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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
COMPOSITION ROOFING.
Contractors Employing Members of
Composition ROofers' Union.
.eese Bros. & Co., l6Oe Reading rd.

Breese Bros & Co., 1906 Reading rd.
Cincinnati Roofing Co., 610 Sycamore st.
John T. Dalton, 40l Mercantile Library Bldg.
B. T. Catch, 500 Madison ave., Covington, Ky.
Harkness & fowler Co., 1862, 1864 Providence
street.
Thorburn & Trunne, 1927 Walnut ST.
Singleton, Ruffner & Co, Eighth and Plum SITS.
r C.. Opp Son, 1919 Freeman ave.
II. w. Johns Manville Co., 654 Main st.
Witt & Brown. 315 w. Third st.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
PAINTING AND DECORATING.

Contractors Employing Union Paint
ers, Decorators, Paper Hang
ers and Sign Writer'S.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
KILL FELLOW.sERyANT RILL.

i'fated the fellow-servant measure even
after it had been amended to apply to
20 or more counties and to exempt 9TH
ers. The women's minimum wage bill,
which prohibited wages of less than So
a week, was also killed.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
CEMENT CONTRACTORS.
Employing Members of the Cement
Workers. Union.
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI.
Frank w. Folz & Co., Dayton and Freeman ave-
Chas. V: Maescher Co., GIT Reading rd
Marcus Building Co.
Huber, Jacob Co.
Ferro Construction Co.
Frank Hill Smith Construction Co.
Roach Bruner Co.
Ohio Building Co.
3. Gahl, of the N. C. C. Cement Co.
]. Glassmyer.
Edw Schinerr
Fred Meier, 2141 Reading rd.
z. Z. Lampkin, Grandin rd. and Crescent ave.
The Chas. Kuhl Artificial Stone Co., COL Hunt
street.
Dorman Doeble, 1868 Wilder ave-
II. c. Hagen, 2070 Reading road
The John. A. Jewell Son Co., Beekman and
Hopple.
Meinken, D., 912s Webster ave.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
GLAZING.
Contractors Employing Union
GlaZiers.

Cincinnati Plate Glass Co., 1Os w. Second st.
Glenny Glass Co., Wm., 1915 w. Commerce st.
Neuer Co., Dave. 1910 Main st.
Neuer Glass Co., H., 51s Reading rd
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., Court and Broadway.
Queen City Glazing Co., 944 Linn st.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21

ELECTRICAL SIGNS.
Federal Sign Co.
Novelty Sign Co.
Quehl Sign Co.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
ASBESTOS WORK.
Contractors Who Employ Union
Asbestos Workers.

Asbestos Supply and Mfg. Co., Ill w. Third St..
Armstrong Cork Co., Third and Main SITS.
Johns Manville, H. w. Co., of New York. 5o5
Provident Bank Bldg.
Keasbey Mattison Co., 62s Main st.
Kramg, R. E. & Co., Eighth and Eggleston ave.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21

Anchor Art Glass Co., 421 Elm st.
Cincinnati Art Glass Co.. 4so Oliver st.
Heckermann, F. w. & Co., Murdoch Building.
Riordan, 6. c. & Co.. Walnut ST., between Third
and Fourth.
Ruckel Art Glass Co., Pugh Bldg.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
CARPENTERS ADVANCE.

Allentown, Pa.-Organized carpenters
in this city and Bethlehem have secured
eight-hour agreements which provide for
substantial wage increases.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
supposed to be able to carry 10 or 12 men.
Anniversary of Church
 of Scotland Assembly

