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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28
To the Members Of the Executive
Board of the Ohio State FEEDER.
alton Of Labor.

jected t. night schools for these
people, ignorant of our standard of
civilization aud of ctr laws, illus
tration of which is shown that out
of population of betwes nine and
ten thousand, there are only 421
voters and eleven hundred children
in the schools, only nine of which
are in the high schools, 70 in the
eighth grade, 10 in the seventh, 80
Ia the sixth, 81 in the fifth, 153 in
tn. fourth and 825 In the first,
second and third, this in itself tells
the story of what caused rioting,
when after years of exploitation,
both III and out of the mills, these
men struck as their only means Of
protest against the inhuman meth
DDS forced upon them through their
ignorance and complete economic
control by the companies. Forced
to work twelve hours a day and
seven days week, progress for ad
vancement for the masses of those
people either socially, educational
ly or morally is impossible, even If
facilities were afforded them for
these purposes, as human beings
completely worn out in body and
mind with the only perspective con-
fronting them of eat, sleep, and
slave, could not grasp the common-
est fundamentals fer advancement,
even if in a mood to try, which
would be unlikely considering their
conditions and treatment.
So let us lay the blame where it
rightfully belongs, upon the great
steamship compa,ies and trusts
who through advertisement and
agents hold cut milk and honey
conditions to these people in their
native lands Ia order to entice them
to this country for the purpose of
exploitation and lowering the wage
and living standards of the Ameri-
can Workman.
That this is the object is plainly
evident in that the only real agency
the Labor Union, through which
they would become Americanized
aud taught respect and obedience
to our country and its laws is de-
MED through threat and action Of
depriving them of opportunity of
making a livelihood. But what
has happened at Youngstown may
happen all over this country, as
humanity, be it ever SO ignorant
and docile, comes to point where
it will rebel, as in the words of the
great humanitarian, Abraham Lin
coin Thank God we have a system
OF labor where there can be strike
Whalever the pressure there is a
point where the workingman may
stop"
Respectfully submitted,
John A. Voll, President,
Thos. ]. Donnelly, Secretary
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28

other locality as the work here has
all been completed. While In
Hamilton he made many friends
and they regretted very much to see
him leave.
While on his way from Rochester
to ST Louis, Ed. E. Baker o,gan-
zer for the Retail Clerks Union
stopped off for just ten minutes last
Friday. While here he visited his
friend George Wiseman, of the
Economy Shoe Store. Baker is at
present a candidate for President
of the International Retail Clerks'
Union. Here's hoping he wins.
The meeting of Hamilton Lodge,
No. 241, Tuesday night was large
ly attended. Only standing room
was left aud not much of that.
The machinists ale now taking an
interest in the organization.
v
Daily conferences are being held
by the officials of the molders and
the management of the Peerless
foundry. The strike in that shop
may be settled at any time.
U
The final touches for the Bar
tenders social session are being
placed. Arrangements supreme
that have been under construction
for some time are about completed.
The big time" occurs Sunday
February 9th, Trades Council hall
and every bartender in the city
must without fail be there. Plenty
of music, good speakers and several
other surprises have been recured.
If you miss this, you i pegret it.
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1t has been reported to this Of
fee today that eighteen of the gun
men at the East Hamilton Foundry
were canned Thursday morning af-
ter they refused to submit to a
search. The foreman it is said
wanted to search them after they
came into th~ shop and when they
baked they were canned.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28
penIzens of Another World.

Mrs Gayboy - Tom, the pastor Is
coming to make call this evening and
want you to treat him with proper
respect. Gayboy-SureI What do you
want me to do? Mrs. G.-Dont talk
about any of the things you are inter
ested in.-Boston Transcript
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28
Liked Variety.

Judge-No two of the witnesses tell
the same story. Lawyer-I arranged
it that way, your horror didn't want
the trial to be too monotonous for you.
Boston Transcript
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28
Gninn hnvun

Redd-He started out with q $4,000
automobile
Greenland what car is he using
now2
"a street car"-Yonkers Statesman
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28
Little Bits.

