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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03
HITTING THE POOREST PAID.

HITTING THE POOREST PAID.
The wage reduction handed to the
maintenance of way employees by
the railroad labor board is "the most
unkindest cut of all" The poorest
paid of the railroad workers are
affected most. A common laborer
receiving 20 cents an hour will be
paid but % cents. It is clean cut
of SIS a month from his monthly
wage of 5000. It means.now that
he will have to work in the future
for a wage of $3.50 month, that
is if he loses no time through in
clement weather. The latter figure
is based on 10-hour day and a
2G-day month.
No wonder the minority decision
of the board declares that such q
wage is less than the allowance to
Cook county Jail inmates for food.
A section man must support his
wife and children on an income OF
less than two dallars day. It can't
be done. The maintenance of way
employees are talking about a strike.
If they do it will be a justifiable
strike, for there is nothing to JUS
tify such a Wage cut as the labor
board has imposed upon them. -
Railroad labor must accept the
ruling Of the labor board or strike.
There is no other alternative. On
the other hand the railroads have
thus far failed to obey rulings az
fecting them handed down by the
labor board. The representatives of
the employees are now appealing to
the board urging it to take steps to
compel the roads to comply with it's
decisions. =
The ruling in the maintenance of
way case would indicate that other
wage reduction decisions are to fol-
low. The majority in, that case de-
clares that. even with the present
cut common laborers on railroads
will be paid more than is paid to
like employees in similar occupations.
# there are any. common laborers
on public or private work in this
section of the country receiving less
than % cents an hour for their serv-
ices it is not being advertised. No
man with family can live on such a
! wage. + ~,
The latest decision of the rail
road labor board is a crime against
humanity 1t is a blow at American
civilization. ~;-' -. .-- =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03
By JOHN p. FREY, II
Editor, International Modern

. 49,. T.sE@ - 0O0E08ls -. Il 3
No trades union official can meet
employers, as a representative Of
his Organization. without soon, dis.
covering that human nature. plays
as important a part in adjusting
industrial disputes as the facts and
equities in the case. -. r.. II.
For obvious reasons the names OF
the chief actors in the following
narrative cannot be given, neither
is It advisable TO name the city,
which was one Of the prominent in
dustrial .centers of the South. The
chief parsonage was a foundryman.
In addition to his other business en-
terprises. and his high social posi-
ton, he had, but a short time pre-
vlous, been mayor OF the city.
The incident to which reference
is being: made: occurred in the. sum-
mer Of 1917, when mems minds
were tremendously influenced by our
country's entry into the war.
Having failed to give: that close
attention to conditions in his .foun-
dry. which he. should have done, this
%ONANAy 41AekAA. AASkO. AAVI pau d H080
rate equal to that being paid by the
other -foundrymen. in the city and
district. His aristocratic and rather
autocratic disposition was seriously
ruffled when a, committee of mold
ers interviewed. = him in connection
with their desire for an advance.
He acted first, and thought after
wards, his action being a very def
mite refusal, coupled with a lecture
on their disqoyalty in: interfering
with his foundry at a time when
the nation was at war, %nd they
were working on war contracts. -
= The strike was actively conduct
ed. The chairman Of the strike COM
mittee, who had a pronounced Ger
man name. though Of the third gen.
GRAFTON Of Americans, was a man OF
initiative, resourcefulness and action,
.who,: while passing by the. foundry
one day, was. accosted by a. profess
sional strike breaker: This individual
after: saying: something insulting,
had aimed a blow at the strike
|.chairman's head. The result was a
very brief though effective fist fight,
which resulted in the strike breaker
going to the hospital. 80: ~; =. !.
-. To tho foundryman it seemed as
though the strike was partly a Ger
man plot because Of the strike chair
mans name, and the fact that" the
foundry was making castings for the
governments He appealed to the
Federal authorities, and an early
hearing was set by the Federal COM
missioner. We attended the: hearing
because apparently. the strike situa-
Etion was entering into a very seri-
-ous phase. -., 49,.
r AS a result Of a few words with
our attorney We were4 introduced to
the ~foundryman,- whom we hard
never met before, and suggested hav-
ing a talk with him over the. situa-
ton, informing him that we had
heard our members side, but. were
unprepared to reach any conclusion
until: we had.~listened$ to- what he
might have to say.
The result Of this interview was a
satisfactory settlement of the strike.
The foundryman realized, that his
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litical history when. over $1,000,o00-
was expended, for the: candidacy Of;
one man for president. Repudiated:
-because:o of excessive expenditures ex--
posed in senate hearings these pow,
erful influences then transferred.
support to other candidates and made:
the enactment OF a general sales
tax q tentative promise by both great.
political 3parties.v ~. :,
"Only one course is now open to,
give the new, power fn4l sway, to~'
wit: Repeal. Of the primary and takrs
ing: from the people the. direct, right:
they now possess of protecting their
own interests against private inters.
ests that never sleep: Railways forS..
merly controlled legislatures, but to-
day, a few powerful combinations Of,
capital control practically sll the,
railways, the shipping, the great:
banking, interests. and are of i'm
measureably greater influence than:
all other. interests combined. That
power is not limited to state.
boundary lines. -
"A repeal Of the. primary may
seem improbable, but those advocat-'
ing the old caucus and convention
system long ago learned that con-
slant .reiteration Of hypocritical. pro-.
LESSONS and propositions, like vice.
is first rejected, then. pitfed, then.
embraced r., - -. W x Z: !.
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STRIKE lElDER, ONCE oBnozIoU5 70
IRAH EMPLOYED, ] s MADE FOREMAN

