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THE LABOR ADVOCATE
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OUTSPOKEN PATRIOTISM
CALLED FOR
Appeal to liellevor.s in Defending
Nation's ItiKlits Must Not
Keep Silent.
New York. A call for an adequate
expression of the sentiment of the
American people in favor of a vigor
ous policy for the protection of national
riRlits and the defense of national hon
or has been issued. Among those who
signed it were William II. Taft, Joseph
11. Choatc, Alton B. Parker, Elilm Root,
James R. Garfield, John B. Stanchfield,
Henry L. Stimson, Martin W. Littton
and James Byrne. The call reads :
"Many citizens who arc intensely con
vinced that the present state of the Ger
man submarine question demands
prompt and vigorous action in denfense
of American rights, hesitate to press
their views for fear of embarrassing
the President. No such consideration
stays the hand of those who seek to
paralyze any effort he may make to
carry into practical effect his pledge to
omit no act necessary for the protec
tion of American ships and American
citizens engaged upon lawful errands
on the high seas. The clamor of ex
treme pacifists and of those who, from
other motives, are opposed to this pa
triotic course, makes itself insistently
heard, within Congress and without. It
is no longer. permissible, therefore, for
those to remain silent who wish to sup
port the President in the protection of
our national rights and the defense of
our national honor."
TKMiS OK WILSON ItUKDKN.
SOCIALISTS TO MEET
At Music Hull To Protest Against
War and Food Shortage.
To the Editor of Tin: Laiior Advocate:
Dear Sir As a protest against any
Amcrican participation in the European
war, a gigantic mass meeting will be
held at Music Hall, Wednesday even
ing, March U, under the auspices of
the Socialist Party of Hamilton County.
A special committee lias practically
completed arrangements for the occa
sion and speakers of national note will
deliver the addresses.
As a resujt of the recent food riots
in Eastern cities, the high cost of, living
will also be discussed. Speakers will
urge the Federal government to prevent
further outrageous speculation in food
stuffs and to forbid their exportation to
European countries. "Starve the war
and feed America," will be the slogan.
Workingmcn, as the ones mostly af
fected, are specially invited to attend
A Ruadku.
OOMl'tiltS IS OUT AGAINST
"DKYS."
"God forbid that I drop one word to
encourage war or embarrass the presi
dent of the United States, for never
in the history of this country iias such
tremendous responsibility rested on a
single man." said Rev. W. A. Moore of
Central Christian Church, answering
questions submitted by his congrega
tion Sunday night.
One question was: "To be patriotic
must we be in sympathy with the pres
ent program looking toward war?"
HOU11M0 CKIaKIMtATlOX ItlOUIO!
Twins Arrive: at Home of J. ,T. 3Inl
limcy, Couiieilinaii-at-TiMrge.
Within a few hours after James J.
Mullancy. I'll!) May street, received of
ficial notice last Saturday that lie had
been elected to succeed Martin Daley as
councilman-at-largc, he was notified of
arrjval of twins at his home. Mr. Daley
resigned as a member of council when
he was elected county commissioner.
Sir, Mullancy held an informal re
ception at his home in honor of the
twins and his new position.
He is secretary of the Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick, treasurer of Fourth
Ward Republican Club and member of
a number of other organizations.
Mr. Mullancy will take his seat in
Council March 0.
Cliiuiutoriy.es Prohibition As "In
iquitous Proposition."
Washington. President Gompcrs ol
the American Federation of Labor op
poses the proposed "dry" law for the
District of Columbia. lie characterized
a prohibiten law as "an iniquitous
proposition which violates the funda
mental principles of human freedom
and fails to accomplish the curing of
the drink evil."
OFFICIALS NOT INCLUDICD IN
"CAN'T-STItlKK" LAWS.
