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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12

He would have made any football
team and been the hero of the col
lege. He was loyal to the company,
sunny and satisfied. Now at thirty
six he looks close to fifty. He is dis
gusted and dissatisfied and has suf-
fered complete revulsion of feel
ing" ~
John Burke, skilled furnace man
employed by Jones and Laughlin,
Pittsburg, working twelve hours a
day, seven days week said:
It's slavery and persecution
mill work-it's a prison. A
man could live twice as long
if he had the eight hour day.
This way one doesn't want tc
live long. What's the use of it
when you don't enjoy life?
Tom DAILY, an open-hearth man at
Gary, Ind, told of the alertness that
his job required. He must watch the
heat so that it is neither under
heated nor burned" He is always
under strain. In the past he used
to read sometimes evenings but now
he is afraid to because it is too much
of a strain on his eyes. As time
goes on he finds it impossible to
rest up from night to night and
week to week. He always has tired
feeling.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12
Shorter Hours in England.


"The eight-hour shift in steel and
iron, throughout the British Isles, is
an accomplished fact. 1t is impossible
to believe that anything short Of the
most serious Of wars would make
either the laborers or the managers
return to the long hours.
"In the words Of the superinten-
dent in charge Of a South Wales
smelling stage" as the openhearth
"floor" is called:
We are all glad to be done
80 with the twelve-hour day for
good and all. You wouldn't find
anybody in the country--em-
ployer or employe-who would
be willing to 20 back to it
even on a temporary basis. No
no, it was too long.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12

(, ,Comrade Jenkins Of w. Va. Is an.
other booster. He orders a plumber
of books. z. -.-.------
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12
lifelong SHIFT Of /
THESTEEL Slaves
Billionaire Corpora
tions Reduce Work.
el-s to Conditions of
Serfdom.

What the l2-Hour Day, the 7-Da
Week and the Long Turn of "a Houl
When Shifts Are Changed Mean
the Workers and their Homes.
Sixty.five out of every 100 me
employed by the Carnegie Steel Con
pany work l2 hours a day Thes
are not soap-boX statistics. They ar
official figures obtained for the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation itself an
now for the first time made public
They are typical of the cold forge
facts driven home by reports mad
for the Cabot Fund into this hoaries
work schedule in Amer; Fan industria
life
John A. Fitch, author of eth,
Steel Workers" and a close studen
of labor con ditions in the steel in
dustry since the days of the Pitts
burgh Survey, directed Il staff of in.
vestigators in the steel districts last
summer for the Cabot Fund. Their
findings were brought out last week
by THE SURVEY magazine in a
special number on 'Three Shifts in
Steel, the Long Day and the Way
Out" They visited Pittsburgh and
the mill towns of Allegheny County
Bethlehem, Johl1stown, Lackawanna,
Youngstown, Gary and South Chica-
go. They interviewed men in the
blast furnaces, where the ore is re-
duced to pig iron; men in the open
hearth and Bessemer departments
where pig iron is changed to steel;
men in the rolling mills where steel
ingots are rolled into beams and
rails; and men in the mechanical de-
partments.
More than four hundred steel
workers were interviewed in the
course of the study. Three hundred
and sixty-five of them gave detailed
and dependable statements of their
working hours. Two hundred and
seventy-nine of them worked the 12-
hour day. Eighty-seven worked
straight through the week without
day of rest; thirty-five alternated
between six and saysn days a
week.; five got one da. of
rest in nine. OF those described as
seven-day workers, the majority had
a long shift of eighteen or twenty
four hours every other week when
the shifts change. Nearly all Of the
seven-day men had regular twelve
hour day. - <
Says Mr.. Fitch:
Steel Corporation Figures.
"There are two traditional labor
policies Of the steel industry to which
the United States Steel Corporation
stands officially opposed. By vote
of the stockholders in annual meeting
in 1912, the twelve-hour day and the
seven-day week were condemned. 1t
was voted to accept the report of
committee recommending that seven
day labor should be abolished "no
matter what alleged difficulties"
stood in the way, and that steps
should be taken now" toward bringing
to an end the twelve-hour day. These
recommendations broke away from
the whole habit of steel-making since
the development of the Bessemer
process in the COS. There has been
a movement-with decidedly varying
headway-toward the abandonment
Of the seven-day week, but our in.
quiry in the principal centers reveals
the fact that the proportion of
twelve-hour workers is as great to-
day as it was eight years ago when
the stockholders committee of the
greatest Of all steel companies
brought in its report"
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12

