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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
DO NOT DODGE
 DIFFICULTIES

A. T. Stewart, the famous dry goods merchant, liked to engage men who had failed in business. He reasoned that their difficulties had probably taught them much.
 Difficulties test.
 Difficulties develop character.
 Difficulties help to make a man, just as blows help to make steel.
 Mothers darling who are shielded and pettedsand pampered rarely amount to much.
 Examine the careers of the hundred foremost business men in America and you will find at least 90 per cent of them had to battle their way against extraordinary difficulties. Any 2O-dol1ar-a-week clerk can dis charge easy, routine duties. We ought to pray-at least during the first half of our life-not for ease and opulence, but for full measure of ob- stacles and pitfalls and character-test- ing experiences.
 Coleman du Pont, whose achieve ments have been unusually many-sided, once explained to the writer that his interest in any enterprise waned imme- d1ately he had overcome all the diff entities of organizing 1t and putting it on snooth1y-working successful foot ing. When one undertaking reached the easy stage, then he turned to something beset with new and difficult problems.
 Edward L. Doheny, now perhaps the foremost oil figure in the world, is similarly constituted. When he had developed a property to the money making stage-when, as he once re- marked, "There was nothing left to do but draw in the profits" s"-then he sold out and started on a new quest, eager to pit himself against some new and difficult situation.
 There is more joy in putting forth effort than in gloating over easily-won profits.
 Difficulties make men.
 Ease makes mol1ycodd1es.
 It is harder to climb than to stroll along level road or dawd1e down hill
 DiffcultiesIa are stepping-stones leading to the top.
 Therefore, do not dodge them, do not run away from them.-Forbes Maga- zine (N. Y.)
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25

is foolish to suppose that America is exempt from the operation of economic laws. The human heart knows no bar riers-r1o national or international bouns daries. What affects human nature" in one part of the world reacts the same upon men and women everywhere.
 Justice IS something which is felt not dispensed. People feel that they are the victims of injustice, just as they feel satisfied when they are treated in accordance with their ideas of right and justice. And an 'era of good feeling" can only be restored when present in justice IS eradicated. Remove hard conditions and unjust distribution of wealth and human beings will respond to such treatment as flowers to the sum- light It is as simple as that.
 So the advice of the lady in question is both timely and wholesome. If the ldlers will get to work and help to bear the burdens of society by useful toil. all will be we'll Bolshevism will be averted and sanity and good fleeing will be restored. But if they persist in ignoring the teachings of history and of tue human heart no one living can fore tell the outcome.
 Work-good, o1d-fashioned hard work of one kind or another-is the one remedy for all of our ills Any one who lives without rendering full equivalent to society in return for what he receives from society Is thief and stacker. This truth should be dinned into the ears of our people from the cradle to the grave. A reasonable dis tribution of work, with the rewards which accompany useful endeavor,
 
 Adherence to work is today as a1- ways, a sign of social disintegration and decay. One of the durable satisfactions of life is honest work well done Moth ing can take the place of it-both as a mental and moral tonic. It were a blessing-and not a hardship-to be compelled to earn ones livelihood. One thing is morally certain-Nature's pun ishment to the man or woman who evades or breaks her wise laws Is sure and swift. The social stacker should be ostracised, not envied.
 Let us sincerely hope that the army of idlers in this coutnry who must plead guilty to the foregoing indictment will have the good sense to turn from the error of their way before 1t is too late. Vengeance IS mine, saith the Lord; I will repay" The suggestion of our New York friend is welcome warn ing to America. Mighty good advice i'll our opinion.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
Support Our Advertisers

The advertisers in THE CONNECTICUT LABOR PRESS support organized labor and it's friends They
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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
Labor More Efficient.

