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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27

The fight for cheap labor has reach
ed the moral stage The labor ex-
ploiters and profit grad-grinds have
assumed a spiritual pose, and assure
the public they would ennoble Amer
lea with these immigrants.
When once here, however, the i'm
migrants would be used for the same
old wretched purpose. Their lives
would be burned out before the fur
naces of steel for the benefit of the
few who would forget their moral pre-
tense.
To aid this campaign for cheap
labor, unionists may expect frenzied
publicity, and howls of Tabor short
age" from now until congress con-
venes. 1t will be the same kind of a
campaign that was waged two years
ago when labor was charged with
failure to do fair days work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27

Asserting that an average of one
and half million industrial workers
in the United States, out of total of
from 100000 to 100000, are un-
employed mainly because they cannot
get work, the National Catholic Wei
fare Council suggests that while un-
employment is inherent in our indus
trial system it can be 1essened and
the resultant sufferings diminished by
greater efficiency in industrial man
agement, by higher wages, public
works during periods of unemploy-
ment and by unemployment insur-
ance.
1t is stated that during the intense
unemployment period of 192O-21 none
of the measures proposed were invok-
ed against the situation, and it is
hardly probable that any of them will
be taken up in the present period of
less unemployment Unless strenu-
Gus measures are taken to force the
issue now" the council states through
its social action department, when
another period of grave unemploy-
ment strikes US again it will find us
as unprepared as before"
The council quotes figures compil-
ed by Ernest S. Bradford and pub
lished by the United States bureau Of
labor statistics, to the effect that in
dustrial wage workers lose 10 per
cent Of the working time through un-
employment due mainly to lack of
work; ~ per cent through sickness;
i per cent through strikes and lock-
outs, and 10 per cent additional
through part time employment. In
other words, the average wage worker
loses out Of a 300-day working year
30 days because he cannot find work,
seven days because of illness, three
days due to strikes and lockouts, and
30 days because Of part-time work
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27
TO AID UNEMPLOYED
NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE COUNCIL GIVES
CONSIDERATION TO PROBLEM-WORK-
ERS SUFFER IN SLACK TIMES
Statistics Are Given Showing Yearly Wages of Toers-
Seventy Days Annually Lost to Average Employe

These figures are average figures"
the statement remarks. "Refer to the
average employe over a period of sew
eral years, taking good times with the
bad They mean that if a man gets
$4 day his average yearly wage will
not be $1,000 year, but only 1920.
If he gets $5 day his yearly wage
will not be $500, but only $1150. If
he gets S. a day his yearly wage will
not be $500, but only $1150. If he
gets $3.50 his yearly wages will not
be $1050, but only $85555.
As the average worker and his fam
lily live by the year and the genera
ton, it is pointed out that the yearly
and not the daily wage is the thing
that counts; and most wage workers
are not able to increase the daily
wage to the point that will allow them
enough by the year to live comfort
ably during the 10 per cent period
lost through unemployment and the
additional loss of time through other
causes. They are on a narrow edge
even while they are working full time.
If sickness, or if they work only part
time or are thrown out of work alto
gether, they and their families suffer.
THE amount of physical and men
tai suffering" concludes the state
ment, caused by the steady, unceas-
ing unemployment which falls upon
the average wage workers in our in
dustrial system is incalculable."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27
BY SAMUEL GOMPERS

