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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20

The report of the Grand Jury which
investigated the murders at Herrin
ILL.,, contains some paragraphs which
have received but little attention IN
the daily press of the country. In
view of the fact that the prosecution
at Herrin is being financed by the or
ganized employers of Illinois, il Is
doubly significant to find in the re-
port of the Grand Jury the definite
statement that the conduct of the
Southern Illinois Coal Company con.
stituted "a challenge" which was
certain to be accepted"
After recounting the resentment Il
the operation of the mine by steam
shovels, the report Of the Grand Jury
says:
"The coal company aggravated
this resentment by employing
armed guards and closing for the
public use certain established
highways traversing the mine
property and treating as trespass-
ers citizens attempting to use
the accustomed highway. The
Haunting Of arms In a community
devoted almost exclusively to min
ing was conducive to strife, ii was
challenge and certain to be ac-
cepted, and for four or five days
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20

their average unit investment AT
SIT per ton. The average unit
labor eossS, total {, Q. b, mine costs.
and ret margins Of other representa-
tive groups Of companies in this re-
zion ia the years 1916 60 1870 are
shown below, together with the ap.
preNiwate rates Of net income based
On a relation Of the representative
net margins TO the representative ne.
gienal unit investment;
Here Are Costs and Margins OF Net
Return
1910, saf iaT companies. labor cost.
so.Sf; total cost (. o. b. mines, Si.lb,
net margin, Se.20, rate, per cent.
1917. for same 1877 companies,
labor cost $io9, total cost, STAT,
net margin, 500, rate, 20 per cent.
1919, Tor 76o companies, labor
eo.t, sl.s9, total cost, si.9o; net
margin, s0al, rate, Is per cent
1919. for isg companies National
Coal Assoeiationl. fetal cost, s2lh:
net margin. SOFA; rate, B per cent.
les, labor cost, Si.7a, total cost.
ss,2l; net margin, so.aS; rate, 10 per
cent.
AE%Af AaAa Hht ANa3Ahtts
In all these figures inefficient and
eifleient mines are grouped together
and averaged. Individual mines make
eNorhltant profits all the time and
all mines make profits during prof.
leeriug periods. IL is the proiiteer.
ing possibilities Of the coal mining
Industry, therefore, that ara largely
the cause Of too many mines and an
estimated surplus of 100000 work.
men. The cost Of the waste Ia borne
by the public
Here Are Needs Pointed Out by
Coming Report.
The Federal Trade Commission
makes the following conclusions In It's
reports
Cd The need of more accurate
and more complete information re
gardiug the ownership Of bitumnous
coal deposits and coal mines. the true
Investment therein, and the true
profits arislng therefrom,
t2l The need of ascertalning the
profits of selling companies owned
by or affiliated with mining COM
panios tno profits of such companies
being included In this report,) and
also of other Wholesale or retail deal
ers in coal.
cd The need of establishing tho
coal industry in public confidence
and protecting II by dcvising means
of proper supervision and publicity
SO as to avoid periods of excessively
hugh prices and of severe depression.
These conclusions. interpreted In
the Language of the street, are. there
fore, that the half has not been told
and that the people who are paying
profiteering prices for coal are en-
titled to the rest Of the facts In order
To protect themselves In the future.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20
VILLA GROVE
C0-OPERATORS
HOLD MEETING

