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Indorsed By Every draft In (Charlotte and In The State Tur i nt Were it not for the labor press the labor movement VOL. VI. NO Tii" CHARLOTTE, N. C., J'RlDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1923 Indorsed As Official Organ of North Carolina Farmers’ Union Gompers. 5c COPY—$2 YEAR 1 I A RESOLUTION: I resolve to be a better maxi in }924 than 1 was in 1923.. 1 vow I’ll do more for my friends and less to my enemies in the New Year than} did in the year juat closing* I declare I’ll attend church more regularly and listen to the preacher with greater interest next year than I have during the past year. I affirm that I’ll not miss a single meeting of my labor organization if within my power to attend. I promise I’ll not talk or write about my most bitte r enemy any oftener than is ataS^ulcly neces sary. I sincerely pledge myself to buy more cigarettes and bum less from my friends this New Year than I did last year. 1 declare I’ll buy some books and stop borrowing books, if I have the coin with which to buy the books* 1 further pledge myself to hit no one until he has first struck me, and even then 'I’ll not strike below the belt... S*help me! ENGINEER IS NOT TO BLAME N.Y.C. WRECK Unprotected Crossing and 70 Mile Schedule Caused Wreck. SAYS CORONER Railroad Propaganda Failed To Put Blame on Shoulder of Faithful Engineer. X. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 26.—Cor oner Blood, of Fredonia, has thrown a monkey wrench into the machinery of the New York Central Railway, when he gave his verdict of the New York Central wreck at Forsyth. After holding his investigation he finds no person guilty of criminal neglect. As stated last week in The Herald the New York Central had the stage all set to put the blame on Engineer Patterson, of Buffalo. In faet the company started regular propoganda by having its officials tell how the engineer ran past the signals. Of course the fact that the New York Central is a corporation, it wias not possible that the coroner could Criminally get after the railroad, but the fact that Coroner Blood mention ed in his findings that the company had neglected to provide protection at this crossing, is sufficient to read between the lines that the company and not the engineer-was solely re sponsible^,- , Had the crossing been protected .the second section would not have ' been stalled so the third section. would not have run it down. The coroner also suggested that the com pany place a watchman at this cross ing twenty four hours of the day until such time as a viaduct or sub way can be built. The coroner also commented upon the fact that Engi neer Patterson was required to make a speed of 70 miles an hour in a -heavy fog, and consequently if the train could not reduce its speed quick enough, this also made the company responsible for .requiring that speed from its engineers. The next question arises as to when the Central and Nickel plate will put in this viaduct. Both rail roads have been previously instruct ed and requested by the P. S. C., but that did no good. The railroads must be forced by law before they wall make any move. The fact that people are killed at this crossing monthly means nothing to the rail roads. One would think that decency and a sense of justice would be suf ficient for the New York Central, not to mention it should make an effort to save human lives. However rail roads are not bothered this way, and it’s almost a sure thing that five years from now, Dead Man’s crossing will be the same as it is today and un protected. Then another big accident will happen and then more requests for a viaduct. The Central knows that after the accident sentiment will die down for a viaduct and the railroad will forget it. LANCE MOVES TO LARGER QUARTERS Lance Packing company has mov ed its factory and offices from South College street to Ninth street, near1 the Southern Railway company’s tracks. This move was made neces sary because of the growth of the business demanding more room for operations. The Lance Packing com pany makes many good things to cat, but specializes in peanut butter. This product is doing much to ad vertise Charlotte and Piedmont North Carolina, because of the wide distribution of this famous peanut butter. Happy New Year M;aa miimi BY SAMUEL GOMPERS, j ' ' President, American Federation of Labor i * __ i The year 1924 brings great tasks to the trade unionists of America. The year just closing has placed our movement in a position of strength and solidarity that fits it for the tasks that lie ahead. In 1923 our country measurably recovered from the period of depres sion and the fight of the so-called open shoppers and wage-cutters prac tically came to ad end. It lost its driving power. Ahead of us in the immediate fu ture is a national political campaign. Ahead of us also is a great general campaign of organization, reaching into every field of activity. The enemies of our government say that we are not in politics. The fact is that we are in politics to the limit, determined to make our influence felt for progress and human freedom. ' It is of the utmost importance that every trade unionist take an active part in the campaign now opening. It is important to see that trade unionists participate in the nominat ing of candidates and also in the se lection of political convention dele gates It is important that labor should participate where nominations are made and where platforms are for mulated. Tv„. The American Federation of Labor national non-partisan political cam paign trill this yesd* be conducted on broader and more energetic lines than ever bfeforet Labor’s effective ness must extenjd into every pre cinct in America—>-and with the co operation of the great farming popu