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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
Labor Forward Movement.

The number of organizations that re
port labor forward movements for the
past year is greatly increased over any
previous year. This agency has estab-
lished itself as Il very effective and
necessary means for putting new spirit
into the organized labor movement and
for concentrating efforts upon the ex-
tension Of the labor movement. Many
organizations, instead of devotlng q
limited period to labor forward move
ment, have appointed labor forward
committees, whose work has been tC
promote organization during all the
time Both methods have their adyan
tages and have resulted in splendid
gains for the labor movement, not only
In numbers, but in facilitating move
ments to secure higher wages, shorter
hours and better conditions Of work
We recommend that during the com
ing year every central organization
shall have some definite plan to pro
mote organization and to foster anG
generate enthusiasm for unionism.-A
f. OF L. Report.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
LIMBS AND THE MAN.
Lengths IL Fingers, Hands and Arms
t-e Span and the Stride.

Lengths In Fingers, Hands and Arms,
tie Span and the Stride
If tie fmofn4cr i, bent So that each
joint mas Ue measured separately
they win j., ID tae proportion of j. If,.
, and the distance from knucklc to
wrist fauI tucs The length Of the first
joint II tie Guecf is sraiehtcned
out tle distance from tine wrist to
finger tip viii he seven inches, suppos-
ing the na.l Joint 10 he one inch. The
span with thumb ANA forehuger will
then be eight inches and an inch long
er With any Of the three other fingers.
From wrist to elbow Will be ten
inches, from elbow to forednger sew
enteen, and from collar bone to fore
finger thirty-two.
Sailors extend the arms fully and
call the distance a fathom, though a
man standing with his back TO wall
can stretch only about his height. If
he tries to measure a tree 10y reaching
around it his fathom will hardly be
more than five feet
The normal pulse beats seyenty-two
to seventy times minute in
health, and normal respiration is eight
cen a minute.
The pace is called thirty inches,
though few men can without practice
take a hundred consecutive steps of
the same length 1t Is better to de
termine the length Of the regular pace
on 20 +hnr tbg ,,,1,,l,o, ,p .fnye no
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
INDUSTRIES DEATH TOLL.
Nearly 1000 Workers Killed In Penn.
sylvania In Nine Months.

SylNanta IN NINE MonIhS.
Fatalities III Pennsylvania indus
trial plants during September number
ed 245, and 2l,9f9 other employees re
ceived injuries that disabled them for
periods greater than two days.
An average of these figures shows
that, during September, SSS workers
were injured daily. During the first
nine months of this year 1SS,27S in
dustrial employees in Pennsylvania
were injured while al work, ana OF
that number 1877 died as a result of
their injuries. These figures, compiled
by the bureau of statistics and infor
nation Of the department of labor and
industry, were made public recently by
Commissioner John Price Jackson. The
commissioner, in pointing out that 203
workers have been killed each month
of this year on an average, and 2O,717
others injured, said that these casual
ties constituted tremendous and
largely preyentab!e economic drain on
the people of Pennsylvania
Every step toward greater safety in
the industries aids ia preventing higher
cost Of living said Commissioner
Jackson, and therefore industrial safe
ty is of almost as vital importance to
the prosperity of the general public as
it is to the employers and employees.
Every injury received by a worker
in Pennsylvania industries, whether
resulting in disability or death, creates
cost that must be paid by the people
of Pennsylvania
IF every industrial plant in Penn
syiyania had minimum accident haz-
ard the saving in cost for injuries and
consequently in compensation rates
would be very great, and in a few
years would far Offset the cost Of in
staling proper safety appliances and
methods Workmens conversation is
destined to very great degree to
save eXpensg TO the people of the com.
monWealth of Pennsylvania by elimi-
mating tens Of thousands of costly in
dustrial accidents
The price Of injuries to workers has
always been paid financially by the
whole people OF the nmonwcalth
Every activity and every campaign fog
safety first is potent influence against
| increasing cost of commodities ana an
increasing cost Of living for the whole
! people Of this state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
SHE ASKED FOR CANDoR.
And Now Tie Wonders What Would
Have Happened Had She Got It.

