The Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 3, 1919 Page: 2 of 12
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ROBERT M
AlOULTON
Aircraft
to Search Out
Forest Fires and
Outlaw Cotton
THE YALE DEMOCRAT
INJUNCTION NO
LONGER HOLDS
Judge Maltbie’s Order Against
United Hatters of North
America Is Dissolved.
COERCION HAD BEEN CHARGED
Complaint That Danbury Firm Had
Been Prohibited From Completing
Contract—New* of General In-
terest to All Workers.
Judge MnllMe of the Connecticut su-
perior court dissolved the Injunction
flint he Issued July 5 against Jereininh
Scully, John O’Hara and Royal Ray-
mond, officers of the United llntteis
of North America, and especially
against Lodges 10 and 11 of Danbury,
and Lodge 10 of Norwalk, agulnst their
boycott and Interference with the U.
& W. Hat Shop, Inc., of Norwalk.
The Injunction was asked by the R.
& W. Hat Shop on the ground of co-
ercion by the United Hatters, It being
contended that George McLnchlan of
Danbury was prohibited from complet-
ing his contract of furnishing hat bod-
ies to the complainants.
GENERAL LABOR NOTES
In state workshops, railways, agrl-
cultural and Industrial establishments
In Peru a day’s Work Is tixed at eight
hours.
Street enr service at Muskogee,
Okla., which wns resumed July 17, fol-
lowing a strike hist lug several weeks,
i\ns discontinued when the car men
declared a new strike.
An agricultural strike wns declared
In the region of Melun, about 25
miles southwest of Paris, France. The
men demand wages of 13 francs a day,
with double pay during harvest.
Seven organizers and officials of the
American Federation of Labor were
arrested at North ClalrtOD, a suburb
of Pittsburgh, for holding n meeting
without a permit. They were releas-
ed on hall for a hearing.
Without winning their demand for n
closed shop the 1,800 employees of the
Corn Products Refining company at
Argo, 111., are hack at work. Neither
hours nor wages figured In the strike
and the men have been returning grad-
ually, It Is said.
The appointment of Miss Mary An-
derson as director of the woman-in-in-
dustry service of the department of la-
bor, announced by Secretary Wilson,
brings n trade union woman for the
'first time Into government office ns a
federal bureau chief.
More than 7.000 clgnrmnkers went
4>n strike at Tampa, Flu., to enforce
demands for a 25 per cent Increase
In wages. With strippers, packers
find selectors out of work because of
tho clgunnakers’ strike, 12,000 men
were said to be Idle.
The radio telegraphers were voted a
$15 Increase In wages n month by the
American Stenmslilp association.
They were nllowed a charge of $3 n
day for subsistence while In port.
.The scale Is to remnln operative for
In year. This brings the salary of the
senior operators to $125 nnd Junior op-
erators to $100 a month nnd subsist-
ence.
The Building Trades council of At-
lanta, On., announces the consumma-
tion of an agreement with the At-
lanta building contractors effecting a
44-hour working week for 7,000 me-
chanics In these trades, nnd by which
It Is agreed to work In harmony until
May 1, 1020. The wage scnle for the
ensuing yenr gives bricklayers 75
cents an hour, beginning next fnll.
At the semi-annual elections of the
Toronto (Canada) District Labor
council which have just taken place,
the red element gained a sweeping vic-
tory over the moderates nnd captured
nil the offices. Mr. J. Munroe of the
Machinists' union wns elected presi-
dent; John Cottnm of the Carpenters'
Tilon, financial secretary, and Mr. A. W.
Mnnce of the Typographical union, re-
cording secretary.
Virtually capitulating to the de-
mands of their 3,000 workers, who
have been on strike for nearly eleven
weeks, entailing a wage loss to the
community of more than $500,000, the
hoard of governors of the J. P. & 0. K.
Eagle, Inc. silk mills at Shnmokln,
Pa., at Trevorton nnd Kulpniont, this
afternoon announced the granting of
the demands nnd calling for all em-
ployees to report for work.
