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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18
ANOTHER BACKWARD COURT.

Tho courts seem to always trail
along behind reaction. Just before
the election the court Of appeals of
the District Of Columbia outlawed
the District Of Columbia's minimum
wage law, passed by Congress several
years ago. And this was done despite
the fact that the United States su-
premo court had on at least two &C.
casions affirmed such a law.
In setting aside the law Justice
Van Orsdel said:
"There is no leeway for legis-
lative or judicial discretion. A
fundamental principle is involved;
and it does not lie in the courts to
declare law fixing the wages Of
women constitutional and a law fix
ing the wages Of men unconstitu-
tional. The moral stimulus in the one
instance is no greater than in the
other.'
The refusal to see any difference
between setting wages by law. for men
and the same procedure for women
was not accepted by the United
States supreme court in 1908 when it
upheld the Oregon 10-hour law for
women. In that case the supreme
court denied that the 10-hour law
interfered with workers liberty To
contract, under the federal constitu-
ton. The court. said this. liberty "is
4 not absolute and extending to all
contracts, and that a state may, with
sut conflicting with the provisions Of
the fourteenth amendment, restrict in
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18
ALLEN STOLE CREDIT

Governor Allen stole the credit
for the "can't-strike'' law Of Kansas
according to a pamphlet written by
E. D. McKeever, an attorney of this
city. The author is not surprised at
this action by the governor, who,
says Mr.. McKeever, us apt to make
black appear white in his public ad-
dresses"
Judge Higgins, present presiding
Judge Of the court, seems to be the
first one to suggest the law, says
the author.
when the law was passed Mr..
Allen appointed Judge Huggins to
his present position, and ever. since
he and Mr.. Higgins have been en-
PERTAINING the public by kicking each
other in the face over it; so that
at one time the judge declared it a
failure. 1t appears that Mr.. William
Allen White and the Star adopted it
to Mr.. Allen, and Mr.. Allen has
cherished and idolized it ever since
as his own child.
"Mr. Allen, who is apt to make
black, appear white Yin his public
addresses, gives many attractive rea-
sons why the law is or ought to be
a success, except>a truthful account
of how it actually works. In the
first place it has been the most ex-
pensive court to the taxpayers of
the state of Kansas. and supports
at Topeka an army Of judges, clerks,
marshals, inspectors, deputy inspec-
tors, reporters, accountants, a rate
clerk and janitors, all of them con-
tinually marching UP the hill and
then marching down. again. The
few cases that have been tried be-
fore it have been so expensive as to
place it beyond the reach of any
body but the wealthy Z
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18
IT WAS A KNOCKOUT.

Seldom in American politics has
there been such sweeping, vigorous,
emphatic condemnation Of any polit-
ical program as that which showed
under the reactionary. administration
program on November Z. 81. r.: "
It was g. knockout!
One after another: the enemies Of
labor went down. -
r Such outstanding opponents as
Mondell, Freylinghuysen, Kellogg,
France, Calder, Townsend, bin
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18

discord among the labor organiza-
tons in that locality. .~."s
About the same time the War La
Dor board received communication
from the, district attorney Of Mon
tana, who has since become one of
the leaders of the Non-partisan
league Of that state. He stated that,
in the course Of an investigation
which he had been recently conduct
ing, he had secured proof that a
number Of I. w. w. leaders, who
had been most active in bringing
about the disruption of the Butte
Miners union, had for a long time
been on the. payroll of the big cop
per companies. While pretending to
be revolutionists, their. real purpose
had been to destroy this great union,
which had Nor many years been re-
garded as the stronghold of organ.
lied labor.
1 In 1921. assisted Samuel Inter-
meyer Of, New York in that part Of
his Investigation which dealt with
the attempt of the National Erec-
tors association, the >-bitterest. anti
labor association in the United
States, to destroy the Structural Iron
Workers and to prevent a union iron
worker from securing a job in the
city: Of New York. When we finally
succeeded, after a hard battle, in
getting possession of some Of the
! books of the National Erectors' as
ISOLATION, we found SINE strange
| items. 'Amng others, we found re-
cords showing payments TO sums
Of money by the National Erectors'
association to the I. w. w. The Of
ficials of the National Erectors' as
ISOLATION were unable to explain
these items, but there is no doubt
that they actually represented pay
ments for work done to destroy the
Structural Iron Workers tnion.
could give number Of other
similar cases which have come to
me from trustworthy sources, but
these cases which have enumerated
above, which have come under my
own direct personal observation in
different parts Of the country, are
enough to convince me that the I.
W. w. is today honey-combed with
detectives and other agents of en-
ployers' associations who are using
the rank and file of the I. w. w., not
to improve working. conditions, but
to destroy the labor movement.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18
DECLARE. WAR AGAINST
SHORT WEIGHT DEALERS

