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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09
WILL WE FIND A WAY?

The present management of busi-
ness in the United States under the
policy which it has followed, and
which it now proposes to follow, can
not possibly employ all the men and
women who as American citizens are
entitled to an opportunity to earn an
honest living.
For the last ten years this has been
the case.
Neither the United States Chamber
of Commerce, the great banks, the
trade associations, the government,
nor any of the political parties has
proposed any program looking to. the
systematic employment of the entire
people of this country.
Opportunity was to be found, SO
years ago, out on the prairies and in
the mountains and valleys of the great
West. Any man could go and take up
his own home, and could always find
living.
The prairies are pre-empted. The
mines have been filed upon-and
largely gathered in by the corpora
tions.
For millions Of people-for con-
stant percentage Of the population
for a certain number of Americans
it can only be said: "They are not
wanted" Who these may be, is deter
mined by the whims of chance and
accident. Some of them are bankers
now; some are storekeepers; some are
mechanics, and many are farmers.
Nobody knows just who they are. But
their numbers can be estimated, in
terms of a rising index number.
Every improvement in the efficiency
of machinery, for farm or factory,
increases their number; and every
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09

Association with the officials of the
North Atlantic and intercoastal
steamship lines, stated that he was
proud of being honorary chairman of
the Longshoremen's Association and
of having the friendship of thousands
of members of the association. He
said he was not in favor of any move
ment to cut the wages of men who
are making only $15 week and was
extremely glad to have aided in
bringing about renewal of the pres
ent basic wage rate of So cents an
hour.
Mr.. O'Connor was president of the
International Longshoremen's Asso-
citation from 1908 to 1921. Re was
appointed vice president of the U. S.
Shipping Board by President Harding,
was made chairman of the board by
President Coolidge in 1924, and has
held the position up to the present.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09

Earnings too low for adequate liv-
ing were reported for the great ma
iority of the women whose years
earnings were ascertained.
In seven of the 13 states surveyed
at various times during the five years
more than one-ffth of the women
were reported as receiving less than
$500 a year; that is, less than 1882
a week to live on. Of the approx
mately 8,400 women in manufacturing
whose years earnings were reported,
14.5 per cent, slightly more than one
in seven, received less than $500 for
the year, and only 1872 per cent earn
ed as much as $1,000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09
SAFETY

Two decades ago safety was in an
elemental stage. 1t was almost a fad,
and not a popular one at that.
This month Chicago is host to ap-
proximately 1000 delegates to the
Twentieth Annual Safety Congress
and Exposition. These delegates rep
resent all types of industry, as well
as many social, civic and educational
agencies.
Here are some of the things to
which the organized safety movement
can point with pride on its twentieth
birthday:
Accident fatalities in industry have
decreased at least 80 per cent in the
past 20 years.
Child deaths from accidents have
decreased since 1922, when school
safety work on national scale was
started. During this time adult
deaths have increased 38 per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09
SALES TAX A SMOKE SCREEN

Public opinion is swinging strongly
with organized labor in opposition to
proposals for sales tax. The sales
tax is being recognized widely for
what it is-a scheme to avoid raising
the income tax, particularly the in
come taxes of the wealthy. State
Senator C. F. Clark, of Iowa, hit the
nail on the head when he recently
told the Cedar Rapids Tribune that he
believed with organized labor that the
sales tax would be unfair and unjust
to the wage Garner, adding:
"In my opinion the present propa-
ganda for general sales tax comes
largely from those who oppose an in
come tax, and it is only smoke screen
to divert attention from the issue
Virtually every economist, beginning
with Adam Smith, has denounced q
general sales tax as inequitable, be-
cause it violates a fundamental prin-
ciple of taxation that "they should
pay the most tax who are best able
to pay"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09
THE HYPOCRISY OF WAGE CUTTING

