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Evening star., 1925-11-29
Veteran Prohibition Advocate Urges
Necessity of Amending Volstead Act

bition was brought into law and action
before the people We're fully prepa red
to enforce 1t. One of the outstanding
leaders of the cause on the floors of
the Congress said so much to this
writer at the convention and explain
ed the reasons that have brought him
to that conclusion.
The prohibition policy was winning
its way by State adoptions In all sec
tions of the Union. Thirty-two States,
by constitutional amendments or
legislative action, had provided for
Statewide prohibition before the
eighteenth amendment was submitted
to the States. One other State, Ken
lucky. adopted the Statewide policy
while the anne endment was yet pending
and unratffied.
But there were Is States, among
them those of the largest populations.
that had not adopted the policy and
some of them had but recently re-
Jected it by large popular ma iorities.
Hence the belief still prevails with
many prohibitionists that the blanket
national policy was applied too soon.
The answer of the more ardent prohi-
bitionistS Is to point to the ratification
of the amendment by the legislatures
of As of the 4S States within the short
period of 13 months. Also. that
among the ratifying States were the
largest in population such as New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois.
Only New Jersey, Connecticut and
Rhode Island failed to ratify, and
New Jersey has since done So 1t is
upon that record that radical prohi-
bitionists stand and, with the difficulty
of amending the Federal Constitution
back of them, declare with every
sense of certainty that the amend
ment will not be repealed within any
calculable time.
A Too Intensive Policy.
l have found some most sincere
believers in the prohibition policy who
saloon people in framing the amend
ment and in legislating to enforce 1t
were beyond the original objective for
which the league was formed and sup
ported.
The name "AntiSaloon League
was clearly indicative of the work 1t
was organized to accomplish. That
was to suppress the legalized, licensed
dram shop. 1t was generally de-
nounced as the source of drink evils
and the generator of crime, poverty
and a host of social evils. 1t was con
stantly in the public eve and its prod
ucts constantly in the courts, the
prisons and the poorhouse.
For over hundred years of our
national history legislative skill and
social wisdom had been taxed to find
safe and tolerable restrictions that
Evening star., 1925-11-29
BY THE REV. SAM SMALL.
Veteran Temperance Lecturer and
Evangelist.

r AM not satisfied with national
prohibition "as Is"
1t is not the prohibition that
/ have publicly contended for dur
ing 35 years. from 1885 to 1920.
1t is not the prohibition that l have
shed my body's blood for on eight
occasions during those years.
The present status of prohibition
under the eighteenth amendment and
the Volstead act, after over five years
of so-called national enforcement, is
bitter disappointment of the faith
that led to their enactment.
Fresh from attendance upon the
biennial national convention of the
Anti-Saloon League of America. and
from hearing the expressed views of
Anti-Saloon leaders. governors and
ex-governors of States. Senators and
Representatives in the Congress.
active officials of the Federal prohibit
ton unit, bishops of churches. judges
and prosecuting attorneys. editors of
great newspapers and women of re-
form organizations. / am deeply i'm
pressed by the continuity of the ques-
ton, "Will prohibition prohibit
What Is the Problem?
The problem as presented new by
| the prohibition leaders is how to OBJ
! literate the traffic in and use of alco-
| holic, Intoxicating liquors. root and
branch" as they put 1t. from the daily
| business and habits of the American n
! people? All of the advocates of that
J policy frankly admit that it Is one of
! the largest contracts ever undertaken
| by a self determining Nation through
| the agencies of civil government. They
| hold that the presence of the pro.
| hibition amendment in the Constitu.
| ton of the republic, affirmed as prop.
erly there by the Supreme Court
| of the Nation, is conclusive evidence
| that a majority Of the people wish
that prohibition policy exploited to its
| fullest limits.
But the holding of this latest "crisis
convention in Chicago this month
! in advance of the convening of Con.
gress In December, was to advertise
i how far the enforcement Of the pro.
| hibition law has failed, up to date,
| to secure desired effect, to locate re.
! sponsibility for the failure and then
| to propose agreed upon remedies for
, the unsa tisfactory condition.
Too Early and Too Expansive.
Conferences between those concern.
ed in the conventions objectives re-
vealed that some OF them are coming
to realize that probably national prohi.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

