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VOL. XXV.- No. 41
By International LaborNews Service.
Montreal.—That the United States
this year will probably apply the im
migration quota law to native-born
Canadians and Mexicans is the sub
stance of a report circulated by the
Canadian press. The basis of the re
port appears to be the following
statement made by H. B. Landis,
United States immigration commis
sioner at Montreal, in an interview.
"No definite recommendations re
garding a Canadian quota have been
made by the United States immigra
tion department, but there is a strong
sentiment developing rapidly and it is
being fostered by employers in Can
ada and by some politicians."
The rest of the interview gave the
information that an effort was being
made to have congress codify the im
migration laws, and provide heavier
SEASONAL
Job Offices Urged to Help
Part-time Workers
By International Labor News Service.
Washington.—In his report to con
gress on the activities of the United
States employment service, Secretary
of Labor Davis says: "The report
of the farm labor division shows the
usefulness of such an agency as the
United States employment service in
dealing with transient labor. The
farm labor problem is only a part of
the larger one which needs solving—
the problem of providing employment
between seasons in seasonal occupa
tions.
"Some people seem to deplore that
we have seasonal labor, and when it
moves about, sometimes undirected or
misdirected from place to place, call
such workers 'hoboes.' It is unfortu
nate that this type of labor should
have to drift, for seasonable labor is
a necessity in the very nature of
things, harvest time comes and goes
but in the United States, with the
diversified crops and wide season
range, there is always a demand for
labor somewhere. ...
"This is true, however, also in cer
tain industries that are not affected
with the change in seasons. Some in
dustries are so overdeveloped that six
months' production suffices for a
year's supply. Instead of spreading
Quota Threat in Canada Is
Criticised as Move to Hurt
Great Labor Union Campaign
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penalties for aliens surreptitiously en
tering the United States.
Canadian labor papers suggest that
the circulation of this report just prior
to the launching by the international
unions of a vigorous campaign of or
ganization is not without significance.
Canadian business men make no se
cret of their desire to destroy the
international unions in Canada, and
any kind of a report calculated to
disturb the existing relations is con
sidered good propaganda at the pres
ent time. Having persuaded the Ot
tawa government to arrange Atlantic
passages for immigrants at $15 to
$20, they would be happy if they could
persuade Washington to bar Cana
dians from the United States alto
gether. Then they would have a good
chance to smash the unions.
the six months' work over a whole
year of three-day weeks, this labor
ought to be bunched and then direct
ed to other industries, where similar
conditions prevail, for employment
during the remainder of the year.
"The establishment of seasonal em
ployment offices would make possible
the furnishing of exact information
regarding the location of demand for
seasonal workmen and would obviate
many hardships encountered by seek
ers of part-year employment."
QUEBEC SHOE
PUNTS
Take Back Strikers Pending
Arbitration
By Internationa] Labor News Service.
Montreal.—Following the interven
tion of the Roman Catholic Church
authorities, boot and shoe manufac
turers of Quebec city agreed to take
back their striking employes, mem
bers of the National and Catholic
Union, and to submit the dispute to
arbitration. The men struck against
a drastic cut in wages.
Meanwhile, the International Boot
and Shoe Workers' Union has signed
an agreement ending a 21 years' fight
with TetrauJt Bros., of Montreal,
largest boot and shoe manufacturers
in Canada.
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Government Gathers
These facts are shown in studies
made by the United States depart
ment of labor.
Important wage increases for 1926
have been agreed upon since these
studies were made.
The labor department went into
cities in all sections of the country
and learned the wage scales which
were being paid to workers in repre
sentative organized trades. A total
of 700,000 workers are affected by
these various scales. Such a study
is, of course, representative of con
ditions in the country as a whole.
The labor department found that 1925
wages were 138 per cent above the
pre-war level of 1913. In 1924 they
were 128 per cent above 1913, the
highest level except the 1925 mark.
In its wage study, the labor depart
ment also learned the number of work
ing hours which make up a full week
and found that there was a steady
decrease in this respect. Full time
per week was 7 per cent less in 1925
than in 1913. In 1924 it was 6.1 per
certt under 1913. When the advance
Labor Queries
Questions and Answers on La
bor: What It Has Done Where
It Stands on Problems of the
Day Its Aim and Program
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc., etc.
