The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-02-28
The Cherry
" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things. sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly. .......


the Chase National Bank of New
York had arranged to float $4O,-
100000 bond issue for Cuba?
The Chase National is very close
to Cuba. OF course it will get the
usual fee for selling these bonds, but
more important that that, the bond
issue will cement the grip of Chase
National on the island.
The next day it was announced that
the $9,000,000 claim of an American
citizen would be arbitrated. This
American, j. E. Barlow, holds de-
cision from Cuba's highest court sup
porting his claim. That would seem
to remove it from the field of arbi-
tration. But the Cuban government
wants the property-and that's the
way things go in Cuba.
Maybe part of that $40,O0O,0OO
bond issue will be used to pay the
claim of Mr.. Barlow. Or, maybe it
was decided to propose an arbitration
so as to remove that cause of friction
from the scene of action before pro-
posing a bond issue
The two events came so close to-
gether that connection is held more
than likely by persons who have OBJ
served Cuban developments.
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is as an observer Of the manipulations
of regime that has manifested a
czaristic brutality toward the masses
of the people.
The Cannery Racket is what the
American Federation of Musicians
calls the mechanical music supplied
with today's sound pictures which
throw orchestras out of jobs and give
us imitation music for real music.
The Cannery Racket it is. Me-
chanical music has it's place, and
big place, as the federation gladly
points out. But when an imitation
seeks to usurp a whole field in which
it cannot successfully substitute, then
the cash customers have right to
howl
The musicians have formed the
Music Defense League. President
Weber calls it the fastest growing
organization in the world. 1t ought
to be. 1t has big mission.
Sound music in theatres is no more
than phonograph music. If any the
atre carted phonoglaph out on the
stage in full view it would be given
the royal razzberry. Because it is
unseen and part of the film we take
it and smile as if we liked it.
The talking parts of pictures have
their value The offering of music
out of the can is, except in places
where no orchestra exists, needless
insult to the music-craving of the
people.
Down with the can!
A great safety movement has
grown up in the United States. 1t is
saving arms and legs, eyes and faces
every week. 1t is a magnificent
thing.
Of course it doesn't suit the ideas
II.
get worse so that we will all go out
and lay in the mud behind barricades.
but most of us like it.
Mostly the safety movement was
started by unions. In many cases
unions and union men are responsible
for safety codes and safety laws In
Massachusetts mason was response
BILE for a whole big section of the
state safety code.
All over the country unions have
fought for safety. Many of them
write safety provisions into their
trade agreements. They have put a
stop to dangerous tools and practices.
Employers used to fight safety pro-
visions because they often cost
money. Now they know that safety
saves meney.
Many archaic practices have gone
into the discard. Life is constantly
made safer and better.
The trade union movements
achievements are to be found on every
hand Many of them are unrecorded,
which is a pity.
But the trade union movement
didn't start out to build monument
for itself. 1t started out to make
life better and it keeps on doing that.
1t is a living monument, concerned
with life, not with monuments.