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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917.
i r.itrtd at Iht Posloffict at Hamilton, Okt*.
Second Clatt Mail Matter.
IMTXKO WBKLT At 836 MiHET ST***T,
Hamilton. Ohio.
Hohk Tklrphoni 80V.
bbi.l im- x.
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middlelowu O.
Endorsed by the Labor Legislative
League of Butler, Preble and Mont
gomery Counties.
Endorsed by Metal Trades Councl
of Hamilton obio.
Endorsed by the United Trades and
Labor Council, Dayton, Ohio.
A call for the union label is one
way of helping yourself as well a?
the other fellow.
The blue label on the cigar is a
guarantee against sweat-shops and
child labor. We have many good
cigars made in our city, as good as
are made anywhere. So why not
patronize home industry
Freedom of speech 'lo^s not in­
clude the privilege of speaking
treason
The nited States is not a per
fect nation—but it is by far odds
the greatest, most liberty-loving
and justice-dcaling nation on the
face of the globe. Samuel Gom
pers.
Your own welfare calls upon you
to serve it well by buying products
bearing the Union Label.
The trade union movement makes
better men and women it makes
better husbands and fathers it
makes better homes, parks and
playgrounds k e s be 111 cm
ployers and more contented em
ployes it makes a better world acd
brighter prospects for the future
The sacrifice is great, the travel
and pain will be great, but a- a re
suit of it all the w®rld wir be re
juvenated, the world will be reborn
and the injustice of man to man
will be a thing t/, tiu pnst The
Social conscience ot tiie world
is
being aroused.—Samuel Gompers
Be sure to read the article in this
issue headed "Labor Autocratic
and note the comment of the New
York World on the outburst oi
William H. Barr, president of the
National Founders' Association,
How any workingman, especially
one who has learned a trade, can
act as a strikebreaktr, when he
could live decent and be respected
by his fellow wor ers, is beyond
the comprehension of all decent
workmen. He can't fraternize with
his fellows, in whom he arouses
only a feeling of disgust, he is
loathed and shunned by all work-
ers and be is despised by the man
who employes hitu. Yet he goes
right on doing it. All in all this
creature who is regarded as the
reptile which crawls is to be pitied
f®r his ignorance, let us draw the
mantle of charity about his slim\
form.
There are several men whom it
is rumored are slated for positions
under the new administration.
These men have made themselves
obnoxious and distasteful to or
ganized laber of Hamilton and
knowing mayor-elect Smith as we
thick we do, they'll have to show
us before we believe it.
Commenting on the action of the
National Founders' Association in
sending a telegram to President
Wilson, the burden of which is
wt are patriotic but labor is auto
cratic" the New York World says
"Capital in this case is rancourous.
Labor is conciliatory, One is
self-rightecuslv wrong. The other
is considerately and broadly right."
The biggest job for the succes
ful carrying on cf the war was com
pleted last week at Buffalo by
the American Feder?tion of Labor
when it re-elected Samuel Go npers
as its president.
S^me cities are famous for liis
while others are famous for that
Judging from what we read in out
side pppers, Hamilton is also be
coming famous, famous for her
s i k e e a k e s a n u n e n
Read what the Dayton Labor Re
view has to say of the situation aad
reproduced elsewhere in this issue
One of the thiags which stood
out foremost at the convention of
the American Federation of Labor
held at Buffalo was the whole
hearted irdorseimTit o: the po!jc
of Samuel Gompers in his co-oper
ation with President Wilson in a
vigor rosea: '*1
Organized l&bur, ltd by Mi
Gompers, realizes the importance
of pooling all the resources of the
nation in an effort to bring the con
flict to as tariv conrl s
sibie.
The act*.on i li?::i I ,«. on v
r_
tioti dispels any doubt as to
sentiment nf those who toil in
srard to the V, nr
n
A -A i e i e s w V v a o
at Camp Sherman, while on a train
from Cleveland to Cincinnati one
with a Hamilton boy who is now
located at Cleveland and who will
be one those going Chi./ othe
with Ue uext contingent. S: eak
ing of Camp Sherman tK priest
said: I can hardly believe there
is an tplace in the world or on
the lace of the 'whti they
take sucn good care or give so much
attention to their soldier boys as
Ohio does to he:.-." .. r-,
(jofc-rj't if1
1 '.i o'.i '-Oiiosv i'.p
li'gs of Atnenoi" Federation
of Labor convention which closed
last week at Buffalo? If ycu did
Is there an} -,t-\ it, oi !u:*id as
to th*. !cv)? :y oigauuci:
vV btu organized labor iui
an increase in wages in order to
meet half way the increase in the
cost of living it is accused of being
unpatriotic ana if hi- insists upon
it he is called a traitor.
