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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
PUBLIC OPINION COURT
DESIGNED TO FORCE LABOR INTO GROUP SLAV-
ERY WOULD BE RESULT IF SENATOR
KENYON'S RECOMMENDATION
WERE ADOPTED
Public Opinion Would BE Influenced Through Hired Press
Agents to Break Workers BY Industrial
Oppression

elites. One of them would be the Civ
ing of the authority of law to a horde
of hired press agents who are paid
to misrepresent and tell half truths
in order to influence "public opinion"
against the labor movement, with
the object finally of breaking the work
ers by industrial oppression.
Public opinion" is an abstract
term which covers a vast range of
thought, sometimes based upon know
ledge gained by study of given facts,
more often the result of suggestion
from reading the opinions of others.
AS there are thousands of public
opinion" factories in this country,
each with an organ trumpeting into
the public ear the kind of Opinions"
it desires the public to hold, the prop
osition to create court of public
opinion" does not insure the sound
ness or the justice of the public judg-
ment upon the matter in interest.
Since these factories of public opinion
are necessary to the progress and de-
velopment of great industrial corpor-
ations, both for suppression of facts
and the invention of issues, it is
quite clear that in the main the "court
of public opinion" will render its yer
dict in accord with The views Of the
loudest howlers. Naturally these will
be for the interests which have the
largest number of mediums to reach
the public Needless to say they are
not the workers
Senator Kenyon must know that
law Of the character he proposes
could not prevent the recurrence of
conditions prevailing, and which have
prevailed for years in West Virginia.
The mine operators responsible for
those conditions care nothing about
laws There isn't a law IN the politi-
cal, moral or divine code which they
have not booted with contempt 1t is
ridiculous to think of public opinion"
as a curative for corporation which
brings gunmen into state in def
ance of law ostensibly to protect prop
erty but in reality to murder without
danger Of prosecution, which evicts
sick women and under-nourished chill
dren, which boycotts persons who as
sist these unfortunates with food,
medicines and clothing, which black
lists, hounds and persecutes workers
who refuse to surrender rights which
Senator Kenyon's code declares to be
lawful
The proposed bill is just another
effort to fasten upon the people IN
dushiaI group slavery
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
RATTLING OF OLD BONES
HEARD AS "COMPANY UNION" DRAGS SERFDOM FROM 10th
CENTURY CLOSET -ANCIENT SKELETON SHOWS
SIGNS OF RENEWED LIFE
Attempt of Industrial Baon Renew Otm Control Over Workers
Made Hopeless By Solidarity of Legitimate Trade Unions

full; hence in their fear they evangel-
i2e and exhort their laborers with
blather on loyalty to the company"
''fealty to the company's interest, "
fair treatment for the company"
They clear the factory floors for BIZ
monthly dances at which the president
Of the company and his wife are the
guests OF honor and receive the hom-
age of the workers and their families.
Then when they think the proper
"loyal' sentiment has been aroused
they cut wages or lengthen hours
through company meeting" at
which they are told, through their all
legged shop committee" that the COM
pany needs money to pay dividends, or
to increase capital investment" or to
extend invested functions, or "su-
plus for fixed charges" all Of which
is as SansEnit to the loyal" workers
just what it is intended to be.
Workers Always Lose
4 Still the workers realize, even though
! they do not grasp the riddle of terms,
that is queer sort of union or part
nership in which they always lose and
/ the company always wins.
/ That single ray Of mental light
that slight vision of unfair division,
4 portends the breaking up OF the
company union" And that is what is
taking place now, because the com
pany union" is bound to go upon the
rccks the moment it steers its course
by the chart upon which it is organ
lied tearing down the living stand
ard Of the workers.
This purpose may be hidden for
a time in insurance schemes, in profit
sharing devices that won't bear close
inspection, in friendly visiting" and
welfare work (Which, in many IN
stances, is merely a cloak for prying
into the private affairs Of the workers
TO obtain information as to their meth
! ods of lifel, in plasterlng the work
room walls with golden rule" mot
toes, in which the workers are urged
to give the best that is in them as a
proof of loyalty to the company. The
policy of skinning labor is made a
science in the company union and
every suggestion to further that pol
icy finds ready sale and liberal
reward. The basic theory of that sci
ence is that the workers are there to
give and the company to take.
More Power Than Feudal Lord
The Company unions" WELD their
greatest sway in times of industrial
depression for the reason that the
industrial baron exercises a greater
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
FORD DOESN'T WANT IT
BUT INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION IN
SITSTS THAT HE CONTIUE GOUGING
PUBLIC SO THAT OTHER ROADS
MAY DO THE SAME
Greater Need For Intelligent Management For Railroad
Systems Than For Arbitrary Control
Says Gompers