Mrs. Chas. Vaughn, Interna-
tional Vice President of the Won
ans Union Label League attended
the open meeting of the League in
Dayton last Tuesday night. While
there she met Miss Anna B. Fields,
International President of the or
ganization. Miss Fields comes from
Elmwood, Ind, one of the best or
ganized cities in the state.
The local Bartenders' Union have
taken the card out of Frank Ker-
bells place, the Farmers Hotel,
corner Front and Court streets.
The business agent reports that the
union bartender in that place was
confined to his home with sickness
and that Kerbel hired non. union
bartender in his place. The card
was then removed by the barten-
ders' business agent.
One of the incest dances given
this season was that of the Ameri-
can Can Mutual Aid Society in
Rentschler's hall last Friday night.
A large crowd of girls and boys
from the American were there and
stayed to the finish. Another oance
will be given in the near future and
it Is said larger crowd will be on
hand.
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Mr.. and Mrs. o. s. Rye were
Hamilton visitors last Sunday.
Mrs. Rye came down from Balti-
more, Md, to visit her husband In
Dayton and then decided to make
a trip to Hamilton to renew old ac-
quaintences. Ollie is now located
in Dayton where he is educating
the machinists how to get the eight
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28

However mean your life is, meet 1t
and live it, not shun 1t and call it bad
names-Thoreau
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28
BIRD RoosTs.
Safety First as 1t Is Practiced by the
Feathered Tribes

FtdlUETtU ITIUEo.
One of the best ways to prepare for
a long journey is to make a short one
So we find that many birds. before
they embark on their great air voyage
which is to take them from their sum
mer to their winter home. first make
daily trips between their sleeping quar-
ters and their feeding grounds
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28

visited nightly by many thousands oi
birds.-Frank M. Chapman in st. Mich
olas.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28
Respectfully submitted,
John A. Volt, President,
Thos. J. Donnelly, Secre::ar,

hour day with time and one half
f r overtime.
u
In our article referring to the
city council meeting last week we
should have stated that Henry
Brinker, member of Cigarmakers'
Union and a member of the new
city council offered the motion to
allow the delegates from the Cen
trail body a hearing. JOS Vidourek
seconded the motion of Brinker
and it carried. We stand correc-
ted.
II
Chas. Vaughn, was elected Fifth
Vice President of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor at a meeting
OF the Executive Board in Cleve-
land last Sunday. He was elected
to fill the vacancy of Tom Farrell
who resigned some time ago. We
want to congratulate Vaughn on
his new position and hope that he
will give it all the attention 1t de-
serves.
Frank Menchen former member
of Paper Makers Union was the
first man to contribute an hour S
pay to the Hatters' day collection.
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We are informed that some of
the men employed in some of the
factories are hoging the overtime
work After investigation we find
that they are not union machinists
who are doing it.
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M. J. Mcmahon, organizer fer
the International Association of
Machinists left the city few days
ago for Indianapolis, Ind, where
he and bis family will spend few
weeks. The International will
PROBABLY transfer Mcmahon to some
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-01-28

other locality as the work here has
all been completed. While In
Hamilton he made many friends
and they regretted very much to see
him leave.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
Metals and rne Future,

Our ancestors did not live, work and prosper in an industrial age. They were an agrarian people, living from the earth, producing only little mora than they consumed. Metals were to them as jewels are to us. A Roman soldier retained bis sword through life and transmitted it for use to his de scendants. The factory system, in which the labor element is a fraction in productivity compared with what capital produces through machinery, Is less than 100 years old. The United States consumes today about sixteen pounds of copper per capita per an- mum, while in the entire continent of Asia the consumption of copper is only a fraction of a pound per capita. This is because Asia is not slSf Sfndustrial country. It is in the position that the whole world was in a thousand years ago, and if Asia grows industrially the demand for copper and other met als will be such as to tax even the present resources of the world.-Wn- liam L. Saunders in Engineering Mag azine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
A aootchman's prsserewoe.

