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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-05-30
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the MiddletOwn Trades
and Labor Council of MiddIetown, O.
SENATOR MAGNUs JOHNSON

Senator Magnus Johnson states
that congress must do something for
the farmers before congress adjourns.
Yes, sir; must do something"
Senator Magnus Johnson, we are
with you tooth and toenail, providing
you include the workers. Otherwise.
we'll be forced to take issue with your
program.
While the war was on between the
allied powers and the central powers.
the farmers were receiving a price
which he thought warranted him to
Increase the value of his land from
one hundred to two hundred dollars
per acre. In some sections the price
was raised from two hundred to four
hundred dollars per acre, and money
was borrowed at a valuation of three
hundred dollars per acre. The war
so far as real fighting was concerned,
ended. Farm values dropped The
banks held notes, farm and food
stuffs so far as the farmer was con-
cerned, slumped. He could not meet
his obligations, and now he is be-
tween the devil and the deep sea.
The men who work in shop and
mill and manufacture the things that
the farmer buys, were confronted with
a condition that only an expert at
juggling figures may give the answer.
He got high wages while the war was
on, and his rents more than doubled.
His wages mounted, but not in pro-
portion to the cost of living. There
was niger in the woodpile, and he
still continues to stay there. The
worker finds that he gets so many
dollars per day, when he works, but
the purchasing power of his dollars
are less than half what they formerly
were
If Senator Magnus Johnson will in
clude the workers, and direct that
big business" be limited to six per
cent on actual dollars invested in that
business, not what the traffic will
bear, we are for relief of the farmers,
and that will include the toilers.
Senator Magnus Johnson should
know that six or eight per cent was
good interest few years ago, but it
is poor investment today that will
not return all the way from eight
to five hundred per cent, and in some
cases three or four thousand per
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TYRANNY OF PROHIBITION
BREEDS LAWNESSNESS

Laws should be instituted not to
keep men from choosing between
good and evil, but to punish them if
they choose wrongly. In this way
self-reliance and self-control, essen
tial qualities in character building,
are developed in man.
The prohibition" amendment and
the Volstead law, enacted under its
provisions, are departure from this
principle, and as a consequence the
nation is suffering the penalty for it's
folly and disregard of human prompt
ings.
Only few years ago it was fully
within Christian morals and the laws
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-05-30

With vetoing the Bursum bill,
President Coolidge forgot one thing.
He forgot that the few remaining men
who fought the battles in the Mexi-
can and Civil, also the Spanish
American wars, are entitled to more
than a crumb in their last days on
earth. He forgets that the preserva-
tion of one country and flag is worth
more than the plaudits from the SUIT
lers and robbers who waxed wealthy
during those wars in the unholy gains
made in robbing the people 1t is to
be hoped that congress will revive
the bill and give the men who made
this country possible for the president
to live in, their just dues.
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FRIDAY, MAY 80, 1924

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter
Issued Weekly at S26 Market Street
Hamilton. Ohio.
Telephone 1895
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WHY UNIONIsM THRIvES

AS an individual the workingman is
just as helpless as a sapling in a
tempest. He may say that he intends
to work for whom he pleases and for
as many hours as he pleases, and he
may feel that he has the moral right
to do so, but he has not.
And then, again, he should know,
as he will, sooner or later, perhaps
when it is too late, that he must ask
his employer for leave to work for
what he chooses to pay and for as
many hours as he desires.
Organized labor has been able,
through united action and collective
bargaining, to shorten the workday,
raise wages, and in many ways i'm
prove the conditions of the worker;
it has prevented reductions in the
pay; it has made homes better; it
has secured better wages, better
clothes, better food, more comforts,
and has made the shop, factory and
mine a better place to work.
Organized labor has been the fight
ing force in state legislatures and in
congress, not only for labor, but for
all men; it has compelled the passage
Of laws to protect the health of the
workers; to take the children from the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-05-30
THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG

