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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
WAGE INCREASE =:
and 8.A0UR DAY
IN ST0CKYARDS
Decision in Favor Of 100000
Workers Handed Down By
Judge A|sChu|er.

CHICAGO. April 4.-The basic
-,ight-hour day was ordered in
the nations packing industry by
Federal Judge Samuel Alschu-
!er's award in the packing arbi-
ration Saturday.
Wage increases ranging from
~ cents an hour to employees
Receiving 80 cents and under an
1cur as at present and ranging
1own to 3E cents per hour to
employees being paid over 40
cents per: hour were also grant,
The eight-hour day goes into
fleet May s., 1918, and the wage
:dvances are retroactive, effec-
i've as of, Jan. ii, 1915.
The award, which affets about
100000 employees throughout the
:nited States in 80 per cent of
nc packing houses of the coun-
~, was regarded as a sweeping
'lctory for the workers. - =,
Pay For Overtime.
Payment for overtime work, for
which at present employees receive no
xtra compensation, was increased on
ne following basis, double time for
sundays and holidays, time and one
ourth for the first, two hours over
he basic eight-hour day on week days
nd time and one-half for all. tin1e
'tter 10 hours work. Between Jan.
4 and May overtime pay was fixed
It the rate of time and a half after
hours on week days and double
in7e for Sundays
Equal pay for male and female
'mployes doing the same class Of
work. was ordered in the award
The employees demands for a
weekly guaranteed minimum of 40
'ours was granted.
Upon the induction Of the basic
'ight-hour day, Judge Alschuler stated
the hourly wage rate shall be raAd-
-usted so that the compensation for a
ull eight-hour work day shall be
,qual to. the pay for a full ten-hour
lay heretofore. and piece work rates
hall be proportionately readjusted in
accordance with the same principle -
Present Wage Inadequate.
The present average annual wage
,E $S25 for employees in packing
houses was declared By Arbitrator
Alschuler "inadequate for the ordi-
larry needs Of the average working
mans family in the cities involved.''
There is no question, he declared,
,bout the packers ability to pay the
Increases granted-amounting to sew
.ral million dollars annually-from
heir profits.
While the award gave the employees
,nly about one-third of their demand
or flat increase of 81 per day, union
eaders expressed, themselves as
LEASED because the eight-hour day
vas granted
The arbitration. agreement was
signed by the Armour, Cudahy. Nor
is, Swift and Wilson companies with
plants in Chicago, Kansas City, Sioux
-ity, st. Joseph, st. Louis East St.
louis, Denver, Oklahoma City, St.
PAUL, Omaha and Fort Worth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
COURT DECLARES
SYMPATHETIC
STRIKE IS LEGAL

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 4.-The
court of appeals has reversed a $500
damage award against the Painters
union and holds that these workers
have a right to induce other union
lists to strike in, sympathy with them
because of a violation of contract.
contractor agreed to employ
union labor In the decoration of a
theater and then undertook to do the
work himself, although not mem
ber of, nor having an agreement
with, the union. Union painters
threatened to ask other organized
building craftsmen to suspend work
on the building if the contract was
not carried out and the contractor
rushed into court and secured $500
damages. The decision is reversed
by the court of appeals, which rules:
'"The contract was one for the bene-
fit of union labor. After the contract
had been recognized and acted upon
by union workmen the same became
valid obligation.
The owner, in contracting with
union labor, clearly contemplated that
the work in every detail should be
performed by union labor. This kcon-
tract could not; in our: judgment, be
fulfilled by letting the work to one or
more nonunion contractors to person.
ally perform the labor.
THE weight of authority upholds
the right OF a labor union, in the alb
sence Of $an inconsistent contract, to
advise and procure the withdrawal Of
union labor from given work,
either singly or in ombination, where
no violation or other unlawful means
are employed, and where the object
Of the strike Ii not unlawful y,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
WALkouT IN US,
navy YARD and
AVIATION FIELD
New York Marine Workers. RED
resentatiVes Meet to Dis
cusS Strike,

