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v i i THE PRESS amClAL ORGAN OF ORGANIZED I ABOM OF HAMILTOll AMD T1C1NITY.* cmjjs& »»s: sv^, Whatever is Intended for insertion moat be authenticated by the name and addreM of the writer, not neceasarily for publication, but u a miarantee of good faith. Subscriber* changing their address will please notify this office,, giving old and ne-» address to insure regular delivery of paper. We do not hold ourselves responsible for any $ vibwb or opinions eipprpssed in the articles or communications of correspondents. Codimunicationa solicited from secretaries of all societies and organizations, and should be addressed to The Butler County Press, 826 Market Street, Hamilton, Ohio. The publishers reserve the right to rejee'. any advertisements at any time. Advertising rates made known on appli cation. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12,1921 Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton, Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter. Issued Weekly at 326 Market Street, Hamilton, Ohio. Telephone 1296 Endorsed by the Traaes and Labor Council of Hamilton, Ohio. Endorsed by the Middletown Trades and Labor Council of Middletown, O. THE HOME SHORTAGE There are 25G7 new homes needed in Butler county. That is, this many new houses must be built, according to estimates just made by the United States department of commerce, if every family in Butler county is to be properly housed. At the present time one family in six in this county is without its own home. Building, on the scale urged by the department of commerce, also would go a long way toward beating down high rents charged in many places. The figures were given building and loan institutions, which according to Secretary of Commerce Hoover are the chief agencies for home building. To build the estimated number of homes needed in the entire county will take approximately $10,000,000. The assets of all the building and loan in stitutions in this county are $12,00, 000, but nearly 100 per cent of these funds already are loaned on homes, and these financial institutions at the present time are handicapped through insufficient funds in relieving tne shortage of house building funds. "The home shortage can only be re lieved by the placing of savings in institutions catering to home finan cing," according to James A. Devine, secretary of the Ohio Building Asso cation League. "Each community will benefit only in turn as it puts its savings into institutions that help to build towns," said Devine. "Every rightful effort should be made at this time to in crease construction work, especially in buildings of residential type. Such activities not only will help alleviate the ills of inadequate housing, but they will help general business by providing employment for men who are now idle, and create business for many lines of industry." II K Ik A bill purporting to prevent strikes has been introduced in the senate by Senator Poindexter, of Washington. It provides a punishment of $10,000 fine, or 10 years' imprisonment, for I IV"If *rv I' PWtSS ASSHj 10 LAVOR Members Ohio Labor Press Association THE NONPAREIL PRINTING CO. PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS Subscription Price $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance. -f ytt*K anyone to attempt to persuade another to quit his employment. In the section applicable to the manag ers, the punishment provided is $500 fine, or six months' imprisonment, to "substantially" interfere with com merce. jm Mi i* HENRY SPILLS BEANS The following editorial is taken from the Cincinnati Post of August 5th: The beans are all over the place. Henry spilled 'em. His Muscle Shoals (Ala.) nitrate plant and water power proposal, for instance. Uncle Sam had left on his hands a big, half-finished water power pro ject. Millions of dollars had been poured in and the other millions must be spent to save the first. Henry Ford offers to take over the project, complete it, pay for it, pay interest on deferred payments, agree to limit his profit to eight per cent, sell his nitrates to the farmers at fair prices let the government in in case of war and in peace-time let it in for experiments. The idea of buying anything from Uncle Sam and PAYING for it! Look at the railroads! Look at the shipping board! The method is to buy something from the government borrow from the government the money to pay give bonds instead and keep the money. The idea of agreeing to turn over anything to Uncle Sam in case of war! That's the time when the ver iest dub can stab the old man in the pocketbook! The idea of planning not to profit eer on the farmers! The fertilizer gang has proved for years the farmer is an easy mark. The idea of "disturbing conditions" by taking the Ford labor policy into the south! The coal men and the steel trust have set the standard for "handling labor" for years. It is al ternate doses of injunctions and saw ed-off shotguns—to be taken before eating. The idea of building up a huge peace-time plant adaptable for war time use for high explosives, and not asking for a protective tariff and a bonus, and some fat contracts! The very idea of paying Uncle Sam in stead of being paid! Watch the depth bombs drop around the Ford plan when it gets to con gress—also the chloroform. The Ford Shoals project steps on the toes of more of our leading patriots than anything has for years. Watch the senate come to the de fense of said toes. For Henry has spilled the beans. I* TO THEIR SWAG The railroads are to get