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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-13

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100000 from the president of do
nestle sugar company in return for his
agreement to lobby for a high sugar
tariff. Senator Nye Of North Dakota
had already alluded to the story, de-
ploring the fact that such an unsub-
stantiated report had been given pub
licity and credence. Replying to ques-
tons, Nye admitted that the campaign
expenditure committee, of which he Is
chairman, had come upon the report
!, of 100000 gift to senator, had in
completely Investigated 1t and had
turned over a memorandum to the
committee on lobbying. He said he
thought the senator in question was
entitled to have an inquiry made and
the truth established by the lobby COM
mittee, which is headed by Senator
Caraway of Arkansas.
At the instance of Senator Borah.
supported by Senator Robinson Of
Arkansas, the senate instructed the
lobby committee to investigate the
story.
Immediately thereafter Senator
James ]. Davis of Pennsylvania, form
er secretary Of labor, announced off
the senate door that he stood ready
to appear before the lobby committee
at any time and that he would assure
the committee of the presence of sew
eral witnesses whom il would desire
to hear. Among the witnesses he
named was Br0r G. Dahlberg of Chi
cago, president Of the Southern Sugar
company. Mr.. Davis declared he would
assist the committee in investigating
the charges ito the bottom"
Appearing later before the lobby
committee, Senator Davis declared the
charges, II directed at him, were alb
solutely false.
VXIITH little or no expectation that
w his veto would be sustained,
President. Hoover put the mark of his
disapproyal on the veterans bonus
loan bill. His veto message to con-
gress included data provided by Sec
Rotary Mellon showing how the bonus
loans would aggravate the financing
difficulties Of the treasury, and also
new estimates of the number of vet
Grams who will apply for the loans.
"A BOLISHMENT of the "lame duck"
"A session of congress seemed as
sured when the house adopted the
Clifford resolution to that effect and
providing for the Inauguration of the
newly elected President in January
instead Of March. The resolution,
which proposes an amendment to the
Constitution, differs somewhat from
the, Norris measure passed by the
senate with the same purpose, but it
was believed the differences would
be ironed out in conference. 1t is
planned that the terms of the Presi-
dent and Vice President shall end ON
the twenty-fourth day Of January and
the terms Of senators and representa-
tiyes at noon on the fourth day of
January Of the years in which such
terms normally would end. Congress
would assemble on January 4, and
the President would be sworn In on
January "a.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-13

No Amateur Did That
Amateur curio hunters have long
been pest to Maurice Learner, head
of an Oakland (Calif.) firm specialize
ing in wrecking ships. He can't ex-
plain, however. the method used by
the person who stole an anchor
weighing 1880 pounds from the old
United States, cruiser Farragut.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-13

morallzing prohibition law Is repealed
and replaced by reasonable leglsla-
ton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02

They have hindered the development
of the riverways.
But now they are being faced with
the fact that they cannot hold the
heavy freight business. The big steel
companies of Pittsburgh and central
Ohio are paying attention to the tre-
mendous possibilities of the Ohio-and-
Mississippi river water routes. The
cheapness of water transport has
been proven on the Monongahela
river-into Pittsburgh-which has
been called "the busiest river in the
world"
The facts bear out the statement
which has been made by competent
authority, that the railroads will
have their hands full of business of
their own kind, if they will leave the
heavy and slow freight to the water
ways where the waterways serve
best, and the relatively local express
traffic to the auto-busses where these
have the way opened up for them by
the development of the highways.
That the busses should pay their
share of the highway expense is only
fair, and will not cripple them. But
this is not the age in which to talk
about holding back any kind of me-
chanical development, or objecting to
its fullest use for the general public
good. What we want now in every
field is genuine service for the public
good. There has been enough jockey
ing for position.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02

There are those that are doomed,
whose days are certainly numbered,
whose intelligence tells them hope is
useless. Yet there probably is no
normal human being that does not
continue to hope, even in the face of
hopelessness.
And at no time in the whole year
does hope rise so high as at this great
festival period Christmas and New
Years Day.
The world has been moved because
battered hands have hammered
against the hard walls of tradition
and greed and avarice and ignorance.
The world has been moved because
hearts have refused to give up their
hope in the face of the teaching of
the elders of the established order of
things.
The race has come it's way from the
jungle hoping for better things and
putting its strength behind its hope
At times it has torn at the walls OF
injustice and bondage in frenzy OF
despair that was never quite despair
because the fight went on; and at
times in the high elation of conquest
and victory.
Hope has led the race to battle
Hope has led the brain to conjure ur
devices and methods of winning
through to freedom
And today-even with the great
burden of misery that bears dowr
upon so many--the race stands nearer
the pinnacle than ever. Thus is hope
| justified. Thus does hope continue.
The past is history. For the future
we hope-and so strive to make gooc
| the hope.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
DOES LABOR DESERV We MORE? !?