in constant warfare. In Sucn nafsh
and unsettled world he might well
doubt if the law of the universe were
not hate, and the meaning of life bit
terness. Christ came to comfort him
against these adversities. He proved
to him that poverty and suffering
could be borne so sweetly that they
exalted a man above the proudest and
richest king; He struck back some of
the worlds swords by preaching the
beauty of peace: He assured man that
love was a power in the universe by
coming to render him these services
though He knew He must pay for it
with His life.
But certain forms Christianity had
to take to satisfy the needs OF the
man of that age are unsuited to the
man of this age. There is, for in
stance, the doctrine of the Virgin
birth. The ordinary pre-Christian
man was not accustomed to the idea
of moral power unsupported by force.
1t would have been impossible TO
convince him that a man was divine
simply because his behavior was SUI
premely beautiful. Therefore, Christ
had to he recommended to him by the
ascription of a miraculous origin.
Now that we have had Christ's les
son set before us this is quite un-
necessary.
Ecclesia sites who talk about the
Virgin birth are as absurd as persons
would be who, having been visited
by the wisest man man in the world,
stopped repeating his wisdom to an
audience longing to hear it and
wrangled whether he had travelled to
their house by a bus or a tram. The
doctrine of the atonement is, to me,
as irrelevant. That a father should
invent the laws of a game knowing 6
that they must be broken, force people
to play it, sentence the players to
punishment for breaking them, and
accept the agony of his son as a sub
stitute for the punishment. was credi-
BILE enough to people who believed that
hate might be the ultimate law OF life.
To us who have been given the Chris
tian idea of love and mercy as an es-
sential part of divinity, it is not
credible.
** X
Nor is it necessary. Man was in a
dark place. Christ came to comfort
him. Why man had 20 be in a dark
place we do not and cannot know
for our half-grown brains obviously
could not grasp the whole truth about
the universe. But we do ourselves a
mischief If we retain an explanation
which is neither true nor useful.
But even > when Christianity is
stripped of doctrines that were ere.
ated to serve a special purpose, but
serve none now, there Is no reason
to suppose that 1t Is the final revela-
tion of the Divine TO humanity. There
might quite possibly come another
word that would be TO us as absolute
a solvent of our difficulties about life
as Christianity was to the difficulties
of the early Christians. | find con
firmation of that hope in the feeling
of sacredness that | intuitively receive
about all efforts TO extend the sphere
of personal liberty. When we let
people do what they like we are CIV.
ing ourselves a chance to listen tc
the Divine when 1t speaks. The spirit
of tolerance represents the merciful
| hand of Christ thrust through the
| ages. saving the next Christ from
crucifxion.
tCopypright 1921
Evening star., 1925-11-29

+ AM not satisfied with national
prohibition "as is"
1t is not the prohibition that
/ have publicly contended for dur
Evening star., 1925-11-29
BY FRANK ii. SIMONDS.

n 7 O single consequence of Lo-
N carno is bound to attract
! NJ more attention or invite more
4 investigation in the near fu-
Evening star., 1925-11-29
MY RELIGION: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME
ARTICLE V

BY REBECCA WEST
Author of ''The Judge and 'The Return of the Soldier
Evening star., 1925-11-29

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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
A BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY
TAKES UP WITH UNION LABEL
By J. CHARLES LAUE

The union label is coming into its
own as a protector Of consumers and
safeguard of organized workers,
employed under healthful conditions,
with the introduction of the sanitary
label into the women's garment in-
dustry of New York City.
It is now being sewn in cloaks,
skirts, suits and dresses made in the
model garment factories of the metro
politan area as the result of agree
ments between the international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union and
the employers association.
The label is a product not Of the
union directly but of joint agency
of the union and the employers,
known as the Joint Board of Sanitary
Control. This board inspects factor
les for violations of the factory law,
for violations Of the rules Of the
Board of Health, it enforces the SAN
itary shop rules enunciated by the in
dustry and it also inspects workers,
certifying them as being free from
contagious disease.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
IMMIGRANTS IN MEXICO
OFFERED NIGHT SCHOOLS

