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WMM HE LABOR WORLD WILLIAM B. XdWXM, Publisher. Advertising Rate* Made Knowii on Application. [Entered at Postoffloe at Duluth, Minn., as Second Class Matter. Published Every Saturday. Established in 1896 by Sabrie G. Aikin. Business Office. Suite 610 Manhattan Building, Du:uth, Minn.- Sl'BSCRIPTIOXS. One Year, in advance $1.00 Six Months, in advance 50 Three Months, indvance Single Copies, 2 Cents. HEJiRY DWORSCHAK, JR., Editor. a few weeks, has again become serl- quarters of the city, and deaths es- timated as high as 250, mostly blacks. Although martial law has been de clared and more than twenty com panies of the National Guard are on duty to quell the disturbances, indi cations are that the rioting will be but temporarily abated, and that there will be more clashes between the whites and blacks. The principal cause of the trouble is alleged to be the importation of between 8,000 and 6,000 negroes from the south during the last six months, according to Mayor Mollman of East St. Louis, to replace striking workmen in the factories and ma- pugnance and vindictiveness on the ., .... MUST PROVIDE SUBSTITUTE. On June 30 the saloon was rele- provided other accommodations. of the public sentiment expressed by the vote last April—that they will receive the support of the citizens of Duluth. INDUSTRIAL UNREST. At the present time industrial trouble, made manifest by the strikes occurring in various sections of the country, including the copper pro ducing sections of Arizona and the northwestern states, is more pro nounced than at any time% in recent years, and of far more precarious consequences at this time, when the government is assiduously engaged in war preparations and is demand ing the utmost from its producing agencies. "German intrigue" is mainly respons- ible for this unrest of the workers. I This is a fallacious belief, for al though German influence may be the instigation of some strikes, there is a far greater cause of the present trou ble. Businesses which have sprung into existence, or have been accelerated and enhanced because of the extraor dinary war demands, have, in the main, reaped—and are reaping THE HEAL OFFENDERS. Race rioting, which broke out in East St. Louis, 111., on May 28, re sulting in several deaths and more enormous profits. Labor, which is than fifty injuries, besides the de- producing this wealth, is sharing struction of much property, within very mtle ln this wagRg ous, continuing with unprecedented portion to the returns which capital fury, causing enormous property loss js exacting. in the burning of several of the negro Give the workers their just re wards, and there will be fewer stop pages in the production of those things which are most vital to the welfare of the nation and its people. 1 chine shops. This was done under They're the best kind*—ask for them. the subterfuge of "war necessity" by one consideration-—that their profits squeezed from the products of the .toilers may be incessantly increased. avaricious employers who have but IMiEGAL SALE OF LIQUOR. The Ethiopians are lured to the in dustrial centers and then compelled to labor for niggardly wages—far, far below that required by the stand ard of the average white workman— and that is generally exceedingly low. The latter are unable to compete on these terms, and the outcome is in evitable a feeling of resentment and hostility on their part, and of re- gated to history—most likely never vested in the public safetyv commis to return. sion and its determir.ption to elimin Regardless of its many apparent ate any obstacle in the way of Min distasteful and irremediable fea- nesota doing its utmost to assist in a tures, the saloon—like almost every thing else—was not without a few commendable traits, and it did ren der the community a real service. When the transient workman ar rives in a strange city he generally seeks out the place where he may poor mans club." The saloon also The municipality owes it to its. citi- *last zens—and those who visit it at inter- vals for useful purposes—to provide a place where these migratory work- ers may assemble, where proletarian hospitality and congeniality may abound where lunches may be pro- GXPreS" for men, but which mUst eventually J? r^5,TSU1/«POrtl^g D.° way be considered a charitable insti- H,?n„l!TklaLt0 !h.t '°fied Do you smoke union-made cigars? provide several public comfort sta- ver, being unable to settle its dif- on board states that it has proven an I BOO back of Lester Park, it is not ir relevant to* ask the commissioners to undertake this project, and The X«abor World is confident-—in view •_..