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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE VOW
 DLNlXNA TED BY BIG EMPLOYERS

Ever of Trade Chambers of that character called mainly
 
 be of service to all the people ot the community
 part these organizations made of chants sma professional and citizens prominent their respective stations
 Unlike today they dominated by small groups of in organizations of They considered important factors the de communities They constituted and operated that brought to them esteem from all greater accomplishments the this respect esteem
 The change marked to those histories of Boards of Trade wonder enorm They the Today they take the form of tion only, namely the employers.
 objects for which they formed have been entirety with employers to determine the best the people, the period of usefulness meddlers and trouble makers.
 
 regards adoption for taking from employment necessary improved working conditions
 action of organization whose principal ecs conditions agreeable to all the people, must be all they actually destroy the object for which they were formed
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
COURT PROTECTS TENANT.

New York, Sept. 3-Supreme Court Justice Scudder gave an astute lawyer and his greedy landlord client a lesson in elemental justice in the case of a poor tenant who failed to take advant- age of his rights. The landlord at tempted to secure an custer order from the court. Justice Scudder said this was the work of municipal judges, but he would handle the case. To the sur prise of the landlord and his attorney, the court assigned one of the best known lawyers in Brooklyn to protect the tenants interests and ordered the case put in it's regular place .on the court calendar, This means that the case will not be reached for year.
 We cannot have the supreme court used in election proceedings when ten ants have not enough money to pay for their defense" said Justice Seudder. Tenants are entitled to their day in court"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
LABOR ORGANZZA TONS HAVE
 ACCOMPLISHED GREAT GOOD

do The kindly yntentoned employ He will deal fairly with his generously the old days when the social conditions this relation of master and workable In
 
 educaed that those guide the destnes of their dependents
 Workers who about departments of factory than the hardly expected be doc sheep the hands of it's employees with others the occupation logical step forward.
 explains the continual upward the satisfied with hove with nsanar with schooling, with form But worker demands the beterng of these He betterng ne cadmica1 discussion ends with sigh conditions but effort to better them
 It has been found that the only fight the union demands The the failure of unonze their should changed tribute to the forcing such a state of efficiency.
 unionsm we'll recall the days when the regular workday with nothing for childhood sucked dry the dusty mills and mines and factories today 1t being sucked dry filthy surroundings for the bare them ave of whole families the wheel industry to add to the upkep ot some family whims
 them shouted by speakers 1t has listened to them whispered by the victims of greed dying the nnumerabe for which greed responsible They have been scared into with branding and they not be Labor because must There other the irresistible CT that brought it's organization into being old wanted phase those who fight of the mold for the abolition of slavery through popular bond subscription English labor report the most extensive since the government the to the British public
 Hawaiian plantation converting fuel for auto mobiles have than gasoline Let us hope will have sweeter odor
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
DON'T EAT YOUR OK.
Moral Drawn From Kafir's One
 Time Tenderloin Feast.

When the British colonized South Africa, the native Kaffirs had splen- did bunh of teeth, but mighty little to- exercise them on. The land was rich but the Kaffirs cultivated 1t only spas medically. They were perfectly willing to walk behind band, but not behind a hoe. The British offiia1s determined that on the development of frugality and economic independence of the na- lives depended the prosperity of the col ony, and after much cogitation decided that the Kaffirs must be enouraged to till the soil.
 To that end, the British government presented each Kaff1r family with yoke of oxen to plow their land. For a time the plan worked exce1lently The land was p1owed and the crop put in. Then, however, the British authorities noted a prevalence of tenderloin steaks in Kali fir kraals, savory stews bubbled in na- tive cook pots, and the equatorial cir conference of whole famileiS was dis tended. The Kafirs had eaten the oxen, onfident that the British govern ment would give each another yoke the next year. But they never got another OK.
 The native of South Africa are not the only ones who have eaten up the aids they possessed for attaining fnan- cial independence and future prosperity. Some of the natives of North America had few bits of tenderloin when they sold and spent the Liberty Bonds they had acquired through saving and in- vestment during the war. These bonds are the best help possible to cultivate the fields of opportunity.
 If you hold them and buy more, you will be able to cultivate the soil of financial independence and security. At present prices they are bargain, for the yield is as high as 6.32 per cent, and are the best and safest investment in the world But the 1uxuries and ex-
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
ONE OF THE PALACES OF
 FEDERAL CONTROL EXPOSED

heard the that under Federal control of the placed payro stIabor, edoray you For all the big story tmes commented omit n their editorial columns
 railroad administration had grevous Undoubtedly useless employees found refuge the 
 according record there fewer useless employees under Federal than under private control
 Practically all paid by the hour When the Gov railroads reduced the wokday from eight Naturally employed but the number of on the payroll but on the number of hours worked
 private the railroads paid the workers for ,1S9 79O, ,716 hours.
 In l918 control the paid the work CTS 5,126, ,143 664 hours.
 of 12 over record made by private control
 did better than that Although the hours handled freight and 336 cent nor passenger ton mi under private control
 tell of the efficiency of private ow1ershlp.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
SUGAR ROBBERY.
Indications That the Profiteer Is
 About to Get His.