lation this will be accomplished. * SAMUEL GOMPERS On the industrial field the organi zation of the wage earner* is Always our first and primary tack. Otir, con vention has ordered a number of special organizing campiugfift and these are either under w»y or are being planned. It is my hope that during the year our movemOtlt may add a million new meinbers to its rolls. This is easily possible. Protection and promotion of their rights and interests and proper par- v ticipation of the workers in the af fairs of industry, makes organiza tion necessary. The proper Conduct of industry, the proper safeguarding of the rights and interests of the toilers,''the proper and necessary stabilizing of industry, make Organ ization of first importance to labor and to employers as well. We live in an age of collective ef fort. Nowhere does the individual live and work in a world of his own. Working together, it is necessary to Organize so as to plan together, to function properly in e»—~ direction, to make life better and to make in dustry better. Every wage earner ougfa^ to join the trade unions of his trade^r calling and every trade union member ought to be an organizer.. :';_y Thee year 1924 will brif^gViMI^Se wards, ,but it also yill bring ,its ob ligations and duties. Let us all, as trade unionists, do our utmost to make our movement a credit and a constructive force in so ciety. It we are good trade union, ists, we shall be good citizens of our Republic and America' will be the better for our efforts. v* JIMISON COMING TO CUV NEXT TUESDAY Rev. Tom P. Jimison will be the principal speaker at the meeting of the Central Labor Union next Tues day evening at a big Open meeting to which the public is cordially in vited. Plans have been perfected for a genuine get-together meeting of all the workers of the city, union and non-union, and a rare treat is promised all who attend. There was no meeting Tuesday night of this week because of Christmas, and the regular delegates who attend all the meetings will be on hand in a great spirit of enthu siasm. Every member of organized labor in the city is urged to attend and to extend an invitation to their friends to come with them. EMPLOYMENT FIGURES. WASHINGTON* Dec. 26—The United States employment service reports that in November employ ment increased over December in 26 of the 65 larger cities reporting, while 37 cities reported a decrease in employment. FILL THIS OUT, MAIL IT IN, AND BE INFORMED ' EACH WEEK ABOUT THE WORKERS ' . • I • . * . f? . The Charlotte Herald, ? 5 ;i P. O. Box 163, Charlotte, N. C. Dear Sir: - Please find enclosed one dollar. Send The Herald six months to P.O. A 1924 UNION MAN HAS SOME GREAT ISSUES TO MEET BY MATTHEW WOLL, President, International Labor Press of America The year just closed has been a year of progress. The year to come will be a year of great progress! Thq reason is clear. The organi zations of labor are stronger than ever, the period of unemployment which so seriously injured the work ers and their organizations, is long since over. The fiendish onslaught on labor has died away leaving only what we may call the “normal” op position of blindness. The road is clear for great work, for great organization efforts, for the laying and developing of great plans for constructive work. THvo things must be always in mind. One, the necessity for or ganizing the unorganized and for schooling ourselves in the funda mental principles of trade union ism, even unto such elemental things as how to run a union, how to conduct negotiations, how to make headway without being forc ed to take losses'. Second, is the necessity for looking ahead, for understanding the time in which we live, with its growing machine power, its growing complexity and the sure need for an ever-broad ening participation by labor in the affairs of our industrial life. Looking at the, whole field, our task is one that demands our best thought, that demands our highest loyalty, that demands attention to duty.' . We have little things to do, and big things to do. If we fail in the little things we shall fail entirely. At the root of it all is the organization; without that there is nothing. Trade union organization is the hope of the world today. There are many who offer patent medicines— there are quacks and fakers and there are also crooks. Against all of these we must beware. The trade union is the one instrument that has proven its ftierit and that has survived every test. The best thing a wage earner can do today is to be a good union man, knowing why he is a union man and fulfilling the obligations of a good union man. That is the best and most sensible New Year’s thought I know of, for the workers and for America. Next Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock the Joint Council of Tex tile Workers will meet in the Union hall, North Charlotte, in regular monthly meeting, ft is expected a big crowd of delegates will be pres ent from the various cities and towns of the t^ro Carolinas. Much business is to be trans acted at this meeting, and plans for the coming year’s work will be adopted. All textile workers are invited to attend the meeting, whether union or non-union, and the North Charlotte people are making special preparations to take care of the big crowd expected. SO THIS IS WHY YANKEE MILLS RUSH TO SOUTH Use Term “Operating Flexibil ity” Instead of Long Hours, the Plain English. BOSTON, Dec. 26.