The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-05-25
Editorial Symposium
Selected from the Columns Of the Leading Nswspa-
psrs of Amsrica.

Am0rica.
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| good government security and a
square deal for all, through which his
fellowmen may enjoy life, liberty and
the pursuit. of the good, the true, the
beautiful and all that brings peace,
confidence, the feeling of safety and
the resulting prosperity, contentment
and happiness.
MISTAKES OF THE sTRrKs.
Spring field (Mass.) Republican {:
While there is much doubt as to the
future of the Chicago strike--for It
may now lie down entirely or expand
to great proportions--enough appears
to be known to convince one that in
its origin the strike was a sincere
protest by the wage.carners against
an act of apparent injustice. The
trouble began among the garment
makers last summer. The employers,
banded together as the national whole
sale tailors' association, repudiated
contracts with the garment makers
union in an arbitray manner, and, re.
fusing to arbitrate any differences,
Immediately proceeded to operate
non.union shops. The breaking of
contracts is a common charge against
labor unions, but In this case the con.
tracts appear to have been broken by
the association Of the employers as
preliminary to their warfare against
the unions. The result was series
of lockouts and strikes in the garment.
making industry In Chicago. The
action of the teamsters in coming to
the aid of the garment makers is not
easy to defend. unless one is prepared
to justify sympathetic strikes by
workmen who have no grievance of
their own. Sympathetic strikes in
general are to be condemned. If,
however, the unions of Chicago are
convinced that the original warfare
upon the garment makers organi.
zation was part of a plan of the
employers association to destroy
unionism piecemeal, it is not difficult
to understand the motive animating
the different unions in standing
together. So far as can be learned,
the employers from the very beginning
of the present Chicago trouble have
refused to arbitrate.
sTARTLEs THEM.
Chicago Tribune: 1t seems to sur
prise some people that the con.
struction of the Panama canal on
business basis includes the purchase
of the material where 1t can be
bought cheapest.
HEDGING.
Cincinnati Enquirer 1t Is an
nounced with good show of author.
ity that Secretary Morton will &C out
of the cabinet along about September.
he no doubt wants to resume private
business. There is still an understand
ing that Secretary Shaw will give up
his portfolio at the end of four years.
He may change his mind, though,
since there has been 80 much talk
about a certain cinch on another
term. 1t is time to study the landing
places on the political river. Some
wise men are "hedging." They don't
know which side they will be on in '0s.
LEGAL STEALING.
Clermont Democrat: note that
two lawyers have just been allowed
$3.50, 900 fees by the Interior depart
ment for making out a few papers
connected with the Indian bureau.
This is simply legal way of stealing.
Anyone with any sense knows that no
two lawyers can, by any conjuring, be
entitled to any such pay for few
days service--or for a whole lifetime
service. Yet the Interior department
allows such fees, and other lawyers, I
suppose, would 60 before the court
and swear that such fee was legitimate
for 90 much per swear. What do
you jaspers, who work for two dollars
day, think of having your public
treasury looted by such high.hauded
actions? What suckers you are to
permit such things and then whoop it
up for the men and parties who COM
init such crimes. Think of paying
some unknown lawyers three times
az much for a weeks work as you pay
the President of this great nation for
four years. work. If you amt easy
l never read of any persons who we're.