The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 10, 1919, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1919
TIIK IMMSTItl\l, (OMKItllNi'i:.
Something may come from the industrial
conference called by President
Wilson and which is now in session
in Washington Capital, labor
and thi-ypublic are represented and
if these three should, by any means,
"pet topether," a hip thinp will have;
been accomplished. Much of the unrest
during past months has been illadvised:
outside influences in a number
of instances has had to do with
strikes and walkouts and lockouts,
and many of the grievances have been
partly if not wholly imaginary A
striking example emphasizing this]
view may be found in the statements
of some of the steel strikers who
didn't know why they were striking.
Recognition of the union or non recognition
cannot be classed as a working
condition, and. where working
conditions are what they should be.
or nearly so, there appears little, if
any. ground for a strike. The News
cannot see where ognition of any
union by the em . helps any in
dividual worker, tHough in an indirect
way it may possibly cause him
to share in an increase in wages, in
those cases where wages is the basis
of dispute. Furthermore, there is little
to be gained in striking, if difference
between employer and employe
cannot lie settled in the ordinary
channels, outside arbitration
may be called in without closing up
the plants and causing the men to
lose several week's wages and resultant
loss to the employer tlirouglv nonproduction.
If the conference in Washington
should work out the details of some
plan by which the differences arising
between the workers and the employer
w tliout loss to either, and nothing
more, its work will have been well
done And with the personnel of the
conference made up of representatives
from all sides, such a prospect
may be vsoll hoped for.
The trouble generally in settling
these disputes lies in the fast that
both sides make up their minds in the
begi-nina not to give one inch, and
therefore, it is a long and tedious job
to bins the contending parties to
gethr. Recent settlements, however,
have tended to show that both sides
are becoming more willing to make
concessions, and if such willingness
on the part of both employer and employe
should become universal, the
strike* and attendant losses to both
side will automatically end.
Kach of the groups in the conference
now under way are said to he
busy formulating their plans and
getting ready to submit resolutions
to the conference detailing what, from!
their particular standpoint, ought to,
be done. I'nless capital, labor andl
?
the public fall out in the beginning, j
a submission to the whole body ofj
the v ews of each will perhaps result
in reaching an agreement satisfactory I
to all. None of the groups are yyt !
willing, the dispatches from Wash I
ingtcm Indicate, to show their hands,
each seemingly prefering to wait to
see what the other is Koine; to.do, hot
the labor group is said to he ready
with a complete program and the
! group representing the public is said j
! to be ready to abandon its policy .of |
"watchful waiting" and get down to
business. The latter group will pro-'
pose, it is intimated, a permanent!
committee which will be constantly
on the job to consider and advise in
the matter of grievances which are
likely to cause industrial disruption.
! The opinion is growing that the pub!
lie group, led by Bernard M. Munich
I as cnairiuan. win noi resi unni tnei
riAt and left divisions of the confer
I
enee accept some forward looking
proposal to allay unrest and maintain
steady production, while labor's proposals
are considered certain to include
reaffirmation of the right of
collective bargaining and of the
strike, the principle of the eight-hour
day and perhaps the more advanced
suggestions of profit-sharing and participation
in industrial control. The
capital group asserts its policy in a
resolution declaring the good of the
country to be paramount to the interests
of any group, and asserting the
present need to be increased production.
adequate wages and a just reJturn
on capital.
These three views of the three difj
ferents groups composing the conference
must be welded into one by the
newspaper process of "striking out
and adding to." if any worth-while
results are obtained, and the conference
gives promise of arriving at an
end that will meet in a measure at
least the present situation in industry.
THK rilKKIItKNT'S IIXNKSS.
A London newspaper says that no
sickbed of our time or perhaps any
other time has caused such universal
concern as that of President Wilson.
The opponents of the league of nations
and the peace treaty with Germany.
a little band of Republican partisans
in Washington, may have the
same view, doubtless have, but they
will never admit it. The truth is the
president's illness has caused universal
concern the world over, and yet
one of the league opponents said he
was the country's greatest menace
Can you imagine party feeling runj
ning so high ?
That the president is now gaining
| strength and there are bl ight intellects
of his returning to work in a<
I short time will be a source of genuine
pleasure to the peoples of every!
'countrv, hut possiblv will be regretted
by a few Cuited States senators who
for party reasons would destroy the
work accomplished by the president
'while at the peace conference.
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( I'lOlttil.VS IA N'CHINGS.
Almost every day news comes from
some point in Georgia of the lynch-,
i ing of some one charged with murder
or attempted murder. Georgia.j
surely Is gaining an unenviable rep-i
1 utation in this respect but it hardly
behooves anyone to throw bricks at
Georgia who has not bright prospects!
of keeping theii ov. .1 hands clean.
There has never been any successful!
j explanation of the causes of lynching
i Some have attributed it to the laxity j
or leniency of the courts; others to I
i 1
hotheadedness of men. and both arei
I j
perhaps true solutions as far as they
i go. The fact, remains, however.
that lynching is lawlessness, in itself,:
and is never justified, regardless of
|the guilt or innocence of the accused
and the seriousness of the crime.
: Doubtless many a wretch deserved all
the punishment received at the hands
| of a mob w hich lynched him, but the
law was violated just the same and
| the courts should have meted the
I punishment
The courts, a human institution, of
j course, makes mistakes.
TIIK TANK.
Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary
for war in Knglaud, tells the
royal commission on awards to inventors
that "it is impossible to say this
or that man Invented the tank " The
statement is made by reason of the
inci triciI l l mon are seeking the honor
and bounties attached to the invention
of this formidable instrument of
war.
