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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

N N nn wa mo
OWNERS NEED PLAIN TALK

OW ERS NEED PLAIN lALh
Regarding the railroad and mine
strikes, Arthur Brisbane, well known
editorial writer, says:
The strike situation in the United
States is more serious than the pub
lie knows. 1t threatens this country,
most gravely.. The president realizes
the serious situation and is devoting
all his time to it.
He is invited to consider presiden
tial proclamation addressed to those
that OWN railroads and coal mines,
supplementing the original proclama-
ton addressed particularly to work
ing people.
The railroads say that they will
not take back men that have gone on
strike. The president might say to
them, "You are public servants, that
have been feeding on the government
and on the people for years. With
out the money that you have taken
from the public purse, three-quarters
of you would now be bankrupt. 1t
is not for YOU to decide what you
will do, but for the people, whose
common carriers you are, to reach
that decision.
Il represent the people, and after
arbitration and investigation, | shall
let you know whether or not you will
be allowed to use this strike situa-
ton as a club to break down union
ism in the United States by estab-
fishing the rule that men once on a
strike shall be no more employed
Railroad and mine owners, the
majority at least, happy in the know
ledge that they can easily make up
their strike losses by overcharging
the public later, are undoubtedly US
ing this strike as a weapon in their
crusade against unions.
The president is not old enough
to remember the great railroad strike
of the locomotive engineers. But he
knows about it.
And railroad owners know about
it. They remember the lesson they
got from labor then, or they ought
to. If they insist on forcing this
strike to a desperate issue they may
bring upon the nation disaster as
bad as the war.
Some plain and PUBLIC talk to
owners of railroads and coal mines by
the president would be welcome and
useful.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

OF the United States,
which is not true. 1t is strike
against two things, first, against the
labor boards assumption of manda-
tory powers; and second, against an
unfair and unjust decision effecting.
the lives and rights of the workers.
And the labor board is backing up.
Now comes President Harding with
a proclamation in which he admits
that number of railroads have not
obeyed the rulings of the labor board
adverse to them, and according to a
decision rendered by Federal Judge
Page in the Pennsylvania railroad
case the railroads are not compelled
to obey any ruling of the board.
The court held that the labor boards
decisions were merely advisory" and
might be accepted or rejected by the
employers or employees.
The president, it would seem, be-
lieves that the power of the railroad
labor board is supreme. "The peace
full settlement of controversies in ac-
cordance with law and due respect fo1
the established agencies of such set.
tlement are essential to the security
and well-being of our people," sale
the president in his proclamation.
President Harding has very po
lite way of stating the case, bu
stripped of it's polish the Language
he employees clearly indicates that HI
would make it obligatory upon tn
railroad workers to obey the rulin;
of the railroad labor board withou
question.
The language of the president i
his latest proclamation is not unlik
that used in the republican platforr
during the last campaign. The sec
tion relating to strikes reads as TO
| lows
"The strike as a means of sett
ing industrial disputes, inficts sue
loss and suffering on the communit
as to Justify governmental initiativ
to reduce it's frequency and limit il
consequences"
Republican labor apologists durin
the heat of the campaign denied thi
; such declaration meant compulsol
arbitration, or that the governmel
would engage in strikebreaking, b'
in spite of their denial then the go
ernment is now in the strikebreakir
business, and if President Hardin
has his way compulsory arbitratic
will be an established fact in Anne
lea. Should the courts uphold his il
: terpretation of the labor board
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
"a "a Va Va R
AN UGLY THREAT

Nothing concerning the big strikes
has caused so much comment as the
threat, broadcast to the country last
Saturday, that President Harding
was prepared, if necessary, to draft
labor for work on the railroads.
Anent this threat the Cincinnati Post
says:
An ugly threat, but happily an
empty threat, according to later de-
velopments, originated in Washing
ton Friday. Empty, because it is
officially insisted that correspondents
misinterpreted certain responses by
President Harding to certain hypo-
thetical questions put to him.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
HARDING'S PROCLAMATION

