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spondence reaching Senator'S and men,
bers or Congress to-day.
/ That means the demand will be strong
for rate and wage reduction when Con-
\ 2ress reconvencs, no matter what re-
! suits may follow tho conferences be-
4 tween President Harding and the uem-
\ bers Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Tho announcement Of which
was made at the White House yesterday.
4 4 canvass among Senators to-day
4 disclosed entire unanimity OF sentiment
4 in favor OF rate reductions and almost
unanimous sentiment for wage reduc-
! tions. The thought seems TO be that
! these two should go together. Senators
are keenly interested III the outcome
Of The inquiry which the Interstate
| Commerce Commission is to make as
to the costs of operation Of the roads,
but arc not unanimous in the belief
that the management Is extraNagant
Many in Congress believe the, roads are
suffering from the effects OF Govern
raent operation rather than from eH-
travagant management since the private
owners regained their properties.
Senator Capper Republican tKan.),
who has Just returned from ms state.
reported that farmers will demand the
repeal Of the 81 per cent guaranteed
return to the roads now containe2 in
the present law. Also they are in arms
against the high rates and what they
believe arc unduly high wages. That
feeling about wages is empha sized by
the belief that farmers work harder
than railroad men but at the same time
arc getting no return for their labor.
Senator Sterling, Republican. IS. d..
einphatically asserted that rates are too
high.
Railroads rates must be reduced
said MIR Sterling, "but before rates can
come down, it would seem wages must
be lowered. ! want the men to get
good wages Of course. but the cost of
living is now lower and il seems to
ne not unjust TO have wage reduc-
tions."
Senator Watson flnd.) put wage re-
ductions FIRST in his discussion of the
question. intinatng also that he b.
lieves ratss are TOO high. He criticised
W. G. McAdoo, former Director-Gcneral
Of Railroads. for boosting wages = TOO
high y point
Senator Cunmins feels that before
wages are reduced the railroad execu-
tives should take X up through the rail-
road wage board and not try 10 reduce
wages summartly. He fears this action
would almost certainly initiate strike
movement which men IN Congress ne
iieve ought to be avoided.
The New York herald., 1921-03-31
u. S. CONCILIATOR HOPES
TO AVERT BARGE STRIKE
Second Conference Will Be
Held This Morning.

-. Fred g. Davis. deputy commits
sioncr 81 concliation OF the United
states Department Of Labor. yesterday
held the first Of a sci les Of conferences
with members OF the New England
lsBarge and Towers Associa ton and their
employees in an endeavor to avert a
strike of employees on the ocean going
craft
At the conclusion OF the conference.
held at II Broadway. the boat owners
and employees were still IN a dead
lock over the wage problem but Dr.
Davis said another meeting will oe
held this morning and he is hopeful
for q settlement.
Members Of the conference heard dur
ing the day that the deep water towing
boats. as they reach Norfolk. arc being
tied up and the men arc going out on
strike Thus faI. all men are at wor..
in the New York district. after q rc-
cent one day strike. from which thcy
were recalled when the Department of
Labor offered TO attempt settlement.
hy conference
Two classifications Of wages are In
yolved, 4 nlaxirnum reduction of So
month in the present scale being
asked by the boat owners. Thomas p.
Healy, chairman Of the Atlantic and
Gulf Coast conference. represented the
men and Charles O. Hannah of the
Staples Transportation Company repre-
sented the boat owners
The New York herald., 1921-03-31
STEEL PROFIT SHARE
FOR EFFICIENT men
Il. 5. Corporation Has COM
pensation Plan to Stimu-
late Workers.

