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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
Three O'clock in the Morning

When it's early in the morning
And I sneak into the house,
/ never make a bit of noise
I'm as quiet as a mouse.
] softly tread right past the room
Where sleep the kid and Min,
For the hand that rocks the
cradle
Shakes a wicked rolling pin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
Getting an Early Start

First Tramp-And how did you
get your start in life?
Second Ditto-My mother drop
ped me out Of the window when
I was a baby.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
Your Nose Knows

Dumb-How is II that a six.
teen-year-old f1apper knows 80
much about kissing?
Bell-Becauss it goes on right
under her nose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
EVER NOTICE?

By A. F.
TT OW easy it Is to tell wiley
that you're going out with
AA the gang to play a little
penny ante.
How q book agent never calls at
your office.
How your collar Is always clean
after you've played with the baby
a couple Of hours.
How easy II Is to understand
the questions they put in the in
come tax blanks.
How the baby never cries when
you have q Iouseful Of company.
How the gas company forgets to
send the bill.
How the butcher usually gives
you a few ounces overweight.
How happy your wife is when
you tell her that she cannot have
that new spring hat she asked for.
How easy it is to wake up after
you've been out to a party half
the night before.
How the wife never tells the
neighbors when baby gets his first
tooth and says MAMA"
How easy it is to get in to see
the president Of company when
you're looking for a job.
How the boss enjoys having you
come in ana talk about the good
times you had the night before.
How folks rush to see you when
you're in bed with scarlet fever.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
Revenge!

l took my sweetheart to the beach
And sat upon the sand:
I put my arm around her
And held her little hand.
She let me kiss her once,
But then refused me more;
So I Jumped into a sailboAt
And closely Rugged the shore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
Money to Burn

Lives Of chorus girls remind ua
A. their pages DER we turn.
That rich men shouldn't leave
, behind them
Money for their SOFAS 10 burn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
OUCHM!

Ching Won Long and Ching Ton
Louey
Started in to eat chop suey,
They ate and ate until they died:
Did they commit chop sueyside?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
Going Up

Taxi Driyer-Cab, sir? J
Boiled owl-How far yuh soing3,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
Medbury
Says
By John p. Medbury.

By John p. Medbury.
"HE greatest pest that the
large hotels nave to put up
- with is the nonresident
guest.
He's the fellow who buys a
twO-cent stamp from the cashier
and then tries to short-change
him.
He's so cheap he sends out
penny postcards and tells his
friends to call him up at what
ever hotel he expects to- be loaf
ing.
He stands up at the cigar
counter and reads all the news
papers and then borrows a match
to light a cigarette that he just
bummed from the clerk.
Then he goes over to the writ
ing desk and scribbles a letter
home to the folks, and most of
the pages are devoted to knock
ing the hotel.
Pretty soon he gets thirsty and
asks the ben boy to bring him q
glass Of ice water.
OF course you think he doesn't
give the boy tip, and you're
right, he doesn't.
He tells the bell hop to put it
on the cuff because he knows the
Kid wears q soft shirt.
Once in a while he goes over
to the desk and looks at the Of
fetal railroad guide. He likes to
find how far It Is to a lot of
places in case he ever gets
enough money to go there
His ambition is to be q travel
ing man and the clerk wishes
he'd realize his ambition.
This pest usually picks out the
best easy chair in the parlor and
the guests who live in the hotel
have to stand up in the corner.
But this guy just sits there and
thinks and sometimes he doesn't
even think.
These fellows usually travel
In pairs. One guy sits in the
chair and does nothing while his
ehum goes out somewhere and
IOafs.
One of these saps was sitting
on the couch in the Ritz-Carlton
and guest Of the hotel came
over to sit down on it, This
bird jumped up and said I'm,
sorry. but I'm holding this sofa
for some friends Of mine"
But the house detective never
puts any Of these pests out Of
the hotel. He claims that tlle
janitor Is the one who Is sup.
posed to keep the place clean.
There was one Of these nom
resident guests who had the
nerve to send the hotel a bill for
the patches in his trousers which
he wore out sitting in their easy
chairs.
They think that just because
the chairs are easy the manager
is the same way.
There is only one way to rid
O hosiery of lobby loafers. Move
the hotel and leave these pests
right where they're sitting.
Copyright. 1929. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

But the house detective never
puts any Of these pests out Of
the hotel. He claims that tlIe
janitor Is the one who Is sup
posed to keep the place clean.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

One of these saps was sitting
on the couch in the Ritz-Carlton
and guest Of the hotel came
over to sit down on it. This
bird jumped up and said I'm
sorry. but I'm holding this sofa
for some friends Of mine"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

There was one Of these nom
resident guests who had the
nerve to send the hotel a bill for
the patches in his trousers which
he wore out sitting in their easy
chairs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

