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The Washington times., 1921-04-28
R. E. F. LAID, the newly
elected Senator from North Da-

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kota, stands quite alone in the
qlSenate because he was elected by
the Non Partisan League. He is not
singular in having been farmer.
Any casual reader Of the Congress
Isional Directory will be struck by
the enthusiasm with which states
men describe themselves as having
been born on farmland the early
ages at which most of them left the
old homesteads.
Senator Ladd, however, has all his
life been a farmer, though he has
seldom handled a pitchfork or sped a
plough. His work has been that of
head of the North Dakota Agricul-
Itural College, and his farming has
'been not only educational but po-
slitica1-in the best sense of that
much abused word. For he has not
been content with teaching farmers
boys how to get the best crops out
of their land, but he has also under
taken to show them how to use po-
,litical methods to remove some of
the obstacles. that have pre-
vented their getting any fair re-
turns in money out of their crops.
These latter activities have not
made Senator Ladd popular in GER
tain circles in which move eminent
gentlemen who control railroads,
grain elevators, banks which finance
grain buying corporations, "boards
,of trade" that exist for the purpose
'of gambling in foodstuffs, and other
enterprises for taking toll of the
farmers product before it can reach
the consumer. f..
Loving him for the enemies he
had made, the farmers of his State
sent him to the Senate, and it is
sgoing to be interesting to see what
he can extract from that home Of
conservatism for the advantage, not
ionly Of his immediate constituents,
but for that of the fundamental and
basic industry of agriculture which
Semploys nearly fourteen million
persons in the United States-two
land a half times as many as all
organized labor counts.
In a recent interview Senator
lLadd called attention to these two
remarkable phenomena in the farm
ing situation today:
1.-THE wheat farmers received
for the wheat exported in 1920
about $210,000,000 less than they
got for wheat exported in 1919,
the quantity being about the same
for each year. Yet those who con-
sumed the wheat exported last
year paid about $4,000 more for
1t than they did for what we sold
them in 1919. A toll Of about
S240, 600, 1000 allow for in
creased railroad rates-was taken
en- the road from producer to con-
sumer above what was taken the
year before.
During the past winter Danish
dairymen delivered butter in New
York at prices below the cost of
production, with that of distribu-
ton added, to the American dairy
men. And you will be more as
tonished when I tell you that
much of that Danish butter came
from cows fed with feed grown in
my State, 1000 miles from sea-
board and shipped across the At
lantic.
Such conditions do not make for
prosperity of the farming interest in
this country. And without pros
perity in that interest there can be
no stable prosperity in the land. 1t
is idle to talk of keeping the boys
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
MOVIE GRATITUDE.

Some inventor can become IA
nous and earn the gratitude OF
millions of movie patrons IL hs
will invent sound-proof boxes for
the folks who think the public
can't read. HARVARD.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
MIR. B. Baer
TwADDLEDUM AND
TwADDLEDEE.

Germany has absorbed al
lied indemnity chorus. Gin
derella of Nations finally
found boot that fits It. Win
somely willing to do all in
power to make further re-
prisals.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

It's a foolish man who gets
beside himself simply because
his wife happens to get beside
another man. r. ]. SCHWAB.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

When all Is said and done.
nothing will be said and
U. 8. will be done. As, per
and same like usual.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

Angry Fan-Sit down, you
cabbage head. Where'd you
come from?
Clever Guy-I came from the
same patch you did, Bozo.
BOB 'FURNISS.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

knowledge lie power
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
A FOUR SQUARE CROSS.

JOE NJ. JACKSON decided the
cryptogram of "HOMELOCk
SHEARS" without trouble, finding
that the key words were "Bill Price"
There was q young poet named swinburne.
Who contracted q terrible Ein-burn,
For his throat was so thin.
That II soaked through his akin.
And the horrid old stun made his chin
burn. PAT.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06

