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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-27
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MUSIC SINGS
COMING
Bob Lawrence Concerts at
Masonic Auditorium in Mid
Summer Series

More Community concerts" are
announced by Bob Lawrence!
The. first of three1 Bob Lawrence
Community Concerts" will be given
next Monday evening" August 3. at
BIB, at the Masonic Auditorium,
Thirteenth and New York avenue,
with the others on successive Mon
days at the same place
That will be good news TO the
many who have regretted their
absence during :he dun season.
They've been writing in letters
Tor more Community SINGS" so the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
WOMEN
In Industry Did Not In
crease, u. S. Bureau
Report Shows

Washington.-1n pamphlet en-
titled Facts About Working Women y
issued by the United States women's
bureau, it is shown that during the
period 1910-1920 there was practically
no increase in the number of women
employed in manufacturing and me-
chanical industries. The figures are
taken from the United States census.
In 1910 the women thus employed
totaled 7,820,570, or 22.5 per cent OF
the 8,O75,772 over 10 years of age en-,
gagged in gainful occupations.
In 1920 the number of women en-
ployed in manufacturing and mechan-
ical industries was 1,930,341, or 226
per cent of the grand total. This is
but an increase of one-tenth of per
cent over 1910.
The largest gain in the 10-year pc
riod was in clerical occupations. In
1910 the number was 593,224, or "a
per cent of the total. In 1920 the
number increased to 1,426, ,116, or 16.7
per cent.
The number engaged in domestic
and personal service declined from
1851, ,221, or 31.3 per cent, in 1910, to
2,186,924, or 25.6 per cent, in 1920.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
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LET'S HAVE THE TRUTH

Richard Washburn Child, former
ambassador to Italy, in the Boston
Herald, says:
Whatever we may think of pro-
hibition, if we desire to avoid embar-
RAISING hypocrisy, we should admit
at least, the facts known to everyone
as to some of it's disadvantages.
Truth should know no partisanship.
Prohibition has not emptied the jails.
The twisted figures of propagandists
are answered by the cold, merciless
federal and state statistics. Prohibi-
tion has not abolished intoxication.
The arrests for intoxication are
mounting upward in various parts of
the United States, on the seaboard
and inland. Prohibition is not becom-
ing more effective. Those who are
wise in such matters know that it is
not the goose stuffing but the prices
of various grades of liquors which
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
INACTlON POLICY
Abandoned By st. Paul
Trades UniOnists

St. Paul, inn.-Organized work
ers are arranging for a revival OF
trade unionism in this city. Commit
tees are visiting locals and these are
appointing active committees.
"The general industrial depression
and antagonisms against the unions
during the past fuor years have af-
fected the spirit and the size of the
unions," says the Minnesota Union
Advocate. "This distracting influ-
ence has been manifested in the re-
Taxation of organization activity
Workers now realize the peril their
defenseless condition places them in
and they are ready to again become
active.
"Many thousands of helpless work
ers, ignorant of the methods and pur-
poses of organized labor, hove been
brought into our midst, and are used
to prevent improvement in labor con-
ditinos.
1.-The work calls for personal, spe-
cial and general effort. 1t is intended
to provide facilities for doing every
form of work and making it possible
to bring the message of organization
to the attention and understanding OF
every unorganized worker in the
city"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
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THE RIGHT SOLUTION

Happily, the labor strike is becom-
mig more and more rare. Nobody is
more gratifed about this than the
worker, who prefers peaceful methods
to those of bitter warfare. The favor
able result is coming about by the
recognition more and more, on the
part of employers of labor, of the
right of collective bargaining for
their employees. Controversies about
wages and about working conditions
now are settled about the conference
table, with both sides to the dispute
amply represented.
Collective bargaining means that
the organized employees of trade
craft or industry, through represent
tatives of their own choosing, shall
deal with the employer or employers
III making wage scales ana nXlng
working working conditions Collect
i've bargaining is the only practical
proposal for adjusting relations be-
tween the management and the work
ers in a business way, assuring a fair
deal to both sides.
Each individual joins with his fell
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
FARMERS DID
NOT MEET ANNUAL
INTEREST RATE

Washington. Farmers of this
country failed to earn the prevailing
rate Of interest on their investment,
according to an analysis of the agri-
cultural balance sheet by the depart
ment of agriculture.
The business man figures interest
charges as part Of his fixed expense,
and it is not included as profit" The
department says that the farmer re-
ceived Al per cent on his investment,
while he had to pay Ga per cent on
borrowed capital.
In round figures the net income for
the 1924-25 season, the department
said, was $2,712,000,OOO, compared
with 81, 1885,, 100000 for 1923-24.
This sum, however, did not go en-
tirely to farmers, as they own only 79
per cent of the total capital and pay
interest on the balance. The return
on the farmers unincumbered capital
for the year was estimated at Al pei
cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
FLORIDA FLOCCER
Held Not Guilty of Murder
of Farmer Boy

