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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Printers Locked Out.

Because the New Orleans Typograph
ical union refused the demand OF the
New Orleans publishers that the union
scale be abrogated the members of the
union were refused admittance to the
composing rooms where they had been
employed, and the action Of the pub
fishers was in effect lockout and has
been so recognized by the executive
council of the international Typograph-
ical union. In a conference with Presi-
dent Scott on Dec. 80 the New Orleans
publishers stated that they had taken
the action indicated above with delib-
Grafton and would not consider any
proposal to submit their differences
with the union to arbitration, local or
International Typographical Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Labor Hours In New York.

A report recently issued by Commits
sioner James NJ. Lynch Of the New
York state department OF labor shows
that the shortest working hours are In
the printing and paper working groups
where 591a per cent of the operatives
In 1913 were on an eight hour day and
81 per cent were on nine hour day
Among the printers and bookbinders
conditions were even better, 70 pei
cent being on an eight hour schedule
and % per cent on nine hour day
The second shortest hours were In the
clothing and millinery group. where Al
per cent of the workers were ON an
eight hour day and 48 per cent ON
nine hour day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
LAWS OF THE INcAS.
A Code That Was Remarkable For It's
Beneficent Simplicity.


Among the most remarkable laws OF
the Incas were those concerning taxa
ton. The principal feature OF those
laws was that taxes were not paid In
money, but in work and In produce.
whether manufactured or grown. The
Inca emperors thought 1t unjust to de
mand that taxes should be paid In any
kind of commodity that the people could
not produce by their own personal la
Dor.
The people also paid another sort OF
tribute. They made clothes, shoes and
arms for the soldiers and for the poor
who could not work themselves owing
to age or Infirmity. The cloth was
made Of wool from the flocks Of llamas
that abounded In the mountains. On
the plains of the seacoast, where the
climate is warm and they do not dress
In woolens. the people made cotton
cloths, the cotton being supplied from
the crops of the emperor. The shoes
were made In the provinces where
aloes were most abundant. for they
were made of the leaves of tree
called maguey. Each province furnish
ed its own produce. and no province
had to supply anything that did not be-
long to it.
| There was a mandate that forbade
beggary and restitution: that. of course
followed upon due provision OF their
laws. Every citizen was provided fol
theoretically and practically. No man
need be idle: no man need lack land OF
seed or implements for cultivation
| therefore no one was permitted to beg
IL any were found doing so 1t was
clear proof of idleness. for the incapa
BILE were provided for. and contemp
and punishment were meted out on al
tramps. vagabonds and idlers. THE
Secret of the Pacific"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
FACTIONS MENACE
union PROGRESS
Wage Farmers Weaken Their
Cause by 0isuniOn
BY CHARLES L. BAlNE, Treasurer
Boot and Shoe Workers Union.

Il any wage Garner Of ordinary
common sense will give calm con-
sideration to what must be the
ultimate outcome of the collective
effort of labor through organization to
benefit its condition he must be forced
to one of two conclusions.
Ii he will divorce himself from par
tisanship or prejudice. suspicion or
personal enmity he must conclude that
finally or eventually the wage earn
ers must come together as unit or
pay the penalties OF disunion, perhaps
to the extent of extinction, trade by
trade, wherever the spirit of disunion
Is most manifest and as direct and
inevitable result of that condition.
This must be the rule, though, like
all other rules, there may be excep-
tions A trade may have sufficient
nucleus of sturdy and loyal unionists
who appreciate and value the princi-
pie of unity, who not only preach that
principle, but practice it, and who
through their fealty to principle may
be strong enough acting in unison TO
hold the organization of the trade from
being dissolved in spite of the lack of
support or even the active opposition
of certain factions in the trade who
for divers reasons, none OF which are
sound from trade union point of
view, are either Indifferent to the cen
tral movement of the trade or directly
opposed to it.
Such condition is found in our own
trade. More than once in the history
of this union factions have split away
, and have sought to oppose the prog
ress and destroy the permanence oi
this union. In some particular local.
| ties this attempt has been made sew
eral times, but this union has outlivet
| every such attempt that has beer
made. while the factions that have en-
| gagged In such reasonable movements
| traitorous as they are in the extrem
to the interests of labor, have perishe,
one after the other.
'Those who live by the sword shal
perish by the sword" The faction o
wage earners that seeks to esta blish
union through practicing disunion
through violating the principle Of uni
ty so fundamental to the success o
labor, will perish through disunion. |
has been the history of the past, an
there is no reason to expect anything
different In the future.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
lR0NWORKERS ASK PAROLE.
Men Serving Sentences at Leavenworth
Built Prison Addition.

