The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 20, 1920, Image 4
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The Sumter Watchman was found?
ed la 1100 and the True Southron in
so. The Watchman and Southron
has the combined circulation s M
nonce ef both of the old papers,
s) la manifestly the best advertising
edium In Sumter.
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Clothing manufacturers, forced to
lower prices l.. induce the public tc
buy their product and keep the fac?
tories running, declare that they can?
not make the ascsssai > r-.Mluetmns un?
less their production Is materially in
hraased. That puts the matter up to
Ahe employees.
. The anme position is taker., with ap?
parent Justice, in siveral other In
' duntrte*. and may b** taken ??y ull in?
dustries sooner or later7. First the
employer's prolltecrinaj hns to be
?UmInated. where It exists; then, find?
's tog himself down to hard-pun. it h
natural for th ? employer to auk hi>
workmen to shite the burden.
That burotn can be shared In two
way* The workmen can lower th?
cost of production by speeding u,
their work, as employers nave been
s urging them to do, or they can ac
eapt a reduction in wages..
One or the (ther Is Inevitable, h
they do neither, there will be oloseu
factories and. In great numbers o"
cases, no work at all
It la always a question to what ex
tent the workrna can or sho \U\ in?
crease hts output. It Is wide!) ad?
mitted that th te was a good deal or
easing up on the par*, of tabor during
the tnot year or two Now most ol
the had alacklnv seems to have dls
appeared, and industrial employees in
nearly all lines are working more
steadily and effectively Still, it ir
believed that tho majority could work
n little harder without self-Injury oi
hardsh ip.
This. If it < an be safely done, is the
Meal way to i icet the situation. 1
Workmen car. keep their boom waget
an prices sag in 1 living cheapens, they
Will enjoy Incomparably the grcateai
psPPsnnrtty thev ha\e ever had. If
they are*awako to th* ir own interests,
they will put forth effort accord ngly.
if they will aoi or cannot spued up
general prodicion. they will have ?.
reconcile themselves to having tbeli
War wares sir k rlor.g with their war
pr.res.
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THK. \ltM\ ItONCS.
Two recent oovelopments regard?
ing i h ?'!?'- r. ? . on I
iory. One la the blj majority vote
given by th< i York state
* for a bond Issue of $ t *>.000.0 iu to pro
vide payment! to soldiers and sailors,
sa i? i not In ' Xct td IJ30 lr.
sny Riwsnot. It 1* estimated that
tills means a tax of $21 on every fam?
ily In the Psstj Tim dher develop?
ment referred to is the semt-oltlci i
aunouncement mads by h aders at
Washington th.r no bonus '? ' '
reed bo expected fri.ni the ne\t
grass,
A popular vote approves the bonus
PSsn. The en phasic of that vote
seems to suggest that the people i
othor states would protaibly take
similar action if they had the oppor?
tunity. Vet h Is coi sMered unlikely
that congress wll? approve of national
action along tho sun e line.
Theas two posith ..s. h
not necessarily inconsistent. Most
people might h exp.rt,-.! :.. vot. tor
k Ponue for the war veterans, out of
sheer good-will, wltr.ou. giving much
sssantderatlon to the cuescton oi where
tho money was g from. Those
K> wou'd think of thst rnght e ?n -
that most of it would con. ?
>t\a minority of heavy tax-payen
therein they wo it I be
pyt nvery fsmlry in New York
ihat $:i hy ary n.eans. Tho
???man is doubtless Just
ss grateful to the sol
ss the eversg? roter
;onside - m i <
the money and
ivs on the publh
Up credit. Any
in such i
I caul in a
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tion and other expenses. Many per?
sons, knowing only of occasional cases
of student self-support, believe Ulsll
they aro the SXOOptlOn rather than
the rule. Statistics recently publish?
ed by the Harvard employment Office
must rather surprise QUtelflOta
In 1919 Harvard men registered at
tho university employment bureau
earned $7'T 000, a gain over the figure '
of 1918. which was |||,000. The re?
port shows that 141,001 was ??med i i
term time and $3.~,000 in summer
work. It is Qulti likely that the other
universities and smaller colleger
could produce simila* reports of the
productive work of their students.
Ambitious seekers after learning
aro very demouatie in their choice
of labor. Th<y will gosopt any de?
cent task that come* to hand. They
act as tutors, clerks, proctors, moni?
tors, census-takers, ehoremen. ticket -
takers; they set- e as carpenters, sales?
men, librarians. u:h<rs, waiters, ste?
nographers, dish-washers, Janitors,
and so on through tbc list of possible
employments.
