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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27
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THE EIGHT- -HoUR 30

The eight-hour day means the eight
hour day, it doesn't mean the basic
eight-hour day.
Organized labor has spent too many
dollars mad too much hard labor to
secure the foothold they have secured
on the pathway to a decent working
day to lose one inch of it without put
ting up fight. Every contention Of
organized labor on the advantages. of
the eight-hour day, both economically
and for the physical well-being of the
workers, has been proven time and
time again. The employers in those
trades where it has been established
for any length of time will themselves
put up fight before they will go
back to the old long hous system.
The newspapers made MUCH Of the
strike of workers at the Cramp ship
yard when the government ordered the
overtime abolished and the eight-hour
day in effect The impression was
left that the men were organized, but
an investigation showed that the union
men stayed at work and the only ones
who walked out were the unorganized,
uncontrolled workers. What do these
men know about the eight-hour day
or the principles underlying it? All
they knew when overtime was abol-
ished was that their weekly wage
would be less, and it was against less
wages they struck rather than against
the eight-hour day. They did not
know that extra pay for overtime was
in the nature of a fine to make over
time prohibitively expensive, but i'm
agined that the extra pay was to en-
courage workers to work long and
physically expensive hogrs. They I'M
agined that the government was arbi-
trarily reducing wages by discontin-
uing overtime, never knowing that or
ganized labor surrenderer the eight
hour day only for the period of the
war as patriotic duty and that the
government was only keeping faith
with organized labor when it returned
to the eight-hour day as soon as pos
sible after the war emergency has
passed.
Organized labor is not responsible
for the attitude taken by the unorgan-
lied workers nor viii it permit them
to undo the efforts Of years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27
To Promote Good Will
In Pan .AmeriCan
Labor
Santiago Iglesias Goes On Tour OF
Southern Countries TO Arouse
Greater Interest In Coming
Labor Congress.

and cooperative course between the
various labor peoples of Pan America
and the United States.
To give information in regard to
what has been done regarding the
acceptance of union cards of bonafde
unions of various countries by the
international unions of the United
States.
To emphasize the rights of the
people to secure the economic, politi-
cal and social improvements of the
conditions of the workers of Pan
American countries through an econ
omical, collective, sympathetic 1egis-
lation and sympathetic and cooper
ative administration.
To propagate the principles of the
Pan-American federations of labor
among the various labor movements
of Pan America.
To endeavor to have a direct rep
resentative of each labor movement
of Pan-America to the Pan-American
Labor Congress to be held July next.
To endeavor by every honorable
means and within the limits of the
powers of private, voluntary, asso-
ciated efforts to secure the co-opera-
tion of the various governments of
Pan America in firmly establishing the
principles of protection of the peop-
les to work out their own salvation in
the war to bring about mutual good
will, cooperation and confidence
among the workers, the peoples and
the governments of Pan America.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27

thought to seize upon the days of de-
mobilization and what they hoped
would be an oyerfull labor market as
the occasion to reduce wages and pos
sibly increase hours of labor.
The march Of our progress will be
onward and onward, never ceasing.
This is the hour for organizing, for
planning constructive campaigns for
the advancement of the cause of those
who toll
We who have remained at home owe
it to our returning heroes that condi-
tions shall be improved when they go
back to their employment.
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! With peace at hand-what a joyous
Christmas. Do you remember Christ
mas of last year? Of course you re-
member the war was going on, but do
you remember also the great strikes
that were on last Christmas time {?
Although one of the strikes never
has been settled, all is quiet and har-
mony prevails. Well could we say
this Christmas" earth peace-
good will to men"
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Hamilton's stores did a splendid
Christmas business. Passing through
many of them the day before Christ
mas, it was observed that many
shelves were vacant This speakes
well for Hamilton shoppers, it goes
to show that all our people don't do
their buying outside the city. The
merchants all report record breaking
sales.
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The union label is the symbol of eff
cheney, of honest endeavor, of square
deal, of industrial peace in the life of
nation 1t appeals to the potency of
the purchasing power of the toilers
in the elimination of the sweatshop,
of child labor, of prison contract labor
and of underpaid labor in general.
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Have you been to the meeting
lately brother? Much is going on at
all these meetings of great importance
to you at this time. Don't sit behind
the stove and depend upon the other
fellow doing it all.
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/ Santa Clause was certainly good to
the Horse Shoers. He put slippery
street in the sock of every one of
them.
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Oh, if / only was Woodrow Wilson.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27

