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The labor world., 1921-01-15

In the current number Of the Fed
erationist, Mr.. Gompers tells Of the
purpose Of the visit of Mr.. Herbert
Hoover to the meeting Of the executive
council Of the A. F. Of L., which caused
so much guessing in the public press.
He says of the conference:
1.-THE discussion that took place be-
tween these men in the executive coun-
Gil room at Federation headquarters
was interesting and covered practi-
cally the whole present economic sit
uation. The purpose which animated
tho executive council in bringing it
about wass<to secure the new ensi-
neering point Of view and to hold
counsel with engineering spokesmen
concerning the outlook for tho imme-
diate future. q .
1.-THE ideal Of voluntary helpfulness
has been uppermost in: tho practice
Of the American Federation Of Labor
from the day of its birth and there
was no departure from the established
course in this event. Perhaps, be-
cause there was 80 little to say about
the conference, the newspapers said
q great deal. The upshot of all this
was to prove that some newspaper
writer's have good imaginations, while
others have poor ones poorly directed.
However, there is something to be
said in connection with this confer
ence. Such discussions have4been In
[]PkeeEse6 foe mora than sesA q
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of them do have: the ability and the
character to accord to labor full credit
for sincerity and for understanding
and great numbers OF. them are ardent
~ desirous Of, pooling their thought
and effort with the thought and effort
Of whosoever may be seeking with in
telligence and honesty to in some de-
gree moderate the injustices in indus
try and develop democratic thought in
industry. Those who have that spirit
have the spirit that has always found
an expression in the ranks Of labor.
To such the men and women of labor
will always 60 for Interchange Of
thought and for the joining Of hands
in. 20 far az may be possible. for the
good Of ALL
''But let: 1t bs repeated upon every
occasion, to those who seek to 70
backward, to those who seek by re-
,duction Of wages or by antagonism to
the unions OF labor, to those who seek
by whatsoever means to restore the
weakening grip Of autocracy ii indus
try. there must be and there win be
every possible legitimate opposition on
the part Of labor. Labor Is for prog
}ress. for the greatest good. FOR. the
greatest number, for the Development
and the growth Of democracy. Labor
IL against the rule Of iron and It 10
against the rule lof machines 1t Is
3 Tor humanity. because e 80 human.
I4bor q Tor going onward and upward,
Z = - hsis {,
The labor world., 1921-01-15
Law DON'T. HELP:
LAb0RERS AS IT:
:D0ES'EM||PL | LOVERS 5
Kansas Industrial Court Holds
Flour Mills Did Not Shut :
Down to Boost Prices.