disposition with
the vy week the ground that such reform by reducing
would pbive and defeat
opposition
for five days but they
industry Many
for which labor deserves
mainly responsible for Americas unprecedented
prosperity witnessed the phenomenon of fill
wi a real
of hopeful the the by
of this of production the chief
prosperity permitted prices newt
worker public alike newt
go production which these
large production of wealth. made possible
produce
other willing just for this maximum
ouptut"
Opponents beginning recognize that despite
of standard
degree that cannot be measured
largely increased faster than
of Employers learning that matter what
the plea
the market provides fraction of national wealth
and lowwage indus
try n States is prosperous
reasonable that along with increase in the pur-
chasing should be coupled continuing duc
the working day and week? Informed
far
of markets 1t must be
this because people cannot use all the
produce lack the buy it. The
that all steady
merchandise Efficiency would be
improved lust Saturday holiday the eghhour day have
unionized industries be
better understanding problems the
industrial fence the hveay week will be
economically logical generally the workers due
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
LET PUBLIC BE SERVED

The Lancashire weavers of Old
England smashed the first power
loom.
The first impulse of those damaged
by improved machinery has always
been to get rid of the new machine.
Now come the railroads in a SINH
lar role-not altogether unfamiliar to
them.
They want the new auto busses put
out of business.
They want the new barge lines on
the rivers and other waterways to be
held within bounds wherever they cut
in on the railway business.
And they are now asking that the
new big oil-pipe lines be compelled
to divest themselves of their $400,-
100000 equipment-just because it
cuts in on railway business.
For decades the railways have had
their way with the waterways of the
nation. They have held back the de-
velopments of the inter-coastal canals
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trxdee
and Labor Council Of Middletown. O.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1881
JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND

Some senators and representatives
and some other people, too, can't
seem to see why the resources of the
entire nation should be mobilized in
fullest measure for unemployed re-
lief. Yet if the unemployed were vic
tins of an earthquake, flood or other
natural disaster, instead of being vic.
TINS of business depression, these
same persons would raise no question
about the necessity of whole hearted
government relief.
The millions of unemployed anc
their families are suffering from the
bad management of American bust
ness. If business can't help them, anC
it seems unable to do so, the people
as a whole, acting through their gov.
ernment, have no alternative except
to shoulder the task. Let it not be
forgotten, though, where the blame
belongs, for consideration when q
proper time comes.
Hunger is hunger, no matter how
caused, and common sense is not dis
posed to quibble about the necessity
of food for the foodless.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
CHAIN STORES
FIGHT IS ON

New York.-Where chain stores
control from so to rs per cent of the
grocery. business of community,
they are fighting between themselves,
says the Standard Statistics Com
pany.
This statistical organization, fol-
lowing a review of the chains, points
out that competition is no longer
solely between grocery chain and in
dependent, but between chain sys-
TENS. This costly competition may re-
suit in mergers or agreements, it is
predicted Service, rather than price
cutting, features the new competition.
Competition in service rather than
in price may require finer buildings,
more attractive equipment and better
grade and higher paid personnel. 1t
leads to advertising of an institution
al nature in the endeavor to build up
good will toward the individual sys-
tenn. In this type of competition the
personal factor will be of particular
Importance.
"These developments, in the long
run, unless offset by further operating
economies in other directions, will re-
suit in gradually rising costs of chain
store operation. Friendly agreements
or mergers and consultations, may
check dangerous competition"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
OLD AGE PENSIONS
URGED in JERSEY

Trenton, N. AT bearing held
by the old age pension law commit
tee, created by the state legislature,
George Pelettieri charged that 'old
people are being discarded and i'm
prisoned in aims houses because
American industry has no place for
men and women past middle age"
He said he was speaking for the
1900 Mercer county residents who
voted for him in the last election on
platform of pensions for the aged.
Assemblyman Joseph L. Thompson,
of Ocean county, declared that "a
state capable of increasing it's salary
expenditures from $3,500,000 in 1917
to $18, 100000 in 1929 is surely able to
spend another million dollars to pro-
vide for the aged"
The one opposing voice was former
State Senator Charles G. Pilgram,
speaking as counsel for the New Jer-
sey Manufacturers Association. The
pension plan held dangers of becom-
ing a dole system, which would en-
courage idleness and be an unjust
burden on taxpayers, he said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
THAT REINFORCEMENT

