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VOL. XXI. No. 41
New York.—Justice Robert F. Wag
ner, of the state supreme court, has
Issued a mandatory order upon the
New York Cloak, Suit and Skirt Man
ufacturers' Association to abrogate
their lockout order against the Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union, which was made at a meeting
of the manufacturers' association last
October 25. The court order was is
sued on a motion made several weeks
ago by the union's counsel. The su
preme court has sustained the union's
claim that the manufacturers had
flagrantly broken a three-year agree
ment entered into May 29, 1919, and
a supplemental agreement made in
June, 1921, by their conspiracy to put
into effect the piece-work system and
the 49-hour week on last November 14,
instead of the week-work system, the
44-hour week and minimum wage
rates established by the two contracts.
Justice Wagner's decision enjoins
the manufacturers' association, its
members or officers from "combining
or conspiring in any way to order,
direct, instigate, counsel, advise or
encourage its members to cease per
forming or to violate agreements of
May 29, 1919, and June 3, 1921, from
ordering or encouraging such mem
bers to abrogate and discontinue the
provisions of said agreement for the
system of week work prior to June 1,
1922, or to increase the hours of labor
above 44 hours per week until the
said first of June." The order also re
strains the manufacturers from inter
fering with any member of their asso
ciation who may agree to restore the
terms of the agreement.
In his decision Justice Wagner said,
in part: "Out of the mass of affida
vits submitted by both sides, with de
nials and some conflict of facts, there
survives clearly a preponderance of
evidence in favor of the plaintiff, es-
CLEAR VISION
Lacking in Hundred Per
Cent Patriots, Says
Professor
Pittsburgh, Pa.—One hundred per
cent patriots can't see straight they
are blind to local and sfentimental loy
alties that develop character, Herman
A. Miller, of Oberlin college, told the
members of the American Sociological
society.
"One hundred per cent patriots are
the greatest obstructionists to clear
vision," he said. "In my opinion 10 to
16 per cent would be a proper pio
portion of patriotism to represent tin
true situation. That would allow
WORKERS STRIKE BACK
TRADE UNION ENJOINS EMPLOYERS FROM
SMASHING WAGE CONTRACT—ACTION
FIRST IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY
Three-Year Agreement'Between Employers and Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union to Stand, Declares
Supreme Court
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local and sentimental loyalties, whu-ti
are essential to character and lea
enough to include other
significant
groupings which are already
national in scope, such as
inter
religious,
culture, economic interest and sym
pathy, as is indicated by our feeding
German and Russian children. Th
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is no nationality to a hungry child
There is no inconsistency in divided
loyalties.
"The constitutions of the new states
recognize this when they provide
for
the rights of national minorities. \\V
are already on the verge of the prac
tice of nationality tolerance similar
to religious tolerance. An absolute
patriot is as anomalous as an asbo
lute sectarian.
"It is the immediate job of educa
tors to point out both the existing
and potential international groupings
to which we belong in order that
our
loyalties may be adapted as reali
ties. The decentralization of patrio
fcism in the British empire shows
that
we may have states and nations and
an international patriotism without
Miy strain on human nature.
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tablishing its right to the extraordi
nary relief sought.
"While this application is novel, it
is novel- only in the respect that for
the first time an employes' organiza
tion is seeking to restrain their em
ployers' organization from violating
contractural obligation. The fact
that the employes have entered
equity's threshold by a hitherto un
traveled path does not lessen their
right to the law's decree.
"That progressive sentiment of ad
vanced civilization which has com
pelled legislative action to correct
and improve conditions which a proper
regard for humanity would no longer
tolerate cannot be ignored by the
courts. Being persuaded by the
proof adduced that the contract was in
force October 25, 1921, the resolution
adopted by the defendant association
on that date contemplated a material
breach of that contract, and such
contemplated breach was carried out
November 14, 1921, when the members
of the association re-established the
piecework system in their factories.
Since the members of defendant asso
ciation were by the by-laws bound to,
and did, carry out the directions of the
association to repudiate its legal obli
gations, the act constituted a conspir
acy. A combination to procure a con
certed breach of contract by the mem
bers constitutes a violation of plain
tiffs' legal rights."
Benjamin Schlesinger, president of
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union, declared that "the
lawless breach of their contracts by
the employers has forced 55,000 work
ers into idleness for a period of two
months. Even if work should be re
sumed under the terms of the exist
ing agreement, the workers will have
lost millions of dollars in wages. This
loss is directly attributable to the
wrongful act of the protective asso
ciation."
