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WHY NOT?

The. United States government,
through tho War Finance Corpora
tion, has arranged to advance $10,:
100000 to the beet-sugar magnates Of
the Western States so they may hold
their sugar for higher prices.
These sugar men made fabulous
profits during and after the war. Now
when the consumers have a chance
to secure sugar at something like a
reasonable price the government
comes to tho rescue Of the profiteers
and finances a, strike against a re-
duetion in the cost Of living.
This leads Samuel Gompers to ask
in the last issue Of the Federation.
ist':
"Why: not finance the striking
Colorado coal miners 50 they may
warehouse their: labor power until it
can be disposed Of at a figure which
will at least insure tho continuance
Of the. present none-too-high. living
standardse' i
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DoNKEYe AND. MEN.

Once upin: time there were two
donkeys in the center Of field, tied
neck to neck by 4 long rope. Both
animals were. exceedingly hungry.
Now. it happened that on one side
Of the field there was . pile of corn
and on the: other = stack Of hay. Ono
donkey, spying the hay, made q dive
for it, and tho other sinultaneo ously
discovering the corn, ran for it. The
rope frightened and the donkeys began
= furious struggle. A third donkey,
happening to come along, applauded,
and said things which engendered
them to fight to a finish. Finally,
both donkeys, weak from exhaustion
and hunger, fell helpless to the, ground
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WHAT; OF. 1 04LVQ8?.
Tho Imagination Of Wan street 10
aflams with stories Of gigantic com.
binations. Oil, steel, copper, chemicals,
machinery md tobacco: lead in this
movement, which is pos,ibls because
America controls. 50 PEI. cent Of. tha
worlds gold, TINS permitting the H.:
suance o. billiens :ef new eredits.;.-:
Another factor il the ceatralizatidn
of industry during tho w.r and ttht ;a4:
tituds: o. government md The public
mind: In the judicial department Of
sovsra1ent especially; the lsssnine
Of hostility; TO- eenbinations if most
marked, ss indielted BY the United
States supreme court Z decision ia the
stee~trust> case and in tAe stock divi.
dsnd' case: - =.
: = In thsc::steel trust cass the eodrs
acknowledged that. the trust was more
y: = holding company, and doss not
produce steel bat.if IL 10 dissolved the
public. inteEest may. be affected aad
the country,s torsisa trade nay 10
injured. /. This startling position con.
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t'';ets with fsrner theories that courts
are supposed 80 define the law, while
psrmitting tho legislature to function
in its sphere II. =,
In The stock dividend case tho court
ruled that corporations may escape in:
come taxes BY issuing more stock, up
on which profits must be made, rather
than paying thp profit. in actual cash.
capitslists have not. overlooked
these decisions, and combinations un-
dreamed of. are: now in process Of for
Nation. It is agreed that there will
bs a:rsaetion from this Wild eapitali-
zation, but Wall street replies: CATER
US the deluge."
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American freedom on July Of each
year. but they are willing to retain
it. and fight for it all other days
of the year. They have a high re-
gard for all benevolent and charit-
ably disposed gentlemen, even
though they may be politicians, but
they would rather exercise their own
will and judgment even if they do
err at times: That is the, beauty OF
free country and xnc great heritage
of free people. =. ... III. j.
Governor Aliens law does not de-
ny the wage earners enc right to be-
long to union; neither does it deny
the worker the right to. give up his
job singly and separately. But, 10
and behold! If two or more work
men combine or attempt to COM
bine to give up their employment,
then it is said in Kansas that a
crime is being committed and that
Governor Aliens legislative will is
being disregarded, and that. will
never do; therefore, the whole
machinery Of the state must be put
into motion to suppress and punish
such recalcitrant workers.
Brushing aside all technicalities
the destruction Of the right to strike
is equal to the recognition of a SER
vile state. It may be a fine distinc-
tion to say that the Individual work.
er may strike, but that unions may
not. Common sense and experience.
however, sufficiently demonstrate
that industrial justice cannot be OBJ
tained by any one or even two men
quitting work. It has long been
recognized that a strike justly called
is an industrial argument for secur-
ing justice. Make this a crime and
the state will have taken the great
est step to enslave the workers that
has ever been attempted in America.
Governor Allen and lis industrial
court law is nothing more or less
than a revival of the courts Of the
middle ages. The courts were used
effectively at that time to keep the
'toilers in abject slavery. Evident
ly, Governor Allen is a poor student
OF history. II he will again consult
the history Of the middle ages he
Will find that it was the black death
that wiped out these courts. And so
when the present events will be
recorded in history to come It will
be found that red blooded ware
earners and free men will have
knocked Governor Aliens slave law
all to smithereens.-The American
Photo Engraver.
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COST OF A.. "woRKnJaMAN's
- HOUSE," +.

