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mmmmmmmmmmmmm THE PUBLIC FORUM NOTE. There are letters at The Day Book office for "A Young Moth er," "Terrance Chadwick" and "A Critic." TO "A YOUNG MOTHER." If a girl has made the one great mistake in life, I say she should be given a chance, she should not be con demned or her past be a reminder except to herself as a lesson taught. No man has the right to hold such a mistake against any woman, as the old saying, "It is nature to err," etc. If a man is so low as to condemn a girl for making a mistake, he is no man. There is no person who is perfect. May this appeal to some men or would-bes who have tried to make life miserable and degrading instead of trying to help and uplift the fallen. A. H. Harris, 1923 Cleveland av. PIANO MOVERS DEMAND THE 8-HOUR DAY. The Piano Moving Teamsters' union, Local 738, of Chi cago desires to make clear to the public the reasons which have led to the present lockout. It is not gener ally known that the piano movers have been forced to work overtime day after day because of the failure of piano manufacturers and mer chants to correct unbusiness-like conditions in their delivery depart ments. The basis of the demands of the piano movers is their belief in the necessity of .establishing an 8-hour day, so that the welfare of their fam ilies and themselves will be assured. The committee from the Piano Moving Teamsters' union visited the various piano houses and stores and were not extended any consideration in the way of an interview at any place, except the office of Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co. C. C. Steger and Geo. F. Steger readily recognized the justice of the demands present ed by the piano movers' committee and generously agreed to meet them. The Steger institution has so effi ciently arranged its delivery service that the necessity of overtime work on the part of the piano movers em ployed by that prominent house will be completely eliminated in the fu ture. Some of the piano men are' of the impression that the piano movers are solely interested in securing better pay. This is not true. If the vari ous piano companies will employ ef ficient methods in regard to making deliveries there will be no need oL overtime work. Consequently, the large amount of money that is "now paid to the movers for overtime work will not be necessary. It is not the intention of the piano movers' committee to attempt to dic "tafces t& the piano manufacturers or merchants how they should conduct their various organizations. In the past various suggestions have been offered to the piano manufacturers by the piano movers, which actually represented a great saving in money from the standpoint of arranging de liveries, but the manufacturers re sented the suggestions and, conse quently, the piano movers are not disposed to go out of their way in the future to offer any self-evident plans for bettering the service. In the past it has been the policy in various piano houses to let the question of deliveries take care of it self. As a result, it has been neces sary to deliver a large number of pia nos after the regular working hours. This has involved considerable ex pense on the part of the piano houses. The piano movers desire to wipeA out the overtime and cut off this ex-W' pense. The piano manufacturers f and dealers may be perfectly willing to stand the great expense involved by this overtime work, but there is another consideration which affects the piano movers. Overtime work takes a man away from his family. It is all right for a piano manufacture?