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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-05

BY International Labor News Service
Washington, d. Glow the steel
industry, which long has robbed the
worker of money and leisure by low
wages and the 12-hour day, is also
victimizing the farmer, is being re-
vealed by the federal trade commits
sion, in an investigation of the pitts
burgh plus" plan.
The federal trade commission is
seeking TO put an end to Pittsburgh
plus" which is system enforced by
the steel industry whereby steel man
ufactered outside of Pittsburgh is
sold at the Pittsburgh plus" price,
plus the cost of purely imaginary
freight from Pittsburgh to destina-
ton. Thus, if a man in midwest
city buys steel made in the same city,
he pays the cost of shipping the steel
from Pittsburgh to his town, though
the steel may never have been any
Where near pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh plus" it has been esti-
mated, imposes a tax of S50.000,000
on the farmers of the nation The
scheme hits the farmers on a great
number of commodities into which
steel enters Agricultural imple-
ments are sky-high in price because
of Pittsburgh plus" Barbed wire
and wire nails, extensively used on
farms, are high priced on the same
account.
James B. Howard, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
estimates that nearly two million
farms in eleven midwestern states
utilize, on the average, a ton of steel
year each. The steel sold to these
farmers from Chicago, where it is
mostly produced, costs them an aver
age of $3.50 a ton for fictitious
freight, because, though made at Chi
cago, it carries a Pittsburgh plus"
charge This means that the farm
ers in the eleven states pay some
thing like $29,00O,000 as extra tri-
butte to the steel interests.
1t is estimated that the Pittsburgh
plus" plan costs the farmers at least
$50,00O,000 and that it takes a toll Of
SIS, 100000 to $100,00O,00 from the
steel consumers of the country. The
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-05
REFRESHING DRINKS
NECESSITY FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY WORKERS. DECLARE
FLORENCE KELLEY, PROHIBTTIONIST WHO FIRMLY Be
LIEVES EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT WILL
NEVER BE REPEALED
However, Something Water Must Be Provided For
Men Who Suffer From Heat and Heavy Work To Prevent
Law Violation

By International Labor News Service
Philadelphia, Pa.-Attractive, re-
freshing drinks must be provided for
workers in heavy industries who de-
pend on alcoholic liquors to replace
the fluid which they expend at their
work, or otherwise they will drink
whatever lessons their discomfort,
prohibition or no prohibition.
This is the conclusion of Florence
Kelley, general secretary of the Ma
tional Consumers League, in writing
in the September issue of The An
mails, published by the American
Academy of Political and Social Sci
ence, Philadelphia The issue is de-
voted to discussing prohibition and
its enforcement.
Miss Kelley declares herself a pro-
hibitionist, convinced that the 18th
amendment will never be repealed
She expresses fear, however, that
popular feeling against prohibition
will lead to the virtual annulment of
the amendment and says that one
means of making friends for the
amendment is the systematic provi-
sion of refreshing drinks for workers
who are exposed to high temperatures
by the climate or the nature of their
employment.
Workers Driven to Drink
"Prohibtion," she says, "has sharp
ly accentuated a long struggle of
wage earners of the most varied char
acter for an elementary human right
the right to replace, as needed, the
fluid which they exhaust at their
work"
Miss Kelley, who has taken part in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-05
HOE MACHINISTS
STRIKE

New York.-The R. Hoe Company
printing press factor, is practically
paralyzed by the strike of 1,150 ma
chinists who walked out on August |
as measure to persuade the company
to establish the 8-hour day, 44-hour
week, and wage increase from IS
cents to 81 per hour. The company
refuses to meet union officials.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-05

