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(profit) on the. stock owned by 'the
owners in three years." $3.50: :
|: We get the information from page
249 OF. the 1912 report; page s243 Of
the 1878 report, and page PAL of
the 1914 report, From these reports
it appears that the stockholders OF
the St. Louis. Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway company (the
owners} received dividends amount
ing to $1,775.649 in. 1912. and exact
ly the same amount in 1913 and 1914
also, making s5,326,947 in these
three years. If :, .ta Is 80 sss
And it. appears further from the
same reports, that the Missouri Pa
cific and the st. Louis, Iron Moun-
tain and Southern Railway. compa-
nies together had, On hand June so.
'1s TO- something more than 81 1s.o00,- ;
900 Of ssurp}us" which Is undivided
profit. In four years Gully i. 80,
70 July =, 1910 more than $14.o0S.- i
900 Of this fund $14,262.2s5 to be
exact seeA1s to have disappeared.
These mill ions certainIy belonged to
the owners and It lis morally GER.
tain that Only the owners received
= - Ar ! -
The labor world., 1922-12-09
Old CUARDSMEN .
ON BAND ! ! ! L WAGON !! |. ! !
Rear Guard i!!'' ID Of standpatteFs
See Handwriting on Wall.

:: Washington, Dec. s.-The' rear
guard. of the old guard senators
have read the returns from the re-
cent election; They have hoped on
the progressive band wagon, or are
attempting. to, and declare they are
friends of the farm err and are
deadly enemies of old man II. c.
Of L. s =. .ss' +. ~ {-5 y ].
Henceforth no one will shout loud-
er than the old guard for the horny
handed son Of toll and other COM
mon people. . 7..s .sss.,.s .s!. ls.
The group Of popular defenders In
the senate. however, refuse t0fs be-
come enthusiastic over the Old
guards sudden !: conversion. II, is
shown that this conversion and the
election returns are too closely res
lated to indicate sincere rebentei1ce.
The, progressive members of the
senate suggest that the eleventh
hour converts esit on the mourners
bench for q spell. Ss;;sass 81
81 So again IS verified the eTainS that
privilege always attempts to apture
and compromise movement 4stAat Il
cannot corrupt Or crush. 81 81
The labor world., 1922-12-09
BONUS Offer is
: WAGES NOT GIFT | !.
- ~ 49, -. $500 4.
:S'A|YSN. COURT
Progressive Court Hold in Fa.
vof'ot Workers Contention.

The North Carolina state supreme
court has ruled that bonus should
be considered as wages, and not as
a gift. i
The decision was written by Chief
Justice Clark. one of the forward
looking members Of the judiciary of
this country.
The decision was made in the case
of Seth Roberts, mill worker, who
was not given the promised bonus
when he was discharged. The mill
management said he was discharged
because he was critical Of an Off
Ger of the law employed there to
keep the place clean." There was no
claim that Roberts was inefficient
or failed to. properly perform his
duties: :. It was shown that he re-
mained in the employ Of the COM
pany because Of the bonus which
was toibe paid at Christmas. He was
discharged before that time.
Chief Justice Clark said the post
ing of the bonus notice and the set
ting, in. to work Of Roberts until the
end Of the: year constituted a con-
tract, provided he did his work sat-
isfactorily. The discharge of Rob-
erts. unless: for sufficient cause,
would amount to a, breach of con-
tract and was a wrongful discharge,
said the court. =:
This bonus" continued Justice
Clark, ''is not gratuity or gift, but
is an offer on the part Of the: en-
ployer with whom the offer orig
mates, in: order to procure efficient
and faithful employees, and. when the
employe, enters upon the service up
on that inducement it becomes q
supplementary contract Of which he
can not be deprived without suffi-
cient cause" .'
The lower court refused to permit
the jury, to pass upon the question
Of whether" the discharge was justi-
fled. Justice Clark remanded the
case back for retrial with orders that
the jury consider this question:. :,
The labor world., 1922-12-09
MAYOR Of SIOUX ::
CITY TAKES RAP
At trade CLUBS
Declares Business Mems Or
ganIzatIon Public Enemies.

