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The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03

Bill Seayy came over from Fort
Collins Saturday to spend few days
with boy friends at this place.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03
LOCAL NEWS Of INTEREST
es'ses II iAs fsspie d haynor ~ Ieiait isr Past
Nosk isll b ond
Get your separator oil at seldins.

Get your separator oil at Seldins.
Spring caps at $1.25, real value.
Seldins.
Straw hats for everybody. where?
At seldins.
Mrs. R. H. Pinkerton was shop
ping In Morgan last Monday.
C. L. Snyder was a Morgan visitor
Monday afternoon and evening.
Western garden seeds in bulk or
package. Get them at Seldins.
j. O Smathers came up from Ver-
non, Colo, Sunday and spent the
day with friends.
Mrs. Scott arrived home Saturday
morning from Sterling where she
spent q few days.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20
LABOR MUST PUSH MESSAGE
SAYS UNIONIST WHO STUDIES
UNORGANIZED TOILERS' VIEWS

unionism, know little of the aims of
ORGANIZED labor. The literature sent
into the homes direct would help
union men to convince their wives
that they were justified in being alb
sent from home to attend union meet
ings.
Il have had many women, some of
them wives of union men, argue that
it was not necessary for their hus-
bands to attend meetings, as it was
bad enough that they were members
of a union. Thanks to my perserver-
ence, however, | have convinced them
all that they were not fair in their
expression toward the organizations
which were fighting their cause so
nobly with sacrifices of both money
and effort.
Il would also suggest that it is alb
solutely necessary that the funda-
mental principles of unionism be con-
stantly emphasized. The ritual
should include the reading of the ar
ticles of the constitution and discus
sion of them for the benefit of those
who through neglect or otherwise are
not versed in the constitutions of their
respective organizations. This pro-
cedure would educate the members as
to their purpose in organizing and
aid the forming of sound conclusions. y
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20
TWENTY YEARS
For Whipping Boss Who
Killed Tabert

Lake City, Fla. - Higginbotham,
whipping boss at the Putnam lumber
lease camp, has been found guilty of
second degree murder in the death of
young Martin Tabert, of North Da-
kota. He was sentenced to 20 years
Imprisonment and was then released
on $4,000 bond pending appeal The
jury was out one hour and 20 min
utes
The defense admitted the whipping,
but contended that it was within the
law" basing this on testimony that
not more than 10 lashes were struck,
which the regulations permitted at
that time The death of Tabert re-
suited in the abolshment of whipping
and the dismissal from office of the
sheriff and county Judge of Leon
county who sentenced Tabert to jail
for three months for riding freight
train The sheriff admitted that he
had an agreement with the Putnam
Company to supply prisoners at $50
each
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20

By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.-Organized la
Dor should lose no opportunity to adj
vertise itself.
Women members of the working
mans family must be shown the bene-
fits of trade unionism.
Many workers remain outside the
ranks of the unions because they are
not we'll informed on organized labor's
aims.
Discrimination of the average person
to go out of his way to investigate an
unfamiliar thing is big factor in
preventing more rapid growth of the
unions. Organized labor must take
its message to the worker, not wait
for the worker to show interest.
These are some of the poins made
by ]. A. Cartier, member of Paint
ers' Local 988, Grand Forks, N. D.,
in a letter to President Gompers, of
the American Federation of Labor
Mr. Cartier's letter is particularly in>
teresting, as he has made study of
why more workers do not join the
unions. Having been member of
organized labor only three years, he
remembers how he felt about union
ism and so senses the feeling of the
unionist better than the man who has
been a union member so long that he
has forgotten he was ever outside the
union fold. Mr. Cartier writes:
My membership in the union of my
craft dates from January /, 1920.
would have joined the organization
long before that date if | had known
how a membership could be obtained
| make this statement to throw light
on my belief that the facilities fol
joining are not sufficiently brought tC
the attention of the Workingman.
urge that something be done about
this and offer the suggestion that 3
mailing list of all working men anC
women be requested from the centra
bodies, who, with the help of the 10
Gals, could with little effort obtain {
very good mailing list to be used by
the local executive board or commit
tees appointed for the task. Thel
literature advocating our cause coult
be mailed to workers within thc
unions to refresh their memories ant
rekindle their zeal and to worker
who have heard of unionism but wh'
have never been furnished informa
ton as to the procedure for joining
a union and to whom and where t,
ask for membership.
"The workers at large, not except
ing union men, judging from my ex
perience in advocating the cause o
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20
GARY AGAIN PROMISES
PROOF PILES UP THAT STEEL TFRVES ON EIGHTHO DAY
AS DEMAND GROWS THAT INDUSTRIES HEAD
MAKE GOOD HIS WORD
Shown
Was Hour

