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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
IMMIGRATION BILL IS
 PLANNED BY STERLING
Federal Immigration Board With Power Over All Immigra-
 tion Questions.

Washington, Dec. 3-Senator Ster- ling of South Dakota, republican member of the senate immigration committee, announced on his return here from New York that he would introduce at the coming session of con- gross bill creating federal immigra- ton board with power over all the questions relating to immigration and including the right to decide the num- Der of immigrants to be admitted to the country.
 Senator Sterling inspected Ellis Is- land and went down the bay where he boarded the liner Olympic and mingled with immigrants before they were landed at the island
 He said he had not decided on the composition of the board, but that 1t probably would be composed of the secretaries of state, interior, agriculture, commerce and labor and chairman to be named by the President subject to confirmation by the senate
 He declared there were two funda- mental reasons for restricting imn1i- gration-frst the need to continue American labor on a high standard and second, to make more stringent the restrictions against radical clements entering the country.
 The board in determining the mum Der to be admitted to the country would consider the amount of employment or unemployment in the United States and the general labor and economic sitiia- ton. It also would be expected to ad- init only such immigrants as could be assimilated.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
FORD EMPLOYES TO
 GET 7 MILLION BONUS
Extra Dividend of 3%o Also Will Be Paid on Profit t-Sharing
 Investment Certificates.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 3-Denial of a report from Chicago that the Ford Mo tor Company had abolished its em- ployes' bonus system was made by President Edse1 Ford. The announce ment says: "The regular cash bonus plan, originated January 1, 1920 will be continued on the same basis in 1921. Bonus checks are now being laid out for distribution January l, 1921, aggregat- ing $7000,000 or more. In addition a forthcoming extra dividend of 5 per cent. on proht-sharing investment cer- tifcates will be paid December 31, 1920. This Is in addition to an 8 per cent. dividend paid July 31 last, and makes the total dividend and distribu- ton to Ford workers holding these cer- tifcates IA per cent. for 1920.
 When the Ford Motor Company am nounced a reduction in the price of its cars 1t was given out, coupled with the emphatic statement that the decrease in price would ill no way effect the wages of Ford employees"
 With reference to another statement in the Chicago report that 6OO0 men had been let out Ill 90 days 1t was said that these men had quit in the ordinary course of labor turnover, and that the company IS working five days a week to keep all its men employed.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
STATE BOARD OF
 CHARITIES ON JOB
will Prevent Children From Becoming Public
 Charges.

The State Board of Charities in order to prevent licensed managers of boarding homes for children from throwing children on the towns and making public charges of them, when their guardians cast them of, Is to warn these managers to obtain sufficient security at the time such children are received. A letter IS being sent to these managers warning them that they must see to 1t that children for whom they cannot obtain maintenance money do not become public charges of the town, where the boarding homes are situ- ated.
 The board has also endorsed the plan for the establishment of state infirmary for care of diseased, deform- ed and incurab1e persons for whom no treatment is available in existing insti- tutions, indigent and aged persons, the poor from such towns as have no aims house and state paupers.
 Reports of visits made to various state institutions by Dr. c. C. E. Will liams, chairman of the board, Mrs. NJ J. Wise of Hartford, and Eliot Watrous of New Haven, showed that the Norwich State hospital, the Con- necticut Reformatory at Cheshire, the State Farm for Women and the Sea side sanatorium for children, which were visited, were in good condition. although the farm for women was overcrowded.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
ASYLUM AGAIN GETS
 FAMOUS BOMB PROPHET
E. P. Fischer, Who Foretold Ex- p1osion in Wall Street,
 Becomes Violent.