Officials of the Pennsylvania declare that labor output has decreased as a re- suit of the application of the hour-rate system. Statistics are cited that are in tended to bolster up their contention. But these figures, prepared by officers of the corporation, like many other pre- sentations for public consumption, prove that liars are able to make truthful figures give false testimony.
 In his final report of the operation of the railroads during the 28 months period of federal control, Transporta- ton Director Walker D.. Hines declared that the equated number of hours of railroad workers during the year 1919 decreased .002 per cent. In comparison with the equated hours of 1o16, when the peicework system was III full bloom. The railroad companies, in other words, paid for less hours for greatly in creased volume of business. The gov ernment found that railroad workers were not only loyal and efficient but that its humane policies were sustained by sound business results.
 The attack of the Pennsylvania on the hour-rate system has a deeper meaning that is vouchsafed by its ofic- ials. They regard this as the point of
 
 offers them greater chance for success. The public, badly or wrongly informed by the press would not understand the real issue involved and might reason ably be expected to accept the sophisti- cated arguments of corporation spokes- men as justifying a course that actually sought to destroy the organizations that have been carefully bui1ded up by the workers, that they might enjoy the right of collective bargaining and have ade- quate defense against unfair and arbi- trary treatment.
 For many years prior to the interven- ton of the government the Pennsy1- vania and other eastern railroads suc- cessfu1ly resisted the efforts of unions to organize workers engaged in other than transportation service. Organizers were bounded and denied the rights theoretically enjoyed by American citi- zens. In Pennsylvania the guarantees of freedom of speech and assembly were suspended for number of years. The Pennsylvania sent its own thugs to manhand1e labor leaders, and crowned its record of infamy when 1t secured the murder of Organizer Gallagher, of the Boilermakers' Internatoin Union, for no other reason than that he sought to make men free. If the corporation was ready and willing to murder to keep it's shops un- organized, what is it not prepared to do now that its system, i'll the words of Mr. Atterbury, has been organized from stem to stem !>'
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
THOUGHTS ON LIFE AND
 BUSINESS.

Looks as if we are to squeeze through without money squeeze.
 There's more fun in being forbear- ing than overbearing.
 If Cox would only find for them all these mystic millions, the Republicans would forgive him for raising the sub- ject.
 Do, but don't overdo.
 The best tools are keen will and diligent fingers.
 If you don't make up your mind to enjoy your work you're fool.
 The man who can't make his mind ur is not likely to make much e1se.- Forbes Magazine (N Y.)
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
CONTRACTORS CHEAT.

Los Angeles, Sept. 24-Local dele gates to the Fresno convention of the California State Federation of Labor will propose that action be taken against contractors who pay employees with checks Saturday afternoons when banks are closed and then the checks are de clared void by the banks on Monday, with the contractor gone to parts un- known.
 The trade unionists favor wages paid in cash as means of checking these cheating contractors.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
"OPEN SHOPPERS" HAVE TO
 PAY DEARLY FOR THEIR WHISTLE

As Beniamin say the openshoppers must pay dearly whistle the Brooklyn Transit Railroad when they reported tor her pay the Berdof and Waddel 2O7 West Thrtyhfth street that Sunday and Monday September
 down. anywhere from $50 to $2OO during the holiday traffic according to the New York
 thats fit to One M credit the reports strbreaker the force of the old aphorsm among thieves holds good the of the corporation buccaneers
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
"IDLE RICH" SHOULD WORK Only Way for United States to
 Avoid Bolshevism.

Upon the eve of her departure for Europe recently a New York society woman gifted above the ordinary with sfrewd powers of observation and com mon sense told group of newspaper correspondents that the only way for the United States to avoid the rising tide of bo1shevism now sweeping the world is for the "idle rich'' to go to work Sound advice this, says the Boston Labor World.
 No one with ordinary intelligence
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
Bread Lines Are Remedy.

