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THE CUERO RECORD. CUERO. TEXAS
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1937,
NO LABOR UNREST IN ENGLAND MR. BABSON NOTES
Economist Finds
Every Worker Is
Member Of Union
Memories of the First Auto Show
\: V. SEEKS ‘CAREER MEN for lorn: life is a "secret." She has
NEW YORK INS' - New York ., hetii confined to her bed recently
civil Service will pay * a premium ‘ because of a broken hip suffered
i for education U a resolution spen- when she fell, but
By ROGER W. BABSON
B($STON. Mass.. Nov. 12.—Eng-
land is free of much or the labor
unrest which we are experiencing.
Labdr troubles have decreased
drutically in recent years. From a
peak’ in 1926, the annual number
of workers involved in disputes has
dropped 85 per cent. Not only the
retuwi of prosperity, but the high
degree of unionization, are respon-
sible^ for this improvement. Total
trship in trade unions in
Uid at present is 5.400.000. or
nearly one-half of all male indus-
trial workers. Our own figures are
roughly 7,000.000 union members.
This is abcut one-fourth of our
male industrial workers .
would bo many times over-flowed j
when I called a meeting. Now.'
when everyone is a member of
seme labor union and when collect- .
ive bargaining is universal, the
wage workers have, lost interest in
union activities."
NEW SLANT ON LABQR ISSUE p
This is typical of what I heard j
everywhere in England. Industrial- i
ists over there believe that Amor-1
ican employers are fcolish to fight !
labor in its attempts to organize j
and bargain. A manufacturer said !
to me: “A boiler explodes only when
the safety valve is tied down." La-
bor is- well employed wherever I go.
Unemployment has been cut in
half since the crisis. New’ buildings j
are going up everywhere. Total con-
Yet, surprisingly enough, union j struction is double the level of five [.
interest in England seems to be on ■ years ago
is able to get
j sored by the Municipal Civil Sew- about nnd enjoy life.
I ice Commission is adopted. The 1--- ---
! commission recommends college At current prices a seat on the
I men-he started on the city payroll New; York Stock Exchange is worth
, at higher wages titan ot her appll- : a bout $93,000.
| cants. Career men" would be err-,
•' couragt'd under the plan; j
SLEPT TOO SOUNDLY.
BOSTON. Nov. 1 •.—(INS)—<As If
as the Sandman was the touch'
the burglar who slipped deft tag*
ers into the pillow case on which
Henry S. Duncan, Buzs&rd’s Bay,
laid his head at a Boston Hotel, and
removed $600 while Duncan slept,
the latter reported to police.
SPRY NONAGENARIAN
NEWBURYPORT. Maw Nov
! —(INSl—A non-acer.arian—95 to be!
1 exact—has d ur.k :rofn tile fountain .
j of youth but (\vhl not reveal her .
secret. Mentally alert to‘ the goings j
on in the world about her. Mi's. An- ;
gelina Montgomery says her plan;
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the wane. Labor leaders over there
are now trying desperately to stage
Britain's share of total world i
trade has edged-up from 26 per
'df&nonstration ' as they call :t. cent in 1931 to 31 per cent at pres-
T'
MS* i;
&y,.
Hieyv recently have had a hard i-ent. Retail trade is very active
time In getting even small audi- Trains and busses are crowded with
ences. When I asked one of the people. Holidaying is even more
leaders the reason for this difficul- popular than it is here.'Retail prices
ty, he said: . and the cost of living have been
Photos courtesy Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
A
“Some years ago when labor was j
fighting for recognition. this hall
n
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on
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Give Your Own
PHOTOGRAPH
Have them made now
and your Xmas Gift
Problem is Solved.
Guiro Photo Service
ANTON TRLICA, Prop.
U6 W. Main Street
UTOMOBILES were not nlways
the smooth streamlined crea-
tions American motorists will see
But 1 at this year’s shows, now being held
held down remarkably well.
°L“lnei The 1*0,0.
graphs above bring memories of
America’s first auto show, held in
the old Madison Square Garden,
New York, in 1900.
The demonstration Is reported to
have been a huge success!
