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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
PEACE COUNCIL
Used to Aid British Non.
UnionistS

London, England. The government
has launched another attack on trade
unionism by providing that Whitley
councils shall be set up in government
dock yards for non-union workers
Whitley councils are named after
Mr.. James H. Whitley, chairman of a
government reconstruction committee
during the World War. These coun-
ellis are set up to provide machinery
to deal with matters that would arise
(subject to definite rules concerning
wages and conditions. The councils
were intended to be supplemental to
trade unionism. They. have jurisdic-
tion over single shops or plants.
The government claims that non
unionists are demanding their own
councils, and has notified these work
ers that such arrangements can be
made
Trade unionists believe the plan is
an attempt to establish non-union
councils as spokesman for all workers
in these plants.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
Communists Resume Attacks
Against A. F. of L. as New
Union Officials Take Office

By international Labor News Service
New York City.-Another uprising
of communists and again the filling of
police courts and stations with "pick-
cts" striking against union shops
marks the revival of the drive against
the American Federation of Labor
by the ousted fur workers officials
The uproar brought William Green,
president of the A. F. of L.; Matthew
Woll, in charge of the reorganization;
Edward F. McGrady, Edgar Wallace
and Hugh Frayne to confer with city
magistrates and city officials. Presi-
dent Green held a conference with
Police Commissioner Warren. Nc
change in police regulations will be
made, it was announced.
On one morning 236 strikers against
union shops were herded in the Jeffer-
son Market police court, singing and
shouting defiance against the Inter
national Fur Workers Union and the
A. F. of l..
The new officials of the Internation-
al Union are Philip A. Silberstein
general president; Harry Begoon, gen
eral secretary-treasurer; vice presi-
dents, Charles Gemeiner, Pietro Luc.
chi, Hyman Kalmikoff, Samuel Fal-
perrin, Charles Stetsky, Moe Harris
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
TO GET "EDUCATED''
New York Public Pay Steep
Price

New York-Since 1919 it has cost
this city $212,954.19 to maintain Ivy
Lee as publicity agent for the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company.
An investigation by the Transit
Commission reveals that most of this
money was spent on propaganda for
increased fares.
Mr. Lees salary ranged from $4,000
to $4,000 a year. Other expenses
were connected with his work as pub
licity adviser"
Mr. Lee first came into prominence
during the 1913 coal strike of coal min
ers against the Colorado Coal and Iron
Company. He was publicity agent for
the Pennsylvania Railroad at the time
and was 'loaned" to the Rockefeller
corporation to mold a public opinion
against the miners.
Pamphlets were prepared in Lees
office in Philadelphia, signed by of
fcials of the Colorado Company and
tHel SIlppcd III Dulh W bGiiNtI WlICic
they were mailed to public officials,
editors, clergymen, school teachers and
professional and business men whose
names appeared on Mr.. Lees carefully
prepared mailing lists.
An investigation by the United
States Commission on Industrial Re-
lations showed that the bulletins con-
tanned many false statements. Sal
aries paid to officials of the United
Mine Workers in Colorado for the year
ending November, 1913, were dis
played as salaries for the nine weeks
ending that month.
Colorado was flooded with these
pamphlets as part of a union educa-
tional campaign.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08

100000 and $5,000,000; fifteen who
garner between $3,000,000 and $4,-
100000; twenty-nine who net between
$2,000,000 and $3,000,000, and 147
who collect between $1,000,000 and
$2,000,000.
The great contrast between these
few and the mass of earners shown
by the tax returns of two years ago
is very striking. The average net in
come for 1925 was $3.50, an increase
of nearly $4,000 over 1924.
1t is evident, too, that the great
majority in the low income brackets
also gained in 1925. However, nearly
so per cent of the total income of
individuals was for incomes less than
$4,000. That would include nearly
all the highest paid trade union off
cials and most of the public office
holders. More than 80 per cent OF
the returns were below $4,000 and
80 per cent were less than $4,000
From $4,000 down to 81 900 would in
clude the bulk of the wage earners
Only 2.35 per cent reported less than
$1,000. OF course millions of earners
did not report, because their gross
income is only $40 a week and they
had nothing to report.
The analysis of these returns
affords a great study in inequality
That so few should have such tre-
mendous wealth is one Of the prob
lens of modern civilization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
WATER SUPPLY
For Miners Cut Off BY Coal
Company

Pittsburgh.-Blocked by court pro-
cedure in an effort to oust union min
ers from company houses, the Pitts
burgh Terminal Coal Corporation has
cut off the water supply of several
company towns.
Horace F. Baker, president of the
company, said this action will mere
ly" force the miners to carry water
a quarter of mile, more or less.
Commenting on the claim that the
company's action may cause an epi-
demic, Baker said: Let the miners boil
the water"
The corporation has stopped the de-
livery of goods to mining towns in an
effort to drive union miners out of
company houses. The miners have a
test case before the State Supreme
Court A decision will not be made
for several months.
The company recently abrogated its
agreement with the United Mine
Workers and is attempting to operate
on the anti-union basis.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
HIGHER WAGE
Demand Lost By Western
Rail Workers

