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KNOWl&IHlE IS MArtKlNiyS Greatest
was made tb indilceeither Dr. Ship
stead or -Mrs. Olesen to withdraw
from the race to enable one of them
I to toake the rmv single-handed
agatfist Mr. Kef)^8fCWlt'^as believed
.. by the advocate»,gt,flue$j a plan that
B^mjactqr ¥tiUe Teaching Civiliza­
tion* Greatest Handicap.
iirten and farmed by Flue Strategy Retire 'Railroad Sen
ator Labor's Ewniies Generally Defeated at Hectioiis.
The masses of the people scored a fine victory' ih the election
of Tuesday when they voted to retire Frank B. Kellogg, known
in Washinrtonas the railroad senator," to private 'life. His de­
feat was tWe result of 9 fine piece of political strategy played by
the Farmer-Cabot group and the progressive Democrats. Wise
and knowing ^Q]#iciaQs of the old school could not see how Kel­
logg could bev^iaten with two candidates against him. They
figured that, the Conservative vote would go to the junior senator,
while the tiberjft Mid radical vote would be divided.
Wise iTOit^lT'actlck
Early inthe'fiSmpaigh an effort
It was the omyiwi^ ttij defeat the
Republican candidate'.
How,ever, when representative pro­
gressives in both, groups from the
various sections' o&th'e state were
foiksulted it was ^eqjjhed\rfdvlsable to
keep up the three-cornered fight.
Had' Mrs. blejto iwithdfatwn in the.
Interest of Dri 3$J|mte4d, conserva­
tive Democrats and many women
voters would have supported Kellogg,
and. sudh support, "would have in­
sured his electioi}.
Had Ships.
tca«i Withdrawn.
On the other h&nd. had Pr. Ship
fetead withdrawn in favor of Mrs.
Olesen the stampfte to Kellogg, it
was believed, would haye been great­
er. Persons prejudiced agaiinst vot­
ing for a woman for senator and
those who would hot'.ypte for a Dem­
ocrat under any citcjiiustances com­
prised a very large element that was
supporting Dr. Shlpqtead.
The returns of tj^e election have.
Justified the course \hat was taken.
Dr. Shlpstead and a(f8. Olesen met
thousands of voters and both ever­
lastingly pegged aw&y at Kellogg's
reactionary record-£7iwithout saying
anything unkind of e^ch other. The
Indictments they brought against the
senator with telling- force produced
11st the effect that^as intended.
fteactionai^^Deffrcitcd.
Th.e election ofDr.8blP8teaJ can­
not be olaimed wholly, as a Farmer
Labpr party vigto^ hy^it^s a.great
viplocy ror the ca'tuwi^'-yhich farm­
ers, ^'worker# and, the..great.masses
of the people
cerned. With the eleHtioh oi Xa Fpl
lette, sgSrookhart ahtf'Vrbbably Fra
xiei1 iifioNorth Dakota/the defeat of
Beveridge, Ptomeren%V/I^reylin^huy
sen and Towiwend and ihe cigse rub
Senator, Lodge got l^Massa.chusetts,
reaction has been pretty, successfully
pulled from the saddle Art Which It
was madly riding AtWashington.
The election was*'a MOvere rebuke
to the yarding. adftiYnljitratiori. The
newspapers, m6stly*.Mpac.tlonary, will
not say much about ihat feature/of
it, but it is a fact nevertheless. It Is
a rebuke to Daugherty and his gov­
ernment by injection. It is a rebuke
to the organized' enemies of «labor
who .have used the Ijjfardlng admin­
istration to assist tl^m in their at­
tempt to weaken, .«If ,-riot destroy*
union labor. It is a'rebuke to the
privilege grabbers ..Who *were never
so eager to tap pubUc Vand private
purses as during "a$£vsince .the.war.
A Better eol.
Coining.
The election mea^ that the work
e'rs, the farmers, tl^'salaried people
and the small busii^ss^ nien are to
be1 given abetter deal ,than they have
been getting!- It means the end of
compulsory arbitration tatfk. and leg­
islation.' It means the repeal of the
vicious Esch-Cummins law. It means
death to ship subsidy., And finally it
means that Newberry will be un­
seated unless he realigns from the
senate. We have been to normalcy
and beyond. The people have had
enough of it.1 A new-era 'or the
enactment of progressive, legislation
Is about to dawn ,.
im
i.