admission and no introductions are
necessary.
You Just walk in, and, If you
have any coin, even a little, play.
Hap-hazard, 1 entered one OF
these places-Lee Yuen's gambling
house-facing the famous Praia
Grande, one of the streets Of the
orient.
went upstairs; the downstairs
was full.
But the game I followed, once
was upstairs, was the same as that
/ had seen going on downstairs. A
square hole had been cut in the
floor and a railing put around it
Seated on a bench, and with my ell
bows on the railing, l watched the
play below while the gilded youth
of China about me wagered their
money on the game,
Basket Bets.
Attendants took the money up
stairs and by the aid of tiny
basket at the end of a string. low
cred il to the room below, where
change was made, IL required, and
sent aloft in the same fashion.
The Chinese who manipulated the
basket also called the bets, which
were recorded, Chinese fashion, by
the table attendants below.
AS l sat down, dish of hon
kwatsee," or red watermelon seed,
was placed before me, a dish of IL
chez nuts and a pad of paper mark
ed off in squares to keep account
of the winning numbers as they
showed.
The Is preceding plays had prov
ed four to be the lucky number. 1t
had won five times against two
four times. three three times and
one three times.
Not to be conspicuous, l bet.
Three was my number.
Chop Sticks.
The smiling Chinese at the head
of the mating covered table down
stairs took a handful of glistening
metal pieces, each with a square
hole in the center, from the pile in
front of him. Over this pile he
placed a brass bowl while the bets
were being recorded. When the
money was down, he removed the
bowl, and, holding an ebony chop
stick with the tips of his delicate
fingers, began to rae groups of
four from the pile of shiny discs.
Four discs at a time the Chinese
deity Faked from the fast dwin-
ding pile until five were left. Four
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06

sees there nowadays is a flat-bot-
toned steamer or so from Hong
kong, or Chinese junks.
Approached from the sea the city
looks deserted. But it isn't, quite.
Ashore the streets are clean and
unusually pretty, and very quiet.
Great avenues of trees centuries
old and beautiful parks, together
with an architecture reminiscent of
old Spain, make the place one of
the pearls of the orient, different
from anything else in China. or for
that matter, in the world.
Fan Tan Popular.
Under this calm, old world ex-
terror, lies exotic sins, unadultera-
ted and unashamed.
Gambling House" is one of the
commonest signs in the place.
Opium Farm" is another sign. Fan
tan takes the place of roulette,
rouge ct noir and the yonies" at
this Monte Carlo of the far east.
Dozens of houses are running, full
blast, night and day, and-unlike
the real Monte Carlo-no cards of
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06

more we're withdrawn One was
left.
One was the lucky number. i
lost
Then the whole thing began over
again. There was a rush to the one
now. that number seeming to be
creeping up on the four.
Four won twice in succession
after this. l still had three.
The fourth time my three won.
An Honest Game.
My bet had been 81 Mex. My
winnings were three for one, less
10 per cent to the house, or $40.
As gambling goes, che game was
square. No trickery was possible
Indeed, so intense a gambler is the
Chinese he would make it very
warm for a crooked dealer. When
it comes to games of chance few
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06
SIMMS VISITS
WORLDS MOST
WICKED CITY
Macao. Chinass Monte Carlo, Holds
Title and Whole Town Is
Proud of II.
By WILLIAM PHILIP sBrMs.


Macao. China. Sept. e-This dy-
ing city OF Is ZOO souls is the wick
edest town in the far east and is
proud of It. In fact, since Hong
kong set itself up as a port, sin has
come to be more and more Macao's
stock in trade, until now gambling
and opium making and smoking
are the cityfs mainstay and pas
time.
The real name OF Macao is not
Macao. 1t is the fCty of the Name
OF God, Most Loyal of Colonies. ~
AS such 1t was incorporated in
1912 But as Shanghai is called
the Paris of the Orient" and Can
ton the Bordeaux OF the East"
Macao is known as the monte
Carlo of China"
At that, Macao does not belong
to China. Like most Chinese sea-
ports. it belongs to a foreign pow
er-ia this instance, Portugal. The
Portuguese founded a colony there
In 1867, or So years after Column
bus discovered America
Cut His Head OFF.
Then, as now. China was in trou-
BILE. A pirate horde was making
easy with the south coast and the
Chinese emperor was helpless. He
asked the Portuguese to help him
out and they did it so well the
pirates fed the field. In his CRATE
fulness the emperor invited the
Portuguese to make their home on
the little island where they had
sQuatted.
Just to make it easy the land
was considered as leased tos the
Portuguese for 500 ounces of silver
a year, payable to the Chinese me-
peror And so things went until
1848, when Ferreira de Amaral, the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06

