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THE U1TI01T HERALD. :MttaunL - , . 1 , ' , - " ;-v.- " v ' . -T-rT-; rr - -t - 1 , Raleigh's Leading Clothiers THE UNION IS THE FIRST UNE OP DEFENSE , i ,-; ' The Iksfi at Fair Prices'can be had'at . , ' the Reliable Printihg House . ; EDWARDS & BROUGHTON PRINTING CO. RALEIGH? N. C. . -t . Smokers -We have a fine linejof union made cigars that we guarantee will please. . ' V ', , . Fifers Union Cigar mellow and sweet. t Give it atrial.; , Uzzle's Ci gar Store HURRY BACK. ECONOIUZE! v Have you figured the saving in owning ' a Safety Razor and letting me sharpen your blades when dull! Well, it's from : 60 to 75 per cent. "Worth saving t Leave blades at King-Crowell's Drug Store or the Pop Corn Wagon at Tucker Building, corner. - v H. G. HARRINGTON . Bell Phone 815-W -: - King-Crowell will sell you the Razor. "Any style. Speed and Safety are the two features of our transfer service which appeal to our custom ers and which have built up our. suc cess. Fast and reliable auto trucks -move your goods, from station to store or warehouse, avoiding los or breakage. - Careful drivers, strong helpers, intelligent . direction. Get our estimate on your work. Both Phones 529. Olive's Transfer Co. Your patronage is always ap predated when you' eat at r 60 TheB ijsy Bee Cafe" 'i RALEIGH'S MODERN; CAFE "Service and Quality First" " : r - : - n a OeU Phone 47-149. V Our Business is Growing" V OR THE SICK ROOM : , Send flmwArc . T1i onghten the sick room and cheer th Vk: ' 1 Flowers Mver Mywhere the .United or' Ouh on short notice. J-M?0'(&irm & Company ; Green House . -v Cor. Polk and Swain Sts.. FJ T. D. FLORIST e 230 FayetteviUe Sti ..Kaleigh,N.C Against Long Hours and Xow, Wages, v Declares Russell SageFounda-f ! l tion Commission. K '- Springfield, 111., Sept. 30. .That trade-unionism - is a first line of de f ense against " lori j hours . and : low wages is the testimony of the survey report o;h industrial conditions v in .this cityV made by "the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the' Russell Sage ; Foundation.; -The evidence is offered in the calm language of a non-partisan : statement ."of fact. In vestigators'frqmAthe New York head quarters of the 'Foundation collected the original , data and half a score of experts collaborated in checking i the results and preparing the recom mendations. 1 . . i x The : full ; report ; will say among otner tnmgs, that he .: investigation revealed "shorter hours as the rule in union shops." Amongemployees in these shops, for example, 54 per cent had an eight-hour- day, -while in the unorganized v establishments only 7 per cent worked eight hours or less." Only 13 per cent of the men in the union shops, moreover, worked ten. hours as compared with 37 per cent in thenon-union work places. These figures tend strongly to sup port the trade .unionists'; point tlfat organized workers are able to. gain, and do gain, for themselves advan tages wh)ch workers acting individually-, do not enjoy j and they refute the claim of , many employers who oppose organization of their workers that, they voluntarily grant all of the benefits which employees might se cure through the union. - . . , N Hours of Work. 'The long list of .trades in , the eight-hour . column ' indicates some thing of what labor organizations have been able to' accomplish in re ducing hours; for in the not distant past all of , these groups werek work ing nine 5; hours per day, ' or more. Moreover, even in the case of some trades shown in the. ten-hour column the union had reduced hours. The brewery drivers, for instance, whose ten-hour day : still seems long; can look bac to the - time . when they were required to complete their rounds, regardless of time. ; Like Wise, ice drivers at the time of the survey were required to work from six to twelve hours per day, depend ing on the weather, whereas former ly their hours extended from day light even into the night. ' '"The strongest labor union group in . Springfield undoubtedly is the miners, who have ten local unions, with a total membership of about 2,500i The mines of the vicinity are run on' a strictly closed-shop basis, and since 1898, when the unions won a great victory in this .industry, the eight-hour dayfhas prevailed.' .. ,r "Most of the other trades repre sented in the table,' however, were not thoroughly organized; and while the hours given are those of mem bers of the union, other, workers in the trade were working longer hours. This was true, for example, of many boilermakers, machinists, iron mold- ers, and carpenters. . Unionism and Wages. ) :. Among skilled and semi-skilled workers in factories, the building trades, and on railroads, as we have seen, 'labor' unions have had an ef fective influence in increasing wages In fact, wage conditions among all union workers were generally better than 1 among ; non-union workers in Springfield, though probably this fact is not due entirely to union in fluence. , , . , ''.;''''''"rTJidon'AcUeveme!nts. "Judging from the data supplied by over naif, of the various local unions," these organizations had been effective V in increasing wages for their . members. Most of the unions reported increases ,in , the .five years prior to the survey.