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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
TheCherry
" Where with our
Tree Litt1s i, Ha,shs, ,.,
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
fOundly, sometimes fippantl-.
sometimes recklessly. :.

Congress is talking about passing
a law to forbid the ancient snake
dance of the Hopi Indians. This is
an annual pastime with congress
Congress INDUCES in this snake dance
discussion because it has nothing bet
ter to do.
Congress can take away the Hopi
snake dance without losing any votes
for anybody, because the Hopis dance
but don't vote. Lots of other Ameri-
cans do likewise, but the other Amer
leans can vote if they get sufficiently
het up, while the Hopis can't. That's
one good reason why they should be
allowed to keep on dancing. 1t may
help to keep their minds off of things
they haven't got. The more the Hopis
get het up the less they want to
vote, anyhow
If the Hopis had anything else worth
taking there'd probably be bill in
congress to take it away, but the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
MEMORIAL DAY

Once again we are called upon to
observe the beautiful ceremony of
honoring the memory of our dead
heroes, all of whom severed their
home ties and many gave up life
itself to insure the perpetuity of our
nation and secure for US who still
live, the incalculable blessings of free
dom and continued happiness and
prosperity.
Mid the rush and whirl of business
and pleasure we are apt to fail to
realize and appreciate their self
sacrifice and devotion, too prone to
take things for granted, and accept as
a matter of course the blessings their
blood has rendered possible, without
giving thought to the sufferings and
hardships endured by these heroes who
passed over into the great beyond
Let US, Sunday, do all within our
power to honor their memory, and
breathe prayer for their happiness
in the great unknown world into
which their immortal spirits have
been ushered, and where, ere long,
we shall join them Let us also re-
solve, that to our utmost ability, we
will assist in every way their widows
and fatherless children that the re-
mainder of their life's journey may be
rendered pleasant and free from
hardship and suffering.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
GIVE

Again sweet charity calls upon all
Hamiltonians to hear the appeal for
aid for the less Fortunate The ap-
peal is to fill Hamilton's Community
Chest, and all citizens should respond.
The seventh annual collection for the
chest begins next Tuesday. The bud
get committee has fixed as the amount
to fill the chest at $4,000, the same
amount as last year.
The agencies benefting are: Asso-
ciated Charities, Babies Milk Fund,
Boy Scouts, Colored Community Serv-
ice, Fresh Air Camp, Girl Scouts,
Humane Society, Mercy Hospital,
Public Health League, Salvation
Army, Training School for Girls, Y.
w. c. A. and deficit remaining from
last.
Glancing over this list of agencies
who will benefit from the chest, can
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
"a EA Cd IN m
1T PAYS TO BELONG TO
A TRADE UNION

One of the most striking object les
sons in the value of trade union mem
bership that has been given in recent
months is the pay increase won by
the union newspaper printers of
Washington, D. c.
Solely because the printers are
organized and were in position to
press their demands for better paw
with the force of organization behind
them, they have won an award that
places Washington we'll up in the list
of printers wages for large cities.
They get rate of So for a 7-hour
day and SO for night work, when
is an increase of $130 a day for day
work and $1.60 for night work. Not
only have they won these substantial
pay increases but they have also
gained back pay from November IL,
1925, which will bring something like
100000 additional into their pockets.
If the printers had not been organ
lied in Columbia Typographical
Union No. 101, their status would
have been far different. In seeking
improvement of their conditions, they
would have had to laboriously build
up some kind of organization before
any kind of move. But with
the union in existence, they had the
at hand for formulating
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
Pa Ma - - -
BOSS MUSSOLINI

Looks as if Boss Mussollini of Italy
had been studying the United States,
where the belief seems to be common
that everything not perfect can be
fixed, regulated, controlled, directed
and otherwise reformed by law
"Mussy" and his Fascist gang have
Just approved an elaborate scheme
for Sounding the death knell of
strikes and lockouts," to use the
words of the Rome dispatches. The
document explaining the system con-
tains about $4,000 words and thus
compares favorably in length to the
speeches of many American congress-
men.
The basic principle of the compli-
Gated system is the fright and power"
of the government to control directly,
through the new ministry of corpora
tions and the machinery of subsid-
iary organizations, the entire produc-
tive life of the nation.
All labor disputes must be submit
ted to compulsory arbitration, the new
plan DEGREES.
Mussolini it is to be suspected, has
big surprise coming, if he lives long
enough. Provided the next wouldbe
assassin doesn't get him, he'll learn
after awhile that law can't control
everything. He will find that it is
hard to run human society accord
ing to a cut and dried system and
that human nature will function, law
or no law He'll likewise discover
that no law can prevent workers from
resisting wrong and injustice, even
to the extent of striking.
Yes, indeed, "Mussy" has a great
many surprises in store.
- -
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

