The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-09
DUMMY TRENCHES
10 MISL FAD ENEMY
worth tliore than men. g

worth f1ore than men,
/ The war is said to be the produc,
OF artificial conditions and policies
and repugnant to the thought ant
political progress Of the age; but sc
far we have made little progress II
I providing agencies for organizing in.
Iternationa1. relations to maintak
peace and justice. The war has
shown that war cannot be stopped
j by resolutions and that war cannot
put an end to itself. War will cease
only when society Is convinced that
human life is really sacred and when
society establishes agencies, inter
national as well as national. for pro:
tecting lives.
Against 1Iilitarism.
Summing up steps that may be
taken toward the adjustment oi
war. the report continues: !.
"Militarism and competitive arma.
ment must be abolished and tribunals
for awarding justice and agencies fol
enforcing determinations must be. In.
stituted. International interests and
issues exist. Political institutions
should be established corresponding
to political developments. Those
most interested should lead i'm de.
mands for world federation and the
rule Of reason between nations. The
working people Of all lands bear the
brunt Of war. They do the fighting,
nay the war taxes, suffer most from
the REORGANIZATION OF industry and
commerce which results from war. !"
Turning to the Mexican situation
the report makes public q letter from
President Gompers to Rafael Zu-
baran, Omitted States representative.
Mexican Constitutionalists," dated
July IA, OF this year, saying the fed.
Grafton, more than any other Amer
lean agency except the government
of the United States. aided the sue
cess of the prospective govern
ment" and urges the withdrawal Of
the avowed declaration of chose
who speak or assume to speak in the
name Of General Carranza' that
"retribution Of the most dracenian
character" would be visited upon
those responsible for the overthrow
Of Madero. Such withdrawal, the
letter added, would have a tranquil
ltzing effect and tend ttto unite the
people Of Mexico in support Of an
orderly government.
Mining Conditions,
The report adds: I'VE extend to
the people of Mexico under this new
regime our Fluctuations and our
best hopes for their welfare and
progress"
Lengthy presentations were made
of conditions In mining fields. In
West Virginia, Colorado, Michigan
and Montana, Including much OF the
correspondence exchanged between
operators, employees and officials OF
the federal and state governments.
Summing up the genera situation
the report says: 1;
1.-THE various different moreElsnts
lof the miners for improved condi-
tions have been more Conspicuous
this past year than those Of any
other organization This is due to
the intensity with which the struggles
have been waged, amounting in each
instance practically to civil war; to
the number OF human beings to
whom the struggle meant priFation,
suffering and losses.
Land holding conditions involved
In some mining districts have enabled
the operators to establish what
amounts to a feudal operating sys.
/ tenn for the miners. They own vast
tracts of land, hundreds and even
thousands OF square miles In extent
on which the mines are located. This
mining companies own, and there
fore control, all roads that traverse
the lands. They own the houses n
which the miners live; the villages
made up of these miners; the school
houses to which their children must
| 60 for mental training: the churches
which minister 10 their spiritual
needs; the stores from which they
buy their clothing. food and other
necessities: the postoftices where
they get their mail, money orders
and conduct their crude banking
transactions. Every detail Of mining
life Is under supervision OF the mine
operators through their power OF
ownership. In time of strike the
mine operators have the power Of
eviction and have forced hundreds
OF strikers and their families to seek
shelter IN tent colonies, with the con-
slant danger Of exposure, There can
be no real freedom under such con-
ditinns of Industrial tyranny.
Membership Increase,
"In addition to nrobleAs arising
| from feudal ownership Of land, the
mine operators have assumed police
power. They employ armed mine
guards to maintain their regulations
and to guard mine psoperty. e
times Of industrial peace, the mine
guards serve as police and prevent
Undesirable persons from treepsNg-
ling upon the land Of the mining com
paniss. The elastic term. 'trsspsss.