— The Minnesota Public Safety com mission recently notified the brew ers of the state that, unless the llle-1 gal sale o^ liquor by boot-leggers and I blindpiggers ceased, it would take I steps to suppress the entire sale of liquor, either by a mandate of the commission or that an extra session of the legislature would be called for that purpose. At a meeting attended by virtually all of the brewers of the state, held in St. Paul last Sunday, a committee on part of the invaders—and race riot- whose duty shall be to co-operate ing is bound to continue just so long I with the safety commission in its as those conditions are tolerated by endeavor to stamp out the illegal 1&W enforcement was appointed, the authorities. traffic. jieep himself informed as to the prog If Governor Lowden would curb Judge John F. McGee of the com- the uprisings (or the Illinois 6tate mission was present at the meeting, Council of Defense), let him assail !'®nd told the brewers of the serious the real instigators—the employers who are responsible for the deplor able industrial conditions in East St. Louis. In view of the enormous powers successful prosecution of the war. it find companions—men like himself have none but themselves to blame •—and although sometimes this com- for such drastic action. T»anionship costs a great deal, he is» almost certainly sure of a warm re- Charles R. Van Hise, president of She mingled with its gorgeous dyes ception by the proprietor of "the ^tlie University of Wisconsin, charged milky baldric of the skies, I ,, iL thnt th*» EVCOC! NMFIFC TT ttie excess profits of the United year were a dollarR- And eorPoration !Ui^'ons States Steel corporation during the Then from his mansion iq the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand Quarter of a billion then to think that the subscribed a few paltry for Liberty Loan bonds! A news that dispatch recently recited cured, good reading material ob- -o Before the broadside's reeling rack, tained, and lounging rooms provided I ab°Ut Prc3l/lM' «_ The offense "Was committed in a Nee- Shall look at once to heaven and thee, 1 tr Guard officeM testified as to the tution frequenting such places? home! *By angel hands to valor given Also it is necessary that the city The Bakers' Local No. 26 of Don-j ifcrei"!es wlth 1116 three tne Duluth side of the Aerial bridge, ies there, is operating a bakeshop in In Hibbing a reading room branch I competition "with the unfair firms, of the library was established in the and indications are that it may be aection formerly infested by saloons, come a permanent institution. us a substitute for workingmen, and the annual report of the library! 14 has been ated that junqualified success. loons in Superior on the opening day These suggestions may seem fan- the eiful, and incapable of consummation on account of the expense incurred, but in view of the city commission's action .n appropriating money T* for. such purposes as establishing a conservatively estim- $10,000 was spent in sa- wet .regime. Just think how many worthwhile things this would buy! Mr V'im Mi™? ,f not- whJr Who will venture a prediction as to the status July 4th, 1918. will find the United States of America? What Other Papers Say. HUMANITY MUST PAY. San Antonio Weekly Dispatch:— Labor slackers has become a familiar phrase in these days of preparedness and military urgency. It is not a title of honor, and no halo crowns the head of him who bears it. But why confine the name, or limit the shame, to the man who falters and fails in the militant relations of government? For a half century a contest of m»£hty The allegation has been made that physical development. To destroy ..prosperity" and have been increased in no pro- Then mvigt be taken int0 consider. ation the fact that 1{vlng c08ts hftye soared far beyond the limits of justi fication and reason, so that the meager increases in wages are in sufficient to meet wartime prices— with the result that labor is less able import has been waged in this country. A contest for the uplift for the emancipation of for all. it to cope with its problems than it h%s of industrial life, secured a more been in the past—which must in evitably cause dissatisfaction and, in cidentally, the last resort of labor—• strikes. of labor, the wage slave, for the rescue of womanhood from industrial and moral degrada tion, for the restoration to childhood of its just opportunity for mental and I the juggernaut of greed crushing into the muck, maiming and slaughtering millions of helpless victims and re store to mankind its equal inherit ance of the good gifts of God, of the "earth which He has given to the children of men." To all the chil I nren, not to a few self-selected, self ish and axrogai»t. This task is most humane in its conception, just in purpose, and glor ious in its high idealism. But there h..ve ..been slackers, many of them, multitudes