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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
FRIDAY, MAY S, 1888
THIS MEANS LABOR

America, at least in the seats OF
the mighty, has proceeded on the the
ory that it is the producer, the big
business man and the big banker who
cut the important figures.
More and more the conviction is
growing that it is the consumer who
really counts, that it is the welfare
of the consumer which determines the
welfare of the nation.
Labor, in the large sense, is the
consumer.
There can be no turning to the con-
sumner without turning to the worker,
for the workers form the bulk of the
consuming population.
Those who write pieces for the
magazines and who fill the pages of
books may not think of wage earners
when they talk of consumers, but be
that as it may, it is the worker who is
the consumer. That he also is the
producer goes without being said here
all over again.
So, the swelling chorus demanding
welfare for the consumer is in reality
a swelling chorus demanding square
deal for the wage earners of America.
That better times lie ahead seems
certain. The nation is not "going
bust" But better times will be built
upon better wage, a shorter week
a wage Garner equipped with dollars
to buy more of his product than he
has ever bought in the history of the
world.
Long ago the opinion was expressed
that out of this depression would
come nation whose wage earners
would fare better than ever before
and work less than ever before. The
chorus is rising to demand realiza-
ton of that idea. A half day or day
knocked off the week revolutionizes
the living ways of people. A dollar
a day, or five dollars day more in
wages, carries the revolutionizing
process onward. We cannot go back
and there is only one safe place to go.
Let's go there.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
N. Y. Typos Want Printers
Included in 30-HOur Week

New York.-Typographical Union
No. 6-"Big Six" as it is known to
printers throughout the country, dele
gated the veteran Edward F. Cassidy
to attend the house labor committee
meetings in Washington and advocate
the inclusion of periodical and news
paper workers among those to be COW
cred by the federal 30-hour work
week bill
The union holds there is no reason
why the benefits of the bill should not
be extended to newspaper and period
ical workers, and Mr. Cassidy argued
before the committee against the
amendment to the Black bill which
would exclude these printers from its
operation The exclusion amendment
was sponsored by Senator Tydings, of
Maryland.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Gov. Olson Signs 54-HOur
Bill for Women and Minors

st. Paul, Minn.-Governor Floyd
B. Olson has signed the new 54-hour
week bill designed to protect women
workers in Minnesota industry. 1t
supersedes four old bills which failed
to remedy conditions under which wo-
men were compelled to work in res
taurants and stores.
Labor unions and welfare organi-
cations have fought for IL years for
such small protection for women
workers as is provided by nine
huor day, and it is hoped that the
fact that some of the legislators ad-
vocated a 30-hour week as proposed
in the federal congress may presage
something better to follow for Min
nesota women workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Residence of Presidents

There is nothing in the Constitution
to prevent men who are residents of
the same state holding the Offices of
President and Vice President 81 the
United States. The Twelfth Amend
ment to the Constitution reads In part:
1.-THE electors shall meet In their re-
spective states and vote by ballot for
President and Vice President, one Of
whom, at least, shall not be an inhabi-
tant of the same state with them
selves" No party has ever nominated
candidates for these two offices from
the same state. Obviously 1t would be
unwise to do so because the electors
from that state could vote for only one
of them, even If the party carried the
state. But the electors from all the
other states could vote for both can
didates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
GEORGE KRAMER TO
HEAD EAGLES

At the election of officers held
Monday by Butler Aerie No. 407, Fra
ternal Order Eagles, George Kramer
was elected worthy president.
Other officers elected are: Ralph
w. Rust, worthy vice president;
Henry Hardewig, Jr., chaplain; Harry
w. Hetterich, secretary; Henry E.
Yordy, treasurer; Albert Yordy, wor-
thy conductor; William Thomas, in
side guard; Charles Berndt, outside
guard; Charles Schrichte, trustee; DR..
Edward Cook and DR.. Louis Schnei-
der, aerie physicians.
The new officers will be installed
at the next meeting, Monday, June 5.
After the business session there will
be lunch and refreshments served and
music will be furnished by Bandy's
German Band.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
THE SCOTTSBORO CASE
AND COMMUNISM

