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VOL. XX. No. 26.
OHIO INJUNCTION
JUDGE
Upset By Kentucky Judge in
Cincinnati Machinists'
Case
Cincinnati. Organized machinists
are calling attention to a decision by
Federal Judge Cochrane, of the Ken
tucky district, which ignores a deci
sion by Federal Judge Killets of the
Ohio district that has been advertised
fcy anti-trade union organizations as
Another weapon that can be used
Against labor.
Cincinnati machinists struck for
higher wages and the employers ask
ed Judge Cochrane to enjoin the ma
chinists on the ground that they were
violating the Sherman anti-trust law
because of an interference with inter
State commerce.
Judge Killets recently issued an in
junction on this ground when a
southern selling agency of the Over
land automobile company, Toledo, ask
ed him to enjoin striking employes at
that plant because the agency could
cot have its orders filled and this,
therefore, was an "interference with
interstate commerce."
The Cincinnati employers had the
Killets decision in mind and asked
Leathers
DARK BROWN
MEDIUM TAN
BLACK KID
GUNMETAL
sS&t.
Are you one of these
"hard boiled" value seek
ers If you're from Mis
souri and want to be
shown—you are just the
fellow we are looking for
—these are just the
shoes you are looking for
Judge Cochrane to follow that prece
dent.
Attorneys for the machinists coun
tered heavily by showing that when
the United States supreme court sot
aside the child labor act, that denied
interstate shipment of goods made
in plants where children under a cer
tain age were employed, the highest
court held that the regulation of in
terstate commerce which congress con
enforce, has nothing to do with the
manufacture or production of goods.
Judge Killets made no distinction
between the manufacture of goods
and the regulation of commerce. The
United States supreme court made
this distinction and so did Judge Coch
rane.
As a result the Cincinnati employ
ers did not get their injunction.
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DRESSMAKERS STRIKE
Boston.—Dressmakers in this city
asked for higher wages and were re-j
buffed by employers. These employ.',
are now on strike and are being aide.'.!
by the International Ladies' Garment P°ints
Workers' Union.
ri
BUTCHERS REDUCE HOURS
wages. The parties negotiated .for i
three weeks before they reached
Most For The Money
&nator
uation.
er^*es
over a
a n
i the
I
Every pair
brand new.
All sizes,
5 to 12
A to EE
All Goodyear Welted Soles
With or Without Rubber Heels
FIT-RITE
SHOE STORE
21S
SOUTH THIRD ST.
Opposite Palace Theatre
s
Plumb Plan Permits Every
STYLES
STRAIGHT LASTS
ENGLISH LASTS
ARMY LASTS
MEDIUM TOE LASTS
Employee Or Official, To Share
In Gains Of His Own Industry
MAN ALIVE!
Look at these shoes.
You cannot get betl
fitting or better looking
shoes, no matter wh ti
you pay. Try on a pair.
o o a e a s
their middle name!
Glen E. Plumb, author of the Plumb if not in technical, the employes
Hardine on the railroad si-
He defends his plan a:u
oat how the
republican eandi
date for president misrepresents it.
Senator Harding declared that the
"Plumb plan proposes that the govern-
the railroads and then turn thc
ness."
Chicago.—South Chicago butchers!,., .. atmg a railroad is possessed by the compensation to boards composed
have reduced hours and increased
pr"
BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
PLUMB TAKES ISSUE WITH HARDING
OUT HOW REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MISREPRESENTS IT
Senator Harding Would Continue
The Present Capitalistic Soviet
Control Of The Railway
nan,
plan for the operation of the Amcr: i "would fix their own compensation. In- trustworthy to be ei trusted with au
can railroads, again takes issue with
stea(*
°f owning the railroad stocks as thority and responsibility for this
at pi'esent the stockholders
wouU
I ment sell bonds to raise money to buy That interest in ope.-S have, in our plan, left the fixing of
commission on which own so large a portion of railroad se-! giving to managing officials a doub!
i i i i i i i i- O i A i i 1
'ailroad employes would have a curities? Experience in an industry interest in the savings so that thert
agreement. 'dominating voice. Ir. practical effect acquired only by personal participa- could be no combination between of-, suit of such a policy is the condition
1 t-ion in the piocesses o.f that industry, ficials and employes that would not under which railroads are operated
Ability is deinonstrated only through militate against the self interest of today.
experience. the officials.
insurance officials and such who haw
invested money in railroad stocks and
securities, but they have not acquired
that experience in railway operations
4,The
of railway service is a matter of tech
nical skill, knowledge and ability
These qualities are found only in men
o have devoted their lives to actun
it eration, or to a technical study cf
ii .» results of past operations.
