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COUNTRY FACES SITU MORE Wage Demands of Railway She Wilson Until Conditions Bei Public and Washington, Aug. 25.?Here is the ment to the railway employees' depart Labor today: "We are face to face with a situati happiness and prosperity, and even th< self. "We have iiow got to do nothing lei labor of every kind back to a norma known to history, and the winter just finitely greater than the war brought i process. "An admirable spirit of self sacrifice inanity action guided and inspired us i need all of these now, and need them : accomplish the first tasks of peace. 'They are more difficult than the U easily understood?and require more i: "We mobilized our man-power for t brain-power and our consciences for tl mean national disaster." * +4 <$ J- TO THJ^ SHOPMEN. <$ < - $ ? WWWVVVVVVV ^ N 1 , Washington, Aug. 24.<?The president in his statement to the, repre- < sehtative8 of the shopmen said: ] "Gentlemen > WI request that yon lay this critical matter before the men in a new light. 1 The vote they have taken was upon i the question whether they should in- i sist upon the wage increase they were 1 asking or consent to the submission i of their claims to a new tribunal, to i be constituted by new legislation. . That question no longer has any life i in it. Such legislation is not now r. in contemplation. I request that you ? ask the men to reconsider the whole 1 t V* matter in view of the following con- i siderations, to which, I ask their { thoughtful attention as Americans t and which I hope that you will lay be- 1 fore them as I here state them. 1 Requires Self-Sacrifice. j < "We are face to face with a situ- 1 . ation which is more likely to affect < the happiness and prosperity and < r even the life of our people than the i war itself. We have now got to do I nothing less-than bring our industries , ,aud our labor of every kind back to i a normal basis after the greatest up- c iioavol Vnniim +n Jiiofnrv onH flip wi?. j ter just ahead of us may bring suffering infinitely greater than the war f brought upon us if we blunder or ] fail in the process. An admirable j spirit of self-sacrifice, of patriotic de- 3 ; votion and of community action ^ guided and inspired us while the c fighting was on. We shall need all ( these now and need them in a height- z ened .degree, if we are to accomplish f the first tasks of peace. These are c more difficult than the tasks of war , % ?more complex, leafs easily under- ? stood?and require more intelligence, s patience and sobriety. We mobilized our man piower for the fighting, let us now mobilize our brain power and \ 6itr consciences for the reconstruc- A - tion. If we fail, it will mean nation- f al disaster. .The primary first step ( is to increase production and facilitate transportation* so as to make up ^ ^ostni.^inn wmnorht hv the . war, the terrible scarcities it created; ! and so as soon as possible relieve our ^ people of the cruel burden of high j prices. The railways are at the center of this whole process. After the Prifiteer. "The government has taken up 1 with all its energy the task of bring- \ ing the profiteer to book, making the ' 3tocks of necessaries in the country J available at lowered prices, stimulating the production and facilitating c x distribution and very favorable re- * salts are already beginning to ap- * near. There is reason to entertain ( the confident hope that substantial relief will result and result in increasing measure. A general increase c in the levels of wages would check and might defeat all this at its very , beginning. Such increases would in- ^ evitably raise, not lower the cost 6f c living. Manufacturers and producers ^ of every sort would have innumerable additional pretexts for increa3 ing profits and all efforts to discover 1 s and defeat profiteering would be hopelessly confused. I believe that * the present efforts to reduce the cost of living will be successful, if no new elements of difficulty are thrown in the way; and I confidently count up- * on the men engaged in the service of the railways to assist, not obstruct, f it is much more in their interest to 1 do this than to insist upon wage in- ? creases which will under everything (Continuted on page six.) ^ i Why I rut Up With Kats tor Tears" |f Write# N. Windsor, Farmer. ! i "Years ago I bought some rat pois- j r on, which nearly killed our fine ! \ watch dog. It so scared us that we i * suffered a long time with rats until;3 ay neighbor icM me about RAT- j < JNAP. That's the sure rat killer ;.nd a safe one." Three sizes, 