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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
Where Are the Printers?

and employing printers also conduct
several printing schools.
In New York City the Typographi-
cal union and employing printers
each contribute $4,000 a year to-
wards maintaining a printers school
for apprentices, but the graduates
of this school seldom leave the city,
and are not much benefit to the small
er cities.
These are the conditions as they
exist in the printing trade today.
And something must be done quickly
to provide for the increase of the
printing business. Figures collected
from all over the United States I'M
dicate that at least 10000 more print
ers needed to take care of the de-
mands of the employers.
As a result of the situation the
employers alone suffer. They are
unable to get out the work, and but
few are able to run their shops at
full capacity. Some few contract
work they know they cannot do in
their own shops, and sub-let the con-
tract to printers in the large cities.
This has been done in this city re-
Gently, when enough work left town
on one job to keep two printers busy
for year.
Some way should be provided to
"make" more printers. The high
schools could be of great help in this
matter. Every year many young men
graduate who go out into the world
with nothing to help them in fleeing
the battles of life. Some few go to
the university, but when they leave
that institution many are worse off
than when they left the high school.
They are better educated, but they
are too old to think of learning a
trade. The high schools could gradu-
ate several competent printers every
year, who besides having the educa
ton necessary to be a good printer,
would also be qualified after few
weeks active experience in a print
ing shop to take responsible posi-
tions. This would be doing a two
fold good. 1t would relieve the short
age of printers and at the same time
would place many young men in po-
sition to earn a good living which
otherwise he might not be able to do.
When conditions again became nor
NAL, the courses could be ended.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
COAL MINERS WIN
NOTABLE VICTORY
OVER EMPLOYERS

New rk.-Bituminous coal min.
ers have won a notable victory In
their dispute with employers.
The agreement practically re-es-
tablishes the central competitive
district (0hio, Indiana, Illinois and
western Pennsylvania). The only ex-
ception is western Pennsylvania,
which has since accepted the proYls-
ions Of the settlement, though not
being an original party to the new
agreement. The new agreement viii
serve as the basis for adjustments
in other fields, as did the old central
competitive agreement.
Prior 10 last springs nationwide
coal strike, the miners insisted that
the central competitive district coal
owners meet with them, as provided
in the then existing agreement. The
coal owners refused, alleging that
they feared prosecution under the
antitrust law. This position was in
dofsed by every professional "lOO
per center" and with large stocks
Of coal on hand the plan to smash the
Miners union developed rapidly.
After a fye-months' struggle the
coarl owners realized the futility oi
their plan and the approach Of winter
cooled the anti-unioB ard0r Of the
100 per centers." This resulted In
new agreement along practically the
same lines as former conditions.
A representative of the coal own
ers now declares that the agreement
means that the cost Of coal VIII be
lower. The miners show that the
agreement has not increased wages
that the strike did not increase wages
and that the coal owners statement
sustains the coal miners claim thai
for several years wages have had nc
relation to coal costs.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
STOCK DIVIDEND
GRAB DEFENDED By
SECRETARY MELLON