many Investigations of industrial con-
dltlons, goes on to tell of conditions
that existed thirty years ago, when
much human suffering and ruin was
caused by the absence of wholesome
beverages available for men and boys
subject to the double strain of heat
and hard labor She shows that in
numerous cases the workers were
driven to seek liquid refreshment in
saloons of the lowest kind and says
that in many industries laws provid-
ing for proper drinking water facili-
ties are difficult to enforce.
The need of providing satisfying
substitutes for Intoxicating bever-
ages, for the use of workers in heavy
industries lis still acute, says Miss
Kelley, who ends the article as fol-
lows
What, in conclusion, are safe
drinks for employees who suffer from
the heat while at work? Certainly
not ice water or that drawn freshly
from artesian wells. For many peo-
pie, pure water alone is distasteful
and often injurious. The safe, old
standby in glass, iron and steel works
is water containing oatmeal Any
thing less attractive would be hard
to find.
Example From Switzerland
Switzerland affords practical ex-
ample When some of the railroads
were nationalized by the Swiss Fed
GRAFTON, men employed in the train
service were forbidden to use alcohol
in any form during their working day.
Fruit juice, excellent in quality (not
any synthetic substitutes) is carried
on trains and is accessible to en-
ployes, though passengers must con
tent themselves with commercial bev-
erages bought at stations.
Chemistry has wrought miracles
since these observations were made
in 1894-5, 1907, 1918 and 1919 (the
latter in Switzerland), but what has
chemistry contributed to the expe-
rience of men who complain that they
sweat the flesh off their bones in
heavy industries at high tempera-
lures Near beer, cocoa-cola, and
other worthless synthetic trash in all
known colors and of myriad favors,
at commercial prices, are permanent
sources of exasperation to these la
borers.
Men powerful in body and slug
gish in mind, of the type who even
in eight hours exhaust their energy
by sustained physical exertion at a
high temperature, will drink whatever
momentarily lessons their discomfort
At the end of the work period. Good
or bad, legal or illegal, cheap or dear,
openly or secretly, drink they will
have outside if they are not, as a
routine matter, abundantly supplied
with satisfying fluid to replace what
they have spent at their work. This
is obviously inevitable. The only
question is: Where and what they
will drink?
"Forbidding them beer, without af-
fording an available substitute wher
ever they suffer from heat and heavy
work, is merely tempting them to
violate the amendment 1t is living
in a fools paradise to suppose that
they will not violate it. They will also
hate it. They will believe that they
have been deprived, against their will,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-05

of beer which they have found re-
freshing and have been taught to re-
gard as a food, and furnished instead
with worthless stuff which they dis
like
"In the interest of the amendment
therefore, it behooves its friends to
provide cheap, good, refreshing, non
alcoholic drinks within permanent
easy reach of the people who most
need them Ordinary commerce has
failed utterly"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-05
UNION COAL COMPANY

Denver, Colo.-The Peoples Finance
Coal Company, owned and operated
by union men, has been formed in
Denver The company has bought the
non-union Fox mine and is unionizing
it. This will give Denver two con-
Germs handling undermined coal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-05


New Warning against per-
hitting the injunction to take the
place of the ordinary methods of the
criminal courts, is sounded by Zacha-
riah Chafee, Jr., of the Harvard Uni
versity law faculty, writing in the
New Republic.
Under the title of California JUS
tice." Prof. Chafee discusses the re-
cent temporary injunction granted in
California which abolishes trial by
Jury in certain cases and makes mere
membership in the l. w. w. punish
able as contempt of court. He says
that the injunction indicates the
growing tendency of the government
to use injunctions instead of criminal
prosecutions to maintain Law and
order" and declares that the tendency
is far-reaching in its possibilities of
harm. In summing up his conclu-
sions, Prof. Chafee says:
''In conclusion, two points must be
emphasized. First, aside from the
validity of any particular injunction
in these governmental suits, we are
making very grave mistake in al
lowing prosecuting officials to employ
courts of equity in place of criminal
courts. 1t is true that the criminal
law has broken down in this country.
The police will not or cannot arrest,
the rules of evidence furnish count
less technical Instructions, juries re-
fuse to convict, new trials are readily
relief from this uncertainty turns with
relief from this uncertainty to the au-
tomato, trigger action of a ju-
dicial restraining order
"Once more we are evadlng the
issue. Instead of setting ourselves
diligently to reorganiZe the admins
tration of criminal justice, we shrink
from the difficult task and try to
make the injunction do the same job
of maintaining order in industrial
disputes. Sooner or later we shall
pay the price.
"In jury trial, the responsibility
is distributed 1t does not all fall on
the judge. The accused is convicted
ferent from himself except in their
freedom from crime. The jury takes
up the slack, as it were. In court
of equity, there is nothing to take up
the slack. The judiciary, the most
delicate part of our political ma
chinery, is subjected to a terrific
strain, when it is made to do unaided,
and in highly controversial cases,
work fitted for the rougher mechan-
ism of the criminal law.
FINALLY, the efficiency of the gov
ernmental injunction in maintaining
the normal processes of life during
industrial disputes, does not neces-
sarily make it desirable. The natural
wish of those in authority to make the
government strong enough to meet
the needs of the moment with rapid
ity may lead them to obtain efficiency
by an undue sacrifice of freedom.
Law and order are good, but they
shade by imperceptible gradations
into the order that 'reigns in War
saw
Experience has proved it wise that
the public should have fairly direct
share in those functions of govern
ment that intimately affect the life
of the average man. For instance,
taxation, which may only be initiated
by the branch of the Legislature clos
est to the people; and punishment,
which must be inflicted by a jury.
The delays and uncertainties incident
to such popular participation in gov
ernment render men of action i'm
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-05
4S-HOUR REFERENDUM

