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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Chairman Walsh Blanoes Workers for
Failure to Unite; Says They Are
"Blind to Their Collective Strength"

A ringing call for workers to organize
and remove social inequalities is part of
a report by Chairman Walsh. in which is
stated his personal views on the causes
Tor industrial unrest. The report is
approved by Commissioners Lennon.
O'Connell, and Garretson.
In striking language. the chairman
calls attention to evils treated at length
IN the Manly report, and insists that
workers must organize as the first essen
tial to success
lie calls attention to the number of
thinking men and women now support
ing this theory:
To the support of the militant and
aggressive propaganda of organized la
Dor has come within recent years,
small but rapidly increasing host of min
listers. college professors, writers, Jour
nalists and others of the professional
class. distinguished in many instances by
exceptional talent which they devote to
agitation, with no hope of material re-
ward
This is the condition Of unorganized
workers
we find that many entire commune
ties exist under the arbitrary economic
control of corporation officials charged
with the management of an industry
or group of industries, and we find that
in such communities political liberty does
not exist, and its forms are hollow mock
cries.
In larger communities, where cspion-
age becomes impossible, the wage Garner
who is unsupported by a collective or
ganizaton may enjoy freedom Of ex-
preston outside the workshop, but there
his freedom ends And it is freedom
more apparent than real, for the house
he lives in, the food he eats, the cloth
ing he wears, the environment Of his
wife and children and his own health
and safety are in the hands of the en-
ployer, through the arbitrary power he
exercises in fixing his wages and work.
ing conditions
I'VE find the unrest described to be
but the latest manifestation of the age
long struggle of the race for freedom of
opportunity for every individual to live
his life to its highest ends. AS the mobiles
of England wrung their independence
from King John. and as the tradcsmen
of France broke through the ring of
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
COAL
BUY III FROM YOUR FRIENDS
THE QUEEN CITY COAL co.
PRIVATE EXCHANGE WEST
Horseshoe Pike.

Nearly every new person who travels
the old Horseshoe pike stops to ask
how the old road got its name. A for
mer resident of Honeybrook explains
that in the old days it was not customary
to shoe horses because of the expense,
and on the farm or dirt roads no shoes
were needed On this stone road, how
ever, horse could not travel without
shoes, and so it was called the Horseshoe
pike because horse must be shod be-
fore being driven there. Philadelphia
Record
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
BASIC RIGHT OF TEACHERS.

Chicago.-In an editorial on the at
tempt to disrupt the Teachers Fedora
ton, the Herald Of this city rejects the
legal rights of both parties and insists
that the question can only be settled on
the principle Of right itself rather than
on the basis Of lcgalisms The Herald
says:
1T seems plain that the broad prin-
cplc OF right preserves to the teachers
at least the privilege of an organization
which shall permit them freedom of col
lectlvc expression which shall give them
the scli-rcspcct that comes from the
knowledge that they are not mere ma
chimes but thinking and deciding human
beings, which will permit them to exer-
else an influence over their own personal
and professional interests.
1T strikes the Herald that all further
discussion on the subject should proceed
from this fundamental assumption. Also
that such discussion should relate more
frequently to what is really right than
to merely legal rights"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
RAINCOAT MAKERS WIN.

New York. - Substantial wage in
creases and 4s-hour week are features
of an agreement the Waterproof Gar
ment Manufacturers Association has
signed with their workers. Under the
agreement operatives will receive 20
cents an hour. Weekly rates are as fol-
lows: Cutters, $3.50; pressers, $24; un-
derpressers, $2O.25; machine button sew
ers, $1s. A board will consider charges
Of unjust discharges and the unions rep
resentatives will be recognized. The con-
tract calls for uniform conditions in all
the shops. Several thousand workers are
affected
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Who Won Waterloo?

