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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-11

Warning by fnanciers these days is on the danger of inhation
 But there is no word of caution on the danger of an inflated labor sup ply,
 Business men are continuously re- minded of the price they will pay for an orgy of price boosting and un- stable expansion
 But in the so-called "labor market" the widest imitation is favored. If they can increase the number of workers and reduce wages they are blind to costs. They ignore the price that they, as well as society, must pay in the days of industrial depression.
 Armies of unemployed, illiteracy and the mob spirit arc of no concern to these alleged far-sighted business men.
 They care nothing for the future when labor is involved They want surplus of the cheapest labor in the world, and they want 1t now.
 These business men repeat the toast of French reaction: After us the del uge"
 They are the individuals who loudly proclaimed three years ago that labor was not doing fair days work and was "shirking on the job"
 This has been abandoned for the latest allurement: Labor shortage! Industries threatened with labor fam inc! Less stringent immigration laws necessary!
 Not one of these business men sug- gcst that the labor power now here be conserved; that the disgraceful and costly labor turnover be mini mixed; that fatalities and accidents be reduced and occupational diseases ended.
 Millions of working days are an- nually lost, as IS untold wealth, be- cause of these reflections on the vaunted ingenuity and organizing abil- ity of our industrial captains.
 When it directed harvesters for western wheat fields during the war, the government indicated how man power can be conserved. Prior to that. time cries of "labor shortage" were heard at every harvest from
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-11
Steel Breaks Record

Pittsburgh, Pa, May II.-Steel mills are smashing all records in the production of steel, which is being manufactured at the rate of approxi- mate1y 44,ooo, ,ooO tons year. Never before has production reached 4o,- 100000 tons year.
 The flow of finished steel is so heavy that it has checked the unpre- cedented demand for this commodity, and which in some cases forced busl- ness men to pay a bonus for tonnage. The new record shows what can be accomplished by the industrial pro- cuclion forces of this country with the labor now here.
 The steel record was being made when ste1 mill owners were 1oudest ir the cry for immigration.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-11
COURTS USURP LEGISLATURES
 FUNCTIONS The Thirteenth of Series of Comments by New York Supreme Court Justice On Our Courts and Their Power

of the baleful forces through which some of them were nominated and elected. Ponder on the malign inf1u- ences which surrounded them in office and operated upon their minds in re- spect of all judicial appointments Is It any wonder that we have 'safe" Federal judiciary And the judges they appointed are in office for life and wholly irresponsible to the peo- pie over whom they presume to exer- else sovereign power And this in a government of, by, and for the people! Verify IS eternal vigilance the price of liberty.
 When I read Chief Justice Taft's bold utterance of independence of the popular will as expressed by Con- gross, 1 thought of that naughty manifesto issued by Henry VIII to his subdued subjects after their poor attempt at rebellion against his cruel oppression. He told them, as related by Hume, that they ought no more to pretend giving judgment with re- gard to government than a blind man with regard to colors. And we," he added, with our whole council, think 1t right strange that ye, who are but brutes and inexpert folk, do take upon y ot' IO elplIOllll uo Wllo DC 1llCGl OI not for our council"
 Some years ago no less an author lty than Justice Harlan, one of the ablest men who ever graced the Su- preme Court bench, declared:
 "When the American people come to the conclusion that the judiciary of this land Is usurping to itself the functions of the legislative depart ment of the Government, and by ju- dicial construction only is declaring what should be the public policy of the United States, we will find trou- ble, Ninety millions of pcoplc-all sorts of people with all sorts of opin- lons-are not going to submit to the usurpatoin by the judiciary of the functions of other departments of the Government and the power on it's part to declare what is the public policy of the United States"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-11
By LEVI STEVENS LEWIS.

