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The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01

Even with the big Winchester plant
practically entirely shut down and many
other factories either shut partially or
working only a meagre part of the week
the situation in New Haven is not as
bad as in some of the other cities of
the state according to preliminary re-
ports of the survey of the situation be-
ing made by the executive board of the
Connecticut Federation of Labor. The
mild weather up to this week has aided
materially in keeping the demands for
aid down, but when cold came, hundreds
of cellars were found empty because of
the prohibitive price of coal and the ap-
peals to the city charity departments for
aid of that nature have been more than
the departments can fill.
The propaganda stories that the high
paid mechanics during the last few
years had squandered their big wages
seem to be all upset from the nature of
the persons making the requests for aid
now. So far the charities department
have had to deal only with unski11ed
classes, men who though paid compare
lively high for their services were COM
PEELED to pay even higher prices in COM
parison for the needs of their families
and were therefore behind instead of
ahead of the game when the crash came.
A visit to the New Haven charity de-
partment any day now will show per-
sons who shrink from the task of ask
ing for aid and actually suffer want be-
fore doing so. Their first request is
for job of some kind that will provide
for their families and when that is not
to be had ask for a temporary loan.
With continued cold weather this class
will speedily increase until perhaps
drastic measures to afford relief will
have to be taken.
The executive board of the state fed
Grafton will meet here early In the
month to discuss the situation and
recommend means of taking care of the
members of organized labor who may
be out of work and need temporary re-
lief. A number of the affiliated bodies
are already providing for their mem
bers by weekly assessment and If the
business depression continues and there
are further layoffs the state association
may possibly adopt some plan of gen.
eral assessment and a distribution
through local committees to tide things
over.
There is no actual telling Just how
many men and women are out of work
either in this city or state. Inquiry at
the factories is met with evasive an
swers, the factory heads naturally not
being desirous of spreading the extent
of the situation. That there are thous-
ands out of work here and many thous-
ands throughout the state is evidenced
by the demands for work made upon the
state and private employment agencies.
The agencies are utterly unable to
handle the applicants as there are few
Jobs to be given out. The factories,
over the regular holiday layoff are also
unable to promise anything toward
definite relief but express the hope that
after the first OF. the year the sky will
brighten and business pick up.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
ORGANIZATION OF
STEEL INDUSTRY
NOW UNDER WAY
Committee in Washington Ready
to Begin on Gigantic
Task.

Washington, Dec. 31-The new labor
committee charged with continuing the
effort to organize the steel industry,
plans to hold its first formal meeting
here next month. Some members al
ready here, express the opinion that the
first meeting probably will be devoted
largely to a survey of the developments
of the year which has passed since the
last attempt and the laying of grounds
to continue the fight at a time which
the leaders may consider opportune.
The chairman of the re-organized
committee is M. F. Tighe, and the sec
retary is William Harmon. William H.
Johnson, president of the International
Association of Machinists, is mem
ber Secretary Morrison of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, is expected to
participate IN the meeting. He is trus-
tee of the $4,000 fund which remained
in the hands of the old organization
committee when it was dissolved.
The new committee was formed at
a meeting last month at which were
represented the international unions
having members in the steel industry,
rather than at meeting of the execu-
TIVE council of the American Federation
of Labor as was enormously stated at
that time. The representatives of the
unions, however, did meet at the call
Of the executive council.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
MCLEAN HEARTILY FOR
IMMIGRATION HALTINC
While Brandegee, as Usual, Prom
ises to Give Matter His
Consideration.

Sen. George P. Mclean is heartily
in favor of the bill to restrict imni-
grafton and will support it strenuous1y
on the ground that I'VE should keep
out rogues, paupers and undesirables, -
but Sen. Frank B. Brandegee is, as
usual, of no opinion and will give the
matter my best attention when it comes
up for action, according to replies as
to their attitude received to queries
sent them by residents of Connecticut
Senator Mclean added that he sin
cerely hoped the committee having the
bill in charge will devise a way to re-
ject the undesirab1es and that he TN
derstands the Importance of the immi-
grafton problem just now. Brandegee
replying to the requests that he lend
his aid to pass the anti-immigration bill
says he is very glad to have the view
expressed and will consider it.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01

