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VOL. XXVIII. No. 26
Boston, (I. L. N. S.).—Figures on
industrial profits for the first six
months of this year, compiled by Ernst
& Ernst, show that industry is making
larger profits than last year and con
firm preliminary figures published
some weeks ago by International La
bor News Service. Labor executives
look upon the latest figures as addi
tional justification for organized la
bor's demand for an ever larger share
in'the steadily increasing profits of
industry.
Profits First Half of 1928
Show Substantial Increases
Over Same Period Last Year
Total net profits of 380 representa
tive companies engaged in twenty-one
lines of industry amounted to $799,
20(,000 in the first six months of 1928,
compared with $740,500,000 in the cor
responding period a year ago, an ag
gregate increase of 7.92 per cent, ac
cording to the compilation of Ernst
& Ernst, prepared from published fi
nancial statements.
Of the total number of companies
reporting, 215 show an increase in
profits, 129 show decreased earnings,
eight reduced their deficits, eight more
companies converted deficits into sur
pluses in their income accounts, and
twenty organizations which returned
a profit in the first half of 1927, lost
money in the first six months of this
year. It is apparent that the improve
ment in profits was spotty, but Ernst
& Ernst point out that none of the
companies showing a loss for the first
half of 1927 showed as much loss for
the first six months of 1928.
The groups making poorer earnings
records this year than last include
Building equipment and supplies man
ufacturers iron and steel companies
oil companies container manufactur
ers railroad equipment manufactur
ers rubber companies textile manu
facturersj' tobacco products manufac
turers wearing apparel manufactur
ers.
Six rubber companies showed a de
crease of $17,950,000, and this is the
only gi'oup of all whose members
made poorer profits showings this year
than last. It is also the only group in
which the aggregate represented
loss rather than a profit this year.
MULE SPINNERS'
Cancer Is Ignored
Country
In This
Washington.—Mule.-spinners' cancer
is ignored in America, according to
Frederick L. Hoffman, writing in the
Monthly Bulletin, published by the
United States Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics.
The article reviews studies made in
Great Britain, where most of the re
ported cases of mule-skinners' cancer
have occurred. Attention is called to
the small number of cases reported
among textile workers in this coun
try, which is probably due, it is stated
to the failure of the reporting phy
sician to note the occupational con
nection. I
British datta show that mortality
from cancer among this class of tex
'tile operatives is 14 times as great
as that among the general population
between the ages of 25-35 60 times
as great between the ages of 45-55 and
100 times as great between the ages
of 55-75.
Authorities are fairly well agreed
that oil sprayed from the machine
causes the disease.
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Probe Unfolds Many Queer
Looking Deals
Washington. Robert E. Healy
chief counsel for the Federal Trad*
Commission, forced public utilitie
representatives to admit the expendi
ture of vast sums for propaganda that
have heretofore been concealed.
A reference in the accounts of the
National Electric Light Association
to-an item of $10,000 for the Harvard
School of Business Administration
was not explained. There was no in
dieation that any such sum had been
paid or promised. A number of small
er sums on the books were not cleared
up.
D. C. Mathews, Wisconsin Railroad
Commissioner, received $148 for ex
penses to a convention of the N. E
L. A.
J. F. Shaunsey, former chairman
of the Missouri State Utilities Com
mission, was paid $1,000 in two checks
Mrs. John D.. Sherman, formerly
president of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, was paid approxi
mutely $600 a month for about a year
for special articles.
It was shown that Dr. S. S. Wyer
formerly an investigator for the
Smithsonian Institution, received nu
merous checks for services and arti
cles. Dr. Wyer connected this gov
eminent unit with an alleged investi
gation he made of the publicly-owned
Ontario hydro-electric plant which
caused complaint in congress, and
which was later repudiated by Smith
sonian officials. It now develops that
Dr. Wyer prepared attacks on the
Boulder Dam project, for which he
was paid by the N. E. L. A.
Records of W. H. Roth, secretary of
the New Jersey Public Utilities Asso
ciation, showed he was quite proud of
his secret legislative record.