Readers at Pocatello. Ida. haSel
Increased their bundle order from ~
to 60 copies. No dead ones there
The also order a number Of books
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12

The adoption by the United States
Steel Corporation of basic eight
hour day during the war led many
people to imagine that this action
which was nothing more than
method of figuring a wage increase
ushered in the long awaited reform
which would bring the steel trade
to the standard of other great Amer
lean industries. The claims of steel
officials that only about 25per cent
of their employees worked twelve
hours and the absence of autLorita-
tive government statistics have tend
cred further to confuse the public
Subsequent to the field work car
ried on under his direction, Mr.. Fitch
submitted a draft of his findings to
the United States Steel Corporation
for criticism. The actual hours Of
men in its employ in August, 1919
the latest figure available, were
given Mr.. Fitch. These show total
of 266,966 employes-the largest
payroll in America if not in the
world. Of these 37,496 were wage
earners and of these wage earners
196,853 were engaged in manufactur-
ing. 66,711 or 80 per cent of the
latter were classed as working II
hours or more; that is, they were
l2-hour men, working II hours q
day pne week and 19 hours a night
The 7F1'.
How the Men Feel Abo0t II. -
Mr.. Fitch made a special point OF
interviewing men he had talked with
12 years ago at the time of the Pitts
burgh Survey and who had been
working the 12 hour schedule since.
He writes of one of them, skilled
highly paid mani
at is interesting to note that he
is a comparatively young man. He
was very young in 1908, when we
saw him before, one Of the youngest
men in the mill to hold so important
a position, and proud of it. Then he
spoke with careless disregard of the
long work-day or the hard conditions
of mill life. 1t was all in the game.
1t was hard work but it was a life
where hard work had its rewards.
With this in mind, when we met him
this year, we were a little taken
aback at the way be flared out about
the twelve-hour day. He said:
1T isn't right. A man has no
pleasure in life at all. Even
though you have Sunday off
half the time you can't enjoy it
because you have to go back to
work on the night shift SUNDAY
night. You can't take a little
trip out of town for fear Of
not getting back in time to &C
to work, / never go out ever
when | am working on the day
turn because / don't dare lose
any sleep, On night turn I have
no evenings, so life is nothing
but work and sleep. A man
hardly knows his family
'In 1908 this man was young
enthusiast, handsome, we'll developed.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12

-"What Kind Of a I.ifei"
George Root (namc fictious), !,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12

Until z o'clock Monday morn.
ing. Then he's off for II brief
hours and at 6 o'clock Monday
evening begins his week Of night
shifts of 13 hours each.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-03-12

be up at one
4ter about five
sleep. In conse-
eel "groggy" at
t. He does not
Z steel industry
| not lead such
says.
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The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
MARTINVILLE.

There is some sickness in this com munity
 Larkin Mahan and little son have recently recovered from fever, and now he has three more children s.ck with fever
 A good shower of rain would be very beneficial just now.
 It has been extremely hot here the past few days. The thermometer reg istered 105 at noon Sunday.
 Robert Harrnson's son, Worth, is quite sick.
 There is still some work to be done on the cemetery grounds.
 C. o. Hendrickson and Roy have returned from a visit to relatives and friends at Little Rock
 John and Bill Lovelady carried a wagonload of apples to Conway last week which they readily sold for S1 per bushel.
 Mr. and Mrs Spires Smith, Mrs Athleen Lee, and Mrs. Dovie Burnett and children, all of England, are wis itors here.
 Don't forget the picnic here August II.
 August 3.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
SPRINGFIELD.