Officers Of the national associa-
ton Of, retail coal merchants have
declared war against short weight
dealers. -. ... II
It is estimated the. coal dealers
say, that go per cent Of the poor.
people Of the, country are robbed Of
hundreds of thousands of dollars
annually through short. weight.
Under the pretense Of serving the
poor people at our prices. these
crooked dealt RS deliver 100 pounds
instead OF ton Of 1000 pounds. If
coal is SIS ton the customer is
robbed Of $4.'' s:s... - ~ =sstt
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18

The open shop drive and the wage
cutting campaign have now received
their final defeat. It is safe to say
that there will now be no further
wage reductions on any large scale for
some time to come, and that there will
be n8 further attempts to stamped
employers into the open shop. That
chapter in the history Of American
labor is closed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18
BEATING THE GOVERNMENT.

With elections over and another
session of congress looming, the legis-
lative decks are being cleared for one
Of the greatest non-partisan cat-and-
dog fights that has been staged by
national lawmakers for many q
year.
Other questions, such as the ship
subsidy and farm loans, will furnish
fireworks, but these will be pin
wheels compared to the sky rockets,
bombs and flaming Niagaras that the
people will behold if it is seriously
proposed to levy on wealth.
The country faces an ever in
crcasing deficit which cannot be
concealed by skilled accountancy.
The common folks have been
squeezed about dry and the new tar
iff law shows no Indication Of fore
ing the walls Of the treasury to
bulge because of increased customs
receipts. This situation is causing
some lawmakers TO look to large in
comes and inordinate profits. The
moneybags "sense' this attack, and
while screaming that "furriners'
are plotting to wreck the constitution,
word is being quietly passed to block
the attack by declaring stock divi.
dends.
To understand how the stock divi-
dend works, let it be assumed that
a $l0,000,0OO corporation has profits
of $Io,Oo0,00o piled up. These profits
are "vclvet.' They are outside Of
preferred dividends and all other
charges. These profits are proof that
che corporation has made unreason-
able charges on the public. If the
corporation declares huge cash divi-
dends the attention Of the public will
be called to these vast profits and
stockholders, who already have large
incomes; will have to give a large
portion Of their profits to the govern
ment, under the income tax law.
The remainder of the cash dividend
would be reinvested, Of course, by
these stockholders. az
To avoid the income tax, and at
the same time have their profits re-
invested, the stock dividend has been
invented. Through this system the
corporation divides among it's stock
holders an additional 100000
worth Of stock and turns the $780,
100000 profits into "capitalaccount,"
o. back into the business.
The corporation now has capital
ization of$200,oO,000 and future prof
it's can be spread over a larger
amount of stock without attracting
attention..
The system is not favored by the
little stockholders, who would rather
have the cash, but stock dividends
are Of value to the corporations Gin
siders,' whose problem is to get hold
of the cash and at the same. time
avoid heavy income tax charges that
are levied with increasing severity
on incomes from 100000 up.
The United States supreme court
legalized the stock dividend. The
court ruled that a stock dividend is
not cash.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18
MANY AUTO DEATHS.

