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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-27
A Fine Winter Turnout of Hosiery and
Underwear for the Whole Family

Children's Stockings
30c for black and tan ribbed cotton
stockings.
25c for seconds" tan and white rib
bed cotton stockings.
Mems Half Hose
SOC for heavy natural wool half hose.
35c 6 pair for SD natural merino
half hose.
Csc for black and colored cotton half
hose.
Mems Underwear
$1.75 for seconds" medium and heavy
weight natural merino shirts and
drawers.
S1.35 for Seconds" lightweight rstu-
raj merino shirts and drawers.
S1.35 for Seconds" medium weight
white cotton combination suits.
$1.25 for Winter weight natural me-
rino shirts and drawers.
Evening star., 1919-03-16

In order to do away with rusting Of
parts beneath the hood. black enam-
cling may be resorted to with good
effect. 1t is possible to get black
enamel today. which. when properly
applied, looks little inferior to the
haked-o variety. Ordinary enamels.
which dry quickly, are of little use, as
they chip and fake off quickly. Parts
to be enameled should. if possible, be
taken off and cleaned with a stiff wire
brush The enamel should be applied
with stiff varnish brush. The
enamel may take as long as week to
dry and care must be used to have an
atmosphere free from excessive dust;
that means not TO try it in the upper
story of hay barn. Parts that may
be enameled to advantage include
steel fan blades, pulley arms. -brack-
cts and elbows, nuts that are not oft
EN- disturbed. exposed pieces Of shaft
ing, pinion wheel centers. operating
rods. collars. etc. Even a cylinder
casting may be SO treated. as a good
enamel will stand heat without blis-
tering.
Evening star., 1919-03-16
Men and Employees in League.

/ Following this general thought o.
getting together, numerous leagues o
!! employers and employees have beer
| formed throughout the United King.
dom, and in them the labor leaders
discuss problems with some little .a.
suits in concrete way. but with very
great results in the way of getting a
better understanding of each other
The most tangible result has been
education on both sides that resulted
II the scheme for industrial councils
which are about to be put into force
and which are popularity known as the
Whitley councils, because the Right
of the committee which made the re-
port to parliament containing the pro-
posals.
The plan is this: Each industry
shall have a national joint industrial
council, made up of representatives
Of the Employers Association and
the trade union, which shall take
up and settle all the larger questions
affecting that industry, such as
wages, hours and the better co-opera-
tion between employers and en-
ployed. Since many questions are
local. below the national councils are
to be district councils and below
them works committees in the fac
tories themselves. representing the
management and the men without re-
gard to the particular union men,
berships.
The strength of the plan is to be
the works committee, and it is hoped
that the higher councils will deal
only with very general matters, leav-
ing to each works very large meas
ure of 'self-government. The COM
mittee suggested that the following
matters, at least, should come within
the purview OF the committee:
"a ~ hA
knowleGge of the workpeople.
2. The rate and methods Ct wage
payment and particularly the secur-
ing to the people of any increased
profits.
g. Machinery for the quick settle
ment of any differences between man.
agement and men.
4. Technical education and train
ing.
5. Securing to workpeople the
rights to inventions which they may
devise.
G. The general improvement of the
industry.
This is rather a large program
and it is hoped that it will provide
the necessary preliminary education.
so that the men can actually qualify
for a hand in the management. The
diff iculties with the plan are that the
workers are rapidly drifting away
from their regular organizations and
moving in the direction of workers
rather than craft unions. The Whit
Icy plan provides for the skilled man.
but it makes little provision for the
unskilled and unorganized man. and
IT is that man who is today the great
es. problem because he threatens
to reform himself into proletariat.
And finally the Whitley system, ap-
pears to many to contain quite too
much formality and to hold the dan
ger that the real objects will be lost
through excessive particularly in or
sanization and Interpretation Of rules
and statutes.
But for the time being the Whitley
nlan is being grab bbed at as weapon
against bolshevism, and the best ar
gument for it is that the bolshevists
are everywhere. fighting against its
adoption.
Evening star., 1919-03-16
DRASTIC INDUSTRIAL
CHANGE IN ENGLAND
IS BELIEVED NEAR
Continued from First Page.)

