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VOL. 30. NO. 12.
Beaten in elections.
The prosecution's lawyers and
tepresentatives of the Iliii$is Cham
ber of Commerce are chagrined over
the results of th^ election for county
Jjiw, officials. Sheriff Thaxton, upon
whom the attack of the chamber cen­
tered because of his alleged frieYid
'ship for the miners was elected
county treasurer by an overwhelm­
ing majority, running ahdad of his
ticket which was swept into office
by thd miners' votes. The candidates
for Office backed by the Illinois
Chamber of Commerce were, routed
in every instance.
From isolated farm houses to
every part of Williamson county the
talesmen for the jury in the Herrin
trials which began in the circuit
court Friday have come to town in
wagons, buggies and coughing little
fords. There are 130 of them, and
their teams occupy every1 inch of
space along the new hitchracks of
the Marion association building.
Mostly Americans.
"They are slow-speaking," shrewd,
level-headed' Americans for the mSst
part, with years of struggle with
barren soil behind them and a pene­
trating knowledge of human nature
and its workings that comes to those
who are forced to earn a living by
the sweat of their brows.
One by one they are taking their
places before the lawyers *for the
defense and the prosecution in one
of' the most important trials in the
history of organized labor. If their
opinions about the so-called Herrin
riots are so firmly settled that no
wfetght of evidence one way or the
oth$r will sway them they wfll be
at liberty to go back to their farms.
It may very well take a month or
more to find twelve menwh& have,
not Jfc^fudged the gUfK^TBr Inno­
cence "of the miners" tb*'be tried for
their alleged participation in, the
events that occurred round about
the Lester strip mine on June 22,
^rv- last.
Large Crowd for Opening.
When Judge Dewitt T. Hartwell
opened court he looked put across
a crowd that filled every inch of
the dingy room. In front, of him
were the defendants with their coun­
sel, Angus W. Kerr, head of the
legal department of the Illinoi^Mine
Workers, and Rufus Neely Ma­
rion, who is examining the jurors
for the defense. Opposite them sat
State's Attorney Delos Duty and C.
W. Middlekauf, who are conducting
the case for the prosecution. News­
papermen from St. LiOuis and Chi
cagojind representatives of the great
wire services, together with corre­
spondents from the labor preps oc­
cupied the front benches and back'of
them miners in blue shirts^and over­
alls sat cheek by jowl with business
men and lawyers arcl 'members of
the chamber of commerce come
down to see how their campaign
against organized labor was prog­
ressing.
Denounce "Open Shoppers.''
These latt-:- found small comfort
in the attitude of the local business
men's association. The Greater Ma
rion association wants it knowri once
and for all time that it has nothing
to do with the campaign for the
"open shop" that is being wased by
the Illinois chamber of commerce
under the guise of helping in the
prosecution jf the miners. So anx­
ious is the association to make'its
position clear that it sent a com
munication to the Marion Daily Re
publican signed by its secretary, and
reading in part as follows:
a- "It has been brought to the-at­
tention of the Greater Marion asso­
ciation was a member 6£ the Illinois
spreading broadcast the informa
tion that the Greater Marion asso
elation was a member of the Illinois
Ch&mber of Commerce and was op
posed to organized labor and was
helping in the fight for the open
shop policy advocated by the Illi­
nois Chamber of Commerce.
Loo:*) C- of C. Denounces State Body
"That this is an absolute false­
hood is known by the majority of
citizens of Marion and of William­
son county. Not over two months
^Lgo the Greater Marion association
adpted resolutions in favor of or­
ganized labor and the same were
published by the Daily Republican
and the Evening Post of Maroin. A
short time later, when the Illinois
Chamber of Commerce began to
dabble into the affairs of this*
county in the raising of funds for
the attorney general's office, this
association came out- with several
"lengthy statements scoring the Illi
.ii nol's Chamber of Commerce for the
'^V«manner in which it was attempting
to raise unds for the prosecution
of the mine riot cases. The Greater
Marion association .resented the
filthy and untrue literStu^" which
the Illinois Chamber of Commerce
was sending through the mails and
ths. .statements it was making,
.(Continued on page 2.)
11
!L W ^et ^y^t "*V^
KNOWLEDGE IS MANKINDS Greatest
Benefactor Ftiilse faachiitb Is Civiliza­
tion's Greatest Handicap.
