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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Mrs. John Steward left with hsr
daughter and son-in-law for Greeley
to visit with folks.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Mr.. and Mrs. George Hotchkiss and
Alvis Claypool and family visited at
the Frank Barry home Sunday.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Miss Barnes of Venango, visited last
week with her brother Die, who is
working in the Big Springs Pharma-
CIV,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Helen McCarty got her right arm
dislocated and fractured at the elbow
Sunday. DR.. F. G. Dutton of Jules
burg reduced the fracture.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Guy Wiley went to North Platte on
Tuesday for railroad rules examina-
ton.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon have been Wis
lting with John Steward and famil J.
Mrs. Sheldon is Mrs. Stewards daugh-
ter,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Jack Morrison is being forced to
spend much time at home on account
OF being so badly burned in the fire
at his place last week.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

several days.
DR.. C. H. Smith received 4 1900
pound safe Thursday. What are you
going to use it for, Doc?
PRAIRIE VIEW NEWS
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Smith Of Dem
yer. are visiting and looking after
their land interests in this neighbor-
hood.
Mrs. Arch Floyd and children from
Colorado Springs, are visiting with
her sister. Mrs. C. T. Arens. and they
expect to visit relatives in Maryville,
Mo-, before returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Stockham and
little son spent Sunday at the L. v.
Davis home.
Bert Villars and family spent Sat
urday night and Sunday at the P. J.
Donaldson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Clabourn en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Smith
to Sunday dinner.
P. J. Donaldson's entertained in
honor of Bert Villars and family Sat
urday night. There were about sixty
guests present. A most enjoyable
time was reported by those present.
The Villars family are soon leaving
for some location in the east. We re-
1ret to see them 10,
Mrs. Fred johnson entertained the
ladies' aid Wednesday. A good crowd
was in attendance and many interest
ing subjects were brought up.
Mrs. Roy Kenney and children are
spending few days with her parents,
A. C. Alexander's.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hotchkiss and
Alvis Claypool and family visited at
the Frank Barry home Sunday.
John Wegman and family visited at
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

L. V. Davis and wife were Jules
burg visitors Thursday.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Mrs. Fred johnson entertained the
ladies' aid Wednesday. A good crowd
was in attendance and many interest
ing subjects were brought up.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

John Wegman and family visited at
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Mrs. Ruby Sanders left Sunday for
Ia short visit to her home in the east
ern part Of the state.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12

an organization that has at all times
 backed up the government of the
 United States when necessity required It"
 MT. O'Meara ridicu1ed a speaker who on another occasion "dwelt con siderably upon the menace that exists with a trade union in their closed shop ,and was also much alarmed as to the existence of the guaranteed liberty of our people, this alarm be- ing due to the activities of the trade un1onS.'
 It was in this connection that MT. O'Meara said citizens generally have no apprehensions of the conduct of organized labor.
 ''I want my audience today to feel assured that l am not trying to con. vey the impression that everything that we do is right for 1 do not know of any trade union that supervlses the morals of it's members; however we strive to act and agitate to do all things with credit to our organiza- tions The entire trade union move ment under the banner of the Con- necticut Federation of Labor 1 will say, even though it might be con sidered egotistical, is as fine a body of citizens who work for the con- tinued advanlement of the wage earn CT, and abide by the laws of the land as ran be found in any country. Yet with all of the good done by the trade unions of Connecticut, am ex- tremely sorry to say, that there is to- day just as much warfare being waged against us by the Manufacturers Association and it's allied organiza- lions, as though we were an organ zation of law breakers and anarchists.
 You know that before the World i War there were large industrial es- ab1ishments that resented any at- 1
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
MERIDEN FORUM
 HEARSP.E. O'MEARA
 EXPOUND UNIONISM

