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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Indiana Appellate Court
Rules Against Contractor
Who Broke Agreement

indianapolis, Ind, June 30.-Ihe
Appellate Court of Indiana has given
a decision which Is expected TO set a
precedent in the matter Of upholding
wage contracts and the management
of employers associations with fegafd
TO agfeemnets on wages OF employes.
The case was that Of John AndroH ,
a Porter County contractor, and the
New Amsterdam Casualty Company
against the Building Trades Employ
ers' Association of the Calumet region.
In the appeal Andr0f and the Casual
tv Company were attempting 10 set
aside a judgment against them re
eeived in the Porter circuit court, but
the appellate court decided that the
iud0ment should stand as rendered
The history of the case is that
Androff became a member Of the a.
sociation in 1921, and as a member
posted a bond of $1,000 that he would
not violate the bylaws Of the asso-
citation, which set a maximum wage 10
be paid by the members for labor. lie
was charged BY the association with
violating the agreement by paying
higher wages, aud late in 1921 the a.
sociation brought suit on the Androt
bond. In the lower court judgment
was rendered against AndroiT and the
surety company and this award has
been upheld by the higher court.
Labor leaders say the case opens the
way for suits against association
whose members Iepudiate wage agree
ments and force wage cuts in defiance
Of existing agreements. They say II
associations can sue members for VIC
lation of rules in paying higher wage
trade unions can sue for violations of
contract when wages are reduced.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Textile Workers Out:
Are Facing Eviction

Washington. June 30.~ln a circular
letter 10 state and central bodies
Frank Morrison, secretary Of the A.
+. Of L., calls attention TO IA strike
of 1900 employees Of the American
thread company at Willimantic, Conn.,
that was forced on these workers
March . because of 10 per cent
wage cut. President Mcmahon of the
United Textile Workers informs A. y,
of l.. headquarters that evietlons are
expected and that between 5000 and
10000 people must be cared for by the
union,
The wage reduction is uncalled Tor,
as the company admits they paid l0
per cent on their capitalization aud
placed VI $50 900 In their surplus ae'
count. -,
president Mcmahon requested TINS
information be conveyed to the officer
If the central aud state bodies" said
Secretary Morrison, 80 that your
affiliated local unions will have me
Information Of the cause Of the strike
and may render every assistance they
can to help the textile workers win
this strike"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Hold Muscle Shoals,
Says Federal Board

Washington June 30.--The Muscle
Shoals commission, appointed By Pre-
ident Coolidge, mas declared its oppo.
sition to private leasing of this water
power by the war department before
congress acts.
The last congress rejected propos-
al 10 lease Muscle Shoals following q
long campaign on the value that would
result to farmets through cheap FER
tilizer.
While not indicating their views a.
70 the ultimate form Of operation
some members Of the commission, il
is said, regard Muscle Shoals a. q
national defense in time Of war and q
fertilizer plant in peace time, belieY.
ing that power should not be cousid-
cred the all-important factor.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03

