Cedar Rapids Tribune (Newspaper) - September 22, 1922, Cedar Rapids, Iowa A Without a Muzzle VOLUME XIX RAPIDS SEPTEMBER 22 1922 NUMBER IS ROAD TO NATIONAL RUIN SAYS TEDDY Assistant Secretary Of Navy Declares Country's Prosperity Depends On Growth Of Labor ment And Its Recognition By Employers Open Shoppers Breed Anarchy And Bolshevism nut thn only mischievous economic I Unit is in this Is is inp many mid which Is Lad It is mrnt which ns utm tlie of tins labor Anil those I struct of unions it which it navel iy moi t lilly Muu i nil Those are the sentiments of dore assistant of the as reported by Cornelius Jr In an interview righted by the Newspaper ice which has the tional Labor News service use Ibe interview It follows In America is on the brink of a rising tide of disorder There are doctrines abroad In this land which if not controverted and overcome may lead to ihc fall ut this es countries the past have fall said young referring to tho to smash tabor Among oilier destructive lend In Colonel opinion are the tendency toward and the tendency of sunie industrial slackers to do as little work as Is necessary to hold a jou This lawbreaking and desire to ENGINEERS ADOPT REPORT FAVORING EIGHT-HOUR DAY IN BIG INDUSTRIES Exhaustive Inquiry Shows Efficiency Of Workers Is Much Higher Where Shorter Day Prevails unduly he says spring in my opinion from certain underlying causes These causes are that the man does not con- position In industry as organized No amount of law enforcement or exhortation to iry will permanently clear the tion unless WR recognise this fact and strive to remedy it who advocate the tion of the labor unions advocate n condition which would engender an- archy more rapidly than anything but anarchy itself Unions ThR unions are essentially right and a necessary part of our scheme of The working people need unions lo protect and express themselves They have done n groat good In the country who ad- vocate their destruction are doing an and chievous work Thorn opponents ol tue unions urge lhat wrong actions havo been committed by them and thai they have been at times repre sented by crooked men 1 It net however business In- at times done wrong? And have not they been at times rep resented by crooked They most certainly have Human nature Is the same what ever the day's job may be There will be a percentage of bad and ish men In every group of humans from a company of soldiers to a con- vention ot ministers Wo have fought and are fighting We must fight with an determined effort any move smash tho unions is an- and destruction ot labor unions is archaic and Iho latter would lead to the former Inevitably I no mistake made in my meaning I do not condone with and disorder lessness Is lawlessness and riot is riot and should he handled ingly With the development of business accumulation of wealth and the existence of credit hero has been t great Increase in what may be termed absentee landlordism In business Tn other words those who put up the capital which runs tho business do not live with the business The large concerns In and Gary like places aro owned ty stock holders In largo cities Where this la the caso you immediately Inse the personal touch The resident head of tlie company is not owner bul hired like the rest of the work ers Tho personal ad of early days and simple conditions then becomes impossible and only solution open Is a definite adjustment Want Not Thero Is In this con a strong feeling th average American engaged in Indus try that want their rights am not bounties and charily 1 have see this often when bonuses were ed arbitrarily by members ot a firm They want rights adjusted ii fluch n way that earnings com to them in connection with Iho agrer ment under which they work not par dependent upon the good wi of their employer 1 have spent ten years in working In positions ran gin from factory hand lo executive Th principles I advocate I have alway advocated and put Into prac lice Wo had profit sharing In the concern of which I was a men Nc Discontinuance of the shift and develop men t of day in and and other con In nous Industries of the country was voted by the executive board of the American council delegate body ot the ated American Engineering societies meeting in Huston lusl v The to after a hot debate In which reactionary Interests opposed the adoption ot the report Its acceptance will engineers say greatly Ibis labor situation and will result In ing changes In labor hours In the steel Industry Dean E Cooley ol the University ot Michigan Engineer In K school president of con adoption of the report ig It a remarkable of le cng in wiring profession toward ie advancement of mankind lost Professor Samuel Lindsay f Columbia representing ie Cabot fund cooperating with th council said la report la the most important In- of any nn ever undertaken In this country le quoted Professor Henry 11 Seager f Columbia president of the an economic association as R his views generally The majority of managers and of steel industries with the matter was discussed be- eve says the report that the good f the industry can bo better serve i y eliminating the day y Increasing dividends