TRIAL OF UNION COAL MINERS
Jwy Serectfon Big Task Marion Chamber of Commerce Stand
by Miners Denounce Action of llinois State Chamber.
Marion, 111., Nov. 16.—Four union coal miners and one
laborer were brought to trial for murder alleged to have been
committed during the riots near Herri* last June when the circuit
court opened here last Friday. They, are Otis Clark, Bert Grace,
Peter Hiller, Joseph Carnaghi and Levi Mann. The prosecution
dismissed indictments against 41 others. They will be held on
other charges. The prosecution will center its efforts on convict"
ing the five men now on trial.
OUSTED MINERS
LIVE IN BARNS
AND HEN COOPS
Evidence of Inhuman Condi­
tions Piled op Against Owners.
"Charges of striking miners against
the Berwind-White coal company
have been confirmed by testimony
given our committee," said David
Hirshfield, chairman of the New
York city committee that was ap­
pointed by Mayor Hylan to investi­
gate conditions under which the coal
for New York city's transportation
system is mined.
"Somerset county Is controlled
bodily and politically by a coal cor­
poration of which E*. J. Berwind i|P
the moving power," said Mr. Hirsh­
field. '.'The same E. J. Berwind i^
chairman of the board of directors.,
of the interboro rapid transit com­
pany of New Work and is a direc­
tor of jthe Pennsylvania railroad
system, which hauls thC coal from
the mines."
In supporting his claim that coal
should not be- bought from coal
owners "who do not give the
miners a fair living and
a
square
ddat*'. Mr. Hirshfield said:
"The great Berwind-White inter­
ests seem to have used some 4,000
men's bodies and souls to build up
for themselves an Industrial" autoc­
racy. The cmomittee listened to
stories of hradships endured by the
miners and their families since
April 6, when the men could no long­
er endure the sfcing of the corpora
tion lash.
"We have seen in' the tents, in the1
hen coops, and in the stables where
the miners and their families sought
shelter aftef Saving been evicted
from their homes by the coal and
iron police, hungry babies and wo­
men whose feet were bare and bleed­
ing and whose limbs were thinly
clad.
"Scores of these persons, poverty
stricken and unable to go througn
the coming winter unless help is
given them, poured out such tales of
suffering and mistreatment'-as would
melt any heart except that in the
stony bosom of a coal baron."
UNIONHNlDFOR
PICKET'S ACTION
ognized by Ohio Court.
Cincinnati, Nov. 18.—Common
Pleas Judge Roettinger .has "fined
the Boot and Shoe'Workers' council
SlOO^and costs because a picket be­
came involved in a controversy with
a strikebreaker and struck the latter.
The court declares htat it recog­
nizes the doctrine of union liability
—"that a labor union fs an entity,,
and as such is responsible for. the
actions of its officers, agents, serv­
ants and employes."
The court, therefore, finds' the
shoe workers' council guilty" of vio-:
lating the orders of the" court, and
guilty of contempt.
The court's ridiculous policy can
be appreciated when it is recalled
that if an employe of a business firm
was instructed to do a lawful thing,
and while doing'so violated the law,
for this act the employs would es­
cape punishment and the employer
would be penalized.'
This is the position taken by Judge
Roettinger, who is receiving the
plaudits'of plunderbund and other
forces that believe in class legisla­
tion and a class judiciary when
workers are involved.-
POTTERY FIRMS. YIELD.
Seven firms controlling' eight1
plants in Ohio, West Virginia,* Penn­
sylvania, New Jersey and California
have renewed one-year agreements
with -their sanitary pottery workers,
officials of the National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters announce.
Other firms, it is stated, have agreed
to the old i.at«..-. The strike was
caused by.Xie employers' attempt to
cut wages.
1% '!•.
mWUii
*-Ktr v'* 3 -?%iZ!£' -£?~3K
Committee
During a hearing by a committee
appointed by Mayor Hylan of New
York tov investigate the cause for
miners on strike in Somerset cpun
ty, Pa., David Hirschfleld, cHaittpao
of the committee, said:
"Mr. Rockefeller is^ shedding croc­
odile tears and pouring out sympa­
thy upon the pbor miners of Somer­
set county. He has giyen them'hi#
moral support, whereas if he cared
to he could end this strike over
night. His money and. influence
could accomplish this with .not much
trouble."
