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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
PRISON CRUELTIES
 ARE NOT ENDED

Grave doubts as to whether the United States IS as civilized as we have been led to believe are aroused in the mind of every thinking person who considers the treatment of con victs in the West Virginia peniten- tiary at Moundsville
 Despite the long agitation for hu- mane and fair treatment of convicts, which has accomplished much in some states, West Virginia still maintains prison system which has draw nstrong condemnation from prison experts. Apparently not con tent with it's bad record on the indus trial field, with its armies of gunmen and thugs maintained by the non union coal operators, West Virginia is adding to the blackness of its rec ord by the way in which 1t treats it's convicts.
 A few facts on the Moundsville penitentiary, as revealed by J. How ard Holt, chairman of the committee on crime of the State Bar Associa- ton, tells the story of West Virginia's s prison cruelty. MT. Holt says that most of the I,5S5 men in Moundsville are exploited by contractors, who se- cure this labor for 70 cents a day
 Under this contract" says MT. Holt, leach prisoner must average from I2 to I8 workmen's shirts day This means that one of these shirts costs from 4 to 6 cents. The material costs 36 cents, and the shirt sells for ST. It Is understood that there are now more than 500 convicts working under this contract and the contrac- tor and associates make a profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly"
 Directing attention to the fact that cells in this prison are five feet wide, eight feet long and seven feet high, Mr. Holt says:
 Unto many of these cells the sun has never shone And it is needless to say. that in such limited space there is no room for exercise. In nearly every case two men are con- fined in each cell. With the utmost ministration these conditions breed immortality and dgradation. There are only about five acres of yard space for these I,585 men to occupy. They are crowded in the shops, in the yard, and at night confined in these unsan- itary cells Men are infected with tuberculosis. Some of them die with in the walls and some of them go forth to spread the disease in the out side world"
 Surely an appalling state of affairs and one that West Virginia and the United States should be heartily ashamed of! As MT. Holt remarked, "Who are we, that we should treat any fellow man in this manner?"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
GOV. HUNT CALLS ON
 PEOPLE OF ARIZONA TO
 AVOID TRAFFIC IN GUNS

While our people have the legal and moral right to carry on com merce with whoever solicits 1t, yet under the existing circumstances I believe that the people of Arizona can best serve the people of Mexico, the people of the world and the in terests of our own state by refus- ing to traffic in munitions of war"
 The proclamation concludes:
 Now, therefore, l, George W.. P. Hunt, Governor of Arizona, do ur- gently recommend that the business men and merchants of the state of Arizona decline to accept and fill or ders for munitions of war and that they in particualr decline to sell such munitions of war to aliens.
 And 1 do further call upon the sheriffs of the various counties and the peace officers throughout the cities and towns of this state to rig orously enforce all existing laws with respect to the possession of arms and ammunition.
 And I do further call upon the peace officers of Arizona to particu- larly observe the movements of the aliens throughout the state of Ari- zona, and that if they find any aliens who have entered the state of Ari- zona except in accordance with the immigration laws of the United States, that they be immediately ar rested and detained for investigation by the authorities of the United States immigration service"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
PROFITS WITHOUT LIMIT @>.
 REPORTED IN WALL ST.

CTS, American WooIen, Corn Pro- ducts, R. J Reynolds Tobacco, Bald win Locomotive and May Department Stores.
 Profits of the latter concern for the last eight years totaled $547.6I for each share of stock having par value of $Ioo This is outside the regualr 7 per cent interest In addition there was an undivided profit of $337.o2 per share In a group of leading indus trial corporations the smallest profits the past eight years were Internation- al Harvester and Chalmers, though the former profits reached the astounding figure of $I48.3o for each share of stock having par value ot SIoo This was exclusive of regular dividends and did not include $o8.2o of profits on every share that was set aside for surplus. Profits of Alhs- Chalmers was $I48.48 per share and $40 76 per share in surplus account, besides interest.
 Banks are sharing Tn this general prosperity The First National bank of this city has just declared an extra dividend of 20 per cent, in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of 10 per cent, or 40 per cent a year: Inc extra dividend brings the total divi- dends for the year to Co per cent, or S6,ooo, ,ooo This stock IS now selling for $I,425 share.
 The above is indicative of profits enjoyed in select industrial and bank ing circles which are controlled by those who insist that an excess profits tax "scares capital and deadens i'm ifio tiyeo
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05