Augusta, Maine-The 48-hour week
referendum initiated by the Maine
State Federation of Labor will be held
at a special election on October 16.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
TO PROBE CHARGES
OF DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST AMERICANS
u. S. Business Men Say
Ruhr Shipments De-
layed by French.

Washington, ID. c., March IL
State Department agents in France
and Germany have been directed to
investigate and report to Secretary
Hughes on about twenty cases where
shipments of materials from the Ruhr
to the United States have been de-
layed because of the special export
tax levied by the French occupational
authorities in Germany.
An effort will be made in each in
stance to ascertain whether there has
been any discrimination against Amer
lean business enterprises, or whether
they are required TO pay a double
tax in order to secure release of the
materials held up.
1t is regarded rs likely that the
procedure will take more formal
shape in the event tie Investigators
report facts indicating probable dis
ordinations of a general sort against
Americans. or that they have been
subject to a double taxation.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

ing of the National Union OF Manu-.
facturers when &c warned British car
makers of this American competition.
Referring to British efforts to regain
colonial markets in this field. he said
American selling prices were remark
ably low.
Prices to agents were less at the
factsory than British makers were
paying for material for similar sized
cars. Although American labor was
highly paid. he said the American
WORKED twice as hard as the English
employe.
Manufacturers of component parts
sold on a low margin. some charges
hardly covering the cost. Sir Herbert
thought the British workers had some
thing TO learn in this respect.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Seventeen Of Their Organ
!. :. iizations Maintained Lob
i bies but They Have Little
to Show for Their Efforts.
By CAROLYN VANCE.

Copyright, by The san Antonio Light
Washington, ID. C., March IL
3, kWomcn leaders in the Capital art
having a fit o. the blues. -,
Nearly all Of their pet Dllls dleu
: in the last Congress, and the women
are left with hearts and pocketOoohS'
that ache with emptiness.
They are contemplating the enor,
NOUS expenditure in time. money ana
agonizing effort made in pushing these
bills, that was not at all comihehsu i
, ate with the results.
~ Seventeen national wOmens organ
cations maintain Hobbies in Washing
ION. Even the smallest of these rent
= An office and employ a legislative
Secretary. whose business 1t IS 10
!. keep an eagle eye upon Congress ana
ITO CRASH opportunities in pushing de-
sired legislation. The larger organiza-
IRONS like the National Women 5
Party and the General Federation OF
, Momen's Clubs have purchased hand
some homes in the Capital for their
Impressive effect upon Congress ana
: 10 house legislative secretaries ana
the corps Of assistants. The upkeep
of these large buildings is tremendous.
~ Caught In Closing Jam.
g Is it any wonder then that TINS
has been a blue week for the TENN,
fists? Congress callously adjourned
after allowing most of their bills to
be caught and crushed in the last
minute legislative jam.
=. Many of their bills had been re-
ported out of committee and were
shigh up on the legislative calendar
at the end. This state of affairs kept
Z The women on the anxious seat IN the
galleries for days, but nothing came
Of it..
Women most regret the neglect OF
Congress to take some action upon
the child labor question. This delay
means that little can be done TO I'M
prove conditions for long time. The
earliest action that can now be taken
can only come in the next Congress.
1t will require a constitutional amend
. ment and ratification by the states.
Four years more of waiting is the
least estimate. In that time many of
the children workers Of today will
have "servcd their time"
q. Passes the Cable Bill.
Congress did pass some legislation
the women wanted, but of minor i'm
,portance. except. perhaps. the Cable
bill which granted Independent citi-
zenship to American women who mar
fied foreigners. The filled milk bill
also was passed.
The women further believe that
%they had some part in the establish
d fnapt Of tho cool fact fiDliuu commits &
Sion, but that absolutely ends the
list of things that the last Congress
, did for women. Each of the seven
= teen national organizations that lob
rbied In Washington supported numer-
Gus bills which they called their lcgis-
lative program. The bill that was
deemed the most important and in
, most urgent need of passing is called
! . the right of way" bill providing
transfer Of the work of the inter-de-
parmental social hygiene board to the
Department of Justice. This bill at
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Texas Rancllman Dies.