By international Labor News Service
MEXICO CITY, March ITO
prevent any possible friction between
the immigrants who are coming into
Mexico in large numbers, and the
native Mexican workers, due to the
fact that the immigrants compete
with the Mexicans for jobs, the As
sociation Of Socialist Teachers, of
Mexico, an organization affiliated
with the Mexican Federation of La
Dor, is planning the Mexicanization
of all foreigners, by opening night
schools in which will be taught read
ing, writing and speaking of the
Spanish language, the history and
geography of Mexico, the history Of
the Mexican revolution, and the
meaning of the constitution of 1917,
especially that part of the constitu-
tion which relates to Article q,
which places the title to all property
in the nation as whole, and to Ar
ticle 123, which is probably the most
radical labor code in existence.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
EAGLES LODGE EXHIBIT
OLDAGE PENSION film

-
''Under the Eagles Wing q. film
shown Throughout the East by the
Y. n. G. A. and the r. o. Z. win be
ct the Weir theater Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. March 10, 20. and 81.
This picture, it is expected, viii
awaken the interest Of all citizens in
the bill to be presented at our next
State Legislature session in Novem-
Der, and impress the Legislators with
the Importance of this human meas
ure and the need Of it becoming =
law, hence the F. o. E. secured the
right to exhibit it in the principal
cities Of the state.
The Old Age Pension movement
has grown to tremendous proper
tions in the last year. Through this
growth it has been placed on the
statute books as law in Territory Of
Alaska, Montana, Nevada, and the
great industrial state of Pennsylvan-
ia. Up to the last reports it has
also passed the lower house of the
New Jersey legislature by a vote Of
3S to 13.
The United States the richest and
most powerful of all is practically
the only civilized nation in the world
not to have this law.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
INFERIOR WOOD SOLD AS WHITE
PINE, GOVERNMENT CHARGES

By International Labor News Service
WASHINGTON, D. c., March IL.
Western white pine is not always
what it seems, according to the Fed
eral Trade Commission, which charg4
es that five Western lumber compan-
les are advertising and selling West
ern yellow pine or Western soft pine
as Western white pine.
The companies named by the Trade
Commission as misrepresenting their
products are as follows: Couer d.
Alene Mill Co., COuer d'Alene, Idaho;
Grand Ronde Lumber Lumber Co.,
Perry Greg; McGoldrick Lumber
Co, Spokane, Wash; Deer Park
Lumber Co., Deer Park, Wash; Shev-
1in-Hixon Co., Bend, Oregon.
The complaints say that since Co
lonial days white pine has been in
great and constant demand by con-
tractors, builders and the purchasing
public because Of its ease Of working
and remarkable endurance as . strue-
tural wood, especially for outside use,
and that it has always commanded
and now commands a substantially
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13

By International Labor News Service
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March IL.
The removal of the national head
quarters Of the International Union
of Bricklayers, Masons and Plaster
ers from indianapolis to Washington,
d, c., is under way, according to in
formation from William j. Bowen, in
ternational president. The new head
quarters in Washington viii be at
1415-17 X Street N. W.
The headquarters have been in In
dianapoliss for more than 25 years,
but the International officials felt
that they would be nearer the center
of things by having the headquarters
in Washington, the matter having
been under advisement for some
time. There were no objections to
the removal from the international
officials and the staff personnel will
go with the Offices. The official jour-
nal of the union will be removed also
and according to present plans viii be
issued from Washington.
President Bowen said he expected
to have the removal completed by the
first Of April, at which time the otRs
cials would be settled in their new
location. The Offices ct present oc4
cupy the aecond floor Of an Office
building At Vermont and 'rennbylvans
b etsep
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13

higher price than yellow or soft pine.
8 The complaints state further that
because of the close resemblance be-
tween western yellow pine and west
ern white pine only an expert can dis
tinguish between the two, and that
when the respondent companies mar
keted yellow or soft pine under the
designation of western white pine
many lumber dealers and the pur-
chasing public were caused to pur-
chase the same in the belief that the
lumber was white pine manufactured
from the tree 'Pinus Strobus."
Under the law whenever the COM
mission has reason to believe that an
unfair method Of competition has
been used, and it shall appear to the
commission that q proceeding by It
in respect thereof would be Of inter-
est to the public, it shall issue its
complaint. However the question
whether or not such method has been
used is not passed upon by the com
mission until after respondents have
had 80 days in which to answer and
the issue has been tried.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
CROSS REPLIES TO
ARTICLE By JOHN ],
CARNEY IN WORLD

