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" 8tH uHu TS consequences tHdt makes kiM
the man to sit in sentence on the pon,aa,
pho S tried for their mutual tyoasores.
sion, a. . Voluntory scapegoot to save
her good name from tho yesulfs Of a 0irlisA
cscapode. Bessie Coilister, a peasant girl,
Is crude, out good. looking IN q coarse.
grained scov. Little does Stopell thimk,
Uten he takes the blame Of .calking owt
,cith her outside school ho1rs and school
bounds to sdce her from her brutal step-
father and to save h1 chWm. oko has
really been guilty, from punishmenf, that
Bessie's crrina, whicA starts 50 young, IL
TO effect directly his opn happiness and
his future great love for beautiful and
areathedrtcd Fenello .Staslsy. The priw.
cipal of the school asks the BOY .oho lad
been guilty Of this breach Of disciplixs omd
maybe of morals to rise and oomfess, Pro.
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he sat at the desk end wrote D
for old Willie 10 take bach.
10 the principal at King Wtlliae1'
there was only one line In IL: M
"Send him home---Stowell."
After that--Janet was ready to o.
on the Holy Book TO it---hs rong4
looked up into the "Stfangar'sv
and said In q low voice that woo
that OF Q prayer: VI
"It's all right, Ysobsi--it 10 wsl(s'
To b continued toasssrov &
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nded to the French governess her Axed
resolve to ''marry to . girl" not
boy. when her time came to take hus.
band.
The effect On Victor was Of another
kind but no less serious. 1t was re.
marked that the visit Of little Tenslla
Stanley had In some mysterious way
banished his invisible playmate. Sadie
was dsad-stons dead and buried. No
more was ever heard Of her, and Mrs.
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Ouspoken Moving Author Of
Me-

VfcT0R sT0WELL Ae.d:sm fine the tsmiy of
the Isle OF Man.
enough, he
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anjualy struck
S;,rro remosuv oric the Deemster
himself for shame mast resign hs pnpahp And hee
ths continues
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notice Of the Governors winsome
daughter than II she had been q crow.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
pARD0N.F FOR
/. HARRY ORCHARD
|daho Officials Head Petition
Asking His Release.

Officials and ex-officials of the
state of Idaho have. headed a petit
tion to the state pardon board to
free Harry Orchard, private. detec-
tive, stool pigeon and self-confessed
slayer of Governor Steuenberg in
1905.
These were the times of bull pens
for Idaho unionists, who were de-
manding better working conditions
in the mines. ..:
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone OF
the old Western Federation Of
Miners were actually kidnapped in
Denver and carried into idaho by
officers Of the law and there placed
Fon trial for completely in the kill
ing Of Steuenberg. The kidnap-
ing aroused labor. The three men
were acquitted. Orchard, a private
detective, confessed that he killed
the governor and was sentenced to
life imprisonment. The trial re-
yealed thAt Orchard has a long rec
ord as stool pigeon and spy. Now
1daho'S ''bcst citizens: want him
pardoned. ~, '-..' -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02

tnat such claims are advanced by
false witnesses. il ~ ~ IS IS
Whether the editorial writer's of
the New Republic are Intentionally
false Witnesses or unintentiQnally SO,
Of course the writer is ssincOmpe
to pass judgment. and. moreover,
the Good Book says, Judge not that
We be not Judged = 3.2 - ,s b; y
Let us ,reiterate, for it's. true, and
must necessarily be iterated and re-.
.iterated until the truth ofsfhe matter
is universally recognized and the
evil remedied, that according to the
highest authority In the land, the
Interstate Commerce commission, the
clear net proflts OF the railroads of
the United States during the four
years beginning January. 4 191 s. and
ending December 81. 1919, was not
less than $5,6S2,s44,s76. every dol-
lar OF which was absorbed. by the
owners Of the capital Invested, name
~. those who owned the stocks and
the bonds. ss.s q, ':s#5 s53
And moreover. there ISM room for
the shadow Of a doubt thai the actual
profits we're many tha,Ise pds Of mill.
lions more than these official reports
indicate. Much other pi bit is ap-
rarently dispo posed OF under the guise
OF expense. &
sss For illustrat ton 8: Included ia the
operating expenses Tor one year
l1s19) some ething in sexcessl sof one
Billion and 81 lIiil lion dollars ap-
pears III haYe been nd out Tor are,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
new YORK union
LABOR TO START
=. BIG STATE BANK
First Steps Taken to Organize
Federation Trust Company. s..

