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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-04-07

tee on manufacturers of the United
States senate in 1921 on the question
of the publication of the production
and profits in coal revealed that seven
railroads control SO per cent of the
output of anthracite coal in the
United States-90 per cent of this is
by ownership and 6 per cent by con-
tract.
"These railroads are: Reading,
Lackawanna, Lehigh, Erie, Delaware
4 Hudson, Pennsylvania, New York,
Ontario & Western and Lehigh coal
and navigation company.
Reports for the year ending 1927
show that these companies made eX-
orbitant profits. The Delaware
Lackawanna & Western declared q
stock dividend in August of 100 pei
cent. 1t paid $l1.32 share dividend
on this stock It's net earnings fol
the year were $l9,000,000. Its Goa
holdings made this possible.
The Delaware & Hudson company's
surplus of $2,900,00O came from Goa
holdings. The railroads with Goa
holdings acquired exorbitant profit.
in comparison with the average in
come of railroads in the United
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-04-07

A judicial moose that strangles la
Dor is used by coal owners to conceal
their profits and gouge the public.
This situation shows how far
property biased courts can 60 without
protest by the public, whose atten-
tion is drawn from these things by
master propagandists.
Two years ago the federal trade
commission was enjoined by the SUI
preme court Of the District Of Colum
bia from demanding coal productions
costs
The commission knows the rates
paid miners, and wanted to know
other costs But this was getting too
close TO finding out what profits are
made and the coal owners objected
Suit was started by the Maynard Coal
Company which does interstate bust
ness.
The federal trade commission based
its demand on the commerce clause Of
the United States constitution:
Congress shall have power
to regulate commerce with foreign ma
tions and among the several states.
The coal company insisted that It
is moi engaged in commerce but is
engaged in productions This was up
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-04-07
MOTHERS MUST
WORK
In Eastern Mills Where
Fathers Are Denied Liv-
ing Wage

Washington-"I In New England at
the present possible wage of SIT per
week, it is necessary that not only the
father but the mother 90 into the
mills to support family in common
decency," said President Gompers, on
his return to A. f. of L. headquarters
from tour through the eastern tex
tile section where he spoke in behalf
Of employees who are resisting wage
reductions
with the father and mother in the
mill, the children are also in the mill
or neglected at home OF on the
street" said President Gompers
"A 20 per cent reduction in the pos
sible SIT weekly wage against which
the workers are protesting, woulc
take $340 out of each pay envelope
every week, and with it would go what
little pleasure and JOY there is in life
as we'll rs some Of the direct necessi.
ties.
THE mill owners, not satisfied witt
offering a reduction in wages, are in.
sisting upon lengthening the hour,
from AZ to Sd per week, which woulc
mean 10 hours every work day, eX
cept four hours on Saturday Anc
this after these same workers scarce
ly more than year ago accepted 6
221a per cent reduction
"To drag the New England textile
workers down to the southern stand
ard in order to increase dividends is
something against which the worker!
of New England will fight to the las
ditch
Furthermore, it is a known fac
that the same financial interests tina
control the southern mills also large
ly control the northern mills, and tt
be permitted to play one against th'
other is an inhuman thing, unworth.
of our boasted Christianity"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-04-07
OUR WISE
STATESMEN" ARE
SOMETIMES WRONG

Washington. - During a running
debate in the senate on an appropria
tion bill, Mr. Norris, of Nebraska,
said:
II remember when / came to con-
gress, before | hardly got the seat
warm, listened to great debate
among the leaders of the democratic
and republican parties in condemnine
Langley for trying to fly through the
air. | think some time | shall die
up that old debate and read it to the
senate. What wonderful amount OF
eloquence and humor was spent IL
condemnation of those who though
that we might eventually get fyinf
machines"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-04-07
CRASPINC COAL OWNERS
USE THE GRIPPING JUDICIAL MOOSE THAT
STRANGLES LABOR TO CONCEAL THEIR
HUGE PROFITS AND GOUGE
THE PUBLIC
With Rare Exceptions, in Every Case as Between Prof
teer and 'TOier the Worker is Ruled Against
BY High Courts

