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The labor world., 1922-09-16
SAIL ON, OH SHIP OF STATE!

Right on the heels Of the Daugher-
ty injunction the voters of Wiscon.
sin gave Bob La Toilette two to one
majority for the Republican nomina-
tion for U. S. senator.
La Toilette stands for everything
that the Daugherty injunction repu-
dates.
Mr.. Daugherty won IT understand the
Wisconsin vote; but neither will he
like it.
Wisconsin has done herself proud,
just as Iowa did, and as Pennsylvania
did and as almost every state is do
ing where there is a contest between
reaction and progress.
The people are not for the kind Of
things that are being done by this
present national administration.
Reed Smoot, grand pooh bah Of th'
sales tax forces, chief booster Of the
Fordney tariff, boss of tho beet sugs,
tariff hunters, is to be given what th<
newspapers call billion dollar dinner
in New York. This is intended rs rec
ognition of his tariff fight. His tariff
fight will cost every family severa,
dollars q year, but those who are te
The labor world., 1922-09-16
SUBSIDY DEFENSE
PROVES BOOMERANG

Chairman Lasker's attempt to
prove that nations build their mer-
chant marine. by subsidy has proven
a boomerang and the pamphlet is
now being used by opponents Of the
ship subsidy bill.
The shipping board issued instruc-
tions that a study of subsidies and
merchant marine be made. Chairman
L.asker had the review printed and
circulated, and then he discovered
that it. sustained his opponents.
This awkward situation was re-
ferred on the floor of the house by
Congressman Hardy. a leader OF the
subsidy opponents:
II really think Mr.. Lasker had
not read it when he transmitted it,
because it is an historical refutation
Of the claims of subsidy advocates
that Great Britain and other great
countries have built their merchant
shipping by either subsidy or other
aids.
1T Is a pamphlet OF a. pages.
Those of US opposed to this bill
caused it to be inserted in the hear
ings, where 1t appears on page 81.
This report was like a bucket of
cold water on the feverish advocates
Of subsidy. Mr.. Lasker, however, was
equal to the occasion. He practical
ly suppressed or withdrew this re-
port and had him another one made
to order under his direction. I have
not read this latter report, but feel
sure it meets Mr.. Lasker's. demands
as the arguments for subsidy.
'"Reading the first report, I think
one would conclude that the authors
of it wanted to help the subsidy
cause, but would not sacrifice his
torical truth and facts. The second
report seems completely the work OF
special pleaders. from extracts I
have read"
The labor world., 1922-09-16
FIRST WORLD LABOR
CONFERENCE IN CHINA
The first National Conferences

The first National Conference T..
Chinese Workers was held in Canton
this spring. One hundred and sixty
two delegates from twelve cities,
representing over 100000 workers,
were present. The following resolu-
tons were adopted:
+. That principles for organizing
a National Federation of Labor
should be Formulated
2. That national jinrickshaw
coolies union be formed.
8. That for the time being the
labor movement should be- economic
rather than political in character.
4. That the unions should stand
for an eight-hour day. ..es..
s. That during strikes all unions
should pledge financial support.
s. That plans should be made for
a second National Labor conference.
The labor leaders consider that
Chinese unions should affiliate with
the Moscow Third International. AS
vet, however. the Chinese labor
movement has not assumed 4 def
mite attitude.-1 formation Service,
International Labor office al
The labor world., 1922-09-16
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION
IS WHAT HARDING WANTS