A bank to carry the title of Fed
Grafton Trust company of New York
with a proposed capital of $1,O00,000
and surplus Of $1,000,0O0, has been
launched by the financial officers Of
various New York trades unions.
About $150,000 for stock was sub
scribed or pledged on the spot by
union organizations and individuals
toward the first labor, operated and
controlled banking institution in
New Yark city.
WaltO F. <McCaleb has been
named as president and general
manager of the Federation Trust
co. He has rendered his resignation
as vice president and general man
ager Of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers Bank of Cleveland,
o.. and already is actively engaged
in the preliminary work of orga n IL
ing the new metropolitan institution.
Application for a charter for the
Labor bank has been filed at Albany
with George B. Mclaughlin, state
superintendent Of bank ste1 .7.lE
Brady, chairman Of the banking
committee of the. New York State
Federation of Labor, announced that
immediate and favorable action on
the application has been practically
assured the committees in charge
Of the organization of the bank. Jan.
8 Is the expected date of the open
ing, and % legal days must elapse
between the filing of the applica-
ton and the starting Of new bank
in New York state.
Mr.. McCaleb declared at the meet
ing that "Some of the evils of the
world could be done away with by
the people taking hold of the instru-
mentalities that - have to do with
credit. A few men control the credits
Of the entire country and a. score
of bankers in New York control the
railroads of the country. You have
no right to kick so long as you per-
NIT the Wall Street interests to DOM
mate. you iu this manner. One doesn't
have to spring from the thigh OF
Genus to be able to rum a bank.
1T is the small handful of money
concentrated in the control Of bank
stocks" concluded Mr.. McCaleb
that absolutely fixes the control OF
the liquid credits in the country, and
the control of liquid credits controls
the economic destiny of the coun-
try"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
BIZ 5LEyI. sTEyENs I: :LEWIs

=
In it's issue Of March "a, 1921, the
New Republic said edftorially: 1.-THE
railroad system, as now organized
and operated, appears unable to earn
enough money to guarantee. to its
employees their existing standard of
living and to return an adequate rate
of intefest on their capital"
: Two weeks later. April 13, T9s1,
it repeated the, same error thus: 1T
is generally admitted that the net
return on. the national, railway in
vcstment are Inadequate and again,
current railway earnings are inade-
quate to take proper care OF. the
capital now invested in railway In
dustry."". ~ = q .ss.ss.s.s d. sSssg "A /
1t is difficult..to believe that such
intelligent. writer's as the editorial
writer's OF the New Republic could
fnnocentIy give cdrreney TO such
gross misinfo orma ton. a.
Il Is not generally adritted, by
any means, that Railway profit is
inadequate to. pay most exhorbi-
tant profitqto all the labor. nd ..all
the capitaI now invested Ii raifwny
Industry y
WheN the yriter penned the eeiI-
tences quoted above there was then,
| and there is now. overwhelmingE Eevi-
Idence to the, contrary. 800
| 1t is true enough that such claims
lare voiced by the New Republic are
ADVANCED most persistently in the
mn = u u p e. nrs,i liz frian
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IS HOW AMAZING RAILROAD PROFITS ARE CONCEALED By TERNoLoeY

pairs to locomotives, cars andS mis-
scellaneous, equipment" That amount
Is more than sufficient to construct
5000 miles Of first class line Of rail
way, including + u p to- date equip
sment, or, stated otherwise, a Inc
reaching from Portland, Maine, TO
Portland, Oregon, with hundreds Of
Millions to spare. Sc :.
About 125 millions appear also to
have been paid out the same year
for depreciation Of property. The
fact that railroad property, like all
other property. depreciates, requires
no argument to sustain. but to whom
were these SCORES of millions paid q
There is no satisfactory ansWer@to
this query in the official reportssof
income and expenditures. But these
millions Of n0pey were deducted
from the transportation income and
figures that report the wages paid
totaled up. in the same columns of
to the track walkers or the sums
paid for postage, or pFinting, or sta
Etionery, or what not. But to whom
wassit all pal And where is it all
now sss= 5s5S! !tEs
four property. gentle reader, and
mine & certainly depreciates in value
but we don't hand out any money to
any person OF persons to Insure US
Eagainst this ,lnayoida able wear and
tear h.
Tie operating expenses we're fur-
sfherEauRnlenfed some mi illi iohS more
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
syrup TRUST IS
UNDER SCRUTINY
Federal Trade Commission to
Turn Search|Ight Upon Il.

