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The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
DEFENDS EIGHT-HoUR LAW
Walker D. Hines Declares Efficiency
Of Railroad Labor Increased un-
der Its Operation.

Efficiency of railroad labor increased
after the passage of the eight-hour
law. This was the declaration OF
! Walker ID. Hines, former director gen.
eral of railroads under the United
States railroad administration, testi-
flying before the senate interstate COM
merce committee. He also presented
figures TO prove that railroad labor
was more efficient during the war,
showing that in 1920 a phenomenal
traffic was successfully handled.
The basis Of labor measurement is
called traffic units per man hour" In
1915, before the eight-hour system be-
came effective, these units were repre-
sented by 81; i'm 1917, under the eight
hour system, the units jumped TO 96;
in 1910 they rose to 100, and In 1920
to 10l.
The former director general said
that the railroads were i'm deplorable
state when they were taken over by
the government, and were greatly i'm
proved under federal control Mr..
Hines pointed out that under federal
control the roads were operated by
the same practical men who operated
them before the government took them
over and who are operating them at
present. In report of Carl r. Gray,
director of operations of the railroad
administration, which Mr.. Hines
quoted, the statement was made that
"one of the prime reasons why the
government had to take possession of
the railroads was the generally bad
condition of the locomotives and cars"
The report set forth that the "condi-
tions were so bad that repair tracks
and terminals were congested with
bad-order cars and shops and round
houses were so crowded with iocomo-
tives that proper facilities for main
tanning the equipment were no longer
available"
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
WILL SUPPORT
MINE WORKERS
President Gompers Announces
Position of American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
WAGE CUT NOT JUSTIFIED
Veteran Leader Declares Profits tserina
Employers Are Seeking to Un.
duly Enrich Themselves at the
Expense of the Workers.

The American labor movement will
support the mine workers in theil
fight against wage reductions this
spring, President Samuel GOmpers OF
the American Federation of Labor, de
clared in statement received by the
various unions in the New York dis
trict.
"The public" added Mr. Gompers
that Is paying more than war prices
for coal while thousands Of miners are
kept in enforced idleness and thus
forbidden to dig coal is also likely
to be fairly accurate In placing the
blame for a tie-up In the industry il
one comes.
'At the present moment the mine
owners, swelling with profits reaped
from coal prices which have gone
beyond all bounds, are seeking to fur
ther enrich themselves at the expense
of the mine workers.
"The American labor movement and
the American people will be with the
miners if they are forced TO defend
their rights. If they are forced to
fight against bloated, arrogant priv
ilege and profteering for fair wage
and for opportunity TO go down into
the earth to dig coal, may they fight
a good fight, for they will be fight
ing for justice. and justice for the
miners is the concern of all who love
Justice"
Referring to the demands of the
operators for wage cuts, Mr.. Gompers
continued
"FOr the mine owners at this time
to make demands upon the mine work
ers is the height of brazen effrontery,
the acme Of abandoned looting and pill
lage. Coal prices are sky high and
the retail supply is kept on the verge
of actual shortage. Meanwhile thou
sands of miners are kept out of the
mines. thus creating situation in
which there is no reserve supply WIS.,
ible to the average person.
"The coal barons make their own
law of supply and demand, and they
make 1t just as drastic as possible so
far as demand Is concerned, worrying
hV1 "e al auout supply SASept dS IL 10
necessary as basis for baronial de-
mand for loot"
Reviewing the railroad together
with the mining situation, Mr. Com
pers said:
1.-TWO Of the great vital industries
have been brought to the verge Of tur-
moil by government interference, by
injection of the ancient, out-worn idea
Of compulslon, by arrogant profiteer-
ing. 1t will take the steady demo-
cratic policy of the American trade
union movement, put in practice in
Its full implications, to restore those
Industries to their proper function and
to properly serving the people of our
country"
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Even q sick child loves the "fruity"
taste Of California Fig Syrup" If the
little tongue is coated, or If your child
is listless, cross, feverish, full of cold,
or has collie, give a teaspoonful to
cleanse the liver and bowels. In few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly 1t works all the constipa-
tion poison, sour bile and waste out Of
the bowels, and you have a well, play
full child again.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
Inc california Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children Of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother
You must say "California" or you may
get an imitation fig syrup.-Advertise
ment.
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
Mexican Labor Conditions.

Reports at the American consulate
in Juarez show that 10000 men in
Mexico are unemployed, $4,000 of
them being textile workers and $1,000
being laborers in the Luguma district.
About 5000 are port workers and the
remainder are scattered.
The same reports indicate that en-
ployment is not improving; that i'm
ports are decreasing and that exports
are about stationary. Merchants are
mostly overstocked and the demand
for practically all staple products still
is light.
Freight congestion has been cleared
all over the country and railroad con.
ditions are slowly improving, 1t is
said.
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
Denies WAGES Will Be Cut.

