The labor advocate. [volume], September 25, 1915, Page 4, Image 4

About The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937

Image provided by: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH

                
THE LABOR ADVOCATE
The Labor Advocate
A PAPER FOR ALL WHO TOIL
Odlcinl Organ of
The Untitling Trades Council
of Cincinnati mid Vicinity
Issued Weekly
V. E. MYERS Editor
Business Oflicc, 34 Thorns Building
Phone, Canal B511
Communications should be on hand not later
man weancsuay to insure publication.
ONE DOLLAH A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Entered at the postofTice at Cincinnati, O., as
uiiu-ud man mailer
Cinciuiiiiti, (),, September i!5, 1015
"JUDGE" ROEBLING.
Hon. M. F. Roebling scums to
be unfortunate in getting mixed
tip with forgeries every time he
is a candidate for a seat on the
bench.
A year ago somebody forged a
circular in his interest and this
year somebody forged I. W
Dnrr's name in his interest al
ways in his interest.
Koebling's chief supporters
seem to he his ex-constables, and
the Lord knows how brutal they
formerly handled the poorer class
es. His office at Fourth and Alain
was crowded with old worthless
stoves and furniture taken away
from the poorest class of people
in the middle of winter.
His office was useful to a few
piano houses and some money
lenders, much of which is best
left unsaid.
Roebling was never suited by
nature to preside over the court
of domestic relations.
While labor is friendly to John
Calvin and would have liked to see
him appointed, the choice of A.
Al. Warner is equally satisfactory.
WILL DIVIDE WITH YOU
"I '.rudder" I '.runner at the last
meeting of the Home Rule Labor
League, took occasion to tell the
members something about the La
iiou Advocate. Like most people
who work for the "l.ig I Seers."-he
cannot understand how anybody
can have the moral courage to tell
the truth about them without being
paid. So he announced that this pa
per received five hundred dollars
from the Drys for one article.
We are awful sorry that is not
a fact.
This paper will take all it re
ceived from both the Wets and Drys
and pool them with what "I '.rudder"
I -runner receives from the Wets
and divide it with him fiftv-fiftv.
DRIVES US TO BIGELOW
The "I Jig I Jeers" on (iarlield
I 'hue have sent us word that IF
I'u.hibition is beaten, and IF the
stability Amendment is won, they
are going to put the Laiiou Advo-
vn: out of business.
Two big IFS and here's another
me. IF the passing of the Sta
bility Amendment is going to take
air meal ticket away, like it does
ISigelow's, we are "agin it" from
now oif.
HOPE OF U. S. IS EDUCATION
San Francisco, Cal. "I was neither
judge nor juryman. A man who is en
deavoring to develop the truth from
some witnesses some unwilling is not
a judicial officer. That is what I mean
when I 'say so frequently that 'judicial
poise' has no place in my field." said
Frank P. Walsh, ex-chairman of the
commission on industrial relations, to a
representative of the livening Bulletin,
"The facts which were assembled 1y
the commission and by me as chairman
must stand for themselves and let this
sink in every fact presented in the re
port is undisputed. Only those were
presented which were agreed upon as
truth by both the workers and the cm
ployers," said the ex-federal prober.
"When I accepted the appointment I
conceived that the duty and the task set
before me was to obtain undisputed facts
for all the people, for the man who has
invested his millions and for the man
who has invested his labor and his life.
I saw the great working, hoping, striv
ing millions of men and women, God's
creatures, in every avenue of industry
The act of Congress which created the
commission declared that there was un
rest and bitterness in the land. There
were clashes between the men who labor
ed and those who hired them. There
were hatred and outbursts of passion,
strikes, lockouts, injunctions, gunmen,
militia and riots.
"The people asked why. For the Deo
pie paid. They paid in the cost of the
tilings they ate and wore. I hey paid in
taxes for tile burden of government
and the people meant not the laborer nor
the capitalist, but both of these, and all
others, all the people, not :i part.
"I went to this commission as a law
yer, determined to bring out all the facts.
to present only the undisputed facts to
the people so that they may judge and
find the remedy.
