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TRADES COUNCIL
I The Co-Operative Trades and Labor
Council met in regular session Tues
dya night. President Ed. Sims pre
sided and thirty delegates were pres
., ent.
No new credentials were received.
A lengthy communication was read
from the union label trades depart*
ment of the American Federation of
Labor. John J. Manning, secretary
treasurer, in the communication stat
ed that the nineteenth convention of
the union label trades department re
affirmed their former endorsement in
the fight of the bakery workers
against the non-union bread trust
combination, particularly the Ward
taking Company, operating in many
of the principal cities. This com
pany several years ago locked out all
members of the union for refusing to
accept a reduction in wages. He
urges that we should always demand
the union label on bread products,
therefore protecting ourselves against
unfair products. The communication
was received and ordered complied
with.
Molders reported the Holland' and
Williamson furnaces unfair to them.
Bakers reported the Krug, Ward
and National products and the Mt.
Healthy bakery unfair to them.
Pattern makers reported that they
have launched a vigorous organizing
campaign, and requested that the
molders in the different shops assist
them whenever possible.
The chair called attention to the
condition of the hard wood floor in the
lower halls. The trustees were in
structed to investigate the floors and
find out if they needed oiling.
It was moved and seconded that if
there is any action that appears on
the books regarding the local Loyal
Order of Moose lodge, thftt the same
be eradicated. The motion as offered
carried unanimously.
The committee appointed some time
ago to give euchre parties in the la
bor temple, reported that so far each
pArty was a success. The committee
reported further that while they were
having fair sized crowds, they would
like to see more of the delegates and
their families in attendance.
Ralph Jones was excused on ac
count of an accident.
The secretary of the 1925 automo
bile committee reported that only 10
books of tickets remained to be set
tled for. He stated that he has been
unable to collect for them, and asked
that the council discharge the commit
tee. A motion was offered which car
ried to discharge the committee of
which Robert Service was secretary,
and the delinquent tickets be charged
to the union that the member be
longed to. Carried.
Secretary Stanley Ogg reported
that he has received complaints from
different contractors through-out the
city, that some of the contracts on
buildings under construction and
about to be erected would be let to
out-of-town contractors. The local
contractors are of the opinion that
they should have the preference
where there are only a few dollars'
difference in the bids. The council
delegates are of the same .opinion that
the local contractors should have the
wwork.
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The secretary was instructed to
compile the hall rent and the percap
ita tax of the city fire fighters, and a
statement be sent to their secretary.
UNION LABOR LIFE
Receives Backing of Two
More Big Internationals
Washington, D. C.—With two more
international unions subscribing dur
ing the past week for stock in The
Union Labor Life Insurance Company,
the total number of internationals
now holding stock in the company
stands at fifty-five, with prospects of
several more before the books are
closed on January 31st.
The Amalgamated Association of
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By 4ataes C. Sbanessy
President of Journeymen Barbers'
International Union
Why patronize the union label,
shop card or button The usual
answer is that it means that union
men and women are benefited in their
employment. This is true, but there
are other and as important reasons.
Taking the union shop card of the
barbers for the purpose of illustra
tion. Shops displaying this card are
pledged to the union's great campaign
for better service and the promotion
of health.
First in this program comes the
matter of skill. The Journeymen
Barbers' International Union is pro
moting a movement for the highest
degree of knowledge of their calling
by its members. It is not merely a
matter of hair cutting or shaving
it is the ability to do these things in
an ai*tistic way. The union barber
must know his stuff if he expects to
remain a member of his craft organ
ization. Just well enough as a work
man will not do. The test will be
ability of the highest order, combined
with courtesy and an earnest desire
to satisfy the customer.
So much for the workman. The
next demand in the program is for
sanitary and hygienic barber shops.
They must be clean and up-to-date
beyond question. The union shop
must be well equipped, inviting, and
combined with satisfactory workman-
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers have
subscribed for sixty shares.
Both of these internationals are
strong supporters and friends of The
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
and are offering their financial sup
port as proof of their confidence and
as an example.
During the week another Photo En
gravers' Union, Minneapolis and St.
Paul this time, came in for ten
shares.
While stock subscriptions continue
to come in, the work of organizing
the company for business is proceed
ing rapidly. Policy forms and the
rate book are on the press. This
work was personally supervised by
President Woll, with the co-operation
of printers, pressmen and engravers,
so that the finest workmanship might
be had.
The headquarters of the company
here is at present a center of tre
mendous activity, with organizing
work proceeding smoothly and rap
idly, even though much of it must be
done with the aid of long distance
telephones and telegraph wires.
The company will move into its
new permanent offices about Febi'U
ary 1st meanwhile continuing its
work in the American Federation of
Labor building.
EUCHREPARTY
Every Saturday night a euchre
party will be given in the labor tem
ple. The committee in charge invites
you and your entire family. Fine
crowds so far have attended th^
euchre, but there is still room for
more. If you have no other engage
ments for Saturday night, attend the
labor temple party.
