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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18
PUBLIC'S RIGHTS CLAIM
IS NO DEFENSE FOR SOCIAL WRONG, SAYS MR.
GONPERS IN ANSWER TO CANT STRIKE"
GOVERNOR ALLEN
Declares No Rights Superior to Right of Workers To
Live and to Defend Him self Against Oppression

Washignton. THE public has no
rights which are superior to the toll
crs right to defend himself against
+ oppression" declared President
Gompers in answering a question sub
mitted to him BY Governor Allen Of
Kansas in their recent joint debate on
the ''can't-strike" law of that state
AIT that time the governor said
When a dispute between capital
aud labor brings on a strike affecting
the production OF distribution Of the
necessities of life, thus threatening
the public peace and impairing the
public health, has the public any
rights in such a controversy, or is it
private war between capital and la
bor?
IF YOU answer the question III the
affirmative, Mr. Gompers, how would
you protect the rights Of the public
And, in addition, | wish him to de-
fine for us, if he will, who had the
divine right to forbid the switchmen
to strike ia their outlaw srtike; who
controls this divine right to quit
work?"
When Governor Allen submitted
this query President Gompers refus-
ed to answer and thus develop a line
of argument foreign to the subject
then at issue. The trade unionist said
he would answer the question in his
own time and bis own way. In his
answer now made public, President
Gonpers said. in part
In the first place the language Of
the question is improper, as | stated
on the platform in Carnegie hall To
describe a strike as a private war be
tween capital and labor is to come
perilously near the language of either
thoughtlessness or ridicule to a strug-
gle of human kind toward the attain
ment of an ideal
Employment, as employers would
have it, is something offered BY them
to workers. Employment, to en-
ployers has been q means to an end.
1t has been am impersonal thing, ike
buying steel, and the aim has been to
secure the best possible terms.
Employment to workers, has been
and is, vitally different. Employment.
to workers, is the means Of sustaining
life. Workers have labor power to
contribute to society The reward
which they secure for their labor pow
er fixes the manner in which they may
live BY the days pay is measured
the meagerness of or the fulness Of
life for them The wage is translated
Immediately into pounds Of meat, suits
of clothes, rental of homes, snatches
Of rest and pleasure and glimpses into
books Of learning
Employment to the employer is
the basis of profits Employment to
the worker is life. These viewpoints
conflict from opposite angles. They
will conflict so long as industry is
conducted for profit alone This con
fiict will not be ended by statute law
1t can neither be argued out of ex-
istence nor legislated out Of exist
ence.
The strike is theonly effective
weapon by which the workers may
compel consideration of Just de-
mands 1t is weapon the use of
which entails serious consequence, but
the question Of life, which is the ques-
tion at issue, is a serious question 1t
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18
Council Takes Strong
Report Covering Wide Range
Of Subjects; Discusses
BOlsheViSm

have merely constituted comic inter
Iudes il one Of the great tragedies Of
the postwar period
The written and spoken propagan-
da of unreason and eztrenism can be
met and defeated by truth. But legit-
innate unrest. growing out Of condi-
tions of Injustice can be met and over
come only by intelligent dealing With
conditions Those who drink from a
poisoned well will be poisoned until
THE well itself is cleansed.
Your executive council has given
constant attention to the whole matter
ID contemplation here. 1T has caused
constant attention to be given to the
work Of exposing the fallacies Of false
and misleading propaganda But
those who by means more effective
than amy propaganda have brought
disturbance upon our country and
suffering to our people must BE dealt
with directly By forces which they can
not escape. They are afflicted with a
madness, and reason has ceased to
affect them
rhe powerful economic organiza-
uon Of the American wage-earners
offers to the workers their most po-
tent agency of relief, but not in every
case can relief BE had before despei.
ation begins to make itself felt The
opposing forces are strongly intrench-
cd and seem to know no SOLDERING
sense Of rcsponsibility or conscience.
Hope is in Union Labor
During the year the officers Of
the labor movement have issued re-
peated warnings to the people and
have put forth definite suggestions
for remedial action. Congress. which
might have done much, has done moth
ing Great industrial leaders have
laughed at warning words and have
gone back TO their counting rooms.
"Keepine pace with the extremist
propaaanda ana With tbe forces qen-
oratipe Of unrest there has been what
appears to have been studied at
temnt Fl discredit Inc oro.anizad labor
movement and to throw upon it the
onps and burden of most of orr ma
tIonal ills Fmn}overs ana tbeir pub
lications have sought steadily to
-nread the belief that the labor
movement L responsible for HIGH
n,icae rasnone;hla for 1nrest and am
antaoonisr of the nnblic welfare IN
every strike
.Son,. executive ropnr;l believes
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18