Washington.-Se Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon defends stock divi-
dends in response 20 the Bfookhart
resolution directing him to transmit
to the senate the names of corpora
tions penalized in 1922 for violating
the surtax provisions of the internal
revenue act of 1921.
According to the federal trade COM
mission 32S corporations declared
stock dividends in excess Of S2,149,-
151 ,425 in 1922. Ii was stated in the
financial press that the dividends were
declared for the purpose of evadin.s
the provisions of the 1921 revenue ac',
which levies & surtaN of % per ceul
on undistributed profits when the cor.
porations permit these profits TO ae-
cumulate for the purpose Of prevent
ing the imposition of the surtax upon
their stockholders individually.
Then comes the joker which the
present reactionary congress put
on their profession with impunity
Ii is stipulated that the corporations
snurplus shall not be considered evl-
dence of purpose 10 escape the tax
unless the commissioner of internal
revenue certifies that in his opirion
such accumulation is unreasonable"
for the business.
The commissioner of internal rev
enue is practically the personal em-
ploye of the secretary of the treas
uary. If the commissioner did not ap-
ply the secTetary's policy he would
not be commissioner for as hours.
As the chief spokesman for tie
professional stock dividend tax
dodgers Secretary Mellon explains the
law:
"The declaration Of stock
dividend does not indicate thas
corporation has accumulated
gains or profits beyond the reas-
enable needs Of the business, for
the entire mount OF the surplus
capitalized by the declaration o
the stock dividend may be inyes--
ed in the plant equipment and IN
ventoIy. or be needed as work
ing capital"
The Standard oil of New Jersey
net ealningssin 10 years amount TO
s775 900 900, or 7712 per cent az
nually. Stockholders divided S2Z0,-
100000 in dividends, or p per cent
annually.
Then the stockholders took $780,
100000 of the profits, 30 per cent,
and Invested" ii in new plants ard
in developing oil fields in California
and Mesopotamia.
A millionaire secretary Of tie
treasury automatically brings himself
to the belief that such a surplus
plowed back into the corporation IS
not beyond the reasonable needs Of
the business"
But to make sure that there will be
no penalties imposed the corpora
tions, including the Standard oils, in
1922 place more than 81, 100000 Of
this plumber in dividends!
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
GOOD ROADS FOR CHAMPAIGN
co. MEAN MORE PROSPERITY
FOR RESIDENTS OF TWIN CITIES

The Champaign County Board Of
Supervisors has called a special elee-
ton Tor February 81 20 vote ON the
proposition 20 issue Ss,Soo,0o0 county
bonds, the proceeds 10 be used in tho
construction Of i1S miles of a-foot
concrete roads throughout the county
The routes have been carefully select
ed after consideration extending
over a number Of months, and are De.
heved, in general, 10 De about the
most satisfactory that can be named.
The state highway commission has
carefully gone over the entire plan
and has officially approved it. IL
Is Of the opinion that roads construct
ed under the specifications proposed
will last for fifty 10 one hundred
years.
In case the bonds are authorized
a half million dollars worth viii he
issued this year, and work TO that
extent let. A million dollars viii he
available In 1924 and the other mil.
lion In 1924. Ry that time II is ex,
peeted that the money which the state
guarantees 20 pay the counties fae
such paved roads, will be received In
such an amount that localities not
taken care OF under the present Aehed-
ule viii also get section of the hard
roads.
When the system under considers.
ton is completed, and the state roads
north And south, and toward hlooni-
ington are constructed, not farm In
Champaign county viii be farther
than FIVE miles from a hard road.
The bonds 60 he issued are all to
be redeemed within twenty years, In
such way tha, at no time will the
expense 10 the taxpayers be burden.
some. On an aveTaRe the additional
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
DO NOT LET The CITY GO BACKARD-v0TE NO FEBRUARY 21
LABOR BILLS
INTRODUCED
LEGlSLATuRE

The following bills were insfodnce,l
IN the legislature 1t last WEEKS seS.
sien,
II. R. Ne. 50. hy Representative
Hart e Aurora. which preSerihes the
maximum length of trains 10 one-hali
mile.
H. n. Ne. 81. BY Representative
Hart of Aurora, known As the Full
Crew I'LL. This provides for the
minimum number ef men in the OPP
Grafton of trains. which Is fiye men
Ter each freight train where the
train consists Of tlfts cars or less,
aud ene additional brakeman fer each
twenty five cars OF fraction thereof
in excess Of fifty. Both these bills
we're referred 10 the Committee On
Public Utilities and transportation,
If which representative kflnkman
of The ist District Of Chicago is
chairman.
II. r. No. % introduced by Renre,
sentative John /. Walker of Joliet,
known As the Car Shed Bill. IL re.
Quires railroad companies 20 provide
shelter for men engaged In the re-
pairing Of railroad cars. This was
atsH itlGiAt8 ~ Aflt ARhRhiAttt vi
Public Utilities and Transportation.
II. Il Ne. IS, introduced by Mrs.
Lotile Holman O'Neill, of Downers
Grove. This is known as the women's
eight hour bill. 1t amends section |
OF the present womens ten hour law
providing the maximum number OF
hours OF female employees In certain
industries TO eiRht instead of ten,
This was referred to the House Com.
mttee on Labor and Industrial Az
fairs, Representative William X, Nc
Cabe of loekport. chairman of this
committee. This bill Is identical with
the bill introduced in the Senate by
Senator Jewell of IewiStawn.
Senator Dunlap of Savoy. who for
several sessions has been introducing
the state police bill. has again intro.
duced II In the Senate, and IL was re-
ferred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
The Senate standing committees
were appointed. In the near future
We viii give you the personnel of the
committees to which bills of interest
TO labor are referred.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
LACK OF UNITY
CAUSE OF LOST
RAILROAD STRIKE

