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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-01-03
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Iowa Senator Vaialy Attempts 10
Justify Bad PTovisIonln.A :
. Railroad Bin. :
WASHINGTON. +

= WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-sugared
terms were used by Senator Cummins
In defending his proposal in the SEN
ate to take from railroad employees
their right to quit work. p.
will you, walk into my parlor said
the spider to the fly was the song
of the Iowa law maker, who gave
assurance that there was no occasion
Tor alarm on the part of workers.
The scheme is so simple, according
to the senator. No ones right to quit
is denied. But workers must obey the
law. And in this instance the law
says that five disinterested gentle
men, constituting the transportation
board, will protect the workers.
It is inconceivable to Senator Cum.
minis that this board will not accord
Justice because they will be appointed
by the president and confirmed by the
senate. which represents the 100, 90, :
600 people of this country.
I The fundamentals involved are ig-
nored, by the senator, who suggests
that the workers can use the ballot
TO remedy an adverse decision by men
whom it :wt!l:: be dn9ppssfb@v. to- reach::.
because !hey:: VA he :apRointed And
not selected by the peobie:'
This IL. the. reasoning of Mr.. Cum.
MINIS; -. 49, 20 -, -: =:
;;SrHe :msn whose wage: scale win be-
tried in this government court cast
1000, 900 votes in the American repub-
lie. Is it at all possible, under these.
that the finding OF that
board is going to be unjust and in
equitable in their behalf? -
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solemn declaration Of labor's rights
as hereafter they are to be recognized
In the world. .tz. ~ /.
II the United States. after partici-
pating in this conference and having
a hand, In the drawing of this Charter,
now deliberately cancels 1t all, then
We stand before the world al the most
backward Of nations and . new club
is placed in the hands OF. the influences
and the Interests here that believe
the time has come to beat Lab6r into
sub3ection. .s5s s
The basic. primitive things that
Labor stands for are In that charter.
The United States ~ q nation rejects
andsrepudiates them. Every grasping
employer will instantly seize that fact
as an argument that these rights do
not exist. ss: 81 II
But the senate Is not the real ruler
of this country. It seems to think It
.is, hut It ISM. The people have not
yet ahdicated. and without losing time
tho people should show this senate
what they think.of q legislative boay
that belongs In the Fifteenth Century
and tries too I'd the Twentieth.
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tho treaty--unless the people inter
fere to- save themselves. -
There are two great reasons they
should 80 interfere and do it at once
and In way that even the average
senator can understand. szT' .> =.
First, Article x Of this treaty makes
war on the. earth practically impos-
sible. .Tz. - - :
All the nations in the League guar
antee one another's territory against
foreign invasion. That Sntls war.
There 10 nobody left to invade .or to
fight. 4sts ~ +. =.
1fs the treaty ID defeated wS serve
notice on the world that we still be-
lieve In war. invasions and fightinx
Having made declarations In favor Of
these savageries there 10 no kind Of
doubt that we shalt have them. And
ANYBODY not stone blind can SEQ with
whom we shall have them. Also;
by what influences Ne are to be kept
out OF peace that w may have them.
Second, that treaty contains the
Charter Of Labor, tho product Of the
International Labor Conferencss held
Y sParis lat Febraer ana March. the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-01-03
C0URIl;Sl; !; and LAW Makers were
H.; Il :! I!o(LABoR IN 1919
Compensation Ac IS Enacted in -Four Staes
caI Decisions in Most Cases Satisfactory Industrial Grip
pies Provided Wage Law Passed by Several States

Laws enacted during 1919 protect labor
contribute largely to the constructive supported
employers and employees to help solve the problem Of
unrest by applying the legislative method
ment but of sound economics.
Court decisions Of the generally favorable
to protective legislation for labor.
The trend the United
hensive application Of the principle Insurance. particularly
compulsory wormen compensation according survey made
by the American Association for Labor Of
enacted last and 43 states and territories
held regular and the 2odd that held special legislative
North Dakota Leads Other States
This indicated by the adoption workmens compensation
four statesMouri Tennessee Alabama North
the last named state enacting advanced law which provides
administering the compensation insurance exclusive
Ohio There only and these
all in the SOUTH remaining without this form Of accident
This that the short eight workmen
on has been written the statutes of 45
addition the model act of the federal million
civilian employees.
More than 80 amended their laws generally
long the line Of liberal cash and medical benefits
workers. shorter waiting periods before wider
Ten states raised their scale of
% states which provide compensation for
at least go to sc 23 per cent of their wages
Then there also recognize empovers
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PASSES 4,0lQ|lo0O0 ! | MARK
.AiF OF lqllkEs RECORD