Sao Angelo, March I4.-Fred L..
Blackwell, 40, prominent Maryneal
ranchman. died Sunday morning in a
local sanitarium. For five years he
had been a partner of C. C. Kirk
patrick, president of the Concho Val
ley Loan and Trust Company here,
in the sheep business. Burial was
made Monday afternoon at Robert
Lee, where the family formerly resid-
ed. A number of San Angeloans at
tended. Rev. Frank b. Buchanan,
pastor of the First Methodist Church
of this city, conducted the services.
Mr.. Blackwell leaves a widow. two
sons, Douglas, u, and Archie, s.; his
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
EGYPTIAN HAS CLAIM
Says American Woman Left Him Her
100000 Estate.

Excelsior Springs, Mo-, March H.
A claim was advanced today by Lon
don solicitors on behalf of Harry
Lello Zeitun, reported to be of
Egyptian blood and a captain in the
British army, for the estate of Mrs.
Julia Woods Davies, who died here
in December.
Firth and Company. solicitors Of
London. England, asserted in a cable
gram received by +. Z. Kirkland, pro-
bate judge of Clay county. Mo-. that
will. alleged to have beer made by
Mrs. Davies. making George Westlaisl
Davies, a New York grand opera
singer, her beneficiary, was super
cedcd BY a later will bequeathing 10
Zeitun property estimated to be worth
perhaps S500.000.
Judge Kirkland was asked not tc
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
COLDS ARE CONTAGIOUS

Coughs and Colds are contagious
and require prompt treatment as they
spread or develop into Flu and
Grippe. Take no chances when you
can get FoIey's Honey and Tar for
a few cents and quickly check coughs
and colds. The constantly increasing
demand for Foley's Honey and Tar,
for three generations, has made it the
largest selling cough medicine in the
World. Contains no opiates-ingre-
dents are printed on the wrapper.
Refuse substitutes. Insist upon Fo-
.ey's. Sold everywhere.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
ACCUSES NEIGHBOR OF
FASTENING IN" WHEN
SHE USED TELEPHONE
Gets Mad and Shoots Over
Fence, Wounding
Woman.

Oklahoma City, Okla. March A.
Believing that her neighbor was listen
ing in on the party line, Mrs. C. w.
Torbert got out her shooting irons
here Tuesday afternoon and put two
shots across the back fence, one of
which scored. Mrs. Myrtle Vaughan
was struck in the hip.
At the hospital last night it was
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

said Mrs. Vaughan's condition was
not serious.
Mrs. Torbert was taken to Jail. She
is charged with shooting with intent
to kill.
Mrs. Vaughan denied that she had
lifted the receiver while Mrs. Torbert |
was doing her telephoning.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Wen Known Actress Dies

Stamford, Conn.,, March 14.-Mar
Bates, an actress who had played /
many productions in the last :
years, died Mt her home in Glenbroo
Monday night.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
TO IMPORT US. CARS
10000 American Automobiles Will Re
Sold in England.

