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ployes to accept the wage scales OUT
lined by former Judge Kenesaw M.
Lands, who acted as arbitrator in the
labor dispute of 1921.
Charges are made that members Of
the committee, including practically
all the prominent bankers, manufac-
turers, capitalists and business men of
Chicago, had used illegal means to as
sist in an enforcement of the Landis
award.
Attorney Hope Thompson, who rep
resents the union, charges that the
committee used its immense influence
and power to cause other employers
to fear to contract with union labor
at union wages.
1t also is charged that the COM
mittee urged bankers to refuse credit
to any contractor or builder who did
not base his wage payments on the
Lands award. The committee in
duced thousands of non-union carpen-
ters to come to Chicago, it was al
legged, and millions of dollars were
spent to uphold the Lands wage
scale.
The damages to the union because
of these alleged operations exceed
$500 for each member, or a total of
more than ten million dollars, the
bill charges.
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pleased with his tactics, and much
more impressed by the tactics of
Ruthenberg.
1t is apparent from Fosters deten-
ton in Moscow, that he is definitely
down and out as far as real leader
ship in the Red camp in America
is concerned. 1t is not likely that
he will be imprisoned in Moscow, be-
cause that is not the way of the So
viets in such places. They simply
keep such characters under constant
oberservation. Foster can not leave
Russia to return to the United States
until the soviets withdraw their re
stricting surveillance. Neither can
he engage in any activities in Russia.
Undoubtedly the purpose of detain-
ing Foster in Moscow is to allow
Ruthenberg ample time in which to
consolidate his position" in control
Of the workers party here and to
completely destroy whatever strength
Foster may have. So has one of the
mighty hit the skids.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
LOCAL UNION
Sends Big Contribution to
Mine Strikers

By International Labor News Service.
indianapolis, Ind.-Following the
last appeal sent out by President
Green, of the American Federation of
Labor, Local Union 4776, Wilson
vile, ILL.,, forwarded check for
$4,000 to Secretary Kennedy, Of the
Unioned Mine Workers, as contri-
button to the anthracite miners. This
local had, short time before, sent a
check for $1,000 to Secretary Frank
Morrison, of the A. F. of L., for the
same purpose.
Local 1887, Stenographers and
Bookkeepers' Union, Indianapolis,
with which the employees Of the In
ternational Union, u. M. w. of A.,
are members, forwarded check for
500. Indianapolis printers ordered
that 5000 be sent to the American
Federation of Labor for the same
cause. Local unions of miners in In
diana have forwarded substantial do
nations also.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
United States Must Prove Respect
For Rights Of Mexico, lglesias Says

tfor the achievement of the political
and industrial freedom of her people.
Labor Helping to Bring Good viii
"The United States has attained a
position of leadership and influence in
world affairs of which the American
people can well afford to be proud.
The people of the United States can
not afford to remain uninterested and
inactive when as a result of the con-
duct of American interests in foreign
countries, there is danger of our rep
utation, as free and democratic peo-
pie, being impaired.
"The Pan-American Federation of
Labor now has twelve affiliated ma
tional labor movements. Soon it will
have more. Through its persistent
efforts there is better understand
ing among the people on the Ameri-
can continents.
Must Give Proof of Friendship
1T has rendered great service in
eiic Souoe VI liiCiiuiy anu Soiuihi icia-
tions between the United States and
the Latin American republics. Amer
lean people are not responsible fo-,
nor do they approve of the injuries
those countries have suffered at the
hands of American financial interests,
nor are we responsible as people for
the attempts made to exert pressure
in the management of their national
affairs.
at is not enough, however, to dis
claim possibility. The origin of the
suspicious attitude that has prevailed
toward the United States among the
Latin American countries is to be
found in the feeling that we, as a
nation, have no respect for the SOW
ereign rights of the Latin-American
republics when those rights stand in
the way of the unscrupulous exploita-
ton of their natural resources by
American capital. To undo that
wrong Interpretation of the attitude
of the United States we must not
only profess, but act upon the theory
and belief that Mexico and all the
other Latin-American countries have
the same right of self-determination
that we claim for ourselves"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
JACK CAVITY
For Nearly SO Years Mem
Der of Printers Union,
Is Dead

