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OF HAMILTON AND YXQNXIX
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Ohio Labor Press Association
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UNION SHOP FAIR TO ALL
Those who argue that there is some
thing unreasonable about requiring
men who work in a union shop either
to join the union or get off the job
are resorting to mighty poor logic
when they profess to believe that
every man should be left free to join
the union or not, and that the man
who refuses to join the union should
not only be protected in such refusal,
but complimented for his independ
ence in refusing to submit to union
regulations.
There would be just about as much
sense and logic in arguing that every
man should be left free either to pay
his taxes or not as might suit his owr
individual whims or fancies. All
people who own property and are get
ting the protection of the government
to enjoy such property are expecte
to contribute their share of taxes, re
gardless of whether they like it or
not. Anyone failing to pay his taxes
has his property taken from him, and
it is sold to raise the money with
which to pay his taxes, and the only
way such person can redeem his prop
erty is to pay up his back taxes and
such additional penalties as the
various states may see fit to impose
on him for his failure to pay his
taxes.
The right to work in a union shop
is much like the right to own prop
erty. The man who goes to work in
such a shop gets the benefit of the
union conditions that prevail there
and it is nothing more than right
and just that he should contribute his
share to the union that is thus bene
fitting him. When he is expected to
pay his union dues or assessments he
is simply being asked to fulfill
moral obligation he owes to an organ
ization that is benefitting him.
The workingman who does not want
to pay union dues, nor belong to a
union which has bettered working con
ditions for him in the shop where he
is earning his livelihood, is as unjust
to his fellow workers as the property
owner is to society when he refuses
to pay his taxes but still expects to
be permitted to continue the enjoy
ment of his property.
A MAN'S WORTH
TJie yard stick by which a person
or group of persons measure the value
of men is an indication of the ideal
of the group. This being true, the
yard stick in present day system is
an indication of an unhappy ideol
ogy. The yard stick most generally
used is the almighty dollar. People
generally concern themselves with
the amount of wealth that a person
has amassed rather than with the
amount of social service that he has
performed.
This is so much the case that tin
whole public hangs upon the words of
a rich man. Let a fellow be so for
tunate as to inherit a large quantity
of wealth or to secure a fortune by
the manufacture of pickles or tin cans
•nd his opinion is sought upon prob
lems of all description, ranging from
science to housekeeping. He may have
,no education, he may think that Gali
leo is some kind of musical instrument
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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1927
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Issned Weekly at 32f Market Street
Telephone 1296 Hamilton, Ohio
or the drinking of milk is harmful
after reaching the age of seven.
Nevertheless, he is quoted upon all
subjects under the sun and a mercen
ary public press gives him wide pub
licity even though the editors secretly
laugh at him.
Before real progress can be made
this attitude of mind on the part of
the public must undergo a change.
It will be well when the public comes
to realize the best gauge of a man's
worth is the amount of service that
he has rendered to society. This is
a justifiable scale to adopt. Through
social endeavor man has enthralled
the elements and harnessed the stars.
Without those things which society
gives to the individual the existence
of a man would be a precarious and
miserable one at best. It is therefore
reasonable to say that we owe our
first duty to that from which we re
ceive so much. This being so, the
highest ideal that any one can
achieve is to render the maximum
amount of social service.
SOMETHING WRONG
With less than 6 per cent of the
world's land area, and less than
per cent of the world's population, the
United States is doing more than half
of the world's business.
That is a matter of profound inter
est. This has become a nation of
progress, of great inventions and of
unparalleled production and com
merce. This means, or should mean
widespread, complete prosperity for
all the people. If it does not there
is something wrong.
There is something wrong if every
human being has not the opportunity
to share in this wealth and prosper
ity. There is something wrong when
thousands of small banks are failing
because of the sad plight of the farm
ers of the United States—the produc
ers of the necessities of life.
There is something wrong when the
cotton raisers and the wheat produc
ers and the wool growers and the food
makers are reduced to the point of
bankruptcy and failure.
This is not a grouch, a grumble or
a groan. It is a statement of condi
tions as they exist today. They can
not exist a great while longer without
something unpleasant following. Pen
dulums do swing, and this one is
reaching up to a high point in one
direction.
