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TRADES COUNCIL
The Co-Operative Trades and Labot
Council met Tuesday night in regular
session. President Ed. Sims presided
and thirty delegates were present.
A communication was read from the
Bakery and. Confectionery Workers'
International Union of Chicago, 111.,
in which they state that they are in
a life-and-death struggle with the
bread trust. They fear that if the
Rupture
Improperly treated may cause
more injury than benefit. Prop
erly fitted by our truss, we have
every reason to believe many
cases will be cured. The most
comfortable truss to wear ever
invented. No leg straps to
chafe. We not only fit them cor
rectly, but will give you service
that insures comfort and the
best possible results. Reason
ably priced from $2.50 to $5.00.
We also fit Elastic Stockings,
Shoulder Braces and Abdominal
Belts of all kinds.
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PAY
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ON ALL SAVINGS
Compounded Semi Annually
The West Side Building
and Loan Association
Main and Streets
Patrons and
Public in
General
Do you realize this when
sending your
DRY CLEANING
OR DYEING
To
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You Get Direct Service
PHONE 4 OR 157
^Ve have no branch stores
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FRESH SHOULDER RIBS
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bread trust is allowed to monopolize
the bread industry, every union bak
ery will be driven out. They als*
enclosed a set of resolutions to be
re-drafted and introduced at some
meeting of the city council. The com
munication was received and ordered
complied with.
The motion was amended that any
action to be taken by the secretary
to bring the matter before the city
council or the county commissioners
be approved.
The convention call of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor, which will
be held in the K. of P. hall, Middle
town, Ohio, beginning July 18, was
read. The same was received and
ordered complied with. Stanley Ogg
was elected delegate ana will repre
sent Trades Council.
In a communication the American
Federation of Labor informs the coun
cil that council's per capita tax is
due. The same was allowed.
Molders reported Holland and Wil
liamson furnaces unfair. They also
reported that they have been success
ful in having one agency change to
handling union-made furnaces.
The barbers' delegates reported
that they have signed up the Baldwin
shop on Main street.
The euchre committee reported that
they gave their last euchre and also
reported receipts and expenses. A
handsome profit was realized by the
committee, and a vote of thanks was
given them.
The plumbers reported that the
Economy Plumbing Co., Ray Martz,
Don Graf, John Jennewein, Theo. Oli
ger and William McNally, are con
sidered unfjjir to them.
The credentials of Carl Wehr to
present Bakers' Union for 18 months,
was read, received and delegate in
stalled.
The credentials of Hoffman, Murray
and Schwab to represent the Building
Laborers' Union, were read, received
and delegates installed.
The trustees were ordered to pur
chase a new typewriter for the sec
retary.
The council allowed the Community
Chest $25.00.
ONE LONE PICKET
On Duty Pending Injunction
Hearing
By International Labor News Service.
Chicago. The injunction suit
brought by the White Printing House
against five of the Chicago printing
trades unions was transferred from
the court of Federal District Judge
James H. Wilkerson to the court of
Federal District Judge George A.
Carpenter.
Judge Wilkerson had granted a
sweeping temporary injunction writ
against officers of the five unions.
Following that the case went to Judge
Carpenter for a hearing on the appli
cation to make the injunction perma
nent. After listening to statements
by counsel, Judge Carpenter referred
the matter to a master in chancery
for further hearing.
Meantime one "missionary," repre
senting the five crafts involved, is sta
tioned at the door of the White Print
ing House to do picket duty, in con
formity with a ruling of Chief Justice
William H. Taft, of the United States
supreme court in another case.
If you believe in unionism, smoke a
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JOHN P. FREY
Now on Job in Switzerland
Stanley Ogg is Informed
John P. Prey, editor of the Mold
ers' Journal and president of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor, and who
was named by President Coolidge as
labor expert advisor to the American
delegation to the International Eco
nomic Conference in Geneva, Switz
erland, under the guidance of the
League of Nations, writes his friend,
Stanley Ogg, of his arrival and re
ception in Switzerland as follows:
Dear Friend Stanley:
I reached this city last night, stop
ping off in London a couple of days
to dig up some information. The
crowd has been very decent and labor
has not been asked to sit at the bot
tom of the table. There are a large
number of labor men here represent
ing their several government.
