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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-28

shifts. Beet sugar plants gener-
ally l2-hour shifts.
Salt-Formerly 12-hour shift univer-
sal Michigan-salt plants now three
shifts.
Uniformly, three shifts.
Cottonseed crushing-Presents one of
largest l2-hour shift problems.
Ill Heavy Equipment Industries.
Paper--Largely continuous operation,
three shifts prevail.
Flour-Practically all large flour mills
on three shift basis.
Rubber--Three shift system accepted
custom.
Cereal foods-Three shifts predomi-
nate.
Automobile plants-Normally, one or
two shifts of eight hours each. One
large company fluctuates between
two and three shifts of eight hours.
TeXtiles--Three shifts prevail in the
North, two in the South.
Mines-Normally eight hours for min
ers and longer periods for engin-
GERS, pumpmen and firemen.
Nv Service Industries.
Power-Overlapping shifts varying in
length with activity. Electric
plants generally eight hour shifts.
Gas-Twelve hour shift now rare.
Water supply-Generally eight hours
lce-Much twelve hour work; eight
hour shift growing.
Shipping-Not standardized.
ailroads-Irregular for those in OPP
Grating service, varying with freight
or passenger service. Shopmen
generally eight hour shifts.
Street Workday ranges
from to 111a hours, with Q hours
as average.
Telegraph and ENTHUSIASTICALLY
short shifts.
Mails--Inside clerks generally eight
hour shifts. Deliveries vary in work
period.
Express-Generally eight hours.
Police-Generally two platoons sys-
tem--twelve hour shift.
Firemen - Generally two platoons
system-twelve hour shift.
Watchmen--Twelve hours prevail.
Miscellaneous Service.
Hotels-Day forces usually ten hours
Hospitals-No special study.
Stores - Considerable twelve hour
Garages = Considerable twelve hour
work.
Delivery men-Chauffeurs No sur,
vey.
Recommendations usually short.
| Special retail stores-Little standard
ization.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-28
COMMENT AND CRITI-
CISM ABOUT THINGS
DOING IN THE WORLD

Walter Duranty, who sends from
Moscow to his paper, the New York
Times, some Of the best bolshevik
propaganda, writes that at goes with
out saying that the 'Comintern' Com
munist internationally spends money
abroad for its work."
This is important because Duranty
knows precisely what the bolshevik
leaders are doing. He has THEN con-
fidenee. He continues:
''The officials of the Russian gov
eminent declare that the "Comintern's
work and money are entirely apart
from the Russian Government. But
they admit that the communist party
controls the Russian government; and
the 'Comintern' is simply the party's
foreign or missionary branch. The
money it employs abroad comes from
Russian pockets. so that the distinc-
ton they attempt to make IS rather
Jesuitical."
Pilgrims who go to Moscow to "see
for themselves" should know these
things before they go-and perhaps
most Of them do!
Newspapers are having it out with
w liam Gibbs MeAdoo, the man VIII,
ran almost everything during the
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-28
OF MEN
TOLL IN 10 AND
12-HOUR SHIFTS
By international Labor News Service.

