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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Carpenters Union Num-
bers 364,993; Largest
Membership in NY. State

By International Labor News Service
indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 2O.-The an,
nual report of the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America
which has just been made public shows
the membership of the union In good
standing totals 32o,66S. o
There are 2,136 local unions, l4o
district councils, two provisional coun-
ellis and 1870 ladies auxiliary unions
The report also shows that Zo,o3Z
members of the union are from three
to six months arrears in their dues
which means they are entitled to nc
benefits from the general Office, the
report says. .l
The actual membership at the enc END
of June, 1925, is given as 349,2oo
which together with the honorar!
membership of 1878, gives total ol
364, 1913.
The report shows that the State
of New York has the largest member
ship in the union with total OF o4,44i
and 1S4 local unions. Illinois Is Sec
ond with 1873 local unions and mem
bership of 38,972. Pennsylvania, Ne"
Jersey. Ohio and Massachusetts foiio"
in order named.
The report indicates that the car
penter's union is in good shape as u
membership and finances.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Even Air Costs Money
In Anthracite Mines

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 2O.-Ahlhidclee ,.s
coal owners in some instances charge
employees for compressed air heeeeu
to work their jackhammers, accorolhs
to Mayor Durkin of this city In an
omen letter to William W. lngls,,
chairman of the anthracite operators
negotiating committee. .a,.a
The mayor and Major lnglls nave
been writing public letters on the MIN
ers' wage demands. The mayor sup
ports the miners. 49,. .,o
In one of his previous letters, tne
coal owners representative chaigeu
the mayor with making misstatements'
INV statements" the mayor re-
piled, "are based squarely upon li9
findings of the United States coai
commission appointed by the presltdetih' ti
to conduct an exhaustive study OF tae
coal situation, taking into cconslae | q
ton also the 1928 wage adJusthleII;t' ~;
The commissions figures thus mool-
fed show average earnings OF con-
tract miners, the most highly pala u
the mine workers, to be Sl'o'O S5s
a year, based on an average oi - -.
actual working days year, OF "p
proximately $3.50 per day gross.
From this gross figure, ho"eVei
must be deducted heavy expenses loi
machinery and supplies. Ihe opela-
tors in some instances even chal =
employees for the compressed ar :, he''
ed to work their jackhammefS'
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Poor Vision Cutting Indus
trial Output, Says Report
of Eyesignt-SayIng Council

By International Labor News Service.
New York City, Oct. 20.-Poof
vision is affecting the country's indus
trial output, is handicapplng education
and is a growing menace to human
welfare, II is asserted by the Eyesignt
Conservation Council oil America in a
report of a survey lasting two years
and covering the entire field of eye
sight conservation. The deieterlous
influence of eye defects and eye dis
Feases,it is declared, is challengesfs
civiize deffort in social control.
Massing all existing data, and sup
plementing it with the results of orig
inal research, the council finds that
defective vision is widespread among
industrial workers and school children
and that it is a prolific source OF
waste in both industry and education.
Summarizing conditions in educa-
ton. the report, called the most com
prehensive of its kind ever completed
in this country, says that % per cent
of the school children in the public
schools of the United States have
manifest defects of vision and symp-
toms of eyestrain." This result was
reached through simple visual actuity
tests.
Eyesight, as an important factor
affecting the output Of the industries
of the United States, is being over
looked, the report asserts. 80
Information was furnished by llO
companies located in % States anu
employing more than l,0O0,O0O per
sons. The data furnished by 40 COM
panies was complete enough Tor ade-
auate summary and comparison.
"The records of these 40 compah-
| les" the report adds, cover the eN-
aminations of the eyes of 204,Sl1 en-
ployes.
Gwen though the prevalence of de
| feetive vision was reported DN one
company as low as 5.3 per cent, which
is no indication of the true condition
the average proportion Of defective
vision as reported by the 40 companies
was 4.3 per cent. ooo -,
This groun 70 100000 Industrial
eve examinations is many times larger
than any group that has previously
been studied for the purpose OF aillV-
| inc at definite conclusions.
Eli is considered sufficiently large
and properly distributed both geo
graphicaliy and according to the type
If industry to establish an accurate
Incidence Of the proportion of defee-
five vision among the 42,OOO,OO0 gam
! fully employed persons in the Ohlteo
! States
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Irish Trade Unions
Exchange Greetings

