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ONLY LABOR PAPER I IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA SORROWFUL ENDING OF W0« HEARTS Pathetic Spectacle of Two Old People Clasping Hands To gether in Death. Sad Indeed are Conditions That Render the Grave More In viting Than Life. 'A few days ago in Chicago two old people lay down in death together. After draining. the contents of a poi son vial they passed into the mist, their hands clasped as in younger years. Death was chosen by the old people as the only way of escape from a condition in life which they thought Intolerable. There seems something wrong in a civilization which renders death pref erable to life. There must be un known ruts and unexpected stretches of hard traveling when the grave is more inviting than the sunlight. Man must have left something undone when there was nothing in the puls ing throb of the heart, in the pleasure of eye and ear, in the friendship of fellows and the love of kin to deter two people assaulting the citadel of their own lives. There? 'is something unutterably 'pathetic lit the spectacle of John Flor ian at sixty-eight and his wife, at seventy-seven clasping withered hands and draining the same fatal dose. Wlhat sorrow, what privation and what unutterable despondency must have actuated them both when,neith er could frame a cheering word to de flect the mud of the other from the thought of self-destruction! It is not unfair to assume that John Flor ian lived an honest and commendable life. A man who at sixty-eight years still retains the love of a woman to such an extent that she is willing to follow him even beyond the Valley of the Shadow cannot have Ibeen other than a good husband. Is there, then, nothing of which our civilization stands accused when two such people, bowing beneath the load of years, find existence unendurable? Theirs la not a solitary case. Every day brings its quota of sorrow stories. This is a fair world we live in. It is garnished with the plentltudes of beauties, with a marvellous pharma copoeia of remedies for sad hearts and wearied brains. Tet there must be something lacking somewhere, some thing which stands as an eternal ac cusation against you and against me, when the multitude of life failures, typified in John Florian and his wifa, can find nothing that will distract their minds from the thought of self' destruction. LABOR MOVEMENT HAS TRAVEJjJARO ROAD There Has Been no Royal Road to Success in the Labor Movement. .Toilsome Journey Marked by the Sacrifices and Endeavors of the Loyal Few. Uke everything of human endeav or, there is no royal road to success In the labor movement. Success is spelled only through application, through effort, through sacrifice. There will come times when it ap pears that all the endeavor is useless. Mistakes may be made, honest fail ures will be misinterpreted,, minor lapses wiH be magnified. But it is orily as these are overcome, as the barriers are surmounted, that success Is attained. Road a Rough On«. That the road traversed in the la •bor movement is a rough one, that possibly less is offered to those who labor in the cause than is to be found in other fields, is natural. Its prin ciples, its aims, attack established customs. It preaches a doctrine op posed to special privileges, to selfish ness, to greed, to the accepted views banded down through oountless gen erations of the rights of humanity. Those who enunciate its doctrine must to a degree be idealists, they must be in a certain sense radicals and extremists. It is their duty In cessantly to preach a forward move ment. And human nature does not at all times desire or appreciate these methods. There is to be combated the human inclination to let well enough alone, to resist encroachment on vested rights. Still Movement Progresses. The roadway along which the labor movement has traveled is lined with the bones of those who have sacrific ed themselves to the cause. Some have gone down contesting with the commoft foe more have been destroy edfcy those th^y sought to serve. But ever and always the movement con tinues. From the experiences gained new recruits gather to the fray. And he indeed foolish who thinks that the forward march can be retarded even though the faillties of humanity hold apparent undisputed sw»ay. And it is this that buoys up and encourages the true worker in the cause. He forgets the lack of con sideration, the misunderstandings, the Ingratitudes, that occasionally ap pear and, serene in his belief of the Ylghteouspess of his cause, continues In. bis labor.—Union. j. |, 1 WW SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. KRMUjBY, Wis., March 4.