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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
NO GENERAL WAGE SLUMP
New York Merchants Association
Gives Out Figures Showing Salts
factory Conditions Of industry.

Average earnings of New York cIty's
representative trades in September,
1920, were double what they were six
years ago and, generally, 81 a week
higher than they were year ago, ac-
cOrding to a report prepared by the
industrial bureau Of the Merchants
association. The report declares that,
while the city's industrial activity has
receded somewhat from the high-water
mark established during the war, there
is no indication of general slump
in manufacturing.
Charts giving the average weekly
earnings of WOrkmen, combining
both Office and shop employees, for
September, 1914, 1919 and 1920, show,
for the above named years, respac-
lively:
Stone, clay and glass products,
S13.96, $26.58, $35.11; metals, ma
chinery and cOnveyances, SASS, $27.21,
$3O.67; wood manufacturers, S12.49;
$24.26, $28.42; fur, leather and rubber
goods, SLIT, $27.O9, $26.43; chemicals.
oils and paints. .S13.67, 24.79. S27:
printing, paper goods, $15.58. $27.36,
S31.SS; textiles, $9.72. $21.O3, $24.79;
clothing, millinery, laundry, ETC.,
S12.4O, $27.68, $26.46; food, liquors and
tobacco, SLIGO, $23.4O, $26.O4; water,
light and power, $15.79. 1901, $3.50.
The general average of these In
dustries for the three years runs
$13.O6. $26.17 and $28.44.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23

TO meet the conditions you have
outlined as facing the textile trade,
we hereby agree, on behalf of the
5000 operatives we represent, to cut
our wages voluntarily"
This was the sense of a motion in
troduced, voted upon, and adopted by
the senate" and 'house" executive
committee. known as the cabinet, .
which governs the operations of the
Dan River cotton mills. Danvilie, Va.
The wage reduction becomes effec.
tive November %, and was brought
about by the workers themselves. The
vote in the cabinet" was 147 to u
In favor Of cutting wages.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23

A reduction Of about 2256 per cent
In the wages Of approximately one,
third Of the 100000 textile workers in
New England was announced Tuesday.
The notices were posted in Lawrence.
Lowell, New Bedford, Mass, and other
centers OF the industry in Maine and
Rhode Island For the most part they
applied to mills making cotton goods,
but in a few instances operatives ON
wOrsteds were involved.
Ed Stranger Lewis Of San Jose,
CAL, won the worlds heavyweight
catch-as-catch-can wrestling champion
ship in New York City Tuesday by
throwing Joe Stecher. Of Dodge, Neb.,
in one hour, fOrty-one minutes, fifty
six seconds, with head-and-hiD lock.
Horace E. Dodge, millionaire auto
mobile manufacturer, died at Palm
Beach, Fla, Friday at his winter
home.
G. A. Amundson, Jr,, OF Galveston.
Texas, was elected president of the
Texas Laundry Owners Association
at the close of its three-day conven-
ton Thursday in San Antonio.
Fire at the Humble Oil company's
dock at Baytown, ON the ship channel
near Houston, Texas, Wednesday,
caused loss estimated at $25O,OOO.
Frank Moran Of Pittsburg knocked
out Joe Beckett, English heavyweight
pugilist, in the second round of a
match in Albert Hall, London, Fri
day.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
EmpIoxees Reduee Waaes.

Employees Of the Indiana Alu-
minumware company, EIkhart, Ind,
numbering nearly 100. voluntarily
voted ten per cent reduction In their
own wages, making an average cut Of
six cents an hour for each employee
in both Office and plant The action
was taken after Manager Howard
Church addressed a meeting Of the
wOrkmen, explaining the necessity for
maintaining production but decreasing
the cost Of manufacture TO meet
changed market conditions.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
sea cola

There are more than 80 kinds Of
gulls to be found all over the world.
Most Of these are marine or sea-dwell.
ing birds. though several species are
found near bodies OF fresh water. like
the Greaf Lakes and other inland seas.
AS there are many kinds Of gulls. so,
too. they have many names, some OK
which POSSESS real charm and inter-
est Among them are the arctic gull.
the goose gull. the herring or sliveTy
gull. the Iceland gull the kittiwake.
the laughing gull. and the seameWA
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
Decline h Demand for Lahor.