Men Serving Sentences at Leavenworth
Built Prison Addition.
The rapidity with which they con-
eral prison at Leavenworth was one
of the arguments for release put for
ward by several structural iron work
ers, convicted in the dynamite conspfr-
acy cases at indianapolis, who appear
ed before the federal parole board
Having served one-third of their sen
tences, the men are eligible for parole.
The applicants are j L. Butler, III. S.
Hockin, <. A. Clancy. p. a. Cooley,
J. FL. Barry, P j. Moran, H. w. Leg
leitner, @. T. Beum, Edward Smythe
W. P. Brown, P. j. Smith, George An
derson, Frank c. Webb, W. e. Reddin
r. j. Higgins, w. @. Bernhardt and e
w Basey.
Frank NJ Ryan of Chicago, former
head Of the ironworkers, was not eligi
BILE for parole, not having served suf
fcient portion of his sentence.
For seven years the prison manage
ment had been trying to complete the
west cell house, but at no time were
there enough ironworkers in prison tt
finish the work The warden called
the ironworkers In and, explaining th'
situation, put them to work.
Ryan was made foreman. 1t hat
been a long time since the sixty-five
year old head of the ironworkers hat
been on a Job, but he showed his ol'
time skill, and within six months tn
ironwork on the cell house was com
pleted.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Hebrew Union to Aid JobIess,

Unions affiliated with the United He
brew Trades of New York city plan to
open cooperative kitchens for relief of
distress among those out OF jobs The
movement of the Hebrew unions, en-
bracing about 100000 workers, is in
tended to be one of the greatest steps
yet taken toward the solution of the
problem, and the cooperation of the
Gentle unions, which include about
100000 persons, has been asked. Sew
eral of the latter have responded IA
vorably, and the result will probably
be concerted action on the part OF all
the labor organizations OF New York
city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
SHEEP DOG TRIALS.
Austraiia's National Pastime, the NAL
tese Cross Test.

Sheep dog trials may be considered
national pastime If not national
sport In Australia There Is an an
nual agricultural show in every town
and village in the pastoral parts. There
are general competitions on the lines
Of the American county and state
fairs. There are horse races, buck
jumping, shearing, log chopping and
other strenuous competitions, But not
one Of these excites more interest than
the sheep dog trials. and in these tests
Australians have set the example OF
certain of the most serious tasks that
man and dog may be asked TO ac
complish with three strange sheep
sheep that had never previously met
until they had moment before been
turned out from three separate pens
to be packed or gathered together by
the dog
1t was the Australians who first put
| forward. and they still maintain 1t, the
Maltese cross test 'The eight six-foot
| hurdles are set IN the shape OF NAL
| tese cross rhe passages are OF width
that will permit only one sheep to pass
| through al time. The animals have
| to be driven north and south and east
| and west, all the passes being open at
| the time The skill and patience OF
| the dog are here tried to the utmost,
and there can be little wonder there Is
q gasp Of satisfaction and cheer OF
| JOY when the sheep have been success
fully driven through these narrow
| ways.
The Australian sheep dogs are the
smallest in use III the world, but are
quick and lively in their work. 1t IL
no wonder that the Australian gives
much thought for his dogs. for 1t goes
without saying that the work of the
sheep station could not be accomplish
ed without them. In ordinary cases
1t is reckoned that one dog can do the
work of half dozen men. In many
instances a dog Is superior to fifty hu
mans, and where there are such vas
fiocks OF nimble sheep. such as th'
merinos In Australia are. ii would b.
impossible TO round them up so tina
they may be examined, counted ant
duly looked over without the dogs
Argonaut
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
"For the Sake of Argument"

