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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11

TEACHERS LONG BATTLE

Agitation for and against bill
increasing teachers salaries in New
York city recalls to historians that
the teachers fight for better pay be-
gan nearly 300 years ago.
According to the old Dutch records
for the year 1858 Adam Roelantsen,
the first teacher ever employed in New
Amsterdam, as New York was then
called, took in washing to exc out
professional stipend unquesion-
ably meagre" And in the period
between 1888 and 1874 no less thar
three Dutch teachers, including Adam
Roelantsen, married well-to-do wild
ows, presumably with the hope Of
helping their financial status.
Very likely teachers nowadays don't
take in washing to help out on theil
pay, but it is fact that many have
to practice niggardly economy to ex
ist, to the detriment of their eff
cheney and the efficiency of the edu
cational system.
Despite pay increases in recen
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT

Last Saturday the Hamilton Eve
ming Journal, in a lengthy editorial,
protested strongly against the pur-
pose of the city officials spending a
half million dollars for new electric
light plant.
The Journal asks "Where are the
Improvement associations? Where
are other organizations that special
ize in civic interests?" and then says
there should be a public protest
that will put stop to this waste"
Up to the time of going to press
The Press hasn't heard of any out
burst of indignation on the part of
citizens that the city officials should
contemplate wilful waste of their
money.
The Journal asks where are the i'm
provement associations and other
organizations that specialize in civic
interests. Doesn't the Journal know
by this time how these organizations
stand on this question? If not, then
The Press is much surprised that the
Journal knows so little of public SEN
timent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
EQUAL RIGHTS"
Plan of Women Wrecked BY
Publicity Seekers

Washington. Publicity seekers
have made it impossible for the ad-
visory committee of the United States
women's bureau to function, and Mrs.
Sara A. Conboy, treasurer
of the United Textile Workers, has
withdrawn. Mrs. Conboy was appoint
ed on the committee by President
Green, who has approved her resig
nation.
The purpose of the committee is to
adopt plans for scientific investiga-
tioa of women's labor laws.
The committee includes representa-
tives of the national woman's party
who are urging an "equal rights
amendment to the federal constitu-
tion. The effect of this amendment
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11

THE FIVE-DAY WEEK

Far-sighted men have long agreed
the shorter work day and fiveday
week are natural steps in the control
of increased production, and this
opinion is not alone held by trade
union officials but men engaged in
manufacturing many of the necessi-
ties as well as luxuries used in our
every day life.
When the Saturday half-holiday
was first instituted, closely following
the decrease in hours to an eight
hour day, considerable anxiety was
held by many employers, who insist
ed that the shorter work day would
increase the cost of production.
Time has shown, however, that the
American workmen now produce as
much in eight hours as they formerly
did in ten or twelve, and we doubt
if there could be found handful of
the old time employers who would
revert to the longer work day.
When a statement is made favor
ing a shorter work day or fve-day
week, the public looks for the name
of the labor official making the state
ment. Now we have champion for
the five-day week who does not come
from the ranks of labor, in the per-
son of Congressman Meyer Jacob
stein, of Rochester, N. Y, who, by
the way, specializes on capital and
labor relationships.
Congressman Jacobstein knows
Fcapital and labor He has studied
both. AS university professor he
was chosen as the man to iron out
the difficulties between the clothing
| manufacturers and the garment
workers of Rochester, and he succeed
ed in ending controversy that
| threatened to ruin the largest indus
try of the city.
/ So the next time you see an article
on the five-day week, investigate its
origin before crediting it to some
radical labor leader, for it might be
from the president of the Manufac-
turers' Association. Anyway, the
fve-day week will soon be common
thing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
is clarified by the admission of union

is clarified by the admission of union
foes.
Assuming that these employers
honestly seek information, can they
give correct answer?
How do they know to what extent
the trade union theory has been Sc
cretly accepted by employees who wait
for an opportunity to apply this the
.ory?
What do they know of unexpressed
resentment against the company
"union," its hand-picked committees
and it's denial of free expression?
Do these employers believe that
the strength Of a principle can be
tabulated by an adding machine?
Are they aware that history refutes
the theory that an ideal can be chain
ed by trickery or force?
The manufacturers confess that the
company union" is intended to de-
ceive; that it is an invention, rather
than a development; that it is de,
coy and lure; that its purpose is to
deny rights to those who do not un-
derstand.
If workers are to be considered free
men. they must be treated as free
men.
To assemble them into a boss
controlled ''union," and to select its
Representatives, may succeed for the
moment, but it will serve as last
ling lesson when men realize that the
only help is self help.
The questionnaire will contribute
nothing and it will solve nothing.
Regardless of the boards verdict
the struggle for democracy in indus
try will go on. To say that it car
be switched by subterfuge and deceit
is to reflect ON the workers growing
intelligence.
Organized labor will continue t.
reach the minds and hearts of thes'
workers with its doctrine of man
ownership of himself.-The Labo
World.
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RIGHT TO LIVE

