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Established In 18«« by Sabrfr O. Afcla. BwbuM OCt«*« 138 Manhattan Building. Duluth. Minn. Zenith Phone •6. SUBSCRIPTION! Ona Tear. In advanoe... Six months, In advance Three months. In advaloe Single Copies. oenta. Advertising Rates J"id» Known on Ap plication. Entered at the Postoffloe at Duluth. Minn., as second class matter. WILLIAM B. M'BWBIl, Editor and Publisher. —(T IMIHKn——^ TRADES IPafSiJ COUNCIL ftiO COWARDLY ATTACKS ON GOMP ERS. As the result of the political cam- paign waged against Congressman lilt tlefield by the American Federation of Labor the Republican daily papers give utterance to their alarm by the pub lication of scathing criticisms of Presi dent Samuel Gompers and the circula tion of false stories that he and John Mitchell have fallen out. They are attempting to inform the public that the fight against Little field and other congressmen who have opposed the demands of union labor in the nation's law making body is the result of the personal dislike of Mr. Gompers. Why can the truth not be told? Mr. Gompers is but the instrument. Llt tlefield and his associates did not af fend Gompers. They assaulted the la bor movement of America of which Mr. Gompers is the acknowledged and duly elected executive- When Gompers went into Maine to oppose the election of Littlefleld he was acting for the men of organized labor throughout America, and Mr. Gompers of New York had as much right to enter a congressional contect Maine as did Mr. Cannon of Illinois or Mr. Beveridge of Indiana. Speaker Cannon attempted to ridi cule the idea of a citizen of New York going into a Maine fight, but he thought little of the fact that a citizen of Illinois was doing the same thing. Mr. Cannon's Inconsistency is only ex ceeded by his arrogance as speaker of the house, particularly in the dispen sation of laws of value to working men. When the American Federation of resort it became Mr. Gompers' duty Labor was driven Into politics as a last to head the political movement, and any union workingman who does not stand behind him in this mighty strug gle is unworthy of membership in the American labor movement. The issue might as well become plain row as at any time. Mr. Gompers is not sensitive, although we imagine he has swallowed many a bitter pill be ceuse of his fidelity to the cause, but no newspaper or politician can insult Mr. Gompers for his attitude in this political campaign without insulting the movement he represents in the contest. When they attack Gompers, they mean to attack you- For policy's sake they do not want to Incite your wrath, and so they attempt to mislead you by making it a personal matter with Mr. Gompers. You have chosen him to lead the struggle, and now it Is your duty to stand at his back and support him. ever given out by a Republican can didate for governor of Minnesota was uttered this week by candidate A. L. Cole. If he was elected governor of this commonwealth he would send all rail road rate rebaters to Jail. ft Moses hfls been fcrund in thA nftptv party .Ion who proml9s to deliver the people from the throes of railroad discrim ination by sending officials to jail. This, too, from a candidate for gov ernor who owes his nomination to the Influence of the Steel Trust and the railroads, for it Is generally admitted that the defeat of Jacobson, the sin cere and consistent advocate of rate reform, and the nomination of Cole were brought about through the Influ ence of the very interests the Repub lican candidate Is now assailing. In reply to Gov. Johnson's able The people of Philadelphia were pur speech at Red Wing, Mr. Cole said that posely robbed that this deal might be consummated. As between Jacobson and Cole there is no comparison- The political life of the former has been free from taint and corporate influence. He has been on the firing line against the big corporations and In behalf of the peo ple ever since his advent into politics. On the other hand the life of the lat ter In politics will not stand the light Of public Inspection. Can It be Imag ined that Mr. Cole as a representative in the state legislature who voted to pass tfye reciprocal demurrage bill In ,• .