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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
THE FLOP-HOUSE
DENIZEN
By JAMES M. LYNCH

There is a class of humans so fa-
miliar with squalor and poverty as
to be immune to them. To these peo-
pie the fop-house is always a neces-
sity and often luxury beyond attain
ment. Well, what is a fiop-house A
recent survey brings this description;
In certain section in large city
there are fifteen hotels for men only
In these buildings there are 1,174
cubicles-rooms without windows or
lights or chairs, about A feet by 61a
feet-renting at 35 to 40 and SO cents
a night. There are few hundred
BEDS in open lofts at rs and 80 cents
a night. On the Bowery in New
York city one of the best known flop
houses is the Marathon Hotel, where
a bed may be had for the night for
25 cents, board for Is cents, chair
for 10 cents, and the right to hang on
"a tightly drawn cable for 5 cents.
The conditions surrounding the accom-
modations are left to the Imagination
What do you think of state of
society which tolerates conditions
under which at times the homeless
wanderer has not the minimum price
of shelter, 5 cents, and walks the
streets, or if luck is with him finds
a hallway more or less sheltered from
the weather
Fortunately number of people who
interest themselves in the down and
outs have plan under way which
will provide decent accommodations
for the fop-house habitue, and at the
same time offer help to those who
have yet pride that urges upward
if opportunity offers. The project
calls for the erection of chain of
hotels of modern design and construc-
tion to be operated by limited divi-
dend corporation, with per cent as
high mark. The first unit in the
chain will be simple in design, of
fireproof construction, and will have
commodious lobbies, reading and
writing rooms and a restaurant.
Every room will have a window, a
light comfortable chair, locker and
rug. Baths will be on every floor. |
Of this venture in humanity one of |
,he supporters has this to say:
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BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF

There would be softening of the
harshness that disturbs men, clarity
of understanding, better feeling and
much more rapid progress in pro-
grams of social betterment if we, as
individuals, would just be honest with
ourselves.
The average man goes on doing
foolish things because he fails to
take an accounting of himself. Be
cause of egotism, we hate to admit
our personal weaknesses and faults
and through the same unintelligent
and dishonest motive, which we call
loyalty, will not admit the weakness
es or mistakes of our friends, or fam
lily members.
No matter what one attempts to
do, he should take frequent inventory
of his assets and liabilities No sue
cessful enterprise can operate on any
other basis.
Be honest with yourself. You then
can not be dishonest with or unfair
to any one else.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
WASHINGTON"
Free of All Influence, Its
Editor Declares

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.-In a state
ment issued by the officers of the
Washington Publishing Company, Inc,
washington" reports that the maga-
zine is to be subsidized are denied
and ridiculed.
at has been brought to our atten,
tion," the officers and editors say,
"that Washington Magazine is to be
subsidized. Various reports credit
various sources with this alleged sub
sidy. We make this public statement
in order to stop such rumors.
"The Washington Publishing Com
pany is stock company. Stock is for
SALE Control of the magazine will
be in the hands of it's organizers,
There is no subsidy and there will not
be any.
"The reputation of those in the COM
pany ought to be sufficient guaran-
tee of the integrity of the organiza-
ton, and no doubt will be, except to
those who wish evil to every legiti-
mate, progressive and constructive un-
dertaking.
Washington Magazine will be an
exponent of progressive ideas, true to
the policies of the American labor
movement, fearless in dealing with
political malfeasance and maladmin-
istration and bound to no patron
saint or sinner.
Stock is being sold to trade union
lists and to the friends of human
progress, but every precaution is be-
ing taken to safeguard the magazine
against possible inroads on the part
of the enemies of human progress ana
the enemies of the labor movement" :"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
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REACTION IN EUROPE

The trade union movement through
out Europe is being attacked by re-
dictionary forces.
The Norwegian parliament has
passed a compulsory arbitration act;
Carmona, Portuguese dictator, is at
tempting to suppress trade unionism,
and in the Balkan section Fascist ter
rorism is taking various forms.
Mussolini has smashed the trade
union movement, set up his Fascist
'union@ system and established COM
pulsory arbitration. The same sys-
TEN applies in Russia, while the con-
servative government of England
proclaims its purpose to pass the
pending anti-trade union bill
This reactionary wave was started
by Russian communists.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

"This is practical plan, business
enterprise, in no sense a charity. 1t
will be self-sustaining. The persons
who invest the necessary capital may
expect 6 per cent return on their
money and will have the added salts
faction of bringing cleanliness, bright
ness, homelike surroundings and hu-
man interest into the lives of hum
dreds of independent, self-respecting
workingmen.,. They ask no odds, but
many aspire to live in more whole
some surroundings. We intend mere
ly to give them their fair chance"
And chance is all that many of
them will want-just a chance to
again live through work, to again
become useful and self-respecting
citizens.
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AGAIN, SOVIET TREACHERY

