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# TT 9EP281WI VQL VII. NO. 6 S2:W YEAR—5c COPY (JJ1 AKJLOT'iHi, IN. itf. ALL THINGS .vr**' Anils Who; Controls This Paper and Votes It, ALL FUSSED UP Makes Use of Many .Ques tion Marks-—Has Gail, ' But Short on Nerve. C. P. Barringer, president of ihip North Carolina State Federa tion pf Labor, chairman of the Farmer-Labor campaign commit tee, -self-appointed censor of la bor speakers and guardian angel of the Republican party of which he-has long been a member, writes as follows in reply/to my ex pressed resentment of the Big Boy's cfficiousness in telling Pres ident Gompers and Secretary Morrison how much he didn’t like my Labor Day speech. I am sorry the letter did not reach The Her ald in time for publication last Week. Somehow, or other copies of the letter got to Wilmington, and Asheville, and Raleigh, all in time; for publication in those fift ies last week. Perhaps it is be ther from Salisbury than the other cities mentioned that the. Boss’ letter did not reach The Herald in time for publication simultaneously wiltfi the Ashe ville, Wilmington and Raleigh papers. Read his letter carefully, if you are interested in. such fan tings. Then, next week, I shall have a few remarks to make about things (Continued on * Page 8.) GOVERNOR SPEAKS HERE NEXT MONDAY Governor Cameron Morrison will speak at the Mecklenburg county court house next Monday night on the port and " water transportation proposition. It is expected that a large crowd Will hear the governor, as it is -a subject, of much interest to the citizens. The special session of the legislature having voted to submit the pro/>sition of . state ttiminal arid water transportation to the voters in the November election, people are anxious to obtain all the. information . they can concerning the. proposed measure. Governor Morrison and ms c o-workers aie con fident that it will result in saving the state many millions of dollars in freight rates, in addition to extendthe farm and industrial interests of North Carolina, because of water transportation competition with rail ^ transportation. Citizens should be interested to the extent of hearing the proposed me&Eure thoroughly explained, and Gover nor Morrison is capable of. giving the explanation. . '' -:--1- ■ " *'.■ ■%. i - WHEELER IS NQNJPARTISAN Providence, R. Lf "Sept. 18.— At a mass "meeting in this city: Senator Wheeler, independent vice-presidential candidate, de clared that Rhode Island citizens should not be interested in party tags. In refusing to interfere with state politics, he said. “If you find a suitable candidate for gov ernor or^any thing need to look at the party label.” s -■■*■■■. » > ' ■ . --i_■ - ' . ^ DON’T KNOW LABOR LAW. v Harrisbujrg, Pa., Sept. 18.—^The department of labor and industry reports that there “seems to be a great deal of ignorance” among employers with reference, to the age certificate section of the child labor law. The certificate y+ asked in few mills, factories and mer cantile establishments, it is said. rr: - Henderson, N. C., Sept. 18.—A large number of textile workers Went out on strike here this week ^.because of a big reduction made in their wages. Those workers have suffered mutfh during the year because of curtailment in the industry, so when the mills started full time Operations, with a reduced wage, the workers re-* felled. Wages here are* lower ... . , ' * • v' . than in many textile centers, the average weekly earnings being less than $10. The workers say they cannot live on this small in | come, feed and clothe their fam ilies and send their children to school, as the law provides. Maiiy business and professional men and women* and the farmers of this section .thoroughly agree -frith the workers in their contentions. Following is the correspondence that has passed between John T4 Lewis, intemsrtional rpwsklent of the United Mine Workers of America, and -Warren R. Stone, iwesidelit of; the Brotherhood bf Locomotive Rngiiieers, in regard to the refusal of the Coal River Collieries, owned b? meiffhers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and of which Stone is chairman of the board of direc a wage agreement last April the Coal River Collier ies has insisted that the union miners accept a reduction in theft* wages. • ; r..tr ’ .. - •' - v to Stow?.- ; MT. Warren^ Stone,; V- ; Chairman, Bpari of Directors, Coat River Collieries Cov ' • • Cleveland, Ohio. v Dear Sir and Brother: The Coal River .ColKeries Com pany owns and Operates four mines in the Kanawha coal district of West Virginia, whfchis within the jurisdiction of District No. 17, United Mine Workers of America. My information is that you are .(Continued on Page 11.) McDonald heads BIG UNION MOVE Many trade unionists met at the Central Labor Union hall last > Sunday afternoon and laid plans for a, big campaign of organiza tion to be waged in this city and section. J. W. McDonald, of the Sheet Metal Workers, was made permanent chairman of the organ ization campaign committee, and Claude L. Albea was elected per manent secretary. It is the purpose of this big committee to first visit every' or ganized craft in the city and se cure the active support of all members of Labor Unions in this campaign. It is known that the Ai P. of L. and many Internation als will assist in this work. It was pointed out in the morning that there are several thousands of unorganized Workers in 1 this community, and it is, the ‘purpose! of this campaign to bring such; workers into the organization oft their eraft, to the end that there may be a solidarity among the wage earners of this community. Charlotte, for the, past year or two-, has been laboring under a -tremendous - handicap caused by * the the large numbers of people' comity from other sections into •his- city to live and labor. Many sivdi workers have come from the farm and small towns, where they have never had the opportunity of learning about the big benefits of .organized labor. It is the pur pose, therefore, of this big cam paign to approach all such work ers who have come here, and en deavor to show them the advan tages to be gained for, themselves wnd all other wage earners* through the labor organizations. Every trade unionist in the city is urged to take an active, en thusastic part in this campaign. CLOAK MAKERS’ STRIKE FpRCES NEW STANDARDS j ' Boston, Sept. 18.