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The labor world., 1922-03-25

victory in Rhode Island =
=. Reports from Rhode Island are
| that the American Federation of
Labor efforts have turned the, tide
!: there. An immense quantity OF ana
lytical material WAS furnished to
the workers OF that state in their
victorious fight.
The vital points made by Presi-
dent Gompers at Albany make in
teresting reading. He began by quot
ing Lincoln and concluded by CIV
ing the history of compulsory arbi-
|tration in Australia. There is moth
ing in that experience that would
warrant an American state to enact
such legislation. Here are a few
Of the most telling points
Lincoln ON Strikes
The, main purpose of this. species
of legislation is the bellies that 1t
will stop strikes. Lesisla-
ton Of this character may be Wel'
termed to confine the aspirations OF
the working people for better life
in a legalistic straight jacket. I am
rather proud that in my life can
place myself in the company of the
martyred Lincoln who on occasion
OF strike Of boot. and shoe workers
:, II, Hartford, Conn.,. i'll 1854, declar-
4 ed: 'Thank God we have system
|of labor where there can be strike.
! Whatever the pressure there is a
point where the working men may
stop"
II Loss From Strikes
& y There has grown up an eXagerat-.
ed notion that there is such a tre1ns
@ndous loss in production due. to
strikes. I have few figures to sub
init. The New York Board Of Medi-;
/ation and Arbitration. which record
ed the number Of man-days lost by
all wage earncrs because of strikes
and lockouts for the period of ten
years from 1904 to 1914 slasw that
the number of working days in the
year lost by all workers on account
Of labor disputes is a 1ittle less than
one out of every 100 work-days and
these figures are regarded as repre-
sentative Of the general situation in
I other States. During this same ten
year period in the great industrial
State Of New York, of the 20 per-
Gent Of it's workmen unemployed,
less than 1 per cent was due to in
dustrial disputes, IL percent due to
disability, and ove' 16 percent due
to lack Of work.
For instance, $4,000. lives and
296,000,000 work-days were lost in
1919 as a. result of industrial acci-
dents, involving a net economic loss
TO- the country of over $1,O00,000.-
900, and authorities a:ree that over
IS per cent Of this waste is prevent
able.
Where is Justice?
The idea Of the proposed 1egisla-
tion Is that justice will be accorded
TO labor and the working people.
Justice! If the experience of the
past twenty years is to be gagged as
to the justice meted out to the great
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Open, Shop Department Of the Nati-
onal Association of, Manufacturers
is. the author. I believe that any
person familiar with the building in.
dustry, will repudiate, his figures.
For years labor has been suspic-
ious, of statistics freely quoted as
proof that union organization IS con-
.trary; to the best interests Of the
country. Tho statistical method
should be means Of preserving
TRUTH but it's perversions by propa-
gandists: of the: Sargent type, result
in a. well-grounded disttrust by
labor Of all scientific methods. This
is unfortunate.
. Mr.. Sargent's figures do. not in
any particular support his: conten-
( ton: that Figures and facts show
that there is 81 per cent more ac-
complished where the CONSTRUCTION
industry is, not, closed to independ-
ents; unemployment, is: Is per: cent
greater in closed >towns."' 2
Mr.. Sargent's method: is to-. select
fifteen "open' shop" cities. in the
sAAC' OAAeSA otdIeS I4OIIl IAo Sldlu-
point of; building activity. He then
compares the activity ina the: build
ing insat trades. with = general unempioy-
The cities which he lists as ."open
shop" are: Los Angeles, Oklahoma
City, Minneapolis, st. Paul, Detroit,
Atlanta, Milwaukee, Richmond, San
Antonio, Grand. Rapids, Seattle, Du-
luth, Salt Lake City, Spokane,
Akron. - :
The "closed. shop cities listed by
him are: Cleveland, Indianapolis,
Newark, Kansas City, Mo-; Chicago.
Cincinnati. Dayton, Pittsburgh, Syr-
acrse, Louisville, New Orleans.
Providence, St. Louis, Scranton,
Butte. -7.. =. : -
| Consider the viciousness of this se-
lection. Everybody knows that ssthe
nernploynieIfE area sdf'sthe UnitSd
States lies in: that Industrial center
which is east Of q line running down
Lake Michigan, to the. Mississippi,
and down the river to Tennessee. 1t
includes Kentucky, West Virginia
and all the states north Of them.'
Mr.. Sargent picks eleven Of his
fifteen "closed shop" cities from the
unemployment area. He picks. only
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last July each Of them walked tie
streets of Dublin with halter
around his neck and a, price of $780,.
900 on his head"
Mr.. Lawler discussed the differ
ence between a free state and re-
public. DE Valera" he said, wants
i the new government to be called a
republic. while Collins does not
worry about names. but wants a
country that governs itself and
Which gives peace, quiet and equal
opportunity to its people. He
knows that free state will be a re-
public in fact, although not so styled
in it's official name. There is.no
magic in calling a country a repub-
lie. Rome and Venice were called
republics. but they were both oil
garchies and tyrannies. y.
1T is the duty of every Irish AM
erican who loves Ireland and Amer
lea to suppc- with purse and influ-
ence Mich cal Collins and the pro-
visional governments The Irish ra'
is on trial before the court Of world
opinion. We have won and we can
hold the respect Of America. or we
can lose it, Let our motto. be-"M;l-
lions for Collins,--Lo' a cent for r.
Valera.
Il an, no Tew-:ound friend If Ire
land. L have been an active me-.
Der since I was 20 years old Of nca.
ly every Irish society. constitutional
and revolutionary, that has existed
since that time ! have personally
l'nown all the great Irish champion.
from Davitt and Parnell to De Val.
era My judgment tells me the best
til s to do is to support; the legally
constituted rulers Of the Irish gov
ernment and to march with them ia
an Ireland redeemed. rege1. ,rated
and Observation-Disclosures in the
Light. OF the. liberty a..d statehood
for which Robert E:rmet lived ans.
fought and t.ied."
The labor world., 1922-03-25
Judges no Longer Look to England for Preeedents

