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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Judge Made OIigarChy Checks
Mans Freedom.

Chicago, Jan. 19 Judges have
erected a judicial oligrachy that
can and must be destroyed writes
President Perkins, of the Cigar
Makers International union, il the
official jolrnal of that organization
"An oligarchy means a govern
ment by the few over the many; 1t
is an authocracy and not a democ
racy, he says.
"A single federal Judge exercises
more power than cougress and the
executive. The liberties, rights
and duties guaranteed by the con
stitution are set aside under in
junction proceeding The right Of
free speech, of assem- blage and of
moral suasioD are denied and blotted
out cf the constitution by the edict
of one judge
"A federal Judge, appointed for
life by the president of the United
States, annuls law passed by the
house of represent tives, the senate
and the president, with stroke
of the pen. The right to annu'
laws, passed by any Legislature or
congress was not conferred upon
the judiciary. There is not sin
gle section in the constitution
granting such an unprecedentec
power upon few lawyers elevated
TO the Judiciary. 1t is usurpation
pure and simple
"The people, the final arbiters
in democracy, have rot elected
them; they have not chosen -5hen
as their Judicial agents. and have
no power, owing 10 the life tenure
OF the ofhce, to defeat the M Tor re
election
"Tbe leading members of the
American association, composed ot
prominent corporation lawyers
have frequently lauded the judicia
oligarchy as the greatest institution
on the face of the globe.
The highest American courts
10 all intents and purposes, have
abrogated to themselves the vetc
power, from which there is 10 an
peal. Denunciations and threat
of impeachment will not remed,
this growing evil An amendmen
to the constitution abrogation tn
power of the courts to set asid
laws, is the only practical solution
that can be applied
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
HOPE FOR HALF HOLIDAY.
Government Employees Also Looking
For a Pay Increase.

President Wilson has not abandoned
his purpose to try to work out a plan
for a Saturday half holiday In the gov
ernment service all the year round and
expects to take up the matter at his
earliest convenience. He has gone 50
far as to say that be is deeply inter
ested In the project and is satisfied
that he will be able to arrange the Sat
urday half holiday before long
The presidents definite statement of
his purpose to give Saturday half holt
days all the year to government work.
ers who can be spared from their desks
was made to a committee from the
American Federation OF Labor, headed
by Samuel Gompers, who called on va
rious matters in which the federation
is interested. Mr.. Gompers mentioned
the Saturday half holiday proposition
as one in which the federation felt
much concern and sympathy.
Many government employees have
lately expressed the hope that the pres
ident's probable action in granting half
holidays viii not adversely influence
the efforts that viii be made in con
gress to increase the pay of Uncle
Sans workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
No Lawyer Will Defend
Can't Law.

Denver, Jan. 10. There is not
a reputable Colorado a torney who
will, or who has, defended the Ie
gal ty of the cant strife" law
nassed ny The last legislature, says
the Denver Labor Bulletin.
At a meetirg Of the Bar asso-
citation in Colorado Springs last
summer" says this paper, "Attor
uey L p Costigan, whose interests
in the big questions concerning the
welfare of the people is well known
delivered an address in whicn he
declared that the industrial law
was subversive of every principle
of human rights and in direct con
fct with institutional rights and
in direct conflict with constitutional
guarantees. While the industrial
commission was represented at this
meeting by lis legal members, yet
the statements made by Costigan
went uucballenged.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Reply To Charity Worker.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jan. 10
Trade unionists have stirred up all
kinds Of excitement in this city
because they exposed the workings 5
of scientifically arranged charity
dispensing organization.
Oae women takes exception to
the unionist' position ard writes
to a local paper when printers,
painters and carpenters learn the
proper method of dispensing relief
they may be qualifisd to criticise =
And then :. Fred Hanson, a
member of organized labor, takes
his pen in hand and assures this
lady, through the Cedar Rapids
Tribune, that organized labor has
laws passed pr tecting the lives of
more children than she ever dream
ed were in existence.
we have substantial homes aud
sanitariums built for aged members
we have increased the standard OF
living Of The working people a q
our organizations are found, d or
friend hip, charity, and berevo
lence was Hanson parting shot,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
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TO ALLEVIATE DISTRESS.
American Labor Association Proposes
Health insurance Bill.