By international Labor News Service.
Washington, d. c. Sept. 20.-Al-
though the situation was such that
attention was focused on the steel
industry in the report on the Twelve
Hour Shift in Industry By the Com
mittee on Work Periods OF the Fed
Grated American Engineering Soeie-
ties that study reports there are up
wards Of 40 continuous industries op-
Grating upon a shift system. These
industries employ between 100000 and
900 600 workers on shiftwork. They,
with their families, make 100000
TO 3 100000 persons dependent upon
earnings from shift-Work.
About 5000 wage-earners work
on twelve-hour shifts and it is esti-
mated 100000 are affected by the
long shift system.
Findings Of the Federated Ameri-
can Engineering Societies are here
condensed and summarized for Inter
national Labor News Service. The
report elassifies the following as con-
tinuoups industries:
| Heat -Process Industries.
Iron and steel-Most important in
dustry maintaining l2-hour day.
Non-ferrous metals - Three shifts
prevail.
Glass-Until recently i2-hour system
prevailed, now ranges from eight
to ten, occasionally twelve hours.
Cement-Two shift system predomi-
mates, however, two largest COM
panies in three shifts.
Lime-About 1870 on shift work
two shifts uniform custom.
Brick and Tile-About 1917 on shift
work, mostly two shift system.
Pottery, china and finer clay products
Employees in continuous process
relatively small, usually 80; two
shift system prevails.
IL Chemical Industries.
Heavy chemicals-Mostly three shifts.
Fertilizers-Acid plant employees al
most universally twelve-hour shifts.
observation-disclosures process work
ers generally three shifts.
Dyes-ContlnuOu process workers
generally three shifts.
Industrial alcohol-Continuou pro
cess workers generally three shifts.
Wood stllation-Continuou pro-
cess workers generally three shifts.
Refined corn products-No survey
leading company on three shifts.
Soap-Small number comply as on
continuous process-often 12-hour
shifts.
Glue-No survey.
Drugs-Generally three shifts-con-
tinuous work.
Elecyo-chemica Observation-Disclosures
Falls plants in three shifts.
Sugar-Irregular Louisiana sugar
mill twelve hour shifts. Texas fac
tory three shifts return to two.
American Sugar Refinery Co. three
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-28

war. Those were the days when
everybody had ten jobs and was look
ing for more.
Ihey say that the railroads lost
money while McAdoo ran them and
that they were improperly managed
and all that. The New York Tribune,
Tor example, finds nearly whole
column full of fault.
Now this newspaper doesn't care
hang about McAdoo as a politician
that is, we're talking now Of war
days and not of anything tina; may be
in the present political air.
This stuff about what happened to
the railroads during the war is sick
ening. The United States took over
the railroads-not McAdoo. Inc
United States-meaning we, the peo-
ple-ran the roads to help win the
war and we didn't give a continental
| gosh darn whether they made nickle
| or not.
If we had to lose million dollars
to get troops and munitions moved,
who cared about the million dollars
Of course it might be--and per-
haps should be--said that the active
management of the roads during the
war was in the hands of the men who
managed them before federal control.
| If the roads ran in debt what was
! railroad management doing to stop
| it? Railroad managers would shut
up about the whole thing if they had
any sense.
But above all, the roads then were
part of the war machine and our
war machine was in business to win
a war; Moreover, it is rather we'll
known that the war was won.
| $50
A committee of the American Bar
Association reported to the recent
convention of that organization that
| there are about a million and a half
of reds in this country.
Keep your hand on your watch,
look out for your hat and coat, and
keep your bomb proof vest handy!
A million and half of revolution
lists right here among us, BY the
| great horn spoon, has il come to this
Now, the committee of lawyers to
| the contrary notwithstanding, things
are not so bad. Ii there were a mil
! lion and a half reds in America the
lawyers might well stand up on their
hind legs and SILVER their timbers-
but. faint so. Algernon, faint so.
Why be ridiculous about the red
business? Why indulge in fables?
The truth is enough and nobody
with any sense wants the outlook to
be any worse than it is.
There aren't million and a half
of crazy people in the country.
And there aren't million and a
| halfsof reds.
Must lawyers always be lawyers?
Bill Foster goes and gets himself
shot at in Chicago with blank car
tridges.
At least no bullet holes show up
after the shooting.
Melerdrammeri
The regular old dyed in the wool,
blown in the bottle. aged in the wood,
branded on the neck mellerdrammeri
But it is surely darned fierce when
a fellow has to depend on blank car
tridges for notoriety and reputation.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-28
GREAT DISCOVERY
MADE BY L. 5. BOARD

