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TWIN CITY REVIEW >
Published in the Interest of Organised Labor kight ru«f&
CHAMPAIGN-I’RBANA. ILLINOIS. FRIPAY. M'K Number 10^
Labor’s Cai didate Continues
Great Drive as Foe Relies
on Check-Book “Argument”
By JOSEPH A. WISE
■staff ( International Labor Ne»» Service.
Chicago, March 31.—Indications arc that Col. Frank
ith will defeat William B. McKinley for the Repub
V nomination for United States Senator from Illinois
, tremendous majority. Estimates of the majority
all the way from 150,000 to 250,000. A conservative
ate gives Colonel Smith a down-state majority of
, mto. and Cook County, in which Chicago is situated, i
ed bv from 50,000 to 75,000.
,! Smith is conducting a mag
eampaign. It is clean in every
h, has surrounded him
, highlv efficient corps of
. who ate canying on tne r
., ira;et and woikmanlike
smith's headquarters are
1,1 v- fiee from the “lunatic
which it is difficult to bar
vigorous campaign.
llhli„ Stump for t hree Moathw
tue maiyels oi the Smith
M is the physical endurance of
He has been constantly on
t.,r more than three months,
„ nuinrous speeches daily, amt
,ve covered all of the HW coun
Ihe state before primary elee
„,s. April 13. He seems be
„ 'ire*h a> when he stai ' u.
itt t McKinley, on the o's r
m;is maile few- speeches,
on a young army of gansnoe
ond a check-book argument. Mc
- ciedited with being the po
j 0f ;l fortune of $tta,000,000.
- papers have been publishing
hi reference donations which
, McKinley .is made to msti
, „i learning and to icligious
. nevolent organizations since he
tii his campaign for renom sation.
, donations aggiegate : very
sum, and those who wise in
wav- of politics cha iat Mc
K , y has adopted thi hoa of
ing support at the bato box.
Kussel Makes Money “Talk."
Vndiew Jackson Kussel, Senator
K;nlcv's campaign manager, is a
• master a political fixer, am
. know id ways in which to use
. 000,00< itune tor political pui
He knows >w to make it
' but those who are politically
, av that Artful Andrew can t
,ke it speak loud enough to drown
t the noise made by the issues
i hi <1 in the Smith camp.
V: incident in the politicali car. er
, Rus-el is bt lecalled. He was
. .l'-.'idate foi re-election as e n
t, , ,if public accounts of Illinois two
., iif ago, but withdrew at the last
nute. The st i> going the rounds at
time was hat Kussel was called
ihe office of state’s attorney o!
igamon county, where several men
, assembled. It is alleged that
M i McKinley, while not actual.>
-iM.t at the meeting, was in a neai
, loom.
lius'ei, aid, was shown sev
.1 docut nt.' and photastat copies
.her paj is. He was told, so the
i> goes that unless In withdrew
a candidate the docum nts would
published. The time limit under
! law for withdrawal was at mid
. of the same day. Russel with
15 minutes before midnight
Ihr.'e Klmelits Strong for Smith
t lnriel Smith has th. support of
tnize.l labor, the farmers and the
i veterans. McKinley has been un
to make a dent in those three
nts. His check book is worth
to him there. The only places
e his money will talk big is in
t i.itten borough precincts arid he
be stopped even there in many
dances.
McKinley is in a desperate fix m
once to the labor vote. There is
an officer of organized labor in
• f Illinois who is openly support
: McKinley, and it is extremely
btful if there is one who is doing
under cover.
McKinley Fries to Hon Labor.
; Andrew Jackson Russel, who doesn't
! like the Jackson par! of his name,
\ piepated and printed an alleged ‘‘la
; bor record” for McKinley, The pam
I phlet was a very misleading docu
i ment, and Arttul Andrew could not
i get any bona tide union man to fat!
I er it. He finally got J. \V. Stipes i
Champaign to mail copies of it to
union members in various parts of the
state. Stipes sent a letter along -o
liciting replies.