snake dance is about the only thing
these Indians have left They live in
Arizona, where it's so hot nothing else
will keep fresh. There are plenty of
snakes in Arizona, and if congress
will keep its hands off, the Hopis will
dance and be happy, as long as the
snakes hold out.
A squad of Hopis took some of their
best snake samples to Washington
and staged snake dance so that con-
gressmen could see what it was like
This snake dance is religious rite
with the Hopis, and somehow they are
dull enough to think that religious
rite ought also to be a right. So they
want to keep on dancing.
Some congressman seem to think
all snake dancing should be reserved
for the patrons of the nations boot
leggers and that the Hopis, having
no rating whatever with the bootleg
gers, should get out of competition.
That brings the whole prohibition
question into the ring along with the
snake dance and anybody can see wha.
a merry party that makes out of it.
There are several reasons why. the
snake dance should be let alone.
Anybody that has nerve enough to
dance with mess of rattlers ought to
be given free reign just as reward
for that courage. Furthermore, the
more snake dances there are the more
snakes will be needed for the dances
and therefore the fewer snakes roam
ing the hills and arroyas to bite those
who don't dance
On top of all that, the business of
destroying personal liberty has gone
far enough in this land of the free.
When the long arm of the law reaches
from Washington away out into the
most arid places of Arizona to stop a
Hopi from hopping with his favorite
reptiles, then, by gum, the long arm
of the law is getting altogether too
fresh with people and ought to be put
in sling.
Maybe there are narrow persons
who say this is no business of labor
and labor papers, but there are al
ways those who want people to stop
talking about things. This is every
body's business. It's no private fight.
Congress figures that if it can snitch
away something from bunch of In
dians it can then sneak up on some
| body else and snitch something worth
getting. Every bit of Switching il,
just that much practice. Anybody
that ever threw brick knows that.
| What congress has got to learn is
that it is time to let Liberty wave, as
was intended, and time to quit taking
every little this and that away from
folks. Pretty soon people will al
have to walk in the middle of the
streets to keep congress from picking
their pockets, looking for rights to be
grabbed away from them.
It's time to put stop to this bust
ness of telling people what they car
and can't do. If the Hopis are to be
stopped from doing their reptiliar
shimmy the whole human race vii
soon be told to stop wiggling.
There oughta be law" is phrase
that oughta be cast outa the American
language. 1t has poisoned our whole
kettle of fish.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

ineau, of Quebec, led the rebellion
against the British crown in 1889, for
constitutional rights for Upper and
Lower Canada, such as Nova Scotia
under Joe Howe had achieved some
years previous.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
WORKERS LOCKED OUT

Charleston, w. Va.-Building con-
tractors are attempting to establish
the anti-union shop and have locked
out their organized employees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

one find more worthy list anywhere
All of them are deserving of every
dollar that we put into them, and
more. The budget committee has
been very careful in going over the
needs of the various agencies listed
and have culled every needless ex-
pense, so that we can be assured
that none of them are to receive a
dollar more than their actual needs.
and we should give willingly so that
others less fortunate do not suffer
and want for the very necessities of
life and for aid in sickness and dis
tress.
Let's all of us make little sacri-
flee and give substantial sum-not
just few pennies. And let us help
out those big-hearted men and women
who are giving up their time and
energy in trying to fill the chest by
being ready for them with our con-
tributions so that it can be made
easier for them
And whatever you do-GIVE, and
then see how much better you will feel
for having done so.
"a "a "a Pa "a
DID BRITISH WORKERS LOSE?
Wordy editorials galore have ap-
peared in American newspapers to the
effect that the British workers lost
their general strike, but it is diff
cult to avoid the conclusion that the
strikers really won a considerable
victory.
The welter of words by various
experts" can't disguise the fact that
the workers only called off their strike
when the British government agreed
to see that immediate consideration
was given the demands of the coal
miners, in whose support labor quit
work
AS the department of social action
of the National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference says, in declaring that the
great strike ended in a substantial
victory for the workers:
AT the end, the Baldwin govern.
ment receded from the positions which
it had maintained just before anc
during the great contest 1nasmucf
as the government had informally
agreed to certain conditions satisfac
tory to the leaders of the strike be
fore the strike was called off, tn,
tionally.' Inasmuch as these condi
tions provide that wages will not b,
disturbed until assurances are givel
that the coal industry will be reor
ganized in pursuance of the recon
mendations of the coal commission
the government has agreed to some
thing which the prime minister re
fused to concede before the strik
was called. Had he been willing t.
make this concession, there woult
have been no strike"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
GLOSS OFF