Edwin P. Fischer, the tennis player who Dropresied" the bomb explosion in Wall street i'll September, and wrote notes to friends warning them to keep out of the district became violently insane Wednesday at his home, B West 92d street New York city, and two policemen were called to control him. He was taken again to the Long Is land Home, a sanitarium at Amity- vile, from which he had been paroled three weeks ago under the belief that he was mentally competent again.
 Mrs. Robert Pope of Forest Hills, L. 1, Fischer's sister, telephoned to Assistant District Attorney Alfred !. of an unusually wild outbreak, and that he had been annoying and threatening her and other relatives several days
 Mir. Ta11ey informed Daniel Direnzo, the assistant district attorney stationed III the West Side court, of the cir ctinstances and also informed the po- lice of the precinct. Two policemen hastened to Fischer's place, for he is more than six feet tall and an athlete. He was taken before Magistrate Levine in the West Side court. Inasmuch as 1t was Magistrate Levine who had com mitted him to the asylum previously, and the man was only free on parole, 1t was decided that no further legal action was necessary to return him to Amityville
 Just before the disaster in Wall street Fischer wrote warning to the French high commission and others. He was found in Hamilton, Ont, a few days after the explosion, and will ingly returned to New York. He said he knew of the coming catastrophe through messages received from the air"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
MILITARY BRUSHES VICE IN VIRGINIA
 MINING FIELDS
Threat to Clean Up Williamson Speedily Gets City Tem-
 porary Mayor.
MANY UNDESIRABLES FLEE
Armed Band Located in Ken lucky, but Escapes Troops.
 Wounded Sheriff Dies.

Williamson, w. Va, Dec. 3-The three republicans of the Williamson city committee Wednesday named Sem ator William York, of Williamson, to serve during the absence of Mayor Porter who Is ill The appointment was made after the democratic members had withdrawn.
 ! This action followed warning from Col. Herman Hall, who Is in charge of troops in the strike district, that url- less the city authorities "cleaned up the city physically and morally" the soldiers would do SO.
 No written instructions were given the civil authorities by Colonel Hall but he has said that the city govern ment must function-and function al once.. His representatives in informal conferences with city officials impressed upon them his determination to have a marked improvement in the moral and sanitary conditions in Williamson.
 Many undesirables, both r1en and owmen, made their exodus from the city as soon as the instructiosn became known. As their contribution toward cleaning Up the town, the police arrest ed seven women.
 Coal operators received repotrs that striking miners of Pike county, Ky, across Tug river, were accommodating arms, and have established a. small arsenal III the Kentucky hills. A score of men armed with rifles were seen on the Kentuck side of the river opposite Matewan, w. Va, and troops dep1oyed to await an attack, but the men re- treated into the mountains without fir ing.
 The death of William Frances, Pike county, Ky, deputy sheriff, was re- ported last night by state police arriv- ing from the strike zone. Frances was shot after he arrested a non-union miner late Tuesday at Baranshee, Ky Everett Dotson, another deputy, was seriously shot, but he will recover.
 The district is again quiet.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
.BIG SIX'S' HEARING ON
 WAGE SCALE GOES OVER
President Rouse Argues for SIS Above Present Scale Paid
 in New York.

The arbitration hearing of Big Six" Typographical Union, of New York, before Dr. George w. 'Kirchwey, chair man, did not close, as was expected with the conference at the Hotel Penn sylvania, Wednesday, for Ntfe entire session was taken up by the rebuttal of the union representatives. Their argu- ment, advanced in brief presented by Leon H. Rouse, president of the union, will be continued next "Wednesday aft ernoon, when it IS intended that the re- buttal of the employers also may be brought forward.
 Mr.. Rouse argued that the cost of living has so increased since January l last as to justify the unions demand of an SIS increase over S45 wage. Mir. Rouse brought out the points. that periodical publications and journals on which Big Six members are employed have shown increases in volumes and rates of advertising, in circulation, in volumes and rates of subscriptions and in other directions.
 Mr. Rouse called attention to the fact that wages in New York for typograph- ical workers are on a par with the scales for the same work in New Ro- chelle, Perth Amboy and New Castle, 9d-, the sSIdIIudIq Idle III liiOsS aoSai- ities being $46. This detail was intro duced to show that New York Is no longer first in the wage scale, although a quarter of the printing in the United States IS done in that city and a l2th of the printing in the whole world, as shown by MT. Rouse's computation.
 Mir. Rouse brought out that the ma jority of the members of his union are heinz Daid by their employers more than is called for by the present scale, which is to show that employers realize the insufhciency of the rates.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
FEDERAL TAX ON SMALL
 FARMERS TO BE LIFTED
Senator Wadsworth Says People Must Be Relieved of
 Tax Burden.