American Labor Association Proposes
Health Insurance Bill.
Sickness and poverty are so closely
related as cause and effect that they
form one OF the greatest social prob
lens of today. Legislators, health
workers. employers and employees
have long sought a remedy against
sickness and its dependency, and 1t is
now believed that the American Labor
association has proposed health In
surance bill that will be the solution
OF this great Pre- olem. Health workers
have for some time looked favorably
on health insurance legislation. As
public health measure they believe 1t
will be powerful factor In the pre-
vention of sickness, particularly among
the industrial population.
Some of the benefits to be derived
from the health insurance bill of the
American Labor association are med
ical surgical and nursing attention, in
cluding necessary hospital care, medi-
cines and supplies for both the insur
ed and their dependents, sickness
benefit, beginning on the fourth day
of illness; maternity benefit, consist
ing of all necessary medical care, for
the wives OF insured men and funeral
benefit of not more than S100
The cost of these benefits amounts to
about 4 per cent of wages and is to be
borne two-fifths by the employee, two
ffths by the employer and one-ffth by
the state.
The bill makes health insurance uni
versal for all manual workers and for
others earning 500 a month or less,
because experience has shown that
voluntary insurance does not reach
those who need Its protection most,
1t is to be managed Jointly by employ
ers and workers under the supervision
Of the state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
give your name instead of saying

give your name instead OF saying
Hello"
Blessed be the concrete of thought If
not of deed. Concreteness enables you
to see just what the efficiency masters
mean. One of them. William Fretz
Kemble, tells In Industrial Manage
ment "How to Test Your Employees" !"
OF course every man who reads 1t will
first test his most important employee,
his fathers son. Watch and pad and
pencil are all that are needed to ac-
quaint yourself with your virtues and
faults. In thirty seconds answer as
many of these questions as you can:
Give the name of vegetable, a met
al, an insect, a reptile, a fish, man, q
woman. an ocean, q lake, a town.
If at the end of the half minute you
have written only beet, gold, flea, ad-
der" you are pretty poor. If you have
also put down trout, Edison, Adams.
Atlantic" you are up to human aver
age of eight answers. If you feel that
you can go beyond ten answers you
may describe the color of water, tea,
beer, ivory, the sky, grass, milk, chalk,
coal and skin. But men who go beyond
fifteen answers IN thirty seconds are
rare. They should have secretaries.
limousines and big black cigars.
Next try to answer five difficult
questions" in twenty seconds:
First.-Who is the greatest living
general?
Quick, now. and pick short name
that doesn't take a long time to write.
Second. What is the most powerful
force in the world?
Perhaps love isn't. but it's shorter
word than militarism
Third.-What is the greatest modern
discovery?
Quick, man. Radium will do.
Fourth.-What is the greatest neces-
sity of commerce?
Our secretary of commerce probably
would not answer that in less than
11,S40 words. You perhaps will write
ships or railroads and pass on to
the last:
Fifth. What is the cheapest food for
the human race?
Bread, unless you are tiend for len
tils or employed by the makers of
auted oat corn. But you ought to an.
swer three of the questions in twenty
seconds, says Mr.. Kemble. If you an.
swer fewer it indicates "slowness OF
deliberation in thought New York
Sun
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Eight Hour Day For
Traction Men.

Representative OF of Hamilton
County introduced a bill in the
House providing for an eight hour
day for all employees of the cleo rjc
railroads in the State Henry OFT
is a member Of the Carpenters I'm
ion Of Cincinnati
Looking to the establishment of
an insurance fund 10 provide for
payment Of old age sickness, ina
bility and unemployment pensions,
Representative Whitacre introduc-
ed a bill in the House authorizing
the Governor TO app I'M a commit
tee Of three citizens to Investigate
this subject, and providing for an
appropriation Of 81 600 for the ex-
.pense of such a survey
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
LABOR BRIEFS.

Shorter working days are necessary
10 preserve health and ideals.
There is no probability of an imme-
diate strike Of the railroad brother
hoods
A trade UNION is like a bank. If you
expect to get anything from 1t you
must put something into 1t.
More than 10000 workers in New
York city, labor leaders assert, will be
affected by the establishment of the
eight hour day in the needle industries.
A New York actuary says that pri
vate insurance companies in this coun.
try are selling health insurance to
American workmen at from 30 per
cent to 200 per cent higher than ths
cost
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
R. R. TraCkmen Advance.

D=troit, Jan. 10 Officers Of the
international Brotherhood OF Main
tenapce Way Employees report
thar these workers recently secured
several substantial wage improve
ments.
The Quebec Central railway has
agreed 10 a general increase of 20
cents a day
The Dominion Atlantic railwa
has raised wages 20 ceuts a day for
section foremen, extra gang fore
men and laborers.
Section foremen and assistant
foremen employed on the Pere Mar
quette system are iucrea sed s. a
month and laborers will receive an
additional Is cents day
Increased wages and improved
working conditions on the Cana
dian Pacific railway are recoroed.
These include 20 cents day for
foremen and 25 cents day for
laborers on the eastern lines and 20
cents day for foremen and labor
ers on the western lines.
On the eastern section of The Ca
madam Northern railway increases
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

rarge from 20 cents in the west.
The international union includes
workers employed in the track,
bridg and building, water supply
and fuel departments and signal
and interlocking servicA of railroads
Many of these employees are classed
in the popular mind as "uuskilled"
but their ability to better condi
ticns. through trade union methods
might we'll be copied by many
wage ea1ners and salaried employees
in other walks Of life.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
The Lady Reporter In Japan.

