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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
Cigar Makers Paid Low Wage.

Lima, Ohio, Dec. 10. In a cir
cular issued by Cigar Makers un
ion No 3l3 striking cigar makers
employed at the DIESEL Wemmer
factories show the low wages paid
by this concern, which maintains
plants in several Ohio cries, and
manufacturers the San lice, Et
Verso and other brand.
On 5 cent grades, like San Felice
women are paid 81 20 per thousand
less than men, although the work
of men and women are packed in
the same boxes and sold at the
same prices. Men are paid 81 20
per thousand less than the Union
scale and women So 40 less. Com.
pared with the union scale, men
have a loss Of S. to S6 week
while women suffer a l)ss Of ST and
s. a week
On l0-cent goods, like the Ell
Verse, the loss is much greater in
proportion, women getting S. per
thousand less than men. Packers
are paid less than one half the un-
ion scale. Hours are 10 per day,
against the eight hour rule in IN
ion factories.
These workers were recently or
ganized When the company
awoke to the setiment for unioniza
tion officials told the employees that
that the tobacco would rot in
warehouse" before the pay Of a
single employe would lie raised.
This opinion was revised, however
when the workers began organizing
In an effort to stop the unit n
drive, the pay Of women on part
of the work was increased.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15

covering OF learner SNAPPED on wood
Ell form built for the purpose. -Four
big hides were required. These were
cut to form six zones, which were put
together with betting hooks. The blad-
der was made of rubber cloth cut In
sections and cemented together. The
materials for this bah cost about $175.
The game is played on field with
a goal at each end, each team trying
to push the ball through the oppo-
nents' goal. 1t is sometimes used to
get baseball teams in condition during
the early days. The game is played in
Europe, both In England and on the
continent.
One of the most spectacular aud
thrilling variants of the game is that
played by horsemen in the west. 1t
requires two teams of mounted play
ers, whose object also is to drive the
ball through the goal of the opposing
side. 1t is pushed by the horses, which
must be as well trained as polo ponies
to maneuver it dexterously, and the
game calls for great eXpertness In the
riders. Cowboy saddles and dress are
the correct outfit for this game.-St.
Nicholas.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
object Lesson In Phonetios.

The Arabic which boasts three sep
arate sounds resembling the English
letter H." lacks the equivalent of ''p;"
therefore "p" and ''b" are often con
fused. The late venerable DR.. Bliss of
the Syrian Protestant college once en-
tered classroom where a native
teacher was trying in vain to teach a
student the difference between "p" and
"b." says the Christian Herald. DR.. Bliss
undertook the Gaze Gathering up some
chalk dust in his hand and holding his
hand to his lips, he spoke to the stu
delt:
DO you see this dust In my hand?
When say b ] do not expel my breath,
and the chalk dust stays where it is.
But when l say 'p l blow the dust all
away" He did. He blew it all over
the enlightened youth.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
WORLD OF LABOR

The Helena Mont Trades and
Labor Assembly has named spe-
cial committee to investigate the
greatly increased cost of foodstuffs
and consider the calling Of public
mass meeting with view TO form
Ing boycott league
The convention of the California
State lodges of the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen is in session al
the Hotel Sutter, San Francisco,
aud will continue the remainder OF
the week Representatives of %
lodges in California are in atten-
dance.
William Connolly, an executive
efhcer of the Glass Bottle Blowers
Association, organized Branch 1l9,
at Danville, H., with member
ship of all the blowers in the city.
The trade Is now very busy and
the employers are experiencing diff
6culty in securing blowers to fill
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
"Skirl' of the Baqpipes.

1t is claimed for the Scottish bagpipe
that 1t is louder than any other va.
iiety Of instrument. This is probably
because 1t was originally designed to
cheer the clansmen when they were
fighting. In the hands of a skilled per-
former the strains Of Highland bag
pipe carry about six miles, and under
specially favorable conditions as far as
ten miles. The Duke of Sutherland
owns a bagpipe which figured in the
battle of Prestonpans, and must there.
fore be nearly 200 years old, yet it can
be heard at distance of eight miles,
London Globe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
WOOL CLEANING In ALEPPO.
Much Like a Conjurins Trick is This
Old Eastern Process.