There were .1o,1eS deaths by au-
tomobiles and other motor vehicles,
excluding motorcycles. in 1921 in
this country, according to the CEN
sus bureau. California led all states
in the death rate, while among the
cities of 100000 or more population.
Los Angeles led. rt5 =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18

The enemies Of organized labor
laugh in their sleeves every time they
succeed in getting the workingman 70
fight his friends.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18

AS we understand the philosophy Of
the imperial owners of the United
States their idea is that happiness is
complete when the workers have little
of it to pass around.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18

The scene was a vacant house with
a real estate sign on it. Also the sign
of a man running for office under
meath. And from distance this is the
way it read: "For sale, Senator Jere-
miah j. Hoosis.' And no one has had
the heart to change it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18

brated Christmas by dividing one adj
ditional ice cream soda among it's
members and still had whole cent
left with which to start the new year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18

4 A great artist can paint great
picture on q small canvas. 5Fs
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18

900 girls, ! 5 years old, legally mar
|ried. $3.50 Isl
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18
PENSION THE USEFUL FIRST

PENSION THE USEFUL FIRST.
Justice Day resigned from the su-
preme court of the United States to
take another position doubtless at
very high pay. Meanwhile, having
passed the age at which justices may
retire on pensions, his full pay as a
justice will continue. In other words,
he gets an old age pension from the
government equal to the salary that
he has been receiving-and his salary
has all along been equal to several
times the wages Of the average work.
ingman.
There is something extremely unjust
about this arrangement.
A workingman gets mo old age pen
sion at all. His wages are so small
that it is practically impossible for
him to save up anything for old age.
Scatter having spent his life in do
ing useful work-he becomes an OBJ
ject of charity, or a dependent upon
his younger relatives, in his old age,
when, of all times, he should be finan-
cially independent and able to order
his own style Of life.
But a judge who has worked for a
big salary-and had ample opportun-
ity to lay something by for old age
rctires on full pay. And this in spite
Of the fact that the work he has done
cannot be compared with that Of the
workingman. The workingman does
socially useful work. The judge some
times does socially useful work, but
often does work that is poignantly
harmful to society.
Certainly we have no objection to
judges having old age pensions. We
say all aged men and women should
have them. But we also say, workers
first-because the workers are the
most deserving. AS with most other
things, capitalism gets this thing up
side down and wrong end to.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-18
A MULE STANDARD OF LIVING.

demands many a journal Of the big
interests favor wage that will mere
ly provide for the animal wants lof
wage workers. One, Financial paper
points out that conditions vary in a
large country like the United States.
In some regions the WORKERS can live
on less than they can in other regions.
Where this is so they should receive
less.
The South, for example, is cited as
a region where workers care not con-
fronted with the heating problem in
their homes, while those in the rural
districts have neither the high rents
nor high prices Of food to contend
with.' The conclusion drawn is that
wages in the. South should be lower
than in other sections where the same
conditions do not exist.
This is only another way of saying
that the capitalist owners Of industry
should take to themselves all surplus
over the bare wages to enable the
workers to exist as work animals.
There is mot the slightest suggestion
that the masses should share in the
progress Of civilization or share in
the increasing wealth which this prog
ress enables them to produce. If the
worker in the South can save little
on heat and food costs, the saving
should not 60 to him. It belongs to
the masters Of industry.
There is no difference between this
idea and the idea that served as the
basis of slavery and serfdom. Under
the two>last forms Of labor the mas
ter and the lord were willing to con-
cede this, for without it he would eat
up the laborer as well as the fruits
Of his labor. The race Of workers
would die and there would be nothing
for the master to take. He would have
to take the place of the worker him
self.
For the masses to accept this old
slave standard, which is an important
item in the "Americanism' of our
modern masters of industry, would be
for them to accept a permanent ser
vile status in society. There is no dan.
ger Of them accepting this status. On
the contrary, they will reach out more
and more for full human existence
pressing forward for more gains, and
seeking to leave their children some
thing more than a mule standard of
living. Short Of this we would only be
fit for the chains and slavery that oul
"better classes' seek to impose.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-26
MT. HOPE MAN
DROWNED AT
BRIDGEPORT
DICK MORROW IN RIVER
NINE DAYS-BODY RES
CUED WITH EFFORT.