~ NORFOLK, Va, April A strike
of union carpenters employed on gov
eminent Construction work at the
army and navy bases here, called
Monday morning, spread late Mon
day to the navy yard at Portsmouth
and the aviation field at Hampton.
Most of the carpenters employed by
the government in this entire vicinity
are out. About. 5000 union. carpen-
ters are. employed: ON government
work in this district.
Other classes of skilled labor also
began to walk out. At the Bush Bluff
army base 500 carpenters and the en-
tire force of electricians, plumbers.
end sheet metal workers quit work.
All carpenters working for construc-
tors at the. Portsmouth = navy yard
went out. 80
The carpenters demand a minimum
wage of 62@ cents an hour. Notice
that strike would be called Tuesday
1t the demands were not granted was
served Friday on. Rear Admiral Har-
ris, chairman Of the war control
board of the Hampton Roads district.
Six hundred men employed at
Langley aviation field and at Fortress
Monroe on cantonment work struck
Monday Jointly with those engaged in
government work at Norfolk.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06

1s:;,sttss:;;,'oA s:ss;t;s:; .auA PRESIDENT
6ESvs::s es'', 1|TERS
OF WOMEN Anj CHILDREN

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, April A.
In his report to the annual con-
ventiOn of the state federation of
labor, President Cunningham paid
his respects to exploiters of women
and children in war time.
my attention has been called"
he said, ITO many instances since
our cOuntrymen have been called
to war where INSCRIPTIONS en-
ploycrs have attempted to exploit
labor, especially the labor of fe-
males and children. In some in
stances this attempt was made by
telegraph companies, railroad COR
pOratiOns and other large en-
ployers.
''The excuse offered was labor
SHORTAGE but I have failed to find
a substitution of females for males
where a shortage really existed, the
real and sole reason being that the
employer desired labor at less cost,
paying the females much less than
had formerly been paid the males,
and displacing males who were
compelled to seek new employ
ment."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
URGE PENSION AND HOME.

. TULSA, Okla, April 4.--!The aged
painters home and pension commit
tee of Painters Union No. 935 is con-
ducting nationwide campaign in
behalf Of home and pension for
these craftsmen. Other locals through
out the country are supporting the
plan,. which will be voted on at the
July referendum Of the brotherhood
o1 painters and d*paperhangers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE HAS PLAN FOR
SUPPLYING FARM LABOR

WASHINGTON. April 4.-The
farm service division of the United
States employment service has an
nounced its plans for supplying
labor to the farmers of this coun-
try. The plan includes the estab-
ishment of 100 Offices, special field
agents and the utilization of $4,000
third and fourth-class postmasters,
together with rural carriers, who
will act as "farm labor ageuts.v
Other aids will be the department
Of agriculture, the public press and
commercial bodies.
The department of labor's study
has convinced it that, while there
is today q severe shortage of farm
labor, there is sufficient available
labor to meet the demands of agri-
culture If the farmers cooperate by
outlining their demands with def
nlteness and in time. 1t is sug-
Sested that this can most readily
be done by asking the rural carrier
or postmaster for blank and fill
ing it at once.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
MUST REPORT ACCIDENTS.

DES HO1NEs. Iowa, April 4.-Iowa
employers cannot ignore the provi-
sions of the state -workmen's COM
pensation law, which requires the re-
porting of an accident within 4S
hours after it occurs, says Industrial
Commissioner Funk. Several firms
have been fined for their negligence
or Indifference to this feature OF the
law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
Union Bakers Strike.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 4.-The
national food administration has been
appealed to by the state administra-
ton to prevent bread famine in KAN
sas City, resulting from the walkout
of union bakers, in connection with
the general strike here, it was an
nounced Monday. Every large bakery
with one exception has been affected
by the strike. and as a number of the
closed concerns have war contra cts
efforts will be made to bring about a
settlement. r
Street cars on II lines were in op-
Grafton Monday for the first time since
the carmen went out. Laundries also
began opening up. Mediation confer
ences continued.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
TIN WORKERS STRIKE.