Will remove the wearshine from
Ladies' and Gents garments. Get
the better kind of Cleaning, Repair
ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's,
1862 N. B street. Phone 2617-L
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, ETC., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
FRIDAY, MAY %, 1926

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1896 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

Q.-Who was the first minister of
labor in Canada?
A.-William Lyon Mackenzie King,
now prime minister of Canada. On
his mothers side Mr.. King is grand
son of w. L. Mackenzie, of Ontario,
who in cooperation with Louis Pap
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28
HOW TO STOP AGITATION

The only way to keep men from
agitating against grievances is to re-
move the grievances. An unwilling
ness even to discuss these matters
produces only dissatisfaction and
gives comfort to the extreme ele-
ments of our country, which endeavor
to stir up governments to embark
upon a course of retaliation and re-
preston. The seed of revolution is
repression. The remedy for these
things must not be negative in char
acter. 1t must be constructive. 1t
must comprehend the general inter-
est The real antidote for the unrest
which manifests itself is not sup
preston, but deep consideration of
the wrongs that beset our national life
and the application of remedy
Woodrow Wilson.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

Q.-What was the National War
Labor Board?
A federal board Of arbitration
formed in 1918, under the direction
of the United States department Of
labor, to adjust disputes in indus
trial plants engaged in work essen
tial to the war 1t was composed of
an equal number of members nominal
ed respectively by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and the National In
dustrial Conference Board and had
two chairmen, one representing each
side. 1t was dissolved at the end of
June, 1919.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

Q.-When was the establishment of
the legal information bureau of the
American Federation of Labor author
lied? Who is in charge of the
bureau?
A.-The 1922 convention Of the A..
F. of l.. authorized the executive
council to establish the bureau.
Matthew Woll is director and Edward
j. Tracy is in active charge of the
bureaus office in the A. F. of L.
building, Washington, D. c.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

Q.-What is the increasing misery
theory?
A-The library of the American
Federation of Labor says that the the
ory was derived from the following
statement by Karl Marx: "Along with
the constantly diminishing number Of
magnates of capital, who usurp and
monopolize all advantages of this
form of transformation, grow the
mass of misery, oppression, slavery,
degradation, exploitation; but with
this, too, grows the revolt of the
working class, class always increas-
ing in numbers, and disciplined, unit
ed, organized by the very mechanism
of the process of capitalist produc-
ton ITSELF"
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

@. What is the best definition of
trade union?
A-This is difficult question to
answer, as what one person would re-
gard as the "best definition" would
not be so regarded by another. Per-
haps one of the best definitions is:
"a continuous association of wage
'earners for the purpose of maintain
ing or improving the conditions of
their working lives"
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

Q.-When was the British independ-
ent labor party organized and who
founded it?
Alt was formed in 1892 under
the leadership of Keir Hardy, Tom
Mann and Bruce Glasier.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-28

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middlet0wn Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, o.
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their demands and presenting them in
the clearest, most convincing and
most forcible manner.
That they did good job is shown
by the fact that the arbitrator, Judge
William Hitz, of the District of CO.
lumbia supreme court, gave them an
award granting all their demands.
What makes their victory the more
striking is that Judge Hitz as arbi-
traitor was the selection of the en-
ployers, who were much surprised by
the award Incidentally, the printers
say that Judge Hitz has earned a
place almost unique among arbitra-
tors of industrial controversies by
giving a decision based on the evil
dence submitted
The victory of the union could
hardly have been more decisive and
proved again that trade unionism
pays. 1t was demonstration, not of
theory, but of fact, that trade union
ism pays solid dividends in the form
of higher wages, with all that in
creased pay means in the way of a
higher standard of living and bet
ter life generally. Trade unionists
would do we'll to point to such victories
as overwhelming proof of their con-
tention that it pays beyond a doubt
to belong to a bona fide trade union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-20

