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The labor world., 1922-12-02

beneficisrics of the bill permit the
people to keep only $3.50, 100000 year
as governmental revenue.
1t is easy to understand, then, how
these profiteeTs,. with the prospect u
grabbing $3,eoo,ooo,ooo a year for
themselves could marshal sand maneu-
vcr enough political and financial in
fluence to sway congressman and con-
gressional committees. They expected
and got i'll the form Of protection -
repayment Of their. contributions to
Republican campaign funds.
The shipping trust and-certain rail-
roads are interested in the. ship bonus
bill. It is their measure. They are pre-
tending that it is recipe, for the crc-
alton of all American merchant ma
rine just as the .profiteers pretended
that the tariff is a guaranty Of ''na-
tional prosperity" Has the shipping
monopoly any hops Of rewards (at. the
expense Of the taxpayers) in return
for favors to the Republican partyg
Why the eagerness and haste to
pass the ship bonus bill? 81
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OUT OF WORK 100 DAYS !.

Speaking before the American
mining congress, J. G. Bradley, for
mer president of. the national coal
associa tion,. terrified his; audience by
the alleged losses to miners, coal
owners and the public because Of the
coal strike. =
. According to Mr.. Bradley the loss
in. wages. as, estimated by the Amer
loan EDUCATIONAL association, is $780,
100000. o. -
These figures would be approxi-
mately correct if the miner worked
500 days year. but this he never
does Even in years when he is
locked out between three and four
months in the year. The industry,
rather. than the employer, is re-
1ponsible for this. lock out because
there are too many mines operating
for the demand. This necessitates
layoffs, which vary in, differentssec-
tions. but rarely does the miner ex-
ceed 200 working days a year.
No statistics. on wage losses be-
cause of coal strikes have any value
II not based on the fact that every
miner In the United States is idle
between. three and four months an
,nually. The only difference between
this situation and a.. general strike
is that in the latter case the idle
ness all occurs at the same time,
while in the former case it is spread
throughout the year. ~ II: Il: i. r.. b.. &
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DOLLAR WAGE KEPT up

Wall street continues to demand
that wages of workers be deflatedl
But the wagesfof the dollar con-
tinue skyward. IF: - = :.
There is no wage deflatio1k for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Is for Those
who risk their lives and their health
that the invested dollar may be re-
'warded-that it may secure "fair
return" AS result,;Wall street has.
just witnessed an orgy of melon cut
tings and profit divisions that are
>unequalled,, and more are promised.
The Standard oil: groups take the
lead in dividing the spoils, and the
reason for 2S-cent and 30-cent gaso-
line is shown; in the 400, per cent
stock dividend by Standard oil Of
New Jersey. The capitalization. Of
this company has been increased six
fold. 49,. ia. II .t,,s. -
Other corporations have ANNOUNCE
ed stock dividends and Walr street
Is wild with joy-but- not too wild.
however, for the hard-boiled profit
takers to always insists; that labor
must be Debated"
The reason for the melon cuttings
is to escape a. federal law which pro.
vides a IS per cent tax on undis.
tributed earnings. Under the l6w
these profits must be divided before
March I next or the government
may seize one-quartez Of them. :.z.
The melon cuttings lis expected, to
reach it's peak soon after the first
Of the year. and cease March 1, the
time limit fixed by law for the dis
tribution Of 1921 profits. y.
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READ: THEM. and WEEP:

Mr.. Johnson of South Dakota: To
me the passage of this ship subsidy
bill! is a. revival Of the famous cost
plus system originated by Mr.. Ba-
ker when he was secretary Of war,
under which we wasted so much
money in the construction of cam
.torments and in other governmental
expenditures.-Congressional Record.
Senator CaraWa.': Even Senator
Newberry-the man who paid the
highest price for seat that ever
a seat in the senate b. ught-had
the good taste TO say, when repu~
dated by the people of Michigan by
the rejection of his colleague, who
had supported his contention. that
he had been repudiated by the peo-
pie and that he ought not to par
:ticipate longer in the NAL -ng of
Legislation y hen Lis people did not
want him to do it, and he resigned.
Representative. Cochran: The gen.
,tleman from, Ohio (Mr. Fess) says
he is in favor Of this measure be-
cause if the ships are to: be admin
.istered by government agency, that
would be in effect direct subsidy
to labor, and he wants to give the
subsidy in form where it will first
pass through the hands Of certain
gentlemen who will take care that
it all remains in the hands of those
who first touch it.-Congressional
Record.
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THE:ENO ii OF MARITAL Law:

