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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-11
Next Depression Now in Making Unless Basic
Changes, Revealed ByFigures, Are Made Effective
How Big Business Feeds on Robots

How Big Business Feeds on Robots
We reach the real significance of
big business in the figures relating
to the establishments producing one
million dollars and more per annum,
of which there were 3,819 in 1914, en-
ploying 2,476,006 wage earners, and
producing $11,794, ,060,929 in total
products. This figure in 1919 had in
creased to 10,414 establishments, en-
ploying 5, 172,712 workers, and pro-
ducing a total value of $42,301, ,103,-
617 In 1925 with 1883 establish
ments Can increase of 169 establish
ments) the number of wage earners
had decreased to 4,760,229, or 412, ,483
unemployed in 1925 so far as big bust
ness was concerned, being about per
cent of the number employed in 1919,
out of employment there six years
later. But the product of the 100000
less in 1925 was S42, ,266, ,941 ,14O, or IS
million dollars greater than in 1919.
Putting together these figures, we
see a displacement in the class of
smallest establishments of 99,349
workers between 1919 and 1925; of
1929 workers in the second class
named; of 27,247 in the third class;
and of 412,483 workers in the big
business enterprises; making a total
of 666,298 workers displaced in 1925
who had been engaged in these va
rious classes of enterprises in 1919
And since this covers the whole of the
manufacturing industries, there is no
possibility of the assertion that those
displaced in one branch were absorbed
elsewhere, in manufacturing industry.
Distribution is Key; How to Solve
Puzzle
There were between one and two
million unemployed in 1926 when we
include those displaced in railway en-
ployment, mining industries and farm
labor. These were partly absorbed by
the increase in employment in 1927,
1923 and 1929. But there were unem-
ployed by the hundreds of thousands
in 1929; and after the crash came
we had the cumulative effect of what
had been going on previously, accent
uated by the increase in population.
Distribution" is the key-word that
is now in the air. What the money
makers are worrying about is the
distribution of commodities. THIS
WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL
THERE IS A DISTRIBUTION OF
THE LABOR-HOURS REQUIRED
TO PRODUCE THE NECESSITIES
AND COMFORTS OF LIFE FOR
ALL, AMONG ALL THE WORK
ERS WHO NOW STAND READY,
ABLE AND WILLING TO DO THIS
WORK.
When that is done, there will be a
purchasing power" proportioned to
the rate of wages paid. If that is
not enough to distribute" the COM
modities shall be back in the
trough of another-and worse-de-
preston than we now have, in less
than another ten years.
When that happens, the bunglers
will need to look to something else
besides their stocks and bonds!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-11

Removal of men and women receiv-
ing pensions from gainful employ
nent, particularly in public service.
Stricter supervision to keep children
under Is out of industry.
Higher wages, to provide employees
with larger purchasing power.
State taxes on labor-saving ma
chinery, with heavier levy on ma
chine of foreign manufacture.
President John Sullivan and all the
other officers of the federation were
reelected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-11
REELECTED PRESIDENT
OF MINERS DISTRICT 26

Halifax, N. S. ILNS)-Re-elected
by acclamation, w. D. Morrison con-
tinues president of District No. 26,
United Mine Workers of America. The
secretary and all board members, ex-
cept one, were reelected by sweeping
majcrities.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-11