Furuseth Tells F^isldsitfThey
A letter to President Harding from
Andrew Furuseth, president'of the
International Seamen's union, sug­
gesting that the administration
should attempt to Sfjfve the problem
of. Asiatic' worker^', on"' American
Ships, was made pufttic in San Fran
ycisco by Mr. Furuaeth.^He charges
that American 'sailors were being
driven off the seas "because they had
refused to worK ea#- and sleep with
Chinese coolies." T^e letter said, in
pert:. i.. •'*iv'
tVe feel that ypu scarcely realize
the present depldrafile jtosition of
American seam^n^Minr this respect.
The workers ashoot arte "protected by
the federal contract ^iibor law and
the Chinese e*ciurtin| act, not to
mention recent mUrrSt^nt restfic
tldli laws. Americas seamen enjoy
ntf" SUch protection. At^fhe frresent
time, American, vessels-owned by the
tJntted states re to a
large-extent mcjUtNLby,Chinese, al-
in:: "1111 t.ii'I TV .: ,:.:.-io
ABSENTEE MINE
OWNERSHIP HIT
Major Subject to Be Investiga­
tion by New Gommission.
Absentee ownership in the mine
industry is oihe of the major sub­
jects that should be investigated by
the coal fact-finding commission, Is
the opinion of a committee Mpresent
ing the United Mine Worker's in a
report to the coal fact-finding com­
mission, which invited the miners to
make comment and suggestions.
The miners say absentee owner­
ship "is an evil that has much to
do with1 the strained relations and
unfortunate conditions which exist
in the industry."
Other subjects that should b^ con­
sidered are profit-taking middlemen,
regulation of coal production, sur­
vey of transportation and coal stor­
age facilities.
"We believe that the commission
should ascertain why it is that the
price of coal to the domestic con-?
sumer is always, higher than the
price to railroads and other (large
(purchasers. We believe Jhls line
could be developed if the commis­
sion would Inquire into railroad
Coal contracts and the methtffo«by
which such qOntnuits ?arw? sna-de."
V. The', miner a »tigrge«t that "the com­
mission lnyeaUgs.te whether .".capit­
alisation1 is water up«n ^ehleh the
to pay in
te»st aftd- dmaendr "'SB well as
wage»
"The commission should -ascertain,,
the: actual min' cost of production^
and then compare that eost with the
price'-^lflcli the consumer* pays and
fi*»d
out who gets the jnoney rep­
resented by those tyro figures."
In considering the wages pf miners
the commisaion is reminded that a
fair computation' would be based on
annual earnings rather than on the
daily earnings.
N. Y. MANSION
Coal Strikers Use Hovel Meth­
od to Siiame Mine Owner.
Striking miners employed by the
Eerwlnd-White coal mining com­
pany of Somerset county, Pa'., are
picketing. the palatial New York
residence of E. J. Berwind while
other strikers and their wives picket
the coal company's' offices in the
heart of the financial district. The
picket^, in front of. the Berwind man­
sion carry placards reading:
"Just Looking at E. J. Berwind's
Home. We, His Evicted Miners,
Have to Live in Tents and Chicken
Coops."
A
The company furnigheS coal, for
the city's subway system, and the
miners are urging the city to make
a thorough probe of the mine
producing situation. James Marks,
vice president of district No. 2, Unit-j
ed Mine Workers, said, .average earn­
ings at union mines in district tfo. 2
in 1921 were $14.60 a. week for. 31,^
929 miners paid on a tonnage basis.
"And yet, just 16 getN the present
union scale, guaranteed by a union
pontract, would satisfy the strikers
In the former non-union fields," *aid
Vice President Marks. "To Heep from
paying union rates under union con­
ditions have been waging .. a six
months' campaign of evictions, as­
saults and jailings."
I6H0RED BY U. S. JUDGE
Federal Judge Sater' of Columbus,
Ohio, Illustrated what organized la­
bor meihs when it demands govern­
ment by. law when hp Sentenced two
men to. jail for 30 days for making
sarcastic remarks about a. group of
strikebreakers In a railroad coach.
The men were not accused of' Vio­
lating a law, and were denied a trial
by jury., The court considered the
men 'did' *P?°ng. It is his personal
opinion. There is no law to Sbstaln'
him.
When' trade unionists oppose gov­
ernment by injunction, tory-mlndta
persons accuse them of "demand
ilig license jo violate law/' 4 1
Statistloal Ite-
paitmentFindsMaiiy
Vif(Hl»rs.