25'.:,'' Oc, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by. Cilder & Weeks Co. ^ . . - : I ATION SERIOUS THAN WAR ipmen Postponed by President come Normal?Appeals to Shopmen. keynote of President Wilson's statement of the American Federation of on which is more likely to affect the e life of our people than the war itss than bring our industries and our J basis after the greatest upheaval ahead of us may bring suffering inlpon us, if we blunder or fail in the ; e, of patriotic devotion and of comffhile the fighting was on. We shall in a heightened degree, if we are to isks of war?more complex and less ntelligence, patience, and sobriety, lie fighting; let us now mobilize our le reconstruction. If we fail, it will I . 7 S> TO THE PUBLIC <$> > <S> Washington, Aug. 25.?The presi ient's statement addressed to the public follows: j "My fellow citizens: "A situation has arisen in connec-! don with the administration of the railways which is of such general significance that I think it my duty! ;o make a public statement concernng it, in order that the whole counxy may know what is involved. "The railroad shopmen have de- j nanded a large increase in wages, i fhey are now receiving fifty-eight, i fixty-three and sixty-eight cents per| lour. They demand eighty-five cents1 )er hour. This demand has been i riven careful and serious considera-1 ;ion by the board which was consti- ; ;uted by the railroad administration ;o adjust question of wages, a board ionsisting of an equal number of representatives of employes and of the >perating managers of the railroad ; companies. This board has been unible to come to an agreement and it ] las therefore devolved upon the di-j wtflr ottvnAifil nf railroads and mv-1 self to act upon the merits of the ase. - "J Case Not Parallel. . I "The shopmen urge they are en- i litled to higher wages because of the ligher wages for the present received j >y men doing similar work in ship- j rards, navy yards and arsenals, as' veil as in a number of private inlustrie8, but 1 concur with the director general in thinking that there is to real basis of comparison between he settled employment afforded mehanics by the railroads under living conditions as various as the location md surroundings of the railway (hops themselves and the fluctuating I employment afforded in industries j exceptionally and temporarily stimuated by the war and located almost vithout exception in industrial centra where the cost of living is high-1 isi. "The substantial argument which ;he shopmen urge is the very serious ncrease in the cost of living. This s a very potent argument indeed. But the fact is that the cost of living las certainly reached its peak and vill be probably lowered by the efforts which are now everywhere beng concerted and carried out. It will certainly be lowered so soon as there ire settled conditions of production ind of commerce, that is so soon as i he treaty of peace is ratified and in >peration and merchants, manfactur>rs, farmers, miners all have a cerain basis of calculations as to what heir business will be and what the! :onditions will be under which it! nust be conducted. The demands ?f the shopmen, therefore and all imilar demands are in effect this: "That we make increase in wages, l yhich are likely to be permanent, in rder to meet a temporary situation } vhich will last nobody can certainly! ell how long, but in all probabilities >nly for a limited time. Increase in rages will, moreover,* certainly reult in still further increasing the! :osts of production and, therefore, he cost of living and we should only lave to go through the same process tgain. Any substantial increase ofj yages in leading lines of industry at! his time would utterly crush the gensral campaign which the government j s waging, with energy, vigor and( nkutnntiol linno tn Tftdlice ! IUWbaXiWi?4 HV|/V Vf* ? ? ? J be high cost of living. And the in:reases in the cost of transportation vhich would necessarily result from i ncrease in the wages of railway em-' iloyes would more certainly and more immediately have that effect than j ?ny other enhanced wage cost-;. Only i y keeping the cost of production on ts present level, bv increasing pro and hv eeOTlOTllV flTid ' 1U ? ~j ivIt-t; cn tho part of the people can ve hope for large decreases in tht ;: L'.r.nr.s cost vf living which new weights us down." !j "The director general of railroads and I have felt that peculiar responsibility rests upon us because in determining this question we are not studying the balance sheets of corporations, but in effect determining the burden of taxation which must fall upon the people of the country in