I the workers on the other hand. The
adjustment of the machine to the task.
as in the case of the automobile
chassis production machine of the
Smith factory in Milwaukee, calls also
for the individual training Of the in
dividual workman for the operation of
this, as of every other new mechan-
| ical device now and heretofore
brought into play in the struggle for
the cheapening of labor cost in pro-
duction.
On page 1856 of the 1929 Statistical
Abstract issued by the commerce de-
partment, are some statistical tables
which are at once enlightening and
convincing. Here it is shown that in
1914 the manufacturing establish
ments producing less than $4,000
value numbered $4,000, employing
1858 wage earners, which was 1.8
jper cent of the total wage earners: E:
and that their product aggregated
| $233, ,381 0S1, or 10 per cent of the
total manufacturing product. But in
! 1921, the number of such establish
ments had been reduced to 5000, en-
ploying only 40,924 wage earners, or
0.6 per cent of the total; while the
! product of all these establishments
aggregated but $136,926,075, or (O.3)
three-tenths per cent of the total
manufacturing product.
This class of manufacturing estab-
| hshments, being thus such a small
| percentage of the total, in so far as
its relation to the total of employ
ment or product, has accordingly
been eliminated from the tabulations
of the census of manufactures be-
ginning with that date.
Men March Out Into Great
Uncertainty
The same set of tables shows that
in the class of establishments pro-
ducing from $4,000 to $4,000 an
nually in value, the number of estab-
| hshments decreased from 1881 in
1914, to 55,876 in 1926. (The tabula-
tion does not show the later figures. }
The total number of employees of these
plants decreased from 429,037 in 1914
/ to 156,373 in 1925; while the total
4 production decreased from 1905, $685.
168 in 1914 to $628, ,373 ,4O3 in 1925.
The establishments producing from
$4,000 to 100000 annually had a
growth in number from 56,814 in 1914
to 1871 in 1919, employing in 1914
999,5l0 wage earners, but only 793, ,52s
in 1919, or 226,000 less workers with
2l,0OO more establishments, being 14.2
per cent of the total workers in 1914
but only 7.9 per cent in 1919; while
the product increased from s2,55O,.
229,411 in 1914 to $3,571, ,283, ,3Ol in
1919. (This latter increase is partly
accounted for by the war prices The
significant item is the decrease in
workers.
Establishments producing from
100000 to $1,000,000 values annually
increased in number from 30,167 in
1914 to $3.50 in 1925; but the total
number of employees decreased in
these establishments from 3,O02,071 in
1914 to 2,807,350 in 1925. Meanwhile
their total product increased from $8,-
769,07O,135 in 1914 to $16,446, ,2O2, ,315
lin 1926.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-11
Printers Pay Big Benefits

The international Typographical
Union has paid enormous benefits
during the year. Out-of-work bene-
| fits have been paid by local unions
through assessments. No. 6, in New
York, has paid in excess of $21 900
per week, in addition to limiting the
work-week to five days. The Chicago
Union has paid in excess of $4,000
during the year, International Presi-
dent Howard reports. In addition to
these out-of-work benefits paid by
local unions, the international has
paid million and half as old age
pensions, half million in death bene-
fits and s300,000 to maintain it's
home for the sick and aged during the
year
In the building trades unions local
union assessments against working
members for the relief of unemployed
members are common, in most cases
being at the rate of 81 per day for
each day worked, SO that union hav-
ing an average of 100 members work
ing raises 500 day for use in relief
of unemployed members. Added to
this local relief is usually some form
of carriage of dues and in some cases
additional benefits Loans to local
unions by internationals is not in
frequent, and here again an impress
sive total has undoubtedly been rolled
up in the past year.
Unions Care For Own
Many Bricklayers, Masons and
Plasterers' unions are levying the
one dollar assessment and the same
is true of operative plasterers. The
operative plasterers are at present
likewise paying strike benefits.
Whatever may be the number of
trade unionists unemployed, they are
not numbered among those about
whom the Clifford organization will
have to worry ''Trade union unem-
ployed are maintained by their fellow
trade unionists," said Secretary
Frank Morrison, citing the long rec
ord of the labor movement in caring
for its own"
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WHhom Benefit ofPubAcity