The government's. authoritative
statistical department^—the
1
bureau
of labor statistics—is not a' party to
"labor-shortage" claims made by
certain government officials 'and
business men. These 'claims., are al­
ways associated with a demand for
free Immigration. .tl»,
In a. statement just issued the
bureau presents reports on employ­
ment ^in September, from 2,653 rep­
resentative establishments In 42
manufacturing Industries,' covering
1,345,162 employes. Comparing the
September figures with those for
identical establishments for August,
the statement says that "it. appears
that in of the *2 industries there
were 'increases in the number of
employes while in 12 there were de­
creases." .'
The gains reported in other in­
dustries are in reality fiction. In the
important automobile industry, .the
employed Increased one-half of .l
per cent over August. This means
th^t there were five more workers
for every 1^00^ employed. In- boots
and shfees there were nine more
workers employed in\electrical ma­
chinery, 20 'more workers for every
1,000 employed In. A.ugust in furni­
ture 10 more workers-per 1,000 in
grass, seyen more workers per 1,000
in hardware/ nine more workers^ ji1
leather, "20 In" paper and pulp,
seven, and in meat packing, 20' more
workers for every 1,000 employed in
-.-The. greatest^deor^a^ee
asricultural li^lem«nt». 4.'4\per dfnt
or 44 workptsv^pr MftQ. Jess^ tlj^n
August lnmW8*"TlttllI wdrk^" 877-^per
cent, or '37 per *1,000 less, and ho­
siery and knit goods, 3.2 per cent,
per 1,000 less.
BURNS, '6REHf DETECTIVE,'
WANTS WJENS REGISTERED
In a speech before business nien
of Washington. William J. .Burns, the
I "great detective?' urged the passage
of a: bill requiring that ali aliena ge
registered. The bill is favored by
Secretary of Labor Davis.
Under the provisions of this bill,
said the "great detective," registra­
tion would drive'undesirables out,of
our, country.' The aliens would be
examined /and every radical agitator
who Would sfcw seeds of dissension
would be pusted.
The. "great detective" le£t it to
the Imagination of the business men
to. sense the value of this legislation
when the steel trust, or meat barons,
for instanoe, are facing an effective
strike. Then, the'aliens .they import
to' break, down living standards will
themselves'be deported because they
have awakened to what real Ameri­
canization means.
EXPRESS CO. IS LIABLE.
The Connecticut state 'compensa­
tion commissioner has ruled that the
American express company is liable
for injuries^- sustained by any _of Its
employes, although the company has
refused to accept the terms of the
Connecticut workmen's compensation
law.
By LEVI STEVENS LEWIS
In a "former, article' I made xylbllc
'the figures which I had compiled
from publications of th£ highest
railway. authority in the land,- to
wit, tjie Interstate Commerce Com­
mission, w^ilch official figures Show
the net profks'
ot-
ways for the four^calendar years
1916-1S19' to be^nbt less'^than
$5,«82,g44,376.
The' flguresr may be verified by
all people' capable- pf Veadlpg the'
English language and making \use
of the simplest rudiments of
arithmetic.
They were compiled frqm
5'^lie
Statistic of the Railways^ of the
Unitea States," published, annually
by' the (Interstate Commerce "Com
mlsflon tdr jjist such purposes .^s
I have made use of, namely, fdr
the^purpdse of making puh^Ic the
income, expense and profit 'Pf fh#
public highways of the United
Stales ..at least nominally for, this
purpbse..
The data includes all the railway
lines in the United "States "as a
^rstenv" of all places and Jfr l?ll
^cl^o|is 'as designated-, arranged and
published .• jby. the Interstate ..Cojbi
merce Contmission.
The! .statistics- referred to may be
fouhdvon pages 5?, 5ST77, 78 and 29
of the
l9lrreport
^psges 34^4pfeapa
One of the principal reasons for
leasing TeapcA Dome to the Sinclair
Oil company given by the depart­
ment of the interior, of which 4ibert
B. Fall, former New Mexico senator,
ip secretary, was that, private ^ells
adjoining the Teapot^Dorne field were
draining the Teapot Dome supply
and that eventually this great naval
oil reserve would be depleted by.
this drainage to adjoining wells. In­
vestigations by« the United States
Geological Survey show this ^elatarf
to be utterly without fbundLatidn andg
Information as to the findings ^f the
Geological Survey was of eburSis
available to the department'of the
The greatest increase is 15.8£per
cent in car building^' and repairing.
