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HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS.
ARBITRATION THE SOLUTION.
The attitude of employers and ein
ployes toward the suggestion of arbi
trating labor disputes seems to large
l,r flQrcnl nn whether there is reaS'
.t t....
nnoWo eYnectation of advantage tor
their own side by yielding to this
conciliatory method or adjusting ou
Tn the recent railway strike
crisis the railroad heads strongly
.nntpnrled for arbitration, while the
employes refused to accept this plan,
especially as their employers inBisieu
that nil mints of dismite must be set
tled in this manner. - And now at
New York there is a big traction
strike, in which the dissatisfied em
ployes are willing to submit to ar
nitration, wnue lud uk
pany heads, in this instance, insist
f'thavn in nnt.hinf? to arbitrate."
This reversal of positions by em
ployers and employes is significant,
showing that acceptance of the prin
ciple of arbitration is gained only
when one side thinks it can gain
more in this manner than by fighting
it out. To fight it out, however,
means a labor war, with accompany
ing disturbance' to business and, in
case of public, service, losses and in
convenience to the public, as well as
to the rival interests directly con
cerned. And the public, thus having
a. vital interest at stake, is com
mencing to demand the adoption of
some system that will compel arbitra
tion and the acceptance of arbitral
awards, thereby to avert strikes and
lock-outs with their menacing dis
turbance to general business and the
general welfare.
When the principle of arbitration
was turned down in the recent rail
crisis, union labor rejoiced because
it thought it had gained a victory.
The railway employe unquestionably
did secure an advantage in the meth
od taken to settle that particular dis
pute, but the precedent set may yet
return to trouble labor interests else
where. In the present New York cri
; lnW nlends for arbitration, while
the employers refuse and thereby
follow the example ot the emplnjes
tkomoolvM in the rail strike. And
the employes cannot chnrge inconsist
ency on the part ot their employers,
for labor itself set the example.
Arbitration, however, is the only
just, safe and proper way to settle
labor disputes, nnd both capital and
labor should join with the public in
trying to devise a wise and adequate
Bystem for providing arbitration that
will be fair and just and, therefore,
always acceptable in every labor dis
pute. Selfish interests will have to
u cilinrilmntprl. however, in the so
lution of this problem, and the soon
er both labor and capital concede
this point the better it will be for
them and tor the nation.
WOOING THE WOMEN VOTERS.
Tn eleven western states women
will vote this year on an equal foot
; vith the men. while in Illinois
- they will be entitled to vote for pres
iJnt;il li,'Wet. but debarred from
taking part in the strictly state elec
tions. In these twelve states it is
estimated there are at least 4,000.000
women who are qualified to vote, and
both parties are making strenuous
.ffni tn uvnra aa mnnv of these wo
men votes as possible. Both sides
have prepared campaign literature in
tended especially for the women, both
are planning to include certain fea
in thm Vamnaifm calculated to
attract the support of the women.
and the repnblieans hare arranged
' transcontinental suf
frage special train." which will car
ry a score or more of well known
women speakers and will visit all the
suffrage states in turn, for the pur
pose of winning women' votes for
.t a,. ; lm fMM.
ietftrv plain inu iu uuwu --.
could decide the election results,
.... a
ahould they nmte in ioree ior mnj o
ticKet, ana in nacuuwui w i
THE
men will actually decide the issue in
several of the states relerrea to. i
: vnHmnataA. however, that only a
small portion of the qualiBed women
voters will actuauy exercise ui
A this fact adds to the
perplexity of the male politicians
who are trying to ngure out mo f1""
bIiIa results. For once, however, the
men are interested in "getting out"
the women voters and inducing mem
to take a hand in selecting a presi
dent. And as both sides will vigor
miclir Till Q M thi effort, the chances
are the vote polled by the women
this year will be surprisingly large,
and may also occasion some startling
surprises in the returns.
THE MAINE ELECTION RESULTS
The results of the Maine state elee
t,n fulfill tlm hones of republicans
the latter to believe a
similar success awaits them in the
general elections to be held in Novem"
ber. Certainly there is little conso
lation for the democrats in the Maine
returns, although it is likely the dem
ocrats now will return to the old
claim that "Maine always was a re
publican state," and that the repub
lican victories of this year were won
by such narrow margins that they are
more encouraging to democrats than
to the opposition. At the same time,
it ia in ha tinted the renufolicans have
made a clean sweep in the state of
Maine, and by majorities ftliat are
substantial and decisive. And as the
fight in Maine was made on national
issues, there is reason to believe the
Maine results furnish an actual in
dication of sentiment elsewhere and
presage a republican victory in No
vember. The total vote polled in Maine was
the liLi-irest in thirty years, which in
itself is an encouraging sign of the
interest being taken by the people in
nolitics and the coming test between
the two srrent narties. The Maine
fVures also show that a very large
nenwntnira of the progressives of
that state this year have returned to
the republican fold and are ready to
the republican torn aim are reau.v w.
