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HOLDS THE WATCH
ON U. S. CONGRESS
Railway Brotherhoods Would l-orre
Government Control. Higher
Wages and Lower I’rioes.
By J. E. Jones.
WASHINGTON. I>. August 13—
The Identical railroad labor bodies
Which three summers ago refused ar
bitration <.f their wage demands, is
sued a strike order and then held the
watch on the Congress of the United
States until, this form of duress and
just in time to avert the strike, that
Congress passed a bill hoisting rail
road wages, have returned to Washing
ton. The total advance of nil railway
labor charges since that day lias been
$1,200,0* 10.000, an annual expenditure
in excess of interest charges on our
total war debt.
This time again the Railway Broth
erhoods demand legislation, but a fur
ther wage advance of a billion is ac
tually the least of their demands. The
Brotherhoods’ leaders now state that
congress is to legislate the railroads,
now under government operation and
losing SSOO,(KN).OoA tiiis year from the
C S. Treasury, actually into govern
ment ownership. If this is not done,
labor leaders publicly threaten a na
tionwide strike, far more serious than
that, threatened in Ibid.
"They also make it clear in public
statements that this itself is merely a
step toward nationalization of all in
dustry, whether factory or mine or
farm. In other words, the control and
ultimate ownership not only of rail
roads but of all little industries it is
proposed to vest in “the working
classes.” This was proposed in Rus
sia. and has been tested there during
the past two years, with results which
ar e sufficiently familiar to anyone able
to r(>nd.
The sturt is the “Plum plan.” This
railway measure seeks to reft nance
$18,000,000,000 railway securities by
government bonds (this total is about
three-fourths of the total bonds of our
war loan) thus eliminating all private
capital. It would combine all rail
roads and administer them by a hoard
equally selected from labor, govern
ment. and managers. It would divide
excess profits lietween labor and gov
ernment. but a deficit, would he borne
|>y the taxpayer. The board would
determine wages and working hours.
Inline and Trotsky in their state
ment to Russians proposed “handihg
over the large estates to the peasants."
The Brotherhood program proposes to
start by handing over the railroads to
fhe wage-earners. The Hussian scheme
provided for the "transfer of all au
thority to the t'ouncil of Workmen's
and Soldiers’ Delegates.” The Broth
erhoods' Council will he controlled by
the Brotherhoods. Lenine’s policy
enunciated time and again looked
toward an exclusively proletariat re
public.” The Brotherhoods are moving
in the same direction. One of these
revolutions was devised for ignorant
Russia ; the other iias been proclaimed
for the I'nited States, which we hold
to be a highly intelligent nation. There
is no attempt to eonceal the true state
of affairs, and it should he recognized
that our own country is face to face
with the reality: Do we want a Bol
shevist AmericaV If we do. then the
Railroad Brotherhoods offer a program
that is intended to speedily pave the
way toward so-called "nationalization
of all industry.
A few days before the Brotherhoods
broke loose the President asked Con
j'ress to provide n Federal Commission
ulong the lint's of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, with power to tix
salaries of railroad wage-earners.
AVhen a similar policy was entered
into for the handling of labor problems
along tin s > lines during the war or
ganized labor was immensely pleased,
and most awards were satisfactory to
the wage-earners. Even before the war
the Brotherhoods made frequent de
mands upon Washington—and they al
ways got everything they asked for.
Matters were made so easy for them
that it is clear that the Brotherhoods
have come to regard Congress as
"easy” and instead of respecting it for
its helpfulness, the loaders of these
organizations have become arrogant
by reason of their successes. This is
evidenced by the comments of one of
the labor spokesmen concerning the
suggestion of President Wilson for a
study of the railway problem. He
says: "The Railroatls will lie tied up
so tight that they will never run again
if that legislation is passed."
Then* is nothing in that statement,
or in the proclamation of the Brother
hoods that pretemis to deal with labor
settlements in the way recognized by
law and free civiliz'd governments.
Instead a demand upon the
country for tin entire change in its
manner in conducting its affairs. (\>n
grosameti are already l*eginning to hear
from constituents who do not propo-
Ajiat the interests of 100,000.000 people
*re to be held of less importance than
jhe wishes of about one and one-lialf
per cent of the population.
Wages and Brotherhoods
The Railroad Brotherhoods, repre
senting 1,500,0<>0 men on all railways
in the United Ktates, have delivered an
ultimatum to the (internment that
they will tie up a'll transportation from
coast to coast, to force another billion
dollar wage advance, and at the same
time compel the Government to buy
the railways and turn them over to
the employees for their management.
