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THE LUTHER REGISTER
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Scientifically Planned and Con-
tains Modern Equipment.
IMPORTANT ASSET FOR FARM
Gothic Roof It of Ptank Framt Con-
struction and Givet Ample Space
for Hay Mow—Hat Twelve
Stalls and Two Box Stall*.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A fUdfonl mill tniwer
• quMitiona and give advice FREK "F
COBT on all *uhj©< re pertaining to th#
•ubJtH't of butlili»K murk on ihe farm. f**r
the readers of this paper On a oust of
tiia wide experience aa Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, be re. without doutt. the
lilgheat authority on all these subjecta.
Addreaa ail Inquiries to William A Rad
ford. No 1KT7 Prairie avenue. Chicago
111., and only Inclose two-cent stamp for
reply
People In the cities are Inclined to
think that there i* no "such animal
as a horse" because of the thousands
of automobiles and motor trucks. Rut
• re few obstructions In the way of
supporting posts.
In the horn shown here plank frame
construction has been used In building
up this high gothic roof. As cun be
seen very reudlly tlw* buy mow Is un-
usually large and capable of holding
u great supply of bay. It bus been
fitted with special bay carrier equip-
ment for the unloading and storing of
hay.
Protection against fire has been In-
stalled In the form of lightning rod*
on the roof. When It Is considered
that US per cent of the fins on farms
Is canted by lightning, the importance
of providing effective protection
against this tremendous loss should
not r>e mini mixed. A Jen ilator pns
vides a supplemental source of fresh
air for the stlills below.
The burn Is of frame construction
set on a concrete foundation. It Is 36
f»©t wide and 55 feet long, not u very
large building. The stall floor Is well
lighted and ven*i’ated by plenty • f
windows ami doors, and contains 12
Individual s nils and two lurge bos
stalls. The stalls are built iu two
rows facing In. with a feed alley run-
ning between, and litter alleys at the
rear of each row. These alleys art*
equipped with s|>ecial carrier track
for hauling feed, and litter car-
riers. The feed-carrier track runs
from the feed r«*oui at one end
of the barn to each stall, thus eltm-
they overtook the fact that there are
©till many animals In the country
On the farms the horse Is arul car-
xying many of the hardens and is ‘HI
fcronsidered one of the assets of that
dustttutiou. In many ours the
horses are housed in a coathma i n • r
general utility bam. that is. a build
Ing having accommodations for both
horses and cuttle. However. wfc*-re
the number of horses Is large «>* ict
a separate bam is very often bu t.
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EARLY POTATOES
NEED GOOD CARE
GROW TWO CROPS OF
TURNIPS IN GARDEN
ENDS BUILDING
TRADES DISPUTE
ALL hi C BY WAGE REDUCTION
Skilled and Unskilled Employee* of th#
Norfolk and Western Railroad
to Be Treated Alike.
Weak and Improperly Filled Con-
tainers and Lack of Ventila-
tion Cause of Loss.
Tops Make Excellent Greens in
Southern States.
DISCARD DISEASED PRODUCT
Sown in Drills Soil May Be Stirred
Between Rows and Plants Kept
Growing Rapidly—Will Stand
Considerable Cold.
Executive Council of American
Federation Decides Against
Railroad Brotherhood.
WAS JURISDICTIONAL AFFAIR
Load With Care te Prevent Shifting
and Breakage—Sacks and Hamp-
ers Not Suitable—Loading
on Bilge Is Not Safe.
(Prepared by the I’nlted States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
Turnips are one of the most univer-
sally grown of all gurden crops. In the
northern states turnips are planted in
midsummer and stored for winter use.
In the southern states they are plant- ,
ed early in spring for early summer
use, also In the full for use during the
Settlement Ends Friction Which Began
in December, 1919, Over Men En-
gaged at That Time in Station
Construction Work.
Sweeping reductions in wages for
more than 25,000 Norfolk and Western
employees, including members of all
railway organization*, both skilled and
anskillttl labor, have been brought to
light.
A meeting between representatives
of trainmen and conductors and Nor-
folk and Western officials held at Roa-
noke a short time ago. at which time
a proposed reduction was discussed, re-
sulted in a request by the trainmen
that a reply to tlie road's proposals be
deferred.