Washington.-The United State.
coal commission has discovered that
various strikes of coal miners for
the last 40 years have similar charac-
teisties.
The commission employed we'll
known Investigators and industrial
experts to probe these strikes and dis
euss the miners union from every
conceivable angle. Pages upon pages
Rave been written on the subject, but
alter all is said comes the acknowl-
edgment that exploiting employers
force men to unite and drive them
into strikes with resultant bitterness
and disorder.
That employers are primarily re-
sponsible for upheavals in the mining
industry is indicated bv this portion
of the commissions report, dated
September II:
"While the particular Incidents of
the strikes have varied, their char
actefistics have shown remarkable
similarity. A group Of poorly organ
lied workers, led by the leaders of the
union, have struck as "A protest against
certain grievances among which are
usually included short weights. abuse
Of the company store. no payment on
under payment for dead work, the
system of mine Guards. Along with
the edmand for specifch relief has
rome a demand for recognition of the
union and the negotiation of a wage
contract. Violence on one side has
been met by violence on the other
On the one hand, spies and armed
private guards, and on the other mob
violence"
After you have read. think.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-28
CLAY AWAY THE YEARS

Apply Boncilla Beautiher easnic clay to
your face. and rest while il dries, then
vemove and see and feel the wonderful
difference in the color and texture OF the
skin. s -
Guaranteed to do these definite things for
the face or money refunded. Clear the
complexion and give il color Lift out the
lines Remove blackheads and pimples.
Close enlarged pores. Rebuild facial It's
sues and muscles. Make the skin soft
and smooth. 8
You can obtain regular sizes from your
tavoTite toilet counter II not, send this
ad. with 10 cents TO Boncilla LaboTatoFieN
indianapolis, Indiana. for o trial tube. =
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-28
WHITE ASH SALES
ARE HEAVY AT
HIS TIM Il

The public nave made up their
minds to take advantage Of the spe-
cial price in White Ash Lump, $50
net. Between % and 10 tons OF
White Ash Sootless Coal Is being
delivered daily by Wagner Material
4 Coal Company. Adv.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-28
Reject Labor Party.

Decatur, Ill.-By seven-to-one
vote the state federation Of labor con
vention rejected a labor party resolu-
ton. The question was discussed an
entire day and the final vote was 456
toes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

you had to introduce me, you could not
tell my name. You're SO popular, and
that sort of thing, that l thought"
he was unable to finish.
Vesta made gesture as If she threw
caution to the winds. Listen to me-"
she said You're the most interesting
person here; l hated not ever having
word with you about books. That's
one reason had this party. l hoped
you'd talk to me little. You always
looked so bored when l came in. and
1 was sorry. Pm not so frivolous as
l seem. My father-the man playing
Santa Claus-is owner of the London
Book Shop here; I'm working there
just to learn something of the bust
ness It's Dad who's really back of
the party. / just did the suggesting.
He's perfect old dear. | wanted to
try being a regular shop girl, SO came
here to board, and it's been the great
est fun. / did not mean to deceive
people too much. but really"-here she
permitted herself tiny gurgle of
mirth-"Miss Billings got so fright
fully interested in a man who was
! paying me such attention, and of
course it was no one but Dad, who
came now and then to give me some
| pleasure at the theater or a con-
| cert
She stopped from lack of breath.
The sober man beamed. You would
never believe that an expression could
change the way his did. 1t was like
dawning, a new light spread upon
his face.
What happened after this is almost
too confusing for description.
| Santa unmasked and was introduced
| to everybody. Such thanking and
explaining! Such a happy, laughing
group! Miss Billings discovered she
could play the piano and Mr.. Blaine
swung out first with Mrs. Cummings,
who fiuttered like girl at her first
party The rest whirled in with great
| fervor.
If anyone had been looking sharply
for the happiest couple, think Vesta
and the sober man would have been
selected. What he said to her is no
body's business. nor what she an
swered-and yet they seemed to have
settled something very happily.
20. 1923. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