Atlantic City, Oct. 20.-Thoma
Johnson, secretary Of the Irish Trades
Union Congress, conveyed greetings
of his fellow worker to the annual
convention Of the A. J.. Of J..
In introducing the visitor, President
Green said it was the first time that
a convention of the A. +. Of J.. has
been honoTed by having a visitor oe-
cupying a high and honored position
with the trade union movement oi
good old Ireland" ."
Secretary johnson was impressed
With the widespread belief among or
gapized workers here THAT the WAY
10 produce economically, the way to
maintain standards Of production ahd
distribution 10 a levi which Wc w"ula
consider decent, the way TO make pre-
duction cheaper than heretofore is mol
be a tax upon wages, but by improve
mentk Of organization.
~ am going home with the comm
nation of our own teachings, CLEANED
from my observation Of affairs IN
America, that high wages ana hIRh
production. with security OF HE, h
the slogan which We have 10 pieach'
he said.
The Irish Trades Union Congfe
represents 100000 working men ana
women out Of total Of 75OOOO WORK.
ing men, women and youth over ~
years Of age in that country.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
A. +. of l.. Approves
West Point Probe

Atlantic City, Oct. 20.-The A. +.
Of L. convention adopted a resolution
calling for an INVESTIGATION of IN
labor policy at the West Point midi
tary academy in building construction
work.
The convention voted that the eX-
ecutive council request the war de
partment TO investigate the situation
and to watch army appropriation IN
order that a fair wage is paid for
work done at the academy.
The trades and labor council Of
Greater New York complained that
Colonel Timbe.lake, quartermaster al
the academy, was having work done
below the prevailing wage rates and
that in order 70 carry cut non-unlon
policy he had eyaded the law by EN-
ploying non-citizens.
1t was also charged that Colonel
Timberlake, in a communication to the
council, CLEARLY indicated that he is
an opponent of the organized labor
movement and is aligned with anti
unionists."
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Change In Rules Safeguard
Interests of Union Printers
In Old Age Pension System

BY international Labor News Service.
Indianapolis. Ind. Oct. so--Ac-
cording 20 statement issued from
the headquarters Of the lnICfnauonal
Typographical Union here, the recent
adjustments made by the union, on
advice Of actuarial authorities, in re
spect 70 the old age pension system,
safeguard interests Of the members Of
the union.
TIE age Of eligibility for the pen
sion Of s. weekly vas increased by
the action Of the Kalamazoo eonven-
ton from 60 to IS years, the change
10 be affected by yearly additions each
year until 1880, when the minimum
a0e of So will be established. At the
sam time continuous membership re-
uuirement was increased from 20 to
- years.
Age of Eligibility Raised
The statement also notes the fact
that the convention eliminated from
the law, the provision that a member
might work two days a week AT the
trade and still draw a pension. The
changes in the law were recommended
ny the 1tNoIk OF tAt dNAAaiitss
The international typographical
Union has had Il years old-age pen
sion experience ana the plan has been
declared a success by President Lynch
of the union. President Lynch said
in his statement that it was found in
advisable to raise the assessment of
the membership one per cent and that
the next best thing was TO raise the
age Of eligibility.
Printers Now Live Longer.
1t Vas found. the statement says,
that statistics presented to the con-
yention showed that printers live
longer under the present trade condi-
tions than they did when the pension
fund was established and 90 years
established as the eligibility age. In
1908 the average age at death in the
trade was A5,05 years. To-day the
average is 57.GS years.
The balance in the pension fund,
President Lynch shows, on May 81
was $S76,Sl0, as against 1909, 559 on
May 81, 1924, decrease in the sur
plus of S2S,7I9. Officials of the union
believed the pension fund was enter
ing the danger zone and decided that
action to safeguard the membership
was necessary, and thus the plan was
changed slightly after adequate study
of conditions were made by aetuarles.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Daring Brokers Smash
Great Economic" La"

