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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
WAGE-CUTTING, STRIKE BREAKING
 COMPANY PAYS A 30 P. (. DIVIDEND

Ordinarily the above statement would mean nothing more nor less than another huge profit for some concern that stood up we'll in it's finances, but having to do as 1t does with the Bigelow Hartford Carpet company, ii means big lot more to Connecticut Labor men. The Bige- low-Hartford company is the one that less than year aog slashed the wages of it's workers to such an ex- tent that a long drawn out and hard fought strike. resulted, during which the company by appeals to the courts evicted the workers fro mtenements owned by the company, had armed guards scattered all over and precipi- tated demonstrations that finally brought official protests from the Ital- ian ambassador who was assaulted when he happened to visit Thompson vile.
 Now it comes along with a profit for the year that would permit of a 30 per cent. cash dividend, but it didn't quite have the nerve to go ahead with such melon cutting so is going to cover 1t up with a doubling of stock and passing the stock around among the present stockholders and then pay a nominal dividend on an the stock and thus make the wage slashed workers feel better about holding their noses to the looms.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
WINCHESTER'S LOSES $1, ,165,0OO IN
 YEAR DESPITE BIG WAGE SLASE1INC

of unemployment, sufficient numbers of help could be secured to start them full time again, even should such an unexpected development come to pass. Thousands of the skill ed mechanics formerly employed there have gone to other cities and what few actually skilled are left are there solely because their family con ditions prohibit their getting away. They have been taken advantage of and their wages cut to the bone.
 The report of the condition of the company glowed with optimism ex- cept that where it was quickly and briefly announced that the net loss for the year was more than a mil lion. Another brief mention was made that the company's sales had fallen off from SIS, 1000 ooo and in 1920 to a little over $I3ooo, ,ooo in 1921 the export sales being only about Y per cent. of what they were in 1920.
 "The company faces the future with its house clean and in order" said MT. Otterson in his report and then went on to tell the stockholders how wages had been reduced and other matters "written down" until the net loss for the year was only a matter of $I,Io5,ooO. Some of the stock holders thought it was an expensive housekeeping but being in the vast minority, were out of order.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
LABOR BOARDS AWARDS SO OBVIOUSLY AGAINST
 WORKERS, THEY REBEL
C.L U.
 BEGINS CAMPAIGN
 OF ORGANIZATION
Pending Political Situation to Be Considered by Further
 United Action.

Norwich, Feb. 24.-Plans for a gen eral organization campaign have been completed by a committee appointed at the last meeting of the Norwich C. L. U. and will be reported at the meeting in March and by then 1t Is expected that the C. L. U. will have a 100 per cent. utilization within a very few weeks While Norwich has always been active in labor lines and its various organiza- tions have worked tremendously togeth- CT, the situation now pending demands even further unity and this the C. L. U. hopes to bring about.
 The political situation will of course have a great part to do with Labor's future this year and the C. L. U. has again adopted the A. F. of L. slogan of elect your friends and defeat your enc mics" and will carry on a campaign to that end in every office to be voted for this year. All candidates locally, State and nationwide will be carefully can vassed as to their attitude toward Labor and the worker generally and on their attitude will determine whether or not labor here will support them.
 The following officers have been elect ed for the ensuing year: President Joseph Sullivan; Vice President-J ohm Treasurer, Albert Airey; Secretary-William Donahue Guardian .Herbert LaPre.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
POSTOFFICE FUSS WILL BE SUBMERGED
 AT HEADQUARTERS
Expose Over Framed Up Charges Against Troup Not Likely to
 Be Threshed Out Officially.

