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The Glenwood post., 1919-09-20

II does not pay any county to have
its road workers putting in very much
time going to and coming from the
job.
Each dollar appropriated for road
construction and maintenance should
be put in the road for results and all
overhead costs, ETC., cut to the lowest
percentage possible.
Now, altogether, let US think good
roads, live good roads and pay fcr
god roads, and last but not least, III,
sist upon having good roads both fol
our city and county.
JOHN V. NEWT.
The Glenwood post., 1919-09-20
TEACHERS PICNIC AT REDsroNE

Superintendent and Mrs. Chas. A.
Montandon entertained the grade and
high school teachers with picnic at
Redstone last Saturday. The party
left Glenwood at ten O'Clock and after
adding and subtracting few tires,
the last machinefull alighted at the Inn
at one O'Clock. Those who arrived
first Immediately set to work and soon
had three cracking good fires started
on which to cook the dinner.
Since there are so many spots of in
terest in an abandoned town, everyone
found it easy to entertain himself.
Most of the machines drove to the
mansion, but no one was fortunate
enough to get in. Twenty-six sat down
to dinner, or pretended to do so. The
weather stayed fine until Mr.. Montan.
don had drunk his tenth cup of coffee,
then the rain poured down in good
shape. The few leafs" that were
left were soon packed up and the pic
nickers scrambled for the autos.
One machine load started up to Mar
BILE to see the sights, but after going
. few miles turned back on account of
the steep grade and the slick road.
The party returned to Glenwood in
the evening and pronounced Mr.. and
Mrs. Montandon most delightful hosts.
The entire faculty are very grateful
to Dick McGuirk and Bert Mccoy FOR
the transportation furnished by them.
The Glenwood post., 1919-09-20

w. H. Farnum had delightful VISIT
this week with his old college profss-
cor, Prof. W. h. Hohenshuh Of Iowa
City, Iowa. Monday morning NJ.
Fsfnum, the professor and O. o. white
Of Pueblo left in the formers car for
Woods lake, whsrs they sps.a twe
days fishing. The party had n idsal
trip and the professor was infatsa4ea
With Tie beautiful scenery end dslioAt-
I'll climate II Cur county, 81 AeesD
~ b nay spsad sastAss vsse11sa
n or vislaiAy.
The Glenwood post., 1919-09-20

Is Glenwood to be selected by the U.
g. government as the location for an
asylum for insane soldiers and sailors
and is it the intention of the govern
ment to use the Hotel Colorado, the
beautiful lawns and the bath house
and the big swimming pool for that
purpose2 And if that is the plan Of
this great paternal government, does it
meet with your approvalf The people
of Glenwood have answered these ques-
lions in the negative and in as forci-
BILE manner as was possible during
the past week, following the report
that the negotiations for the purchase
of the Hotel Colorado and grounds, in
Guiding the bath houses and swimming
pool, were just on the verge Of con-
summation, and that it was the pur-
pose Of the government to use the prop
erty as an asylum or retreat for in
sane soldiers and sailors for whose care
the government is responsible.
Last Saturday the following tele-
gram from Congressman Edward T.
Taylor was received in Glenwood, ap-
prising our people of the intentions
of the government along the line Of
purchasing this beautiful Glenwood
property and turning it into an insane
asylum:
Washington, D. c.,
Sept. ID.
Hon. Chas. W. Taylor,
Glenwood Springs, Colo.
I am informed by First Assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury
that the treasury department in
conjunction with the bureau Of
public health are very seriously
contemplating purchasing Hotel
Colorado property, not for hos
pital Of any kind, but as a gov
eminent insane asylum for insane
soldiers Of all kinds. 1 have not
been consulted about this by any
body and did not know of it until
today. I did try very hard to get
the government to select that
property as recuperation hospital
and when that was rejected I took
no further action. Now wish
you would confer with Mr.. wey-
and and any others you see fit to
mention the matter to, and advise
me as soon as possible and as def
nitely as you can whether or not
the Glenwood Springs people want
that property converted into an
insane asylum. And do you advise
me to approve of that purchase or
shall I keep my hands of Of it
and let the sale 60 through. Per
sonally, feel very positive that
the convention Of that property
into Q general federal insane asy.
lum will injure property owners
Of that town, both at present and
throughout the future, . thousaad
dollars for every dollar benefit
that anybody gets out Of the deal.
However, 1 can stand it If the rest
can, and I want to carry out the
wishes Of the people Of Glenwood
II can learn in any way just
what they actually are.
EDWARD 7. TAYLOR.
Az soon - the intentions Of the gov.
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The Glenwood post., 1919-09-20

