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Labor Fights
Wage Clause
Of Rail Bill
Conttnwrd from im*? 1
that have no contracts shall receive not
less than one-half of the amount speci?
fied in the standard contracts.
Detailed provision is made for the
adjustment of the roads' indebtedness ]
to the United States and the Federal j
fffwemment's indebtedness to the car-1
riers. The President, through the rail-1
road administration, is directed to set- j
tie accounts as soon as possible, and
provision is made for settlement of
disputed claims in court.
Scope of Labor Board
The labor provisions of the confer
?ace committee bill follow:
"It shall be the dutv of all carriers
and their officers, employees and
agents to exert every reasonable effort
and adopt every available means to
avoid any interruption to the operation
of any carrier srrowing out of any dis?
pute between the carrier and the em?
ployees or subordinate officials there?
of. All such disputes shall be consid?
ered and, if possible, decided in con?
ference between representatives desig?
nated and authorized so to confer by
th? cirriers. or the employees or sifb
ordinate officials thereof, directly in?
terested in the dispute. If any dispute
is not decided in such conference, it
shall be referred bv the parties thereto
to the board which under the provi?
sions of this title is authorized to hear
and decide such dispute.
"Railroad boards of labor adjustment
may be established by agreement be?
tween any carrier, group of carriers or
the carriers as a whole, and any em?
ployees or subordinatte officials of car?
riers, or organization or group of or?
ganizations thereof.
"Each such adjustment board shall,
(1), upon the application of the chief
executive of any carrier or organiza?
tion of employees or subordinate offi?
cials whose members are directly inter?
ested in the dispute; (2), upon the
written petition signed by 1?30 unor?
ganized ??mployees or subordinate offi?
cials directly interested in the dis?
pute; (3), upon the adjustment board's
own motion, or, (4), upon the request of
the labor board whenever such board is
of the opinion that the dispute is like?
ly substantially to interrupt commerce,
receive for hearing, and as soon as
practicable and with due diligence de?
cide any dispute involving only griev?
ances, rules or working conditions, be?
tween the carrier and its employees or
subordinate officials who are, or any or?
ganization thereof which is, represent?
ed upon any such adjustment board."
Public To Be Represented
The central body, to be known as the
"railroad labor board," would be com?
posed of nine members, to be appoint?
ed by the President with the advice
and consent of the Senate; three
representing the employees, three the
railroad executives and three the pub?
lic. They ??hall hold office for five years
and receive $10,000 a year each. Dis?
putes . !-.nil be referred to it by the
adjustment boards or by the em?
ployees or carriers.
Tho board shall publish its decisions,
and this publicity is the only weapon
with which the board is provided to
require the employees and carriers to
carry out it3 decisions. The board is
empowered to investigatte working con?
ditions oi the railroad men and report
its findings to the President.
The interstate commerce act is
amended so as greatly to enlarge the
powers of the Interstate Commerce
Commerce Commission. Under tho
proposed amendments the commission
would have power to fix rates, control
the distribution of cars, compel the
joint use of terminals, equipment and
other facilities and requires joint, rates,
order priority shipments, require joint
r.?i and water rates und lines, control
extension of existing lines, control the
issuance of securities by railroad com
p : s. direct the reorganization of the
roads into a limited number of com
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Provisions of Final Draft of Rail Bill
As Reported by Conference Committee
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.?The principal provisions of tho final
draft of the railroad bill a? reported from the conference committee
to-day are:
It is specified that the roads shall be returned March 1.
Existing scale of wages shall continue until September 1.
Present rates shall continue until September 1, after which time
tho Interstate Commerce Commission ?hall have power to fixe rates.
"Art earning of 5% per cent on the actual value of the property is
guaranteed the carriers beginning six months after the roads are j
returned.
Consolidation of the railroads into a limited number of competing
systems under the direction of the commission is provided for.
A revolving fund of $300,000,000 is created to help the roads over
the period of transition from Federal to private operation. In addi?
tion $200,000,000 ia appropriated to help wind up the affairs of the
railroad administration.
A system of volunteer adjustment of labor and wage disputes is
provided for. A central labor dispute board is created, but no penalty
is provided for failure to accept its decisions.
The roads are given ten years in which to refund their indebted?
ness to the United States.