with each other and both SIDES find
that it pays.
Similar Results in u. S.
From the foregoing summary of
how the British steel industry has
Jared under the 8-hour day, it is evil
dent that Britain has learned facts
that the American steel trade has
scarcely begun to appreciate in the
slightest degree That beginning
has been made here, however, is in
dicated by the testimony of the Colo
RADIO Iron and Steel Company, al
ready referred to- The Colorado
steel and iron is finding that the
8-hour day brings results similar to
these obtained in Great Britain, as is
indicated by the following quotation
from letter by J F Welborn, pres
ident of the company:
"The immediate results, from the
standpoint of production per man
hour, and of labor cost per unit of
output, were satisfactory, and where
conditions have been comparable, it
has been evident that we have lost
nothing either in producing cost OF
output by reason of the change.
"At blast furnaces the labor cost
per ton, Immediately following the
Introduction of the 8-hour day with
the increase of ten per cent in wage
rates, increased slightly over one pei
cent above former costs. At oper
hearth furnaces it increased one anc
one-half per cent; while at our roll
ing mills there was substantial re
duction in the labor cost per ton.
8-Hour Shift Booms Output
Recent careful analysis of operat
ing results between various u anC
8-hour work periods have been made
and show these results to be ever
more satisfactory than we had real
ized before The trend Of production
per man hour with unimportant ex
ceptions, have been upward since th
adoption Of the 8-hour day; and il
every department of our steel manu-
featuring operations, from blast fur
mace to the wire mill, our production
per man hour is now greater tha
it was when all of these activitie
were operating on the 12-hour shift
Comparing these results of the las
few months with periods of simila
production when basic rates wer
ten per cent lower than current rate
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20
NEW JERSEY TRADE UNIONS
LEAD In FIGHT TO DRIVE
SWEAT SHOPS FROM STATE

tors of several convicted of employing
child labor have been fined and SEN
fenced to prison.
1t has been found that thousands
of manufacturers of clothing and
other goods have been farming out"
work to be done by women and chill
dren in their own homes The manu-
facturers 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 menace to the
health of the users. Paper food con-
tainers, dolls dresses and clothes for
men, women and children have been
sent into unsanitary homes for fin
ishing.
Investigation Spreads
From 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
anti-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.
Representative of organized labor
believe that the investigation will
I 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
i 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 Is years of age and are start
ing out to work are properly en-
ployed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20

