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VOL. XXVIL No. 11
By JOSEPH A. WISE
Staff Correspondent, International
Labor News Service
Chicago.—Substantial progress is
being made in the fight against non
union bread in Chicago, according to
officers of the Bakery and Confection
ery Workers' International Union of
America, who are elated over the re
cent organization of a unionized
wholesale bakery establishment here.
The new concern is the Central
Wholesale Grocer Association Bak
ery, Ricc street and Cicero avenue.
The stockholders are composed of 350
independent grocers, who will han
dle exclusively the union-made prod
ucts of the new bakery.
Big Asset to Union
This new organization is regarded
as a splendid weapon in the war with
the Ward and Continental Baking
companies and the chain grocery
stores which handle non-union bakery
goods. Inspired by the attitude of the
Central Wholesale Grocer Association,
it is anticipated that independent
grocers generally may be induced to
handle union-made goods.
The Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
stores are putting up the most stub
born fight against the union, accord
ing to the international officers. The
Chicago manager for the A. & P.
stores was insulting in his attitude
when visited by John Fitzpatrick,
president of the Chicago Federation
of Labor, and a committee represent
ing Bakers' Local Union No. 2. He
said that he did not care what action
organized labor took against the At
lantic & Pacific Tea Company. He al
leged that no matter what attitude the
union may take, the members of or
ganized labor would patronize his
stores and he did not think much of
the purchasing power of union mem
bers anyway.
Non-Union Profits Big
Stocks of the National Biscuit Com
pany, a strictly non-union concern, is
now quoted at $805 a share. This is
an advance of $535 a share over the
price in 1922, when it was $270.
The net profit of the General Bak
ing Corporation, also non-union, was
about 30 per cent on the property in
vestment last year. The profit on
each loaf of bread sold is said to be
1% cents, and that is as much
as the farmer receives for planting,
cultivating, harvesting and marketing
the wheat that goes into a loaf of
bread, without deducting anything for
his labor. It also is much more than
the labor costs of a loaf in a modern
bakery.
"High Wages" Blamed
The explanation coming from the
head of the bread and cracker trusts
as to the reason why war prices are
being charged for their products is
the high wages paid their employes.
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tionery Workers' International Union
of America say that their organization
is gaining in strength despite the bit
ter fight that has been waged against
it by the huge combinations of capital
that have reached out for a monopoly
control of the baking industry of the
United States.
The following officers have charge
of affairs at the handsome headquar
ters building owned by the interna
tional union at 2719 Best avenue, Chi
cago Charles F. Hohmann, recording
secretary Hmry Koch, financial sec
retary, and A. A. Myrup, secretary
treasurer.
BUILDING
To See One of Best Years
in 1927
By International Labor News Service.
New York City.—Propagandists and
"calamity howlers" who predicted a
big building slump in 1927 are doom
ed to disappointment, Earl F. Stokes,
executive secretary of the National
Association of Builders' Exchanges,
declares in an article on the building
situation in the June issue of the
American Builder-Economist, pub
lished by the American Bond and
Mortgage Company.
"All indications now point to the
fact that 1927 will prove to be one
of the greatest years in the history of
the building industry," said Mr.
Stokes, "although the total invest
ment in new construction may not be
quite as much as in 192G, but the dif
ference will hardly be sufficient to be
noticeable."
After reviewing at length the build
ing figures for the first four months
of the year, Mr. Stokes says that
architects throughout the country
have "plenty of work on their boards,"
adding:
"The government has a $225,000,000
program. The bureau of education
announces a large program of public
school building. More than $1,000,
000,000 is to be spent in road con
struction.
"Many millions will be spent in the
reconstruction work of the Mississippi
valley, which will also give employ
ment to thousands of mechanics and
laborers. With these facts before us,
is there any reason why we should
view with any alarm the noise that is
being made by the propagandist?"
PREPARING FOR LABOR
DAY
Washington. A record-breaking
^.abor Day celebration is the goal of
many city central bodies, according
to information received at A. F. of L.
headquarters.