EVERY chamber of comm cree,
every Rotary club. every Kiwanis
club, and some other ,so-called
luncheon clubs, is an organized
agency of propaganda and the stiff
ling of the free play of public opin-
ion."
That charge was made by Wal
lace NJ. Short, Of Sioux City, Iowa,
In an address before the convention
Of the Iowa League of Municipalities,
at Clinton, in discussion of the
Human Element in City Govern
ment." His contention was that the
first and most important need of to-
day is the re-establishment of a ra-
tional, healthy public opinion, which
he claimed had been poisoned by
business organizations and the press.
Mayor Short qualified his charge
with the statement that all members
of these commercial organizations
are not consciously tending them
selves to unpatriotic ends. The open
minded members, however, he add
ed. are not the organized control OF
chambers of commerce and kindred
bodies. 49,.
Their utterances," he said, "do not
at present receive any general and
serious consideration. The organ
lied control is wholly in the hands
of that group of business men who
have definitely set their, hand to de-
stroy root and branch the organiza-
tions which the people have built up
for their own protection against un-
bridled rapacity.
THE last five years have wit
messed perhaps the most highly or
ganized, best financed, most deter
mined effort ever made by organ
lied property interests to control
government md industry for: their
own ends and to destroy whatever
stands in their way"
The labor world., 1922-12-09
DECLARES LABOR
WILL SUFFER IF
SUBSIDY PASSES
Bill Supported by Congressman
Larson Feared by Labor.

Labor is opposed to the pendine
ship subsidy bill for the dual reason
that it will undermine the safe
guards created by the La Toilette
seamen's law and because labor il
opposed to the subsidy principle,
said statement issued by the A.
T.. of l.. executive council, at its
quarterly session in A. r: of l.. head
quarters.
I'm addition to it's proposed de-
struction of the standards of the
workers at sea, the, bill proposes a
drain on the public treasury which
was amazingly understated by the
president and which would, beyond
question, lead in the near future tc
the creation Of great shipping com.
pines which would control the ship.
ping business of. the country, driving
out all small competition. The gov
ernment would become a great part
ner In the creation of a shipping
trust, guaranteeing, meanwhile, the
profits of those fortunate enough to
become: partners in the trust. ... i.
Perhaps the most emphatic rea-
SON for opposing the subsidy bill eas
such is the fact that once enacted
1t can no be repealed for 20 years.
NO succeeding congress can undo the
wrong. The reason for this is that
the bill provides for the making OF
20-year contracts between the gov
ernment and shipping interests
,, Once made. these contracts could
not be voided.
Labor looks upon the ship sub
sidy bill as one of the most amazing
treasury grabs Of the decade, and il
repeats with emphasis what the
president has referred to as insln-
uations of favoring special interests
Labor is not insinuating that special
interests will be favored by the bill.
Labor is stating as a fact that spe-
cial interests will be favored and to
most lavish degree. -.
1T is proposed that this OUTRAGE
Gus proposition shall be enacted in
to law by congress that has been
repudiated. by the people.
"The present lame duck congress-
most Of the leaders of which will
after March go into retirement
has no moral right to inflict upon
the country an outrage so preposter-
ous.'
The labor world., 1922-12-09
HYLAND COMMITTEE URGES
AID FOR BERW|ND MINERS

The committee appointed? .by
Mayor Hylan Of New York to inves-
tisate conditions of. striking coal
miners in Somerset county,. Pa, has
opened an office in the municipal
building, where it will receive do.
nations of food. clothing, and money
for the miners. Mrs. Louis Reed
Welzmiller, deputy commissioner OF
markets, is in charge. -.
The miners are striking against
the Berwind-White coal company
which supplies coal for this city's
subway system. In this field the
Consolidated coal company operates
The publicity Of the miners resulted
in a statement by John D. Rookie.
feller, Jr.,. that he dep,ored condi.
tions, but could do nothing, as he is
a minority stockholder."
The investigation showed thai
miners have been evicted from com.
pany houses and are living in sta.
bles, barns and chicken coops.
The labor world., 1922-12-09
CHURChMEN.
N|ILI1'ARISM Is
= u -.a .
:. Balm ! ! \ WORLD Y h
Methodist. Bishops Take For
ward Step on War and Labor.