Good luck till we meet again.
Yours,
J| P. PREY.
'TIS EASY TO ALARM
BIG BUSINESS
New York.—Fearing that a federal
constitutional convention would en
danger vested interests, the Union
League Club of this city expresses
disapproval of the agitation for a con
vention to consider revision of the
eighteenth amendment. The club is
New York's most conservative and in
fluential organization. For one reason
or another at least 28 states have
asked for a constitutional convention
since 1898. It is now claimed that
if four additional states take similar
action congress will be forced to act.
The Union League Club's resolution
sets forth that if a convention were
called to deal with prohibition its ac
tivities could not be limited, but it
would have full power to frame and
present to the states for ratification
any amendments it might conceive.
"In the opinion of the Union League
Club," the resolution continued, "the
agitation for the calling of a federal
constitutional convention at this time
is a menace to the peace, vested in
terests and welfare of all the people."
A.F.0FL.
Urges Workers to Help
Flood Sufferers
By International Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind.—The executive
council of the American Federation
of Labor, in session here, sent out an
appeal to organized labor in the
United States to contribute liberally
to the relief of flood sufferers in the
Mississippi valley, and to lend their
assistance to the collection of money
for the aid of these stricken people.
The appeal was made by President
Green, who commended the work un
der Herbert Hoover in giving relief
to the flood victims.
"The distressing situation on the
flooded sections of the Mississippi
valley excites the sympathy of all
classes," President Green said in a
statement to the press. "Many thou
sand people have been made homeless
and thousands of acres of land flooded
and made unfit for cultivation. The
executive council appreciates the suf
fering, hunger and deprivation which
the people of the towns, villages and
countryside are undergoing. Many
of these people are working people
and thousands of them belong to the
American Federation of Labor and its
affiliated unions. The American Fed
eration of Labor desires to assist in
every possible way and consequently
urge its membership to contribute
liberally and give every assistance
possible to these distressed people."
PRESS IGNORES
MINE DEATHS
Charleston, W. Va.—Newspapers of
this state are printing columns of sob
stuff on the heroism of the state mini
inspector and officers of the New
England Fuel and Transportation
Company for their rescue of dead
bodies at the mine explosion at Ever
ettsville, where 97 workers lost their
lives.
The victims and their dependents
are overlooked by the newspapers and
little space is given to the causes of
the catastrophe or to a discussion of
preventative measures.
"A strict observance of the state
mining laws and "proper measures
would have prevented this disaster,"
says the West Virginia Federationisi.
"The responsibility rests somewhere
and it is up to the proper state au
thorities to place that responsibility
and to take drastic steps to prevent
future accidents. These facts do not
seem to be considered by the press or
the authorities."
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PICNIC COMMITTEE
Appointed By Trades Coun
cil
iTCie Labor Day picnic committee to
make arrangements for the 1927 cele
bration was appointed Tuesday night.
The officers elected are Ed. Sims,
chairman George Brandel, secretary,
and Ed. Dulli, treasurer.
The different sub-committees ap
pointed by the chairman are as fol
lows:
Grounds—Ed. Sims.
Advertising—Stanley Ogg, George
Brandel and Jack Scheaf.
Amusements—Jack Scheaf, George
Brandel.
Fireworks—Ed. Weiss.
Concessions—Stanley Ogg.
Lunch Stand—Earl Grubbs, Philip
Mullemer and the bakers.
Soft Drinks—Lester Long, Roscoe
Fortner and painters.
Big Wheel—Ed. Weiss.
Candy Wheel—Bob Hartman.
Fruit Wheel—Jos. Spaulding.
Ice Cream—Fred Woodrey.
Gate—Jos. Galiger and the carpen
ters.
Korno—Lottie Rosson and Mrs.
Machalski.
