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' ? 'OR DEMANDS THAT | \ RAILROADS BE FREED y FROM PRIVATE CAPITAL i *" Officials Consider the Demand One i of Most Serious Country Has Been , \ Called to Face. S > 1 Washington, Aug. 4.?Organized i labor came out today with the un- 2 ennivocal. formal demand that pri- z ? -Jt , vate capital be retired Urom the rail- i roads. 1: A tripartite control composed of j the public, the operating manage- j ment and the employes is demanded r instead. j i Addressed to the American public * ? and signed by the engineers, the fire- 1 men, the conducters and the Ameri- < can Federation of Labor, a formal statement was .issued announcing this 1 proposal which w^ll be carried before 1 Congress Wednesday. , 1 \ "It marks," says the statement, j "the step by which organized labor masses from demands for wage in- * creases to demand that the system of ] profits in industry be overhauled." 1 < Serious Proposition. 2 This sentence sums up in a few ^ words the proposal of which there : 1 have been hints and indications, but i which is now la^d before the country' for the first time. Everywhere in . official Washington it is recognized as ; r the most serious and far reaching x proposition the country will be called j j on to iace. Characterizing the proposal as "labor's bill," it is put forth as a remedy for tie high cost of living, because the railroads are the key industry of the nation. It demands the "genuine cooperation and partnership based on a real community interest and participation in control" j of which President Wilson spoke >sp ; Congress, and which the statement says has been ignored by labor and j the private owners of the roads. i "We ask," it says, "that the rail- ' roads af the United States be vested in the public; that those actually en-' gaged in conducting that industry,; 3 not from Wall street but from the , i. railroad offices and yards and out on : j "**ie railroad lines, shall take charge ! t-: this service for the public." What Labor Demands. < Briefly, labor's plan demands: j ^ That private capital be eliminated from the railroads. , That the private owners receive for them government bonds "with a ^ fixed interest return for every honest t dollar that they have invested." 2 The tri-partite control heretofore , referred to be established in corpor- ^ ations which shall lease the roads j ^ in wVnMi tHp nnhlic. the ODerat- 1 * ?"? "* " x - , ing managements and labor shall be represented equally. That the public, the operators and the wage earners share equally all revenue in excess of the guarantee to private capital, by granting to the operators and the employes one-half the savings which are expected to be made by such a perfected organization, and the public the other half as consumers, either by increasing ser- , vice without adding costs or by re> ducing costs. Originates With Labor. ( "This role originates with labor," says the statement, "because labor J < ? - ^ , _* ? I * " Happens 10 nave urm urg<juuawuno through which it may become articulate." The trainmen are not represented in the statement because W. C. Lee, president of the brotherhood, was out of the city, but it was said they would . join in it. I The statement follows: i r "The innuendos in telegraphed i dispatches from Washington, appearing also in the speech of Representative Blanton, that the railroad un-; " "V./->1 ^/T. n-n rrtriorrocc art/-] ! r iUUS ai C UVlUlllg <yvng<Lvww ?.?. | the government," may as well cease. , This appeal is made to the American i people direct. It invokes the judge- j ment and common sense of public i sentiment, of all the public which j earns a wage or a stipend. We rec- i ognize that the only way in which we : j + can exist under the present system ! is to demand further increases in} k wages. But we agree with Represen-; ^ & iative Blanton that this affords but * * temporary relief. It does not offer ( a remedy. j v Remedy Offered. ( "Labor's bill, on the other hand, ( provides a remedy and we ask merely ( that its terms be scrutinized. Uur : full argument in support of these ' j terms will be represented on Wednes-! ( day before the House committee of j ( interstate commerce. In this state- j j ment we are sounding the note of our j basic peace. j j "That this role originates with la-; ( bor is merely because labor happens ! ( to have firm organizations through j j whichTit may become articulate. It is j ( not to benefit labor as labor alone;.; it is to benefit the consuming public, j * * * ' ' ? *- ?^ i 1 of winch labor at present is uxc auvn- j j Lie part. Labor's bill providing that i the public tc-ke over the railroads! 