New York-Santiago Iglesias, pres
ident of the Porto Rican Federation of
Labor, and one of the American COM
missioners in charge of the recent
American Labor Conference held
at Laredo, Texas, will leave this city
in few days for atour of Porto Rico,
Cuba, Santo Domingo and South
American republics in the interest of
the new federation.
He will stop first at Porto Rico,
where he will confer with the investi-
cation commission recently appointed
by the War Labor Board to study
labor conditions on the island.
lglesias will get in touch with the
various labor movements of the South
and Central America republics. His
instructions while on tour are:
To help the Pan-American workers
along the lines set forth by the Pan
American Labor Conference, creating
bureaus in New York and Washing
ton, and calling congress next June.
TO get in touch with the various
labor movements of Pan America,
either by correspondence or in person,
and report back to the officials of the
Pan-American Federation in Wash
ington.
To bring about better understand
ing of the ideas and ideals of the
American Federation of Labor among
the workers of Pan America.
To bring about more reciprocal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27

The eight-hour day is the logical
period of work, organized labor has
proven it, organized labor has gone a
lonk way toward securing it, and or
ganized labor is going to finish the
inh
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27
WOULD DEPoPULATE the WORLD

Little Jack Smiths Sunday school
teacher, after lesson on Ananias
and Sapphira asked, "Why is not
everybody who tells lie struck dead
Little Jack answered gravely,
"Cause there wouldn't be anybody
left. Boston Transcript.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION

TO all our friends and patrons we
extend heartiest wishes for most
Prosperous and Happy New Year
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27
A PROPER START

$50 your husband refused to buy
you an automobile 2"
mot exactly refused; he said
ought first to become familiar with
machinery in general, so he bought
me a sewing machine Boston
Transcript.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27
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ABOR'S ONWARD MARCH

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LABOR'S ONWARD MARCH
Labor has gained great concessions
during the war
10 one doubts this, but there is an
inclination to attribute too much
achievement to conditions brought
about by the war.
1t is true that organized labor has
been alert to its rights and to its in.
terests; that it has taken advantage OF
situations to see that the workers
received wages somewhat commensu-
rate with their extraordinary efforts
toward greater output for the EN-
ergencies arising from war necessities
1t IS also true that vigorous oppo-
sition was entered at every point
where employers sought to break
down the safeguards which the work
ers had been able to build up during
years of struggle
The enviable position of the organ.
lied workers of America as regards
wages, hours, safety appliances anc
sanitary surroundings is not the re.
suit of sudden upward wash on 9
wave of widespread war prosperity.
Whatever the measure of success
achieved, it has been the result of 8
background of long years of struggle
on the part of organized labor.
1t has been pointe out that reac
tionaries are at work trying to under
mine the position of labor. This they
shall not do.
This is the hour for labor to stanc
firm to its position of unwaverine
loyalty to the country, loyal and pa
triotic during the days of reconstruc
ton, the same as it stood during the
war. 1t is the hour to stand firm fol
for the retention of its dearly bought
measure of industritl freedom.
Notice of this already has beer
served on the few employers who have
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27
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The farmer who comes into town
the day before Christmas and holds
the people up for 45 cents a pound for
turkeys and $500 for an ordinary
sized chicken certainly can't know
what Christmas stands for. There
never was a greater trust than that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-12-27

formed by the farmers who come to
market right here in our town As
soon as two or three back their wagons
to the curb they get together and fix
the prices and as others back up they
get the figures and the people have to
stand for it no matter how high they
fix it, 1t is a pity that there isn't
some way chat these bloodthirsty pir-
ates can be reached. They are worse
than the night prowlers who knock a
man down in the dark and take his
money from him. The market rob-
bers take your money while you are
looking at them
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Officer Meeke ezplz11ts
heeded H,eaknze1< @
BY RUTH B. WHITNEY,