The Good Book says: My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge
 and ."Where there is no vision the people perish"
 Some years ago a friend, a Metho- dist minister of more than average Knowledge" of civic affairs, by the way, looked at me in blank astOnish- ment when 1 informed him that the profits accruing from the operation of the railways in the United States was not less than twenty-five billion dollars annually. Then he remarked, now, MT. Lewis, do you really think that anybody is going to believe such stuff as that" This man laid no claim to special knowledge of the railroad problem more than what he had read in the new" papers and possibly some of the pamphlets of misinfor- nation so plentifully distributed over the land at tremendous expense to somebody.
 This incident well serves, however, to illustrate how deep rooted the pre- vailing ignorance of the people has become, thanks to the generous ap- linen of money" always supply in great plenty,
 The money collected by those in control of the great public thorough fares of America, which should be as free for public purposes as the boule- wards over which private equipages are driven, exceeds four billion dol lars every period of 30 days. The cost of moving the persons and pro- ducts fthe people of the United States over the public highways is equivalent to an annual tax of &, ,2oo,- poo imposed on every family in the nation, and collected relentless1y, al together regardless of the blighting and more than half of -hese prodigous collections is clear
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-11
CHEAP WAGE
 BOSSES IGNORE
 NO-TEETH LAW

Washington, May I1-The Massa- chusetts minimum wage law that de pends on public opinion for it's en- forcement is anything but a success, according to a report from A. F. of l.. Organizer Frank H. Mccarthy, of Boston, to Frank Morrison, secretary of the A. F. of l..
 Under the law, the commission has no power to enforce it's decisions, but shall publish the names of non-com- plying employers. The practical op- eration of this law, said Organizer Mccarthy, is that the commission gives just enough publicity to these non-complying firms ''to say that it gives such publicity"
 "If an employer refuses to accept it's decisions the commission will in sert for one day, in a paper published in the locality in which he conducts business, small ad announcing the fact that he failed to comply with the decision. This is the commencement and the end of the publicity. You ask, Is there any public opinion that condemns these employers?' Orally, yes. Practically, no, as the facts are.
 Since the law has been in effect, I such announcements, as stated above,
 
 names were published continued right along doing business with nothing to indicate that the heavy hand of pub | lie opinion had been laid upon any of them.
 "The commission itself realizing i that it's decisions lack necessary in auence and force, applied to the pres ent legislature to make it's decisions and the legislature rec ommended that the present minimum wage law be given five years further rial before any changes be made"
 In regard to the general effect of he law, Organizer Mccarthy says:
 My opinion is that greater prog ress would have been made without he law than with 1t, as the workers would then have had no false notions about protection, would realize that hey had to depend upon themselves"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-11
LAMENTABLE HACK
 OF KNOWLEDGE"

net profit banked" by the aforesaid men of money."
 Now, if this information appears so startling" and incredible that in- telligent men, good citizens, cannot thinI, it possible, that Is no reason or excuse that the criminal operations should continue indefinitely It's the more reason indeed that the pupils in the colleges and the high schools should study the problem" Sooner or later the ominous truth must pre- vail
 The increase of moral degradation, poverty, vice and crime, is the price paid for this gross deception and er- TOT, systematically and consistently promulgated- Where there is no vision, the people perish"
 As a palliative, it has lately become fashionable and popular to settle community chests" in various cities and to encourage popular drives" to collect money for various more or less meritorious purposes. And by this crafty scheme, not the men of but "the common people" are to be still further burdened by tax ation
 The "excess profits" over and above say six per cent, 'banked' by the alleged "owners" of the peoples pub lie highways twill more than pay the legitimate expenses of every church and hospital in the land, plus all col lections for community chest" pur- poses.
 BUT WHAT IF NOBODY CARFDw
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-11
B. & O. PROSPERS.,

Baltimore, May II.-Fortune has smiled on the Baltimore & Ohio rail road since 1t reached an agreement with railroad shop men. It is de- clared that the recovery of this road has been most remarkable, and is in contrast with the Pennsylvania, Dela- ware & Hudson, Lehigh Valley, New Haven, Lackawanna, and other east ern systems that are maintaining the lockout
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-11