Chicago. Oct. 20.-Brokers on the
hoard of trade have smashed the Ia"
of supply and demand. .....
prior to this upheavaI, ordinary
folks we're solemnly assured thatt
Grain prices on the board were subject
to This law. which Is as iutieZioie as
tba .olar system am the Law Of gfa,Fl-
tation. Any one who suggested ma :,
market Juggling and wheat 'coIhefs
affected these prices was ela5Sseu as
on on agitator and an economic Ounce.
But the board Of trade has chanseu geo
lis nosition. Hereafter officers OF 1at
hoard will declare all bet oil "lel .
or grair pool runs amuck and gets zoo
Z boegisb. 9 The new policy. il is -aia
viii make it impossible to boo- I y Nlt4' iz.l
to $3.50. In the future the broker.
viii scorn opportunity 70 garner
fsw evtra dollars. Now, they want u
serve the public they say. 49,. ~.
some svnical folk suggest that la' .t
h,okers feared the next congfe-- WI
oan1nel changes that the brokers pro
fsss 70 make voluntarily.
The important thing. ho"ekeI' u
ut the impossible has happened. -,
The law Of supply agd aem!aaa ia'
baen smashed and the ael'aL"I i
again vindicated.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Waste Prevention
Means Higher Wage

Philadelphia, Oct .2O.-The millions
of dollars that are wasted in Ameri-
can industry would assure higher
wages. James II. MacLafrerty. assist
ant to Secretary Of Commerce Hoover
told accountants in this city.
These wastes" the speaker SAID
ARE estimated by SECRETARY Hoover
to equal all federal, state and munich
pal taxes in the United States during
the year 1922.
NO wonder Secretary Hoover does
not advocate the reduction of wages
and standards of living when he sees
the benefits that have in a small Se-
gree already come through a partial
adoption Of his program for the elm
nation of waste. In his report on
waste during 1921, Secretary Hoover
pointed out that there existed a pre-
yetnable waste Of S10,000,000, 900 an
nually through simplifcation and
Standardization in six typical indus
tries-the building trades, mems cloth,
ing. boots and shoes, printing, metal
trades and textile manufacturing"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Former Mexican President
Refuses 10 Stay at Hotel
Where Strike Is On

Ry International Labor News Service.
san Francisco. Cal. Oct, - Cen.
AISaro obtegon, former president Of
Mexico, on learning of the MATTERS
strike al the NJ. Francis and Palace
Hotels IN this city. cancelled his ens
gagemeni iof rooms Al the ST. Ftancis
ami took rooms at the Bellevue Hotel
The story is best told In the following
two kilograms that passed between
the officers OF the Waters Union and
eN President ObIegon,
Gen, Alvaro ohrcgou, Los Angeles
Cal,
Rooms for yourself aud party have
been reserved al the st. Francis Hotel.
Waters Union Of American Fedora.
tion ot Labor is or sttike ln this hotel
also at the Palace and Clift Hotels
All other leading hotels are fair We
request you not 10 stop at any of the
hotel named. You R!ll do us a faNei
by not patroniRing hotel operated
under strike conditions. We speak
for 200 organized walters Of this
city"
Gen. QbfeRon's reply telegram
translated into English, read; I'll
gives me SORROW 90 learn that you ait
in difficulties with your emploYoia
and | viii, with pleasure, seek quarter.
in a hotel where there II no trouble
The walters have been 80 success.
ful iu turning away trade from these
hotels that the Industrial Association
of san Fmnciseo, under date of Sep.
temher 20, 1925, sent out circular
letter To all its members, claiming th,
strike TO be- ineffective and seeking Il
induce them to patronize the thre'
hotels mentioned.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Increased Conducti,its of
Copper Ma, Bring About
big Industrial Saving

By International Labor News Service.
New York CITY. Oct ao.-Ap enor-
nous tonnage 81 coPpcr noW used iu
electrical transmission may be- ne.
leased for other ficlds Of industry fol
lowing the discovery that TINS metal
Is a Super-sonduelor. according Il L.
\. Hawkins. research cNpstt Of SebC#
neeady, y, Y, III statement, of sci
entihc progress IN this sphere ,ssucd
by the Engineering Foundation Of
New York.
Laboratory experiments carried eug
By Dr. W I. naveY of the General
Electric Company prave that the con.
ductivity of copper can be greatly in
creased. Commercial utility. however.
has not Vet been attained, and pr
Dayey'S work Is regarded hy science
as "tantaliaing laboratory triumph,
which promises II lead Il Industrial
economy.
4 small increase in the eonduetlN-
ity Of commercial copper would have
great value SAYS the Foundations
statement, An increase Of even 10
per cent would release fer other fields
an enormous tonnage Of copper nov
used for transmitting power
The economic radius of all existing
transmission systems would be ia.
creased 10 per cent, increasing 81 pei
cent the area served, er the under
ground cable subways Of cities, 80
many Of which are taxed 20 capacity
with their loads Of today. could, with.
out enlargement. carry additional
loads Of 10 per cent
Possibilities of great scientific in
terest have been disclosed by nr
Dayey's experiments. according To The
Foundation. Dr Dascy found 10y cal.
culations, based on the arrangement
of the copper atoms which the N-rays
revealed, that copper composed of a
single crystal should have a condue
tivity Ii per cent grouter than ordi.
nary copper, greater even than that
Of silver.
The only known material with high.
er eouductiVity than copper Is silver
metal too costly for use In line
wires. To check his calculation, nr
Dayey devised apparatus Tor produe1
ing large single crystals Of copper
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
AND STILL WE KICK !
-:-,-,..i-s-,-i-l-,..,-,..i-l-l..i..!-l..!