Mr. Rockefeller had previously
stated that he 'is only a small'
stockholder in the Consolidated coal
company, wlUch, together with the
Berwind-White company, operates
in. this, field."
Stories of illegal acts by coal and
iron police employed by the, com.-.
pgtny, of'false weights by whidh-^he,
minerfe werd cheated: out
earnings, of evictions from com
pan£-owneft houses, of company
stores where the taen are compelled
to deal .and of many other condi­
tions were told*the committee in the
United Mine: Worker's' union hall,
which the miners say is the only
free spot in Windber.
Women*' in ragged gaftnents and
.carrying- babies joined Jivith their
husbands in telling the Committee
that the strike started 'last April
whe nthe Berwind-White company
cut wages and it was impossible for
the miners to earn sufficient monex
to buy food and clothing for their
faimlies. Mrs. Harry Beal, a young
mother with six children, told the
committee that every two eeks her
husband .drew $1 -in wages, the re­
mainder of the wages being deduct­
ed for groceries and other articles
at the- company store.
In answer to tha questioh what
she did with the dollar, the witness
said she usually.-, save it to the doc­
tor. ..
"A few'Weeks after jJJhad my last
child," .she^lajd, .evicted
from "the company Vorise.'' 'vl
... "Where Jiavfc you living
£ince," she was' ttsked. V,'r'.
"|n a wasji liouse, 10 feet equate,?'
she replied. "Five of us sleep in
one bed."
The Berwind-White company
maintains it3 iiutocratic potion,
and although the committee ms in
yestigating the manner wheh the
coal for New York city's subway
system is mined, the company offi­
cials say "they were not .interested."
The miners ...
have carried their
fight into New York city," where
they have picketed the palatial man-'
slon of the president of the com­
pany.
18 PER CENT DIVIDEND
-RECALLS PICKET RUUN6
•A stock dividend of 18 per ce^it by
American steel foundries recalls the
recent anti-picketing decision by the
United States supreme" Court.
American'steel foundries is a New
Jersey corporation and' out wages
at its Granites City, 111., plant. The
workers struck and the company
secured an injunction, from Federal
Jbudge Humphrey, who outlawed
picketing and declared that the
Granite City central body is an
Illegal organization. This' stone-age
ruling Was reversed-by the federal
court of appeals. The company Car­
ried the case to the United States
suprenve court, which ruled, in -ef­
fect, that picketing will be per­
mitted if done under the eyevof the
court. Chief' Justice ^Faft suggested
that one picket."at each factory gate
should be sufficient.
By LEVI STEVENS LEWIS.
After haying 'given pretty close
dltidy to "the transportation prob­
lem" extending over a period of more
than 40 years, I am convinced .that
the clear net profits of the railroads
of the United States-, "as a system"
is considerably^ in excess,of twenty
five billion dollars every period of
12 months.
About.260,000 miles.of line are in
operation.
The daily income from -passenger,
traffic only is not less than $32,
984.000.
Passenger income in
865 days ....... .$12,000,000,000
Freight, income in
365 days"..... ^.. 39,240,1)00,000
Mail, income ........J 7^4,800,000
Sxpress income 1,569,600,000
All athfer transport .'
tation -income ... 2,354,49b,000
Total transpor- ...
V" tation income
foV 12 months 855,948,800,000
Cost of transporta- •..
tiop 50% of. in­
come —...v..... 27,974,400,000
Net profit for If
months /..... •.. 27,974,400,000
For the present we will leave -the
prodigious sum of nqp-operating in
ojhe entirely f^ut of the calculation
--t.
Plot* to Smash
'AMEtffft 'lABOlUPllL NOT BE OUTLAWED.QR ENSLAVED
DULUTH, MINNESOTA, NOV. 18, 1922.
A survey conducted by the American-Federation of Labor
privies that the stories 5f a labor shortage in this 'country are
ialtew It showa. that these stories are. circulated by newspapers
^itiblished in cities where men are1 tramping the streets in their
Search for wibrk. Frotai' the Atlantic to. the Pacific, from the
Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico comes the same story of men looking
for work. y- .•
_~Ihfgwmation on. the alleged short-^
age ,Qf labor has been rieceived from
nearly, 200 city central »bodies,, lo
cate^.in every state, in answer to a
rattiest by Frank Morrison, secre­
tary of the A. F. 'ofy Ll, that theSfe
labor organizations/furnlsh the A. F.
ofvL., "the very best inforYnationyou
can in regard to unemployment in
your city." .'• •,
In every ci£y repor|iitg!except one,
a'labor, surplus is recorded." Kanka­
kee, 111., does not report' /a surplus,
but. ^tates that Vth6 supply is akout
ta5 ihe^dfemrtnd."
