Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-14
APPEALS 70 ROOSEVELT
Chicago Board Of Trade Asks Pres'-
dent TO Settle Ielearaphers' Strike.


Chicago, Aug. l4.-1n an effort to
avert the business catastrophe which,
in their opinion, will overtake the COM
mercial world by continuation OF the
present hardships and losses occa-
stoned by the operators strike, the di-
rectors of the Chicago board of trade
yesterday directed the president of the
board to appeal once more to President
Roosevelt to use his personal influence
towards effecting a settlement.
Hiram N. Sager, the president, inn
mediately sent the following telegram:
Theodore Roosevelt, President of
the United States, Oyster Bay, Long
Island, N. Y: The business of this
great country, which is suffering such
serious loss, to the extent OF millions Of
dollars per day, on account of the
deadlock between the telegraph com
panies and their employees, demands an
immediate settlement of the differ
ences at issue, so that q national cat
astrophe may be averted.
"In this great emergency we look to
the chief executive of this country to
take a personal hand.
HIRAM N. sAGER,
President Board of Trade Of City
of Chicago"
Appreciation of the ultimate ,conse-
quences of the tremendous losses which
the business interests Of the country
are suffering daily has stimulated the
utmost efforts toward securing a sub
rsisslon of the questions at issue to
Immediate arbitra ton. Steps have been
taken to enlist at once the cooperative
aid ct the other principal commercial
exchanges of the country in this sdirec-
ton. With this end in view telegrams
and letters have been sent to the Off
cials of the various boards of trade
and exchanges of the country asking
their support.
Where the public at large is such a
direct and enormous sufferer from in
dustrial warfare of this kind every
thing possible should be done at once
to secure the settlement, or at least the
submission to arbitration of the is
uses at stake" said President Sager.
TT is not merely the members of the
board Of trade as an institution which
is bearing the brunt of the present con-
troversy and sustaining enormous loss
es every hour but it is ultimately the
farmers and producers of the country
and. thru them, every interest in the
nation.
Farmers Heavy Losers.
Our clients, for example, are suf-
fering much more severely than are We,
and in some cases serious individual
losses have been sustained, especially
in the present season, when farmers
profits for his years industry may be
said practically to hang in the balance.
In situation of this kind arbitration
should be resorted to at once"
Cash grain interests particularly are
acute sufferers from the present situa-
tion. This is especially true in regard
to shippers and handlers of oats, the
movement of which Is just entering on
the annual rush. Consignments Of new
oats were received in large volume yes
terday and an avalanche of grain is
headed this way either on consignment
or OH direct purchases
Lo ca1 shipping interests, which un-
der normal condition take hold of the
grair, as soon as it arrives here, have
Withdrawn from the market to large
exterlt, owing to the lack Of communi-
cation with the east. where they in turn
market their purchases. Sales normally