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The ninth semi-annual convention
,of the Ohio State Federation of Ma
chinists which was scheduled to be
held in Cincinnati, but owing to the
epidemic of influenza prevalent in
that city was transferred io Dayton,
was held in the Dayton Machinists
hall last week with the largest at
tendance in the history of the organi
zation, there being more than a 100
delegates present.
A new rule governing the meeting
places of the convention was adopted,
it being decided that the fall session
shall occur in the same city as that of
the Ohio State Federation of Labor,
the gatherings to convene on the Sat
urday preceding the big convention.
The first meeting of the year will go
to different cities, the one next spring
to be held in Cincinnati.
All the old officers, with the excep
tion of George D. Richardson, of Day
ton, who declined to be a nominee for
secretary-treasurer, were re-elected.
They are:
President, Charles Banks, Toledo
vice-president, H. L. Reamer, Massil
lon secretary-treasurer, G. E. Bran
non member executive board, Devere
Cooper, Cleveland F. L. Newman,
Akron, and J. D. VanTyle, Toledo.
Many resolutions were adopted,
among them being one favoring the
straight eight-hour day endorsing
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Hold Large And Enthusiastic Meet
ing In Dayton.
Many Resolutions Adopted. Women Delegates Present.
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The plan to retain the war labor
board after the declaration of peace
was endorsed and congress will be
petitioned to pass such legislation as
may be necessary to bring this about.
Many delegates were present from
the railroad machinists, who have
heretofore had but small representa
tion.
The
MEN
Are Underpaid, Declares Joint
Chairman Taft.
Washington- In the course of a
hearing on a street railway case,
Joint Chairman Taft %f the national
war labor board said:
"Mr. Walsh and hav
had a great
deal of experience in fixing these
wages, and while, of course, we have
made mistakes in the past we are only
too glad co admit it. If possibly we
fix too low a rate or too high a rate—
too high for the conditions of "the
company and too low for the real exi
gencies under which the men have
worked—there is this to be said, that
the street railway men ought to real
ize that but I think we have th^right
to say that we have found them under
paid everwhere. We found that they
had been underpaid by reason of a
situation in the public service com
panies that had pressed them down to
something that was quite unjust, and
the general range of our rulings has
been to bring them up, puite beyond
probably, what they would have been
had our board not been instituted and
that has brought about a financial
situation in the companies that is de
plorable, but that does not make us
feel that we are at all departing from
equity in what we have done in the
raising of these wages, for the reason
that the low wages, for the men have
been the result of an unsound eco
nomic policy which the street railways
have got to reform or go to the wall."
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PAINTERS RAISE WAGES.
San Francisco—House painters and
paper hangers have raised wages $1
a day. Organized contractors and em
ploying painters have accepted the
new $7-a-day rate.
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THEN THE TROUBLE BEGAN
A French soldier, with a slight
knowledge of English, always carried
a pocket, dictionary, so that he could
look up unfamiliar words. He had
an excellent voice, and often sang
French songs for his English and
American comrades.
One day an American, charmed with
the Frenchman's voice, said to him:
"You have a fine, mellow voice."
Mellow was a new word to the
Fi
•enchman, so he pulled out his dic
tionary, and found: "Mellow. Over
ripe, rotten, soft, friable, tipsy,"
meeting was the most .success­
ful ever
held
and speaks well for the
future of the machinist's who will soon
have one of the most influential or
ganizations in the state.
Famine Conditions
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government ownership of utilities
home rule in taxation universal week
ly pay day favoring the plan of send
ing delegates to the labo rcongress in
the Mooney case to be held in Chicago
January 14. One resolution had to do
with the Home Guards which seems to
be regarded as the most non-essential
The resolution was endorsed. All of
the resolutions having to do with the
legislature of the state will be looked
after by an agent who will be sent to
Columbus.