Q.—What is the address of the Pan
American Federation of Labor?
A.—Headquarters of the Pan
American Federation of Labor in
Room 207, A. F. of L. building, Wash
ington, D. C.
Q.—Who owns International Labor
News Service?
A.—International Labor News Serv
ice is owned by the International La
bor Press of America, an association
of bona fide trade union publications,
with headquarters at Springfield, 111.
Matthew Woll is president R. E.
Woodmansee is secretary-treasurer.
Headquarters of the news service are
in the A. F. of L. building, Washing
ton, D. C. It is supported by the in
come from the sale of its news service
to 120 clients who pay a regular, stip
ulated fee. It is pledged to the pol
icies of the American Federation of
Labor, but derives none of its income
from the A. F. of L.
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Average Work Day Also
Drops to New Low Mark
Figures
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—As the fruit of
organization, record-breaking produc
tivity and refusal to accept "defla
tion" as a "cure" for anything, Amer
ican labor begins the year 1926 with
the highest level of wages in Ameri
can history and the highest level of
wages in the world. Not only that,
but the average workday is shorter
than ever before. Accompanying this
condition is a cost of living fluctuat
ing between rather narrow limits and
without any extremely sharp upward
jump.
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Labor Enters 1926 With
Wages Highest Ever Known,
Beating All World's Records
Showing Status of Organ­
ized Labor and Finds That With High Wages Cost
of Production Also Falls.
that the eight-hour day had made
even in 1913 is recalled, the full sig
nificance of the increasing leisure
which the American worker enjoys
can be better appreciated.
Wages and Living Costs
Advancing wages benefit tho^e who
receive them but little, if at the same
time the prices of the things which the
wage earner must buy increase in
proportion. However, advancing
wages are bound to make for higher
prices, if no other factors enter in
to hold prices down.
Along with its wage studies the la
bor department makes studies of the
level of living costs. As in the case
of wages, it obtains from represen
tative cities the prices of such neces
sities as food, clothing, housing, fuel,
etc. These prices are compared with
the prices of the same commodities
in 1913 just as the wage level is com
pared with the 1913 wage level.
The department's latest survey
shows that while wages have advanc
ed 138 per cent since 1913, living
costs are only 74 per cent above 1913.
So the wage advance since 1913 is
nearly twice as great as the average
advance in living costs.
The year 1925 saw previous rec
ords for new construction broken, and
so the subject of building wages is
worth consideration by itself. Like
the general wage level, the level in
the building trades is higher than
ever before. The 1925 mark stood
133 per cent above the level of 1913.
In 1924 the level was 124 per cent
above 1913.
Cost of Production Drops
It already has been shown that
Q.—Who is the present secretary
of labor?
A.—The Hon. James J. Davis.
Q.—Who is Jan Oudegeest?
A.—One of the secretaries of the
International Federation of Trade
Unions headquarters, Amsterdam,
Holland, with which the A. F. of L.
is not affiliated owing to contradic
tory policies on important matters.
RAILROAD IS TIED
YVIREMEN'S STRIKE
CAUSES EMBARGO
Jacksonville, Fla.—The embargo on
express shipments by the American
Express Company again calls atten
tion to the failure of the Atlantic
Coast Line to keep its system oper
ating with strikebreaking telegraph
ers.
Members of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers suspended work after
months of futile effort to secure a
standard wage.
The collapse of the Coast Line
threw too great a burden on other
railroads and Florida citizens are
frantic over freight and express con
gestion at a time when their fruit
should be rushed to northern markets.
Practically every newspaper in the
state denounces the Coast Line, and
the vast sums of money it has spent
to build up a friendly public senti
ment is now classed as waste.
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HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1926 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
*5* while wages have been advancing
prices have held steady or in some
cases decreased. Various figures re
ported by the government indicate
that the price of building last year
decreased rather than increased.