"Well, now, for the sake OF argu-
ment"- Is there more irritating
phrase? Is there any greater bore than
the person who habitually employs it?
To be asked to assume anything Just
for the sake of argument" invariab bly,
prejudices us against making that con-
cession. We sit grim tipped while the
controversiaist assumes and expounds
We feel that to oblige him we would
not even assume thar two and two
make four Youths Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Effort Worse Than Wastsd.

One who works against the egiti-
mate union OF his craft is doing worse
than wasting his effort He is really
working against his own interest as
well as against the interests OF all
other workers In his craft. Such lack
OF perception of unsoundness of con-
clusion will surely lead to disaster
That always has been the result that
always will be- Those who make such
fundamental mistakes must pay the
penalty. 1t is an immutable law from
which there is no escape.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
| OF INTEREST TO LABOR.
R++44~s*.s.s.s.s..ss.s4.4s4+++4~s'sS-4

The Colorado strike is estimated to
have cost S18000,00O.
The Ohio attorney general has ruled
that injured workmen may sue EN-
ployers not connected with the COM
pensation act
The General Fire Extinguishers Com
pany Of America has decided to recog-
nize the plumbers and steamftters' un-
ion at its numerous plants.
During the last year more than $500
men were killed and more than 100000
injured In the mining and metallurgi
cal industries OF the country.
With a membership conservatively
estimated at 25,00O a parent body OF
all water front and affiliated labor or
ganizations, exclusive of those OF Ii
censed ship officers. has been formed
| on the Pacific coast.
| Frederic c. Howe. commissioner o.
immigration and a well known stu
dent of social problems. declares tina
| 1t is "a disgrace to society to enjoy
| the advantages OF surplus labor mar
ket, which depresses wages and theI
| refuses to care for that surplus labo
] wAcs- we no longer need It."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
~ RGANIZED labor cannot AFFORD
to surround itself with Chi
nese wall of axclnSiVpneSS and

~ RGANIZED labor cannot afford
to surround itself with Chi
nese wall OF exclusiveness and
shut itself away from all mat
ters of public concern. 1t must exer-
else an intelligent public spirit
All matters of public concern are
matters In which the workers are con-
cerned. for the workers are the ma
Jority Of the public.
But, on the other hand, there is al
ways danger of the organized workers
being demoralized by those who
would involve them in contests that
are only secondary In Importance to
the matters from which they are dis
uacted.
There is no doubt that the chief con-
Germ Of the organized worker Is the
solidarity of iabor-that condition OF
labor which unites all the workers for
the interest of the working class above
any and every other interest.
No worker can effectively contribute
to the solidarity of labor until he be
comes conscious OF the fact that labor
has no hope of any tangible and con
sistent relief or support outside itself
The improvement of labor is not
plan that will grow in the soil Of mod
ern society of itself or through the
care OF the capitalist The worker him
self must be the cutivator. He him
self must nurture and care for 1t.
And to do this he will lave his hand!
full without devoting any time II
boosting the interests OF the other fel
low.
Labor never gets bit of anythin,
worth while without most distress
Ing case Of tin canning.
Solidarity means the conservation
OF all of iab0r's energies in its owl
behalf
The test of the efficiency Of the or
ganized labor representative Is wha
he Is doing In the way Of establishin
this solidarity of labor.-Los Angelo
Citizen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Esdsral Intervention In Ohio.

