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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
LATEST PRICE PROBE
 .JEERED BY STRIKERS

New York, Jan. 6.-Striking butch- CT workmen jeer Attorney General Daugherty's announced probe of pro- hteering.
 In a letter to the federal official, officers of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen say the probe order Hooks like a smoke screen to cover up the sins of the beef trust and the friendly inactivity of your department"
 The unionists remind the attorney general that on Dec. I6 last they called his attention to price raising methods by the beef trust, but to date he has not even acknowledged receipt of the letter.
 "Instead we read that you have publicly charged the retail merchants of the country with the guilt of high food prices and have ordered Chief William J. Burns to investigate the iniquities of small shop keepers.
 Coming at time when the entire nation is aroused over the attempts of the packing interests to smash collective bargaining and make the public pay the bill in profteering meat prices, your attack on the re- taller looks like smoke screen to cover up the sins of the beef trust and the friendly inactivity of your department.
 "If action is not taken by the de partment of justice, we shall be com pelled to conclude that justice is not to be obtained in this country through the duly constituted authority of gov crnment"
 In a statement issued in connec- ton with their letter to the attorney general, the unionists say:
 Every one knows that the big fellows are the worst sinners. It is big business, not little business, which levies the biggest toll on the public The course of meat prices in New York during the strike proves this Wholesale prices rose % per cent. while retail prices advanced Io per cent
 I've have heard a lot about the packers control of the federal gov. ernment. This campaign of the de partment of justice against the little shop keepers isn't calculated to dispel any illusions on that score"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
Cleveland Averts Strike

Cleveland, Jan. CA widespread strike in the women's garment man. ufacturing industry was averted when shops, members of the Cleveland Garment Manufacturers Association, and the International Ladies' Gar ment Workers Union reached an agreement after several wccks of negotiations on working conditions.
 The agreement is practically the same as that initiated in local shops two years ago. All strikes and lock outs are barred and provision for ad- justing disputes is made through a system of impartial machinery For ty-onc weeks of continuous employ ment each year IS guaranteed, as is the further development of scientific production standards.
 The agreement remains in force until Dec. 3I, 1922.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
Low Wages Is Costly.

New York, Jan. 6-High wages and increased production, rather than low wages, is urged by George H Burns, in a leading article in the An nalist, financial paper published in this city.
 Tt IS no argument in favor of re- duction merely to assert that current rates are 30, 40 or 50 per cent. higher, as the case may be, than at some previous time in the history of the industry" he says.
 50 long as living costs remain at their present level drastic wage cuts arc inadvisable.
 "Building costs must come down. This much is indisputable; the means arc to be determined. But low wages, disproportionate to the cost of living, have in the past resulted in poor physique, lowered standards and ideals of living, limited education and lessened efficiency through diminish ed vitality, causing slack work and restrained production
 "Dollars are of value only as medium of exchange"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
Sell Wheat Direct.

Washington, Jan. 6.-"For the first time in the history of American agri- culture, farmers have sold their wheat direct to Europe without the aid of brokers, commission agents or other middlemen," says the All-Amcricar cooperative commissions news ser vice.
 "The steamer Texan has left Port land, Ore, with 10000 bushels of wheat for London and Antwerp, shipped by the northwest wheat growers, the farmers cooperative marketing agency of the four north western states. While this is the first cooperative shipment of wheat to the center of the worlds grain market, the northwestern farmers have al ready shipped nearly a million bushels of wheat to the Orient under special contracts. The valuable connections thus established will save hundreds of thousands of dollars for the farmers in commission fees and speculative profits and at the same time reduce the cost of wheat flour to the con sumer by eliminating the speculative element"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
WOMAN CONTROLS
 THRIFT IN HOME
Has Hand on Purse Strings and Has Opportunity to Save
 Some.

Women control the purse strings Ill America. Without their whole-hearted support no movement for systematic saving can be a complete success. The World War gave the housewives of the Nation an incentive to save. Their CO., contributions to the winning of the war. Unfortunately, however, millions of women who then gave loyal support to the Governments program have since lapsed back into the habits of extrava- gance or careless spending. These women must be brought to realize that the pros perity of the home depends in peace time no less than in war, upon thrift-upon individual thrift and upon Government thrift.
 The first consideration in the invest ment of funds by women should be safety of principal, interest return be- ing a secondary consideration. Women who are self-supporting and have had some experience in investing have come
 
 ties are the safest investments. They have also come to know the advantage of consulting their banker before buying stocks and bonds promising high yield. Too many women have been an easy prey for the interruptions promoter who of fered high return which was often more attractive to women than safety of prin- cipal.
 Recognition of the lack of system in family financing has caused many to advocate the budget system for the household. Many worries and troubles of the American home can undoubtedly be avoided by some system apportioning the family income to cover cost of food shelter, clothing, savings, and the other things which must be provided for decent and comfortable living, not forgetting provision for education and wholesome recreation.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06

vicious principle behind the "can't- strike" law, as the court, in effect, holds that any strike that does not inconvenience the public very much can not be interfered with by the commission, but where workers are employed in calling or industry that is necessary for the public's everyday convenience, these workers can not strike for 30 days, or until the commission acts.
 Judge Morrow's decision does not affect an injunction judges power to smash the butcher workmen's strike by issuing one of the well-known "thou- shalt-not" writs.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
Oppose Gun Men.