. According to, figures made public
by the National Industrial Conference
Board Of New York; concern fl
naslced by the employing class-the
ccs;t Of constructing what is described
as "a workingman's house - story
and 4 half house, 22x44 feet, five
rooms and attic-increased from
$1,000 to $500; between 1914 and
1920. Since the latter date there has
bees drop Of rs per cent.
However, the report states, ct he
lumber bill alone for this house, AT
THE PRESENT TIME, is $3.50, or
more than the total cost as late as
1916.
In view of the foregoing, What be-
comes of the contention that labor's
exactions are responsible for the high
cost Of buildings
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EDUCATOR OR AG1rAroR?

Which shall it be! We have had
some of each. Which is the success! I!
Which has been the success? Is there
one instance Of where the radical agi-
tator has been: successfuls But there
are good many cases whore the edu-
Gator succeeds. Where there is agi.
tation there is radicalism and where
there is radicalism there is nothing.
Radicalism, whether used by the en-
ployer or employees will never sue
ceed., Radicalism was at the bottom
of the World war, and where are we
today? The war cost millions Of lives
and millions upon millions Of dollars
and every country that was in it is
worse off today than ever.
Take our Civil war and how Abra
ham Lincoln tried to prevent it. He
warned the slave owners to desist
from their practice and the slave own.
ers were radical. They did not heed,
and the outcome was the Civil war,
And how did it. end!- In tho old
saying fright comes out right" And
this is the way everything must come
out. If you are right, stick 70, ii
and you are bound to win, but neve,
resort to radicalism until. there i!
nothing else for you. to do. The edu
Gator will try to do everything i,
his power to prevent strife. He, will
take a good many insults and never
resort to radicalism until there is n,
other road for him to turn and h,
will win out in tho end.
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WALL STREET Can FOOL
] OTHERS, But MOI: ITSELF


NEW YORK, Jan. =: 6.-Wall
street can fool others, but 1t never
attempts to fool itself, is the hint
contained in this statement by the
Wall Street Journal, which wage
workers might remember with
profit: %>
"Wsl street is not wanting in
faith but it does not greatly be-
neve in accidents. 1t is so much
4 part of its business to reason
hack from effects to cause, to pro-
tect Itself against. the future by
reasoning from causes to effects,
that 1t has small room for the idea
that events which seem fortuitous
are really so.''
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Of 'thsscspital, stock The increase in
the value, Of the" original securities
winged upward by So pr: cent. ::
Not 90 bad Certainly one csn pr:
don the retined licking Of tho eAeps
With: which The. report: ststss: 1T: is
difficult TO- imagine . more satisfae.
tory financial report" -,
Just 50. War doesn't pay for mu.
milton makers. Mr.; Da Pont va,
nearly ruined. Al he says, "Even
for a company as strong and as firm:
y established 'as our own, tits = Ian.
ble whether i can successfully we.th'
er the storm"
Really, We are moved 10 tears by
tho cheerfulnes,, tho. fortituae,; the
faith: with which. mnnition makcrs
face ruin in the name Of patriotism.
The labor world., 1922-01-07
DoSaEs IGNORE LAW.

.''.The Pixies Peak Consolidated Fuel
Co. and the Keystone Mining Co. of
Colombo Springs are 20 accustomed to
forgetting tho laws Of the states and
nation that they overlooked 4 hearing
set by the state industrial commission
to consider their own request that tho
commission cut miners wages 80 per
cent" says tho. Labor Bulletin.
The state law provides that the
companies must appear before the
commission before. they can reduce
wages. The miners were unorganized
whom tho cut was made, but they have
since joined the United Nine Work.
ers Of. America, and announce that
they will endeavor to compel the COM
panies to pay $4,000 back wages un.
dor tho terms Of the governments bi:
luminous commission, which has been
ignored BY the companies.
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ANOTHER REVOLUTION
STARTED'IN NEW.YORk

