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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
If YOU GET INJURED

while working in a shop where five
persons are employed and want to
get your workmen's compensation
don't allow some inexperienced person
to fill out your papers and then have
your claim delayed, reduced or dis
allowed. Better get w. Harry Spears
to take care of it for you. He has
had much experience in that line and
viii assist you. Office; Room 8,
over Beeler's, End and High, or Resi-
dence, 19 N. D street. Telephones
1297-Y and 1321-X No charge for
consultation and information as to
just what you are entitled to under
the law. Mr.. Spears will address any
union on what injured members
should do to get their rights. This
is labor's one humane law. Let's
use it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
LABOR SUNDAY

Sunday is Labor Sunday The OBJ
servance of Labor Sunday by the
trade unionists of America was re-
commended at a convention of the
American Federation of Labor sew
eral years ago. 1t is duty that
should be fulfilled by every union
man and woman, to attend some
church, some place of worship next
Sunday If you haven't church of
your own, where you are accustomed
to worship, attend some other fell
lows church.
At the Trinity Episcopal church,
Sixth and Butler streets, Rector H
Cowley- Carroll announces that he
will hold special Labor Day services
at 10;45 a. m., to which he invites
every workingman and woman to at
tend, whether member of a labor
organization or not.
Why not take the family and &c
hear the Rector Cowley-Carroll? The
glad hand of welcome will be ex-
tended
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

The seniority rights which the rail
road executives are refusing to the
striking shopmen concern pensions,
preference of jobs, and security of
tenure. Pensions are offered by many
roads to superannuated employees, but
not merely in order to provide against
old age, but also for the purpose of
keeping down labor turnover and
holding together a force of exper-
fenced and competent men. The pen
sion right is not one which involves
precedence of one man over another,
but depends solely on the data of en-
tering service Seniority in prefer
ence does not mean what it means
in the army-that there is a regular
line of promotion up to the first rank
along which the men of longest ser
wee proceed automatically. 1t means
that when preferable job is open
within a certain class of mechanics
such as that on a day shift, or that
of a petty foreman, out of the men
who apply for transfer, the man of
longest service receives preference.
If a man applies for promotion to a
position for which his training and
experience do not fit him, seniority
avails him nothing. In the matter of
tenure, seniority means that when
men are laid off, the latest comers to
the shop are aid off first.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
Issued Weekly at 326 Market Street
Hamilton, Ohio.
Telephone 1895
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
SO PAGES TODAY

The Butler County Press steps forth
this week with just little feeling of
pride. Not because of size or the
large number of pages of the issue
does this feeling of pride we'll up in
us, but because of the confidence and
friendly feeling for the organized la
Dor movement in Hamilton and its
spokesman-the Press, displayed in
the generous patronage of our ad-
vertising columns which made the
many pages and size of the issue pos
sible-that is why we are proud
Few, very few, of the advertisers
when approached refused to subscribe
for space in the Labor Day issue. On
the other hand, all seemed anxious and
pleased that the opportunity to show
their friendly feeling for the working
man was theirs. Speaking for Hamil-
ton labor, "To have the confidence,
the esteem and good viii of the busi-
ness and professional men, the man
ufacturers and the employers in gen
eral is much to be proud of and val
ued highly"
To members of organized labor and
friends we call attention that it was
only through the generosity of the
advertisers whose announcements ap-
pear herein that this splendid issue
of the Press was made possible, and
that you show your appreciation and
be equally loyal to our friends by
extending only to them your patron
age
Much credit is also due to many of
the local labor unions for this splen-
did issue of their spokesman. They
subscribed literally for space. To
them and all those who so gener-
ously assisted in making this Labor
Day number the success it is, the
Press expresses its sincere thanks.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
"a Ea m Ea sss
CAUSE OF VIOLENCE

In 999 cases out of every 1000
where violence in trade disputes are
indulged in it is started by gunner,
thugs and hirelings in the employ of
the firm or corporation with which
the dispute is taking place
Eliminate the professional strike
breaker, gunman and thug, and nine
tenths of all resorts to violence will
be swept aside.
Whenever a professional strike
breaker thugs or shoots striking
union man the militia follows just
as naturally as day follows night.
Corporations know this, and intro
duce professional strikebreaking
gunner as one of the surest and
quickest means of getting the militia
to act as pickets and bodyguards for
the strikebreakers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
THE THREE SAILORS