threats and intimidation to prevent
persons from entering into; or con-
tinuing5. in the employment Of the
plaintiffs. In issuing this injunc-
tion, Judge Allen quoted the SPRING
head Spinning Company VS.. Riley,
which, fourteen years previously.
had been set aside by the j. Lord
Chancellor of England upon the
ground thatsan equity court could
not act. andAhad no Jurisdiction in
such cases. ~ ~ I. L. ss.ss. 4 9~
But NafprecedentS had been estab-
lished for state courts to. follow, just
asa precedent had been esta blish-
ed for federal courts In the cases
referred to In a. previous article.
, 1t is as"Gag" Law
The opening had been widened for
the further exercise OF judicial "con-
science" and as the years have pass
ed, trade-unionists have been en-.
joined among many. other acts from
in any way mentioning the fact that
a strike existed; from striking or
continuing to remain on strikeSs from
in any + way publicly discussing a
specific industrial dispute: from pay
ing strike benefits: from end voring
to, organize the ,,lnorganixed: from
applying the disciptin- ,of the. laws
which the members themselves had
made; from resisting the. employers !
EFFORT TO destroy the union through
the introdu ctlon sof anon-union men
in the plant. the discharge OF mem
bers 'rs of the union, or compelling all
OF the employees jto sign contracts
.spMscifyins M that they should With
dra m NJ from the, !, union and become .
member rof no union while IN the
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/lnIcc NAueS ,1rOul, the une1lQlOy060G
area for his "opcn shop. group. The
average unemployment in> relation to
Population in the Middle Atlantic
States is S.4 : per cent. Sargent
avoids these states in picking his
"openl shop" cities, but he freely
takes ''closed shop cities from it.
Method Is@ Dishonest.
: The same dishonest method lis
applied to the, Pacific district, in
which the relation Of unemploy ..ent
to population: is. 10 per cent. He
borrows freely from this: district for
his ."open: shop sroup, but not: a
single city from the Pacific district
is in cluded in his "elosed shop. clas-
SlncatlOn. ". -
It is obvious. therefore; that, Mr.:
Sargent: is in, reality, comparing; he
east with. the west, from: the: unem :
ployn1ent standpoint; >, ::...: :.
aAny classification OF; the: cities
which makes any, attempt at, being
fair Will show the dishonesty OF MI.
!SaEgent's method 1t Is q visitation
pf public trust and confidence and
shenlH not. be disseminated IN the
building industry. ;. Those who arc
interested in honest building, stand.
ards: and who appreciate: the neces.
sity Of retaining some confidence; Of
employees; In their: employers; earn-
estay protest: against such false: prop
uganda. >T - -,';> tT
Building activity has little 1ela-'
tion to CLOSED" or open" shop. In-
crease in population anc the result
ing need for, housing IS the principaf
factor. Local conditions largely de-
termine the degree of building activ-
ity. building is active in Los AM
geles because Of the increase ;of pop
,llation and because work can be
continued tllroughout; i the, year.
There IS no building in Butte be-
cause the city's only industry has
been. shut down, yorilsesg N 5liavesl ~
the city and building ~ at u 5stand.
still.) There Is Increased building in:
New York City because of the pass
age = Of the tax exemption law.
Therefore the, manipulation Of, ig-
ures in the. Sargent manner gives
only mathematical result which has
no meaning from a practical stand
point and can only be given a semb-
lance Of form by vicious distortions:
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the. legislator, prosecutor, Judge and
jury. free to pass. upon the facts and
determine the punishment.
The equity courts are governed by
private and uncontrolled: discretion,
private because the judges f"consci-
ence" is his: guide, and uncontrolled
discretion because the power; auth
ority and limitations of the equity
court, it is claimed, have not been
defined by the, Constitution, or the
statutory and common law. though
many of the! nations ablest lawyers
contend strenuously the very con-
trary. .-'... J. :.7;z,:.Ss&;: -. -
Lord Camden, one Of England's
greatest thinkers and legal sauthori-
ties, said in connection with this:
= The discretion Ola judge lis the
law of grants: it is always unknown
it lis different in different men; it is
casual and depends upon <constitu-
tion,t temper and passion In. the
best it, is oftimes caprice; in the
worst it is every vice, folly and pas
sions,to which human nature is. Ii
able" i. .5s.s. . ,z \, &, s..ss.s
VI. ,s.,s,, First State Court -s
The truth ,of Lori Cemden's opin-
ion grows upon us as we. examine
what Americanycourts Of equity have
done when guided by their ICON:
science" and acting with uncontroll-
de discretion. "a. ..# =5
The first injunction issued In AM
erica was by "a Massa chusettss court
!, In, In j5the case of Sherry y, Perkins in
x1s18. The court !. restrained :sihc
strikers from the act of displaying
banners with devices as a means Of
The labor world., 1922-03-25

