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KNOWLEDGE IS MANKIND'S Greatest
Benefactor False Teaching Is Civiliza­
tion's Greatest Handicap.
SECRETARY UB OR WANTS CHILD
LABOR IN AMERICA PROHIBITED
Urges Congress to Submit Pro posed Amendment to Constitu­
tion to Several States 1,50 0,000.Children Are Employed.
An amendment to the Federal Constitution to enable con­
gress to fix standards that would take a Vnillion and a. half boys
and girls of school age out of the drudgery of mine and mill, field
and factory, store and workshop, was recommended by Secretary
of Labor James J. Davis in his second annual report which was
made public this week. The secretary declared that every instinct
of humanity and every consideration of justice prompted the
abolition of child labor anyhcre within the United States. He said:
Many Children Employed.
"The subject of child labor ha
been given very careful attention in
the last year and a number of im­
portant surveys have been made to
ascertain the- extent of this un
healthy economic factor.
"The repprts of the Bureau of the
Census would indicate that more
than a million children between the
ages of 10 and 16 are engaged in
gainful work in industry. The details
reveal that children between 10 and
15 years to the number of approxi­
mately 660,000 are engaged in the
sugar beet fields, the cotton fields,
and the onion fields of the land. Ap­
parently the usual method is to em
ploy whole families by contractors
to work in these fields.
"The children work with the
adults usually from sunrise to sun­
set, walking in a stooped position
or crawling through the fields, pull­
ing up the weeds, pulling up beets
and onions, cutting the tops from
these, and also in picking cotton.
Thex*e are a number of definite
movements of these families com­
posed largely of children from state
to state where these agricultural in­
dustries thrive.
50,001), .Spinning Girls.
"More than 50,000 children are
employed as spinning girls and dof
fer boys in textile factories. Chil­
dren in the cotton mills, it is report­
ed, work 60 hours a week, and those
over 14 lis years old work nights.
Thousands do industrial home worS
stringing beads, pulMrig threads from
lacework, etc.
"This condition of children in in­
dustry under supervision of parents
or near relatives seems to have gone
on without interruption while tiie
national* child labor laws were in
force. It is doubtful whether any
^legislation of the typo he^tftofore en
acted or thug far contemplated
would reach this evil, or children
•working in agricultural pursuits or
in the homes under the supervision
of their parents or close relatives.
"Under the previous adfinistration
the custom grew up of suspending
the operation of the immigration
laws on the Mexican border to per­
mit the importation of Mexican fam­
ilies for the purpose of working in
cbtton fields and sugar beet fields.
After carefully reviewing the whole
situation I reached the conclusion
that this was- not only unauthorized
by. law but was really encouraging
the most flagrant form of child la­
bor.
"It Is true that these industries
are really suffering for help, but it
seemed to me improper to permit
the importation of so-called cheap
labor in the form of the labor of
women and children in order to sup­
ply the market. I feel that it is a
practical aid toward eliminating
child labor when we create condi
tinds which will require that adults
or people above the age of 16 shall
do this work.
Million anil One-Half.
"A complete survey would indi­
cate that 1,500,000 American chil­
dren are now the victims of prema­
ture toil in the mines and mills and
factories and fields and homes of
this country. This is all wrong. The
great problem of our childhood is
of the utmost importance to the
perpetuity of the Nation. Our chil­
dren are entitled to a life that will
conserve their strength while young
and that will educate their minds
and hearts so that they may be ef­
ficient when they grow to maturity.
"Forty-two states out of the for
'ty-eight have adopted, so-called child
labor laws, some of which are high­
ly developed and rigidly enforced.
Others are rather rudimentary and
indifferently enforced. The manu­
facturer in the state where' children
under the age of 16 years are not
permitted to work at all and where
those above 16 and below 18 are per­
mitted only to work under certain
restricted conditions and regulations
complain that they are subject to
unfair competition by competitors
who manufacture in states where
there are no laws on the subject of
child labor or where the laws are
not comprehensive ^d practically
not enforced. A remedy must b«
found to meet this condition.
Uniformity Not Possible.
"There are those who advocate
uniform child labor laws by the
states, believing that it is a subject
which should be dealt with only by
the states. On the other hand, there
ire those who advocate the adoption
of an amendment to the Federal
Constitution giving congress exclu
»ive power to deal witji the subject.