BY international Labor News Service.
in all parts of the United States and
Canada mourn the death of Jack
Canty, sergeant-at-arm of Chicago
Typographical Union No. 16, who
had been member of the Interna-
tional Union for nearly SO years.
Mr.. Canty was born in Port Hope.
Ont, and joined Toronto Typograph-
ical Union No. 81 in June, 1867, when
only II years of age. He came to
Chicago 54 years ago and had worked
as printer on the daily newspapers
of this city continuously up to about
three years ago, when he was elected
sergeant -at-arms of No. 16. )
All of the travelling printers who
made Chicago during the last half
century knew Jack Canty. To know
him was to love him. He was a true
blue union man, battler for the
right, with hand always ready to
dig into his pocket to back up his
cause or to relieve the distressed and
needy.
About 200 persons attended the fu-
neral services at the Lady of the Lake
Catholic Church Burial was in Cal
vary Cemetery. Among those present
was Mark l.. Crawford, president Of
the International Typographical
Union in 1883 and one of the represen-
tatives of the printers at the first
convention of the A. F. of L., held
at Pittsburgh in 1882. Charles p.
Howard, another former president OF
the international, also was present.
Besides his widow, Mr. Canty left
one son and three daughters, all
adults.
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Grand Central station can not be
seen five blocks away
Combining with the sulphur fumes
of soft coal is the acrid exhaust of
motor cars. Between the two LAYERS.
the layer of clean air is mighty thin.
AS a result there is an epidemic of
laryngitis, sore throat and bronchitis,
thousands of children and elderly per
sons whose resistance to the cutting
fumes is least being affected.
The health department is making
determined campaign against the
smoke nuisance. However, it will be
difficult to remedy this even with
proper burning of soft coal until an
thracite production begins in earnest.
1t will be months before the downtown
district can get rid of its pail of
mourning. 1t will be years before the
buildings can be scrubbed clean of the
layers of coal dust accumulated in the
six months lack of proper fuel.
That the coal strike has taken a toll
in lives no we'll informed physician
will dispute Every resident of the
city is carrying in his lungs souvenirs
of the strike in the form of lung de-
posits of carbon. These sediments
breathed in are the first factors lead
ing to tuberculosis and other respira-
tory diseases
Added to this is the actual discom-
fort from high prices of substitute
fuel and the hardship poor folk exper-
fenced. This coal strike will not soon
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
PULLMAN WAGE
RAISE
Only Given to Head Off
Workers Uniting

By international Labor News Service.
Chicago.-The Pullman Company
has been making great deal of cap
ital out of the recent alleged 10 per
cent increase in wages to it's 10000
porters and maids. Negotiations are
said to have been carried on by the
employees through 18 delegates
elected to serve under the so-called
"plan Of employe representation"
1t is said that the porters and maids
get straight increase in wages of 8
per cent, and that changes in working
rules will add another per cent. The
increase will amount to $1,000,000 a
year, it is alleged.
The fly in the ointment is the fact
that the Pullman Company granted
this widely advertised increase to head
off the organization of bona fide
labor union among this class of en-
ployes. Organizers were busily en-
gagged in forming a union when the
Pullman Company organized "com-
pany union"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
BLIND MAN
Gets Big Return From Dues
Paid Bricklayers'
Union