1 and establish a iri-partite control be- j 1 tween the public, the railroads' oper- j ating management and ti e e?nployes, i 1 the labor organizations of America | have established this new policy!! vhich envisages labor r.ot only as; >roducers. bat. also as consumers. j Overhaul Profit System. j "It marks the step by which or^an-1 zed labor passes from demands of | vage increase to demands that the : ystem of profits in industry be over- j lanled. Hitherto, during successive vage negotiations and arbitration I iwards, we have called for provision- j il settlements only of questions aris-: ng out of differences as to wages,; tours and conditions of labor. That j jrinciple of genuine cooperation and i partnership based upon a real com- j nunity of interest and particiption n control' of which President Wilson j las spoken to congress, has been ig- i lored both by labor and by private ! >wners of the railroads. "Wage increases which have been ' eceived in the past few years have esulted in the immediate increase of iving conditions. While these con- j * i 1 iitions have gone around tne cycie, i abor as producer loses the advantage ; >f the new wages through the addi- ' lional cost in prices as consumer, j Moreover, compounded profits taken! >n these wage increases, each cycle j >ecomes an upward spiral of costs j vhich the consuming public vainly! eaches to control. Eliminate Private Capital. "As the majority part of the ocn-1 ;uming public, labor is entitled to nembership on the directorate of (li ectors. As a producer of capital it s entitled to representation on tne ' lirectorate of the railroads. To cap- j tal which is the fruit of labor, we iow propose to adjust every obliga;ion. We demand that the owners of capital who represent only the finan-' :ial interests as distinguished from ' >perating brains and energy be reired from management, receiving! ^government bonds with a fixed in;erest return for ^very honest dollar hat they have invested in the railvay industry. We ask that the rail oads of the United States be vested 1 1 * ^- ^ *-r x 11.. 11 tne puoxic; maT? inose aciueii^ cnjaged in conducting that industry not :rom Wall Street, but from the rail oad offices and railroad yards and >ut on the lines, shall take charge of ;his service for the public. Rights They Claim. "These represent all the brains,; skill and energy that is in the busi- j less. They are entitled to that meas-1 ire of control which is equal to their j ibility and their responsibility for j aerating the transportation proper- | ;ies. Then, and then only, will the : service primarily be for the public, ! lot primarily for profits to speculate j md inflators of capital. As a means J :or accomplishing this end, we ask ; ;hat a lease be granted to a corpora- j ;ion created not for profit but for j 3ublic service. We ask that this corporation be controlled in its manage-1 ment by an equal representation of which industry is based. The public, ;he three fundamental interests upon : vrnvno+inor mnnacrers and wace earn- I /yvi.wvii0 ? 0 srs will then guarantee both the integrity of the investment required for the conduct of the industry and that return which induces it by investing, to enter the public service. / Share Earnings Equally. "The public as consumers and the operating managers and wage earners as producers having joined in that guarantee, will then share equally all earnings in excess of the amounts required to meet the guarantee. "This is provided by granting to j ;he wage earners and management, j >ne-half of the savings which they, ! ihrough their perfected organizations ;an make and by securing to the pubic the other half to be enjoyed by ;he consumers, either by increasing j ;he means of service without increas- j ing fixed charges or>by reducing the iost of the service which the machinery then in existence can render, rhus the cost of transportation is >n+r>r>io+;^si}iT7 rpHiirpH exactlv in nro >ortion as benefits accrue to the v~ lucers of transportation. Incre? j i | jaraing power of producers u.. ^ ;his system cannot be reflected ncreased costs; it must be balanced )y decreased costs Railroads Key Industry. "The railroads are the key indus;ry of the nation. They affect at once ;he price of every necessity. As increased transportation costs are re-j 'lected in the increased cost of all j commodities, so a reduction in those j commodities must be reflected by reluced prices. "We say this because of labor's nterest as consumer, as part of an vtroT?>vnT'ri?aT?pd rmhlic This statement )f principle we respectfully submit -o the American people." Chairman Cummins of the Senate nterstate commerce committee, tolay called a meeting for tomorrow to iiscuss railroad problems and deternine whether hearings shall be rejpened. Surgical Triumph. Boston Transcript. "And shall 3 be able to play the j ?iano when my bands heal?" asked ! he wounded soldier. ' Certainly, you will," said the doc- j tor. "Gee, that's great J I never could before." ' Constipated: bilious: dizzy; ?H Eh headaches: nervous: irri->. JS Kj table: "feeling bad all ^ jH| over". Whole system con- |B H- jested. "All plugged up." 19 I Dr. Thacher's I 1 Liver and Blood 1 I Syrup 1 B" is -what you need. It's a ill Eft* purely vegetable tonic and )jg l.-ioou punner. >unui.v ja.\c.- mw | | tive or thoroughly cathartic i i according to the dose. n It wakes up a lazy LIVER i I end keeps it "on the job". > | It induces healthy action of 31 | the KIDNEYS. It puts the |S j BOWELS in good condition fX i and keeps them that way. |B YOU need something of ]9 (this kind?and every mem- ]S ber of the family, from the jS children up, does too. Get n It at your drug store. V* "For two years I suffered with |fl Come kina of stomach trouble and indigestion. I tried several ifl remedies, but could get no re- jgM lief until I tried vour DR. JH THACHER'S LIVER AND BLOOD ? SYRUP. Two bottles cured me. |fl I have no trouble with my stomach now; can est anything I de- |H sire without fear."