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OLDEST f' V, FI NAT I HEAD OF- THE The |j$i CAM^J. IBOOOOO VJORKtgy^IOJJ 246 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT rrr*m OPEN REGULAR BANKING HOURS AND SATURfiiAY EVENING O 6 to 8 O'CLOCK* BEPIISlf YNIR SAVINGS IN ©F DTJI-UTH, MINN. SURPIi US. HAVE YOU TBHgf THEM? DO SO UNION LABEL* •V and LA VERDAD AND LA LINDA Cigars are the, finest that money will bay, and t&at skilled labor can produce. MANTFAOTuKED BY ...ii'fiu IM INCORPORATED 1872 Rank AND PROFITS EARNED Book? given and interest paid on deposits of $1.00and upwards in our Interest deposit department. Open 10 A. M. to 3-P. M. Saturdays 10 A. M. to' 1 P. M. and fr to 8 P. Mi ASK TO SEE OUR NEW UP-TO-DATE /SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULT SAFfii iHENTBD FJROM 13 TO f25 PER AJfNU^I. 8H0£ SSOO,OOty r. THIS SIM are mads by Union Labor and Fair Employers agreeing to arbitrate all differences. .... Believers in Industrial Peace and Pair treatment of labor should ask their shoe I dealers for shoes bearing this stamp. The product of Fair Employers and Fair Labor merits the pat ronage of all fair minded persons. ... Ask your dealer tor Union Stamp shoes, and if he cannot supply you write BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION. EITHER 'PHONE 341. GKT TOITK PBJRSORIPTIOWS FILLED AT SMITH an* SMITH'S DRUG STORE 101 W. Superior St Duluth E. J. KENNEDY,. Prop. 419 WEST SUPERIOR STREET. Finest Line of Imported and Domestic Wines, Lic|tjioi*s and Qi^&rs Oiir Battled Goods axe1 Unexcelled foif Domestic Use. a* SUBSCRI Ba ^t 'L^BOR WORLD 1 BE CON¥INGED THAT THE HOME MADE. la a pleasure when you can hold It In the brewing of beer that will compete With the beet breweries In this cpuntry or Europe In the manufacture of pure, .rich and creamy bottled beer, that pos Msees the qualities of all with the palatable flavor and strengthening Qualities of the best beer. Try'li as an appetiser and tonic—It Is good. SHESSsSv^ MsBEliiSSR^ 11 SHOULD THESE* 1 .. .•••!.•!» 1 BE .Question Which Drives all Parties to Accusation and Recrimin ation to Explain. Robert J. Logan Assigns Cause to Be the Robbing of Opportune ties by the few. Prom Maine to California is heard the dishtal wail, "Hard Times." The millionaire, like his poorer brother, has felt its sting, and sits% in his mansion building air castles and dreaming of what he would do had he the '.ready cash. The politicians' are as badly scared as the financier, for a panic brought on-'by "hard times" is always^ disjas- I trous to the party in power, for, justly or unjustly," the people always1' hold Jhe "ins" responsible. The Democratic party has hardly recovered from the effects of the panic of 1893, which came *during a Demo cratic administration, and the Repub licans lost several successive con- gresses after the panic of 1873, barely saving the presidency in 1876' and 1880. Why should times be hard is the question that drives, the financier, manufacturer and wage earner to ac cusation and recrimination, in explain ing the present depression in an en- deavor to place the blame where they think it rightfully belongs. Financiers Pet Theory. "A pa^iicky market caused by the fear of overcapitalization r.aridr 33e senseless investigation of the trusts" is the financier's pet theory. "Increased cost of labor," cries the manufacturer while the workingman protests and insists that the prices of commodities'are far in excess of the occasional wage increase. a ioSTOH. MAS®. A short while ago the world stood aghast at the remarkable wave of prosperity in which this nation seemed engulfed. Far and wide our great enterprise, tact and business energy was healded and admired. Pessimists shook their heads and predicted a dire ending, while the optimists bade us be merry, as greater :and grander achievement were yet to .come. Did We heed the pessimists, and prepare the ark that would weather the storm, or wer# we carried.away by the promises of the false prophets with their horn of plenty? Buncoeing the Workers. Has the worker participuated' in this past performance to the extent of having something to show for all the fuss made about our exalted condi tion, or have those who hold the power to bolster the prices of necessi ties been the real and only gainers of this laudable financiering? Today the cost of living is even higher than that of a year ago, ar£d the fact is that prices generally are .higher now than at any time for the past 25 yearg. Meats controlled by the beef trust are higher than in 22 years. 