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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-02-09
Male Stenographers and Typists.

Male StenOgraphers and Typists.
The Commission is not receiving
enough applications from men to
answer the needs of the departments
and offices at Washington for male
stenogFaphers and typists.. AS stat
ed in the announcement, women are
admitted to the combined stenog-
rapher and typist examination on the
second Tuesday of every third month
Full information in regard to civil
service positions, examinations, etc.,
can be obtained from the announce
ments displayed in the Post Office
lobby.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
TRY CHINA IF PATKTO
GLORY MEANS CHEAPNESS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11:-''1t
the path to national glory is along
the line Of cheapness, why is not
China the greatest nation on earth
today? Why has not China the
greatest merchant mariner asks
Paul. scharrenberg, secretary-treas-
urer of the California state fedora
ton Of labor in opposing the ship
subsidy bill. - ,,*:S,'s ~ '~S~~~l p
High priced American workme,n
are able to produce shoes. sewing
machines. typewriters and many
other articles of commerce for the
competitive market, in. Europe and
elsewhere, although the workers
pay over there is in many instances
only q. fraction of the American
wage. In this Sase efficiency has
conquered cheap ness, but the Amer
lean shipowner fondly imagines that
he can reverse this process and con-
quer the world with cheap labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
ship SUBSIDY BILL ADVOCATES
THROW 4 BONE WORKtNCMEN

WASHINGTON, May 11.-"The
effort to secure the support Of labor
men for the present ship subsidy
bill is based upon gross misrep-
resentation." says President Gompers
writing in American -Federationist,
current issue. 1T is represented
by shipping interests and by ennis
saries of the United States shipping
board that the enactment of the bill
will provide work for those who are
now idle. 1t is an appeal which, if
based upon truth. would naturally
have great interest in the present
period Of unemployment. Those
who have not had the opportunity
to analyze the bill and to know the
facts surrounding the Introduction
in both houses of congress, conceiv-
ably may be deceived. Willful de-
ception Of workingmen in that man.
ner, however, is most ignoble and
dishonorable performance.
New York and Boston are re-
pair ports and representatives Of
shipping interests make it appear
that large amounts of conditioning
and repair work. will be available
in those ports upon passage of the
bill. The fact is, that the available
tonnage already in condition y is
above the tonnage required. No
matter what may be the provisions
of the bill. no matter how generous
may be the manner in which the
bill would turn over the govern
ments tonnage to private interests,
1T is clear, that there will be no re-
conditioning of any material amount
until the requirements of the COM
mercial world create a demand for
more ships than are now in active
service. International, manufacture
ing, business and financial condi-
tons should make it clear, even to
the casual observer, that no such
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
RAIL SHOP WORK
TO FOREIGN FIRMS
VIOLATES RULES
Contracts for Outside. Repairs
Conflicts With Transportation
Act, U. S. Labor Board Says.

Chicago. May 1o.-Contracting shop
repair work to outside firms by a
railroad company was declared a
violation of the transportation act
and contract provisions conflicting
with the wages and working rules
laid down by the United States rail-
road labor board today. The decis-
ion was characterized by the board as
the most important it has rendered
since its establishment.
The decision. which is the first of
a series of judgments to be handed
down on disputes over farming OUT
railroad labor, was made in the con-
troversy between the union shop
crafts an the Indiana Harbor~ Belt
railroad. The board declared it's
pronouncement went ito the vitals
of the transportation act.";
While the decision applied only to
the one road, which last September
contracted its repair work to the
Burnham Car Repair company, the
general principles established will
govern all subsequent decisions.
There are now sc such cases pending
before the board involving II rail-
roads. Each case. however, will be
decided on it's own merits, the board
announced. but the principles of the
Indiana Harbor belt decision will
stand.
Decision Given. =
Under today's decision, thousands
of former railway employees now
working for contractors at wages
varying from the labor board scale
are formally brought back under the
boards. jurisdiction. Rules varying
from those laid down by the board
are likewise, in effect; declared il
legal, and the contractors employees
restored to the working rules pro-
mulgated by the board.
The board declared in it's decision
that II a railroad company could re-
move it's employees from the, jurisdic-
ton OF the labor board. as was con-
tended in the Indiana Harbor belt
case, then the entire TRANSPORTATION
act can be ,nullified and the will of
the congress of the United States set
at naught." -
At the present time various roads
nave contracted to independent COM
pan1es the work of six different
classes of employes-shopmen. main
tenance of way laborers, clerks. fire.
men. and others, hostlers and signal
men-and the board declared that if
one class of employees could be taken
out from under the transportation
act there is no sound reason why
each and every railroad employee in
the. United. States cannot be given
like treatment" >'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13