Cross City, Fla.-Thomas w. Hig-
ginbotham, whipping boss at the Put
nam Lumber Company camp in Dixie
county, has been declared not guilty
of second degree murder in connection
with the death of Martin Talbert,
North Dakota farmer boy. Higgin-
botham must face trial for alleged
completely in the death of Lewis Bar
ker, negro, last fall.
The whipping boss was indicted for
murder two years ago. He was
charged with killing young Taibert,
who hod been arrested for stealing a
ride on freight train and sentenced
to the lumber camp. The trial re-
vealed that the Judge and other Off
cials were paid by the company for
sentencing prisoners to the camp,
where Higginbotham was whipping
boss.
The trial resulted in such unfavor-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
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LABOR's NO-PARTY PLAN

A vigorous participation by labor in
the congressional elections of next
year is called for in resolutions passed
by the A. F. of L. executive council.
The usual non-partisan political
policy of the organized labor move
ment will be adhered to.
Workers are reminded by the coun-
Gil that this policy shas passed
through the crucible of experience and
has proved to be the best plan for
labor to voice itself politically"
State federations of labor, city CEN
trail bodies, local unions and general
and volunteer organizers will be call
ed upon to make every preparation
for next years campaign.
Following the A. F. of L. conven-
ton in Atlantic City, which convenes
October 5, the council stated that it
twill enter the various campaigns
with the purpose of supporting those
who can be depended upon to be true
to the people, for if they are true to
the people they will be true to labor. .
"The people generally are begin.
ming to realize that hide-bound party.
ism does not benefit them," the coun-
ell said "All too frequently they
have learned that pledges in party
platforms are not always respected
but were used as stepping stone te
office. The executive council believes
that as a result of labor's non-parti-
san political policy the launching o1
third party movements has proved
wasteful effort"
The council warned the people
against political bosses and the effort
to abolish the primary system il
various states.
An educational campaign to aic
non-partisan voters in marking long
ballots, now so prevalent, will bt
launched. State and central bodies
will be urged to study primary ant
election laws in their respective
states, and especial efforts will b,
made to interest women voters in thu
coming campaign.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middlet0wn Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown. o.
COMPENSATION FUND STRONG


That the workmen's compensation
fund is in the strongest financial con-
dition that it ever has been is indi-
Gated by the report for the last fiscal
year which shows that the statutory
catastrophe surplus has reached the
enormous total of SO, ,17O,803, which is
an increase of $4,O35 made during the
year. Premium receipts for 1874
$1O,797, ,599, and the balance of re-
ceipst over distribution for the year
totaled $2,5O2,OO2. There are very
few liability insurance companies In
the world that hold stronger finan-
cial position than that of the state
of Ohio, and it's soundness is reflected
in the large balance which exists, as
we'll as the low cost at which the en-
tire department is being operated
Reductions were made in 1876 differ
ent classes of employment for the
present year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14

tell the true story. The trend of
prices is downward rather than up
ward. Prohibition has not stopped
crime. The unwelcome fact is that
crime is more than ever a national
scandal The statistics, the police
records and the burglary and fraud
insurance rates prove it. Prohibition
has not come in conflict only with a
dying-out generation so that the
taste for alcohol will be forgotten.
1t is known to everyone that the law
breakers are young-youth who ten
years ago would have never dreamed
of drinking. Prohibition has not pro-
hibited. Even the prohibitionists
complain that the law is not being
enforced"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
new HIGH RECORD
Reached This Year in Build
ing Construction

BY international Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C. Building activ-
ity in the United States now is at q
higher level than it ever has been.
The present building rates is above
the two previous years, which, prior
to 1926, had outstripped all former
records
Data received by the department OF
commerce shows that in June this
year the volume of building was II
per cent above the level Of 1913. Last
June the volume was 26 per cent
above the level of 1918. In May the
level was 81 per cent above 1918
compared with 65 per cent last May.
Each month this year has been ahead
of the corresponding month last year,
according to the commerce depart
ment figures.
There has been some change in
the character of construction in the
last year. The years 1923 and 1924
saw a large amount of residential
construction. In current figures resi-.
dental construction, while generally
ahead of last year, is smaller per-
centage of the total volume. Business
buildings, schools, etc., occupy more
prominent place.
AS long as building continues at 9
high rate many other lines will con.
tinue to do well, for building calls
for purchases of many kinds and il
provides employment for both skilled
and unskilled labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
1e individual who makes the pur'

the individual who makes the pur-
chase.
The public is confused over these
two points, and therein lies the power
of injunction judges. That is why
they enjoin workers from even strik-
ing, or notifying the public that .
strike exists.
An enlightened public opinion will
sweep the ground from under injunc-
tion judges. Then they will be forced
to use that writ as originally intend
ed-for the protection of property
when the plaintiff has no other rem
edy at law.
The injunction writ was never in
tended to be used in persoanl rela-
tions or to interfere with mans lib
erty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
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POSTPONE CONFER
ENCE

