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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-12

Holy Cross (Croation) church, 47O Pine street, Rev. Michael Golob, pas tor. Masses. 8 and 10:30 a. n- Sun day school after the first mass and benediction at 3 o'clock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-12

St. John of Nepomuck <Slovak) church 320 Brooks street. Rev. An
 drew Komara, pastor. Masses. 2. 8. g and 10:30
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-12

Open Daily till 5 P. M. Open Saturdays till 6 P. M.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-12

St. Joseph's church, 43 Madison avenue. Rev. Hubert Dahme. pastor. l Masses S:3O and 10:30. Sunday school in the school building from
 until 10 o'clock. Benediction at
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-12

Sts. Cyril and Methodius church, corner Crescent avenue and Church street, Rev. Caspar Panik, pastor. Masses at S:30 and 10:30. Benedict1on at o'clock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-12

St. Thomas church (Fairfeld), |, Post Road. Rev. William J. Blake, pastor. Masses, z, S:30 and 1o:3o. Vespers and benediction at 3:30.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
STATE LABOR BODY PIiH
An AGGRESSIVE clIMPAIGN

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 16-A
new workmans compensation law
will be presented by the'WAshington
State Federation Of Labor to the
legislature Of that state. The pres
ent compensation law was enacted
in 1911. and has been emasculated
so often by the Representatives Of
the lumber interests that it is prac-
tically useless. The proposed bill
will include all workers other than
those engaged in domestic service
and agriculture, and provides for
vocational education for injured
workmen, medical aid and hospital
care. A bill also will be presented
by the federation designed to restrict
the issuance of injunctions in labor
disputes. An intensive campaign
will be carried on in the state
through committees of union repre-
sentatives- in every district. These
committees report a strong progress
sive sentiment among the people
throughout the state.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
CREDIT CONTROL HITS
!. ALL, SAYS LAF0LLETTE

Washington, Feb. 0.-Speaking
In the senate, Senator Robert M.
La Toilette of Wisconsin,, de-
clared: ''During the period of high
prices and apparent prosperity
the small properties which tho
people have acquired by their In
dustrY and thrift are mortgaged
on the basis of the inflated value
of the dollar in order, to. provide
them with the woEking capital
which they need to carry on and
expand their enterprises.
Such mortgages are placed upon
the farms, the small factories and
the stores of the tradesmen. In
the meantime prices inevitably
advance faster than wages and
several times as fast as salaries.
A point is thus soon reached
where the amount of commodities
which can be purchased by the
people appreciably declines and
there is no longer market for
the full output of industry.
Then comes deflation. Loans on
farms, factories, stores and homes
are foreclosed, and those who
control the credit of the nation
come into possession or control
of the properties which had been
given as security for the loans.
Thus the financiers become the
residuary legatees of the nations
distress. In ten years the mort
cages upon the farms of this
country have more than doubled"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18

lnteIIeCtuaIs Would Break Into
Labor Movement and Dc:
tate Its Policies.

The central bodies OF several En-
glish cities and towns are at skies
and sevens because Of the attempt
to alter their constitution and admit
members Of the labor party and
other who may or may not be trade
unionists. In Rochdale the feeling
has reached a high point. Trade
unionists resent the flippant declara-
tons Of alleged intellectuals that the
central bodies need gingering up"
and that they have outlived their
usefulness.''
"organized labor, says the Cot
ton Factory Times. "still has it's duties
and the trades councils, pure and
simple, are still necessary, as dis
tinct from a labor party Of varied
elements.
''Fire-eating and elf-constituted
leaders Of the labor movement keep
cropping UP here, and there with
their superiority and sneers at tho
bona fide representative in and out
of parliament.
LAS the trade councils are pres
ent constituted they can keep the
bogus labor men outside; with the
proposed amalgamation any man
who can get a card Of membership
Of the so-called labor societies may
come in and help to rule or ruin our
union policies"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
BOSSES BREAK CONTRACTS
WITH NON UNION PRINTERS