One of the newest stunts of the Jap
anese newspaper is to employ the
lady journalist, which is considered
a remarkable innovation in a country
where woman is emerging more and
more from the seclusion of her home.
us the lady reporters work satis-
factory?' ] asked the editor
Yes in way, but she is not salts
fed with writing personals. find that
she wants to crowd in little pleas for
woman's rights and equal suffrage.
We have to go pretty carefully on
that sort of thing in Japan, you under
stand and keep a pretty close watch
on what she writes, because it is like
ly to have meaning that men do not
wholly understand Archie Bell in
World Outlook
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
cuba peporta striks Rreaksra.

Thirty American engineers and fire
men, sent to Havana from Chicago as
strike breakers, We're deported by the
Cuban government for breaking the
contract labor law, they having ac-
knowledged that their tickets were
paid fer them. They belong to par
ty Of 80 strike breakers. most of whom
are now stranded penniless in Havana.
All say they were hired in Chicago at
$2l0 month for work on the Cuban
railroad extension, but were told moth
Ing about a strike.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

The Mansfield Convention of the
Ohio State Federation Of Labor.
1o15 o,,t1;ned +ba legislative de-
!, r ,r
lnsnt IL 0uio =" 'iel' y = q - - = ''7i'
adopted the nnal report ana recon-
mendation of its committee on Leg
islation Those recommendation
provided
pao,,a+;no and ,ic;+;no the use
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Where Men Wear Combs.

The traveller in India is surprised to
see that men wear combs in their hair
much more than women do. \ Cinga-
lese gentleman wears what we know
as the circular comb and very orna
mental back comb of tortoise shell te
gather his curly locks together He
wears full beard also, but his servant
must trim his own beard and is al
lowed to wear the circular comb only
s-Excnange.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Would Avoid cIotbino Strikes.

There viii shortly be formed a gen
eral organization of contractors for ev-
cry section Of the clothing industry in
New York. The purpose Of this organ
ization is to put an end to the contin-
ual strife in the industry by a general
working recognition of labor unions
and the abolishment of open shops.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
To Pop Corn.

Put the regular quantity is.
very small quantity the pepper
and hold it under the cold water faucet
long enough to thoroughly saturate the
kernels. Shake the pepper and place it
on the back of the range to allow the
corn to dry. then pop. The kernels will
be very large. and there will be no
hard center.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
the anthracite mines of Pennsyl

vania.
A common council committee of
Columbus, Ohio, has approved an
ordinance that provides seats dur
ing non-rush hours for motormen
and conductors running within the
city limits.
Thirty-fve thousand New York
clothing workers who have been on
strike in that city have accepted
the agreement reached December
80 between officials of the Amalga
mated Clothing Workers of Amer
ic4 and the American Clothing
Manufacturers Association, and
will return to work immed iately.
The new agreement becomes effec
tive January p and provides for
working week Of forty eight hours
with a wage increase of 81 a week
for tailors aud s. for cutters.
The compensation law of Penn
sylvania became ffective the first
Of the year. From that time until
December l, 45 ,90l employees have
received S1,092, 535 % compensa-
ton for disability In the same
period, 1899 employees were killed,
leaving 6l0 widows, 1909 fatherless
children and 210 other dependents
eligible for compensation. The
widows and others dependents o
these 1899 dead had received 1921,
480.55 up to December /, and will
receive before the termination oi
their respe Give agreemer IS the sum
of s., $40 $50 so.
If the income Of family of five
is less than SIS a day outside assis
tance is necessary, says Mss Flor
ence Nesbitt, a probation officer
and supervisor OF the Cook County
! Ill, Pension Fund Tor needy
mothers. Miss Nesbitt believes the
following estima e, which she has
prepared, offers the bare necessities
OF life for such family for one
month; Rent. S12; food, S31 SO
fuel and lighting, Sc; household
expenses, So; clothing Sl4 Car far,
81 30; insurance, So; health ex
penses, 81; education, 81; recrea
ticn. 50; incidentals, 81. To,al
s85.
An eight hour day demanded b,
the Switchmen' Union of Nortl
America was granted by the Fed
eral Arbitration Board at New
York City. The award affect
about 5000 switchmen employe,
on thirteen Eastern railways
While ostensibly granting me,
an eight hour day and an increas
of five cents an hour to conductor
and helpers, the award refuses tim
and half for overtime, as demand
ed, but provides for pro rata pay
e This, the men claim, makes posi-
: ole a day of indefinite length
They will get 50 90 day for eigh
> hours or $3.50 for ten. they nov
get 81 for ten hours.
The need for wage increases
shown in the report of the Massa
!, chusetts State Bureau of Statistic
for the year 1914. which has jus
been issued Basing its opinio
on the number Of adults repolte
(41l ,ll5), the bureau estimate
that Z ) per cent of the adul
working population of the Stat
n were paid rates less than s. wee
and 80 2 per cent, or over one-hal
were paid rates between $8 and 81
week. If the wages Of thes
workers were all increased 80, 4
f OF even so per cent, trade union
lists say, in many cases the nev
rates would yet fall far short Of th
u meet every day" stage.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
WORLD OF LABOR

During the first nine months Of
1916 333 men were killed and 6958
other workers were disabled for pc
riods greater than fourteen days in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
His lender Spot.