with it? But can't be sore-it was a great
stunt"
Stunned, Earle let her ten him the thing was
wow-a regular natural" She saw
the headlines Of the newspaper story. "Zarie
Haines Pinch Hits for Sick Tent Show Ac-
tress." Little Star Comes Out Of Isolation to
Play Good Samaritan" Through her bewilder-
ment she heard Godfrey babbling:
Just what we needed before the released I
was worrying over q way to break out Of the
hush stuff. But who was the aviator?"
WHO indeed? She said she wouldn't tell.
And at the end Of q half hour she was
still saying she wouldn't tell-teasing Geoffrey
by saying that she had always loved his idea of
publicity that was no publicity and here was
where she was going to stick to 1t. He
had to leave her, in order to get his story of.
without name or details Of the mysterious air.
planes owner.
Earle watched him go with mingled emo
tons. She drew long breath. Well! You
never know what will turn out to be all right in
the movie business. And then she found she
wasn't very mad any more, and smiled to her
SELF She hadn't told about Jimmy-but she
didn't know much to tell.
just MS name. Well she thought
maybe she would go down to the beach the
next afternoon. girl likes to know more
about man who has kissed her.
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mistake them, while he seemed to understand
every word of mine.
I was troubled at the thought of having to
leave him out all night and of the danger Of
not finding him m the morning It seemed
impossible to get him to venture. To compel
MIN to try through fear of being abandoned I
started off as if leaving him to his fate and
disappeared back of hummock, but this did
no good he only lay down and moaned in utter
hopeless misery.
So after hiding few minutes went back
to the brink of the crevasSe and in a severe
tone of voice shouted across to him that now
/ must certainly leave him. 1 could wait no
longer, and that if he would not come all
could promise was that would return to seek
him next day.
/ warned him that If he went back to the
woods the wolves would kill him. and finished
by urging him once more by words and ges-
lures to come on. come on.
HE knew very well what I meant and at
last. with the courage of despair, hushed
and breathless he crouched down on the brink
In the hollow had made for my knees. pressed
his body against the side as if trying to get the
advantage Of the friction of every hair, gazed
into the first step. put his little feet together
and slid them slowly, slowly over the edge and
down into it, punching all four in it and almost
standing on his head
Then, without lifting his feet, as well as I
could see through the snow, he slowly worked
them over the edge of the step and down into
the next and next in succession in the same
way, and gained the end of the bridge
Inen lifting his feet with the regularity and
slowness OF the vibrations of a seconds pen.
dulum as If counting and measuring one-two-
tnree, holding himself steady against the gusty
WIND and giving separate attention to each
little STEP he gained the foot of the cliff while
4 was on my knees leaning over to give him a
lift should he succeed In getting within reach
Of my arm.
Here he halted in dead silence and It was
mere feared he might fail, for dogs are poor
cnmoefs I had no cord. ~ / had had one
I would have dropped moose over his head
and hauled him up.
But while was thinking whether an avail
able cord might be made out of clothing he
was looking keenly into the series of notched
steps and finger-holds had made as If count
ing them, and fixing the position of each one of
them in his mind
Then suddenly up he came in a springy rush.
hooking his paws into the steps and notches 40
quickly that could not see how it was done.
and whizzed past my head, safe at last!
And now came a scene!
wen done well done, little boy! Brave boy!"
4 cried, trying to catch and caresS him but
ne would not be caught.
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ByGosmz0 Hamilton