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PONDEROUSLY MOVES ALONG
The law moves ponderously, and
sometimes it arrives and a rich man
gets punished. The Armour Grain
Company has just been fined $3,000,
000 damages by an arbitrator in favor
of the defunct Grain Marketing Com
pany, a farmers' marketing organiza
tion, and the Rosenbaum Brothers
ThtT"Armour Company was found to
have switched grain samples and to
have changed the books when elevat
ors were transferred to the co-opera
tive. This meant that the co-opera
tive got less grain and poorer grain
than it paid for.
It has taken a year to get this
verdict, bi)t at last it has come.
Moving eastward, we find a jury
in United States district court,
Washington, D. C., convicting Harry
Sinclair of contempt because he re
fused to answer questions put by a
senate committee. For this there is
a fine of from $100 to $1,000, and
from one month to one year in prison.
Again the law has arrived in the
case of a rich man. BUT—Mr. Sin
clair merely smiles and says, "Well.
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Council "Marks Time" on Gas Pact
Since council, at a caucus meeting held a week ago last Monday night,
ordered returned the contract ordinance for mixed gas submitted by the
Columbia Gas Supply Co., nothing new has developed in the gas situation.
The reasons given for rejecting the contract submitted was that it failed to
cover all conditions council feels that it necessarily should if the people's
future best interests are to be fully protected. Council, when returning the
contract, suggested several changes and also several clauses to be inserted.
It is believed that the gas company will, within a few days, submit a new
contract that will meet with all the requirements and approval of council
and to the satisfaction of all concerned. In the meantime, and with nothing
more before it, council, of course, can't take further action. Therefore, there
Is to be no criticism of council for its seeming inaction.
One thing is certain, and that is that council is determined "tfhen final
action is taken, the contract entered into shall be of such rock-ribbed and
iron-bound nature as to leave no cause for criticism on the part of any one,
so far as protecting the interests of the city and its people is concerned.
It may seem slow action, but couneil is feeling its way in a sure manner, and
for this is to be commended.
However, while it is well to go slow and cautiously and to act carefully
in a question of such vast importance to every man, woman and child in
the city and community as is the gas question, yet it is to be hoped that
the matter may soon be settled so that thought may be given to other mat
ters important to the city, that the proposed development and expansion
in the north end of the city and Coke Otto may move right along and AT
ONCE. Every day's delay in settling the gas question means»that hundreds
of workmen are out just so much employment merchants, business and pro
fessional men, contractors and materials men are just out so much busi
ss—in fact, the whole community is out and suffering losses each day the
gas contract letting is delayed. Let's, get action as soon as is possible to
do so. So far as the people's desires in the matter are concerned there isn't
any question, that is 85 to 90 per cent, so there needn't be any hesitancy
along this line for council to act. LET'S GO!
the first round is over." He will ap
peal.
So, after all, we have to wait a long
time yet before we know whether the
law will remain where it has arrived.
AN EDITOR'S HEAVEN
Friendship—the jewel beyond price,
that yet may be purchased with a sin
gle act of thoughtfulness.
There is no element in life that can
contribute so much to brighten the
pathway or ease the burdens and sor
rows of life as real friendship. When
the true friend comes to you in your
hour of trouble, lays the kind and
sympathetic hand on your shoulder
and says, "I am sorry, can I help
you?" it means much, and the un
solicited and timely deeds done with
a willing heart dispel the gloom that
overshadows you.
It gives you courage to take up
the lines of your duty and a new re
solve finds lodgment in your hea»v
to look at the future calmy and with
a steady and firm purpose to forge
ahead.
The being is to be pitied who lives
self-contained and spurns the need of
friends.
The candle loses nothing of its
light by lighting another candle. W
do not lose but increase our capacity
for friendship by being friendly.
Thus as we pass through life let
us use the opportunities that may
come to us to be a real friend. The
best securities to own are the bonds
of friendship.
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COMPANY "UNIONS"
"Company 'unions' do not appear
before state legislatures or congress
to secure legislation beneficial to la
bor," writes John P. Frey, editor of
International Molders* Journal.
"Nor do they oppose legislation fa
vored by employing interests, which
if enacted, would prove injurious to
labor. They do little, if anything,^ex
cept what the employer wants them
to do.
"The company *umon' is what its
name implies, a 'union' controlled by
the company—the employer. The
plan of organization, its management,
is devised by the employer. Control
lies in his hands.