This means there,were an additional
158 employes in every 1,000 over the
August figure. The next largest in­
crease is textiles with 11.3 per cent,
or an additional «118 employe^ .in
every 1,000 over the August .figures.
Foundry and machine shop employ­
ment" is third,with 10.1 per cent in­
crease, or again of 101 employes In
every 1,000 over the August figures. interior when the lease of the Tea
Tlip
fourth increase is stoves,-.with
9.4 per cent flour, .with 8.4 per
cent tobacco, 5.9 per cent.
pot Dome field was made to the Sin­
clair Oil company, a Standard Oil
subsidiary.
Relation to Salt Craek.
In Bulletin 670. of the U. S. 'Cteo
fogical Survey of 1918,* prepared by
O- iH. Wagemann, there appears the
following paragraph
"The Teapot or Saddle Rock Pool
is on the southern extension of the
Salt Creek anti-cline and is separ­
ated from the main Salt Creek.jool
by a structural' depresaioh tjiat. lies
southeast of Prewen's" Castle. The
Teapot anti-cline is Itself divided in­
to two domes, the crest of one of
which lies in Sec. 3 and 10, T. 38, N.,
B. 78 W., and the other in Sees. 28
end 33, T.. 39 N., R. 38 W. The north­
ern dome, is therefore ahout fouii
j^ilf a southeast of t^le south end' of
%ie Sa« CTreelt" oir p^ol.,r
It is perhaps of some:
significance
that Mr:'jW&gemahn is now chief
geologist, of the
:Mldwest
Long hours adn a* wage rate of
from 26 cexits to 32 cents an hour
is not attracting, men who have been
the victims of a' campaign or abuse
the past three year§ because they
happen-to be born in a foreign coun­
try.
The newspaper- quotes Preslden
Grace, of the Bethlehem Steel com­
pany, as strongly favoring "a selec­
tive system of immigration designed
to admit effective workmen, the type
best adapted to the roUgh-pick and
shovel work of theVnills and mines."
GET FANCY NAME.
The word "strikebreaker" Is ta­
booed among our best citizens. "^The
term lacks refinement and- its use
tends to discourage the art of
smashing strikes.
The new word is "replacement,"
It is proper now to say "replacement
worker" Instead of "strikebreaker."
'Among real n.en, however, the
old-fashioned term will be retained
,52 for 1917} pages 48-49 and/. 7i for
1918, and {bages 44^48 and 73 for
1919.
"3
American,: rail­
As I^ have repeatedly stated on
former occasions these figures, can
not^ be accepted Jm final, that'Is to
say as full, accurate, complete and
reliable. On the other hand I have
prepared (and published in part)
data from unimpeachable sources
Which 'no competent "railway '.au­
thority will dispute evidence which
stands "unshaken' and unshakable"
that these official reports have- been
made- "notoriously Incorrect" not re­
vealing the adluai' profits by. many
thousands of millions of dollars.
I. have challenged the_ "trained
railway expjgrtS'V to "show "cause. If
£hy such causes exist, why. my con­
clusions are not substantially cor
r^^i'-Thus far 'the experts have
not seen fit' to^lquestion my con­
clusions, at least publicly. How­
ever, I •expect the data have made,
and wlhNinake' public, will, be Ins­
pected very closely that it wiil all
be subject to .-.the mOst\.rlgid sciru
tiny and advenKs':^public criticism
ultimately. And ,1 expect, further,
that ultimately 9,disinterested
Explode Secretary Fall's Excuse For Lease of
Private W ells jBouid Mt train Dome.
By Intsf^iHonsI Labor News Service,
Washington, D." Ct,-'Novw 2.-—Indications that the Teapot
Dome Oil Scandal, first brought to public attention in the labor
papers through die International Labor News Service, will become
one of the burning issues of the year are becoming clear ih Wash-,
ington even though thpre is at this time slight surface indications
that preparations are underway. There is here and there a ram­
ble about the matter ainpng progressives and Democrats/
It seems now a foregone conclu­
sion, according to infdrmatlon in'
'possession of International "lAbor
News Service, that the "e^^re ques­
tion will be threshed out on the floor
Of congress and perhaps a special
investigation ordered.
