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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11

and cheaper, provided they are made
and sold under just and fair condi-
tions
With that in mind there is a spirit
ual as well as a business compulsion
on US to cut expenses.
But there never comes to us now
the suggestion that we can lower our
expenses by cutting salaries and
wages. We know that this would be
the most short-sighted way of ap-
preaching the problem
Mistaken Economy
To those who are against the min
imum wage law, the easiest solution
to their business problem seems to
be to cut wages down But they do
not see what is really the big cost
in waste, and devote them
selves to getting rid of that
If you are in any doubt about what
| say, | refer you to Mr. Hoover and
his group of engineers, who have
made a report on waste in industry
compared with which what | am say
ing here on the subject is very mild.
When we are forced by the exist
ence of a minium wage to apply our
corrective endeavors to the real
source of high costs - waste - we
shall be taking real step forward.
A Striking Example
In this connection, / will call at
tention to result which cannot be
ignored-to the man who has pro-
duced the best commodity for the
price of its kind in the world, pro
duced it in quantities never before
dreamed of, and produced it so cheap
that it can be sold in competition
with thes cheap labor of Europe-so
cheap, indeed, that no country can
make it to compete with him.
refer to Henry Ford. He has
produced twelve hundred thousand
automobiles a year-eight a minute
has financed his whole business
from the profits and has become the
richest man in the world.
And the minimum wage he pays
is so high that if it were proposed
in Massachusetts those who advocat-
ed it would be set down as crazy
Even at his high minimum wage he
has been able to employ the lame
the crippled, and the blind of the
community, not as charity but at
profit. The statistics in his auto
biography covering these facts are
amazing.
That demonstration of the posi-
bility of the minimum wage speaks
louder than my words, and I hope
it may be borne in mind in any de-
cision of the minimum wage question
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
''CAN'T- LAW
Fails to Protect Kansas
Workers

Topeka, Kan.-The strongest in
dictment that can be made against
Aliens "can't-strike" law is the ap-
peal of the Wolff Packing Company to
the supreme court of the United
States.
Two years ago the industrial court
ordered the company to raise wages.
Since then the matter has been in
the courts.
Some of the employees were vic
timized because they testified on the
need for higher wages. With other
changes and dismissals there are now
less than per cent Of these work
ers in the company's employ
Two years ago these workers were
organized. Instead of depending on
their union, they trusted politicians.
Their union has long since passed out
of existence and they are not receiy-
ing the wage increase.
If the supreme court dismisses the
appeal of the company it means that
the state can set wages in individual
cases. This differs from minimum
wage laws, in that the latter apply to
an entire industry.
If the court sustains the company S
appeal. the industrial col1rt is wreck
ed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
STRIKE CUTS
PROFITS

New York.-The long strike of
paper makers against the Interna-
tional Paper Company has affected
profits of that corporation, which re-
ports deficit, last year, of $9,072,-
800. Wall street declares that this is
less favorable" than expected. AS
Wall street never speaks in superla-
tives, this admission is significant.
The previous years deficit was $8,-
942, 800.
1t is declared that common stock
holders will not receive a dividend for
a long time, but with patience wor-
thy of Job these innocents gulp down
their losses as big biz continues its
anti-union policy.
The strike has been marked by es-
pecially vicious injunctions against
the paper makers, mho have made re-
peated attempts to adjnst the differ
ences. The trhst, however, demands
complete surrender. It's success is
indicated by its financial reports the
past two years
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11

the Ku Klux repeated in Minneapolis
the Arkansas outrages against strik-
ing workmen. Would they receive
any protection fro the sheriff's Of
flee? Should they permit Mayor
Leach and Sheriff Jensen to be driven
out to make room for Ku Klux Kill
lers?
ku Klux on Trial
The answer has come from the
non-partisan league of Minneapolis,
At the last election this group of
Independents had their own candidate
and opposed Leach. Now, in view of
Mayor Leach's stand, they will have
no candidate in the next election but
will support the present incumbent.
He is not Lacquer but apparently
he is honest, and that seems to be all
the leaguers ask for in a Minneapolis
mayor If honest he will need all the
support they can give him.
Meantime the Ku Kluxers are on
trial, and Simonds and other kings
and kleagles of the Kick from other
parts of the United States are in Min
neapolis to keep their brothers out
of jail.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
INJUNCTION CASE
Dropped By Locked-out Rail
Shop Men
Say the Fight at This Time
Involves Only Dead
Issues

