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lip Jib:' THE LABOR WORLD —S-i- Published Saturday. Established in 1896 by Sabrle CL Akin. Business Offices 604-7 Manhattan Bldg., Duluth. Minn. Zenith Phone SB. SUBSCRIPTIONS! One Tear, In advance .....fl.oe Six months, In advanoe .M Three months, In advanoe .95 Single Copies. 6 Cents. Advertising Rates Made Known oa Ap plication. Entered at the Postofflce at Duluth, Minn., as second class matter: WILLIAM E. M'EWEN, Editor and Publisher. PMffl COUNCIL «0 I TRADES I YOUR LABOR PAPER. President Ulrich, of the Iowa State Federation of Labor, paid the labor press a compliment in his annual re port to tlie state convention recently held. He said: "The labor press stands higher to day than it ever has in its history. While the obstacles to overcome in bringing it to its highest efficiency are still many, yet progress has been distinct. Realizing the great power for good to our movement, all pos sible encouragement should be given. "Our membership must appreciate the fact that the need of such a press is urgent, and that with every encour agement in it^ve place ourselves in a position of being better able to reach the general public in the education of our purposes, principles, and deeds so necessary to rapid progress. "The public press, because of itB necessity to draw financial support .from sources comprising within their ranks our strongest opponents and enemies, cannot be relied upon to set forth our views, rights, purposes and deeds. "In the first place, but very few of the editors, publishers, and news gatherers have any distinct under standing of our needs, desires, thoughts or deeds and in the second place, their advertising space, the source of profit of a newspaper is filled by the interests generally hos tile to all that our movement stands for. "A great many of the criticisms of the labor press come because of the same conditions—necessity driving the publishers to doubtful friends for advertising matter in order to m%et expenses, and then becoming fearful of publishing matter sought after by our membership lest the advertising patronage be withdrawn. "There is only one way for us to have a perfectly free and independent labor press that can help us to the utmost in promoting our welfare, and that is for every member of a trade union to help in supporting such labor press. WORKS BOTH ENDS. When the average contractor or em ployer in these days is talking 'to the newspapers the interviews read some thing like this: "Yes, sir, the country was never more prosperous. Our business has increased 50 per cent over last Rea son. Got all we can do and pros pects brightest." When he is waited on by his em ployes for a raise he makes a noise like this: "Sorry, boys, but the business lsn' paying. The raw material and labor are taking the profits. We took out contracts when materials were low and labor plenty, and we're absolute ly running at a loss when we figure in the capital invested." A protean artist on the vaudeville stage couldn't make quicker "light ning changes." According to modern business ethics this isn't handling the truth reckless ly it's simply an attempting to work both ends to fatten the middle and right in the middle sits the contrac tor and employer ready to fry the fat. We don't object strenuously to the method ,but we do insist that the employe is entitled at least to the drippings. A DEFINITION OF SLAVERY., Horace Greeley, in a letter to the national convention of Abolitionists, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1845, de fines human slavery as follows "First—Whenever certain human beings devote their time and thoughts mainly to obeying and serving othe'r human beings, and this not because they choose to do so, but because they must, there (I think) is slavery. "Second—Whenever human beings exist in such relations that a part, because of the positions they occupy and the functions they perform, are generally considered an Inferior class to those who perform other functions or none, there (I think) Is slavery. "Third—Wherever the ownership of the soil Is so engrossed by a small part of the community that the far larger number are compelled to pay whatever the few may see fit to 'ex tract for the privilege of occupying and cultivating v4he earth omethtog very 11 J» se slavery, 'i v^^jtenrth—Whenever opportunity to labor is obt^ned with difficulty and is W deficient that the employing class mfay virtually prescribe their own terms and pay the laborer only such as they choose of the product, there is a very strong tendency for slavery. *'Fifth—Wherever it is deemed more reputable to live without labor than by labor, so that a 'gentleman' would be rather ashamed of his deoent from a blacksmith than from an Idler or mere pleasure seeker, ther is a com munity not very far from slavery .and, "&ixth—Wherever one human being deems it honorable and right to have other human beings mainly devoted to his