John H. Walker, president of the
Illinois State Federation of I altor,
wrote to J. W. Dunn, president of the
Twin City Federation of Laltor, Cham
paign-Urbana, inquiring a- to the
identity and record of Stipes. I’tesi
dent Dunn teplied that Stipes was i
a very wealthy resident of Champaign,
who had made his fortune in the con
trol of building materials there and
n street paving contracts in Cham
paign and Urbana. Stipes bad always
employed cheap labor, Dunn said, and
had a consistent record of unfairness
to organised labor
Coolidge Fails to Help Senator.
l/oud announcements were made at
McKinlev headquarters that President
Coolidge would send some of his
heavi. st artillery into Illinois to help
out the multi-niillionaiie candidate for
senator. This help has not been forth
coming. Some federal office h- ldr
are iping McKinley and othei
bee i threatened with losing the; io
if they don’t put a -houbler to tho
wheel.
Other men have been offered jobs
» w occupied by men who are slated
to be fired.
These thre.;; and promises, of
couise, emai ite from the McKinley
camp, and nto greeted with a loud
laugh bv Snth’s supporters, who
point out that .Senator McKinley will
not be In a position after April 13 10
dictate who shall hold the federal jobs
in Illinois.
Twenty Million Autos
Are Now Heins: l sed
Washington, Mar. 31.—M than
use on the highways of the Unit -
States, in 1925, according to the bu
reau of public roads of the United
States departmentof Agriculture. The
total registration reported was 19,
945,34“ but there were in addition
96,929 state and federal goveniment
owne vehicles not included in this
figui
The increase in registrations during
the year amounted to 2,360,670, or
13.4 percent. Florida reports an in
crease of 46.8 percent, while Utah,
Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tex
as, and North Dakota all report in
creases of more than 20 (lercent. 1 luck
registration increased 14.5 percent
for the entire country.
New' York leads in total registra
tion with 1,625.583, followed by Cali
fornia, Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois
in the order named, all with registra
tions of over a million.
There is now one motor vehicle for
each 5.8 persons in the United States.
California has only 2.9 persons for
each motor vehicle, while Iowa has
3.6 Nevada, 3.7, Kansas 4.0 and Ore
gon 4.0. At the other end of the list
i.- Alabama with 12.0 persons per
vehicle, but ranking among the high
est in increase during the year.
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Local and Personal jj
Items About Your Friends and Acquaintances ^
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PERSONALS.
Mi-. Clem Smith, 1107 South Wil
n street, Champaign, who haa
ill for the past three weeks with
nza is slowly improving.
M i anil *1 rs. S. E. Means, of Gib
City are callers in the Twin^L't
today.
\. C Forshum, is confined to his
1415 West Church street, Cham
cn, by illness.
.rues F. Brown of Penfield was a
'i> > visitor in Urbana Monday.
. Lyle Faust of Buckley, UL,
a week-end guest of Mr. and
. Kiank Gillespie, 405 North Har
t v avenue.
W. Swisher of Decatur spent
iv here transacting business,
es Lynch of Danville spent Sun
ere as the guest of his Pare[}J^;
and Mrs. Patrick Lynch, 100•
i Springfield avenue.
M Celinda McCullough, 507 West
u street, is spending a few days
it‘r grandson. James R. Mc
arh in Peoria this week.
Mr and Mrs. H. H. Hesser, 812
Nevada street, have as their
guest during the Easter vaca
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pattengill
rd, N. H.
and Mrs. Parker Nall, who
‘ e winter in Melbourne. Fla.,
ere visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
•; ens, «02 South Race street.
M and Mrs. Ben Koehler, 20
t Green street, are the parents of
iughter.
M Z. T. Holmes, 300 West Illinois
t". has returned to her home from
- •• i -ville, lnd., where she spent the
month taking treatment for
•.mutism.
■M:. and Mrs. A. S. Brownfield, 507
Broadway, visited Sunday with
fi' Mm, Joseph Brownfield, and
: Wiily eight miles northeast of Ur
rm■
Mrs. Nail Free, South Cottage
Grove avenue, visited Sunday after -
noon with Mrs. Clements, 507 Suth
Broadway.
Russell Christenson, 1305 West
University avenue, returned Monday
from Waterloo, la., where he has been
spending several days as the guest
of his parents. D. Forrest Caiter of
the same address is a visitor at the
home of his parents in Chicago.
William F. Schmitt and family of
Michigan City, Ind.. are spending the
Easter holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Schmitt, 703 West University
avenue and Mr. and Mrs. P. A. In
gall, 403 North Race street.
A1 Tennant, Brady addition, has ar
rived home from Springfield O.,
where he was called last Monday by
the seiious illness of Alexander Ten
nant of that city. His father is .-ome
what improved.