Big declines in the demand for
skilled and unskiIled labor are shown
in the figures for October, made pub
Hc in the report Of G. Harry Dunder-
dale, superintendent Of the Boston
public employment Office. Records
show a decrease Of % per cent In
orders from employers as compared
with September and - per cent when
compared with orders Of October, 1919
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
new Plan FOR
SHARING
Chicago Trust Company win
Make Outright Distribution Of
Portion Of Earnings.
TO COME BEFORE DIVIDENDS
Three and one-tlaIf Per Cent Net
Profits Set Aside for Distribution
Among Workers, Having Preference
over StOcI<hOlders' Interests.

One Of the largest of the Chicago
trust companies recently gave out de-
tails of its new prOfit-sharing plan.
Unlike many other plans, 1t pro-
vides for an outright distribution of
certain part of profits to employees
and officers instead of linking it up
as part of thrift and savings sys-
TEN.
An outline Of the plan is as follows !:
The bank is to set aside 315 per
cent of its net earnings before any
dividends are paid This is to be
distributed exclusively among en-
ployes other than officers.
In addition, a sum is to be taken
equal to one-fifth of the surplus earn
ings after setting aside 8 per cent
of stockholders interest. This sum
is to be split up: 40 per cent
among among employees not officers !;
40 per cent among senior officers chief
ly responsible for the production of
business and the conservation and
management Of the bank; 20 per cent
among other officers.
The basis on which the employees
fund and the officers fund win be
distributed takes into account length
Of service and also relative value OK
services rendered as indicated by the
pay roll, thus:
Fifty per cent of the fund of each
group will be distributed to the indl-
vidual, according to the ratio of his
salary, to the total salary of the group.
Thirty per cent of the fund of each
group will be distributed to each par
ticipant in the ratio of his salary null
tiplied by his years Of service bears
to the total salaries multiplied by
years of service.
z The remaining 20 per cent of each
fund will be given to employees who
have rendered special meritOriOus serv-
ice during the year.
The first distribution under the
prOit-sharing plan will take place New
Years day and it will be based on the
earnings for 1920. In addition. the
company will continue to conduct it's
pension fund, its insurance plan and
its employees savings and loan asso-
citation.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
win Refuse to Work overtime.

WIN RStuSS 70 WOIR overtime.
The Sydney (England) branch of the
Waterside Workers federation recent
" announced that It's members would
refuse to work overtime, and that
work ceased at p. m. It was con-
tended by the men that if no over
time was worked more men would
be able to find employment. Arrange
ments. however, were made by which
the embargo was removed from the
Interstate traders, who purchased this
concession by cOnsentlng to engage
men at the dock gates as formerly in
stead Of through the 'Ioyalist" bu-
reau. The strike against overtime,
however, remained in force as against
vessels In the overseas trade Of that
state
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
Workers Forbidden to converse.

workers Forbidden to Converse.
Hereafter any labOrer employed I'm
the State, War and Navy department
building at Washington who talks to
any one during his working hours ex-
cept regarding official business will
be penalized. The superintendent of
the building formally notified work
ers employed there that they must
cOnfine their conversations entirely to
official business, which must be
proven to be official business in each
case" The penalty for the first In
fraction Of the rule was fixed as the
loss Of one days pay, and for the sub
sequent Offenses such punishment as
the circumstances warrant.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
GROWING our own ErnIt

The imports of fruit into the coun-
try have shown a steady decrease in
the last few years. and it is said to
be due to the fact that our orchard
products are increasing in quantity
and variety.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
ORGANIZED LABOR TO
FIGHT ANY WAGE CUT.

mo reduction In wages is Or
ganized labOr's ultimatum to
employers, Frank Morrison, Sec
rotary of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, said. The fed
GRAFTON will call at once on the
116 International unions afili-
ated with it to unite In resisting
wage cuts. Anti-uniOn employ
ers have set the stage for a
bitter "Open war;" members of
the federation executive cOun-
ell stated, and labor will fight
''tO a finish"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
At the Musicale

Enthuslast-DOn't you think the
chiara Oscuro was flne7
NOn-Musical Guest-To tell the,
truth, liked the chicken salad bet
ter.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
The cutlcura Toilet Trio.

