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THE HOLBROOK NEWS, HOLBROOK. ARIZONA, SEPTEMBER 2
II
ITALY WANTS BETTER ROADS
Experimental Institute Promoted foi
Study of Materials for Im
proved Highways.
The Italian Touring club has re
cently promoted an experimental Insti
tute of roads for the study of materi
als employed in the construction and
maintenance of highways.
The objects of the institute will be
to carry on laboratory experiments on
the physical and mechanical character
istics of road materials; to help the
progress of experimental technics rela
tive to highway surfacing by reproduc-
Ing and studying samples of pavements
worn by traffic or deteriorated other
wise ; to form a collection of material
samples suitable for Italian road con
struction ; to collect all descriptive and
statistical matter appertaining to Ital
ian roads; to furnish public bodies
with useful advice relating to con
struction and maintenance of roads,
and to forward by every other means
the development and betterment of
road work In Italy.
The institute publishes monthly re
ports of its proceedings. The Institute
Is financed by annual contributions
from the Touring Club of Italy, by an
annual subsidy from the ministry of
public works and by annuities, gifts
and charges for material tests.
The Institute Is under the direction
of SIg. Italo Vambone, formerly
chief engineer of the province of Mi
lan. ' More detailed information re
garding the formation of this Institute
Is given in a recent bulletin of the
Permanent International Association
oí Road Congresses.
TRACTOR TO IMPROVE ROADS
Contraption Invented by Colorado
Man Is Intended for Smooth
ing and Compacting. !
The Scientific American in illustrat
ing and describing a tractor for im
proving highways, the Invention of J.
Mosca of Rouse, Colo., says:
"The tractor is for use in soft roads,
as for instance in snow or mud, where
in the tractor is driven by an end
Jess belt traveling about a fixed ele
ment and engaging the ground on the
Tractor for Use on Soft Reads.
under side of said element, and hav
ing means for preventing slipping of
the belt, and wherein front wheels are
provided for smoothing and compact
ing the roadway for the propelling
means, and wherein cleaning means is
provided for the belt and front
wheels."
HARD ROAD IN NEW ZEALAND
Sum of $146,000 to Be Spent in Con
struction of Strip of Concrete
Six Miles Long.
Approximately $146,000 is to be
spent by the city of Wellington, New
Zealand, in building a concrete road,
25 feet wide, to the suburb of Petone,
which is six miles distant.
The new paving will occupy the
center of a, thoroughfare 100 feet wide
which is now macadamized. Only
vehicles, such as carts, motorcars and
small motortrucks will be allowed jaa
the concrete way. A special vehicle
tax in addition to the present one,
will be levied by Wellington, the pro
ceeds of which will be devoted solely
to the upkeep of this road. This tax
applies to all motor-driven cars, and
among them are also included motorcycles.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE TO COME
Establishment of Motortruck Trains
Bound to Cause Reconstruction
of Surfaces.
With the establishment of motor
truck trains operating on a fixed
schedule throughout the country Im
provements are bound to come. Not
only will surfaces of the highways be
rebuilt, but in many Instances routes
will be shortened to save time and
money.
These Improvements should be re
garded as vital to the success of every
community and as a necessary factor
in the prosperous era before us. They
represent benefits In which not a few
individuals but the community at
large will share.
Teach Highway Engineering.
Schools and colleges throughout the
United States are to be enlisted la a
national way to teach the coming gen
eration all about highway engineering,
automobile transí jrt, traffic regula
tions and safety.
Dixie Highway Leads.
Of the 9,630 miles of roads to be
constructed throughout the United
States through the aid of federal ap
propriation, the Dixie highway leads
the list with 895 miles.
Good Mixtura for Chicks.
A good mixture for growing chicks
consists of three parts cracked corn,
two parts wheat and two parts hulled
oats.
2,500,000 Miles of Roads.
The American highways" which com
prise 2,500,000 miles of roads, would
neirele the globe 100 times.
Essential for Chicks.
Grit and oyster shells should be pro-s-ided
so the chicks may help them
selves whenever they wish, ,
The Most Vital Problem in American
Politics at the Present Time
By W. E. BORAH, U. S. Senator From Idaho
It may seem incredible to many, but to me the
most vital problem in American politics at the present
time is the preservation of the great guarantees of
civil liberty found in our Constitution, and so long
supposed to be secure and indispensable. It may seem
still more incredible when the opinion is confidently
ventured that these principles, the safeguards of our
liberty, are not so much in danger from those who
openly oppose them as from those who, professing to
believe in them, are willling to ignore them when
found inconvenient to their purposes.