These fellows usually travel
In pairs. One guy sits in the
chair and does nothing while his
chum goes out somewhere and
I0afs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

They think that just because
the chairs are easy the manager
is the same way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

Pretty soon he gets thirsty and
asks the bell boy to bring him q
glass Of ice water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

But this guy just sits there and
thinks and sometimes he doesn't
even think.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

He stands up at the cigar
counter and reads all the news
papers and then borrows a match
to light a cigarette that he just
bummed from the clerk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

OF course you think he doesn't
give the boy a tip, and you're
right, he doesn't.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

Then he goes over to the writ
ing desk and scribbles a letter
home to the folks, and most of
the pages are devoted to knock.
ing the hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

There is only one way to rid
q hosiery Of lobby loafers. Move
the hotel and leave these pests
right where they're sitting.
Copyright. 1929. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

He tells the bell hop to put ii
on the cuff because he knows the
kid wears q soft shirt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

He's so cheap he sends out
penny postcards and tells his
friends to call him up at what
ever hotel he expects to- be loaf.
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

He's the fellow who buys a
two-cent stamp from the cashier
and then tries to short-change
him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

" HE greatest pest that the
large hotels nave to put up
- with is the nonresident
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

This pest usually picks out the
best easy chair in the parlor and
the guests who live in the hotel
have to stand up in the corner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

His ambition is to be q travel
ing man and the clerk wishes
he'd realize his ambition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

Once in a while he goes over
to the desk and looks at the Of
fetal railroad guide. He likes to
find how far It Is to a lot of
places in case he ever gets
enough money to go there
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How the butcher usually gives
you a few ounces overweight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How easy 1t is to get in to see
the president Of a company when
you're looking for a job.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How the boss enjoys having you
come in and talk about the good
times you had the night before.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How the baby never cries when
you have q I1ousefuI Of company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How easy It is to understand
the questions they put in the in
come tax blanks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How the gas company forgets to
send the bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How happy your wife Is when
you tell her that she cannot have
that new spring hat she asked for.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How easy it is to wake up after
you've been out to a party half
the night before.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How the wife never tells the
neighbors when baby gets his first
tooth and says Mama
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21

How folks rush to see you when
you re in bed with scarlet fever.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

United States and his advisors, but
against the men who at sacrifice
accepted the presidents proposition.
The constitution of the country has
been abrogated in order to bring
pressure against and to defeat the
purpose Of the men, the purpose be-
ing to enforce the condition laid down
by the executive. But the govern
ment refuses to take any action to
force the management of the railroads
to furnish adequate transportation in
spite of the fact that these are under
contract with the government and
under obligations to the people to fur
nish such adequate facilities.
To supply the necessities of the
people is the supreme duty of gov
ernment except when to do so would
interfere with some Of the esteemed
privileges of class that holds itself
above government, above its own OBJ
legations and above honor itself, for
honor is involved in accepting valu-
able gifts on promises to furnish in
return necessary service and then re
fusing to be held by the same.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

ment in the state of New York, which
is considered to afford a fairly relia-
BILE sample for the whole country,
rose in the latter part of 1922 about
to the level of the middle of 1914 when
this series of figures began. Building
construction in 1922, while the great
est on record in terms of dollars,
appears from my own studies of this
subject to have been less in terms of
quantity in 1922 than in 1913.
"All this is offered with no inten-
tion of contradicting representations
of shortage of labor of some kinds
and at some places. That such short
age exists is evidenced by the fact
that employers have had to increase
wages to get the labor they need,
which they would not do unless they
had to-"
Instead of permitting more male
immigrants, the committee favors
changing the per cent law to 2 per
cent, based on the census of 1890.
This would admit 168, 1897 immigrants
as against the present quota of 357,-
803 (eXclusive of exempt classes).
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.-What did Pres
ident Harding mean when he wrote his
recent letter to Stephen E. Connor,
secretary of the Federated Shop
Crafts of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey? What, for example, did he
mean when he wrote in that letter the
following sentence:
81 do not find myself able to dis
Germ any adequate question of prin-
ciple which could justify minority
to make settlements similar to those
which have been made by the major
ity"
Analysis of newspaper headlines
used over the story of President
Harding's letter reveals the fact that
either the presidents letter was
vague and without definite meaning
or that there was in at least some
newspaper offices a well-defined pre-
JuQlCG OlS way VI CiiS
Here are some of the newspaper
headings used over the story of Har
dings letter about the shop crafts
strike:
From the New York World, which
interprets the letter as a rebuke to
the railroads:
"HARDING REBUKES ROADS
THAT FAIL TO SETTLE STRIKE
stubborn Minority is Declared Re-
sponsible For Coal Shortage and
Freight Congestion
From the New York Tribune,
which interprets the letter as a criti-
cism of the strikers:
'HARDING BLAMES RAIL
STRIKERS FOR SUFFERING
Writes Jersey Central Shop Leaders
He Regrets Refusal of Minority of
Men to Return to Their Jobs
Fears Worse Conditions
"Criticizes Them For Holding Up Coal
Deliveries and Demoralizing
Industry"
From the New York Herald, which
seems to follow a middle-of -the-road
course:
"HARDING DEMANDS
END OF RAIL STRIk Il
His Letter on Shop Crafts Trouble
Stirs New Jersey
Central
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
WIN DRESS STRIKE