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. c. - Maurice NJ.
Smith paid $8024 in dues into the
international treasury of the Brick
layers, Masons and Plasterers' Inter
national Union. He began paying
dues in February, 1881, when he was
gust, 1918, to January 81, 1926, he
paid $23.50 in dues to the interna-
tional. His total in dues paid is
S10317.
From August, 1918, to January 81,
1926, Smith, as a relief member, drew
from the international total Of
$2,248, according to Secretary John J
Gleeson, bountiful return on an in
vestment of $103.78.
Smith will continue to draw 81 a
week relief or pension as long as
he lives. When he dies a $500 NOR
tuary benefit will be paid. And if
widow survives she will be paid $7
week as long as she lives
All of this is because Maurice M.
Smith Joined the union of his trade.
Smith was for 20 years employed
by the federal government and the
District of Columbia. He lost the
sight of one eye while working on a
federal building not covered by the
1908 compensation act. He became
totally blind when flying bit of steel
or stone put out the other eye in
1918, two years before the federal
compensation act was broadcasted to
include those in the classification in
which Smith then was employed. The
government overlooked him, but the
union did not.
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lucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
While officials of the international
union have not indicated in any re-
spect what the program will be in
regard to the situation in these
fields, it is believed that more inten-
sive organization work will begin.
However, the union has number of
injunction suits pending against it
wherein it has been prohibited from
exercising it's constitutional rights to
organize in these fields. With these
cases disposed of the organization
expects to proceed with its work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
COST OF SICKNESS
HEAVY ON WORKERS

New York.-Ameriean wage work
ers lose $25o,O00,oo0 year in wages
through illness, says the National
Industrial Conference Industry,
also, is a loser, it is pointed out.
through decreased output. In one
typical New England plant, it is said,
employing $500 workers, illness cost
the concern in one year more than
$267, 800 The workers lost $202, 10000
in wages, with $45, 900 spent in med
ical- care. Their disabilities entailed
another $4,000 of expense in chari-
table relief and care.
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Declares Latin America Seeks
Solid Evidence of Good Will
Professed by Big Neighbor

BY international LABOR news Service
New York City.-The United States
must show by deeds that it scrupu
lously respects the right of Mexico
and the Latin-American republics tC
manage their own affairs, if closer
friendship and better unders standing
is to grow among the people of ths
American continents, declared San
tiago Iglesias, Spanish language Sec
retary of the PAM American Fedora.
tion of Labor, in an address here be-
fore the Foreign Policy Association
Mr.. Iglesias spoke on 'The Issue ir
Mexico" He said:
"'The Issue in Mexico has once
again been brought forcefully to the
attention Of the American people
Our government has been engaged in
diplomatic controversy with the
Mexican government over the lanC
and petroleum laws recently enacted
by the Mexican congress and promul.
gated by President CalleS.
Certain Financiers Not Playing Faii
Constant insinuations contained II
some reports of the press, inspired by
higher-up financial individuals of Mex.
leo and the United States, suggest tc
our state department the withdrawal
of recognition of Mexico. Such insin-
uations are proving that those higher
up fnanciers are not playing fan
either with the people of the United
States, or with the people of Mexico
Sinister forces are hoping that the
withdrawal of the recognition of Mex
leo will be followed by revocation OF
the embargo on arms. Then revolu.
tions would break out and every mer-
cenary general would be set loose
on the path of destruction.
Mexico has enacted some laws
affecting land tenure and the owner.
ship of oil and mineral bearing prop
critics
New Legislation Unjust, is Charge
'The United States charges that the
new laws are retroactive and confis
catory, which means that they derpive
American citizens of rights and in
terests already acquired under as
sumption of permanency.
mexico retorts that this is not so
Mexico makes two very pointed state
ments in relation to the claim Of tht
| United States government.
"First-The laws are neither retro
! active nor confiscatory. They do no
take away acquired property. The!
do limit the requirement Of more
property, but principally they provid.
that in relation to property rights il
Mexico foreigners must resort to Mex
lean courts for settlement of dispute.
! instead Of calling upon their own gov
ernments as in the past.
"Second.--If the United States gov
ernment does believe the laws vii
work injustices, the time to protest j!
when the injustices occur and no
now
Both Points Have Much Weight
| "Both of these points have much
weight.
SIN the United States foreigner!
American courts. We do not permi
must seek redress for wrongs il
Mexicans to call on their government
to take stern measures when Mex
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
MINERS VICTORY
To Help Unionization of
Soft Coal Fields