New York. In opposing a "can't
strikc" law, favored by Chairman Straus
of the public service commission, Presi
dent Gompcrs exposed the serf theory
upon which this legislation rests by
showing that the right of public utilities
officials to quit in a body is never ques
tioned. "President Shouts of the Intcrbor
ough Rapid Transit company and his
board of directors are public servants
and arc protected in their rights as pub
lic servants," said President Gompcrs,
"but the men are neither public servants
nor protected in their rights. The State
and city assume to control and regulate
the railroads, the operation of which is
a great public convenience, but never
has the thought come to prevent Shouts
and his directors from resigning, cither
individually or in a body, for any rea
son or for no reason. Their motormen
and conductors cannot be deprived of
their right to resign, cither."
HERE'S A MAN'S LETTER
Cincinnati, March 1, 1917.
Tin; Laiiou Advocate, Cincinnati, O. :
Gentlemen I have read your article
condemning the "American Union
Against Militarism" in the February
-Mth issue of the Lahou Advocate, and
want to congratulate jou from the bot
tom of my heart as a true American, for
your courage and the excellency of your
article. It is the most inspiring and truly
American article that has come to my
notice since diplomatic relations with
Germany have been severed. I believe
you should consider it a duty to mail a
copy of this issue to our President, his
secretaries, every senator and represen
tative of these United Statcs. Possibly
they understand and appreciate your
sentiments, but it will be well at this
time to rehearse them in their minds
and hearts. Yours very truly,
An Ikisii Ami.kicax.
FREEDOM IS ASSURED
WORKERS OF MEXICO
Washington. Copies of the constitu
tion of the Republic of Mexico, adopted
by a delegate convention at Qucratcro,
Mexico, last month, have been received
at the headquarters of the American
Federation of Labor.
The new organic act of the Mexican
people will prove an cyc-opcncr to
"can't-strikc" advocates in the United
States, who insist that employes should
surrender their right to cease work if
the public is inconvenienced. The Mex
ican constitutional convention has re
jected this theory and has taken the most
advanced position of any nation in the
world on the question ot the rights of
the workers to strike. The constitution
recognizes the right of workers to
strike and employers to lock out their
workers, liven government employes
may strike, but in this case a ten days'
notice must be given to the commission
of conciliation and arbitration.
Strikes can not be declared illegal be
cause of violence done by individual
strikers or small groups of strikers. Be
fore a strike can be declared illegal vio
lence by a majority of the strikers must
be committed against property or per
sons or, in case of war, if the strikers
are employed in government establish
ments. Repoits of the personnel of this con
vention, received at A. F. of L. head
quarters, state that probably one-third
of the delegates were trade unionists
and that the entire delegation from the
state of Yucatan were members of or
ganized labor.
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me ':"
She "I'm sorry, I can't. But I'll in
troduce you to a very handsome and
clever girl whom jou can take."
lie "I don't want a handsome and
clever girl; I want ou." Tiger.
Cincinnati. Members of the Interna
tional Moldcrs' Union are considering
raising their dues to ."() cents a week
and strike benefits to $!) a week.
In the current issue of the Interna
tional Moldcrs' Journal, Editor Frcy re
quests members to answer these ques
tions before voting:
"In the first place, is trade unionism
a good thing for the wage earner? If
it is necessary for their welfare and ad
vancement, then is it good policy for
them to make their trade union as ct
fective as possible?
"Do the members of an organization
which has ample funds, make more
rapid progress than those who have but
little income and no treasury r
"In which period of our history did
our members make the most rapid
progress in securing higher wages and
improved shop conditions? When the
dues were less than 25 cents when they
were less than 40 cents or after they be
came -10 cents per week?
"Was it before, or after, the dues be
came -10 cents per week that the Inter
national Moldcrs' Union was able to
eliminate the differentials in the mini
mum wage rate?
"Is there any evidence that in the fu
ture we will not be forced to fight for
our rights as we have in the past?
"Will we be able to fight for these
rights and defend our organization
more successfully against those who
seek to destroy it if we increase the
revenue of our defense fund?
UUGK COMPENSATION CIIAXGKS.
Hartford, Conn. About 201) represen
tatives of organized labor assembled at
the State capitol and urged the commit
tee on the judiciary to write into the
workmen's compensation law a section
that would cover occupational diseases.