Most people believe Wellington won
the battle of Waterloo on June 1s, 1915,
but different view is set forth on
Waterloo memorial in the island of Java,
which is inscribed to "The perpetual
memory of that most famous day, June
20, 1915, on which, by the resolution
and activity of the Belgians and their
George Ludovic prince of Luxembourg,
after terrible conflict on the plains of
Waterloo the peace of the world dawn
ed once more. re."-London Standard.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
To Munich II Viper.

Though the prescription seems to have
disappeared from the pharmacopoeia of
modern beauty specialists it was for
centuries notorious that to feed on snake
meat was the way to win perpetual
youth; to cure goiter, ague, or any 9TH
er swelling, all that was necessary was
to MUNICH a viper, from the tail up, as
it might be a stick of celery, while yet
another snake, if eaten, conferred the
power OF understanding all the tongues
of birds.-EXchange
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
CHICAGO GIRLS WIN STRIKE

Chicago.-Over 900 girl strikers re-
turned to work al the Ecrzog factories
after a weeks idlcncss.
The girls are employed on canvas
gloves and ladies' garments. Three hun
drcd glove workers struck first and they
were quickly followed by nearly 700 gar
mcnt workers and millncrs, suspender
workers and employees in the shipping
room
The agreement calls for ten per cent
increase in wages Of all garment work
crs earning less than $3.50 a week. Fines
are abolished and glove workers will
not be charged for needles. The firm
agrees TO recognize the union and give
preference to unionists when employing
workers. An arbitration system is agreed
to and a wage board is established. De
cisions are to be retroactive and Will
date from the day the workers return
ed to work.
The Womcn's Trade Union League
made arrangements for securing bail for
girls arrested while on picket duty. Mrs.
Raymond Robins, president of the lea
que, said
THE girls are a mixture OF races and
the numerous tongues show the work
necessary for our trade unions. The
great majority OF our strikers were Rus
sian Jews, the Poles were second in
number, followed by Italians and then
the American speaking girls These
workers are exceedingly young girls and
will need the continued attention OF sew
cral women organizers for the coming
year furnished by the Glove Workers
and Ladies Garment Workers Unions
and the Womcn's Trade Union League" "
The girls were assisted by \. +. Of
/. Organizer, Fitzpatrick and Flood,
Secretary Nockels OF the local fedora
tion OF labor, and other unionists.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
No Criterion.

Once during the progress of certain
case Sir Charles Darling demonstrated
with a barrster for the way in which
he was arguing point.
you will pardon me, my lord" said
the latter, but perhaps | may remind
you that you argued case in similar
way yourself when you were at the bar"
"Yes, | admit it," replied his lordship,
with a quiet smile, but that was the
fault of the judge who allowed it,
London Tit-Bits.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
LABOR FAMINE HAS A VALUE

San Francisco.-The Bulletin of this
city is not Mortified at the prospects of
labor famine, which some good people
are fearful of because of the European
war. The editor presents his views
thusly:
"A shortage in unskilled labor will be
one OF the most fortunate things that can
possibly happen to this country. In late
years our gravest troubles, and our most
glarng injustices, have arisen from an
oversupply of labor In federal law. labor
is no longer a commodity, but in practice
it has been frankly regarded as such.
The going wage and not the living
standard has been the test of what la
borer should receive. In the great east
ern industries, races whose standard of
living were rising have been successively
replaced by newer, more ignorant immi-
grants, who would be content with less.
Some great industries are literally para
sites upon the incoming immigrants.
The statistics of unemployment are
as yet very incomplete, but those in ex-
istence indicate that there is a constant
labor surplus, which is not entirely alb
sorbed, even in the most prosperous
times. In slack times the surplus in
creases. When it becomes too great to
be ignored there is brief furry of pub
lie interest. with sporadic public and Dri-
vate charity, and other symptoms. The
point to remember is that most employ
ers of unskilled, unorganized labor, pay
each workingman a wage determined by
the presence of unemployed workingmen
who would be glad to take his lob. BY
this system wages are continually kept
down, and as wages are low the stand
ard of living also is low. And low stand
ards are menace to the nation, counter
balanced only by the limited convenience
and profit derived by employers of cheap
labor. Cheap labor makes a cheap and
unfree nation, inasmuch as the great bulk
of the people are inclined under the
head of labor and must gain or lose
as working people gain or lose.
"'The existence Of labor surplus. with
its accompanying symptom of low wages.
has another result which should appeal
even to the monev-rninded. Cheap labor
is a brake on mechanical progress. Mus
cles take the place of skill and brains.
But as soon as mems time and STRENGTH
are valued at something approaching
their real worth, there is tendency to
expand their power by inventions. And
IN almost every respect nation which
has developed a PRIVILEGED EMPLOYING
class, and an abundant unprivileged la
boring class-as we are on the way to
do the moment we BEGIN to tolerate
chronic labor surplus-is bound to stag
nate and to harden into something like
a caste system
american laborers NAV hope for as
great cain if the artificial scarcity caus-
ed by the war is prolonged, as it should
be, nv wise immigration laws. IF immi-
grafton is intellipentv restricted some of
the economic evils Of the day will cure
themselves without further governmental
interference
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
APPROVE LITERACY TEST.

