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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22

er in the lower house at the time.
He was alleged to have carried $780,
600 around in a belt, the money to
be used in buying a seat for William
Lorimer as United States Senator.
Hope Felt for Injunction Bill
Notwithstanding the fact that the
injunction limitation bill has been
voted down twice in the House dur
ing the present session, officers of the
Illinois State Federation of Labor are
hopeful of favorable action on the
new bill that has been introduced in
the Senate. The outlook in the upper
chamber Is very good.
The principal reason aScribed for
the failure of labor bills in the Leg
islature thus far is the superior or
ganization had by the opposition.
The Illinois Manufacturers Assoeia-
ton, the Illinois Chamber of Com
merce and the Associated Employers,
it has been learned, formed through
organizations in every legislative dis
trict in the State, and "laid on" the
members of the Legislature every
hour of their stay at their homes over
week-ends.
One member said that representa-
tives of one or the other of these
three organizations was at the men,
ber's home every hour from early
morning until midnight each Friday,
Saturday and Sunday and part of
Monday to put forth arguments why
the injunction limitation bill should
be defeated.
On the other hnd, this member of
the Legislature had received but one
communication from a labor source.
Despite this disparity between the
amount of work done by the two OPP
posing forces, this member stood 10y
ally by organized labor.
Member Wife OF Union Man
The member who told of this ex-
perience was Mrs. Rena Elrod, serv.
ing her first term in the House. She
is the wife of an active and well
known member of the Chicago local of
the American Federation of Musl-
clans.
Mrs. Elrod has become one of the
most popular members of the Degls-
lature. She was given a great ova-
IlOH DN llle eDliIt iiouSc o"N NiS S
leries when she was allowed to pre-
side over the House as Mrs. Speak
er" for one session. She didn't stand
for any funny business, either. She
knew exactly what to do as the presid-
ing officer and she did 1t.
Victory Depends On Active Work
1t is the opinion of those who are
in a position to know the situation
that something may yet be done
toward obtaining the passage OF an
Injunction limitation bill if the organ,
lied labor forces of the State VIII
only become thoroughly aroused ana
get on the job with a vengeance.
There has been great improve
ment in the amount of activity SHOWN
by the unions in the last few weeks,
but they will have to apply a whole
lot more "iuice" if they are to be sue
cessful in counteracting the. work De
ing done by the manufacturing, oanK
ing and financial interests generally.
The officers of the Illinois state
Federation of Labor and the labor
press have done yeoman work IN
bringing pressure to bear on the Leg
islature, but representatives OF 1he
local unions and central bodies must
get into personal touch with the mem
hers of the General Assembly y I'M
mediately. This is imperatively nee
essary.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
Richard Nj. Dudley.
I'll Paso Mayor, Dies

Bv international Labor News Service
III paso, Texas, May 20. With the
dawn of the day marked as childfeu's
Day In III raso on the American side
of the Rio Grantle aud Masice's Labor
Day in the Mexican city, Juaiez,
acrnAs the way, passed the life Of III
Passes recently reelected mayor, Rtea-
ard NJ. Dudley.
Mayor Dudley was loved by labor.
During the two-year term he had just
finished he was instrumental IN i'm
proving recreation parks and in open
ing two new ones.
Mny of the delegates 10 the Port
land and III paso conventions of the
American Federation OF Labor will re-
member. not Mayor Dudley, but Dick
Dudley, the man.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
VIRGINIA THEATRE
SAFE is LOOTED;
UNLIMITED GUEST

Mr.. Gensor manager Of the yin
gin'a Theatre. arrived al his oiliec
Thursday morning only Il find his
safe doar lying on the door, which
made him feel very happs as you
can imagine. The burglars made their
entrance through a side door Every
tmng III the Nay of money Vas taken,
which included Wednesdays receipts
No trace Of the burglars have been
found a. yet.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
Moving In Chicago ,
Sets New Record

Chicago. H., May 20.-'fhe May !
scramble for new homes here smashed
all previous records, according TO puD.
lie service companies who are most
affected by a custom Of having leases
expire on that date, when II appears
that all Of Chicago moves.
The Peoples Gas ldghi and COKE
Company received 10000 ORDER 70
turn pas on or of during the moving
week. Smployes from all depart
ments we're delegated TO this work
and meals were cooked on time.
The Illinois Bell Telephone Com
pauv received 81 3.2g4 moving orders
during April, exceeding the same
month Of 1923 by 9,0j8.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
BAERF FACTS
By j. NJ. BAER, The Congress.
man.Cartoonist
GOOD FOR The MICHIGAN
SECURITIES COMPANY
International Labor News Service

