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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
Brotherhood Attorneys Prepare
 Supreme Court Case

By International Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Jan. 31.-Donald K. Rich berg and David E. Lilienthal attorneys for D. E. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and Enginemen, are busily engaged in preparing the brief in the appeal of Robertson to the United States Supreme Court from a recent decision of Federal Judge James H. WiIkerson. The case has been moved up on the Supreme Court calendar and arguments will be heard in Washington Tuesday, Feb ruary 4.
 Judge Wilkerson held Robertson and I. Mcclure, general chairman of the engineers on the Chicago & North Wes- tern Railroad, in contempt for refusing to obey a summons to appear before the United States Railroad Labor Board as witnesses in wage negotiations that we're under way between the engineers and frernen and tn managrs of 43 Wcs- tern railroads last May.
 The principal contention of Robert sons attorneys is that Judge Willlerson lacked authority to act in the matter, inasmuch as WiIkerson's jurisdiction IS confined to the northern district of Illi- nois and Robertson Is a citizen of Cleve- land, Ohio.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
CHILD PROTECTION DUTY OF STATE,
 MINISTER SAYS
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service Chicago, Feb. "A strong stand III favor of the Child Labor Amendment was taken in a sermon by the Rev.
 Willis Ray Wilson, pastor of the Park Center Methodist Episcopal Church, this city. After explaining the pur- pose of the amendment, MT. Wilson took the opposition severely to task for is misleading propaganda. He spoke, in part, as follows:
 "The protection of the child is one of the most sacred duties of the state. One important phase of the whole problem is the question of child labor. While the majority of our states have laws designed to protect the child III industry these laws are not ot equal value in the several states and there is wide range of latitude III their 1n- terpretation. and those interested 1n protecting the child are seeking to scure state ratification of the twen- tieth constitutional amendment, which would give to Congress the right to limit. regulate and prohibit the la bor of persons under IS years of age.
 Against such ratification, pitiless greed and ignoranc are engaged in a campaign ffa1ehood and misrep- resentation. To the farmer they come with the threat that such ratification means Congress will take the boys from the farms; to the supporter of the parochia1 school they whisper it is a deep laid pit to secure control ot the education of the children; while to the ordinary home-olving father and mother they picture the children having lost the spur of ambition, be- coming parasites and potential crim inals-a11 of which is untrue.
 Greed and ignorance may contend that we can not do without child labor, but we can not afford to pay the price it costs in maimed bodies. dulled minds and weakened morals. We must not allow child labor to continue to take from the children of our nation their rights to physical development educa- tion and approximations for recreation"
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
ROCKEFELLER UNION
 BOSSCONTROLLED INVESTIGATORS SAY

By International Labor News Service
 New York City, Feb. 7-John D. Rockfeller's company union scheme, in stalled by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, is the subject of survey, report on which has just been made public by Mary Van K1eek, Depart ment of Industrial Relations, Russell Sage Foundation Miss Van Kleek and Ben M. Selelsman made the investiga- ton for the Sage Foundation.
 That the best a company union of this kind can do is to remedy "the out standing grievances of an earlier de- cade" is made clear in the report.
 The scheme "does not develop lead ership or stimulate interest among wage earners," says the report
 Here are points brought out in the report that show the narrow limitations of the "enploye representation" or company union scheme:
 Employees representatives "are men who work in the mines and who do not feel free to act in opposition to the com panys interest in defense of fellow em- ployes."
 In actual practice the employees rep resentatives have no share in decisions concerning reported grievances"
 Tie companys attitude toward unions, though said to be more liberal than formerly, is kept to the front by its re- fusal to permit union meetings in any company-owned building in the camps
 By other frequent instances of an- tagonism to unions" the scheme fails to win confidence. The company accepts as its own wage scale the scale of its corn petitors who deal with the miners union though the company does not bind it. self to do this, and in 1921 adopted the lower scale of the non-union West Vir- ginia fields instead. This, too, keeps the issue of unionism alive, the report says.
 The company union is not permitted to have any voice in discussions about wages-that is regarded by the com pany as solely company business.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
Record Figure For Industrial Accidents
 In Illinois
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Feb. 7-Industrial accidents in Illinois III 1923 reached total of 61,810 the worst record in the history of the State.
 The accidents increased 15,000 over 1922, a growth of one-third in one year, while $l1,O0O,OOO, the cost in compen- sation awards, was the largest since the work1nen's compensation act was passed. The total wage loss is estimated at $5O,OOO,O0O
 There were 675 fatalities in Illinois industry. Despite the millions of dol lars spent on safety devices, 1923 saw what R. D. Calm, chief statistician of the State Labor Department, describes as "a slaughter of unprecedented pro- portions"
 Authoritative figures for other States are somewhat fragmentary. In Massa- chusetts there has been drop in tabu- liable injuries, but in 1922 they still az gregated 51,000, as against 67O00 i'll 1919
 In Pennsylvania accidents reported for the first ten months of 1924 were 14o,000, as against 147,O0O for the first
 (Continued on Page Four)
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
CHICAGO DRESS MFCS. DIG UP INJUNCTION
 TOFOn WORKERS
Copies of Court Writ Issued Last March Used in Effort to Hamper
 Union Campaign.
By Staff Correspondent, International
 Labor News Service.