or her convenience or conifort, and thus to live, diverting the labor of these persons from alt productive or general usefulness to hie or her own special uses, while he or she is rendering or has rendered no corres ponding service to the cause of human well being, there exists the spirit which originated and still sustains human Slavery." THE ENEMY ALARMED. The enemies of organized labor are very much agitated over the political action of the American Federation of Lahor they cfoarge that President Gom pers and other officials of the Ameri can Federation of Labor have "made a bargain to deliver the labor vote." Labor knows that the charge has its ihspiration in a habit of thought quite commop' in the circles from whence the charge emanates. The habit referred to is that of re garding labor as a- commodity, a mar ketable article, a thing to be bought, sold, exchanged or delivered, accord ing to the state of the "labor market." At bottom the protest against the alleged "bargain to deliver the labor vote" is directed not against the char acter of the. transaction itself, but against the parties engaged in it. The offense charged against Presi dent Gompers is not that he has "bar gained to deliver the labor vote," but •that he has bargained to deliver the "commodity" to the wrong customer. The American Federation of Labor knows that labor is not a "commo dity," and that the "labor vote" is not a deliverable quantity. The Federation knows more than this it knows that labor can be united in it3 own Interest for action in the political field as well as in the economic field. This knowledge in spires both the hope of the Federation and the fear of the Federation's oppo nents. The Federation hopes by a campaign of education to unite the "labor vote" in such manner as to make it anj^wh^:^Se»:hi#/Hpnornutf*^ effective factor at the~ polls. The oponents of the Federation fear the result of that campaign and on the desperate chance of defeating it have raised the false issue of an at tempt to "deliver the labor vote, It remains to be said that that fear is as well founded as the method I ^aeed adopted to offset it is absurd and futile. That the campaign of education will I produce material results is now beyond doubt. That the "labor vote" will be "de-1 livered" where it will do most good, is equally certain. The delivery will be made, however, not in obedience to "orders from Gompers" or from any other source, but in obedience to the deliberate Judg ment of the individual voter. crying "quits' We believe that the United Typo thetae of America should remain an association broad enough in its policy to include all printers, whatever their opinions concerning the expediency or inexpediency of employing union labor That attitud? must never be laid aside, "Yet, without forsaking this jpur pose, it is possible for us to operate our association on a» basis broad enough to include all master printers who are awake to the value and im portance of thorough organization. of the poor laborer and that the^idefe, in parting with their money .Is,- that the world will tiny their praises. "Look at Carnegie," said Bishop •Mats, "how the world praises him because he sends money all over the country to found libraries which shall perpetuate his nam*. Libraries, I say, are practically sinks of corruption." WITH MANY THANKS. W. B. MeBwta, editor of the Dur luth Labor World* was a Duluth dele* gate to the Democratic county con vention held here ytstelha&y. Mr. Mc Ewen is a member of the Democratic county committee and is one of the most earnest, whotesouledn4 pleasant old pluggers in the whole works.— Mesa&a Ore. Thanks, Brother Atkinson! We'll be older before we are younger but hope to keep on plugging because in poli tics as in everything else, a certain quantity of work is necessary to pro duce definite quantity Of good, and this is speciall ytrue in tiie endeavor to make our good Republican friends see the error of their way. HOSTILITY OF CONGRESS. I .• The hostility of congress to the la bor measures is manifested not by the defeat of the latter,, but by their deliberate, and in fact malicious, sup pression in committee. A congress that should openly op pose any measure by defeating it on a vote might be entitled to respect, If only upon the ground that It pos sesses the courage of its convictions but a congress which positively re fuses to discuss, to s&y nothing of voting upon a given measure, is en titled to nothing but contempt upon the ground of its cowardice. It matters not what may be the merits or demerits of the bills in question once introduced^ they are en titled a full and fair hearing and to a vote. The fact that measures are sup pressed in committee is presumptive evidence of their merit, or at any rate of the likelihood of their passage otherwise there would be no motive in preventing the discussion of them. The treatment that was accorded labor bills and the representatives of labor by the