WAsH1NGTQ Jan. 3-The
good standing mbership OF the
American lion OF Labor for
the month o} November was
4,05e, ,76s. 4s. :. ~
The average nembership from
May, 1919, to Md including No.
:vember, 1919, I.s2,s12,s7s.
This is an ayage gain of esq.,
S07 over the last membership sta
tistics reported to the convention
OF the A. f. Of L., held last June
in Atlantic, City. .> ~ -.
The November figure ,050, 7es
makes a new record. The three
million mark; Qf q few years ago
has been reached. The four million
mark has been passed, and now the
slogan is the five million mark.
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neSltancy IN employing man all
ready partially disabled and to make
special provision for comnensating
second" injuries. Legislation, as in
Massa chusetts, provides for the crea-
ton Of special fund out Of which
sspajd ee part43cf tthe disabHity benz
fits Of partially handicapped per-
sons. A desire to do justice to re-.
turning soldiers, as we'll as the fear:
that those who were injured might
have trouble in finding suitable jobs,
has led to these laws, which also are
an. aid to the crippled victims of in
dustry.
Look Out for Cripples.
ss Another new development In
Workmen's compensation laws is the
re-education and rehabilitation of
cripples. A definite effort is now
Under way to apply to industrial
cripples the methods that proved so
successful for war cripples.
Eight states-California Illinois.
Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey,
Oregon, Pennsylvania and Rhode Is
land-enacted laws authorizing such
work. And both houses of congress
!. passed bills to provide federal aid to
those states which make provision
. for the rehabilitation of industrial
4cripples-the most far-reachinp con-
gressiona1 action of the year in the
field Of labor legislation, which.
when finally enacted after technical
differences between the two houses
have been adjusted, will open the
Way to cooperative action by all
states.
I Legislative progress during 1919
toward workmen's health insurance
to protect wage-earners against sick
ness as compensation now protects
them against accidents was marked
by reports from several additional
state investigating commissions
S5Whose findings are in general agree
ment as to the crushing burden of
Mness upon workers and their fam
Tiles and the inadequacy Of medical
care available under present condi-
kstions, which call for relief through
!. e. system Of universal health insur-
ance. In New York compulsory
shealth insurance bill passed the SEN
ate.
sg@ Old Age Pensions.
4|s In two states-Pennsylvania and
~AAASA1A CO1IllllASSlOnS luduS re.
ports looking toward old age pen
MON laws for industrial workers and
4 B q Dill was favorably reported to
10th houses of congress which when
{. snacted will provide pensions for
federal civil service
employees, but it was only for GER
saln groups Of public employees
Sghat actual legislation was secured
curing tho year-in California, Con-
snscticut and Maine. In other states,
- 'Sas Massa chusetts, New Jersey and
New York, tendency was shown to
sssDeral1ze existing pension systems.
IaS Women's hours Were reduced in
Snaf dozen states, including an
s1ht-hour law in Utah and a nine
shenr limit in Massachusetts, secured
seslsr q full half century's struggle.
s Mimum wage laws for women and
e3ltdren were enacted in two addf-
sssonal states; North Dakota ana
ss4aeAas, making fourteen now in force.
Slumbia. " W.
.sSsNhlle congress continues to hold
s92ek legislation to provide ION an j
/. / salsQuate ia. permanent basis a federal I
employment service, several !
TOOK action to aid in meeting
pout q dozen more states, max.
& AS TURN TO NRYT@PACT -,
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street, opens the+ treasury to stock.
gamblers and manipulators. Imposes
colossal subsidy that will be reflected
tn highers rsepngumption cost, and then
u 81 fslif fJad wprksef3s
fo that Of cha 1sslayes. ~. 4=.Ss3 ! !.
/ dcKellar,s Annoying Question.
g Senator Nick cellar, OF Tennessee, ha6
propounded q question to his COLI
leagues in the Senate, that is eiytne
them great deal OF worry.
What excuse can Congress give Tor
turning the railroads back to pri..
vate he asks. with the consequent
necessity OF increasing freight ana
passenger rates Is toI5O per cent.
when under present conditions. the
railroads are paying their owners &
per cent on eighteen billion dollars
and earning their own way?"
No one in the Senate attempted fo
answer that question. because the only
possible excuse is that Wall street 10
demanded the most stupendous sub
ssidy in all history. -. F. /.
Since July the railroads have not
only paid return to the owners Of
the railroads which Senator Cummins
has described as $50 large as to shock
the moral sense Of mankind . but they
have also produced net profit for
the government. The railroads are
paying their way, despite the fact that
the arrangements Of many railways
are deliberately sabotaging the gov
ernment and leaving nothing undone
to make operation and maintenance
as expensive as possible s5s
This must appeal to the. average but
unprejudiced American citizens as a
rather happy state OF affairs
But It does not satisfy Wall street,
and it seemingly does not satisfy a
number Of Senators. ~
Wall street and its supporters de.
mand not only return of the rail-.
roads to private control, but they de.
naanG tina validating Of $4,000, 600, 900
Df frau dulent stock, and they demand
a freight increase approximating
nearly billion dollars rear. Rail-
road Director Hines has stated that
this increase will be reflected four.
fold In an increased cost Of commodf-
ties, or practically four billions of
dollars, which the consuming .publil
will be compelled to assume in addi-
ton to the already burdensome high
cost of existence. -. -<ss
And yet that is not all that Wall
street and its senatorial supporters
have framed up for the people.
The Cummins bill went to confer
ence with provision creating re-
volving fund Of $500, 100000 to be
taken from the treasury Of the United
States and given to the railroads on
easy terms
VIII Never Repay Money.
The iniquity Of this provision was
manifest in the alacrity
with which some senators who arc
as loyal to; the railroad in-
terest sought to disavow wresponsibility
For It. So
Senator Sherman, OF Illinois, who 3
not % . general rule squeamish when
It comes to voting away the rights a.
the people. could mot stand FOR. thu
revolving fund. The fund Is no crea-
ture OF mine" he said, .and did not
Vote for it. It Is not a revolving fund;
t a. vanishing fund. It viii go the I
way Of all other revolving funds Not ]
3ne dollars Of It will ever be repaid.
# any doubt fingers as to the conn.,
plete domination of the Senate by s.
Big Business It was dissipated bys
study Of the Congressional Record
-. .YTIDK 80 DXTY m T1yHN7 1900 SIS
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-25
To Release Three
 Held In Connection
 With Enright Murder
By Associated Prsss