The expose by The Labor News of the facts before and behind the resigna- ton of Postmaster Troup of New Ha- ven, has now reached Washington where 1t is expected to stay and die an un- natural death for the very good and simple reason that the powers that be down there will not want to have it stirred up any more than 1t has been Former Democratic Registrar Edward P Heating who was among those "cred- ited" with making charges against Mir Troup has sent formal affidavit deny ing ever making any such charges or even seeing the postoffice inspector (hester) to the department and to date has received no word about that afi- davit being even received. He probably wont either.
 Meantime Mir. Troup will go out on March 1, as per schedule he expects. His resignation has been accepted as of fered but so far no successor has been named to take over the office. The bets are still running high that Assistant Postmaster w. P. Futile will be the man to take charge, temporarily and that he will later be permanently appointed de- spite the hopes of the c. o. P. leaders here to land Charles Birely in the job. While as assistant postmaster MT. Tut tie would have to retire when he reaches 70 years, a year or more hence; as postma ster the age limit would not ap- ply and therefore he co,7id be appointed to a full term and be fully qualified, once ill it will be mighty hard politics to remove him.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
RAILROAD LABOR
 AND MINERS FORM
 A GREAT ALLIANCE
Two Millions Band Together for Protection in Wage and Other
 Struggles.

Chicago, Feb. 24.-An alliance agreement was adopted unanimously "Wednesday by representatives Of more than 2,ooo, 900 union coal miners, railroad workers and longshoremen, declaring for "cloScr cooperation of our forces which will operate to more effectively protect" the union work CTS i'll wage struggles.
 No specific program for allied ac- tion was outlined, however, and Prcsi- dent John L. Lewis of the miners union, told the conference that he did not ask sympathetic rail strike on April I, the date of the miners
 threatened walkout.
 The agreement, joined in by the officers oi Y big unions, asserted the
 purpose Of the leaders was to apply
 every honorable method" to obtain
 ''adcquatc" wages for both the miners
 and the transportation workers, and
 ii created an executive committee to
 decide on the course oi action by
 1he varOiua unOlnS whenever an
 emergency arises i'll the wage strug
 glcs of the allied groups.
 The plan, as adopted, does not be- come effective until ratified by the various organizations and in some in stances it was said would require the approval of delegate convention.
 With most of the unions, however, it
 was said, approval rests with the unions executive board or officers.
 Although all of the rail chiefs de clined to discuss their meeting they were said to have favored the pro posal from the outset. Persons at tending the meeting declined to say whether the alliance meant more than a pledge of moral support among the various groups, and in this connection they said that the question was largely one for future decision.
 The I7 organizations that are parties to the agreement are the United Mine Workers of America, the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, the Order Of Rail way Conductors, the International Brotherhood of Stationary Bremen and Oilers, the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers, the Switch mems Union of North AmeriSa, the International Association Of Ma chinists, the Brotherhood of Rail 1 road Signalmen of America, the In- 1 ternatonal Brotherhood of EIectri- 1 cal Workers of America, the ] Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen, the Order of 1 Railroad Photographers, the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen, the ! Railroad Employees Department of l the American Federation Of Labor, the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, the United Brotherhood of | Maintenance of Way Employes, the |
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
Railroad Men Determined 70 Fight Ten-Hour z
MERIDEN C.L.U. IS
 ON THE JOB UNDER
 NEW BUILDING CODE
Wants Practical Mechanic Appointed and Also Gets Busy on
 Labor News.