comforts Of life. what the vorkers
entitled to and the rich en1oi)
Where wages are good and hour
OF. toll short, honest business 81 Pros
porous. The. Fage-cuttins. ahH
union policy OF financial interest|
are but reacting, against themselvee
TOR to cut the earning power Of til
worker reduces his. pc wer Of con
sumption, and il real normally q
ever to be attained then that police
must stop. The safest way, the onl!
way, to return to normalcy is to pa!
the highest wages the industry vii
bear.' .s3 So &
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13

demand is in prospect for a con-
siderable period OF time.
The appeal is made to longshore-
men that the passage of the bill will
create additional work for them.
This appeal, on itsssface. is partic-
ularly ridiculous. since longshore-
men load. and unload all vessels
entering our ports, no matter what
flag may be flown by these vessels.
'"The promise to the longshore-
men that the ship subsidy bill will
make for. them additional work is
a false promise of Che most brazen
character. AS a matter of fact
these promises are elusive and un-
founded and there 80 no language
Of sufficient strength to adequately
characterize this deception.
I'm addition to all that has been
said in relation to repair work and
reconditioning, there is no guaran-
tee whatever and no indication that
such repair work as may be done
will be done under union standards
and conditions at reasonable wages.
There is nothing In the bill that in
dicates the slightest concern in that
direction, nor is there anything in
the bill that compels the employ
ment Of a single American at sea.
I'm this connection it is we'll to
remember that the shipping in
terests have been. and are, among
the leaders in the snti-union. shop
campaign. The ship building in
terests always have refused, so far
as they could, to permit any union
workers in their establishments.
ship owners have refused, as far
as they could, to permit any union
man upon their ships. Regardless
of the manner in which they may
talk now in their desire to break
in to the treasury of the United
States, the leopard will not change
it's Spots" 49,.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
CONGRESS- may REGULATE:
WASHINGTON HOTEL RATES

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE SEN
ate has passed an amendment to the
rent act which will compel hotels
and restaurants to give 30 days
notice before they can raise rates.
Cards must be posted in the rooms
and upon walls giving the rates and
the date of posting.
Senator Caraway, of Arkansas,
proposed the amendment. He said
that prior to a, recent convention
here he made reservations at a hotel
for 81 a day" and that the reserva-
tions were later cancelled and rates
were raised to $40 a day.
Eevidently every senator has had
the same experience, for all of them
voted for the amendment.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
PRIVILEGE SEEKER s REVEl IN
CRAB At EXPENSE OF Pc 0PLE
By Intenation Labor News Service

