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Every dollar spent for an article that was made in North Carolina is a dollar that goes ti dollar for Carolina-made goods is the employer of his fellow-workers in the industry that factory. A purchase of goods made in the Carolines is more employment for C with our fellows right here at home. Talk it over with your friends and decide thai \re such articles are made, a workers. Let us, then, Indorsed by the State Federation of Labor and Union p> ^ I', ■ in ' .»'> rere it not for the labor vpress the labor movement CHARLOTTE, N. C:, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY £2, 1924 2 A YEAR fjw i I 1 1 Bt'V. ’By ■ xjjn CANTON MAN TOO FINE TO |CT THIS WAY ’Open Letter To Reuben B. Robertson, the Boss. FINE FELLOW But He Cannot Deny To His ^ Workers The Same Rights He Enjoys. - Mr. Reuben B. Robertson, J Champion Fibre Company, Canton, N. C. Dear Mr. Robertson:— So you will never recognize the right of the men in your employ to 3 join an organisation of their ■' choice, eh? You’re too big, too fine^ to assume /. this uh-Airferican, un - Christian, kaiser-like attitude, Mr. Robertson. It is a stand in contradiction to the finer impulses of your nature. The genial smile of your handsome face cannot be used as a mask to hide the little/dwarfed spirit that alone can prompt any man to deny to his workers the rights and privileges he himdelf enjoys. Your company came into the big mountains of Western Carolina, and you have laid waste to'the forests that were planted by Nature’s God. The beauty of the coverings of the big hills have been ground into pulp by your gigantic machinery, which , *vwnt into profits, for V®{ immense corppration. ' , New you would take fhfe mountain men and grind them into iHllp, by working them the alternating shifts of 11 and 13 hours daily, with a i 24-hour stretch every two weeks for each man! In other words, you want to grind all that part of the state into profits for your concern! You can’t do it, Mr. Robertson, a Those mountain men have been faithful in their service to you, and loyal to you, in spite of the fact that many encroachments have been made upon them. They’re slow to act, Mr. Robertson, but when once aroused history proves that their spirit is unconquerable and their courage is dauntless. Your press agent at Asheville has (Continued on Page Two.) Taxes and Freight Rates Cause of High Living Costs > BY J. FRANK FLOWERS. “Why is the price of nearly every thing so much higher than it was a few years ago?” The answer is simple as follows: a.—Increased taxes. * b.—Increased freight rates. It requires $1.60 to purchase what a dollar yvould have purchesd in 1913—upon the. average. Money has lost its value and labor its earning power to that extent. Many wage-earners whose wages have been increased 60 per cent are really getting less than they were before their Wages were increased. Ifouse-rent, for example has increas ed more than 60 per cent. So has clothing, and so have not a few arti cles of food. Their wages will buy less than it would before there was any increase. The tax burden upon this country now is about seven and one-half billion dollars per year—about, $376 per family.« But you say “My taxes are not $375.” You are wrong. Your takes are probably $600. You ot only pay your share, but the "share of others, You . hare no tax exempt bonds. You have no way of passing your taxes on .to somebody else—no wage-earner has, no farth er has. There is no demagogue like jbhe demagogue that tells a poor man ~Wto vote for taxes and bonds on the ground that he will enjoy their ben efits without bearing the burden. The farmer paid the tax on that steer, and also on the shoes made from his hide! The consumer pays the taxes, in very large' measure, m on both. The ultimate . ‘consumer *tannot pay the taxes on to another. Taxes manifest themselves by way of depressing the price of farm . products and increasing the price %'■ •; k'::p" K ’ "£'• of what the consumer buys. This may seem to be a contradiction.. But sell a hide and buy a paid shoes and you will See. Sell a bushel of wheat and buy a loaf of bread, and you will see. Sell a hog and then call at a meat market toi buy a pound of pork and you will see to what ex tent this is true. The problem of this age is to lay a tax that will not be passed on to the helpless classes. This has al ways been the problem of any na tion when the tax burden became great, and the politicians are usually able to so confuse the people, that they believe this is accomplished— but such" is not the result. The railroads have put through measures to increase freight rates. It costs as much to get corn from Nebraska to us as it does to produce the corn. The consumer pays sev eral times as much ‘for the corn as the farmers pay* for it. The freight bill of the American people is great er than the tax, bill. Truth is, all the railroads’ taxes are loaded into the freight and passenger bills. The railroad owners get by by means of Watering their stock—putting in $1 rand taking stock and bonds for $3. ' But the workers and consumers pay the freight. The workers get an in crease that does not equalize in pur chasing power their wages of ten years ago.' The consumer spay in terest on $3.00 where $1.00 was in vested. The increased cost of liv ing is largely accounted for in in creased freights, and the indirect taxes paid by the consumers in the way of special privileges enjoyed by those from whom they buy rations. North Carolina is trying to solve (Continued on Page Two.) TEN BIG ISSUES UP BEFORE THE A. F. OF L EXECUTIVES By Internationa; Labor Nows Service. Washington, D. C., Feb. 20.r—Here are some of the big subjects up for action before the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, now . holding its regular quarterly session here: ; 1— Immigration. 