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THE CHARLOTTE HERALD o * (Founded January, 1917.) Official Organ of the North Carolina State Feder ation of Labor, The Charlotte Central Labor Union and Affiliated Crafts' N And The North Carolina Farmers' Union. Published Weekly By the Herald Publishing , Company of Charlotte A> 32 Stnrth Qollege Street/ Charlotte,' N, C. Telephone ^26 , Postoffice Box 163 EDITOR --___James F. Barrett CONTRIBUTING EDITOR_Tom P. Jimison FARM EDITOR_—Dr. H. Q. Alexander Six Modths____$1.00 One Year-,_$2.00 Always i boosting ’for a better community, stronger! meg, protected womanhood and unlim ited oppprtjumtes for childhood. — We are endeavoring to promote a closer affilia tion ang a more effective co-operation between producers and consumers for the common good Of all. T Communications on any and all subjects. of general interest solicited. No communications, however, containing a personal attach any tnan or womag 'taill be published. Words and acts of public men and women may be as severely criticised as the writer may desire, hut the line is drawn on personal attacks. Entered as second-class matter at the Postoffice in Charlotte, N. C., under Act of Congress, March 8. 1879. CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1924 SUPERFLUOUS! If the American House of Lords, known as the United States senate, could be abolished, and the United States Supreme court discarded, and ail political parties forced to determine their can didates for president in direct preferential pri maries, then this country would be approaching the kind, of a real democratic republic the found ers had in mind when America was born. . The United States senate is so far removed ifrom the people, and the senators in that august body know so little about the people they repre sent, that it is impossible for the thing to be really representative. About the only people a United States senator ever talks with are highly paid, thoroughly skilled corporation lawyers and lobbyists. It was established by people but re cently arrived from England, where the house of lords stood as solemn guardians over the “ig norant” masses, and felt it their incumbent duty to look out for that common populace which did not have sense enough to know their own mind. The United States senate is not needed in America*, except by the special interests it serves 60 well. The United States Supreme court ought to be discarded by the American people, and when the constitutionality of a law passed by congress is questioned the case should be presented to all the state supreme courts’in the United States, apd the question decided by a majority vote of the state supreme courts. The state Supreme courts are presided over by men who have grown up among their ‘fellows in the states they serve. They ar§‘ really‘representative of . the people, and a nation-wide study -and decision by the members of the sjjate supreme courts would be truly rep resentative democracy. , The United-States Su preme court is far removed from the people, anjl is usually composed of men who have long been out of touch With the citizenship of the coun try. ' • ■ 1 '•< • D : All political parties offering candidates for president, and vice president of the United States should have a preferential prtij$$Ey; national'in scope, on the same day, and? select candidates for these offices just as the democrats will select a candidate for governor in North Carolina. Then on -election day lpt the candidates receiving the majority vote be the president and vice pres ident of this country. Some day—-perhaps—some dayj AMERICAN PACIFISM. The country is alive with radical propaganda going under the name of “pacifism.” Some of this agitation is of American origin, some is alien and some is supported by foreign govern ments. Consciously or unconsciously all of it is in violent opposition to principles that have made America what it is today. American opinion—and especially American labor opinion—has always sympathized with every people at war in defense of liberty or jus tice ; America has never condemned any people for fighting for all that makes life worth living. America itself has waged war for human liberty and justice. Americans know that peace ha* never had and never will have any secure foun dation except when bated on justice and liberty. This is the pacifism of America! The pacifism of the one-idea fanatics attaches no value; to anything but peace. - Striking first of all armed