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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
Re,a1d 9d ones Sas1 es3s;:: 3.

Man benefits more by the process OF labor than by
the products OF labor. Where Nature gives most Law
ishly man does least for himself and there we find
Humanity at its lowest eAb.
The less man c~ultivates the less he Is cultivated.
Nature often kills by kindness. 1t IL from the stern
Sigorous and naturally unfriendIy stretches that we
q Ir hardest and best Humanity.
arid waste forces the farmer to slertness and
energy.
One must be more than farmer to farm a desert.
He must be engineer; he must bring water from dis
tant mountain basins and release It on the parched
ground. He must master gates and sluices to make
the reluctant land yield 3 inherent richness.
Success comes to him who Is bigger than his iob.
The idle are penalized by weakness The workers
are rewarded with power. For each atom OF strength
expanded more energy L. given.
Resistance produces friction and friction gives the
dynamo It's driving power. Too much smoothness or
fabrication may result in a loss OF force.
Your automobile engine Is never SO likely to Ego
dead" as when you give IT no work to do-let it idle.
Necessity is the mother Of invention, because need
forces action, want cOmpels man to do.
Food too easily found always murtures the slug.
gish mind and nabhy muscle, 1t takes true greatness
Copyright. 1881. by
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
NEW BACKsroP A MARVEL.

ST. LOUIS, May 25-The decelOp-
ment of Howard Freigau as the st.
Louis Nationals regular shortstOp Is
one Of the chief topics of discussion
in fandom. Freigau, who served as
bat boy part of last season, is re-
garded as one Of the most promising
recruits to come up in the majors
here In years.
He is only 20 years old, but his hit
ting has been timely, and his defens.
i've play has been described as spec,
tacular.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
CLARA PHILIPS MUST SERVE
TERM.

TEGUSIGALPA, Honduras, May "a.
-Extradition papers for Clara Phil
Ups, escaped hammer m~urderess, are
expected to arrive from the United
States before the end of the present
week. The prisoner will be turned over
to the representatives of the Los An
geles sheriff's office as soon as the
papers are approved and will leave
in their custody probably Sunday.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
PAGE NINE

and other thousands who are en-
ptoyed are spending all their r
ings, feeling assured that If they also
get out Of employment the govern
ment viii maintain them. "What's
the use Of saving when the govern
ment dole will take the place Of saw
ings3" is naturally the question they
ask themselves. If the British peO-
pie shall be ruined, it will be chiefly
by their government.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
REDS EXECUTE FIFTEEN
~REVOLUTIONISTS.

MOSCOW, May 25.-Fifteen per-
sons, most of them princes, generals
or noblemen, have been executed as a
result of the discovery of an active
counter revolutionary plot in the
Soviet republic of Georgia, reports
a dispatch from Tiflis to the Pravda
today. The names of those executed
are not given out but it is said all
were active participants in the move
ment.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
GREAT BRITAIN AND HEDJAS
SIGN TREATY.

LONDON, May 25.-King Hussein
of the Hedjas, it is announced, has
signed the treaty with Great Britain
which recognized Arab independence
and regards Palestine as within the
Arab zone. 1t does not modify the
present form of government for the
Holy Land.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
GREEKS ARE READY TO QUIT
LAUSANNE.

ATHENS, GREECE, May "a
Premier Gonatas, announcing today
that the Greek delegation at Lausanne
has been ordered to leave in the event
the conference declares in favor of in
demnity for Turkey, added that deci-
sion on the question must be made by
Saturday of this week. The Greek
government, he said, reserves liberty
of action.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
National News In Brief
PREMIER PoINCARE RESIGNS.

PARIS, May 24.-Premier P~oincare
resigned tonight after the French SEN
ate, sitting as a high court for the
trial of Marcel Cachin and other Com
munists charged with acts endanger-
ing the safety of the republic, voted
by a majority of 80, that it was in
competent to bring the defendants to
trial.
President Millerand has refused to
accept the resignation of the premier,
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
DOLE ENDS THRIFT.