Regardless of which method may be
adopted, it is' urgent that some
method should be adopted which will
forever blot from the escutcheon of
this Nation the black spot of child
labor yhich still exists in sofe form
In some places.
"Ixong continued hours of toil at
ft time when the bones and the
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LADY ASTOR WAS
HOOTED DOWN DY
BRITISH 'BLOODS'
Her Firm Defense ct Workers
Aroused Wrath of Unionists.
Lady Astor was the centor ot' a
stormy scene at the conference of
the National Unionist Association
held in London Friday last, when
she made a speech arousing so much
ire that she was several times howled
clown, according to the Associated
Press.^
One delegate shouted: "C.o back
to America."
Lady Astor shouted back: "You
are worse than the Labor party. Shut
up. If you don't shut up you won't
be able to hear what I'm saying."
Lady Astor was speaking on a
resolution introduced by another wo­
man member advocating a campaign
of economics among the young to
refute the insidious and incessant
Socialist propaganda. She threw the
first bomb when in referring to the
Conservatives she said:
"We have members living in more
than one house, and they don't real­
ize the conditions of people living
in two rooms. It is said that teachers
are Socialists. I don't blame them."
Disorder followed these remarks
and there were cries of "shame" and
"withdraw."
•**It is very tinfortunate to be howl­
ed do arn at your, own party meeting
After all. I've never shown any lack
of courage in fighting the two forces
—either the Bolsheviki or the reac­
tionaries."
Lady Astor then proceeded to
speak a few sentences when again
there was disorder, with cries of,
"Sit down."
The chairman finally got the meet­
ing quieted sufficiently for Lady As­
tor to proceed, but she had barely
started again when the premier, Mr.
Bonar Law, arrived to speak and
the discussion ended.
URGE OPEN DOOR
FOR ALL ALIENS
Secretary Davis Reports Busi­
ness in West Wants Bars Down
On his return to Washington from
a western trip Secretary of Labor
Davis said he found a constant agi­
tation to let down all immigration
bars. He said much of this agitation
is based on misrepresentation of the
3 per cent immigration law.
The secretary said he was con­
vinced many misinformed or misled
employers are using the argument
that "the immigration flood gates
should be thrown open to' supply
the demand for labor."
"This argument is fallacious for
several reasons. There is an impres­
sion that the so-called 3 per c^nt
law has operated to arbitrarily limit
our immigration from all European
countries. Nothing could be further
from the truth. Those who are now
clamoring against the law forget or
utterly disregard the fact that the
law would have permitted the ad­
mission of thousands of immigrants
during the. past two years if they,
had sought admission. At any time
since the law has been in effect,
workmen for our industries of the
racial strains which have made
America great, and which, up to the
past two decades made up the bulk
of our immigration, could have been
admitted by the thousands.
"They did not seek admission.
They are not coming to America. In
the last fiscal year only less than
one-half of the quotas that could be
admitted under the law have come
from England, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, 'Norway, 'Sweden, Denmark,
Holland and from Germany.
"Germany in the past fiscal year
isent but 28 per cent of her quota
Sweden, 43.8 per cent 'Norway, 48.7
per cent the United ingdom, 6$.2
per cent, and Denmark, 57.6 per cent
OIL ADS UNTRUTHFUL.
A committee of the associated ad­
vertising clubs that has been invesr
tigating oil publicity declares th^t 95
per cent of oil stock advertising is
"flamboyant, misleading, and decep­
tive."
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THE
VOL. 30. NO. 17. //4JTH, MINNESOTA, DEC. 23, 1922.
RAIL MEN START
THEIR OWN BAHK^,
IN MINNEAPOL
Ops With $40,000 in De­
posits From Brotherhoods.
The Transportation Brotherhoods
National bank, the sixth of its kind
in America opened fro business in
Minneapolis Monday with initial mail
deposits of! more than $40,000, W.
P. Kennedy, executive vice president
announced.
The bank will conduct a general
banking business. Four per cent will
be paid on saving^ deposits and de­
positors will share in the profits of
the bank. Dividends to stockholders
must not exceed 10 per cent. Mr.
Kennedy stated that 25,000 men are
represented by the four brotherhoods
in the Northwest and a large mail
deposit business is expected.