far above the politician class and are.
though it may be heresy to say, deal
more intelligent than the rank and
file of the employers. Therefore,
expect labor to lead and capital to
follow-that is. industrial capital.
The bankers and capitalists are hope
lessly behind in their views of con-
dltions. The prosy and sententious
addresses which the chairmen of the
various large joint stock banks con-
slider it necessary to deliver at the
annual meetings and then to have re-
printed in the newspapers all deal
with the labor question to some de-
gree, but these deliverances are most
iy in the form of prayers for better
relations"
Evening star., 1919-03-16

undertakihgs-o1e rapidly succeeding
the other. Each of these undertake
ings had in it's employ practically
the same number of men--rou ghly
speaking. about 10000. One of the
undertakings was really the last word
in trade unionjsm; every single en-
ploye was bound to accept member
ship of the union. The other under
taking was entirely free from that
influence. So far as I know. not a
single man identified with it had any
connection with any trade union
movement. What was my experience
of that? In the trade union under
taking provision was made whereby
any grievance could be brought
forward and carried right to the
very top for the purpose of adjust
ment. 1t frequently came to my no.
tice. as manager of that undertaking.
that grievances on the part OF the
men had real, genuine foundation.
1t frequently came to my notice that
some subofficial was not justified by
the facts in some action he had taken
LAS result Of the method which ex-
listed, many grievances were remedied.
No such machinery, at least no ade-
quate and satisfactory machinery, eX-
listed in connection with the other un-
dertaking. If there was any grievance
it lay smolderin gbeneath the sur
face. and having no opportunity for
adjustment. The result convinced ne
that whether it is done by establish
ed trade unions or by securing the
cooperation of the selected leaders o:
men. whatever the system may be. it
is absolutely essential for the success
full conduct of a business in which a
large number of men are employed
that there should be set up machinery
which will secure to the men an op-
portunity for bringing their griev-
ances forward and securing them
against punishment on the part of the
officials
Evening star., 1919-03-16
Labor's Demands Considered.

F. Dudley Decker. G. B.. chairman
Of the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon
and Finance Company. AID who is
said to command more power than any
other Industrial man in England:
"Labof has many legitimate demands,
but those demands depend entirely
upon the prosperity and productivity
of industry. The demands. which are
of themselves perfectly reasonable,
are: Good wages. reasonable hours,
the opportunity of enjoying the leis-
ure thus afforded, proper housing. and
of education which VIII give the COM
ing generations the opportunities of
material advancement and capacity
to enjoy real recreation.
These conditions should not be un-
economic. They are conditions which
ought to obtain in a civilized state,
they are conditions which make for
increa sed efficiency. but they are con-
ditions which depend not upon any
Legislative short cut nor upon sys-
TEN Of uneconomic doles. but the COM
bined effort of those engaged in in
dustry itself.
we are all more or less agreed
upon this. but somehow the thing
aoes not get done, or. ii ii does il gets
done sporadically and slowly. There is,
/ believe, an honest desire to carry
out these principles. but there is still
suspicion, and both sides feel that
neither can fulfin it's side Of the con-
tract without the other.
The suspicion breeds irritation
and delay; Doth sides hesitate to
stigmatiZe their own black sheep.
Both sides are far too willing to dis
cuss general principles and too little
willing to face up to the real diff
culties, to agree to a solution, and,
above all, to carry it out in con-
crete action. The result Is that ex-
tremists on both sides carry on and
achieve regulations, IL not a success,
which is out of all proportion to their
deserts. Both employers and the en-
ployed wish to repudiate these false
leaders, but each time they fail so
to do the task becomes harder"
Rt. Hon. Sir Albert Stanley. presi-
dent of the board of trade: whether
my experience in America has been
an advantage or otherwise, my con-
duet and actions must be the outcome
of ir. and I especially recall one par
t{cular experience hSch had there.
Was identined with two separate
Evening star., 1919-03-16
Drastic Change Likely.

