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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
FAIR AND CONSOLIDATE.

Return to normally" is delayed
by those retailers Of goods who "seem
to be possessed by desire and de-
termination to make the most out Of
the situation, to maintain high prices
and to- realize the highest possible
gains; and those who are thus dis
posed are sufficiently numerous and
successful to materially affect. the
cost of living.'
' Was this the statement of "well-
known labor official?' Oh, no-but
speak it softly. They are the words
uttered by Judge Gary, head of the
United States Steel Corporation and
chief instigator of the "Americar
plan' in the industrial field. The
greed Of the retailers is postponing
the return to prosperity, says the
learned judge, who also declares that
in view Of living costs "labor has
been fair and considerate.'
Judge Gary differs from the ma
jority Of the men who are at the head
of large industries in that he is frank
enough to speak his mind in discus
sing labor and business conditions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
WHY UN1oN1sM THR1vEs,

AS an individual the working man
is just as helpless as saplng in a
tempest. He may say that he intends
to work for whom he pleases and for
as many hours as he pleases, and he
may feel that he has the moral fight
to do so, but he has not.
And then, again, he should know
as he will, sooner or later, perhaps
when it is too late, that he must ask
his employer for leave to work for
what he chooses to pay and for as
many hours as he desires.
Organized labor has been able,
through united action and collective
bargaining, to shorten the work day,
raise wages, and in many ways i'm
prove the conditions Of the workers;
it has prevented reduction in their
pay; it has made homes better; it has
secured better clothes, better food,
more comforts and has made the shop,
factory and mine a better place in
which to work !, e'zs=
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
DESCENDS TO METHODS
OF RUSSIAN C0SSkCKS

The Canadian mounted police at
one time looked upon as the embod-
iment of stern justice. has descend
ed to the methods of the cossack,
says the Alberta Labor News.
zone. has only to read The evil
dence of Corporal Zaneth and 9TH
ers in the Winnipeg trials, to learn
of the despicable depths to which
have been employed who made it
their business to incite the workers
of parts of Canada to acts Of vio-
lence. Labor organizations exercis-
ing their privileges of free assem-
blage have been spied upon by
agents of the mounted police mas
querading as members of trade
unions. The reports of the expen-
diture of the force during the past
year show how a considerable por-
ton of the amounts expended was
used to pay men to attend labor
meetings.
I'VE have a new government in
Canada and it is to- be hoped that
the new administration. will use it's
powers in a wiser and better way.
There is no need or desire for the
agent provocateur. in this Dominion
and the peace of the nation will
certainly not be enhanced by the
knowledge on the part of large
proportion of the people that they
are under suspicion and subject to
the surveillance Of spies.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
THERE CAN'T BE LIGHT.

Coal miners ask that the govern
mcnt let light into the coal industry.
develop all the facts affecting it, anil
then let matters take their natural
course.
Not much to ask, but more than
they are likely to get-for a while.
1t is the particular business Of the
"assistant government to see that
information is the very last thing the
people shall have.
Secrctiveness is the very life of
predatory monopoly.
Senator George Norris, the astute
Republican senator from Nebraska,
shows how the thing is going to work:
The Federal Trade Commission
started in to investigate the Steel
Trust. It was Immediately met with
all injunction restraining it from pro.
ceeding, although it's duty in the mat
ter under the statute passed by con-
gross seemed plain.
The Federal Trade. Commission in
another case undertook to investigate
the anthracite coal situation. It was
enjoined on the ground, as I under
stand it, that the coal business was
interstate and hence the Federal!
Trade Commission had no jurisdiction.
At the same time a state commits
sion in one of the states undertook
to investigate the coal operators of
that state. The United States court
promptly issued an injunction re-
straining this commission from pro-
ceeding on the ground that the coal
business was interstate.
And so it seems that by, means Of
the injunction those who would re-
lieve the people from an almost un.
bearable situation in the fuel condi-
tions are caught coming and going.
Coal operators take the position
that the darkly mysterious operation
of their industry is none Of the pub
lies business.
The public is expected to pay the
price demanded for fuel and ask no
| questions.
1t may grumble bit, but the courts
will attend to that.
And if by any chance a Federal
court should go messing into the coal
business there is always the attorney
general to fall back on to put a ston
to any such foolishness.
We are just as anxious as the coal
miners that light be let into the coal
business. But we frankly confess that
we have little hope Of getting it
for a while.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
A SONG OF TOMORROW