"The employes' membership in
company 'union' is obligatory. He
can not hold his. position if he refuses
to be a member.
"The company 'union,' masking as
an organization which enables the
wage earners to protect their inter
ests, can deceive no one except the
uninformed and the stupid."
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DO WE FAVOR REBELLION?
Covertly, word comes that the state
department is about to lift the em
bargo on arms to Mexico. The secre
tary of state has not stated openly
that this is his plan, but th* rumor
continues to run strongly.
If the embargo is lifted it will be
equal to encouraging and arming re
bellion against a friendly govern
ment.
Would that be a friendly act? Or
would it be an act of hostility, de
signed to place in power a govern
ment more pleasing to American oil
interests
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SWIFTS SAY, "NOT GUILTY*
In an editorial appearing in the
Press, March 4, headed "Company
Union' Pensions," and in which it
was pointed out that the former em
ployes of the Morris Packing Co,,
through an adverse court d&ision
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
would lose expected pensions, it was
also stated that Swift & Co. had taken
over the Morris Packing Co. In a
communication to the Press, Swift
& Co. denies that it took over the
Morris Company and is therefore not
responsible for the loss of pensions
to the former Morris Company em
ployes, If the Press was misinformed
in this it gladly makes the correction.
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"YELLOW DOG" ON THE RUN
Organized labor has tied a tin can
to the "yellow dog" and yelps are
heard in legislative halls.
In several states, including our own,
vigorous fight is being waged
against this latest weapon of anti
union employers who would compel
job-seeking workers to forego their le
gal right to join a trade union as a
price for employment.
The "yellow dog" is contemptuous
warfare against trade unionism. Em
ployers who resort to this method are
anything but fair-fighting Americans.
A contract is not based on mutual
ity when one of the parties thereto
knows his loved ones may hunger if
he refuses to waive a legal right.
Of all the attacks against organized
labor, the "yelloWv dog" takes first
rank in meanness. When this unfair
ness is understood every legislature
will support organized labor's claim
that the "yellow dog" is against pub
lic policy.
HIGH CLASS CAR&
Arranged For Kiddies' Bene
fit Show Ryan and
Williams Headliners
Everything is practically arranged
for what is believed will be the great
est boxing show ever staged in Ham
ilton to take place next Wednesday
evening, at the Moqse auditorium.
The occasion is the fourth annual en
tertainment for the benefit of the Kid
dies' Camp on waterworks hill.
Frank Rappold, Cincinnati pro
motor, and several others well known
in the game, are preparing a card
which they say will be second to none
ever staged in this community i and
worth going miles to see. The card,
in its entirety, is not quite completed,
as the promoters are determined that
only the best obtainable material is
to be programmed. The completed
card will be announced about Satur
day, or Monday at the latest.
However, the headliners of the bill
are selected. They are to be Frankie
Williams, of Cincinnati, the well
known Queen City boxer, and Tommy
Ryan, of Toledo, who has a reputa
tion for fast work in the ring. They
are to go ten rounds, and this battle
alone promises to give the fans their
money's worth.
In addition to the main bout there
will be 24 more rounds, or 34 rounds
of boxing in all, affording an evening
of entertainment not to be excelled.
Every dollar of profit goes into the
fund to further the Kiddies' Camp
Much of the expense for conducting
the show has been donated. The box
ers have offered their services at
small cost in order to help the cause
The Painters, Decorators and Paper
Hangers' Union started the ball
a-rolling by purchasing the first $5G
worth of tickets placed on sale. For
the price of a ticket one gets a fin
evening's enteartainment and a chance
to help a most worthy cause. Lin
up.
MUSSOLINI'S
Expansion Program Resist
ed By Europe
Detroit, Mich.—Mussolini's demand
that Italy be permitted to expand ter
ritorially will be resisted by other na
tions in Europe and this will be a fac
tor in overthrowing the Fascisti gov
ernment, according to Gaetano Salve
mini, Italian patriot and historian
who has been exiled from his native
country for several years. Large em
ploying interests is the power behind
Mussolini, the speaker said.
"The great majority of the people
are anti-Fascisti and the time will
come when they, with the army and
navy, will overthrow the dictator.
"The living standard is lowered
morally, politically and economically.
Italy is in a chaotic state. The cost
of living is five times greater than
before the war. Small increase in
wages have been made and the work
day has increased from eight to nine
hours.