A good rain IS badly needed. Theer are a few cases of typhoid fever in this section. Rev. Speights is conducting a series of meetings at the tabernacle here.
 Miss Ruby Cole of Plumerville is visiting friends here.
 Mir. and Mrs. Adams, Mrs. R. l. Lloyd and son, Reedy, of Morrilton spent a short time with relatives here Sunday,
 W. F. Moses was a business visitor at Morrilton Friday.
 Aunt" Rachel Whitecotton is still very sick.
 Miss Mildred McClaren is the guest of her grandparents, Dr.. and Mrs. W. F. Morrow. of Morrilton.
 Mrs M. A. McClaren is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barton of Shady Grove.
 Miss Ruby Kellar is visiting friends in Guy.
 Mrs. Mollie Moses is recovering from a severe attack of appendicitis
 There will be picnic at this place on Friday, August 5, proceeds to go to the school. Everybody invited to attend.
 August ?.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
HALF A CENTURY
0kIahoman Praises Black-Draught, Having Used It "Can Safely
 Say for SO Years"

Grandfield, Okla-One of the best enown farmers of Tilman County, Mir. @lA ". Tisdale, who owns and manages Il wagon yard here, says;
 "I have used Thedfords Black. Draught-I believe I can safely say for fifty years.
 ''' was born and reared in Texas, sTeestOra County, sixty-four years ago. '. have been married forty-four years. Ny father used Black Draught before I vas married, and gave it to us . |.
 For forty-four years of my married Ke. 1t has had place on our medi- sine shelf. and Is the only laxative, or 1ver medicine, we use. We use it ser torpid liver, sour stomach. head .cne, Indigestion .. don't think we 1uid get along without it, knowing what 1t has done for us and the money it&1as saved. It is just as good and re- liable today as 1t was when we began it's use. My boys use it and they are satisfied it's the best liver medicine they have ever used"
 Thedford's Black Draught is purely vegetable, not disagreeablc to take ard acts in a prompt and natural way
 So many thousands of persons have been benefited by the SC of Thedford Is -Draught, you should have no hesitancy in trying this valuable old well-established remedy. for most liver and stomach disorders. NC-l390.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
PICKLES GAP.

We are having awfully hot, dry weather. Everything is burning up
 Our school spelled with acklin Gap Our school won two scores. Then the school boys played ball, the game being tie, 8 to S.
 Next Saturday and Sunday are our regular church days. Our meet ing will start the third Sunday in this month. Rev. Claunch will bring his tent, under which to hold the meeting.
 Will Fugatt has purchased new organ.
 Prof White has added to the looks of our school house by cleaning off the ball ground and cutting the bush es arund the church house. He and his school boys spent Saturday morn ing at work.
 Grandma" Denton stuck a crochet hook to the bone in her arm, but is doing nicely.
 Miss Ruby Brewster will be home in few days visiting her old friends.
 The club boys and girls report a fine time at Russellville.
 August 8.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03

are assisting the regular pastor, Rev. Webb. Everyone is looking forward to a good revival there.
 We are glad to report that quite a number of our people are still attend ing the revival services at the MetL- odist church at Rosebud. The evan gelist, Rev. Dulaney, is assisting the pastor, Rev. Henry Stroud We are informed that the Sunday morning services were devoted to the children and young people, and 25 young hearts 1 pledged themselves to God. We deem this quite good news to report, for am sure we all realize the great im- portance of instilling Christ's teach lngs into che hearts of little children.
 Mrs. Tommy Parish of Oklahoma ! Is visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. I. J. Putnam, and other relatives here.
 Cecil, little son of Mir. and Mrs. Fletcher Cook, is quite sick at pres ent.
 Mrs. Susie Maddox Evans and lit tie daughters, Lula and Sunshine. spent Sunday afternoon at the home of her brother, w. B. Maddox, and family.
 Several persons from this place are attending the reunion at Heber Springs.
 Mrs. Joe Noggle and family of Mt. Vernon were weekend visitors in our midst.
 On account of our limited time, we must be brief this week.
 August ?.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
CANEY.

Most of the farmers are making Nny this week.
 Nr. and Mrs. F'inos Philips of Lit se1e Rock spent Sunday with his par essks, Mir. and Mrs J. G. Phillips.
 The hot weather is causing lots of 4ckness in this community.
 Miss Marcelle Phillips of Boone ~il1ed and Joe Phillips of Russellville sxre spending their vacation at home tsAss week
 Miss Ida Fluckiger and Mrs. Dus- tcx are having new barn built this week. This will be quite an improve ment to their farm.
 Idttle Miss Viola Phillips, who has beer visiting friends and relatives at Bonneville, returned Saturday by the wsy of Russellville, where she at k3e short course last week.
 Mr and Mrs R. L. Folts were wis ssors in Little Rock the past week.
 Wayne Folts and Brinkley Hawk returned Tuesday from Camp Pike They reported very good time while there.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
ENOLA.