The price of sugar is breaking, buy now, before 1t goes up again!
 Such is the wall of the brokers, hoarders, and high-c1ass thieves, who have had their saturnalia of robbing the family sugar-bow1 for the past year.
 Beginning with the bone-head play of the federal government, and continuing until now, the most ba1d-faced robbery ever perpetrated on the homes of Amer jeans was the Drofiteering in the house hold necessity, of sugar.
 No American home can be conducted without sugar, and there has never been any real shortage of sugar, that is ap- parent when you note the price of sugar m Canada, country more isolated and distant from sugar production than the United States. The fact that the price in Canada was way below our country, and that we imported sugar from Cam ada, Is proof enough that the condition was dishonest and faked.
 American housewives brought the price of sugar down, by self-denial, economy and substitution. The belated cry of the prohteer, caught in his own trap, with his boarded sweets, is real music to the American who despises fraud in its every form.
 The price of sugar is-coming down to normal, aonther crop is ready, and will be in the market in a few weeks Don't be in any hurry to buy heavily even at the present modified prices. Let the prohteers who are yet holding last years crop lose and lose heavily, it's a sa1utary lesson, and it's coming to them
 The law of supply and demand is in- exorable in the final analysis, and the price of commodities such as sugar can only be seriously interfered with, for limited time only. Housewives won the victory, and can fight other ex- tortion with equal success, when they get the right slant on the cause, and resolve to apply the cure.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
WHAT LINCOLN SAID.
His Views Concerning Labor Com
 mended for Consideration.

Abraham Lincoln was noted for his simplicity and sQundness of judgment During the course of ihs career in pub lie life, he gave vent to many thoughts and expressions, the truth of which are applicable to present-day conditions and particularly with reference to money powers. Lincoln came from the great middle class. During a political campaign when he was a candidate for the legislature he made teh statement: 1: Il was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life I have no wealthy popular relations or friends to recommend me-" Later on-a year before he became President of the United States-he said, T am not ashamed to confess that twenty-five years ago I was a hired laborer maui ing rails-at work on fatboat-just what might happen to any poor mans son."
 Labor" said Lincoln, ''is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and oculd never have existed if labor had not first ex- isted. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consid- eration." He also asid:
 Capital has its rights which are worthy of protection as any other rights. Nor is 1t denied that there is and probably always will be a relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits"
 To comrnittee of ew York work ingmen who called upon him March 24, 1864, he said:
 "The strongest bond of human sym pathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people of all nations and tongues kin dreds. Nor should this lead to a war upon property, or the owners of prop erty. Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to indus tr-- and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of an- other, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
Support Our Advertisers

The advertisers in THE CONNECTICUT LABOR PRESS deserve the support of organized labor and it's friends They materially assist making possible for this paper be of The individuals using publication showing interest and expressing friendship for the worker and the latter should give them the preference in making purchases As organized workers readily grasp the value of reciprocity preference all others As good turn deserves another follows that those advertisers should the purchasing power of New Havens organized labor amounting HUN DREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER WEEK as we'll friends of the Hot accomplished thing Talk is usually vaueless Action is what Buy from those who help Those who make their wants through LABOR PRESS certainly worthy of your patronage See to it that they get it.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
WOULD GAG U. S. EMPLoYEs

Washington, Sept 3.-The United States civil service commission has notified officers of the National Fedora ton of Federal Employees that they have indulged in political activity whe nthey have made public Senator Hoke Smiths opposition to the Nolan $3 minimum wage bill.
 The National Federation of Federal Employees circu1arized its members in Georgia, and the civil service commits sion declares that these statements of fact are political activity"
 The union has retained counsel, which includes former Congressman James T. Lloyd, joint author of the L1oyd-LaFo1- lette anti-gag law. This statute set aside the famous order by President Roosevelt that denied government em- ployes the right of direct petition to redress grievances or take other action to improve working conditions without the consent of their department chiefs - The gag was vigorously resisted by the A. F. of L. which secured the pass age of the Lloyd-LaFollette act. This law, now threatened by the civil service commission, was intended to give gov- ernment employees some of the political rights enjoyed by other citizesn.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES.