Is the past dead and gone? Then
forget it!
Why scourge your soul sick with
remOrse?
If defeat was your lot, and you met
it,
Fight on, while you've courage
and force.
Let no vain regrets ever haunt you
Save your tears till you've good
cause to weep.
If the past comes to harry and taunt
you,
Forget it, and dig it's grave deep!
The man who lives in the twilight
Of memories bitter or strange or
May find content in remembered
days,
But he has no place in the Now
and Hero.
Shake off the old as you might a
thong;
Take up the task of the untried
new.
The space of a lifetime is none too
Long,
And the work of the world is
yours to do.
Let the past in it's dreams be for
gotten;
They served we'll enough for their
day;
But now they are threadbare and
rotten,
So scrap them and cast them away
What's done cannot hamper and
bind you;
Old worlds must be traded fol-
new.
Leave yesterdays worries behind
you,
For tomorrow is waiting for you!
Ted Olson, in Forbes Magazine
IN. W
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
NECESSITIES AND RIGHTS.

Thomas H. Watkins, president Of
the Pennsylvania coal and coke COM
pany, and spokesman for a group Of
coal owners in central Pennsylvania,
makes this comment on the miners
strike:
81 believe a new industrial era will
grow out of this present conflict; not
only must the necessities Of the work
er be recognized, but the rights Of
the investor and the consumer must
be equally we'll safeguardcd.'
1t will be noticed that this coal
owner talks of necessities' for the
man who digs coal, and "rights'' of
the man who only risks his dollars.
There is no reference to "'rights'
as far as the miners are concerned.
Their necessities is the one thing
to be considerations much do they
need to be physical fit and mentally
alert when they risk their lives every
day to dig coal for the profit Of the
investor and the convenience of the
consumer?
Mr.. Watkins philosophy is as old
as, history. It has been-and is-the
basis of every tyranny and every
wrong. Yet the public is informed
that this slave theory will be the
basis for "a new industrial era.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22

while they arc citizens OF. the United
States and the constitution applies
partly to them, it docs not assure them
a jury trial if they are charged with
a misdcmcanor.
The decision means that the old
Spanish system prevails and where
workers are not charged with fcl
ony (Which provides for jury triaD,
they are subject to the whim Of
judges whenever they are called upon
to answer misdemcanor charges.
The United States supreme court
decision will be satisfactory to the
trust barons who may continue their
shameful exploitation Of labor in Por-
to Rico and deny any professor jury
trial when arrested. OH charges by
provocatcurs and straw bosses.
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81
Can War Gougers Escape =:
BY Crying Less Wages?

other war contracts =. y-::cr. :. ss1,,-
The Lincoln Motor company re-
ceived large contracts during the
war, and was actually overpaid: $9,r
188, 561.96.; This concern has sfnGe
been thrown into the hands of reg.
ceiver who sold the property.~for
$8,00O,000. This money is now held
by the receiver and Congressman
Woodruff declared that if the att
torney general does not look. fully
to the interests Of the government
in this case Il shall consider lli1r
guilty of nlisfeasance in office. and,
shall move his impeachment,upo1l
these grounds -
Another scandal was uneafthed
in the case Of the Bosch Magnetic
company, German corpbratiOn.:
which was seized two months. after
the armistice by Alien PropertysCus,
todian Palmer. The company's. stock
was sold for $4,150,000 to one,Mar-
tin e. Kern, a close, personal friend
and client of Palmer. It is = stated
that Kern has been convicted OF
felony and is not an American citi,
"ofA' NAACli 1HdhcS Tic Safe A7Vtofa>s
ton Of the trading-with-th e-enemy
act. One of the chief actors IN the.
transactions was the firm Of Horn
blower & Weeks, New York and Boss
ton brokers, who realized over $1.-
100000 profits from the sale.z 01.=z,<:
II have laid sufficient facts bee.
fore congress today to start1e the
nation, and I believe if there. is an
unwillingness or inability on: the
part of the department or Justice
to function in the manner in wnlcn
it should function that public asenti-,
ment should and will compel a
change" said Congressman Wood
ruff 49,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22

Is the great problem: "How many
cotton hose are necessary every year
for working girl?" to, be replaced
by this query: "When will the graft
ing war contractors and influential
citizens who shielded them be pun
ished?"
Congressman Woodruff, al world
war veteran, wants the war grafters
punished, and has introduced a res
olution providing for the creation
of a committee to investigate all
war contracts.
He shows that 81 clerks in the
war department have audited Is, 900
of the 100000 war contracts and
have secured information upon which
to base suits for the. recovery Of
$46,0O0,00O. The audited contracts
do not include the larger war con-
tracts.
In his speech urging the adoption
of his resolution Congressman Wood
ruff made some astounding asser-
tons and presented documentary
evidence of monumental graft.
1t was shown that during the 10
months of war with Germany con-
gress: voted more than $1,000, 0,0O0
for signal corps and aviation pur'
poses, but not one battle plane and
not a. single bombing plane of Amer
lean manufacture, either of Ameri-
can or foreign design, was placed
upon: the battle front.
1.-THE Hughes investigating com
mittee, as we'll as the senate Thomas
committee and the house Graham
committee said the congressman
"all develop ed facts and leads which
clearly indicated that hundreds OF
men are guilty of criminal conspir-
acy in handling these aircraft and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
JURY TRIAL DENIED.

