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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
BUYING INCREASE
 SHOWN IN EASTERN
 AUTOMOBILE MART

Flint, Mich., February 13.-Indica- ton of increased demand for automo- piles in eastern markets is given in telegrams received this week by the Buick sales department from it's New York distributors The first of these telegrams, received Monday from A. G. Southworth of New York city, shows orders taken last Saturday for 22 Bucks. The distributors estimate sa r requirements up to April 1 and
 n cars, of which 450 will
 the retail trade.
 telegram, received Tues 4.s5, s,ated that the New York con (seven- passenger sedan) it had is stock and that, it had orders enough to take the entire number of coupes and five and passenger sedans it had ordered as fast as they could be gotten ready. Request was also made for immediate delivery of several carloads of model sos. The telegram follows:
 we are delivering our last model DO (seven- passenger sedan) in our stock. You have not acknowledged our February order for models 46, 47 and 50 (coupes. five and seven passen- ger sedans) and we have orders to take the entire number ordered from you as fast as can be gotten ready. Please wire if you cannot ship us several car loads of sos at once, direct to New York for immediate delivery.
 "A. G. SOUTHWORTH.r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

The true sky pilot" has now ar rived. Out in Oregon, pastor of the Apostolic faith, who was an army aviator during the war, makes his circuit in a speedy airplane. By It's use, he spreads the doctrines of his faith to sections of the state which otherwise would be inaccessible to him.
 Amt 1t shame New York city went and appropriated well-nigh five million to keep it's streets clear of snow this winter, bought hundreds of snow blows and tractors and organ ized snow fighting forces and now doggone it-there isn't any snow to fight The winter has been so mild that traffic hasn't been impeded once.
 France now lays claim to the honor Of having the "most-miles per gallon of-gas' car in the world. In a re- cent fuel economy test, four cylinder two-seater Peugeot Quadrilette made f6.1 miles on one gallon of gasoline Inasmuch as gasoline now costs s2.10 a gallon in France, it is evident that the car which uses least fuel will be the most popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
IARMORED TRUCK
 ! FOIL ID BANDIT l, PAY ROLL GANGS
Motor Messen- gers Displacing Footmen in
 Service of Banks and Utilities

Sporadic cases of lives lost and pay rolls stolen in the ambush by bandits Sf armed. but nevertheless practically defenseless, messengers in number Of cities during recent weeks have kindled new interest In the lead taken in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia. Cincinnati and Cleveland by banks pub lie utilities and other companies having constant need to transfer money and other valuables. The lead they have taken lies in the direction of greater security and enhanced service. less loss or life and money. in the transporta- tion of large sums through the thor eughfares of congested cities.
 { Seeing an opportunity to render real service to industrlal concerns, mer- chants and others by making a speciality ot offering them safety and service in the transfer of pay rolls and money. while protecting their own transactions by means of the same conveyance, more snd more banks are purchasing ar mored motor trucks.
 SERVING NEW YORK BANKS Two White trucks, with armored bodies, transfer thousands of dollars daily for two big banks in downtown New York. One truck-a two-ton unit carries body of quarter-inch steel. In addition to the driver, two guards gen. orally .man the truck on it's trips The guards. heavily armed, ride on the in- side The keys to the onlN door Gin the side of the body) are held in the branch banks or in the possession of the guards sriding inside the truck. In no case can the driver open the door, In event of the truck being fired upon, the steel walls of the body are of sufficient strength to flatten ordinary lead bullets, while from their protected position in the interior of the ''fortress, the guards can return the fire of bandits through 'portholes' arranged for such an emergency
 ."AUTO BANK" IN PHILADELPHIA Day and night. the auto bank owned <by the Quaker City Cab company of Philadelphia answers calls. It's chet Responsibility is the safe collection of funds from theatres. tradesmen. fra ternal orders, building and loan com panies and other organizations which customarily receive large sums of money after the closing hours of banks.
 A small rear platform makes it pos sible to use the truck as a pay car. The truck is often used to carry pay rolls to outlying sections
 J The body of the auto bank is of Stullet-proof steel Should the truck be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

Mary Mcdonald of Toronto, owes her life to motorcycle. While out horse- hack riding recently her mount was frightened and ran away. galloping mad ly. Mary was saved by Fritz Murphy. who saw her plight. drove up alongside the flying steed and gallantly lifted her onto his machine. The horse ran over an emban kment q little farther on and was killed.
 Our weekly don t-Don't make the mis- take of thinking that just because you are getting along without spare tira now without having any trouble that you are always going to be so fortunate Sooner or later one of your tires is go- ing to give way and then you will De up against it. X spare is the best in- surance against annoying delays
 States below the Mason Dixon line last year showed their heels to the rest of the country in the race for the largest increase in auto registration. Of the 13 states which showed gains of more than 25 per cent, Il were in the south. Virginia led with a gain of 51. per cent, as compared with the gain of 22.2 per cent
 A novel use for a bowl of gold fish has been found out in South Dakota. It's getting te be the custom there to test the easy riding qualities of a car by placing a bowl of gold fish In the tonneau. If any of the water Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
Organized War on Insects