last congress is disgrace ful from every point of view—to say nothing of being grossly unjust to a large element of the pedple—«nd in dicates & low caliber of statesmanship, t0 be a GREAT "SINNERS" RETURNING. New York Typothetate (employing printers) are beginning to see t£e light, since the Typographical union refuses to quit fighting for the few remaining nine-hour shops. The Tea pots have forgotten their position of three years ago, and have changed to the extent of actually conceding there may be merit in the union's claim* The Teapots have become real tame, Confidence in the "independence of and the New York organization has pbsition is belled by mailed the following to its members, ntuoh insistence. Did the oppon-j which is a very diplomatic way of I ents of organised la!or really feel as op making union contracts. The United fM^nci would be expressed by digni Typothetae of America must always I "0(i sll®nce rather than by noisy a«s3 obllgate itself and Its money to tlje veratlon. These expressions of pre-1 support and defence of its members.] tended respect for and confidence in who believe In and- operate open shops. I i*bor if, indeed, that term may properly be And When it comij^ to knowing, used in this connection. 1 Why, he's Johnnr-on-the-spot. The responsibility of this situation rests directly upon the Republican party and upon the speaker of the It's worth your tflffle to hear despotic, power of his office to frati- fy an ingrained prejudice against or ganized labor and every other element] of the masses. With Speaker Cannon in the chair, I supported by a weak and willing ma jority of representatives, the house has assemblage, even in name, and has become merely a ma/chine to record the will of the "interests" or "powers" in whose ser-1 vice the dominant party is enlisted. All party considerations aside, andl regardless of individual opinion con cerning this or that legislative mea sure, this situation is intolerable to every fair-minded person, presenting as it does a condition of despotism that is the very antithesis of popular] government. Unless a change c&n be effected the I house of representatives will continue as it now is, a pitiful and expensive travesty upon deliberative methods and a scandal upon the government of the| country. HYPOCRITICAL TALK. Those who criticize the policy of] the American Federation of L&bor in the present campaign affect great they speak, did they reaUy regard the! workers as so- many sovereign citi zens able to form their own opinions and capable of acting upon their own I Judgtnent, they- would talk a good deal less than they do about the "bargain I t0 SEEKING THE WORLD'S PRAI66.1 be unable to deliver to the Democracy In preaching on the Biblical' in— 1 very much of the labor* vote which junctions concerning the giving of it would not get regardless of his ef alms and the doing of similar good I forts." This, from the San Francisco deeds at the Logan Avenue Catholic Chronicle, is a repetition of the trans Chapel, Denver, Colo., Bishop Mat*, I parent falsehood that forms the staple-1 of the Colorado diocese, said that the} argument of labor's opponents in widow's mite given in the right spirit the political, ftehX. Tiw effort to make is more acceptable in the sight of 1 it appear that Sit. Gompers seeks to God than the, princely endownments "deltveV" til# Votes of any class has of colleges which millionaires are 4 become the Joke ef the campaign, praised for giving. I The pro-injUnctlojt pret* ihoirild bWr He went on to describe the spirit I in mind the fact that Joke# are Apfcj with which Rockefeller and" Carnegie to pr$Ve poor campaign awrterial itt] deliver, the labor vote*" their con- are there, W| make their gifts, asserting that their (the mihds ofa^le posiW^OfjfLj/ merely so much flattery, having Its basis In a conviction that the labor vote can be delivered,. and-l a fear that, for once at least, that "commodity" may not be delivered* to the Republican party. "ir v.: A FALSEHOOD NAILED. "It is unlikely that Mr. Gompers will ., 'a HALL, DEN Kti.si in wnt Smerlor THE QUIET MAN. Don't think because a man keeps still That he was born a fool The quiet man thijnks much more than The talker, as a rule. While others prate he thinks thinks, I And works gre^t problems out. Quite willing only to discuss The things he mows about. When we seek renown? Hurry, hurry, lurry! Do not stop to reit Give no heed to lo ,TWO STORES BUY YOUR FURNITURE NOW AT SPECIAL PRICES j»st now is a golden oppor- many fine values you will not get. later. AtwW Blcasc AND an 3 The talker makes a lovely show You'd think heiknew it all, And yet his knowledge oftentimes Is very, very spall. He's like the em^ty tin cans tied To dogs' tails ty the boys— There's nothing ih them ever,. But they make a lot of noise. The qiiiet man sqtjs little, ^ut jh^ thinks lawful lot, "i H®seld°m speak3' ,but when he does The wise ones «1 draw near, he ,s most sure to say something