—The beard of education has wgagad Jesse. Ames, of Ells Principal oT jUm Stanley iseMHs tocttio next rmt. OFJALL STREET Toy and Play With the Financial and Industrial Welfare of the Nation. Gamble for the Wealth That Is Being Filched From the People. Taking into consideration all that organized workmen have striven for. and attained in the past, and all that we hope to do In the future, trade unionism is ging to live and continue Its fighting, no matter how mighty its earthly foes may be, for Its mission is a righteous one, and its work Willi never end, until poverty and the un happiness it brings cease to exist. Gambling Must Go. Why should they wh^' toil year in and year out continue a "hand to mouth" existence, while the foulest and greatest gambling hell, which has its abode in Wall street, is allowed to gather up the fulness of the land, and the scoundrels who control its blight ing machinery revel in the millions they have wrung from the life-giving streams of the nation, carrying woe to Industry and idleness and suffering to the toiler? Why,, we ask, should this Wall street gambling monster be per mitted, at its own fickle pleasure, to toy and play with the financial and Industrial welfare of the nation, while the robb'ers gamble a^id fight among themselves as to^rho shall have the controlling interest in the wealth' that has been filched from the people? Is there any earthly reason for its ex istence? If so, we have failed to find it or learn of it. In our humble opin ion, it is time that our American cit izenship asserted itself and demanded from its public servants in no un certain terms legislation that will an nihilate every vestige of the- blight that this den of thievgs has periodic ally cast upon our beloved country. Responsible for Panic. These, and other gamblers of hi finance, are responsible for the pi icky conditions of today. They are the men who have not hesitated to dlfcredlt the nation and its president, in order that their scheming designs may bey fruit, and that they may, by financial manipulation, gain con trol of rival corporate interests. J. Pierpont Mbrgan, the so-called "sa viour," and the men associated with him, recently made over twelve mil lion dollars in the saving, process, which, at the same time, gave to.the United -.States..- ^«el~Tru*i.i=tfa* conttflT aftd monopoly of the 'frfe lands of the country, part of which were formerly controlled toy the Ten nessee Coal and Iron company./ .-Its holdings are now 2,400,000,000 tons, and Its promoters say that they can not be exhausted in a hundred years, while at the same time,' it has secured 2,000,000,000 tons of coal properties from its rival, the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, which is now no more. Sacrifices Other Interests. In his "saving the country" process and charitable work, we are told, J. •Pierpont Morgan alBo crushed out of existence the Hielnze Copper company and placed all its properties in the hands of H. H. Rogers and Wm. Rockefeller, or the Amalgamated Cop per company, the biggest monopoly of its kind in the world, and this squeez ing by the big captains of finance will go on and on until they get what they want, no matter whether the wheels of honest industry hum or not, or whether thousands of honest work ing men and women walk the streets in idleness and in want of bread. LABEL AT THE MAST HEAD Catholic Forester Official Organ of a Progressive Insurance Order of that Name. Comes Out With the Union Label at Head of Its Edi torial Column. The February issue of The Catho lic Forester, official organ of the Catholic Order of Foresters, 'bears the union label, the same' appearing at the head of the editorial column. Re cently the attention of Philip J. Mc Kenna, publisher of The Catholic For ester, was called to the union label not appearing on Hfe paper. The en terprising publisher lost no time in Informing the label committee of the Typographical Union, that the label would appear in the future. The Catholic Forester is printed in Mil waukee, Wis., and no doubt the mem bers of the Catholic Order of For esters throughout the country will greatly appreciate the action of Mir. McKenna lit endorsing trade unionism by placing the union laibel of the printers on :thelr official paper. The Catholic Order of Foresters, is one of -the progressive insurance or ders of this country, and an excellent ladies' auxiliary. A large proportion of the membership is .composed--of trade unionists and sympathizers.. SWIMMING MATCg WON BY EASTERN TEAM m. VOL. 13. NO. 39. DULUTH AMD SUPERIOR, BAtURDAY, MAR0H 7, 1808. Animated by an Honest Devotion to the Cause of Organised La bor the Members of the Council in a Spirit of Prudence and Good Sense Considered the Question Before Them. A Vote of Thanks Was Extended to the American Federation of Labor For Its Loyal Support to the Duluth Brethren in Uphold ing Unionism During the Pres ent Lockout. ST. PAU(L, Minn., March 5.