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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Meat Prices Raised
Because of Strike

Sioux City, Iowa-Meat packers as
sure the public that prices will be cut
# they can enforce a wage reduction,
but this claim is not sustained by a
salesn1en's bulletin issued by one
local firm.
The statesmen are informed that
"you should be able to secure fully
z cents over prices listed in the last
bulletin"
"ln good many cases." it is stated
1--WE have been obliged to make sub
stitutions at advanced prices. Re-
member that competitors, with the
exception of one, or possibly two, are
working under the same difficulties
that we are.
advance your list on pork lcjns,
butts, shoulders, picnics and raw leaf
lard 8 cents a pound. Hold for full
prices and secure averages where pos
sihle. Our costs have been advanced
and we do not want any cheap
business"
These orders to gouge the public
come from employers who have or
ganized company unions" to aid
them in enforcing wage reductions.
The public is told that these unions"
have been formed to establish Gin
Gustrial democracy"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
OPPOSE GUN MEN

Charleston, w. Va-The central la
Dor body of this city has appealed to
congress against the brutality of coal
owners gun men in West Virginia.
The unionist charge that Sheriff
Clafin of Logan county is using his
position and the other county ma
chinery TO persecute miners, and that
he is being aided by Governor Morgan,
who has assigned state cossacks for
this work. The cossacks are making
wholesale arrests for imaginary of
fenses and Claflin, it is stated, issues
warrants without regard to facts,
while men are railroaded to Jail with
cut preliminary hearings.
The workers ask that congress act
to the end that this reign of terror
be stopped.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06

The small business man who ap-
plauds the effort Of Big Business to
destroy labor organizations, through
the, so-called "open shop" movement,
makes a great mistake.
When the workers wages are re-
Guced his buying power is reduced
and that means "bad business" for
the little business man. The latter
cannot expect to be prosperous as his
best customer, the worker, is on the
edge of starvation.
Fortunately some business men are
beginning to see this point. Recently
the Cleveland Press and the Cincin-
natl Post, papers with an enormous
circulation in Ohio, launched a cam
paign against the "open shop" agita-
tors. The following paragraph from
q first page article which appeared in
both papers shows their position:
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Rail Shop Employees
Fight Contract Plan

Chicago-"The transportation act
requires the establishment of just
and reasonable wages and working
conditions for all employes-not simp-
ly for the train service employees.
care the carriers to be allowed to
deny such wages and conditions to
certain shop or maintenance -of-way
employees by means of this contract
ing out 2"
The above are two of the strong
points made by organized shop en-
ployes in brief to the railroad labor
board against the present policy of
railroads contracting their repair
work to private companies.
The Erie railroad originated this
scheme to get from under the julis-
diction of the railroad labor board.
Thirteen other roads have adopted the
plan. These include the Pennsyl-
vania, Southern Pacific, Pere Mar
quette, New York Central, Big Four,
Gulf Coast lines, Chicago Great
Western, Ann Arbor and Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul.
In their brief against the Erie's
contracting it's Marion, Ohio, shops
to the railway service company the
railroad shop employees show that the
company is camouflage for the Erie.
The amount of capital which the selv-
ice company carries on it's business
is 81 900, yet the payroll OF the Marion
shops is from 1000 to $4,000 a
week. The incorporators are known
anti-uniOnists whose wage standard is
80 to As cents and hour. The manager
of the company is R. V. Blocker,
former master mechanic of the Erie,
who came direct to the company from
the services of the Erie.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06

A man or woman, not member
of union labor, is likely to say, "Well,
what about it? What do | care about
the unions? 1t won't make any diff
ference to me if the unions are
smashed"
But it will make difference to you.
It will make difference to all of Us.
If the open shop triumphs generally,
followed as eventually it must be by
reductions in wages and increases in
working hours, the prosperity of the
entire community will be affected.
The merchant will suffer because
low wages can't buy as often or as
much as high wages.
The money shortage will operate
all along the line until it hits the
professional man, none harder than
The doctor, the dentist, the lawyer.
The unorganized worker, whether
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Farmers Helping
STRIKERS MAY BUST CLEVE-
LAND MILK TRUST
Have Started Cooperative Creamery
Organlzation-Farm armers Working
With Wage-Earners to
Break Combination