Sp.c.Gl Despatch 70 THE NEW YosK HERALD
SHARON. Pa. March 30.--Employees
Of the United states Steel Corporation
viii benefit under new profit sharing
plan just announced. The plan IS TO ac-
cord 10 all employees OF the corporation
and its subsidiaries who by their ability.
indu.try and loyalty have contributed
ii ~ unusual degree to the success of
the corporation participation II the
plohts OF the corporations az special
compensation for such contribution and
thus 10 stimulate = continuance of tie
same
The corpol alton IN February Of each
,ear win set aside a portion Of the net
proflts Tor the preceding calender year
as such profits shall be aseertained and
declared by the board OF directors.
When the net profits of the preceding
wear exceed s1010Ooo00, but do not eA-
ceed sl5o, 900. 900. the amount set aside
for the employees shall be per cent.
Of such net profits; when the net profits
exceed sl50,00o,0o0 and do not exceed
500 1000 the amount set aside shall be
5000 q q 600 ~ per cent. will he set aside.
No amount shall be set aside when the
net profits FOR the preceding year do
not exceed Slt0.ooo.0oo.
Any employee who has worked for the
corporation Tor a year OF more viii be
entitled 10 share III the distribution Of
tho Sund.
The fund will he distributed oy CONF
m.ttce Of three stockholders 70 be
elected for that purpose at the annual
meeting Of the corporation. The deci-
sions Of this committee shall be final
No person OF employee shall be entitled
to share in the fund who has not, il
the judgment or the members or the
committee, rendered services which have
contributed to an unusual degree TO the
success Of the corporation.
This distribution will be made wholly
Ia cash, or partly Ill cash and partly ~
common or preferred stock. as the COM
rnittee shah determine.
The New York herald., 1921-03-31
COURT ORDERS HALT
OF UNION PICKETING
EnioinS Amal@amated Cloth
inc Workers From Action
Against Two.i'ilm>.

Supreme Court Justice Van S'clon in
brooklyn yesterday issued temporary
injunction to Schwartz & Jaffee, Inc.
clothing manufacturers at the Bush Ter
miral. restraining the Analsamated
Clothing Workers of America from acts
OF Intimidation. ncluCans picketing'
which would interfere with the COM
pany's Business The court found from
sfiids vi5s presented that picleting as
praetised was wholly illegal and shouid
be suppressed" There has been =
strike at the plant since last December.
As practically the same state Of facts
existed in the case OF Samuel W. Peck
& 90. large clothing manufacturers.
in WILLIAMSBURG. Justice Van Siclen
granted temporary injunction 10 that
concern. also against the Amalgam mated.
Both firms are seeking heavy dam
ages from the union.
Tie union denied responsibility for
violence attributed to pickets and others.
charged lock OUT and asserted an
attempt on the part OF the plaintiff 70
destroy the Amalgamsted
In his decision Justice Van Siclen
said that from 1914 labor had forced
conditions upon capital which were op-
pressive. Now, and perhaps for a
will be on the side OF capital, which in
turn will force upon labor contracts
equally oppressive and exclusive as 10
union or organized workers. II will be
seen that At no time Is there what may
be termed tie true open shop
~ peculiar slant Of the whole sttua
ton is that the worker or to-day may
become the master Of to-morrow--from
the radical 10 the conservative by mere
change Of circumstances and position.
Nevertheless. there will be no change Of
relationship. When capital has the upper
hand it will continue to grind down
labor. and when labor IS in the ascend
ant it viii in turn continue to harass.
cheat and seek 10 either control or de-
stroy capital Neither at any time is
willing to give the duid pro quo. and the
never ccasing conflict goes on
There can be no real solution of the
problem. as old as our civilization, I'M
less tho Foundation therefor is esta b.
lished By law. Labor. labor unions or
organized labor have their place and
use. Capital and organization thereof,
likewise. But both must be made to
know and 10 keep their respective proper
places and Use by Law. 70 change only
BY the ever huctua ting force Of supply
and demand. Such medium would
prevent both extreme conservation or
autocracy and extreme radicalism or
Sovi tism.''
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p. p. C..
Facts
eNsesosne
s|Ss'e

The astonishing development
of machinery during the last half
century has presented problems
of fabrication no less complicated
than its crowding mechanical and
engineering problems.
The Vacuum Oil Company has
been specializing in the manu-
facture of high-grade lubricants
for SIS years. Their consistent
policy has been TO discover and
make known the correct grade
of oil for every lubricating re-
quirement. AS a result, they
may be said to have paved the
way for an era Of greater me-
chanical efficiency.
AS printers for the Vacuum Oil
Company, P. P. c. claims only
the distinction Of service. We
are in the habit Of dealing with
large corporations who take for
granted that our printing pro-
duction is an exact and de-
pcndable item.
Publishers Printing Company
200 West 25th Street
Telephone Chelsea 7S40
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4S HOUR
LEAGUE ORGANIZED
Book and Job Printers Meet
in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI Ohio, March S0.-One
hundred and seventy delegates re-
presenting 5,034 book and job printing
shops from all sections Of the country
here to-day organized the Forty eight
Hour League Of America--a national
organization ot employing printers
operating both closed and o5en shops
Resolutions were passed unanimously.
pledsirg thu. al shops represented Is
the association absolutely refuse t. ac-
cede 10 any demands from any labor
union, at. any time. TO operate their
shops on the basis OF 4 work week of
less than forty-eisht hours.
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LOWER R. R. RATES
AND WAGES URGED