machinery of modern democracy.
 The membership of the American Federation of Labor has grown ma terialIy during the year and Vt IS source of pleasure and pride to know that there are more than o,ooo, 900 trade unionists in America today and that more than 5.ooo,ooo of these are enrolled i'll the ranks of the Amerl- can Federation of Labor. ..
 Great gains have been made in ev- cry direction, in strength, in unity of aim and purpose, in standards and conditions of life and living and in practically everything that goes to make up the whole great concept ot human freedom and progress.
 We pass into the New Year with confidence and hope.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
By International Labor News Servic,

By International Labor News Service
 Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 4-Gov. George w. P Hunt has issued an official proclamation calling upon Orizona citizens to decline orders for munitions of war, in order to show their friendship for the government of Mexico which Is now defending itself against the de Ia Huerta re- bellion.
 During the past few years, under the administration of Presiden Obre- gon," says Gov. Hunts proclamation, Mexico has been on a peaceful basis, her government has been recognized by the nations of the world, her busi- ness has revived, the country has be- gun to prosper and her citizens are enjoying the fruits of peace.
 "A candidate for the presidency of Mexico has again undertaken to re- sort to civil warfare in an effort to overthrow the present government" he continues.
 The people of Arizona, while maintaining a strict neutrality in the affairs of the Mexican government, yet sympathize with the efforts of the government to maintain peoce in or der that her people may live i'll safety"
 Declaring that there is reason to believe that arms, ammunition and munitions of war are being purchased in Arizona for use in Mexico," he holds that
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
Judicial Control
 Studied By Jurist

Washington, Dec. 2o-Ath the re quest of President Gompers, Jackson H Ralston has prepared and submitted
 for the use of the A. F. of L, revised report upon Judicial Control Over Le- gislatures as to Constitutional Ques- tions," in which he brings down to date the whole subject matter. His first re- port was submitted about five years ago.
 The author IS attorney for the A. F: of L. He is publicist and lawyer ot international repute.
 In this study the history of judicial control over legislation is gone into from the earliest period. The position of John Marshall, chief justice of the United States supreme court when the nation was born, is discussed at length. It was Marshall's decision i'll the Mar bury case which started the control of legislation by the. courts. MT. Ralston points out that before Marshall went on the bench he had denied the existence of any power in the supreme court to control congress. The gradual growth of this power is shown. There was but one such case in the first 50 years of the history of the supreme court. Con- gress has been overruled 10 times within the last five years. The doubtful charac- ter of these cases IS indicated by the 1dCt that Ill Dut two was the COuIt undnl- nous.
 In these cases, it is pointed out, the desires of the people have been set aside by majority of tn court, the supreme court assuming the power, by its own will, to defeat the desires of the rep resentatives of the people
 The report also discusses the supreme courts control over state legislation, the political nature of its acts, the ac- ton of state courts under parallel cir cumstances, the action of foreign coun- tries as to review of legislative acts, the manner in which constitutional oues- tions may arise, the limiting of judicial power to unaninity or to a percentage of judges, and an analysis of the argu- ment in favor of maintaining the judicial power now exercised.
 The remedies heretofore proposed are discussed at length and various proposi- tions which have been submitted to congress are analysed
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05

