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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07

The claim that the rights of the public are paramount
the rights of employers and employed in the coal
dusy is rejected by the department of social action ma
tiona Catholic welfare council
In their weekly service the churchmen stamp this
claim "specious" and misleading and that newspapers
that make this claim indulge in loose writing"
TN the first place" the statement says the consumers
of anthracite coa considerably less than half the total
population of the country; therefore they not in any
accurate sense of the term identical with the public In
the second place. the right fhe public to be supplied
anthracite coal is not absoute it is limited the rights of
the mine workers and the mine operators.
IF the miners and operators have obligations to the
public the public has likewise obligations to them.
In its report the anthracite industry the United
States coal commission declares that the has,
should have power ITO punish conspiracy of either
operators mners both directed against the general
welfare of the people" It an ugly word-conspracy
It recalls the antiquaed days when all strikes legally
regarded conspiraeies Neither the commission the
public is justified in thus stigmatizing threatening
either the miners the operators for refusing produce
coal in conditions which they regard unjust long
neither the commission the public has provided prnc
pies and methods of determining the issues of justice
After ALL neither the miners the operators have the
legal status of chatte slaves to the public When the pub
lie says miners and operators You agree you
must produce COAL wheher conditions be just or unjust
is affair of ours is acting the part of tyran and
evading its responsibility
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
ONLY FOUR STATES
HAVE UNLIMITED
HOURS FOR WOMEN
Women's 5urean Complies Laws Reg
ulatlnu Employment and
Mothers Pensions

There are only four states in the
United States = Alabama, Florida,
Iowa, West Virginia = that do not
have some sort of law regulating the
hours of work for women. Indiana
has only one limitation of hours-that
prohibiting the employment Of women
at night in one occupation, manufac-
turing. All other states have either
definitely forbidden the employment
Of women for more than a certain
number of hours per day or week, or
have penalized all employment be-
yond certain specified hours by pro
viding that it must be paid for at an
increased rate.
These are the outstanding facts OBJ
tanned from compilation of state
laws affecting working women check
ed up to July 1, 1923, by the Women's
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
WINBERG LEAVES
FOR CONVENTION

Mr.. Andrew Winberg, president oi
the Bakery and Confectionery Work.
ers union and treasurer Of the Aber.
deem Central Labor Council left IasI
night for Los Angeles whore he will
represent the Aberdeen and He .uiam
bakers at the international conven-
tion which convenes at that IT, on
September 10. 1t is expec' I'd that the
convention III be in sessio.. or tout
two weeks. @
Mr. Winberg is also district treas.
uFer OF the Soma Of Norway, a frater-
nal organization and will visit some
of the fraternity located in Saa Fran
cisco Oakland, Eureka and other
California cities. He will stay in Cal
ito: MIA until about the first os Oct ober
and will then como north > Portland
c. CON, where h Will represent the
Aberdeen Central Labor Council at
the convention Of tho American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor watch convencs on
October 1.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
PUBLIC HEARING On
SAFETY STANDARDS
Estate Federation BuIletIn)

A public hearing has been set for
Sept. IL, at Olympia. TO consider i'm
proved wage standards for the protec-
tion of life and limb in all lines of en-
ployment. The proposed code of safe
ty standards has been printed and
distributed in recent days by the
State Department Of Labor and Indus
tries. The standards represent the
best thought of men who for years
have devoted themselves to study
of this very important problem.
The question Of accident prevention
is one on which employer and EN-
ploye have a very beneficial mutual
interest. No amount of money that
is paid to an injured workman, or to
the widows and orphans left behind
when a workman is killed can ever
adequately compensate for either the
injury or the death. No workman
wants to be injured, yet hundreds of
unnecessary accidents occur almost
daily. Only the establishment of prac-
tical and effective safety standards
can reduce accidents. Because of this.
the workman should cooperate to the
utmost in establishing the most eff
fective safety standards.
The employer has an equally inn
portant interest, altho many OF them
have not yet come to realize it, Every
accident that occurs must be paid for
through added costs for the mainte-
nance OF industrial insurance. The
employer who avoids accidents saves
money. and from a monetary as we'll
as a humanitarian standpoint every
employer should cooperate to the ut
most in improving safety standards
from time to time as experience points
the way.
The State Federation Of Labor is
urging representatives of workers
from every section Of the state and
from every line of industrial activity
to be present at the public hearing
on Sept. IL, and a special appeal is
issued to the representatives of the
workers in hazardous industries.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
ALIEN EDITORS BACK
IMMIGRATION ACT