lis much more serious to strikers
than it is to Governor Allen or mem
bers Of employers associations
"Workmen grow less oppressed
and more free as they increase their
organized power When few workers
were organized their grievances were
but lightly considered.
The public has no rights which
are superior to the toiler's right to
live and to his right to defend him
self against oppression.
"The great concern Of most news
papers and public officials who pro-
pound ready-made remedies is that To-
Dor should labor Stripped of its
adornment, that is the essence of the
outcry against strikes. Workers
must work And while workers work
the newspapers and oratorical public
officials will be silent about them.
This is not prediction; this is record.
There is no escaping some incon-
veniences during strikes, particularly
for those who engage in striking. The
strike has won it's right to a post of
honor among the institutions of free
civilization and the temporary incon-
venience it has caused is but a small
price to pay for the permanent bene-
fits it has brought.
Every strike against deterioration
is check upon avaricious employers
pressing the unorganized still further
down Every strike for the improve
ment in the condition and standards
of those engaged in industry has its
reflex and influence for the uplift of
all
"Instinctively the workers put life
before property, social welfare before
material gain for the employer 1t is
the duty of the public to throw the
weight of its influence on the side of
the protagonists of progress and just
ice-the workers
Trade agreements reached through
NOllGGLANG DGI gaining OliGA lllG OliAS
safeguard that will work The pub
lies rights are not safeguarded by
laws that aim to prevent strikes.
The very newspapers that seem
most interested in behalf of the public
are published day by day, year by
year. BY virtue of the trade agree
ment reached through collective bar
gaining Their labor turnover pro-
badly ranks close to the lowest in
American industry
industrial peace is desirable In
dustrial greed is what prevents it.
The workers viii struggle and organ
ize and strike when necessary to pre-
vent industrial injustice The strike
the withdrawal of their services
the one final effective weapon that
they possess. The state can offer no
substitute, the public can hope for no
state-made substitute, for the strug-
gle is in industry, not in politics"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18

JOIN THE RANKS o. AMERICAN Federation OF LABOR
DURING The PAST YEAR--C0NvENES IN MONTREAL

gin to get ready to operate the plant,
but disagreement arose between the
scabs and the management with the
result that the scabs went on strike
and the company is trying to turn out
some work with only six men on the
job
Scab Pickets
This particular bunch Of scabs that
struck in this particular factory had
peculiar ideas. They got 50 sore that
instead Of going out and looking for
more advertisements for more scabs
in other places they decided to stay on
strike at the plant against the scabs
inside, and SO went out and made an
agreement with the union pickets to
allow them to help win the strike for
union conditions, and now we have the
picture Of union pickets ON one side
Of the street and scab pickets ON the
other Cincinnati News
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18
And Points Out Causes For Sew
ing Of Its Seed=-Big Interests
and Unrest Responsible