Meriden, Feb. 24-The always alive
 and energetic Central Labor Union has
 gotten right on its job again and i'm
 mediately under the adoption of the new
 building code with the change of Ad-
 ministration, has placed candidate in
 the field for the building inspectorship.
 He is K. w. Barrow, a practical builder
 and resolutions endorsing his candidacy
 have been sent to the Mayor, the Build
 ing Commission and the public press
 In the resolutions 1t Is set forth that
 the code is intended to benefit the pub
 lie and that the building inspector to
 be named under it IS to be responsible
 for great deal of the city's future safety and should be properly capable to so function. Mir. Barrow IS such a man, the skilled builders and mechanics be- licve and they therefore urge his ap- continent.
 The C. L. U. at its last meeting also sent a memorial to Senator Mclean urg- ing him to act favorably on the proposal ot Henry Ford for the development of Muscle Shoals and has received a reply stating the Senator would give 1t care full consideration On recommendation of the executive board a committee of three was appointed to revise the by laws, a committee of three others named to be called an organization committee and visit the affiliated local unions and those not affiliated and urge closer af- fliation all around and a committee of three to be called a cooperation commit tee.
 This latter committee will have a wide range of activities and while no set plan has as yet been made for its work, 1t will turn its attention at once to a campaign of getting union-made goods more in use. It will also take up such matter as non-partisan political action or other civic matters i'll which labor IS either individually or interested and will seek the cooperation of other organizations in putting such matters through.
 The C. L. U. has also joined heartily in the campaign to put the Labor News over the top i'll circulation and make 1t one of the strongest labor organs in the At the meeting it was deter mined to turn in a larger percentage of than any other city in the State Ill comparison to population and to this end the members individually have taken hold and the returns will be prompt and effective.
 The C. L.. U. is now we'll organized and ofhcered, the present board being: President-John Lappert, Bakers Mo- 60; Vice President-W. H. Collins, Piano and Organ Workers, No. 29; Re cording Secretary-H. A. c. Geia, Elec- trical Workers, No. 642; Financial Sec Wessman, Carpenters and Jointers, No. 920; Treasurer-A. L. Barnes, Typographical, No. 314; Trus- tees-F. Despin, Cigar Makers, No. ASA c. Chance, Glasscutters, No. o3 J. H. Meyer, Electrical Workers No. 642 Sergeant -Arms-S. Kelly, Painters Decorators and Paperhangers, Mo- 685.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
s tOck h old CTS Told House Is Clean and in Order, But Are of Opinion That 1t Was Some Expen siv e HOusecleaning.

Despite the wage slashing, general lay-of, much touted increased sales in their own stores, the Winchester Company, against which strike of polishers has been on for more than a year, operated at net loss of $I,I65, ,ooo for the past year, according to the financial statement offered by President John E. Otterson to the stockholders at their annual meeting Thursday. Despite this showing MT. Otterson and his system were re-
 appointed for another term and the wage slashing and other drives against the workers in the big shops will therefore probably go on for an other period. Wages, however, have been driven to such a point there now that not much more can be done in that line and allow the workers to exist upon. While some of the shops are running it is now doubtful whether, even with the large amount
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
PARK BOARD AGAIN
 JOCKEYS CHARTER
Lets Another Contract for Stone to Be Taken Within Three Miles
 of City Hall"

The charter of the city of New Ha- ven provides that all contracts call ing for an expenditure of more than S25o shall be offered to competitive bidding but the New Haven Park Board, under it's policy of do as we please, has once more gotten away with the letting of a contract for crushed stone to the Blakeslee firm despite the charter and shutting out all other competitors while so doing.
 The park board plan Is simple but effective. In the published advertise ments which the city, by the way, had to pay for, the park board re- stricts the bidding to stone taken from pockets at quarry within rad jus of three miles of City Hall. Now Blakeslee is the only one who has such pocket, having yet strangle hold on part of West Rock which is being used principally as a storage Blakeslee Totoket Mountain quar~ies. Yet the pockets there are big enough to comply with the three-mile radius while other quarry firms in Mt. Car mel, Woodbridge and Branford, who might compete with Blakeslee in the matter are shut out because they don't happen to be within three miles of City Hall.
 Mayor FitzGerald is about to ap- point a committee to revise the char ter. Among some citizens it is felt they might we'll start with the articles dealing with the powers of the park board
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
Com pany Which Evicted Workers When They Resisted Cuts, Hides Melon Cutting Under Stock Juggling Plan.

Thompsonville, Feb. 44-The stockholders meeting of the Bigelow- Hartford Carpet Company is to be held in Boston Monday, March G. Local stockholders of the company have received circular letters stating that the directors are to recommend an increase i'll the shares of common stock from 9o,5o to 161,ooo shares without par value. This gives the stockholders ain extra share of stock for every share held by them today A cash dividend of 30 per cent was at first proposed, but later share of new stock for every old one was de- cided upon. The assets of the com pany are given as S1o, o,5o5, 548.83 with cash on hand of $4,758,86I.o7, The company reports big business for last year and the present outlook for this year is reported as being good,
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
Postal Clerks Ask
 Politics Cut Out
Would Remove Service From "Inf1u-
 ence" to Benefit the Public.

