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FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917.
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HAMILTON, OHIO.
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BILL 129ft—X.
Endorsed by the Trade* and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Mlddletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middlelown O.
Endorsed by the Labor Legislative
League of Butier, Frebie and Mont
gomery Counties.
Endorsed by Metal Trades Council
of Hamilton Ohio.
Endorsed by the United Trades and
Labor council, Dayton, Ohio.
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CANNED berries are bird proof.
You put a lid on waste every
time you seal a preserving jar.
IF President Wilson is given the
power to commandeer all the whis
key in the country won't be be
envied by a lot of "Schnapps
Koenigs" around these diggins?
THB advertising and boosting of
the Eagles' outing, by the Moose
Lodge only displayed that RKAL
spirit «f fraternalism existing be
tween these two splendid organiza
tions.
AFTER learning the amount of
wages the girls are receiving in
some of the mills in our city, and
on which they are expected to live
a clean and upright life, one can't
help thinking there is a wide field
for some of our social workers to
work in.
WE
NOTE
in this issue increases
secured by two of our local crafts
as the result of organization. There
are a number of crafts in this city
whose ranks should be organized.
If they were, there would be more
results and less wishing. Come on
men, get in and do something for
YOURSELVES.
THE
Eagles' oudng, and believe
as it was s«me outing, is now a
matter of history. Now for the
next big event—the Moose outing
which takes place Saturday August
4th after which comes—and we
say this with pardonable pride and
all due respects and apologies to
the Moose and Eagles, THK EVENT,
the Labor Day outing. Organized
labor in this city has long been
looking forward to this day, as this
year will be celebrated the Twen­
ty-fifth Anniversary and Silver Ju
bilea of the Hamilton Co-operattve
Trades and Labor Council.
A CINCINNATI more sg paper
made a great a-do over Cincinnati
Conscription board No. 3, having
organized last Friday noon at the
Sinton Hotel, and claiming this
was the first board in the state to
organize. Back up brother, for
while we take our hats off to Cin
cinnati for the splendid work she
did for the Red Cross Society we
don't propose that she take all the
flowers. When the Cincinnati
board organized, Hamilton's con­
scription board No. 1 had com
pleted a half a das' work having
organized Friday morning at 8
o'clock with John Beeler, Chair
man, and John F. Mayer, Sec'y.
THE ice consumers of our city
in order to secure ice from the
Hamilton City Ice Delivery Co.,
must first secure a coupon book
from one of the drivers. No ol
jection to that. But the cheapest
book obtainable costs one dollar
While it may be easy for some, you
know in these days of the H. C. of
L. an ordinary dollar is as big as a
wart on the heel of a flea, while to
a poor house-wife it looks as large
as the Court House and they
haven't always got one lying around
We would suggest that the com
pany issue books for smaller
amounts say, for fifty nts, or
even twenty five cents, if possible.
We are certain it would be appre
ciated by the trade, especially the
poor man.
BEGINNING the 16th day #f this
month an event.takes place in the
State of Connecticut from which,
while in the eyes of the law is
strictly according to Hoyle, we
can't refrain from expressing our
belief that it will cause those ad
vocates of free speech, gone before,
to turn over in their graves. We
refer to the sale, under the ham
mer, of the homes of the Danbury
Hatters, 140 in all.
This is done to satisfy the judg­
ment of $252,130 awarded to the
D. E. Luewe company.
Organized labor throughout the
country has keenly watched this
case during its 14 years' struggle
and is preparea to see that these
union men will suffer no serious
hardship from the imposition the
law's decree.
It has been said that Mr. Loewe
has expressed himself as wishing
he had never entered into this fi^ht
and is willing to qtai but those
back of him refused to !r?t him dp
so.
It seems that providing failed
to put its stamp of approval on the
turn of events in this case fo: since
the beginning of the strike Dietrich
Loewe has had hi* troubles.
Through the collapse of a straw
hat maker in Baltimore he vas in
volved heavily and
bis i
usines
thrown into the hands of a credi
tors' committee. So if anybody
benefits it will be his creditors
While we don't rejoice in bis
misfortune, we hope, although he
has always been oiiterly opposed
to all that organized labor stands
for, that he has learned something
to change his future course in deal
ing with the men whom he may
employ.