The CuticuFa Toilet Trio.
Having cleared your skin keep it clear
By making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to sOOthe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
fume No toilet table is complete
without them. 25c everywhere.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23
eTArE ANp poMgsTIc NEWs.


The annual two days' conference of
the Managing Editors Association of
Texas came to close at Fort Worth,
Texas, Tuesday with the reelection OF
A. L. Perkins Of the Galveston Tribune
az president and q. B. Doran of the
Dallas-GalvestOn News secretary. The
next. annual conference win be held
On the call OF the president at a city
70 be designated By him.
The body Of the man found in a dy.
ing condition at Houston. Texas. Tues.
day was identified as that Of John P.
Hanmill. millionaire president of Muir.
phy-Gamble. Ltd. Ottawa. Ontario.
caHada.
Plans are now under way for q
meeting Of fans and baseball enthus
lasts from several cities in Texas
South Arkansas and North Louisiana
to be held in Marshall. Texas, the first
week In January for the purpose OF
organizing a league composed Of clubs
from the three states.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23

Nor can you tell from the size Of a
man how far he can jump from the
frying pan into the fire.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23

The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers Cooperative National bank,
which opened at Cleveland, O., re-
Gently, closed its first weeks business
with 700 savings and checking ac-
counts and deposits of more than
100000, according to Warren S. Stone,
president Of the bank and grand chief
Of the brotherhood.
$50 far as l know" Mr.. Stone said,
this is the first cooperative COM
mercial bank in the United States, al
though there are $1,000 cooperative
banks in Europe. 1t is the first labor
bank in this country"
Capital of the new institution is
$1,000,OO0, with a paid-in surplus of
100000. Stock is owned exclusively
by the brotherhood and its members,
and was largely Oversubscribed. Off
Gals and directors of the bank are the
officers of the brotherhood.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23

Those who look before they leap
see double.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23

81 saw circus performance In
which wonderful tricks were done byN
big percherOn and q tiny Shetland
pony"
"That was an exhibition which
might be called one Of mite and
NAME"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23

Theory raises a mans hopes. Prac.
tice raises his wages.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-23

DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" mot only eKpeIa
Worms or TGpeworm but cleans out the mus
Gus In which they breed and tones up the
digestion One dose sufbe.ent-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
Offering Strength to God.

/ confess that l do not see why the very
existence of an invisible world may not in
part depend on the personal response
which any of us may make to the religious
appeal. God himself, in short, may draw
vital strength and increase of very being
from our fidelity. For my own part / do
not know what the sweat and blood and
tragedy of this life mean, if they mean any
thing short of this. If this life be not
real fight, in which something is eternalIy
gained for the universal success, it is no
better than a game of private theatricals
from which one may withdraw at will But
it feels like real hght-as if there were
something really wild in the universe
which we, with all our localities and faith
lessness, are needed to redeem. and first
OF all 10 redeem our own hearts from
atheisms and fear.-William James
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14

of development of all the fine arts. Their
God is metaphysics personihed. Their
faverite portions of the Bible are the
gcnealogies OF Exodus and the Proverbs
of Solomon. Jesus parallels or ST. Johns
vision al Patmos recorded in the Book
OF Revelation are unintelligible. If they
chanced to see humble memorials to the
Unknown Dead" set up in any national
Valhalla they would be unmoyed by the
sight. Having eyes they see not" y
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
A Millionaire Bull Fighter.

