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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-04-15
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-04-15
F. H. BRIGGS
INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE
Opera House Block
Center, Vermont

Wait farm in the north part of the
town. Mr.. Whipple's body was placed
in the vault in Londonderry TO await
the arrival Of his 5rtoher from Wis-
cousin
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
ANTl-LAeoR LEoIsIATIoN
TO BE FOUGHT AT COMING
SESSION OF LEGISLATURE

The Fifty-second General Assembly
Of Illinois will meet In January. Many
important labor bills will be intro.
duced. the most essential of which
will be the injunction limitation bill.
The enemies of the organized labor
movement are centering their forces
to secure the enactment of anti-labor
legislation. Especial efforts are being
put forth by the manufacturers asso-
Citations to secure the passage OF q
law sstabIishing zetAto4 4oeustabuIarzs.
1t is probable that the sessions OF the
state legislature In ts fifty-second as
sembly. during the present winter,
will be one OF the liveliest ever wit
messed In the state. The officers OF
the Illinois State Federation OF Labor
are now engaged in preparing various
labor measures TO be submitted in the
legislature and are also gathering in
formation and data to be used in an
effort to prevent the passage OF a
state constabulary bill
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
WHERE UNCLE SANS
MONEY GoES---MoSTLY
FOR WAR PURPOSES

According to an expert In the
United States Bureau of Standards.
SO cents out of every dollar of Uncle
Sans money this year goes for war,
past, present or to come
Only one cent out of every dollar
goes for education and the improve.
ment of the public health
Copies of this remarkable analysis
on application to DIR. E. B. Rosa,
United States Bureau of Standards,
Washington. d. C.
Whereas the cities spend an aver
age OF So per capita for education per
year, and the states and private agen-
cies about SO per capita per year for
education, Uncle Sam with his huge
billions only spends 6 cents per capita
for education.--and some OF that goes
to the land grant" colleges for mill.
tary drill.
Without anybody in the country
realizing il, your Uncle seems to have
become obsessed with militarism to
the exclusion of the normal, balanced
interests OF the people
The army and navy have developed
a technique" for adroitly extracting
from Congress huge appropriations de-
MED to all other departments.
According to the analysis quoted
above, the national budget this year
represents tax OF $50 upon every
man, woman and child In the United
States. and Of this amount $46.50 goes
for war and militarism.
Now on top of 1t, Congressman
Julius Kahn, of California, genially
proposes a system Of universal mill
tary training which would cost the
country, according to Congressman
Mondeil, the republican floor leader
and watchdog OF the treasury. In the
neighborhood of one billion dollars a
year.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
ANNUAL MEETING or
COOPERATIVE pREs5 HELD
WEDNESDAY,, EVENING

Most all the four hundred aud some
odd members OF the Cooperative Press
OF Champaign and Urbana fproposedl
met in the first annual session held
by that concern Wednesday night
That they were pleased with the
progress made during tbs past year
was proven by the manner in which
the members expressed themselves.
A review OF the years work was
given by Secretary J. G. Adams. Other
officers reported. and talks were
given by varioua ones interested In
the enterprise.
Among the important business mat.
ters coming up was the election OF
Officers. a complete list OF which. as
well a. further write.up of the
meeting will be printed In next weeks
Review Owing 10 the fact that the
Review forms close at Q o'clock Wed.
nesday evening, a concise report Of
the meeting Is impossible this week.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
ssmAN MoNpELL
URGES Gu TIN WAR
APPROPRIATIONS

Washington. Dec. 30 Republieqn
Floor Leader Mondell yesterday de.
clared amid applause from the House
that we shall never be able 10 make
adequate appropriations for internal
Improvements and other constructive
government works unless we reduce
the enormous total of the appropria-
tlons carried In the Army and Navy
bills.
This year, he pointed out we have
appropriated sS45, 100000 directly for
military and naval purposes, more
than three times as much as In any
pre.war year. at Is much more than
we should appropriate for the coming
fiscal year" he said. "and yet the
War Department is asking us for
1867 600 900 more"
Congressman Mondell criticized
Secretary Baker for recruiting the
army far beyond the number appropri-
ated for by Congress and declared IL
was the duty of Congress 10 prevent
the Secretary from gquandering the
peoples money by creating defcien
cies In violation OF law A deficiency
OF from sixty to a hundred millions in
the War Department is an unwelcome
Christmas gift from Secretary Baker
TO Congress harassed by financial
troubles and beset by business com
munity demanding tax reduction.
/ This action of the Secretary lends
point TO Congressman MondelPs de.
mand that Congress cut the war ap-
preparations not only below the
bloated estimates Just submitted but
below the swollen figures OF the pres.
ent year. so that funds may be avail
able for the constructive activities %
the government. The Wyoming rep
resentatiye who last spring strongly
opposed universal military training
because OF its cost, has cut out large
task for himself in trying TO save any
thing for other government work, in
face of the voracious demands OF the
Army and Navy
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
The one.Man Car AoaIn.