Practically simultaneous with the re-
fusal of Governor Holcomb to accept
the provision Of the Federal law, pro-
viding for the compulsory re-education
by the state of njured workers, State
Labor Commissioner William S. Hyde,
in his biennial report to the governor,
comes out strongly in advocacy of a
measure that would compel the state to
re-educate in another line, men and
women under Fl injured in EMPLOY
ment. The governor gave as his reason
for refusing the federal aid, that he is
powerless to accept it because it pro-
yides for an equal amount from the
state. 1t will therefore go to the next
Legislature to solve. Had the governor
accepted tentatively the Federal gov
ernment could have paid the state
$9,127 next year but now the matter
must go over another year.
Mr.. Hyde also makes some other per-
tinent recommendations among them
shorter work hours for women and
raising the age limit of children in fac
toris to at least IS or 16~years.
Commissioner Hyde recommends:
l. Individual drinking cups in manu-
featuring establishments for better
health conditions.
d. The passage of a law permitting
women to work so hours a week in
manufacturing establishments and 54
hours week in mercantile establish
ments.
8. A lunch period during the noon
hour with at least three-quarters, of an
hour as a minimum.
4. Raising the age limit of children
employed in factories from IA years to
IS, "and preferably to 1o."
The labor commissioner recommen-
dation relating to compulsory vocational
education for persons under Fl who are
injured in industry is based on the
ground that although the compensation
IS paid, the injured employe becomes a
drug on the community"
The report also says:
Although $3.50 factories were in
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
JNEMPL OYNlENT SITUATION IS GROWING CRITICAL HERE
TRADE SCHOOL CRITICISM BLEAT OF PLQUED. BOSSES
PLUMBERS ELECT
OFFICERS; HEAR OF
PROSPEROUS YEAR
o 'Meara Returned as Treasurer
for 18th Term and as Business
Agent for 18th Year.

At the meeting of U. A. Local 34o,
Plumbers and Steam Filters, held on
Monday evening, the annual election of
officers took place and the results were
as follows:
President, David Feinmark; vice
president, Thomas F. Ryan; recording
secretary, William F. Walsh; financial
secretary, John J. Walsh; treasurer,
Patrick F. O'Meara; warden, William
f. Roche; business representative,
Patrick F. O'Meara.
Executive Board-Wil1aim B. Wal
kinshaw, Henry K. Flagge, Willis H.
Whitney, Edward A. Kelly, Edmund
J: MeaneN George S. Miller, Thomas
F. Ryan, Karl Krogsgaard.
Conference Board-William B. Wal
kinshaw, George S. Miller, Willis H.
Whitney, David Fenmark, Patrick F.
O'Meara.
Delegates to State Convention-Ed-
ward A. Kelly and George S. Miller.
Finance Comnittee-George S. Mil
Ter, Edward F. Dwyer
Steam Filters Examining Board
Edmund J. Meaney, George S. Miller,
Edward H. Riederich, Thomas F. Ry-
an, John J. Meaney.
Plumbers Examining Board Willis
H. Whitney, Henry K. Flagge, Edward
F. Dwyer, Andrew J. McSherry,
Joseph F. Rourke.
Trades Council Delegation Patrick
F. O'Meara, Harold Marsden Andrew
J. McSherry,| Edward A. Kelly, Meyer
Toworoff.
Building Trades Council Delegation
Willis H. Whitney, George 5. Miller,
Patrick F. O'Meara.
The local has just finished one of the
of existence
Business Representative O'Meara in
making a resume of the work in which
the local has been engaged, stated that
during the past year 59 members were
added to the union; that there was also
added to the list of shops III which
members of the organization are enjoy
ing good working conditions to the
number of Fl, making a total number
of establishments in the jurisdiction 81.
The many claims against the organ
ization for sick, death and disability
benefits were all paid. The local has
also donated very heavily to charity
both locally and otherwise, and at this
meeting vote was passed lnstruct1ng
the sick visiting committee to get IN
touch with members of the local who
are i'll and endeavOr to have their sui
ferings made less on the New Years
| day. One of the members of this local
Brother John J. McGrann, one of the
hospital, having received severe injuries
| during his foreign war service.
! Many of the officers elected have
been officials of the local for years,
| Treasurer O'Meara having been elected
continuously for the past IL years, and
also business representative for the past
! II years.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
METAL TRADES COUNCIL
TO HAVE BIG MEETING
Head of Branch in A. f. of l.. to
Speak Here on Friday
Night Next.

An open mass meeting under the aus
pices of the New Haven Metal Trades
Council will be held in Eagles hall on
Crown street on Friday evening, Janu-
airy 7, at which the metal trades indus
try of this section and of the country
generally will be discussed. The prin-
cipal speaker of the evening will be
James O'Connell, president of the Metal
Trades Branch of the American Fedora
ton of Labor and it is also expected
that John Fitzgerald, head of the Pol
ishers union and Jere Carey, head of
the Blacksmiths, will be present and
address the gathering.
While the meeting. is held under the
auspices of the organized metal work
ers it is by no means restricted to them,
but any one interested, employer or
worker, is invited to attend and hear
the discussions. A program of enter
tainment will also be provided.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
Support Our Advertisers