?Miss Fanni# SB Johnaon?Tenn. ,9 THACHER MEDICINE CO. 9 CkattanNfi, Tmn.. 0. (. A. yjM The Sheriff Upholds the Law. The Light. The negroes of Newberry county/* and in fact of the State, feel grateful indeed to Sheriff Blease for his manly stand in upholding the law I in Newberry last week, where a | worthless negro would have been j lynched had not th? sheriff been de- } % ' t 1 xl . i -kt - I terminea to upnoia me iaw. ino doubt. Governor Cooper's counsel gave strength to the peace officials, j Of course it was hte duty of the j sheriff to get his prisoner out of the j way of the indignant citizens, but even duty performed in such cases is a burden to be dreaded, and carries with it the risk of one's own ' life without conscientious approval. Its disgusting and harmful to the good thinking negroes, that so soon after the Denmark and Pomaria tragedies, and with the embers of race riots in Washington and Norfolk barely smouldering, and with lynch- j ings recorded every day or so from | ueorgia, Mississippi ux icacw, i,u see that a young negro soldier, reared in a Christian home and educated, i ! should so far forget his own good | family % name?mothers and sisters ?his santified, gray haired father, as to offer "insult to any woman." j What an era of bad feelings and i general troubles his foolish actions I would have caused, and in fact have I already engendered in the minds of many white people in Newberry notrrnoc f.ViPTP Rfttt.eT ; agaiuov wuv . that Elisha Harper, with his pro- j phetic name, had fallen a hero on [ the field of Flanders, passed with j the flu in French barracks or gasp! ed his last in an American camp, i than to come home and disgrace his I family, race and uniform in the State penitentiary by insulting any woman. The same remark holds; true of all or either of our four sons who were in the army. Its a shameful slander on the women of the negro race, that any ?' ^ tttah 1A r+r\ O TAimH WltVl HCglU mail VTVU1U gv UiVUiiu his pockets stuffed with white women's pictures. That of itself showed the foolish young Harper to be mournfully inclined in respect to the women of the race. As preachrs and teachers, negro leaders just a well speak out against this inination of some of our negro boys, .om the pulpit and class room. We advise the negro boys to throw to the flames the pictures of French girls or any other white women. How loud we negro men would curse, even old Harper, if our wives and daughters would gallop around with a pocket full of white men's pictures? The same is true of any negro that stalks around with white girls' pictures in his pockets. We advise the negroes to not send one word of sympathy nor one cent of aid to any negro that falls in Harper's class, insulting women and being fascinated and lured to crime by French girls' pictures. Young Harper was told, like other soldiers, ILLS RATS rvi?/">n -fhnf'c PAT.SWAP tVlP nlH reliable rodent destroyer. Comes in j cakes?no mixing with other food. Your money back if it fails. 25c size (1 cake) enough for pantry, kitchen or cellar. 50c size (2 cakes) for chicken house, coops, or small buildings. $1.00 size (5 cakes) enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by Newberry Hardware to., ana uiiaer & weens Co. 1 bailey Light is a complete unit?engine and generator? 16 cell storage battery. It supplies ample electricit lights, water pump, washing machines, sweeper, c separator, fanning mill, iron, etc. The grand average saving i oiled thus far is better the Many of *hese farmers admit they installed It the Lallev because their wives, sons and daugh- ters gave them no rest till they did- ke They weren't thinking so much of the sav- < ing. They simply couldn't get away from the conclusion that their wives and families were ] ^titled to the comfort, the education, the conveniences of Lalley-Light-and-power. is Now they are finding that Lalley is even more sp< than a wonderful comfort and convenience. Ask your Lalley dealer to show yott i experiences of Lai LALLEY LIGHT C( DETROIT, MICHIGAN ^ ^ ^ ... . t || Jalletj fight saves ume,sav SOUTHERN STATES SUPPL' Distribute riniints & Shealv. Litl TODQOCO VO. - .. NEVER was such right-handed-twofisted smokejoy as you puff out of a jimmy pipe packed with Prince Albert! That's because P. 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It isn't only women 1 " - i-L AMA J TTf Young negroes who have - black servants m inese uajs. mothers and kindred, can cast no and Mr. Brand were 01 further aspersion on the true wo- the train recently, men of the race, and no greater "You treat your co harm to forestall the uplift of the were a privileged ch< race, than the ever lurking desire to j Brand said, mess up with white neople. No wo- j ?As lonff as she is w men in the world are better and j pect to be well taken truer to negro men than negro wo-, plair/ed Mr. Brown. ?v. nm n?i/5 + /'< Iiq/!cC! VlV fVlO plpft.rif I n| C^liLi IV H?v*v o K' y , u i. v A, J "In a culinary way; chair route V,tb the negro that ?Not entire, sbe molest women of any other race. . ,. ' . ! m the police force., an | drives a coal cart an Subscribe to The Herald and News j heart is in our butcher' II Farmers Say I l l Lallev Saves I jjj^ 13 to 66 Hours fyl Per Week WS Doubt of the positive ' saving of Lalley Light ||^ has disappeared. 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