VOL. III. RALEIGH, IS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1919. .NO. 26 Local Real Estate Conditions - ' Ark ; 'A Disgrace Tp The City Some Dealers Unhindered The Game To 7 he Level And Real Property Is No gitimdte Invpstmen U Taking advantage of a; condition brought on by the recent-world war, when building activities were i held in abeyance and the energies of the nation were directed toward , the ' de feat of the enemy causing a; natu? ral, though temporary, shortage in housing facilities, some of the real estate dealers of Raleigh,A putting their greed for Again, 'above patriot ism, honesty .'... or . fairness toward their fellowman,' caring not who suffers or is trampled upon 'in 'their mad race for commissions, have lowered the business to the level of a common' gamble. Property is shifted back and forth with' shuttle cock regularity,-and.no man can tell 4. An it nrYf will Via ilia nvnoi lAmrii row. It's simply a game of. "who's got the button," and price? have been boosted - and 7 inflated . beyond all reason, v The honest i investor who would besatisfied with a fair rental from ;his , property is pestered and nagged by this clan until he, too, contracts the fever, and the game goes on. - " The seller knows, the dealer knows, and the buyer knows- that there is no real foundation, for pres ent valuations. Under; the process prices have steadily climbed,; a little at a time, until . they have finally reached the . present . unreasonably high level. A piece is , bought to day for $5,000 and sold , tomorrow for $5,100, and perhaps the next day for $5,200. One dealer made the boast that he had sold the same piece of real estate ' three times In two weeks. Nobody seems to care what he pays, knowing somebody else will come along' and take it off ; his hands at a little higher price, the energetic "dealer? acting : 1 as go-r between for his commission; And, as a rule, it's all on paper except the littlfl PTtra tact Ail nr ., enph tlma n" r.haneft is mad el v . . " vau w rj o ninviri uii iin a short time, wo r trust -before i the whole inflated business will. suffer a puncture, and then woe be unto him who is caught with the goods. ' But in the meantime, how goes .. it with the renter; the man who, unfortu nately, is unable to own his home? He is being ; knocked about c from pillar to post and ground to bits through the' machinations, of these, selfish sharks who run the game, and who care not yrho suffers so long as they are able to extract? their chip-. - . ' ' ' The laws make gambling a crime, but is gambling, under the law, con-"1 nned to poker, craps and pool? It would seem so. - Other cities, are taking steps - to curb the practice. -Why is Raleigh always behind on most every propo sition that would benefit the labor ing man ? A ' great many cities bought quantities or the groceries recently sold by - he , government and resold to their citizens at about half the local retailers price, Dur ham being among .them; ; yet the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce said we were not short on - anything - in that line, and our City Commission era refused to acfin the face of the decision of this august body; Greens boro, High Point, Winston-Salem, and other places are nowp organiz ing corporations instigated . by their Chambers of Commerce v with t the Purpose of building" sufficient houses to relieve the situation v in those Places, but the capital of the State, . which should Naturally take-the .ini tiative in all . matters forUhe' public eqpd, lags' in the rear. c The following, taken from the Greensboro , News, ? shows the' spirit being manifested by .the public-spirted citizens of that town: 1, Greensboro Housing Committee : . ' r Meets. " - " 'r, "At 5 o'clock this afternoon - a Meeting of the - housing committee of the chamber of commerce will be held in the , assembly rooms of the Camber, according to - announce ment made " by - Chairman C. C. Hud son. Every member of the "c'ommitr tee is expected to attend the session; which will ; be productive of extreme ly important decisions,; according to Present plans. . ' ; Jiviiiig uau ; UCCI1 yiauucu xor Monday aftern - t fx' 1' x"- 'jf ,,ent was necessitated because r of lact -that tha miffAA tta.Iaw' ?ay journeyed to Winst6nrSalemVto Aspect home-building - operations Projected by the Hanes and Reynolds corporation,; t large tobacco interests of