One of the most common traits of the political pharisee the man
who is always professing great devotion to the Constitution and always
betraying it or disregarding it is that of constantly expressing the fear
that the people may have their minds poisoned by false doctrines; hence
the necessity of censoring the press and circumscribing public meetings
and arbitrarily punishing men for expressing "dangerous" views.
A3 a matter of fact, there is no one more difficult to lead astray and
no one in whose keeping the true principles of free government are so safe
as the average citizen. Those who do not believe that the people are capa
ble of choosing as their representatives men of courage and wisdom, who
do not believe that they are fitted to select and approve the wisest and most
efficient laws and institutions which the ripest intellects of the time can
give and will do so, and who do not believe in the freest discussion among
the people, do not in fact believe in popular government they have mis
taken the sickly forebodings of the uninformed for the larger outlines of
a great faith.
The whole superstructure of American institutions rests upon the
principles of constitutional morality. Let us respect our laws and the
provisions of our Constitution as they are made and as they exist from
time to time. It is our right and it is- a privilege which no free people
will ever surrender to change the Constitution, to modify it, to rewrite it
But as it exists at any particular" time, obedience to it and respect for its
provisions and terms constitute true devotion to the American republic.
Community Should Give Its Children
No Less Than Its Best Care
By JUDGE VICTOR P, ARNOLD, Chicago Juvenile Court
The J uvenile court is the branch of the state government which exer
cises the state's authority in determining that no child shall be denied
proper parental care or guardianship. There is no fixed standard by
which'to jiu1re just what proper care is. The standard advances' as the
community's interest and intelligence grows.
It will be seen that of necessity the standard which the court uses as
a guide is a minimum standard. Below that minimum standard the care
given to a child must not fall. We fan not as a community rest satisfied
with minimum standards.
If our American ideals of life are to endure, it will be through nur
ture of these ideals in the vonth. All constructive forces of the state and
nation must work together to this end, beginning with the home the
foundation of our society, and continuing through the school, the church,
the playground and the varied activities of the community which are
aimed to develop the youth. Miss Lathrop of the federal children's bureau
has well expressed an ideal in the words: "What the wisest and best
parent wants for his own child that must the community want for all its
children."
"It's All Buncombe" English Agitation
Against Athletics for Girls
By GEORGE C. DIEHL, President A. A. A.
It's all buncombe the agitation now spreading over England against
athletics for girls because of the alleged serious after-effects in childbirth
and motherhood. It is true, of course, that many women do have trouble
in childbirth, but it is unfair to say that it is because of athletics. Athletic
training is ideal for woman ; it develops just the muscles of the abdomen
and the lower part of the back that she is compelled to use in this crisis.
Overindulgence, overtraining that is another, thing altogether. I do
not believe in that. I have fought excesses all mv life.
You read more and more of the necessity of resorting to the Caesarian
method. It is because so many women have undeveloped muscles of the
abdomen and lower part of the back. It is because these women have
never been called upon to do any work, to make any effort of their own.
A certain amount of energy is inherited, of course; but it is inherited
from generations of ancestors of men and women who have worked.
Why A. A. A. Favors Passage of Federal
Motoring Reciprocity Bills
By GEORGE C. DIEHE, President A. A. A.
Among the national legislative measures in which the American Auto
mobile, association is interested is what is known as the federal motoring
reciprocity bills.' Briefly, the passage of these bills makes it possible for
motorists to travel anywhere in the United States for indefinite periods
with none but a home state license tag.
At present all states do net grant yearly reciprocity to the other states,
and in many visiting motorists are limited to a 15-day touring; others
give 30 days, some 60 days, while Maryland does not' permit a District of
Columbia motorist to enter that state without a Maryland license, thus
imposing an unfair restriction on legal residents of the United States.
Also some states have burdensome and annoying registration regulations.
The District of Columbia, particularly, has a new regulation requiring vis
iting motorists to register with the Washington police if the visit extends
over three davs.
Passage of these motoring reciprocity bills would obviate all of these
nuisances, unfair requirements and un-American regulations.