Railroad executives like to pose as
being interested only in transporta-
ton, but every now and then they are
revealed as taking more than a pass
ing interest in propaganda.
Just the other day Glenn Griss-
wold, writing from Chicago in the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, let the
cat out of the bag when he said:
"The general feeling is that little
can happen to the roads this year.
Congress has too short a time for
action to accomplish anything of con-
sequence, and even if it did the legis-
lation would not go into effect until
late in the year. Nevertheless, the
railroad executives are keeping GO
ing a backfire of publicity to acquaint
the public with the true facts in an
endeavor to mold opinion in the direc-
ton, to prevent any radical actor
against the transportation systems
in the next session of congress"
That the railroads are busy tanning
the ''backfire of publicity" of which
the Ledger speaks is apparent on
every hand. First it was the Mellon
tax plan that engaged the attention
of the railroad propagandists. Now
they are attacking the Howell-Bark-
lev railroad labor bill and endeavoring
'to mold opinion in the right direc-
tion," to quote the Ledger.
These propaganda activities are not
inclined to strengthen public regard
for the railroads. The people have
suspicion that the first business of
the carriers is to furnish efficient
transportation, and that if they will
stick to their business and leave
propaganda alone, they viii be better
off. which seems to be a reasonable
way of looking at the matter
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What you do today will have an
effect tomorrow. Remember thisl
when you spend your union-earned
money for non-union goods.
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SENSE FROM CONGRESS


Il believe that it is our duty to act
now to relieve the postal worker from
the ever-increasing cost of living. -
Representative Adolph j. SABBATH, of
Illinois, in speaking in support of bill
to increase postal workers pay.
"The laboring man goes out upon
a strike even as soldier goes into
the front-line trench to fight for his
country, fighting not for himself but
for all common men, that their labor
may be made to yield just return
and their future be assured Of course
the strike costs him more than any
body else. "-Representative George
Huddleston, of Alabama, in speaking
on Howell -Barkley railroad labor bill.
"What have the American people a
right to demand of their transporta-
tion system? The public of the
United States have right to two
things-efficient service and reason
able charges. Representative C. F.
Lea, of California, speaking on trans
portation act
Nothing can check our progress, if
the members of organized labor will
always demand the union label.
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cent. Someone must pay that per
cent, and quite naturally, there be-
ing so many workers and farmers,
they are the goats.
Reduction of taxes, reduction of
rents, reduction Of freight rates, re-
duction Of the standing army of men
and women who live and garner
wealth without producing anything,
will help.
When it is necessary to have an
officer for every other worker, be he
farmer or millwright, the overhead
falls upon the shoulder of he who
produces.
Magnus Johnson might inquire how,
few years since, when potatoes
were scarce in Missouri, they could
be shipped from New York, with
freight cars heated by stoves, and
still be sold for $105 per bushel
after the long haulage.
Mr.. Senator Johnson might inquire
how it is that the wheat which goes
to make barrel of flour costs the
worker in the cities $18 in the form
of bread, while the farmer gets $3.50
for the wheat.
Yes. we are in favor of doing some
thing for the farmer, but for the
sake of your ancestors, Magnus, don't
forget that the men who build your
clothes, the clothes of your children,
and the clothes of your good wife,
that they are taking fifty cent dollars
and paying one hundred and two hun
dred per cent increase on the wool
and cotton that they buy from the
farm and plantation.-W. j. r.
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1000 CHARTERS