LEWIS RE-ELECTED
Indianapolis.—Returns from locals
in all sections of the country indi
cate that John L. Lewis, president
Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer,
and other officials of the United Mine
Workers, have been re-elected by
sweeping majorities.
UNIONIST'S LONG SERVICE
St. Louis, Mo.—For the twenty
eighth consecutive year David Krey
ling has been elected secretary of the
Central Trades and Labor Union.
A PROGRAM AND A SHOP CARD
Barbers' International Appeals for Support of Card
Against Vicious Tipping System
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ship, an invitation and urge to the
patron to come again.
The barbers' shop card, if the offi
cers of the union succeed in their
crusade, will also indicate that the
workmen are independent and self
respecting, insofar as compensation
is concerned that they are paid
wages commensurate with their skill,
and that they do not depend on "tips"
to meet their living expenses. The
theory of the officers is that tipping
is an imported custom, through which
one customer endeavors to purchase
better service, and thus this custom
tends to make of the workman a men
dicant and a panderer. The officers
demand that the employer charge
enough for services to make it possi
ble for him to pay his work people
fair wages.
All of these things the Barbers'
Union shop card represents. Where
you patronize a shop displaying this
card you are not only spending your
union-earned money for employment
of another union member, but you are
advancing through your union con
sistency a great program of skill,
order and health.
All union shop cards, buttons and
labels have behind them platforms
similar to that of the Journeymen
Barbers' International Union. Re
member this when you are spending
your money. Spend wisely and well—
for the union label and your own wel
fare.
KREBS
Returned From Furniture Mar
kets
Louis Krebs, of George Krebs' Sons,
returned today from the Chicago and
Grand Rapids furniture markets.
Mr*. Krebs stated the Kroehler space
was especially busy. This well known
line will again be featured as the
leading living room suite and bed
davenport line on the Krebs floors.
The Chicago furniture market is
expanding its quarters, and by July
expects to have an additional five
hundred exhibits.
JUST HABIT?
DR. RALPH S. BOOTS
University of Pittsburgh
Are political party lines significant
of anything but habit and tradition
Allowing all possible weight for
rational processes, one can not say
more than that the national parties
are great combinations of sectional
economic interest groups. These
groupings at present show unmistak
able signs of instability and confu
sion.
Within the more limited field of
state politics it may certainly be
questioned whether there can exist
really enduring and meaningful two
party groupings at any rate whether
such groups could be maintained sep
arate from the organizations operat
ing in the national field. The major
national parties do not now often
stand for definite issues in state pol
itics.
ROADS' REPAIR BILLS
COULD BE REDUCED
Washington. Railroads continue
to have rolling stock repaired by pri
vate concerns at a greater cost than
in their own shops, according to the
annual report of the interstate com-
W. J. CONFER
Attorney-at-Law
has moved his office to
308 Rentschler Bldg.
Telephone 1236
IS YOUR TRUSS
COMFORTABLE?
If not, come to us. Expert
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ALSO
Arch Supporters
Abdominal Supporters
Ankle Braces
Elastic Stockings
Shoulder Braces
Wrist Supporters
Athletic Supports
Radcliffe Drug Co.
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
merce commission. These private
companies are often interlocked with
the railroads.
In one case cited by the commission,
repairs to 177 locomotives in outside
contract shops cost $1,827,000 in ex
cess of what it would cost the carrier
to repair the equipment in its own
shops. This is an average excess of
$10,330 per locomotive.
BARBERS' CHIEF
Holds Employers Respon
sible for Vicious Tip
ping System
By International Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind.—President J. C.
Shanessy, of the Journeymen Bar
bers' International Union, who re
cently addressed the New York State
Journeymen Barbers' State Associa
tion, has explained that in his address
to the delegates he did not "bitterly
berate" the barbers for accepting
tips, and in fact, did not mention the
subject in his talk as had been re
ported. He says, however, "that no
evil has driven more men from the
barber shops of this North American
continent than the employers and
journeymen mistreating that portion
of the public who fail to tip the bar
ber."
Mr. Shanessy says that "the em
ployers of the country are wholly re
sponsible for the tipping system, the
same as the Pullman Company is re
sponsible for the porters being forced
to depend on the public to contribute
to their support on account of the low
wages paid."
President Shanessy points out that
the same system prevails in hotels
and restaurants of the country "where
there is ample return on the money
invested to pay the employes a suffi
cient wage so they need not be de
pendent upon public gratuities."
The barbers' chief says there is no
honest man who dares deny "the tip
ping system is a bad one." He asks:
Do barbers tip clerks who wait on
them Do they tip the carpenter,
plumber, the steam fitter or other
craftsmen? Then why, he asks,
should the general public tip the
barbers
VALUES OF FARM
LANDS
Take Big Drop Since 1920
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C. Farm real
estate values in the United States
averaged about 30 per cent lower on
March 1, 1926, than on March 1,
1920, according to a report by the
United States department of agricul
ture.
