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FRIDAY, MAY 27,1927
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at S28 Market Street
Telephone 1296 Hamilton. Ohls
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O
DID YOU GIVE?
Have you "kicked-in," that is, did
you give to the Community Chest?
If not, get busy, for surely you don'
want to be one of the very few that
will not be in on this year's Chest
fill-up. It is a big job, brother, for
the drive's workers to get around to
every one, and you can do these work
ers and drive leaders a good turn by
sending in your contribution without
first having to be solicited.
of
Look over the following list
agencies to be benefited, then come
across and feel better for having done
so
Associated Charities, Babies' Milk
Jftind^ Boy Scouts, Colored Commun
ity Center, Girl Scouts, Humane So
ciety, Children's Fresh Air Camp
Mercy Hospital, Public Health League
Salvation Army, Training School for
Girls, Young Women's Christian
Association.
STRIKEBREAKERS
"The time is rapidly arriving—in
the older trade unions has already
arrived—when the fact that a work
man is a non-unionist is prima facie
evidence that he is also an incompe
tent," declares David Evans, editor
of the International Engineer, the
official organ of the International
Union of Steam and Operating En
gineers.
"Non-union labor is usually over
worked and underpaid.
"The very instinct of self-preserva
tion, therefore, justifies the union
workman in condemning the strike
breaker.
"The strikebreaker occupies in the
industrial world a position precisely
analogous to that of the renegade and
traitor.
"He represents a type of man uni
versally condemned in any other
sphere of human activity.
"He sells himself for less than the
thirty pieces of silver, but too often
lacks the grace which caused Iscariot
to go and hang himself.
"He commits the unpardonable sin
of betraying his fellows.
"He purloins that to which he has
no claim and is the one stumbling
block in the path of the onward ad
vance of the wage earners.
"The attempt to make him respect
able reflects discredit upon those en
gaged in it.
"For all practical purposes in civil
ized lands, we may hold that the test
of the Golden Rule furnishes a suf
ficiently accurate measurement of the
morality of a present-day code of
action.
"If the code does not meet the test,
be
a i i u u a 1 1 8
NOT MEAT AND DRINK:—For
the kingdom of God is not meat and
drink, but righteousness, and peace,
and joy in the Holy Ghost. Romans
14: 17.
PRAYER:—O Thou Who art our
Creator and Preserver, we rejoice
to know that we also are spiritual
and cannot live by bread alone.
I
*How does die act of the strike
breaker square with the sublime in
junction, 'Do unto others as ye would
have them do unto you' ?,
"By what tortuous logic can ft be
asserted that the man who, from
selfish personal interest, seeks to pro
fit by the industrial difficulties of his
fellow-men, is acting in accordance
with the Golden Rule?
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THE UNION DIVIDEND
Unionism pays in dollars and cents.
It pays also in the spirit of fellow
ship that is given the union man and
woman. Every unionist has the right
to claim that he, or she, is a member
of the world's greatest uplift force
because every bit of progress that has
been gained for wage workers any
where in the world, whether members
of a union or not, can be given to
the credit of the labor union, because
each time that the unionists succeed
in getting the passage of a law bene
ficial to the wage workers it includes
all the wage workers.
When the day is shortened for the
unionists it is soon shortened also for
the other workers. When labor con
ditions are improved through the
efforts of the union they are bettered
for the non-unionists as well as union
members* When the organized work
ers succeed in getting more safety
and more sanitary laws for workers
on the statute books, all workers are
beneficiaries.
In fact, the beneficiaries of the
efforts of the unionists are much
greater in number than are the uition
men and women, because the non
unionists are in the majority, yet they
contribute nothing to their own bet
terment.
They are not a coherent, organized
consolidated force and are therefore
powerless to do anything for them
selves.
Figures given out by James M.
Lynch, former president of the Inter
national Typographical Union, are
significant in pointing out the direct
economic benefit of unionism. They
show the members of the Typograph
ical Union averaged nearly ten per
cent increase in wages during 1926 as
compared with the previous year,
During 1926 the total wage earned by
members of the union was $169,066,
735. This was an increase of $16,216,
321 over 1925. The average earnings
per member was $2,325.41.
Does any one need ^sk: "Does
unionism pay?"
LOWLY BEGINNINGS
Samuel Gompers used to say that
"there js more in putting a dime
day more into the pocketbooks of the
workers than is dreamed of in all thy
philosophy, O Horatio."
Just recently Daniel J. Tobin, pres
ident of the teamsters, grew rhapso
dical over an increase of wages for a
local union of teamsters.
Highbrows may say that is the
bunk, only they would use many more
words than that in saying it. But it
is not the bunk.
Higher wages lead to broader op
portunities for culture, lead to a wider
range of selection in the procurement
of all the things men and women
want—in reality form the bedrock
upon which and from which the work
ers cUmb to higher and nobler es
tates.
Sam Gompers was right. Dan
Tobin was right. Let the highbrows
rave.