The sixteenth quarterly meeting Of
Tho Villa Grove Cooperative Society
was held In that city on Wednesday
night of this week, and was attended
by "a recorj.breakIng number Of mem
bers and their families. President
Kennedy, In opening the meeting gave
a brief history of the society. A few
years ago, he said, The finances OF the
store were such that progress seemed
impossible, but by adhering closely TO
cooperative rules as laid down by the
Rochdale system, the business had
successfully weathsred hat critical
psriod which comes In the life OF any
business, and the past two or three
years had seen the society grow Into
one of the most prosperous and fore
most cooperative societies In the en-
tire United States--a society that Is
pointed TO by those interested In the
movement as model safe TO follow.
Notwithstanding the fact that 81
members are involved In the shop
mems strike and have not been em-
ployed since July 1, the finances Of
the society are In excellent condition.
Credit has been extended wherever
necessary, but this has amply been
taken care of by liberal reserve
fund accumulated In the paet Secre-
tary Snider reported net profit for
the quarter of SI,28i.70.
A delegation Of champapn peo-
Pile was present. including Mr.. and
Mrs. Inskip, Mr.. and Mrs. Morrison,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gray ybeai, Mr.. and Mrs. Daugherty,
Manager Brown, Frank Moore, Sr.
Several of these made short addresses.
The election of a president resulted
in DIR. Kennedy being chosen for an
other year. This procedure was also
taken in the election of an auditor
and three directors.
The Villa Grove co-operators are
planning TO hold next summer joint
picnic with Twin City co-operators,
and il is expected that committees
from both societies viii be appointed
10 work up the plan.
The Twin City visitors we're much
impressed with the Villa Grove
quarterly meeting. Over $50 people
were there, and eyinced keen inter
At in the proceedings--an interest
that has, probably more than anything
sss, been the means of building up IA
the community the magnificent busi-
ness the society enjoys--an interest
that leaves no doubt OF It's success.
Several recitations and songs In
terspersed the more serious parts OF
the meeting, the younger generation
doing its bit towards advancing CO
operation Prizes we're awarded to
the holder Of lucky numbers, many
useful articles, ranging from can Of
beans to aluminium ware making up
total Of about 20 prizes SO disposed
Of.
And after the meeting was over,
Oh, Boyl Delicious sandwiches (they
must have had a ton of them), cook
les, pickles, coffee, and other ediblesi
Served by the MEN of the society,
and in such quantities that nobody
went home hungry.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20
26S Per Cent is Top Coal Profit
Forthcoming Federal Report Shows
High Prices Result of Speculation BY Middleman and
Producers from Start 10 Finish According
To Report of Partial Findings
Ry lalernallonal l.ahar NeNs ser,ler.

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington. n. &, Oct. la.-@proh,
teenng by eoal companies during q
eoal crisis is not confined 10 small
operators and wagon mines" but is
praeueed by most of The industry.
Accurate statistics on the profitecr-
ing by eoal operators during l922 may
he available some day II the Feleral
Trade Commission succeeds in defeat.
ms the injunction proceedings hrough,
by coal operators gathering lnfefma-
ton rs instructed hy Congress. Tho
Coal Commission which President
Harding has been authorized hy Con.
gress 10 appoint for a similar purpose
may also throw some light on the
situation.
However, facts about the prohteer-
lng IN coal during the 1920 crisis
have been complied by the Commits
sion and are contained in a report
which Will shortly be printed and
made available TO the public,
Profits in 1920 Runs 10 sss Fer Cent
bonanza.
Analysis of hl companies, II
in West Virginia and 80 ia Penn.
sylSania, shows that the rate Of
return for individual companies
ranged In 1919 from a loss of "a
per cent On the investment for
one company to profit Of 40
per cent for another company.
For the first nine months of 1870
the range OF return on invest
msnt was from a profit of per
cent Tor enc company 10 profit
of soS per cent Tor another com.
pany. The company making the
profit of PCS per cent was the
same company which IN 1919 had
loss Of - per cent, IL thus e.
couped handsomely, Tho est-
mated annual rate FOR the whole
Of 1920 ranged from 1 per cent
10 3a7 per cent on Investment.
The high prices paid lay consumers
for coal are the result of speculation
In the commodity By producers and
middlemen all along the line. Tho
cost of mining varies very little for
the entire industry, although there
are considerable variations among
different mines. Cost of mining
varied from 20 cents a ton to yI.a9
in 1920. while the average price real.
iEed per net ton during the year
ranged from 90 cents 10 Sll.si, In
other words, during the crisis the
public was soaked for all the traffic
would bear,
Little information IL available on
labor costs. Reports from the cen,
tral competitive aud eastern adjacent
regions, which produce over three.
fourths of the total soft coal pro-
duction Of the United States, do not
list labor costs separately. In this
rsgion the investment IN ialS Of aas
companies covered stood at, roughly
$206, ,a00, 900; their average annual
production at 74,300 900 tons, and
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20
HALLOWEEN PARTY
TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 30

