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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
MOST IMPORTANT TASK IS ABOLITION
 OF CHILD LABOR
By WILLIAM GREEN, President, the American Federation of
 Labor.

The most important and urgent task child labor The children are em- ployed in industry and commerce to the detriment of their full growth physically, mentally and spiritually, is a challenge to the ideals of our Re- public and to the humanitarian spirit of our nation.
 our desire to abolish child labor through the enactment of federal leg islation, and our experience demon strated the need of constitutional auth orization to make such law effective This amendment Is necessary to bring about unity in the regulation of child labor so that the children of al the states shall have equal opportunity to develop mentally and spiritually The first step in securing that federal amendment was completed with its ap- proval by Congress. The next step is ratification by the various States.
 Forty-two State legislatures are to meet in the year 1925. To secure fav- orable action union the amendment authorizing Congress to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons un- der Is years of age we must concen- trate our ability, our enegry, our re- sources to that end.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
Kennedy Succeeds Green as Secretary
 Treasurer of Miners
By International Labor News Service

By International Labor News Service. Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 17.-William Green, newly elected president of the American Federation of Labor, pre- sented his resignation to the interna- tional executive board of the United Mine Workers as secretary-treasurer of the miners organization, effective January TO- The resignation was ac- |cepted and President Lewis appointed Thomas R. Kennedy, president of Dis trict 7, Hazleton, Pa, as Mr. Greens successor. The appointment was unani- mously ratified by the board. MT. Kennedy was informed of his appoint ment by wire an darrived i'll Indianap- olis January 6, where he appeared be- fore the board and accepted the ap- pointment. He started immediately to take up the duties of the office.
 In making the appointment, Presi- dent Lewis paid feeling tribute to Secretary Green and recounted his rise from miner boy to head of the great American Federation of Labor He said the United Mine Workers had been signally honored by the choice of MT. Green as president of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor
 J MT. Green spoke to the board brief ly after presenting his resignation. He was deeply movd by the words of praise and expression of good will from the boards members. He said he had given much consideration to the ten der of the office as head of American labor and that he had accepted the presidency with mingled feeling of regret and appreciation. He said he deeply regretted the actual severance of the ties that had bound him SO long to the miners organization but that in his new sphere he hoped to continue to do what good lay within his power for organized labor.
 President Lewis, in presenting Thomas Kennedy as Mir Greens sue cessor, said>he was moved to make the appointment by the fact that Mr. Ken nedy represented 158,G00 loyal anthra-
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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
Figures Show Raise in N. Y. Office
 Workers Pay

By International LaLbor News Service.
 New York City, Jan. 17.-Figures on the weekly earnings of office workers in New York State factories bear out what has been frequently stated-that salaried employees and office workers are slower to gain increases when prices are rising than are shop workers.
 This is pointed out by the chief sta tistician of the New York State De- partment of Labor, who, however, does not direct attention to the fact that office workers are not organized and hence are not in a position to demand higher wages when the cost of living goes up, whereas factory workers in many lines, are organized in trade un- ions and can obtain wage increases when prices rise.
 "Bookkeepers and clerks do not change from overtime to parttime work with shifts in business condi- tions, or if they do their salaries are not likely to change" says the chief statistician, who continues:
 Basic salary rates are also slower to respond to rising prices, partly be cause it is a matter of individual bar gaining and partly because office workers are slower to change posi- tions to gain a temporary advantage"
 The State Department of Labor re- ports that the weekly earnings of office workers averaged $33.58 in Oc- tober, 1924. The report says that dur ing 1923 office salaries showed con siderable increase during a period when factory employment was going down and when factory wages showed no tendency to rise, Office salaries went from .$32.56 in 1923 to $33.58 in 1924 gain of just over dollar.
 The printing and paper goods in dustries still have the highest average of office workers salaries, because of the large proportion of editorial and highly skilled office workers included in returns from these industries. Met a1s, wood products and food products industries also show earnings above the average.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
CITY INDUSTRIAL
  CONDITIONS MANS DEADLIEST FOES
By InternationaI Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Jan. 17.-'The country is far more favorable to human life than the city," asserted Warren S. Thomp- son of the Scripps Foundation, Miami University, in an address before the American Sociological Society here. The deadliest enemies of man at the present time,' he continued, fare not disease, war and famine, but the in dustrial conditions of the cities They not only take their heavy tol in deaths, but prevent their victims from partici- pating in the future because they ster- ilize them"
 While he asserted that mo intel1i- gent rural health program can be for mulated by any rural community until 1t IS able to take stock of its health conditions in detail" Dr. Thompson drew certain contrasts between the rural and urban populations based on the information now available.
 "The proportion of married women HI lIC SiiliN-OSdlL HE dSCS iS oOiiiSW1AeaI | greater in rural than in urban com munities. Moreover, preponderantly rural states have a lower death rate than those with larger urban popula- tions. The advantages that rural com munities possess in the matter of death rates" Dr. Thompson asserted, "are not due, except in rare instances, to any organized health work. The coun- try merely reflects conditions naturally more favorable to human living"
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
GOMPERS SIGNED
 ORGANIZATION CALL
 FOR A. MEETING
Acted as Delegate to, Terre Haute, Ind, in 1881 at Meeting Which
 Proved Birth of Federation.
By International Labor News Service