In compliance with the demand
made by 1.000 striking garment work-
ers. nine firms of Toronto, Canada,
have agreed to abolish the piecework
system, hut other important mutters
In dispute have not yet been settled
owing to the refusal of tho employ-
ers to negotiate. The business man-
ager of the Garment Makers union
says (lint the strikers have the sup-
port of the International union and
that strike pny, ranging from $10 to
,$12 a week, began on Monday, July 1.
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD
Recent Happenings That Will Be of
Interest to Both Employer and
Employee.
Clergymen In Oakland, Cal., have
formed u labor union.
The Dublin (Ireland) Asylum Work-
ers’ union won Its demand for In-
creased wages and shorter hours.
Between 700 und 800 employees of
the Standard Oil company’s refinery
at Independence, Mo., walked out.
Working expenses on the London
(England) trumwa.vs rose from 13
cents a mile In 1913 to 32 cents In
1918.
It Is estimated that the Increase of
$2 to $2.50 In the weekly wages of all
shop elerks will cost merchants $125,-
000,000 to $150,000,000 u year, a Lon-
don dispatch says.
President Lecornu of the Australian
seamen's union, the members of which
have been on strike for severnl weeks,
announced that he would appeal to the
United States for assistance.
Degplte the fact that formation of
labor unions Is not allowed In Japan,
workmen have combined to get 50 per
cent Increase In wnges and shorter
work hours. Wnges have trebled since
the war.
The strike of nbnut 300 women gar-
ment workers at Cblcngo was averted
by the acceptance by the manufactur-
ers of the wage Increase demnnds pre-
sented recently by the Lndy Garment
Workers’ union.
Tlie oro trnffle nt Ashlnnd, Wls„
was completely paralyzed by the walk-
out of 213 dockmen. Seven ore boats
canceled nnd 1(1 ore trains In Id off
nnd their crews discharged. Es-
eannba was also tied up.
Coal production In central Illinois
fields Is being seriously curtailed by
shortage of cars, due to the shopmen’s
strike. Practically every mine In the
Springfield district was snhl to be Idle,
with only a few cars filtering In here
and there.
Voluntary wage Increase of 12% per
cent wns announced at Lima, O., by
the Oarford Motortruck company nnd
tho East Iron Machine coinpnny. The
Garford company employs more than
2,000 men, while the other plant hns
300 employees.
The Western Union Telegraph com-
pany announced a bonus of 10 per
cent to Its employees. The former
bonuses, which were paid regularly
by the Western Union, were mndo
by Postmaster General Burleson nnd
(lie new bonuses are in addition.
The Garner Print works nnd Blenoh-
ery of Wnpplnger’s Falls, N. Y„ an-
nounced that employees were to be
given half control of all future man-
agement, n 4 per cent bonus on all
earnings, nnd half the representation
on (lie board of management. The
company employs 700 men.
The metal trades department of the
American Federation of Labor will
make demands on congrpss nnd the
president that monsures be taken to
reduce the high cost of living, James
O’Connell, chairman of this depart
ment, said. Membership of the melnl
crafts exceeds 500,000, O’Connell
stated.
Almost every steel plnnt In Mahon-
ing vnlley started nt full capacity.
Steady demand for pipe and other sup-
plies for oil fields nnd new orders for
shipbuilding steel hns benefited the
mills. Mills at Youngstown obtain
most of their ore from the Minnesota
district and have enough to last them
six months.
Shoe workers of Brockton, Mass.,
are forming an organization outside
(lie Boot nnd Shoe Workers union,
which, they say, has not trented them
fairly. They refuse to accept a char-
ter from that union. Cutters employ-
ed In Brockton receive, they say, $35
a week, against $51.50 for those em-
ployed tp Lynn. They demand nn In-
crease to $44. ,
Nine hundred employees of the Wa-
terloo (In.) Gasoline Engine compuny
(owned by the John Deere company of
Moline, 111.) walked out when their de-
mnnds for collective bargaining nnd
higher wages were not accepted. This
was the third factory closed In three
days, the Iowa Dairy Separator com-
pany and the William Galloway com-
pany, fanning Implements, also clos-
ing.