Ifcne the' lettersj support their
itfif of'a 'labor'":
surpll^by includ*
hig newspapjer clippings ill which
the increasing activities of local
charity, organizations1 is recorded.
:Most
of the letters are bitter to-
,wran| 'propagandists, wild 'would cre­
ate 'the: impression that a labor
shortage ^exists, adn whb are lieart
less' and blind to present conditions
•^rlifc'h they would intensify..
The following^ excerpts from let­
ters froih various sections are indi
•6aitiye of the general tone oif ail the
litters: ...
Bos'toW—' 'There- are. thousands out
of work here."
I^oisi Angeles, Cal.-^"ThertJs ap­
parently ab6ut lo.oao unemployed
InMhis city." ..
Minneapolis—"About 11200 unem­
ployed here. No' scarcity of labor in
any industry."
Portland, Qr.-T-"In no industry is
thin$ a. scarcity of. labor?'
i. Detroit, .ilipb —^''There. is _a Jine
up in every employment
agency^ •m thejcity. The mission
housesl'ar| full. More mep are -Seek*
ingr'.c^).vm^nt at ^0^ai^^ctortca
thap can lie Tifeeri -is
i^qsiderable of af. surplus of
sWlled W6rker^* ig Detroit.
".f ^hiladslphia'i-^"A fair estimate of
uhempi^irient in Philadelphia
ai. present is approximately about
lS^OOO people."
Houston, Texas—"Therfe are plen­
Are Heid Foi
Mv WT "Martinj Editor, .of the
Blacksmiths'" Journal and chairman
of the JIammond de^enae fund com­
mittee,1*announces. that a. legal bat­
tle will Soon be 'staged, in Federal
Ju^ge Anderson's court at- Indian
atolis, when private' guards-and city
police of Hammond "will.-be ar­
raigned in the HammSnd, Ind., mur­
der cases.'
Striking employes of the ^tandard
steel car company were attacked by
the Hammond city police and the
company's private guards. The
N
posse
shot into a crowd of workers, killing
four and seriously wounding ^0
others.-
The workers sayrthe Standard steel
car company, controlle^d by the Mel­
lon interests, Wail stftijt a|id bank­
ers, will? he well supplictd. with fi­
nances to care for the acc'used.
not because «)t is inconsiderable (as
a matter of fact it is enormous)- but
there, is no reliable data^ that indi­
cates even approximately how much
it. is, and further, for present pur­
poses'. it is unnecessary to know.
As the annual reports of the In­
terstate Commerce commitfsiOn indi­
cates the" yearly pasisehger income of
ail lines jtti the United States has
n«ver in any One year .been as much
as one-tenth of 812,000,000,000, oiw
what grounds than can the claim
that it is really not less, than 812,
000,000,000 a year be based? On
•the indisputable ground that, offi­
cial railway reports in general are
invariably made "ififbtorlOugly incor­
rect" and therefore that "nd. reliance
whatever-' can be placed on^uch- re­
ports for Tpractical purposes. See
senate document} Number 35, (N.
185^- honpa^tisan.
vn.on-offi-
cial ''f^' flndirig ccSttmission" such
as ree^^en4ed by. th.e Gidaranty
Trust cbmpahy, of New York some
£ew ye^rr ago, wiHf. have no^dlUfl
culty Iq, iih^tek tHib fs9ty that the
passenger incomes is not^l^ss" than
$12,900,^(^0,0^0 -a year.
Qn. what basis of fact then does'
the statement^at the annuai^freight
revenue ia hoiriess thanv$39,24O,0VO,
000 rest freight traffic during
the wu*^ ti^«sfdar yeari (I91-ltl9)
W?
ty of mechanics and hundreds^f
common laborers looking for' work
every day her?."
Pittsburgh, Pa.—-"There is no ma­
terial labor shortage." -This letter
states that steel mills shortage's
because men refuse* to work long
hours for low wages. &en are being
brought from south but do not stay.
Alexandria, La.—"There are two
men for every job^and Work ie aw­
ful scarce hfere/' .•
Atlanta, Ga.—^Reports show that
even building craftsmen are unem
ployed despite the big building^ pro­
gram that has been on.