Chicago, July 24.-Because Of the disappearance of the states two star witnesses it was reported tonight that Big Tim" Murphy, vincenzo Cosmano and Michael Carrozzo, held in connec- ton with the staying of Maurice f"Moss") Enright, labor leader. would be released.
 July 30 was set for the trial of the three men. The state will ask to have the charges stricken off with leave to reinstate, 1t was said. Efforts of the states attorneys office to to find Tony Cifaldo and Thomas Fusco, who dis appeared after their release on writs of habeas corpus some time ago. have been fruitless. The states case was said to rest largely on their admissions.
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and Mrs. George W. Price at Oxford, Miss
 Mrs Julia Bird. of Mobile, is the guest
 of Mrs. c. w. Mcdonald. having arrived
 Saturday.
 Mrs. Earl Calvin. of Albany is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Howard Mo Eniry.
 Mir and Mrs. Palmer Keith will leave ! Tuesday for Camp Walton, Fla, where ! they will stay two weeks. | Miss Elizabeth Mitchell has returned from a visit to MT. and Mrs A. C. Mitchell in Meridian, Miss. | Miss Elizabeth Grove, of New York and Miss Elizabeth Perryman, of Bir-
 mingham. are the charming guests of l Mrs J. H. Grove. | MT. and Mrs. Jack Krahenbuhl will 1 leave Sunday for Mrightsville Beach, where they will spend two weeks. Mrs. Cassie Heinz, of Atlanta, Ga, is l the guest of Mrs. R. T. Smith. | Mir. and Mrs w. W. Hollingsworth will leave early next week for Colorado | Springs, where they will spend the re- | mainder of the summer. Misses Mabel and Carolyn Moore are
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services will be held at the park if the
 weather permits. and the subject of his sermon will be "The Chains That Bind"
 services will be held at the Chris | tan Science reading room at II o'clock
 Sunday morning, and the subject will be Truth" Mrs. W. H. Lewis, first
 reader. Services Wednesday evening
 at 8 o'clock.
 Rev. S. R. Emerson. pastor of Shady side Methodist Church, will fill the pull pit at the First Methodist Church Sun- day morning. In the evening there will be no services at the church. Sunday school at 9:30, w. S. Welch, su- perintendent.
 Rev. w. P. Price will preach at the First Baptist Church Sunday morning on the subject of The One Hundred Per Cent Church." In the evening he will use his subject The Enforce
 meHt of the Sunday Closing Law" Rev. E. H. Hutchison will use as his subject Sunday morning at the First Christian Church. How to Find ! the Path" The congregation will worship at the union service at the park in the evening.
 Rev. W. F. Monk will preach at both services at the Church of God Sunday | Special music at each service. PERSONALS | Mrs. l.. w. Jones and son. Ross; Mrs. E. E. Williams and Mrs. B. F. Jones and daughter, Edna, are visiting MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-25
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS

The building at Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street recently vacated by Dennis Motor Company. is being re- modelled and repaired for Edwards Mo- tor Company, who will occupy the building as soon as completed.
 A plate glass front and side window will be added, and an attractive dis ; play room made for the new firm, making the building one of the most complete automobile sales rooms in the city.
 Mrs. D. c. Davis, owner of the resi- dence at Clarendon avenue and Twen- ty-first street, is having the house re- modeled and made into two apartments. HThe residence will be converted into ' attractive apartments when completes. Among the residences being built in the city is the new home of Mr. and Mrs Moss Crotwel1, on Dartmouth avenue, which has been completed and will be occupied by them next week.
 An interesting session with bar becue dinner is being planned by the members of Sam Stein Council, No. 73, Royal and Select Masters, for Tuesday August 10. There will be number or candidates and an afternoon and even ing assembly will be held. The bar becue with cold drinks will be served at o'clock following the afternoon assembly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-25
CITY NOT TO APPEAL
 INJUNCTION ORDER
By Associated Prsss

Toledo, O.. July 24.-There will be no appeal from the order of Judge John M. Killits in United States district court here today in which the city Is enjoined from submitting a street car municipal ownership ordinance to the people on August 10.
 The county prosecutor representing the board of elections against which the injunction was directed. said today that the federal court of appeals is not now in session and the time before the date set for the election is too short for further court procedure. It was proposed by the city to submit two .f.inances providing for bond issues of four millions and three millions re- spectively for acquiring and operating a transportation system. It developed during the hearing that these four mill lions intended for the purpose of op- eration would purchase but three hun dred motor busses and thirty-five miles of single trackage.
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Mrs L. w. Jones and son. Ross; Mrs. E. E. Williams and Mrs. B. F. Jones and daughter Edna, are visiting MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-25
BESSEMER
The Bessemer manager of circulation is C. E. Moore

Bessemer, July 24-(Special.) )-The Ro- tary Club has started movement for better mail and telegraph service in the city, and at an early meeting will have as their guests officials of the Western
 Union Telephone and Telegraph Com pany and Acting Postmaster H. A. Clos son to discuss the question.
 The telegraph service in the city has long been a subject of complaint on ac- count of the few number of hours that the local office is open during the day. The office is closed at certain hours and remains closed during a part of the eve ming, working an inconvenience to the people of the city. It is planned by the civic organization to make an effort for better service along this line.
 The outgoing mail service has also been very unsatisfactory of late, and the club will take up this matter and vii make an effort to have a better mall service by connecting with the trains leaving Birmingham during the day. It IS planned to investigate the advisability or getting the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company to transfer one mall each day in order to secure a better mall kervice for the city.
 The Rotary Club will have these visitors for a discussion of these matters that are of vital importance to the business interests of the city as early as the off, cials will accept an invitation to meet With them.
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READY TO OPEN