1 r:. Butter, .eggs, fruit and .vegetable's, controlled lay the refrigerating private ^caj: system, are..constantly soaring higher and mean prosperity for the ^Armours, Swifts and". Cudahys. Practically everything the people use which is controlled by a trust is continually mounting up in price. But are wages also advancing? If the general level of wages in your line of work has gone up 35 per cent, you are holding your own. If they have not reached this rh'ark the prosperity of the trusts is coming out of your pocket. In. the days of epidemics, floods, wars and other conditions that curtail the nation's output there was an ex cuse for the tightening of pure strings. Before the introduction of scientific farming the failure of craps was a national catastrophe and was suffici ent explanation for the expression "hard times" in some localities. Condition of Country During the month of September last the exports of wheat from this coun try were valued at one million dollars more than in the same month the pre vious year, and yet the number of bushels was over a million less! Of cotton the same story is told—smaller exports, but more money coming in to pay for them. I Today thousands of skilled mechan ics parade the streets seeking work, It is farcial to say their condition was caused by the high standard of wages. It is not the amount of money paid in wages but the value of the product which Is the determining factor of the a .fixed limit they cannot exceed the price of the article, and as wages have value of the articles produced. As this is an age of urplus there seems little excuse for the present de pression in trade. There is no lucid analysis of 7 the many reasons given that, will produce, undeniable facts, or leave the cause undebatable, and the question again asserts itself, "has the nation fallen into the hands of the few who drain its opportunities to the dregs or are we still a country, of the people, for the, people, and by the people. HYPOCRISY OF UNION SMASH ERS. The_ Manufacturers' association through its secretary says, "that the purposes of the organization is indus trial and not political." Let us see about this: The associ tibn has long been, and still i&, issuing confidential circular letters to mer chants, manufacturers, real estate men arid others, appealing for 1 WM- in- fluence upon bodies, civic, political :arid legislative, to force its matters arid methods into the policies and poli tics of the nation. 'Here is an extract from one of the association's confidential circulars: "Confidential. "Dear Sir—Gus fight against a fav jorable report of the eight-hour bill •by/ the house labor cofnmittee In vWashington is getting warm, and' we ask you, as a manufacturer arid em ployer with a vital personal interest as .well as a patriotic Interest In beat ing thig arbitrary and dangerous so cialistic .proposition, to help us,* .-.Here is another: THE ONLY SAVINGS BANK IN DULUTH Orcaahed Laws. «f tk» Mate of MI«oeiot» G«T«t«iag Savins* BfUjtfca. Deposit Your Savings 0 0iih ttm DULUTH SAVINGS BANK S2t West Superior St* Dnlutji, Utaa, "THE BANK THAT PAYS" 3 1 4 PERCENT Interest on Savfn*a ul Time Deposits. OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS FROM TO O'CLOCK. "Strictly confidential. "Dear...Sir—^You have -not replied to our recent letter. It is our fault we didn't write y.ou strongly enough. "The simple- questioijrj is*' whether your own valued company will not join the other manufacturers of the country in providing-, an absolute in surance against destructive and even revolutionary labor legislation at Washington