E . d
~
a,.,.a,,+;,u h ba,4 cn..3..,
SON - 'ils1 y - 'i''' - ioi9''lo =
l8o5 resident Gompers called the
meeting rs order and after the for
nal onenino tba officers meade tbeir
, e ~
+ 'i'e''' ~ UP oa .hp'il ~ y ~ 80
l4o was reported, showing a growth
Of slo,672 during the year. The ra-
raints yara eg2g 255 e5 4na tha ex
lae report of executive coQhcH
which includes that Of President
Gompers was exhaustive and com
,.Iafa 4 doa1s witb raooo.t troction
r.
Paleil' 'i.e iliAil 'o9e u i'Eiiis' Ploi''-
eerine hostile labor legislation child
labor, sediti9n bills, immigration, edu-
tia, tba .aT4 .+or..a .,,as..., .+aai
.t,..pa ;n,os+;,..s;an .a,..;at IL,
s+r;l... oo,,,,,,ls,,,. r,;litary t,.;,,;nm
~ ,,sst nsol..,a ..o,anol,. tba ro1as
;I;t.+;on af o.;,,,las aa,,,,.,,1-,,.,, a,.hi
tr,tion tba ,1a,-;.o, s;+,,a+;oa H. oaoaI.
st,iEa ana tba ayar Nh avtrao,is+
,,,,.,ar.,,d. and a,o,.o,,.a,t. 4,o
lIoono,, o.sa nolit;oaI ,,.iyona,.. a,d
,.,.,,. orbo,. anost;ons
poI.bo,.;.t pron.aa,da md uo,o
Int
.na.;na tbo ,a,r inc, n.st saos
4la .aaort u+ba I,bo, 1, o,.ao,a,,t Hi.
staod d o.onna .oli5lr ana oa,,
+a;n.a tbo nrooressiya oonst,,,oti,a
roli,.y which bas narl.ad il ana,. from,
n,o.t u ia lsbor movements ~ tb.
,ronla t,ro,,abo,,+ tbo ,,bolo nariod of
III ,.o,ld ,,a,,
~R,t tba ,a+ion bas witnessed snor-
adic ontbrasls of extremist sentiment
and ~ Noon .on,nallod u daal vim
e,.tran,ist n,ooaoanda n ] number If
cases since The war period came to an
ond This tendency toward unreasou-
od tbo,ob+ has been most unfortunate
for The nation and sim more unfor-
+,nato for those Who have been the
narticinants
..Balebavisn has been a mre for
some of opr neonle and it's doctrines
bs,o haon nronagatad With oreat vio-
81 Tbis bidaops doctrine has found
converts amono two classes Of peonle
,,.;nc;nalIv- those intellectual H.
called Who have no occupation save
That &c foIlowinn one fad after another
and those 90 beaten IN the game Of life
tbat tbev find no appeal ia ANYTHING
evcant the most desnerate and illoeicaI
schemes TIE rank and file Of the or
oon;7ad laho, noyament as was to
~ baan o>.noc+ad has owen mo
- tho nronaganda of RoI-
sho,is,,, h,,+ bas ~ +ba contrarv been
~ ,nos+ ogoctiyo onnonont n Amer
I'LL
rbo az Rio rrn;on
.rrbo nronaganda of ravolutionarv
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18
DEMAND AN INCREASE

Madison, Wis.-Pressmen and press
feeders employed in the various COM
mercial printing plants are out de-
manding an increase of s5 a week
over the present wage rate of SIT
for feeders and $50 for pressmen.
They are also demanding the unioniz-
ing of the various plants.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18
The Open Shop Fight


There was immediate evidence Of
the same trend in the purely economi9
life of the land The position assum-
cd by the United States steel corpora
ton typifed a spirit too prevalent
d spirit of bludgeoning wrath and en-
ragged opposition to all progress for
the working people, a spirit Of intoler-
ance of the rights Of man and Of AFRO
gance in the face of a struggle for
elemental justice
"In a score of communities employ
ers' associations have reopend the
struggle Of a decade ago for what
they term the open shop lin reality
the shop which is closed against
union men and women AT d time
when vision and craftsmanship should
guide the employers and the political
authorities Of the country there has
been a resurgence of the concept of
brutality and oppression.
During the whole period since the
armistice price imitation has contin-
ued. Profiteering, for which construc-
tive remedies are recommended else
where in this report, has run wild.
1t has scourged the land like a plague
1t has burned through our arteries of
trade like fever and ravaged our
people like pestilence. Profteers
have been Unsuitable "devourers Of
men, women and children" intent up
on heaping up boards of gold without
precedent, at the expense of human
life and happiness.
Palmer is Joke
Imitation in staple commodities has
reached point of all but unbeliev-
able extremes. Efforts of the depart
ment of justice to restrict profiteering
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18
HERE IS A RICH
ONE, "SCABBING
ON THE SCABS''
Movies Should Get Pictures
In Hamilton
lBY special Correspondence.l J

Hamilton, O-The novel sight Of a
set Of scabs scabbing on their fellow
scabs is something of which this pro-
gressive city can boast
On account of its factory being va
Gated by the strike Of the local ma
chinists, one Of the machine tool com
panies here imported lot Of strike
breakers and proceeded to start to be
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-18

and democratic activities ct tbs bona
hde trade union movement II is Of in-
calculabie benefit 70 the nation So
long as i finds the trade union move
ment an effective weapon for the
flghtlng of industrial wrongs and for
the enlargement of opportunity and
the extension oi liberty, 1t Is an asset
20 the national character and stabil-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-19
Wanted-A girl at Hotel Warren.

