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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-04
CURTIS E. IRWIN

Our Meats of all brands are
the best money can buy.
Armour's Star Ham and Ba-
con, Smithson's Famous Scrap.
pie and Sausage.
Always variety OF Fresh
Fruit and Vegetables.
We pay highest cash price
for Eggs.
CURTIS E. IRWIN
Corner of Cherry & Queen SITS
Rising Sun Maryland
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-04
FOR RENT

Seven room apartment over A. 4
P. Store. Apply to w. l.. Ely, Ris-
ing Sun, Md.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
RECORDS BROKEN
Labor Produces More, Bu-
reau of Labor Shows

Washington.-The output per man.
hour in the rubber industry for the
period 1914-15 increased at faster
rate than any other industry studied
by the bureau of labor statistics.
In rubber tires the 1925 production
was almost seven times greater than
in 1914, while employment only slight
more than doubled. This is an in
crease Of 211 per cent.
The bureau has also revealed an
unsuspected high productivity in blast
furnace operation, the index showing
that the output per man-hour of work
ers in this industry almost doubled
between 1899 and 1909, and then very
nearly doubled again by 1923. Thus
the output in 1923 is shown to be
nearly four times as large per man.
hour as it was in 1899.
The 1926 man-hour output in steel
mills and rolling mills was somewhat
over one and one-half times the out.
put Of 1909, and about two and one.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
State Department Blunders Pile Up,
Leading to Rumors Kellogg May Quit

dency when President Solarazona re-
signed.
Second came the establishment of
neutral" zone surrounding the
Sacasa headquarters.
Third came the radio censorship i'm
posed by American authorities on
Nicaragua soil.
Fourth came the Coolidge procla-
nation for support of the press in the
campaign to subjugate Nicaragua.
Meanwhile the Coolidge support of
Diaz has apparently cooled under a
flood of public criticism and the
American lives and property" which
served as cloak for the whole esca-
pade do not seem so much in danger
Senators and newspapers are stir
ring up fire of clamor for with
drawal from the whole unsavory ad-
venture. Whether Kellogg can stand
up under the continued fire is an open
question in Washington.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
Canada Labor Celebrates
This Year Tooth Birthday
OF First Dominion Union

By International Labor News Service.
Montreal.-Along with the cele-
bration of the diamond jubilee of the
Canadian Confederation, Canadian la
Dor will this year be able to celebrate
the hundredth anniversary of the
formation of the first labor union in
British North America. 1t was in the
old city of Quebec that the first labor
union in Canada of which there is any
record was formed.
The printers were the pioneers.
They formed a union in the early
part of 1927, and, according to some
accounts, it has had continuous
existence for just century. The next
union in Canada, also among the
printers, was organized in 1884 in
York, now the city of Toronto. Both
these unions eventually became
branches of the International Typo
graphical Union, which body in 1869
changed it's name from National
Typographical Union of the United
States, because of the inclusion of
Canadian branches.
Printers Permanent
In the following years sporadic
unions appeared here and there, but
the organization of printers seem to
have been the only ones of perma-
nent character.
| In 1851 the Amalgamated Society
of Engineers of Great Britain estab-
/ lished a branch in Toronto, and later
extended its operations to other cities
in upper and lower Canada, and in
Nova Scotia mad New Brunswick.
With the growth of cities in the west
it also acquired new adherents. In
1888 the United Machinists and Me
chanical Engineers of America was
| formed, and entered the Canadian field
in competition with the British So
ciety. The first Canadian lodge of
| the new body was formed in STRAIT
ford, Ontario, in 1890, ist number be-
ing 1903; lodges in Montreal (No. I'D
and in Winnipeg (No. 1927 were
formed before the close of the same
year. To meet the extension of its
jurisdiction into Canada, the name OF
the organization was changed in 1891
to the International Association OF
Machinists. Since that time the or
ganization has largely increased its
membership in Canada, and at the
present time has something over 10(
lodges north of the border line. Or
the other hand, the British Amaiga.
mated Society never made any sub
stantial gains in Canada. In 1919 ne.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

