball
and goes a long way to contradict the
argument now so prevalent that base
bali Is all commercial. Mutrie has
beere an ardent fan and tboter for the
diants 'during the season.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28
sourAE EAN INVAsioi. PLANNED
New York ,syndie.ss Going Into asor
:.t:f s:f ole 70 pevsiop Small Farms, r.;

New, York .syndieats Going Into asor.
..st.2 sia 70 Develop Small Farms, 4: ;.
z ribs, peaches and poultry cbmforta- :
bic herhes,i 2s7 ctopplhs days n Year
ample hinfall apd convenient markssts
are. some OF the pleasing features, OF
the most recently launched enterprise
mri the development 5t the. South
through popularizlhs 9f the diversified
crop movement. -,.9s. -,
"a New York syndicate known as the
Southern State Development company,
has Just bsen formed to develop farm
lands-i Coffee county Georgia, says
the, New York. Sun. The syndicate,
which includes among it's" founders
James c. Brady. Nicholas F. Brady,
FRANKLIN Petit. Frank M. Taft and
William v. Griffin OF. New York; Lang
bourne NJ, williams Of Richmond and
William H, Barrett and Dixon F. Kirk-
land; Of Augusta, Ga, has purchased a
10000 acre tract about $50 miles south
Of" Augusta running along the line Of
the Georgia and Florida railroad, 4.
: Already ten homes are being erected
on the property as examples Of the sort
of dwellings, which the syndicate. pro-
poses|to furnish. The houses are torpe
comfortable FIVE and six room bhfld-
ings, attractive in appearance and
equipped SO that hfe will be agreeable
for the women folk and offer opportu-
mites Of pleasant family life.t In ad-
dition to the dwelling house each unit
will have It's barn or garage and other
necessary out buildings for farming
| purposes. r..
Each unite Of the tract will contain
about 12o, acres, Of fertile land, partial
y.or wholly cleared The farmers
who are taking up the land wifi make
an initial payment Of $4,000 or $4,000,
and will have ten years to pay of the
entire purchase price Of 1880.
Looking for Practical Farmers.
I'VE. are more interested at present
In getting good men to take up units
than in marketing our land" said Mr..
Petit today rWo propose to 30 on
with Southern development and we
want this .tract'to be taken UP by prac-
tical. farmers, men who are ambitious
and who will know how to use the
great Opportunities afforded by this
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28
!: Page Eight - 5ai 49,, ::;s,,s = l..
alaltarulls gepErt,ueat.:

How She knew.A-A new school
teacHer3was, anxious to know what sort
of impression. she had made ontthe
rest Of the staff. One day she happen
ed 10 be in, the principals office when
he came in with another teacheEr,
The newcomer quickly slipped ;lee-
hind a screen. -
just az, she hoped, they were dis
cassing her and her methods. ~,
"Do You know. what history Miss
- teaches?" asked the principal.
! aaoh, ancient; was the reply. t!,,',
The principal grrinhed: why's Of
course" "-.,he said. ,;fI should ,haxte
guessed that from her looks" u
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28
Would Mako No oitfere6o6.-In1

Would Make No oifferenee-Ir5 a
workshop the men were discussinsishe
changes of the horses in q, ,fottheona-
ing race, to tho bewildertnent off, a
youth who was entirely unacauainted
with the intricacics OF racing form.
We'll" said one man; IL ratherhlike
so-and-so." go ~
But" interjected another, Thafs
been scratched" p" ~
The youth said, innocentlyI We'll,
what of that? don't supbosean a
scratch will make much difference to
really good horse" =
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

''T'w0rder.+7A Clergyman who was
mailing np,.a refractory -cfeepsr ob-
servedsa; lad Watching him a long time
with obvious interest. y . 10
'"wen. my young friend" he said
smilingly. "are you trying to get, ia
hint or, two on gardening?" ~
NO" said the youth. ,ftpE
Are yol surprised to see me work:
ing like this?" ''..
mo. ,, I'm waiting to see, whataa a
parson says ,when he HAMMERS his
thumb. - = -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

Why Not?--The new flaorwalkerfin
one of the downtown stores had JSst
been called down. Ta'
You know I'm very new. on gthe
job" ne said. gre 80. -. 1r,:&Saf
Yes" replied the superintendent
''but please remember tsat onr exe4n.
tive and advertising officers are; intSthe
rear OF the store. and when man
wants to know where the publicity
department ;is don't send .,hith to the
ladies'; hosiery oopnter.' ,.a.;..rf I .,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

Ah!-"why did you leave your last
placer" inquired an employer, Of an
applicant for employment. :Gh'
81 was discharged for good behavior,
sir" replied the applicant. . -
Discharged for good behavior" ea-
claimed the employer. 81 never heard
of such thing!" ..'.tr.. II!
"Oh. but it's true, sir, laassure yop,"
said the man: "I had eighteen MOTHS
taken off my time for good conduct"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