From The Nations Business.
 Man has described and named some ,0O0 species of insects and not one of the 4G0,O00 knows anything about the boundaries of the states. That is one thing that has made necessary the for nation of a crop protection institute un- der the auspices of the national research council.
 The brazen ignorance of the ins7rt is pointed out by the national research council which makes the flat statement:
 Insects do not stop at state lines. v
 The new body, which can cross state lines as well as an insect, is organized tc assist in the more effective combat against insects and fungus pests and to save more and more from the vast age of plant life for the people. c-
 Interested in the institute are the grow CTS, the scientists who specialize in the fields of plant pathology and entomology and those who make the needed insec- ticldes.
 On an average 12 schoolhouses and two college buildings are burned in America
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
Travel @ Transport |!
 Topics
Conducted by Goodrich

Here's another indication of the motor trucks rising dominance over the horse and wagon. A South Bend firm which specialized in the manufacture of wagons for 75 years has now decided to devote it's entire facilities to the manufacture of automobiles. Wagon making is going out of date, the company says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20


 New York now has a fhealthn1obile. It's q large motor truck fitted up like q doctors office and is used in an in- teHsive child welfare campaign in the rural districts. 1t carries q moving pie ture machine and screen for displaying health" movies. Use of tho healthmo< bile proved so successful this year that New York's health authorities are now considering using q fleet of them next year.
 Louisiana now be called the tractor state of the union. A recent survey showed that it had 5,622 tractors, larger number according to population than any other state Tractor saiesmen confidently assert that this number will be doubled next year. They have proved such labor savers that farmers wouldn't think of doing without them.
 Motor-driven trencn digging machines taken to France by the A. F. F. dur ing the war are now being v iLg a gasoline pipe line Paris, 126 miles away. inches in diameter and ca gasoline to supply Paris mediate points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
MOBILE PAY-OFF SYSTEM

pay envelopes of their thousands of ena- Dloyes to car barns and other widely scattered pay-off places in a White truck all windows in which are pro. tected by iron bars and an alarm sys- tenn. In some cases the truck merely carries paymasters and money from one car barn to another. while in others 1t goes into the country to pay off line
 men, trackmen and workers engaged in special construction The Cincinnati tOD Traction company also depends upon v White two-ton truck for the safe trans fer of pay roll foney to outlying car barns.
 In the collection of money from its many telephone pay stations, the Belt Telephone company of Philadelphia uses an armored truck. Other users of ar mored White trucks are the federal re- serve banJss at Boston, Chicago and Cleveland, the Cleveland Trust company, the Citizens Savings and Trust company and the Garfield Savings Bank com pany in Cleveland the First National bank and the National Shawmut bank in Boston.
 Briefly the work which these trucks do is the same formerly done, only iesA efficiently, less promptly and with 1nore danger to human life, by trusted mes sengers. They transport money be- tween main banks and their branches, banks and railroad stations postoffices and express offices; distribute pay rolls, collect deposits from stores which do daily cash business; collect money from scattered pay stations of public utilities: call for jewels, slverware and other valuables, to be placed in safety deposit vaults; and, in general, furnish a swift and sure specie service to con- cerns having need for such a service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, sUNDAY FEBRUARY 2O 1921

sDlashed out or the fish are greatly disturbed, the car is relegated to the
 x. G. class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

attacked. the cashier could. merely by touching a button. drop steel curtains over all windows. The windows are fur ther protected by steel bars. The door has double combination lock. Hamper ing with locks on either door or win dows would set in operation standard burglar alarm system. connected with large gong in the roof of the truck. If accident should befall the driver the cashier could cut off the gasoline sup ply and stop the truck by pressing a button inside the body
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