The Open Shop and the Union Label are discussed every week in The Labor News. Subscribe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-21

and I'd have to climb down the path
which is like a mountain pass and
which leads down below.
Then when | got down below I
would wonder IL something had come
up above which somehow ] might be
missing, and there would be so much
climbing to do. OF course IL looks like
a beautiful place, but IL would not do
for me-. Beauty Is not the thing l care
most for"
True, true" shrieked the Geese as
they walked proudly by. with their
heads held high in the air.
"Grunt, grunt, | don't pay any atten-
ton TO Them" said Brother Bacon.
"But, Pigs" said Mrs. Goat, you're
all wasting a good deal of time In talk
ing which you might spend digging or
thinking Of food"
"That Is So" said Brother Bacon,
but we've thought of food all the time.
"That is why our talk hasn't been
any more intelligent or worth hearing.
You know when creatures talk and
have something to say that Is worth
while they think of what they're say
ing. We don't bother to think much
and SO we don't talk well. Creatures
who're thinking Of all sorts Of things
while they're talking Of something else
don't talk well.
THAT'S the truth, grunt, grunt."
81 had a pleasant time while waiting
10 be MIXED in the barn last night"
said Miss Jersey Cow. "There was
some nice food there.
"But the other night we found a
nice field Of grain and were able TO go
through a place In the fence which had
been left open by mistake and so we
weren't ready when milking time came.
but we had to he gone after. We were
a good long distance off. Oh. yes, we
had been having a regular partyl"
II came on the train to the farm"
said a little Calf, "and when I was on
my way here the train stopped at n
station and there was a man who
shouted out, rs the calf there?' I felt
30 Important"
"Baa, baa, baa," said Lionel Sheep.
II once Travelled on a train. too"
"We took a long journey on our
feet" said the two Mules, and they
shook their long ears and said, "We
most certainly did"
SO the creatures chatted of many
things.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-21
BARNARD


~ - -
"Such fine little goats as there are
In the b%arnyard,' said Mother Goat.
There are three Of the loveliest ones
ever seen, and that know full we'll"
"What do you mean when you say
you know something full weIl?" asked
Pinky Pig. re
"Oh, IL Ks just a way of saying that
] know 1t perfectly well, or absolutely
well, or anything of that sort"
why waste your time using extra
words when you could save that time
for eatlngY" asked Pinky.
'There is no food about just now"
said Mrs. Goat. THAT Is M reason
well" said Pinky, that sounds like
a good reason. Still you might dig In
the hope you'd find something"
"Yes, | might" said Mrs. Goat, "and
I'm also apt To find something blown
toward the ~barnyard by the wind"
"Oh, dear" sighed Pinky, what a
work the wind could do If only II so
chose. 1t could blow US food all the
time"
"Grunt, grunt, If only the wind were
more obllging," said Master PINK Pig.
There is a farm not so very, very
far away" said Brother Bacon, lat the
top Of a very high hill. l have always
been very glad ! didn't live there"
"Why?" asked the others.
Because" said Brother Bacon, 81
would always keep wondering IL there
wasn't something down below for me,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-21
PERSONALITY OF
ALICE DUER MILLER

Mrs. Miller smiled audibly I'VE
the phone when | called her up TO
ask her TO tell me something about
herself. her life, hnr work. She
implied that there was nothing TO
tell. but | knew better and ques-
toned her She said she was a
New Yorker By birth (but vas
already ware that she belonged to
one OF the oldest and finest of New
York families) and that she had
lived there most OF her life. Has
she ever lived anywhere else? Yes,
FOR some years In Central America.
H,r book, 'CalGercn's Prisoner"
dealt with that country. II now
bears the title Something Differ
ent."
Nearly all her books, l found.
had been both tiin:ei and drama
tized-an extraordinary achievement
for any author. "Manslaughter"
broke all her previous records. She
has written plays that hav. been
big success-s: she has appeared
times without number In sill the
leading ma ga zines-it IL impossible
to iii the demand for her work.
Her interest in the Star Series Of
Matrim oHial Adventures was keen
fiom the FIST. The story that fol-
lows, written expressly for this Sc
.rtes. holds her characteristic humor
and charm.
NARY STEWART CUTTING. JR.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-21
Give the Water Credit!

