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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
REACTION STILL
DAZED FROM
DEFEAT OF CON

Reaction Is still aezed from the
smashing blow IL received at the
hands oil the people q tins state ON
December II, when the proposed cons
stitution was overwhelmingly fes
iected,
For more thar thfee years teaetion
has planned To deliver the state over
TO judicial rule. One Judge OF the
state supreme court henaed . commit
tee to educate the people to vote
for the constitution.
Organized labor raised the first
protest. The first analysis Of the act
was presented to the Rockford con
vention of the state federation of Ia
Dor, which callea. on trade uDionists
and other loyef@ OF liberty TO work
and vote against the measure.
Mass meetings were organized,
speakers detailed, aud In "A short
time workers throughout the state
were aroused. As the campaign pro
gressed, a change was noticed on the
part Of newspapers and politicians.
Before labor became active few news
papers on politicians Indicated sym.
pathy with the anti.eonstitutlon tight.
AS the thunderous opposition IN
creased many Of these editors made
an about face and urged their readers
10 vote mo"
The acknowledged leader In this
fight was Victor A, 0lander, secre'
tary treasurer of the Illinois state
federation of labor. The analytical
faculties Of this trade unioniat ripped
to tatters the arguments of reactions
most skilled lawyers.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
COME OUT OF The
BLIND ALLEY

les that are new splitting the pro
ceeds IS the dividend On Nassred
stocks
Il Is claimed hy experts Of the In.
tcrstatc Commerce Commission that
nearly tQitN per cent q the claimed
valuation of the fefe Manquette Rail
road b. nothing but water. Govern
mcnt engineers have declared that
she Peyu Marquette can be rebuilt
Tor Sbi, S0a - The stocks and
bonds al the rere Marquette have
been inflated 10 siol.fli .as6. upon
which tho puNlie and the employees
are compelled u ~ dividends, II
Is claimed that shippers and rasseng-
efs are ovewharged aud the wages OF
employees afe beaten down in order
% pay dividend oI $500 900 year
on the watefed stock Of this one
railroad
This O. hut one simple Illustration
nt the claims Ne have set forth In
the foregoing. When Ne stop 10 CON
slider that this IS but enc illustration
~ the thousand ard ane other rail.
roads ami trusts AMI big interests, in.
volNtng hlllians ef dollars Of stock
much Of which l. water, and that Wall
Street The trusts, hanks, railroads,
and great industrial corporations have
luterlocklng inteieats and often difec-
tors all working indastnalls faf the
sole purpose Of profits. utterly re-
gauiless of the interests Of the work.
ere. lN "a any wonder that We have
unrest. high cost Of living. unemploy.
meni. prohseerng, strikes, and lock-
outsg
We can be put we'll on the high
road toward a mefe just and fair
plan of production aud distribution
by ffss organising the workers as
Well as the employers II you please;
second. By removing incampoteney
and dishonesty In industry, third, by
renewing the almost criminal waste
in Industry, fourth. by removing eN.
cessiyo prodtsi nth, by conducting
industry on basis of service instead
Of profit, sixth. by giving fair cont
pensRtion for service rendered, Ito
competent, willing employers Who
viii employ union labor under Just
conditions aud fair wages, and
seventh, fair rate of profit ON oapi.
tai invested, and last, but not least
without meddllnp, restrictive legiala-
lion by state or federal governments,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
MORE MEN ARE
KILLED UNDER
"SCAB" LABOR

Minneapolis.-During last October
90 per cent more employees % were
killed or injured on the Great North
ern railroad than during October,
1921, according to the comPanys
figures made public by c. L. La
Fountaine, safety supervisor.
For the 10 months period ending
October 81 the number of employees
killed or injured were l,T2I as
against 1,270 for the same PERIOD
last year. The report also SHOWS
that S21 persons were, were kiltea ~ oc{nhar gI az
1922. as against 167 during October
1921. - -,
This startling Increase in the rail-
roads casualty list is due t., unre.
paired and poorly repaired equipment
as a result of the company;s refusal
To settle the shopmen's strike.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
Other Notes.

