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LOUIS GRIM. PresMeat FUNERAL HOME DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE PHONES 62 6& The Anderson- Shaffer Company COAL Phone47 or 160 GIVE US k TRIAL Truths Pondered While Riding at Anchor "Then gently scan your brother man' -By Mr. Modestus— know what caused the Now we "dark ages."' An apologist for the bankers has given the reason. It was the abolition of interest on money When interest was interdicted by the Pope and the emporer. That was some time before the Eighth Century, A. D. The same writer claims that later the Popes confirmed the right to charge interest and to demand collat eral. He implies that from then on the Dark Ages were doomed. There—isn't that interesting? This banker-advocate also espe cially favors the New York city banks. He almost blames the depression on the "outsiders" who butted in on the loan business for the stock market whirl. Then he suspects th at"impotence to control credit" was to blame. After that he calls down wrath upon the "investment bankers." But these were duped by corpora tion executives to sell industrial and other stocks Were let in for "competitive bid ding" for new issues of stock. He blames "high-pressure merchan dising" practices in sales of stocks. He opines that "bad bankers drive good bankers out of business." And tells of how the salesmen had orders to 'Sell, sell, SELL." At last he admits that alternative to blue sky laws for banks is, federal and state charters and regulation of banks, Do you suppose he was talking about private banks? Like J. Pierpont Morgan's?. ii!- A STRONG BANK & TRUST CO. wm RED JACKET WHITE ASH POCAHONTAS ANTHRACITE if.i 11 —, The Griesmer-Grim Co. A E I A 'S I N E S I N V A I A H. PATER COAL, CO. 18 years of progress is proof that we are giving the Best of QUALITY AND SERVICE WATER SOFTENING SALT COAL COKE FEED ROOFING CEMENT ^m«H iZtpiSftsi* NATIONAL A N K r^l I L.TO OHIO. Schwenn Coal Company W. H. STEPHAN, Prop. The Co-Operative Trades & Labor Council Do Their Ranking Business With CITIZENS SAVI NGSBANIV&TRUST-CO •MAMILTOM OHIO* We can serve You as Well The man has a new system of eco nomics— He says the inflation was caused by the public spending money. That "they were spending as in come what in reality was capital ac cumulation." That led to an inflation of stock values, which was naughty. Then somebody found out that too much of these stocks had been sold by the investment bankers. That it was not possible to realize dividends on those stocks. "Then, someone had to take the losses"—he says. He intimates that until the losses have all been taken, The Great Depression will be with us. Intimating that the "losses" 'must balance the "gains"—somehow— To get us back on an even keel. That hurts because every man tries to make the other fellow "take the losses." He is a fatalist, moreover—it was so to be. A really accurate prediction in 1929 —"would have led to an overnight collapse of our entire economic ma chinery." Well, we got that anyhow. And then he says that the financial leaders did not forecast the "dimen sions of the depression." Because: "It was virtually beyond human power to do so." So now, you can just grin, and bear it! Now what do you suppose this high priest of the financial goddlemiteys asks for, for them? He wants: "A system of credit con trol that will place credit exclusively in the hands of those best qualified to administer it." And who would that be? To the banker—"who sold his mer chandise (stocks and bonds) in the best of faith and bought for himself the same thing he sold the public.'" A-r-r-h!! And that is the crowd that has been claiming the monopoly of brains! Advertise in The Press. LEADING HAMILTON CONCERNS WHO SOLICIT THE CO-OPERATION OF ORGANIZED LABORJ PAUL A. SICK. SK'^-Tmo. 1 CONSERVATIVE BANK OF FRIENDLY SERVICE COAL AND COKE 5th and High Streets PHONE 23-J Painters DUERSCH COAL CO Electrical Workers Marion HIGH WAGES Advocated By Internationa Labor Office Head Geneva (ILNS)—High wages as the basis for prosperity are advocat ed by Harold Butler, new director of the International Labor Office, in his annual report. The report and the question of curing and preventing unemployment by shortening the work day and week will be among the sub jects taken up at the annual confer once of the labor office. The United States will be represented