!. Good for the State Of Miehi.
!. gan which has taken a hefty
: wallop az the watefed stock
7 game BY barring the sale IN
!. Michigan of $4,000, 900 nedge
!. Bros. stock
: Michigan. through ns State
: Securities Commission. points
!. out that actual assets Of the
: automobile Arm OF Dodge Bros.
!. total si02. .ooo. 900. Against this
!. the bankers who bought the
!. Dodge Bros. business are lssu-
!. ing $4,000. 900 in debenture
: notes and $50. s.oOo 900 in stock.
: IL the assets are collateral for
: the debenture notes. the Com
|. mission says, only S2I ,0oo. 900
!. in assets would he left to cover
!. $S5, ,000, 900 worth Of stock.
|. The bankers who are floating
!. the stock frankly state that the
!. stock is issued against the earn
!. ing power of Dodge Bros, which
!. has been high. Dodge BroS.
|. make good automobiles, which
|. doubtless has been big factor
: in large earnings of the past,
!. but the public has no guarantee
|. that the company will continue
!. to make cars of the same stan
|. dard of quality. Under The pres
: ent banker control, thefv might
!. be lowering in the quality of
!. the cars. with a consequent fall
|. ing off in business and loss of
|. earnings, which might eoneeiva-
!. bly, result in bankruptcy. This
|. would mean big loss for those
!. who put their money in Dodge
!. Bros. stock.
!. This phase of the sale of
|. Dodge Bros. stock was evidently
!. taken into consideration by the
|. Michigan Securities Commits
!. sion. Instead of waiting until
|. the Dodge Is stolen to lock the
: garage door, the Commission Is
!. barring the door before the car
!. disappears, TO give modern
= tWiSl 10 an ptu Sd!iHRs
: OF course the bankers don't
|. like the action of the Michigan :
: Securities Commission and they
|. are waiiing and gnashhg their
: teeth. They are peeved 10 have
: light thrown on the watered
!. stock evil. as II tends IA make 1t
|. hard TO sell watered stock in the
|. future. The peoDle, however,
I who have lost millions Of stock
Z that had no tangible assets be
!. hind II. are rejoicing oser Michs- J
|. gan's courageous stand and are
|. not worrying over the crocodile
!. tears of the bankers.
: As was remarked before, good
: for Michigan! II other States
|. acted as Michigan has, watered
!. stock would get black eye that
|. would go far toward putting II
: out of business. Let's hope that :
. Michigan's good example will be
. followed elsewhere.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22

living conditions on some Of these
farms Tor transient farm laborets
were found TO be In a 1eplafahlc state,
offering little in,lueemeat t. ambitious
wofkmen 10 yet into farm work.
Sleeping quarters varied from decent
roons in farm houses to the most
meagef accommodations In farm
shacks OF outbuildings.
Sleeping Quarters Primitive
Some eases were found where only
u board set on cdEc marked oil family
spaces on the ilaof of sl,aeks used fot
common sleeping quarters, whee
straw and rough bedding we're laid.
Sanitary facilities weie sometimes
conspicuous by their absence, aud
when found wer usually primitive
ami ineonsoniently located
|, has been demonstrated IN prac-
liee. the department says, that II
farmers generally would pay wages
ON the basis of efficiency. they could
tract a more desirable class of help
A better class Of lahorets eould be az.
traeted by offering steadier employ
menl. \ good man, especially one
Who Is married, needs steady work
and assured pay.
Farmers who can use labor only
part of the year are likely tn be hard
est pfessed for help when they need
IL, and TO yet only poor class Of
workers Other things being equal,
the department points out. the farmer
who dlversiilcs and can employ his
labofrfs all the year can more easily
secure and hold an efficient class of
workers.
Farmers Could Help
Many farmers, IL l. considered.
could nj reasonable expense provide
new on alter existing structures 30
afford more acceptable quarters for
casual laborrrA These should provide
decent privacy and greater comfort
and convenience, Al leaet minimum
facilities Tor comfort and eleanlinesa,
aueh as screening openings against
| flies md mosquitoes, ID aefvieeabie
eooketoye under cover. provision for
disposal Of camp wastes. adequate and
safe toilet facilities, should BE- pro-
yided.
The farms surveyed included gen
eral, truck, dairy, potato, and fnnt
farms IN seven iNtN Jersey fNhNtifFt
Mora than $50 farm employees were
interviewed io7 Of whom were Amer
lean born. and iS6 foreign born, rep
resenting ~ nationalities. Italians
formed the largest group among the
foreign born. Nearly GO per cent Of
the foreign born could neither read
nor write English, including 7 per cent
who could not speak 1t.
Children ilnedueated
The survey brought out the need Tor
developig some method TO enforce
school attendance of children of
migratory farm workers. Only ! IN Z
of the native born employees had at
tended school beyond the grammar
grades. About one.half of the native
born had had five or more grades Of
grammar school work. 0ne-third of
the foreign born had attended school
In their native lands from . % .
years, and some had received their
education In American schools
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
The Commercial
Bank of Champaign