2— Railroad legislation. ' 3-—Prison labor. 4— Child labor amendment to U. S. constitution. 5— Coming political campaign. 6— Workers’ education. 7— Teapot Dome oil scandal. 8— Organization movements. V , 9— National employment situation. 10—Model anti-injunction bill. In addition to these questions of major national importance there are a number of other questions, including a workmen’s compensation bill for Massachusetts, coming before the council. Delegations from various points now* in Washington1 with questions' to bring before the council give the headquarters the appearance of a convention headquarters and indicate a period of intense labor activity. , ORGANIZATION DRIVE GOING ON Rains and Cold Hindered Ladies Auxiliary Somewhat, t A. F. of L. Interested. Organization of the workers in Charlotte is progressing at a rapid rate, < and many meetings are held each day' by some craftg and by the Mecklenburg County Organizing Committee. Final formation of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Central Labor Union has been hindered dur ing last week because of the rains and the cold, but interest in the movement is growing. It is expected that a call will be issued by the organizing committee at an early date for a general mass meeting of all ^workers, at which time all details ahd plans that are being followed by the committee will be presented to the meeting. - The American Federation of Labor and all the International or ganizations are deeply interested in the work being done here, and men and “financial assistance are being cheerfully furnished the county or ganizing committee. A IRISH PARSON LIKES JIMISON Writes Herald if Junison’s Sermons Are Published Reg ularly—Read It. Over in Northern Ireland there is a minister who has ‘been reading The Herald, among other American .papers and periodicals. He* likes Rev. Tom P. Jimi^pB, and wants more of the Spencer minister’s ser mons and articles. Here is a copy of a letter he sent Rev. Jimison: “The Manse, Helen’s Bay, , “Co. Down, Ulster, “Northern Ireland, “19 January, 19.24. “Rev. Tom P. Jimison, “Spencer, N. C. “My Dear Brother Jimison: — “If- you publish yoyr sermons regularly in The Herald of Char lotte, please send me two or three and let me know the annual sub scription rate. “Can you give the names and ad dresses of other Ainfcrican preachers who thus publish their sermons? I have the addresses of D. J. Burrell, F. F. Shannon, Joseph Fort Newton and H. K. Booth. Are there any others? ... “With my very-best thanks, “Most gratefully yours, ' “(Rev.) C. F. McCaughey.”.. . The brother of County Down is evidently a great reader. The F. F. Shannon he refers to is pastor of the Central Congregational church, of Chicago, and M>\ Newton is pastor of the Church, of Divine Paternity, New York city, while Messrs. Bur rell and Booth are both great preachers of national renown. All these ministers are also authors of books that are widely read. ' Friends of Mr. Jimison will be glad to know that in far-off County Down, Ireland, his pleadings for real Christianity are held in the same high esteem that mark the1 other named ministers as noted men. A letter has gone forth to Mr. Mc Caughey, telling him of Mr. Jimison (Continued on Page Two.)> 5s MAY DEDUCT UNfON DUES IN PAYING INCOME TAX. .A letter w|u r«*4 »t Sunday’s meeting of the Typographical Union from J- W. flays, inter national secretary, enclosing the following letter, which' is published as a matter of gen eral information: m Mr. J. W. Hays, Sepy, I. T. U. Sir: Reference is made to your letter of February 21, 1922, in which yon request', in formation relative to. the de ductability of strike assess ments for income tw purposes. In reply you are advised that dipt or assesments that ere required to be paid in order to obtain membership or to enjoy continued member* ship in an organized labor union, constitute allowable de ductions from, gross income of the members in determining net income subject lb tax. E. H. Batson, Deputy Commissioner of Inter nal Revenuq. Washington, D. C. SOUTH/CANT SUCCEED IF WORKERS LAG No Northern Man Bought Mills Utitil Union Came. GOOD*' ADVICE From A Mill Worker Mill Owners Will Soon Recog-' nize These Facts. ' One of the men on the Committee of Fifty that met last Sunday held the /closest attention of the crowd as he told of the lives of textile work ers. He is a worker himself, having gone into the mils when he was 10 years of age. Here are some of the interesting- points in his address: “You cannot expect the textile worker to be as alert as other workers, until you have first given him a chance. He begins his indus trial career under a handicap. The industry, is recruited from among the very poorest people. The mill companies’ labor agents scour the ‘sticks’ for families to bring to the mill villages. Only those people who are poverty-stricken will listen to the mill labor agent. They are discoux-aged with their condition, Which is often that of a tenant farm er. They come to the mill village; they enter- the mill; the children are not