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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at 326 Market Street,
Hamilton, Ohio.
Telephone 1296-X.
Endorsed by the Traflep aid Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown. O
THEN AND NOW
We suggest that the good boys of
the press go back to their editorials
during the period of the miners' and
steel workers' strikes of 1919, and re
print much that they wrote at that
time. Their advice was uniform in
one respect, and that w&s that it was
a crime to permit production to be
curtailed. It was the duty of the state
and federal governments to see that
the industries were kept going. The
strikers might have their grievances.,
but the "public" must not be left toj
suffer because of these grievances
Spring Footwear
of
Spirited Style
Styles That Are a Reflection of
"the Very Best Metropolitan
Fashions
Black & Brown Vici Kid
in Louis Heels at.. .$7.95
Brown Calf $6.85
Brown Kid $6.00
Brown Kid $7.95
Tan Calf Walking
Ox $7.50
We Give and Redeem Surety
Coupons
Clem Pater
421 So. Second St.
Keep the industries going, even if it
is necessary to use the polic® powers
of the state to guarantee their opera
tion. Such was the burden of their i
advice. We should like to see the
boysr reprint some of this stuff now.
It would make interesting reading.
Some 4,000,000 are unemployed. They
are not on strike. They have been
locked out of the plants by the own
ers. There are more men out of work
because of this lockout than were idle
in all the strikes of 1919. The dear
"public" certainly must be suffering
now, as it never suffered then. There
is more need for the advice to keep
the industries going now than there
was then. But the boys of the press
are silent. There is no demand on
their part that the state or federal
government should intervene to open
the plants and keep production going.
No tearful yawps appear in behalf of
a mystical "public." On the contrary,
the boys counsel Christian resignation
to the lock-out. The 4,000,000 must
not make any noise about it. The
boys are earning their salaries, and
none are more vociferous than they
in the claim that there is no such
thing as a "capitalist press." What
would we do without them?
STOP THE RENT LEAK
The average man of family has
probably paid cut enough money
his time to have built a dozen nice
homes, and all that he has to show for
that expenditure now is a bundle of
old rent receipts that wouldn't buy
loaf of bread if his family was starv
ing. There are times in one's life
when paying rent is a necessity, but
it should be of short duration. Every
man that is a real sure enough man
ought to have implanted into his very
nature the impulse to own his own
home, no matter how humble it may
be, and to take pride in improving it
and building it up, planting around
it tress and shrubs and flowers, and
then sitting under his own fig tree
at evening when the day's work is
done with that comfortable feeling
that he owns a bit of the earth and is
lord of his own castle. The man that
does not possess that desire is off
wrong somehow and has lost half that
akes life worth living. Better own
tent or a shack and be free of land
rdism than live in a mansion and
h-ive to devote one-fourth of your life
ctting the money for the rent
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ORGANIZED LABOR
Organized labor is raising the stand
:uds of workingmen by compelling
em to think rapidly and to speak
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Brown Kid Ox $5.25
Cuban or Military Heels in Kid
or Calfskin
early. The trade union movement
s developed a company of speakers
who are abundantly able to present
the cause of the toiler. This is con
tantly being demonstrated at the na
ional meetings of labor bodies, where
statesmanship of the highest order is
timanded and where some of the ad
resses would easily rank with the
best that are delivered in the confer
tnces and conventibns of other na
onal bodies.
Organized labor is raising tht
standards of workingmen by fighting
the battles of all the people. It
arrying with it even the lowest anc
iost degraded. Every victory wor
for the men and women at the top
eans a higher level for those lower
lown. While the trade unionist may
for a time belong to the aristocracy
labor, he soon makes of that aris
cracy a democracy for all.
to ta
THE "ONE MAN" CAR
Newark, Ohio, is adopting the one
man car system and here is what the
Newark Leader thinks of it:
Against the universal protest of the
patrons and the disgust of the over
worked "motorconductorman," or
whatever is the title of the expert
operator who runs the outfit, the Ohio
Electric started the conductorless car
service on last Sunday on the North
Kourth street line, and this was fol
ded a few days later adapting the
me plan on other lines throughout
he city. It is said this action is in
retaliation for the refusal of the men
to accept a wage reduction or to even
consider such a proposition before the
xpiration of their contract in Aug
u
t. Not being able to cut the wages
he higher-ups decided to get even
by reducing the working force to the
Kieat inconvenience and discomfort of
it* patrons. It is a question as to
whether this backward step will pay in
the long run.
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Congress convened Monday and the
wind-jamming is now on. The last
congress only talked daylight saving
and
league of nations with nothing
doing, and prospects are that the
present congress will talk peace and
taxation with nothing done at the
end. Well, we'll have to suffer it
through.
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HELP THE IRISH!