that city- "Those making ' the " visit of in spection in Winston-Sajem were airman Hudson, . W. s A. Hewitt, D. ,Meyer, Lawrence . J. Duffy, aude Kiser and C. B. Hole, all -of By Law, Have Lowered Of A Common Gamble j Longer Bought AsJLe- evident; satisfaction" r attending "the building of nouses for ther Reynolds and Hanes, .workers. - Contracts for those. hpuses have .bteen awarded to alarge corporation in' Huntington, W. Va;, tle residences being made to order." . Section 4 by section the1 houses are shipped to Winston Salem Construction being a rcom paratiyely 4 simple matter following the asaemblingof the various parts: ; "Under ; that plan a large number' of f four-room - and five-room houses are being provided, the: . cost per house being well under the $3,000 mark, - according Jo information ob tained by the Greensboro : men - in Winston-Salem , yesterday. In fact it was stated that the Hanes inter ests are , having 100 houses built at a cost of $2,600 r each, . while 100 homos are being constructed for ;the Reynolds company at : a cost ranging from : $2,200 to-$2,5 ob. The houses are equipped with- bath rooms 1 and other modern - conveniences,. ; Mem bers of the! .committee regard . them as model homes for families of mod erate means, it was indicated yester day. : " " "Whether a largely similar con tract will be awarded by the new housing corporation being establish ed in Greensboro cannot be definite ly foretold,, but such a planiindoubt1 edly; will receive careful considera tion here. ''-"'. , V - "It is indicated that a decision as to the methods to be pursued in (Continued on page 8.) NEV YORK PUBLISHERS LOCK OUT PRESSMEN Employers Refuse to' Deal With . Locals "Outlawed" hy Inter i m nationals Unions ; ; Printers 2?of Included. New; York, Oct. 1. The" press rooms of 250 printing plants, other than newspapers, including those of magazines, trade papers, and period icals, v in New York ' City, ; will ' close this . morning for an indefinite time, as a - result of the failure of the em ployers and the pressmen and feeders to agree : as - to the demands of the local, unions for a 44-hour week and a wage increase of $ 1 4." " It is esti mated that 10,000 employees will be made idle. The two local' unions are not recognized by the International Union,' and the employers refused to make a newcontract with 'them for that reason,' "and 1 posted notices in theif ' plants yesterday that those without international ' cards ' Vould not be. employed today.,' ; While the list of publications af fected could not be ' obtained last night, it was said by representatives of both "employing printers and the unions that practically all the period icals'prinied in New York would sus pend indefinitely. . . -.' r" The Literary .Digest is one ; large publication that will not be affected, it was said. . The Publishers' Print ing Company, which prints it,, had a strike some weeks ago, and, through the: help of the international union officials," has a force supplied by the new locals established by ' the inter national union. .It is the plan of the International union to recruit men as rapidly as possible to operate- the plants that, will be closed today. Major George L. Berry, president of the international 'unionwho is in the cty declined to' mee theheads of the "outlawed" . unions Berhard Nolan and Jams J. Bagley, in an ef fort to bring hbout an adjustment of the internal differences. He said he would not permit : the return of No Ian and Bagley .tQ-.the ' international union, but suggested that any mem bers - of the uniond whose , charters had ' been revoked, might applyfor membership ?in the mew locals sanc tioned b-the .international. ; Major Berry has stood with the employing printers in the fight, holding that the 4 4-hour week f should go into effect on:; May. . 1, 1 921; the: time' -., agreed upon? by a -; committee rotthe inter? national union and the employers and affirmed by a 'referendum vote of the international, NURSES FOR REGULAR' "ARMY. ' Washington, D. C.-r Army nurses who 1 served in' the ' reserve corps dur ing the "war are to .be given an op portunity of joining J the regular army : nurse corps There are now about. 