Progressive men and women are not
going to take off their hats and GO
wild over Prime Minister Baldwin, of
England.
But if they have sense they are not
going to be blind to what his govern
ment dug up in it's raid on ARGOS
House, Red headquarters in London.
1t was the usual thing, but bit
thicker than usual.
Here appears to have been an in
ternational mobilization point for Req
propaganda-ord from Moscow for
followers throughout a great part of
the world.
Leaving the relations between the
soviets and England out of the ques-
ton, we have again the story of Red
plotting, Red treachery.
The policy of American labor and
of the American government is once
more justified.
And if there were parleys between
Americans and Reds in Geneva
which has been denied-they look a
bit sick and ridiculous in the light
of the Arcos House disclosures.
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ARE THEY LEARNING?

1t would be interesting to know
just what went on in the minds of
his hearers at the Bankers Club of
New York when President William
Green, of the American Federation
of Labor, emphatically declared that
organized labor was determined to
wage war on the abuse of the in
junction in labor disputes.
Mr. Green said that labor was un-
able to reconcile itself to recent court
decisions upholding injunctions in la
Dor disputes, and added that labor
could not abide by these decisions and
live and function. Legislation to pro-
tect labor from the Injunction would
be sought in congress and state legis-
latures, he declared.
Very likely some members of the
audience heard Green with recognition
of the justice of labor's position on
the injunction. Others undoubtedly
heard Mr.. Green with whole hearted
hostility. Some few may have felt
there is nothing to worry about, that
the courts would go on issuing injunc-
tions regardless of labor's opposition.
But it is pretty certain that most of
the audience, friendly or otherwise,
knew that in organized labor the in
junction abuse has a foeman worthy
Of it's steel. A generation or two
ago labor's opposition to the injunc-
tion did not mean as much as it does
today. But now labor is strong and
powerful and it must perforce be
treated with respect even by it's bit
terest enemies.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03

Meanwhile development goes on, al
ways more rapidly. A single inven-
tion may jolt the lives of thousands
or millions.
Measures that safeguarded freedom
in 1776 frequently mean just nothing
at all in modern civilization. The
pressure against freedom comes from
"a different direction. Principles re-
main, but practices and methods do
not.
Democracy in the work places
freedom and self government in the
work places-disappears as great cor
porate powers grow up. That is, un-
less men and women know how to
preserve their freedom. Great bat
ties have been fought about this; !;
great~battles are being fought. But
perhaps the greatest remains to be
fought. Who knows?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03

your union and for the union label.
Don't be a Stacker! Do your bit,
and if the other fellow does some
thing you think is crooked, be man
enough to call it out on the floor at
your meeting. =
If there is some one man in your
organization who is gifted with the
qualities that make for leadership,
study him, and listen to him. If he
is true to the union principles, GO
with him. If he is a false philoso-
pher-if his tactics are disrupting
your organization-be true to your
self and your local by taking meas
ures to expel him.
Be yourself, and don't let any
smooth-tongued individual wean you
away from proven and established
principles.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
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MUssOLNrs PRELIMINARY

Gable dispatches indicate that the
nationwide 10 per cent wage cut en-
forced on Italian workers by Musso-
lini is a preliminary
The shipping industry has secured
a 20 per cent reduction, and Is per
cent reduction is enforced on cotton
mill workers. Unrest among agricul-
tural workers is increasing and arm
ed revolts are reported.
Business men give no intimation
that their prices will be lowered.
Rents have increased in many locali-
ties. The situation reveals the pur-
pose of Mussolini's industrial peace"
system, which has smashed the legiti-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, o.
A THOUGHT FOR HUMANITY

In the recent Pan-American Com
mercial Congress held in Washington
one distinct advance was recorded.
In an earlier congress Samuel
Gompers, sitting as an advisor, had
counselled and fought for the adop-
tion of a resolution declaring that on
all future agendas there should be a
provision for discussion of the i'm
provement of the condition of the
wage earners of the various countries.
He lost his fight. We were then at
the crest of the union-hating drive.
In the recent congress Matthew
Woll sat as a full-fedged delegate
He wrote resolution carrying out
the idea advanced by Gompers at least
four years earlier He got the entire
American delegation to stand sponsor
for his resolution. And then the en-
tire congress adopted it.
1t was signal victory. 1t was, as
far as the real interests of humanity
are concerned, by far the most i'm
portant resolution of the congress.
Matthew Woll has done a great
many things in his career. He is per-
suasiye and he knows what he is about.
This resolution is by no means the
least of his achievements. Dollars
will not hereafter be the sole topic
in these international congresses.
Humanity has wedged its way IN
and here, as always, humanity found
organized labor carrying its banner.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
CHRIST FOR ALL-ALL roe CHRIST
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GOD is LOVE:-Beloved, let us
love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of
God, and knoweth God. l John A: z.
PRAYER:-O merciful God, may
the love of God be shed abroad in
our hearts by the Holy Spirit given
unto us.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
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LINDBERGH'S REAL MIRACLE

