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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4,1925
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at S2* Market Street
Telephone ISM Hamilton, Ohio
Endorse^ by the Trades and Labor
Conncil of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletowu. O.
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MAYOR-ELECT
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STARTING RIGHT
Though Mayor-elect Harry
Koehler, Jr., doesn't take hold of the
office until after the first of the new
year he has already aired his views
on certain things which give rise to
the fact that he is in favor of certain
things which would be for the best
interest of the city as a whole. He
favored the increase of salaries which
were granted by council last week
and of others that council ignored. He
also asked that the ordinance combin
ing the positions of service and
safety director be repealed so that two
men again will fill these jobs. It
doesn't seem, however, that he is go
ing to get very far in the matter
with the present council. The mayor
elect is right in his contention that
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no one man can fill both jobs and do
justice to either. While there is no
criticism of the present incumbent,
Mr. Meyers, he did the best he could,
experience of the past two years
makes it plain that there is too much
work in the two jobs for any one man
to do and do it right.
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THE REASON
Working conditions in America are
the best in the world, says the de
partment of labor. The department
failed to add, however, that in Amer
ica are more labor unions than in any
other country. Ju^t an oversight, no
doubt, on the part of the department
But there is the reason.
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UNION SHOP FAIRNESS
In the multitude of bitter tirades
that have been directed against organ
ized labor there is one topic that is
given more attention than any one
other, and that is the union shop,
which consists of a job where only
union men are employed. The ene
mies of the union assail the union
shop with a vehemence that knows no
bounds. Their antidote for it is what
they term the open shop, in which
both union and non-union men are
supposed to be hired without any dis
crimination against either, but in
actual practice this kind of a plan
invariably results in discrimination
against all union men whose service
can be dispensed with.
In a union shop the employes are
all organized and deal collectively
with their employers. In the open
shop the union is ignored and each
individual workman must fight his
battle alone. In the union shop the
union is the medium through which
workmen deal with their employers
and it becomes a proposition of give
and take.
In a union shop men refuse to work
with non-union men on the ground
that those who have contributed noth
ing to obtain union conditions are not
entitled to enjoy all the fru\ts of or
ganized effort at the expense of the
organized workers, and in return do
nothing to maintain them. There is
nothing unfair to a non-union man
about this, for the reason that the
union is open to him if he wants to
enjoy the fruits of organized labor.
He can become a member and by so
doing become entitled to all its bene
fits.
Nobody expects to enjoy the bene
fits of other organizations unless they
join them. By what process of reason
ing does any sane man cofhe to the
conclusion that non-union men are
entitled to the benefits of organized
labor without belonging to the
onion?
Bring The Kiddies
HEAR THEIR MERRY CRIES OF JOY!
Toys, Toys, Toys
Everything that a little boy or girl likes to find in his or her stocking
Christmas morning, we have! Listing the many we have is impossible—
but we have the largest and most complete selection of toys and games in
the city. Bring in the kiddies, pick out anything you want, make a small
deposit and we will lay it away until you are ready for it.
,—ALL OUR GOODS ARE NEW, and fresh from the very best makers—with our
PRICES FAR BELOW OTHERS for Quality goods.
Ladies' Sweaters
Children's Dresses
Children's Hats
Visit Bargain Basement for China, Aluminum and Granite Wear
Third Street Department Store
214 SOUTH THIRD STREET
BILL BOOSTER
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WARNING—BE CAREFUL
A new counterfeit $100 bill is in
circulation. You can tell it by mis
spelled words. No good union man
will accept bogus $100 bills because
they are not made under union con
ditions. The government makes paper
money and postage stamps with union
labor, and this is the only kind we
want. Accept only union made goods!
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The union shop principle is fair to
both union and non-union men in that
it offers both an opportunity to enjoy
such concessions as organized labor
has been able to gain. But the open
shop idea is unfair to the union men
and in its ultimate result it also
works to the injury of the non-union
man it is supposed to benefit. The
reason for this is that the real pur
pose of the open shop is to decrease
wages and prevent further concessions
to labor. Consequently to the extent
that it may be successful all labor is
injured.
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TOO MUCH POWER FOR
ANY PRESIDENT
The A. F. of L. executive council
records its opposition to empowering
the president to arbitrarily reorganize
the various departments of govern
ment. The proposal is urged by Con
gressman Davey, of this state.