The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, q
fine old tory organ, prints this frank
opinion of the presidents message
to congress-:
Compulsory arbitration under
government auspices of labor dis
putes affecting basic. industries i.
President Harding's prescription
for preventing repetition Of the coal
mad railroad strikes. This is what he
meant in recommending to congress
action to make the railroad labor
boards decision enforceable and ef-
fective, and national Investigation
for constructive recommendations ar
to conduct of the coal industry"
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buy tho New York dinner will reap
huge profits.
Reed Smoot ought to hate to face
the common people; he has served the
interests so well.
The administration lets it be known
that it is not intended to apply the
Daugherty injunction literally. It ism t
intended to stop free speech, or arrest
editors, or stop meetings.
The truth is that the administration
has discovered that the American peo.
pie resent that injunction and that
they don't intend to be robbed Of
constitutional rights.
The whole staged performance was
monumental blunder and spokesmen
for the administration saw it too late,
as usual.
The fact is that if the administra.
tion had made fewer blunders the
strike would have been over long ago.
But here 8 thought: The president
proposed q plan of settlement. The
unions accepted that plan, though it
meant concessions. The railroad exec
utives Haunted it. They defied it. One
executive is reported to have com.
planned because the executives reply
to the president wasn't "insulting
enough.'
The administration enjoins the
unions, which accepted the president s
plan, and thus encourages those who
defied the president and his plan. In
teresting, ism It it!
The coal miners have won their
strike. They stuck. The railroad men
will stick. They will win their strike.
The movement to "deflate'' labor is
getting it in the neck: Wall street
doesn't yet rule entirely. The power
Of workers.. standing to- ogether, united
in purpose, is irresistible. The Great
Conspiracy to destroy the unions and
to enslavp American workers is on the
toboggan. Yet little while and it will
be in an unmourned grave.
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and elevates judge to the three-in-
one position of lawmaker, law enforcer
and executioner.
The trade union movement des not
accept this anarchy. Workers insist on
rights under the constitution and the
law. They object to placing themselves
in the power of one individual, to be
subject to his prejudices and his
moods, rather than to law.
The workers protest against govern
ment by injunction.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
is MINUTES I'M CONGRESS, A DAYS RECORD

glad to have the gentleman in the
exercise of his power to bring it be-
fore the house. challenge him to
do it.
Mr.. Campbell of Kansas: Oh, the
gentleman from Alabama is not on
the stage.
Mr.. Huddleston: I am in the house
Of representatives, which is the
stage in the country. The people Of
the country are looking at the farce
being played upon that stage
Mr.. Greene Of Vermont: From the
galleries.
Mr.. Huddleston: The country is
looking at this stage and expecting
congress to do something. The af-
fairs offthe nation are at a crisis,
vet the gentleman from Kansas and
the leaders of the majority Of the
house are doing nothing and seem
incapable of intelligent action.
He will let US do, nothing. Will he
persist in doing 50? ~
Mr.. Madden: Mr.. Speaker, de-
mand the regular order.
i The Speaker: Is there objection?
Mr.. Huddleston: Mr.. Speaker,
object.
Mr.. Campbell of Kansas: Mr..
Speaker. move that the house do
now adjourn.
ADJOURNMENT.
The motion was agreed to: ac.
cnr6ino (af - oso1ao1, AVA "a roiu
utes p: nl) the house adjourned un-
til tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. s,
1922, at II o'clock noon.
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Mr.. Huddleston: It can not come
before the house without the con-
sent Of the gentleman from kansas.
as chairman Of the committee on
rules, and his committee. Why are
we forbidden to say; anything about
It? Are. we. to be gagged and not
permitted to call the attention of the
country to the position which the
gentleman and his committee and
the Republican steering committee
have taken? Is it possible that at this
session Of congress. with that matter
ripe and ready, those who control
that side will not allow the subject
Of Ford's offer to come before the
house, although we have nothing
else to do?
Mr.. Campbell Of Kansas: There
are many matters quite as important
as leasing Muscle Shoals to Henry
Ford.
Mr.. Hudd1eston: Evidently tho
gentleman thinks they are moro i'm
portant, but why not take them up
Mr.. Campbell of Kansas: The
shipping bill is quite as important.
Is the gentleman in favor of taking
that up?
= Mr.. Huddleston: I certainly am. I
you'd like to SEQ how many men,
bers on that side can be induced to
vote for it. would like to have it
demonstrated that the ship subsidy
bill can not get the support on that
side that you think-only the sup
port of a few leaders. I would be
The labor world., 1922-09-16
BY w., c. ROBERTS,
Chairman A. F. of Il. legislative
Committee.