Chicago.-Offcers of the locked-out
railroad shop men have instructed
their attorneys to withdraw from the
Daugherty injunction case Since the
supreme courts decision in the Penn
sylvania case the injunction involves
only dead issues, the shop men say,
and they refuse to cope with Daugh-
erty's unlimited financial resources in
fighting the case further.
When the attorney general asked
for the injunction, eight months ago,
he said the strike was a conspiracy"
to violate orders of the railroad labor
board He based his plea on the the
DRY that the word of the railroad la
Dor board is law.
In its recent decision against the
Pennsylvania railroad, the supreme
court ruled that the railroad labor
board can not enforce its decisions.
With the court sweeping aside
Daugherty's main point, the attorney
general now depends upon a continu-
ance of the injunction to enforce law
and order" The shop men insist that
it is outside the province of injunction
Judges to enforce law and order, but
the shop men are not going to spend
their money fighting this particular
point at this time, when hungry
mouths are to be fed. If they did
fight this point now, Daugherty and
his water carriers and banner bearers
would raise the cry that the shop men
want to violate law.
1t is also a question if a final de-
cision could be secured if the case was
dragged on through the years to the
supreme court. 1t is quite likely that
the court would say it was a moot
case" that only abstract points were
involved.
Daugherty, of course, is willing to
fight the case, as he is not spending
his own money.
The shop men will continue THEN
fight against the lockout.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
GOOD OLD HOKUM!
BIG PACKERS COMPANY "UNION" BETRAYS
WAGE FARMERS IN BIG TRUSTIFIED IN
DUSTRY-PERFORNS" "MONKEY
ON STRING" ACT
Meat Barons Are Striving to Prevent Another Increase
BY Bosterng Up Union and Parading 1t
Before Workers

The Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen of North
America are asking for more because
they know it is due them. The pack
ers are striving to prevent another
increase by bolstering up the COM
pany union" and parading it before
the workers. The trade unionists are
continuing to stick pins into it know
ing it is filled with hot air and will
eventually fzzle out
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
HIGHER WAGES OF LABOR
MEANS IMPROVED STANDARDS FOR ALL DECLARES NEW
YORK CLOAK AND SUIT MANUFACTURER AND FORMER
DIRECTOR L. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Says Big Thing Business and Industry That Makes High
Waste Growing Out of Inefficient Management

hard as we know how. We are con-
sidering it all the time in our direc-
tors meeting and our management
meetings.
We set down just two things as
the ethics of our business: first, that
we have no right to make money
unless we serve the community; sec
ond, that the real service to the COM
munity is not something indefinite,
but is the selling of goods cheaper
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
BY international Labor News Service.