Union Man And A Member
of Union.
The member of the union is the
man that pays only when he is
forced to. Usually comes to the
meetings only when he has an axe
to be ground. He is the man that
will always say that the union has
never given him anything, as he
would get good wages if there
never was a union in existence.
And he cannot see what the offi
cers are doing with all the money.
The union man is very different
He attends his meetings' regularly,
takes part in the debate that is in
the interest of the union, never
permits himself to be suspended,
always ready to extend a friendly
hand or act to any brother that
may be in distress. You can find
him in a union shop because he is a
union man at heart. And today
the great labor movement is carried
on by the union men and not by
the so-called members of a union.
The union man criticizes when
criticism is justified and fights for
what he thinks is right. The so
called member of a union kicks at
ell things, but never fights for any
thing.—Elevator Constructor.
Go straight ahead to your goal
So long as your conscience isn
friend, don't you give a rap for you
GREAT
Will Be The An
niversary Cele
bration.
The 25th Annual Labor Day
picnic committee met again Tues
day night in Trades Council Hall.
All of the sub committees were
present and if their reports count
Labor Day in Hamilton this year
will be the largest ever held.
The parade will naturally be
much larger than heretofore, be
cause several new unions have been
organized and they all promise the
committee to he in line. Many
other unions hive swelled in mem
bership and this will also have a
tendency to make the parade much
longer. It looks like the music
committee will be compelled to en
gage additional bands. The Labor
Day parades have always engaged
three bands and it may be nec
essary this year to have four or
five
The women have Veen asked to
make articles for the country store.
The committee expects to h»ve the
country store filled with all the
good thing obtainable for the home.
The amusements on the grounds
will eclipse any previous attempts
aud the public can rest assured that
tbev will get their money's worth.
Herssshoers Increase
Wages.
As a result of thorough organi
zation the Hoiseshoers of this citv
have secured an increase of their
wage rate of $3 per week. The
Horseshcers' uniou is a live one
and under its present competent of
ficers is in a thriving condition.
Polishers Se­
A GOOD CREED
Yon can't make a real success without making real enemies.
You can't hold a strong position without strong opposition.
You caa't seem right to any if you don't seem wrong to many.
A
useful life cau't be entirely peaceful and carefree.
You raust do your duty as you see it.
Every earnest man in every generation has paid the price of indi
viduality.
You can't dodge.
The greater you are, the greater the penalty of your progress. The
farthei yon go, the wider your range, the more you increase the points
of contract with which you must reckon, and therefore, ycu multiply
your battles against misconception and slander and envy and malice.
You can't avoid or evade your alloted destiny—you can only hold
down your share of troubles by holding back.
In every sphere men gibe and sneer—even the peace of the ditch
digger is threatened by the unemployed laborer who covets his job.
So long as you aspire, others will conspire- so long as you try
others will vie.
You'll have hostility to face in every place and at every pace
cure Increase.
Organised metal polishers em
ployed at several of the large plants
in this citv have secured an increase
of fi t'c cents an hour in wages.
Retail Clerks To
Celebrate.
beginning next Wednesday all
union card stores in the city will
close at noon each Weduesdy dur
ing July and August. This em
braces all the clothing, shoe, fur
niture, hardware and furnishing
goods store in the city, also McCro
ry'sja and 10 cent store. The grocers
and butchers will also close and it
is thought that all other stores will
also close, making it a universal
holiday amojg the stores in the
city. This is all in accordance with
the agreement between the Retail
Clerks' union and the merchants,
signed a year ago.
The clerks are going to celebrate
in honor of having secured these
half holidays, by giving a big lawn
fete and dance on the first one they
get, which will be next Wednesday
July 11th. It will be held on the
Forum Amusement lot on south
Monument Ave. The clerks ex
tend a cordial invitation to all their
friends, and their enemies as well,
to attend this affair and kelp to eel
ebrate.