Refining
compan'y
The^ Midwest interests, secured the
Salt Lake oil field into jwhich It has
been claimed a portion of the Tea­
STEEL FIRMS 'ALARMED'
OVER SHORTAGE OF LABOR
2
In the financial columns of a .Phil­
adelphia newspaper it IS Stated that
"steel men are alarmed at the grow­
ing scarcity of labor due to immi­
gration restrictions."
4'fact
finding cpmmisstdn'' will find the
facta-yihfficlently definite at least to
caus# people to
tilt
up and take
notice.*' -.•
pot Dome oil was. being drained. The
MidwestNinterests undertook to obi
tain leases in the Teapot Dome oil
field after they had secured the Salt
Lake field but even they did not
have the temerity to present the
ridiculous and unsupportable ^xcuse
offered aa^a defense by the secretary
of the interior in justifying the lease
of the Teapot Dome field to Sinclair.
As a matter of/fatst, after ten years
of exploration the Midwest interests
actually abandoned prpperty which
they had acquired lying In the "sad­
dle" between the two fields, thus
proving conclusively that they had
•.proved to their own satisfaction that
vthere
was no drainage from the Tea
Pot Dome field.
Can't Be Drained.
Government experts and oil com­
pany experts have studied the struc­
ture for nearly twenty ykars and In­
variably it has been found that there
was a well»deflned "saddle" between
the two fields making any drainage
from one to other a physical im­
possibility.
Every claim offered in justification
of the leasing^Of the Teapot Dome oil
fields to thej Sinclair interests, which
means Standard Oil, has been ex­
ploded by evidence which It is the
"purpose of the International Labor
News Sprvice-to[ lay before th peo­
ple of the ^ountry through the labor
press.
So far as the claim of drainage
into, privately-owned wells from the
Teapbt Dome field Is concerned, the
final ^clinching evidence that this is
nipt possible' is found In the. fact that
tl^e Teapot 'Dome, reserve covers not
only the whole'of the Teapot Dome
structure" but .'-extends f%r enough
northw^rAjfcp slso .cov.er. a portion of
the sair creek
established by experts that if: any
drainage from the Great' Teapot
Dome naval reserve were possible
the ^drainage could not In any event
amount to more than the loss In
transportation by pipe line In the
Atlantic seaboard,
WAS DEATH FROM ANTHRAX
OR FR0M-SHAVHI6 SOF?
Men who shave are likely to be
piling u]l difficulties for their wi­
dows it death be from anthrax. On
Npv. 1915, William Eldredge, a
tannery laborer for the E-ndicott
Johnson corporation, developed a
swelling in his neck. That drfy he
shaved as usual. On Nov. 20, he died
of anthrax. Did the death arise out
of his employment?/
The New York commission has
decided twice in the negative and
onCe in the affirmative. The appelV
late division once granted a coih«
pensation award and later denied it
Th«& court of appeals, which earlier
reversed the appellate division's fa­
vorable award, now1—seven, years aft­
er the injury-—is granting permission
for an appeal from their adverse de­
cision!
NO DEFLATION H^RE.
There will be no deflation for
stockholders of the American Smelt­
ing and Refining company, which
announces that profits for the last
six months are doubie the profits for
the same period last year. This
year's profits amount to $6,093,536,.
as against $3, 675, 776 a year ago.
As I hpve been requested tier do
so by parties' Interested, now. per
mlt me to deal further. with these
offlpiar figures as we fli^d them.
'Divided, by the number of days
the fqur-year. period (1561) they
show the. average annual profit to
be
11,420,711,094
...which' is very
Substantially different from Senator
Kellogg's ^declaration made public
on the floor of the United States
Senate February 11, 1920, that ^the
railroads are going back •ftitp pri­
vate ownership, notvearning money
enough now to pay their operating
expenses arid the, interest* on their
bonds, lacking $60,00^000 a yeaK
This ^profit of $5,582,844,378 in
#our% years indicates the minimum'
profit.- It. is the very least. tln&MMiy
candid honest critic must^iecess
ariiy. concede of,net profit, being' the
amount actually distributed If! cash
to the owners of the" stock ahd bonds
Plus the actual amount set .aside
for such further distribution.