No subject can possibly be of great
er Importance than a good bank,
which relieves every laboring man oil
worry in the time of need. The Com
mercial Bank does this one thing,
which covers everything from taxes
to shoes for the baby. Why not start
a savings or checking account with
this bank. Call and see Mr.. Somers,
the cashier of this worthy bank and be
will show you how and why you
should start today.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
sl,425,0O0 Stricken From
U. of l. Appropriation

By action of the Joint Labor Legs
latlye Board of Illinois, copies of the
following letter has been sent to tne
Representatives of the Fifty-Fouf,h
Generai Assembly:
Nav Is, 1925.
Dear Sir:
S.B. "a as passed Dy the Senate
provided for an appropriation TO the
University of Illinois of S4 ,250,0Oo per
aanum for the next biennial. Sl,4Zo,-
V00 of this amount has been stricken
from the bill by the House Approprla-
ton Committee. The sums making
the above total were for the purpose
Of the construction of buildings needeo
to expand the educational tacliltles
Of the University. 90.
Sincerely believing that our State
Educational Institutions should Il, De
equipped with the necessary faciii-
ties to furnish to the boys and glris
Of Illinois an education equal 10 'ile
BEST educational institutions OF any
other state, we feel that the pest IN ~,
ilereSts Of the citizens of Illinois WI VIII
De served by appropriating to the III,
nos University, the amount contalnee
IN s. B. 54, as passed by the Senatei
Ne would appreciate if you couIu
see your way clear to vote to place
back into the bill, the amout OF the s
appropriation stricken out by the
amendment adopted bv the House Ap'
PfoprlatiOn Committee.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN H. WALKER, Chairman
Dennis Mccarthy, Secretary
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
Farming While Sleeping
Is Inventors Goal

An electric plow, operated by an
electric motor and not requiring an
attendant, is being experimental with
at the College Of Agriculture, Ames,
Iowa.
1t is claimed that farmer may
turn on the electricity, go to bed, and
awake to find his plowing done.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
Iow Maees In South

Washington. May 2O-Lnw var
tong bours iz the rule in the Louisiana
naner AMI pulp industry, according 20
l,flern,stfon made public by the United
States bureau Of labor statistics.
"a ASersge earnings per hour In the
sontbern pulp mills is 27.3 cents, a.
compared with 49.l cents IN miS'Hk%,, iS, ii.,,a
and Ohio. The average ''ls,,',' ~,
hours per week are 5O;5 IN Ne" F'"s
land and 67.3 in Louisiana.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22