The body Of Dick Morrow, Mt. Hope
widower, drowned in the Wisconsin
river bottoms south of Bridgeport
April IA, was found Saturday morn
ing about 10 O'CLOCK by a man named
Beam, about 200 feet south of the
slough bridge. Tne body had been III
the water nearly nine days.
Mr.. Morrow has been staying at
Fennimore. He went to Pra. du Chen
on Thursday, April Is, and started
back to Mt. Hope that evening. High
water detained him at Bridgeport
over night but early the next morn
ing he started across the bridge for
Grant county. He was never seen
alive again.
The supposition is that Mr.. Morrow
essayed to walk across the dump
which was covered with water three
to four feet deep in places. He used
an oar to steady himself with as
Beam found the oar near the body.
At the point where he drowned he
must have been swept off his feet.
The body when first found was only
a few feet from the dump, indicating
that the struggle had been short but
futile
Mr. Beam gave the alarm at once
and men were soon on the scene.
When they attempted to rescue the
body it sank beyond reach. AS the
water was still deep they procured a
boat and searched until evening be-
fore they found the body. II was
easily identified.
Burial was made Monday at Nagel
cemetery. Mr.. Morrow, widOwer,
leaves daughter, Miss Lennie, teach
ing in Minnesota. Frank Morrow of
Mt. Hope is a brother and there are
several other immediate relatives, in
Guiding VIM. Leighton, the Mt. Hope
banker.
Mr.. Morrow was used to making
various places his residence and NOV
ing around considerably, his absence
from affairs was not noticed partic,
ularly. This explains why he was
not miss I'd for the time between the
drowning and the finding of the body.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-26

PARISHTOHAvE
GUILD HOUSE
DEAL MADE FOR PRESBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH-TO
BEGIN WORK SOON.

Emmanuel parish of the Episcopal
church will shortly begin the
arrangement OIL suitable guild hall,
social center ana gymnasium on their
large lot facing east on Madison
street north of the parish house.
Two of the parish communicates,
John nrinkwater and Mrs. Lizzie
orion, acted with gertrude last week
in purchasing the present Preshy-
terrain church building to be removed
by that congregation and replaced by
a new church building this summer.
Their action was unanimously ap
proved in meeting of the various
parish organizations Monday night
The structure will be moved from it's
present site to the new one in the
next few weeks.
Emmanuel parish has long felt the
need of guild hall, the rector, Rev.
L. Crittenton, says. and the purchase
will fill this want.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-26
Is YEAR SENTENCE IN
SECOND WILLY TRIAL

GALENA, Ill.-Francis Willy, music
teacher, charged with the murder Of
Earl Fitch, former cashier of the
Merchants Savings bank, was found
guilty of murder and his penalty fix
ed at Is years in state prison by the
jury in district court here Saturday,
after 10 hours deliberation. The jury
took the case at 5 o'clock Friday
night and at o'clock Saturday morn
ing it reported
Willy trembled when the verdict
was read and dropped in his chair.
1t was evident that he expected ac-
quittaI He later told the sheriff:
Fifteen years is long time at my
age"
Willy shot Earl Fitch, neighbor,
in a quarrel that developed over an
open cellar stairway at the Wiley
home. One of the Fitch children
dropped a ball into the stairway and
Willy refused to allow the child to
reclaim it. Fitch was appealed to
and went to talk with Willy. The
next thing the family heard was fir
ing in the street. Fitch, unarmed,
was shot four times by Willy. One
bullet took effect near the heart.
Willy, a bachelor music teacher,
was indicted and convicted Of MUIR
der. An appeal was taken and a new
trial ordered. The last verdict was
the result of this trial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-26
HIGH WIND WEDNESDAY
POUNDS RIVER INTO FURY