Many OF the old eastern processes
may still be seen in the bazaars of
Aleppo. A contributor to Blackwood's s
In q recent article describes a man
whom he saw at work cleaning wool
In exactly the same way as has been
the custom In Syria since Biblical
days:
I'm the shelter of one of the arches
perhaps you come upon some curious
process in full swing 1t may be the
cleaning of hair or wool or even the
making of wooden felt. The cleaning
OF wool and hair seems to have some
thing of conjuring about 1t, so imme
diate are the results and so unexpect-
ed, compared with the rude implement
used.
"a man seated cross legged on the
paving is the conjurer His instru-
ment is a wooden bow, about four feet
long, in shape like the bow Of violin,
but with the back two feet away from
several stout catgut strings. On the
floor he places a small heap of wool
clotted with mud and dirt and above
1t stands his bow, its back in the air.
its two projecting horns resting ON
the floor and It's strings touching the
wool. With a wooden mallet he strikes
the strings lightly and sets them twang
ing harmoniously and then rocks the
bow and lets its back strike the floor
or wall. Between the top of the bow
or floor or wall comes a tap of the
strings with the mallet, and what with
the time he keeps and the twanging
strings there Is a semblance to the dis
tant sound Of a drum and harps. Hav-
ing got into time with bow and tap
ping, perhaps he begins TO hum a song
ut is all matter of few seconds
only before the wool begins to rise in
soft white cloud around the bow. 1t
goes on rising, and he slightly stirs it,
pulls the lower part more under the
strings, changes the position Of the
bow little, but keeps up the rocking
and tap-tapping and never breaks the
rhythm with which he began. Under
the vibrating strings the wool grows
into heap in size like table, but still
he goes on, while cloud Of fine dust
rises to the roof Of the vault When he
stops he has produced great mound
of soft white, fieecy wool and beneath
it Is q heap of sand and dirt. So he
goes on, in the cool shade Of his clois-
ter twanging and tap-tapping and sing
Ing and half filing his vault with clean
wool as the result of days work with
this primitive instrument
"One may see these wool cleaners
often, for they are in every town and
bazaar. But just as often one stops be-
side them to hear the sounding strings,
the rhythmical tapping. the monoto-
nous song and to see the magical re.
suits which follow. 1t all is a scene
as eastern in spirit and as ancient as
can be found"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
Oppose Cant t-Strike" Law.

Washington, Dec. l5-Presi.
dent Wilson's recommendation tc
congress that a can t-strike" law
be passed will be opposed by the
American Federation OF Labor and
the railroad brotherhoods.
At the last convention of the A.
+. of L., held in Baltimore, the re-
port of the executive council on
this question was unanimously
adopted.
Involuntary and compulsory la
Dor once enforced" it was stated
even tor sin lie hour, will not
halt at its temporary enforcement.
but will go on and become perman-
ent.
The human labor power which
this law compels wage earners to
give to their employers against
their will is inseparable from the
body and the personality of the
wage earners. 1t is part of the
men and women themselves. They
cannot be forced to work for an
employer against their wills with
out reducing them to the legal con.
dition of slaves and transforming
their minds and spirits into those
of slaves. No more dangerous pro.
position has ever been proposed
than this compulsory investigation
measure.
Compulsory institutions to pre-
vent strikes are not new. They
have been found in other counties
and found wanting.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
Employers Plead For Unity.

Tacoma, Wash Dec. Is. THE
chamber of commerce is firing of
its non union shop agitation and at
the last meeting of the Central La
Dor Council a delegation from the
former body pleaded for unity and
asked the unions to attend a meet
ing of the chamber that will be es-
pecially arranged for them.
In view of the chambers declar-
alton for the non union shop the
unionist took the position that re-
lations would remain the same un-
til the business men by resolution
announced they would keep their
organization out of industrial dis,
putes. Until that time it was
voted TO accept no invitation
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15

the orders now on the books.
The strike and win" slogan
with which 800 employees of the
Crucible Steel Company at Jersey
City, N. j., walked out prevailed
against the corporations efforts to
break the strike. In three days
they returned to work, having
gained their demand for 10 per cent.
more wages and the removal OF an
Objectionable foreman.
A new Automobile, Carriage and
Wagon Workers Union has been
organized at Dallas, Texas, with a
membership cf over two hundred.
1t is the first union of the kind iu
this section and 1t is claimed that
in the near future there will be few
workers outside its folds, as the
boys are enthusiastic and constant
ly on the job.
Motormen and conductors of the
Kansas City Railways company,
the local street car organization of
Kansas City, Mo-, were told that
an increase of pay of approximately
n per cent. will be given them,
starting November 16 The in
crease is from l TO 2 cents an hour
and the minimum monthly wage is
raised from $45 to S55.
Electrical Workers Union of
Peoria, H., has signed up an agree
ment with the Central Illinois
Light company which provides
for an increase of 10 per cent. and
improved wor king conditions The
new agreement, which is already
in effect, covers all linemen, trim
mers, settlers, maintenance men,
troubl men and foremen of the
line work.
After negotiations covering sew
eral months the milk dealers and
the members of Milk Drivers I'm
ion at Seattle, Wash, have finally
reached an agreement that will
permit the milk drivers to make
deliveries In daylight. There was
no other question involved. San
Francisco, Oakland, Boston and
several other large cities are hav
ing deliveries made in the same
way
A substantial increase in wages
has been won by the employees OF
the Hinde & Dauch Paper Manu-
featuring company, at Gloucester
City, N j., who are back at work
after a short strike The men are
nov getting 25 cents an hour,
which is an increase of almost eight
cents an hour for the day shift of
eleven hours, and So 25 for the
night shift for wh ch they formerly
got 81 "A. Their demand for the
eight hour shift was not granted.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
New War On Labor.

