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30a dkanJte fetattttg (iMwrwr VOLUME XXV SECTION TWO T.A ftPATffriT! fYRimnw SiffiPniT ATTrarreP Ofi miw ..77ZZ- wj,, uiiit nwuwuA MBMHKK OF ASSOC I VVKI) PRESS NUMBER 278 PLAN IS! BE PUT FORTH 10 STOP STRIKES Compulsoifr Arbitral ion am aiitl Conciliation Are Two Pat lis Open. RECURRENCE OP TROUBLE DEPLORED BaLmen, the Noted Statist i , iaii, Jives liis i M;iLnosi,s o - the Possibility of Prevent ing Strikes. (Special to The Ooerver) :-.WEU.KSLKY HiiXS, Mass., Auj. 21 IVople aie not much interest ed in the temporary settlement of the coal strike ami the railroad strike ns in developing plans so that they will hot peri od ica 1 ly occur. It is not enough to know that we hall have coal this winter or Unit i ait way traf fic is not now suspended. Jf the peo ple of this country are to ho healthy, happy and prosperous, we must know that some plan is heiK evolved to pre vent these strikes fiom re-ceeurvin;.. In view of these facts, Rogx-r W. Bab-j son was this week asked to make a; forecast ns to iutute Jaoor develop ments. His diagnosis of the strike situation follows: "When in Washington during the war, assisting the Secretary of Labor, it was evident that the Mudents of labor problems were divided into two distinct groups: one group believes in compulsory arbitration as illustrated by the Kansas Industrial Court, and the other group stands purely for con ciliation without any compulsion- Con servatives and radicals can be louim in both groups. Investigation leads me to believe that there is a field for both of these lines of work. Labor disputes in connection with general in dustries, such as the textile industry, the boot and shoe industry, and pos sibly the steel industry, should he kept on a coneitition basis. It surely would be a mistake to attempt com pulsory" arbitration in connection with these businesses whk-h are operated solely for profit. The best means of avoiding trouble in these industries is by keeping these industries in two major labor groups, one croup lo be strictly "union" and the other group strictly "non-union.' l-et the union group adept the closed shop and let the other group be strictly non-union. Ihen let the two groups compete, I do not mean necessarily, in produc tion, but rather to see under which system the public, the empoyes and the stock-holders, ail combined, art1 moat prosperous. My own guess is that none of these three parties would long be healthy, happy or prosperous with ail "union" or with all "non union." When one group secure con trol it becomes inefficient, careless an.I arrogant. My gues.- is that nn indus try would be most frosperous and all concerned in it would be rendering the most service and be happiest it the industry were equally n. ieu imu (hvnteu into union ami a non-union m-m for -"tiernl industry. When disputed arise, only conciliation sh-utld be up piie.'i by a third party- There should he no compulsory settlement in such CB.es- t Operators Largely to blame. "When, however,- we come to trans portation, fuel, public utilities such as water- light and pas. or to the distri bution tit' milk, bread, etc.. we find a group of .industries to which cumpul sary arbitration must be applied. The first two gtoups to which tuch strong arm methods will be applied are Wie railroads and coal mines. First let me say that the railroads and the mine operators are themselves largely to blame for present troubles. Al- Lre" themsVsr'they Ui in industry feel riKht toward 1 .,f oi,,..,, tinnr. Ahtvt ofitheir work. People never feel right the owners oi tnese prupwuw .u-. m.htNU thi't ialmr lead- ers are using tudav were applied by! their better judgment. Hence my fore-S the railioads and mine uperaturs ul least is as follows; , twenty years ago- Hence these er- For New Emp1yp(. toiatrons now ac -only reaping what) "The Railroad Utior Board's nilmgs they have sown. Nevertheless, two will not now be made compulsory a wrongs do not make a right. Our na- to the present employees, hut they will tion must have transportation and fuel he compulsory on every employe wh'jt at a fair rate and the operation of its jyoeS to work for the railroads after, railroads and coal properties must be a certain date. Those employes who undisturbed by either labor leaders are now at work for the railroads t or stock inaiKet operators. came on a frer, competitive bads and 'Regarding the railroad situation: have one faithful work- Although3 to secure a fair rate the Interstate ! theoretically they can change to some Commerce Commission bus been or- j other job, yet practically they can feamxed, and t; secure undisturbed nuL They know the railroad busine transportation the Railroad Labor at,d this Is all they do know, and it Board has been created- Th? first f isn't fair to say they ran quit at their: the.