The announcement last week that
the ahopman were about 10 piYa up
the strike. which WAS called July !,
1922, Is not much af u surprise tn
those who have kept close watch of
events ON the Illinois Central rail.
road II has been evident for asine
time that this would be the insvlfhhle
end The strike throughout the eonns
try has been about 30 per cent sue
cessful, and It's failure 10 succeed haa
emphasized enc great defeat VI rail
road labor organizations
before the strike WIS called II MAs
the tacit agtrament that the MAIN
tenanee uf way ifaan uauig walk .us4sz
with the shop men. BY eonnivanee on
the part of the head Of the maintens
ance of way organization, the track
men llnnked their agreement, and
have since been subjected 10 terms
Of employment inferior 10 thoan eA-
isting prior 10 July |.
hut the real weakness lies ia the
fact that railroad workers are split
up into 10 different unions, each act
Ink independently OF the others. and
each fighting It's own battles With
nothing but the moral support Of
the other tb unions.
This condition exists principally be.
cause Of class prejudice. OF jealousy.
For instance. the engineers feel they
are In class by themselves, and
therefore IL would be beneath their
dignity 20 mis- with section hand.
and for similar reasons, eaeh unlon
Is separated from the others
The result has been. aud viii be as
Iat.s Kl.4a tai ..af4544ftHs.
exists, that the railroads with help OF
itg friends-the majority members of
the railroad labor board, Is able 10
single out the individual unions aud
click them at will. First the main.
tenanee OF way men, then the carmen,
and next--~-~left open to speculation.
II Is extremely doubtful If any one
of the 10 railroad unions could win u
strike single handed, with the eseeps
tion Of the engineers tand President
Harding says an engineer can be
trained In q daysl, But the entire 10
unions by acting concertedlY could
tie np transportation 30 effectively
that peace terms would soon be
sought by the railroads.
Think Of rs organizations Of rail.
road workers trying 10 yet any place
with one organization OF railroad
ownersl But if the l6 organizations
would each elect representatives 70
meet at stated periods, and these
representatives should take up griee
aneeg Of any union represented aud
decide whether on not the union sub
the grievance tas justified IN
It's contentious, and If the i6 unions
were bound to abide by the decision
of the representatives and cease work
until the grieyence had been adjust
ed, there would be no more prolonged
strikes, and no more "kill them one
at a time methods by the railroads.
One Big Union? No. Each union
preserves its identy, but sees that
Justice Is done its sister union.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
Government Economy.

Atlanta, Ga. Discharging em-
pIoyes and saddling those who remain
with the additional work is officially
angounced as one of the major and
"busineeslike" methods of adminis-
tfation by which the management Of
the postal system Is bringing about
economy and financial health In the
postal service.
In a speech delivered here before
the Georgia postal conference con-
vention, First Assistant Postmaster
General Bartlett explained that dur
ing the last year, through a thor.
oughly economical and businesslike
administration" the management
saved 81 100000 by the release Of
74O employees in the department at
Washington"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
dictionaries SUCCEED
IN FORCING ELECTION TO
overthrow Government

Everything is all set for the referendum election that
viii decide whether or not Champaign is to continue to
ooss or revert back to that state of affairs that per-
fjned to the period before the commission form was
sdonted The necessary number of names have been
secured to the petition the petition has been filed with the
commissioners and the commissioners have set the date
Of the election for Wednesday, February 2l
This election will be the most important held in this
city since the that decided upon the adoption of the
commission form of government No voter should go to
the polls unless he is fully informed what it really
means and no voter should neglect to cast his vote
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
NO HARM MEANT