First the railroad labor board and
now President Harding would do
thing congress refused to do, and that
is to put an anti-strike clause in the
Esch-Cummins act.
The labor board set out to outlaw
the members of the shop crafts
unions for going on strike in protest
against a ruling of the board. They
had lawful right to strike. There
is no question about that. If they
did not have that right their leaders
would all be in jail now. But the
labor board attempted to put force
in its ruling by holding that strike
against it was a strike against the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton.
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at 1926 Market Street
Hamilton, Ohio.
Telephone 1895
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

The scabs are having their IN
nings now, but they are not making
many hits. There are too many errors
to suit the managers 1t seems that
the unionists are making all the tai
lies while the scabs make all the
"r,1ne
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
PROFITEER IN MELONS

New York.-Wa Watermelons by the
millions are ripening III Georgia,
where they are sold from 8 to II
cents, and are retailed in this city
from 81 to $50, according to the
department. of farms and markets.
The freight from Georgia here is
$175 to $185 car, or about II to 1S
cents a melon. ...-.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
BLACKLIST IN IOWA

Cedar Rapids, Iowa.-A city-wide
blacklist operates in Cedar Rapids,
according to statements made at the
last meeting of the Federation of
Labor. Anti-union employers, it is
stated, have copies of the blacklist
The Federation of Labor instructed
it's executive board to investigate the
matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

If you like your taxes as they are
Vote for Long. liz you want them
lower-Vote for Sam c. Landis (adv
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
The threat as broadcast to the world

The threat as broadcast to the world
in Saturday morning newspapers was
that the president was not only pre-
pared, if he thought necessary, to
seize and operate the coal mines, but
to draft labor for work on the rail
roads. Since then it has been ex-
planned officially that the president
recognizes the probable necessity for
congressional action in case the gov
ernment desires to take over the
mines or railroads and-what is far
more important-that the only draft"
he can make upon American labor
is moral draft"
So, it seems, the president has a
clearer understanding of such things
as the u. S. constitution and the in
herent liberties of the American peo-
pie than those who jumped to the
conclusion that we were about to see
| the amazing spectacle of forced labor
in this country.
Put to yourself: "How would you
like to be told by Warren G. Harding
or anybody else that you had to work,
whether you liked it or not, on penalty
of being thrown in jail?"
That is the sum and substance of
the threat which Friday evenings
reports would have had us believe
was an official threat from the White
House.
1t was not made clear just whom
the president was going to conscript
but it was alleged quite definitely
that the president felt he had the
right, or at least the might, to force
any class of citizens into the mines
the railroad shops and onto the rail
road rights of way, even in peace
time emergency.
The constitution specifically limit'
the powers of the president, his cabi
net, even congress, and it specificall.
protects certain rights of American
citizens, particularly their rights t.
labor when, where and as they vii
in times of peace The white hous
must know that the vast majority 0
American citizens we'll appreciate tha
the principle underlying these right
y is the very soul of this free country
Granted it was an empty threat,
still was an ugly threat and typica
of the "to hell with the workingman
theory of government to which power
Il full influences in this country are Ell
= deavoring to commit the presider
and his cabinet.
i m m HH sn wR
The scabs are having their in
= nings now, but they are not maxim
many hits. There are too many error
to suit the managers. 1t seems thu
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

The only way to make sure the
stuff is right is to purchase your
whiskey from revenue agent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

If you like your taxes as they are
Vote for Long. If you want them
lower-Vote for Sam C. Lands. (adv.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

power under the Esch- Cummins law
the president will have succeeded in
bringing about something this con-
gress has not the nerve to do.
What would a Woodrow Wilson in
the white house be now worth to
labor and freedom? The striking
shopmen surely have learned the diff
ference between an administration
bossed by Wall street and an admin
istration that stood out against spe-
cial privilege and gave American la
Dor the squarest deal it ever had.
- - - - ~
If President Harding drafts labor
to work on the railroads and in the
coal mines, we wonder if he will put
in a.couple of week-ends in the shops
repairing engines and in the mines
digging coal! 1t would be only fair
that he do so. AS repair man
or a coal digger we believe Mr.. Har-
ding would make pretty fair news
paper man.
A Pa "a "a "a
Politics are certainly warming up
| in this neck of the woods these days.
This is surely the time of the voters
They can get anything they want
from having the North Third street
extension and the Coke Otto bridge
completed at once to moving the court
house to Millville, that is-in prom
ises. There never was so much hand
shaking, so much inquiring as to th'
welfare of the family and the new
i baby in the history of old Butle
county.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16

