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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
Only Six States Lack
Compensation Laws

Washington, April 2S.-Thero are
now but SIX states In the United
States, besides the District Of Colum.
bia. without w0fkmen's compensation
laws, according TO bulletin issued
by the H. S. Bureau of labor stats
tics giving the status of compensation
legislation as Of January /. 1870.
The black states are: "Arkansas,
Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Norih
Carolina, and South Carolina.
The change effected by recent legis-
lation "liberalize the laws by fedue.
ing the waiting time, increasing the
amount Of benefits paid, either by pei
centage increases, raising the maxi
mum, or both, and by increased medl.
cal aid
Six statog-N Nevada, North Dakota,
Oregon, Porto Rico. Washington, and
Wvoming--have the exclusive state
fund system.
Employees in agriculture and domes.
tic service are excluded In all juris-
dictions except Hawaii ands- New Jef'
seY. Casual workers are also quite
generally barred from benefits.
Twelve states and the federal gov.
eminent now recognize occupati0nal
diseases as cOmpensable.
---a-aaz-.-=s4s-a=--=-a
All active American relief work
ends Ia Russia.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
Teachers Plight
In Soviet Russia

Geneva. Switzerland. April 2S-The
international Labor Office reveals the
tragic conditions of labor among the
teachers of Soviet Russia in a report
summarizing the facts presented at
the first Soviet congress OF elemen-
tary and secondary school teachers
held in Moscow in January Of this
year.
"since the BNshevist revolution. the
teaching profession in Russia has
fbrrn, Hnn .wtiii Is. paid lower than ans
other branch Of the state services, and
even lower than industrial workers,
in spite of the increased salaries
granted from 1922 onwards," declares
the report.
"rhe poorness Of salaries and the
want of regularity in their payment
formed the subject OF numerous com.
plants before the congress.
Attention was drawn by a large
number of delegates TO the conference
TO the tyrannical action of the local
authorities toward the teachers, not.
ably as concerns the continual trans.
fers and irregular dismissals,
Housing conditions in the prov.
inces are lamentable. The schools and
quarters provided for the teachers are
either in ruins or In an advanced state
of dilapidation. having undergone no
repairs since the revolution.
"fhe trade union organization Il
weak. The delegates were unanimous
in declaring that the union does moth.
ing to defend the interests of ita
members" go
The congress declared that the
first duty Of the union was to obtain
the regular payment Of salaries which
up to the present have generally been
paid in arrears and with reductions,
especially in the proyinces,' aud to
oppose the arbitrary dlsmissals and
transfers to which its members are
still frequently subjected by local au
thorities."
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
TWIN CITIES
ARE HONOREO IN
BAND CONCERT

Both Champaign ana Urbana were
accorded special recognition in the
High School band contest held here
The latter part Of last week, Cham
paign II. 5. taking first place ia Class
L, and UIbana being Awarded second
IN the same class. The faet that both
bands are comparatively young and
inexperienced leads the public to COM
mend both the directors and the play
ers for the good showing made.
Joliet Township High School band
Won first honors in class \. and was
awarded the first prize. rhornbufg
Township High Sehael Of Harvey,
won second prize. Seventeen bands
participated in the parade through
the business district of Champaign al
/ o'clock Saturday evening. The
Elgin Girls band played but did not
take part in the contest.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01

