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OF HAMILTON AND VICINITY
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER tl, 1925
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter
Issued Weekly at 121 Market Stmt
Telephone 12M Hamilton. Ohio
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
aud Labor Council of Middletowu. O.
JKTOUR3IRISIMAS
.SHOPPING TMf
BUY AT HOME
Never in all history did the Ham
ilton stores put up the pretty appear
ance they are doing at this Christmas
time. And never before were the
Hamilton stores so completely stocked
as they are this year. And they are
certainly deserving of all Hamilton
people's patronage. Yet there are
many of our people who are making
all of their purchases, at least their
purchases of any consequence, else
where, that is, out of the city.
This shouldn't be. Surely one can
find everything, of any need, in our
local stores. The Hamilton merchants
go to great expense and much trouble
to provide for the needs of Hamilton
shoppers. The merchants are all big
taxpayers and, as stated before, de
serving of every bit of Hamilton
trade.
Patronizing the Hamilton stores
means the eventual building up of a
bigger business district. More and
bigger stores. More employment for
Hamilton workers. There is complaint
that the members of many of our
business men's families make their
purchases out of the city. Be that
as it may, if they are disloyal to
their home city is no reason why you
should be disloyal. Be loyal to the
old home town, help build her up
make your purchases here and feel
better for having done so.
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CIGARS
10 in box 50c, 75c, $1, $1.25, $1 50
25 in box 80c upwards to $5 50
50 in box ..$4.50 upwards to $11.00
Featuring all leading brands
CIGARETTES
Christmas wrapped and fancy tins of
SO, 100 or 200 cigarettes. The kind that
all men smoke.
TOBACCO POUCHES
Rubber, Suede, Leather popular
pricing 75c, $1, $1.25 and $1.50
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DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
The Washington Daily News says:
"Do you understand just what this
40 per cent surtax is that Secretary
Mellon is so anxious to have cut in
two? Probably you do, but there is
no harm in taking a fresh look at it.
"The 40 per cent surtax is assess
ed against incomes in excess of $500,
000 a year. That is to say, any man,
like Mr. Mellon, for instance, whose
wages or other earnings or profits ex
ceed a half million dollars each year,
pays this 40 per cent surtax. But he
doesn't pay it on the $500,00 he pays
it on all of his income above that fig
ure. That is to say, if he earns $550,
000 a year, he pays that surtax on
$50,000 of it. If he earns $600,000
a year, he pays it on $100,000, and so
on.
Whten this fact is kept in mind, the
40 per cent surtax doesn't seem so
serious, does it? You probably would
be willing to pay it yourself on all you
earned above a half million a year.
As a matter of record only 213
persons in the United States are so
fortunate as to be able to pay the 40
per cent surtax. The reason offered
for urging that it be cut in two is that
it would stimulate business. In other
words, it would stimulate these 213
citizens to even further efforts in the
way of making money. And that,
those of the Mellon school argue,
would increase the prosperity of all
of us.
Maybe so. T^iink ft over some
more. The bill isn't through congress
yet and won't be for several months."
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WISDOM
There was a revolutionary con
sciousness in Jesus not, of course, in
the common use of the word "revolu
tionary," which connects it with vio
lence and bloodshed. But Jesus knew
that he had come to kindle a fire on
earth. His mother in her song
had recognized in her own experience
the settled custom of God to "put
down the proud and exalt them of low
degree," to "fill the hungry with good
things and to send the rich empty
away. The Son of Mary expect
ed a great reversal of values*—Walter
Rauschenbusch.
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MEMBERSHIP GROWING
One of the most gratifying features
of the report of the executive board
to the American Federation of Labor
convention at Atlantic City was that
for the first time since 1920 there was
an increase of dues-paying members
of the unions affiliated with the A.
of L. This increase is small, only
12,318, but significant in showing that
the tide has turned and may be ex
pected to grow in volume from npw
on.
At EI Paso a year ago the member
ship was 2,878,197. These figures do
not_include the thousands who are ex
empt from dues by reason of strikes
lockouts, industrial depression or other
causes of unemployment. The total
federation affiliation, including these,
would be in excess of 4,000,000.
Financially, the federation is in
good shape, with no debts and a cash
balance in bank amounting to $213,
053 80. There also is a surplus of
$12,841.42 in the A. F. of L. building
fund. Receipts for the year totaled
$509,702.96.,
The outstanding subjects present
ed in the report for the careful
thought and consideration of the con
vention were chapters under the gen
eral headings of "New Economic De
velopments," and "New Labor Prob
lems," dealing with company unions,
employers' insurance, employe owner
ship, labor banks, union management,
co-operation, etc. These are subjects
that prove the federation is a pro-
A WORD TO THE WISE FROM
The House of BerkoWitz
243 HIGH STREET
Gifts He WiU Thoroughly Enjoy
We have a complete line of everything that pertains to Tobacco and its accessories
R'l.L BOOSTER SAVS
PMVUQ TO BR1UG IM UEU1
FACTORIES S GOOD BOOSTER.