BY international Labor News Service.
indianapolis, Ind.-The settlement
of the anthracite coal suspension, is
which the United Mine Workers gain
ed big victory, has focused atten-
ton on conditions in the partly organ
lied fields of the bituminous coal
section.
The victory Of the union in Penn
sylvania is expected to have consid-
cradle effect on the morale of the
union men who have been battling for
their rights in West Virginia, Ken
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lcan Is aggrleVed. Neither do we per-
nit Britisher, nor a Frenchman, nor
a Japanese to do so.
The second point made by Mexico
is equally good. If the United States
is protesting just because it assumes
that damage will be done, it is pro-
testing before it has a specific case.
AT the present time the answer
and assurances given to the govern
ment of the United States by the gov
ernment of Mexico seem to be fair
and satisfactory, so that the legal
property rights of the Americans will
be amply protected by the new laws.
How Shall Power Be Used?
'The United States is the richest
nation in the world. We have in this
country truly amazing proportion
of the worlds circulating capital, and
it is being exported to the five CONT
nents of the earth in the form of in
vestments. The question is, how shall
this power be used by the United
States?
IF American financiers have invad-
ed Mexico as we'll as other Latin
American nations, resulting in the
domination of those countries and
those peoples with investment instead
of with military might, then some
how the people of the United States
must think about what is the just
share of the wealth resulting from
this big business which is to go to
the peoples of those countries. And
even the people must decide how that
share is to be safeguarded for them
and how they are to get it.
Rights of People Must Be Enforced
Surely, the whole result of ex-
ploitation can not justly accrue to TIE
invading capitalists. The invaded ma
tions have rights, the peoples who are
conquered by modern machinery have
some rights which must be respected
Humanity has rights.
and we wonder again what pro-
portion of their own natural wealth
of the Latin-American nations, is due
to the peoples in whose lands it lies
and how is it to be guaranteed to them
when the capital, the initiative, the
enterprises and the machinery Of
NpN.fh a YSan nT,la m ~ ery,
the name of big business? There is
the great question for the American
people. How can it be solved so that
there will be no hatred, so that there
will be justice, so that wealth and
machinery may be blessing instead
of a curse and breeder of waste
and war.
American People Friendly to Mexico
"The American people are friendly
and sympathetic toward the Mexican
people, not only because we are
neighbors but because gradually our
people are becoming convinced that
there is deliberate attempt to pre-
vent, or at least retard, the onward
march of the Mexican people to eco
nomical, industrial and political levels
and standards more in harmony witn
the enlightened principles and ideals
of the present age. We would be
untrue to our professed ideals of
freedom and justice if we did not ex-
tend our sympathy and cooperation
in the gallant fight Mexico is making
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
GREEN REFUSES TO
POSE FOR NON
UNION CAMERAS

Boston. As President William
Green, of the American Federation
of Labor, left hearing at the state
house, newspaper cameramen gath
cred to take his picture
Have you men got your union
cards ?" Green asked.
They answered in the negative.
Green refused to pose.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-05
Foster, Moscow Prisoner,
Learns What It's Like to
Be "Sat on" by Red Bosses

BY international Labor News Service.
Washington, d. William T..
Foster, according to apparently
authentic reports reaching the United
States, is prisoner of the commun-
ist authorities in Russia, unable to
leave the country. Foster is not IN
prison, but is under the same sort of
authority as that which for so long
curbed the activities of Trotsky, when
that eminent bolshevik went "off the
reservation"
In November, Foster reached Mos
cow, ostensibly to attend the conven-
tion of Red metal workers, addressing
that gathering late in the month. His
real purpose in the Red capital, how
ever, was to try to regain from hier-
arcby the control which had been
wrested from him by tht Ruthenberg
faction in the August workers party
convention in America.
Foster was definitely ousted from
major leadership at that time on ord
ers from Moscow, Moscow being dis
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be forgotten. Fortunately for the
public in the East it has been a mild
winter.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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.MISS|SS|PP|AN
SEEING CITY