By Staff Correspondent, Internationa
 Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Feb 7.-In an attempt te frustrate efforts to organize their e1n p1oyes, non-union dress manufacturer: of this city have dug up an injunction issued by Superior Judge Denis E Sullivan last March.
 Printed copies of the writ have beer handed to girls who were passing out circulars at the entrance of factories and copies of it have been conspicu- ous1y posted along South Market street, in tn heart of the suit and cloak manufacturing district
 Girls Dodge Writ Servers.
 The serving of the writ has had the effect of adding zest and little ex- citement to the work of organizing and many of the union girls regard it as quite an adventure to dodge the writ servers and obtain interviews with the lilly paid and badly treated non union girls.
 The Northwest Cide Dress Manufac- turers' Association has signihed it's in tention of signing an agreement with the union. Members of this associa- ton employ about 600 operatives.
 The cloak industry is 100 per cent. organized, and progress of negotia- tions indicates that a new agreement soon will be signed providing for modi- fcations favorable to the union.
 Organizers Are Pleased.
 We have achieved splendid results considering the short time that we have been at work" said Miss Mollie Friedman, general organizer of the International Ladies' Garment Work CTS Union, who recently arrived here from New York with 12 other girl organizers.
 We hope that the dress manufac- turers will not force us to call gen. era1 strike, but we are determined that sweatshop conditions shall be eradi cated from the industry in Chicago, which has been a plagu spot for too long. Our international union has in- dicated it's stand in the matter by ap propriating $250,0oO for the fight, and our members in the East have pledged unlimited moral and financial support.
 "The employers seem to want an archy to prevail in the dress industry said Miss Friedman. 'We want to stabilize wages, hours, and conditions of employment and make the business profitable to both the employers and the employees.
 If we can not get justice without calling another general strike, then we surely will be orcfed to call one in the near future"
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
J. .W.Hays
 to Direct Biz UnionLabelD Drive

J. w Hays, secretary-treasurer of the International Typographical Union and president of the Union Label Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, has announced that a 30-day drive would be held be- ginning next September ot advertise the union label. The board of gover- nors. of the Allied Printing Trades Council is planning a similar drive to advertise the typographical label Both drives will be nationwide 6n extent, 1t was announced
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
GREEDY LANDLORDS ARE MEXICANIZING'
 FARMS OF AMERICA
Frazier, Dirt" Farmer, Calls Attention of Congress to Warning
 from Quick.

"The vampire which sucks the blood of American farmers IS land values"
 This is the declaration of Herbert Quick, famous as novelist, economist and student of agricultural problems.
 It was read into the Congressional Record by Senator Lynn J. Frazier, of North Dakota, dirt" farmer who was sent to the United States Senate by the the economic and political exploitati ton farmers of his state as protest against to which they had been subjected
 Herbert Quick's standing as an econ mist was recognized when President Wilson made him a member of the Fed eral Farm Loan Board, position from which he voluntarily retired some years ago in order that he might devote his attention to his literary labors.
 Through the artificial control of prices by the trusts an monopolies and combinations which fix the prices of most of the things we consume" says A1r Quick, in the statement referred to, "the rent of town and city property gets into the cost of living.
 'It is the site of store, in the main, and not the cost of the building, which establishes the rent No matter how good any building may be in any city, its rents go down as soon as the loca- tion becomes bad.
 When we come to land values whicff Is another term for what the economists call 'rent'-we come to the vampire which is really the basic trou- ble with the farmers In no discussion of the depression of the farmers have l ever seen an intelligent recognition of this on the part of any of the men who are proposing remedies for Congress or the state legislatures. Those who know the truth dodge it"
 MT. Quick says that never in his time have the newspapers and magazines been devoting so much attention to the problems of agriculture.
 "None of these writers, so far as l know, seeks the original trouble" says Quick. They go on ignoring the fact that farm tenantry has increased until it is the controlling factor i'll the condi- ton of the farmers.
 When to the proportion of farmers under tenantry Is added the other farm areas which are mortgaged for all the security vii justify and the owners of which are, in fact if not in law, merely tenants, 1t embraces vast majority of the farms of the United States.
 There can be no doubt that it in cludes more than three-fourths Of them, if production be considered, for it is fateful fact that the richer the land and the higher the price the easier it is to secure mortgage looms, and the hard CT 1t is to clear these off after they are once placed.
 Our rural life is becoming Mexican zed-in the old Mexican sense. Our 1 rural dwellers become more and more | subject to our rental system, which is | he worst in the world.
 Most of 1t IS far, far worse than hat of Ireland in the days when we
 Continued on Page Three.)
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
OUTPUT. NOT WAGE.
 RATE TRUE MEASURE OF PRODUCTION COST
High Wages in United States Are Jus tifed by Big Output Per Capita Spencer Trask & Co. Point Out.
By International Labor News Servic