Crops are suffering here for lacl | of rain.
 Health is fairly good here at this l writing. J. W. Sanders Of North Little Rock was here today. G. o. Dalton of Charlottesville, is visiting his father, G. w. Dalton.
 Walter Woodwork, Seth Matthews Boss Shock, Walter Grimes and J. M. Belote made a business trip to Eng | land last week
 Elisha Bailey, Sam Harper and Misses Aggie Shock and Pauline Setz- Ter attended the short course at Rus sellville last week.
 J. H. Reynolds and wife visited at Conway last week.
 Frank and Almon Bailey made a business trip to Conway last week.
 J. T. Duckett made a trip to Hol- land last Wednesday.
 Luther Thompson, wife and daugh- ter of England arev isiting at R. M Thompson's this week.
 Some from here attended the pie nic at Holland Saturday.
 Floyd Matthews and Jesse Starr went to Mayflower Sunday.
 Several from here attended the "old folks day at Marcus Hill Sun day.
 There will be an ice cream supper here next Friday night in behalf of the club boys and girls. Prof G. O. Dalton, formerly of this place, but now of Charlottesville, who is a grad uate of the University of Missouri has consented to make an address for the occasion.
 T. J. Middleton, wife and daughter, Miss Ollie May, are visiting A. s. 
 August ?.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
OAK GROVE.

A good rain would be appreciated Y l. w. Lloyd and wife attended the isth Sunday meeting at New Hope and report a fine time.
 | w. Griffin has put a new addi- Eieu to his house which adds much to zfs comfort.
 Sunday school is progressing nicely now and we hope the interest will continue to grow.
 School begins Monday at this place ~ith Miss Allie May Garrison as Teacher.
 J. A. Powell and family of Union Hill visited friends and relatives here Ess. week, returning home Sunday.
 Anon Free, Jimmie and Bernice Goyd and Henry Hurst have been cut ting and hauling logs for Rev. S. A. Morgan of Center Point the past week
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
SPRING HILL.

Some from here attended the fifth .:sxzsday meeting at Greenbrier Friday srxf Saturday All reported a fine ~sxEne
 Mr and Mrs. John Lyons, Mir. and Ers Marvin Mallett of Republican ard MT. and Mrs. Jasper Snow of ssresnbrier, were guests of MT. and Mrs. I. R. Snow Sunday.
 Little Miss Francis Mills has the stptheria.
 Mrs. Jess Walters and children of Bee Branch were weekend guests of lsRSbert Harmon.
 Lee Angel, who has been in Ten eaeSsee for some time, returned home Saturday.
 Lee Angel, who has been in Tennes kase for some time, returned home Sat sHday.
 Misses Della and Louisa Elliott ixre visiting their uncle, George FL Ssstt, of. Sharon.
 Hubert Wilcox is the owner of Ford car
 Claud Kirby was kicked by mule Sunday.
 Some from here attended the pie msr at Holland Saturday.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Simmons of tsenway were here Sunday, guests of Wrs. John Brakebill.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
GUY

We are still having hot, dry weath- CT. Everything will soon be burned up if we don't get rain.
 There is some scattering sickness at this place
 Little Alberner Wiedower is very sick.
 w. L. Leiblong, who has been con- fined to his bed for the past two months, is able to take up his work for R. L. Leiblong.
 Mrs. R. L. Lieblong is suffering very much with a poisoned foot.
 The Church of Christ has just clos ed an ten-day revival. Twenty three obeyed the gospel.
 J. A. Mode and wife, c. E. Gentry and family, Lee Mode and family of Conway, P. J. Henry of Bonneville, Mrs. Harry Richie of Little Rock, Tom Presley and family of Damascus and Clyde Bryant of Bee Branch, Mrs. H. W. McNutt and son, Ernest Kel- Ter and wife of Springfield, all at tended the meeting at this place.
 We regret very much to hear of the death of Mrs. J. NJ. Sims of Da- mascus. She had been confined to her room most of the time since last October with that dread disease, tu berculosis. We extend sympathy to the husband and 5ereaved children. We wish to thank the good people of that place for the kindness they showed Mrs. Sims. Her suffering was so great, yet she left that good consolation that her suffering was over, and her work was done, and there was laid up for her a crown of 
 August 3.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
REPUBLICAN.