SUiport the republican national tick
ti -.n-a no-n Wilsnn carried
et. Four years ago Wilson carricn
tht. atnte hv a small rjlivrality over
Taft and Roosevelt, who divided the
republican vote, but this year Maine
roll up a large plurality toi
Hughes, and Fairbanks.
And the same t hinsr will happen in
many other states and sections, where
the rermblioan vote was split tour
years ago, but where the republicans
and, progressives will vote togetner
this year, just as they have done in
the Maine state election. Jt is nol
to be expected, of course, that all
the progressive voters will turn to
HiiL'hcs. but enousrh ot -them.. will no
so to reaffirm republican supremacy
and place the control or national 111
f nira in the hands of that party. This,
it would seem, is the true interpreta
tion of the Maine election held last
week. And the more the democrats
try to belittle the republican success
in Maine, the more it will convince
the people that democratic leaders
foresee the shadow ot detent in No
vember. TEN MONTHS WILL END WAR?
It is a matter of some interest to
note that General ltrusilolf, com
mander of the Russian forces on the
southern front, thinks that ten more
months of fighting will bring t he
great Kunipean war to a close, (len-
al Brusiloff modestly admits lie is
no prophet and that "the future is
in the hands ot Hod," nut lie says
Mint if lie were forced to make a
guess he would be inclined to set Au
gust. 1017, as the approximate date
for the ending of the war and the
restoration of pence.
The view thus expressed seems to
f.iirlv coincide with the opinions of
a number of other leaders and ex
perts wjio recently have chanced
guesses as to the probable ending
of the terrible struggle. Early in
the present year a few of these lead
ers apparently hoed for a termina
tion of the stnte before the close ot
1016, but more recently even- predic
tion made has been for at least anoth
er year of the war. Even in Ger
many and Austria representative
spokesman have ceased to talk of an
early peace, but insist those nations
will continue to fight to tlft last and
that their hopes of final success are
undiminished. And among the allies
there are unmistakable evidences that
leaders and people have settled down
for a long struggle, and now believe
it will last for another year.
Even ten more months of war will
be ten months too many, but there
will be a certain amount of consola
tion, to the outside world, if not to
the belligerents themselves, if there
U fair assurance that the mighty
conflict will end even by that time. Xo
doubt these comoing ten months will
witness a desperate effort to bring
about the fulfillment of this predic
tion, anil the losses and suffering
irthirh will be incurred may be ex
pected to reach a climax that will
overshadow all that has gone be tore.
But all things most nave an end
Ln wr mtA tt- Will HV
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present conflict will come not later
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POLK COUNTY
nn,oti7or mnv have been the sig
nificance of the Maine election, this
1, mv h an d for it wttnout I"
of contradiction even from the demo
crats: It didn't discourage tne i
publicans a bit.
When you speak about turning to
other cheek, our idea of the superla
tive of that rare action is the conduct
of Mr. Bryan in taking the stump for
President Wilson.
Ida Tarbell, noted magazine writ
er and economist, says that Col.
Roosevelt is "out of date." And
Ida probably will not have to wait
long to hear the response.
As there seems to be some dispute
concerning the Maine election, per
haps it better be called a draw.
T
MlitTT'T) Q fi'PT'NTfiMS T
In those nnres trom time to nun-
we have advocated the value to our
readers of county aud state inns,
ffvhihits of livestock, grain and other
products of the farm, will contest for
your interest, as well as exinoiia ot
farm, dairy machinery, incubators)
building material concerns and otlicr
tilings that are manufactured in fac
tories and sold to the farmer.
None of these exhibits enumerated
above should be passed by without
giving careful study to them. Find
out the owners of prize-winning live
stock, learn how they perfected their
animals, how they ted and cared ioi
them. Don't fail to get full informa
tion as to the methods used by the
prize winners who exhibit chickens
or butter, or fruit, or grain, or other
things. Such information will be val
uable. Men and women who are mak
ing these exhibits are advertising
their products, their skill and their
knowledge about it, by exhibiting at
the fair. The same is true with ma
chinery, grain nnd other exhibits. The
mere fact that an exhibitor is willing
to exhibit or advertise his product is
very good evidence he has something
that is better than the ordinary.