Five persons Killed. and twenty.
eight injured, some seriously, was the
result OF oneman operated street
car in Kansas City, Mo, last Sun.
day night Not a passenger on the
car escaped injury according to the
report
The newspapers say that the car
got beyond the control OF the motor
man and dashed down a steep grade"
OF course that does not mean very
much probably TO say that II got "be.
Yond control" but one can read be-
tween the lines and logically pre-
sumo that the motorman was al that
very time doing the work that con.
ductor would have been doing prob
ably making change or Issuing trans.
fer and in doing so, II would be a
cnee OF having no control whatever
Alton Is now trying out the one.
lman car, and LET II be known that they
have some steep grades there, also
The one.man car may return a saving
for the company, but II may also
prove rather costly to those who ride
The oarg-which In most cases do not
include but small part of the COM
pany as they ride their automobiles
ard nse the street cars only on oc.
casions such as inspection Of the
lines" when OF course every precau.
ton Ia taken TO see that no accidents
"
life Fl but gamble. some say, but
thon Why take such chances when you
can secure greater odds than Ia OF
Jy one man car.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
NO OPPORTUNITY FOR
"OPEN SHOP" iF WORkEa0
BUY uNION-MApE GOODS

Just at the present time there 10
considerable agitation among mem-
bers of labor organizations regarding
the actions of the National Associa-
tion OF Manufacturers and other or
ganizations OF employers who are car
rying on publicity campaigns favoring
what they are pleased to term the
american plan" which is supposed to
mean the open shop" This propa-
ganda is being put out by these EN-
ployers' associations, of course, for
the purpose of discrediting organized
labor and of weakening its power to
be of benefit TO its members In i'm
proving their conditions and securing
the proper remuneration for the sus-
tenance OF themselves and families.
Its success Is apt to be quite com
plete unless the members OF these la
Dor organizations themselves take ac-
ton that will defeat IT, II is only be-
cause of the apathy of the members
of labor organizations that campaign
Of this character can meet with any
success whatever. II all the members
of organized labor In the United
/ States would for one month expend
no money which they earn under
union conditions for goods OF any
character unless those goods carried
| the union label of the craft which
manufactured them, II would be an
| illustration that there was no oppor-
tunity for an "open shop" to exist In
this country. II is only because the
members of organized labor them
selves continue persistently to pur-
chase goods made by non-union con-
Germs that this "open. shop" propH-
ganda can gain a foothold among the
people.
When a member of labor organi-
ration, working under union shop con-
ditions. goes out and spends his money
for articles manufactured by people
working under nonunion and slave
driving conditions, then he Is just as
much an employer OF non-union labor
as is the man who conducts the bust
ness where the goods are manufac-
tured, and he assists that employer In
continuing to be able to conduct his
business under open shop or non-unlon
conditions.
If the members of labor organiza-
| tions would spend their money for
none but union-made goods then they
need have no fear OF any open shop
agitation and the so-cailed american
plan" of the employers would prove
an entire myth
There is only one way to prove
that any article is union made and
/ that is to have the union label at
tached ed.-Typographical Journal
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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
uNoRoANixEn WORKERS
MUST ACCEPT 20 PERCENT
REDUCTION OR OUT