The size of the Interstate Commerce Commission is increased to
eleven members, and their salaries are increased to $12,500 a year.
petitive systems and direct the use of j
the revolving fund created out of ex- ,
cess earnings for helping the less pros- j
porous lines.
Tho act also is amended to provide
for the interchange of traffic and to j
abolish interlocking directorates in j
! railroad .companies.
The conference report indorsing the !
! compromise measure was signed by all j
: the conferees except Representatives j
| Sims, of Tennessee, and Barkley, of
Kentucky, Democrats.
1 Cheney Predicts
Higher Prices
For Silk Goods
Manufacturer Looks for
Further Advances; -Qoth
iers' Association Discusses I
Varied Trade Problems
Howard Cheney, of Cheney Bros., j
silk manufacturers, predicts still I
higher prices of silk goods "unless
some unforeseen factor projects itsel"
into the situation." He said, in ad
dressing the convention of the Na?
tional Clothiers' Association yesterday,
that his firm was even now figuring
new prices which would show an ad
vaneo over tho last price list issued
"The only thing that will bring down
prices," he added, "is a lack of confi?
dence in the future. It is up to us
business men to instill confidence in
ourselves and others. After all, do we
want to go back to low wages and low
prices? My guess is that wages will
not go down nor the value of the
dollar regain its former figure for some
years to come."
Statistics gathered in his own or
I ganization, according to Mr. Cheney,
? showed wage advances in tho Cheney
i factories, which brought tho aver?
age wage from hV2 cents an hour
in 1843 to 21 cents in 1914 and 49.?
cents in 1019. Since January 1, he
| said, wages in their factories have in?
creased approximately 12 *& per cent.
i While the cost of labor, according to
? these figures, said Mr. Cheney, has ad
i vanced 204 per cent since 1914, the
: average earnings of employees have
! increased but 155 por cent because of
| shorter hours. Tho cost of living,
i added Mr. Cheney, has advanced not
I more than 90 per cent in the same
j :*er;od.
The so-called "pure fabric" law now
; before Congress, according to Charles
Wilson, of the James ?fe E. II. Wilson
Company, cloth manufacturers, is
"cumbersome of administration, unnec?
essary," and arises from the selfish in?
terests of the sheep growers. He point?
ed out the fact that the War Depart?
ment sanctioned the use of 35 per cent
of shoddy in army overcoats during the
war, and that Secretary of War Baker
now heads the Consumers' League,
which is backing the pure fabric legis?
lation. "Shoddy is not injurious to
health," he said, "and does not fall into
the same class as foods or drugs, where I
legislation is needed to protect the pub- !
lie well-being. Furthermore, the legis- ?
lation is directed at the woven woolen |
industry exclusively, and leaves out tho
silk goods, cotton roods and even the
woolen knitting trades."
The plan for labeling goods and gar?
ments made from them with their con?
tents, according to Mr. Wilson, is not
only cumbersome, but invites sharp
practice by unscrupulous manufacturers.
Ludwig Stein, president of the clothiers'
association, assured Mr. Wilson that a
committee was ready to cooperate with
the woolen men to oppose such legisla?
tion.
Fred Voilland, a clothing retailer of
Topeka, Km., drove home the neces?
sity of a national advertising campaign
to show the public the exact situation
n the clothing industry. "We have to
go to the people," he said, "to explain
away their distrust. Publish charts in
the daily papers showing the exact per?
centage of profit and the exact costs o' |
every operation and bit of material go- :
ng into a suit of clothes." Mr. Voil?
land also* urged the clothing men to
take a greater interest in politics and
government. He intimated that thr
National Retail Clothiers' Association.
which he represents, was planning col?
lective political action.
Officers elected by the association for
the ensuing year are as follows: E1'
Strouse, Baltimore, president; Max L.
Holtz, Rochester; Max H Friedman
New York; David Kirschbaum, Phila?
delphia; Sidney E. Schuman, Boston
and Ludwig Stein, Chicago, vice-presi?
dents; Max L. Wile, New York, treas?
urer, and Irving Crane, New York, ex
ecutive secretary.