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio April 4.
Because Of bad working conditions,
employees of the Laughlin mill have
suspended work. About $50 men,
members Of the Amalgamated Assoc
citation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work
ers, are involved. r.:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
ST. LOUIS PAINTERS GAIN.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 4.-OTgan-
lied painters in this city have raised
wages IL n cents an hour, making
the new rate Is cents. A. two-year
agreement has been signed BY the
Master Painters association. =:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The only
comment of white house officials on
President Wilson's telegram to Gov
ernor Stephens asking him to extend
executive clemency in the Mooney
case, was that they would neither af-
firm nor deny such a telegram had
been sent.
The presidents action, which has
few precedents in American judicial
history, comes as the climax of much
effort by agenies of the federal gov
ernment to have the conviction of
Mooney reversed and to get for him
a new trial. .>, : ....
Commission Aids.
When President Wilson sent his Ia
Dor mediation comm mission west several
months ago to look into numerous la
Dor disturbances it was specially
charged to investigate the Mooney
case. The commission reached con-
clusions that the Mooney case had be-
come so involved with the issues of
the bitter contest between capital and
labor in San Francisco that he should
have a new trial.
THE feeling of disquietude aroused
by the case must be heeded," the COM
mission reported to the president, 'tfor
IT unheeded it impairs the faith that
cur democracy protects the lowliest
and even unworthy against false ac-
cusations. War is fought with moral
as we'll as material resources"
1t is we'll known that practically all
the prominent labor leaders upon
whom the president has been calling
for labor's cooperation in the war
have been asking the president to in
tervene for the relief of Mooney and
many of the administrations advisors
have been favoring such a step.
After receiving the report of the
commission, President Wilson wrote
Governor Stephens urging new trial.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
1000 Cabinet Makers Out.

ST. LOUIS, April 4.-One thousand
cabinet makers employed in fixture
manufacturing estab blishments, struck
Monday to enforce a demand for. high
er wages. The men ask a wage of SO
cents an hour, the present scale being
40 cents. They, also asked that the
work week be reduced from 4S to A
hours.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
TRANSFERS RAISE WAGES.

WESTV1LLE. ILL.,. April 4.-Team-
sters at this place have secured a so
per cent increase for all classes of
work t.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
WILSON URGES
CLEMENCY:,F0R
TOM MOONEY
President TeIegraphs Governor
Of California in Behalf Of
Doomed Man.
SACRAMENTO. CAL. ADril q

SACRAMENTO, CAL, April 4.
President Wilson has tele-
graphed Governor William D.
Stephens Of California, asking
executive clemency for Thomas
j. Mooney, now under death SEN
tence. Mooney, was convicted in
connection with a bomb explo-
sion in San Francisco in a pre-
paredness parade July %, 1916,
which caused the death of 10
persons and injured 40 others.
Executive clemency was
Moneys only hope, the state su-
preme court, which is confined to
questions Of law in reviewing
murder cases, having rejected
recently his appeal for a new
trial.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
1000 Strike in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, April "A strike of
city laborers, more than 1000 in num-
ber. their leaders said, was begun
Tuesday to enforce demand for
higher wages. The men demand So a
day. The city offered $2.76.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-06
Discuss New York Strike.