A new departure of the Machinists'
meeting, was the attendance of two
lady delegates from Elyria, the first
lady delegates ever attending a ma
chinists convention. There is a lodge
of machinists in Elyria composed of
200 women, who receive the same
pay and conditions as the men employ
ed on the same class of work.
food Shortage approching famine Point
fp-%] Serious Food Shortage
f^rv'l Sufficient Present Food Supply
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But Future Serious1
CjTf Peoples'already receivinA
American aid
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A food map ol' Europe today shows
iot a single country in which the fu
Lure does not hold threat of serious
lilliculties and only a small part which
is not rapidly approaching the famine
point. With the exception of the
Ukraine only those cou/tries which
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest, and
even in the Ukraine, with stores accu
mulated on the farms, there is famine
in the large centers of population.
Belgium aid northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest of Europe
because they stand in a different rela
tion from the other nations to the peo
ple of the United States. America has
for four years maintained the small
war rations of Belgium and northern
France and is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
after-the-war needs, which, with those
of Serbia, must be Included in this
plan, are urgent in the extreme and
must have immediate relief.
The gratitude of the Belgian nation
for the help America lias extended to
her during the war constitutes the
strongest appeal for us to continue our
work there The moment the German
umiles withdrew from her soil and she
was established once more In her own
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Pivsi-uTii of Porto Rico Federation
Of Labor
The lonu-jH*!iding consideration of
the pi'-a (if organized labor
Rico
atui
in v vt igat ion of the
economic situation of the horning
peo
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that possession
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American Federation ot Labor has
succeeded in getting from President
Wilson a request to Secretary of War
Baker that the matter of investiga­
seat of government the little nation's
first thought was to express her grati
tude to the Commission for ltelief in
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure in such a map for Ameri
cans because there is no present indi
cation that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem if she is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations, which are the trou
ble centers.
England, France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food to meet immediate
needs, but their fututre presents seri
ous difficulties. The same is true of
Spain and the northern neutral coun
tries—Norway, Sweden and Denmark
—whose ports have been open apd who
have been able to draw to some' degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already in the
throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people
there are beyond the possibility of
help. Before another spring thou
sands of them inevitably must die
This applies as well to Poland and
practically Uyvufchout Baltic
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Many Acts *'f Tyranny Committed
Against The Workingmen And
Women Without Any
Form Of Redress.
tion
of
Porto
the United States
for
full
industrial
no
bids !Y
come io u focus in a few days.
There is a belief in some quarters
that the investigation has been block
-d for iiior.'iis by some undiscovc
that has
kept :hc truth
fn ,m
u' War Department.
President Samuel tampers of
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Iglesias Tells Of Suffering Of
riasses Of Underfed And Over=
Worked Men, Women And
Children In Southern
Possession.
be given prompt attention and
tiie latter official has promised action.
In view of the pending investigation
this article by Santiago Iglesias, pres
ident of the Porto Rico Federation
of Labor and organiser for the Pan
American Federation nf Labor,
of
•_!'):.•:!* interest.
sugar, tobacco and shipbuilding
orations, as well as financial in
tercets have devoted gtcat attention
to fmancia1 power jjrd
of
profits.
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he political parties
gions, with conditions most serious in
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Rouraania and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering a heavy
toll of death. The Armenian popula
tion ts falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Rotunania so serious are the food
shortages that fanzine is near. Al
though starvation is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur
key are in the throes of serious strin
gencies.
In order to fulfill America's pledge
in world relief we will*have to export
every ton of food which can be han
dled through our ports. This means at
the very least a minimum of 20,000,000
tons compared with 6,000,000 tons pre
war exports and 11.820,000 tons ex
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties of war to the European
allies.
If we fall to lighten the black spots
on the I unger map or if we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will s*e in other parts of
Europe a repetition of the Russian de
bacle and our ft^bt for world peac«
w4U have be$& ixt nun,
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proves
*v gicat political reform has taken
place in Porto Rico since Spanish dom
ination ended on the island in 1898.
W bin t!i leaders of the political par
ti« S.uw paid more attention to mere
politic
advantages t. an iw
:i e vai
•vo-:
:i
problems oi
':•••-'t
count ry, the
The island
Y
Man -'100,000,000.
