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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04
Investigation Spreads.

Ffom Jersey City, the investigation spread through Hudson County and other parts of New Jersey, with the result that the state department of labor has been forced to begin an fanti-sweat shop crusade Every avail able inspector Is now working to drive sweat shops from the state. The aim of the campaign Is to put an end to child slavery in home workshops and to protect the general public from the dangers of using articles manu factured in unsanItary surroundings and subject to contamination by germs of disease.
 Representatives of organized labor believe that the investigation will reveal more than 5000 sweat shops in the state. They are proud of the lead taken by the unions in the fight to end the evil and point out that Mrs Smith, who has taken a chief part in the campaign, was appointed to her present position, that of voca- tional guidance counsellor under the Jersey City board of education, at the demand of organized labor. The position was created for the purpose of seeing that boys and girls who are under I6 years of age and are start ing out to work are properly em- ployed
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04
PRINTERS TO MOVE
 HOME HOSPITAL

: Indianapolis, Ind, Aug 4.-Remov- al of the hospital of the Union Print CTS Home at Colorado Springs, Colo,
 to make way for new hospital unit has been undertaken and for a period of two months the institution will be pressed for localities for caring for
 inmates, it has been announced at headquarters of the International Typographical Union here
 Delay in acceptance of applicants for admission will be unavoidable un- til early fall, 1t was said.
 The old hospital building will be reconstructed on another site near the main building and a new modern
 hospital building will be erected on its present site. The home will then be prepafed to care for a greater
 number of inmates than ever before, including victims of locomotor ataxia
 and other ailments, for whom there has not been a suitable place in the past.
 | More' than 65 applications for old Iage pensions within the International
 union were made in the month ending in July, according to Secretary-Treas- urer J. w. Hays Nearly all the ap- plications will be acted on favorably.
 In order to obtain the union pension i it is required that a member shall have been a card holder for 20 years
 and that he shall be more than 6o wears old
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04
PROPER SAFEGUARDS KNOCK OUT
 ACCIDENT MENACE OF BUILDING
By International Laber News Service

By International Laber News Service Washington, D.. C., Aug. 4-Acci- dents in building construction due to workmen falling and being struck by falling objects can be largely reduced or almost eliminated.
 This is pointed out by the Oregon State Labor Bureau, the Oregon In dustrial Accident Commission and the Oregon and Columbia River Division of the National Safety Council. These
 thre bodies, in a joint statement, de- clare that the great danger to work
 men from falling and of being hit by falling objects is shown by a study of experience in Oregon for all occupa- tions covering period of three years. Falls of workmen were responsible for 146o per cent of all accidents and
 caused one-eighth, or 1900 per cent of all actual and potential days lost in all occupations. There were only two other major divisions of causes that showed a higher percentage of
 frequency of occurrence.
 Falling objects caused 8.o5 per cent of all accidents and I3:Io per cent of all days lost In one year there were 356 accidents caused by falls of men from scaffolds and staging, an aver
 age of more than one accident from
 this cause for each work day of the year:
 sIn this same year there were also
 168 accidents caused by objects fall ing from scaffolds and staging. How most of these accidents could
 have been prevented is emphasized by
 pictures and description showing the lconstruction and safeguarding of scaf- folds on a large building in Portland. The outriggers which support the
 scafolds, instead of being held at the
 end by bags of sand and other inse- cure devices are held down to the ro6f
 of the building by timber thoroughly braced and bolted. by series of small winches. 'If the accident hazard was given The platforms on which the men
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04
NEW JERSEY TRADE UNIONS LEAD IN FIGHT TO DRIVE
 / SWEAT SHOPS FROM STATE
By International Labor News Service