Haywood Patterson, 19-year-old
Negro, has been convicted in the first
retrial of the Scottsboro, Ala, cases,
involving seven Negro youths accus-
ed of attacking two white women.
Unprejudiced observers who followed
the trial of Patterson were convinced
that the evidence against him was
woefully weak The fact that he was
colored, accused Of an assault on a
white woman, undoubtedly was big
factor in his conviction, but perhaps
even more of factor was the feel
ing, stirred by communist handling
Of his defense. Instead of sticking
strictly to the questions at issue, his
communist attorneys took advantage
of every opportunity to inject their
propaganda, with which the people Of
Alabama have no sympathy.
Judges, jurors and all concerned in
the administration of justice are hu-
man beings and have certain amount
o stubborness in their makeup. If
they feel that institutions and ideas
which they hold sacred are threatened,
their stubborness is aroused, depriv-
ing them of the ability to reason calm
ly. That is what happened at the
retrial of Patterson.
Many persons believe that if his
defense had been handled by the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People or by some
similar organization, the verdict in
all probability would have been diff
ferent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05

The man who sells makes no net
profit; and the man who buys soon
finds himself getting an inferior
article.
No manufacturer can permanently
keep up the standard of his goods
if the price is perisistently cut. Pretty
soon he is compelled to use cheaper
materials and cut down the wages
of his workers.
The man who cuts the prices puts
up the sign: "This way to the junk
heap"
He admits his own failure as a
salesman. He admits he has been de-
feated according to the Marquis of
Queesbury rules of business. He ad-
mits he cannot win by fighting fair.
He brands himself as q hitter be-
low the belt.
If the business world were domi-
mated by price cutters, there would be
no business at all.
Price-cutting, in fact, is not busi-
ness any more than smallpox is
health.-Bert N. Cason, in Standard
Oil Bulletin.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
When Drama Came

The earliest European drama is the
Greek, which. growing up in connec-
tion with the festival of Dionysius, cul-
minated in Attica, where the festival
came to be celebrated by the perform
ance of tetralogy. consisting Of one
comedy and a trilogy of serious plays
or tragedies celebrating connected
series of mythic episodes. In Medieval
Europe mystery, miracle and morality
plays, acted In connection with the
church festivals preceded the appear
ance during the Renaissance, of the
modern drama which has developed
besides tragedy and comedy, tragi-
comedy, melodrama, opera, burletta.
farce. etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
The Cherry
T Where with our
rec Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes fippantIy
sometimes recklessly.

Hot oil' is a new term in Amer
lcan industry. It's like hot money.
It's contraband. It's oil that escapes
state tax and doesn't go through the
pipe lines.
Big rewards are out for those who
catch the dealers in hot oil.
Dealers in hot oil probably are
making big money.
Well, there is cause back of this
evil, as there usually is. Perhaps the
heavy state taxes have caused some
bootlegging of oil, but the pipe lines
have caused more. Here again is the
penalty of hoggishness.
Pipe lines come pretty near being
big company monopolies and they
have been used to gouge and choke
the little fellows. So, today America
has hot oil and a great war between
the Independents and the monopo-
lists.
America seems to like its beer ex-
pertinent. 1t seems to like it with
great relish and gusto.
The drys are moving everything
movable to find new arguments
against beer. Beer, of itself, has
knocked out the heaviest arguments
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
PRICE CUTTING

The price-cutter is worse than a
criminal. He is fool. He not only
pulls down the standing of his goods;
he not only pulls down his competi-
tors; ne pulls down himself and his
whole trade. He scuttles the ship in
which he, himself, is afloat.
Nothing is so easy as t, cut prices;
and nothing is so hard as to get them
back when once they have been pulled
down.
Any child can throw a glass of
water on the floor, but all the wisest
scientists in the world can't pick that
water up.
Who gets the benefit of price cut
ting?
Nobody.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
BEN STRAUSS
MEMORIAL

The Ben Strauss memorial essay
contests were conducted last Satur-
day at the Hamilton high school, Al
students writing essays on the patrio-
tic subject, "What Ny Country Means
to Me-" and seven students writing
on the Red Cross subject" National
and Local Relief Activities of the
American Red Cross during the Years
of Economic Depression"
The Ben Strauss contests are open
to pupils of parochial and Protestant
schools, and the papers are judged
upon content, form, legibility and
neatness.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
CHILDREN FORCED TO STRIKE

An almost unprecedented thing, a
strike of child workers, is going on
in Allentown and Northampton. Pa.
Child workers in shirt and pajama
shops in the two cities have been
driven to strike by astonishingly low
wages and wretched working condi-
tions.
Wages actually as low as Is cents
a week are known. Unscrupulous en-
ployers have taken advantage of the
fact that the children's parents are
out of work to hire the boys and girls
at wages that are lower than the nav
of child workers in China and japan.
Low wages paid children are men
acing the living standards of all
workers and the profits of business.
Starvation pay is starting a vicious
circle of low buying power that hits
back at the employers, which they
will realize more and more as time
goes on. The only remedy at present
seems to be legislation to make sweat
shop wages, hours and working con-
ditions impossible. The quicker such
legislation is adopted, the better for
the nation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
SHE TOLD EN-