BIRTH RATE DROPS
Washington.—The birth rate
"steadily and rapidly decreasing
the United States," reports the United
States Bureau of Education, follow
inga nation-wide survey of the school
situation.
The birth rate has dropped from
25.1 per thousand population in 1915
in the registration area to 20.6
1926.
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Groups making better earnings rec
ords in 1928 than in 1927 includer'Au
tomobile and motor truck manufac
turers auto part and accessory manu
facturers food products, beverage and
confectionery manufacturers business
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stores and chain restaurants chemical
manufacturers drug and cosmetic
manufacturers household equipment
and supplies manufacturers leather
manufacturers machinery and large
tool manufacturers (industrial and
electrical) mining and smelting com
panics paper manufacturers.
"There is every indication that the
last half of the year also will have a
,?ood corporation profit showing, and
that the profit level for 1928 will be
higher than for 1927," they say.-
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Chicago, (I. L. N. S.I.—In a lengthy
statement issued to all general chair
men for the information and guidance
of trainmen and conductors on the 55
railroads west of Chicago involved in
a wage controversy and possible strike
unless President Coolidge can adjust
the disagreement with the carriers,
E. P. Curtis, president of the Order
of Railway Conductors, and A. F.
Whitney, president of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, set forth the
argument of the employes and warn
the members of the two big unions to
beware of being misled by misinfor
mation skillfully disseminated through
daily newspapers and other channels.
"It is but proper that the members
of these organizations should be loyal
to the interests which they serve," say
Presidents Curtis and Whitney, "but
it is more important that they should
first be loyal to themselves, and in this
controversy loyalty to themselves
means that they must support the in
stitutions which they have established
for their protection. We are quite
certain that information will come to
them through the newspapers and oth
er sources intended to influence them
to withhold their support from their
associations and officers, but we trust
it will have the opposite effect."
Charge Bad Faith
Charging bad faith to the carriers
in demanding the elimination of the
double-header rules, which demand
caused the deadlock and reference of
the issue to the President of the Unit
ed States, the statement explains the
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situation as follows:
During the period 1903 to 1924, the
carriers made no effort of any conse
quence to eliminate or even modify
the double-header rules. It is true
that during this period helper districts
were established and discontinued
from time to time on many roads, but
the rules were accepted as fixed condi
tions of service by both the carriers
and their conductors and trainmen.
Wage controversies arose and adjust
ments were made by concerted associ
ation movements before, during and
after the period of Federal control,
and not until the concerted movement
of 1924 was any important modifica
tion of the rule requested by the car-
In that year material conces­
sions were made to the carriers, ami
it was thought, in view of these con
cessions, that the condition would lie
left undisturbed because of the ever
increasing capacity 'of larger locom
tives, thereby reducing the necessity
for the use of two locomotives except
possibly in mountain territory. But
it seems that the competition between
carriers in the matter of handling
large tonnage trains is so impellin
that it cannot be resisted, so much so
that the practice is manifestly carried
beyond the point of economy, and yet
the employes are supposed to quietly
submit to such burdensome, unreason
able and dangerous conditions of serv
ice.
This competition has been carried
on without due regard to the human
element involved, the competitors ap
parently having only in mind the mov
ing of large tonnage in single trains.
Notwithstanding the alleged restric
ons (which are largely magnified)
i tonnage movements occasioned by
le double-header rules, the facts re
orted to the Interstate Commerce
i ommission show that the Western
onductors and trainmen handled, in
1)27,
1.300,000 more gross ton miles
per employe than conductors and
i rainmen in the Eastern territory.
Facts Support Union View
"In this movement it is quite sig
nificant that the carriers made no de
mands for the elimination or even
i he modification of the double-header
ules until about June 30, 1928, not
v/ithstanding
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the fact that our request
tor an increase in wages was sub
mitted to them November 1, 1927
This to our minds suggests the idea
hat the request was made on the eve
the opening of negotiations more
tor the purpose of embarrassing us
md prejudicing our wage increase re
juests than as indicating a universal
liesire on the part of Western car
riers for the elimination or modifica
tion of these rules. This view is sup
ported fully, we think, by the fact
that when, on July 16, we insisted
that the specific, burdensome condi
lions they alleged exist be brought be
fori us for consideration, which re
quest was declined, because it was
certain at that time that the con
ference committee of managers had
no knowledge of instances where the
rules produced burdensome condi
tions."