Chicago.-An arbitration board has
and trainmen on 55 Western railroads.
Yardmen are advanced 71a per cent.
All asked for an average increase of
81 day
The board operated under the new
Federal railway act. Both parties ap-
pointed representatives as arbitrators
and the Federal Railway Mediation
Board named neutral members.
The workers representatives con-
tend that the majority of the board
was Influenced by the railroads claim
that increases were out of the ques-
tion because of agricultural depression.
The railroads took different position
VIXEN they recently petitioned the In
terstate Commerce Commission for
freight increases. The decision means
that western workers will be paid Tx
per cent less than eastern workers do
ing the same class of work.
The decision follows defeat by To-
comotive fremen in the southeastern
territory who asked for wage in
creases. In that case Vice President
Golf of the firemen, who represented
these workers, said that an uninform-
ed public opinion affects the judgment
of arbitrators.
In the western wage movement, en-
ployers' associations aided the rail
roads in developing a public opinion
against wage increases.
That the verdict was unexpected to
the railroads is shown by the financial
policy of many of the railroads. Since
last March they have been charging
to operating expenses allowances for
the anticipated wage increases. These
moneys will now be credited to earn
ings and divided among stockholders.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
ELECTRICITY AND
INDUSTRY
By FRANK E. WOLFE

Many who think of our country as a
great nation industrially, think only
of industries in the large cities. But
the industrial output of country towns
and small cities is gradually surpass-
ing in volume the output of the great
metropolises.
Just as country towns and smaller
cities hold preponderance of newspa-
per circulation in the nation, so the
thousands of smaller industries hold
the preponderance of pay rolls and
general production, except in a few
highly specialized industries.
This remarkable rural growth has
taken place largely within the last 25
years, and would have been impossible
without the far-reaching benefits de-
rived from electrical development
Large power plants and intercon-
nected systems which deliver power
at practically any point, have enabled
industries to move from crowded cen
ters to smaller towns, and even into
the country.
Better living and labor conditions
have resulted.
Electricity has given every hamlet
light and modern entertainment, while
the telephone and automobile have
made neighbors out of the whole ma
ton.
Radio, the youngest child of cleo
tricity, has brought the rural districts
into immediate and constant communi-
cation with metropolitan centers.
Is it any wonder the country towns
and smaller cities grow, when they
have virtually all the advantages and
conveniences enjoyed in the largest
cities, without the disadvantages
Electricity is the reason for our
marvellous rural and smaller city trans
formation.
Hydroelectric plants can be estab-
lished on thousands of streams and
electric power distributed for the use
of all the people. This will go a long
way toward making the use of cleo
tricity possible in the small towns and
rural districts. Millions more of the
people can be served under proper
establishments of these plants.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08

wage" is that it would tend to block
advancement to higher standards
The 1921 convention of the American
Federation of Labor said: "The Amer
lean trade union movement believes
that the lives of the working people
should be made better with each pass
ing day and year. The practice of
fixing wages solely ON the basis of
the cost of living is a violation of the
whole philosophy of progress and civ
ilization and, furthermore, is viola
tion of sound economic theory and is
utterly without logic or scientific sup
port of any kind"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
Seven Draw $5,OOO,OO0 Yearly
AS Profits From Industries
Income Tax Returns for 1925 List 207 Men and Women
Who Receive Million Dollars Net Income Annually
From Investments.

By International Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.-The 1925 in
come tax returns list 207 men and
women who receive the huge sum of
81 100000 annually as net income out
of their investments. This means the
class of billionaires is growing, be-
they must levy on entire industries.
But select few draw even five times
as much.
First and foremost are those who
draw $5,000,000 net year for their
share of this worlds wealth. Who
they are and where they get it from
is common knowledge. Greater
wealth than any czar or mogul ever
had is brought to these few:
John d. Rockefeller, Jr.-Oil, coal,
railroads, banks.
George f. Baker-Banks.
Andrew F. Mellon - Aluminium,
coal, banks.
Henry Ford - Automobiles, raj
lroads.
! Edsel ord-Automobiles, tractors
railroads.
Two more are in this class, but SO
far they have been unidentified. One
lives in Illinois, the other in Okla
homa.
There are seven who get $5,000,00C
a year or more out of this life OF
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
Steam Engineers Appeal For
New Members to Help Union
In Fight on ''0pen Shoppers