The first general assembly of the Church of Scotland was convened on this date, Dec. 20, 1560. Earlier in the same year the parliament had abolished the jurisdiction of the Pope in Scotland. During the same year John Knox composed the Presbyter- ian formulary of faith, which was ap- proved by the parliament and ratified seven years later. Presbyterianism became the established form of church government in Scotland in 16s6, by an act of the Scottish senate, and this was confirmed by the treaty of union with England in 1707. Within a decade after the first general assembly Pres byterianism spread to England, and the first meeting house of the denorn- nation in that country was built at Wadsworth, Surrey, in 1572. In fact. the church was opened just a few days before the death of John Knox. leader of the Reformation in Ccot- land. The general assembly consti- tutes the highest ecclesiastical court in Scotland, and hold annual sessions at Edinburgh.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
REPLACE BRONZE
 BELLS WITH STEEL

Copenhagen, Dec. 20.-A second re- quisition of church. bells has taken place in Austria to the sorrow of the Catholic population of that country, according to advices received here. A limited number of bells has been spar cd. thanks to the vigorous representa- tons of the Episcopal Church author ities. But the government came to the conclusion that further reQuisi- tioning was necessary. with the result that the church has had to sacrifice many more of it's familiar and cher ished bells to the never-satisfled Mo loch Of War.
 The idea Of substituting steel bells for bronze has not yet eventuated, ow- ing to the onerous conditions stipula- ted by bell manufacturers, who de- manded, among other things. that the price should be paid in foodstuffs for the workmen in the factories
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
CHANGE
 IN WAR CONDUCT
 IS AIM OF LABOR
Attitude of Next Conference Toward War and Peace Reflected in Advance Notices of Legis- lation to Be Advocated-Engineers to Ask for Heavy Levy on Swollen Fortunes + OOd Dis tribution Will Bear Sharp Criticism

London, Dec. 20.-British labor's attitude toward war and peace will be the chief subject of discussion at the 17th annual conference of the labor party beginning Jan. 23. Advance copies of the agenda, which have just been issued, contain important side lights on what, it Is believed, may prove to be a meeting of worldwide, if not revolutionary, consequences with regard to the relations between capital and labor.
 | Among the resolutions to be sub mitted is one by the British socialist party which says, in effect, that la bor's participation in the government has not resulted in any tangible bene- fits to the mass of the people. The resolution adds that neither has the association of the labor party with the government assured that the coming peace will be made by democracy rather than by capitalistic diploma cy." The document also refers to "the methods employed to remove MT. Henderson from the war cabinet when acting in perfect accord with the de- cision of the Labor party prove that participation in the government and fidelity to the labor movement are incompatible"
 It will therefore be urged by the Socialists that members of the Labor party now holding office be with drawn.
 | Regarding peace, the Independent Labor party will submit a resolution for discussion, which, in part, says:
 'fThat, in the opinion of this con- ference, the war marks the break down of the old method ofs diplomacy which settled the international rela- tions of the peoples without consult ing, or even informing them; but with statesmen, who have used victories to impose terms of peace which left suspicion, hate, and resentment be- hind, which were followed by military ornaments and alliances which vio- lated the principles of self govern ment in order to satisfy military de- mands and imperia1istic appetites; ii therefore calls upon the government if the sacrifices of the war have not been in vain, to provide for the direct representation of the organized dem l'ocracy in every conference which dis cusses the condition of peace, to re- lject war aims which gives the wal the character of an imperialistic ven- Lure, and to use it's influence and a1' thority in every possible way to re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20