Labor men answer by declaring that
like the American workers, who, they
say, would be only too glad to put in
a workday that would enable them
to live as human beings, not as mere
cogs in a souless machine
Even more significance in its bear
ing on the claim that the 8-hour day
is not practical is the fact that some
great British plants voluntarily in
troduced the 8hour day more than
twenty-five years ago, and, like Ger
tain celebrated product of their land,
are still going strong These plants
have grown stronger and stronger
with the passing years, under policy
which Judge Gary and his fellow
steel magnates persist in solemnly
contending cannot succeed
Change Increased Production
Nor is this all of the story of Brit
ish steel under the 8-hour day. There
has actually been an increase in pro-
duction. The change from the II to
the 8-hour day necessitated employ
ing more men, but it also was found
that in the more modern plants it
didn't greatly increase the cost of
steel per ton
DR.. H. NJ Vernon, of the indus trial
fatigue research board of the Brit
ish government found in 1920 that
open hearth steel furnace plants gain
ed from IA to Is per cent in produc-
tion when they reduced the working
hours from II to s. On the shorter
shift there is less wasted time and
greater output per man per hour
In most British steel plans work
is ended at o'clock Saturday after.
Moons and not resumed until Sunday
night What would the 12-hour slaves
Of Pittsburgh Bethlehem, Gary anc
other steel hells say to that?
With the 8-hour day has gone the
organization of the steel workers anC
enjoyment of harmonious relation.
between employer and employee Fo.
a period of twenty-five years ther
has not been a strike or lockout il
the British steel industry, despite th
many struggles in other British in
dustries The manufacturers, through
their association and the men, through
their iron and steel trades fedora
ton, have formed the habit of dealing
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20

By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C-"The lords of
steel have hearkened and have pledg-
ed themselves to end the 12-hour day
in industry. Steel has made wise
decision"
SO says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger The Ledger is right steel
has made a decision, if decision it
really is. On this point the Ledger,
in common with leading newspapers
all over the country, calls for the
steel corporation to make good, say
ing:
"The nation will not be dispos-
ed to wait for hard times or the
opening of the gates to immigration
to see it carried out Steel will be
expected to act in good faith The
10000 men needed can be found if
steel wants to find them and looks for
them"
Even the anti-labor papers are de-
claring that the 12-hour day must
go Witness Munsey's reactionary
Sun, which under the heading, THE
Doomed TwelveHour Day." points
out that the change to the eight-houl
shift can be effected without great
difficulty, as many practical steel men
have demon strated in the most con.
vincing way possibility doing it.
Britain Shows the Way
Meanwhile, as steel promises anc
promises to "be good day
evidence continues to pile up that
the steel industry can live and thrive
on the 8-hour workday Added K
the testimony of the Colorado Iron
and Steel Company and other former
12-hour industries in the United
States that they are operating will
success under the 8-hour day, come.
the information that almost the EN-
tire steel industry of Europe is nov
operated on 8-hour shifts, The few
exceptions are in countries where thu
industry is of very small Importance
Particularly striking is the case O
Great Britain, which has had the 8
hour day in effect since 1919 Non
of the men want to go back to th
4 12-hour day and few of the employ
ers do This raises the question
Can it be that British steel worker
are different from American stee
workers, who are said by the stee
magnates to love the 12-hour shift 2
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20
CLERKS ASK INCREASE

Chicago. - Increase in wages of
station and clerical forces of the Pere
Marquette and the New York, Ontario
& Western railroads is asked in
submission filed with the railroad la
Dor board by officers of the Brother
hood of Railway and Steamship
Clerks
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20

BY International Labor News Service
Jersey City, N. ito organized
labor is due a major share of the
credit for the exposure of sweat shop
conditions which has aroused the
state and resulted in statewide war
on sweat shops.
SO startling has been the conditions
revealed by the investigation, begun
by representatives of organized la
Dor, that other states in the East are
Investigating and are finding that
New Jersey is not the only state
where sweat shops flourish
Horrible conditions existing in New
Jersey sweat shops were first brought
to the attention of organized labor
by the national child welfare commit
tee. The unions lost no time in act
ing and Mrs. Nellie Smith, an officer
of the Jersey City School Teachers
Union; T. NJ Brandle, president of
the Hudson County Building Trades
Council. and Charles j. Jennings
secretary treasurer of the joint coun-
Gil of Hudson county, international
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
Stablemen and Helpers, conferred
with Mayor Hague, of Jersey City
and told him that the sweat shops
must be driven from the city. The
union representatives also informed
the mayor that the state labor de
partment had failed to eliminate tht
sweat shops.
Mayor Orders Drive
After hearing the committee
Mayor Hague called in his chic
health Inspector and instructed hin
that he was to act under the direction
of Mrs. Smith in a campaign to clos,
the sweat shops, He further directed
that the school nurses and the boart
Of health doctors be used in the in
vestigation and campaign
Already more than thousand
sweat shops, employing little children
at a mere pittance, have been fount
in Jersey City and closed Proprie
and the working time twelve hour
per day we find that almost withou
exception our labor cost per ton j
lower than in the earlier periods
Furthermore, whenever the ques
tion of change made in the length G
the working day has come up fo
discussion between officials and en-
ployes representatives, satisfactio
with the change has been expresse
By the employees. 1t is obvious, there
fore, that our change from a u t
. an 8-hour day was practical and ha
been successful"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-20