Not That coId.LA Scotsman step
ped into one Of, the, Edinburgh4 shops
andasked to be- shown, /" certain kind
of Eoyercoat. q .,.a.,.. /, ,.g.r ,cy4t: i!qss
"How rnuch?" be- asked the shop
man. e.. .., s&sG
t'Five gaineas." was the .replytl /,
Nothing doing. Take it away"
said the Scotsman grizzly. :, !,g4
why, you can afford that @rthe
shopman said, unwilling Ito lose the
sale. s,- ~
ssAyes Il, can,". replied the Scotsman,
"bpt I'm not that cold"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

Ono Little Lsttsr.--This message
was handed to the local Glib tele-
graph operator In Yates Center to be
sent in:' Foundation under freight
house needs Attention at once" But
he accidentally changed tie "t' tS 'r'
and the office In St Louis received
this: Found lion under the freight
house,; needs attention at once" The
answer came back to Yates Center:
Feed the lion and notify the live
stock department"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

Wiss.-Mrs. Nagatem: Richard,
your manners are getting worse. To
day, at Mrs. Smiths. saw you take
out your handkerchief ard wipe your
chair before you sat down. , And,
Worst Of all, their darling little, boy
was watching YOU
Mr.. Nagatem: Yes. my deat and
was watching the darling little boy
too. I'm too old bird to be caught
on that bent pin stunt"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28
-1---
The .Enalish Died.-A Sc,

The English oisd.-A Scotsman was
dying in q hospital. The doctor asked
him if he thought anything would do
him good. .... ..y A..
Yes" said the Scot, Il should like
to hear the hagpipes once again" >, -
The bagpipes were played for him
for half an hour. He recovered. But
all the other patients, who were Eng
lish died. 49,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28
Had Coed .Tr.ds.--A farmer W

Had Coed .Trads.---A farther wa.
paying his: first visit, to the seaside,
He inqnlred OF boatman II he could
have bottle OF sea *;.tcr 70 take
home with him, as his wife hnd heard
that it was good for rheumatism. '1'
Certainly replied the boatrfiah,
and charged him q quarter. :"
Later on at tow tide he returned to
the boatman for another bottle, and
exclaimed: Gosh, Haven't yop done
a big trade since was here tlis morn
ing!" q" q
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

Correct! Can any boy
tell me what comes in like n lion and
goes out like q lamb"
Billy (aSed nine): please, sir,
know"
Teacher: well. Billy, what is it?''
Billy (triumphantly): The land
lCrd. when father. pays the rent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

Real Repartee.--An old colored man
was burning dead grass when n wise
guy" stopped and said: "Yourrc fool
ish TO do that, Uncle Eh: it will make
the meadow as black rs you are"
Don't worry, bout dat. sah," re-
sponded Uncle Eh. Dat grass will
grow out au' ke;aa hcen as YOU is
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

| fertile land and the ideal growing con-
ditions to advantage. Good farmers
are bound TO make money down there
and we want to see them make money.
There Is no better land for pigs and
poultry in the United States, although
the Southern people have never devel-
oped these possibilities. The adapta-
bility of this part of the country to the
growing Of melons, peaches and other
fruits is, of course, well known. The
right sort OF people will appreciate the
pleasant homes which will be made
over to them and the fact that the land
is cleared and ready for planting when
1t Is turned over They will be abe to
live comfortably from the first without
waiting for years for the money to en-
large their houses ,or improve them to
meet modern standards, -,. ~ 1,
THE South has always been in the
hands Of men who owned large planta-
tions containing from 10000 to 10000
acres. They had no, :neighbors and did
not want any, grew cotton only and
depended entirely on negro workers.
Now they want to have the land occu-
pied by farmers who will take up mod
crate sized tracts and they are eager
to get away from cotton as the sole
crop. Last year the melon crop in that
section Of Georgia did good deal to
compensate for the losses from the
cotton crop, so that they are willing to
see something else tried in the neigh
borhood.
Northerners Are Applying.
I'VE are getting Northern and West
ern farmers more than Southern farm
ers so far as applicants. for the units.
A large number of Dunkards are
among those who will takeiup the units.
Il did not want It to be occupied by
one sect only, but l find that the. Dunk
ards are willing to have .neighbors not
of their sect and also that other people
find it agreeable to live in%the same
community with the. Dunkards, They
are excellent farmers. sable andg3ndus-
trious and believe that .aboueso per
cent ofgthe{ tract will, be oceupied by
these people, some of whom are COM
ing from California. We have also had
two applications from women farmers.
am informed that both Of them are
skilled agriculturists. Other appli-
cants come from factory towns. near
New York. They have made study
Of agriculture and feel that they can
And pleasant homes and prospects of
future prosperity in the South, 1T is
really remarkable how many people
are taking great interest in farming
again"