And Now lie Wonders What Would
Have Happened Had She Got 1t.
A woman with birthday in sight
spoke earnestly to three men who We're
her friends.
Tomorrow will be another birthday
for me-" she said Il know the fresh
ness of my youth has departed but l
should like to know just how old l ap-
pear in the eyes of the world. Tell
me, my dear friends, if you were look.
ing on me for the first time what
would be your impressions 2"
Said the first man glibly: ~ have
known you for several years, and you
appear the same as when | first saw
you. Your beauty is undimmed; your
charm is undiminished. If / did not
know otherwise | should say tomorrow
would be your twentieth birthday"
Said the second man more slowly: 81,
too, have known you for several years,
but it seems to me you have been IA
yored by time. Your beauty has rip
ened and deepened until now you, who
We're once lovely bud, are a lovelier
rose in bloom. ! should count tomor-
row as the beginning of your twenty
fifth year.
And your queried the woman of
the third man, who had been regarding
her with clear eyed frankness.
Between friends there should always
be truth" he replied grayely. Il ac-
knowledge your beauty and your charm
and both have been wonderfully pre-
served in a semblance of youth. But
you ask for candor and you shall have
1t. Looking at you closely, | should
not expect you to see thirty after to-
morrow"
The woman faced the three men who
were her friends. and her eyes were
cleaning While her cheeks pink turn
cd to crimson. She pointed an accus
ing finger
You have lied She said tremulous
", "and you also But | viii forgive
you both because YOU lied 10 please me-
But you she Whirlel toward the last
spealler-''you are h8rbarous egotist
You have wounded me in order to
maintain your oUn reputation for We
racity. Truth indeed. Your honesty
olfends me. We are no longer friends
Go-and quicklyr
'Whew. exclaimed the third man as
he strobe through the outer darkness
Il wonder what would have happened
to me if had really told her the
truth| Ella Randall Pearce in Life.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
To Fiuht Eioht Hour Law.

Several railroads have filed injunc-
ton suits against the Adamson eight
hour law Since the law was passed
many of the highest paid lawyers in
the United States have been studying
the law in a search for something un-
constitutional in it. The plea Of con
f1scation, it was said, would not be eff
fective in a suit brought before the law
was put into operation, and so the in
junction suits viii be largely based
upon the allegation that the law VIC
,ates the fifth amendment to the con
stitution in that it affects the making
of contracts for labor between the rail
roads and their employees and that II
is not proper regulation of interstate
commerce. If the injunction actions
fail suits of another nature may be
brought after the Adamson law goes
into effect on Jan. l.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24

In many parts of Great Britain the
superstition still survives that it Is
folly to save drowning man, as he
viii sooner or later do an injury to the
rescuer. The superstition comes down
from our ancestors, vet traces of it ex-
list among the Sioux aud other Indians,
who seem to have inherited 1t from
aboriginal sources. The belief IS most
prevalent in Cornwall and various parts
Of Scotland
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
Industrial Safety Conaress.

The state Industrial commission has
invited employers and workers to take
part in the industrial safety congress
OF New York state TO be held at Syra-
cuse Dec II, -, 13 and IA Addresses
will be delivered at the morning and
afternoon sessions of the congress by
experts on fire prevention, factory san
itation safeguarding of machinery and
other factors entering into Industrial
safety, to be followed by open discus
sions on each topic. Included in the
list of topics are DUTY of Workers In
Cooperating With Safety Organiza-
tions," DUTY Of Employers In Proven
tion of Accidents" ATTITUDE of New
York States Organized Industry To
ward the Safety Movement" "Classi-
fcation of Buildings and Materials as
Basis For Safety Requirements"
Guarding of Fixed Machines, Fac
tory Conditions and the Shop Commit
tee" practical Benefits Derived From
Safety Organization" and Factory
Lighting, Heating and Ventilation"
| Illustrated lectures by the National
Safety council and American Museum
of Safety will furnish the evening fea.
| lures.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION

