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The labor world., 1922-12-16

dealing with a private business, con-
quoted between private individuals,
In which the public has no direct
economic interest. It follows, there.
lore, that If the: 4trine of public
interest is to be Extended s to the
point OF fixing by law the rate 1T
which the individual citizen may con-
tract his labor, by; placing a lim1-
tation upon the freedomsof private
contract between employer and EN-
ploye. It is difficult to understand
Just where the limitations Of. the ex-
tension Of police power may be
reached. It amounts to converting
the police power into a convenient
experimental agency for distinguish
Ing. extending or abrogating express
limitations Of the Constitution
The court could not forego the op-
portunity to indulge III d bit OF phil
osophical dissertation and as 4 re-
suit we find the following IN the. de-t
cision:. ss ss # / 81 @ II t5 ts Z i i!Sss ;$
Coming now to the consideration
Of the vim dication OF the act. as q
proper exercise. Of the police power,
we, are of the opinion that It can
not be upheld. High wages do not
necessarily tend to good morals, or
the prom otion OF the general well
fare. The tandArd Of virtue and
,Ilporalit Is no hiklaer among the
sperous than among the poor.
1asi5s worth can nit be measuredsin
The labor world., 1922-12-16
PACKER 4 | I !: ! |. Merger !! ! | / | :.
IS D...|LlEeAL
BY::LA||=E0LLE !. { :. |! j: { !:
Senate Passes Resolution tor
Probe d:Nex Trust. Y
Branding the proposed merger g

. Branding the. proposed merger of
two. of the big five"@ Chicago pack
ers as a "flagrant violation of the
law. Senator La Toilette, republi-
can, Of Wisconsin, charged in the
senate that officials of the Armour
and Morris companies were frankly
bargaining with the government for
permission to do an unlawful act"
La Toilette asked the senate. to
pass his resolution demanding a gov
ernment Investigation Of the pro
posed merger.
AS result OF. Senator La Toilette s
appeal. the senate passed the reso-
luton without dissenting vote. I It
authorized the secretary of agricul-
ture. to inform the senate what steps
had been taken. in the merger.
! La Toilette condemned the action
Of President Harding in voicing .
tentative approval Of the: deal, N
3declared there was mo law which
authorizes the: president: to sell Ia.
dulgenec to "lawbreakers.'' +,
9 The history Of the packing cor.
porations is a shameful history aoi
defiance Of the law and of the
courts said La Toilette. 1T is7 a
warning Of the length to which cor
porate, greed will go in robbing the
public, depressing its employees and
defying the laws. - =, .:s,> Z:
why are the great packing houses
frankly bargaining with, government
officials for permission to. do an :i1n:
lawful act? It is because the great
packing houses are in financial diff
culties. -: H. ~...'. IT.
'The troublei is that,they are. meat
packers no longer. With. the: millions
they extorted from, the. people, they
have reached out into other lines OF
business and the losses. connected
with these other dimes must event
-ually be paid for by enhancing the
meat products" :.t@.ls5.Es ~ :: ), -
The labor world., 1922-12-16
12-A0uR /! ] |! SH||lF| i II I | IS
BAD 1 FOR NATION 1
..s:AYs|P''R'E:S| ! !. ? ! E|:S|D|E|N7' J | i
MI Harding Declares Old Order
Nh Must Give Way to New.

The 4 -hour. workday has outliyed
It's efulness and could be elimin-
ated without either economic or fl
,naneial disturbance to.the progress
Of American industry. President
Harding declares in a statement in
corporated as part of the Federated
American Engineering Societies re-
port just made public. ...1,< I, + -
The statement comments on the
report. Of a committee of the organ
ization of more than forty continu-
Sous industries. including steel and
iron, in which the engineers conclud-
ed the 12-hour, day was not an eco
nomic ecessity. Thez presidents
statement follows: .,.,. -.
/. 1T is.a matter of very much graft
fication to: me that 1.-The Federated
American. Engineering Societies, our
foremost organization of American
industrial skill, should have given
two years Of diligent inquiry, under
competent: experts, to a subject
which, H. of very deep interest to
me, and important to-, the country.
: II rejoice to note the: conclusions
Of thiss'greats body Of experts are
Identical with those which I have
reached from a purely social view
point. It: has: seemed to me for a long
time, that the. 12-heur' day and the
type Of worker it produces have out
lived their usefulness and their part
in American life in the interests. Of
good citizenship. Of good business,
and of economic stability. The old
order Of the >12-hour day must give
way to a better and wiser form of
organization for the productive
forces ofEthe Nation, so that proper
family life. and citizenship may >oe
enjoyed suitably by all Of our, people.
This clear and convincing report
Of the engineers must prove exceed
ingly helpful In showing that this
'much-to- result. can be
achieved without either economic or
financial distur bance to the. progress
of American industry"
The labor world., 1922-12-16
REDS PLAY'F;'0 !
NEGRO SUPPORT
ON RACE ISSUt
Third International Decides to
Concentrate on US.