Miss Emalin Stinpson of Indianapo
lis Ind., spent the week-nd with Mr>,
J. B. Handley, South Race street.
F. W. Reynolds left today for Cleve
land, 0., after spending a few days
with his life at the home of Charles
C»odsDeed 713 South Broadway.
Mrs J E. Turner, 1009 West Green
street, entertained at 1 o’clock 'hnner
Sundav. the following gue.-t.-: Kalp
Hover of Manmouth; M. S. Boleska
of ‘Gard. Ind.. Dr. S .A Romine, Guy
Marton, Miss Grace Hudson. Mrs.
Fred Straub and Paul McHenry, all of
L Mrnand Mrs. J. C. Turner, daughter
Rosa and son. William an^ Dr_ ‘ j
Romine of Urbana motored to Dan
ville Sunday afternoon and visite-i at
the home of Dr. J- Romine and Mr
and Mrs. John Culp- p , , yVeb
CK-de Clodfelter and Ralph wet>
cter *301 East California street, spent
the week-end with their parents and,
friends in RusselviHe. Ind.
Vsk C ontractors to
Take Precautions
Against Accidents
ui 1 jktn r N«w> Service,
New Wrk City, Mar. 81.—Building
» burning bus wo are accidents, the
i wilding industry continuing to have
wn abnormal share of the death- and
'.njuries lo workers in New \oik and
iher -tate*. A warning of their re
sponsibility ha.- been sent by the
burbling Congress to contractor*. In
She haste to rush con-traction scaf
fold- Without guard tailing- are used.
Fa wwa elevator ami hoist* shaft.
an rom scaffolds are the most fre
i|Ui ' cause*- of - oath.
i C ruled States last
ye.. dents was 23,000 lives
ind ovi billion dollars. But the
vielui, i i> centiactor who think
f his -kit men in term- of life is
al - getting w reward for hi» care l
om|iensat .>n insurance rates are
i-i-d on i . ,is and in New York
.- wte a cau. I employer can save 30
to 40 percent of iii* insurance rate
if lie has a clean -late in hi- account
with accident and death.
lack of cooperation between the
general actor and the -uhconti ac
tor i- tu-e of much low*, It I
min tin V call ha,- been sent out
over tin in . "Pievent injury it
self." 11 applies to worker* and
employi also. Mere cure will save
the valuable mechanic, -pare his fam
ily ami k- ep money in teh builder's
pocket, laiboi i- cooperating to make
building work less deadly.
M’Camant Rejected
For Federal Judge
Washington, Mar. 31.— The presi
dent’.- nomination of Wallace McCa
mant fei t e fedeial judiciary wa- re
jected by toe senate by a viva voce
vote. \ot one senator raised his
voice in defense of the man who nom
inate!! the president fot vice presi
dent in 1020.
The nominee hail previously been
rported favorably, but Senator John
son of California induced the senate
to refer the queston hack to commit
tee. McCamant injured himself when
e told the committee Theodore Roose
velt wa- ont a good American becau-c
he favored the recall of judicial deci
sions. McCamant was counsel for a
spruce corporation in Oregon that se
cured valuable concessions from the
government and then attempted to
emoloy Japanese labor.
When Senator Johnson was a can
didate for the presidential nomina
tion he wa- favorer 1 by a state-wide
pritnai y of Oregon Republican voters.
McCamant was elected a delegate to
the national convention of that party
and voted for the late Warren G.
Harding.
Senator Johnson insisted that the
appointee violated the law.
It is the first time, it is aid. that
a presidential nominee failed to have
at least one senator defend him.
Railroad Managers
Hull Their “I nion”
New York, Mar. 31.—The Associa
tion of Railroad Manager- have a
secession movement on their hand-.
The bolt is headed by President boree
of the Deleware Ar Hudson.
After an all-day session of the as
sociation, the seceilers fulled to
amend the railroad labor bill, now
pending in the senate, so that the in
terstate commerce commission will
control wages.
The insurgents claim that as the
bill now stands fieight rates may !*•
increased. They want the 1. C. C.
to pass on wages, after the managers
ami employes reach an agreement.
They aie supported by the National
Association of Manufacturers, the
National Grange and the American
Farm bureau.
The bill vide for mediation and
then arbitration. It has been agreed
to by SO percent of the nation’s rail
road mileage and the lfi standard rail
road organization-. It has pa--ed the
house and has been approved by a
senate committee.