Weakness of Many Locals Due to In
difference of Its Members-The Man
Who Has No Faith In Brotherhood
to Which He Belongs Is Potentially
Traitor to It-Work For the Union.
Typographical union of Richmond.
Va, recently celebrated It's fftieth an
ntyersary with a banquet. \ brochure
issued in connection with the banquet
contained, among other things, some
special articles of interest to all union
men. One of these, written by Doug
las Freeman, an honorary member, IS
splendid argument why union men
should take the deepest interest In
their organization. 1t follows:
A trade union is like a bank. If you
expect to get anything from 1t you
must put something into it. No union
can honor the drafts of member on
its support, its confidence and its moral
backing unless that member gives to
the union his support, his confidence
and his moral backing The union run
on any other principle goes bankrupt
The blindness of many men to these
elementary principles accounts for the
weakness of many locals and for the
Indifference of many who are or have
been nominally union men These men
want to reverse all the laws Of nature
and of business-to keep getting for
ever and to give never. They want the
union to stand by them in their de
mands, to assist them in sickness and
to defend them in difficulties. and when
the union fails to do this they never
stop to ask whether they are entitled
from what they have put into the union
to the help they ask at its hands.
If you wish the maximum return on
your investment in organized labor
choose that investment wisely in all its
parts Give it your financial help-not
grudgingly when your card is due, but
gladly and generously when 1t must
make a special appeal. Give it your
moral support-not as though It's Off
GERS were seeking to take unfair ad-
vantage of their position, but freely
and frankly, as fellow craftsmen Give
it your constant encouragement
merely on the floor of the local, but In
your shop and among nonunion men
The poorest advertising organized labor
gets is from its disaffected members.
Give your union your presence and
your counsel-not alone when the dele
gates to the convention are chosen or
the little 'plums" are awarded, but in
the transaction Of all its business
Give the union the same loyal faith
you give your wife or your church, re-
memberlng that to some men you are a
mirror of organized labor and that
labor will be judged by you. The man
who has not faith in brotherhood to
which he belongs is potentially q trail
tor to 1t.
Make this sort of an investment and
expect to get from it-what? Good in
terest on your money? Protection in
sickness or old age? Relief in dis
tress? You viii get these things and
something more, something better
something bigger If you are the right
kind of n union man you viii get from
it the consciousness that YOU are an
integral part of Il great constructive
agency. You will gather strength from
number, inspiration from service con
fldence from faith. You viii be Il work
man whose manhood is not subordinate
ed to his work Typographical Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
LABOR GOSSIP.

The Laundry Workers International
Hnion has a membership Of 4,300 In
eighty locals
Joaneymcn tailors of Milwaukee re
Gently received an increase of 20 per
cent in wages.
Wood caryers Of New York city re
Gently received a reduction in hours
and a wage Increase.
International Union Of Lace Opera
tives have eighteen local unions, with
a combined membership Of 1852.
The eight hour worklay is no longer
a debatable question or as the railroad
men have expressed it. the demand
for eight hours Is not matter for ar
bitration.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
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NOTES or INDUSTRY.


Twenty-Five states now have public
employment Offices.
Contracts made by the Canadian gov
ernment contain fair wages clause.
Organized labor at Seattle, Wash,
plans to establish a trade union bank.
Printers Of Bozeman, Mont, have re-
ceiyed an advance in wages of $15o
per week
At Hamilton, O., the building inspec-
tor street commissioner and chief OF
police are all union men
Almost 20 per cent of tuberculosis
among workers is due to occupational
hazards and working conditions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
AIMS AND IDEALS
OF LABOR UNIONS
Worker Wants Larger Share of
Wealth He Produces,
FORCES He MUST FIGHT