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Feb. 9.-The
employing commercial printers of
this city have broken another wage
contract. This time the victims are
the short-sighted >compositors who
took the places of the locked-ou
printers on May 1. when the en-
ployers broke their agreement to put
into effect the 44-hour week. The
bait which caught the strikebreakers
at that time was an individual wage
contract calling for, wages about $40
over the regular scale: Now the
employers have informed them that
their work does not justify the con-
tlnued payment of these wages and
they have Topped off the extra SO.
Contracts of some employers seem
to be worth less than the paper upon
Whlch they are printed. But the
strikebreakers have learned what is
meant by the expression "between
the devil and the deep blue sea-"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
UNION Mine WORKERS
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT

GRAFTON, w. Va, Feb. 16.-
Organized mine workers have ap-
pealed to President Harding for fed
eral aid for 1000 starving miners
and their families of this district.
while committees are parading
around making Investigations, little
children are suffering from cold and
starvation" the president is in
formed.
Never in the history of the state
Of West Virginia has suffering been
so prevalent as it is now. There
fore, We earnestly appeal to you to
use your influence to secure for
starving men, women and children
Of West Virginia the same con-
siderration that was given to starry
ing men, women and children of
Russia"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
BIG BUSINESS T0ESCAPE TAXES
RUNNING over Billion DOL LARS

To the oft-repeated cry that the
Tax Revision bill recently passed
Soaked the rich and oppressed busi-
ness" Representative James A. Frear
(Rep., Wis.,, in a recent address re-
viewing the main features Of that
bill showed In detail that the multi
millionaire and profiteering class by
that enactment and the failure to
enact other proposals had deprived
the government Of $1,36O,5O0,OOO
which represents the benefits they
receive in escaping taxation to that
amount. Mr.. Frear said:
Let us briefly review a part of
the program put through Congress
during last session.
First. The excess-profit tax has
been repealed. as demanded by these
interests, or bloc with a loss to the
Treasury, even during poor business
conditions of 1920, of $45O,O0O,0O0
annually.
Second. Surtaxes on great in
comes have been reduced from IS
per cent to so per cent, with an esti-
mated loss Of about $61,50Q,0O0 an
nually, although the propaganda de-
manded greater reduction than al
lowed by the Senate, to which rate
of so per cent the House agreed.
Third. All luxury taxes have
been repealed, with further loss
to the Treasury of about $60,00O,-
900 annually.
"A total estimated reduction in
revenue receipts of approximately
570,0O0,000 results from these three
sources alone. or an amount equal
to rs per cent of all estimated in
come contained in the 1921 revenue
bill passed during the present session,
Notwithstanding no reduction occurr-
ed in the $24,0oo.o0o,ooo national
debt nor has any provision been
made to that end.
Some efforts to increase the in
heritance and gift taxes occurred iri
the Senate. but Notwithstanding we
could have increased Inheritance
taxes over $20O,OO0,OO0 annually,
which would have still remained be-
low English rates Of today, the at
tempt was blocked-not by any agrl-
cultural bloc. however-and was
killed in conference under a. plea
that any inheritance tax increase was
another attempt to soak the rich
Practically as much more could have
been received from gift taxes, but
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
LAWYERS UNION BALKS
OPEN SHOP; FINES SINISTER

For scabbing on the Lawyers un-
ion, O. E. Stevenson, real estate
dealer. pleaded guilty before Judge
M. L. Clifford Of Tacoma, Wash.
Stevenson said he had been ex-
aiming abstracts of title and. ac-
cepting fees for this service. He said
he did not know that the lawyers
were the only ones having a legal
right to do this work. Stevenson
was fined $25..
Practicing law without license is
a gross misdemeanor. Deputy Pros
ecuting Attorney Leo Teats told the
court. I'VE are going to put a stop
to this sort Of legal work performed
without proper authority" declared
Teats.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
PUBLIC SERVICE
!: union cETSO...k.
Congress Hears From Govern
ment Workers and Back
Tracks on Employees Bonus