President, American Federation of
Labor
The strike is the social and eco
nomic safety valve of industry With
out it we should have explosions and
revolutions threatening the destruc-
ton of our social order. That is one
of the reasons why labor opposes
efforts to hang a legislative monkey
wrench on the safety valve of indus
trial organization in the United
States. 1t opposes anti-strike laws
because the retention by labor of the
right and the power to strike insures
larger measure of Industrial peace
in the long run.
Governmental interference with
business is not popular with the
American people. Labor's stand on
this question is expressed clearly in
the annual report of the executive
council to the Denver convention of
the American Federation of Labor,
November Q, 1908, as follows:
"Our movement has not asked and
will not ask at the hands of govern
ment anything which the workers can
and should do for themselves. The
movement of labor is founded upon
the principle that that which we do
for ourselves, individually and col
lectively, is done best 1t is there
fore that the exercise by the workers
of the economic power is, after all,
the greatest and most potent power
which they can WELD
The possession of great economic
power does not imply its abuse, but
rather its right use. Consciousness
and possession of economic power
bring with them responsibility, wis
dom, and care in its exercise. These
have made the labor movement of our
country tower of strength inspiring
the confidence and respect of the
masses of our workers, as we'll as
the sympathetic support of students,
thinkers, and all liberty-loving peo-
Pile"
This declaration applies to the use
of the strike power This power will
not be relinquished. The good its use
has done for humanity far outweighs
any of the temporary inconvenience
suffered because of it. 1t seems the
course of wisdom for all of us to de-
vote our energies to prevent through
education the necessity for it's use.
The greatest cause of industrial un-
rest and the most prolific source of
development of class antagonism is
the campaign of certain reactionary
groups to destroy labor unions by
taking away the weapon of the strike.
Here are few reasons why labor
opposes anti-strike legislation:
L. Anti-strike legislation is a step
backward in social progress. Before
the Declaration of Independence,
strikes were always prohibited. Anti
strike laws were a part of the old
order of kings and of slavery.
2. Anti-strike laws would deprive
humanity of the weapon with which
it has won its most important VIC
tories. No industry has ever reduced
hours of labor, or raised wages, until
compelled to do so by the organized
power of the wage-earners and the
consequent power to strike. Because
the workmen in the United States
have had means of realizing their
ambition to improve conditions, be-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27
LOCKOUT IS DEFEATED

San Francisco-Organized plaster
ers have defeated the attempt to de-
unioniize this calling. The anti-union
industrial association of this city join
ed with the contractors to place plas-
tering on an anti-union basis, but the
union plasterers refused to bargain
as individuals.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27
BUILDING WAGES UP

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Wage increases
that range from 10 to 25 cents an
hour have been secured by several
building crafts in this' city,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27

and regular means and meJn-
Continued on page 81
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-04-27

"The labor movement of our country
is the expression, the intelligent ex-
preston, the rational expression, the
natural expression of discomfort of
the people to establish through or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
HUGE CLASS Of.
TRACKMENAT
HARVARD
Hundred and Forty Candidates
Await Coming Of Coach
Martin.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Jan. TO-
One hundred and forty track ath.
letes, including freshmen. are at
work limbering up, waiting the
coming of the new Harvard head
coach, Bill Martin. who comes here
after nine years in charge Of Penn
State.
In addition to Burke. there are
three other Harvard record holders
in togs. Burke's Ale As Is the best
time ever made by Crimson miller.
Carl Hauers, intercollegiate high
hurdles champion, whose 1915
seconds in the meet last spring
brought him the title also recorded
the best time ever returned by 8
Crimson high fence performer.
Ralph Greenidge anu az Miller
hold respectively the iaveiin and
discus records of the university. : AZ
last spring was the first time these
events were on the Harvard pro.
gram.
Harvard will have Jim Merrill
and Vinton Chaplin, the football
player, for the spTints and as mem.
bers of the mile relay team. Camp.
bell Newhall and Gus Jones, Of last
years freshmen, are also promising
candidates for the short distance
relay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
OFFERS TO BE NUMEROUS
For JERSEY TOURNAMENT

NEW YORK. Jan. 1p.-Thus far
no club has been proclaimlng from
the housetops It's desire to hold the
1928 amateur golf championship of
New Jersey, though 1t is under
stood that there will be no lack OF
offers when delegates gather for
the associations annual meeting in
this city on January 23, Since the
first championship in 1900 the Jer-
sey body has confined it's amateur
affair to less than q dozen courses,
There are numerous available
testing eighteen hole circuits that
have never had one OF these tftular
events, and the wonder Is more do
not enter the field. Last June Frank
Dyer won the title of Norwood, and
if the delegates care to spend a
few days along the Jersey shore for
the second year in succession there
are other fine circuits, The anna
teur has never been held at either
Spring Lake or Hollywood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
.SPOR DR. Avs
MANY INTO
ITS Ne |
Nation Is Taking Plenty II
Exercise and Fun With
Work.