Albany n. Y.-By vote of 70 to 6l
the Constitutional Convention advanced
to final passage the amendment provid-
ing that all voters must read and write
English. The proposal met with stormy
opposition. In supporting the plan, one
delegate declared "A nation that speaks
different Languages can never be entirely
a united nation. We are establishing
what really would be a state language
for the purpose Of unifying our people. -
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Two VIEWPOINTS.

why does a pretty woman try to
make folks believe she is younger than
she really Isl"
Because she is only as old as she
looks and holds out for the essential
verify"
81 see now But why does the recent
college graduate seek to create the i'm
preston he is much older than he real
ly is?"
Because a man is as old as he feels
and the r. c. G.. feels that he has the
late Methusaleh lashed to the mast
Richmond Times Dispatch.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11

privileges enclosing the Three Estates,
so today the millions who serve society
in arduous labor on the highways. aloft
on scaffoldings and by the sides of whir-
ring machines are demanding that they,
too and their children shall enjoy all of
the blessings that justify and make this
beautiful life.
The extent and depth of industrial
unrest can hardly be exaggerated. State
and national conventions of labor or
ganizations, numbering many thousands
of members, have cheered the names of
leaders imprisoned for participation in a
campaign of violence conducted as one
phase of conflict with organized en-
loyers.
Employers have created and main
tanned small private armies and used
these forces to ntimdate and suppress
their striking employees by deporting, i'm
prisoning, assaultng and killing their
leaders. Elaborate spy systems are main
tanned to discover and forestall the
movements of the enemy, the use of the
state troops in policing strikes has bred
a bitter hostility to the militia system.
Courts, legislatures and governors
have been rightfully accused of serving
employers to the defeat of justice"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
DEPARTMENT PROMOTES PEACE

San Francisco-ln an address to the
Labor Council, Louis T. Post assistant
secretary OF the Federal Department Of
Labor, said Congress should appropriate
sufficient funds for the Department OF
Labor 10 carry on its work OF promoting
industrial peace and developing oppor-
tunties for wage workers to work out
their own problems.
The speaker praised the work being
done by Secretary Wilson OF this de
partmcnt.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
WORKERS MUST UNITE

The responsibility for the
conditions which have been de-
scribed we declare rests pri-
mari1y upon workers who,
blind to their collective
strength, and Oftentimes deaf
to the cry of their fellows,
have suffered exploitation and
the invasion of their most sa-
cred rights without resistance.
large measure of RESPONSE
bility must, however, attach to
the great mass of citizens. But
until the workers themselves
realize their responsibility and
utilize to the full their collec-
tive power, no action, whether
governmental or altruistic, can
work any genuine and lasting
Improvement.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
EXPOSING THE "AFRICAN."