Wanted-A girl at Hotel Warren.
Wanted at once, several men at the
Melgard Farm.
I Nels Malm, of Bigwoods, is in the
city today attending the meeting of
the county board. ~.
Get more miles out of that old tire.
Bring it in and have it vulcanized.-
Warren Auto Co., Tire Repair Dept.
p. o. J. Landin, of this city, left
Monday evening for Fargo, N. D., on
business matters, returning Tuesday
morning. 49,. ~ j.
Black Hawk Corn Planters noted for
their accuracy, simplicity and depend
ability See them at the Warren Ma
chine & Iron Works Co. - E
Mrs. Rolph Olson, Mrs. Clarence
Abbott, Mrs. Sigwards Olson, Mrs.
Jack Collins and Miss Rose Hanson
spent Sunday afternoon at the home of
Z Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hauglid in Hedge
land. n l., t-<... -
Fifteen ladies gathered at the home
of Mrs. Clarence Abbott to surprise
shower in honor of Ronold, adopted
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sigward Olson.
Contests and sewing were the enter
tainments of the afternoon. Ronold
received many beautiful presents. At
five O'Clock a delicious five course lunch
was served, after which the guests de-
parted for their homes, assuring the
hostess an enjoyable afternoon.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-19
Go to The Bazaar-The Busy Store

Go to The Bazaar-The Busy Store.
The county board was in session YES
terday and today. ~~.s> y
E. G. Parsons, of the Parsons Auto
Co., and-Axel Holmgren autoed to
Kennedy Monday. ~" -.
We pay all of this week 81 cents for
sour cream and Is cents for sweet
cream.-Warren Creamery Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. O. Holcomb return
ed Monday from Forth Worth, Texas,
where they have spent the past winter.
Do not go on without a home. We
have them fore SALE. Inquire at the
Office of the Warren Building and Loan
Association.
Low Cloverleaf, Litchfield, Slough
ton, and Goth Century Manure Spread
ers-a very good combination to select
from. Sold by Lundgren, Wittensten &
Co. s,:....
e. NJ. Wilson, editor of the Oslo Tri-
bune, was a visitor in the city last eve
ming. Mr.. Wilson brought has daugh-
ter back to Oslo this morning. after
being confined in the local hospital for
some time: i .I s*%'.: { IL ( T. = s.1s.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilmer Lindberg and
two children, from Drayton, N. D., ar
rived here Sunday by car, to visit at
the home Of their sister and brOther-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. HI. NJ. Hanson. Mr..
Lindberg also visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Lindberg, of this city.
They returned home Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Sollibakke, of
DraytOn, n. D., arrived in the city Sun
day for visit at the home of Mrs.
ISolibakke's sister, Mrs. = Henry Han
son. Mrs. Sollibakke left Monday even
ing for ROseau to visit at the home of
her sister, Mrs. A. c.. MattesOn. Mr..
SOllibakke returned home the same eve
ming. Z
Henry Hewitt, who has been employ
ed at the local creamery and ice cream
factory for about three years, left on
Tuesday for LaMoure, N. d., to work
in an ice cream factory at that place.
Henry is wide awake young man and
bound to make good" whever he is
employed. He and other members Of
the family residing in the valley have
just returned from New Richmond,
Wis, where they buried the mother
who died recently at Crookston. Mr..
Hewitt ST.. is the proprietor Of the
Argyle mill. 49, X ss.5 4
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-19
Wanted A girl at Hotel Warren.

Wanted A girl at Hotel Warren. - ~
Kodak finishing Service with quail.
ity prints. Raveling Studio.
| A marriage license mas been issued at
the Clerk Of Courts Office to Hjalmer
Fredrickson and Edna johnson. /
We pay all Of this week 81 cents for
sour cream and 65 cents for sweet
cream.-Warren Creamery co.
Have teams for hire for any kind Of
work by job, day or hour. Andrew M.
Anderson Livery Barn. Phone 43.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. swenson, of
Grand Forks, were over Sunday visit
ors at the home Of Judge Grindeland.
There will be dance at Angus Tues
day, May 25th. Music by Anderson's
Orchestra. You can't afford to miss
this one.
Miss Emma Parks, of Princeton,
Mimi. arrived in this city last week to
visit for some time at the home Of her
sister, Mrs. Alfred Levine.
The Ladies' Aid of the Swedish Lu-
theran church will meet at the church
basement Friday afternoon Every
body is cordially invited. @
A great fox chase in which mounted
hunters leap hedge and stream until,
the fox is brought to bay is shown in
I'm Old Kentucky, Friday and Satur-
day. 4*,. #5
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Schilling, Of
Vainesville, Mont, are here visiting Joe
Schilling, brother of the former.
They are on their way to their old
home in Indiana for visit.
Charley Schwartz, one of the well
known pioneer settlers Of town Of
Excel, is in the city today, attending
hearing on Ditch No. 49, A number Of
other residents of Excel and few
from Holt are also here attending said
hearing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Olson and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Gutekunst, all of
.Drayton, N. D., arrived Sunday for a
brief visit at the hOfe of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. BergstrOm. They returned the same
evening. Miss Emma Bergstrom ac-
companied them home to visit for some
time ->,s
I
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-19

