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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
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ANOTHER OPEN
SHOP PRINTERY
BECOMES UNION

Another Champaign print shop
that has been operating non-union
since May /, 1921, has had enough
of disorganized effort and has made
peace with Typographical Union No.
444. The flanigan-Pearson company
this week signed union shop agree
lhehts anu Is now operating under
closed shop conditions.
Thus one by one they have tried
out the mueh-bragged-of open"
shop. experiment and have found IL
dehclent costly, and disrupting. and
after two years of it have been forced
by sheer economic necessity to return
to the safe and sane plan of the union
The gain netted has been nothing,
unless the experience gained be
counted--and that NAV be designated
as great. These shops which have a
system OF cost accounting have found
that 1t costs 5000 10 displace one
good printer for another equally as
good, and that when good union
printer is displaced by the average
open shop printer, the economic loss
ranges around $1,000. And the men,
oers of the union have gained every
thing they contested for--the 44-hour
week, which carries with ii the right
10 nve IA years longer.
With the signing of the Flanagan
Pearson company, only one of the "a.
hour dissenters is left to carry on
the open shop experiment, but we
are told it will return to the union
fold as soon as a reorganization of
its business office can be affected.
hsrk
duration, which has been carried on
so quietly that scarcely anybody
knew II existed, has about come to
an end. That II has been cleanly
fought from both sides, no one will
deny. True, there was time when
considerable misunderstanding exist
ed, but this was brought about By
the recently-deceased Employers
Association. After ii ceased to exist,
the way was left EN- for an AMIGA
BILE settlement of the controversy.
1.-The local printers do not crow
over their victory. Costly as it has
been to the employers, IL has prob
ably been more SO, from a dollars
and cents viewpoint to the printers,
for they have regularly paid assess
ments ranging from 2to 10 per cent of
their earnings. But they are con-
vinced the gain of the ~ years they
will live more than justifes the sac
rifice of the money.
Not alone in the Twin Cities is the
44-hour strike coming to close, but
reports from International head
quarters is to the effect that 30 per
cent of the "open" shoos have been
re-unionized. This may be attested
by the fact that the 10 per cent strike
assessmnet on May /, 1921, has been
reduced this month to per cent,
with the prospect of being still fur
ther reduced to per cent July /,
and discontinued altogether by the
first of the year 1924.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
CHEAP.WAGE
BOSSES IGNORE
NO-TEETH LAW

Washington. The Massachusetts,
minimum wage law that depends on
public opinion for It's enforcement IL
anything but success. according 10
a report from A, y. of l.. Organizer
Frank H. Mccarthy, Of Boston, to
Frank Morrison, secretary of the A,
+. of |.
Under the law. the commission has
no power TO enforce ils decisions, but
shall publish the names Of nnn.eom-
plying employers. The practical op.
Grafton of this law. said Organizer
Mccarthy, Ia that the commission
gives just enough publicity To these
non-eomplslng firms TO say that II
gives such publicity"
"lf an employer refuses To accept
It's decisions The commission viii In.
sert for one day, In paper published
In the locality IN which he conducts
business. small ad announcing the
fact that he failed 20 comply with the
decision. That IL the commencement
and the end of the publicity. You
ask, is there any public opinion that
condemns these employerAi' Orally,
yea. Practically, no, IA the facts are,
"Sinee the law has been In effect. II
such announcements, aK stated above,
have been made. and the firms whass
names were published continued right
along doing business with nothing TO
indicate that the heavy hand of public
opinion had been laid upon any Of
thnm.
".i'he commission itself, fealiging
that It's decisions lack necessary In
fluence and force. applied to the pres
ent legislature to make It's decisions
compulsory, and the { Legislature
recommended that the present mini.
mum wage law be given five years
further trial before any changes be
made" -
In regard 10 the general effect Of
the law. Organizer Mccarthy says;
my opinion IL that greater prog
ress would have been made without
the law than with IL, as the workers
would then have had no false notions
about protection. would realize that
they had to depend upon themselves"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
NAT RESS SHOWS NORTH NEIL STREET. week OF JUNE II TO Is
SHORTAGE OF
HOUSES BADLY
FELT HERE