force used internationally, they be come more and more violent, until they end by striking at the foundations of law and order and by openly cooperating with all others who have this same object in view. »? They begin by proposing to leave the peace loving peoples at the mercy of the warlike. Not stopping there they are the ardent de fenders of eVery Red army and of every mili taristic nation which is waiting to attack its neighbor^ with the word “peace” on its lips. . Some df them, the larger part, go farther still and in fiil accord with most.extreme revolution ists, attalk every great democratic peace-loving and peacp-ass^ring government as representing Some cfr them specifically justify revolutionary civil war as distinct from international war. All of these “pacifists” are making either for revolution or for war. The only pacifism that makes for peace at home and abroad is the. pa cifism of American democracy—and I of the American labor movement. It includes a readi ness in the1 last resort to fight in defense of liberty and justice. Every declaration of the American Federation of Labor touching on these questions^fpr the last half-century has been, filled with this apirit; ' In days agone The Herald has cussed Mr. Walter Brock in all the language at its command; Mr. Brock’s fine fight for William G. McAdoo for president has washed away his sins against us, and we take off our old battered hat to him and politely and courteously say: “Good Morning to you, M'r. Brock,” EIGHT-HOUR DAY, MINIMUM $7 Aftt> LOW SELLING PRICE NOT 4 WANTED HERE. It will T$VHt: do for Henry Ford to get Muscle Shoals! 'V* > •' ' • . ; It would diifii^nge all the “established order” of thi^gs^in th&Sppth. ~ Keiiry- & a fojfl* to begin fcith. ' He observes closely-^he 8-hour day, and that is not wanted here in Southland. Hp pays a big minimum wage, and that would get all the workers in all other lines dissatisfied, and, cause them to want im|| money, which would never do, you know-. , ' Then Ford sells, his finished products lower than any other^manufacturer in v his line, - and that’s all foolishness, and worlds ^hardship on the right side of the ledger for either folks. Then the crazy thing told Walt Street to go to hell, and that,is sacrilegious, and’ has a tend ency to cause the common herd to lose its respect for the powers of wealth. v If Ford were allowed to come into the South he might, tell some of our -good Southern men to go to hell. They do not want to be told to do this. They want to go of their own accord—not on Hfenry’s invitation. So let's keep Henry For<l away from Muscle Shoals, even if we. have to send a dozen com mittees to ^Washington to do it. ' . Ford’s got no business in the South. It’s an invasion of state’s rights for a man from Michi gan to come down here and cause our contented folks to become dissastisfied with the way we’ve been treating them all their lives. • Old Ford has already just about ruined the working men of America. - If it hadn’t been for him and his fool tin lizzie all the automobiles would have been owned and held by the “better plass of people,” and the wbrking people wouldn’t |iave ever owned any cars, consequently they wouldn’t have the big-head like they have now, riding around in their own automobiles. Old Ford went and made that fool Ford car and sold it at a low price, and now just any old kind of a working man can have his own car, and that makes the workers'feel chesty and they won’t mind us like they ought to do. Let’s wire Overman to. keep. Henry away from Muscle Shoals. Just tell Lee S.'that it is an in vasion of state’s rights for that foreigner from Michigan to come into the Souh, and our best dressed senator will make a speech that will reach all the way to Paw Cree«, and that’ll stop it. If nothing else will do, let’s send pur candi dates for sheriff to Washington and stop this foolishness of Ford—there’s enough of these candidates to stop a whole flock of Fords. THOSE WHO PLAY WITH THIS RED FIRIi WILL GET BURNED. Aji official communication to the membership of the Workers’ Party, signed by C. E. Ruthen berg, secretary, in behalf of the Central Execu tive Committee, opens- with these words: “Comrades: We are on the eve of big de velopments. The successful consummation of the June 17th convention' (at Minneapolis) s will mean a gigantic stride forward in the life of the American labor movement. It will also increase the prestige apd influence of the Com munist ideas and consequently of the Work era’ Party.” < ~ Those innocent ones who are fooling with this Moscow scheme will be glad to know that Mr. Ri*fchenberg' says in this epistle to the comrades that'“the final decision in the matter, of the third patty rests j&trw with the Comintern (Com munist International).” They also .Will doubtless be interested in Rut'henberg’s closing words to the faithful, as follows: • ?’