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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16
LABOR LEGISLATION ASSOCIATION
WILL HOLD NINTH ANNUAL MEETING
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. =
QSpeciaD Ninth Annual Conven-
ton OF the American Association for
Labor Legislation is announced to, be
held in the Shoreham Hotel, Wash
ington, December 28th and 18th,
The program is devoted to vital
questions of the day, the main topics
for discussion being the LaFollette
law for the Protection of9American
-seamen, the New York Industrial
Commission, Health Insurance for
wage earners, and the progress made
throughout America in industrial ny
giene in relation to dangerous trades,
child labor, protection for female
wage earners and factory situation.
The result of a newly completed in
vestigation extending over a year in
to conditions agecting the welfare Of
American seamen will be presented
by Professor Henry w. Farnam, of
Yale, who has directed the investiga-
ton. The report will be discussed by
Andrew Foruseth, President of the In
ternational Seamen's Union of Ameri-
ca, the leading advocate of the new
scar, ems law during the twenty years
it was before Congress. A represen-
tative of the shipping interests is to
deal with the report from the stand
point of ship owners.
Questions relating to the organi
zation and first half years work of
the New York State Industrial Com
mission of which John Mitchell is
Chairman, will be discussed by dele
gates and visitors from all over the
country.
The most practicable form Of
Health Insurance for workers, bills
for which are to be introduced into
several legislatures next year, will be
discussed, while the general principles
of legislation will be dealt with by
Prof. Henry R. Seager, of Columbia,
President of the American Associa-
ton for Labor Legislation and Prof.
Ernst Freund in joint meeting with
the American Political Science Asso-
citation.
At the annual business meeting on
be submitted by the chairman of the
various working committees, and Of
fcers for<the year 1916 will be elect
ed.
The closing meeting of the conven-
ton promises to be of special inter-
est. It is to be held Jointly with the
Pan-A1erican Scientific Congress
and Eight representative speakers
from South and North America will
outline the progress made in indus
trial hygiene in the different repub-
lies. The Association announces that
all Interested members of the public
are invited to attend the meeting.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16
Tax Big Fortunes
uW UIH AHRTINHn1Q
For Defense Cost

Washington, Dec The Commit
tee on Industrial Relations today an
nounced its support of a plan formu-
lated by Congressman Heating Of
Colorado for meeting the entire cost
of additional national defense through
taxation of incomes an inheritances.
This plan, as embodied in a bill now
being drafted by Mr.. Heating, carries
out an important plank in the Com
mittee's legislative program.
The Heating bill will provide sufi-
cient funds to cover any program of
preparedness that could conceivably
be adopted, and yet it will take from
the huge accumulations of wealth in
this country less than was taken by
similar taxes from the wealthy class
es of England prior to the present
war.
The bill creates National Defense
Fund.-" to consist of an annual appro-
priation from the general fund equal
to the present annual cost of the
army and navy, and of such additional
funds for increases in the national de-
tense as Congress may determine to
be necessary. These additional funds
would be raised by Inheritance and
income taxes, the rates to be fixed
by Congress each year at such figures
as would raise sufficient revenue to
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16

Frederick Thompson for William Fox,
and in which Ralph Kellard, Adonis
Of the silent stage, is starred. is one
of the most powerful and most human
dramas that, has ever emerged from
the Fox studio. 1t is full of dramatic
situations that grip and hold the soul
of the spectator and it's climax which,
by the way, teaches a great moral
lesson, is brought out with compel
ing, laundering irresistible force of
the steam hammer. Clergymen and
educators who have seen "Her Moth
ers Secret" in script form declare
that its potency for good is greater
than that of The Old Homestead"
Mr.. Killard appears first as Seth Cart
wright, Sr., and later as Seth Cart
wright, Jr. At the Rex on Friday
and Saturday.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16

