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New Britain herald., 1928-10-08
CONCRETE PAVING
COSTS TO Be CUT
Feasibility d Reduction Nov Is
INDICATED

Washington. Oct. : N-The pos
sibility Of making sharp reductions
Il the cest Of concrete paving IL in
Aieated Ia q report by J. L. Harrison,
highway engineer Of the division OF
msnageMent Of the bureau OF public
roads. recently published by the bu-
seau. !
HIS report Is based on a series OF
tests with about 1900 concrete cylin
ders, beams and cores, collected
With the cooperation of state high
way departments on road building
projects in Michigan. Missouri, Kan
sas. Tennessee. Texas. South Caro-
lima aud Oklahoma.
The study 10 the first step in an
hope will establish definitely the
pfacticabtltty Of making construc-
ton savings In concrete road build
Ing,
After analysing the work done
On time OF mixing concrete, and ita
effect on quality in. the first phase
Of the Investigation. Harrison con-
cludcs that "the evidence strongly
indicates that where standard 21E
and 27E PAYERS which are in good
condition are used. neither strength
nor uniformity of test results ia
improved by mixing the concrete
more than IS seconds"
Official specifications governing
the mixing Of concrete for high
way pavement vary among the
states. ranging from one to one and
. halt minutes. With cement "a rel
atively uniform product and water
outstandingly So" the engineer sug-
eests that 1.-THE commonly accepted
reason for varying specified prac-
tees from region to region-name-
", that variations in the controlling
conditions compel these variations
does not properly apply here"
The required mixing period estab-
fishes limit on the amount OF con-
crete which can be placed during
any given period. he explains. pre-
senting figures based on COMPARE
Eon showing that. with a one and a
half minute mixing period. about
80 llneal feet of typical stand
ard 18-foot pavement can be placed
in a 10-hour working day when six
bag patches are used, and about
1890 feet with a pne-minute mix
ing period.
III operating costs Nabor. equip
ment operation. depreciation, etc.,"
he says, run about &4o0 per work.
Ing day-and while these costs diff
fer somewhat from place to place
and from job TO job. this figure Is
o. fair a. any the labor and
equipment costs. overhead, etc. In
cident to laying concrete pavement
can not In the first case be cut
much under % cents square yard,
while in the second case, they can
be forced down to about Is cents. :
He gives no figures on possible
additional savings which might be
expected If the mixing time were
cut to Is seconds, but observes that
a difference of seven cents a yard
runs into large figures when the
amount Of pavement laid annually
under longtime mixing require
ment ID considered" The next step
In the investigation will be directed
toward determining whether the
shorter mixing period can be utiliz-
I'd effectively by contractors to re-
duce construction costs.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-08
GUARD MACHINES
FOR MILL SAFETY
Fewer Serious Accidents ID
Factories Nov

New York. Oct. : N-Improved
machinery and cooperation Of en-
ployes enabled the textile industry to
win = reputation a. the safest Of
major industries. John A. Perkins. q
director Of the National Association
OF Cotton Manufacturer, asserted
in an address prepared for delivery
today At the National safety Council
congress.
Guards on machinery. elimination
OF many belts and shafts by means
OF individual drive motors. better
lighting and greater cooperation Of
workers In safety measures were
enumerated by Mr.. Perkins ~ TIM
portant factors In the textile mills
record in eliminating accidents.
Accidents from mechanical caus-
e." he said, have reduced to about
a third Of the total miShaps in cot
ton mills. Men are employed .sily
In repairing guards, putting on now
guards and inspecting machinery to
see II there are any places which
should be guarded. When new oper-
atives are employed they are In
structed fully, In their own language
not only ~ to what they are to do
and how to do It, but are shown any
dangerous part of the machine and
warned against doing things which
might lead to injury"
Many Of the accidents in the pills
are caused by falls, he said. All
employees are urged to avoid wearing
high or crooked heels, and whenever
floors are being scrubbed a large
sign is carried along by the scrub
bers warning that the floor is vet
and urging care, and other precau-
tons are taken.
/ Mr.. Perkins, who is agent OF Har-
mony Mills, Cohoes. N. ", described
safety work in his mill as being ty-
New Britain herald., 1928-10-08
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. MONDAY OCTOBER g. 1928

pical Of that In the industry. Its
safety organization II composed pf
the safety inspector. 4 workman's
safety committee and = general
committee composed Of the agent.
superintendent and assistant euver-
intsndent.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-08
LOST TOKEN FOUND