Patrick F. O'Meara, president of the Connecticut State Branch of the American Federation of Labor, speak ing at the open forum of the St..
 PauPs Universalist church, in Meri- den, last Sunday evening, on the closed shop said that the only people who are concerned as to the dangers of trades unions are those enrolled in organizations of employers. During his address MT. O'Meara paid a high tribute to the loyalty of trade or ganizations and stated it as his be- lief that the trade union movement as represented by the Connecticut Federation of Labor consists of as fine a body of law abiding men as will be found in any country.
 You all realize," said MT. O'Meara, "that when an employer tells you that he has no objection to a man or men being in trade union as long as that union is properly ofhcered and gentlemanly in the conduct of it's af- fairs, this employer IS telling you a deliberate falsehood.
 "In the program of the open shop of the employer, he means that this class of shop is open only to men and women that have no connec- ton with a labor union By facts we are in position to prove this, especially by the acts of employers in the state of Connecticut The trades unions mean by the closed shop, that all that labor therein is en- rolled in the trade craft employed, or those who are willing to join such a trade craft. There is the truth of the of the open shop and the closed shop"
 and advised wage ,earners to attend them in large numbers wherever held l "Organized Labor," said Mr. O'Meara, ''has stood between the greed of the | employer and industrial slavery for all of the years of its existence, and l
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
Labor's Reconstruction Program
 Chief Factor in British Election

rect taxes. The worker must pay the government cents on every pound Of sugar, to 9 cents on every pound of coffee, 10 to I5 cents on every pound of tea! $500, ,ooo, ,ooo was raised from such taxes last year, S25o, 100000 from tobacco, and nearly ST ,ooo, 100000 from alcoholic drinks (regarded as neither a crime nor a luxury in the British Isles-and of all this labor paid the greater part
 But this is not the only grievance organized labor has against the gov ernment as one of the causes of the high cost of living. Great Britain has long adopted a policy of social reform of which the wage-earners are the chief benefciaries. Now not only these reforms but also such vital things are education are being cut down and starved on the ground of retrenchment. Last years budget showed the following Gin round fig ures):
 Interest on Public Debt-$2, ,ooo, 100000 Army and Navy---------------- 1000, ,ooo, ,ooo War Pensions ------------------ 500, ,ooo, ,ooo Education, Health, Hous-
 ing and Old Pensions 5oo,ooo, ,ooo
 In the November election campaign the Labor party alone demanded ~ considerable increase of expenditures for education, housing pure milk and medical care for children and moth- CTS, and the increase of the govern mental subsidies already enacted to cheapen home-produced food and coal. Leading men like Viscount Hal dane and we'll known bishops pointed out that the Labor party alone fav- to of aHr cation. Nor were the sums proposed by the Labor party out of the realm of practical politics. While they would increase the expenditures un- der the head of education, housing, etc, by considerable percentage this would mean an increase of the total budget by only small per cent. Unemployment Chief Issue. Most paramount of all the para mount issues was unemployment. Here the Labor party's remedy is no longer unemployment insurance but CD "re-opening trade with fore
 ign countries by the national or ganization of production" and (2) "a large program of neces- sary and useful public works" These remedies for unemployment would demand large-scale use of government funds or credit. But un- employment is a large-scale burden on industry and the nation.
 Is not this labor union part of the program also radical? Perhaps It frankly aims "to bring about a more equitable distribution of the nations wealth by constitutional means. " That policy may be radical, but it is certainly not revolutionary-having been advocated by Lloyd George and Winston Churchill in Great Britain and by equally eminent and non-rev- olutionary statesmen in other coun- tries.
 There can be no question:: The success of the British Labor party in November was mainly due to the sound policy of social reconstruction put forward by hte labor union ele- nlent.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12