out vesfa Blaine. mo Juggling!
fine for being the last one!"
That parlor full of boarders re-
sembled small army of squirrels
scrambling about in heap of nuts
Everybody got in everybody's way !;
everybody laughed-eyen the sober
man was guilty of a happy look around
his eyes.
At last the seven stockings were
bullying with gifts; they swayed gently
back and forth in all the energy OF
their recent filling.
Select your own stockings!' shout
ed Vesta Blaine like a general ordering
his troops into battle, land open your
presents p
1t just happened by the merest
chance that Vesta and the sober man
were seated on the sofa together. They
shook out their stockings into mu-
tual heap and began to unite the
strings and rip off the seals.
Look here" said the sober man
SterUly, now ulu dusohC hhoW
wanted that book?" and he held out
thin, leather-bound volume toward
Vesta.
"You said you did, once last sum
mer," answered Vesta little shyly.
Caesars ghost 7" he whistled, land
you rememberedW
"Yes," nodded Vesta.
This affirmation seemed to concern
the sober man very much.
"Why?" he asked after a moment:
!, consideration.
"Oh," replied the girl. Il just wanted
you to have what you wanted
to have!"
This afforded the sober man more
food for thought.
81 didn't even know you were aware
of my existence. l used to bet will
! myself that If 1t came to a pinch ant
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
ANOTHER NURSE
PRAISES TANLAC

Mrs. Leona Culpepper, II Lucille Ave-
nue., who was trained nurse for if
teen years, Is another highly esteemed
Atlanta woman whose gratitude and
desire to help others prompts her to
tell of the wonderful results she de-
rived from the Tanlac treatment.
II had suffered from nervous In
digestion and loss of appetite for four
or five years." said Mrs. Culpepper,
land was nearly always nauseated. I
had heartburn so bad I could hardly
stand 1t, and became so weak and
nervous I could hardly do my house
work.
Reading what Tanlac had done for
others, l decided to try it, and by the
time I finished the first bottle I was
feeling so much better that / bought
two more. When / had finished the
third bottle I was feeling fine and had
actually gained sixteen pounds. Tan
lac is all that Is claimed for It,"
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Take no Observation-Disclosures
ment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
Hockey in Ancient Greece

An ancient Greek sculptured relief
recently discovered in Athens, accord
ing to the London Times, gives evil
dence that the Greeks played ball
games other than with the hand. The
relief represents six naked youths TAX
ing part in a game bearing every re-
semblance to modern hockey. The
curved stick used may possibly supply
an explanation of the singular curved
object carved In relief on some Of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
Wanted 70 See the Boss,

A green salesman had been turned
loose on the drug trade. He hadn't
been out long when he struck an en-
terprising shop doing business as The
Hygeia Pharmacy. The salesman had
been drilled IN approach methods and
instructed not to lose any time. So
when the genial proprietor came for
ward to inquire his business. he spoke
up briskly: Kindly let me see Mr..
Hygeia."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

votive offerings found at Sparta
These have been called "sickles." 1t IL
difficult to say why this implement
should have been dedicated to Ar
tennis, but the word sickle" may have
been the current slang for boys
hockey stick-Scientific American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
A Safe Way.

He was talking to his friend Serb
bier, the journalist.
do you believe in writing anony-
mouslyT' he asked the hero of the
pen.
Scribbler looked to see that the door
of his study was shut ere he replied In
a confidential whisper:
"Well. I've often wished that one OF
my productions had been anonymous.
What was that?"
"a letter proposing to Mrs. Serb
bier" groaned the writer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 80 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops
and Soothing Syrups. Contains no
narcotics. Proven directions are on
each package. Physicians everywhere
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

may all sing anything that happens
to occur to them at the time.
All endeavor to disguise their voices
as much as possible. The blindfolded
players must listen attentively, the
object of each being to guess cor
rectly who his singing right-hand neigh
Dor is.
Those whose guesses are correct have
their bandages removed, and change
places with their singing neighbors.
The unsuccessful guessers must try
again. One guess only Is allowed
each time.-F. H. Sweet.
&C. 1923. Western Newspaper Union,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
Cutieura Soap for the Complexion.