There will be ice cream and cake,
good music for those who enjoy the
light fantastic and amusements of
all kinds galore. Any one who
doesn't care for a good time or who
doesn't care to see others enjoy
themselves is advised to stay away.
ashamed to acknowledge you as a
enemies. Exchange.
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UNIONS ELEVATE.
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Organized labor is raising the 0
standards of workingmen by 3
Americanizing: the immigrant.
No organization is doing more In O
this direction. It is also help
lng in a fight against the saloon.
No matter what may be its opln- O
ion concerning prohibition, it
recognizes that the saloon aa an
Institution is an evil, and as such
it is being fought by organized
workingmen. It Is on the alert
to elevate in every way possi
ble the general welfare of those
who are bearing the burdens of
the world's work. Its task has 0
Just begun. There remains yet O
much to be accomplished, but
unquestionably it will rapidly O
eliminate such features as stand 4
in the way of Its highest devel
opmeut and push aggressively
for the standards which should
be attained by every honest
toiler. 4
LABOR AFTER THE WAR.
Workingmen of the World Will Profit
by the Triumph of Democracy.
"Organized and unorganized workmen
—skilled and unskilled labor—will be
definitely the gainers by the triumph
Of democracy in thin war."
That Is the prediction of James Wil
liam Sullivan, who for thirty years has
been one of the active men in the
American Federation of Labor. He
has recently returned from Europe,
where at the suggestion of Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, he attempted to
arrange a conference of represents
tives of organized labor in the bellig
erent countries to be held coincidental
ly with the peace conference whenever
and wherever it is held. Mr. Sullivan
is assistant to Mr. Gompers as mem
ber of the advisory committee of the
Council of National Defense.
Mr, Sullivan anticipates that for an
indefinite and prolonged period after
the war wages will be much higher
than ever before both for skilled and
unskilled workmen. The demands of
the reconstruction period offer suffi
cient explanation. General prosperity
may be assumed to follow, thanks to
the general speeding up of commerce
and the Increased diffusion of money
through the wage channel. The statis
ticians of the American Federation of
Labor have been able to demonstrate
that social prosperity follows each in
crease of the wage scale.
"Give 22,000 workmen $2 more each
week and 200 merchants will benefit,"
is his illustration.
An increase in class prosperity in
variably means greater solidarity and
hence greater political power for the
workman. Broadly speaking, a better
ment in social conditions has followed
each addition in political power gained
faj organized labor.
"We fought for child labor laws and
for the protection of women workers
long before any of the societies now
advocating these reforms were in the
field," said he. "The fundamental law
is now with us. We take as a matter
of course that we will win each injunc
tion case in the higher courts, for we
only ask freedom of speech, press and
movement. The trend of lawmaking
is with us."
Mr. Sullivan anticipates that "the
unequal distribution of wealth will
be to some extent corrected." Great
Britain has set the example. Death
duties there take a large proportion of
the greater estates and income taxes
take an increasingly larger part of an
income in proportion as it increases. He
believes something of the same sort
will be developed in America. "There
will be the conscription of wealth in
some form. Taxation will be reduced
to a more exact science than It H*"1
over been."
Labor's Fair Share.
The "dignity of labor" sounds well
from the root
rum, but the men and
women who do the world's work and
produce the world's wealth are rapidly
learning that their dignity as well as
their happiness depends UJKJH their in
sistence on a more equitable distribu
tion of the products of their toil. They
have learned that the only way to se
cure anything like a fair division is by
organized effort through banding to
gether in unions for the raising of
wages and the shortening of the hours
of toil. Thrnimh such organized effort
they have ruled the standard of living
FIOT OT0CT^W«IYJFT
ancestors.
Willie—Pop. what are ancestors?
Father—Well, I'm one of yours, and
your granddad is another. Willie—Oh,
but why is it that folks brag about
them?—Everybody's Magazine.
Be not like the anchor, which, al
though long it sea, never learns to
swim.—Youth's Companion.
