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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-15
CHURCH Chlll EAGES
:. WEALTHY OFFENDERS
League Says. Drive Against La
Dor Is Cap Il ! Pow:
+ erfuI Forces. g.. :. :.

y, Chicago, April 1s.-Public chal-
lense by the church to the
capitalists behind the '.'open
shop drive in chicae % has been is
sued by the Church League for In
dustrial Democracy in half page ad-
vertisements in the daily press. sign
ed by the Rev. Richard w. Hogue,
executive secretary, 500 8. Halsted
St. .''S - 49,
"Yet on all sides organized labor is
being fed with stories the crimes
Of labor" the church league says. :
The employers. it declares, go to
spend their millions n the pleasure
resorts of California, Florida, Attain
tic City, Switzerland, while those
without whose labor they could not
be fed or clothed hunt in vain for
work and, with their families. face
starvation. *.'%e -
let on all sides organized labro Is
being indicted for the occasional
acts of men made desperate in the
struggle for primary human rights.
EuU FACn Culpf1t9
Labor is not free from men who
are bad and corrupt. But are there
none such among those holding po-
sitions of security and wealth? It il
matter of common knowledge that
there are. ~~'
why then are. not both sides
investigated in Chicago as they have
been through Mr.. Untermyer~ and
the Lockwood committee in New
York;
Several million American work.
ers stand deprived Of the right to
labor for the support Of their fami-
lies. Their need has been capital.
lied by powerful forces Of. selfish
ness, with their open boast that we
intend to have labor eating out Of
our hands, Their power reaches
from the latest lockout to the ma
tion-wide Open Shop Movement
which even Mr.. Taft condemned as
a 'deceitful misuse OF terms
'Reactionary, forces are in power.
Resolutions With Punch -.
Resolutions without action are
valueless and meaningless, They
must be emphasized. by pulpits, up
held by corporate action, exempli-
fled in the private and public rela-
tions of processing Christians. To
this end. the Church League for In
dustrial Democracy has been organ
lied. ..,,.f
supported entirely by voluntary
contributions it is seeking to- stand
by what the church stands for in
the matter Of social Justice, -,
Bishop Chas. D. Williams, Michi-
gan, is the president; Prof. Vida D.
scudder, Wellesley. is: chairman Of
the executive committee. Among
other officers. are Bishop Brewster,
Maine; Bishop Faber, Montana;
Bishop Parsons. California; Bishop
Roots China; Bishop Tucker, Japan.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-15
LABOR EDITOR LAuDS
s.. !: TWO UNION: VETERANS

Los Angeles. Carl. April 13.-After
long years Of service as president
and Observation-Disclosures Of the Cali
fornfa state building trades council,
p. H. Mccarthy and o. "A. Tveitmoe
declined reelection at the conven-
ton just adjourned.
In referring to, service Of these
trade unionists, Editor Drake, Of the
Citizen, local labor laper, says:
1T would be difficult to imagine
two men so wholly una1ike. Nc
Carthy is q disciplinarian. Tveitmoe
is a philosopher. Mccarthy believes
in getting a. thing done, and as
quickly as possible: Tveitmoe be-
1ieves there is no beginning and no
ending of Time. and he has q strong
conviction that nothing matters
much. Mccarthy places very little
reliance in the average person, hence
he rarely is disappointed; Tveitmoe
loves his fellow-man, and almost
invariably is 'stung.' 4.
'"Thus they have journeyed down
the years together, p. H. using
whip and spur, and 'Tweet' reading
poetry and studying astronomy.
FINALLY the end has come, as it
always does. -- ~, co. r. ~.
Enthusiastically, e,ch has brought
happiness to others-MrCa thy
through his ability to secure more
pay and less hours of work and bet
ter conditions for men who toll, and
Tveitmoe through his innumerable
acts Of kindness and unselfish aid
to every unfortunate creature.
Despite the storms and bitter
ness through which bot, have pass
ed, their lives have been we'll worth
while. May peace be with them
throughout the remainder of their
Journey" '.- .,s 49,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-15