)d(Mys
:vei\ii\g
Fairy Tale
Sy /V*RY GRAHAM BOMER
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THE DUCK LEADER.
"Quack, quark,” said Sir David
Duck, ”1 am the leader. And we will
all play follow the leader. It Is ft
splendid game.
“Kveryone must follow the leader,
and I am the leader as I said before,
u "A fine game, a very fine game.
Railway telegraphers on the Norfolk- quf)(.k quack » Sir 1>HviU Duck.
(Prepared by (he United Sutra Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
Tur,,i>; «relu;n;
new potato?*. .peeinll... of the ! throughout the■ greater
bureau of market*. lm„d State* Iv ,,f ,h,-
spring culture it is customary jo sow
the seed In drills about a foot apart
Inating mu«h otthe heavy work *h « h
hti* bmi customary in h*-r*© barns.
It re an ad.U-d af>et because t t ikes
the work easier ri*r the help and teuds
to keep them satisfied.
Wl.ile many farru* do n * require
a special bora# h#rt». they ail need a
dairy barn and this structure can be
*s©d for this purpose ju*t »* well.
Instead t.f the present lower fi*s»r ar-
rangement the hoc*e stalls ran l*e re-
placed by row «!;. s and stan-hi* na.
partment of Agriculture, discussing
methods of loading and types of con-
tainers In use. Shifting of the loads
In transit, weak and purity tilled pack-
ages. and lack of proper ventilation
•re found to be responsible for losses
In many cars arriving ut market*. Cau-
tion against lending diseased potatoes
Is also urged because of the large
number of shipments that show scab,
wilt, or late blight, and In some cases
are practically worthless when they
reach the market. *
Pres* Potatoes Firmly In Barrels.
The doubleheaded ventilated bar-
rel. it is said, appears to tie the best
package for new potatoes that is
n< w in general use. If properly made.
It protects the potatoes as well a-
holds them in place. Much less break-
age has been found In cars where the
barrels are loaded on end than when
loaded on tlielr bilge. Wooden strips
should be placed on top of the lower
layers of barrets for the upper layers
to rest upon.
There Is one serious objection to this
method of loading. In some instances
the barrels appear to be slack measure
when they arrive at the market, due to
the jolting in transit. This fault, how-
ever, it is said, can be largely elim-
inated if grower* will fill their barrels
fuii and u*e a press when heading.
Loading barrels on their bilge is sai l
not to be a ofe practice unless head-
lin.Ts (strips to prevent heads bulg-
ing) are used. It is said that the
use of headliners would prevent Dine-
tenths *^f the breakage In all types of
loads with barrels. Records show
that practically every car has from 3
and thin the plants to about three
inches in the drill. By this method
i h
The I’nlted Brotherhood of Mainte-
nance of Way Employees and Rail-
way Shop Lalnh-ers. with Its member-
ship of about 200.000, cannot be rein-
stated in the American Federation of
Labor until it has turned over to the
building trades unions its members
now engaged iu statiou construction
work.
This decision was made by the ex-
ecutive council of the building trades
department of the federation, which
received a request from the mainte-
nance of way employees for reinstate-
ment. The union declared its willing-
ness to agree to transfer to the respec-
tive unions in the building trades
"those members now within our or-
ganization who properly come under
the jurisdiction of other international
unions."
The railroad shop laborers’ union
was suspended from the federation in
December, 1910, because of its alleged
disregard for the jurisdictional rights
of the building trades organizations.
and Western System, the shop crafts,
the clerks’ organization, clerks, engi-
neers. firemen, trainmen, conductors
ami maintenance of way employees
have had the wage-reduction proposal
made to them.
OTHER LABOR NOTES
GENERAL LABOR NEWS
An Excellent Type of Turnips.
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the soil may be stirred between the
rows and the plants kept growing rap-
idly so as to attain reasonable size
before the heated term of early sum-
mer set* In.
In the North it Is customary to sow
the seed broadcast about the 25th of
July on land from which early peas,
early potatoes, or some other early
crop has been removed. The land is
raked smooth and the small seeds sim-
ply scattered over the surface, then
covered by again raking the soil. No
cultivation is required where the seeds
are sown broadcast.