Witt the exception perhaps of tht
Jews and the Indians, no civilized peo
ple ha3 ever been subjected to more
horrible outrages than the Irish na
tion. The criminal devastating and
incessant warfare conducted by Lloyd
George's administration against Ire
land, with much less regard for the
laws of war than were ever shown
even'by the German Raiser in Belgium,
is a disgrace to the world and shames
the best men among the British
themselves. The so-called reprisals,
the indiscriminate destruction and
burning of the Irish houses, the pro
miscuous shooting of the crown forces
have a parallel only in the anti-Jew
ish program at their worst. Every
civilized people must come to the re
cue of the Irish, and labor, knowim
the pangs of oppression, will readily
and whole-heartedly answer the call
of the American committee for relief
in Ireland, which is now engaged in a
drive for funds to help the Irish peo
ple, to relieve the distress of the help
less women and children, irrespective
of religious or political opinion, or of
the geographical location of the areas
involved. Every Tftbor organization,
every workingman' and woman will
appreciate this opportunity to reliev
the sufferings of a people who show
an example to the world of a brave
courageous and self-sacrificing strug
gle for their rights and liberties.
THE UNORGANIZED
Unorganized workers have no voice
in fixing the terms of their labor
They have two alternatives: Accept
the terms laid down by organized em
ployers or get along as best they can
In our time, we are not called upon
to deal with individual employers
Industry is so developed and wealth
so concentrated that we are confront
ed in nearly every avenue of employ
ment with the associated interests of
the employers.
Workmen as individuals in our day
are as much at the mercy of the em
ployers as is the rudderless ship at
the mercy of the waves.
The labor movement, however, con
fronts each new economic situation
as it arises, ready to give succor to
the weak and defenseless and ready
to speak for them with the voice of
organized power.
Labor is defenseless, is weak, has
no voice only so long as it chooses
to, remain in that condition. The la
bor movement is open to every man
and woman who works with hand or
brain. It recognizes no aristocracy
among the toiling masses. Born of
a common interest, it welcomes all
on terms of equality. Its strength is
limited only by the strength of the
men and women who compose it.
All the economic advantages which
unorganized workers enjoy is a mere
reflex of the activity of the men and
women of the labor movement.
The standards of hours, the rate of
pay, the working conditions—all are
graduated from the trade agreements
prevailing in the organized trades
The man or woman, then, who holds
aloof from the union of his or her
craft, while accepting the benefits
which accrue from that organization
is not only taking something for which
no service is rendered, but is check
ing a movement which can give great
er benefit to all in the trade were all
engaged in the trade a part of it
Unorganized workers gain every
thing and lose nothing by attaching
themselves to the trade union move
men.t By remaining unorganized
they retard their own development as
freemen and check the progress to a
better life of all who labor.
J* Jfe to to I*
Well, how do you like the change
since you are getting it? How do you
like the idea of Governor Davis and
his gang reorganizing the state and
telling you to go to Gehenna if you
don't like it? That's what it means
when they tack the emergency clause
to everything that they know the vot
ers of the state won't approve, and
thereby depriving them of the right
of the referendum. And you
pretty safely bet that it is going to
stick when it gets into court. My
but what a reckoning the governor is
piling up for himself and the republi
can party in November, 1922. Gov
ernor Davis is going beyond all that
the democrats could wish for.
I* to to to
The enterprising spirit of the Moose
lodge would be a good example to the
county commissioners. The Moose de
cided two weeks ago to build a $125,
000 auditorium and are already creak
ing groun^ for the same. The people
of Butler county in November voted
the commissioners authority to builn
bridge near Coke Otto. This was
nearly six months ago, and the pla
Ihaven't even been prepared yet for
the bridge.
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS"
PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
This Is the Bird who Writes the
Stuff you see In Editors' waste paper
baskets. He slings a Nasty lJen and
scribbles Mean Unsigned Letters about
Folks for the Paper, but they never
see print. His name is "Anonymous
but that isn't what the Editor calls
him.
HOW ABOUT THE BAND CON
CERTS?
Will the people of Hamilton get to I
enjoy the band concerts this summmer
that were the source of so much pleas
ure last year? It was due to
American Legion that we enjoyed
Deprive labor of the right to quitl
work and you have destroyed itsl
power of resistance totally. Behind I
the government of the world are the
armies and the navies. Behind the|
laws for their internal government k
the force of chief executives. Be
hind the organization of the masters!
in industry is the lockout. To tabor I
all force is hateful. It appeals, there
fore, to reason, to justice and right
but to surrender the right to strike is I
to surrender its power to resist the
tyranny of its oppressors.
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We certainly should take our hats
off to the police department for the
fine work they did in the Pappas and
Mau cases. Now if Grevey and Striek
er's men can just ferret out the rea
son why the county commissioners
wanted to pay $28,000 for a job that
is going to be done for $4,300 we'll
have to admit that there isn't a police
department in the world that has it
on our* local sleuths. And this isn't
meant to cast reflections on the county
commissioners—we are only wonder
ing who the other fellow is!
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The union label enlists the unions,
their members and friends in the com
bined interests of the fair employer
and his employes.