W. G. Besler, President Central Railroad of New Jersey Prior to
1944-15 this country had the lowest railroad rates and finest service in
the world. Return to normalcy should bring about comparable conditions.
Major John G. Emery, National Commander American Legion For
the sake of our country's welfare, I believe the influx of immigrants ehould
be stopped or at least permanently regulated.
President Harding I promise you that while I am President you'll
never be called to fire a gun except you can do it with the American con
icience. with which you can answer to God.
James O'Connell
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Treasurer of Metal Trades Union.
He was a member of the executive
;ommittee on labor of the Council of
National Defense In 1017. From 1891
to 1910 he was president of the Inter
national Association of Machinists.
NEW LABOR LAWS
Important Legislation in Interest
of Workers.
Statutes Enacted Since the Signing
of the Armistice Are Matters
for Congratulation.
Substantial progress has been mad
since the signing of the armistice
In erecting additional legal safe
guards for working men and women,
according to the summary of labor
laws enacted, made public by the
American Association for Labor Legislation.
The statutes passed by forty states
and by congress were examined in
compiling the summary, and the con
clusion Is reached that the advance
In the field of social insurance Is par
ticularly marked. Four more states
adopted workmen's compensation laws
last year, making a total ot forty-five
states and territories having such leg
islation in addition to the model act
of the federal government for Its
civilian employees and the soldiers
and sailors' Insurance act.
North Dakota, one of the new
states to join the compensation group.
has now an "enlightened provision
for an exclusive state fund." Ten
states raised their scale of compen
sation, and at present twenty-three
states in all require employers to pay
workers when injured from CO to 68
2-8 per cent of their wages. Only
six states, all of them In the South,
hick workmen's compensation acts.
Even more significant. Dr. Andrews
thinks, than the compensation insur
ance legislation Is "the impetus given
to the movement for compulsory
workmen's health insurance to pro
tect wage-earners and their families
against the hazards of sickness as
workmen's compensation now safe
guards them when accidentally in
jured."
Women Workers Benefited.
Progress was also made, the report
states, in obtaining legislation limit
ing the employment of women and
children. In half a dozen states the
hours of women workers were re
duced, including an eight-hour limit
in Massachusetts, won "after a full
half-century's struggle." North Da
kota passed minimum wage legisla
tion fcr women and children, bringing
the total of states having such laws
up to 14, in addition to the District
of Columbia.
"While congress continued to hold
back," says Doctor Andrews, "well
considered measures for a federal
state employment service, as embodied
in the Kenyon-Nolan bill, and voca
tional rehabilitation for industrial
cripples, several states took action to
meet these urgent needs. Four states,
in addition to Massachusetts, where
beginnings were made a year ago, au
thorized aid In re-educating and find
ing employment for industrial crip
ples, and the Smith-Bankhead bill, ex
tending the present federal state sys
tem of vocational education to cover
the maimed victims of Industrial ac
cidents, passed the United States sen
ate."
Labor Unions Legalized.
Labor unions were expressly legal
ized in three states during the year,
while in two of these the use of in
junctions in labor disputes Is strictly
limited. Oregon created a state board
of conciliation for Industrial disputes,
such as New York has, while South
Carolina passed a law establishing
penalties for violation of its concilia
tion and arbitration act. Six - more
states passed criminal syndicalism and
sabotage laws.
California, Minnesota and Okla
homa Increased the powers of their in
dustrial commissions to facilitate en
forcement of safety regulations and
other labor laws.
Is Country's Day.
The fact that Labor Day a a
legal holiday bring out the
truth in America there is no
caste of laborer. The entire
country ! called on each year
to celebrate the day and to pay
tribute to the man who use hi
kill and strength for the pro
gress and prosperity of his
country.
Labor Day's Significance.
Labor day should have a special
sicmlfipflnce. for labor Is more vital
and more precious in America today
than It has been ior a quarter or a
nontnrv. and never before has the
Importance of the American worker for
the world's good been so great as it la
now when the great cause of, de
mocracy is depending for its resources
on the brain ana Drawn ui America.
A substitute for absorbent cotton is
being obtained from pine cellulose.
LABOR DAY 1921
THE muscle of the mighty Hercule may ret
The god relent, on weary Atla smile
And lift from him his burden for the while.
.In raiment brilliant, somber Industry is dressed;
Her booming harp rings soft its tones beguile!