Keep the postofice out of politics and add to the efficiency of the service pay full days pay for work done on Sunday as whether its only three or four hours it spells the entire day and foster of spirit of cooperation with the pub lie generally were the main points of the convention of the Federation of Pos tai Clerks held in New Haven on Wash inpton's birthday. The Federation is affiliated with the A. F. of L. and plans were made to make it general through out the state. Officers were elected as follows: President, Charles w. Ryan, Hartford; first vice president, Frank B. Parnelee, New London; second vice president, Reuben Cranter, New London ; third vice president, J. F. Riley, Stam- ford; secretary, Reuben Kaplan, New Haven, and treasurer, ames H. Smith, Ansonia.
 It was voted to hold the next annual convention on Washington's birthday in New London
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24

l "Mr. President, my good friend the 1 distinguished senator from Kansas (Mr. Curtis) speaks about political 1 harangues' coming from this side. This is supposed to be a Government | of the people, by the people, and for the people. We determine by politi- cal discussions who shall occupy seats in this body-that is, we used to
 do that. We have had sample, re- shall decide who shall sit in this body,
 when seats shall be bartered to the highest bidder; but by political dis cussions we educate tbe people of the country as to what the situation Is with regard to the Government, arG the policies that should control the Government, and the policies that do control the Government.
 "I am not astonished that senators on the other side should undertake to suppress political discussions in this body. They must be weary of having their attention called to the miserable conduct of Congress under the leadership of the Republican par ty. If my party had conducted the government as it has been conducted for the last 10 months under Repub- lican rule, I should not want to hear the opposition discuss the political issues
 MT. President, it is plain now that this campaign is to be conducted by the other side along camouhaging lines. Smoke screens are to be thrown up, deceptive situations are to be created, in order to deceive the American people as to what is really going on here at the Nations Cap ital.
 Republican leaders will go out and make a speech to the effect that an estimate was made of so many bill lions, and they cut that down and saved a billion or two billions It is very easy to whisper into the ear of a republican officeholder a suggestion that it will not do any harm for him to make a large estimate, so that when they get ready to appropriate they will cut down some of that esti- mate, which never was intended in fact to be enacted into law, and go to the country with a flourish of trumpets, and say, Behold, we have saved a billion dollars! That is what the Republican party has accomplish ed in I2 months timep
 What has 1t done? It has done nothing. The only bill of any conse- quence that Congress has passed which has benefited any considerable number of people was the bill reviv- ing the War Finance Corporation, the passage of which was brought about purely and wholly by a combination of southern Democrats and western Republicans. I suggested to a west
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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24

Wall Street absolute control of Congress especially the bill be passed for the benefit of the unless Wall Street O. Ks it. the claim that the present administration has saved the billions by down estimated expen
 all bunk of financial the unemployment tuaon there has been reduction in the number of unemployed despite the claims of the administration beloves the administration the behest of Wall Street pairing delay the collection of its eleven billion dollars debt Wall collects billions loaned the people getting sick and tired such things according delivered the floor of the United States Senate this by !. Thomas Hefn of Alabama
 The speech made and interrupted republicans who feared might become public through the Their fears groundless however for Hean point subsidized daily wouldn't and the only of the public knowing through the Congressional He charged with olng along the beaches of
 of being the job they paid which Sena- Caway of Arkansas remarked that their being Florida the government and they should pointed the Republican and campaign of canouaage back predicted would fail His speech taken the Congressional Record is follows:
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
WANTS TO BE COAxED.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 24.-Governor Allen is flirting with a third term, and says the public is trying to force him into another race The gover- nor's well-known modesty prevents him from telling who the "forcers" are.
 It is agreed that he will run if his publicity agents can manufacture a public opinion" similar to that which damned the "can't-strike" law through the legiSlature
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
WHAT FARMERS LOSE.

Washington, Feb. 24.-VaIue of live stock in this country showed a de- crease of $3,385, ,237,ooo, or 4I.5 per cent, on January of this year, as com pared with that date year ago, says the department of agriculture.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
FREIGHT CAR POOL URGED.