—" puime a would be leap vacillating as the gov* ernor of Minnesota? The people will not be deceived. Gov. Johnson has filled the bill to their satisfaction. He has made a good governor, Single handed and alone he has brought about many favorable changes In the political and economic conditions of the state. He has not gone about with a brass band boasting of his efficiency, but In the even tenor of his way he has done some great 8 He has accomplished more In two years, than a little frigid man like Cole could do In a life time. Cole's only salvation is In appealing to the prejudices and passions of men with glittering promises which never can be fulfilled, and hoping that the normal Republican vote will land him with his inferior ability In the office of governor. But the people of Min nesota are an intelligent people. Party prejudices will no longer sway their Judgment- Party bosses can no more CWtJ- UU08O9 ua.il II lead them about In blindness. They have found that party machines are detrimental to good government that they receive their campaign funds from corrupt sources, because no machine can move without money, and these questionable Interests must be sustain ed in the legislature by special privil ege laws as a payment for services rendered during the campaign. Two years of Gov. Johnson's nflinKi istratlon has demonstrated that the State of Minnesota, free from machine rule, has better government and a more consistent enforcement of laws, thg.n formerly. The people have learned that bosses in politics can only be de storyed by the assertion of Independ ence in voting. For this reason and a hundred others just as important Gov. Johnson ought to be re-elected in No vember. "WHY MUNICIPAL. OWNERSHIP FAILS." One P. S. Risdale, in an article in Sunday's News Tribune under the cap tion "Why Municipal Ownership Fails," tries to tell the people of Dur luth thai they are making a mistake when they advocate the ownership of public service utilities- In the first place and at the very be ginning of his argument he asserts that nearly every town in America which started plants of their own for providing light and other utilities have sold them to private owners or are pre paring to do so. This statement is either made through ignorance, or the gentleman has taken it up in a parrot-like man ner, from some pther party who got it from a third person. That is how a lie starts, and it gathers wings as it flies Spaee will not permit In this column the printing of a list of cities owning their own water and light plants and which are operating them with cess. But in every case where busi ness principles are adhered to the pub lic plants are furnishing light and wa ter cheaper than was done by the pri vate companies. It is true that some cities have re turned their plants to private compan ies, but this is no argument against public ownership. In most cases it will be found that unscrupulous corpora tions have entered into conspiracies with political machines for this pur pose. When politics enter into the management of a publicly Owned util ity it means death to the public own ership of that utility. ANOTHER PROMISE FROM COLE. The writer referred to above men The most amusing political promise tions the transfer of the gas plant In Philadelphia as an example. A ref erence to the matter seems ridiculous. Just think of it. After forty-five „f Individual plant,. We do not havo year, of Republican rule in .tate What could be expected of that efst whlle most corrupt of corrupt cities? But we are not going to quarrel with the writer in question about the failure eo to Muncie. Ind., Wheeling, W.,t a.t or any p}ace putB,de o( Dulutl) tf» study municipal ownership- Here w, haV8 lt at our v„y lhre,hoM In Duluth, the Zenith City of the Unsalt ed Sea, the most progressive of Amer ican cities will be found a shining ex ample of the triumph of municipal ownership. "Oh, yes," you will say, "It is oper ating at a loss. It has no sinking fund, It allows nothing for depreciation." Let us get off and walk for a while. Ic Is an easy matter to criticise an In stitution owned by the people. There are few to protest against it. But how many of our "best" citizens keep sur prisingly quiet when the methods and organization of the privately owned electric lighting and street railway plants are questioned? We meet a score of them every day. They will say unto you. "I guess you are right, but I dare not say anything, I am in business and It may Injure me. You know how they work it." This moral cowardice is disgusting— an5 frQ^ 1 '$•' those too who will not hesl- t# a t?,ow ,om# f#i* low who has no powerful Influence in tv# community Compared with the other public Util ities the gas and witter plant 1* OW a firmer financial basis than any pri vately owned public service Institution In the cjty, Our gas and wftter plant is bonded at Its actual value only. It pays the largest dividends of any Institution In tbe city. Each stockholder who uses gas or water gets 25 cents on each 1000 feet he may use, and on every 12.00 worth of water he receives a profit of $1.00, and these dividends are paid every month. When a private plant sold gas in Duluth they received more than $1.00, now the people get it lor 75 cents, water is sold fOF less than one-half charged by a private ccmpany. This difference goes direct to the consumer. The Interest rate on the bonds of the public water and gas system is lower than that paid by private companies, being but 4 per cent. Out of the an nual earnings much new construction work Is being done. A private com pany does not do this, but pretends to charge it up to depredation, but it truly goes Into the pockets of the stockholders, and money is usually bor rowed to not only do the new con struction work, but much of the recon struction. Of course the city is borrowing money to make extensive Improve ments, but this in the future will be for the arterial portion of the system. The minor extensions will be made out of the earnings of the plant- In the beginning many mistakes were made. It could not be otherwise. Private corporations make blunders al so. but we are getting municipal own ership down to a science In Duluth. Errors the future will be less fre quent, and nothing can possibly occur to mar the sueeess of the cause. Our publicly owned plant, we have said, is in better financial condition than any public serviee utility In Du luth. The street railway company, for instance, has a bonded Indebtedness of $2,666,666.67, drawing 4 and 5 per cent and preferred stock to the extent ef $300,000 with a guaranteed earning of 7 per cent, and few know how much common stock Is In circulation, "yet this plant can be duplicated for $1, 500,000. The Duluth Edison Electric com pany Is indebted to something over $2,000,000. We have forgotten the fig ures in detail, but we are satisfied that the plant can be duplicated for less than $1,000,000, The city paid $lf250,000 for the plant, and franchise of the old gas and water ccmpany. This was much more than it was worth, but the balance of Its water and light indebtedness was put Into actual construction, and the value i:s still there. This is why our city plant is in better shape than any other public serviee institution. In the News Tribune's article the writer refers to a public ferry in Bos ton- We do not have to go to Boston. Duluth suits us first rate. Until the aerial bridge was completed we paid more than $10,800 a year for ferry ser vice across our ship canal. We are now running our own ferry at a cost of operation not exceeding $4,000. In terest on bonds amount to $4,000, and wc have $2,800 left for depreciation. But the service Is Ideal. It Is another triumph for municipal ownership. But the real benefit from municipal ownership is good government. Good government means economical govern ment. When there are no private cor porations to influence public officials the best results for the people are se cured. Following municipal owner ship will come an economic and un molested administration of city gov ernment affairs. This will result In low taxes, healthy political conditions and the best economic returns. There is no politics In municipal ownership in Duluth. It is the ideal principle In local government, Hall it Encourage lt. Fight for it. Eternal activity is Its prlee, Jt us get It com pletely. The losses of truth are more profit able than the gains of triekery. Life is a hurdle race because we are always jumping at conclusions. Poverty on dress parade Is one of the saddest sights In this world. Clothes do not make the man or woman, but the padding often does. Some people who are generous to a fault are that way only to their own, A clear conscience and old shoes contribute much to life's contentment. You will never know what a cold, cold world this Is until you are broke. The good neighbor Is the one who Is good enough to mind his own busi ness. If you don't believe that riches have wings, watch the ice melt on the side* walk. .. 5ir* Main—Notify your baker A** Bell Theme if Untift Samuel Reed* who has the part of Ramsay |n "The Bishgp's Carriage," which comes tq the Lyceum October 5 and is In addition to his position Upon the stage, a r^ai dyed-in-the wool farmer and when he ,ia not play ing conducts with profit and pleasure to himself, a fifty-five acre farm at Boothbay, Me. There in the gentle summer time he rlsqs at 4 a. m- su perintends the work of his men, and goes to bed with the chickens. All of which is slightly different from his existence while playing upon the road, where he goes tQ bed at midnight and does not arise until well along into the forenoon- Mr. Reed however is well satisfied with his various hours, for as hp remarks, when he comes to Strike