Baltimore, Dec. 9.-In theft, social
and economic program the :h6ard of
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in conference here, declared
for "the substitution Of: service for
reward and the discovery aof: the
spiritual value Of. labor y =.
!: I'VE look with profound concern
upon the havoc: wrought ~ our re-
cent. war" said the bishops. s'.Four
years after the armistice we live in
a world of bewildering chaos. Mill
ions Of European, .Asiatic, and
American youths gave their lives at
the: cali Of idealism.:: - vz< zEss
Certainly those Of us who live
should. have the courage to practice
the ideals for which we. enlisted d
them in battle. =
1T is said to- contemplate the pos
sibility of our dead having died in
yaip. a but saddeT still that We, shonld
now live in vain. y - =
::.:sssssQyee deploTa:s stne, unjust accumula- :
tioT and inequitable distribution Of
huge surplus profits by some finan-
cial corporations. We insist that the
Christian principles Of liberty shall
be applied alike. - * .,'z,-
: 1--WE deplore the distribution of
rewards Of, conquest in the form of
governmental monopolies and terri
torial control, for personal and self
ish advantage. \
I'VE deplore the investment of
taxes in .armaments and pompous
display, and urge the nations of the
world not only to limit but to de-
stroy this bulwark Of hatred. = r.
I'VE pledge ourselves to cooperate
with all governmental, social, and re-
,ligious bodies that seek a practical
program to. heal the suspicious and
hates which wound mankind, today.
Various suggestions are. being made.
Ours is not an exclusive voice., =,
"America unhesitatingly should
accept her full responsibility for
leadership in the restoration of a
broken world. 1919.
y, she :should not .acqulesce IN I'M
perialistic. policies and tempers. that
make. war inevitable. ..--s+,
.''she should. not refuse to sanction
any war except fro strictest seIf-de-
Tense or the defense of humanity.
''she should continue to advocate
universal disarmament and should
not hesitate in asking that an inter.
national conference be called for
this great purpose" 49,.
The labor world., 1922-12-09
C0R0NER RS JURY
>btAhEES'0vltEl'S
Mine Management Held Re-
sponsibIe for Death Of Miners,

Barnesboro, Pa, Deg. e.-The
mine management. is responsible for
the death of u men November G
last at the spang,er mine, is the
coroner's verdict.
The jury held that the explosion
was caused by open lights after the
mine management had knowledge of
the accumulation of explosive gas
in the mine, and by not employing
a. sufficient number of fire bosses to
make the proper inspections. The
management was also blamed for
failing to- provide Ventilation to the
working forces in the mine.
Paul Vallalla,. who was rescued
from the gas-filled workings, told
the coroner's jury that he notified
mine officials three weeks before the
explosion that the mine was gaseous
and would "go up" His father and
another relative were killed in the
explosion.
M. NJ. Sarnosky, former fire bos.
at the mine, told the jury that hi
reported gas many times," and tl1a
he considered the mine dangerous
Asked why he left the company.
employ, he said: II guess 1 said toe
much on the report book"
O. J. Flanagan, foreman of the
mine, admitted that Sarnosky re-
ported gas. He said he found ga:
also but believed it was not danger.
GUS. The foreman stated that the
mine complied with the law fol
openings, but he admitted that an.
other opening would probably re.
duce the death roll"
The labor world., 1922-12-09