St.' Louis,* Mo.—-"There is no sign
of labor shortage, in this- locality*
We are looking for the nUm|"er of
idle workers to mcrease^ as- the win­
ter'months roll around."
Seattle,' Wash.—"There will be no
less than 5,000 men here out of
work unless they go elsewhere for
work."
Bellows Falls, Vt.—"There is no
shortage of labor here."
San Antonio, Texas—-"There is a
large- number- of skilled labor idle
in this city. As to unskilled labor
this' city'is flooded.".
Milwaukee—'There is no indus­
try here that has a shortage of
labor."
Spokane, Wash.—City free ^employ
ment bureau is quoted: "Still plenty
of unemployment in Spokane."' City
central official estimate Between 500
and 1,000 Unemployed.
Ypungstown, Ohio—This central
body reports that jteel- mills cry
labor shortage and force men to un
'dergo a physical examination. Low
^rages, which maker it impossible to
ifve, is wie rul^j Men appear at tlje
~^l)ay6)h, 0h!o-—"There .are about
4,000 unemployed here. Managed of
state-city free employment bureau
her« places' it at 3,000,"
Kenosha, WiSV—"Theril is unem­
ployment galore and we expect same
to be worse a month from now
Demand Release of Fellow
Workers In Inrnieaii
Workers belonging to the Mari­
time League at Vera Cruz, Mexico,
on strike here last week' in protest
against the alleged unlawful im­
prisonment of Ricardo Flores Ma
gon, former Mexican rebel leader,
in Leavenworth prison, Kan. Senor
Magon in 1917, was, sentenced to
spend 12 years behind the bars for
complicity in a Communist frtbt in
Los Angeles, Cal.
The workers made a demonstra­
tion before the American Consulate
snd presented a petition for the re­
lease of Senor Magon and other
Mexicans -imprisoned in the United
States as dangerous' radicals. A ca­
ble message, embracing the proteV
and the petition, was sent to the
Mexican -charge d'affaires, in Wash­
ington. Other demonstrations were
held in various Mexican gulf ports.
the latest qomplete reports accessible
to the public, is precisely 327.^8,
per1 cent ot the p^eseng'er traffic in­
come according to .the^ reports of the
Interstate Commerce commission.
Three hundred and twenty-seven per
cent of $12,000,000,000 is $St,240,
000,000.
ing car service,' storage Of freighf^
storage of ba^s^ge, demurrage., ex­
cess baggae, etc., all combined, is
»about 12/ per cent of the freiht in­
come.
Can any other corroborative^evi­
dence be cited indicating such, ex
cessiH profiteering? Yes. Equally
startiinfl^evidence results' from other
aitd altogether different methods of
test. -,
NcnV*. vrhat's the significance?
If the gross inebme. of
vAmericaif
^fSii
irjS-fei ., ..«• ...
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"Both men' were unarmed and
were at least 1,000 yards away from
t^ie mine on private property. The
news of these killings ran- all across
the county* a sputtering fuse that
finally led to the explosions' of wratii
on the following day."
The above is one ot«the "Jiigh
points"' in a dispatch to the New
York, World from^ McAllister Cots
rr^an, xwho wires fr.om Marion, 111.,
oX conditions preceding the Herrin
mob.
"When the strike had been called
in April, the Illinois- miners had
comfv owt to fL man," said the news­
paper correspondent. "The normal
economic life of ".all southern Illi­
nois had'come to a dead halt.
"Nevertheless, W. J. Lester, ot Chi­
cago, president of the Southern Illi­
nois coal company, ^hich operated
the .strip mihe ^bejyteeii 'Marion "and
Herrin,' decided gS on with the
work' of, stripping, ,_his coal to pre­
pare it for shipment. Steam' shovels
are used in this type of mine to.
strip earth and rocks from the coal
which lies near tho surface.
"Instantly word spread around
Williamson county, that the Lester
strip was working. Local officials
from nearby unions went over to see
what was going oh. They were
halted by a guard, on a road leading
into a niine whieh ha^ been regard­
ed as public for years.
"Coal and iron police and min#
guards employed by the operators,
familiar enough in the Pennsylvania
and West Virginia fields, were un­
heard of in Williamson:county.
"Operators and union heads par­
leyed to no purpose. All the while,
wherever miners came together, the
word was passed, 'they're bringing
gun men into Williamson.'