OI18luAl pOD1tlOn WOUl04 not Dt8a8
satisfactory examination; that III
had acted without giving sufficient
thought to what the moldess had
requested. -. ( +
He was willing to place Ill the
strikers back to work except the
chsirman. Against him he seemed to
have IL bitter prej?dice. ..1ot only
was there the German name. and
the thought that the man might be-
,disloyal to his country, but in adj
dition, while looking out Of his Of
flee window. he had seen him get
the best Of q professional strike
breaker in fist fight. His seif-re:
spect and his American belief in
law and order, he said, would pre-
vent him from ever allowing thia
man to enter the plant again, fof.
should he re-employ him it would
be accepted as evidence by the othaS
employees that fist fights on theM
part would be condoned. ~
+ What the strike leader had done
in ,thrashing the strike breaker hat
been fully justified. In addition he
was"s fine type of intelligent Amer
lean workman, and we desired to
see him reinstated in his former poo
sition. He had already signified his
willingness to eliminate himself front
the city II necessary, and was OPP
posed to being made an issue Off
for his greatest interest had been the
strikers welfare rather than his OWN
But there were good reasons why it
was advisable to have him reinstat-
ed II this was possible.
: Discussing the matter with the
ex-mayor after he had expressed his
|-ultimatum, we said that in our. opin-
ion his position was unsound be-
cause in all proba bility this man was
the most valuable molder. in the
foundry. He was possessed of: cour-.
age, Of decision, Of ability to handle
himself in a crisis, and tn only OBJ
lection which the foundryman had,
to him was the fact that these quali-s
fications had been manifested dur"
ing a strike against high priced
strike breaker, who had been dis,
comforted before his eyes in FROM
Of his office window.
We suggested that the wise en-
ployer was the one who. studying,
the qualifications possessed by those,
in his employ. developed these to
the best: advantage. The man had
shown much ability as a leader Of
men during the. strike. That same
quality would manifest itself if he
was employed in. the foundry. We
made no; request upon the mayor
when leaving, but instead left the
seeds for. further. thought on his part;
Some two weeks later we were in-i,
formed that our member had. been
re-employed in the foundry, and
when we visited the city a month";
later to. call upon the: foundryman
We found, to our surprise. that he.
had been made the foreman because.
~of the; qualities Of leadership, snd'
the executive and administrative
ability which he possessed. He has,
been the foreman since that time,=
and his services have given satis2zs
faction, mot only to- his employers..
but to the members OF our union. :.
This was an instance where the
psychology of the situation, as much
as the merits Of the case, determined
the issue in an employers mind. -
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the dollar worshippers. Mr.. Harris
would have been the chief advocate
of such a measure were we now in
the olden days when he thought
more in terms of man and less in
terms of the dollar.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03