The hypocrisy of wage cutters the alacy
their opinions the relation reductions
workers expressed before and
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
M smaller steel actually reduced
prior to wage
of the reduction
Their like this.
sumption
,ortonal by Why?
of the iron and steel workers too high
said that the weekly earnings of the iron and steel
but when they did work
they paid hour day
formerly Consequently high direct labor
cost as when the depression years
This alleged high
ht steel manufacturers the of
thus reduced trade and held down employment
argument and steel trade journals 1t
repeated by metropolitan with cut
and appeared many Wall
the steel corporations 10
finally announced revolutionary change
place Interpretation the relation between wage
and steel products They suddenly discovered
had relation whatever reduced
prices which the iron and steel workers make
few Of changes of opinion follow:
The Age:
see producers point the suggestion that the saving
from wage cuts be passed on to buyers"
Wall Street Journal:
Investigation industry indicates that the view
leaders steelp prices should be maintained"
New YorkT Especial from Pittsburgh:
saving operating costs the steel companies obtain
effective October Will be
according authoritative
Nothing further from their plans
reduction prices shading from
the maintained the last three months
New York Especial from Chcago):
Te contention around 80 cent OF
capac in this district price be made despite the
lowering of wages"
Philadelphia Especial from Pitsburgh)
steel prices Will suHer
particle by this reduction would be quite I'M
nosbe influence different finished steel prod
of labor Sellers have been
and will continue to 90 So whie
buyers will even attempt raise an ISSUE
transfer the money
dividends But telling the truth
ef the cut would forth much public opposition Ihe
the wage amouagd their real objective with their pych
a reflected reduced prices fo1
steep products.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09
LONCSHOREMEN WIN
WAGE AGREEMENT

New York.-The International Long
shoremen's Association won their
fight against the drastic wage reduc-
tions proposed by officials of the
North Atlantic and intercoastal
steamship lines as the basis for the
renewal of the wages and hours
agreement.
Under the former agreement the
longshoremen were paid 85 cents an
hour for regular time and $1.30 an
hour for overtime, with the 44-hour
week. The shipping interests insisted
on reducing regular time wages to 70
cents an hour and overtime to $1.05.
Officials of the union conceded re-
duction of 10 cents an hour for over
time, but retained 85 cents for regu-
lar time and kept the 44-hour week.
A member of the steamship wage
committee said the Companies had
been forced into the wage schedule
of the new agreement by the action
of the United States Shipping Board
lines in deciding in advance to renew
regular time wage scale for the COM
ing year. He expressed the belief that
Chairman O'Connor, of the shipping
board, had shown too much favoritism
to the longshoremen.
Washington. T. V. O'Connor
chairman of the United States Ship.
ping Board, in an interview regard
ing the statement that he had shown
favoritism in the wages controversy
of the international Longshoremen's
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09

The dole has given Englishmen
chance to know how long it takes to
knock the pride out of men-to get
them to like charity and to hate the
effort of self-support.
Ambition dies hard enough in most,
and so for a majority the process is
long. But for large minority the
process is not long. whats the
use?'' is the broken lament of some
With others the tide of resentment
comes to rule.
The only persons really happy about
growing misery are the revolution
lists.
And the fires of revolution are fed
by the growing despair and cynicism
of multitudes.
Perhaps out of this depression
great gain will come. Certainly,
taking the present as a gauge, any
return of normal conditions would
find wage earners better off than in
1929, because up to this time the great
employers have not been able to force
labor into a state of absolute de-
fiation
But the greater gain will be in an
aroused social conscience That is
something more permanent than dol
lars, more permanent than scales
more permanent than the recurring
cycles.
The proposal of Gerard Swope, one
legged though it is, faulty though il
| is, contains an admission of RESPONSE
bility that could have come from nc
| magnate of decade ago.
We face a winter of tragedy. But
the future may be frightened some
| what by the thought that, even though
| cynicism gains this winter, the knowl
edge of fundamental weaknesses IL
our social system grows and with i
a sense of responsibility develops
Unless our structure goes to piece:
under this strain it will emerge, b!
all today's signs, a better and :
sounder structure. But the emerging
had better not be too long delayed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09