—(Spe cial. )-rThe Federation Council, which Is the executive body of the State Federation of Labor between the an nual convention, held its third quar terly meeting for the year at Federa tion hall in the capital city last Sun day. For nearly eight hours the Council was engaged in considering the needs and difficulties of the labor movement in this state and the bor der section of North Dakota, over which the Council has jurisdiction, and the most effective means of pro moting that movement's best inter ests. Who Were in Attendance. All the members of the council were present but two—P. J. Warren of Winona and James.. E. Logue of Faribault. Mr. Wferren is a leading member of tfhe Northwestern District Council of Blacksmiths, and his pres ence was imperatively demanded, at the meeting of that Council, which was held on the same day. Mr. Logue is by no means indifferent to the cause of labor, but other engagements from which he could not escape kept him away from St. Paul on. the day of the session. There were present at the meeting also many visitors who are vitally interested in the labor movement, among them Frank Fisher, of Duluth G. W.. Deacon, John Wal qulst, Thomas Lees and others, Min neapolis W. q. Van Brunt, Broil 6koog, C. E. James, and other labor leaders of St. Paul. B. F. Lathrop of Fargo, N. p.,. took his seat in the body the/i$rst time af: vice.-.#rfsldgn£, much to' "the interest and profit "of ttie proceedings. ." _. Spirit of the Body. NEW TORK, March 4.—Charles M. Daniels, New Tork Athletic club holder of many world's records, with "Bud" Goodwin as team mate, defeated H. J. Handy of the Illinois.Athletic eluto. Chicago and C. Trenbach, New York •. A. C.j in a 200-yard swimming race at rendered. Ife was aleo cordial the sportsman's show in Madison A disinterested observer, with "no preelections or prejudices on the sub ject, would be forced to admit of the Council that it is\ animated by' .an honest devotion to the cause it rep resents, is critically conscious toward the momentous interests it has in charge, is inspired by lofty ideals and is impelled by a generous and Square Garden--tonight by about lSjif tip Jotyt stftygs committee of the yards. Time 1 nrtntrte ST l-6-seoonds. unions tor »ttie untiring energy and. desire DEVOTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL WELFARE OF THE HEAD OF THE LAKES. to advance the welfare of mankind, gen erally as well as locally. And as to the proceedings, he would have to grant that they were characterized by prudence, good sense, elevated feeling and admirable breadth of view. The members seemed to fuHy realize that in the onward course of labor, at least for some time to come, every highway will be- be«et with foes, every hour will be fraught with peril and every expedient will- toe confronted with obstacles and thtelr deliberations were marked with gravity, earnest ness and care in accordance with the circumstances. At the same time, no note of fear or discouragement was sounded. All seemed to feel that In the industrial as in the natural world, the pall of the present shields while It shrouds the roses of the future— that as Nature is, even now, under the desolation and icy waste of today, preparing lu her profound laboratories for a- season of visible and palpable glory, so in labor circles,, the night of wintry darkness that is upon us heralds a rosy, genial dawn. President Howtoy's Report. After the necessary preliminaries of calling the meeting to order and ap proving the record of proceedings of the preceding meeting, President Howley called J. J. McHugh to the chair and took the floor to Tead his report for the quarter. In this he re counted his work at Grand Forks, N. D., Where he had partially completed arrangements to organize unions of tl|e bartenders, stage employes, tailors, teamsters and retail clerks, when he was ordered by President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor to go to Duluth on account of the trou ble .resulting from a lockout of the building trades in that* city. He reached Duluth on- the morning of Decs 15, and- since that time he had been continuously and laboriously en gaged there eiccept during one week In which fie wfcs making a tour of the state and visiting Fargo soliciting financial assistance for those who were in need of it at the'Head of the Lakes. He was greatly aldea in his work by several international officers of the different crafts particularly af fected by the lockout, and also by. J. J. McHugh, Secretary of the St. Paul Carpenters' union, W. C. Van Brynt,\ business agent of the St. P&ul Paint ers' union, M. Coproy, business agent of the St. Paul Plumbers' union,- A. G. Balivbrldge, business agent of the Minneapolis* Painters' union, and Rev. C. P. Boardman, fraternal