The stock dividend scramble o1
Wall street started. by Secretary
Mellon 1t now appears is not only a
tax lodging device but part of the
program to increase Standards, con
troll over oil production and the
maintenance of prices which would
have dropped with crash under
normal conditions of supply and de-
mand. The enormous cash surplus
in the hands of the Standard Oil
gasoline. prices high in the face OF
enormous overproduction. : Teapot
Dome in the hands, of either govern
ment or Independent operation would
have meant lower prices for oil and
oil products. %
This week Robert c. Bell, former
ly special assistant to the united
States attorney general in charge OF
Wyoming Withdrawn oil land cases.
tells Of the Standard Oil monopoly
and how apparently every effor,
was made in the lease to provide a
way for the lessee to get all the gov
ernment's royalty oil without paying
for it," +
Another provision of thA lease
which is Exceptionally favorable
to the government is the one auth
orizing Sinclair to furnish the mate.
rials and build immense storage at
81 costal points" says Mr.. Bell. AL
the materials are to- be bought al
private arrangements, and the cos,
Of construction fixed in the same
manner. Sinclair becomes a pur-
chasing agent for the United States
navy; his purchases and contracts
will not be accepted from the low
est responsible bidders, as is usual
in purchasing supplies or letting
contracts for the government.
"Furthermore, it will not be ne.
eessary to- ask congress foraatS Spfo.
priatfons.
Congress has been eliminated
from any jurisdiction over millions
of dollars; of the governm .nt's prop.
erty. The lease also provides tha,
the lessee shall furnish the navy its
gasoline. kerosene, lubricants, etc.
Cat the reasonable market price, We
assuhe), which gives the STANDARD
a monopoly. on furnishing these ar.
ticles to the navy. Independents will
not have a chance even to submit
bid. These provisions are almos,
as Favorable" to the government as
the one which enables the lessee to
trade CSC worth of fuel oil fora bar
rel Of crude oil worth $3.50. Ap-
The labor world., 1922-12-09

policy. r
parently every effort was made in
the lease to provide a way for the
lessee to- get all the governments
royalty oil without paying for it.
"Something has been said about
the price provisions of the lease
The secretary announces that the
government oil experts Figured what
they thought the leasing company
could pay' and that he Jumped
<heir estimates from CSC per barrel
to $1.00, at the risk of wrecking ne
gotiations." We cannot account fol-
this absurd statement. Five cents a
barrel on crude oil never wrecked
the negotiations of any operator OF
Sinclafr's caliber for bonanza like
Naval Reserve No. 3.> Moreover, oil
at that time was selling in the Salt
Creek field at $1.40 per barrel, and
in the Mid-Continent fields at $500
per barrel. plus a premium
I'VE understand there is some
provision in. this lease for the pay.
ment of cash for the royalty oil
That the price, if payment is in
cash, is to be determined by the
highest posted market price offered
or paid in the Salt Creek field BY
the Midwest Refining company, OF
in the. 4id-Continent fields by the
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing com.
pany, or the Prairie Oil & Gas com
pany.
Mote, that this does not. NEAR
that the highest posted open fiel6
price to the Continent fields
shall be paid, but instead the price
offered or paid by the three com.
panies above mentioned-all Stand.
ard Oil companies: These companies
may discontinue business, or have
all the production themselves thai
they may need, and may not in the
future offef or pay anything fo1
crude oil. or'~they may post and Of.
fer a price far below the marke
value of oil, and in addition to theil
posted price agree, in order to EN-
able them to secure Oil, to pay 9
large premium per barrel. ,,
-'.Why were these thfee STANDARD
Oil companies designated to fix the
price of the government oil? The
Midwest Refining company has 9
complete monopoly in the Salt Green
field and pays exactly what il
pleases for the oil. 1t has never paid
more than about half the reason.
able market value of the product
The lease: might as well specify tina,
thu n4ioo be, eiszal l,,s
The labor world., 1922-12-09
SATURDAY evening. POST
WOULD MONOP0l|zE BOYS

Solicitor General Beck has asked
the. United States supreme court to
sustain the federal trade commits
sion's ruling that the Curtis publish
ing company Of Philadelphia can
not deny its agents the right to
handle other publications.
The solicitor insisted that the
company ''has no monopoly upon
the youth of America"
Dangers of monopoly in news
and magazine circulation were illus
trated by the solicitor, who stated
that the Journal of Commerce, Chi
cago, asserted in litigation it's ina
bility to reach the public due to- the
power of a distributing agency in
that city and an understanding the
agency had with. the publishers of
certain other Chicago newspapers.
The Curtis company. publishes the
Ladies Home Journal, Country Gen.
tleman, and Saturday Evening Post.
The labor world., 1922-12-09
LABOR !. OPPOSES }! } |!| e
new BASIC Law
Illinois Labor: SEES Menace In
Proposed Constitution,