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REVISE HIGH WAGE
CLAIM
Worcester, Mass.—^Carpet manufact
urers have revised their story thajt
the weekly wage of striking em-l
ployes is $80. Secretary McGee," of I
the Manufacturers' Association, nowl
acknowledges that the figures are!
somewhat excessive and lops off $26
a week, but insists that the wage is
$54 a week. The strikers reply thatl
McGee's next statement will be near
er the truth as their actual average
for a 48-hour week is just over $40.
The strikers are resisting a 25 per|
cent wage reduction.
Two Pairs
Of Glasses
If you are dependent upon
glasses at all times it would
be of advantage to you to
have an extra pair in case
your present ones become
broken.
We can duplicate your pres
ent glasses in the latest type
of mountings, no matter
where they were made, and
we will be glad to assist you
in selecting the mountings
best suited to your need
Schipper
JEWELRY AND OPTICAL CO.
156 HIGH ST.
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the
concerts last year, as they wer? con-|
ducted under its auspices. Wonder if
the soldier boys will put it over again
this year? If this organization does
not care to take it up, how about the
chamber of commerce or the Retail
Merchants' Association taking this
matter up for this summer? Nothing
gives more pleasure to all the people
and nothing is more appreciated than|
these free concerts.
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LABORS RIGHT TO QUIT WORKl
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Before. These are the prices:
IMPUDENT SHOWN
To Labor By Eastern Col
lege
Boston.—The graduate school of
business administration, Harvard Uni
versity, has issued what it declares to
be "probably the first dictionary of
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SWAT THAT FLY!
Common Doors, complete, 3x7 .2-8x8 2-10x8 ....$2.79
Fancy Doors, complete, 2-8x6-8 2-8x6-10 3x7 2-10x7 ../. „..$3.69
Extra Fancy Door, complete, 2-8x6-8 2-8x6-10 2-10x7 3x7 ...-. $3.89
Extra Fancy Door, complete, 2-8x8 2-10x8 3x8 $4.10
Fancy Cross Panel Door, 2-8x6-8 2-10x6-10 2-10x7 3x7 .\ $5.19
Fancy Cross Panel Door, 2-8x8 2-10x8 $5.49
Panel Doors—Opal Screen, 2-10x6-10 2-10x7 3x7 $5.69
Panel Doors—Opal Screen, 2-10x8 2-8x8 $5.89
EASY-SLIDE SCREEN WINDOWS AT
12 33 39c 18 33 59c 24 33 72c 27 37 75c 28 33 84c
28x37 98c 30x33.. 87c 30 42 ....$1.00
RUBBER HOSE—EVERY FOOT GUARANTEED
-ply, V2-inch? per ft., 13c 50-ft. roll, $5.95. 7 ply
These are the colors—Flat Yellow—Light Oak—Dark Oak— Walnut Blood
Cherrv—Green—Mahogany and Natural Varnish
New York Racket Stores
BUTLER COUNTY'S GREATEST VARIETY STORES
No. 20 South Third St., Hamilton 226 Broadway, Middletown, 0
labor terms as used by organized la
bor ever published."
The dictionary gives this definition
of the "open shop":
"A plant in which both union and
non-union labor is employed without
discrimination."
The dictionary ignores repeated
declarations by organized labor that
the "open shop" term is a tricky de
vice used by anti-union employers in
STRAUSS' TIMELY
REMODELING SALE
AN UNUSUAL SELLING EVENT
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Men*s and Young Men's Spring
Suits at Big Reductions
The nobbiest of Hart Schaffner and Marx, Quality, High Art
and other fine suits are included in these price cuttings. Fine
patternings and colors in all the better materials in single and
double breasted models.
$17.50
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Do not wait until your house is full of flies
to put up your screens. Keep them out in the
beginning and you will be troubled very little
the balance of the season. We have just land
ed a carload of screen doors and windows
which we offer to you at very special prices^-
Qommon Doors, complete, 2-6x6-6 2-8x6-8
2-8x6-10 2-10x7 $2.59
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roll, $6.65. 5-ply, %-lnch, per foot, 14c. 50-foot roll, $7.89. 7-ply, %-inch, 19c ft.
50 foot roll, $8.69.
LAWN MOWERS
14-inch plain bearing, 4 blade Success....$ 9.74
16-inch ball bearing, 4 blade Pennant ....$11.98
16-inch ball bearing, 4 blade Federal $10.89^
We Have Never Sold So Much Poultry Netting
One-inch mesh
9c, 12c, 15c, 19c, 21c and 28c per yard
Two-inch mesh
.. .4c, 5c, 7c, 8c, 10c, 12c, 15c and 18c per yard
1500 (Jallons of New, Fresh Paint just received—Come in and save money on
your painting
We have a Full Stock of TILE-LIKE on hand. You know Tile-Like is better
and cheaper. These are the prices:
Vo-Pints 34c Pints 54c Quarts 94c
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collective bargaining and the right of
employes to be represented by persons
of their own choosing. The claim
that organized iabor accepts the "open
shop" term is impudent.
The authors of the dictionary, an
nounce that it is intended for the use
of employers "to enable them to se
cure a bettor understanding of the
point of view of their men."
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