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COMPENSATION FUND STRONG
That the workmen's compensation
fund is in the strongest financial con
dition that it ever has been is indi
cated by the report for the last fiscal
year which shows that the statutory
catastrophe surplus has reached the
enormous total of $2,170,803, which is
an increase of $4,035 made during the
year. Premium receipts for 194
$10,797,599, and the balance of re
ceipst over distribution for the year
totaled $2,502,002. There are very
few liability insurance companies in
the world that hold a stronger finan
cial position than that of the state
of Ohio, and its soundness is reflected
in the large balance which exists, as
well as the low cost at which the en
tire department is being operated.
Reductions were made in 195 differ
ent classes of employment for the
present year.
LET'S HAVE THE TRUTH
Richard Washburn Child, former
ambassador to Italy, in the Boston
Herald, says:
"Whatever we may think of pro
hibition, if we desire to avoid embar
rassing hypocrisy, we should admit,
at least, the facts known to everyone
as to some of its disadvantages.
Truth should know no partisanship.
Prohibition has not emptied the jails.
The twisted figures of propagandists
are answered by the cold, merciless
federal and state statistics. Prohibi
tion has not abolished intoxication.
The arrests for intoxication are
mounting upward in various parts of
the United States, on the seaboard
and inland. Prohibition is not becom
ing more effective. Those who are
wise in such matters know that it is
not the goose stuffing but the prices
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1925
Entered at the Pcstoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at 826 Market Street
Telephone 12M Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O
PRIMARY FIGURES
In glancing over the figures of
Tuesday's primaries one finds much
food for thought. Especially is this
true as regards the vote on the repub
lican councilmen candidates. Four
out of five of those, constituting what
has become known as the majority of
the councilmanic body, all candidates
for re-election, were defeated, and em
phatically so. The fifth member had
a close shave and the reason for his
renonimation, it is said, is that he is
beginning to see light and has ex
pressed himself so. That is, he is
willing to admit that he may have
been mistaken in some of his actions
in council of late, and many believe
he is sincere and honest in his asser
tions. All of* the four members who
differed with the majority crowd were
renominated. It only goes to show,
whether the people are right in their
demands or whether they are wrong,
they know pretty well what they
want and if their representatives
won't give them what they want they
will elect representatives who will.
About the worst and most stinging
defeat of any candidate at Tuesday's
election was that of Frank Copeland,
of the Lindenwald district. Here
Copeland went deliberately against
the requests of the improvement asso
ciation, individuals, neighbors, etc.
The result was that of more than two
hundred votes cast for two candidates
for council in that ward Copeland got
a bare 55.
The boss of council sure got his in
the showdown, as did the First and
Second ward members. The figures
speak for themselves. Leave it to
the people.
IBs ta to ta to
THE RIGHT SOLUTION
Happily, the labor strike is becom
nig more and more rare. Nobody is
more gratified about this than the
worker, who prefers peaceful methods
to those of bitter warfare. The favor
able result is coming about by the
recognition more and more, on the
part of employers of labor, of the
right of collective bargaining for
their employes. Controversies about
wages and about working conditions
now are settled about the conference
table, with both sides «to the dispute
amply represented.
Collective bargaining means that
the organized employes of a trade,
craft or industry, through represen
tatives of their own choosing, shall
deal with the employer or employers
in making wage scales and fixing
working working conditions. Collect
ive bargaining is the only practical
proposal for adjusting relations be
tween the management and the work
ers in a business way, assuring a fair
deal to both sides.
Each individual joins with his fel-
tell the true story. The trend of
prices is downward rather than up
ward. Prohibition has not stopped
crime. The unwelcome fact is that
crime is more than ever a national
scandal. The statistics, the police
records and the burglary and fraud
insurance rates prove it. Prohibition
has not come in conflict only with a
dying-out generation so that the
'taste for alcohol will be forgotten.'
It is known to everyone that the law
breakers are young—youth who ten
years ago would have never dreamed
of drinking. Prohibition has not pro
hibited. Even the prohibitionists
complain that the Igw is not being
enforced."
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low ^workman to ask collectively for
better wages and conditions of em
ployment that he could not secure
through his own efforts alone. An
employer of, say five hundred men,
has an unfair advantage if he deals
with them as individuals. To make
the employes equal in power and in
fluence to the employer they must be
organized, and through regularly
chosen representatives, meet the em
ployer on a common footing. By con
ceding points on each side an agree
ment can be finally reached that will
maintain better relations and there
fore greater industrial peace.