contjaneG ron, rast Pcgc
The New York herald., 1921-03-31

Spf,i0i Bcapatci r. THE NEw NoEK HEsN.n.
CHICAGO, March 30.-Forty- thou
sand employees Of the lntcrna ional
Harvester Company throughout the
United States will be called upon Friday
OF this week 70 submit 10 . wage cut Of
from ; TO 20 per cent. effective on that
day. according to the latest announce
ment
The Harvester Companys wage re-
duct.on programme. worked out after a
comprehensive survey of business con
ditions. plans the dismissal OF hur dreis
Of moro recent employees. and the an
nouncement says The wage cuts viii af-
feet every one from the president and
other executives to the Office boy
Employees who received the/ largest
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HARVESTER co. TO CUT PAY
OF 5000 MEN TOMORROW
Reductions of to 20 Per Cent Include Every En-
pioyee of the International From President to
Office Boy-No Shutdown Contemplated.

increases during the world war; regard
less of their 'elsth of service. are 10 re-
ceive the maximum wage cuts under
the new order. while employees who
have largo families or whose wages adj
vanced only slightly during. the war
period viii receive the minimum cuts.
Statirg thst the Harvester Company
labor cost ROW represents $50 OF every
Sleo taken III. the announcement SAYS
many of the employees who have been
working only four days each week will
be put back on FUN time. No general
shutdown of the International Harvester
Company's plants OF May ! is contem-
plated. members of the board of diree-
tors said to-day The wage cuts which
90 into effect Friday. April !. are ahso-
lrtely the last word IN any reconstruc-
ton plans the company entcrtains.
The New York herald., 1921-03-31
MUST CUT EXPENSES
OR BOOST RAIL RATES
Citizens Committee Reports
on Situation in Maine.

AUGUSTA. Me. March S0--A 10 per
cent increase In railroad rates is in
evitablc unless tho roads can reduce ex-
penses, says the plcnaiy report Of spe-
cial citizens committee appointed By
Gov Baxter 20 confer on the railroad
situation in this section with similar
bodies representing the other New Eng
land states. The report was filed here
to-day.
Conviction that "the whole burden OF
the hour should not fall upon the en-
ployee is expressed b. the committee.
which adds. however. that some read
justment Of the wage schedule and
working conditions could be under
taken"
- 10 per cent advance in rates would
The New York herald., 1921-03-31
BRASS FIRM CUTS WAGES.

.ANsoNlA. conn, March 30-- announce
mont of wace reductions was made b.
the American Brass Company to-day,
following conferences With shop com
nittees from tho local mills. J. cut .ol
~ per cent. is e be made u salaries
sud III piece WORK rates. Employees
working on an hourly basis will have
their wages reduced five cents an hour.
The New York herald., 1921-03-31

undoubtedly restrict passenger trave.
and 10 some extent the movement Of
freight" the report continues II would
undoubtedly cause some further diver
sion OF freight 10 motor trucks, causing
additional damage to the highways con-
structed and maintained by the STATE
and its several municipalities. Thus ths
resulting loss to the railroads might fail
IN large measure upon the state itself.
The New York herald., 1921-03-31
8 HOUR WORK. DAY LOST II n. G

VICTORIA. =. g., March 30.-A proposed
amendment 10 the coal regulation act
calling for a miners working day Of
six hours instead OF eight has been de-
feated in the Legislature.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

state an even chance. This is the
most practical. the most equitable,
and the most economic way in which
to do this.
Special Committee of X. E. A.
"Unless this amendment is adopt
ed our hands are tied and educa-
tional progress in Kentucky is then
doomed to be exceedingly low"
Endorsed by:
Kentucky Educational Associa-
ton.
Kentucky Division of American
Legion.
Federated Women's Clubs oi
Kentucky.
Kentucky Farm Bureau.
Kentucky Parent Teachers As
sociation.
Vote for the amendment tina
equalizes educational opportunitie.
in Kentucky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25
South Dakota.

