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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-25
'SENEFINAIS IN
CLASS tourney
Games Speeu.est Seen
Here for a Long
Time

MANNlNGToS, March 25.-The
semi.tinals in the Inter-class bas.
ketball tournament were played of
at the BurttoYn gym last night. the
sophomore boys taking the scalps
OF the seniors with perfect ease,
and the juniors leading the Junior
High girls by 3 points in a hotly
contested game.
1t is not often as fast playing is
seen In an inter class game. The
seniors in the boys game took the
lead for a while, until Ford. sophie.
more forward. got his stride. Then
things began to happen. Ford
made Il OF the sophomore's Is
points.
AS the sophs began to climb on
them, the seniors began to drive
the game and the battle grew hard.
er every minute. The seniors did
sons excellent floor playing, but
II seemed impossible for them to
mako the basket except on rare oc-
casions. Tho all.round fast. play.
ing OF Ford and Rymer for the
sophomores and OF Rudy for the
seniors were features OF the game
All in all. II was a fast, clean game.
Tho girls did some swift playing.
and at times It was nip and tuck
between the opposing teams. The
junior girls had II on the Junior
High team in the matter of weight,
but the girls from Burttown showed
some excellent floor playing. Davis
was easily their most brilliant
player, although several OF the 9th.
ers did some excellent floor work.
Hartlieb, for the juniors. made S
OF the II scores, The girls foul
shooting was better than that In
the boys game. the girls getting
) in 10, and the hoys 2 In "a.
6oure N.-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
us IS PEOPLES hot BANKERS WORLD AID BIG EVILS Viii DISAPPEAR

prosperity which IL our due il those
who hold Industrial. .and financial
power do not cure, themselves Of. the
million dollar appetite, the millions
habit. !; N s:. ,s,s'J, sst>. y ;
!: -Four great national organiza-
:ti6ns Of employers have broken con-
tracts, with wage earners in the. past
year; they have made scraps Of
paper: out OF their solemn pledges:
How can we escape the effects Of
such breaches OF faith Powerful
financial organizations throughout
the country. have practicedi almost
unbelievable extortion in, !; the build
ing industry, extortion begetting ex-
tortion. ss5s$i, i. =. s5is.sy ls... 5s.5.
Equally powerful organizations
have beaten q path to the public
treasury in WaahinEto whore
through the proposed tariff, through
the railroad guarantee and the shop
leasing and repair contract, system,
and through other equally amazing
projects, they have taken and hope
to: take millions upon. millions.
We live ii a5 time OF extrawaEant
dreams, which lead to-. practices Of
tdebauchery which cannot fail to re-
fleet themselves IN our general. IN
dustrys life. to the detriment OF the
great body of frugal, toiling, honest
and honorable people OF our country.
rs..#5,....If Y We can stop idleness w not with
5sunempl6ymen con- ferences that ar-.
rive: nOWhere but with essentiki rel
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20

GRAFTON in the war, and some did.
But many powerful employers now
tell us that there can be cosopera-
ton only Between thes employers
and lone John Smith, the Individual
workman, standing by himself in a
pitiful burlesque of bargaining with
a million-dollar corporation. The
organizations Of the workers must
go. They give strength, opportunity
and something like equality of. bar
gaining power to John Smith,. So,
behold. the mis-named open shop
movement, the American plan, libel
ling everything truly American. the
whole anti-union movem ent to beat
down wages, lengthen the wurkday
and destroy working conditions Sc
cured after years Of struggle. Be-
hold also the waste, the mismangge-
nlent, the duplication, the literal
looting{ of the channels Of distribu-
tion. adding to the. hardships OF the
workers, ::he- farmers and that great
portion OF the population IN the ca
tegory Of clerical workers and low
paid professional workers.
S. We know that every. dollar cut
from wages and every dollAr added
to = profit reduces the purchasing
power Of our people an! results I'm.
mediately in. pilins sup Surplus and
this surplus .,hortly has its effect in
shutting down mills and fact tories
and destroying pure sinE power. AZ 4
y could have brought 70 you fig
.ures upon figures. but II seems to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
US. RELIEF WORKERS TO ]: !.
!. !. ii. Ii. STAY IN S0NET. RUSSIA