While choppy waves are not un-
usual on the Mississippi not often do
river residents witness water turbul-
ence such as was noticed last We'd
nesday
The 50-milei gale that disturbed
shipping all over the great lakes,
tore down a church in the heart OF
Chicago and blew over buildings all
over the midwest, had a terrific eff
feet along the Mississippi. The water
being high presented broad surface
for the wind to play on and waves ten
feet high swept toward shore with
one crash after another.
Considerable damage was done to
small buildings and homes all along
the river. Water craft were swept
from their moorings and sunk and
piers, ordinarily safe, were dismant-
led.
At Cassville considerable damage
was noted The porch at the rear Of
the Mrs. Henry Burgess home was
undermined. A garage belonging to
John Harville was destroyed. At
Gamers landing the cottages were
demolished and a big barn moved
from it's foundation. At the l.. II.
Okey farm on the bottoms the house
was moved on the foundation. The
John Moore tenants across the river
had abandoned their home when the
water rose. The porch there was
swept away.
The Burlington tracks were threat
ened and trains have been running on
the track next to the bluff. Worknen
put in many hours ballasting the
tracks at the weak points.
The high water and driving waves
caused underground seepage and
many Cassville easements were par
TALLY filled with water. The storm
at it's height was the worst in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-26
NATIONAL "CLEAN-UP"
WEEK FIRST OF MAY

National Cleanup Week." the first
week in May, has been set aside for
period OF cleaning up after the ac-
emulation Of winter. Municipalities
the country over will exert them
soiYes duI ing tnis week anu the ciUi-
zens are asked to clean up their
premises at the same time. Old ash
and rubbish piles should be hauled
away, yards raked and cleaned up and
such repairing and cleaning done to
make the premises slightly and order
~.
Lancaster has always enjoyed a
reputation as being one of the clean
est iittie Cues in Wisconsin and the
Board of Health i'll their proclamation
in this weeks paper ask the citizens
to keep our envIable record. Need
less to say most citizens will cooper
ate with the city authorities and the
board Of health.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-26
GLEN HAVEN

Fred Barr of Bagley, spent Sunday
here.
Mrs. w. N. Alderman and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alfred Esser of La Crosse,
visited in Cassville last week.
Mrs. Albert Vogt underwent an OPP
Grafton at the Doolittle hospital last
week and is getting along nicely.
John Gockel and Fred Vogt were
in Prairie du Chen Sunday.
Harley Weaks, wife and children
and Miss Ethel Metcalfe were in Lam
caster Sunday.
Andy Welsh and Al Noises were in
Cassville Friday.
Mrs. James Sprague of Blooming
ton, visited here Thursday and attend
ed the dance Thursday evening.
Harvey Hurlburt of Lancaster,
travelling salesman for oil was in the
town Monday.
Mrs. Alfred Esser and daughter of
La Crosse, visited at the w. N. Acker-
man home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Seipp of Lancas-
ter. were at the Albert Kuenster
home Sunday to see Mrs. Grafton,
who is i'll.
Otto OFT and wife were in Lancas-
ter Sunday.
Ora ellis, wife and children. were
in town Sunday.
John Welsh Fred Thole, Theodore
Spoden and son-in-law wen to Bloom
ington Saturday afternoon and re-
turned with Theo. Spoden's new Ford
touring car.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-26
FARM BUREAU TO HOLD
MEETINGS OVER COUNTY

The GRAVITY County Farm Bureau
has made announC ement of the farm
bureau meetings beginning April 27
and continuing until May 5. Among
the list of speakers are Geo. McKer-
row; president, Wisconsin Farm Bu-
reau; E. P. Taylor, American Farm
Bureau of Chicago; |. M. Wrights,
secretary, Wisconsin Farm Bureau;
c. w. Bradley, Hudson, Wis; c. E..
Tuffley, Boscobel; County Agent,
Paul Graf and a number of others.
Farm Bureau meetings the next
week are
Fennimore, Thursday, April 27.
Homer, Thursday, April 27.
Brown School, Thursday, April 81.
Mt. Ida, Thursday, April q.
Montfort, Friday, April %.
Sitter, Saturday, April 20.
Mt Hope, Monday, May /.
Bloomington, Tuesday, May 2.
Patch Grove, Wednesday, May 8.
Lancaster, Thursday, May 4.
Special speakers have sbeen arrang
ed for and all farmers are invited.