In the natural course of events we
find ourselves here on earth and
through no particular fault of our
own. We have an indisputable right
to exist; it is against the law to COM
nit suicide.
1t, however, becomes our duty to
make the best possible conditions in
this life for ourselves, our depend
ents, and for all mankind. Nature
demands that we do this. If we neg
lect the rightful opportunities to OBJ
tain a better and fuller life we violate
the natural laws of nature and must
suffer the inevitable consequences,
not only for ourselves, but for de-
pendents.
One of the surest and safest and
most profitable ways to improve our
physical and mental strength, happi-
ness and we'll being is through edu-
cation, organization and federation.
Surely all should know that the only
way to shorten the hours of labor,
improve working conditions, and Sc
cure real wages is to organize in our
trade unions and collectively obtain
that which it is impossible to achieve
singly.
The union is the means that makes
it possible for us to meet all obliga-
tions and to unitedly make the best
possible conditions for ourselves, our
dependents, our fellow workers, and
for society as a whole. May the
trade union movement ever live,
thrive and function to its fullest
canacity
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
would be to annul all legislation for

would be to annul all legislation for
women wage earners.
For three months, the committee has
been deadlocked over methods of pro-
cedure. The national woman's party
wants public hearings, while Mrs.
Conboy insisti that this method would
only result in propaganda and public
ity for those so inclined, but no facts
would be so developed.
at would be too much to expect y
said Mrs. Conboy, "that employers
would appear at such hearings as
those proposed by the national wom-
ans party and voluntarily open their
books and payroll records. 1t is too
much, also, to expect working women
and girls will testify in favor of leg
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11

LABOR HANDICAPPED AND
MUSSOLINI is HAPPY


While Mussolini announces the
triumph of Fascismo and the death
of democracy, press dispatches indi-
cate that the Fascist trade unions do
not share the dictator's JOY.
Only workers organization that
accept Fascismo will be tolerated by
the government. All others are out
lawed.
This ancient system, revived few
years ago by Governor Allen, OF
Kansas, is>cheered by Mussolini as a
discovery"
The handwriting of Italian workers
to their tasks is explained as de
priving anti-Fascist organizations OF
their power" Non-Italian workers
must pay dues to the Fascist trade
unions, but these workers have nc
vote or voice. They are only permit
ted to "enjoy the benefits" of gov
ernment-controlled unions. If they
suspend work they are jailed.
Disputes with employers must be
submitted to compulsory arbitration
and the government retains the right
to change any awards.
Lockouts are also outlawed. EN-.
ployers, however, are not likely tt
resort to this method while condi
tions are imposed on labor by a gov
ernment that is dominated by these
employers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11

years, teachers are not any too well
paid. In most cases they should have
better pay. As the American Feder-
alton of Labor says:
sThe work of the teachers deter
mines the quality of our future citi-
zenship, and should receive financial
compensation more nearly commen-
surate with its service to the COM
munity."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
RUPTURES ARE
DANGEROUS

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your rupture safey and comfortably.
The Ohio Non-Skid Truss for your
particular case is safe and you can
perform your work and go about your
business without fear of serious
results.
Abdominal belts and supports for
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ton, Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11

Go to these organizations, Mr.
Editor, and we dare say it won't take
you long to find out just where they
are on the question. The people, by
their votes the past few years, have
certainly made their wishes plain to
the person of average intelligence, on
the electric light and gas questions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
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.
1872 N. B street. Phone 2617-L
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
islation their employers oppose, fol-
they would do so at the risk of their
jobs"
CARPENTERS RAISE WAGE

Weirton, W. Va.-Carpenters have
won their higher wage strike. Rates
are advanced from $1.25 an hour to
$1,37h.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
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THE WHY OF COMPANY
UNIONS REVEALED

UNIONS REVEALED
The National Industrial Conference
Board is investigating the company
| union"
The board is composed of score
of manufacturers organizations, in
| cluding the most anti-union in the
country.
In its questionable the board
says:
1--WE want in particular to know
to what extent in your experience
works councils and similar forms of
employe representation have been in
troduced or managed as a device for
offsetting trade unionism in the
plants"
Thus, in few words, is the reason
for the company union"
Can it Offset trade unionism? is the
question these employers would like
answered.
This is the first time opponents Of
organized labor have frankly told
why they favor the company "union."
This, in itself, is gain. The issue |
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FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1926

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton.
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
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WIRE WORKERS RAISE WAGES

