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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22
Scope of Prison Labor Trust
 Revealed by National Survey

for profit and graft and it simplifes prison management problems so greatly for a shiftless administration that it has maintained a footing in many states. It was driven out in the more progressive states before the war, but the public account sys- tenn was the subterfuge introduced to get around the laws against contrac- tors passed in most of the states.
 As far as competition is concerned the public account system IS as bad as the contract system of prison labor because in both instances the goods are thrown upon the open market. The only way of keeping prison made goods off the open market is to dis tribute the production to state and municipal governments and institu- tionS for consumption. This requires better business organization than ex- ists at present, but the alternative of unfair competition is so serious both to labor and industry that better business organization in government is being demanded so insistently that it cannot long be evaded.
 Concentrate in Shirt and Overall
 Making.
 Further analysis of the figures compiled show that, although only ten thousand out of 67,ooo prisoners are employed under the public account and contract system, 5,74o, or 53- per cent. of the. 10000, are employed in the manufacture of workshirts and overalls This concentration is driv ing manufacturers in these lines out of business. Such competition is pal pably unfair.
 More serious to other manufactur- CTS is the fact that the contracts held by prison labor exploiters permit them to make similar concentration of prison labor in any industry they choose.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22
COMPO CLUBS
 ENDORSED
| Conn. State Federation of Labor
 | Goes on Record in Favor of This Plan of Banking.

The Connecticut State Federation of Labor gave its endorsement to the Compo Club plan of banking at it's an nual session held in the Hotel Garde last week. The resolution of endorse ment was presented by Secretary |. M. Ornburn, who is very much in- terested in the banking situation.
 At the morning session John L. Hartnett of New York city, director of the Union Labor Division of the Compo Clubs, addressed the delegates and gave an outline of what Compo Clubs do and what 1t has accomplish ed in New York city.
 Many delegates took part in the debate on the adoption of the resolu- ton which is as follows:
 Whereas, The leaders of Organ ized Labor have through resolutions passed at the conventions of the American Federation of Labor, the various international unions and state federations urged the workers to make safety the first consideration in their plans for an emergency fund i; and
 Whereas, Each of us has had con stant evidence of the losses sustained by workers through and activitie of the master crooks, fakirs, schemers and con artists, who are constantly plying their nefarious trade, selling stocks, bonds and schemes which are absolutely worthless, and
 Whereas, We, the Connecticut State Federation of Labor, in conven- tion assembled at New Haven, Con- necticut, June 4, 1923, do believe that the safety of a bank account makes it the ideal method for the use of the average worker in maintaining fund for protection in time of need. Hav- ing investigated the plan for group banking as used by the Compo Clubs of America; we do give to it unquali- fled approval, calling attention to it's particularly advantageous points which are:
 q. Absolute safety. The deposi- tories of the Compo Clubs of Amer ica being banks or trust companies, operate directly under Governmental supervision.
 "2. Convenience. Accounts are the department where working, thus of going to the bank with each de posit.
 B. All deposits draw interest from the first of the month following de- posit, which means a great advantage where regular deposits are made.
 A. In time of need your money is subject to withdrawal-take your your bank book to the bank and get 1t.
 Therefore, be it Resolved, That we suggest that all union shop repre- sentatives take such action as is necessary to give their membership an opportunity of benefting by the Compo Club plan. And be it further Resolved, That we urge Organized Labor workers to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the Compo Clubs of America as a safe, sane and reasonable plan by which you may be prepared for whatever may happen in the future"
 In New Haven the National Tradesmen's Bank has adopted the Compo Club plan of saving, and any group that desires further information can get in touch with Director Hart nett at the bank Or at The Labor News office.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22
GERMAN WORKERS
 URGED TO STRIKE
Radical Agents Busy in Many Cen ters-Cuno's Organ Up
 braids U. s.