Nowadays women wear hose so
thin that you. can read the serial
number on the bills IN the bankroll.
The principle IS all tight, but. the
money draws altogether too much
interest.
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voice in the olden days as it re-
sounded in many public halls, with
an eloquence that stirred and
swerved thousands, as you plead
the cause of Man against the DOL
lar. Them were the days, Luke,
them were the days.
It is strange the part environ
ment will play in changing the
ideals, the habits of thought and
the viewpoint of mortals. 1t is pitt
full to see a champion of man of a
quarter century back now measur-
ing all things, all human endeavors,
all purposes, all ideals, in terms of
dollars. That can not be the prod
uct of youths old age or of old
ages youth. Mature experience
should mellow rather than callous
man.
If the Painters union was prompt
ed by purely selfish and pecuniary
motives to present an ordinance to
prohibit the use of spraying ma
chimes on public work or on private
work it should be rebuked and The
Labor World would be among the
first to condemn such a purpose.
But we know enough about the dan
ger to human life from the use of
spraying machines, particularly on
inside work, to intellectually ap-
prove of the action taken by the
Painters union.
The most vicious occupational
disease known to painters is that Of
lead poisoning. Other countries have
legislated to protect workmen from
it. Spraying machines such as are
used in America are not permitted
in any civilized foreign country on
interior work. There>is a vapor that
arises from the fluid they emit that
is as insidious and treacherous as
the germs of tuberculosis or cancer
A spraying machine is now in use
at st. Mary's hospital. The vapor
may be seen escaping from open
windows. All Of it does not leave
the room. The operative inhales
some, and while he is inhaling it
the slow but sure process of the
disease is at work. Were it sudden
ly violent in it's attack one would
know how to deal with it, but it's
thief-like creeping into the vitality
of the workers the thing that makes
it dangerous. Painters have learned
long ago of the bad effect of~the
vapor that arises from the use of
spraying machines ON their health.
That is why they protest against
its use. It is primarily a question
of health and not of dollars.
Mr.. Harris has not got his infor-
nation straight. His spies do not
make complete reports to him. The
proposed ordinance would go farth-
er than to prohibit, the use Of spray.
ing machines on PUBLIC work. 1t
would prohibit the. use of such
health destroying appliances on any
interior work, private or public,
within the city. It is purely health
measure that will be supported by
every health expert in the land.
So it will be seen that the Citi-
zens' alliance, with the sign of the
dollar everywhere before it, is<not
warranted in stating that the .pur-
pose of the proposed ordinance is
Ito arbitrarily lengthen the time re-
quired to do public work, with the
sole object in view of supplying ad-
ditional and unnecessary jobs to
union painters" - Z
On, the contrary it's purpose will
be to protect health and conserve
human life. 1t will be an ordinance
to guard the lives and health OF
men from the greed and avarice OF
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03

Senator Owen Is. going abroad tb'
study the money problem. The rest
of US are overworked studying the
money problem at home. =$,..s 5&s$sS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03

Mary used to roll her eyes; : s
Life was very quiet. = 2 S@1,
Mary solls her stockings now-and
. Existence is IA riot. s.. 81. &: 5= S
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03

No matter in what form the ul-
innate consumer will finally pay the
increased taxation. .,s. 49,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03
WEST VIRGINIA "TREASON."

treason IN west virginia ende
in acquittal. The state, which Il
this instance was the mine owners
was completely whipped. It's wit
nesses were not believed, and tn
accusers of Blizzard were repudiat
ed.
1t was left for an officer of tn,
United States army to turn the tricl
and reveal the conspiracy of tn
mine owners to railroad Blizzard
and his fellow miners to the gal
lows.
The state produced witnesses tt
say specifically that on a certain day
August 81, 1921, Blizzard was lead
ing armed forces in reasonable war
fare against the state.
Brig. Gen! H. H. Bandholtz, ar
army officer of sense, courage anC
moral fiber, took the stand and tes
titled that on August 27 Blizzard
was with him on an automobile in
spection trip.
| That settled it. If Blizzard was
with Gen. Bandholtz, who was in
command of the United States
troops, he was not leading armed
forces in reasonable warfare.
Gen. Bandholtz put a frightfu]
crimp into the states case, which
was all the same as putting a crimp
into the case of the mine owners
The jury believed the general and
Blizzard was made free, after which
his little kiddy gleefully said to Mrs
Blizzard: "Well, muvver, they didn't
hang daddy, did they?
The testimony in the trial re-
vealed a different sort of govern
ment in West Virginia than we have
anywhere else in America, a gov.
eminent that is completely under
the domination of the mine owners
Even Sheriff Don Chafin-like-
wise coal operator and star witness
! for the prosecution-admit the
coal operators tax themselves so
| much a ton on coal production tC
create a fund which is turned over
to Chafin.
Sheriff Chafin then picks up as
many men as he, or the coal barons,
thinks he needs. The county court
appoints them as deputy sheriffs
and hence sworn officers of the law,
and they then proceed to govern the
coal mining region.
When thugs and gunner, sworn
officers of the law, yet on the pay
roll of the coal operators, begin to
shoot up the mining camps, the
miners get together to protect their
own and the lives of their wives and
children, to say nothing of their
other constitutional rights. To do it
CACy dA LII IuCIASC1VCo, as LACy AdS e
right to do. When shot at, they
return fire.
And in West Virginia this is called
treason-a conspiracy to overthrow
the government. Brushing aside all
legal hogwash and technicality
then, treason in West Virginia
means doing anything the coal op-
orators don't want done. The op-
orators seize the government, boss
the courts, the sheriffs, and other
officers of the law, pay the deputies,
and then have their private lawyers
take the place Of public prosecutors
before grand juries and courts and
indict as traitors any who resist
tyranny.
If Virginia hadn't had full crop
Of just such rebels against tyranny
there would have been no American
revolution, and this republic would
still be British colony.
GETTING 1.-THE REST OF IT."
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The trouble with a great many
men who want to:see' life is that
they imagine none Of ii lis worth
seeing by. daylight. ss /. &. s.. .z:..a.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03