tempt upon the part of their em-
 ployes to even talk over slight griev- ances that existed and due to the
 creation of the National War Labor i Board that insisted upon having all
 grievances submitted for mediation, 1 1t brought together for the first time
 many of these employers and their
 empolyes in official meeting. Due to the rendering of decisions, many of l which were against the employers, a smartng resentment set in with these employers that had it's direct effect immediately after the close of the World War, and in national meetings
 through the United States Cham
 Der of Commerce and its allied in
 terests a policy was mapped out that
 had to do with starting a colossal
 fight against the trades unions to dis
 rupt them, al time when 1t was
 estimated there were 25 men waiting
 for one job in the United States.
 This fight became of great mag
 nitude and herceness during the years
 1920 and 1921, and I am extremely
 happy to report to you today, that the trades unions have emerged from this industrial warfare victorious. With very few exceptions, the many organizations that were attacked, are today numerically and morally as strong as they were when the fight started, but this is due to the great loyalty of the wage earners to their union. Let me, pay public tribute to the assistance rendered to the ! trades unions during this warfare, for | when the light of events were dark l ened, we saw the beautiful light of | justice appearing when as if by l magic the National Catholic Welfare l Council in meeting came out strongly l against the attitude of the employers. This was immediately followed by | the national conference of Congrega- tional churches, the American Con ference of Rabbis, the Methodist and National Conferences, and to put a finishing touch on this assist ance the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce came out strongly against the anti-union fight of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
 We thank the good God of all mankind for His help. He who prom ised that none of His creatures would be permitted to suffer unjustly"
 Mr. O'Meara spoke of a decision "carried to the supreme court by the Manufacturers Association, when the court ruled that we have a perfect right to oppose the intrusion of a non-union worker Yet with such de- cisoins being rendered this same pri-
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12

ton. The 'intellectuals" from the two chairmen, Sidney Webb and J. R. Macdonald, down, unanimously cliam that the Capital levy" issue gained votes-and they prevailed on the organization not to qualify the plank in any way. But the best known labor union leaders, Clynes and Thomas, qualified their position on it considerably, while Ben Illicit practically repudiated it. In the words of Clyne "the labor party is not welded to the idea of levy on capital"
 But if the Labor party was divided on the question or making the capital levy" issue paramount, all the other parties were united in believing that it was the weakest point in the Labor party program, and they were cer- tainly more responsible than the party itself for keeping this plank in the foreground
 The enemies of organized labor did not succeed, however, in their con- certed effort to make it appear that the capital levy" was the main part of the Labor party program. The labor union wing of the party was practically unanimous in giving greater prominence to the three really paramount issues:
 (I) Low Wages,
 (2) High Cost of Living,
 (3) Unemployment.
 The General Council of the Trade Union Congress accused the Lloyd George government of having per mitted and encouraged a reduction of wages of $6o,ooo,ooo week or s. o,ooo,ooo a year! And along with this reduction has gone an amount of "profteering" that might almost be compared with the profteering of the United States. The Labor Party's News Service has carried weekly sci entihc analyses of the profits of the great British corporations. Among the worst of the profteers are those most responsible for the high cost of living! The big tea corporations, like Lipton's, have been paying from 12 to 25 per cent dividends and some of the big brewers, like Guinness, from 25 to 20 per cent-above all taxes.
 Wages Are Not Tax Free.
 But labor does not receive its wages taN-free. Far from it. The work ing classes of Great Britain pay all most $I,ooo ,ooo yearly in indi-
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
TRADES UNIONS GIVEN MORE
 CREDIT THAN INTELLECTUALS
By WILLIAM ENGLISH MAILING

What is the actual working pro gram of the British Labor Party? Is it revolutionary or is it constructive ]? Which were the blanks of the plat form that got the votes in the recent election? Which of the Labor Party policies doubled tn enumber of Labor M. P.'s? These questions are of pc culiar interest at a moment when the political program of American labor is under discussion. There is all the difference in the world between the situation of British Labor and Amer ican Labor, but still Great Britain is nearer to us than any other of the great powers.
 A part of the program of the Brit ish Labor party came from the labor unions, another part came from the Socialist "intellectuals. The prac- tical question is which part was put forward in the November elections?
 The Socialist "intellectuals" have of late stressed two policies, the na- tionalization of coal mines and rail- ways, and the so-called capital levy" This is a proposal to replace a patr of the income and inheritance taxes by heavy tax on the capital which gives rise to income and inheri- tance-and so to2 pay off half of Great Britain's crushing war indebt- ednesS.
 Not Paramount" Issue.
 The question of naturalization was comparatively little discussed in the election. The Labor party stood pat in it's advocacy of naturalization, but it's orators gave less attention to it than to other questions. It was not a paramount issue" The La bor Party's electoral program de- manded "the prompt naturalization of the mines, as recommended by the Sankey (governmentaD Commission, and the standardization of the rail- ways, with an increased share of con trol by the workers" ."Democratic controp was the real question and not mere standardization in any old form. Naturalization might be in troduced by reactionaries in form to decrease workers control!
 One of the Labor Party leaflets defined democratic controp as a de- mand by the workers for "a voice in the management of their affairs" But how to secure this voice? How to shorten the period of years that would be required? All factions or British Labor are agreed that this is a difficult and complicated problem, that it will take a good deal of time to solve, and that the Labor party will have to have a great deal more power than it has now before it can overcome the resistance of employ CTS and other social groups that bit terly oppose every step in this direc tion Indeed the defeat of the great engineers (machinistsO strik last winter marked temporary step back ward in workers control.
 Push Capital Levy"
 So standardization was not para mount issue. But the capital levy" was. Whether the Labor party made mistake in allowing it to become one of the paramount issues is a question that has given rise to a diff
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
OBSERVED
 FIRST HAND