Many optimistic observers believe
reapportionment is about to be real
lied, but that there will be fight
against it in congress is generally
acknowledged.
States losing congressman are like
ly to object and representatives are
likely to battle against this outcome.
Against plain constitutional provi-
sions congress has refused to perform
its duty of reapportionment since
1911.
No state was willing to lose any
part of it's representation, and such
result could not be avoided if the
total number of representatives was
not increased. A hard battle was
conducted and reapportionment law
was enacted in June, 1929, to be based
on the 1880 census.
Acting under this law the census
bureau has worked out reapportion-
ment. Under the provisions Califor.
MIA will get nine more seats, Michi-
gan four, Texas three, Ohio two and
four other states one each. Missouri
will lose three seats; Pennsylvania
Georgia, Kentucky and Iowa, two
each, and Is other states, largely ag.
ricultural, one each.
1t is quite likely the representatives
of the losing states will raise tht
question of aliens and attempt to have
them excluded from the count. In
asmuch as the constitution bases rep
resentation simply on persons" it il
doubtful if any such contention woult
be sustained by any court.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
UNlONlSTS GIVEN
TWENTY DAYS
PAROLE

Raleigh, N. C.-Gov. Gardner pa
rolled Lawrence Hogan, Dell Lewis
and Yves Fowler, convicted with AL
fred Hoffman, organizer United Tex
tile Workers, on frame up rioting
charges in connection with the Ma
rion strike.
The sheriff and deputies who killed
several strikers were acquitted, but
the three men were sentenced to six
months in Jail. They had 20 days
more to serve Hoffman served a 80
day sentence and paid fine.
The manner in which the four men
were convicted, together with the dis
charge of murderous peace officers,
was clearly intended to intimidate la
borers who dared to join union or
suspend work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
FINE POLITICS

AS Senator Norris points out, in a
blistering criticism of the tactics of
Robert H. Lucas in the Nebraska
campaign, Lucas or anyone else has
a perfect right to oppose him and
contribute money toward his defeat.
But" the fighting Nebraska sena-
tor added, "the sin of Mr.. Lucas is
that he made his attack in the dark
He concealed his identity. He was too
cowardly to fight in the open. The
weapons he used were indefensible. 4"
Senator Norris stated the case
mildly. The tactics of Lucas execu-
tive director of the republican nation
al committee, deserve the severest
condemnation. They constituted an
attack in the dark almost without
parallel in American politics for
Sneaklng un1alrneSS.
When an attempt was made to de-
feat Senator Norris in the primaries
by the running of another candidate
with the same name as his, it was
suspected that an absolutely unscrup-
ulous campaign to "get" Norris was
under way. Recent revelations show
that not half the story was known
and that the opponents of Norris did
not hesitate to stoop to anything.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
TheCherry
~ Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes aippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

Chrlstmas-gone again.
1931-mystery!
Always the future is mystery.
Speculation upon the probabilities
of the future has led men to write
poetry-and hokum. More of hokum
than poetry.
There cannot be any positive knowl-
edge about any mans future, for no
man is sure of any minute except the
present minute.
Christmas New Years Day
and another 12-month of future
stretching out into the unknowable
hence.
We go forward hoping, but never
knowing. 8e
The hopefulness of the human race
is perhaps its most marvellous asset.
All manner of men go forward
hoping. There are the millionaires.
with dollar safety and who knows
what woes of mind. There are the
human leeches, grafters, SINNERS,
crooks, tyrants. For what do they
hope? Maybe some hope for chance
to forsake their crooked game. May
be some just hope for better pickings.
There are millions of workers, most
of them hoping their jobs will con-
tinue, millions hoping a job will turn
up.
There are hungry men and women,
shivering little children, hoping. What
magnificence there is in humanity
that can stand at the bottom point of
hopelessness and still hope!
Over the world there are men in
bondage, men in chains, men in alb
ject submission to cruel taskmas-
ters, political and industrial In the
breasts of many of these hope is so
battered in it's struggle with defeat
that it has become a pain--a pain out
of which comes the cry that never
ceases.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
THE TEACHERS PAY

Of all the professions, there is not
one much more important than teach
ing, since on teaching and the edu-
cational system depends quite largely
the capacity of the citizenship of the
future. 1t would seem, therefore, that
teachers should command pay that
would enlist the very highest type of
ability and training. May be the edu-
cational system is getting that abil-
ity and training, but if it is, it is not
paying adequately for it.
Figures gathered by the Univer-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

There is very little material on
the subject. Nobody seems to know
why injunctions are so much feared
and why their effects are so much
more disastrous on strikes than
troops or police
With the simplicity of high school
girl in civics class, the A. G. I. U,
asks: why do you think injunctions
are such effective weapons in the
hands of employers and courts ?"
This questionnaire may enlighter
well-meaning citizens who marvel
why trade unionists refuse to be
guided by so-called liberals"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02

sity of Michigan and the National
Federation of Business and Profess
sional Women's Clubs are illuminat-
ing. They show that the chances of
teachers for high earnings are about
half as great as for women working
in commercial and manufacturing or
ganizations, and much larger pro-
portion of women in sales and pub
licity work than in clerical work or
teaching have high earnings. The
conclusions drawn are based on the
experience of more than $4,000 wom-
en- engaged in 20 types of work in
more than 700 cities and towns.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
XMAS CHEER
Denied Strikers Riddles BY
Welfare Commission