In a
trial
of
'A
taw*'* &
a
.. j*s?
i, r*i
to
\\'i re engaged in lighting each other
years, the sugar and tobacco trusts
'a .'re taking hold of the riches of the
island, the soil
of
the Porto
and the lnb.it pcvei
Hicans.
In
fact, while the .political leaders
v.er.'
engaged in fighting for control
of th mall budget of the people,-the
J:ra and tobacco trusts
"a- bankers converted ia. Mar, of
I'oi'to Rica-
in ,)
a gr^at
Th
iverage
factory work
eu by peons arid underfed women and
children who are now living under the
industrial oppression of the hiy bus
lties mtere
L'Tn i I ors.
wagt
lab
engaged in
i .-ii
s a
day far a
o n
of i'arlo iiu.o
.projection and .cpjjimercial bt^si
a. 5, unci.'t- American regime, front
::-d.000,000 to $136,000,000 in the last
I'! years. Taxable property has been
from $180,000.(100 tm
rordance with
pot
ts
of
are
to
We
rp™.
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& J&j&m
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To take
a.
'•'he women wvvk 10 hoar- a
centand chddr p...,
a ,:'e yet i0 cer a o V or
of 'Iving in Porto Rica,
*.W ia ported goods from 'a
Stales., is a little higher a
!na inland.
I
!,e
a
kept
oppression, !i\
ed
Kico
is
yre.s for a
hro.ygh
actually begging Con-
few thousand dollars,
the Bureau of Insular Affairs
'he War Department, to help the
sufferers of the earthquakes that re
cently oceured on the island, and for
the many thousands attacked by in
fluenza. The island is without med
icine and the people find themselves
without power to relieve suffering,
after the masses of workers have pil
ed up hundreds of millions of dollars
of wealth.
Those who manage the island com
pel us to appear like beggars before
Congress and the President of the
United States, when in reality the
masses of workers of Porto Rico have
created an enormous amount of wealth
that has been taken out of the island
every
year.
want
to call the attention of the
people of America to the fact that
those in Washington who have author
ity and power over Porto Rican mat
ters, know that the ligislature of Por
to Rico appropriated $1,000,000 to, help
solve the problem of the high cost of
living.
Information has been given out by
Gov. Yager and Gen. Frank Mclntyre,
chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs,
that the results of manipulating the
said million dollars brought about a
profit of nearly half a million dollars.
If this is true then, that of this million
dollars there is also a profit of nearly
half a million, we wonder why it is
necessary to beg Congress for $300,
000 when in fact, they have enough
money there to cover such necessity
We are not in favor of letting Porto
Rico appear in the role of begear be
fore the Congress of the United States
while the most upscrupulous sharks
are grasping the results of the wealth
created by the masses of the workers
on the island.
With the consent, advice and help
of the Bureau of Insular Affairs under
the War Department, headed by Gen.
1
a
ii
i
Mclntyre, who appears to be respon
sible for the conditions on the Island
of Porto Rico, many acts of tyranny
have been committed against the
working men and women, without
any
form of redress.
If the Congress and President of the
United States would see fit to relieve
the conditions of the island, it cannot
he brought about by mere political
reforms,
or
of e
It
that
es
"Independence" as
o\Y tiie
i e i
Porto
i o a
suggested
ident Wilson
caie of 100,000
aa.i!tural fields
a i
to
investigate
1
P'-oplc?
ar, of
-a The
vmg
United
suciai,
t- Local
:,are
of Porto Rico, the industry and com
merce have a balance in favor of the
island reaching the sum of $220,000,
000 in the past 16 years. Notwith
standing this great "prosperity" as
.'.•••ii i!! tie official report- of
No.
betvu. e ,.f
day The
ly attended.
the official
the governca
re­
of
the island
the
go\
•a especially in t!v one of l.M
fi'or, Governor Yager,
the sr.a-s
of
people nil the island
Washington-
in
indus­
ing under wretch­
conditions..