whether she could play fast and loose while he
was sweating his soul away to make the money
to feed and keep a roof over her head. And
he'd show Chef Kirby something. too First
he'd wiring full confession from his wife
After that he would make up his mind how to
deal with the pair of them. What q swell
shock Audrey had coming to her when he
arrives instead of Chef Kirby!
A SHORT taxi ride-he was too impatient to
walk-from the station brought him to his
small stucco house. He paid the driver and
went inside purposefully. His expression was
like storm-cloud, but his blood tingled in
pleasant anticipation Of exploding the meta
phorical bomb he was bringing home to his
wife.
Audrey" he called sharply as soon as he
had shut the front door.
There was answer
Audrey" He shouted this time
Where is she?" he muttered hercely. Why
wasn't she :?
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with immense rebound glorying in its strength
Stlckeen flew across everything in his way and,
not till dark did he settle into his normal fox.
like trot At last the cloudy mountains came
IN signt' and we soon felt the solid rock be-
meath our feet and were safe Then came
weakness
Danger had vanished and so had orr
strength. We tottered down the lateral moraine
IN the dark, over boulders and tree trunks
through the bushes and devil-club thickets of
the grove where we had sheltered ourselves
in the morning, and across the level mud-sloue
OF the terminal moraine
We reached camp about 10 O'Clock and found
Dig fre and big supper. party of Hoona
Indians had visited Mr.. Young bringing gift
OF porpoise meat and wild strawberries ana
Hunter Joe had brought in a wild goat But
we lay down, too tired to eat much. and soon
fell into q troubled sleep
The man who said THE harder the toll the
sweeter the rest" never was profoundly tired.
Stlckeen kept springing up and muttering In
ms sleep, no doubt dreaming that he was still
on the brink of the crevasse and so did 7 that
night and many others long afterward when
I was overtired
thereafter Stickeen was a changed dog Dur.
ing the rest OF the trip, instead of holding aloof
ne always lay by my side, tried to keep me
constantly in sight, and would hardly accept
morsel OF food, however tempting, from any
hand but mine
At night when all was quiet about the Camp
IIe ne would come TO me and rest his head
on my knee with look Of devotion as II
were his god. And often as he caught INV eve
ne seemed to be trying to say Wasn't that an
awful time we had together on the glacier?"
NOTHING in after years has dimmed that
Alaska storm-day. As write 1t all comes
rushing and roaring to mind as If were again
In the heart Of it. Again see the gray living
CLOUDS with their rain-fioods and snow thu
ice Gins towering above the shrinking forest
the majestic ice cascade, the vast glacier out
spread before its white mountain fountains
and in the heart Of it the tremendous crevasse
emblem Of the valley Of the shadow oF
death-low clouds trailing over it, the snow
1aiing into 1t, and on its brink I see little
Stickeen, and hear his cries for help and
his shouts OF JOY I have known many doQs..
and many story could tell Of their wisdom
and devotion, but to none do owe so much AZ
to Stickeen.
None Of Stickeen's friends knows what finaIrv
became Of him. After my work for the season
was done departed for California, and never
saw the dear little fellow again In reply to
anxious inquiries his master wrote me that in
the Summer Of 1888 he was stolen by a tourist
at Fort Wrangel and taken away on a steamer.
His fate Is wrapped In mystery Doubtless
he has left this world-croSsed the last crevasse
and gone to another. But he will not be
forgotten. To me Stickeen is immortal.
(CcDyright, 1991.)
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Never before or since have I seen anything
IKE 50 passionate revulsion from the depths
OF despair to exultant, triumphant, uncontrolI-
able JOY
he flashed and darted hitner and thither as
fairly demented screaming and shouting,
swiriing round and round in giddy looms and
circles like leaf in whirlwind lying down.
and rolling over and over, sidewise and heels
over head and pouring forth a tumultuous
Hood OF hysterical cries and sobs and gasping
mutterings
When ran up to him to shake him. fearing
ne might die OF JOY, he flashed of two or
three hundred yards, his feet in a mist of
motion; then, turning suddenly, came back in
wild rush and launched himself at my face
almost knocking me down, all the time screech-
ing and screaming and shouting as If saying
"Saved saved! saved!"
Then away again, dropping suddenly at times
with his feet in the air. trembling and fairly
sobbing. Such passionate emotion was enough
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