Keep your eyes open for new ideas.
A good plan is to take along a note
book and jot down things that you
can refer to when you get back liotnt
things that will fit in to the plan
you are trying to work out on youi
farm. When this is once done it will
grow and prove more profitable e:ch
year. To learn to see tilings tn.nr, in
terest one and to put new ideas into
practice is what keeps people from
standing still in their work. Surely
your county and state fair lias some
thing for the farmer and his fam
ily. They are institutions of real
benefit nnd each year are growing
larger in importance. Western Farm
er.
SURVEY CAPITAL HIGHWAY.
State Commission Authorizes $1500
Expenditure on the Work.
An or,lir fur n sin-rev of that nnrt.
nf the Di'oiinsnd canitnl liirlnvnv be
tween Independence and Corvallis
was made by the state highway com
mission at Salem Tuesday.
The commission authorized State
Engineer Lewis to expend not more
than $1.")IK) of state highway funds
as the state's share of the survey. II.
Hirschberir of Independence assured
the hiirhway commission that he
would be responsible for enough more
funds to complete the survey, prob
ably about $")00.
Julius Meier nf Portland exnressed
hia willimrnpss tn i't tlip monev bp
iltvprted trom the ll amette vallev
Portland survey to the Independence
Corvallis survey.
catna. a tm a m as
"WELL, I RECKON HE WILL
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IUT. SEPTEMBER 22. 1916
JMtttral
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...... 1.1 has presented
secretary neuuc.w -
another oV those living Illustration, of
Z Tola adage that "fools rush In
wuere angels fear to tread' h with one
important modification. The differ,
ence In the Secretary's case Is that ne
walked right In and turned .round
and was kicked right out .gain.
The Democratic contingent In the
Senate is all worked up over the fact
. . .... ... t thA treaty for tne
ot theDrnish West Indie.
PiHipig publicity," you
, .--.i boon mnsterned to tne
unuersraiiu, uua u.
scrap heap with a large as lortment of
vadlous other uemocmui; v
promises.
Housewives In need of pork recipes
should address the Wilson administra
tion. Mr. Wilson has made no reply to
the charges of Mr. Hughes. Is he still
too proud to flght?
By the way his opponents are abus
ing him, it is evident that Mr. Hughes
has touched them on the raw.
No apolocy which the Wilson ad
ministration can make for its futile
and lrrltatlnR Mexican policy will sat
isfy the American people. It has
lacked conspicuously the two charac
teristics which Hushes promises-,
friendly spirit and a firm hand.
dimipq. nnhllcity. says Mr. Hughes;
have a heart, say the Democrats.
nf wdenn It mav be said he
wo!! hnt he now finds himself
burled under the evidence of Ineffi
ciency that Mr. Hughes Das orougut
forth.
There are those who assert that
Wnnnnw Wilson Is a clever politician.
But how do they account for his re
mark to a committee ot women, can
ing upon him, to the effect that if they
made suffrage "the paramount Issue
of this campaign," he would "lose
.11 .oonort fnr thpm?" The women
of the enfranchised States assert that
this threat will cost Wilson tne presi
dency. Secretary Daniels, however, has the
distinction of being one of the great
est arguments the Republicans have
ever had.
The salary oart of the rnral credit
system has already begun.
Mr. Bryan thinks Mr. Hughes un
fitted for the bench because of the prej
iiriip0ri frnmo nf minil pvlnppn hv his
speeches. Wake up, Bill, he ain't run
ning for no judgeship.
Mr. Wilson underestimated the suf
fragists; but It appears they have him
sized up properly.
Ill fares the land where public office
Is bought and the people are sold.
The high fragmentation of those
Hughes bombs Is causing consterna
tion in the Wilson trenches.
Balnbridge Colby Is almost as vio
lent in his criticism of Mr. Hughes
as he was In condemnation of Mr.
Wilson's position on Panama tolls
two years ago.
Of course President Wilson ha. .
perfect right to change his mind as
often as he pleases, but that is quite
different from repudiating distinct
promises made to get votes. If the
pledges on which he rode Into the
White House have proved worthless
because he changed his mind, what
faith is to be put In the pledges he Is
now making in his appeal for re -election?
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