cover the amounts of the army and
navy appropriation bills.
While the plan provides an easy
method for financing military and ma.
val increases, at the same time it
guards against the undue growth of
the army and navy because it gives
to the class Id the community, who
caR most easily make their influence
felt, direct financial interest in
keeping these increases down to the
lowest safe point.
Investigations conducted by Basil
M. Manly, Director OF the Committee
on Industrial Relations, have pro
duced data showing that President
Wilson's program of preparedness
can be financed by moderate increases
in the income tax rates and the inn
position Of a moderate federal tax on
fnheritances. This data will be pub
lished shortly by the Committee. In
a statement Mr.. Heating said:
'@The people will not and should not
tolerate any plan for raising revenue
that increases the cost of the neces-
stiles and small Injuries of the poor,
or that reduces the incomes of famil-
les that are struggling along on small
salaries. Such plan is the proposal
extned the special war tax, to tax
gasoline, to reduce the limit of exem-
)tion for the income tax, and worst
Of al, to re-estab1ish tariffs by which
he government revenues profit less
han do the dealers who make these
ariffs an excuse for high prices.
"Any increase in the burden of mill
airy and naval expenditure must fall
IN those best able to bear it, and,
therefore, it must fall on that class
which possesses the greater part of
the nations wealth.
fThe report of Mr.. Basil M. Manly,
director of research and investigation
for the United States Commission on
Industrial Relations, shows that:
Between one-fourth and on-third of
the male workers Is years of age and
over, in factories and mines, earn less
than $40 per week. From two-thirds
to three-fourths earn less than SIS
per week
There are in the United States
1888 fortunes yielding an income of
100000 or more per year. 49,
"Forty-four families in 1914 had in
comes of $1,O00,000 or more each.
Two per cent or the people own gu
per cent of the wealth.
t"Thirty-three per cent of the peo-
pie own 35 per cent of the wealth.
"Sixty-1ve per cent of the people
own per cent of the wealth.
with these figures before it Con-
gress cannot fail to see the force of
the proposal to raise additional reve-
nue. by means Of income and inherit
ance taxes.
1.-THE difficulties in the way of levy
ing an inheritance tax are not import
ant and can be easily overcome. l am
now gathering data showing that only
few states now effectively tax in
heritances and that the total amount
raised in this way is trifling compared
with the revenues that would be rails
ed by federal Inheritance tax at
rates not higher than those of the
states, and far below those in Eng
land before the war;"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16

corresponds to the house of lords.
1t ought to be abolished, for the
same reason that the house of lords
ought to be abolished.
There is no good reason in the
world why we should have two legis-
lative bodies.
A corporation finds it eminently
practicable to have only one board of
directors.
An educational institution finds 1t
eminently practicable to have only
one board of trustees.
Most of our cities and towns have
only one council or board Of aldermen.
The nation would also find it best
to have only one legislative body. The
maintenance of two legislative bodies
lis cumbersome, expensive, impracti-
cable, and subversive of the progress
of the nation.
The members of the senate are IN
evenly apportioned in accordance with
the population, on account of the fact
that we have to arbitrarily elect two
from each state regardless of the POI
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16

pulation of the state. They were orr
ginally intended to represent the aris-
tocracy To a large extent they have
done so and still do so.
The members of the house Of repre-
sentatives are apportioned with some
degree of evenness, although consid-
cradle improvement could be made in
that regard.
The house of representatives should
be the sole legislative body Of the
nation
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16
Ask Congress To
Print. ( oO,O 900 Copies
Of Walsh Report

Washington. Dea The Commit.
tee on Industrial Relations today ask.
ed Congress for the printing Of 2OO.-
600 copies Of the final report of the
United States Commission on Indus
trial Relations and 10000 copies Of
the testimony taken at public hear
ings.
The letter is signed by Basil M.
Manly, who was director of the feder-
al Commission and is now director OF
the Committee. on Industrial Rela-
tons.
In making public the letter, Mr.
Manly pointed out that the entire cost
of printing the reports will be less
tina nthat of one fourteen inch gun.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16
. Fifth Wheel
BY JOHN NJ. WORK.