The real indication Of national
sport interest il found In rhe great
popularity Of sports which attract
participants rather than spectators
and showed remarkable growth last
year, and the coming summer vii
be even greater.
Never before has the country
been so convinced Of the value "
exercise as it is now. And vt
those whose favorite diversion Is
criticizing present conditions WOuld
have You believe that the nation
is too busy with other things O. too
lazy to exercise.
1t would appear. however. that
the nation is taking q lot o. e1-
ercise and ii enjoying #. too.
There has never been = time
when so many people played tennis
and golf. skated, hiked. boWled, and
played all the other outdoor games.
Americans have discovered the.
air. Even New Workers are chang
ing to such an alarming degree
that they often choose to take q
walk rather than sit around an
overheated apartment.
i Any OF the sporting g00oS houses
win tell you that the past two
years have shown q remarkable
increase in the sale of amateur
sport equipment. School and In.
dustriaI sport has made tremendous
strides, and the diversion makes It.
easier for the boy ana girl in the
classroom and for the worker In
the mills.
The growth Of amateur sport
stimulates interest In professional
sport. All branches Of the pro-,
fessional game, especially the pro-
fessional sports which retain the
confidence of the public by square
dealing. enjoy prosperity. This
prosperity will continue just as
long as it remains honest.
With the increase Of the mum.
Der Of amateur sportsmen, pro-
fessional sport is subject to closer
scrutiny. The commercialism which
IL back OF all professional sport
must be a secondary consideration
In the public mind.
The business Of the game must
be kept in the background. The
outlook for the coming outdoor sea.
SON has tremendous possibilities.
All that the professional has to do
is to keep faith with the amateur
to insure sport.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
FRANK CHANGE
STARTSFRO|N
OTT0|N
Nobody Can Say He Had Good
Team to Begin With at
Boston.

BOSTON. Jan. 1O.-Whateyer sue.
cess Frank Chance has as manager
Of the Boston Red Sox the coming
season and the ensuing years he
may pilot the club will be earned.
No one will be able to pipe up,
HE had q good team to start
with" A cataloging of the PLAYERS
which Chance, who lately returned
to the game to accept the Red Sox
MANAGEMENT. shows that a fair
pitching staff is the nucleus around
which he must build a team.
This pitching staff, as 1t stands
now includes Jack Quinn. Herb
Pennock, Bill Percy, AMI Howard
Ehmke. who ought to be able to
pitch average ball at least for
Chance, and Holling, Karr, and
Ferguson. From this aggregation
the Peerless Leader" ought to be
able to select a regular staff.
But that is the extent of his
team with the exception of one
good infielder. George Burns. This
former Detroit first sacker is still
a star and capable of playing first
az Chance would want it played
The trading of Pratt to Detroit
leaves the Sox without a Sc .ond
baseman. Mitchell. at short last
wear. and Chick Fewster. at third
were not satisfactory for big league
work.
Behind the plate Chance mas no
one who is capable of handling The
run Of pitching he has in intelli'
gent style,
Chances outfield problem is a
I serious one. He must get a. least
| TWO men to give him dependable
ranking outfield. Now II is made
I'm of discards. Elmer Miller, Memo
| I oiboId Joe 1Iarr. 8 Aib e. N nnsk
| and shane Collins are on the club
! -oster. but four of Them have short
comings which are serious ones
Collins and I.eibold IRE aging
| Harris can't field. Miller can't hit
| Menoskey is the one man Chance
probably will keep.
The team has a number Of Young
STEERS booked for tryouts next spring
| hut none of them can be counted
on now to take regular berths
Chance no doubt appreciates the
need of getting away to a goot
start with his hopefuls.
| 40 II is a good bet that he vii
MT waste any time in brndinf
averv effort to add strength to hi.
cIub Immediately. His efforts Il
whin the team into shape and til,
success he achieves will max,
columns of interesting reading be
fore mex: October rolls around.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
FLOYD IN SHAPE
To TACKLE
BRENNAN
Johnson Expects to Stop Bill
in Six OF Seven
Rounds.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.--Floyd
Johnson Is almost ready to tackle
Bill Brennan, and the big Cali
fornian expects to stop VIII In si1
or seven rounds OF their scheduled
fifteen.rOund battle at the Garden
Friday night. Johnson Is whipping
himself into the greatest condition
OF his short but brilliant career In
a gymnasium situated in the ga,
rage Of Billy Cooks home at Yon'
kers. Yesterday morning he ran
ten miles, and in the afternoon ne
boxed fifteen rounds with four
sparring mates. George Godfrey,
Buddy Jackson, Ray Bennett and
Johnny Coney. Some of the spec
tators asked Floyd to step on the
scales, and he did 50 and surprised
all hands with his weight, which
was 1876 pounds.
''T'm fit and ready for the first
bell" began johnson in talking Of
his impending "acid test" Il was
never in better condition; expect
to knock out Brennan in six o.
seven rounds, and IL he goes beyond
this number he'll get the worst lick
ing of his life Bill is too slow FOL
me, and / know I have q better
punch in the right hand than ht
has. I have It all figured out how
I am going to whip him. hope
he keeps coming to me. III upper
cut him right over the top rope.
johnson proposes to continue
training right. up to tomorrow
afternoon. and then come down Z
the Garden gym to weigh in at
o'clock Friday.
Brennan has been doing consid
cradle road work. He will do some
special gym work at the Garder
this afternoon, working out will
Kid Norfolk, Panama Joe Cans
Glenn johnson and others.
The Kid and Panama whipped
Bill into shape for his last fight
with Champion Dempsey, Accord
ing to Norfolk, who is a great stu
dent and in wonderful condition
Brennan should have little or nj
trouble giving Johnson a nifty lac
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
SHE WILL PLAY
OVERBR|T|SH
COURSES
Miss Edith Cummings, Second
to Miss ColIett, to Visit
France, Too.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1O.--Miss Edith
Cummings, rated as second only to
Miss Glenna Collett in golf circles,
is going abroad for an indefinite
period to try out the English and
French courses. Miss Cummings
has not as yet decided whether she
will remain abroad for the British
Women's championship.
Among the members of the fair
sex who are going South for the
winter are Miss Dorothy Klotz, of
Indian Hill; Miss Dorothy Highble.
of Midlothian. and Bernice Wall. of
Oshkosh. who will leave for the
Southeast early in February.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
KANSAS STATE ADDS GOLF
TO COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