Where he formeriy paid fifty
cents for a pair of overalls, he now
pays double he used to pay $4 and
$4.50 for a barrel of flour he now
pays $12 where he used to pay 18
and 20 cents for butter, be now
pays 50 cents he used tu yet eggs
for as low as fifteen cents, now if
he wants to look at one he pays
five cents for i*.
Then when he asks for ten per
cent increase he i3 called a traitor
Why should eggs sell at this un
heard of price? Mrs. Hen isn't
getting any more for her labor
Why should butter be way up at
the price it is bringing? Mrs
Bossy never demanded an increase
she wouldn't get it if she did.
Why should rabbits which we used
to buy far a quarter, bring sixty
cents a piece They don't jump
any higher than they did last year.
How about the fellow that is
getting these prices, where does
his patriotism come in
The pacifist is a chaser of shad­
ows.
He is strong for formulas on pa
jer.
He loves rainbows and the dream
of the gold at the end of the arc is
always fascinating to him.
The pacifist tuust have his paper
declarations. He cannot be happy
without thf-m. He will make a
great fuss if he cannot have them.
If the pacifist can only have a
declaration on paper guaranteeing
to him the right to do some psculiar
thing that he wants to do you can
take away from him all of the es
sential liberties in the world and he
will not miss them.
He would contemplate the com
ing of a German army in serene
contentment if before you were
driven out ly the coming horde
you would grant to him a license
to make a speech calling you names.
The pacifist has something the
matter with his eyes. He can see
all manner of conspiracies and ter
rible dangers close at hand, but if
you put a few miles between him
self ar.d the supreme danger he
will refuse to believe that there is
any supreme danger, though you
prove it to him by a thousand rules
of ?creuce.
Toe pacifist is a chaser of shad
ows. He cannot see the substance
The pacifist can see a rainbow,
ti i he can rot see a blackjack.
And it is bad when one cannot
see a blackjack soon enough
Union Labor Has Shown
Its Worth.
The Sunday Telegram, of Al
bany, New York, in an editmial
on "Organized and Unorganized
Labor," says that as a result of
this war organized labor has com
pletely demonstrated its worth, its
economic value and its absolute
necessity to the orderlv conduct of
business.
"More than ?hK'! s.-jys the tdi
tor, "organized labor has proved
its case to the complete satisfaction
of capital, and has taught capital
that its fight against organization
was the result of lack of foresight,
a failure to recognize real econom
ic conditions in fact, the result of
a woeful lack of intelligerce on the
part of men who should have been
bigger n.:niau v 'ban they have
proven.
DEATH TO THE MOSQUITO.
Attack the Pest by Warring Upon Its
Breeding Places.
By doing away with breeding places,
such as tin cans, broken crockery and
various receptacles that hold water,
by tl. i n i! i water like
ly to i quitoes, by
application -s of water
that cairnf! the intro
duction of ibat cannot
eitlie: I 1 millions of
mos. .. d.
Water is the life of
the luosqui' 1 .- i-k are laid
on the su iter by the
adult in i... in !•!,, i enty
four r- ending
on the temperature. 1 ne larvae issue
from the lower ends of the eggs and
wripgie about in the water.
The larvae on i i• house mosquito
rest with the tii•! the abdomen at
the surface of the water and the heads
hanging downward. The larvae of the
malaria fever mosquito Ue parallel
with the surface of the water to obtain
air. In from one week to ten days
they change to another form, the
pupae, which have two respiratory
tubes on the thorax. These pupae
float in the water und transform to
adults in from Ave to six days. The
adults winter in the fl^rraaut eondi
tion.
The germ causing nrifia fever has
been carefully and repeatedly traced
th-ough its life history, and it has
with certainty been found to pass a
part of its existence in man and part
in the body of the mosquito. By the
bite of the mosquito the malarial fever
organism is transmitted to man. No
practical methods have been devised
to destroy adult mosquitoes. All sue
cessful methods so far have been to
check the'r numbers by either doing
away with biding places or by destroy
ing the young mosquitoes.