New York, Jan. 5-With the new year comes the annual story of sensa- tional earnings by great industrial formations and combinations of capi- talists. Banks are also declaring large dividends, all of which are being quietly referred to in the lingo of the financial district, that the populace may not become too curious and in vestigate values that are created by workers employed in industries where low wages, long hours and poor con ditions are the rule.
 Some profits are so large they stag ger the imagination. The net gains of Sears -Roebuck mail order house has reached such proportions that this corporation will increase it's contribu- ton to its employees savings and pro fit sharing fund, scheme whereby these workers will abjure unionism, forget low wages and take an inter est in the business" This corpora ton has $8,ooo,ooo of preferred stock, at par vaule of $Ioo share. Dur ing the past eight years earnings on this stock totaled $o2o.46 share, while the corporation retained $428.35 a share for its surplus account. In other words, during the past eight years for. every $Ioo of stock the profit in excess of the regular per cent interest has been $I,348.2I. Of this amount the stockholders received the 7 per cent interest and an add- tional $o2o.46
 Profits have also flown in golden stream into the coffers of such con- cerns as the Studebaker Automobile International Harvester, American Locomotive, Allis- -Chalm-
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
COMPERS LOOKS WITH MUCH HOPE
 FOR YEAR 1922
Better Public Understanding of Trade Union Movement Coming, Says President
By SAMUEL GOMPERS, President American Federation of Labor, in the N. Y. Post.

Labor, in the N. Y. Post. With the pendulum swinging stead lily towards more enlightened views in industrial practice as we'll as in the |realm of politics there is small reason to expect for America anything but la better day in 1924.
 The purchasing power of the mass es of our people IS greater today than ever in our history. The demands upon our productive machinery are consequently greater. Purchasing power IS the most potent factor Tn our material well-being.
 There IS no reason to expect a de- crease of this purchasing power. By what was perhaps the greatest effort ever made, American labor stopped and then brought wages back to their point above their former levels. Up on that achievement rests our pres ent state of comparative prosperity and happiness. .... .-.-
 Employers, in the main, are coming to see that wage reduction Is the height of folly and the leaders among employers have said in language scarcely less clear than our own that economic wisdom lies Tn maintaining adequate wage scales and thus ade- quate purchasing power. The general acceptance of that truth will relieve the nation of any great cause to fear a deterioration of conditions in 1924.
 It is my opinion that the construc- tive character of the trade union came to be more generally during 1923 than before and that the necessity and usefulness of trade unions came to be much bet ter understood and acknowledged.
 Membership Increasing.
 The evolutionary character of our not only safeguards the workers and promotes their interests in the industrial world, but it stands as shield between the masses of the people and the destructive activities of those who neither understand the needs of labor nor the uses of the
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
WORKERS ARE ENDOWED
 FROM STATING FACTS

Kansas Citp, Mo-, Dec. 29.-In an in junction issued by Judge Porterfeld, musicians and moving picture operators are are eh,oned iron d standing th aho to organized labor
 The court provides against the work conveying the information in other form by prohibiting any statement ito the same effect" The theater management IS attempting to lower wages.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
EMPIEZAN LOS HEARINGS
ANTE Ell COMITE DE INVES-
TIcACION SOBRE Ell ASUNTO
DE Russia =.

WASHINGTON, enero IA. CUnitec
Press).-- FL comit6 especial nombrado
por el senado para iniciar una inves-
tigaci6n cuidadosa sobre la question dc
Russia, e,npszara celebrar sus hear
ings" la semana Proxima.
El senador Borsh ha decidido in
vestigar, primero, 81 es cierto que una
gran cant.dad de propaganda boishe-
viquista. destinada derrocar Ell actual
gob.erno de los EStados Unidos. ha en-
pezado a circular por la nacion como
recientemente declarara el Seretario
Hughes; Y, segundo, de ser cierta la ar
terror sospecha, yer 81 los soviets rusos
son responsables de tai cosa.
Sc espera que todos los ohciaies del
Departamento de Estado Sc rouniran
prox mamentc a estudiar esta cues
tion.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
Ell EMBAJADOR AMERICANA
EN- PEKIN PRESENTA i'm
ENERGICO MEMORIAL AL GO
BIERNO- CHINO

