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ALL. DEPARTMENTS PHONE .88
Even the weather man blows on oc
casions!
President Harding will And out in
dead earnest tomorrow what a real,
sincere Georgia welcome means.
The Armament conference has been
postponed flora single day. We sup
pose we can all stand for that short
delay.
The Georgia bottlers are to meet
in Kavunnah on November 15. Is there
method in the madness ot these bot
tlers?
It is rather late in the day fori Tom
Wat Hon to be developing a super-sen
sitive nature, to say the very least
of it.
* In any event, it is safe to assume
that at least three-fourths of those
railroad men, have sense enough not
to strike under present conditions.
The former Emperor Charles is not
very successful in that effort to re
gain bis throne; Instead he lands in
Jail. And by the way, he may be
lucky at that.
President Ashcraft of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce has handled
that Wntson-Hardwlck banco in a
really sensible fashion and ho has
demonstrated the fact that he is the
right man in the right place.
It's a great feeling, when these an
gry Northeasters pull their favorite
stunts to realize that while living in
aeaiiort city you are ut the same
time living in a securely land-locked
one/.
lii every hamlot in the Unltod
Staten today, ami in many foreign
til men the memory of Theodore
Roosevelt, on the sixty-third anni
versary of his birth, will oe observed
by various services. There will bo
many a long day before wo will have
another Roosevelt,
Whether there will boa rail strike
u Sunday of any magnitude or not.
cannot be said at the moment with
any degree of certainty. However,
the American people, weary of the
menace of coutinuul threats to strike;
are anxious to try out the issue and
he done with It for all.
There is a very bright side to every
dark picture. If that rail strike does
cone, Brunswick will have an advun
tago over many other cities. She has
water transportation; trunk rail
line that will not *>e Involved in the
strike, and besides she has good roads
leading out in every direction!
, If we can locate that State owned
port In Brunswick aid then put that
bridge to St. Slmoiijp'O esn see some
very bright thing* tbr Brunswick In
the immediate future If we fail in
both of them, then the reverse of the
pic turn will be the 4* and there is
little sense in thinklig or acting oth
ers iso. The time h*l come, when we
must art here iu Brunswick and the
sooner we taco that situation like full
grown men and women, the better.
Brunswick people* of nil walks of
life, should give to arty and cordial
support to that St Sin* n bridge bond
tMWk, We ay this in the fullest mea
sure 4*f sincerity; with an eye single
to-the goiwl of Brunswick and Glynn
>epaty nd ,* e know that we av righf
#nuft it 'Don’t, vote agains; tkv me.,
sure on a mistaken idea; don't Vote
tjtat for spite tr for any ulterior
motive. Simply think the whole thing
over and your mind must en e to th
om<‘itiauß that it s your duty to £up
port the movement
THEODORE RjOOSEVELT.
Today marks the sfxty-third anni
versary of the birth of Theodore
Roosevelt, patriot, soldier, author,
statesman. In every state in this glor
ious union* of ours and all over Eu
rope a busy people will pause this day
and do reverence to a great American
figure in the world, who at one time
was the most popular leader in Ameri
ca.
Many of us differed in small w%ys
with some of the ideas 5t
none tot us doubted his ability, his
sturdy character, his power to awaken
the conscience of the people and his
intrepid bravery and honesty of pur
pose.
On Monday, last, the New Ycrk
Times published a heretofore unprint
ed letter from Cbl. Roosevelt to Dr.
Lyman Abbott, editor-in-chief of The
Outlook, dated September 2, 1916.
The letter was written when the great
cotton mills of the East were on strike
and when the rail unions were threat
ening a strike, as they are today. It
is interesting and it shows so well the
real Rotosevelt theories that we arc
going to reproduce it today, in the
hope that we may think and ponder
over the great question his discusses.
Here it is:
September 2, 1916.
My Dear Doctor (Abbott:
I hope you liked my speech at
Lewiston. I wish to express :ny
obligation to you for the admira
ble suggestions you made to me,
and which I worked into the lat
ter part of the speech.