"The motto of the new bank will
be service, and* all its powers will
be directed toward strengthening the
position of organized workers," Mr.
Kennedy said. "In the investment of
funds of the depositors and stock­
holders every cffo"rt will be made to
favor loans which will be of a pro­
ductive and constructive nature,
such as the building of factories and
the building of homes. Assistance
will be rendered the trade unions,
their members and friends in. many
ways, such as the formation, of
credit unions and the fostering and
promotion of co-operative move­
ments among wage earners."
The capital of the bank is $200,000
and a surplus of $20,000 paid to by
members of the four brotherhoods^
the majority of whom are residents
of the Northwest.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En­
gineers, of Cleveland, Ohio, is presi­
dent, and the executive vice presi­
dent of the institution is W. P. Ken­
nedy, chairman of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen of the Chica­
go, Milwaukee & St. Paul system,
DAUGHERTY PUTS
0. X. ON MERGER
General..Relieved to
Have Given Legal Bill.
~~7— —v.
Washington, Iec. 21.—An opinion
as to the legality of the proposed
consolidation of the Armour and
Morris packing companies has been
given to Henry C. Wallace, secretary,
of agriculture, by the attorney gen­
eral, Harry M. Daugherty. It is un­
derstood the attorney general has
taken the position that such a com­
bination would not be contrary to
law.
A vigorous contest is being waged
over the possible effect of a merging
of Armour & Co., with Morris &
Co. Senator LaFollette, leader of the
progressive bloc, is carrying the at­
tack against a combination, while
national officers of the American
Parm Bureau Federation have come
out in favor of the plan.
President Harding's reported ap­
proval of the combination has come
in for denunciation by Senator La
Follette, who is calling for the facts
about the merger as asked of Secre­
tary Wallace in a senate resolution.
Members of the Federal Trade
commission are opposed to the mer­
ger ^On the ground it would stifle
competition. They say there is not
enough competition in the-.industry
now. In the opinion of some mem­
bers of the commission it would not
be good policy for the administration
to indorse such a combination, as it
might lead to further consolidations
in the industry.
Whiting Williams, student of em­
ployment management and himself
an employment ^manager, investiga­
tor and writer of note, went out
among the railroad strikebreakers
to see what sort of job they were
doing. He went among them as one
of them—as a strikebreaker, incog.
He wrote about his experience for
Collier's Weekly. Following are .ex­
tracts from his article in that maga­
zine, reprinted by permission
"About three weeks ago," he mut­
tered confidentially, after we got ac­
quainted,
'3
was gettin' forty-seven
cents an..ho'Ur, like you, but after
seein' Iny buddy mend a few things
like this,, I blowed. A little farther
down the line I got on as a car
knocker (repairer)—that's sixty
three cents an hour. See? And iwhen
I made my stake there—after fif­
teen days—I come here at seventy
cents as a regular machinist." That
was his primrose path to easy money.
"I think I'd know what to.do for
this- machine," one lad exclaimed,
after he had climbed the locomotive's
front'end, opened tip to let the work­
ers into the smoke box, "if the blink
ety-blank thing only .needed a
shave!"
.Three of my fellow machinists are
taking on a piece of jack" during1
vacation from their own, work of
^otographing»blue prints in a rail­
road office.
AMERICAN 7 'WR WILL NOT BE OUTLAWED OR,ENSLAVED
United States Federal Judge in Florida Rules People's Law
Makers Are Without Authority to Control Cowls.
A dangerous, divine right theory is being established by
the courts of the country, especially in conjunction with the in­
junction sophistry of anti-labor propagandists. The assumption
of power by ,the courts reached a climax—or perhaps
one of a scries of climaxes—in the decision last
month by Judge Rhydon M. Call, in the United States Dis­
trict Court at ^Jacksonville, Fla., in which he held unconstitutional
that portion of the Clayton Act providing for a jury trial in mat­
ters of contempt, "if," as the act reads, "the act or thing done
by him be of such character as to constitute also a criminal of­
fense under any statute of the United States."
it is essential to and inseparable and
inalienable from them.
"That this power exists indepen­
dent of legislation cannot be taken
away by legislation or abridged..
"That the Clayton Act, in sofar
as it undertakes to give one charged
with contempt of court by a wilful
violation of an injunction .duly is^
sued by the court, a right of trial
by a jury, So abridges the inherent
power of the court to punish for
such contempt, that it materially
impairs it and in such respect is
nugatroy.