Washington.-The conference be-
tween representatives of the Mexi-
can Federation of Labor and Presi-
dent Green and associates Of the A.
F. of L., which was to be held July
%, has been postponed until ate in
August. Louis N. Morones, SERGE
tary of industry, commerce and la
Dor of Mexico, desired to be present,
but found it impossible to be in Wash,
ington until August. The Mexican
official was formerly president of the
Mexican Federation of Labor.
The conference is to consider the
question of immigration from Mexico.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
PLAN ANTI-LYNCHING
LAW

Atlanta.-An anti-lynching bill has
been introduced in the state legisla.
ture. It provides that any office,
found guilty of negligence in riot
riotous assembly or mob violence,
shall be removed from office and the
sheriff of the county involved the sub.
ject of suit for $4,000 for ecah
homicide by the mob and "for the full
value of property injured or destroy.
ed"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
PRIMARY FIGURES

In glancing over the figures of
Tuesdays primaries one finds much
food for thought. Especially is this
true as regards the vote on the repub-
hcan councilmen candidates. Four
out of five of those, constituting what
has become known as the majority of
the councilmanic body, all candidates
for reelection, were defeated, and en-
phatically so. The fifth member had
close shave and the reason for his
denomination, it is said, is that he is
beginning to see light and has ex-
pressed himself so. That is, he is
willing to admit that he may have
been mistaken in some of his actions
in council of late, and many believe
he is sincere and honest in his asser-
tions. All Of the four members who
differed with the majority crowd were
renominated. 1t only goes to show,
whether the people are right in their
demands or whether they are wrong,
they know pretty well what they
want; and if their representatives
won't give them what they want they
will elect representatives who will.
About the worst and most stinging
| defeat of any candidate at Tuesdays
election was that of Frank Copeland,
of the Lindenwald district. Here
Copeland went deliberately against
the requests of the improvement asso-
| citation, individuals, neighbors, etc.
| The result was that Of more than two
hundred votes cast for two candidates
for council in that ward Copeland got
bare 55.
The boss of council sure got his in
the showdown, as did the First and
Second ward members. The figures
speak for themselves. Leave it to
the people.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
IMMIGRATION LAW
PROVES SUCCESSFUL

Hoquiam, Wash.-The first year of
the immigration law has shown it
to be an unqualified success, declared
Congressman Johnson, chairman of
the house immigration committee.
Mr.. Johnson said he will oppose
every effort to weaken this legisla-
tion. He decried reports that there
have been extensive "bootlegging" of
emigrants or that there has been any
great influx of smuggled aliens across
the Canadian or Mexican borders.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
APPEAL OIL DECISION

Cheyenne, Wyo.-The government
has appealed Federal udge Kennedy's
decibUenbcrbe Teapot Dome oil case
to the cffcait court Of appeals. udge
Kennedy upheld the naval oil lease
to the Mammoth Oil Company, con-
trolled by Harry F. Sinclair.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
TAX EXPERTS INCOME
EXCEEDS UNCLE SANS

San Francisco.-Lawyers and in
come tax experts who explain the in
tricate income tax receive five times
more than the government collects
from this tax, according to Herbert
Hoover, secretary of commerce, in a
speech here.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
STREET CAR MEN WIN

De Moines, Iowa-Street car men
have won their strike against, the
local street car company, and the
agreement between the two parties is
reinstated.
The management attempted to
break the agreement after more than
10 years Of friendly relations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
$7ls,1Ss PAID TO WIDOWS

Trenton, N. J.-Counties and mu-f
inequalities of this state paid $713,-
1873 for widows pensions during the
fiscal year just closed. Approxi-
mately $660,OO0 was spent for the
care Of dependent children. These
sums are exclusive of administration
costs, which were borne BY the state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
WEB PRESSMEN GAIN

Los Angeles.-After long negotia-
ton, web pressmen secured a new
wage agreement with newspaper pub
fishers. Rates are increased so cents
per shift with back pay dating from
the first of the year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14

able publicity that the state legisla-
ture passed law that forbids the
leasing of convicts to private COM
panies and abolished the lash in pri-
son camps.
The lumber company paid large
sum of money to the family of young
Tabert.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
WANTED

