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THE PRESS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ORGANIZED LABOR
OF HAMILTON AND VICINITY
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FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1925
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton.
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at 826 Market Street
Telephone 120C Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
NEW C. OF C. HEAD
The next president of the Chamber
of Commerce is Frank K. Vaughn,
president of the Frank K. Vaughn
Construction Co. In tne selection of
Mr. Vaughn for president the direc
tors of the Chamber of Commerce
acted with extreme wisdom. Mr.
Vaughn is a live wire and a busy
body and one who is ever alert to
further the interests and the good of
the city as a whole. Mr. Vaughn
is a good friend of organized labor,
always among the first to grant any
reasonable demands by the trade
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W. F. CAHILL & SONS
Funeral Directors
Established in 1875
The Last Word in INVALID CAR
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ROY HORD
Kindly Solicits Yotfr Support for
Councilman at Large
Democratic Primaries, Aug, 11, 1925
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unionists in his employ, and most all
his employes are union men. The
chief civic body of the city is in the
hands of able leadership for the com
ing year!
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HOTEL FOR HAMILTON
Hamilton needs a hotel back in the
hills with golf link connection like an
automobile in perfect condition needs
a wagon tongue. A hotel of that
kind in Hamilton within the next
twenty years, at least, will starve to
death—and within a very short time,
at that. The argument put forth that
the modern traveling salesman is
adept to the game of golf and that
a golf course close to a hotel would
attract large patronage from this par
ticular trade, as stated in an evening
paper last Saturday, is all bosh. There
wouldn't be enough of this class of
trade coming to Hamilton to support
a small boarding house let alone a
big hotel, such as it is hoped will be
built in Hamilton, if we once do get
a new hotel. What Hamilton really
needs in the way of a hotel, one that
will draw enough trade to make it
pay, is a hotel built right in the heart
of the city, easy of access and one
where the average traveling man and
travelers in general can get a good
meal, a good room with bath, plenty
of sample rooms where the salesman
can display his wares, and every other
convenience to be had in an yp-to-date
first-class hotel, fcut there isn't much
danger of Hamilton getting a golf
club hotel, as suggested. The men
who are going to put their money
into the project can see further ahead
than that. So the Press predicts.
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FILL THE HOLES
Wonder if it would do any good to
suggest that the street car company
dump that string of old abandoned
cars it has down at the old power
house at Symmes Corner into a few
holes in the street in front of the
city hall? Of course there wuoldn't
be enough to go around, but with the
addition of a hunderd or so wagon
loads of gravel it would help some so
that the motorist might ride over
the stretch of Monument avenue, from
High to Market streets,without taking
the chance of being thrown from his
machine.
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OPERATORS WANT STRIKE
A strike in the anthracite coal
fields would prove profitable to the
operators.
"The operators have everything to
gain by a suspension," said Chris
Golden, president of the Miners'
Union of the Shamokin district.
"They have 10,000,000 tons of coal
on hand. We want no suspension be
cause we want to keep our members
working. When they don't work, they
get no pay. The operators will make
large profits through a strike or panic
in the consumers' mind."
At the recent tri-district conven
tion of anthracite miners in Scranton,
Andrew Mattey, president of the Haz
leton district, expressed the same
views.
"The- operators claim they have
10,000,000 tons of coal," said Presi
dent Mattey. "A suspension means
$10,000,000 more in their pocketbooks.
When the agreement expires and
another has not been made, the mines
will be closed, not by you, but by the
operators. Two weeks later the coal
will begin to move, but not for the
same price. Public clamor will send
the price up $1 a ton. If the sus
pension continues, it may be that in
stead of paying $18 a ton the public
will have to pay $23.
"The public and the press will
blame the miners and the operators
will get the dough."
It can be clearly seen from the
above why the coal operators stand
up
so consistently for "the rights and
benefits of the dear public" in their
refusal to meet the just demands of
the miners for fair living conditions
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INTERESTING FIGURES
Here are some figures of interest
and
importance: In 1925 there were
2,075,000 persons who left American
farms to go to the cities, while
1,396,000 city dwellers left their ur
ban
homes to seek life in the country.
Those figures may mean many thing
—and quite likely they do. Surely
there is no one explanation.
Many come to the conclusion that
they will enjoy life more in a nev.
environment. Many are driven
seek change by circumstances
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in
which they find themselves. Some ait
wanderers returning to the realm
their first life experience.
If there is any one thing in these
figures of migration that is full of
meaning it is that the masses of the
people in America are less bound
any one place than are the people of
any other country.
There is absolute freedom of mov
ment in America, and Americans art
more on the move than are the Ger
mans of French or Englishmen. We
still have the "let's go and find out"
spirit, and it is one of the best things
we have.
Moss-back tradition will never
a very tight hold on a people that
feels perfectly free to pull up stakes
an dtry a whirl at a new game when
the old one grows tiresome or when
it develops a losing streak. May we
preserve this great urge to move on
in search of more satisfaction an 1
better things—for that is what it ail
amounts to in the end.