William w. Wood, president of the
American Woolen company, issued the
following notice to employees:
There are mischievOus rumors
afloat calculated to disturb you to the
effect that your wages are going to be
reduced. 1t ought not be necessary
for me to reiterate to you that your
wages for the coming season will not
be reduced.
"Put your minds at rest and have
confidence In your directors. There
will be no reduction of wages this sea-
son, for so far as the American
Woolen company is concerned there
Is nothing to justify 1t. We would be
more justified in increasing the price
Of cloth than In reducing wages"
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
seamen,s Union outlawed.

The Seamen's union of Hong Kong,
China, whose strike declared last
month has tied up numerous ships,
has been declared by Sir X. +. Stubbs,
governor of the British crown colony
of Hong Kong, to be an unlawful or
ganization. The police have seized
the unions headquarters
In an explanatory note the Official
Gazette says the action of the COVER
nor was based upon attempts by the
union to paralyze the life Of the col
ony, as it had paralyzed its shipping
by inducing sympathetic strikes by
workmen who had no grievances.
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
Injured in Industry.

In ten years there have been 1000.
600 injuries to Industrial workers, said
Will J. French, chairman of the Cal
ifornia industrial accident commission,
in speech in Los Angeles.
During these ten years." said the
speaker, $4,000 workers have suffered
permanent injuries, and 5000 deaths
(includng thirty women) are charged
to industrial operations. If the 6,O0O
dead were buried side by side, allow
Ing three feet for each grave, there
would be continuous row of graves
extending distance of 3.41 miles.
Each day In California two workers
are killed and more than 800 are in
jured."
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
stee, Workers Pensioned.

United States Steel and Carnegie
pension fund paid out $947 7,S79.15 to
3,677 retired employees in 1921, bring
ing total disbursements of the fund
for the ten years of its exStence to
$6,S2S, ,46O.75, according to the annual
report. Retired employees drawing on
the fund average 3095 years Of serv-
ice with the various companies in the
corporation. Their average age was
68.1 years
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
UNION LEADER SUES
LABOR PAPER EDITOR

Roy X. Crane, editor of the
Workers Chronicle, a local Ia
Dor weekly at Pittsburg, Kan.
was arrested on charge of
criminal libel. The complaint,
signed by Van A. Bittner, spe-
cial representative of the Inter-
national Miners union, charges
Crane with printing an article to
the effect that while president
Of District s, Pennsylvania, Bit
ner accepted a bribe from an
operator. He was released un-
der S1,500 bond for appearance
at the April term of District
court.
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03
YOUNG GIRLS need CARE
Mothers, watch your Daughters Health
Health Is Happiness

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The condition that the girl is then
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have such far-reaching effects upon
her future happiness and health, that
il is almost criminal for a mother or
guardian to withhold counsel or ad-
vice.
Many woman has suffered years
Of prolongedpain and misery through
having been the victim Of thought
lessness or ignorance on the part of
those who should have guided her
through the dangers and difficulties
that beset this period.
Mothers should teach their girls
what danger comes from standing
around with cold or wet feet, from
lifting heavy articles, and from over
working. Do not let them over-study.
If they complain Of headache, pains
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The Owosso times., 1922-03-03

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most expensive Is womanhood.
The Owosso times., 1922-03-03

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Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
PROTECTION FROM THE ETIL WEEVIL

Alert authorities here in the center of cotton growing
in the southwest determined to this section if
possible, against the inroads of the boil weevi.
Commissioner Waite and prominent cotton of the
valley attended conference at Riverside called by State
Commissioner Hecke, devise effective of
keeping the destructive weev this cotton section of
the need of such protection The conclusion of the
that rigid quarantine and inspection should
established to foreSa danger arising from condi
tions.
These new conditions are INTRODUCED in the tremend-
ousy increased transcontnental auto traffic passing
through this county and through the growing Importance
of the San Pedro seaport Los Angeles harbo Through
both of these pests likely than before
be introduced. Weev scale, flies and other kinds OF
destructive agencies are likely to come in.
Imperial county is asked to help establish twenty
four-hour inspection service at the Yuma border The
promise that if this is done the state will bear half the
cost. Since ounce of prevention is worth pound of
it altogether probable that the board of supervisors
will readily respond to this request.
We are 10th to see the number of public officials in
eordngy nevertheless it would be shorsghted for I'M
pera county remain unconcerned when such danger
its doors We cannot afford to have the weev get
foothold here. It is yet ncurable tuber
cuoss Cotton growers of the old south waging an
unequal battle against this pest It must be effectively bar
red from this region for afera the unsatisfactory
short attack of cottontis cotton to be-
and remain of the staple products of this region.
for here can be grown in the largest quantities the best
cotton to be found nsthe world
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
One Minute Essay