There are persons who consider the
undergraduate a frivolous being,
?ond of stylish clothes and a good j
time and inclined to bo facetious
about not*letting his studies interfere
.rith his eoltege career. This crii
clsm seems over harsh in view or
tho fact that so many of these young
men and women are willing to work j
very hard, regularly or in odd hours,
at any available job which will en?
able them to earn the necessary
funds to pay to? tho desired educa
tlon. It is well to remember, too, I
that good work in his studies is re
quired of tho ( self-supporting stu-'
dent. I
THE ROME HI LF. BILL.
It was ominous for the fate of the I
New Irish homo rub; bill that its Bun]
passage by the British House of Com?
mons was described as a purely per?
functory proceeding on tho part Of
"a small and rather listless gather?
ing of members." The Liberal and
Labor members were absent. Most
of those present seemed to feel the
hopelessness of it.
Tel there are big things offered In
that measure, things which a few
years ago might ha\C set the Irish
people of ill the world aflame with
enthusiasm. I? makes Ireland virtu?
ally Independent in the local affairs
which .articularly concern that coun?
try , much after the "dominion home
rule" established, in Canada, Austra?
lia, South Africa and New Zealand.
There are to be parliaments, a |
.for North Ireland and one for Bou'h
Ireland, with a council appointed by
the two designed to unite their activ?
ities. Ireland is to diave control of
its own education, land policy, trans?
portation, old SgS pensions, insuramaj
ind other do nut tic affairs, leaving to
the British parliament only mattes
of Imperial an! international charac?
ter, such as pe tee an.' war. army and
gat ft coinage, postofhees, navigation
and foreign commerce. The policing
system, including the Irish constabu?
lary and the metropolitan police
force of Dublin? are to come under
Irish control m three years. Contri?
butions to the support of tho empire
are to gfSSS in two years.
All this, however, ii is practically
onrtata, the Irish will refuse. They
will refuse It almost unanimously,
Two things they object to particular?
ly. The governmental partitition el
Ireland, and ins feservatlooa the
l.iitish government has made foff ths
avowed protection o "the vital in?
terests of the United Kiiajdoiu."
Bean Ihseo, 9 Raw rears since, would
hardly tUYVO beea Insuperable. Now it
is tOO late-. Lloyd George himself
sadlv admits that while he considers
the bill " a g%nerOUS measure." he
ft thaWS that "the Irish peopls are not
in position to give i; proper eonaider
.item " The* blumlcr i ng and cruelty
e?f the British j-ovcrnmetit in Ireland
aavs goas to.> far, as enlightened Bn
giishmen themselves oonfeesi end
what Will come now no man knov. c
i OGLING TOWARD I.M.IAM).
Tim London Nat lot says: "Burops
has disgraced herself In the eye-s of
America. Sympathy with the Allies
h is e\ a por 11 ? I a ad g.\ et>. place to
suspicion and hostility. Never WOrC
tho relations >?.f,h England worss
* see the crisis <?, Venesuele. The hv
famy of our Irluli policy, the grabMni
of Mandaten over representation of
the British Imp ro in me League of
Nations and PUI world struggle' for
oil are some gl the Ingredients in this
bfOW of enmity."
This statement ma.\ have been e>x
sggsrated a little for political reasons
?the Nation does not like- the Lloyd?
Bewege govern seen'. sHIM, 11 contalni
enough hitter trutit to give Britons
and other Europeans somedhing to
think about. ????<! suggests the- chief
lines of Justification for America's
present cop In es j to he- late allies
L /n some respects the conduct o;
^nropean govcrnmeris since tin* ar
^Bkke has reallv been .0 1
I ^)!olr in
? a dignified effort to
fceleng lines
^^en toy tpm h
grabbing on the part of all the major
Allies. This has appeared particular?
ly obnoxious in the ease of Great
Britain, because her possessions were
already ho great, ami beeau.se she had
made such An* professions <>f disin?
terestedness ami generosity. The Irish
policy of the presen British govern*
men! has been the chief enuns of the
revival of American distrust Bind
en ntlty.
All th;s is very unfortunate in the
present critical state of international
affairs. For their own welfare of the
world, Britain end America ought to
stand together In essential matters
They cannot Stand together Unles;
Britain Will return to her own bes
self, and practise the precept! of de
mocracy and fair dealing that alb
lately preached so eloquently. Thor,
ere many evidences that the Bnglial
people are at heart ngreed with th?
American people in these essential
matters, hut their govern?e?** seem;
out of tuno.
BUILDING FRAUDS.
