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

Regarding the forming of nation
al labor party of which we hear so
much these days, John P Frey, editor
Of the Molders Journal, in the Amer
lean Federationist declares:-"I is
my personal opinion, based upon con-
siderable observation and study of
the movement among European work
&rs, as well as those Of America, that
it would be fatal step for our trade
union movement to organize a labor
party"
Mr.. Frey is one of the best-known
trade-union writer's in the country. He
was a member of the American Labor
mission to Europe during the war and
one of the American Federation of La
or reconstruction committee of five
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-06-06

and ran away. Even then special
privilege went back on its promise
and came after them with the army.
The heart of special privilege has not
changed bit since that day, although
the people have slowly forced it to
change its methods somewhat.
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The Department of Labor has iss-
ued statement containing the infor-
nation that it requires $4,000 per
year to keep the average family going
vt present prices. That means that
the American standard of living can
not be maintained on less.
The American Federation of Labor
understands exactly what is required
to maintain a decent standard of liv-
| ing and for that very reason it took
the stand when the armistice was sign
ed that there should be no reduction in
wages
1t is more than a probability that
the average wage Garner is not get
ting $4,000 per year The American
Federation of Labor has declared that
in many cases wages need to be raised
Labor knows what it is talking about,
for it speaks for the men who have to
fight the battle of making wages
meet standard of living.
Once more, wages must not go
down!
viii Mr. Parry and Mr.. Blanton and
Mr. Kirby kindly make note of the fig
ures given out by the Department
of Labor?
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Think of it, during Hamilton's first
week of prohibition only one arrest
was made for drunkenness and the fell
low came from dry" Indiana and
brought his booze with him. That's
funny, before Ohio went dry, it was
claimed that all the Hoosier booze
kings were getting their kick" in
this state and here comes a fellow
along with load" that would make
dozen Buckeyes happy for week.
No doubt many prospectors will be
iourneying into Indiana in an attempt
to locate the claim.
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Patronize the advertisers in The
Press and let them know about it
when you do.
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Demand the union label, then you
can be assured that the goods were
not made in a sweat shop and that a
fair wage was paid the worker
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-06-06
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The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
.SEESINCREASED
NEED OF TRUCKS
Mr.. Pollard, of Oldsmobile
Company, Says War Has
Created New Demand.

Lansing, Mich. April 6-''Nyhen the
necessity for moving war essentials
simply overwhelmed the railroads and
paralyzed shipping conditions, the
world was brought to n realization of
what motor trucks could accomplish
in emergencies" said Mr.. Pollock, of
the Oldsmobile Company, yesterday.
Thousands Of business men," he con-
tinued. Learned the answers 10 their
individual transportation problems,
and will permanently profit by them.
It Is apparent, on the other hand.
that many others have even yet failed
to come to a complete realization of
all that the motor truck means to
present and future transportation.
mo industry, no business house re-
quiring either pickup or delivery, can
obtain full success today without the
use OF one or more trucks. The pub
lie demands quick service. Motor
truck delivery is the solution. Every
day the object lesson Is driven home
One merchant increases his business
because of the dependabllity Of his
deliveries. His competitor. with 9TH
erwise equally good facilities, barely
keeps his business alive because of
inferior delivery methods.
Inc farmer, TOO, mas learned that
the quick handling OF his product Is a
vital consideration. For instance, take
the case OF the dairy farmer who now
makes two deliveries a day with his
motor truck in less time than he used
to be able to make three deliveries a
week. His milk Is sweeter: the price
Is higher. And so 1t goes all along
the line. The motor truck has proved
not only its speed. but its economy.
when the manufacturers Of Olds-
mobile passenger cars which we han
die announced the new OIdsmobile
Economy truck some time ago we
were very much gratifed. There can
be no doubt in the mind of anyone
who makes a serious study Of trans
portation conditions as they exist the
country over but that the next few
years will see an amazing increase in
the use of trucks. Because speed.
economy and adaptability to varied
work will be vital considerations, It
seems certain that the greatest de-
mand will be for moderately light
duty vehicles"
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13