Much stress is being laid upon the
suffering of the public" because
of strikes. The newspapers; this in
cludes the most Of them, declare
that the "public'' is opposed to
strikes. The bankers in their pub
licity propaganda say the "pubzlic"
is. against strikes. individuals who
assume they represent the public"
are continually writing letters to the
press denouncing the wage earners
for refusing to work for whatever
the employers want to give them.
In the suggestions for arbitrating
differences the newspapers advocate
representatives of the public" to be
appointed by someone other than the
parties involved in an industrial dis
pute. The president Of the: United
States laid great emphasis on the ne
cessity Of protecting the "public''
from strikes. He even proposed an
arbitration board to settle the wages
and owrking conditions of the min
ers. It was to be composed Of three
operators, three miners and eight
representatives Of tn public" The
anthracite coal operators followed
the lead of the president. They were
willing to permit the miners to have
three representatives on a board. of
arbitration to settle the anthracite
strike, they (the operators) were to
have three representatives and the
umpire" was to be a Judge, whose
name was given; Of the federal court
in Philadelphia: Thus the anthracite
operators, who not only own the coal
mines but also own the railroads
that haul the coal and thereby make
double profits, wanted to name four
members of an arbitration board
Of seven. =.
/ Let it be understood once and for
all that labor cannot be deceived
into recognizing the walls Of a. ''pub-
lie" which represents less than 4 per
cent Of the citizens of the United
States. Tho "public'' for which the
president talks, for which the news
papers argue and the unfair EN-
ployers insist is that portion of the
people Of our. COL ntry who employ
labor, control the banks and great
commercial interests and last, and
unfortunately not least, the lawyers
The great mass Of the people, those
who earn their bread by the sweat
Of thier brows, and their sympa-
The labor world., 1922-09-16
BARTLETT TELLS 'EM.

In his address to convention of
post office laborers, held at Boston
recently, First Assistant Postmaster
General Bartlett said workers have
the right to organize but "they have
no right to organize against the gov
>ernment.'
Mr.. Bartlett didn't seem to care
who heard his statement. His eyes
flashed, his fists were clinched and
his jaws snapped as he told the world,
in hoarse tones, where he stood on
the question before the house.
1T was a tense moment for Mr..
Bartlett, who failed to state, however,
whether workers have the right to in.
terfere with the law Of gravitatioi OF
with the solar system.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
WleA FARMERS AND sYMPA1HlZERS not
PART OF PUBLIC PLAYED UP By PRESS

thizers, are excluded from this hand
made public" .-..
Not one arbitration umpire OF the
representatives CT the public comes
from the real public. The represen.
tatives Of the "public'' on the rail-
road labor board represent the pub.
lic'' SO often referred to by the pres.
ident, the newspapers. and the un-
fair employers. tt is the public
that always favors the enslavement
of labor; that believes in compul-
sorry arbitration, otherwise involun-
tary servitude; that believes in rep
resenting every ambition of the men
and women who work for wages
to advance the economic conditions
Of themselves and those dependent
upon them.
The president of the United States,
who asked for the power to appoint
the eight representatives on a mining
commission, would have selected
eight men from the minority pub
lic," from the public that is "al-
! ways against labor" Unless a man
Is well-to-do, or is known busi-
| ness or financial man, he never IL
considered in an appointment Of rep
resentatives of the public on any ar
bitration board. Therefore, we have
two publics as follows:
The public which consists Of po-
litical favorites, of the. privileged
few and their sympa pathizers and from
| u
! sympathizers are excluded.
The real public that comprises
not only the privileged few and their
sympathizers but the wage earners
and their sympathizers as well.
When the parties at interest agree
upon an umpire to decide between
them that is voluntary arbitration,
the greatest incentive for the main
tehance Of industrial pe-ce. When
the president, who is controlled by
political .expediency, or an outside
party selects an umpire from their
public the representative of the
public" will invariably decide
against labor: And it is generally
previously understood by those who
make the appointments that they will
so decide:
If ever there was propaganda that
can be said to be outrageously de-
ceptive, it is that which holds up
this propaganda made >"public" as
having the sole right to determine
the right or wrong Of dispute be-
tween employees struggling for eco
nomic advancement and those who
would enslave them for purposes Of
greed.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
CANADIAN MINERS IN.
FlVE,MONTH STRUGGLE

Calgary, Alberta, Can. Sept H.
United Mine Workers Of this dis
trict No. 1s, have won a clear-cut
victory and their long strike. start
ing April 1, has. ended. The coal
owners attempted to cut wages 50
per cent. The men returned to work
with a Is per cent reduction unit.
at least rs per cent Of the miners
in the central competitive field in
the United States re-established: their
old scale. This means that, the AL
berta men will not be compelled to
accept any reduction.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
RELIEF FUND REDUCED.