—“Operating flexibly” is the soothing term the Boston News Bureau applies to the long work day in southern cotton mills. In explaining the southern migra tion of New England cotton mills, this financial spokesman says: “The legal working week in the south averages nearer 60 hours than the 48 and 54-hour basis in the north, and there is little or no re strictive legislation against overtime or of a nature which prevents a big textile organization from operaitng flexibly.” QUIET WEEK IN MOORESVILLE MOORESVILE, Dec. 27—Every thing is rather quiet here this week, on account of the mills being closed for the holidays. Many parv ties have been held, and much visit ing has been done. D. E. Monroe ?an<| small sqn went to LaGrange, Ga„ tb-'visit relatives. James T. Robertson and J-. H. Crknfiord spent Wednesday ,in Charlotte. A big crowd is going to North Charlotte Saturday for the Joint Council meeting. . , HUGE RAIL PROFITS. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Despite the miners’ and shop men’s strike, the Delaware & Hudson railroad will have a surplus this year of more l!han $5,000,000, lafter all charges have been met. This is one of the coal-carrying railroads. PRES. BARRINGER’S NEW YEAR MESSAGE of To All The Working People North Carolina—Greetings: We are living through another Christmas season. Once again we’ve lived through the picturesque days when holly wreaths in windows, mis tletoe hanging in doorways, candles flickering at night ancpfir trees deco rated- with tinsil abounded. We’ve enjoyed the happiness of the child ren during the pre-Christmas period, when expectancy Was in their voices, seen in their sweet faces, as they anxiously awaited the coming of Santa Claus. We’ve again witnessed the happiness in the exchange of gifts, and the Peace and Good Will that these exchanges vouched for. Nineteen hundred and twenty three years it is since the Three Wise Men, guided by the brilliant star of the East, set forth on the great jour nay to find the Babe in the Manger. It is that long since the angels carol ed “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men.” Have we, in the hurry and excitement and strife of modern days lost sight of the real meaning of these holidays, the religious signifi cance which has made the day last throughout the years and means so much to humanity? Let us not for get the first Christmas. Ntow^ is the time to repeat the story over and over, to ourselves and to our child ren—this story of adventure that has (Continued on Page Three.) LETTER TO ST. PETER ABOUT DAVID CLARK And the Health and Happiness ' of This Section. “I PETER JEALOUS? Maybe —— Some Folks Prefer Staying Here to Going to the Skies—Humdinger. Charlotte, N. C., In the “United States of America, On Earth, f)ec. 27, 1923. Hon. Saint Peter, Gate-Keeper, j , > In the Skies. Dear Peter: I am writing you from this sec tion, on earth, which is known as the Piedmont section of North Car olina, which is a state in the United States. This, nation is part of the North American continent, bounded on the East by the Atlantic Ocean, on the West by the Pacific Ocean, on the North by Henry Ford and the Great Lakes, and on the South by Huerta and Cuban Whiskey. It was formerly inhabited by the In dians, wiho reigned supreme apd roamed at will, until the Christians came here and killed the Indians off, and took their land and estab lished a country where Christians could worship God acocrding to the dictates of theil* Own conscience. You must have heard of this sec tion, Dear Peter, for it has been 'advertise'.;, even in JJr’v /are, h" Oft y^fW^remo ved ifrom'‘y<>trr ddmain, and much farther away from here than your place.- Even if you had not heard of this section before now, you must know all about it pre this, for didn’t David Glark issue a special Health and Bfappiness Edition of The Textile Bulletin last week, telling all the wlorld abopt the Health and Happi ness of the people .in this section of creation? ; -. ? i. « I am prompted to write you about that special edition of Health tana rgappmesB, ior it was a num dingei1, a cracker-jack, a master piece, and if all reports are true, it w|as also a very expensive propo sition—for the advertisers and man ufacturers. You know what a dol lar is, My. Peter? That is, an American dollar? I am not^talking about German money; it is the genuine American money I am talk ing about. Well, if you know what a dollar is, then ytou may know something of the cost—to the ad vertisers and manufacturers—of that special edition of Health and Happiness when you hear the re ports that are in circulation here. ’Tis said here in this Healthy and Happy community that the edition fetched to The Textile Bulletin of fice something like forty thousand dollars, if you know how to count earth money, and American earth money, at that, Peter. Some of the unbelievers \heren abouts are of the opinion that this amount bf money put into the pay envelopes of the healthy and happy textile workers would have made them much healthier and happier, if that be possible, Mr. Peter. Of course, Mr. Clark is healthy and happy, and if you could know how folks like Mr. Clark love this American money of ours, you could better understand just why he is so healthy and happy—since his spe cial edition of that Health and Hap piness number of The .Textile Bul letin. Some of the meek aRd lowly friend of yours, Peter, are worried about you, and that is the main season I am writing to you. Since the appearance of that Health and Happiness edition of The Textile Bulletin appeared to the public many people hereabouts have de cided they would rather just stay on here, where so much Health and (Continued on Page Six.) READ THEM AND KEEP THEM FOR REFERENCE AND STUDY IN THIS WEEK’S HERALD will be found holiday greetings and messages from labor officials, both national and state. These messages contain much information about the accom-> plishments, the hopes, the aims and aspirations of labor unions. They are valuable messages, and should be studied carefully by all workers and by those who have heretofore criticised the labor movement.
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