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New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
COMPENSATION FOR CHILDREN
ILLEGALLY AT WORK

1JLE-uALLI al "Ohh
In aiming the righteousness Of Its
wrath upon states which do moth.
ing about minors who are injured
in employment, often Illegal" the
New York Times cites Connection,
IS one of It's horrible examples. Here
IS how the Times winds up its edi-
torial with fling at Connecticut:
Since workmen's compensa-
ton laws were sustained sixteen
years ago by the courts it has
been assumed that children in.
jured at work were adequately
paid, and that the cost Of COM
pensation assured them safer
conditions, as it does for adult
workers. Unhappily it has not
worked out like that. The case
Of a boy OF Is, working in
Connecticut hardware factory,
shows what happens. Joe was
asked to take the belt off a
pulley and hold it away from
the shaft for repair. This
would not necessitate stopping
the machinery. 1t was an lille
gal order. Joe's arms were in
iured and amputated at the
shoulders. For ten years he re-
ceived compensation of $3.50 a
week, based on his salary OF
sl3. Next November even these
tiny payments cease, and at %
he faces the prospect OF living
on charity for the rest of his
life"
Perhaps this will be serious
blow to the good folk in Connection
who have been under the impression
hat the workmen's compensation
aw Of the state was Well night per.
'ect. Wasn't it the Republican spell.
binders In the last election who
pointed it out as the best in the
-nion," etc, and that other states
# they realized how fine law Con
lecticut had, would lose no time il
its admirable features?
1t turns out that only three states
New York and New Jer
sey, have laws which really afforc
protection to children who work
The announcement is based upol
figures tabulated by the Nationa
League. which has beef
studying the record OF children
compensation for industrial In
iuries. The league has found that j,
only five states there are no work
mems compensation laws-Arkan
sas. Florida, Mississippi and Nortl
and South Carolina-but that II
only three OF the remainder ar
children al work Illegally recognized
as entitled TO pensation in cas-
Of accident.
The state of Pennsylvania is tn
second industrial state in the Union
and horrible examples of laxit,
there are cited. In one accident tw,
boys under IS were killed. One o
the cases was taken to court an
the employer fined SIS, in addition
to costs Of 5000. In another acct
dent, in which three children Of IL
IA and Il were injured, and DO
of Is killed. the employer was fine
sl5. The children were simply eX
Cludcd from compensation becaus
under the law they should not hav
pcon working AS there are said I
he many children working illegal
in some of the states the protectiv
measures surrounding grownups s
to naught in such eases, as the law
1t seems, yields compensation Onl
to those who are legally at work.
Such an instance as that cite
against Connecticut cannot occu
very often, as it is claimed that fe'
children are at work in this stat
legally. if gaining permits can I
construed as giving legality to the
employment There IL always III
possibility. however. that smart Ian
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
I 60 for a ride?

I 60 for a ride?
Ruth r. Weber
Dear Rude: Why bother with a
chaperon? One lady Is enough for
any boy to neck!
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15
Cooling

Dick: Thank you for saying ]
can marry your daughter, sir. Do
you think We ought to go to Niagara
Falls for our honeymoon
Her Father: Yes, and stick your
heads under it,"
Louise C. Packard
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15

NUB0CRIPTION RATES
jeee . Year.
500 Three Months.
75c. Month.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-15

With all the reports about who Is
to be king, a certain country ought
to amend its name to Rumorania!
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
Model Engl..sI, Tovns

''In England there is an association
called Garden Cities and Town Plan
ming, which has sponsored a number
of splendid developments. of which
the most noted are Letchworth and
Welwyn, both OF which are seIf-con-
tanned towns, just outside the city OF
London. Another. especially interest
ing is Bonneville near birmingham.
built through the philanthropy and
foresight of Cadbury Bourneville con-
sists of about four hundred acres, laid
out attractively with hundreds of
houses built under the plans laid out
by the founder They are chiefly con-
structed of brick. The houses are set
well back from the street and provide
plenty of room for the always expect.
ed English flower garden.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
Erick~Quality Guarantee

A brick is unique in that it is the
one building material that is self-test-
ed and carries its own guarantee in
its ring. 1t is the only material of
all the long list that a novice may
judge with perfect safety. So long
as brick rings true when two are
struck together, it needs no other GER
titicate of character
The standards of brick have been
so long established and are so well
recognized in the construction world
that it rarely happens that bricks
are offered in the markets that are
not of good quality. Unless they are
good there is no demand or sale for
them. Nor is there any inducement
for the manufacturers to attempt to
make an inferior article, knowing
that these conditions are universal.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
Creations of Dickens
Real to the Autho.