=. Some of the local merchants
=. have taken exception to an edi
Il torial squib printed last week
.i- relative to the dollar day sale.
y. The piece Was written more
y. from jocular standpoint than
II otherwise, but IL has evidently
=. given the impression that The
= Review meant TO say that all
\. the articles offered for sale
- were Junk, which is far from
y. the fact. A great majority Of
II dollar day sales are real bar
y. gains. a fact upon which there
- can be no dispute. and they af.
y. ford thrifty buyers an oppor-
X tunity to lay IN supplies at
J. real saving.
!. Things the merchants don't !
=. want the3 offer for sale-and :
!. that includes their entire stock. :
!. Customers buy them whether /.
J they want them for immediate .
!. use or not, and lay them away .
-'s for future use. .
!. The Review has been for all :
}. progressive moves. II has been .
= for Dollar Day, and has said so. .
!. II can, and does, make mistakes, .
\. Just like other newspapers, and .
y il is willing to reetify them. .
]. Again, we beg pardon. .
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
Observation-Disclosures
Political Rights Gained.

Ottawa, Can. President Thornton
of the Canadian National Railways
has reseinded the order issued by
former President Hanna prohibiting
the employees from taking part in pol
tiles.
Shortly after | came 10 Canada, "
explained President Thornton, II
found that the men were smarting
under sense Of injustice with re-
gard to the order which prevented
them from taking advantage of their
full rights Of citizenship. did not
believe that the national railways
cslld prosper under those conditions.
These men pay their taxes, are good
citizens of the country, and are en-
titled to the full rights Of citizen
ship"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
.small Type Condemned.

indianapolis, Ind.--The movement
Of the national committee for the
precv eionftbolneissnnd'e - etaon
prevention of blindness by minimiz-
ing the use Of small type in text
books and other printed matter has
been indorsed by the executive eoun.
ell Of the international Typographi.
cal union. II Is claimed that much
Of the defective vision of the present
day is either caused or increased by
eye-strain.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
Millions To sugar Firms.

Warrington. The cry q Tess gov
eminent in business" proved 4 catch
phrase where sugar firms demand
s3, ,342 900 from the government on
the ground that the government as
sured them against loss in the impof
tation Of sugar to break high prices
during the war.
The house passed the bin despite
fraud charges and claims that tie
proposal was a raid on the treasury.
The lobbyists did not claim the blii
was a legal ore, but they assumed .
"moralp attitude and insisted thai the
government wa morally bound 70
hand over more than $4,000 600.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
TeKas Labor Shortage. "

Amarillo. IeNa6.-The J. y. Hedu
employment bureau Of. Anarillo Is
advertising throughout the country,
especially In the ncfth central states,
that this section is in need Of work
ers in all lines. There Is not word
of truth In the bureaus statement, de-
clares Secretary II. c. Anderson Of
the central labor union. Secretary
Anderson states that, on the contrary,
there Is a surplus Of all lines Of labor
here. and that the bureaus shortage
Of labor" publicity is evidently in
stigated by the anti-trade union EN-
ployers with the intent of reducing
wages.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
Snme System.

New York.-At least S50,0O0,000
worth Of waste paper Is uselessly
destroyed annually in the United
States, according TO statistics made
public by the American paper and
pulp association. Every six tons Of
waste paper used In making new
paper are estimated to represent the
equivalent Of wood pulp secured from
one acre of wood pulp forest" de-
clares the report.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
Croesus was a Piker!

!. The LaFollette oil investiga- i.
!. ton has shown that Harry f. T.
!. Sinclair, on paper at least, has :
!. already made profits of $1,000 :
!. 600, has a prospective s8,0O0,- I.
!. 900 ready to grab, and still con- :
!. trolls Mammoth Oil Company, .
!. which owns the lease which Sec i.
!. retary of the Interior Fall :
!. signed, turning over the great :
!. Wyoming Teapot Dome reserve. :
Observation-Disclosures
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
$40 n00 4 Year Net.