County Superintendent Brown an
aounees that all the schools In the
equity have now opened their fall term
except those where teachers have not
yet been found. A new school 10 being
formed at Dotsero, in joint district No.
2.
The Glenwood post., 1919-09-20

At the regular weekly meeting Of
the Chamber Of Commerce held We'd
nssday evening the matter was dis
susssd At considerable length and
Pfseiesat Daffow AID 3. E Lucas made
1t very plain that the owners had at
10 tins sought 70 sell the property 4
The Glenwood post., 1919-09-20
:$entiment (l)ortb (lJbile !:
F: Tn Prose and Ver$e ::
WHEN I AM DEAD

o WHEN AM DEAD
Q When l am dead, if say g.
o HE helped the world upon its way
Q With all his faults of word and deed o
o Mankind did have little need o
o Of what he gave'-then in my grave o
Q No greater honor shall crave. O
Q If they say-if they but &
o He did his BEST he played the man, o
. His ways straight his soul clean;
q His faings not unkind and mean, o
o He loved his felowmen and tried
o To help them''-I' be satisfied. o
@ But when I'm gone, if even one o
Q Can weep because my life is done
@ And feel the world is something bare o
o Because am no longer there's
Q Call me knave my life misspent-
Q No matter, shall be content o
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
BLAMING FRANCE FOR WAR PRICES
GRAVE INJUSTICE, DECLARES CHARLES C. RUSSELL IN
Third ARTICLE on EUROPEAN SITUATION

1916. At the time of the explosion
he was in attendance at the Baltimore
convention of the International Asso-
citation of Machinists. On his return
to this city he was arrested on eight
murder charges. Subsequently two
other persons died as a result of the
explosion, but no new indictments
were brought against him.
Nolan was never broaght to trial,
but was helc in Jail for nine months,
before he was released on bail The
police acknowledged they had no evi-
dence to justify a trial
Nolan is the first of the five de-
PENDANTS to be cleared of all connec-
tion with the bomb explosion. Warren
K. Billings was tried first and sem
fenced to life Imprisonment Thomas
j. Mooney was sentenced to be hanged
but was later committed to life i'm
prisonment Mrs. Mooney and Israel
Weinberg were acquitted on their first
trials and are now out on bail pending
trial on their indictments.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11

company something that it ought to
know. In adjusting controversy at
this plant between the company and
its employees, the board said:
"The evidence discloses that the
work performed is monotonous in
character and the hours of work are
excessive. We hold these long work
ing hours do not promote the health
comfort and well being of the work
ers, and it is our opinion that these
excessive hours retard rather thar
enhance the efficiency of the employ
es,
eve recommend that the commit
tee herein provided and the manage
ment should Immediately consider and
arrange for schedule of hours which
will establish shorter workday which
viii be conducive to the health and
well being of the employees and pro-
mote greater degree of proficiency
of the workers nd efficiency in pro-
duction"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
Another Advance
Ordered For Packing En-
plOyes By Arbitrator.

Chicago Acting as arbitrator in
the wage demand of workers employed
by the five packing plants, Federal
Judge Abschuler has ordered wages
advanced 10 per cent "out of consid-
Grafton of increased living cost since
the award herein of last March" The
award dates back to November 10
last, and will apply to every worker
employed elsewhere by these packers.
Where operations call for a seven
day week, Judge Alschuler declares
that sit Is imperative that provision
shall be made by relief gangs, so that
the employees in such operations shall
be relieved from duty on some day of
the week"
Beginning March 2, 1919, the over
time rate shall be time and one-half
applicable to all daily overtime after
eight hours.
These gains are the result Of de-
mands filed last November with Judge
Alschuler, who had previously acted
as arbitrator. For years these work
ers have been unorganized, but joined
the various unions of their crafts and
callings several months ago as the
result of an organizing campaign. A
majority of these workers are mem
bers of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workmen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
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America Still Exists.
Bur1eson Is Told BY State
Official