Porto Ricans are citizens Of the
United States and the constitution of
the United States has been extended
Sin part' to Porto Rico, but not that
part which guarantees the right Of
trial by jury in misdemeanor cases,
rules the United States supreme
court.
The constitution does not follow
the flag in all respects.
Every portion of the United States
constitution which protects property
in Porto Rico is in force, but citizens
of the United States in that island
can be sent to Jail for misdemeanors
without trial by jury.
The decision was made in the case
Of ]. NJ. Balzac, Porto Rico editor,
who was indicted in 1918 on the
charge that he libeled the then gov.
ernor (Ycager). Balzac was convicted
without jury trial and sentenced to
five months in Jail. The supreme court
Of Porto Rico upheld the conviction
and ruled that Balzac, although an
American citizen, is not entitled to a
jury trial.
The decision will have an, unexpect.
ed effect in Porto Rico, according ia
trade unionists from that island who
have discussed the case with A. F.. of
L. officials. These trade unionists
claimed that a decision adverse to
Balzac will strengthen the hand OF
the monarchial group in Porto Rico
and will make it increasingly hard
for defenders of American institu
tions to explain to Porto Ricans that
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
WALL STREET HAPPY.

"The ruling on the coal strike sit
uation, which greatly pleased Wall
Street, came from Federal Judge Nc.
Clintic, Of Charleston, W. Va, in ali
injunction granted temporarily re-
straining United Mine Workers OF
America from further attempting to
organize non-union districts of West
Virginia and Kentucky. The tent col
onies were also ordered to disband.
This decision, more Of which undoubt
edly will be heard, followed the news
Of the slowing down of steel produc.
ton owing to the unexpected head.
way that has been made in organic
ing the non-union miners -
This paragraph is from routine
news dispatch sent out of New York
by r. L. Barnum, one Of the best
known Wall Street correspondence.
Washington Daily News. " ,'@.-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
EMPLOYED.

In 1880 there were in America e.,
$4,000 women and 14,745,00 men
painfully employed-working for
wages or salaries.
In forty years the number of en-
ployed women gained 22l per cent,
men only 1874 per cent, reaching to-
tai of s,594,ooo women and 33,o59,ooo
men. - ..,. -...... - ~. e.
:, Among those earning their living
by the. pay envelope route today,
there is one woman to four men.
The tendency steadily is upward
Unless there is reaction, the general
economic independence Of womn is not
far off. r.. 81. 80. .. =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
BUNCOING THE FARMER.

Farmers who may believe that all
their troubles will disappear as mist
before the rising sun when "dirt'
faFmer is added to the Federal Re-
serve board will be interested in what
tn Wall Street Journal has to say on
the subject:
It seems cruel to set farmers to
chasing such will-o the wisp as this,
which so many Of them have been
made to believe would make money
easier for them. The politician darcs
not tell them that it can do nothing
Of the sort.
That is exactly the case. Farmer
representation won It change one iota
the policies of The board, for the good
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
THE GOOD UNIONS

"Labor unorganizl is helpless. It
must be organized to get it's place in
the sun. ''-Exchange.
That's an old story. The children
know it, although millions of workers
do not seem to be anxious about get
ting a place in the sun. But since oven
employers enjoy singing the praises
Of labor's organization, there is no
longer any need for arguing the case.
Labor unorganizcd is helpless but
labor making use Of it's organization
is dangerous as we have been told by
many who seem to think that labor
organizations ought to be merely So
cial clubs.
Labor organizations must be "rca-
sonablc,'' that is, they must never
ask for things the employers arc not
willing to grant. They must be con-
sentative, which means subservient, to
the interests Of the bosses. They mus:
not allow the radical elements to
dominate them; in other words, never
doubt the harmony of interests be-
tween the sheep and the shearer.
Labor organizations must not tell
the employers how to rum their bust
ness, they must not claim right to
regulate the rates Of wages, hours of
labor, shop rules and things of that
kind. Leave that to the boss, to-
whom God has given power over you
and wisdom to use that power intell;-
gently.
Thus you see what your good
friends mean when they tell you sym
pathetically that labor must be or
gained, and that everybody loves a
good labor organization, and that un-
der wise leadership the labor move
ment might be Of real benefit to the
workers.
What more do you want? You can
not afford to demand more without
running the risk of being denounced
as radicals and reds and Socialists.
For it is Socialism to dispute the
autocracy Of the employer, it is rad
icalism to attempt to tell capitalist
manufacturers and contractors what
wages they must pay and how long
the working day is to be and by what
rules the establishments are to be run.
And you are we'll aware of the fact
that you cannot serve two masters,
you cannot be dutiful subject Of a
factory autocrat and loyal and in
telligent union man at the same time
st. Louis Labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22