May |. known As moving day.H .
saw bur very little moving IN the
Twin Cities. principally because those
who had place In which to live were
lucky to hold on to It. and not seek
another location. II used to be thai
anybody who didn't move On MAY l
was not In style.
The long-eonlinued shortage Of
houses. growing more acute here be.
cause new dwellings have not been
built in proper ratio with the increase
in population. made the week Of May
first this year sad one Tor those
Who had recently come to the cities
With the expectation Of finding aer-
manent abodeS.
This situation gives timely and de.
eided emphasis 10 the Twin Cities
dire need for rental properties--med.
ium priced dwellings that will serve
as decent place of hahitation for
the man who does not fnd il eonsen.
lent or possible to buy home of his
own.
In this city are hundreds Of fam
lilies of type that might be called
i-transient---familie of men who.
while residing here now, are engaged
in work of such -aatufe that next
month or next year they may be
transferred 10 other territory. Such
families ut present are for the most
part compelled TO live AZ hotel, or
perhaps, after diligent search. may
find "for sale" house which they
may occupy with the understanding
that they must give II up upon brief
notice. Then when the ownership of
the house changes---as IL did In hun
dreds OF cases here this spring-the
hapless tenant Is ousted.
The only cure for this unsettled
condition is the building Of dwellings
in sufficient number 10 supply the
demands both of the men who want
to buy and those who prefer to rent.
Present building activity here indi-
Gates that the situation will be bet
ter next spring. though IL Is not
likely that the demand for new houses
will be satisfied. ever at the present
rate of construction, for two or three
years.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
TELLS WHY 1T WANTS Law
MAKERS TO QUIT BUSINESS

wind is blowing. They tell exactly
why the Manufacturers Association
wants the legislature to adjourn, be-
cause these bills are referred to as
being things that are not desired BY
the Manufacturers Association:
House Bill 446-Provides that labor
organizations shall not be construed
TO be combination in restraint Of
trade. Limits the issuing of injune-
tons.
House Bill 235-Provides that a
person fined for contempt of court,
not committed in the presence of the
court, shall not be imprisoned for nom
payment of the fine except upon jury
trial
House Bill 236-Prescribes regula-
tions for trial by the court in case of
a violation of an injunction. Provides
defendant may have trial by jury.
House Bill 529-Declares the labor
of human being is an attribute of
life and is not property.
House Bill SS-Restricts the time
women shall be allowed to work to
eight hours a day.
Senate Bill 169--Requires fireproof
washrooms for employees.
Senate Bill 233-Old age pensions.
Senate Bill 372-Strengthens the
union grip on the coal mines.
Senate Bill l09-Requires a license
fee from those engaged in the manu-
facture of products from eggs, and
other regulations.
House Bill 277-Establishes state
insurance fund for the payment of
compensation to employees under the
workmen's compensation act.
House Bill 563-Provides that dis
ability or death from disease shall be
treated as an accidental injury. Re-
vises entire compensation law and in
creases the compensation schedule in
some cases fifty per cent, some thirty
three and one-third per cent and the
balance twenty-five per cent. 1t makes
the maximum death benefit $4,000
and the minimum $4,000.
House Bill S0-Makes it unlawful to
operate a train exceeding one-half
mile in length.
House Bill 93--Provides sheds for
railroad employees working out of
doors.
Senate Bill 376-Authorizes the
state to Issue s1O0,0OO,O00 of serial
bonds for construction Of hard roads,
ETC.
May 5, 1923-Distributed by the
Illinois Manufacturers Association.
The main thing that is causing fear
in the hearts Of the Manufacturers
Association right now is the Woman's
eight-hour bill. Women may now
4 1. 4
readily see that it would be an awful
calamity if the Manufacturers As
sociation was forced to cut their time
down to eight hours.
We wonder, after all, if it wouldn't
be best to abolish the legislature al
together, and let the Manufacturers
Association make the laws and have
Glenn enforce them.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
SORDID LABOR
POLICY WRECKS
WESTERN ROAD

New York.-The result of the
sordid labor policy of hard-boiled
fnanciers toward railroad shop men
is shown in the case of the Missouri
Pacific railroad.
The report of the president of that
road shows there is difference of
nearly S6.500,000 between the profits
of 1921. when no strike existed, and
1922.
The report shows a deficit of ST.
413.7l2 for last year. From outside
sources Wall street learns that de
ferred maintenance Of equipment, last
wear accumulated TO the extent Of
about 81 500,000.p This is another
way Of saying that necessary repairs
to equipment have not been made,
and thus the actual deficit is about
81 200, 900. :
When it Is considered that net prof
IFS. after all charges, in 1921 was 3d.
537.O16. the contract between the two
years amounting to nearly $1,000, 900
becomes glaring.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
TIM