France has recently sent us a prize
fighter whose income is large, whose earn
ing capacity is much greater, than that of
Anatole France and who is much I1ore ad-
mired by the average American than N.
Jusserand, the Ambassador from France.
Were we given TO the sport of bull fight
ing, no doubt Juan Belmonte, whose rec
ord in Spain of having killed I,4oo mad
dened bulls puts him at the head Of his
vocation, would have found engagements
here while en- route TO Lima, Peru, where
he is to add to his already large fortune
One often wishes that by some system of
registration as yet unprotected we could
list the procession of eminent persons from
abroad who are in the country at any given
time. They come from every land; they
represent all sorts of regular and irregular
pursuits; they have all sorts of motives for
their visits. Some come to get ideas and
some come to get things. Some come to
spend their wealth and some come 70
learn how to get rich after they return
home. Some come as private investigs-
tors and some are the advance agents of
great foreign corporations or foreign gov
ernments Never were there so many for
eigners in the country, especially men OF
station and proved acquisitive and inquisi-
tive powers. We disclose TO them about
all we have 10 show and all that we knos.
even though we suspect thar lster tir
knowledge gained may be used in ways
hostile to our own national interests
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
Jane Addams rs Judge.

Miss Jane Adams, of Chicago, along
with four men, is to sit as Judge of the
case of Great Britain VS.. Sim Fein ireland,
to be tried in this city this week by one Of
the most unusual tribunals ever self-con-
stituted to probe the affairs of nation
with which none of the judges have civic
relations other than those of critical on
locker. | say "self-constituted" tribunal,
but that is hardly a precise statement. She
was chosen by majority of members of
so-called Committee of One Hundred and
Fifty to act for them. Ii is the committee
that is self-constituted. If Miss Adams
led the poll Of this aggregation of investi-
gators, it shows that she has come back"
somewhat into the place in influence that
she had prior to the war, when she un-
doubtedly was the most popular woman in
the country. This is not guess. Pre-
war polls of the women. often taken had
proved it. But she ran counter to the
dominant opinion anad will of the coun-
try in her attitude toward the war. and
since 1914 she has been under more or less
of an eclipse.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
Secretary CoIby's Trip to South America

The plan to have the Secretary of State
visit South America first contemplated his
arrival in Rio Janeiro in time to have one
of the great functions of his welcome coin
eide with Brazirs important national holi-
day, which comes tomorrow. But pressure
OF other important affairs prevented. If he
succeeds in getting away this week, as now
planned, it is hoped that he will be able to
return by Christmas. Though how he can
do this and fall in with the plans for ex-
tension of his trip to Montevideo and
Buenos Aires it is difficult to see. Chile
and Peru have claims as legitimate as Bra
zil and the Argentine The sentimental
value OF the trip is its best feature Brazil's
President visited us. We must be equally
courteous. Were Mr.. Colby to be Secre-
tary of State for a longer period than is
now possible, the educational value of his
prolonged schedule could be aud would be
important. Mr.. Roots trip was.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
frances Sense of the Proprieties.

Gen. Georges Robert NiveIle, delegate
Of the French government TO the tercen-
tenary celebration of the landing of the
Pilgrims at Plymouth, is a Protestant OF
the old Huguenot stock. He has CO.
operated heartily with the representatives
Of the Federal Council of Churches prot
estant EvangelicaD in all their liason work
between the Protestant churches of the
United States and those of France during
and since the war. He can speak not only
intelligently but sympathetically of the Pill
grim fathers and mothers and use the right
technical Technology. Sometimes national
delegates to foreign functions Of this kind
know as little about their hosts history as
a sport" reporter does when assigned TO
cover" the proceedings of a philosophical
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14

in America. He does not believe that a
woman problem has been brought about
by the war. Women have striven for ad-
vancement for too many centuries for their
status to be greatly affected by the war,
he says.
"Of course, the war has quickened the
woman movement throughout the world,
Mr.. George said. But Il can hardly be
thought of as having dramatic effect upon
women after all they have gone through
before.
There is a difference between man and
woman. Woman is a mentality housed IN
a woman's body; man is mentality housed
in mans body Woman should not be
thought Of in her physical aspect any more
than man is. The continuance of the race
is but one OF the functions Of man and wom-
an and as duty should not be considered
more incumbent upon one than upon the
. other. We should not have more children
there is no reason for alarm over de-
creasing birthrate; what we need is better
children"
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
Honor Lubin by
Hanging Portrait
Recognition of Great Ser
uices of ofAgricuLturdlist
Come After Death.
By GEORGE PERRY NORRIS.