Hokus-That fellow Closefist doesnt
know what it means TO be sensitive.
You can't hurt his feelings Pokus-
Did you ever try pinching him In the
oocketbook ?-Town Topics.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the MiddIetown Trades
and Labor Council of MiddleIown o
Endorsed by the Labor Legislative
League of Butler, Preble and Mont
gomery Counties.
Endorsed by Metal Trades Council
of Hamilton ohio.
Endorsed by the United Trades and
Labor Council, Dayton, Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
ARE YOU EFFIClENT7
Try These Tests, but Do Not Yield 20
Despair If You Fail.

Despair IF You Fail.
Are you efficient? The awful query
refuses to down. The clocks tics It,
the fiat wheels in the subway thump It.,
the INCREASED curves of the elevs ted
screech it. IL you are an old business
fogy the question burns in the eye of
every plying employee You find your
wife measuring the distance from the
range to the kitchen cabinet and your
son computing the power necessary TO
propel football In the lowest arc
The teleDhone company advises Yan 70
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The publishers reserve the right TO reject any
advertisements at any time.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

THE TRADE UNION.

i. We may make mistakes and !
i. receive temporary setbacks. but /
+ the loyal. earnest, devoted men /
i. and women with the ever pres i
Il ent necessity viii keep the trade i
\ union movement alive. What we i
+ have accomplished aud the bepe J
x fits we now enjoy were not !
< handed to lis on silver platter. i
!. All that has been accomplished !
/. in the matter Of improved condi- /
!. tions. better wages and shorter !
i. hours has been wrung from the i
4. other side through united activ- !
4 ity on the part of the workers j
1. through trade union activity. i
4. This has always been so.-Cigar- i
i. makers Journal /
.r !
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

ISSUED WEEKLY AT s26 MARKET STREET
HAN LxoN OHIO.
HOME TRL sPHoNR S0g
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

Entered al The Posto6iee al HGmtlton, Ohio, as
Second Class Mail Matter.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1917.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-18
Visiting Nurses Instruct Children
in Accident Prevention and
First Aid"

A home campaign to prevent acct
dents Is being carried on by public
health nurses in all parts OF the coun-
try.
Boards OF health. school boards and
church workers are trying to impress
children with the necessity for eau
ton. They can do little but instruct
by word Of mouth. But they nave not
the facility for meeting the children
In their homes that the visiting nurse
has. She has the advantage of being
able to SHOW them what she means
By safety first" when she takes the
matches away from the baby or puts
the kerosene lamp at safe distance
from the gas stove.
One OF the 1rst things any visiting
nurse does when she enters the home
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-18

is to ind out how many children there
are, where they play and sleep and
who takes care Of them She is ex-
pert in making observations and de-
auctions. so at a glance she can tell
where the danger from fire or acct
dent lies
While she is going about her duties
she tells the family of fire dangers.
She may illustrate by pointing TO a
heap Of rubbish near the stove and
having II removed In the city she
inspects the FIRE escape. and. without
ofhciousness. she sees that it is free
Of Instructions. She quietly moves
the baby's bed from its proximity to
the stove. She explains to the moth
er that all medicine bottles must be
put out OF cbildren's reach and that
no poison must be kept In the house
When the mother cannot speak Eng.
fish the children are appealed to, and
they become the nurses allies in her
campaign for accident prevention
They are taught the antidotes for va
rious poisons and told how to treat
wounds and burns
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-18

In the country the nurse ezpia
the dangers OF typhoid infection ar
ing from the water supply In the CT
she is likely to emphasize the dang
from wounds and burns and street 4
cidents and gives lessons In dre d.
vention.
The nurse always remembers u
limited remedies the children have
hand in their homes and suits her
structions to their surroundings
little Italian girl, asked what 81
would do II her brother burned r
arm. answered like a fash, "Getta &
olive OIL" She has been told to c.
er the burned surface with her mo.
er's salad oil. wrap it In a towel ar
take the child to hospital.
An Irish child answers 10 the sa~
question: Sure, I'd cover his ar
with -four"
The nurse knows Il is useless 10 =
the Irish child to get olive oil and 4
the Italian child might have a h.
time finding -four. But the Ii
home would be sura to have 4,
.. = g.