Experience of Labor
sential service to the public.
draw interest, without giving the gov I Afraid of Labor
eminent of their experience and abU-j "Mr. Harding charges that the prac
ity in the management of the busi-
i
i
widows and orphans who, it is alleged, equally of managers and employes,
Present Owners Have No Experience This is a detail of the plan ami
There are many lawyers, bankers, not a principle, and if in the provl-
which would entitle them to qualify as modification which protects the putlic
able or skillful railway operatoi's. against such a privilege without eon-
holdei-s of railway bonds which ferring upon the public a like privi
constitute the great majojvity of in- lc^e of arbitrarily fixing the.aount
vestments in railways, totaling ov«i
"The two million men employed cn
railroads have devoted their lives
this service. The twenty thousan
erating officials have proven thei:
ility by a lifetime of experience, and
this group of men is found all the
:hnical knowledge, experience, abil
and skill which the entire nation
possesses. It is to these men we have
intrusted the authority for directing
ilway operations and responsibility
exercising it.
"If the present condition of the
railroads is due to the 'experience and
This sale cannot be compared to a Reduction Sale, End of Season Sale, or Removal Sale, vhere they offer unsaleable goods or goods made special for such sales here you have pick of all of
our new Fall Goods.
THIS SALE IS SIMILAR TQ A SHERIFF'S SALE, OR ASSIGNEE SALE, the object being to dispose of all the merchandise on hand l»y a certain period, even at a great sacrifice our
time limit is January 31st.
ability in railway operations. tion of their administration at twuv
"As a matter of fact the production I the rate of dividend allowed to the
WE DON'T RELY ON THE ADVERTISEMENTS TO SELL OUR GOODS—THE RIDICULOUS PRICES WILL DO THAT. THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE ONLY TO INFORM
YOU OF THE SALE.
Henry Ford reduced his prices 31 per cent, but he expects to* continue business and make some profit, but we know that we will not only lose the profit but part of the cost as well.
THIS SELLING OUT SALE is not our wish—it is forced upon us business has more than doubled and tripled itself in the last two years—but we are compelled to have a large, desirable
store to carry on, and our store has been leased toothers, and we know of no other suitable location.
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1920 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
ability' of the security owners' to
whom we have heretofore entrusted
the management of the business, sure
ly wo have received an object lesson
sufficiently convincing to warrant our
reclaiming that trust and conferring
it upon those men who through their
lives have demonstrated by their ex
perience and ability that they an*
this plan would be thin­
the employes would fix their own
I compensation. This is not a privilege
In answer tD which Mr. Plumb asks: which we would care to exercise. Ye
sions of this detail there is conferred
upon the employes a privilege which
they could exercise against the pubHc
welfare, we will gladly accept aru I
0f
compensation.
eleven and one-half billion dollars, Incentive Stimulated
would maintain the same status under "Senator Harding says: 'The nev
this Plumb plan that they enjoy today management would have no specud
'ii today they have no voice in the incentive to make the roads efficient.'!
management of the property, for they Yet, under the Plumb plan we ghe
.ire not supposed to have experience or
to
IT AND
i
railway management a participa-
classified employes. The provision in
the Plumb plan is 'every official em
ploye receiving twice the rate of divi
dend that is given to the classifie 1
employes.'
"What incentive has management
today to promote the efficiency of the
railways? Under the Cummins-Es^h
Public Now Pays
erament under the Plumb plan would
call upon the public to pay the in
creased cost of operation in the form
of taxes, and to that extent would
confiscate one man's property for
another man's benefit.'