"On Tuesday, jordati Henderson,
a miner jnd union man, went- to a
house qn the public road" leading
f^om. Itlarion to the. Lester mina to
ask- for -ar di*d|c^(of water. As^ Ke
s^OQd th# door I he was shot, by a!.
buliet ^^m"an automatic^ rifle fired
froAi over the top of thex high buck
wail on one' side, of the'mine. Jo­
seph Pitchovie, another union miner,
hurrying to Henderson's assistance,
was shot dead in the same manner.
Both -men welre unarmed and Were
at least 1,000 yards away from the
mine on private property,
"The newsv of these killings ran
all across the county ,a sputtering
fuse that finally led- to- the explo­
sion^ of "Wrath -on the following
day."..
UNION WORKERS OPPOSE
IUIN0IS CONSTITUTION
The new Illinois constitution
'baq^ced by the plunderbund of that
state, is urged by a special commit­
tee of which Judge Carter of the
state supreme court is chairman.
The -constitution is m«st.vicious, de­
clares Illinois organised labor, which
is appealing for its defeat on Dec
12 next.VThe attempt of plunderbund
to sanctify this reactionary measure
by having a meqaber of the state
supreme court plead its cause is used
by the workers to show the lengths
reaction iwll go..
The •porkers say that if the pro­
posed constitution is adopted the
judiciary will be the rulers of Illi­
nois. The grants of power extended
to the courts under the new act are
far greater than ever suggested in
any*^ other American state and even
greater than ,, any judicial power
exercised in' any country in the
world since the middle ages. «.
railways is 55 billion dollar^ in 12
months, and the^ net profit half th^it
sum, what's the practical significa­
tion T"*
-r
It sighifies that it costs the Ameri­
can people $500 per capita every
year to transport their persons and
products $2,500 per family evepr
year.
And the -other sources of revenue
—'how1 are these figures comjMjted?
By the same rule.. The. mail -income
during "the four-year period ("1916
1919) "is about two pr cent of_tl¥b
freight income the express income
about four per cent, and all other
transportationincome about six per.
ceht,. pn this basis of computation
the above figures will be foutid cor­
rect. Thus the combined income from
mail, express and some 26 •. other
sources of revenue, including the in- products of the American, people is
come from diniiig car service, sleep? -something^M Excess of jM per cent
(t
Washington, D.
y"
ft means that approximately "i tlie
entire yearly wages of all classes of
American wage earners goes ^s re­
lentlessly as house rent to those who
think that -by owning, the. great pub
tic' highways of the United States,
•that they own also, per—force, all
the people of t!he United States.
ylt: means als'o, -that the* aggregate
cfe'a^ net profits realized from the
transportation of: the persons* ".and
per annum' of all the^ stocks and
bonds outstaading of al^|^ rail­
way corporations operatinf^n, ail
the /territory of the trnited^States.
It. ^so means t^at thousat^is and
hundreds of thousands ot i|bckhold
ers ^are defrauded of.
thm|MiOl8:
of
miilions.' of Income that^jlij^ntfully
belongs' to them according to ail
legal and customary usage* of so«
^iety.
^.^nd,. meaning, all this, it also
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Those in Washington who are
watchful in '6ieurpublic interest hope
that, there may.be* a rousing protest,
against the subsidy proposal. regis­
tered with memhSrpj of congress as
goon as the 'session begins.
The reorganization^ scheme": may or
may net bes "as Significant, as fts
sponsors have, hoped it- wo.uld.
But in any evfent' it is. expected that
if possible the reorganisers will at­
tempt to go as far as possible in the
work of dismantling the department
of labor and the department:of*ag­
riculture. If anything.- prevftits tak­
ing the heart-out of .these depart-:
ments it will be public protest.
WEWANT ofLiberal
The election results may have
NON-UNION COAL
West Virginia
In "advertising, merely, "as a mat­
ter of record" a 7 per cent bond is­
sue that has been distributed to "in­
siders," the TLogan county (W. "Va
coal corporation says it made a clear,
profit of $495,000 durin# the first
eight months! of this year,
The advertisement ^does hot state
the amount of money contributed to
t^ie Logan coal operators' associa­
tion for. the purpose of governing
Logan county, smashing the. Mineri*
union and railroading to the peni­
tentiary as many coal miners as .pos­
sible' under so-called "treaiKHT*
charges.
