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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-16
THE PUBLIC FORUM

HE PUBklC FOkOM'
ALESSoN FOR BoYS.-My beau
tifuI 18-year-old boy lies dead in the
next room. Oh, God, how sweet and
calm he rests there, with his gold
brown curls on his broad brow.
am a mother with a true moth
er's love for all fine boys in this big
world, and that is why in this-the
saddest hour of my Iife-I want to
tell you boys about my John.
About year ago he was taken
with occasional dizzy spells. Then
his heart began to f1Utter. He
coughed a short, nervous, little
cough all the time. He grew restless,
cross, irritable. My boy, who had
been so kind and loving from his
babyhOod.
took him to physician, who ex-
amined him thoroughly and then told
him he had a tobacco heart and his
lungs were covered with a poison,
nicotine, from cigarettes. The ply
stefan said he was wrecking his con-
stitution and warned him against
cigarettes. John laughed and said
the doctor was crazy. From 100
pounds he sank to 103.
Last month he caught cold, and, in
his weakened condition, with his
poor, poisoned lungs, he had not the
strength nor vitality to fight it off,
Day by day he sank. Yesterday he
put his wasted arms around me and
whispered: Mother, when I get well
its good-by forever to cigarettes"
Last night he died-my beautiful
1S-year-old boy in the prime of his
youth. And, oh, how he loved to live.
This letter comes from a broken
hearted mother who hopes it will fall
into the hands of at least one boy
who will read it and understand it
B. II. w.
PHILANTHROPY OR DOLLARS,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-16

THE HoBo.-In The Day Book of
Dec. Z issue J. P. attacks the hobo.
1 would like to say few words in
behalf of the hobo.
I, like J. P, do not agree with
MaTkham's statement that they are
:''the scum of humanity" neither do
1 agree with ]. P. when he calls the
hobo an animal. The hobo is a hui
man being, not an animal. Evident
ly J. P. is judging the hobo by him
self.
In the first place, what is a hobo?
A hobo is an itinerant worker, a man
who travels from place to place and
works. Some are skilled artisans,
others are Unskilled and come under
the heading of Unskilled labor.
AS to the cause of hObOes, 1 would
not say society caused the hobo.
There are many answers to why is
a .hObo?" Some are hOboes because
Of a desire to travel or wanderlUst.
Others are hoboes because economic
conditions cause them to seek else
where for a livelihood. Some are
men who have made mistakes and
have to keep moving for their health.
1 am sure the hobo exists on a
higher plane than the bum who stays
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-16

swell their bank accounts. More
glory and power to them! Let the
good work go on! immigration has
come to a halt; more jobs than men.
DR.. OsIer's "chlOroform theory
has got a black eye. No use, you
can't beat the almighty S. Bunk and
then more bunk. l suppose if Jesus
were on earth they might very gen
erOusly let him work.
Somebody will say I am a sore
head. always look for the joker.
1t is the 5 all the time. Greed, and
don't forget it.
Bear in mind, I don't condemn
good action when it is meant for
such as the many good people that
make up a grand old country. But
why worry? It takes good and bad
people to make the wheels go around
and the only remedy is to keep your
eyes open and don't sleep at the
SWITCH. n.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-16

PHILANTHROPY OR DOLLARS.
I see the papers have got a lot to say
about the age limit. They are final
ly awake to the fact that workmen
are getting scarce and have very
generously agreed to give the man
over As years old chance to help
Evening journal., 1916-07-25
5 Senators and Delegation Ask Senate For 9

Continued First
Deleen and thus 10000 men
employed in making military powders employed IN
ea"are New Jersey and Maryland the Offering explosives
the European hegrents pound they nave NOT
placed contract with the DUPONT January Mr. Gray as
serted and to the increasing price materials added TINS excessive
war revenue tax he said the might well cut its own throat as
to try continue making the European warning nations
Judge g. Rheuby Richards appeared as cun-
sci for the Hercules Powder Wilmington hed an eoorae
memorandum of sixteen PRINTED with the committee II was an asu-
mntate against cent tax ON gross receipts ana
Rheuy asounded his asserting that would mt the
It does the DUPONT Company as
Hercules stock Judge
Rheub conceive munitions and copper should be
per special gTaduaiOn their favor
materials should taxation entirely u'
the hill The filed by him will be found in its entirety ON
page H.
the most picturesque expressions in protest
made by Nrgnan who fore
the turning loose OF the
HOpeWe the bill in its present fern
William Martini secretary Of the Chamber OF
and he realizes fully the vast benefits the
duPOn has to his community.
the DUPONT Company being piered by this bill
Thomas sat and took notice. and
smiled the he expressed the protest Of people in his southern
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
Would Amend Factory Laws.