By international Labor News Service
Washington, D. C.-That monkey
on-a-string, the company union, is
again performing, this time for the
big packers.
Judge Gary, head of the u S. steel
corporation, finding the volume of
production in the country increasing
the share to which workmen were en-
titled to such an extent that few men
would work for the wages then cur
rent, added something to the wage
paid simultaneously he started
howl about labor shortage. He also
damned the unions for forcing wages
up in industries outside steel.
The big packers, however, were
more subtle When forced to raise
wages because of economic conditions,
the packers trotted out their company
union, pointed publicly to this carica-
ture, and said
'See what this union of ours has
done for you? 1t has raised your
wages. Why should you now pay any
further attention to your own union"
Good old hokum!
This is fine propaganda for the un-
thinking person, the kind who will
accept a stone when bread is due him.
The sham of it is apparent to any
body with a memory longer than
gnat's eyebrow The company union
was organized in the packing industry
for the purpose of decreasing wages
to the lowest possible level. 1t sue
ceeded in its purpose. In April, 1920,
wages of unskilled labor in the pack
ing industry were 53 cents an hour
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America
were responsible for raising wages
from the former level of 2712 cents an
hour prevailing in 1917. Then the
economic depression gave the packers
a chance to form company union
and depress wages. The trade union
suffered through the failure of the
workmen to maintain unity for a com
mon purpose They deserted the or
ganization that had benefited them
and became puppets dancing whenever
the strings were pulled by the bosses
of the company union. Wages drop
ped to 371a cents an hour for un-
skilled workmen, extra pay for over
time was discontinued, and the pack
ers announced that the company union
was complete success!
Eventually the time arrived when
industry returned to normal and work
at higher pay was increasing so rap
idly elsewhere that new workmen
could not be attracted to the packing
industry at the prevailing rate of pay.
Then the packers raised the rate. The
company union" naturally approved.
The increase was five cents an hour
for unskilled workers, four cents an
hour for semi-skilled workers, and
three cents an hour for skilled work
ers receiving more than AZ cents an
hour The company union" did not
ask for more-that is not the business
of company union" Only a reg
ular union is operated for the benefit
of its membership
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
"OPEN SHOPPERS"
AND KU KLUX KHAN JOIN HANDS IN LABOR
HATING ALLIANCE IN MINNEAPOLIS
High Officers Flock to Members Defense Cornered BY
Mayor, Who Turns on Gang in Interests Of
Good Government

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.-The "open shop
ers" and the Ku Klux Klan, the two
most prominent examples in the
United States of organized hate and
prejudice, have joined forces in Min
neapolis to do by force and under
cover of darkness that which can not
be done peaceably and openly. Mayor
Leach forced the mess into the courts
and now the cat is out of the bag.
1t is an interesting story for trade
unionists.
At the last election the city hall
crowd, the "open shoppers" put
Mayor George E. Leach into office
under the impression that he would
follow orders But Mayor Leach de-
veloped mind of his own and be-
gan doing what he though was right
for the interests of all the citizens
of the city. When he failed to turn
over to the local crowd the water
power developed by a government
erected high dam on the Mississippi,
but instead advocated public control
and use of this power developed by
public money, a plot was Matched to
kill Leach's future political pros
poets. So far the plot has proved a
boomerang.
Klan Enters Arena
One morning Minneapolis awoke
to find that during the night there
had been circulated throughout the
city leafet entitled "Voice of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan." In
it We're charges of every kind, more
particularly charges of immortality,
against Mayor Leach, the chief of
police, and others. Mayor Leach
fought back with the result that the
Hennepin grand jury returned an in
dictment against five persons, includ-
ing the local cyclops The trial began
May | The activities of the grand
jury indicated that the open shop
group of Minneapolis and the Ku Kluz
Klan were so closely interlocked that
they could not be disentangled
One Of the persons indicted was
Thomas Sullivan, a deputy sheriff
said to be the chief organizer of the
Klan IN Minneapolis. Sheriff Earle
Brown Immediately discharged him
and got front page notice Then il
was announced that Sheriff Brown
was himself Klansman. People be-
gan to wonder what would happen if
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
MAKE WAGE RECORD