Manufacture is transformation
the fashioning Of raw materials into
a change of form for use The func-
tions of commerce are different
Kidd VS.. Pearson, l28 IT, S. /.
Do the courts take this position
when injunctions are asked against
strikers, who are alleged to interfere
with interstate commerce?
The courts do not
DO the courts take this position
when coal owners ask protection
against a government board that is
trying to expose profteering?
The courts most certainly do
At the present time the United
States supreme court is considering
the Coronoda Miners case which in
wolves $800,000 damages the United
Mine Workers are called upon to pay
The case is based on local coal
mine strike in Arkansas against
Philadelphia Wild CATER, who broke
his agreement with the union and de
clared for the anti-union shop Be
cause Of the strike he now claims in
teIference with interstate commerce"
and he has been upheld by every fed
eral court
The claim cannot be made that the
coal was intended for interstate COM
merce, for the supreme court has rul-
ed that intentions" do not constitute
interstate commerce.
Ii suit involving damages to a
railroad worker under the federal
employees liability act, the supreme
court held:
"Thc mere fact that the coal might
be or was intended to be used in the
conduct Of interstate commerce after
the same was mined and transported
did not make the injury one received
4 by the plaintiff while he was engaged
tn interstate commerce. D., L. & w
railroad vs. Yurkonis, 238 y S. 439.
Congress attempted to regulate
child labor under the commerce clause
If the constitution, but the court
blocked the plan on the ground that
production in the various states that
is intended for interstate commerce
does not constitute interstate com
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-04-07
THE ROTTEN PUBLIC

Hobart Bosworth, the movie star
said a whole mouthful when, in an
address before the California Club
at San Francisco, he declared:
you who comprise the public think
that we of the motion picture world
are rotten. We know you are. We
know that you are rotten, for we
know the appeal you demand of us
You won't come to the theatre to see
anything but pictures that reek with
sex appeal"
The public in this world demand
what they get, and get what they de-
mand. No tyrant ever sat on q
throne that wasn't kept there by an
overpowering army of flunkies. Nc
oppressive laws were ever enforced
without the sanction and cooperation
of servile subjects. The politics, So
cial conditions and religions are what
the public demand Politicians, socia
leaders and clergy know what the
public want, and give it to them II
the public did not demand war there
would not be any If the public did
not demand a society with useless ex-
ploiters to top and useful workers al
the bottom such 4 society could not
exist. The world is rotten, because
the public want it to be rotten, and
the rotten movies that the film stars
picture merely portray the rotten pub
lie that want the rotten movies
And the film stars do not begin to
picture the rottenness of the rottel
public. Only a small fraction of it
The daily papers far outstrip the film
stars in featuring the rottenness that
the rotten public demand. If the pub
lie wasn't rotten it couldn't stomach
the rotten dailies. The dailies do no
, only reek with sex appeal, society
scandals and shady stories, but they
also reek with braZen lies, which ar,
worse. They picture exploitation anC
war as the gospel of Christ, and pu
q halo on the heads of scoundrels
And the rotten public swallows i
whole. Swallows it with a rotten rel
ish
Here is an example, picked at ran
dom. Ga-be-nah- -gewn-wonce, a Chip
pewa Indian, died the other day, a
the age, it is claimed, of 1877. He re
membered the war of 1912. In com
menting upon the death of the age,
Indian a prominent daily remarked
''The Chippewa Indian in his 10
years knew less of real life than Napo
lean knew in ten seconds, as he tool
the crown in his own hands and put i
on his head. 1t is how much, not hoy
long you live that counts"
This reeks with nothing more or les
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-04-07

States.
"rhe profits of the coal industry
are moderate, or so as to show the
company operating at a loss in order
that wages of miners may be main
tanned at the lowest conceivable level
These financing methods of bankers
and the seven railroad systems alone
resulted in S500,000,000 of fictitious
or unnecessary securities on the basis
of which the coal industry is mulcted
for $20,000,000 in dividends annually.
Suppression of these facts was the
purpose of the injunction against the
federal trade commission which was
recently obtained by mine owners,
"The efforts of the constructive
forces in cur government to obtain
dissemination of the truth about the
coal industry through the publication
of the production and profits in coal
have come to naught
$50 long as purely financial inter
ests control the operating policy in
any industry, that policy is certain te
be destructive because human needs
are overlooked in the race for bal.
ance sheet showing. That is one vita
defect in the coal industry, perhaps
the chief factor in the fixing Of the
ruthless policy which has brought
about the crisis which is impending.
Evening star., 1922-10-12
Public School Spelling.