! MOSCOW, May 1s.-1f the soviet
government continues its present
policy Of cooperation, the. 'Amsri-
cai, relief administration will remain
in Russia until January /, 1929, In.
stead Of leaving on September 1,
next. as originally planned. Col.
William N. Haskell announced upon
his return from Warsaw where he
conferred with Walter. L. Brown,
European director of the ors1niza-
ton. ~ 49, /. y = :~3ssz5,. = u: ..s =
g5 The relief organisation wifi feed
the population in the regionsaw where
the harvest is bad and in tho cities
where the harvest products are late
in. arriving, he said. This would be
possible without additional expend-
iture above the amount voted by
Congress and the original approprf-
alton, for the work in Russia, he
added, because some foodstuffs are
available which were held up in the
Baltic Sea. s 1 =. =: NJ u - I
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
~ International Labor News Service

By International Labor News Service
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 49,
$50 long as we treat this as bank
er's world we are doomed to trouble
and misery. When we see it as a
peoples world we shall find our
selves and we shall wonder how it
was that we ever had among us
five millions who wanted to work,
but who could find no work"
Discussing Americas prosperity
and the rehabilitation of Europe
before the American Academy of
Political and Social Science here,
Chester M. Wright. director Of the
American Federation of Labor In
formation and Publicity Service,
gave that as his conclusion. q: ;.s...
He contended that the Russian
political situation stood at the fore
front of barriers to European. re-
Mobilization and International trade,
that Russian restoration rested upon
restoration there Of free speech,
free press. free 1ssemblage.. free
elections, freedom tor political op-
position. y, that, however. America
more than any other nation. can. be
prosperous on her own account and
that the prime and immediate
causes Of lack Of domestic. prosper
ity were domestic causes. ::!@g%ss.,a
Labor believes that our ecenon-
ic misery has been caused more by
abuses at home than by; complica-
tions abroad" - he said. a I'VE should
have learned the lessons Of coop
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20

mes a waste Of time. to seek to bull
wark the obvious with figures which
after all mean little in dealing with
general principles. y: :. d. s.ss5:: sssz.
1--WE are dealing with major prin-
ciples in our domestic, economic End
industrial life-and in our political !
life, as well. f. G5s.z. .s -. /.
,.;S: You may be- sure. the. organiza-
tions' Of Labor will continue, to- #live
and to grow tos plan constructively
and to fight reaction and injustice.
Without. them, heaven help our
country. With them In the hands of
the emisssries of Lenine.s breath a
prayer for the efuture! II these, go
after them, not the flood,but the
|torch! sSs ~ 81, !. b II. 2
.:.They. hold within them much Of
1.-The secret sof restored industrial ac-:
|tiyity. They hold men who want to
work. They hold men who viii work
and who, at: work, will buy, Fair
recognition OF the aspirat lions of
labor, fair dealing with labor, fair
swases and conditions for labor. less
|of greed. less Of tho de1land for II
| per. cent. less Of the rule or ruin
| policy among powerful employers
Iand organizations OF emf players and
we will be 1 happier people. q busier
lpeople. :. people lessa driven to- des-
operation by the desperation Of Eu-
rope ~ Europe shall niake the help
possible Isss q. #Es
s..But we cannot have that mesa.
lure Of dpmestic ]. tra ia utility and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
!. TREASON AGAINST Wl(lBOM?:

'The court ha:ing, ,rulel the trials
of the West Virginia miners for
treason are to proceed, IT may be.
come q matter Of public record just
;whstz kind OF ! government IL /.
against which the treason is sup.
posed to have been committed. .
says the New York World 81. y S.. ! - Fl T,
II All the evidence .on. hand indi-
Gates that the government of. Logan
county. is the tool Of the operators.
II that is true. IS treason against the
operators treason against th1 state
and punisha Bile with death? IL the
fact that a government Eia owned by
corporate interests relevant to q
trial for treason? .;is: IN s ! I. 10 3
i, "For a number Of s. ears est
Virginia has 1plerated cond ditiotfs y ssin
Logan. which constitnted aS direct
challenge. toe state authority. Tbs
miners defisd "a Group of men who
have continuously dsfied the state.
The question may resolve itself into
whose treason comes first. 80 Ss& sss5 Il
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
ARAG P|CkERS' UNION