The school system is going back
ward 400,000 children have no school
accommodations while sanitation is
worse than ever. Only a few are get
ting rich. More, than 70 per cent of
1 he wealth created by the workers of
ila- island is taken out of the country.
!. na-i hi-
week .... Monday night. This was
.Several
more were
added
he roster of the organi -. a am and
number of new applications
membership were read
tfiits
has
been asked for by some of our poli
ticians and capitalist corporations of
he -'and,
but by vesting the people
wi'h a complete comprehensive and
wise economical freedom with which
hey can fight the few privileged per
sons
that ruin the
island,
people and discredit tile
enslave the
A,,aw
stitutions and the
an in­
American purposes
osii an i de.nocracy.
verwict
of
as
veil as
of
all
humanity
treatment accorded
ople in Porto Rico by those
ontrol of the "Gov
of
who nave been sis
ernmental affair
been undermvra'c
A
mericaii.
the
yj.-
r»r»nre«s!v and
a mission has been
ippointed by Pres
iil have tin power
to he
industrial
and economical conditions of the island
and to further see that such an inves
tigation shall include all that gose
.o m.nke up the work
and iiw-s
of Porto
i
to
«.f the
Rico
MACHINISTS
for
A
vast
amount of business was transacted
and
conditions in the various shops
was
discussed at length. The meeting
next
week will be held on Xew Years'
Night.
ss fsas
FO RI) ASKS
the
PAY
In
tiie
his annual
leave to
where.
report
to congress Public Printer Ford
says
government printing office is los
ing some of its most skilled employes
who
get higher wages else­
He
salary increases and
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W» -.AV.~l'.'. «T.«,:?t
J»«UE!) BY 1
UNITED STa 'FS
COVERNAiKNT
75 CENTS PER YEAR
n
Jack Scheaf, President
Elect of the Theat
rical Employes'
Union.
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the
mass-
island
has
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.JACK .SCHEAF
The
ai'o-.
e
is
dack
a splendid likeness
Scheaf.
'1 heatrica'
boys
year,
lie
any
Wednesday. he regular
i s e i n neat,
falling
cf
the
memtn i
on
'hristmas
meeting a-
usual was
of mgani. ations
e er. fad.it
o,-gar,l/as ion
If
a
se at
recommends substantial
this
retirement law.
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Tte United States government is
entering into an exceedingly vital
part of its war program now that the
war is practically over. Government
officials and the American people are
determined that the sacrifice paid by
the soldiers and sailors shall be no
greater, no more tragic, than neces
sary. Consequently, a complete re
habilitation program has been
planned and is being put into effect.
A large part of the Liberty Loan
funds will be used for this work.
Until his discharge from the hos
pital all the medical and surgical
treatment necessary to restore the
of
electod president of the
Employes I'n.ion at its
meeting. lack is a
last
live
an look
the Theatrical
wire
and we
a omething
stirring among
during the coming
say-
the
fellow employed
in
local theatres, and not a
u
lie
find at
large­
Office.
anion, will-be hard
to
the end of hist'Jack's) term of
Foundry Employes
We
are
in
i.-tan.v
INCRKASF-
receipt of a communica­
tion from the
secretary of the Fountry
Employes Union Loca No. 41, stating
hat that Organization is Still in ex-
that they meet on
Thurs­
day ni'jbt. No doubt the information
wa i *. a be placed in the roster
The secretary how-
to state how often the
meets and in what hall.
tary Steig will kindly give
us
formation we will gladly a
the organization to the roster.
Alleviate Soldiers9 Sacrifices
With Wonders ot New Surgery
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wounded soldier to health is tinder
the jurisdiction of the military or
naval authorities. Following the hos
pital treatment, he is supplied with
artificial limbs or whatever mechanic
al appliances are necessary to aid him
in walking, using his arms, seeing or
hearing.
The vocational training, the relo
cation, and "the rehabilitation neces
sary io restore him to self-support
ing activity, is under the Bureau of
Education.
The above illustration shows a gid
dier who has been made capable iat
continuing his trade of mechanic
artificial arm appliances.
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