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ATTEMPT TO BRIMS TRADE lb OUR.
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XAOUEM TO OUR. ©ASW REGISTERS
NUUILE VJE ARE WA\TtU$
FOR. FACTORIES "TO COME
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gressive organization, constantly
reaching out to broaden the method
of help for the worker.
The next two yeans ought to add a
million men and women to the ranks
of the federationists.
to to to to to
THE "OPEN" SHOP IS NdN«"t"
UNION
At its recent convention the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers
renewed its faith in the anti-union
shop, which it persists in calling the
open" shop.
There is no such thing as an "open"
shop. The term is a red herring.
Employers who have spies to re
port trade union sentiment among
workers boast that their plant is
"open'"—that no distinction is made
between union and non-union workers
If an employer concedes the right
of workers to organize, he does not
employ spies. An intelligence bu
reau is not one of his fixed charges
Neither does he assume a guardian
ship over workers who can—if per
rnitted—care for themselves.
The anti-union employer talks of his
high regard for employes. He sells
them stock in his corporation. He die
tates hours, wages and working con
ditions. If they are restless, he black
lists the "agitators" and organizes the
others into a company "union,
writes its constitutoin and selects its
officials. He provides all manner of
uplift work—he does everything for
them except permit them to order
their own lives.
In the anti-union shop thi worker
is as much a slave as any black man
in a southern cotton field. The for
mer does not feel the sting of the
overseer's lash, but his degree of in
dependence is practically the same.
This nation is changing from agri
culture to industry. These changes
are so rapid that no one can predict
the revolutions in production methods
with in the next two decades.
As America perfects an industrial
machine now undreamed of, will the
wage workers be numbered units, as
are drill presses and lathes? Will
their lives be directed by efficiency
engineers, as is their every move in
factory and shop?
to to to to to
ORGANIZED LABOR'S VOICE
"The voice of organized labor
increasing in volume," declared Wil
liam Green, president jf the American
Federation of Labor, in an address at
the dedication of "Labor's Reward,"
the moving picture which is being us
ed in the organization, education and
publicity campaign of the American
Federation of Labor and the union
label trades department.
CIGAR-CIGARETTE CASES
*25c, 50c upwards to $5.00
Genuine leather
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE
HOLDERS
With and without cases, domestic and
imported goods. Bakelite holders that
cotar.iike meerschaum.
CHOCOLATES
Famous Romance line—as advertised in
the Saturday Evening Post i, 2, 3,4 and
5 lbs.
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"It is being heard in the councils
ofthe nation," he continued, "and the
deliberate judgment of its administra
tive agencies is being sought by those
who direct the affairs of government
and by the officers of organizations
engaged in promoting various humane
enterprises.
While speaking for the millions who
compose the American Federation of
Labor, he said, organized labor also
indirectly speaks for the millions of
voiceless unorganized whose stand
ards of life and living are greatly in
fluenced by the success or failure of
organized labor.x
"There are many questions of ft po
litical, social and economic character
which occupy the attention of the pub
lic," President Green said, "but
among them all none is more vital
than that of organized labor. It is
associated with industry and by its
ramifications permeates the social,
civic and economic life of all com
munities. Its importance cannot be
minimized nor can its influence upon
our national life be accurately meas
ured Oir correctly appraised
to to to to
REAL WAGE GAINS SHdW&
It is reported, and the reports are
backed up by figures, that wages have
been rising while commodity prices
have been going down. This is a fact,
strange as it may seem. Labor's con
tention is that improved management,
high wages and reasonable costs can
and ought to go together.
When wages rise and prices rise
with them there is no real gain for
labor. But when wages rise faster
than prices, or when wages go up and
prices go down, a real gain is scored
That is precisely what has hap
pened.
To a large extent this remarkable
state of affairs is due to these causes:
1. Well paid, skilled workers are
the most highly productive
2. Elimination of waste and dupli
cation results in higher, better pro
duction per unit of time and power
Early Hospitals Were
Refuges for PilgAms
The word hospital is from the Latin
"hospes," a guest. From the same
source comes host, one who entertains
hospitality, the entertainment given
and hospitaller, the keeper of the
house. The hospital of the Middle
agos was originally an inn or house
of entertainment for pilgrims. In proc
ess of time these places of entertain
ment were resorted to by the sick and
infirm only, and the house of enter
tainment became an asylum for the
sick and wounded.
The name hospitallers was first ap
plied to those whose duty It was to
provide "hospitium," lodging and en
tertainment for pilgrims. The most
noted institution of the kind during
the Middle ages was at Jerusalem
which gave Its name to an order called
the Knights Hospitallers. This order
was also called Knights of St. John at
Jerusalem. Afterward they were
styled the Knights of Rhodes, and then
Knights of Malta, because the Islands
of Rhodes and Malta were conferred
upon them by different monarch*.