—After an eight-days' strike organized cloak makers won a complete victory over small anti-union shops and jobbers in this city. The recog nized cloak manufacturers ac cepted the agreement which places tms industry on a new basis. The principje clauses of the new agreement call for the regis tration of contactors by the job bers, a minimum of six machines manned by six operators to a shop; the unemployment insur ance fund, conducted by both employers and empolyed; a sani tary Ujnion label; an impartial chairman for the local trade; equal distribution of work among all contractors; no discharge of contractors during the season without just cause, and an obli gation placed upon the contrac tors not to purchase non-union made garments within this state. In case of a strike, notification to the jobber by the union wili be considered sufficient for the job- I ber to cease dealing with the struck concern.' MILLS START WORK Highland Park Mills, North Charlotte, started up lasi^ Monday morning, and it is said that a large crowd of workers were on the scene for resumption of work. Many , of the former employes who had left North Charlotte seeking work elsewhere during the de pression were hack at the Polks who think there is plenty of work and no. unemployment about here should have seen the great numbers turned away Monday morning, there being many more showing up for work than the mills ..could employ. Huntersville mill, belonging to the same, company, haa not started work as yet. Rock Hill branch of the Highland Parle chain ; is =said to have started ftp Monday morning. The Chadwick Hoskins chain is adding more workers all along. Mills in this chain have not cur tailed as much as other plants in this section. . . . . Beginning of operations of the mills means much to all the tex tile workers and to the state as a whole. • IMMIGRATION CUT. Washington, $ept. 18, -—The new immigration law, which, took e&ect July 1, practically stopped immigration the first two months of its existence, according to fig ures compiled by the immigration bureau: - - ^ ■ •• *■>'' - v ■ - , TOM JIMISON TOPSVTORVY POLITICALLY One Preacher Says Another Preacher Spoiled His Day. “I’M A~GONER” Says Tom, in Discussing Let ter of Rev. Fink—All s Dolled Up, Nowhere to Go. By TOM P. JIMISON. Woe is me! I am undone! Like the Biblical writer, ul am all poured out like water, and my bones are all out of joint.” I am perplexed and perspiring, dis tressed and in despair, cast down and forsaken, flabbergasted and getting worse.. Whatever am I ^ to do? Politics has caused it. It is all over, this "dratted campaign. I am plumb in the middle of the ^forst kind of fix. If any of the breth ren can throw* ,any light oiv the subject this .writer will be humbly grafrofufr • You see I have always been a Democrat. Maybe a few times I .(Continued on'"Page 2.) President Oppose dto Any Change in Labor Provisions of Transportation Act Unless Roads Agree (Labor) .• President Coolidge is opposed to the Howell-Barkley bill. II he has his way, ti[&. mischievous Railroad. Labor Board will not be disturbed until railway manage, naent agrees to a change. _ The President made "hie .posi. tion clear in his Labor Day ad. dress and in the supplemental statement issued the- following day. , | The labor provisions of the Transportation Act were an “in* terefi^hg^^^riment,” accelcding to the president.. It might be well to “modify” them, he admitted but only by “mutual consent.” Of course, the president know's that railroad management will never consent to the “modifica tio^’ of the labor sections of the Tfibs^rtation Act so *long as it can control “the majority of the — members of the Railroad Labor Board. That does not mean that all railroad executives are Satisfied with the board. They are not. Privately, many would admit the utter worthlessness of the board. Publicly, they wotjld oppoi*e a change. President Coolidge's Labor Day statement, therefore; means that so long a« he. is in the - White House the labor provisions of the Transportation Act will stand as they were written byf the attor neys for the railroad companies in 1920. / Labor is glad that this partic ular issue has been clarified so early in the campaign. -• Railroad workers will now understand that a vote for Coolidge is a vote for Ben W. Hooper and the Railroad Labor Board and will conduct themselves accordingly. C. P. Barring«r, pl*e8i(|ent oi the* State PVderatioiy o£ Labor ind chairman of ’ the Farn^er-La DOr •• non-partisan campaign com Ettittoe/i» -dUtrilttitiiiif: the replies nadfe Jyy by Heiii L M- Meekins, Republican. candidate for gave*, aor, and B>on~ A. W. * McLean, the Democratic Candidate, to tbe Charlotte Centraf^Lahor ITniwa questionnaire. Ttp^e questions kiave bearing upon |aany impor tJpt subjects^ and - tfc replies }f She two candidates make interest ing reading. President - Barringer .. requests the publicati on of the replies and !thtfc committee’s comments there on, which follow: To Charlotte Central Labor f Union: . We, your committee on politi ; cat questionnaire, appointed in ac cordance with the non-partisan political policy of the American Federation of Labor, beg to sub mit the following report: Under instructions from this union, a set of twelve questions were duly submitted to the can didates for the office of governor, both Republican and Democratic, (Continued on rage
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