Cleveland-The dairy workers of
Cleveland, Ohio, who are striking
against the open shop and wage re-
duction, have followed the example
of their fellow-workers of Minneapolis
and 81. Paul, and have organized a
consumers cooperative creamery. 1t
will be remembered that the Franklin
Cooperative Creamery Association,
now doing business Of more than
81 ,250,000 a year, grew out of lock-
out of the milk drivers about two
years ago. At the invitation of the
dairy workers of Cleveland, and at the
request of the Cooperative League
CT America, two active members of
The Minneapolis cooperative creamery
got busy in Cleveland, showing the
strikers how to organize a co-opera-
tive. A committee of the strikers then
went on to Minneapolis to study the
organization methods at first hand.
The new Cleveland creamery is to
be called the City Cooperative Dairy
Company. The society is incorpo-
rating, machinery for the plant is be-
ing ordered, and a lease has been
signed for premises. Farmers in the
vicinity are giving their heartiest sup
port to this new cooperative dairy.
Private milk dealers have been pay
ing the farmers only Is cents gallon
for the milk they sold to the consumer
at 13 cents quart or more. Co-opera-
tion will assure the farmer fair price
for his milk.
When the strike broke out in Cleve-
land, the city government attempted
tO take over ono of the large milk de-
pots and distribute milk to the con-
sumers by means of the city trucks.
An injunction by some friends of the
milk dealers blocked this attempt.
Now the strikers and the consumers
are taking the situation in hand them
selves. What the city government can
not do, because of it's limited powers,
OF because of the interference of the
courts, the co-operators are doing for
themselves.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06

in shop or office, suffers because it is
impossible to injure one part of the
economic body without affecting the
body as whole.
We are of two groups, we Ameri-
cans-those who can live without
working and those who can't. All Of
the latter group will be affected by the
success or failure of the open shop
mcvemnet and a good many Of the
former group, whether they realize it
now or rot.
Hence the open shop movement be-
comes something more than a dispute
between corporations and unions. 1t
is a matter of vast public concern,
meriting the sober, analytical atten-
ton of every believer in fair play and
the maintenance of American stan
dards.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Gigantic Mergers
Now Being Formed

New York-The imagination of
Wall street is afame with stories of
gigantic combinations. Oil, steel,
copper, chemicals, machinery and to-
bacco lead in this movement, which is
possible because America controls so
per cent of the worlds gold, thus per-
hitting the issuance of billions of new
credits.
Another factor in the Capitalization
of industry during the war and the
attitude of government and the public
mind. In the judicial department of
government, especially the lessening
of hostility to combinations is most
marked, as indicated by the United
States supreme courts decision in the
steal trust case and in the stock divi-
dend case.
In the steel trust case the court
acknowledged that the trust was
merely holding company, and does
not produce steel, but if it is dissolved
the public interest may be affected
and the country's foreign trade may
be injured. This startling position
conflicts with former theories that
courts are supposed to define the law,
while permitting the legislature to
function in it's sphere.
In the stock dividend case the court
ruled that corporations may escape
income taxes by issuing more stock,
upon which profits must be made,
,'ather than paying the profits in ac-
tual cash.
Capitalists have not overlooked
these decisions, and combinations un-
dreamed of are now in process of
formation. 1t is agreed that there
will be reaction from this wild capital
ization, but Wall street replies:
After us the deluge."
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Railroad Shop Closed

Minneapolis-Another step toward
"normalcy" was made when the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad
put into effect an order closing it's
shops in South Minneapolis. The
shutdown is for an indefinite period,
according to an announcement made by
the superintendent, who stated that
700 men are Immediately affected and
that about 500 more will be indirectly
affected.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
RESIST FEDERAL PROBE