A Pa fSk
HOW ABOUT EQUITY LAW?
Lawyers who seek to prevent the
'effective operation of criminal law"
were criticised by the chief justice of
the United States supreme court be
fore the American Law Institute at
their Washington meeting.
No lover of his country can have
gone through the last three or four
years without having been stirred
deep in his heart over the failure of
the administration of ouir criminal
law," he said.
How about judges and their appli
cation of equity law?
How can any law be respected when
judges, sitting in equity, deny the
most primitive rights to workers
whenever the dollar is involved
Who can say one section of law
may be flouted and other sections re
pected? 0*
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CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS
Here is a fine chance for the demo
crats to win cut in 1928. It is sug
gested that if Captain Charles Lind
bergh can keep his popularity up to
the temperature of the present until
November, 1928, and the democrats
an induce him to accept the nomina
tion for president on their ticket, no
matter what his present politics may
be, it's a cinch for the democrats.
Tisn't bad at that, is it!
MUSSOLINrS CRUDE SYSTEM
Mussolini's arbitrary 10 per cent
wage reduction enforced on Italian
workers does not appeal to low-wage
advocates in the United States. The
system is unscientific and is liable to
arouse antagonisms because it de
pends on brute force.
One New York financial paper gives
this hint to the Italian dictator:
"In other countries wage reductions
have come, but they have seldom been
consciously endutfed or immediately
enforced. The changes have been
gradual, insidious and often concealed
from those compelled to make the
sacrifices."
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DAYS OF MIRACLES
With Captain Charles Lindbergh
landing in Parfs after a non-stop
flight from New York and the Cincin
nati Red^ ball team winning a double
header, all on the same day, who is
there to say that the days of miracles
are past for all time
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The Cherry
9 Where with our
Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro
foundly, sometimes flippantH
sometimes recklessly
How happy the workers of Italy
must be with their "Charter of Labor"
so graciously handed to them a little
while ago by that kindly and benevo
lent soul, Ben Mussolini. Ah, dear old
Ben, with the fatherly eye open al
ways to see that no harm befalls his
children.
It appears that the ink has scarcely
been properly blotted on the famous
"Charter of Labor," when, lo and be
hold—yes lo and behold, its usefulness
becomes evident.
Under the so-called charter the
doctrines of Fascism came into full
flower, and into full operation.
What happens is that the workers
of all Italy are to be blessed with a
10 per cent reduction of wages. Liv
ing costs remain as they were, thank
you, but wages must go down, for the
glory of Italy and the greatness of
11 Duce.
Somehow it sounds a good deal like
the "open shop" in America. The
"open" shoppers think so, too, which
makes it almost unanimous.
Defenders of the state department
have adopted the custom of answer
ing charges of imperialism in Nica
ragua and Mexico by saying, "but look
how generous we have been in China.
There is nothing like an alibi, even
if it does leak a little.
There is an Episcopal bishop in the
United States who thinks religious
lobbying has gone a bit too far. His
name is Freeman and he presides over
the diocese of Washington, D. C.
Bishop Freeman thinks, and says
that the paid lobby of the churches
as a means of influencing legislator
on other than purely moral issues
has gone too far and ought to be pull
ed up with a short rein.
Bishop Freeman has said something
worth thinking about. It might be
added that what he says about the
church lobby, which is well organized
and powerful, might apply with equal
force—at least equal force—to the
lobbies of oil! steel, lumber, sugar
railroads, coal, power and finance, to
mention a few.
These powers of what some call "the
fourth house" ought to be brought
into the open, if they are to continue
in existence. There will, some day, be
legitimate and constructive method
by which useful and productive inter
ests may function for self-govern
ment, but present lobbying methods
do not meet that description.
Oil interests cry that there is over
production. They hint at appoint
ing a czar to regulate production. At
the same time leading oil stocks go
up on the stock exchange. Somebody
will pay for this. There's a cleaning
up in process—and it will take place
long ways from any oil well.
Some days ago the British govern
ment raided the soviet hang-out in
London. We hark back and recall the
nice things that were said about the
oviets in England when the MacDon
ald government recognized the soviets
as a member of the family of nations
wolf put on granny's clothes and
bunkoed Little Red Riding Hood, who
was but a simple country child, but
the bunko game goes everywhere, so
why should not a bear in a top hat
hake aces in a game with a labor
prime minister? Peace be unto thee,
all and sundry.
SHOALS BOOM BURSTS,
TAX SALES REVEAL
Sheffield, Tenn.—Delinquent tax
ales of property in the vicinity of
Muscle Shoals indicate- that that
boom is over.
A local newspaper advertises 18 col
umns of delinquent property. More
than 90 per cent of these assessments
are charged to "owner unknown."
When the Muscle Shoals agitation
was at its height people from all over
the country bought land in Colbert
county.