Washington.-Th National FEEDER
alton of Post Office Clerks, affiliated
with the A. F. of L., has issued its
one-thousandth charter to Wellsville,
N. Y. The first charter was issued to
Chicago post office clerks on August
27, 1906.
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of our land for the people of America
to choose that form of drink desired
The forces for temperate drinking
and the elimination of the saloon"
evils were making rapid strides.
Christian intolerance and inordinate
desire of rich manufacturers to inn
prove the productive capacity of the
human slave of toll, however, spurn-
ed the idea of freedom of choice and
by subtle propaganda and devious
channels of political cajolery, sue
ceeded in converting the appeal to the
conscience of man to the power of
state and the policeman's bludgeon.
AS if overnight the conduct of the
American people, deemed perfectly
lawful few years ago, was made
immoral and crime, and as a result
disorder RACES the nation over.
1t is this same class of our citizenry,
who are so largely responsible for
this unnatural law, are loudest in their
declamations that the nation is head
ed to ruin and that immortality and
constantly increasing disregard for
law is damning our present day civil
ization. So intollerant has this band
of white ribboners become that even
those who would point out the folly
of the course pursued and who would
recommend a moderate procedure out
of the present day dilemma, are de-
nounced in the most vituperous terms
and threatened with expulsion from
their various activities of mankind.
All fair-minded and competent OBJ
servers will agree that the attempt
to obtain abstinence by force of law
is total failure To maintain the
present stringent prohibition laws is
but to invite growing disrespect
for law and to defeat the effort to
promote temperance by the cultiva-
tion of self-respect and of strength OF.
character through education and re-
ligion. which had been slowly but
surely making our nation sober and
temperate.
Prohibition in its present form
goes on breeding disorder and con-
tempt for law. We are not astonished
that official Washington should be
contemptuous of the laws which it
enacted in compliance with fantastic
demand which congress did not have
the moral courage to resist, laws
which the officials find more profitable
in their disregard than in their en-
forcement and obeyance. The Vol
stead law, instead Of ushering in a
heaven of peace and delight, is
building a habit of lawlessness that
is spreading like forest fire
Matthew Woll, president, Interna-
tional Photo -Engravers' Union.
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! What you do today will have an
effect tomorrow. Remember this
when you spend your union-earned
money for non-union goods.
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According to the daily press, the
Spanish inquisition has arrived in a
new form. Roy Haynes, who at one
time impressed the bucolic people of
Hillsboro, O., with his wonderful
craftsmanship, erstwhile national pro-
hibition commissioner, is given the
credit for the addition. When the
good wife goes to the grocery and
buys cake of yeast, she must swear
before notary public that the yeast
is to be used in the baking of bread.
If she purchases sugar, she must
swear on a stack of Bibles a mile high
that she will not use any of the sugar
in making root beer If she buys
cheese cloth she must take an oath
before duly sworn notary public that
it will not be used to make sack
in which to boil hops. If she pur-
chases a can of malt she must take
two swears that she will not lend any
of it to her neighbors. And thus,
Mr.. Haynes proves conclusively that
he is a great bucolic, and that he
would have his nose in the private
home of every American born citizen,
in spite of what has been prated
about the constitution. Roy must
have forgotten to sandpaper his feet
this spring!
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mill and factory, and place them in
school; to limit the hours of labor for
women and fix their wages above a
living wage; to prevent the loss Of
lives and limbs, and to compel the
payment for injuries to the body or
health. 1t has done this and more
more than we can enumerate here.
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If all the Investigations never pro-
duced another thing, the fact that
they have forced the retirement of
Harry Daugherty would compensate e
A smudge Of "bolshevists" as a smoke
screen drew attention away from the
real and genuine functions of that
office, and sufficed to make him solid
with those who were in the plum
and apple knocking business. Attor-
ney General Stone, according to re-
ports, is not afraid, excepting possi-
bly, from those who pose as 100 per
cent" Americans.
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THIS j. a subject which
every woman will UNDER
stand. l speak of it both as
an authority and as a woman.
Modern science has found a
better way - safer, less enbar-
RAISING, more hygienic--than the
old-time sanitary pad"
It is called KOTEX. Nurses
in war time France first discov-
cred it. Now 8 in 10 women IN
the better walks of life use it. The
bad habit of makeshift methods
is rapidly being ended.
6O% Of many ills common to
women, according to numerous
authorities, are due to improper,
old methods. That's why doctors
so strongly urge KOTEX.
What il 10 =
KOTEX iaa newly discovered
material Made of Cellucotton, it
is far more absorbent than ordi-
nary cotton. II GbSorbs Is times
iss 0sUs sCeight N rsoistAre.
1t is hygienically treated. Hence
does not invite dangerous germ
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ADVGRTIsGMEAT
never USE WASHRAC
1T HARMS THE SKIN
"A Substitute shines brightly as a
: king
Until king comes nigh"
Merchant of Venice.