Many of Charles Dickens creations
were worse than Nightmares, as all
strong characters In fiction must nee.
essarlly be, They were daymares.
Ihey were with him in his long me,
chanical walks, governed by mile.
stones and timed by a stop watch He
was glad of a congeniaI companion to
exercise these spirits, They came
back to him in the evening and in the
dead of night they often moved him
70 rise and walk THAI long tramp's
tramp of 81 miles from Tavistock
square to Gadshill through the mists
of early morning
In writing his strongest characters.
Dickens always acted them. He could
hardly do otherwise with his dra.
matte temperament and the dramatic
nature of his works. Why more
dramas have never been manufactured
out of these works is found in the fact
that they contained too much dra
matte and "obiective" material than
too little.
From this creation of dramatic tic
tlon the step to dramatic recitation
was easy and simple. 1t was always
a mistake to call these efforts "read
ings." They were the most dramatic
of recitations Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
Lives Sacrificed to
Supeyst:tion and Fear

In the early days of shipping there
grew up on the west coast of Scotland
a strange superstition that some grave
misfortune would fall upon man who
took drowning sailor from the sea.
Ihis was at time when shore dwell
ers helped themselves to the cargoes
OF wrecked vessels. This superstition
was very widely believed ana resulted
In some horrible brutalities before il
was flnaliy stamped out writes J. n.
Whiting in his book Storm Fighters"
Fhere Is legend of one wreck on the
rocky shores of the lonely Zetland
islands where six men tried to get
ashore by means of hawser fastened
to rock. The inhabitants who were
gathered on the rocks must have been
good enough to make the hawser fast
(unless the shipwrecked sailors had a
quite uncomfortable skill lin the art of
lassoing) However. superstition
shared the minds of the coast dwellers
with the fear that their winter stock
OF grain might not go around If they
were saddled with six unexpected
guests, so they cut the rope and kthe
sailors were drowned.-Detroit M.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
Des Moines Enforces
Strict Bui!dinc Code

All persons will have to apply for a
permit before beginning construction
in Des Moines now, following adop-
ton by the city council of the new
building, code FIRST proposed eight
years ego.
Under the code all buildings will
have to conform to rules and regula-
tons enforced by the city building
commissioner. and provide specifca-
tons for weight and quality of ma
terials used in buildings within the
city limits, as well as for quality of
workmanship.
1t was drawn up by a group of local
architects, contractors and real estate
men, in conjunction with V. O. Mar
riott city building commissioner.
Building activities in Des Moines
have previously been loosely governed
by the state housing law and num-
Der of "ancicnt" city ordinances.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
The SHENANDOAH NAT
lONAL PARK WILL BE-
ESTABLISHED WITHIN
rWU YEARS

Continued rom page p
have the endorsement of the
= ARK v4AlcIalS IN washington,
me Governor in Richmond, the
Conservation and Development
commission and its attorneys
uefore being presented"
Mr. Carson admitted that
under the ordinary processes
proposed for the purchase of the
land, no person or commission
could possibly acquire a sound
.ltle to the entire Park area in
much less than ten years, and
play fair with all interested
paroles, out ne assured me that
with the work that has been
done already, two years would
be ample time under the plan
the commission will submit to
the Legislature.
How about the money that
is to come from outside the
State to assist in the purchase
II the park?"
To This he replied eff the
solem assurance OF some of the
best people in the United
States can be relied on, and /
feel sure they can, that part of
the project is not in any real
doubt"
"How Qoout land profiteers
ard real estate brokers?'
His answer was eve have
worked out a plan to meet this
kind of thing as l have already
explained to you, and through
the assistance of the news
papers and the citizens living
in this locality we have, and we
are driving it into the con-
seriousness of the land owners
that there can be no undue rails,
ing of prices
I'VE are assuring the people
within the area that we will see
to it that they get full value for
their lands, but that there can
be no profit taking at the expen-
Sc of the Park movement. We
have publicly stated that we
will deal only with the land
owners, and that it will be USE
less for any real estate broker to
list any property for sale with
in the area.
Long range profits is what
the people in this section must
look forward to. The whole pro-
ject would be destroyed if spec
ulators were permitted to take
undue profits on Park land
Let me give you an instance
of the kind of thing that hap
pened right here in Warren
County. Back in 1916 the U. S.
Government was establishing
Concentration Camps, and the
authorities believed they had
found an ideal spot, and a per-
manent site in what is known
as the Fork District in this
County. The land within this
district is located on the forks
of the Shenandoah river betw-
eenthe North and South bran
ches is high, we'll drained, has
good roads, and is we'll served
by the Southern and the Nor
forlkand Western railroads.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15

