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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-11
THE: CHINESE. :1lE:up

: There is some food for optimists in
the recent report of the Chinese
seanen ''paralyzing': the shipping in
Shanghai and Honskong for: more
than two days at a lick. Had some
one suggested a strike among the
Oriehtals~ only a few short years
ago he would. have been promptly
told, 1T can't be done" That it
was: duly effected. at this time. is
shown by the fact that the sailing
OF the togo Kisen :Kaisha liner
'Taiyo Maru'' and the China Mail
liner China were. delayed for a
considerable: length. OF time, said to
be- on account! Of the shopowners'
refusal to- grant a. demand for
higher wages. :, A Few weeks ago
the Journal reported. that 81 per
cent increase Of wages was granted
the Japanese. seamen.. and we be-
'lieve that the present tie-up in
Shanghai is+probably due to the re-
,calcitrant methods Of the Japanese
shipowners In meeting this increase.
Truly, the; Brother of the Sea will
be sooner realized; by thorough or
ganization- of the men Of Asia. : .
! The Seamens' Journal.
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YOUR DUTY AkO Mine

I take no thought of my neighbour
birth - "
Nor the way he makes his prayer;
grant his a humans place on earth
If his game is on the square.
If he plays straight I'll: cali him
mate;
If he cheats I'll drop him flat.
All rank but worth is worn-eut
a.. lie,
For each clean man is as good as
And a, king is no more than that!
It isn't the job we intend to do;
Or the labor we've just began
That puts us right on the ledger
:. sheets;
It's the work we really have done
Our credit Is built on things we do
Our debts on things we shirk.
The man who totals the biggest plu.
Is the man who completes hi
work. =" J.
Good intentions do not pay our bills
It's easy enough to plan.
To wish is the play Of an idler, bu
To do is the job Of q man!
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.CoBBLER' FINDS $1,000: :.
!: !: IN TOE or: An 0tD SHOE:

: Frank ssville.va >cobler of Bayonnc,
IN. j.; early: this month found: $4,000
in large notes tucked away in the
toe: 81 q Shoe. according to: a dis;
patch TO tho New York Times. Just
as the shoemaker and his wife were
mentally purchasing. the chicken;
farm they aspired. to-, a Polish <wo-
man dashed into. the, shop claimed
the money and left a $40 bill as a
reward:
i, The shoe had been left for repair
a few. days before the cobbler dis
covered the boarded fortune. The
shoemaker explained to- the news
paper correspondent that he had
picked UP one of the boots-of the
,horgan ~type-but couldn't put 1t
over; the last. until e had dug out
what he thought was roll of green
paper: Later he discovered that
it. consisted Of one $1,000 note and
40 800 notes.
Excitement, a poor memory. and
worse English prevented Seville from
supplying the. name Of the Polish
ffnancier.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-11

President Gompers. IN the Feb
ruary number OF the American Fed
erationist, gives q. searching analysis
OF the ruling OF the interstate com.
merce commission declining to ac-
cede to the request of Henry Ford
to: reduce rates on shipments Of coal
over his railroad. $" 1870 ..!H
The philosophy Of our present
government Is almost beyond under
Standing declares Mr.. Gompers.
I'VE retain. our archaic anti-com-
bination laws in the hope Of pre-
venting the formation CT trusts, be-
cause it is held thu at the formation
Of trusts destroys the probability Of
competition. On the other hand
we maintain an interstate commerce
commission, one Of whose functions
Is to prevent effective competition.
THE commission has placed it.
self on record as occupying the posi-
t1on which from the outset 1t was
bound ultimately to occupy, as the
defender Of those railway systems
which are least efficient in the
transportation Of commodities. The
commission has declined to permit
the Detroit. Toledo and. Ironton
Railroad to reduce freight. rates ON
coal. The railroad is able and will.
ing to. transport: coal at a rate lower
than the one which now exists.
The present rate allows the COM
pany a profit which is larger than
the company desires to have.
1.-The commission does not deny
that the railroad can transport coal
at profit: at a. rate lower than the
rate now in effect but tt refuses to
permit a reduction in the rate on
the ground that II the Detroit; Tole-
do and Ironton' were. permitted to
reduce it's rate ON coal the. result
would be unfair to other railroads
which claim they can not make: a
profit at a: lower rate. Not only
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CONNECTICUT DAILY
PAPER BACKS UNIONS