1t took a woman member of the
lower house of the Maryland legis-
lature to set one of the big steel cor
porations down in its place and win
a partial victory for compulsory
unemployment insurance bill.
Miss Lavinia Eagle was the woman
and she took the floor to fay the
Bethlehem Steel Company, of which
Charles M. Schwab is the executive
head, for lobbying against the meas
ure
She charged that the steel concern
had allowed 1,200 of it's employees to
go to charity for help, and then had
objected to paying three-tenths Of one
per cent of it's payroll into a secur-
ity fund under the bill.
at is the narrow and sordid at
titude such as displayed by the Beth
lehem Steel Company which will
bring down upon our heads the same
the bankers brought in the
world of finance" the woman legis-
lator said.
The bill had seemed doomed to de-
feat, but after her speech it was
carried by vote of 72 to 81. The bill
was beaten in the upper house, unfor-
but ultimate victory for un-
insurance in Maryland is
certain.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Building Workers Strike
On Batavia Hospital job

Batavia, N. Y.-Strikes occasioned
by the failure of sub-contractors to
pay their men have been the princi-
pal factor in delaying the completion
of the United States Veterans Hos
pital, past due here, until Jne l, or
later.
The latest strike is by plasterers,
who claim they are asked to accept
less than the standard wage set by the
government. This is one Of series of
strikes by various trades making the
same complaint.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Edgar K. Wagner
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Wake Up Your Liver Bile
Without CaIomeI

II this bile u not flowing freely. your food
doesn't digest. It just decays IN the bowels
Gas bloats up your stomach. You have =
thick, bad taste and your breath Il foul. skin
often breaks out in biemishss. your head
aches and you feel down and out. Your whole
system is poisoned.
Ittakes those good old dcARTER'SLIrTI.n
LIVER PILLS to get these two pounds Of bile
flowing freely and make you feel "up and up"
They contain wonderful. harmless. gentle
vegetable extracts, amazing when IL comes -
making the bile flow freely.
But don't ask for liver pills. Ask for Cartsr's
Little Liver Pills. Look for the name Csrtsr's
Little Liver Pills on the red label. Resent
substitute. 25c at all stores. g 1891, C. III. Co.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
ORGANIZATION MUST GO ON

Sacrifices made by the pioneers in
the labor movement have helped this
generation to higher pay, fewer
hours, better working conditions. The
work must go on. Progress does not
halt. The work must be continued
by trade unionists of this generation
The foundations have been built and
it devolves upon trade unionists of
the present to continue the building.
The past years have been discour-
aging. Unemployment has made or
ganizing work difficult, and it has
been a task to keep even established
organizations intact. But the need for
organization is greater than ever. The
depression has shown that organiza-
tion is pillar of strength even under
the most adverse conditions. The
unionized workers have done much to
maintain wages, help the unemployed
and keep up morale.
When the depression is over, the
workers must be prepared to win
higher wages and shorter hours, not
only for the immediate benefits, but
to prevent another depression. Only
if they are strongly organized can
they act for their own protection and
advancement. Organization must go
on, with every union member doing
his part in the work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
And You'll Jump Out of Bed
in the Morning Karin to Go

If you feel sour and sunk and the
world looks punk, don't swallow a lot
of salts, mineral water, oil, laxative
candy or chewing gum and expect
them to make you suddenly sweet
and buoyant and full Of sunshine.
For they can't do it. They only
move the bowels and a mere move
ment doesn't get at the cause. The
reason for your down-and-out feeling
is your liver. II should pour out two
pounds Of liquid bile into your bowels
daily.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Confusins

very elementary arithmetic class
Now take three oranges and add
two more, how many oranges will
then havef"
Please, ma'am, we always do our
sums in apples" one little voice pro-
testsd.-Indianapoli News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
MOTHERS DAY AT
FENMONT CENTER

-. Mothers Day, on May Ia, is to
be a big day at Fenmont Center.
There will be a reception for all
mothers and their families. Begin
ming at 1870 and continuing until 8
o'clock sumptuous chicken supper
will be served. There will be cards
and other forms of entertainment for
those who care to indulge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
LEFT BEHIND

Colonel Ito soldier accused Of being
absent without leave) What have you
got to say for yourselfl
Private--Well. sir. 1t was like this:
l got to Waterloo and / was about to
open the carriage door when band
outside the station struck up the na-
tional anthem. ! stood at attention
until 1t was finished, and when
turned around the blinkin train had
gone e!-Humorist Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
When /. Change Not Change

