31 Dec 1915
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1915
Page
1
A critique of regulating industry to stabilize wages cites New Republic observations on mass unemployment. It highlights desperation, potential lawbreaking, and the idea that society must rebuild with labor exchanges and unemployment insurance to protect wage earners.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt discusses how language is constrained by common usage. It examines terms like breach of promise and elope, noting public misreadings and the danger of fixed meanings while suggesting words can carry broader, nuanced senses beyond popular interpretation.
A Philadelphia North American piece explains how the robin wakes early to hunt earthworms. The bird uses patient strategy, bracing its legs and biting technique to pull worms from burrows. It likens the robin to a skilled angler, calm yet effective in securing prey.
The American Federation of Labor will urge Congress to enact immigration restrictions, state regulation of goods from convict labor, banning foreign convict produced goods, barring interstate trade in goods made by child labor, DC and federal worker compensation acts, railroad employee compensation, eight hour limits for interstate railroad telegraphers, broader industrial education, more safety laws under labor department, and old age pensions. The San Francisco convention adds no further declarations.
The Industrial Weekly notes a man’s inner character forms his true label more than outward flags. A person’s thoughts, speech, actions, and life reveal who he is, proving heart over outward symbols as a reliable measure of conduct.
Secretary-Treasurer Hays of the International Typographical Union reports recent gains including Dayton contracts of 22.40 daily, 28.50 second year, 24.?? third year, with a 25.50 first year night rate and 27 third year. Apprentices gain control. Sapulpa Oklahoma raises foremen and machinists by two dollars weekly. Sioux City arbitration sets a two-year wage rise of one dollar weekly after June 1 next year. Perth Amboy negotiates a year contract with cents per week gains. Decatur Illinois raises two cents per hour for two years plus two more in year four. Syracuse New York increases printers wages by 1.50 weekly.
Henry L. Gantt argues that paying satisfactory wages yields higher output per dollar and higher quality work. He notes successful manufacturers hire and retain skilled workers, while poor pay leads to low-grade labor and inefficiency. High wages can reduce costs by boosting efficiency and morale.
Wyoming valley district businesses move to end the prolonged trolley workers strike by court decision after arbitration failed. The Wilkesbarre Railway Company and the chamber of commerce seek outside pressure for settlement. Workers demand a flat or sliding scale payroll would average around the same.
A Kansas City Labor Herald critique labels the open shop as a system that devalues workers and rejects unions. It portrays employees as unfree despite seeming independence, arguing open shops enable sweatshops, crime, and exploitation while employers praise meek docility and low wages.
An editorial in the San Francisco Bulletin casts the American Federation of Labor as democracy’s firing line. It argues unions arise from industrial conditions, balance power with capital, and are a necessary but contested force shaping liberty and governance, with enduring call for reforms.
Ohio Attorney General Turner holds convicts may not supply bricks for Perry county road construction. State board of administration leased plant must return 90,000 paying bricks. Result halts convict labor competing with free labor. the decision aligns with constitutional ban. The treaty accepts the ruling and brick will be purchased on the open market.
Michigan fire marshal, answering the Moving Picture Operators union request, ruled that persons under eighteen are barred from operating moving picture machines. Unionists plan to halt the practice of employing children in this work.
Chicago janitors union counts 3700 members and 5000 employer agreements. Baltimore convention planned for 1916. American Federation backed a merchant marine but opposed naval increases. New York tramps face arrest and hard labor per Police Commissioner Woods. Yale & Towne in Stamford announces 10 percent wage boost benefiting about 4600 workers.
Reports from Paris and Vienna describe horn tailed wasps, Sirex gigas, boring through metal and wood alike. Larvae chew tunnels then pupate. adults emerge to repeat the cycle. Cartridges, tin tools, and even steel plates show bore holes. Also includes quips on walking sticks and a humorous Irish farmer tale.
The Loile Courier Journal quotes a humorous line about janitors turned soldiers, noting they were trained from boyhood by ancient Turks and that recruitment would be easy since everyone wants to be a soldier by age ten.
A terse exchange shows an employment agent offering a capable widow cook who loves children. The employer notes no children, but the agent insists it will be fine since she has six of her own. The brief dialogue underscores domestic staffing considerations in a job-placement setting.
A short humorous exchange shows a young wife asking John to fetch aunty a cigarette while someone asks who smokes in the house, reflecting domestic wit captured by the Baltimore American.
A fragmented quote discusses bait for different fish and a playful misquote about catching globater with mistletoe. It also attributes a cryptic line to Garrick about corrupted freemen being the worst of slaves.
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