Washington u If the government
can "me6dle" with the steel industry,
it can control the public press, is the
latest claim of 81 eastern steel corpo-
rations in its two-year contest with
he federal trade commission.
The federal board is attempting to
ascertain production costs but the
steel manufacturers oppose the plan.
The commission recently attempted
to secure production costs from coal
owners, but were stopped by an in
junction.
When these business men are called
upon to raise wages, however, an in
vestigation of the cost of living for
workers is taken as matter of course
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Christmas For Tent Colonies

Seattle-Christmas meant some
thing this year to the 5000 children of
locked out miners in the tent colonies
in the foothills of the Cascades who
have been waging a nine-months'
fight against the Wall Street-owned
Pacific Coast Coal Company. Union
labor of Seattle and Tacoma sent gifts
of one-half pound of nuts, one-half
pound of candy with apples and
oranges for each child.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
To Investigate Shoe Factories

Lynn, Mass.-After long haggling,
the Lynn Shoe Manufacturers have in
dicated willingness to permit scien-
tific investigation of comparative
wages and working conditions in Lynn
and other shoe centers, to be used as
basis for an equitable adjustment
of wages here. Some time ago the
joint council of the shoe workers
offered to assent to 20 per cent
wage reduction for two months to en-
able the manufacturers to get sub
stantial spring business, but demanded
that during those two months sci
entific investigation be made.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Steel Workers EnjOined

Newport, Ky.-The steel workers
here who have been on strike for
some time, have been enjoined by
United District Judge Cochran of
Covington, KY, from interfering
with" the Andrews Steel Company
(part of the steel trust). The com
pany has posted machine guns on its
premises. Strikebreakers and labor
spies are on the job.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Private Detective Leaves City

Oklahoma City-H. R. Wandering,
private detective, has promised to
quit the city and cease his activities
for the packers here, following the
annouced revocation of his police
commission by Mayor J. C. Walton.
He had been charged with attempting
to recruit and convey strikebreakers
to the plants.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Want City to Distribute Milk

New York-The Aldermanic Com
mittee which for two weeks has been
investigating the milk strike here, has
issued a report urging that the pas
teurization and distribution of milk in
New York City be done by the NUM-
cipality, and that the distribution of
milk be "entirely by municipal opera
ton"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Garment Workers Will Strike

Cincinnati-The United Garment
Workers Union has ordered a strike
here. About 40 cutters and 500
other workers are picketing the
plants. The shops controlled by the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America are not affected.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Straw Workers Unions Get Contract

New York-The five locals of the
Millinery and Ladies' Straw Workers
Unions here have ratified two-year
agreement made with the Ladies' Hat
Manufacturers Protective Association
on behalf of 5000 workers. The
agreement provides that the question
of wages shall be arbitrated.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
What Labor Is Doing
Wage Increases and Progress Made
Throughout the Country
Willing to Arbitrate

New York-The striking packing
house workers in New York have in
formed Chas. Bendheim, federal me-
diator, that they will willingly submit
the issue to arbitration. The employ
ers, informed by Bendheim of the
offer, Immediately rejected it.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
Wage Cut Not Successful

San Francisco-The attempt Of the
Pacific division of the Southern
Pacific Railroad to cut wages 10 per
cent has not yet been successful, the
conference between the railroad and
its employees having broken up with
both sides appealing to the United
States Labor Board.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
General Labor Notes
Short Items Gathered For Benefit of
Hasty Readers
Figures and Facts Don't Agree

Boston-While Herbert Hoover is
busy telling the world that 100000
have been put back to
work, there comes an announcement
here that more than $500 men are to
be laid off by the New York, New
Haven and Hartford lines.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06
MR.. WORKINGMAN:

The Leader is your paper. It
publishes matter pertaining to your
life and welfare. 1t wants your
support. Your cause would be weak
without labor paperAto champion
it. Support The Leader.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06