On,page .83 of the'l^ersts|e :Cpm
irierce Commission report-'air^ady
referred to .(1919) vi^^lread 'Jihat'
$^8,939,51^,522 "Is ^the het' sjiln
which would bfe necessaiy pur­
chase these roa&f (all^ rallrpads: .of
the United States \I& all classes aiki
itf all. sections) together r-wlth their
investxrients, on the basis of the par'
value
6t
their stochs ajnd |»ndi
Cost of Labor' and
En#yClnape$t Sailors.
Ship Subsidy advocates continue
talking: about the 'high cost, of man­
ning American ships," while they
brazenly- Wmploy Chinese crews to
riian shlps owned by the United
States. government.
"Cine would think," says the Sea­
men's Journal, "that" for the time
'being, at least, .ordinary prudence
would discourage the' further Im­
portation of Chinese crews. But no
such liiQk. The Pacific" Mail liher,
PresidfeijLt^ Lincoln, arrived at San
Francisco from the Orient during
the month with 130 Chinese, who
will, form part «f the creiy of the
new1 Pacific 'Mall liner," President
Pierce. T^ese Chinese seamen signed
shippin^artlPles before /the Ameri­
can ibpriBul at Hongkong. Their
length of sendee is six months,
wages begiiming upon departure
from China'as passengers bound for
S^in Francisco.
"While Chluese. are thus- flagrantly
Imported 7for—service on American
Ships, thousands of American sea­
men, who were. considered ggood
enough ^amen when the submarine
Was a m,enace tp shipping, have
been' ^leii6erately driven ^to other
occupations. The San u^rancisco
agency of the United States ship­
ping boards, sea service bureau ad.
mits that .the percentage of Amerl
eans slgrijng on^Shlpping board ves­
sels is constantly decreasing. The
pretense still made that 'Ameri­
cans havfe the prefei ence'—that Is,
after the imported Chinamen have
been assi$hed to congenial jobs.
"What ip, brazen ^pocrisy there Is
behind It 'aJl! The buccaheers wHo
sailed the., Spanish Main never at
temipted anything half as bpld, as
these lolly landsmen i«rho are about
to. raid the United States treasury.
For, whatever .else may be' said
a*bout these gentlemen, It must be
admitted,that they have a magnifi­
cent nerve.. Making a spectacular,
drive for a ship subsidy on the
strength of nbn-existing 'high prlcpd'
—all at ,t|ie ferae time and In the
same br&th-^by the shades of
Christopher Columbus, that requires
real nerve'l"
v"Armed
WHITE MEN
Seattle,VCct._ 26.—"The Admiral
line has a^rain'/giveh evidence of its
100 per cent 'Americanism' by dis­
charging 7 «^hite members of Its
crew and^replaicinff them with Asi­
atics," say's the.geittle Union Record-
The. purpose
vis
to reduce wages.
In this c^inection it" should be re­
membered that most of the vessels
operated by the Admiral line are
fcwned by Ahe United states. Thus It
is seen that the property of the
United States is Being used' as' ah
instrument: in forcing down wages of
seamen.
"The Admiral line is a part'of the
crowd that would /sink its paws into
the public, treasury by way of a
ship subsidy.
-How would you like to have your
tsx moneyused to build up a steam­
ship line: which gives preference to
Asiatics?"
P. O. SAVINGS DROP.
There *h*s been a. drop of more
than. 341,0,00,04)0 since\1919 in pos
ta! savings deposits. Most of the
decrease has taken place, within the
last few months. When It Is recalled
that these^depbslts are always re­
ferred to jis a barometer of employ
ment conditions, the songs
ot
1^*^g"Vtiuree
laljor
shortage and- the need "for more, im­
migrants ipse their force.
held ^urifer railway ownership.
The Words in parenthesis a^-e my
own.
So the average annuai 'net profit
over and above operating expenses,
toxes, .repairs, .^deterioration" aiwl
retireriiehts" is a decimal in excess
of 8.386 per cent per annum of,the
stocks and
^orids.' alf capital' invested, and
n|illlbhs and millions never invested.
In this -capital, invested, and not In
ventedv included minions of bonds
on which .the'carri^ have received
interest a^ountln^-to two and ih
f?1"?
times 'the full
this bonds.. Many of
these boridS the -aggregate ^thou­
sands of niillldns pf dollars, have
b^en "underwritterCy funded and re­
funded iirto. bonds. ^calculated to
d^w usur^ otherwise called Inter^
ert. for hundred^ "ojt years for 1ns
years ^75 years .500
y#«fS and^ eVen^ 990 years and -for
^Itfipfls alwayst anbj^et acr
c^*^i^^^^|,,'J|fjttnciai
arii- Iridefl^te
:r^in%er
CrasliinEllo* Dea
IfCfoal Biiislllien^t)^
ot Venue From Prejudiced Co uBty iB Trlals of Uiku Men.
