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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
SCHEDULED TO START
EARLY In SPRING


Drainage system plans are com.
pleted, all but making the estimates
of cost, according Go City Engineer
Fred l,ohmann, who Is prepared 10
submit the estimates rs soon ~ the
city council calls for them,
The council has been busy with 9th.
er improvements during the autumn
and has deferred final aciios az this
improvement. With other improve
ments out of the way the drainage
system will take precedence over all
other business, and all necessary
legal steps will be taken To clear the
way SO that the work may start early
in the spring.
This, according to authorities, viii
be one of the outstanding improve
ments In the history of Champaign.
No estimate Of coal has been OBJ
tanned, but il Ia known that an Inn
mense amount Of capital will be re-
quifed to complete the work,
This will be provided by the issuance
of bonda. which were voted by the
citizens of Champaign a year aoo.
The sale Of these bonds has been de
ferred because of the market for road
bonds and other improvements, The
improvement will provide work for
the better part Of year for Union
labor.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
GENERALLY PROSPEROUS
CONDITIONS IN PRINTING
INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES

Indianapolis, Ind.-Generally pros
perou scOnditions in the printing in
dustry throughout the United States
and Canada have contributed to a
reduction in the number of union
printers drawing strike benefits in the
strike for the 44-hour working week
in commercial printing shops, accord
ing to a statement issued by Charles
P. Howard, acting president of the
International Typographical Union.
The strike has been proceedinr for
thirty months and 1,845 members
drew benefits in the last month, a de-
crease of III from the preceding
month. Shops located in 66 cities are
still affected by the strike. The sum
of $l6,22S,922.81 has been collected
for purposes of the strike since May
20, 1921.
In the past month strike rolls have
been discontinued in a number of
jurisdictions by order of the executive
council" the union statement said.
vt must be recognized that no organ
lzation has ever attempted the pay
ment of such high benefits for. such a
long period, Generally speaking busi-
ness conditions are good and those re-
moved from the strike rolls should
have but little difficulty in finding en-
pIoyment in the industry. In all but
few jurisdictions there is a smaller
number Of members unemployed than
Is usually the case"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
BAERFACTS---
by ]. NJ. BAER, The Congressman -Carioonist.
international Labor News Seryicel
Labor Can BE Thankful

There why organized labor be thankful
workers also be thankful TO or
pized splendid working eondhong today
Let labor be thankful has been able TO maintain the
Of living spite OF the fact that he most power
industrial auocfats IN the wodthe open hop
tried destroy tradeunonsn and thus force long hou an" 10"
all workers. 90
organized trades kept with the cost o
lnbors unity pf0
eeng reached untold heights and workers would be
receiving starvation
in the world Fcmlsh ENJOY pointing 9u
that the membership American Federation of Labor has fallen
stated that fedeta
Of a membershp Of over FIVE mliiloN
Labor is thankful 10 the men VINO he9cay 'aftleea
eyeryihng-eyen going without food and heetY WIN ue
strikes fsomeimes during the period 81 the
strikes Of the miners shopmen textile workers that tie dnpay
ing or waYefel hey
thankful textile workers resisted fuher wage
have forced majority o foa 10 ete
Tfee three kes proved doubt that organized labor q IN
10 force union men iup q "'t
lei Labor be thankful that the factor In maintain
ing in America right organize 1t has fought Tor ana esla
lisbed the greatp principle Of collective bargaining
Let Labor thankful that it has shown legislatures hat per
cous law called strike" laws and other unAmenean meas
ure have defeated thereby again preventing slavery n te
United
Let labor he uarkI that has, since the recovered R
full ,e has been great factor ~ MAINTAINING
by the constitutions II has stopped
many afempt deprive the people Of freedom OF speech freedom o
me. ath ftiaiss sacred ia every true AmTean
I1ft b that not accesI sIai9 easH
tso preev Interests would crush trade 9eiofisn rom without
bu il g. DESTROYED influence that trying to tear down By
bor can be thankful loyal labor
IL
fbankf for numerous papers and other periodicals
which have been in their attitude toward labor
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
ST. LOUIS BEATS BACK
ANTI.UNl0N ATTACK