Illinois trade unionists are waging
a vigorous campaign against adop-
ton of~1he new. state constitution.
The increased power of the judiciary
is the target for bombardment by
the workers. who; denounce efforts
to place the state under the control
of an oligarchy' of nine individuals
serving as the state supreme court.
'Thertx was no public demand
made npon; the: constitutional con-
voHtion to grant unlimited powers to
the courts" declares Victor "A. Olan-
der. ;secretary-1 treasurer Of the Illi-
'nois state federation Of fslabor.
Neither the newspapers Of the
State, the farmers. manufacturers,
nor workers Offered any suggestion
that the discretionary powers OF
judges, be increased. !;
"Who inspired this action? The
trail leads straight into. the lair of
the Morgan interests in Wall street.
The scheme was first proposed by
a spokesman of those interests ir
the person of Elbert H: Gary OF the
steel rtust. -',
''In a. statement he presented be-
fore the. American bar association
at its meeting in: Boston, Sept. s,
1919, four months before the con-
stitutional convention of Illinois be-
gan its sessions, Judge Gary said
"A court of equity should have, il
necessary, enlarged powers Of pre-:
ventive remedy, unlimited by stat
utory provisions. :. -:
''The Gary scheme has been work
ed out in detail by the constitutions!
convention and is now being offered
to the citizens Of Illinois as a part
of the new proposed basic law" ;
The labor world., 1922-12-09
Government IS billion SHORT
where BIG BIZ ESCAPES TAXES
Stock Dividend Deals Continue Standard Oil Leads in Melon
Cutting; D. S. Revenues F all OF One Third This Year.

decrease of 000 900 in income and profits
or - per cent the staggering loss the United States
resulting largely from evasons trick
distribution and redistribution of wealth through stock dv
dend deals Big biz taking advantage of ruling treasury
Department. following decision rendered by the supreme court
the stock dividend by which dividends representing profits
are hed exempt from taxation Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
himsef set the pace for Melon cutting.
The labor world., 1922-12-09
c0NGRES SskAN larson only I
M|NNESoTAN ToFAvoR SUBSIDY
Eighth Dktict Member Voted with Old Guard as Usual 10
Saddle Special Privilege Measure onPeople.

Oscar Larson Of Duluth the only
Der Of the Minnesota delegation Congress to vote for the .,
subsidy BY Mr. La1sons vote keeping with his general
record as reaconar Other members of the Minnesota dele-
but Larson has voted instance the side Of the old
guard and the The Labor World
apoloss insisted that unfair and animated By
- = ~
The labor world., 1922-12-09
DEATH RATE Is Low.

A decrease in the United States
death rate from 1s.1 per 100000 of
population in 1920 to 11.e In 1921
Is announced by the census bureau.
This is the lowest death rate ever
recorded for a&year In this country.
The labor world., 1922-12-09
IAFOlIEnE TO SEEK INQUIRY
Of Big OIL SCANDAL IN SENATE
Announces He VIII Attempt to Have Case ReopenedEvdence
Accumu|atIng to Charges Against Secretary FALL.

Senator La Toilette author of the original resolution calling
tor inquiry the Teapot Dome oil scandal
week that he would leave
action Senator kendrick of Wyoming will back him up
retaes Fall and Denb they conducted secret
the will lose millions of dollars the of the
ease that they monopoly Standard Oil and they
versed the national conservation policy.
The labor world., 1922-12-09
SLIGHT. PRICE DROP.

An imperceptible drop TN whole y
sale prices OF 81 4 per cd s. N
August to september g.; rsp&rta yg
!the fs&eraI bureau Of labor 5satistfcl
The labor world., 1922-12-09
SELECT CINCINNATI,

. The executive council Of the In
ternational Union of EJourneymen
Horseshoers have selected Cincinnati,
Ohio, for the next convention. =
The labor world., 1922-12-09
TRADE UNIONS TO MEET.

The annual convention. of the Del
Sware state federation Of labor will
be held in Dover beginning Jan. 8
next. =. - ..J 49,.
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