John Wanamaker's viii leaves ST.
900, 900 70 each Of his two daughters,
in addition to large trusts created for
them during his life time.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09

Los Angeles, Cal.--Striking electri-
cal workers warn organized labor
not to be fooled by pleas Of labor
shortage in this city. The wire men
are demanding wage increases and
the union shop.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09

East Liverpool, O.-Under threat
of expulsion by the National Broth
erhood Of Operative Potters, the 5VV
kilnmen of this vicinity on strike
without sanction Of the national or
ganization have returned to work.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09

Washington.-On a house and lot
costing S6.545.95 the home owner mas
the advantage over the home renter
Of S276.95 a year, according 10 ilg-
ures compiled by the American in
stitute Of architects.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09
HOME OWNING DECLINES
IN THE UNITED STATES

Washington. - Home owning IS
slumping in the United States. Ac-
eording to figures furnished by the
federal census bureau there are APP
proximately 100000 more rented
homes than there are homes owned
wholly or in part. Out of 24,35l $40
homes at the present time 1926, 7O9
are rented and 4,252,447 are incum-
bered. Despite building and loan as
sociations and "own-a-home erusades,
the percentage of renters Is lncreas-
ing and now stands at 81 per cent.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-09

New York-0wners of houses and
apartments rented TO wage earners
boosted rents / per cent between July
and November, 1922. according to a
report of the national industrial con-
ference board.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
FREE!

A APIECE Dinner Set or a 35-
piece Rogers Silver-plated Ware
Set with every $4,000 purchase.
CASH OR CREDIT; 1T MAKES
NO DIFFERENCE.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-21
DECIDE WOMEN NOT EI.iGIEI.E
AS RABDIS

The board of governors of the He
brew Union College. after having had
under consideration for more thnn n
year the proposition of admitting
women to the college with a view to
graduating them rs rabbis. has finally
reached Il conclusion. At its meeting
tion was taken:
Resolved, That after full discus
sion of the subject of ordination of
women ns rabbis. il is the belief of the
board of governors that no change be
made in the present practice of limit
ing to males the right to matriculate
for the purpose of entering the rab-
binate.''
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-21
In Mernoriam

In loving memory of Max Abrams our
beloved father who passed away two
years ago.
Dear father you are not forgotten.
Nor will you ever be.
As long as life and memory lasts.
We will always think of you
In loving memory of our dear boy,
Sidney. who departed four years ago,
March 25th Gone but never forgotten
by loving parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Balmuth.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-21
WIN POINT FOR EXEMPTION OF
RABBITS FAMILY.
tJewi.h Teleg-aphic Agency


Washington-Tbe friends of more lib
eral immigration regulations are high
ly pleased here with the ruling finally
granted by Secretary Hughes in the
case of the wife and children of Rabbi
RechtZeit.
Although visa was issued to the
rabbi, the family who are now in Lodz,
Poland were refused visas despite the
recent ruling of the Federal Court that
the wife and children of the rabbi are
entitled to the exemption from the
quota restrictions along with the clergy
man himself.
Congressman Siegel pointed out in n
letter to the State Department that the
refusal to grant visa to Mrs. Rech-
tZeit was thus in violation of the courts
recent ruling. Hughes replied that the
Labor Department held different views
of its own in the matter. Representa-
tive Siegel comtered with statement
that the decision of the court is final in
the matter and until n higher court
ioverruled the decision. it was binding
on all departments of the government.
Secretary Hughes finally acceded to
Siegers point of view and informed the
Congressman that he had instructed the
Labor Department to be guided in this
/ case and in the future by the courts
ruling.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-21
MEETING At CHELTENHAM
SCHOOL

The March Lion roaring furiously on
March 14th did not stop our mother
from showing. their great interest in
the Parent Teachers association by at
tending the regular meeting of the
Cheltenham school. a program of great
interest will be given by the upper
grades of the school on the afternoon
of April 10th, and in the evening of
April 11th. Money from this program
will he used for various activities of the
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-21
SIGMA ALPHA PHI

AT our regular meeting held March
Is. the final plans for our theater par
ty and dinner i'm honor of Miss Rose
Tonowsky and Miss Dorothy Singer.
were completed.
The sorority wishes 10 congratulate
Miss Ida Seidner upon her engagement
to Morris Sunshine which has been
recently announced. Miss Seidner is a
charter member.
Miss Tessie Boxer is now n pledge
members. j.