ny NJ II D. w IA I'VE j
An excited crowd around 4 blind
and staggering old horse, gestieu-
lating men protesting in broken Eng
fish. = watchful policeman lowering
on the outskirts. and an earnest.
but serene man severely insisting
on orders. This. taking place At the
market on Eleventh and Howard
streets, in the early morning, is an
indication that the Humane society
officer has ordered a poor, outworn
old beast to its final rest.
The market is the last resort Of
the poor old horses that have out
lived their days of prosperity and
popularity. Once proud animals
that ratified the silver-mounted har-
ness that attached them to the
chariots Of Omaha's 400. family pets
that have been forgotten when the
babies they carefully drew in the
old family phaetons have grown to
the age of high powered motor cars
and left their childhood friend to his
fate, chunky delivery horses that
have descended to the likeness OF
living skeletons when the "flivver"
wagon replaced them. All these
may be found in the hands of the
peddlers at the market. Few. in
deed, are those who pension ssheir
ancient beasts when their days Of
usefulness are over.
A Man With Horse Sense"
Most of the peddlers know moth
ing of the proper methods OF treat
ing horses, and they seem to care
less. Two years ago the Humane
society found the tottering wrecks
at the market such = pitlable sight,
that they hunted about for n kindly
man, capable OF issuing orders that
would be obeyed and with both
heart and "horse-sense." Such q
man they found in John Wheeler,
who was then in the employ Of
Walter S. Jardine and was highly
recommended by his employer. The
very fact he worked for Jardine
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

may be registered. When he finds
an animal which has lived its allot-
ed time and to which life IS now
a painful burden, he orders it shot,
and the police department sees that
his orders are carried out. When
he finds a horse suffering from lack
Of shoes or WORKOUT shoes he
orders it shod, and his orders are
followed. He demands for his pro-
teges rest when rest is needed, new
harness when the old is so badly
worn that it gals, veterinary treat
ment when required, and what he
orders goes. The owners Of the
old wrecks respect his authority
any many Of them literally tremble
at his word.
Wheeler Voice Makes Horse Friend
One chilli and blustery morning,
with our staff Photographer, we
made the rounds with Special Of
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

was recommendation. as Mr.. Jardine
will not allow any animal that works
for his company to be harshly
treated.
Every morning early at this time
of year, before the sun is up and
while the wind is still chill and cut
ting, Mr.. Wheeler may be found at
the market. When he first went to
work there he found most OF the
horses in q miserable condition.
They were so thin the wind almost
blew through their ribs, they were
famed by ill-htting shoes and CALLED
by wrongly adjusted harness. Now
il Is only an occasional animal that
Mr.. Wheeler finds in this condition.
He makes the rounds every morn
ing, looking at the animals shoes,
feet, harness. backs, eyes, ribs and
in fact every part OF their anatomy
whereon neglect and i'll treatment
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Annie Par Writes Of
German Destruction of
Property in Roumaniia

London, Sept. zs-(Correspond-
snce OF the Associated Press.)-
what q German Peace is Like" Is
the heading on an article written for
the Weekly Dispatch by Annie Parr,
who has arrived in London from
Bucharest
~ was IN Bucharest when the Ger
mans entered the Roumanian CAPT
tai" Annie Parr writes. They had
evidently decided that Il would not
be wise to shock the world with an
other Belgium, and they were care
full to keep their troops under con-
troll, but they were the masters. l
remember Q male friend Of mine
who was returning home from din
ner Ia evening clothes being stopped
In the streets In the middle Of the
winter and compelled to sweep away
the snow for hours in the bitter
cold.
"Many beautiful home was
wrecked. The Germans had no
scruples about converting drawing
rooms into stables for their horses,
and front gardens into cemeteries
for their dead.
Terrible atrocities were commit
ted by the Bulgsrisns, and the SUI
tsrings OF the prisoners they took
we're unspeakable. OF $4,000 Rou-
uanians taken prisoners only 5000
returned. and they were in appalling
conditions. They were skeletons.
scarcely able to walk. At the station
they seemed too weak to eat or
drink. When we offered them food
they simply sank down on to q
bench and burst into tears.
ut was q most tragic home-com-
ing for the Roumanian soldiers. fol-
lowing upon the crushing peace
terms. 1t has left on my mind an
unforgettable impression Of what
German peace is like. Those SOL
diers came back in rags and half
starved to homes that had been re-
duced to poverty. They had to wit
ness in silence the insolent bearing
OF the German soldiery in their
streets. The officers were told they
would either have to salute the Ger
man officers or take of their uni
forms. They preferred to take off
their uniforms.
'There are still plenty OF German
soldiers there looking fat and well
and al no pains to conceal their sat-
isfaction at the conclusion of peace
which has put a crushing economic
burden on to Roumania and bound /
the country and its trade hand and
foo, 10 the Germans. The one hope
II the people is an allied victory"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
meet TO WORK
PLAN FOR
Central Buying
Delegates Meet In National
Convention to Get Together
In United Co-0pera-
ton Movement.