tire year and Is friendly in deter
mining the style and amount Of
dress.
we have plantation hospital
with 400 beds and give the very best
medical attention 70 our people Our
plantation is seventy-five miles from
the city Of Medan. our shipping port.
so that il is practically independent
of the outside world in its various
appointments. At times fever cpl
denies are troublesome, but we hpd
that with the draining Of the land
and Improvement OF sanitary cOndi-
tions, these are becoming less fire.
Quent.
"Our plantation Is divided into six
divisions. each -spproximating 5000
acres and having its own manager.
OF the 10000 acres in the plantation
nearly 5000 acres are reserved for
the natives. who live together in
commodious lines or colonies
AS the sNemen fell the trees.
! Chinese plank sawyers follow them
and save all the lumber possible for
use in constructing these coolie
quartas: l.3oO coolies can fell about
| 5000 acres in two months.
Building Good Roads-Sidclines.
However. telling the thicket and
| clearing away the underbruEh. pre-
psratory 10 planting the young
! trees, is but a small part Of the
work. for good roads must be built.
that all parts OF the plantation may
Z be reached easily and quickly. We
are constantly building highway
and have already built 125 miles OF
substantial road.
After the land has been cleared
I the big steam tractor is put TO work
plowinE. This is done 70 q depth
OF about twenty inches. Twenty
acres can he plowed in a dsw with a
trsc 20 coolies can plow three
acres in the same time"
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
PULLEN BOOKED
FOR BIG RACE
Winner Of Grand Prize
Race, in American Car,
Will Race May 81.

Indianapolis, Ind. April Fiddle
Pullen, who will be relief driver for
Clifford Durant in the 5oo-mile Liberty
Sweepstakes on May 81. has had some
unique experiences in his racing ca
reer. Pullen is the only driver to
have won an American Grand Prize
with a car made in this country, scor-
ing In 1914 at Santa Monica in a Mer-
Ger.
When Pullen won the Grand Prize
he surprised the racing world. Two
days previously he had shaken hands
with death on what is known as Dead
mans Turn on the Santa Monica
course with the same Mercer, in the
Vanderbilt cup race. The car came
into the turn too fast. skidded and
crashed through the fence after II
blew tire. To the uninitiated II
looked like hopeless pile of junk.
Pullen and his mechanic were
thrown out, but escaped with bruises.
They towed the wrecked car to their
camp and started tearing IT to pieces.
The morning of the second day Pullen
faced the starter and raced home win
ner of the Grand Prize.
He had found that the spill had not
damaged the engine and he could
straighten the frame, put in a new
front and rear axle and be ready to
race. Photographs taken of the car
as 1t plunged through the fence show
that 1t was at the same time one OF
the mosts peculiar accidents, for the
driver and mechanic came through
unscathed when the pictures show
the car seemingly ready TO fall on
them.
Eddie always attributed his escape
to the fact that he was carrying one
OF his baby's little shoes on his
steering wheel and from that day to
this he has never started a race with
out IT. Pullen got his training with
the late Hughie Hughes, who drove
the first wire-wheeled race car in an
Indianapolis 50o-mile event, his Mercer
entry OF 1912, and Hughie knew well
all the tricks of the trade. II Cliff
ford Durant turns the wheel of his
Chevrolet Special over to Pullen dur
ing the race the fans will see some
spectacular driving and the other
drivers will know that the boy from
Jersey is back in the speed game.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13