The building .scandals revealed in
New York City in the courue of tlu
?peicnl inquiry conducted by Samuel
Untermyer have shed new light on
the housing problem. It developed
thai a ring (f building contractors has
existed in New York, conspiring to
keep up the cost of construction b)
pre-arranging their bids, allowin;
s;?me deaij nnted member to make tin
low bid and gat the contract, and tht
dividing up the profit. The "1 ? b
has been in every caa ma 1
enough to insure plenty of "velvet."
It has been proved, too, that con
tractors have been forced to paj
Llackmail money regularly to sonn
representatives of tic building trades
to obtain men for th< lr work ami in
sure them.selves againat strikes, Thes.
representatives have preyed on lahm
as well ae on capital.
There have been also revelations
as to price-fixing combines of n.an
ufacturers and dealers In bulMlpg
materials, and ihtlmatlona of expos?
ures to come regarding usurious hrer
*st rates of "bonuses" charged fo
jnoney needed for construction
It is estimated that not less than SO
per cent of the recent high coat 01
building has been due to these com?
bined extortions, it is also declared
that, While the abuses are probably
worst in the metropolis, they are
foind In nearly all the largo Cltiei
and to some extent i:i the smallei
ones.
Such offenste are particularly cut
ppjble id a time when the houslh
situation is so critical The crooks
have been pr ying on the most press?
ing necessities of the nation. The New
York Times says:
"The burden of the housing short
tage has fad n mainly on the poor,
who were already sorely pressed by
the cost of food and clothing. The
result is registered in the 'weekly
bulletin of the health department.
There has been a sharp increase in
infant mortality from respiratory
and COntngiOUa diseases, which are
CPUSed mainly by 'close and indis?
criminate contact.' The department
attributes the Increase to 'the pres?
ent housing situation, which has
necessitated the doubling tip of fami?
lies, Making it Impossible properly
to isolate contagion.' "
And this is only one of the many
evil effects of such grafting. The New
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fork Inquisitors pre performing a
national service in exposing im
rook* Putting them out of busi?
ness will have a wholesome effect <?n
he hulldtng trades everywhere. .Mean?
while, every other city or State that
ias suffered from unduly high build?
ing costs might well do some probing
"f its own.
THE RED UUOSS DOLLAlt,
In issuing Its annual Holl Call ap?
peal, the American Red Cross an?
nounces its desire to continue and ex?
pand its overseas activities. . I grhapi
some Americans are surprised to lean,
that the lied Crose is still busy with
work abroad. Cot. olds, director of
the European commission, recently In
this country, gave a few of the reasons
why the great American relief or?
ganization is still needed In the war
zone. In France and Belgium, where
local committees have been organised
in several thousand villages and com*
munes, the American Red Cross re?
mains the chief adviser and organiser
of the relief agencies and th< Ir work.
The Red Cross is teaching to the <>iti
v.orid the best things in American
I child care, public health and sociai
care methods.
i Farther cast, In European Russia
and In Central ami Southeastern Eu?
rope, the Red Cross and several oili?
er organizations with big bents for'
'service still have more than they can,
I ?
do in clothing, feeding and Strength
I
iciiing the ragged, undersized, dla
stricken children of the refugees. .\
i
statement In '>ne magazine which is
helping to put across the Red Cross
I Roll Call says:
t
"Possibly as many as Jive of an
'estimated eleven million war orphans
! need everything that money and so?
cial service can provide. Even where
they are helped by their own govern
! ments, the provision made is often of
the most primtive sort; these children
are herded In barracks which no
' American would recognize as orphan
institutions; their ailments are Insuf
Liiciently attended to; they are not even
i c lean. Help for them must come
! from the outside-, since the countries
] where the evil is greatest are still al
| most completely disorganised."
i With this gigantic humanitarian
task before it. the Red Cross docs IP I
I forget or neglect its homo service. It
continues it* good work of establish?
ing health centers where the winde
family from babe to grandparents may
rccoiv euro and advice, of sending
-?id public health nurses; of making
communitlea safer, healthier and hap?
pier; of helping service men. civilians
and their families.
The answer to the Roll Call for any
person is simply a dollar, in the ap
p roach in g Thanksgiving season and
the Christmas holidays which follow
t<?op.. no dollar could be better Invest?
ed and none mere thankfully used
than the dollar contributed to tho
American Red Cross.
To break a cold take 6CS.?Advt
VVprsaw, Sow 17.?The bolshevik
cavalry has swept through the Uk?
rainian lines and the Ukrainians are
fleeing feated. They are evacuating
Kiev and all the other towns they
held.
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Ftub-My-Tism eure bruises, cuts,
burns, sores, tetter, etc.?-Advt. ?
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farm, thoroughly competent, and
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j ir . rh ? an i < an furnish the best
i et references, W. P. Arnold,
sfayi svJNe, S. C. H No. 3.
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