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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
DEMOCRACY IN INDUSTRY

Two codes of rules and regulations
affect the workers; the law upon the
statute books, and the rules within
industry.
The first determines their relation
ship as citizens to all other citizens
and to property.
The second largely determines the
relationship of employer and EN-.
employe, the terms of employment
the conditions of labor, and the rules
and regulations affecting the work.
ers as employees.
The first is secured through the
application of the methods of demo.
cracy in the enactment of legislation
and is based upon the principle that
the laws which govern a free people
should exist only with their consent
The second, except where effective
trade unionism exists, is established
by the arbitrary or autocratic whim
desire or opinion of the employer and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

is based upon the principle that IN
dustry and commerce cannot be sue
cessfully conducted unless the en-
ployer exercises the unquestioned
right to establish such rules, regula-
tions and provisions affecting the en-
ployes as self-interest prompts.
Both forms of law vitally affect the
workers opportunities in life and de-
termine their standard of living. The
rules, regulations and conditions
within industry in many instances
affect them more than legislative en-
actments. 1t is, therefore, essential
that the workers should have voice
in determining the laws within indus
try and commerce which affect them,
equivalent to the voice which they
have as citizens in determining the
Legislative 6UdCLiutlIS WHICH oman
govern them.
1t is as inconceivable that the work
ers as free citizens should remain
under automatically made law within
industry and commerce as it is that
the nation could remain a democracy
while certain individuals or groups
exercise autocratic powers.
1t is, therefore, essential that the
workers everywhere should insist
upon their right to organize into trade
unions, and that effective legislation
should be enacted which would make
it criminal offense for any employer
to interfere with or hamper the ex-
ercise of this right or to interfere
with the legitimate activities of trade
unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
AXTON-FISHER
Tobacco Company Cooper
ates With Labor; No Pay
Cuts in Big Plant

AS usual, and just when needed
most, The Axton-Fisher Tobacco
Company of Louisville, KY. maker OF
Clown and Spud cigarettes, is found
cooperating with labor. In the cur.
rent issue of the American Fedora
zionist, in it's articles on organiza-
ton, appears the following, and which
speaks for itself:
J. r. Woodward reports that at
Louisville, KY, while some indus
tries have put to work few men
in some departments, they have on
the other hand laid off men in other
departments. The situation as a
whole shows some improvement, but
not enough to indicate any general
upward trend. Practically every in
dustry has made cuts in wages, either
in actual wages or by reduction OF
hours. With the exception of the AK
ton-Fisher Tobacco Company the
writer does not know of plant that
has not reduced wages in some form
or other. For every job there is about
fifteen men and contractors take the
lowest man they are able to employ
in some cases men practically bid for
for the job.
In another article in the same issue
of the Federationist, telling Of an
educational campaign being conducted
by Louisville organized labor and the
Union Label League, the writer says:
"As prizes we distribute some 300
! union-made products, such as bread,
wearing apparel, tobacco and many
others. We are glad to say that in
most cases we have received full CO.
operation from the manufacturers of
these products. Especially is this
true of w. F. Axton, president OF the
Axton- Fisher Company, who has pro-
ven himself to be a real true friend
of labor; who has given both prod
ucts and funds that this work can be
carried on, and we of the Label
League are proud to acknowledge this
wonderful cooperation"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Mankind Still Clings
to Pomp and Ceremony

1t Is, of course, mere blindness and
blundering to suppose that monarchy
Is decaying In the modern world. The
danger Is much more that the future
governments will be too despotic than
that they will be too democratic.
But IL there Is one idea more alb
surd than the idea that we have seen
the end OF royalism, 1t is the idea that
we have seen the end of ritualism
Pomp and ceremony were always pop
ular with the real populace.
Nobody who has seen, as l have,
the long procession of the Italian or
ganization OF citizen soldiers, passing
the tomb Of new and nameless SOL
dier and saluting 1t with a gesture
three thousand years old, can doubt
that every crowd in the world really
cries out for some such sacramental
sign.
Ceremony will not depart from man
kind; on the contrary, as in the case
OF monarchy, 1t is much more likely
that 1t will be very difficult to get an
English king (even for two minutes)
to enjoy wearing a crown.-G. X.
Chesterton In the American Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Systematic Plan for
Chartinr Of Currents

