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LABOR DEMANDS THAT j ^ RAILROADS BE FREED f FROM PRIVATE CAPITAL i J Officials Consider the Demand One i of Most Serious Country Has Been , \ Called to Face. S 1 Washington, Aug. 4.?Organized -v r labor came out today with the un- z equivocal, formal demand that pri- z vate capital be retired Ifcom the rail- i roads. 1 A tripartite control composed of j the public, the operating manage- j ment and the employes is demanded i instead. j i Addressed to the American public * * and signed by the engineers, the fire- 1 ? -Ll- - A J men, the conclucters ana ine Amen- can Federation of Labor, a formal statement was .issued announcing this 1 proposal which wpl be carried before 1 Congress Wednesday. , 1 ^ "It marks," says the statement, J "the step by which organized labor passes from demands for wage in- * creases to demand that the system of | profits in industry be overhauled." Serious Proposition. j This sentence sums up in a few ^ words the proposal of which there have been hints and indications, but i which is now lajd before the country' for the first time. Everywhere in c official Washington it is recognized as j the most serious and far reaching proposition the country will be called . j on to face. j Characterizing the proposal as: j "labor's bill," it is put forth as a', remedy for the high cost of living, ^ because the railroads are the key industry of the nation. It demands the trwYnarntirvn and "Dartner gClIUlllV WV|/V*MV?v?a x ship based on a real community interest and participation in control" j of which President Wilson spoke to i 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 railroads af the United States be vested in the public; that those actually en- j gaged in conducting that industry, j not from Wall street but from the railroad offices and yards and out on ; the railroad lines, shall take charge! of this service for the public." What Labor Demands. ? Briefly, labor's plan aemanas: That private capital be eliminated j from the railroads. j ' That the private owners receive j for them government bonds "with a fixed interest return for every honest dollar that they have invested." The tri-partite control heretofore referred to be established in corporations which shall lease the roads and in which the public, the operating managements and labor shrH be represented equally. That the public, the operators and the wage earners share equally all , revenue in excess of the guarantee to 1 Tvniva+o Mm'tfll. hv erantinsr to the! Jf * * r 7 ? v o ^ , operators and the employes one-half the savings which are expected to be ^ made by such a perfected organiza- . tion, 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 , happens to have firm organizations ( through which it may become articulate." The trainmen are not represented^ in the statement because W. C. Lee,! ( president of the brotherhood, was out: i . . , * * ! of the city, but it was said they wouia . ( join in it ! ] The statement follows: i 1 t "The innuendos in telegraphed j ^ dispatches from Washington, appear- j ing also in the speech of Representa- ( tive Blanton, that the railroad un- ( ions are "holding up Congress and . the government," may as well cease, j. This appeal is made to the American i people direct. It invokes the judge-1 { -l j ? n-F nvWir- ! Illt;lit ajiu tummvn scuot uj. y , sentiment, of all the public which ^ earns a wage or a stipend. We rec- j 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-1 ^ A tative Blanton that this affords but ^ ^ temporary relief. It does not offer < a remedy. j I Remedy Offered. ( "Labor's bill, on the other hand, ( provides a remedy and we ask merely ( that its terms be scrutinized. Our j * ? * j ? _ | full argument m support 01 tnese 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 whichTit may become articulate. It is j ( not to benefit labor as labor alone; ; it is to benefit the consuming public, j * 1 1 - ' * ic- -fVio ! oi Vvr.icn laoor ut jjicsciii/ jo mv ^ v*. ; . Lie part. Labor's bill providing: that i the public tike over the railroads } and establish a iri-partite control be-j 1 tween the public, the roilroads' oper- : ating management and ti e employes, i 1 the labor organizations of America j , have established this new policy! ] r vh'ch envisages labor not only as >roducers, but also as consumers. Overhaul Profit System. "It marks the step by which organzed labor passes from demands of vage increase to demands that the ivstem of profits in industry be over 1 XJ /J 11 v\ /v / ./?ACPn*rt Ici-UlfU.. niUiCi tu, uuiiu^; outv. cooi v w rage negotiations and arbitration iwards, we have called for provisiontl settlements only of questions arisng out of differences as to wages, lours and conditions of labor. That jrinciple of genuine cooperation and vartnership based upon a real comnunity of interest and particiption n control' of which President Wilson las spoken to congress, has been iglored both by labor and by private >wners of the railroads. - V -1- 1 "Wage increases wnicn nave uccu eceived in the past few years have esulted in the immediate increase of iving conditions. While these conlitions have gone around the cycle, abor as producer loses the advantage >f the new wages through the addi;ional cost in prices as consumer. Moreover, compounded profits taken )n these wage increases, each cycle becomes an upward spiral of costs vhich the consuming public vainly eaches to control. Eliminate Private