THs sanitary dlslfict aiuse1S' "i.e
- ebarye of the affairs of the Chl-
"S,e 4rainage canal, through which
sss s - sewage is emptied into the
III mn River and thence into the
m..s5..inpi River, asked the Legis-
u ~ icrease its bonding power
saea, .ssg, 2 "a 4 per cent, which would en-
ahq the trustees to raise an aoditiohal
Sg, Sis 900 900 to $20,0OO,000 year "
,szes The proposal went over Win
= hang and with very little opposl-
ton D.
Tho, Gov Len Small held hearing
- e measure to ascertain whether he
" III SIGN or veto it. The facts
,bgs , developed proved to be OF sucn
.s,n5alous .''1 nature that the Governor
- the measure. He severely
,ea,ed 'e,, the sanitary district trustees
for tbeir extravaganza in the message
accompanying the veto. =,
II was shown at the hearing before
Governor Small that large number
~ tho members of the Legislature
aore an the pay roll of the sanitary
district trustees for substantial sal
ne os;a. rbicb are regarded as graft
pure and simple.
Tbe veto of Governor Small mas
thrown the Legislature into state
of confusion, and several members Oh
the House in particular who were NOT
an the pay roll of the sanitary as
,rct trustees are damning those men,
bers who were for getting them to
yote for the bin without being let IN
ON the graft.
Sidney Lyon Gets $3.50 Monthly
One of the members of the House
wbo was conspicuous in the night
against the injunction limitation bill
was Sidney Lyon, Republican, OF the
Fifth Senatorial District, Chicago. he
is charged with being on the payroll
Of he sanitary district trustees TO
the tune of $3.50 a month. ,,.
representative George A.; Wills.
ton. Republican, of the Thirty-first
Senatorial District, Chicago, was IN
clined to be a piker and only received
500 month, it is charged. he also
voted against the injunction hmita-
ton bill.
1t would seem that a fellow who
makes it a practice to go A. W. y. Il.
when labor bill is up for action Is
better paid than the fellow who stays
on the lob and votes against labor.
Under the Illinois law failure to vote
is Quiyalent to a vote against a
measure in the Legislature. Accord
ingIy, Charles Z. Mariner, Republi-
can, represeting the Nineteenth Sen
atofial District, Chicago, and who was
absent when the injunction limitation
bill was voted down, is alleged to De
on the payroll of the sanitary district
trustees at salary" if such it may
be called. of $500 a month.
Lee Browne Not a Piker
Another delectable gentleman who
can always be counted on to be close
at hand when a barrel" is tapped
is Representative Lee O'Neil Browne,
Democrat, of the Thirty ninth Sena-
torial District, Ottawa. He is no
piker, either, and has been put down
for $1,000 for attorneys fees" Tor
some alleged work that he is supposed
to have done for the trustees.
Representative Browne was a bitter
opponent of the woman's eight-hour
bin and did everything humanity pos
sible to aid in killing it.
The present scandal recalls the
Lonmer scandal of two decades ago,
in which Lee O'Neil Browne conspc-
uouslY fgnred as the Democratic Lead
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
Nav Ban Asiaties

Ottawa, Ontario, May Wv. o.
McQuarrie, conservative, gave notice
in the Dominion house Of parliament
that he would propose bill for the
exclusion Of Asiatic immigrants. He
favors the restriction Of all Oriental
in Canada by legislation
The proposal is along line adopt
ed BY the congress Of the United
States.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
Cour, Would stop Strikes

Baltimore, May 20-Building crafts
men are in court to answer charge
that they violated an injunction not to
suspend work against non-union
painting contractor, whose wage rates
run as low as 65 cents an hour.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
TRANSIENT WORKERS Ex-
PLOTTED ON n. J. FARMS
AG. Department FINDS

Washington u. &. May 20-Steady employment and
better living conditions for farm hborerS and their fam
lilies necessary To attract capable employees to farm
ture which has recently made study of the farm labor
situation ON 80 representative truck farms in New
Jersey.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22
legislative FOES OF LABOR
BILL DRAWS FAT SALARIES
ON The SlDE," IS CHARGE
By JOSEPH A. WISE


Chicago May 20-A stupendouS scandal that is load
Il ith political dynamite has developed in the General
Assembly of Illinois, and several members of the House
of representatives who have been fighting organized
bo bills are caught in the maelstrom of charges and
ntercharges that are being hurled back and forth:
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22

American Federation Of Labor takes
strong stand against proposal to sub
sidize American shipping by having
pay part Of seamen's
wages.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-22

Large proportion of houses Poorl:g,
oalt, american Construction Couheii
Federal court in West Virginia up.
holds right of miners to conduct
Peacetu. picketing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-14
EPIDEMIC
HITS CITY ON
STRIKES HEELS

Twenty-three deaths from respira-
ton disease in Chicago in the last "a
hours today brought an official an
nouncement from the health depart
ment that "The influenza situation
here is rapidly approaching the pro-
portions of serious outbreak"
Health bulletins have been broad
cast advising the public of symptoms
Of the new disease which differs
slightly from the wartime influenza
and warning them to take immediate
precautions in the event of being
stricken. The disease, the health de-
partment says, is characterized by
aching turnout the body, burning SEN
sations in the eyes, high tempera-
lures, pronounced prostration and fire.
quent nosebleeding.
The epidemic followed on the heels
Of the garbage collectors and street
cleaners strike. Commissioner
Sprague allowed the dirt and rubbish
to accumulate thruout the city. The
epidemic was predicted in the DAILY
WORKER at that time and Sprague
refused to accede to the strikers de-
mands, and the epidemic followed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-14
Eight Years Ago Today

