24 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
1
An essay argues that brain surface complexity drives intellect, linking gray matter to thought. It cites creases in the brain, species differences, infant development, and a Philadelphia surgeon’s case to suggest thought power aligns with gray matter in key brain centers. The piece concludes that training and development largely shape a child’s future intellect.
John A Sleicher argues in Leslie's that fear weakens nations and individuals. He urges lifting eyes from grim swamps to hopeful aims, claiming courage builds railroads, expands gospel reach, and secures freedom. He asks readers to teach children and workers to embrace confidence and determine success.
A fragment from London Sphere recalls Buontalenti and the Medici garden giant in Pratolina near Florence, a towering 100 foot statue with grottoes and cascading hair. It contrasts with a quoted American Magazine piece: morphine destroys will and mind, a pain producer rather than pleasure, and a San Francisco Call joke about beauty treatments.
The piece extols organized labor as a feasible solution provider addressing vexatious problems of the people. It lauds the trade union movement as progressive democratic champions and credits their vigilance with shaping modern progress, warning that without their opposition to greed and vanity, society’s hardships would have been greater.
An editorial notes the discontinuance of the Labor Day parade in Chicago signals progress for labor. It argues artificial demonstrations fade as workers gain access to weekly and monthly trade journals and decisive civic education. The piece cites education in citizenship and shifting leadership in American labor toward informed independence.
The article reviews how wage levels relate to efficiency in cotton spinning in Germany England India Japan and the United States. It cites Hulze Gaev ernus and census data to show Germany and England vary in workers per 1000 spindles while noting India and Japan run mills around day and night. It concludes cheap labor often ends up costly due to inefficiency.
The arbitration board reports Chicago engineers failed to secure higher pay. The hearing, filed in U S district court in Chicago, finds the Chicago and Western Indiana railroads justified in not increasing wages and notes those roads already paid higher wages than about four-fifths of comparable lines.
Henry M. Hyde reports from the Chicago Tribune on Britain’s compulsory unemployment and health insurance system. Employers, workers, and government contribute via stamps, with benefits including jobless pay, medical care, and old age pensions. The act covers manual labor and expands to many trades, with incentives for skill tests and training, and provisions for maternity benefits and early pensions as part of welfare reform.
The 1912 French strike report says 1 100 strikes involving 250 000 workers caused 2 lost working days. In 1911 there were 1 400 strikes with 4 000 000 lost days. The data suggest small scale strikes are more successful than large movements.
Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission approved a compulsory minimum wage for adult women workers in Portland manufacturing. The rule caps daily hours at nine and weekly at fifty four, with a forty five minute lunch, and sets a minimum weekly wage of 8 64 for fifty four hours. Violations bring fines up to 100 dollars, potential jail time, or both. employers discharging witnesses or paying less than the minimum can face civil action for the shortfall plus attorney fees.
A garbled poem fragment reflects on weather and resilience with references to calm skies and sturdy resolve. The text shifts to archaic phrasing and ends with a signature-like line "-dulig B Powell."
Governor Melcher rejects Crescent Garment contract for convict labor at Yrenton site prison. State adopts new policy to employ inmates outdoors on roads, farm, and a quarry for state road work, with products used across state institutions. Board urged extension but policy shift aims to reduce inmate dependence near term.
Laundry workers in New York contribute one dollar to a strike fund while earning 77 cents per hour for forty four hours weekly. German woodworkers build a new union house in Berlin costing over 250000. New York State Federation of Labor calls for a 15 dollar weekly minimum wage law. Pearl button workers win union recognition, a nine hour day and a ten percent raise after five months on strike. An arbitration board for trainmen and conductors must issue a decision within forty five days from its first meeting on September 11.
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