About 1,100 umchlnlsts went on
strike nt Paterson, N. J., for nn In-
crease In wnges of 10 cents nil hour.
They demand the following hourly
wage scnle: Tool, gauge, die nnd pat-
ternmakers, 85 cents; machinists and
millwrights, 75. cents; helpers, 60
cents; apprentices, 30 cents first yenr,
40 cents second yenr, 50 cents third,
nnd then 60 cents. As n result of the
strike several of the biggest plants
In Paterson were seriously nffected.
The New York Letter Carriers' as-
sociation hns adopted a resolution call-
ing on officials of the nationnl organ-
ization to carry nn appeal directly to
President Wilson for a 25 per cent In-
crease in the letter carriers’ salaries.
The resolution asserted that the 25
per cent Increase which became effec-
tive on July 1 wns Inadequate to meet
present-day living costs nnd declared
that a further incrense was neces-
sary at once ”to prevent complete
demoralization of the service.”
EPORTS from Washington
seem to indicate that the
nlr service is going to
pieces rapidly from vari-
ous causes nnd that Sep-
tember will practically
see the Inst of It. This is
especially to be regretted
In view of the recent nu-
merous, extensive and dis-
astrous forest fires in the
Northwest. The lesson of
these fires Is that the na-
tional forests nnd national parks must
be patrolled by nirplnnes and prottift-
ed by wireless telephone.
Time Is a vital factor in fighting
forest fires. They must be detected
instantly and combated promptly.
Once a forest lire gains sufficient
hendwny the flnmes convert each live
pine Into a gas retort nnd the flaming
gas, carried by the wind, Jumps far
nhend of the fire line, to start new
fires. Also, a forest fire will run up
a mountain slope with tremendous
speed, creating Its own draft as It
goes. <
Airplane service would Instantly de-
tect a forest fire. It would reach the
spot promptly, with smothering gas,
firefighters, tools, provisions and ma-
terials. If the national forests and
national parks nre worth creating and
administering, they nre worth preserv-
ing. The ordinary forest fire is a ca-
lamity. The big one is u catastrophe.
In a twinkling the growth of gen-
erations Is gone. Where n forest stood
there Is desolation which will last for
many n year. The losses In money
this season, saying nothing of the
menace to human life, would pny for
an extensivo air service equipment.
That there Is n distinct nnd Impor-
tant place for nlrcrnft in fire protec-
tion of tlmberlands has been regard-
ed by the forestry officials for some
time as beyond doubt. It wns with this
idea In mind that arrangements were
made to have army nirplnnes and cap-
tive balloons cover portions of the na-
tional forests of California, Arizona,
New Mexico nnd other stntes this sum-
hier. The pntrolllng wns started early
In June nnd has so quickly proved its
worth, that It was proposed to extend
the service to other points In the East,
Including one near the White moun-
tains In New llnmpshlre.
No difficulty Is experienced by the
airmen In detecting fires in heavy tim-
ber from elevntlons of 6,000 to 10,000
feet.
At present the forest service relies
for the detection of fires partly on pa-
trol, usually by men on horses, motor
cycles, or railroad speeders, nnd partly
on watchers Rtntloned on lookout
points. Aircraft have many points of
obvious superiority over this method.
Lookouts In every broken country,
cut up by deep canons or where moun-
tain ridges obstruct the view, or In n
flut country that affords no good
points of vantage, are often unable to
pick up fires quickly by the rising
smoke, or to locate them accurately.
For precise location the system in use
depends on triangulation through re-
ports telephoned from separate obser-
vation points. Airplanes, however, can
use wireless, or even the new wireless
telephone, and they can locate fires by
coordinates in the same way that gun-
fire In war Is directed to a particular
spot.
Experiments made In bombing fires
to put them out show the possibilities
In this direction. Bombs charged with
suitable chemicals for extingiushing
fires have been used with good results.
At present the only observation bal-
loon used in connection with forest
fire pntrolling Is the one maintained at
the Arcadia field, near I,os Angeles.