Portuguese governor, decided that
inasmuch as taking things from
China had become the popular out
door sport among European pow
'ers, he would cease paying rent.
He also drove the Chinese customs
off Gals out. leaving no trace Of
Chinese authority.
The following year he was mys-
teriously murdered and somehow or
other his head got separated from
his body and showed up at Can
ton.
Killed by Hongkong.
Nevertheless. Macao was ceded to
Portugal in 1887.
Meantime Hongkong. coded to
England in 1S41, had sprung up 35
miles to the northeast The Brit
ish made it a free port at once and
the first thing Macao knew it had
lost out as a great commercial port
and since that time Hongkong has
grown bigger and bigger as Macao
dwindled in Importance.
The beautiful erescent-shaped
harbor is sitting up and all one
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06

races are more sophisticated than
Johns.
Day and night shifts keep the
game going at Lees. I saw one
woman there with a few months
old baby strapped to her back. She
did not bet for several times, but
came in with SIS on three" with
me, and won. She was there when
l left.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06
MINERS OFFICIALS BLAMEn.

Washington. Sept. 6.-0ficials NJ
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea were charged with responsible.
ity for the Invasion of Logan coun.
ty. w. Va, by armed miners. in
statement issued by Harry Dim.
stead. chairman of the Operators.
association of Williamson field.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06

Home rapidly
clothes
goods which
would Section
eted in the charming
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Beware! Unless you see the name
-Bayer" on package or on tablets
you are not getting genuine Aspirin
prescribed by physicians for 81
~ears and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the
Bayer package for Colds, Headache,
Neuralgia. Rheumatism, Earaehe,
Toothache, Lumbago, and for Pain.
Handy tin boxes OF IL Bayer Tab
lets OF Aspirin cost few cents.
Druggists also sell larger packages.
Aspirin is the trade mark Of Bayer
Manufacture OF Monoacetieacideste
a Sehsylt .-[AdvertisementA.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06

As / went down the steps, Lee
came up TO me and thanked me for
my patronage. In pidgin he asked
me to call again and wished me
luck.
From there I went to an opium
farm"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06
THE EASY WAY TO SEW

Is with the Western Electric Portable Sewing
Machine. No pedaling or backache. Just press
lightly on the foot control and electricity runs
the machine They are really inexpensive Let
us show them to you.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06

Simms. in his next story. tells of . trip
through an opium farm. where the drug
is manufactured. in Macao
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06
NOTIONS

We are glad to assist you in making the new
glngham dress, SO placing on sale We'd
nesday all the needed articles for making dress
at very low prices.
]. p. Coats Thread, best six-cord s for 25e
Roberts and "Crowley's" gold-eye
=.
"Carnation" Rust Proof Pins ~ nanep 81
Kohinoor Snaps, IL on card Sc
Sunset Snaps II on card ~
ShearS, they are guaranteed five wears each 79c
belong Hook and Eye, IL on card each Sc
Peari Buttons. with and II on card each 1Oc
RICK Rack, in white and colors $50. bolt 15e
IhIn7bies, nickle- plated, all sizes Sc and 1Oc
ape HHeS ........ 5c
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10
CHANGE TACTICS
COMPOSING OPEN-SHOP CAMPAIGN is FAIL
URE, ANTIUNIONISTS TO RESORT
TO OTHER METHODS
Workers Are to Be Patted On Back and Jolied in The
New Move to Defeat Them