Bobby was sent away from the din
ner table to wash his dirty hands. He
obeyed promptly, but his mother hap
pened 70 notice the water in which he
had washed.
"Ohi, my !" she exclaimed. show In
the world do you manage to get your
hands so dirty?"
"That didn't all come from my
hands," Indignantly answered Bobby.
II washed my face in that water. too"
Our Boys.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-21
Full Credit Desired.

An arithmetic teacher was quizzing
her class, and asked little Johnnie II
he knew the multiplication tables.
"How much Is three times eighth
asked the teacher.
'Twenty-four." from Johnnie.
''That's very good, very good, indeed,
Johnnie" commended the teacher.
"yery goodr exclaimed Johnnie
"Gee. that's perfect"
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
Ell, TITO EN- YAUCo. Z

Por infornles que tenemos de algus
nos yecinos de Yauco. sabenos que a
Idicha poblacfon van llegando, proces
denies de sus campos, personas atsaE
cadas de tito. los cuales son atendidos
con urgencia en- el Hospital Munici.
pal.
Como Yauco ha sido uno de los pue-
bios de la isla en- d. esta epfdemia ha
hecho mayor nfmero de estragos, no
dudamos que las autoridades compe-
tentes de la referida localized, to-
men las oportunasi medidas sanitarias
que el case requiere, para asf no tel
Iner que lamertar Mego las consiguien
tes tlesgracias.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
.cENTENAREs DE EMBARGos

Desde anteayer es el comentario
oficioso de los cfrculos polfticcs Y de
negocios. d. Sc ha dietado por la Te-
sorena dc Puerto Rico una serie de
embargos sobre impcrtantes fincas y
conocidas corpOraciones, que a eausa
de lactual crisis han sido pagadcs CO.
mo han podido, los tributos de adeu-
do.
Parece, scgnn Ia information, que
pasan de centenares los elmbargos die
taaos Y que Sc eStdn llevando efec-
sto v Sc 1espera una Information Off
cial respecto del asunto.
Iniciada una mejorfd en- los precics
del azdcar confiindose en- que las
hueigas serdn satisfactoriamente re-
sueltas Sc cree que Ia situation po-
dra conjurarse que no habra nece-
sidad de medidas que pudieran afec-
tar en- un momento, elz cr6dito y los
negocies de Ia isla.
En- otras ccasiones Sc han realiza-
do esos enlbargos, pero segln la in
formation, La meaida del momento es
general Y crbre numerosas empresas
particularmente produetoras de aZG-
car.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
HERMnSO PLANO

Hemos tenido el gusto de recibir de
Den Prudencio Gonzalez, Manager de
la Sundtra T0baccO Co., de Catano, un
hermoso plano de urbanizaei0n fren-
te la bahia de San Juan V en- terre-
nos de su propiedad. Dicho plano de
trbanizaci6n Sc titula: .'yilla del Pal
mar" estd magistralmente planeado
y ejecutado por el competente Agri-
mensor Don Rafael Rosendo P0u.
Ia situaci6n de los solares para Ia
edificaci6n de pintorescos chalets en- la
villa del Palmar'', mas espl6ndida no
puede ser, pues de dicho sitio puede
contemplarse el gran efecto panorami-
co que produce la vista general de San
Juan con Ia entrada de los vapores
por er canal que separa ell Castillo del
MORO ell Islote de Cabras. Todo ell
que desee hacerse de un hermoso solar
con SUI frente a la bahia, puede diri-
girse al referidO senior Prudencio Con-
zalez en- Cafa1o.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
Sucesos ocurridos en-
San Juan