I'll advice was given to the
owners OF lana, ana over night
prices more tnan doubled and
trebled, resulting in the Gov
Iernment's withdraw from the
proJetc, and the locating of the
camp going out of the state,
where, at Camp Meade, more
than ten million dollars have
already been expended.
Had the owners OF the land
sold at a reasonable price, they
could have doubled and trebled
their capital through the oppor-
tunities for business invest
ments that would have come to
them here in Warren County.
Gas it is, they have not pro-
crossed materially during the
ten years that have elapsed.
They let the great opportunity
pass them, and not only did
they themselves suffer, but ev
cry person in this entire sec
ton.
"This is one of the most
striking lessons to a section
or community. | have it, on in
dsiputable authority, that
within ten years from the day
we turn the Park over to the
United States government, they
will spend twenty million dol
lars III its development, and
and with the stream of tourists
and visitors the money brought
to the State will not run for
short Of a hundred million dol
lars a year, when it, the Park,
has become a going proposition.
Inls eLaed the Interview, out
as | stood by the window in Mr..
Carson's office and saw the plant
that he had created and devel-
oped, | could not but believe that
every statement he had made
would come true, for the man
who could take this hillside In
Warren County, and out of it
has created this great business
enterprise, is not going to fail
10 put over the Shenandoah Nat
ional Park, to which he is Civ
ing the very best that is in HIM.
also realized, as | looked
over the manifestations of the
railroad sidings, the warehouses
he crushing plants, the furnace
es, and the other manufacture
appliances employed in his bust
ness, why it is that the Cover
1tor has such faith in the ability,
the energy and the resourceful-
ness of the Chairman of the
Conservation and development
Commission.
am now finally convinced
the State of Virginia will ac-
qulre and turn over to the U. S.
Government the Shenandoah
National Park within two years,
and | would take a reasonable bet
that it will be done in even less
time, because | believe that Mr..
Carson is giving himself some
lee-way in his prediction.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
NOTICE

To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that l
have applied to the State Corp
oraA'"" Commission for author
ity TO sasl p" tssenger motor
Vehicle ser\ - between Haysi
and Grundy ". under Certifi-
cate No. A16 effective Dec. IS
1927. until April, LIST, 1928.
K. w. Crabtree
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
Help Wanted

Be the McNess Man here.
Make 81 to SO a day supplying
farmers with necessities. We
have best selling plans and
lowest prices. Wonderful oppor-
tunity here for a good man over
25. Must have car. It will pay to
investigate. Write FURST &
THOMAS, District Alb, Free
port, III.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15

For Sale IL acre land, with
6 room bungalow. Located on
State Highway 4 miles west of
Abingdon.
Write or see j. H. Johnson,
Abingdon, Va, Route 2.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15

"Let the Fuller Brush Man be
your Santa Clause. He has
Christmas gift suggestions for
every member of the family"
w. A. Turner. Clinchco, Va.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
new OPPORTUNITY TO
ENTER THE
AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS

One of the worlds largest and oldest
automobile manufacturers is establish
ing dealers to sell new six-cylinder
closed car which will list at
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
s795 t t;s; ;;

Other models OF this same manufac-
turer range in price up to $245O. They
will all be available to the dealers who
handle this new popular priced car.
In communities of small size, how
ever, you need contract only for the
fast-selling low-priced model.
Practically no capital needed
to Start Business
A contract has been worked out to
enable dealers to get started represent
ing this new car with hardly any in
Vestment.
Asliding scale of commission increases
from the base figure if the dealer main
talns demonstrators, handles trade-ins,
and maintains service station.
1t is not necessary to do any one of
these things at the start, but they may
be added one by one as time elapses and
profits will thereby be increased.
No such favorable franchise has
ever before been offered by
any manufacturer
Ifyou believe that you have the abil.
ity to sell in your community an auto
mobile that is destined to be the sensa-
ton of 1924 closed car that will offer
for sos beautiful exterior, lacquered
IN the latest fashionable shades, an inte-
rior luxuriously upholstered, arm rests,
ash receiver, gasoline gauge on the
dash, coincidental lock to steering and
ignition, steering wheel control of twin
beam headlights, rear vision mirror,
automatic windshield cleaner, and sim
ilarrefinements-proved power to main
tain high speed ndefinitely-quality
construction throughout-if you are
able tosell such rim your community.
send in the attached coupon at once.
Room 26l5, $40 S. Michigan Ave,
Chicago, Ill.
Send further particulars on the fran
chise for the new sos six-cylinder car
you are advertising.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-30
The First Of May and the Working Woman