By International Labor News Service
 New York City, Feb. "A fa1lacious
 alignment of greedy interests working
 for lower wages in the United States
 are given jolt by Spencer Trask & 1 Co.,, leading stock brokers of New
 York and Chicago, with headquarters at 25 Broad street, New York. Advocates of reducing American
 standards of wages have been recent ly seeking to spread the impression that the United States is at a disadvantage in world trade because of the low wages paid workers in foreign coun- tries. Comparison of wages paid here and abroad have been published, the assumption being that wages here are higher than they should be and that the wage scale here handicaps the United States. Even the Federal Re serve Bank, a Government agency, has been publishing such figures, creating the impression that the United States can not compete with foreign nations and lending strength to the fear that wages may be reduced.
 The fa11acious nature of such argu- ments is exposed by Spencer Trask & Co.,, in discussing tariff rates in its weekly review of business conditions. Spencer Trask & Co. show that wages are not the most important factor in determining production costs, but that the really important factor Is the de- gree of productivity.
 Spencer Trask & Co.,, who can hard ly be accused of being partisans of or ganized labor; say:
 ''Whenever tariff reduction is dis cussed, there is always the question of consequent decline in our scale of living-there is the fear that wages will suffer drastic reduction. The Federal Reserve Bank published some interest ing relative wage figures in their latest Monthly Review which unfortunately gave the impression that such fears might be justified.
 "A large American industrial com pany with plants in this country and abroad reported to the bank average daily wages i'll November, 1924, for precisely the same types of labor en- gagged in the production of identical Whereas a laborer re- ceived $560 in the United States, he received $155 in Germany, SPA in France, and but 98 cents in Italy.
 "Such figures taken alone lead to dangerous and erroneous conclusions. The ultimate general cost of produc- ton in each country can only be esti- mated after most complicated deter imitation, and wages alone are not necessarily the most important factor.
 "In a broad sense, the reason why wages are low in Italy, comparatively low in France and Germany and high in the United States is to be found in the varying productiveness of labor in those countries Wages in this coun- try are high and should remain above those of other countries so long as our output per capita remains above that of other nations"
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
JUDGING MANY BY THE FEW

Olympia, Wash, Feb. 7-The aver age weekly wage of adult women workers employed in the industries of this state was $1831 for the eight month period ending December 31 last according to Mrs. De1phine Johnson of the state department of labor.
 Mrs. Johnson reaches this conclusion because that is the average of 2,464 women employed in 241 concerns.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07
WANT OHIO COMPENSATION

Lincoln, Neb, Feb. 7-WorEers in this state will ask the legislature to favor the Ohio system of compensation for industrial accidents and deaths. Under this plan the state takes charge of these payments and eliminates profits.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07

Theodore Dreiser, noted author, de- nounces proposed "clean book" bill in New York as menace to liberty
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-07

TO ORGANIZED LABOR THE LABOR NEWS is your paper and its advertisers depend on your support. Tellrthem you Saw It I'm The News and every one will be happy.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Women's complaints often provo to be
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If the kidneys are not in healthy
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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
MANY H0USEkEEPERS
TOO ILL TO WORK
How Many Are Finding Relief from Weakness and
Pain Mrs. Brandenburg Notable Case