and cry for the "open shop" also was
intended as propaganda to influence
legislation in the states similar to
that adopted in Kansas to tie men to
their jobs. But the propaganda
proved unavailing. Not a single
state followed the lead of disgraced
Kansas. No more abject admission
defeat for an unworthy cause could
be made than that contained in the
report of the committee on industrial
betterment to the national association
of manufacturers. 1t is cry for
help. But the answer will be the
same as that which has been made by
the people to the unfair employers
since the campaign began.
The failure of the campaign to de-
stroy trade unions proves two things,
which are:
First, that the working people
want trade union organization and
will not be driven from it's protection,
and
Second, that trade unionism is fun
damentally right, that it is vital
part of American democracy in action
and that the logic and strength Of its
position are proof against successful
attack
The opportunity seems fitting to
say to the workers of America and
to the employers that the American
Federation of Labor is about to be-
gin a great organizing campaign.
Organization work continues at all
times, but this work is to be intensi-
fed. The message of trade unionism
will be carried to every corner of the
land, to the limit of our power. Its
encouragement and protection will be
offered to the workers everywhere.
Immediately following the Denver
convention it is my purpose to visit
number of cities to encourage the
unorganized to join our movement.
American labor wants the value of
organization to be at the service of
the country, for the sake of the pro-
lection of the workers and for the
sake of the value of organization in
the stimulation, encouragement and
facilitation of production.
The confession of the national as
sociation of manufacturers should be
good news to all thinking persons.
Of no less value will be the redoubled
efforts to broaden and strengthen the
great democratic, constructive, liber-
ty-loving organizations of American
working people.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10
HAMILTON SCHOOL
CHILDREN
May Participate in Shriners'
Big Free Picnic at Ches-
ter if They So Desire

A very busy summer is ahead OF
those who like the variety of enter
tainment features which Chester
Park, Cincinnati's "home of happi-
ness" has to offer. That this is due
to be one of the biggest seasons
Chester has ever had, is indicated by
the fact that the season is booked
solid with outings. There is not a
day during the remainder of the sea-
son which does not have it's one or
more outings scheduled One of the
most interesting of these of the near
future, will be the big picnic which
the Shriners of Cincinnati propose to
give for the children of Cincinnati
and vicinity It will be practically
a three-day affair, starting on Satur-
day, June 25, and continuing through
Sunday and Monday. Thousands of
free ice cream cones, lemonade and
other goodies will be given away by
the Shriners to the children attending
the affair. Ralph A. Tingle, illus
trious potentate, announces that
schools outside of Cincinnati can OBJ
tain tickets for the affair by writing
to him at 301 Gwynn Bldg, Cincin-
mott
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10

FOR FREE SPEECH
Bishop Fought By "Invisble Government" Because Of
His Stand for Just ice is INDICATED

United States is today in the control
of an invisible government" and
that we are in ''reign of commercial
conscience and the rule of the Amer
lean business man." He denounced
the boycott of financial drive of the
Y. w. c. A. by Pittsburgh employers
as one of the "foulest pages in Amer
ica's history"
Big business carried it's grievance
to the diocesan convention in Detroit,
where Bishop Williams related his
principles and again referred to the
employers boycott of the Y. w. C. A.
campaign.
"The challenge is plain" he said.
EITHER the church must abandon the
well-considered, fair and sane mes
sage which she has formulated on So
cial and economic questions and sup
press her proclamation of it, thing
unthinkable for anyone who has a
conscience and convictions, or she
must enlarge and democratize the ba-
sis Of her support so as not to be de-
pendent on or subservient to any
class, high or low; or she must be
content with more meagre support
and restricted operations.
"Her Master was poor and perse-
cuted, but free, and it may be that
He is now calling His church to fol-
low in His footsteps"
Defends Freedom of Speech
Later, at an executive session be-
hind closed doors, after he had offered
his resignation, Bishop Williams said:
"My own choice is made. / must
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10

abide by it. / cannot promise to re-
frain in the future from speaking as
have spoken in the past. But am
not willing to embarrass the diocese
or hinder it's work"
The resolution refusing to permit
Bishop Williams to retire concluded
with the statement that "this con-
vention desires to go on record as
standing unqualifiedly for the Amer
lean right of free speech on the part
of the bishop and the clergy, regard
less of our respective individual
points of view, believing with conf
dence in the ultimate power of the
gospel of Christ and desiring only
that that shall prevail in all the
phases Of our modern life"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10
EAGLES OUTING
Again to Be Held at Fair
Grounds July 4th

