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VOL. XX. No. 27.
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LABOR*S_VICTORBES
Cannot Be Listed By Per
centage, Debits and
Credits
Labor's victories can not be listed
by
percentages or debits and credits.
It is impossible to point to labor's
"high water" mark in any period.
Labor's wage grains, its reduction of
t3ie hours of work, its betterment of
conditions can all be recorded, as can
legislation of benefit to the workers.
But there is something beyond these
that cannot be "tabbed," filed or card
indexed.
The velocity of a 16-inch shell, roar
ing from the side of a battleship, can
be measured with accuracy, but the
power of an ideal is beyoi.d computa
tion.
The development of the human min 1
cannot be valued by mathematical
experts, adding machines or financial
wizards.
The soul of labor! The aspirations
for a higher and fuller life!
Every victory by the workers in
flames this spirit and creates a more
wholesome unrest in those who would
make "life, liberty and the pursuit of
h&ppiness" a reality.
In all ages reaction's endeavor has
been to kill this spirit, to discourage
unity, destroy aspiration, chill hope
and replace confidence in one's self
Selling Out Price
with the deadening philosophy of de
pendence.
Labor's non-partisan political policy
in this campaign has awakened labor
to an unexpected degree.
The soul of labor has been Btirred
is never before.
It has ignored the cuckoo cry of re
action's defenders and pleaders that
"Gompers is trying to deliver the la
bor vote."
Labor has won many victories in the
present campaign, and will win more
on November 2 next.
It has won its fight for non-parti
sanship, after 40 years of effort, and
has destroyed the intolerance of party
worship that was capitalized by spe
cial privilege.
But its greatest victory has been
the awakening of the soul of labor—
the wider acceptance among wage
earners that in no economic or politi
cal institution shall the voice and
presence of labor be denied.
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$16.45 Boys' Mackinaws, sizes 9 to 16 $9.99
$1:00 Blue Shop Aprons 64c
$1.00 Boys' Blue Stripe Overalls 54c
$1»35 Men's Ribbed Shirts or Drawers 84c
451.50 Men's Fleeced Shirts or Drawers 84c
$2.60 Men's Fleeced Union Suits ,...$1.74
$2.00 Men's Heavy Ribbed Union Suits $1.14
$3.00 Flannel Shirts, Grey or Blue ....$1.94
$4.00 Flannel Shirts, all colors ....,...$2.64
$5.00 Flannel Shirts, all colors ..$2.84
$4.25 Men's Khaki Coveralls $2.64
$3.00 Men's Grey Worsted Union Suits .....$1.94
$3.50 Men's Health Rib Union Suits ....................$2.24
$3.50 Vetoes Back Union Suits $2.24
$2.00 High Rock Shirts or Drawers $1.24
$2.00 Boys' Fleece Lined Union Suits ......$1.24
$2.00 Boys' Ribbed Union Suits $1.24
$2.00 Men's Cambric Night Shirts $1.64
$3.00 Men's Flannelette Night Shirts $2.14
$3.50 Men's Flannelette Night Shirts $2.34
$2.64
$4.00 Men's Flannelette Pajamas
$2.50 Cracker Jack Blue Work Shirts ..........$1.54
$2.00 Blue Polka Dot Work Shirts $1.14
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FOUR LONG YEARS
Id to
BUILDING TRADES
GAIN
Raleigh, N. C.—Practically every
building craft union here has secured
a new contract which calls for im
proved working conditions.
Yonkers, N. Y.—Wages of building
craftsmen in this county have been
We must sell out or get
kicked out by Jan. 31st
THIS IS OVERCOAT and SUIT WEEK.
EXTRA! EXTRA! Your unrestricted choice of any Suit or Overcoat in tHfe house
ONE LOT MEN'S SUITS AiND OVERCOATS—Odds and Ends
Your Choice
$24.45 SUITS OR OVERCOATS—
Selling Out Price ...........
$29.85 SUITS OR OVERCOATS—
Silling Out Price
$33.45 SUITS OR OVERCOATS—
^S^iACKINAWS igg
$12.45 Men's Mackinaws ..,............................$7.99
$14.45 Men's Mackinaws ............................-.$8.99
$16 45 Men's Mackinaws ... .$9.99
$19.85 Men's Mackinaws ...................... ..,...,....S11.99
Sizes 3 to 8 only .$4.99
Gigantic Reductions In Furnishings
We haven't anything up pur sleeve, there is no mystery abort it, we are selling out—that is as simple as A, B, C,
COUNTRY MUST PASS THROUGH IF SENATOR
ELECTED IN NOVEMBER. SAYS PRESIDENT
Washington, D. G.—-"America can
i.ot afford to pass through four years
reaction," is the declaration of
Samuei Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, in the
leading article of the American Feder
ii'ionist for November. The article
describes Senator Harding as "for re
action in relation to every great issue
odav" and declares that "Governor
Cox, on all of these tremendous issues,
ib for progress." The article in full
follows:
By Samuel Gompers
If Reaction Wins in Coming Election
What Pledge is Revoked—Made
Into Another Scrap of Paper
The time approaches rapidly when
advanced $1 a day following confer
ences between representatives of these 1 toe voters of the United States will I country.