Nj Wallace who actively directed
tho Assay Of Waste sponsored BY the
Engineering Council under The head
snip Of Herbert Hoover. has just een-
nletod study Of several years, dur
lng which he gathered an immense
amount of data on industrial waste
both IN America and Europe.
Mus, Eliminate Enormous Waste
"lt Is evident" he says, that il
American industry is 60 hold its posi-
ton in world trade IL must eliminate
The enormous waste occurring, and this
can best be done by extending and il.
tsnslfying the management function,
European industry has an unllmit-
ed supply of cheap labor. We have
limited supply. aud labor IN America
IL paid more In real money than any,
where Ia the world Furthermore,
American industry and commerce will
be confronted with AN annual redue.
ton in the addition TO the nnakiiled
labor supply of about e0o,000 as cont
pared with years previous to the war
due to the restricted immigration
policy.
The only way 10 Offset this loss and
10 maintain the standard OF wages
paid In the United States, Is TO eN.
| tend the use Of material handling aud
processing machinery and eliminate
| the waste of human labor due 60 aecl,
dents, Illness and the Intermittent
operation Of industry.
More Uniform Production Urged
"rhe situation with reference 10
high wages and limited supply of la
Dor can also be met by more uniforms
production schedules. A large number
| Of our basic industries are idle from
| 30 to 40 per cent of the working days
per year This means very large
| annual man.hour loss aa well as loss
through idle capital. all Of which con
tributes materially TO the cost of pro.
duction.
@keceni studies by the Department
lof Commerce, American Engineering
Council and other national bodies
clearly show that such Intermittent
operation Is wholly uniustliied and
| unnecessary.
Europe probably leads America In
| industrial research. In Germany par
ticulahy industry has been feyeriahly
| preparing for the economic struggle
upon the threshold of which We are
standin- The industrial world will
be startled rs soon as some Of the
| things ready to be put into operation
come TO light,
America Supreme In Mass Output
American industry Is supreme In
the practice Of mass production. Mass
production can never be praetised IN
other countries ms II Is here, This
fact Is significantly favorable TO
American industry and can be- made
"A powerful factor in securing and the
holding of foreign business If prop
erly understood and used.
Authorities agree that the world
ie on the eve of the most aggressive
STRUGGLE for world markets ever eN-
perienced. A new era is being en-
tered upon which viii require the
reformation Of major economic poll
cies No one can predict what those
policies shall be. II Is certain they
win have 10 be evolved by expert and
scientific study Of conditions. IL IL
equally certain that they can not he
evolved by politicians unframed in
economies"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Increase Freight Rates
To Help Railroads, Is
Scheme of Coolidge
By International Labor News Service

By International Labor News Service
Washington, d. c., June 3O.-labor
organ of the railroad unions, says n
the current issue:
"An effort is being made in admin
istration circles to induce the Inter
state Commerce Commission to M
crease freight rates in the Northwest;
"In a statement sent out by one oil
the numerous organizations represent
ing Big Business in Washington, 1t IS
stated that mot even the admlnlstra-
tion can dictate to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, but the admin,
istration can create an "atmosphefe. >.
'If the administration succeeds. IL
is predicted by railroad financlers that
the northwestern roads, particularly
the ST. Paul, will see the end OF theli
troubles. -. o,,,,,o
the bond and stockholders OF the o''
Paul which is opposed to the organ
ization plan formulated by NUN, U;.,
Loeb G. Co. and the National Oi's
Bank. :. a.. 4bo
bankers want to freeze out the siiid''
investors before the |. {. I. can grant
an increase in rates. roor-
$50 that Ahey argue that no feoi, '1t;,
oarization should be attempted unni
the |. c. C. has had a chance TO act act
' George E. Roosevelt, of Rooseyei. vel !
& Son, of New iork is leading TINS
faction. .,o.. tho GOV
"He declares that unless ,f the e s1so tbo
enrtbwestern efntl,.s roads by sharp freight
,loa rete increases, ruin faces thousands
ra'e .tnot ny, holders and bondholders Of
oI T. railroads. as well as shippers
who are entirely dependent upo"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Gas Ban Is Futile,
Chemist Predicts

Bellport, l.. l., June 30.-The coun-
eA Of the league of nations at Geneva
mas outlawed the use of gas in war,
lsfe, but the American public should
GCot not accept this as final, said DR.
Saarles H. Herty, president of chem
leal association.
VI the gasses actually used in the
world war several are extensively USED
N peace said DIR. Herty. at would
Usiy be possible to restrict production
u such gases by a universal interna'
uonal regulation of the chemical IN
uastry and commerce.
EEen If only one power in tht
world refused to keep an internationa
agreement to abstain from using
poisonous gases on its declaration oi
@af' the general agreement would 6t
automatically nullifed."
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Union Girl TO Reign
As Queen of Pageant

