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VOL. XXI. No. 31
Atlanta.—One of the reasons for
federal control of railroads "was the
preservation of railroad securities
from financial demoralization," said
Joseph B. Eastman, member of the
interstate -tfOmmerce commission, in a
speech in this city.
The speaker said railroad discus1
sion in recent years has been on a
painfully low level.
"I am not thinking of the ignor
ance and demagoguery which always
enters into any public controversy,
but of discussion from sources which
are presumptively intelligent," he
said.
"Now I am not speaking of hon
est criticism. We all need it. I have
in mind the propaganda which omits
everything that is favorable to the ob
ject of attack, turns the spotlight
upon everything that is unfavorable
and adds a few lies for good measure.
"The fact that the roads when
under federal control failed to earn
the so-called standard return by
many hundreds of millions of dollars
is offered as proof positive of the
inefficiency of government operation.
But I call your attention to the fact
that the first six months after the re
turn to private control the deficiency
was upward of $600,000,000 that in
the 12 succeeding months following
the most stupendous increase ever
made in our railroad rates the de
ficiency was at least $350,000,000, and
that it was kept from reaching a still
larger sum only by slashing in expen
Tiitures which have left the country
with one of the largest percentages
of bad-order cars in its history. There
were explanations for these deficien
cies, it is true, but so were there ex
planations for the deficiencies during
federal control.
"Take the case of labor. The im
pression has been spread broadcast
that the increases in railroad wages
during federal control were the pro
duct of intrigue and political pres
sure. The facts are that the major
increases were made upon the recom
mendation of a bi-partisan board of
arbitration headed by Franklin K.
Lane, which thoroughly considered
both sides. Following1 federal control
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OF RAILROADS ALL THAT SAVED THEM FROM
FINANC IAL RUIN, DECLARES MEMBER
EASTMAN OF INTERSTATE COM­
MERCE COMMISSION
Deficiency Under Federal Control Merely Nothing Be
side That Under Private Ownership With
Greatly Increased Rates
FOR SUITS OR
'OVERCOATS
The best money can buy. Sherman and
Son's guaranteed virgin wool they are
worth $50.
$24.85
FREE—A Beautiful Present
MEN'S SUITS OR
OVERCOATS
Worth $40.
Men's ribbed or fleece Union
Suits, as good as the best.
Tables full of Men's Underwear at
63c 79c 83c $1.23
Remember, with every $10 purchase you
get a present FREE.
FOR MEN'S ALL WOOL
ODD PANTS
These are unmatchable they don't make
pants any better or finer every color, and
we fit every man. Big showing of men's
pants at—
$2.00 $3.35 $4.35
Hundreds of dollars' worth of Roger
Bros. Silverware for presents. Be sure to
take one home with you.
THIS ANNIVERSARY SALE
THE. OLD
the wages were further judicially con
sidered by the labor board created
by the Esch-Cummins act, and the
result was a further increase of about
21 per cent built upon the increases
granted during federal control. In
its report the labor board said:
'It has been found by this board
generally that the scale of wages paid
railroad employes is substantially be
low that paid for similar work in out
side industry, that the increase in liv
ing1 cost since the effective date of
general order No. 27 and its supple
ments has thrown wages below the
pre-war standard of living of these
employes, and that justice as well as
the maintenance of an essential indus
try in an efficient condition requii'e
a substantial increase to practically
all classes.'
"Since that time the wages have
been reduced 12 per cent. Further
more, I call your attention to the fact
that the national agreements, which
have been the subject of so much re
cent unfavorable comment, were en
tered into during the director general
ship of Walker D. Hines, a man of
unblemished integrity, and conceded
ability, who was for years prior to
federal control perhaps the foremost
spokesman of the railroad industry.
"Prices have been falling, and I do
not undertake to say that a further
reduction in wages may not be neces
sary for the good of the country. I
have not heard both sides, and it is
not my job. I do suggest, however,
that if such a reduction is to be con
sidered, labor is entitled to a seat at
the council table when it is discussed,
and it is also, entitled to the presump
tion that it has no less interest in its
country's welfare and no greater de
gree of selfishness than shippers or
captains of industry.
"Nothing but ill will and contention
is to be gained by a policy of mis
representation or concealment of the
essential facts. I further suggest
that it is self-evident at least that no
scale of wages can be fairly or pro
fitably built upon the pay which men
out of work in a period of unemploy
ment are willing to take as an alter
native to starvation."
RENTSCHLER
The Best Known, the Best Liked in Town
Reliable RED TRUNK
Starts Saturday, Nov. 19, at 8 o'clock sharp
Hundreds of dollars' worth of Rogers Bros. Silverware will be given
away FREE—FREE.