The union is the thing, even'when
Uncle Sam is the employer.
The Federal Employees Union has
just demonstrated the truth Of that
maxim. When the first appropria-
ton bill of this session was reported
to the House the other day it was
found that no provision was made
for the $240 bonus which Uncle Sans
would mean that all these workers
500 per year have been receiving
for several years. To omit the bonus
would mean that all theseworkers
would suffer a cut in wages equiva-
lent to $40 per month. This woul .
involved a reduction in Government
pay rolls Of about $30,000,000 per
year.
The moment the Appropriation bill
became public property the union
announced it would make a nation
wide campaign to restore the bonus
and art the same time to give the
Federal employees as near 100 per
cent organization as possible.
The union decision was flashed
over the country, and in every city
where there was a group Of Federal
employees things began to happen.
Letters and kilograms were started
toward the Capitol at Washington,
and there was kick" in every
communication.
Within about 48 hours after the
bombardment began the committee
on appropriations ran up the white
flag. Congressman Martin Madden,
Of Chicago. chairman Of the commit
tee, announced that he and his COL
leagues. never intended to cut the
wages Of the workers. They had
omitted the bonus because they ex-
pected the Lehilbach Redistribution
bill would be passed before the end
Of the fiscal year, and that measure
made the bonus a part Of the work.
ers' basic salaries.
OF course, it is a little strange that
Mr.. Madden did not say something
like that when he first brought in
his bill. but the Federal employees
are so delighted over their victory
that they are not disposed to split
hairs. :,
They. all recognize, however, that
the union is the thing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
Miners CHALLENGE
HOOVER'S STATEMENTS
Continued from age ~

Continued from age ~
they average $1o5 a month per man.
1.-The Pittsburgh District, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois constitute what
has long been known as the Central
Competitive Field, and it is the lar
gest bituminous coal producing field
in the world. 1t employees approx
mately 100000 union miners and its
output in normal times is about
200,OOO000 tons Of coal per year. In
striking All average of the number
of days. worked and the average
earnings Of the miners for the year
1921, or any other period, these
four states must of necessity be
given first consideration, and. it will
be noted that their figures do not
bear out the statement that the
union miners averaged 1872 days
work and earned an average of
$1,365 in 1921. And some of the
other districts were even less for
tunate than tn csc four.
Public Wants Facts.
THE public has a vital interest in
seeing to it that the coal miner has
square deal and an opportunity to
earn a decent living for himself and
his family, but I submit that he
cannot maintain his family on any,
thing like a decent American stand
ard of living on his present meager
income. The individual mine worker
who made $1,365 in the year 1921
was singularly fortunate and the
exception to the rule. His earnings
could not be taken to represent the
average earnings of the miners gen.
orally, which will be found to be
several hundreds less than that
amount. And the coal operators are
now attempting to reduce the miners
Wasers and take away part Of the
little that he now makes.
IF you would be interested In
having copies of the answers which
1 received from the District Officials
and which are referred to above, I
shall, upon your request, be happy
to supply them to you"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
LABOR and LEG|oN SIT
IN HAPPY LOVE FEAST

INDIANAPOLIS Ind, Feb. TO-
Union labor and the American Le-
gion love-feasted here.
At invitation Of Hanford Mac
Nider, Legion commander; Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, appointed per-
sonal representatives to meet with
the ex-service men for the purpose
of bringing labor and legion closer
together.
National, state and executive off,
GERS of the Legion considered Mac
Nider's suggestion for a census of al,
former service men with view 20
ascertaining the disability status and
the preference of the adjusted COM
pensation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
FAMILY LAUNDRY |
WORRIES PENNSY|
Employees Of Division Amused
by QUESTIONABLE Sent Out by
Com pany to Workers.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 16.-Employes
of one Of the divisions Of the Penn
sylvania system have recently been
asked by the officials of the divi-
sion to fill out this form, which APP
parently is designed to advise the
company of all the intimate details
OF the employees life and how he
spends his wages:
Name.
Occupation.
Number of years in service Of P.
f. r.
Married or single.
Do you own your own home or do
you rent?
Are you obligated to use street rail-
way cars?
How often daily?
Taxes Estate, city, county,.
House rental.
Singal room rental.
Property purchase price,.
Property (repairs, painting, plumb
ing).
Water rental.
Cost Of coal.
Cost of wood (for stoves).
Gas. electricity.
Board (shows cost per week.)
Shoes
Hats.
Cost Of clothing (EeneraD.
Groceries (generaD.
Insurance (fire, liability, life).
Laundry bills.
One of those who filled out the
blank said that his name was Joe
Buzz, alias Jimmy Valentine" and
that his occupation was monkey
Ing with monkey Wrenches in the
monkey house" These statistics, no
doubt will be of great value to the
Pennsy, for it is said the distribu-
ton of the blanks created much
amusement among the workers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
100000 Dozen EGGS
RECEIVED FROM CHINA