workers and contractors. have to record their decision concern-' America has many times recorded
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$ 8.97 Boys' Suits, selling out price $6.99
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$11.47 Boys' Suits, selling out price ..................$8.99
$12.97 Boys' Suits, selling out price $9.99
EXTRA! EXTRA!
CHOICE ANY BOYS' SUIT
IN THE HOUSE
RED TRUNK
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1920
Says America, in Great War, Gave
To World Solemn Pledge of
Loyalty and Devotion to
Democracy and Liberty
ng the kind of government the nation
is to have during the next four years.
This means that the voters will have
to decide what kind of government the
people are to have. There are many
issues in the campaign that are lead
irg swiftly to the day of decision, but
all of the issues lead up to and merge
into one great issue:
Is America to go forward, or is it
to go backward?
This great issue reaches into every
American home, into every American
workshop, into every activity of men
and women throughout our great
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$37.99
$2.50 Black Sateen Work Shirts
$2.00 Light Blue Work Shirts
$2.50 Black and White Stripe Work Shirts $1.54
$2.25 Blue Work Shirts, dark colors $1.44
SI.00 Men's Fancy Wool Sox .. .84c
$1.00 Men's Black Cashmere Wool Sox ........49c
$1.00 Light Grey Cashmere Wool Sox..,...,. ......49c
$1.00 Heavy Wool Yarn Sox .........................54c
$2.00 Men's and Boys' Grey Sweaters 84c
$3.00 Men's and Boys' Dark Sweaters $1.44
$4.00 Men's and Boys' Worsted Sweaters $1.84
$6.00 Men's and Boys' Wool Worsted Sweaters $3.84
$6.50 Men's Wool Jerseys $4.44
$3.50 Men's Wool Jersey, fancy trimmed $1.64
35c Men's and Boys' Jersey Work Gloves 21c
50c Star Canvas Gauntlets 29c
fl.50 Boys' Black Sateen Waists....... 84c
$3.00 Men's Dress Shirts ......................... .$1.74
$3.50 Men's Dress Shirts $2.24
$4.50 Men's Dress Shirts $2.74
$1.50 Men's Nainsook Athletic Union Suits............. 84c
$1.50 Men's Summer Ribbed Union Suits ...~.69c
$1.50 Boys' White Ribbed Union Suits 74c
$13.99
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$17 99
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its decision on the issue of reaction
against progress. Sometimes the de
cision has been to favor reaction
more often it has been to favor pro
gress.
But in no hour of American history
has the decision been of such over
whelming moment. At 110 hour has it
me~.nt so much to every man and wo
man and child.
The fight in this hour is the culmi
nation of many fights, the apex of a
great struggle through which we have
been fighting, step by step, losing a
little now and then, but gaining in the
aggregate.
On no single one of the great issues
that contribute to the significance of
this hour has Senator Harding taken
a "tand for progress. He is surely uni
formly, unfailingly and completely or.
the side of reaction!
On the question of the League of
Nations, including the groat labor cov
enant, Senator Harding is for reaction
On the many-sided question of labor
legislation and labor's aspirations,
Senator Harding is for reaction.
On the question of the high cost of
living, Senator Harding is for reac
tion.
On the question of. our Delations
with the Republic of Meicico, Senator
Harding is for reaction.
On the question of the relation of
the courts to the struggle for human
advancement, Senator Harding is for
.eaction.
On the great and grave questions
growing out of the relationship of em
pin* ers and workers, Senator Harding
is for reaction.
And not only is Senator Harding for
reaction in relation to every great is
sue today, but his present position
rests upon a background and a rec
ord of reaction.
Governor Cox, on all of these tre
mendous issues, is for progi'ess. And
not only is he for progress today, but
his present position is built upon a
record of progressive work in his state
and in the national capital.
These statements rest upon the rec
ords of both candidates as compiled
by the American Federation of Labor.:
and they are an accurate summary of
what is found in those records. i
America cannot afford to pass:
through four years of reaction. The
great masses of our people cannot
afford it. They cannot afford to,
doom themselves to yesterday!
Senator Harding condensed his own
platform into a classic expression of
three words, properly accepted by the
people as authentic, when he declared
himself in favor of "Back to nor
malcy."