By International Labor News Service.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 17.-The Cen tral Labor Union of Indianapolis, in adopting resolutions in praise of the late Samuel Gompers, sets out that il sent MT. Gompers to Terre Haute, Ind, as its delegate in August, 1881, to a meeting which proved to be the birth of hte American Federation of Labor.
 Our delegate was one of the three mn who issued the call for the meeting in Pittsburgh the following November, when the American Federation of La bor was organized officially" the pre- amb1e to the resolution says At a meeting in Cleveland the following year he was elected president
 In 1884 the headquarters were re- moved to Indianapolis and the officials were residents Of the community. It is beftting that this organization which played so big a part in the formation of the American Federation of Labor pay tribute to the man, who, sent by it, so honorab1y, faithfully and efhci- ent1y headed the organization that spoke the aims and purposes of the men and women who toll"
 The resolution laudatory of MT. Gompers was presented by John Smith, president of the Central body, and was adopted unanimously.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
PRINTERS UNION
 BUYS BUILDING FOR NAT. HEADQUARTERS
Indianapolis Home Purchased by Inter national Typographical
 Un.sn.
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 7.-The In- ternational Typographical Union, which has headquarters here, has successfully negotiated a deal whereby 1t becomes the owner of the Samuel T. Murdock national headquarters building. The structure is large stone building con taining 25 rooms, with frontage on Meridian street of 442 feet and 453 feet on Twenty eighth street. The house was built at cost of $1O0,000.
 Officials of the typographical union believe that the building will take care of the requirements of the union in the matter of expansion, which has long been a problem Under the ad- ministration of Charles P. Howard the offer for the building around $150,O00. It was understood at the time the owners held it for $25O,0OO The union also made an offffer to buy the In diana Pythian building, one of the largest of hte downtown office build ings. The Pythian Association asked more than S1,OOO,OO0 for this structure
 The Murdock home property is one o fthe finest in the city, having spac- ious lawns and sunken gardens.
 The International Typographical Union has had it's headquarters in In- for more than 5 years.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
Profit Sharing Not Substitute
 For Justice
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Jan. 17.-"No form of profit sharing will cause workers to put forth their best efforts if employers still re- gard employees as objects of exploita- tion,' declared Eliot D. Smith, of the Dennison Manufacturing Company, III an address at the closing session Of the American Economic Association.
 Employers must make an honest effort to join with workers in reliev- ing fear of arbitrary disaster by es- tablishing justice, reducing fear of physical harm and seeking to mitigate such conditions as periodic unemp1oy- ment.
 If employers go through a mere sham of joining interests of employees with theirs and still regard workers as objects of exploitation, no amount oi welfare work, no improvement of work ing conditions, no from of representa- tion or of profit sharing will cause workers to put forth their best effS-ts.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
Labor Press Active in Spread of Truth
 On Amendment
By international Labor New. Service.