Now a word as to the action Of
Wilson in the railroad strike mat
ter. I had prepared ar. interview
to give out, and read it to Gibson
Gardner, and then on talking it
over with him and two or three
others, came to the conclusion
that it would do nb good, and
might embarrass Hughes, and
might also interfere with Wilson,
and yet without accomplishing
anything myself. In case of doubt
as whether to speak or remain si
lent, it is better to be silent, so I
kept silence. But l feel very
deeply and very indignantly at
what Mr. Wilson ha. done. I
think It is as foblish and us wick
ed to back any labor union w'hich
is wrong as to back any great cor
poration which is wrong. It makos
no difference to the State wheth
er we suffer from a White Ter
ror fir a Red Terror; whether the
tyranny is that of the ministers
of Louis XV, or that of Robes
pierre, Danton, and Marat.
l have a right to say what Wil
son should do; because I wou’d
ask him to dk> nothing more than
1 did at the time of the anthra
cite coal strike. Then the min?
owners said thero was nothing to
arbitrate, i got the consent of a
commission, with Grover Cleve
land atf the head, to serve, and ar
ranged for the United States ar
my to run the mines If there wa i
any delay In accepting the arbi
tral! n. In such cases the three
parties In interest are. one, the
property owners; two, the labor
ers; three, the public; and the
FreMdofit should act primarily
as the represcmtatlve of the pub
lic, of the people of this nation as
a whole; for this Is a national
question. Here I sbouid tell the
railroad owners and the heads of
tho brotherhood that I would ap
point m commission which would
have included men like Raymond
Robins and Patrick Morissoy, and
thut every question. Inclining the
eight hour-law question, without
any reservation would be put be
fore that commission, and that 1
would tolerate no action by Con
gress in advance of the report cf
that commission, and that 1 would
tolerate no tie up of the transpor
tation systems of the country, and
that 1 would use the out ire armed
forces of the country if neces
sary to run the railroads pending
the decision or the commission. •
I would have also stated that I
would see that the commission
had the power to interpret and
eufcrco Its decrees, ro that the
men need have no fear that the
railroad managers and owners
would twist that arbitration so a*
to bear against them. 1 would
also have had the twiMhilon
look into the whole question of
rales, which must necessarily be
considered in connection with fhe
question of wages, and ol tuteies:
charges, and of salaries to'mAn.-
gers.
A* an incident to this, it w*uld
be necessary to kok Into the
question of capitalisation. 1 do
not believe there should be any
attempt to upset or peualite over
capitalisation which occured a
number of years ago; but. without
attempting tso draw an exact line.
1 believe that anv case* of oWT*.
capita It JntlQc ip' l 4 # IWB f*"*
years should be severely penalis
ed; for all of the public have had
full uotirc during the butt few
years that overeapitaltsaturn was
one at the element* which would
have to be jteait with >u handling
the railroad problem: and it was
their business before subscribing
ti; the bonds or stock under these
conditions to take thought of what
they ivere doing.
Faithfully yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
CRUCIAL TEST OF GOVERNMENT
REGULATION.
“The widespread demand for reduc
tions In fiates and thd jthreat of a
strike by ’railway employees against
reductions in wages is subjecting our
present system of government regula
tion of railways to the severest test
to Which it has ever been put,” de
clare! Railway Ajge/ “If it does
not stand the test, the owners of the
railways will suffer, J>in the long
run,'the* public will suffer most.
“Ror some mScntha the railways
have been subjected to powerful pres
sure for reductions of rates. They
have been told repeatedly by those
who have voiced this demand, includ
ing high officials in Washington, that
they must find a way, and have even
been threatened with the passage by
Cc igress of a bill tio force a general
Reduction in' rates unless it is brought
jabcut by other means.
“On the other hand, in spite of all
the efforts that have been made to se
cure substantial reductions of railway
costs, the wages still being paid are
about 135 per cent higher per hour
than the wages lef 1914, while the av
erage freight rate the country over is
only about 75 per cent higher.
“It becomes evident, however, that
the railways must heed the constantly
increasing public demand for a gen
eral reduction of rates. Therefore
they decided upon the. plan announced
Oc ober 14. namely, that of asking for
a further reduction of v/ages, and of
giving a definite pledge that the ben
efit of any reduction of wages ob
tained would be given to the public in
reductions of rates. The announce
ment of this plan was not the cause of
the strike order, because the labor
brotherhoods had taken a strike vote
ard prepared a strike order because
of the reduction of wager, awarded by
the Railroad Labor Board and put in
to effect by the railways on July 1. It
is doubtless true, however, that it is
this announcement which has made
♦he order for a strike a matter icf seri
ous moment.