Marion. Ala. Oct R1A ring
lost 80 years ago by Mrs. J. L. Rob-
bins has been found and returned to
her children. Its jewels are so ar
ranged that the first letters of their
names spell regard" The stones are
ruby. emerald. garnet. amethyst,
second ruby, and a diamond.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-08
Wellesley College Girls
Are Driven to Street

Wellesley, Mas, Oct. s (UP) -
Fire in Eliot House. a Wellesley
college dormitory. drove 10 fresh
men girls to the street today.
Sparks from the chimney landing
on the roof are believed to have
been the cause of the fire. Damage
was estimated at $4,000.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-08

Joseph Conrad. who was a native
Of Poland. was past middle age be-
fore he discovered his gift for
writing.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-08

The translation OF the Bible into
English was the most remarkable
event In the reign OF James /.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
JOB SEEKERS JAM
Los ANGELES

Washington. - "There are 10000
unemployed persons in this city, but
Los Angeles business men continue
to spend millions of dollars annually
to attract people to this city," said
j. w. Buzzell, secretary treasurer of
Los Angeles Central Labor Council,
in letter to William Green, presi-
dent A. F. of L.
The trade unionist's estimate was
reached by checking up union reports
with unemployment returns from the
county charities, the community
chest, the Chamber of Commerce and
other agencies.
The million-dollar fund is expended
by the All-Year Club, an adjunct of
the Chamber of Commerce. The
county and city of Los Angeles con-
tributed this year S425,000 of this
amount
I'VE feel that it is wrong to have
this money spent for advertising
which leads people to believe there is
an immense amount of employment
here, and which results in thousands
of people spending practically all their
money to cross the continent, only to
meet with disappointment" said Mr..
Buzzell.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
Wall Street federalism" and Liberal
Imperialism in Betrayal at Havana

has the audacity to put the blame on
the Latins for the small achievement
Of the Havana conference towards in
ternational arbitration. Yet several
Latin-American nations had arbitra-
tion plans and all favored them, while
the United States had none and was
the chief obstructor 1t was the Cool
idge- Hughes delegation that moved to
postpone the subject of arbitration un-
til after the United States election, so
that it might not affect political for
tunes and so that American opinion
favoring unrestricted arbitration
might not make itself effective Yet
Lippman, ignoring this fact, accuses
Peyrredon of leading the opposition
to Hughes on political grounds and in
order to make himself president of the
Argentine
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
Mine SUSPENSION
Seen Beginning April l In
Indiana

indianapolis, Ind. q. L. N. SIN
all probability coal mining in Indiana
will suspend April l in view OF the
failure of miners and operators to
reach an understanding on contract
to take the place of the one expiring
March 81 next. Conferences of sub
committees of miners and operators
and a joint conference of the two
main bodies of employers and en-
ployes resulted in disagreement.
The operators offered the 1917 scale
and the miners contended for the re-
newal of the Jacksonville agreement
Officials of the union pointed out that
in view Of the probable few working
days they would get during the year
the 1917 scale would not provide a
living wage for the man, and that the
acceptance of wage cut would be nc
guarantee that more work would be
Forthcoming.
Following the failure of the Illinois
joint conference few weeks ago q
series of negotiations was begun be.
tween Indiana miners and operators
in an effort to provide a basis fol
settlements in other districts of the
central competitive field.
Under the present scale Indiana
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09