Marshfe1d, Ore, Sept 3.-Printers i'll this city agree that unionism is a paying investment Last September, when rates were $5 day, they organ 1zed and affiliated with the Interna- tiona1 Typographical union. Last March rates were advanced to $6 day and now this has been increased to $7 day.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
CO-OPS. ARE ACTIVE.

East St Louis, IL, Sept 3-At the regular monthly managers meeting of the American plan Rochdale stores, connected with the central states whole sale cooperative society, the managers bought 12 cars of canned goods. This one item indicates the progress true CO., operation Is making.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
TO ARBITRATE DISPUTE.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Sept. 3-The builders exchange has abandoned its long anti-union fight and will arbitrate differences with organized building workers. Trouble started when the contractors refused to renew an agree ment with building laborers and at tempted to operate under the anti-union plan. Other workers took up the fight.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
ANTIS CALL FOR FUNDS.

Dallas, Texas, Sept. 3.-The South western Anti-Trade Union Association has issued feverish plea for funds. J. c. Culbertson, chairman of the finance committee, informs business men that T am depending on you to come across without further solicita- tion." The modest sum of $100 is asked
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
WIN EIGHT-HOUR DAY,

Petaluna, Cal, Sept. 3.-The eight hour day has been won by cereal work CTS, who, with the teamsters, have been on strike for several weeks The cereal workers were offered $5.20 for a nine hour day or $4.62 for an eight-hour day. They stood by principle and accepted the latter offer.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
MACHINIsTs STRIKE.

Richmond, Va, Sept 3.-Machinists employed by the American Can com pany have suspended work because of this concerns anti-union policy toward these employees. Plants in other local ities are likewise affected.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
LAUNDRY WORKERS GAIN.

Shawnee, Okla, Sept. 3-After a three-weeks' strike owners of laundry plants in this city have discarded the non-union shop idea and have signed contracts with the Loundry Workers union.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04

Everything was serene at the meet ing of Carpenters Local No. 7o, New Haven, Monday evening. The Connec- ticut Labor Press was on hand for early distribution. The week before, through an oversight, the papers were not delivered and a hurried telephone call to the office of publication, follow ed by immediate delivery was all that prevented riot of disappointed regular readers.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04

travagances into which some change them, and, which correspond to the ten derloin steak of the African savages, are more expensive than any American can afford
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
ORGANIZE COOP. STORE.

Pratt, Kan, Sept. 3.-Trade union ists and farmers at this place will launch cooperative store that is to be cap ita1ized at $25,0O0.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES.

San Diego, Cal, Sept. 3.-Commer- cial printing employers have notified the Typographical union that they will accept the new wage rate of $42 a week.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
F1REMEN JOIN UNION.

Omaha, Neb., Sept 3-Charters to P new affiliates have recently Teen is- sued by the International Brotherhood of Stationary Bremen.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04
HERE AND THERE

A dispatch from Davenport, Iowa, states that the publisher of the Moline Dispatch had his $5,O00 limousine stolen while he left it standing on one of the street corners. The Moline Dis patch, we take it, is not labor paper.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04

In the opinio nof some people the adoption of the Plumb plan of govern ment for railroads would result in a general mismanagement, but we ven ture to say that nothing so absolutely inconvenient as the present operation of the New Haven station could possibly be conceived by that form of manage ment.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04

A sweet morsel of news for the gen. era1 public is found Ill the daily news papers announcement that sugar specu- 1ators bid fair to get wild wallop due to the arrival of big new crop.
 According to the New Haven Times Leader some masons working overtime in the rush to get the Hardness Mem orial Quadrangle completed are mak- ing $80 or $o0 week and some of the plumbers are doing as well. That's just about what man needs these days If he is going to buy meat oftener than once week.
 All immigration figures sine the war were broken last week when 1S,6o1 aliens were landed here Good news for the cheap labor seekers and, pre- sumab1y, good material for future dis order f they are not properly Amer icanized"
 At the meeting of the state central committee of Connecticut's non-partisan political movement of the A. F. of L. | the subject of raising the age limit for school attendance was brought up. 1 Frank Sco1lins of Danbury had some | thing pertinent to say upon the matter, as he usually does have upon most mat l ters.
 q sometimes think" said the genial | gentleman from Danbury, tsthat if we don't pay the teachers more money pretty soon we won't have teachers
 enough to keep our children in school
 as long as we do now" Quite right, Frank, as usual. Another reason times are hard for | hold-up men who get into court is that l 1t IS no longer possible to impanel a jury of 12 men without getting several who have been victims of hold-up men Kansas City Star.
 1t ought to be a cinch to get 100 per cent. jury to try food and rent prohteers.
 Society Note: Thomas O'Brien of Hartford, president of the Connecticut State Council of Carpenters and Join CTS, is vacationing at one of the island resorts off Branford.
 We may look upon the Farmer-Labor party as joke, but it is no joke that both the farmers and 1aborers have little representation i'll the halls of leglSIdI1On.
 Spectators got badly stung in this state, particularly in New Haven and Waterbury, by the slump in sugar from 24 cents per pound to Is cents. They blame their financial losses on the women who declined to buy at time when they should have been buying heavily, at the beginning of the canning season Here, then, is an object lesson in how to discourage prohteering.
 Whether or not republican bosses are. seeking a $15;000,000 "s1ush fund" with which to buy the presidency there is no getting away from the fact that they've always been able to squeeze big business to the limit of the demand Connecti- cuts quota, by the way, according to Treasurer Upham of the republican na- tional committee, was only $75,0O0 and as yet but miserly $25 has reached the strong box Well, we'll, it does look slim for good cause and great drive, but then Col Ike U1lman has only just returned from his camp in the Maine woods and others of the persuading committee are still summering.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04