- that is, the interstate 0m- i present time of life and enter a new mere "tnimi-.-nm is functioning j fdd of work. Therefore I say that very well, and the trugr!e is now unjcss these present employe will vol over thr Rilrod Lai r Birri- (untarily come under the compulsory At thi; point Mr- iln told Mrbit ration sytem they should be frw of m tMr-ir fwiifl? on thr vrt of 0 continue as at present. Hut ever: forth railroad ir, .m5!; and the additional man hired will be hm-d with cmloys ihmi trte Railnad Laloi ; the distTflct undemtanftng thit.h-! Bord"tnot aiofiei; ;QUp. Con- wjjj conform to the decisions of the ccrnina this, Mr. Babson stjfted: jRaiiro; ljbor Board, as must the l ,aer 'or (HIS' rac'fd i st"ck-hoider of such corporations. ?"ixperierKe has -cown that b ard ; This Wou1d Iw pcrfitly fair and wuid consist inti of thn- groups (one g"up(j,rmfr 8lout a result which would !e reiesentin capital, one roup rep-;tia,-efyiv accepted by ad in the Tcsentir. lauor, and rtun rvpni-jt.ourMj (tf time. Under this system it sentir the public i d not pnetion 0t,uif n few yr to tnif The reprieii!.! ,;'tt;'J f.ut the desired result, but we would vof & ono ijy f-r tfte c: ' ' & ; , Of gat8 tie la ta, i Bfta tt0nt te .idic. i- pr any other su.-h board properly func tion, five, seven or nine men should be selected whj represent neither the corpoiations nor the wage workers, but who represent the nation. These men shouid be paid large salaries, gtv en dip-infied positions, appointed either for iiie or fjr long terms, and treat ed like the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States, 'ihese men should grad ually build up a code based upon their rulings, seek i hi; the advantage of no one group, but ratner the welfare oi the nation as a whole which in the end woud be for the best interests oi both the owners and the wage work ers. ie decisions of this board as applying to tiansporiation, public utilities and similar conflicts, should oe absolute and nnai, Labor Leaders Object. "Kaihoad owners are now witling to accept compulsory arbitration, but the labor leaders are not- Some claim the labor leaders are afraid cf los ing their jobs, but I do not believe this to be the reason- They appear to be honest m their belief that enforcing men to work for profit is only a form of slavery. Forcing a man to work in a steel plant which is operated for orofit may he a form of slavery, i! compulsory arbitration applied to all industry, we certainly wouid be re verting to slavy, 'When, however, it is applied only t transportation, pub lic utilities, coal mining and pne or two other industries, thus leaving the reat field open, compulsory arbitra tion cannot be called slavery. I say this because under such conditions any man who did not wish to work for the aaiiroads, the public utilities or the coal operators would be free to go into L-ompetitive industrv to which compul sory arbitration would not apply. The labor leaders state they are willing to iccept eompusory arbitration as hest exemplified by the Kansas Industrial Court provided? the railroad, public utilities, coai mines, etc are operat ed by the Government, not fr profit They illustrate their ease by statins that this is the reason they are willing to be drafted for the army, because the army is operated by the Govern ment and not by individuals for prof it, and that this is why being drafted for the army is not a form of slavery. No More Government Operations. "This may be ail right in theory," continued Mr. Bahson but the public is in no mood at present for further Government operation. The results of the war, m connection