Washington.-A. F. of L Organizer
Roach reports to President Gompers
that slate workers at Granville, New
York, and Poultney, Vermont, have
secured wage rate of 60 cents an
hour This is the highest rate ever
paid in the slate industry in that
section. These workers have been
organized seven years and during that
time advanced wages 200 per cent.
They are directly affiliated with the
A. F. of L. because there is no ma
tional trade union of these workers.
Organizer Roach was assigned to as
sist in the negotiations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11

real living wage in a publication
produced in the interest of employ
ers. The labor papers are so ardent
in their arguments for such that the
average man is inclined to discount
what they have to say on the subject.
Here is an article taken from the
American Cloak and Suit Review and
written by Edward A. Filene, a promi-
nent New York manufacturer and for
mer director of the United Chamber
of Commerce:
Means Better Standards
A real minimum wage means a
leveling up in the whole housekeep-
ing of the city, of the state, and of
the nation.
1t means that we have got to get
our scales right, that we have got to
make the conditions in our cities and
states such that people can get a
living if they are willing to work.
1t means that we have got to give
them enough training so that they
can earn a living. | am convinced
that the minimum wage is one of the
big means toward public efficiency.
A minimum wage properly fixed
means a leveling up; wage of $5,
or Sc, or So means a leveling down.
The low wage is therefore more cost
ly for the state and nation, meas
ured by all the higher and truer
standards, and also measured by the
actual final total cost in dollars than
is a living wage.
Wastes Great Toll
Finally, if we have to pay a living
wage, it will help us to get away
from the habit of thinking about
lower wages as the only remedy for
high cost of production.
The big thing in business and in
dustry that makes for high costs is
waste-waste growing out of ineff-
cient labor. We have not yet begun
to appreciate that, much less to con-
troll it; because the easiest thing in
the world until the minimum wage
came, was to cut down wages, or,
at least, to attempt it. But our in
dustrial waste is enormous, even in
those businesses with reputation for
careful and efficient management.
In our store we pay probably two
million or more dollars year in
wages-a pretty big payroll. Yet l
have often said that | shall die dis
graced.
We are quoted all over the world
as being efficient in our line, and
we are certainly as low in our ex-
penses as are most of the stores; we
claim that we sell cheaper than most
of them do-at any rate, the people
seem to think so and have rewarded
us by giving US patronage that has
helped us to build the greatest bust
ness of it's kind in the whole world.
And yet | say that | shall die dis
graced
Why?
Because the margin between the
cost of production and of delivery to
the consumer is larger today than
when | went into business. Of course,
the cost of all kinds of services are
included in that, and the amount OF
service rendered has greatly increas.
ed during this period; but it is q
thing that ought not to be.
Fighting Increases in Cost
We are fighting this increase ir
the cost of CARRYING ON business as
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-05-11
GAINS IN JAMESTOWN

jamestown, N. Y.-Organized up
holsterers and carpenters in this city
have raised wages 10 per cent.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-03-07
BERT CHAMBERS TAKEN TO
STATE ASYLUM FOR INSANE
Sheriff James Smith Called to Walker
Ranch Tuesday to Get In
sane Man.

J. H. Chambers was taken to Warm
Springs on Tuesday night by Under
Sheriff Orville Jones, where he will
be placed in the state insane asylum.
He has been showing signs of not be-
ing mentally balanced for some time,
and upon request Of Ben Walker,
where he has been living and work
ing, was taken into custody Tuesday
morning.
Sheriff James Smith went to the
Walker ranch early in the afternoon.
where he found Chambers, who
seemed to be under the apprehension
that someone was planning to do him
bodily injury. Chambers talked ra-
tionalIy, but demonstrated his unbal'
anced mental condition by his man
ner and conversation. He did not OBJ.
ject to being brought to the city mol
going to the asylum. where it is un
derstood he has previously been con
! fined.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-03-07
BOBCATS TAKE TWO
GAMES FROM DENVER
State Champions Finish Season With
Clean Defeat of Fast Team
From Colorado.