The axe has descended upon the
neeks ef some soa workers Of the
Twin Cities. aud IL has daSeeaded
iast where this paper predicted Il
would strike ffrSt--in the ranks Of the
unorxsnized workers
These 200 workers at The cashman
plant have been notified that begin
ming January l. their wages Will be
reduced 20 percent 80 that the plani
may continue 60 operate at profit
The cushman plant Is said To be
operated as ain .open.shop" concern
but nary a union man Is employed
there The ope nshop movement has
been launched hs the Employers A.
soosation and similar organiea ations
for the purpose of reducing wages.
This Il the FIRST real instance In the
Twiii Cities where the employer has
come Out IN the open and foribly re
duced wages. but in this instance
there waa no use employing other
methods fact that the employees
were unorganized and therefore de.
feuseiess did not warrant the trouble
sone 60 by other "open-shopperS" who
have sought To reduce wages
The cut In wages al the Cushlnan
plant IL simply fair sample OF The
methods employed In the so.eal2ed
open.shop" The head of the hfm
decides that the workers must work
for less. and the worker either works
for less or quits and makes room FOR
some other poor sucker who viii work
tor less. The nnorganiged worker
has no redress=he has not the proteo.
tion Of the union and OF collective
bargaining Left TO fight his battle
alone he loses every time for there
is no sainaaying the fact that the em.
ployer Is the absolute boss and that
the worker Ii mere machine, TO be
worked at will The only difference
between the iron machine aud the hu.
man machine Is that the human ma
chine still has the right To quit tiu
Illinois at least) while the iron ma
chine must toll on.
Many employers lose sight OF one
very serious objection 10 a reduction
or wages, and that In that while the
cost OF living advanced lisM pereen,
during the past four years. wages hd
venced about 10 per cent. which left
the worker 46 percent worse of than
he was before prices began TO soar
Therefore living MUST decrease 40
percent before workers can accept
auy decrease.
Home things are now selling lower
than they were two or three months
ago: other things are said 10 have
dropped In price. but not to tho con.
sunaer. other things arc higher by %
per cent than they we're when II was
said the cost OF living would drop.
Soon the whole, reduction al the
preesnt time is nnwarranied
Ta sum up. the cost OF living has
e013nced ii6h percent; wages had
- need 7o-peroent, IL IL proposAd An
lower wages on the prospect that the
cost OF living Is to be lowered A ro-
duction in wages will be permanent,
while reduction In the cost of living
may be temporary The worker has
no assurance that the present fuctu-
alton In the cost Of living will las, any
length of time. while he knows that
any reduction In wages Will be hard
to recover.
The worker wants 10 know first OF
all that the cost of living will go
down and stay down before he agrees
that his wages will go down and stay
down.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
MUNegY WOULD cur
Isasg hxAnT OUT or uNloNs

At dinner celebrating hls pur
chase OF the Baltimore american"
and "star," Frank A. MunHey, owner
of magazines. newspapers and big
block OF United States Steel Corpora.
tion stock. devoted more than an hour
of his speech 10 an attack upon or.
ganixed labor. He suggested that fhe
tariif and other issues be disregarded
and that coalition OF business in.
tereMs be formed 10 destroy organ.
ICED labor, "as surgeon would cur
deep to remove the malignant roots
OF "A cancer
Among those who heard this bitter
TRADE was Henry r. Broening. presi-
dent Of the Baltimore Federation of
Labor. who at the last meeting of the
Federation took Munsey sharply 10
task for repaying the loyalty of his
workers with the base coin OF Ia.
gratitude. lie charged tho publisher
with being unfair TO labor, and sug.
gested that he might better serve the
public II be would use the resources
OF his publications TO nnd cut the
truth about labor organizations aud
then let the readers be the Judge"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
FARMERS DEMAND
ENOUGH TO PAY
FoR PRODUCTION

