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VOL. XXV. No. 29
By International Labor News Service*
Montreal.—Democracy is on the
march, but in the ranks of labor in
Britain, at any rate, there is a solid
jfront against communism and its rev
olutionary short cut to a new era,
declared Arthur Henderson, chairman
of the British labor party, in an ad
dress here.
Nations and classes are at the
cross-roads, he added. One road would
lead to disorder and violence, possibly
to chaos and a painful close of west
ern civilization the other to a new
social order wherein the common will
''to peace will be the guiding principle,
and the improvement of economic and
cultural well-being of the masses will
be the ideal.
Dictatorship Condemned
Continuing, he said that the steady
progress of labor democracy has up
rooted the old idea that the masses
have not the capacity to realize their
aims and aspirations. British labor
does not "believe in revolutionary up
heavals or short cuts. A dictatorship
of the proletariat would be tyranny,
as fatal to liberty as any other form
of tyranny.
WOMAN UNION
Has Case Against Her in
Capital Court Dismissed
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—Dorothy Fergu
son, charged with enticing and inter
fering with patrons of a local unfair
lunch p00m, was declared not guilty
in police court because the evidence,
the judge said, did not show the de
fendant had violated any regulation,
for although she was in front of the
eating place announcing that "this
house is unfair to organized labor,"
no proof was presented to show she
actually deterred anyone from enter
ing.
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Against Communist Doctrine,
Arthur Henderson Declares
Fall Coats
—They are designed expressly for little ladies—those
ranging in height from 4 feet 11 inches to 5 feet 5
inches. Fashion specialists have imparted to these
new coats the distinctive styles of the modes for large
women.
—No alterations are necessary with these smart gar
ments. They wlil fit immediately. The little lady can
now see—not guess—exactly how the finished coat
will look.
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Other statements which Mr. Hen
derson made were as follows:
British labor is moving irresistibly
toward an ideal of a co-operative com
monwealth but it holds fast to the
methods of political democracy and
peaceful persuasions. Only by win
ning a majority of the people to la
bor's cause can we be sure of holding
the positions we gain, consolidating
them, and moving on to greater
achievements.
Our present tactic is the promotion
of a greater understanding of the
spirit, power and purpose of democ
racy. The future of the labor move
ment, of western civilization, depends
on the growth of this spirit of democ
racy, and the development of those
parliamentary institutions in which it
functions.
Labor Conscious of Mission
Conscious of its mission, believing
in orderly evolution, British labor will
never tramp the Red road of revolu
tion by violence and armed force, if
the highways of democracy are kept
open. Those who seek to block the
road of democracy assume a heavy re
sponsibility, and invite the danger
they seek to guard against.
This verdict is looked upon as a vic
tory for organized labor, as this case
has been the subject of much discus
sion in labor circles, and it has been
feared that an adverse decision would
place labor people in a bad position in
future.
The judge ruled that before an ar
rest can be made the officer must
know that the picketer knew, or had
reasonable ground to suspect, that the
passer-by intended to enter the place
and buy. No such intent was shown
by the government here, the judge
held. He added that even if the gov
ernment had shown such intent he
was not certain the defendant would
have" been guilty of violating the reg
ulations.
Strike of sailors and longshoremen
at Havre, France, ends.
Every. Small Woman Will
Want To See These New
^—Period and other beauti
ful styles, all cedar or cedar
and walnut veneer. Moder
ate prices.
price $19.50 to $50.00 Haifpnce
The Robinson-
SAVE HAMILTON'S PARKS AND PLAYGJiOUNDSk
EVEN THE AIR
Used By Anthracite Miners
Costs Money, Charges
Mayor Durkin
Scranton, Pa.—Anthracite coal own
ers in some instances charge em
ployes for compressed air needed to
work their jyckhammers, according to
Mayor Durkin, of this city, in an open
letter to William W. Inglis, chairman
of the anthracite operators' negotiat
ing committee.
The mayor and Major Inglis have
been writing public letters on the min
ers' wage demands. The mayor sup
ports the miners.
In one of his previous letters, the
coal owners', ygjpresentative charged
the mayor with making misstate
ments.
"My statements," the mayor re
plied, "are based squarely upon the
findings of the United States coal
commission appointed by the presi
dent to conduct an exhaustive study
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Halite:
Wee Women
Coats For Small Women
Flannelette
Gowns
—Flannelette gowns, good weight,
pink and blue striped material long
sleeves, high neck priced at
$1.00
Drapery
Silk
—Sun proof drapery silk, 86 inches
wide, in plain and fancy and tapestry
effects. Colors are rose, blue or gold
special at
$1.19
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THE 1BUTI3ER COUNTYIPRESS:
DO NOT BE DECEIVED
The Gas Problem Is Not Yet
Settled. The Leasing Ordinance
Passed By Council Cannot Be In
Legal Effect Before The Election
Next Tuesday.
VOTE THE GAS BALLOT
of the coal situation, taking into con
sideration also the 1923 wage adjust
ment. The commission's figures thus
modified show average earnings of
contract miners, the most highly paid
of the mine workers, to be $1,870
gross a year, based on an average of
248 actual working days a year, or
approximately $7.50 per day gross.
"From this gross figures, however,
must be deducted heavy expenses for
machinery and supplies. The opera
tors in some instances even charge
employes for the compressed air need
ed to work their jackhammers."
TEAPOT DOME
Oil Mess Will Be Uncovered
Bv Senate
Washington.—The 'nav^ oil leases
will be revived in the senate, at the
forthcoming session of congress, and
those who expected to hush this scan
dal by turning it over to the courts,
where it would lose its public inter
est, will be disappointed.