By International Labor News Service
 Jersey City, N. J. Aug. 4.-To .or-
 ganized labor Is due a major share of
 the credit for the exposure of sweat
 shop conditions which has aroused | the state and resulted in a statewide war on sweat shops. So startling has been the conditions revealed by the investigation, begun | by representatives of organized labor ! that other states in the east are in Ivestigating and are finding that New | Jersey Is not the only state where sweat shops flourish.
 Horrible conditions existing in New Jersey sweatshops were first brought to the attention of organized labor ! by the National Child Welfare Com
 mittee. The unions lost no time in acting and Mrs. Nellie Smith, an off,
 cer of the Jersey City School Teach CTS Union, T. M. Brandle, president of the Hudson County Building Trades Council, and Charles J. Jen- nings, secretary-treasHrer of the Joint Council of Hudson County, Interna- tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, IChauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, | sey City and told him that the sweat \ y tThe union representatives also in formed the mayor that the State Labor Department had failed to elimi- nate the sweat shops.
 Mayor Orders Drive
 After hearing the committee, Mayor
 Hague called in his chief health in spector and instructed him that he was to act under the direction of Mrs. Smith in campaign to close the sweat shops. He further directed that the school nurses and the board ! of health doctors be used in the in IWestigatoin and campaign. Already more than, a thousand sweat shops, employing little children at mere pittance, have been found in Jersey City and closed. Proprie- tors of several convicted of employing child labor have been fined and sen fenced to prison.
 It has been found that thousands of manufacturers of clothing and
 other goods have been farming out"
 work to b done by women and chil-
 dren in their own homes The manu- l lecturers have paid no attention to the conditions under which the work was done and in many cases the women and children have worked under vile sanitary conditions. Powder puffs used by women on | their faces have been made under conditions that are a menace to the health of the users. Paper food con 1 tainers, dolls dresses and clothes for men, women and children have been I sent into unsanitary homes for fin ] ishing.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04
TYPOS TO MEET IN ATLANTA, GA,
 ALL NEXT WEEK

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 4:-Preparations
 for the convention of, the Interna- tional Typographical Union to be held here the week of August I3 have been completed and the local union committee is anticipating a gathering of more than 4,ooo persons, including many printers who are not delegates. Among the chief topics for discus convention will be the 44-hour-week strike in commercial printing shops in l the United States and Canada. The
 strike has been in progress for more than two years and more than $I5,- collected and disbursed. The strike
 is continuing in a few important jurisdictions.
 The city, county and the three newspapers of Atlanta have -contri- buted generously to the convention fund and an elaborate program of
 entertainment has been provided.
 Sessions will be held in the Munci- pal Auditorium. In sub-hall of the
 building manufacturers of printing
 machinefy and material will hold an exposition.
 Included in the entertainment pro- gram are automobile trips to many points of interest, barbecues, water
 melon festas, dancing and theater
 parties. Saturday night before the convention a roof garden party will
 be given for the early arrivals. Mem
 bers of the local committee promise
 an 'etaoin shrdlu" of time for the printers on that occasion.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04
ELECTION OF JUDGES
 PEOPLES NEXT STEP

Bellingham, Wash, Aug. 4.-Elec- ton of federal judges Is the next step in the peoples direct control of their government, declared United States Senator Dill, in an address to the annual convention of the Washington State Federation of Labor. The speaker said he would introduce such a constitutional amendment when congress convenes this fall.
 Our superior and state supreme court judges must submit their rec ords to the people at regular inter vals, and what IS there sacred about federal judges that they should not be held in the same requirement? ?' asked Senator Dill.
 "I favor, requiring seven out of nine supreme court judges to decalre a law unconstitutional. It requires twothirds of both house and senate to override the President. Surely it is reasonable to require more than two-thirds to override both congress and the President.
 'We require a unanimous vote of judges, and the state of Ohio re- quires all but one judge before law can be declared unconstitutional"
 In referring to the movement against the primary system, the speaker said: "We not only must re- tain the primary for the nomination of all state officials, congressman and senators, but we should work to en- large it so it will apply to the norpi- nation of presidents as well. .
 "The direct primary is another step in the application of the principle that the people have the right to rule, and especially to name the men who are to be their officials"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04
LABOR CONDITIONS
 IN FOREIGN LANDS
GERMANY

Seek Automatic Wage Indey.- Wage-earners have approached the Government directly, urging the es- tab1ishment of an official wage index, to be published within "A hours of the close of each week, by which the wage scales will be automatically fixed on a basis commensurate with prevailing prices of the necessities of life
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04
CLOTHING PRICES UP.