Alleged monopoly by the Corn
Products Refining company in the
table syrup industry is under inves-
tigation by the Federal. Trade COM
mission. A preliminary inquiry has
been conducted by the commission
upon the subject Of guarantee against
decline in price in the corn prod
ucts industry. A six months guaran4
tee given by the Corn Products Re-
filming company on table syrups for
the past year Is alleged as the meth
cd used for eliminating competi-
ton; the Corn Products company be-
ing able, by reason Of large finan-
cial s,resourceA to manipulate the
price of its syrup regardless OF the
market price Of maize, tire prfnci-
pal raw material, and has in certain
instances paid more than $1,OO0.-
0Q0' per annum to make good its
outstandi guarantees against de-
cline in price. .,," t. !
~ISmaller concerns cannot success
fully compete against such expendi-
lures of. millions to hold markets,
Corn Products has a capital stock OF
$S0,000,000.,, It's total maize grind
ing capacity is <45,O00.Oo0 bushels
per annum. Its nearest comhetitor
srinds 9,000,o0O' bushels. Of maize q
year. 1 = 9s Il h
The commission has reason to be-
lieve that the price guarantees OF
Corn Products Refining company
I eoI
! petition and has issued a forma
Ecomp'aint requiring IN an1wer ii
thirty days. < B. n, t .s,.l 81,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02

Cheap G Wage Advocates 10 Open
immigration Gates.

4 The immigration law should. be
changed soSthe number~of worthy
applicants for citizenship" could be:
increased d,s accoriing to j., M aEarkin.
OF thes Bethlehem steel corporation.
speaking before the national person,
mel = convention IN Pittsburgh.
Later IN his talk i Mr. e 4 lIa rkin u1,-'
scautlouslys revealed that he is less
Interested IN worthy applicants for
: cltlzenship l~Es than IN changing the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
FRANCE ! II { / DEFEATS /: !: / ]. IFS
W0k(AAsuFfRAeE
By Narrow Majority Senators
Throw 0ut Measure. =
. Ag.... ..I. :, - ~. -