The next inquiry will show what
connection the Continental Trading
Company, of Canada, had with the oil
leases. At the Teapot Dome trial in
Cheyenne the government asked for
time to investigate this concern, but
Federal Judge Kennedy refused. Pro
ceedings were stafted in Toronto,
where Judge Riddell referred to the
Continental to a "fake" company. It
is claimed that $230,000 in Liberty
bonds, purchased for the company, can
be traced to former Secretary of the
Interior Fall's bank account. The gov
ernment attempted to show that the
company was merely a "go-between"
for Fall and powerful interests.
Frenzied efforts were made to block
the government's trail. Judge Ken
nedy refused to grant a postponement
of the trial, and leading oil men,
whom the government intended to use
as witnesses, left the country. Osier,
former head ofHhe Continental, went
to Africa on a hunting expedition
Robert W. Stewart, of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, went to
South America H. M. Blackmer, of
the Midwest Oil Company, went.to
France, and James O'Neill, former
head of the Prairie Oil and Gas Com
pany. also went to Europe.
CONVICT LABOR
Goods Menace Free Indus
try, Declares Kate
O'Hare
New York. No law-respecting
manufacturer can meet the tax-sub
sidized competition of convict labor,
says Kate Richards O'Hare, in a
statement released by the United
Garment Workers of America.
This union is associated with the
Union-Made Garment Manufacturers
Association in a joint attack on the
convict labor evil that is strangling
the garment industry.
"With his overhead paid by the tax
payers, and paying one-sixth of the
ordinary labor cost of free workers,
the prison labor contractor has an ad
vantage that no legitimate producer
can meet," according to the union
statement.
"One great advantage that few ever
consider is advertising. The prison
labor contractor can spend enormous
sums advertising in and subsidizing
unscrupulous publications. Because of
the tremendous poWer of the nrison
labor contractor's advertising budget
there has been no widespread disuc
sion of this great social evil. From
1919 to the present time the Reliance
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HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1925 ONE DOLLARPER YEAR
Manufacturing Company, particular
ly, has flooded the pages of farm,
and, we blush to say, trade union and
religious papers, with their advertise
ments of prison-made goods. In most
instances the editors did not know the
truth, and certainly the readers did
not, for the average normal person
will not knowingly use prison prod
ucts.
'Because the prison labor contrac
tors are tax-subsidized and protected
in their robberies, they can, and do,
make prices and terms to deluded
greedy merchants that legitimate
manufacturers can not meet. It is
not strange that with their many un
fair advantages they have beeen able
to hold the trade gained during the
war and have increased their business
500 per cent in three years.
"The quesUon we are facing today
is: What will th^ social effects be if
the prison labor contractor drives all
legitimate garment manufacturers out
of business?"
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By International Labor News Service.
Charleston, W. Va.—Don Chafin,
the notorious union baiter and politi
cal boss of Logan county, must serve
two years in the Atlanta federal pri
son for conspiracy to .violate the pro
hibition law.
Chafin was indicted over a year ago
by a federal grand jury at Hunting
ton on a charge of conspiring to vio
late the United States prohibition
laws. He was tried at that term of
the federal court and a verdict of
guilty was returned and Judge G. W.
McClintic imposed a fine of $10,000
and a two-year sentence in the federal
prison at Atlanta, Ga.
The case was appealed to the United
States circuit court at Richmond, Va.,
and that court upheld McClintic's de
cision but allowed an appeal to the
UNIONFOE
Urges a Fixed Wage Stand
ard
Philadelphia.—The anti-union street
car company of this city wants wages
based on fluctuations in the purchas
ing power of the dollar. The com
pany has presented the plan to the
state public^service commission.
Present rates are based on wages
in Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit,
three unionized systems. True to the
anti-union creed, the local street car
company and its company "union
have agreed that organized street car
men in the three cities can make the
fight, and take all the risk, for higher
living standards. If the unionists win
Philadelphia wages and work stand
ards will increase. If the unionists
I6se local standards decrease.
The unionists are winning their
battles and the local company wants
a new deal. Under its latest proposal
living standards of employes would
be fixed. As the purchasing power of
the dollar varied, rates would be in
And Now
DUCO
For Furniture
See the demonstration of this hard, durable, WATER-PROOF finish,
which will not check, crack or craze in any climate.
Boiling water, icy glasses—even soap will not affect it.
Demonstrated at our store every day this week by Miss Natalie Shaver,
a Du Pont factory representative.
Everybody Welcome
K-R-E-B-s'
107 South Third Street
TURNS HOUSES INTO HOMES
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Don Chafin Must Serve Two
Years in Federal Prison,
U. S. Supreme Court Rules
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United States supreme court, the
highest tribunal.
The case was reviewed by the su
preme court now in session and the
appeal was denied with the result that
Chafin will spend twa years in the
sovfthern penal institution.
Chafin has waged a bitter warfare
upon the United Mine Workers' Union
for many years and has kept the or
ganization out of Logan county with
in armed force of so-called deputy
sheriffs, during which time many
union men and sympathizers have
been brutally assaulted and chsBed
out of the county.
As sheriff of Logan county and in
other public offices he reigned as a
!ittle czar over that domain until the
United States government .ook a hand
and put an end to his career.
GOVERNMENT
Workers in Canada Are to
Get Day's Rest in Seven
By International Labor News Service.
Montreal.—The dominion govern
ment has at last adopted an order in
council ordaining that all its civil
service employes shall have one day's
rest in seven. Where, as in the case
of postal workers, the special nature
of their duties require work on Sun
day, employes shall be allowed during
the next six days, a compensatory rest
period of 24 hours.
This belated government action was
the direct result of organized labor's
insistence on the obligation of the fed
eral authority to recognize the recom
mendations of the International Labor
Conference.
creased or lowered to rigidly maintain
that standard.
Trade unionists oppose this check
of any advance or development of the
workers.
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