$18.50
$16.45
All wool BOYS' SUITS,
with two pair pants.
RELIABLE
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FOR SUITS OR
OVERCOATS
Anniversary Special The biggest $35
worth that was ever given, with a beau
tiful present of Roger Bros. Silverware
FREE.
A fine Birthday
FREE with every
SUIT and OVERCOAT
You'll Jike them because they cost less
and wear well.
MOTHERS, YOU CAN'T BEAT
THIS!
Present
$9.97
You'll find cheaper Boys' Suits at
and oi
$5.47 $7.47 $3.97
A mother will appreciate our presents
more than anybody else.
MEANS GOOD-BYE PROFITS
BUILDING
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placed by co-operation, five obvious
and minimum conditions must be met,
declared B. Beebohm Rowntree, of
Rowntree & Co., Ltd., York, England,
before the American Academy of Po
litical Science. Mr. Rowntree said that
leaders must love those they lead, and
that labor must be assured of: "Earn
ing sufficient to maintain a reason
able standard of comfort, reasonable
hours of work, reasonable economic
security during the whole working
life and after, a reasonable share with
the employer in determining the con
dition of work and an interest in the
prosperity of the industry.
"Reasonable earnings," said Mr.
Rowntree, "should make it possible for
man to live in a decent house and to
bring up a family of average size,
leaving a margin for contingencies
and recreation. A woman should be
enabled to live in accordance with a
similar standard of comfort providing
for herself alone.
"It is not suggested that it is pos
sible to increase wages at once. The
important part is that employers
should do everything in their power,
by improving industrial processes and
organization, to render industry so
efficient that such wages can be paid
in the near future and can rest content
until this has been achieved.
"The workers should have' sufficient
leisure for recreation and self-expres
sion outside the factory. If hours are
too short it will be impossible to
raise the wealth-production per work
er to the point necessary to enable
adequate wages to be paid. A work
ing week of 48 hours has proved to
be a satisfactory general standard and
any deviation from it should be justi
fied by special circumstances."
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ADVICE OF BRITISH EMPLOYER TO OPEN SHOPPERS-TELLS
THEM WORKERS WILL COME MORE THAN
HALF WAY ANY TIME
Must Remove Menace of Unemployment if We Are to Have Industrial
Peace—Workers Should be Given Voice
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security,
Mr. Rowntree said:
"Until the menace of unemployment
is removed we can never hope for in
dustrial peace. After the state, the
municipalities and the employers have
done everything possible to reduce the
volume of unemployment, there must
still remain a considerable and fluc
tuating amount of unemployment
which is unavoidable. This can only
be dealt with by a system of insur
ance. In order to remove the menace
of this involuntary unemployment
from the minds of the workers, the
benefits payable must be adequate
50 per cent of the average earnings
for unemployed workers, with an ad
dition of 10 per cent for a dependent
wife and 5 per cent for each depend
ent child, with a maximum of 75 per
cent of average earnings. This in
surance may either be undertaken by
the state, by industries or by individ
u'al factories or small groups of fac
tories, or by a combination of these
methods. The cost of providing bene­
fits on the the above scale universally
would amount to about 3% per cent
on the wages' bill and this might be
shared between the state, the employ
ers and workers."
On the subject of giving workers a
voice in determining conditions, Mr.
Rowntree said that experience shows
that the employer's opposition to
trade unionism has been removed, so
the antagonism of the unions to the
employers has disappeared. It is
necessary to move cautiously so that
the efficiency *of industry shall not
be lessened.
Very satisfactory results are being
obtained in many cases. It is essen
tial that the workers should have a
share in determining matters which
are of real consequence, not just wel
fare matters. They should have a
share in the legislative, executive and
judiciary affairs of factory adminis
tration.
"The last condition of industrial
peace is that the workers shall have
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an interest in the prosperity of the
business in which they are engaged.
It is important to be clear as to what
it is expected to gain from the intro
duction of a system of profit-sharing.
It will not be an effective substitute
for payment by results, nor must it
ever be introduced in order to under
mine trade unionism. Its purpose is
to create a psychological atmosphere
in the works favorable to harmony
between capital and labor.
"Just as the policy of the balance
of power between the nations makes
the world's peace a mere contingency,
so the policy of federated capital on
the one hand and federated labor on
the other, each trying to become so
strong that it can dictate its own
terms, has resulted in an appalling
instability in industry. Better meth
ods must be devised and there never
was a more favorable opportunity
than the present for finding and
adopting these. The only effective
way of dealing with the question of
industrial unrest is to get down to
its root causes and then to seek to
remove them.