Boston.-Organized garment work
ers have duplicated the victory of
New York dressmakers by winning
their strike for improved working con-
ditions. An agreement has been sign
ed with the Massachusetts dress man
ufacturers' association involving 5000
workers. The agreement calls for a
10 per cent wage increase, six legal
holidays, and arbitration. These
workers are members of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
mo LABOR SCARCITY"
SAYS HOUSE COMMITTEE IN ANSWER TO CLAIM
THAT NATIONS PROSPERITY DEPENDS
UPON PERMITTING UNSKILLED
IMMIGRANTS TO LAND
Million and Half Unemployed Here Now With Quarter
Million Miners Idle Because of Too Many Workers
in That Occupation

Washington.-"The prosperity of
the United States does not depend
upon additional unskilled immigrants
coming to this country" is the house
committees challenge to
the National Association of Manu-
facturers, and other advocates Of
cheap labor through immigration.
The committee thoroughly investi-
gated the immigration issue and
made its report to the house but a
few days before adjournment.
There are 100000 unemployed
here now" the committee said. Quo
tas from northwestern Europe are
not exhausted There are 250,000
coal miners who are unemployed reg
ularly due to overabundance of work
ers in that occupation Aliens who
leave this country temporarily may
return within six months outside OF
quotas.
If work was 50 plentiful, why did
more male immigrants go back to
their native lands than came here in
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1922 ."
The committee opposes the recon-
mendation of the National Association
of Manufacturers that "the United
States assert the right to register,
distribute, educate and otherwise su-
pervise the alien during the period of
his alienage." This system can not
be sustained, the committee declared,
because distribution" and "supervi-
SION might develop a system of peon-
age abhorent to the institutions Of
the United States.
The committee accepts the opinion
expressed by Walter Renton Ingalls,.
engineer and author, of Mt. Vernon.
n Y, that the alleged labor short
age and the effect of immigration cur
tailments are being misunderstood
and overrated."
Testifying before the committee,
Mr., ingalls, said, in part
although business activity in the
United States increased greatly in
1922, in comparison with the abyss
of 1927, do not find, from examina-
tion of the statistical evidence, that
the rate of production in the latter
part of 1922 was any higher than in
1913. The aggregate production of
raw materials was about the same
IN 1922 as in 1913. Factory employ
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
HE MIGHT
Can't Tell Anything About
Lasker's Novel Ship
Plans, Says Furu-
seth

Andrew Furuseth, president of the
International Seamens Union of
North America, today made the fol-
lowing comment on Mr.. Lasker's prom
ise of forthcoming novel ship
ping program:
"a news head from the Washington
Post of February 27, 1928, reads as
follows: Novel Ship Plans Soon
From Lasker-Nature to Be Start
ling, Chairman Says After Interview
With President
"There are many plans which
would be startlingly novel coming
from Mr.. Lasker. AS for instance,
Mr.. Lasker might abolish the MoO.4
contract and run the vessels directly
by the shipping board, or he might
give instructions to man the vessels
properly so as to keep them out of
the repair shops and repair yards, or
he might instruct the operating de-
partment to run vessels in accord
ance with the laws provided for safety
at sea, or he might put into being the
novel plan of employing American
citizens instead of Chinese and Fill
pinos, or he might realize that pas
sengers are not fond of having their
beds made up, their towels handled,
their food cooked and served by Chi
nese crews, twenty-five per cent of
which were, upon investigation, found
afflicted with syphilis and realizing
this he might abolish it, or he might
run the vessels in competition with
domestic and foreign shipowners in
every trade and thus create a market
for the sale of the ships.
"All of the foregoing would be nov
elites to Mr.. Lasker, because they are
essential to the life of the merchant
marine"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
PEOPLE. DEPRIVED OF COAL
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY BECAUSE OF
WHILE RAILROADS VIOLATE
PROVISIONS PRICE MAKES FUEL
ALMOST PROHIBITIVE
Managers Refusal To Grant Wages Working
For Men Competent To Keep Railroads In Efficient
Cause Of Breakdown