The trace union movement ''is q
great. combination Of races, creeds
and color" says, the New Haven
Courier.
IT it be argued that there is: lack:
Of discipline and control in the av-
erage labor gathering-apart from
some groups whose daily tasks and.
training equir: then, for judicial de-:
liberation with the best In any cali
ing-it may be retorted that at least
the. subtlety and indirection ,of the
able and: cunning are absent. ~
There is a great deal Of ignorance
among the. schooled and, protected
classes as to the nature Of a labor
union. :
1.-THE confusion, and grim realities
that attend situations where great
numbers. Of men are: excited who
work with their hands and shave
their daily bread to consider are
such that intelligent. and fairminded
leadership; is the concern Of all
Americans have not yet got to the
bottom of tho, so-called labor ques--
ton, though now: and then there IL
q, gleam in the east" -:
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Man comes into, the world with
nothing on him. but in a. shor,
time a, good: many people have some:
thing on him.
Whep in rum do as the, rummies
do.
Many a mans: credit. is 50 poor
that, he can't even get a battery
charged.
Down on the farm-yes, the downs
the only soft thing about it.
Uncle: Bushrod says: If you put
some felllers: between' two pieces
of bread. you will have a. cheese
sandwich:
Just because man wears an elc-
ctric belt is no. sign that he has any
personal magnetism about him.
Mrs. Hank Tumms says She won-
ders it. there. are any husbands in
the world who do not go out even.
ings. Yes, there are plenty Of Them
but they are all in. the penitentiary,
We don't know who the first hold
up man was, but the fir st porch.
climber was a gent named Romeo
Never dodge when a woman
throws a flatiron at you. If you
do she may hit you.
A man who owns an automobile
can generally manage to run int
something--if it is only into. debt.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-11
THE ,6ALES TAX.

The Harding administration is try
ing to work it's courage up to the point
Of enacting q sales tax. Such tax
has some advantages; among them are
these: You can't dodge it. You pay
it every time, you reach your hand
into your pocket, no matter what you
buy. You don't have to bother about
a savings account, for this tax will
not allow you to- save anything ex-
cept your old trousers. and your in
tegrity to heaven. 1t will be easy to
collect, because it will come off of
those who have the least influence at
Washington-the plain people.
Better than all, it forces the soldier
to pay his own bonus;. he should be
happy, for he not only gets the bonus
but has the privilege of paying it him.
self.
The only drawback is the name, but
the administration will doubtless find
a name for it that will make it look
like 4 check: from Dad.
Didn't. they even make robbery
sound good by calling it "Protec.
tion7' IT,
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NO .eooD ARGUMENT N =
FAVOR or "0PER SHOP

A young student writes: 1--WE are
going to- have a discussion. Please
send me some arguments in favor Of
the open shop
There are no sound arguments in
favor Of the open shop. just as there
are no sound arguments in favor Of
the individual closed shop-when
that closed shop turns toward graft
and non-productivenese.
The open shop would mean chaos
in industry. 1T would mean taking
away from those that do the the real
work a right that all employers re-
serve for themselves. "
Employers organize for. protection
and profit. Why should workers 20
back; to the disorsanized' condition
OF cows in the field waiting to be
MIXED?
In Europe they know too much
even to think Of breaking down the
unions.
In this country they will know
more, after they have tried If for a
:while.-Editerial I'm New York Eve
ming Journal.
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BACK. oFEuDA11sN..