delegate to the: Minneapolis Trades and Xaibor Assembly, all ofWhom he praised highly for the efficient service they upq^aHffed »in his commendation liABOR Wllili SttADtLY I* AINTAlfrlTS GROUND. The ultimatum attributed to J. Pierpont Morsaa. that Workmen mast either •ufcmK to a reduction In wages and an nm«»e la howrs of labor or starve^ has -been' de nied by Mm. Nevertheless, it has been generally Understood that some manufacturers Intended to take advantage Of the present 'faille** to nndo what organised labor haa done i* the way of In creasing hours. vrages aad reducing It goes wlthouf sarlng that la bor will not pea«g(tbljr relinquish what It has strlf§n so valiantly to obtaM, and more so because labor realises that the so-called "panic" was the result of no Just or reasonable caj»sss, but was brought about b| the trickery and maneuvering of men who ex pected to profit hjr laying' the country Industrially prostrate. honest devotion td diity of its mem bers. How the Relief Fund Is Distributed. President Howley reported**' further that the relief fund Supplied by the various unions and. international bod ies was distributed' to those in seed of aid through a joint strike commit tee composed of the officers of the Federated Trades Assembly and the officers of the Structural Building Trades Alliance, and ohly upon writ ten requests, from the officers of the union to which the applicant for help belongs, all money being strictly ac 9onnted for and reports of jpeceipts and disbursements 'being made'up ev ery week in. duplicate, one set for the State Federation and the' other for the American Federation of Labor. Wisconsin Society of Equity. In obedience tq, directions from President Gompers,': Mr.. Howley at tended the state convention of the Wisconsin Society of Equity, or Far mers' union, which ifiet 'at Ebu Claire, Wis., on Jan. 14, I5 |nd 16. The Wis consin State Federation of- Labor was represented in thfe convention by Messrs. Fred BrocKhausen and Chas. Jeske, and the. Boo£ and Shoe Work ers' union of America by C. James of. St. Paul. The^labor representa tives present secured "tjie adoption of patronajps of the~ foViiiers for union 'made goods. He £hd Mr. James, ad dressed the convention and replied to a number of questions touching the labor movement In various ways, and Doubtless accomplished a great deal of good for the ktbor cause by at tending the meeting. Organization Work Outlined. President Howley also reported that he had in prospect for eafly attention organization work at Mankato, Red Wing, Fargo, and other points, and asked the approval of the Council of the plans he submitted. Women's Label "Leagues. One -of the. most gratifying items in the President's report was an ac count of the organization of a Wo man's L^bel League at1 Duluth and another the organization of which will soon be completed at Superior, Wis. He stated in this connection that he had received a number of communi cations from ladles in Duluth asking what they could do to help, in ad» vancing tho laljor movement, and he concluded that,l{ was advisable to or ganize all who were willing into a" Woman's Label League. For this purpose the Federated Trades Assem bly placed a hall' at. his disposal, and be succeeded in organising a League witfh 212 members to start with. He also arranged for a, similar organiza tion in Superior which will be per fected on March 10 with nearly 100 members. The report, wbictf gave gre^t sat isfaction to the meeting, was accept ed and ordered placed on file, all Its recommendations were. adopted and President Rowley's course was in jail respects approved. Status in the 8econd District. Henry C. Hartung of Mankato made an exhaustive report of conditions and needs in the Second congressional dis trict of the state which he represents in the Council. He stated that in his district union labor was better paid and enjoying better conditions than non-union, labor .that some business establishments which employed only union labor had' been foriced to the wall by the' financial stringency, but were soon to open again that the stone cutters had: notified. their con tractors that after April 1 they would work only eight hours a day for $3.60 'and that the carpenters had also been 'out with a committee interviewing -the contractors with avlew to. secur ing a scale of 30 cents an hour, a ten hour day and strictly union sjiops, and that they bad excellent prospects of succeeding In, their desires. He re ported furthef that he had been in-! structed by tl|^. Mankato Trades As se^bly to call/ the attention of the Council to the p^vlslbns of the Pen ,f*we 'bill giving the 'poflfmastisr gen eral the right to prohibit sending cer tain forms of second class matter through the majls, the Assembly being fearful- that tlifs discretion might