The halloween party TO be given
by the Women's Social League will
be held on Monday night. October 80,
at Labor Hall, and it promises to be
an event unique in the history of
labor organizations.
A committee in charge of the party
is now actively engaged In making
the arrangements, and further details
will be given next week.
The next regular meeting OF the
League will be held next Thursday
night, when several important mat
ters will be discussed.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20

Total profits q years----S0, ,ooZ .o44, $40
These several billions Of profits are
reported TO have been distributed as
follows:
To the stockholders, 251z per cent,
namely the sum of 81 ,44s, ,742,458.
To the bondholders, 80 per cent,
namely the sum of S2,i6l ,939,i65.
Carried forward as surplus" to
be disposed of later on, 36lz per cent,
namely the sum Of S2,072, l62,753.
There Is no cause so fruitful OF
evil consequences efFecting every man,
woman and child; no cause so preg-
nant with increased misery, increased
poverty, vice and crime for the
future, as the lamentable popular ig-
norance of the question OF finance
and transportation. And small won
der, considering that the shelves Of
the public Libraries TEEN with books
and pamphlets Of misinformation con-
cerning the subject evidently written
by people individually interested in
perpetuating popular Ignorance for
private profit.
The fact that enormous profit is
realized now from the business Of
steam railway transportation, and has
been from the beginning, should be
and must be recognized in order ito
establish justice" Ito the stockhold-
ers) and ITO promote the general
welfare"
More on the same subject later on.
Verify, "the half has never been
told" with reference 10 the extraya-
CANT profits realized from carrying
the persons and the products of the
people over the public highways OF
the United States.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20
TWIN CITIES-DANVILLE
BUSES STOPPED
By INJUNCTION

The motor bus between the Twin
Cities and Danville Is no more. An
injunction granted ~ the request Of
the Illinois Traction System now pro-
hibits the operation for profit Of motor
buSSeS between these two points. and
those Who travel must pay tribute 10
plant upon which the injunction was
granted was that the busseS were
operated on a line parallel with the
Illinois Traction System, and vas
therefore not a necessary means Of
public travel.
lnjunetions are SO common now
days that they are granted upon the
slightest provocation. II. twenty
years ago, the Big Four and Illinois
Central railroads had been able TO
secure an injunction upon the same
grounds, the Traction System would
have found itself seriously handi-
capped or would have found il impos-
sible to exist at all.
But progress must stop now because
a company that was permitted with
out hindrance 20 build a parallel line
now seeks recourse of the law 10 pro-
hibit more improved means of travel
to be established.
Some day We will not be surprised
to see the injunction exercised To its
fullest extent. Then there will be but
one grocery store in a city, because
any others would be competing con-
Germs and consequently injurious to
business. The man who starts the
first garage, or barber shop, or hotel.
or whatnot, will be protected by the
injunction.
Perhaps, by that time, though, it
may be the custom for one Judge to
issue an injunction restraining another
judge from issuing an injunction that
would stop the wheels of progress.
and thus preserve industrial progress.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20

. The coal business can be re-
. formed by business methods. In
. progressive business increased
. service follows decreased cost TO
. the public. The history of the
. coal business is an unknown in
. crease of cost TO the public with
. a distressful decrease in service.
. To save itself the coal business
. has got to make coal a drug on
. the market-make 1t the cheap
. est, as il is the most plentiful, Of
. all our natural products. The
. business ought to be put on a
. basis which would keep it busy
. trying TO sell coal. II doesn't
. have to sell it now. 1t is too
. busy devising new methods to
. gouge people clamorous to buy.
: The business is doomed unless
: modern methods are adopted at
/. once. Profits made out of the
: distress of the people are al
|. ways much smaller than profits
!. made out of the most 4avish
: service Of the people at the low
!. est prices that competent man
!. agement can make possible
: The Dearborn Independent.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20
Accept Shop Mems View.