and sufficient reason that its influ;-
cncc will be wholly disproportionate
to tho claims that will be made upon
it.
One dirt farmer member of the
Federal Reserve board will have no
power to control or modify it's prac-
tees. He will be voice in multi
tude. He can suggest reforms unit!
doomsday without"getting one Of them
through unless he can bring his col
leagues around to his point of view.
The farmers arc being handed nos
trums, not real remedies. The poll.
tician is at the old trick of keeping
up appearances. If congress in its
heart sincerely sought to improve tha
condition of agriculture it would go
at it's task in a whole hearted manner
and strike at fundamental ills-the
cxtortion Of our marketing and dis.
tributing system being one Of them.
The farmer lays his troubles up to
the Federal Reserve board. So do the
balance Of the people. But it should
not be overlooked that behind the
board arc the powerful financial in.
forests Of the country. They will con-
tinue to exercise their sway of money
until the whole system is overhaulcd,
which is the same as saying that the
Federal Reserve board should be taken
over and operated by the people in
the interest of the people, as the
trainers of the law intended it should
be operated.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Vinegar water will remove the
shine from serge. Use a tablespoon
full of vinegar to a tumbler full of
water.
To whiten linen which has gone
yellow, put a tablespoonful Of borax
in the copper when the articles are
boiling.
A tablespoonful Of turpentine put
into the copper when boiling clothes
will be found to remove all stains
from linen.
Linoleum painted over with shell
lac gives a brilliant polish without
causing slipper surface, and obvi-
ates the necessity of cleaning every
day.
To improve the appearance of a
shabby umbrella sponge it with a
strong solution of sweetened tea. The
tea revives the color and the sugar
stiffens the ia brio.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
MEANINGLESS TERMS
USED BY EMPLOYERS

1T is curious to see at times how
some slogan or other of very vague
and indeflnable character. exerts an
influence out of all proportion to it's
real Importance" says the Cotton
Factory Times of Manchester, Eng.
"The one which prompts these
remarks now seems to- prevent a
good view of the real issues in the
engineering industry; it goes under
the name of managerial functions
Under such a vapoury, unsubstan-
tial banner, which is in danger of
being blown to shreds by. every lit
tie, gust Of wind. the engineering
employees appear to be situated. Man.
agerial functions may mean any,
thing, and can be construed into al
most almighty power inside the
workshop; in fact, the construction
that can be placed upon the term is
only limited by the powers of i'm
agination Of any particular man.
agement.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
Organized labor has been the fight

Organized labor has been the fight
ing force in state legislatures and in
congress, not only for labor, but for
all men; it has compelled the passage
of laws to protect the health Of tho
workers; to take children from the
mill and factor y, and place them in
school; to limit the hours of labor for
women and fix the wages above a
living wage; to prevent the loss Of
lives and limbs; and to compel pay.
ment for injuries.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
DEALER ON THE JOB

Chicago.- Preliminary; steps to
take advantage Of the coal strike
and boost the price Of coal already.
mined and stored were taken by the
Chicago Coal Merchants Assn. in q
full three column advertisement, in.
the Sunday papers, 49, - 5.s 49,
! - Don't: go wild #if prices advance:
as al result OF the strike. The law:of3
supply and demand Is Inevitable
their advertisement reads. sSS3sss5s,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22

The, New York broker who can not
explain what he did with $2,o0o,OoO
now knows, how, Charley schwaub felt
when be was asked what became of
that $269, 900 expense voucher.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
WISE DAD. :.

If you will make the boy wear
his hair long. I at least insist on get.
ting him boxing lessons 4 d
Why SO % M ss.tss 81 10 .sf
"A kid with long hair has got TO-
know how to tight ,'.,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
THE IDEA!

'This motion-picture producer
has a worried 1ook.'
"And we'll he; may have!"
"How 500" ..>s
Ellis most beautiful bathing girl
has suddenly become ambitious.
She wants to wear, clothes and act"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-04-22
EXTRA DIVIDEND.

New York, April 2o.-The Amer
lean shipbuilding: company has de-
clared an extra dividend Of 20 per
cent. =. !. :. ! :. s.. =. -. -