Berlin, June 22.-A general strike of all workmen in Germany is being urged by radical unionists following mob demonstrations, and extra police precautions are being taken i'll all in dustrial centers.
 Radical leaders are sending out propaganda and agents to all work centers in Germany in an effort to spread the strike. This action is not considered as protest against the Ruhr occupation so much as a demon stration against capital.
 In Mulheim the miners went out on strike and the homes of several mine directors were footed by mobs
 At Brandenburg there was much firing, but no casualties were re- ported.
 An attack on the United States is printed in Chancellor Cuno's official organ, Die Zeit. It says:
 "How American statesmen and leaders of public opinion can have the nerve in the future to talk about the moral ideals of the American people, after they have calmly looked on at these crimes against human and dl- vine law, for which Americans share the guilt, will ever be beyond under standing. The French invasion of the Ruhr will always remain black page in Americas history, too, as that great Power is accessory to the crime"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22

The contrast with the state use system is significant because it shows that only IH per cent. of the prison CTS are employed in the manufacture of workshirts and overalls for state consumption. This is a fair propor- tlon. The unfair proportion of s per cent. under the public account and contract system is a staggering bur den to industry-too much for the industries directly concerned.
 Trust Seeks to Extend Its Control.
 Conditions will be worse within the next five or six weeks. The Sterling Reliance Company is negotiating with five more states for the introduction of garment manufacturing plants.
 The reformatory at Pendleton, In diano, may give the Reliance concern the output of 400 prisoners. Nego- tiations are under way with the branch state prison at Marquette, Mich, for the output of GOO men. The contract for the state prison of Utah was held up at the last moment at the request of the National Com mittee on Prisons and Prison Labor and others, but the trust may yet win the fight Four hundred men are on the verge of trust domination in the state prison at Huntsville, Texas. In Alabama an extraordinary movement of reaction practically insures to the prison labor trust the output of GOO men in shirt shops and Goo men in the textile plant.
 This Is the situation on the fighting line. Much undercover work is being
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22

In addition to the list of contract states, there are states which manu- facture garments under the public ac- count system for disposition in the open market, system equally as vicious as the contract system as far as unfair competition with free labor and free industry is concerned. Iowa emplyos 400 men in clothing manu- facture in the penitentiary and Mis- souri employs I,o52 men in its prison in the manufacture of shirts, overalls and jumpers. The prison CTS receive practically no wages. The dumping on the open market of the
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22
Contract total--4,3I7

enormous volume of goods manufac- tured under this system Is having a ruinous effect on the industry
 The tabulation above contains only the garment industries, totaling 5,74o men, or 5 per cent. In the other shop trades 2,7o3 are employed under the public account system, and 2,2o8 are employed under the contract sys- tenn. The shop trades include auto plates, stone quarries, sheet metal work, bricks and tile, printing, brooms and brushes, furniture, hosiery and knitting, shoes and textile mills.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22

basis for it's investigations. These figures show the following distribu- tion of workable prisoners in prison industries in state prisons and re- formatories:
 Contract System - 6,6o5 Public Account System m--,-~- 4,I35
 Total Unfair Competition--~---Io,74 o, 74o State use ,6oo Maintenance work (estlmated
 at 40 per cent. - 28, 800 Roadwork I2 Z, ,2o4 Farms - O 16z Total Fair Employment t--.,-, 2 200 Total of all employed -------67, ,ooo (Southern prisoners not includedD
 The contract system of prison la Dor has been universally condemned, but it offers so many opportunities
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22

too large for the comfort of the trust benefciaries.
 Here Are States Where Contractors
 Are Entrenched.
 The following tabulation for the garment industry shows the states that have prison contracts, the institution, the contractor, the com modity manufactured, and the num- Der of prisoners employed; it shows also the concentration of contractors ln the garment industry and the dom ination of the Sterling Reliance Man ufacturing Company, a domination that is virtually monopoly:
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22
THE FAR EAST

Chinese and American Restaurant. Business Mems Lunch, 45 Cents. Served from II A. M. to 200 P. M. Special Sunday Dinner, $I.oo.
 A La Carte at All Hours. Dancing every evening from Io-I2. The Department of Health City of New Haven has given us a rating
 of Ioo%.
 Lee Woo, Mgr. 57 CHURCH ST. New Haven, Conn.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22