In no other walk of life does the
idea exist that a man must arbitrar
ily accept any offer that may be
made by another. There are two
sides always to an agreement. Each
side ought to have equal chances to
propose and insist upon what it eon
siders a fair agreement.
Industrial peace can be secured
only by the right of wrongs suffered
by the workers. If a body or work
ers has a grievance it can be adjusted
only through conferences with the
employer or his representative. As
all cannot meet the employer at one
time it is necessary for them to select
representatives to carry out their will
as expressed collectively. This right
is identical with that always held by
the employer and never challenged
by the^law or the public.
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PATRONAGE IS MATTER OF
PERSONAL RELATION
In enjoining Scranton butcher work
men from picketing
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concern, Judge E. C. Newcomb, of
that city, said:
"The trade, good will and patron
age of_a plaintiff's established busi
ness is his private property."
If the court would turn to his "dic
tionary he will find that property is
defined:
"The exclusive right of possessing,
enjoying and disposing of a thing
ownership, title."
The patronage that a business en
joys is not tangible. It cannot be
wrapped up and delivered to a buyer
as is a commodity. It can be lost
to a concern overnight. Only where
labor is involved does an injunction
judge dare deny that patronage can
not be classed with a side of beef,
fly paper, cheese or a barrel of oil.
These commodities are owned by
the store keeper. He has paid for
them. The law protects his ownership
of them.
If the public is so inclined they
will purchase these commodities.
They can cease patronizing the store
keeper for any reason or no reason
He has no property right in their
patronage. He can not force them
to do business with him.
When^ workers withdraw their pat
ronage from this store, and urge
their friends to do likewise, the in
junction judge presents a theory that
patronage is a property right just as
is ownership of a commodity, and
that interference with it can be en
joined.
If the injunction judge applied this
theory to any other class of citizenes
he would be hooted off the bench.
As long as he confines his ruling
to labor, no protest is made by those
who -yet have a lingering belief that
workers, somehow, have a serf status
when involved in controversy with
employers.
To intelligently oppose the labor
injunction,* workers must understand
the feudalistic mental attitude of in
junction judges.
Workers must acquaint themselves
with the difference between property
—a tangible thing that a person owns
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the individual
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chase.
The public is confused over these
two points, and therein lies the power
of injunction judges. That is why
they enjoin workers from even strik
ing, or notifying the public that a
strike exists.
An enlightened public opinion will
sweep the ground from under injunc
tion judges. Then they will be forced
to use that writ as originally intend
ed—for the protection of property,
when the plaintiff has no other rem
edy at law.
The injunction writ wu» never in
tended to be used in
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tions or to Interfere with man*a lib
erty.
t'AtfOR'S NO-PARTY
A vigorous participation by labor in
the congressional elections of next
year is called for in resolutions passed
by the A. F. of L. executive council.
The usual non-partisan political
policy of the organized labor move
ment will be adhered to.
Workers are reminded by the coun
cil that this policy "has passed
through the crucible of experience and
has ^proved to be the best plan for
labor to voice itself politically,
State federations of labor, city cen
tral bodies, local unions and general
and volunteer organizers will be call
ed upon to make every preparation
for next year's campaign.
Following the A. F. of 'eorivdn
tion in Atlantic City,"which convenes
October 5, the council stated that it
"will enter the various campaigns
with the purpose of supporting those
who can be depended upon to be true
to the people, for if they are true to
the people they will be true to labor."
"The people generally are begin
ning to realize that hide-bound party
ism does not benefit them," the coun
cil said. "All too frequently they
have learned that pledges in party
platforms are not always repsected,
but were used as a stepping stone to
office. The executive council believes
that as a result of labor's non-parti
san political policy the launching of
third party movements has proved
wasteful effort."
The council warned the people
against political bosses and the effort
to abolish the primary system
various states.
An educational campaign to aid
non-partisan voters in marking long
ballots, now so prevalent, will be
launched. State and central bodies
will be urged to study primary and
election laws in their respective
states, and especial efforts will be
made to interest women voters in the
coming campaign.
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POSTPONE CONFER
ENCE
Washington.—The conference be
tween representatives of the Mexi
can Federation of Labor and Presi
dent Green and associates of the A.