Washington, Feb. 24.-To secure economical handling of railroad equipment, the pooling of the coun- try's freight cars IS favored by $. Davies War6eld, president of the Ma tional Association of Railroad Secur- ity Owners. Mir. Warheld is credited with taking an active part i'll shaping thc CumnIns- ESch law.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
LOCKOUT IN DENMARK.

New York, Feb. 24.-Associated Press dispatches from Copenhagen state that a general lockout has been declared by Denmark employers who are attempting to enforce longer hours and 20 per cent. wage reduc- ton
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
OPEN" SHOP IS FAKE.

Chicago, Feb. 24-"The open shop is a fake-there is no such thing" writes Samuel Untermyer, New York attorney, to John Fitzpatrick, presi- dent of the Chicago Federation of La bor.
 During our investigation I proved, I think conclusively, that in the case of the steel company and the Ma tional Erectors' association that it is worse than a sham," said the New ' orker.
 Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and the International Association of I
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
ANTS ARE DEFEATED.

Taft, Cal, Feb. 24.-Attempts to establish the anti-union shop in the building trades has failed, although the low wage advocates made their usual appeal to the flag.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
SENATOR CHARGES MONEY INTERESTS
 THOROUGHLY DOMINATE CONGRESS ACTS
NO BILL CAN BE PASSED UNLESS
 FINANCIAL LORDS PLACE OK. UPONIT
 SAYS HEFLN IN SENSATIONAL SPEECH

Tears to Pieces Political Bunk of Administration That It Has Saved Country Billions, Has Re- duced Unemployment, or Done Anything for Good of Mass of People and Pre-
 diets That Voters Will Resent
 Actions This Coming Fall.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24

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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24
TO ORGANIZED LABOR

THE LABOR NEWS is your paper and it's advertisers de- pend on your support. Tell them you Saw It In The News and everyone will be happy.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-24

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-21
NEST DOYER.

Leon Hescock is suffering with a
quincy sore throat
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Upton were in
Bennington Nov. Il.
Clayton Upton shot a deer in Somerset
one day last week.
Mrs. Fred Ryther of East Dover is
visiting friends here a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Harvey of Green
field Mass, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dorr Fitch Sunday.
Little Louise Snow has returned home
after few days visit with her grand
mother, Mrs j. j. Snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rice and o. t.
Negus of Searsburg were guests at Wal
lace Bartlett's and j. j. Shows Satur-
day.
Bert Stanley and sister have stored
their goods at James McRae's. Mr.. Stan
ley is staying at Leon Hescock's for the
present and Lila Stanley is at Hattie
Bogle's.
Mrs. Frank Hescock was pleasantly
reminded of her birthday Nov. IL by a
beautifully decorated cake made by the
Checkerline bakery with extra decora-
tions Of 81 candles. Her cousin, II. III.
Pratt and wife and three daughters and
their families from Brattleboro and
Springfield, Mass. came 10 spend a short
time with her. Post cards and sum of
money will remind her after the delicious
cake is thing of the past.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-21
LABORITES TO SMASH
OLD CEREMONIES
Promise Lively Sessions In New Parlia-
ment-Real Dour Scottish
Fighters

LONDON. Nov. 81 ASSOCIATED
Press .-Parliamentary writer's have al
ready decided that the new house of
commons will be livelier than its prede-
cessors and that the opposition, which
viii apparently be furnished by the La
borites, will be keener and more aggres-
sive.
Discussing incidents and scenes at
tendant upon the opening of the session
yesterday, the correspondents call atten-
ton to the challenging spirit which the
Radical Laborites from the Clyde district
seem TO have brought with them. The
ejaculation, I'VE will smash all this. -
shouted in broad Scottish accent by one
of the Labor members at the conclusion
OF the time-honored ceremonies, is consid-
cred significant
These Laborites are described by some
writer's as grim, stern, set men, to
whom the Scottish word dour seems spe-
cialiy applicable, and they are credited
with the intention of injecting a bit of
ginger into their party.