PEKIN, elero IA. (Unltei Press).-
FL embajadcr americana Ell esta, Mr.
Schurman ha Ilegado hoy esta cap
tai, donde, segdn Sc tiene ehtenaido
presentaTa un energico memorial al go
bierno chino solicitando Sc tomon med
das inmed atas tendencies a rescatar los
extranjeros cautivos en- Batang pOr loe
bardo eros tibetianos.
Wu Pei Fu ha ofrecido la cantidad
de diez mil dolares moneda mejlcana.
por el rescate de los extranjeros p-isio
neros; pero declara que no tiene in
formes sobre la suerte de estos.
Sc informe hoy que Lac Yang Jen. II
der dc los bando.eros del Tibet, ha 81
do asesinado por su propis gente, te-
miendo que nabian de ser capturados.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
Ell CoMITE NACIONAL FRAN
CES ESrUDIA LA ALARMAN :
TE BAJA DEL FRANCO

PARIS, ene-o IA. Omitted Press).-
FL Comite Nacional de la rep1bhca sc
Ia reunido hoy para estudiar la 81
tuacion inanciera del pals. Despues de
iarCas del'beTaciones, dicho comlte ma
I.egado a la conclusion de que la &C
tual, aIarmante baja del franco no es-
Is justiacada por la situacion econo-
mica de Francia, la cuaL generalmen-
to. es satisfactoria. Urge sc tomen me
aidas drasticas inmediatas tendencies
a procurar la mas estricta economic;
indicaa que Sc hace necesario un au-
mento en- las contribuciones y una reor
ganizaci6n general de la msluinar.a
administrative firanciera a fin de res
.ab.ecer Ia con6anza International.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
Ell REPRESENTATIVE AMERICANA
A LA CoMIsIoN DE uNDEMNIZA-
Clones PEoNUNCIo AVER UN
ELoCUENTE DISCURso

PARIS. enero Il. Omitted Press).-
Charles Dawes, Presidents del comite
americana a Ia Comis;6n Interaliada
dc Indemnizaciones, pronunc.6 el dis
curse de aperture de la primera reu-
nion del com;te de peritos. En- su dis
curse recalco ell hecho de que los bue-
nos ciudadanos de cada pueblo aliado
no comprenden por que I'M entendido,
producto del mas rudimentario senti-
do comtIn. entire los gobiernos aliados
con relac'6l al asunto de las indem-
nizaciones viene tan lentamente.
Afadio que tampoco oomprendia por
que Sc alzaban barreras infranquea-
bles entire los pueblos de Europa. las
cuales hay que demoler. que solo son
producto de orgullos nacionales NAL en-
tend'dos. de intereses egoistas. de una
incesants representation falsa. V So
brs tOdo. de una intolerancia desgra-
ciada.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
DON JOSE VICENTE cINTRoN

A una avanzada edad, faIecio aver
en- esta Capital el promirente ciuda-
dano don Jose Vicente ctntE6n.
El sr. Cintron gozaba de IN soudo
prestigio On nuestra comunidad, por sus
atlas dotes de virtud y de caracter,
siendo uno de aquel.os patricios que
en- las 6pocas mas dificiles de nuestro
pals supo con sus consoles y con su
ints igencia preclara encauzar los mas
intrincados rroblemas pdblicos de nues
tro pueblo. En- una palabra, fue uno
de les hombres en- quien mas conhanza
tuvo aquel conductor de multitudes que
Sc Ilamo Luis Mufoz Rivera.
Figuran entire sus deudos nuestros
particulares amigos, don Rafael Ferrer.
y Ell Lcdo. Hernandez Usera, y para
e'los para los demas famiiares de-
caballero extinto, Ell MUNDo tiene
en- esta hora de pesadumbre ell test
morio de su mas sentido p6same.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
NUMEROSAs UNIVERSIDA-
DES AMERICANAS ACUSA
DAS DE VENDER DIPLOMAS:
DE MEDICOS A GENTE
IMPREPARADA g..