Editor Labor Press;--I have read
the article written by John ]. Car
ney printed IN the Aberdeen Daily
World Wednesday evening, March
18th, 1925.
IN that article I find this state
ment:
"The Aberdeen attorney who led
the fight in this county for the Bone
Bin, and who appears to be in close
connection, in his work along this
line with a Seattle attorney, who, in
turn, is reputed nyclose connection
with one of the leading bond houses
in Seattle, makes no secret of the
real motive behind this 100000 bond
election. He has stated openly in the
city council that his purpose was to
revive the $2,O00,000 electric scheme
on the Wynooche River, and incident
ally relieve the demand for tax ex-
empt bonds"
No one can escape the conclusion
that l am ''the Aberdeen attorney"
referred to in that article.
There is in this declaration an in
sidious imputation that / am working
for the Wynooche Project in the in
terest of one of the leading bond
houses in Seattle.
l have known Mr.. Carney for many
years. l was newsboy distributing
the Aberdeen Herald to his subscrib-
ers when / was old enough to travel
the streets alone. / have always be-
Iieved him to be my friend. ! was
surprised to read such q statement
under his signature.
In the former campaign it was in
timated that l was to receive 4 pof-
tion Of the money that the City
Council was to vote J. =. MalinowslEi
for his water rights on the Wynooche
River. No longer can that accusa-
tion be made, after Mr.. Ma1inowski
has made a gift Of these rights 70
the City.
Now l am charged, It Is true in q
very polite mannef, but no lesA cer-
tain in its Import md meaning. with
working with p = ttafpeyl
VINO, IN turn - ItIutes y fEofe con-
nection with one, of &c leading bond
houses in Seattle" a
The language used, when dissolved
IN its elements really means nothing.
: It is the sailed insinuation in the lan-
xuage used, that contains the deadly
poison, sought to be infused in the
minds Of the voters Of the City.
Il is true that ] have been IN close
connection. in my work in the prep
aration Of the ordinances submitting
the Wynooche Project to the voters
of the people, with Bruce Shorts, 9
Seattle attorney. ts ft
Mr.. Shorts was corporation cOun-
sci of the City Of Seattle during the
early years Of pioneering in the de-
Continued on Page Eight
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
EFFORT TO
ENLARGE COAL MARKET

BY IntsrnatiohaI Labor News Service
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March IL.
Members Of the miners union in
Indiana are interested in = bill ini the
Legislature which provides that q 'sci-
entife survey and research be made
to develop the market for Indiana
coal, The bill, it is said, is sponsor
ed by Indiana operators and union
miners.
The exact nature of the research
proposed is to have combustion tests
to find the relative effectiveness of
various Indiana and foreign Goals,
taking into consideration all factors
that enter into the final cost of fuel.
These tests would include investiga-
ton into furnaces and boilers to as
certain the standard types best adapt
ed to the consumption of Indiana
coal.
It was shown that about 5000, 900
tons Of foreign coal is brought to
Indiana yearly and that If this ton
mage was filed by Indiana coal work
would be provided for Indiana min
ers far above the present yearly
work rate. There are approximate
ly $4,000 miners unemployed in the
State at the present time.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
UNION LABOR AIDS IN
GETTING TRADE SCHOOL

By International Labor News Service
Ell PASO, Texas, March 12.-Con-
struction by union contractors of q
$130,00O vocational school building
will be started soon in this city. The
building win contain classrooms for
vocational work, administrative Off
ces and a large auditorium with a
seating capacity of 700. The con-
struction is to be fireproof through
out.
Construction of a new school was
brought about largely through the
efforts of trade unionists of this city.
Bonds were voted for the construction
of a vocational school. The proposal
was then made that some old building
be purchased and remodeled to fit the
needs of the school. To this the
unionists objected. For, as a commit
tee from the Central Labor Union
said:
"Had it been generally known that
building or buildings were to be
purchased that had not been built for
the express purpose of vocational
training school, the bonds would not
have carried. The tax payers would
not want makeshift building for
such purposes"
The committee further petitioned
that the site for the school be acces-
sible from all parts of the city.
The school board gave these sug-
gestions due consideration and now
Ell Paso is to have vocational rtain-
ing that it will be proud of, ideally
located, through the efforts of union
labor. ~
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13