--- -There were no Important decreases. .VSimilarly.aazto.Jiours, many of the: locals ; reported, reductions in hours per day or per week in the 1 last five" years;- .Sheet metal work ers,, for example, with an: eight-hour day five i years .before, had recently reduced their' hours per 4 week 'from forty-eight to forty-four. Hours of journeymen stonecutters : had been reduced in the same way; hours of union rdie i'and; tool makers;; -f rom fif ty-f oura to" flf ty; ; of ice; men, 'from sixty-six to .sixty; fot ' electrical work ers, frqm forty-eight to forty-four. In a number of cases where, there had been no reduction ; in hours, the eight-hour day had been gained five years before. In the majority of cases the ' improvements both ?: as to hours and wages- ha'dbeeh brought about without strikes. v - Hours of ', Women Workers. ''It was clear fromv our; investiga tions that a much I larger proportion of male thaiv female '-workers , in Sp'ripgfield were enjoying an eight hour day. The carpenters, painters, brick;ayers and "other building trade workers, the miners, the printers, the " cigarmakers and -many other male . workers, through the s strength of their unions; had ; been , able to make this gain: But .their wives and : sisters . and ; daughters, whose physical resistance .to the strain of industrial occupations i'siess than theirs, and who besides generally have home tasks after their exhaust ing day outside, for" the most part, -Were,.- working , in Springfield' JactoT ries, stores and. laundries from nine toten hours per day. , One reason lor ,thisv undoubtedly' was "the fact that, women worker's were almost en tirely: unorganized. ' .... r ; "To somer extent, doubtless reduce tions in hours of work may be looked for from employers who see in their industries an avenue for social: ser vice;; but1 the best, hope," judging from past i accomplishments appears to be offered - in labor organizations under intelligent and conscientious leadership.". f : . The report includes chapters on Springfield. and Industry, Physical Safety . and ' Wbrkingmen's ? Compen sation, Child Labor, YWages and Reg ularity, of . Employment, 'Hours of Work; One Hundfed. Wage-EarnersV Families and r Industrial Betterment in Springfield ''''?' ; V- ' PRESIDENT, BERRY VINDICATED. - -'; tart v? - vf" , "a, U. S. ' District Court of Tennessee Upholds Pressmen and Assis-J V tants Officials!. ' The ; District; Court of ? the United States for j the; Northeastern s Division of the Eastern' District of Tennessee' rendered a decision in favor of the board of , : directors of the Interna tional Printing' Pressmen and Assis tants' tJnion.in the case. of Chicago Pressmen's Union , No. 3 "yb. the' In ternational Board - dt Directors. The court, ! in its, ruling, denied application .for receiver of the Inter national : Union, denies the ; removal of officers, grants board, authority to establish charters ,v in : any.- city where unions have not paid per cap-" ita tax for three months, denies and dismisses all allegations and attacks gainst tKe t board of directors; and all proposals- oy tne international Board of Directors are accepted by the court. f ; - The court, in i these 'rulings, has given the International Board of Di rectors a11 complete victory.- It was contended by" officers of the InternatlonaL Printing Pressmen and Assistant's- Union that the above court procedure was brought about by.. the Bolshevik, element of the International Union, and the above conflict was originated when by f8 a referendum vote a one day's pay assessment and 2 5 cents extra per capita was levied by an over whelming majority with the under standing that . ,the . special assess ment was to create 'a fund known as the war, emergency fund, this fund to be drawn upon for. the pur pose of taking care of the disabled members returning from the war, and trade schools have been estab lished at the home of the Interna tional Pressmen! to : teach disabled members trades that will make them self-sustaining through' the balance of their lives. - The blind ' members are to be especially cared for and educated n the making of brooms, weaving of carpets, etc. II ' If You Want to Buy Propr erty Look 1 Over, OurLisi 307 Commercial National Bank , PHONE 671 ",K : If You Have" Property : To Sell List It With Us- ! 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