Word has been received of the mar
riage of former Twin City printer
Waiter Wallick To Miss kathryn
BlQcher, at Greenville, Ohio. They
lett at once for their future home IN
Des Moines, la, where Mr.. Wallick
is superintendent of large printing
plant. While in Champaign he was
foreman of one of the leading job
offices. His parents reside at cerfo
Gordo.
The News Gazette has added two
new men to its already large force,
Paul Wascher is helping part time
now on the Rantoul Press, assisting
Brother Gus Evans.
Editor Tibbitt of the Monticello
Republican, was In the Twin Cities
Wednesday.
M. S. Burr assisted on the floor
part time last week at the News
Gazette.
Mrs. VIM. Wise and children have
returned from an extended visit with
relatives in Elgin.
Mrs. Joseph Fite has recovered
from a siege of flu.
Pies Vance, father of Frank Vance,
Courier operator. suffered a paralytic
stroke Wednesday.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
REVIVE DESSERT"
STRIKE; LIBEL HAS
BEEN REFUTED
Observation-Disclosures
"a. +. of L. News Service)

Washington.--The conviction of
several shop men in Los Angeles be-
Cause they refused TO handle trains
with defective equipment has brought
joy to Attorney General Daugherty,
who says this justifies his Injunction
against the shop men.
Il am never. gratiiied at miSfor-
tune experienced by any man." he
said, "but in the desertion of their
trains by striking workers, great
suffering and grave hardships were
imposed upon helpless men, women
and children"
II is doubtful If more inaccurate
statement could be made. Needles,
California, where the alleged desert
strike" happened is town of more
than 1000 inhabitants. with all the
modern conveniences of other towns
of its size. The attorney general
does not explain how employees could
desert their trains and themselves
avoid great suffering and grave
hardships" that were imposed on the
passengers.
Would the attorney general have
the public believe the employees We're
equipped with flying machines that
they stored in the baggage car and
scared away, leaving the passengers
to vultures and the desert sandSy"
The best answer to Daugherty's
latest sensationalism, is circular
forwarded to all Santa Fe railroad
ticket agents on August 21 last by
L. H. Dallas, district passenger agent.
These agents were instructed to give
as much publicity as possible to a
denial of the desert strike" story,
which served its purpose of arousing
public opinion against the strikers,
but was now hurting business.
The following is portion of the
circular:
''In view of the newspaper re-
ports circulated regarding suffer
ing of passengers at points on
the desert, where trains were
stalled, wish to say, while this is
considered good newspaper copy
in the main such conditions orig
mated in the fertile minds of
space writer's in the daily. press.
The 1000 inhabitants of Needles,
CAL, apparently enjoy the clim-
ate. Admittedly il is hot in the
summer months but not sufficient
to cause anything more than tenn
porary inconvenience and that
only to persons unaccustomed to
hot weather."
The Needles shop men have since
proven that they did everything pos
sible to make pleasant the enforced
stay of passengers, who were cared
for by the railroad in the leading
hotel.
1t will be noticed that the attor-
ney general makes no reference to
the reason swhy these workers re-
fused to handle trains. Neither has
he made single move to prosecute
railroads that are violating the safety
laws
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
MRS. HARTBANK
NEW HEAD OF
LABEL LEAGUE

The Women's Union Label League
met on Thursday of last week and
nominated and elected their officers
for the new year, as follows:
President-Mrs. Hartbank.
Vice Pfesident--Mrs. Merritt.
Second Vice President-Mrs. Burr.
Fin. a. Cor. Seeretary--Mrs. Dunn.
Recording Secretary--Mrs. Collins.
Treasurer-Mrs. Bruno.
Sergeant at -Arms--M Mrs. Moore.
Doorkeeper--Mrs. Wilson
Trustees--Mrs. jolly, Mrs. Healey,
Mrs. Moore.
These officers will be installed at
the next meeting.
BY careful selection of officers they
sure TO have a successful year. They
are planning a cafeteria supper In
the near future.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
.OUSTED FROM
HOMES: ARE
LIVING IN TENTS
ca, +, Of L. News scrvice)