BY International Labor News Service
WASHINGTON, May 11.-Ali
Baba's Forty Thieves were pikers
when compared to the gold grabbers
now putting over deals to line their
pockets at the expense of govern
ment and people.
So fragrant have they become that
those who venture to protest are
laughed at. You're poor hick'
If you don't grab something.
In view of the general attitude
the muchheralded budget is already
a farce and something over which
to weep. The tariff is the big meat
and the vultures are maneuvering
day and night to be in on the kill
ing. Civil Service is riddled.
Roosevelt's conservation policy is
smashed.
RAILROADS.
No. r-Railroads have grabbed in
many ways. They grabbed six mill
lion dOllars-remem Six Million
Dollars-in excessive costs paid for
repair work in contract shops. This
was done during the government
guarantee period. so the people paid
the bill. The roads grabbed more
millions directly through the gov
eminent guarantee. This grab is
estimated at $650,000,OOO.
TARIFF
No. "A $32,000,0O0 raid on the
public is planned by the American
Sugar Trust through manipulation
Of pending tariff legislation before
congress. The United States and
Cuban Sugar Producers Agreement
Syndicate, Inc, of No. II State
street, New York city, office of
Henry w. Peabody & Co., is direct
ing a gigantic price fixing proposal
which it calls congressional
agreement" or "our beet-cane and
Cuban sugar duty compromise" A
powerful sugar lobby in Washing
ton is working day and night for
this grab.
OIL
No. s-Teapot Dome, Wyoming,
one of two great U. S. navy Oil re-
serves secured by the navy to guar
antee future oil supply, turned over
to the Sinclair Oil company, q Stand
ard Oil. subsidiary, by Secretary of
the Interior Fall, giving to a pri-
vate exploitation for private profit.
Sinclair Oil stock spectators reaped
a harvest of s3O,OOO,0O0 on the bare
announcement of the enormous grab
of the navy's great oil reserve. It
is impossible to even guess what
will be the harvest from the enor-
nous store of the oil itself.
Shipping
No. 4-The ship subsidy bill. an
administration measure, provides
for enormous direct. and indirect
subsidies, would practically give
away a great fleet Of ships and al
together provide the richest grab
that has ever fallen into the lap of
the shipping interests which hate
labor and never lose a chance to
show their hatred.
Banking
No. 5-Charges of a most sensa-
tinoal nature have been made on the
floor of the senate to the effect that
the Federal Reserve systm has been
used, via the accelerated deflation
route, to pour, millions into the poe
kets of the powerful while grinding
the farmers and the workers.
Civil Service
No. 6-Wrecking the civil service
in order to grab off fat jobs for adj
ministration supporters is under
way, after all the fat political plums
have fallen into the laps of propon-
ents of the spoils system. "ShakeL
up" of bureau Of government
should now read "shake-down."
These. are some Of the major
grabs. There are others.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
AT THE VICTORY,

When the doors of the Victory
theater opened last Sunday. hum
dreds Of people were unable to get
into the theater. Five perform
ances were wins during the day to
capacity houses. All during the
week the house was well filled and
Quinn and Lee, the owners, feel
mighty happy over the prospects
for the future.
Next weeks bill will excel that
of this week. It will be 1.-THE
Haunted Hotel" farce comedy
carrying 10 people, with Oppegard
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
LABOR NOT COMMENTED,
DECLARES MR. GOMPERS

:. NEW HAVEN. Conn, May IL
Organised workers refuse to be
COMMENTED" and they insist on a
continuous better day. declared
President Gompers, in an address in
this city : i; ~! -. =. +S'.s -.
"Organized labor he said, lis
going to ask for more and more
until it gets sufficient to have the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13

Murphy (Joe McKenzie) of the
saucy Baby company. starting Sun
day. There will be new songs,
dances, scenery and costumes.
The owners promise a REPETITION
of clean shows. They will cater
especially to women and. children.
The Victory theater is strictly union
from the box office to the back
stage. 1t is owned by union men.
The orchestra is union, the stage
employees are union and the per-
formers are , all members of the
Actors" Equity. the trade union of
the profession.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
Boys Atwood Serge Suits $9.95
At The Big Duluth.
HOLD EIGHT-HOUR DAY,

Seamen employed by the Detroit
& Cleveland navigation company de-
feated an attempt to install the II!
hour day. After a short strike the
company discharged its strike
breakers and came to an agreement
with its employees. &S-,'%. ~ "a =
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-28
A VETERAN NEWSPAPER
MAN GONE.