F. of L., which was to be held July
23, has been postponed until ate in
August. Louis N. Morones, serce
tary of industry, commerce and la
bor of Mexico, desired to be present,
but found..it impossible to be in Wash
ington until August. The Mexican
official was formerly president of the
Mexican Federation of Labor.
The conference is to consider the
question of immigration from Mexico.
IMMIGRATION LAW
PROVES SUCCESSFUL
Hoquiam, Wash.—The first year of
the immigration law has shown it
to be an unqualified success, declared
Congressman Johnson, chairman of
the house immigration committee.
Mr. Johnson said he will oppose
every effort to weaken this legisla
tion. He decried reports that there
have been extensive "bootlegging" of
emigrants or that there has been any
great influx of smuggled aliens across
the Canadian or Mexican borders.
PRESSMEN CART
Los Angeles.—After long negotia
tion, web pressmen secured a new
wage agreement with newspaper pub
lishers. Rates are increased 50 cents
per shift with back pay datiftg from
the first of the year.
APPEAL OIL DECISION!
Cheyenne, Wyo.—The government
has appealed Federal udge Kennedy's
decj£pcni6cr-e Teapot Dome oil case
to the "clrttort court of appeals, udge
Kennedy upheld the naval oil lease
to the Mammoth Oil Company, con
trolled by Harry F. -Sinclair.
$713,183 PAID TO WIDOWS
Trenton, N. J.—Counties and mu
nicipalities of this state paid $713,
183 for widow's pensions during the
fiscal year just closed. Approxi
mately $660,000 was spent for the
care of dependent children. These
sums are exclusive of administration
and patronage' that is controlled by costs, which were borne by the state.
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NEW M6H RECORD
Reached This Year in Build
ing Construction
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—Building activ
ity in the United States now is at a
higher level than it ever has been.
The present building rates is above
the two previous years, which, prior
to 1925, had outstripped all former
record^
Data received by the departrent of
commerce shows that in June this
year the volume of building was 71
per cent above the level of 1913. Last
.Time the volume was 26 per cent
above the level of 1913. In May the
level was 67 per cent above 1913,
compared with 65 per cent last May.
Each month this year has been ahead
of the corresponding month last year,
according to the commerce depart
ment figures.
•There has been some change in
the character of construction in the
last year. The years 1923 and 1924
saw a large amount of residential
construction. In current figures resi
dential constuction, while generally
ahead of last year, is a smaller per
centage of the total volume. Business
buildings, schools, etc., occupy a more
prominent place.
As long as building continues at a
high rate many other lines will con
tinue to do well, for building calls
for purchases of many kinds and it
provides employment for both skilled
and unskilled labor.
INACTION POLICY
Abandoned By St. Paul
Trades Unionists.
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St. Paul, Minn.—Organized work
ers are arranging for a revival of
trade unionism in this city. Commit
tees are visiting locals and these are
appointing active committees.
"The general industrial depression
and antagonisms against the unions
during the past fuor years have af
fected the spirit and the size of the
unions," says the Minnesota Union
Advocate. "This distracting influ
ence has been manifested in the re
laxation of organization activity.
Workers now realize the peril their
defenseless condition places them in,
and they are ready to again become
active.
"Many thousands of helpless work
ers, ignorant of the methods and pur
poses of organized labor, hove been
brought into our midst, and are used
to prevent improvement in labor con
ditinos.
"The work calls for personal, spe
cial and general effort. It is intended
to provide facilities for doing every
form of work and making it possible
to bring the message of organization
to the attention and understanding of
every unorganized worker in the
city."
PLAN ANTI-LYNCHING
LAW
Atlanta.—An'anti-lynchhrg bill has
been introduced in the state legisla
ture. It provides that any officer
found guilty of "negligence in a riot
riotous assembly or mob violence,
shall be removed from office and the
sheriff of the county involved the sub
ject of a suit for $10,000 for ecah
homicide by the mob and "for the full
value of property injured or destroy
ed."
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FARMERS DID
NOT MEET ANNUAL
INTEREST RATE
Washington. Farmers of this
country failed to earn the prevailing
rate of interest on their investment,
according to an analysis of the agri
cultural balance sheet by the depart
ment of agriculture.