"The constitution of the* United
The ancient right of trial by jury
has been under attack for some time
by a certain group of autocrats,
some of tliem entrenched in the
courts, who believe that the affairs
of the country should be conducted
by a few "masters."'
Government by injunction has
been the vehicle for eliminating jury
trials in industrial disputes. "Due
process of law," as the majority of
the people of the- United States un­
derstand this constitutional, clause,
was intended to prevent the autor
cratic assumption of power by courts.
The reasoning of^the court in this
instance is interesting in its reac­
tionary tendency. It assumes that
the Clayton-. Act was an encroach­
ment by congress- on the province
of the court and also that the court
is the only agency which cam deter­
mine the province of the court. The
will of the people, as expressed
through congress is therefore of no
consequence to the courts.
Judge Call said in his decision^
which was made in the case of'Sur
rell Atchison and Harry Roberts,
and L. H. Shehee, who-were seeking
a jury trial in contempt proceedings
subsequent to Judge Call's injunc­
tion ih the recent rail strike
"The position, of the government
is that congress transcended its pow­
ers in attempting to provide for a
jury' trial in cases -of contempt, for­
the wilful" disobedience of a court,
order.
"The government contends' that
tinder our system of government es­
tablished' by the constitution, eacll
department: .the legislative, the ex-
may not be invaded by the others.
"That the to punish for
contempt is inherent ^n the''courts,
and being so inherent in the courts,
BUT ORE REASON
FOR LABOR
"The real. reason for the issuance
of injunctions in labor disputes is
to make an act unlawful, at another
time," writes Henry F. Hilfers, sec­
retary of the New Jersey state fed­
eration of labor.
"The great mass of the public does
not understand ,and some will not
understand, the attitude of. trade
unionists on the labor injunction.
"This writ issued in strike time is
for the purpose of sending men and
women to jail, without trial by jury
Upon evidence furnished by strike­
breakers. and hirelings of so-called
detective agencies, and. for acts al­
leged to be committed lpy the strik­
ers for which they could not be con­
victed under any other circum­
stances."
NEVER SO WEAI/ffHY.
The annual list of trust companies
in this country shows that these! fi­
nancial Institutions were- never so
wealthy or so powerful. Their total
resources on June 30 last were near­
ly 112,000,000,000. This is more than
a quarter of a billion dollars in ex­
cess of the previous high mark.
With our torches, hammers, and
wrenches, we would..sit at the en­
trance of the roundhouse stalls and
wait until the turntable delivered a.
returned engine into our hands. Then
we inspected.every'bolt and tighten­
ed every loose inut we cbultl find on
the. wheel trucks or the journal
boxes that held the bearings for the.
great steel axles of the engine's ten­
der or tank. It is remarkable, how
much you can tell about the tight­
ness of a. hut by "the sound it makes
when you hit it with it godtt hammer.
One trouble was to find the good
hammer, or torch-, oi wrench, be-.:
cause the tools were laying in con­
fusion among the litter of dirt, and
4r.
States divides the government into
legislative, executive and judicial,
and prescribes the powers and. duties
of each of these departments."
After this attack on the Clayton
Act and the establishment of the.
'divine right theory. Judge Call add­
ed the following anti-labor com-
irient:
"I
am of opinion that that portion
of the Clayton Act giving a jury trial
to persons charged with contempt
in violating the injunctional order of
this court is of no force even in
cases which fall strictly under said
act.
"In the instant case it is extremely
doubtful if these, are cases falling
under said act.
"These parties were not employes
of the railroad at the time of the
issuance -:of the injunction. The re­
lation of employer arid employe had
been severed and no longer existed,
by the withdrawal of such parties
from the employment theretofore
existing."
the Judicial, are sepa^n, It M. of course, 4^»uOus that by
aW^frmh and independent of each this reasoning the court Mn AnnW
other,, arid their legitimate -provinces
this reasoning the .court canapply
th« use of th« injunction to remave
the right of trial" |y jury,' or to de­
prive .the individual of^"dpe process
of law" as accepted for eehturie*. in
common law practice.