by four observers, of which one is Hugh Frayne, New York representative of the American Federation of Labor. Results of the failure to maintain and increase wages in the United States are held up by Butler as a reason for continued faith in the high wage theory. He produces figures to show that both nominal and real wages have fallen in the last few years in the United States far more than elsewhere. He says that with 100 representing the 1927 index, nomi nal wages fell in the United Stites from 94 in 1930 to 60 in 1932, while in Great Britain they decreased only from 98 to 95, and in Poland from 119 to 99. In Denmark, he says, they remained steady at 101, and in Czechoslovakia rose from 110 to 111. In the same period the same index Cement, Sewer Pip*-- Try our Ebony or Pocahontas Coal on your next order COKE. Phones 1 ajid 586 DEPOSIT YOUR SAVINGS IN THIS BIG STRONG NATIONAL RANK* FIRST NATIONAL BANK&TRUST CO. v No. ,0 .4th Monday, T. C. Letter Carriers No. 188 Last Friday Printing Pressmen No. 235 2nd Thursday, T. C. Hall ***&?* k ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS Trades and Labor Council Alternate Tuesdays, Hall No. 1 Stanley Ogg, 1039 Hamilton Ave. Bakers' Union No. 81 .....1st and 3rd Saturdays, Labor Temple..Robert J. Danford, 263 Laurel Ave. Barbers' Union No. 132 2nd and 4th Mondays, Hall No. 4 E. R. Legg, 227 South 7th St. Brew, and Soft Drink Workers No. 88....2nd and 4th Fridays, Trades Coucii Ray Mefford, 607 So. 2nd*St Bricklayers No. 11....1st and 3rd Fridays R. A. Robards, Box 30, R. R. 5, Camden,. Ohio Brotherhood of Railway Clerks On call, Labor Temple Martin Philcbaum, 2869 Freeman ave. City Fire Fighters No. 20 1st Tuesday, T. C. Hall No. 4 Don A. Howard, P. O. Box 342. Carpenters and Joiners No. 637 2nd & 4th Thursday, Labor Temple....Robert J. Getz, 123 Ross Ave. Cigar Makers' Union No. 123 2nd and 4th Mondays, Labor Tempie....Robert Mick, 509 So. Front St Electrical Workers No. 648 3rd Wednesday, Labor Temple John E. Wanamaker. Labor Temple Letter Carriers No. 426 .3rd Friday night.— Earl K. Newton, 843 Clinton Ave. Machinists' and Auto Machanics' Local 241 2nd & 4th Wed., Labor Temple....Karl Brown, 822 Buckeye St. Maintenance of Way Employes 1st and 3rd Sundays, T. C. Hall Edgar Smith, 638 Chestnut St. Metai Polishers No. 43 Alternate Wednesdays, Labor Tewple....G. Brandel, 1833 Pleasant A vs. Milk & Ice Cream Drivers & Helpers..3rd Friday Molders' Union No. 68 Every Monday, T. C. No. 1 James V. Xutt, 332 No. 10th St. I. M. U. No. 68 Auxiliary 2nd and 4th Fridays, Labor TeMple....Chris Reidinger, 2426 Noble Avs. Molders' Union No. 283 1st and 3rd Fridays, T. C. No. 1 A1 Besanceney, 714 Clinton Ave. Musicians' Local No. 31 1st Sunday morning, Labor Temple....Frank F. Wessel, 227 No. St Paint., Dec., Paper Hangers No. 18fi....Every Thursday, Labor Temple.. George A. Macy, 1150 Lane St Pattern Makers „..H..»M....2nd and 4th Fridays, T. C. HalL.... Wm. Fremgen, 522 Ridgelawa Ave Plasterers' Union No. 214....................«.lst and 3rd Thuisday Chas. E. Walker, 735 So l*'th St Plumbers' Union No. 108 1st and 3rd Mondays, Labor Temple. Chas. Hosea, 904 Sycamore St. Retail Clerks' Union No. 119 4th Monday, Labor Temple Daniel Cummings, 1155 Garden Ave Stationary Engineers No. 91 1st and 3rd Mondays, T. C. Hall John P. Kuenzel, R. No 3 Stationary Firemen No. 98 2nd Thursday, Labor Temple Harry Moore, 324 Hudson Ave Street Car Men's Local 738 3rd Wednesday, T. C. Hall No. 1 W. E. Tice, 2340 Freeman Ave Stove Mounters' Union No. 8 1st and 3rd Fridays, T. Carl Reiter, 2120 Elmo Ave Switchmen's Union No. 130 1st and 3rd Mondays, Moose Hall William J.'Welsh, care Moose Horn Theatrical Stage Employes No. 13«....lst Sunday, T. C. Hall John Janser, 1024 Campbell Ave Typographical Union No. 290 2nd Wednesday, Labor Temple Martin Schorr, -1092 Dixie Ave Woman's Union Label League Every Tuesday, Labor Teirole... Mrs. C. A. Rosso-.iR No 2 Chauffeurs, Garagemen and Helpers No. 793 Frank Palmer, Secretary, 217 W. 12 Cincin ni Carpenters No. 1842, Oxford 1st Wednesday, I. 0. 0. F. Hall....Bd. A.Smith, R. R, MIDDLETOWN LABOR UNION8 Trades and Labor Council 2nd and 4th Thursday Noel Ford, O Box 47 Amalgamated Association, iron, Steel and Tin Workers No. 20 Every Saturday morning....Arthur Domhoff 1605 Columb' A Musicians No 821 1st Sunday A. M., T. C. Hall R. C. Oglesby, care New^Ste™, Electrical Workers No. 648 1st Wednesday, T. C. Hali....John E. Wanamaker Carpenters No. 1477 Every Monday, T. C. Hall E. O Otterbein 19w Plumbers and Steamfitters No. 510....2nd Tuesday, T. C. Hall. Wm. CovIp 'iM'i/t x?