By
Charles Town, 9.-r^masldog defeat for Weajfc'
Virginia's "unholy alliance*and government-—acme thi*
week with the granting of a "change of venue from the Jefferson
county criminal court for C. Frank Keeney, president of District^
No.-' 21, of the ^United Mme Workers of America. This action
probably marks the end of iihe so^iired "treason" trials in this
county, with likelihood that further pirosecution in the matter mil
not'be attempted
Se^Paee
Small Owners Must Follow.
Here's al lecture of Somerset, Ky.,
where miners'are still oh strike:
Twelve hundred miners evicted
their families set out on the public
road. ''f.-
The company-owned towns'stand
half-empty.
Nearly 500 families In tents alid
huts face the winter. The unlori has
begun building winterlarracks.
mine. guards and "depu­
ties'* surrounded the towns.
Subservient tax-gatherers are eeli
ing miners' goods for. taxes not due
until next year. NOw the water slip
ply i^ being cut off from the tent
colonies.
Many miners are still- In jail
^'violating injunctions."
Three miners, have been 'Trill
Guards were arrested for the wjftipg
oftwo.
After six months of
a.
strlke^wftiyi!
approaches in the mountains^v "wb
m'en. .and children in :tents begin tp
chill and sicken.' ./a
And thpre ?s: the,shorthand slm^e
story of ,whq wnt the inines of £h^»p
d^ctmp
The" Be?#indiWhiit# Coal,
li Br(&d*ray^ president E., J. Ber­
wind,
pdWer" in transportation .|h--
terests, especially in. New Tortc=Miy
.transit and- the Consolidation Ctml
Cb., 67 Wal- street, president &x
Senator C. W. Watson (John 3.
Rockefeller, Jr., Is represented rpn
its board', of directors). Two othfer
largeVcompanies are the HUlman CpAl
& Ooker and the Quemahoning Coal
Co., representjiig Pittsburgh finan­
ciers, including the banku Pf Andrew
W.' Mellon, secretary of the treasury.
Some of,. these companies hsiye
signed" the union,agreement ih fields
that have long jrinpe been'union. "We
had to do it there," they say. In Som­
erset they folloW the lead of the Steel
Corporation.
".
Lame Duck Coipssmaa
Wants Subsidy Bill Enacted.
Congressman Campbell* chairman
of the powerfnl" rules committee' of
the house, .wants congress to pass
the ship subsidy blH before March 4
next.'.
Congressman ~Campbell was de­
feated. for renomination and will, re­
tire when thls congiress adjourns sine
die* March 4. Scores of-'other, con­
gressmen'-and several senators will:
follow ,Mr. Campbell, 'though, jthey
wfll assist In making laws during^ the
short session of congress,: which cdhr
venes the first Monday in, December
next and adjorirns on March:
After election 'these "lame ducks"
wiU. not be^responsible to the pttblic,'
and.it Is -, expected ihat -then, the ship
subsidy will be jammed through. A
large.'number' of -federal, jobs^are to
be filled bythe President,c^'o'-'.fcas
'his heart set the. ship subsidy.
AmOnfe t^e jobs area score pf aj?-(
polntmerits'as federal judges. These'"
life-long positions' .have-. jtiu^..Jb,eeh
created. by .congress.'11.Many the
"lame ducks". haye their., eyes, e&
tl)ese jobs,, and lt'ls riot expefctedthey
iwij|l'gtfay^ from the party Tr«|eryati^h
'when the* ship subsidy bill "is under,
consideration:
The
custom",
vto
deferred 'for
bf^decades In
In ^btl^/wbrdtracoord-
tophe' doctrl^pf 4ay Cooke
ptttelalnSfed Hn^tf^these bonds are
»«ver I'n&ade _per-.
pirajir. usiiiqr .f^eraetiifliy
unions.can"W"selMd
-S
is unaeri
vertisemerit of «l0M^l^e :Jecttfi^.r" '-.'
wiped out most pjr thQ labor .se^iioi^
of the Clayton aet declarl^^IckjH
lag Illegal, that a tax on^lhe tprod
ucts of child^ labor is^ Mi-nconititltU'
tional,'•= thaV- the*: funds
:.ifiMR|i*taM
for-
tha,t atock dmdendf
taxed. underthe
^. I^oimi'fji^tax ^$^#1
shall loojk forward^srilh joybuCaf^:
liclpatlpn•:
A04 a lectin: by .Bin
^•.^rfhe JMngen^of^-CilaiM''*'-
AocoiBBQfj to Murder.