q BY a law recently passed by the
Danish rigsdag, the extraordinary
support which the government has
been granting to the unemployed,
will, on and after Sept. IL, 1922, be
continued only as to the unemployed
in certain designated trades in Den-
mark. Under the new law complaints
regarding the distribution Of relief
funds can. within period Of one
month. be submitted to the director
OF labor, whose decision may be re-
ferred further to the minister Of the
interior. Il m appeal u desired.
The labor world., 1922-09-16

cents more than tho maximum price
fixed by hte government.
In March last, with the same wage
scale and working conditions, they
were glad to dispose of their coal for
$2.1O ton.
The difference represents an excess
profit Of $l9,93e, 800 in one week.
The anthracite operators are not
included, but they hope to duplicate
the achievements of the bituminous
pirates.
And both will blame it all on the
high wages paid the workers.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
WHAT WOULD IT, COST?

The following from the editorial
columns Of the Cincinnati POSTPONE
of the great liberal papers of this
country-is calculated to make the
American people do some hard think
ing:
Consider the two-cent stamp. It
will carry letter from. Cincinnati to
any one of $4,000 American post Of
fices or so foreign lands. What do
you suppose it would cost if a private
corporation were handling the mails
for profit7'
Uncle Sans post office is doing
business at prewar rates. Every pri-
vately owned concern has boosted its
charges. Even during the war, when
we had to stick a three-cent stamp on
our letters, the extra cent did not 20
to the post office department but was
turned in to the general fund to help
defray the cost Of the great conflict.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
..sTRIKEBREAKERs UNITE.

Tucson, Ariz.. Sept. 14.-strike-
breakers employed on the Tucson di-
vision of the Southern Pacific rail-
road have formed a union" and are
accorded full recognition by railroad
officials. This welcome Of organized
strikebreakers is In contrast to the
policy Of the company. when called
upon to deal with bona .fide trade
union.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
ENJo1NERs ON DEFENSIVE,

The federal injunction against rail.
road shop men is another proof-if
one were wanted-that the most dead
ly attack against the constitution al
ways comes from professed friends.
Representing the administration, the
attorney general secretly journeyed to
Chicago and with no previous an.
nouncement appeared before Federal
Judge Wilkerson, who listened to his
weird tale Of law defiance and con-
spiracy.
The judge did not question the
statements, one Of the most important
Of which has been proven tissue of
falsehoods by an eastern paper.
No one Of the 100000 shop men was
cited to appear. No one was permitted
to challenge the attorney general g
story.
He even announced that>h will use
his office to protect the anti-union
shop, and this injunction judge did not
tell him to keep within his sworn du.
ties and not publicly volunteer to act
! as a "capper" for union smashing
employers
To complete the picture the judge
issued a general and all-inclusive
"thou- shalt-not'' edict that sweeps
away every constitutional guarantee
from half a million citizens and all
others who would aid or sympathize
with them.
This assault on constitution and law
has never been equaled. A mob would
be incapable Of dealing such a blow
to government.
To say that 100000 strikers can not
communicate with each other or their
friends; that they cannot distribute
money to feed their wives and babes,
and that they can do no other thing
that would tend to encourage and sol.
idify their ranks is to bring the judi:
ciary and the federal administration
into contempt that will be hard to
efface from the memory Of a large
section Of the American people.
Because they refuse to accept a
wage reduction by the railroad labor
board, the attorney general says the
shop men are attacking govern.
ment.' The attorney general and his
friends should read the platform Of
the political party that placed then,
in their present positions. That plat
form says the board should depend on
moral suasion to enforce its decisions
Recently the federal trade commits
sion ruled that the proposed stee1
merger is contrary to law, Attorney.
for the steel merger announce thai
the decision will not affect their plans
Has any one heard the attorney gen
eral denounce the steel men 3 "attacl
on government9'
The reception the administration in
junction is given by trade unionist
can be judged by the fact that in no
a single instance have workers urget
that it be obeyed.
Everywhere is heard the cry Of de
fiance. The storm has alarmed the in
junction advocates, who realize the,
have made q mess Of things. With tn
agitation for general strike the in
, junctionites fear to enforce their OF
der. They see they have gone too "a
and are sending out inspired storie
to their friendly press that "the gov
ernment will permit the injunction t.
: be modified" -. 1..-
Even though it be modified the in
junctin remains the same hated. pro
cess that destroys government by la,
The labor world., 1922-09-16
LEST WE FORGET!