His forty-five years in the business
department Of the Argus and Patriot
Co. Of Montpelier gave the late George
Atkins a prominent place in the jour-
nalistic profession in Vermont. Per-
haps that service on a single news
paper was the longest of any service
of like nature by anyone in the state
at the present time. Coming TO Monts
pelier to work under the direction of
that well-known editor, Hiram Atkins,
he continued with that newspaper
property after the death of Hiram At
kins and has been with it ever since,
laboring industriously right up to the
time OF mis- fatal illness though adj
yanced in years. Mr.. Atkins was thor
oughly devoted to the interests of the
and gave the best that was
in him to that service. He was much
by his fellow-newspaper men
in the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-28

The score is three to one, with
France leading the majority among
the allies. II was in the contest over
decision whether Germany should be
declared in default on her wood deliv-
cries to the allies under the treaty Of
Versailles II the ratio continues TO
hold strong in future consideration re-
lating to treaty matters, Great Brit.
ain is. likely to find herself hard put
to it to maintain her position on such
matters, with France, Italy and Bel
GUM voting on the other side. How
ever, the prestige Of the British en-
pire may be expected to carry consid-
cradle weight in future considerations
notwithstanding the temporary set-
back to Great Britain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-28

Increasing freight business on the
Central Vermont railroad has given
Montpelier Junction boom in a way
which seems to indicate that a small
village may spring up near the rail-
road line. 1t has been found necessary
to establish general agent there,
increase the clerical force, build a
clubhouse for trainmen and encour-
age other plans such as the establish
ment of restaurant. If the tedious
waits of passenger trains at that point
continue, the establishment of a res
tasrant may become necessity for
humane treatment of the many people
who cool their heels while freight
trains have the right Of way. any
way, let Montpelier Junction boom.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-28
canada's Supply Of Anthracite.

Conrad r. Spens, federal fuel admin
! istrator. notifies Canada that there Is
no immediate prospect, il there il any
at all, Of overcoming the deficit exist-
Ing on Dec. | in Canada's allotment.
The Canadians are told that they are
not entitled TO special consideration be-
cause they have failed apparently to
make use OF substitutes for anthracite
as has been done to considerable ex.
tent in populous communities in the
United States. In other words. it is
pointed out that Canada should have
exhibited the same self-denial as has
been forced upon the people on this side
Of the border.
The statement made by Mr. Spens
clarifies the situation with reference TO
Canada's coal supply II has been al
legged that anthracite has been moving
freely across the border 10 Canadian
cities at times when cities in the Unit
ed States were practically without any
hard coal. In particular, it has been
stated that there was much hard coal
in Windsor, Ontario, while there was a
great scarcity in Detroit, on the Ameri
can side of the river. Bills have been
in Congress for the purpose
Of stopping this flow Of anthracite to
Canada. Mr.. Spens now explains tina I
Canada was allotted fifty per cent of
last years supply, with the agreement
that. because OF climatic conditions,
the deliveries should be made by the |
first of January. FOURTH Of the al |
lotment had been forwarded by the first |
Df the present month. and. for the rea
son given, that is likely to be all that
Canada will get.
IL would seem from this explanation |
that the movement Of coal TO Canada is |
at an end, and that there |
will be no necessity for congressional /
The Canadians have been
ziven a very substantial proportion Of
heir customary supply Of hard coal.
There Is plenty OF soft coal obtainable /
IN this country. There u opportunity
% import coal from abroad Our friends
lcross the border are not in danger of
freezing 10 death even in White River.
where only a morning with a tempera-
ure of fifty degrees below zero is re-
rarded as cold.
The only criticism that might be Of
cred OF the attitude Of the fuel dis
ributor in dealing with the present sit
iation is that. as a bargain is bar
'ain and the agreement Sad been made
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-28
Get Acquainted With the Horse.

The Rutland Herald says raise
horses. they'll be needed" Possibly
but ii is everlastingly certain that
they win not be needed in any bush
ness. The up-keep is prohibitive. In
the primitive days when the horse
was @man's best friend" we used to
fit him with winter shoes-with cal'Ss
keen enough to penetrate the iiinty
soil Of December-at dollar n set.
Now the cost in Brandon, we are told,
is $3.50 for the outfit. That $3.50
viii buy new shoe for the Ford, and
perhaps reason enough why Lizzie
has supplanted the horse as mans
best friend. Brandon Union.
1t is pity that the Union man
would not travel about his own town
far enough TO realize what facts are,
as opposed to guess work.
Horses will be needed in any Yer
mont business that runs the year
round. They will be absolutely in
dispensable for most side-hill farm
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-28
Says whitehill Appointment Dis
pleases Majority.