ARcH 12 1917 The regiments and the imperial
V grad now Lsnnrs Russia Join the revolutionary workers The
the middle leadership
leadership
operations
parties
forced abdc the
ttIar
e The Workers sOV this time existing
the silently eontsndnG
decisive Provisional
validating politician
the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-14

land to small mining town In which
the telegraph Office and everything
else is owned by the coal company.
It urged the Communists to be at the
sub-district convention and put their
ideas across. The telegram was phon-
ed to the addressee from the tele-
graph Office. 1t caused considerable
speculation in the little town.
The man whose name was signed
to the telegram denied over having
sent it. The mystery was pretty thick
by this time, and Sherlock Holmes
might be found necessary to run down
the plot but for the fact that sub-dis-
trict President Ledvinka was in Cleve-
land on the very day the wire was
sent to the little mining town.
The cat was half way out Of the
bag. The bag was finally emptied
when the tumor got out that the sub
district officials had something to
spring on the convention after II got
under way.
The plot will remain inspiring. II
was perfectly good plot in its way,
but not the first one that was MUIR
dered in cold blood by little pub
licity. Are the takers sore? Ill say
they are. They are as sore as boils
in the process of being massaged by
chiropractor.
SO sore were they that they invaded
the convention hall, wuere the DAILY
WORKER reporter usually sits and
ordered three persons out. Two OF
them were visitors and the third was
member OF the union. This was
not so clever as the takers found out
to their cost when they were obliged
to apologize TO the delegate az the
next session Of the convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-14
Progressive Coal
Digger at Meet
Scores the Takers
CONTINUED from page II

Continued from page u
with their feet under the same table
as the bosses.
Hoge said that the only chance for
the union to grow and become more
powerful was to organize enc unor-
ganized. He denounced the officials
for their splitting tactics, for Great
ing dissension and thus weakening
the union. 1t is true they opposed the
officials because of the official policy
is leading the union to disaster. The
reactionaries are now on trial before
the membership so a red herring is
drawn across the track in the form
of an attack on the progressives. Hoge
declared that he belonged to no dual
union and was steadfastsy opposed to
dual unionism. He was loudly ap-
plauded when he finished.
A first class stunt that would make
fitting climax to the red-baiting that
has taken place since the convention
opened was badly damaged by the
publicity given in the DAILY WORK
Err to the fake telegram, alleged to
have been sent by a member OF the
Young Workers League 10 militant
in the eastern Ohio district. IL Is re.
ported that the takers intended to
spring II on the delega-es after the
red barrage was carefully laid down
and the long and short hands OF the
official clock indicated the zero hour
at which the machine boys were to
go over the top IAN get the reds"
| This telegram was sent from Clsvs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-14
Reynolds, Militant,
is Not Guilty, Says
Detroit, Mich, Judge
(Continued from PAGE 1.l


Reynolds was summoned before
Judge Hunt for contempt Of court in
disobeying the Injunction forbidding
him attending his own local or the
district council, from whence he had
been barred by an order of expulsion
issued by VIM. L. Hutchinson, pres
ident of the United Brotherhood OF
Carpenters and Joiners.
The Judge A Poor Sport
At ever session Of the court, car.
penters filled the courtroom and drap-
ed themselves around the windows.
The hearing played to a STANDING
room only audience Reynolds lawyer,
Maurice Sugar, offered the court to
leave the decision to a vote of the
carpenters present, with handicap
requiring a vote of nine to one for
Reynolds, but the Judge was not sport
enough to accept.
To the plea OF the plaintiffs that
the union needed protection" from
the invasion" of Reynolds, the de.
Tense introduced the petition to the
court passed by a mass meeting of
Detroit carpenters. saying, 1--WE assert
that we can keep any person from our
meetings whose presence we do not
desire. We have demonstrate this to
the plaintiffs in this case, and have
satisfied the police whom they called
in, that the only undesired and dis.
orderly elements attending the vari
GUS meetings, have been the plain.
tits"
The legal point OF the defense turn.
ed largerly upon the right to assem-.
BILE, which could not, according to the
claim, be abridged by any law or
court order.