Generally advancing wages make
for increased buying power on the
part of the public. This increased
buying power enables industry to pro
duce goods in large volume and large
volume production always is cheaper
per unit than production in smaller
quantity.
Another factor is that employment
has been very steady. This produces
a buying power which is continuous
and cuts the number of unpaid or slow
accounts. This would enable industry
to produce in a steady flow and save
it from the uneconomical result of a
boom demand followed by a sudden
slackening, entailing losses which
would have to be made up when de
mand increased once more.
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—Amazing spread
of the customer ownership plan
throughout the country, now being
investigated by the American Federa
tion of Labor, is indicated in the an
nouncement that one Chicago secur
ity company markets $50,000,000,000
worth of public service securities an
nually to the consumers of the product
sold by those utility corporations.
One of the most interesting feat
ures of so-called consumer ownership
is the fact that extensions of service
and the flotation of new utility capi
talization go hand in hand with the
development work. Consumers finance
prospective extensions and prospect
ive consumers finance prospective cor
porations.
The latest field of operations, so far
as the customer ownership idea is con
cerned, is super-power, the growth of
which in the past year will, according
to carefully compiled reports, be com
pletely dwarfed by developments of
1926.
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cause you thought you couldn't afford it, just let that thought
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level and now make it possible for every family in this city to
have a new Living Room Suite. Two and three piece suites,
masterpieces of construction and beauty. Such rich colorings
effects as ravishing reds, greens, blues, taupe, blue mandarin, etc,
blend harmoniously to the color scheme of your home. Rigid,
finely constructed frames of walnut or mahogany assure you of
quality and service long after you've forgetten the price. Study
these savings and come.
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THIRD and COURT
Record-Breaking Super
Power Plan Hand in Hand
With Customer Ownership
Subject Under Investigation by American Federation of
Labor Is One of Outstanding Features of Great
Electric Development.
It has been pointed out that fre-
ON THE UPGRADE
Illinois Industry Continues,
Says Labor Department
By International Labor News Service.
Chicago.—Industry continues on the
upgrade in Illinois, according to the
Illinois department of labor. During
November not only has the employ
ment gain of recent months been held,
but there was a new increase in the
volume of employment that gave jobs
to an additional 5,000 persons. Since
July the factories of this state have
increased their working forces by
about 4.2 per cent, 31,500 persons se
curing positions thereby. Although
November i$ a month when the reduc
tions in employment by the seasonal
industries usually depress the em
ployment curve, the cyclical trend
during the past month was such that
the curve of employment continued
upward. The increases in employ
ment due to better business in some
industries were more than enough to
compensate for the reductions in era-
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quently the customer owner buys se
curities which give him no voice as an
owner and that when he does buy vot
ing stock he either has no use for his
vote, doesn't want to use it, or lacks
the information which would fit him to
use it wisely.
Customer ownership is being used
largely to finance great holding cor
porations in the super-power field.
Holding corporations have united and
financed power companies operating
on the Pacific coast, Texas, Louisiana
and up through the Central States.
Great power pools, as they are called,
are rapidly coming into being, part
of them hydro-electric, and part of
them coal driven, as in Chicago and
in Terre Haute, where coal is turned
into electricity at the mine mouth.
The close intermingling of great
corporate power and a great network
of customer ownership, distributing
financial interest in these great ven
tures, is engaging the attention not
only of labor, but of other social and
scientific organizations.
ployment due to the passing of the
busy season in others, that the ag
gregate number of workers in profit
able employment increased by seven
tenths of one per cent during the 30
day period.
Free employment office reports for
the state show the best November in
three years.
One thousand one hundred and
eighty-six manufacturers, with 286,
315 persons on the pay roll, paid out
in the week of November 15, a total
of $7,456,167 in wages, which was an
increase of 5.5 per cent over the
amount the identical employers paid
out in the week of October 15. Al
though the aggregate of payroll dis
bursements is below the previous
high record, the average weekly earn
ings for the factory employes stand
ing at $28.46 was only three cents
below that of October, which was the
peak of the past three years.
It is easy to get rich quick if you
can find enough people willing to take
a chance on getting poor quick.—
Elizabeth Journal.
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