gotiations were opened between the
general officers of the International
Association of Machinists and the
Amalgamated Society of Engineers,
with a view to effecting an amalga-
nation. AS result the Amalgamat-
ed Society on September 80, 1920,
withdrew its operations from Canada,
and also from the United States
where it had some branches in exist
ence, leaving the whole North Amer
lean continent to the international
Association of Machinists.
Carpenters Organize
Another British organization to
establish branches in Canada was the
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters
and Joiners, now the Amalgamated
Society of Woodworkers of Britain.
1t chartered branch in Toronto in
1860. Twenty-one years later the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America came into ex-
istence, and began to organize
branches in Canada. Some years of
chickering's between the two bodies fol-
lowed, but eventually plan of uni
fication was effected, members Of the
Amalgamated in Canada becoming
members of the United Brotherhood,
though retaining their connection with
the parent body for the sake of the
beneficial features.
In 1921 there was one lone branch
of British labor organization in Can
ada, lodge in Hazelhill Of the As
sociation of Wireless and Cable
Telegraphers.
Big Gains Since 1900
Although the organized labor move
ment is nominally century old, its
greatest progress by far has taken
place within the last quarter of CEN
tury. In 1900, the number of unions
in Canada strong enough to maintain
, paid business agent were insignifi-
can't.
The prospects which confront organ
lied labor in Canada on the eve Of en-
tering upon its second century Of ac-
tivity, are very different from those
that faced the pioneer printers of the
old city of Quebec. Today, the Canad-
| ian labor movement, which is an alli-
ance with the American movement, is
established on solid basis, and con-
fidently looks forward to achieve
ments in the future which will dwarf
the accomplishments of the past, how
ever important they may have been
| in their time and place.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
Fight on Carpenters Union
In San Francisco Still On,
With Workers Standing Firm
By International Labor News Service

By International Labor News Service
Indianapolis, Ind. Representa-
tives of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners, who have re-
turned from San Francisco within the
week, say that the fight between the
"open shoppers" and union employ
ing contractors of that city has not
been settled and that the battle is
still going on.
The strike, which began last May
when the employing contractors
sought to lock out the union carpen-
ters and union-employing contractors
has not reached anything like basis
for adjustment because of the deter
mination on the part of certain "open
shop" employers to fight against
union carpenters from establishing
their organization in that city.
A representative of the Information.
al Union of Carpenters said that he
had been on the job in San Francisco
for many weeks, and that while nu.
merous conferences had been held nj
agreement had been reached. The con-
troversial question is not over wages
but over the refusal of certain EN-.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

is not on the whole a political ad.
junct, that it is free to criticise if it
feels like it and that it intends to
do So
Meanwhile the usurper, Adolfo
Diaz, recognized by the Coolidge ad-
ministration as president of Mica
ragua, continues to lose battles in his
effort to drive from the country Juan
B. Sacasa, the constitutional presi-
dent.
Light is shed on this conflict in
Central America by the fact that Diaz
is an ancient and avowed foe of la
Dor, while Sacasa stands pledged to
permit organization of labor and to
adopt program of labor legislation
advocated by the Pan American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The methods used to bolster up the
reactionary and usurping Diaz, cham
pion of the old order and the bondage
it implies, have been of most re-
markable character.
In the first place, recognition of
Diaz was in the nature of a right
about face on the part of the Ameri-
can government, which, since Wood
row Wilson's stand against Huerta in
Mexico, has been grounded on re-
fusal to recognize dictators coming
into office by extra constitutional
means. Diaz was elected" by a
bossed congress to fill an office al
ready filled by DR.. Sacasa who was the
constitutional successor to the presi-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
MUST CONVINCE COURT
TO UNITE is LAWFUL