N 70 to The Bazaar The Busy Store.
". J. Brown, Of Thief River Fails
Is insthe city today as attorney in ditch
matters 7a
Judge Grindeland and Court Report
ed Braggans are conducting the spring
term OF court in Ada this week.
Send the children Saturday at 8 90
O'Clock to see TN Old Kentucky. !,
admission for matinee, only Is and
80 cents !.
Mrs. A. Grindeland returned this
morning from Thief River Falls, where
she had been staying a few days at the
nome OF Mr.. and Mrs Q. f. Mellby.
K. G. Mathwig attended the st.
Lawrence Deep Waterway hearing be-
fore the international joint commission
at Grand Forks on Tuesday. He re-
ports big melting and much enthusi-
asm for the project by the representa-
tive men gathered from all parts of the
Northwest. LII
John p. Bordewick returned this
morning from the Great Lakes Train
ing Station in Illinois, where he had
brought George B0llie, deserter from
the U. s. Navy. Mr.. Bordewick reports
That at no place did crop conditions APP
pear more favorable nor crops further
advanced, than right here in the Red
River Valley.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-19

FOR .SALE-ADout 10 bushels buck
wheat seed, $3.50 per bushel. Inquire
OF Frank Schulz at Jadeka farm.
Phone No. IT'LL. 81.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-19
Gleaninlgs
GATHERED FROM THE
:: HOME FIELD.

II You go away ON q visit your
friends will be interested In know
ing about It. Call 3S-The Sheaf-
and give us the facts. q,
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-25
A Free Prescription You Can Hav'
Filled and Use at Home.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Do you wear glasses
Are you victim Of eye strain or other
eye weaknesses? If so. you will be glad
to know that according to DIR. Lewis
there is real hope for you. Many whose
eyes were failing say they have had their
eyes restored through the principle Of this
wonderful free prescription. One mar
says after trying it: Il was almost
blind; could not see to read at all. Now
can read everything without any
glasses and my eyes do not water any
more At night they would pain dread
fully; now they feel fine all the time. II
was like miracle to me-" lady who
used it says: 1.-THE atmosphere seemed
hazy with or without glasses, but after
using this prescription for fifteen days
everything seems clear. can even read
fine print without glasses" 1t Is be-
lieved that thousands who wear glasses
can now discard them in a reasonable
time and multitudes more will be able to
strengthen their eyes so as TO be spared
the trouble and expense of ever getting
glasses. Eye troubles of many descrip-
lions may be wonderfully benefited by
@folloWing the simple rules. Here is the
prescription: Go to any active drug store
and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets
Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of
a glass Of water and allow TO dissolve.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-25
DETAILS COMPLETED
FOR entertainment
Of SOLO|VS MONDAY
Congressional Committee In
specting Irrigation Projects
to Have Breakfast Here.

Every detail for the entertainment of
the appropriations committee of the
house Of representatives Of congress
when that body visits Great Falls to in
spect the Sun River irrigation project,
was completed Saturday by the CONNER
cial club committees in charge. Secretary
Scott Leavitt and the members of the
irrigation committee and the entertain
ment committee of he Commercial clu;,
held their final meeting Saturday morn
ing.
The personnel of the appropriations
committee section Of the party as fur
nished to Mr.. Leavitt Saturday is as fol
lows: J. ". Good, Iowa, Chairman; JOS
eph W. Byrnes, Tennessee: ". R. Wood,
Indiana: John NJ. Evans. Montana: Bur
ton +. French. Idaho; J. J. Egan.' New
Jersey; L. Q. Champion, Michigan;
James F. Byrnes n. Carolina. Represent
ing the [. S. Reclamation service and
travelling with the party as representa-
tives of railways there are 4. P. Davis,
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-25
Reports Good Crop
in Ethridge Section

George A. Norman, one of the well
known ranchers at Ethridge, was in
Great Falls Saturday on a business
trip and visiting with his long tims
friend Allen Pierse of the Pierse Motor
company. Mr.. Norman states that the
outlook for wheat crop around Eth
ridge is quite good and that there are
several fields which will yield between
% and 80 bushels to the acre. He says
that the flax prospect is not so good, as
the flax was seeded late and the weeds
beat it in getting started and are still
holding their lead. He thinks that the
wheat and oats crop throughout that
section will be quite satisfactory and
he says that the recent rains have add
ed materially to the chances.