A couple of sailors got into dis
cussion over the kind of animal a
heifer was. One sailor claimed that
the heifer belonged to the hog family,
the other that ii was a variety OF
sheep.
Finally they called in Boatswain
Bill
"Bill, wot's heifer-is it a hog or
is 1t a Sheep" they said.
Boatswain Bill bit off a large chew
refiectively. Then he said:
ITO tell you the truth, mates,
dunno much about poultry"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

make law, and profiteers breaking it
would go to jail We don't do that
here, because profiteers have more to
do with making laws than people
buying coal.
That's the american system"
"An industrial leader predicts good
times with the end of the coal strike" !"
But" says he, 'labor cost must be
cut"
What are good times, if not good
times for all and especially for those
that labor?
And whence do industrialists imag-
inc that good times come?
Good times depend on the spend
ing power of the masses of people.
That power depends on wages.
They have never really good times
in China, where men work for ten
or fifteen cents day, or half that.
To demand good work for good
wages is just. To demand good times
by cutting down wages, reserving
good times for a carefully selected
few, is stupid in addition to being bru-
tai"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
MORE THAN ONE WAY

A gentleman with a sensitive and
cultivated ear was annoyed by the per-
sistent and wretched piano playing Of
a woman who occupied the adjoining
fiat. One day he met her in the hall
with her four-y year-old daughter.
Your little girl plays quite well for
child of her age" he remarked in
his most friendly manner. 81 hear her
practicfng every day."
The offender made sure he was out
when she opened the piano again.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
Deserved Reward,

WHATS going on hereY
"a column conductor is being pre-
sented with loving cup by his admir-
ing constituents"
What inspired such an unusual dem
onstration?"
He has never initiated Pepys diary
or written parody on 'Mary's Little
Lamb"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
The Cashier.

A young woman went to call on a
lady who had entertained her. The
latter's fve-year-old daughter, who
was playing on the lawn, said Ma
ma isn't at home.p
II am very sorry" replied the young
woman, for | have come to pay my
party call"
"Oh, I'll take the money" said the
child promptly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
Hard to DISCOURAGE.

Senator, there is a man outside
who looks like job hunter"
"Iell him to come back tomorrow"
He says he hasn't eaten in two
days"
THAT won't keep him from coming
back. He'll show up here If he has to
be brought In on a stretcher."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

"Of the charge that men on strike
have thrown bombs at railroad train,
injuring women and children, risking
the lives of many, there are two
things to be said:
First, to accuse strikers of such
crime without proof is as outrageous
as it would be, without proof, to
accuse railroad owners of throwing
bombs, to turn sympathy against the
strike.
Second, if any union men are
guilty, they are the worst enemies
of unionism, and decent union men
should deliver them up for the pun
ishment that they deserve, not merely
because they are vile criminals but
because they threaten the existence
of unionism."
And right here and now the Press
wants to say that it agrees with Mr..
Brisbane in every way If strikers
throw bombs at trains, killing and
injuring defenseless women and chill
dren, they should be punished, and
nothing is too severe for them in the
way of punishment. But, on the
other hand, the Press says go slow
1t isn't fair nor just that strikers
should be Immediately accused of out
rage unless there is substantial proof
to back the accusation. This isn't
the first time that strikers were &C.
cused wrongfully, just to secure sym.
pathy for the other fellow.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
THREE FUNDAMENTAL PRIN-
CIPLES
va ms Va va Aa


mo freedom loving citizen should
vote for any candidate who will not
pledge himself to oppose any form of
compulsory law.
mo justice loving citizen should
vote for a candidate for any office
who will not pledge himself to oppose
injunctions and contempt proceedings
as a substitute for trial by jury.
''No freedom loving citizen should
vote for any candidate who will not
pledge himself to vote for legisla-
ton abolishing child labor-Samuel
Gompers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
GET 1T RIGHT, MIR. EDITOR