On an average 12 schoolhouses and two college buildings are burned in America every week
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08

down the center of the road and the
road paved the Press predicts that
Pleasant avenue is going to prove
one of the finest streets or highways
in our city.
One thing must be said, and that is
that the street car company has been
very fair in the matter, for be it re-
membered that it has a perpetual
franchise to run on the ground it now
occupies, and the change doesn't mean
the gain of dollar to itself. There
is no doubt whatever that much cred
it is due Mr.. George p. Sohngen, re-
ceiver of the company, for the final
bringing about of the long sought for
improvement.
Harry l.. Fronk, the councilman
from the Fifth ward, voted against
the proposition. This action of Mr..
Fronk's seems to be beyond the under
standing of everyone having average
intelligence. Why, the Press would
like to have explained, did Mr.. Fronk
cast his vote thusly. Surely he
knows that everyone concerned, all
those living along Pleasant avenue,
all those living in Lindenwald, in fact,
the whole city has been hoping and
praying, 10, these many years for this
very improvement which Mr.. Fronk
by his vote opposed. The Press is
willing to believe that Mr. Fronk has
some good reason for casting his vote
as he did, and the Press gladly offers
its columns to Mr. Fronk for an ex-
planation of his reason if he cares to
use these columns.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08
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CHASE THE MOURNERS

Among the members Of the work
ing class there is to be found many
of that breed of gentry who are very
noisy in their unionism-when condi-
tions are good However, when there
is a slack in business and the en-
ployers are trying to force down the
wages of the workers in the indus
try and laying thousands of them off,
our old friend with the loud voice
begins to hunt a hole in which to
hide.
He Immediately begins to pass out
the doleful message that everything
is going to the bow-wows and some
body ought to do something to stop it.
But his own much vaunted courage
and ability are incapable of planting
or executing any action that will help
matters.
Not being their nature to keep quiet
when they have nothing to say, these
kind of people move around among
the membership of the union with the
funeral expression on their face (like
mourners at wake) singing their
doleful song of hopelessness.
These barnacles on the labor move
ment must be gotten rid of. The hon.
est to God union man is the guy who
is at his best when conditions are at
their worst.
Organized labor of America is pass
ing through one of the most danger
GUS epochs of its history-but not the
MOST dangerous. 1t has met and
vanquished the powers of greed on nu-
merous occasions, and it will whip
them again this summer. But it viii
whip them only for the reason that
there are thousands--yes, millions of
real men in the ranks of labor-and
they have to lick them in spite of the
chronic "croaker."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08
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THE UNION LABEL

Firm names, brands, trade marks,
and other devices by which products
are advertised may lose their original
significance through changes in the
fortunes of those who own them. The
union label, being owned by the
union, and subject exclusively to it's
control, represents the same thing
always, namely, fair wages and hours,
clean workshops and good workman
ship.
IA "a ~ N n
San Francisco.-Organized machin-
lists were compelled to strike the prin-
cipal shop of the Ford auto agencies
before the attempt to establish bo-
nus and piece work system in these
plants was abandoned.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown. o
FORWARD! SAYS COUNCIL

Another big progressive step for
ward was taken by Hamilton when on
Wednesday night city council and the
street car company came to an under
standing which means the moving of
the street car tracks to the center of
the roadway on Pleasant avenue. The
excavation has already been made and
the company agrees to move the
tracks over just as soon as the court
grants the receiver for the company
the privilege to do so, SO that it is
assured there will be little more de-
lay in this great improvement. The
company has perpetual right of way
on the ground on which it is operating
it's cars at present For moving its
tracks to the center of the roadway
the company asked twenty-five year
franchise, which council grants The
road will not be paved in the center
between the tracks for at least three
years under the agreement entered
into between the company and the
city. At present this part will be
filled in with gravel and cinders. At
the end of three years if the city de-
sires to do so it may pave between
the tracks, the company agreeing to
lay new ties and rails at that time.
The people all along Pleasant ave-
nue. are rejoicing, and they have cause
for doing SO. The moving of the
tracks to the center of the road has
for years been the dream of the res
idents along this thoroughfare In
a short time now these people can
step out of their doorways without
fear of being run over by the street
cars. With the street cars running
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08

A CONVENTION ESTIMATE

During the convention of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor held recent
ly in Denver, Colorado, the Denver Ex-
press printed this estimate of the big
labor gathering:
Denver folk who fail to visit the
A. F. of l.. convention, now being
held in their auditorium, are missing
an opportunity
IF you have been infected with the
current misconceptions of union men,
which are peddled by the cheap maga-
zines, go down and see for yourselves.
THE parliamentary conduct of the
convention is away ahead of the
American house of representatives in
the opinion of this writer.
"The general run of the delegates
are of the hard, practical type-they
have been through the mill.
People who fondly imagine that
glib, young commercial secretaries
and the big -paunched type who do the
talking for the open shop movement
around manufacturers headquarters
or from the arm chairs of exclusive
clubs, are up against something easy,
ought to pay visit to the auditorium
and have a once-over of the men in
session
Denver business people who were
foolish enough to listen to four
fushers like Herbert George or Fred
Bonfils (local citizens alliance), or the
rest of the labor haters, are beginning
to suspect that they backed the wrong
house. A visit to the auditorium will
confirm this impression"
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President Harding has declined to
meet request that government en-
ployes in the District of Columbia be
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08
LABOR'S PROGRAM