All these photographs ara from'
the files of the Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company, which this year is mark-
ing the Goth anniversary of the de-
velopment of its first Mobiloil pe-
troleum lubricants for the automo-
bile.
Trace back the history of the
Visitors at this year's shows will modern car at thiu year's auto show
probably take it for granted that
the new models will steer .correctly.
But this was not the case in l£O0,
as indicated by picture number one.
Here the unlucky motorist is en-
gaged in a “steering demonstra-
tion,” intended to prove that it was
entirely safe to put your wife ar.d
child in a ‘‘horseless carriage” and
actually to so out and turn a corner.
and yen will find in the family tree
the strange contraption shown in
picture number two. This is one of
the great-grandnddies of a 1938
model and was equipped with a
door in the rear, like a street car.
As indicated in picture number
three, filling up with gasoline was
something of a task for motorists
of 20 years ago who had nearly to
are both much below our own. In-
telligent and skilled women work-
ers are satisfied with ten dollars
per week!
A 700 YEAR OLD LABOR’ LAW i
I spent several days in Glou- [
cester. England because it is the j
city from which my birthplace —
—Gloucester, Massachusetts —took
its name. It was once the Capital
of England where Parliament met.
The first labor legislation ever en-
acted was written in that city in I
the year 1250. This first labor law !
was to prevent workers from one j
county coming into another and i
‘‘spoiling the demand for labor
thereby reducing wages." | programs have been tried over less.
Of course. 700 years ago all Eng-1 there and.—like the above—later This dees not mean that our
lish labor was agricultural. Some [ repealed. The worker's only real workers are saving this amount of
sections would have much better 'protection—whether he be German, money, but rather that they are
crops than others. To ‘‘protect" the 'British. Canadian, or American— getting this proportion more in food.'
(laborers of each county. this law'hes in greater production and lower clothing, shelter, education. and '
was passed. It was the arly fore- J prices. comforts. The same figures also ap- ‘
runner of the regulatory legislation i “NEW DEAL" OLD STUFF ■ P1? substantially to England al-
with which we are wrestling today. ! A study of history shows that j though her pay scales and standard
Incidentally, while looking up this England has had ten violent "New °* living are considerably under j
Deal” periods. There is nothing in!cur wa8e an<i living standards,
the Roosevelt Program of today i EUROPE LIKES NEW DEAL
which has not been tried in Eng- ' Yes. America has a motor vehicle
land. France, and Germany. Some : to every five persons while England
of this legislation—such ' as Stock has one car to every twenty ir.tfT- i
Exchange Regulation and Old Age viduals. and we have an- electric
the supply! For centuries, hun- jUnemployment Insurance— has refrigerator to every three families i
different experiments ar.d (stuck: but all previous attempts to in comparison with one to every
regulate prices and wages have twenty British families. Let me em-
failed and been repealed. phasize that the manufacturers and
Today. Parliament is interested in big employers of England and Eu-
increasing the birth rate, improv- rope arc alk|for Roosevelt and his
ing the health of workers, eliminat- experiments. They believe that our
ing slums, and reducing the cost of New Deal will so increase rnanu-
living. I repeat, all our New Deal facturing costs in America that k
legislation—which gives Wall Street will be easier for their goods to
such jitters—is “old stuff" to Eng- jump our tariff walls and undersell
lish and Continental investors. ——
They do not fear it. Even labor pimDJes \ot Necessarv
leaders are skeptical of it as an aid " * -fNCCCSSary
to them. Pimples, blotches, boils are signs
These leaders say: “The working 0-1 blood. They irritate the
people of America have secured a one ^as them and are repul-
much higher standard of living s^e to their friends. Rx Tonix
without restrictions and legislation.'correct this fault, by driving
They arc foolish to get tied down by out these poisons from your blood
labor unions and let the inefficient stream- PpP up your elimination
workers set the pay standards for jand Sivo you a red vigorous blood
the entire group." The average ( stream You can start clearing up
weekly income cf workers of the 'QUr today by buying a bottle
United States is within two per com I Bx Tonix at Buttery’s Drug ;
of the high of 1929 while the cost ^tore-—fadvt.)
of living is from 12 to 15 per cent 1 —- _
take their cars apart to find the gas
tank. When you begin comparing j
the old-time cars with those at this ;
year’s auto show, you might also
compare the architecture of the j
modern service station with that of
20 years ago, and note the improve-
ment.