The Third International at Mos
cow has adopted resolution declar-
ing that the United States is des-
tined to- play an important. part in
the. struggle of the African race for
liberty and that inasmuch as Amer
lea today is the center of the Negro
culture of the world, it is in that
country that. the Communist cam
paign to bring freedom to- the Ne
groes of all countries should be con-
centrated. :.
The resolution was drawn up by
a special commission. of the Inter-
national appointed to consider the
Negro question. One member of the
commission was an American Negro
who has been very active in cham
pioning the cause of his race. He
has been aided by several whites in
the United States.
The resolution, which was adopted
without a dissenting vote, declares
that the Negro question has become
a live issue in connection with ef-
forts toward a world revolution and
that the communist International
recognizing it as such, calls atten-
ton to. it as problem which must
be dealt with.
The resolution pledges the men,
bers Of the International to strive
for the equality. Of negroes and
whites and for the full political and
social freedom of the African race.
"The Communists will use all their
power and influence WITH. trade
unions" the resolution continues. ito
admit Negroes as members, and if
necessary, the Internationals will un-
dertake special campaign to
achieve this aim. If these. efforts
fail, the Internationalists will organ
ize special Negro unions to- further
the cause"
Detailing the history of Negroes in
the United States, the. resolution as
serts that the Civil war. was merely
a struggle between the capitalists of
the north and south for domination.
The labor world., 1922-12-16
W0LL WILL HEAD LEGAL
BUREAU or INFORMATION

Washington, D. c., Dec. 14.-Mat-
thew Woll. vice president Of the Al:
F. of L. and president of. the Inter-
national Photo Engravers' union, has
BEEN chosen director, of the new A.
F. of L. Legal Information bureau. !,
The Cincinnati convention directed
the executive council to create such
a bureau.
Director Woll announces that he
hopes soon to haye the bureau fuLc-
tioning. He believes it should be
made clear. however, that the bu-
reau is not to furnish counsel in any
case, but that 1t is to serve as a clear
ing house for information rela ting
to law and to legal contests ;nvolv-
ing labor's interests.
The labor world., 1922-12-16
NO REPUTABLE ENGINEERS.
STAND FOR LONG WORkDAY

- Trade union opposition to-; the
long work day. has recently secured
many recruits among metallurgical
engineer1 Dsan Mortimer E. Coo
ley of the University Of Michigan.
said this opposition, represented "a
tendency prevailing throughout the
world" and that the United States
is falling in line with Europe and
Asia. ..
Several notable engineers have de-
clared for the eisht-hour system.
NO reputable engineer: now stands
for the long work day. They say
the: advantages of the eight-hour
day compensate for any apparent
extra cost. :. <~
The labor world., 1922-12-16
MINERS
~0 ~ (
AT WH|TEH0USE
Tell President Harding Story
Of Their HARDSHIP ,.

Representatives of evicted coal
miners in the Somerset county (Pa.)
field are in Washington to see Presi-
dent Harding. They called at the
capitol, where lawmakers assured
them that in case the president
failed to act resolutions: will be in
troduced in congress calling on the
administration to spopsor a settle
ment conference. The miners say
that from 10000 to $4,000 men are
still on strike, including fellow work.
ers in the Somerset fields.
The companies which are evict-
ing miners the worst and bounding
them with armed guards have their
headquarters in Pittsburgh. A direct
B. Mellon, brother Of the secretary
Of the treasury. These companies
privately say that their policy of
attempting to break up the miners
organizations has the support of the
Washington administration. We want
to ask President Harding about that.
"In Somerset over 1900 families
Gently moved the last of them from
tent colonies into winter barracks,
These men merely want the same
conditions that 100000 union min
ers: I'M the country got last August" "
Among g the companies that are re-
sisting a settlement Is the consoli-
dation coal company, in which the
Rockefeller family is, interested. Re-
Gently John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. pup
licly stated that '.the, underlying
grievances <of the miners are we'll
founded" but he could do nothing
as he is "a small, stockholder." d: ?. s, =.
Rockefeller is on the company's g
hoard of directors. -, -.
The labor world., 1922-12-16

