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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8
NINE CARDINAL
CAUSES GIVEN
LABOJPEST
Report of the Industrial Rela
tion Commission Sent to Con
gress Today. Reasons Agreed
on by Both Employers and
Employes.
Washington.—Nine cardinal causes
of industrial unrest, most generally
agreed upon by employers and em
ployes alike, were presented to con
gress today by the commission on in
dustrial relations in its preliminary
report as follows:
‘‘Largely a world-wide movement
arising from a laudable desire for
better living conditions. Advanced by
representatives of labor, socialists and
employers and generally endorsed.
‘‘A protest against low wages, long
hours and improper working condi
tions in many industries. Advanced
by practically all labor representatives
and assented to by many employers.
On Workers’ Part.
“A desire on the part of the work
ers for a voice in the determination
of conditions under which they labor,
and a revolt against arbitrary treat
ment of individual workers and a sup
pression of organization. This was
almost uniformly approved by labor
witnesses.
“Unemployment and the insecurity
of employment. Generally advanced
by witnesses from every standpoint.
"Unjust distribution of the products
of industry. Advanced by most labor
representatives and agreed to by most
employers.
“Misunderstanding and prejudice.
Agreed to by employers and employes.
“Agitation and agitators. Generally
advanced by employers, but defended
by labor representatives and others as
a necessary means of education.
“The rapid rise in prices as com
pared with wages.
“The rapid growing feeling that re
dress for injuries and oppression can
not be secured through existing insti
tutions.
“In addition,” says the report, “it
has been stated by many witnesses
that the tremendous immigration if
the last quarter century, while not it
self a direct cause of unrest, has serv
ed to accentuate the conditions aris
ing from other causes, by creating an
over-supply of labor unfamiliar with
American customs, language and con
ditions.”
Year’s Investigation.
While it presents no conclusions,
leaving those for later work, the Com
mission, after more than a year's in
vestigation covering all phases of in
dustry throughout the country in
which more than 500 witnesses rep
resenting all relations of capital i.nd
labor were examined, presents the
question:
“Is there need for changes, im
provements and adaptions or must
entirely new legal machinery be de
vised for the control of industry?”
TUb final report and conclusions of
the commission will be submitted next
Augusta when its mission is con
cluded.
These nine agreed causes were the
result of the examination of 514 wit
nesses divided in interests as follows:
Affiliated with employers, 181; af
filiated with labor, 183; not affiliated
with either group, 150. The witnesses
included seven members of the Inter
national Workers of the World and
six representatives of the Social's',
party.
Under the caption “What Employers
Say,” the report presents the follow
ing summary of causes of unrest:
Better Living.
"Normal and healthy desire for bet
ter living conditions.
“Misunderstanding and prejudice.
Lack of conception that interests of
both labor and capital are identical.
“Agitation by politicians and irre
sponsible agitators.
"Unemployment.
“Unreasonable demands arising from
strength of organization.
“Labor leaders who stir up trouble
to keep themselves in office and to
graft on employers.
Inefficiency of workers, resulting in
ever increasing cost of living.
"Rapidly increasing complexity of
industry.
, "Sudden transition of a large num
ber of foreigners from repression to
freedom, which makes them an easy
prey to labor agitators.
“Universal craze to get rich quick.
“Decay of old ideas of honesty and
thrift.
“Misinformation in newspapers.
“Too much organization for comba
tive purposes instead of for co-opera
tion
16 evidence in labor troubles.
•b<'Sympathetic strikes and jurisdlo
/tlonal disputes.
“Boycotting and picketing.
“Meddlesome and burdensome leg
islation.
“The closed shop, which makes for
labor monopoly. Financial irrespon
sibility of labor unions.”
A similar presentation of the em
ploye’s side is as follows:
“Normal and healthy desire for bet
ter living conditions.
Low Wages.
‘‘Protect against low wages, long
hours, insanitary and dangerous con
ditions existing in many industries.