and at the different state capitals. We believe that you will. "Nobody has ever questioned that it was the National Association of Manufacturers that beat the eight hour and anti-injunction bills." Many a delegate to the Democratic convention at St. Louis, Mo., in 1904, will recall the following: "Please do everything on earth that you can perfectly, secretly, without any publicity of any kind, simply ^coring with each and every influen tial person whom you can think of as having, anything to. say' about the matter. And please' advise me what you have done and are doing, in order that I may co-operate with you as effectively as possible." "Mr. Van Cleave, in his address, says a w.est.ern paper of a city where that gentleman spok^,. "advised his /hearers to take an activg- part in poli tics, particularly in the election of ..rjiembers of qpngress and of state leg islators, to see th.at...,these* person?, whether Republicans^ or .Democrats, arg^friendly to the^-iinterests of manu facturers." Prepares to Entertain June Con vention of State Federation in Royal Fashion. So Says a Special Correspondent of the Minnesota linion Advocate. WINONA, Minn., April 16.—The la bor element of the population of this city is deeply impressed with the re sponsibility that iS upon it in. provid ing for the entertainment of the an nual convention of the State Feder ation of Labor which is to meet hera the second week in June, and that ele ment is laying all its resources under tribute to make the preparations ade quate to the occasion and ^creditable to itself and the city. L'The feeling of responsibility is shared by the busi ness element* of thfe community, an I that, too, is aroused to the need of vigorous and liberal action, to the end that the reputatiorfi of the town for hospitality and ,public spirit may riot suffers any.V,di|jgt)^^^^bUt be aug it it of proving that Winoria wears its heart upon'its sleeve for every worthy gath ering of sincere arid ^earnest workers in the great cause of uplifting humanv ity and lessening Its burdens. For the purpose, of helping to raise funds to defray'/th® .expense of enter taining the coriyentlon, the Trades and Labor Council of* this city will give a grand befiefit dance at Philharmonic hall on the night of Saturday, April 25, for whichf.^atxuba's orchestra will furnish t^e( musi c.' The .preparations for the'ball v-^re'i jin a forward state ot: progressrv^r®^jth9K ^ale of tickets has already beguij'/.^tl:h lively competition which incre.astes: asthe days^•" go by. Indicatioris ^romifee'that fhe affair will be a grarid- .success 'in respect1, to its primary ob^ectj and also in the feature of high sociaiterijoyment. ..This is th? beginning of 'a, series of efforts, of one kind or .Another, vwhich the Trades and Labor COuncil ^ill ma)ke 'to accomplis'i the purpose it h^s.' iti View. MARATHON BOAD RACE IS WON BY MORRISSEY BOSTON, April 20.—T. P. Morrissey of the Mercury Athletic club*, of New York CLty won the twelfth annual renewal today rof the Boston Athletic association's Marathon road -race, cov ering 25 mfle$ |rO!in.- Ashland to the' finish mark on Exeter^ street in t\^o hours, 25 minutes and 431-5 second^. The time is second only to the record of two hours, 24 minutes and 24 sec onds made last year by Tom Long boat, the Canadian Indian runner. Fifty yards behind Mbrrjssey came J. J. Hayes of- the Irish-American Ath letic club, New Tork. Who in turn led Robert' Ai Fowler- of the Cambridge Gymnasiiml aSBOfciation by about the .same distance, "I -v TO EID lit THE UM TROUBLE ,Jo}m Xftitcbell Says He Believes thfe PItuUivTruth Will End„. v. m. Conflict. I am"a trade.uriibnist.' I am not one" of ^'th$S|B ''who believe TthaC the .rtr^de uriioQ, is theultimate. I recogn.i?e .thof fact that there is 'a great- evolutionary! I movement: going on that is.