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with defective vision, the number Of
normal-sighted steadily declining with
increasing years of work in all trades
One Good as TWO.
Workers with normal vision in only
one eye were included in the test, "as
it is felt that a worker with one good
eye can, generally speaking, do as
effective work as a worker with two
good eyes,"
The simple visual acuity test was
used, altho the Eye Sight Conserva-
ton Council believes it an approx
nation at best, admitting of detec-
tions only of cases most seriously
handicapped by defective vision.
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N. Y. WORKMEN'S
CIRCLE VOTES
STRIKE RELIEF
Will Send $4,000 to
Cloakmakers

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-At an en-
thusiastic meeting here, the New
York Workmen's Circle conference,
attended by delegates from ITO
branches, voted unanimously to give
financial support to the 10000 mem
bers of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers who have been on
strike for the past II weeks.
viii Give $4,000.
The conference voted to assess
each member of the circle so cents
Immediately, and another so cents in
April. This means that the confer
ence, which represents $4,000 workers
in New York City, will Immediately
contribute $4,000 to the relief fund.
A resolution was also passed pro-
testing the issuing of injunctions by
New York judges against the cloak
makers.
Left More Liberal.
Heated discussions occurred in the
meeting when the assessment reso-
luton was brought up as the fright
wing" opposed the proposal of the
left wing" that each member be
taxed 81 for the strikers. D. Chanin,
secretary of the Socialist Ferband, a
leader of the rights" protested the
81 assessment, declaring the country
branches would not stand for it.
Chanin Booed Down.
He was booed down, however, from
this stand with the announcement
that many of the country branches
had already moved for taxing of 81,
and he then proposed that the assess
ment be made in two installments.
This was seen by the left" as being
an effort to really only tax the mem
bership so cents, as the strike would
probably be over, by April when the
next installment would come due.
Right Vote Wins.
A vote was taken ON the two mo-
tions. On a standing vote, the 81 tax
was declared victorious, but when a
roll-call vote was demanded, the of
fetal counters, rights" declared the
vote was against the larger tax.
Abrams led the fight for the 81 tax.
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COAL COMPANIES PAY $4,000 A
YEAR TO JUDGE; HE DECIDES FOR
OPEN SHOP IN THEIR COAL MINES

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Oct. 1s.-
Unanimous demand for the impeach.
ment of Circuit Court Judge Grant
|. Lazelle was made by the conyen-
tion of the West Virginia Federation
OF Labor. The demand for the re.
moval OF the injunction Judge will be
lodged before the state legislature.
The federation's indictment, con
tanned in the following clauses of the
resolution, bares Lazelle's financial
connection with the Paisley mining in.
terests whom he issues injunctions
for. 1t reads:
Gave Decision to Companies.
Whereas, In the recent litigation
In Monongalia County, West Virginia,
between the United Mine Workers OF
America and the Paisley and Purs-
glove Coal Mining interests, a most
dastardly decision was rendered by
Judge Grant /. Lazelle against the in
terests of the men, women and child.
rem of West Virginia and in favor OF
the foreign coal mining corporations
who 80 disgracefully abrogated their
wage agreements with the United
Mine Workers OF America, and
Gets $4,000 Year.
Whereas, the record OF Monongalia
County show beyond question Of
doubt that Judge l. Grant Lazelle and
his near relatives are receiving the
extraordinary sum Of $4,000 per year
from the Paisley and Pursglove Coal
Mining interests. This action OF
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Policies and Programs
The Trade Union Press
Standardization
Labor and Imperialism
PEABODY COAL
GIVES UP TILT
WITH UNIONISTS
Brophy's District Wins
Important Victory