move the causes of war; to this end the conference declares that no ob- stacle should be put in the way of re- sponsibIe representatives of labor conferring together with view to ar irving at such an understanding upon the problems of Europe, as will re- ceive the cooperative support of all the democracies, without which there can be no lasting peace." : Other resolutions to be submitted criticize the governments handling of food supplies and urge as remedy that distribution be made on a fam fly basis, "of share and share alike"
 Perhaps the most revolutionary of all resolutions is one by the Analga- mated Society of Engineers, which says, in part:
 '"This conference, recognizing that the present system of financing the war has resulted in giving to the rich not only excessive profits during the war, but also 8 constantly increasing claim upon the national income after the war in the form of interest, calls upon the government to impose at once a levy of 25 per cent, on the yJ to be levied on all persons in posses sion of more than 1000 pounds, to be followed by further levies for the purpose of exHnguishing the nation al debt, and compelling the rich classes to repay to the nation the wealth which they have acquired, not in return for service rendered but as the result of an unjust and vicious economic system"
 A second resolution by the same o. ganization advocates the complete standardization of shipping and trans port" as well as the following:
 State purchase and control of all essential raw materials and food stuffs.
 The fixing of maximum but not of minimum prices for all essential com modities, both for the government and for the civilian consumer 1.-The elimination of all unnecessary middlemen's profits.
 ''The full utilization by the. gov ernment of the resources of the CO., operative movement for the purposes of distribution.
 '"The complete abandonment of the policy of bounties and subsidies to capitalist producers and the substi- tuition of a system by which production is stimulated not by bounties but by increased state control of agriculture and industry"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
AN AIRSHIP OPERATED BY BEADS, BELLOWS
 AND LOADSTONES

From time immemoria1 man has enyied the birds in the air. and it IS not unlikely that lie had hardly learn ed to walk upright than he made at- ternpts to fly like the winged crea' lures above Just POI years ago today one such awkward attempt was made when Father Bartholomew Laurent, a Portuguese priest, essayed flight in "dirigible" which was perhaps the most ridiculous of all early attempts at navigation in the air. Father Laurent firmly believed that he had solved the problem that had baffed ingenuity for so long, and invited King John V. and his court to wit ness his flight. In spite of all efforts his machine would not leave the ground, for the inventive priest de- pended for motive power on sails, loadstones, bellows and beads.
 An English paper of the period contains the following account of the flying ship of the priestly inventor, translated from an address by Father Laurent to the Portuguese monarch:
 Father Bartholomew Laurent has found out an Invention, by the Help or WHICH one Hay hoIe sPeeully travel through the Air than any other way either by See or Land, so that one may go 200 miles in 24 hours. Merchants may have their Merchandise, and send Letters and Packets more conveniently. Places besieged may be Supply d with Accessories and Succours. More over, we may transport out of such places what we please, and the Enemy cannot hinder it. The Por- tuguese have discovered unknown countries bordering on the extremity of the Globe! And it will contribute
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
REPORT ON SUGAR SHORTAGE
 MADE PUBLIC BY EARL D0BABST
 OF AMERICAN SUGAR REFINERY

board.
 Very important in it's effect on the supply for America from Cuba was the proposal in June of the Senate Finance Committee to repeal the drawback of over one cent a pound on refined sugar sold abroad, and the placing of an excise tax of one-half cent a pound. When raw sugar is imported from Cuba or elsewhere, the refiner pays a duty on it. When the sugar is refined and exported the duty is paid back to the refiner It is call ed a drawback. If the duty were not thus refunded the refiner would have to add the amount of the duty to his price to the foreign customer. This would have the same effect as placing an export duty over one and half cents a pound on all refined sugar sold abroad. Neither his nor any oth- CT great commercial country imposes export taxes. because. they tend to dis courage foreign trade.
 When the Senate Finance Commit tee made these propositions the sugar industry urged that the higher prices to foreign customers would so disturb
 
 a troublesome situation for the Uni ted States. Seemingly to forestan the expected higher prices, foreign buy CTS went into the Cuba market and bought heavily, thus reducing the sup | ply available for America Our i'm ports from Cuba were about the same as in previous years, but so great was our consumption that these imports were not nearly enough. The propo- sition to repeal the drawback failed in the Senate three months later by 69 to II, but the damage had already been done. Cuba's extraordinary ship ments to Europe had reduced our available supply for the fall months by nearly 450,00Q,000 pounds. | The sugar shortage in the Eastern States will be relieved when the new Cuban crop begins to arrive in large volume, early in the new year. The report also explains the operation of the United States food administration as it affects sugar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20