At the miners' trials at Charles.
Town, W. Va., Judge Woods ordered
coal nwj^pr*' attorneys to abandon
their pirosecuting role and .turn tlii*
function over to the prosecuting a|
torney of that county.-
The miners showed that in. Ivur
previous trials the Logan coal opei^r
ators' association, paid'
00" for attorneys' fees witAiesif
guards and other_ ex. enses. .T
ANOl'HER OIL MELON.
The (0hio oil company/wilt de^laxe
a 300 per cent dividend. This means
that the cbmpatiy's cmpltal 'stock wtll
be Increased from $15,000,000 -to
!$60.000,000 and iearnikga^wlll hwice.-'
forth be based on the neto capitali­
zation. The company vone Of the
important Standard pil units. .. Its
stock is selling around $3^)l jfer
share.. 4^.
if
Thought in Dufothakd Elsewhere to
Be a Patron if The Labor World.
rC.v
Big Marine Deal.
In -./view. of the fact that jaj"^ possi­
ble administration pressure will be
brought to bear to put through these
propositions, it-.is, clear that, only^th^
most effective 'opposition ca,ri, SaVe
the people from the. burdens anil
losses whflh wouldf follow.
International Labor News Service
analysed the ship subsidy bill at the
outset and showed just how it was
calculated to s6rve intrenched .wealth
to make possible a shipping mdnop
oly, .to drive the small owner .off. the
seas, to enslave labor and in^ gen­
eral to ipake the merchant marine a
mother locle of *old .^or the
Oppc^itioin in .the- laBtc^ses^Qii^^
sufficient to hold baclrtlie jicieiuliire.
^Hisure oK-'ftW*fe tariff' bill also
l^Sped to IceSFSrc subsidy on the
shelf.' But/the itari» Wll is out of
the way of cdh^ress and in the way
of John J. Public's pocketboOk and
the matter of next importance is. the
subsidy. .:
Nov. 16.-*- (Special) -^5incfc election re­
turns from the several -states have be^^analyzed here^prominent
forwatd lookiftg men .in both of the old ^&Ttiea BTe ^iacassing the
prospects of a third party to unite the realprd^rcssives in the Ret
publican sand Democratic parties in one political organization.
the reiiilts of the balloting ate i^'a-pblitical storm that is
something more than a mere hatKiful if.lclpBds _o®"lJie"hora The
political arena is soon to be the ipene (of
iff
For instance, ,it .is undeniably trua
that the ^Democratic parfey did not*
1
By InternationaMjabor. News Service
Washington, D. C., Nov.-, 1.—
Congress is to be. called* into sesision
on Nov. 20 to. finish' putting, through
the. administration program. This
rileahs-.a desperate effort,to put over
the ship subsidy. -biU ancl the-'-so^.
called, departmental reorganization
scheme engineered under the' special
guidance of .the president, ..
put forth lts maximum effort to win
the congressional elections.-- On thV
other .hand,.--the Hepublican. organ-*
ization ej:ert)R itself to -the utmost
limits. .x. ...
Even those who did Tiot know~what
was occurring beneath thB" surface
in the ona»^izations of both parties
could. seeHAie- i#leet4e»~^rthe fadt^'""
just stated in their ^cagipaigi* con*'
tributiods. Men^of wealth and influ
.enlce in the Democratic^ party, held
Moof an0. refused' to contribute fjU
iaanc^il assistance to the, nationaT
Committee. and.in doing so they had'
a. definite purpose ia mind.
Nmc Gonld Forecast.
-7"*$
PIVE CENT8.
In
mighty coftffict.*
T' .IJnderciireento Rev^ded.
The" fon'ceHSUs' ofv opinion- is that
thp votershave adminlsticeed their
rebuke top the",men whtf- havief .molded'
the policfes of the" Republican party,
.during-the last, two years and' gen«
arally speaking, they haye shown .%
preference,, wherever the oppqrtun^
ity was.afforded them, for ^en who
aye, of a-, more .courageous type. .2,
^In order, to .explain the'play of
forces that are seeking^ fo' dominate
American politics in: tife immediata
future, it is necessary« toexplain
some .-things that have just occurred.