"I am not a doctrinaire, not a political
economist. I have no panacea for the
ills. I have no bottled justice which may
be taken at a dose.
"The remedies proposed have been of
fered to Congress for what they are
worth. No one could have a panacea for
industrial ills. The imitiiry, in its es
sence, involves the study of life itself.
You cannot card-index the hones, aspir
ations, happiness, miseries, laughter and
tears of the human family. J construed
my job to be an assembling of the facts
as they actually existed.
I lie hope of right conditions is
through education. The circle of
knowledge is widening. The people are
learning to detect sham. 1 hey are fooled
less by those who exploit them. More
and more men with good minds and
locals ol justice are working for the
common good.
"The people the jury now have the
facts. They now observe how capital is
becoming more highly concentrated
daily; how the natural resources of the
country, the heritage of all of us, have
been seized by a few, and are exploited
to tile hurt of the rest of us. The peo
ple have a growing sense of their power
to overthrow this injustice over night if
they but will it so.
'When enough of us get the idea, it
may be done between days."
vicToitiors M.'(;snom:.Mi:x.
New York. General Organizer Hugh
Frayne reports that the International
Longshoremen's Association, through
President O'Connor, has secured the first
agreement that has ever been made with
any of die steamship agents or the
stevedores in the port of New York
City. They have succeeded in writing
union shop agreements with practically
every one of the employing longshore
men in the port of New York and as a
result, :i,()(l(i additional members have
been taken into the locals of the in
ternational Longshoremen's Association.
One of the oldest independent long
shoremen's organizations has gone out
of existence and affiliated its members
with the international. Conditions in
the agreement call for IIS cents per hour,
day work ; Ml cents per hour, night work ;
SI) cents per hour for ordinary holidays
and (io cents per liour for' Sundays,
Christmas Day 'and Fourth of July.
When Longshoremen are rapiired to
work on Good Friday on the Jersey
shore, i;() cents per hour will be the
rale. Double time will be paid for men
handling explosives and munitions of
war. Standard methods of voluntary
arbitration were included in the agree
ment for the settling of minor griev
ances that may arise.
i(ij,STi:iti:its a;uki: to tki'cio.
New York. The strikes and lock
outs which affected more than S.OIK)
plasterers in this city, llostou, Philadel
phia, Pittsburgh, Utica, Albanv, Buffalo,
Syracuse and oilier places have been
temporarily called off. pending negotia
tions between representatives of the
plasterers and the employers.
ICK.'IIT-IIOt'lt DAY ASKl'IMCI).
New Haven, Conn. At a meeting of
Mate unionists in this city, President
Stremlan, of the Connecticut Federation
of Labor, said : "We are today nearer
the goal of the ambition of the trade
union movement for a shorter worki av.
an agitation which has been carried op
lor many years. At last we see the
dawning of the eight-hour day for work
ers in industry."
SAMUEL W. BELL
Nnnillel W. Bell
Judge Municipal Court
Hop Samuel V. Hell, candidate for
1'resi li ig Judge of the Municipal Court,
is one of the most popular officials of
Cincinnati.
The Judge has a legend of friends
among organized labor, who will lend
hint their support in the coming contest.
Judge Bell has always been fair and
just with labor, and that is all it expects
from any one. When in doubt vote for
Hell.
UNREST PROBE IS OF VALUE
Racine, Wis. The Racine Call, of
this city, urges Congress to take ac
tion on our present industrial unrest and
insists that the report of the commission
on industrial relations supplies necessary
in for mation and remedies.
Tile Call says :
"The report of the industrial rela
tions commission off cm Congress one
of the greatest opportunities in the his
tory of the nation, an opportunity to
effectively deal with a problem which
has been pressing for solution for years
ind growing more complicated each
year because of failure to solve it.
America, m common with all the
world, recognizes the big problem of the
twentieth century to be in its industrial
life.
"The industrial relations commission
lias recognized the size and importance
of the problem which it was set, not so
much to solve as to explain, anil illum
inate. I he solution is for the people,
and their elected representatives.