VA - VI - ANtAa RFiRhtf
NaRllington, Housed In tents on
snov~e8vored mountain TAO feet
above sen level. comes the plea Tor
aid from striking shop men aud their
The sfriEcf- 1Te Il SoiJlsf summit.
| Ia Utah. They were employed on the
Denver a Rio Gfanda railroad. They
ask that Publicity he given this state
rnenti
"Wc are on top of "A mountain here,
7,l40 feet IN the air. We came out
on strike 100 per cent and have had
only one deaefsion. On August ! We
were put out of the company houses
and moved Into tents. Since August
We have run a eommiasary, but now,
with hard long winter before ua,
and the company using every means
90 get the men 60 break ranks We find
ourselves in u bad shape. There is
a local Injunction on top of the ma
tional Injunction, and the only way
We can make this strike effective Is
our presence. Saturday, November
4, We had l6 inches Of snow. and a
blizzard with IL, and 1t took eight
tents down. The tents arr danger
aus. and those Of Us who can live IN
crude shacka made of old railroad
ties and second hand lumber. There
Is no other source of employment
here except the railroad company"
In urging that aid be given this coli
ony Of 9s adults and 63 children.
Editor Ford of the Electrical Work.
efs' Journal says;
"Greed, as repfenied by the rail.
roads, government officials, aud
tyrannie courts, has exhausted its
ingenuity In efforts TO break the NOR
ale Of strikers, Jails have failed;
bayonets have failed; Daugheriy and
his minions have failed; starvation
may succppd" +"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
AGED BLIND MAN
KILLED BECAUSE
LAW Is VIOLATED

Spencer Sidell, aged blind man.
VINO, Tor many years, had been a fa-
miiar fgure about the streets Of Ur-
bana, died Shortly after IL o'clock
this morning at the county hospital
OF injuries received Sunday night
when struck opposite the county farm
building by an automobile driven BY
Peter Adams. Conclusion of the
brain was the cause of death. the vic
TINS head having struck the pave
ment as he fell.
No blame can be attached to Mr..
Adams, who was driving slowly at
the time. The glaring lights of two
machines approaching from the op-
posite direction prevented his seeing
Sidell and Henry Jordan, who was
leading him. and his car had struck
the blind man before he was aware
of their presence. They were walk
ing in the middle of the paved road
otherwise the accident would have
been avoided.-Urbana Courier.
Well, then whose fault was IL?
A blind man is killed because some-
one violates law prohibiting the use
of glaring automobile headlights
killed because some bigoted automo-
bile owner thinks he must outdo all
others in the matter of lighting Up
the town-killed because public off
GERS have for some time past been
so lax in the enforcement of automo-
bile regulations that we have not
heard of an arrest for months.
But now it is probable that auto
mobile regulations will be enforced
for awhile at least. They usually are
after someone has been killed.
1t is no uncommon occurrence TO
meet autoists on the roads or streets
with seven times the headlight need
ed, and it is often necessary to come
to dead stop until the law-hreaker
passes. These instances are in fact
so common that automobiling is abso-
lutely dangerous at all times.
Automobiles with no lights at all,
and with no tail lights are to be met
every night. Violations of traffic
laws occur constantly.
A few cops detailed to the enforce
ment of automobile traffic laws could
do a wholesale business-for awhile
at least. Let's get busy before any
more near-murders are committed.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
FOURTH ANNUAL
PARTY HUGELY
ENJOYED BY ALL

A real merry time was enjoyed by
those who were in attendance at the
fourth annual ball of Teamsters and
Chauffeurs' Union, No. 443, Monday
night at Labor Hall.
There was a large attendance of
members, their wives, sweethearts
and invited friends. Dancing was the
chief entertainment, and a banquet
was served during the evening. Sew
eral short talks were made by mem
bers of organized labor and others.
The success of the affair was due
to large degree to the efforts Of the
committee on arrangements, VINO
saw to it that everything possible
was done to assure a good time.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
h, GEoRGF ". rRRklNN.