Springfield. H., Sept. 2s.-Union
of various American co-opera-
tive societies is the claim OF the
National Cooperative Convention,
which will open a three day conven.
ton here tomorrow with delegates
present from all parts of the United
States and Canada.
The convention to be held under
the auspices OF the Cooperative
League Of America, will be attended
by one delegate from each of the
principal cooperative societies.
These delegates will present plans
for bringing about central buying,
cooperative wholesale. co-opera-
tive extensions such as credit unions
and producers cooperation in re-
lation to the consumers move
ment.
America should no longer pre-
sen the spectacle Of a great con-
tinent without a united cooperative
movement" said officer. in explain
ing the objects of the convention.
Cooperation Is Needed.
"The American error is that we
do not cooperate: Our thousand or
more cooperative store societies 60
on with the struggle alone, scarcely
conscious Of the existance of others.
each buying its own orders, each
attempting 70 solve the intricate
problems OF cooperation alone.
Never in the history of the world
was cooperation needed more than
now, and never were the opportun-
tiles greater. The constant increase
in the cost of living is making it
more and more difficult for the peo-
pie to secure necessities Of life.
And the end is not in sight.
Europe, by contrast, has an or
ganized cooperative movement.
The great democratic cooperative
organizations of Great Britain and
the continent are bound together in
the international Cooperative Al
liancer. While in the present crisis
they are serving the people and their
respective governments in splen-
did way, they are also planning to
take a vital part in the reconstruc-
tion that is to follow.
Many Speakers On Card.
"The convention hopes to pro-
mote the Standardization of essen
tial methods and to encourage the
interchange OF information and ex-
perience between societies. 1t
hopes to effect, the federation Of
groups Of societies, and to bring
these declarations together into one
great cooperative union which will
watch over the interests of the
whole movement.
Labor organizations were invited
10 send fraternal delegates.
Speakers will include Edward F.
Sanderson, director OF Peoples In
stitute, New York; Samuel Carter.
president of the Cooperative Union
Of Canada: Carl E. Lunn, manager
Puget Sound Cooperative Society;
]. M. Anderson, president Cooper
alive Wholesale Society of America,
St. Paul. Mimi; Ernest O. F. Ames,
president of the Pacific Co-opera-
live league. San Francisco; James F.
Warbasse, president Cooperative
League OF America, and George
Keen, secretary Canadian Cooper
alive union.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

&c. them cheap" Most Of the old
horses are sleek and well-kept.
That horse was 90 poor he could
hardly stand when ! first came
here" said Mr.. Wheeler, laying his
hand on the round aide Of an ancient
bay. II had q few round-ups with
his owner. and now the man takes
real pride in his horses appear
ance."
Here, don't you ever curry this
horse with anything but \ whipf'
he asked another man. The horse
was rough and dusty, with whip
marks all over its back and sides.
The man looked ashamed. Let me
see that horse curried and clean to-
morrow" said the humane officer.
and the owner drove off evidently
greatly relieved that he had receievd
no worse rebuke.
Orders Are Promptly Obeyed.
One horse was ordered off the
street and shot. The owner drove
the exhausted creature slowly away,
with many a malevolent backward
glance, but no thought OF disobedi-
ence. Another horse, with ring
bone on both front legs and crack
in the frog Of his foot was ordered
to be given a good rest and not
brought back onto the pavement I'M
til the crack was healed. Shoes
were ordered for another horse that
was becoming lame from 4 broken
calk.
"See this back" said Mr.. Wheeler.
pulling back the harness and show
ing great white patches Of hair
where a big sore had evidently
once been. THAT horse was in
agony from gals when I first saw
him. At evety step the harness
made the raw sores deeper, and the
owner apparently never noticed it.
I made him readjust the harness and
cure up the poor beasts back before
he could use it again"
Watchful Care of Humane Society.
Not only in the market, but ali
over town are the horses looked
after by the Humane society. Miss
Jessie Millard, who is an active
member Of the society, suggested to
her father that an Office and 4 girl
to answer the telephone were nee
essary, and these were provided in
the basement of the Omaha Nation
al bank building, free Of charge.
To this office come calls for the
Humane officer. Overloaded teams,
improperly shod horses that slip on
Shiny pavements, any form Of
cruelty to dumb beasts, are reported
at any hour Of the day over the tele-
phone, and Mr.. Wheeler makes
many 4 journey about town to re-
lieve some poor brute In Distress
Not only horses. but dogs, cats,
and little children are benefited by
the watchful care of the Humane
society. A little girl beaten by q
stepn1other, = dog that had be-
come stuck In 4 sewer and had to
be dug out by the city, anothe dog
that had been run over by an auto
mobile and had its front paws
crushed-these are some Of the re-
cent benefciaries OF the Humane
society and its special officer, John
Wheeler.
Not even to dumb creatures will
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