of the dispute between the employers
and employees we can make one asser-
tion that we consider indisputable;
l. e., that the railroads are bound
by their franchises and by their ac-
ceptance Of subsidies and other emol-
uments and privileges to furnish ade-
quate service to the people of the
sections they are supposed to supply
and serve.
The public or the government can
not and should not seek to determine
what is a fair wage or what should
be considered acceptable conditions of
employment or what the railroads
might consider as the maximum wage
or conditions they are willing to agree
to-
The public has a right to demand
and insist upon an adequate trans
portation service. This, it is evident,
the railroads are not in position to
give
During the dispute between the
railroad management and their en-
ployes the government did see fit to
intervene. The president of the
United States offered what he consid-
cred fair solution of the differences.
The railroad workers accepted the
presidents plan of settlement. 9th
ers, and among those some of the
principal roads supplying the most
populous sections of our country, re-
fused. Then the president of the
United States made the assertion that
his proposed settlement was only a
"feeler" to see if it could bring about
resumption of adequate railroad
transportation.
As matter of fact, the represen-
tatives of the railroad workers were
called upon to recede from most of
their protests against reduction of
wages and changes of working con-
ditions which precipitated the strike,
but they were assured by agents of
the president, if not by the president
himself, that if they would so recede
pressure would be brought to bear
upon the railroad arrangements; that
these latter would be forced to ac-
cept and compromise; and on that
understanding the representatives of
the railroad workers accepted the
presidents proposition
Now the government processes to
be absolutely unable to restore ade-
quate transportation facilities broken
down because of the fact that the rail
road arrangements are not able to
secure competent men to keep their
railroad machinery in repair and con-
dition that will secure sufficient and
efficient service Because of the fact
that these men representing COM
parative few of the citizenry of the
country are determined to have their
own will without considering the
needs of the country or their con-
tract with the citizens of the country
people are suffering for the want of
coal In some of our cities men and
women are actually dying from di-
seases brought about by insufficient
fuel to keep their places of abode
warm. All over the country the price
of fuel is so high as to be almost
prohibitive.
The government has continued its
pressure, not against the managers
who refuse to accept the solution
offered by the president of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
READ THE HEADLINES!
LEARN WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE PRESS GOT
PRESIDENT HARDING'S LETTER TO STRIK-
ING RAILROAD SHOPMEN
Leading Newspapers Interpret Letter in Opposite Drec
tions, Some Finding Blame For Roads,
Some For Strikers

HE Helps Relief Fund
Holds Minority of interests Re-
sponsible for Failure to
Settle
Railway Enters Denial
asserts Policy Has Been in Accord
With Presidents Procla-
nation
From the Buffalo Express, which
sees the letter as rebuke to the
strikers:
rail- SHOPMEN ARE
REBUKED BY PRESIDENT
No Reason for Strike of Last Year
to Drag Longer, Mr.. Harding
Declares
From the Cincinnati Enquirer,
meaning nothing at all:
"SHOP STRIKE UNJUSTIFIED
Harding Says - Minority Blamed
for Traffic Conditions
From the Chicago Tribune, which
starts out finding no meaning and
concludes by asking the men to go
back to work:
HARDIN EAGER
FOR END OF R. II.
HOPMEN STRIKE
Sees No Reason for Men Holding
Out"
From the New York Times, which
clearly believes the railroads are ac-
cused:
BARRING OF SHOPMEN
SCORED BY HARDING
president Blames Uncompromising
Railroads in Part for Shortage
of Coal
He Sees No Justification
'In letter to New Jersey Union
Leader He Says Minority Roads
Should Follow Lead of Big Lines"
From the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, which interprets the letter as
advice to the men to return to work:
HARDIN VISES
SHOPM TO YIELD
Sees No Reason for Further Delay
in Reaching Full Settlement
Writes Union Official
From the Baltimore Sun, which is
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

as meaningless as the Cmcinnati En-
quirer:
HARDIN ASS AILS
RAILROAD STRIK
President Sees No Reason For Fail
ure of Minority to Effect Peace
Blamed For Congestion
interrupted Coal Deliveries, Too,
Ascribed to Failure to End
Walkout"
From the Chicago Daily News,
which sees in the letter a scolding for
the strikers:
''HARDING RAPS STRIKERS
president Tells Rail Shopmen All
Should Be Back at
Work
'Blames Those Workers Out For
Interruption of Coal
Deliveries"
From the Rochester Democrat
Chronicle, which interprets the letter
as a plea for a return to work:
"H HARDING ASKS
ALL SHOPM EN-
TO END STRIK
president Sees No Reasons For
PrOmulgating of Rail
Union War"
Thus the leading newspapers of the
country variously interpret the presi-
dents letter, most of them doubtless
to satisfy their own views.
The fair question is: Was the
president vague or were the news
papers prejudiced in favor of what
ever happened to be their own par
ticular interests or points of view?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

Help the union shop by purchasing
its products.