of them. Men whc have' not contented them selves with evading duty bui. who have constituted a traitorous force of handy aids to the powers of malig nant selfishness, and often prevented, universally retarded, the success of the holy cause of labor unionism of labor united, organized, disciplined, I waging war aguiast a mammonized industrial autocracy. Yet notwithstanding the slackers, union labor has written into the laws of the states and the nation a record of achievement for human uplift, such as all the bloody wars of his tory cannot match. It has lightened the burden of toil has cleansed the avenues equitable distribution ~f the earnings of labor, and forced recognition i!rom the unwilling lords of pital. Today unionism stands forth re spected by the worthy and feared only by the selfish and the unjust. The slackers we have known by another name, the suggestive title of "scab"—fit designation for degener acy and moral putridity. While the union stands for the only organized force enlisted in de fense of the worker, and striving for his advancement, it has a right to de mand that 'all workers enlist, and if they will not, why then by the closed shop, or the cloned mine, to conscript by force of necessity the slacker, tl.e sneak, the strikebreaker, who fails to meet the issues of the hour, the demands of the time, as honorable nen should and will. GOOD BOOKS. Peoria Labor News:—No home is complete without a bookcase full of good books. Nothing is more restful to tired nerves than a good book. There is an old saying "that the worth of a man is judged by the books he reads." It is probably a good way to judge men. Books not only keep you informed as to the various ways of life but they develop the brain power. The business man always has the latest book on his line of business— .. and on business in" general, for that matter. aspects of the illegal sale of liquor, stating that labor troubles, particularly on the iron ranges, where violations of the liquor laws are alleged to be more books you will have a library in five numerous. The worker, too, should ress of the labor movement and what the workers are doing and have done on other parts of the globe. The government sends out free a great many books of value to the this had accelerated average workingman. They are in tended to be of benefit to the work ingman. By spending sixty cents a week for years from now that any man ought to feel proud of. They will never deteriorate in real value. A good book is always good. Good books will give you a new idea of life. They make you forget the sordid things in life. They give you the inspiration to ap preciate beauty and nature. Get in the game and be a reader and a is well that the brewers take all pos-! thinker. If you stay down in the mire too long, you'll never be able to rise. sible steps to carry out Its orders as far as possible, otherwise there will be but one outcome, and that is the prohibition of the sale of liquor in this state—and the brewers would THE AMERICAN FLAG. When Freedom from her mountain high Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light The symbol of her chosen land. Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave When death, careering on the gale, a man was arrested and fined I Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, for making maiicious and defamatory fri^ted wa^s W,,son rush wildly back Each dying wanderer of the .ea Wis., saloon, and "National And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. language used." Are officers In the Flag of the free heart's hope and Thy nearts nope ana stars have lit the welkin dome, a11 thy hues were born in large taker- Foreve^Xa" that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedam's banner streaming o'er us? —By Joseph Rodman Drake. WILL FISH FOR FISH. When prohibition reigns supreme, then men will go fishing for fish. HOME: LIFE. 4 Make the home what tt should tto h^—the abode of happiness. There no better way of' loving and 4 provin* our love than by showing nt fcoate all the conrtealea, ran* ahlne and "better aide" of onr na $ tnrea that nwt of reserve for eoinpany use, for love that take* theae things for granted ia either counterfeit or perllonaly 4 death. 