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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1922
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter
Issued Weekly at S26 Market Street.
Hamilton, Ohio.
Telephone 1296
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O
POLITICS WARMING UP
When the bell in the court house
tower tolled the hour of midnight on
last Friday night and the board of
elections declared the time for the
filing of declaration of candidacy was
up there certainly was a wonderful
string of entries in the great political
derbies to be run on August 8th. And
from the quick appearance of candi
date cards and hustling candidates
on the very next day after the time
for filing declarations closed the
trainers of the entrants must have
been busy for some months past as
there's no denying the fact that some
of them got off to a flying start. In
fact from the way some of them are
going they must have slipped under
the barrier before it was let fly.
There never were so many candi
dates, so much hand-shaking, so much
solicitousness of the health of all the
folks and the new baby. Some fellow
rushes up to you with a broad smile
and overflowing with gladness and you
jolly yourself into the idea that he is
tickled to death to see you when sud
denly it is all spoiled when he flashes
a card and tells you how much he will
a v i W e
appreciate your vote and support for
a certain office. But that all goes in
the political game and it wouldn't be
a real ^election if it didn't happen.
There is no doubt but that the coming
primaries are going to be on the old
fashioned order. The candidates are
out for b-l-o-o-d.
Even the republicans are stirring
things up in their camp. They have
a full ticket in the field but no oppo
sition for any of the offices excepting
those for central committeemen. And
here is where there is going to be a
real scrap. People who don't know
wonder what anyone would want to
fight about little, insignificant offices
like central committee when there is
seeming higher game. Well, maybe
thei*e will be some more postmasters
to appoint or perhaps a member of
the board of electipns or two. Guess
once.
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"GENTLEMEN
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
The most modern Limousine
and Ambulance in the city
ed Sugar, Salt and Fleishman's Yeast.
Think of it! A one pound loaf wrapped
bread, per loaf
Country Club, great big l'/i pound loaf
wrapped bread. The best bread money can
buy. Absolutely the greatest value in the
United States. 1
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By their fruits ye shall know them!
In Dayton, Ohio, the United Breth
ren Church is maintaining a publish
ing house in whose composing room
none but scabs and strike breakers are
employed.
This condition has existed since Jan
uary 3, when the printers put into
force their humanitarian move intend
ed to add eight years to their lives
The United Brethren was the only
office in Dayton which refused to co
operate. Professional strikebreakers
were imported and several scabs re
cruited.
The publishing agent, a preacher
named Rev. W. R. Funk, stated the
strikebreaking outfit was composed of
"gentlemen."
In juvenile court a warrant has been
sworn out against one of the "gen
tlemen," a fellow named Douglas
Morgan, charging him with contribut
ing to the delinquency of a minor girl
Another employe of the United
Brethren, answering to the name of
Muirson, was sentenced to pay a fine
of $200 and serve five days in jail on a
bootlegging charge. Still another, go
ing under the name of Williams, was
arrested for drunkenness. Still
another, known as Rogerson, commit
ted an assault on a Dayton citizen
Four of the "gentlemen" are heavy
purchasers and users of "white mule.'
The United Brethren agent has a
peculiar concept of what constitutes a
gentleman or what constitute.0. Chri
tianity.
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DAl GHEHTVS RE-'MORSE"
It's warmin' up in Washington
It's getting hot in the senate!
Some few weeks ago Senator Cara
way, of Arkansas, happened to men
tion that Attorney General Daugherty
and Thomas B. Felder had been prom
ised a fee of $25,000 for getting
Charles B. Morse out of jail.
Morse was sentenced for a fifteen
year term in the penitentiary in 1908
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for making false entries in the books
of the National Bank of America. He
was pardoned by President Taft.
Daugherty had assured the president
that Morse was dying. Morse is alive
today.
Just as soon as Caraway made his
statement about the attorney general,
Watson, of Indiana, a hard-boiled
member of the old guard, asserted that
he knew that Daugherty "did not get
any fee for getting Morse out of the
penitentiary."
newspaper of Washington printed a
Then a young and enterprising
letter from Felder to Morse asking
for the "balance due" of $25,000 for
himself and Daugherty.
So they are having a great time
in the senate.
It looks as though somebody will
have to prosecute the war grafters.
Daugherty says that this whole stir
is a scheme to protect the grafting
democrats.
Why protect them, then? Why not
put them in jail where they belong?
If they were grafting republicans put
them in jail, too. Why wait? If
Daugherty means business let him
act.- If he does not mean business the
people will act.
The war ended in 1918. No grafter
has yet gone to jail. If the scandal
which now hovers over Washington
will get action from "Re-Morseful
Daugherty" perhaps some of the
grafters will fill the cells now occu
pied by political prisoners.:—J.
Baer, the Congressman-Cartoonist.
COMPANY UNION VS.
REAL TRADE UNIONS
About three years ago the West
ern Union Telegraph Company organ
ized what it was pleased to call "The
Association of Western Union Em
ployes."
The Western Union organized this
company union only for the purpose
of antagonizing and defeating the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of
America, a bona fide trade union.