The'.Republican -organisation,- onT
the.:Qther hand,, supported "with all"
the instruments at. their -command
Candidates, ^whose..politicaii..creed Is"
not.vonly.: ahtK^onistic to, prevailing
party doctrines,,but ^ho .were them­
selves .. personally obnoxious. to
Old Guard-leaders. .They did this b^r
cause these candidates wore the Re^"
publican -lajel-• and the ^organization
leaders were^jt^iyii^witH^n^ght an&
xnai^ victory.
lt^isv^/|tffeSng "intefei^C'Vto note
that, coVr
ereM D^^lSffie~«^TC^^o^ expert
politic^o&MryeVs, not 'one of them
was alil^' 'to forecast: what -actually
happen^3dn,.elec"tion day.' The sam4
thing w|^ true Jin. 1920. That fact
speaks ^plumes for the state of flux,
that prevails: in American politics.
of Po^ ContRd,
-Now as to the future. The Demo*-j.
crats see. bright prospects for 1924,
but th^y are facing internal trcm
bles. Between now and the next
Democratic" ''.national convention a
terrific ha'ttle "ttrill be wag^d ito get
control .of th% 'patty..' organization.
The men .^rh.o.. held, aloof, from the
Congressional, campaignff r^nkly"
ad-
mit that their purpose wa#,to weak
en the existing Democratic machine
preparatory-to^eapturln^ it. The' Pol
icles of Daniel Ci Roper, Bernard
M. Baruch ahd William G. McAdoo.
do' not coincidd with rthdsie- ^f Cor­
nell Hull,Oscar :S TJhdentfOdd
W-
I
•M
A
ot*
Carter Glass, for instance. If the for-
some result in toning down pro­
posals against" the public Interest,"mcr group c^n get cqjtxtrol of the.
but labor observers- are^in general
inclined to *feel- that those who hold
that belief are inveterate optimists.
It. is cle^ar that the only safety lies
ih Vigilance and protest.
-Democratic machinery thjey- will dis­
card almost' every, tenet in the old
Democratic creed and.jrrite an eco­
nomic platform based-on what- they
conceive. to: be progressive. eoonOm^:
principles. .-..
Wiiile this TcOntest: forisupremacy
is goinlr on. In the Democratic j»arty,
the -Republicans .will b'e engaged to
tt- similair'Struggle.-But the sltuatiA
in. the Republican party- is moce
complicated. Not only is "Normalcy"
in the'saddle with "Pfogressivism'*
frying totunseajt itr. but the progres
siv^ Republicans are themSelves y|
riven hyy
..QPinionative differences
and soma: personal Ij^alausles. The
normalcy group which is in control
of the .party organizationy suffered\l:'i
some telling casualties in the elec*:
tion&, but vthey are still in control
of patronage^and most of the Other
iiistruments" by which party ieadeci.
maintain themselves In power, /r
^Wcapon ln PnWkrOptaiofa.-^
Thi® Progressives being^deprived. of
tho^ instrurtents will ^iave to find ||v
some* equally effective w.eappl^ be^
they can' oust the "nOrmall-'
4
ties.!/. The onijr-weapon^ that appeiwft||^
to- -bie within their'grasp(_fa. "ttie'^
cid«d trend of popular opinion, as^^
shown in^the^
ously ptOOT^^va i^liciesi:^~^
Unfortunately for theM^^ttre pro?
^ettive J%ejiubU(^^..are „ao:. divided
that'a bitter,oo^test seenyt to, be in-'
evitable whicii may resui^ in. se
much ifl-feeUng' as. to endanger
whatever prt«pectstheyhave of ajfc
fecting a. reconstruction ot the Rfc-"
pubiicanpSrtyva[t^ *no' secretthat
Hobw^ jj.-Isa FoUette, 'seHatolr ifrom,
Wlak^nsln.yasPires ^H he«meC tfia"
nitibnaV le^der ot :t^e *ecpn^tn»cted
Republican party. ^f ^that .end -Ha
nt 'hisreffotts to rolI the Urg«»t
ibrlk^te \'^i«^sin lw ev^
,d'
fn^ neiih$^^^^t^ ^coMde^
ll Bdt ifc La^ FbHil^^
such l^adgaeshifr .aiiitcBallt&Kfedl"
other «rbiiir if
to ".WllMMSeSfc'OSittKi^
IdahOr:
of prog«Msiva
:^j^io^
rii
i|itMpl
he Shalt be^the* wswbBt aeader
the
eat and the co'ntei^^oto 'hardly
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