Earl D. Babst, president of the American Sugar Refining company, has made public a report on the sugar shortage, which has just been sent to stockholders of the company.
 Tho report shows that with one third of the worlds sugar production within the present battle lines, Eng land, France and other foreign coun- tries have turned to Cuba and other sources which ordinarily supply the United States. It is also shown that Ethe immediate causes of the present shortage are increased consumption, too inadequate a supply and delayed N'Fsa Early in 1917 there were serious strikes in nearly all the Eastern re- fneries This caused public appre- hension. Sensational sugar famine stories began to appear in the papers later, and the public fears were still further excited by stories Of the de- struction of cane in the Cuba insur- rection. A desire by the trade to avoid excise taxes proposed in Con- gress added to the call. This demand I dulOHS O0dlSISs ~AAN sugar consumers continued all the year and was accompanied by hoard | ing.
 | A great midsummer canning and preserving campaign urged by the government, furthered by the trade, by the canning clubs, and women's s magazines, and by the press generally followed, so that by November the consumption was shown to be more than one thousand tons a day greater than the year before. It amounted to nearly nine hundred million pounds more than for the same period in 1916. So much for the demand.
 Now as to the supply and distrtbu- ton. Java had plenty of sugar, but it is so far that ships took other trade channels. The harvesting of both cane and beet crops in the United States was delayed, but, more 1mpor- tant, car shortages and traffic con- gestion prevented the free movement
 of these crops to the Atlantic sea,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
to their greater glory to be the oF Mach1nA

to their greater glory to be the Authors of so Admirable @ Machine, which so many Nations have in vain attempted. Many Misfortunes and Shipwrecks have happened for want of Maps, but by this Invention the Earth will be more easily measured than ever, besides, many other Ad- vantages worthy of your MaJestys Encouragement. But to prevent the many Disorders that may be occa- stoned by the Usefulness of this Ma chine. Care is to be taken that the Use and full Power over the same be committed to one Person only, to whom your Majesty will please give strict Command, that whoever snail presume to transgress the Orders herein mentioned shall be Severely punished. May it please your Ma iesty to grant your humble Pe- titioner the Privilege that no Person shall Presume to Use or make this Ship, without the express license Of the Petitioner, under the Penalty or the loss and Forfeiture of all his Lands and Goods, so that one half of the same may belong to the Pet- tioner, and the other to the h. former"
 An ancient print shows Father Laurent's fling ship" to have have the head of bird at the prov, and a stern somewhat like a birds tail, "to govern the ship, that she may not run at random" The snails were stretch ed from prov to stern. At each end was "a pair of bellows, which must
 be blown when there is no wind" At the bottom were two wings which keep the ship upright" In the body of the ship were two loadstones to
 draw the ship after them." Above the passengers was stretched a canopy, "on which are fastened a good number of large amber beads, which
 by a secret operation will help to
 keep the ship aloft" The ship was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
ERECT VILLAGE FOR
 DISABLED TROOPS

Lancaster, England, Dec. 2O.-The first industrial village for disabled soldiers and sailors Is to be construct ed here on a large estate given by Sir Thomas Storey. It is to be laid out with workshops, houses for married men and hostels or rraternal homes for others.
 There will be new church recrea- ton ground, garden, public park and the existing mansion will be used as & club house. There will also be ac- commodation for about 800 disabled men in the village.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
WOMEN AS CONDUCTORS

New York, Deo. 2o-Women acted as conductors on the surface car lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. to- day, taking the places of men who have joined the colora. Women have been employed as guards on subway trains for some time and the company is said to be satisfied with their work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
MEXICO CANCELS
 CORN CONTRACT

Mexico City, Dec. 20 - The food committee of the Industrial congress has cancelled a contract to purchase 100,0 bushels of corn in the United States on the ground that the product was unripe and would be unfit for consumption when received.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20