WASHINGTON, enero IA Omitted
Fress).- FL senador Copeland, presi-
dente del Comit6 encargado de investi-
gar Ell sistema fraudu.ento adoptado pOr
numerosas instituciones universitarias
americanas de entregar diplomas frau
duleEtos de medicina a sus estudiantes.
ma anGnciado hoy que Ell sabado prox1-
mo presentara un testimonio presentan
do las evidencias que tisne para decla
rar Que existen once de las namadas
universidades traves de tOda la na-
cion quo distribuyen miles de diplomas
entire gente iiapTeparada para ejercer
a medicina.
Las autoridades de Kansas City, Mis-
souri. arrestaron los doctores Ralph
A. Voigt, Dale Alexander, acusados
de ser los lideres de la distribution
mercantn de diplomas en- toda la ma
c;on.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
Sc estan hacienda gestiOnes pOr los
agitadOres ObrerOs para fOmentar una
huelga general en- las undergraduates
de MaunabO, Patillas, Arroyo, Guaya-
ma, COamO, Salinas y Santa Isabel
Los bGios salaries y ell NAL trGtO los trabg0-
dOres son las cGusGs princigales que Sc GIegan
para la declaration de est6 huel ga que Sc es-
perc ha de tom0r coloSOleS propOrcioneS que
eStallarG de uR Homento a OtrO

Y. al efecto, en- Ia noche del domingo
celebramcs un gran mitin pubhco con
mas de mil almas, y ha sido como pc
gar'e fUego a una mecha
Maunabo. Pastiilas. Arroyo Salinas;
Coqui y Sta Isabel, solo esperan la ac-
cion de GlayArl para lsnzarse Ia
lucha.
Los salaries cue Sc vienen pagando
nEcUuan desGe % hastu 75 cenJavog,
paes Ell sistema de medios oias, Guar
tos de dias y tres cuarsos de aIas, ne
500 Inerlna e. s2l2r.o, slno Que, 40 sa-
b-enGo el campss4no mLcEo oe hume
los, les dan las mas grandes tiradas.
Para que I'd. Sc conyon5a &C que ESQ
0e Ia Quema de cana IS una ntane
acusacion recurso dc cocoarl4os Cue
bsan los patronos Vera Va. ell Ia nc
che del domingo fueroa Quemadas mas
de so cueEdas entire "a Co-onIa Cora
oe Caut.no Puente de Jobes de Agln-
AAG paAa 4&SA&ANdA q @SANS 5eAiHAoS ca
desye:be, economizando 10 que pu0le-
ran gastar en- peones para alcna labor.
mucho antes de quo Sc pensara en-
hue,ga, un peri6dico ds a4ul, del -
de dicIembre del pasado ado, con mu.
cha festinacion pubnco un sue.to acu-
sando los jibaros de pertprOadoras c
ircendiarios
Los patronos no podran alegar que
no Sc les aviso en tempo va que hacs
var;os meses tienen las demands dc
los trabajadores en- sus manos.
Y es justo que cuando ell pals pro
dpce sS3O,74O. 90 sea humane que los
productores de tales riquezas reciban
buenos salaries dc vida y trato huma-
no."
Hasta sui las manifestations que
nos hiciera Bernard Silva, quien nos
asegur6 cue la hue!ga estallaria de
un momento otro que no habcia
infuencia algna capaz de anular 81
accion hasta que no Sc lie haga justlcIa
q ios trabajadores.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
NSTANTANEAS DE GENIE NOTABLE
CON JACKIE COOCAN, FL NINO PRODIGIO
QUE CANA UN MILLION DE DOLARES ANUALES
Especial para Ell MUNDo)