Albany, Feb. 25- Senator Wag-
ner has introduced an amendment
to the state labor laws which will
deny employers the right of court
review of decisions of the state in
dustrial commission, increasing the
penalty for locking doors in fac
tories and more definitely fixing re-
sponsibility for enforcement of laws
upon the whole commission. AS
the law now reads a factory owner
who has been ordered to improve
his property may go to the courts
and delay enforcement.
Another amendmen increases the
penalty for violation of the law
requiring factory exits to be un-
locked Senator Wagner says that
of all the fires which have occurred
during the past few years where
there has been loss of life, moth
ing has contributed SO much to the
loss of life as locked exits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
Why Sailors DO Not Sail.

Vancouver, British, Coluubia.
Feb Is "A local newspaper be-
means the fact that it is a problem
to find sailors for Canadian vessels.
Business Agent Burns Of the Sail
o-s' union makes this reply in the
British Columbia Federationist
1T is the same problem that con-
fronts every maritime nation today
The white man is leaving the sea,
and his place is being taken by the
Oriental
Why Because the sailor no
longer wishes to be slave. He
wants to be as his fellow men
ashore, free to quit his job if he
does not like it, to be able to earn
"a wage that will keep him in the
.necessaries of life, and to have a
decent place to live in.
Any seamen will tell you which
he would sooner go ir, sail or
steam. The answer would usually
b. steam. His wages are usually
a little higher and the work little
easier. Ii is usually through force
of circumstances that they go in
sailing ships and be stays no longer
than he can help
We have sailors homes and
churches and everything else to
look after his spiritual welfare, but
nothing is ever thought Of for his
comfort while on earth. Give the
sailor the same freedom as his fel
low men enjoys
''The United States has taken
the first step in that direction, by
passing and placing on the statute
books law declaring all men who
sail on United States ships free
men and giving them better ac
comodation, better food and many
other Improvements. The results
will not be noticeable for few
years, but when it does, it will be
seen that better class Of men will
man their ships, either sail or steam
Canada can do no other than
follow the example set by the Uni
ted States, if she wishes to have a
merchant marine. Make the sail
'rs free man, and the problem of
where to find sailors will not exist
or long
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
Fay0rS Eight Hours Day.

Denver, Feb. 25 In the Indus
trial Bulletin, published by The
Colorado Fuel and Iron company,
is printed President Wslborn's ex-
planation Of the Rockefeller un-
ion idea. The coal executive
writes:
The plan specifically provides
that every employe snail have the
right Of ultimate appeal TO the pre-
sident of the company concerning
any condition or treatment to which
he may be Subjected al d which he
may deem unfair; though before
presenting any grievance to the
president, the president $ industrial
representative, or other hig er Of
dcers OF the company, employees
are first expected to first seek to
nave their differences or the condi-
tons complained about adjusted in
p son or through their representa-
tives, with The mine supsrinten-
dent
The differences between this plan
aad trade uni0nism is.
While trade uaionism always en-
.courages workers to protest it is
aware Of the fate Of employe who
become toe inslstent in their rights.
No trade union denies an indi.
vidaal member the right to enter
objection to mansger or other of
hcials agar St W rking conditions.
bat experience has proven this is
not q safe procedure, if the worker
values his job.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
The Difference

New York, Feb. 25 At an
eight hour agitation meeting, held
under the auspices of tie labor
forum, the following telegram was
received from Grand President Car
retson, Of the Order Of Railway
way Conductors.
The demand for an eight hour
day is not only ethically but biolo-
gically and socially well founded,
and in connection with the move
ment Of trains, is basic element Of
the widely heralded motto, safety
first. Interstate commerce com
mission statistics show for year
ended June 30, 261, 332 cases where
16 hours service were exceeded by
train and enginemep. Each case
involves five men, which means
that more than one half million
men were required to exceed 16
hours arduous duty in that year.
Five thousand were on duty 27
hours, and 800 were on duty 65
hours or more. The public has a
vital interest in this phase Of safe
" first.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
A Weather MYTH
The Idea That the Old Fashioned
Winter Was a Fury.
FAMOUS FRoSTS WERE RARE.