with the opera tion of the railroads, the building and operation of ships and the various oth er interests in which the Government took a hand, show that under present conditions Government (operation is expensive, inefficient and unsatisfactory- "The public believes today that bet tei organization, better discipline and lower costs come through private op eration. The public further believes that private operation should continue so long as the present employes of the railroads, public utilities, and coal op erators are not compelled to work for the owners of these properties but are free to leave them and work for oth er people, and so long as there are plenty of other men available and willing to work on the railoiads, pub lic, utilities and coal mines under s system of compulsory arbitration. "In view of these facts, it seems to me that the public will not at pres ent take seriously the claim of the labor leaders that compulsory arbitra tion applied even to industries' operat ed for profit is necessarily slavery. If it were to apply to all industries or if there were not a group of men per tectly willing to work on the rail roads, public utilities and coal mines under a system of compulsory arbitra tion, then there might be some jus tice in the slavery argument. Today, ,howcvc - r,drmi(! nw are perfectly free to go into other lines of activity for which no compulsory arbitration is suggested, while hundreds of thous ands of men are willing to work for the railroads, public utilities and even the coal operators under a compul sory arbitration system. How will such a compulsory system be put in operation in connection with the rail roads, public utilities and mines? Pos sibly the people will be so irritated that Congress will with one swoop apply the Kansas Industrial Court idea to the railroads public utiliti? and mines. I hope, however, this will not be done. The need of the hour is to have workers feel right- We shad never have efficiency and a reduction in the cost of living until those en- when forced to do anything against ,w:h.ily annroat it fmin ye; to yar, i9 when ad-pwd it vgOld have the 1 1 1 co-oneration of ail e erncd. Thi- : . r .... ....... il...tO(W- ; nroblcm will ultimately be worked Scored v. r- vt? 4 Here's Nanrv Vorhors. hiph Jumper on the team of iflrla which repr lerted America in the Otvmpic Btmos at Paris, prncttslnp ahortly hrf&re1 the contest. In the Olympic she Ue4 lor tlrat with Misa Carrie Hatt q Eg?nd4 with a mark c 1.45 meters. tended to include them also. IliiKincKK Kight Per Cent Off. ffeet existing conditions with remark able accuracy. It now stands at eight per cent iieluw normal, were it nuUstep C-tken to regelate the sport- Th'ihe necessary rclasaUon. i'nnvivjal- ftr the strike situation m the pasttconuni sii-n. however, found ttseifiHy Is morp important for the main- few weeks it would be much high Nevertheless, the tide has turned for the better and business will be better this fall than iat, in spite of the strikes." cuban mm: GUTS SALARIES (ny Associated Tress) HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 26. Identi fication cards, embellished with all the war-time passport trimmings, for pro moters down to lowly towel swingers, constitute one of the features of the new regulations under which the Ka tionnl liuxind Commission v. ill ir,)vern;''i'I',il lo upend part of hi Mile the nianlv art of ftstieuffB in l ulu, in HtiitziTianit, saya mat Antcr There is little left to the iniaKinuti m leans, rather than British or t'renrh, in the 2( stctiims i f these it;ul:Hion-i, were ilie ftrat to nid modern Kgypt just approved by the ;-eoietry iif kov-jto consolidate the military and eom rnment, even the fe,.- to h paitl t'm,rciai strength of tuo new nation. the timekeeper and aoncuncer heini;! "American officers,' said th$ x fixetl: $15 for each performance. The! Khetlive to an Associated Press ror- fiovernment, however, has not meudJeo with the procedure ef tiie mut sliotrer in the rinjr, that heinir left to the Mar- quis of tiueeiisberry. as tianslated ly;tiefore Ihe Krencb and KnEltah nr- enmpetrnt outhonty. j Interestinir fenlures of the reirula-i lions include bunds whii h must be d-j posited with the Iming cotnniir.sion.j from which fines in, poe.1 by said com! ffli.sin will he dedu-lej. Promoters, HUt nut lip $."iOI, referees Sfrfill, man-i atcrrs timekeepers nnf a.