San Francisco.-Says the Labor Cla-
rion of this city; "'rhc tremendous noise
being made by the interests against the
scamcn's law may act as a boomerang
in the shape of government ownership
of the merchant marine. They hope by
their noise to either kill the law or gain
ship subsidies, but the people are ia
mllar with their ways and will doubtless
balk them"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
EVEN MINISTERS' PAY IS LOW.

San Francisco.-ln a report to a
church conference, Frederick A. Delano,
member of the federal reserve board, set
forth what constitutes an adequate sal
airy for minister and the further in
formation that many ministers do not
get it. His figures we're: Salaries from
81 900 and parsonage in towns of less
than 5000 population to $4,000 and par
sonage in cities of more than 100000
DOpulatiOn.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
ONO UNIONISTS TO MEET.

Mansfield, Ohio-Local trade union
lists are preparing for the thirty-second
annual convention Of the Ohio Fedora
ton OF Labor, which will be held in this
city beginning Monday. October II. 1t
is believed the largest number OF dele
gates in the history of the State body
will be in attendance.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
MUST LEARN ENGLISH.

Washington.-The Bureau of Natur-
alization has issued general letter rela-
tive to its views as to the course which
should be followed in training the alien
population in American citizenship. The
bureau points out the impossibility of
laying down any hard or fast rule, but
declares the prime requisite is ability to
speak the English language.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
"EFFICIENCY" CAUSES STRIKE.

Logansport, lnd.-An efficiency ex-
pert showed the Rutenberg motor
works how wages could be reduced and
now the company has a strike on its
hands. The strikers number $50 and
have declared for nine-hour day and
a daily wage of S325
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
No Good, Anyhow.

Daughter-But why do you object to
the count?
Mllionaire-He's looking for easy
money.
Daughter-No such thing
Mllionaire-Then he must be crazy
That's even worSe.-New York Globe.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
INJUNCTION DISSOLVED.

Butte, Mont.-'Thc injunction issued
by Judge McClernan against the Mon
tana Federation of Labor and various
trade unions i'll this city, at the request
OF the Arnold Plumbing and Heating
Company has been dissolved on motion
of plaintiffs attorney The Injunction
has been in force since last JANUARY.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
WANT SCHOOL BUILDINGS USED.

Oakland, Cal.-The convention of
the National Educational Association
has declared for a wider use of school
buildings. Congress is asked to appro-
pirate 100000 for the work of the
United States Bureau of Education.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
All He Crayed.

Teacher-Wilie, what is your great
est ambition?
Willie-To wash mothers face Phil
adelphia Record.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
HOLD WAGE CONFERENCE.

Atlantic City. \, 1.-The annual wage
conference OF the National Bottle Manu-
tacturerS' Association with representa-
tives of the Glass Bottle Blowers Asso-
citation, was held in this city last week
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
\ Good Example.

Some men," said Uncle Eben, put
in deir lives kickin' at nothin', Oars
dis much to be said foh de mule If
he's interested enough to kick he's will
in to go to de trouble of takin' aim. -
Chicago Herald.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Revised prOVcrb.

"Slow up bit, my dear" said Mr..
OBeese to his slender young wife, who
was walking too rapidly for him Re
the less the speed Boston Transcript,
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
HONOR DAN HARRIS MEMORY.

Buffalo, y. y President Gompers
was the principal speaker at memorial
meeting held by the New York State
Federation of Labor, in honor of Daniel
Harris, cX-president of that body.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Low jump.

$50 Springley has jumped his bail"
"Yes, but it wasn't very high. '-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
FARMERS URGED TO ORGANIZE.

Sullivan, Ind.-At the state convention
OF the Farmers Educational Union 300
delegates were urged to more thoroughly
organize by National President Barrett
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Near Thing.

Was that a stag dinner
Well it was a dear one."-Baltimo
American.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Miss Columbia.