The public does not generally ap- preciate the significance of this fact prison labor trust-the Sterling Re liance Company of Chicago.
 The concentration of prisoners on workshirts and overalls in prisons to- day IS as follows:
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22
DEFEAT VICIOUS PLAN

Sacramento, Cal, June 15.-The state legislature defeated a plan to establish a three-fourths jury verdict in criminal cases. It is agreed by friends of the bill that organized la Dor is responsible for its defeat
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22

Because of hard times, lot of women who used to dye their hair to match their gowns, now dye their gown to match their hair.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22
GOVERNMENT GETS FACTS THAT
 SHOW EXTENT OF MENACE
Concentration on Garment Manufacture Drives Some Firms Out of Business Effort to Intro duce State Use System Meets Enmity of
 Greed and Shiftless Management.
bor News Service.

Washington D. C. June 22Unfair competition of prison labor with free industry has reached alarming the last 2 months Organizations of labor lecturers both considering spread labor and of prisoners at the of free labor and free industry
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22

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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
ELEVATOR AT
MILL BOUGHT
j. ID. Bacon and Sons Elevator
Part of State Mill

Fargo, July l8.-Farmers residing
in the vicinity Of Grand Forks will
be enabled to haul grain directly to
the state mill and elevator during
the greater part if not all Of the
coming grain season.
A wagon dump is now being ar
ranged at the elevator recently, pur-
chased by the state industrial CON-
mission from j. d. Bacon & Son,
and, according to c. f. Austin, gem
-eral manager, the Improvement will
probably be completed in time to
receive grain from near the first Of
the threshing season.
4 Grain taken in at the wagon dump
will be transported to the big ele-
vator in cars for the time being, Mr..
Austin said, until such time as a
more efficient system for carrying
grain to the elevator can be devils
ed and installed. Mr.. Austin said
that compressed air overhead sys-
tenn would probably be used for this
purpose.
At the time the mill and elevator
site was purchased, the land upon
which the Bacon elevator site was
included in the purchase. Mr.. Bacon
and sons, however, retained posses
sion of the building until it was
recently purchased by the commits
sion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
NOTES SENT
TO MILLCITY
Equity Packing Plant Notes
Turned Over for Collection

Fargo, July Is. = When John
Martin assumed charge Monday of
the Equity Packing company af-
fairs as receiver appointed by the
court, he found that the 100000 of
notes held by the company against
buyers of stock in the concern had
been turned over to a Minneapolis
collection agency for collection.
The notes are already in the mill
city concerns possession it was
claimed yesterday.
According to President C.. w.
Reichert. of the packing company
the board had made the decision to
engage an outside firm to make the
collection. 1t was reported yester
day that an attempt will be made by
the receiver to regain possession
of these notes for the company if
the receivership is made permanent
ut the hearing Saturday.
1T was not disclosed what terms
had been entered into by the com
pany with the collection agency.
Mr.. Reichert declared the terms
were more reasonable than could
he obtained in Fargo.
A meeting of the board is to be
held soon at which it will be de-
cided whether the receivership is
to be opposed, Mr.. Reichert stated
yesterday. He said he did not know
what the hoard would .decide.
Mr.. Martin was named receiver
by Judge A. T. Cole Saturday but
did not take charge until Monday
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
ROTTINEAU
NORMAL WILL
CLOSE DOORS

Bottineau, N. D., July 18.-The
forestry state normal school of this
city will be closed at the end of a
five weeks term Of summer school,
which begins next Monday and will
be placed under the supervision of a
caretaker, it was definitely decided
here today by Joseph A. Kitchen,
member of the state board of adj
mnistration after a citizens COM
mittee had notified him that it would
be impossible to secure enough pri-
vate funds to continue the operation
of the school. Closing of the school is
necessitated by tho fact that an ap-
preparation voted by the last session
of the state Legislature was eliminat-
ed by the governor as an economy
step.
Mr.. Kitchen came here late yes
terday, vested with full power to act
in the matter, and after several in
formal conferences announced mis-
decision this afternoon.
Professor Nelson Sauvain of Devils
Lake, is in charge of the teachers
summer training school, now in SEES
sion and will continue the work for
the next five weeks. There is now
an enrolment of 10 and next terms
enrolment will be about so. it is be-
lieved.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
PAGE THREE