There have been and are now, many
different kinds of "republics. The
Israeiite commonwealth which was or.
ganized after the Jews were led out OF
Egypt might be called republic, for
all tha people, young and old, male ana
female, had a vote. Republics, though
really had their origin in the opposl'
tion that prevailed against hereditary
momarehics, as was the ease IN Greeee,
Rome and NEST countries of North ana
South America.
In ancient Greece the government OF
the small states partook of the nature
of democracy, where the whole pody
cf citizens met TO enact laws, yet while
Genoa, Venice and other states or mea.
ieval Italy are known as "repubhcs,
the right ot suffrage was limited 10
nobles and favored individuals. oah
Marino is about the Oldest existing re-
public IT dates from the fourth cen
tury. Andotra in the Pyrenees was
made independent by Chariemaghe
about 7T8.,
The confederation of Switzerland
.,..,. % ;,,t,, baino la 1901
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14

me this morning, and l M sure | can
run faster than the Bob Cat. lnen'
when he s away from his door, chas-
ing me. YOU open it and let out Mother
Robin.
"Good!' croaked the hoptoad lady
"Only / IN too little to open the big
door. But / can scratch and dig a mole
in the dirt under it, and the robin can
crawl out that way"
"Good!' whispered Uncle Wlgglly.
He ran past the Bob Cat s den crying:
"You can t catch me!'
"Oh no! III nibble your ears! -
screamed the Bob Cat. Away from his
door he ran, trying to catch the bunny,
but the rabbit hoped so fast as never
was, and the bad chap couldn t get
Uncle Wiggily who lodged in and out
among the bushes.
And as soon as the Bob Cat was
away from in front of his door, the
hoptoad lady scratched and dug hole
beneath it, and the Mother Robin hop
ped out.
"Oh, I'm so glad to be Free" she
cried, as she flew back to the Papa
Robin and her little birds. "The bad
Bob Cat scattered crumbs in front of
his don yesterday, and |, thinking no
harm, flew down to pick them up. Then
he closed the door and l coudn It get
out. Thank you for saving me, Uncle
Wiggily, and you too, Mrs. Toad. -
And you can imagine how happy
Papa Robin was, and the little birds
also. The Papa Robin sang his happy
song, with no more yip-yipping.
And if the egg beater doesn t take
the stick of peppermint candy to knock
the dust out of the carpet tacks, l III
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and
the rubbed balls.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14

bit uncle, for it was Mr.. Robin, who
was making such fuss. What s the
trouble, up theref"
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily, have you seen
my wife9'' asked the Papa Robin
"She hasn't been home all night, and
| IN SO worried! The little birds need
some bugs and worms, and they are
cold, and want to be cuddled under the
warm wings. can't do both. Oh,
have you seen my wife'''
"No, / haven t seen Mother Robin,
not since yesterday afternoon, an
swered Uncle Wiggily. ~ was digging
in my garden and | turned up some
worms which / gave her for the little
birds. What has happened7'
'That s what ! don 7 know" said
the Papa Robin. 81 we been waiting
all night, and I've called all morning,
but nv mate doesn t answer. Oh, ! IN
so afraid some hunter may have shot
her with gun, or some bad pussy, not
like Tommie, Joie or Kittie Kat, but
some bad eat may have caught her. y 2
"Oh, lei us hope not, said Uncle
Wiggily. "Perhaps she stayed III some
other robin lady'B nest all night"
"she never would do that, with our
little birds needing food" sadly sang
the Papa Robin. Il just know some
thing dreadful has happened to her.
! II call again. He did so, louder
] than before, but Mother Robin did not
answer, nor did she fly to her nest in
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
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Los Angeles Express: Five hundred
trains of eantaloupes-25 ears TO the
train-mav visualize for the nation the
extent of the melon crop of the great
Imperial valley of California. The
money value of every carload, or the
aggregate value of these nearly $4,000
carloads included in the 500 trains of
25 cars each, comes nearer visualizing
| il TO the California grower.
In referring TO the Imperial valley as
a "corner of the desert converted into
Garden of Eden by irrigation" the
New York Herald cites the melon cror
of Imperial as a glowing example of
the Transformation wrought by irriga
tion.
This editorial tribute to the enter
prise and splendid public spirit that has
made the name California synonym of
energy and efficiency wherever it is
spoken is as welcome as it is generous
and kindly. ' -.
| Here on the shores of the Pacific
! under the guiding hand of men and
women from every state in the Union,
is being bailt up a civilization as com
| plete, as satisfying, as colorful and per
manently gratifying as any to be
found.
California progress in every direction
is told in figures and facts that often
test credulity and continually appeal to
the imagination, only because faith i'll
the future is in the very air we breathe.
To be real Californian is to be conf
dent, self,reliant and resourcefui
There is between the. two great
! oceans no better example Of the con
| quest of nature by the resourcefulness
of nan, at his best, than the great I'm
perial valley and sits developed wealth
and unlimited promise.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
& JFILL STICK TO THE PRIMARY