The Little Boy-Mamma, who is Mis-!
Columbia?
The Mother-Uncle Sans affinity
Life.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Cynical.

"There's something in this world be
sides money. "Yes," said the cynic,
there's the poorhouse. Exchange.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
PcSSiniStS.

A pessimist is one whose greatest fear
is that his worst fears will not be real
ized.-Albany Journal
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-11
Negligence.

Negligence is the rust of the soul that
corrodes through all her best resolves
Feltham.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-31

G. c. Figley, who about four years
ago was shot and believed at that
time to BE mortally wounded, was
shot last night in the back by Mrs.
l.. H. Mooney, just as Figley was
about to depart from the premises Of
Mrs. Mooney with chicken in his
arms he had taken from a coop in her
yard
Coroner Or Randolph, who at
tended the man last night said he
may be seriously wounded, but thai
the man had been shot much more
seriously -four years ago, and had
survived that injury.
Mrs Mooney resides at Runyon and
Elm streets, and her husband rad re-
tired, when he received a call that
his brother, ed Mooney, had been in
cutting affray with a lineman. Thu
brother dressed huTriedly and cams
TO the city TO ascertain the extent OF
the injuries of Ed Mooney. Mrs.
Mooney was alone ON the premises.
She heard a noise in the rear Of the
house and, listening, realized that
someone was in her chicken house.
She took up a .32-calibre pistol that
was conveniently near aad, raising
the window, fired just as F1gley was
about to make his getaway with a
chicken in his arms. The man ran
about twenty steps and fell Mrs.
Mooney notified DIR. Randolph.
When DR.. Randolph had the man
removed for temporary treatment he
thought that he recognized him as a
former patient, and inquired of Fig
ley if he hadn't been shot before. Fig
ley was not willing to discuss the sub
ject, but he had about four years ago
been shot in the lung by a negro wo.
man in the Elm street district who
he had tried to take a can Of beer
from
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-31
NATIONAL DEFENSE
GAINS A CONVERT
CONGRESSMAN GILLETT SEES
DANGER TO THIS COUNTRY
FROM EUROPEAN VICTOR.

Washington, Jan. RESPONSIBILITIES
OF war and the state of the country's
defenses furnished the subject of an
other long discussion in the house to
day, where the naval appropriation
bill was under consideration. The
naval construction program had not
been reached when the house ad-
journed and the bill went over until
Tuesday.
Points of order struck out pro.
visions for creation of a chief of OPP
eTations to head a war board in the
navy department and for authority to
use an meXpended balance of 81 ,000-
GOO for aeronaueics. Representative
liobson Immediately added the chief
Of operations section as a separate
bill. Democratic leaders expect to
provide the aerOnautiCs money by
adding a million dollars to the total
Of the bill
Representative Giuett of Massa.
chusetts made the principal speech Of
the day arguing for stronger national
defenses. He said he had voted
against large tournaments in the past
but that recent events had caused
him to change his mind WAile the
danger Of such a thing wa slight. he
declared, it would be possible for the
victor in the present war to disarm
all other nations and become mistress
of the world
among those nations we consid-
cred the most progressive and civil.
lied" he said, has suddenly burst
forth a worship of force. reversio1 to
the primitive savage type, a 1awless
selfishness, a disregard of sacred OBJ
legations, of pity, of mercy and of hu-
manity which is depressing and con
founding"
The Monroe doctrine without basis
in law or justice and never acknowl-
edged by Europe" might become one
prolific source of trouble, he said He
also criticised the attitude of some
OF our states" as "coatemptuous,
singing out the Japanese for nm
friendly legislation"
IF this irritating conduct-this
treatment of Japan as an Inferior
a1d an outeast continues" he added,
sit may cause a wave Of resentment
to sweep the Japanese people into a
hostile outbreak"
Representative Padgett, in charge
of the bill, told the house the nation
was amply prepared in mine supplies
and in long range torpedoes.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-31

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