The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 29, 1919, Page TWO, Image 2
COUNTRY FACES SITU
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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."
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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
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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
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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 ,
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?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.) ^
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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
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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.
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"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 !
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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 '
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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
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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."
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