. For the 'steenth time a revolution
ary party has been formed to save
the workers and overthrow the gov
ernment. The American Federation
of Labor. Of course, will go down in
the grand crash.
The new venture it is to be known
as the workers party Of America.
This sounds smoother than com
'musitst party. 1t was formed in this
city by about 100 delegates repre-
senting groups who demand purified,
unadulterated revolution. The third
intentional of Moscow wars indorsed
and the usual program agreed to
that will always turn the labor move
ment inside out.
The program was attacked by some
Of the delegates. One was unkind
enough to label the ponderous docu-
ment "a hodge podge of muddle
brains" Another. declared it. was
a mess" party, rather than a mass
party
Defenders of the program ac-
knowledge its revolutionary weak
ness, but pleaded that the need OF
the hour is to get "toe hold
Afterwards, the simon-pure revolu-
t1on will begin. 1t was stated that
the workers are unacquainted with
the beauties Of communism, and
this theory must be cautiously fed to
them by the self-appointed guar
dians- A central executive commit
tee, with wide powers, was elected
to direct how the A. F. of L. will be
captured and how workers are to be
inoculated with the ideals Of the
third internationale.
The usual roof-raising denuncia-
ton of "Gompers bureaucracy" was
INDUCED in. This is favorite ora
torical trick Of capitalist and revolu-
zionist.
The new revolution will not be
given a clear track by its brother
revolutionists in other camps. The
I. w. W.. group Of this district. says
It is dominated by a. lot Of cheap
politicians who have never had any
revolutionary experience
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t''''9MY SMALL NOT PAos,"

!: Former Governor Bon Hooper, =
member ef the public group on the
Railroad *:1Abor, Board, holds that
when o. : :: man eater. tho employ Of i.
railroad he ,sacritiees his right to
strike. - = =
~ that !. not the, law, it should
oe and it will be-" says Governor
Hooper. Ii ,,..:.
4 report of his speech will be found
in smother column. As our New York
correspondent: suggests, additional sip.
=. nlf'eance attaches to the speech be.
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UNION 1ABoR's ANSWER.

"Unorganized labor has been the
chief sufferer in the wage cutting.'
That statement appears in a survey
Of the living cost situation, dealing
with wages and prices.
That statement contains the answer
so far as the worker is concerned
"a the open shop.
The open shop movement-fafsely
styled the 'American plan''-is 4
blow at the very heart Of labor o.
CARNATIONS. It seeks to render the
worker helpless to resist the heavy
burden that unfair employers would
put upon him.
In a time Of unemployment and in
dustrial depression the open shop ad.
>ocates put forth their hardest e.
forts. They call to their assistance
hunger, privation, the horrible anguish
that accompanies the fear Of losing
job, the misery that accompanies the
inability to secure job.
The plan is ":rSt to dilute orsaniza-
tion and then to make it powerless.
l: behooves organized labor, therefore,
to be more on guard than ever, care
full and sane Of policy, and firm in
sticking together. Otherwise, gains
made through years Of bitter uphill
struggle will bo lost.
If there were no injustices crying
aloud for rcdrcssing, if there were
not greedy and grasping employers,
if the employers were fair dealing,
we'll meaning humane men, there would
bo no reason for labor organizations.
They camc into existence as pro.
test against int olerable conditions that
workers, single.handed,, could not re-
drss.
Today, when the world. is overflow.
ing with wrong, when, tho worker is
being driven and goaded, when an
effort is being made to force him,
TO take the, brunt of wars baekvash
the worker must stand together AZ
never before. He must not for one
moment forget that the instrument
that has been helpful to him in the
pas: will continue: to serve him if he
remains steadfastly loyal to it.
The open shop seeks to disrupt Ia
bor organizations.
The worker would be very foolish
and shortsighted if he gave. any As
sistance to this scheme.
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AMERICA ON "sHoRT RAr1oNan

AMERICA ON "sHoRT RATIoNs''
Here are tho figures that tell an in
structive story:
In 1919 the per capita consumption
OF wheat in the United States was
60 bushels. In 1920 it was 4.6 bushels
= decrease Of 1914 per cent, or 23o..
ooo,ooo bushels. The figures for 1921
arc not available but they will doubt.
less show further falling off.
Asked to explain this decline in con-
sumption Congressman Sidney Apder-
son. chairman Of the Joint Congress
slonal Commission, which has been
Investigating agricultural conditions.
replied: -
II think it was due to the general
condition Of unemployment and indus.
trial depression"
The producers-the farme., and tho
industrial workers-have been ode
flated;" their purchasing power has
been crippled.
ine country is not suffering from
over-production but from under.con.
sumption.
Inc American people did not cat too
much in 1919 but they did not eat
enough in 1920. ... ..', ~. r.
:: Inc remedy is mot to be found in
uniting production but in increasing
'ne peoples purchasing power. -.
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1RUsT CHANGE THE SYSTEM