It has been frequently observed in
recent years that the school children
of these times are poorer spoilers
than those OF old. Parents are prone
to complain that their youngsters are
not being as well trained in orthog-
raphy as they were in their, own
school days. They. struggle with the
boys and girls In the preparation Of
their "home work" in ths hope Of get.
ting better results, only to find that
the children do not learn to spell &C.
cordins to the methods Of the earlier
generations. Many q parent IA this
city has had occasion to sixh over
summer vacation lstters peppered
with misspelled words.
Certain tests that have Just been
completed. however. indicate that II
the Washington school children are
poor spoilers a., compared with those
Of the past they sre good spslisrs a.
compared with children elsewhere. In
this test the Washington pupils were
contrasted with many other cities, and
the inquiry showed that eighth and
seventh grade pupils exceeded the
standards, while sixth and fifth grade
pupils fell far short. The specific
comparison with the New. York
schQela shpzd Naahipxtnn Mr.
Evening star., 1922-10-12

singular reaction Of public feeling has
occurred and the arrest is denounced
as unwarranted. Popular subscrip-
tions have been opened for funds for
the defense of the accused youth. A
tag day Is proposed to add to the fund.
The feeling prevails throughout the
community that the young man is
being unjustly accused and is to be
made victim Of official incompetence.
This case illustrates the sensitive.
ness Of public sentiment. A strong
desire prevailed at the first for the
immediate solution Of the crime. Had
this lad been arrested at the outset
there would probably have been much
less feeling than prevails today But
in the circumstances a belief has OBJ
tanned that the officials Of the county,
prodded by public criticism and by
state authorities. are bent now upon
merely furnishing an object Of prose
cution and the reaction in his favor
is caused by resentment at the tardi-
ness with which the case has been
n1HQleQ.
Political influences, it is suspected,
have been brought to bear to obscure
this case and to delay the procedure.
But, as it has worked out, the public
feeling favorins the man now accused
may have q more profound political
effect than prompt and direct pursuit
In the beginning would have had.
There is a keen desire on the part
Of the public that the crime be traced
and punished, and yet fear is felt
in all communities lest the need to
make a show may lead to injustice.
Hence the arousal of partisanship for
the accused man at New Bruins
wick, perhaps without parallel in this
country.
Evening star., 1922-10-12
Special Sessions.
A news note:

Representative Campbell of Kansas,
chairman of the House rules COM
mittee. yesterday urged President
Harding to call special session OF
Congress Immediately after the eIec.
tions. Mr. Campbell said that II Con-
gress met by November 15 it should
be able to clean up its work by
March 4. making unnecessary a ape
cial session of the new Congress next
summer.
A'special session Of the present Con.
gress, beginning as Mr.. Campbell sug-
gests, would come in well. Then let
Congress at the regular session cut
out the usual Christmas holiday. and
the two performances taken together
would add month to the legislative
period. The Congress expires March 4.
The month could be employed to
excellent advantage. There are sew.
eral Important fang-overs from the
long session. and they should be dis.
posed Of as soon as possible.
A special session Of the new Con.
gress would probably depend on the
complexion Of that body. II authority
on Capitol Hill should be divided-a
democratic House facing a republican
Senate-why a special session? What
could be accomplished on the eve Of
the opening Of the presidential cam.
paign. with both parties figuring on
advantage? II authority continues
united-the new Congress. as this, re.
publican In both branches special
session, II business pressed in the
spring or summer. could produce
something of value.
But that bridge can be crossed
when reached. The question now Is
the complexion Of that Congress- and
the two old parties are in a strenuous
grapple to determine that. The re.
suit will probably guide the President
in his course when the time comes.
Evening star., 1922-10-12