Successful resistance by legitimate
trade unions against attempts Of
greedy employers to break down
hard.won living standards: of the
workers has given palsy to promoters
of so-called :Acompany unions. r These
evangelists. Of sixteenth.century -feu:
dalism know the bedrock principle,
upon which. the "company union"
rests are low wages, long hours: Of
labor and absolute: control by the
company of working: conditions, and:
complete mastery over the workers.
lives.
They wen understand that no man
voluntarily and willingly accepts such
rule. And they do not undervalue tho
moral effect upon the victimized
workers Of successful resistance to
tyranny of other men of labor who
are enrolled in the legitimate organ
izations Of the working people. Hence
they are fearful; hence in their fear
they evangelize and exhort their Ia
borcrs with blather on "loyalty' to
the company" "fealty to- the com.
pany's interest, - "fair treatment for
the company"
They clear the factory floors for
bi-monthly dances at which the pres
ident Of the company and his wife
sre the guests Of honor and receive
the homage Of the workers and their
families. Then when they think the
proper "loyal' sentiment has been
aroused they cut wages or lengthen
hours through a "company meeting"
at which they are told, through their
alleged "shop committee that the
company needs money to pay divi-
dends, or to increase "capital invest
ment,' or to "extend invested func:
tions,'' or "surplus for fixed
charges" all Of which is as sanskrit
to the "loyal'' workers-just what
it is intended to be.
Still the workers realize, even
though they do not grasp the riddle
of terms, that it is queer sort Of
union or partnership in which they
always lose and the company always
| wins.
That single ray Of mental light,
that slight vision of unfair division,
portends the breaking up Of the
company union" And that is what
is taking place now, because the
company, union" is bound to 60
upon the rocks the moment it steers
its course by the chart upon which
= . . -
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THE COOPERATIVE WAY.

Does cooperation pays A. WE'LL
managed cooperative establishment
cannot fail, and that fact has been
proven in Minneapolis where the Milk
Wagon Drivers union, following a
strike, organized q cooperative cream.
cry association to supply the people
with milk and cream.
The Minneapolis cooperative cream
cry has just finished nine months of
business with $500 customers and
every one of those customers 10 re-
ceiving check this week, the size
Of which is based Oh the quantity Of
milk and cream each has purchased.
The sum Of $4,000 is being distrib.
uted, or an average of three dollars
to each customer.
The net profits o. the cooperative
creamery for the nine months amount
ed to $4,000. After setting aside Is
per cent of the earnings as a reserve
fund, paying two per cent to stock
holders and three per cent to the edu.
eational fund, there was $4,000 left
to be handed back to the patrons of
the association. Not 50 bad, is ite
And. all this was done by paying
top-notch union wages to milk wagon
drivers and other employees, selling
milk at II cents quart, and late,
at 10 cents, keeping up the amount
Of butterfat in the milk and giving
to- patrons prompt and dependable ser:
vice.
This voluntary cooperation of thu
milk wagon drivers in the bushes.
of distributing milk, and the success
attending it, holds a. lesson for al
workers. Its first virtue is in The
fact that it is voluntary. 1t is free
from straight-jacket rules laid down
from. above. They make their own
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it is organized tearing down the livs
ing standard of the workers.