4,300 nurses on active duty, nearly 600 - of them being - still abroad. The strength of the corps has been reducedj, 801 per cent since Ihe armistice was, sighed. - CHARLOTTE OFFICIALS ' ; THREATEN TO RESIGIi , V K v ' 'v - s - - i v " : - j 1,614 Voters Rebel Against Tyr- anny, Lawlessness and Armed : Intimidation. : (Charlotte Labor ;Herald.) ; The recall petitions ; which were put into circulation; during the: in active period : of the" prejudiced Vcity commissioners just, prior to. ..the- ar rival of ' Mr.. Bridwell, representing the Uhited'States Department of Jus tice,; have been turned, in, and are being checked by. the ! city, clerk. .Much care was exercised A.6 keep any save dulyi qualified " electors for- suc cessors from signing these petitions, and there is small chance; of the "total- being appreciably reduced by culling of city officials. " , 7 i Rumor is current, that the commis sion ' will resign if: even one is de feated for re-election. .They could save themselvethe mental anxiety of the interim bjr; making up their minds. now that there is to be" no re election ! Sixteen hundred voters are behind ; a Real Law and Order League and have , made' it plain- that Mexican-Villa Style of Government will not pass unchallenged in'enlighlU ene'd Charlotte.4 Sic! Sic r Sic Sem per Tyrannis! . : The Truth About Starting the Re , call Petitions. In the -Charlotte Observer ; of Sat urday, September. 20, and The News almost . every day, we "notice local news items containing the statement: "Copies of these petitions were start ed just after the riot in this city in connection t with the -. street : v car strike."' . If The Observer and News do not belie their names, they surely know that many of our leading citi zens,, and some 1 of our. more Quiet and. orderly voters, among whom were several former soldiersr just re turned, from -the bloody fields of France, had already signed the peti tion before the so-called riot was staged by. the city authorities and the Southern Public .Utilities . Company's imported strike-breakers in order to try to turn - public sentiment against organized labor here in Charlotte".: 'The writer and several other gen tlemen i signed, the , petition", on . the evening' of - August 2 p; and the ;'city commissioners and reporters of s both daililipaRers were; urposely in; formed iri6r to the joint meeting fof the commissioners and" citizens com mittee that these petitions were- in circulation. ' 4 N The so-called riot did not. take place until after midnight on August 25 th, eleven days after the recall petitions had been started ; so you can easily see that this statement is only intended to mislead the public and- save the faces of our incompe tent officers who were used as a cat's paw by the s P. U. Company. Get down to' bedirock andjstate the news as it really is or don't try to fool us old,, birds with your chaff, for we know, that these petitions were being circulated for' a week before any of our neighbors were -murdered at then car barns in Dilworth, - -E Don't think that this is the product of a hot temper, wrought up by the outrage committed against our peo ple by these men with their official titles at stake,' for it is the result of months of patient labor on the part of labor leaders, and citizens, after the administration had shown its in ability ; to manage the affairs of our city and" had done absolute" nothing! to bring about an adjustment "until our United States Department of La bor conciliator had been secured. This last step had : not been neces sary if said city, commission had been competenWn the premises 6onfront- FAILURE TO WITHDRAW "SODA TAX" CONFUSING ..Wash4ngton, D, C.Much confu sion : has . : arisen ' throughout " the country because of the failure -of the Senate to concur in the" passage qt the act repealing- the tax on sodas, ice cream and soft drinks. Reports are constantly coming into the Bu reau of Internal Revenue that pat rons are jef using to pay the tax. The fax became, effective ;May 1, since which' time it has netted several mil lions'', of dollars in ; revenue. ', the House repealed the tak June 28, but so far he Senate has taken no ac tion and the tax f remains in effect.'