s:Kansas Touring mills have not sus-
pended operations for the purpose of
restricting production and increasing
prices of flour, the Industrial court has
ruled in an appeal to it made by en-
ployes who have been deprived of their
jobs. AS though. to minimize court
DEGREES that "skilled and faithful
craftsmen in Kansas industries must
receive a living wage. The implica-
ton is that If employers are unable
to operate their plants prof1tably it is
not necessarily the fault Of the work.
ers, who must be taken care Of during
periods of Industrial stagnation.
1.-THE people of Kansas" says the
courts decree, "have declared by leg
1slative act that workers engaged in
this (milling) industry shall at all
times receive q fair wage and have
healthful and moral surroundings. In
tho reduction Of the hours Of opera
ton, therefore, the millers should be
very careful and solicitous concerning
the matter Of labor. Skilled and faith
full employees should be given such
treatment as will enable them during
the period of limited production to
support themselves and families
The court finds that some employees
Of the mills are paid a, monthly rate
whether or not they are regularly en-
ployed and suggests that this rule
should be generally recognized In all
the mills of the state. 1T ts," says
the decree, necessary to the promo
ton Of the general welfare that skilled
and faithful workers should always
be available for these industries which
so vitality affect the living condition
Of all the people" -.
The question was brought before the
court to determine whether the indus
trial court was cutting both ways in
industrial issues. It has ruled that
workers cannot refuse to work when
such refusal tends to restrict produc-
ton and affect the living condition of
the people. and the workers sought to
learn whether employees may without
interference curtail production to the
same end.
OF course. <he employers under the
courts decision may do whatever they
wish.
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merce," has been more than law; It
has been guide-post around which
thought has crystallized. a beacon
leading onward.
If one thing has appeared to fix
Itself more firmly than, another in the
minds Of leading engineers 1t to the
idea Of consultation, Of treating work.
ers as human units, entitled to that
consideration and consultation which
men and women, In their full stature.
have a right to expect and which form
the heart and core Of democracy. -;
That is an abstract Of the back
ground as it was when the executive
council discussed the situation with
Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Wolfs. In the
foreground lay an Industrial prospect
that still gives cause fAr deep con-
Germ. It's main outlines have been
widely discussed. They embrace the
plans Of the more reactionary figures
Ia our industrial and political life,
looking toward the undermining ofthe
trade union movement through the
campaign for the miscalled open shop.
the enactment ofsrestrictive and coer-
Give legislation, the creation Of state
tribunals 80 al. to form 9 political arbt-
trainent in the political realm Of
industry; and In addition to this the
grave possibility sof. curt ailment Of pros
zduction on >ths part OF employers
through the closing sor partial closing
sof industrial estab blishments and
ann seel |11et1 e
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fact there has been discussion at every
point where the representatives of
labor could find those who seriously
wished to join in interchange Of views
for the advancement Of the masses of
our people and for their greater pro-
: lection and freedom.
There was a time when the en-
cheering profession viewed the prob
lems Of labor from a viewpoint that
made helpful conference impossible
That was when Taylorism was ram
pant and when the stop-watch and
the tape-measure were the symbols of
cult thai dominated great part
of engineering thought. ~.
1.-THE departure Of most engineers
from that old concept l ono of the
most hopeful signs Of progress and
greater freedom. The more thorough
members Of the engineering profess
sion have discarded the called "effi-
ciency'' idea. The Taylor: society, too,
has marched past the thought Of its
founder Labor's well grounded soppo-
ation, its instructive recon from the
enslavement Of q scheme founded on
wrong principles, has been well gsus-
tained by science, though science
seemed slow to come abreast Of truth
In this case. 6. 3D.. e. =
Engineers are giving broad recog-
milton today to the human side Of the
equation. The language OF the Clayton
act, the labor Of q human being Il
[2Qt z seRaaad r eE= aEt1elp saf COM
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a
1T needs no prophet to foretell the
distress and the turmoil that must fol-.
low tho development OF a program 30
full Of reaction and 80 rooted In an.
unreasoning desire to throttle and de-
stroy the organisations Of labor.
"The labor movement has realized
from the outset that as soon as the
restraint OF war necessity was removed
tho wolves would again come, forth,
with fresh determination and flushed
with the gains Of the war period in
tho shape Of exorbitant and tll-gotten
profits. It has realized that IL the
country were to be saved from serious.
consequences, due to just resentment
against the ,unjustices which reaction
planned to impose, reaction must be
prevented from bringing it's plans TO
contamination. It = ever the strategy
Of labor to thwart reaction by reason
II possible. but to bring to bear In any,
event every proper effort to, defeat the
purposS Of those who might seek to
1nfict wrong and injustice and unfree-
dom upon the masses Of. the people.
UT will be q mistake for anyone to
suppose that engineers are possessed
Of 4 magic power. They wave no;
wand and they work no miracles. Nor
are all Of them even 20 much % In
with the movement Of the
workers But great numbers OF them
do have s keen appreciations of the
= r. 9llpbssl )!lI
The labor world., 1921-01-15

International Association Of Macnsts Makes Complaint to H.
terstate Commerce Commission; Cost Of Repair Work
viii Be Greatly Increased at Expense Of Public.

WASHINGTON, D: g. Jan 49, Railroad companies ''mik
ing the national treasury of threequarters of billion dollars this
yea manipulating the funds campaign drive the rail
road unions out OF business according petition filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission by W. et Lauck for the nterna
tonal Association Of Machnsts ..~.-
In the petition, made public here tonight Mr. Lauck behalf
William Johnston president of the machnss organization Of
100000 asks for immediate inquiry which shippers and
farmers expected to join.
petition charges that big carriers especially a
lated financial way with j. p Morgan & Co., closing their
repair Shops throwing thousands of work
locomotive and freight repair work. rates to large
companies which railroad capitalists or banking
heavily interested More than thirty thousand
already have lost their jobs under this plan and return to the
shops only upon surrendering their union cards.
Railroad Managers Hope to Break Up Unions.
In this fashion, charged railroad hope to send
the unions the rocks and charge the bill to the public through
taxation the subsidies by the federal
by maintaining high rates shippers and the travelling
public
This drive workers the railroad shops Mr. Lauck charges
but phase Of the which has for its real
object disruption Of all legitimate labor organizations and
union agreements Evidence of it's has been disclosed he
points out by: . .-. -.
The wreck Of the erchurch World Movement because
dared to advocate collective bargaining the United States
The labor world., 1921-01-15
SUFFRAGE SWEEPS ASIDE
LAWS RESTRICTING WOMEN