That is what the United States Sen
ate is.
A fifth wheel.
It is all right to carry the makings
Of a wheel along for emergency, but
II you were riding in motor car that
really had q fifth wheel of uneven
size and shape, you would sure find
that it would make you bump the
bumps
:. When our forefathers framed the
constitution OF the United States, they
used the British government as mo
del.
Our president corresponds to the
king Of England. Our house OF re
representatives. corresponds to the
housa Of commons. And orr senate
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16

The photoplay entitled "Her Moth
er's Secret" which was written by
Martha Woodrow and produced by
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-16
HER MOTHERS SECRET

RaIp KeIIardh, Popular Matinee Idol
and Dorothy Green Will Be Seen in
A William Fox Production.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12

rarely has there been such keen inter est in any matter as in Mayor Will sons high handed interference.
 The legislative committee named at last nights meeting to draft the new resolution and carry it among the various unions in Bridgeport are Jas per McLevy, Julius E. Setfert, James Dunn, George Smith and Henry En- glehardt.
 In denouncing the action of the ad- ministration in turning down the labor protest one member of the council said: ''The mayor and aldermen are elected by the people, they are sup posed to represent the people and when the people cannot get their grievances before a body elected for that purpose it is time that solid union demand is made in channels where recognition can be effected.
 The discussion took an additional turn when the decision of Judge Wild CT was quoted and one member asked that his name be included in the res olutions for impeachment The body was somewhat divided on the question as it related to Judge Wilder and the matter was left in the hands of the committee for investigation:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12
PRESIDENT BACK
 FROM VACATION:
 HAS A BUSY DAY
Conferences With Cabinet Officials on Pressing Mat
 ters Take Up Time.

Washington, Aug. 12-President Wilson. returning from Cornish, N. H., reached the White House shortly after 9:30 a. m., today. He will con- fer with Secretary Lansing on the Mexican, Haitien and other foreign Situati ons.
 It was announced at the White House that there would be no cabi- net meeting tomorrow. The Presi- dent has determined that pending matters in the various departments are not in shape for general discus sion with his advisers as yet. After his conference with Secretary Lansing devoted chiefly to the Mexican situa- ton and the work of the Pan-Amer- ican conference, MT. Wilson planned to see Secretary Garrison, of the war department and Secretary Daniels o1 the navy, to take up questions of ma tional defense. Both secretaries were prepared to submit preliminary reports as to what army and navy officers believe is necessary to builG up an adequate military and maya establishment. The situation along the Mexican border in Texas, where raiders recently have attacked Amer ican ranches and several. Americans have been killed, also was expected to figure in the conference with Sec retary Garrison
 A mass of correspondence awaited the President at the White House or his arrival and he went to work OF this at once to clear his desk before his conference with Secretary Lan, sing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12
A. & B. Employees Select Workers
 For Committee

Following a well attendee meeting of employees of the American & Brit ish Manufacturing Company who were addressed on the subject of, the eight hour day and who acclaimed the demand as justin their factory where some were already working on that basis, organization continued at the Crescent avenue plant teday.
 / George Bowen. agent of the ma chinists in this city, visited the fac tory at noontime today. There will be nightly meetings of the workers until the question is fully adjusted. It is believed that at tonight's meet ing a shop committee will be formed who will draft demands so that these may be presented to the officials of the company on Monday next.
 Superintendent William NJ Straw was absent from the city today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12
PLANTS .EMPL DYES WANT
 EIGHT HOUR DAY

&Ansonia, Aug. 12.=Machinists em- ployed by the F'arrel Foundry & Ma chine company who last night voted increases in wages and the 4S hour week, were at work today as usual. No immediate. action by the men Is looked for. the company having been willing to discuss the demands. 1t was stated today that the company has made an offer of increases in wages, the amounts varying according to the classification of employees, but has given no answer on the request for the 48 hour day which would include the Saturday half holiday.
 There are about 6o0 men who would be embraced in the strike action and this might affect directly about 1,400 other employees. The company is rushed with orders for machinery and tools ordered by other companies which are making war munitions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12
GERMAN ARMY BEGINS
 TO MENACE PETROGRAD