GUTS
HU6E STOCK DIVIDEND
Directors of the General Bakery
company recommend that the com*
pany's common stock be increased to
500,000 shares. At the present time
the common stock is 150,000 shares,
with a par value of $100 each.
The profits in this industry is in-,
dicated by this announcement that
the company had a surplus- of 53,
013,000 last December, and now
about $3,700,000 in Liberty bonds
and $1,250,000 in* cash. Last year's
clear profits were $1,182,495, after
all charges and preferred dividends
Wfere paid. It is expected that this
year's earnings will reach $3,000,000.
The company's surplus is piling up
so rapidly that the common stock
must be increased so: the profits will
attract less attention when' they have
a wider "spread/'
MUST PAY IN CASH.
The Pennsylvania state compens'a-:
tion board has ruled that workmen's
compensation *must be paid in cash.
The decision was based on the case
of an injured miner who was given
a ton of coal by request. The price
of the coal was deducted from his
compensation.
HOW STRIKEBREAKERS FOBHP PATH TO EASY COIR AT COST OF ROADS AHD PEOPLE
"Carpenterin' is my line," said mx
new boss after I was changed to the
night shift, "but slack'work in my
town made me think right smart of
this easy money. If you don't take
it too easy, they may make you a
foreman, like they did me. Last
night my two helpers hid themselves
after midnight and slept till mornin'.
I'll do my best to give you overtime.
Sometimes I've worked a plumb
twenty-four hours—and got paid for
thirty-two. That's $22.40. At_that
rate, I'll clean up around $500 in six
weeks—and no place to spend, it, so
long as we're gettin' free-board and
room at the camp—and takin* no
chances on gettin' a cracked nut by
tryin* to get past these here pickets
outside."
waste knd ashes all over the house.
Amateur Car Knockers.
While we hammered or tightened,
others were making sure that the
boxes wereN properly filled with oil
and waste, while .up ahead a half
dozen different groups were in'the
cab or down beneath in the pit,' or
alongside the steam box oV the driv­
ers, attending to water, steam, fir®,
air, or grease.
Most of these men were as far as
it is possible to conceive from pos­
sessing any degree ojt either .skill or
responsibility. Except, possibly, dur­
ing the war, unskilled, semirskilled,
and unattached (not to say floating)
labor has never had'such-a-, joy ride
as this strike gave it. Even during
the war, the average employer could,
not be as free with transportation as
are the railroad employers.
The trouble is not with the lfours
of labor, but of leisure.-The camp's
sleeping and «ating quarters are
hastily constructed. The dozen box
ears fitted up with beds loOk to be
the. best but these have been re­
served for the salaried guards -and
foremen. We common laborers and
helpers o( all colors-r-including-' on?
from'India—-have been-put into bunk
houses, sixty ^or a hundred of us in
a bunch. The constant chatter of the1
colored waiters-jiust outside, and the
swarms of himgryvflieg within, mak*
it plain enough ^hy nefcost of the men
do.: tHjeif sleeping Ihvthe roundhouse*
REVERSE HOWARD
ON SHIP SUBSIDY
Farm Bureau Fedefation Con­
vention Repudiates President.
America's representative farmers
snatched back their, support pledged
to the principle of the ship subsidy
bill -by their president, J. R. How­
ard, at the concluding session Thurs­
day, last of the American Farm Bu­
reau Federation's fourth annual con­
vention which was held in Chicago,
and.in resolutions adopted denounce
yd the measure.
Delegates in passing the ship sub­
sidy resolution hinged their argu­
ments against the bill on the cost of,
carrying it out and when the reso­
lution was finally adopted by, the
convention it was of much wider
'Scope, than just the ship subsidy. It
follows:
"Inasmuch as it has been the gen­
eral policy, of America to subsidize
railroads by land grants and to ben­
efit manufacturers-by a protective
tariff, and now comes a proposal to"
bonus American- shipping interests,
for all of which the public must
foot the. bill, we emphatically pro­
test against continuance of ^such a
policy that has become confiscatory
instead of protective."
Charges that foreign ships discrim­
inate in giving, poorer service to
American shippers were regarded'by
the farmjj^ as absurd, opinion be­
ing expressed in the debate that
service would be given those who
paid promptly and that foreign shpi
ping firms were good business con­
cerns in this respect.