The committee in charge of the
Eagles big annual outing announce
that it will again be held at the But
Ter county fair grounds July 4th. The
committee is working hard to make
the event this year surpass any of
those held in former years. And this
will be some job, as the Eagles out
ings have gained the reputation of be-
ing the biggest things Of the kind
held anywhere in the state or sur
rounding states.
Motorcycle races will again be the
big feature attraction for the after
noon. One thousand dollars in purses
will be given the winners of the
events. The 15-mile state champion
ship has been allotted to the 4th of
July events, for which purse of $3.50
is hung up. Many entries are already
in, and it is assured that the fastest
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10
By President Gompers

Confession that the "open shop"
campaign has proved failure was
made public May 16 at the annual
convent ion of the national association
of manufacturers, held in New York.
The committee on industrial better
ment of that organization protested
against the defensive position into
which the members had been forcec
by labor, and plaintively declared:
"a defensive battle is losing bat
tle."
The committee urged that an of
fensive campaign be inaugurated
and that the "open shop" movement
be stimulated by plans for industrial
representation which would bring
about the following result:
"If plans for it's adoption are
wisely introduced industrial represen-
tation should become the most ap-
proved method of dealing with labor.
Such plans could be inaugurated
where members of labor organizat-
tions as we'll as independent workers
are employed"
Having failed by coercive tactics to
force autocracy in industry upon the
workers, the national association of
manufacturers now propose to silence
them by promising few of their
representatives seats on boards of di
rectors of the corporations. This
would be empty honor, indeed. The
hopes and aspirations of labor cannot
be satisfied by the patronizing act of
patting the workers on the back. Sim
cerity of purpose of employers, their
wholehearted interest in their en-
ployes, can be best shown in the con-
tents of pay envelopes. When that is
lacking there can be no encourage
ment for the workers in having rep
resentatives on boards of directors.
Furthermore, such proposal is
to encourage the disorganization of
the organized and prevent organiza
ton of the yet unorganized.
The humiliating confession of de-
feat of the "open shop" campaign Of
ficially corroborates the statements
heretofore made by labor that as the
"open shop" campaign was an un-
American and illogical campaign
conducted to serve greed and special
interests it was impossible for it to
succeed This position has been
maintained by labor since the pro-
fiteering interests first launched their
agitation to enslave labor. The hue
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10

GET 44-HOUR WEEK
Belmar, n. J.-Teamsters and
chauffeurs at this place have secured
the 44-hour week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10

ridersin the country will participate
The big attraction for the evening
will be the fireworks display, which
will cost an even thousand dollars.
The contract for the display has been
awarded the international Fireworks
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10
MILTON SMELLING
President of Engineers
Union, Found Dead i'm

Milton Smelling, president of the
Steam and Operating International
Union, was found dead in his bed in
a hotel at Denver, Colorado, Thurs
day morning. He was in Denver as
delegate to attend the A. F. of l..
convention, which starts its sessions
next week. Mr.. Smelling had quite a
number of friends in Hamilton, hav-
ing visited here number of times on
official business, who regret very much
to hear of his sudden passing away.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-06-10

Efforts of big business to suppress
liberal churchmen who are speaking
out against industrial autocracy are
meeting just the contrary result. The
most recent instance of the refusal of
the church to seal the lips of clergy
men was the action of the diocesan
convention Of the Protestant Episco-
pal church at Detroit, when that body
went on record as "unqualifiedly for
the American right of free speech on
the part of the bishop and the
clergy"
This action was precipitated by the
resignation of Bishop Charles D. Will
liams, of the diocese of Detroit, one
of the best known and most fearless
liberal churchmen in the country,
when he was facing criticism of a
solemn statement of his beliefs con-
cerning the obligations of the church
toward social and industrial prob
lens. The convention refused to con-
slider his retirement and approved res
olutions supporting his right to speak
freely on subjects that have been
declared taboo by the Manufacturers
Association and other organizations
of labor batting employers.
Offended Multi -MilliOnaires
Early in April Bishop Williams
made memorable address before the
aristocratic congregation of the Ca
thedral of St. John the Divine in New
York city. THIS wonderful edifice
was erected with the money of mil
lionaires, including j. P. Morgan.
Bishop Williams declared that the