z THE employer who flatters him.
self, however; that the open shop
campaign has put unionism OF az
map, is grossly deceived, We may
settle down upon the fundsme ntal
fact that labor brings terms and con.
ditions Of sales which iatisfyF its own
ideas. r., the labor people a wan,
unions, they are going to have them,
no matter what we think about ii
r. Unions Coming Back. y
'The unions are coming back:
chastened and improved, ;. we hope
BY the experience Of the past feM
months-but still coming back stc
take the field because they are III
Ing to be labor's: own best }means#o1
getting such market cpnditionsAas
It wishes. So with the growing, vol
ume Of Industrial machinery which
has been built up in industry, Il the
personnel department. the shop com.
mittee, the various, expedientss de-
signed to help @labor's situation
these things are all coming back and
they are going to show themselve.
when the clock hand reaches 9 Or 10
"Employers have been running
with the tide for the past Is months
Before. long the tide will be setting
the other way. ,$sH : j, S: (;
'The employer must put thought
In the place OF force, and some OF
the same intelligence that has gone
into the perfecting Of . mechanics
equipment must be given to 1nachin-
cry for gaining and keeping indus
trial peace. ~. +
Must End Fighting.
This thing touches industry at all
points. In the fierce competition OF
the next decade the plant with q
sane labor policy will be able, to get
out its product, to market it, to sell
its securities to, satisfy its stockhold-
ers. - <.
~"Other plants will fail at some OF
all of these points.
1T u.s.. therefore, time now for
intelligent employers to hang up the
tomahswk and take down the neg.
lected machinery for :. Industrial
peace: ~ :: . 5ssaas@ = IN. ~
You have gone as farNas you can
by. fighting. Labor that you could
whip:a at s o'clock will be able to whip
you when. 1t is 10 O'clock.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-15
EHGuSHEE OYERS
FORCE METAL WllkOuT

y, London. England, April 6.-The
industrial fabric is threatened be-
Etause Of the lockout in the engineer
Ang industry. Tos escape discredit for
rrecip plating this anti-union attack
che nachinist employers and allied
emplo Dying interests seek to raisre-
present the cause OF the dispute.
Th4mployers claim that the UNI
lions are: attempting to deny them
Managerial functions, # while the
workers insist that the trouble is
over refusal of the employers to
recognize rights that have been con-
coded for years i So. r." r. \
The employers refuse to permit
the workers to have voice as to
when or howss overtime shall be
worked until. the overtime is COM
pleted. The unions are opposing
systematic overtime and want con-
sultation before grievances arise, not
after; ss.a'& %#s% s,< -.s,,%s = ~
The employers are Directing to
this so-called dual control, and
the unions ask il the wage boards,
the Whitley councils and the con-
citation boards. all endorsed by the
government, are "dual" control. s..
The employers are charged with
importing the '''open shop" idea from
America, and hope to wreck the
metal workers Organization. ~
The employers have failed to con-
fuse the issue in the public press,
editors invariably refusing to accept
the charges against the unions.
Even the Westminster: Gazette,
which is considered to be an en-
ployers' paper, gives this warning to
the bosses:, r., - 49,.
1T must be remembered that
while TN boom periods the unions
position is strong, in times of dis
tress the employers have g. good
bargaining advantage. If they
value undisturbed peace: if they
wish to retain any hope that a re-
newal Of prosperity will not bring
in its train an immediate intensifica-
ton of their labor troubles, they
must not abuse that advantage
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-15