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Nearly
100000 dozen eggs were received in
this city last week from China, and
about double that amount are due
this week. 1t takes the eggs five
weeks to reach here. They are sold
chiefly to cheaper class retail stores
and to bakeries. The largest i'm
portations of these eggs are in
frozen form. The eggs are removed
from the shell and put up in cans
for bakery use, am in the dried or
powdered form
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
CONGRESS- AID SOUGHT
FOR SUFFERING Miners

Appropriation Of 100000 is asked
by resolution introduced in the house
by Representative Thomas, of Ken
lucky, for the relief of suffering coal
miners and their families in Ken
lucky, West Virginia, Alabama, Ohio
and Pennsylvania. who because Of
unemployment are in need Of imme-
date relief. Should the apprepria-
ton me made. the president of the
United States is authorized and dir
ected to expend the money through
such agencies as he may designate.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
n. Y. BUILDING EMPLOYERS
URGE CAN'T STRIKE Law

ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 16.-The
state association Of builders favors
the passage of "can't-strike" legisla-
ton, but to secure it's passage gum
shoe methods, rather than the big
stick, will be used
The builders passed resolution
in favor of outlawing strikes and
then appointed a committee to sur
vey conditions to determine whether
it was advisable to push the plan
Organized labor in this state has
made such an cutlery against this
law that the builders have con-
Guided not to get identified with a
lost cause.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
BOSSES HELP PRIVATE
* AGENTS TO FLEECE.L ABOR

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 16.-In
1921 $1,154,468 in fees was collected
by private employment agencies in
this state from workers seeking
jobs. The state operates. free en-
ployment agencies. Employers ia.
vor the fee agencies because. they
are safe. recruiting stations. for
strikebreakers Besides. the fee is
taken from the worker The legis-
1ature. has been urged to. abolish tho
fee agencies "as disgrace to the
state"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
GAINS IN MEMBERSHIP.

Despite the business depression,
the Boot and Shoe Workers union
has been making gains in member
ship in the last three months, re-
ports Secretary Balm of
Boston. Though the union has been
under heavy expense in resisting at
tempts of manufacturers to destroy
the organization in certain parts of
the United States and Canada, the
treasury shows a substantial bal
ance
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
BAY STATE AMENDMENT
HITS An INJUNCTION

Amendment of the Massachusetts
state constitution to prevent 1.-THE
growing abuse Of injunctions in Ia
Dor disputes is proposed BY the
state federation of labor. The amend
ment declares that mo restraining
order or injunction shall be issued
by any court in any case involving
a dispute over hours, wages of con-
ditions under which working men
and women are employed"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18

that too was prevented by the
same interests. -, .
"Attemps to increase the corpora
ton normal tax from 10 per cent 70
16 per cent. as proposed by Secre-
tary Houston in his 1920 report, were
defeated and also blocked. but not
by the agricultural bloc, and only
az per cent normal taxes were ad-
ded to meet, the promised Treasury
deficit. This is only one-half the
increase recommended by the Sem
ate, and 12k per cent rate is only
40 per cent of the 80 per cent nor
NAL corporation tax Of Great Britain
today. Secretary Houst0n's 16 per
cent rate would have raised $780,
100000 more annually and would
have helped meet the loss of $780,
900. 900 caused by the excess-profits
tax repeal; but the senate amend
ment was rejected under the cry that
it would soak the rich
"A proposal to tax undistributed
profits Interpretations estimated by
Secretary Houston in his 1920 report
to bring $6oo,ooo,o 900 annually was
also blocked but not by the agri-
cultural bloc, and was rejected with
slight consideration. This tax I'M
der ordinary conditions would bring
to the treasury over $500.00O,00o
annually, based on estimates SUBJ
mitted by Secretary Houston. but
the proposal was rejected because
it was again distorted to mean
soaking the rich In other words,
the following is offered as con-
sentative estimate Of what the 1921
tax bill might reasonably have
brought to the treasury but for the
constant blocking Of legislation by
the cry it soaked the rich and op-
pressed business
Here are the items given by Mr..
Frear:
Excess-profits tax re- <
pealed .......... $1,000, 900
Reduced surtaxes on
income ........... 61,5oO, 900
Luxury taxes repealed 100000
inheritance taxes go. 20O,000,O00
Gift taxes .......... 20O,00O,000
Undistributed profits
proposals rejected. 500, 900, 900
1,471, 500, 900
Corporation normal tax
credit added of 21s
per cent .......... Ill, 1000, 900
1,seo,5oO.oo
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18