The people who don't think about their Christmas gifts until a day or two before the holiday, are usually the same ones who complain about the disa greeable Christmas rush.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20

times impossible to all but the most powerful steamships. The length of the tunnell will be six and a half miles. It will be operated by cleo tricity and will cost 14,00O,0OO ven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20

Mrs. Ida Raub, a sculptress, for merly the wife of Editor Max East man of the Masses of New York, re- ceived a suspended sentence in court after pleading guilty to disseminating birth control literature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20
JAPAN TO BUILD
 RAILWAY TUNNELL

Tokio, Dec. 20.-The government railway board has decided to tunnell the Shimonoseki Straits, the western outlet of the Inlanhd Sea, says an announcement. The tidal current through the straits is unusually rapid making navigation difficult and at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20

Shiploads of presents have arrived in France to make Christmas a. joy ous occasion for the soldiers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-20

A petition is being circulated on the New York Stock Exchange to have it closed on Monday, Dec. A.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-12-14

that dictation or of fighting to main
tain our right to sell and to buy wher-
we Night sell or buy to advant-
age. 1t is inconceivable that an
American citizen, regardless of his
material interests. could yield to such
dictation by a foreign power but on
the low plane of material interests
we had to fight Germany or cease
TO be a nation of prosperous pro-
ducers and become a nation Of Poems
to Prussian autocracy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-12-14

or seven cents a pound. Even with
the short wheat crop this year we
have something like 100 million bush
els more than we need for consump-
ton in the United States. 1t hap
pens that Europe needs not only that
100 millions but very much more, but
if we had accepted Germany's dicta-
ton and were to send only one ship
a week to Europe, that n hundred
million bushels above our W needs
would be a surplus which would carry
the price of wheat below the cost of
production.
The right to use the seas is the
right to buy and sell in the markets
of the world. To be denied that right
is to be compelled to live upon our
own esources. OF course we can
do that in this wonderful country
but we can prosper as a nation and
as individuals only by trading u
surplus of products for the surplus
products which other people have TO
sell. If, for instance, our farmers
could sell no more cotton or wheat
than is needed in this country many
farmers would be compelled to quit
raising cotton and wheat and would
use their lands for other farm pro-
ducts and thereby they would cause
a surplus production in all farm pro
ducts. To have accepted Germany s
d;ctation. therefore, would have been
to nut our agriculture in a state OF
complete suffocation by taking from
every farmer the value of what he
produced above what he needed Tor
his W consumption.
The same power that would forbid
our exports would also in self inter-
est forbid our imports except IN the
interest of that power. Therefore
IN have Welded to Germany's dlcta-
ton would have restricted US TO I'M
ports from Germany alone and wouid
have made us pay tribute for all time
to her industries.
If we had acquiesced in the iimita'
ton of one ship a week we would
have conceded the right of Germany
to regulate u exports and imports
nc she might see fit now or hereafter
We had the choice of' suomi'''hg "
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-12-14
SHIPS AT SEA.

Treasure ships are cut at sea.
Will fair weather watt them over
Does the laughing sunlight kiss them
Like a fondly earnestly lover?
Do the white sails proudly glisten
As they simmer DER the sea?
Treasure ships from treasure islands
Sailing swiftly home to me.
Treasure ships upon the ocen:
Does the captain seek to land.
Or contented. idly drifting,
Each bright day from strand 10
strad?
Does he know ! stand here watching
On a memory-laden shore
For the ships | wait to anchor
While the waves chant never
more?
Ship ahoy. there. gallant captain.
Bring my, treasure home TO me,
And the wind that rushes by me
Takes my voice far out TO sea;
But it bears my treasure farther.
Farther from the wave-boat shore,
And the sails grow fainter, smaller,
As the waves their plant outpour.
Treasure ships from Treasure Island
| Do they carry love or gold?
Shining heels for happy childhood
Who has questioned? Who has
told?
Still along the shore we wait them
Til our souls from care are free,
For u ships are out at sea.
MARY BLACK CLAYCOMB.
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