By international Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Jan H.-Many subjects were discussed at the 18th annual meeting of the American Association for Labor Legislation recently in ses- sion at the Congress Hotel, this city, but the outstanding feature of the dis cussions was the proposed Child Labor Amendment to the Federal Constitution and the difficulty of getting education al matter on the subject to the public
 It was asserted that the opponents of the amendment have been able to control the press, the pulpit and other agencies of public information in states where the issue has been joined, Mas sachusetts being pointed out as glar- ing example.
 Listening to the various speakers on the subject of Propaganda Methods of the Opposition the nearer was forced to the conclusion that there was only one absolutely sure way of getting the measure across to the public, and that was through the medium of the bona fide labor press.
 Speaker after speaker pointed out that the big financial interests of the country have been able to shut off favorable publicity on the Child Labor Amendment through the daily press, and as indicating that this is aA true statement the daily papers of Chicago were silent as to the subjects discussed at this meeting. Only perfunctory mo- tices that the association was in ses- sion were published
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
Illinois Miners
 Vote for Old Age
 Pension System
By International Labor New. Service.

By international Labor News Service.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Jan 17-Unoff1-
 cial reports from District 12 (Illinois) of the United Mine Workers show
 that the miners of that district voted by substantial majority for the old
 age pension system to be installed among the miners of District 12 This pension system is independent of the state system for all classes of toi1ers now being advocated in Illinois.
 John Hutchinson of the United Mine Workers, secretary of the interna- tional unions committee on old age pensions, has announced the compile ton of survey of conditions of the poor inhrmaries of Illinois The re- port shows that ap~-~ss pension sys- tenn would not cost any more than the poorhouse system that is now used; that the pension system would be much more humane than the poor houses and in addition the pensioners would not have to undergo the dis grace of being a poor-house inmate.
 The old age pension committee of tn United Mine Workers has been Investigating costs and conditions in the caring for unfortunate dependents in several states where efforts are be- ing made to determine the advisabi1- ity of changing from poor-houses to AL International Labor News Service that in almost every case the cost of almshouses, investment, etc, was in excess of the estimated cost of pension system for the old between tn ages of 65 and 70 He said the committee paid personal visits to the 80 poor-houses in Illinois and found them ranging from "horrible" to excellent in condition, depending on the whims and capabilities of the in charge.
 Under the plan voted by the Illinois miners, pensioners will be eligible for annuities at the age of 6, providing they have been members of the dis trict organization of miners 10 con secutive years preceding the date iofN application and 10 years, not neces- sarily consecutive, previous to that time. Under the plan each penSoner will receive stipend of $25 monthly, on permanent per cent assessment on the wages of the members of the union.
 Secretary Hutchinson of the min CTS committee said that the work of the committee would be continued in various coal states in an effort to induce legislatures to adopt the pen sion plan as against the alnl~.-ause method. The matter will come before the Indiana general assembly as well as the Illinois and Kentucky assem- plies.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
Accidents at Coal Mines Killed 155 Men
 In November
By International Labor News serv

