The labor world., 1922-02-25
ALL FOR KELLOGG, BUT!

ting the candidacy of Frank s..
logg for reelection to the United
tes senate. The Labor World alone
,oses Senator Kellogg. We refuse
be influenced by the fact that he
no more than his bOunden duty
assist in having the fire sufferers
northeastern Minnesota reimbursed
the railroad administration for the
scs they sustained in the great for
fire Of 1918.
'he matter OF assisting the fire
-- fcrcrs, big to each unfortunate
ibehoiAer, is infinitely small COM
ed WITH t-e millions Of relief voted
Senator Kellogg and his colleagues
the railroads of the United States
IN the peoples money to guaran'
them a fixed return on their
D- imed valuation, which includes 49,
100000 Of watercd stock. 1t is q
all matter compared with the
)O,O0O,OO0 gift asked by the roads,
ted for by Kellogg, still hanging
c in the house, and of late shown
be unnecessary by former secre-
-ry of the treasury w. &. McAdoo.
Senator Kellogg has been the faith
servant Of Plutocracy in the Unit.
States senate. His vote in favor CT
seating Of Senator Ncwberry OF
ichigan is still unexplained. His
lence on that vote is in keeping with
-s record of service. Several sena-
rs voted to scat Newberry under
.e las;, and against their personal
,nvictions. 1t was not necessary to
;e a. whip Oh Kellogg. He was fixed
fore he dreamed Of holding a seat
I, the senate.
- When the $500 100000 railroad
gift' was before the senate com.
ittee on interstate commerce Sena-
)r La Toilette moved that William
McAdoo, formc: railroad admins
'ator, and two labor men, Johnston
f the Machinists and Sheppard Of
lie Order Of Railroad Conductors, be
card on the measure. Kellogg voted
] shut them out. He was afraid Of
IcAdoo. He knew Johnston aud
'hcpparL would not help his case.
hey we're not heard, and McAdoo
,ass prevented from being heard un-
il Quite recently, and when he was
,ernitted to tell his story he dropped
load Of brick on the railroads from
which they have since been unable
; energs. He showed by document
ary Fenidence that the railroad ex-
,cutiyes were engaged in conspir-
.cySt ''pull the governments leg,
lnder one prctcnse or another, for
argc sums of money to which they
we're mot entitled. They haven't any
.ase, and none know it so well AS
senator Kellogg. He is willing to per-
nit the public treasury to be mulctcd
10 long as his old clients are the
He is not a true patriot
He is but a high class servant of
privilege.
The story of Senator Kellogg's
Implicitly in the Standard Oil case
tas never been generally told. If It
we're told. by publication Of state
vide circulation he couldn It be elect
ID pound master in any village of
Minnesota. 1t was he who led the
Iupreme court to distinguish between
ordinary restraint Of trade and Gun
lue" restraint of trade, something It
rad previously refused to do. Kel-
ogg won two verdicts by that ruling.
He won. a verdict for the United
States government against the Stand
lrd Oil company which had used Gun
lue" methods in crushing its COM
)etitors, and he won verdict for the
United States Steel corporation
which had only used "due' methods.
The principle of restraint was the
'ame, but Kellogg who was attorney
'or both the government and United
States Steel, with an eye single 10
he interests of both clients, made ii
'ase that separated Standard Oil into
IS different companies and saved the
Steel Trust. The supreme court in the
Standard Oil ease, through the lead
given it. by Kellogg, did something
Congress had refused to do. 1t made
Z restraint of trade' lawful accord.
ng to the degree Of restraint. 1t
egalized scientific monopoly. AMI
the ''rough-stuff.'' Stand
lrd Oil has since abandoned it's
rough-and.tumble,' method of fight.
ng. It has adopted scientific meth
IDS, but the "dear people, are still
'obbed by it and other monopolies
0 the same old tune.
and there will be no relief to the