In theory, the plan is alluring.
"Let the departments be placed on
an economic, business-like basis,
the public is told.
In practice the plan would make a
dictator of the president. He could
rip up our whole system of govein
ment, could surround himself witn
favorites and dismiss those whom he
dislikes. He would be armed with an
absolutism even unknown under the
spoils system in its wildest days.
This is too much power for a demo
cratic people to place in the hands of
their president, regardless of who
occupies the White House.
The proposal is but another phase
of the campaign against the law-mak
ing branch of our government by those
who would center all power in the
executive.
The Davey plan is as autocratic as
Mussolini's most daring suggestion
and is favored by those who have a
contempt for our system of govern
ment, with its checks and balances.
The present world tendency is to
ward the "right''—toward dictator-
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Rugs and Linoleums
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ship and against parliamentary the
ory. This movement is open where
strong enough. When it dare not
show its teeth, it is stealthy.
The latter policy is favored by
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WAGES NOW AT HIGH POINT
An International Labor News Serv
ice Washington dispatch says:
The wage of American labor now
is at the highest point in history. It
is even far above the war-time level
although the cost of living has drop
ped since the war.
Each year the United States labor
department makes a study of the
hourly union wage which affects more
than 700,000 workmen in .this coun
try. From this study is constructed
an index of the average rise and fall
in the wage rate.
The 1925 wage level is 138 per cent
above the level of 1913. A year ago
'the average level stood at 128 per
cent above 1913, and in 19^3 it was
111 per cent above 1913.
The 1920 rate was 99 per cent above
1913. The 1921 rate was higher, al
though 1921 was a poor business year.
This was not reflected in wages until
1922 when the level was 93 per cent
above 1913, compared witlr 106 per
cent in 1921.
In his recent New York* speech,
President Coolidge directed attention
to the fact that while wages were
rising the prices of commodities pro
duced by labor were lower. This he
attributed to' the great efficiency and
economy in industry.
The latest wage figures, coupled
with the cost of living studies, show
that the position of the American
worker is better than it ever has been
before, and also that it is better than
that of the workers in any other
nation.
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WISDOM
All eyes are opened or opening to
the rights of man. The general spread
of the light of science has already laid
open to every view the palpable truth
-that the mass of mankind has not
been born with saddles on their backs,
nor a favored few booted and spurred
ready to ride them legitimately, by
the grace of God.—Thomas Jefferson
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CONCERNING STARVED HORSES
Urging a 5 per cent increase in
freight rates on Western railroads
the editor of the Southern Pacific Bui
letin says:
"Good work cannot be expected
from a starved horse, and a railroad
cannot provide efficient service with
out adequate revenues.''
To which an employe of the South
ern Pacific, writing in the Railway
Clerk, makes answer in part, as fol
lows:
"Neither can efficient service and
co-operation be expected from cleri
cal, station and store employes on
this system while they are forced to
work for wages far below the Amer
ican standard of living."
As a retort, that sence is unanswer
able and as a philosophy of work and
wage, it is just as good.
It is strange that at this late day
the economic wisdom of good wages
need to be urged. But a great cor
poration has something of the slow
movement and inertia of a bureaucrat
ic government, and the majority of
railway clerks are still working for
a wage that, under present condi
tions, is little, if any* short of a na
tional disgrace.
To a great extent the clerks are
themselves jfco blame. All they have
to do to insure a square deal is to
join the brotherhood. It has done
much, but with a 100 per cent organ
ization it could accomplish infinitely
more.—Labor.
ANTIS' FEARFUD BLUNDER
Minneapolis.—The publicity depart
ment of the Citizens' Alliance points
to the construction of a local school
house as a fine piece of anti-union
workmanship. The job was union
throughout.
WHEN YOU NEED
tHE SERVICES OF
A RELIABLE DRUG
STORE
CALL
RADCLIFFE
The Rexall Store
Cor. High and Second Sts.
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LET US DEVELOP
TOUR PICTURES
i RAIL MERGER
By~ 4F©rce Has Been- Aban
doned.