According to reports from Eng
land, the "dole system" has had the
effect of stopping the habit Of saw
ing. Under its dole system the gov
eminent pays a stipulated sum each
week to people out of employment
Believing that this system is to be
permanent, thousands of unemployed
are content to remain unemployed
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
DEBS CHAIRMAN OF SOCIALIST
PARTY.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Eugene v.
Debs Of Indiana, today was elected
national chairman of the Socialist
party, at a meeting of the executive
committee. The committee spent the
day formulating plans for organizing
a drive for new members in the north
west.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
WASHINGTON WINS MEET FROM
OREGON.

SEATTLE, May 26-Chalking up
"a points as compared to their COM
petitors' 46, the University of Wash
ington today won the annual dual
track meet from the University of
Oregon. A cold wind with showers
swept the field, making record
breaking impossible.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
IMMORA LSHOW STOPPED IN
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Thirteen
persons, including the cast and Harry
Weinberger, producer of the play,
"God of Vengeance" were convicted by
a jury today of producing an i'm
moral show. This is the first con
viction of this nature since the show
"Cherry Blossoms" was closed sew
eral years ago.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
IOWA TAKES MEET
FROM MINNESOTA

MINNEAPOLIS, May 26.-Iowa's
crack team proved it's superiority
ove another Big Ten rival today, de-
feating the Minnesota squad in q
dual meet at Northrop Field with Is
points TO spare. The finaa tally was
1914 to 5eh.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30
MICHIGAN WINS FROM OHIO
STATE

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 26.-The
University of Michigan defeated
Ohio State here today in a dual track
meet. The final count stood: Michi-
gan 97B, Ohio 3Th.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-30

Copyr1ght 1873, bY RIohaFd Lloyd Jones
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

HAS HE FAILED?

In the New York Times, Jan Dude
geest, secretary of the International
Federation of Trade Unions, says
Gompers has failed as leader. With
such nose for news Mr.. Oudegeest
should have been a Hearst reporter.
The distinguished secretary from Am
sterdam will next discover, no doubt,
that wages in America are the lowest
in the world, that American workers
live in the poorest huts, wear the
poorest clothes and eat the poorest
food, and that the American trade
union movement is just about shot to
smithereens.
The man who interviewed Oudegeest
said he smoked mellow pipe. He
should have added little detail as to
the brand of the contents of sale
pipe.
Yes, Mr.. Gompers has not failed!
- - ~ ~ -
Yes, no doubt you have noticed it
the big ads continue running. The
fight is not yet over.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
n N N N N
WHERE DID THEY GET IT?


Organized labor has frequently ask
ed where the railroads found the
money to fight the shopmen's strike
of 1922.
Labor men have pointed out that it
was strange that railroads which had
been pleading extreme poverty SEEM
ed to have no difficulty in financing a
war on the shopmen.
Now come the two labor members
of the United States railroad labor
board and direct attention to the same
puzzling fact.
In opposing a reduction of wages
of employees of the Kansas City, Mex
leo and Orient railroad, A.. O. Whar-
ton and E. F. Cradle, the labor mem
bers, declare that the road was one
of the carriers that refused to accept
President Harding's proposal for a
settlement of the shopmen's strike,
"but found the money to continue its
policy of fighting a costly strike, al
though claiming it did not have suffi-
cient funds to continue the operation
of the railroad under the most favor
able conditions"
Messrs. Wharton and Cradle do not
attempt to explain where the money
came from, but viewed in the light
of common sense there is no particu-
lar mystery about it. The railroads
had the money or could get it, but
instead of spending it on improving
their service and equipment and in pay
ing wages that would keep their en-
ployes contented and efficient, they
preferred to spend it in fighting the
Just demands of the employees.
The policy of the railroads points
morals, among them being, "Put not
your trust in railroad princes"
But above all, the attitude of the
carriers emphasizes the necessity OF
strong labor press. If organized
labor had possessed a press strong
enough to point out to every man anc
woman in the nation the glaring dis
crepancy between railroad words anC
railroad actions, the claims of tn,
carriers would have been speedil.
laughed out of existence and thei
warfare on the shopmen would sool
have collapsed. They would hav'
been made to look SO ridiculous tina
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