Washington President Gompers, in
the February number of the American
Federationist, gives searching anal
ysis of the ruling of the interstate
commerce commission declining to ac-
cede to the request of Henry Ford
to reduce rates on shipments of coal
over his railroad.
"The philosophy of our present gov
ernment is almost beyond understand
ing" declares Mr. Gompers. "We re-
tain our archaic anti-combination laws
in the hope of preventing the forma
tion of trusts, because it is held that
the formation of trusts destroys the
probability of competition. On the
other hand we maintain an interstate
commerce commission, one of whose
functions is to prevent effective COM
petition.
''The commission has placed itself
on record as occupying the position,
which from the outset, it was bound
ultimately TO occupy, as the defender
of those railway systems which are
least efficient in the transportation
of commodities. The commission has
declined to permit the Detroit, Toledo
and Ironton railroad to reduce freight
rates on coal The railroad is able
and willing to transport coal at a rate
lower than the one which now exists,
profit which is larger than the COM
pany> desires to have.
"The commission does not deny that
the railroad can transport coal at a
profit at lower rate than the rate
now in effect, but it refuses to permit
a reduction in the rate on, the ground
that if the Detroit, Toledo and Iron
ton were permitted to reduce its rate
on coal the result would be unfair to
other railroads which claim they can
not make profit at lower rate. Not
only that but the commission believes
a disadvantage would be placed upon
coal mines not situated on the d. I.
& l. line. The commission finds that
3:5 per cent of the coal transported
by the d. T. & |. is produced in mines
on that line while the balance comes
over that line from. coal mines situat-
ed on connecting roads. The commits
sion finds it impossible to reduce the
coal rates on these connecting roads,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10

Washington. Successful resist.
ance by legitimate trade unions
against attempts of greedy employers
to break down hard-won living stand
ards of the workers has given palsy
to promoters of so-called company
unions" These evangelists of six
teenth-century feudahsm know the
bedrock principles upon which the
company union" rests are low wages,
long hours of labor and absolute con-
troll by the company of working con-
ditions, and complete mastery over
the workers lives.
Company Union" Not Voluntary
They well understand that no man
voluntarily and willingly accepts such
rule. And they do not undervalue the
moral effect upon the victimized work
ers of successful resistance to tyranny
of other men of labor who are enrolled
in the legitimate organizations Of the
working people. Hence they are fear
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
HOW "COMPANY UNIONS"
STRIP THE WORK ERS

Constitutions, bylaws and
agreements of company unions"
are usually drafted by corpor-
alton attorney, stressing with le-
gal seriousness the hocus pocus
of workers rights" and the elab-
crate method of electing represen-
tatives to consider industrial re-
lations with the president and
officers of the company" and Civ
ing in minute detail directions for
preparing the ballot and voting,
to insure absolute secrecy" as if
to guard against the ridiculous
contingency of the company
"stuffing the box"
The hollow pretense of demo
cratic government suggested by
the regulations for voting is
forcefully exposed when placed
beside "the right to hire and dis
charge shall be vested exclusively
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
4. & |. to reduce its rates.

