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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
Labor, Farmers and War Veterans Give
Big Victory to Smith In Illinois Primary

just as he is governor now. The
newspapers of the state were assail-
ing him from every hand, with his
own party press lined up almost
solidly against him. He wanted to be
reelected for the sake of vindication
The officers of the State Federation
of Labor went to him and extended
an invitation to go along with organ
lied labor. 1t was suggested that he
declare against government by in
junction and pledge himself to the
enactment of law limiting the au-
thority of Judges in labor injunction
cases.
Governor Small fell in with the idea
and organized labor got behind him
for denomination. A bitter and spec
tacular campaign followed. Small
won in the primary and was later re-
elected.
Governor Makes Good on Pledge
Then came the session of the leg
slature at which Small's personal
pledge and the republican party
pledge was redeemed when the in
junction limitation act was placed on
the statute books of Illinois last
June.
Colonel Smith was republican state
chairman during all of this time and
gave such hearty cooperation to the
carrying out of the plans that it was
deemed no more than right and just
to give him the support of organized
labor in his campaign for the repub-
lican nomination for United States
senator. Success has been achieved
once more.
Frank L. Smith will be elected in
November He will do credit to the
great state of Abraham Lincoln as a
senator of the United States, and the
citizens of all the other common
wealths of the Union will learn to re-
spect his judgments and opinion in
the councils of our nation as time
goes on.
Labor Proud of Share in Victory
Organized labor of Illinois is proud
to have had share in giving to this
state and to the nation such worthy
representative. While we are joyful
over the outcome, we at the same time
are not unmindful of the responsible
ity which we have thus incurred as
citizens of the United States.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
American Building Mechanic
Highest Paid Of Any Similar
Group In World, Says Survey

By International Labor News Service.
New York City.-Analysis of wage
changes in the building trades show
they are 1873 per cent above the level
of 1913, as compared with 124 per
cent above a year ago, or an increase
of 9 per cent, according to a nation
wide survey of the labor situation in
the building industry made by the
building construction research bureau
of G. L. Miller & Co., we'll known
bond house specializing in building
construction.
''The trend has been continuously
upward since 1913, except during 1920
and 1921" says the survey, which con-
tinueS:
'ln 1922 and 1923 there were sud-
den and abrupt increases in wages, to-
gether with bonus payments, because
of the shortage of mechanics. The
trend during the last II months, how
ever, has become more gradual and
bonus payments have disappeared and
the situation has taken on a more sta
biliZing aspect.
Comparing the current building
trade wage situation with that of a
year ago, it will be found with few ex-
ceptions that the general level for
skilled mechanics has generally ad-
vanced. Bricklayers in the leading
cities are receiving from 712 cents to
l2R cents more per hour. Carpen-
ters took no wage reductions but ad-
vanced their scale in number of
cities. Hosting engineers, structural
iron workers, pile drivers, and other
trades generally advanced their
wages, although they did take small
reductions in a few centers.
Investigation of wage scales in
European countries shows that the
American building mechanic is the
highest paid of any similar group of
workmen in the world. There is prac-
tically no comparison between the
wage scales paid in American cities
and those paid to building craftsmen
in London, Amsterdam, Berlin and
other foreign cities
''The following tabulation of the APP
proximate average weekly wages paid
| building mechanics in several Euro
pean cities as compared with those
| paid in New York, shows the advan-
/ tageous position of the American
| building craftsmen:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
SEASONAL TOILERS
TOO MUCH IGNORED

Washington. - Womens employ
ment in such highly seasonal indus
tries as canning, fruit, vegetables and
fish is a serious problem for wage
Garner and employer. One wants
steady work and the other wants de-
pendable labor, says the United
States women's bureau
"The seasonal nature of the work
and the perishability of the products
cause irregularity of employment"
the report points out. ''In one week
d heavy crop is handled and the next
week it is almost gone. Even within
the same week there may be full
time work some days and no work
on others.
Workers in seasonal occupations
have too long been considered group
whose earnings are not used for seri-
Gus purposes. The fact that these
workers have responsibilities which
prevent them from working more
than short period during the year is
insufficient reason for ignoring the
Importance of their employment.
Seasonal workers are essential to
seasonal industries.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
LABOR'S DEATH
TOLL
TO Industry in Ontario In
dustry One a Day

By international Labor News Service.
Toronto-A death day as re-
suit of the industrial accidents affect
ing workers covered by the compen-
sation act of the province of Ontario
is the tribute paid by labor to mann
mon.
Normally there are 100000 work
crs covered by the workmen's com
pensation act of Ontario, and during
the past II years there have been
1928 fatalities through industrial
), accidents, an average of more than
one d day.
In the same period 502,014 work
ers have sustained injuries through
industrial accidents sufficiently seri-
Gus to be reported to the board as d
case for compensation. This is to
say, that every year one worker in
every ten has been victim of an
industrial accident, involving an in
jury more or less serious.
70 put it another way, the average
worker in industry in Ontario has an
ordinary chance of working for ten
years with one injury sufficiently Sc
rious to be reported. Safety first
campaigns, however, are said to be
producing results, and last year the
industrial fatalities in the province
were 345, decrease of 81 from the
previous year
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23