Western Union operators are now
reaping the fruits of Western Union
tactics. Wages have been cut to the
1914 level. Morse operators, formerly
getting $157 now get $110. Printer
operators are getting as low as $12
and $13 a week.
While real trade unions everywhere
were resisting wage reductions the
Association of Western Union Em
ployes a year ago accepted their re
duction, doubtless as an act of kind
ness to the company which owned it
Last year the Western Union Tele
graph Company, which organized and
owns the Association of Western
Union Emplyes, made a profit of $10,
196,029, and has left after payment
of dividends and of all "charges" a
surplus of $2,378,482.
That is how a company union oper
ates. Commercial telegraphers are
beginning to understand this and are
getting into tfye Commercial Tele
graphers' Union of America, where
they belong.
The International Typogrpahical
Union had an agreement with employ
ing printers that a 44-hour week
should go into effect April 1, 1922
The employing printers violated their
agreement. The Typographical Union
suspended work in every print shop
that refused to abide by the 44-hour
agreement. Approximately 800 local
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unions originally joined the suspen
sion. Victory all down the line has
put the members of about 600 of these
local unions back at work.
Less than 8,000 of the 75,000 mem
bers originally receiving strike bene
fits remain on the strike pay-roll.
The number is being reduced rapidly.
With a 10 per cent assessment on all
members at work, the International
Typographical Union faced the fight
with a fund of $8,000,000 to its credit.
It had an agreement with the em
ployers, and it meant to see that that
agreement was kept.
The result is that practically the
whole printing industry now operates
on the basis of a 44-hour week and
the remnants of opposition are
crumbling rapidly.
That is how a real trade union oper
ates.
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WHY WAGES ARE LOW
Inefficiency and exploitation art
causes Prof. Felix Frankfurter, of
Harvard University, assigns for low
wages.
"Wages are low not because busi
ness cannot afford to pay more, but
because business is inefficient," he
said. "The tremendous waste in ad
ministration and organization is re
vealed by Mr. Hoover, whose business
opinion, I am convinced, you will re
spect. Then, too, wages are low be
cause they are kept low through ex
ploitation."
ib
ft it
The fact that some workers are un
employed is no reason why the wages
of those that are employed should be
reduced. You cannot help the unem
ployed by cutting the wages of th
employed workers.
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There is no better way to safeguard
the health of yourself and family than
for you and them to be consistent ad
vocates of the union label.
STANLEY OGC
Again Heads Molders'Union
68—Other Officers
Elected
Old 68 of the Iron Molders' Union
held one of its old time meetings
Monday night. The hall was packed
Many matters of importance came
before the meeting and the reports of
the various shop committees showed
that things are brightening up some
Much enthusiasm prevailed. Despite
the industrial depression of the past
year and a half the membership of
the organization holds up well. The
big feature of Monday's meeting was
the semi-annual election of officers
which resulted as follows:
President, Stanley Ogg vice presi
dent, Andrew Jackson recording sec
retary, Walter Price corresponding
secretary, Tim Farley financial sec
retary, Charles Stephan treasurer
Mat Amiot trustee, Lee Sanders in
ductor, William Brown doorkeeper
William Koger delegate to Trades
Council, Walter Price.
Together with Stanley Ogg most
appreciate faithful service.
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the foregoing officers have been elect
ed for about the 'steenth time, show
ing that they have ever been on thv
job and that the members of Old
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COMMUNITY CHEST
DRIVE
Will Be Made July 10,11,12
At a meeting of the Hamilton Wei
^e Federation held Tuesday after
on, July 10, 11, 12 were fixed as
days on which to make the Cor
nity Chest drive for this year
S I e goal of the drive this year
at $80,000, which is $10,000 less
an the goal of last year.
W. N. Andrews has been appoints
hitirman of the advisory committee
1 John Neilan is campaign chair
an. These gentlemen met with tlx
nmittee on advertising and pub
:i i ty on Thursday afternoon and out
I .mid and planned a program of cam
.Mgn that will be followed vigorously
The committee on advertising an
publicity will be made up of Walt* i
Howe, chairman Roger Rothwel
William M. Goodwin, John Schwaln
l.yton A. Leiter, Sam Carr and Frt
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PLUMBERS'STRIKE
SETTLED
Arbitration Board Awards
Workers Old Scale of
Dollar an Hour
After being out just six weeks thi'
differences between the master plumb
ers and journeymen have been ad
justed. This was brought about by
an arbitration committee composed of
three master plumbers and three jour
neymen from outside the city and
named by the two sides in the local
controversy. The committee met on
last Saturday afternoon, and after
going over the entire situation care
fully came to the conclusion that the
striking plumbers were not askint*
anything unreasonable and awarded
them the former scale, which the men
were demanding, of one dollar per
hour. Several minor concessions
were made the employers, and both
sides having agreed to accept any
award agreed upon by the committee,
the strike was declared off.
However, several of the master
plumbers have not as yet signed
agreements for the year, and of course
until they do so they are not fair to
union labor. The following firni
have signed up and are to be consul
ered fair to organized labor in all
things: Jack Dedrick, G. F. Schwab,
John L. Walker Contracting Co.,
Seevers & Ballett, Harry Thompson
and Albert Schuler & Son.
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