st. Louis, Mo. Nov. 22.--Panic.
stricken anti-union employers in this
city view the singing defeat organ
lied labor has administered to them
this year. Scores of unions have
raised wages and improved working
conditions, despite last years claim of
these employers that the antiunion
shop would be universal by the end
of 1928.
One of the leaders of this attack
was the st Louis lumber trades ex-
change, consisting of lumber and
building material companies. This
crowd professed interest in the reduc-
ing of building costs. Recently the
state supreme court ordered the eX-
change dissolved because it was con-
spiraey to raise prices and stife com
petition. Fines as high as $4,000
we've assessed against 10 members nf
the exchange.
At the trial il was proven that these
union smashers, and not the unions,
are responsible for high prices.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
WHILE UNITED STATES TALKS
OF PUTTING END TO CHILD LABOR
OTHER NATIONS TAKE ACTION

IN International Labor New Service.
New Netk.-N While The United
States has eCeB gsikIng about eUdlak
eBiid laeor oug deaug uttio ~ abolish
- other HStsuns have been Ee.pg
aaoaa and freeing their child aaNes,
taAe supposedly backward MrNlz
-, fer instance f4iteeu mliaOu MeNis
can children between The agrs II teut
and fourteen aaNe heen liberated tfem
= working daN lasting from sunrise
Il sunset SENIOR 4. Neel. AcW Aetk
Oouusul lsencfal lGum MgNice. TOLD
the International humane Oouitrtace
y the epealue hers ol a thtec.aSy
session on phlIa welfare.
Under she Mexican Constitution.
Roel said a maximum aaN s work tot
children es.Nstn ~ aua le years "a
age Is slN aouRa alsd eAgla labar under
the axe Of IA has been abolished The
NeN...n Cover Amaut Is Opening both
mig. and day scaeols lar the develop
m, of ch.ld WofNcts Wh0 Atre telm-
ebs driven ID prolonged labor which
bat ava taem physically meutally aud
morally. NQe added,
over in England. the factory re
pntt for t9is sReNa tnat iaat year
on,t l9b children Ua3er Ia submitted
Themselves fur examination upaer the
fact.ly act 1of certlneate 81 fitness to
leave school and begin work, Cont.
pared wNa 1921, this means decline
Of a2.2 per cent
The cause Of the big drop in child
labor Is due to an efdef of the Edit
oational hoafd put In fofee al the
beginning of 1921, TO apply the
clauses OF the education act Of IBIS
relating To child employment. From
1901, due 10 prosperity in the cotton
industry, an appalling number Of ehil.
droh entered the mills. bat England
has now apparently become aroused
to the cnormty Of child labor and
1t is probable that mover again will
industry be permitted 10 exploit the
labor OF boys and girls.
Meanwhile children are still being
forced TO work IN the United States
under conditions that menace not enls
themselves but the national welfare,
4 good example of the intolofahle
conditions thai surround many child
workers here is given by Maryland
truck farmets which employ mlgras
tory child toilets. The Childnns Bus
reau Of the United states Department
of Labor has just completed an in
vesdpation IN Maryland which shows
beyond dispute hnw unfairly America
is treating vast numbers of It's chill
dren.
LAYING conditions which beegar de
scnption, exist ON the Maryland farms
investigated by the bureaus experts.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
GREAT IS LABOR'S DESTINY

Most troubles in industry happen because one
side is boss. There comes a point when one sue
can "lay down the law" One side can issue an edlc1
an imperial decree.
Imperial DEGREES always make trouble The IN
junction, as used in industrial disputes, IS just
form of imperial Decree with the judge as emperor
Lawyers would have different way OF saying
this, but lawyers are still talking the hgo tney
learned decades ago when court records were VIII
ten by men who got paid by the word and who there
fore invented many awesome but useless words.
When the boss of a big plant says, thai my
decision and that's ina he's just little edltioh ol
an emperor
Only few political emperors are left IN the
world Business for them is poor.
Political democracy has put the emperor puSl
ness on the bum.
Labor looks toward the building of an Industrial
democracy to put industrial emperors on the Dum'
This will be good even for the emperors.
In the beginning it was fight for chance 10
be heard Now it is great struggle to bulld new
structure in the great and marvellous lnduStflai
world
Truly the mission of labor is great and glorious
II ouShnes in briliance, responsibility, opportunity
and purpose anything that we know of In the Worlo
today
Compare the labor movement building new and
greater freedom with rusty statesmen graDDng
away with fourteenth century thoughts IN their
minds and medieval chains of tradition around their
necks
Labor's destiny is tremendous. 1t is the great
leader of our day.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30