with each other and both sldes find
that il pays
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09
THANE TEACHER
 MAKES FLIGHT

School teachers in Alaska have known many and varied means of travel from their schools to their places of residence. travelling on foot. by skM5. dosteams and boats, but to Miss Blanche Torklcson. teacher at the Thane school, goes the honor of being the first to travel the distance from her school to her home by sea plane.
 Shortly after , o'clock yesterday afternoon, whom school had closed for the day. Miss Tcrklcson, sur rounded by a crowd of admiring and awed pupils, walked to the float at f'hanIe and embarked on small craft to the waiiting seaplane North bird, piloted by Aviator Roy F. Jones'
 In a few seconds the plane cleared the .waltcr and in q pretty flight up Gastineau Channel deposited Miss Torldloson near tho landing float at Juneau.
 Miss Torkleson also has the distinc- tion Of being the lagt passenger to make q flight with Aviator Jones be fore his departure from Juneau for his headquarters at kctchikan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09
kETCHikAN PLEASED
 WITH HEALY COAL

The people aye pleased with the results from tfe uso of tile Healy River coal, trial shipment of which was recently rCce.yed at that place. Speaking of the coal, the Ketchilan Chronicle says:
 Tests made by Ketehikan people show that the coal is superior to that Imported from the South for cookstoye purposes. In furnaces il gives a quicker. hcser fire than does the southern ccal, but 1t will not last as long. But for houschJid use, for the houeswifc to use in her kitchen. sho is sure to get better re- suits, those who have used it say
 ''Flor lse in fllingces it is advisable to shut eff the draughts. In that manner 1t Will burn veil and will 1ast much longer and will give quite as good heat as the coais which have been in use here. In purchasing Al aska mined coal the pt'ice paid is go ing back into Alaskan pockets for further Alaska development
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09
"THE SAPHEAD" AT
 COLISEUM TOMORROW

The coming of "The Saphead' to the Coliseum Thcater Thursday and Friday, with William H. Crane and Buster Keaton in the star roles, re- calls old memories of the stage when Crane appeared before the foootlights as the headliner- in many a noted success. His appearance as the halrghty baron of finance in "The Sap-hcad" will hand down in per mIanent form on the screen that personnel which for nearly two gener- ations was a source of delight to the theater-going public.
 This play which has been chosen as a vehicle for the return of MT. Crane to that public with which he is fayordte, is "a typical American story. It deals with the machina- tions of aligh finance and one of the thrills in the presentation is the sccpe depicting a panic in Wall Street. It is tho story of the son of a ffch broker and his many laugh able escapades in his determination to lead "a wild life. under the impress sion that the girl he loves desires a
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09

markets that comes into the Domin- ion and it is not usually in as good condition as Canadian fish.
 Terminate July 1
 1t is probable notice will be given the United States that. unless they arc rcady to reopen negotiations on the que-sion, the molus yiyendi Will be terminated on July 1. If the ar. rangement is terminated 1t will have n particularly serious effect on the fisheries near Prince Rupert and elsewhere on the Pacifie Coast. but it is believed hero that tie United States WEI be willingi to come to some mutually satisfactory arrange mont.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09
FANNIE OF LITTLE SMOKY" LAST TIME TONIGHT