Chicago.-Ihe railroad labor board
has decided in II cases that the farm
ing out of railroad repair work is a
violation of the Cummins-Esch act.
The decision follows months of agita-
ton against the practice, which was
one of the reasons for the shop mems
strike. Several railroads announced
they would abandon the scheme, when
their shop men suspended work July /
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20
CANDIDATES, ATTENTION !!

do not be misled by nonunion printshop owners who
eh you they place the union label upon your printing
They simply take your order and send it to Danvile to
nave 1t printed Be your printing is done in union
nOp located in the Twin Cities The Cooperative Press
union shop 1t sOcits your business Patronize home
INDUSTRY and let the nOnuniOn takers who mislead their
customers know where they get off at.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20
PERSONALS

- " ~
VIM. Roberts and family went to
Rensselaer,, Ind, last week, where
they visited with relatives.
Mrs. George DeMent and son of
Chicago spent the weekend with Guy
Shaw and family on South Neil
street, and attended the Illinois Butler
football game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Shaw and fam
lily motored to Peru, Ind, where they
spent Sunday.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20
Al Villa Grove.

A number of local people went Il
Villa Grove Wednesday, where they
attended the quarterly meeting Of th'
Villa Grove Cooperative Society.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Dunn are
visiting the latter's daughter at Car
rier Mills, Ill.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20

The Teamsters Button.
The Teamsters Union button for
October is red, white and gold. Look
for il.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20

Get the Label on your prnting-at
The Review Office.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-20

After you have read. think.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-08-18
Notice Of levy and Sale Of Real Estate
Under Execution

Notice is hereby given that l, the
undersigned Sheriff Of Randolph ooun-
ty, Arkansas, have this day levied an
execution issued out Of the Circuit
Clerks office, of Randolph County,
Arkansas, in a certain cause therein
pending upon a transcript fled from
J. A. Douglass Justice Of the Peace
Court, which was filed for record on
June 30 1920, under sections 463l, 1862
and 1888, Kirby's Digest.which Judge
ment was rendered in favor Of John r.
Kizer and against William Pitsenburg
for the principal sum Of S6i.95 princi-
pal, and interest accrued S27 so, costs
So 70 and interest on costs .65 and the
sum Of $3.50 costs of this execution,
aggregating the sum Of 1886, TO sat
isfy the said judgement interests and
costs aforesaid have on this the 2nd
day Of August, 1922, levied upon the
fractional east half Of the northwest
quarter Of section five (5l, township
eighteen Isl, range one III east, Ran
dolph County, Arkansas, aggregating
s7.36 acres Of land, as the property
Of william Pitsenburg.
/ will therefore on September ?,
1922, between the hours for Judicial
sales for real estate, at the north front
door Of the court house in the town
Of Pocahontas, Randolph County.
Arkansas, offer and expose for sale.
for the purpose Of satisfying said exc
cution for the amount herein speci-
fed, TO the highest and best bidder;
terms of sale said land will be sold on
a credit OF six months, the purchaser
being required to execute a good and
sufficient bond for the faithful pay
ment Of the said purchase, which
bond shall retain lien on the lands
sold for the satisfaction OF such bid,
which property will be sold as the
property Of William Pitsenburg to
satisfy said execution which is now
In my hands.
Given under my hand this the End
day Of Aug" 1922
r. II. Gullett,
sat Sheriff Of Randolph
County, Arkansas.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-08-18
Warnlng Order

In the Chancery Court Of Randolph
County, Ark.
VS..
Della Hay plaintiff
VS.
John S. Hay, defendant.
The defendant, John S. Hay is here
by warned TO appear in this court
within thirty days and answer the
complaint Of the plaintiff, Della Hay.
Witness my hand and the sea of
said court this goth day of July 1922.
L. R. Hicks, clerk.
f. N. Ellis,
Attorney for Plaintiff. 81 At.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-08-18
NOTICE