NAVID LUBlN dead Is getting more
honors than when he lived But
- then that is the way the world has
of treating its greatest men. Comment
was recently made in this column on the
decision Of the Department Of Agriculture
to hang his portrait on the walls of the
building in this city where he naturally
should be honored first and most. Now
the international Institute of Agriculture,
with headquarters at Rome, an organiza-
ton which he founded by the aid of the
King of Italy, has voted to place upon its
walls memorial tablet, the general assem-
bly, of the institute. having so voted
wonder when the State of California will
deal adequately with this mans service to
II, and show its recognition of his great
citizenship in opposing malign forces that
once held its farmers in their grip.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14

Singing, his starry solitudes to greet.
So have l known the midnight of distress
Pierced by ono golden song that Knocked
my fears
And flashed path to attitudes untrod,
When Love passed singing through the
wilderness e
And joy sped down the darkness of the
years =
Tracking the shining footprints of the god.
-Ciaude Acurbton in the New witness.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
Il SONG OF. THE NIGHT.

I heard voice go singing up the street
In that deep hour when night seems thrall
to death,
But though j listened long with quavering
breath,
The echoes held no hint of passing feet,
Only a song celestial, ringing sweet
Amid the raptured silence of the night.
As though a god went singing toward, the
light,
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
The Pleasant Statesman.

"Disraeli used to say that although he
was always forgetting their faces and
never remembered their names, he had no
difficulty in being pleasant to his followers
in the house of commons. When / meet
somebody in the lobby whom don't know
from Adam and see that he expects me
to know who he is. | take him warmly by
the hand. look straight into his eyes and
say, aAnd how is the old compiaint?" /
have never known it to fail"--A. ]. r., in
the Minneapolis Journal.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
Noted Author and
Fen1inistLike us.
w. L. George and Wife
Praise American Schools
and Ice Cream.
By Margaret Graham Jones

. MES charm of personality depends,
~ to large extent, upon the original
ity of ones likes and dislikes. Per-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-27
Davenport's Trolley Troubles.

Illinois patrons Of the Tri-city Railway
company protest against the obvious effort to
further involve the affairs OF the company on
this side Of the river with those in Davenport.
Practically all the inconvenience and much Of
THE extra expense that has fallen upon them
lin connection with trolley transportation has
grown out Of the situation on the other side
Of the river. 1t is time to stop making them
the goat
! Over here the company is able to pay its
way and give its employees at least living
wage II 1t is not able to do so in Davenport it
Is no concern of ours. Especially do we pro-
test against becoming involved through the OBJ
stinacy and short-sightedness Of the Davenport
city council which insists upon the impossible,
under existing circumstances, in the form of 4
return to scent fares. Davenporters who by
their votes chose the present administration
on its promise to do this very thing are entitled
10 walk or even to have their car lines torn
up II they want to. Their quarrel with the
Tri-City Railway company is their own. Rock
island. Moline and East Moline object to being
drawn into it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-27
passing the Buck"

II When the allied premiers at San Reno
asked President Wilson to accept a mandate
Tor Armenia, or at least to draw its boundaries,
there were those who said it was q case of
passing the buck; inviting America to put
up or shut up"
But who really passed the buck? And
what is the low-livsd game which these schem-
ers are playing!
Their countries took the whole shock Of the
terrible German blow and fought to exhaus-
ton; they counted their slain by millions;
they incurred enormous debts, while Ameri-
cans grow rich At their expense. But they
held fast until the United States at last
showed that It. too, was willing and able to
tight for freedom-and the tide was turned.
Then, at the peace conference, they accepted
tho program Of the American president, and
based everything on league Of nations which
the American senate afterwards repudiated.
That league, with the United States in it.,
would have solved the problem of protection