broke all Yellowstone Park records
for size of fish caught, by hooking
and landing a 22-pound mackinaw
trout at the confluence of the Lewis
and Snake river, near the south gate
Of the park, according to the Cody
(Wyo.) Herald.
He played with the fish for so min
utes, having caught him on a fly rod
and No. 3 spinner. He had to wear
him out SO that finally he lifted him
from the water by the gills. The
fish was 81 inches long, and 81 inches
in girth.
The fish is being prepared for
mounting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
HOUSES TO GO
TO BUYERS FOR
"FAIR VALUE

CONTINUED from Page. Ouo)
10000, except IL the case Of farm
home, in whic., the selling price
shall l OF eSceel $lo.OOo.O0. and that
the homes are TO be built for men,
bers of home buyers leagues only.
who in turn are under a contingent
liability over the state to the extent
Of Is percent Of the price at which
their respective homes were sold to
them"
Crux Of Case
The crux of the case, as tried be-
fore Judge Pugh, was whether or
not verbal estimates as to the prices
of homes built by the state, as al
by such records as were available,
constituted contract. Wallace
i maintained that il did. When the
| affairs of the association, which be-
! came muddled, were gone over by
accountants and the actual cost Of
the houses fixed. it was found that
they were, in the case of every one
of the fifty or more houses built in
Bismarck, Mandan and Fargo higher
than the original estimates
The supreme court, on Dec. 20,
1922, made an order remanding the
case to District Court for the TAX
ing of additional testimony, on the
reasonable value of the home of
Wallace at the time he took posses
sion, the reasonable rental value.
the value of any improvements since
made, whether or not Wallace was
member of a Home Buyers Lea
que and if so the extent of the OBJ
legations due the association from
the league of which he was men,
Der.
Under date of March z, 1923,
Judge Pugh filed revised findings
] in which he adhered to the findings
and conclusions originally. found by
him in all respects, except that he
found the contract price to be &c.
go. or $500 more than the figure
which he originally found was the
contract price, according to the
states brief.
The state. in it's supplemental
brief, urged that Wallace was not
entitled to specific performance Of
the alleged contract because the al
legged contract price for the home
was not specifically and definitely
agreed upon, because the terms and
conditions of payment were not de-
finite, because the contract was in
violation of the law which prohibit
ed the association from building or
selling n home costing more than
$4,000, because the contract was not
reasonable and because Wallace was
not member of Home Buyers
League.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
JURY JEERED
AT WAUKEGAN
Frees Men Charged with
Fixing Small Jury

Waukegan, ILL.,, July ia sequel
to the trial and acquittal of FREQ
Lundin in Chicago last week was
enacted yesterday in the acquittal of
Edward Courtney, Edward Kaufman
and John S. Fields, charged with fix
ing the jury that freed Governor Len
Small on conspiracy charges last
year. -
Practically the sam scene of jeer-
ing disorder that greeted the verdict
of acquittal in the Lundin trial was
enacted when the jury trying Court
ney, Fields and Kaufman returned
into court after celebrating an hour
and ten minutes yesterday during
which they took only one ballot on
each defendant and announced unani-
nous verdicts Of s.not guilty" \
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
KASTNER WINS
GRAIN SUIT IN
SUPREME COURT
Commission House Is Held
Liable on Storage Tickets
BY High Court
(
AROSE AT GLEN ULLIN
Grain Houses Liable when
Storage Tickets Not Guard
ed by Local Houses
AROSE AT GLEN ULLIN