Greensboro, N. C.-The season
that brings joy to childhood does not
apply to strikers kiddies in this
vicinity.
The public welfare commission an
nounced that no striker or his family
would receive any of the Xmas funds.
Washington.-Tex interests that
oppose organized labor in Greens
boro, N. c., have gone to such ex-
tremes that the local Xmas cheer
fund was affected, according to re-
port from an A. F. of L. organizer to
A. F. of L. headquarters. The or
ganizer said:
"The Ladies Auxiliary Of the local
Typographical Union, working with
the Greensboro central body relief
committee to secure toys and Xmas
funds for children of workers dis
criminated against for joining the
Textile Union in Greensboro, N. c.,
called upon the cheer fund commit
tee of this city to know if the chill
dren of these textile workers, who
were discharged for joining the union,
would be cared for by this public
cheer committee.
''In the event that the committee
would treat the strikers kiddies as
other children, the Ladies Auxiliary
agreed to turn over to the committee
all toys and clothing they had col
lected.
"The Ladies' Auxiliary were in
formed that these children would not
receive anything from this public
cheer fund"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
JUST WAKING UP. TO
INJUNCTION

The American Civil Liberties Unior
announces that it is preparing ma
terial for campaign against labor
injunctions, but it shows it hasn't
the slightest notion of what the in
junction is.
In seeking enough information to
wage fight that must necessarily
be based on ignorance and bluff, the
A. c. L. U. makes this ridiculous
statement:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02

FORD PLANTS SHUT
DOWN

Detroit, Mich.-Ford plants in this
city ceased operations. The company
said the suspension "is in line with
the policy of closing at this season
of the year in order that an inventory
may be taken"
No one knows how long the plants
will be closed. The year-end inven-
tory has formerly been two weeks.
The company has been operating on
three days week for three months.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
CHANGES IN LABOR LAW

Boston.-Representative E. J. Kel.
ley of the Massachusetts assembly
suggests that maximum weekly com
pensation to injured workers be in
creased from $18 to $40, and mini
mum weekly payments from SO to
S10
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
FASTER FREIGHT TRAINS

Washington.-Freight trains dur
ing October attained the highest
average speed for any corresponding
period on record, 1877 miles per hour,
according to report Of the bureau
of railway economics.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
SENSE FROM CONGRESS

repeat, it is folly, it is absurd, it
is hypocritical to talk about doing
anything for the relief of unemploy-
ment in this country unless we under
stand and appreciate that such relief
will necessitate increased expendi-
lures on the part of the government
and increased income taxes upon the
rich.-Senator David /. Walsh, of
Massachusetts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02

Of course democracy failed in pro-
hibition, because it overreached itself.
1t went beyond the real purview of
temporal government. 1t essayed di-
vinity and reached for the moon, and
all it obtained was moonshine.-Rep-
resentative Loring M. Black, of New
York.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-02
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-02-01
The BAFFLED EDITORIAL WRITERS

(Fron1 Chicago EUening Post, Jan. %, 1881
Not in a long time have the editorial writers had
as batting task as that which the WckerSham re-
port flung upon their desks A survey Of excerpts
from the comment it evoked discovers every phase
of opinion from extreme dry to jubilant wet It is
apparent that the commentators in many instances
read their preconceived ideas into the docu-
ment, and found there material to support them
whatever they might be.
After careful rereading and comparison, own
attempt at analysis which we printed yesterday,
stands up pretty we'll The one conclusive result Of
the report is the unmisakable definition it evoked
of the attitude to be taken by the Republican party
under its present leadership Unless there is effective
revolt against President Hoover the party will stand
by the Eighteenth Amendment, employ all its energy
to justify it. and face the issue uncOmpromSingly in
1882
The probability is there will be change in the
situation it exists prior to the election of that
year. except such change for the better more eff
fectiye enforcement may achieve.
1t remains to be seen whether the Democratic
party in face of the reports adverse attitude
peal and emphatic support for federal control will
continue to advocate the Al Smith policy of return
to state control. Further, it remains to be seen
whether the revisionist proposal of the report will
win acceptance with any considerable political fac
ton of either party, and Supersede repeal as the
basis of program for change.
The light wine and beers modification idea is as
good dead and may we'll be buried VETS can
make up their minds that lawful liquor is at least
two years distant, and, possibly, even more remote