The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 26, 1916, Page PAGE NINE, Image 9
WAGE
Shall they be determined by
industrial Warfare or
Federal_inquiry?
To the American Public:
Do you believe in arbitration or indus
trial warfare?
The train employes on all the railroads
are votingwhether they will give thei leaders
authority to tie up the commerce of the
country to enforce their demands for a 100
million dollar wage increase.
The railroads are in the public service
your service. This army of employes is in
the public service-your service.
You pay for rail transportation 3 billion
dollars a year, and 44 cents out of every
dollar from you goes to the employes.
On all- the Southern railroads in 1915, seventy-five per cent of the
train employes earned these wages (lowest, highest and average
of all) as shown by the payrolls
Passenger Freight Yard
Range Average Range Avnrag I Range Average
Engineers . $197 1916 $156
3810 $2306 350 $1916 y? $1566
Conductors 152 1847 1353 1580 705 1245
2696 2358 17,949
Firemen 943 1209 649 979 406
1652 1638 1302
Brakemen. 95 1109 755 958 754 9
1736 1854 1405 990
The average yearly wage payments to all Southern train em
ployes (including those who worked only part of the year) as
shown by the 1915 payrolls were
Passenger Freight Yard
Engineers . . . . . . $2144 $1712 $1313
Conductors . . . . . 1723 1488 1157
Firemen . . . . . . 1096 865 688
Brakemen. . . .. . . 1013 845 868
A 100 million dollar wage increase for
men in freight and yard service (less than
one-fift' f all employes) is equal to a 5 per
cent advance in all freight rates.
The managers of the railroads, as trustees
for the public, have no right to place this
burden on the cost of transportation to you
without a clear mandate from a public tri
bunal speaking for you.
The railroads have proposed the settle
ment of this controversy either under the
existing national arbitration law, or by refer
ence to the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. This offer has been refused by the'
employes' representatives.
Shall a nation-wide strike or an
investigation under the Gov
ernment determine this issue?
National Conference Committee of the Railways
ELISH A LEFE, Chairman. A. S. aGIEF, ,,,..,a ner..h'..,.,
P. Ri AIiuti(;ilr C.,n'i .lfhnoger, C . ot. & San Fran ,i ro italiroad.
eL tr W. ltllWN e crg ta nr~r, Aiehlaan, 'Togwka & Santa Fe iliilwayp.
C. L. ltAil)D, can't Manager, Wari. nllke riliioad.
New York, New Eluven & nartford illroad. N.). ia'Veint
Wuw H a rtviie Suh arlia
P.1~ ciW~V.,E,. W'e.raleg . SIKES PrsidOlt a~en .J'e.
Aw~,r h.irh girade insttuti fo yuniig iiwomen.
Msi.i Dometiay Science it.iPhsica Cl
.W.treti, t.We*l endoed. Ne bu ildg, md' I,..&Coder Anag,
and~jsk upto-d atewa. Worh o e e alf-ilin.Sea
artagland outho Cawsrina.t
E. SKES W.rGARETTDen
Ao o hihea d insitip oryongwoen
Corss eain tte rsiveaou acaeic, udgs.ytr
Muic oTsbhced 4stnar Physial Centhnng-oi
tue.WelRndwe.e'S buiTlcings moN3drnvsu
and uptoThate.t' orp aaercethe b h lf-ilon bulSthe y
Fotctaoganbo of vrie rte orutanchdr,,
S.W ARET en
A TRELESS WAR
The Uwrmirfj SZ e Btw.ee
tMo Sea and the Sh..
VICTO EES CN BOTH SEDES,
Some.tirne-s tho Ccoan Laslha i:s Way
Thrt.r;h R.cky Cliffs, and &ame.
times the Wind and Land Combinn
to FAt the Billws &a(k to Defeat.
It Is a trute 1ss war that the water.
of th% worl tue alig a:ga2ist Its
i2lnds. .lohn Oliver La'oie. asINdb-t1.
editor of tihte N:atioal Gevgrahie :lh. St
elety, las prepa. red for that insttu
tion a study of this strik:ing stiru ,
betwvcen the earth111 2a.1'*the sea with the
shoIres linets ot' Ihe w vohrlb as t he 1fia
Iilung tlieater of war.