Golf has been added to the list
Of intercollegiate athletic events at
the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege, according to announcement
by M. #. Ahearn, the athletic di
rector.
The Royal and Ancient game has
been recognized as an intercollegi-
ate sport in the Missouri Valley
conference but a short time, but it
has gained a firm foothold.
Five of the conference schools
Drake, Nebraska, Grinnell, Okla.
hona, and Kansas--sent teams to
the tournament held in connection
18th the conference track meet at
lawrence last spring. Iowa State
College, Missouri and Washington
are expected TO send teams to the
1923 event.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10

t1k&4b b&4Ah ~ GkAGDR es1AAA 1870 -
Al year ago Johnny Buff was
champion. Today he is out Of the
ring altogether, broken little man,
bordering on fistic old age. Lynch
Is the present champion by the
grace of mere circumstances. he
Is either through or Bull Montana
Is wearing layalliere.
The best of the preseTit-day crop
are Irish Johnny Curtin and Pan.
cho Villa. who il not q bantam at
ali. Pancho III the flyweight cham
piof1, but IL he ever gets Lynch or
his successor into q ring the ban
tam title win also go overseas 70
the Philippines. Curtin is only fair
at best, but he has come along
rather rapidly during recent months.
The rest Of the he1dliners, 50
called. are Midget Smith. Pal
Moore. Joe BufnaIa, Jack Wolfe.
and Terry Martin. The Midget
flashed only one great fight. that
against Pete Herman. and then
snbsided peacefully. He is out Of
the question as champion.
Herman's eyesight is almost gone
and will never return. Pal Moore
had q penchant for shaping all OF
them silly year or so ago. but he
has lost the art.
Wolfe, another semi -sightless gent,
really outscored Pal at the Velo-
drome last summer, and more re-
Gently an unknown by the name or
Buddy Taylor beat him very thor
oushly in the Middle West. Exit
Pal Moore.
Neither Martin nor Wolfe could
become champion except by the
rawest kind of fluke. They Just
don't belong. Burnnan, however, Is
possibility. He is stin at the
peak of his form and could out
point so per cent of the bantans,
including Lynch, but the Chicagoan
is an uninteresting boxer and may
never get a shot at the title be-
cause his services are not in de-
mand.
Twelve months ago Jack Shar-
key and Roy Moore were among
the leaders Of the class. Not
now. however. Jack has become
an Indifferent featherweaght and
Roy, only q rough, tough citizen
at best, is In retirement.
frankie Jerome, Carl Duane,
Battling Leonard, Danny Lee
George DAILY, and Charley Good
man are more or less active in the
hantamweight class. but few OF
them are going anywhere.
ST. Louis had q candidate, one
Peewee Kaiser, Until a month ago.
Peewee, however, decided to come
| Fast to conquer the world and was
ill.advised enough to walk right
into one of Johnny Curtin's right
! hand swings. That punch made
Curtin and ruined Peewee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
Preakness on May IL.