A 8ooecnmono trosofo0oos
 Lord Strathcona was fond of storiea of his Scottish countrymen. One that pleased hlm highly have heard him. often repeat, says Beckles Willson in "The Life of Lord Stsathcona and Mount Royal"
 A Scot was once boosting that Scotch apples were far better than the Cana dian variety.
 Really" exclaimed his friend. you can't mean thatr,
 q do mean it," was the response "But I must pfemeese that for my ain taste prefer them SCOT and hard"
 One story told of his native town delighted him, although he professed increduuty. The superintendent of the Torres Sabbath school had prepared q list of questions for the junior class name the strongest man. the wisest man, the meekest man. Only one child-a cynical little elf she was-an, swered correctly. Samson, Solomon, Noses" All the others wrote or print cd opposite the queries the name or the hero of their hearts-Lord Strath, coma. There might be stronger and wiser and meeker men, but the junior class was not acquainted vi 'em." \
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
One View of tho Study of Latin.

If one does not study things because they train the mind," why, then. should one study them? The answec is extraordinarily simple. One studies things because they serve a purpose. do not say, mark you, a useful pur- pose, but purpose-a valid purpose, q genuine purpose, not make believe purpose
 Mental discipline Is not a valid o1 genuine pUpose-it's make believe. Meanwhile the number of purposes, of genuine, valid purposes, Is simply in- finite. Learning to read Vergil is, of course, just as valid a purpose as learn ing to play a symphony or learning to bake pumpkin pie The test is, how ever, not, Did the stud,zt ge4-mental discipline? but Gan he read and en- joy Vergfl? Can he p1SS the symphony? :? Will some one eat the pie?
 And because people rarely care to read Verg1l, because almost none of the thousands who study Latin eyer can or do nead Vergil, therefore, in so far as they are concerned, studying Latin has no purpose and cannot be defended as mental discip1ine.-Abra- ham F1exner in Atlantic Monthly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
The oId General Muster.

Under the old militia system that prevailed about seventy years ago the states were divided into districts, each one having a company to which all men of soldier age were required to belong and give few days each year to military drill.
 Every year there would be "gen- eral muster" at which the various com 2anies would gather and under the command of plumed and bespangled officer would perform the various evo- lutions and go through the manual of arms that would strike with awe the surrounding crowd of women and chil- dren gathered to witness the heroic displays of fathers and brothers.
 These general musters were great events in the times of our grandfa- thers. They were social as we'll as military and often adorned with feasts of warlike provender. In one of his speeches Tom Corwin told of a general muster in which the brave militiamen, with bayonet and sword, charged on a pile of watermelons and cut the red hearts out of the enemy.-Columbus Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
k.sn alunt sf .h. GuIL

There, Is perhaps no other bird of land or sea 50 keen of sight as the com mon gull To convince a skepticnl friend of this an American naturalist once made some interesting expert mentx Two men were passengers on a steamer making twenty miles an hour. A dozen gulls followed them in the steamers wake without apparent effort and circled in graceful curves over the water. Breaking a cracker biscuit into four parts, less than an inch square each, the naturalist hand ed one piece to his frlend and told him to drop 1t into the seething waters on the staEboard- err,
 1mRediateH the bit of bzscuit became 1nvista1le to hnlnzn eyes, and yet be- fore 1t had gone thirty yards astern a gull detected t and, dipping into the foam, secured it. Cne byssne 1t picked up the other bits of biscuit, though neither of the two men could see then. Tearing o& pose1ge stnAp frum an old envelope Ahe naturalist dropped 1t overheard The GuN detected the waif and made as if to pick it up But when within yard 70 of 1t the bird saw that 1t was inathing in his line and glided apward again to his /favorite station c0 . nne with the topmust oruck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
Our Growing Country.