Gov. Morgan of West Virginia has
ended martial law in Mingo county
after that county is "broke" and
large sums have been drawn from
the state treasury. The union miners
in their tent colony are as deter
mined as ever.
.. The public press made no COM
ment on the governors proclama-
ton, which ended martial law.
When martial law was established,
the press treated it in the most SEN
sational manner possible.
/ The, reason for this changed at
titude, says the West Virginia Fed
eratinoist, lis because the vicious
system has been repudiated by the
courts of that coun+y-its work
thrown out of court, and there is
nothing left for It's sponsors to do
but silently fold up their tents and
sneak. out like 4 thief in the night.
So ends another disgraceful chapter
in West Virginia's government by
the coal owners"
While martial law was operating
in Mingo county that section was in
the hands of anarchists who wye
paid by the state and who denied
constitutional rights to citizens Of
West Virginia. Large numbers OF
workers were thrown in Jail on
faxed charges. which the courts re-
fused to sustain.
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T.. BY GEORGE w. PERKINS
President Cigar Makers Intcrna..
ID. -. tfOnal Union.

A terrific waste in industry is in
/ disputable. Doctfinaries, 1aymen, and
many others. while admitting this
differ as to what Is wastage. Hand
Or brain wealth producers are each
entitled to a just and equitable share
Of the wealth they> produce. The
workers are entitled to wages that
will give them decent and COM
Portable living such as would en-
brace comfortable clothes, proper
nutritious food, a good home, books,
travel, art, music, amusement, and
an amount to take; care of them dur
ing the lean years associated with
old age. .-E - <.
Waste is not the paramount issue,
is not the greatest drawback to q!
proper system of production and dis
tribution. Profiteering is it's partner
in crime and is the greatest con-
tributing force to unrest, discomfort.
and a condition bordering on pow
erty for the great mass of the peo-
pie. For the good\of mankind, civ
i,ization, and the perpetuity of our
institutions both should be elimin-
ated.
Cooperation and coordination on
the part of all concerned can bring
about a more just. and equitable sys-
tenn than now exists. During the
world war our country as well as
all others showed what cooperation
and coordination could do in the
matter of production and distribu-
ton. Despite the terrific call made
upon. industry, we. through co-ordi-
nation were able to and did success
fully meet all demands. During that
period there: was no shortage of coal,
of trains, of :foodstuffs, munitions, or
other necessary things to maintain
those in the trenches as we'll as those
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AGAINST THIRD PARTY i
BY j. M. BAER.
The Ex- Congressman Cartoonist