Big capital has formed a new or
ganization for the purpose TO ex-
terminate the labor unions. Backed
by $8, 900, 700, 900 capital, and in
cluding in its membership 15, 5,00C
officials of corporations belonging
to twelve of the largest national as
sociations of industrial employers,
the National Industrial Conference
Board has been organized in New
York to combat the interests Of la
Dor. 1t is believed this is the ini
tial step in gigantic battle be-
tween capital and labor which will
prove unparreled in history f,r its
magnitude and Importance. The
firms represented in the new or
ganization employ approximately
1000, 900 workers.
1t is understood that one of the
primary purposes of the board Is to
fight the eighthour law relentlessly y
VIM. H, Barr, of Buffalo, president
of the board, made the following
significant statement;
The developments of the pas,
year politically and industrially
emphasize as never before the need
of more comprehensive CO opera
/ tive action in industry"
The scope of the boards activi
ties will be purely advisory, anc
the separate associations represent
ed in it will act separately whei
occasion warran S. 1t is fe.t tha
employers associations have divid
ed their efforts too much in tn,
past ard that the BOARD will Civ,
them weapon to unite thei
strength.
The scope of the board will b.
very wide. 1t will watch all legs
lation and the activities of such la
Dor organizations as the American
Federation of Labor.
Most of the twenty-four mem
bers of this board, two from each
of the twelve employers associa
tons included in it, talked owe
their plans, but gave out no dehnit
announcement of their immediate
intentions
The resolution opposing The
Adamson law is indicative, how
ever, Of the general policy which
the board will pursue, according
to an officer Of the board. Spring
field Tribune.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
PUSHPALLS ARE COSTLY.
If They Were Cheaper the Game Might
Ee More Popular.

If They We're Cheaper the Game Might
BE More Popular.
If some one could invent pushball
tisat could be made at a reasonable
cost the game would be more popular.
The enormous cost of pushballs has
to own them, and they have been rent
ed out at a high price to those wanting
to use them. The pushban is six feet
in diameter and costs $500.
The outside covering Of "a pushball
is made of cowhide leather. This COW
ering is composed of twenty strips,
which are scwed together by hand.
Each of these strips is between nine
ana ten feet long, or half the circum-
ference Of the ball. The strips are
widest IN the middle, tapering uni
formly to points at either end, the
poles Of the bail, where they are fur
ther secured by leather caps sewed
over them.
To get the leather needed for push
ball 1t is necessary to cut up five or
six hides, which makes the cost of the
cover very high. 1t takes two men the
better part of week, moreover, TO
sew this material together.
The bladder for tie ball Is made of
The best rubber, which is cut into
strips and cemented together in such
shape that when inflated ii will form
a globe fitting the leather covering,
which IS practically indcstructible, The
very best rubber bladders may give
out in two OF three years. and a peW
Bladder costs $l59. 4 large cylinder
foot pump suitable for initiating this
mighty bail osts ID.
The game 5aaied in America.
The frst push5da W4s r,aI,e ia New
ton, Mass. ii .L T ~, ,l.td i
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
SO EASY
By Edgar A. Guest


So easy to say what another should
do,
So easy TO settle his cares,
So easy to tell him what road to
pursue,
And dispose of the burdens he
bears.
1t is easy to bid him be brave and
be strong,
And to make all his shortcomings
known;
But o it's so hard when the care
and the wrong
And the dangers we face are our
own.
1t is easy to stand in the other
mau's place
When cur comforts of life are as
sured,
And the sting of the rain beating
sharp in his face
By him must be bfavely endured.
It is easy to tell him the path he
should take
And to lid him to laugh at his
care,
But 0 it's so hard when it's our
hearts that ache
And we have the burdens to bear,
The need of another it's easv to
see,
When our own wants are all sat
is6ed,
And bold and courageous it's so
easy to be
When il isn't our souls that are
tried.
But o it's so hard when we're
stumbling along
To keep ourselves steadfast and
true;
II is easy to tell someone else to
be strong,
It's easier tc talk than TO do.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
Must Have the cnsuffeur.

In Chile, while automobiles are quite
common, the two seated runabout is
not common, and when seen generally
has small seat behind for the chauf-
feur. This is demanded by custom, for
even though the owner of the car is
driving he must always have the chauf-
feur with him in case Of need, as 1t
would never do for the owner to
change a tire or to crank the machine
himself.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
Gross Earnings To Apply.