The business man figures interest
charges as part of his fixed expense,
and it is not included as "profit." The
department says that the farmer re
ceived 4.1 per cent on his investment,
while he had to pay 6.4 per cent on
borrowed capital.
In round figures the net income for
the 1924-25 season, the department
stid, was $2,712,000,000, compared
with $1,882,000,000 for 1923-24.
This sum, however, did not go en
tirely to farmers, as they own only 79
per cent of the total capital and pay
interest on the balance. The return
on the farmers' unincumbered capital
for the year was estimated at 4.1 per
cent
WOMEN
In Industry Did Not In
crease, U. S, Bureau
Report Shows
Washington.—In a pamphlet en
titled"Facts About Working Women,
issued by the United States women's
bureau, it is shown that during the
period 1910-1920 there was pactically
no increase in the number of women
employed in manufacturing and me
chanical industries. The figures are
taken from the United States census.
In 1910 the women thus employed
totaled 7,820,570, or 22.5 per cent of
~the 8,075,772 over 10 years of age en
gaged in gainful occupations.
In 1920 the number of women em
ployed in manufacturing and mechan
ical industries was 1,930,341, or 22.6
per cent of the grand total. .This is
but an increase of one-tenth of per
cent over 1910.
The largest gain in the 10-year pe
riod was in clerical occupations. In
1910 the number was 593,224, or 7.3
per cent of the total. In 1920 the
number increased to 1,426,116, or 16.7
per cent.
The number engaged in domestic
and personal service declined from
2,531,221, or 31.3 per cent, in 1910, to
2,186,924# or 25.6 per cent, in 1920.
FLORIDA FLOGGER
Held Not Guilty of Murder
of Farmer Boy
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Gross City, Fla.—Thomas W. Hig
ginbotham, whipping boss at the Put
nam Lumber Company camp in Dixie
county, has been declared not guilty
pf second degree murder in connection
with the death of Martin Talbert
North Dakota farmer boy. Higgin
botham must face trial for alleged
complicity in the death of Lewis Bar
ker, negro, last fall.
The whipping boss was indicted for
murder two years ago. He was
charged with killing young Talbert
who hod been arrested for stealing a
ride on a freight train and sentenced
to the lumber camp. The trial re
vealed that the judge and other offi
cials were paid by the company for
sentencing prisoners to the camp
where Higginbotham was whipping
boss.
l'he trial resulted in such unfavor-
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daily arriving, and wc must clear our shelves at once—a wonderful money
saving opportunity
Ladies' Patent, Tan, Suede, Kid, in straps, pumps, oxfords djl A|" and An
beautiful patterns. Final Clearance
Men's Oxfords and High Shoes, in tan, black, brown kid classy shoes for the young man
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Children's Strap Slippers, in patent, suede, grey, elk a/id colors, sizes' 8 to 12.
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Better be safe than sorry.
Nobody can force you to
use care in the investment of
your money.
But remember: whenever
you attempt to get a rather
large return, you are risking
or gambling your money.
The larger the expected re
turn, the bigger the gamble
The earnings that our build
ing association offers you are
as high as can be obtained—
SAFELY.
You will have no regrets—
you will not have to "cry over
spilt milk," if you invest your
savings here.
All the funds that people
entrust to us are backed by
substantial first mortgage se
curity under careful manage
ment and under a plan or sys
tem that has proved its
soundness over a long period
of years.
The Peoples Deposit
Improvement and Loan Co.
Rentschler Bldg.
E. P. WARNDORF, Secretary
able publicity that the state legisla
ture passed a law that forbids the
leasing of convicts to private com
panies and abolished the lash in pri
son camps.
The lumber company paid- a large
sum of money to the family of young
Tabert.
TAX EXPERTS' INCOME
EXCEEDS UNCLE SAM'S
San Francisco.—Lawyers and in-.
come tax experts who explain the in
tricate income tax receive five times
more than the government collects
from this tax, according to Herbert
Hoover, secretary of commerce, in a
speech here.
STATE UNIONS TO MEET
San Diego, Cal.—The annual con
vention of the California State Fed
eration of Labor will convene in this i
city on Monday, September 21.
STREET CAR MEN WIN
De Moines, Iowa.—Street car men
have won their strike against, the
local street car company, and the
agreement between the two parties is
reinstated.
The management attempted to
break the agreement after more than
10 years of friendly relations.
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Knee Caps, Leggings, full length:
elastic stockings fitted properly.
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