President l>oree, leader of the se
cession movement, joined with Judge
Gary in opposing recognition of trade
unionism anil collective bargaining at
the industrial conference at Washing
Urn, called several year- ago by Pres
ident Wilson
Registering Aliens
Opposed By Clergy
Washington, Mar. 31-—Espionage
of aliens would defeat the very en<is
which it is designed to serve, says the
administrative committee of the Fed
eral Council of Churches.
The committee xpresse* its appre
hension in regard to these proposals
now before congress.
"While heartily agreeing that everv
proper effort should I* made to curb
the illegal entry of aliens, to promote
re pect for law by all in our midst,
and to further the incorporation of
aliens into our community life, we
fell -trongly that all steps which are
taken to secure the.-e ends should Ire
free from any spirit of antagonism
toward aliens and from any features
which will be humiliating to them,”
the committee says.
"Any law which aims to safeguard
the nation from anti-social influ
ences, but which in practice makes
aliens residing in America feel that
they have been subjected to annoy
ing e.-pionage or unjust discrimina
tions, would defeat the very ends
which it i- designed to rerve. It would
create an attitude of ill-will toward
our government, rather than an atti
tude of friendly confidence."
Barbers Don’t Favor
Pension and Home
Indianapolis, Mar. 31.—The Jour
neymen Barbers’ International union
has rejected a pension plan and also
a propo.-al to build a barbers’ home.
While the count of this referendum
ha: not been officially' announcer!,
Secretary-Treasurer Fischer e.-timates
ihev are defeated.
The proopsal to establish barber
colleges was also defeated.
League of Nations again invites
Russia to attend conference on dis
armament.
I mon Labor Life
insurance Company
8»<"day, March it, marked a e.itr
in e affai* - of t o W''i'u lather
Life insurance company that will not
soon oe forgotten. For >i\ solid hours
Uie director* of the company a-sem
bled in the executive council loom m
the American Federation of l.thei. ,f
Labor building n Vt .ishingt. c< ■ ■ i
eted amt hao»t*e,i with despatch *rt
business thoroughne. a mass of male
rial accumulated since their prior
meeting. Perhaps the iv -t ple.i n .:
data vva< the m*.» of ippitCittioi -
for insurance pen rite m frem every
section of the country, guaranteeing
that from the -tail the company has
a volume of hudne- at 11 — command
that any company L t ie « Id wind,
he elated t«» receive
The stock subnetiptiou* mve ro
led up to nearly a quin in of n md
lion dollars, th» l.iivst >uh-ciip
tiort connng frxmi the Internal '1.1
Typogrnphical unioi which hn» in
vested S'io.OOO n ales of the com
puny. Not thi len t pLn-ing for
of the subscription- is : t fact that
many of the national am inlenmtinn
al onrantantiops have paid in full
A wiio receive, to.su fiom III
Railway Carmen m nounee the In
warding of a draft lot the <4(1000
subscribed by that oigahiiuititi!
The only interruption t«> tin bn
ness of tin dliveti r»' meeting «» a
It:ess of five minute- to permit th>
movie operator- to get in Unit w k
filming the grPup mi thi -ton- el the
building. The tilm wa- put on the
II am at once to la’ shown in Now
York the following night
Courts Restrict Workers
Through Labor Injunction
St. Louis, Wo., Mar. HI.—In dir
cussing the iaU i injunction before the
St. Louis llai association, William
Green, president of the A. F. of L.,
said organized laboi must be free if it
in to serve the workei and society t
the fullest extent.
“Organized hi but canm t succeed
if it is merely accorded the right to
exist and is restricted in that right by
judicial electee,” said I'lesident liiecn.
“What would bo moie moaningle
than to accord it the light to evi l
and then prevent i: fiom functioning
through the imposition of legal re
straint and tin.* election of legal hai
rier s ?”
The trade unionist emphasized that
organized labor i k no immunity
from te hlaw “It n-k- for the ptivi
lege of functioning in conformity wi'h
the law without discrimination ami
without Irving made the Uitget of the
injunction onslaught," be aid. "It
object- to the suspension of the iigh
of its member - by the w rit of In
junction.
“There i- HO oict within i m in
dust rial, economic and social life
which exercises moie Irenefit and
stabilizing influence than thi ni gam
zed labor movement. It has always
led in the advocacy of high and hu
mane living standards. It lui- con
stantly emphasized the value of the
human factor in industry.