THE MODE NEVIL. Hurry, hurry hurry! That's the cry today Take not' tin for happiness, Hustle on rour way. Hurry, hurry} hurry? Crueh the Wkfer down What are blighted hearts to us e's demands, breast. Drive it from you Hurry,' hurry, hurry Rushing madly on Till the chance to 1 re and laugh ^All too soon is gc ie. Hurry, hurry, hurry Faces hard and Chasing after bubbt We will never, n®cr get. 1 .f WILL ENTERTAIMIRISHMEN. •NEW YORK, Sept. a-The executive committee of the Unifld Irish league at a meeting tonight oompleted ar rangements for the re sption of John El Redmond and Jos1 Devlin, the two Irish members of irllament, who will Visit this country oon. MY STAND POINTS. Candidate for Probate Judge. of the legslature, and has on every et[i jo UORUIOUNRE ©M JOJ spoitnera From the standpoint of-locality, I feel in common with all range peo ple that we are entitled to recogni tion. From the stand point of qualifi cation, those who know me best en tertain no misgivings on that score. From the stand point of merit I have always been loyal to those principles of good government which I conceive as finding their truest expression in th6. Republican party. From the stand point of citizen ship, I have many years kept in close touch with all questions that made for the industrial and moral upbuilding of our county and state. From the stand point of labor, as a member of organized labor my sympathy and Influence has Invari ably been in support of all practical methods for the amelioration of the condition of the working- classes. Your votes for the reasons above indicated I respectfully solicit. ALFRED E. PFREMDMER. THE WISHY WASHY MAN. He has no enemies, you say aihm's Beer nolohly tastes good and looV goody but is good* "Dads Them All 99 Beer it 'alt For THE0.1MM BREWING €0. ST. PAUL IATV. ANDEiiSON* Dnlatbi Minn. distributor, :0i' "%h Rtt A "J fi '4 LIBRARY PIECES We make a special exhibition and sale all this week of odd pieces suitable for Halls,0 Dens or Libraries. As the long winter evenings will s'pon be here you should take advantage of the present LOW prices to supply your needs. EVRRYTHINQ SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS. My friend, your boast is poor He who bath mingled in the fray GOOD WAY TO BOOST. Mir. Union Mali, try a little boosting and remember that the best way to boost is to ifruy union label goods and have your friends do likewise. STATE FAIR MANAGERS HOPEFUL OF RESULTS Managers Expect the Attendance Will Break all Previous Records. ST. PAUL, Sept 1.—Only In matter Of attendance did opening day of the state fair fall below expectations. The total attendance was consider ably below 50,000, but with ideal weather conditions and railroads re porting the influx of much larger crowds than came last year the man agement fee}s confident that this year's fair will establish a new record. The attractions at the fair are much better than any previous attractions, and the races include, some of the best trotting and pacing stock oxi the turf. In- St. Paul the municipal offi ces were closed in honor of the Saint's day at the fair. PATE' OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF St. Louis—ss. In probate Court.: In the matter of the Guardianship Of estate of D. M. pevore, Insane, ie ffnal report of A T. Park, guar dian of the above named ward, havitog been filed in the above-named court, It Is ordered that said account be heard and settled at a special term of said court to be held at the Probate Office in the Court House, in the City of Duluth. in said County on the 21st day- of September, 1908, at ten o'clock A. M., and that a. copy of this order, be published once each week for three successive weeks in «the Labor World published fii the City Minn.) NEW term if 30 East Superior Street] Duluth. TUESDAY, SEPT. 8. .Classes will be organized in all departments. CJomplete Accounting |ind Bookkeeping course, Shorthand course, Typewriting course, Penman ship course and all subjects pertaining thereto.^ One price for all courses^-flO.OO per month, or f50.00 for six months: Make final arrangements befor© the opening. Call, *phone or write for reserved seats. Night school every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening. CENTRAL BjCSmmS. COLLEGE. cmpmmmamvm 6* A&IQ ance and Half It's a tremendous success. We are offering ex ceptional values in all lines of Furniture. Bedroom, Dining-room, Parlor, Library, Hall and Den pieces. Prices reduced 10, 20, 25 and: 50 per cent. ORIENTAL RUGS The entire collection, about 100 left, HALF PRICE. .. ri! Must have made foes. If he has none, Small is the work that he has done. He has hit no traitor on the hip. He has cast no cup from pjerjured lip He has never turned from wrong to right, He has been a coward, in the fight. Duluth In said County. Dated St' DUluth, Minnesota. Aug. 21dV 1908. (Seal Probate Court, St. Louis Co.. J. B. MITODIiECOFF,%? Judge of Probate. Labor World—Aug. 29, Sept. 5. 12. 