The object OF the secretary OF the
treasury in opening this field and An
requiring the pipe line may have
been to produce competition; If SO,
he has accomplished no more than
the dog that bays the moon,' says
Mr.. Bell. { y 81
: THE Standard Oil interests had in
view exactly an opposite purpose
which was to absolutely eliminate
any chance to competition. Aside
from the Naval Reserve, Standard
Oil, through the Midwest Refining
company and the. Ohio Oil company,
controls practically every acre (s
known valuable oil land in Wyoming.
If the reserve had gone. to an inde-
pendent, there might have been COM
Petition; but with this field in the
hands of another member Of the
Standard group; there is no danger.
IF the pipe line is constructed in
accordance with the terms Of the
lease, it will not serve. the purpose
intended, because it wilE not have
sufficient capacity. 1t is not required
until 10000 barrels daily. production
has been developed on the Naval Re-
serve. The government, royalties from
the Salt Creek field, If the wells were
operated to capacity, would amount
to $4,000 barrels per day. and more
than one hundred new wells are be-
ing drilled. Such aJline would not
carry more than half the oil: to be
transported. The government, there
fore, will not be in position to de-
mand it's Salt Creek royalties in kind
(if it is not satisfied with Salt Creek
prices) and transport them through
this line to other markets; and at the
same time leave room for. the oil
from the reserve. -,
The whole proposition 10 a nasty
mess and in such shape that these
oil companies w11l Just use their own
sweet will about anything they please
to do or not to dU: They will get tho
on and the sovettn neht continue
to get skinned r.. o. z 5,s,%. !. x x go
4 Undoubtedly the profit on the en-
-terprise soon will net the lessee a
sufficient sum to build such q pipe
line. " = ~
Permit us to suggest what might
have been done. if the government
desiredEa pipe line from the Wyom-
The labor world., 1922-12-16
CONVENTION OF
FARME:R-LAb0R
PARTY PLANNED
Central Committee Wants Par.
ley Held in Twin Cities.

st. Paul, Dec. 14.-A state con-
vention Of the Farmers Nonpartisao
league and the Working Peoples
Political league, to be held in the
Twin Cities in January, was urged at
a meeting of the state central COM
mittee of the farmer-labor party
Saturday afternoon in the office of
f. A. Pike, state chairman, st. Paul.
This action was taken after con-
siderable discussion in which Will
lam Mahoney Of st. Paul expressed
himself in favor Of tho organization
OF the farmerlabor party on a dues
paying basis. The final action taken
by the committee instructed the
chairman to confer with members
ers' league and the working peoples
league and urge that state conven-
tions of their respective organizations
be called to be held in the Twin
Cities in January TO- effect a closer
affiliation with the farmer-l labor
party. - .
y After declining te send delegates
to the national conference, sof pro
gressives being held in Cleveland this
week the committee indorsed the ac-
ton Of Chairman Pike in sending a
letter to the conference outlining the
position of the farmer-labor party
Of Minnesota. The letter gave brief
history of the organization of the
farmer-labor party of Minnesota and
suppressed the hope that the national
conference: would adopt policy that
would make it possible for cooper
alton with the Minnesota organiza-
ton. No mention was made in the
letter Of the organization Of a ma
tional third party.
The labor world., 1922-12-16

Frank Morrison and ],
Spencer vIst:in Twin cities.