Better than the Chicago platform,
",hich is an epic of reaction, this brief
nhrase states the position of Senator
Harding. Better than the tiresome
efforts of the platform to make reac-1
tion seem attractive, is this short de
claration from the front porch.
Senator Harding wants to go "back"
and back to a "normalcy" defined in
the terms of profiteers, anti-labor
employers and great interests whose
plundering is always curbed by pro
gross.
It is said by superficial historians
arid by some politicians that reaction
follows every war. Senator Harding
ln-pes that reaction may come in the
.v"ke of the great world war.
1 he great world war was fought for
Progress, and in that most important
particular it was different from most
wars. The heart and soul of the
cause which was the stake in the war
was progress—democracy, freedom,
1'berty!
The war was won, but the Soul of
the victory would be lost if reaction
were to win in the election. The war
w.is won for human progress, for a
iettor, freer, more democratic world.
ir that the army went over-seas,
for that men sacrificed, fought and
di*»d.
No land has ever witnessed greater
political effrontery, more audacious
and heartless political mockery.than
ne cry of Senator Harding for a pol
icy of "Back to normalcy" on the
heels of the great crusade against
autocracy and reaction everywhere.
i It is the crowning achievement of a
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THE
REACTION
political cynicism that has never lost
hooe of restoring industrial slavery
and revoking political freedom!
There is the political situation. It
demands the attention of every
Ar-.erican man and woman. The eter
nal yearning of manhood and woman
mod for free expression, for better,
higher life, for a nobler world, is ever
in conflict with reaction. In every
cave where it recognizes the threat
of reaction it conquers reaction.
It reaction wins in November that
ledge is revoked—made into another
.'«cv .p of paper.
Let there be no misunderstanding.
When Senator Harding says ''I am for
i.'.oiMg back," he means BACK, and not
any o'her place. To go back is to re
torn to what has passed, or to try to
retu.n t.o it. The interpretation is not
debatable. There is only one interpre
tation. Senator Harding v.ants, to go!
Ii V K and he makes plain .his'desire,
The threat of reaction is over the mantis of packing house employes.
land today. It is brazen and bold. It It was shown that outside parties
leavcs no doubt as to what it means.! pny for steam fitting, for instance,
11. means oppressive laws, restrictive $] an hour for eight hours and dou
ersures wherever the hand of gov-! bio pay for overtime. For the ordi«
emment reaches, an open door to nary eight-hour day they pay $30 a
those who live only by exploitation, day for three mechanics. The pack
a ,»od strength to those employers to ers, however, have the same work
whom workers are merely numbers done by employing one journeyman at
and 'hand.-:," and a general lowering the rate of $(J a day. and two helpers
of our national standards of honor, qualified to do this particular class of
liberty and humanity. i work, although not thoroughly trained
In the great war America gave to mechanics, to whom they pay 00 cents
the world a solemn vow of progress. u i-eur, or $4.SO a day. This means
a pledge of eternal loyalty and devo- j'that the packers save $14 a day on
tic ii to democracy and liberty. Above I the*e three men, in comparison with
all. she gave that pledge to herself, what practically all other industries
to the great masse
in her borders.
Vvhat has passed is history. The!
cti.elty and tho injustice and the un-J
freedom of the past are well gone.j
The battles of the past to win what we
i
h:tve today have be. n fought. We
hi.iit today for what, lies in the fa-1
tare, for more of freedom, more of the
richness of life. m»rt »f the fuli'il'men
of our hope? and aspirations, mere of
liheity, more of democracy, more
\o-ce in the shaping of our own lives' i .in eater freedom and a greater liu
aii'i our own destinies.' nianity!
I pon the banners of t-Odr.y there is Let the. dead past bury its dead!
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of the people with I have to pay.' As there are about
i 10.000 mechanical workers represent
ed in the hearing, this represents a
saving by he packers of about $47,900
a day. or *14,000,000 a year for their
mechanical craftsmen alone.
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CHITED STATIS
OOVEfcKMlMT
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
"ECONOMY"
Of Packers Applies to Work
ers, Says Alschuler
Chicago. —The well advertised
"•'••onoinAstern of meat packers ap
plies to workers, according to testi
ni'iiiy submitted to Judge Alschuler,
'acting as arbitrator in the wage de-
STEEL PUKES MAY JUMP
New'York. —There is no prospect of
cheaper steei, according to Judge
Gary, of lie United States steel cor
poration. who told a group of news
writers that increased freight rates
may make it necessary to advance
prices.
nah- one word "FORWARD."
that word be inscribed on every
baliA cast in America in November
Foiward, America!
Forward toward new things, for
vVf-.rd toward better things, forward
Vevnrd nobler deeds, forward toward
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