provided by leans of labor saving devices and In ways this step can be serious Injury lo the Indus ry It is not expected however thai street will welcome this t the god of profits and dividends n behalf of the good Industry n engineers the foremost stu of economics and the most lagers and executives HARMONY A T LAST ON QUESTION OF NEW COURT HOUSE LABOR'S CREDIT IS GOOD AS SHOWN BY MINE WORKERS HUGE WAR LOAN Big Banker Declares Labor Has Never Yet Defaulted In Payment Of Obligations Why was the United Mine rs of America able to borrow 000 early in July from the National without collateral curity and from other ks In tide them over the coal Because stated by Harry U director of the hank the integrity of 900.000 miners and their families I contend is in credit Ihi wealth of a Rockefeller and because In the banking not a penny has ever been lost through a loan to organized labor If they should come into Ibis of- fice apain and want they could havo it In an IJQ added NEW ARMSTRONG STORE FOR WOMEN IS POPULAR PLACE Last Friday and Saturday ed the opening iu Cedar by Armstrong Clothing company of one of finest outer apparel stores for women in the peddle west It has teen that the new store prior to the opening had been ST LOUIS FINDS PROSPERITY IN BUILDING TRADES HARMONY PLAN The lo MS obtain of John I i the the personal notes Lewis president I1 11 n the industrial world are on the Ide ot labor In the campaign for hi shift Eventually tin day will be a matter of his ory In the opinion of the engineers With cl If Tn almost every continuous says tho report aro which are operating un an shift basis In with Tn practically every majority con- industry plants that have from 12 hours to eight lours havo Increased the f as 25 per qua n to In a few cases the report stales he increase has been much higher in the steel and iron industry It was that the change from tho 12 tlie day has secured results sufficient to compensate In or n part for the extra coats Other advantages of the day n tho steel and Iron Industry are de- scribed as increased efficiency Letter morale elimination of the floating which is maintained to give men n cfT a week and greater of the Industry with he public There are continuous tries which do not hare the Of iO nr SO continuous Industries a number nro overwhelmingly on three shifts The majority are partly on two shifts and partly on three shifts with operation on the pre- ponderance There are a hilf dozen industries In tion Is so nearly universal that it i3 difficult to find an exception Outside of ihc industry the total number ot employes on ied en Page Murray vice-president and Williar Green secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers ol America With tho in the treasury and the borrowed from hanka the twenty weeks fight coat the national body the mines are open and ning the income of the national run a front 52 a lo a year long could the United Mine Workers maintain their strike nt Ihc of for twenty weeks with a credit of available at an hour's notice in one thine tic answers moro than two COAL INDUSTRY PROBE PROVIDED BY BORAH'S vened for days rls wishing to nuke their full 10113 and when the doors were last Friday and Saturday nearly ne thousand people visited the il ding The Armstrong Clothing company ve built and opened the new store with the avowed of building up a large volume by the giving of exceptional values In fine foats suits dresses and sweaters for women and Kirls Tao new store for ng tho Armstrong men's store la connected on three floors with the that the two businesses may operated as one thus cutting out overhead expense and enabling he giving of values In the sold Hart Schaffner Man foi luien Known p very where ns the Inost tailored in America will be one many features There Is i stock of furs not surpassed in the tate of Iowa being sold under a new arrangement with a big facturer at a close approach to sale prices Fred Can ft eld Reports souri City Is In Midst Of Building Boom Union Are Ideal Bond Issue Of Will B4 Asked For At November Election Now Up To Cedar Rapids Municipal Government To Act In Matter Of Joint City And County Building Federal Reserve Pay Roll Is One Reason Why Taxes Are High Senator wants tho federal reserve system probed because have been increased more than during the past few rs lie anys the salary of certain has been increased from a year to from Fred A is home atter an extended trip in behalf of the In- leathers union of which 1s that embraced southern Illinois and Missouri with a part of the lime spent In 51 Is activities are enormous in St said Con- o are finding it difficult to EC- cure a sufficient number of building trades mechanics to programs Lathers are in creat de- mand A government contract southern Illinois where planes i Ns manufactured Is a big project lhat will cover several acres Men are needed there I found the labor situation In St Louis Ideal In contrast with thai in many cities Thai city developed a hi brings results along lines similar to that In Cedir trouble due to jurisdictional disputes is possible through a working j meiU or conference plan u here by tho business meet regularly am of matters