JUDGE BELL'S STAND
It is with pleasure that good men
and good women, good citizens of
Cincinnati and the entire nation, will
accord fervent commendation to the
recent announcement by Municipal
Judge Samuel W. Bell that he no
longer will regard as testimony, or
as worthy of consideration whatever,
the accusations and declarations of
anonymous letter writers, designed to
bring about liquor raids into private
homes.
Judge Bell was at pains to warn
officers that be would refuse to be a
party to such undemocratic, uh-Amer
ican procedure in the future.
The creature who hides behind the
mask of anonymity possesses the soul
of a coward, the spirit and impulse of
the assassin. The gossip, the slander
monger, the sanctified spy who oper
ate to the confusion and injury of
their fellows universally are con
demned in the public consciousness.
They give their victim no chance.
They leave them helpless. They cast
blots on clean reputations and seek
to make the law the instrument that
will insure the gratification of their
malice or revenge.
The good citizen is "not ashamed to
stand forth as an accuser wherever he
believes his personal or the public
good demands that such accusation be
made. All honor to Judge Bell for
his wise, humane and rational atti
tude in a matter that has become a
public scandal and an indefensible
outrage!—Cincinnati Enquirer.
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HOW ABOUT THE "INSIDER"
The Chicago and Cook County
Bankers' Association offers a reward
of $2,500 to any peace officer or bank
employe who kills a bank robber in
the act of robbing a bank. They don't
say anything, however, of a reward
for the killing of a bank official or
other INSIDE operator caught pilfer
ing the bank's funds. In casei of an
OUTSIDE job bank employes are
urged to be quick on the trigger, but
if the bookkeeper should discover that
a high official is juggling securities
he MAY report the matter, but there
is to be no killing with hope of re
ward.
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FIVE-DAY WEEK GAINS
The movement for the five-day
week in summer is arousing increas
ing interest among the workers, and
the trade unions are devoting more
and more attention to the subpect.
Garment workers and painters and
other building trade workers have
gained the five-day week in several
cities and the organized upholsterers
have set the shorter week as their
goal.
Significant testimony as to the
value of the five-day week has been
received as the result of a survey by
the New York World, which reports
that the movement is gaining. Lat
est to come to the support of the
five-day week is Reginald Pelham
Bolton, president of the Electric
Meter Corporation, who declares that
employes in his company have done
more work in the short week than
when they worked five and a half
days.
Does Billy Goodwin
fill the bill
Let ua see! Who is
Billy Goodwin?
MRS* CAROLINE
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Mr. Bolton said the fi^e-day week
in his company was begun experi
mentally last year.
"It was understood," he said, "that
the arrangement would continue so
long as the work did not fall behind.
During the first week thereafter our
outside staff, two-thirds of the per
sonnel, turned in within three days
an amount of additional work corres
ponding to the Saturady morning's
average performance."
Mr. Bolton added that wages were
not reduced as a result of the reduc
tion in hours.
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WISDOM
Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft, is ever won.
—Byron.
The Cherry
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Little Hatchet
we
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro
foundly, sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly
If you will send ten cents in stamps
to the John K. Hokum Company,
Dept. F. Oskaloosa, you can learn
how to succeed in ten lessons. After
that you will ride in a limousine with
a liveried chauffeur, eat larks
tongues, have a private bootlegger
and be happy. Anyhow, maybe you
think you wilL
The success business is going
strong. Every magazine contains
from one to a dozen offers of easy
lessons in success, all sure fire stuff
and no foolin'.
You send a dime to one, a dollar to
another, buy a book from another,
and get some pink tea leaves from
another, and you ride the royal road
henceforth.
We, as a people, fall hard for the
success stuff. We are all for the
young guy who has a clear eye, stands
up straight and who has the big exec
utive appearance stamped all over
him. The big executive is the model
for all "rising young men."
Hundreds of fiction yarns glorify
the big executive and all rising young
men are led to believe that he's the
man who makes the world go round.
Elbert Hubbard got the idea way
back in the pre-Spanish war days and
when Garcia got himself stuck in a
game of solitaire Elbert glorified the
rescue and made a hero of the young
fellow who dashes through and gets
the order for that million dollars'
worth of bonds ahead of all competi
tors.
Elbert said that "Destiny waits
around the corner with a stuffed club"
to wallop every man who doesn't
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dance on his toes and yearn to be a
big executive.
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The whole business Ms feeen cap
italized now. Corporations make
money out of the urge which has been
planted in young men to be big ex
ecutives. It's go so it's almost as
bad as the fever every boy has to be
president.
We are handed a picture of a stern
faced youngster grabbing the world
by the tail, giving it a down-hill swing
ond counting up the net total at the
end of the year. Meanwhile lesser
men, who haven't the stuff of big ex
ecutives in 'em scamper to carry out
orders.