Taylor NJ. Carver. dean of local
printers. died at his home, 500 Mss,
Healey street. Champaign, Friday,
May IL, after short illness caused
BY erysipelas. Funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon At = o'clock.
from the house. conducted BY Rev,
Fisher. Burial was in the Monticello
cemetery.
Being naturally Of robust nature,
Mr.. Carver outlived the printers
allotted So years Of life by six years.
He seemed to enioy good health until
the fifty Of May, when he was com
pelled to place himself under the care
of physician. re was employed at
the News-GaEette at the time he was
taken III.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
LABOR CHARGES
15.6% OF TOTAL
COST OF BUILDING

Under the above caption, "The
dearborn Independent" explodes the
bubble that has harrassed the building
puohe the past few years and proves
eonelusiyely that the labor cost on
building is its smallest item. 1t says:
1t Is common thing for publica-
uons devoted to the construction
BUSINESS to charge to the high cost
ei labor any deterring influence on
building. Excessive figures in tend
ers are Invariably accounted for by
reference to the cost of labor. 1t is
therefore OF great interest to the pub
nc that an authoritative analysis of
cost should be made, and the Retail
Lumoerman is entitled to thanks for
having made it possible to figure out
@e exact bearing an increase in
wages has to the total increase in the
cost of building.
Inc Retail Lumberman" publishes
sample advertisements calculated to
NJ NJ SAFES promoters. These are usually
Illustrated by pictures and charts that
serve the double purpose of calling
atehtion si to and explaining the text.
m date example is headed, Don't
Vel ihis Bird Brighten You,' and
sseseies s"a9es modern frame house,
.TilS a9hSea by the bird" which is labeled,
,l1 H1sh fflee Bugaboo,' in pursuit of
.Ga o. paper to which the artist has
s"eh legs, arms and an abject fear
y " uepleted. This fellow is labeled,
ioar Plan To Build
IL accompanying is a chart, showing
;ss ae relative cost of the items going
my 5on.. me full contract price of the
tSa oase; ms chart places the cost of
VIZ, VIZ lumber at II per cent of the
.Sre' .sr lnen follows the argument:
,,ill'efe are few prospective home
81 'ueIs Who get all worked up over
~. ~ advance of 81 or 81 in lumber
sa s.'ses' Perhaps it is because they
,e,a1 ~. feslize how small a part of the
~ eosl oi a home is represented by
Gs,sino amount spent for lumber. The
s,as5am anove shows how the costs
BSsoahl,.losa Don't let the High Price
1a 1a'oo fout your plans to build.
tb., sutnAary of the chart shows
fsst an aesance of 81 thousand
eost " .aa.oer could affect the total
cent 'sss than one-fourth of one per
sxpIsa.as. ias salae Of this easily understood
pos ps'1naleh el5h is that the chart applies
IA my 10 the item of lumber. but
bsF - esher item enumerated. Lum-
exces9. - second in the list, beinO
bdek es oily by 'excavating, stone,
cent an; an concrete work. at 2O.1 per
smiii,ss sileh, Of course, is subject to a
mises6.tnird si9 tnird item is carpenter and
To- foN1Stiisheous * labor which accounts
same - .9 per cent, also entitled to the
The .,s a@.a "a lsuee of charging to labor
ma seAeeszife cost of building is tbns
apparent, as wage variations
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
HELPS
OPEN SHOPPERS
TO BUST UNIONS

Madrid, Spain.--A royal decree has
been promulgated in Spain which
aims at rendering the work Of trade
unions impossible.
The decree provides that practically
everything the unions do must be sub
mitted for approval to the police per-
fects. All membership lists. with
complete addresses, must be furnished
to the police; thus giving them easy
means of surveillance Of every organ
lied laborer. Strict accounting must
be FURNISHED as to the purpose for
which every cent Of union money is
spent.
Organized labor is protesting yig-
orously.
But who wants to live in Spain?
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18