Has it ever occurred to you that
The Leader goes into the homes
of the best paid workmen of New
ark and Licking county? It is
carefully read by every adult men,
ber of the household.
Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17
Handy Gifts for Men

Every man, young or old, will ap-
preciate a good-looking rack to place
within easy reach Of his dressing
case. The tie rack requires an
oblong or oval board, smoothly COW
cred with cretonne and a small nickel
towel rack, which is screwed to the
front Of it. 1t Is suspended by a silk
cord fastened at the back with screw
eyes.
Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17
Another Toledo
Woman Highly
Prizes 1t

"Since taking Tanlac have great
er strength and endurance than l
ever dreamed of possessing" says
Mrs. Pearl Libert, 722 Stickney Ave.
Toledo, Ohio, a we'll known and pop
ular demonstrator.
For several weeks just seemed
to be right on the verge of nervous
prostration. 1t was almost useless
for me to retire at night or to go to
the table at meal time, as l could
neither sleep or eat to do much good
was subject to bursting headaches
with awful dizzy spells, and my
strength got so near the breaking
point it was all I could do to remain
at my post all day.
"But it has taken Tanlac only a
short time to correct my troubles
and make me feel like new woman.
have gained eight pounds anr am
still gaining. Nothing makes me
nervous any more, and I can stand
on my feet all day and still feel fine
when night comes. Money couldn't
buy the good Tanlac has done me-"
Tanlac is sold by all good drug
gists.-Adv.
Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17

work.
Governor Kendall in HIS state
ment said the shop employees strike
left the railways without adequate
equipment. The shop employees
strike is by no means the principal
cause Of the present transportation
situation. The principal cause Is
that the general development OF the
railroads has very greatly declined
within rcent years while the other
industries of the country have con-
tinued to expand at a normal or
more than normal rate. Consider
the following figures The number
OF locomotives in service increased
.17.725 in seven years ending with
1907, only 1O,579 in the next seven
years. and only 1912 in the seven
years ending with 1921. The num-
Der of freight cars in service increas-
ed $4,000 in the seven years end
ing with 1907, only $4,000 in the
seven years ending with 1914, and
only 41,000 in the seven years end
ing with 1921. The increase in the
number of locomotives in the seven
years ending with 1907 was more
than nine times as great as in the
last seven years. and the increase in
the number of freight cars was over
fifteen times as great. There was a
corresponding reduction Of the in
crease in all railway facilities.
when the restrictive policy of
government regulation began to be
applied about fifteen years ago those
who opposed it predicted that this
very reduction of railway expansion
would be the result. The predictions
have come true.
what is to be done, if anything,
to remedy this situation? The nat
ural way to stop an effect is to re-
move its cause. Since restrictive leg
islation has arrested the develop
ment of the railroads, it would seem
that the logical thing to do would
be to make regulation less restric-
tive.
"In a large part of the country,
however. there is being carried on a
powerful agitation for legislation
which would repeal all the construc-
tive provisions of the Transportation
Act and make the governments pol
icy of regulation worse than it was
before government control was ever
adopted.
THE present transportation situ-
alton and the still worse situation
which seems to be coming, are due
to a policy the adoption of which
has been caused by the very people
who are now complaining most con-
cerning the lack of transportation.
Perhaps experience will teach the
public that it has much to lose and
nothing to gain by supporting a pol
icy, the direct and necessary effect
Of which is to render the railways
unable to handle the country's COM
merce." Railway Age.
Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday services at IL am. and
Z pm. The pastor, Rev. John Owen
Gross, will preach at both services.
The subject for the evening sermon
Jesus Advice for Gossipers."
Special music at both services.
The Sunday School meets at $3.50
and Young Peoples Meeting at 6:15
The intermediate League meets on
Friday evening at the church.
Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17