Records Show That Remarkable Snow
storms and Long Seasons of Hard
Freezing Were Not All the Rule,
Testimony of Pepys and Evelyn.
Perhaps the greatest of weather
myths is the legend of the old fash
ioned winter prolonged season
Of ice and snow which is supposed to
have held the land, in its grip every
year. So firmly has this idea been held
for many years that it came as a shock
when meteorologists first began to
delve into the records of the past and
prove it's inaccuracy.
There can be no doubt that Charles
Dickens, Washington Irving, agtists
who depicted winter scenes, and, In a
later era, the Christmas number and
the Christmas card are mainly respon-
sible for the belief that up to about
half a century ago the British winters
were always extremely severe.
Such records as we possess prove the
fallacy Of the idea. No records of the
weather were kept up to about fifty
or sixty years ago, so that we have to
rely on the statements of private dia-
ries and old family records, and there
fore it takes lot Of research to obtain
any data at all
In olden times no one troubled to
make note Of average weather, for
writing was an art possessed only by
few, and writing materials were hard
to obtain; hence it is that mention is
made only Of something unusual, some
abnormally mild winter or heavy fall
Of snow or prolonged frosts.
And when all is said there are com
paratively few of the latter, although
they were likely to be recorded, while
the milder ones would be passed over
A few years ago there were published
in France some notes concerning very
mild winters in early times Gregory
Of Tours tells us that 5S4 was excep-
tionally mild, as were the winters Of
808, 834, S44 and 1907, when influenza
was rife.
Another mild season occurred in
1929, when the birds are said to have
hatched their young by February,
while the weather journal of the Rev.
William Merle, which is in the Bod
leian library at Oxford, shows us that
during the middle of the fourteenth
century the weather was very much as
IT Is now and that mild winters were
not uncommon
There We're one or two mild winters
during the next hundred years, the
most notable one being that Of 1895,
when barley and corn We're in the ear
at the end of January. Writings or the
sixteenth century have similar taar@
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25

a DAY and it could be celebrated
without closing any factories or
business houses and it would be the
means of making a more prosper
Gus city on of Hamilton
1t appears that our city is two
over burdened with creoit, and q
large pr centage of people getting
credit never think of paying for
goods received unless they are
forced 10 do so. This not only
holds good with one class of people
bat all of thsm have got the habit
and something should be done to
regulate accounts at least once a
year
A day could be set aside for all
the people to pay their accounts,
or a part of them and then the
merchants should do likewise No
matter how good business appears
in this city there seems to De a
general complaint Of collections be
ing slow caused by the tightness of
money. Now that the factories are
again working full capacity aud
the laooring people are working
also, movement in this direction
should be started.
We are of the opinion that the
merchants could launch this move
ment, it may net do much good
but it is worth trying and we think
it will be a success. Many ac
counts can be settled by merely ex
changing bills aud then why LEI
them hang or and ON. Pay Up
Day" is the name, All that is nee
essarv is to set the date
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
X 8 It BK
Local Organizers and Bust
ness Agents.

Charles E. Vaughn, A. F. Of L.
Residence, 721 Buckeye Street
Home Phone 800 A.
Timothy Rowan, Internationa
Molders' Union, Residence, 939
Central Ave, Bell Phore 403 X.
VIM. w. Finfrock, Painters
Decorators and Paper Hangers
Union, No. 1876. Residence 308 S.
Second Street. Bell Phone 1896 L.
w. R. Smith, Paper Makers I'm
ion, Residence, Hotel DeArmond.
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners' Union, No. 637, Resi-
dence 107 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
756 L.
Thomas Welsh, Business Agent
Baitenders' Union, 524 So. 5th St.
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Polishers.
]. F. Eichorn, Bartenders, 7
Market street.
w. ]. Gregg, Hosting Engineers
Al w. Great Miami Boulevard.
VIM. Schneberger, Cigarmakers'
125 Samuel street.
George Richardson, Teamsters'
80 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone 541
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 25
N. Main street.
Geo. Lorah. Plumbers corner
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25