The above article we take from
the Times Herald, o newspaper Of
distinction, edited and published by
William T. Harrison, brief mention
of whom appears in the article with
out the use of his name. We called
up Mrs. Pattie Thompson and it was
q pleasure to her to talk of the boy
who came for miles to attend the
Presbyterian Sunday school and to
be with the class of which Mrs.
Thompson was teacher That was
long ago and the then little boy has
grown to be man, not only man
by name, but the real imam who
gives passing events and dissent
mates thoughts for the best inter-
ests and the uplift of the people. To
thus develop the boy into the man,
ike unto Editor Harrison, is labor
well spent for which rewards are
held in store. Referring to the
leadership OF the ever living, though
having passed the great divide, Rev.
William Keller and DIR. Is. McElroy
as pastors of the Southern Presby-
terrain church. carries us way back
in memories, some of JOY and others
of sadness, Mrs. Thompson con
tinues to labor and work In her
church and D. B. Garrison, editor }:
many years past. in the State Of
Washington, cheering and teaching
the way of life more perfectly and
Editor Hedden continues to guide
the pen in efforts to enlighten and
to urge TO action. We thank the
brilliant young editor for his kinds
mention and wish for him a good
share Of joys in his chosen work al
Hot Springs.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25
NOT POSSIBLE

When a lady who was burning
up the road" on the boulevard, was
overtaken by a traffic officer and
motioned to stop, she Indignantly
asked: w
"What do you want with met"
"You were running forty miles an
hour" answered the officer.
"Forty miles an hour9 Why
officer, l haven't been out an hour"
said the lady. A.
"Go ahead" said the officer.
"That is a new one on me-.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25
e Rosslyn .
Vina Benningfield, Correspondent |"
Rosslyn

Mrs. Mabel Skribner, of st. Louis,
was here last week visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Morgan Wireman.
Miss Bette Boone, of Stanton, a
teacher at Xena School, was a week
end guest of her friend, Vina Ben
ningfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Kinkead, OF
Furnace, were here last week visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Lowe.
Matt Benningfield has been very
low at his home here with rheu.
matism.
II. S. Martin, of Client, was here
Sunday for Sunday school and Wis
tied at the home of Miss LYDIA +
James.
George Billings. of Furnace, was
here Sunday calling at the home OF
his old time friend, Miss Gladys
Lowe.
Miss Iva Clair was taken to hos
pital Monday to be operated on fol
appendicitis.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25
ynom THE BLUE GRASS LANDS

William Ryan, of Mount Sterling,
Kentucky, arrived in Hot Springs on
last Friday for a months vacation
and rest up and to look after val
liable ranch down in the Smithwick
section of Fall River county, where
alfalfa grows three crops the sea-
son into money from the richest of
Nay feeds.
Mr.. Ryan comes from the town
that was the writer's adopted town
for few years IN his early youth,
when the Presbyterian church was
looked after by the Rev. DR.. Kellar
"a the Rev. /. s. McElroy and il
was, in this church and Sunday
kool that the writer learned by
hard strokes the early idea that to
be a full fledged Presbyterian one
should know the shorter Catechism,
a book with a hundred and seven
questions that were as hard to mem
orize as any thing that youth ever
attempted; and it was to the great
credit Of a good woman, Mrs. Pattie
Thompson. our Sunday school teach
err, that the book became known
from front to back cover.
Mt Sterling. in those days, was
known as the Eastern gateway to the
famous Blue Grass section of Ken
lucky, and such brilliant editors as
J. w. Hedden and d. B. Garrison,
and others, were dishing out the edi-
torials and sacred truth items each
week that happened in the live berg
known to the four winds as Mount
Sterling.
Mr.. Ryan was in Hot Springs
some years ago and he stated to the
: Times Herald his ranch is not for
sale and its location is the best that
could be desired. Mr.. Ryan is one
of the live wires Of his town and his
success in life is known because the
1origiral hustle is active day and
night in his Eastern and Western ac-
Invites. Shines Herald. Hot Springs
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25
Give all the Children
Of Ky. A Square Deal