Testimony brought out in the hear-;
inns bet ore the commission seems to;
indicate that the tank is rnther a de
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velopment of other inventions than
a new instrument of war. It is a sort
of middle ground between armored
motor ears and the huge steam rollers
planned to batter down barbed
wire and other entanglements. Mr.
Churchill says that the original tank
first used in the Somme offensive in
lit 16 was the result of experience
with 18 types each of which was given
thorough trial. Armored motor
cars had failed to perform the duty
laid out for them because they could
not get over or around t,be trenches.
and a remedy was sought by building
a motor ear with bridge to be laid
across a trench on the approach and
picked up on the return but this failed
Its purpose when encountering a
double line trench. Many others, it
seems, were tried out until the caterpillar
tractor tinafiy solved the problem.
Hut the caterpillar plan was
once abandoned by the war oflice.
Maj.-!Jen. Finest 1>. Swintcwi. one of
the claimants, testified. It was kept
ali\e in the admiralty, because of
Mr. Churchill's belief in the necessity
of producing some machine to override
the trenches. (Jeneral Swinton
claims that he is the father of thq^
caterpillar idea dating back to October.
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SCISSORS AND PASTE.
The First Test on the Treaty.
(Charleston News and Courier)
The decisive defeat in the senate of
the so-called Fall amendments undoubtedly
throws more light than
anything else that has yet happened
on the real status of the treaty fight.
There is no need to split hairs in annlvzinp
thr? vntn- nor !# noanouuru
? ? vvvooui/ (
to attach meat weight to the announcements
of various Republican
senators who, while voting against
the amendments, said that they favored
reservations of one sort or another
to the treaty. The fact of importance
and significance is that the
first attempt to mutilate the treaty
has failed. 17 Republicans joining
with the Democrats to bring
about its defeat.
While, of course, this is by no
means a sure sign of what the alignment
will be in the final and decisive
tight, it does show that, despite the
aggressive language of their leaders,
a considerable number of Republicans
are deeply impressed by what the
wrecking of the treaty would mean.
These Republicans will support Lodge
and the other leaders in debate; but
when the mntter narrows down to a
vote in which the responsibility for
the fate of the treaty rests on them,
they will not assume the responsibility
of killing it
There is a vast difference between
criticizing the treaty or the president
in a speech and actually easting a
vote to kill the treaty and the league.
There are Republicans who have done
the former but who, when the moment
of decision comes, will not do the letter.
Of this the failure of the Fall
amendments is a highly satisfactory
Indication.
Teachers and Uadjcalisui.
(Charlotte Observer I
Herbert Hoover has advanced a
new argument for higher salaries for
teachers, an argument that is worthy
of serious consideration. In an
dress in San Francisco the former federal
food administrator voiced a
warning that unless better pay is
forthcoming for teachers in American
colleges the nation will be face
to face with a dangerous radicalism
from the centers of higher education.
Declaring that the European wind
of radicalism is sweeping our way and'
already affecting us, Mr Hoover said
that out of the war and misery of thej
war has arisen a silhouette of class
distinction and class hatred "that Is'
not to he obliterated with a few words.
The development of radicalism In Kurope
during the last 12 months is beyond
anything in history. America
is a fertile field and responds quickly
to any wind that may blow."
While Mr Hoover spoke directly of;
the teachers in the institutions of
higher education, vshat he says would;
seem 10 apply wim equal ir not greater
force to the ureal mass of teachers
in the common schools. Mr. Hoover
has advanced an idea that has not
heretofore been prevalent, hut it is
one to provoke serious thought. The
suggestion 'hat there is a psychologi-j
cal relation between the compensation I
one receives for his services and his
attitude toward the prevailing social
order is not absurd. And teachers
wield a far-reaching influence' over
the children in their charge.
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>ni i ini'iiK" *> 1111 i row less.
(Columbia State)
A Committee of white aiwl negro
men of Chicago, alter visiting Mis
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sissippi and investigating conditional
there, report that the negroes of thut
state are exceptionally happy, contented
and prosperous; that their
school and church facilities are good
and their housing conditions improving,
and thut there is no oppression
of them by the police. The commit-1
tee found that the average cultivator
of the "one-mule crop" was able in
1918, after paying living expenses,
to close the year with net profits
ranging from 8500 to 81,500.
All of this is very pretty, but why
has this Joint committee of Chicagoans
visited Mississippi?
Is it possible that citizens of the
state of the "Great Emancipator" are
actually concerned lest negroes of the
state of Jefferson Davis bo deceived
by the attractions of the former?
Can it be that citizens of Illinois
are resolved to impress upon negro
citizens of Mississippi that they would
better deafen their ears to fairy tales
about the northern "promised land?"
Or is it conceivable that these benevolent
men of Chicago are hinting
to Southern negroes the wisdom of J
^contemplating the blessings that they J
enjoy lest, seeking homes in a Jim'
Crowless > gion, they l\e driven back,
with shotguns?
The State reminds the southern!
negroes again that they are allowed !
to vote in the second ward in Chica-i
and that in northern states thev!
aro constantly assured that they will
receive political rights and complete
justice upon equal terms with white
men. There is no reason whateverj
for any colored man discontented
with the treatment that he gets to'
remain In a southern state.
DANIELS ORDERS PROBE ;
INTO HAZING REPORTS
Itumored Hint Midshipmen Attempt-!
ed Suicide on Account of Hazing.
Humors are Denied.
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Washington. Oct. 9.?Inquiry intoj
reported cases of hazing at the naval j
academy at Annapolis was ordered;
; yesterday by Secretary Daniels. The'
secretary's action followed the reported
attempt at suicide by two mid-!
kshipmen. which reports hhve said,
was a result of persecution by upper
1 classmen.
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of the academy, however, report\??
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