ing standard Of the workers.
This purpose may be hidden for a
time in insurance schemes, in profit
sharing devices that won't bear close:
inspections: in I" friendly visiting "and
;;welfare> work; (Which; in. many in
stances; is merely a cloak for prying
into the private affairs Of the work.
ers to- obtain information as to their
methods. Of life), in plastering the.
workroom walls with "golden rule"
notices, in which the workers are
urged to- give the best that is in them
as a proof Of "loyalty" to the COM;
pany. The policy of SHINING labor
IL made. science in the company
union" and, every suggestion to.
further. that policy finds a ready sale
and. a liberal reward: The basic the
Dry Of that science is that the work
ers are: there to give and the company
to take.
The "company unions'' WELD their
greatest sway in, times Of industrial
depression for the: reason that the in!
dustrial baron exercises a greater
power over the being Of the worker
than did the feudal baron. The serf
Of old could not be chased off the
land to which he was attached. At
least his sustenance was assured. The
industrial serf has no land and he
may be driven off the job whenever
the industrial: baron so wills it. Not
only that, the fellow may be black
listed with other industrial barons,
boycotted, bounded and even jailed if
his baron wishes to use all the in
dustrial and legal resources he pos
sesses as a baron.
There is only one, restraining in
fluence which holds him in leash.
That is the legitimate trade union,
the form Of which he copies and, the
principles of which he must finally
adopt if he would have industrial
peace and do justice both to the COM
pany and to the workers.
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that but the commit sion bsiievss
! disadvantage would be placed
upon coal mines not. situated on tho
p. T. q I. line. Tho comnatasion
finds that 3.5 per cent Of the coal
transported by the D. T. III. u pro-
produced in. mines ON that Hne while
the balance comes over that line
from coal mines situated on con-
Meeting roads. The commission finds
1t possible to reduce the coal rates
on these connecting roads, and there
fore It. declines to allow the D. =.
& /. to reduce it's rates: 49, ~
There is q wide margin Of .dif-
ference between reckless rAte-cut-
ting and the basing of 4 services
price on the cost Of that service
Tho interstate commerce commis-
sion does not deny that the D. T.
y I. is able to trasport coal ut .
profit at q rate lower than the rate
now in effect. Inasmuch, however,
as other roads can not, do likewise
the d. =! & l.. is :pocketing>a profit
beyond its desires. %i.ss%r
The D.. T. & I. is owned by Henry
Sord. There are many Just criti-
cisms Of Ford methods In industry
but the fact that Mr.. Ford has sue
ceeded in making: himself the rich
est man. in the country: without
bringing upon himself the hatred
which ordinarily comes with such
an amassing Of wealth is proof Of
the fact that the country. knows
Henry Ford primarily as a man Of
:servi . and not as profiteer. '',:<
THE decision of the interstate
commerce commission in the case
OF Mr.. Ford.s railroad will call into
serious question: our whole method
and machinery of controlling the
railroads Of the country:
What opr railroad systems need
most Is Intelligent management
rather than arbitrary. control" ~
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rules. The fact That they get 4 share
in the profits on top of their wages
is an incentive to work faithfully and
hard. 1t requires no aamonition from
others to spur Thorn on. Self interest
does that much for; them. It brings
out every inherent quality that the
lone wage, without further hope for
reward, deadens. It gives proof to
the workers. claim that profit.sharing
of the democratic kind succeeds from
every standpoint whore autocratic
profit-sharing fails. It stimulates en-
crgy, brings out initiative and human
ICES work.
The patrons, too, get the benefit Of
all the good things that come from
true cooperation. They get service.
They get quality, and finally they get
what private corporations deny them,
financial return on their purchases.
If all America was cooperative there
would be no big business worth wor-
rying about. Indeed bigness in bust
ness would possess no fears, nor would
il use its tremendous power to coerce
and intimidatc others for its own self
ish end. Cooperation depends. not
upon special privilege for life. 80.
What the Minneapolis milk drivers
have done, all workers can do. A
modest effort along similar lines has
been made by railroad. men and 9TH
ers in the West End. They organ.
lied cooperative. grocery known as
the Union Consumers Cooperative
society, located at 1911. West Supe-
rior street. 1t has been in business
for a year. It suffered for q time
through the experimental stage, but. it
is now we'll on its feet, due to- the
efficient and painstaking management
Of Henry L. NORM. former postal
clerk, and if it were as proportions
ately supported as: is the cooperative
creamery in Minneapolis its patrons
would soon be: drawing dividend4 on
their; purchases: A cooperative store
does not sell cheaper than its private
:]y owned competitors: nor does. it
charge more. IAN patrons must pay
the market price for the things they
buy, but the: saving: to: them comes
later when they share in the distsi.
button Of profits.
!. Union labor has also. yentured into
other lines Of business, not altogether
on the cooperative, plan Of the West
End store, but under which every
borrower Of money and builder Of a
home: will enjoy. his saving in the
original cost, by the elimination Of
. useless. middlemen.
The capitalist system Of today, if
signs of the times carry any meaning,
is slowly evolving into the voluntary
cooperative $ stem. That is the dem
ocratic kind which preserves the free.
dom Of the: in dividual and will event.
ually lead to giving to every man a
full return on his labor, based on the
amount Of his effort and contribution
to a given industry or, business It
is. the kind that fits in with Ameri-
can institutions, the antithesis Of state
socialism, and, in conjunction with
trade unionism, its: best antidote.
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THE sCoTCHNfAN's CHOICE