BY international Labor News Service.
Chlcago.-The so-called iron law
of wages" and claw of supply and de-
mand" are based upon false reason
ing, according to George w. Perkins,
vice president and western represen-
tative of the Union Labor Life Insur-
ance Company, Organized labor
alone offers the solution of under
consumption, the worlds greatest
problem, and society is lost unless
it adopts the remedy offered or some
thing similar to it, he said.
Mr.. Perkins advanced organized
labor's argument in an address deliv-
cred before the class in economies of
Northwestern University recently. He
said, in part:
We have with us a very serious
consuming problem Production is
easy, too easy. The rapid introduc-
tion of improved machinery makes the
consumption and use of industrial and
agricultural products the worlds
greatest problem. 1t must be solved
or industrial and agricultural activity
viii pass into a decline, commerce will
die from dry rot and Occidental civ
ilization will be destroyed and forever
lost. A bold statement, but true.
Trade union philosophy has deveI
oped the remedy, and unless society
recognizes and adopts this remedy,
or something similar to it, we are lost.
"The remedy? l hold that there is
no such thing as the iron law of
wages. There is no such thing in
truth and fact as the law of supply
and demand. These doctrines were
false when they were written hun
dred or more years ago, and they are
false today The organization of cap
ital, with its trusts and cold storage
| plants, have taken care of the So
called overproduction and supply and
demand, Underconsumption is the
real cause Of unemployment. Thirty
one years ago l said in an address to
the convention of the Cigar Makers
International Union: "The welfare of
the people and the prosperity of any
country depend upon the consuming
power of the masses. 1t is what the
masses spend and consume that keeps
the wheels of industry turning.
Good Wages Only Hope
Great poverty, degradation, de
spair and no progress are always ap-
parent in China and other low wage
countries, while in our United States,
the greatest and richest country in
the world, its sustained and stabilized
prosperity is due to good wages. All
| economists who are free to give ex-
ipression to their thoughts concede this
economic fact There is no other rem
edy in sirht Unless the masses are
Iorganized and receive sufficient wages
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09

Washington, p C.-At Havana the
same "liberal" newspapers which lose
no occasion to beray labor within the
United States were egnaged in deceiv-
ing and betraying the labor and the
people Of the two Americas. Their
reports sent to this country-and
read by many working people who do
not have the information to correct
them-were filled with slander aimed
to bring Latin America into contempt
and to increase their ill-will between
the two races.
These alleged "liberal' reports are
more damaging to the cause of inter
national goodwill than the reports of
the reactionaries because they always
begin with some vague denunciation
of imperialism-later neutralized by
praise of the chief tools of imperial
ism, such as Hughes and Morrow, and
by denunciation and slander of inn
perialism's victims.
Only Wall Street Present
So Walter Lippman, editor of The
New York World, writes that the
Coolidge delegation at Havana was
one of the most "enlightened' the
country has ever sent to an interna
tional conference! On the contrary il
was one of the most reactionary, hav
ing majority of corporation law
! yers, and not one single member rep
resenting any large section OF th'
American people. Prof. William R
Shepherd, in full-page article in the
New York Times called attention t
the fact that not even the profession:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
RAILROAD FIGHTS
INJUNCTION EDICT

Houston, Texas.-The Texas & Pa
cific railroad of the Southern Pacific
lines will contest Federal Judge Hut
cheson's order against officials of the
carrier fostering a company union"
of it's clerks. Three officials We're
given 10 days to comply with the or
der or be confined in the county Jail
until they changed their minds.
The motion to dissolve the injunc-
tion was indicated by railroad attor-
neys to be the start of fight to test
the legality of the Esch- -Cummins
railroad act which gives these work
ers the right to select their own
unions and representatives. This Sec
tion of the law has been ignored by
railroads. The principal offender is
the Pennsylvania railroad This car
rier refused to recognize any organi-
zation other than it's company
union"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09

By international Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.-Revelation of
a tremendous pork barrel raised to
fight the pro-League of Nations posi-
tion espoused by the American FEEDER
alton of Labor are made in biogra-
ply of the late Henry Clay Frick,
steel magnate, written by Col. George
Harvey, just published.
According to the book, the jackpot
was planned at a midnight meeting
in 1919 in the home of the late Sen
ator Brandegee in this city, after
which Secretary of the Treasury An
drew J. Mellon and Henry Clay Frick
became the affuent "angels" of the
anti-League campaign.
At the midnight meeting in Brande-
gees home, the biography relates, the
usual group, called "the cabal" by
Harvey, assembled for a somewhat
gloomy survey of the situation. Money
was needed to finance the fight. AS
Harvey relates it:
"The group opposed to joining the
league assembled at their accustomed
meeting place in Senator Brandegee's
residence in Washington, were ap-
praised that their whole plan of cam
paign was seriously endangered. Their
strategy had consisted of dissemniat-
ing propaganda chiefly through the
Middle West at mass meetings and
distribution Of quantities of cam
paign literature for the purpose Of
starting back fires upon wavering
senators.
"The campaign had progressed ia
vorably, but the time had come when
essential travelling and mailing <ex.
penditures required considerable sums
and the modest funds which the com
mittee had been able to supply were
completely exhausted. The problem OF
ways and means to oppose skillfu
antagonists suffering from no such
handicap was poignant. The finding
of a deeper reservoir upon which tc
draw for financial aid had become g
paramount necessity"
Harvey writes that "the outlook was
lamentably gloomy, when late in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
JERSEY BLUE LAWS
BOOMERANG