"It has endeavored to create op
portunities for self-development, for
cultural and piritual advancement
and for educational advantages fm
the great masses of the people. \\ hu;
purposes could be more commendabh
To what other force 01 power could
the workers turn foi protection and
help if the organized labor movement
were destroyed?
“In the interests of the working
people of our country, in the furthest
nice of the cause of humanity and in
tiehalf of good gvemment and a hign
.trial order, the American Federation
of Labor solicits the sympathetic sup
port of tile legal profession and all
group- of people believing in the prin
ciples of justice, fairnr < and iipud
ity.”
Oil Lease Review
Ordered Ity < ourt
Washington, Mar. 31. I • 1 nit«
States supreme court h i onereii ■<
review of decisions in I we, court
whicii held that Edward I - I* heny
lease of the Elk Hill oil h * iv 'n
California is illegal. The fedeiai dis
trict court and the circuit court of
appeals both held that the lea-, ut
contracts were invalid becaufti the.
were obtained by fraud and con op
tion. The lower court* also challeng
ed the right of Albert Fall, a
tary of the interior, to make them mi
the ground that congress entrusted
the oil re-erve- to the secieUuy of
the navy, and the president had no
ligiit to transfer this control to I ill
department.
In asking the supreme court to t<
view the case, the Doheny interest
contended that the question was rimi
lar to the case against the Sinclaii
Mammoth Oil company’s lease if the
Teapot Dome oil reserve, which ha
been upheld by a Wyoming fedeiai
district court. That court sustained
the preside!*' ^transfer of Die oil
land-, and Fall’s lease
The latest decision has no connec
tion with criminal proceeding- in t! <■
District of Columbia court against
Doheny, Sinclair and Fall.
The oil cases have been the subject
of bitter senate controversy and wen
injected in the last presidential cam
paign. At a senate investigation Do
heny frankly told the committee in
had loaned Fall $100,000 in cash, de
livered in a "little black satchel.”
Editor Candidate
To Give Dinner
Hugh M, Rigney, publisher of the
Arthur Grapmc-Ciarion and candi
date for the Democratic nomination
for member of the legislature in the
24 Senatorial district, will give a din
ner to the newspaper publishers of
Moultrie, Piatt and Champaign coun
ties at the Inman hotel in Champaign
on Friday, April 2, at 7 o’clock p. m.
The dinner is given in appreciation
of the favorable mention given Mr.
Rigney’s candidacy by the newspapers
during the campaign. Several pub
lisher* from Douglas, Coles, Shelby
and Macon counties have al* > been in
vited.
Engineer dies when Nickel Plate
railroad train jumps track near Buf
falo.
Workers Vir Honored
For Skill Show n on Bill
telephone Building
[ H> liu« inatiiii .il !..*.*•• New- Setuci
New A oik, Mai. 31 -In the Bat
I flat \ « st-y building, the hugest tele
i phone huihting in the world, jammed
toll of wriiys and the must intricate
ei lire lot haiuiittig tile em-minus
! traffic that will eventually p»-e
.11 w I ,»**
board*, worker* who had displayed
marker skill in their unites in com
plelitig the structure were honored by
line Huiiding tangle- .
"N««t only hotter w o|kmandtip, but
better sathMi'li with life i» tin* iv
-ult of this recognrUori of tire merits
of the craftsmen of the building
trades,' -a ,i Stephen ! Voorhefs el
the lUuldiry Congress in piesentnrg
the certificate*.
livery cralt hail one man that ex
celled and won the honorable mention,
I'nhlit’ School ( t»sl
Totals Two Billion
Washington, March V Imatvi
that t invo.-ligaling waste- in tire
nation'* public school bill flnils tin
cost- -«i great that continued rapid
exptu *r«.i, along pu-eid lines l« ijues
liuiiaUU
riu jwH.pie .tii -pending fJ.OttO.
IHHI.tHH* mutually on the public schools,
and the dopaitmcnt of interior -ays
"The American people have faith
In the- public -drools, but theie i» an
insistent demand for tin adoption of
till, fuiwlannmtal principle- of good
btainesM nianagemeut in the ndmin
l«truth i f ail dr I >stems,"
file Million! eo-t of public education
ha- nearly doubled during the past
five yvat-, arid is uimost four time a*
glial Me it was in l!l|,i.