ID. L. d |. to reduce its rates.
"There is wide margin of diff
ference between reckless rate-cut-
ting and the basing of service price
on the cost of that service. The in
terstatc commerce commission does
not deny that the D. T. & l. is able to
transport coal at profit at a rate
lower than the rate now in effect. In
asmuch, however, as other roads can
not do likewise the ID. T. & l. is pocket
ing profit beyond its desires.
'The d. T. & |. is owned by Henry
Ford. There are many just criti-
cisms of Ford methods in industry
but the fact that Mr. Ford has succeed
ed in making himself the richest man
in the country without bringing upon
himself the hatred which ordinarily
comes with such an amassing OF
wealth is proof of the fact that the
country knows Henry Ford primarily
as man of service and not as profit
eer.
"The decision of the interstate
commerce commission in the case OF
Mr.. Ford's railroad will call into Sc
rious question our whole method ant
machinery of controlling the rail.
roads of the country.
what our railroad systems neec
most is intelligent management
rather than arbitrary control"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
FUR OVERS HOLD
F0RTY-FOUR HOUR
WEEK
Contract Signed With En-
pI0yers is Effective Until
February /, 1923

Brooklyn, n Y The 14hour week
win remain in force until February
1, 1923, in the fur-dyeing industry Of
this city. This N guaranteed by the
agreement reached between the IN
ternational Fur Workers Union and
the Brooklyn Fur Dressers' and Dyers'
Association, which employs 70 per
cent Of the 1000 members Of the
union Independent shops in which
the remainder are employed usually
follow the lead of the dyers' associa-
tion in wage settlements. The agree
ment also provides for continuance of
present wages, overtime pay, pay for
holidays and all union rules respect
ing working conditions
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10

Wdshington.-Th senate commit
tee which investigated the unsuccess-
ful efforts of the mine operators of
West Virginia and Kentucky to make
slaves of the miners of those states
by starvation, evictions, Imprisonment,
bludgeoning and gunner bullying has
submitted its report to the senate.
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, chairman
Of the committee, who also is chair
man Of the standing committee on ed
ucation and labor, after condemning
both operators and miners in the re-
port, personally recommends the es-
tablishment Of another wage labor
board to be composed of three repre-
sentatives each of the public, the en-
ployers and the workers, appointed
BY the president of the United States
1t is the design that the findings of
this board shall be published broad
cast and enforced by public opinion ;"
The bill embodying the plan to be
introduced in the senate will have an
industrial code, defining rights of
employers and workers and setting
forth their duties toward 'the great
third party-the public" The pro
posed code defines in detail many
rights including the right Of women
who work in the mines to receive
the same pay as men. Of this right
the senator observes: Pew women
are engaged in any way in mining,
but it may be as we'll to announce
this proposition as to pass it by
The bin would also prohibit the en-
ployment in the mines of children
under 16 years, unless permits have
been issued under state authority" :"
In West Virginia this prohibition
would be meaningless, as the mine
owners would see to it that any child
might be forced into the mines and
robbed of his childhood by permits
issued under state authority
In this elaborate code of rights"
it is declared that when a dispute
or controversy arises between opera
tors and mine workers there should
be no strike or lockout pending a con-
ference or hearing and determine
lion OF the facts and principles in
volved'
Senator Kenyon says this plan is
not compulsory arbitration 1t is not
made clear, however, why there should
be enacted an unnecessary law for
mediation and concilation, with a
code" when there is already a bu-
reau Of the department of labor in
existence for that purpose, ready TO
act when called upon
OF course, the proposed measure
does not provide in terms for the
kind Of compulson which requires the
dragging before the court by the force
Of blackjack, billy and nightstiek Of
the Labor disputants That system
is crude, unrefned The modern com
pulsion is effected by more subtle cru
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10

power over the being Of the worker
than did the feudal baron The serf OF
old could not be chased Off the land to
which ne was attached At least his
sustenance was asscred. The indus
trial serf has no land and he may be
driven OF the job whenever the indus
trial baron SO wills it. Not only that,
the fellow may be blacklisted with
other industrial barons, boycotted,
bounded and even jailed if his baron
wishes to use all the industrial and
legal resources he possesses as a
baron
Trade Unions the Leash
There is only one restraining in
iiuence which holds him in leash
There is the legitimate trade union
the form Of which he copies and the
principles Of which he must finally
adopt if he would have Industrial
peace and do justice both to the com
my .pJ ~ bn ,,rorLa,e
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
CANADA AIDS WORK
LESS