A far reaching and drastic move.
ment against everything IN the bis.
trie, Of Columbia thar is non. unionn
has been initiated and plan perfect.
od for consolidating the "a organiEa.
lions OF the Central Labor Union toi
an intensive drive against the open
shoppers.
lienry Miller, chairman Of the adj.
justment committee. Is supported b.
other officials in the declaration that
he has during the past several months
received information that " ehAngton
has been designated as Inc battle.
ground for an open-shop diaNe. which
IS IL be started gradually, ttade by
trade. until the entire CO Is non.
union Ii is this menace M.ieh local
labor officials are preparing tJ meet,
In the words OF the Colonial patriot
"le they want u Wat II may as we'll
begin here"
Employers Form Anti.Lahor Combine
The building trades strike, new on,
has resulted la the revelation Of a
comprehensive organization OF EN-.
ployefs, the builders, under the title
of Operative Builders Association
having enrolled construction Arms ana
hnaneiefs for the purpose Of hreakinf
down the building crafts unions. IL
this end they have threatened to boy.
eotl Trims granting wage increases
and are using the methods for which
labor has been many times con
demned. Big business In Washington
including the banks, have been drawt
into n pfodigious combine. the labor
leaders insist TO weaken labor organ
isalions in the capital
The Central Labor Union Is In touel
with II locals. which, besides thu
manual trades, includes seven Federa
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01

Boston, April 2S.-A contempt for
public opinion expressed in elec-
tons as the determining factor in the
government of the United States was
y6e'eed by Vice President Charles G.
Da"e- in an address at the celebra-
t s.gh Of the l50th anniversary of the
o4,1'e Of Concord and Lexington.
according to Dawes it would men
sse & American institutions if "tem-
p2iaFy phase of public opinion"-that
= 70 say, an opinion expressed in a
popular election-should determine
s9fer1ment policy. Such a rule would
" rule of the mob"
Il 10 prevent this rule of the mob,
..i We Ice President explained, the pa
.5.o.s who framed the constitution
Pso' .aea number of Checks" In
yer l@s system of Cheeks" before It
ssl5gnes ,5l!es law a demand made by
Pso'.e opinion must be approved by
ne House Of Representatives elected
~ ,No years, the Senate elected Tor
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
Hazed Midshipman
Gets Compensation

Washington, April 28.-The interior
department has ruled that naval
academy midshipman who was severe
IL injured by a group of hazing stu
dents Is entitled TO compensation.
"Hazing is in violation Of the acad-
emy rules" said the denartment, and
the claimant was entitled to such pro
lection as would prevent the ael,
which was not afforded him. To hold
that the victim was out of line Of duty
when the fact Is that il was the hazer-
VINO were not in line Of duty Is a
paradox. The most that can be said
adversely to the appellants claim IS
that ne did not promptly complain
against these upper-class men,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01

arb. sill involve not only an uh-
..-....r.IIrg of the way in which TO
49,. f8e demands of the workers
~. Inference room but also the
.. '..........f5l way in which the economic
,.l..,fa If the workers can be con
.asf,# centralized and efficiently
.se# vaen occasion requires, con-
,,8ast President Green.
a0uits carly the membership OF or
,qe'zrl labor properly appraised the
,4ne of education.
s9T5i. IS shown by their early decla-
,.a.p. and stand in favor of and IN
.an1t Of tree public schools and
,-5l,Ir.arv education. Trade unions
',omsnse8 that every child should be
ofa,3e6 an opportunity to acquire an
The fought for child labor legis,,
lqfian. f8l the widest, fullest and
frsest opportunity for school atten-
lqere aad for legislation which would
c'mnel children to attend school.
aAfcr this principle was estab-
Gsbe3 the workers realized more than
eysr thai education is not a process
en3ipg with common school expert
ence -.
prj>es upon a constantly enlarging
bg..s. with the introduction OF ma
cbiaery and ether economic agencies
of production. brought home the neces-
siiq Of plan of adult education.
when the need became apparent a
plan was evolved.
THE Workers Education Burean Is
the medium through which we are CIV
ing 10 the worker an understanding
nj industry and society and his rela-
ton to both.
THE worker is being taught,
through course of study formulated
and arranged by the Workers Educa-
ton Bureau. the value of his economic
strength and the Importance of joining
with his felow-men in wisely directing
the use Of their intellectual and organ
lied powers along constructive lines
in the farihefance of the work of or
ganized labor.
Through this work of education
much latent ability is being developed
into active use and service.
"The net result is that the cause OF
the worker is being intelligently
strengthened educationally and econ
omically
10ne outstanding phase of this edu-
caiional work to which labor attaches
very great Importance is the dissem-
inaticn Of information concerning the
philosophy, aims and purposes of
trade unionism among the people out
side the labor movement.
This is most necessary work be-
cause, while deplorable, it is never
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
BIG FOUR
TIME CHANGES
IN EFFECT