 The Bessemer laundry will be opened for business within the next few days, according to officials of that organiza- tion. and will be ready for operation. The laundry is located at First avenue and Twenty-first street and is owned by a company composed of local business men, Dr. G. R. Lewis is general man. ager and J. A. Dugger will be superin- tendent of the plant. The plant IS equipped with modern machinery. and in size and equipment will compare favor ably with any in the state. The company was organized several months ago and about $50.ooo has been spent on installing the plant, which will employ about forty people. The opening of this local enterprise has attracted wide attention, and success is predicted for the business, which fills long-felt need in the city. In anticipation of the open ing of the local laundry, the Birmingham laundries are withdrawing their local agencies. It Is stated that all of them twill have closed here next week, and the )Bessemer Laundry will collect laundry next week, having the work done Tn other plants until the local plant has been completed
 Collection of street taxes are beins pushed by Tax Collector William Doyle who has for several days been notifying delinquent taxpayers of their debt to the city. Mir. Doyle states that the street tax collections are better than usual. and that al delinquinet taxpayers will be re- auired to pay their street tax of $50 now that he has started out to get it. The street tax collected by the city is 5 and an additional 50 cents is added for being delinquent.
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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, sUNDAY JULY 25, 1920

guest of Mrs T. R. Mitchell.
 Miss Freda Walker, of Centerville, is visiting Mrs. J. c. Donaldson at Circle Heights.
 Mrs J. A. Snider is visiting her parents at Cullman, Ala.
 Fire Chief J. l. Reeder left Saturday for Toronto, Canada, where he will at
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spending the summer with their sister. Mrs. H. H. Milton. at Jasper. Ala
 Miss Willie J. Hollingsworth will go to Pelham. Ga, next week with her cousin. Miss Emogene Maxwell, who has been her guest, and will remain several weeks.
 Miss Margaret Kale. of Selma. is the
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tend a convention of fire chiefs. De witt Fountain will act as chief during Reeders absence.
 Mrs. Emma o. Fountain and Miss May Fountain have returned from pleasant visit Go Washington, Colonial Beach, Va, and other points, Mrs Gardner Goodwin and sons,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-25
AT THE CHURCHES

A great deal of interest is being taken in the school of music at the Jonesboro Baptist Church, which IS pe- ing conducted in the evenings by c. w. Riley and brothers. There are about eighty regular attendants at the school and in connection with the musical in- struction, songs in a new hymnal are being learned by those attending. Tne school will last one week longer, which will complete the course.
 At the First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at Il o'clock the sup Meet of Dr. F. o. Helliers sermon will he "E,arthen Vessels" In the evening
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-25
FIXED FINES FOR
 FORGETTING COWS

For failure to dip their cattle three men were fined in the Jeffer- son county court of misdenean0rs. Judge H. B. Abernethy fixed the fines at S25 and eosts each. No- flee of appeal was filed The nen fined were San Lynn. Ed DraAfssd and J. H. Wood.
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Gardner. Jr., and Marvin. will leave Sunday for Marionville, Mo, where they will visit Mrs. Goodwyn's mother.
 Miss Aileen Brown, Miss Iddie Lee Metcalf Miss Geraldine Metcaf and Floyd Sapp. of Sulligent, Ala, are the guests of Mrs Nettie Brown and daugh- ters.
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The Age-Herald maintains spe- eial representative in Bessemer. Mrs. H. L. Rains is correspond ent. to whom news items should De given Phone Bessemer 6l2-J. Phone Bessemer ee7.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-09-22
- DR. COBB SAYS
 ALASKA IS GREAT . sssss ssss ssss

SEATTLE, Sept, 22- The coast of Alaska has unexcelled possibilities for harbor development said Dr. Coll fer Cobb, head of the department of Geology of the University of North Carolina, upon his arrival here this morning after an extensive coastal study.
 "The possibilities of Alaska are un- limited" said the Professor, and there is no reason why the territory should not become another Norway Sweden and Finland, all combined. With it's fishing, agricultural and min eral resources there is also sufficient timber to provide wood pulp indefin- itely. I found big stands of birch suit able for furniture manufaeta Alas kn's great need now is more settlers. - g q la Hyh tr
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-09-22
ALASKA IS DUE THREE
 TOMORROW AFTERNOON

Steamer Alaska is due in port at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon accord ing to advices received this afternoon by Agent A. H. Mcdonald. The Alas ka has TOO tons of freight for Seward and will be in port at least 20 hours. The Alaska also has 21 passengers from Seattle, besides way port pass engels, and thirteen days mail.