''It is interesting to note that the
latest reports from the department of
labor and from the international and
national trade unions show from $780,
900 to 100000 skilled mechanics and
helpers in the United States. Taking
the latter figure and calculating the
average workmen's wage at $40 per
day, we would have daily bill for
construction of $8,0O0,OO0. The aver
age building year contains around 280
working days, so that the maximum
cost for labor in the construction in
dustry would be around $2,224;000-
nearly so per cent of the total amount
spent annually for new building
throughout the country.
THAT all building labor will con-
tinue actively employed for at least
another year is evident from the large
volume of construction work now un-
der way and in prospect.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
EMPLOYER MUST
UPHOLD PROMISE
BY HIS AGENT

Olympia, Wash.-The state su-
preme court has ruled that where an
employers agent promises to pay a
bonus to workers the employer is liza
ble
The court affirmed King county
decision against Wong On, Chinese
employer, who made verbal prom
Use to pay $75 bonus to several
white men sent north with his can
merry crew.
Upon arrival at Alaska the men
discovered their contracts made no
reference to the bonus. The foreman
agreed that the Chinese employer had
made the promise, and personally
wrote it in each of the contracts. AT
the close of the season Wong paid
the regular wages but declined to
pay the extra SIS. The supreme
court rules that he must.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
BOSSES WAGE
Set BY Federal Tax Board

Washington-The United States
board of tax appeals has made an
unexpected ruling that practically
fixes the salary of the president of a
corporation for purposes of tax ex-
emption. The board ruled:
1--WE are of the opinion that a
reasonable compensation for his serv-
ices, under the circumstances disclos-
ed in the record, is the amount of
$4,000 for the year 1921, and that
the taxpayers net income should be
readjusted on that basis"
Unless the courts set aside this rul-
ing it may stand as the first case of
government salary fixing since the
war.
"If the board of tax appeals can
fix the salary of the president Of a
private corporation at $4,000" says
the Washington Post, 'why can it not
fix the salary Of the president of any
corporation at any amount appearing
reasonable from the tax record :"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
By JOSEPH A. WISE
Staff Correspondent, International
Labor News Service

by JOSEPH A. WISE
Staff Correspondent, International
Labor News Service
| Chicago ~ Organized labor, the
farmers and war veterans were the
three big factors in giving Col Frank
l.. Smith his tremendous majority
of about 100000 votes over William
B. Mckinley for the republican nomi-
nation for United States senator from
Illinois.
The most cursory analysis of the
returns furnishes abundant proof of
the overwhelming support given to
Colonel Smith in the farming regions
and in the industrial centers where
the organized labor vote predomi-
mates. 1t had been we'll known for
| a long time that the ex-service men
were antagonistic to Mckinley, who
found it impossible to make any head
way with them in his campaign.
World Court Leading Issue
The vote of Senator Mckinley to
put the United States into the World
Court of the League of Nations was
the outstanding issue of the campaign
Many thusands of persons who usu-
ally do not vote in primary elections
| fiocked to the polls to register their
protest against the entrance of the
United States into the World Court.
Great credit is due to several men
for the way in which the labor end
of the Smith campaign was handled.
President John H. Walker, of the
State Federation of Labor, made a
vigorous and effective speaking cam
paign in the principal industrial CEN
ters, while SecretaryTreasurer Victor
A. Olander ably handled details in
the federation office in Chicago.
Richard Abram handled the railroad
mems end of the campaign in highly
efficient manner, while Frank Far
rington, president of the United Mine
Workers of Illinois, did yeoman serv-
ice on the stump and through his
writings in the Illinois Miner.
| Smith Thanks Trade Unionists
| Colonel Smith authorized Interna-
tional Labor News Service to convey
the following brief but expressive
message to organized labor in gener-
al:
4 am deeply grateful for the splen-
did support given me by organized
labor in my campaign and am proud
of the faith that the union men and
women of Illinois have reposed in
me-"
Great satisfaction was expressed at
Smith headquarters time and time
again over the splendid manner in
which the labor press of Illinois han
died the situation.
! Unofficial returns indicate that a
large majority Of the candidates for
congress and the state legislature
who were indorsed by the state Fed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23