16S1 VIZ & O1S0o4.
"Lawless courts represent anarchy
in it's worst form,' said Senator Rob-
inson in the United States senate.
What about a lawless administration.
The injunction against the striking
shopmen was granted by the courts,
but it was asked for and obtained by
Daugherty acting for Warren 6.
Harding.
Compelled and driven by public
opinion Daugherty and Harding are
now explaining away the injunction
and undoubtedly the courts will mod
ifv it. But such modification will not
be the result Of more mature deliber-
alton on the part Of Daugherty and
Harding! They have threatened this
step and deliberated for more than
two months.
Whatever he may say or do hence
forth here are Warren G. Harding's $
views of the rights Of organized Ia
Dor. Let them be nailed to the wall
Of every meeting place of organized
labor in the country!
The injunction enjoins "aH rail-
way employees and "all persons act
ing in and or in conjunction with
them from Gin any manner what
soever encouraging, directing or com
manding any person = = = to abandon
the employment of said railway COM
,panies or to refrain from en-
tering the service.''
1t enjoins the officers Of the rail
way shopmen unions from "issuing
any instructions, requests, public
statements or suggestions in any way
to = any Official or member Of
said labor organizations constituting
the said federated shop crafts =
with reference to their conduct OF, the
acts they shall perform subsequent
to the abandonment of the employ
ment of said railway companies
President Harding has thus at
tempted to deprive the workingman
not of some of his rights but of all
of his rights as an American citiSen.
And for what object is the Ameri-
can constitution to be abrogated!
The spokesman Of Mr.. Harding
cleared up this question completely
i'm his official speech asking the court
for the injunction. The railways are
to be operated on the employers
terms If the unions endeavor to pre-.
vent it they are to be "destroyed'
by the government. This is Mr.. Dau-
lgherty's own word.
All the constitutional powers Of the
government as we'll as the unconsti-
tutional powers it has usurped are to
be used-to preserve "the open shop -
Here again are Mr.. Daugherty's words
(spoken for Mr.. Harding):
"* so long and to the extent
that 1 can speak for the government
Of the United States I will use the
power of the government to prevent
'Sae labor unions of the country from
destroying the open shop
The parts Of the injunction above
quoted show exactly what Harding
and Daugherty mean by "the power
Of the government.
Nothing that Mr.. Harding can say
or do can ever wipe out the fact that
he asked for and obtained this in
junction. Read it again apd again
Learn it by heart and preserve it TO,
future reference.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
SUTHERLAND SUCCEEDS CLARKE


Justice Clarke is to retire from the
supreme bench. He will be succeeded
by former Senator Sutherland of Utah.
This is distinct loss from the peo-
ple's point Of view. Next to Brandeis,
Clarke is the most dependable pro.
gressive on the bench.
Sutherland is an able lawyer. When
he first entered the senate he was re.
garded as "railroad SENATOR" but
in many important contests he gave
sympathetic consideration to labor s
contentious. We trust time will re.
veal that he is a worthy successor Of
his distinguished predecessor.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
TALK ABOUT PRICES!
GLANCE At RUSSIA

How would you feel If you were
asked to pay 10000 roubles for a
box Of matches. or 83,75o,000 rou-
bles for a pair of shoes? These prices
were the prevailing ones in the open
market in MOSCOW on June rs ac-
cording to table OF prices given in
the Russian Supplement" a pub
lication of the International Labor
office. However, the 1922 rouble is
equal to 10000 Soviet roubles ac-
cording to this chart, and the ex-
change Of the 1922 rouble for the
American dollar is 230, so if you
figure out the real price for your
self, you will find that the cost Of
articles in Russia is on a par with
what the United States called prof.
teers' prices just after the war.
The following is list of some Of
the more important articles Of daily
necessity, and the prices asked in
Ctha Moscow markets. Soviet
The labor world., 1922-09-16
PRoF1TEERs TAKE A BILLION.

The bituminous coal profiteers are
robbing the people of the country at
the rate Of a billion dollars a year,
and neither congress nor the executive
shows . disposition to effectively in
terfere. =....:5; g.
According to Washington newspa.
per during the week ending August 26
the operators disposed Of $3.50, 900 tons
At an average Of $5.29 ton, or 7s