his emotion. My companion, after
the man had departed, informed me
that the one who was affected by the
picture was one Of the bravest men in
our Army in the last war. 1t is. in
deed, refreshing to note that there
are still people who have f1ner sensi-
bilities and sympathetic natures and
who are not ashamed to display their
emotions. Among many, especially
those who habitually affect biase
air. weeping Is crime and any dis
play Of emotion is a sign Of weakness.
When. however. we lose the faculty
of feeling we are retrograding.
TT is odd that the majority OF polit-
i ieal forecastcrs very seldom can be
pinned down to any definite prosnos-
tication. II you will pick up the
papers and weekly ma9azines through
out the country you will find that the
vast majority Of these political pre-
dictors so write their articles that no
matter which way the election goes
they cannot be censured. Real political
forecasters In this country can be
counted upon the fingers Of one hand.
+ y
0NE of the most difficult places to
" cross in the city is the junction at
18th street and New York avenue,
more especially at night, and despite
the earnest efforts OF the officer who
stands upon the little raised platform
it is almost impossible always to con-
form to the rules. This is occasioned
by the fact that the spotlight which
Is supposed 10 fall upon him throws
about as much illumination on his
person as voCld an oid-fashioned
tallow dip placed on the curb. In JUS
tice to the pedestrians. the motorists
and the officer this condition should
be remedied, and at once.
\ 4
THERE is hardly a week in which
i you do not visit some picture
palace and there you see wonderful
sights from all parts Of the world.
Before your eyes are flashed the events
Of the moment. you behold gorgeous
spectacles and triumphs OF the d.
rector's art. Did you ever stop and
think that two OF the greatest reels
that have ever been unwound to view
are to be seen every afternoon in the
city of Washington. and il you doubt
this statement, stand either at 18th
street and New York avenue or 14th
and F streets. when the departments
have closed for the day. There you
will see beauty. age and wisdom.
Every foot Of this reel contains an
interesting personality gathered from
every state in the Union. 1t is q reel
Of human life. each one star. and In
each characters life is story unto
itself,
Evening star., 1922-10-12
Cheap Foreign Movies.

In announcing his departure for Eu-
rope to make films. a Chicago producer
recently stated that Europe Is destined
to become the world center Of the motion
picture industry. He based his opinion
upon the one fact that the financial ad-
vantage thus accruing to European
producers will enable them to under
sell American producers and eventually
to force most Americans out Of business
or into the European field. He referred
to one item as Of importance. The
salary Of extras. he said. is SO to $l2
day in the United States and 81 q day
IN Europe.
The possibility Of a contest for DOM
ination of the world Aim industry will
interest a good many Americans, and
all Of them will feel that America should
keep it's prestige. One way to do this
10 to put . prohibitive tariff on foreign
made films. but since there Ii . com.
mendable American aversion to ex-
cluding foreign dramas, plays, books and
other works Of Art, the tariff expedient
Is not likely to be invoked. The better
course 10 to produce motion pictures
which will command attention in spite
Of q small disadvAntAse in the price Of
admission. which is the item Of great
est importance - far a. the public is
concerned. In this possibility 10 . chal-
lenge to all American producers to come
up to the high standard set BY q few.
II they do their part, the American In.
dustry will take care of itself-Indian-
apolis News.
Evening star., 1922-10-12
Blood and Ink.