Corporation psychology is disclosed by propaganda that is being circulated by the Pennsylvania and other railroads. Hundreds of thousands of pamphlets have been placed in the hands of em- ployes and others directing attention to the increase of unemployment and warning workers that they soon will be
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25

Each circle formed in the interest of a particular reform expands toward the others, until all meet and merge in one great body, constituting purchas- ing power quickened by conscience, di- rected by intelligence, and concentrated with unerring precision.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25

The union label transforms the women and children of the working class into towers of strength. With out 1t they are often clements of weak ness in the struggle for bread.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
FARMERS FAVOR ANTI-sTRIKE
CLAUSE OF CUMMINS BILL

Once more the farmers have gone
on record against the policies advoc-
ated by the labor unions. Testify
ing before the Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce. Mr.. 81. Lowell
master Of the National Grange said:
1--WE have taken,a referendum of
the thirty-three state masters, and so
far as replies have been received, they
unanimously I'm favor of retaining the
anti-strike provisions. The Cummins
bill protects the publc's right to say
to any organization Of individuals
created or permitted under tho laws.
that such organizations shall not
deliberately create conditions so one
class has a stranglehold on the rest
Of the public and then proceed to use
that stranglehold under the guise Of
individual liberty.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
BARNES MINsTRELs
FRIDAY EVENING

A big attraction at the Dreamland
theatre is scheduled for Friday even
ing, January 23. when the Barnes
Merry Minstrels will make their in
itial appearance.
Barnes Mlnstrels is an all-whlte
people aggregation, and is composed
almost entirely Of returned navy
veterans and could well be called an
overseas minstrel revue.
The cast contains such we'll known
minstrel performers as Nate Busby,
Harry Milo, Johnny and Bobby Dale
tthe famous blackface twins), and
many others of well known talent.
The company of 20 performers prom
ises that there will be no tagging mo-
ments during the entire performance
A special band and orchestra will
furnish the musical program. The
Jazz orchestra promises the jazziest
jazz that was ever jazzed in Ontario
The band will make a noon parade
and will also give free band concert
In front of the theatre.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
INVESTIGATE COMMISSION

Under the authority OF a resolution
introduced by Senator Watson of
Indiana committee has been ap-
pointed to investigate alleged red act
iyitles Of employees Of the Federal
Trade Commission. Senator Town
send Of Michigan will act as chair
man. assisted by Senators LaFollette.
Watson, Myers and Wolsott. the two
last being Democrats The date for
beginning hearings has not been fixed
but Il Is known that tho matter will
be pressed vigorously, on the prIn-
cple that II bolsheylsm Is to be over
come In this country II will first be
necessary TO oust all adherents and
advocates OF that doctrine from pub
lie office.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
PLEADS FOR CorNTRy CmILp

"The rural school course should
provide for the country child as eom-
pleto preparation for life-health,
citizenship ana leasure as well as oc-
cupation as the city school does for
the city child". say the resolutions
adopted by tho Oregon Community
Life conference at Farmers week.
Lw,gth OF schooling ns wen as sub
jeots taught are included In this pro-
gram.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
CnIME DETECTION IN MoyIEs

Congressman IIarreld Of Oklahoma
has started n campaign against the
depletion OF crime on the moving pie
turo screen. lie has introduced a
bin forblddlng the transportation In
interstate commerce OF films "pur-
porting TO show or TO simulate the
acts aud conduct of former convlcts.
dosperadoos. or outlaws. In the COM
mission or attempted commission OF
crime" Violation OF the act would
be punished by fine OF not more
than $4,000 or imprisonment for not
moro than five years. or both.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
PROTECTION AGAINST REDS
IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Washington, Jan. 20 Especial Cor
respondence) Under the terms of q
bill introduced I'm the ouse by Con-
gressman Albert johnson of Wash
ington, Chairman of the immigration
Committee, every government en-
ployee would be charged with g..
duty of reporting to the Department
of Justice any information concern
ing alien activities. Mr.. Johnson
believes his measure would have the
double purpose of Kidding the Federal
bureaus Of dangerous persons and
providing a wider net for the trap
ping of conspirators through the
country.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
HARDING LAsHEs THE REDS

Senator Warren @ Harding in re-
cent speech before a gathering Of the
Ohio Society of New York city, lash
ed the reds" from beginning TO end
and struck the keynote of American
ism and pierced the heart of ideal
lstic admistration Of the government
when he said, 1T is fine to idalize,
but II Is very practical to make sure
our own house is in perfect order be-
fore we attempt the miracle Of Old
World stabilization."
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
ISOLATED TRACT
Serial No. 05G3G.
Public Land Sale
Department of the Interior,