AT eight bells every day, aboard sv.
cry ship, the position OF the vessel ID
ascertained by observation, and Its po-
sition marked on the chart. When this
is done, it Is the practice on many
ships to use what are called bottle
papers"
These are merely slips of white pa
per, but they help greatly In the chart
ing Of the worlds currents. On them
Is printed short notice asking any
one who should find one to send 1t to
a certain address, and In some cases
Offering small reward. A space Ia
left to be filled In with the name OF
the ship, the masters name, the latl.
tude and longitude at the time. the
chronometer time and the apparent
time on the ship. When the paper has
been filled In, 1t Is signed by the mas
ter and the navigating officer and then
inserted In clean white bottle which
is corked hard and sealed with wax
1t is then thrown overheard.
The bottle may drift for years, but
in the meteorological and hydrograph.
ical offices Of the world men are en-
ployed In calculating from the bot
ties, as they are found, the strength
and direction Of the currents.
One bottle thrown overheard from
the British steamer Athelqueen in No
yember, 1929, off the south coast OF
Ceylon, was found on the coast OF Ital
Ian Somaliland in April, 1880, having
drifted about two thousand miles ir
just over five months.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

are having tremendous changes.
For one thing, industry is becoming
more closely knit together. The proc
esses of merging and consolidating go
on rapidly.
Vast and astounding new machin-
cry is just over the horizon.
The non-union man is more and
more lone wolf--more and more q
problem to himself and everybody
else.
And he loses more and more by
staying out.
A spontaneous movement toward
organization is in the air. This is the
tine to get busy-intelligently!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Endorsed BY the Trades and Labsr
Council Of Hamilton. Chic
Endorsed by the Middletewn Trades
and Laber Council Of Middletswn. O..
FRIDAY, JULY "a. 1881

UNIONISM AS A SOCIAL FORCE
The value of the trade union move
ment cannot be measured by wage
increases, unless these increases are
associated with higher living stand
ards, more diffused education and a
more enlightened citizenship.
Unionism is social force because
it's heart is morally and ethically
sound. 1t is never found pleading for
special privilege. Wage rates it asks
for are met by the non-union en-
ployer. Its pleas for the abolshment
of child labor include children of
workers who take no part in the fight
for better conditions. 1t demands
that life and limb be protected in
shop and mine include all workers.
It's creed is all-embracing- regardless
of sex, religious belief, politics, ma
tionality or color-it invites all wage
earners to join with it in the effort
for a higher type of manhood and
womanhood.
The time has passed when the
trade union movement must apollo
gize for it's existence or defend it's
purposes. It's position is invulnerable
because it is supported by grim neces-
sity and by the highest ideals that
have actuated mana larger degree
of liberty. A movement founded on
these two elements can withstand any
shock, as has been proven times with
out number by the trade unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Mans "Riqhts" In 1881

"The point as TO whether men can
be forced to work at fire, when they
are not firemen, Is a knotty one" COM
mented the Arkansas Gazette on Feb.
ruary Is, 1881. SAT the recent fire on
lower Markham street, several men
were arrested for refusing to pull on
a rope.
''If they had been asked to take a
pull on glass OF beer, Or on the riv-
er, 1t would not have been SO insulting,
but when they were asked to take their
hands out of their pockets and actual
ly pull on rope, all the pent-up prin-
ciples Of American liberty and free
dom caused their bosoms to swell. No,
sir; the great American citizen does
not need to pull on ropes. What is
the good of being an American citizen
If we can't stand around and look at a
fire without being forced to help save
another free American citizens prop
erty from destruction? Did we sever
our connection from England to come
to this? We may stretch hemp, but
we will not pull on ropes"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

the Canadian Pacific railway was
planning wholesale staff reductions
This leading Canadian paper states
that reducing the purchasing power
of the workers will only prolong the
depression.
1t is interesting to recall that the
Montreal Star in its more youthful
days was usually supporter of work
ers' causes, good policy evidently.
as it has prospered while rivals, once
formidable, have disappeared.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Oboe Not Dangerous

There is no particular vibration
from the oboe that affects the brain,
but very early oboe players often had
throat hemorrhages. When this in
strument was invented 1t was extreme
ly hard to play, having double reed
and steel buttons. The armies of the
Huns and the Goths had bands made
up Of oboe. players who often had to
wear leather collars to prevent these
hemorrhages. AS the instrument de-
veloped however, the strain on the
lungs of the player became lessened
until today there Is no danger in
playing an oboe. In fact, prominent
Cleveland oboe player says that 1t de-
velops the lungs and produces good
appetite for the player Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Mendinp Broken China