1t viii be surprising if, and within a
very short time, some drastic reor-
ganization of the relation between
the man who employs and the man
VINO is employed is not brought about
IN England. 1t will be drastic because
Otherwise the present labor leaders
VIII nave to give way to the bolShe
Vlsts. No half measures and no prom
lses will satisfy the British worker.
He wants a complete s, lial program
and share in both the management
ana the fruits of industry.
Such a looking forward to a new
relation would create almost a reign
OF terror in the United States. but
the most successful of the English
employers do not view the change
with the slightest anxiety. They know
English history and they know that
the country was all the better for
breaking down years ago the feudal
system. After few protests they
fell in with Lloyd Georges social
policies of before the war, those who
held land in Ireland have been sat
istled to have that taken from them
pY the government at an appraised
value, and generally the whole Eng
llsh body polite. while grousing hor-
r1bly at every change. is remarkably
open minded when the change actual
ly happens. And the employers with
open minds are those who will today
meet with the labor men and force
the recaicitrants into line. I have
talked with many of these men;
few hope for a return to old condi-
tons. and there is also a somewhat
humorously regarded class who say
that the war should be a great thing
in teaching work people to obey their
masters. These protagonists are
mostly in their dotage. Another class
of the wealthy imagine that the east
est solution is to buy labor leaders
from time to time. But their eff
forts have not been successful, be-
cause the moment they get one safely
bought he is kicked out of office The
real leaders of British industry want
to sget down to brass tacks, stop all
jockeying for position and settle
strikes for all time, and not merely
for the week end.
For instance, the use of troops in
Belfast and on the Clyde, and the
threats of the government to i'm
prison all strikers on what we call
public utilities by an order inscoun-
Gil under authority of Dora, is not
looked upon as wise. because indus
try cannot live in reign of terror,
the government or the
strikers are doing the terrorizing.
Look at what some of the leaders
have to say and good idea of the
sentiment of big business can be had.
Evening star., 1919-03-16
What Big Leaders Say.

Sir Vincent Caillard, chairman OF
Fickers. Ltd, the great war works:
Both employers and employed have
been apt to forget the root fact that
we are all men. On the one hand, en-
ployers have been too ready to re-
gard human beings as machines; on
the other hand. the employed have
been too ready to regard the manage
ment' as merely a heartless instru-
ment for getting the biggest possible
return for the least possible outlay.
Thus there arose position which was
largely regarded by both as being in
evitable. But-my contention is that IL
is not inevitable. / will go further
evitahle, but that it is the very an
tithesis of the state of things whics,
should exist and which may exist.
'If we all agree, as We must-if we
are ready to take the big view-tha:
mutual confidence must be the founda-
alton stone on which must be reared
the new industrial fabric, the question
arises as to how that mutual conf
dence is to be secured. And this is
where / would like to put q straight
issue to all big and progressive en-
ployers who realize the issues in
yoived. who see the vast national pos
sibiIities on the one hand and the
vaster danger on the other. who rem
der very considerable service in
speeches and in writings but who, il
seems to me, could do very much more.
"How far are we prepared actively
and definitely TO try the great expert
ucnt of a harmonious partnership be-
tween capital and labor? How far are
we prepared to remodel industry
and industrial conditions that indus
;-v. with complete representation or
both sides and by absolutely constitu-
tional methods. shall govern and dc
yeIop itself? To what extent are we
willing to show that we. are in earn
est%'
Sir Hallewell Rogers. NJ. p. chair
man of the birmingham Small Arms
| Company. Ltd. fthe celebrated B. S.
Al: What is labor's proper place in
/ mana cement? This proposition de-
/ mands the most thoughtful consider
| alton on the part of employers and
| employed No solution is, however.
/, possible unless both parties approach
! the facts in that frame of mind which
| makes adequate allowance for their
| respective duties and responsibilities.
| The interests of employers and en-
| ployed in meeting the new industrial
! conditions with such competitive
power as will INSURE the continuity of
! British prestige in the markets of the
| world are so intertwined that the best
| constructive faculties of both must
| co operate in harmony and good will
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-12-13
sign OF THE teeth
An Alderman Proposes Fitting
Symbol for the Department
of Public Service.