-mounc ers KH. 1-lKHUTs and setiiHiis arc exempt. j 1 o secure an identification card however, which means recognition bv the lMsing c mmi-sbm, the scale ' f fees runs from $'tt'i) for Havana pro-. motors and for tho-c outside th capital, to $S for second1-;. Managers must pay $!0 for each ho:er,sn iheir stable, and tho fighters ihnelves :! for cards. These raids ae arraiiu e as ti permit the filing if a great deal of personal information cori'-ern-ing the bearer, even down U hi- fingor prints. Still other proi ioi s of th1 regula tions prohibit beiiii.g in llu phf where fighla are sJaac-i; appf. train-fin the ring of pu;-"diss ks than n years old, staging cf i el urn f ighl within a period of Us Vn,m 1 dav-; and more than one fijrht per we?k f r any industrious leather pusher. DAVENPORTS t... , w, We have jus) iT"'fivc(I lini ami 'J'an94ry. Vu o Kcu Ihciii in nr winilitw. tor America i wax maile necessary hy the esttrnordin-!01" ary spread of Ijoxinir in Cuba ilarinK ihi last year. Creation of the Nation al Boxing Commission, headed by Sen ator Koseiido Ciia?.o. was tha first handicapped in its attempt to protect the mrdie imm unrupulous pro snot em m l manager! and appealer! for m n aa'hotitv which was gi' it by the secietarv f gsvernmeuU The eom- miinn now is wring to allv itselfi If with similar bodies in tha United! ales. EXILE-HOPES TD RETURN fiENKVA, Switierland, Ams. 1. fliy Aiaill. Ahbag Hilmi, at one tini! Khedive at Egypt, who has respondent, "instructed and trained the Ktypiian military staff and fownded niiiitnrv schools in Kernt riled, mid those whoolg wero thn hasis of the- present miiimrv foree jn Kevoi. Tbo American itiilitarT oiission remained in Kftyipt from imto in tssil nil. under tlm enm. maud of fieneral Stone, atde!! the Kirvntlai. mmv -with creat nimn iin ',rjltions neaii.st Hie Sudcn and ),Vsiiinia. Ksyiit owes her eotton indnslry, also, to the 1'nited States," eoniin ned Abbas ililmi, "The first plant- Um wer tiiadtf with American 8M?d and from these thtiro has grown ths production of a staple that is now sold over the world," Ablwa IlHmi stilt cling to th hoiMj thai he will some day bo abb j Ut go bark to Kgypt and rals tTr t Ins people, who, he declarer want jhim to come hack, and this In snUe jof IIm official drre issned by th" ' present KKVpiian gofernmewt r- i-oit!y d'-rlaring that if hs return . Ii will bo arrysH'd and escorted to the ff imlbT. j I tun e proofs" h said, t hat i my pefifde want mm bark in Kypt. I and ou d ijmrbaps, wlMn Hi (HrHish have bft t!i ronntry I Khali fi'i rn ;i nd rli iivor t hm ngain ." cTal new .iii'oif?ifs in PROHIBIT DETERS DEATH Restricted I'm of Alcohol Dwrcases Ienlh Rt; J. MacCunlr OVIls of "Rela tion of Alcohol lo lhiiiuiii Eeonomjr." LONDON, Aur, m, tB- Mail,) AH American doctors aro rtardl by foreign incUtm! in as mure or less expert eoBfrm!ii; alcohol, both as regards this cous'mnro l going without It ItoKi'thfr;' awr iudtilgelw, and th ysrluus sts o? Inebriety Iwtwist and biweg, ThertSfor tha ambln! diiar mifnrt-jtifUBS who di'monslrata thrir at th mmting of (ho British Medi cal nsweiation at Olancoar lla(cmii with great fntprmt W what lr, John T. MacCurdjr, of orm-ii Mtilira! rollcgn, had to tar atiuut "aliirohiii ia its retatiou to huumtt crummy' Kaeb ona of us in varying Av- Kr, said, ha tin- saimi ditn euitir in mooting ih world as the railed the "paranoiac sroun." In inrapacity dramatiBliy, The "nor mals drucKMl thfinsi'lv with cheap firtion; theaters, and moving Irtetura; above ail Mwy forsot thorn- soivea In social intercourse. When, however, a man is tired oppressed with rare.