Newark, N. J.-Contractors accept
ed the new wage scale of Electrical
Workers Union No. So.
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Women Poor Air Pilots

Women are not fit to pilot pas
senger-carrying airplanes and they
never will be. So declares Maj. Oliver
Stewart, English alrman. What Is his
reason? 'sThey are too fearless !"
s1The fearless pilot is almost invar-
iably a bad pilot" says the major.
Fear is the best OF flying Instructors.
for 1t teaches the pupils what not to
do, and 1t warns them In memoir
able manner what will happen If they
disobey. Women are without this In
structor; they do not know physical
fear. The typical Englishwoman. who
Is sufficiently courageous to play furi-
GUS football. and hic, hac, hockey. to
fight for buses, to wear sensible
clothes in Paris, this woman, I say,
should not be allowed with blunt
penknIfe in her hand, much less with
the control stick Of an airplane"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
ARCTIC HAS TAKEN
TOLL or BRAVERY
Wong List of Expeditions
That Failed.

The successful return of Macmillan
and Amundsen from their latest expe-
Gftions to the North recalls that
many earlier explorers gave their
lives to Arctic adventure and that a
hOng line Of sturdy ships have sur
rendered to the ice Less than two
years ago William Nutting and three
companions set out from Norway to
follow In Viking trail to America In
their little ship, the Lief Ericsson.
Ehey disappeared after leaving the
coast of Greenland. Earlier centuries
sshad their Arctic expeditions In 1900
EGsspar Cortereal a Portuguese ex-
lplorer ventured into Hudson strait
Ia small craft and was never heard
From again, says Popular Science
Monthly His brother and number
Of companions who organized a
searching expedition likewise were
Lost. -Four hundred years before there
was map of the Arctic, Sir Hugh
Wllloughby sailed into the North.
later to be found dead with his crew
and the ship frozen fast In the Ice
Sir Martin Frobisher's search for the
esorthwest passage In 1880 met with
partial disaster when one OF his three
ships f0undered in a gale.
Boring made many expeditions dur
ing the middle part OF the Eighteenth
century, but was finally wrecked on
che island that now bears his name,
and died there, legend says, of a
broken heart After successful voy-
are into northern seas with Peary, In
1893, and a relief expedition, year
oatsE, the Falcon, commanded By Capt.
Henry Bartlett, skilled navigator,
was lost with all her crew. The hEst
ssmariner of the air. to be claimed by
che Arctic was Solomon August An
uree, who, with two companions, left
Epitxbergan In 1897 In balloon fitted
with sails and trailing ropes. They
Aoped to reach the pole and return,
Art few Of the buoys dropped from
The basket as a means Of tracing the
expedition and message brought by
d carrier pigeon, were all that came
back from the Inflated venture In
May, 1845, Sir John Franklin, with,
IA00 men and the Erebus and the Ter
Iror, set out to find northwest
passage. Neither the ships nor any Of
Ikhe men returned Thirty relief ex-
pedltions, over as many years, were
Hent In search of them, although a
anessage found IA years after the men
had sailed stated that the ships had
been crushed IN the ice.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
Police Signal Bombs

Bomb hurlers. pill boxes" and radio
signal system have now become the
commonplace of the police force in
Memphis, Tenn An inner and outer
protective belt have been formed In
the city, and six miniature brick sta
lions resembling the .pill boxes of
the war are established In each belt
Each station is equipped with radio
receiving set. searchlight, bomb hurl-
Ing signal device and two telephones.
II notice reaches the station during
daylight hours that a. burglar is oper-
ating In the neighborhood the police
man In the pill box sets Off the bomb
hurting device, and series Of aerial
explosions warns the men motoring
over their territory.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
CaOe's EUil Repuse
SaUed Soldiers Life

About three miles below Niagara
falls on the american side is an i'm
mense cavern in the side Of the gorge.
1t is reached from the bank by wind
ing steps, cut in the solid rock, and
narrow path. The Indians believed
that an evil spirit dwelt In this
cavern, ands that any one venturing In
would meet with swift death.
The entrance is low and forbid
ding. but the interior is large and
lofty; rill of clear, cold water
trickles from the rocks at the further
end. At the mouth of the cavern is a
rock so shaped as to conceal the en-
trance from either direction until one
is abreast Of it-this is Ambush rock
Not far off on a ledge jutting over
the water and about hundred feet
above it is a rock fifteen feet long,
the Council rock, around which the
Indians met to transact tribal bust
ness, plan raids and smoke the peace
pipe with friendly nations.
Bloody run, small. turbulent
stream, flows over the precipice above
the ledge 1t received its name when
a detachment Of ninety soldiers sent
from Fort Niagara to Fort Schlosser
to guard wagon train Of provisions
was attacked by Senecas while en-
camped on the run. and massacred-
Only three men escaped.
One leaped to his horse and gal
Hoped away, and one, a drummer boy,
lodged in tree halfway down the
precipice when the Indians drove
some Of the soldiers over the brink.
The third man fed to the cavern, and
though pursued by the savages to the
very entrance, so strong was the In
dian belief In the evil power of the
spirit Of the cavern, and SO sure were
they that the white man would meet a
more terrible death than they could
devise, they went away without post
ing the usual couple Of braves to wait
for him to come out.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
Around Times Square