It was generally understood that the law
covered this subject until a recent de
cision by the State supreme court.
-Soibel in Albany Knickerbocker Press.
FIMHNIHA' SONS SKT
''or St. Patrick's Day Dinner
Jurists To Speak.
DON'T AVAKIO 'EM UP.
Executive committee appointed by
President Peter J. McCarthy to make
arrangements for the forty-ninth an
nual dinner of Society of Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick has1 completed the pro
gram for the occasion.
The musical program, arranged by
Joseph A. Schcnke, will be of the high
est order.
Several surprises will be sprung at
the dinner.
The list of speakers to date includes
Chief Justice Andrew J. Morrisscy,
Omaha, Neb.; Frank E. Herring, South
Bend, Ind. ; James M. Cox, Governor
of Ohio; Judge Bernard Fox, Luke
McLukc (Jim Hastings) and Mayor
George E. Puchta.
The dinner will be held at the Hotel
Sinton Saturday evening, March 17, at
0 p. m.
One hundred and twenty-live accept
ances already are filed with the execu
tive committee. Fiom indications the
dinner will surpass all previous func
tions given by the society.
STATU A HAD KMPKOVKIC.
Albany, N. Y. The State of New
York, far from being a model employ
er, is a persistent violator of its own
laws for the protection of workers, ac
cording to a repoit by the state indus
trial commission. The conditions de
scribed affect 2,187 state woikcrs. A
large number of employes in the capitol
building arc suffering from eye strain
and other ailments readily traceable to
bad lighting and defective sanitation in
that $20,000,000 structure,
"Were these 2,187 men and women
employed in any factory in the state,
their working conditions would not be
tolerated for a moment," the report
says. "The proprietors of the factories
would be served with 314 orders to
ameliorate conditions, from safeguard
ing machinery, improving sanitation, jn
stalling better lighting, and repairing
elevators, to equipping their plants with
means of exit required under the law
for the protection of their workers in
the case of fire or panic."
DEMAND IlIGHT TO QUIT WOItK.
San Francisco. The Sailors' Union
opposes a proposed State law based on
the Canadian industrial disputes act,
which denies workers the right to quit
their employment pending investigation.
The resolution declares "that the
premises upon which the proposed leg
islation is based superiority of public
interest to that of the workers em
ployed by the public service corpora
tions and efficacy of public opinion in
settling disputes would, if admitted to
be true, justify enforced labor on the
part of all persons employed by public
service corporations, and constitute pub
lic convenience, rather than justice to
the workers, which is the primary con
sideration in the settlement of disputes."
AVar-Prlces.
A Tommy on furlough entered a jew
eler's shop and, placing a much-battered
gold watch on the counter, said, "I
want this 'ere mended."
After a careful survey the watchmak
er said, "I'm afraid, sir, the cost of re
pairing will be double what you gave
for it."
"I don't mind thai," said the soldier.
"Will you mend it?"
"Yes," said the jeweler, "at the price."
"Well," remarked Tommy, smiling,
"I gave a German a punch on the nose
for it, and I'm quite ready to give ou
two if you'll mend it." Tit-Bits.
We are the only Custom Tailori in this
city who make clothes with the
Union Label in them.
Levy
Friedman
809 Vine. opp. Empress Theatre
428 Vine, opp. Arcade
I CI DVJCRQ 1 ai a token of love, syn !
i nun uuu i painy and of appreciation
rnone writ uvo
JOSEPH BERAN
FLORIST
Funeral Work a Specialty
838 Clark Street CINCINNATI, O.
Reiter's Home for Quality
I ror umim-ruAUE. woricanirts,
Overalls, Suspenders
1437 MAIN STREET, Next Door to Main Theatre
HENRY REITEK. Prop.
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"What was it you said to that man
just now?"
I told linn to hurry up.
"What right have you to tell him to
hurry?"
"I pay him to hurry."
"What do you pay him?"
"Four dollars a day."
"Where do you get the four dollars
to pay mm with?