We grow in these United States of ours at the rate of 4,433 folks a day. says the Country Gentleman. Think of it, ye descendants of the Maynower pilgrims enough new Americans ev- cry day to have crowded the passenger list of an armada of Mayfowers! And think of it also, ,ye raisers of dairy cattle and ye growers of foodstufrs- every week brings more than 5000 new mouths to feed! A few years hence our growth will be at the rate of 10000 a day. It will be as if little showers of hamlets and villages rained down constantly from the sky. These newcomers must all be fed and cloth cd. The farmer is the producer of the raw materials. He must follow close ly our growth, speculate on it, prepare for it by progressive measures. keep abreast of all the live things that are doing. If he does not he will be left at the post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
Tho Art of Optimism.

Live !n the active voice, intent on what you can do rather than on what happens to you; in the indicative mood, concerned with facts as they are rather than as they might be; in the present tense, concentrated on the duty in hand without regard for the past or worry about the future; in the first person, criticfsing yourself rather than conforming others; in the singular number, seeking the approval of your own conscience rather than popularity with the many. Whoever lives the life of such unseifsh devotion to the good of others and of all and lives it in the active voice, indicative mood, present tense, first person, singular number, is bound to find his life full and rich and glad and free-is bound, in other words, to be an optimist- William De Witt Hyde.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
Dents In Wood Furniture.

When wood is badly dented or scratched it is often a problem to know how to get rid of the marks. This is quite easy if the following plan, suggested by the Scientific Amer ican, is adopted. First of all fold a piece of plotting paper at least four times. then saturate with water, final ly allowing the superfuous moisture to drip away. Now heat f1atiron until it is about the warmth required for laundry work. Place, the damp blot ting paper over the dent and press firmly with the iron. AS soon as the paper dries examine the mark. It will then be found that the cavity has filled up to surprising extent. Where the dent is very deep a second or even
 third application on the lines indi- cated might be tried. Sooner or later even serious Impressions can be drawn up, and most people who shave not tried this plan will be surprised at the result of the treatment. Repolishing will clear away even the slight marks that might finally remain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
A Chinese Hero,

At Loping Hsien is statue draped in full dress of a mandarin Ghe pu ting or police mastery named Chin, who gave his life for the people. An exile who was in the camp at Jao' chow and who owed the hsien (district magistrate) grudge, rode black horse to Loping and, having killed the hsien, got back for, the Jaochow roll call next morning. As the murderer could not be found orders came from the capital that a large number of the people should be killed. To prevent this slaughter of innocent folk the pu ting, a good old man, said he stabbed the hsien after a few words over the wine cups, and he was consequently beheaded. No resident of the district would deal the fatal blow, but an itin- erant cobbler or bamboo worker did it for a reward of 40 taels. Tradition adds that he was struck dead by light ming after leaving the execution ground
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
Difference In CompIexions.

The difference in the complexions of people is due to the varying amounts of pigment or coloring materials in the cells of the skin. Very light peo- pie have very little pigment; very dark people, those with dark eyes and black hair, have a great deal of this coloring material in their cells. Asgreat many people are neither light nor very dark. They have less than the dark complex toned people and more than the light complexioned people. When the hair turns gray it is because the pigment has disappeared. As this is due to the loss of this coloring material, dark com plexioned people turn gray sooner than light complexioned people. The struc- ture of the skin showing how these cell are made in layers can be seen by examining the skin with a microscope.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
Water Birds.

Water birds, singular as it seems. are the only ones whose skins never by any chance get touched by water. So long as they are alive and long after they are dead they float with an air chamber all round their bodies, cunningly contrfved of waterproof feathers closely overlapping each oth- CT. Thus, fin a sense, water birds may be distinguished from all others by the fact that they never wash. though we can hardly blame them for that, because if water could penetrate be- tween their feathers the poor things would never be dry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
Quite Different.