Two hundred Mississippians trav-
cling through the United States to
advertise the agricultural and in
dustriaI advantages of their State,
will complete their two-day pro-
gram in the District tonight.
They will leave Washington early
tomorrow morning aboard their.
seven special Pullmans to visit
Philadelphia, where they will vie
with the Sesquicentennial exposi-
ton in attracting the attention of
the residents.
Their local program will close
with a public entertainment at 3
p. m. today in the auditorium Of
the New National Museum. Mo.
ton pictures of the State activities
will be shown and there will be
speeches and music.
The visitors boarded sightseeing
buses at Union Station at S:45 a
m. for an extensive trip around
Washington and to nearby points
of interest. This afternoon a trip
to Mount Vernon aboard the
steamer Charles Manchester was
scheduled.
Last night the visitors We're the
guests of the National Press Club
at an informal entertainment.
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have been kidnapped or killed, was
reported to police OF an outlying
precinct station here today.
Tuero, according to the report,
has not been heard from since he
left a Rogers Park home to go to
the loop where, he said, he was to
collect $4,000 in q business deal.
Tuero, according to friends, came
here two weeks ago.
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ALIBI
ARTISTS
Who Wins
An Ambiguous Play
by DONALD McDOUGAL-

Act III.
Scene II. Press room In the
Palais de Justice, Graustark. The
Graustark Times man and the
Gruastark Star man are arguing.
The News man, the Post man
and Ali are egging them on. Copy
IL dribbllng in but slowly, and
the scribes welcome the diversion
afforded by the contest.
Times:-The Lord High Keeper
of the Shell Shocked Veterans
Star: l tell you, all this agita.
ton is helping the Great Keeper
more than it's harming him.
Post: Well, that's what you
want. isn't it? Where's your
growl?
Ali: How do you figure It's
helping him?
Star: You're OVERRIDING 1t.
Thrown out OF office as he was.
disgraced, you might say--and
now the police are after him with
a warrant for a two-penny traf-
fic infraction. 1t looks like per.
secution. People always sympa'
thize with the under dog:
Ali: Then If / want to be
exempt from the traffic regula-
lions, all I've got to do il be
convicted of some heinous offense,
and I can snap my fingers In
the cops face for the rest OF my
life. Is that the idea?
Star: He wasn't convicted.
News: Where do you get that
under dog stuff? 1t looks to me
like the shell.shocked soldiers,
disabled for life protecting Grau-
stark, are the ones who need
sympathy. I'll keep my boo
hoos for them.
Star: Well, you're injuring tho
gendarme who served the war
rant. III bet you 1000 forms
he'll be transferred to the tall
grass regions-IH bet you another
1000 he goes to the Quatorzleme
ACCOMPLISHMENT inside or two
months from today. / know
what I'm talking about.
Times: 1t. sounds 0erlnlte
enough. A transfer without any
special reason is a sort OF q de-
motion. isn't it?
Star: Oh, they'll have Spe-
ciaI reason, all right.
Ali: They ought to think up
crack-a-jack Of reason IN TWO
months.
News: And they're going to
send this officer out into the
sticks, give him a beat seven
miles away from his home, ana
against his name, because ne
performed the duty he was sworn
to do? He was ordered TO move
the High Keepers car, ana that y
what he did. And he's going 10
be punished for it. Do you tnlnR
Graustark will stand for tnat!
Where's your sympathy tor the
under dog come in at?
Post: 1T was q tough game ne
was up against, and he went 10
1t like a man.
Star: Well, there's your rea son.
They want a good man ike tnst
out in the Quatorzieme Arronolss'
ment, so they send him there
where's your comeback to tnat
proposition? The people oon |
know what's going on.
Times: Wen tell 'em. Whae
could be simpler?
Star: You can't do it. What
happens to an individual gem
darme hasn't news value enough
to carry it over the city desk.
All: Thank the Lord / don't
write news. All they expect from
me is crazy stuff. I'll tell EN-.
If the police are going TO be ter.
rorized for doing their duty. what
sort OF a community will we
have?
Post: I'll wake 'em up. Let's
go to lunch.
Times: I'm with you on both
propositions. Put 'er~ there. (They
shake hands.)
News: Give me a hand in this
deal. CHe joins themE
Star: The Three Chandeliers.
CURTAIN.
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which Quezon quoted the President
as being in favor OF additional
power for the Governor Gene1al Of
the Philippines, Quezon said:
IF the Republican party triumphs
in the next election, the Philippines
will probably be annexed as was
Hawaii"