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^ILLITERACY DECLINES
Washington. Illiteracy in this
Hounlry is on thexdecline, according
to census bureau" returns from the
first three states in which 1920 enum
eration has been worked.
3 In Alabama, where the percentage
was 22.9 of the population over 10
years of age in 1910, the 1920 per
centage was 16.1. In Arkansas the
percentage dropped from 12.6 to 9.4,
and in Delaware ffrom 8.1 to 5.9.
Illiterate persons under the census
bureau tabulation inclose all those
unable to write.
In those states the percentage of
illiteracy in the rural districts was
greater than in the cities. In Dela
ware 17.3 per cent of foreign born
white persons were found illiterate
and only 2 per cent white of native
parentage.
PAINTERS MAKE GAINS
Toronto, Ontario.—Painters' Union
No. 151 has reached a wage agreement
with the Master Painters' Associa
tion. The 1920 rate is practically
agreed to.
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By
PERCY L, CROSBY
Copyright, by tt* McClurg Newaptper Syndicate
BABY WHIMPER
Sent Up By N. C. R. Plumb
ers in Response to
Wage Cut
About the cheapest thing ever
pulled off in the state of Ohio or in
the United States, yes—or in the whole
world, and we might add, the moat
nauseating thing, was the action
taken by the plumbers employed at
the National Cash Register Company
at Dayton, after being notified by the
company that their wages would be
reduced 10 per cent. Read the resolu
tions adopted by this belly-crawling
bunch, addressed to J. II. Patterson
and J. H. Barringer, and be thankful
that they are not members of organ
ized labor. Here it is:
"We, 100 per cent of the plumbing
depertment on duty this week (we
work alternate weeks), wish to thank
you for the past favors extended to
us as employes of the N. C. R. Co.
"While it is not human nature to
be joyful when wages are reduced
we wish to assure you of our utmost
confidence in the management, know
ing that many probiefns enter into th
successful operation of this business
of which we know nothing.
"We take this method of assuring
you that we will give you better ser
vice, be more careful of material and
do everything in our power to help
you and in that way help ourselves
We again express our utmost confi
dence in the management and any
thing they may do."
0/ all the cheap howls and wails
did you ever hear anything to liken
it? lliey practically admit in their
resolution that they have been shirk
ing on the job and promise to do mucl
better in the future. If as they say
they will work harder and save mater
ial under a 10 per cent cut, what
would they do if they were cut 20
per cent? Can you then blame the
bosses for reducing wages when their
men thank them for doing so?
Thank heavens we haven't that ca1
ibre of working men in Hamilton. We
have strikebreakers and scabs in
Hamilton, but even they wouldn't be
little themselves in a whining, whimp
ering stunt such as the N. C.
plumbers put on. We can't give a
scab or strikebreaker credit for the
least bit of manhood or for havin
good.
It is made of the
very highest quality materials, pure Lead and Zinc and
Linieed Oil shaded with pure pigments, pure Turpentine, Japan
being used as a drier, and ground together
as only the most modern
and scientific machinery can grind it.
When you paint your home give the contract to an unusually
Rood painter ana insist that he use Johnston's Unusually Good
Ready mixed Paints. This will insure you an unusually good job
at a price that will be unusually reasonable in the long run.
RALSTON PAINT CO.
108 N. Third St. Phone 426
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one drop of red American blood in his
veins, but at that we wouldn't put
him in the same category with the
N. C. R. plumbers. It wouldn't be
fair: that is—it wouldn't be fair to
the scaDS and strikebreakers.
If ever John H. Patterson had the
least respect for his plumbers, he
must have lost it when he read the
resolution adopted by them. For no
man can respect the man who loses
his own self-respect.
NO DIFFERENCE
Between Return to Normal
and Panics of Past, Say
Farmers
Washington.—Farmers are not im
pressed with manufacturers' claims
that values have depreciated, says
S. Barrett, president of the National
Farmers' Union and chairman of the
national board of farm organizations
The farmers have read, says Mr
Barrett, of enormous profits made
and when these corporations now point
to depreciated inventories, the farmer
cannot see where he is in the same
class, as he must operate his farm
as usual while the corporation stops
production at the first sign of indus
trial depression.