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STREET RAILWAY
WINS INJUNCTION
Los Angeles.—Three federal judi
permanently enjoined interference
with a street car company raising
fares. The State Railroad Commission
"fused the request and the company
ppealed to judges who are appointed
or life.
"Those who deride workers becaust
they complain of government by in
junction have a nice live baby lai
ight. on their own door step." declare,
the Los Angeles Citiz.en.
"This decision is an invitation for
any other privately owned public util
ity that believes it is not gouging the
people enough, to come to the court
and plead poverty."
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Montreal, Canada, (I. L. N. S.).—
With more than 400 delegates in at
tendance, the twenty-seventh conven
tion of the International Molders' Un
ion of North America is being held
here, with President Michael Keough
presiding.
The event of the opening day was
an address by Tom Moore, president
the Canadian Trades and Labor
Congress. He reviewed the Canadian
trade union problems clearly and ef
fectively, calling attention to a steady
krain in members and prestige in face
the opposition of dual organiza
tions. He presented the Canadian
ituation in a manner which greatly
assisted American delegates to grasp
the problems which members of inter
national unions were compelled to face
in Canada.
While the officers' reports indicated
serious problems which faced the or
ganization, they contained most en
ouraging evidence of practical prog
ress. The organization's finances were
never in as healthful a condition. The
reserve funds showed much larger
amounts than ever before.
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Of particular importance in show
ing the value of international trade
unionism to Canadian members was
the fact that the International Mold
ers' Union had, during the past term,
expended $58,000 more in Canada than
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Washingtn.—Will railroads in the
future destroy the private taxi busi
ness around depots by delivering pas
sengers directly to their homes or ho
tels
The Pennsylvania Railroad is con
sidering such delivery in this city
Attorneys have requested the Public
Utilities Commission to permit the
railroad to operate its own taxicab
and bus service direct from the Union
Station. Tickets sold in other cities
would carry a stub entitling the pur
chaser to this service.
The attorneys were advised that
public hearings would be necessary
before the commission could act. The
legal questions involved include the
problem of whether this is interstate
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was an effective reply to the state
ment that Canadians do not receive a
full return for their affiliation "with
international unions.
The general attitude of the dele
gates indicated their hearty approval
of the work accomplished by the offi
cial family. The indications are that
it is a strongly administration con
vention.
City and provincial authorities ex
tended a welcome so heartily support
ed by local trade unionists that there
were whispers of a movement to move
the Statue of Liberty to Canadian soil.
UTILITIES ME
STATE COURTS
New York.—Legislation that would
debar public utilities from rushing to
federal courts until they have gone
through state courts is favored by
Joseph V. McKee of the Board of
Aldermen.
Under the law corporations call ap
peal to the state courts from deci
sions made by the Public Service Com
mission, but the practice is to appeal
to federal courts, as in the Interbor
ough Rapid Transit Company's at
tempt to ignore its 5-cent contract
with the city and raise fares to 7
cents.
In a letter to United States Senator
Wagner, Mr. McKee said:
"Almost invariably the utility cor
poration, when defeated after exhaus
tive hearings before the commission,
casts aside its right to appeal to the
state courts.
"In other words, after a full hear
ing before the Public Service Commis
sion, with a right to appeal to the
state courts, the defeated public util
ity corporation goes into the Federal
court to raise the rates on the claim
the the fixed rate confiscates the cor
poration's property because the rate
does not permit a fair and reasonable
return to the corporation for use of
its property.
"This double trial method has crip
pled rate regulation. For all practical
purposes there is no rate regulation
of public utilities in the United States
and whatever little there now is will
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