The critical phrase referring to
the tariff act expresses in a degree,
the Farm Bureau attitude on-that is­
sue. A special resolution was passed
asking^ that, the tariff commission
immediately investigate tariff rates
on imports'sold to farmers-and ef­
fect a. reduction of all rates sp as to
^establish more equality in the cost
of production here and abroad."
The real fclpsed shop, the kind th£t
anti-unionists say labor maintains
but which it doeis not, has bfeen "in­
troduced in the Great Northern rail­
road, according to advices from
IJverett, Wash.,-where that road has
large shops,
Every, applicant for employment
is required to sign a pledge that he
will join the company union, strik­
ing shopmen declare. The Grpat
Northern '16 one of the roads that
refused rto accept the Baltimore
agreement. It has organized a "one
big-epmp^ny union" of shop em­
ployes.
The iiniori shopmen corhpare" this
position With their policy of depend­
ing on the voluntary action of pork­
ers to jofn the trade union move­
ment.
"There
vare
hundreds of .men on
strike today against conditions, im­
posed by the railroad labor board
and jihe various railroad companies,
men^lio did not belong to the or­
ganization-and perhaps never will,"
ttve shop .men say. "But even these
ft^, Wh$ enjoyed all the privileges
and benefits secured through the or­
ganization without paying a cent
therefor, could see the. injustice that
would result from, the board's rul­
ings."
—on the job—instead of in- the camp.
The more they can sleep-in -the
house, furthermore, the more over­
time they can stand, and the more
pay and a half they can get out of
the passing days' to huild: up their
stake.
Merry Life, But a Short One.
Many of these floaters are finks
—that is professional strikebreak­
ers, who lead, a merry high-spot life,"
and usually, a short orie.
"Wherever his labor agent tells
him, there he's «ota go. See?" one of
their friends explains. "His agent
can wire him at any.-time for any
job at any place. .Of course, .he-don't
do. ahy more work than he h&a to.
He's mainly there to
i.
tcouht",onei"so
the papers can say the jobjq ^goin'
on fine—that, and to be ready to
fight, in case the strikers start some
get'SMcaeaned out ot money. Weti, all
he has to do is to go to his-agent
thing. In between jobs, -he mebbe
and say: VGimme. thirty dollars von
account!" Just like _that.^Sec?—and
it's took out of his pay. ?.at"?r on.
Basy .money, I'll -§ay. The triiiuitc
things get too quiet here, his a£ent'll
probably wire, hint to, beat .it out to
some place where there's" more trou­
ble.
"A lot of these finks are Junkers,
too,'' explains still, another. "You
know—-snow birfrs-!—dope fiends. The
police herefhas:^taken three*hypo:
needs tfffa one man/'
if*
*sf
There
|g
Committee
Bill,With
Can it be that the old -guar^L rem
n%n^ in, the state'- legisiatur.ev.^rhich
killed at state bank deposit- giiarfHitee
bill two yeara ago,^ is tq tak^ v^ithe
subject at the comioig: sessIoh-f iSur
fa.ee -indications point to that^fact.-
The committee interested in \the
election of W. I. Nolan as. speaker of
tho house, it is: reported, h.as -to
eluded the study, of a bank ..^aariqi
tee bill in its list of -legislation^ to^be
considered in the pre-session 'oon^
ferences. It is, understood that" th».
progressives will introduce the ^a'xnfr
measure that was. rejected two. years
ago. The No'an organizatioh then op­
posed a guarantee bill.
But today it'.is at-.differwt story.
The Nolan commltee, named by
Representative W. I -^Nblan oti tfi
assumption .ho*will 'b^" ^"-"elected'
speaker, and Qpnipos^d, Of a major­
ity of reactionaries. -has' setj. for one
of ,its numeruos, duties -the'i studying
of a bank gtiaran£ee bill to protect
the? money .of tH^ .people. deported
in'
No. .d,^tolte action has: yet'--'.
taken furthieiiL than: the
oil*, clause 'ji^^-metstt^#*.
fttVbirs an in^v^'rate of 6 ]«r-cimt
on time deposits in state banks.
The fact, however, that the: Nolan
committee has even consented' to
study a bank guariiintce biU at^ all te,
in tiie opinion.- of prOgrtssslve lead­
ers, an admission ott.th^ir part/,tl)&t
they will notjsi'gain bf able to def^t
the of the people ift the cdming
legislature.