Miss Marine Mansfield, a member Of
Bookkeepers' and Sten0graphers'
Union No. 1G022. who was chosen by
popular vote to be Queen of the
Pageant" to be held at the centen-
Mai anniversary celebration Of La
fayette aud TppecanOe County, Ind,
in September Miss Mansfield Is EN-
ployed at headquarters in Lafayette
of the International Brotherhood OF
Painters, Decorators and Paperhang.
ers Of America. She was nominated
by the Painters Union and given
the enthusiastic support Of organized
labor.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
FOrty-One Unions
Levy Tax TO Help
Education Bureau
BY Iniernationa

BY international Labor News Service.
New York City, June 30.--The an
nua budget of the Workers Educa-
ton Bureau OF America has been as
sured by the pledges Of IL labor un-
ions to levy tax of une-half cent per
member to complete the $4,000
budget. Spencer Miller jr., secretary
Of the bureau, announces.
A a result of this action, a nation
wide educational campaign among
working men and women will be
launched study classes organized. lee
ture courses arranged, and the gen
eral work Of the bureau further ex-
tended--all under the supervision of
the American Federation Of Labor.
The Workers Bookshelf, which al
ready includes some 25 labor volumes,
and the pamphlet series Of the bureau
will be enlarged.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Higher Wages Cut Deaths

Higher Wages Cut Deaths
Where the father made less than
IN the infant mortality rate was
''2s' y. nigh as where the father
W. hefXeen $3.50 and S1,049. As
w.. ,,'',e fatber's income increases, there Is
'''' .+s5,al decrease in the rate OF IN
FAM deaths. -
Tho highest death rates by nation
-r;,ias ocrurred among the recent I'M
A,asspts sha'e Portugese, French Canad-
nns inp and Polish even passed the death
t, l@i among negroes IN the citles
,1,4;ed Lack of acquaintance Witn
American conditions caused some OF
his but the chief reason, as porne ou'
a., ,ais, me studies of the Children's bu-
=! Ssaa ~ was the low wages of the father
Wbsn the mother worked for wages,
.,;Il more of the children died. Out
of 1000 children whose motherS
worked away from home in the period
6store the child was born, l7o OF the
Ssidran died. If the mother worked
t"r wages at home, Ia died. Ii the
,notberS did not work for wages, 20
Ged Making all allowance, 1t ap-
nssrs that infant mortality was about
40 ner cent higher when the mothers
worked.
Low Wages Always to Blame
The connection between low earn.
ings and a higher number of deaths OF
infants was found to exist regardless
of the type of feeding, nationality, or
large number of children. Even a
crowded home did not make so much
difference. ~
Commenting on the report, the De-
partment of Social Action of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Conference
says:
THE main point seems to be that
the poor do not have money enough
70 care for the mother during child
6r,h and the infants first year ot
6ls, The lack medical care and ad-
VICE because they lack the money TO
pay for it.
Fathers Poverty Kills Children
Because the fathers do not get a
living wage, more of their children
die. Their poverty kills their chill
dren.
Behind this stands the denial OF
their right to organize and determine
collectively by agreement with their
employers the amount of their wages,
the failure of the government to pro-
tect them in their right to a living
wage and their right to organize, and
the general failure of public opinion
to bring pressure to bear upon en-
poyers who do not pay living wage.
That the United States is wealthy
enough to pay a living wage, goes
without saying. Our physical re-
sources and mechanical equipment Tar
exceed the demands of the population
from the wages salaries, and other
such incomes that the bulk OF them
receive"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03

New York City, June 30-WaSte of human labor is
handicap the industries of this country in the
struggle for the worlds markets. in the opinion of Law
renee " Wallace executive secretary of the American
Engineering Council Europes great advantage he
points out is cheap labor To offset this, Mr. Wallace
urges that steps be taken eliminate waste and to extend
The of material handling and processing machinery in
the workshops of the United States
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Deaths in Senate
Mean Two Elections