Ottawa, Ont The dominion gov
ernment will issue federal warrants
for relief of unemployment, special
provision being made to assist British
and Canadian war veterans until
March 81 The federal government
binds itself to reimburse municipal
authorities to the extent Of one-half
of outlay for unemployment. The
municipalities will pay the remainder.
In providing employment by public
works the municipalities provide one
sixth of the extra cost above normal,
the provinces paying two-sixths and
the dominion three-sixths
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
SENATE WANTS
TO KNOW ALL
ABOUT ESPIONAGERS

Washington.-By resolution the sem
ate has called upon the attorney gen
eral to inform it of the names and
addresses of all persons indicted and
prosecuted under the espionage act
or for conspiracy to violate war laws,
the statutes under which indictments
were brought, synopsis of offense
charged, date and place of each con-
viction, sentence, time of expiration
appeals and results, and action taken
by the executive in committing SEN
tences and by the pardon board in
paroling defendants Data is also
asked of reviews of cases resulting in
unfavorable recommendation for
communication or parole.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
Sn ~ Ea
SEAMEN TO BUY SHIPS

Paris.-The French government is
selling its mercantile fleet, and the
Seamen's Federation of France is
making arrangements to buy II of
the best of the ships, $4,000 ton
mage, to be operated comparatively
by the union, following the example
set by the Italian seamen's guild,
which owns cooperative merchant
fleet.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
MORE LAWMAklNG JUDGES

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- - -
, 1922-09-14

c. L. Warren, San Diego. Cal. ne
gro who at the nge II 50 years has
turned completely white. The change
stcrsud three years ago whan white
pot. appeared over his entire body.
biacl. " sill white and thai his pray
blgrlS or ali white and that this pray
rTs now nave been answered. Physi-
Glars say there r fOur such cases
on record.
, 1922-09-14

As@@ GS% Ams%n q%snyE being pcsa 70 s%a aSSTT %.S f.n .%%saS%riS S%S ss Sss
sketch shows der relative sizes of the proposed new ship. and the Majestic now the hrt steamship
float
, 1922-09-14

Duty amounting to $1,000 on per
sonal baggage was paid recently by a
wealthy American woman arriving in
London from Paris. The property was
contained in eighty large trunks.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-06-23
FRED STONES COUSIN
IS ALSO NOTED FUNSTER
Vernon Stone 20 Delight chautauqus
Folks with Merry Antics.

Vernon Stone, who II 20 appear with
Electra Platt at Chnutauqun, on the
sixth day. II n "companlon piece" TO
his frst cousin, Fred Stone. os Mont
gomery and Stone fnme. II IN said
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-06-23

Residents of ST. Johns having taxes
and city liens to pay in Portland can
make their payments without inconyeni.
enee by availing themselves Of our ser
viees- We will pay same and secure your
receipt without Inconvenience 70 you,
Fee. 25e- References: Any ST. Johns
Bank.-Peninsula Title, Abstract and
Realty Co., BY II. Henderson, Manager;
+02 North Jersey Street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-06-23

he can get more real wholesome vol
umo. harmony and syncopntion out of
the banjo than amy six ordinary banjo
artists. In n moment OF side.spllttlng
fun he hauls forth his string Nd
die. made from an old cigar box, and
produces some amnzlng tones with n
show OF technique that Is surprising.
Good SoX l5c, . pr. Doe
R-O-G E-R y.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-06-23
IMRlE HAS BROAD VISION
OF WORLDS PROBLEMS
VIII Discuss "Worklnp Together for
BlIllonS' AZ chautsuqua.