There will be more cynics this Win
ter, as well as more hungry men and
women, because hungry men and
women are likely to grow cynical.
A valued correspondent writes,
commenting upon the decision of the
Presbyterians not to ask the presi-
dent to set aside day for prayer
to end depression.
This correspondent recalls the re-
mark of one hungry man to a min
ister: "You can't fry a prayer"
The same correspondent recalls that
the rector of a wealthy New York
parish has written a prayer to be
printed and widely distributed-a
prayer for relief from unemployment
1t is described as a well-worded.
pleasant and genteel supplication
Within voice range of the spot where
it was written, this correspondent
says, dozen men have killed them
selves in despair over bankruptcy,
while within the shadow of the church
each cold winters day brings "the
dolorous shuttle of ill-shod feet in the
lock-step of that tragic commentary
of this civilization-the breadline."
There will be more cynics this win
ter. They will think of their hunger
and of the golden boards of the great
dividends and of the growing death
rate Of babies.
Perhaps it is one of the hopeful
things about the human race that it
pokes fun at those who serve as the
spokesman for charity and it does so
even in the most pious places. Bas-
ically this is not out Of disrespect for
piety, but out of a deep hatred for
charity.
About the only way in which an
originally normal person can be made
to like charity is to force him to ac-
cept charity until he has become de-
based by it's baleful influence, until
he has lost hope Of self-respect, until
normal ambition has been killed by
continuous denial.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09
A PICTURE OF AMERICAN

The depth to which depression has
struck in many places almost passes
belief. Few stories more poignant,
more illustrative Of the human suf-
fering, caused by this business and
industrial collapse have been told
than one brought from Johnston City,
ILL.,, by the United Press.
Johnston City is coal mining
town. In the little Washington Ave
nue. Baptist Church devout citizens
gathered to pray for the end of the
depression. Ninety per cent of the
miners Of the town are idle.
Here to this little church came the
miners and their wives, in exemplifi.
cation of their faith, as if to a place
of last resort, haven, refuge. "Tht
majority of my people are poor, mis-
erably poor" said the pastor to a re
porter, through no fault of Their
own"
The pastor prayed and tears cours
ed down his cheeks. There were man,
others who wept-wept at the sigh
of human misery and helplessness
They offered prayer, they sang "On
| ward, Christian Soldiers" and the,
| they went out to wait-for they cal
only wait. There is nothing else fo
these fathers and mothers to do. Wha
greater tragedy can there be?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

new engineering wrinkle or manage
ment device adds to their multitude.
But who they may be--oriy God
knows, and He has not told anybody
yet
"But will we get past this depres-
sion?" you say.
In the wage cuts and machine i'm
provement, the next depression has
already begun.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09

UP TO your ears in work
every nerve at high tension.
NO wonder you snap at the wife
and bark at the children.
w atch outl Overworked
nerves may lead to Sleepless-
ness, Nervous Headache, Nerv-
Gus Indigestion and host of
other unpleasant disturbances.
Why don't you try Or. Miles
Efervescent Nervine Tablets?
Just one in a half glass OF
water makes a pleasant, spark
ling drink delightfully."- soothing
to over-taxed nerves.
DR.. Miles Nervine is now
made in two forms-Liquid and
Effervescent Tablet. Both have
the same soothing effect.
$1.00 at your drug store
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09

Let's go: Do your Christmas shop
ping early.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-10-09
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
GUe q Garden

Remember the war gardens?
They helped feed thousands.
And a revival of that plan will
feed thousands again, now
when many families are in
need.
Hundreds of men in the city
would be glad to make gardens
on vacant lots of the city, if
they could get permission. To
bring together the owners of
vacant lots and those who
would be glad 10 plant gardens
on them, and raise produce
for their families, The Times
today is asking all who are
willing to do so to register
with The Times Garden Editor.
Your vacant lot may provide
food for a half dozen families
this summer. Call or write The
Times and list this lot. Maybe
you have a garden spot that
you don't want to farm" this
summer. Let some needy man
plant vegetables there.
You can be Of real service in
helping those who need help.
And all men out Of work who
honestly want to help them
selves can raise food for their
families in this way.
List your lot now. It's about
planting time. And all men
who want to work garden
tracts, write to The Times
Garden Editor today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
CITY TO STUDY
GAS PROPOSAL
Piping Project to Be Taken
Up at Conference.