general. We are acting not for private corporations, but in the name of the government and the public, and must assess our responsibility ilCCUrUUlglJfi rvi iti IB uciuici msv nor feasible to take care of the increases in the wages of railroad employes at this time by increasing freight rates. It is impossible at this time, until peace has come and normal conditions are restored, to estimate what the earning capacity of the railroads will be when ordinary conditions return. There is no certain basis, therefore, for calculating jwhat the increases of freight rates should be, and it is necessary, for the time being at any rate, to take care of all increases in the wages of railway employes through appropriations from the public treasury. Would Postpone Action. "In such circumstances it seems clear to me, and I believe will seem clear to every thoughtful American, including the shopmen 1 themselves when they have taken a second thought, and to all wage earners of every kind, that we ought to post pone questions of this sort until nor-1 mal conditions come again and we have the opportunity for certain calculations as to the relation between wages and the cost of living. It is the duty of every citizen of the country to insist upon a truce in such contests until intelligent settlements can be made, and made by peaceful and effective common counsel. I appeal to my fellow citizens of every j employment to cooperate in insist-, ling upon and maintaining such a l truce and to cooperate also in susj taining the government in what I con- j j ceive to be the only course which! ! conscientious public servants can | | pursue. Demands unwisely made j i and passionately insisted upon at this I I time menaces the peace and pros- j perity of the country as nothing else j could, and thus contribute to bring j about the very results which such j domands are intended to remedy. j "There is, however, one claim made j by the railway shopmen which ought to be met.. They claim that they are j not enjoying the samb advantages! that other railway employes are en-| joying because their wages are cal-! culated upon a different basis. The, wages of other railway employes are . I based upon the rule that they are to j receive for eight hours' work the I I same pay they received for the long| er work day that was the usual standj ard of the pre-war period. This claim is, I am told, well founded and I concur in the conclusion of the director general that the shopmen ought to be given the \ additional four cents an hour which the readjustment asked for will justify. There are certain other adjustments, also, pointed out in the report of the director general, which ought in fairness to be made, and which will be made. , "Let me add, also, that the position which the government must in conscience take against general increases in wage levels while the present exceptional and temporary circum " --f -*VM_ I i stances exist win 01 cuuioc uv? ! elude the railroad administration j j from giving prompt and careful con-, j sideration to any claims that may be' ! made by other classes of employes j , for readjustments believed to be j | proper to secure impartial treatmentj I for all who work in the railway service. / i , "Woodrow Wilson." ^ Both Busy. Normal Instructor. A teacher met two of his scholars, One of them said, "Please, sir, we j i can't go to school tomorrow morning! 1 because we're going to have a tooth 1 out." Failing to see why both should go i to have one tooth pulled, the teacher j said, "But what's Bill going for?" 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V , f Loans and Investments ... $1,02 Liberty Bonds and Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness ... 2C United States Bonds .... 1( Gash and doe from Banks aBd Doited States Treasury ... 12 $1,4S THE NATIONAL I B. C MATTHEWS, ? President. Pmintv Member F / \ EEL Y CRI >lutely Rat I ? roiecuon against iter, Thieves and Fire > ? quote you prices oi ibs from 100 to 3,00i > , apacity. V i VIATTH 1 lewberry, S. C. * . V * * M ; V : 1844 sed Stater OF [I Bank of N ry, South Caroli the Comptroller of the Cu t the Close of Business ? LIA1 !0,518.4$ Capital Stock . . . / Surplus aod Undivided Pro 17,210.00 ' * Deposits .... 10,000.00 Dividends unpaid . . Bids Payable (secured b] Bonds) . . . 16,697.79 Bills Payable and Redisco ' 'f i4,426J27 BANK OF NEWBE T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. and Citv E ederal Reserve Syst e> / B5! Proof 1 - /*> j i .. *$> jO " ' 3 k * ... /> \ B /. : ' )' ; . T. >" * ' \ . * y y* - * v \ > ' ' EWS <1 ? 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