In the southern states turnips are
frequently destroyed by plant lice that
suck the juices of the leaves. These
insects are rather difficult to control,
spraying with nicotine preparations be-
ing about the only remedy.
Turnips stand considerable cold, but
those that are to be placed in pits or
in the cellar for winter use should not
te allowed to freeze before being
stored. If they become frozen In stor-
age. they should not be disturbed until
they thaw naturally.
PLAN TO ERADICATE SORREL
WKat Nappe*-.* When Barrel* Are
Loaded on Their B ge—Characteri*-
t c Breakage in a Car cf Double-
Headed Barrel*—The Head* Give
Way and the Barre s Collap*e From
the Weight Above. Causing Bruiting
and Mashing of the Potatoes.
Apply Ground Limestone, Hydrated
Lime or Quicklime—Rotation
of Crop* I* Good.
A good treatment for sheep sorrel,
according to the United States Depart-
meet of Agriculture specialists, is to
apply ground limestone two tons per
acre hydrated lime one' and one-half
to 30 nr more barrels broken on a- ^ or quicklime one ton per
rir»l at the market E*tra acre. The quicklime can he used to ad-
vantage by slaking with water and
sprinkling the mixture freely over the
sorrel. The liquid will injure the
needled when barrel# are loaded ut
their tr.ge.
Prevent Bar-e s Rolling.
Wooden strips should be placed
acro-s the floor at frequent intervals
In order to prevent the lower barrels
froea roiling.
leaves as well as help correct soil acid-
ity. sorrel can be destroyed by spray-
Use ©f rocks for this
pnrp©*-* localize* the strain and cause*
mg with solution of sulphate of Iron
(copperas), two pounds to the gallon
of water. The treatment will not per-
much breakage Strip* should also be rmm»ntly injure grass and will destroy
p a ed a r the d*-*r» *.<• prevent the ’ tj^ w*ed if repeated as often as the
There are certain Important consul*{Th - harr. « hold a * - **rd
orations which *h >nld not be over-
looked in the construe* iua and plan-
ning of a bonne bam.
In the first place ample space mu«t
be provided for the storage of bulky
feed of which hordes consume larg-
quantities. By this is im-aut hay.
straw. fc»dder. etc. The most conven-
ient place for the storage of this feed
I* a large hay mow. and this is pro-
vided for by a high roof built so there
of rattle. The box mails ran be con-
verted into ball pens and cow pens,
and the feed room can sent a sim
liar purpoee.
Weil-bowsed horses wiii work hard-
er during the day and ea»:.y earn the
money that is invested in a bare-
just a» contented cow a will yield
more milk and thus Increase th© in-
come of the man who has foresight
> enough to build s real dairy barn.
barrels oa the upper layer from falling
against and Jamming the door*.
The sack, it Is said, is not a suitable
container f*»r tender new potatoes; it
offer* no protertioa from bruising, and
when loaded re hard to vent late. If
sacks are to be o«ed they should be
of no greater capacity than 120
pound* Thre s «■ sack can he han-
dled wi'h mu'h greater rere ami lends
itself to ventilation better than larger
si2M. Neither are hsunpera. It * *a.d-
su:table packages for potatoes. Ttey
do not have the necessary strength for
ttws weight of their and offer
little protection for the fotat'ex
LYstea *jf van* '-- sorts are t© g
used, amt ac©*icd.r;g to reports ap-
pear satisfactory where the fltmftt-
of the crate Is »ufl9iett fw the weight
of its contenta. Wewk cretew shoo'd
not be ov*ti under any cirramita****.
and crates with wide r«penir.g tend to
^►rrel tries f send out new leaves.
Spraying is useful where sorrel occurs
as patches in a good stand of grass
and around rocks : nd fences. Iron
ip hate Is deadly to clovers and to
many breed-leaved weed", hut is not
ir. urtous to animals or the soli. So.-
... . afi , -- destroyed by a short
rotation of crops. If possible, the rota-
*r. sh-xfild t© arranged s*> that the
wi'.l l© wated at different sea#
*r>fxi of each year.