CLEARFIELD. Pa, Oct. 1S.-(FP)
The attempt of the Peabody Coal
company to break strike at the big
Cramer shaft mine in Jefferson county
has been given up and the mine has
shut down and laid off it's few strike
breakers, mostly farmers from neigh
boring communities.
The strike began three months ago
and has been effectively fought by the
district union under the leadership of
President John Brophy.
Turns Tide.
Winning this first round in the bat
tie turns the open shop tide for the
time. Seven other mines which the
Peabodys similarly operate for the
Northwestern Mining and Exchange
company, subsidiary of the Erie r.
r. have been idle while the manage
ment awaited the outcome of the
test fight at Cramer. The eight
mines closed down in April and May
with the announcement by the man
cement that they would not operate
lnder the Jacksonville agreement and
the Chamer shaft opened in July on
the scab 1917 scale in violation of the
signed contract
Farrineton's employer"
The Peabody Coal company came
into the limelight recently when
Frank Harrington, late president of
the Illineis union district, admitted
that he was going on the company
payroll at $4,000 a year. This con-
Germ is one OF the biggest operating
companies in the bituminous indus
try, having an annual capacity Of
100000 tons It's Illinois mines
are union but it has scab mines in
Kentucky and Oklahoma.
May Sign Contract.
The general revival in the Penn
sylvania bituminous industry since
the British strike enhanced the mar
ket for export. coal may lead the Pea
body-Erie mines to reopen under the
union contract. For though the coal
from these mines is largely con-
sumed in Erie locomotives and while
the tie-up continues the Erie has to
go into the open market and buy it's
fuel at prices which are stiffened by
the British demand.
Three idle mines of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western R. r. have
reopened in District No. 2 under the
union agreement and smaller opera
tions Of the Pennsylvania Coal and
Coke and other companies are active
again after varying periods of idle
ness. The big Sonman Shaft Coal
company mine on the main line Of the
Pennsylvania r. r. near Portage that
opened two months after the manage
ment had announced that it would not
and could not operate under the Jack
sonville scale is still humming with &C
tivity Last June when it made its
threat not to resume again at the
union scale it offered the workers a
compromise scale Of $3.50 and $500
day, midway between the Jackson
vile $3.50 rate and the $500 Of 1917
But the union refused to consider this
and as the market revived under the
British spur, the company yielded and
resumed under the old contract.
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Los Angeles Stove
Factory Exploits
Workers to Limit
BY a Worker Correspondent.

LOS ANGELES, Oct 1S.-It is al
ready more than year since l am
shaving in the O'Keefe and Merriett
stove factory, and all the time have
1een working for the same starvation
wages of 40 cents an hour, and this
wage is not only for me or somebody
else, but is fixed wage for years for
all the young and for a great many
of the adult workers. The same rule
holds strong even when we work
overtime. We never get paid time
and one-half for overtime, no matter
how late we work at night, Saturdays
all day or Sundays.
Compulsory Overtime.
For the last months we were COM
PEELED to work till 9 o'clock in the
evening almost every night in the
week and Saturday till 8 o'clock.
Many young and adult workers have
worked as much as 70 hours a week
and get paid only for straight time.
At the same time the bosses have
made thousands of dollars. Is that to
be continued?
VIII the workers in our shop tor
crate such conditions?
The first development Of the cam
paign the Young Workers League is
conducting around our shop shows
that the workers have realized their
rotten conditions and are beginning
to revolt to better them. There is
another device by means of which
the bosses are trying to exploit the
workers to the utmost capacity, and
that is the piecework system. Sup
pose a worker is given a certain price
for a certain piece of work. The
workers, thinking if they'll work hard
they'll make more, work Hike hell, but
soon they find out that they have been
cut in wages. Why? Because they
are told they make little too
much" Sometimes the wage cuts go
as high as 25 and so per cent and even
more. Every worker in the shop is
disguised with such maneuyers
of the bosses. But one by himself
can accomplish nothing. It is only
thru organization that we will accom-.
plish something.
Young Workers Campaign.
The Young Workers League has
started a campaign to organize the
shop, which is composed mostly of
young workers. We have already
published three bulletins which were
enthusiastically received by the young
and adult workers of the factory.
The following slogans were put in !:
Fight for the 44-hour week! Time
and one-half for overtime! Double
time for Saturday afternoons and Sun
days! A fixed wage for piecework!
A rs per cent increase in wages for
stove factory dub"
l hope when we will accomplish
in organizing some kind OF an organi.
cation in our factory the rest will be
lots easier.
On to the organization of OKeeffe
and Merritt stove factory!
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FRUIT PACKERS FEEL
PERSECUTION OF GOVERNMENT AND
FARMERS; TREATED LIKE ANIMALS
BY Winnie a. Little, Worker Correspondent.