Hailed as the first big hit Of the
new season, Broadway" a play OF
( the night life Of New York. was
brought to the place from which 1t
sprang last week and was received
with loud acclaim on, all sides.
broadway" is from the pens of
Phillip Dunning and George Abbott,
staged by the authors, and produced
by Jed Harris at the Broadhurst
Theatre
Filled with the talk of Times
Square and characterizing some of
this sections most common person
ages. broadway" also has the hui
man interest appeal that VIII pull
even those who have never heard Of
night club
The show is well nigh perfectly
cast, and admirably acted by each
Of them, though the honors Of the
opening night were bestowed on Lee
Tracy, who portrays the aspiring
vaudeville dancer.
Broadway welcomed Broadway"
as a long lost child and will treat
1t as such for many months.
Also opening last week we're
Honeymoon Lane" at the Knfcker.
booker. and THE Handlers" at the
Lyric. Eddie Bowling got up most
Of the former show and Eddie
bowling puts over most Of it, too.
Honeymoon Lane" Is a clean nu-
steal comedy, with lots Of laughs.
tunes that stick with You. and
story that is well portrayed.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
Banana Oil

Robert Henri, the portrait painter,
said at a luncheon at Dark Harbor {:
Every woman is beautiful now.
What hair. what eyes. what complex
ions We men live in paradise.
"A lady went to the studio Of a
friend of mine to have her portrait
painted Ny friend said to her:
"'Do you know. I'm in despair.
have no coIors on my palette that are
brilliant enough and delicate enough
to match your exquisite complexion.
The lady laughed.
In that case. she said, Just make
the outIipe sketch today and when
come tomorrow III bring some of my
own colors for you
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
70 Build Biz Dan,

A new dam 80 feet higher than the
famous one bearing the name Of the
late President Roosevelt is about to
rise in the Colorado river and close a
narrow gorge to back up water for
the double purpose of irrigation and
power generation. It is the Horse
Mesa power dam, II miles below
Roosevelt, Ariz The structure viii be
80 feet high. Bed rock. "a feet be-
low the water level. has been cleaned
for the dam foundation. A series OF
holes was bored 30 feel deeper and
cement injected under high pressure
SO as to fill any possible assures and
thus prevent leaks In the future. The
dam proper Will begin to rise at once.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
Hopeful Husband

Senator Edge said at an Atlantic
City dinner party: tt
There's hope for husband If he's
modest. A man in bathing suit on
the beach introduced me to his wife
one day. Then, after she had gone
into the water. he praised her warmly
and said;
"'Our romance began in a most
poetical way Clara saved me from
drowning. She's magnificent swim
mer, you know
''He went into the water himself
and splashed about a bit.
"sYou don't 60 out very far said,
when he came back and Joined me
again.
"'No,' said he she mightn't save
me now
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
SATAN'S
ENDOWMEN
Copyright. The Frank A. Munsey Company.
BY L. L. Witch.

How Quinby decided to replace zinc
with diamonds and was side-tracked
TO compromise.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-30
HOTEL INFERNO.
WATERS FRESH FROM HADES.

In every leading magazine, news
paper and periodical In the country
and on signboards and barns the won
derful curative qualities of Quinby's
hot mud and vapor baths were set
forth in the most glowing terms.
Rheumatism, govt, diseases of the
blood every known affliction in fact
could be cured. or at least partially
cured, by this wonderful natural RENE
dy.
The place soon became one OF the
most popular Of health resorts, and
business OF all kinds. including the
clothing business. prospered And the
Brannon store fiourished
It was phophesied that the new
Yakima would surpass in size and
Importance the Yakima Of bygone
boom days. and wien these prophesies
had become facts glorious, substan-
tial facts-the citizens gave Quinby
the credit for their phenomenal pros
perity. =
Quinby in turn. maintained that
Miss Brannon Mrs. Quinby rather
was responsible for the change; that
but for her be would never have ex-
arted himself to the extent that be
did.
Els wife ON the other hand, was
strong ia the belief that Yakima
owed its prosperous condition TO her
rather declaring that had he nor ex-
pressed his intention Of leaving for