™8?*1 Painters and Decorators No. 643 2nd Friday, T. C. Hall.... Matth* ®nc«ester Ave. Plasterers' Local No. 409 1st Monday Stage Employes No. 282 Every other Saturday Otto Kaiser'P O S Steam and Operating Engineers No. 924 Every Friday, T. C. Hall George Ball I Typographical No. 487 1st Monday, T. C. Hall Jack Fertruson Hud Carrier. No. 512 2nd Monday, T. C. Hall,... H,^Roy Bricklayers No. 57... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, T. C. Ball. ..S. J. DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS Molders' Conference Board Chas. L. Huter, 419 Roosevelt ave, Piqua. 0. HAMILTON BUSINESS AGENTS Electrical Workers Marion Cummins, 214 Urban St. Molders Jerry Galvin, 605 W. Norman Ave., Dayton, Ohio. Carpenters Chas. Chap en, 411 Wiliams Ave. Phone 2714-M Milk & Ice Cream Drivers & Helpers.. O. Condon, 23 S. St. Phone 2683-L. Painters L. A. Bro wn, 404 Harrison Ave. Phone 2253-M Pattern Maker*. Rob't Service, 220 East Ave. Plasterers William Utrecht, 811 Weller Ave. Plumbers Charles L. Hosea, 904 Cycamore St. Phone 3320-J Stage Hands and Movie Operators Neil Johnson, 201 So. Monument Ave. MIDDLETOWN BUSINESS AGENTS A. W. Stout, 608 Waite, Office Movie Operators Ben H. Francis, 119 Monroe. Stage Hands Harry Keiser, Sutphin Ave. T. C. Hall Cummins, 214 Urban St., Hamilton. for real wages dropped in the United States from 99 to 80, and rose in Great Britain from 104 to 110 in Poland from 125 to 130 in Denmark from 109 to 115, and in Czechoslovak -ia from 110 to 116. "Whereas, When the depression stepped in," says Butler's report, "it was heralded as proof of the fallacy of high wages in the United States, it is now being asked whether the total amount distributed in wages was not insufficient to maintain con sumption in equilibrium with expan sion of production." He adds that that there is some reason for thinking one of the causes of the American crash in 1929 was the decline in the wage bill in relation to investments. Juries Keep Courts in Touch With Realities, Judge Says Ottawa (ILNS)—"Juries have more sense than judges, and with the ex tension of state capitalism and the resulting threats to personal liberty, the importance of juries will greatly increase," says Justice Sedgwick, who has been appointed chairman of the Tariff Board. The business of grand juries was to protect the right of the citizen against being held by the police without cause. The saving virtue of juries was that they kept judges in touch with human realities, Justice Sedgewick says. AND THEIR FRIENDS Rupture Improperly treated may cans* 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 recUy, 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. RADCLIFFE DRUG CO jt Oxford Ohio nhr,n Noel Earl i pri p)st C. E. Read 1214 Pine St mm.ii A. sl u i V Ml™letown nV' dg Anderson, 126 So Broad LaborQueries Questions and Answers on La bor: What It Has Done Where It Stands on Problems of the Day Its Aim and Program Who's Who in the Ranks of the Organized Toilers, etc., etc. Q* Has the nation-wide organiza tion campaign of the Hotel and Res taurant Workers ended? A.—No. The campaign, ^originally planned to end May 31, has been ex tended to Julv 31. Q.—W hat did the last employment report of the United State Bureau of Labor Statistics show? A.—Employment in manufacturing industries increased 1.6 per cent April over the low level of March caused by the banking holiday and payroll totals rose 4.5 per cent in the same period, the bureau reported. Q.—How many states now have old age pension laws? A.—The latest figures show 25 states with old age pension laws, Nebraska being the most recent to pass, such legislation. Q.—Who said: "The American workman refuses to regard unemploy ment as a permanent evil attending the industrial and economic forces our country"* A.—Samuel Gompers. Q-—When of did the International Typographical Union adopt a label? A.