"That is exactly what the Cummins
Esch law did for the first six months
of private operation. It is exactly
what the Plumb plan prevents doing
for all time, because under the Plumb
plan the cost of operation must be met
by rates and not out of the public
treasury.
"If rates are to be fixed at a level
which meets the cost of operation,
there cannot be deficits to be paid out
of the public treasury except in times
of peculiar stress, such as the late war
when the demands of the government
for transportation might have so
added to the cost which the rates were
intended to cover, that a deficit might
ensue. But that would be an extra
ordinary situation, and would be a
deficit due to government serves
which then, as now, might justifiably
be paid out of the public treasury.
Service Now Controls
"Mr. Harding would continue the
present capitalistic soviet control of
the railway industry, which deprives
both officials and employes of any in
centive for increased efficiency
law they cannot benefit personally own industry as a reward for honest
through increased efficiency. The/
are selected by a vote of the stock
holders, and to the stockholders go
all the profits which their efficiency
produces in excess of the salary paid those which
them. Under labor's plan they t" 1 earned.
ceive individually, year after year, a
reward measured by their efficiency
as a special incentive to them to make
the roads efficient.
"Senator Harding says: 'The gov
"Under the Cummins-Esch law,
neither labor nor management can
honestly obtain any participation for
themselves in the gains of their own
efficiency, except through enforced in
creases of wages and salaries, and tins
law denies them the power to enforce
such demands.
"Under the Plumb plan they may
enjoy honestly and openly the rewards
which come from increased efficiency
without increasing either wages or
salaries, and therefore demands fcr
wage and salary increase is elim
nated.
The Cummins-Esch law denies to
the men who render the service the
right to honestly and openly partici
pate in the savings which their labor
creates, and provides no penalty what
soever for management or employes
who obtain any additional reward
through methods that are notoriously
dishonest and corrupt.
"The Plumb plan permits every
man, whether employe or an official,
to honestly share in the gains of h»s
service. It removes the incentive foi
dishonesty and provides a proper pun
ishment for those who obtain, directly
or indirectly, any profits other than
they have honestly
PLUMBERS RAISE WAGES
Indianapolis.—A wage rate of $1.?5
an hour has been established by organ
ized plumbers.
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denying them a participation in tht.
rewards which that efficiency create?.
The condition he describes as the rc-
5
PROFITEERS
_PROTECTFD
Shown in Campaign Of
Workers Against Gov.
Allen
Topeka, Kan.—In their campaign
against the re-election of Governor
Allen organized workers and farmers
are showing how this official protect*
ed profiteers, while urging the "eant
strike" law.
When this legislation was under
consideration Allen secured the re
jection of an amendment that wou'd
reach the profiteers. Later an anti
profiteer bill was adopted by the
house, but the Allen influence killed
it in the senate.
"We are curious to know," says
the workers, "why Governor Allon'3
regular and special session of the
legislature did not see fit to pass
some sort of legislation which would
regulate the price to the consumer of
manufactured products."
Kansas trade unionists understand
why Allen is praised by every gouger
and monopolist in the land. He has
given these extortionists a free hand
in this state, while making it a crim
inal offense for workers to strike.
AID ASKED FOR
For Denver Striking Street
Car Men
Denver.—In a plea for financial as
sistance in behalf of striking street
car men, officers of the trades and la
bor assembly say:
"The entire executive board of the
union, including President Harry Sil
berg, were recently sentenced to 90
days in jail for alleged 'contempt of
court' in that they disobeyed an order
from the court when told not to strike.
After serving 34 days of this sen
tence, they were released under $1,000
bond to have the sentence reviewed
Should the denial of the right to ceane
work, the right to strike, be sustained
by the higher courts, labor unions will
be throttled and our constitutional de
claration against 'involuntary servi
tude' become a farce."
The strikers have offered to leave
every question to an impartial board.
The only exception they make is that
they return to work in a body. In
rejecting this offer the company said
employes must return as individuals.
Imported thugs have killed and
wounded more than 100 persons in
riots and have killed and injured
another 100 in street car wrecks, but
this slaughter has been ignored by a
special grand jury that has indicted
four trade unionists for "attempting"
to incite riots.