-1 ISr. Me- ,lrly Wlnt on, "how can he foriiot his obsMssinc ansMles Bufflelcnt.y to hicontt 8Mial, If he be iiorinal small amount of nleohol will Ive tenanrs Of our nutnt&l ithllltv anil .f- Ifeeyvewsss than wo rcnilixo. In- numerable -peupi sr lippit-r tliers for hmithier because lhty induiRC in alcohol. "Wa Hv In an imperfect worid jity may appear; and eventually ho- imperfect largely because we 1 como fixwi. Then Xm victim bo hare not yt gained the capaeilyl comes nrtifiablo, and 3s confined," to goTfij our InatinriB. Alcohol is a crntch that man lias discoror wWft this disHoii- ed to help him ity," Dr. MncCurdy dealt will) what called the paranuinr group.' ln.it thm lie said, a drink r twojis due to brought out ttarrlmmio and dan-JI grows tndoncN Twy were taini Husssa are largely iiaurs, to imagine pUkHIs and liisnlts. Vrl Ir. Sullivan, Medical Super numily they weV women haters, and affected the eompauy of nwn almost exclusively. ''These men are Hot well-adapted p"op!ef sad rebel at discipline nuihofiiy. Drink brlnsx lh4t. ti-soclal icntiineivn Jo (be nurfar. Dempsey Trains 1 . -4 N 'y . 2h Althoueh various ofRrvals of In Jiyrtft er& nt Iusi;erheatr over aJ Sofing J a k Dempsey met Bill Brcfisn at Michigan Ctty orj La bor Day Dcmpst-y prreeds with a bis training, as this picture shows As itturrliiK makes thft insist psr- sts(t dt'mad for sarin! adaptation that w know of, many of f luw bisin to drink only afir marriage "The litmtitt rebelHon at the hond a of inarriiiK a pinara w hen al cohol has liberated thvir JnliihiUons. They liectnut qutrulmi, and h"t r ahu their wives every Saturday j nil; lit. lnr. deluainna and infidH- 1 Sir James ilarr. of Uwrmnd, con- filming the dlseussinn, maid that tho am in valw f aicolioS was sociai, "IMpl iiN anyiM'dfi said Hir Jann-s, "Jke it Ij'aase they like A gra t d -a J of awla I u n nsf ht IsIkIi tMl of alcohol- notice Umt cutthroats in IrHanti jlntett dent. f liroadmoor Asylum said that ieoh, as rards Insas Ky, Is a nBHgiil factor Ur. M- JHdlied of tNH'nhaccn. discussed liio effect of Ihs severely as-irtittrlcted snpply of IvbH on mor- naMtr in fhnmark. TJm prprisns -m- Dodse Brothers COMMERCIAL CAM The car's long-established reputation for faithful, low-cost service has not influenced Dodge Brothers in their constant seeking after betterments, A semi-floating rear-axle is now pro vided, embodying the latest ideas in rear axle design. The main housing is 75 per cent stronger. One large Timken bearing at the hub replaces two small bearings and gives 100 per cent greater carrying capacity. Larger ring gear and drive pinion make pos sible a new.tooth shape, giving quiet operation and 45 per cent increase in strength. Larger front and rear propeller shaft bearings more than double the drive tlirust capacity, Conservative changes in body lines have materially enhanced the attract iveness of the car's appearance. L. C. SMITH La Grande, Ore. raswif of ihm war-ratSosicf ajstBi 5 im satd, whirh Isladed th restrict- ! ion of alcohol was not ihm reduc iUm of ths mortality rate bat ihm rapidity of ihm rwlaetion. TUm most nalnrai expianatiou of this smM to be that ths effect of koboi wor not limited to drnnkardds onir. Th doaih rate of th whoi wuntry dropd front I.S ta 10,4 1,00 which was tha iovnt mor taiity figura that had eve? bes tBiatered In ay Kuropcaa ceimtr a. any time, iE BUTTER rl TO PAY RENT BERUX. Aug, 3. IBr A novel meild of eadi 4h oo- U&ns of the mark hum been sopte4 hy a woman farmer ia tha asta!! East Prinian town of Marfa-aklrch. Sh ieast-d 35 srra or riasture to uolhcr farmer for a warty rental of pound of battsr. The inMB8 of this laad fcefora tlia war wa bout 4,009 or S.OuS marks a jrear, wbras tt C.S40 iwunda of batter correspond at prac bi io Kiut 4o,ouo nam. PROFESSIONALS N SORE STRAITS LONiiiJM, An. 7 (By Hail.- A commiUf under the chafrmsnahin of professor Sir Psal VinrsJoff has Sn formed to heln the oofsaioaal Masses in Kussna whose csndita has tern, describes as most pitasMe, Since the Soviets adopts their wiwomie pQiiey, thousBnds oi profw stonal mm and women whs have bewi found in the employ of the government at a sniary of Jmif s pound m bread day have lost even this pitt and nrr now? tsro in ir? with starvation. N1W OIL WELLS ABE OPEN HOW WARSAW, Poland, July 9S By Mast) A tciegtsm Iron BcrysSaw, Ksstern lsHc, reports that s ww wsll borrd ihwc has rtrotk oil anil ia now K'ln :J carloads a day Tnl amount n-ifrfpntii 20 per sent of the urtal production of tn twpa six trirt, CD:r ..vuiOu) 9 i' t' great l f. rniu-oui. Then there win ra no more 'Q-9 th" d; V O O IT IV f..r I-'itt:' rca-.O . with the public utili co o coOo o o when the ssnis nxthai is tK- O o o