betrayed the Christ? Your invidious
reference to my war record only SHOWS
ME that q. consistently prevalent trait
of those who assail prohibition Is their
use OF personal references when ma.
terial for argument for their side Is nos
available. As remarked in q former
letter. may have record that would
make Sergeant York turn pale with
envy but modesty forbids mention:
OF Il. 1
"Biuy" Sundays remarks havin g.
failed to meet your approval, am quot
! ing Dr.. Max Henius. nationally recoB-
nized authority on brewing, and who be-
loves that Specific modification OF tho
Eolstead Act would be beneficial.
Listen TO this: Before beer or wine
can be sold legally IT would be neces-
sary 70 repeal the Eighteenth Amend
ment, and this 1 do not consider pos
. siblc It is utterly impossible by
, amending the act to permit the sale and
manufacture OF beer and wine. as It -
a recognized fact that wine - 1neoxt-
eating and beer over PEI cant may b."
The above appeared under Chicago
date line OF March II, and II Is worthy
Of comment that DR.. Max Henius was
then on his way to Europe.
Now can't you see that there is no
use in arguing any more? as It Is a
foregone conclusion that prohibition Is
here to stay. and besides, the editor OF
The Intelligoncer may get tired OF
reading our letters.
! The best Of luck to you, J. V. ". and
mav YOU never fall of the aqueous
chariot, Is the wish Of
Drly yours,
-EX-TANIl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16
DOING SOMETHING ANYHOW

In yesterdays Issue. Tho Intelligence
carried an official statement OF what the
unlted States Is doing at the present
tine for ex-serytce men and women OF
tho world war. There has been great
deal Of criticism along this line. al
though not so much since the Harding
administration systematized the work.
end the statement OF tho plain facts
ard figures is refreshing. II may also
prove surprising 10 those who have had
Il more or less hazy idea thai the GOV
ernmsnt was ncslccting the wounded
and disabled veterans.
A million dollars strikes the average
man as a large sum Of money. II Is Il
large sum. Therefore. when We learn
that moro than a million day is beins
pad out 10y our government directly
into tho hands OF ex service men or their
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16
THE CHAPL|NE STREET
EXTENSION PROJECT

W.....iug. W. Va. March "a. 1922
T." The. Editor or The Wheeling Intel
lfs'Hvcc:
Dear S!r.
Il" not believe the parties who are
. pu~hIur the ChaHliu- street ENtensio"
az rII. ing fair with the public In
the first place, | think II WAS qu"s'
ti,u;,hl- act to 50 down to the legisla'
lurr AMI have Il law railrOnd"d through
r,yiug the county commissioners power
.n make improvements In the city
limits
also think it was a questionable act
(" appoint on the Improvement com
mjite" ting general managers OF the
four IaH! newspapers. This was. in
4 .,,nS". muzzlnE the press. To he
consistent. they could nOt say anything
J against he project. Il makes the aver
ngc r;lr."n timid about opposing 1t he
use he f,"'s the newspapers are not
uI, his ..idc hut | am going TO oppose
We ,\jrnN!ou If the newspapers Will
allow m" space.
viii give y0U 'uy reasons FOR opnos-
TX -. ! m'v"r thought Il municipality
~h"uld undertake or consider the time
prnp.rluu~ for improvements OF this
nutur" WiI'n railroads and large cor
p".a,i"n. are holding up on all improve
.uvntS.
~ Il c"rcr.t" Illustration. I am told
hy rc,.IhIv authority ;hat one OF our
largo railway companies now have plans
made. and surveys finished and the right
~i way bought for a new road tO the
coke tirid hut they are holding up on IL
until conditions become normal.
IT," promoters Of the Chapline Street
Extension ar" trying TO m!s!cad the
,uhIir about who pays the hill. They
j.I YOU lha; ~ county Is going TO do
n" work. Anyone knows that about 90
per con; a. all county taxes come from
The city. The county outside Of tho
"'ly proper does not pay any taxes
worth mentioning. I claim IL the
county taNcs ar" raised. il Is just the
same - lily ,nN"s for The citizens of
Wrc"ijr- pay practically all OF II. I
also claim !. viii hc much harder to Hct
- bumd issue through for filtration
plant i: IL" county puts on any special
levy ana makes tho lax burden heavier.
We all kuuw tn" new assessment the
STATE has s:r,"'rG - going to very mate
rally iD,rc;t-, our IaNcs. probably 30 10
40 p"r cont. They are now almost I'M
I"arahll
As stated Ia my former letter am
going - Oppose the extension Of Chap
Inc Stree, - tn" bitter end. We must
have 4 nltrH'i"n plant first. After that
- completed II the public can stand It
farther tax levy. then 1T them make :.
NOV" for the exclusion Of ChapIino
Street.
Eut dom: let MS hav" any more Of this
rrns"nsir;u talk about the c"G"ty doing
something that won't cost the city any
Il Ing. p"u'j hand ANY NOR" Of this old
sop al'"U; going TO employ people. II
FL" county wants to do something let
;hcny I"huild the street between the
central r;iaSs Works and Fulton. one
n.I: e: the traffic that now comes over
Wheeling Nili VIII com" IN around the
hll aud relieve tho congestion on Mar
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16
Status Of Prohibition