of this kind I a deadlock occurs the president o the Building Trades council casts the deciding vote This prevents need less delays and Is proving lory St Louis Is practically organ 100 per cent in the building trades and very host of exists between the union and the em day tbat COMPELS URGES CENTRAL BODIES TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE LEGION Joint Conference Committee From Two Organizations Would Serve Good Purpose In a letter to Secretary David rison of the local of bor Samuel calls attention recommendation approved by convention of the can Federation of Labor to the effect that each city central body u standing committee to regn larly with a similar from tho loral American legion post in regard lo matters ol Interest to both Sucb conferences uld servo a highly useful securing close co-operation organized labor and the gion in the many matters where their imprests are practically Identical The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor will probably lake action soon a Ions the Line recommended President Teller you from thn press re- ports of the Cincinnati convention of the American Federation of Labor and also from the official printed proceedings Commander of the American Legion delivered a excellent address the ient Ho was cordially welcomed by ho and IhR delegates gave lose attention lo lits remarks II lade a most favorable impression The executive council in its re wrt lo the convention referred y to the friendly relations the American Federation of and Iho American Legion and hat frequent conferences have been leld between representatives of organizations on to both and further that in matters it has been found hat tho two organizations are iig In harmony The executive cil recommended to the convention nd approved the The council believes that should bo conferences from time to between the organizations of ah or and the American Leg Eon in every city In which there are Legion established for the purpose ol any misunderstand that mis lit arise Such conferences ould also tend to cement the The senate has approved the to he coal in dustry The house has a fact-finding hill hut It exclude l miners and coal owners fro si commission as favored by dent Harding but objected to by miners The United Mine Workers initiated agitation for a fact-finding commit sion and for months have pressed agitation through a special tee The Dorah provides that the commission shall report on tho ad- or wisdom of nationalizing the coal industry An attempt to strike this from the was defeated by n role 3D lo 13 Tlie provision to authorize the commission to Investigate the or necessity of governmental regulation of the coal industry waa also retained lareil is three times as much money as It costs the government of the United States to pay the annual salaries of vice president and the speaker of the house all the bers of both branches of congress all members of the supreme court the United States tho president and his cabinet the members of the federal trade commission the Inter- state commerce commission Iho eral of the army and tho a of the navy UNION MOURNS DEATH OF POPULAR MEMBER I have helped install it In other concerns That appalling of past misrule is primarily nn unsolved economic struggle We have seen Bolshevism destroy Hussia We have seen It threaten the other countries Wo havo fought it and are fighting It Lute Metcalf Passes Away After suffering intense agony for nearly a year from an incurable dis- ease Luther F known for 40 years in this city passed this week Lute Met ml f was at ono time conceded to he ono of the most highly skilled pressmen in Iho country lie was a man of many enta kindly of nature ever willing to aid those less fortunate than self The waa TL of- t was had at Jewish New Year The celebration of the Jewish New Year begins this Inn and through Saturday and Sunday It will bo observed by the orthodox Jews of tho city in tho traditional manner uHh at Hen Jacob temple day the E Interme Ell Bittner Loses One Joe has established a repu fat Ion for quick disposals of Ford cars evening ho set a new ord Ife took one out of stock to ho Majestic returned In an hour to find It missing ly relations existing between the two organizations In addition the convention Where the policies of tLe twr Hy Secretary William E 32 years inion musician died at his home 1607 D avenue at o'clock Thursday morning following an rcas of several weeks duration vaa director of orchestra and was well known in this cily him his wife Mrs Engelman oao daughter Jean his parents Mr and Mrs in K one brother and one sister Miss Lulu Ingelman funeral services will be held at the home at p m Sunday the Rev N P Uhlig officiating ther services will IKJ conducted at Trinity church at 3 p m in Oak cemetery Bro was a prominent and active member of tho Musicians union and his death fame as a seven to his many friends He wits a member of executive board Uy his untimely death tho union lost a valuable member and a very talented musician tic was ranked among the best In his profession being for two years a member of tho Madison phony orchestra of Detroit Our local its sympathies to