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VOL. XXVI. No. 52
By International Labor News Service.
New York City.—The Iron League
of New York, the one remaining open
shop employers' organization in the
building industry here, has changed
its guise. On April 1 it went out of
business, but will continue its anti
labor policy as a department of the
Structural Steel Board of Trade.
Constitutional provisions have been
made that the Steel Board of Trade
"shall take over the handling of the
labor policy, legislative and welfare
work for its members and a depart
ment shall be established for handling
these activities."
This consolidation has united both
the labor and the trade policies of the
"open shop" steel interests, for both
Sellers of structural steel and iron
and the steel erectors, whom they con
trol through their practical monopoly,
COLORADO RANGERS
PASS OUT!
By International Labor News Service.
Denver, Colo.—The Colorado ranger
law was repealed by unanimous vote
of the state senate March 26 and the
governor will sign the bill. The house
already has acted, as reported by In
ternational Labor News Service last
week.
The Colorado rangers composed an
armed and mounted strikebreaking
organization commonly known as a
state constabulary or state police
force in other commonwealths.
Ambulance Service
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Iron League Changes Guise
After 33 Years of War on
Labor in New York District
Snappy STYLE That's what
Best QUALITY J-you
Supreme VALUES
are now in the same organization.
Again and again has the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers' Union at
tempted to break the grip of the steel
trust on the Erectors' League, but has
failed. Nevertheless, these contractors
who put up the framework of many
of the big skyscrapers under nomi
nally "open shop" conditions employ
a large proportion of union men and
pay the union scale of wages in the
metropolitan district. The ironwork
ers have the substance if not the
spirit of a union agreement, owing to
the generally strong position of the
New York building trades.
The Iron League of New York was
established in 1894. It undertook to
maintain the "open shop" policy on all
steel erection in the city. Similar
leagues were formed in Newark, Chi
cago, Boston and other cities.
FARMERS LOSE HOMES
Washington.—The farmers' distress
is shown by a statement issued by the
bureau of farm economics of the de
partment of agriculture on the num
ber of farmers who lose their proper
ties.
During the year ending March 15,
1926, 400 farmers lost their homes
each day. These bankruptcies do not
tell the whole story, as many holders
of mortgages know they will lose
more by foreclosure and are taking a
chance that they will receive at least
part of their interest. The bureau
finds that conditions are worst in the
Rocky Mountain states.
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By International Labor News Service.
New York City.—Even the wealthy
"pinks" who are the gullible donors
of funds to "workers" causes and us
ually send their checks to agencies
New
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Examine the all-wool fabrics—expert
tailoring the snappy patterns and
newest colors. You'll say the values
&re the best you've ever seen. Sizes
lor men of all builds.
Other Spring
Special Values
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Revelations Bring Action
By New York City Officials
Another Red Swindle Bared
$24.50
Top Coats
You'll get several seasons' wear from
one of these serviceable, newest style
Topcoats. Tweeds and other novelty
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'HE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
The Baseball Season Opens
Sreen's Exposure of Communist Bribery
Shocks "Goo-Goos" Who Finance Lefts
that are keeping a few professional
"pandhandlers" alive have been shock
ed by the revelation of the alliance
between the "revolutionary" left
wing and the police, as admitted by
their own readers and in their own
words.
President Green's address before
he Central Trades and Labor Council
stunned labor and political circles for
iiover before has such plain speaking
been indulged in. His challenge to
he mayor and city officials to ejpd the
lliance between the gunmen of the
left wing and the underworld so
that union men might walk on the
treets without fear of blackjacks and
bullets has had a salutary effect.
.Mayor Walker has turned over all
testimony of communists on their
bribery of policemen and detectives
to Chief Magistrate McAdoo. All
accusers of the .police wilf be put on
the stand under oath. In this way it
expected to find out what was done
with the $800,000 spent in the fur
trike.
New Scheme Exposed
A new swindle has been exposed,
this time a scheme of the ousted com
munist clique in the cloakmakers' or
ganization. They are panhandling the
rich who hang around the revolution
ary fringe to shell out for a "defense
fund for imprisoned cloakmakers."
his was exposed last week by the
International Labor News Service.
Now comes the following verifying
letter from imprisoned union men sent
to the International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union:
"We, the undersigned imprisoned
cloakmakers, have learned that the
communists have sent out an appeal
our names for money.
"We wish to notify all cloak mak
s and the whole labor movement
that this appeal is but another dirty
communist trick for collecting money
to carry on their union-smashing
business.
"We are in jail because the com
munists had told us to plead guilty.
They did that to save their own necks.
We have no confidence in these de
posed leaders who ruined the cloak
makers and their union and commit
ted a crime against us.
"We have full confidence in the in
ternational, which is doing all in its
power to help us in our sad plight.
"We condemn the communists and
we appeal to all cloakmakers not to
contribute a single penny to these
swindlers, and to stand by the inter
national in its fight to rebuild our
union.
"With fraternal
greetings,
(Signed) "J. Porensky, Nathan
Lenz, Ab. Figowitz, Sam Cohen,
Cloakmakers' Prisoners."
The communists are playing a des
perate game to hold their own. Ore
of the aims has been achieved. They
have wrecked the unemployment in
surance fund in the cloak industry.
While the communists were in con
trol they sabotaged the fund so that
instead of collecting $550,000 due the
fund from settled shops during the
strike, only $30,000 was collected. As
a result the fund has been suspended
until July, 1928, when the interna­
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HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 8,1927 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
tional will again try to enforce the
terms.