08. I Mortgage Forecloiurc Sale! Default has been made in the pay ment of the sum of Five Hundred Ninety-three Dollars, which is due at the date of this notice upon that cer tain mortgage, made, executed and de livered by Frederick BeUlnder,'a sin gle-man, Mortgagor, to john Q. A Crosby, Mortgagee, bearing date the 9th day of January, 1907. with a power, of sale therein contained and duly re corded in the Register of Deeds office In cpid for St. Louis County, Minnesota, on the 16th day of January, 1907, at 8 o'clock A. U. in Book 234 -of Mortgages on page 18. Ahd. whereas no action- or proceed ing vat la# or otherwise has been in stituted to recover the debt secured by •aiA mortgage, or any part' thereof, now, therefore, hotioe is hereby given that under and by virtue of the potreT of sale contained in said mortgage and pursuant to the statute in sucn xsase made and provided,: said mortgage will be {-^foreclosed by a sale of the prem ise^ therein described, situate in St. Lottie County, Minnesota, to4nriU The coilth ^alf of -the Northwest Quarter, Soiithwest Quarter of Northeast Qumt~ ter, and the Northwest Quarter of heasti Quarter of Section Eleven n*hg tfs-Nor^' Fourth (4) p. M, with all the heredlsv taments and appurtena«fce& nesota, at the front door of the Court House In the City of Duluth, in said County and State, on Tuesday, the 20th day of October, 1908, at 10 o'clock A. M. of that day at pufblic auction to the highest bidder for cash to pay said debt of Five Hundred Ninety-three ($593.00) Dollars and interest, together with the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars attorney's fees as stipulated In said mortgage in case of foreclosure, and the disbursements allowed by law subject to redemption at any time within one year from the day of sale as provided by law. Dated September 5th, 1908. JOHN Q. A. CROSBY, Mortgagee. HENRY J. GRANNTS, Attorney for Mortgagee. Office 612-613 First Nat'l, Bank Bldk., Duluth, Minnesota. Labor World-r-Sept 5-12-19-26, Oct. 3 10, 19D8. Mortgage Foreclosure Sale. Default has. been made in the pay ment of the sum of Four Hundred Ninety-eight ($498.00) Dollars, which is due at the date of this notice upon that certain mortgage, made, executed and delivered by Nickodems Kujawa, a single man, Mortgagor, to Mary J. Crosby, Mortgagee, 'bearine date the 22nd day of December, 1908. with a power of sale therein contained and duly recorded in the Register,of Deeds Office fn and for St. Loui^ County, Minnesota, on the 22nd day of Decem ber, 1906, at 4 o'clock P. M. in Book 233 of Mortgages on Page 70. And Whereas in the matter of the estate of Mary J. Crosby, Decedent, Hie Probate Court in and for the County of St. Louis and State of Minnesota did by final decree of distribution bearing date the 15th day of Novem ber, 1907, duly assign, transfer and set- over unto Julia A. Pierce the above described mortgage w{iich final decree was duly recorded in said Reg ister ,of Deeds office on the 15th day of November, 1907,. at 11:30 o'clock A. M. in Book 5 of Miscellaneous, on Page 316. 1 Which said mortgage was duly as-iS signed by said -Jttlla A. Pierce to John Q. A Crosby by written tleed of as sighment bearing date the 19th day of November,. 1907. and duly recorded in said Register of Deeds office on' the 22nd day of November, 1907, at 1 o'clock p. M. in Book 211 of mortgages on page 191. vtCVf And whereas no action or. proceeds., ing at law or otherwise -has Veen--fn--^ in stituted to recover the debt Secured toy: said mortgage or any part thereof,* now, therefore, notice is hereby g|ven that tinder and by virtue of tflne power of sale contained in said mortgage and pursuant to the statute in sach case "4 made and, provided, said mortgage will or os a a of re is iv therein described, situated St. I^odis County, Minnesota, to-wlt: The East half of the Northeast Quarter and tthe Southwest Quarter of the/ Northeast Quarter of Section Twenty (20). and. the Northwest Quarter of the North west Quarter of Section/ Twenty-one (21), In Township -Siafty-five («d), North of Range Fourteen (14), West of the Fourth (4) P. M. with all .the hereditaments and appvrtenances. Which sale will be/made by the sheriff of said St. 'LMls County, Min 'nesota, at the front «foor of the Court House the City of Duluth, in said County, and State, An Tuesday, the .v £0tn day of October/1908, at 10 o'clock A» M. of that date ft nubile auction $0 the highest bidde/ for cash, to pay said defbt of Four Hundred Ninety-! S eight ($488.05) Dollars .and interest, 4 4 together With the sum of Twenty-five ($2*5.00) Dollars attorney's fees as . stipulated in jsalS mortgage in case of foreclosure,' andr the disbursements al-.,.* t™. lowed, by law ajnbject to redemption at *.|?5' any time ••rlthW one. year from the d*iy i!.^v of sale as pT/rided by law. Dated Sept/Kth. 1508. OHN. Q. Ai CROSBY. fe. 4 "'^1 -5? f,s?^ 3 Assignee of Mortgagee. HENR7'^'#RANNIS.. .V. Attorney /or tohn Q. Crosby*