Farmers Oppose Strike Memorial to Congress Declares
Washington February 12. A conference of four large farmer groups including the National Grange American Farm Bureau Federation Cotton States Board and the Association of State Farmers Union Presidents approves a memorial to Congress denying any inherent right to strike. They warn that strikes by transportation unions threaten food supply and press their stance to the country.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
National Grange
American S’arm Bureau Federation
Cotton States Board
Association of State Farmers’ Union
Farmers Strike Rights Debate Reflects Moral and Legal Stand
The piece argues labor’s right to strike would justify starving cities and wrecking farm property, contending no group has moral or legal right to destroy property or cause suffering. It asks how farmers would be judged if they halted supply chains, asserting owners and handlers of produce also lack such rights.
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United States
Diving to peril: Japanese whalers endure brutal hunt
Japanese whalemen repeatedly risk life and limb to seize exhausted whales. They cling to the fleeing quarry as it dives, risking drowning and crushing by the tail. After capture, crews repair into the whale and return ashore bloody but stoic, life and fate mingled with routine danger.
First Pin-Sticking Machine Invented By Slocum In Connecticut
Samuel Slocum of Connecticut devised the first pin-sticking machine later used by Doctor Howe in his factory. The device feeds pins and papers through a box shaped mechanism with steel bars guiding pin shanks and a detachable bottom. Rows of pins are punched into paper folds and pressed into place at regular intervals.
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Samuel Slocum
Connecticut
Doctor Howe
San Francisco Hills Stairways On Steep City Streets
An Eastern visitor notes San Francisco steep streets where wooden indentations aid climbers in rain rather than snow. He observes sidewalks with cement steps up to 200 in a single series and calls some stairways among the world’s famous.
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San Francisco Hills
San Francisco
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