The hopes which were cherished
by the French women that theSvote
would at last be accorded by the
senate were mot fulfilled. Ncverthe-
less it was only by a marrow ma
jority, the voting being 156. against
134, that the senator's decided not
to proceed to the consideration of
the articles of the bill. There has
been a long, general discussion on
the question, but it may be declared
that, not vote on the merits of Shc
project but only on the procedure;
has been taken. (. ~sa~<
~ There is<r nothing thenf@to preveat
the .reintroduction of "a similar meas
ure at an early date. The opposition
in the senate may however, be hard
er to overcome than is supposed by
the enthusiastic woman suffragie;s. s.
The following anecode, which is au-
thentic, illustrates; the: point. A SER
ator in conversation expresses him
self as n feminist. Then you vii!
vote for the bill?'' he was asked.
Certainly" he replied. .s""Do you
think you will win % he. was ques-
toned, "I sincerely hope not" he
replied, 'else would nto be voting
for the bill" :.
This really serves to convey the
character Of, much Of the support
which the bill, pas ;ed by the Cham
ber of Deputies years ago, obtains in
the senate, and this kind sof support
is nearly as bad as downright OPP
position. @$,zs:s II s$a'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
.W|AIc|'E|S|L|ASH|!NG ! { |: S |. D !
SEEMS ToHAvE
ended i: FOR N0y
-
Labor Department Reports
Trend Of Pay Is Upward.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 30.-The
trend of wages is again upward. The
wage cutting efforts of reactionaries
have failed. The U. s. department of
labor reports this week that in 81 of
43 industries considered. in monthly
reports there were changes in wage
schedules. all Of which were increases
in wages, except in one plant in each
in the automobile, BRICK. and mems
clothing industries. The foundry and
machine shop industry reported in
creases in. 20 esta ablishments. iron
and steel 20, brick Is, leather, Is.
glass II, cigar making II, furniture
10, hardware g., and silk 9. The, in
creases reported in the several in
.dustries ranged from per cent to
20 per cent. with one agriculture i'm
plement establishment reporting an
Increase of % per cent.
The department of labor also re-
ports that earnings are increasing in
practically every industry. Those
earnings in October as compared
with September are, flour, tobacco,
chewing and smoking: pianos, glass,
automobiles, leather; Istoves, hosiery
and knit goods, carpets, carriages
and wagons, silk, iron and steel, elec-
trical machinery, apparatus and sup
plies, paper and pulp shirts and
collars, furniture, lum her, mill work.
foundry and machine shops, agricul-
tural implements, women's clothing,
hardware, stamped ware, paper box
es, printing. newspapers wooden
manufacturing, cotton, finishing,
lumber, sawnlills. chemicals, brick.
The industries showing decreases
I'm per capita earnings in October as
compared with September are, bak-
ing, car building and repairing,
printing, book and job shipbuild-
ing, slaughtering and meat packing,
boots and shoes, tobacco: cigars and
cigarettes. autom obile:. tires. petro-
leum, cotton manufacturing, millin-
cry and lace goods, fertilizers, mems
clothing, pottery. -. -.
These decreases in per capita
earnings are practically all in. sea-
sQpal Industries which in October
reached their off season. The ex-
ception is in the. pottery industry.
whcih: is tied up with d strike.
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by no other word or words: just. re-,
! tirements os. locomotives, cars, etc.
This mean, OF course, just so much:
expenditure for1..junked" property.
/ But whena locomotive for instance.
that originally cost $4,000 or $20,-:
900 is worn outsand reduced to scrap
iron. lis it the practice to pay some
one the original price OF the machine,
We don't know Who does? i ss@s
+ d, Let us turn now to the Con.
densed Balance Sheet as reported.
for the calendar year 1919, the latest
report accessible to the public. Here:
we find the total assets ofsall roads,
in the United States is reported TO
be just $27 so O6.6z9.14 And the liza.
bilitiesa to offset these assets may be
stated briefly thus: s35.@ .85=s
Capital invested (stocks and bonds
otherwise described as. long term
debts..'0 $40, ,d08,339,395.
All other liza bilities, $7.498, 1913, 709.3
Total liabilities, $27, ,104
Included in these. liabilities other
than the capital invested the stock
and long term debts), which Is, Of
course, so much assets to- the indi-
yidual, stock and bond holder is
something in excess of four billions
and 290 million do HAIRS reported as
corporate surplus. 81 and '.unad JUST
ed cree its wllich being interpreted,
means, Of course, just so much more
undivided profit And here we have
ther fund held s,oyer as SO much
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
textile STRIKE SWAYED
RHODE ISLAND ELECTION

Striking textile workers of Rhode
Island carried their fight onto the
political field, and the feudalism Of
textile barons was dealt two bard
blows by the increased demand Tor
the passage, of a 4S-hour week law
and the abolition of the property
qualification for voters.
In Rhode Island voter must own
property and. pay taxes before he
can vote for any officer who super
vises the expenditure Of money. The
mill barons have given~all power to
the senate, which has proven a, bar
rier to progress. Other gains secured
at the. election include the direct
election of Judges, increasing the
powers of the governor and prohibi-
ing working by women and children
at night. Women supported the at
tack on property qualifications.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02

In a series OF articles written for
The Labor World by Robert G.. Bell,
formerly special assistant to the at
torney general, in, charge of with
drawn oil lands in Wyoming, he has
shown that Secretary Fall was in
formed that his excuse of drainage
was without foundatino.
This week Mr.. Bell discusses the
secrecy with which the deal was af-
fected and the failure to provide for
competitive bidding in the opening
up of the Wyoming oil lands: He
states the following: :,
apparently it is admitted that
there was no competitive bidding;
but, it is asserted that "three or four
other companies" (all that were con-
sidered sufficiently equipped to
carry out the required conditions)
were called in and offered an op-
portunity' to bid: To our knowledge
the names Of these 'three or four
other companies" have not been an
nounced, and<we wonder if they are
members of the Standard group.
IL 4S IL uC LlldL IIl0 COlll"
panies have a practical monopoly of
every branch Of the oil industry in
this country and are able to meet
large obligations, but we are inform
cd this great field was leased to the
Mamm 9th Oil Co.. a.concern recently
organized by Sinclair and associates.
Surely there are responsible inde-
pendent companies as able to carry
out the, conditions required in the
lease as this new company. even
though it does have the support OF
Standard Oil interests
1.-The lease provides fora pipe line
from the field to some point near
Kansas City, Mo-, where it would
connect with the Mid Continent lines
to the east, which would proba bly,
cost $15,ooo,o0D; and undoubtedly II
is this aprovision that is supposed to
disqualify all companies except thu
"three or four" :"
I'm our opinion: this proposition
is condition ostensibly imposed te
eliminate numerous responsible bid
ders. and unfairly to favor certain
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
LABOR R|'IE||::Jo||ICE|:;S {
!. over DEFEAT D ] OF
Cove ERNOR allen
Kansas Election Pronounces
Doom Of Industrial Court,