Automobile—Chas. Bayn|p, Robert
Service.
Country Store—Henry Betscher,
John Rosson, C. Bowers, Earl Brown,
A. B. Lombard, Mayme Finfrock,
Henry Hodges, Andy Papp, Dan
Davis, Jacob Binotch and Frank
Moore.
The committee will meet again in
two weeks immediately after the
Trades Council meeting. A11 mem
bers are expected to be present.
WAGE CUTS
Forced on Italian Labor By
Dictator
New York.—Cable dispatches an
nounce that Italian workers face a
10 per cent wage cut. The reduction
will be "asked for" by representatives
of the Fascist unions who are appoint
ed by Mussolini. The dictator will
then applaud the patriotism of the
workers and comply with their re
quest.
This is the same system worked by
managers of American company
"unions." The advantage of this
scheme is that it places the respon
sibility on the men's so-called repre
sentatives, rather than on employers
or the government.
Italian employers, the cables state,
are "expected to reduce their prices."
It is significant, however, that retail
ers and middlemen are blaming each
other for high costs. Both may es
cape responsibility. The reduced
wage scales will be established for a
comparatively long period of time,
according to a government newspaper,
as it is Mussolini's wish that "the
new wage contracts permit business
an ample margin of time to adjust
itself to the new financial situation
and the difficulties of international
competition."
EXTENDS HALF
HOLIDAYS
Washington. The Saturday half
holidays period has been extended by
President Coolidge. An executive
order calls for half-holidays for all
federal employes from the first Sat
urday of June until the last Saturday
of September. Previously these haif
holidays were from the second Satur
day in June to the second Saturday in
September.
Wm. Green, A. F. of L. president,
headed a delegation of trade unionists
who called on the president to urge
the order.
BAKERS LOCKED OUT
Yonkers, N. Y.—The Federal Sys
tem of Bakeries locked out its organ
ized bakery workers. This concern
maintained relations with the union
for many years.
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DUU 1 UrlUl
STORES CLOSE
At Noon Wednesday During
Hot Months, Beginning
Next Week
In accordance with the agreement
with the Retail Clerks' Union, all the
union stores in the city will close at
noon each Wednesday during June,
July and August, beginning next
Wednesday. With the greater num
ber of stores in the city coming un
der this arrangement, practically all
the other stores in the city will follow
the rule so that all stores will close
each Wednesday afternoon during the
hot summer months.
This half holiday for all store em
ployes is a direct result of efforts on
the part of the local Retail Clerks'
Union.
PUBLIC SHOULD OWN
NATURAL RESOURCES
Memphis, Tenn.—Organized labor
in this state does not favor private
ownership of natural resources. At
the State Fedei'ation of Labor con
vention in this city, the trade union
ists declared:
"The natural resources of America
are the property of the citizenship.
Efforts by any combination to monop
olize such resources should be resist
ed by every patriotic citizen. At
tempts of the power interests to se
cure control for private profit of the
state's vast water resources consti
tute a menace to future citizenship.
Ownership of such resources should
be safeguarded by our public officials
and the interests of the public held
paramount."
POWER TRUST
WOULD GRAB GREAT
FALLS, IN POTOMAC
Washington.—A recently-organiz
ed Delaware corporation has applied
to the government for permission to
build a huge hydro-electric plant on
the Potomac river and its tributaries
near this city. It is proposed to fur
nish power and light to the nation's
capital and surrounding territory.
Cleveland and Chicago capitalists are
said to be behind the project that will
be linked up with the power trust.
The application promises to inten
sify the fight for government control
of this resource at the next session of
congress, and the Potomac river at
Great Falls will be associated with
Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam.
CARPENTERS' UNITY
DEFEATS PROPAGANDA
Cleveland.—More than 9,000 car
penters have secured a union-shop
wage agreement with contractors
after nearly three months' negotia
tions. Rates are advanced 12% cents
an hour. The contractors waived
their demand for the anti-union Chi
cago agreement. While these gains
are substantial, the outstanding feat
ure of this movement is the solidarity
and discipline of the carpenters.