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO il
was an all day trip to town, We
climbed out of the straw at sunrise
hitched old Dobbin to the wagon and
bade the folks long adieu as though
we were going To find where the North
Pole hung out. We logged along un-
ill noon when we stopped, fed the
horse and ate Il snack under the bend
ing elms beside the road. Then we
resumed our journey and reached the
village about 2 d. m. Here we bought
our supplies. gathered up the loose
news, talked about crop prospects,
and then started on the long trail
back home.
Going To the village was great
trip, but it seldom happened oftenef
than now and then. Firstly, it took
such "A chunk out of time and, sec
ondly, it was hard on the heart. II
was too exciting an experience 10 be
repeated often. Health had TO be con
served.
And it is so different now. Living
fifty miles from town is the growing
habit. The city Is all right for the
office, but all wrong for the home.
We have the suburban train, the
elevated and the auto, that eat up
moles like a schoolboy eat up pie.
If we can't make thirty in thirty We
start holering for better service and
ache to punch somebody in the nose
We are simpl" wild for Henry to per
feet his flivyer flyers so that We can
make the distance in nothing fiat.
AND STILL WE KICK.
Still we say that the world has a
growing fever and that civilization is
losing weight.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
WOmen's Wage Laws
Are In Jeopardy

Washington, Oct. 20.-The entire
minimum wage law system for women l.
in vogue in many states, hangs on, on d d
forthcoming decision by the supreme
court. ,a,
A. sarden, an Arizona storekeepef'
is resisting the SIG minimum wage lor
women, fixed by that state. he Sc :,
cured federal injunction restralnlng MI : :
enforcement of the law, and the cast
is now before the nations supreme
court. ~.
Counsel for the state contends that
in the exercise of its police power, An
iona can protect the health OF citizens
by prescribing working conditions.
During the argument questions IRON on
the bench indicated that some OF Iae
justices took the view that the, r. r.
decision Of the supreme court holulls .lli,l.s
unconstitutional the federal minimum
wage law for the District OF Columola
had decided the question.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Group Insurance
Urged BY Teachers

Chicago. Oct. 20-Tbe American
Federation Of Teachers, affiliated 10
the a. +. Of L., recommends group IN
zurance 10 loeal fedeutiOus and coun-
ellis.
suit Of an investigation Of the plan be-
ing successfully operated and n
ranced the last four year, by The n.
paul Federation Of Men Teacheirs'
through an arrangement with me M
suraHcc companles.
The 81. Paul plan provide sicknes.-
and accident insurance, without pny 81
cal examination, for teachers les
than - year. old.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Trade Associations
Win Final Decision

Washington. Oct. 20-The United
States supreme court ha- denied lh'
Governments plea that the case
against organized cement and maple
flooring manufacturers BE- reopenea.
They were charged with collecting dt-
tistics and exchanging same y mon
opolize their trade, in violation Of tae
antitrust law Last June the supreme
court ruled that statistical knoHledge
is legitimate part Of an industry =
economic existence. g,
The government insisted mat il
these manufacturers are upheld com
petition will be replaced by pue'
Standardization
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Telegraphers' Day
OF Rest Is Upheld