"Slims of this unu-ual increase can,
id et ui so, be i xphUru t by the loss in
the value of the dollar and by tho
rapid growth of acliool altemianee,
but by no mean- all uf it," the de
pul tine-lit said
"Some of it ha- certainly been due
in it glowing insistence on the part
of the public for more and Itettei
school«». loodeni cijutpmetit, gieatcr
play facilities, increased oxtig-eurrlc
ulti activities, hotter pay for teacher*
in mill t to obtain heltei teachers, an
expati-iimi of health ronecivation fu
cilifit- uch a dental and madicnl
clinics, nnd a host of othci demand*,
that indicate u belief in tho public
sctniu! a* no rnstitutin which is e»
sentnl to the welfare and porgrpe* of
thi" n at ton,"
Fakt* "Hol'oi nu'is"
Are Money (-etlerH
fiiiiMgii, Mill. :jl, Fake ttifoimeis
and > • -culled law enforcing niganiia
tien, w .-re denciimreit in th« dlv coun
cil b> Alderman Oscar F. Nelson,
iii i' pir iilonl of I he Chicago I'r'dera
tion of l.ahrii.
Thr* t tade unioiri-l refer ierl to these
refm trv* i, as “nioney gettcis.” A res
nluth.ii lotieduced by him instruct*
the council'- judiciary committee hr
draft > ate legislation that "reform"'
bodix* that solicit fund from the pub
lie must icgi-tei a li t of their mem
be is and coot i ibutor- with the sec re •
tat' of slate.
"It hn- lecently develepcd," Ihe
le-oluti' ii late*, "that these neulled
associations are manipulated by and
uie the evclte-ive property "f small
clkjuiv- of individuals who collect largo
•uma o fmoney from the public under
tlic gui.»e of serving as reform a**o
ciationa.”
One of the ■■ organisation* recent
ly called on congre-s to take charge
of tin* city of Chicago and "enforce
the law ." The reformers were 11,11111011
oil that there is such'# thing a*
slate’s right in existence, and that
they should wa It theii political linen
at home.
Co-Op. Insurance Plan
Accepted II) I nion*
vv si hington, Mm 31 M a '»‘*‘* *
jny of it res'tots of t h*. I nlnn l*ab>r
I,, 11 ■ 11 iimm company officials nr
jH.rtnl tint neatly $2.‘>0.000 in dock
ha .1, i . mi ,| by trade uniot
Neatly all of this amount i» immedi
ately itvariable ' on rallp'1 for by the
company.
Thi'^e «ubi*ciiption were ntcuri* i
without a singlr letter to l"cul unions,
uttk-s they reign >*> inf,,i mation re*
yarding organized ia'ror’s iat'1 t c
i |n in liver ventu'e,
The director w at, officials of
national and interim.tonal tiade uri
ions were amazed at the nundrer
applications for group ami individual
insurance from every section of tin1
country.
The company w a formtsi l*y repre
sentativen of A. 1 of I affiliate-,
after long consideration of co-opera
ii■.i* life insurance by a committee ap
pointed try the A f of I* I lie com
pany will lie a co-operative en ter or i hi
for xsrvke and not for profit Hcti
trout* or hig iimark't value* will not
be created for shaie-hnhleis, but the
insurer) wall Irenefit by saving
through variou- economics.
National aim 1 liternato nal unions
are limited to MOO -iiaie-. local, city,
and state bodies to tfl ban arid in
dividual trade union- to 10 shares.
The.-*- limitati* r ore intended to pre
vent any group from dotrunatuig or
controlling the company.
ConKCHted Housing
Is Health Menace
New- York. Mar. Ill-Tenement |
Congestion in till city is a menace ri
health, according to tl- N' *
Association for Improving the ( < n
ditioris of the I'or r Of the .',.700 fam
ilies If. is av-iting, 1 >00 aif
ously ovttcroW'le ’he a. ■ociitlil'n,
say?.
"This tong, tj'-n in many ca e i
the ilirect cau-e of riekr.c- and re-)
sultant poverty and deper. < nc>'.
Only f.l ot h2<* families studied (
hate bathroom- and cam heat; Odd
have neither. Their r>nt- range
from $12.77 a month fo rtwo moms
t, f-1 3.12 fit -)\ room ”
Be r mondsey, a Under, borough
larjcely populate*.! by worker** deceit.*'
to fly red flat.' over town nail, t< *11 ow
ing example of sister borutfh, Hatter-(
.‘vea.