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 6.-The central labor body of this city has appealed to congress against the brutality of coal owners gun men in West Virginia The unionists charge that Sheriff Clafin of Logan county is using his position and the other county machinery 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 ar rests for imaginary offenses and Clahin, it is stated, issues warrants without regard to facts, while men are railroaded to jail without prelim- mary hearings.
 The workers ask that congress act to the end that this reign of terror be stopped.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
SUGAR COATED BUNK IS FED
 TO WORKERS

Chicago, Jan. 6-It would profit workers if they supported and read their labor press rather than swallow the Sugar coated bunk" that is daily fed to them, says George w. Perkins, presi- dent of the Cigar Makers International union, writing in the official magazine of that organization.
 "The privileged few and big interests know the value of propaganda" says this trahe unionist
 "It is said that lie travels faster than the truth that half truth is often worse than whole lie. These people know that the constant teaching of false news and erroneous ideas creates psychology that 1t takes years to destroy.
 "The people, the public generally, are really hungry for news. They swallow without analysis false statements made for interior purposes. It would be much better if the workers got their views on economics from the labor press and from their own official journals. It would be better still if the most of us got down to rock-bottom facts and did our own think ing instead of swallowing the sugar coated bunk that we get on the news stands for or } cents per.
 Newspapers are useful as a time killer, for baseball scores, etc. Some like them for divorce news, murders and dinner parties given to trained monkeys. We have no objection to anybody read ing the daily press. We think they should but when 1t comes to our own best in- terests let us be guided by facts and our own deductions.
 "The most of us know that good bill of prices, reasonable working hours and fair shop conditions are the proper things for us, and we, moreover, know that the only way to get these things IS through the trade unions. On this there is no argument. Any one who disputes it has an ax to grind or has space to rent in the top of his head. He might be, however, repeating parrot-like, things he has heard from those with interests di- vergent from those of the workers"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
ACT OF HEROISM
 IN DAYS WORK

A dive from a moving engine
 into the icy waters of BOdlnc
 creek, Staten Island, to rescue d
 boy who had been knocked off
 the trcstlc by his train, was
 "nothing' to Jerry Driscoll, a
 fireman on an engine on the
 Staten Island Rapid Transit
 railroad. It was merely an in
 cident in the days work, he
 said.
 The boy, William Alexan-
 dcrm, I4 years old, was taking
 a short cut home from school over the trcstlc, when he be- came confused as the train bore down upon him. He lost his , head remained in the path of the oncoming locomotive, and was knocked, badly injured, in- to the water below
 Driscoll realized that there was not time to wait till the train stopped and took a flying leap into the water, landing close beside the boy, and drag gcd him to shore The boy was taken aboard and started to the , hospital and Driscoll returned . 10 work. The boy later died of his injuries.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
Strike Insurance BuStS

Baltimore, Jan. 6.-Circuit Judge Stump has ordered the employers underwriters agents to show why this concern should not be placed in the hands of receiver The request was made by the receivers of the strike insurance company known as the Employers Mutual Insurance and Service corporation. The undcrwrit- CTS agents was associated with the strike insurance company, and oper- atcd under a commission from the company.
 Judge Stump was told that strike insurance business is bad, with every thing going out and nothing coming in
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06