The Ex- Congressman Cartoonist.
The recent political successes Of
the workers and farmers in the pri-
maries have convinced many pro-
gressives, liberals and radicals alike
that practical results can be obtain
ed through; the present parties. II
justifies progressive non-partisan po-
litical action.
Every worker and farmer knows
that'a Democrat like Huddleson will
represent their interests just q we'll
as a Republican like La Toilette. II
makes no difference whether his
party emblem is an elephant or q
donkey. Both get results for the
producers and if there were majori-
ties made up of such men in both
parties, congress would be truly rep
resentative of a great majority of
the people of the nation
Sane progressives know that the
various groups of liberals and rad
icals could not unite on five planks
in new party platfrom. They also
know that even if they did, the Big
Business interests could split them
up on a dozen other immaterial but
prejudicia1 issues.
But those in favor of third party
will point to the farmer-labor move
ment in Minnesota which elected
Senator-elect Shipstead. and say,
"See!"The leaders Of the non-parti-
san movement in Minnesota, how
ever, are opposed to a national third
party at this time. They know it. is
not practical. A third party could
not even get on the ballot in many
states in 1924.
Thirty per cent Of the people are
blindly partisan. They vote, accord
ing to the tide for either Democrat
lor Republican. =.
The great" majority I'm both par
ties is XprOgressive: When these. pro.
gressive forces take: hold of the two
old parties-the reactionaries in both
Of them will .ombine. The old guard
politicians would like, to have the
progressives. spii: UP their forces by
forming a, new party. Let the reac-
tionaries form the third party.
l. In North Dakota there are no
longer party lines. The: progressives
in both parties have. joined in the
League movement and elected Sena-
or-elect Lynn J. Frazier on the Re-
publican ticket. The reactionary Re-
publicans: voted for O'Connor on the
Democratic ticket 1T is an ideal sit
uation when the conservatives are
on one side and the progressives are
on the other.
When third party obtains con-
troll Of a government the two old
parties form a coalition and throw
it out of power before it has an op-
portunity to carry out. it's program
Thus the bi-party system makes for
a more stagle government. If one
party sincerely attempts to carry
out this mandate of the people its
chances are good to stay in power
long enough at least to put into law
genuinely constructive. program.
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deficit Of the current fiscal year is
$500, 100000 and at the same time are
told that the administration is econo-
mizing and saving money, how can
these two statements be reconciled
except upon the theory that the peo-
pie do not think9
When congress reduces the taxes Of
the heaviest taxpayers, with no cor
responding reduction to the small tax
payers; when the senate condemns
the enormous expenditure Of money in
|1p senatorial campaign as dangerous
to the perpetuity of free govern
ment,' and then seats the benefi-
ciary; when the people are told that
promises made by Republican leaders
and speakers in the campaign Of 1920
have been kept, although practically
all of them have been broken; when
they are asked to accept adnlinistra-
tive failure as administrative success !;
when blundering and stupidity are
pointed to proudly as products Of the
best minds, what other theory could
be, advanced for such statements ex,
cept the one given by Senator Town
send that the people do not think9
Is it, not more probable that Sen
ator Townsend and the other reac-
tionary Republican leaders, facing the
past instead of the future, with all
their mental processes afro phied by
.reactionism, are the ones who do not
think? It would seem so in the light
of the late election.
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how TO CURE SICK lNDUsTRIAl system

att home. If we coulG do ali of this
in a frightful, destructive, deyastat-
ing war there is No good reason why
we should not do it in times Of peace,
and If we do not it will be to our
everlasting disgrace and regrets
which may come too late.
To serve the best interests Of the
living in this period Of rehabilita-.
tion deserves the best thought. at
tention, and actiontof all rieht-think-
ing men and women. We co-ordinat
ed inthe effort to kill and destroy,
let us now cooperate in, the effort 70
build up, and benefit the living.
= Waste in industry is by no means
due to the things used which we
could get along without. .sand should
not be measured from that stand
poidt. The paran cunt waste in indus
try is due to the turnover system,
mismanagement, false economy, and
obsolete methods Of production.
profiteering. excessive overhead
charges. and destruction of food Of
all kinds, that is relegated to the
garbage heap or left to rot on the
trees or decay in the ground. which
results in increasing the cost of the
article consumed by the public and
increasing the profit of the middle
men and retailers. The unnecessary
waste.in production and distribution
if saved would pay all city. state,
and federal taxes. plus enough to
reclaim acres and acres sof non-pro-
ductive desert land and desolate
swamps and turn them into produc-
tive land worth billions of dollars.
All Of this can be remedied by the
organization of the workers on the
one hand and the producers and dis
tributors on the other and less in :
reference by fussy, incompetent
boards and commission functioning
under government appointment and
control.
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PRIVATEERs AND PROFITEERs