- n Glenn and the Illinois
.ss5fsqs8rers' Association are IN real
al-... hs,l-. IN fbeir desire to have legls-
s55=snrn before they transact the
'e. : he business upon the calendar,
ies - nave sent out nice-worded
an an - the press of Illinois to have
.s1,, - asrk up sentiment in favor OF
ne ne. sebeme. John, of course, hadn't
"'e. lsst weeks issue of the Review,
zee 4i5n't know the Review Is labor
aansr am pr he wouldn't have sent us the
g.iIowing letter. You notice that In
.s,'Y .sa onsainv paragraph he says Don't
m s.s Well, we won't.
Here the Manufacturers Asso-
cations letter;
ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS
ASSOCIATION.
Iohn NJ. Glenn, Sec'y.
coBs r H. Fyffe, Gen1 Counsel
s.its 400 to 1882 Fort Dearborn
Bank Building
Chicago, May 5, 1928.
The Twin City Review,
Champaign, Ill.
Gentlemen:-Don't stop. You have
yonr foot in the door-keep on
9nsbing. A little effort on the part
~ every manufacturer and every
businessman in Illinois will adjourn
the General Assembly. Continue the
An immediate secession of the ac-
,ivites of the legislative mill will save
the taxpayers millions of dollars.
II YOU have any doubt as to using
your influence in this move get copies
Of the bills referred toNon the en-
closed slip. These measures are not
.iumbering in committee. They are
on the calendar of one or the other
house or on both calendars. They are
live, active things, moving every day
toward the form of law. Read them
and YOU will be convinced how near
YOU are to being legislated off the
map. The drive is not on big business
or little business, but on all business.
Conservative members in bot hhous-
es are with you. Write and ask them
for their opinions.
The session is already four months
old. Why prolong the agony? All
necessary legislation is practically out
Of the way or will be in a few days.
No one knows this better than the
conservative members of both houses.
1t Is suggested that the manafac-s
turers in each senatorial district get
together and create a committee that
will represent them in this matter.
Enclosed is a list of the members of
both houses with a map showing the
districts. Please advise this office
as to the action you take and the
attitude of those who represent you in
the legislature.
Yours very truly,
JOHN M. GLENN, Sec'y.
n Now, just gaze upon the following
list of bills that are frightening the
Manufacturers Association and its
John NJ. Glenn. These bills tell the
story They show which way the
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
LET us PRESS FORWARD
TO GREATER PROGRESS, NOT
BACKWARD TO 'N0RMALCY'

ernor Allen Of Kansas wants TO ex.
tend Harding's normalcy He wants
10 take US back three thousand years.
Tutankhamen has some representa-
tives in the present session Of the Hi
nois Assembly. who have introduced
bills for the purpose Of doing the
same thing 10 the workers Of Illinois,
now. that he king Pharoah) tried
10 do 10 the Israelites a little better
than three thousand years ago.
Moses. the business agent for the
Israelite Briekmakers' Union, of that
time, with the support Of the Brick
makers thwarted King Tut. The
modern labor movement. with the as
sistanee Of all other ~ood Americans,
can be depended upon to do the same
thing for his successors.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18

The first industrial court there Is
official authentic record Of, was ~,
vented by King Pharoah when he had
his troops pursue the lsraelites
through the Red Sea to bring them
back and compel them TO 90 to work
for him.
Ex-Governor Henry Allen Of Kan,
sas. gets credit for having invented
thai kind of a court in Cur day. The
facts are that he and his type desc
Grated the tombs Of the Pharoahsr
stole that court, imported it to Kan
sas and tried to apply 1t there theh
attempted to apply II throughout our
nation.
President Harding adyocateS
normaley that would take Us back 10
the year 1913 (ten years.. EX-IoV-
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
INFORMATION Withheld
CONCERNING Interstate
COMMERCE Commission
PROBE OF the RAILROADS

rapidly verging on bankruptcy. Dur.
INK the eight months ending Fshru.
AIRY, 1928, with strikehreaksra sub
shtnting Tor union employees. the pro-
portion of operating costs 10 earnings
on the llehigh had iumped from ss.s
percent for the corresponding lp2a
period 10 the tellsiale figure Of 1922
percent.
Under the reckless mismanagomen
Of the road a net return Of $500
$40 for the alght months period Of
ia22 had been wiped out by an ever
rising tide of costs. leaving deficit
on the compans's haoka IT 81, ,Iaa. .i4b.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
JUDGE WANTS
TO IMPORT
COOLIE LABOR

Hartford, COnn.-Leonard j. NICK
erson. former speaker of the Con-
necticut house of representatives
and recently appointed judge OF me
superior court, favors the lm9oitd-
tion of coolie labor under five-year
contracts.
"The coolie is the best labGrer on
EARTH" said the new judge, who thus
indicates his attitude toward labor $
efforts to improve conditions. ;, -,
"The coolie will work hard all day
long. and he went stop at O'Clock,
daylight time, or any other KIND oi
time.
"But, they say, the Chinese ", won ! |
assimilate. We don't want them 70.
Send them back when their contract
Is up. Bring them here for limited
period, say for five years, and then
send them back.
''What we want is labor
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
Few Pay High Tax.