mony 70 ouer, rne one or Two eAevp-
tions only going to prove the rule be.
cause they aroused so much comment
Pepys and Evelyn come to our aid
from the middle to the end of the sey-
enteenth century and prove conclusive
ly that the old fashioned winter is
myth The dairies of these famous
writer's have been analyzed, and as a
result it is found that falls of snow
are mentioned only thirteen times over
nearly sixty years, while exceptionally
heavy storms are referred to only three
times.
In the same period there were but
six prolonged frosts, and apparently
only the famous one of 1884 and an
other a few years later were SC severe
as the modern ones of 1901 and 1895.
In January, 1861. Pepys comments on
the mild winter, and in December of
the following year he notes that he
awoke to find the roofs covered with
snow, which he had not seen for three
years.
Evelyn has the same story to tell
a few hard winters and many mild
ones. Such years were 1861 Dec.
20, Little appearance of winter as
yet" and 1923, Feb. 4 Hitherto
an exceedingly mild winter-an ex-
traordinalily dry and warm season,
without frost and like a new spring,
such as has not been known for many
years"
Here and there we come across ref
erences to the weather which are just
like the letters written to modern
newspapers informing readers that
''roses and primroses were in bloom in
my garden on Christmas day" Gil
bert Whites record of the weather be-
tween 1768 and 1898 helps to end the
myth, for the same number of years
at the present day would show pretty
much the same sort of weather, as
thirteen OF the Decembers were mild
and wet.
There were mild winters in the begin
ming Of the nineteenth century, as we'll
as one or two severe ones, so that we
may rest assured that the @old fash
ioned winter" was just like the new
fashioned ones.-Ernest G. Pulbrook
in London Family Herald.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
Stuck to His RuIe.

He had Just been discharged from
the service. owing TO wounds, and
thought to raise few pounds by writ
ing his "reminiscences Of twelve months
fighting. Having completed the manu-
script while in hospital, he offered 1t
to a publisher for f100 1t was a very
small volume, and such price made
the publisher raise his eyes in surprise
and inquire the reasons for such de-
mand. MY dear sir. replied the au-
thor, 1T has been a point of honor
with me, as a soldier always to sell my
life as dearly as possible" London
Chronicle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
Work Is Not Steady In Garment
Industry.

Washington, Feb. 25 In re
port just issued by the bureau of
statistics, United States Depart
ment of Labor, It is shown that the
problem of irregularity of employ
meut in the women sready- to- wear
industries seems to be quite as
acute as ever, in spite of the elm
ination of excessive overtime, the
shortening of the regular hours of
labor and the raising Of vases. 1t
Is stated that shorter hours, better
treatment and better weekly pay
have not been accompanied by a
lengthening of working time in this
seasonal trade, and that employers
have paid no attention to the fact.
The bureau Study is based upon
data secured from employers pay
rolls showing the actual amount Of
wages paid from week to week for
a period of 81 consecutive weeks.
New YORK, Chicago, Cleveland and
Boston, four of the FIVE leading
centers in this industry, were COW
cred. In these four cities 500
shops, representing about $50, 900
employees, and II groups of manu-
facturers, were investigated. In
one of the industries, one-tenth of
the employees had work for less than
10 weeks and less than one tenth
OF these actually employed during
the year had work for as much as
40 weeks.
In spite Of this extreme irreg1,
ilritY, continues the report, "the
matter of regularization of employ
ment has, SO far, received but scant
attention from manufacturers or
their organization. Mary indlvid-
ual employers, when first inter
viewed, We're apparently unaware
Of the extreme irregularity of their
pay rolls, and stated that for the
most part their business showed
very little irregulsrity in the course
OF year, and that generally speak
ing employment in the garment
trades is as regular as it could pos
sibly be under the existing circum-
stances.
TIE bureau believes that consid
cradle relief from unemployment
can be secured by the systematic
"devotaihng" OF occupatiors in
some Of the allied branches of the
trades, and cities the experience of
the individual manufacturer to
support this position.
"Dovetailing consists in utiliz
ing employees during the dull sea
son for the manufacture Of gar.
ments Of a similar variety than
the line ordinarily produced, and
which the garment worker could
easily adjust himself to at short
notice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
Drivers Sweep ST. Louis.