City officials will meet with
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan this
afternoon to discuss proposal of
the Kentucky Natural Gas Com
pany for piping natural gas to In
dianapoliS.
The proposal was submitted at
meeting Tuesday afternoon attended
by Sullivan, works board members,
Citizens Gas Company trustees and
representatives of the city legal and
engineering departments.
Company officials suggested that
natural gas could be piped here at
rates lower than those now in ef
feet.
No definite action was decided on
Tuesday because Of pending liti-
cation over acquisition of the Citi-
zens Gas Company by the city I'M
der the gas company's public trust
charter. Decision Of the United
State circuit court of appeals at
Chicago sustaining the city's right
to acquire the company by paying
outstanding obligations, may be ap-
pealed to the United States supreme
court,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
BELLED BUZZARD DIES,
VICTIM OF AUTOMOBILE

Bird Known in Indiana and Many
Other States Killed Near GospOrt.
BIZ United Press
SPENCER, Ind, April 8-The
belled buzzard of fact, fiction ard
superstition is dead-the victim Of
an automobile.
Rufus Turner Of Spencer ended
the career of the bird, whose fame
has spread through Indiana and
half a dozen states to the south,
when he drove into a flock Of buzz
yards near Gosport.
The bell attached to the neck Of
the buzzard apparently impeded it's
rise from the ground and the bird
struck the windshield of Turner's
machine.
For several years the buzzard has
been reported in widely separated
sections Of the middle west and
south. To the superstitious it was
bird of i'll omen.
This year the first report of the
belled buzzard came from Kentucky.
and few days later it was seen in
southwestern Indiana. It appar-
emily had been progressing leisurely
nOrthWard
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
ILL MAN, 104, REFUSES
TO EAT, TAKE MEDICINE

Galusha NJ. Cole, Who Voted for
First G. o. P. "Prexy," Near Death.
By United Press
PASADENA, Cal, April 8.-Ga-
lusha M. Cole, a modern, still after
104 years of life in which he has
watched his country grow, was re-
ported critically i'll today in Pasa-
dena hospital, refusing to take
either food or medicine.
Cole fell in his home recently
and fractured his left thigh. Alone,
but undaunted, he lay helpless for
two hours, tapping with his cane
on a wall to attract assistance.
Neighbors finally answered.
Cole was born on Aug. Is, 1926, in
the administration of President
John Quincy Adams. He voted for
the first Republican President.
He has seen the population of the
nation increase from 100000 TO
122,000,O0O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
LIFE Term TO
SECOND BANDIT
Guilt Admitted in Murder
and HoIdup.

BIZ United Press
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, April g.
The second life Imprisonment SEN
tence imposed as a result of the
of Owen Crickmore, filling
station attendant killed in a hold
up Sept. 30, is on court records here
today
Robert Ingersoll indianapolis,
confessed the holdup and murder
and was sentenced by Judge Fred E.
Hines in Hamilton circuit court.
Floyd Strange, indianapolis, pleaded
guilty to similar charges Monday
and also received life sentence.
Charles McCammon, Indianapolis,
implicated in the same murder, is in
Jail here and has confessed, author
tiles say.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
TWENTY BID ON ROAD
Indianapolis Contractor Successful
at Price of 100000.

bB tHt68 special
ANDERSON, Ind, April Com
petition was keen for the contract
to construct the Dale J. holland
paved road from Anderson to
Frankton. There were twenty bids
submitted, some by firms from other
states. The contract was awarded
to w. c. Halstead, Indianapolis,
subject to approval by the state
board Of tax commissioners
Halsteads bid of S109 1924 was
$40 higher than that of MachIvn &
Zehr of Decatur. The Indianapolis
contractor has constructed several
roads in Madison county and was
given the contract because of his
large supply Of equipment. The en-
gineer's estimate made two years
ago when paving costs were higher
was $4,000.
Inc holland road is the south sec
ton Of the Anderson-EIwoo paved
highway. The project has been be-
lore the state tax board on two oc-
casions following circumstances Of
taxpayers. The demonstrators have
served notice Of their intention to
fight the bond issue through court
action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
.LATTA CASES
AGAIN IN court
Insurance Company Says
Attorney Was Suicide.
By Times Special