un favorably aJttectVsbme of the publica tions of orgi^Riaed lidbior. This report also was accepted and^ ordered placed on file. v' -i" Fourth ConTji^istibhal Distriot. T. F. Thomas and McHugh,' representing St. Paul, t^e fourth con gressional district in the Council, rer port«| oondltloiM in tjMrt city orally, The Deliberations of the Body Marked With That Gravity and Earnestness Pharacteristic of Men Who Have a Solemn Sense of the Responsibility With Which They are Entrusted. The Announcement by the Pres ident of tiie Organisation at ^Dulutfr of a Woman's Label League Was a* Source of Much Gratification to All the Mem bers of the Council. the state of affairs. and the outlook for the future. Mr. McHuglj, also re ported in writing, as follows: "Abbout Dec. 31, 1907, President Howley of the State Federation of Labor requested the Carpenters' union of St. Paul to send its business agent to Duluth to aid in identifying any "St. Paul carpenters who might be found working In that city. The ,union thought I knew its members as well as the business agent and sent me in his place. I went to Duluth on Jan. 6 and remained one Week, doing all I could to help 1n creating enthusi asm and bolster up the men who were -'out there. Later I got. permission from the carpenters' general presi dent to return to Duluth, and I re mained five days on this second visit, and while there was granted the privilege of addressing the largest audience ever assembled in the state in the cause of labor." Fifth Congressional District. Messrs. A. E. Wellington. and E. G. Hall of Minneapolis, the Fifth con gressional district, made oral reports of what Is doing and In contemplation in that district, and also detailed .re sults of visits ma.de by them to c^ier places in the state, notably Roches ter and Faribault, where additions to the unions affiliated with the State Federation are In prospect. Matters suggested by them were reserved for consideration under Uie head of un finished and new business. Sixth Congressional Distriot. John M. Taylor of Bralnerd, who. represents the Sixth Congressional district In the Council,' reported that trade' feas ibeSnf'viery dun%n Ws" dis trict duirthg the 13&, tftfee ifiontha Itnd It great niany workmen liave -, been laid. off, wh!)e others- are working short time that notwithstanding- this state of affairs the unions, of that city had contributed the sum of $113 to aid the men locked out in Duluth also that a metal trades council had been oirganlzed with all the metal trades In Bralnerd affiliated that ef forts had been made to 'Organize the teamsters ,and that a vigorous cam paign had been conducted for the sale of union made floiir. President Howley Commended. In making his #oral report concern ing the Eighth congressional district, Edward Lowe of Duluth begfin by stating that he had been instructed by the unions there to especially com mend the work of President Howley in the district and say that in their opinion the St. Cloud, convention made no mistake in choosing him "as presi dent of the State Federation of Labor, as Jif was emphatically the man for the place, especially in the present crisis. He stated that- one decided gain, had been made in getting the iron work in the new construction at the Duluth Bottling Works- done by union men, and that It had been more than usually .difficult to accomplish this as- the architect in* charge was one of the firmest advocates of the non-union shop and had only yielded to the pressure when 'it became to strong for hi mto withstand. He re ported in addition that trade was nec essarily dull in Dulutli, but that many men were working In all but the build ing trades. Ninth Congressional District. F. Lathrope of Fargo, N. D., is the representative of the Ninth con gressional district in the Council, as the border cities of his state are in the jurisdiction of that district." Mr. Lathrope Is also president of the Far go Trades and Labor Assemftyy. He reported that the labor organizations In hlsi district are In avery healthy condition, every qnion reporting new members each mpnth that $200 had been raised in Fargo for the aid of the Duluth men that the Tailors and Teamsters' unions hadi agreed to af filiate with the Minnesota State Fed eration at their next meetings, and that there were good, prospects of forming unions of the freight handlers and cooks and waiters. He also stat ed that the boafs painters and plum bers had posted non union shop Signs in, their places of business to take ef fect March 1 that .he was, however, hopeful of getting the difficulty ad justed without serious trouble. These reports, like the others, were accepted and ordered placed, on file. Secretary-Treasurer's Report. W. E. McSwen, secretary-treasurer, laid..before the meeting a comprehen sive report