|: Washington. March + as:-;Local
non-partisan: political 4 campaign
committees are ca::::-l upon:to imme-
diate1y prepare. for the Forthcoming
primaries in a proclamation issued
by the executive committee Of the
A. F. OF, L. national non-partisan po-
litical campaign committee:
|: Where local committees dissolved
after the last election the local
movement is urged to re-establish
same. / ~, 80, 80 . - '-,.' 2.
Emphasis, is placed upon the pec-
essity for; nominating; . candidates
where therejappears in the primaries
Of neither party: a candidate con-
sidered representative Of the peoples
interests, =: *',:. x =
5: B: ..whereyer; necessary. saysass the
proclamation: labor. should, place
candidates I'M, the: field. This: should
be-: ,dons: where. the candidates, on
bot1. ,dominants party tickets; are un-
friendly. to: .ourecauss." sc d =. - =
y mo. genuine constructive measure
has been enacted BY CONGRESS since
March 4, 1919. Every: means used to
secure legislation that: Will aid in
relieving: mpleoyment has: been
met; With: rebuff e. -
I The present ,deplorable condi-
tions OF: our country. artificially
made. and in which labor. ana the
farmers have. been dsflated until it
hurts has; been ignored by congress-.
Only appeals TOR; subsidies Tor ship
owners, railroads. and other inter-
ssts: find listeners. TO all legislation
III: the interest .>ot the people con-
gress IS deaf. " :,. S.. = ~ s:,.,s !
: EVERY state .federation.s. s.ef. labor.
every city central body should ere
ate on-partisan. political campaign
com naitte4s Every local aho,,ld ap-
p6int cSmn tq ! CO 3 sspssssit s 3 3 With
the state: and central bodies: . I ~
The campaign, = should not he
among the organized workers: alone,
but should 'be extended SO that the:
truth win be known to.all just-mind-
ed; citizens, H.. =, ---... w. ,.sT. "
"Since the armistice the most flag.
rant and malignant denunciatioris Of
the hopes and aspirations OF. the
masses Of our people has been made.
!; THE. campaign: in. the primaries:
and in the: fall elections. offers; op,-
portunities which, may; !, not come.
again in a. decade, to. redress wrones
and attain Justice: It is. therefore,
important that not q moment, SHOULD
be: lost in: launching a: most active.
campaign. that viii: bring about, the
election Of men and women. who; will.
restore. to, our people. the rights
taken from them since fishting:
ceased in the world war. All are;
urged to be up: and doing"
The labor world., 1922-03-25
STATE BUILDERS TO: MEET.