Washington. June 3O.-The PasslGig ..Ii z s
of Senators LaFollette of Wisconsin
and Ladd of North Dakota mean ,a.. wv
,lnexpected n,,e r.e special elections in these
states II, o,daavor "a
- He botb eats not only to strengthen
W. W." vote o in the senate, but because 81 p
its us sSfe "fect -, on an next years congressional
eiou,inne sIe % The progressive element Is
e"nsiIv determined, and the eohles'S
Iii attract national attention.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
uIeH infant MORTALITY RATE
DUE TO PARENTS Low WAGES
Government REPORTS SHOW

Washington, D. c., June 3O.-Low wages are respon.
m for high death rates among babies the United States
SSdrens Bureau has found from series of studies IN
ogbt American cities and manufacturing towns Whery
the mothers work, the death rate is still higher
L now been combined into set of facts and con.
Iions based on conditions in New England Pennsy
;o and Middle Western cities and towns
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Humanity on March
Toward Better Things

All humanity has struck it, tent
and is on the march, We are IN the
midst Of a vast adjustment, or tran J.
ton. in the ordered life Of mankind
from autocracy to democracy, from
r,ilitarism 10 true freedom from the
material power Of might to the moral
nower Of nght.-Sherwood Eddy.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Electricity to Speed Up
|. &. Running Time

Chicago. lll.-Electdfcation Of ne
Illinois Central Railroad Company 5
suburban service here will reduce OPP
Grating schedules by approximately
one-fourth according 70 an announce
mept made by the company
Construction work necessary iof tn!e
obapge from steam 10 electricity rs
under way. and electrical operalllon.a
viii commence IN the summer Of l9Zo
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Ida, week In Laundries

Detroit, Mich, June 30.-Organizef
girls employed in hand laundries have
a five-day keew while unOrganizee
girls are working long hours this hol
weather. The Laundry Workers un.
ion has signed agreements with ia
laundries.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Ohio Workers to Convene

Ward. ". Va, June 30.-The coal
company at this place has served
eviction notices on 200 miners who
live in company houses. This concern
recently repudiated its agreement
with the United Mine Workers.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
Mexican Immigrants
Total One Million

Los Angeles, June 30.-It is esti-
.t ..@'ed that the Mexican population In
Ne southwest is 100000. These
ss'sAicans are divided as follows: Cal-
WS1nia' 10000; Texas, $4,000; New
stsSoAdleo, sso dso, 10000; Arizona and Colorado
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
AFFILIATED WITH FEDERATION

The Printing Pressman's Union No
PIG. are now affiliated with the Twin
City Federation Of Labor.
H. j. FARIAN, Pres.
JAMES DUNSEY, Fin-Sec.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
4 son ARRIVES

Mr.. and Ms. Lloyd l.. Bottenberg
Of 6ls w. Healey street, announce the
arrival Of a son, Lloyd Jr., a, Mercy
hospital, Monday. June %.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
NOTICE TO LOCAL UNIONS

The election of officers for Twin
City Federation Of Labor has been
postponed until the first meeting in
July-July 8.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03

Great Bntain's army of unemployed
reported steadily increasing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22

thing even the bears and usually
get the best of things.
In spite of the cold weather
and snow the trains from the
mines have been running the
same as ever. It is necessary to
run a rotary snow pillow ahead of
all trains, the snow filling in be-
hind in a few minutes packing
as solid as salt. But all handi-
caps are overcome, it is the spirit
of the North.
The boats run up this way all
winter. Nome and other north
ern points cannot be reached by
boat during the winter season,
being icebound. Very little
travel goes up the Yukon nova
days since the construction of
the railways.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22
FIRE DAMAGES
PINE CITY SHOP

Early Sunday morning a fire at
the Holetz blacksmith shop called
out the department and before it
could be gotten under control
considerable damage was done to
the building and contents and a
car owned by Alex Pangerl was
partly destroyed.
Indications were that the blaze
started from the outside near the
big double door, and as every
thing in the building was dry the
blaze spread rapidly.
The Pangerl car was covered
by insurance but the shop and
contents were not. The propri-
etors are using the place for the
present and will probably tear
it down in the spring.-Pine Po-
ker, Jan. 16.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22
"Hello" Girls Called on
for Linguistic Ability
BY L. r. Van Zelm
Ghsaern Newspaper uaIoa