resenting the government and taking a
broad bird's-eye view of the national
situation, could from an unbiased
standpoint, designate which roads
these are.
The present State and county funds.
available yearly, are adequate to build
these capillaries OF national trans
portation system.
But the main arteries should be
built at once! What are they? They
do not comprise over l per cent of
our total mileage. They could be
built for less than what we paid for
the Panama Canal or two weeks war
expenditure.
The Federal government should Sc
lect these connecting interstate routes
which in their entirety form national
utilities OF benefit to the whole peo-
pie. and build and maintain them at
the expense of the whole people.
Interstate routes of traffic connect
ing important centers can never he
of maximum usefulness, no matter
how highly improved by the wealthy
communities through which they
pass. so long as certain sections in
sparsely populated localities must re-
main unimproved through lack of
funds, or lack of local importance.
1t is fact that many pieces of
road in this country. of the most vital
importance for national transporta.
ton. are of no Importance whatever
in the local scheme of improvement
The next Congress should give Sc
r:ous consideration to the Townsend
bill, which provides for a business
like administration Of Federal high
ways by a commission and appropri-
ates the money needed to build our
trunk line routes
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
paper TO LINK
MOTOR FAMILY
The Haynes Pioneer VIII
Be Sent Free to Owners
Of Haynes Cars.

When a man drives a car he is
Interested in knowing about his car
and what others, who drive a like
car, say and think about it He
also desires to know how others are
using their cars-whether for busi-
ness, for touring or for social use.
Today there are more than 10000
Haynes owner-users who are in
terested in knowing what the other
owner-users are doing. The Haynes
Automobile Company has a plan
which will link this Haynes big
family.
Every month a motoring maga-
zine called The Haynes Pioneer. de-
voted to the interests Of automo-
bile users, will be published by the
company and each month Haynes
owner-users will receive a copy OF
this magazine free Of charge. Its
contents will reveal the lure OF
travel the joys Of motoring. the di-
versified uses to which the motor
car Is pat in business and social life
and how the automobile plays a
prominent part in all forms OF hu-
man activities.
Make 1t Leading Magazine.
THE Haynes Pioneer will be the
vogue Of the automobile field" de-
ciares A. G. Seiberling, general man.
ager OF the company. 1t will become
leading motoring magazine OF real
literary merit, full OF automobile
aews and articles of keen interest to
motorists. In its feature columns
will be stories OF alluring tours the
world over. Some of Americas we'll
xnown artists will draw the cover de-
signs- Noted authors will contribute,
from time to time, to make The
Haynes Pioneer Of real interest and
value to readers.
We are in an excellent position to
produce a splendid and useful auto
mobile publication because of pur
iirect daily contact with all phases of
motor car activities" added Mr.. Sci
5eTling. by sending The Haynes
Pioneer to Haynes owner-users we
will be linking the great motoring
'amily."
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13

American system OF highways with
supervision. through the efforts of
some $500 road constructing agencies
in political subdivisions of our va
rioGs States.
We could so on spending $500 900 OsO
or 100000 a year in this country
In this same manner for the next hun
dred years, and still would not have
any adequate connecting system of
roads, which we now know is so nee
essary for the prosperity. welfare and
safety of the Union.
We cannot censure our State, Coun-
ty and township road constructing
units for our present unfortunate lack
of connecting main line highways No
machinery has been provided to en-
able these various units to cooperate
together effectively, in order that
, their combined road building might be
OF some national benefit. Also 1t is
their clear duty to spend local money
upon locally needed roads!
object Lessons.
Through the vision of the men who
projected the Lincoln highway, and
through the enterprise that has de-
veloped the other successful through
highway associations, there has been
given to the country a demonstration
of the advantage that follows the
trunk line railroad. 1t is so for pre-
cisely the same reason-namely, that
it draws into broad and favorable
channels the maximum flow of traffic
between important centers, quite re-
gardless of purely community inter
ests, but rather in difference to inter-
community needs.
The Lincoln highway itself has been
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
RUBBER TREES TO SUPPLANT
10000 ACRES OF JUNGLE
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Is Clear
ing Tropical Growth from Waste
Land in Sumatra.