- AsAShL tlAAs<NS1AS
The real Lindbergh miracle is not
that he flew the Atlantic, dropping
down on Paris with his modest, smil-
ing, "Well, here we are"
The miracle is that an adulation
that beats anything in our time has
left him spoiled-that he has kept
his head through more acclaim than
was given even to Woodrow Wilson
when he went to Europe at the height
of his popularity.
Put that down as Lindbergh's great
est test-and his greatest victory.
| can't picture myself doing a dance
act" he says, talking of offers to GO
into vaudeville. And, "We didn't
make this trip with any thought of
profit"
All in all the cleanest spirit, the
finest bearing, the most purely and
truly character of our day. The
world recognizes it in flash and pays
its spontaneous tribute. To no one
more than the trade unionist, often
fighting alone against great odds,
should this clean victory make its ap-
peal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
STREET CAR MEN GAIN

Canton, Ohio.-Organized street
car men renewed their contract with
the Stark Electric Company. Rates
for beginners are 81 cents an hour.
The minimum on two-man cars is sc
cents and the maximum ON one-man
cars is 81 cents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
The eCherry
/" Where with our
rec Little Hatehet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes fippantl-
sometimes recklessly.

Radio brings the word as Lind
berg circles the field at LIE Bourget,
while 100000 frenzied men and women
wait for him to come down. Radio
brings the word as he lands safely
Announcers break in between baseball
innings to describe the finale of the
greatest aviation event of history.
Lindbergh radiophones to his moth
er that he is all o. K. And radio
brings photos of his landing for the
next days newspapers. Miracles
Almost Marvels, at least.
Out of the air comes these amazing
feats. It is an age of wonders, one
piling headlong atop the other until
it is not easy to keep watch of what
is going on. Still less easy to prop
erly evaltfate these wonders.
Not only in these fields of spectacu-
lar doings are wonders taking place.
In the field of business and manu-
facture wonders are also taking place.
New materials enter the field almost
every week. Each new arrival dis
places some older material. Trade
lines change. In the field of labor
Jurisdictions change Conflicts arise,
throwing men out Of the accustomed
haunts and lines of work.
We move so rapidly that many no
longer remain in one place or one line
long enough to acquire fixity. Mo
bility and the desire for mobility come
to more men and women each year
So we are coming to be nomads-phy-
sical nomads and mental nomads.
That this has it's remarkable bearing
on beliefs and customs follows of ne
cessity. Judges know about that
more than they know how to inter
pref, perhaps.
Mark, too, that the swift changing
in the field of industry brings domi-
natlng wills more and more to the
fore. Great corporations replace lit
tie ones. Single figures gigantic
fgures-take the place of groups.
This means-unless something is
done about -autocracy. 1t means
domination by great powers. Masses
follow orders, obeying or getting out.
AS time passes there are fewer places
to go when one "gets out"
"Where did you come from ?" is the
question. Great corporate powers in
terlock and support each other in such
matters. John Jones is more and more
bit of straw in big wind.
Faster and faster goes the cycle of
development, bringing its marvels-
and it's impositions of superior power.
Many ask: Is the human race GO
ing to become the pawn of it's own
Men debate the yes and no of it.
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HARD-FISTED BUSINESS

Florida business interests oppose a
state-operated workmen's compensa-
tion fund on the ground that "the
state should not go into the insurance
business or any other business"
Note how cutely these B. MS put
injured workers in the same class with
pig iron, lumber and cement? Both
are considered objects of profit, even
though dependents of injured workers
are pauperized.
There is no comparison between a
private concern selling commodities
and the state insisting that profit shall
not accrue from the sufferings and in
juries of any group of citizens.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-06-03
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,
162 N. B street. Phone 2617-L
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Issued Weekly at 3zs Market Street
Telephone 1896 Hamilton Ohio
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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1927