To Secure His Rights the Workingman
Must Antagonize Employers Self
Interest and Control immigration.
Child Labor Must Be Crushed and
Employment of Women Safeauarded.
The labor union not only emphasizes
higher money wages for the working
classes, but 1t seeks also to secure for
them better homes mot merely better
housesl, lower prices for the commodi.
ties they consume (as through co opera
tive establishments and by opposition
to company storesl, more opportuni-
ties for their children In the school
houses, better clothes and food for
their wives and children, greater safe
guards against injury and death in
hazardous employments, insurance and
relief benefits, fewer hours Of work
and innumerable other rights" which
they do not now enjoy and which will
ever be denied to them If they them
selves do not control, through the labor
union, the forces which are constantly
at work to bring about low wages and
adverse conditions of employment.
writes Frank Julian Warne III the
Philadelphia Ledger
All these and other objects of the
labor union have to do with the work
ingman more as a man than as a pro
ducer of labor as a social animal rath-
er than a tabor producing machine
To secure these and like rights" to
the workingman the labor union must
direct it's efforts and strength against
all those industrial and social forces
which prevent and oppose their acqul-
sition and retention
1t must autagonize the cupidity and
self interest Of particular employers.
1t must break down without pity and
without mercy to individuals those
barriers Of class prejudice and distinc-
tion which would reserve the pursuit
Of happiness to d small number; ii
must effectively control immigration as
1t enters our great industries because
Of It's tendency to lower the standard
Of living of American worElugmen; it
must oppose the too rapid Introduction
a
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- i'''' y u'''i ~ ul''', i''ii9 leii's - ie
- 49,. IT, p = . 'l,'s' J. ~ ~ LII, III,
,1 a...e,,,l. -I'.'.,.. 90 :
1t must regulate apprenticeship and
10 IaI,nr ,,ni1n ,,,,s4 .a,.t,., - ~
roct .eroo+ onona,ntn o.a ....fal feroas
ie a. a. - ..ayo So. ,,,,,.,l.,.rs fr.,,, g.
dustriaI sor,itldo SECOND univ IN dag.
radiation to oc+,,ol slavery
In substance labor lntonism declares
that the welfare Of the wage Garner
does NOT ppressarjlv involve the over
throw but merely the modification Of
our present cauitaljstic system of tbe
production ana distribution Of wealth
This II would bring about largely
tbronob collective barqafninq = Inv
means of ioint conferences batvaan
representatives Of emplovers and em-
nlovaes FOR determining wages ana
conditions of employment ont Of
these conferences comes tha trade
agreement This rroda opraamant ii
the labor uniouiSts. reulv to socialism
Today through tho Iabor unfon de-
mocracv Is attacl.jno mo industrial
state. ts damondi,o tbat tho nrodrc.
tion ana dfstrlbp+ion of waal+b sbon
also ho hosa1 IN tho nrinoinla !, tho
common rood This Is What Is meant
hv "tba eouara laal hy onnoeition ~
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
WIZ Moi Annreoiatad.

Stubbs was feeling his way to the
kitchen stove in the dark when he fell
over the coal scuttle.
ooh, John, called Mrs Stubs
sweetly, Il know what you need. You
should get what they have on battle
ships"
whats that?' growled Stubbs as he
rubbed his shins.
"Why, a range finder"
And what Stubbs said about wo-
mans wit was plenty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24

willie, do you like your teacher
NAV! She's an old crab.
willie, how dare you speak about
your teacher that way? Don't you
know that is disrespectful?"
"Whats wrong with it? Isn't that
what you tell nsa your boss isT-De,
troit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
Old Trinity

Old Trinity, as it is familiarly known
at Wall street and Broadway in New
York, is not so old as churches 20, The
first Trinity was erected ON the site in
1897 and burned in 1776 Ana the sec
ond became unsafe in 1876 when il
was demolished and the present church
built-New York World.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24

@ The railroads in their protest 6
@ ing against the eight hour day, .
@ stating that 1t would ruin them, G
@ are doing so in bad grace and 9
@ without good cause, when the g
g interstate commerce commission &
@ reports that the railroads net &
@ operating income has increased .
@ over 45 per cent and the eight &
q hour day would not increase the .
@ operating expenses one-quarter
9 of that amount. The plea Of .
Q poverty Is not tenable in this .
o case {
@ z
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
Fame.

Fame is easily acquired. All you
have to do is to be in the right place
at the right time and do the right thing
In the right way-and then advertise 1t
properly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
HoLLdaY Perlod Extended.

The long agitation to increase the
holiday privileges Of government clerks
in Washington has resulted in the de-
cision to issue an executive order al
lowing the Saturday afternoon holiday
during the entire year
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24

Dasha You have splendid look
Ing clothes, old man. Who Is your
tailor? Cleverton He's the first man
you see as YOU go out.-Life.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-24
THE SHORTER DAY.