Values, says the report, have de
clined much more in some regions
than in others. Indeed, some locali
ties show increase. In general the
most severe decline in farm valua
tions since 1920 have been recorded
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in the grain and livestock raising
states of the Middle West. There
have been severe declines in several
of the mountain states and in certain
cotton states.
It is estimated on the basis of the
data collected by the department that
the average value of farm real es
tate per acre in the United States on
March 1, 1926, was $76.47, compared
with $107.89 on March 1, 1920. These
figures are somewhat higher than
those given in the 1925 census. They
show about the same relative changes,
however.
In addition to the shrinkage in farm
land values, the former is still con
fronted by continue decreases in the
price of farm products. The monthly
price report of the department of
agriculture shows that prices contin
ued to decline in the month ending
December 15, being placed at 127 per
cent of the pre-war level on December
15, compared with 130 per cent on
November 15. The December 15 figure
is 16 points below that on the same
date in 1925.
MINERS
Support Bill to Abolish
Poorhouses
Indianapolis, Ind.—The nation-wide
effort by organized labor to banish the
poorhouse and infirmaries from the
country through the substitution of
old age persion legislation, has receiv
ed renewe-l impetus in Indiana where
a bill will be presented to the forth
coming legislature to abolish poor
houses and substitute a more "human
itarian and economical way of han
dling the situation."
Interested in the movement is the
Fraternal Order of Eagles. Recently
a meeting of the 13 district chairmen,
headed by Otto P. Deluse, a national
official of the organization, was held
here and the meeting went on record
favoring the immediate passage of an
old age pension law. The United
Mine Workers of America has a
standing committee on old age pen
sions which is the guiding hand be
hind the proposed changes. Four
years ago a survey of the cost of
operating alms houses and old age
pensions was made by a special com
mittee. It was found that it cost
$36.38 a month per capita to care
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ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's,
162 N. street. Phone 2617-L
CORRESPONDENCE
All ladies and Kentiemen of lepral age
wishing to form an acquaintance by
correspondence are invited to join our
LeaKue. Send 10c in stamps or silver
dime for full details of our member
ship plan. Address,
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for infirm wards of the various coun
ties. Against this the committee
placed the maximum of $25 per month
allowed under the proposed bill.
Through the work of organized la
bor in Nevada, Montana, Wisconsin,
Kentucky, Pennsylvania and other
states, old age pension laws have been
passed. In a few states the laws have
not been operative because of so-called
constitutional inhibitions. A cam
paign of publicity to educate the tax
payer on the subject will be under
taken, as the proponents of the old
age pension system can show that it
is actually less costly and decidedly
far more humane than operating
poorhouses. Organized labor and sev
eral fraternal organizations are re
ported to be solidly behind the move
ment.
POWERFUL POISONS
Of Industry Menace to Fac
tory Workers
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—Do you work
in a factory or shop where benzol is
used? Watch out, for it is more
deadly than bootleg. Rubber works
and paint factories are the most dan
gerous to work in for this powerful
solvent is used in large quantities in
dissolving rubber, white lead and pig
ments.
It is not in the deaths but the sys
tematic poisoning that is the worst
result of benzol poisoning. Workers
will not know their organs or their
blood are being impaired. Benzol
poisoning is so insidious few doctors
can trace the illness to its cause.
All of these dangers to industrial
workers, especially to women employ
ed in factories, have been stressed in a
recent report of the United States
department of labor by Dr. Alice
Hamilton, professor of industrial med
icine at Harvard University. She id
one of the foremost experts on the ills
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of workers in the United States.
Dr. Hamilton points out that Ger
many, Holland and Great Britain are
giving their workers more protection
from the ravages of poisbns, whether
gases or fluid, than is the United
States.
The big three among the death
deal­
ers are benzol, white lead and wood
alcohol. Strangely these poisons are
more dangerous to women than tc
men. Four times as many are vic
tims of the insidious effects of these
substances as men, especially in pot
teries. Says Dr. Hamilton in conclu
sion:
"Unless the new poisons are cage*
fully tested on animals the human be
ings who use them in trade processes
will be taking the place of the animal
victims. Unfortunately it seems no
body's business to undertake the in
vestigation of these new dangers."
All remember "Dangerous Ethyl."
Sale of this dangerous motor fuel was
recently begun on the Pacific coast.
But no one was warned as to its con
sequences to garage workers or the
automobile public.
TO HOLD MINE WAGE
PARLEY
Indianapolis. Miners and coal
operators' representatives will hold
their wage conference for the central
competitive field starting February
14th.
The central field consists of west
ern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. The agreement expires
March 31. The conference will have
a nation-wide interest because wages
in other fields are based on the agree
ment.
The present contract was signed at
Jacksonville, three years ago. Sev
eral large operators broke their
pledge and are operating non-union,
but mine conditions recently forced
them to re-establish the Jacksonville
rate.
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