William English Wa1ling who writes the accompanying article, spent several weeks in England during the recent po- slitical campaign, observing closely the campaign tactics of British Labor
 He submits here the results of his observations, which will prove most interesting to . American workers. In England MT. Walling saw a contest be- tween practical trade unionists and 'intellectuals" and he shows here what was the re- suit.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12

READ THE LABOR NEWS.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12

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Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
U. s. SHORTAGE
HOMES REACHES
MILLION, CLAIM
ny United Press Leased wire

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6. - A
shortage of between 100000 and
100000 houses in the United
States was revealed by officials of
the National Housing Association,
who gathered here to attend the
three day session of the ninth ma.
tionsl conference Of housing . in
America.
Three vital factors in the block.
ade on housing were summed up as
follows:
I. High cost Of money,
2. High cost of material.
8. High cost of labor.
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia
Cleveland and Boston are now fac.
ing an acute housing shortage. In
many other cities there are nc
houses available for the working
man and few are under construc.
tion.
To relieve the housing shortage,
that is dangerous to the health and
morals of young Americans at least
six remedies must be adopted, ac.
cording to officials of the confer.
ence. They are:
l. Banks must let up the embar.
go on building money. At present
banks are unwilling to make loans
over SO per cent of the value of the
building. This retards construction
and also allows profiteering on
second mortgages.
Smaller Profits
2. Builders must be content with
smaller profits to stimulate con-
struction.
3. The type of house for the
working man must be changed so
as to get cheaper construction.
"Gingerbread' designs that are
unnecessary can be eliminated. This
would open the house market to
the salaried group of $35 to $50 a
week and 30 per cent more Of the
population would be home owners.
4. Cost of building materials
must be lowered by increased pro-
ductiou with wages Of the makers
Of the materials the same as now
received ..,.. ...t
8. Cities must improve suburban
properties, installing sewers, water
mains and electricity so the land
will be available for building ope-
rations. -. ,..--, :
6. Building codes of "Tutank
hamen" time must be changed to
modern codes and standardized.
Variety could then be eliminated
and production of building material
produced at lower cost.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06

faster than he had jumped in.
"Hum! That s funny" said the
bunny. "That pie wasn't hot enough
from the oven to burn him, for it
had cooled. There must have been
something wrong inside. -
=" L should say there was!' laugh.
ed Nurse Jane when she came home
a little later and looked at the pie,
"You put mustard in instead of
cinnamon, Mr.. Crow! Ha! Ha!'
'eThat's what l say! Ha! Ha!'
laughed Uncle Wigg;ly. "And it's .
good thing you made the mistake
Mr.. Cav Caw.'
Them Nurse Jane baked an apple
pie with cinnamon in, and the bunny
and crow ate it and liked it very
much. But it was week before
the VOLTS mouth stopped burning
from the mustard. o.
t So If the condensed milk docsn 7
jump off the table to see the gold
fish slide over the oilcloth, l3tell
you, next about Uncle Wiggily and
. Sammie' $ stocking. e9' '-.@
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
Local Prisoner
Proves to Be
Old Offend e +