Washington.-Income tax figures
for 1920 show that 1912 individuals,
with incomes over $4,000, represent
ing about one-ffth Of per cent Of all
taxpayers. paid s4S4, ,779, ,3S7 in taxes
normal and surtax), or 45.09 per
cent Of the total tax payments, which
amounted to SLOTS, 5,053,686.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
Plumbers Raise Wages.

Washington.--Organized plumbers
in the nations capitol have raised
wages from $3.50 day to $40 a day.
Peoria, lll.--After short strike,
plumbers In this city raised wages
81 a day. The new rate Is 50.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18
FROM THE JAZZ PRESS.

/. Sugar-gouging can be prac-
: tieed with complete success only
: when the supply is so scarce
!. that people will pay anything
|. to get the little bit they need,
!. When the supply Il ample and
!. the gougers seek to insert a
!. thick thumb in the public's eye,
!. the public is apt to break loose
!. and do a little high and fancy
|. gouging Of its own.-Philadel-
!. phia Public Ledger.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18

could not much exceed, if they equal
the added cost oue to advances III luh.- I.,l.
Der prices. The three items enHIiieIasi, era
ed comprise 52.7 per cent OF the to'ai
cost"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-18

DIR. c. W. Dixon, city health com
missioner at Danyille, recently closed
a restaurant in that city because OF
its alleged unsanitary condition.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

FOR SALE - ONE ELECTRIC
 range. Phone 321.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NoRTHeouND

NUN 66OONO PRINCESS LOUISE scheduled to arrive Saturday night. ADMIRAL ROGERS scheduled to arrive Sunday.
 SCHEDULED SAILINGS JEFFERSON scheduled to arrive Monday. ESTEBETH will sail for Sitka and way ports at II o'clock tonight.
 NORTHWESTERN Is scheduled to sail from Seattle July 14. PRINCESS ALICE scheduled to sail from Vancouver July IA, 9 D. m. QUEEN scheduled to sail from Seattle July IS. ADMIRAL EVANS scheduled to sail from Seattle July 19. MAIL BOAT GEORGE JR sails from Juneau for Petersburg and wayports next Saturday noon.
 souTAsouND ALASKA is scheduled to sail southbound about 10 o'clock tonight. ALAMEDA is scheduled south bound July 19 ADMIRAL WATSON is scheduled southbound July 20.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
FOR RENT-Apartments

FOR RENT-Cozy and comfort able furnished modern apartments for Lousakeeping or single rooms; all newly tinted and renovated throughout; including light, linen, baths. telephone service, maid serv- ice; every convenience possible for housekeeping. All outside rooms. Rates from $10 up.
 JUNEAU and SEAVIEW
 APARTMENTS. Phone 266.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

FOR SALE-THREE ROOM HOUSE with glass porch and fine garden. on Ninth St. Inquire Olaf Bod ding at house.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
ESTE BETH IN

The mail and passenger boat Els. tebeth, Capt. J. V. Davis, arrived in port late yesterday afternoon from Skagway and wayports. Two passen- gers were aboars the boat for Ju- beau, w. Shepard and A.. J. Sons thage from Haines. The Estebeth will leave at il o'clock tonight for Sitka and wayports.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
FOR SALE

MODERN 6 ROOM COTTAGE WITH
 basement also 4 room cottage with ! basement, fine view, good neigh borhood bargain. Inquire 403 < Franklin St.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
Chinese Cabinet Now
 Completely Wrecked

PEKING, July 12- Chang King Hua, Finance Minister. has resigned virtually completing the wrecking of the fragmentary cabinet which has been functioning with some resem' blance since Premier Chang Shao Tseng left his post some months ago, President Ii Yuan Hung has fled to Tientsin.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

ELECTRIC RANGE AT A BAR kain, 1 helss, double oven. s65.Oo. One Thor Vacuum Cleaner $12.50. One large boiler-iron stationary tub $7.50. See Brown opposite Soda Works.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
ROGERS IS
 NOW ON WAY NORTH

Steamer Admiral Rogers sailed from Seattle yesterday morning at 9l o'clock with 162 passengers. the fol- lowing for Juneau: Mrs. D. c. Allen, Mrs. c. s. McFadden and child, and 31 steerage
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
WATERFRONT FLOODED BY STORM; STEAMERS
 REPORTED ON BEACH

MONTIVIDEO, July 12. Five steamers are aground and hundreds of houses along the coast are buried in violent storm which has been raging for the past three days over South America. The storm Is due to the unprecedented rise of the River Platte. Part of the city's waterfront is flooded.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

BOAT ss FEET LONG. FIT. BEAM, 10 h. p, Imperial Engine, Trolling gear and full equipment. Inquire New York Exchange Pool Room.