The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-29

Nothing would have done more to
break up the combination of the beef
barons and brought down the price of
beef than the passage of this bill.
Much praise has been lavished upon
President Roosevelt for his course in
the coal strike and his success in getting
the operators and the striking miners
to arbitrate their differences. But the
Presidents scheme is not feasible one
The Commission which he has appointed
to settle the. strike are as helpless as a
new born babe. They have no authority
to summon witnesses nor any power to
compel their attendance before them or
to enforce their findings. Had the Presi-
dent and the Republican Party been in
earnest in this matter they could have
secured the passage of a bill which Mr..
Med Dermott introduced in the House last
June.
FOR REAL ARBITRATION
This measure provided for the crea-
tion of board of arbitration with full
powers to enforce all its decrees. The
provisions of this measure are
That whenever the President of
the United States shall be informed,
by petition or otherwise, that there
exists in any State or States of the
United States a dispute in connec-
ton with which any strike or lock-
out has occurred or is threatened be-
tween any employer and employees,
either of whom are engaged in the
merce, it shall be lawful for him. if
he shall deem such action necessary
and expedient, to appoint a board of
investigation and arbitration to in
yestigate the matters in difference
between such employer and en-
ployes, and to make report there
on. The report of such board shall
be made TO the President, and shall
be accompanied by the evidence
taken during such investigation, and
shall, together with all other things
which the board, or any member
thereof, may decide to report) in
clude full statements upon the fol-
lowing points, namely:
First-A comprehensive account
of the matters in dispute between
the parties concerned.
Second-An account, in detail, of
the wages offered to such employees,
and of the cost of living in the local
ity in which they reside.
Third-The investigation Of the
business carried on by the employer
shall cover such period of time and
such of the operations and resources
of such business as are necessary
for the proper investigation and con-
sideration of the questions involved
in any threatened or accomplished
strike or lockout.
Fourth-The opinion of each men,
her of the board upon the justice of
the demands and claims made by
each party TO the dispute, and the
recommendation of each member of
the proper course to be pursued by
each party.
The existence Of each board shall
terminate with the filing of its final
report upon the matter referred to
Z it. The members of said board
shall each receive ten dollars for
each day that he is actually engaged
in the discharge of any duties pre-
seribable by this act. All expenses
of the board shall be allowed and
paid on I'll presentation of itemized
vouchers therefor, approved by the
chairman of the board.
vestigation and arbitration shall be
COMPOSED of five MEMBERS If an
employer concerned in sufh disputc
shall des ;gna'c person whom he de-
sires appointed to such hoard, the
President shall appoint the person
50 DESIGNATED If tile employees
shall ieither by the action Of a: ma
jority OF them, taken a meeting