The selection of Harry G. Whitehill,
editor of the Waterbury Record, for
the customs collectorship of Vermont
over John 7. Gushing Is evidence of
the manner in which the politics of
Vermont are being run in Washington.
There is little question about Mr..
Whitehills ability, for Nhe position.
but it has been felt all along that the
majority Republicans of the state
favored John n. Gushing of ST. AL
bans for the job. Certainly most Of
the newspaper fraternity urged his APP
pointment. Whitehill's stand with the
national committee, however, and the
known feeling Of President Harding in
the matter were sufficient to enable
him to get the appointment regardless
of the feelings of the voters.
Nhitehill is all right and has been a
worker for the party in Vermont. That
is not the question, however. Mr..
Gushing has also been worker and
seemed to be the choice of the ma
jority That those in Washington can
tell us back home where to get off" in
the matter of political appointments
especially when the known wishes of
the majority have been expressed as
to the contrary, is to say the least, not
just as ii should be.-Burlington News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-28

ing at any season Of the year. The
cost Of up.keep Is not prohibitive.
just because the farms along the
Otter Creek valley happen to be blessed
with very large average Of sun-
shine, due to breadth and the LAY
OF the land" it does not follow That
farmers can drive Ford trucks over
Rochester or Sherburne mountains IN
January and February, with snow l,er-
haps eight feet deep in places.
Within twenty minutes drive AZ
Rutland, for instance. we know that
practical lumbermen do not think of
trying to freight boards and dimen.
sion stuff off the mountain with
trucks; and as for logs, horses, as a
matter of cold figures, can bring them
down the runways and alongside the
mills cheaper than the truck.
This does not apply to straight
away hauling such as is performed up
and down the Otter Creek valley. or
when speed is a prime consideration.
but for the great bulk of the noun
tain and side-hill work the horse ia
still standby.
AS for sales purposes. General
Pershing says one of the reasons why
we were hampered in France was be-
cause Of lack Of horses.
Horses are giving place to power
trucks In many activities, but the man
who predicts a horseless age for Yer.
mont, on the basis Of the motor truck.
50 far as 1t has gone to-day, does not
know what he is talking about. Rit-
land Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-28
Might As Well Be Satisfied.

The appointment of Harry g. White.
MI OF Waterbury to be collector of the
port OF st. Adams is no surprise to the
newspaper men and Others who were
supporting John r. Gushing of ST. Al.
bans for that place. The truth of the
matter is that we have all known for
more than a year that Mr.. Whitehill
was to be appointed and. obeying the
natural impulse of obstinate human
nature, we have supported Cushing
more vociferously on that account lust
to make as much trouble as possible.
A majority of the newspaper men OF
Vermont favored Gushing Of the two
editorial candidates, but there was no
use in our being yellow kids in the
matter The facts are that Mr.. White
hill, because Of his services to the Re
publican national committee, Secre-
tary Of War Weeks, former Post
raster General Hays, and other ma.
'tional leaders, was decided upon as the
appointee to the best federal Office in
Vermont.
The administration at Washington
didn't owe one cent TO Vermont. Our
delegates to Chicago in 1920 didn't
prove to be very clever politicians and
failed TO go to the support Of Harding
when it was foregone conclusion
that he was to be nominated, and when
Vermont Republicans could have
gained prestige by so doing.
In consequence of this tactical blum
der the Office Of collector at st. Adams
is filed by the administration and the
Vermont delegation passes on it only
as matter of courtesy.
Also there is no need of Vermont
editors acting silly or chirlish in the |
matter, We all like Harry Whitehill. |
are glad to have him get good APP
know he can fill the office |
and will, and at the same
time we think just as much Of John
Cushing as we did before and would 1
like to see him have something good as
he deserves even II he has to hustle
round and get 1t for himself. -Ben-
nington Banner