Bombay, the great seaport of the
west coast Of India, is perhaps the
most cosmopolitan city in the whole
vast Indian empire. English, Portu-
guese, French, natives of India,
Chinse and Japanese swarm about
the great bazaars, along the docks
and among the cotton mills for
which Bombay is famous Chris
tian, Mohammedan, Hindu, Parsee
and Sikh meet for trade in this
great center of Eastern commerce.
Many languages and more dialects
are spoken on Bombay's broad
streets and splendid quays.
Anyone who serves the general
public in this polyglot metropolis
must, therefore, necessarily be some
thing of a linguist; and this ap-
plies especially to the telephone OPP
orators who work at the switch
boards of the local telephone sys-
tenn. All telephone operators in
Bombay, it is said, must be able to
speak, in addition to their native
language, not only English, but
French, Arabic, Chinese and Japa-
nese as well.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22
POKEGAMA SANATORIUM
COTTAGE is BURNED

One Of the cottages at the
Pokegama Sanatorium was COM
pletely destroyed by fire last Sun
day evening about 7 o'clock. The
cottage was the one occupied by
And. Keefe, business manager of
the sanatorium.
Mr.. Keefe was in the main
building at the time of the fire,
which was discovered about Ills.
When discovered, it was a mass
of flames and it was impossible
to save the building or the con-
tents.
Mr.. Keefe lost all his personal
belongings which included many
war relics which he priced very
highly. II was a one room cot
tage with a large screened-in
porch.
The origin of the fire is un-
known.-Pine Poker, Jan. Is.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22

The winters in Alaska are not
what they used to be Il have this
straight from several Of the old
timers). But with the thermo-
meter dropping to 70 below in
one place and a 100 mile gale
blowing in another, and with
plenty of snow to make things
lively, l still maintain it is not
exactly Indian summer. 1t was
dark here most of last month but
we have had our shortest day for
this year. Soon we shall see the
sun once more.
Life is not as monotonous and
dull as it may appear to be up
here. A miner from a nearby
town furnished us considerable
entertainment the other night.
On going into restaurant and
ordering a turkey dinner and be-
ing served with chicken, he be-
came so dissatisfied with every
thing in general, including the
arrangement of the furniture,
that he Immediately proceeded to
rearrange and remove same.
First he placed a red hot stove
outside to cool off, then he tore
up the stools and counter and
threw them outside. Not content
with this he broke in the win
dows and tore the door off it's
hinges. After this performance
he stated that he could and would
throw everybody outside includ-
ing the proprietor of the place.
On account of the cold weather
he was not permitted to do this,
and at about this time someone
gently tapped him on the head
with a piece of lead pipe that
happened TO be lying nearby.
Some say that he had been drink
ing beverages not authorized by
the Volstead Act. This, however,
cannot be definitely stated. it
being merely conjecture.
Foxes by the thousands have
been driven down this way from
the interior and the Siwashes and
White trappers are busy gather
ing in the fur. Some of the
foxes are beauties. they sell on
the market for big money. The
wolves are particularly fierce
this winter. they will tackle any
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22

"Why won't you marry me,
Elem
81 wouldn't marry anyone. Why,
I even threw down a poet last eve
ming"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22

The Askov Band has elected
the following officers for this
year: Albert Sorensen. presi-
dent; VIM. Jensen, vice presi-
dent; Henry Simonsgaard, secre-
tary; Hans Mosbek, treasurer;
II. Petersen, director; Carl 4.
Sorensen, assistant director. The
new class of 10 members meets
every Tuesday evening at 1880
and plays until 8 o'clock when
the old class takes ahold and
plays for an hour.