Entered at the Postoffce at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter
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Smoke union labeled cigar
Standard, SC.
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No equal smoke as Standard
&c cigar.
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mate trade unions, established govern
ment-controlled unions" and COM
pulsory arbitration and outlaweG
strikes.
Every wage worker must pay dues
to Fascist union, but he is denied a
voice or vote in that organization if
he does not accept the principles of
Fascismo--that the state is supreme.
This autocracy has bound labor to
the state. No collective action is per-
mitted save by Mussolini's consent.
Free press, speech and assemblage are
denied and no resolution can be intro
duced in the chamber of deputies un-
less approved by the dictator.
Mussolini calls this 'Labor's New
Charter of Freedom"
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Many ask: Is the human race GO
ing to become the pawn of it's own
Men debate the yes and no of it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-09
Story for Children

Bv MARY GRAHAM BONNER

Claus calls on the children and fills
their stockings"
"What has that to do with us?'
said Mrs. Cow. eve don't wear stock
ings-we don't even own them-so
that wouldn't help u.s."
But" said Mr.. Rooster, "they are
so pleased at getting so many goodies
themselves that they give US some"
81 wonder if that is so,' said Pinky
Pig.
But before they had talked much
more the farmer came out with the
grain and seed for their breakfast.
And he gave them some special
food, and such good things to eat that
they knew it must be because it was
Christmas day-some very particular
sort of day when everybody was
kind and gave presents.
"Merry Christmas, animals" said
the farmer, as he showered their pens
and stalls and homes with a fine
breakfast.
The animals were delighted
Pinky Pig tried to squeal "a Merry
Christmas" the rooster crowed his
delight, the cows gave a moo, and the
noise in the barnyard meant they
were all enjoying Christmas morning {!
&c. 1927. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-09
Cranberry Dishes Are
Liked by Euervbdy

Cranberries are in season a good
part of the fall and winter, and they
have many delicious uses besides be-
ing made into sauce and jelly to serve
with the turkey. One of the incest
desserts made of cranberries is pie
made as directed below by the bureau
of home economies:
quart cranber- tablespoons butter
ries II teaspoon salt
Y to cups sugar Pastry
" cup water
Select firm berries and wash them
we'll, rejecting all that are withered.
Prepare strip of the sugar, water
and salt, and when the sugar is dis.
solved add the fruit and cook for five
to eight minutes, until the berries have
glazed look. Add the butter and
cool. Line pie tin with pastry, pour
l. the cranberries. Place on the up
per crust after moistening the lower
rim and press the edges together to
hold in the juices. Cut a slit to allow
the steam to escape. Bake until the
crust is golden brown
School lunches should include some
raw vegetables.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-09
Barouni Olive Adapted
for Picking When Ripe

Olives as familiar to the American
table are usually the green olives
picked whole or with pits removed
and stuffed. In the Mediterranean
countries it is customary to use the
ripened fruit cured in salt, which
forms staple part of the daily diet
of the workers. The ripe olive cured
in salt is only rarely used here. The
United States Department of AgricuI.
ture has introduced a new variety
called the BarOuni olive, specially
adapted for picking ripe, which is
native of north Africa, and an orig
inal stock of three trees has expand
ed until there are now orchards of
about 100 acres total area in Cali
fOrnia.
The department has recently pub
lished in pamphlet form an account
of Barouni olive introduction as Sep
arate No. 947-Y from the 1926 Year
book of Agriculture. which reports
that methods of processing and can
ming the ripe fruit have been devel-
oped which have resulted in a prod
uct greatly relished by many who
have become familiar with it"
The Barouni olives yield heavily.
In the governments plant intrOduc-
ton garden In California an eleven
year-old tree produced 32S pounds Of
fruit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-09

ever, do not entirely usurp the field
for homespun, flannel and velveteen,
especially the latter, all play i'm
portant roles in the world of sports
fashions.
There is an interesting point about
the sports costume which one of
Americas screen favorites, Norma
Shearer, Is wearing in this picture,
and that is that it is collarless. This
simple neckline is intentional on the
part of the designer, as latest vogue
calls for the collarless type so as to
better accommodate separate fur
neck piece for scarfs of beige or sill
yer or platinum or pointed fox are
quite the rage with the winter cloth
ensembles. The sweater accents wave
stripes of warm rich tones against
a beige background which accurately
repeats the beige of the kasha which
is employed for this skirt and coat.
&c. 1927. Western Newspaper Union.)
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HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES

Soft cOlOrs I'm clothes are like soft
answers in the soothing effect they
produce.
Put a cupful of raisins in the next
batch of bread and see how the fam
fly takes to it.
An ironing board is made twice as
useful if a turkish towel Is pinned at
one end to use when ironing over en-
broidery work and buttons.
In making buttermilk or sour milk
doughnuts, the grain will be much
finer If the soda is mixed with the
flour instead of with the buttermilk
Regular midmorning and mid-aft-
ernoon lunches of bread and milk or
fruit for the youngsters who get hun
CRY are better than irregular snatches
at any hour.