Women who do homework and
men who work in shops, find 1t
harder than others to keep their
face, neck, arms and hands pearly
white without those streaks and
blotches showing out Of the pores
and crevices.
The old, mistaken idea, that
soap and q course rag gets this hid
den dirt out Of the pores is not
only wrong, but II is harmful to the
skin tissues. Anything with harsh
surface should never come in con-
tact with the skin. And there Is
no excuse for doing 1t either be-
cause nothing but a cleansing
cream, such as that which bears
the Black and White label will go
beneath the surface and work out
all the accumulation OF powder.
dust and excess grease and oils
from the skin.
Convince yourself quickly. Get
the CSC quarter-pound can of Black
and White Cleansing Cream and
clean your face, neck, arms and
hands each night for q few days.
The transformation in the appear.
ance of YOUR skin will be SO as
founding that you will never let a
single day go by without using
Black and White Cleansing Cream
after that. All dealers have It.
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SUCCESS PLUS HAPPINESS
AS You Help Conditions and Make People With Whom You
Deal Happy and Comfortable You Begin
to Achieve
to Achieve

maintained. No one can respect
himself unless he gives as we'll as
takes. The parasite loses individ.
uality and the clod does not know
he ever had it. Given youth, with
its vital eagerness, education and
mental curiosity, no one can IF.
ford to sit back and deny his am.
billions. The yearnings of eager
minds with their passion to ex-
plore and discover has brought
new continents to Civilizations
knowledge and has larnessed the
forces of nature.
OF course you want to make a
place for yourself in the world"
Naturally you want to amount
to something" And you need not
sacrifice happiness, contentment
or peace in order to achieve.
The price Of accomplishment is
not a sordid one with taints of
cruelty, selfishness and dishon-
esty. The wages Of endeavo- is
achievement. The wages Of
achievement is Joy. And-yes,
there is a formula for success
plus happiness
Youth has a way Of entering
on the arena Of life with a few
handsprings and a lot of shout.
ing. 1t over-advertises its inten.
tons before 1t has done enough
to merit a line Of publicity. Too
much drum-beating attracts
crowd and its morbid, sinister or
ev9n unkind' comments. And
thoughts Of failure have power to
weigh down endeavor so it can
not rise on wings Of hope and
faith.
Don't come racing out of col.
lege and tell the world all about
your pleasant Ito YOU but drastic
Ito it, plans to make everything
over. You cannot change the
customs of country just by in.
sisting that your way of doing
things is better. You cannot
grab humanity by the scruff of
the neck and show it where it
went off at wrong angle when
it was evolving to it's present
point of progress.
You cannot go into your
fathers store end change his sys.
tenn OF bookkeeping overnight.
But you can introduce tiny re.
forms which will total up to a
bigger change than even you now
know. But If you start slashing
around with an ak everyone will
try to protect himself from your
dangerous instrument.
There is. however, an instru-
ment you can use wherever you
go and whatever you do--a
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weapon no one WIN try to dodge.
That is kindness. If you are
thinking of others instead Of
yourself, If you are grateful for
the advantages which education
has given you, II you are humble
before the generosity which gave
you a chance to advance educa-
tionally, then with all kindness
and gentleness you can start bet.
tering conditions wherever you
are. And as you help conditions
and make the people with whom
you deal happy and comfortable,
you are beginning to achieve.
The other day some one sent
me an exquisite Morning Hymn.
This is the last verse of the
hymn, and in its four-line couplet
lies the answer to the problem
I am trying to help you solve.
The power Of Love alone the
world does sway;
Good doth prevan.
II naught but Love reign in my
heart today,
Nothing 1 do can fall
And, so all you dear young
folks, whose careers lie lust
ahead over the hill, don't be
afraid of honest ambition; don't
check constructive desires. If
you can look yourself in the eyes
in the mirror and say to your re-
Election that what you want to do
is decent and will add to the sum
OF the worlds goodness-go
ahead and try to do it. II you
are realizing that you must give
to life in order to receive any of
its blessings, then work for the
blessings success brings to the
world itself, and great joy will
come to you.
Happiness eludes us in the
direct pursuit thereof" said a
great sage. Success that is selfish
or sorbid or cold will freeze the
springs of beauty IN your life. A
career that is based on an honest
desire to give something new and
helpful to the wurr0 is bound to
bring success-and the honest
joy that comes to the worlds
builders,
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WAYS OF A HUSBAND = BY Ann Lislf
Delightful Sequel to when Girl Marries,' Which
Scored Such Tremendous Success Throughout
the Country.