What is the explanation Of Presi-
dent Harding's insistence on the pas
sage of the ship bonus bill, which
authorizes the sale Of the people IS
merchant marine for $4,000, 100000
less than its cost and the bestowal
Of $75o,o0o,oo0 in largesses on it's pur-
chasers?
The huckstering and hawking Of
political influences accompanying the
consideration and enactment Of the
profitcers' tariff bill is recent mem
ory. The powerful trusts and rnonopo-
lies which support the administration
machine had their lobbyists in the
corridors and committee rooms Of con-
gress for months. Combines that were
under Indictment for restraints Of
trade had their, paid deputies on hand
to get some of the protection ="
which was beinA sanctioned by the
bill. r ~ ..
No one-nor even an old guard Re-
| publican politician-will dare deny
that this activity Of lobbyists and at
torneys and "fixers'' cost a great
deal of money. No one-not even a
Republican congressman will content,
that these agents Of the big interests
were active in the. public behalf. 1t
is known to all Americans that the
primary and principal purpose Of the
Fordney- McCumber bill was to put
at the disposal of trusts and monopo.
lies and special interests the sovereign
powers Of the government so that they
might tax every man, woman and
child in the United States for their
own enrichment. - Z. e
The greed Of these trusts and mon
opolies and special interests and the
extent>of the taxing power which was
voted into their hands are illustratst!
by the official statements Of the treas
ury regarding the burden which the
tariff bill puts on the people and the
benefit it returns to their government.
The increase in the cost Of living due
/ to this profiteers tariff is estimated
even by its advocates at 50 1000, 900, 900
a year-$160 for every American fam.
| lily. OF that vast sum four times the
annual cost Of the whole government
i twenty years the profiteering
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DAUGHERTY MUST GO!

Impeachment proceedings against
Attorney General Daugherty are un-
der way. s<'- +
Daugherty's conduct has been suf-
ficienf to outrage the moral sense Of
America. = =
Daugherty has conducted the high
office Of attorney general on the level
Of the. office Of a cheap ward poll.
tician. .$-,.
Daugherty first of all appointed
Detective Burns to head Nhe secret
service forces. Burns was denounced
by former Attorney General Wicker
sham in a. report to President Taft
and on the strength Of that report
Taft pardoned a man convicted: by
Burns methods. Few men have been
more bitterly condemned than was
Burns in the Wickprsham report. Z
Daugherty wrote :thez Chicago Vim
junction denying free >sspeech;' free
press, free assemblage !: and other
rights. This infamous document ripped
the constitution to shreds. What's
the constitution between railroads
and their friends9 .>.. ~,
Daugherty pledged the power Of
his office to protect Ithe so-called
open shop. ~:
Daugherty stopped antitrust prose.
cutions. =. =
Daugherty stopped war fraud prose.
cutions. " y>,:a :, = "
F. Daugherty has been letting big
crooks and grafters get away with
their loot-and there never was such
enormous loot! -
Daugherty has been the most out.
rageously reactionary member Of a to.
tally reactionary administration.
Daugherty has made gestures OF
fairness to the people and has then
betrayed their interests. H.
Daugherty has been an afront to
America, a crude and impossible po-
litical ruffian. <.-. *,- Z .:..>, b.
Daugherty ought. to be: impeachedl
The labor world., 1922-12-02
TELEPHONE PROFITS JUMP.