A lfofr-cornered rove story lends plenty of romance to the Playgoers feature, Anne of Little Smoky, showing for the last time tonight at the Palace Theater, With Winifred Wcstovcr, Joe King, Dolores Cassil- elli and Frank Sheridan featured.
 This mountain story of conflict te. tween poachcrs and tho law, involves the heart affairs of a Forest Rang er. mountain maid, a gypsy princess and a she1l-shocked soldier. The Ranger loves the fair daughter of his enemy. while he is loved by tn 2 gypsy who. in turn, is a vivid flam= across the logged vision of the scl dier, whose return to health Is one of the many dramatic moments of the film. :.
 Tho mermaid comedy Bang" in two reels, is a scream.y
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09
ROBINSON CRUSOE"
 COMING TO COLISEUM

Harry Myers, Gertrude Olmstead, Emmett King, Percy Pembroke, Aaron Edwards, Josef Swickard. Ger. trude Claire, Jack Woods, T. (. Jacks, John Wallace. Chas. AcHugh. Gloria Davenport. and Noble John son! These are the principal play CTS that head the cast for the Uni versal chapter play. ''The Adven- tures of Robinson Crusoe.' which comes Ito the Coliseum Theater to. morrow. Harry Myers is famous as "The Connecticut Yankee" Miss Olmstead won an Elks' beauty con test in Chicago. Emmett King is noted particularly fer clerical roles. Percy Pembroke has been featured in Western dramas. Josef Swickard was the French father in "The Four Horsemen"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09
BIG LUMBER OPERATIONS
 IN PRINCE RUPERT REGION

One hundred and fifty million feet of timber will be logged on the coast adjacent to Prince Rupert this sea son and 1,500 men will directly find employment from tho operation, ac- cording to approximate figures ob- taincd from officiGl sources, accord. ing to the Prince Rupert News.
 Thc5c figures may be roughly di vided between tho Queen Charlotte Islands and the coast line between Alice Arm and Ocean Falls They operations of q larger nature =hich are now under way or commencing and allowing for smaller operations that arc scattered here and there il tho district.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09
HARRINGTON PREPARING
 FOR STickINE SEASON

Capt. s. c. Harrington, of the Burlington Transportation Company, arrived the first of the week. He says the outlook for business up the Siikine is better this year than for several years past. The first trip up the river will be made in about two weeks. Captain Burlington will be joined by his family as soon as school Is out. His son. York. grad uatos from Broadway High School, Seattle, next month. (Wrangell Sen. tinel.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-09
1.-THE STORM" AT
 PALACE THURSDAY

After all, q picture $ essentially q story and the p,SS therefore Is the most important element "The story's the thing"
 1.-The Storm" coming as q Uni versal-Jewe attraction, starring House Peters, to tho Palace Theater next Thursday, was adapted from the New York stage sensation of the same name. Theatrical history was made by the play, wFiaten by Lang don Mccormick. It is grippingly dra- matic, and besides uhe elements of simple drama there is woven into it the theme Of two kinds of fear that men may feel coward women
 One man in tho tlaangle of the story is afraid 0. women because he knows nothing of them. has never seen anything of them. IL I woedsman, primitive and honest.
 The other is the product O. Lon, don and Paris society. lie ieais the gentle sex because he has seen too darned much of women"
 The woman in the case is an in- nocent French Canadian girl. forced to live With the two men fo4 four long months through being benmed in by a snowsstorm.
 On this novel situation Mccormick cons.rueel d story that holds the interest to the last by it's very nn- usualncss.
 Virginia Valli is the sir and MastI MQQra ia fha Iandon,at/ tyhf1a pnf | CTS brings his manly direetness u 1 emotiOnalism to sbesr on the ssair,es role of the woodsman. Josel S4 .h. ard and Frank Lanniug haga supp I porting roles.