The Big -Four is now running On a
new time schedule which went into
elect last Sunday. NJ. Ii from Peoria
now leaves urhana al 1913 =. M,
instead Of l0;42 As formerly. Ne .,
going west Will noM leave At 1910
u. m. instead of io;51 The early
morning passenger train Will leave
Al Z lhl a. m. instead Of l;oS.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
NEW BUILDING
UNDER ERECTION
BY UNION LABOR

One Of the finest and best equipped
apartment buildings in the city will
soon be under construction at the
northeast corner Of Green and Pros
pect streets. The building will be
throughout by Union
Labor.
The building will be financed by
l.. +. Getman, John c. Somefs, Louis
r. Zeeh and Louis A. Busch.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
BAERFACTS
BY ]. NJ. BAER, The Congress.
man-cartoenist
AID FOR FARMERS VITAL
TO NATION
international I.abor News Service


J. Former Governor Lowden Of
!. lllinles delivered \ solemn warn
j. inc - the American people that
!. they would DO We'll 70 heed, IN a
J. recent address IN New York. Tie
!. told the peoule that a disastrous
!. increase in the cost OF living is
J. coming unless snmething Is done
: 10 helm the tanner organize Tor
!. the cooperative marketing Of
J. their products
J. Whatever may be the popu-
!. lar opinion in the cities on the
J. subject.s l.oXden said, "the
!. ablest farm eeonomists general.
!. ly agree that She farm situation
!. i desperate. This they think
!. grows out Of the great disparity
: between the prizes OF the things
!. the farmer has 10 sell and the
i prices OF the things he has 70
= buy. They can sec no permanent
!. relief until this disparity Is re
!. moved.
J. I'VE are coming to learn that
i unrestricted ccmpetition Is not
= clothed with all the virtues 1t
]. was once thought TO possess.
J. Unrestricted competition is but
J. form of warfare. Whether
- among the nations Of the world
J. for larger afmaments or among
J. the producers Of useful eommo-
!. dities, IL has been found 10 en-
J. tail losses 70 society far beyond
!. the benefits IL fas conferred.
!. "ln the mod2fn world the
= farmer alone he been the last
J. to realize the vssIpe Of organiaa-
J. ton for It's ownSAake. Agrieuls
>. ture has emer~ea from lis prim.
=. tive state. II must therefore
.. conform TO those practices
!. which have been found neces-
y. sary to the success of other
}. great Industries In all other
~. nelds of commefEe. unrestricted,
:. free and open cq1npetition in the
q. marketing of pfpducts has been
!. gradually Disappearing.
= "lf We would Avoid ruin, | see
- but one way out. The farmer,
j. too. must organize for the pur-
> pose of marketing his products.
.,- Cooperative farm marketing rs.
!. soeiations are no longer an eN-
J. pertinent. Wherever coopera-
i. tives have beer employed, there
!. you will find aEr1culture In It's
.. best estate.'
J. AS .Goverfon I,owden said
j. in another paff n his address,
!. if the present ETQate sltua.
'sss tiur ig mot chs s,-'ststAfsassss-
y. means to stabilize conditions,
>. there will be a gradual natural
>. change which will keep the
=. farmers down for the present
>. but in the course of years viii
>. put them on top and bring about
.. excessively high prices for farm
>. products. TO prevent such a con
!. dition coming about, the farm
>. ers must organize to get falf
!. prices for their products and
d. thus maintain a farming popula-
!. ton large enough to assure am
q. ple corps.
). The city workers have big
J. stake in the solution of the farm
>. problem. as unless farm prices
). are fair, il doesn't make anv diff.
J. ference what wage scales may
j. be. If wages do not buy pro
J. portionately the same amount
J. they did before conditions were
J. upset by the World War, wages
j. are not high. no matter what
!. they may be in terms Of dollars
y and cents.
!.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
Labor Politicians
Detriment to Unions

