National labor capital conference urged to solve domestic issues
A national round table urges a conference of labor and capital leaders to boost production and equitable wealth distribution. Proponents say a joint session could draft an industrial Magna Charta covering wage, dispute settlement, profits sharing, and coordinated pricing. Congress is urged to pass the Poindexter Kelly resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil M. Manly
National War Labor Board
Congress
Poindexter
Kelly
America
No Industrial Coup D etat in Modern History
The article argues that true industrial revolutions do not occur as sudden coups d etat and contrasts French 1789 events with World War I dynamics. It contends that progress in industry comes gradually, not via rapid legal upheavals, and notes workers’ bread lines and delayed grain supply amid rapidly changing political rhetoric. It also references Allied strains as doughboys affected late in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Russia
Hungary
Germany
France
Poking the Big Hog and Kenyon Bill in National Politics
The article uses a farm yard metaphor to criticize the Packing Trust on the Kenyon Bill, arguing the HOG grows fat from Trust influence. It urges poking the HOG to force a burst gallbladder, likening it to political pressure and cautioning against centralized control as seen in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packing Trust Combine
Kenyon
Uncle Sam
Bill Kenyon
Kenyon Bill
Why not Get Together Now for Industrial Democracy
The speaker recalls urging a League of Nations before World War I and warns that persistent national divides between labor and capital risk violent conflict. Only cross class cooperation can yield lasting peace. delaying unity leads to destruction. He advocates adopting industrial democracy now to avert future wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
League of Nations
Washington
Wilson
Althe
England
France
Mr. Wilson
International
Humanity
Germany
Destiny
Belgium
United States
The Old Gardener’s Advice on Hollyhocks Care
The old gardener suggests cutting hollyhock stalks to the ground after flowering ends to promote strong renewal. Remove all foliage with the cut, and the plants winter better and bloom again next season. Recommends reviving favored varieties by trimming rather than reseeding.
Quips and Questions From Daily Jots and Jests
A collage of light questions and witticisms ranges from traffic cops’ sweet teeth to camping tents in Canada. Readers joke about pillows, watches, and finger biting, with quips about pickets, cast steel soap, and famous names like Henry Ford and William Hohenzollern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
M. T. House
Benny Fishnut
Otto Horne
F. R. Wess
Aug 12 in history and a town beer scene noted
The passage recalls King Philip and the 1774 conflict with English settlers, alongside multiple August 12 historical notes from 1774 to 1898 including births deaths and annexations. It also mentions a staged town scene with horses and a piano player, and a crowd framing a Richard Croker arrival in New York.
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Mt. Hope
Church
Philip
Plara
Robert
Washington
Isaac M. Singer
Allen Wilson
Reginald Fessenden
Spain
States
Third
Pike
Richard Croker
New York
Weil
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Frank Crane
Cynthia Grey
C. A. Kueh
Canada
Terry Firma
Asa Hartz
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