1 A BOND FO BABY. By Scott Nring. At the outset of thiyar the presi dent urged congress pay foi: the war as they went. ThpVident means Of doing thil! lay in intifi6 taxes, in heritance taxes, lai taxes, taxes upon war rrofits, t.neither financial measures directed at jte surplus in come of the commu^y. Had this policy* been followed, ^the American people had every f-ea^n to suppose that it .would be foltived, the war would have been a fiy-as-you-go" affair. The many millions people who hoped that the war wild be put on such a pay-as-you-g9 basis were rudely awakened durit" the early days of the campaign buy Liberty bonds by being urged "buy a bond for baby." One paper publishe^a large pic ture of a charming bali boy, and un derneath Was an insertion. "Buy a Bond for Ba£. There you have the three B's joy. Little Jimmie or Jane is no^tiny, but 13 years from now will at an age where money will'be jfifful, maybe needed. |. "Uncle Sam has oifei^ the Ameri can people a 52,000,0^ 000 Liberty bond is8«Te. These bo$s will help to pay for Jhe great y^y for world freedom. If you buy a |nd for baby you will be doin^ two |od things— helping America in tlf war and giving baby a stakq in life. "In case of n-jcessityfjaby's bond can be sold at any time.f If the gov ernment does not wish tftake up the bonds at the end of 15 iears it may let them run for 15 yers more, in which case baby's bond i*ill continue to accumulate interest, "A $50 bond bearing interest at 3% per cent will yield U..75 a year. A $100 bond will yield j3.50 a year. In 15 years the governiibnt will pay in interest $52.50 on a $|3)0 bond. If the interest is deposited jo baby's ac count regularly, the Compounding will increase this amoui. If only 3^ per cent is paid on theinterest, the sum thus earned added i) the $52.50 paid by the go.ve^rnmea will make baby's "interest $61.82, Tr his total wealth $161.82 at tto "Thvl of 15 years. "And it is the s^est invest ment in the world. I is as se cure as thp United Staes itself, as it has back of it all jpe boundless resources of the nation! "Buy a "bond for ba|y—a liberty bond. Make baby a litt| patriot and a little banker." The war is not to paid for as we go. Baby and baby'f companions for the next 30 years wil continue to pay interest on the war bon3s, and then the principal musi be met at some time in the future by them or their descendants. Is it bonds or bondage that we are being urged to buy for biby? VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.! By the Rev. Charles Stelzlc. It has long been acknowledged that "the voice of the people is the voice of,God." The^undiscerning may hear in the people's voice only a great roar of discontent, or the mut terings of the misguided mass. But he who has understanding will hear the "still, small voic4," which speaJcs the will of God. The statesmen in] every age who have accomplished the things which have produced the greatest good for all the people, got their inspiration No class of men have! a broader ex perience than the "common people" it means to toil and to suffer and to sacrifice.' None have higher aspira tions and none exhibit (deeper conse cration. It is becai.se| of this that God speaks through th?m. Sometimes the peoplfe's expression of God's will is crude. Sometimes it comes as a shock to iien who have become accustomed to things as they are, who, quite satisfied with present conditions, are unwilling to be made uncomfortable by a change which may mean a readjustment in their method of living and in their way of doing business. But to stand in the way of progress is futile. It may be that it is necessary to oppose certain features—man-made and man-in spired—which have crept into the plans which the people present, but back of then, all and 1 eneath them all will be found the hand of God. This has been proved in history. As Gladstone once said, "In the begin ning of every great fight for the right and for progress, the leisured classes, the so-called upper classes! have been on the wrong side of the battlefield." The. common people—the men of un common sense—to these the world owes a debt of gratitude. If you would hear the voice of^God, keep close to the people. ftlRST LABOR STRIKE. The 'first labor strike in America occurred in Philadelphia 120 years ago, when 300 fchoemakeife quit work and refused to return until their em ployers had granted their demand for increased wages. After this success ful struggle there ^ere no further important demonstrations of the soli darity of labor until 1848, when a great strike of weavers was declared y(u «j0 in Fall River, marking the beginning of the long serl of labor troubles in industrial New England. A GREATER CALAMITY. A small boy who had been slippered by his maternal ancestor and set out on the front porch to cool off, asked hia little chum, "Is there anything you hate worae than to ha^&e your mother 8pank you?" "Yes," was the prompt reply, "To have dad do it." GLEANED AT JOHN B.'S OBSEQUIES I Saturday, June 30, the final day of the legalized raloon's career in Duluth, was a gala occasion in the downtown section of the city. Boisterous and jovial throngs of men ancK' youths thronged the thoroughfares from early in the afternoon until after mid night, (although the various thirst emporiums ceased to dispense liquid refreshments at ^'10 o'clock. At that time the' groups of exuberant cele brants were unceremoniously and re luctantly ejected by the morose and downcast saloon proprietors, although the latter were somewhat cheered by the enormous eleventh-hour business, which resulted in the passage of a large amount of money into the cof fers of the barkeeps. There was virtually no disorder of any kind, but one or two disturb ances bein^1 reported. Those who were displeased with Duluth entering the dry column exhibited good sports manship, being resign-d to their fate without apy malice or ill-feeling. Superior street had the appearance of a summer carnivnl affair—wli-h one sig-ificant differ* -e—many, yes a great many, m*n carrying packages which looked as though they might contain the wherewithal to alleviate parched throats in the future. Local breweries and saloons did probably the largest one-day usiness in their history, nearly all delivery vehicles in the city beinj enlisted in the frantic endeavor to fill all orders before the ban was effective. It was reported that many were unable to be accom odat *, and, should a like occasion occur, it is certain that these would 'Vo their shopping early." A few minutes past 10, near a Third uvenue West thirst parlor, men were sean emerging from er. twliile merry places carrying glasses which had hitherto been used to serve the "suds" —but which now, relegated to the discard, had evidently been dlstrib ed tj be retained as a memento of the occasion. Out in West Duluth, just before closing time, a belated shopper was seen laboriously pushing a wheel barrow toward a brewery, evidently not wishing to take a chance on get ting left. After obtaining his supply, he started for home, intermittently pausing to refresh himself, and, inci dentally, lessen his visible load. Early Sunday morning pedestrians wit nessed a Strang spectacle—a wheel barrow, heavily laden, being used as an improvised bed, the ocdupant, with bottles protruding from his pockets, sleeping soundly— till not having reached hfa destination. All in all, it was a great evening-— both for the saloon men and those who attended the last rites of an in stitution which had, since there was a village at the ncythern end of Lake Superior, been licensed to engage in its nefarious traffic. And may its slumber be uninter rupted and perpetual! 1 AN AMBITIOUS MAN. I Some pessimists are continually deploring the fact that the old-time all-around man, that was really use ful, is fast disappearing and that it is nowadays almost an impossibility to get one of the good old sort. Such, however, is not the case, for a Cleve- because they kept close to the masses, land newspaper some time ago stated Rarely does the vision come to the that the manager of a life insurance man who spends all of his time in company in that city advertised for a the seclusion of the study. His touch stenographer. He sent one applicant on life is so slight, and his under standing of the needs of men so in adequate, that his outlook extends only to the limits of his own life and his own narrow experience. It is only as a man comes into contact with others that his ovjn life 1 ecomes larger and fuller, and it is out of this fullness that he is enabled to speak concerning the greater problems of life. the following requirements: Ability to dictate and transcribe, file and index, operate an oscilating mimeograph, hitch pony to cart am" drive to town .twice daily with mail, sweep and dust. A few days later the insurance manager got this reply: "Dear Sir—Yours of recent date at hand. I beg to state that I am a typist with a speed of 100 words a minute. I am 42 yeajs old, have been connected with British embassy at -no class knows quite so well what Madagascar, am not only an expert biographer, linguist, telegrapher and college grad, but have several other desirable accomplishments. "The light duties you enumerate would not serve to keep me busy. I fear I would get homesick. I am an expert sriow shoveler, first-class pea nut roaster and have some knowledge of removing superfluous, hair. Also, I have a medal for reciting "The Cur few Shall Not,' etc. "Am a skilled chiropodist, can cook, take care of horses (your pony cart would bev a sinecure), crease trousers, open oysters, repair um brellas and cane chairs and am also the champion tobacco chewer of Louisiana. My spitting record is 38% feet. "Being useful a-, well as orna mental and my whiskers being ex tensiva and luxurious, doubtless would be useful a3 pen wiper and feather duster. "By the way, I might ask if it would be objectionable If I should practice .with my. cornet during leis ure hours?"