By International Labor, News Service.
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 17-Acci- dents at coal mines in the United States during November, 1924, caused the death of 15s men, according to reports furnished by state mine in spectors to the Department of the In terior through the Bureau of Mines. Of the 155 rnen killed, IA lost their lives at bituminous coal mines throughout the country and 41 at the anthracite mines in Pennsylvania. The fatality rate for the entire indus try was 3.26 per million tons of coal produced, as compared with 3.45 for November last year, a reduction of about per cent. For the bituminous mines alone, the November rate was 280, as compared with 3.43 for No vember last year and an average rate of 385 for hte same month during the 10 years lo14-1o23 For anthracite mines alone the November rate was eos per million tons, as against 3.61 for the same month year ago and a 1O-year average rate of 5.23 for the month of November.
 Reports submitted to the Bureau of Mines covering the fifirst II months of 1924 show total 1of 2,135 accidents, of which l,6o7 occurred at bituminous mines and 438 at anthracite mines. As the output was 5O6,022,OO0 tons during the 11-month period, the fatality rate was 422 per million tons. The cores bonding rate for the first II months last year was 3.87. For bituminous mines along the 1924 rate for II months was 4.01 per million tons, as compared with 3.61 for the same period last year, and an average rate of 364 for the 10 complete years lo13-1o23. The increase indicated by the rate of 1924 was due entirely to the explosions of gas and coal dust during the early part of the present year.
 Tn November, as in the previous month, no single accident caused as many as five deaths. Hence the rec ord for 1924 to November 30 remains at nine major disasters which resulted in 452 deaths, as compared with nine similar disasters causing 287 deaths during the first II months of 1923. The fatality rate for 1924, based ex- clusively on major disasters, is 0.8o per million tons of coal mined, as compared with O.48 for the same months last year.
 An analysis of the main causes of accidents during the period January November, 1923 and 1924, shows that the fatality rate per million tons for explosions of gas and coal dust Gin cluding small or "level' exp1osions) rose from 0.6l0 last year to ,1.034 this year For falls of roof and coal, the rate for the present year was 1908, as compared with 1920 last year; for haulage accidents, 0505, as compared with 0.650 These two classes of acciz> dents usually account for about 65 per cent of al ccoa1 mine fatalities. For accidents from explosions the 1924
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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
Join the New Union

A new union of men and women is fast growing. Organized for the pur- pose of helping you to be always well dressed. Your honest name is the only qualification necessary Duesare pay able as you are paid Clothes mean so much-why neglect your appearance when you can look like a million dol lars and not even miss the small dues, Join the union today, in New Haven. no Church St, in Hartford, 9 Asylum St. Model Clothing Co.-Adv.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
RAILWAY DIFFERENCES
 ADJUSTED

The prolonged negotiations between the aCnadian National Railways and 15,O00 of their employees have been sat isfactori1y completed and an adjustment made, which becomes effective as of September 16 1924, with wage sched- ule effective as of August 1, 1924.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17
INCREASE IN DOLE

A bill providing for an increase in the dole for hte unemployed has re- gently passed in Austria, making a total increase, in the unemployment dole, of 130 per cent since January, 1923.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17

Postmaster General New suspends six postal officers on charge of con- spiracy to promote pay increase bill.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17

Senator Borah to ask conference of all nations on world issues.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-17

TO ORGANIZED LABOR THE, LABOR NEWS is your paper and its advertisers depend on your support. Tell them you Saw It In The News and every one will be happy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-10-22
Creamery Operators Hold !,
Successful Meeting Here
Officers Are Elected at Sank Centre
Community Club Rooms. Thurs
day-High Butter Scores !.

The annual meeting of District
Unit No. 8 of the Minnesota Cream
cry Operators and Managers Assn
citation was held in Sank Centre at
the Community Club rooms Thursd y,
afternoon, 81 members representing
the association were present.
AT this time, officers elected for the
ensuing year were as follows: Presi-
dtnt-H. B. Otte; Vice Preside.:t-
Emil Brockhoff; Sec. and Treas :
Chas. Bohlig; Directors-Alvis Over
miller, Carl Person and Anton Bal
tics.
The delegates to attend the state
convention whicn..is being held tbs
week at St. Paul were also appoin' ed
at Thursdays meeting are: Delegates
Chas. Bohlig, H. b. Otte, Emil
Prockhoff, Chas. Person and joe
Hortsch. The alternates are: John
Niehouse, Wenzel Minchuber, Geo. T :,
Conati, Nick Faust and Emil Schultz.
This meeting proved very interesting
to the members as three prizes were
awarded by Unit 8 in a judging con-
test for scoring butter. The first
of SIS. 90 was awarded to Mr.. Ming
huber, second for $500 to j. p
Hortsch and the. third for $500 to
Anton; Baltes. Three prizes were al
so awarded ait this time for the
highest scoring butter during the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-10-22
Addition to the Swift &
Co. Plant About Completed
e, 900 Head of Live Poultry Can Be
Handled at One Time Over
$4,000 Distributed Yearly