MORE, Jan. 1O.-The
PreaEness, Maryland's creates
stake race, will be run at Pimlic0
on May ~. Il is hoped that this
season there will be no conflict
with the Kentucky Derby, Botf
events occurred on tho same day
last spring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
GOLF
TOURNEY TO MINNEAPOLIS

The 1923 trans Mississippi golf
championship tournament will be
decided over the MiDikahda Club
inks at Minneapolis, according to
word sent out by The association.
Rudolph Knerper, of Princeton. is
tho presen: title holder.
II WAS over this course tha
Cha'ie,. Evans won the national
championship in 1915 with score
Of 1856, rhe lowest score SO far
recorded by the winner OF this
title
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10

writer's. for he has rather q like
able personality
IN reply to question he SIT
down and outlined In detail lust
how he intends to prepare for his.
comeback.
TIN III pretty eOod shape right
now" he said. ~ don't drunk Or
smoke and for the past two
years I've lived carefully and nut
In plenty Of time at hard work In
the oil fields % the Southwest.
In addition I've done rOadwOrh,
bag punching and boxing almost
every day.
II would not attempt . bout with
Dempsey or any one else unless I
was given plenty Of time for prep
aratiOn
AS soon ais things are arranged
for bout with Dempsey win.
establish training quarters some
where near New York and III 90
20 work in earnest For the first
three months ri pursue 4 rigid
schedule, but the work will be
moderate. At the end OF that time
I'll start in strenuous training.
expect to reduce TO about $40
pounds and viii probably weigh
about 23S when / step into the
ring.
I" My camp will be open to the
public and I shall be willing to-
take on any white man there DUR
ing the course Of training When
L meet Dempsey believe the bout
win have different ending from
the one at Toledo. "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
THREATENS MORE KICKS
ON PERFORMERS IN
SCHOOL SERIES
Those Who Are Barred
At EasternoDea Cardwe King King Budine, Radice,
Lowden Burne Smith, RObb Conner Thompson
At fech4Gooch Woodward, Boyd. Murray. tMay lose
Quesada, captan) s.
Business-Wat, Chaconas. sd .
Central-Fals, Hail.
Wester NC . 6
By r. D. THOMAS.

sandlot athletes greatest professors
the be danger today high school athletes barred
basketball fingers
who have been barred whom declare
independent therefore should under
the ban. $3.50
of the questioned players the opening
ineligible the school
series likely will become a farce.
their Others
laugh They violated rule which had wnked by
consider unexpected enforcement
in the light of an unique joke.
indomtable fighting
from in matter of competition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
MALLoP CIRCLE CUNT

Entaring the second half with a
margin OF only two points, the
knights of Columbus qulnt finally
swambed the Circle A. C.. by a
score of Al 10 10.
Ten field goals were made In
rand fire order, Swift and BeZel
doing most of the scoring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-10
MUNICIPAL ATHLETICS
FOR 80, 900 CITY MEN

Municipal employees OF New York
citv are enrolled In an athletic as.
sociation, 10000 strong. They will
hold n track meet in Madison
square Garden January Is. Bias
ketbalI, bowling and other actlVi-
ties will be INDUCED in during the
su,in