I he work of the commission set forth
in its reports and as embodied in the
hearings it held are a sort of great char
ter of industrial democracy. It will be
a guide and source of information for
years to come.
1 he purpose of the commission was
not to 'allay unrest,' but to find out what
the causes were, and by stating them
and basing recommendations upon them
to enable the people to deal capably
with their industrial problems and with
their interrelated political problems.
"Against terrific pressure of blandish
ment and abuse. Chairman Walsh held
the commission to a line of deep investi
gation. The pace be set carried even
the moht conservative of the commission
to such a statement of existing industrial
wrongs and such au outline of remedies
as hardly the most .radical of industrial
reformers had dared hope to have is
sued with official sanction.
"From these reports and these dis
agreements the political republic will be
the better able to fashion a republic of
of industrial justice."
IllfS .MIOKTIXO IX AXSOXIA.
Ausouia, Conn. The striking ma
chinists of Derby and this city, :!()(
strong, held a meeting in Germania Hall,
there being over (1(1(1 present, and num
bers turned away. The meeting was ad
dressed by Organizers Cal Wyatt. A. F.
of L, and I. J. ligan, machinists, and
others. Similar meetings are to be called
in Derby and Seymour, and it is ex
pected the workers in these places will
join the demand for the 18-hour week
and an increase in wages.
sen execta nv a va ke.
Schenectady, N. Y. The 14,(10(1 per
sons employed in the General Electric
Plant have decided that they want an
eight-hour day and that it can best be
obtained through the organizations af
filiated to the American Federation of
Labor. The General Electric Company
is rushed with foreign and domestic
orders. Officers of the local machinists'
union do not anticipate any serious dis
pute that will require a stoppage of work
to secure the eight-hour day.
SrcCKKK AT (JUEAT FALLS.
Great Fall", Mont. Organizer Frank
D. O'ltrien reports successful termina
tion of a dispute in Great Falls by which
men employed in the building trades
have secured union shop conditions and
recognition of the union with the Fitz
gerald & Lewis, and the Strain ilrothers
Company, general building contractors.
Members of the Great Falls Trades and
Labor Assembly and the Building
Trades Council are highly elated over
their magnificent succtss.
A TERRIBLE DISCLOSURE
Washington. The United States Pub
lic Health Service has recently made a
special study and examination of the
health of persons engaged in the garment
industry of New York City. In its re
port it says that the Joint Board of
Sanitary Control of the Industries and
the various labor unions connected
therewith joined in the study and co
operated in the investigation and per
formance of the United States officials.
Two thousand male workers and one
thousand female workers were examined
and a trifle over 2 per cent of the total
numbers of persons examined were
found free from physical defect or dis
ease. A total of i:i,45? defects of all
kinds were found, !M51 defects being
among the males and Ij.'.UG among the
females. The examination disclosed an
average of 4.:i(i physical defects or dis
ease to each person examined. While
all of the defects were not serious, many
of the physical conditions produced an
injurious effect upon the individual. It
was discovered, however, that there were
no vocational diseases peculiar to the
garment trades, but the industry being
sedentary, it intensified the bad. effects
upon health and efficiency of certain in
herent physical defects and diseases.
The prevalence of tuberculosis among
males was found to be ten times that
in the United States army. Among fe
males tuberculosis was three times the
army rate. The most damaging effect
disclosed was that the dreaded White
Plague was most prevalent among the
lowest paid class of workers.
Aside front tuberculosis, the most coin-
i mon physical troubles were defective
I vision. (It) ncr cent r fntiltv tmstnrn r,(l
per cent; chronic nose and throat com
plaints, 'M per cent; defective teeth, 20
per cent ; weak and flat feet, 2(1 per cent ;
diseased tonsils, IS per cent; defective
bearing, 10 per cent; nervous affections,
7.7S per cent. Only 1 1 per cent suffer
ing with bad eyesight wore glasses and
only 2.IIS per cent of these had glasses
which fully corrected the defects.