There are only $4,000 men unem-
ployed in all France, and the govern.
ment is talking about importing 6oo,.
600 workmen from other countries. Ac-
cozding to reports from Germany
practically eve ~ worker is, employed
and Ne is better supplied with tho
necessaries Of life than he was before
the war. ~. ..
IN Great Britain 100000 workers
arc walking the streets. In this coun-
try between 100000 and 5000, 900
worker,-the authorities can not agree
81 to figures-are in q similar uufor-
tun&ts condition.
The United States and Great Bri.
tain are the richest nations in the
world. .:,.
l. France is 1nortgased up to its ears
and Gernany's finances are in such
shape that ito mark il worth only
ene'fiftieth Of its face value.
What sort Of . topsy-turvy economic
systsm il this that makes two nation,
so "rieh" that their people starve
and two. nations 50 "poor" that their
people are comparatively comfortable,
|. One answer-and there arc many
others-is> that in this country and
Great Britain wealth has conceutrat.
I'd In = few hands to IN extent neye,
befs,s known in the worlds history,
These favored ones actually profit
from tbe miseries Of their fellow coun.
trynen. They. arc in {. positio. to
buy when other mon must soil, Thew
ear lead' their dollars on their own
terms to tho loss fortunate. Thu.
thsy ada to their power and wealth
while their victims arc swept into the
abyss Iof bankruptcy.
The system :is fundamentally wrono
and only fundamental change, viii
give tho people. permanent relief:
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Local Building Trades Council
Given Charter.

At a regular semi-monthly meet
ing OF the Building Trades council
to be held next Thursday evening
at Trade Union hall the secretary
will present to the delegates the
charter just issued by w. j. Spencer
Building Trades. department of the
A. F. Of L..
The election of officers will be
held during the evening. Dan J.
Needham OF the Steam Engineers
union is president Of the council and
Elling Munkeby of the Painters
union is secretary. -. ~.
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whereupon the third donkey gave !,
loud "hee-haw,' - galleped to ths food
and ate until his hunger was up
peased. .... : =. -. :. .,
After the donkeys lay motionles'
for some time, one. rolled over TO tn
other and said: "say, Bill, I. have
been thinking the: matter over, and
want to ask you: Just what are VIZ
killing each other .feri' :.
"1 fought you because I was hun.
cry and wanted hay" replied Bill.
"Well," remarked George, 1--WE
both fought in order to: satisfy on,
hunger. We are still hungry. Now,
look at Jack, over there. He urged
US to fight with all our might. He
himself, however, did no fighting, yet
he has had all tho corn and hay that
he can eat. Listen, what do you think
Of this plant
Whereupon George whispered some
thing into Bills ear. The eyes Of the
latter opened wide and exclaimed,
by golly, that sounds goodl''
Then, much to Jacks surprise, Bill
and George got up and walked, side
by side, over to the hay and ate
heartily, then turning about they
walked over to the corn and ate the
corn. = =:
"say," said Bill, "you were right;
through force and antagonism We have
both" lost; through reason and coop.
Grafton We have both gained!"
The labor world., 1922-01-07
MANS GREATEST WEALTH.

Hold to optimistic ideal, and you
will drive out pessimism, the great
breeder Of disease, failure and misery.
Stand guard 1t the door Of your mind;
keep out all the enemies Of your hap.
piness and achievement by continual:
~ flooding your mental kingdom with
thoughts Of love, good: will, success,
happiness. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you
desire to realize in your life-and yoa
will be astonished at your increased
power and happiness::
Happiness is attained by industry,
thrift, right living, charity and broth
crhood. Help every man: up instead
Of pulling him down and. happiness
results. In this way poverty and dis,
content. can-be abolished and material
success insured.
American ideals, better understand.
ing Of the problems: Of the "other
man" and the friendly assistance
proffered him in the solution Of his
pcrplexities, will ultimately mako d
nationwide contentment..
In America. the sun shines alike
for all. : Its rays enter the cottage
of the workman and tho home Of the
employer. Both: are entitled to q
livelihood and to happiness: For their
mental and manual: labor, both are
entitled to living incomes, decen,
homes, rest and recreation, ample op.
portunity for education Of children
and the maintenance Of wholesome
family life.
In Russia, the vast majority Of th<
working classes are suffering incon
ceivable distress: Brother is opposed
te brother, and class is against class
Bolshevism may be- likened to. q. can
Ger in the worlds body, sapping it,
vitality and its happines. in violation
Of the laws Of God and in utter dir
regard Of the golden rule.
Steady, orderly government, by tn,
people themselves, insures justice m,
opportunity to all and brings mankind
the largest measures Of happiness.
The labor world., 1922-01-07
nYAN's PROPHECY.