Yonkers, N. Y.-The state appel
late division has ordered new trial
in the case of the Westchester Build
ing Trades Council, which was enjoin-
ed by Supreme Court Judge Frank L.
Young from organizing teamsters.
The appellate court held that the
finding of facts are of such inconsis-
tent character that we are unable to
uphold the judgment in the present
state of the record"
The unionists must now convince
the higher court that their purpose
is to raise living standards of the non
unionists and not with the object OF
injuring or destroying plaintiffs bust.
ness"
Walter Gordon Merritt, well known
anti-union attorney and champion o1
"free and Independent labor" is play
ing his usual part.
l
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
"HIGH HAT" NAME
For BARRIERS Trade Not
Wanted, Says Fischer

By international Labor News Service
= Indianapolis, Ind. - Undertakers
may become "morticians" if they like
and real estate dealers realtors" but
BARRIERS are not going to be rechris-
tened either "chirotonsors" or "dem-
mistrists," according to Jacob Fischer
general secretary-treasurer of the
Journeymen BARRIERS international
Union.
"Our last convention turned down q
proposal to adopt the term 'chiroton.
sor'," said Mr.. Fischer, "but since
then few master BARRIERS have
launched a movement to popularizt
sdermistry.' There is even an Offer
to endow chair of dermistry' in 8
western university. We union BARRIERS
have no quarrel with these scientific
terms but we do have an affection fol
the ancient name Of our trade, which
not having been sullied we will b'
loathe to relinquish.
'Chirotonsor' represents the unio1
OF Greek word for hand with 1
French word, meaning prevailing
fashion which has been for years EN-
ployed in English in the word ton
sorial.' Why the hand should be ad
ded now l don't know. Barbering il
never practiced with the feet. 'Derm
istry' Is new word, not yet recog
nized by philologists, but is based OF
'derm, meaning skin. We don't wan
any wise cracks about barbering be
ing skin game
"The barber and before him, tn
barber-surgeon, have always enjoye
regulations for honestsldll and cour
tesy. Why should we hunt 'hig
hat name?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
ANOTHER FARM
PROBE; NOW BY
BUSINESS MEN

Washington. The agricultural
question is to be studied by business
men. The latter know nothing of the
dirt farmers problem, but the ques-
tion will be Investigated from top to
bottom, and proper remedies announ-
ced. The probers are financiers, rail-
road officials and other business men.
They have been selected by the United
States Chamber of Commerce and the
National Industrial Conference Board.
The latter represents score Of ami
union employers organizations.
Some representatives of the. farm
ers are suspicious of the probe. They
fear it may be used as an excuse to
delay legislative relief.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

ployers to agree to closed shop con.
ditions Under the plan now forced
on the union carpenters and contrac-
tors each job must show a fifty-iifty
proportion as to union and non-union
workmen. Unless this is agreed to
the material mems association,
through an agreement with non-union
contractors, refuse to sell material to
union contractors.
The International Union, to combat
these unfair tactics, set up material
yards of its own which supplied ma
terial to union contractors and kept
union carpenters from idleness.
According to officials at headquar-
ters here there is no prospect in sight
for immediate settlement. The union
is fighting against heavy odds, but
will continue its policy as laid down
when the strike began.
Recent press dispatches which told
of settlement being imminent was
held without authority by officials of
the carpenters organization, although
it was pointed out that numerous con-
ferences had been held on the sub
ject and that perhaps others would
be held in the future.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

By International Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.-Whether Sec
retary of State Kellogg will retire
from the Coolidge cabinet to relieve
the president of embarrassment caus-
eddy a one hundred per cent perfect
record of blunders, is the question
now going the rounds here.
1t is not believed labor will shed
any tears in the event that Secretary
Kellogg finds himself under the neces-
sity of retiring from public office.
The Nicaraguan incident" has
grown to giant proportions. Every
embassy, ministry and legation is
buzzing with comment about it. Most
of the comment is bitter.
And the worst thing that has hap
pened is the solidifying of all Latin
American opinion in hostility to the
United States.
Gaping the climax with a supreme
blunder, the president himself, through
his mythical spokesman, issued his
now famous plea for united support
of the press in carrying out his for
eign policy.
Republican newspapers are uI
against it for way to defend this
infringement upon liberty Of the press
and some don't even try. Most of the
democratic newspapers are shouting
with unholy glee over the incident.
1t is pointed out that there has
never been such an appeal in Ameri-
can history that the American press
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
new YORK LABOR
To Push Progressive Legis.
latiOn