"The present situation calls not
only for bold action but for imagina
tion and sympathetic insight on the
part of those who conduct industry:
and the first step for dealing effect
ively w.'th the problem of industrial
unrest must be taken by employees.
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FAVOR ANTI-LYNCH BILL
Washington.—The Dyer anti-lynch
ing bill, imposing heavy penalties on
persons involved in mob action result
ing in the taking of life., has been
favorably reported by the house judi
ciary committee.
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New York.—Railroads are using
government funds to hamper the
American merchant marine is the
charge made by United States Sena
tor Ransdell, of Louisiana, in a speech
in this city.
The speaker called attention to
copies of contracts between railroad
systems and foreign shipping lines
that are filed with the interstate com
merce commission.
In these contracts the railroads
agree to use their best efforts to se
cure freight for the foreign shipping
companies to the exclusion of Ameri
can ships.
"Exclusive use of facilities is grant
ed in many cases, free wharfage and
freight handling is given, special ar
rangements on through bills of lading
are made, and many other privileges
are accorded."
These railroad owners are referred
to by Senator Ransdell as "interna
tional Americans."
The Pennsylvania railroad is shown
to have contracted with Furness,
Withy & Co., a British corporation,
to promote the business of the said
steamship line" as against "their in
dividual and mutual competitors."
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad
agrees with the North German Lloyd
line to give that company the free use
of piers, sheds, coal yards and ware
houses to try to get the vessels of the
line exempt from city, harbor and
county taxes, and do its best to get
mail contracts for these foreign
steamers.
The railroad further agrees to al
ways deliver to the company's steam
ers the best Cumberland coal at a
price "that shall be always 50 cents
per ton under the market value at
Baltimore."
The Boston & Albany railroad
agrees to grant the Cunard steamship
line, another English corporation,
"the free and exclusive use of cei'tain
piers," to "make all reasonable efforts
to secure the amount of export freight
required by said steamship company,"
and under certain conditions pledges
"a reduc#"i
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PEOPLE'S MONEY SECRETLY AIDS FOREIGN
SHIP COMPANIES WHILE RAIL OWNERS
URGE WAGE REDUCTIONS "TO HELP
AMERICAN INDUSTRY''
LOWER PRICES
ARE POSSIBLE
BUT
FIT-RITE QUALITY AT LOWER PRICES
ARE IMPOSSIBLE
We offer for this special $4.00 sale for Sat
urday in our Ladies' and Men's Shoes. Many
values to $6.85. A call will convince you.
Special For Saturday Only
FOR LADIES
Black kid or calfskin Lace
Shoes, brown kid or calfskin
Lace Shoes, brown calf Ox
fords, rubber heels black calf
Oxfords, low heels Ladies'
Comfort Shoes, rubber heels.
Values to $6
and $7
$4.00
FOR MEN
Black or brown vici kid
or broad straight last with
rubber heels brown or black
calfskin with broad or me
dium toes, with rubfeer heels
Men's brown Army Shoes
with soft tip and welted j.
For Ladies
or Men
Special for
Saturday
only
Boys', Girls'
and Children's Specials
Button or luv/e shoes made of black or
brown, sturdy Russia calf with medium,
broad or narrow toes and solid leather
soles. All sizes
reduced to
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lots."
Senator Ransdell shows that while
these "international Americans" are
plotting against American ships, they
are campaigning against the Ameri
can merchant marine, which is being
slowly pounded to pieces by unpa*
triotic methods that no other country
woulfi tolerate.
The southern lawmaker exposed the
claim of these "international Ameri
cans" that high wages is wrecking the
American merchant marine. He said:
"Our private companies operate ships,
in spjte of high wages paid to labor,
in successful competition with the
world, because of greater efficiency."
The speech is of especial interest to
organized wage workers because of its
expose of methods employed by rail
roads that are now attempting to beat
down wages of employes, and are urg
ing the repeal of the seamen's law.
TO EVADE TAXES
Rich Divide Property With
Their Families
Washington.—In a discussion on
the revenue bill in the senate, the de
vious methods used to evade payment
of the income tax were shown.
One method is to buy coal prop
erties intended to lie idle for years,
give notes for nearly all of the pur
chase price and then deduct th^ in
terest on the notes from the income.
Testimony before the senate finance
committee showed that men having
an income of $300,000 and $400,000
a year divide up their property with
their family, thereby reducing the in
come and cutting down the higher
percentages.
"There are dozens of plans," said
one treasury official. "It is shown
and proved in the result in the de
partment, where you see that the num
ber of higher surtax people are drop
ping down and the revenue is going
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