Have dishonest manufacturers
who are opposing the hin fa b.
ric bill formed a rag pickers' bloc
asked Congressman 5Ramseyer.
This bill would compel manufac-
turers to label the amount of sho Idly
In their products.
II want to suggest" saw the law
maker, that there is rag pickers'
bloc with apparently tremendous in
fluence somewhere in the country
that is preventing tris truth in fab-
ric bill from coming out Of the COM
,mittee, thus protecting dishonest
manufacturers OF sh ,ddy and rob-
bling the people Of hundreds of mill
lions of dollars more than the blue
sky sharks ever dreamed of. I in
sist that this great committee should
quit wasting it's time with bills over
which it has no jurisdiction and get
busy and report ont bills touching
On transportation and truth-in-fab-
ric for the relief and protection of
the people," = ..., .,-.~ ',sSs -, -. .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
PORT WORKERS UNITE
IN new ORGANIZATION

NEW YORK, May 18.-Declaring
they wished to be in a better posi-
tiion to combat radical Labor organ
izatione in their efforts to disrupt
the efficiency Of the transportation
activities of this port" representa-
tives of more than 100000 harbor
workers met yesterday and formed
a new organizaatiton.
The representatives were from
the Master. Mates and Pilots Asso-
citation, Marine Engineers Associa:
ton, International Longshoremen's 8
Association, the. Lighter Captains
Union. and the Tidewater Boat
mems Union.
The new organization will be
known as the Consolidated Marine
Organization OF the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor of the port of
greater New York.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
COAL OPERATORS
TO FIGHT PROBE
Refuse TO join with Union to
Investigate Rail Rates.

Freight rates and profits seem to
have not the slightest relation to
wages and working conditions in
anthracite mining, judging from the
rejection by these coal owners OF a
federal survey. proposed by their
employees, who are conferring with
them on a new wage contract.
The miners suggested that an
thracite freight rates be probed by
the interstate commerce commission
with the end in view of ordering q
reduction of such rates where found
unreasonable. The miners also pro-
posed that the federal trade COM
mission SHOULD investigate all
agencies which have been estab-
lished for the handling and sale OF
anthracite coal, extending from the
mines to the consumers, with the
end in view Of recommending meas
ures of relief from unwarranted
costs and profits
In declining this proposal, the
coal owners assumed a virtuous
pose and Indignantly charged that
the workers were attempting to in
ject "foreign questions" into the con-
ference.
As one man the coal owners stood
against publicity of their profits.
Samuel D. Warriper, spokesman
for the coal owners, insisted that the
joint committee can only consider
wages and. working conditions. 1t
is understood. of course, that this
includes investigating living costs of
miners. The profits Of coal owners,
however, is outside the jurisdiction
of the conference.
Mr.. Warriner is president of the
Lehigh coal and navigation COM
pany. Only recently his company
reported that last, years profits
totaled $5,3s4,224. This was outside
of the numerous "side lines" which
large coal owners operate; such as
dummy middle men and dummy
BROKERAGE concerns.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
.MhHMlEy ANllL. NOT BE. Il. i.
CANDIDATE At CR0OkST0N

William Mahoney Of St. Paul
president Of the Minnesota Working
Peoples. Nonpartisan league, has
announced that he will not be a
candidate for re-election at the con-
vention' TO be. held at Crookston
July L.. Mr.. Mahoney has been
president ever since the. league was
organized at New; Ulm in 1919. At
The league, will take up at the an.
nual convention *the matter Of its
relationship with, the Farmer-Labor
party, Mr.. Mahoney believes the
name 81 the league is too long and
1t should be changed or shortened
Plans for the campaign will also be
worked out. :, - F, :; .s:f', -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
PAPER STRIKE SETTLED