“Get a horse!^ was the advice
usually offered the motorist in the
early days, and picture number four
shows one motorist who took this
advice seriously. Motorists who se-
lect cars at this year's auto shows j
may safely assume that they are
getting cars with dependable en-
gines. but the scene pictured here
was typical of twenty years ago and
indicates that there was a time when
the motorist had many troubles.
DIETZE’S
GRADE ‘A’
MILK!-
Growing Daily in
Popularity.
Have it delivered, to
ypur door each day.
Give Dietze’s Pure
Jersey Milk a trial
and you will become
a permanent user.
?
DIETZE’S
Sanitary Dairy
Ameckeville Road
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Youil Like Our Pastries
»
Stop by for Choicest Cakes, Cookies
and Pies. Your Baking Problems are
solved by our Experienced Baker.
HAVE YOU TRIED OUR FRESH BREAD?
ADAMS BAKERY
On West Main Street
For the Thanksgiving Holidays Use Plenty of
MILLERS
Independent Gas and
Motor Oils
and you will have enjoyable motoring. Your
disposition will improve and everybody will
be happy.
FARMERS ARE URGED TO USE
OUR LOW COST MOTOR FUELS
FOR FARM MACHINERY
CLARENCE MILLER
Service Station.
On West Main Street Phone 18—Cuero
first labor “act,’’ I came across a
law whereby anyone found “cutting
his initials" or otherwise defacing a
bridge, building, statue, or fence,
was exiled for life. This law was
backed by labor because it reduced
FIRST
In The Qualities
You Want Most!
In Economy, in Simplicity, in Dependability!
A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR
For every Farm, for every Crop, *for Every
Purpose.
DeWitt County Implement Co.
Phone 42
C. A. GAY, Owner
124 W. Main
Every Modern Facility for
SHOE
REPAIRING
Plus Expert Workmanship.
Also Boot Work.
Thigpen's Shoe Shop
CLAUD THIGPEN, Prop.
Peavy Bldg. Cfeuruh
PLYMOUTH
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DODGE|
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£> 13 r\ Q /yi 220 N. ESPLANADE
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Extra Copies
OF THE BIG
43rd Anniversary Edition
OF THE DAILY RECORD
Are Available at The Record Office and
at Wagners’ Two Stores.
Price 10c Each
Ready-Wrapped Mail-away Copies will be
sent to any address in the U. S. postage
prepaid, for 10c at The Record Office.
Shaw’s:
Cuero’s Old Reliable Bakery
Offers You a Complete line of
FRESH PASTRIES DAILY
Cookies, Layer Cakes. Pies, Fresh Rolls
Visit Our Store Saturday for Specials.
Shaw Bakery
113 N. Esplanade St.
Give your family a treat, have your
Sunday Dinner at
The Gobbler
Baked Turkey and Dressing
With All the Fixins.
Also MEXICAN FOODS
RE:
Blunderbuss
In sixteen hundred and twentyone
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A Puritan father shouldered his gun,
■ ■: ■ • . «
' He hunted for fowl ... he hunted for beast
He hunted for food that was fit for a feast.
His blunderbuss was his only way—■.
On that—the first Thanksgiving Day!
The blunderbuss is forgotten at last,
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Troublesome hunting’s a thing of the past.
Sit and relax in a comfortable chair,
Learn from advertisements ‘how much’ and ‘where.’
Read about bargains in turkeys and fruit—
Vegetables, puddings with sauces to suit,
Relishes, dressings, and coffee or teas,
Spices and cookies and nut-meats and cheese.
Read the advertisements . . . heed what they say:
, Give thanks on Thanksgiving;—apd every day!
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Putman, Harry C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 271, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1937, newspaper, November 12, 1937; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth995133/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.