The Department of Agriculture rec
ommends what Is known as grand
mothers white lead process for mend
Ing broken china. The cementing ma
terial is white lead such as Is used
by artists working with oil paints. 1t
may be rubbed with the finger on the
raw edges Of the dish and the piece
which is to be cemented into place,
but before the white lead cement Is
applied, it Is well to rub down the
edges very little with emery paper
to make room for the thin layer of
white lead, so that the dish when
completed viii not be distorted in
shape.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

evident in the discussions and resolu-
tions of the Advertising Federation of
America.
The president Of the organization,
Gilbert T. Hodges, said: Eve must
maintain the high wage scale. The
volume of earnings must be kept suf-
ficient to absorb the output of indus
try. While all these rumors of wage
cutting are rampant there is not q
chance of buying power peeking out
from under the bed"
These very homely words correctly
express the fear that paralyzes trade.
The way to dispel this fear is to put
security into the situation by con.
tracts that jobs and wages will be
maintained for definite time-three
months, six months, twelve months if
possible. Upon such definite under
standing workers will know how to
plan their spending.
The advertising business needs
prosperity and it is interested in re-
storing prosperity. This organized
group subscribed to the principle that
business will reach its best develop
ment with "the widest possible dis
tribution among the creators of
wealth of an equitable share of the
profits of production and of the time
economies made possible by the de-
velopment of machinery"
The advertisers are right in be-
lieving that diverting too large a
share of the products of joint work
interferes with business, and that
failure to distribute evenly the bene-
fits of technical progress will unbal-
ance business progress.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Professional Women
Vision Unemployment

Vienna, Austria Forty-three Amer
lean business women, headed by Miss
Lena M. Phillips, New York law
yer, are here to attend the second
annual meeting of the International
Congress of Business and Profession
al Women. Unemployment is one of
the principal questions to be consid-
cred by the congress. Surveys have
been made to ascertain how far wom-
en- in Europe have been affected by
the business depression.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Boston Carmen Negotiate
For Renewal of Pay Scale

Boston (ILNS)-The Boston Ele-
waited Railway Company, now under
state control, and the Boston Car
mems Union have been negotiating
over renewal Of wage and working
tract which expired recently The
railway executive proposed changes in
working conditions, and these were
the subjects of the chief discussion
between the conferees representing
both parties. The Boston Elevated
railway operates a main line and
branch lines of overhead and under
ground electric railway and all the
surface lines in Boston.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
"Horsehesh"

The word most generally used for
the meat Of q horse Is "horsefesh.n -
Our words for the meat OF domestic
animals, 'beef, veal, pork and NUT
ton," are all derived from the French,
while the Anglo Saxon words are re-
tanned for the names Of the animals
themselves. The French word for
horse, "cheval.' was never adopted
into the English language to denote
"horsefesh," probably because there
was never any need for 1t.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

The worlds largest junk shop is the
Caledonian market in London. Here,
according to Golfers Weekly, immense
crowds attend the semi weekly bargain
days, when In large open field,
countless collection of varied cast-off
goods, from cracked egg-cups to brok-
en- perambulators are bargained for by
thousands Of poor folks and antique
dealers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
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Tree NH. IT,; :, :: y: ::,:s:; ,:::s ::
about many things. sometimes pre-
foundly, sometimes Aippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

From many points come reports of
new interest for union TAOIN 40
new interest in organization work.
Applications for union membership
are coming faster than usual. Men
want to be inside instead of outside.
Perhaps this is merely an expires
sion of the age-old instinct to join the
pack when trouble comes. Perhaps it
is something more than that. Perhaps
it is a realization of the fact that in
dividuals, by themselves, cannot cope
with situation in which everyone on
the employers side is organized.
The situation with which a wage
Garner is confronted is too big for
him to meet alone.
| The man who comes into union
| because he is SO battered that he is
desperate may stay when times i'm
prove, or he may not.
The man who comes in because he
understands individual helplessness in
the face of industry's complexities
and organized strength, will stay.
But whatever may be the reason
that brings member in, it is the
unions job to show him why member
ship is valuable, why he should re-
main member, whyAhe should bear
his share of the burden, why it is a
matter of duty as we'll as matter OF
self-protection to stay in.
The union justifies itself in all
times. 1t does so a hundredfold
in these times. BUT TOMOR-
ROW THE ON-UNION MAN
WILL BE OUT OF THE PIC
| TURE, because lone individual,
going his own way, in a world
where everything is organization,
teamwork and negotiation, will
simply not fit. The day will come
| when not even the most obstrep-
erous bosses will want nom
| union man.
There will have to be organized re-
sponsibility as well as organized in
telligence and discipline.
How, for example, would a man
stand if he lived in a state which
didn't belong to the Union? 1t will
one day be that way in industry.
Meanwhile for those that see no
further, there are the dollars and
cents reasons.
1t is not by accident that the aver
age rate of union wages is TWICE the
average rate of all wages.
Union men are not drawing twice
as much as non-union men just for
no reason at all. They are drawing
better wages because of organized
effort
Not only are wages better, but con-
| ditions of work are better. The best
equipped and cleanest plants are the
| plants where union men work.
The Saturday half holiday was won
by the unions. Where the fve-day
week is in effect it was won by unions.
When the thirty hour week comes
as it must, ii will be because of
unions!
| Employment is more regular for
union members. Bosses have more
respect for union members!
The amazing thing is that there is
any such thing as non-union work
er. Some day we will look back in
wonderment at the years and years
Of effort that were required to win
strength for unions. We will ask how
it was that anybody could have been
stopped from joining a union.
Today we are in a depression, but
we are going places just the same.
We seem to have stagnation, but we
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
NOT so PATRIOTIC
unions.