women, the median wage was $500.
The median years earnings for the
white women workers was found to
be $666.
In the state as whole, standards
of plant equipment affecting the con-
venience and health of the workers do
not come up to what they should be,
according to the report. While a
number of plants in Oklahoma pro-
vided chairs with backs for their
women workers, a considerable pro-
portion-more than ne-third-pro-
vided no seats for women who stood
at their work, or seats without backs
for the women who sit at their work
all the time.
Common drinking cups and common
towels seemed to predominate
throughout the state, and inadequate
toilet facilities were not infrequently
found
Need Every Cent Earned
The great majority, practically four
ffths Of both the white and negro
women, lived at home. The largest
proportion of women living indepen-
IDENTIFY were found among hotel and
restaurant workers, of whom approx
imately one-fourth were living away
from family and relatives. ''The
point to be stressed, however," to
quote the report, "is that the women,
whether married or single who lived
at home are at least as much in need
of every cent they can earn as are
the women who live independently" !"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
SENATORS ASSAIL
RULE OF SECRECY

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, ID. C.-Ancient senate
rules imposing the obligation of Sc
crecy on senators in respect to all
matters taken up in executive ses-
sion are under fire as result of the
agitation over refusal of the senate
to make public the vote by which
Thomas F. Woodlock, of New York,
was confirmed as member of the in
terstate commerce commission.
Senators are hearing from the peo-
pie back home" and what they are
being told does not please them. The
people see no reason why the senate
should have gone into secret session
over the Woodlock nomination to the
interstate commerce commission, and
they are making no secret of their
sentiments on the matter.
Assurance has been given by Sen
ator Curtis, of Kansas, the republi-
can leader and chairman of the rules
committee, that the latter would pro-
ceed at once to the consideration OF
resolutions proposing that the rules
of secrecy be scrapped in part. The
progressives are hopeful report will
be made recommending that all votes
on nominations taken in secret session
be made public.
Senator Overman, of North Caro-.
lima, enlivened the debate by an.
nouncing that he had wired constitu.
ents that he had voted against Wood.
lock. This was a challenge to the
reactionaries to act on Senator
Shoots suggestion that senators who
revealed executive session secrets
might be unseated.
The progressives expect that even
tually the vote on Woodlock will be
made public, and they are waging 8
vigorous fight to this end.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
Pay and Working Conditions
For Women In Oklahoma Poor,
Government Bureau Reports

By international Labor News Service.
Washington, ID. C.-The State of
Oklahoma, the women's bureau of the
United States department of labor
shows, in a bulletin just off the press,
occupies middle ground so far as
the working hours of its employed
women are concerned. Although the
excessively long hours, the bureau
found that the S-hour standard has
not made great progress and the
6-day week is more common than the
5 " day week
One-half of the women covered in
this investigation made by the wom-
ems bureau worked the legal maxi
mum of 81 hours each week and less
than one-third of the women in fac
tories had shorter hours on Saturday
than on other days. One-fifth of the
women in mercantile stores worked
longer hours on Saturday than on
other days, while more than two
thirds of the women in hotels and
restaurants worked seven days a
week.
Women's Wages Low
Nor does Oklahoma reach a high
standard in the matter of wages paid
to its working women. A median
wage of $13 for all the white women
in the state included in the survey
means that one-half of these women
received less, and one-half more than
that amount per week. For the negro
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
Farm and Industrial Vote
Backs Winner to the Limit
Victor Thanks Workers and Declares He Is Proud of
Faith Expressed by Trade Unionists-Result Held
Emphatic Vindcation of A. F. of l.. Political Policy

Grafton of Labor and the railroad
mems organizations have been nom
mated.
Result Vindicates A. F. of l.. Policy
The nomination of Colonel Smith
not only has deep significance for
the organized wage earners of this
state, but carries a lesson for the
union men and women of the entire
country, in that it is again demon
strated in striking way that the
non partisan political action policy OF
theAmerican Federation of Labor is
correct in principle and feasible in
practice.
1t is only few years ago that a
large section of the union men and
women of Illinois and of other states
were aflame with a desire to form a
labor party.
| The officers of the Illinois State
! Federation of Labor bowed to the
popular demand of their constituents
and lent their support to trying to
elect a strictly labor ticket in Illinois
The effort met with complete failure
not even candidate for the legis-
! lature being elected. The chief result
was that organized labor gained the
enmity Of the leaders in the two old
parties, many of whom formerly had
been friendly to the labor movement
Workers Lead War on New
Constitution
| Then came the constitutional con-
vention, which turned out an instru-
ment designed to rob the common peo-
pie of many of their rights which hao
been won through blood and tears
The new constitution was to be sub.
mitted to a referendum of the entire
electorate of the state. Six weeks
before the election the State Fedora
tion of Labor fired the first gun
against adoption of the iniquitous in.
4 oil ulllSilI. otIiSI OISdHlLdIlOIlS iOl'
lowed the lead of the labor body, with
the result that such an uproar was
raised in every nook and corner o1
Illinois that the people rose up anc
buried the proposed new constitution
under an avalanche of negative woes
At this juncture Victor A. Olander
secretary treasurer of the state labor
body, said something like this to the
labor partyites:
( "Now that we have given your plar
a thorough tryout and failed, why moi
give the non-partisan political policy
of the A. F. of L. just as fair tria
and see how that works 2"
A. F. of L. Policy is Given
Fair Trial
This was agreed to and all hand.
fell to with a hearty good will. Tn,
first thing to get was an issue ant
candidates. Both were found read,
at hand.
Len Small was governor of Illinois
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23