No other group of citizens discuss
and pass judgment on such variety
of subjects of interest to the people as
do the organized workers.
Declarations by the Denver A. F. of
L. convention, just adjourned, are in
line with the usual policy of labor.
These are sufficient answer to phrase
makers, cultists and self-styled "lib
erals" who affect a patronizing atti-
tude toward wage earners while de.
ploring that labor has no construct
i've program"
These critics take themselves quite
seriously. They talk of Serving the
public" They class themselves with
educators, physicians, surgeons, en-
gineers, investigators and other scien-
fists who give their lives to their sel-
low men without hope of plaudit or
reward.
They cannot understand when labor
talks of liberty. "What does labor
want ?" they innocently inquire, while
wage earners thunder against indus
trial autocracy, labor injunctions, ju-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08

given q half holiday on Saturday
throughout the year.
In explanation of his refusal, the
president is understood to have stated
that the granting Of such a holiday,
when the need of economy was para
mount, would not be in the interest Of
public service.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1921

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Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter
Issued Weekly at 826 Market Street.
Hamilton, Ohio.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08

MERCHANTS AND UNEMPIOY-
MENT

Next to the worker himself, the
merchants get more money out of the
workers pay envelope than onyone
else. 1t is, therefore, decidedly to the
financial interest of the merchants
that the workers should be steadily
employed, so that they will have pay
envelopes to open. Merchants may at
times, if they belong to some organi-
cation that is ruled by manufacturers,
bankers and manipulators of invest
ments, imagine that their interests
are in common with these big fellows,
and that they should assist in knock
ing labor and in knocking labor pa
pers. But that is an error, for the
reason above mentioned. The mer-
chants have benefited immensely
during the past four years of compar-
atively high wages and plenty Of
work.
In all that time, except a short per-
iod early in 1919, jobs have been plen-
tiful and there have been pay envel-
opes to tear open. When they were
torn open, the larger portion of the
contents went directly into the cash
registers of the merchants. A heavy
pay envelope, next to the man who
receives it, benefits the merchant
more than any other person. Now
there are multitudes of workers who
have no pay envelopes. There are
multitudes of others whose pay en-
velopes are lighter than formerly.
And the cash register of the merchant
is correspondingly empty. Hundreds
of merchants in America have gone
into bankruptcy during the past few
This is due to the fact that
there are millions Of workingmen who
are out Of employment, and therefore
not taking in any wages which they
could spend at the stores; and to the
further fact that there are millions of
who have had their wages
reduced.
The Butler County Press is labor
paper. 1t is struggling against low
wages and unemployment, and it is
making that struggle primarily for
,he benefit of the workers. But the
Butler County Press is also doing the |
merchants a great service by taking
Up the fight against low wages and |
unemployment, because high wages
md plentiful jobs will fill the mer-
hant's cash register again, and boost
lis bank account. The merchants
hould appreciate this, and we are
ure that they will appreciate it when
hey think it over.
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HAMILTON is LUCKY
With fine supply Of water and an
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08

HAMILTON MERCHANTS
WILL PROVE TO YOU
THAT THEY ARE DOING
THEIR PART TO MEET
CONDITIONS OF TO-DAY.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08

dicial usurpation and legislative en-
croachment.
To these critics, democracy is a ges-
ture, a pose; thing for crowd-rous-
ing and vote catching.
The right to organize, to have a
voice in working conditions and be
represented by persons Of their own
chosing, is Of first Importance to the
workers.
If labor's only gain was the voice
in industry it now possesses it can
present constructive program in
comparable in history.
No other movement, no other pro-
gram, raised the workers from the
status Of serfs. Through their efforts
they have fought upward, establish
ing new standards and new life re-
lations while dragging with them the
very men who talk Of Constructive
programs"
Labor's voice in production and dis
tribution must be universally accept
ed.
This is labor's foundation, and it
cannot be swept aside while the cause
for it's existence remains.
Fundamentally, labor has presented
no new program during the long ex-
istence of the A. F. of L.
Demands on secondary matters
change with developed public opin
ion, but labor places industrial free
dom through organization of the work
ers in the front rank.
This is it's major note today, as it
was in 1881.
This disappoints the seeker for no.
vel things. 1t is irksome to sensa-
tionalists and publicity seekers who
shun the drudgery of combat against
entrenched wrong.
The organized workers know there
is no royal road to freedom.
Only through unity and mental de-
velopment will the workers win. II
they will not help themselves, no one
else will.
Agitate! Educate! Organize!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-07-08

President Harding has declined to
meet a request that government en-
ployes in the District of Columbia be