A we'll known alderman suggests
that a double set Of teeth, similar to
some Halsted street dentist signs be
adopted as a symbol for the Chicago
Department of Public Service.
The alderman does not gay
whether the teeth are to be used on
public utilities or on the public It.
self
One of the most patriotic and infiu.
entail citizens of Chicago is John c.
Eastman, publisher Of the Chicago
Daily Journal. He is active in every.
thing that pertains to the betterment
of the city.
william H. Lyman, the popular Cor.
msr senator and alderman. 10 at the
head Of the big public contracting
arm Of w. H. Lyman 4 Co.
One entire floor of the County
building is given to a non.oficial
organization devoted to the churning
Of graft from unhappy poor people,
under the guise of reform. The
county in the meantime has to pay
rent in other parts Of the town for
necessary public offices.
Andrew ]. Ryan, the able lawyer,
should be elected to the constitutional
convention.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-12-13
SIDEWALK ORDI.
NANCE NEEDED
City Council Should Regulate
Conditions in the Loop.

The City Council should pass an or.
dinance prohibiting people from lott.
ering on the sidewalks in the Loop.
Pedestrians should be compelled by
law to keep to the right. As things
are at present, without any sort Of
regulation, some of the down town
streets are almost impossible.
John T. Murray. the wen known and
popular lawyer. would make . good
Judge.
Samuel r. Kaufman the popular
president OF the famous Congress
Hotel Company and head OF the great
Congress Hotel. Is one of the most
public spirited citizens OF Chicago
who is always keenly alive on every.
thing uplifting the city and a broad
minded man Of affairs who makes
everyone who patronizes his hotel
happy.
The Democratic fight for ward
committeeman promises to produce
some strange surprises.
~
Dixon G. Williams has high honors
awaiting him at the hands OF the
people.
~
Adam Wolf, the popular county as.
SCISSOR, Is an ideal public official.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-12-13
/1A
EAGLETS

w. F. Cummings, the we'll known
engineer and contractor, has made a
fine record. His work is praised all
over the country.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-12-13

Andrew ]. Ryan, the able lawyer
should be elected to the constitutional
convention.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-12-13

The famous Terrace Garden Is
now one Of Chicago's distinct features.
A trip to the Morrison Hotel where
the beautiful restaurant is located al
ways means q return visit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31
RECORD BROKEN
FOR MARRIAGES

All records for Dan Cupid were
broken during the year OF 1879
when 1,22S couples tripped happily
altar-ward to be united in wedlock.
This record passes the high water
mark of 1917 when 1,224 licenses
were issued from the Office of the
county clerk.
According to the records of mar
riage license compiled by Henry 3.
Hubbard, county clerk. the north
OF June leads all other months,
with total Of $50 licenses. This
is accounted for by the fact that
many soldiers returned during
this month and also from the fact
that it was June, which always
leads for marriages.
The war was given credit for
being responsible for the great
number Of marriages in 1918, when
1883 were granted licenses. but
this year which is The banner
year for all time. proves that the
war was not responsible for The
majority of marriages.
The number OF licenses issued
during the past year is the largest
of any to be reached during The
past seven years. The totals: 1913
1,079; 1914, ESQ; 1915. 917: 1916
1,027s 1917, 1924; 1918, 104S; 1919
1928,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31

tel showing during 1919 than>dur-
ing 1918. During 1918 there were
SO hayward boys who came to the
attention Of the police matron while
in 1919 there were only AZ, a re-
duction of II, which would seem to
show that boys are becoming better
behaved than girls in the class that
comes to the attention of the au-
tEorities.
MatrOn's Report.
The report of the police matro1
from Dec. /. 1918, to Dec. l, 1918.
is appended:
Calls made in interest of the
WOTh - =
Calls received in interest of the
Work .............. sou
Neglected children looked after 142
Maynard girls looked after. 81
Maynard boys looked after -. 81
Delinquent children taken to
court ...........
Dependent children taken to
court .......,...-.. Is
Boys sent to Glenwood Manual
Training school .......
Children placed in Bethany
Home "a
Children placed in private
homes No.. Is
Children placed out to board.
Girls sent TO Geneva State
Training school ....... )
Girls sent to Home OF the Good
Shepherd at Peoria ....., ]
Girls who were returned to
their homes .....
Employment secured for wom-
en- .... q.
Widows pensions allowed -. :
Women sent to hospitals $50. :
Boys returned to their homes.
Girls sent TO Coal Valley in
Urinary ..............
Parents taken into court on
charge Of contributing to
dependency of their chill
! dren Observation-Disclosures.
Boy sent to orphans home at
Mishawaka, Ind. ........
Baby sent to hospital for treat
| ment NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Prisoners in women's depart
hhent .'.''.... ..-...-,....- IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31