with a group of boys who had spent the day together around the circus so that Sammy's family didn't worry about him.
 The boys always stayed for the eve ming show too. It was such fun to see the tent when it was lighted at night.
 But this time Sammy did not go with the other boys-or rather he left the other boys early during the day. Sammy's mother did not worry when he did not come home to lunch, as she knew 1t was circus day-she did not know that he didn't mean to come back at all.
 Yes, he left the other boys and be- came great friends with one of the clowns. The clown was particularly nice clown-just as jolly as he could be, and everyone seemed to like him. He played the cornet in the clowns band and one of the things Sammy had always wanted to do had been to play the cornet. How wonderful to be able to play it without practicing- just blowing and playing any way at all.
 He was invited by the circus people to have dinner with them. How thrilled he was, but as he watched the dinner cooking his appetite somehow left him. The soup smelt of grease and the po- tatoes looked so unattract1ve In such great numbers. And he didn't eat the way the others did. They enjoyed what they ate, 1t was true, but he couldn't somehow enjoy their food
 There was so much of it. Not that he had ever before complained of too much food! No, indeed no!
 But this was too much. The pota- toes were piled much too high; there was so much of everything (for of course there were so many peOple) that 1t took away his appetite.
 And then, too, the smell of grease ]! He didn't like that in the least.
 But oh dear, oh dear, when he talked to the clown he found that one had to practice to make funny mistakes. They couldn't Just be mistakes. They had to be funny. And in order to make them funny one had to practice.
 Oh, yes, there was studying to do 0PGu 1OI lu0 CuSuS. IL WI AdA O UOA n. Entirely too hard work.
 And after dinner, when he watched the performers going into the tent for the afternoon show and lowing before the people when their acts were over, he began to care less and less about being in the background of a circus.
 It was in the audience where the fun was. For when the performers came out they didn't come with a dash and a wave of the arms and a joyous shout such as they did inside. AS soon as they got beyond where the people were they all took 1t as a part of a days work and not as though 1t were thrill ing work.
 Oh, no, Sammy would not join the circus. For if he did he knew that the circus would no longer be the thrilling thing that it now was but that 1t would be work-just like school and such things! And the circus must never be like that to him. So he de- cided he would not join the circus after all
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
Steel Trust Will
 Resist Govt Probe

Washington, Jan. Of the govern ment can "meddle" with the steel indus try, it can control the public press, is the latest claim of 2l eastern steel corpora tions in it's two-year contest with the Federal trade commission.
 The federal board is attempting to ascertain production costs but the steel manufacturers oppose hte plan. The commission recently attempted to secure production costs from coal owners, but were stopped by an injunction.
 When these business men are called upon to raise wages, however, an inves- tigation of the cost of living for workers IS taken as a matter of course.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
SAMMY'S CIRCUS WISH.

Sammy wanted to be clown. Clowns could be funny. Clowns did not have to think hard, and thinking hard was a great effort. Clowns didn't have to practice for music les sons. When they played in the circus they played wrong notes and everyone laughed and clapped.
 Clowns could say any silly old thing at all and people thought they were funny. At least it seemed that way.
 Now the circus was coming to town in few days and Sammy was making his plans.
 He would get up very early, as he always did when the circus came to town and he would help unload and he would help when they put up the tent at the old fair grounds where they always had the circus.
 And then he would talk to one of the clowns and he would tell him how he longed to be a clown and he would ask to go along too, and he would explain that he had brought along a bundle of clothes so that he would not be a burden to them when he knew they were busy travelling from town to town.
 He could just see the clown grin at him and clap his knee and say:
 Well, you're the fine little manly chap"
 Now on circus days Sammy's fam fly had always allowed him to spend the whole day at the fair grounds. They had let him get up early to meet the train. But he had always been
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
Curb Some Strikes.

Denver, Jan. 6.-District Judge Morrow has ruled that amendments to the "can't-strike" law of this state is unconstitutional because they fail to limit the activities of the state in dustrial commission to controversies that are affected with a public inter est. The packing houses, says the court, are not such an industry.
 The decision does not affect the
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
Pawtucket Weavers Strike.

Pawtucket, R. l., Jan. 6.-After notification that their wages would be cut from 20 to 22H per cent, GOO weavers employed by the Royal Weaving Co.,, silk manufacturers, quit work Wednesday. They voted at a meeting later to stay out until the order was rescinded.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
TROOPS FOR STRIKE

Frankfort, Ky, Jan 6.-Although local peace officials have not request ed troops, Governor Morrow has ordered four companies of the na- tional guard to Newport, where strike of steel workers has been on for several weeks
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06

 The Story of Our States By JONATHAN BRACE
 XXX.-WISCONSIN THE many
 < < ; <: :: |:': < :. 5: j A AM Wisconsin k A&N1n2 with French Ws names show N bRI@1&W / the French && MHW influence in ~ its early set tlement The first white man to penetrate this region was Jean Nicollet, who was sent out in 1884 by Champlain to open trade with the Indians. He landed at Green Bay and prob ably traversed the country to Chicago. Fur traders and mis- sionaries followed and the latter built a mission where Ashland now stands. This was the first church erected in the state and around it sprang up the first permanent settlement. Joliet and Father Marquette descended the Wisconsin river, and La Salle explored a great deal of Wisconsin before he took his famous trip down the, Mississip- pi. Among the fur traders to come to Wisconsin shores was Daniel du Lhut, after whom the city of Duluth, Minn., was named.
 During the Revolution Wiscon- sin remained loyal to the Brit ish and though Wisconsin be- came a part of the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 17S8, 1t was not until 1816 that federal troops really established authority there. Indian upris- ings continued for some time ending only with the Black Hawk war in 1882. Then fol- lowed extensive immigration from the New England States. Wisconsin had formed a part Of the Northwest territory until 1900, when 1t became a part of Michigan territory, under which Jurisdiction 1t remained until 18S6, with the exception of nine years, when 1t was considered a part of Illinois territory. With the admission of Michigan as state, the Wisconsin territory was created, which included al so the present states of Iowa and Minnesota and portions of North and South Dakota.
 In 1S4S Wisconsin was taken into the Union as the thirtieth state. Its area is 56.O66 square miles and 1t has thirteen cleo toral votes for president.
 The state is named after the Wisconsin river. This is an ] Ojibwa phrase which means gathering waters" It is some ] times called the Badger State. |; co by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03