The committee, of which?: R. A.
Wilkinson, for many .years a railr'«
road attorney in th^ old days %hei^
the railroads thought the world and*
particularly the great northwest, waii
theirs to profit
olt
Utermeyer Declares
General Is Cheap Poltician.
A man without learning arid whose
life work has been that of lobbyist
was one of the, stingin*-references
to Attorney General 'Daugherty by
Samuel Untertneyer,• New York -law-'
yer, at a dinner: attended ,')biy progres­
sive members of congr^tng. and"pri­
vate citizens in Washington..
Mr. Untermeyer declared there
was "a complete breakdown in "the
administration Of just^" and that
the^ progressive conference was the
first hopeful sign '-'since the govern­
ment has been thrbW*l into hivolun-.
tary. liquidation,- with the trusts,
corporatiohis,' War and peace profi­
teers-and oth6r'pri^legcd and pred­
atory interests administering our -af­
fairs.*' •.
"I h^e'com?-hexe, tonight in re­
sponse to your invitation for the pur­
pose .pf jsoundizts* a yarning, dispas­
sionate and Wlthput partisanship,
but intensely earnest, against what
I regard as jthp: ifomplete breakdown
in the .administration of jvsticc. !We
are rapidly ^lifting toward the cata­
clysm -which' WRs .predicted when,
instead, of selecting a great lawyer
for' that exalted post, a man of the
most ^mediocre'1- attainments -was
named Mteiy o11 tha ground of per­
sonal friendfchip. and1 political serv
ice, a matt' :«f the measure "of the
average/wsrd'poiitician, wh'p is wlth
out learnkrg, or. training as a lawyer
and W|Spsy'liffel^ng:environment arid
practical Jworl^ has been that ot
Wgi^ativ# lobbyist and noth-'ns
.......... mmm
I4.
Thought in
Be a Patron JfThe pjfc&i^^r
•r
a. seeming conspiracy to compel the people to
fer for want, of coal in order that owners' may boost its pridt
According to wdrd from Washington anthracite miners are- idle
the coal shortagecontinues, and the'public is paying a fcjgk
price
for
coal'becaqse the anthracite toad mines' arc" owned
controlled by the. ^ailtoads 'and it is to their interest to delay: tlttf
moveinent of coal by every means possible.' In the Northweilr
the people are freteing for want of coal.
bums-'e and
coal carsr
that
tire
U^Wi
y't
FIVEtJiEN'fS.
jg' $9*
iGarsNetot
of NorthwestSBffer.
suf­
.eft
Conditions Belittled.
These cb'n'ditions are minmimized
by the' daily press and there is exr'
traordinary reticence in. official cir
ctes' ih discussing the situation.
The region ^around ^cranton, Pas
is tied up with "a lockout by the rai|r
toads against the shop crafts. In one
yard eiitsido Scran ton there.- are
iS
oV raljriciad" tracks' abreast of'
'-gondolas" Jtnd box cars' filled With
stalled anthracite. In this particular
h'ajf .mile., of eoal "th^re is' oot only
the "steatfi siz^' 'too small for d5
mestic use,' which Conrad" E. SpensT
fuel administrator, -has dec I
a red wan
mainly represented in the tier up, but
every domestic cog.1 sfee, -from pea^
£tove. and egg to ~"ruri'of mine."
This is the situation" throughout
'the Region. Ground Scrahton. The wiic
of .'certain coal-owning railroads on
the- shop crafts' keeps locomotives
put- of condition to pull trairis. Amai
iT^iy- 'enough, this situation uridoubt
edly. ple£ses.the'railroads because )t.
leeeps up the:'price -of coal, and id
thgrailroads have one definite iii
c^ntive for not settTinjr -the. sbtfp
crafts strike in thls regioiii.
Rail rik0.:ito frcli.
.Sincev is 2^ railroads ended tHS
.jgtrikci sbm?' months ago and, tootle
jtii£
vMeh':,pfijgki.
the public haa' tak^
it fdr granted tlvat peace" was_on! its
.jwfy and, hks forgotten ~ali abojit' th*
strike
But- t^ ^ranton- regiori- ta still ite
thjg. miast stfike^Vhich-te seri
ously affecting tjie-^p^pb^rof
co^wtry. g'fiere have been fe^r de^arc
tisfca. 3trikeb
reak ni are entrian6hed
IA: c^rfiso'n^. expen^y.e'\bKdtt'^iKW r-atotj
paid to retain gunmen: ••Nfftlir,.