Capital. " , i / J I. _ "As the majority part 01 me ocn>uming public, labor is entitled to nembership on the directorate of. directors. As a producer of capital it s entitled to representation on the lirectorate of the railroads. To captal which is the fruit of labor, we low propose to adjust every obliga;ion. We demand that the owners of capital who represent only the financial interests as distinguished from >perating brains and energy be re,ired from management, receiving ^government bonds with a fixed in;erest return for every honest dollar ;hat they have invested in the railvav industry. We ask that the railroads of the United States be vested n the public; that those actually engaged 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 busiless. They are entitled to that measure of control which is equal to their * *1 -1'X ? ibility and tneir responsiDim-y iui operating the transportation proper;ies. Then, and then only, will the service primarily be for the public, lot primarily for profits to speculate md inflators of capital. As a means for accomplishing this end, we ask ;hat a lease be granted to a corporation created not for profit but for public service. We ask that this corporation be controlled in its management by an equal representation oi which industry is based. The public, the three fundamental interests upon operating managers and wage earners will then guarantee both the integrity of the investment required for the conduct of the industry anc 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 al] garnings in excess of the amounts required to meet the guarantee. "This is provided by granting tc the' wage earners and management, one-half of the savings which they, ;hrough their perfected organizations :an make and by securing to the pubHe the other half to be enjoyed by the consumers, either by increasing the means of service without increasing fixed charges or?by reducing the cost of the service which the machingry then in existence can render. Thus the cost of transportation is automatically reduced exactly in proportion as benefits accrue to the producers of transportation. Increase in earning power of producers under this system cannot be reflected in increased costs; it must be balanced by decreased costs Railroads Key Industry. "The railroads are the key industry of the nation. They affect at once :he price of every necessity. As increased transportation costs are reflected in the increased cost of all J.'i.'?? ?~ r? a-n l'rt +V?aco 'orxiiuyuiciea, su o. icuutoiuu m wiu^v. commodities must be reflected by reluced prices. "We say this because of labor's nterest as consumer, as part of an overburdened public. This statement )f principle we respectfully submit ;o the American people." Chairman Cummins of the Senate nterstate commerce committee, toiay called a meeting for tomorrow to iiscuss railroad problems and determine whether hearings shall be reopened. C * ? 1 T_: U JUrgir<tf i nuiupi'. Boston Transcript. 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No . doubt Governor Cooper's counsel gave strength to the peace officials. : Of course it was hte duty of the sheriff to get his prisoner out of the j way of the indignant citizens, but ,' even duty performed in such cases ' '* " I" ? ?^^ ^ VkA Arl or\/1 r? c r_ IS H UU1UCU IU UC Ul cautu, Ciliu tui ! ries with it the risk of one's own life without conscientious approval. ' | Its disgusting and harmful to the j good thinking negroes, that so soon ! j after the Denmark and Pomaria tragi: edies, and with the embers of race i ' ! j riots in Washington and Norfolk ;! barely smouldering, and with lynch: j ings recorded every day or so from I lieorgia, Mississippi or lexas, lo see ' that a young negro soldier, reared in a Christian home and educated, should so far forget his own good : family * name?mothers and sisters > ?his santified, gray haired father, l as to offer "insult to any woman." j What an era of bad feelings and j general troubles his foolish actions I I would have caused, and in fact have j ' l already engendered in the minds of many white people in Newberry +u j agaixiat/ tuc ncgi wy?v> that Elisha Harper, with his pro! phetic name, had fallen a hero on the field of Flanders, passed with ' the flu in French barracks or gaspt ed his last in an American camp, j than to come home and disgrace his j family, race and uniform in the > | State penitentiary by insulting any j woman. The same remark holds j true of all or either of our four sons j who were in the army. j Its a shameful slander on the woI men of the negro race, that any i negro man would go around with 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 preach1 ? 1 i--i x j ers ana teacners, negro leaaers ju'si, as well speak out against this inclination of some of our negro boys, from 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 i men's pictures? The same is true of j 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, jj^ILLS RATS and mice?that's RAT-SNAP, the old reliable rodent destroyer. Comes in 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 j buildings, or factory buildings. ! Sold and guaranteed by Newberry j Hardware Co., and Gilder & Weeks ' Co. \ Lalley Light is a complete 16 cell storage battery, iifhts, water pump, wa, separator, fa The gra piled th Many of *J*ese farmers the Lalley because their I! ters gave them no rest til f They weren't thinking [ ing. 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