There are that the sold guard in both
political parties will make concerted effort to abandon
the primary system of nominations. Every time states
man falls outside the beastwork contest which the
people pass directly his fitness for nomination there
Immediately begins onslaught against the primary
They think there something with the law.
which is only her way of passing the buck. The real
trouble is of course, with the candidate he doesn't
sure up the demands of the people who do the voting
1t is safe to predict that the primary opponents will
not make perceptble progress their attempt to abolish
it. The people unwilling rule to surrender the IN
strunent by which they have control of their pol
itica At least may be confidently predicted
they will cling that portion of the plan that provides for
the selection of delegates by primary methods for this
provides freedom of choice often taken from them by
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
4 MARKED DIFFERENCE

The differences between Illinois and Colorado at the
present writing very marked In Illinois thirty or
forty men were murdered by mob at Herrin and
there or elsewhere has yet had the to arrest or
prosecute those guilty of shooting them down Wholesale
slaughter is not crime if it be done BY union mob and
the authorities are with the mob, terror
zed by it. That is the way is at Herrln though 1t
is not that way everywhere Illinois, has always
been So In Colorado burning and oong having begun at
the mines the militia is promptly modified and placed
ON guard which is to the credit of the government of Col
orado When government fails in its protection to LIE and
property it has failed in its most important function
II NAV be added the incident at Herrin is not yet closed
for it cannot in this land of law and order 1t is lmpos
sbe that such flagrant outrage should remain unpun-
ished Such thing would be travesty that would mock
Justice and undermine every foundation stone of our gov
ernment.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14

the maple tree, and her little birds, as
we'll as the Papa Robin, were sad and
lonely for her.
"Ill help find her." said Unclt
Wiggily. ~ may not be able to fly
but sometimes, when birds are hurt
they cant fly, either, and must stay
on the ground. Il see if | can find
Mother Robin
Papa Robin. "You are so lucky that
IN sure you will find her, Uncle Wig
gily.'
Away hoped the bunny, looking and
calling as well as he could for the
lost Mother Robin. Of course Uncle
Wiggily couldn t sing like bird, but
he did the best he was able to do.
At last little hoptoad lady, who
was on her way home from the eleven
and twelve cent store, called to the
bunny, saying:
81 think | know where Mother
Robin is. A little while ago%I passed
the rocky den of the Bob Cat. He was
sitting outside his closed door, smiling,
and growing to himself. IF l can t
get Uncle Wiggily S ears, said the Bob
Cat, can eaten D1fdS, ana L nave a
bird now!' That s what | heard the
Bob Cat say spoke the hoptoad lady.
''Oh, J. m sure the Bob Cat has
caught Mother Robin and has her shut
up in his den," said Uncle Wiggily
Will you help me get her out, Mrs.
Toad9' The toad lady said she would,
and she and the bunny went softly
through the woods until they reached
the den of the Bob Cat There he sat,
outside his closed door
This is what we II do" said Uncle
Wjggily. 81 II hop past him and he II
chase me. Ny rheumatism doesn t pam
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14

Invitations asking $50 nations colonies and common
eaths to send representatives the Worlds Dairy Con-
res to held in the United States IN October 1875 were
Tecenti sent out bv President Harding President H. E.
Van Norman of the Worlds Dairy Congress Association
is now in Europe establish contact with government OIL
als scientists heatwOrkers, and business men In urth-
eranc the plans for the Congress and their execution
This is of special interest to Calltonians De
cause President Van Norman has been Dean of the Uni
versy Farm School at Davis and Vice-Drector OF the
Experiment Station for more than ten years MI van
Norman is still member of the faculty of the University
of California Professor of Dairy Management Inc pro-
gramme Congress designed to cover every phase OF
he dairy industry from production to consumption tnat
can be handled from international point OF view Emu
nen authorities from all parts of the world are expected TO
present papers.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
Looking Backward
What the Press Files 3'ei: b!
Imperial Valley for Thin Day
in Past Years
July IA, 1910

Indians on the Torres and Martinez
reservation in Coaehella valley this
season have succeeded in raising good
quality of wheat for the first time.
The experiment has been tried in
Coachella valley this season Of shipping
cantaloupes packed loose in straw TO
the Los Angeles. market. The melons
arrived in good condition and were pur-
chased al the rate Of three cents each.
A saving Of 5000 per ear was saved BY
elimination Of the efates, packing and
icing charges. ~