St. Louis, Mo. Feb. % But one
dairy company in this city is non
union. The Milk Wagon Drivers
union, about mouth ago, called a
strike in one of the concerns, and
after short suspension of work
secured an agreement and wage in
cteases. The drivers continued
their campaign and now only one
plant remains outside the fold.
The union has secured increases
that total about $1,000 year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
Win Free Text Books Fight.

Nast vile, Tenn, Feb 25 The
trade union movement has won lis
fight for the continuance Of the free
text book system, which has been
in force during the past several
years BY a close vote the board
of education adj pied a resolution
requesting the city commissioners
10 set aside sufficient money 10 sup
ply all children in the grammar
grades
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
WORLD OF LAbOR

A committee appointed by the
Michigan State Federation of La
Dor is considering changes in the
State compensation law. Meetings
have been held in Detroit and in
Lansing and 1t has been decided
to recommend that the waiting time
be reduced before benefits are paid
and increasing compensation rates.
While the committee will favor ask
ing the Legislature for these chang
es, it is believed that the referen
dun will have to be finally invoked
The newly formed Machinists'
Union Of West6eld, Mass, has ac
cepted the compromise offer of the
Westheld Manufacturing company
and about $50 employees will receive
a wage increase OF 10 per cen, time
and one bali for overtime, double
time for Sundays and holidays, un-
ion recognition through shop com
mittees. The men asked for eight
hours, and it is stated that this
question will be considered by the
management at the close of the
company 5 fiscal year, August 81.
The State Supreme Court of
Idaho has declared the unemploy-
ment law unconstitutional This
law was passed by the last State
Legislature and provided that coun
ty commissioners, when requested,
should furnish employment, to any
one out Of work. The commits
sioners Of Boise were defendants in
the suit They pleaded that there
were no funds available for the EN-
pioyment of laborers, that the
has no work, and that efii
cient work requires tool, machinery
ana supplies. Supporters Of the
law insisted that the commissioners
should devise ways to carry out
the plain intent Of the law. The
act was the FIRST OF it's kind passed
by any State
Isn't there something wrong
with our democracy-6rst slaveYy
and then the cruel labor of 1000, GOO
?" asked DR.. Felix Adler,
in a recent address on Dangers to-
Children iii a Dem 3cratic Environ
nent. There are S95, 600 chill
dren between 10 and 13 years OIL
age in gainfuI occupations in the
United States. There are more
than 900 900 between II and is.
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.5 : 81
1''1 ="
: ae Iecent convention q the
o"teo Mime WORKERS q Amer'cl
Pisaseo us unanimous approval Of
proceeding against
Feaer 7 Judge Dayton In the
'asl Congress REPRESENTATIVE Nicely
o' " es1 NlTgil "a started impeach-
II 3 on. WLlCFk lIICl1EGEt lf.EETITlg
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
viii Organize MaChiniStS.

Boston Feb. Representatives
of the Machinists' union have
started a 10-weeks' organizing cam
paign among these workers in
Rhode Island and Connecticut
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25

AL THROUGH the year we have
all kinds Of days, New Years Day,
Christmas Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day Dollar Day and many
Others too numerous 70 mention
There is one more day that can be
s. aside and il would be a good
one TOO, and thai Is Pay ZIP pa"
II would BE the day saa all would
look forward and welcome IL
with open arms There are many
reasons why re should have such
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25
Carpenters Make Gains.

Indianapolis, Feb. 25.-Secre-
tary Duffy of the Brotherhood of
Carpenters and LINERS reports that
unions have been formed at the fol-
lowing places during the past
month: Hyde Park and Fall River
Mass, Westbrook and Camden,
Maine; Bend, Ore, and Thetford
Mines, Quebec.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-25

SENATOR Pomerene is quoted as
having grave doubts IS So the Con
stitutionaiiry ot The national Keat-
ing Owens Child Labor Bill now
pending in the Senate Il is la
Dor measure and the Senator is all
ways ia doubt on such measures
viii honest laboring men have
doubts as to the Senator 5 re-
election