The strike of the Pulp and Sui
phite Workers union against the
Minnesota-Ontario Paper company
at International Falls was effected,
Wednesday, preventing tieup OF
the chief industry there, employing
$500 men. The union was granted
recognition, the eight-hour day and
time and one-half for overtime.
The strike was started by the re-
fusal Of 400 unskilled pulp and sui
phite workers refusing to work for
SO cents an hour. They asked for
an increase of five cents, an hour,
The manufacture of newsprint paper
is the chief industry in. Interna'
tional Falls and Fort Francis, Ont
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
SINGLE. TAX IS
CHIEF | ISSUE IN
TEXAS !: POLITICS
League Secretary Reports Gain
In Support Of Theory.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 1s.-
The single tax promises to be one OF
the dominant issues in politics in
Texas in the next few years, accord
ing to persons who favor the Henry
George theory. William A. Black,
Of this city. executive secretary of
the Single Tax League Of Texas and
a. candidate for the State Senate, is
firmly convinced that this method
of taxation is the only solution of
taxation problems and the land
question.
1.-THE single tax as the solution
Of the land problem in Texas is
bound to be the dominant issue
until we have had an expression of
the opinion of the voters at the
polls," said Mr.. Black, land am
convinced that, when the voters are
thoroughly informed they will ex-
press themselves in no uncertain
manner"
Mr.. Black has recently returned
from a short trip to other points In
Texas and says the single tax move
ment is spreading rapidly, and daily
gaining converts. During his trip
he was we'll impressed with the sit
uation in. several towns, especially
in Ell Paso, where he spent several
days.
1.-THE Single Tax" said Mr.. Black,
would have to be brought about
through constitutional amend
ment, and I have no doubt but that
it will be brought about in that
manner. It is the solution Of the
house shortage question. If you
want more residences, make the
building tax free. Do not make the
man who builds pay more taxes
than his next door neighbor with
vacant land.
Land values are made by the
people and not by the owners of the
land. The larger the population of
any given place the greater the land
values. 1t is not just that the people
should get some of the money they
thus create? A.. ...
more and more people are COM
ing to adopt these views every day.
In the city Of Pittsburgh building
values are now assessed only 60 per
cent as much as the land on which
they stand VI proportionately. y: In
western Canada land improvements
have been exempt for a: long time
|and the system is gradually travel
ing eastward.
Adoption of the single tax will
mean a building boom, because
land owners cannot afford to leave
their property ;unimproved. No one
could afford to leave property un-
improved waiting for its value to be
increased through. the increase OF
population and the willingness of
neighboring landowners to make
improvements.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 49,
Labor's opening attack upon the
amazing ship subsidy bill. which
provides for turning over millions Of
dollars to shipping interests, WAS not
news to the newspapers sOf the
United States. -.*se.,
For q solid month .shipoWners,
shipping lawyers, financiers, ship
ping board officials and all manner
of retainers had been ON the, stand
before the joint senate and house
committee on merchant n1Arines
They told why the treasury should
be opened to shipowners. J..
They got columns upon columns
of newspaper space. The doors were
open to the proponents of this 81.
gantic scheme. :
Comes labor, in the person of
Andrew Furuseth, ripping away the
pretense, telling what the bill means.
The newspapers couldn't hear him!
Ship owners getting milliosls-
ship owners that hate labor. Ship
owners getting ships for nothing; /;
getting q big subsidy for running
them; getting money at 2 per cent,
secured by q ship given by: the g0y-
ernment, because q ship sold with
IS years to pay for it is as good %
given for nothing; getting tax ex-
emptions that will net millions, get
ting almost everything in sightTr
these got their story In print. I'm
print favorably, too. "Our best
people, with their feet In the
trough! j,
They ''make news" when they tell
congress what they want. \:
Labor, opening its case, saying
sensational things-facts-tak k in 4
the glimmer and prctense off the
rotten thing-no news. mo news
today" - ..:A-.y :
Furuseth completely smashed the
ship subsidy argument. -
gssss1a there higher cost in American
built ships? : =: e.. 80. : r,
YES, but remove the shipbuilding
monopoly established by law and
costs will be equalized.
Are wages paid by American ship
owners higher?
+ NO, and they never will be II the
Seamen's Act is enforced. Better
enforcement would increase foreign
wages to the American standard.
Instead the American Wage.cutting
policy has driven Americans off the
sea, q reduction from 81 to rs per
cent in 1920. That Is the admins
tration's idea of ian American mer-
chant marine.'' :
Labor, fighting against these
! things, for the people, making legit.
innate news with every word spoken
was suppressed. -
Andrew Furuseth, fighting with
facts, speaking for millions, fighting
q huge grab, fighting for freedom
fighting to protect the masses Of the
people and the workers in partic.
ular, didn't have q chance in the
newspapers. q
He didn't have a chance, and he
didn't get a chance!
| President Furuseth showed that
American seamen's wages have been
Debated more violently than those
of any other nation, and that the
monthly cost ,of seamen upon d Brit.
ish ship is now 81 per cent higher
than upon an American shipping
board vessel Of the same class and
tonnage, because of drastic. reduc.
tions in the number Of seamen In
American crews, under the shipping
boards order. -. = ::
| In his comparative study Of wages
and manning on American or for,
eign ships of the same tonnage and
class, President Furuseth said: 4 : :.
| "While American seamen have
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20
.S'|I|ovIEI RAID ON
GEORGIA ] ] SCORED .
!. LABOR CHE |
eoll!mpefs Says Bolshs'lst!
Helped Capitalists.

