Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-02

portance in long Monday morning in
thousands OF commercial printing shops all the country
the strike the demand of Typographical
Union tor reduction of the working week from 48 hours A
hours IN commercial shops The demand does apply
papers although affected because of depart
The strike is effective Atlanta Macon Birmingham New Or
leans and other cities of the South we'll the North
West long and hard struggle the which
De ofeeen IN prospect 1t will be all the drawn be
cause OF the tact that printing shops particularly
owned and operated by printers who members of the typo
graphical have signed the 44hou agreement Many shops
have not signed however and have either the
strike or have declared for the open shop"
ALTHOUGH the printing establishments Amecus are union
ncd the strike will probably not be felt hereat least there is
met by the commercial shops and applying The Times
ecorde newspaper In cities of the size of Americas and
larger the printing industry not organized
There have already cropped between the the
employers disputes and alleged regulations
thereof which will haye little do with the result in the end The
thing of real importance lies deeper
The demand of the printers of the nation for 44hou
serious blow organized labor The typographical
the most highly organized and considered the
all labor unions the first utilize arbitration as fixed prn-
cle for the settlement of difference in preference to the strike
wherever possible 1t has been the backbone labor
men although less heard of and less conspicuous its activities
an some other organzahon$ However its pioneering for
short work week will add to the standing organized
Its action nauguang this has provided proof what
many enemies and critics OF organized labor have been saying for
that labor be satisfied granting of shorter
WORK hours means retreat on the part OF the employer to
ground where he will later be attacked again instead of resulting
permanent peace
THE eehhou day has generally conceded to be right de
pe formidable opposition Eight hours of work eight hours
play and eight hours of sleep pretty generally regarded as the
proper and natural division of the "a the lives of This
accepted making for health peace happiness despite
the fact that also generally that the biggest successes in life
are the who know limit Of hours and that the harder the
application the longer the life and the greater the happiness
usefulness, well as reward,
When the eighhour day being advocated against hostile
public the business this equal division of the "a hours pointed
out and gradually accepted also generally assumed
mat tins would end tor all time the controversy working
since Justice pointed by the been realized But it
proved only stepping stone demands which end no
one knows where.
THE newspapers involved this controversy But they are
interested For if the this fight TODAY against the
commercial employers the demand made against
the for equal reduction working That
venion last week New York declared opposition to the 44bour
week demand of the typographical the efforts of
It's members to maintain the 48-hour week
Wages? No. that feature enter into the present dispute
greatly The ask pay only "A work But of course
overtime compensation at time aha starts after the 44h hour
instead OF after the 48th hour which will make difference in
the nations printing bill
And when later on new contracts negotiated
enable that the will less than car obtain
doing """' just 'S ''sy are no"
IT be said the the typographical union that the
44hour not believed by 100 per the men,
by The Amercus printers example satisfied with
hours and conditions of work entirely sympathy with the
P Dut here TO because 1t IS an organization program and
they believe desirable and stand by the organization
That why trouble in reaching an
agreement here the men readily making concessions acceptable
The time chosen by the the strike unfortunate for
the men and particularly fortunate for the employers
ness at Iowebb and the demand for labor sk
CTS WI" o II to hnd othe places and the employers
many cases shut dow for time without loss than they
have already been mourning.
So the outcome in doubt 1t will probably be long struggle
As the strawberry shocake draws to close have you
noticed that of them like the Mother make?
The Girl Next Door of the useless things in the
world is park bench under a bright light.
Dane breaks the bank Carlo That won worry
the bank The Dane like all gamblers will his wings
snged,
appears that strikes and lokouts may develop from the
between the German Economics Union and Allied
Employers Association
Fables Once time there fly that lived ripe
old age and not survived by single descendant.