London, Eng. April 28.-Political
activity by trade unionists is detri-
ment to the trade union movement,
according to Fred Bramley, general
secretary Of the Trades Union Con
gress. =
'The trade union movement IS
robbed of many Of its most capable
leaders by the more attractive career
offered in political activities and or
qanjzation." Bramley declares. The
departments Of trade union organiza-
ton are continually being disorgan
lied. dislocated and reduced in effi-
eiency by the withdrawal Of those
most capable to develop the efficiency
Of the trade union movement
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
Postmasters Ordered
To Join Company Union

Washington, April 28.--Postmaster
General New has directed postmasters
throughout the country to join the
local organizations Of federal officials
known as federal business associa-
tions and TO take an active part in the
organization Of new associations.
Cooperative effort in President
Coolidge's policy Of economy and
efficiency" make the compulsory mem
bership necessary, declares the pos
master general.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
WE DON'T PATRoNIZE

Roberts & Grant,
Smith & Picard, ~
Hagenbart Grocery d Meat aaisel
GTav & CO. Grocery d Meat Market
I. d. Dalv. Tire Shop,
conertv Meat Market,
Fix Barber Shop. No. 9 Main St.
4 A. Cedusky, 419 y. Neil St.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
FDUCATiON OF WORKERS
MEANS LABOR PROGRESS
SAYS WILLIAM GREEN

philadelphia, April 2S-"There is every indication
.at the organizations of labor entering upon new
r me in which education is going to play greater
rar William Green, president of the American Fedora
onrI convention of the Workers Education Bureau of
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01
WASHINGTON WORKERS
BEGIN COUNTER MOVE
VS.. OPEN SHOPPERS
u, FREn 5. wALkER
stan Correspondent. lnicrna tienal Labor Ne,

Washington, d. &, April 2s-"If they want n war IL
may we'll start here" Those the words of John
Parker who commanded the Minute Men at Lexington IN
l776 and that the way the Washington Central Labor
Union feels about the trade union situation in the Capital
of the Nation
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01

Twenty-four nations represented At
second international conference Of
labor staustieians held at Geneva 10
study methods Of compiling labor sta
tistics.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01

Count Karolyi in London interview
crificizes his "gaggiug' while visiting
United Sta,es.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01

Firemen and engineer die as tram
plunges through trestle in Montana.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-01