Editor lntcliigenccr:
Again | note that my personal
liberty" faiend has paid his respects 10
me, and / was just wondering II 1t
would not take ASBESTOS paper to with
stand the heat OF some or his remarks
II there were no danger Of blue pencil
or legal apprehension. We will pass
over the little difference made by the
use Of the word is" and ! Will give in
and admit that the sentence Is gram
mcrIcally correct" (even II "grammeri-
cal" IS not found in my dictionary
WAS not aware that any laws had
been PASSED regulating anynne's diet: so
must look up the code and put myself
next. as | may ne UnconaCiously violat-
Ing this law. In order 10 play rair ]
am admitting my sex. Il came near
saying | was i man: bat Will designate
myself Il male biped and save J. V. y.
the trouble OF making any insinuation)
Time. my friend, has proven thnt
IchovGh was not with Der Kaiser: while
the growth Of prohibition sentiment has
proven to tha contrary IT tn" case oil
"us drys." II you did not get 10 vote
for or against prohibition. 1t was he
cause ,nu we're not old enough. or be-
cause you did not care /" vote: az the
leg. Si1turcS OF the Statr tnat FdtilIeH t"e
Eighteenth Amendment were elected he
fore Il mothers son left American soil.
Don't believe everything you hcaro
Yes, il sur. would capture my nanny
II had come home from France with
an awfu! thirst and found them singing
Keep tho Home Brew brewing" instead
OF "I'ndcr the AnhauSCr-l'ush. and
known that thu "drys' had don. II he
hind my back. But You So" this d;d NOT
occur.
The Lord bless you. hr"th'r. f"7 that
glorious confession that 20" d" not
drink drop If any Mind of wines.
whiskins beer or any other Intoxicating
beverages"
II is not beyond the possibility ~
doubt that some who voted for pr"hl-
bithnn hay" not lived a. ConSstcn;
dry voters should y" large body al
Ci,,zcns has vet been found that did ~"
have Il few hypocrttes in its ranks
But what can yOu expect Of ordinar!
mortal. when one or His OWN disciples
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&C., stree; ami on ihr East and West
Ind OF Wheeling HI.
II IS time enough to talk about the
extension Of Chap!iS" Street when the
state road rom,niSsinn has widencd the
National Pike on Fulton Side.
Last but not least. I am told by n
prominent attorney that the law giving
the county commissioners power to levy
n special tax Of this kind Is very doubt
full. In fact. he stated it was not legal
and could be stopped by III Injunction
and this procedure will probably be re-
sorted 10,
Respectfully.
r. L. Spears.
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THE OBJECTIONS or MR. SPEARS