When Il Change Not Change?
Booking Clerk Cat small village sta
tion)-You'll have to change twice be-
fore you get to York.
Villager UNUSED to traveling)--
Goodness me! And I've only brought
the clothes ] be standing up inl-
Pearson's Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Cheap at the Price

They were seated together on the
hall sofa He was staring vacantly
In front of him.
Penny for your thoughts, darlingf"
she suggested.
He stirred himself.
II was just thinking of going" he
replied.
A voice came from the head Of the
stairs.
"Give him shilling. Doris" said her
father. "It's worth it."-Answers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
PrssidinS

what are the duties OF the Vice
President" inquired the visitor.
''He must preside over the senate"
answered Miss Cayenne.
SIS that all?"
"No. The hardest thing about his
Job IL to keep the senate aware Of the
fact that he IL doing so."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05

Which recalls this pungent and
apt epigram in letter few days
ago: "This generation has date
with destiny.
It seems to be true. Moreover, it
might be made to read: "The common
people have date with destiny in
this generation. 1t may be so.
Certainly not in any age have the
people come into so much informa-
tion about their oppressors and ex-
ploiters If there is any meaning in
the old maxim that knowledge is
power, then the people today have a
better armament than the people have
ever had
Look what we know about the
banks. And we shall presently know
great deal more.
Presently, also, we shall know a
great deal about the great insurance
companies.
There are yet many secrets, but
one by one they yield to the pick and
shovel of the common people.
We read in the newspapers that
the president may call upon the Red
Cross to help feed the unemployed.
If that comes to pass, then let it
be hoped the Red Cross may first
recover from it's ideas that it is the
agency of the rich and the idle med
dlers, and that the needy are Sub
jects and "obiects and leases.
The Red Cross is just finishing the
distribution of some five million bush
els of wheat and the nasty, superior
attitude of at least some of he Red
Cross agens in that work would Gre
ate fury in the breast of anyone who
could afford to let fury get the better
of discretion-and of hunger.
Why must an agency of mercy be
that way? Well, one reason is that
in the communities of America it is
run by those who have the time for
such things, and when you know that
you know almost surely the type that
will be found generally running the
show.
Whether, when these lines are read,
we shall have United States labor
department empowered to virtually
run industry, fixing wages and de-
termining which shall run and which
shall close, is just now uncertain. But
the trend seems to be that way.
Whatever anyone may say, that is
NOT democracy, but if democracy
gets too lazy or too confused to func-
ton and take unto itself proper pow
ers and functions, those who usury
the peoples power cannot be greatly
blamed.
Perhaps, too, there is something to
be said for the view that in these
times any action is better than none,
but still the question remains:
Why cannot development pursue the
lines of democracy and freedom?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
A. II May Be

What do you think of that prize
fighters style of fighting?"
well" replied the expert, "his
grammar 10 very good, but his meta
phors are very crude and ill-chosen."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Perfect Sphinx

Perfect Sphinx
Lady-I'm very particular. | want
maid who won't answer me back.
Agency Manager have just what
you want-a former telephone opera
tor.-Hummel (Hamburg).
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05

Bouquet With . String to II
us 1t true, Miss Eldsrleigh, that you
are going to be married soonf"
well, no. 1t isn't. But am very
grateful for the rumor "-Buen Humor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Inverse Ability

docs she act tragedy or comedy?"
Both. She's tragic In comedy, and
comic in ragedy."-Answers Maga.
zine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Wife Might. Though

Care to buy nice letter-opener.
sirT
Don't need one. I'm married.
Hummel (Hamburg).
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Chameleon

"YOur wife Is blond, isn't she1
Ell don't know--she is at the
hairdresser -" Venice Gazzettino H.
tucff.atn
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05

Strike Her With q Feather
The Nag--You're going to drive me
out of my mind!
The Nark-That amt no drive, my
dear-that's putt.-Sydney Bulletin.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
Butcher Shop M.rri.u.

Minister-Do you take this woman
for better or worstf
Butcher-Oh, liver alone. / never
sausage nerve.-Missouri Pacific Mag
azine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05

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Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown. O.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05
EASY ENOUGH

Prospective Tenant-How Is this
nat heated7
Tenant-By tipping the janitor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-05

Of the drys and the long faces are
in a quandary
Well, puny forces that persist in
standing in the way of events in these
times have been getting bowled over
with great regularity. Destiny is TAX
ing little notice of pebbles and even
some fairly good sized cobbles are
being rolled over and fiattened.