aboard the steamship Bay State,
All these steamships are owned by
the people Of the, United States and
were bought and paid for through
Liberty bonds. They are operated by
the Pacific Steamship company, one
OF the principal advocates of a ship
subsidy. ~.>>
When these Chinese were brought
: to Seattle, American citizen seamen,
who had served our country in the
late war. were available and were
anxious and willing to- accept en-
ployment on American ships. But the
patriots who now ask for $4,000
600 subsidy per annum insist upon
employing the cheapest" labor in
all the world.
Boards Policy Revealed.
This cheap labor policy of "Amerf-
can" sh1poWners has had some rath-
err startling results. The following
Associated Press news item, dated
Hongkong, China, Jan. 255, 1922.
tells the story:
The United States Shipping board
steamer 'Wenatchie,~ arrived here to-
day from Manila with GIG Filipinos,
brought here to replace the striking
chinese crews of the American
steamers 'Hoosier State and Bay
State which have been tied up for
some days by the walkout.
"The Filipinos were transferred
from the 'Wenatchie'. to the other
steamers under police. sprotection
without landing. A strike of steve
dores is feared as a. consequence"
FROM tn foregoing it will be noted
that though the American Seanen's
union has been licked U. S. govern
hent-owned merchant vessels are
still busily engaged breaking strikes,
and to that end are actually cruising
about the Pacific ocean ever in
search Of cheaper crews.
When American seamen object tn
unreasonable wage slashing foreign
white seamen are employed. When
white alien seamen begin to protest
Chlnese crews are imported. And
when even the Chinese strike a U. 8.
government vessel brings a cargo Of
Filipinos to impress upon the sea-
men OF China that they no longer
enjoy distinction as the .cheapest
labor on EARTH" OF course, sooner or
later the Filipinos will also protest
against starvation wages. The puzzle
is: Whree will American shipowu.
ers secure their next strike-breakins
crews?
Japanese Wages Increased.
In the meantime, wages of Ian.
anese seamen in the competitive
trade nave been increased 81 per
cent, the increase taking effect the
latter part of 1921. This information
was published in the Marine Journal
OF New York, d shipowners' publica-
ton.
= All other available data indicates
that while American seamen's waxes
are going down, Asiatic seamen's
wages are going up and are not 10
far apart. right now. as to constitute
handicap to American shipowners.
{. American shipowners have done
everything possibl to stifle and
strangle the splendid national mari.
time spirit that was fostered and de-
veloped during the late war. They
s'aave, and are still driving efficient
American seamen off the seas.And.
last but not least. they seem bent on
destroying every vestige Of good will
and cooperation between those. who
own the ships and those who man
them. = p q &5gs G. II
Money talks, h,,t mt q. ,,,,,,,f .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18

Money talks but not as much as
we talk money. - 2.
National league parks are building
= exits Tor Jumps" only. They'll, abol-
sishy the lively pop bottle mex XII
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-18
VESSEL OWNERS SCHEME
TO TAP j. S. TREASURY

Continued from age ~
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-25
Purses Stolen at Party
in Old Ladies Home

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov. "a
CBy L. y. SD-Thieves stole two
pocketbooks during the course Of a
party at the old ladies' home here
last night.