Their officials were subjected to a
newspaper propaganda for a "house
cleaning," and other efforts were made
to weaken the workers' spirit of loy
alty and divide them into factions for
and against their representatives.
WASTE ELIMINATION
OFFSETS WAGE GAINS
New York.—Recent wage gains to
railroad labor has not verified pnn
icky predictions of those who opposed
these incraese.
Reports from various trunk lines
show that many wastes have been
eliminated and efficiency claims of
these workers are sustained.
WINNING FIVE-DAY WEEK
Pasadena, Cal.—Organized painters
in this city are winning their five-day
movement. Nearly 50 per cent of
these workers are employed on that
basis.
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STOCK REDUCING SALE
WAGNER PIANO CO. 122 S. 2nd
FARM WAGE RATE
Lower Than Last Spring, Is
Report
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—Farmers are
hiring labor at an average of $2.72
per day without board, according to a
study covering all sections just com
pleted by the United States depart
ment of agriculture. Last spring the
average daily rate was $3.35, or near
ly 24 per cent more than at present.
The present farm wage level is
highest in that group of states com
prising New England together with
New York, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania. The average daily rate in
this section of the country is $3.47.
In the Middle West the rates aver
age $2.88 per day and in the South
$1.66. On the Pacific coast and in the
Northwest the prevailing rates aver
age $3.23 per day, or nearly as high
as in New England.
Connecticut reports the highest
average i*ate for any state, $3.80 per
day. The lowest state average is
$1.50, which was reported from Louis
iana.
For the United States as a whole
the average wage on a monthly basis
without board is $48.47, compared
with $48.40 a year ago and with
$47.40 in the spring of 1925. With
board the rate for the entii'e country
now averages $34.53 per month com
pared with $34.38 last year.
WILL RECALL LUDLOW
Denver.—Memorial services will be
held at the Ludlow monument on Sun
day, May 22, to commemorate the
memory of union miners, their wives
and children who were shot and burn
ed to death by armed guards who
fired on the Ludlow tent colony 13
years ago. Thirty-three lives were
lost. The miners were on strike
against the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company.
ROCK-DUSTING BILL
VETOED BY GOVERNOR
Nashville, Tenn.—Governor Peay
vetoed a bill that provides for rock
dusting in mines. The measure pass
ed both branches of the legislature
with no opposition. Trade unionists
are dumbfounded at this unexpected
action and declare that the next mine
disaster can be laid at the governor's
door.
NOTICE:
BEGINNING WED N E SI) A Y, N E 1st
AH Union Stores will continue their Usual Custom of Closing
AT NOON EACH WEDNESDAY DURING
JUNE. JULY AND AUGUST
RETAIL CLERKS' UNION No. 119
An Event of
For June
Brides
It will be of the greatest inter
est and importance to the June
Bride of this year to learn that
the popular Harry Strauss Fur
niture Store has adopted a new
deferred payment plan.
This plan is one of the sim
plest and easiest ones available,
and affords them the remarkable
opportunity of purchasing all of
their housekeeping needs at cash
prices, and being able to pay for
them out of their income.
When it is considered that this
store carries only the products
of the country's most reliable
furniture and floor covering fac
tories, and that their buyer is
constantly striving to keep their
vast stock most modern and
complete, this comes as a revela
tion in furniture buying. In
fact it has become almost uni
versal in Hamilton that when a
high class piece of furniture or
rug has been purchased at a sav
ing, the answer is, "It came from
Harry Strauss."
When you are ready to select
your new furnishings, and desire
to affect a saving in so doing,
pay a visit to this complete
house-furnishing store.
Let them show you their way
of selling furniture. You'll be
surprised at the unusual selec
tion, and at the amount of real
money you will save.
Their salesman will be glad to
see you, and whether shopping
or buying you will always re
ceive the same courteous treat
ment.
FRANK E. HART, Pres.
ELMER H. SAUEK, Secy.
W. F. CAHILL & SONS
Funeral Directors
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