of the work of% his office for the quarter, and also a financial report in which the siims received in to the treasury from various sources and all the disbursements were care fully detailed. The report recounted specifically his work for the advance ment of the labor movement dilrlng: Sinneapolls, quarter in Duluth, Superior ^ia, Mankato and various other Places, and showed additional Mbor marked out fdr 'him, including S *r4 oniiiir KRW B«fuses to Publish HisV'Ch Ktit' 'Tirade Agalxift Qr gsnued aLb^nr^ Classes Him as Dangeroiifi as Any Crooked Demagogue ip th,e /Nation. It is refreshing to I^abor World readers to find at% least one daily. pa per, among the secular 'aress, who is too honest .to print the advertisements of this ring leader of {he National As sociation of^ Mahlifacturers.' The News'" in ai^.editorial says: Post and Parr^ Dangerous. ., "Mr. Post is just as dangerous to tihe industrial peace of the nation- as any professipnal agitator,no more and n6 less. He arid David it. Perry have the agltatory 'bug:.' Belonging to hide bound organizations themselves, they refuse to! recognize the right of their employes to meet and agree on a price for their product. Post and Parry would become the paternal guardians of 'all such workmen wlio will- bow the knees* to them, while the workman does not desire paternalism nor as for a guardian who out of the infinite charity of' his heart buys h^lf a dozen magazines a month, installs a reading room, and then thinks he has contribute*) something, towards the so lution of the 'labor problem.' "The labor agitators who preaches that the employers are a rapacldus horde should be silenced the capital istic agitator who preaches that labor unions are at sworn enmity with cap ital, ought likewise be silenced. Post is no better rthein ap 0*Shea or Sam Parks. News for Fair Play. "The News was the champiop of fairness between mfin and m^n In Michigan,-'when the name of Post was not yet raised from a floomy obscur ity for a substitute for coffee. The people of Michigan ate a sufficient Jury to leave this pQlnt with, .v^ile we proceed to tell the real reason why we refused to take Mr.. Post's money for two columns of our advertising space wheirein unjust calu^sny f^as to printed against the ^average work lngipan. Post Not a Representative. I^ost literature heals no wovinds, asw sists to no better unde|rstan(llng. lit it were not so insipid it would be In cendiary certainly were it to come ffom the hapd of a workingman. Post would hasten to label it "lncen^My^ ^MR^PMi^may »si^-if he will, to bedom« the Tom L&w*on the emf ployers' league, but the N6^s declip^i to assist Tii'm in ,^is spectacular oareer, or become a channel-for- his wrath. Moreover, the News declines to be lieve that Mr, Post represents even remotely the sentiments of the most substantial employers. —i UB08 WORLD O^r Own People Are Entitled ^6 Support of AU Loyal Unkm Men/ Patronise^Home Industry/Employ Home Labdr and Work for a Greater Duluth. About this time of the year ihe large m^il order houses commence sending broadcast, throughout the country their, voluminous catalogues, and, of course Duluth will receive its share, as in years gone by. And the Ldibor World wishes to call the attention of its readers to a '*sw facts in connection^ with these "qii slght-unseen" concerns, 'and also to the business men of Duluth. The mail order f|rm sends you something which, you have not se*n and for which you have to accept the statement of said firm ourV home Merchant places the article to Be sold bef^ra. you for examination previous to purchase, and at about thi same price.' The catalogue' house pays nothing towards the upbuilding of your city or its Institutions tfie/^ome mer chant pays taxes, 'patronizes business men in other iines of business, fives employment to home working men and does his ^part ip supporting, schools, churches, etc. In .dealing with the catalogue es tablishment, it is "cas} with order your home merchant often times .ex tends credit when it is sorely'^eedsd. ft doesn't seem consisten for a 1 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL Wo man to rush to the postofjf(ce for a money order to send to the L&rkin Soap company,' while her littlj» hoy is sent at the same time to the?groc ery for a quarter's worth of sqgar-^ or re it Patron|ae home industry eqftpjqy ome labor, aqd all ^ofk together, to?! great Duluth. 'f •, -v- SAM 0&A0KZB8 LOOT r"~ BASK IN OHIO TOWH CINCpJNATI, Bfar.ch 4.