Kerosene oil applied to the water sur
face at the rate of one-half teacupful
to one barrel of water or one ounce of
kerosene to fifteen square feet of water
la sufficient to destroy any young mos
quitoes that might be present in the
water. An application of the kerosene
•booId be made ev^rj Ofleuu days.
335 Court
Street
OBGANIZEO LABOR
LOYAL TO NATION
Ho More Potent Force For
Democracy In America.
STATEMENT OF GOMPERS
President of the Amerioan Federation
Denounces Workmen's Counoii as
Anti-American and Opposed to Best
44American
Order Your Next Suit at the
Up-to-Date Jailors
Interests of the Country^—Unione Not
to Surrender Rights.
As chairman of the American Alli
ance For Labor and Democracy Sam
uel Gompers recently issued a state
ment at the headquarters of the alli
ance, 280 Broadway, New Yoik, In
which he said:
"Resolutions adopted by an organl
sation styling itself the so called Work
men's council, a wing of the so called
People's council, contain the statement
that 'Mr. Gompers has at the very en
trance of the United States into the
war made common cause with the re
actionary, militaristic and capitalist In
terests of the country and agreed to
surrender labor's rights won after long
years of hard struggle.' So the resolu
tion Is reported in the press.
"I wish to say that this charge Is a
bald and complete untruth and those
who made it either knew It was an un
truth or else are so ignorant of current
labor history as to render them unfit
for any intelligent discussion of It.
The statement is a plain lie from start
to finish.
"In the first place, even if 1 as presi
dent of the American Federation of La
bor had entered into any such prepos
terous agreement it would have been
repudiated instantly by the labor move
ment In the second place, I would not
enter into any .such movement. It is
not necessary for me to even say that
I would not.
"Organized labor has not made com
mon cause with any enemies of the la
bor movement, nor will it. It has made
common cause with our country and
our democracy and with the democratic
aspirations of the working people of
the world, and this cause has always
been ours—ours first of all.
"The •reactionary, militaristic and
capitalistic' interests have been com
pelled to surrender more to the Ameri
can labor movement since America en
tered the war than they had any ex
pectation of surrendering. They are
going to surrender more, and, more
over, we are going to keep after the
war what we gain during the war.
There is no surrender, no going back,
and the misleaders of this so called
Workmen's council know this perfect
ly. I am not quite sure whether they
are conscious deceivers or conscience
less deceivers.
"The American trade union move
ment is a miiitant movement. The foes
of labor among the employers know
this, even if some of labor's foes in the
so called Workmen's council do not
When it ceases to be militant it will
cease to exist. That ia fundamental.
COAT Union
and Made
PANTS 4iO To Order
organized labor is loyal to
America, loyal to the core. It is loyal
to democracy, within our nation as
well as without, and there is In Amer
ica today no more potent force for de
mocracy than the organized labor move
ment. And we are going to do our best
to rout the enemies of America and de
mocracy, whether they are within or
without. It is painful to have to say
that there are so many within, but It Is
the fact
"This so called Workmen's council la
anti-American and pro-German, as Is
Its parent, the so called People's coun
cil. This I say deliberately. I see no
point at which the German kaiser could
find any fault with either of these pre
cious Potsdamistic and Lenineistic or
ganizations. And you may believe me
when I say that the American labor
movement is not in agreement with the
German kaiser nor with the pernicious
propaganda of the Lenlnes, and neither
is it going to remain inactive while in
fluences of that kind seek to divide our
nation and help destroy our liberties.
We will fight such contemptible, treach
erous efforts—fight, fight, fight them to
the bitter end.
"You may say that the American la
bor movement is not represented by
any one or any agcncy except itself,
and the claims of alleged councils to
representing labor are as preposterous
and ridiculous and treacherous as any
other phase of their activities."
Labor In Colorado.
decision In favor of maintaining
the Colorado eight hour law for wom
en until it becomes absolutely ne. es
sary for them to work more hours
daily was made recently by the deputy
state labor commissioner. The paint
ers* strike has been settled with an in
crease of 30 cents a day. Their wage
la now $4.70 for eight hours' work.
There is plenty of work except in the
building line, and material cannot be
•btained for the latter. Good commit
tee work is being done for the labels.
PREPARING FOR WAR.
Trade Union Movement a Great and
Patriotic Power For Good.