hia bereaved relatives and many of whom are among nur organizations are at variance as Is the case in certain important aspects of the- educational field such confer local and national may adjustment through better mu understanding Therefore in view of the of the convention as above Indicated It that your central hotly ap point a to confer with th officers of the Legion post and ways and means for such con from time to time on mat tera in which the two bodies are ii and for Iho mutual age of all Under the auspices of the Amer can Legion American week will be observed December to 0 inclusive Thn National Ion association and the Unite i tat PS Education will eo ip crate In his observance Th American Legion haa extended an in to the American of Labor to with It i making thie understanding sue ful It be well for committee from central labor unions to con for with Legion posts In their n localities upon the most e way in which the centra ilies can operate In this work As a between city and country that long bure all narks of a deadlock the court is at lost Tills became manifest al n joint of the Linn County tive and tho Cedar Ids court house committee at Marion Wednesday evening when the organization but unofficial representative of rural element to use Us influence iu favor of a bond issue and the Cedar Rapids which Freil and A 1 represented organized tn make the besi of fin unsatisfactory situation and agreed that coal of the new county building bo kept within that limit Tiie Protective association further stipulated tint tlie present board of supervisors Ehall lake no part in tho court liouse project that uf canvassing the vole at Iho bond tion and announcing the result ing the handling of entire Hi Hie new which will of- fice nn tlie first of January This at- was taken principally because ot an and as Cedar Iila believe wholly unjust against Percy r Smith f rom the first district the new board is the logical ono have charge of the court houso reject from the outset since Its con- will be begun possibly during that body's of ihu Cedar lion stipulation also r fcc a of the during thn year Rum Is Too view of the fact that ml engineers of repine have set ns a fair aunt to be in a county building it s obvious that the amount agreed pon mil necessitate much skimping f one sort or another No such com- anil attractive building as lat Jast year by archi- ed employed by baant of vlll be with this ailed Other plans must e drawn and a smaller plainer ire Linn county Is one of richest the state of Iowa nnd Is fourth in The dignity of the y and the self-respect of its citizen's re hound to suffer by the erection of courl house the whole appearance which will indicate a miserly attitude on lie part t the taxpayers authorized Its obstruction But the decree seems to be 00 or any sort of building that is fireproof and located IB lo lie preferred to the unlovely ruin that Is tbo scat of It's thn City's Now Now without delay or hesitation s the time for the Aty council of lar take action on the lon nf a now city hall The court louse bond issue be presented to he voters at the election on 7 and it will in all likelihood Municipal Band Plays Last Of Summer Concert Though the series of se cued by the Municipal band at th cily parks during tho summer lia ended that organization will ho hep during tho winter month for season of treats fo Tovers in 1023 will continue throughout the and If possible a number of free In door concerts will Le given Con duct or Jacob Schmidt plans to spen much time In training the band a still higher of excellence b fore next summer and It Is that a concert tour may be for the latter half of the winter tarry immediately after the first of the board of supervisors will effin the collection of mates and architect's plans At that cily should be ready with a erection of a Joint house and The new city hall must come soon n any event and with the island site occupied by a new county building he continued use by the cily of the structure of type that TOW houses municipal o Sices would he nothing of a civic dis- grace A city hall planned UB an in- part of the court house would of course cost far less than a structure and besides alo gliare of construction costs by lie city permit the of a much moro creditable building than will be possible if the of county funds is the limit of The suggestion of a combined city hall and court house meets the entire approval of practically every citizen of Cedar henco tbo council has not the shadow of an excuse for dodging issue or as on numerous matters In times past The situation will not of if Cedar Rapids is to have Its headquarters the roof of the county building It s the council's to do something of a really con- Equinoctial Storm Misses Connections Citizens inherited from their fathers a belief tho equinox brings with it a slom of somo sort isero mightily surprised when the sun crossed the line yesterday without the traditional accompaniment of tiad weather Old Sol retreat now and in a few weeks the frost will be on the pumpkin in real earnest All farm crops arc safely beyond of though the gardens are still yielding dantly due to the recent rains