London, Aug. 12.@The Baltic flank of the German armies under Field Marshal Won Hindenberg has virtual ly attained the banks of the river Dvina, Riga and Dvinsk, with Petro- grad less than 300 miles away.
 To the southward the line sweeps west, with the Russian fortress of Kovno still holding out, but next week may see a great battle on the road toward the Russian capital.
 The second line of defense upon which the Russians proposed to fall back after abandoning Warsaw, has all the appearances of having been rendered untenable and the British and Russian press is beginning to see in the Austro-G German plan an am bilious plunge deeper into Russia with Petrograd the goal.
 In the meantime the Russian rear guards are fighting desperately espe- ciaIly in the critical Dvina region and at Kovno, to capture which latter place the Germans are making a ter rifle sacrifice 6f men. It seems plain now the Germans purpose no great demonstration in the west but intend
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12

Tickets were posted, today, aDouC the plant of the Lake Torpedo Boat Co. which is seriously crippled in its manufacture of submarine boats by the strike of about TO nachinists and allied workers who walked out or the plant yesterday afternoon.
 A strike of the pattern makers in the same organization had been previously settled and the machinists, who are au9ong the most expert to be found anywhere in the country, had little thought that their demands would not be met.
 During the conference, however, 1t appkared that the company baked at the matter of wages and it came to a point where the" machinists stuck for the minimum wage of 45 cents all hour Commander Robinson was un- able to meet the deniands and further negotiations on piece-work questions were declared off,
 Agent Bowen of Local 30, I. A. of M, said today: While other minor minor questions were involved, the whole situation resolves. itself into a Ques- ton of wages. We find that the Lake company is doing government work and that it is not paying the scale III effect at Washington and the Brook lyn navy yard. The government sched- 1le as found in those places calls for a special rate of5$4.16 per day or 52 cents an hour; first class machinistss $4.0S or 51 cents an hour; second-class machinists $2.76 per day or AT cents an hour; third-class $3.5 .52 per day or Al cents an hour; fourth-claSs r $3.20 per fday and 40 cetns an hour.
 The local men want about $3.60 per day or 45 cents per hour which is an and they are getting 42 cents per hour and less.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
 ASKS MORE TROOPS

Brownsyille, Tex, Aug. 12z-Gov. Ferguson. TeNas, today awaited word from the War Department in reply to, his request sent yesterday, for addf@ tionaI troops to combat depredations by Mexican outlaws in the lower Rio Grande valley. Citizens of Browns vile and vicinity lay the outbreaks to organized work of bands operating g under tstT1e San Diego plan This plan was formulated several years ago at San. Diego, Tex. for the purpose of wrestling from the United States G. strip of border territory. Bandits and United States troopers clashed 5yester- day at Kasheine, 80 miles north of i Brownsville and two Mexicans were l wounded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12
FRENCH AIR BOMBS KILL
 BAvARIANS
French Aviators Fly Over Two Towns Dropping Bombs That Cause Eight Casualties Loss in Prop erty is Small.
 British Fishing Ships Sunk Germans Now Within / 300 Miles of Petrograd- Turks Believe Great Dan ger is Past.

London, Aug. 12-A wireless dispatch received here today from Berlin says that French aviators dropped bombs on ZWeibruecken, Tsank and Ing bert. Eight persons were kill ed. The property damage was small.
 The towns raided by French airships are in Rhenish Ba- varia. Zweibruecken, which is in the Palantinate, is a man ufacturing town of some 15,OOC inhabitants.
 St. Ingbert is about 12 miles west of Zweibruecken and is near Saarbrueken, which was bombarded by French aero planes on Monday.
 The British fishing smacks Ocean Gift, Esperance ane George Borrow have been sunk Iy submarines, the admiralty office announced today. Their crews were landed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12
BURNS & BASSICK
 co. OFFERS FIFTY HOUR WEEK PLAN