On this suhiect the report sa3s
Seasonai workers afe housed b,
ite farm oWnefs on lhCif oNu lans
in What afe re1effed ~ ideslik a.
camps Most nf TIE camps con
lalnCa but ere building. known as
'shaHty' which served - sleHnlHg
quarters fog TIE WORKERS
Ia meat camps It NRs weather -aeafeu
or unpalnied ard lae windows usual
IN lacked either Flass OF huy,eF ~
both, h ualo there MAS bat oee
Feem oR eaeh Heer with stairs 81
the outside leading to the upper
reert. II some paGdlioa dIYiaed
THE lower neof, Which Was 8haot =
hy SO feet, into twa roms, On Caeh
side 81 a narrow aisle daNn the zen
ter If the raom the tloot va dlNidesl
mto sections 81 pens hN haatds 10
or la inches ln height Bach pen
Vas about six feet laNN aaH lroHn
feur &c siA feet Widc AMI covered
with straw for matlfU Eagh
family VA allowed one 81 these pens.
the afeer families sometime eyaf
ing ,hose six feet IN width"
The employment Of ye0ne ehlEllen
for leng hours en- the tt0ek farms p
also condemned, because ~ the lnss
of schooling it entails, Nearly enc
dfth of the white ehildren Ia The AREA
studied had been absent from school
because of farm work fof SIS OF mere
weeks If the school year
Boya ffem le 20 10 wefn found
plawng, narrowing, and mafhioe eul
tVateine fef nine ar 10 heurs a daA
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
WATCH YOUR CASH
COUNTERFEIT BILLS
IN CIRCULATION

Watch yeur money. Counterfeit
bills Of s. and SO denominations
have been found in sufficient number
10 hc alarming In Peoria. nanxllle.
laSalle aud ether Illinois eities.
The bills are said q be - well
made thar 90 out q ie0 persons vii
accept them without questioning
Several 81 the b Nas NOTES were
found in n3uv4lle carly this week
They were taken t. federal authotl=
ties who are experts ard we've pm
nouheed counterfeit q course tha
pesstssor II such bits is tie Loser.
unless be bas absolute pfoaf Z where
he obtained them,
More than tha, he may be the sub.
leet If Investigation, unless BE- dis.
covers the counterfeit and repol his
find 10 the proper authorities. II he
attempts II pass a bogus bin be $ Al
once susplcioned OF being In les rue
With the eeuntelfeiters.
Recently a man who gave the name
Of Sweeney Was arrested Ia Peoria
ana 100 Of the bogus bills Wtne
found on his person. Until his arrest
on . charge Of being connected with
an express robbery the officers had
not suspieioned that he was ia auy
way connected with eeunterfeitlng.
4 woman vas recently arrested IN
81 Louis for passing counterfeit
bills Of the same stamp as those dis
covered in circulation In naneile.
Officers have identified her as Sweca-
eys wife.
Another suspect is under arrest in
Minneapolis. Al these arrests have
been Of persons who ATE known "a
"paShefsa of the counterfeit money.
Tley ate not suspected OF boiug
makers.
In New Jersey gang If push
ers' have been opefating In eonnees
tion with a bootlegping ring. Several
have been rounded up, but the max.
ers have not been located.
So far none of the bills have been
found in Champaign or urhana,
though bankers have been notified 10
be on the lookout for them. But the
fact that they have had wide oiwu.
lation is sufficient ground for watch
fulness on the part Of merchants,
bankers and all others. So Watch
Your Cash.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30

Farmers of CHAMPAIGN county are
disturbed over the question of where
to obtain seed corn for next years
planting
C. c. Burns, county adviser, has
lately issued a statement declaring
that the seed corn situation in the
county has reached an acute stage.
So far in his Investigations he has
found only few fields that show seed
corn possibilities.
Damage through frost and wet
weather has caused an abundance OF
corn to decay until it is not fit for
seed, and in large measure of very
poor quality.
The government crop report indl-
Gates that Illinois has produced crop
which in quantity ranks close to the
crop of last year, but the figures were
obtained before the frost damage IN
October which cut the crop in two In
many localities.
As a consequence of frost and wet
weather which has caused much corn
decay, practically the entire crop Is
under weight. For this reason the
farmer will not realize the top price
even for the corn he is able to market,
unless he is one of the fortunate few
who have fields with seed corn posi-
bilities. In this case he stands a
good chance of receiving $2.50 per
bushel.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
A COOPERATIVE
LAUNDRY BOOSTS
BUSINESS IN I. II.