- : Son "Father; I passed Cicero to day." - ' '-'j-' $ Father "Did he speak?" Boys' Life, for August. ' . , v - President Wilson Puts lie 'clUBCu to laiK- mmgs over. with the workers in the -steel miliar He didn't have a word to say he wouldn't come out in the open to-, discuss the question raised by the men who do the hard ' work of making steel. - v ! -" - of employers who refuse to meet; their em-' ployees face to face, President Wilson skid, at San Diego: - - '-'In every such, instance I-am convinced that -they are wrong , and v dare not talk things over." ; , - ; , ' - ' ? EITTS3URG STRIKERS t f; :. Cbm TJORE GADJS Caim: 33,000 More Lien Out Ifow i.i'-r Than Reported Last r ma J v-Y7eek. -, - Plittsburghj . Sept; 30. --At- the na tional ' headquarters ' of the strikers today figures were given out for the first time ; in nearly a ' week. ; It was said ;that; approximately 315,00.0 steel workers are now idle. This' is an in ctease of about!33,000 over the num ber of .. men r reported by the . strike leaders asidle last week. , The-walk-oUtvOf steei" workers at Bethlehem and at tfie Jones & LaugBlin f pliant in-. Pittsburgh, it was , said, was re sponsible for the increase,' ' v : .r- 5 One; of the 'developments of the daywhich id nof satisfy -the' strike leaders was the decision of the Alle-" gheny County Courtin --upholding the action of the mayor of 'Duquesne in4' preventing,- mass, meetings' in that ciiy.1 Secretary W. IFosterj of the National Committee; and an organizer were, arrested two weeks before tbe strike started, while ; attempting to speak from an automobile in! a va cant lot.-; No : permit to I hold?, the meeting had -been asked , fori and it .was admitted by; the city authorities that " none would have Neen t issued: Mr.' .Foster and l ten- organizers were each fined $100, and - the County Court', today . upheld the action . of c the! hi ...(. ' - city: authorities. ;The court held that the- -right of free speech, .- sacred though it.nraybe, must yield to the greater one :olf the safety, of the citi zens of - the Commonwealth, - their homes and their property.. rRsports "were. -received at head- quarters that - eviction - notices had been served on strikers living in com pany i houses at Sharpsville s and ; at Brackinridge;-;r They 1 must 'move ;in thirty. days or return to work, it, was stated. - V A ' " ,' 1 : l CHARLOTTE OFFICIALS; TCtllJVESTIGATE RIOTS I J S plicitor Wilson; Has . Instructed i .'ihejirsrr ; Appointe!d; Coroner Hi C." Irwin, .;tneriieVly Iectedtpo:ir'waa coroner of ""Mecklenburg- County," will hold an inquest in connection with the death- of the . five ' men re sulting from i the; shooting , at the street car barns in Charldtte on the night of August 25. as sopn as -his bond has been .arranged; acting un der instructions from : Solicitor George W. Wilson. Mr.. .Wilson , has instructed Coro ner Irwin to hold the inquest iri pub lic and to allow . attorneys of the in terested parties to develop such evi dence as Is proper. In connection with the issuance 6t instructions to Coroner Irwin, to hold the inquest, Solicitor Wilson denied charges that he had been negligent v in that he failed to force an investigation soon after the shooting. He asserted that legal strictures made , i impossible to ge : an investigation" sooner. Mr. Wilson has P been severely . criticized in certain quarters for alleged delay on his part In taking , steps towards securing the Inyestigation, some go ing so far. as to allege that he ,was trying to cover up something. The inquest is scheduled to ' take place during this week or. early next week. Meanwhile; ' John Wilson, white, is scheduled to face 'trial in criminal court Wednesday or Thurs day of this week on three charges two of inciting to riot and one of in citing rebellion. The v shootihg v at the car barns , occurred just after Wilsohi had arrived - at the- scene, headed by a small band of men; It was during7" an argument between he and Police . Chief Walter B.: Orr that the first' shot was fired, closely followed by several volleys,; .Wilson was bound over, to criminal court by the city recorder ; about - three weeks ago under bond of $2,500. A young white man," John Templeton, is also scheduled to face trial In criminal court this week,, as a result of al leged violations on his part during the strike of the street car men here last month, - the charges against him being secret ) assault ' and shooting into a street car. ' The trial of both Wilson krid'Templeton- are expected to develop, a maximum of public In terest. ' , I Open the playgrounds. Close tiie jails. - r - Brand Vhere lt Belongs Dernqcracy In Industry ; jt : All-Important Consideration A JJrtihant Analysts of the Methods and Ideals of a American Trade Unionism Which Sheds Lirht