We are needing a good rain now aAw the late corn and potatoes. Many .aE cur people attended the Center .Gssxe- Bono ball game Saturday. The gnsne was interesting.
 Lyons Bros. are installing a light .yylxuf at this place.
 H- c. Williams is improving some terru his seige of fever.
 Road overseer Webb has started ssxking the roads up in this part of Natxs district.
 WE. Oliver is attending the farm xx convention at Little Rock this week.
 Mrs. Floyd Gibson of Blackfork is visiting friends here this week.
 August 3.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
BRISTOL.
Health is good here at present.
August 3

Health is good here at present.
 We are needing rain very badly for corn. Cotton is not suffering, ex' cept from the attacks by the weevils Mrs. P. w. Wallace, daughter and son, Miss Gertrude and Garland, of Shady Grove, are visiting here this week
 J. NJ. Kelley made business triE to Conway Monday
 Ross Beckett of Beckett Mountain was here Monday looking for a To- cation for hls saw mill. We hope ht is successful, for the people surel! need a saw mill here.
 Miss Mai Garrison began tern of summer school at Oak Grove Mon day.
 Miss Inez Terry has been employed as assitant teacher at Hammonsvill' for the winter term of school.
 Owen Garrison of Union Grove i visiting his uncle J. C. Garrison.
 Several people from this place at tended singing at Hammonsville Sun day
 Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Reedy Sunday, July 31, boy.
 N. A. Teddleton spent the week en' with relatives at Austin.
 Prayer meeting was slim last Sur day night on account of people bein too late. Come early next Sunda night.
 August 2.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
a business trip to Heber Springs, Fri

1 a business trip to Heber Springs, Fri day.
 Henry Hestily of Shady Grove was here Saturday on business. H. H. Bennett and family visited Dock Perminter and family at Shady Grove Sunday.
 A. N. Moore, wife and two sisters, Misses Jamie and Nell, attended church Sunday night on Beckett Mountain.
 Several from here attended the picnic at Quitman Saturday.
 Otto Barrenger and wife have re- turned to their home at Linder, after an extended visit to the latter's par ents, MT. and Mrs. D. F. Livingston.
 I. L. Lester of Shady Grove was Tn our community Thursday visiting the sick.
 J. R. Owen and Col J. N. Mercer made business trip to Conway the first of the week.
 Esq. D. F. Livingston held court on Beckett Mountain Wednesday.
 Rev. Charlie Webb of Rosebud preached at Grammar Sunday.
 It is reported that the revival meet ing will begin at Grammar next Sun day.
 August 3.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
HANNA.

We are having some very hot weather at this writing.
 Arvey Blythe and wife of Conway visited at W. R Blythe's Sunday.
 J. C. Shelby attended the picnic at Quitman Saturday.
 Our road overseer is doing some work on the roads that is very neces- sary.
 s. C. Benton visited at W, R. Blythe's Sunday.
 Thee Fulton has sold his crop to C. W Fulton and moved to Rosebud.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
CHADWICK.

We are still having hot and dry weather.
 Mrs. Will Johnson is no better al this writing.
 Several from here went to Mt Pisgah Sunday and reported nice time.
 Mrs. George Harper of Little Rock is visiting her sister, Mrs. Pearl Daw- son of this place.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thornton spent most of last week in Little Rock with their son.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
BRANNAN.

Ira Gray is numbered with the sick at this writing
 We are needing rain very badly.
 Carroll Hargett, Tom and Monroe Mobley returned home Friday night from Adams lake, where they spent a few days fishing.
 J. M Hill and J. N. Mercer made
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-03
MADDOXVILLE.
August

We are having real August weath- CT now-hot and dry.
 Protracted meeting began at Back cit school house Sunday. Revs Tuck CT and Goodman of Copperas Springs