Glib tongued promoters were in New Haven recently trying to induce street car men to invest flew hundred dol lars" in jitney bus line. The invest ment carried with it, it was asserted, a job as driver of jitney and promise to pay 6 per cent interest on the money put into the scheme One of the argu- ments used by the promoters was that general statewide discontinuance of the trolleys was probable. On the con- trary, no such thing is probable; the street car is indispensable, at least for a long time to come for it can't be re- placed by the jitney. Let the street car men stick to their jobs.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04

Speaking about house rents, I am re- minded of the fact that we don't hear any more about humble cottages" !" Down around the beaches they now call even the poorest shacks villas and bun -ga1oes and all because the rent charges have boosted tehm into that class. Ev- eryn1an's house, no matter how humble, used to be called his castle and now it's getting to be such in reality when the cost of keeping it is figured
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04

Read The Labor Press-Labor's paper.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-04

A sweet morsel of news for the gen. era1 public is found i'll the daily news announcement that sugar specu- lators bid fair to get wild wallop due to the arrival of big new crop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
SERVICE MEN TO AID
SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE
.o,on viii Cooperate in Dis
,dbution Of $4,000 Fund
offered by Y. M. c. A.
roeMs ARE BEING PREPARED

.,.,oe men throughout the city will
oei, srontage Of the offer of the Y.
take " 70 distribute, in CO operation
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
URGE PARK IMPROVEMENT
Resolution Calls for Wall to Pro,
tect Motorists on Drive

Among the resolutions introduced
at meeting of the Fairmount Park
commissioners yesterday were those
urging the building of stone wall
along the Wissahickon Drive for pro-
lection Of motorists; removal of the
guardhouse in the Germantown -Wissa-
hickon dirtrict from its present location
in Wissahickon Han to the Providence
General Hospital and the construc-
tion of strip of maeadam road in the
center of the East River Drive. The
proposition for the removal of the
guardhouse was referred to the COM
mittee on superintendent and police
and the other two were referred to
the committee on plans and improve
mepts.
Chief Engineer Corson in his report
stated that while a number of trees
in the park have had to be cut down
because Of decay, the number of trees
planted had outnumbered those cut
down, six to one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

triculates. He was elected last night
president of the board Of freshmen dor :
mitory representatives.
For the first time in the history OF
the University Of Pennsylvania, fresh :
men have been segregated in the dor
mitories. Each dormitory house has
elected representative, and under the
new organization perfected, McGiveran
will be president.
Any uncomfortable freshman who can
not keep his respect for law and order
and who muses. up things or disturbs
the peace and the dignity of his class
mates or his superior university brothers
is due for trial by his inkspot
brothers. McGiveran and the jury Of
freshmen who will try the cases are
determined that justice shall be meted
out.
Being clicked out" of the dormitor
les will be one sentence; suspension
for stated period Of time or other
punishment is to be handed down from
the bench of the presiding fresh jurist
''True Pennsylvania men will wear
the little inkspot caps and their azure
blue ties" says McGiveran. "The
traditions Of this great school are splen
did ones and real men will preserve
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
p. r. r. OFFICIALS RESIGN

The designations of j. Taney Will
cox, assistant secretary of the Penn =
sylvania Railroad Co.. and Horace 9.
Booz, corporate engineer, were an
nourced yesterday following a meeting
of the board of directors. Both Off
cials served in France during the war.
Mr.. Wilcox was commissioned captain
in the embarkation service and later
went to France as secretary of the
Interallied Transportation Council.
Mr.. Booz went to France as engineer
of construction, with the rank OF
colonel. He served on the staff OF
General w. w. Atterbury. Both men
were furloughed by the railroad during
their war service.