':And I'll look after Mabel like
a gruff old UNCLE Ralph replied,
mo doubt this has been o hard
day for her. I'll drop you at the
door when we get to Dreamwold
and leave you to make my ex<
cuses to Jeanie"--
You know Jeanie," / protested,
"She won't like being what she'll
call neglected"
She'll have to stand It," Ralph
answered serenely. 1.-THE place
for me this evening Ia with Ma.
bel. And if anything electrical
in the day got through to Park.
1 want to. be right where he Is
tonight. / have to. There may
be such a thing as spiritual wire
less"
do you think l ought to so
homer" 1 asked.
mo; your place is with Jeanie."
/ found Jeanne waiting for me
in the living room. She was COM
fortably established in a big chair.
from which she did not rise wher
Il entered the room.
Hello, Amer she cried In
tone which suggested she was re-
pressing something to be declared
later. You won't mind my not
getting up. Pat thinks l ought
to coddle myself an 1 can these
days. It's not easy to sit still
and stay out Of things when
there's so much to be in. That's
one Of the reasons why l wanted
you to come tonight and give
me q contact with the outside
world with all that's been, hap
pening-through you-as it were"
Uneasily / realized that most
of this couldn't be answered in a
casual sentence or two. So 7 said.
us it too late to see Carol?"
hadn't intended using the for
hidden name for our little niece
and didn't realize that 1t had
slipped past my lips until jeanne
replied pointedly:
Little Phoebe is asleep by
now. But you'll be able to see her
in the morning. 1 may not be up
when you go, but I'll tell Nurse
tonight that you're to be allowed
to see the baby"
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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the Country.

: something near a twinkle in his
eyes.
do you think Mr.. Lacy has
brought undue influence to bear
on the doctor?" he asked without
the least sign of offense at my
query.
"No--but-" / stammered.
MRS. Harrison thinks I've gone
to great lengths to save her from
more than one night on the cot
I'd better be setting up" smiled
Ralph.
/ was glad of the diversion for
this latest example of Ralph's
thoughtfulness had stirred me
deeply. knew he'd thought
ahead to the possibility that Jim
might return at any time and
that it would be far simpler for
me If my husband didn't find my
house a hospital. And with some
nervousness 1 faced the fact that
Ralph really knows Jim.
AS soon as the cot was set up
the doctor and Ralph left. Mabel
knows her doctors devotion and
loyalty, and the fact that he didn't
feel the necessity Of staying was
reassuring to her. 1t told her
that Park .must indeed be past
the danger mark.
The next day was cruel one.
Mabel was restless-torn between
her desire to pay respect to
Parks dead father and her feel.
ing that her place was by Park.
So l went out to Park Manor
with Ralph in the early after
noon. All the old friends of the
Parkinson family were there.
Jeanie's request that I spend
the night at Dreamwold had all
the flavor of a royal command. !
wanted to go home from Park
Manor and the storm would never
have stopped me, but Jeanic's
tone did
Ralph drove me down the turn
pike and through the back road
which forms a short cut between
Park Manor and Dreamwold. He
agreed to go directly 10 my
apartment when he got to town
and to - explain the situation to
Irma. y
She'll be looking out for Ma
bel like a little mother" l srniled.