Friday and Saturday nights the
Bobcats Basketball team, champions
of Montana, demonstrated their abh
ity by taking the fast Denver Univer-
sity team to a cleaning in a most de-
cisive manner. The two games were
Bebcat victories~without at any time
being at all in jeopardy. When the
final whistle blew the lead was a safe
one IN both games.
The game Friday evening was real
ly a surprise to the home folks, and
the Bobcats took it with such ease
as to seem almost too much of a good
thing. Before the second half was
well under way, Doc Jones was send
ing in substitutes, and the finish
found nearly every regular on the
squad displaced by subs The final
score stood 81 for the Bobcats and
IL for the Denver University.
There was a full amount of glory
for all the Bobeat team Friday night
although Hartwig and HOLSTER were
the outstanding members, making
baskets from every angle and seem
ingiy at will. Their work was re-
| markably fast and kept the Denver
boys constantly guessing. The Wis
| itors were under the jinks for the
better part of the first half, shoot
ing what seemed to be perfect has.
kets time and again, only to see thc
ball roll off the hoop. This hap
pened so many times it seemed to TAXI
the pep out of the Denver boys, TO
they did not at any time show DANCE
signs to the Bobcats.
Saturday evening the game wa
faster, and more interesting from
spectators standpoint, for 1T wa
more even of score and there was a
all times a chance for either team t
forge ahead and win. The home tear
played again in excellent form an,
the visitors had acquired q familia
feeling on the floor. The first hal
was a case Of see-saw for points
with both teams holding the lead sew
Continued on Page Five.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-03-07
CAPTURED MOON At
SOFT DRINK Stand
City and County Officers Raid POns-
ford Place and Make Arrest
of Proprietor.

City and county officers raided the
Ponsford, a soft drinks stand on East
Main street, Tuesday morning at
1890, arresting Frank Gilbraith, the
proprietor, and Selling q quantity Of
moonshine found IN the place. Those
composing the raiding squad were
UndersheriI3 Orville Jones, Deputy
Sheriff Howell, Chief of Police Gran
ger and City Jailor Franks.
Galbraith was taken to the city Jail,
where he was locked up pending a
hearing before Police Magistrate Kas-
Ems Williams, who had issued the
search warrant Judge Williams was
in Three Forks at the time Of the ar
rest and a hearing was not held un-
til his return. Galbraith was released
upon a $500 bond pending the hearing
Suspicion has been conferred upon
the Ponsford stand for several days
and ~offleers had been watching the
| Dlaee evidence enough TO make ar
IArreHE Monday evening q man was
picked up on the street very much
under the influence of liquor. He was
questioned, and admitted to havini
| secured the liquor at the Ponsford
Tuesday morning the raid was made
with the result that several fruit jar
partially filled with moOnshine were
seized. A teakettle behind the ba
also filled with white mule was emp
tied by Galbraith into the rInslni
tank behind the bar. but it was save
by the officers.
When searched at the police sta
ton, MI. Galbraith was found to hav
mYapf IF moon IN hiS pockaf 4
pair of brass knuckles were ais
found in his pocket, so that tn
charges against him noS only cove
violation Of the prohibition laws, bu
also carrying concealed weapons.
Tuesday evening Galbraith wa
given a preliminary hearing befor
Police Magistrate Williams, pleadin
not guilty TO the charges. He wa
placed under $500 bono, pending tria
the date to be set later.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-03-07
Arthur Paften Killed In Auto
Accident Driving Home Saturday
In Attempting to Get Car Out of Deep Rut in Highway It Leaves
the Grade and Overturned in the Ditch-Patten Crushed
Beneath Car and Instantly Killed.

auto, and were pinned underneath.
Miss Patten was in the front seat
with her father, and when the acct
dent happened Mr.. Patten was thrown
over to the right hand side of the
ear in such a manne as to be lying
with his head upon his daughter. She
tried to extricate herself, but was
unable to move. Mr.. Topel, who was
riding in the back seat, was also
pinned underneath the a in such q
manner as to be unable to move.
Other cars on the road soon arriv.
ed at the scene of the accident, anc
the auto was lifted, permitting th'
young lady and Mr. Topel to extri
cate themselves. Mr. Patten was ly
ing under the car. He was placed il
another a and rushed to Belgrad'
where a physician made an examina
ton, declaring that death had beer
practically instantaneous. Miss Pat
ten was also given medical attention
at Belgrade, she having received
terrible shock upon learninp that he
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