my own child, alter the way ! have
shaved go.
r0h, 80 away, mother" Dolly
said lmpauensly,
Mrs, Mason ilnuneed out ai the
room, aud a hl.ls silence followed,
Then Elizabeth said With an silofI'
please let me go, ! am sorry !
came, It's no use us talking ss all,
| haven't got any money, and II !
had" she added. with touch OF pas
sion, II would never lend u 10 your
mother after the way she has In
suited me-"
Mother insults everyone II she
can't get anything out OF them.
Dolly said calmly. IL doesn't do 70
oke any notice OF her. It's mol
money | want, anyway" she laugh.
ed; mot this time. at any rate"
She looked a, Elizabeth with
searching eyes. Elizabeth. will yos
answer somethingf"
"Yes. II can"
SIS /, true that you are going Il
marry-Neii Farmer"
mo"
Dolly eaush, her by the shoulders
there was q painful eagerness in hsl
eyes.
rs that the truth! VIII you sweal
It's the truth?"
"Yes." said Elizabeth.
| tconiinusd In The Bee rsssouow.l
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Burr Man Found
Slain With Bullet
Wound in Head
Trail Of Blood Followed 10
Room of Fellow Towns.
nan-Shcriff Hold
ing Inquest.

Nebraska City, Neb., May 2.-ln
response TO call from the village
OF Burr. this county, saying Joshua
Howard had been murdered at that
place Sunday, Sheriff Fisher and
other officials yesterday went to
Burr and began an invstiga,ion.
The body OF Howard was found
lying in a pool OF blood in his wood
shed. He had been shot in the back
of head. A trail OF blood, the Of
ficcrs said. led to the house Of
George Flessncr, and in room on
the second floor were found blood
S ins.
Flcssncr was brought here and is
in the county jail. He was question
ed by County Attorney Henke but
denied knowledge Of the crime.
Sheriff Fisher began an inquest
on the body at hrr this evening.
but adjourned the inquiry for fur-
ther examination OF witnesses today.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
The Dancing Master
BY RUBY N. AYREs,

is taken in by your pretended in
noeenceg
She had worked herself into a fine
passion: she had never liked Eliza
beth. but she could have killed her
wifi the utmost pleasure for the
swiiiness with which she had seen
through this pFetense OF friendship,
People say that you Will be
famous" she fased on. Famous
Yes. For the lie you are leading
For the seandalous way in which
She stopped. as the door openes
and Dolly walked into the room.
She looked from her mother Il
Elizabeth. and swift understanding
filled her eyes. Elizabeth was mar
bic white. and Mrs. Mason was scar
let with rage. though she tried hare
u control herself as her daughtel
shut the door and came forward.
How do you do, Elizabeth
Elizabeth ignored her proiferet
hand; she turned away. Il am jus
going," she said: IL am sorry ! came
| might have known that ! shoul'
only be insulted,"
Dolly caught her hand.
what is the matter! oh, don
go! ! want TO speak to you. Wha
has mother been sayingf" She locke,
angrily at Mrs. Mason. What hav
you been saying TO her!' she de
manded.
IL. is Elizabeth who has been say
ing things TO me-" was the quicl
reply. "Shc accused me OF beinl
mcrccnary-of wishing to borro,
money from her, and So"
Dolly laughed.
well. it was the truth. wasn't III!
she said calmly. That's why WI
asked her here" e
Mrs. Mason spread her hand
helplessly.
with such a daughter, and sucl
niece" she began, but Dolly Gu
her short.
"Plcasc go away, mother, ant
leave me talk TO Elizabeth"
Mrs. Mason began to refuse.
ITS coming TO a pretty state o
things when l am ordered about b,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
ADyERTIsEMENT
III Kidneys Ache ): !.
Or bIadder's Weak
Take Roots and Herbs to Flush
Kidneys and Wash Out
Irritating Acids.

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To have strong, healthy kidneys. capa-
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