"TJhere are no strikes in Italy
Musolini says, 'The workers are con
tented and happy.' The fact of the
matter is the workers do not dare pro
test. Those who do lose their lives
and their families sufier from Fas
cisti brutality. Those who have es
caped from that country fear to carry
on any propaganda against the Fas
cisti, knowing their relatives will
suffer brutal treatment because of it."
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES
Omaha, Neb.—Newspaper printers
in this city'have won an arbitration
award that dates back to September
15. The old day rate of $43.50 a week
is advanced $3 and the night scale
of44&50 j* given similar boost.
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The Cherry
Various struggles for relief from
oppression have left their impress
upon a world that seems bent upon
developing autocratic forces which
have to be curbed or crushed by strin
gent, if not violent, n easures about
every so often.
Certain kinds of freedom that
meant everything a century ago mean
almost nothing today,, while certain
agencies of oppression that worried
no one then chain thousands today.
This is because industry has changed,
changing all human relationships.
In the United States there was, a
half century ago, a Civil War, during
which chattel slaves were freed and
chattel slavery ended in America.
Today nobody would want a chattel
slave if he could lawfully have one.
Time passes, institutions change, hu
man relations evolve into something
new.
Many today ask whether new bond
ages are not upon us. They are.
If Uhited States steel determines to
alter its wages, or shut its doors,
thousands must bow their heads in
acquiescence.
If Henry Ford decides, as he did
recently, to close his plant, the income
of thousands suffers. If he so rear
ranges his schedu^s that men can not
earn as much, their standards of liv
ing go down.
There is nothing to do about it, as
matters stand, except take what
comes.
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If they were to organize they might
do something, but not everything.
They could not, for example, avert a
shut-down if Henry Ford dictated
shut-down.
It is the same with General Elec
tric and with General Motors.
Enormous power is in the hands of
a few and, by and large, it is subject
to few curbs, so far as the wage earn
er goes. He may modify many abusci
but he does not govern. Largely, ho
does not even join in governing.
The house of Morgan roams the
world, investing money, taking profits
—dictating policies. It loans to in
dustries, to financial organizations
to governments.
Smaller governments may be or
dered about by large banking houses
The power of money grow.s Those
who control money control men who
do not have money.
Concentration goes on. Concentra­
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we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro
foundly, sometimes flippant!^,
sometimes recklessly.
King John and the barons once had
a memorable set-to and out of it came
a Magna Charta so important that it
generally referred to as THE
Magna Charta.
A Leader for
tion of power goes on. A new Atlas
supports the world and spins it pretty
much as he likes.
Big business becomes bigger. It
isn't individuals any more, as it was
20 years «ago when men raved at Rock
efeller. It isn't Rockefeller now it's
Standard Oil. It itsn't Morgan, as it
was in the days of the late Morgan
it's the house of Morgan, a great
institution.
There is no stopping this great ac
cumulation of power—none short of
destruction, which is the last resort
of the baffled and the ignorant.
But there must be a' place where
democracy can come in to give hu
manity its birthright of self-control.
The human race will not for long in
any age suffer its destiny to be auto
cratically determined. It will seek and
find a way whereby the individual may
assert himself, whereby the will of
the majority may register and count.
Today only labor has a program.
Only labor will or can find the way.
No other force is strong enough.
SICKNESS IS
COSTLY SHOULD
BE PREVENTED
New York. Preventable sickness
and postponeable deaths cost work
ers of this country at least $1,800,
000,000 annually, according to Dr,
Walter L. .Niles, of the Cornell Uni
versity Medical College.
In discussing public health prob
lems before a group of business men,
Dr. Niles said the average annual
loss per person through illness was
between eight and nine working days
and tha{ probably one-half of the
500,000 deaths of workers could be
classed as "postponeable" by ade
quate medical provision.'
"I venture the opinion," Dr. Niles
continued, "that this loss could be cut
to a point where, over and above the
costs of prevention, a balance of
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TECHNICAL MEN TO MEET
Washington—Technical men affiliat
ed to the A. F. of L. will hold their
tenth annual convention in this city
beginning Monday, April 25. The fi&ll
is signed by C. L. Rosemund, presi
dent of the International Federation
of Technical Engineers, Architects
and Draftsmen's Unions.
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