The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-20

q few Of their pulpit orators were
rather hostile in their stand on ques-
tions pertaining to labor. That the
churches now are siding with the
workingmen, and are manifesting a
warm and earnest desire to ameliorate
the conditions Of the breadwinners Of
the country is one of the most pleas
ing and hopeful signs Of the times.
Two striking illustrations of this
encouraging attitude Of the churches
towards organized labor have recently
been revealed. In one Right Rev.
William Manning, Protestant Episco-
pal Bishop of New York City, says:
"The true purpose Of human labor
is not to enable this or that person
or group of persons to possess inor-
dinate wealth, often to their own in
jury The true purpose of labor is to
produce those things which are neces-
sary for the sustenance, the happi-
ness and development Of mankind, and
in this beautiful and noble work all
should have proper share and just
reward. Our industrial system
should be so ordered as to give each
one as nearly as possible equality of
opportunity which the constitution Of
our country intends him to have"
The second article pertains to one
of the many labor projects that have
been undertaken by the social action
department of the Catholic Welfare
Conference at Washington. This re-
lates to course of study outlined for
communicates of that church who are
interested in industrial problems, the
subjects including wages, hours and
the seven-day week, unemployment
and part-time work, cost of living,
housing, accidents and sickness,
unions, and joint meetings of en-
ployers and employees.
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HELP THE BAKERY WORKERS
FIGHT THE BREAD TRUST
The fight against the bread trust,
which is being carried on by the
organized bakery workers, deserves
the attention and support Of the en-
tire labor movement. The bread trust
is not alone the irreconcilable enemy
of the workers; it's manipulations are
also directed against the most vital
interests of the bread consumers.
To organize the workers in the trust
factories according to Charles F.
Hohmann, international secretary of
the bakery workers-is most diff
cult task as the trust resists all at
tempts at organization with every
conceivable means of victimization.
Furthermore, only comparatively
small number of skilled workers are
required in these factories, while the
great majority, machine-like, perform
the same monotonous operations,
needing but limited experience and
being easily replaced. AS a result
these workers are poorly paid and
they are subjected to the whims and
the arbitrariness of the employers and
their slave drivers.
If anybody entertains the idea that
the bread trust pays these low wages
in order to make cheaper bread pos
sible, he or she is sadly mistaken.
Neither the workers nor the consum-
ing masses benefit from the technical
advantages and the labor-saving ma
chinery used by the bread trust.
The trust already controls the
bread market to such an extent that
it is able to dictate the prices of the
most important means Of life. Every
technical improvement in its plants,
every saving in wages, every addi-
tional exploitation of labor power
serves to increase the profits of
small group of capitalists, who an
nually reap millions of dollars for
themselves.
This monopoly is growing rapidly
into a gigantic trust which ultimately
will levy tribute upon all people Of
the country, providing the latter per-
nit it through their own carelessness
and negligence. The organized work.
ers everywhere can and will be the
factor that will decide whether or not
this octopus is to be successful in|
it's intentions. They are the factor
which will ultimately decide whether