90 4
There will BE little, consolati 70,
z. g. Harris. president OF the Duluth
Citizens alliance In the recent bulle.
tin i issued BY Roger w. Babson. bust
ness statistical expert. In which he
sounds warning to employees to de.
sist their American plan" and '.open
shop campatgn unless they wish ia
be annihilated In the reaction which
will follow their campaign to crush
labor. - - g.. : :;
The bulletin. headed .'rime to
Think INK About Labor" among other
things says: - @.., 9. - -. =
Employers the country over have
been swinging the tomahawk for the
past IS months. The days for such
activity are now drawing to q close.
1t Is time to think and reason. What
We mean is indicated by the clock
face which appears on this page. IT
is now about o'clock industrial
time. g. 81 ~ '3
Eighteen months ago it was be-
tween : and 1 o'clock. For the past
three industrial hours we have been
going along in an industrial twilight
when the advantage was all with the
employer and not at ali with the en-
ploye. Z ,~ H.
During the war, with the ap-
prevail Of some Of the best minds
In the nation. the practice Of collec.
tive bargaining was set up in hun
dreds Of places where previously no
such thing had prevailed. OF late
following the lead Of United States
Steel, many: firms have gone back
to the individual bargain plan-sone
with cast iron individual, contract
which binds the employe, never to
join a. union or any other labor or
ganization-and a systematic cam
paign OF union busting has gone
into effect.
Government by Injunction. .
again, a new form of Industrial
government has been set up-Agov-
eminent by Injunction! The twilight
employer; rather than work his way
through his Industrial difficulties,
has gone around them and has
rushed to the courts to accomplish
by legal force what he could not
bring about by other methods.
I'VE hold no brief for unions or
unionism, as they exist. We are
aware Of the faults Of unions.
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Continued from page ~ "A
and IS and having none but himself
to take care of. he is succeeding in
getting away. from the sea in such
numbers that within the next few
months there will be a scarcity of
seamen in practically every port Of
the United States. ,..r<.... . -.
!. -: Wages Forced Down s.>5
. Wages have been dropped from
$S5 for sailors and $50 for firemen
to tho present. official Shipping
Board wages which are $500 for
sailors and $3.50 for firemen, and
then down to the wages paid by
private employers which range from
SIS for sailors and $50 for firemen
up to $3.50 for sailors and $50 for
firemen. The wages in American
vessels at the present time are no,
above $40 on an average. Consider
ing: that. one dollar Is now worth
about - to rs cents, this makes the
wage Of q seaman less than It was
in s13 or 1914. =i.. sSs VI, +ts
The wages Of the Japanese have
increased under the Seamen's Act
50 that the lowest wages Of the Jap
7anese are higher and Mconsid erably
higher than our lowest wages. Our
highest wages are about the same as
the English. They were lower than
the English up to the first Of March,
They were lower than in Danish
ISwedish and Norway vessels in line
trade. until the first Of March, \ II
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Continued from page ~
ton can get the votes It needs. when
it wants them, and put through
nearly any program it desires. The
method involves delays. while the
opposition has, time to talk itself
out, but when the showdown comes
the administration marches away
with its refunding legislation, or its
Austrian relief measure, or its rati-
fled treaties. The process is one OF
multiple > 'feelers,' public education
and attrition." .~s s. ~
The above statements are known
to be true in many respects. For
instance. the Standard Oil Co. OBJ
jects to tho ship subsidy bill because
it will not receive any. of the sub
sidy., The bill provides that IT, the
owner Of the boat owns more than
half Of the cargo Of the vessel ID
| carrying there shall be no subsidy.
This will eliminate the oil tank
steamers Of the Standard Oil Co.
There liz no doubt that; the sales tax
will be forced. upon the people by
the same elmer circle that Is hand
ling tho ship subsidy blu { and al
other measures In the interests Of
the privileged few. +; s ,Is- Y i#s
Before the present Congress. .ex-
pires, In March. 1923, those who fur
nished the money:to elect enemies Of
labor to Congress will have received
their reward by having ar taxation
placed on the people and they will
i ha rA1i6vnd 0f what thew call the
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-15
The Amalgamated' Cooperative
State Bank Of Chicago is the desig-

The Amalgamatedr Cooperative
State Bank Of Chicago is the desig-
nation selected by the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America for
the new cooperative institution
which they have organized in the
western metropolis. The clothing
workers have already applied for
their charter, and have fixed their
initial capital at 100000, with
500, 900 surplus, which placed them
on a strong financial footing at the.
outset. They are securing the SER.
vices of competent managers for the
Chicago Cooperative Bank, which is
the first OF several that they plan to
found in the large clothing centers
Of the country. '@:
Just recently three international
unions have conferred with the
banking and credit committee of the
All-American Cooperative Commits
sion regarding the establishment Of
labor cooperative banks to mobil-
lie the funds Of their members, UNI
der their own control. The officials
Of the United Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Way Employees are plac-
ing planss for similar action before'
their coming nationa1 convention.
h.. HUGE WIRE PROFITS -
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PROFITS IN SMELLING

New York. April s.-The United
States smelling and refining COM
pany reports a profit last year Of
.$1,466,572. This snug amount is,
made after all charges and federal
taxes have been paid and substantial
sums placed in the various deprecia-5s
tion funds. ~ rf....>t'.' f. d. 3,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-15

Every time an Austrian: cabinet
3ha1 I hard nut 70 crack it err cks. s8ss'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-15

r. HUGE WIRE PROFITS -
New York. April 13.-The West
ern Union telegraph company made
a. clear profit last year Of $9,633,s0s.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-28

the vast cotton empire of Texas, and perhaps
in still other parts of the Southwest; he will
write plainly, fully, accurately, and ever In
the spirit commended by the rugged Cromwell,
who, upon sitting for his portrait, said to the
artist "Paint me as I am"
If cooperative marketing of cotton will do
for Georgia what it is famed to have done
elsewhere, then assuredly it will open for this
Commonwealth new paths Of prosperity and
advancement. In Texas, it's advocates claim,
growers who marketed through the co-opera-
tive association last year received from ten
to twenty dollars a bale more than did those
who stuck to the adage, every man for him
self, and the devil take the hindmost.' 1t
is asserted, too that in Oklahoma members
Of the association had made a net gain, up
to January l. of $1465 on each bale Of cot
ton they had pooled, this being effected
through the larger economies and higher ef-
fciencies made possible by cooperation. Sup
pose Georgia thus could add fourteen dollars
and sixty-five cents to every bale of her av-
erage crop of a million! An increment of
$14,650,000 in a year would be-well, 1T
would not be sneczed at.
The Journal approaches with an open mind
the matter with which Mr.. Smiths articles
are dealing; and that, we believe, is the at
titude in which many now find themselves.
AS a matter of principle, Of course, there IS
simply no debating the desirability of CO.
operative methods; they are the great ener-
giving and forwarding power Of civilization.
The present question is wholly one OF fact
and Of suitability. And this is the question
tie series of articles beginning today
is undertaken to answer.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-28