Millburn, n. J.-Reformers who
invoked the blue laws of this state
to close moving picture houses on
Sundays have called off their fight
"for the time being"
Citizens who opposed the reformers
concluded to give them dose of their
own medicine by insisting that all
blue laws be enforced.
The blue laws are most excellent,
opponents said. Drug stores were
closed, the sale of newspapers forbid
den, and no one was permitted to buy
gasoline.
1--WE can see that things aren't
working out as we planned" said the
leader of the reformers, who hopes to
divide opponents by urging law that
will close theatres on Sunday but will
exempt other business.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
Mellon and Frick Charged
With Financing Campaign
To Keep U.S.. Out Of League

evening the resourceful Senator (Phi-
lander CO. Knox suggested as a last
resort an appeal to Mr.. Frick and to
Mr.. Mellon, who, he said, were accus-
toned to act together in such mat
ters, and both of whom, he thought
with no reason for his surmise-might
be impressed with the merits of the
cause, if it could be placed before
them effectively. He felt confident,
in any case, that if either could be won
over, the other would join"
The New York Representative"
present at the Brandegee house meet
ing, Harvey continues, was instructed
to see Frick in New York the follow
ing day. This New York man also is
referred to as "the delegated conspir-
ator." He saw Frick and Harvey
writes that Frick agreed to "go along
with the plan. Frick was thereupon
told that his initial contribution must
be sent tomorrow to Senator Pep
per" and that it was merely "for a
starter"
Harvey continues the story thus:
"Three days later the New York
member of the cabal received the fol-
lowing note from the senate chamber:
Thanks for your note. had
already received letter from Mr..
Frick announcing what he had
done, and | vote to Pittsburgh
and obtained the same amount
from Mr. Mellon. I told Medill
(Senator Mccormick, of Illinois)
today and he says he can now go
to Chicago and raise about 20
(thousand).
Very sincerely yours,
p. C. KNOX
"The desired reservoir had been
found, and it was both deep and full.
All anxiety respecting sinews of war
was dispelled. Rejoicing pervaded the
camp of the irreconcilables, efforts
were redoubled all along the line, and
the redoubtable little band pushed on
to the victory which, whether desir-
able or not, presently was won in the
senate, and ultimately was ratified by
the people"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09

were represented as at previous con-
ferences.
Lippman credits Hughes persuasive
eloquence with having prevented the
vexing intervention question from
coming to vote. On the contrary
this result was due wholly to the
generosity and goodwill of the Latin
American majority. The Brazilian
delegation and other spokesmen of
Hughes openly opposed a vote, be-
cause they knew they were minority.
while the nti-interventionist Latin
majority favored vote up to the last
moment.
The much advertised anti-Ameri-
can drive" we are told, was diplo-
matically DETECTED. On the contrary
despite all Mr. Hughes strenuous ef-
forts, the Latins twice expressed
themselves with considerable freedom
against intervention. Lippmann saws
fifteen of the twenty Latin delegates
did not oppose it. On the contrary.
only five or six delegates were lined
up, by political and economic pres
sure, with the United States and not
more than two or three others were
at adj doubtful. The Argentine, Uru-
quay, Paraguay, Panama, Mexico,
Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Co
ulmbia Haiti and Santo Domingo
were steadily aligned against the
Coolidge delegation, while Chile
Costa Rica, Venezuela and Bolivia
were frequently so.
Cuba Outraged at BETRAYAL
Lippman says, Cuba has outdone
itself in pro-Americanism." Ambas-
sador Ferrarra and Dictator Machada
outdid themselves in support of Cool
idge and Hughes. But Cuba, like
every country whose delegates voted
with Hughes, was outraged at the be-
trayal. Machado is the creature OF
Pierpont Morgan, publicly endorsed tc
stay in office, no matter how, by
Thomas w. Lamont Ferrara, an in.
innate associate of Dwight w. Nor
row. was long employed by Morgan
But then Lippmann publicly worships
Morrow and calls Pierpont Morgan
: and Company ''the most respected
business institution of the land"
Lippmann attempts to put every on,
of the failures of our internationa
. policy on the shoulders of Latil
America "They can't admit that
.. nation is accountable internationally
. On the contrary, the United States
as at present governed, leads th'
. world in refusal to recognize its in
ternational accountability, whil
Latin American countries are largel,
!. members of the League of Nations
and the World Court, recognize inter
|: national accountability in this wa.
and other ways, and use it as thei
chief argument for refusing account
: ability to Wall street and the stat
: department.
Fl Wall Street Liberalism"
Latin America has at presen
: neither the will nor the spirit of in
ternational cooperation to create a.
. international society,"" says Lippmanr
True; but far more true of our ia
: more powerful country.
This Wall street liberalism" eve
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09