'Cuando yo ordenaba la gente de-
tenerse y a marchar, en- la Quinta
Avenida de la ciudad de Nueva York
-ese Ia sido ell suceso mas grande de
mi vida" - nos ha dicho Jackie Coo
gan, Ell pequero principe de ensuefio
de los reinos infantiles.
Todo ello tiende a probar que nues-
tro Jackie es un chico regular.
Ciertsmente, llegar hasta el punto mas
congestionado de trafco en- el mundo,
y tomar el puesto de aquella fgura po-
derosa, de extraordinaria Influenza,
vestida de uniforme azul y cuyo movi-
mierto de brazos es un mandate para
vehiculos Y caminantes, es el suefio
dorado de nuestros muchachos El
hecho a que Sc refiere Jackie tuvo lu-
gar en- ocasion en- que visitaba la ciu-
dad de Nueva York, cuando ell DR..
John A. Harris, Comisionado de Poll
cia encargado del trafico de Nueva
York. colmo la ambici6n de Jackie per-
mitiendole dirigir el trafco en- la Quin-
ia Avenida durante media hora. ia
clrie Coogan es un niiio- -prodigio, como
cido universalmente, y sin embargo es
rsalmente un nifio.
En- ocas:on a su septimo cumpleafios,
cUando un grupo de amigos Sc dispu-
sieron a celebrar tan feliz acontecimien
to con un almuerzo en- su honor en- ell
Hotel de Embajadores, Los Angeles,
vi, en- el boSque de palmas de coco,
una mesa con cuarenta Y un cubier-
tos. Cuarenta personals marcharon y
Sc detuvieron frente a sus respectivos
sitios-tanto, que llamando a un mo-
70 ls pregunte qre ocurria. Me ref
rio one era en- honor a Jackie Coogan
Y re senal6 al pequefio Jackie al otro
extreme del soto. donde su curiosidad
de niiio lie habia llevado a investigar
por que raz6n ell aqua de la cascade
era de tantcs co'ores. Jackie Sc en-
trstenis iugando con ell aqua. solo CO.
mo los nifos GUSTAV de jugar.
Jackie Coogan naci6 Ell 20 de octu-
bre de 1914 en- Los Angeles-tiene
nueve afics de edad. FL descubrimien
to de Jackie Coogan pertenece a Char
les Spencer Chaplin. Chaplin vi6
Jackie cuando este tenia cinco amos.
v reccroc'6 en- el al "Chicuelo
que ch'cuelo fue Jacket Chaplin le
acogio baio su 6gida, convirtiendole en-
la figura central de su famosa produc-
cion "El chicuelo" (The Kid) v. por
10 tanto. haciendo de Jackie. de la no
che a la mahana, el nino mas famoso
del mundo.
Son tres en- la familia Coogan-
Jackie Coogan, padre, La Sra Coogan,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
UN PERI0DlSTA ALEMAN
CUE CREA GRA w N1sssGN Al
llIEHtV ENTkE LAS MAGIC
MES

BERLIN, enero IA. Omitted PIess)
-Maxinuhan Harden, notable perio-
dis,a radical a4eman, quien iGs vna
vez jEzgsdo Y encarceiado durante Ell
regimen del Kaiser Federico Guillermo,
acusado de libe!o infamatorio. iel sa
consigna radicaista, acaba de proVocar
el mas grave resentimiento entro las
nac!ones de Europa, y Ell mai4do. con
la pub iCacion, en- los peri6dicos de los
Estados Unidos. do Gnas sensaclona-
les declaEaciones en- las que manifesto
cue Alsmania no debe c-earse deudas
nuevas por concepto de enprsst4tos pa
ra la ccmpTa de alimentos todl vez
que los agricultores aiemanes estaE en-
condolences favorables he proveer Il
pueblo de trigo y granos cuando asi 10
Geseen.
Ell condo Kantiz, ministro dc aEmeu
tos. ha declarado a un Representative
de la United Press que las asevcra
clones del perlodista Harden. de Que
los agricultores alemanes ostan. cn con.
diciones de suministrar sufcients trigo
y granos para ell pueblo siemaa, son
no tan solo incorrectas sino 2den:as in.
concebibles, no pudisndo q conocer la
base sobre la cual descansan las decla-
rac.oses de Harden.