Peoria, Ill, Dec. 15.-Circuit
Court Judge Stone has ruled that
benefits paid workers under the
Illinois compensation law shall be
based on their gross earnings.
A miner employed by the Brew
ster & Evans Coal company was
injured AMI the company objected
to the compensation award because
the board included as earnings the
sum of 1854 81 for powder, fuses,
check weighman, union dues, un-
ion assessments, donations, etc.
which the company deducted from
the pay Of its employe.
Judge Stone called attention to
the fact that there is no law COM
pelling a miner to use powder, fuses
or to sharpen his tools, though
these things would facilitate his
work. Check weighmen aud union
dues, also, were optional with the
miner, said the court,
The court is unable tc see
wherein that situation is changed
by the fact that the employer is
given permission to deduct these
items of expense; that is evidently
an arrangement for the conven-
ience of the parties and the pro-
lection of the employer against
loss, which, in the view of the
court, does not touch the ques-
tion here.
"A portion of these items are
evidently part of the tools with
which the miner works, just as the
saw and square are a part of the
tools with which the carpenter
works. They are the regular and
general tools used in that employ
ment and in no wise, as it appears
10 the court, can be construed
Especial expenses.
The court can readily see that
Is the position taken by the res
pondents is the correct one, it
might readily follow, particularly
in Cases where operating compa-
MES provide grocery stores and
houses in which to supply the en-
ployes homes, that the grocery bill
and the house rent might we'll be
taken as special expenses for
which the employer extends such
credit Certainly the law could
not have contemplated such a re-
suit.
1T is the opinion, therefore, of
the court that the term earnings
shall apply to the gross earning OF
the employe and that the items
sought to be deducted, cannot be
properly included as items of 'spe
cial expense entailed in the ma
ture of the employment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15

The Mansfield Convention of the
Ohio State Federation of Labor
1915, outlined the legislative de.
mands of the Trade Union Move
meut in Ohio when il unanimously
adopted the final report and recon
mendation of its committee on Leg
islation. Those recommendations
provided
/. Regulating and limiting the use
of the Injunction.
4. Prohibiting the importation OF
strike-breakers.
3. Prohibiting the exercise of police
authority by others than those In con-
troll of the State
A. That the incoming executive
board and the legislative agent be In
structed TO prepare and introduce in
the next general assembly a bill TO
amend the Workmens Compensation
Act, prohibiting seIf-insurers under
the act from transferring their insur-
nnce risks TO liability insurance COM
panies.
s Eight Hours for women work
ers.
6. Providing for the Australian
ballot system al primaries
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
Climate and Food.

In the arctic regions human food is
almost exclusively animal, because
that is the only sort which is available
in quantity. In the tropics, where vege-
table food is abundant and animal
foods readily decay, plant products are
and always have been of very great
Importance in the diet. In temperate
regions all kinds Of food may be Sc
cured, and it seems reasonable to sup
pose that all kinds have always been
eaten as they are today.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the MiddIetown Trades
and Labor Council of Middielown o.
Endorsed by the Labor Legislative
League of Butler, Preble and Mont
gomery Counties.
Endorsed by Metal Trades Council
of Hamilton Ohio.
Endorsed by the United Trades and
Labor Council, Dayton, Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
BRIGHT Outlook.

How is the attendance at your col
lege this yearP
Splendid" replied the athletic sopho-
more. I'VE are getting scores of new
fellows this year who don't weigh an
ounce under 180 pounds. II Birmtng
ham Age Herald.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
Both Birds.


Riches have wings"
Yep. And creditors have bills.
Detroit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15
In a Sense.

DO you get room and board IN the
same house"
Well, / have room and frequently
get bored by the other lodgers."- ."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15

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Goethe's ApoIooy

Goethe once apologized to a friend
for writing long letter because he
had no time to write a short one.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15

The feeble howl with the wolves,
bray with the asses and bleat with
the sheep.-Roland.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-15

Believe in the better side OF men r,
u optimism that really saves people
Maclaren.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1916.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-30
GOVERNMENT WINS IN SUIT.
coprt'a Decision is Against Charleston
Mining and Manufacturing Co.

Tampa, Aug. 27.-District Attorney
Herbert s. Phillips. announced today
shat Federal Judge r. M. Call had
dectdsd in favor of the United Stated
n its suit against the Charleston Is.
CD Mining and Manufacturing Co. to
have cancelled the patent to 100
acre tract Of land said to be valuable
for it's phosphate deposits. Judge Call
is considering a motion for a new
trial.
The holders OF the patent secured
>.ic ..s.c. which is estimated to be
worth between $25O.000 and $4,000
n exchange for school scrip, and ii
is alleged with the full knowledge
that the land was valuable for it's
mineral deposits.
The law excludes the transfer of
government lands valuable for min
eral purposes except by sale in the
open market as mineral lands"