Keeney had been called to trial
on a charge of accessory to a mur­
der-—the charge growing out of the
attempted march' of union mlnen
Into Lopan cohnty several montlts
ago- In protest of the feudal coif^
dltions in its coal fields.
IJf&rts of the prosecution^ to call
William --Blizzard^ to trial ^on the
same Charge, after Keeney had beeh^
granted "a change ih venue, brought
a- ruling irom the court that fur­
ther proceedings would be sus
pend^d until'after the Court of Ap
peals" of West Virginia has pessed
upon the, action of the^pur£ here­
in granting a. new change of1 venue
in a 'case which- was Originally re­
moved here from Logan county^
This Vuling Is expected In about fif­
teen days." While granting the
change of venue," the "court declined -5
to issue
7an
injunction against the coal
interests of the state from partici­
pating' in. the^prosect/tion and put
tlng^tip the money for Conducting
the'trials.
'First-'" Defeat.
Keeney's victory brings to the coal
interests their big defeat In the ef­
fort to., oust the miners' union from
the sta^e. Incidentally, it exposes
in 'A :dourt of record the activities of
the cal interests in using the prose
cutinj power of the state to fight
th% nfexiers' i^rriOo.
.^K^rn eys jfor "the prosecution bit­
terly cohtested the motion of Keeney
fora- change in venue. It was
claimed that.one change in venue
is^allMthat the la# alloVrs, and that
Keenffy ^as .en^bying that in having
rMta^ed'3® Jefferflj#
ir
nrothavie^
the pdEWer to gr^ht a second change,"
and maintained that the allegations
of prejudice in Jefferson county
were Unfounded.
ait the eo
Aboiit 100 affidavits were offered
from Residents of Jefferson county,
where: three convictions had already
taken "place in the "treason" cases,
that no fixed prejudice exists in the
county, and that Keeney could "get
a fair'jury." The court ruled these
affidavits were too general in char­
acter to be of value.
jSonght to Stop flood of Money.
jceeney'8* motion for a change in
venue was quickly followed by an.
application for an Injunction to pro­
hibit the Libgan Coal Operators' As­
sociation arid 77 coal Corporations
from cantrit)uting money to finance
the prosecutlon-of the miners' union
officiikis. This application was later
deBted by Judge Woods.
Keeney's application in addition to
asking for a restraining ordtr.
against the Logan Coal Operators'
Association,' and various coal corpo­
rations, also jnentioned Sheriff Don
Chafin, and his deputies in Logan
county and Sheriff Macaughtry, of
.Jefferson county, with the plea that
they, be restrained from continuing
to use.tnon'ey to., defray expenses and
costs of the "treason" trials which-Is
.advanced td. them by the coal!opera­
tors of Logan county and other non­
union fields in the southern part of
the state.
It is alleged that over $32,000 has
befen directly paid out by these coal
operators. iii prosecution of the
(Continued on page 2)
S^opmeiaHd NotLsbof
The United States supreme coupt
has refusedv.the' plea. of mine owners
that the decWlon in" the CorOnado
case^iber'.re«lewedi If the court
gTanted /th^ request, the. case would
be»reopened. and. the court, would
iM^i^. tov prtcticaily: reverse-its
clsion that United Mhie Work^ni
of A^etidk had no part In the Ar
kahMg^ strlke and that that portion
QjE^m l^tc
ciirt^iteblpn,
|ieid tite ^Uhlteili Mine .WoYkera
sppnslblb f^J three-Quarters ot- -a»"
milUon dollars.nBhould be set aitfjRb
5Clii(^ cpurt Imd^ that trade vaif^Ni
sued.- but in this' ihstantau
ffie party to be sued is the
and, not the tab
|a:rendeHngJthatx diSoiflQn.x!C9i|ltf.
Jriptlce Taf -expressed r^pet
^e. vrtMi lnsHffkl^nt to hol^
•the IriternationiU.
W*
tae ., tiittpi"
e^Wse Jhe inlnerC
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