Winter is coming close and evident |
ly the coal bin of the Hamilton Even |
ing Journal editor is empty. Att
least something has gotten on his |
nerve Judging from the eruption emit |
ted in his editorial of Tuesday night |
in which he lambasts the coal miners |
for all industrial troubles incident |
to the coal strike. The Journal edi- |
tor has been reasonably fair in his |
articles on the railroad and coal |
strikes in the past, giving the work |
ers neither the best nor the worst of !
the argument, which is as much as
anyone has the right to expect. Per-
haps something irritated him, or his
patience is about exhausted and his
feelings had to vent themselves on
somebody or some thing; anyway,
in Tuesday nights edition of the
Journal the editor broke loose, and
gave the poor miners all the worst
of it, Among other things he blam-
ed them for $3.50 good men at the
Hamilton Foundry and Machine Co. n
being laid off because of the closing
down of the Ford plants. He said,
''These men had nothing to do with
the coal strike, yet they and their
families must suffer because of it,"
We want to say for the Journal edi-
tors information that neither did the
coal miners have anything to do with
the closing down of the Ford plants,
causing the laying off of the $3.50
good men at the Hamilton Foundry
& Machine Co."
Henry Ford isn't going to close
down his plants because coal is un-
obtainable Henry Ford is going to
close down his plants because he isn't
going to be held up and shook down
by the COAL OWNERS. Henry
Ford says he can get all the coal he
wants if he will pay the price. The
government has fixed $3.50 a ton at
the mines as fair price for coal.
Henry Ford is wiling to pay this
price, but the best price he can get
from the coal owners is $3.50, and
Henry Ford, not having to stand for a
shake-down from anybody, refuses to
pay it and rather than pay it will
close down his big plants
And this is the real reason for the
laying off of "25O good men" at the
local plant, not because of dearth
of coal, but because of the unreason-
able price demanded for an abun-
dant supply of coal on the part of the
COAL OWNERS.
Why then, Mr.. Journal Editor, not
lay the blame for an unpleasant sit
uation where it rightfully belongs?
If you don't believe that there is
plenty of coal for which an exorbi-
tant price is being asked by the own
ers, we would refer you to one or our
local big coal dealers who will tell
you that there is plenty of coal, that
two weeks ago he purchased seven
carloads for which he had to pay
$3.50 per ton at the mine. The dealer
was indignant. Counting that he also
would have to pay $2.02 freight on
every ton it is plain to be seen that
this coal must sell at $11.50 to $1,000
per ton if the dealer is to come out
even on the deal The dealer was
asked why he doesn't complain to Mr..
Hoover, fuel director, and he replied,
"If | do, l don't get no coal in the
| future"
| This is the real situation, Mr..
| Editor
ma ax ss Rz sa
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
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PLEASING

1t was pleasing to note that the
president after strenuous and ardous
efforts (doing nothing) in the strike
situation, was still able to undergo
a weekend cruise on the Mayfower
with a number of friends. We were
much worried lest he wouldn't be able
to stand the trip after so much hard
work as he has had to perform the
past several weeks!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
m@ ns va Hs ns

Monday should be a great day for
the strikebreaking scabs. They ought
to get lot of fun out of the day
Wonder just how they will celebrate
~ "a - va -
LABOR DAY
Labor Day has been set aside by
enactment as a national holiday to
give recognition throughout the
country to the great masses of toll
ing men and women. On this day
they celebrate quietly the achieve
ments of year in many cities by
marching through the streets of
those cities to show those outside the
movement the strength of a great
body of men and women united in
purpose and working together for
better conditions for all who have to
labor to produce the wealth of the
nation.
They know that upon them rests
the burden of the organized as we'll
as the unorganized. They realize that
they are the ones who must by strug-
gle secure fair and just treatment for
the men and women who must labor
that the world shall not starve, shall
not suffer privations, shall move
along in its accustomed path; and
the bitter thought comes that so few
of US have the heart to do these
things.
To the toilers it means more than
the marching of mighty hosts of
workers and the plaudits of admiring
friends. To them it is commemo-
ration of deeds executed both in the
past and present in the interest of
humanity; to them it is a just and
proper recognition of the dignity and
honor of labor by grateful nation;
a tribute to those who have made this
the greatest nation under the sun.
Labor does not want anything but
equity and justice. 1t shall not be
satisfied until it receives the same;
and from the four quarters of this
great country on this one side there
should resound in trumpet tones the
demand that labor's rights shall be
preserved in accordance with the lib
critics guaranteed by the magnificent
declaration upon which our national
structure stands, that mans inalien-
able rights is to secure life, liberty
and indulge in the pursuit of happi-
ness.
Who is continually working to pre-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
$50
WHAT BRISBANE SAYS

Arthur Brisbane, the well known
editorial writer, says:
president Harding decided what
was right in the railroad strike. He
asked the men to go back to work,
retaining their seniority rights The
men said "Yes"; the railroad owners
said mo"
Then the president asked the men
to go back to work without their
seniority rights. The men said mo"
but probably they will go back. Cor
poratio are having their turn"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

"The latest heading is, Harding
plans to curb coal operators"
PLANNING to curb is one thing,
curbing is another.
an England or France they would
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
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Are you all set to take the wife
and the kiddies to the big doin's
Monday? Be real union man-be
there. Talk your neighbor into 60
ing Tell him what good time
awaits him at the fairgrounds.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER l, 1922

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
WHAT SENIORITY MEANS

W " ~ - r
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

Monday should be great day for
the strikebreaking scabs. They ought
to get lot of fun out of the day
Wonder just how they will celebrate
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