= Tho Bolshevist Government at
Moscow drove The Democratic Labor
Government out OF Georgia and as
sisted international capitalists to
gain control Of the rich oil fields
in that territory, Samuel. Gompera
charged In afstatement issued from
the: headquarters Of the American
Federation ofsLabor at Washington.
= The information on which this
charge was based was obtained
from the. exiled labor government,
Fand will bring to public attention,
Mr.. Gompers said, "a hitherto un-
touched but crucial factor in the
situation at Genoa" t%<: = !"
The statement, in part follows:
:Georgia's Democratic labor gov
erllment' was driven out, the coun-
try brought under Soviet control by
Soviet Red troops and Turkish 1ner-
cenaries, and the >key 70 the whole
oilsituation brought under Boil
shevist control. .%' - ~.
e.!:The 3, Importance. Of the Soviet
radon Georgia and the policy now
being developed at Genoa will not
be understood unless it Is borne in
mind that much of the vast Cau-
casussoil field is in Georgia, and all
Of thespipe lines and other means of
oil transportation pass through
Georgia. ,'..' >.4...
THE. Labor Government of
Georgia was recognized de facto in
1920, both by the Entente and by
the enemy states, and de jure in
1921. However, International ;, fl
nance could not deal as well with a
democratic government which
would protect the proprietary rights
Of the Inhabitants of Georgia as it
could with the Soviets, who: are
ready to sell anybody s rights to, se-
cure the means to maintain them
selves in power Therefore an tn
vasion of Georgia was Jointly organ
izer blythe savage hordes of Tur-
key and. the equal'y savage Red
army Of the> soviets----under the, pro-
lection Of international capitalists
who were promised. the oil iconces-
.sions worth billions Of dollars. =
THE successful carrying out OF
this conspiracy led the Soviets TO
send q dele9atipn to Genoa to speak
for the State ut aseofsia and Nto ! Sc
cure recognition by Great Britain
and other governments. Already
Georgia has been, plundered and
stripped bare BY the !. SoYiets' bar
barian army and Red officials. 2. All
the elected leaders OF { the country
either have been executed or driven
into exile. The European financiers
and the soviets now propose: TO seal
the people OF. GeorgiaMnto perman-
ent servitude.'..s,+ =: ::Ey,: 8 -: -, ~ !.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20

.BADGENFIRM FORCES ETRIKE.
4 The badge firm .bf Whitehead. &
Hoag OF Newark: N. j., forced its
metal working mechanics on strike
when it attempted to cut wages the
second time in the last 80 days. i.
= The; strikers include machinists,
.toolmakers, diemakers, steel engrav-
ers, metal poltshers, electricians and
sheetsmetal workers. n Il -tyy. 8 s ! @s @ Ea5< i.