The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
NOTHING REACHED YET.

The government railway commits
sion to which the recen railway
strikes in England were referred for
settlement, and also to bring about
social contentment. are still comfort.
ably sitting. They have been sitting
for four weeks this morning. Just an
ordinary hen. with no progressive
tendencies whatever, would have
Matched out something in three
weeks. assuming that she had real egg,
to keep warm. But this government
commission has Matched nothing
mas not. indeed, got all the needed
eggs into the nest vet.
The railway %unionist hands have
been heard. and also the non.unionist
hands. and the railway oficials have
Just made a beginning. We have reno
d good deal Of the unionist testimony
ineS say that the railway companie.
nave worked the arbitration boards
SCI up by Lloyd George in 1907 in
sucn a manner as to delay decisions,
ana 10 a decisions when these
were reached. The non.unionist
iahos advised against the recognition
W. .ne unions. saying that these or.
saAi@aeions were under the control of
.'e" VINO wished to keep everybody
IN hot water all the while. The raiI.
way omcials presumably will saw that
tney wish to run their own hustna..
OF course. with due regard for the
puolic interests which the railroad
business so intimately touches.
The entire crowd is talking around
the main question. 1t Is not a system
that the English railway men need,
U money. Six or eight dollars a
week do not go far under the higher
cost Of modern living which ecure
to a man and his family a degree Of
comfort as well as a bare existence.
The cost of decent living in England
mas increased in spite Of the famous
and largely pretended virtues Of the
Golden system of free trade in maxi
Ing commodities cheap. No system
can hold prices down to the level Of
day-and most Of our ad-
vocates Of his system argue as II the
world of today were the same as his
world-if men and women are to have
the comforts that are customary in
our day and that were unknown in
day. The whole English labor
question was packed into less than a
dozen lines by Rowland Hunt, a I'm
lonist member who represents Lud-
low. during the debate in parliament
on August 22-the last meeting be.
FORE the autumn recess.
Mr.. Hunt contended that they
could not have high wages if
they allowed low-priced goods to
come into the country. The real
OF the late riots was the
1act that most Of the people of
TINS country did not earn sufh-
Gent wages to enable them to
i've IN decent comfort. Until
tnat was altered we should have
more strikes n more riots.
rms Is the truth about the English
situation. Men who e the news
and who have a fair degree ~
aaturai sense. will not live as men ~
ne same kind lived sixty wears a.o
L'oyd George ~fancies h a no 90
'iaster the trouble with his eo,.ornA
nent commission. and that by dra.
~ " ing potn the railway companies
me strikers into sitting still and
ss peasant until this commits
non has heard everything that can he
'aid on both sides. and has cona ~
conclusion as to what shomI6 No
zone about 1t. he has solved the MOT
EN- Not a bit of it. More cash =.
~ pocket on pay night is what the
english workingman wants and needs
.na ne will have it. too, before he
gets through with the Golden ,v.0
EN- OF cheap prices and CHEAP men.
lloyd Georges famous system Of old
pensions as a free gift from the
Hnsiish e%xchequer will not save hin,
having to meet this question of
decent wage for men who work.
rom securing to English labor a rate
u pay not. of course. equal to the
ate paid for the same kind Of work
n this country, but an English rate
hat will be within seeing distance of
he American rate.
Meanwhile the government rail-
way commission proceeds with its in.
,ubatory labors in London, and the
English railway man waits to see how
much money there is in what it final.
y patches out.