•‘As a means of advertising the
strike the public members of the La
bor Board have suggested that the
railways shall at once make a reduc
tion of rates equal to the reduction of
wages made on July 1, and postpone
applying for a further reduction of
wages, and that the labor brother
hoods shall withdraw their order for
a strike. Nobody who is familiar with
the facts regarding the earnings and
expenses of the railways has any ex
cuse for nfct knowing that for them to
make a general reduction of rates
without a further reduction of waged
would put them back in the same dan
gerous financial position that they
were in before the comparatively
small reduction of wages on July 1.
“The whole argument for early re
ductions in rat’s is based on the
proposition the* it is needed tef pro
mote a rev: ul of general business.
But a general reduction of rates with
out a corresponding reduction ot wag*
ea would postpono indefinitely the
time when the railways could begin to
rehabilitate their properties and in
ci case their purchases, ami it would
.financially rtflta many v companies.
Would this promote a "revival of bus
In ess?
•The pr position that, without a
further reduction of wages, the rail
ways should make a voluntary reduc
tion of rates simply invites the rail
ways to commit suicide. If they must
ruined. It Is not the function of
their managers to ruin them.
•There Is widely prevalent a very
singular hallucination. This is that
ihs railways should be subjected
through government regulation of
their rates ami wages to a kind of
treatment which no other industry is
given, and that then the managers of
the railway* should tlnd and apply a
remedy for the results .of this treat
.mam. The public. thrqsh Congress,
.the Administration, the Rail
read Labor Hard, and .other bodies,
has ere#led most of the condition*
whttfft'navV made, and are still mak
ing. the Operating costs of the rail
ways sb excessive, and now some pub
lies who *re Uf*£l> res pons i
Me f;r these conditions, say that re
gardless of the cons|*quencies to the
Always themselves and of the efTect
which woqld be produced on the ser
v’ee they could render the public, they
should reduce their rates because thf
r rices of commodities have declined
snd general business is bad.
“The demands are utterly unreason
ab’e and unjust. It t* obviously the
duty cf the government and the puh
Be. whose regulation and control cf
fife runways are chiefly responsible
liar the inpesvm liurb operating cost*
to reduce these costs be tyre they ask
for a general reduction of rates.
• The strike order of the labor broth
rhood* U in direct defiance of the
provtsUms of the Transportation Ac*
and of a decision cf the Labor Board
THE
The of the public members
ct the licr.rd ihr.t :!:o railways shall
make, a reduction in rates without a
further reduction in wages-is indirect
disregard of the rate-making "provi
sions of the very law which created
the Labor Board. The position taken
by the. railways that they cannot
make a general reduction of rates
: EXCURSION
St. Mary’s and Dungeness
. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29
(iiven under the auspices of the Brunswick Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution, to two of the most
historic spots in Georgia. An all day boat ride on the
Steamer Allan rn e Do not miss this golden opportunity. A
rare chance to visit the burial place of —
“Light Horse Harry” Lee
To see the famous
Carnegie Estate
And to visit the old and historic seaport of St. Mary’s.
Lunch will be served on the boat —hot coffee, sandwish=es
salads, cakes and cold drinks.
Fare for the Round trip will be:
i ADULTS $1.50 Children under? 12 . 75c
Beat. leaves foot of Mansfield St at 0 a. m., Returns at 7 p. m.
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Acetylene Welding. Vulcanizing
Davis & Harrell
without a further reduction of wages
is fair and reasonable. If they cannot
.secure the support of the government
and the public by taking ~nd main
taining a position which is fair and
defensible on the basis of actual facts
and reason, then all hope for the so
lution cf the railroad problem under
public regulation is futile,”
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Brunswick, Ga„ July 30th, 1921.
jMr. J. W. Duggan, _
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Yours very truly,
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Georgia, dlynn County.
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THURSDAY, OGT. 27, 1921.