equal in economic power and bargain
ing power. The national woman's
party ignores the fact that women
may be the equals of men as persons
and yet be inferior to them in eco
nomic power and in physical capa-
city,"
Dr. Ryan's views are expressed in
the N. C. w. Bulletin, current is
sue. He agrees that there is valid
ty in the complaint against women's
disabilities of civil character, but
he insists that state legislation can
remove these injustices. He opposes
a constitutional change, however,
which would invalidate all legislation
that is intended to improve the eco
nomic condition Of women wage work
ers.
Because they ignore the actual in
equalities between men and women,
because men and women are equal as
persons, the feminists assume that
they are substantially equal in all re-
spects and may be subjected in all
civil and economic affairs to the oper-
alton of the same laws and regula-
tions," said Dr.. Ryan.
"They forget that social justice is
proportional, not arthmetical. Laws
should be adapted to the needs and
capacities of each class, instead of
assuming complete equality among
all classes In the words of the Aus
trian jurist, Anton Merger, Nothing
is more unequal than to treat un-
equals equally"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
EQUAL RIGHTS"
Plan Can't Stand Analysis,
Declares Catholic
Professor

Washington. In opposing the
equal rights" amendment, urged by
the national woman's party, DR.. John
A. Ryan, of Catholic University, says
the leaders of this movement "act
upon precisely the same doctrinaire
theory as do our courts when they
declare unconstitutional legislation
which interferes with freedom Of con-
tract between male employees and
their employers"
"Our courts" he says, ignore the
fact that men may be equal as human
beings and as citizens, and yet un-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
TILE Settlers ADVANCE

Minneapolis.--Organized tile and
marble settlers have raised wages.
The gains range from 8h to 35 cents
an hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-23
STOVE MOUNTERS GAIN

Port Chester, N. Y.-Organized
stove mounters have raised wages to
81 day
Evening star., 1926-05-29
REALTORS PREPARE.
FOR TULSA PARLEY
Special to Leave Here Next
Saturday for Convention
June 7 to II.

Preparations are completed for the
local delegation Of realtors who will
attend the annual convention Of the
National Association Of Real Estate
Boards at Tulsa, June to II. A
large party has already signifed its
intention Of leaving Washington on
the realtors special next Saturday
evening.
The train will be equally as elabo.
rate as the ono that took the delega-
ton to Detroit last year and will con-
sist Of several sleepers, club car, din
ing car, observation car, barber shop
and shower baths. The party will
arrive at Tulsa Monday morning.
June 7. .
A number Of topics OF particular in
discussed by the national association.
which never fails to bring In some
recommendation for the improvement.
advancement and Identification Of the
National Capital. Besides the bust
ness sessions Of the convention. which
is considered the largest annual con.
vention Of business men in the coun-
try, elaborate entertainment programs
have been provided by the Tulsa real
tors, who will be the hosts to approx
mately 5000 members Of the national
association, who represent 616 con-
stituent boards throughout the coun-
try.
The official delegates from Washing
ton are John r. Maury. Clarence F.
Donohoe. John A. Petty. H. Clifford
Bangs, Percy Russell, w. C. Miller
r. c. Zantzinger. C1aud Livingston.
Arthur Carr, J. Dallas Grady, Karl
FARRELL and H. Latane Lewis.
Evening star., 1926-05-29
$500, ,250 LOANS HERE
BY INSURANCE co.

: Loans totaiing $100.250 sufficient
to provide housing accommodations
for 19 families in Washington and It's
suburbs were authorized by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Conn
pany real estate committee at it's last
meeting. The loans were placed
through the Potomac Savings Bank
Of Washington. =
Loans on bonds and mortgages
amounting to s5.521.2ls were author.
ICED at the same meeting. of which
$4.o37.066 were city loans and $1,4s4.-
$50 farm loans. The city loans in
cluded $3,c12.566 for housing and
&s24.500 for business buildings. The
housing loans were scattered in 3$
States and provided housing accom-
moda tions for $50 families. The farm
loans were scattered in 1s States, the
principal amounts being in Iowa
s654.900; Minnesota. S135,s00: Mt
souri,. s175,5o0; South DasH 4.
$144,550.