All active American relief work
ends Ia Russia.
Evening star., 1925-05-25
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. May 25 (SpeciaD.-
Potatoes. per 100 pounds, LOCAL .25:
sweet potatoes. barrel, 3.o0a6 90: yams,
barrel, 3.0Oa6.00; new potatoes, barrel,
2.50a6.75. Asparagus. dozen, 1.25a-
400. Beans. hamper, l.75a3.o0. Beets,
100, 400a7.00. Cabbage, crate, 1.50a-
200. kale. bushel. 25a35. Carrots,
100, 3.0oa5.oo. Celery crate, 1.50a250
Cucumbers. hamper. 1.50a3.00. Egg
plants. crates. 1.50a40O. Lettuce,
bushel, 50a1.00. Peas, hamper, 00a.
ESQ. Peppers, crate, 1.00a3.0 Onions,
crate, 3.0oa3.5o. Spring onions. 100,
1.0Oal-50. Rhubarb. 100, 1.5oa3.00
Radishes. 100, 1.00a1.50. Spinach,
bushel, 25aS5. Squash, crate, 1.5Oa-
800. Tomatoes, crate. 1.75a425.
Apples, packed barrel, 3.50as.00;
bushel. 1.50a2.75. Grapefruit, box,
3.50a4.5o. Strawberries. quart, 10a2o
Pineapples. crate. 2.75a3.50. Oranges,
box, 6.0oaS.o0. Peaches. crate. 1.50a
400. Canteloupes. crate. 6.00a8.50.
Blackberries, quart. 20a25.
Selling Prices at Noon.
Wheat-No /. red Winter. spot. ex-
port, no quotations; No. 2 red Win
ter, spot. domestic. l.90; No. red
Winter. garlicky, domestic, 100; No.
3 red Winter. no quotations.
SaIes-None
Corn-Cob, new, yellow, spot. 6.0oa
SIS, nominal. per barrel; track yel-
low. No. =. l.30 bushel
Sales-None.
Oats-No. >. 81: No. 8. % asked.
Rye-Nearby, 1.15aI.25; No. > rye,
spot, 1.23.
Hay-Receipts. - tons There is
only a limited demand for hay, and
this is centered on the better grades
of timothy and choice light clover
mixed. Prices on such stocks are
steady. but low grades and inferior
hay are dull and of uncertain value.
Quotations today - No. . timothy,
18.5Oa19.00: No. timothy, 15.50a17 90;
No. ] light clover. mixed. 17.50alS. 90;
No. l clover. mixed. 17.00a17.50; No. >
clover. mixed. 15.00al6.00.
Straw-No. l wheat. 15.00a15.50 per
ton; No. / oat 15.50a16.50; No. l
straight rye lS50a19O0
Evening star., 1925-05-25
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
New Style of Annual Report.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

One of the advantages in stock own
ership as distinguished from bond
holdings is that the shareholder re-
ceives the regular annual reports and
such other statistical information as
the company is in the habit of giving
out. Corpora ton executives sometimes
argue that il does not pay to send an
nual reports to stockholders because
the ma iority of those who receive
them do not read them, and some
companies send out their reports only
on the written request of the stock
holders. However that may be, if it
is true that stockholders do not read
these reports, part of the blame be-
longs to the officials who prepare them.
Many of these statements are in such
form that only an expert can under
stand them.
Lately. however, a new style of re.
port has come into fashion, which does
give facts and figures in such shape
that the ordinary man can comprehend
them. In this movement public utili-
ties have taken the lead and in this
connection l want to say that a model
along this line is the year book of the
Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Co. of Chi
cago- This utility prints its income
statements and its balance sheet. two
generally highly technical financial
lOTHlS, WlLH ehpldIidJlO1lS IflhI snow IN
simple, readily understandable langu-
age just what they mean. The ordinary
investor has only vague idea of
what current assets" and current
liza bifitieS" are, TO say nothing of such
items as deferred charges" and re
serves" All these things are explained
in the Peoples Gas statement.
One reason why the utilities as a
group take such pains with their re-
d-,e tl,A :.
that is, wide compared with that of
the average industrial-or their stocks.
a successful utility nowadays reports
steady increases in the number of
stockholders from year to year and a
steady decline in the average number
of shares per tockholder. This sort
of public ownership is helped along
by such interesting and informing an
nual reports as the Peoples Gas and
other corporations of that character
are now publishing.
Copyright. 19S5D
Evening star., 1925-05-25
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, May 25 Omitted States
Department of Agriculturel-Hogs
Receipts, So 900 head: moderately act
i've: mostly 40 to so lower; killing
pigs dull; few sales rs off; bulk good
and choice 140 to 20 10. weight. 100
a1225: extreme top, 1885; bulk 22'
to 325 ID. butchers, 11.75a12.05; pack
ing sows, largely 1O.50a10 90; majority
strong-weight slaughter pigs, 11.25a
11.50; heavyweight hogs, 1f.7oa12. 90
medium. 11.S0aI2.25; light, 1I.75a12. 50.
light light. 11.10a12.25; packing hogs
smooth, 10.70a11.00; packing hogs
rough, 10.20a10.70; slaughter. 10.75a
Ills.
Cattle-Receipts. $4,000 head; FED
steers and yearlings steady TO l.
lower; mostly steady; yearlings and
better grades lightweight steers fairly
active; heavies comparatively scarce.
slow; few choice kinds offered; bes'
matured steers, 11.00; some averaging
l.415 lbs. at that price; 1,130-lb. aver
ages, 11.50; mixed steers and heifers
upward to l1.25; numerous loads year
lings, 10.00a11 90; moderate supply o
lower grades below 8.75; stockers anu
feeders very dull, mostly 5.50a7 90; IA
cows and heifers uneven, fully stead
on better grades; spots strong on go0a
TO choice light heifers; lower grade.
fat cows steady to weak: Gamers =
shade lower in spots; mostly 3.2oa3.5U
few weighty bologna bulls. 5.50a5.7o .
practical top. $50; realers general,
steady at $50 downward to packers
medium light, $50; few strong.weighr
calves, 1000 to packers; outsiders
paying upward to 1880.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head; spring
lambs, Is to 25 higher; spots, SO up
on clippers; six doubles of California
springers sorted around 35 to a car.
1900: several loads handy-weight
clipped lambs, IL 50a13.00: one strictly
choice load, 1880; nothing done on
sheen
Evening star., 1925-05-25
CLOSE is IRREGULAR.
Steels. Motors and Utilities i'm Late
Selling Wave.