Early Days of th« Fork
Letters and other documents dealing
with manners and customs of dally
life in the Seventeenth century in
England which recently came to light
tend to show that It was customary in
those days for "persons of quality'
to have sets of their own, spoons
knives and forks which they took
with them when invited out. These
papers are Interesting Just at this
time especially to antique collections
for recently a two-tined fork made in
1682 was added to the British mu
seum.
The extreme simplicity of the de
sign suggests that it was an expert
mental implement. Which Is not sur
prising considering the date, for Eng
lls.h writers of the early years of the
Seventeenth century describe with
much curiosity the fashion of using a
fork to eat with as a fashion newly
introduced from Italy.
Generous Job
A Bel yoke (Mass.) man in Worces
ter found that he had spent all his
money, and began looking ahput for
chance to earn some. Seeing a group
of men digging for the foundation of
a hew building, he asked the foreman
if he could go to work. "Sore," said
the foreman, "help yourself to a shov
el." Picking up an idle shovel, the
newcomer worked »way for a couple
of hours. Finally, when he paused for
a rest, one of the men who was work
ing beside him said: "I don't seeui to
know you—where do you live?" '1
live In Hol.voke," replied the newcom
er. "What are you doing here?" asked
tlie other. "All of as Worcester men
are giving a da5v's work free to help
build the new Presbyterian church.'!^
Boston Globe
To Freshen Wall Paper
An ingenious way to freshen on
patterned dingy wall paper Is to get
about a quart of flat Ivory paint sucl
as is used for Interiors, and Mith i
sponge daintily to dab the walls. Till
may he done in the original color n
the paper or In a harmonizing tone
In the former ca«e the u.^e of
paint may be quite liberal, but in th
latter care must be /ised not to j#e»
too dark an effect nor yet too gaud.*
a one. This method produces
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Is distinctly attractive.
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expended, and thin feiakes lower
prices possible.
The old argument that low wages
hiust precede lower prices is knocked
clear over the moon. It is a dead
duck. It is dead forever. It c&n never
come back.
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Tfus year 1925 has prbven &-gfc#at
big something to everyone.
And the hide-bound "opert shop"
crowd can't laugh that off!
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
The day the League of Nations
forced the Greek army out of Bulgaria
and compelled both nations to cease
all hostilities and ^to agree to abide
by arbitration by a world court, a
book by the late Henry Cabot Lodge
was given to the public in which the
old claim is reiterated that a League
of Nations can never achieve any
thing.
The Leagu& of* Nations as itttow
stands is far from being a perfect
organization. No one ever claimed
it would be perfected or even that it
would be able to function with per
fection for years. It has to be tested
and to be changed and adapted and
GLOSS OFF
Will remove the wearshiivs from
Ladies' and Gents' garments. Get
the better kind of Cleaning, Repair
ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's
162 N. street. Phone 2617-L.
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all your
income
Cut down the living ex
penses and put by the balance.
You do not need to cut out
anything vital.,
If you plan or budget your
expenditures, you can save
more—easily.
For safety and maximum
returns, invest your savings
here.
The Peoples Deposit
Improvement and Loan Co.
Rentachler Bldg.
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made workable. But that can never
be accomplished until it is tried.
Nor can a League of Nations ever
be successful without all the great
world powers joining in the move
ment. Without Germany, Russia and
Turkey there can be no hope of suc
cess in bringing about any reason
able assurance of lasting peace. The
formerly The RED TRUNK
Christmas Gifts
for Men
—Gifts for men and boys from a man's store—
the kind that every man expects and longs foir—
this store is replete with them,
Novelty silk four-in-hands
and popular silk and wool
neckwear in new QQ*»
checks and stripes •/•/C
Silk and Knitted /JO.
Ties ... D«JC
All packed in attractive
holiday boxes.
HOLIDAY GLOVES
Warm gloves for dre&S
or driving—
97c
to
$2.97
HOLIDAY HOSIERY
Novelty silk and wool hose
69c
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Silk
97c
libit
hose— QC*
3 pair for ODC
Genuine imported English
broadcloth shirts in plain
and fancy patterns—
to
$3.95
Gift Combination
and Armbands—
Garters
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$1.97
Tie and Hose
to match
LUMBER JACKS
In all the popular checks,
with knitted bottom—
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shopping
holiday
Every Gift
Problem Solved
Carloads of Holiday Shoes and
Slippers distributed among oui*
chain of stores, ordered sold within^
the next few days. Complete stock
of Holiday Slippers—you can't be
disappointed. The savings are big
246 High Street
success of the Locarno conference is
a strong lesson in this respect. De
spite the negative and unfortunate at*
titude of the United States the Euro
pean powers appear to be making
some headway toward the desirable
end of an amicable understanding*
tween all nations of the earth.
Boys
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HOLIDAY SWEATERS
Button front or pull-over
styles, wool and worsted,
all colors—
$1.97
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$11.97
HOLIDAY MUFFLERS
Silk knitted Q7
mufflers «P
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Scotch wool mufflers—
99c
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211 High Street Rentschler Bldg.
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