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Many for
eign language newspapers in the Uni
ted States support this country's re-
stricted immigration policy. They al
so deny the claim that there is a
-'labor shortage" in this country.
These unexpected views have been
compiled by the foreign language in
formation service, which shows that
sentiment for restriction is strong in
newspapers whose readers and sup
porters come from that portion of Eu-
rope that is most strongly affected
by the present imnlig tom law.
A Jugc Sla' paper OF New York
City (Glas Noroda), Ga it is "evi-
dent that for the industrial magnates
there is a shortage OF labor if there
are not at least three applicants for
every job"
The Lithuanian Dtaugas of Chicago
declares tilat II immigration were un-
restricted there would be labor sur
plus, the present wage scales would
undoubtedly be modified and a war
against organized labor would be
started"
The Czech Hospodar, a farming
paper of Omaha, reminds It's readers
that everything that is helping to
break up the unions is strengthening
capitalism against the farmer" This
paper says that If the immigration
gates are opened. immigrants "will in
crease like mushrooms after a rain, to
the detriment Of both farmers and la
borers." a-st
In reply to the claim that manufac-
turers can not fill their orders through
lack Of workers, Ameriska Domovina,
a Jugoslav paper, Cleveland, Ohio,
says: 'In almost every town Of the
United States there are many unem-
ployed." This editor declares that if
the worker is paid a decent wage
"there will be no necessity for i'm
porting coolies from around the
world"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
FOUR-H0UR DAY WILL
CONE WITHIN THE NEXT
ONE HUNDRED YEARS.

The age of electricity is dawn
ing and within the next 100 years
q four-hour workday will be as
universal as the eight hours of
today, says Charles P. Steinmetz,
the famous electrical expert of
Schenectady, N. Y, who sees a
world collectively organized and
spotless cities where everything
is run by electric power at small
cost .srs - no
There will be no baek-break-
ing drudgery," he. claims. Work
ers will work but four hours a
day and only 200 days a year.
Electricity will be as common
as running water and at the ser
vice of the most humble. Mill
ions who now live in cities will
spend the major portion of their
lives in suburban areas or rural
sections.
eve are on the threshold of an
age greater in it's significance to
the mass of humanity than even
the hundred years through which
we have passed, miraculous as
the fruits of those years may
seem to have been"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
STREET CAR MEN TO
HAVE one DAY OFF
tstate FederstIOn RuIIetInl

NSt0tS gNAgs asl0u @4uNCetUy
AS predicted in last weeks issue OF
the Bulletin, the Seattle street car
men won their fight for compulsory
day off in eight. The round table
conference suggested by the president
OF the State Federation of Labor, on
behalf of the street car men. met last
week Wednesday at the Seattle city
hall, with .Supt Henderson OF the
street car system present and the Of
ficers of the street car mems union
together with the budget COMMITTEES
of the city council. After a careful
study of the problem, a plan was
agreed upon by which a compulsory
day of In eight would be put in ef-
feet and new schedule of wages ac-
ceptable to the street car men agreed
upon. ~ ~
The round table conference method
of deciding issues of this character is
the first Of its kind that has been held
and marks the beginning Of similar
conferences whereby the street car
men thru their representatives will
have a larger voice in dealing with
the problems in connection with the
eperation Of the street transportation
system.
The street car men have expressed
their gratitude to the State Federation
of Labor for the effective assistance
rendered them in bringing about the
long-desired reform.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
UNIONS CELEBRATE,
LABOR DAY At PARK,
ATTENDANCE LARGE
Many Outside Of Union Ranks eeIe
brate Day With Organizations
At Electric Park.