^ slowlyi but surely changing -our social life.j But, nevertheless, riiy 'experience has satisfied, me' "that' the trade uri'iom movement is' the best-* moVemerit- feverl born f6i" :the"ariielioraiion I am not an old man yet, but I have seen many practical results from the trade union movement. I have seen in my life thousands who em-= ployed' labor and/ thousands who'labor, brought t6gether and made to work harmony. I do not believe that in our country there should be an irreconcilable con flict between labor and capital. Not withstanding the fact that I have gone through quite a number of strikes, I have not yet abandoned my opinion that if the representatives of labor can be brought together, if they' can sit down in honest conference if they will look one another straight in the eye and, tell one another the absolute truth, I believe when that is done that the day of conflict between Jabor and capital will end. I have never been one to believe you help labor hy denouncing capital. I am one of those who believe that there is not one wrong that labor suf fers which it did not bring on itself. I dd not believe, either, that any of us kre poor because we cannot get rich honorably. I believe that if labor will do its own duty all the" misery and all the suffering that labor has endured from the beginning of the world will end. I believe it to be the duty of every man and'every woman'who work? for a living, who works for wages, or a salary, to join a trade union. And 1 believe tfee mian or woman who works for wages who remains, o.ut of a trade union to be blind to their own inter ests. Not only that, but they are posi tively injuring the chances and the in terests- of-tja«ir fellow-men, and fellow omen. I believe that- the trade unions stand for rall :l 'Of the cbivf dition of those who toii. .'' .-) It, r*»|telieve athat the trade5 unidiv moVeririent'stood for nothing else than I securing a few cents higher wages or securing a few hours less labor, 1 would leave it. If I thought that is all it does, I" would quit \the trade union movement and I would try to I stajt myself a new movement. But, I believe it does more than^that. I be, lieve the trade union movement ralfee?. the standard of our citizenship I be I lieve it raises the manhood and the womanhood and the childhood of all our people. And any movement that elevates society, that elevates the manhood a'nd womanhood of our peo ple, contributes immeasurably to the welfare of our people and to the good of our country.- that is good, for all'.'that is best in our citizenship. If I thought the trade union movement depended on lawlessness for its suc cess, if-.' I 'believed strikes de pended on lawlessness for their success, I would abandon the trade union iriovement. I do not be lieve that a strike was ever won be cause of violation of law. I do know that strikes have been lost because the' laws were broken. I do know that every striker is injured if the law is broken. In my judgment no great strike can ever succeed if the American peopla are opposed to it. I have an abiding faith in the people of our country. I believe the American people always try to be right. I believe that if they decide, if they conclude that a ques tion is right, that a strike is right, that the strike will win and if th«^ conclude the strike is wrong, then the strike will not succeed. It pays to consult, the wishes of the best ^people. It pays to be right, and it does net pay to be wrong. PUSSES THE NEINJABILIIY LAW Time Will Tell Whether New Law .Cian Withstand Gauntlet of Supreme Court The following is a summary of the law passed by congress to take the -place- of the. previous employers' lia bility rla^, ^declared,, unqonstitutional by the supreme court of the tJnited States:. . "The biir relates, to common carriers by railroads /engaged iri interstate commerce." The first/ twx» sections abolish the docfrine of fellow servant ih. this linfe .commerce/arid section, ^hree is -a nlo&ififixation" of* the common doctrinef- o£ contributory negli gence. It provides, th'jft 'contributory .negligence stu&l not .bar the right 10 recover, but ^t furth"er vprovides that -the respbrisibility of tHe negligence of the employer ^nd eihploy.ee shall rest Upon each. It requires ithe jury :.o •reduce the dariaages in''proportion to the negligence