Chicago, Oct. 20.-The railroad
labor board has awarded telegraph
employees of the St. Louis terminal
company one days rest In IL, with
time and onc-half for work on the
rest day. The penalty clause Is a new
precedent IN the working rules of tele-
graph service employees.
The board intervened in "A contro-
yersy between telegraphers and the
Atlantic Coast Line after President
Munion Of the Order Of Railroad
TeleRraphers informed the board thai
nothing short Of a personal inyostl-
cation Of conditions by the board could
be fruitful Of any results"
The board assigned several Of its
members to proceed 10 Wilmington,
~ G., and begin an Investigation Of
conditions on that system.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
American Railroads
Aid German UniOnists

Atlantic City, Oct. 20.--At the re-
quest Of President Jewell and asso-
ciate officers Of the A. +. of l.. rail-
way employees department, several Of
the larger transportation systems viii
extend every facility to visiting Ger
man trade unionists TO study the
working conditions Of men employed
by these carriers.
The German unionists have divided
into groups and will be assisted by
officers Of American trade unions Of
similar traaes and callings as those
followed by the visitors.
The railway section Of the German
delegation will travel as far west a
Council Bluffs and Omaha. The cities
10 be visited will include Cincinnati,
indianapolis, st. Louis, Kansas City,
Chicago. Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo
and New York.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
New York State Manufac-
turers Make Substantial
Increases to Work Forces

BY international Labor News Service.
Albany, N. Y, Oct. 20.-Thirty
thousand workers were taken on In
the factories of New York State in
September as the fall revival in indus
try progressed, If it is assumed
changes within the reporting factories
were paralleled by changes in the rest
of the plants. This was an advance OF
over 2 per cent from August, a well
marked upward turn in the course OF
employment. The fact that last years
gain reached 4 per cent does not I'M
ply that manufacturing Is proceeding
less briSkly this year, but only IN
dicates the greater severity OF the
1924 depression.
Metal and teytiie manufacturers re
pofted increased operations IN sep
tember. These were in line with the
August improvement in leather and
wood products. The only industries
which were not part of the upward
movement were those past the peak
of their seasons and one or two, such
as railroad equipment and shlpbulld-
ing. which are subject TO special con-
ditions. Factory employment is now
about 2 per cent above where 1T was
in 1924 With textiles and metals hrm-
or on the whole than a year ago.
This statement was issued by In
dustrial Commissioner James A. Ham.
ilton and is based ON reports received
at the Labor Department covering
over 100000 employees.
Although the September gain was
generally distributed, primary inter
est lay in the metal and textile indus
tries which have dominated the situa-
ton in New York State. The increase
in the employment of metal workers
annroximated 2 per cent, about the
same as the improvement reported
last year.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Land Deals Involved
In Proposed Merger

Washington, Oct. 20.-Real estate
transactions involving millions Of dol
lars are connected with the proposed
Nickel Plate railroad merger.
Opponents Of the merger charged
that the Nickel Plate company in Us
ing the Cleveland terminal. had be
come responsible for the $60,0OO, 600
bond issue which the station required.
The ttention Of the interstate com
merce commission was also called 70
huge land deals in Chicago
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-23
Editors Plan 10 Increase
Value of International
Labor News Service

Plans for further improving lntet-
national Labor News Service, of which
The Review is a member, were made
at well-atteuded and enthusiastic
meetings of the International Labor
Press OF America, held in Atlantic
City, N. j., during the annual CON
vention of the American Federation
of Labor.
Editors belonging TO the lnterna-
tional Labor Press of America, which
owns and controls International lhbo,
News Service, held two meetings, al
each meeting hearing stimulating Ene
educational discussions of problems
confronting labor papers. Matthew
VOL, president, presided.
Reports were made by Mr, VOL, by
X. Il. Woodmansee, SECRETARY -tteas-
ufer of the international Labor Press
of America, by Chester Nj. Wright,
editor. and by Oliver +. Cartuth, as
sistant editor of International Labor
News Service, and by committees ap-
pointed 10 consider special probleNs
II was decided 10 increase the USE
funess and value of International La
Dor News Service by appointing cor
respondents in additional cities. In
ternational union officials will be
asked to cooperate with the service by
sending in live news Of gains made by
their organizations. n we'll n TO "tlle
short reviews on the progress and
prospects of their unions.
The Review l. proud 10 be IN Il posi-
tion 10 offer its readers the service 81
International Labor News Service, and
in view Of the decisions made at Al.
Iantic City, it considers itself foito-
nate in being a subscriber to lntefna-
tional Labor News Service, which Is
unique among similar organizations oi
It's kind in the world and which pfo-
vides a service that has no superior