—In 1886. Miami, Fla. (ILNS)—Orville Rig by, president of the Central Labor Union and business agent of the Bricklayers' Union, has been elected city commissioner. With three to be elected, Rigby ran third from the top. Commissioners elect the mayor. Trillions of Stars Now Seen Via Telescope A universe of Imagination stagger ing size, with 300 trillion stars al ready within the range of the astron omex,'s largest telescopes and unknown numbers still unseen, was described by Prof. Harlow Shapley of Harvard university at the convention of the National Academy of Sciences meet ing at the University of Michigan. In only a portion of the sky, 76,000 galaxies of stars, of which our Milky Way Is a typical example, have been charted, said Professor Shapley. He expects that eventually 300,000 galax ies will be mapped In the heavens, with an estimate of about a billion stars of which our own sun is an av erage sample In each galaxy. Stars which appear reddish In color have been thought to be very far away, but now Dr. Joel Stebblus of the Mt. Wilson observatory, Califor nia, reported to the academy that some red stars located in the Milky Way are four times closer to us than has been estimated. A layer of "cosmic dust" which splits the Milky Way makes the stars on the far side appear red, just as our sun appears red at sunset, when Its rays come to the observer through a longer distance of the dust-filled atmosphere of our planet.—Scientific American. Swift-Sailing Clipper Ships Hung Up Records One of the famous California clip per ship races was that of the Wild Pigeon, John Gilpin, Flying Fish and Trade Wind. They sailed against time, leaving New Jfork on different dates. Flying Fish won, making the passage from New York to San Fran cisco in 92 days and 4 hours from port to anchor. The Gilpin made It In 93 days from port to pilot, and Wild Pigeon In 118 days. The Trade Wind, which left some time after the others, followed, with 102 days, having taken fire and burned for eight hours on the way. Another famous race was that between William H. Webb's Swordflsh and Donald McKay's Fly ing Fish. The latter sailed from Bos ton November 5, 1851, and on the same day the Swordflsh passed Sandy Hook. The Swordflsh arrived In San Francisco on February 10, 1852, after a passage of 90 days from Boston. Culture Grove Patterson, of the Toledo Blade quotes from Matthew Arnold as to his Idea of a niau of culture. Arnold said: "The great men of culture are those who have had a passion for diffusing, for making prevail, for carrying from one end of society to the other, the best knowledge, the best Ideas of their time, who have labored to divest knowledge of all that was harsh, un couth, difficult, abstract, professional, exclusive to humanize It to make It efficient outside the clique of the cul tlvated and learned, yet still remain ing the best knowledge and thought of the time, and a true source, therefore, of sweetness and light." Ancient Soup Kettle At Colchester, England, they dug up a bronze cauldron with drop handles. This kettle measures two feet across, and might have held the broth with which, as the rhyme tells us, the Old Woman who lived In a shoe fed her huge family. The cauldron was found on the Bite of the old Roman camp, but the ex perts say It is Celtic work and that the first cook to stir It lived 2,000 years ago. It was looted by Roman soldiers, and It probably held soup made from looted cattle also. The life of a saucepan was not such a humdrum affair 2,000 years ago as It is today. Naming the Chow If you have a dog of Chinese breed such as the chow, pug or Pekingese, of course you want your pet to have a Chinese name. Following are a few suggestions offered by the Dog World, with their English translations: Aye Shlng loving heart Chu-Jen—the master Chln-Pao—golden treasure Fwo-Kln—parti-color dog Ho Yan—a fine fellow Kum-Sum—golden heart ed Kwal-Chu—foreign Jewel Kwal Wha—little lady Shoh-Dee little brother Shlh Bah—snow white Shla Kin—little dog Tu-Sheng Tzu—only child Tay Ylang—sunshine, and Yan Dan—friend of man.