nenIansin ? Marsh. representing
Farmers National Council. addressed
he Chicago Federation OF Labor 4
their regular meeting on sunday. 10
eemher sth. IN behalf of tho farmers
Hhe are holding their PRODUCTS for =
higher price
Tho principal demand OF the
farmers said Mr. Marsh. Is price
tor their wheat that will assure tha
cost " production aud reasonable
pront HE said. III the farmers ara
compelled 10 sell their wheat at the
prevailing price, II would ruin them
as it would not pay for the cosl Of
production.
Since they have TAKEN the position
Of holding their wheat for a better
price they have heen treated BY th0se
representing monopoly aud special
privilege about the aamr way thai
unienists ara treated when striking
Tor better wage.
lie condemned tho action OF Con
gress in the passage OF the Eseh.
Cummins bill aud returning the rail.
roads TO their private awnors. Thia
organization OF farmers had Joined tn
the request of lha American Fedora.
tion OF Labor that the railroads b.
continued under government control
for another two years lie also con
demned the representatives OF car.
tain farmers organizations whose
membership was composed OF bank.
era. and business nen aud who had
supported the Eseh.cummina bill and
the demand that the railroads be 70.
turned to their private owners.
The farmers are bitter over tho
railroad question because al this time
they are suffering n reduction IN the
price of their products and have To
carry an added burden in tho shapa
OF freight rate increases
He suggests that a commission be
appointed consisting OF representa-
iives OF organised labor, tho Farmers
National Council and Womon'a Or
ganlgations. 10 investigate the wheat
prire situation. He did not ask for
representation from Chambera OF
Commerce, or business Men'a Aasoei.
ations on this commission az they aid
not represent either the producing of
wheat OF tho consumption OF wheat
lie said. I'VE have had too much bus.
mesa In government"
Mr. Marsh says that the attitude OF
the farmers toward the organized IN.
dustrial workers IL different now
than formerly and that they are be-
ginning TO understand the workers.
prohlerns and realize that thelr real
enemies are monopoly aud special
privilege"
The Chicago Federation Of Labor
endorsed the demands OF the striking
farmers.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
cOOp-Is-S-I las -FOUR
UNEMPLOYMENT CAUSED
sV COLOSSAL GRAFT
OF POLITICAL RING

When Washington n vAnderlip re
turned 20 America from Russia. he
brought orders for American made
goods amounting To three billion dol
lars. covering = manufacturing period
Of three years. Back Of these orders
Is Russian gold TO guarantee pay
ment
Mr.. vanderlin says that il there Il
unemployment and starvation In
America this winter. II may be laid
directly al the doors of the little
group in Washington who have their
own reasons for not restorign trade
relations with Russia. Russia IL will.
Ing to buy enough from US TO keep
every man in the United States busy
for the next three years.
As far as this big order goes, the
Vanderiip syndicate will act merely
as fiscal agents OF the Soviet govern
ment. he said THE various Soviet
commercial bureaus which would be
set up in this country VIII place the
contracts and assume responsibility
for the goods.
Every factory IN the country could
open Immediately IL the State De-
partment would make the following
trade facilities between Russia and
America
Postal, telegraph, cable wireless.
mail and express rights. banking IA.
cilities. including admission OF Rus.
sian gold into the country. free Ia
suance of commercial passports. free
dom of sea communication"
Il am glad to see that labor In
America has walked up and started an
alliance for trade with Russia. II the
business men were only as well or
ganized as the workers. they could
bring more pressure To bear on our
government The only thing the work
ers can do to solve their own problem
and Russias is to demand freedom of
.rade with her. The American work
ars ought to copy the tactics OF the
British Council of Action. The Coun-
I'll may call for 'down.tools' move
ment 10 force the governments hand,
as a direct result of the contract Of
tered America.
Who will get the big contracts II
cur government keeps It's head buried
in the sandg England. Sweden. Ger.
many.
I'VE don't need an ambassador In
Moscow, and We don't need 10 'rscog.
nize' the Soviet government We sim
ply need TO do business with II. and
that Is very simple, The Soviet offi-
cials are business-like. courteous and
nnsentimental
Russia has 100000. 900 in gold.
She doesn't want IL: all we need 70
do is to remint IL here On the Black
Sea wharyes are 100000 tons of man.
gapese. Russia is keeping 10000 .0o0
worth OF furs In cold storage Eng
land is snftor- sheiar slses will aGty4s ~
enough oil 10 fill every foreign con-
tract We can sell gasoline in Lon.
don for one-fourth OF the price the
British oil kings are getting. We can
sell oil to France. Holland, Germany.
In the Baku and Batoum regions.
production is already up TO 80 per
cent of normal; they're storing the
oil in lakes, waiting for us TO buy II.
Russia has fax. timber; Russia has
pulpwood enough TO solve our paper.
shortage forever.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
NO REDUCTION IN WAGES
FOR BUILDING TRADEsMEN
DURING COMING VEAR