Customs Board Rnles
Platinum Foil Fr?ec of Dutv
The Board of United States General
Appraisers issued a ruling yesterday
that platinum foil, imported in sheets
is free of duty under the descriptive
provision In Paragraph 578, tariff act
of 1918, for "platinum in sheets,"
rather than dutiable at the rate of BO
Mr. Dollar
Just now we hear a good deal of
talk whether we will work five
days a week or six days and v. ne?
ther we will work six hours a
day or eight hours.
you have one workman in your
employ who will not dispute with
you about hours. He will work
days, nights, Sundays and holi?
days, 24 hours every day In the
year.
His name Is Mr. Dollar and our
Mortgage Certificates furnish
the way to set him to work. He
commences the day we receive
your money.
These certificates arc shares In
Guaranteed First Mortgages on
New York City real estate and
the payment of principal and In?
terest Is guaranteed by the Bond
GMortgageGuarantee Company.
TiTlE GUARANTEE
& TRUST C9
Capital $5,000,000
Surolus * 11.000,000
lTOBrondwty. 137W.12Mh9t., 870B.*U9thSt.
176 Uemsen etroet. Brooklyn
SCO Fu'toiiyt.,J?-n>aler 67 Jac-UtoaAr.
00 Bar Htreot, St. George. ateten Iilasd
.L.I.Oltjrj
'?land 1
?II. l?T?fit ."*j\%L
per cent ad valorem under paragraph
167, as "articles composed whollv or in
part of platinum." The decision in this
case sustained the protest of Thomas
J. Dee & Co.
The merchandise under protest was
invoiced as "platinum foil." It was ad?
mitted to be pure platinum. Judge
Fischer, after reviewing the facts in
the case, summarized the bonrd's find?
ings as follows: Pieces of platinum 0
inches wide, 12 to 15 inches long and
.001 of an inch thick are properly en?
titled to free entry, rather than dutia?
ble at the rate of 50 per cent, even
though the trade may designate the
merchandise as "platinum foil."
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No Long Island Fare Raise
There will be no increase of far?s
on tho Long Island Railroad, It be?
came known yesterday. Justice
Georgo H. Royce, of tho Municipal
Court, received a letter from Max
Phelan, Director General of Railroa.is
at Washington, stating that the appli?
cation of the Long Island Railroad for
a fare increase had been received, but
that no change will be authorized in
rates and fare during the period of
federal control.
V'our hair begins to
rise, and thrills run
up and down your
spine
In the first chapter of
the new detective story
by
Louis Tracy
Don't niiss
The Strange
Case of
Mortimer
Fenley
Bdwtrd J. Clods New York
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^Broadway at 32n- Street
I! Facing Greeley Square i
John David Presents
Ceremonious Evening Suits And
Their Decorous Accompaniments
For The Gay Whirl Of Winter, 1920
Two Prior And Private 1920 Modes In
Swallowtail Suits and Dining Jackets.
Smart Beyond Words, But Not Beyond
Your Price. Also, Plain And Silk Brocad?
ed Waistcoats; Stiff And Flexible Pique
Front Shirts; Our Own Straight-And
NarrowBow Knot Ties; Clocked Hose;
A Twinkling Topper That Is A "Star".
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Expert Wants
Newark Fields
For Coal Bin
Storage of Fuel on Mead?
ows Would End All Fear
of Fuel Shortage Here;
Help Offered Producer
| City Space Too Limited
j Plan Includes Building of
Huge Power Plant to
Supply N. Y. Industries
Under a plan presented yesterday at
the convention of the American Insti?
tute of Mining and Metallurgical En?
gineers in the Engineering Soceties'
Building, by Edwin Ludlow, consulting
engineer and former vice-president of
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com?
pany, New York City would be as
I su red of abundant fuel supply during
storms or transportation tie-ups such
as were met with In recent weeks.
Mr. Ludlow suggested in the course
of his address on "Conservation of
? Bituminous Coal" that the Newark
meadows be mad? the point for the lo?
cation of a great storage plant for soft
coal which would serve not only this
city but every important industrial
center along the Atlantic coast.
In addition, he would erect a huge
power plant there which would connect
with the present generating plants of
the Edison, Interborough, Brooklyn
Rapid Transit and ot?ier large consum
ers of electricity. This power plant,
he explained, would serve as a central
agency for the distribution of electric I
current to Atlantic states industries at I
a greatly reduced coat. Connection with
the generating plants would bo estab?
lish by high-power trunk lines,
"No large storage can be maintained !
on Manhattan Island, with Its limited
area and high cost of land," Mr. Lud- ?
low said. "The Newark meadows, how
ever, furnish u location easily reached
by all coal-carrying roads coming into
the neighborhood of New York, and (
also on tidewater, where coal can be ?
brought from Norfolk or Baltimore. A i
central power plant erected there could
have unlimited storage, nnd where coal
could bo brought in at the minimum of
expenso and unloaded on theso storage
piles."