Notice posted by the Burns & Bassick Go. to the effect that begin ming today the 300 hands would be granted a, nine hour day with ten hours pay, came unexpectedly upon the machinists yesterday afternoon.
 What action the employees of the factory will take is not yet known. but labor leaders declare that the fight IS on for. eight hours and no compromise can be made at this time. There has been a tendency towards permitting the plant to grant sthe nine hours at this time provided they run down to eight on a sliding scale to be arranged later. The Burns & Bassick Co. employ many sheet metal workers and are manufacturing oil cups for automobile trucks said to be going to the Euro mean war zone. About A machinists sre represented on the company s payroll
 Roscoe Bassick, treasurer of the company, said:y
 we voluntarily made our employees a 50 hour week schedule because we believe it is the most logical period for work This means nine hours every day but Saturday when our factory runs until 12 o'clock noon. We give this 50 hour week for the same wages to each employe, which he formerly received for 60 hours work The only notice or statement that we have re- ceived from our employees is an ac- knowledgme and their thanks for the reduction in working time. Some of our oldest employees have assured us that they will endeavor to produce about the same amount of work in the shorter week We believe that by shortening the hours of labor we will get increased efficiency from our work ling people, men, women and girls. None of the representatives of the ma chinists' union or any other union has | conferred with us on this matter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12
TICKETS POSTED BY STRIKERS
 ABOUT LAKE TORPEDO BOAT co.

We have placed pickets about tn plant and will continue to do this unti he matter is adjusted.''
 The company's statement of the cas ssued last night is:
 About seventy machinists and helpers in the employ of the Lake Torpedo Boat company walked out today at 3:15 p. m.
 Demands were made on the management by a committee of the workmen.
 These demands included: First, the eight hour day; second, a minimum rate for machinists, much in advance of that now paid; third, a, minimum rate for helpers. much in advance of that now paid; fourth, a minimum rate for apprentices; fifth, the z abolition of piece work. and sixth, payment of employees on the company's time.
 The first and fourth demands were without point as these are now and have been for over a year the practice of the cofnpany.
 The sixth demand was already under. advisement by the com pany.
 The second, third and fifth de- mands, the company do not feel able to aceede to.
 The, committee waited. on the management at five minutes of three and required an immediate answer.
 The Lake Torpedo Boat Co.'S contracts are, with the United States government, that require some time to complete. Their estimates were not based on ex- travagant wages from the. govern ment to cover any wage increase
 1t,nrinuen on Paee Txnl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12

States in an endeavor to decide upon matters exclusively in the province of Mexican sovereignty but the people have not manifested any hostility to citizens of any nationality"
 General Funston reported today that he had sent a battalion of the Ninth Infantry from Laredo to Brownsville, Texas. He made no request for addj- tional troops in response to Secretary Garrison's message of yesterday.
 Officials would not discuss reports that secret agents were a,ligning Mexi- cans under the plan of San Diego. Whether General Funston has com municated these reports was not dis closed. It was apparent, however that he had decided to concentrate a considerable force in the Brownsville district where the trouble appears to center.
 General Funston has ready on the border and at Texas City about IT. .ooo l troops.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-12

Incensed at the slight upon or ganized labor by Mayor Wilson and his council, the Central Labor Union met last night, to formulate plans of action.
 Practically every delegate was present, and union men in Bridgeport to the number of several thousand, therefore had representation at the meeting.
 Steps were taken calling for a re- view of the complete facts of the court decision of Frank L. Wilder, deputy judge, and calling, also. for action, on what amounts to practical 1y a demand for the impeachment of the mayor for his order to stffle dis cussions of the labor question.
 Five members of the central body were named a committee to draft suitable documents, and were in structed to refer these to each labor union aff1Iiated with the central body. Thus, at a futurez meeting of the cen tral body the documents will be pre- sented to the organization with the sentiments of each affiliated union plainly expressed, as a guide for fur ther action.
 In the history of the progress of the labor movement in Bridgeport,