dent electrical workers; H. w. Strick-
land, secretary Railway Mail Assoc
citation.
N. P. Alifas, president Machinists'
District No. A; j. J. Forester, repre-
sentative railway clerks Ellis Searles,
editor United Mine Workers Journal;
w. c. Roberts, A F. of L. legislative
representative; Chester Wright, direc-
tor A. F. of L. publicity and NORMA
ton; James P, Egan, editor A. F. of
L. Weekly News Service; Victor Car
ruth, A. F. of L., and the following
representatives of the local trade
union movement: Newton A James,
c. L. u; Frank H. Long and George
c. Seibold, typographical; A. ]. Fal-
Ion and Thomas McQuade, plate print
ers; C. H. Evans, Allied Printing
Trades Council; M J. Click, painters;
E. J. Tracy, stenographers and ac-
countants; H. N. Link, railway mail
clerks; John B. Colpoys, editor Wash
ington Trades Unionist; N. c.
Sprague, printing pressmen; George
B. Hedges, bookbinders; R. H. Bur.
dette, varpenters; R. A. Dickson
stereotypers; H. Buie, building trades
stereotypers; H. Buie, Building Trades
Council.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

county, so why not give the people
of Butler county a chance to earn
some of it back? The Press asks that
the commissioners give this matter
some thought and consideration, and
if possible give Butler county labor
the preference. Let our slogan be,
"Butler county for Butler countians." +"
And this same suggestion might
hold good with some of the other Off
Gals in the court house who feel that
they are doing so much good for the
county taxpayers when they save a
dollar here and there in the purchase
of office supplies from outside con-
Germs who may possibly furnish them
little cheaper. 1t wouldn't be bad,
and we don't believe it would be OBJ
iected to, if these supplies referred to
would be bought from the people who
really furnish the money to buy them
with. even at a little additional cost
penny wise, pound foolish" brings
nothing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
INA wz am sa ms
WHY NOT HOME LABOR?

The attention of the Press has been
called to the bridge contracts let by
the county commissioners and out of
which Butler county labor gets prac-
tically no part. Just recently the con-
tract was let for the bridge crossing
Indian creek, about three miles north
of Venice, to Cincinnati concern
which employs none but outside labor
When approached and asked to en-
ploy Butler county carpenters the
bridge company said their men are
especially skilled in bridge carpenter
ing and that they are the only kind
the company could use. The carpen-
ters contradict this and say the bridge
employees are only common laborers
and that the same perform all kinds
of work on the bridge including car
penter, iron and cement work. The
Press doesn't know just what the law
in these instances is, but it does
seem that if it is possible to do so
it is the duty of the county commits
sioners that they include in their
specifications for county work that
none but Butler county labor be en-
ployed
The Press knows that the first cry
will be that such stipulation will mean
higher costs for bridges and other pub
lie work, but such is not true. Out
side labor comes high because of the
cost of board and lodging. And what
if it does cost a little more?? The
Press believes the taxpayers would
be willing that the cost be a little
more if such additional cost means
that the expenditure goes into the
pockets of Butler county residents,
because that means that the money
spent will remain right here at home,
where on the other hand every cent
goes out of the county.
The people of Butler county pay
for the work that is done in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