Fund Big Forward Step
The fund was one of the great steps
forward for union labor. It was start
ed August 4, 1924, payments being
made at the rate of 2 per cent of pay
roll by employers and 1 per cent of
the weekly wage of workers. Since
its inception $2,700,000 was contrib
uted into the fund, of which $2,000,000
was expended for unemployment re
lief. Under the tentative suspension
all funds collected since January 1 will
be turned back to the contributors
by the trustees.
The Prosanis label now remains the
best weapon of the union to curb the
sweatshop. Renewed emphasis has
been made to have the sanitary union
label sewn in all garments. Julius
Hochman, the new general manager of
the cloakmakers' joint board, has ad
vised "half-hour" strikes in all shops
where the labels are not forthcoming.
AUTO PRODUCTION
BEHIND LAST YEAR
By International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C. Automobih
factories in the United States pro
duced 260,330 passenger cars and 38,
029 trucks in February, a total of
298,359 vehicles of both kinds, accord
ing to the United States department
of commerce.
February output was about 83 per
cent of that of the same month lasl
year, according to the official figures
but was greater than.the production
of February, 1925.
The reports of the commerce de
partment are based on advices from
160 manufacturing plants.
January output of motor vehicles
was below that of the same month
of 1926 so that thus far this year the
industry has run completely behind
last year.
TEXTILE TRADE
Wrecked Through
and Inflation
Tariff
New York.—"We believe in a tariff
to protect industry against foreign
cheap labor, but the American tariff
as it now stands only protects e?
ployers," says Thomas F. McMahon,
president of the American Textile
Workers of America.
"We have the highest tariff in the
history of our country," the trade
unionist declared. "We have the low
est labor costs per pound or per yard
on the great bulk of our products. We
have increased individual productive
ness of the worker through improved
machinery, and yet wages and work
ing conditions are insufficient to give
them a living existence."
"The Workers, North, South, East
and West, with few exceptions, in
comparison to the great total working
in the mills of our country, are slowly
but surely being driven into a con
dition of peonage.
"When we consider the capitaliza
tion of many mill corporations, and
compare them with the capitalization
of 10 years ago, we find increases of
from 100 to 1,000 per cent without
the addition, in most cases, of a sin
gle new piece of machinery or a dollar
from the pockets of the stockholders
during that time. This inflation is
responsible, to a large degree, for the
financial condition of our mills."
By International Labor News Service.
Chicago.—A committee represent
ing District No. 12, United Mine
Workers of America, is vigorously
hampioning an old age pension bill
which has been introduced in the Illi
nois general assembly. The commit
tee, which is composed of William
Mitchell, Evan Evans and John Hutch
son, has circularized the ministers
nd churches of Illinois in an effort
to enlist support for the bill.
An investigation conducted by the
miners' committee in 82 counties of
Illinois reveals that about 35 per cent
of the poor are respectable old people
who could and would be glad to main
tain themselves in homes of their own
paid a small pension, the report
ays. Ninety per cent of the superin-
DYERS AND CLEANERS
WIN
St. Louis, Mo.—Several hundred
dyers and cleaners won the 44-hour
week and a 10 per cent wage increase.
Employers will set aside 4 per cent
of their monthly payroll for the bene
fit of employes during the dull sea
on. More than 300 workers are still
out. The strike surprised employers,
who refused to believe these exploit
ed workers would organize and sus
pend work.
SHINGLE WEAVERS WIN
Grays Harbor, Wash. Shingle
weavers have won their six-weeks'
strike against wage cuts in mills of
this vicinity. All strikers are re
employed. The workers organized
under the A. F. of L. and were aided
by the trade union movement. The
trike was marked by an absence of
Wobbly methods..
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United Mine Workers Fight
For Old Age Pension Bill
In Illinois Legislature
Saturday The Last Day
Of Our
EASTER
SHOE SALE
TDRICES have been still further reduced for
this last day's selling.. That means still
greater savings for you. Come to this sale to
morrow and get the smartest new footwear at
the very lowest prices.
Women's Spring Straps, Pumps, Ties and
Oxfords
Women's Smart New Straps, Pumps and AQ
Oxfords «p0*%/O
Women's Straps, Pumps and Ties great
bargains at
Pretty Styles in Children's Smart Shoes
for
Children's and Misses' Straps and
Oxfords
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Get In on the Good Things This Sale
Offers for Tomorrow
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The bill before the Illinois general
assembly provides a pension of $5 a
week'per person, so adjusted that any
income and pension combined shall
not exceed $260 a year. Applicants
must be citizens of the State of Illi
nois for 20 years before becoming
eligible for the pension.
The bill has the indorsement of the
Illinois State Federation of Labor,
John H. Walker, president, and Victor
A. Olander, secretary.
NO WAGE RECORDS
SMASHED HERE
New York.—The steel trust's an
nual report shows high earners for
1926, but the trust's boasted "high"
wages cannot be sustained by anal
ysis.
The corporation employed 253,199
persons last year. They received
wages and salaries totaling $467,409,
446. This is an average of $1,910 for
each person, and includes salaries for
executives. With these salaries elimi
nated, the rate for wage earners
would not average $1,910.
The year was a successful one for
stockholders. Aside from usual divi
dends, a 40 per cent stock dividend
was issued. This means that for
every 100 shares of stock, the holder
now has 140 shares.
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tendents interviewed are in favor of
such a system, it is said.
Under the present laws and prevail
ing conditions the poor are forced to
seek shelter in county homes, where
husbands and wives are separated and
oftentimes compelled to associate
with the feeble minded, the degener
ate, the diseased and even the crimin
ally inclined, it is pointed out.
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