"I sold cut stone."
"Who cuts the stone?"
"He docs."
"How much stone does he cut?"
"Well, a man can cut a lot of stone
in a day."
"How much do you get for the
stone?"
"I get about seven dollars for what
he does."
"Then, instead of you pajing him
four dollars he actually pays you three
dollars a day for standing around and
telling lum to hurry up?
"Well, but I own the machinery-"
"How did you get the machinery?"
"Sold cut stone and bought it."
"Who cut the stone?"
"Shut up ! You'll make the men
wake up, and then they'll cut the stone
for themselves." Operative Masons'
Journal.
PICKETS ARRESTED;
AWARDED DAMAGES
WILLIAM F. KRUSE
DEALER IX
FINESHOES
Indianapolis, Ind. The Iron Mold
crs' union has established a record in
industrial disputes by forcing a firm to
pay damages for illegal arrest and ma
licious prosecution of its members who
were doing peaceful picketing.
The Nordyke & Marmon compan,
iron founders, has paid the unionists
$000 and costs rather than appeal a de
cision against them in the lower courts.
Attorney Salem D. Clark, acting for
the iron moldcrs, based the suit on the
opinion of the Indiana state supreme
court that peaceful picketing is legal.
Despite this opinion the Nordyke &
Marmon company, backed by anti-union
manufacturers, proceeded to interterc
with the pickets.
The unionists were arrested on va
grancy charges, but were acquitted on
the irround that their civil rights had
been invaded. A damage suit was then
started against the company lor ma
licious prosecution and the lower court
held for the unionists.
The comnanv annealed the case, but
on the day set for the hearing the Nor
dyke & Marmon attorneys ottered to
settle out of court by paying $000 and
costs, which was accepted.
"The ending of this case," says At
torney Clark, "recognizes the rule of
peaceful picketing to be a civil right un
der the laws of this state."
SHOP MKX WANT MOKH.
Silvis, 111. The Rock Island Feder
ated Trades has asked all affiliates to
niiMcinn Vn 1 A P nf T. TCnilwrtv Fm-
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ployes' Department, to vote on a wage
increase ot 23 per cent, ims uiyision
includes all railroads west of Chicago
Union Made Shoet
No. 1635 Race St., Cor. Green St. Cacinnati, 0.
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I Hats Furnishings
lYOoen j. i numan
Corner Vine and Green Streets
CINCINNATI, O.
Telephone Canal I178-L
Phone W. 952. Newly Furnished Throughout.
Under New Management
BRIGHTON HOTEL
Restaurant and Cafe
Special Inducements to Street Car Boys
FRED. ABAECHERLI, Prop.
Central Are., opp. Freeman Ave.. Cincinnati, 0.
ESTABLISHED 1871
GEO. F. WENDEL
STAPLE and FANCY
GROCERIES
142 and 144 East McMicken Avenue
Phone, Canal 472 CINCINNATI, O.
Union Made Shoes
Repairing Done
H. H. Tiettmeyer
THE FOOTWEAR MERCHANT
PHONE WEST 804-X
1033 Freeman Ave. Cincinnati, O.
Phone North 721
JOHN NOPPENBERGER
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERY and
DAILY MEAT MARKET
Corner Hackberry and Dexter Ave,
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Fish and Game in Season
PATRONIZE YOUR FRIENDS
HEADQUARTERS OF THE Ptone Aen 3966
Rough Riders Fishing and Outing Club
Holhsler Btneiolent Association
Starlight Base Ball and Outing Club
JACOB CREINER, Proprietor
Corner Cafe
2401 Vine Street CNC1NNATI, O.
A. CASTELLUCCI0
WHOLESALE
Imported and Domestic Groceries
SPAGHETTI A SPECIALTY
Telephone Canal 1743-X 1114 BROADWAY
CINCINNATI, O.
PHONE WEST 1340-Y
CABLE BROS.
Hat Manufacturers
Also Experts in Remodeling
1301 Freeman Ave. Cincinnati, O.