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MORE CONTRACT
BREAKING
St. Paul,
engraving
employers in this city and Minneap
olis are now in the list of contract
breakers. Their organized employes
were locked out and the agreement
terminated. The workers were told
they could return if they accepted a
wage cut of $7 a week and an addi
tional four hours on the week. The
notice was signed by the secretary of
the bosses' union.
An Sizes 1 to 9.
All Widths, AAA to EEL
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Children's Sturdy
Dress or School
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In brown or black with
medium or broad toes, all
sizes. Former price
$3.96
now
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derstanding in the building tradeB of
New York, that wage agreements will
be renewed in the next few weeks, old
agreements meantime remaining oper
ative.
Because of local conditions, it was
expected that 1921 would see a gen
eral building strike or lockout in New
York, with an accompanying open
shop declaration. In all probability
it will not develop, as contractors
and builders as a rule prefer to do
business with the unions, and there is
an unprecedented amount of work on
the trestle boards of the architects.
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the open shop, oper­
ating under the most favorable con
ditions in a generation, made small
progress in 1921, with perhaps the
greatest disappointment in the closing
days
the year by the general un­
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HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922
While Others Talk Disarmament
OPEN SHOP ON THE WANE
ADVOCATES OF "AMERICAN" PLAN FAILED TO GET FAR IN
FIGHT ON LABOR DURING LAST YEAR AND
SHOW DISAPPOINTMENT
Only Solid Front Presented By Organized Labor AH That Preserves For
All Workers Wages and Conditions of Today
With $20,000,000 in contracts on its
books or in process of negotiation—
understood to be the position of one
of the larger construction companies—
and with the smaller ones having
splendid prospects, the cry of "open
shop" has little charm. For that mat
ter, as repeatedly pointed out in the
World, the open shop movement may
always be looked for when business
is dull and unemployment great.
It is, however, apparent that the re
vival of this movement under the
name of "American" plan, launched
with blazing trumpets in the autumn
of 1920, has been a disappointment to
its promoters. They believed the
post-war reaction and unemployment
would make progress easy. The union
leaders were fearful it would cost
them heavy in effort, money and mem
bership.
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Boys' Dress
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School Shoes
In brown or black calf,
broad or English toe, rub
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sizes to 6 $£i»Z0
FIT-RITE
The promoters of the open shop
The Greatest Sale We Ever Had!
The FIT-RITE has attained the reputation in this city for selling shoes of the better kind at lower prices and
when we sell you May Manton Boots at $5.00 and call it our greatest sale we positively stake our REPUTATION
because these shoes can not be re-bought and sold at these prices. Our only reason for this sale is that we are
over-stocked on high shoes and must dispose of this »tock. These are not odds and ends, but are good staple and
fancy styles in positive values to $8.00 and $9.00. And remember that at $8.00 and $9.00 these shoes are positively
guaranteed and for $5.00 we give you the same guarantee. The shopper who knows shoe values will appreciate
this and we advise the immediate purchase, as this announcement is bound to bring big results, and our stock
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210 pairs of Endicott
Johnson shoes in black or
brown vici kid or calfskin
with leather soles and
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saw fit to link up the drive with
drives for lower wages. The two be
coming synonymous, resistance inev
itably became greater, with the sup
port of the workers newly organized
under the pressure of war conditions.
Ordinarily somewhat of a doubtful
factor, these new unionists were forc
ed to stand by their organizations.
Generally speaking it is among the
newly and more loosely organized
that the open shop has made most
progress. The two notable examples
are the seamen, whose organization
enjoyed unprecedented growth during
the war and immediately thereafter,
and the milk wagon drivers of New
York. With the former the Ameri
can steamship owners have been suc
cessful in setting up the open shop
largely because of the vast slump in
shipping and unprecedented unem
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High Louis, Medium,
Military or Low Eng
lish Heels, with Good
year Welts or Hand
Turned Leather Soles
Ladies' Woolen
Hose
Newest mixtures in wool
with reinforced toes aiM
heels. Every
pair perfect
75c
SHOE STORE
MINERS ARE STARVING
Washington.—In letters to Presi
dent Harding, West Virginia miners
ask for federal aid and deny recent
statements by Governor Morgan, of
that state, that there is no starvation
among the miners' families.
Marfolk, W. Va., miners state that
they worked but three months last
year, and they are unable to say why
the mines are not operating.
"The majority, or practically ail, of
these men, who number about 200,
are in a destitute condition, some not
even having a meal ahead nor the
means of obtaining such," it is stat
ed.
Similar statements
by miners in Mabscott
ing centers.