Birmingham. Eng, March IA
Fifty thousand automobiles may be
brought into England during 1923,
against local production of $4,000
cars. in the opinion of Sir Herbert
Austin, NJ. p. and British manufac
turers should combine in order to re-
duce their production costs.
Sir Herbert was addressing a meet
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
i. o. o. +. Installation.
Georgetown, Tex, March 14-At

Georgetown, Tex, March 14-At a
meeting of the local encampment. l.
o. o. F., the following officers were
installed: VI. L. Gates, chief pa
triarch :, J. L. Hall, Fl. P; f. A.
Davis, $. w; A. C. Brady. J. W.;
L. W. Redford, treasurer; w. G. Ev-
ans, scribe. After the installation GER
emony the lodge served supper. The
following were installing officers: Dis
trict Deputy X. E. Cole, o. A. AL
bright. S. n. Burns, A. w. Sven
den, II. A. Baldwin, d. I. Lamme,
r. r. Boucard. H. Z. Bidigin, ID. H..
Page, S. S. johnson, all of Austin.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
SOLDIER BONUS VOTED
Kansas Would Pay Veterans OF 1893
ST Day for Services.
Topeka. Kan. March IA bill

providing for payment of bonus of
81 a day TO Kansas veterans of the
Spanish-American War today awaited
the signature Of Governor j. NJ.
Davis.
The measure, which provides an ap-
preparation of $1,000,000. has passed
both houses Of the legislature. The
bonus is similar TO the one already
granted to veterans of the World
War.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
LANDSLIDE is FEARED
Citizens Leave Village to Avoid Bur-
ial Alive.

Bologna. March 14.-The village OF
Braschi, in the province of Piacenza,
is threatened with burial under a
landslide, caused by the infiltration
of water from the upper slopes of the
Apennines.
The movement of the earth, after
destroying woods and fields, has al
ready engulfed several houses and
buried some livestock. The popula
ton has evacuated the village.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

probate the Davies viii, filed De-
cember %, twelve days after Mrs.
Davies death. The new will. it was
indicated. would be filed within few
days. IL is declared TO have been
made in Rome, while Mrs. Davies was
said TO have been estrangcd from her
husband.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il. Bh-
well of Girard three brothers, Fluy,
Gerome and Preston Blackwell. all
Of Girard, and two sisters, Miss Lud
Blackwell, teacher at Peacock. and
Mrs. Lang of Aspermont.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Women Given Scant Comfort
on Bills in Last Congress

tanned its "high place on the calen-
6ar" but failed of consideration. The
General Federation of Women's Clubs
concentrated its efforts on a univcr-
sal marriage and divorce act, but
wore unsuccessful
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-06-07

Howard was ms Prince Charming.
and my thoughts were Always with
him one day my brother brouxht
him over o. our tome. and while on
an srrund FOR something 70 in fhc at
nc. Howard was seff aione was IN
re ns1f roon and saw klm bot le
did not knoa that anyone MAS watch
lux. On the dining roam table was
dish ~ frufs. and win fhis ii0snr.i
proceedfd 70 on up az Ms r~,cketz
Right there and thra cn1ei my hrsf
love aTair-Exthsnge
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-06-07
SUPERVISOR WAS
FORCED TO QUIT
Declares Tanlac Restored Per-
feet Health When He Was
Without Hope OF Recovery.

well. sir. couldn't say anything
better FOR Taniac than that am sim
enioying the splendid health Il gave ne
I've years ago recenfly said Harry r.
Williams. $40 3. Walter ST. Albg-
querqne. y. NJ. for nineteen years tool
supervisor Of the Santa Fe Railroad
shops.
In isos a fall from a wagon
strained nay right side and lefr ns
what was called chronic appendicitis
! suffered almost Continuously. couldn't
rest a. night and never felt Ike work
Then In 1918 bad the Gu and this
left me 50 weak had to give up work
altogether.
The change my first bottle Of Tan
lac made certainly surprised me. but
the most remarkable part Of II was
that those awful pains IN my side I
had suffered with 10 long disappeared
completely. -Four more bottles bulk
me right Up 20 where didn't have an
ache or a pain left. my weight shot up
20 one hundred and nfry-four pounds
and felt better than In twenty years.
swords can't express what think
OF Tanlac-
Tanlac Is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over 81
million bottles sold