Red Trade Unions Seek to
Bamboozle Labor Press,
Exposes Russian System
ll> liitrinutKMMil Ijtboi Ni«* Suvic*,
Chicago. March :tl The Red International of Labor
l nions is making an effort lo break into the bona title*
labor press of various countries through a ureas service
i evently launched. The sen ice is printed in English, tier
man and French and is issued by the Foreign Relations
Committee of the Central Council of Trade Unions, ti.
Melnitchansky, secretary. Moscow.
The fiist issue of tips Communist
pH's* service nvnvnl in this country
is not going to set the world on fire,
t'lteie is not lung in it that would tm
pii ss aii kmettcau tlaitc unionist with
the desirability of adopting the Hu
stun Soviet system, tin the contrary*
Uietc nte some thing* in this "Trade
t nion Bulletin," ns it i* called, that
41c 100ml to cause the Intvoi union
mctnbei on this snie of the watci t*>
slide at the tulidily of the boasted
new ami wumleilul s> tom now in
vogue in Ku<uun.
Qim.e* f igures io 1 mpi *s* Header*
Mcinilehansfcv evidently believe*
U1.1t Amciican trade unionists wit! be
impressed when he say a, as ho does,
111 the first I-*ue of hta press service
1 hill five Kussian trade unions now
have a ‘'grand total niemheislitp of
7, id.,V Of these li.OUO.UOM aie
government employes of all grades,
and, a has hen isunted out by re
ImhW author!', Ie heictofor*. these
government employes dominate and
control the whole mu-a.
There me 7HO,<U**:t agneultural work
ei* affiliated and railway
men. Che union* of a chaiactei at
(dieted »»ith lh« . I i> 1 i h n «• .•
total memheiship of approximately
4,000 600
W hen it is eoiistdei-ed that Hu'si*
ha- a population of llih,000,000 peo
ple, and that the Communist have
absolutely dominated the uuation
there for seven year*, the showing
a* to piesent tunic unoiu membet-hip
i* not impivssive.
I nion I'maiiees Stranger, lie Say*.
"The latest statistical liala h<*w
that the financial condition of the
trade union- of U. S S H. lias become
much stronger." says Melnilehan Wv.
He then proceeds to deal 111 a nm* of
figures, winding up wiih the state
merit that the ‘lotal savings" aitf i£H,
00. 000 rouble*. The mu mat value of
a imiblc is Ml cents, but if one wished
1, * lie fnee!imt- he might say that the
Ho -tan union- now have about SH-hfi
in ie»| money,
Tlie gem new* Item in Mil idle ban
1 ky * bullet.n Has reference i«* a two
vcii 1 igrecinent recently signed by
the M I Workers' I'nimi with tin
IjTiiaiiohlftelds, l<td., a privately
owned enmpany, operating under a
ronreaaion granted by the Ifu* bin
Soviet government. The emtinany i*
engaged In copiier mining and smell
ing.
Wages Kameii li is \ Urged.
Considerable Increase* in wage, uie
mentioned, hut only percentage* me
given. No mention of the amount of
wage* paid is made. Thi lyle of
preaenting ‘'fact*’’ ran* nil through
file six pages of the bulletin. T1.*
author deal* in percentage.* only when
discussing wage The work day is
six, seven and eight limns, according
to "category," whatever that means.
The la-na (midfields, 1,1*1., "bind*
itself to construct a sufficient num
bei of houses 01 lease them when en
larging theii enterprisewe m<
told. Company houses! Something
which tlu* American mine/* bitterly
fought against for yem ', and w hich
are atill in vogue in some of 1 he non
union field* in thi scountry and used
a* a means to keep the miners In
bondage.
Other "Welfare" Scheme* Promised.
Hut that isn’t all "When liuihlirig
new mills," *ayr Melnitchansky, "the
company is bound to build wankers'
settlement*, with clubs, hospitals,
houses for cooperative organixuliona
and bathhouses,"
Can any one imagine an American
trade union putting such a clause u*
that in a wage agreement ’ That is
..-. .******.-..
, simple, with the
health ami livea, mri'nlinnn amt go
ings and comings of the employe*
wholly in tho hand* of the overlord*
of tho conce-slon company, with the
oil l !,o au.i ,tulh< rity of tho gov
einmenl hack of the owner*,
lit evidently la a striking example
of the practical working out of lire
bea*ted "now ecoiti'inic policy" of the
Km. dan S"'tot government. No won
der that certain kmcrfcan capitalist*
are It,>« ling for recognition of Kua
sip!
