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Abrogation of Rules, Which Had Been
Found Imperative, Made Only When
the Empire Was in Peril, Mutt Be
Restored in Their Entirety.
By WILLIAM L. CHENERY.
Great Britain is wondering how the
pledge given at the outset of the war
to the trade unions can be redeemed.
The abrogation of union conditions
was obtained by the definite promise,
often reiterated and subscribed to both
by the ministry and by parliament,
that the pre-war industrial status will
be restored with peace.
No agreement has ever been made
with greater sincerity. Without the
surrender of the trade customs which
reduced output it seemed that the war
might be lost. By the abolition of
those rules Britain found that muni
tions and the other nece«saries of war
could be produced la undreamed-of
quantities.
So vast have been the changes that
Sidney. Webb.. ""»us economist.
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MUST REDEEM ITS
PLEDSE TO LABOR
British Government to Beckon
With Trade Unions.
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The British people are therefore
presented with a first-class dilemma.
They have either to attempt the lm
possible and perhaps the undesirable
or else they have to break a sacred
promise. In a small volume issued
by B. W. Huebsch of New Yofk Sid
ney Webb offers one suggestive es
cape from the impasse.
He admits the nation's actual in
ability to restore 1914 conditions. He
wafns his country, however, that
smooth attempts to patch up compro
mises, to effect "a sham restoration,
will lead only to bitterness. For
generation at least he insists that work
men would talk of the "great betrayal
That kind of class enmity would In
evitably result in endless strikes and
the practice of "ca canny," the British
equivalent of sabotage.
Consequently. Mr. Webb. seea only
Hits the Mail
'he Mead Wfc.mHea
Better to Have an Up-to-Date
Home Than to Dread Having
Gue»ts in Your Old One"
Can you proudly throw open your
doors and welcome your friends in,
knowing that everything about your
home is modern and tasty? Or
have you a home that requires an
apology to your guests? Perhaps
little remodeling is all it needs.
Interior Finish
A little consultation with us may bring
forth some ideas for slight alterations that
will make your home almost like new
inside as well as outside. Our experience
in this line should prove very helpful.
Also our complete stock of mill
work and Ulterior trim pro-*
vkici the means of mak
ing tasty changes
economically.
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Has said that "no such sweeping trans
formation in the organization of Brit
ish industry—a transformation not oc
curring in one trade only, but simul
taneously in nearly all branches of
manufacture—has taken place since
what is known as the industrial revo
lution of 1780-1825. The present revo
lution, compressed within little over a
couple of years, has been rendered pos«
sible only by the abrogation of the
network of usages and regulations, cus
toms and rules which the trade unions
so patriotically allowed for the dura
tion of the war.'
The conclusion is becoming stronger
that previous conditions cannot be re
stored. The hands of the clock can
not be turned back. The way of life
of an epoch that has ended cannot be
resurrected, however ardently It may
be desired.
o ne'ljatisfactory remedy. This is far
reaching and fundamentaL It la
umraed up in a program which he
alls "a new settlement."
Very naturally he found that the
ubjects the unionists sought were hu
uanly correct If scientifically ineffi
cient. They wanted to assure them
selves against unemployment. Con
sequently they wanted a monopoly of
the work In their craft. They wanted
o assure a living wage and a decent
-tandard of life to themselves. Ac
cordingly they limited definitely the
amount of work which they would do
at a given wage. They wanted, more
over, a vote in the determination of
he conditions under which their work
ing life should be passed.
In many cases the jobs of the old
unionists no longer exist. New ma
chinery, enormous engineering reor
ganization, new forms of specializa
tion, the division of old tasks, the
creation of simplified work, have cumu
latively made it impossible for the
trade unionists to attain their human
ends in the old way. But Mr. Webb
insists a similar or greater satisfaction
can be obtained through a new settle
ment.
This in the first place would pre
vent unemployment. The government
can practically eliminate the periodic
slackenings of Industry by planning
Its own work long years ahead. This
in no wise Includes emergency build
ing for relief purposes. The nation
would simply, by taking thought, fit
its constructive program Into the vary
ing employment needs of the empire.
A second element in the new settle
ment would be the legal establishment
of a minimum—not a maximum—wage
in each industry. That minimum would
not be the least at which human life
might be preserved. It would be the
customary wage in each trade,
would protect the worker against th«
perpetual fear of reduced wages which
is his Incentive toward reducing the
output.
Organize Federal Employees.
Organization of a national federal
employees' union was begun at Wash
ington by delegates representing fed
eral workers in every section of th«
country. It is expected that the or
ganlzation when completed will com'
priae 15,000 members.
Virden (111.) Co-operative society
paid a dividend of 10 per cent to ita
membership on the basis of purchases
during the last quarter.
TOO MANY BREAKS FOR HIN
Frenchman Employed by Real Estate
Dealer Interviews Tenant With
Surprising Result*.