On the Dutch island of Sumatra
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company, of Akron, Ohio, is COM
rleting the clearing and planting
OF an extensive tropical jungle of
some 10000 acres, utilizing the
labor of 10000 coolies and a large
stan Of overseers. planters and en-
gineers. Between 5000 and 10000
acres have already been planted
with rubber trees that are yielding
rubber for Goodyear products.
William A Vaughan. general
manager of the sumatra plantation.
who has just returned for a con-
ference with Goodyear officials at
Akron. in speaking Of his com
pany's accomplishment in the far
east, says, The jungIes we have
cleared are the densest in the
world and many of the trees are
enormous. In our work we clear
every foot of ground. After re-
moving the underbrush and tree
trunks. We pull up the stumps
with special stump puIIers and
tractors. No explosives are used.
we plant about 100 trees to the
acre and keep the entire tract abso-
lutely free Of weeds. We accord our
laborers the very best OF treatment
and have provided comfortable quar-
ters for them. Labor troubles are
practically unknown. Twenty cents
a day and a reasonable shelter keep
the coolies contented. High prices
have no terrors in a land where the
sun grows your dinner on a bush
furnishes plenty OF free heat the en-
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
100000 AUTO
MEN IN SERVICE
Draft Figures Show Honor
able Record of Industry
During War.

That a highly honorable record
vas made by the automobile indus
Try in the war against Germany is
evidenced by the statement of Pro-
Fost Marshal General Crowder in his
History Of the Draft. that the auto.
motive industry gave to the war
IO4.Ts5 men.
This figure does not take into ac-
count executives and other officials
u motor vehicle manufacturing con-
serns who voluntarily gave their
Teryices to the government.
Twelve per cent of the mechanics
md other workers drafted from the
rutomotiye industry for national
Jervice and called with class l were
rejected for various reasons. says
Sen. Enoch H Crowder. Provost
Marshal General, in his history OF
he draft. These reductions left 81
i27 men connected with the motor
industry who were drafted into the
Irmy. Voluntary enlistments, how
sver. bring the total in active serv-
&c up above 100000.
Draft Statistics.
Among the interesting and valu-
Ible tables of statistics compiled in
he industrial index" is that show
ng the occupations, professions and
-rades of all men OF military age
Who registered in the three stages
Df the draft.
The compilation shows that in the
irst draft-men between the ages of
- 4 and q. as classified in 191s-the fol-
owing from the automobile industry
" automotive industries are listed:
Automobile and gas engine mechah-
cs. 1916 registered; placed in Class
q. D. .S95.
Automobile factories Qaborers), 49,
50 registered; Glass 1. 1.029
Automobile factories (semi-skilled),
4.0S7 registered; Class l, 1,732.
Airplane mechanics (semi-skilled),
800 registered; Glass l. 62s.
Chauffeurs or automobile drivers,
bs.253 registered; Glass l, 62,643.
Garage keepers and managers, 4,J6j
'ezistered; Class /. 1197.
Motorcycle repair men. 1,715 regis
cred; Class !, 643.
The total thus gave the automotlve
industry a legion of 14.765 men in
he army.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
Double Hook.

A great convenience for the garage
door is a double hook. to open from
either side of the door. Such a hook
may easily be made from a piece Of
stiff iron bar. bent into the proper
shape at each end. A staple is placed
inside and another outside sppropri-
ately placed to receive the hooks. 1t
is necessary to drill hole in the door.
Of course. to permit the bent section
OF the rod to pass through.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
EMERGENCY Pin.

In an emergency a temporary taper
pin may be filed from an ordinary nail
or stiff piece of wire TO replace a
taper pin that has broken on the mag
netic drive or in some other important
location. This repair will serve until
a permanent replacement can be made,
but ii is not in itself permanent
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
Novel Tool Rack.

