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LABOR DEMANDS THAT j ^
RAILROADS BE FREED f
FROM PRIVATE CAPITAL
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Officials Consider the Demand One i
of Most Serious Country Has Been , \
Called to Face. S
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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
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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!
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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
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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 {
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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"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.
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"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
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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.
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! The negroes of Newberry county/
and in fact of the State, feel grate
ful indeed to Sheriff Blease for his
manly stand in upholding the law
in Newberry last week, where a
. worthless negro would have been
lynched had not the sheriff been de,
termined to uphold the law. 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
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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
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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,
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