New York, Dec. 3-United States Senator James W. Wadsworth, in pass ing through this city to Washington several days ago, said that he believed that the federal income tax on small incomes would be lifted, and that single men would be exempt Up to 5000 and married men up to $4OOO. At present incomes above $1,OOOs of single men and incomes of married men above 5000 are taxable.
 Senator Wadsworth said that there must be immediate changes Tn the fed era1 tax laws to bring relief to the people and to restore the country to a peace-time basis.
 "The chief concern of the new ad- ninistration in domestic affairs, he said, Twill be taxation and finance. The present tax laws are unsatisfactory. This is true of the excess profits tax, which will prove to be a grave dis appointment as revenue producer.
 Then, too, the so-cal1ed luxury tax is hit-and-niss affair, and Is neither wise nor consistent Man of the so- called luxuries are taxed under this law are really necessaries and these taxes may more properly be called consump- ton taxes. There Is considerable dis cussion of tax on gross sales to sup plant ali other taxes on business.
 There is a general feeling among republican legislators that the people of small incomes should be relieved of the exactions of the federal income tax act The disposition seems to be to make the, maximum of exemptions s., GOO ill the ease of single men and $4,- 900 for married men.
 Legislators believe that such an amendment by congress would be fol- lowed naturally by the passage of a similar amendment in New York state, where the state income tax law is with respect to exemptions, patterned after the fedral incom tax law.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
CONNECTICUT COMPANY
 IS NOT SATISFIED
Ten Cent Fare Not Proving Satisfactory as Was
 Expected.

Wednesday night ended the first month of the try-out of the 10-cent fare by the Connecticut company, and its officers are now in a position to tell approximately to what extent it has benefited them It is no secret that the revenues of the company have not gone to satisfactory levels and that the curve on the statistical chart has not the upward trend that was hoped for. President Storrs stated that on some lines more passengers are being carried and less on other lines than before the inception of the new rate.
 It is understood the increase in the number of passengers on certain routes IS counterbalanced by the decrease on other routes On those lines where the fare has been cut from Is cents to 10, more riding IS apparent. MT. Storrs compared the service rendered to the meter service of the gas company, some classes of 1t paying, others not profit able
 Until substantial P ohts. are made by the Connecticut comflny 1t IS certain the fight 1t is waging against the jitney will not. be releutSd. The local ordi- nance permitting the buses to operate i'll Fem, ie street does not satisfy the trolley people and may be protested. The company IS posting spottersv in this street, near Chapel, keeping re- cord of all jitneys that pass.
 Following the completion of the new curved track at College and Elm streets. the Connecticut company will commence laying additional curves at Church. Meadow and George streets, weather permitting. When this work has been completed 1t Is expected tl1at as many as possible of the cars will be routed away from Church an dChapel streets, as has been promised the board of all edrmen by the company.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
MORE TROUBLE FOR
 THE RAILROAD UNIONS
Cummings of Iowa in Washington Looking for
 Trouble.

Senator Cumn1ins of Iowa, one of the authors of the Esch-C Cummins rail- road bill which was so bitterly opposed by the railroad unions, was reelected by majority well up with this years high tide. MT. Esch, the other author of the bill,, weakened to some extent as eelction approached and failed to get his nomination and so was left out of the next Congress. Most of the other members of Congress who took a bold stand for this bill were reelected, while many of the men behind whom labor declared themselves were defeated. That considerable list of members of Congress whose record the Federation Of Labor looked up and reported upon and published under Mr. Gompers' di- rection, telling union men for whom to vote, were defeated. MT Cummins takes this result as mandate-to use the word which MT. Wilson has made so signifcant-tc pass legislation which will protect society from the mischief of strikes by public service employees. Mir. Cummins is in Washington now and believes that this is the time to se- cure the adoption of legislation forbid ding railroad strikes and. he IS going to 1t to the best of his ability.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
PRICE DECLINE SETS
 RECORD SINCE 1865
Similar Drop Followed Close of Civil War Retailers With
 hold Orders.