The new addition which is being
added to the Swift & Co., plant in
this city is fast nearing completion,
and it is expected that by the last of
his week thatsit will be ready for
business.
The contract for the erection of the
addition which is 59x80 was awarded
to the Central Construction Company
of ST. Cloud, and work was started
the later part of September.
Swift & Co., when their local plant,
with itS addition is completed will
have the capacity to feed and handle
10000 head of live poultry continu-
ously. This doubles the number that
could be handled heretofore. And
the new addition represents an in
creased investment of $4,000.
Besides establishing a staple cash
market in Sank Centre for poultry
and eggs the Swift & Co., plant in
this city has furnished employment
for .33, and with the new addition
completed it is expected that at least.
so people will Be- employed, which
means a pay roll of approximately
$1,000 per week to Sank Centre, as
home people mostly are employed.
The general public has but small
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-10-22
CHENEY AMAZED AT
STEARNS' PROGRESS
MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL WRITER
j FINDS DAIRY OUTPUT TRI-
PIES IN 3 YEARS
Leads Entire State 49,. {.
TOBACCO RAISING INCREASING
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ALFALFA TAKING HOLD

Charles B. Cheney, special writer
for the Minneapolis Journal after a
swing about Central Minnesota,
touching the High Spots as he
said, has the following to say of
Stearns couaty in the Journal of
Thursday evening of last week:
"This imperial county of Stearns
one of the pioneer dairy regions of
Minnesota, is increasing its butter
production by leaps and bounds.
Rather late in the day compared with
some other counties, but effectively
just the same, the farmers of Stearns
are advancing their herd standards
to the modern high production basis.
"Butter output of 81 Stearns county
creameries actually doubled in three
years, jumping from 6.653 lbs. in
1921 to 9,028,375 pounds in 1922,
19,792,812 pounds in 1923 and 49,
POI, 948 pounds in 1924. This last
total practically was equal to the but
ter output of any other two counties
in the state for the same year. Re-
turns from some of the cooperative
creameries this season show that there
will be another marked increase.
1.-THE creameries received for their
1924 butter output $5,253,156.28.
Butter prices this year are 25 per
cent higher than last, and with the
inevitable production gain it would
not be surprising to see Stearns coun-
ty's cash returns from butter in 1925
go over $7,000,000.
Increased dairy production is due
more to improved blood in the herds
than to more cattle. Purebred dairy
stock is being put into every Stearns
county farm. The slump in price of
purebred cattle has it's bright side,
for it brought purebred sires within
the reach of every farmer, and the
movement has had great impetus
in the last year or two. It's result
will show in dairy production for sew
eral. years to come. Recent sales
from purebred herds have distributed
a number of fine animals.
IA significant feature of these
sales was IN their cash returns. All
but avery small percentage of the
purchase pricerof the cattle was paid
in cash. This showed that farmers
have the money and that they are less
willing to GO Into debt than they
were before the depression.
EARN values are down to pre-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-10-22
SAUK CENTRE BOY GOING UP

3 Sentry Hillerud spent part of
Tuesday and Wednesday in Sank
Centre visiting at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hillerud.
Mr.. Hillerud is employed by the Min
nesota Power and Light Co., sta
toned at Park Rapids. He had at
tended the N. E. l.. A. convention
which was held at Fergus Falls, and
was enroute to Park Rapids. The
young man informed the Herald that
Nov. 1, he would be transferred from
Park Rapids to Crosby. This trans
fer means promotion to Sentry as he
will have larger responsibilities. The
young man has been employed by the
Minnesota Power and Light Co., for
about one year and during that time
has twice received promotion. Sem
try is a splendid type of young man
and is worthy of the trust placed in
him by his employers. His many
friends in this city. are pleased to
congratulate him upon his advance
ments.