Members of who are as
tounded by this latest Brotherhood
ultimatum regard Ibis plan us Bolshe
vism of the purest Russian type. The
Government lias been very liberal in
its treatment of railway employees,
having Increased their payroll from
$1,750,000,000 in 1017 to $2,000,000,000
this year. This is an increase In the
payroll of $1,150,000,000. The Govern
ment has raised the average wages of
railroad workers from SI,OOO, to $1,500
a year, and lias raised the average of
400,000 of the better paid men to more
than $2.00n a year. Thousands of the
employes are now earning much more
than the under officials of the roads.
But, in spite of this enormous in
crease in the payroll, without a par
alel in the history of industry, the
leaders of the organized forces are
now asking for a billion dollars more.
This would bring the average wages
of all employes, Including unskilled
as well as skilled labor, up to $2,000
a year. The workers in the railway
shops \ho received a wage increase of
$360,000,000 last year, are now ask
ing for $210,000,000 more. The four
train brotherhoods who have receiv
ed $200,000,000 of increased wages in
addition to the $00,000,000 awarded by
the Adamson Law, are asking for
$250,000,000 more.
Spokesmen for the employes official
ly notified the Railroad Administration
that the billion dollar increase of the
past year is most unsatisfactory to
the men, and does not enable them to
meet the high cost of living. These
union leaders have told the President,
that they must, either have higher
wages or he must reduce the cost of
living. The Director General of Rail
roads lias pointed out to t.he employes
that any further increases in their
wages, after the very heavy increase of
the past year, would only result in
increasing the cost, of all production,
and so raising the prices of all neces
sities.
Government officials who are sincere
ly desirous of adequately copeing with
the situation brought upon by war
prices, and helping all working peo
ple to earn adequate wages, point out.
that the hulk of all cost of production
in this country is the cost of labor, and
that every increase in wages raises
the cost of production, and so raises
prices to the consuming public. They
show that the country will never get
on a normal basis of prices by con
tinuous increases in wages, which sim
ply raise all prices higher. Some of
the more broad gauged labor loaders
are of the same opinion, and they arc
pointing out to their followers that
constant, increases in wages only react
against the wage earners, and in ef
fect make them profiteers on each oth
ers find it difficult to get a hearing,
rs find it difficult to get a hearing.
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THE WINDER NEWS, WINDER, GA.THURBDAY, AUGUST 14, 1919.
The members of their unions are more
ready to listen to the leaders who
promise to get higher wages for them.
The High Cost of Living.
The President believes that it will
take a long time to get prices of food
stuffs and other necessities of life back
to normal. Senator Cummins
that the attempts to obliterate the re
jlation between employer and employe
should not be tolerated, and he ex
presses doubt as to whether civilization
can survive the termination of this
relation. Menu tor Reed's advice is
“not to fuu the present price agitation
into a conflagation.” The Vice Presi
dent philosophizes: '‘The people on
earth should lie given an opportunity
to cool down and reach something like
a normal condition.”
THE TOUCH OF THE YEARS
(By George B. Adams)
Time is the master painter. Every
delicate tint—every marvelous combi
nation —every mysterious mixture he
understands.
Time paints faces, bodies, cites and
nations.
But the most marvelous pictures of
all are those of which he paints upon
the lines and planes of peoples’ faces.
His brush is the touch of the years.
And while time does the actual
painting and picturing he always con
sults with and works with the lives
with the one whose picture he paints.
Sometimes he chisels furrows across
great and noble brows, each with a
million meanings. Sometimes he
touches jet and makes it silver—some
times changes summer to winter. But.
although Time is inexorable he is very
kind and gentle and tender.
Age has nothing to do with time.
For with age time is forever and there
is no measurement, of space.
Time is no respector of persons or
circumstances. Every face and ev
ery body bears his stamp. Sometimes
that stamp is beautiful and sometimes
not. But if you will it so, time will
always make what, he leaves good and
beautiful.
Your eyes may reflect something
more beautiful than any work of Rap
hael. Across every plane of your face
may wander the touches of the years
that mean happiness and inspiration
and gladness to everyone who Its ks
at you.
Never mind what, the mirror says.
Keep playing in the yard of youth—
and your heart will take care of every
thing else.
WINDER PASTOR HONORED
Rev. W. H. Faust has just been ap
pointed Associat.ional Organizer for
the seventy-five million dollar cam
paign the Baptists are to put on in
November in the Appalachee Associa
tion.
This body is composed of twenty-two
of the strongest churches of the de
nomination in this section. The Drive
is rapidly beitig pushed and is daily
gaining great headway.
Every individual Baptist in the South
is to he reached and enlisted in this
mighty move.
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All three of these lots have good wells of water, houses and barns
and sufficient timber and running water. All three tracts run to rail
road and front on Bankhead Highway; and are sold for division among
the heirs in accordance with the will of Jackson Hutchins.
Terms of sale —One fourth cash on day of sale and the remainder on
December 24, 1919.
Plot of land as per survey of W. T. Appleby can be seen at any time
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