The Labor Day celebration at Elec-
trio Park this year was one of the
best ever held. Even the weather man
did his share in making 1t q success.
Il had been raining hard ali day SUM-
day, but Monday morning, Labor Day.
found Old Sol shining brightly. warm
ing the hearts Of both old and young.
Practically all the boys and girls
and those not so young, arrived early
and took part in the program Of sports
arranged for the day. The chairman
OF the sports committee states that
hardly would they announce the event
about to take place than goodly
number would take the field. Coax
ing was not necessary to pull any of
the events.
Organized labor owes the merchants
of Aberdeen and HoquIam vote of
thanks for furnishing suitable prizes
which were awarded the winners, for
1t must be admitted that It was the
good prizes that indeed so many to
take part in the program.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
STEEL
DAY IS SURPRISE

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-The annalist,
a financial publication in this city, is
surprised that the eight-hour day is
bringing a high-class of labor to the
steel industry. The editor also states
that there is no labor shortage. When
one recalls the doleful prophecies OF
the steel barons, this statement by
the Annalist is of interest:
There is no complaint, whatever,
from the manufacturers of a shortage
Of available labor. Curiously enough,
the advertisements which the eight
hour day has received in the last
month or so has attracted a consider
able number of laborers to the mill
centers, and the new labOrers seem tC
be of higher grade than the stee
companies ordinarily have been able
to attract"
In no section has the claim been
made that the steel mills find it i'm
possible to operate because of Ia
Dor shortage Instead history again
repeats-the shorter work day is prov
ing successful.
Steel interests have as yet failed
to raise prices Is per cent. which they
claimed would be nee cessary If the
12-hour day was abandoned Every
claim of the steel barons is being re-
futed, just as was predicted by or
ganized labor and the many investi-
gators who studied the question.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
FARMERS AND LABOR
SUPPORT SAM HILL
FOR CONGRESSMAN
Contest Between Progressive and Re-
dictionary in Fifth District,
Washington State.

A special congressional election will
be held in the Fifth district, state of
Washington, on Tuesday, September
25, to fill vacancy created when
President Harding appointed Con-
gresham j. Stanley Webster to be a
United States district Judge. The can
didates are Judge sam B. Hill, Demo-
crat, and Charles Myers, Republican.
The Fifth district includes the city
of Spokane.
Judge Hill is a progressive and has
the support of organized labor and
the farmers. Myers is a reactionary
of the Webster type and is backed
by Big Business.
Myers gained the nomination by
fluke and resort to sharp practice. He
was opposed in the Republican pri-
mary by Thomas Corkery, a progress
sive. When the last ballots were
counted Cookery had lead of four
votes Then Myers turned in ten "ab-
sentee votes" from his home county,
which gave him lead of six.
Previous to the primary the attor-
ney general of the state had ruled that
absentee votes would not be allowed
in special primary election, hence
Corkery did not attempt to obtain
support from absent voters. The law
regarding absentee voters is a part
Of the general election law.
Would Repeal Rail Law.
The matter was carried to the state
supreme court, and on July 20 a ruling
was handed down holding the absen-
tee votes put in by Myers as legal and
he was declared by the court to be the
Republican nominee.
Judge Hill was the Democratic can
didate against Congressman Webster
in the general election last November.
He was indorsed by the railroad or
ganizations of the district and unions
affiliated with the American Fedora
! tion of Labor. He is resident Of
Waterville, Douglas county. and has
twice been elected district judge by
the farmers of Douglas and Grant
counties !,
Judge Hill has declared for repeal
Of the Cummins- Esch law. He is
against the rObber tariff law bearing
the name of Fordney and McCumber,
both repudiated since Its passage. He
Continued on Page Sikh
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
TRANSFERS TO MEET
EVERY WEDNESDAY