BARKER N " By MaYeserdy afternoon O'clock
duct o o. Saturday
Practically picked up
probably lucky my back
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Workers Don't Strike
Any More, Says Judge;
Fines Laundry Picket

On Oct. "a the conference is Civ
Laundry Workers International I'm
ion, which is conducting several single
strikes in Columbia Heights" be-
tween 10th and 12Oth street, Broad
way. Judge Goodheimer stated that
workers do not strike any more
they are just tool in the hands OF
the business agents." and fined the
picket $40
In answer to this statement the
workers doubled their pickets and are
determined to fight till the bosses
stop sending out the shirts to the
machines where they are manned by
scabs and fool the public by giving
them machine-ironed shirts instead OF
hand work.
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POSTOFFICE CLERKS AND GARMENT
WORKERS SUFFER MOST FROM EYE
STRAIN AND DEFECTIVE VISION

YORK the highest
defective federal health study covering 10 indus
Council thousand
examined Public Health Service
postofce, foundry steel
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Fine the PennIless.

! later learned that these same men
were first driven out Of Lockport,
They went to Barker and when they
were driven from there they went to
Burt A farmer offered couple Of
them S3.25 and board. and when they
refused (they were holding out for
S45Ol the sheriff was sent after them
and they were arrested and fined.
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BYfrq iMq III ottfy a5fe,v Of The HepartMent
kqricuitu1es 10000 dai1u Letters

on It. but II he don't want his wife
to have twins, don't send the bale
back this way any 3 7 more !
THE Interstate Commerce. commits.
sion receives many letters from in
ventors who seek to revolutionfze the
entire system Of transportation. IA,
correspondent recently quoted figures
on the economic Joss resulting from
the death Of cows and other farm
animals struck by trains, and de-
clared that he had contrivaIlce that
would entirely eliminate the loss. He
proposed to mount a shotgun on the
cow-oatcher with q wire running from
the trigger, along the boiler, and into
the cab. The shotgun would be loaded
with peas instead Of with shot and
when the engineer saw e. cow on the
track he could let the animal have Il
charge OF peas that would chase IL
back to- pasture.
Another correspondent suggested
that railroad cars be provided with
haramocks for the convenience of
mothers travelling with babies. One
night traveller complained because the
cars were not equipped with shower
drawing showing how the showers
might be built "A country dWellert
proposed to equip engines with
chimes, instead OF the screeching
whistles that wake everybody up IN
the middle of the night when these
trains run all over the country"
II am In need Of an Airedale dog,
well bred. 8 to is months old, resi-
dent .of New Fork wrote the Depart
or i want to train him Tor b farm
dor. have no $50 to pay for one.
but could give ycu plenty ok cidar ap-E
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Ore daNs co1feciioN of cottoN
Samples AT pepartntort sc
! Agriculture.
A9E1cultufe