“Clo8e thq ranks, comrades! ' ' “Strengthen the party organization! “Forward to.the June 17th convention! “To'a class Farmer-Labor party! “To a workers and farmers* government in the U. S. and thence to the dictatorship of the proletariat.’' , Any trade unionist, -or non-communist farmer Who plays with this red fire will get his fingers burned—“and he will get nothing ‘else. Moscow isn’t hatching schemes for anybody else’s ben efit. COME ON, COWARD! A backbiting, hypocritical coward is the most despicable, meanest, lowest thing in the world. There have been some instances of the activi ties of this gentry among the labor unions of Charlotte. i ' One man, in particular, who dropped his union card several months- ago, and began cussing the union, is now venting his spleen against- The Herald. • \ . I It is little this paper cares what the loud mouthed fool says. He has no weight. The point we want to make is this> When' that varmint is talking to working men about The Herald, let those working men aide the critter one question. Just say to him: “Why don’t you tell these things to The 1 Herald?. Why tell us all this rdt? Come, go with us to The Herald and say these things there in the presence of the* editor, then we’ll know you are at least sincere?” ' Say that to him, and if he refuses to come with you to The Herald office, you will then know he is a liar, a hypocrite, a coward, a skunk, a snake, a sewer rat, knock-kneed, pigeon-toed, hump-shouldered, hip-shotten, red-headed, cross eyed son of a gun. FROM PENS OF OTHERS MONEY AND TRADE. (By George W. Binman.) Why is labor better off today in the United States than ever before? asked a New Jersey correspondent. Then he answers: “Solely because labor has fought capital ahd has forced capital to give labor some of its rights.” H,e incloses with his letter a printed commun ication of the same sort from a New York news paper. The lesson taught by both letters is that the harder labor fights capital an<t the closer to* the wall it pushes capital the more labor will get. Therefore, the present pause in labor unrest, the present discouragement of strike movements by .labor leaders and the present tranquility in industry are all wrong, from the labor view point. Is all this so? Unions have helped in crease wages. There is no doubt of it. But since 1850 wages-—real wages—have more than doubled. They could not have doubled if the workers had not produced mere, union or no union. The fact is that the mam reason the work er can get at least double what he got in 18r>0 is that he produces at least double what the oAfnr I'fr '■ v worker* iirT81Jt) produced. ‘ ,, But *v?Blt^efeables him to'produce more? With his bare dutnds and muscles he cannot do any more thanfhis grandfather could do seventy^ ve years agb, * What, then, has made the,difference? Machinery,; for one .and the chief thing. What is machinery? in the lingo of the economists,; machinery is capital, fixed capital, capital that does not, circulate, but stands as does a factory, a railway, a gas plant or a paved highway. That sounds theoretical. In a way, it is. But it is also a practical fact in everyday business. It must.'be understood, if men who employ or are employed in business are going to do tl\e right thing ;to make prosperity and keep it. If men do not understand it, they are likely to go out today) or tomorrow and destroy the very things that provide thejr families with the com mon comforts of life nowadays. In his new book Lord Milner notes the familiar fact that the American worker gets oyer two times, the pay of the English worker. Why? Because the American wbrker produces over fwo times as much. Why again? Because, says Lofd Milner, the American worker has at his com mand in/the factory twice the horsepower that the English worker has. Horsepower in whet? In machirt|py. The machinery that is known as fixed cafpgL ' -■ The United ,States is supposed to have over s|xty bilnofts of this fixed capital—almost as much flfk-ihe total wealth of France. It is a colossal figure, ^Nothing like it is known elsewhere on eark$;. And since 1850 or 1875 the growth of this !