Stockholders in larger telephone
companies need not worry about "a
living wage according to reports
to the interstate commerce cem4is-
siop.e It is stated that profits for last
+ August amounted to $10,177, 900,
compared with $s,4S6,00c for the
same month last year. #iz.=
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before the committee in favor Of the
bill nine represented the shipping
board, nine represented private ship
ping interests, and all others, with
possibly two or three exceptions, did
so at the instance Of the shipping
board or shipping interests, says the
| minority committee.
Subsidy opponents made such a
strong case against the bill that the
majority report Of the house COM
mittee, while .favoring the bill, makes
this acknowledgment:
"a permanent and healthy mer-
chant marine can never be established
merely by paying subsidies.''
The public is not aware of this
statement by the majority members
Of the house committee. The press,
which resents being referred to as
subsidized,' makes no mention Of
| this statement that strikes at the
foundation Of the subsidy principle.
Instead, newspapers are screeching
that healthy merchant marine is
not possible without a subsidy. ::
Another important fact concealed
from the public is that excepting
France none Of tho European mari
time nations subsidize their merchant
ships. England has not used the sub
sidy for 800 years. That country only
| pays for carrying mail as does the
United States. Japan is the second
maritime country that subsidies its
ships.
This information was published by
the shipping board in pamphlet that
was withdrawn when these facts
were discovered. What was intended
to aid the subsidy proved boomer
ang.
Not a single candidate dared adj
vdcate ship subsidy at the recent
election.
No mention was made Of ship SUBJ
sidy' in the platform Of either Of the
political parties at the last national
election. The dominant party's dec.
laration at that time for 4 merchant
marine is now used to-justify the sub
sidy bill.
:, This is the sort Of logic that would
defend highway robbery on the
ground that man must earn living.
The subsidy is vicious proposal.
No bill was ever presented to con-
gress that was backed by such incor-
rect statements, such hysteria and ex~
aggeration, such appeals for unstable
patriotism, such possibilities for loot
and such power to minor department
of government shipping board.
The bill should be-and will be
defeated.
Its one hope is in a congress that
has been repudiated by the people.
"THE PEOPLE DO NOT THINK.
The explanation of his defeat as
given by Senator Townsend, defender
and colleague Of Senator Newberry,
that the people do not think, has a
much wider application than to his
own case. It is the hypothesis upon
which Republican policies are form.
ulated, upon which the party spreads
it's propaganda and conducts its cam
paigns.
.All Of; the policies Of the Repub
lican party, economic, social and
moral, give evidence Of the underly.
ing belief of reactionary Republican
leaders that the people do not think
Upon no other predicate would it be
logical to ask the people to favor a
tariff bill which taxes them approx.
j mately $4,000, 100000 annually at q
time when the burdens Of taxation
and the increased cost Of living bear
50 heavily upon them.
When the people are told that The
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= ) =. !. ~ 2.
YES!

Phey were talking about dogs.
Well, said snaggs. Il think many
dogs have more. sense than their;
masters.
s.. y es, !" chimed IN lsraggs 81 have
= dog ike that mysel
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BURDEN. OF THE STRONG.
BY ROBERT WHITAKER.

Not the weak but the strong are the
burdens we BEAR;
We could carry: the feeble today,
And no one i!be broken with heart
ache and care,
If the strong would stand but of
the way. " =, -
We could satisfy all who have less
than they need, u.s.
If those who have more would
refrain;
Want is not the worlds problem
: the problem is greed,
For the .slums are the backyards
Of gain.
We prate of detectives" and scold
the "unfit,"
But the people who trouble us
-. most = -
Are the vaunted deficient" who
=. =, x think they are 1T,
! = And know not the things that
*'s they. boast. -.
The handsome folks live on the plain
4 folks, of course,
!. And the clever folks live on the
X : fools;
&nd the. people who work are for
!. S., ever the source &.
OF the waste and the riot that
rules. -.
You may double the tax on the COM
+. mon mans bread,
But the rich man must still have
/. his cake,
And the foolish, must: fill, up the
. trenches with dead ~
That the; wise folks may double
their stake. ~:
And when you have begsared the
a.. man who is down., --..
To-. The man is patriot still;
But alas for the flag, and alack for
z.e the: crown, Z. ey.r<s~ i. ..
When the, rich have to settle the
+ -, bill. ...t -. >,
No, it isn't the weakness Of those
..,. who, are weak .
= IdI 4udhCS CHO,E.VOAAu "ACeShSu
and wrong; II
We shall some day discover the
sinner we seek .'.G.,
In the self-centered greed of the
strong. ~>2.ss,f
-..:- -.- Oklahoma Leader,
One can enjoy scenery when one
is very hungry, but even the tints
fSthe Grand Canyon suggest broiled
him at such a time. n
Alfred H. Mcdonald of Indiana il
said to be the first American to &c
into action against the Germans n
(the World war.
The American soldier must l,e
able to swim at least SO We. .ds in Or
der to remain in the army OF occu.
patton in Germany. s A..
An American Legion post has been
organized in Harpoot, Asia Minor
by IS ex-service men. The unit Il
called the Garden OF Eden post. Nh
Denver has just about, the same
number Of telephones as Greece, Ru-
mania. Central sAmerica Luxem-
bonrg and Egypt cont bined