A feature of this movement is the
revival of Labor Day parades to typ
ify the workers' first national holiday
and to emphasize gains made by the
trade union movement.
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Addresses at Formal Opening
of Company's Washington
Offices Breathe Pride and
Confidence
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—Optimism, con
fidence and determination to succeed
were the high notes struck at the for
mal opening at 1701-11 Connecticut
avenue of the fine new offices of the
Union Labor Life Insurance Company.
The opening, on the afternoon and
evening of June 15th attracted a large
number of members and representa
tives of international, national and lo
cal unions.
The first policy issued by the com
pany, which has already, in a few
weeks of actual business, written
more than $100,000 worth of insur
ance, was formally presented to Presi
dent Matthew Woll, of the insurance
company, by Luther C. Steward, sec
retary and assistant secretary. Mr.
Woll, in turn, presented the second
insurance policy issued by the com
pany to President William Green, of
the American Federation of Labor.
Steward Voices Confidence
In presenting the first policy to
President Woll, Mr. Steward expres
ed his belief that the issuance of the
policy was the first formal step in one
of the greatest works ever undertaken
by the American labor movement.
President Woll responded, outlining
briefly the aims and aspirations of
the Union Labor Life Insurance Com
pany. He said it was the desire of
the company officials to begin busi
ness in every state at the earliest
possible moment.
"The launching of the Union Labor
Life Insurance Company is one of
the greatest forward steps ever taken
by labor," Mr. Woll said. "It is rec
ognized everywhere that this enter
prise is bound to place the trade union
movement in the highest possible esti
mation in public life as well as
strengthen the cause of organized la
bor. This project is unique in that it
is conceived particularly to meet the
special needs of organized workers
for insurance, although it will not
overlook the needs of others.
Company's Inspiring Aims
"To buttress the home, to give im
petus to thrift, and the relief which
comes with the assurance of protec
tion for dependents, to organize on a
vast scale the investment power of the
worker conservatively used, to seek
to bind the workers in a more solid
economic organization, to conserve
health and prolong life—what can be
greater, more inspiring than that?
"The task to which we are dedicat
ing the Union Labor Life Insurance
Company is one no less than the con
quest of dependency—the dependency
that follows the death of the bread
winner, from the decline of his earn
ing power in old age and from the
paralyzing hand of disability. Given
time, savings will accumulate to an
estate for use in old age. Certain
kinds of insurance, working through a
period of years, are admirably de
signed to provide protection for old
age. But the miracle of life insurance
is that the full estate, created by a few
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
Arrives
Labor Insurance Co. Issues First Policies
Woll and Green Get Certificates
in Organization
strokes of a pen and maintained by
the investment of a relatively small
sum each year, becomes instantly
available at the call of death."
Green's Help Praised
As Mr. Woll handed Mr. Green Im
policy, he spoke in warm terms of tl
great help given by the head of th'
A. F. of L. in organizing and launch
ing labor's insurance company. Mr.
Green, he said, had given every pos
sible aid and had shown his confident"
in the enterprise and its managers by
applying for a policy for himself.
Mr. Green responded, referring in
the opportunities for service of tl
company and declaring that the pres
entation of the policies was an his
toric occasion. He emphasized t!
necessity of proceeding carefully ar!
with full consciousness of the respon
sibilities placed upon the company,
points which were also stressed
speakers who followed. He declart i
his absolute confidence in the men at
the head of the organization, addirm
that they were men who fully knev
and understood labor and with that
sort of management there can be im.
failure.
Others are Heard
Following Mr. Green, whose tan,
aroused much enthusiasm, there wer
short addresses by Daniel J. Tobin,
treasurer of the American Federation
of Labor George W. Perkins, vio
president and Western representatu
of the insurance company Martin )•'.
Ryan, treasurer Thomas E. Burk
vice president William D. Mahon.
James Maloney, A. J. Kugler, direr
tors, and Secretary-Treasurer Stewart:
During the opening ceremonies.