The owners of an enterprise which
has made good profits out of a coun-
try in times of prosperity are un-
patriotic if in times of depression
they are more concerned to protect
dividends than the rights of their
workers to livelihood, declares the
Montreal Daily Star of a report that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
WISDOM

Every generation writes its owr
history of the past. The historian is
influenced by the prevailing spirit OF
national intolerance today as his
predecessors fed the flames of relig.
ious intolerance in days gone by
Prof. Henry Morse-Stephens.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

The real science of political econ
omy is that which teaches nations to
desire and labor for the things that
lead to life, ano which teaches them
to scorn and destroy the things that
lead to Observation-Disclosures
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
ADVERTISERS ENDORSE
HIGH WAGES

Confirmation for labor's conten-
tions for shorter work hours and
maintenance of wage rates as a relief
program for business depression was
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Why Do Men Marry?

Ed Howe remarks that women mar
ry for love. money or to have a home.
1t Is not known why men marry
American Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
netl2Ty6SpB Book

20 my children,
Love is sunshine, hate 10 shadow.
Life Is chsckered shade and sunshine
Rule by love. o HiawAtha."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Add Smiles
GO. 1890. Western Newspaper Union,

AS easy as getting 4 politician to
pose for his picturs.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Entered at the Pcstoffics at Hamilton,
Ohie, as Second Class Mail Matter.

Issued weekly 1t s3s Market strsst
Tslsphsas 1895 uaniltsA. ohis
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
CHILDREN's DISHES

THOSE who have had the most sue
1 cess In teaching children to like all
kinds Of foods, or at least tolerate
them, have found that where the
grOwn-ups will eat and express pleas
urs over food. the youngsters will fol-
low. especially boys; II daddy appears
to enjoy certain foods, son will strive
to do so, too.
A mother has such q world OF things
20 do to keep the home comfortable,
care for the babies, feed the family
and ~ soon as the children begin to
90 to school help them puzzle over
their school problems. She certainly
needs cooperation and help from the
head OF the house with the child who
does not like the foods that are good
for and necessary for him. Think of
planning three meals day and trying
to make them palatable with variety
and on q small budget for food. There
would not be many business houses
that would hold up under such
strain.
During the summer when the chill
dren are out Of doors and do not have
to depend on school lunches, they are
easy to feed, but with the fall and
winter comes the lunch problem for
thousands Of children who must carry
q school lunch.
Children crave sweets 1t seems they
need sugar to supply the energy that
- 30 freely used In their natural
activities. The sweets Of dried fruits
such as prunes, dates and figs are al
ways good. Pure candy, a piece or
two after meals or between meals
(not too near the meaD are especial
" good for children.
Simple puddings like cooked custard,
cornstarch pudding favored with
cocoa, caramel or maple, are all en-
1oyed by the little people. Plenty Of
fresh vegetables, when seasonable
and the canned when the fresh are
out Of the market, are essential for
good health.
Rice and Carrot Soup.
Take one cupful Of mashed carrots,
q few grains Of nutmeg, one cupful
carrot stock (ths water in which they
were cooked), two tablespoonfuls of
nour mixed with one tablespoonful OF
butter, salt pepper and half cupful
OF cooked rice with three cupfuls of
milk. Combine the carrots with the
water and milk, add the butter and
dour which have been cooked together,
and when smooth add the rice and
seasonings, finishing with q table
spoonful and half Of minced parsley
on top Of the soup. Serve hot. Any
leftover soup will keep in the Ice
chest for another day.
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