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DESPITE PROHIBITION LAW
DRUNKENNESS IS
PREVALENT
MHIY MM STILLS
Revolutionary Government Lifts
Censorship of News Dis
patches and Truth About Anti
Liquor Legislation in New
Republic is Revealed
When the Czar of Russia issued an
order prohibiting the use and manu
facture of vodka in his country at the
beginnlsff of the war, word came soon
after to the effect that the people had
frbeyed without protest and that drunk
toness was a thing of the past.
The information seemed too good to
bo true, for even the most obedient of
Russians are human, and vodka had
long been a popular beverage. How
ever, the assertion that prohibition
•vas prohibiting was repeated from
lime to time and the only conclusioi
to be drawn was that the Czar's sub
Jeots were good material on which to
trork reforms.
Now that the revolution has removed
the censorship formerly in force, news
Df another sort is being heard. It ap
pears that though in Petrograd drink
big may have been reduced to a mini
tnum, inithe villages all over the coun
try, but especially in Siberia, "moon
Ihining," as it is called in this coun
try. has been carried on iadustriously.
Eocret distilleries of vodka are nuuier
pus. Instead of hi inging corn to town
to sell, the peasants sell it to the dis
tillers at fancy prices. Also they drink
Ihe product, and the percentage of
flrunkenness in the rural districts is
high.
Consumption of the homemade prod
act is increasing and the necessary se
Orecy observed seems to encourage
fiaore general indulgence in the fiery
beverage than formerly. The prohibi
tory law is still in force, but a recent
dispatch stating that the new govern
ment had' "modified" the regulations to
Some extent has probably caused great
er boldness among those engaged in
Btie illegal traffic.—Indianapolis Star.
PB-TLfSGEfIS
10 THE
IS rand Jurors Object to Prac
tice* of Reducing Degree of
Offense Charged
A resolution recommending to the
oourts that they permit no indictments
•eturned by the grand jury on boot
legging charges to be changed to mis
demeanors and offenders lined instead
of being sentenced to the penitentiary
has been adopted by the Pulaski coun
ty grand jury. Members ol" the grand
Jury say that because bootlegging is
felony the charge should not be re
duced after an indictment has been
returned.
To permit the iiange of a felony
to a misdemeanor in bootlegging cases
would only license the bootleggers and
encourage them to continue their illicit
business, members of the grand jury
oay. A violation of the state-wide pro
hibition law is punishable only by a
year's imprisonment in the peniten
tiary and the accused can not be re
ileved of the sentence by payment of a
fine.
Members of the grand jury say that
their attention has beea called to
cases where a bootlegging charge has
been reduced to a misdemeanor and the
accused given a fine with no sentence.
If the resolution is put into effieot,
fcnembers of the grand jury say that a
year's imprisonment will be given each
^bootlegger who is convicted.—Arkan
sas Gazette.
COUNCIL CANDIDATE CHARGED
WITH VIOLATING LIQUOR LAW
The following from the Rooky
Mountain News shows that the
"dry" law is still being frequently
violated in Denver:
Frank Qyllensten, candidate from
the Ninth District for a plaoe on the
city oouncil, was so busy looking
after his oampaign interests yester
day morning that he did not have
time to go to trial in the county
court on a bootlegging charge. In
deferenoe to the wishes of Gyllen
aten, formerly a saloonkeeper at
Thirty-eighth and Walnut streets,
the court postponed his case until
after election. Gyllensten Is oharg
od with selling liquor to a couple of
friend*.
TASKS OF MIDDLE AUt.
Work to Keep Youthful and to Insure
Future Happiness.
In Woman's Home Companion Mar
garet Deland gives useful advice on
how to meet middle age in such a man
ner as to insure future happiness:
"To hold on to our appreciation of
nature we must spur our dull and lag
ging memory of beauty to keep our ap
preciation of human, nature we must
refuse to be laid on the shelf we must
kmo uu with the procession of human
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Inner vision is open to beauty and to
the joy aud sorrow, the squalor and
glory of our fellows. If we do this the
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if
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the young people: 'Co ahead! Have a
good
time! But take ray word for it—
"The
bent
is
yet to be!'"
Sad Truth.
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