Always everyone is urged to be like
that stern-faced young man.
The advertising writers have caught
the idea and they use it to sell
clothes, collors, neckties, shoes and
hats. Every young man is urged to
make himself look like the rising
young man who is cut out to be a big
executive.
What a gosh-awful lot of hokum
young America has to wade through!
Of course, there must be big exec
utives and there must be men who can
do many things well. Every line of
humon endeavor develops men who
have the knack of excelling—the abil
ity to excel.
But why not urge men to do things
well for the sake of doing what they
like to do, for the sake of doing
things well—and not for the sake of
becoming little lords and dukes in a
new royalty and nobility? Why not
get a new and decent motive into this
business of success? Why base it
all on money and power and on appe
tite for luxury and possessions
The average impression of the ris
ing young man of the magazine fic
tion and the advertisements is that
of a smug, narrow, egotistical, holier
than-thou young shoddy aristocrat
whose classic jaw it would be a rich
and rare pleasure to crack with a
brick!
Give us a measure of success that
is made of decency, that calls for
achievement and not for feudal power
and pomp. Give us a kind of ambi
tion that also knows comradship and
o certain proud humility and under
standing. It is right and good to want
to excel—to want to win. But it is
not so good to want to win so you
can put your foot on somebody else's
neck!
IDLE WORKERS IN
DALLAS
Dallas, Texas.—This city is crowd
ed with idle workers. A local news
paper lists many business houses that
have large waiting lists. The em
ployment bureau of a Chicago mail
order house that has a branch in this
city, reports that it employes 2,000
persons and has a waiting list of
nearly 500 jobless men and women.
Even the anti-union shop associa
tion acknowledges that there are "job
hunters" here.
Who IsW.M. Goodwin?
A question frequently propounded by politicians and their supporters in this
municipal campaign.
WE ANSWER THIS QUESTION—
First, by observing that most political and official records hereabouts are
LIABILITIES rather than ASSETS.
The people want A NEW DEAL. They want a candidate with a conspicuous
record in business and civic activities.
A Business Man fit to fill a Business Man's Job
President Miami Sign Co.
Director Ohio Poster Advertising Association
Past President Ohio Poster Advertising Association
Member Hamilton Advertising Club
Member Kiddies' Camp Committee
Roll Call Chairman of Red Cross
Director Retail Merchants Association
Director Butler County Automobile Club
Director Hamilton Chautauqua
Member Boy Scouts Council and Troop Committeeman
Treasurer Elks' Charity Benefit Committee
Member Washington Lodge, Masonic Order
Member Loyal Order Moose
Member Benevolent and Protective Order Elks
Member Fraternal Order Eagles
Member Y. M. C. A.
Member Rotary Club
Vestryman Trinity Episocpai Church
During the World War, Billy Goodwin was Advertising Manager, Red Triangle Campaign Advertising
Manager, The Great War Chest Campaign the father of an only son who died in the service.
We ask any man or woman who is or was connected with any of these great fraternal, civic, or
humanitarian organizations who Billy Goodwin is? Does he ever lag or complain or leave it for George to do?
Never! During these years of varied and unceasing activities, have you ever heard a word of criticism about
Billy Goodwin?
True, Blily Goodwin is not well known in politics: He was never a candidate for public office.
He has been a conspicuous success in business. He has been a faithful worker in every cause that
has been close to the heart of Hamilton. He is unpledged to any man or committee of men regarding pol
icy or appointment. He will stay unpledged.
Elect W. M. Goodwin Mayor and we will have a business man and not a politician in a business man's
job.
The W. M. Goodwin Bettet
Government Committee
Chairman W. B. JAMES, Secretary
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The pot of gold is in your
own back yard—not at the
rainbow's end.
with us.
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The Peoples Deposit
Improvement and Loan Co.
Rentschler Bldg.
E. F. WARNDORF, Secretary
WANTED
ELASTIC STOCKINGS, Anklets,
Knee Caps, Leggings, full length
elastic stockings fitted properly.
Dargue s Cut Rate Store, 242 High
street. tf
POPULAR EXCURSION
SUNDAY, AUG. 2nd
ROUND-TRIP FARES
To
$2.75 Lima
$2.20 Wapakoneta
$1.75 Sidney
$1.50 Piqua
$1.30 Troy
$ .80 Dayton
Children 5 years of age and
under 12, half fare
Leave 7:45 A. M., Central Time
Leave Lima 6:15 P.M.
Central Time
Consult Local Ticket Agent
for further particulars
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Many people hunt
their
fortunes too far away.
Usually there is a fortune to
be had from your present job
and your present circum
stances, if you will only see it.
Most people can take from
$1 to $10 a month out of their
income without actually deny
ing themselves a necessary
thing.
Do it. Ifcvest the savings
with us. With earnings com
pounded you will soon be well
on your way to independence,
success and fortune.
Because we are safe and
strong your choice should be
this association.
We will be glad
to have
you
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