The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-06-06

union movement, have secured more
satisfactory results than those which
have been adopted by the workers of
any other country. Great Britain has
had labor party for many years,
but its existence has not secured the
same degree of progress and equality
OF opportunity which are enjoyed by
the American workers through the
influence of the American Federation
of Labor. When we consider the ques-
tion of labor party or of partisan
political action in this country, we
must be governed by conditions as
they are and men as we find them"
- 80 ma Na "a
While we are sorry for the union
machinists who are employed at the
Long & Allstatter plant because of
the failure of the strike at that plant
yet, there are number of the nom
union men we would like to say to,
Serves you right. Especially do
we refer to those ingrates who, think
ing they had no further use of the
organization, believing that they al
ready had what they wanted through
the efforts of the organization, de-
cided to drop their membership.
After they have had long time to
dwell on the words of the great poet
Of, "Oh, what might have been" and
they consider putting in their appli-
cation again they may be given long
time to think it over or be compelled
to pay about five years dues in ad-
vance to show good faith.
- IS VS. 80 w
The old slogan of the employers,
"That you can't organize brains,
meaning that organization was al
right for the ignorant and uneducat-
ed. but not for the folks with college
degrees, has been knocked in a cooked
hat. Down in Washington last week
FIVE hundred Of Uncle Sans scien-
fists and technologists voted by q
large majority to affiliate with the
American Federation of Labor
through the National Federation OF
Federal Employees, The reason fol
it all was that they were fully aware
that there was only one way to Sc
cure just treatment, and that was BY
organization The old ideas and ira
ditions are rapidly becoming obsolete
M @ a M m
The clerks in the Woolworth stores
in Chicago are on strike for increased
wages Recently the head of thi.
great concern died leaving forum,
Of $60,000,000. This great fortune wa.
accumulated largely through the ex
treme low wages paid employees
Think of it, in these days when price:
are soaring to the very heavens, girls
being paid as low as $3.50 per week
ard expected to live decently The
most fertile fields many of our socia
bodies and welfare leagues could fine
to work in would be the big depart.
ment stores III attempts to secure
decent living conditions for the girls
end women employed This would
of girls homes etc. for give a girl
enough to live on and she will take
care of herself. The average girl is
not looking for charity, she would
rather find her own home
IA M z IA I'D
Who's going to pay for a new
bridge over the canal on Dayton
street, the county, the city or the
Asphalt company? We would suggest
that the Safety Director keep his eye
on this bridge as it might prove den.
perous if the fire department has oc-
casion TO cross it.
NJ I'M Na va M
Those who expect the politicians
and statesmen to reform the world for
them for the asking, might reflect on
the hard time Moses had to get some
thing out of Pharoah The IsraeIites
finally did the only sensible thing.
they took things in their own hands