"Cheerup" Is the name of the big
musical revue which is to mark the
first venture of the active young Au-
gusta Business and Professional
Women's Club into the amateur en-
tertainment field. and after viewing
the pleasant features and infectious
smile of Maude Norman, chairman
of the BPW special committee hav-
ing the affair in charge, who could
help but smiling themselves, and
facing the world with just bit more
cheerful contenance?
The "Cheerup Musical Revue will
be presented with a big cast at City
Hall on Easter Monday evening,
dance. The production will be dir
ected and stage by Louis Tape. who
will be in this city for the next two
weeks rehearsing the amateur
troupe.
Under the energetic Craftsmanship
of Mrs. Norman, the BPW committee
is now conducting a poster contest
for high school students and a gold
prize of SIS will be awarded for the
best poster advertising the entertain
ment. For the grammar school
children there is a word contest with
a prize to the pupil who forms the
greatest number of words from the
phrase "Cheerup Musical Revue"
The production is being organized
by the BPW to aid in the establish
ing of a local scholarship fund and
to finance the welfare program of
the club.
Mrs. Norman, chairman of the pro-
duction committee was one of the
prime movers in the formation of the
Augusta Business and Professional
WomenS Club. She is at the present
time chairman of the emblem COM
mittee and is an active and enthuS-
iastic worker in all club functions.
She thoroughly believes in the ideals
of the women's organization and is
successful in instilling something of
her enthusiasm in other associates
and co-workers.
She is cashier and assistant treas
urer of W. II. Gannett, Publisher.
Mrs. Norman has many accomplish
ments. She paints. plays, sings and
bowls. When She has opportunity
from her business a,io other interests
she gives Mr.. Norman valuable as
sistance. in his Photographic studio
and laboratory.
The other members of the revue
committee are Elizabeth Murray,
Leila Griffin, Maude Thayer, Emma
Gammons, Effie Libby, Flora Sole,
Effie Inch. Abbie Paulsen and Ethel
Scribner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-20
DAIRYINC SUBJECT
OF talk AT ROTARY
REGULAR SESSION
Forrest A. Barbour, Former
State Dairy Inspector, Gives
Interesting Address

milk is the almost perfect food,
as 1t contains all the ingredients
necessary to life,' said Forrest A.
Barbour. formerly state dairy in
spictor, now proprietor of the Mea-
dow Maid dairy, speaking on his
classification at the regular supper
session of the Rotary club held Fri
day evening at the Augusta House
with a very large attendance of
members and guests.
Developing his topic, the speaker
mentioned that there was a pas
sage in the Bible referring to milk
which showed that it's food value was
recognized 1000 B. c. The cows of
that time, however, were vastly diff
ferent animals from the blooded
stock of the present day. 1t is re-
corded that the cows produced milk
for only part of the year, and in
quantities sufficient only to nourish
their offspring, while today the aver
age production is about 10 quarts per
COW per day with 80 to 40 quarts not
|, uncommon,
The commercial development of
dairying started in 1872 with the in
vention of the De Laval separator,
which made possible. the concentra-
ton of the butter fat content of milk
and the shipping to the centers of
population. ..a- ..--
Now the dairy product of the wes-
tern states is largely butter, while
the New England and eastern states
handle fluid milk and cream because
of their nearness to the great mar
kets.
Mr.. Barbour spoke Interestingly of
, the practice nthe schools of some
two score Maine cities and towns of
supplying milk lunches to the school
children and of the marvellous in
crease in mental efficiency and phys
ical welfare resulting.
Ine speaker characterized the
Grade A Milk Law. which was de-
feated by the voters of this state at
the referendum election last fall, as a
very much misunderstood or little
understood matter. He said that the
intent of the law as originally draft
ed was to prevent the fraudulent
labelling of milk as class a, which
was not up to that standard. The
measure was so altered and changed
, however, in the legislature before it
came to the people that certain fea-
lures aroused organized antagonism
and the bill was overwhelmingiy
voted down. Mr.. Barbour declared it
as his belief that Maine should have
a grade A law.
Besides listening to the Interesting
and Instructive talk by one of their
members, the Rotarians acted on
several matters of important bust
ness last evening. Chairman Arthur
n. Soule of the nominating commit
tee reported that his committee
would be prepared to report a slate
of officers at the meeting next Fri
day.
President Everett V. Perkins ex-
planned the project to build an ex-
tensive addition to Cony high school
to relieve present congested condi-
tons and inadequacies. and in con-
| Torrance to the request of the meet
| ing at the high school last Monday
evening when plans were embossed, a
Rotary committee was appointed to
carry the project through to success
full completion. The members of this
committee are Willis Z. Swift,
| Charles l.. Andrews and Frank E.
/ Tracy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-20
Creditors Present
At First Hearing on
Brown Bankruptcy

A first meeting of the creditors of
DR.. Ray c.. Brown and Ethel B. Brown,
his wife, of Waterville, was held on
Friday at the Kennehec county court
house before Referee in Bankruptcy
f. J. c. Little. The two cases were
heard together with the examination
being conducted by Attorney Harry r.
Coolidge of Pittsfeld appearing for the
Pittsfield National Bank, and Attorney
William r. Pattangall of Augusta for
the Federal Trust Co. of Waterville.
DR.. Brown has been conducting a 1um-
Der and real estate business. Attor-
ney Frank Plumstead of Watervil1e
was appointed as trustee in both mat
tiers.
The case of Joseph A. LeC1air. also
coming up for a first hearing, was
taken up. Mr.. LeClair was grocer of
Waterville. No trustee was appointed
because of the heavily mortgaged con-
dition of the assets!
In the case of Alden II. Adams of
Augusta, laborer, no assets were
found.