weakness and lack of organization
that is the reason for the low wages
the machinists of Hamilton are re-
ceiving today. The faithful, as al
ways, retain their membership, pay
their dues and attend meetings. 1t
is to be regretted that these loyal
unionists must be held back from
what is Justly due them because of
dragging the heavy weight of the
laggard who is always ready to accept
the benefits accruing from the efforts
of the organization yet never willingly
joining and paying dues, his share of
the expense of maintaining the organ
ization. If all machinists in Hamilton
were to join the Machinists' Union
their wages would be raised equal to
other crafts overnight. Instead of
kicking about the high wages the
other fellow gets and wanting to pull
him down to the same level of the low
paid we would offer the advice of U
S. Senator-elect Magnus Johnson to
the so-called white collar" workers
when he said go and do likewise, y
organize and get your incomes in
creased, rather than try to get the
other fellows decreased. Here Is
hoping that the machinists of Hamil-
ton soon wake up and "see the light,
get together and help themselves.
There are two sides to the story
however. Many of the employers
wonder why so many of their highest
skilled mechanics are leaving their
employ. Nothing to wonder at, at all
Many of them are going to the Ford
plant. Why should they work for all
the way from 45 cents to 62 cents an
hour on work that needs the greatest
skill when they can get rs cents an
hour at the Ford plant for sticking III
bolt here or screwing on nut there
Not much to guess at, is there?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
DISSATISFIED MACHINISTS

Hamilton is full of dissatisfied and
disgruntled machinists these days,
and employed ones at that. And it is
all because of the low wages they are
receiving. They envy the bricklayer,
plumber, carpenter, electrical worker,
painter and all other building crafts
men who are receiving a dollar and
more an hour, and it makes them sore
to see the molder, many of them work
ing in the same plant as the machin-
lists, getting 81 per day while in one
of the biggest machine plants in the
city the peak prce for machinists is
62 cents per hour. Sixty-two cents
an hour for members of one of the
highest skilled crafts in the indus
trial life is a mighty low rate these
days of high living costs and an IN
just rate. But, who is mostly to
blame for these conditions Why,
the machinists themselves. If they
wait until the employers voluntarily
step up and offer to pay what is
justly due them they will wait until
the return of the horse-drawn vehicle
or until Middletown votes to bear all
the expense of a bridge at Coke Otto.
The machinsts are the most numerous
and at the same time weakest and
most helpless of the many crafts in
the city Hundreds of them don't like
to pay union dues or do their part to
help themselves. They like to bene-
fit from the efforts of the faithful
few During the time when wages
were at their peak and every one
making loads of money the local
union boasted a membership Of more
than fifteen hundred, but just as soon
as things Stacked up little and the
members felt that the organization
no longer could get them anything
they began to melt away like snow
fakes in a July sun until now the
membership is nothing compared to
what it should be And it is this
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

of the election returns of the last year.
Steadily the votes show a tide toward
progress.
The important thing about the Min
nesota election is the proof that it
offers that the tide continues to flow,
However uncertain and foolish some
of the new senators in the next con-
gress may be on international issues
the stand-patters are going to have
something to think about on domestic
issues.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

THE CANDIDATES

Tuesday was primary day and both
big parties, democrats and republi-
cans, named full tickets to go before
the voters at the November election.
But in addition to the democratic and
republican nominees there will be a
third candidate for mayor on the bal
lot. Fred A. Hinkel, former mayor
elected by the socialists, is circulating
petition to have his name placed on
the ticket and is running independ-
emily. This makes it interesting and
it is already a question of which side,
democrat or republican, Mr.. Hinkel
will draw from the greatest. In differ
ent parts of the country where cleo
tions have been held recently, inde-
pendent and third party candidates
have been running strong. With
things lined up as they are the hot
test city election ever seen in dear old
Hamilton can be looked for in Novem-
Der. The Press predicts that those
who crave political excitement are go
ing to get their fill to overfowing 1t
is up to the voters, especially so the
working people voters as they are in
the big majority, to study carefully
all angles of the situation, what is
back and who is back of this candidate
and that candidate, their reasons for
backing him and his reasons for want
ing to be mayor of the city, and then
vote for what is best for the city and
for themselves.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

the trade were secured by representa-
tives of the American Flint Glass
Workers Union in their annual wage
conference with the National Associa-
tion of Manufacturers of pressed and
blown glassware Another conference
will adjust conditions in the lamp
working department, where workers
are seeking Is per cent wage in
crease and a 44-hour week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
LABOR PAYS
HOMAGE TO
LATE PRESIDENT