An old Scotchman was threaten
ed with blindness if he did not give
up drinking. Nov. McTavish,"
said the doctor, IT'S like this: you've
either to stop the whisky or lose
your eyesight-and you must
choose" :. 49,.
+. LAY, weel, doctor" said McTavish,
I'm an auld man moo, an: I was
thinkin' I've seen about everything
worth. seein,s - .>
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ENJOY E MONOPOLY.

Two Scotch sailors retiring from
the sea purchased small public
house in a country town, in fact
the only one in town. The place
was painted inside and out, being
closed up for the purpose. -
The villagers, after few days Of
thirst. gathered outside the place
and one Of them knocked at the
door. A window above opened and
one of the former sailors inquired
the reason for the gathering outside.
I'VE want to know when you are
going to open up?" was the reply.
:. ''Open up?" retorted the man at
the window. I'VE bought this place
for ourselves!" And the window
closed with a bang. g.. 4: - &,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-11
AUNTY'S JOY.

So. ;. AUNTY'S. JOY.
Il told you last Sabbath, chill
dren,". said the Sunday school tea
cher. that you should all try to
make someone happy during the
week. How many of you have?"
IT did,. answered a boy promptly,
That's nice, Johnny. What did
you .do?'
II went to see my aunt, and she's
always happy when go home
again.
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JUST 4 SMILE OR TWO
HE'S A SPENDTHRIFT.

Said one man on the street, speak,
ing to friend:" Well, money talks"
. May be it: does" answered the:
other; but all it ever said to me
was 'Goodby.'"
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In Keeping.

: Waiter (to westerner, who is in
restaurant with city)-"Shall I
bring you a half portion, sir?''
Niece (interposing)-"T is. the
way you order in these places,
uncle.'
Westerner-"Oh, is it! All right
bring me a half portion and a.
quarter section Of beef and a few
acres of celery"
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After q man gets into a good fat
office he begins to advise his friends
not to have anything to do with pol.
itics. T. =.
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HAD HIM PEGGED.

Brown-"The boss says that when
he was boy on the farm they had
a mule that was just like. one of
the family =
Jones-':Yes, and I know which
one" y
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It is better1to fight and run away
than it is to- stick around and pay
the. fine. ID. .s,.,l !. &c.
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. About the time man begins to
lay up something for a rainy day, it
begins to rain. ~ /, 1T. I.s5 .cs S,
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AND THEY WONDER AT CRIME,

The Chicago unemployment COM
mission reports that 10000 men are
.penniless: and walking the streets
in this city during the day and 1900
sleep in the open at night. The COM
mission voted to seek an appropria ;.
ton Of $4,000 for municipal 1odg.
Ing houses and. to ask the city coun-
Gil to open IS municipal bath houses.
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BEST VALUES IN TOWN.
Choice $40, Suits q: Overcoat Sale
at The. Big Duluth.

II every day was q. holiday when
would we rest up? ). .}} : 7.
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!. The man who takes an umbrella
to- church and leaves it out in the
vestibule has true Christian faith. s