President, Ciear Makefs' lntefus.
uonal Union - America.
Industry generally speaking Is
headed up a hlind alley aua Is puF-
posely kept there b, lhe pnageenng.
exploiting captains q hIH industry
and hnanee. lastead Il carrying on
industries and nuaauetiea fer service
and a fair profit the exploiting prof
itcers are conducting industries and
production for the sole purpose of
profits.
The labor question viii never set
on 90 the right read fer neaee and
pros pegigy and ent 81 neHe3s II un-
employ ment ami strikes aHd iooknats
until The smoke screens. used hy high
finance To heioe the minds q Tie gen
efal public, ard tie Undefhfush are
cleared away ffom lie pathway of
Industry. This can = aueees sfalS
accomplished By labor organizations,
There sp many things that should
be dene 80 help IN carrying forward
lnduStr yon fair, Just, anu equita-
Bile plan such as would bring a fair
return for capital invested. g. con-.
petent, efficient employers and heads
Of industry and IL the workers en-.
plOyed therein. Chief amAne these
are the gradual elimination Of IN
competent supeTintendents, manag
ers. aud manufacturers. and the uns
necessary. awful waste N Industry,
The so-ealled general public which
Is a myth, must b made 70 under
stand that the worker is not 10 hlame
for the so.ealled hieh cost of living,
the periods Of industry and eommer
.eial stagnatlen and Tor strikes and
lockouts, and that We viii not carry
the burden or be the goat for the
incompetency OF the manufactures
and the fnghtful and unnecessary
waste In industry.
II the general press Of the country
would simply print the known facts
the whole sa-ealled labor question
would be on the high read 10 solution
In SO far as that can be aceomnlishod
There Is scarcely single big indus
Try today that Is conducted on a fair
just. and efficient basis. Almost all
Of the biz Industries have hondlng
companies, holding companies, and
operating companies. all Of which
get their per cent of profits, end In
addition TO the three er four eompa.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
PERSONALS

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, Jrp
spent New Years in Danyille, ILL.,,
with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt entertained
their daughter and family during the
holidays.
Mrs. Billie Roberts and daughter
Nellie, have returned from Hammond,
Ind, where they spent a few days
with her sister.
Mrs. Lotus and daughter of Chi
cago, former Champaign resident,
spent the holidays here with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdonald and family
spent New Years with the former 5
sister, Mrs. Roy Pike, of Galesville,
Ills.
The Women's Cooperative Guild
will meet at Labor Hall on Friday,
January u, at 1:30 p. m. All mem
bers should attend.
Ethel Meneley is still on the sick
list.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
THE CHAMPAIGN
EVENING HERALD
is UNION SHOP

The Champaign Evening Herald
made its initial bow to the public on
New Years day. when ii issued a
32-page paper that at once made a
favorable impression on the reading
public and established itself as one
of the Twin Cities leading newspa-
pers.
The makeup and general appear.
ance of the Herald Is patterned
closely after that of the Hearst pa.
pars. It's news, sporting and feature
departments are alive with the latest
events, while lis editorial policy is
independent in all matters.
The Herald is the only evening
daily newspaper In the Twin Cities
bearing the union label of the Allied
Printing Trades, being manned by
organized labor in every mechanical
department. 1t furnishes employ
ment for eight members of the Typo
graphical Union and two union press.
men.
The Herald is under the able man
agement of Charles II. Anderson.
Robert Coyard is editor and Robert
Davis is circulation manager. John
" Ross il superintendent of produc-
tion, while Jack" Walters has
charge of the pressroom.
The Herald composing room "
unique loealls, fof the reason that n
is the only newspaper in this section
of the state that has installed the
non-distribution system. There is not
font of type in the shop, the dis
play lines being cast upon a Ludlow.
An Elrod furnishes an abundance OF
spacing material, while a battery Of
the latest models of Linotypes pro-
duce the type for the news columns.
The Review extends the glad-hand
of welcome TO The Herald.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
PRINTERS STRIKE
ASSESSMENT is
LOWERED TO 3%

A statement by local newspape
that the international Typographici
Union had spent S12,000,000 in
losing fight" is refuted by the fol
lowing statement of President Nc
Parland:
indianapolis 5 per cent
strike assessment of the lnterna-
tional Typographical union has
been reduced to 3 per cent, by or
der of the executive council OF
that organization. President
Mcfarland has issued the follow
ing statement:
ION and after the first financial
week in February, beginning
January 28, the 8 per cent assess
ment will be reduced to y per
cent.
beginning with the first week
i'm February strike benefits will
be paid on the following basis:
"ro married men-One-half
the lob day scale in effect July
/, 1922, as shown by minimum
wage scales pamphlet OF that
date.
"To single men-0ne-third the
lob day scale in effect July !,
1922, as shown by official mini.
mum wage scales pamphlet OF
that date.
Local administrative expenses
to be met by local unions"
The origiaal assessment was l0
per cent. The strike started May
/, 1921, because of the violation
by the employers of a 44-hour
week agreement in the CONNER
cial and book printing branch. =
The fact that three percent Q
is now sufficient to cove
the payment of strikers, as compare
to 10 per cent a year ago, is proc
that the strike is being won.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
THE MAKER OF PROSPERITY

There cannot be prosperous business
community unless those who compose the
buying public are prosperous. Ninety per
cent of the population of any community
are workers. Anything that affects the
prosperity of the buyers affects in like de-
gree the prosperity of the sellers When
employment is plentiful and wages are
good, business flourishes; but when there
is but little work and wages are low, busi-
ness failures are numerous.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
Lemon Growers Cooperate.