five hun dred millions more from the United States treasury—though the treasury is bare enough, as it is, heaven knows, says the New York American. The railroads have been permitted to raise freight and passenger rates to heights unknown before, and yet they came to the treasury crying for more money, for all the world like so many hogs squealing around the feed trough. If nearly doubled rates cannot keep the railroads in funds enough to pay expenses, how would it be to trim fares down to reasonable limits and so find out whether a revival of busi ness and shipping is not more profit able all around than a policy of sand bagging the public every time it wants to ride or ship freight? The goldenest goose that ever cack led can't lay eggs when it is paralyz ed with too hard squeezing. |!l!lllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllilliillllllllll llllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllilillllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllilllll^ a Boy Loves a Girl WWIf a Girl Loves a Boy 1 When They*re Getting Married U WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BUY FURNITURR That's Our Business Be Sure to See US Before You Buy We Sell Quality Furniture at fowe^t Prices HARRY STRAUSS FURNITURE STORE "Hamilton's Lowest Priced Furniture Store" !lllllllllllilllllllllll!llllllllllllllllll!ll|||||||||||!llll|||j|||||||||illllllllllll|||||||||||||||||||||||||||j|||j||||||||||||||||||||||||j||||§ PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN Batl/tttle Bers£*»law The other Character in this Car toon is out of the Office and Four Blocks down the Street, but the Editor is still Telling Him what he thinks of being called a Profiteer because he hasn't cut the Price of his Newspaper yet. The Editor is charging Fifty Cents a year more than He did Twen ty-Five Years ago! STRANGE JUSTICE Some employers are strong in their defense of the non-union worker in taking all the advantages which the union has given to a craft without assuming any of the risk or cost of belonging to a union. The union men fix a craft's wages and hours of la bor. The non-union man accepts these conditions and declines to hold up his end. The employers really don't think this is a square deal. Most of them would fight if they were ac cused of doing a similar act with their own associations. It is a working man's duty to join the union of his craft. It is a public duty to support the unions in their just contentions Pa to to AMEN "An employer that stands against well-paid labor is simply obstructing his own development. We've run into that in other places. It doesn't amount to anything. Mark this down, the Ford Motor Co. believes in paying its employes well enough so they can /enjoy the benefits of the products they manufacture. "I want everyone of the employes in my plants to be prospective cus tomers of Henry Ford. I want them to be able to buy Ford cars. Labor can't buy if labor isn't well paid That's simple any business man can see it."—Henry Ford. to to Mb- to to PLANNING BIG For 29th Annual Labor Day Celebration The Labor Day outing committee of the Co-Operative Trades and La bor Council held an enthusiastic bus iness meeting last Friday night at the labor temple. This committee headed by Stanley Ogg, president of Trades Council, is engaged in completing arrangements for the 29th annual out ing of local oragnized labor and friends, and—we might add that on that day all differences are forgotten and the enemy will find welcome for him at the big doin's at the fair grounds if he feels so disposed to at tend. Twenty-ninth annual. Twenty-nine years. To some this would seem like an awful long time, yet to some of the old-timers who are still in the game it seems but yesterday that they took part in the first annual Labor Day celebration and outing. And some of these old-timers are lending their guiding hand in arranging for the celebration of this year, which means success. The several sub-committees named recently all report that their work is progressing nicely, and all indications point to a bigger and better celebra tion than ever. While there is some disappointment expressed that the pa —IT IS HIS BUSINESS —IT IS HER BUSINESS IT IS THEIR BUSINESS THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS rade is abandoned for this year, yet it is realized that from a standpoint of economy the step taken in this direction was a wise one. Aside from the expense of about $500 for bands, horses, badges and other things in cidental to this feature and which council always paid, hundreds of dol lars will be saved to the local unions in the way of special uniforms. Some one is to be made real and extra happy when they receive the choice of a Ford touring car or Ford son tractor, which the committee has decided to give away. When it comes to eats and refresh ments there is nothing to worry about, for Walter Price and an able corps of assistants have charge of this end of the game, assuring every one plenty of ice cream, coffee and sandwiches, etc. There is going to be plenty of amusements to keep everybody happy and smiling the whole day long, and the country store?