A local real estate dealer has
iPrenchman in his employ whose use
fulness Is hampered only by his lnabll
jlty to master the English Idiom, says
jthe Cleveland Plain Dealer. A tenant
recently gave notice that he was un
able to keep his lease on a house, and
the Frenchman was sent out to find
what was the matter. The former
made this brief statement, and the lat
ter took notes on it:
"Some time ago scarlet fever broke
out in the neighborhood, and we sent
the children to the home of their
grandparents. Shortly afterward my
wife's health broke down, and we de
cided to break up housekeeping. At
about the same time the house was
broken into by burglars, and our maid
was so badly frightened that she left.
My wife didn't feel like breaking
a new servant, and we have gone
boarding. I am sorry to break off re
lations with this firm, but things are
breaking so bad with me that I have
to. I'm all broken up abont it, my
self."
The Frenchman expanded his notes
Into the following report:
"Scarlet fever broke away
In
this
tenant's neighborhood. Next, his wife*
health broke into. So he decided to
break in housekeeping. The house
was broken down by burglars and the
maid escaped. The lady doesn't want
to break up a new servant. He is sor
ry to break up our relations, but he is
badly broken. He says he Is entirely
broken out about it."
After the bad breaks were trans*
lated the report was clear.
Contlnaeus Watering Best.
Lticien Daniel, a French botanist
has made some experiments with cab
bages, chicory, lettuce, etc., which
prove that they thrive far better by
system of continuous watering than
by drenching the soil thoroughly ev
ery other day. As presented to the
Academy of Sciences in Paris, con
sisbs of placing nnder each plant
large mouthey Jar containing water, in
which is dipped one end of a strip of
linen or cotton whose other end lies
near the plant Mr. Daniel determined
the exact amo\mt of water required
by any given plant for its best devel
opment.
Swiss Funeral
Customs
Odd.
The funeral customs of the Swiss
are very peculiar. At the death of
person the family inserts a formal
black-edged announcement in the pa
pers, asking for sjnapathy, and stating
that the ''mourning urn" will be ex
hibited during certain hours on a spe
cial day. In front of the house where
the person died there is placed
a
little
black table covered with black cloth
on which stands a black jar. Into this
the friends of the family drop little
black margined visiting cards, some
times with
a lew
words of sympathy
on them. The urn Is put on the table
on the day of the funeral. Only men
ever go to the church yard, and they
tnamlly follow ths bsarae
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foot
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
OHIOISNS TO VIEW
HISTORIC BATTLE
famous Cfiaieau Thierry Strug
gle Wiii Be Reproduced
at State Fair.
ON CI6 REALISTIC SCALE
Actual Heroes of Conflict Take
Part With Modern En
gines of War.
That Ohio people may have
MAYOR
a
graph­
ic idea of the famous struggle in
which American soldiers and marines,
many of them boys from the Buckeye
state, turned the tide against the Ger
mans and put the allies on the road
to final victory, the never-to-be-for
gotten Battle of Chateau Thierry will
be reproduced on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday nights of the Ohio
State Fair, the last week in August.
Under direction of trained military
men and participated in by scores of
American soldiers and marines, many
of them actual heroes of the memor
able engagement that marked the
turning point of the war, this mam
moth military spectacle, with marvel
ous displays of fireworks, is expected
to be witnessed by thousands.
The scenic setting, 450 feet in
length, will be in the oval opposite
the grandstand. The historical old
French city of Chateau Thierry will
be represented on painted canvas,
iron and wood. The performance
opens with the city in the hands of
German troops, following the forced
evacuation by the French. After
many scenes of troop movement*
comes the attack of the Americans,
which drives out the incredulous and
dazed enemy.
America's fighting men, correctly
costumed and equipped, will repre
sent both allied and enemy troops.
Modem engines and strange new ap
pliances of war will have their place
in the reproduction of the battle,
such as siege and machine guns, hand
grenades, gas masks, smoke screens,
barrage fires, armored autos, tanks,
star shell signals, searchlight shells,
trench flares. In addition there will
be realistic hand-to-hand fighting and
bayonet combats by specially trained
units.
It has been promised the state fair
management that everything possible
will be done to make the battle scene
as realistic as the ingenuity of the
skilled pyrotechnist, electrician, scen
ic artist, stage director and military
men can make it. The stage Is laid
out on a gigantic scale. Hundreds of
persons will participate in the cast,
representing high offlc4als of the i1
lied and enemy armies, companies of
soldiers and marines of the various
armies, Red Cross nurses, homeless
refugees and picturesque natives, all
correctly costumed.
Because of the great historical lm
portance of the Battle of Chateau
Thierry and the fact that it has inti
mate relation to many Ohio homes
that furnished sons who fought in
the struggle, state fair officials be
lieve that the reproduction will have
wider appeal than any attraction ever
offered at previous Buckeye exposi
tions.
STATE FAIR PREMIUMS
SET NEW HIGH MARK
In
premiums alone the Ohio State
Ffclr this year will pay out the record
amount of $84,574.50, an increase of
$16,900 over last year's high sum.