Washington.—The Interstate Com
merce Commission has abandoned its
attempt to force a merging of the
nation's railroads. The plan was
worked out by F*rof. C. Z. Ripley, of
Harvard University, who grouped the
carriers into 23 great systems. The
Interstate Commerce Commission ac
cepted this as a basis and later pro
posed 19 regional groupings.
The railroads oppose compulsory
merging, which would fasten non
paying roads on those who are more
prospetcus. The railroads point out
that the motor truck will revolution
ize short hauls and will make it pos
sible to abandon branch lines whose
upkeep does not permit dividend earn
ings. These milroads, managers say,
will drag down- profitable roads if
the mergers are forced.
That the commission is alert to
changing conditions because of the
motor truck is indicated by its ap
proval of railroads abandoning short
lines and installing the motor system
Members of Congress who recently
advocated compulsory merging have
also abandoned this policy. The car
riers are perfecting consolidations of
larger systems while they gi'adually
weed out the lines with excessive over
head charges and small incomes.
ELECTRIC TRUST
FACES PROBE
Washington.—Under authority of a
Senate resolution, the Federal Trade
Commission will investigate the Gen
eral Electric Company, one of the
most powerful. corporations in the
United States. The company is linked
up, through subsidiaries, with a score
of countries in every section of the
world.
It is charged that General Electric
acts as a holding company for the
Electric Bond and Share Company
and that the latter controls 125 power
coi'porations.
The investigation follows the suc
cessful fight Senator Norris made in
the last congress against turning
Muscle Shoals over to this combina
tion.
A majority of the federal trade
commission refused to conduct the
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probe on the ground that they are
only bound by acts of Congress, and
not by a Senate resolution. Attorney
General Sargent reversed this deci
sion.
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APPRENTICE SCHOOL
Aided By Cleveland Trade
Unionists.
Cleveland, Ohio.—The second com
mencement of the Cleveland building
trades apprentice school will be held
on Wednesday evening, December 2.
The school is conducted by the'board
of education in co-operation with
building trades unions, employers' as
sociations and federal and state voca
tional education boards.
The school is operated under the
Smith-Hughes act of 1917 in which
congress provides for the support of
part-time trade schools. Every dollar
contributed by the federal govern
ment must be matched by an equal
amount by the state or local commun
ity, or both. Additional funds must
be furnished by the local board of edu
cation. Building material to operate
the school is furnished without cost
by local material dealers and manu
facturers.
Speakers at the commencement ex
ercises will include Secretary of Labor
Davis and Matthew Woll, A. F. of L,
vice president and chairman of the
A. F. of L. committee on education.
ALL-EXPENSE TOURS
TO
JACKSONVILLE
FLORIDA
VIA
Washington, Baltimore
and Steamer
Leave Every Monday and Thursday dur
ing Nov., Dec., Jan. and Feb.
$79.70
Includes Rail and Steamer Fare, Lower
Berth in Pullman Car, Stateroom Ac
commodations, All Meals to .Jackson
ville. Sight-SeeinK Trips at Washing
Urn und Savannah, Return Railroad
Ticket from Jacksonville Good Until
June 15, 1926.
Slight increase charged over above
when extra priced rooms are assigned.
Ask local' ticket a»rent for copy of de
tailed itinerary or address Theo. Hei
land, Div. PaBsensrei' Agent, 42 West
Second Street. Dayton, Ohio.
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NINE good reasons why you should shop here Saturday for
wool material—we are going to have some extraordinary good
values for you. We are making an extra effort to make it inter
esting for you we want to give you good value for your money.
All goods will be placed on separate counters so it will be easy
to shop..
FANCY SUITING—36-in. wide.
Value 59c-69c
PLAIN AND FANCY SUITING—36-in wide.
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from also black. Value $2.95
POINT BOLIVIA COATING—54-in., excellent
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special for Saturday. These wool fabrics
sold tip to $3.75. jM CQ
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lieve but in the long run, work
and thrift determine success.
Every person who is act
ively and regularly investing
his savings with us knows we
speak the truth.
We ,wquld welcome YOUR
account.
The Peoples Deposit
Improvement and Loan Co.
Ren techier Bldf.
E. F. WARNDORF, Secretary
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Knee Caps, Leggings, full length
elastic stockings fitted properly.
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street. tf
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the better kind of Cleaning, Repair
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