A jollification parade in Topeka
following. definite information that
the industrial court law had been
'repudiated at the polls by the, cleo
tion of Jonathan Davis as governor
was a hearse depicting the death
of the Kansas industrial court. The
hearse bore "a sign reading:~ 4
Kansas; Industrial Court. 80" ,
Wanted - Grave .Diggers. Apply
Henry. and Me. .ssa--. =. .s =. b..
A. team drawing wagon loaded
with farm implements was next In
line. 1t carried a sign reading: "A
farmer came to town. Governor
elect Davis is a dirt farmer.
The parade was followed by a
mass meeting at the city auditorium.
Speakers devoted ) their, remarks
mainly to attacks on the industrial
court and Gov. Henry Allen. X =.
There is much: to indicated that
the results of the election already
have impaired the efficiency Of the
industrial court. Attorney General
Hopkins has refused to participate
in the trial of William Allen White,
publisher Of the. Emporia Gazette,
who had displayed in his newspaper
office window. placards expressing
his sympathy with the striking rail-
road shopm en-. in violation of an or
der of the industrial court that these
placards be removed. White defied
the order so: as to bring on test
case. He was. arrested, and his case
after being much continued several
times, is to be heard this month.
Governor Allen has stumped the
country with eulogies of his anti
strike court. His claims were, to the
effect that the people of Kansas
were friends Of his court, and that
it's only opposition came from a few
radicals in the labor unions. But
Allen is reversed by the election Of
Nov. Z. - ..,s -.st.&I,. I'D
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-12-02
ACTION | | | And Il D. NOT |
TALK R|EIUQE:ST )! | |:
OF ROCK EFELLER | 1:
-. s. EI4- ~ = = - -. >
Miners Union Asks John D.
IT,; to Let Men. Organize.

John D. Rockefeller, jr., almost
weeps in sympathy for coal miners
OF. Somerset county; Pa. but refuses
to permit them to: do the one thing
that, would improve their conditions,
declares the United Mine Workers
Journal in a. scathing comment on
Rockefeller's recent expression of
sympathy for Pennsylvania miners
on strike at his. mines.
The editorial is headed "Rocke-
Teller Hypocrisy" and is straight.
from-the shoulder notice that the
coal miners will not accept Ssympa-
thy as a substitute for remedial ac-
tion.
- THE. one great institution in this
country that would and could i'm
prove conditions OF. these people is
barred by Rockefeller" says the la
Dor paper. = - =.
: He refuses to deal with the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America. He
hates labor unions with a.. bitterness
that sis we'll known: That's the rea-
son why his coal enmpany and his
other Interests srefuse toshave any.
thing to do with the mife-s' union.
) r! : The miners in Somerset county,
about whom Rockefeller appears to
sDe so deeply concerned, would join
the union If they, were not absolute
" prohibited from doing so.4 They
want the union to como to, thena.,
&. But: Rockefeller, while deplorine
the condition of these miners. offers
them nothing. His notorious. sRocke-
feiler Industrial rlan,' with which
he has experim ented for several
years in Colorado, has proven a fail.
ure. Under that plan. the employe
is as tightly tieds'to the employer. as
he would be ina place like Alaba.
ma. Miners in the Rockefeller camps
Of Colorado have nothing to say
about wages or working conditions
They take what they get from the
company or they get out The Rock.
efeller industrial plan gives the EN-.
ployer final decision in all matters
affecting. his relations with his en-
ploye.. i. 81. ~. r.
~And that sis8 what Rockefeller or
fers as q substitute for the trade
union. 81 E j:.,.: - !
IF Rockefeller Isl really interest.
ed sin the welfare OF miners in Som.
erset county and; elsewhere he will
accord them the right of voluntary
organization.'' y S. ss,4 ,=&5$t.GGa IL