|fyels£m.ent in the machinery of progress" has been e^ritmous. Today this great pOwfer for in creasing^pfoduct, wages and wealth is probably four pr fire times, what it was in 1850. That is’what accounts more than does anything else for the ability of this nation’s business to pay almost two and a half times the wages paid in England. £$Rsit what lies at the foundation of our prospm^' tbday. The labo? unions have had great influence. In countess cases the workers would not have got thei^sbare unleas .they had had the force of the unio'hkfhehind them, but if it had not been for the ipm-easing power of the machinery, there would h«Ke been no increasing share to be got. For when wages of labor go up and the products ‘ofrTafior remain the same, the limit is soon reached; there is no profit in the business; and the man at the head draws b&t and closes the doors. v ' This seems like a heavy answer to a few simple questions. It, is. But in business the simplest question hasi.to be answered with facts, and facts are heavy things. Nevertheless the answer hao to be given and the facts understood. Otherwise in trying to better themselves,-men are lively to 'destroy the very things they ought to keep*, and try the very experiments they ought to ai*oid. In this ca4b, (JKat is the very thing they would be doing if they were to war against the piling up of fixSed* capital of the machinery which, by its size anjl perfection, enables this nation's bus iness to pay the biggest wages in the world and still compete with cheap labor countries ir. the markets qj*vfbe_ world. - Here again Russia teaches the lesson. With no new accumulation of fixed capital in seven years, with her industries eating up the capital accumu lated before,,the war and the revolution, with her machinery antiquated and its approximate power gro^lg constantly less, her workingmen have suffered almost everything that workers could suffer and still survive. Nor would it hav^ been notably different if , the Russians had-labor Unions as strong as the rail way brotherhoods in the ,United States.., There is the lesson.-^-Philadelphia Public Ledger.. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THAT BONUS BILL AGAIN. Editor, The Herald: '01\ yes! - Since the next election is getting in sight the money-grabbers and vote-getters up in Washington have thought of the bonus bill again, which is begging for the ex-soldiers whom the government wouldn’t kill through neglect and overseas hardships. ' Both the, old -parties are busy getting the old man ready to bring him out on parade this fall in the presidential electiori to try to Tauy the ex soldiers’ vote. I think the boys have been fooled so often with such palaver that they will look' twice this time before they vote once. Those lordly loafers up in Washington have been so busy for the last three years that they haven’t time to care for the wounded and dying service men they pledged themselves to take care of. j s ' Those silk-hattfed plugs in Washipgton have never fully decided that the ex-soldiers deserved a bonus until thef happened to think of the com ing election being so close at hand. They then raised their long necks up above the smell of oil jmd commenced like a gang of bull frogs to hollow, Bonus Bill! Bonus Bill! There are a score or more of those old slab sid^d, rag-chewer$ Who voted during the war to cut the soldiers .pay • for overseas service who are now crying fbr the bonus bill. During the war I read the names of twenty fiVe representatives who voted to cut the soldiers’ pay, yet those notorious rascals never voted to cut the salary of j congressmen who wdVe getting $7,000 a year besides the bribes they got from the big rascals for passing laws to protect them. Ex-soldiers oughtjto remember who. were cabinets members when they were • driven into. the jaws of death and hell because a few American mu nition makers arid mpney sharks demanded it, and how thevwe«re made to eat slumguliio and sleep in the^mSd all for a dollar a day. At the same time bi^ buck negroes and wealthy • white trash were loafing around the government camps with an old rusty hand saw and a ten cent hammer in jtheir hands and drawing from $8 to $12 a-day just for seeing who could do the least work. I knew, that when they killed the bonus bill that it woifttiPTfej resurrected again just before the presidentiiloelection to try to buy the service men’s vote. Of course they may pass it this time but if they dxJ\:i,t .will