A tenant of Lord Halkeston, a judge of the Scotch court of sessions, once waited on him with woeful counte- nance and said: "My lord, I income to inform your lordship of sad mis- fortune. My COW has 5gored one Of your iordshfp's COWS. and fear it can- not live" Well. then, of course you must pay for it. Indeed. my lord. it was not my fault, and you know l am but very poor man." T can't help that, The law says you must pay for it. I am not to lose my COW, am IT. "Well, my lord, if it must be so I cannot say more. But forgot what I was saying. It was my mistake en- tirely. I should have said it was your iordship's COW that gored mine." "Oh, is that it? That's quite a different af
 fair Go along and don't trouble me just now. am very busy, Be of, I say!p-knaeriean Law Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
MacauIay's Fifth Volume.

Macaulay lived to publish only four volumes of his History of England" {" coming down to 1898. But after his death his sister prepared from his notes a fifth volume, carrying forward the history to the death of William III. This volume is included in all the later editions of Macaulay's History of England" Macaulay's sister was Mrs. Trevelyan. the mother of Sir George Otto, Trevelyan. who has written a history of the American Revolution. She was greatly devoted to her broth CT, as he was devoted to her. She alone was able to decipher his hand writing and copied the manuscript of his four volumes for the press. Con- sequently she was the best equipped person to prepare the supplementary volume.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
csnfus and M.diocritx.

Cornei1Ie did not speak correctly the language of which he was such a mas. ter. DescArtes was silent in mixed society. Themistocies, when asked to play on a lute. said, "I cannot fiddle, but I can make little village into a great city," Addison was unable to converse in company. vergfl was heavy colloquially. La Fontaine was coarse and stupid when surrounded by men The Countess of Pembroke had been often heard to say of Chaucer that his silence was more agreeable to her than his conversation. Socrates, celebrated For his written orat1Ons, was so tf1nid that h never ventured to speak in public. Hence it has been remarked, "Me0ocraty can talk: it is for genius rts ebserve.r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
How Leaves Purif, Air.


 It has been calculated that a single tree Is able through its leaves to purify the air from the carbonic acid arising from the respiration Of considerable number of men, perhaps a dozen or even more. The volume of carbonic acid exhaled by human being in the course of twenty-fo1ir hours is put at about 100 gallons, but by Boussin- gault's estimate a single yard of leaf surface, counting both the upper and the under side of the leaves, can, in favorable cfrcumstances. decompose at least a gallon of carbonic acid a day One hundred square yards of leaf sur face then would suffice to keep the air pure for one man, but the leaves of tree of moderate size present a surface of many hundred square yards. All other forms of vegetable life act similarly in abstracting the noxious carbonic acid from the atmos- phere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
A Asenrx,e.a Man.


 A mnn without money Is a body with out soul, . walking ,deafh, a specter that frightens every one Ills counte- nance is s0rrowful and ks conversa- tion languishing and tedious. If be calls upon m acquaintance he never finds him at heme, and if he opens his pouth to speak he is interrupted every moment 50 that he may not have a chance to finish his discourse, which it is feared may end with his asking for money. He is avoided like a person infected with disease and is regarded as an incumbrance to the earth. Want wakes him up 1n the morning. and mis. cry accompanies him to bed at night The ladies discover that he is an awk. ward bocby. landlsrds believe that he lives upon air, and if he wants any thing from a traAesman he is asked for cash before delivery. = Bruno's W4ek7y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
Feat of . Baseball Pitcher.

Just one pitcher in the history of baseball-that is, hurler who was working in league of recognized standing and class-is credited with pitching two complete games in suc- cession wherein the opposing batsmen failed to register base hit. A big pitcher sailing under. the name of Gene Wright, who hurled for the Day ton club of the Western association back in 1901, on Sept. of that season pitched no hit, no run game against Columbus. He followed up this feat by turning the same trick against the Grand Rapids team on Sept. 4.-New York Sun.