By International Labor News Service.
Albany.-The New York State Fed
Grafton of Labor is prepared for an
active campaign in 1927. It's pro-
gram is ready and it's work laid out
the moment the Legislature convenes.
Foremost among these demands are:
Amendment of the state labor law
to overcome the effect of the United
State supreme court decision annull-
ing the Oklahoma prevailing rate of
wage law.
Restraint on the court issuance OF
injunctions in labor disputes.
Amending the state anti-monopoly
law in harmony with federal act by
the declaration "the labor of human
being is not commodity or aticle
of commerce" within the meaning of
the law.
Establishment of the state insur-
ance fund for workmen's compensa.
ton as an exclusive form of insur-
ance for all workmen's compensation
in the state.
Ratification of the federal child la.
Dor amendment.
Maximum 48-hour working week
for women and minors in factories and
mercantile establishments.
There are many more improvements
asked including a whole sheaf of bills
that will give more aid to injured
workers. Labor's plan is to take the
profit out of compensating injured
workers, increasing maximum pay
ments to $50 week and to include
disabling illnesses in the compensate
class.
New York labor is all set for the
years work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

half times the output of 1899. This
branch of the industry showed great
increase in productivity during 1925.
"The effect Of the abolition of the
12-hour day can be seen in the last
great advance of productivity in 1925
in the steel industry the bureau
states. Despite the large production
Of that year, there were fewer work
ers in the industry than in 1919, 1920
or 1923, although the hours of many
employees had been reduced. The
man-power of the workers in an
eight-hour day had increased to such
an extent that no more labor has
been required than before it went into
effect"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
WOULD KILL LABOR LAW

Boston.-Cotton mill owners will
attack the Massachusetts 48-hour law
for women and minors at the coming
session of the state legislature.
The law was passed seven years
ago, and has been opposed almost
continuously by employers. On three
occasions they have failed to change
the act.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

The BARRIERS Union has experienced
unusual growth in recent years, ac-
cording to Mr.. Fischer, and last year
5,400 members were added, represent
ing a gain as large as had been made
in any three-year period previously.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
Regime Pledged to Help
Labor Opposed in Inter-
est of Servant of Reaction
WHEELER RESOLUTION SAYS, GET oUTw

WHEEL Err RESOLUTION SAYS, GET OUTw
Burton K Wheeler, the behind the
Daugherty investigation
the last presidential fresh
tration with
be withdrawn from Nicaragua.
The resolution calls
Shipstead Minnesota
developing Balkan situation Latin America"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

Q.-What was the first American
trade union to extend jurisdiction to
workers in Canada?
A.-The international Molders'
Union of North America, which in
1868 extended it's jurisdiction to Can
ada, though Canadian unions had been
represented at the convention of the
organization two years earlier. "This
is the first instance of the extension
of the territorial jurisdiction of la
Dor organization from one country to
another" says the Handbook of Amer
lean Trade Unions, published by the
United States department of labor.
Q.-When and where was the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen or
ganized?
AIN August, 1891, at Pueblo, Col.
Q.-Was the Cigar Makers, Inter
national Union among the first labor
organizations to establish the 8-hour
day in the United States?
A.-Yes. The union adopted an g.
hour law at it's 1885 convention and
had established it in successful opera
tion by May 1, 1886.
Q.-Who are the president and sec.
retary-treasurer of the union label
trades department of the A. F. OF
L.?
Al. w. Hays and John j. Man
ming, respectively.
~
Q.-Is there union of laundry
workers?
A.-Yes. 1t is the Laundry Work.
ers' international Union, with ma
tional headquarters in Troy; N. Y.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What It Has Done; Where
It Stands on Problems Of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, ETC., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