be in such a way that the boys will never know when they get it or the government know when they pay it. All the gQoh j can see that was done by seed ing the men into'the world war was to make a few thousand millionaires and the ones we had already to multiply their millions by 100. It also helped the profiteers, money sharks and other marauders to .rob* the people just as they seem ed fit. They feavfe been busy ever sjnce the .war was over and our poor little government has not been able to locate one of them. When a fellow gets so blooming dirty that an honest, person wort’t look at him, .all he must do is to promise them big guys on Wall Street that he will prptect them in Washington and he will be in congress in less than 30 days. J. A. MUL.WEE. April 27, 1924. . _ _}_ ^ Indianapolis, ind., Apr,ilW dence that the disappearandir?1" union label from the publi*^ of the Crowell Publishing lipinf) of Springfield, Ohio, has ifijfi t their circulations is offered in A * field in the month of February/ it! j is pointed out at headquarters of; the International Typographical Union here. f - ped $10,094.49 from the previous month’s total, according to the re port of Postmaster J. M. Collins. The postmaster attributed'the loss to decreased shipments front the Crow ell company, where a»lockout of union printers occurred , several months ago. ' Considering -the cheapness of sec- , qnd class mail rates, which are al lowed only to publications of gen eral circulation, it may be seen that the magazines in question must have suffered very considerabe circulation losses. The typographical union local of Springfield has been carry ing a strenuous campaign against the company since the lockout be gan, and union workers throughout the United States have rallied to their aid loyally. It is predicted that heavier losses for the Crowell com pany are in store as the campaign gains headway. Publications of the company in clude: The Woman’s Home Compan ion, The American Magazine, Farm and Fireside, and The Mentor. It is apparent that the typograph ical appearances of the magazines have suffered in the hands of “rat” workmen. Vote For School Bond* Moy Sth t POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS For State Senate. I hereby announce' myself as a candidate for the State Senate from Mecklenburg county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary on June 7th. postal receipts report • Second class mail receipts drop HAMILTON C. JONES, For Sheriff. I '^m a candidate for re-election for the- office of Sheriff of Mecklen^ burg county, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary June 7. I will appreciate the support and in fluence of all citizens. . ■ \ W. 0. COCHRAN. » For Register of Deeds. ■ l hereby announce myself,,a can didate for therDemoiratic nomination f,or Register *<of Deeds for Mecklen burg county, o subject to the action of the primaries 'on June 7th, 1924. * J. R. RENFRO W. For uT reasuretv I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Treasurer of Meck lenburg Couffty, subject to the ac tion of the Democratic Primary on June 7. I will appreciate your vote and influence!! , SAMUEL E. CORNWELL. \ .. Candidate for Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff of Mecklenburg county subect to the action of the Democratic Primary, June 7th. . VIC FESPERMAN. For. Treasurer. I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election to the office of County Treasurer, subject to the action of the Democratic primary, June 7th. J. W. STINSON. For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, subject t0 the' action of the Democratic Primary June 7th. ' . , ’ ‘ Respectfully, ' W. F. BAKER. For Constable. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Constable for Ghar Totte Township, subject to the action of the Democratic primary June 7th. I wall appreciate your support and vote. -Tf chosen by the voters I will faithfully discharge the duties of th$ office. BILL W. McGRAW. For Sheriff. I. hereby announce my candidacy, for Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary June 7th. JOHN B. PHARR.' Phone Ho*ira 5938 9 to 1—2 to 5 DR. T. P. NISBET DENTIST ./ ’ , ’ ’ : : 501 Profession*! Building CHARLOTTE, N. C. ) ft Attitude of A. W. jS Candidate For Governor In Regard to The Charlotte Herald,Chart r , June 1, 1923) '<?! James F. Barrett, Editor, ^ % JhaiUptte Herald, ke, N. C. ' *i. ir:—% HAH ^ringfeyour question: I do not ttfipk it promotes g0pd or enures to the public goodioranemployerto J discharg^. ithfuJ- d efficient employee, sijnply and solely because ^ joiria a i^or uniom of. his craft.’ “IJnder resenf industrial system it seems impossi ble to so adiuC humai|4relatio„sjiips, as to avoid entirely, industrial dlsP\bet*eeiL employ** and employee, “Fundamental a question of morality and religion-—which n<T short%f the'practical application of the principles of \Moral ^ cSn completely solve. "Obviously in th#£sent ata|a 0f human nature, men will not live up to *h«things of^he,Moral Law, there fore we must deal ^th Van nature de it is, taking into consideration particularly \ motives df jfelf interest which are always present.. , A 'd‘ “As long as there is conflict Merest between employer and employee the labor unio$^y as well be taken for granted. Indeed this instrumdSJpf collective bargaining has been specifically recognized^ our state and federal governments. “If the members of the labor urit^ act within the law there can be no just complaint apd tAefore any discrim ination against,them solely on accountAheir union'-.affilia tion is, in my opinion, unwise.” * , (Signed) A. W;X.LEAN, 9. I/Ul irton. n. e. X (Extract from Mr. McLean’s “Platform” Marche “7, I thoroughly ^approve of the just attit 1924.X of the Democratic Party towards labor, including, the re\gnftion of the right to organize, industry is essential to the s^ngth and prosperity of the State, and it should be our cointant purpose to stimulate wholesome respect for. the rights 0f both labor and capital.” v * ; A (Extract from. Speech at Elizabeth City, February 15, 1924.) “To properly fulfill the duties of citizenship* every citi zen should ppssess the.abi^ty to $*rn a ddCteiit living'fh sdm.e fuseful?and congenial occupation. Ifsan individual is unable to earn his own living as’well as thaf bf^tfrbs# dependent ■’ , \TH9 v ■ : • upon him, he is of little or no value tajBS family and a burden upon society." The exaltation of h^p^t manual labor should be a prime effort? in every Weih"~organized school where vocational education is a part oTtK^eurriculum.’* - TESTIMONIAL FRO^l FORMER EMPLOYEES. Mr.'A. W. McLean, / Lumberton, N'. C. Dear Sir:— ’ ' ■ We, the undersigne4 employees of th& Virginia & Caro lina So-.ithern Railroad Company have learned with sincere regret of the severance of your connection with the railroad, thus eri.’iig the pleasant Rations which have existed be tween us as employer and Employees. .'&■£,£■ We want to express tq yoy our deep appreciation for the friendly m itude of helpfulness aid kind consideration which vou have shown us at all t,imes duiing our service with the company. ", NAME W. W. Davis W. L. Hurley, L. C. Johnson, P. H. McDonald, N. J. Holder, A. A. Davis, W. W. Bishop, Mrs. C. B. Fry, C. B. Fry, L. G. Sessoms, D. C. Cox, W. H. Stewart, J. D. Johnson, Archie McMillan, N. J. McMillan, Troy Cook, Arthur Crump, Richard Carter, s, J. B. Smith, Arthur Lockey, J. L. McDonald, L. W. Davis, R. C. Lewis, H. H. Robinson, W. W. Singletary, D. P. Holder, Clarence Smith, R. E. DeVano, R. M. Jordan, Jr. Mrs. M. S. Huston L. P. Odum, ‘W, T. Hall, G. B. Crofton, B. F. Stephens^ v POSITION - Former Gen. FR.&Pass.Agt. Master Mechamfc, Wachinist, Engineer * < Engineer, ^ Conductor, Engineer, Chief Clerk, Vs . Conductor, «, Car Record Clerk, \ t Agent, C. M. * B M ' '<■ * A Section Master, Section Hand, Section Hand, Section Master, .Section Hand,< Section Hand, Section Hand, Cleric, ^ Engineer, Agent, Agent, Section Master, Conductor, Conductor, , Section Master, A. G. F. & JP. A. , Stenographer, Ticket Clerk, G. O. C. • Cashier, . Baggage Clerk, *2 ADDRESS Lumberton, N. C. Hope Mails, N. C. Hope Mills, N. C. Hope Kills, N. G. Hope Mills, N. C. Hope Kills, N. C. Hope Mills, N. C. Lumberton, N. C. ' Lumberton, N. C. Lumberton, N. C. St. Pauls, N. C. ! Smith Siding, N. C. §mith Siding, N. C. McMillan, N. C. McMillan, N. C. MoOfcllah, N. C. S^jPl^jxls, N. C. St P^als, N. C. St. Pauls, N. C. St. Pauls, N. C. St. Pauls,T N. €. Si. Pauls, C. Dublin, Nt C. Elizabethtown; U. G. Elizabethtown, N. C. Hope Mills, N. G. Hope Mills, fy. Ck, Lumberton,. N. C. Lumberton, N. C. Lumberton, N. C. Lumberton, N. C. Lumberton, N. C. Jerion, N. £. i&erton, N. NdTT;—The foregoing Jist constitutes every employee from seclion-haiid to master Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad, of which Mr." McLean was ^president ana general manager, for ten years. —Advertisement. T
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