In making the transition from a
peace to a war basis it is necessary for
us as a nation to sift our institutions
and policies, retaining those that are
sound and that give genuine service
reiecticue. tfan— UuU ses xrilflcJai
E. M. Schwartz, Mgr.
From Ohio to
& n
Through Service
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By Daylight Through
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Consull Loail Ticket Azenls fur particulars
or address C. C. HAINES,
District Passenger Agent, DAYTON, OHIO
Hamilton Men Working
The Niles Foundry
This Week.
Iimi
content wit
names rather than with real i tie:
There have been many virile, essentia i
agencies evolved out of fundaments
needs of society that have not been
recognized as a part of the political
machinery. These forces are economic
In nature. The real life and the rea
power of the nation are not political,
they are economic.
Because our political institutions an i
theories have not been formulated wit i
regard to the real power of the nation
we have often been beguiled into be
lieving that a democracy existed when
In truth the political forms were dem
ocratic in nature, but the actual con
trol was exercised through economic
instrumentalities, organized on an at
toeratic basis and contributing to th.
building up of exploiting and often cor
ruptlng forces.
The forceful I'.-iuo'-ra. i/nn^ a-v
that has been f.p^atin in the econ-'U
Ic world a s |,,-.mi it.* trade unio:,
movement.
As we go forward into the world wa'
we need more than ever the trade ui
ion movement. It has been needed in
the initial work of preparing the nt
tion for conflict. When demands cam
for an immediate, vastly increased sim
ply of munitions, government depart
ments and agents have depended upon
trade union officials for information of
s o u e s o w o k e s a n o a s s i s
government in securing and maintain
ing the good will of workers. The gov
ernment could not deal with Individ
uals. It had to work through soin
organized agency. That agency exist
ed in the trade unions.
Many government officials handlim
industrial problems have been train el
for other work and do not understand
economic conditions or how to deal
with workers as workers. The gov
ernment has found that it can fac-il
tate its work by having trade union
officials represent the workers, present
their grievances and endeavor to reach
an adjustment, because the trade un
Ion movement represents an effort
meet a real industrial necessity by se
curing working agreements between
employers and employees.
No government can be maintained
without mobilizing the good will of
the masses. The trade union move
ment is a constituted agency by which
this can be accomplished. In order to
accomplish the work which it must
perform the government must deal
with workers as human beings—loyal,
intelligent patriots. The trade union
movement is an agency by which jus
tice can be established, which Is the
only basis for co-operation and service.
—Ajnerican Federalionist.
Women Taking Men's Places.
The present and anticipated shortage
of men on account of the war is al
ready opening new fields of employ
ment for Chicago women. A car manu
facturing plant at Hegeswisch, an out
lying suburb, has announced, "Man's
work, man's pay, for all women who
can qualify." The sign was hung out
over the company's employment gate,
and 500 women responded. Sixty were
chosen from the lot and suitably garb
ed in overalls. The Amazons have al
ready begun work. They are employed
at lumber piling. The company ex
DACtfi to hava 200 women at work sooq.
The Ideal
**1 expect to have a great deal of
trouble breaking in our new cook."
"Oh, you just let her alone and she'll
sttend to all the breaking."—San Fran
slaco Chronicle.
EAT!
In
John Reichel
Carl Weiss.
?3d "Bull" Bierman.
Joe Marsh.
Chas. Leopold.
John Fetzer.
Robert Scholz.
The last two named
were expelled from the
Iron Holders' Union.
and inat contribute i ne eA^ioiiJu
forces. We have
FV SGSR
OLIVES--
Stone's, per lb
one-pound cake.
5- o u n e a k e
NUTS---Englisli
GRAF'S
The Churngold Store
17 RILEY STREET nhnnno Bell 2074
Two Doors from Eagle Theatre rllUlluu I Homo 629-A
WF. SELL TODAY—TO SELL TOMORROW
Here's A commandment
.we o-foe v
y
With thankfulness,
three
times a day!
HEEKIN BRAND—Vanilla
SEAL BRAND—Lemon
THIS
."""Tt' i* i
STUFFED OLIVES—Fancy stock in
bulk, per pint. .. ..... .....
lOMATOES—No. i cans, just the thing for small
families or for any dish wheie only a small *1
a o u n o o a o e s a e n e e e e a n v
(Not a tomato pulp)
FANCY PEELED PEACHES
111 lamily size boxes 10 lbs. each $1.95
USALYTE GAS MANTLES -Give
more light and save one-third the gas, 2 for.