& very ingenious tool rack for fat
ools may be made by boring a num-
,er Of holes in a board, each hole
,eing just large enough to take the
Iead OF a clothespin. Clothespins are
hen driven into the holes and the
left ends are used to receive the
ools. The pins may be made secure
~ a small wire nail driven through
heir heads and into the board
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13

an object lesson road, selected as the
first and most necessary through route
of o a Importance; passing
through twelve States: connecting the
Atlantic and the Pacific and requiring,
as does every continuous route in the
country, outside aid If its long reaches
in sparsely populated districts were TO
be improved in the interst OF the whole
people.
Yet II is sadly lacking as the most i'm
portant backbone route in the country.
1t but points the way to what we
should consider as our naturally Fed
eral arteries.
What part of our tremendous mile
age of public highways are, like the
Lincoln highway. roads of truly ma
tional significance?
What 1t Costs.
Who should select them? How much
OF a problem will it be TO construct
them? How long would it take, and
what would it cast?
1t has been estimated that approxi-
mately 20 per cent of our roads will
carry from 50 to 30 per cent of our traf-
f1c. or in other words, 4O0,0 900 miles or
so of permanently and properly con-
structed roads in the right place in
this country. will practically complete
our necessary highways. But even all
OF these roads are not really national
highways. More than nine-tenths of
the total are important State and coun-
ty roads. At the same rate of expendi-
ture made in the last five years. this
wonderful adjunct to the nations
transportation facilities could be ac-
complished- in twenty years without
spending a cent more than we are now
eXpending, If central authority rep
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
To Clean Upholstery.

Tufted or studded upholstery is a
great catcher of dust and dirt. The
ordinary whisk broom cannot reach
the bottoms of these small depres-
sions. About the only thing that will
is a painters brush with stif bris-
ties that come TO a point, and which
will be found valuable addition to
the garage equipment.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
Battery Councillors.

Horeshoe nails may be made into
fery satisfactory battery connectors
~ soldering about a foot of insulated
wire. one nail on each end. The nails
ire then driven into the battery post
Tnder the connector. II the nails get
run or bent they may easily be sharp
med or Strengthened again.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
Soft Hammer.

A section of bronze bushing stock
makes an admirable bronze hammer
which is useful for work about the
sheet metal parts OF the body and fen
ders. By threading a steel bar. rum
ming on a nut and then placing an
other nut on the outside, the thread
OF the hammer is firmly retained
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
NEEDS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Coordination of Government With Separate
State, City and Town Units Would Save
Money and Bring Results

For ten years America has been
spending from two hundred to three
hundred million dollars a year for
highway construction and mainte-
nance - without national plan - with
out relation to the broad needs of the
country as a whole and with little CO.
ordination OF effort between States.
As a result after spending over
s2.ooo,Ooo.Ooo in decade, we are,
broadly speaking, as far from
proper connecting system Of radiatIng
highways in the United States as
ever.
Arterial Highways.
Yet less than half this sum and less
than half this time would be required
to complete the basicly needed main
arterial highways, linking every State
in the Union, and allowing unham-
pered and continuous interstate trans
portation of passengers and freight.
The latest government figures show
total highway mileage in the United
States of 2,457,334, and Of this total.
even after the tremendous expendI-
turs noted, but II per cent or some
$500 miles have received any atten-
tlon whatever, and this total of i'm
proVement Is scattered in forty-eight
states In a loose and utterly ineffec-
i've way, over various sections Of our
entlre $4,000 miles. Its usefulness
Tor interstate transportation is at
present almost negligible. Yet the
united states government urges the
FARMER the merchant, the manufac-
turer to ship by truck
We have been trying to provide an
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
Lining Up Rear Axle Housing.

-Nn ingenious suggestion is made that
oya cutting disks OF cardboard to fit
he bearing surfaces at the ends of
he rear axle housing and then making
pin hole exactly in the center of
'ach' disk. the operator will be able to
ce light through the two holes IL
he housing is in exact alignment.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
Wheel Alignment.

Whenever the. car has suffered
Jump OF any kind. a crash against
no curb. or anything of the sort. the
Fneels should Immediately be tested
or alignment. as bang of this kind
quite enough to force them out of
orrect alignment, which will lead to
xcessive tire wear.