Department of the Interior.
U s. Land Office at Vale Oregon,
January 18th, 1920
Notice IL hereby given that. as
directed by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office. under pro-
visions of Sec. 2455, X. s., pursuant
to the application Of Jacob NJ, Pet
terson. Serial No. 05636, we Will
offer at public sale, to the highest
bidder. but at not less than $500
per acre. at 900 o'clock p NJ. on
the end day OF March, 1920, next,
at this office. the following tract of
land: Lot 1. Sec Q. T. n s. u, 40
y. w. NJ.
The sale will not be kept open,
but will be declared closed when
those present at the hour named
have ceased bidding. The person
making the highest bid will he re-
quired to Immediately pay to the
receiver the amount thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely
the above described land are advised
10 file their claims. or objections, on
or before the time designated for
sale.
THos. JONES, Register.
NJ n. Fegtly. Receiver
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22
SURRENDER OR NOT SURRENDER

That II the question presented by
the Issue concerning prohibition OF
railroad strikes. The Cummins bill
provides n government tribunal TO
adiudicate railroad wage disputes
aud then makes strikes unlawfulT The
labor union leaders declare that n
tho law is passes II will be violated,
Now the question Is win 1000. 900
people surrender TO 100000.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22

ANYONE interested in riding ditch
for the ontarlo-Nyssa Irrigation
Co. should file application prior to
February LIST. stating wages wanted.
Two riders will be employed. each
rider to patrol eleven miles OF ditch
and furnish their own mount and
keep.-Thomas w. Clagett. Ontario
Oregon
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22

Did you ever try TO crack safe?
Did YOU ever know the police were
looking for you Did you ever OK
perlence the ups and downs. the
fears and Joys OF n crook? Come and
see John Barrymore experience them
In his big feature play "Raffles, the
Amateur Cracksman." Dreamland
theatre, Sunday. January 20.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-01-22

FURNISHED ROOMS for rent. phone
74-M. eos s n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-01
.SH|NN NOW CHIEF
CLERK N CONSOL
GENERAL OFFICE
Was Chief of West Virginia
Division Office for a
Long Time.

Some important changes have been
made in the office force OF The Con.
solidation Coal Company in the Wat
son building aiEmnnt !. according 10
an announcement made today by H.
r. Lyon, vice president of the com
pany which reads as follows: mir.
G. C. Shtnn, formerly chief clerk to
Mr.. c. Fl. Tarleton, manager, West
Virginia division, is transferred as
chief clerk to Mr.. F. R. Lyon, vice
president, and Mr.. Brooks Fleming.
Jr., assistant to president, with off
ces at Fairmont, W. Va"
Mr.. Shinn has been connected with
The Consultation Coal Company over
period of twenty-five years. He was
connected with the company offices
in Baltimore for some time. In 1911
he became chief clerk of the West
Virginia division of the company and
has held that position very efficiently
since that time. Mr.. Shinn's many
friends are pleased to learn of his
promotion, which is a we'll deserved
one in view of his many years of
strenuous service.
Some months ago w. D. Evans was
Audue ulNlSlOu transportation manaS-
er. and John Mulvehill resigned his
position, which necessitated general
change in the chief offices of the COM
pany.
Charles D. Barry. who has been
connected with The Cosolidation Coal
Company fifteen years, assumed the
duties OF chief clerk of the West .Vir-
ginia division, to succeed MI Shinn.
For the past seven years Nj Barry
has been shipping clerk. Mr.. Barry
went to The Consolidation Coal Com
rany from the B. & o. railroad. where
he had ben connected with the tele-
graph department.
James Murphy, who had been car
distributor at the offices OF the West
Virginia division of The Consolida-
tion Coal Company eight years, has
been promoted to shipping clerk to
take the place of Mr.. barry. Mr..
Murphy Is also a B. & o. product and
went to the coal company from that
railroad.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-01
.PI77SBURG WAITER
SHOOTS POLICEMAN