wv YHEN you went TO Scnool you PROBABLY
Nv learn that water always seeks a
level, and you may have applied that
principle in explanation of the water escaping
from the hole in the family wash-boiler-i
they used such things in your family.
The water was starting back to it's level
to sea level. Eventually it would surely get
there. 1t might fall on bricks and be evapor-
ated; only to rise into the air and join some
cloud anG later precipitate rain that, by the
media of brooks and rivers would wind
somewhere safe to sea-" Anyhow, through
whatever devious ways and channels, the
water got back to it's great level-the ocean.
And here we have the universal principle
that governs men and conditions; all condl-
tons, created by men out of their intelll-
gence or out of their stupidity. Wages and
prices now are seeking a common level. We
hear a vast deal more about lower wages
than we do about lower prices; and it is a
regrettable fact that wages generally go down
first and prices later; sometimes good deal
later.
But while we are exercising ourselves. over
the fact that the average farm hands pay has
dropped to forty dollars month, without
board, and to thirty dollars a month with
board-a decline of some thirty-seven per cent
! in 1921-we might just as we'll note that the
drop in wholesale prices of food has just about
kept step with this
We cannot pay farm hands several dollars
day without paying more for food for all
of us.
The reliable Herbert Hoover supplies tables
showing prices out of the level. Some prices
are twice as high as in 1913, before the war;
others have been debated to a pre-war level,
| Or below it.
Applying to this situation our little rule
about water and the level we may reasonably
deduce that prices that are now too low, either
of work or commodity, and prices that are too
| high, gradually will rise or settle to some
thing like a common level.
What this level will be no man can say with
| exactness. But that doesn't make much diff
| ference-except to the man who would rather
be paid ten dollars day and expend nine fiji
| ty to live than to receive five dollars day and
| be able to live just as well on 81.
| And when the level is reached, or approx
mated good times will be in our midst again.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-28
ANDREW AND IMOGENE
BV Roe FulkerSon
IS A NDREW," said 1mogene, at the din

neF 5sbs SAID 9t n0SG so a 9 tRi d tn
the Liberty tonight. They have a
South Sea Island picture I know you would
enjoy"
"sorry honey" said Andrew, ct regret
that South Sea Island stuff. I have been
ever since read Stevenson's Treasure Island
as boy. But I must go to a meeting of
the board Of directors of my club tonight.
"Mrs Jones 4lext door says her husband
takes her around to the Liberty every night, 3"
said Imogene, pouting.
"That's nice of him." replied Andrew
amicably.
HE does not belong to a single club or
lodge" said Imogene wistfully.
"No, darlin'," said Andrew, when Jack
Jones was born nature handed him nicely
tuned second fiddle guaranteed never to
sound a single harsh note.
"Jack Jones is made up of the most won
derful bundle of negative of virtues of any
man who ever lived.
when they start to make out the schedule
of the things he has done it will be as blank
as the present expression Of his face
Jack Jones never went out with the boys
or stayed two hours too late IN his life nor
did he ever take Mrs. Jones out on party
and give her an unexpected taxi ride in the
park on a rainy night when every bit Of
common sense in the world dictated that
they go home
Imogene smiled reminiscently.
"Jack Jones never went into the Cafe
Royal in his life because most of the people
who go there wear evening clothes, and Jack
has no evening clothes because he does not
go any place where he has to wear them.
The consequence of this is that Mrs. Jones
never goes to the Cafe Royal either"
Imogene looked thoughtful.
'But after all l do not know but what
their way is the best way. We waste lot
of money. I do not always win when I get
into little poker game even if l did win
you fur coat. 1t costs lot of dues to be-
long to a club even if it does give you an
occasional triumph. I will stop running
around at night, even if it does cause me
to take you on an occasional tax in the rain;
the Cafe Royal does cost us lot of money
and, you know, to go there we have to keep
up in the matter of my clothes and you have
to have lot of new gowns and the more
think you are right in your gentle hint that
I ought to live more like Jack Jones.
"I am going to do it. There is no better
time to start than right now. I will phone
and tell the boys to count me out and we
will go to the movies and"
'Now, Andrew, what is the use to be so
silly?" said Imogene anxiously. "You know
was only joking Why, I wouldn't have
you like that pokey Jack Jones for anything
in the world AS to me settling down to
the life that woman leads I would just as
soon be dead You go on to your club meet
ing and I will phone Mabel to go to the
movies with me-"