drawn in elements as were considered
impossible to get hold of-i.e. the
women.
Women UniOnists.
The heroic fight in Passaic, where
80 per cent of the working women are
now organized in unions shows
clearly what power women can be
when organized. The excellent relief
work during the strike showed clearly
what the women have been able to
achieve. For the last year, the
women grew up and developed men,
tally. She is beginning to under
stand that the struggle of the work.
ers is her struggle. This historic
mass meeting of the 5000 women
workers in Cooper Union is the best
proof that the woman is on the right
path and in the right place.
Give Relief.
For the last year the women have
built up and developed their organiza-
ton. They gave relief wherever and
whenever it was necessary. They
took part in picketing, in different
protest meetings, bazaars and educa-
tional work.
With the best of hope and aspira-
tons, the women may look towards
the future and with enthusiasm con-
tinue the struggle.
On the day of May 1st the working
women of America are sending to all
the oppressed and enslaved the world
over their comradely greetings.
Sisters, unite with the men workers
in the fight for a better, more
beautiful world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-30
Official Labor Reaction Meets Political Defeat
Capitalists Discipline Their Leadsl

p that the strikes organized and led
by the left wing were unnecessary
when the capitalists were ready to
come to an understanding, and fur
Their, that these strikes interfereC
with the sweet peace which envelopec
worker and capitalist alike.
I ABOR officialdom is for peace but
II American capitalism is for war
and in the last month it has shown
clearly that any disposition for truce
in the class struggle that may exist
is solely in the breasts of labor Of
ficialdom.
How has this been shOwn7
By two important events and by
a number of minor ones. Occur
rences of major character which
show that American capitalism is
on the offensive are:
1.-The closing of their mines
by the coal barOns rather than con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-30
HankOw and the Chinese Eastern Railway
The Imperialist Front.

The two things remain the Chinese
that thru all the confusion created by mperast
respondents what actually going begin
with and who in the second place wish to create intervention
atmosphere,
IL The attack of the imperiasts is centerng Hankov
stronghold movement of the Kuomntang
and the important industrial district of China
p The offensive against the Soviet Union being developed
by of attempts to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway and
eliminate the management committee
gained jointly by them and the Chinese
Batteships of the great numbering from forty five
fifty estimates vary) anchored front of Hankow with
then trained on the city, to quote the imperialst press
Wild of disorders in Hankow which would furnish
for intervention have been cabed the American
the Chang She occurred But to date
nothing of the kind has happened and yesterday the
Of resumption of business by Japanese by
with the labor unions and the Hankow government.
1t that the Decentralization Of the labor unions and
the left wing government which the mpea correspondents
have been ndustriouy propagang fiction Not only
is the an government consolidating its influence in the three
great industrial cities of Wuchang Hanyang and Hankow but it
is according the New York Times whose correspondent bit
tery hostile to Hankow sending four armies southwark to
Canton.
certainly strength weakness On
the other hand Chang K She has not been able
ze civilian government IN spite OF strenuous eftos IN TINS
direction but is still operating dictator with but little author
ity subordinate commanders.
concentration imperiast and military forces
Hanow in itself rutaon of the tales of the weakness of
the anmpera and labor government there. World mper
asm knows that the Hankow government with its base in the
labor unions peasant organizations with millions of sup
porers great ceners of population such hang
hal Canton only powerful force opposing it in China
This the of the huge fleet 600 miles the Yangtze
and the constant bombardments conducted jointly by British and
American gunboats.
These two great imperast nations both seeing
the the Soviet Union and the Chinese liberation movement
the beginning of the end Of their Of robbery and aided by
Japan and France when necessary striking at the heart OF
the movement in China Japan again is melting Chang Tso
Lin to aggression against the Soviet Union
To end the the Chinese labor unions the peasant
CARNATIONS the militant nationalist student organizations and
sections of the middle class which honestly fighting
against Imperialism the task of the workers the mperast
countries We certain that if the present plans OF the I'M
perasts and the Chinese liberation movement crushed
tenn
and more destructive of world reaction.
The Chinese hold the first line trenches We must
give all possible aid
Every impest government must be exposed by the work
crs whom il Expresses at home.
The for Hands Off China be made powerful
that Imperialism carry out its program for establishing
anew the ensavement of the Chinese masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-30

tinue the wages and working con-
ditiOns specified in the Jackson
vile agreement.
2.-The decision of the United
States supreme court handed down
on April ii in the Bedford Cut
Stone case outlawing even the or
binary defensive activities of unions
in SO brazen manner that Justice
Brandeis in his dissenting opinion
referred to it as IAN instrument
for imposing restraints upon la
Dor which reminds of involuntary
servitude."
These two blows at the labor move
ment cannot be understood in their
full Importance as complete and UNI
refutations of the work
er-employer cooperation doctrine I'M
less they are seen in their relation
to the recent history of the labor
(TO Be Continued. }