Norman Allan Imrie will bring a
broad vision OF the worlds problems
20 Chautauqua. Years Of personal
contact with life and conditions IN
England, Canada, Central Europe, New
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-27
Confesses Killed
His Little Son,
Wants to Pay Penalty

New York, Feb. 26-Walter Lid
die. 10, clerk, confessed tonight, the
police said, that he drowned his sew
en- months old son in the bath tub
Of his Bronx home this afternoon,
because his young wife refused to re-
turn to him. Pressed for an explain
alton he is said to have declared he
decided to lend it all by killing the
baby and having the state electro
cute me-" He was arrested on a
homicide charge.
Mrs. Liddle left her husband a
month ago after quarrels due to his
inability to obtain permanent work,
the police said. She took the baby
to her parents home where Liddle
called on her this afternoon and, aft
err unsuccessfully importuning her to
have dinner with him, asked permits
sion to take the child for a walk. He
told the police he fastened to his
home with the infant, where, after
fondling him for 20 minutes, he de-
cided to drown him.
District Attorney Edward J. Glen
non stated the youth declared he had
weighted pillow with iron and sunk
it in the partly filed hath tub, in
tending to place the baby on it. 1t
discolored the water, however, and
he decided to remove it. Then he
told Mr.. Glennon. he kissed the child
several times. dropped him into the
water and ran to tell his wife of his
action
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-27
SPORT NOTES

The appointment of Edwin l..
Casey of Natick as football coach for
Tufts college was announced Sunday
Casey formerly was a well known
Harvard player and was chosen as a
member of the Ail--America eleven in
1919. The new coach will succeed
DR.. William il. Parks and will in
troduce the Harvard style of foot
ball at Tufts.
Johnny Weismutter of Chicago has
filed his entry for the national 100
yard swimming championship event
at the meet of the Brookline Swim
ming club to be conducted here
March 5. Weismutter won the go
yard outdoor senior championship
last year at Indianapolis and finished
second in the 500 yard indoor senior
swim at Great Lakes. Illinois.
Ernie Reich, one Of the best known
professional basketball stars in the
country died Friday at his home in
New York. He was a member Of the
Original Celtics, claimants OF the Ma
tional Professional basketball cham
pionship. Reich was % years old
and a brother OF Al Peich, heavy
weight pugilist. He contracted pneu-
monia a week ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-27
$4,000 Liquor
Raid at Worcester

Worcester, Feb. 24.-Liquor esti-
mated by federal agents to be worth
more than $4,000, prohibition quota :
tons, was seized in five raids this
afternoon and tonight by a force of
federal agents and local police.
Liquor of many varieties including
rare imported cordials and valued at
$4,000, was found at the soft drink
manufacturing plant OF BieberbacIl
Brothers. which was visited as a eli
max to the activities of the raiding
squad. The homes of John G. Bieb-
erbach and George E. Sandner of the
firm were also visited and officers said
they found liquor secreted in nearly
every room Of the house. Six gallons
OF moonshine was found hidden be-
hind piano. The officers also found
barrel Of Jamaica ginger, the first
that has not been in bottles, they said.
Moonshine whiskey was seized in four
house raids in various parts of the
city.
Two arrests were made in these
raids and the officers said all other
offenders would be summoned to an
pear before United States commits
sioner Tuesday. The liquor seized
was taken to police headquarters.
where inventories will be made to-
morrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-27
Move to Protect Investors
in Dealings with Brokers

New York. Feb. 26-Immediate
legislation to protect stock investors
through inspection of the business
records Of brokers and stock ex-
changes was advocated by District
Attorney Banton tonight in a state
ment disclaiming responsibility for
recent numerous failures in the
financial district.
Mr. Banton also urged enactment
of a law at this session of the legis-
lature providing against the issue of
wild cat" securities and for rSeis-
tration and licensing of brokers.
He declared that propaganda to
make it appear that his inquiry into
bucket shop conditions had FASTENED
the failures must not be allowed to
go unchallenged."
mo honest brokerage house or up
right business man" he asserted,
had anything to fear from the dis
trict attorneys Office"