The inspectors were led to conclude
that a large number of the garment
workers' afflictions arose from ignor
ance or neglect of personal hygiene.
Proper methods of instruction were rec
ommended for the better education of
such sedentary workers in personal hy
giene, especially the correction of visual
defects, correct posture of habits and if
better instruction is afforded school chil
dren in these principles, improved health
results would be more quickly obtained.
In thirty-four of the work shops a
careful investigation was made of the
light at the stations in the shops where
workers are located. Over one-half of
the wording (Stations, 1,800 in all, were
found to possess iuaderpiate illumination.
The light from windows was obstructed
by piles of garments. They were un
clean and poorly arranged. Unshaded
lamps and bad reflectors were used in
many cases either too high or too low
to afford proper light. More large units
for local illumination should be used and
few smaller units.
Additional reports will be made in the
future by the Public Health Service with
regard to health and hygienic conditions
of workers in other trades.
STATU I'ICOISKS I'AI'KK STItlKIO.
Wateiiown. N. Y. Last week the
State Industrial Commission investigated
strike conditions connected with the
strike of paper makers employed by the
St. Regis Paper Company, at Deferiet.
Through attorneys, the workers charged
that tlie company violated a contract,
had discriminated against unionists and
had imported gunmen for the purpose
of creating a reign of terror.
The Favorite Store for Booklovers and Bookbuyers
Redd and Buy Good Books. Cultivate Your Tastes for Good Books.
Xow is the time to begin building your own library. We invite you to examine
our excellent stock of books. Our salesmen are all experienced in the book
business and are ready to help you in making your selection.
All Standard Editions of American and English Authors. Special Gift
Hooks, All the Iiest and Late Fiction. Also Magazines and Staticery.
When you have any work you want in Job Printing, Minding, Electrotyping
or Engraving, telephone our Manufacturing Department Main iWi.
The Methodist Book Concern
220-222 WEST FOURTH STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO
-M- 4-
--
.
A 10"" Bill
Installs
Gas in Your
Furnace
YVc know you will enjoy its
heat, convenience, and cleanli
ness, therefor make you this
LIBERAL OFFER
Should you for any cause
become dissatisfied by Feb. 1st,
l!)l(i, we will remove the con
nections and give you back
your TEN.
In order to enjoy the advan
tages of this liberal offer, your
order must be placed so the
work can he completed by
Oct. 1st, 1915.
Union Gas and
Electric Co.
Fourth and Plum Sts.
TEXAS STOItiM NOT HAD.
Houston, Tex. Secretary W. E. Car
roll, of the Houston Labor Council,
wires that the newspaper accounts of
the Texas storm are greatly exaggerated.
Employers are trying to take advantage
of it to secure an over-supply of labor
ers. There arc many unemployed me
chanics and laborers in Houston, Gal
veston, Port Arthur and Beaumont.
There is no legitimate demand for addi
tional outside labor.
Ctpitil $1,000,000 ReiotircM oyer $5,000,000
Second National Bank
Ninth and Main Streets
:$ Percent Interest on Savings
We have at
MODEST PRICES
Pianos and Player-Pianos
which arc thoroughly
well made and guar
anteed to he entirely
satisfactory in the
HOME
QfttcSjlHlihMtt ;Irattc dfotupanij
Manufacturers
142 West Fourth Street
-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-M-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f
EDWARDS
Metal Ceilings and Walls,
Metal Shingles, Spanish
Tile, Iron and Steel Roof
ing and Siding, Galvanized
Iron Cornices, Skylights,
Steel Garages, Portable
Buildings. Finials, Roof
Gutters, Eave Trough and
Conductor Pipe, Metal Lath,
Metal Culverts, Theatre
Fronts, Ventilators, Eire
proof Metal Windows, etc.
Send for large catalog,
showing complete line.
... THE ...
Edwards Manufacturing
Company
"THE SHEET METAL FOLKS"
408-458 Eggleiton Ave.
Phone Canal 4050 Cincinnati, 0.
!
!
- --