The farmers, says Mr. Barrett, can
see no difference between what cer
tain bankers call the return to nor
mal and the regular panics that have
been recognized as such in the past.
"In either case they see the effect
to be the same—the withholding of
credit, the suing for debt, the fore
closure of mortgage, and the loss of
their homes. The difference now is
that they firmly believe that depres
sion or panic is a man-made condition
They resent it from the bottom of
their hearts and are determined that if
they can help it there shall be no rep
etition."
Governor's Decision Surprise
Even to Coal Owners
Birmingham, Ala.—"If your decision
does not drive the miners into th:
union 100 per cent strong, nothing
will," said Van A. Bittner, represen
tative of the United Mine Workers
in a letter to Governor Kilby, on the
latter's settlement of the coal miners
strike in this state.
The strike has been waged for
many weeks, with the usual orgy of
thuggery and evictions by the coal
owners' gun men. The miners finally
agreed to refer the strike to the gov
ernor, and in his award that official
upheld the coal owners on every point
The decision is so biased that it sur
prised the coal owners—at least they
claim to be surprised.
"Governor Kilby's decision," said
Van Bitter, "should forever remove
from the minds of the people any false
hopes that they might have had. It
should cause them to see the light
and to know that there is only one
institution in the world that will bring
about decent living conditions in the
mines of Alabama, and that is the
United Mine Workers of America."
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POLICE AND WAGE
CUTS
San Juan, Porto Rico.—Island po
lice are adopting their usual bulldoz
ing methods against agricultural
workers who are resisting wage cuts
by the sugar corporations. Many
thousands of these workers are com
pelled to face the brutality and illegal
interference of police.
More than 15,000 tobacco workers
have resisted wage reductions for
three months and have convinced
employers of the futility of this move.
The factories are being opened with
former rates prevailing. Other
strikes of minor importance are being
waged against wage cuts.
AID EX-SERVTCE MEN
Washington.—The federal board for
vocational education declares that
every ex-service man who has had a
major amputation, or an obvious dis
ability with whom it has come in con
tact, has been awarded vocational
training. The government is ready,
when the man is ready, says the
board.
In order to give these men train
ing as early as possible training cen
tei's have been established in 130 dif
ferent hospitals, where more than
5,000 men are now being taught a
variety of subjects by nearly 400
teachers.
BUY A BUILDING BOND
THE BUTLER COUNTY PKESS.
RUN TOSEED
Has So-Called "Efficiency,"
Savs Editor
Would Return to Quaint
"Out-of-Date" Methods
Manchester, N. H.—"The doctrine,
or curse, or religion, of efficiency,
whichever you may prefer to call the
d—detestable thing, was at first a be
guiling novelty," writes Ralph D.
Paine, in the Manchester Union.
"It appealed to one as filling a long
felt want. It would do away with the
well-known American habit of waste
and helter-skelter and getting results
As if by magic, efficiency engineers,
experts and managers sprouted every
where after brief intensive training.
The silly idea that it took years to
learn to do anything well was shown
to be obsolete. A correspondence
course showed you how to stroll into
the executive offices of any corpora
tion and reorganize the plant from
top to bottom. All that was required
was a set of text books, a leather case
full of blue-prints and a snappy de
meanor. The process was known as
installing a system with a punch be
hind it.
"The methods of the blue-print, the
chart analysis, the snappy approach,
and the selling problem affected so
cial relations like the measles. The
churches fell ill of it, the colleges had
symptoms, and such parts of it as
could be made to fit were wished on
helpless babies. Strong men grew
thin and tightened their belts another
notch, because food was no longer a
square meal, but a sum in calories
pro-teids and vitamines. And still the
machinery ground out more efficiency
experts of 57 varieties. They bawled
at you from the magazines, prom is
ing to train your memory to remem
ber a million useless things that any
sane person is glad to forget. They
could make you such a superb sales
man that you could sell anybody any
thing they had no use for.