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thorities admit its powerl s. S. s. builds
blood power, It builds red-blood- cells.
That is what makes fighting-blood. Fight
ing-blood destroys impurities. IL fights
boils. 1t always winsi It fights pim-
plesi II fights skin eruptionsi II builds
nerve-power, thinking power, the tight
listed power that whirls man up into
success. 1t gives women the health, the
angelic complexion and the charm that
moves the worldi These are the reasons
that have made s. S. S. today the great
blood cleanser, body-builder, success build
er, and it's why results have made tears
Of Joy flow from the souls Of thousandst
Mr.. V. d. Schaff, 557 18th St., Washing
ton. d. c., writes:
~ tried for years TO get relief from a bad
case Of boils. Everything failed until tools
S. S. S. I am nolo absolutely cured, and &c
4uas s. s. S. that did &C."
Try It yourself. s. S. s. is sold at all
drug stores in two sizes. The larger size
bottle is the more economical.
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Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17
CARD OF THANKS

We wish most gratefully to thank
those who so kindly rendered as
sistance during the illness of our be-
loved mother, Mrs. Mary Helton, and
for the many expressions of sym
pathy and the beautiful flowers sent
on the occasion of her death and
burial.
Miss Jennie Helton
Mrs. Alice Jarvis
Robert Helton
Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17
TRANSPORTATION SITUATION :
EFFECT AND CAUSE.

The farmers, business men and
other people are beginning to have
a transportation experience, says the
Railway Age, which should be as
instructive to them as it is to be
feared it will be expensive. The rail-
ways in the week ended September
IS. the last week for which we have
the figures, moved 945,919 carloads
of freight. The largest business ever
handled in any year was in 1920.
The number of carloads of freight
moved for the week mentioned was
only 3159 % less than the cores
ponding week of 1920, and only 6
per cent less than the largest num-
ber ever moved in any week.
"In spite of this the railroads re-
ported for the week ended Septem-
ber is. for the first time since 1920,
a net shortage of cars. On April s
1921, they had a surplus of 507,42
cars, and even six months ago a sur
plus of $1,000 cars. 1t has taken
only this short time for the increase
in business activity to wipe out the
car surplus. The so-called car short
age is a symptom, not the disease.
The disease is the Jnadequacy of
railway facilities OF all kinds, and
we have not yet felt iYs worst effects.
m There are widespread COM
'}1aints in the west because the rail-
6ads cannot move }he grain as fast
as the, farmers desiye to ship it. Gov.
Kendall, of Iowa. issued a statement
on September An which he said:
The car shortage in the state is a
serious embarra }sment to all indus
try and enterprise and it is one most
difficult to remedy He stated that
the elevators are overfowing every
where and heavy losses will be sus-
tained unless provision can be made
for the immediate marketing of the
grain. This condition exists in spite
of teh fact that thus far in 1922 the
railways have moved more grain
than ever before. The number Of
cars of grain moved this year to Sep
Eember was 1,636,23O. The previ-
GUS high record was that Of 1921
when up to the same date shipments
of grain had been 1,571,53S cars.
The amount of coal transported
weekly has increased over 125 per
cent since the coal strike was set
tied, but the United States Geologi-
cal Survey in its last report says:
Transportation is the dominant and
limiting factor in soft coal supply
One of the lumber manufacturers
associations in a circular letter calls
attention to the fact that the produc
tion of lumber has for some time
been exceeding the amount that
could be shipped, and that finally
lack of transportation was forcing a
curtailment of production. The Ma
tional Sand and Gravel Producers
Association has been before the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
secure modification of it's priority
orders in favor of coal because its
orders are Interfering with road
building and other construction
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Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17
FOR SALE

1917 acres of land on Smoky
Creek, site for house. Timber and
coal. Fine fruit land. Next to Beard
property. Acreage correct according
to Mayor T. D. Tinsley. See Fred
Burman, Advocate, for price. If
Mountain advocate., 1922-11-17

"Impossibilities are merely the
half hearted efforts of cutters"