: The. twenty-second; annual con-
vention of the: state building trades
council will convene, in San, Fran
cisco: on Monday. March 20. H.
Mccarthy, who has, been: president
for all these years, announPces that
he will not be a candidate for re-
election.
The labor world., 1922-03-25

A normally constituted truth: will
live, say. about seventeen to eigh-
teen, at the very outside twenty
years, seldom longer. But such an.
cient truths are always shockingly
emanciated.
The labor world., 1922-03-25
MIDNIGHT: WEDDING j FAILED:

The ereatest OF :woinan:s: rights=,is
the: right to change her mind: "A ST.
Louis; codple got, a minister up in the
middle Of the night TO- marry: them;
When he finally had dressed and got
downstairs. the bEtde;to-be, decided
she did not wish to- be married ..just
now and, asked the prospective
bridegroom to take. ,1er: home. s. =,
The labor world., 1922-03-25
LABOR SCORES TWICE IN FIGHT
AGAINST CANT STRIKE Bills
lN York and Rhode Island Legislatures Abaaton Kansas
p1aposa 10 Outlaw Strikes After Labor E.pgss Fahcy
u PIan Gonlpers Bares 6reat Truths al Albany.
By International Labor New. Service,

No Kansas laws for New York Rhode Island The strike
will continue be lawful weapon Of labor both these
states American Federation of Labor efforts have turned the
tide against slavery Gompers Albany spoke for hours
tore down the house of leaving the Legislature but
The labor world., 1922-03-25
open t,loP CROWD PLAYS WITH
FlGuaES TO HooDWINk PUBLIC
John Donin President Building Trades Department, If. Of
!, Shows up Cunning Of Open Shop Organ; Mluh Is
z Credited With Being open Shop" city.
By JOHN DONLIN, President Trad,

By JOHN DONN, President Trades Department A. F. Of l.
particular vicious example Of the manipulation of statistics
in the propaganda for thesocaed open shop appears
February issue Of American Industries and receiving c;rcula
know better ..t >&< -. = #$f :"S' - =
The labor world., 1922-03-25

Red Amy, n Alliance with Turks Rsesnty Invaded N
Conquered Independent Slate Controlled by labol;;y
6eoFglahs Also P1laged; + ealtA Stories Of Buthey.
By WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLINC.
International Iahoe Nr,.,A Serv;;~.. s,,;.