New York, Aug. 4.-The American Woolen Company (the trust) has ad- fanced clothing prices, and buyers are fearful that they cannot pass the in crease along to the public, which is now carrying nearly a maximum bur den.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-04

work are fenced in with strong net ting to prevent any material from falling on the workers or on pedes- trians below. The platform is raised consideration in all cases as it has been on this building, fatalities due to this cause would be materially les sened," says the report.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-15
ACT NO. o6.

Provides that owner or operator Of
public gin may operate same anywhere
, exclusively for ginning pure cotton
ssed for planting purposes; provided.
said owner OF operator shall first file
with the Commissioner OF Mines, Man
ufAotures and Agriculture an affidaV-
~ stating that said gin will be used
and operated exclusively for said pur-
shaii issue a permit 20 such Einner,
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-15
ACT NO. 327.

cities and towns to grant certificate
OF conveyance and necessity TO any
nubllc service corporations, person OF
Improvement district desiring 10 neg,n
construction or any plant or uNIlty
~ anv character, or 10 operate any
niant or utility Of any character al
ready constructed in any city or town
i'm which any holder OF franehise 70
operate such plant or utility IN such
cttv or town has surrendered such
franchise and been granted N lieu
thereof an indeterminate permit pur-
suant to Act 57l Of 1919
ACT NO. 3as.
Authorizer the Penitentiary Com
mission TO provide for the establish
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-15

Appropsiases sloo.eo to pay oslisA-
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-15

Empowers The Governor, upon re
ceipt OF certified list from the Reve
nue. Department OF corporations whicl
have been delinquent IN payment o
franchise taxes for three years, TO is
sue proclamation declaring such cor
porations dissolved or Withdrawn a
The case may be,
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-06-15


Section J. Where Street Improve-
fnent District has been organised.
leaving material 20 be used b con
Htruction to the discretion Of commits
sionerF and commissioners have filed
plans and assessments. but Afterwards
decide 70 change plans. without i'm
cfeasing assessments, then said com
MisaionerE after advertIsinR. NAV ne
tltion said county for authority to
change plan. whereupon said County
may by resolution authorize change
without affecting the obligations oi
the district; and gives twenty davs
after such reeolution for institution Of
legal proceedings Act applies oniy
70 cities having not less than 60. 900 In
hsbitanta according to last census
ACT NO. 1O1.
Authorizes municipal CORPORATIONS n
buy gae and electric power
ACT NO. 2os.
Appropriate t2l0,o00O0 for vooa
tional education.
ACT No. ITO.
hatifies contrsct Of sale of sand and
gravel of Ouachita River to the SD
Louis southwestern Railway Company
ACT NO. IIa.
Authorizes establishing 1T OF a tuber.
culosis sanitarium for negroes
ACT No. tIs.
Severance Tax Law.
Section l. Ievies severance tax OF
producers engaged IN sevcring nanIr.
al resources from The soil or water foi
conlmercial purposes.
: Seetion !. Requires seversr to se
.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09
OLD DAYS IN AMrERICUS

fin ON Sumter yesterday upon a visit
to her parents, Judge and Mrs.
Tt omas NJ. Allen here
If the peaches remaining upon the
tire es in orchards about Americas
rip en- there viii be am abundance,
anti some to spare. Already the
ear lier varieties are safe, and in two
or three weeks viii be on market.
Mr. 0. P. Wallis, who manages the
fine farm Of Wallis Bros. near the
city, stated yesterday that they
would get good yield or fruit, even
those trees that bore none last last
year being well laden now
The entire de y yes' ;erday was con
sumed in the city court yesterday
in the trial Of the case of Cham
bliss versus Hawkins a civil suit on
lumber account and in which pro-
badly $4,000 or such sum is realized.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09

anthracite they received what Col.
George ". Goethals, State Fuel
Administrator Of New York, called
fire proof coaI''-that is, rock
and slate.
Figures, on the domestic ex-
ports Of coal and coke just pub
l;shed by the Bureau Of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce Of the
Department of Commerce show
that in the eight months ended
with February, 1923, 2,O47,822
tons Of anthracite were sent
abroad. This was 493,376 tons
less than was exported in the same
period of 1922, but the amount
shipper out Of the country in
February, this year, was 55,446
tons more than during the same
months Of 1922.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09
BUREAUCRACY AS is
PRACTISED HERE.