—^afe crack ers early today robtfed* tUf' Mount Orab bank in M^ount Qrab. Ohio, 40 miles eawt of Cincittnati) on the Nor folk & Western rallied, xtt $S,0OP in currency' andT sqcurltlea vpnd escaped. The rubbers,, four or^ve in ^number, forced entraltc'e into t'.e? l»ap|c \tfy The *he*vy ^h^effe^of mfqitvi»«sl)|t- SUBSCRJPTION: 'a." «wp»wiq»TW^ $1,00 I A VBAR* IN ADVANCE. FIVE CENTS. mrMim 7 1 Oontiend that Moral and Economic Interest of ttie Whole If^fcion^l is •n 9y the lntemperate Zeal of Oer t^n Afitators for Prohibi tive Legislation. The United Brewery Workers of -America is ap organization of m?n employed In the brewing industry, and are 44,000 in number. .... Feeling that- they have good*^ cauSe^r'r to take the initiative in the protest^ against prohibitive and restrictive.! legislatiop state as follows: Prohibition Impracticable. Prohibition—and we use it in its general and most com(preihensiv^^ sense, including'-^very species o4 liq- i: uor legi^ation, except a reasonable license law,, involving a reasonable regulation of the traffic—is an i^nsdlt to Anierican manhood. It is .espeeial- t! ly:an insult to the American work-'-=i|? ingmfn, against whom it is principal-^f ly directeij. For thta^ reason, and be- ^p cautfe no other class would suffer so much if tbe prohibition became gen- -*3 ejal, „as tha working class, we-protest aigaipst all legislation prohibitive in v? i^ character, and we have no doubtf i sentiment is shared by the large majority of the American work- ingmen. They cannot, like the weal-' thy, .rent or' build club-houses, the doors of which are closed to police* of ficers they canhot stock their cellars and ice-boxes with costly wines and :r. flop liquors, 'yet they (have the same^ fi n?ed of sociality and the same phy sic^l neeijg. And of what needs thes© are ,the:men working in the sweat of theiir 'brows, in the engine-roofn,- orfC 'hf naill. or the shop, or the mihe4 or jl" before the fiery fiirnace, are betteri^ afcle to judge than the kid-gloved or misguided tempe^anc^ people, who-^' pretend 'to loye the working people.' but hfiye never raised a finger to,vJ| help them In, their various struggles for bdtter working and living cowjl-^ tlons. Have, the ^temperance fanatics, ever ..-f given a thpyght to the question of what would become of the "hundreds of thoi?]«in^B who would be bereaved, .of tbefr jiseans of living, if prohibitions' became general Did they ewer ser- |5j lously consider the diiSastrous con-- S sequences of -the destruction of so large an Industry as the brew^ig in-Mg dustnr, and how It would: affect ther Othpr industries?- JMd th«y aider that prohibition in -our country^, ^rould take away the bread fnmi th« mouths Spf a mjllipn of men, women and children, whp would be dumped upon the labor- market, or made' pau4^ pers? \"'V. .y I Yes, a million! According to thej1^ ?ensus Of 1(00, the numbe^ of ^rage- .1 earaers' ^ptipldyed in 'the manufacture of beer wair 46,000, and in the manu facture of liquor and wines, 25,000— together 70,0Q, which has probably grown since to 100,000. According tos bulletin^ 20 and of the Census "Bu reau, there wjpre In 1803 in all cities over 2,000 inhabitants, 82,000 license^ saloons there were probably from 15,000 jto 20.000 in the smaller cities and towns, which would make It 10p 000. Doubling the number to in elude barkeepers, porters, waiters, '1" etc., would make the number of men* owning and being employed in sa-^| loons 200,000. In addition thereto, we must cpnsidf r, tue thousands of men employed in the industries furnishing -j supplies and rav materials for the brewer!^ and distilleries, such as the malt-houses, grist-mills, the ^env working in the gj&ss factories, this bbt-^g'-: •tie and the rubber factories, and the„«.j.^ coders, the boxmakers, wa^on' mak ers, harness makers, horseshpers, brushmaker^, machinists, farmers and I their eprployes, etc. nil TO .'ME mUlEM President Hawley of State fed mti^n and Ifrs. Wtumecka of Dnhitih fhe Promoters. The formation of Sup^fior branch .of the Women's Union Label league'^ was agajn postponed Wednesday at%# the sui^eftion of the promoters, af ter a number of addresses had beenv| made at a meeting called for-the pu*v|§ pose «|t Sons of Norway- hali^on^ Broadway. The attendance was fair, 'rr" b'i|t not eo large as was desired for the inaugt^ration of the movement. |T^« meeting was In chanra of (pe^gja B. ^owley of Minnes^pbi^, who has l^en at the head^of the lal^es "fori:,ji^ swn^. tlme in connection with the fl^ht on the offen shop questiiwi ln~ ,{s Ipth apd he made the principal ad^ ^rffs. ^e outljlned the aims of the arfanisatiMi and. told something of w^fat has be?n accomplished, ending j9*ith t]ia stAj^ment th.(t he did. |Kt t|tnk Ut a(lyi8^ble to organise until at l«|rt 350 '. or? -J0P union ajnnpathlaera ware. lp §tMndance. Mispv :^:'-^ig?»eka, „the lUfiu®^ tolethet ^th^ a dosen fieHow w^|Bi!a.-. ^accompanied Mr. MM 9oWl»y f%p aiw^ss the bify. ^rs^^l aqjl Wveral pthe^ m|Ule short S talks, tiling of th'elr fyh$B*sa andpJa] $f!Q mm mpv& ...... in two or thr^e weeks, and^ ln n^eftpHme. further campaigning the ipoMm^nt