connections made this year and
owners compelled to install mod
ern plumbing, thereby Improving
sanitary conditions of the city.
This is especially true in congested
neighborhoods
The garbage department collects
all garbage and that suitable for
hog feed is sold to the Tri-City Dis
posal company. During this year
we collected 2.025 loads of garbage
and received $1,19s.75 for garbage
sold. The incinerator is operated
10 dispose of all garbage not sale
able and 73S loads of rubbish col
lected by the street department in
alleys was burned. during this year.
The money derived from the sale
Of garbage this year paid for the
salary of the incinerator operator.
The total disbursement of the
health department were $7.S12.0S
and of the garbage department
s1O.4S7.29.
The inspector OF weights and
measures keeps a constant eye on
all peddlers, grocers. butchers, etc
seeing that their scales are correct
and proper weight given. There
have been number Of prosecutions
for violations of this city ordinance
He assists the health department in
enforcing health laws. examining
diaries. making milk tests, etc.
The electrical and plumbing in.
spectors are under this department
and make inspections OF all cleo
trical wiring and plumbing install
ed in every building erected in thu
city. The electrical inspector ha.
been making special investigation
in factories, office buildings anC
stores, and in many instances ha!
found the wiring IN deplorable con
dition, unsafe to the lives of EN-
ployes. These conditions are re
quired to be remedied in order tina
lives and property may be pro
tected.
Further than this. l have nothiaI
to say. but will let the readers con
slider the facts for themselves an,
/ am sure they will Join with m
in thanking each employee of m,
department for his splendid worl
In the past and in assuring then
'lof our hearty cooperation in tn
future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31

Opening of Braneil at West End
Settlement Notable Piece OF
Extension Work.

The Rock Island public library
has had a year of progress and
material growth in all lines, fig
ures for the year from December.
1913 to December, 1919, show.
During this period III names
have been registered. making the
total number of those who have
cards emitting them to borrow
books at the library, S,401. The
total number of volumes issued for
home use was 91,234, the total
number in reference use, 1880,
making a grand total of 106,414.
The year past has seen a pleasf
ing addition to the number of vol
umes in the library. The total of
those added throughout the year at
regular intervals was 1850, MAX
ing the entire number of volumes
in the library 32,98S.
The librarians have noted that
patrons have made more extensive
use of the reference department
this year than ever before. The
! reading rooms are we'll patronized,
and the children's department has
been unusually popular among the
little folks.
| One phase in the development of
| library activities has been the in
creased use which instructors and
school children have made of the
reference department. Many in
structors have taken entire classes
and groups of students to the Ii
brary, where they have made an in
tensive study of the library IA
cilities.
Notable extension work has been
the establishment by the library of
a branch at the West End Settle
Iment house The plan for this was
taken under consideration by the
board early in the year, and in De-
cember the library was officially
lopened in this neighborhood, where
it was felt there was a peculiar
need of library facilities.
| Open One Evening.
The branch has opened lis doors
during the past several weeks on
one afternoon and evening a week,
and has been well patronized. 1t
lis planned to add from time to time
ito the several hundred volumes
there at the present time.
The library has been open to the
, public from 9 o'clock in the morn
J.. ing to 9 o'clsck at night on week
days during the war, and has been
closed on Sundays. During the
: coal shortage a change was made
in the hours for few weeks and
: the doors were closed at 4 O'Clock
[ in the afternoon.
Four art exhibits were held in
, the art room under the auspices OF
the Tri-City Art league, during No
vember and December. There were
[ exhibits of etchings and water col
! or sketches by Turner, and exhib-
it's Of japanese color prints, dis
, play of oil paintings by artists OF
: Chicago and vicinity, and a collec-
: ton of French war posters.