—Exchange. I APPRECIATE MOTHER'S IX)VE. The trouble about mothers is, that we get so used to them that we don't half appreciate them until we lose them. Then we realize what all that divine care and tenderness meant. N"o matter how much you do you can't begin to return all they have done for you, but do the best you can. Now that vacation is here let mother see that you appreciate all that she has done for you. Your shoulders are young and strong help lift the bur den from the tired shoulders. Take the heaviest part of the housework. Send her out to enjoy herself while share. And the daughter y0r employed can give mother many little pleasures. So ethlng pretty to wear will please her. Che likes pretty things as well as you do. Spend more time in the home, confiding in her, telling her your hops: and am bitions, for she is better than all the girl friends in the world. As for the girls who talk and act disrespect fully toward their mother, no criti cism is too harsh. If only they knew what outsiders +hink of them they would, stop it.—Fox River Leader. Glass Block George A. Gray Co, The Leiser Co. Oreck's Store Stack & Co. Abram's Store H. S. Wenger Kreske 5c and 10c Store TO TEE PUBLIC STORE HOURS DURING JULY AND AUGUST In order to give our employees greater opportunity for outdoor recreation and enjoyment during the summer months, we, the undersigned Retail Merchants, have agreed upon the following store hours during the months of July and August, to take effect Thursday, July 5th FROM 8:80 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. DAILY (A) SATURDAY FROM 8:80 A.M.T060'CL0SK P.M. We earnestly request the active co-operation of YOU— the public—in this.movement in order that the closing of retail stores during July and August may become gen eral in Duluth. MAKE IT A POINT TO DO ALL YOUR BUYING WITHIN THE HOURS INDI CATED ABOVE and so give your personal and neces sary support to a most worthy cause—one which will be of practical benefit to the many employees of the retail stores of this city. SHOP ONLY IN THE HOURS INDICATED ABOVE W YOUR SHARE IN A WORTHY MOVEMENT Firms that have agreed to the above store hows during July and August LABOR NOTES. The New York, legislature adjourned without taking action on the full train crew law repealer, which passed the state senate. Seven hundred unorganized machin ists of Chicago struck for an eight hour day and the union scale of wages. Many joined the union. Coppersmiths in Cincinnati sus pended work to enforce the eight-hour day, which has been granted by several large concerns. These workers are affiliated with the Sheet Metal Work ers' union. The Bartenders' union of Pittsburgh has reduced the work week of sev enty-two and eighty hours to not over sixty and raised wages $3 a week. James C. Cronin, president and busi ness agent of the Molders' Union, local 15, of Philadelphia, was arrested in Chester, Pa., recently charged with "inciting to riot, agitatitig and causing trouble for the government in time of war." WILL POWER. Develop your will power and learn to use It. The education of the will IK really of far greater importance ahaplng the destiny of the individual than that «f the Intellect. Theory and doetrlne and inculcation of laws and preposi tions lead to the uniform habit of right action. Freimuth's Silberstein & Bondy J. M. Gidding & Co. Bruen's Apparel Shop Miller-AIbenberg Co. Oriental Shop Beckman's Fur Factory Sample Cloak & Suit Cc, Woolworth 5c and 10c Store NATIONAL FORESTS TO SUPPLY WOOD FOR FUEL NEXT WINTER Tlve department of .riculture is sued the following statement: To meet any possible coal shortage 4n the west next winter more extens ive use of 1 wood from the na tional forests is urged by the govern ment foresters, who are advising both ranchers and town dwellers to be forehanded in making arrangements for the supply of their fuel needs. The supervisors of the 153 na tional forests will be instructed to af ford all possible facilities to local residents wishing to obtain cordwood. which settlei may obtain free for their home use and which is sold at low rates to persons cutting ana hauling in order to sell to others. Since the material. thus utilized is mainly dead timber, its mov-1, it is explained, Ips clear up the forest and thus lessens the fire menace. Timber which is insect-infested, or old and deteriorating, or otherwise damaged or undesirable from the forester's standpoint, is also disposed of for fuel purposes. The demand in the next 12 months is expected to break all records. There is a possibility of a coal shortage becausc of the increased de mind for ooal br industrial plants and the lack of sufficient means of transportation. It is believed that it will be quite feasible and economical for many western communities to utilize an increased quantity of na tional forest wood for fuel next winter. 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