!! mean-catching an early train and crashing
in on our party, eh?"
Why the sudden panic? He's never walked
In on us yet. You know he never gets here
before T."
Audrey, you don't think he suspects any
thing about us, do you?"
Not thing. honey dear. Don't worry He's
much too dumb to suspect so long as we 20 on
being careful. Now jump into your car and
burn up the roads"
Whereupon, Audrey hung up.
At the other end Harry Smallwood charged
out OF the telephone booth. He was almost
blind with rage, yet felt, too, a certain trium-
phant intoxication that his ruse had worked
so neatly.
On the plea that his wife was sick he ex-
cused himself at the Office for the remainder
OF the day. IF she isn't sick now" he told
himself she's soon going to be-"
In the train he rehearsed the speech he in
tended to deliver to Audrey. Women were all
alike-just a bunch of cheats What suckers
men were to marry them. He'd show her
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was mad At herself, at him, at Geoffrey's
publicity stunt, at the little actress with ton
silitis, at the whole black world. Earle could
be pretty mad, and pretty voluble about it. She
was both now. II suppose it was all your bright
Idea, wasn't 1t? couple Of fellows from what
ever the Daily Eagle is you work on? I sup
pose you are glad If you lost me my job I hope
III never see you again."
She turned to run up the path
BUT she found herself whirled roughly
around. He kissed her full on the mouth,
suddenly. And as suddenly let her CO. "I1l be
here ct tomorrow" he shouted She gave no
sign Of hearing him.
Her anger had turned into scare again when
she reached the house. Now what? What
would the papers say? And Godfrey? And
zoner? II person blew up all the carefully
planned advance publicity of an organization
like Super their goose was cooked
She hadn't long to wait. At 6 the telephone
rang. At Geodreys car stopped in her drive
NOW for 1t. She put up a sti1 face and went
down to meet him. He strobe toward her, a
paper clutched In one hand and-kissed her
heartily on the cheek
say, what do you mean by taking the
publicity out Of my hands and running away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
BOOMERANG

I'm THE club locker room Harry Small
wood was initiating Chef Kirby's slow
manner Of speaking when some one had
said, Gosh, Harry, If couldn't actually
see you there I'd bet my last dime it
was Chef himself talking. You'd make a for
tune doing that kind Of stuff on the stage
like Elsie Janis" he added, laughing and put
ting down his empty glass.
other golfers, in various stages of undreSs
noisily Endorsed what the speaker had said.
That was what bred the idea in Harry Small
woods brain. It came to him like a flash as
he sat at his Office desk soon after lunch on
the following day, Monday. He Stiffened and
thought furiously. Then smile passed over his
face-but it was not pleasant smile. And
is just the time to find her out" he
thought. "Chet said he'd be at Rye all this
afternoon looking over some lots he thought
of buying. And If my voice doesn't fool her I
can pass it of as a joke and say I really
phoned to let her know I'd be late for dinner
or something"
He got up and went out to a telephone booth.
The office phones were too public for the pur-
pose he had in mind.
Having asked the operator for his home num-
Der, Harry Smallwood cleared his throat and
waited.
Presently his wife answered
"Oh, hullo, Audrey" he said Stimulating Chef
Kirby's slight drawl to perfection" you know
who's speaking eh?"
THERE was short pause; then Audrey
"Well-no. Who is it?"
Come, comet" There was hint of affec-
ionate reproof in the way this was said Mean
to say you don't recognize your old Chefs
vOice?"
"Oh-oh. yes. OF course. How are you,
Chet?"
Harry's eyes narrowed as he noted his wifes
excited tone.
Listen, dear" he said IT got through nv
business out at Rye sooner than I expected.
I'm just leaving there now. Could you stand it
II I dropped in on you for q half hour-or
lOnger?"
Stand It'll You know I'd adore it,"
you're darling. Audrey. We can have q
cocktail and q coy little chat you've rot
nothing better to do-maybe?"
What dyou mean maybe?" Audrey said
gurgling deliciously. Have I ever ANYTHING
better TO do when you've wanted to see me,
sweetheart? Don't say things like that or
you'll make me mad at you"
An ecstatic murmur came from the other end
Of the wire.
Audrey went on: How soon can you be here.
darling?"
Lets see. About $50"
But make 1t sooner II you can, Chef dear"
III sure try, And, by the way I s'pose
there's no chance Of any one-you know who
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to kill him. Moses stately song Of triumph
after escaping the Egyptians and the Red Sea
was nothing to it.
Who could have guessed the capacity of the
dull, enduring little fellow for all that most
stirs this mortal frame? Nobody could have
helped crying with him!
RUT there is nothing like work for toning
down excessive fear or Joy.
So I ran ahead, calling him in as gruff
voice as could command to come on and stop
his nonsense, for we had far to 60 and it
would soon be dark. Neither Of US feared
another trial like this. Heaven would surely
count one enough for a lifetime The ice ahead
was gashed by thousands of crevasses but they
were common ones.
The JOY of deliverance burned in US Ike
fire. and we ran without fatigue, every muscle