The price declines in the last six months ir the United States, according to the monthly review of the Fedearl Reserve Bank, released yesterday morn ing, are the most abrupt since the first six months of 1865, accompanying the close of the Civil war. Throughout the year credit has been at all times available, according to the bank, for in spite of the rapid movements of funds from one part of the country to another member banks have always felt ready to extend additional credit.
 The circular shows there has been substantial decline III credits recently and a corresponding decrease in loans and note issues of the Federal Reserve system.
 After recording an additional break in cotton goods to point about 5O per cent below the peak of last spring, the bank says that the mills i'll both New England and the south have accumu- lated large stocks of manufactured goods and many of them are running only a few days week in order to keep their operating forces together Many of the workers have agreed to accept lower wages in order to keep the mills running at all. On the sub- ject of clothing the bank says
 Manufacturers of mems clothing have announced reductions of s to 5U per cent. in the price of winter clothing Several Rochester manufacturers dur ing the month showed their lines for the spring of 1921 at prices from 25 to B per cent. below those of the pres ent fall and winter, based on the new price level of woolens. Few retailers have placed orders for spring merchan- disc.
 Makers of women's suits and dress es have no surplus stocks. As a re- suit prices of women's clothing have not been reduced to comparable ex- tent
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
AUTO CONTEST
 IS CONTINUED
New Haven Trades Council De-
 cides to Defer Award of the

The. meeting of the New Haven Trades Council, Thursday evening, was devoted to lengthy discussion of the fair which was held at Music Hall un- der the auspices Of the Council, closing last Saturday night, the proceeds. for which were intended for the Labor Temple building fund.
 It was indicated by the report of the committee that there would not be surplus from the fairs receipts and it was finally voted to continue the con- test for the Liberty Six automobile until a later date which will be decided by the committee. Up to the close of the fair the count indicated that George F. Mordecai business agent of the Car penters' Local 7o, was the winner of the machine.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04

retary, Frederick Walker; treasurer, Daniel Mckay; and correspondent, C. Fender. Frederick Walker was elected to the joint conference board and William Hussey, of the shops, and Paul Reynolds, Robert Scott and M. Stackpole of the trolIeymen to the ex- ecutive committee. Mir. Looney was made chairman of all boards and ap- pointed delegate to the local Trades Council.
 A heavy vote was recorded, ballots being cast at the Connecticut company $ offices in the Chamber of Commerce building and the Grand avenue and West Haven car barns all day.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
HEADQUARTERS BIG TIME.

The quarterly meeting of the New Haven Brick1ayers' union. Local No. 6, to be held in Eagle hall, Crown street, Monday evening at o'clock will be a drummer" After the business is tran sacted there will be a smoker and the committee of arrangements has work ed hard to secure some of the best talent obtainable for the occasion. It plans to give those in attendance great time with plenty of cigars and refresh ments and record breaking atten- dance is expected.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04
TROLLEYMEN HAVE
 LIVELY ELECTION Looney and Mckay Are Again Reelected by Big
 Vote.

John J. Looney was elected president of the local Trol1eyTnen's union for the third time at the annual election this week. Other officers elected were: Vice-president, Robert Scott recording secertary, Paul Reynolds; financial sec
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04

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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-04