They are turning out miracles in
diagnosis. The creator of the appa.
ratus by which blood tests determine
the sap of the family tree 10 amplify.
ing his work. Heretofore the mech
anism has been used to indicate the
paternity of child. 1t was claimed
that the father could be identified
drops of blood. Now 1t is claimed
that the diagnostician goes still far
ther. He can analyze q few corpus.
cles OF the life current so closely as
to tell all about the life and habits of
the patfent.-his passions and his ap.
petitess, 1t is even intimated that 1t 10
quite possible to tell from a drop OF
blood whether one is q Methodist or a
Presbyterian. A skilled chemist
would be able to tap q mans veins
and tell whether he voted for Bryan
or not: To the trained savant with
becomes q page from a human diary.
He can read the confessions Of the
heart and brain by safnplinH the rad
stuff that flows through him. The
specialist OF the future will sneak 4
drop of blood from a patient while he
his wife left him and where he keeps
his money. The inventor says M
tests Of chirography have been made
in the same way and that he has been
able to tell merely from an ancient
signature that the person died Of can.
Ger. He has indicated and described
the dipsomania made manifest in the
handwriting Of Edgar Allan Poe. Giye
that scientist q drop Of blood ana n
drop OF Ink ana he will not oniy re-.
veal the whole panorama Of our iivas.
but bare the human soul as val
with all Its sins and secret lonrinrs
It will soon be that none Of ~ Wiii
be safe from the experts.-Los Anra.
les Times.
Home is place where home is: a
house that Jack bufit-Roches+:r
Times Union.
Let's not have another war. Soma
of the memoirs engendered nv tbA h ~
one are not yet OF the press-Duiuth
Herald. s'' N.'
It 10 hard to tell which are worth
less IN todays markets. divine rights
Is II after all curious that "Darda.
nelle, or something very much like
it, should disrupt the cos,cerf az "a.
tions7---Kansas City journal.
It's our opiaion that Job 1ust
thought he was patient Did he ever
take sax younesters to . circus Lit.
tie Rock Arkansas Gaxette. = :
A new foot diseass, caused by the
pressure Of the automobile drivers
foot on the gaS accelArAtor. has been
discovered. Il 10 Sometimes fofsl "a
the uedestraansr-0anahA Wor11eHAr.
nj
Evening star., 1922-10-12
New Memorials.

Two notable additions are made to
Washington's collection Of memorials
in the unveiling Of a bust Of Lord
Bryce a. the Capitol and Of a statue
of Edmund Burke in a public reserva-
ton on Massachusetts avenue. A
delegation Of people from England will
attend both ceremonies. The. associa-
tion Of these two memorials is an in
teresting conjunction. Burke's serv.
ices to America were highly valuable
and greatly appreciated. His attitude
was one Of conciliation and aid, in
statesmen Of the period. 1t is appro-
pr!ate that his statue should stand at
the capital Of the United States. and
especially that 1t should come as the
gift Of the Sulgrave. an organiza-
ton that seeks to preserve the home
Of George Washington's English an.
cestor. The bust Of Bryce will pre-.
sent to the people Of this country the
features Of q great Englishman, Of
later times, whose monumental work
on the American commonwealth not
only enlightened even the Americans
themselves upon their own institution,
but made for a better understanding
between England and America.
These two memorials are the
latest to be emplaced in Washington.
In q short time others will have been
erected. Work has just started upon
the foundation for the statue Of
Alexander Hamilton at the Treasury.
q noble work Of art that in It's setting
will form q suitable tribute to the
memory Of q man who contributed
richly to the strength ard life Of the
young republic. A statue Of Bishop
Asbury 10 also in course Of production
and will soon take its place in the
capitals gallery Of historical figures.
The statue Of President Buchanan
will come within a short time. A
memorial to the American victims Of
the Titanic disaster is nearing com.
pletion and will be placed in the space
south Of the State Department. OF
another character Is the monument
to the great American sport Of base
ball, which will ind appropriate en-.
placement in Potomac Park near the
site Of the projected athletic field and
stadium.
Other projects are in prospect for
the placement here of memorials. to
men and women who have contributed
to American history and to events of
importance. All Of these works are
art creations. adding richly to Wash.
ington's attractions and significance.
There IN a wider variety in memorial
sculpture now than in the past. 1.-THE
man on horseback" Is no longer the
dominant type Of outdoor art.
Evening star., 1922-10-12
4 Suggestive Public Reaction

Some weeks ago the bodies Of q
clergyman and a woman choir singer
Of his church were found in an
orchard near New Brunswick, N. J..
They had evidently been murdered.
The crime naturally attracted wide at.
tention. There was some doubt a. to
the precise local Jurisdiction In which
it had been committed and dslav oc.
Cured In the pursuit Of the slayer in
consequence. Public feeling was mai.
fy aroused to the point that the state
authorities intsrvened and county Of.
ficials began to act. The other day.
as a result Of their efforts ct the
solution Of the mystery. q youth was
arrested on the strength Of the con-
fsssion Of a companion. who declared
thst the man and woman had been
kilIed n niataka for othaA NoH .