»Tork's
'^•Pipr^ojicy. mild
PoWer
at will, is chai^
man, will meet Dec. 3D.
5ohdi-
tioiCv^v.j^rave.Thk nhibniiBtS hav*
plaeed thetr- casfli'
in
idj^S liarids/oriaSniJ
vniatters'
ot
dilute Jt*w» fprlrotten. Yet
tl»» railroadii cpritlnue thiir l^
srid they -benefit from continued
hfeli ^ricesV^dr: ^^,3
3
Aa.*official.
'hierce cpmmission'' tnr -Wt|ttifaigtod
•has pdittteii' out ti&t .^tii5-i 1*0"
per cent detnand for t^riSportj on^
7.0 per cent 6t-'the nprnial lotiajatpti'
is being supplied.
The strike' in-Scranton against
anthracite railroad lliifes
T?he
tha
iH^effective"'
Tjecause ton is essentttily
bor city.Scranpaper
",& lik
with largest
circulation gives labor views,
inayor owes hiS.electiofn
tKft
to laber sup-
port, pQlicemeh and
«f
neighboring boroughssympathizS"officiiila
with the workers. In West-
ptcketa- of", the strikers'
wonv/in^and^Wear
Pittk«i
baVe' been'
offieiai'
badgies,:
of authority.' The"railr^d^rines
fighting
'alq
entire, community'
wi^i.
strikebreakers and gunmen.
Under',this conditiph-•1^te,-lo^ppi0
tives are
^det^oratin© 'nipidfiy'
a
•Yorki,,
gunmen
stand up under
will
^npi
a
severe Winter Th«l
heavy railroad grades
three locomotives
necessita^
jto
each train
v'.-of.
/.
The interstate commerce
commit
Siwi refuses to diviliig^ to the-
publ^
snjP a£ its regaling tift
ajnihinlcitis-informatldnv
delays
The
"Railway
editor $t
tlfe
Age. has written
public^
present car shortage,-
most serious-
.are
thn
in
Ainerican history^
will, be worse in tlie spring.,^
..-••7
It is no secret that the anthri?
cite mines
owned by' the- raft*-'
roads. That's why the fuel admin­
istrator- in
Washirijgton
are walking the
Should
has received
no complaints from the mines abodt
the
Jack of
-cars
and' the- delays
the railroads
fp
I
haver
pf
ishippidg coal
otirf
the anihraci-te regipii-. T,~''
There is overwhelming
that mines have shut
^evidencj^
^own. v.Xi^.^1.
streets without.
work.• Meantime cars- of delayed
on the
jboA
with rusted Wheels' two-fobt
icicle's
Mda -and
yards testifying- to the length' Of
they have
ti4i'e
waited'.,tot-e
ttfe J-h
public will watt fonjgrer f6r'-ethe.epau
it
hid
Th
eJ
malcy
BAKING COMBINE.
A^receVi^ icombine of 'bakery cpm
panies-. is ^another -'big -step toward
mbiwpolization of tho lireAd market,
zsiyn the-Bakers" Journal, The -latest'
combine includes the Shultz -baking
company -of New Tork, the witrd ft
Wardj and thig'-CsimpbeH interests.
Ttf^Se: lifterests' ar«v valued. ,at fir
••0,00^ Vr-:: -. 'V
lOnjg
rail roa
-s^gb.- A
miniers -hav^.^oduced.*th^ cpf£(t
^oh't'
permit
jit Nofir,''
-Aa^nafes -Wairfiingtoh:
The Drt^osM sh'ipf-sui^dy'J^ ?%fit.
a fdrnt. pi
taking. frPmy-dtie^' fclsjas" 0^ pedjpi»
toelp anoffce#,"-d^likredl^erm^.^
Lowelh Fredpniii/ .:N» T^insMw--^,
'the |^nfet b^foir^' i&e a^:
nual cpnVeAtioni-
Eveiy -.auLt-e. master oh the
his beta%k^1{or W8
tshfpsubsidy
vir»d
J-
the r^l^s--'^
''almost ttAanlmd^isly^