The n THE CONNECTICUT LABOR PRESS
Support of organized labor and its friends They
materially assist in making possible for this to be OF
The individuals firms using the
publication showing interest and expressing
friendship for the worker and the latter should
preference making purchases As organized work
readily grasp the value of reciprocity prefer
all others. deserves another fol-
lows that those advertisers should the purchasing
of New Havens organized labor amounting than
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS EACH WEEK. well
friends Those who their known
through THE LABOR PRESS certainly worthy of your
patronage. See to it that they get it.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
ELECTRICIANS WILL
BANQUET WEDNESDAY

The newly elected officers of Local
Union No. 90, Electricians, will be
officially installed in their chairs at the
regular meeting on next Wednesday
night and the installation will be fol-
lowed at Odd Fellows hall on Crown
street. The elections were held at the
last meeting and resulted as follows:
President, H. Broderson; vice-presi-
dent, Frank Potter; financial secretary,
H. 0. Wyatt; recording secretary, w.
c. Dedrick; treasurer, w. N. Quinn
press secretary, J. E. Reilly; business
agent, R. F. Ives, and trustees, Ruel
Vogt, Frank Stock and Earl Carpenter.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
ELECTED
AGENT OF PAINTERS

James Coleman of Local No. 400,
Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators,
was elected business agent of the joint
district council of New Haven over M.
Resnikoff of Local 4, the present busi-
ness ness agent, at the Joint meeting of the
Coleman will take hold on Monday
when the joint committees of the two
locals will meet and organize for the
year.
The meeting was largely attended
and was addressed by James Johnson of
ference of painters. He outlined con-
ditions throughout the state and the
outlook for the coming year.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
WITHDRAW WAGE DEMAND

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 31.-The
Bricklayers union which some time ago
filed demands for a wage of $1.5O an
hour beginning January l in place of
the present scale of $1.05 an hour, an
nounced yesterday that the demand had
been withdrawn until April l. The
action was taken it is said in order to
be negotiated by April.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
Hyde Urges Compulsory
Re-education of Injured

spected in the 1920 fiscal year as against
2,l05 in 1919, approximately 5000 less
persons were employed in the factories
visited by the commission in 1920. The
figures show that in 1920 there were
employed 32o,85o and in 1919 335,842
men and women. Male employees in
factories tota1ed 239763 in 1920 as
against 24Q 324 in 1910 Female en-
p1oyes totaled 87,155 in 1920 as against
8o,518 in 1919. For 1920 Fairfield coun-
ty led in the number of females en-
ployed in the factories, while New Ha-
ven led in male employees and Hartford
county was second.
The report makes the following
recommendations:
l. Every factory building more than
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
COLD DRIVES HUNDREDS
TO ASK FOR PUBLIC AID
STATE FEDERATION EXECUTIVE BOARD MEET HERE
NEXT WEEK TO PLAN THOSE IN DISTRESS
CLASS ASKING BELLE CLAIMS
WORKERS sQUANDERED MONEY.

With of leup, and growing daily
the
portions
equalled before The cold weather
the week brought the conditions for the front and mme
atey rush charity
those they
until forced ask for They charity
visiting
reluctantly
fami1a
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
Plan To Foist Mounted
Constabulary Upon State

in election times. The jobs listed are
as follows:
One superintendent at $5,000, one
assistant superintendent at $3 500 a
chief at $1,000, and two stenographers
at 81, 800 each. Then one captain at
81, 400, one first lieutenant at ST. 800, one
second lieutenant at 81 ,6O0 one first SER
geant at ST ,320, four duty sergeants at
$1,210, 10 corporals at $1,150, one black
smith at $1.150, one saddler at ST, $50,
one troop clerk at 1900, and 65 privates
at $1,050 each. A total of $102,310 a
year for salaries alone. In addition a
raise of 500 is guaranteed the privates
for each re-appointment every two
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01

The Connecticut Labor Press is. and
has been for some time conducted as a
44-hour a week shop. It will continue
to be so conducted in the future.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01

The Connecticut Labor Press is and
has been for some time conducted as a
44-hour a week shop. 1t will continue
to be SO conducted in the future.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
FIRST AMERICANS
FORM A LABOR UNION

A real Americanization move
ment has reached fu1f1lment at
Riverbank, Calf, where J. B.
Stovall, secretary-treasurer of
the local lodge of Brotherhood
of Railway Clerks, has organized
a lodge of the International
Brotherhood of Firemen and
Enginemen, composed entirely of
Laguna and Asconite Indians.
There were 80 charter mem
bers when the lodge was organ
lied and many admissions since
The officers are all Indians and
the business of the lodge will be
transacted in the tribal language.
This is said to be the first at
tempt to organize the aborigines
and the experiment will be watch
ed with interest by organized la
Dor throughout the country.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES.

Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 31.-Commer-
cial shop printers have raised wages $3
a week The old scale was 81 day.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-01

San Bernardino. Cal, Dec. 31-After
a five-hours' strike organized printers
won their demand for higher wages.
The new rates are $45 week for day
linotype operators and $48 week for
night work
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
WHAT GOOD HIGHWAYS MEAN
Enable Farmers to Get Their Differ
ent Crops to Market at Least
Possible Expense.