"And all the while American busi
ness was becoming more inefficient
This is really odd. Is it possible that
there could be anything wrong in the
methods of this multitude of experts
so primed with .pep, so unburdened
with any foolish handicaps as wis
dom and experience? Think it over
yourself.
"While in a train bound west not
long ago 1 met the sales manager of
a large corporation that makes ma
chine tools. He explained that he was
just visiting around the country
among the firm's customers, trying
to re-establish the quaint, out-of-date
relations of personal acquaintance
and mutual interest and courtesy, of
what used to be genuine service. He
was trying to sell nothing. His presi
dent had come to the conclusion that
something was wrong with the system
of blue prints and experts and pep
and punch."
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GOING BACK
New York Would Annul
Labor Laws
Albany, N. Y.—Trade unionists in
this state are arranging for a state
wide conference to combat the polit
ical agents of reaction in the state
legislation who would annul social
legislation.
One bill introduced by Senator
Knight would revive the payment of
wages in company script, and invali
date the eight-hour law in building
construction. Another section of the
bill permits women to work at "wet
grinding." The law now forbids wo
men and males under 18 from operat
ing any poiishing or buffing wheel.
Statistics show that many work
ers are frequently injured and contract
tuberculosis at "wet grinding," yet
the Knight bill provides that "females
more than 21 years of age may be
employed in operating such wheels
for wet grinding under conditions
specified by the industrial board."
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VIOLATE WOMEN'S
LAW
Kansas
City,
Mo.—Restaurant man­
agers, who employ unorganized work
ers, are violating the 54-hour law of
this 3tate. In many places hours
have been lengthened to 60 and 70
hours a week, and an average wage
of $12 a week has been cut to $7.50
and $8. Trade unionists are aiding
the victimized women, and are also
calling attention to the value of trade
union action, rather than depend on
some official of the state to guarantee
them
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A BRAZEN JUDGE
New York.—Justice Van Siclen ha^
declared that the courts "must stand
at all times as the representatives
of
capital, of captains of industry, de
voted to the principle of
individual
initiative," and the New York Worhi
asks this dispenser of justice what
would prevent another judge from
de­
claring in favor of organized labor.
Perhaps it did not occur to Justice
Van Siclen, says this paper, "that the
courts have no concern with the in
dustrial struggle and should base
their decrees on the merits of eaeh
separate case as it arises."
ON TRIAL
Is Private Ownership, Says
Willard
New York.—In a speech in this city
Daniel Willard, president of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad, declared that
"private ownership and operation of
the railroads is still on trial in this
country."
With the statement went the warn
ing that, while public opinion is now
for such ownership and operation,
"public opinion changes quickly."
"I have no doubt," he said, "that
it would change and react against
privat.? ownership if the public felt
that upon the whole it would get
more satisfactory service in some
other way.
"As I view the matter, private own
ership and operation of the railroads
is still on trial in this country, but
it has everything in its favor and
ured byought to win, and I believe it
iwll win, if the managers, measured
by the service which chey give the
public, deserve to win."
rail_unTons
Ask President Harding To
Hear Them
Chicago.—Organized railroad shop
employes have asked President Har
ding to include them in discussions
now being held by him on plans to
aid the railroads. In a telegram to
the president, these workers say:
"Two million railroad workers and
their millions of dependents are vit
ally interested in your efforts to effec
a solution of the railroad problem.
Obviously no policy or program that
is acceptable to them will be produc
tive of the much-desired result of co
operation, and accordingly, therefore,
we respectfully urge that we be given
a voice in the determination of what
is to be done."
The telegram declared that settle
ment of the controversies over na
tional working agreements and wages
constitutes the "first essential to peace
and orderly progress in the transpor
tation industry."
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HAS NO INFORMATION
Chicago.—H. E. Loomis, president
of the Lehigh Valley railroad, has de
clined to appear before the railway
labor board to discuss differences with
employes. The railroad executive
informed the board that he had no
information.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 16, at 1 P. M.
at FAUCETT'S STORAGE ROOMS
Cor. 7th St. and Maple Ave.
If you are in need of an ice box this summer, attend this
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THURSDAY
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