The supreme court today vffirm-
ed the case in which Peter Kastner
sought to recover from A. C. An
drcws, doing business as the An
dlews Grain Company of Minneapo-
lis, value of wheat stored on stor-
age tickets in the Glen Ullin Co.
operative Elevator Company and
sold through the Andrews company.
The court found the Andrews
Grain Company had loaned money to
the Glen Ullin Cooperative Eleva-
tor Company to buy grain to be
handled by the commission company,
and that the elevator company had
shipped grain required to redeem
outstanding storage tickets, which
grain was sold by the Andrews COM
pany.
The holder of a warehouse receipt,
such as Kastner, was not estopped
from asserting his title as against
a purchaser in good faith from a
warehouseman, the court held.
y: Started Suit
Peter Kastner brought the action
in the 6urlcigh district court on
behalf Of several farmers who claim
ed to have placed grain in the Glen
C1lin Cooperative Elevator Conn
pany's warehouse in Glenn Ullin.
the wheat being deposited between
Oct. 10, 1920 and March 1921, Nego-
table warehouse receipts were is
sued.
Between March z, 1921 and June
16, 1921, the complaint"charged, "the
defendant did, without the know
Ndge or consent and in violation of
their rights, take and convert to it's
own use and appropriate to it's own
purpose and benefit, all of said
wheat"
The value of wheat. was $3,582.11
it was claimed, less freight and 9TH
er charges which made the net
claim S2,979.S6. The plaintiff claim
ed the highest market price between
the time of conversion and the date
of trial.
The Glenn, Ullin Cooperative Ele-
vator company from time to time
shipped wheat to the Andrews Grain
Company at Minneapolis for the
purpose Of selling on the market
The plaintiffs charged that the An
drcws Grain Company chad actual
knowledge of the fact that same
was stored with the said elevator
companp as bailee, under the provi.
sions of the warehouse laws of the
state of North Dakota, and it know
ingly appropriated the same to its
own use, knowing that said elevator
company had outstanding storage
receipts therefore and that it was
and would be unable to redeem sale
receipts"
The elevator company, the plain
tiff alleged. is insolvent.
The Andrews Grain Company, in
it's answer, admitted it sold whea
for the Glen Ullin company but
DECLARED that it settled with anG
paid the Glen Ullin company fol
every bushel of wheat it got from
them, that it took the wheat ant
handled it on the market in du.
course of business, and that "it wa:
innocent at all times of any of the
matters and things set forth by the
plNntiff."
Dictrict Judge Berry, sitting ir
the case, found for the plaintiff
from which order the defendant ~
.pealed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
FLOOD DANGER
is AVERTED

Pueblo, Colo, July 1S.-All dan
ger of flood is believed to have pass
ed at Pueblo this morning. Heavy
rains caused 11-foot rise in the
Fountain river and several small
highway bridges are washed out. The
Fountain still is four of five feet
above normal. The Arkansas river
also rose a few feet last night but
at no time reached the danger point
here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
WATER DANlMING PROTESTED

Mmot, N. D., July 18.-The Minot
park board, in u petition now being
circulated, is requested to order the
indefinite raising of the gate in the
park dam here, to avoid what the pc
titioners claim is property damage,
as result Of the backing up of wa
tiers. The gate was lowered to back
up Mousse waters and provide boat
ing facilities
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
HOPE DWELLING BURNEDI

Hope, N. d., July l8.-Fire of un-
determined origin destroyed the home
Of Nels Bjorklund of Hope, together
with all contents, including new
$500 piano. The chemical engine was
enable to make any impression on
the fire, while several lengths of
water hose were put out of commits
sion because of having BEEN eaten
Through by acid. Before new hose
lengths could be coupled up. the
house was consumed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
$4,000 ICE CREAM PLANT.

q Minot, N. d., July 18.-Architects
s4re preparing plans for the proposed
new ice cream manufacturing plant
Of the White Ice Cream company of
Minot, which it is estimated will cost
approximately $4,000 when COM
pleted. Officials OF the company hope
to have the contracts let in time to
have building work begin by Aug. I.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
Dock Workers.
Go On Strike

Liverpool, July r1S.-The loading
of Atlantic liners here has been
stopped in consequence of a
serious extension of the lockers
strike. Several Thousand workers
cult work after demonstration at
Birkenhead. across the Mercy. All
coastal and coast channel service
also has been stopped.ss
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-18
AMATEURS GAINING.

Latest figures from the Depart
ment of Commerce show there are
1922 amateur stations in the nine
districts of the United States. This
does not include the POI amateurs
with special licenses. Since January
l, 1884 amateur licenses were issued.