dn; m. m Mr m.r m m m m m m.m m w w m mr. m- i m m :s : Times, and Why . f By John P: Frey,. ditor International ;Molders : Journal.. f IX v wnue in ruropea year . as, ,a member of thV American . Labor Mis- sion many ; opportunities presented themselves nf or 'exchange of view points and opinions. -. - . One . day , lastr October a; party f five met in a private dining; room to eat a simple lunch, and. spend a few hourS. in discussing r the. seHo'us ,in- dustfial ".problems'whieh- would call for solution as soon as peace "would be declared - J" ; : In -the party; was -. a professor of economics . from .the fUniyersity of Dijon, a professor of International law from ' the,' SorbonneVa French military representative on the Allied Military' Council ' of Versailles, and. one "of the leading French journal ists They all wanted to know some-' thing definite ? about" the American trade-union movement; - and one in particular wanted - to know ; why it was not different from what It was. w The prbfessor of International law had studied the " Industrial movement In Europe. . " He was ac quainted i with7 the v European work1 ers". point of V view. Prom 1 his ex pressions of opinion it was also evi dent that he beileved that socialism as adyocated In continental Europe contained, the , worker's only, hope, for' improved conditions.. "He frankly-expressed the conviction, that the American trade-union movement was immeasurably behind ' the Euro pean movement in' its. program though he was forced to admit that, so far ; as . actual t accomplishments were.iconcerned;- the Am erican trade-, nnlonlst " had accomplished more than; the worker&'of any' other ;coun-. try.M: , But,: :he said to me, ryoti have noTdefinite -aimv you. cannot even tell ibe v whatlcondiUons 'would exist in industry - if American trade-unionism had jaccomplished ,p$- enttrel., pur challenge to prove tnat he was not right. . 1 i Ignoring the Ulillennium. ' f We frankly admitted that we did nt)t know the exact conditions which would surround the workers if every wagearner in America! was a trade unionist and all that trade-unionism seeks to establish had been secured. And we added that, furthermore; we were not " particularly impressed with the desire to, know what he ul timate end would be what concern ed us was the methods of today with which we could take up the prob lems of today and adjust them. "You will admit," said the pro fessor of. international law, ."that, as a trade-union ' official, you ; are only a blind leader of the blind." And he added : . . "I you do not know definitely where you are headed for, how-can you ever expect to lead the members of your union to a definite goal? Your trade-union movement. is lacking in vision and in construc tive ability." ' V , " The professor's point of viejr rel ative to v our 4 movement- was . much the same as .that held by. many stu dents of ! industrial problems , in Europe, and the trend of the discus sion gave an opportunity of present ing arviewpolnt which ftheX European mind .was not wholly familiar ;with, v The journalist was quite anxious to help the discussion . along, ; but evidently beared that the professor's arguments were so overwhelming that an - adequate v reply would be impossible. V; - ' '' f We -informed the -little' gathering that he American ; trade-union move- ment was more , familiar f witirnhe European point of view concerning industrial problems than Europeans were with our viewpoints" and meth ods And then; to V illustrate the American attitude- we rolled hack .the pages of history "for a few gen erations and called attention to what was going s through o men's minds in America at .the time when Lafayette, Rocham'beau and , other gallant Frenchmen were , on Ameri can . soil to - help us: win jpur , liber ties, v . - - . . The revolutionary Americans, who framed the Constitution ; of. -the United States' did not know what, ac tual conditions would - be provided for- under this ' Constitution in, the years which were to follows. ,' . There- were none or them- who protessea to look into the distant future and erasD the exact : conditions ' C which would affect the V American people as a result vof the - Constitution's operation. " ' " ' - m " ' ' Ji"o Early American Prophets. , -. What , changes 1 would take place under the Anierican method of self government, none could tell. None of, them could ' foresee