The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-15

voicing our sentiments on this vital
question; and be it further
Resolved, That we tender our
moral support to those workers
who are now menaced by these
would-be saviors, whose only de-
sire, to our mind, is TO lower the
standard of wages and lessen the
opportunities for employment; and
that we 90 all in our power to OBJ
literate this by steria of prohibition;
and be il lurther
Resolved, That we request that
these resolutions be published in
the labor papers throughout the
country.
The fact that the convention of
the labor press of this nation gives
timely warning of the impending
danger ought to awaken in the
mind of every toiler the necessity
of combating any further encroach-
ment upon our rights as working
men and our liberties as American
citizens.
This fanatical evil, not unlike
the M, rciless ravages OF plague
or pestilence, respects no person,
class or creed, and its endless ram
ihcations are only limited BY the
tolerance of its countless victims.
In its repeated attempts to ir-
wade the Church, it has, under the
guise of religion, partly succeeded, j,
and in many instances where men
AID women were once measured by
their convictions on the prohibi-
ton question.
It has enmeshed itself in the pol
itics of many of our states and
cities. and where candid ites for
Office were once chosen by their fit
ness TO guide the destinies OF their
people, they are now chosen solely
on their willingness to subserve the
dry interests an1 counteuance the
lawlessness and strife that goes
with it.
It has gone into the home and
created dissension and strife be
tween husband and wife, paren'
and offspring, and whore once there
was peace and contentment there
now remains hut discomfort ane
misery, if the torrid spectre in 1t:
incessant quest for trouble hasn
succeeded entirely in wipiug on
the family ties. as the divorce cour
records of all dry" communitle
so often testify
But aside from these many evil
is the overshadowing menace /
presents to organized labor Al
ready its relentless path of d-s
tructiou is strewn, with counties
thousands of jobless men, heads 0
families, who, because of the raw
ages of prohibition are now withou
the means of earning living, ant
who, aside from being the helpless
victims of fanatical crusade al,
the unwilling competitors Of thei
fellow workers in other crlfts ant
trades.
Within the past few months up
wards of FIVE thousand men los
their jobs in the cities and town
which recently went dry" anc
within the next few weeks man,
thousands more will meet a ikt
fate in West Virginia, where th,
entire state goes dry in June.
1t is safe to say that seventy hv,
per cent Of these men are member
of organized labor and have de
voted their best days in serving a.
apprenticeship and making them
selves proficient in their cbosei
trade or calling, a treasured asse
to every craftsman.
With one fell syoop they ar
ruthlessly thrown out of work, de
MED any and all compensation 70
loss of time and wages, and as
remedy for enforced idleness the
are invited by their ''dry" bsne
factors to enlist in the army an
fight Mexicans, regardless of tn
consequences to their families an
, dependants who are left behind; a
this to carry out the plans Of thos
who morally and financially en-
, courage prohibition in order t
keep the labor market constant
. glutted with countless thousands c