miners receive $108 ton for loading
and $3.50 day for day work. Oper-
ators offered SIS day for day men
and 81 cents ton for leaders. These
later figures are maximum but not
minimum.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
Civilization Held Doomed
Unless Labor's Remedy For
Underconsumption Is Applied

at reduced hours of labor to enable
them to consume fair proportion of
that which they produce, it will be
impossible to prevent unemployment
and industrial and commercial stag
nation"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
APPLY FIVE-DAY WEEK

Seattle.--The local Typographical
Union has established the fve-day
week for two months. The printers
would relieve unemployed members.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-09
Labor Ditched and Seeds
OF I'll Will Broadcasted
By WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING

Author of American Labor
of
Question and other Volumes International Affairs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-25
Mile Five Paving
Progressing Well

WESLACO. May 25.-Three and q
half miles OF Mile Five road includ-
ing n 40-foot street. have been COM
pleted 10 date. The remainder OF
the road should be completed very
soon. Plans for the paving of 80
miles Of lateral roads are under way.
To the north Of Weslaco grading
IL complete with the exception Of
three units. All eulverts are in
place.
The roadway Of Mile Five Is so
feet wide with an ls-foot concrete
strip allowing 6-foct shoulders on
each side. The lateral roads planned
will have l5-foot hard surfaces 90
asphalt with Jour and a half foot
shoulders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-25

COLLEGE STATION, Texas-P)-
On q Texas farm 25 years ago a small
group of cotton growers and agricul-
tural agents launched the partnership
between farmers and the government
which was destined TO become one of
the worlds great enterprises in prac-
teal and cooperative education.
Preparations now are under way
for the observance OF the quarter
century anniversary Of the Inaugural
tion of farm demonstration work.
with activities centering here in the
birthplace Of the movement The
chief celebration will be at the Tex
as Agricultural e. Mechanical college
here next Friday, although the ami
versary will be observed at a national
meeting Of department Of agriculture
representatives, state extension ser
vices and the Association of Southern
Agricultural Workers at Houston the
week Of June &.
To combat the ravages of the Mex
lean boil weevil, the plan Of extend
ing knowledge of improved crop pro-
duction methods by supervised DEM
onstration, carried on by farmers on
their own farms, was originated in
1908. The father" Of cooperative
demonstration work, now more com
monty known as county agricultural
work, was the late DR.. Seaman A.
Knapp of the department Of agricul-
ture.
For several years prior 20 1908 Or.
Knapp had supervised n number Of
department. field stations in the
South for testing new varieties Of
rice, legumes and other crops. These
did ruf meet the need which he saw
for almore effective means of reach
ing the farmers.
The first trial Of the demonstra-
ton ideo was on a farm established
and supervised by him at Terrell. Tex
as. The battle against the boil weevil
afforded an opportunity 70 test the
application Of the demonstration
farm project on a large scale. IL was
an immediate success. Railroads, COM
mercial clubs, bankers, business men
and farmers gave active support to
the movement. During the first year