Commencing with the meeting held
last Wednesday evening in the Labor
Press hall, the Teamsters union viii
meet every week from now on. Dur
ing the summer months when many
OF the members wish to go for drives
or otherwise enjoy themselves, only
two meetings have been held every
month, but the former schedule OF
meeting every Wednesday, evening at
8 o'clock has been reverted to. The
secretary asks every member OF the
organization to bear this in mind and
be present, as much business OF i'm
portance is transacted at every meet
ing.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07

bureau of the United States depart
ment of labor. 1t shows at one glance
the sweeping success that has attend
ed the movement to better the condi-
tons of women wage-earners.
The shortest perior to which hours
Of work are limited is eight hors pei
day In 10 states-Arizona, California
Colorado, District of Columbia, Kan
eaa Montana Nevada, New Mexico
Utah and Washington-and the terri
tory Of Porto Rico. Although the
states in this group limit daily hours
uniformly to eight, the number OF
hours that a woman may work per
week varies. In Maine an eight-hour
law for women is to be put to ref
erendum vote within the next month.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07

The first event was the boys sack
race, to IL years. which was won by
B. Price, first prize being a flash
light donated by the Electric Shop
of Aberdeen. The boys cap donated
by A. w Barkley and offered as sec
ond prize, was won by j. Smith. ~
Junlble race for boys under IL years
of age: First prize, A. Misk. boys
blouse, Waughs Mems Store; second,
:, ohm McGee, necktie, by Fox & Stein,
Aberdeen.
Boys pie eating contest: Ist Frank
Callahan, bail glove by Baker Hard
ware, Aberdeen; End, Walter Pitman,
81 cash.
Fifty yard dash for boys to IL
years: 1st, Edwin Jacobson, boy scout
ak, by S. s. Smith Hardware: 2nd 81
cash.
Girls race. .ss to IL years, so yards:
1st, Laura Rice. tennis shoes by Cy-
Continued on Page Six.)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07

Official Organ Of the Aber.
deem Central Labor Council
H0quiam Trades and Labor
Council and the Washington
State Federation Of Labor.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
DIRECTORS MEETING
TUESDAY EVENING.

A special meeting of the board
Of directors of The Labor Press
will be held in the office of this
publication, 106 North G street,
Aberdeen, Tuesday evening, Sep
tember II, at 5 o'clock. Much
business of importance will come
up for action, and it is the ur-
gent request Of the management
that all the directors be present.
If it should be impossible for
anyone to attend, please phone
the manager to that effect.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
TENANTS ORGANIZE.

NEW YORK, Sept. "a movement
representing 100000 individuals has
been launched in this city to fight the
greedy policy of some landlords. The
meeting pledged itself to match every
dollar of the landlords fund with a
tenant who would vote in the fall cleo
tions for candidates pledged to extend
the term of the emergency rent law
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-07
1MIoN cAN,r RoYcorr.

TRENTON, N. j., Sept. 6--Carpen-
ters unions of Elizabeth and Plain
field near here are enjoined from
boycotting the ]. D. Loiseaux lumber
company of the latter city, The car
oenters would establish the union
shop. but Vice Chancellor Buchanan
saws this is monOpolistic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
DAY[cP
and Degrees
NIGHT
and
BEGIN MONDAY

And now a real class room train
ing in Accountancy. The exclusive
| privilege to teach Accountancy by
the highly regarded Vannais Method
has just been granted the Drake Col
leges. The training is supervised by
the Vannais Accountancy Institute,
and its own faculty works right with
the Drake faculty. With an acute
shortage Of CPA's and other men
(women also) thoroughly trained in
Accountancy, this is a golden oppor-
tunity to begin preparation for this
important, undermined profession.
If you know Bookkeeping, let us talk
this over. There is no obligation and
perhaps much benefit.
For nearly fifty years Drake Col
lege has been an aid to this commu-
nifty, and the very fact that it has
grown from n small school to sew
enteen. enrolling upward of ten
thousand students annually. is proof
of the merit of its worth and COM
mends its advanced methods to the
general public. We have installed a
department of Noiseless Typewrit-
Ing in nearly all of the Drake Schools
and the special feature of Vannais
Accountancy. which permits a Book
keeper or Junior Accountant to be-
gin training for a Certified Public
Accountants certificate, at any time
convenient to himself, has removed
the great obstacle of heing COM
PEELED to start aud keep with a class
Seek the best in education and
you will be amply repaid. Thorough
training in Clerical~Typewriting
St~enography, Bookkeeping and Ac.
c%ountancy offered. New prospectus
of Accountancy and Business Ad.
ministration is in readiness for free
distribution.
Every Graduate Is Placed in a Good
Position
MORE THAN A SCHOOL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
protection BY
New Fire Box system