Secretary OF Labor Wilson has or
dered federal Intervention in the strike
Of coal miners of eastern Ohio, which
has continued since April last with
out prospect OF settlement. Daniel j.
Keefe. labor expert and former CON-
missioner general of immigration, and
FL. Davies, coal operator and for
mer mediator in the Colorado strike,
were designated by the secretary TO
undertake an amicable adjustment OF
the controversy and are now in the
field
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

Business agents OF three labor un-
ions were recently indicted in the fed
eral court at Chicago. Charles W. Fry
OF the Machinists' union, Michael Ar
terry of the Machinery Riggers and
Safe Movers union and Michael Gal
vim Of the Truck Drivers union were
charged with preventing the unload
ing and delivery of shipment of Ice
machinery brought to Chicago in Jan
uary, 1912, from York, Pa.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
ORGANIZED LABOR.

Organized labor does not say
that this world owes man hv-
, ing, but 1t does say that this
world owes every man right to
; make a living. 1t owes him the
right to protect himself from the
} dangers that surround his work.
1t owes him the right to provide
! for bis family and insure them
from poverty both while he is
! alive and when he is dead. He
has the right to band together
with his fellow worker to de-
mand shorter hours as condi-
tons warrant and proper pay
for his work.
We trust that some day the
veil will be lifted and the mil
lions that are spent to destroy
I organized labor will be used to
carry out the objects for which
it is organized
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Urces Aid For Labor.

In his inaugural address Governor
David |. Walsh OF Massachusetts sug-
gested an emergency appropriation OF
not less than $4,000 to enable the
boards Of health and agriculture to
carry out the provisions of legislation
enacted at the last two sessions for
the reclamation of large swamps and
marshes in the eastern part Of the
state. This, the governor said, would
provide work for several thousand
men during the next few months.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

"How. sir. Is II possible" demanded
counsel OF bankrupt who was under
going his public examination. Ito live
in the luxurious style yon have affect
ed on 940 year?"
That" replied the bankrupt, lis a
problem to which | have devoted con-
siderable time In the interests of SO
cial economy. and the results Of my
humble efforts are now before the
court. t."-London Mail.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Demand tho Label.

A circular signed by several leading
officers of the American Federation OF
Labor Is being sent broadcast urging
all union men and women to have only
union funerals for themselves and their
families They are requested to de
mand that their coffins bear the labels
Of the carpenters and joiners' union
the upholsterers' and that Of the broth
erhood OF painters and decorators. The
tailors' union tag must be on theiI
grave clothes. and their tombstones
must be chiseled by union workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Dancer of Union Factions.

No amount of noise or boastful
claims will make any unsound move
ment a success. A labor union has
plenty of difficulties to confront with
out saddling itself with unsoundness
at its inception If it breaches seces-
sion 1t must expect to be destroyed by
secession II it starts by urging work
ers to leave their legitimate organiza-
hon 1t must expect its own members
to leave it whenever It's hour of trial
comes, as it surely most come.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
An Absurd Proposition.

There are those who seem to think
that ali that is necessary to create a
great success In the labor world is for
q few men 10 dissent from their fel-
lows and loudly proclaim the fact that
they have organized new union diff
fering from existing and regular or
ganizations In the fact that Its pur-
poses are pure and that 1t aims to pro-
mote the welfare of its members
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Business Improving.

The White House has received re-
ports from the department OF com,
merce which indicate that business
men In virtually all sections OF the
country have experienced return OF
confidence and are preparing for a
greater expansion of trade next spring
than during the last few years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Rail Shops Opened.

Beech Grove shops of the New York
Central lines near indianapolis have
resumed operations giving employ
ment TO 1900 men. Only former EN-
ployees are being taken back. The
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
shops at Washington, Ind. have open
ed, employing more than 900 men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Strike ls Threatened.

Threats of strike on the Grano
Trunk railway in Canada are freely
made in Montreal, following official an
nouncement that wages of 14,OO0 en-
ployees will be cut after April ] next.
The company says the reduction Is
necessary owing to decreased earnings.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Urues Free Textbooks.

Atlanta Typographical union has
passed resolutions favoring free text
books in the schools of Georgia. At the
last session OF the state legislature a
free textbook bill was introduced, but
failed of passage. Unionists declare
they will continue the agitation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
A Good Union Town.