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Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-11
NORWICH RIFLE CLUB.

The local club has received a cir cular from the war department. stat ing that the National Gallery Com petition will be held the second week in April and it is probable that the local club will be represented.
 In the coming match with the Con- necticut State College Varsity team the shooting will be done on the 5O- foot range, each member shooting 20 shots prone. The fact that the club will shoot on the 5O-foot and not the 75-foot range is reassuring to the members of the club, as the 75-foot range proved the undoing of the local club in their match with Meriden.
 Some of the members of the local club have shot against the college boys and realize that they have a difficult proposition before them. The college boys invaded Norwich three years ago and put up the highest amateur score ever shot at that time in this state.
 The team was explained by Charles Palmer, who is at the present a mem- Der of the local club. They competed against the team explained by Louis Ortman
 In the Meriden contest Tuesday night Allyn M. Brand was high man of the local club with F. Glossnack of Meriden high man of the match. The match with Connecticut State is scheduled for March 13, at O. clock.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-11

es of British industry"
 Tho three chief recommendation of the committee arc:
 Tarir protection for manufacturers of certain articles,
 Widely spread, reasonable impor duties.
 Tho establishment of . Ministry ef Commerce,
 The body of the report consists Of a summary, with comments, of the ya- rloua suggestions made to the commit teo by representative firms and trade associations interested in the trades covered by the Inquiry, most of these suggestions being embodied In more or less modified forms In the recom- mendRtIona of the committee, All oth. CT proposals, however, the committee says, were regarded as of secondary importance in comparison with the question of tariff protection after the cessation of the war, Practically all the representative firmsan daAsocia- tions consulted asked for a measure
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-11
ACCEPT INVITATION FROM
 WESTERLY ODD FELLOWS.
Members of Hugh oogood Lodge Will
 Make Trip in Special Car.

The regular business meeting of Loyal Hugh H. Os~ood lodge, T. o. O.. F., NJ. U., was held in Cermaaia hall Friday evening with Noble Grand Fred Knowles in the chair. Three can- didates were initiated and one appli- cation was received. The lodse re. ceived and accepted an invitation from Pride of New England lodge of Westerly to attend a get-togeSher meeting in Westerly. The lodge vot- ed to charter a special car for the trip and appointed a committee com- prising Brothers Crooks, wharmDy and Wooley to act in conjunction with a committee from Samaritan lodge of Baltic in perfectlng the arrangements.
 Visiting brothers were present from Baltic at the meeting and were heard in remarks for the good of the order. several of the local members are an- tlcipaung a trip to the grand lodge meeting which is to be held in Bridge port. The finals in the card tourna- ment between the Baltic and Plainiield lodges will be played off in Hugh H. Osgood rooms on the first meeting night in April. The lodge meeting closed in regular form.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-11
MISS CATHERINE cRocKER
 READ INTERESTING PAPER
At Monthly Meeting of Parish House Association in the osgood Memor- f7I

The regular monthly meeting of the Parish House association was held in the Osgood Memorial on Friday af- ternoon. There were over thirty pres ent and an attractive program was conducted by the president. Mrs. A. N. H. Vaughn. After the report of the Marian Kimbal1 favored with the song, When Your Dear Hands, by La Forge, and as encore. To a Violet. by the same composer. Miss Florine Sco1eld accompanied. Miss Catharine Crocker read an entertaining paper Experiences of an American Resident in Paris. which gave the daily life more especially of five years residence there in the American colony House. keeping in an apartment near the Louxembourg was described and the various social events which are a part of the Americans life. She also told of study in the university, the beau ties of the city and visits to several parts of it
 At the close questions were asked which brought out more of the cus- toms and life of the French people es- pecially their way of conducting fu- nerals and weddings.
 Miss Kimball gave two other pretty songs, O Fair, O Sweet and Holy. by Otto Cantor, and I Kissed My Love, by Fogel.
 Refreshments were served by the so- c1al committee, Mrs. Zebulon N. Rob- bins, chairman. Mrs Neville Blicu, Mrs. John E. Vaughn and Mrs. Her. bert R. Branche.