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-31

valid and constitutional from thence on, at least
For what higher authority is therean the state than
the electorate?
But that's all wrong If Mr. Postsis correct II does
not matter what the voters want what they decide;
what they wish done. The lawyer-mind would
rather have to 4 decision of the state supreme
court on question momentous as the .bonus bill
than majority of the people
We would not quarrel with Mr. Post for anything
in the world If he says the bonus bin is "inopera-
tive, invalid and unconstitutional" he no doubt feels
satisfied he knows what he is taking about Yet we
cannot forbear from offering a suggestion even to
the head of the bar associaton-no ON the consti-
nationality of the measure-buton thesgeneral prin-
lcipes involved.
The bonus bnl is good bad-regardess Of my legal
technicaltes with which lawyers may surround it
II the bonus bill is bad Mr. Post should direct the atten-
ton Of the voters to its defects II he convince them
that it has merit they viii defeat it mt the polls But
il hardly good strategy for Mr. Post say in effect:
Tho the bonus bill be good measure it should be
defeated because. in my opinion, il Ia invalid"
The people. by majority at the polls have right
to amend their constitution Clearly. full expression
of the electorate at the polls stands higher than other
Fauhority. The bonus bl after ii shall have received
majority vote OF the people, WILL to all ntents and purposes
be considered valid in everybodys mind except few
lawyers.
Opposition to the bl to have weight must be
directed to the merits of the Legal clubbing does
not meet the issue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-31
Mr.. Christensen Out on Limb

BY going Ohio candidate
n
traditions rcpuhico nothing
The farmeriahr party simply cannot ~ with this
thing. by
republicans
may have
radicals
high
prohbi,onis
back sound moonrs and also Ohio
Mr. christensen trying 20 stand out7 None Of
nobody
n Of
can observation-disclosures city T1mca
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-31
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
Know Your NcIrblor

1870" sVhs sF'fNuWf
a series Of personal adventures m
trying 20 be prudent. Chapters tina,
bulge out prominently in tho life
history Of Green Lakcro
by Himself
When the wife and moved fnto
the Green Lake district some months
ago. nhe put on her host fitout and
waited for expected callers.
None came.
The wife. unfamiliar with me 20
cial practices' Of the modern metro
pollian city. felt We were bclnf
snubbed. In this she WINS, OF course.
ffiistaken. Foflts nowadays arc no,
supposed TO call on newcomers, un-
less 20 borrow something.
Time wore on. The other night w.
concluded there WINS no danger OF a
Hurprise visit from nextdoor strang-
era We put on our old clothes and
began 10 act naturally. We closed
up tho front part OF the house and
retired 20 the kitchen.
In the midst OF our WORK. Apmeone
summoned us from the front porch.
MY roodncssy' Thin from the
wife. You 70"
II can't" replied !. Cant You
sec, I'm rfEht In the midst OF II. You
20. It's probably only the paper boy
making HIS collections"
She went ] heard strnnee WON
ems voices converting. and continued
my operations. Five minutes later
the wife slipped thru the door into
tho kitchen. Haid fhc.
my heavens. do get that STUN out
OF the ho'rse AZ once. IL nrneiis ter
ribly. Tho neighbors have cnJied.
We dom, know anything about them.
Bcnidea. you'ii have TO come In and
Get acquainted.
The smeiiiest part n an over
now" protested ]. weakly. ''Migb,
an well go on with II. III be thru IN
a few minutes. We don't want TO
waste IL It's the firzt we've rnade
since we cnsns here. you know"
''Oh. get Il out OF here Qusck.
They can't help smelling t. They
might not be tho right sort. We
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-31
o. Henry-and the Working Girl

Hd uoranze: that he
This uuA But DE undsrpaid working I'm v.s fv d % n.
.
fighfu
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o.
a for tho wurncn who
his writings
which condemns
sEir. n
n
he to he other
your quick fellow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-31
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don't know. On dsar. Hurry.
hurry
And ZEN gsI,ons ofmy bsst sfSsFeB
went giirgfing down into the ssvssn-
II the nert-door strangers 1,aA 49,
fected anything they didn't dieeiassl
~ sone evening we intend - sxs-'
turn the call
The day Of Jap es,auffeup Tor
white men In pairsfng. Noticed .
white man today ehauffcur1ng fAr1s'
jap. !,
A foxy eonnmirsion. .merc4au&s re
n consignment OF pooAoes from =
grower. The crook doctored his
scales no no cheated n,o, farm43outl
OF 1878 On the lot
And he patted htnsen & -, ~
back
Quo
Before he sent those ppeu1Ueg0B
smart old farmer placed lsoms hSos
round rocks IN the n1dtQD q ne
rack
Rocks weigh more Slzn{ pgenooens
And he patted himself kths bncks
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