cCntwnitted by the in jured employee. Section 4 provides that contributory negligence and the assumption of risk shall not be charged to the employee where he is injured by reason' of the violation of any statute by the employer that has been err&cted for "the safety of em ployees. In other wordq, when the violation of any such Statute contri butes to the injury, contributory neg ligence or assumption of risk cannot be pleaded as a defense to^thie recov ery of damages. It may be added that section 5 of the bill provides that a.11 contracts, rules, and regulations, which seek to exempt the' employer, the common carrier, from liability cre ated- by the act hall be void so far as it seeks to produce that exem ption But. in case the common carrier has paid any. benefit or an£ insurance by virtue of such a contract, he shall be :y,. •$&?*! :t -i *9 FO^^ES aiid BtAOHUnSTS B02-4-6 Lake Are. 8. DULUTH, MINN. UNION MADE BEER Op AMERICA TRADE MARK REGISTERED Bears This Label en Niger's Beer. THE BEER OF THE PEOPLE BRBWED FOR THE PEOPLE RELISHED BY THE PEOPLE Fitger Brewing Co, WARM SHOES 218 WEST SUPERIOR Wm. Lync^tt^r. ST. permitted to set it off in any claim for damages made &y the employer." KANSAS CITR^POR GRIP From the Kansas ,C{ity, Journal:" A Callaway, county physician declar es this simple treatment.-Will cure, grip: ""Select eight sot^ndrears of Qallaway taised corn, frilly i^llittured "'.and bf goodi sfee, either. wh^te .o# y^llow -place^'thi corn in a pot 6jf '. water and let it4boli for, at 4eAst ten minutes. When the corn is supposed, to be hpated throufrh the patient is to go to- bed and place oiie .of the ears at. his feet, three on each side of him, and the remainlhg ear must be put at his head. This b^ tng donfe, the patient isito cover up Well and- lie there and perspire until the corn ^1 e^cprn coni* s&e&k jtssj ^,^-"M^ 4. SUlfSAT The Clothier. AVE YOU THE LIQUOR DISEASE Or the Drug or Tobacco Habits? W SO, OO TO THE Taylor ^Institute, Iron River, Wisconsin "AND GET FERMAN ENTLY CURED. "I think it my -duty to recom mend the „TftyIbr\tnjBtitute. Nearly a year ago, I sent "one of my- em ployes to receive treatment for ^he liquor disease from Dr. Taylor, and was so pleased with the result that, later I sent another, and the results: were the same In both cases. Both are now strictly temperate and re spected citizens and are -doing well." T. N. Okerstrom. "'dealer in real es tate, pine and-hardwood lands, and mill owner,- Port Wing, -Wis. Styles! $30 to mtNiemTS AT $5.00 sT": NOW READY INSPECTION. 3M: GOODS1 "I caring find language to express my gratitude to you for the splen did and perfect cure wrought in my case -1 have never had the slight eat desire for liquor of any kind since I took your treatment. My health Is good, my mind bright and clear, and I am full of energy and hope."—-Otto Nilsby, secretary and treasurer Sverdrup. Scandinavian Mutual Insurance Company, of Otter Tall County, Underwood, Minnesota. Blot Out the Past, and Begin Life Anew. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS, P. O. BOX 70T. *PHOHB 48 Uruon-made tzz Lnater, Pres. ft Treas. G. C. Stone, Vlce-Pres. C.MT.U j. R. BSaGlttort, See'y. Manufacturers of Steam Log Loader^ ftMnJ^ddderi, LogsJiis Tools, Hydratlnar Maehinery, Mixing Machinery. BY THE WAY! Are you aware of the fact that tha LA VAN AND Dulutiv Fashion: Cigars are the best 10c smokes on the market? Well they» are.. Try them. For- sale by all dealers. SywHe CLUB ROOM Union UM Fir* CntaUK. DULUTH CANDY CO. Distributors. BIM-EDIMI ELECTRK COHFMt Furnish Eleotric Onrrents i' -rr} -r -J LIGHT AND POWER. P&IVATX HOSPZTALV0E LADIES. \m aw SIVIBV. JMWII I'OJligJU 60 EAK^ \W Mams 1^- DWIOH* I frffJW XorTRKUITI Ac. ,. Anrone sMdlnc a sketeb and dMMttlai aasy qnleHy sseertain 6w opinion One wtether.«n biwuon ta probably pmentnbla, Communtq^ Vtlona strictly confldeutlal. |Ml sent free. Oldett imney for Patcnu Ukon. ttarooffii. Mnnn tptcUU MoMca^ wi Woat otuagv. In the Scientific American. -A bgndsOmely tltnstnted weeklr. Inrmrt "^euuBion of any fcienufic loarnak Tennf,aBa