Q.-When and where was the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Or
ganized?
A IN Auoust 1901 at Pnehlo. Col
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
ItDoesn't Pay To Buy Cheaper Paints Proven;
P. D. Store Has Kind That Lasts the Longest

easily fall for the arguments
But here is where the "joker"-the
part that you cannot see-comes in.
And it is a double-faced joker.
The cheap paint is, of course, cheap
in quality. That's the only way it
can be made to sell at a low price.
1t contains only a little bit of real
paint material. For example, where
a high grade outside Gloss White con-
tains 80 per cent of finest white lead
and zinc oxide, the cheap white paint
Will contain only so per cent and in
many instances less. Even if you
bought direct from the manufactures,
a good paint would cost more than this
cheap paint
Now, this weak. wishy- washy paint
has little covering and hiding power.
TO cover any given surface requires
many gallons more than a good paint.
SO, while you pay less per gallon, you
pay just as much for the amount of
paint needed to finish your house as
you do for the good paint That's
one side of the Joker.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

of New Mexico, tied for high point
honoEs with IL points each, the former
winning the shot put and discuss and
placing third in the broad jump and
the latter winning The high jump and
broad jump ,and placing third in the
high hurdles Three new southwestern
records We're set and two were tied
Captain Johnny Scott, of the Wildcats,
who defeated Charlie Paddock in the
22O at Phoenix last Saturday, set q new
record of 219 seconds in the furlong
and tied the record of 10 seconds flat
in the century. De Parcq set new
discuss record of 1874 feet "a inches.
Blanchard, of Arizona, tied hiss own
low hurdles record OF 25 2-5 seconds.
Morrison, of New Mexico, established
q two-mile record, as this was the first
time this event has been run in the
southwestern intercollegiate competi-
tion. The time was l1:29S.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

Then another feature which does not
show in the paint and is not printed
on the label or in the literature of
the cheap paint is that the cheap
paint job is always sickly and can't
stand the outdoor climate. In year
or two it cashes jn-and you are COM
PEELED to scrape or burn the remand
er off and do it all over again. That's
the other side of the Joker
A good paint job lasts about five
years before repaintingr is needed 1t
not only costs no more in the begin
ming than the "cheap" paint, but it
saves you in cold cash the money you
have to lay out for two or three re-
painting Jobs.
You may not now agree with the
story told by this big manufacturer
But you viii when you think it over
The facts are absolutely positive And
here are plenty more if you would
like to hear them at the Phelps Dodge
store
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

Irl a recent advertisement in one Of
the leading magazines you may have
read that there is a Joker in the
cheap paint cam
A joker you know is something hid
den--which you don't see-which bobs
up at some unexpected moment and
catches you unaware.
We all know that contracts have
sometimes been made which coptain-
ed 'jokers.' But this is probably the
first time many Of you property own
ers have been told that there is a
"jolier'' in the house paint you are of
fered at a very low price.
In the advertisement it was explain
cd this way: The low price paint is
offered you as paint which is just as
good as say Sherwir Williams fa-
nous SWP-the leading quality paint.
1t is Offered as a paint that Will give
you a fine looking job at a big saving
in cost per gallon-sometimes as much
as $500 per gallon. IT looks like paint
and it smells like paint on the face
of it, the inexperienced buyer might
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01
SOU is A sou" 10
FRENCH INDUSTRY

PARIS April 80 LP.-"A sou is a
SOU is the watchword of French indus
try, driven to economy by hard times.
Industrial leaders are preaching
thrift to their engineering staffs and
economists are aiding in arousing all
ranks from postwar extravaganza. The
most important problem of the day is
said to be reduction of expenses.
The French grandmother who put
everybody to bed early to save candles
is the oft mentioned model and one
manufacturer has been telling of the
amazement among his factory engi-
neers when they learned how much
could be saved simply on wasted elec-
tric light.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-01

Goldman-Simmons company, realizing
the demand for merchandise in the
west, recognizing that the Pacific coast
would soon become a style center, es-
tablished center in Los Angeles for
the manufacture of Holly Vogue neck
wear for men.
Their lines soon came to be regard
ed as style leaders and the Phelps
Dodge Mercantile company was among.
the first of their Arizona customers.
The men of Cochise county who are
particular in the matter of dress need
no Introduction to Hollywood Vogue
neckWe ear.