The Red Army in alliance with the unnentionabe and
brutal recently invaded md conquered tie independent
state OF fnenia which W. in the hands coalition govern
The labor world., 1922-03-25
WHEAT: JUMP SHOWS EuRoPEs
4 = --N NEED - 60 = =

Wheat came within a fraction of:
01.5o a: bushel in Chicago on Monday
due to a. jump OF Ga cents,a bushet
at, Liverpool: Corn and oats. rose:
with wheat to- new price: levels for
the season: ''+'* :,
The labor world., 1922-03-25

CONTINUED on page -:
The Penn's Grove record., 1922-03-03
Will 1t Help The Farmer

To date the Government has spent
approximately 105 million dollars on
its unfinished dam and nitrate plant
at Muscle Shoals, Ala. Now the plant
lies unfinished, idle, detoriorating and
a heavy expense on the Government,
while various groups of good Ameri-
cans are squabbling over whether it
shall be sold, given away, junked or
finished by the Government and oper-
ated in peacetime to provide fertilizer
for farmers and, in wartime, nitrates
for high explosives.
Almost every farmer has heard re-
peated echoes of the Muscle Shoals
squabble, but few have realized the
immensely of the plant that has
caused the squabble. The partly
built dam over the Tennessee River
would afford 100000 horse power to
operate the nitrate plants, and for
which Henry Ford would pay IL
million dollars a year to lease. The
wall is the nearly finished part of the
dam on the island. On either side of
the false work, carry several railroad
tracks, is ready for carrying the dam
acros both arms of the river. AS it
stands nov the dam blocks navigation
in the Tennessee River, which is ca
pable of navigation for 400 miles
above the dam.
The two nitrate plants were plan
ned to derive their power from the
dam. The two plants cover 5000
acres and each plant is to have a ca
of ITO million tons of nitrate
annually.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON sent a committee to investi-
gate the Muscle Shoals plant and it
reported that the Government should
finish it as a ource of supply for
cheap nitrates for farmers. Other in
terests are urging its completion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1922-03-03
SHOULD REDUCE INSURANCE
Grove Rates Fifty Per Cent
Above Other Towns

The stock insurance companies have
been soaking property owners in Penns
Grove for years. The rates have been
lacked up several times during the
past twenty-five years by the stock
companies, until they are fifty per
cent higher than those charged to
house owners in neighboring towns,
so were informed. Every flimsy eX-
cuse has been used to make higher
rates.
Penns Grove has been called a
Powder Town." and the inference is
drawn that the DUPONT powder mills
were underneath, ready to blow it up
any time. The fact is, the powder
mills were two miles southwark with
a meadow of soft earth between to
the depth of 400 feet. Smokeless
powder goes up with a puff and never
makes a jar. Penns Grove is more
Jared with an explosion on the
Brandywine rocks back of Whining
ton, four miles away.
However, the Powder Works are a
thing of the past and so small al not
to be taken into consideration.
When our water mains were laid
and hydrants paid for for pressure of
fifty pounds to the square inch was to
be given to throw a stream over the
highest building and be sufficient for
fire protection, to keep down the rates
of insurance, but it did not last long
with the stock insurance companies
who found other excuses.
Next a chemical engine was bought
and a small pumper. Then it was said
tho Er.apoop Nra1.a M nOO1
Well, the Mayor and Council have
spent about 100000 for a Borough
Hall, with firemen's conveniences, the
best pumping engine possible and
spruced up the same men in natty
suits which make a better showing on
dress parade, but no better fire fight
ers. This will cost to maintain about
$4,000 a year.
A dress parade was made with the
new pumping engine and firemen. 1t
was shown that Penns Grove could
make the best and largest showing
with neighboring towns. This was
done on the reports that it would
give greater protection to the proper
ties. The citizens believe it, but do
the officials of insurance companies
believe it?
1t is time to show them they should
believe it by reducing rates of insur-
ance on buildings after the expendi-
lures of so much money.
The companies which do not reduce
should not be used by the property
owners. The agents who work for it
should get no business from property
owners.
The time has come for stock insur-
ance companies to stop grating Penns
Grove house owners.
The Penn's Grove record., 1922-03-03
FREMoNT'S
To California Gold Fields
Prize Winning Essay By Blanche
Stack, at Lafayette School