ELASTIC STOCKINGS, Anklets,
Knee Caps, Leggings, full length
elastic stockings fitted properly.
Dargue's Cut Rate Store, 242 High
street. If
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14

low workman to ask collectively for
better wages and conditions of en-
ployment that he could not secure
through his own efforts alone. An
employer of, say five hundred men,
has an unfair advantage if he deals
with them as individuals. To make
the employees equal in power and in
fluence to the employer they must be
organized, and through regularly
chosen representatives, meet the EN-.
ployer on common footing. By con.
ceding points on each side an agree.
ment can be finally reached that will
maintain better relations and there
fore greater industrial peace.
In no other walk of life does the
idea exist that a man must arbitrar.
| lily accept any offer that may bs
nldUe ny dUOClcT. mere are JWS
sides always to an agreement. Each
side ought to have equal chances tt
propose and insist upon what it con
siders a fair agreement.
Industrial peace can be secured
only by the right of wrongs suffered
by the workers. If body or work
ers has a grievance it can be adjusted
only through conferences with the
employer or his representative. Al
all cannot meet the employer at ont
time it is necessary for them to selec1
representative to carry out their viii
as expressed collectively. This righ
is identical with that always held b.
the employer and never challenged
by the law or the public.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
STATE UNIONS TO MEET

San Diego, Cal.-The annual con-
vention of the California State Fed
Grafton of Labor will convene in this
city on Monday, September 21.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14

Issued Weekly at 1926 Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
FRIDAY, AUGUST IA, 1925

Entered at the Pcstoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-14
PATRONAGE is MATTER OF

PERSONAL RELATION
In enjoining Scranton butcher work.
men from picketing am anti-unior
concern, Judge E. C. Newcomb, o1
that city, said:
"The trade, good will and patron.
age of a plaintiffs established bust
ness is his private property"
If the court would turn to his die.
tionary he will find that property is
defined:
"The exclusive right Of possessing
enjoying and disposing of a thing;
ownership, title"
The patronage that business en-
joys is not tangible. It cannot be
wrapped up and delivered to a buyer
as is a commodity 1t can be lost
to concern overnight. Only where
labor is involved does an injunction
judge dare deny that patronage can
not be classed with side of beef
fly paper, cheese or a barrel of oil.
These commodities are owned by
the store keeper. He has paid for
them. The law protects his ownership
of them.
If the public is so inclined they
will purchase these commodities
They can cease patronizing the store
keeper for any reason or no reason.
He has no property right in their
patronage. He can not force them
to do business with him.
When, workers withdraw their pat
ronage from this store, and urge
their friends to do likewise. the in
junction judge presents a theory that
patronage is property right just as
is ownership of commodity, and
that interference with it can be en-
joined.
If the injunction judge applied this
theory to any other class of citizenes
he would be hooted off the bench.
AS long as he confines his ruling
to labor, no protest is made by those
who yet have lingering belief that
workers, somehow, have serf status
when involved in a controversy with
To intelligently oppose the labor
Injunction workers must understand
the feudalistic mental attitude Of in
junction judges.
Workers must acquaint themselves
with the difference between property
"a tangible thing that person owns
land patronage. that is controlled By
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Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
NOTED ENGINEER
NJ AR OONED AT
CIbRALTER Dam

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, May 81.
james R. Chapman, famous Chi
eago engineer. and three eompan-
ions, were marooned today at Glib
raltar dam, near here, by floodwa-
ters.
The party was inspecting the dam
when a cloudburst swept down the
Santa Ynez range and washed out
the highway leading to the dam.
1t will probably be several days
before the waters subsida suffici-
emily TO free the stranded men.
Besides Chapman the party in
cludes J. B. Lippincott, Los Ange,
les engineer, Herlurt Mum, SansA
Barbara city manager, and George
Morrison, Santa Barbara city en-
ginee..
If necessary pack mules viii be
used to wade the waters and ear
ry provisions to the marOoned en-.
gineerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
PLENTY OF WATER
FOR FIRES SAYS
CHIEF FERGUSON

An effective demonstration of the
fire protection now accorded the
people Of FL Centre because of the
improved water system, was given
this morning at 8 0 clock near the
ice plant on east Main street, and
also at the corner of Seventh and
State street.
Although the first named point
is remote from the city water plant
on Eighth street, there was plenty
of water 10 be had, according to
Chief Ferguson, and it was possible
TO operate five streams with SUI
fieient pressure TO handle any fire
that might start in the city. The
pressure was somewhat reduced in
other parts of the city during the
exhibition, due to the fact that all
the valves at the water plant were
not opened during the demonstra-
tion.
At Seventh and State streets
there was excellent pressure TO be
had even without the bumpers, and
when the latter were used the re-
suits were sufficient assurance that
the fire department win not he
Handicapped by lack of pressure OF
wafer from now on.
A small crowd witnessed the ex-
hibition on the eastside, that at
Seventh and Main street drawing
many more spectators.