By Times Special
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, April
8.-Among cases on the docket Of
the Montgomery circuit court for
the April term are three against the
Employers Liability Assurance Cor
poration of London, England, in
which plaintiffs seek to recover in
Surance on the life of Will Latta,
late Indianapolis lawyer
The lawyer was killed at Carmel
when his automobile was struck by
a train. The insurance company
has refused payment on the ground
that he committed suicide Plain
tiffs in the cases are Amanda E.
Hunt, Alice L. Latta, and Fletcher
American National bank of Indian
apolis, executor of the will.
The cases are set for trial the
week of juno Is and are expected
to require several days. They were
brought here on a change of venue
from Hendricks circuit court at
Danville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08
TAX VALUES SHRINK
Taxable Property Lowest
Since 1920 Peak.

Net value of Indiana's taxable
property has shrunk from its peak
in 1920 on an average of more than
SOS 100000 annually, report of L. S.
Bowman, secretary Of the state tax
board, showed today.
It receded from 1888, 717O40 a
decade ago, to $5,179, 598,278 in 1880,
Bowman said.
Mortgage exemptions of $2oo66O,-
DIG in 1880 brought the gross value
of property in the state~to $780,
25S,294 They we're 1913 per cent of
the net valuation.
In 1900, when mortgage exemp-
tons first went into effect, they
represented 2.23 per cent of the net
valuation, and in 1929 they we're
3.66 per cent of the corresponding
figure.
Net gain in valuation in 1880 over
1929 was 2.701 1903.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-08

Cermak was earning his own liv-
ing at IL; in business land in love-
at 10; married and owner of a home
at 81 state legislator at %; an
alderman at Sc; president of the
Cook county board at 40 and mayor
Of Chicago at So.
See Him as Governor
Plenty of his friends say Tony
hasn't stopped rising yet. They
visualize him as Governor of Illinois
and perhaps even senator.
AS for Cermak, he says, there's
plenty of time to think of those
things later. There's work to be
done now"
There was only one touch of sad
ness about Cermak today. The girl
he met in a Lawndale restaurant
when he was struggling upward and
who in few months became Mrs.
Cermak, was missing. She died
about year ago. It was the first
time she hadn't shared his glory.
Cermak's father and grandfather
were miners in Bohemia so it
seemed inevitable that Tony's first
job would be digging coal.
1t wasn't much of job as jobs
ran III those days, but it made him
independent, quality that has
characterized his life He drove
mules through passage of the Braid
wood mine, hauling cars of coal.
The hours were long and the pay
85 cents day.
There wasn't much time for
school so he studied at night. In
the summer time, when work was
slack in the mines, he hired out to
farmers or worked on the small
farm his father owned.
Leader of Miners
BY the time he reached Is he
was a full-f1edged mule driver at
81 a day and leader of the miners.
They considered themselves down
trodden. One day in 1889 they
struck.
What the hells the matter?"
John Cherry, mine superintendent,
shouted at the idle workers.
I'VE want a raise" Cermak told
him, speaking for the miners.
You'll get it. Come on"
Cherry led Cermak to the cage,
put him on it and waved it up.
There's your raise" shouted the
foreman as the cage rose.
And it was, for Cermak rolled his
few belongings into a bandana
handkerchief and started for Chi
cago, the city he had dreamed of.
He trudged along the canal, for
he had no money for train fare. He
arrived in Lawndale, on West
Twenty-sixth street.
The prospect for a job looked
good, as there were many men
working here then. Cermak stopped,
and the history of Cermak and
Lawndale are closely interviewer
| from then on.