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How bold, how mighty ha this giant, Labor, grown 1
What crushing strength is his on this, hi day!
And for what joy is Labor making gay?
And what his aim? And to what heights his fancies flown?
Will he, when clothed with might, hi trust betray?
Long years has toiling Man cried out 'gainst Greed!
Downtrodden and oppressed for bitter years!
Long have the master built on slavish fear!
But now, at last, the slave i strong aye, strong indeed!
Yet ha he learned no lesson from his tears?
Will Labor, Labor strong, take veng'ance, and. reverse
The balance of the cale? Or will he give
Hi strength o man in brotherhood may live?
Will Labor' new-found might a blessing prove or curse?
Were Labor's lesion water he a sieve?
Ah! Labor, muscle hardened, you may hold the seal
At even balance! Will you use your might
To swing It to Injustice wrong from right? '
This day is your: Today decide to win or fail!
Decide a darkened world or world of light!
WILLIAM K. CONWAY.
BASIC DEMANDS OF
LABOR FEDERATION
Following Is the economic platform
adopted by the American Federation
of Labor:
1. The abolition of all forms of in
voluntary servitude, except as a pun
ishment for crime.
2. Free schools, free textbooks and
compulsory education.
3. Unrelenting protest against the
Issuance and abuse of Injunction proc
ess In labor disputes.
4. A work day of not more than
eight hours in the twenty-four-hour
day.
5. A strict recognition of not over
eight hours per day on all federal,
state or municipal work, and not less
than the prevailing per diem wage
rate of the class of employment In the
vicinity where the work Is performed.
6. Release from employment one
day in seven.
7. The abolition of the contract sys
tem on public work.
8. The municipal ownership of pub
lic utilities.
9. The abolition of the sweat-shop
system.
10. Sanitary Inspection of factory,
workshop, mine and home.
11. LInbllity of employers for In
jury to body or loss of life.
12. The nationalization of telegraph
and telephone.
13. The passage of antlchlld labor
laws in states where they do not exist
and rigid defense of them where they
have been enacted Into law.
14. Woman suffrage co-equal with
man suffrage.
15. Suitable and plentiful play
grounds for children In all cities.
16. The Initiative and referendum
and the imperative mandate and right-
of recall.
17. Continued agitation for the pub
lic bath" system In all cities.
18. Qualification In permits to build
of all cities and towns, that there
shall be bathrooms and bathroom at
tachments in all houses or compart
ments used for habitation.
19. We favor a system of finance
whereby money shall be issued exclu
sively by. the government, with such
regulation and restrictions as will pro
tect it from manipulation by the bank
ing Interests for their own private
gain.
DUTY NOW BEFORE
ORGANIZED LABOR
Not all of--the people In this country
view the rise of organized labor with
satisfaction. There are those who
still think of labor as something to be
used to make money with, and to be
discarded, scrapped or traded in, just
as machinery and marketable goods
are handled.
This theory of labor will continue to
cause industrial trouble, and labor
will have many occasions for the ex
ertion of the power It possesses both
in industry and in government.
That labor can win every just battle
and that the influence of labor in the
affairs of the country can continue to
increase will admit of no doubt Just
as long as labor remembers that might
never made right.
If there Is a danger that threatens
organized labor In this time, it is not
a danger due to weakness, but to
strength. Workers In many fields of
industry have had much to bear In
the past, and many of them have
brought from the old country a feel
ing that, no matter what labor does, it
cannot even the score by inflicting as
many Injuries upon society as society
has Inflicted upon labor. There is also
among workers, as among all men,
that common human selfishness, which
says "take what you can get," and It
will be at work moving men to use
the power of labor simply with a view
to Immediate selfish interest.
Against this tendency stands the
fact that men who are normally con
stituted acquire a sense of responsi
bility as they acquire power. This
has been true of labor leaders, as a
whole, and must continue to be true
if labor is to retain the general sup
port which, year after year, It has
been gathering to itself.
- An attitude of forbearance, of re
gard for the common good and disre
gard of an Immediate possible gain
Illustrates in a high degree the atti
tude which organized labor, however
powerful it may become, should take
to attain its highest usefulness. Pure
unselfishness is demanded of no class
In this practical world, but the en
lightened selfishness which sees the
good of one class in the prosperity of
all Is fairly demanded of labor and
every other class. Chicago Tribune,
LEADING MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE FEDERATION OF LABOR
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From left to right Seated: Frank Morrison, Samuel Gompers, James
Duncan.