—Detroit News. Not Scriptural Quotation The phrase, "He tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," Is not, as some have supposed, a Scriptural quotation. It Is a variation of the line from "Maria," by Laurence Sterne (1713 1768), "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." This may be traced back to a passage In "Jacula Prudentum by George Herbert (1593-1632), "To close-shorn sheep God gives wind measure." About 1594, however, Henri Estlenne wrote in "Premises, etc.. "Dieu mesure le frold a la brebls tondue" (God measures the cold the shorn lamb)—Exchange. by to Music Notes In the course of a music lesson, giv en In the lower grades the teacher was emphasizing the form and value of music. Miss H. was having the kiddies make forms of who?e notes, half notes and "quarter" notes on their fingers. Little Mary, very much Interested, said: "Miss H, how do you make a 10-cent note?" TYPOS POSTPONE CONVENTION Indianapolis (ILNS)—Voting 30, 832 for and 15,933 against, the mem bership of the International Typo graphical Union has decided to post pone this year's convention to have been held in Chicago. It will be held in Chicago next year. Economy was the reason for postponement. UNIONS FORM Bloc For Action Under Re covery Measure New York City (ILNS)—Formal announcement has been made of the organization of an "apparel trades bloc'" of unions to work together un der the industry recovery act to secure maximium results for the membership of all unions involved. Those organizations which took the initiative in forming the apparel or needle trades bloc were the Amer ican Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, the Cloth, Hat, Cap and Millinery Work ers and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. The United Hatters of North America and the International Pocketbook Makers' Union has now joined forces with these other organizations. The United Hatters of North America is one of the oldest Anferican Federation of Labor unions, and is an organization with a tradition of militancy and vigor. Other organizations in this field are expected to join shortly with those constituting the "bloc." Fight for 30-Hour Week The apparel trades bloc will make the most vigorous effort to have the 30-hour work week established by agreement in all trades covered by these unions. Compulsory unemploy ment insurance to bejpaid for by em ployers will be demanded by all un ions constituting the bloc. Joint organization campaigns will be underatken in various regions by this group. Plans are being made for joint mass meetings. Joint pub licity and promotion work directed against sweatshops may be directed against the sweatshop evil. Efforts were made to frame a min imum wage scale which would apply to all workers in the trades who are members of the "bloc," but this has been found to be impracticable. The greatest possible uniformity, how ever, in making demands will be the policy of these unions. Unions Combine Resources It is believed that more substantial advance can be made by such or ganization by combining resources in the manner agreed upon. Apparently larger groups will be able to func tion more effectively in pushing work ers' demands under the national re covery bill. The necessary expert research and negotiating activities which will be entailed in seeking agreements for for the apparel trades will be delegat ed to various officers of the unions involved, and each will assist the other other in securing action on specialized trade problems affecting the individ ual organizations. RETAIL CLERKS Organize Twenty Stores In St. Joseph, Mo. St. Joseph, Mo.—Practically the en tire sales force of the Derge-Boden hausen Clothing Company, one of the most important business establish ments here, have become members of the Retail Clerks' Union, organized a few months ago. Webb Scanlan, president of the un ion, in a talk before the Central La bor Council, reported that, starting with three stores and eight members, twenty stores had signed up, one of them being the largest in the city. "Our grievance is not so much pay as hours," Scanlan said. "We are at tempting to prevent a reaction in this city to longer hours of employment in commercial establishments." He asked for the help of every union man in St. Joseph, claiming that with the purchasing power of organized labor to back them up the clerks' union would go over with a bang. California Contractor Fined $630 for Wage Rate Violation Los Angeles, Calif.—The board of supervisors of Los Angeles county will withhold from the Charles W. Pettifor Company $630 due on its Rio Hondo and Los Angeles river bridge jobs, penalties imposed by Frank C. McDonald, state labor commissioner, for 63 violations of the prevailing wage rate law, at $10 each. The workmen mulcted were pile driver men, concrete form builders and skilled laborers who were paid $2 to $4 per day less than the scale provided in the schedules. 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