The Jurisdiction of Fort Wayne Qnd.)
union, No. 7S, Is now 100 per cent un-
ion, says Secretary Koenig, who says,
"There is not firm In the city now
Job or newspaper. that is not recogniz-
ing the union, and, still better, we
have not a single nonunion man left"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Railroads Can Pay Higher Wages.

W. ]. Lauck, statistcian, testifying
the demands of the engineers and fire.
men of ninety eight western railroads
for wage advances and other improved
conditions, said that the railroad COM
panies can well afford to yield. Rail
road calculation has been that compli-
ance will involve increased outlays of
$30.OO0,000 a year. Laucks figures
made 1t appear that forty three of the
roads concerned have $5O,000,0 600 year
which can be so applied, earned in
large part by Increased efficiency OF
labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

~
preme court of the United
IL States the Danbury hat work
ers must pay to the manufac-
turing firm of Dietrich e. Loewe &
Co. $3.50 as the penalty of strike
and boycott against that firm in July,
1902.
The burden of the courts judgment
will fall on 1856 strikers, about fifty
other original defendants having died
during litigation. When the firm
brought suit it availed itself of the
Connecticut law which imposes indi-
vidual liability for organized action,
and dwellings, bank savings and all
other property of the individual strik-
ers were placed under permanent at
tachment to secure payment OF YER
dict adverse to the strikers.
In recovering $252,000 the plaintiff
firm, which through the fight had the
backing of the Anti Boycott Associa-
ton Of Manufacturers, will recover
three times the estimated losses to it's
business, or about S240000. The re-
manning $4,000 consists of $4,000 al
lowance for counsel fees and $1,000 In
minor costs. The firm sued for $780,
600, and the Sherman law provides for
| triple damages In cases of proved vfo-
| lation.
Dietrich e. Loewe had made himself
| offensive to the unions In 1900, when,
| after having maintained q union shop
seven years, he announced that there.
after he would tolerate no interference
with his business. In the spring OF
1902 the United Hatters sought to
unionize all hat factories in the coun.
try. Seventy OF eighty-two factories
| yielded Loewe & Co. were among the
dozen who held out strike resulted
In that factory in July, 1902.
Aug. 30, 1902, the firm filed its first
suit, making the Danbury Hstters' un-
ion defendant, together with all indi
vidual strikers. The complaint alleged
that through the United Hatters and
the American Federation of Labor Its
name had been posted all over the
country on the unfair list" and as one
OF the concerns which I'VE don't pa
tronize."
1t was alleged that customers Of tht
firm became afraid to buy its goods
and the business was threatened will
ruin. Damages of $4,000 were claim
ed for the losses incurred. individual
attachments against strikers were is
sued to the amount Of S2S0,000 on real
ty and $4,000 on bank accounts Mar
tin Lawler, secretary of the United
ant
From the superior court of Connect
cut the case was advanced to the fed
eral district court. because 1t involved
interstate trade. After various delay
federal jury in 1908 awarded dam
ages of $74,O00, which would becom
$222,000 under the tripling provision o
the Sherman law.
The circuit court on appeal disallow
ed this judgment on the ground tha
the district judge had instructed tn
Jury that 1t need consider only tn
amount to be awarded and also be
cause there was some doubt Of tn
applicability OF the Sherman Law
This reversal was overruled by tn
, United States supreme court, whic
declared the Sherman law did not ar
ply. A new trial was ordered on th
merits OF the issue. resulting In a vel
dict for the full $4,000 claimed by til
} firm plus fees and allowances. Tha
, judgment is now finally confirmed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

The Ohio State Federation ot Labor
win ask the incoming Ohio legislature
to enact an anti-injuncdon law model
ed after the Massachusetts law.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Nicforx For Ilnionisrn.

Henceforth the composing room of
the John Hancock Life Insurance COM
pauy OF Boston will be operated ON a
! strictly union basis.