PITTSBURGH. April IL. w. Nc
Clintock, traffic policeman was shot
and seriously wounded by an uninden-
titled waiter at the Fort Pitt hotel
here this morning. The waiter es-
capped
According to report made to the
police The waiter Quarreled with a
pantry man in the hotel and the Off
Ger who was directing traffic outside
was called to arrest him. McClintock
was taking the man through the lob
by of the hotel when he broke away
from the officer. drew'a revolver, and
fired three times each, bullet taking
effect. The man then broke through
the crowd of startled guests and dis
appeared. Officer McClintock, was
taken to hospital where physicians
said his condition is serious.
Police following the man who shot
policeman McClintock, tracked him to
a house in Enoch street. They sur
rounded the place and passed note
through. one OF the windows asking
him II he would surrender. He replied
he would il they would bring an attor-
ney to him Mailing him. An officer
was at once sent for the lawyer while
the remainder of squad kept guard.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-01
SOCIALISTS ARE
I. EXPELLED FROM
Ny. ASSEMBLY
s .ssaa = Was Taken After %
Hours of De-
bate.
PARTY LINES IGNORED
Action is Without Precedent
in History of This
Country.

ALBANY, ~, Y, April Five So
cialists, Lewis Waldman, August
Claessens, Charles Solomon, Samuel
Dewitt and Samuel Orr, all of New
York city, the delegation OF their par.
ty in the New York assembly were ex.
PEELED from the legislature today. The
majorities in favor of unseating the
members, suspended on the opening
day of the legislative session on
charges Of disloyalty, were substantial.
Voting came after 22 hours of ora
tory, parliamentary wrangles and fill
clustering. Owing to the fact that the
men were expelled after midnight on
March 81, there can be no special elec.
tion to fill their seats in the assem-
bly, unless an extra session of the leg
islature is to be convened
Theodore Roosevelt, Republican,
voted against expulsion having argued
with the assembly during the night
that 1t had. no right TO exclude the par
Ity.
BY its action. the assembly, estaS.
Slished a-precedent altogether unique
in the legislative history in the United
States as never before has an entire
party delegation been elected from
any legislative body.
Party lines disappeared in the vot
ing. The Democratic minority which
was supposed to be pretty we'll united
in favor of receiving ale Socialists
pouled majority of one vote in favor
of .expelling of Waldman, Claessens
and Solomon, the Democratic vote on
these being Is for unseating and II for
restoring them to their former 1Sglsla.
tive status. Twenty-one Democrats
voted to reseat Dewitt and Orr while
IA favored their expulsion.
The Republicans by division Of 9S
to IL voted to unseat Wa1dman, Caes.
sens and Solomon and on the Dewitt.
Orr votes they stoor SO to 20.
The assembls adjourned after the
seats of all five Socialists had been
declared vacant. It had been in con.
F., tinuous session % hours and forty
minutes. The final chayk = lacked the
thrills that many of t!E spectators had
expected.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-01
900 Empties Expected
Here on B. & 0. Friday

The Baltimore & Ohio railroad sob
ably will have 300 empties on the No
nongah division on Friday due to little
wor kbeing done today-Mitchell I.65
The coal loading today will run light.
II. B. Pierce, Brownsville, Pa, as.
sistant superintendent of the Monon
gahela railroad, came 20 Fairmont this
afternoon.
]. NJ. Scott, wheeling. district super
intendent of the West Virginia district
Of the B. & o. railroSs.e., -a:sed eirough
Fairmont last night. 80 left Grafton
on train 81 for Parkersburg last night,
West bound freight was heavy out OF
the B. & o. yards in Fairmont last
night.
B. & o. trains So and SO were delay,
ed as a result Of westDound freight
having several cars derailed at Ben,
tons Ferry.
F. c. Hall, conductor, and G. w.
Jones, brakeman, are serving out a
ten days notice after which they will
accept position with the Owens Bottle
Glass company to run the shifting en-.
gine Of that company.