The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-10-05
ANCIENT VS.. TlODERN
I.AW

The trust, organization, cOnhlua
ton, the labor union, The powe
{" control, inability to supply til,
demand, Of whatever the caus
may be, or whatever name may b,
applied to the pcrplcxing problem
the fact remains that neither III,
screNmen Of New Orleans. nor I'll,
aemanis Of laborins men at AM
point are ile only source Of ANNOY
, ance confronting the American
public to-day Adviccs from til.
National Capitol Indicate that Tn
Gle Sam il having his own troubles
AS well az the good City Of New or
leaEs,and they come from sonrc.
not dominated by laboring m-r
nor ia which trades unions have
any conside, alton.
"The case in point is one where
President Roosevelt takes eycep-
ton 70 a well established clause Of
American organic law, whereby
freight and passengers cannot be
! carried III the hUllS Of foreign YES
sells from one American port 10
III Ii, Ao,t u
and II also seems that Uncle Sam
IS to be mulc.ed in The sum of
$500, 900, OF more, because of
scacity Of vessels, a combination
OF American ship owners or some
other cause tending to retarl1 or
prevent the transportation Of coal
necessary for use 10y the American
fleet on its cruise to the Pacific.
President Roosevelt look up
with the Secretary of the Navy a |
few days ago the question of EN-
ploylng American vessels to trans |
port this coal. A total Of $4,000
tons is needed, Of Which 81, 0o9
tons will be transferred 10 the
bnnkers Of the batt!esllips and
en- route or in South
American ports and the remaining
10, 600 tons will be dumped on the
locks at San Francisco. This lat
er sum is the bone of contention,
md is claimed by American YES
el owners under the aforesaid law.
The President does not believe
bat the law applies 10 supplies
o. the army or the navy and
laintains that unless the Ameri
All shipowners make reasonable
flces he is warranted in employ
ng fOreingnerS. lie does not.
Owever, regard an excess Of, say
200, 600 on the 40, 900 tons as ex
rssive and the present indications
re hat if the Americans will get
)gether and insure the govern
tent against an excess cost of r
lore than $500, 600, or a total of
$50, 900 for the 10000 tons ti1xk;
ill get the buslndiA~ lIsovereie,
Thus it is shown how easy it is
create law, or custom which
ay III time become an unwrltten
", that has its backs as WE'LL
is advantages. Congress in It's |
isdom long ago enacted the f!
Dove law for the protection of Ii
merican bulls, and Eow, at time /:
hen the whole United States is
terested in the Immediate trans -
lsslon OF this necessity because
conditions in the Orient, there
lses barter which calls for
rious consideration by the ex
utiye head Of the nation. And !
it Is in the City Of New Orleans.
combination of laborng men ),
lg ago enacted a certain cOndi- Ia +.
n for their own protection. ~
ich latterly proves to be a 70
block in the pathway
New Orleans. and n
great Times. Democrat, like 49,,
'sident Roosevelt, has ..taken r )
bull 10y the horns' in an edi-
al under the caption Of "a
ht to a Finlsh.0 which will IN
btedly, stir other labor organi
Ons to a realization OF condi I
8 IN the Crescent city and
g the Screwmen's Unionl
Modify their ancient law to
modern conditions.