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Che ddavietta Journal
' PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE MARIETTA PUBLISHING COMPANY
. BUSINESS PHONE 18
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COBB COUNTY
WM.L.HARRIS . . . . - =« EDITOP
Subscriptions within Cobb County $l.OO per Year—OQOut
: side of Cobb County $1.50 per Year
Entered at the Postoffice at Marietta, Georgia, as Second
Class Mail Matter.
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The Auto Lighting Bill
The Highway Automobile Light bill sponsored
by the local Woman’s Club and backed by several
organizations in Atlanta, passed the state Senate
this week without a vote against it.
The bill will not be voted on in the House on ac
count of so many bills ahead of it for consideration,
but will come up before the representatives early in
next summer’s session. _
It is unfortunate that the bill will have to lay over
this long as some definite legislation along this line
is very badly needed at the present time. The Au
tomobile Lighting Laws at the present time are very
vague and practically worthless on that account.
The bill before the legislature at the present time is
said to cover the ground thoroughly in a definite
way so that prosecution of offenders may be carried
out hy the courts in an effective way.
Co-operation, the Forerunner of
Prosperity
It is generally conceded that when farmers of
a community prospers all lines of business in that
section prospers. It is to the interest of the mer
chants, bankers and others to assist the farmers in
every way possible to get the most convenient mar
ket for his products and the highest cash price.
The farmer, too, must co-operate with movements
that are to his interest. He must grow what a
market has been provided for and organize so that
his products may be market with efficiency and at
the lowest cost for transportation, handling, ete.
One deplorable reason for low prices of farm
products and high prices of manufactured products
is that the state of Georgia has not learned to trade
at home. For instance, our cotton mills buy cotton
from a New York firm that was grown in Georgia,
make cloth and sell it in China,‘then our people buy
the same product manufactured in Massachusetts
and Grand Rapids. ‘
When our people learn to manufacture, use and
Yrade in Georgia products more at home it will cre
ate a better market for farm products and cut down
the cost of manufactured goods imported from dis
tant states. «
Radio and the Home
The Home is the greatest institution on earth and
it can be made a source of good or evil, according to
the home life.
What is your home life? Is it one of unity or sep
eration? Do your children have to go outside the
home for their amusements and pleasures, or can
they stay at home with their parentsiand keep the
family circle intact? -
The new' wonder of the century—Radio, has fur
nished a way for the parents to combat the tendency
of the younger generation to go outside the home for
their amusements. There is not a redblooded Am
erican boy that is not interested in trying some
thing new; that does not get a thrill when he ven
tures in to the unknown. Therefore by keeping
his interest at home you will keep him there.
This week the Journal is publishing an offer
whereby every boy in Cobb county is offered an
opportunity to get a radio receiving set of a stand
ard make, absolutely free. It is up to the parents
to encourage their boys in this contest and help
them all they can.
i Y tndinic i,
} For Industrial Peace
Taking the coal and rail strike as a text and de
claring at the outset that ‘‘the time is fast approach
ing when the empolyee and employer must get to
gether and go hand in hand for the mutual benefit
of each and for the making of a greater United
States,”” Festus J. Wade, of St. Louis, in discussing
““The Cause on Industrial Unrest, and What is the
Remedy?’”’ makes no attempt to censure either eapi
tal or labor, but he measures both groups by iden
tically the same yardstick, bespeaking for each a
square deal and the enjoyment of the full rights of
American citizenship on a basis of absolute equality;
before the law.
Mr. Wade is one of the most prominent of Ameri
can financiers, and is president of the Mercantile
Trust Company, of St. Louis.
“Phat the empolyer in some instances in the past‘
kas been inconsiderate and unjust,’”’ he says, ‘“mnat |
be admitetd,”” and, ‘‘to guard against such, the em
ployees organized labor unions.”’