operated on the undsSstsnain6
receipts shall DO gives - he
Cross.
Il presume that n sveA .
rangement should b proposed I
would shut our eyes on the grouo(
that the ends would justify 4
means" Mayor Smith said.
The Ak-Ssr-Bss people M =
that the loss OF revenue BY rsase(
OF stopping these eoncessions wcul(
amount to about 5000 and I offered
to be one of 10 men to donate $S0o
toward defraying this Deficit" ths
mayor added.
Superintendent Ringer Of the -
lice department 10 not inclined 4
share the view OF the mayor.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

heer Wheeler. Every horse on the
row was the officers friend. The
timid beasts throw their heads back
as if expecting 4 slap when their
owners or strangers go near them,
but they turn to the humane officer
with confidence, knowing him by his
voice, for almost all of them are
blind.
They buy the blind horses" says
Mr.. Wheeler, because they can
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

the American people act the part
Of the Hun. Mercy and loving kind
ness to ali and by all. This is the
goal toward which the Humane So
ciety 10 striving to bring the Amer
lean people through its motto, BE
kind 10 animals"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

uusSe Scs Cannon tells Of . eonvsrsa-
~. svsrhsarS In his home town In I'LL
Aois
s1wss TIE vsddins . SUGGEST"
sYea b most particular. but some Of
- sssss thsusht the brtds's mother
"a 8 tss mses srysns thss vas escssaaEy
Yes - The ysuns couple ere - make
ass Asms wttA ASs. % chs really ise't
iesoae ~ Ssssstss.S
sNaybs sAst go sAss - ves 0sses
- AogA
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Ak-Sar-Ben Paddle Wheel
Situation Still in the Air

I. Is probable that the paddle
Wheel situation at the Ak-Sar-Ben
carnival grounds may be disposed of
bv permitting these devices to be
Evening star., 1918-11-30
WIFE'S DEATH 28 HOURS
AFTER THAT OF HUSBAND
Thomas J. Owen Of Gaithersburs
Was Realty Auctioneer
in This City.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd. November 30
Twenty-eight hours after the death
Of Thomas J. Owen Of Gaithersburg
his wife passed away at the family
home. The husband died at o'clock
yesterday morning and Mrs. Owen at
0 o'clock this morning.
Funeral services for both will be at
1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Grace
IL. e. Church. Interment will be in
iiaithersburg cemetery.
Mr.. Owen was seventy and his wife
seventy-one years old. He was for
years q real estate auctioneer in
Washington. starting in the early
eighties. Up to the time Of his death
Vernon g. Owen, In Washington. un-
der the firm name Of Thomas ]. Owen
& Son.
He was prominent In politics In
MONTGOMERY county and served a
term in the Maryland legislature in
1881. At one time he was president Of
the Montgomery County Anti-saloon
washington Board Of Trade and the
Real Estate Brokers' Association.
Mrs. Owen was born in Gathers.
burg.
master PhiiadeIphIa division Balti-
more and Ohio railroad: DIR. Thoma
n. owen, bureau Of animal industry
Department Of Agriculture. Norfolk
and Claude w. Owen, vice presiden
of .. "a. SchsIor 4 Co. plumbing an
'hestinS sup9}iea Of Washington.