Smoke
Qualitj.
a Standard cigar and get
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS 1
MACHADO BIDS HIM
SELF WELCOME HOME
Cuban Dictator Tells Peo
ple, in Balcony Speech,
That He Had "Pleasant"
Talk With President Green
of A. F. ofL.
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By International Labor News Service.
Havana, Cuba.—When President
Gerardo Machado, dictator of Cuba,
under whose administration labor
unions have been practically 100 per
cent annihilated, while some 200 of its
leaders have been slain or have "mys
teriously" disappeared, came home
from his visit to the fcJnited States,
he gave himself a royal welcome.
The government which he dominates
arranged a kingly arrival. The dic
tator did not land on any ordinary
dock. Three barges, properly deco
rated, were arranged so that he
stepped from his ship to the barges
and thence made his processional way
to the dock. With a parade he then
went to the palace, where, from a bal
cony, he addressed the multitudes,
some of whom indulged in near-riot
ing in protest against "the vulgar dis
play.
In his balcony speech Machado said
his mission had been a success. ITe
aid, to show his enemies that he
came back with approval which would
confuse them, that he had had a pleas
ant- talk with William Green, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, thus conveying an unjustifi
impression.
Only a few days prior to the tri
umphant return, one of the great Ha
vana newspapers had an entire issue
confiscated because it criticised some
of the things Machado had done in the
United States.
"RED FLEA"
To
Labor Warned Againsl
By Chief Green
Washington. President Green
wanrs the trade union movement
against responding to an appe:
for financial aid by Ben Gitlow, wh
signs himself "secretary Nation,
Committe, Needle Trades Section
Trade Union Educational League."
The funds are to be used J)y the
communist section of the New Yoi
city furriers and garment workers.
"The appeal has been sent broad
east and because it is directed to the
membership of organized labor,
deem it my duty," President Gree
said, "to warn you against untrue
statements contained in it, of its mis
leading character, and to urge you to
refuse to make any contribution
Mr. Gitlow or his communstic group
"The leaders of this movement
have denounced the A. F. of L. and its
officers. Many engaged in this de
structive work have committed per
jury and have sought, ^hrough rep re
hensible methods, to substitute com
niunism for trade unionism."
The Gitlow appeal states that the
communists have incurred a large ex
pense through the employment
Frank P. Walsh as attorney, Presi
dent Green says the A. F. of L. is i
no way responsible for this expense
and that trade unionists can not con
sistently assist a movement that ha
openly declared its purpose to destro
organized labor.
GOVERNOR STOPS DEAI
TO SMASH LABOR LAW
Charleston, W. Va.—Governor Gor
blocked an attempt by anti-union
terests and their political agents to
wreck the workmen's compensation
law of this state.
The West Virginia house of dele
gates accepted amendments to the
a
that were recommended by a commit
sion and which 'would strengthen tlu
law.
The senate altered the amendment
by practically eliminating the entire
act. The house of delegates changi
front by favoring the senate amend
ments, but the frame-up was smashed
through Governor Gore's veto.
TEACHERS MAY TALK
UNDER STRICT RULE
Superior, Wis.—High school teach
ers in this city are asked to sign
away their rights as citizens and to
criticise educational methods only in
the form prescribed by the board. Th
contract provides:
"I further recognize and subscribe
to the principle that criticism of tin
policies of the board of education, th(
superintendent of schools or the prin
cipal of the high school should b
made only in a professional mannet
and through the approved profession
al channels."
FAVOR MORE EDUCATION
Springfield, 111.—A house committee
has made a favorable report on a
measure that will raise education
standards in this state.
The bill provides that working cer
tificates shall not be granted to chil
dren between'the ages of 14 and 16
unless the applicant has passed the
eighth grade in school.
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LAUNDRY WORKERS GAIN
Detroit.—The Laundry Workers*
Union secured a one-year agreement
and substantial wage increases.
Don't cry unionism and then call for
non-label cigar. Smoke Standard)
15c cigar. I
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MILL MEN REFUSE CUT
Chicago.—-Mill workers affiliated to
the Brotherhood of Carpenters were
locked out, following their refusal to
accept a 10, per cent wage i-eduction.
Six locals are involved. The reduction
means a loss of from $1.10 to $1.20 a
day.
Siibscrine for Hie l^ress.
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cases of rupture and we have num
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BARBERS' SCISSORS
Essential Accessories Today
The kiddies want their hair
clipped, and the girls too nowa
days have more use for these
tools than they foi*merly had.
Here we offer a Boker Juno
Hair Clipper at 97c. One of the
best bargains we have ever had.
A Real Barbers' Scissor
7%-inch solid steel Barbers'
Scissors, extra value at 77c.
Say, Boys, just see our Base
ball Gloves and Bats displayed
in window. The prices are at
tractive.
Do you need Scissors? This
is the time to buy, while you
can get all sizes and patterns.
Your lawn needs attention!
Our Lawn Mower prices save
you money. $7.50 and up.
PAINT NOW!
Prices are much lower during
this sale.
Special Red Roof Paint
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