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victims 0pr ns+ornaIistic fad
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10 keen them brsv and a,,t ,f' ~.
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be dome is IN have tbon, ,,-ondo,.
about the cou,t,,v asl.;nn f..1
opastions
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09
TEN YEARS AGO TOOAY
(From the Times-Recorder. May
May 9, 1879

!
The third annual tournament of
the Georgia Trap Shooters associa-
ton, in Americas closed yesterday
after a most successful shooting of
two days in which many Of the
| crack shots of this and other states.
| both in the professional and amateur
| classes contested for the honors. It
was a great event in sporting cir
cles in the state. Henry Jones of
Macon, bore off the Daniels silver
troph in the two days shoot, with
a score Of 385 targets out of a pos
sibe 400 thrown. James Barrett, of
Augusta, came second, securing 384,
and Joe HightoWer third scoring
383.
Residents of the eastern section
of the county coming to Americus
Thursday reported a heavy rain the
afternoon previous in the vicinity of
nifty Of the c. c. Hawkins farm,
the Bradley farm and DIR. H. A.
C. Bagley's home. On the Hawkins
Place, which is eight miles east Of
the city. there was a heavy hailstorn
which did some damage to the young
corn and cotton.
The breaking of the dam of the
Council mill near Americas did ne
damage to the new steel bridge or
Lee street road, a quarter Of mile
below the mill, as was done upon
similar occasion year or two ago
when a substantial concrete bridge
costing nearly $4,000 was broken by
the flood of water from the mill
pond.
Mrs. G. w. Glover. is spending
a week in Macon, the guest of Mrs.
Jack Massey, having gone there yes
terday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09
AReguIar" Girl

Saw. what do vou mean nv Rao,7Io,,
Grip
Well tbat,s bit p,1zzIino TO state
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c,1rl
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
the Tiimes-Recorder.
9, 1897

8, 1889
Pursuant to an order from Col.
c. NJ. Wiley, colonel commanding
the Fourth &c orgia Regiment of
Volunteers, an election was held at
the armory of the Americas Light
Infantry last light for the purpose
of filing vacan cies caused BY the
resignation of Capt. W. I. Clarke
and Second Ii eutenant ]. r. l..
Smith.
Joe Mize, Sumter'5 efficient tax
receiver, is as successful in straw
/ cry culture as. he is IN rolling up
t. x returns. Yesterday he sent the
III mes-Recorder four specimens of
"a lbany' variety which were as
lar. &c as guine eggs.
Aliss Sallie Greene, formerly of
this city, but cow resident Of
New Orleans, was the guest Of
friends here On Sunday and yes
terdag, while eol route to Macon to
visit relatives
Miss Fannie Thompson, a pretty
and popular belle OF the Gate City,
is the charming guest of Miss Flora
Wheatley at her home Oh College
street.
A country negro attracted con-
siderable attention on Forsyth street
yesterday by exhibiting two large
king snakes which were permitted to
wind themselves about his arms and
neck An old rum soaker who was
looking on said that the feat
amounts to nothing, as he had fire.
quently had as many as hundred
snakes to crawl out Of his boots and
pockets at one time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09
EXCUSE FOR CHANGING
EXHORBITANT COAL PRICES