ROYAL SCARLET COFFEE
To really enjoy your every day dinner you must
have not only good coffee, but the best--that's
why we suggest Royal Scat let, i aa
3-lb. can .... ip 1 •V/\J
Clarified, yellow or light brown Sugar, lb
Meatless Days prove the need of Food Conservation
and Economy- Begin by using
CHURNGOLD
In addition to "Meatless Days" the housekeeper
should consider the value of other food economy
(using foods of utmost value at most reasonable
prices) is within the reach of all. Begin by using
Churngold. Use Churngold not because it is cheap,
but because it is delicious, dependably good. For
your own satifaction, try Churngold yourself.
Walnuts, lb
Mixed Nuts, pound
Fancy washed Brazils, 11)
30c
HEINZ MINCE MEAT—In i-lb
HEINZ TOMATO SOUP—Small
LIFE ON A SUBMARINE.
Physical Evils That Come From Long,
Continuous Duty.
According to Assistant Surgeou Wal
ter W. Cress of the navy, long, con
tinuous duty on submarines is con
ducive to high blood pressure, with its
attending evils.
"Whether that is due," he says, "to
mental strain, loss of sleep, overeating
with lack of exercise, excessive use of
tobaof'o, coffee and tea or some toxic
agent peculiar to submarines 1 am un
able to say. It was noted that a slight
fall occurred after a forty-eight hour
surface run and a three hour dive. Un
doubtedly that could be accounted for
by fatigue or lack of physical exer
cise during the preceding forty-eight
hours."
One effect, natural under the circum
stances. ho says, was that of loss of
weight, and it is observed that there
is probably no occupation, excepting
that of a boilermaker, giving rise to
as many cases of partial deafness as
submarine duty. It Is not uncommon,
he says, for nten to report that they
have Increasing difficulty in hearing
the commands. That is attributed to
cue constant vibratory movement of
the submarine, the straining of ears to
hear above the noise of the. ennrlp**1
-.*v
eating habit
ought to looked af
ter properly. If an
eleventh commandment
had been Written I reckon
it would have been, "Eat
the best and you'll be
blessed." We purchase
our table needs at a gro
cery shop that meets ev
ery requirement of ser
vice and quality.
30c
Extract, bottle.
Extract, bottle
10c
10c
-Per lb..
22c
25c
10c
Per Pound
NOW FOR SPECIAL GOODIES
FRUIT CAKE
40c
4 lbs
Stiictmann's per lb
40c
«SDC
Fancy large queen olives in full quart
jars 40c is the regular price. On today's market
this grade of olive would retail for 45c or cnc.
Price for Friday and Satur- 38
day each
2 a s o
Puffed Wheat, Puffed Rice, Shredded
Maple Flake Whole Wheat Cereal,
per pkg 13c 2 for
2 lbs
80c
75c
Wheat or
25c
$1.60
5 lbs.
Sunshine Russian Style FruitCake
This cake is made from a Russian recipe. It contains
the choicest Grecian currants and fancy raisins,
whole cherries, nuts and fruit 75
$2 00
$3.60
28c
2 9
25c
Almonds, per lb 30c
Filberts, lb
Pecans, lb
and 30c
30c
cans
Medium 2 for. 35o
28c
size, 2 for
25c
the presence or cold ab»ft« «.i- utnvn
the hat^hos r.*LIIe operating on the
ourrace, the excessive heat while run
ning submerged and the Inhalation of
gases given off by the batteries and
fumes from oil tanks.
"It is becoming more and more ap
parent." concluded Dr. Cress, "that all
men should undergo a thorough phj*s
Ical and mental examination before be
ing assigned to submarine duty."—
Washington Star.
Salaries Raised.
The Du Pont company of Wilming
ton, Del., increased the pay of its sal
aried employees from about 25 per cent
as applied to the lowest salaried posi
tions to 10 per cent for the highest.
The bonus rate also was changed to 20
per cent of the new salary rate in all
cases. The company in a formal an
nouncement explains that the salaries
have been revised to compensate for in
creased living expenses.
So He Doe*.
"Why don't you open the door? That
may be opportunity knocking."
"It's much more apt to be a bill col
lector."
"Well, if you only knew it. a bill col
lector offers a good opportunity to get
lot Of debt." Birmingham Age lie. an'