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What Do the Press Agents Mean When
Washington.—In recent months the
press agents of the wage-reducing
corporations have been harping on the
great drop in the cost of living. The
workers who must live ofF wages
know that this is a false cry they
realize it every time they enter a
store to purchase living necessaries
they are positive of it when the rent
collector comes around. Of course, the
press agents are wary of time and
dates—very important matters to the
workers who must pay for living out
of current earnings. Authorities for
the printed statements are usually ob
scure, too. Yet in practically all
comparisons of normal business with
prevailing conditions the basis of the
Falling Living Costs?
Per Cent of Increase from December, 1914, to December, 1921.
Chicago Detroit N. Y. Phi la. Wash.
Food 48.3 47.3 51.8 43.9 61.1
Clothing 74.3 92.5 117.8 104.6 87.1
Housing (rent, etc.) 83.9 91.1 45.7 48.1 30.4
Fuel and light 69.4 77.5 90.7 92.0 49.9
Furniture and furnishings 133.7 06.8 132.0 101.6 122.4
Miscellaneous 94.5 130.7 116.9 116.2 75.8
That's the official story, told in official figures compiled by the bureau
of statistics of the United States department of labor.
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AND THEY Wo.NDER AT CRIME
Chicago.—The city unemployment
commission reports that 10,000 men
are penniless and walking the streets
in this city during the day and 1,000
sleep in the open at night. The com
mission voted to seek an appropria
tion of $18,000 for municipal lodging
houses and to ask the city council
to open 18 municipal bath houses.
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Values to $9.00,
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Walking Oxford^
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sensible low walk
heels ar.d flexible leati
soles. All
sizes
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MGNEY_MAD
Vessel Owners Would Pro
fiteer on Hunger
Double Shipping Rates On
Relief Supplies For Starv
ing Russians
Washington—The heartlessness of
money-mad vessel owners is again
shown in their attempt to profiteer at
the expense of starving Russians, for
the relief of whom congress appropri
ated $20,000,000.
The act pwovides that American
ships shall transport the grain and
other supplies. Instead of meeting
this life-saving effort of the Ameri
can people in the same spirit, the
ship owners jumped their freight
rates, which will decrease the amount
of the appropriation that would act
ually reach the Russians. It was stat
ed on the senate floor that the rate of
22 cents per 100 pounds to ports on
the Baltic sea has been increased to
44 cents. Because of this greed, the
loss to starving Russians has been
estimated between $1,000,000 and
$2,000,000, with the resultant death
of thousands of helpless people.
It is stated that government ships
will be used where possible, although
repair of idle ships will be ex
pensive. The government owns 1,400
el merchant vessels, and 382 of
use are in operation c(n regular
ites. The remainder are idle and
i in need of repairs, it is stated,
is waste verifies the position taken
officers of the International Sea
l's union, who have continuously
t?ed the shipping board to place
fficient men on the ships to keep
im in repair. The unionists have
inted out to the board, time and
ain, that a ship in operation has a
laller repair bill than one tied to a
ck or is sinchoied.
WHEELS"
BUZZIN'
nd All Set For
Revolt
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pre-war period of 1914 is accepted
Nevertheless, the wages of the work
ers and the cost of living are invar
iably compared with the peak prices.
Nor does the terms "cost of living"
embrace a single item it includes the
things that are necessary for life in
the family budget. Unfortunately for
the press agents, official figures do
not sustain their statements that liv
ing costs are appreciably falling.
The latest bulletin on the subject, is
sued by the bureau of statistics of the
United States department of labor
for five leading cities, shows a total
increase in living costs from Decem
ber, 1914, to December, 1921: Chi
cago, 72.3 Detroit, 82.4 New York^
78.1 Philadelphia, 74.3 and Washing
ton, 63 per cent. The complete sutn
mary follows:
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New York.—Once more the nation
to be overthrown. The usual pre
linary will be to wreck the A. F.
L.
The stage has been set. Blue
ints cover every detail. Pronuncia
mtos have been issued. Organiza
in machinery is ready to start.
ie one thing needed is dues paying
mbers. Then the high sign to rev
lte will be given by the "leaders."
All this was arranged at a meet
in this city when a group of
nions" dual to the A. F. of L.
inched the general council of united
oor and indorsed the Russian third
ternational. The A. F. of L. organ
ition system is used, except the
ntrol of the new "union" and power
remove subordinate officials is held
a small group.
A few of the members who are
mocratically inclined object to this
tocracy, but they are assured that
is necessary for genuine revolu
nists to guard the movement
..gainst evil-minded men who would
ietrack the great uprising.
No legitimate trade union would
i ire apply this autocracy, but the
world savers awe the multitude—for
.. while. When the awakening comes,
mother revolution is started on more
•Scientific" lines and the blue prints
aiid pronunciamentos are revised.
The present dualist movement was
launched with the usual pleas for
inity of labor" and attacks on "the
(iompers bureaucrats."
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