Whatever may be, thought of Will.
lam J:;Bryan's s political stunts, it can,
not b sainsaid that tho illustrious
Eebraskan Is, not. \ prophet. His
theories advanced rs years ago on
prohibitions: equal rights for women;
income tax, became realities, although
at. tho time Bryan suggested these re-
forms hs was branded q wild.eyed
and*hair.brained. Time proved Bry-
ans foresisht was better than most
peoples hindsight.
Therefore, tho world at largo will
give: serious thought and reflection to
Bryaa's, latest predictions, that ma.
tional and. state laws will be enacted
to vindicate labor''s right to organize,
:to bargain collectively, and to per.
suade' wage earners to join organiza.
tions. These rights will be securd.
Bryan promises, and the public will
approve.
Imagine tho picture Of horror by
Big Business men when it sees Organ.
lied Labor gaining its. rights through
popular: will. Bryan does not, say
these. reforms will be won over night
Oh; mo, it means years Of persistent
effort, and concentrated political Of
fort BY Labor, in which United State.
senators and congressman will be made
to respect I the ambition Of "a' ma
jority. AS it is, senators and con
eresmsn pay little or no attention tt
Labor's demands unless tho politica,
district is close and one, vote NAV de-
eide ai election.
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HERE'S A: TRUTHFUL KID.

Lillian" said mother severely,
there were two pieces Of cake in the
pantry this morning. and now there
10 only one. How does this happen 2"
II don't know" said Lillian, re-
gretfully. ''It must have been 80
dark that I did not see the other
piece. 4 y. ..5, s5 5 a. ..st. szsss
The labor world., 1922-01-07
TAKING NO CHANCES.

A boy was visiting another boy,
and AZ they were going TO bed the
little host knelt to say his prayers.
( Il never say. my prayers when
am at home,' said the visitor.
That's all right" saids the other
boy. You better say them here.
This Is : folding bed" sse5
The labor world., 1922-01-07
BATTL1sH1Ps AND Hoxxs.

Take, for instance, 4 single iten-
the cost Of constructing = modern
dreadnaught. The Maryland, ono Of
our latest vessels, cost $4,000, 900 to
build: That sum is enough to bnild
1o,50o $4,000 residepces. ...-.
1t costs $75o,ooo per year to operate
the vessel. This sum would buy 1s7
houses costing $4,000 each for everv
year the vessel is in commission. It
would mean that .935 houses could be
built with tho sum expended for Oh.
Grafton.
These vessels become obsolet. in
about five years. Some authorities
say they::are obsolete before they are
completed and in the water. Howeve,
that may be, let US assume that thew
are obsolete in five years. That
means that there is IN annual ob,..
le'eenee charge Of ts,5oo,ooo. Thi.
sum would pay for 2,1e5 $4,000 homes.
Now II we. add those various items
we find that the. cost, Of the boat
plus the cost Of operation and main.
tenance for five years plus tho obsoles-
cence charge would build Is, $50 homes
costing $4,000 each. This would inf.
fice to house e7,soo people, good.
sized. city.
In; the face Of this showing, ear
we. claim ia be IN intell;rent meant.
The labor world., 1922-01-07
MR: Du PoNf NxA11Y: nu1r.n

ANAADAAAO4
Do munitiou: makers want wa.s
"No, No; never" says Pierre. s: du
Pont, chairman Of the E. I. du Pont
de Nemours company, greatest Amer.
le.n munition makers. He write, lis
big "No" in an article entitled "War
Doesn't Pay," published III the Do.
eember Nation > Bu,ineis. -
Lots see. IN March, 1919, tho III.
:nual report of':Mr. du Points com.
pany sets forth that during: tho four
years Of the war tho gross business
Of the company amounted. 70 81 40.
100000: The gross capital bulesd
from tsa, ,4as, 900 to os,s4s,ooo. The
stockholders split up $14o;9ss, 900.
Total dividends soared to 45s per cont
The labor world., 1922-01-07
UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.

An interpretative dancer, and a
Jazz orchestra at a church bazaar?"
Eyes" ,..:s l.
"My! What are we coming to ?"
Latter day business methods.
The good ladies cleared $1,000 shove
all expenses and the deacons got a
little taste Of high life? without visit
ing one Of those sinful cabarets.''
The labor world., 1922-01-07
IT'S PLAIN TO TELL.

1.-The wicked stand in slippery
places,
'"How do you know they are
wicked:?" i
by the language they use when
they slip" ~ ,....
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THE WISE FOOL.

THE WISE FOOL. -
knowledge is power" observed
the Sage. >.i - -
ooh, I don't know" commented
the Fool. "A .low-browed pugilist
can make more in one fight than an
educator can in a year.