the news photographers will make
pictures Of the offerings.
Considerable correspondence much
OF &c anonymous, Is received by the
income tax officials, IN which the
writer's 'skip or the Government that
Johnny Tight made scads OF money
last year but failed to report all Of It
in hts income tax returns. Practical
" every case Is. investigated, and
much money Is obtained that other
wise tile officials would be unable to
collect. The letters are sent to dis
,trict headquarters over the country,
thence to regional districts. where spe-
cial investigators are put on the job.
The Income tax officials have had
considerable difficulty In obtaining the
sGovernment's share Of individual
profits made In connection with the
Florida land boom. They declare,
however, that they have developed an
effective method Of securing informa-
ton on profits. and losses. too, and In
addition ere aided greatly by I'M
solicited correspondence from persons
who. Il must be confessed, are less In.
teregted III seeing that the Govern
merik gets itb slice os profit than they
are III reducing their neighbors' good
fortune.
THE prohibition unit also receives
much correspondence from In
formers who almost Invariably con.
ceal their identity through fear Of
bodily harm 1T the hands Of law viola
tors. There have been several cases
where radio code messages between
ships on the so-called Hum Row and
confederates ashore have been inter
coptad bx disintexested persons, who
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Federal Crop Reporting Board with
regard to crop and live stock condk
tons. The board has upward Of 2OO,s
900 reporters, who report more or less
regularly each month on crops and
live stock Al single widespread in
curry by q Government bureau may
mean the sending out of as many as
81, goo questionnaires.
Mistakes are made sometimes In
filling requests for pamphlets, az
shown by q communication from an
Alabama correspondent, who said
that about three weeks ago we asked
for a blueprint Of q modern ware
house with q capacity Of about 5000
or 1000 bales. We received IN answer
to our letter q booklet showing how
mites away. Please look into this
matter
One Of the priced letters In the De-
pertinent Of Agriculture Is dated 1882
at Chester. s. G. It reads; ss
"The day. received this cotton
from the G. 3 Il. road my wife had
twins, and Ia the exslghtnent ana
clustering around, this bale got into
another lot Of cotton marked Ashas
ana the same night my Watcl1man's
w .sli had tplrs. and the next morn
ing nv billing clerks wife had only
one. All of our mother-iil laws was
among us. and when we got done
working with the children, could not
and this bale of cotton to save my
life.
i do hope we are not going to
have another storm Of children any
more during the COTTON season. Tell
Mr. WorIey not to be- hard on US.
both 81 my children was girls and
am AFRAID L an going TO have q hard
time supporting them Tell him to
take the balo, the price viii 80 lin
3 fsw. days and he viii make meney
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ant at least two years to- give YOU
this infor1nati0 Ion. Z. 81
The White House., Of course. res
:ceiyes llterally bales Of CORE.
spondence much Ofs which ii written
IN the laupe n receiving q reply
eirned 81 the Preslaent, ana which
may IS exh lifted to enVi0us mir hhorsi
and aeuua ntances The President ana
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Wisevs q sol arersceiysl.

Mrs. Coolidge are asked to indorse
all manner 81 campaigns, drives and
movements So many requests Of
that kind are received, iii fact, that
the White House occupants have set
Z policy u iadOrse nothing Al favor.
tie device Il TO send fifts to the White
HOUSE, frequently "a the hope that
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MO estimate Is made by the public
printer as to the. tremendous vol
ume of correspondence dealing with
Government publications. It is not
unusual for organizations to ask for
several thousand copies Of q single
bulletin fes distribution among their
members, end an arrangement has
been made recently whereby such or
gaNixations may be given the privi-
lego Of reprinting bulletins, provided
proper Government credit is given.
Many persons show q marked diver
sity Of interests by requesting, In q
single letter, a dozen or more bulletins
that may range from agriculture to
mining. Legion also are the persons
who ask for everything free that Is
published by the Government.
!, Much Of the Government CORE
spoudence consists Of QuebtiOnnaires
ID connection with surveys Of indus
trial and agricultural conditions. Per-
hapn TIA largest volume uf this class
81 Nknnnandou0A = xecetxod ~ Tho
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By c. MORAN.