A new system OF fire alarm calls
being installed in this city, and
n it's completion Perth Amboy
boast of one of the most mod
+ ayouts in the country. Better
r protection will result as addi-
boxes will make it unnecessary
person to go very far from
h enc of a fire to send IN an
N n. Another important feature
( the new system will be the speed
ny IN of the taps SO that the fire
ompanies can get under way more
uickly than at present.
The present boxes and their num-
ers will be abolished and new boxes
md numbers will be used instead.
sty Electrician Jay 3. FRANKIE, who
,as been working on this new sys-
EN- for several years, has laid out
he city in sections fixing the loca-
Ion of the new boxes and number
ug them.
Under the new system the smallest
numbers will be found in the boxes
n the business section on Smith
treet east of the car barns n on
tate street south of Hall avenue
III of these numbers have but TWO
lgures. They are:
21-Smith and Front streets.
24-Smith and High streets.
31-Smith and State streets.
32-New Brunswick avenue ana
ew street.
s4-Fayette and Maple streets.
41-Smith street and Madison
venue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

| 331-Fayette and Prospect streets.
S34-Stanford street and Lehigh
avenue.
SS5-Elm street and New Bruns-
wick avenue.
The section north of New Bruins
wick avenue and west of the Cen
trail railroad tracks is in the -four
hundred class. The boxes in this
part of the city are:
411-Penn and Washington SITS.
412-Amboy avenue and Wash
ington street.
41s-New Brunswick avenue and
Mattano place.
414-New Brunswick avenue and
Steadman place.
421-Cornell and Neville streets.
422-Cleveland and Brace avenues.
423-Brace and Hanson avenues.
424-Brace and Hazel avenues.
425-Harrington street and HON.
mann avenue
431-Amboy and Hall avenues.
432-Hall avenue and Penn street.
433-Johnstone and Neville streets
441-Amboy avenue and Lawrence
street.
442-Amboy avenue and Inslee
street.
443-Wagner and Pine streets.
445-Lawrence and Francis streets
This completes the fire alarm
system as arranged according to
zones, the only other calls being
three private boxes; 511 at the At
lantic Terra Gotta plant in Buck
ingham avenue; 512 at the Standard
Underground Cable Company in
Washington street, and 513 at the
Lehigh Valley railroad bumper. The
following special taps which are
practically the same as those now
In use will also be used:
Break in circuit.
2-Fire under control.
Sire out.
mo school.
5-Police call.
13-Washington Engine Company.
14-McClellan Engine Company.
15-Protection Truck Company.
16-Eagle Hose Company.
17-Liberty Truck Company.
22-Lincoln Engine Company.
44-Gar1eld Engine Company.
333-Entire Department.
The Gamewell Fire Alarm and
Police Call Company is installing the
new system, but owing to the COM
pany having more orders than it can
fill the new boxes have not yet ar
rived and it Is not known when the
installation will be completed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

42-Smith and Maple streets.
43-Smith and Elm streets.
45-Smith street and Watson ave-
nue..
51-State and Fayette streets.
52-State and Commerce streets.
53-State and Washington streets.
55-State street and Buckingham
avenue.
The boxes have been so number
ed that additional boxes may be add
series of numbers continued. For
instance, If it we're desired to place
a box at Smith and Rector streets
and another one at Smith and King
streets numbers could be selected
from %. rs, 26. 81, % or 20. In
a like manner additional boxes
could be placed in the "thirties,"
"forties" and "ffties."
Low figures have been selected
where three are used as it is quicker
to sound three small ones such as
1t2, PIP, SCI than the two number
figures such as Sc and 81. which are
now in use and require fourteen or
fifteen strokes of the bell before the
number is completed.
The section of the city covered
by the lone hundreds" is that part
lying east of the Central Railroad
and south of Hall avenue. These
new boxes are:
112-City Hall Park and High
street.
113-Gordon and Water streets.
115-Woodruff Place and Rector