tje railroad replacing. the .stagecoach; they could m m k i w w www m mm r -m iii rw mm im mk not visualize the problems presented " by the use of electricity or the 1 growth of a Bteel .industry; "and they were not impressed 1 with aTccn-T" vicnuu, tnai it was necessary,; i for, them to visualize what conditions would exist when "all that had 'been emuuuicu ineir .. Constitution wa3 , carried-Into effect. . The great prob-' lem withwhich they were concerned ' was the , most effective- method V by , whicn men could take up and adjust their- problems . as citizens sThey ; Fre convinced that .free men" could n9t retain the powers, of self-govern- , ment except through the acceptance- and. full, application of the methods.1 of democracy, it was not to estab lish avUtopla; ;but to . establish "a . democracy- that .had aed .them ? through ; th:trying years ' of a revo 1 11 TITO W . . ' . . . ,' ..Since f then -'the ' great -problems - which have -arisen , within., then fna-.t tion : have been settled through th - metnods of s democracy. 7 .;. ine problems which are facing us i today : m as Americans .are. ; being solved through the same methods, -and theAmerican people-are sq de voted ; to .these democratic: institn ' tions so'v . jealous ' of the - benefit which they convey, that? they had al readyplaced, 2,000,000 Americans -on French soil and were prepared ; to 'place millions' more; so that the u cy, iwuiuuuus , wmcn iney- oenevea in- could n,ot be jeopardized by the success ofthe autocratic,-mllitaristis ? Central, powers, ' ' 7- ' : :. it,, wasso with the American-: V trade-union movement. In - the meth-iv ods of democracy ; in 7 Industry , which ii aayocaies ;it finds rthe -power. ,to,' , take up, and . ..adjust the j problems Which; present -themselves,, and it- js " this - power, it is ; the ; application ofl- -this, methods whichis,, thQ- all-' lmpoftanrtlmg. "t, ;;;;;r . . What ; changes may ' take iace in industry no.' one can foresee . - Just . as the wireless telephone has " taken the place, of the sldw-goingV stage coach as, a means of communication between individuals, - .-so I other changes as revolutionary' , in .their character are probable in the future. We cannof look into' the future and know with assurance what the grave problems of ten years, fifty , . ui u JCHIO UUUl uuw may be in our industriesj but. what we doknow is the problem of today. And what we are convinced of ' is that the method which had been de veloped oy in,e , American . ' trade union movement is . the most eff ec- tiveaii the solving and adjusting of these problems, , which has been ap- plied by the worker . in ;. America or in' any other country. N ; The professor of international law admitted that he had never looked upon the industrial -problem from, that point of view. , ' . .. sThe journalist injected the thought that perhaps ? after all iri this world as it is, the method . Which men are able ' to develop for the solution . of 'their problems was the most important -consideration." . Free From Dogmas., . 4 . - ; As American . trade-unionists wc have ' been fortunately free from i the rigid rules and formulas of the doc trinnaire when dealing with Our" in dustrial problems. We have: dis- methods- which the American - trade- - union movement- has developed bring more substantial results' than meiuoua auuyieu Dy any otner : groups of workers throughout the world. ', , r -l'i Ideals ! in industry, Ideals and a vision 01 tne iuture, are a 'necessity but most essential of ail is the adop' tion of sane, practical methods for the solution! of the problems ? of to day, for, unless we have the canacitr auu me metnoa for solving the prob lems of today, there is little" reason for ItoHnvtncr tTiaf nro mnnU ' Jnc ' superiorwisdom in the future ' ' and solve the greater Droblpm wii Ich' , Knay arise. .t m - LABOR PAPER , : , . , " . '. BECOJIES INQUISITIVR, Asks Pertinent Questions of Authori ' ties Anent the Charlotte Murders. -. .z Now that the - coroner has been quietly laid to rest, why don't the f county- commission get busy and ap point ? his successor, so we can have an- inquest oyer the graves of our dead i citizens? ' Why Hrftis - delay? What can we gain by delaying? Why even the blood of ourv murdered boys . cries forth, for us to avenge their un timely death by' bringing these mur derers to justice! Charlotte Labor Herald. " ' -, . ' -' v