Six hundred acres of lemon groves
at ChuIa Vista, California, are owned
and operated comparatively by the
residents of that town. Each mem
ber's grove Is a distinct unit, gen
orally five or ten acres in extent, but
all the equipment is owned jointly
and production operations are under
the direction of a manager elected by
the c0-operators.
The Chula Vista lemon growers
co-oeprative is affiliated with the
California Fruit Growers Exchange
which, as a cooperative distributing
organization, means further savings
for the fruit growers and for the
buyers Of fruits.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05

Newark. N. AT a conference Of
trade unionists from every section OF
the state. legislative program TO oe
urged at the next session OF the state
legislature was agreed 10.
The major matters are: Strengthen
the workmen's compensation law ,
prohibit the issuance Of inJuncuonIs
In labor disputes; oppose night work
for women.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
Mhni Cn.nneralinn b.

TO have a common cause and then
10 work the other fellows way when
he won't work yours Is cooperation.
The best eo-operator is simply the
man who can get the most pleasure
aut of doing things In the other fel-
lows way. The one-way fellow Is not
a co-operator lie is an untutored
.nnanen
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
Tom nansen passe. On.

Chicago. Thomas A. Hanson. sec.
retary-treasure Of the international
Seamen's Union Of America. died IN
this city after two years Illness
that was aggravated By the death Of
his wife. Deceased Haa member o.
the Seamen's union for more than 3O
years. He wag seeretary-tfea6ufer
for ~ years and treasurer Of the
Lake Seamens union for 20 years.
He was "an old-line" trade unionlsi
and justified this belief by the pro.
gress his fellow seamen made through
trade union effort.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
ONWARD PROGRESSIVE
SOLDIER.

: With kindest thoughts and'
. best wishes for the New Year
. In sending you New Years
. greetings for 1923, ] emphasize
: and direct your attention to the
. remarkable victories of demo
: cratic and progressive IDEAL
: over those Of reaction.
. In 1922 the forces Of re-
: action were marshalled and
/. flung with all their fury,
. against organized labor IN vain
I. attempts to impede. stem or
: break labor'a lines.
|. The reactionary forces are
!. now retreating before a rapidly
!. developing public conscience
!. that proposes to establish equal
!. opportunity for all.
!. Onward Progressive Soldier
!. A. +. Of l.. Building
!. Washington, d. C......e,,
!. FRANK MORRISON.
=
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
RAILROADS AND OTHER
INTERESTS FIND WAYS TO
FOOL NEWSPAPER READERS

pleaders; and they do much besides
plead.
Read the editorial from the Ed
tor and Pnpblishern It tells about
one minor eyil--one little bit of a
chip on a sea CT rough stuH-for
Which the newspaper reader pays the
penalty.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05

Stated in concrete terms the union
label is powerful because it accom-
plishes by peaceful means, with alb
solute certainty and at little cost,
that which the strike and boycott seek
to accomplish, always at great cost
and sacrifice.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
Legislature in Session.

The Illinois General Assembly con,
vened in Springfield this week and
after the preliminaries of organlla-
ton and appointment Of committees
there will be a grand parade of new
bills introduced. Il Is reported lha'
the Constabulary law viii be re-
introduced, which viii pfeelpltal'
the usual fight from organized labor
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
State Unions to Meet.

Dallas, Texas-The executive board
Of the Texas state federation of labor
has selected this city for the annual
convention, to convene Monday, May
q next.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05
federation Meeting.

The next regular meeting of the
Twin City Federation Of Labor will
be held on Wednesday night, Janu-
ary 10.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05

The union label stands for moral
ity, cleanliness, honesty, ehivalry to-
ward women and protection of the
young.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05

The union label is essentially an
emblem of peace, both in suggestion
and in practice.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-01-05

The union label makes woman thl
strongest as we'll as the geutlest OF
Gods creatures.