NEW YORK, April l4:-Representa-
tlves of $4,000 marine workers met
here late Monday to decide whether
e strike which, it was said, would tie
up traffic in New York harbor. shall
be called unless a controversy involv-
ing wage increases and hours: Of labor
is settled in the meantime.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11

p7rty in tho gymnasium "Wednesday
evening IN compliment to their teacher,
Miss Rtancho Uoguc, and to Mt. ". l..
Tucker. instructor in manual train.nG.
Tho latter has enlisted in special mill
tary service and expects 10 leave ut an
early date.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Barth. Of LIN
coin avenue. have moved 10 Armstrong $
Mills. whcro he is employed by the Cap
tina Coal Company.
Little Miss Hiha Caldwell. OF Pow
hatan- spent tho week with her grand
mother, Mrs William Caldwell. Of Con-
trail avenue She returned To her homo
last evening.
The Senior Endcavor Society IF tho
Presbyterian church held business and
social meeting IN the church Thursday
evening.
MIR. Guy Shaver. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
@. y. Sha"rr. OF North Central avenue.
who enlisted tho first Of the week in tho
[. S. Navy. loft Thursday for an cast
ern port to join his ship. IIn goes as an
export steam filter and expects Ia S,..
immediate service abroad.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
SISTERSV|LLE

Tho following list OF Tyler rorIn;y
rrGist1lnts will lsav" FOR Fort Thomas.
NJ. on tn" l3th day of MAY: Ecn-
.iHmin Franklin Fcrrrll. otto sylvester
Fry I-,nzy clyde Tusi!n. william
Ralph Nayfic1d. Gilbert s. Owens. Frank
Thomas Smith
Miss Nora I:rrr of Darlington is The
gust Of hrr sister. Mrs. f. +. Miller.
\ largo crowd Of SistcrSvill" and New
Mltanrorls people attended IN" ~Hrur-
sion On tho Homer Smith Tuesday rvn-
nint; On account Of The storm tho
boat did not go 70 New Martiu$viIi" n.
was intended. but returned just before
reaching !hr dam Dancing IL pr";..>-
Snr Str"thrr's jazz "rc|l"E'r.l wa$ ;i"
at rtc;ion OF the evening.
Mrs. r B. Barnes has gone "a nil
City. Pa where she Wi! visit rrir-
tiveS.
:drs r. c. Ackcrsnn has returned
from Harkcrsburg and -. MHrrs. wI"r"
she has been in the Iutrr'S; q: lie
woman's benefit association 81 th. Mac.
cahens.
Ralph Eydrr and family ar" ni"vins
I" .WIIiamStown. whore thy vii! make
their home.
Mrs. Dora barton Of PITTSBURGH ana
Mrs. Lynn M"Xon OF Mrad,'!ln. T.. ar.
guests at tho home "I Mat Campbell
Of tn: south side.
Josiah Dphsnn has ",,p" :" %.r
Castle. III, wh"r" h" Will ~j".Hi ~.,:l,"
tin" with relatives.
Mrs Anna lIrtol' arI Iau.hIrr Mrs
Willard stewart Of Wheeling are ;hr,
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day the guests OF J. w. Dcvinc OF Still
wafer.
Miss Lois Moblcy is visiting Glencoe
and BclIare friends.
Decision Favorable to
Unsecured Creditors

PHTI.hDE1.PIIlA. May ia dcci-
sion f;Lvnrabl. 20 the unsecured credit
"rs Of Josiah Y. Thompson. Of Union
town. Pennsylvania. was rendered by
The United States circuit court here TO-
day Thompson b"cam" bankrupt som"
time ago. about S60.d01.n00 worth OF
coal lands hcinE involved IN Inc failure.
The court today refused 10 vacatc II
restraining order and allowed preferred
creditors Ia. dispose OF portions of the
property Ivy .shcriffS' sale 10 satisfy
their claims. The court ordered that tine
rnattrr b" held under adviSrmcnt until
January | nrNt. Counsel for the unsc-
cured creditors had stated that II the r.
SirainiuS order were IT, To-. vacated il
would mean the wipinE out Of $4,000. nhn
Of their clients interest in the Thomp-
son property.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
CADIZ

