The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
| The Cherry
!" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things. sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes fippantly,
sometimes recklessly. .......

Four pretty Japanese girls have
come to the United States as good
will ambassadors" and they are
crashing the front pages in good
shape.
Much less publicity has been given
to the doings of less fortunate Jap
anese whose united action closed the
Toxic stock exchange.
1t seems that the boss of the Kan
agafuchi spinning mills ordered
wage reduction, whereupon the 10000
employees walked out and tied up the
mills.
Stock of the big company fell from
125 yen share to go yen and to pre-
vent further disaster to the stock the
stock exchange was closed.
Years ago the effect of strike on
stock prices was nothing to worry
about, but big employers now have to
take that into consideration. 1t is
likely to become more and more a
factor of Importance.
Japan reports million unemployed,
of which 100000 are in Toxic.
News of what these spinning mill
workers did, in the midst of great
depression, will be interesting to
American textile workers who are or
ganizing in the fact of bitter oppo-
sition
Consider again the matter of Judge
Parker. Chances of stopping his ele-
vation to the Supreme Court seem
perhaps no better than somewhere
before he lands up there $3.50, but
he will know he has been among
'em.
One thing good has come out of
the situation anyway More people
know about the vicious yellow dog
contract than ever knew about it be-
fore. Almost every time Parker has
been mentioned in print since the
American Federation of Labor filed
its big protest, the yellow dog has
been right with him.
That is worth a whole lot to those
that hope the yellow dog contract
| will soon be thing of the past, as
it long ago should have been.
Nor will Judge Parker soon forget
that the American people have a
sense of justice that can be outraged,
even though judges often take such
outrages as all in the days work
| Out in Wisconsin a hard-hitting
lawyer, w. B. Rubin, has executed a
series of maneuvers leading up to a
| State Supreme court test of the con-
stitutionality of that states anti-yel-
| low dog law In Wisconsin the law
says it is against public policy to
force men to sign contracts not to
join labor union.
Already circuit court judge, vet
eran of the Milwaukee bench, has de-
cided that the law is constitutional
The case will go to the State su-
preme court and there is undoubtedly
a good chance that the State supreme
court will not try to set aside the
mandate of the State legislature.
Beyond question all anti-labor leg
islation is in worse odor than ever
before
The yellow dog has fewer defend
ers; the injunction, still used and
still all-powerful where used, has
fewer defenders. The cause of leg
islative and legal righteousness is
making headway and no mistake.
This is due to labor's continued work
One step further: Whatever of pub
lie understanding has been built in
regard to these iniquities has been
built by organized labor. Labor that
is not organized has never struck off
a single shackle.
Unorganized labor cannot be repre-
sented anywhere; it cannot protest
against anything; it cannot fight for
anything; it takes what is handed to
it; it is helpless in the face of mod
ern industrial might.
The union has led the way. That
is why every wage Garner belongs in
the union and that is why thousands
are getting into unions all over the
country. Union membership means
industrial enfranchisement!