BY International Labor News Service.
Chicago.--Officers of the Interna-
tional Union of Steam and Operating
Engineers, with headquarters at 1884
38 Yale avenue, Chicago, say that
their organization has been made a
particular target of the "open shop
pers" and American planners" and
are fighting back in an effort to gain
new members.
In strong appeal to unorganiZed
engineers, international officers of the
union say, in part:
Amazing as it may seem, deplor-
able conditions still exist in certain
places among engineers who are sup
posed to possess a high average of
intelligence. Perhaps this is true in
the case of you who are now reading
these lines. If so, it is only because
you and others have been blind to the
true meaning of collective action.
Without collective bargaining during
slack periods, wages and conditions
have gone down and down and hours
up. The employers, being organized,
and you and the others being unor-
ganiZed, the former fix the pay and
conditions as they will. You must
take the job under the conditions fix
ed or go jobless. 1t is take-it-or-
leave-it attitude, with all the advan-
tages on the side of the boss.
Workers Cannot Wait
"You may hold off for time, but
the very fact that you sell your energy
and skill from day to day, and are
without the protection of strong
organization, shows that you cannot
hold off long. The employer is inter
ested in profits; you a living wage.
He owns the tools, the materials, the
machinery and has the trade estab-
lished; you doubtless own little more
than your hands. His case is not the
same as yours He has a surplus and
can wait; you cannot. Your savings
are soon swallowed, and with no
strong organization behind you, you
are forced to surrender to the terms
fixed.
''Has it not seemed strange to you
that most business mems and en-
ployers' associations have gone out of
their way to declare for what they
term the open shop or the Amer
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08

Frank A. Currie, Jack Millstein, Jacob
Dissin, Art Foucher, Isidor Winnick.
The sensational bribery charges
against the police in the fur district
are still pending with no action taken
on the admissions of the ousted com
munists of the prices they paid the
police of two stations for protect
ton" President Green conferred
with city officials as to the investiga-
tion the A. F. of L. requested of the
alliance between the police, the COM
munists and the underworld.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
APARTMENTS IN
SLUMS EXEMPT
FROM TAXATION

New York-Mayor Walker has sign
a bill which exempts for 20 years tax
alton on tenement buildings construct
ed under the terms of the State Hous-
ing Law as substitutes for existing
dilapidated structures.
The bill is part of the move to elm
mate slums. 1t is believed that cap
ital will be invested in these new
buildings and lower rentals assured
if taxes are removed.
The Real Estate Board appealed to
Mayor Walker to reject the bill ON the
ground that taxes on other property
will be increased
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
Croesus Class Grows, AS Mass
Remains in Low Income Level
SLUMP
In Fortunes of Chinese
Guide, Communist Organ

BY International Labor News Service
Chicago. o.-There has been a decided
slump in the fortunes of the Chinese
Guide in America, which claims to be
the official publication of the Kuomin-
tang in this country. Starting out as
a rather pretentious printed sheet,
first issued from Stanford University,
California, on November 27, 1926, it is
now being published as a small MINI
eographed affair and San Francisco
postotfice box given as its address.
The Chinese Guide in America is
decidedly milder in its tone than few
weeks ago. Frankly stating its sym
pathy and alliance with the Commu-
nists of Soviet Russia until recently
the latest issue of this publication re-
frains from mention of any such con-
nections, but makes a strong plea for
financial support. 1t says that it here
tofore has been mainly backed by Chi
nese students at Stanford University
land the University of California. These
students apparently have become tired
of digging up.
1t is a peculiar fact about the Chi
nese students at American universi-
ties that they are largely under Com
munist leadership. A group of them
at the University of Chicago never
have lost an opportunity to take con-
spicuous part in Red demonstrations
here-meetings of such character
that there was no possible chance of
mistaking them for other than as un-
der the guidance of agents of the
Third International
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
DEFEAT COMPENSA-
TION

Tallahassee.-The Florida Legisla-
ture adjourned without taking action
on workman's compensation bill
urged by organized labor. The bill was
opposed by the turpentine, lumber and
phosphate interests and the Employ
ers' Association.
"Organized labor will continue to
urge this measure, as workmen's COM
pensation is somewhat new to the ex-
treme South" said ]. M. Adkins, pres
ident of the Florida State Federation
Of Labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08

Q.-Who said: THE very essence of
great production is high wages and
low prices?
A.-This was said by Secretary of
Commerce Herbert Hoover, in speak
ing before the United States Cham
ber of Commerce May II, 1926.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
PHOTO ENGRAVERS OUT

Portland, Ore.-Photo engravers
employed on three daily newspapers
suspended work to enforce new wage
scale. The newspapers are the Ore
gonian, Journal and Telegram.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
OPPOSE CHILD LABOR BILL