an average through the year, he finds he has arisen at the uniform hour of 7 and has retired at the modest hour of 10. ATTRACTIVE CO-EDS. Henry W. Savage has engaged an unusually attractive quartet of girls for the co-ed roles In "The College Widow," They are the Misses Rosa lind Aljin, Helen Torrey, Frances Chase and Elizabeth Van Sell, each a distinct type of beauty and all said to be unusually talented.) The Savage "ensemble" has been the kindergarten for many who have since achieved a mark of considerable lmpqj?tance and the Misses Allin, Torrey, Van Sell and Chase are said to be of promising calibre, as well as good 'to look upon. Mr. Walker Whiteside will play his e-nnual engagement at the Lyceum Thanksgiving Day. He will present his new play "The Magic Melody," a drama in three acts, the scenes of which are laid on Manhattan Island. The play tells the story of Hellmar, a young German violinist whose genius the arrows and slings of fortune have MISS JESSIE BUS ELY. Who Appears in "The Bishop's Car riage" at the Lyceum, October 5. F.ever been able to dishearten. Com pelled by poverty to earn his living by playing in cheap cafes he never lets his fmind wander away away from the goal of his dream. Of an emo tional temperament be falls in love with the ward of one of the richest financiers In America, but opposition bars the road to their happiness for a time. In the end all obstacles are surmounted and the final curtain falls on the happy lovers clasped in each other's arms. Ths role of Heljnar af fords splendid opportunities to Mr Whiteside, for. it is a many-sided character. Notwithstanding the se riousness of his life he -possesses a keen sense of humor. Besides the comedy touches tjje part calls for as much romanticism as would that of any hero of the age of chivalry. In addition the youth had inherited from his father, the modern King of Finance, an underlying strata of good hard business sense that proves to be a saving factor In some of the crisis of his life. There are several dramatic climaxes which call for the extreme emotional power. Two of the most interesting types In the play are Mrs. Zollner, a one time famous pianlste in Germany, who at the time of the play Is earning her living by teaching music in the upper part of Manhattan Island and JPietro Glanti, a peddler of Images, who In his day was the greatest singer In Italy. The play tells a very Interesting story, The characters and the the moment of are well drawn Interest grows steadily up the to final curtain. Mr. 'Whiteside has engaged an unusually Strong supporting company. Miss Leila Walston, who wag last seen with Mr. Whiteside three years ago as the Frincess Olivia la "We Are King," will be seen as Cloris Fielding. Anions the othev aroxatnent members of the company are Mr. Herbert Sears, Mr. Richard Sherman, Mr. Wm. H, Carter, Miss Maude Shaw and Miss Martha George. Mr. White side lias provided a very complete production. ROBERT LORAINE IN "MAN ANP SUPERMAN," In "Man' and Superman," Bernard Shaw's latest and conceded to be his best comedy, which Robert Loraine is Appearing i* a ftellaf capacity, the author has evolved a digest of laws existing between men and women which in the opinion of many partakes of novelty in the ex treme. The author, it would seem, has developed a new analysis of the character of women. That M&. Shaw is a student of human nature, there is uo gainsaying. In Mr, Shaw's heroine in "Man and Superman" he has brought forth'—ft creature, no doubht incompatible with puMic opinion, yet in his an^Msis he has probably fathomed the innermost in stinct of women when in her pursuit of a husband. Charles Dillingham wi 1 present Robert Loraine in "Man and Superman" at the Lyceum, Mon day, October 1st, at which time the theatregoing publie will be granted their first opportunity of seeing this greatly discussed oomedy. The part inpersonated by Mr. Loraine is that of a young English gentleman, who does not desiFe to he married but 19 the object of pursuit by an estimable young- woman of his acqauintance, ^no is determined to have hlW for a husband, and before the chase is completed, she attaches the banner of victory upon the outer walls. Mr. gh'Ws hero is in no particular sense a woman fr&ter, but he has pro nounced opinions upon the subject ct women, and from his point- of view, they are artistic in their design upon men. According to Mr. Shaw's hero's method of reasoning, woman has the power to eause a man to will his own destruction. When admonished that women take the tenderest care of men, he replies by saying, "Yes, as a soldier takes care of his rifle, or a musician of his violin.'' Mr. Union Man —-Notify your print er that the Bell 'Phone is Unfair, largest Convention of Cturpente?