promote, as an object of pri-
mary Importance, institutions for
the general diffusion Of knowledge.
In proportion as the structure Of a
government gives force to public
opinion, it is essential that public
opinion should be enlightened"
Geo. Washington
Amendment No. 2-What II Means!
The law provides that every Ken
lucky child between the ages of six
and eighteen shall be privileged to
attend school for not less than six
months each year; that the school
house. including the site, furniture
and apparatus, shall have prop
erty value of not less than one hun
dred and fifty dollars; that each
schoolhouse shall have a certain
floor space one or more fire places
or. stoves, q teachers desk and a
chair, seats with backs for the chill
dren, blackboard, a water stand,
map of the world, map of the
United States. and county map Of
Kentucky; and that for each school
building there shall be provided two
suitable sanitary outhouses for the
two sexes: and that for each school
there shall be employed one or more
competent teachers at minimum
salary of $75 per month. These
items constitute a legal school of
Kentucky. Is the building too costlyq
Is the equipment too elaborate? Is
the term too long? Is the salary Of
the teacher too high? Is there a
child in all Kentucky that is not en-
titled to a school of even these poor
pretensions7 Yet, thousands of our
children do not have even such a
school as this.
How the Schools are Supported and
Maintained
The entire revenue for our schools
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The entire revenue for our schools
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

and the funds raised by county taxa
.tion, sometimes but seldom, supple
mented by subdistrict tax. The
amount of the school fund is di-
vided by the number of children Of
school age in the entire state, and
the quotient is the per capita. The
number of children in each county is
multiplied by this per capita, and
this determines the amount that each
county receives from the state
school fund. Each county must levy
q school tax of not less than 25c
and of not more than soc upon each
one hundred dollars worth of tax
allie property. All the money de-
rived from the 25c levy must be used
in supplementing teachers salaries
until the minimum salary of $75 per
month has been reached. These two
sums, the sum received from the
state and the sum raised by county
taxation, constitute for each county
the county school fund.
In more than one-third of the
counties in the state the county
school fund is not sufficient to
maintain for all the children in the
county a legal school as described
above. In these counties the school
fund must he increased by approx
imatley 100000 before a legal
school can be provided for every
child. In all these counties already
the maximum school tax is levied.
Where Can We Find Funds?
(a) We could increase the county
tax rate. To raise the needed funds
it would be necessary to levy a pro-
hibitive tax in these counties. The
burden of taxation would thus be-
come so onerous as to defeat its
very purpose. To increase the school
tax rate in these counties would he
the worst possible way to raise the
money.
(b) We could raise the state tax
rate and provide that the increase
should be devoted to schools. This
is 10th unwise in policy and un-
necessary.
(c) We must adopt the second
amendment that will release 10 per
cent of the state school fund that
We can use in helping these counties
to maintain n legal school.
The Benefits!
Will the adoption of this amend
ment injure any county in the state
by decreasing the state aid that
county receivess
II will not Next years per capita
ought not to be less than the per
capita of this year, even though 10
per cent of the school fund be dis
tributed on some other than a per
capita basis. The assessed valua-
ton of property in Kentucky has
been increased. This will increase
the state school fund. Ninety per
cent of this increased fund win
easily equal 100 per cent of the fund
for the wears that are Just back Of
us, so that the. per capita need not
be lowered because of the adoption
Of the amendment Ten per cent of
the school fund will amount to
something more than 100000. This
10 per cent must be. used for the
maintenance of the public schools
and for no other purpose; not even
the legislature could provide for its
use for any other purpose. The
amendment simply proposes that the
Legislature shall have the power to
distribute this sum in such a way
that a legal school can be provided
for the children in every county in
the state, It is the states sacred
obligation to provide for all the chill
II dren of all the people In all the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

Kids are not so well behaved
these days as they used to he. Maybe
the reason is because the modern
bad boy gets slap on the wrist
while the old fashioned bad boy
used to get a buggy trace on the
seat of his pants.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

The Indiana man who tried to get
married on a hunters license was
perhaps trying to find out if his
bride was game.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

The correct way to spell it is
c-h-i-g-o,e, hut you always pro-
nounce it chigger when one Of them
gets to biting you.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

The Bryan Properties-Two hand
some homes and building lots-at
public auction next Saturday after
noon. Come and buy yourself good
residence. 90-2t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

If some way can be devised to
make it fashionable to work in the
garden, the cost of living will begin
TO go down.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

1t is often too hot to have COM
pany, but lots Of people never think
it is too hot to go visiting.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-08-25

Strange as it may seem a man
can always make hit with woman
by saying he misses her.