Madison, Wis. s.,-America still eX-
lists and no public official can take
any action that is not renewable by
the courts, declared NJ. B. Ilbrich,
deputy state attorney general, before
the state supreme coure in discussing
the claim of Postmaster General Bur
Lesson that he has the sole power to
set telephone rates.
Constructed, as we suppose they
must be constructed, said the attor-
ney, "these allegations constitute the
bald statement that the postmaster
uI sI9Mod EIgIl!qIB S9ss9Ssf d IgI9u95
the conduct of this telephone business.
But this is still America, victorious
America, not conquered America.
The time has not yet come when the
claim to sheer autocracy does not in
woke the challenge: Whence comes
the charter of your authority? This
is no children's game, no comic opera,
in which the postmaster general may
cross his fingers and cry: You can't
stop me, | am exercising war power
Nor does that incarnation, the con
jury of that phrase, cause the pro
tecting mantle of the constitution tc
lift and soar away into the clouds like
the magic carpet in the fairy tale
War power and peace power of th'
president, we submit, outside of mill
tary law or military government 0,
martial law, are one and the sam,
thing"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11

market $5.QC and more apiece, tutter
$3.50 a pound, meat Size a pourd and
eggs 10 cents each, wha is the hotel
keeper TO do but to increase his
prices?
The war brought about an enor
nous initiation of the currency, due
to the issu ng of paper money to meet
war expenses. There could be nc pos
sible result except that prices ssr,uld
go up like balloon They always do
in such conditions. Some American
visitors seemed to think that econ
omic law rhould reverse itset for
their benefit and arrange matters so
that currency initiation should mean
lower instead Of higher prices Per-
haps some of us are of such merit as
to deserve even this phenomenon but
so far there is no instance of it in
human affairs and the French can
hardly be blamed for not htvinp
achieved If
There was another great reasc Why
prices in France were irresist4bly
driven up without the will of hybody
1t lay in fact of which lit5le was
said and vet which should have been
apparent to anybody that woul look
around.
Her coaFields are in her nc ern
provinces. At almost the out 9. Of
the war these provinces fell in > Ger
man hands and about seven-el' Lths
of her coal mines with them he
Germans held these mines cort ~.
ously unit! almost the end of the u4r
When t'ey were driven away ,hey
flooded all the mines, wrecked er re
moved al the mine machinery apc
destroyed Ike engines.
None of those mines will be able tt
produce pound of coal for tw years
and some rot for five.
Meantime coal is $47O0 to anc
very hard to get at that. 5c {
hotel keeper with a house to arn
and kitchen to operate chacg1 The
same prices as when coal was OF
a ton? I'VE were robbed b he
French hotel keepers" said re of
ficers. Or, no, they weren't. They
were robbed by the Germans whC
ruined the coal mines.
France in Peril.
France ehile no. famine sJ,i' Ken
was and IS in an economic si.lariol
of great peril.
The war smote her productl y {
deadly blew Without aid she vii
not recover in years from the LUCE
injuries in icted upon her.
Before the war she used to n.in,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
Charges Americans Are Too Busy
Denouncing Other People To
Discover Truth Of LiV-
ing Conditions.