There viii be no reduction of wages
in the building trades OF the Twin
Cities during 1921. IL agreements
reached between Representatives of
the building trades and contractors
are adhered TO.
This was decided al a meeting held
some time ago. when the union men
agreed that II they we're not asked
10 lower their wage scale, they would
not ask Tor an increase. Thus, by get.
ting together and talking things over.
the chances of tie-up In building
operations next year By reason OF
strike or lockout are considered to be
small
While operations have practically
ceased at the present time. due, IL is
said. to a tight money market and
the high cost OF material. builders are
optimistic as to the near future. They
predict that with the assurance of no
labor trouble and with declining ma
terial prices. those vino have put OF
building for the past several wears.
viii now zee their way clear TO build.
although II Is not expected. on &C.
count of increased freight rates. that
the expense OF building will be mate
rally reduced.
Investors are considering the ad
visibility OF erecting several cottages
In the Twin Cities for renting pur.
poses. The housing problem IL seri.
Gus. and as the future growth and
prosperity OF the community depends
to great extent upon facilities for
housing additional workers. those VINO
really have the future welfare OF the
two cities at heart will probably find
means for taking care of future
growth by providing homes for those
who desire to locate here.
II is said that the Twin Cities at
the present time needs 200 additional
houses that would rent for moderate
sums. There is a great demand here
as we'll as elsewhere for rental prop.
critics. but scarcely any demand BY
workers who want TO buy homes. This
is probably due to the inability TO Sc.
cure loans upon real estate, and the
fact that there Is considerable open.
shop" talk afoat. Workers cannot
see their way clear to buy homes in
an "open-shop" town.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
NO REDUCTION IN WAGES
WARRANTED IN PRESENT
READJusTMENT OF THINGS

While the profiteering employers
are fondly hoping that they may put
IN force a REDUCTION of wages, and arc
doing so where the employees have no
such protection as trade union, there
Is no reason for any union organiza-
ton in the Twin Cities to accept a
cut, on the pretense that the cost OF
hYing has gone down. II you keep a
budget, you know that, in order to get
rld OF some of their stocks, the deal
ers nave cut prices in certain lines
OF goods, but the cost OF living Is still
excessively high. and you have no
assurance that prices will not go up
again The forces that put prices at
pioneering figures during the war
and the so-called food regulations can
put them up again when the sky is
Inc only limit
BESIDES, there is plenty OF room for
cuts IN other directions, without cut.
tlhs wages. Every one knows that
,he prices of nearly all commodities
nave gone up far beyond any wage
increases, and they have not yet come
uoWn to their proper figure. You will
remember during the frequent wage
e9hlfoVersies in the past, that the en-
p'oyers claimed that the prices of ma
teflals had increased so enormously
elal they could not afford wage in
,teases A typical case Is that of the
,aunury owners, who claimed, as far
s .aeA as July. 1918, that they could
not snord to increase wages, because
,oap had gone up 300 per cent, starch
-. .le per cent, paper 800 per cent,
% VINE 4o0 per cent, bluing 400 per
oen.' and miscellaneous items 200 per
s,n.' >, while wages had gone up Is to
- - per cent On these grounds, they
..aiilled they could moi grant an in
crease OF wages.
Inc time has come for readjust.
' ashts' but there must be a readiust-
npas. n,ee. not only of prices, but-yes, of
% m9h,S' The profiteer must be elimi-
tat{. td'su, and a basis of fair dealing es-
A. srO'.Saed which will permit those who
~ ~ 'ae work of the world to enjoy
49, NE comforts and the luxuries of the
sr, il, and hot eke out a bare exist
F lof the profit of others.
s,aY ,'sIY union in this country should
a. ~ t's ground against any attempt.
So. luction Of wages, for wages
% 'I'1 ~ 90 higher. not lower. and must
lla A,snef before there is anything
tbis ~ ea,. approach to social justice In
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-31
co-operative Labor concerns.

Labor is going into business on It's
own account nowadays along several
lines on cooperative basis. One of
the most successful of such under
takings is the Boston Union Cigar
makers Cooperative. II was incor-
porated little over a year ago at
100000 by members Of the union fol
lowing a deadlock between manufac-
turers and workers In a strike; and
it's shares, all $50, are held by about
1900 members of the union