—ah there is where we shine this year, and the vreason? —why, the reason is that the Woman's Label League is to have charge of this feature this year. And that means that the best, the finest, the biggest thing of the kind ever seen on the fair grounds will be presented for your approvel at the big outing on Labor Day. The gates will open at 8 o'clock, and the committee invites everyone to fill their baskets,pack up the babies and come out to the fair grounds and make a day of it. DRIVE BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND BUF FALO BYWATER" "Paradoxical as it may sound, the water route is the "best one to take when motoring between Cleveland and Buffalo," is the advice of every well informed touring bureau. There are three serious detours on the route between Cleveland and Buffalo one of sixteen miles between East Spring field and Girard, Pa., one between Northeast, Pa., and the New York state line and the other in the vicin ity of Fredonia, N. Y. Tourists may escape the unpleas antness of stfch a journey by placing their cars aboard C. & B. Steamers, leaving Cleveland »and Buffalo daily at 9:00 p.m., enjoy a night of re freshing sleep on the Great Ship "SEEANDBEE"or sister ship, Steam er "CITY OF BUFFALO," and ar rive at destinat^jn in time to make an early start the following morning. A special car-by-steamer service for automobile tourists is maintained by the C. & B. Line, and the novelty of the idea, excellence of accommo dations and low rates charged for this service have been highly appre ciated by motorists. to I"• FINIS The following editorial, which ap peared in The Cincinnati News, offi cial organ of the Machinists' Union, is self-explanatory: In Justice to President Kummer The officers of Queen City Lodge No. 162, of the International Associa tion of Machinists, having control of the Cincinnati News and its editorial policy, feel that in fairness to them selves, the executve committee of Cen tral Labor Council »and Mr. Adolph Kummer, president ©f Central Labor Council, a statement should be pub The Bungalow Craze Bungalow homes are becoming more popular every season. But why waste your time looking about at ran dom? We have plans for scores of different designs that may suit you bet ter than any home you have ever seen. Lumber and All Material We can furnish you material as well as ideas. Our yard is well stocked with flooring, siding, shingles, sheath ing, dimension lumber, building paper, lath, roofing and building materials of all kinds. Costs nothing to talk with us and we can save you money if you buy. The Butler County Lumber Co. PHONE 2410 WEST MAIN §T. ,x 1» A lished defining the attitude of this lodge toward the council and its pres ident. At the time a committee of Central Labor Council was appointed to com bat the employers' movement for the open shop, we felt thqt our lodge, both by reason of its size and im portance, was entitled to representa tion on that committee. Chagrin over our failure to receive such recognition was aggravated by the statement of President Kummer that our delegate was not appointed because he would be a "detriment" to the work of the committee. The "News" has, and will ever maintain, the right to express its views of men and matters in which it and its readers may be interested. These views will be expressed frankly and fully without regard to whom they may hit or hurt. We have no thought of apologizing for the rancor we felt over the slight to our lodge, or the manner of its expression in this column. We do feel, however, now that the heat of the rancor has abated, that we went too far in our attack on President Kum mer. Without approving either his policy or his methods, we feel, in jus tice to ourselves and to him, we should say that we do not now, and never seriously did, question the lion esty of Adolph Kummer. Whatever was said reflecting on his integrity or the honesty of his efforts in behalf of labor we regret and with draw. The views held by President Kurn mer and the present executive com mittee of Central Labor Council as to the aims and ideals of organized labor and methods or their attainment can never be our views, but we can and do accord to them our belief in their personal honesty and loyalty duty as they see it. o ARdO-l'HOSI'II ATE THE IDEAL TONIC The world's Kreateat tonic for lassitude aii' all run-down anemic conditions. It just put' pep into the whole system. "It's the b' 1 o n i I e v e u s e s a y s a o s o n y -i cian. IT DOES PAY to send your Dry Clean ing to a concern that is fully equipped with all the latest machinery. For that reason we can give you better work at lower prices than any other cleaner in your city. A Trial Is All We Ask Gents' Suits, Dry Cleaned and Pressed $1.00 THE HILZ BROS. CO. Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Carpet Cleaners First Step Over the Bridge NOTE—We insure your garments against fire and theft without ex tra cost to you. Store open Sat urday afternoon and evening till 9:00. tei m\ 12-oz. Loaf -jv" i 1 ..*«A v n Fv, h- THE FINEST WORSTED TROUSERS $5.95 THERE are several hundred pairs to select from—the remainder of a recent large ship ment. The finest foreign and domestic all-wool worsteds in solid colors, stripes and suit pat terns, which makes it possible to match that odd coat and vest. All sizes for men of all proportions. Other stores get $10 A IT JJ a n $ 1 2 5 0 o s i i a o u s e s O u Z special price is..,. w MAX E EPH-R/VTH IBJfcClLUSirVE (CLOTHIER FOR MEN HAMILTON HOTEL BLOC* OPPOSITE JEFFERSON THEATRE KROGER The richer the shortening the better the bread— in short ECONOMY E A LARGE Upon the rich shortening we use in making Economy Bread depends that delicate, flaky, white grain that distinguishes it from other breads. Only the best of Lard—absolutely pure —is used, together with the best of other ingredients, the same you use when you bake at home. 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