The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 27, 1920, Image 6
(The County fiterori)'
W. F. Tolley & L. H. Cromer, Jr.
Publishers.
Entered at the postoffiee at Kingstree,
S. C. as second class matter.
THURSDAY. MAY 27. 1920.
TIME FOR A REACTION
Along with what seems to be a nation-wide
tendency to cut prices on all
commodities and a tightening up on
the money situation by the national
banks of the country, there must inevitably
follow a falling off in the
demands for all classes of labor, skilled
and unskilled, and a consequent
decline in the present high rate de
manded in salary.
We believe that the average salaries
the past three years have been excessively
high and are still out of propotion
to the increased values on commodities
and material.-.
When the hurried work of the go\ ernment
construction, building and excavating
of all kinds at the great
cantonment sites was begun, an unusual
demand was at once created for
labor. The federal government needed
the work and the great undertakings
must of necessity be rushed to
completion regardless of cost in dollars
and waste in material. The work
was turned over to contractors on a
percentage basis?we'll say ten per
cent, of the total cost of all work performed
at Camp Jackson was paid to
contractors. The federal government
is alone responsible for the situation
today, the high cost 01 living ana tne
fabulous salaries exacted by jack-leg
mechanics of every description and
vocation. The government created
an incentive, and the contractors took
advantage of it by paying big prices
and running total costs into fabulous
sums, ten per cent, of which was their
pay.
In the first place a scarcity in all
branches of labor was caused by the
drafting of men out of their several
lines of occupation, and the supply
was soon unequal to the demand.
Work at the big government cantonments
was under way and must be
rushed to completion. Then the contractors
began to advertise for workmen,
offering unheard of salaries per
diem. In a short time it was known
far and wide that a day laborer could
Hfl Ia OH fnv crht-Vimiv
day; a jack-leg carpenter $8.00 to |
$15.00 for the same eight-hour day.
It was not long then before every
community was losing the small per
centage of labor the draft act had
not already taken. Farm hands left j
their employers to work for government
contractors, because $5.00 per
day was better than $1.50. Drivers
of delivery wagons who could use a
saw and hammer to the extent of
making a box or chicken coop quit,
his job (that for which he was best;
suited) and became a high priced carperter
on government work. Meantime
the men?the real workers of
the country?weie d) awing the meas-1
ly sum of $1.00 per, in addition to j
clothes and rations. They underwent
hardships, many were killed and died,
many more were maimed, injured, incapacitated
for life. The ranks in the i
field of labor were depleted and they j
have not and will not soon be roplen-.
ished. The cantonments have been j
completed, served their purpose and !
many of them demolished. Those
who worked on them have returned to
find employment as carpenters, plumbers,
etc., and realizing' the necessity
of the work to be done, they are de-1
manding from contractors and pri-!
vate builders a daily wage that is j
little short of the scale paid by the
government contractors when Uncle
Sam was footing the bill and "paying
the butcher" ten per cert.
This sort of thing cannot last much
longer. It is intolerable. The principle
is wrong and therefore must
sooner or later collapse. More pay,
shorter hours and less work has been
the cry of labor for the past two
years. In most instances their demands
have been unreasonable, but
acceeded to because of the importance
of the work in hand.
There has been a good deal of building
going on in this community the
past eight or twelve months and it is
estimated that the labor used in carrying
on the work has been at a
price equal to two-thirds of the total
cost, making the price of the material
/vwa f Ui??/ J or\i 1 neiiollt? tUn mon
U?CU WUCVimU) aiiu uouuu V Vtiv man j
who furnished the latter must wait
30 to 60 days for his money, while
the workman has been paid every
Saturday and frequently oftener.
The advice being handed out most
generally is to "increase production."
To do this labor is required, and with
the unreasonable demands, and the income
assessed by the federal govern-,
ment to add to the tiials and tribulations
of the producer, where is there
any incentive for him to increase production.
Recently many large manufacturing
plants have reduced their force or
suspended. Among these we might
mention the Ford Motor Co., one of
the largest automobile manufactur
ing plants on this continent. At the
Ford works, thirty thousand men have
been laid off.
I The idea has been advanced, and
perhaps properly so. that when the
laboring class become so persistent
and unreasonable in their demands is
for the employer-manufacturer to suspend
operations until they (the workmen)
come to their senses or be made
to see the injustice of their demands.
The coal miners took advantage of
the already critical situation the country
was in for coal when they put up
their demands last winter and ordered
a strike which caused untold suffering
and death for lack of fuel to keep
warmth in defenseless homes.
The public and large employers are
becoming disgusted with the situation.
It is felt that a climax has been reached
and the time for action has arrived.
Heme building is almost prohibitive,
farmers are handicapped and many of
them, rather than face the demands
of labor, have sold or rented out their
farms: production is being curtailed
to an alarming extent on account of
the constant and unjust demands of
labor, in short, the whole country is
beginning to feel asi never before, the
unreasonable, wanton demands of labor.
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News From Rome.
Rome. May 25.?Messrs James and
Clyde Barr of Leesville visited their
uncle, Prof. 0. M. Mitchell last weekend.
Mr. J. 13. Hemingway is visiting his
cousin, Dr. J. F. Munnerlyn, in Columbia.
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Misses Annie Wilson and Jean Hollis
of the Union High School faculty
spent the week-end at Hemingway
with Miss Carrie Baker.
Miss Nanna Bush of Columbia spent
the week-end with friends in the community.
Mr. J. M. Clyde visited Sumter,
Dovesville and Kingstree last week,
v Mrs. A. B. Hemingway, Jr., and little
daughter, Margaret, from Ridgeland
are visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Hemingway, Sr.
Mrs. N. G. Gonzales of Columbia is
visiting her cousin, Mrs. Beulah Dinkins.
Mrs. Fannie Munnerlyn has returned
from an extended visit at the home
of her son, Dr. J. F. Munnerlyn of
Columbia.
Miss Lucile Turbeville entertained
Saturday night in honor of Miss Nanna
Bush of Columbia. About forty of
the young people were there and spent
a delightful evening. The guests
were entertained with games, music
and contests. A delightful ice course
was served.
Miss Florence Hemingway has returned
from a visit to relatives in
Kingstree.
Messrs. W. C. Snowden, Bill Smith
and 0. M. Mitchell went to McColl
last week.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. II. H.
DuRant. known as "The Domitorv,"
a large twelve room house, was destroyed
by fire last Tuesday. The
nre siai'ieu lrum me siutc nuc auwuv
noon. Owing to the dry weather and
stiff wind the fire spread so rapidly
that nothing could be done to save
the house. The two buildings of the
Union High school were saved only
by the heroic efforts of those present.
Mr. DuRant expects to rebuild as soon
as possible.
Prof. 0. M. Mitchell left Tuesday
for an extended tour across the continent.
On the trip he will visit the
Grand Cannon in Colorado, Yellowstone
National Park, Chicago and
other points of interest.
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Florence to Vote on Bond Issue. ^
The question of issuing $450,000
worth of bonds to build good roads
will be submitted to the voters of
Florence couitty Tuesday, June 22, by
the board of county commissioners.
An election for this purpose was ordered
Tuesday and arrangements authorized
to place the matter squarely
before and up to the voters as to
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Last Friday afternoon J. W. Touchberry,
a mill operative at Columbia,
was seriously stabbed by his fatherin-law,
G. W. McManus.
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