Cuticura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum, and you have the
Cuticura Toilet observation-disclosures
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
True ENOUGH.

Perhaps we expect too much of our
courtesies. If you give lady your
seat in car, she Is not likely to leave
you $4,000. A dazzling smile is quite
enough payment.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
The Shirt.

Even bitches may be dug or dishes
washed in the spirit Of service, in the
spirit of religion; a charity conducted.
sermon preached without it.-Forbes
Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
WOMEN! DYE FADED
THINGS new AGAIN
Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shabby Gar.
ment or Drapery.
IiamondDyes>
)

Each 15-cent package Of Diamond
Dyes contains directions so simple
that any woman can dye or tint any
old, worn, faded thing new, even If
she has never dyed before. Choose
any color at drug store.-Advertise-
ment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
"DANDELION BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for so years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
of "Dandelion'' for 35 cents.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
The Brute.

Wife with empty pocketbook)-
I'd like little-a little change, dear.
Heartless Husband-So would /. But
the law requires we be divorced first.
New York Sun and Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

Dog sense is stronger than horse
sense, especially If the dog is an
Airedale.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

chairs as there are players In the
form of circle. When this has
been done the party must divide into
sides, one side being blindfolded and
taking possession of the chairs in such
a way that each has vacant chair
at his right hand.
The other side then move silently
into the middle of the circle, and at
a given signal they must all mysteri-
ously and noiselessly seat themselves
In the vacant chairs. At the word
"sing' the unblindfolded players must
all start singing. A well-known tune
may be arranged beforehand. or they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
WHY Suffer Pain

Why Suffer Pain
from a cut or burn? Coles Carbolisalve
stops pain instantly and heals quickly
without scar. Keep 1t handy. All drug
gists, 3oc and 60c, or ]. w. Cole Co., Rock
ford ILL., Advertisement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
"Mebbe" He's Riqht.

Jud Tunkins says mebbe it's better
for people not to have so much money
that they can afford to start divorce
proceedings at the first little family
quarrel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
Health and good looks
the re.uard of internal cleanliness

I IEALTH and good looks go
i Inland in hand. If you do not
keep clean internally. your looks
and health are undermined to-
gether. A clogged intestine breeds
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
All Situations Covered.

A story always worth telling at a
gathering of lawyers illustrates the
technique and vagaries Of legal pro-
cedure 1t especially shows that in
his pleading a lawyer must cover all
situations that might arise.
In the case in point, an Irish wom-
an had borrowed crock from her
neighbor. 1t was charged fr the COM
plant that when she returned the
crock, it was cracked, and the action
was for damages.
Counsel for the defendant pleaded
no cause for action for threo reasons.
They were:
That the defendant never borrowed
the crock.
That the defendant returned the
crock in good condition.
That the crock was cracked when
the defendant borrowed it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
Children Cry for E'Castoria
Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages

recommend it. The kind you have =
always bought bears signature of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

HIS is a very lively Christmas
game, and one especially use
full in an emergency, for it can
be played without preparation
of ony hind ARRANGE &c MANY
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

art of the body. These
oisons ruin the complex
ion and undermine
health. Constipation
brings on such ailments
asheadaches, bilious at
tacks. and insomnia
each of which sapsyour
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

health and vitality. Soon much
more serious conditions follow.
In constipation. say intestinal spe-
cialists, lies the primary cause Of
more than three-quarters of all ILL
ness including the gravest diseases
of life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
Physicians Favor
fabrication

ease a start. Adopt this habit of
internal cleanliness. Nujol is not
a medicine. Like pure water, it 10
harmless. Take Nujol as regularly
as you brush your teeth or wash
your face. For sale by all druggists.