FL dfa 20, a las :15 p. m. en- Av.
Juan Ponce de Leon, parada %, el au-
tom6vil Ma. 4735, propiedad de Maria
Lllisa Bard, de Santurce, que guiaba
el chauffeur Juan Cruz, plaza No.
1921, choc0 con ell truck No. CP-66,
propedad de Manuel Santiago de Rio
Piedras, Y que guiaba el chauffeur
Manuel L. Clemente, No. 230, resul-
tando ambos vehfeulos con desperfec-
-tos. Ell chauffeur Juan Cruz ha sido
denunciado La corte per yiolaci0n a
la ley de automobiles.
~ Ell dfa 21, las 80 a. M, en- la Av.
Juan Ponce de Leon, parada 5 Y me-
sdia el autom6yil No. 1915, propiedad
sde John Johnson, de Santurce, gui9-
lido pcr ell mismo, conductor No. 1884,
ehoc6 con la guagua No. MAS. propie-
dad ne Juan Marina de Puerta de Tie
ira que guiaba el chauffeur Marce-
Biino Bairhn, n1mero 10571, residente
Zen Santurce, resultando La guagua con
ana abolIadura en- el tapalodo izquier-
etlo tracero. Ell chauffeur John john
son ha sido denunciado por violar la
ley deautom6viles.
Ell dfa p a las 1890 a. M, Jnsto
4 5tfnCorrea, residente en- la calle San
Andres, ndmero 80, trabajando en- la
Porto Rico Coal Cor, parada tres, Pta.
de Tierra, arreglando un aparador,
accidentalmente le say6 sobre un pie
i'm pedazo de hierro, infiriendose una
herida punzante, siendo asistid0 en- el
Hospital Municipal, donde qnedo re-
clufdo.
Aver, las S:15 p. M, en- la Ave
nida Juan Ponce dc Leon, para una,
Ell CAIRO electrico ndmero 80, de la
Porto Rico Railway Light and Po-
wer Co, que guiaba el motorista RAJ
fael Ramos, niimero 81, y conductor
Juan Vargas ndmero 140, choco la
guagua India de Borinquen1, ndme-
10 P.-o9o propiedAd dc Alfredo San
tana, de santurce, que guiaba el chayl-
ffeur. Antonio Cordero Anddnos result
tando Ia guagua con desperfectos y le-
sionados leycmente los pasa ieros An
gela Jim6nez, residente en- Beneficen-
cia nimero ?, Juan Toro Paniagaia,
resideBte en- Seborrco, el policfa Pc
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
.E:SPECTACULOs

Cine Tres Banderas-Primera jor-
NADIA de la colossal cinta "Los Miste-
rios de Paris, por Rene Creste y ar
tistas de Barrabas.
Cine Victory Garden, (Sapturce).-
Estreno del Circuito Bruno y Vazquez,
una comica en- dos actos la Som
bra que Vive", en- actos.
Cine Imperial, (Santurce). ).-Colo-
sal v estupendo matinee de p. m,
Beneficio da Escuela 'Luis Munoz Ri
vera" con la preciosa pelfculas pro-
posito para los nifios, titulada: ''De la
Piel del Diablo", por un famoso actor
de 6 amos. Por la noche, el portentoso
drama en- z actos, titulado: "Reencar-
nacion", por Marian Davis y Buried
Treasure.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
CAMBIOS:
Ell JEFE CABAN NO HA QUERI-
DO ACEPTAR. Ell DONATIVO

En- dfas pasados Sc persona en- la
oficina del Coronel de la Poliefa In
sular, el seiior d. Fernando Gonzalez,
con una carta del sefior Willard, en- la
cual inclufa un cheque por Ia suma
de $500, a nombre de los seilores
Behn Bros, como donativo para ell je-
fe de distrito seilor Pedro Caban y ell
policfa jose Cedeilo, con motvo de ha-
Der arrestado a dos inarineros pr6fu-
gos del vapor president Hayes.
Cuando Sc lie hizo entrega al senior
Cahan de la moderada suma, manifes-
to que bajo ningi1n concepto podia
aceptar ell ameritado dcnativo. no por
su humildad. sino porque crefa que
por sus seryicios lie paga el gobierno
un sueldo, que su obligaai6n es cum
plir con su deber.,
La carta en- la cllal Sc inclufa el do
nativo era altamenIe enaltecedora pa
IA 81, por ell servicio realiZaGo.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
MISA DE COMMUNION GENERAL.
HEMOS RECIBIDO UNA INVI-
TACIONs QUE DICE:


La Directiva de Ia Association de la
Milagrosa, en- nombre de nuestra ex-
celsa Y querida Madre, tiene el gusto
de invitar usted " su distinguida
familia la solemne function religio-
ga que en- honor de la Sma. Yirgen Mi
lagrosa, celebrara el. sabado "a del
corriente a Las. Z Y media p, M, en- la
Parroquia de San Jose de esta ciudad.
Ocupara. la catedra sagrada mn elo-
cuente' orador. Asf nnismo Sc invita-
a la Misa de Communion general de la
Asociaci6n del domingo 25 a las I a.
NJ, en- Ia n,ismd Parroquia.
La Association Sc promote su pun
tual asistencia y desea que haga ex-
tensiya esta inyitacion a sus parien-
ties, amigos Y conocidos, a fin de que
aumente dfa por dfa .el numero de de-
votos de la Sma. yirgen Milagrosa.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
soCIEDAD DISUELTA.

( Los sefores Blanco y Fernandez, all
macenistas de esp plaza, nos parti-
cipan que ha quedado disuelta la So
|ciedad que tenfan en- esta ciudad y
con sucursal en- el pueblo de Carroll
ma, haciendose cargo del activo (no
hay pasivo), haciendose cargo Ia nue.
va sociedad que Sc denominara s.
Fernandez y Co, para dedicarse a
los mismos negocios de sus anteceso.
res.
Son sus tnicos socios con caracter
de gestores de Ia nueva sociedad+ Don
Segnndo Fernandez Fernandez, Don
Joaquin Fernandez Fernandez tam.
|bien Ia representara en- s,,s neeoeios
y operaciones como apoderado de Id
Imisma Don Geronimo Perez I.inera.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
INFoRMAcIoN METEOROLOGICAL

Sumario general.-La semana ha
sido de una, precipitation escasa. A
10 largo de la costa desde Arecibo has
ia Canovanas y generalmente hacia
el S. de la divisoria N. llovio modera-
mente; en- los demas lugares la lluvia
vario desde cero "a 0.30 lpulgada. Ell
promedio ha sido menor de la mitad
de la cantidad normal. La tempera-
tura ha sido bajo 10 normal, excepto
en- Aguirre y Cayey, y las temperate
ras nocturnas han sido extraordina-
riamente bajas. /. En- la parte central
N. de la isla ell tempo de la semana
ha sido generalmente favorable para
la agricultural pero en- grn parte del
resto de la isla hay gran necesidad de
lluvia. La evaporation en- San Juan
fue 1.542 pulgadas.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-02-23
sucEso EN- Ell BARRIo MIRANDl

SUCESO EN- Ell BARRIO MIRANDA
Esta maiiana asisti6 el doctor Me-
l6ndez de Puerta de TERRA, en- la Sa-
la de Socorro del poblado, al vecino
Felipe Duel6s, que presentaba diver
sas lesiones en- las regiOnes Occipital,
pectoral V en- otras parties del cuerpo,
producidas en- una de las cOnstantes
alteraciones de La paZ que ocurren EN-
ei lugar denominado Miranda, de q.
fue vfctma Ducl0s como en- otrOs mu-
chos en- diversas ocasiones.
FL lesionado tuvo que ser traslada-
do al Hospital Municipal para una mas
cuidadosa atenai6n de sus lesiones.
La policfa que presta seryicio en- el
expresado barrio, debe destacar o ms
talar ALI un ret6n permanente; pues
los vecinos pacfficos estan sufriendo
los CONSEQUENCES perjuicios con esta 81
tuaci0n de constante intranquilidad