During flie fiscal year of 1919-20
nearly 50.000 child-labor permits were
issued in Wisconsin.
The greatest zinc mine in the world,
located in Sussex county, New Jersey,
lias been worked almost continuously
since colonial days.
Thirty-five years ago there were only
125 mills in Japan. Now there are
more than 25,000 modern factories em-
ploying 2.000,000 workers.
Workers in the ready-to-wear trade
in Baris have started a protest against
the change of the Saturday afternoon
rest period to Monday morning.
A new agreement secured by the
Barbers' union in the city of Roches-
ter. N. V., calls for $25 a .week and
50 per cent of receipts iu excess of $30.
All Rome (Italy) municipal employ-
ees. including the firemen, police, grave
diggers and garbage men, are ou a
strike. They demand increased wages
to meet the high cost of living.
Of the industries in Finland, the
timber industry held first place in
respect to the number of employees,
the number being 19,645. as compared
with 21,390 in 1916 and 34,123 in 1913.
A survey of the wages of 4,322 wom-
en employed in commercial and indus-
trial pursuits in (AUonulo has dis-
closed that 13 per cent of those em-
ployed receive less than $12 u week
and tliat 50 per cent receive less ilian
$15.
The Kansas Supreme court set the
hearing of the second Alexander
Hmvat ap|**al for June 7. This is an
appeal from a sentence imposed upon
Howat for violating an injunction
against culling a strike of coal
miners.
The title of the act creating the
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
is broad enough to cover all its pro-
visions, the State Supreme court held
in the case against Jerry Scott, a
switchman, arrested at Kansas City,
I\an„ in the “outlaw" switchmans
strike, a year ago. The court refused
to consider other questions us to its
validity.
The San Francisco Building Trades’
council voted unanimously to enter
the building material business, and
authorized President P. H. McCarthy
to proceed with organization plans.
The enterprise Is to be financed by
the various unions affiliated with the
council. Shortage of building mate-
rials is declared by the council to be
the cause of unemployment in building
trades.
Government authorities are pre-
pared to operate ail public utilities in
the city of Mexico if the threat of
Tug and dredge men at the head of
the lakes resumed work after accept-
ing a reduction of $15 in wages.
Responsible employees of the Kav-
nee company of Cleveland, O., partici-
pate in the profits of the company us
a reward for their faithfulness.
Chesapeake and Ohio tugboat engi-
neers struck at Newport News. Va., in
sympathy with the seamen, refusing to
move either American or foreign ships.
The molders’ strike at the Chicago
Hardware foundry iu North Chicago,
111., in progress since February 3, was
called off. The workmen accepted a
20 per cent wage cut.
In New York the International Jew-
elry Workers’ union 1* resisting the
effort of the employers to replace the
44-hour week with the 48-hour ami re-
establish other prewar conditions.
Coal mine opeiators in New South
Wales intimate that they must close
down at the expiration of government
control, claiming that to continue un-
der present conditions would mean
bankruptcy.
The Flint (Mich.) plant of the Chev-
rolet 'Motor company began increasing j
its force at a rate that will add from '
1.200 to 1,500 men within the next two
weeks, with all departments operating j
on full time.
The port of Boston was idle, follow- I
ing a walkout of union tugboat en-
gineers. The engineers struck when
an attempt was made by owners to
substitute non-union firemen for union
men on strike.
Tlie executive committee of the
Bhiladelphia Bressmen’s union ordered
a strike which affects 4,000 commer-
cial pressmen. Bress feeders already
had joined the compositors in their
strike for a 44-hour week.
Governor ('banning (.’ox of Massa-
chusetts signed the Voluntary Asso
elation UU1, under which labor unions !
ran be sued in court. Labor leaders
have termed the lull the “most vicious
blow against labor ever made."
New York “wet wash" laundry wag-
on drivers now draw down an average
of $100 to $115 weekly. The only arti-
sans ahead of them are rabbit skinners
and window cleaners, who are said to
sometimes make more than $200 u
week.
Quelling a riot of 400 striking build- j
ing trades laborers and sympathizers,
several policemen of Rochester, N. Y..
were severely bruised, two rioters seri-
ously shot and fifty others, both men
and women, stunned and mutilated by
riot sticks.