\ eter ta liniog *ieu:tdtn i t the fact
that the provss es which have tra:
for11ed( the polar reglonls from2 tiot'. ;
Jungles of tropical g'owith into litanil
of pe rpetual i ce inod snow , w hit h hav t
brou)4ghL the lops of' liuotnitains to tIte
bottoin of the sea and1 the Iottom oI
the sen to tihle tops of 1n0111211iuS. are
still going cu. iltitutglh tle ha tds
upolt the fie of the 'lock of gefology
movo so slowly that We enl11not pcrcelv1e
their tuovernent, .\lt. La~orce con
t inmues:
"A (. lon e' c'oast line on the ftace
of tlle earth there is Iperpet1al wa Iare
betttween the h~ual an1l the sea. withi the
w\1ind ats the si ifiilug 1ine, now throw.
ing its weight .ilt itiblance off th'
Onte Sthle and01 now 1on the other. Iitre
the land is taking the off11en1sive, dri vinig.
the( sea imek"I foot by foot, I aays with
the idtil of the : ind; ther., the sea mlar-'
shais it great de:ve :uiii cats its way
lwari d V.J ,lowlly :nd2 blaboriously, but
littL' the less suet ossi ally.
"The vw\arying fo"rtuntes oft this rt~lent
less :anl : e Iotg wor which ueltlher'
.nlru's f1ow tIreatl w fll -ver hiing to nii
endl cant be rl inl th shtiftintg sanids
of the seashore. At manyut points atlong
the t uast of it n0or'thelastetn states are
found bdbl clih's, and the entargi ng sear
atttacks the';n wtith the shot and shell
of loos'e shinlel. Soite of themu hiow
ofloe:ttgt.i~mfleu 11vever. atre adlanuitut and fimlpregttable in
their frontal fitllIt Uhl f t tle hlhl out
aLtin tst t s0i'st siete, but I etweenl
theta have occurred streftches of softer
rock whlkh have beven literally pound.
ed to dust by the ov3e1nn's heavy artil
1ry, thus permitting 1lanik attacks on
the hiitherto uncolquered lefeuses.
"Along the southeastern coast. how
ever, the rock bound clif lis the excep
io011 and the long stretches of glittering
sand the rutle. hlere the sandy beach
reaches out farther and farther into
the sear, and the water is thus emabled
to penetrate farther and farther Into
the la1nd( because the a1ttck of the sea
is usually a frontal movement and that
of the fand frequently at wedge attack.
'T'hus we can account for the iong
straight shore on the one hand and the
split on the other.
"The fornation of the be:tch immnedii
ately guarded by the ('ape Hlenry light
is not chlaIg!ng so raphily 21s is the
case only at few mriles fln either side be
cause of its somewhat irotected posi
tion, di to the m any sand bar.-: o' reefs
far out frmuil sho'e whiichi, acting :as the
ilrst trenlches, serve to break th sharge
of the white h'o'se, f I'':tther Neptune
as5 thley da~shl inl from tihe (((ean, 22nd,211
because2t' this11 knowledget of I efense~t)
biy tilt defenderl since thet (Ji 4 list wVe
erected.
"'Itockawayn be't. iion l1' ui5:2011
grows wes5 tar 2(1 the 212'ate If Ie2.:y
a1 mlile ever'y twenlty year's. At NaIg
I10ead, N. C., th huld. 1( ihas' (etende
into thle self Ift fte'l rt of' tihity-five
f'eet a year. In1 W i Dlr. NahIo~el
1 fowudithre pared311 'tt LI eh1:2 rl oi' f 11alem
soudinh~ gs3 over varI'lIliou ioges oft rolck.
Ninety yeartfIs Iater' sin111111b 522r ( soundgs
were~ talken, 12itd1 in aill ca2sels thle wat~er
Was ilfoud to ibe conl)elljIi~'leeler',
once agoa1n tellIig tile Ial of endle121Itss
wain 'lgs.
'"On2 the1 shor~e of Cape~: Co I, near I
Chantham II, Ite Ihand is r'eireat ing nt theIi
raOte of ai foot ai year, 1m2a1 on1 the south1.
('Il shlore o1 f 2arth1s Vline(yard it is~
givin~g up1 the fighlt to tilt enem'11y at tile
rafto of' three' feet ever2y welve mo1nths11,
while 01n tilt soulthern face of' Nan-.
tucket tile retrea2t has1 bieen as5 muIIch as
six feet a yeari, tihe records tell us.
"12n Its inlcessanlt wafare~l't aigalust tilt
land tilt sea1 llterally tafkes its ca1p
turied hosts and1 Kl mkes them21 do battle
under its commanl12d. TheII bowiders thagt
are shattered from theo face of a clifl'
are dashed up1 agahllst it aIgain anud
aigain, hammelllring Others loose, tihe
Wile bleing wVorn round andt smlooth
as5 tile projectie of big guns5 mu1st be.