I took three. had been treated
by a doctor, but he gave me an iron
tonic and that did not help me. It
seemed that the tonic did not have in
it what the Vegetable Compound did.
That gave me the strength and ambi-
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about it and how much good it does
me. They can notice it because ! have
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Mrs. EMIL o. BRANDENBURG, 65l
37th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Earl's Recovery
Horace, Nebraska. 81 had terri
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could hardly move, and would have
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a woman it had helped. It took all
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and my garden, and have a little girl
three years old to look out for. rec
ommend the Vegetable Compound to
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me. - Mrs. ADA EARL, Box %
Horace. Nebraska.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
Glad 1t Was q Girl

A Franklin couple had been await
ing the coming Of the stOrk, anticlpat-
ing the arrival Of n boy. When the
wonderful bird arrived 1t left baby
girl instead. OF course, 1t proved to
he the dearest and sweetest baby ever
brought to Franklin home. and the
father confessed few hours later to
his mother-in-law as follows:
well, do you know, don't believe
I ever could have stood the noise Of
a boy, anyhow"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
Pierce's Old Home

Work upon the restoration Of one
Of New Hampshire's historic sites
Is reported from Hillsboro as follows:
"A fence OF the style century ago
now surrounds the Franklin Pierce
home at the Lower Village. This, with
the removal of the piazzas and the ad-
dition of porches at the side doors.
makes the house as 1t was in the days
of Gov. Benjamin Pierce, father Of the
President, by whom the mansion was
erected. Monitor.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
To the Last

A well-known author was vainly en-.
deavorlng to write the other morning,
when he was repeatedly interrupted
by his six-year-old son. IF you ask me
one more question" the harassed
writer declared at last. II will 60 out
and drown myself"
Father" came the small voice,
may come out and see you do it2"-
Dublin Herald.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30

"The day started taking Carriers
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Perry of New York City, my habitual
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assure you that my own case was q
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Bad breath comes from sour stomach
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They are wonderful iur constipation,
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physic the system in mild and gentle
manner, no bad after effects.
Recommended and for sale by all
drug stores.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
SAYS PILES all GONE
and NO MORE EczEnI

IT had eczema Tor many years on my
head and could not get anything to STOP
the agony. saw your ad and got one
many thanks for the good 1t has done
me. There isn't blotch on my head now
and I couldn't help but thank Peterson'
for the cure is great"IMiss mary ELL
III have had itching piles for Is years
and Petersou's Is the only ointment
that relieves me. besides, the piles seem NJ
TO have gone."-A =. Kruger, LII
Use Peterson's Ointment for OLD
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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
Who Would?

"See here" demonstrated the boss
sternly. Smiths Office boy doesn't 60
about his work humming and whls-
Ting"
"You betcher life he doesn't" cheer
fully assented the tough kid. Hes
tn rotten.st crap shooter in tn build.
in'."-American Legion Weekly.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
Out for Big Game

An immigrant from Ireland was just
stepping Off the boat to the dock when
he saw fifty-cent piece lying at his
feet, and started to stoop to pick 1t
up. Suddenly he Strengthened again.
mo. be the saints!" he calculated.
'"Thls Is the land OF opportunity. III
wait till find them thicker."-Amerj
can Legion Weekly.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30

dies, which I had tried failed to do
Mrs. Ada Hatley, 1917 Virginia Ave.
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Get it at your neighborhood store, in
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Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, for trial pkg,
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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
FULLY ARMORED

"Have your children a good school.
teacher?' asked a motor tourist.
"Yes'm, I reckon So" replied Gap
Johnson Of Rumpus Ridge. Least
ways, she gets converted all over ag'in
every time there's a revival, prays like
telling the Lord how to run his own
business, and Is so lean. lank and
sharp-cornered that no man in his so
Der senses would try to make a mash
on her."-Kansas City Star.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
An Endurance Test

The audience grew less and less un'
I'll a speaker arose with only one man
In front Of him.
my dear SIR" began the speaker,
II cannot express the gratitude l feel
for the courtesy you have shown me
In remaining to hear my speech"
"Oh," replied the man addressed. Il
deserve no thanks I'm the next speak.
er.-Minneapolis Tribune.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30

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and strength and
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I he distressing
feelings W h | c h
usually go with
feminine weak
ness. That is just
what other rene
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
A Boston Lady in Chicago

A lady went into a department store
and said to the clerk:
II would like diminutive cone
semi-perforated. with symmetrical In.
dentations."
The clerk said he did not have such
a thing.
"Oh yes" replied the customer. "Td
like thimble."
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-04-30
To Have a Clear. Sweet Skin

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ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin.
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