N Y O. ONE knows exactly how
IN many hundred thousand let
ers day are received by the
4 Government departments in
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VI -
had told HE story of her heart as
refu-e from Il purblind world. He
would so down To that restaurant,
seek out the one person who valued
hm at his real worth. take her
from her sordid surroundings and
by making her his wife. reward her
for her perSpicacity The doorbell
of his apartment rang and he let
ders for the day and bring up his
employers morning mail.
please, Mr. Rangely," said Pc
ter. getting down to business at
once. 81 would like Il raise if you
don't mind You see. am going
to be mnrried-and want little
more money TO do it on. She's
Kittie O'Brien; she works in Il res
talrant on avenue Maybe
you've noticed her, sir-she was 60
Ing to work the last two times we
!..lgt. by there. One could hardly
help noticing Kittie. We've been
engaged for a long time"
Roberts last lone star of hope
blinked ont. So ii WAS upon the
chauffeur, and not the mas; er, that
the nymph of the restaurant had
cast those adoring looks!
VERY we'll Peter" said Rangely
in q hollow voice, you shall have
an increase.
With listless hand he picked up
one of the letters Peter had laid
ON the table The address was in
Elora's handwriting. He opened ii
with trembling fingers and read:
Come and see me and make up
you goosie. Who cares if you think
well of YOURSELF think well of
you, too"
"Hooray," cried Robert. peter,
your salary is doubled from today"
(Copyright.)
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side of the Delaware Road and on
the Northeast side thereof. it being
the quit claim corner between James
S. Garwood and wife and Mary 7.
Frambes 81 al. and runs thence a.
North seven degrees and fifteen
minutes West seventeen chains:
thence 90 South SlXty-two degrees
and fifty seven minutes West nine
teen chains and eigllty-siX links to
the Delaware Road; thence 60 South
fort seven dopreeS a~+l i've ''t'e1ateG
East one chain and scventy-fiYe
links; thence a. South seventy four
degrees and five minutes East four
teen chains; thence 60 South sixty
two degrees and thirtV-flVt minutes
East five chains and ninety liuks to
the place of beginning
Containing sixteen acres and forty
hundredths, be the same more or
less.
Beng n piece of woodland living
on the Northeast side of the Dela-
ware Road and below The head Of
little Meadow Branch
Being the same premises which
Helena s. ConoVer ct vir Il al. con
vcyed unto the said Mary poula by
deed hearing even date with these
presents, this mortgage being given
To secure the payment of part Of the
purchase money in the said decd
mentioned.
Decree approximately $685.. be
sides interest costs and fees.
Seized as the property of Mary
pouls and husband and taken in eX-
ecution at the suit of Helena S.
Conover and to be sold by
HOWARD II. CLOUD,
Sheriff
Dated August 2S, 1926
William NJ. CleVenger, solicitor
Prs fec go IS
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Personal and Social Notes.

Personal and Social Notes.
Fred Arnold is acting as chief
of police during the absence of
William WentZell, who is enjoying
a ten-day vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Clark left
for a motor trip through Canada
for two weeks, and will visit Mon
treal, Quebec and also Niagara
Falls before returning.
Warren Fulton has returned to
his duties at the sub-station, after
d two weeks vacation.
Charles Miller. of Darby, Pa, who
has been visiting his brother, Coun-
Gilman John Miller, has returned
to his home
Samuel Rieter was in Philadel-
phia this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Murray, of
New York, will entertain on Sept.
20 a dinner party at their summer
home. before leaving for their win
ter residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lemmle en-
tertained Louis limerick, of Nor
wood, Pa, Saturday.
James Madden, of New York, is
a guest at the Wayerly Hotel for
several weeks.
Mrs. Krupp and Mrs Cast of
Philadelphia. were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Lemmle Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. Peter Bogie are
entertaining Mr. and Mrs Barry,
of National Park.
The Herb property at Sixth ard
Pennsylvania avenue has been pur-
chased by Mr.. Hurley, of Atlantic
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kolb have
closed their summer cottage for
the season and returned to Phila
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stroup and
children have returned from a trip
to Reading, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Steelman
are sporting "a new car.
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FIVE degrees and twenty-Onc minutes
East. ten hundred and seven feet:
thence 90 North siXty-ouo degrees
and forty minutes West siXly-siN
feet; thence ca South forty-onc de
grecs West, seven hundred and forty
eight feet; thence ca South thirty ono
degrees and thirty minutes West
three hundred and thirty feet; Theme"
90 South eightY-fouF degrees Hul
nineteen minutes West. eleven hun
cred and twenty three Heel tn the cen
ter Of Egg Harbor Road; ard tAerce
t7J South nineteen degrees and forty
nine minutes East along the center Of
Egg iarpor Road, six hundred Sey ~
,N-one and four tcnths feet 10 The
place OF beginning. Containing 2L2H
acres.
Decree approximately $9Gl.99. besides
interest. costs and fees.
Seized as the property of Henry
Merino et al. and taken in execution
al the suit of Jesse l.. ltisleN anl Ia
be sold by
HOWARD Z. CLOrp.
Sheriff.
Dated September Is. 1926.
PRS fee. S2a.l0
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hereby given, to the creditors of the
said decedent to exhibit to the sub
scriber, unGer oath or affirmation
their claims and demands against the
estate of the said decedent. within
six months from this date, or they
will be forever barred from prose-
cutting or recovering the same ag-
ainSt the subscriber.
CADDIE r. YATES,
No SIS North Main Street.
Pleasantville. n J.
Mays Landing. N. j..
August 2lst, 1926.
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