This balloon Is sent aloft to a height
of about 3,000 feet and remains there
from 7 a. m. until 6 p. m. In case of fire
a report from the balloon observer Is
telephoned to the army balloon school
and transmitted to the forest service
at Los Angeles. Another plan to be
tested Inter In the summer Is trans-
porting fire fighters by dirigibles f om
which ladders can be lowered to the
ground.
Outlaw Cotton Fields.
The airplane to spy out hidden cot
ton fields hns proved successful. It Is
the result of nn experiment carried out
by the federal horticultural honrd of
the department of agriculture. In
southern Texns, where the devastat-
ing pink boll worm of cotton has been
trying to Invade the United Stntes
from Mexico, there nre coft free
zones, declared by law as bn .Tiers
against the progress of tlie worm. But
a few misguided farmers feci t.iat
their rights have been Infringed b.nd
have developed a tendency to become
cutlnw cotton planters. Much of the
country Is heavily timbered, roads am
neither plentiful nor good In many pla-
ces, nnd It hns been possible for an
outlaw plnnter to tuck nwny a few
acres of cotton In some nook of the
woods beyond probability of discovery
by ordinary means, though the depart-
ment of agriculture hns been making
diligent efforts to spot every stalk of
cotton In the quarantined nrens.
Last yenr when workers of the fed-
eral horticultural honrd were on the
ground, they tried out the nlrplnne for
scouting work. In this way Inspector
Hensley of the honrd discovered sev-
er outlaw cotton fields in the lienvlly
wooded country along the Trinity riv-
er nnd around Galveston bay which
had escaped discovery.
January of this year the work of lo-
cating cotton fields In the observation
zone by aerial patrol wns officially In-
augurated and has been in regular pro-
cess ever since. Two flights were made-
later In January for the purpose of ob-
taining a panoramic view of the terri-
tory bordering the quarantine lines, tc
note the character nnd extent of any
forests or wooded areas which might
act ns a natural barrier to the spread,
of the pink bollworm by flight of the-
moth, as well as to secure some Idea
of the value of aerial observations irr
connection with entomological scout-
ing and mapping.
These flights were made at an alti-
tude of from 1,500 to 2,000 feet. At
this elevation on a clear day a dis-
tinct vision could be had of the coun-
try over a range of 30 miles, and cul-
tivated fields, buildings, shell roads,
railway lines, creeks, and the charac-
ter of wooded nreas, whether pine or
deciduous, could be easily distinguish-
ed. At the normal speed of the air-
plnne—75 miles an hour—the ground
moves so slowly that the observer has'
time to get a complete picture of the
area and easily to distinguish cotton
from corn fields.
Inspector Hensley Is enthusiastic lo
the belief that the airplane will tre-
mendously facilitate nil such scouting
and reconnaissance work, Including
mapping.
Similur use can be mnde of it In oth-
er agricultural and forestry surveys,
which nre analogous to the mapping'
nnd survey use made of It for war pur-
poses.
The tests made last year, followed
by the more Important nnd systematic
utilization of this new means of sur-
vey and Inspection carried out this
yenr, rnnrks probably the first use of
the airplane In a practical way In ag-
riculture, and may be the starting of
an Important use of this new means ol
transportation nnd observation for
scouting and Inspection purposes In
other fields of research or control
work.
*
Moorish and Arabic Ruga.
The nrt of rug weaving Is said to
have been tnught the Venetians by
the Arab conquerors of Spnln. Moor-
ish rugs are still woven by the de-
scendants of this race who live out
side the Spnnlsh border. Arabic rugs
nre woven in the simplest patterns,
nnd in straight lines and very brlghi
colors. The pntterns often resembW
those of the log cabin quilt of oui
grandmothers. While the figures In
orlentnl rugs ench linve their own
meaning, we must not forget that ev-
ery color has Its own significance n»
well, which vnrios In different coun-
tries, Just as the figures do. In nn
clent Babylon scarlet was the sym-
bol of fire, blue of the air, and purpt*
of water.
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