John C. Fremont was one of the
best explorers who broke the path
across the plains, deserts and noun
tains to the Pacific Ocean. He was
the first Senator from the State of
California. He received his education
at Charleston College where he show
ed a liking for mathematics.
Through his work in missions, he
became deeply interested in the far
west.
Fremont was a man who was al
ways thinking of explorations and
settlements in the land far beyond the
Mississippi river. About this time
Fremont married the daughter of Sen
ator Thomas F. Benton, of Missouri.
Benton was more than glad to help
his s~on-in-law to realize his great
ambition, so he took this matter up
with the government.
Before twelve months Fremont was
in charge on an expedition and was
ordered to explore the country be-
tween the Missouri River and the
Rockies. This was his first expedi-
ton.
Fremont then followed up the
Platte River and journeyed through
the South Pass of the Rockies. There
he planted a flag On which was painted
a grizzly bear, and the words Cali
fornia Republic" on a towering peak
in Wyoming, which nov bears his
name.
The next year he went out again;
this time to explore the central route
to the Pacific. For several months he
and his band wandered in the great
west. There they visited the Oregon
country and crossed the Sierra Ne
vadas. They suffered much from
snow going through the mountains;
they were troubled by the lack of
food; for several days the thermome-
ter was 35 degrees below zero. They
almost starved before they reached
the white settlement. Fremont again
reached his home in Independence
Missouri safely; he had travelled on
horseback for more than 5000 miles.
Fremont was not yet satisfied, so
he made his third trip to the West.
This time he reached California with
ease. AS Fremont was in Mexican
territory, he asked permission to ex-
plore. His purpose was to find the
shortest route across the country to
the Pacific Ocean.
Fremont made sure that California
would be secure for the Union. Two
years later gold was discovered by
Fremont on Suffers land, and the
great rush to California began.
Fremont's work during this time in
California in locating the trails
through the great mountains of the
west won for him the name of "The
Pathfinder"
The Penn's Grove record., 1922-03-03
No Fermented Wine For Religion

The Jewish Rabinnical Assembly,
at New York City, unanimously re-
solved to recommend the exclusive use
of unfermented wine for all religious
purposes. These spiritual leaders of
the Reformed Jews agreed with their
most celebrated authority, Professor
Ginsburg, Talmud Instructor, Jewish
Theological Seminary, that a miscon-
ception of the Jewish ceremonial law
is responsible for use in Jewish religi-
Gus observances heretofore of wine of
the fermented kind. Action was taken
to publish these conclusions, and to
induce the Orthodox Churches to
adopt a similar ruling.
Rev. Joseph Krauskopf made a
strong statement on this subject. lie
says: "Violation of the (Volstead)
law has invaded also the synagogue.
Custom sanctions the use of wine fol
ushering in the Sabbath, for the pass
over Service, for grace at meals, fol-
the marriage ceremony, and for Other
festive occasions. The custom, how
ever, which for the most part, is OBJ
served by the orthodox alone, does
not obligate the use of fermented
wine, anu lOI CdlIylhS q iNsA~
tive business, certain inscriptions
Rabbits obtain it ~professedly fol
ritual purposes, but in reality to dis
pose of it, ten gallons q year for fam
lily, frequently among families who
never observe wine-requiring eere-
monies, who never have heard OF
them, at times, even among non-Jews.
So scandalous has become this unlaw-
full, undigniied practice, that the
| Central Conference of American Rab-
bis, adopted a resolution strongly con
demning the practice, and pledging
not to grant permits for obtaining