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 13.-rhe
adoption Of the nineteenth amend
ment to the federal constitution has
swept aside every statutory and COM
mon law prohibition against women
holding public office in this state, &C.
cord1ng to a ruling by Attorney Gen.
eral Alter.
THE obligations and duties resting
upon women as voters" said the at
torney general, "are precisely the
same as those in the-case of men, and
a rational construction Of our laws
leads to the conclusion that the privi-
leges Of citizenship should be meas
ured%by the same standard for both"
The labor world., 1921-01-15
VOICE:
MANAGEMENT
Railroad, Workers Threaten t
Strike Unless Premise Of
Government Is Kept.

LONDON, England. Jan. ia ma
tion-wide railroad strike~1s possible
If promises made to these employees
are not kept, is the prediction by J.
H. Thomas, secretary Of the National
Union of Railwaymen. When the
last strike was settled, the govern
ment promised the men they would
be given a voice In the management
of the roads. Next August the gov
ernment's control Of the roads comes
to an end and the question of sue
ceeding system has not been settled.
The companies have let it be known
that any scheme of future manage
ment must not infringe on their abso-
lutte control, but they are willing that
the employees make suggestions. The
associated chambers of commerce has
rushed to the rescue of the roads and
assert that no railway worker should
be on the board Of directors Of a road
unless she is elected by the directors.
Influential and nberai minded
newspapers are not in sympathy with
thu railroads position. The Manches-
ter Guardian says: "Only when the
railway companies have proved their
case, as we'll as asserted it, will public
opinion support them."
The labor world., 1921-01-15
COMPANY UNION: (
REVIVED after
n. Y. EXPOSURE
Bethlehem Workers Had Almost
Forgotten Il Until Mr. Grace
Testified at at:Inqul|y,

BETHLEHEM. Pa, Jan. 13.-Mr.
Grace Of the Bethlehem Steel company
has reminded employees that there is a
company union" in his plant. The
workers had almost forgotten this
"union," which Is composed Of strike
breakers employed during the steel
strike. Mr.. Grace, referred: to- his
union" when he explained in New
York why his concern refuses to sell
to contractors who employ union
labor. -.
During tho war several attempts
were made to establish collective bar
gaining at the Bethlehem plant. The
national war labor board suggested a.
plant and the workers asked that q
clause be included whereby disputed
points between them and the company
could be referred to the United States
secretary Of labor. The company re-
fused to acknowledge that the plan
had any jurisdiction in it's plant and
failed to appoint arbitration or con-
citation boards. When the mon
Joined the steel strike on September
20. 1919, the company threw out the
war labor board plan, blacklisted prac-
tically every committeeman the men
had elected and put into effect their
own plan. Committeeman from the
strikebreakers have been in charge Of
the company "union'' since that time.
Only the strikebreakers, petty boss
es, the management and it's publicity
agents are Interested in this union"
which makes conditions Of the workers
worse than t. no union" existed. Now,
If the workers form a. 100 per cent
bona fide union and present grievances
they are told that they must; act
through "the duly elected committees
Of tho company plan" z: =
All Of the steel mills in ,thi. vicinity
that have announced wage reductions
have the same company ''union" plan.
These representatives are called into
the company office and told that q
wage reduction Is necessary. The
Representatives. Of the workers agree
and then the company issues a. public
statement on the establishment OF de-
>mocracy and the cordial relations be-
tween employer and employed at that
plant.
The Bethlehem has used this meth
cd In its 20 per cent wage reduction
just announced. =,
The labor world., 1921-01-15
CENSUS :.
UNEMPLOYED ]
U.s. Employment Service About.
Completes Count Of Idle
Workers In U. s.