Washington.-Org labor was
represented at the funeral of the late
President Harding in this city, Aug
ust z, by one of the largest units
among the civilian organizations that
were limited, as rule, to ten mem
bers.
The men of labor joined with every
branch of government, with diplomats
and with thousands of other citizens
in escorting the remains of the late
chief executive from the White House
to the rotunda in the national capitol.
There, on the Identical spot where
rested the remains of Lincoln and
other immortals, the people paid their
last homage to the late president of
the United States.
The following trade unionists par
ticipated in the cortege:
President Gompers, Secretary Nor
rison, John Donlin and William
Spencer, president and secretary, A
F. of L. building trades department;
James O'Connell and A. j. Berres
president and secretary, A. F. of L
metal trades department, and the fol.
lowing officers of internationa
unions: John L. Lewis, president
miners; E. j. Gainor, president letter
carriers; Leo. E. George, president
post office clerks; Peter Conlin, vice
president machinists; NJ. K. Finnan
vice president letter carriers; G. j
Richardson, secretary fire fighters
F. j. Belair, secretary bookbinders
T. F. Flaherty, secretary post Office
: cIarks. O. M Rupniazet vice nrpSi
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
FEARS LOGAN JUSTICE"

Logan, W. Va.-Harold w. Hous-
ton, chief counsel of West Virginia
mine workers, fears the brand of
Justice" Logan county is noted for
The attorney has been indicted in con-
nection with other miners, and he is
resisting being tried in this county,
because of its control by coal owners
and their gun men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
COTTON MILLS CUR
TAIL

Fall River, Mass.-A general cur
tailment of from SO to rs per cent
in production, affecting principally
plain goods mills, has been agreed
upon by manufacturers here as re-
suit, it is said, of the present de-
preston in the industry. Providence
manufacturers, it is claimed, will cur
tail if the demand for cotton plain
goods does not improve.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

LABOR PAYS FINAL TRIBUTE

LABOR PAYS FINAL TRIBUTE
Forty representatives of interna-
tional unions, organized labor in the
District of Columbuit and the Amer
lean Federation of Labor marched in
President Harding's funeral process
sion in Washington last week.
Labor's representatives met at the
American Federation of Labor build
ing and then proceeded to 21st street
and Pennsylvania avenue, where they
Joined the long procession. President
Samuel Gompers, Secretary Frank
Morrison, President James O'Connell,
fthe Metal Trades department, and
w. C. Roberts, legislative committee
man. all of the American Federation
of Labor and President John Lewis, of
the United Mine Workers, rode in an
automobile at the head of the labor
representatives, who marched ten
abreast The procession moved down
Pennsylvania avenue, past the White
House, to the capitol, where the
marchers passed through the rotunda
in which the body Of President Hard
ing lay in state. Floral pieces con-
tributed by the American Federation
of Labor and Columbia Typographical
Union 101, of Washington, were IN
prominent positions near the bier of
the dead president.
Taking part in the funeral cere-
monies was the final tribute paid by
organized labor to the memory OF
President Harding.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
FLINTS RAISE WAGES

Atlantic City, N. J.-Wage in
creases that range from 5 to Is per
cent in 13 of the Is departments of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

they simply would not have had the
nerve" to continue their anti-union
drive
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
"a III IN IN ~
DnnrnECC CC0DEn

In the election of Magnus Johnson
to the United States senate progress
scores a great victory. Reaction has
been able to get little satisfaction out
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FRIDAY, AUGUST II, 1928