With the successful operation of the
central power plant at Newark he pre?
dicted that similar plants would be
built at Baltimore, Philadelphia, Bos- !
ton and Providence. By connecting
them all with the proposed main trunk
line he said intermediate industries ,
would receive their electric power at ,
the minimum of cost.
Schwab, Tiffany, Belmont
Celebrate Birthdays
All Were Boni February 18 and
Are 58, 70 and 67 Years
Old Respectively
Three prominent New Yorkers cele?
brated their birthdays yesterday and
were felicitated. They were Charles
M. Schwab, August Belmont and Louis
C. Tiffany.
Mr. Schwab is fifty-eight, Mr. Bel?
mont sixty-seven and Mr. Tiffany sev?
enty-two. All of them were so busy
during the day they admitted they al?
most forgot about the importance of
tho event.
Mr. Schwab, who was at the head or
the United States Shipping Board dur
ing the war, was born at Williamsburt:
Pa, February 18, 1862.
Mr. Belmont was born in New Yor'
February IK, 18">,'l, and is now at th
head of August Belmont <?: Co.
Mr. Tiffany was born in New Yor
February 18, 1818.
A 1 three men are still very activ
Mr. Schwab spoke Tuesday night ;
the Hotel Savoy, addressing the alumi
of Public School 40, of which he is a
honorary member. He declared that In
Bond Street Americanized.
English and Scotch fabrics
with the thrift of wear. Tailor?
ing of the artist-craftsman
rather than the workman.
$70
DESIGNER am MAKE?
Of MENS ATTIRE
1296 Broadway?Hotel McAlpin?at Thirty-fourth
never had an inclination for politics, i
having preferred an active business .
career.
Waldman Rejects $4,000 Job
ALBANY, Feb. 18?Assemblyman
Waldman, one of the ousted Socialist deU
egation, was offered the Job of Director
Of Public Utilities in Buffalo. The ?
tender was made by Frank C Perkins
Commissioner of Public Affairs. In
asking Waldman to take the p]&c*
which pays $4,000 a year, Perkins sail
by accepting Waldman would "help
beat the Buffalo and Albany Repub?
lican and Democratic politicians fro:c
putting it over on the people."
Waldman telegraphed back he had to
remain here "to fight profiteering jn
the Legislature."
Perkins recently resigned from the
Socialist party He was elected a city
commissioner at the last eic-ction on a
non-partisan ticket.
REDUCTION
This coupon presented at any National Drug Store
during week ending February 22nd, entitles holder to
10% reduction on any purchase except at Soda Fountain
???isX NationaI . M*-12-5?,A'"
?ta. Dsuostores *1s*??s,;r
fRiefot R#b?i-.-?i1 trt t.lr-ni?
IBe?t & Co.
Fifth Avenue at 35th Street
Established 1879
PRESENT FOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
The most important event
ever held in our Men 9s Shops
A Final Clearance
OF ALL WINTER WEIGHT
Suits ^Overcoats
at the largest reductions
zve have ever made
THE REASON WHY?The mills were
late in delivering the piece goods, our own
shops were tardy in making them up, and
the net result is that we are now receiving
a large quantity of Winter suits and over?
coats which must be cleared out to make
room for incoming Spring stock. We do
not carry this Winter's goods over to next
Winter so prices have been reduced to
move the merchandise now.
800 All-wool Overcoats 1000 All-wool Suits
every garment our regular ?8rst & Co. stand?
ard and conservative 3Best & Co. models.
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// ith clothing prues rising constantly^ this
? Sale presents an opportunity fijr saving
that no good business ??an will ignore.
THESE PRICES APPLY TO BOTH
SUITS cr OVERCOATS
Heretofore AW Heretofore AW
42.50 32.00 67.50 52.00
47.50 36.00 22.50 55.00
52.50 40.00 77.50 59.00
57.50 44.00 82.50 62.00
62.50 47.00 87.50 67.00
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