Mr. ard Mrs John NJ. Me- 'rnn"ll w"rr
Camp Sherman visitors -''N"rTIl ia? -
and Witnessed IN" rcv'"W on Sunday.
Nj: ami AIRS. John n. ';tmmc'"r am!
NJ. .I"hn I"ui"r "f .inr"m w"r" .'u":SiS
- NJ and Mrs ". +. 'ialrmr'":' EYER
th" w. l-ri:I.
Miss MARGARET Mn"Th"nd has returned
:" !"aH'r '"ll";". 81 Beaver. IA after
u short ,i"lt with lr"r parents. AIR. mi
Mrs. LaN"rl!, M""rh"Hd.
Miss ldua ,;-""r"r nf Y"uncs:";ru
W." Visiting; h'r m"thrr. Mr>. James
t:r.,r
Mrs M""r.. "a Wheeling md Mrs
hi'"inrll IL l".un.S"u W"r" vi::itin:
their >..rr'. M.s Maria Moore"
Mrs. Edwin l"r!"rS Of Sl"ui-.nv liz
WAS l'sltjm:; hcr sister. Mls+ i."Hi.;"
I>,"rd.
AIRS. ida fr%""r. VIII" sI-'u, IA" WIN
'"r with h. 't.Ingnl'r. Mrs. Ji.u"S ln.ri-
anon -; Akron. has r":urE.d h"m,.
Ma, Nancy Work hrS r.lIru, 81 from
- visit w!;h Miss Martini Is, nn'riy III
Bridgeport.
i;"i".rr EurS"rn. ar,i Eu<Sril ":ars ma"
and friend StmT,l cooper. nf B"il"i"n-
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tame. We're her" tn" w"'k, visiting Mrs
~. /. SCl!rrIi"T. i:uS%"ii karSunrr has
enlisted IN IN" navy ana VIII 20 To tn"
IL val lraIn,n" station AT chicago TINS
w"h
Mrs !. :. Brown &C Grafton. "a. has
F''iI%"G homo aft: Il visit with h,r
i"'r.ni>. Mr.. and Mrs. Lp<"rn I.1if.i.,.
Mi-'' ltr'il" i;r!auL Mrs. .fuhn e.
SHARON and Mrs. John Ecrpnrt have
%"n" I" 'hIli.r"ih" 10 VISIT. .Tuhn \,
Hryani Ir.. Mr.. Sharon anu Mrs. Rep
F'Ti' WI" ar" ia camp Their.
MIS- LILLIAN I::irhar, MIS- hcrc from
"h'"i'nS L." I few days.
N'"S I."itS Darby. VIM has hr,u
VISITING nrr sister. Mrs. I.nbcr; Wood
returned {" h"r huHmr in r'harIc-nI. ~,
congressman j.. y. liollingSwurih *
'i"In" from Washington.
'''rh. |" MIR. az! Mr.. W. Craig An
"''S"h' on Wednesday. May ). I d:uyh.
trr.
Hr, u. -. SiG.th wa@ rl.,..r, prrsid,.nt
- ia" Eastern uhln dental :,x,.,, in.
ION At :h" lat" m"c'ru in .;,..:.Irny,lI.,.
l'T. Howard Allison az i,ltrpuint WINS
III 'ad% ru"sddy
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
SHADYSIDE
Triple Flag Raising.

Thu following excellent program IS
announced for the exercises Of the triple
flag raising 10 y" held ~ half past .
"'rlocii to-mUrr"w afternoon al the Lin
coin avenue school building:
Mayor W. T.. Jones. Presiding.
SniectI"n -.-------..--- Land
InVocatlun--..E Rev. y. {. NhitmoTc
Song Observation-Disclosures, School Children
Raising Stars and Stripes.
........-....-...Jr. O. l.. a NJ
'"'h" Star SpanSi"h Eaun"r'- Eand
Address. .-----..----N. T. Dixon, Jr.
itlis!ng community Service tllS.-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10y Scouts
Keep the Home Eir"s Turning. Duct
hd'lrr$s. ..--...... Pros. William Roy
N'l'rtihn t5'lf.
Address Wee I'rrS Frank I.efvcrk;
Raising Liberty Loan Flag
Frc6 Mc|'onn. Chairman
S'l"ctlon .--------- fticn SfhoOl
SHfr"SS ---.----1 I. T.. II'nherl3Kn
NcleCI ION 1h'ln0
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NJ, on -. Clairsvii!e friends yester-
DAY.
Clrt!n Tnnnant and wife returned
from S;%ub,nviiic last night. after Il
:,l-rSaut visit with friends
DAVID Tracy IS Sp"ndIng a few days
With his daughter. near BETHANY.
John Henderson has purchased a new
Ford touring rar
W. y. Miller OF GAINESVILLE WAS here
on business yesterday.
Link i.vnn and family we're shopping
II EarncSviIe yesterday
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
Purchased Property.