Farmers are business men and in
order to conduct their farms in
businesslike way and cope with other
business men in the state they must
devise ways and means of reducing
the expenses of operation" said L. E.
Birdsall in submitting a resolution to
The Illinois Agricultural association.
He added: "In no way can the ex-
pense of farming be reduced as COM
pletely as by securing good roads run
ming by the farms which will enable
the delivery Of crops to market with
the least possible expense
That is good sound sense and COM
ing from practical farmer it shows
that farmers are keenly alive to the
need and value Of improved roads.
Mr. Birdsall lays further emphasis on
the need of selecting the most com
petent men for highway officials so
that the best talent may be available
Tor road building and repairing.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
EXERCISE QUITE IMPORTANT
Close Confinement During Winter
Months Is Not Conducive to
Profitable Results.

During the spring season fowls hav.
ing free range get abundant exercise,
but during the cold months many hens
suffer from lack of exercise. Close
confinement without exercise is not
conducive to getting the best results
from flock, although the feed pro-
yided may be the best, for idle hens
soon grow too fat to lay. 1t is al
most impossible to give laying hens
that are confined too much exercise.
The fowls may be encouraged to eX-
ercise in various ways, such as sus-
pending cabbage heads, beets, etc, so
that the birds have to jump for them,
and scattering grain in the litter. The
litter should be from four to eight
inches deep and may consist of straw
(either cut or whole). hay, leaves,
buckwheat hulls, shredded corn fodder,
or any like convenient material. The
hens should be kept hungry enough
so that they will work diligently all
day for the corn scattered in this lit
ter, say poultry specialists of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. Whenever the litter becomes
damp or soiled 1t must be removed
and fresh put in.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

heavily infested houses the mites are
to be found in all parts of the build
ing, including the roof. Where they
are less numerous the infestations
usually are confined to the rOosts and
nests and the walls Immediately adj
jacent. For small coops a hand
atomizer will suffice for applying in
secticides as sprays, but for larger
houses bucket pump. knapsack
sprayer or barrel pump is desirable.
A rather coarse spray should be ap-
piled from all angles and thoroughly
driven into the cracks. The floor also
should be treated, as many mites fall
to the floor when the roosts are being
removed.
In tests conducted by the United
States Department of Agriculture
during the last two years a consider
able number of materials used as
sprays have proved effective. One of
the so-called wood preservers was
found Immediately effective, and its
killing or repelling power lasts for
months. AS this material is rather
expensive (about ST per gallon), and
is too heavy to spray well, it is ad-
visable to reduce it with equal parts
of kerosene
Crude petroleum is almost as effec-
tive, retains its killing power for sew
eral weeks, and in most localities it is
very cheap 1t will spray better If
thinned with one part of kerosene to
four parts of crude oil.
1t has been found that one thor
ough application of either of these
materials will completely eradicate
the mites from an infested chicken
house, but ordinarily it is advisable
to make second application a month
after the first, and in some cases a
third treatment is required. These
subsequent applications may be made
with a brush, using the materials I'M
diluted and covering only the roosts,
their supports, the walls adjoining,
and the nests IL they are infested.
This method of application is effec-
tive for the first treatment also If
the houses are not heavily infested.
Poultry should be kept out of the
treated buildings until the material
Is well dried into the wood.
Using Pure Kerosene.
Pure kerosene and kerosene emul-
sion in double the strength ordinarily
applied to plants will destroy all
mites hit, but these substances have
not body enough to destroy those
mites which are in more protected
situations, and several applications at
ten-day intervals are needed to de-
stroy all the mites.
Arsenical dip, such as is used to
destroy cattle ticks, has been found
fairly satisfactory for use against
chicken mites. Several applications
are required to eradicate the mites
from poultry houses.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07

from the breeding pens. The house
should be kept dry, clean, well venti-
lated, and free from drafts. Have the
floor covered with l inch Of fine gravel
and rake off frequently the manure
which collects on the top. Keep the
yards clean either by scraping the
surface and adding fresh sand or
gravel. or by digging over the land
and, if possible, planting 1t to grain.
The nests, nest boxes, and pens
should be kept clean, but it is not adj
Visable to disturb more than necessary
the nests that contain eggs or squads.
Spray the pens frequently with white
wash containing a little crude carbol-
ic acid, or with a coal-tar disinfectant;
examine the birds for feather lice,
which are troublesome, especially in
hot weather. Birds having many lice
should be treated with sodium tiuorid,
either busting by the pinch method
or dipping in solution, the latter
method being preferable. The nests or
nest pans should be cleaned out and
the nesting material removed when
ever dirty, care being taken not to
disturb the squads any more than is
absolutely necessary.