Admiral \V. S. Benson, chairman of !
the United States shipping board, an- j
nounced that six government ships I
have been taken from the United j
States Transport romjmny because the
company signed un agreement with I
striking marine workers maintaining j
the old wage rate. The vessels had j
been allocated to the company.
By a vote of 17 to 5, the Illinois ;
house of representatives industrial af-
fairs committee reported favorably the '
bill to establish a commission to inves-
tigate and fix a minimum wage stale
for women workers. This is the bill ,
personally indorsed for three months
by Miss Jeanette Rankin, former mem-
ber of congress. The vote is consld ,
ered a distinct victory for the measure.
At Bridgeport, Ohio, the Aetna-
Standard plant of the American Sheet
and Tin Blate company resumed opera-
tions in full. The plant will operate
three days a week. The Wheeling Steel
Sir David Duck was in a pond which
looked i^s though it were of many
colors.
The water was blue and green In
color. There were pretty water weed#
growing in It and the sky was looking
In the water so that there were many
colors which were reflected from the
skv. just as a person can see herself
reflected in the water when it is vyy
clear.
The ducks all began to follow Sir
David Duck, swimming along In pairs.
They did not pay any attention to
the beautiful colors which were in the
water, and oh, such beautiful color#
a* there were.
They didn’t pay any attention to the
lovely sky above them, nor to the
beauty about them.
"I an» glad to see the way you are
all following me," said Sir David
Duck. “I am glad to see it, In-
deed."
"Quack, quack, we’re all coming
along," said the ducks.
"We should be so thankful to be
free," said Sir David Duck. "In a
house some distance beyond the house
which belongs to the one who owns
us, there is a wild bird being kept
in a cage.
"The people caught the bird and
caged him. And there he sits, long-
ing to be free, longing to be out with
Ills friends. It is different to keep
a bird in a cage which lias been bora
and brought up to cage life, like a
canary, but even then it is nice to
let the bird out In a room at times
when the windows are down. For a
canary would lose his way, perhaps,
If Jie got outside.
"But to capture a bird who had al-
ways been wild I Oh dear, that seems
so sad.
"The bird is so mournful and look#
out of his cage with sad, sad eyes.
"But I've heard our owner say that
they were going to set the bird free.
Oh. how happy he will be then! T
can Just Imagine how he will go fly-
ing away to his friends with a song
on his beak and a happy flutter In
his heart.
"I am glad that the farmer says
that bird is to be set free. Oh. howr
“In Pair*.”
thankful we should be that we never
have had to live in a small cage!
"We can quack our way through
life, swimming in this lovely pond.
"Even though we don’t bother much
to admire the lovely colors and the
beautiful weeds we enjoy ourselves
In our own duck way.
"We don’t bother to admire the sky
for it is so far away and ducks have
never thought much about the sky
anyway.
“The goldenrod flowers are coining
out aiong the road nearby and they
are making a great long procession of
themselves with the help of the wild
daisies.
"Ye«. they’re going to form a love-
ly parade, nil of, the goldenrod fam-
ily and wild daisies which can find
room on either side of the road. They
Kenerai'mrik77«7a5iJd'out'h7»trik'- e«rporu"t'iJn'tin pl'ate plan, at Ywkvtlto i «*«•'» «»*«..! hut they a i l
lag employees of the Kiiosson Tele- Is working twelve mills. Kurly resump- i s|1’1"1 'l"1^ ^ll|l llk,‘ ”
phone company anti their syinpa- tlon of the iaiughliD plaot uf the Atuer- .............. ........
better profits in poultry
a ru s* Dspartment of Agricul*
tur« G.v« Reason* for Favoring
Standard Breds.
LITERALLY "SAT IN STRAW
Students at Famous French University
in the Fourteenth Century Had
Little Luxury.
College* were not always the palatial
structures of convenience that stand
today. When Ihinte, in the tenth canto
of Bars dire, says:
' modesty in the presence of hi* ma*t#-r
No student could be graduated until
he had shown hi* receipt for the two
sous he had paid for his straw. An*l
In delivering it. some of it naturally
was lost by the wayside. Hence th**
Rue du Fouarre.