* Now Being Held at Niagara Falls. Splendid Financial Condition Qf Organisation Inspires Local Members. Local members of the Carpenters' and ship builders' unions are watch ing with interest the progress of the convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, now being held at Niagara Falls. A general revision of the national constituion is planned and a vast change in the business methods of the Organization Is contemplated. Secre tary Puffy adviged the organization of an emergency fund to take care of unions in trouble. A remarkable statement in Mr. Duffy's report was that Of the deaths in the union for the past two years 20.80 per cent was from tuberculosis. Business Agent George Davis of Duluth received a letter from J, W. Hatch of the Superior Carpenters who is attending the convention, He says that there are 750 delegates at the convention coming from practi cally all of the important cities and towns in the United States and Can ada. Mr. Hatch states that it was a great convention, and that it was a faot to be regretted that Duluth had no rep resentation. General comment was caused among the delegates by this lack of representation on the part of the Duluth carpenters. The letter stated that the sentimen of the eon venion seemed to be that several changes in the constitution should be made and it seemed likely to Mr. Hatch that a standing committee would be appointed to make a general revision of nthe constitution, and to recommend such changes as they deemed necessary. The Northwestern delegates have been pushing the pro ject to make St. Paul the next meet ing place of the brotherhood, and the prospect of procuring the convention for that city looked gpod to Mr. Hatch at the time. The National Carpenters' union has enjoyed a very prosperous growth during the last two years, and a sub stantial increase in membership Is shown by the report of the secretary, although a slight decrease is noted in the actual number of unions. There were 1,793 local unions in June 30, 1905, and a total membership of 161, 205. On June 30, 1906, the number of local unions had decreased tp 1,748, but the total membership was 170,192, an increase of 8,987 in the two years. The decrease in the number of unions is accounted for by the faot that many of the unions in the citeis have con solidated, The total receipts of the National Carpenters' union for the yeltr were $888,698, while the total expenses amounted to $690,404, leaving a bal ance of $199,294. Of the expenses $380,698 was paid out for deaths and disabilities, $127,813 for strikes and lockouts, $137,857 for organizing of unions, $30,280 to the support of other organizations and $114,303 for all other expenses of the organiza tion. Mr. Union Man:—Notify your laun dry man that the Bell 'Phone Is fair. 8ubscr!b« for the Labor World. .flAQl A case p£ is a case of NEW. BREW /•tElW UHIOH .MADE CLOTHING. Phone Un Experience is a severe teacher, but a slow one. When a man has learned Ms lesson well he is about ready to dle 7. F. Stewart, A Sign of Strength DULUTH UNIVERSAL FLOUR Strong, healthy people eat Duluth Universal Flour. It is made in I)\iluth. It if product. No Duluth home should be with out it. It is always all right. If you want an honest flour, use Duluth Universal. Best wheat, best flour, At all grocers. DULUTH UNIVERSAL MILLING COMPANY Labor Word, Sept. 29, 1906. a home hand-made union-label clothes are known to laboring men all over the country as the best garments that can be had with the label. Even a true blue union man cannot be ex pected to pay out his hard earned money, unless he re ceives high quality with the label. Brock does not make cheap clothing that's why we sell it. All Columbia articles must have the in-? trinsic value which makes it possible for us to guarantee their giving gOG$ service for the price we charge. The new Brogk suits for Fall 1906 range from $12.50 to $22.50. Do you know that with one exception (Paragon Trousers) every pair of pants in or stock has the union label? Carhartt and Red Seal Overalls. GAY & STURGS 50 Congress Street, Boston Members ef Boston Steek Exohange' Direct and Exolusive Privete Wires to Boston, New York, Chicago and Houghton, Michigan. Daiulh Office: 328 W. Superior St. om 1867 R, 0. Hubbeil, Manager EDISON PHONOGRAPHS VICTOR TALKING MACHINES We carry at all times the most complete stock of records in the Northwest. Machines sold on the eaay payment plan. If you* own a machine, send us your pqffHi and we will mail you a list of new records, free. DULUTH MUSIC COMPANY 1 t- h| 'Hi 11