communicate" f'"" Mr.
objections the 'h"i"e street extension
are
Spears
puNc'Nas p"r" the county "
"TarO" through and he says mat ne
oonside questionable
This
pub,
leading interests %: the city were
present, discussed
months before the EsI"'
pending before the Legislature for several weeks before wa"
lawyers not
Wh"""s Marion
h" spent With" the city OF F"r"one i" the " three Years Amos"
might <"
meas
secondly Mr. ses the appointment o" the F'F' s"s"' CON"
that III"
their real views It
sufficient that representative q any local rape" was con"
continue me"r
ship he T"e
the Chaplin" street eH''"o" because they have e0"
beneficial Wheeling and the community at large
Of
any public Of
campaign
tina" "
percent is
all parts country the
municipalities make extensive improvements NOV" hot"
likely the OF either Will
70 below present
extent labor relieved
OF undertake public Improvement
objection
bill e
~ .Tv r Won ,n,, the county IS going to do the That
OF the
,haprn wheeling
m know ,na, v7rtnr RAYS % Percent Of tho taxes OF Ohio county
should be spent m
rat. program
years bond
ss, Ds,,., which ". hope will 10 the case Wheeling close
OF it,
Ohio county rich has
x bn Those fact, max. the sca, agency to finance any such
modes tile proje $
TIL. statement Mr. Spears
Interfere filtration osurdy
in
,rau plane and the count,
OF and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16

Tho director Of Bucnos Aires 70" says
that the animal seen in Patagonia -
not PlNslosaurus at all. but descend
ant Of tho horny plated Glypt"don or
the Megather!nm. which belongs to tho
Edentatn family. That's what we
thought al The tins" Tho idea tNat II
could be- Ples.osaurus Is absurd, but
Glyptodpns and MeEathcriums might b."
yren almost anywhere. especially in
South America. which ~ beyond c"ntro.
OF thu Eighteenth amendment
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16
!; P A r AG r A PHS
10y ROBERT QUILLENAA

Justa o SURROUNDED by i"'''
declared N'''n" 'N
ban
urif encourage the go
tail
npeoplc Il" n window aye n' '"'
/! nov
'a'or1"r"i" %
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16
:RIPPLING RHYMES
THE BOO 8 T E r s
ABy WALT NJ AS O N.

Along the
enere"t
wcr
azure end ma 10"
Shin many
steps down
him nrethought the booster
chilled by frost ana "
they'll
thcro and
showers that "
feature every
shower! sighed "hle jogging 'AeN ~ ~
ammo kecp
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16
Letters to The
lr1telligencer

Letters for this column bhoull Do
as brief a. possible. lEtelligsncer
readers are invited 10 send comInu-
u cations upon any timely SUBJECT
Names or authors must accompany
eli letters. The lntelliSencer Will
not agree 10 print letters upon con-
t:uyersal subjects. and especially
con, erniaG differences In matters OF
;"..gilE
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16

De Valera c launching drive" for
recognition Of the Irish republic. Hut
as a rule the IriS sin are not easily driven
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16

\ Nav York brewer, is said % nave
been violating the V"lstcad act. We'll
what could YOU expect from a brewery
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16

Except for the Clank Of .ahres and
easily hear Europe's Macedonian crl.
or course the world 10 getting 10"
II contributes TO place them on Easy
In years to como We may expect d
ticat,ou Is a yearring 10 do something
We have no rail-splitters now. but
Z occurs to us that W" arc not withou
Margut must not think us rude. v
uses hard-bollcd phrases and smokes c
tSyndicated by \
-~~~-~~~>~>> |o~~"-~>-||~>
work Also. that over $4,000 medical
examinations are being conducted every
month. and that $4,000 checks are be
ing mailed on, every month.
The concluding statement or Director
,,orhss tina. "Ths United states is do
Ing more for It's disabled veterans than
sny other country in the world. d"spi'"
the fact that their losses wcr" far
heavier than ours" is worthy OF atten'
ton.
That our nation IS doing all this Is
gratifying ~ patriotic American WIZ
nayc q word oC criticism against any
part OF IT, II tho disabled men need
any moro. they should have i promptly.
But these figures should set Mt rest
once and for all the apprehension tina.
America is not taking care OF the men
VINO fought in III" world war
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16

The Chinese language "a 10 be stuffed
at Harvard Studied" . a good word
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What Other
Editors Say

college students get drunk at
dances" finds Il prof. How can you
tell "A drunk person at 4 dance?-Hunt-
InrtOn Advertiser.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16

~. would indeed I've On opt'mist VINO
would think he could produce soTne-
thin: that both I."rHh and Reed WOULD
endorse -. Charleston Mail.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-16

viii Hays is out-gorc TO the movies.
Work has his job. Where there was d
VIII there's Il Notwithstanding
News.