Standing William Green, Jacob Fischer, W. D. Mahon, Frank Duffy.
GAINED SLOWLY IN STRENGTH
as-
Labor Unions Have Been Long in
Existence, but Real Power is
Comparatively Recent.
It would be impossible to say when
or where the firs; labor or trade union
was formed. The principles of trade
unionism, or organization of workers
for self-protection and mutual aid,
date back to the time of the guilds in
the Middle ages. Some of the local
unions in England date from the
Eighteenth century. The first unions
lu this country were formed by crafts
men who had come from England,
though we do not know Just when. The
chapel, a name given to a meeting of
union printers, was written of by
Benjamin Franklin as having been ob
served by him when he worked at
ta- trade in London in 1725. The In
ternational Typographical Union of
jhe United States and Canada, prob
ably the oldest existing union in this
country, was formed in 1850; the Iron
tnolders'union in 1809; th cigar
makers' union in 1864. Of the 120
national and International unions In
the United States, only twelve were
formed before 1880. Before the mid
dle of the last century labor unions
were under the ban of the law.
Organized Labor's- Victory
Perhaps the greatest advance evet
made by organized labor in securing
national recognition was when for the
first time the federal government en
tered Into an agreement with the
American 1 edeiation of Labor where
by its officials appointed by Joint action
with the shipping board the members
of a commission representing the
public, labor and the federal govern
ment to adjust all disputes over the
conditions of labor la the shipyards
o the country. Thus the United
States followed the example of Great
Britain, France and Germany In deal
ing directly with organized industry
as represented by employing capital
and labor.
MINISTER DISCUSSES
HIS WIFE'S TROUBLES
Itev. A. H. Sykes, former pastor of
the Watkins Park Presbyterluu church,
Nashville, Tenn., says:
"After seeing what Tanlac has ac
complished in my wife's case, I am
convinced that it is a medicine of
great power and extraordinary merit.
I do not think I have ever seen any
thing give such prompt results. Mrs.
Sykes had been in delicate heulth for
tea months, suffering from stomach
trouble and nervous breakdown.
"I frequently sought medical ad
vice but Tunlac Is the only thing that
gave her any relief. After taking the
medicine only a short time, she was
able to sit up and help with the house
hold duties. I think it only a fchort
time until her health will be fully re
stored." Tanlac Is sold by leading druggists
everywhere. Advertisement.
Misconception About Title.
There is no such office as "chief Jus
tice of the United States Supreme
court." The proper title for the man
who presides ovfer the higher court
in the United States Is "chief justice
of the United States." The Constitu
tion of the United States does not
mention the chief Justice, although he
Is the head of a co-ordinate branch
of the government. Article III of the
Constitution, which establishes the Ju
dicial department of government, pro
vides that "the Judicial power of the
United States shall be vested in one
Supreme court, and In such Inferior
courts as the congress may from time
to time ordain and establish," but It
does not mention the chief Justice.
Under this clause of the Constitution
congress has assumed the power to
declare how many Supreme court Jus
tices there shall be.
Surprise the Weapon.
Hub "I surely got even with Brow."
Dub "How?'- Rub "Paid hlra that
$10 I owed him." .
Lots of men wouldn't know what to
do with their money If they should
ever get out of debt.
Stop That Backache!
Those agonizing twinges, that dull,
throbbing backache, may be warning
of serious kidney weakness serious u
neglected, for it might easily lead to
rvel, dropsy or fatal Bright s disease,
you are suffering with a bad back
look for other proof of kidney trouble.
If there are dizzy spells, headaches,
tired feeling and disordered kidney
action, get after the cause. Use Doan't
Kidney Pili, the remedy that has
helped thousands. Satisfied users rec
ommend Doan's. Atk your neighbor!
A Colorado Case
Chas. Hems,
blacksmith, 917 La
Due Ave.. Alamosa.
Colo., says: "I was
operated on and
ii :v that weakened my
Kf I kidneys. My back
Decame painxut ana
lame and my kid
neys acted lrregu
I a r 1 y, sometimes
too often and then
again the other
way. My work tired
me out and made
my muscles sore. I
used I oa n ' p Kid
ney Pills and they regulated my kid
neys and cured me of the back trouble.
The cure has been lasting."
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