As the process goes 0n thlese huige
shells are worn down and crumbled UnI
til thlere remlalns nothin~g to tell the
story of forced fightinlg against their
OWnI stronighold save grains of sand on
somel distant beach or tile soft carpet
spread uIpon the floor of tile sea many213
fathloms deep).
"11ow rapidly thisg process goes on1 is
somnetmes strikingly shiowni. A schoon1.
er laden witih briecs is beacedt on1
somle bar1Ie shore inI a storm11. TheIse
bricks art' rol led and1( tuinled a diis.
talne ofr live mile1s Of' so in tile course5
of a year, and11 by that timne attritionl
11a2 uIsualily comlpieted its work. Au.
thi'ties say3 thaIt (il thle shore's of
Cape Ann a fragment of stone as bIg
as a nail keg has been worn1 comlhete
ly round by Its Ccnlstant turniung durIng
the0 course of but flye years.''
A propensity to hope and joy Is real
riches, one to fear and morrow real
povert7.-.Hnmalb
HISTORY AS IT IS TAUGHT.
A Ploa Por Really Neutral Textbooks
In Evry Country.
Iliu'y In e"Ory counJ1tjry Is'so tagti
its to nnv~igilfy tait M mntry. Children
e'rn to K'Thae iu that theIr own cotuitry
bas bcef) ru1'wyiss in the right anrd al.
luost tilwilys ritoirious, that it has pro
d(tieve B.ltaot all the great mnn ani
that it is hi till 1'esil'cts supIerhIur to
all cttrer coultries. Sluce these bo.
lhefs are ibn.tierhig they are easily ab
ortbed and ii'lly ever dislxlged frotn
InIStilt by later kniowledlge.
To take a s'iij:I anld almost tri-hil
examlen : Tire facts about the battle of
Waterkoo are known hi great detail
and with minute accurney, but the
facts as taught in elementary schools
will be widely different 111 England.
Perance an11l Gierinauny. The ordin-ry
l nglish Iboy linagites that the Prus
ilas played hardly any irt; the ordi.
airy Gerimn boy innr1gines that Vel
lin'-ton w is 1u-tically defea1ted when
the day was r'etrieved by ilusher's gil.
lantry. If the f-ts w e're tWight a.
cur'ately in bi, thi Eo)lutiies ntational
prble w1")t]id not le fosrtered to the
watre eilenIt. neither nation would feel
so certain of victory in the event of
wallr and the willingniess to light w"oul1
be dininishiied.
ft is this result whilch ha to be pre.
vented. IEvery sta't 'wislies to foster
national pride anl is conscious that
this cannot be done by unbilased iis
tory.
'The derenseless children are taught
by distortionus and supprissions and
Suggestlons. The false Ideas as to the
history of the World which are tauglbt
in the Var'ious; countries are of i kind
which fosters strife and serves to keep
alive a bigoted init ionitsali.
if good relationt bet ween states were
desireid one of the fi'st steps ought to I
be to suinljt :ll teaching of history to
iln init.rn:atiointl co10uission which
shoul plrtluc e nelit ntl te'x tlX)oks free
from the Init rl:otle bias which is noV
den:anded everylh'lere.-13ertrand Rus-i.
sell inl Atan ie Monthly.
SCENIC BEAUTY OF ALASKA.
A Grand Panorama That Reaches Its
Climax In Mount McKinley.
A c(ar'eflI reading of lit erature per.
taining to Aiskat prepared toue in part
for what the Journey \was bound to dis.
close, bit s0eing is the only sense that
cll give knowlodge arnd scutre apri)e
clation of the grandeur, the sublilty,
the faseintilg beauty of liountain,
seat, stlean, iord. falls. islands, for
ests, cloud and tile glorious color ef
fects Whlich the da;:.ling rays of the
s1un bring Into existence. In connee.
tioti with all these is a .land of en.
chantlment for all who love and canl ap.
preeiate nature.