rerre naute, renowned as the homo
Of Eurene Y. nobs. has won nnw
fame within the past yeaf FOR IL Huc
cessful operation Of great eenpefa
tive laundry.
Twenty per cent increase Ia buai
ness ia enc year l. a fee9fd that few
can match, says the All American Co
operative Commission Witch makes
public the story 81 the Cooperative
Laundry of Tcflo haulo, This month
marks the close of the mesl successful
period of the cooperative laundry
New machinery costing S3,on0 has
been added % the extensive plant
The plant Is ready for an even greater
success next year.
Tone Haute'a cooperative laundry
ows rs existence 10 the progressive
labor movement of that city. Organ
ICED workers in the state Of Indiana
spent Approximately $4,000 Ia their
endanvof 90 bring about better wagea
and better working conditions for
their mothers, sisters, and daughters
who were working Ia the laundnies pf
rerre Haule. Some Improvements IN
conditions was wen by the YAllaht
conftnt WITH tnv rnnnfoniHe, fhe or
ganized men aud women workers
started three biz cooperative ven
lures. One Of these Is the laundry
which has just completed ita nlaat
prosperous year and which l. now
hailed a. the greatest achievement %
the local labor movement,
Cooperation aud the labor move
ment are supplementary rheh aids
the other Ia the mutual struggle for
a happier and richer life for tie
common man and woman.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
PLANS UNDER WAY
TO SECURE SERVICE
OVER WABASH HERE

The Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors at q recent meeting dis
cussed the possibility of securing
through passenger service over the
Wabash railroad through Champaign.
Secretary Charles M. Stahl was
requested 10 write the superintendent
Of the Wabash at 81. Louis TO see
what the attitude of the company
would be toward considering the pro
position.
Mr.. Stahl received an answer TO his
communication Wednesday suggest.
INK that eon,mittee OF Champaign
bNsspegz inea cqstar With The valsx,t
conference has been set.
Al the next meeting of the Board
of Directors of the local Chamber
a committee will be appointed To con-
fer with the company and the matter
will be taken Up with Wabash officials
preparatory to setting date.
In the meantime the committee will
be expected TO feel out the pulse of
Champaign people with a view TO
developing strong arguments for the
service to be presented 10 the railway
officials.
With the student body growing by
thousands and traffic between Cham
paign and ST. Louis increasing an
nually 1t is thought that the Wabash
officials may be impressed 10 meet the
demand
II has been suggested that spur
be constructed from Sadorus 10
Champaign connecting with the
branch line TO Sidney. Over this spur
the through trains could run to de.
cided advantage 10 the citizens Of
Champaign and Urbana and students
Of the University as well as being a
profitable line for the company.
Under this plan II Is pointed out
that none Of the nearby towns would
be seriously affected, in view of the
fact that the throu III trains do not
stop at small stations. The slow
train service would be continued over
the main line.
The committee, which will be ap-
pointed soon, will be expected TO take
the question up probably in January.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
MINERS FACE SHUT
DOWN BECAUSE OF
WARM WEATHER

Every coal mine in the bituminous
fields of Indiana and Illinois faces a
shutdown because of the late arrival
of cold weather, according to press
dispatch.
more mines have been closed IN
Illinois during the last six months
than at any period in the history OF
mining in this state" according to a
representative of the operators asso-
citation.
Henry Ford claims to have inyesti-
gated the miners situation IN Amen-
can coal fields and apparently Is con-
vinced that the shutdowns are ordered
that prices may remain at the sky
line.
Union Labor asks for twelve months
work in the year, and must have 1t W
order to make bare living in the coal
industry; but so far the operators
have been able to impress both the
government and the public with their
CRYING need Of a market for the coal
they order mined by the workmen.
Ford claims to be able To mine coal
at 81 a ton, and is severe IN his
criticism of the operators who de-
clare that they must have a higher
price for coal in order to pay eN-
Denses
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
KIDS LEAVE SCHOOL
TO WORK IN PITTS
BURGH DISTRICT