her 1wh ecal ana with IL operated hel
great factories.
Peace time industries in Central
and Southern France, strugg m. to
get upon their feet again, are reing
garreted by lack of coal and .ck of
raw materials Business in al. these
regions is in a most precarious con
dition, living from hand to mog.th
The immense shortage of ms nufac-
tured staples and necessaries natur-
ally affects the prices of all other
commodities.
Iron Industry Ruined.
The great basic non and stye! in
dustry, I'll located in the no of
France ha been absolutely rul 'ni by
the flooding of the iron mines and
the systematic destruction o. every
forge, rolling mill, furnace AMI sta
tionary en%ine in all the county,
Agricultural production in fertile
North France has been ruined b.. FOUR
years of trench warfare The !e.und
is a huge network of trenches Sven
feet deep, with limestone thrown up
from the bottom of these tr, hes
and the washings from that limestone
covering al the fields. Nothirg will
glow in such places.
France is rot quite one of the coun-
tries whele starving populations de
mand instantaneous relief. Those that
know the French spirit will under
stand also that however acute may
be be the crisis the people will always
put the best face on it, whether it be
German advance or food shortage
, Verdun or imminent bankruptcy You
could never tell from the daily life of
Paris that it had only the narrowest
margin between it and sharp-nosed
want, any more than you could tell in
the same way last summer that il
was being bom-b barded night and day
But none the less France is in des-
perate economic straits. Unless there
is relief with capital, with raw mater
ial, with steel, copper, coal and cotton
with meat and flour, there viii be 8
smash that will enlighten complain.
ing American officers about the rea
causes Of the high prices they dis
covered Tin Francel to be so burden
some.
And does anybody imagine there
could be such a smash without dis
astrous results here?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
War Labor Board.
Says Long Hours Are
Harmful.

Washington-The national war la
Dor board told the management of
the Williamsport (Pa.) Wire Rope
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
BOOSTED S
CLUB
PLANS TO Do MAN Y
THINGS FOR HAMILTON.
Thirty one Committees Named
For Various Projects. All
Have Labor Representatives

Any one entering the room at the
7. M. G. A. in which the Citizens
Roosbers club met Monday night,
couldn't have been but very much i'm
pressed with the enthusiasm prevail
inc and must have pictured rosy fu-
ture for Hamilton. Never was more
representative body of citizens gath
tired than that which assembled at
that meeting on Monday night.
All classes were represented, bank
ers, manufacturers, business and pro-
fessional men, labor union representa-
tives were there strong-all were
there-all differences forgotten-with
just one idea in view-the boosting
of Hamilton
A number of matters were dis
cussed. 81 committees were appoint
ed to look after various projects and
improvements. % separate commit
tees were named to see that there is
no unnecessary delay in the improve
ment of % streets already started
Other committees We're named to look
into the electric light situation, secur-
ing the fair grounds for park pur-
poses, the barge canal, the securing
of land adjacent to the city for park
purposes, for more school playground
and for several other projects.
Homer Gard, of Mayor Smiths
committee on electric current, made 6
report of the investigation to date bS
that committee.
The committee on securing the fan
grounds for park purposes is to NEE
jointly with the Chamber of Com
merce, Federated Women's clubs
county commissioners and city coun
Gil committees before the fair boarc
Saturday afternoon.
Labor has representative on ever.
one of the thirty-one committees ap
pointed. The clAb will meet again
Monday night at o'clock sharp, a
the Y. M. G. A. 1t is urged that ev
cry representative be present. Els
pecially does the Press urge on tn
labor representatives to be present
All the committees will present re
ports at this meeting.
Esa Maa
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
High Prices Complained OF Were
The Inevitable Result Of Econ
omiC Conditions, Says Author.

At the time when we ought to
know most about the actual living
conditions of the people of Europe
we know least about them. W ave
been too busy with other thing
1t is a most unfortunate fac an
fortunate even in its effects BON
those great vital matters we haze 1een
so busy about
For insttnce, any ill-feeling be.veer
US and the Allies would be ~ this
time an International calamity. We
ought to oo forward in good under
standing until the peace job lad the
reconstruction job are done with
But a great many American eff
GERS and casuals are coming hcme
swearing mad about what they call
French extortion.
'The French robbed us outrase us
ly," | heacd an officer saying nj the
steamship coming home. "They charg.
ed me % francs ($440) for a single
room at NV hotel in Paris and II
francs for dinner. What do you know
about that ?"
In certain Southern town a Ii tie
more than year ago the same off.
Ger had slept at the only hotel the
place afforded, and that very bad
Each had !een charged $500 fl the
nights lodging He did not denounct
this as robbery, nor the much more
than II frees he paid for his 1ilnel
in WASHINGTON. But the charge it
France, though lower than at home
constituted robbery
Knockers Anvil Chorus.
Fifteen o. twenty thousand tongue,
chanting the same song, aided by ar
army of srecial correspondents, seri
ously threatened the good relar on.
and perfect understanding tterc
should be between republics Ct III,
United StHt@s and France, yet al, grew
| out OF lack OF information.
While there doubtless are SONS
cases of vercharging, as there ar
everywhere rnder the present svsten,
even in he glorious United State
and al ta:+, the French people dit
not rob ryoody. The high prices O
which ther was so much bitter com
plant were the inevitable result o
economic conditions.
They hit the French residents muc7
harder than the American visit ,rs,
can assure you of that. Any Ameri
can visitor that would take the tror
BILE to go 10 Halle, the great centra
market of Paris, any morning, woul
see enough of high prices to silenc
his compla nts for the rest of h., life
With dressed chickens in the one
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
W ~ e
"Uplifters" Rejected.
Retail Clerks Union Girls Not
Looking For Charity.