Springfield, Ill.-The house of rep
resentatives defeated a bill that would
compel children under 16 years of age
to pass the eighth grade in school be-
fore they could receive a work GER
tifcate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08

lean plan, and have spent millions in
an effort to establish the scheme-all,
as they put it, to protect the free
dom of the employees They assume to
be more interested in your welfare
than you are, and pretend to know
more about what you want than you
do. Have not their actions long prov
EN- that the freedom they really mean
is the freedom of every employer to
work his employees when, where and
for what he chooses? This kind of
employer speaks beautifully of your
right to work when, where and for
whom you choose. But the moment
his profits cease, he lays you off and
you are given the right to starve when
and where you may. He wants no one
to interfere with his doing the choos-
ing. This is his real meaning of free
don,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
Organization is Vital

''If the workers have such rights as
these employers declare for, then they
have right to join a union for their
protection without being spied upon;
they have right to a job that will
permit them and their dependents to
exist decently. But with things as
they are, every clear-headed person
knows that the only right they have
is that which they are strong enough
to get and to hold, and nothing else.
At all times it is question of organ
ization"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08

Q.-What is the principle of the
Plumb plan for the ownership and
operation of the railroads?
A.-The Plumb Plan League thus
summarized the principles of the pro-
posal: Substitute for the present
Wall street control the unhampered
management of trained officials and
employes-the most intelligent and eff
ficient transportation organization in
the world. Pay capital fair and
fixed return on the dollars actually
invested in railroad property, and di-
vide savings effected by economy and
efficiency between the public and the
operating organization share and
share alike"
Q.-What is the basis of organized
labor's opposition to a mere Giving
wage?
A.-Labor's objection to the Giving
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-07-08
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc, etc.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-26
sPAN|ARDs "BOOTtECC|NC" TAB0OED DANCES RESORTS

BIARRITZ, April 26. (R-Span- iards swarm across the French bord- CT to practice the Charleston and Black Bottom at resorts along the Basque Coast.
 Queen Ena, of Spain, has tabooed both dances Consequently the "best people" do not do them in Spain ex- cept in private gatherings, especially if they think there is any danger that the court circles may hear they have been using the forbidden steps, In Spain, too, there is so much pre- jtdice against women dancing with men to whom they are not engaged or married that the younger element motors whenever possible to the freer atmosphere of French resorts.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-26
RADIO TEsTs.PROvE THEORY AMERICA IS
 DRIFTING WESTWARD
IF CONTINENTS WERE PUSHED TOGETHER AMERICAS WOULD
 FIT COAST AFRICA

NEW YORK, April 26 (P)-Moth- CT Earth's face is reported slipping. Scientist have suspected it. They are now Investigating by aid of radio which way and how much and how deep the wrinkles are likely to be.
 About 17 years ago Alfred Wege- ner, Australian geophysicst. advanc- ed the theory that all the land Of the earth was once a single great continent and that North and South America, with smaller fragments, broke away and are still drifting westward. The theory was ignored.
 Today, according to Sumner N. Blossom, editor of Popular Science Monthly. radio tests show such startling changes in the map of Europe that scientists favor a test of the Wegener theory.
 It is now possible to determine lat itude and longitude so exactly by radio signals that a movement of only a few feet can be detected First observations have been made at scores of places on radio net that covers the globe. and new observa- tions will be made at regular inter- vals.
 Since the Australian first aa- vanced his theory it has been rather conclusively demonstrated by Dr. William Schutte of Germany and Professor Helm, the Swiss, that the face of Europe is being lifted in some spots and depressed in others" Blossom says.
 "The Alps and the Pyrenees are moving northward There is a de- cided lifting of Norway and Sweden. Northern France. Belgium and south ern Germany are sinking-caugh where the pressure is strongest. Bergenz, on Lake Constance, where detailed observations have been made has sunk a foot in ten years.
 These facts support the theory of drifting continents. Ocular evil dence in support of the theory is the fact that if the continents were pushed together the Americas would fit against Africa and Europe almost as snugly as the parts of a jig-saw puzzle"
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-26
THREE DOGS POISONED

Three dogs died yesterday from poisoning. One of them belonged to Lee Ray. Mayor Rays son. The little chap is just getting over the flu and is grieving sorely over the un- timely death of his canine pal
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-26
WATSON DUE AT 10 P. M.

The s. s. Admiral Watson, of the P. s. s. Co.,, is due to arrive in port this evening at 10 o'clock, according to Wayne Blue, Seward representa- tive of the company.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-26
"PEAcHEs" ARRESTED

CHICAGO, April 26. (P)-"Peaches" Browning was arrested here yester- day on charges of speeding at Al miles an hour. She posted $400 bond.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-26
IMPORTANT w. A. C. MEETING

IMPORTANT w. A. C. MEETING
 An important meeting of the Woman's Athletic Club will be held this evening at the s. A. c. at ' o'clock. All members are requested to attend.
 Seattle chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
 Raw f''rs bought at Brown & Hawkins
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-26

Administer and Congolian rugs. J L. Graef
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-26

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