Harley o 'Hara, who was recent
ly sentenced to the county Jail to
serve a 60 day term for vagrancy,
was identified at that institution
this morning by Inspector Gregg, of
the Union Pacific railroad police,
as being wanted in Las Vegas, Ne
vada for participation in large
silk robbery, the material being
taken from freight ears in the Ne
vada city.
O'Hara was arrested in this city
several weeks ago by. Officer
Schlanze, who found him trying to
dispose of a pair of new shoes for
So. The shoes were not mates, and
it was believed at the time they
might have been stolen from {,
freight shipments. Schlanze took
finger prints of O'Hara, and copies
were sent to the police of all coast
cities. O'Hara was recognized at
San Diego through the prints, the
police of that city advising that
he had served time in San Quentin
prison, and had also been under
arrest in Bakersfield and Los An
geles.
This information was then sent
out to various police departments
and the railroad officials. Gregg
was sent here to see if he could
recognize O'Hara and did so this
morning. He SEATED the mans real
name is Hearn. He had been ar
rested in Los Angeles under this
name, it is alleged.
Although O'Hara still has over a
month of his local sentence to serve,
it is believed ho will be surrender
cd to the Nevada authorities tn
face the more serious charges held
against him there. Officials at the
Jail are anxious to get rid of him,
as he has been trouble maker.
Yesterday he beat up another pris-
oner so badly that it was necessary
to call in a physician to attend
the injured man.
The authorities are now taking
steps to turn O 'Hara over to tho
Nevada officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06

to 60 out somewhere, perhaps to the
moving pictures,'' said Uncle Wig
gily, "and she hasn't had time to
come home. So, of course, she
couldn u make the apple pie. But
no matter--I'll make the pie my
self. Mr., Cav Cav" + ~
"Can you:" asked the crow,
doubtful like. So
~ never have, but I often have
watched Nurse Jane doing it,p the
bunny answered. cit looks easy. I II
make the apple pie myself
Uncle Wiggily took some flour
and water and lard and butter and
salt and few other things and
mixed them up into a pie dough.
This dough he rolled out with the
rolling pin, as he had seen the musk
rat; lady, do, until it was thin, like
paper. Next Uncle Wiggily spread
the dough hover a tin pan, cutting off
what stuck over the edge. -
"Now, l must cut up some apples,
put. them'on the lower dough, spread
, piece of top dough over them and
put the pie in the oven to bake"
said the bunny. Fl Z.
"It looks easy,'', cawcd the crow
as Uncle Wiggily sliced the apples.
f"Don2t you have to put ip anything
else,", - Ji :
/ ".Oh, yes, you do! The cinnamon!
II almost forgot that!S' saidh the
bunny. ~ IN glad you spoke Of it.
Just hand me the cinnamon from
the panty and the, pie viii be fin
ished. 'fz 9tt..~., q st.ai t3e+aHH i
|, Uncle, wiggily put in the pie some
brown stuff, the crow handed him
from tAe pantry aud soon the Spic
was baking.in tlle,oven. - (,
\ An, this is most delieious!"
lcnwed the crow when, little later,
,Uhele WiggiIy took out the pie and
set it ,ohf the; window sill to cool.
. "Yes,s and your ears look most
delicious! 2 suddenly howled the
voice of the Woozie fWolf,. us Ie
bufst ipao the bGsaatowss5 N 70.
ing to 'nfbble your eafsv'lles showled.
s"Bjt first I'shall eat this gpicp' 3
|. IiebtooK a large and most 'impo-
. lite fbite aud. then, dropping sit, he
Tho ;sled ~ asJ }fss 4%f4
I, q H0fi IL an burning! Inn burning
,ups 4 iiisisle, + Oil, water! JtiWaterR
fand dsouttof the buns salow, he ileaped,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-06
French "Ace'' in
Plea to Die In
Electric Ch air
BY STANLEY

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 6.-Fate
of George Vexanct, former French
"acen who asks that he be given
the death penalty for the murder
Of his fiance, Miss Grabiellenc Flo
quet, was expected to- be in the
hands of jury late yesterday.
Taking of testimony was conclud-
ed when. alienists declared VexaneJ
was insane. E
While his attorneys bitterly
fought, every point to save him from
the death penalty, Vexanet calmly
read newspaper.
HYou fellows are doing all
right lie said, but It s no4 what
l want. Iiwant to goito the chair
The accused man was still with
out offers for his body which he
desires to sell if executed. to obtain
funds for. his pal in Jail on Il mis-
demeanor charge.