Minneapolis, Dec. 14.-Organized
labor will concentrate its effofts dur
ing the coming esession; Of congress
to prevent the repeal of the present
immigration laws Frank Morrison.
secretary Of the American Federation
Of Labor, declared in an interview
in the Twin Cities Friday night.
Mr.. Morrison and WI. Spencer,
president. Of the. metal trades Of
Washington, were in the Twin Cities
for asfew hours. Friday en- route to
Portland Ore, where they .are 60
ing to arrange for the next, national
convention OF the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, which will be held in
that city in June. 1926 i
There is'ano scarcityg@ labor in
the United. States, but there is =
scarcity of men who Ws1 work for
starvation wages, !" Mr.. Morrison said.
employers who want cheap foreign
labor are carrying on an intensive
campaign to let doWn.sthe irla4nigra-
tion bars. hope they will not be
successful ss $.@@. sS5s # /. & 5 Z 81
!. In commenting upon the appoint
ment Of Pierce ButleI. the supreme
bench, Mr.. Morrison expressed hope
that the nomination would not be
confirmed by the senate. .sfsga 5=5s5s
IT am pleased at the gfforty being
made by the progressive people Of
Minnesota to block the ppointment
of Butler and hope they will sue
coed, 4 he said. 81 & i: 15;f
He stated that the .repiid idiation of
reactionaries win continue ~ befh
local and national elections becau uee
of the dissat atisfactte ON of the people
with the representa- ion they HAYS
been receiving. He expressed pleass.
ure At the farlne saftory 81
Minnesota but said that hes could
see no need for 4 : Aatiopal third
party. d 4 81
The labor world., 1922-12-16

ing fields to eastern markets and
wanted to catch the alleged drainage
from the. Naval, Reserve. The Salt
Creek field covers $1,000 acres; the
governments royalties now would
amount to $4,000 barrels daily If the
wells were operated to capacity;
more than 100, new wells are being
drilled at this time;:fthe field is not
one-third, drilled; and it Il: believed
that large. quantities of oil will: be
produced in this field for at least a
quarter :of a century. The govern
;ment has a right to demand it's roy
.alties in kind, which, with the OH
from a row of offset, wells along the
northwestern end of the reserve,
would be enough to Justify the build
ing OF refinery: in Wyoming, or a
pipe line from the field to- connect
with pipe lines to- the east. =
::"'An offer by. the government to
deliver its available supply of oil, at
Mid-Continent. market prices. to a
refinery or pipe line company,
would have been ample inducement.
to, many responsible concerns to havs
engaged in such an. undertaking. The
government has a great asset in it's
royalty oil an was in. a position to
drive a real bargain. =
; Had a contract Of this character
been made with a. purely independent
company, the Naval, Reserve would
have bean saved and conserved to
future generations; there would have
been some actual competition in the
Wyoming fields; the government
perhaps would have received Mid
Continent prices for it's royalties and
would not have been trading: crude
worth $3.50 Tor fuel worth sac; the
Standard Oil interests would not
have: had complete monopoly on
every branch of the oil industry in
Wyoming, but Independents would
have had a chance; neither would
Sinclair have had monopoly on the
privilege Of building storage and fur:
nishing the navy fuel oil, Kerosene:
gasoline, lubricants, etc! Further
more, such q contract. would. have
been a credit to the administration
and an honor. to the secretary Of the
interior and the secretary Of the navy
and not q shameful disgrace as is the
deal which has been made 1T might
have BEEN" *'
The labor world., 1922-12-16
HOW LABOR BENEFITS.

Il would like to know if, seamen
will get the benefit of this ship SUBJ
sidy bill in the same way pottery
workers who are now on strike are
getting the benefit of. the Fordney-
McCumber tariff bill?" asked Con-
gresham Crisp on the floor of the
house. % : -,
Mr.. Crisp showed that the tariff
bill raised pottery rates from 80, per
cent to, GO per cent, yet. the; workers
In that industry were forced on
strike to resist a; wage cut. =.
The labor world., 1922-12-16
SCIENCE WARS ON DUST.

The United States bureau Of mines
and the public health service are
conducting studies on dust in mine
and factory air: for the purpose Of
combating pulmonary disease. A
new instrument for samping aerial
dust has been devised by Leonard
.Greenburg, assistant sanitary engi-
neer, retired, United States health
service. and George w. Smith, jun
ior physical chemist Of the bureau
Of mines. :. =, (. =
The labor world., 1922-12-16
LABOR THROWS full STRENGTH
INTO FIGHT TO DEFEAT SUBSIDY
Union Officials Call on Senate to Veto Plan to Loot Teasuy
President Would Strike Out important Amendment.