The largest allotment is to the cattle
department, which is to receive more
than $15,000. Among other division
of the mpney are: Speed, $11,500
horses, $7,265 night horse show, $5
460 swine, $7,307 sheep, $6,577. The
better the premiums the better the
exhibits, it is declared.
While the premium money in prao
tieally every department has been In
oreased, there has been no advance In
the fee for admission to the ground*
$1,000 FOR CITY GARDENERS.
Ohio cities with more than 5,000
population will compete for 88 prises,
amounting to $1,000, at the Ohio State
Fair, the last week in August. Pre
miums will be awarded in three
classes: For the best school exhibit,
the best group or company exhibit,
and the best individual display. This
competition, to encourage city garden
ing, was introduced at the fair last
year and proved highly successful. All
school children who contribute to the
exhibits from their gardens will re
ceive free admission tiokets to the
*mir.
JUBILEE 8INQER8 AT FAI-R.
One of the novel features of en
tertainment at the Ohio State Fair,
the laot week in August, will be the
presence on the grounds of a group
of colored Jubilee singers. They will
sing at various points of interest on
the grounds eaoh day of the exposi
tion. In addition to the singing, they
will provide instrumental music, much
el the jazz variety. This will be one
of the many iree attractions en tfe*
8tevenson Planned Much Work.
Considering Robert Louis Steven
son's short life, he wrote a great deal,
but he planned still more. A writer
who has been delving into his record
offers what he says Is a hitherto un
published list of "two novels and
tales," which Stevenson meant to
write, but never did. It runs thus:
The Indian Mutiny, Saranac Lake,
1888 Cannanmills, probably Saranac
Lake, 1888 The Rising Sun, at Sea
(Pacific), 1890 Dyce of Ythan, Samoa,
1892 The Shovels of Net won French,
Samoa, 1892 The Beach-Combers, Sa
moa, 1893 Sophia Scarlet, Samoa,
1893 The Owl, Samoa, 1893 Death in
the Pot, Samoa, 1893 The Sleeper
Awakened, Samoa, 1893.
Stevenson planned other work not
in the line of fiction. They were: A
Biography of the Duke of Wellington,
a Biography of Hazlitt, a history of
the Indian Mutiny, an English Gram
mar, to be illustrated from the Eng
lish Classics. He also began and, for
one reason or another, never complet
ed these stories:
The Great North Road, Bourne
mouth, 1884 The Young Chevalier,
1893 Heathercat, Samoa, 1893 The
Go-Between, Samoa, 1893 St. Ives,
Samoa, 18&4 Weir of Hermiston, Sa
moa, 1894.
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Mason Jars, 1 pint size 84c
Mason Jars, 1 quart size 89c
Ideal jars with glass tops, 1 pint
size $1.10
Ideal jars with glass tops, lquart
size .' $1.14
Star tin cans, a dozen 58c
Heavy, new stock jar rubbers, a
dozen 9c
Special Cold Pack jar rings 10c
Zubian sealing wax, red, a cake 5c
Sealing wax strings, a box :0c
Tin lids, a dozen 8c
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Aluminum Fruit Jar funnels 10c
Measuring spoons, a set 10c
Parowax 19c
These have all the features that
have made War Savings Stamps the
World's Best Investment, and none
of the inconveniences, because they
may be purchased in $100 and $1000
denominations, at a price during
August of $83.80 and $838, respect
ively, payable Jan. 1,1924 in gold.
FREE FROM TAXATION.
In addition to their undoubted se
curity for which the good faith of
the United States is pledged by act
of Congress, Treasury Saving Cer
tificates enjoy the same freedom
from taxation accorded to War Sav
ings Stamps, so that the return,
equal to 4.27 per cent, is absolutely
net.
PRICE IS GUARANTEED.
They cannot fall below the value
set forth on each one, increasing each
month, because the government will
$1.29
Beautiful Ohio State Fair Ground*
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Sealing wax ladles 17c Paper napkins, per 100 l:»c
Jar cap tighteners 10c
Preserve kettles 79, 82, 92, $1.19
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O'Cedar Mops 59 and $1.29
O'Cedar Oil, a bottle 13c
Ruby Gloss Polish, a bottle 23c
Garbage Cans $1,79 and $2.49
redeem them in cash any time on ten j=
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i i lie fair grounds at Columbus. The grounds were never more beau
ful i han this year, and afford an ideal place for an outing. During the past
)ear considerable money has been spent in improving the buildings and
grounds.
luarters
Stone jars, 1 to 6 gallon, a gallon .... 20c
Eight to 12 gallon, a gallon 22c
Fifteen to 20 gallon, a gallon 24c
Preserve jars, 1 and 2 gallon,
with lids, a gallon
One-pound butter crocks 9c
Two pound butters 11c
Three gallon stone churns $1.24
Five gallon stone churns $1.69
Soda straws, a box 39c
Paper picnic plates, a dozen fc
Paper ice cream plates, a dozen 4c
Sani paper spoons, a dozen 9c
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