“It Is the «t«rnai light of Siegebert.
3YBo r-s. no envy when of truth he
How Time* Change!
Eomething in the ruoM*-* ur «c th©
stage If disturbing to th© ideas *»t
those who see it. Forthwith they ar-
gue it should he suppressed.
This Is in cheerful disregard of the
fact that what seems shocking in oo©
period becomes cciutnonp.uiv in the
next.
There was John Evelyn. Engll-h
th©
Here ar* five reasons given by sp©-
fteikstS of fhe United States Depart-
bmh A/r.ruitore for keeping
*tBn4Mr4br**l {ooltry:
Sfrandprd Lr-4 poultry i* more uni-
form H» id**, tjp© and color.
Standard t re<l poultry I* more at-
»raefjr# in appearance and appeals
ttor© strong?j to purchasers of stork
and eggs.
Standard bred poultry offers a
grea'er ©en&bination of practical and
'ftM'ful qaaLtM'M etfltable to the need#
m urttt* Hum mart eah, tarterta [ at th* Htmrr and poultry keeper.
»llt. ut* bit*“it. «r *11 tfena. «Jr**r-| Th* (Mtottc at *»*»d»r4-hr«d fowl*
era ahoaM ai*o •*♦ th*t their tmrtttett are more uniform In quality, are
wilt the potatoes while h» trmnaCL
(’rates aait be Pxsded tightly and fine-
ly. and no stack »5«a r© left sltkeet
suitable bracing. *hi-e stripping u rec-
ommended.
No matter what cr;«,tatner Is wet It
Is said, the grower *fc©**5d «^ere*©
great care to keep 4 *#-a*ed and r.jured
p>-tatnew od «f It A very high j©t-
reniage of the ears arriving at non Is
argued.
Beading In the straw-ltt.erd street."
h© was not using a figure of speech. !
on the contrary he had In mind the
most mundane of realities. Dante went
to Tarts once, and while there he did
not fall to visit the university, situated writer and diarist, found* r of
iu the Kue dn Fouarre, »*r “str*
straw," now one of the most neglected
thoroughfares in the Latin quarter. But
In the Fourteenth century it was on
this street that the renowned philos-
ophers of that time had their lecture
rooms. The students, assembled from
are well filled,
not be used.
Weak paukage* alweaid ,
demand.
bring
In
better
What shocked him was women I-**-
lag on the stage at nil. His idea «ai
thut a play isn't nice unless the worn*
an characters are played by men
Many agreed with him, in bis (■#-
riod. But what would I*e said now
C^xkeos |to*v 4 Pcsdy.
Th* etdcfcew* fthiMUid be srarr
Ing sxxd ready sjen (he snt Ih *; ? g
Uj»e one*, say qecURm of tt* Uni-
ted States Departteetd «f Agricoiture
gr©*'*r
prl'e*.
gtSD' ' means great#
ft sucf.vw* snd better profits.
V*f*t at on Hot A&frtx. a ted
The iaqwcav* tA m inium fa
t*P<ng the pssttry dry Is no*
g©T.*f»Jiy *pprevi*'*d m understood
O v« Ch-cfcs Sour Milk.
7s f '• • * f ► r tn Ik !« almond
a rt-edfic remedy for white dlarrohea.
Wx weakne-w* ca«B:baiI#ni. and gapes,
w* -h are cause* of heavy 'osses
to young fl^ks.
all parts of the world, sat on piles of about a proposal that no women N«
straw. The custom wag intended to permited ou the stage or iu the onv.es
Imbue the disciple with a spirit uf, in 19211
Msaritofyt M«c Mv.Vf*
Poultry Ueai are
fteoi thful by pwffltf »t©*» a©
sir sod U- * ■ JU.
K hrg P*r*i*tent Weed*.
BtsaVI patch©* of quack gras.**. Can-
ada tl ' ar.d field sow thistles
ran be destroyed by re pea telly ho©-
li.jf tbe surface and "keeping It
black.*
thizers, it is officially stated. Isolated
Instances of sabotage, such us wire
cutting and the destruction of the
telephone company’s property, are re-
ported.