A probe OF Wall street is one Of
the few things that win never har-,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03

i If you have the key to a woman's
heart, don't let it get rusty from dis
use or she will change the lock and
place the key elsewhere. q,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03

Nobody goes away; nowadays and
leaves the cellar door open. {
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-06-03

why do some men marry for q
home ana stay away from It?
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-07-07
You Do More Work,

You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out Of everything when YOU
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GROVES TASTELESS Chill ToNI(
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More than thirty-five years ago. folks
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Pocahontas star herald., 1922-07-07
BUILD A HOME

You can get the best of hard
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now. l am burning special bun
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10 your building now with brick
and help your home brick maker,
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Yours truly,
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att Pocahontas, Ark
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-07-07
10 Stop a Cough Quick

take HAYES HEALING HONEY. a
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A box Of GROVES 0-PEN-TRATE
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HAYES HEALING HONEY. The salve
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The healing effect Of Hayes Healing Honey In
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Both remedies are packed In one carton and the
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SJust ask your druggist for HAYES
HEALING HONEY.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-07-07
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION

Proposed Amendment No. IL to the
Constitution OF the state OF Arkansas
providing for the establishment and
maintenance of a general, suitable ana
efficient system OF free public instruc-
tion; for State, county and district tax
ing units for school purposes; for
maintaining common schools for a
period Of at least six months sach
year; for method OF levying taxes for
the support OF schools; for apportion-
ment of State school funds and expend.
iture Of county and district school
FUNDS and for preserving and properly
applying school revenues.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-07-07
FOR AMENDMENT NO. Il.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IL.
A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
GOAsIIIIIIAN AE AHk AAaAE

= hOAOSEn IO
CoNsTITUTIoN OF ARKANSAS
That Sections one G). two R), three
tSl and four (D, of Article fourteen
(AlNl OF the Constitution OF the state
OF Arkansas, and Amendments number
eight go and number twelve 12) bo
amended so as TO read as follows.
section !. The State shall provide
Ior the establishment and maintenance
OF general, suitable and efficient
system OF free public instruction.
section There shall be three ad-
mihlsirattve and taxing units Tor
seho2i purposes, namely; State, County
Section 3. The General Assembly
bhall provide for the maintenance OF
an the common schools in the state for
period Of at least six months annual
ly, and the revenue for this purpose
bhall be derived from State and county
taxation within such limits and In such
manner as may be fixed by law, from
me income from the permanent school
fund, and from an annual per capita
tAN 70 be assessed on every inhabitant
VINO mas reached the age of 21 years
majority OF the electors in any
school district voting at the annual
school election may vote such amount
OF TAX as they deem necessary to pro-
VIDE suitably for the building and
provided that the General Assembly
may authorize the quorum court OF
any county to reduce any excessive
rass OF district tax voted
nN bentIdl AbHNmbls
may authorize State school officers TO
hPportion the State school funds among
the several counties of the State so as
70 70 most nearly give equality OF educa-
uohal opportunity, but county and dis
lIICt school funds shall be expended
only IN the county in which raised
section 5. No money or property
belonging to the public school fund,
or 10 this State for the bei=efit Of
schools, shall ever be used for any
oiher than the purpose for which i
va va deslgnsted and Sections eight lS(
ana nine 90 OF Article sixteen (XVD
or the Constitution of the State OF Ar
hahsas shall be construed so as not TO
hppiy 20 school revenues; and this
ArilcIe shall be a substitute for Ar.
lele fourteen (XIV) OF the present
Lgeonstitutlon and Amendments eight
20 aud twelve G2) TO said Constitu-
u9n are hereby repealed.
Filed In the ofilce of the Secretary
1921 80" u"' VI
Each elector may vote for or against
'nS aboNe amendment
oc witness my official signature this
Eeth day Of June, 1929.
Ira C. Hopper,
AShAL) Secretary Of state
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-07-07
NOTICE

For-tbe purpose of securing a an.
iformity in prices, we, the members
of the Randolph County Medical
Society, have adopted the following
scale of fees for professional servlc-
es:
Office Work, MiaImum Fee 4 90
Day Calls in City 200
Night Calls 90
Obstetrics Oplus visiD 1900
Com ulta.ion (plus vislt) 1000
A obsteteric and Office work
cash in hand
Randolph Co. Medical Society
2s 52.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-07-07
No Worms in a Healthy Child

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1879 the digestion, and act as eeneralStreneth
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Warning Order

In the Chancery Court Of Randolph
County.
J. J. Lewis, Plaintiff
VS.
E. d. Hoffman, Defendant
The Defendant, +. d. Hoffman, is
hereby warned to appear IN this court
within thirty days and answer the
complaint Of the Plaintiff ]. Lewis
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said court this 18th day OF June, 1922. .
l5-4tp. f. r. Hicks, Clerk.