allowed to ask any questions. In school they are handed books with the questions prepared, and the answers to the questions printed, by whom they know not. In Sunday school it is the same thing. Little cards ai-e given them to study, with questions and the answers already prepared and printed thereon. In church the preacher is selected by (Continued on Page Two.) Teapot Dome May Have Backfire! JNTO the muck they dig. Into the oozing oil they delve. Into the whole mug gy mess they burrow, throw ing a smear over the land scape. Up' to this tiipe the indi cations have been that .the t inquiry’ would stop at the oil land leases. Now it is pos sible it may turn around and go backward. _ |; In other wbrds, the Tea pot Dome hivestigatibn may backfire and kick open things that happened back in the days when the Em pire of Oil was so crazy for intervention in Mexico. Oil history may turn out to be a connected story and What About Standard? Standard Oil says-it- didn’t get a lease of ail land* in California. True enough.'* It wasn’t a lease, it was a patent. Bu| bow come ? How did it get the patents? What’s the story? Is there some reason why Stand' ard Oil and its patent to California oil lands should be permitted to etajoy itself i£-seclusion? Let that story be . told, too. y Maybe it!s a nice, good. story —and maybe it isn't; . ^ J' not simply a series of spasms. Well, let ’er go! Who did pay the bills for the in tervention p r o p agenda ? Who did finance Villa and Felix Diaz and oil King Pelaez of Tampico? It was Albert B. Fall, now so shy and retiring, wlho strutted across the stage— then in the Senate—as the boss of a Senate inquiry'to which the interventionists flocked in holy glee,. Mobile Woodrow Wilson tried to preserve national sanity and hold off the vulfures. Open the wjhole book! Let the whole dark story be told. JWNT COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD IN CONCORD TOMORROW Next Saturday afternoon, February 2$ the Joint Council of Textile^ Workers will meet in Concord in regular session. This meeting is intensely important because ofthe fact that the Special Committee of Fifty will report on the organization work. The business session will be held at 4 o’clock inthe after noon in the hall opposite the County Court House and all locals 'are expected to have representatives present. An open mieeting will be held in. the evening. President Barringer, of the State Federation of Labor, will be-.present. Automobile Show To Be Biggest In City’s History Enthused by bright prospects of continued he&vy demand, partly the expected result of the general pros perity in the Carolinas, officials of the Charlotte Automotive Trade Association are spurred to a lavish ness not hitherto attempted in their planning for the annual Carotlinas A**to Show, which will be held here March 3 to 8, according to announce-j xment by George Wilson, show, chair man. "' I The show will be held; as last year, ip the Carolinas Exposition build ing, about 50,000 square ‘ feet of floor space will be available for ex hibits. Other than the naming of the committees to take charge of the various phases of idle before-the show activity, .little- has been defi i nitely acomplished so far. The committees- are liusily engaged in working out their plans, and each cojrtmittee wil lhave available this year, an appropriation even larger than that voted last' year, when the show was developed on an expensive scale which resulted in record breaking attendance. Osmond Barringer, one of the city’s be tsknown figures in the au tomotive trpde, was designated as manager of the show. The commit tee which he heads will have control over, all matters relative to exhibits, which Mr. Barringer said today prob ably will be greater iri number and variety than at any previous show in ! the Carolinas. It wa§ recalled that! the space allotted to exhibits last year was all taken by exhibitors de spite the fact that conditions the trade IDisdom Quotation from a wise and fam ous persan whose writings are tucked away in the store-house of history and achievement: “Forget not, I pray you, the j right of personal freedom. Self government is the foundation of all our political and social insti tutions. Seek not to enforce upon your brother by legislative en . actment the virtue that he can possess only by the dictates of his own conscience and the energy of his will.”—John Quincy Adams. faced were not better, if as good, and the individual distributors , and dea.le.rs were not a year ago making a strenuous fight to increase their al ready large volume of sales, which he said is now in progress. Many-de tails remain- to be given attention, in cluding those relating to restrictions whieh. may be imposed on exhibits. It was assumed by the committee, it Was indicated, that track dealers and accessories houses w.6uld be permit ted to enter the show, though decision, on this has not been reached. The entertainment committee is working on the program with the view of deciding on the principal details as quickly as possible, and thus clear the; way for the beginning of nego tiations in New York for entertainers. The committee has in mind building its-program ISro^nd a group of sihg evs who will appear not only in solos but alrfo in duos and quartets; an orchestra and a band. All plans so far made are tentative, however. The committee is expecting to go forward on a more extensive scale than lias been possible ''heretofore, due to the larger appropriation available. Committees on the fourth annual Carolinas Auto Show were announced as follows: Central; George E. Wil son, Jr., Lee A. Folger, H. L. McClar en, J. P. Harris, and 3. <?. FitzSimbns. Building; Folger, Wilson, T. M; Glasgow. Program and Entertain ment: Harris, C. R. Collins, Victor Shaw, H. O. Stevens. Space: C. L. Etheredge, J. E. Taylor, L. D. Staple toji.