:. WASHINGTON, Jan. IA Results
Of a nationwide unemployment CEN
s,ls being taken by the United States
employment service today were await
ed with keen interest by capital and
labor alike. -
Director John b. Densmore plans to
announce the result this week.
One estimate, the largest yet made,
is that It will show 3,000,000. Others
range a. low AZ 100000.
Publication Of official unemploy-
ment census Is expected to have a
far-reaching influence in the industrial
world In connection with wage cutting
and the movement to establish the
open shop.
Some Of the nations biggest en-
ployers are expected to have some
thing to say about the situation at a
congress Of employers in Chicago Jan
uary ~ to which Judge Gary and other
employers, have been invitedA This
congress is being looked to by officials
here as the first definite move in the
campaign for the. open shop. Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers and other Off,
cials OF the American Federation OF
Labor are planning to keep in touch
with it. ~~
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MORE idle W0R[axFRS 0[a!, r! IN COUNTRY
Since bUS|Nft' S. - !! 1907
Opening Of 1927 Shows 2325000 Unemployed in U. s.; Is
Greatest Slump in Years; Outlook Gloomy; Congress Falls
to Grasp Seriousness Of Situaton Plays Politics.
By CLINT e. HOUSTON.

There enforced unemployment in States
during the first week of the than
of 1907 To obtain reliable informative data on the st
on talked with officials Of the Department of Labor the American
of Labor and the railroad organizations All agree
industrial conditions applied
tim: Immediately preceding the The slump hit
be idle factories mills and shops continue closed for
longer
Dawn of the New Year the Bowey in New York
happy Fifteen hundred hungry sany clad and sh
erng the cold lined receive each handout Of frugal
free meal This typical of lines to be other
cities where unemployment is aggravated.
Estimate of Unemployed.
From the data gathered have conservavey the fol-
lowing figures the approximate number Of unemployed January
s. 1921 in the various divisions Of industry named
Building 100000; automobiles 250000; textiles 225 900; cloth
ng 100000 railroads. 200000 steel and ron 100000 shipping
12oo food products 100000 metal trades
75OOO mnng 5OOO0 ship building $4,000; rubber $4,000
shoes leather 500 printing 50000 casual abore 5000
total, 2325O00.
This larger than fight to make the
world democracy and better place which work and
live.''
Marched With Pershng.
Thousands unemployed marched the front General
The labor world., 1921-01-15
CHURCH VlSE'To
.ANTI-u|laonSTS u
Council Of Churches Of Christ
Assai| ''0pen Shop Policy
Of labor's Enemies.

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-The 'open"
shop is closed to members of labor
unions and is an attempt to crush or
ganized labor. +
The above, summarizes the views Of
the commission on church and special
service Of the Council il the Churches
Of Christ In america, pn the present
activity of anti-un1on employers. The
council consists Of 81 evangelical bod
les, and has issued a statement voic-
ing ..'the representative Protestant
view of the open shop drive" which,
it declares, is "in thorough accopd
with the recent utterances Of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Council
''The relation between employers
and workers throughout the United
States" says the commission" are
seriously affected at this moment by
q campaign which is being conducted
for the open shop polfcy-the So
called American plan Of employment.
These terms are now being frequently
used to designate establishments that
are definitely anti-union. Obviously,
a shop Of this kind is not an open
shop, but I closed shop-closed
against members of labor unions.
1--WE feel impelled to call public
attention to the fact that q very wide-
spread impression exists that the pres
ent open shop campaign is inspired
in many quarters by this antagonism
to union labor. Many disinterested
persons are convinced that an attempt
is being made to destroy the organ
tempt must be viewed with apprehen-
sion by fair minded people"
The labor world., 1921-01-15
NORWAY RAILROAD STRIKE
BRINGS OUT ALL WORKERS

cHR1sTIAN1A, Jan. 1s.-Refusal
OF the government to accept volun-
ltary arbitration to adjust grievances
caused strike on the Norwegian
state railroads. The strike Is complete
and comprises all workers except sta
ton masters. It is estimated that
more than $4,000 employees are d.
rectly affected. The strikers are dis
tributed among three organizations,
two Of which are affiliated with the
Norwegian Confederation Of Trade
Unions. The government IL maintain
ing mail service with the aid Of motor
cars.
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TO AMEND LABOR Law.

SEATTLE, Jan. 13.-Representa-
ttves Of employers and employed
formed committee in this city to
recommend changes in the state in
dustrial insurance act to the state leg
islature. President Short Of the state
federation Of labor headed the work.
ers' delegation. Members of the state
Industrial commission assisted the
conferees.
The labor world., 1921-01-15

WILSON'S: veto STOPS u.
: :'LooTING OF: RAILROADS:

President Wilson has vetoed the
resolution passed by ,Oohgress sus-
pending Section 10 Of the Clayton
antitrust act in it's application IT, a
certain form of railroad graft and
looting. .. ,
Under this section t1s' railroads
are forbidden to purchase equip
ment or supplies Of any kind from
concerns owned by railroads., or I'm
which their officers " sdiroctors
have q financial interest, without
first calling for competitive bids
under rules and regulations to be
prescribed by the Interstate Com.
merce Commission.
The law was enacted six years
ago to end the graft which had
been brazenly practiced by railroad
officials for many years, but It's
enforcement had been deferred on
various pretexts. Taking advan-
tage of this, railroad companies:
both before and aftsr the roads
were returned to their5Private owns
ers, had been fsrmiE out their
repair work and cont1 scting at ex-.
orbitant prices for Sppplies with
corporations owned b "insiders." 3
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ADOPT EIGHT.HOUR DAY.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 15.-De-
spite storms Of protest by manufacture
ing interests, the city, commissioners
have voted that hereafter eight hours
shall be the basic work day for NUM-
cipal employees. r
The labor world., 1921-01-15
FAVOR OHIO LABOR LAW.

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. 1s.-
Trade unio1ists-in this state will urge
tho legislature to adopt the Oh'o prin-
ciple Of workmen's compensation,
which debars private liability concerns
from doing business in that state.
The labor world., 1921-01-15

Play fair-spend union earned money
for union-labeled products. 81
The labor world., 1921-01-15

Get the habit Of asking for the
union label, card and button.
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MR.. MERCHANT

LAS it occurred 70 you that thi. paper goes
I into the homes Of the best paid working.
men in Duluth and surrounding territory
It 10 carefully perused by, every adult mem.
ber Of the household. There 10 no better ad-
vertisine medium anywhere.
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-22

The Loundsville High school tootha n
team will hold a lengthy practice s"~-
zion this evening on tho Fifth street
ball grounds IN preparation FOR their
game Saturday at New Aartinsvi,ls
with tho Magnolia H eleven. The 10
calls are IN tP-top form and expect 70
take the New Martinsv!lls lads over N
fns form
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-22
MOUNDSVILLE
MOUNDSVILLE
N0uNDSv|LLE'S MAYOR CONDUCTS
POLICE COURT BY TELEPHONE

John Ingram. who attended N" Elks'
convention q, Caar'~st, " Va. re-
turned 10 their hom-s Wednesday.
Mrs rhtNp KarcH"r. az New Mata-
moras O.. who has hHSu The A"e~ts az
49, son NJ md NJ g. ka-the-. IN
Wheeling. Is nov to guest II NJ and
Mrs. Roy karch"~ oa Grant avenue
Mrs. II. J. Can e very serious ~ at
her home on oak avenue.
Mrs NJ r. Arm. WI" ms been quite III
At her home on Eleventh street with a
weeks. - much better.
James 4 MAY. a. i';:sbur Sh. was
hero on bushes, Wednesday.
Miss leviua HIEEs OF Tenth street
Was tho CUES: Of friends on Wheeling
Is land Wednesday.
Miss Ruth HaSer. o, Fifth street has
a. her house guest Miss Eva Ruckman.
% Columbus -.
Mrs. Henry Gcr'aE. who has heen mo
guest Of hrr ra'h-r. ! +. Francis. on
Fifth street. returned 20 her home Mt
Colum eus ., Wednesday,
Miss Mimi. Kcvscr formerly Of mi.
city. was appointed Instructor 81 EnE
l!.h In New York schools. Miss Keyser
IS now In New York Ci;r
- w MaxwNN. ~ Sand tit,i district
transacted busIrc-. here Wednesday
Mrs Hammond, % JarNhshurE o., was
operated on AZ tho Iilenda'N hospital
Tuesday. She Is reported 10 r. doing
nicely
Joe Sansr. A. F. Francis. Walter
Weaver and ". NJ. KreG!"w. who have
boon fishing az Moor"a~'d. returned
homo Wednesday.
Mrs. W. X. Mason. y. Wheeling Island.
Is tho Euest OF friend, hcre for few
days.
Fr7nk Martin. az Seventh street left
for HorgantoHn Tuesday TO entsr tho
university FOR tho coming year.
Guy II. RarEer arrived h%re from
Pittsburgh Wednesday In his car and Ia
the guest OF Mrs Reilly on Third sereet
Miss Ruth ANEW. who has been tho
quest OF Elizabeth Mae Donald on Jst-
fer.on avenue, LET, to- her home at
Medina. ". Y. Wednesday
Hanson NEEs. OF West Liberty. at
tended tho meeting OF Marshall County
Feter2nS annexation here Tueaday.
NJ. and Mrs Frank Lehew. OF Sixth
street. loft for Columbus. o.. wsdnes-
day. ths guest Of relatives.