NEW YORK, May % LE).--Exten-
sive readjustment of speculative ac-
counts by professional traders ac-
counted for the mixed price move
nents in todays stock market. Steels
public utilities and several of the mo-
Tors were in supply, but heavy accu-
mutation took place in the food, chem
zeal. coal-carrying railroads and mer-
Chandising shares, with over two
score issues breaking through to new
peak prices for the year. Total sales
approximated 100, 900 shares.
The closing was irregular. Trading
slowed down during the late after
noon. LackaWanna was bid up to a
new 1925 high, above l47. but curious
cross currents of prices characterized
the rest of the list.
Evening star., 1925-05-25
CORN PRICES SOAR
ON FROST REPORTS
Freak Weather Also Causes
Upturn in Prices of
Wheat and Oats.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. May 25.-More than s
cents a bushel jump in the price of
corn took place on the Board of Trade
today in hardly a single hour. Frost,
that TO many traders suggested caiam-
ity crop conditions, was chiefly re-
sponsible. December corn scared to
9SA cents as against 9lis to 9lA
cents at the close on Saturday.
Influenced largely by the skyward
night of corn, a rise of more than 5
cents bushel in wheat quickly en-
sued. September wheat went up to
Sl.54A as compared with $1.491s to
Sl.49as on Saturday.
Heavy frost in various parts of the
corn belt tended to make corn prices
jump despite liberal receipts. An un.
usual amount Of replanting of corn
was predicted
oats sympathized with corn. Start
ing at q off to 1a up, July, 45% 10
80 IS, all deliveries soon showed gains.
provisions were held down by a big
setback in the value of hogs
Evening star., 1925-05-25
NEW YORK EGG PRICES.

NEW YORK. May 25 @.-Eggs
steady: receipts, 1881 cases. Fresh
gathered, extra tirsts, 3Sa33Ia; do.
storage packed. 34a341a: fresh gath
cred, firsts, 32a3224; do. storage pack
ed, 33a3312: fresh gathered, seconds,
301aa311a y; do. storage packed, 32a32is ;
nearby hennery whites, closely select
ed extras, 39a40; nearby and nearby
Western hennery whites, first to aver
age extras, S4a3S; nearby hennery
browns, extras, 37a39; Pacific coast
whites, extras, 4la42; do. extra firsts,
BSa40.