Des Moines, Iowa-"Pay US a suf-
ficient wage and we won't need your
cheap rooming houses" is the answer
of trade union girls to the attempt of
local "uplifters" to erect a girls home
in this city.
These girls, members of Retail
Clerks association No. 80, have de-
clared themselves as follows:
eve, the Retail Clerks association,
strongly oppose the girls hotel, be-
cause it only humiliates girl to be-
come a victim of charity in any form.
"If the employers will pay the girls
the salary they duly earn, there will
be no need for such cheap rooming
place. Pay each working girl liv-
able salary; let her room in place
suited to her temperament; she will
then be more cheerful, and able to do
much better work for her firm. Room
in the environment of home, and
the home influence have tendency to
refine and educate; while hotel life
is just the opposite.
Noting the committee appointed to
promote the hotel, we find they are
the ones working to keep the wages
down. Therefore, we condemn the
plans of the working girls hotel"
Va "a ~
The union label is competent and
impartial record of aims and purposes
1t is to a large extent restraint or
the trusts, for every purchase which
goes with It, every label which bears
the significant words eight hours,
means employment to more men. II
is the very acme of union co-opera.
ton.
Va "a "a
The union label aspires to educate
in unity tie masses through the un
faletring devotion of it's label leagues
1t is a power for good to the rising
generation, for their interests, theil
rights. 1t stands for the well-beine
and progress of ALL 1t aspires tx
unity and federation. 1t gives energ!
and impetus to work, for it is en-
nobling, full of the highest concep
tions of duty.
Buy Thrift Stamps and help.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
Detroit Mayor Hits In Dark
With Cute Wage Ration
Scheme.

Detroit, Mich.-W When Mayor Cou-
zens came out recently with his plea
to the large employers of this city
to ration wages, that is, to apportion
among all workers the sums which
the employers were ready to pay out
in wages, in order to relieve the un-
employment situation he failed to
take into account the real present
aims of organized labor.
For instance, he did not know that
organized labor in Detroit had in its
pocket little rationing scheme of
its own, not a wage rationing propo-
sition but work rationing idea. And
the two things are totally different
The mayor wanted to abolish over
time SO does labor. The mayor
wanted to cut down the normal hours
of work SO does labor. The mayor
wanted to divide up wages paid so
as to make them spread over much
greater human area And that is just
what labor does not want
The mayor has spread his propo-
sition and it missed fire.
Labor will spring its proposition
May l, and labor leaders here say
that it can't miss that it will fire
bomb to be felt all over the country.
For on May l organized labor of
| Detroit will Demand a forty-hour
week of five days. The effect will be
to provide work for every man in
the city who really wants to work.
That is somewhat different from
the mayors plan of dividing up
wages. And yet the mayors plan
was scotfed at as "socialistic" by the
big employers. What will they call
labor's plan? That remains to be
seen.
But the situation has in it every
evidence of a great fight coming be-
tween Detroit labor and Detroit capi-
tai. 1t will be situation that will
be well worth watching for every
one who is interested in the welfare
and progress of American labor
"a n -
The union label is the acme of good
will and confidence and its influence
is unlimited 1t is bound up with con-
sistent, persistent and aggressive
movements yet its mission is fed
Grafton of humanity. 1t has yet to
be recognized at its true worth, foi
it is destined to occupy one of the
produest places in the labor temple
of the future
{ pa ~ -
e Make thrift your buy-word.