Washington Dec. a. Special to The Labor World from
the International Labor News s.rvice )-Ada Harding Capt.
kdd Laske and their called their ship subsidy through
the House of Representatives shadows with less
but they collected barnacs that the praca hard
work repairing the hull in for the
plotting their if possible the Progress
who intent sending the skull and bones
of Davy Jones locker Senator La Toilette will lead the fight
The labor world., 1922-12-16
NEW TEXTILE COMBINE:

The wooden. trust, known as the
American .-woolen company, and the
biggest distributor Of cotton textiles.
known as the consolidated textile
corporation, are getting. together.
The official announcement denies
that the combine is a trust, but that
the relations are ."only PERSONAL
and that they have directors in com
mon. :, ssj}s y T.. j., a. .Ss.,ssz NJ = ss !.
The labor world., 1922-12-16
PR0GREs EsSIvE CONFERENCE DOES
NOTUPH0lDIH|RDP PART Plan
Committee Reports iFavor Of huFsdIsan Political Action
Thus Endorsing 1lnne-Ro nored l. F. Of L Policy.

tormation of new party represent the progressive
thought Of liberal parties labor organizations and
tee on organization headed BY Morris Hq New York at he
for progressive political Cleveland
this week lhe committee recommended the continuance Of the
method which proved campaign Of going
INTO the primaries Of old parties and nominating men friendly
the candidates vre not nominated den
nominations should be made. 80. - -:
The labor world., 1922-12-16
URGE FIRE PRoTECT1ON.

A survey Of all laws for the pro-
lection OF life and property against
fire was agreed to. at a conference
of labor, civic and industrial organ
izations lin New York. - = .,.a:., =
The labor world., 1922-12-16

WANT ANTI-UNI0N SHOP. b..
The Dannenbaum cloak company
of Baltimore locked. out its union
garment workers and established the
anti-union shop. Now it has a fight
on it's hands. ..
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-02

The Real Test.
"A speechmaker nowadays" said
Uncle Eben, faint satisfied wifi ap-
plause. De real test of his eloqua-
ciousness comes at de conclusion,
when he takes up a collection"
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-02
GROWING TURKEYS PROVIDE
A SUBSTANTIAL REVENUE
Mrs. Ned Randolph, kittson County
Raises Banner Flock Of 573 in
Minnesota Season Of 1924.

Great impetus is being given in
the growing Of turkeys in Red River
valley counties by the experience OF
a young farm woman of Donaldson in
Kittson county. Mrs. Ned Randolph
has lived on farm only four or five
years, and has been growing turkeys
only part o. that time. She set out
to raise 500 turkeys in 1921. AS it
turned out the hatch was more than
700, and by actual count the number
Of poults put in the fields was $40.
Last fall her flock numbered 573,. or
the largest in Minnesota, according
to w. v. Longley, county agent OF
Kittson county, in his report to Uni.
versity Farm. =.
Mrs. Randolph received a business
training in Minneapolis and Winnipeg
where she was for several years pro-
prietor of a business of her own. This
experience has been Of great help to
her in raising and marketing her tur-
keys.
The turkeys on the Randolph place
are averaging 1S pounds dressed
weight. At a. cents pound, the
price which she receives for her stock
from Minneapolis dealers, the turkeys
are bringing her from $3.50 to $500
each. She does not try to market for
the Thanksgiving or even the later
holiday trade. The turkeys have not
reached their full growth by the time
the Thanksgiving buying begins in the
country, she says, and they are gen.
orally poor and full of pin feathers
to which the buyers strongly object
To grade No. the turkeys must
be nice and fat, so Mrs. Randolph
began feeding them oats and corn
about the middle Of October and kept
them fat until marketing time. Other.
wise the turkeys have been self-sup-
porting, finding a fat living on grass
hoppers, crickets and oth~' insects
which have infested the Kittson coun'
ty prairies for the last few years.
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-02

minnesota
university, and six special lecturers
from outside have been engaged for
the course, which will be divided into
three parts, one for each week.
Fruit growing will be the subject
matter the first week, when instruc-
ton will be given in spraying, prun-
ing, grating, planting, fertilizing and
kindred subjects, and lectures will be
delivered on orchard insects and dis
eases, apple varieties, etc. After 2:0o
D. m. each day the work for the classes
will consist of demonstrations and in
dividuM practice.
The second week will be given to a
study of flower growing and landscape
gardening. Vegetable growing will be
the general subject for the third and
last week.
At 2:15 p. m. every Friday a gen.
eral meeting will be held in the as
sembly room Of the administration
building. Dean w. C. Coffay will
speak at the first Of these meetings,
DR.. A. V. Storm at the second, and
President L. D. Coffman of the uni
versity at the third.
This fine short course, which seems
likely to be an annual feature here
after, is the universities response to
a popular request for it. Any one in
terested in horticulture is qualified to
attend upon payment of the registra-
ton fee of $500.