No worker can get a job in this
industry which makes 80 per cent Of
the women's garments in America un-
less he goes before the joint board.
Incidentally to control such workers
it is quite necessary that he belong
to the union. The result is that the
sanitary label IS a. adjunct 70 the
indnslry, composed Of organized
workers and employers. It is in the
full meaning also union label, for
not only are health conditions right
in these 5000 shops employing all
Of 100000 workers, but wages and
(Contlnued on Page sixl
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
Chicago PRINTING
TRADES SMTERESTED
] IN BIG LABEL DRIVE

By International Labor News Service
'3 CHICAGO, March 12.-The union
label and organizing drive inaugural
sed by the Chicago printing trades
unions on October 10 last and still
under way is the biggest and most
successful movement of its kind ever
known in the history of the industry
an this city.
j The campaign has been so success
ful that it has ATTRACTED attention in
other cities, and inquiries have been
coming in as to the methods en-
ployed.
There are Is unions affiliated with
the Chicago Allied Printing Trades
Council, and all are giving hearty CO.
operation to the campaign, cheerfully
contributing the funds to carry on the
work. Ninety shops have been union
lied since January 1, 1924, at least
rs per cent of them since the label
drive was started.
The open shoppers have been made
frantic as a result of the activities
of the printing trades unions, and
numerous appeals have been issued
from the headquarters of the Open
Shop Employing Printers Associa-
tion urging the members to get busy
and head off the menace"
"Open Shoppers" Alarmed
R. ]. Tufts, secretary of the open
shoppers organization, sent out not
Ices calling for a special meeting to
stake definite steps for action Mr..
Tufts said in his circular letter:
For some time past this Office has
been receiving a number of telephone
calls regarding the activities Of the
hnions in their union label drive, and
- seyeFsl cases, have baaa successful
h taking away BUSINESS from our
members where the unions have gene
TO their customers direct. In one case.
they secured the cooperation, Of the
Musicians Union to such an extent
that the musicians threatened 10 walk
out if this particular program did
not bear the union label. The order
for the programs was withdrawn
from the shop of one of our members
and placed with a union firm. This,
! believe, is the forerunner of reoc-
eurrences that may happen unless
this organization takes definite steps
for action.
about a year ago our organiza-
tion published the Open Shop Direct
ory, which was mailed to about 49,
mn huvora of r1r.inffuo and haforai
another issue is published we believe
it advisable to present this matter
Of the union label drive before our
entire membership. This union label
drive possibly does not affect many
of our members, but there are
great many members that it does af-
feet, and we believe that you should
be interested in helping your fellow
member"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
OPERATION UPON MRS.
ARTHUR IS SUCCESSFUL

Mrs. Eva C. Arthur of the Success
Barber shop, 207 South F street, was
operated on Wednesday at the Alb
erdeen General Hospital for intesti-
nal tumor. Mrs. Arthur recovered
from the ether very nicely and bar
ring complications has every chance
for speedy recovery. It is expect
ed that she viii be at the hospital
about two weeks.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13

Label being sewn in the spring
output of union women's garment
factories of the New York district.
1t guarantees the garments have not
been made in sweatshops but in mod
el factories by workers under the
most advanced forms of collective
agreements, providing fair wages
and hours.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-03-13
WANT sHELTER FOR BRAKRMEN

% AsA4NNNE AANAAAAs AAAsS A4AAsn -
Organized train service employees
are urging the state legislature to ap-
prove a bill that Is intended to shelf
er head end" brakemsn on railroad
trains. At a cost Of about 500 en-
gines could be equipped with a pro-
tection that would guard these work
ers from the elements. Lobbyists
for the railroads have raised the ia
miliar cry, Expense"