Also, he says, ‘‘the employees’ organizations like
wise, in some instances, have been inconsiderata
and unjust, and employers organized.”’
ißut, he goes on to say— , ‘
““That some employers’ and employees’ organiza
tions have been imconsiderate and unjust ought not
to condemn all employees’ organizations, nor all
employers’ organizations. On the contrary, it
should be the solemn duty of both sides, by moral
suasion and sound logic, to work toward the end of
formulating a series of laws that will compel hoth
sides to respect the rights of each other. This ean
never be done by ‘strikes’ or ‘boycotts,” nor ean it
be done by employers’ ‘lockouts’ or damning or
ganized labor.”’
He takes the positon that the unruly or unfair
labor agitator or labor union ean and should he
curbed or regulated by the identical force by which
the unruly or unfair employer or employee crganiz
ation is regulated—by the force of law, ‘*which is
made alike for the employee and employer!’’
“You may ask,’” he says, ‘‘ ‘How can the law con
trol labor?” My answer is, ‘Just as it now controls
capital;” ’’ and he cites ‘‘a few laws passed to
control capital, usually regarded as laws, to protect
labor,”” among them being the act creating the in
terstate commerce commission; the Sherman anti
trust law; the employers’ liablity act, of 1908 ; the
arbitration act, of 1913; the Clayton act, of 1914;
the child labor act of 1916; the Adamson act, of
1916, and the more recent transportation act; state
public service commission acts; banking acts, state
and federal ; war-time laws regulatory of wages, ote.
In view of what has been done by legisiation to
control capital and protect labor, Mr. Wade ealls
upon ‘‘the independent thinkers of the country to
take the lead in finding some solution for the prob
lem, as the disordered conditions of basiness clearly
demonstrate the need for finding a means to end
strikes.
He does not attempt to preseribe the remedy fur
ther than to suggest the creation of & comuiission,
composed of members to be chosen by the various
chambers of commerce, labor organizations, manu
facturers’ and bankers’ associations of the country,
the purpose of which would be ‘‘to work couscien-
Ltim\sly to find a way out which would be fair and
acceptable to ali*'-—in otter words, to find ths meaas
of establishing peaceful! aald har:sonious ralations
between employer and employee on a permanent
basis such as would effectively prevéht strikes in
the future. W
The present railroad and coal strike cannot con
tinue indefinitely, as everyone knows. The settle
ment of these two strikes is of vitai importance. hut
the effect of their settlement under existing condi
tions will be ephemeral.
Of infinitely greater importance to the American
public is the development of a permanent strike
preventative—of a dependinble safeguard against
strikes. It is idle to say that this cannot be done,
that it is impossble; for in a democracy nothing in
the way of government regulation iy impossible if
it is the will of the majority.
And, as Mr. Wade truthfully says: ‘‘tlie American
people can solve any problem they set themselves to
solve.”’
The people have overcome other problems equally
as formidable as that of preventing strikes. For ex
ample, as Mr. Wade recalls, ‘‘we provided for a
sound currency when the greenbackers and the in
flationists were routed and the gold basis establish
ed;”’ we established the federal reserve banking
system, making money panics virtually impossible,
‘‘and solved a problem for which most people had
an idea there was no solution for.’
Having demonstrated their ability to satisfactorly
solve these great prblems, surely the American Deo
ple have the ingenuity, constructive intelligence and
resourcefulness necessary to evolve a solution to the
great strike question!
- Whether or not the initiatory process proposed
by Mr. Wade is the proper one and the most likely
to lead to the desired results, his suggestion is.
nevertheless, highly interesting, and well worth
consideration by the ‘‘independent thinkers'’ to
whom he directs it.
—-Atlanta Constitution.
The paving of the sidewalks on Cherokeet street
}and the paving on Forrest avenue is being help up
on account of rock not coming in fast enough. No
blame can be laid to the construction company as
they do not get their money until the Jab is complet
ed and it is pretty certain that they are using every
effort to get the rock delivered. ;
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
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far as possible, to aid in the develop
ment and growth of our city and
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is a decided benefit to yourself. It
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1922