Business is better" says Fred
Meyer.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-05
Undermining Civil Service

thiTytwo employees OF the
Of printing by executive order without an
serious
The PRESIDENTS
eng these men summary duties followed so closely @
to the oe
that an organized odous spos system re-
~ ADMINISTRATION sanction in Washington observing
che ocal amenities lucrative appointments are
desired for deserving" parisans
The statutes explicitly that removed from the cSS
fed of the United States the charges against
time to writing and to file adaY IN support
the Tor the
at the White House President Harding was gOfng
the honesty OF te men
we're made capital full OF runnors enanats
from Official assduOus find al for the un
ceene procedure dishonesty IN the
conduct bureaus
The ousted employees entitled fair hearing and should Dc al
quastoc imputations
their integrity Secretary Mellon the TWO most
iniat connected with public and to the mn
themselves they have determined that TINS
incident determined effort TO oA down CIVIL
service and usher in the spos system all of its furnished glory
There is another phase that also demands an ezplana
tion The Washington oue after en-
had threatened to make
ub serious twenty-five who came under p
DENTAL dipeasure little coee of men IN any de
parmnt of sufficient to nidate nigh
s b the threat expose regard for the rights
the divtduals concerned for the country to know It
That the discharges elimination of carefully studied
scheme pave deserving OF puns at the
hands Of the Harding evidenced by the fact that the
actual selection Elmer Dover Assistant Sec
Rotary Of the Treasury director the Republican party on
The Dover has the spos
to
beenu unusually successful
Democrats and Republicans the Incident for
it was not Just drive Democrats Eight
nnakabe evidence
the a direct the civil service system
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-05
PUSs IN BOOTS, JR.
BY DAVID CORY.

By DAVID CORY.
Early the next morning Puss Junior
said good-by to >the find farmer and
his daughter $50 rosy and fair" and
set of once more on his journey of
adventure.
"Ah," thought Puss to himself, TITS
one thing after another. I wonder what
will happen today?" And then he began
to sneeze.
If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze
Tor danger" cried a voice.
"Sneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger;
Sneeze on Wednesday, sneeze for a
letter:
Sneeze on Thursday, something better
Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow;
Sneeze on Saturday, see your sweetheart
tomorrow"
What is today9" asked Puss Junior,
The owner Of the voice had turned out
to be a very pretty little girl.
TITS Wednesday," she said.
We'll, I've sneezed for a letter." said
Puss, but 1 guess the postman has
forgotten me-"
I'm send you one" said the little girl,
and she sat down and wrote on q piece
"a PupCA' 44h6 u usSy Cat WHO
wears red-topped boots"
That's a very nice letter." said Puss
Junior, "and I don't know what I would
do if you hadn't written it, for I can't
take back my sneeze, you know"
Where are you going7" asked the
little girl
"oh, Just going" said Puss. I'm a
traveller"
I'D like IT," said the little girl, push
ing her hand in his paw. II know lots
Of geography and that would help"
YES. it would" he replied But,
you see, Just go where the wind
blows. I don't need any map"
IL love the wfNd, even If 1t does mess
my curls. Ia Ike to be a little breeze
and go with the wind wherever he
went"
"Or little star and follow the moon. -"
said Puss. II wished that only last
night, for 1T wa sthe Twinkle Twin kle
Star that helped save me from the rob
bers in the wood"
"Oh. tell me- dear pussy cat" cried
the little girl, nesting up to him as If
the robbers might come by any mo
ment.
Twas this way: these bad men had
tied me fast to their hut, going to bed
and leaving me all alone. The little star
looked in through the window and told
me not to be afraid And, after a little,
the good sister Of the robbers came and
set me free. And here I am"
well I'm going to travel" said the
little girl. "as soon as I get big enough,
even If l am only a glrL"-Copyrlght
1922.
(rO Be Conttnued)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-05
Pnssina the Strike Buck

The miner passes the mines they it
on to the railroads pass back to
the railroads while the Uncle public the bill
scaed strike is more the nature OF LOCK
out than strike Of the
mines terminated strike they simply had
jobs They the old wages but the operators re
fused to buck passed the
owners of the charging of
the cost OF coal to the public Is SO
high practically ruined The railroads the
tae operating under different
much profit from the public thereby passing the
Al this point the retailer Of coal must either
railroads where matter OF fact
OF course poor with the and while
the high only
be adjusted freight not only
coal but all other commodities thereby reducing the cost OF living There
coal There thousands of mines and
working which make uniform scale
impossible
One told in Wash
delivering his coal side track
his mines for s25 ton We used to buy his coal chicago aenVereo
in Now the freight alone $3.50 ton
increase of $500 ton The operator
is getting 80 cents OF that $Oo increase "hhe Inc railroads ana
get you example that
of the
mines it is combined strike OF the miners ana operators against @
until public
buy half time, and
the mine owners sales nave Deen cut IN TWO WIN MS
investment
together blamed the for
least Onehaf the trouble but have changed my mind as the public must
with the facts before it
Where say operator
of the railroads big financial concerns that own both the rail
roads and the mines
: forbiddng
railroads coal Mines nearly so per cent Of the mines were owned
says they
by organizing
operating different this be
they
Dad and companies
the question
railroads attempt of their-under The
steady employment this all
believe
especially
In
a
il
delivered day.
expect
price o be a
this realize
per
British A
have their
factories