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l*;t«t«1 illC Kail I'ltk full
lii War Time Alleged
1’ienton, N. J . Mar. il Ik illiam
t tiennerlch of the A-chei detective
agency and Captain Reginald Kay.
upcrintendeut of the marine depart
incut of the New York Central rail
road face oonapirary chargee In Ked
eial Judge Rodinc’* court. They ate
accused of defrauding the government
by "padding" the railroad comnany'a
pay roll during n strike In the marine
department when the lines wore undr i
federal control It U said that »inu
|ni charge* will ho made against other
minor railroad officials throughout
the country.
Ill), government rhaig* that Gen
ni,ilch and Kay entered Into a con
* pi rmy with the late John J A ache i.
president of the Aseher delective
agency A*chet’s company was hired
h the ialltoad to furnish men to act
a guard* ami strikebreakers. The
government allege- that Aseher, aid
ed by the defendants, made false
claims fill payment of wages for men
ih-'.-i mi the payroll of the company.
II Is charged that $127,000 alleged
from the railroad was paid bv the
govrenment. under it war-time con
tract wltli the railroad
Keck low* Oil Drain
( «uMt*H Heavy Iamm
I‘i inert on, N J., Mm 81. Govern*
merit action is necessary to slop ap
palling waste* in the ga« industry,
lli \t T. Thom of tho United State*
geological suivey told an audience at
Princeton university.
Jliw.h piesaufo competition and
wash* were condemned and legislation
was urged to insure the gn-atest ben
efit from remaining fields
Although the United States pro
duce, nearly thieefourth* of the
world’s yearly yield of petroleum, tt
has only one seventh of tho world'*
ii erve, said /rir. Thom,
Through government aid, lie added,
"it i> hbriily prohable there would he
saved at lease one of the dx barrel*
width an* now in all probability loot in
the extraction of each barrel. This
would mean an annual saving of a
billion dollar for an expenditure of a
million."
I’ullahet* ItCslsI Cut.
Cincinnati, Mar 81 An attempt
try the Corcoran (Auto) iarinp compa
ny to cut wages of metnl polishers
Jl t-2 cents an hour resulted In a
walk out. This concern was Intensely
patriotic during the war and became
enormously wealthy. To secure greater
profit- oil watered stock, an efficiency
'ev|**'tl" war employed. Ah is usual
with this gentry, trio polisher* were
called upon to produce more for less
wages.
Child laborei - reported ux organis
ing at conference held in Mexico City.
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Winners of the Union Label i
Educational Contest
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: • ■ ■ ■■■■—— I
J. N. GROVES Pr**1’
M. A. (A KNAG III - 2nd "
M. K. ROKKBEHHY 3rd “
O. E. BROWN _HH **
|{. E. K l STEM — r><h H
JOHN WHKALON-. 6th
The Best B***y* in the Contest:
-WHY I .nHOILI) DEMAND THE UNION LABEL.”
The union label -land- for well-paid labor, and is a guarantee of
hi t Ha.- workman-.hip on all product*. Everybody should call for,
,I„| in-inand tin- union label on every article purchased, by doing no it
*,11 a large ilemand for such goods and will mean more work
fo, union people throughout the country. Plenty of work and a good
,,e „f ., lV, means pro perity for all. So demand the union label
,,„i nelp \out brother worker, for hie pros^titv Knells prosperity
for you K. E. KOSEBERRY, 100 points.
•HUY I sum 1,1) DEMAND THE UNION LABEL."
itiele Unioni m is a worker's need and the handcraft age has
\ le-.n teplaced by machinery, mas- production, combination of capi*
I taiist.- and absentee ownership.
The machinery age destroys the worker s power to bargain as an
•{ individual. T« secure justice he must unite with his fellows, and trad*
i unionism is the result. ,
I ram Unionism was not "invented" by one mun or a group of
I men It i« a social need of workers. J- N. GKOvLh.
• WHY I SHOULD DEMAND THE UNION LABEL."
The Union Label -land . an important safeguard of the workers
I against inhuman conditions, low wages and long working hours. It
i, . -in not only protection against the above mentioned but a pro
I action the public aguin-t the spread of disease, breeding germs
\ hicl. exist in unsanitary manufactured products such as bakery
tf.ods and othei food stuffs, and especially clothing and wearng
a p pair el m tub djshould always see that they receive good*
bearing the Union Label. It' a guarantee of high cl^workman
: hip and clean sanitary merchandise, M. A. CARNAGHI.
Don’t Forget the Free Subscription.
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