James J. Davis, United States secre
tary of labor, applied in person for a
policy. The application, Secretai
Davis said, was a material mark
his interest in the organization ami
his hope for its complete success.
Many floral tributes were receive I
for the ceremonies, including tributi
from the board of directors of tli
Washington Publishing Company.
Inc., the International Union of Brick
layers, Masons and Plasterers, tin
National Federation of Federal Em
ployes and the employes of the honn
office of the Union Labor Life Insur
ance Company. The flowers from tin
Washington Publishing Company,
publishers of Washington Magazine,
were given a place of honor on Presi
dent Woll's desk.
"LEFT WINr GROUP
OUSTED BY FURRIERS
Washington.—The convention of the
International Fur Workers' Union sus
tained their executive board in revok
ing charters of several New York
locals that had been captured by com
munists during the recent strike.
The convention seated representa
tives of the reorganized locals. The
ousted communists were so disorderly
at the convention that they were fin
ally denied admission as visitors.
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NON-UNIONISTS ARE PAWNS
Woonsocket, R. I.—Strike-breakers
employed by the Manville-Jenckes
Textile Company are circulating peti
tions for a 54-hour week. Officers of
the United Textile Workers charge
that the company is behind this at
tack on the 48-hour week.
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By International Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Increase in bi
tuminous coal production, as indicated
by federal reports, is largely due to
union operatoi*s resuming work under
the terms of the Jacksonville wage
scale, it is pointed out by international
officials of the United Mine Workers.
The policy committee of the union
agreed to a plan whereby individual
operators could produce coal by sign
ing the Jacksonville scale pending a
definite settlement of the wage contro
versy in the soft coal fields. Many
operators have taken advantage of the
plan to work pending settlement, with
the result that coal production has
shown increases.
The effoi't of certain Ohio operators
to cause a break in the union ranks
of that district by advising miners to
form a separate union organization,
seceding from the United Mine Work
ers, is regarded as a joke among
union officials and merely another
COAL CRISIS
Looming in Great Britain
Alarms That Nation
London, England.—In a discussion
on the British coal industry, Sir Her
bert Samuel, chairman of the last
royal coal commission, declared that
'another crisis looms before us.''
Sir Herbert'^ commission recom
mended that the government purchase
mineral rights and end the practice of
coal owners paying royalties to pri
vate owners who often never saw these
properties and whose claim of owner
ship is doubtful in many cases. Scien
tific methods of production wer'.- also
recommended.
LOOK
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THIRD
Increase in Coal Production
Due to Union Men Resuming
Work Under Old Wage Scale
The government, failed to act on the
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scheme to "bust the union," or at least
make it ineffectual. The scheme of
the Ohio operators is merely a plan
to run their mines with non-union la
bor, and any bona fide union coal
miner will have nothing to do with it.
Under the proposed plan the maximum
wage for day men would be around
$5 a day and with all indications that
it would be less should the influence
of the union be effaced.
President Lewis, of the United
Mine Workers, is in the Pittsburgh
district making a series of addresses
to the miners in the fight against the
Pittsburgh Coal Company. Tremen
dous crowds have greeted him. Frank
J. Hayes, of Denver, Colo., formerly
international president of the United
Mine Workers, is also in the Pitts
burgh district on a speaking tour.
The Pittsburgh district fight is being
directed by Pat Fagan, district presi
dent, and Philip Murray, international
vice president.
recommendations and the coal owners
reduced wages. The nation-wide coal
strike resulted. This was followed by
the general strike and its disastrous
tending because of differences between
the executive council of the British
Miners' Federation of Great Britain.
The former favored the acceptance of
a plan offered by Sir Herbert Samuel
as a basis for peace negotiations. The
miners claimed the proposal implied
wage reductions for higher paid min
ors.
After the general strike was called
off every effort was made to save the
miners' strike, but this attempt failed.
Miners' wages were reduced and they
returned to work under an eight-hour
day system. The former work day
was seven hours.
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