Cook inle., with its arms nid reach.
es, hats 1nany11 bweildering chinnels, re.
suiting froin the nunierous rugged is.
laids. The forbidding and enibattled
shores rising 1nto lofty mountains and
at present swat hel in whiite alinost to
the water's edg possess a virility, a
grandeur and subiiility which require
the Inost poetic linagination and most
facile pent even faintly to portray. The
grand panor1na:3 reaches its cllinax In
.oit .McKinley, Inonarch of the
Norti AnlIerica oitinent. With its
altitude of 2O.-(4) feet it stands aloine
in lofty pride and is distinctly visible
froin the vessel nlotwirthslading the
v ery great di!stance. 'Tills fact well
establishes the qiuality of the clarilied
annl llViolrating atinosphiler'e or this
far 3't ir coutry '3.
be:uty would searicely serve as a pro
hide to thle sitrpaptssinig granlldeur' antd
Ioveliness of 113e 33n13ny thousand1 Is
lhids that3. adorn ihe 3,K%0 iilles or
A lsktan coast. Tlhe tllords of' Norwayo
thle arf1an iledl glaeiers of' Switz/erland,
eaut ('o3nare 30witih their'. couniter
Parts to be Ioianal inl Ailak: lai 1113
boer, var'iety, size, color elfect and all
the luzalitles that3 give charm to these
w~orks of 11tilre.-lIon. A. l>,arton 1101).
burn in [.esle's.
Eggs and Onions.
If less 113ent, shl iiiiwe eat sup ierboiled
eggs 111103 thie inannler of tile Albai
aus? ItI testi lies to 111 he tength of' theIr
anid 01 oitns ar e bi led to get her t'r
abou thre1 ile hour ls dily 11 n (ten1CI suc'es
slve day s, the( en :s helii slighty 13rie11k.
ed aifteor etachI biill 5o tht3 thle jutlee of'
thet (1311031 thorolaughly3 ierI'enle thn 13.
TIhtey are)311 uliirally as ha:rd as. buillets
at the 031(d of t hIs t rea tlnent, but 113 Al.
bailai will bolt dIown a huge la3tfuil
hlelped down, by3 lsings of' olive oil.
anad thenl(il hrnior for a1 second( he'lpg.
Windward and Leeward Islos.
The Leewaird islands are so called
because they are less exp~osed to thle
prevallng niorthieast trade winid than
the WVindward isinlds near by, while
the Windward Islands in turn derive
their nane fromn the fact that they are
the most exposed to these winds of ali
the Lesser Antilles.
The Suro Tip.
"Ilow did you get dtat new suit?"
"hind a surie ti) 0on a1 horse race."
"I never kniew~ one or those sure tips
to pall out."
"Neith~er dlid I. So I didn13't play it,
l'ut the0 33noney, into tis suit instead."
--Louisville Courier-.Journiai.
A Boost.
"Do yotu tinkli you can get alonlg on
my salatry of fourteen a weekg"
"Whiy, cer'talily, dlovey. As an altlowv.
aunce now lutlpa 0only gives mec ten."
Loulsville Couriler-Journal.
Tropical Vegetation.
Freshly cut fenceposts anid telegraph
poles often start growving again when
set up in the tropics, and vine roots of.
ten disrupt masonry.
SBE" OLD AN
. )ENLESS IS A
1PAGEDY
ii ' AR E YOU PUTTINC
ONEY IN THE
ANK FOR THE~
L O)ECE MBER
F YOUR
d4 / 3 \ "; ,' r i
01.
There is nothing rnore pitidI than the s ght of
OLD AGF entirely dependent on the ass stnr.e and
charity of others. Yet. many go , Ja after
day, week after week, letting money slip through
their fingers that they shcA:! bo :1r'g t:r in the
bank to keep ther comfortable a..d ir.depenernt
when their EARNNG POE' lEg.R o ,s zne: Why dofnt
YOU start a bank accouf(NOW?
'YJR Ba nk Y( l ' .
Enterprise Nationa! Bank o Lre
N. R. DIAL, Pros G. H ROPE, R>.Kr
FIFTEENTH ANN UAL
EXCURSION
TO
VIA
C.1N.& L. and SEABOARD
FRIDAY, JULY 28
The Following Rates and Schedules will apply:
Lv. Columbia Gervais St. Station 11:25 A. M $3 50
Kinard ..1 P. M 8 0
Goldlville 1;;P ... 80
Laurens.........22P.....0
Clinton.. . -2* .M 0
ARRIV ATLNTA .0 P. M.
ARIATLANTA
8.00ana83 P .Wensa AugstM.d
Tickdetslte for rtun ual n a Agt at 1916
meTiokedtat go v renn nalrglrtan
E. A. TARER, C. A. J. S. ETCHEBERGER, T. P. A.
(. N. & L. Railway Seaboard Air Line
1120 Taylor Street 1440 Arcade, Phone 574
Columbia, S. C. Columbia, S. C
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