"Demand for industrial democracy,
and revolt against the suppression of
organization.
"Unemployment, and the insecurity
which the wage-earner feels at all
times.
"Unjust distribution of the product
of industry ‘Exploitation of the many
by the favored few.’ ‘Demand for full
share of production.’
“Unjust attitude of police and the
courts.
"There is one law for the rich, an
other for the poor.
“Immigration and the consequent
over-supply of labor.
"Existence of a ‘double standard,*
which sanctions only a poor living in
return for the hardest manual labor,
and at the same time luxury for per
sons who perform no useful service
whatever.
"Disregard of grievances of indi
vidual employes and lack of ma
chinery for redressing same.
"Control by 'Big Business' over
both industry and state.
“Inefficiency of workers on account
of lack of proper training.
"Unfair competition from prison and
other exploited labor.
"Fear on th# part of those in com
fortable positions of being driven to
poverty by sickness, accident or in
voluntary loss of employment.
Modern Industry.
“The rapid pace of modern industry,
which results in accidents and prema
ture old age.
“Lack of attention to sickness and
accidents, and the difficulty and de
lay incident to securing compensation
for accidents under the common lavs
and the statutes of states which have
not adopted modern methods of deal
ing with these questions.
"Arbitrary discharge of employes.
“Blacklisting of individual employes.
“Exploit, tion of women and chil
dren in industry.
“Promotion of violence by the use
of gunmen, spies, and provokers hired
by employers.
“Attempt to destroy unionism by
the pretense of the ‘open shop.'
“Monopolization of land and natural
resources.
"Suppression of free speech and
right of peaceful assembly.”
Proposals.
Proposals for constructive legisla
tion, the report announces, will be
submitted to congress covering labor
exchanges, industrial education, voca
tional guidance and apprenticeship;
safety, sanitation, health of employes,
and administration of laws relating
thereto; smuggling of Asiatics; Med
iation, conciliation and arbitration:
woman and child labor, minimum
wage, hours of labor; agrisulture and
farm labor; social insurance, especial
ly wdrkmenhs sickness, and invalidity
insurance; and labor and the low.
CUB COPY. ■*
“William Hoffman, one of the most
highly respected citizens in our midst,
died last night while being attended by
Dr. Dash. His widow, who survives him,
will continue his fish business, and is
consoled by many kind friends. Burial
in Greenwood Wednesday.”
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FRENCH COST OF
LIVING NOT HURT
Paris. More than a hundred days
of war; the mobilization of 3,000,000
men; their equipment and feeding and
the feeding of 2,000,000 Belgian refu
gees and of 80,000 German prisoners,
have had no appreciable effect upon
the cost of living in France.
Production, however, has been re
stricted by the occupation by the en
emy of several departments and the
distribution of foodstuffs has been
hindered by calls made upon trans
portation facilities by the army.
Normal market conditions have been
maintained, partly by a remarkable
prolific harvest of vegetables and fruit,
partly by the suppression of duties on
wheat and other important necessaries,
and partly by confidence, preventing
panicky fluctuations.
Slight Advance.
Meats advanced slightly at the out
set a purely speculative movement
—but combinations of housewives buy
ing at wholesale soon put a stop to it.
Now beef costs the same as in 1913,
excepting the cheaper boiling pieces,
which are in great demand and have
slightly advanced. Pork is cheaper
than a year ago and poultry is from
15 to 30 cents a head cheaper.
Potatoes are half a cent a pound
cheaper, cabbages 6 cents a head
cheaper, beans unchanged and bread
unchanged.
Butter and eggs cost more today
than a year ago, and sugar is 4 cents
a pound higher.
AT ACTUAL
COST TO ME.
JUST TWO
PRICES—
SB.2S
and
$11.75
FOR ANY
SUIT OR
'OVERCOAT
IN MY
HOUSE.
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
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or Overcoat
in my house, for
which others are
asking
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$11.75
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$8.25
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