The management of the Central
Power and Light Company, is desi.
rous of keeping all lights in opera.
ton all the time. Therefore any
person knowing any lights to be out
will confer a favor to the manage
ment by reporting same promptly,
James Favor,
4s Il. Manager
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-08-18

a box of Doan's Kidney Pills and
oegau their use. That one box OF
DOan's entirely cured me"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Foster
Mubuln Co Mtrs., Buffalo, n. Y.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-07-18
"UNCLE JOHN SHE'LL
AGED 1874, IS DEAD

louisville, KY, July 10.-Among
The many mourncr& at the funeral OF
"Unclc" John Shell, 134 years Old,
were his two sons, William, aged
ninety, and Albert, seven, it became
known here today when news was re-
ceived that the oldest white man IN
the world had died July 6 at his home
at Greasy Creek. Albert is the Off
spring of a second marriage, "Uncle
Johns" first wife, who is said to have
been two years his senior, having
died about ten years ago.
The aged man retained full posses
sion of his faculties to the last and
discussed his funeral arrangements
with Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Creech'
with whom he had made his home
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-07-18
BOTH TRACKS BLOCKED
ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Wrecking Crews at Spartanburg and
GreenviIle Decline to Respond to
Call and Passenger Trains
Are Being Held Up

The State.
Spartanburg, July 1.-THE main
line of the Southern railway was
blocked by the wreck of a peach train
at 7:15 o'clock this evening between
Wexford and Fair Forest in this
county Is miles west Of this city, and
wrecking derrick crews called here
and in Greenville have refused to re-
spond. While the wreck is on the
Greenville division, the Spartanburg
division forces stationed at Hayne,
the junction point, were called up
on by Superintendent Maxwell of the
Spartanburg division, to aid in clear
ing the main line. The reply of the
foreman of the crew, according to
Mr.. Maxwell, was that unless some
one was under the wreck, the men
would not work. While no one was
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-07-18

there IS already, None but weak
Judges have fayoricc$, if any do. Be
sides the advantage Of rotation may
be had by the judges who desire to
learn through the frequent exchange
Of work as is done in Georgia.
And then it is much better to get
rid Of a Judge who does not measure
up if his work is confined to a GER
tain locality. Men have been elected
TO the bench in South Carolina who
would not have been elected to that
position had the law required that
those responsible for their election
practice before them at all times.
The consideration that they viii
be away from home fer most Of the
time has been consideration in the
selection of men for the bench in
South Carolina.
Then, too the matter Of salary has
been a matter for consideration for
sometime past. The judges are poorly
paid. Everybody who thinks knows
that. Four thousand dollars paid to
a Judge who stays in his own circuit
is worth a great deal more than the
same amount paid to a judge who
must expend great part Of it in tra-
yelling about the state. The salaries
Of the Judges could be raised without
paving them any more money by
providing that every Judge shall be
responsible for the courts Of his own
circuit. Besides the amount Of sal
ary thus saved, the judge at home
would be enabled to look after his
private business affairs more closely
and to engage in certain lines of en-
deavor which do not interfere with
the work on the bench.
The principal advantage of keep
ing a Judge in his own circuit is to
fix responsibility for the state Of
litigation in that circuit. No judge
is now responsible "What is every
body's business is nobody's business,
the old saying runs. And it is true
in South Carolina with regard to the
management Of legal matters. There
is no incentive to a Judge from An
derson to try to clean up a docket
in Horny when he knows that he will
not be there again for seven years,
and when he knows too that other
judges are not trying cases.
Peripatetic Solicitors
But with regard to criminal b'lsl-
ness we believe that the Observer
places the blame at The wrong place,
at least in great part. We have new
er seen judge refuse to try case
when the solicitor was ready and
pressing for trial, and where there
was no legal excuse for contlnu-
ance. Solicitors may always procure
their witnesses by bench warrant.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-07-18

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