By International Labor News Service.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 2S.-Child la
Dor has taken big jump in the Pitts
burgh district.
In September there was a 60 per
cent increase in the number of chill
dren leaving school TO work. Seven
hundred and seventy certificates
were issued to children under l6
years of age, permitting them to be
come wage earners. In September a
year ago only 4SS such certificates
We're issued. To date this year there
have been about 1000 employment
certificate siissued, against 1852 for
the entire year of 1922.
Greedy employers, who substitute
child labor for the labor of adults,
are held partly responsible for the
gain in the number of children enter
ing industry.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
CHAMPAIGN TO
CARRY OUT BIG
PAVEMENT PLAN

faFlung contracts Will Be ie. early
N ne spnng for 1890 feet q paw
lag al an estimated cost Of $4,000.
these hgureS represent navements
thar have already been voted hv the
city council after having been passed
On favorably by property owners.
lie paVementS thus figured by the
eily engineer, Fred Lohman. follows.
West Washington street from Lynn
70 Russell street. 400 feet, AZ an
estimated cost of $4,000. East Wash
ington street and Poplar street, 5000
feet, estimated cost, S5T coo; West
University avenue, Russell street 10
the Arthur read, 2,64O feet. Of So foot
pavement, estimated cost. $4,000:
South Second street, 2,640 feet, esti-
mated cost. $4,000; South Third. p
640 feet Of SO foot paving, SIS, 600:
Lynn street south Of Charles, leo
feet, SIS ,00O; Bradley avenue from
Neil street to the Illinois Central
tracks, 100 feet, at SIS 900.
Other Petitions.
Other petitions that are either un.
der way or contemplated with a prac-
teal certainty Of meeting with favor
able action will bring the total paving
program for 1924 10 approximately
S350,OO0. Nearly four miles of paving
will be added to the streets of Cham
paign next year
The program for 1928 which is com.
pleted with the exception of the
street car right of way on West
Church street and the paving from
Randolph street 10 Lynn street which
is to be completed early in the spring
totals l9,03S feet of paving at a cost
TO the property owners of $3.50, 800.
Pavements installed this year or
nearing completion are, Bradley ave
nue., 2,640 feet, at $4,000, Garwood
street, 1920 feet, at $4,000; Slough
ton street, 2,640 feet, at S32, 900;
Healey street, 700 feet at $1,000; Ed
win street, $50 feet at $4,000; West
Church street, 6,223 feet of 36 and ~
foot pavement at $4,000 Park
avenue, 2,225 feet at $1,000
1922 Record.
New pavements installed in 1922
totaled 1900 feet at cost of S15l,-
900, Added to this is $4,000 for
street widening making a total of
S20l 900 for paving and street repairs
in 1922. In this year the Central
District lighting system was voted
at an approximate cost of
$4,000. The entire program for the
three years means an outlay of ex-
pense amounting to $685. for the
city. An additional $4,000 for i'm
provements under contemplation for
the 1924 program brings the grand
total to $1,000, ,500.--News-Gazette.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
IbROR PUTS Los ANGELES ON
The MAP As A UNION TOWN:
ANTI-UhI0H DRIVE IS A FlzzLE

not because of prosperous trade con.
ditionS.
Los Angeles union leaders claim
the fastest rate Of progress In tbe
west and they claim a membership
that sticks best. Other cities NAV
not agree to those claims, but the
Angelenos simply say they have the
ngures and they don't care what any
body else says.
Our movement is keeping pace
with the growth of the city and its
the fastest growing city in the eoun-
try, says President Hassel.
That's the message from the CITY
that has been reputed As the home
and birthplace Of the miscaled open
shop. About the only persons really
interested in keeping the "open shop
issue alive are a few paid propagan-
dists, who live here and elsewhere.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-11-30
THANKSGIVING DAY
APPROPRIATELY
OBSERVED HERE

Stores were closed for the most
mart during Thursday in honor Of
Thanksgiving day in the Twin Cities.
Groceries and markets were open for
the morning business but practically
aIl closed in the forenoon and re-
NAMED closed during the day.
Many union employees took a hoii-
dav which in the majority Of cases
they spent with their families. Mots
of the crafts employed on outdoor
work took advantage Of the day 10
rush their work to completion. ms
applied especially to bricklayers, and
cement finishers.
In several churches Thanksgiving
services were held. Other churches
had observed the anniversary on last
Sunday.