-R. D, Henderson, Osmond JBar rmgor. Decoration: H. D. Horton, K. A. Grice, Fred Anderson, "iV. R. M -1 h ul, Flake Publicity «* d Advertising: Fit7,Simons, T. B. H.' Brown, Collins, Dick Young, T. J. Pii-ison. Tickets: J. D Woodside, J. H. Ham, J. F. Reeves. Finance: B. D. Heath, W. A. Montgomery, T. R. Stewart . Parking: J. C. McDonald, W. C. McGee, J. S. Rust, J. H. Hunt Icy. OF FIFTY IN SESSION HERE . — Rains and Winds Failed to Dampen Ardor. ADOPT PLANS For Campaign That Will Reach All Textile Workers of the Carolines. Braving the rain and wind of last Sunday, the Committee of Fifty that has charge of the organization cam paign of the textile workers in the Carolinas met in the Charlotte Cen tral Labor f&iion hall at noon, and for more than three hours discussed the best methods for conducting the campaign.. It was an important meetings because of the fact that 46 members of' the committee are work ers in the. various mills; of the Car olinas, and the organizers that come ipto the Carolines will be subject to the suggestions and direction of these men and women who actually work in the textile industry of the Carolinas. , A complete program of activities I was outlined fit the meeting;, after all suggestions had been made"* and the recommendations heard. Here tofore organizers have gone into communities, in an endeavor to or ganise the workers. Now the work ers themselves, under tine plan adopted, wiH have, eyajything .in r«adi»e^% fofc- the. organizers in each community. Each and every work er will, be approached in all com munities, and many obstacles that organizers Iiave met with heretofore' hgye been removed. Onb Ulan adopted was the elemi haiion of the “spy,” “pimp/’ or ‘'de tective” that the manufacturers have depended upon in the past to keep them informed of the activities of the union. It is now impossible for a pimp to work in a community | without being discovered in his ne farious task. This plan is very simple, and has never failed so far to locate the Jjard whp takes on a number and a bigger wage simply for making reports to the employers about the union. It was pointed out at the meeting Sunday that the textile workers are aware now of the identity of some of thel mill workers who are operat ing for detective agencies and the employers by making reports to them about the workers and the union. If these birds would simply tell the rtuth to the mill owners' (Continued on Page Two.) Working Folks Just Buttin’ Into Affairs, Everywhere BY REV. TOM P. JIMI^ON. Since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary the masses of the people have bden- thought of as being sordid and sodden. The plu tocrats have laid claims to all the culture, refinement and idealism in the world. They have jsneered at the low aims of the workers, have scowled at the coarse and crass ma terialism of the masses. Some few of the more sympathetic have tried to rescue us from our vulgar ways,” ’tis true. They have hired welfare workers for their “hands.” They have tried to teach us how to play and pray, how to eat beans with a fork, and how to swat the .flies. Some have even put books in our hands, censored books, to be sure, hooks which were designed for the mentally emasculated and the intel lectually impotent. But such work of faith and labor of love has not been appreciated and sweldbm has been on the very verge of turning us over to Satan. They have been, disappointed that we have not heard their paid workers and evangelists who would salvage our souls. Verily .this is a cruel world. Now the common folks are get ting in the saddle over the world and are demonstrating that they are the real idealists. They have hot made long prayers on the street cor ners to- be seen of men, but they are showing a moral anu spiritual pter V ception which simply proves that those wh,o had charge of the old Order were moral myopes who were leading the. race to a, foul and fear ful ditch. The people took a ban* in Rus sia’s affairs, and when famine and pestilence began to take toll of the children, the persons' whom Christ said were in the kingdom of heaven, the coarse and vulgar workers took the useless jewels from churches and priestly trappings and bought bread for the hungry. That was * sacrilege, of course, and it shocked the pious people of all lands. But ; i it was a -brave venture at-that, for it saved countless lives and glad-' ' dened many hearts. It was prob ably well-pleasing-<• to the Great Father, too. ; s <* ;,t,Then the coarse - and ignorant multitude took charge .of affairs 'in Germany. The H’ohenzollerns had “emped” over that country so long that it was a bit awkward for. the common folks at first. The country was notorious for its profligacy and indecency. It was also bankrupt from the World War. The people have tried to set the economic house in order, and will doubtless succeed if France, will, be a little less dog ged. ‘ But tiie hoi pelloi have also been looking after the morals of the citizenry. Indecent shows and (Continued on
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