The union metal workers of St. Jo-
seph. M<*.. notified their former employ-
ers they would accept 1919 wage scale
of 75 cents an hour. Until three weeks
ago the metal workers had been receiv-
ing $1. and when reduced to 75 cents
quit work. The employers refuse to
discharge nonunion men who have been
working (hiring the wage controversy,
and announce that they have adopted
j the “open shop."
In sympathy with the striking sea-
men the Norwegian National Federa-
tion of Trade Unions declared a strike
of all its members except railway men,
firemen nnd hospital workers, begin-
ning May 26. One hundred and twenty
thousand persons are affected.
Approximately 80 per cent of the
car men employed by the Detroit Uni-
ted railway in Detroit, Bort Huron,
Flint, Ann Arbor, Tontlac and Mount
Clemens voted to accept a w age reduc-
tion. The new scale will be 55, 5$
and 60 ceuts an hour. The men have
been receiving 70, 73 and 75 cents.
Nine of tbe leading building eon-
| tractors of Aurora (III.) announced
they will operate on the open-shop
plan hereafter and will pay carpen-
ters $1 an hour instead of $1.25 as
‘ heretofore.
Twenty district chairmen of the
Middle Atlantic division of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
employees and shop laborers agreed
that the sixteen points recommended
by the railroud labor board for in-
corporation In a new agreement to he
•igued by July 1 were acceptable with-
out change.
lean Sheet and Tin Blate company In
Martins Ferry, idle two weeks, is an-
ticipated.
The wage scale thut will be put in-
to effect by the Building Employers’
association of Holyoke. Mass., under
open-shop conditions was announced.
It provides 80 cents nn hour or less
for general building mechanics, 65
cents or less for mason tenders, 90
cents or less for bricklayers, masons
nnd plasterers. The association pro-
vides that none of its members shall
make an agreement with any union
in the Building Trades council during
1921.
The Norristown (Ta.) contractors
and builders unanimously agreed to
stand by their original proposition to
pay carpenters 80 cents nn hour. The
carpenters now are on strike for $1
an hour. They have been receiving
$1.12 ‘a an hour.
Light and power plants, ns well as
utilities at Oppelu, Upper Silesia, have
been virtually paralyzed by the gen
erul strike called there as a protest
against the allies' commission’s atti-
tude toward the BtUish Insurrection
lu the region. Reports reaching Ber-
lin Indicate the walkout is general.
A minimum wage scale based on a
reduction of 15 per cent from that of
lust year for all licensed officers for
the 1921 season was adopted by the
executive committee of the Lake Car-
riers’ association, iu session at Cleve-
land.
A notice of a reduction of wages was
given to *200,000 workers In the spin-
ning section of tbe British cotton trade.
This decision was reached at a meeting
of the general committee of the Master
Cotton Spinners' federation. It was re-
solved to give a mouth's notice of the
federation s Intention to reduce wages.
only needs to be given tbe signal
sign from tbe band to start march-
ing.
"The band won't give them the sign,
and they don't mind as they simply
want m stand as they are. It Is most
certainly very beautiful about here.
"But I won’t bother so much about
the beauty, for I am only u duck after
all.
"Quack, quack, the most important
thing is the way you all follow me.
two by two. I don't like the game of
Still Bond No More Moving, for
when a creature says those words the
others must all keep quite still. I
like the game of Follow the Lender,
for that Is the game we’re playing
now. and I'm the leader, quack,
quack."
And all the ducks swam nfter Sir
David Duck, quacking as they swam
along.
Sides of a Pitcher.
How many sides has a pitcher? Two
-iuside and out.
Gra6* Like a Mouse.
Why is grass like a mouse Because
the cat'll (cattle)
cat it.
What Mother Remembers.
Ralph, aged five, who had just been
punished by his mother for bad con-
duct, said: "Mamma, you've Just got
the baddest memory 1 ever saw."
“Why. what makes you think I hava
a bad memory. Ralph?" she asked.
"Because," was the reply, "you re*
member all the bad things 1 dues,’'
Milkmaid and Swallow.
What Is the difference between a
milkmaid and a swallow? One skims
the milk and the other skims the vi-
ler.
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