Edward Simpson has purchased III"
Miss AIDA Thomas property on West
Main street. Mr.. simpson contemplated
making some im:r"y"m"nis L. tia.
place. which. wh"a completed. viii be
an ideal horne.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11

Blake Wilson and 4:;h"l Shower were
Wheeling visitors yesterday.
IIr. and Mrs. ttar"E Barr arn the
rroud parents Of 4 lin" !ahv :,rl.
Judge +. N. Eaton and w!.c were call
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
M0RRIST0WN
Left for Training Camp.

...- walter D-m"n. left :"r camp Sh"r-
man yesterday mrrn:uS. for iratnIn%.
Walter is ons of orr hiss: u.'%S aa'l Ne
wish him SUCCESS. f"r he WI SUrsiy do
his par. - defend has rfa- and country.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
VIII Hire Teachers.

The board Of education ~iii meet Sat
urday for the pr-p"$" Of hiring t";,ch
ers for the coming year. /. is reported
that several changes will be made for
the bet:ernent Of ths school.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11

Among the other unim7ortant mes
s;lgns is that conveyed BY the man 40
wishes TO whisper in your car.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-17

ing the weary months he spent in
prison camp was the burying Of dead
soldiers. The prisoners subsisted
largely on h0rseflesh, from animals
SO sold they had died in service or
which had been killed in battle. So
tough was the meat, says Van Hof,
that his teeth were ruined by knaw'
ing at it.. . 49,.
A common practice was: to cut off
fingers of men who d%ispleased the
Germans, says Van Hof, and to sew
up the stump. Little children were
deformed by cutting Of their hands,
and Van Hof relates instances within
his own observation where the breasts
were hacked from Belgian women and
men were buried alive. While serv-
ing with a burial party he came upon
a large grave containing the bodies
Of a number Of student priests bound
together hand and foot. There was
no mark of violence on their bodies,
and the expression on their faces indi-
Gated they had been buried alive and
left to s%uffOcate.
Van Hof has two brothers residing
in North Dakota, one at Halliday,
who sent him transportation to Am
erica when he learned of his escape
from the German prison camp. He
is now working on the farm Of Joe
Oukrop, ten miles northwest of Dick
inSOn. i
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-17
NON PARTlSANS AND
@S0CIALlS1lC LABOR
SEEK TO VAULT TAX

Washington, Jan, 17.-Labor and
farmers Organizations want congress
to provide for a decided increase In
the income and excess profits taxes
during the war, Chairman Simmons, of
the senate finance committee, and
Chairman Kitchin, of the house ways
and means committee, were told by
a delegation headed by Benjamin c.
Marsh, secretary of the Association
for an Equitable Federal Income Tax
law; Henry Zimmerman, of the Tax
Partisan League, and Mrs. l.. H.
Brooks, a social settlement worker Of
Los Angeles. The delegation pro-
posed that congress provide a fiat rate
of eight per cent on excess profits and
that the income tax sections Of the
war revenue law be amended SO that
eighty per cent of incomes of $1,000
900 or more and one half incomes
from $4,000 to $1,000, 900 shall be
paid to the government. "
Tribune Want Ads Bring Results.