Statements which profteers in
anthracite are expected to use
as justification for charging ex-
orbitaut prices next winter are to
be found in an address delivered
by H. Foster Balm, director of the
Bureau of Mines Of the Depart
ment of the Interior, before a
recent gathering Of mining and
metallurgical engineers. The adj
dress is reprinted in the current
issue Of Mining and Metallurgy.
It is believed that DR.. Bain's
utterance will subject the Bureau
Of Mines to the same sort OF
criticism that was ieveled at the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce Of the Department of
Commerce because Of the recent
bullish" bulletin on sugar and
the aid and comfort it gave the
stockholders and exploiters.
Labor unions, DR.. Balm con.
tends, are partly responsible for
the restriction Of competition and
increase nd the cost of mining
anthracite. He says that anthra-
cite is fundamentally luxury
and declares that eve must either
expect 10 pay a higher price" for
it o. "to accept substitutes"
Speaking Of the effect of un-
ion labor on competition, DR..
Balm says:
The real reason that COM
petition does not close the high
cost mines is the labor union. The
United Mine Workers have opera-
ted as means of dulling the
sharp edge of competition
throughout a big territory. There
is a great deal more solidarity
among the men in the union than
there is among the operators. -
Thousands of people in New
York and New England will agree
with De-. Balm that anthracite was
"a luxury" last winter They were
compelled to pay prices ranging
from SIC to S26 ton for this
sort of coal when they could get
it on amy terms. After having
paid extortionate prices many
consumers found that instead Of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09

Days are 50 long now you can
see three picture shows before
dark.
Looking good never counts as
much as making good.
If you want man to feel at
home, let him pull his shoes off
and kick about the grub.
When two young people get
their heads together they are
dancing.
All fishermen may be liars, but
all liars are not fishermen.
Talk may be cheap, but cheap
things never pay.
The only spring suit some of us
can afford is a suit Of underwear.
Roll your own" is a fine slogan,
when it comes to bank rolls.
Very few good cooks stay sim
gle.
Many young daughter resem-
bles her mother because they
dress alike.
A fool and his straw hat are
soon sat upon.
There isn't any payday for la
boring under a delusion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09
TOM SIMS SA Us:

People ashamed of their friends
should be ashamed of themselves
Crops may be late this year be-
cause there is no rail strike and
watching trains takes time.
May flowers bring June we'd
dings.
Perhaps theswomen are wearing
loud shoes this season to keep
their feet from going to sleep.
An open mind is all right if
your mouth isn't that way.
Girls dress up like a brass band
because boys follow the band.
Lots Of people think the world
owes them two or three livings.
Always getting into hot water
will eventually cook your goose.
There isn't any harmony in
some families because everybody
is trying to do a. solo.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09
One on Isaac.


Weary Willie slouched into the
pawnshop.
How much VII you give NE for
this overeoat?" he asked, producing
a faded but neatly mended garment
Isaac looked at IL critically. -Four
dollars" he said.
Why" cried Weary Willie, that
coats worth SO if its for a penny"
Il wouldn't give you SO for two
like that, shifted Isaac. -Four
dollars or nothing.
Are you sure that's all it.
worth"
-Four dollars" repeated Isaac.
"WeH, here's yer $4," said Weary
Willie. "This overcoat was hangiu'
outside yer shop and / was wonderln'
how much it was really worth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-09

American cigarets are becomine
very popular in China, where $500
100000 were imported in 1922.
Among the Kachins, tribe in
Burma, girls wear their hair bodied
as sign that they are unmarried.
Eight weeks employment for l..
600 men was recently provided bv
the 'spring-clean" of the Aquitania.
Frogs that bark like dogs were
discovered in wilds of Santa Do
mlngo by an exploration party.
For matchless pair of one pennw
and two penny post Office" Mauri-
thus stamps on one envelope, $4,000
was paid.
Fish are believed to be sensitive to
the amount of salt and oxygen in
the sea-water through which they
move.
A big shark, landed at Cardiff re-
Gently, was found to contain seven
other sharks, measuring up to two
and a half feet.
Beetles living forty or fifty feet
apart can communicate by knocking
Their heads on the wood in q pecui-
air rythm.
Special Sunday evenings for
lovers" at which the men we're al.
lowed to smoke, were a recent ex-
pertinent in a movie house at Sut.
ton, England.