The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-09
BRITAIN'S FAULT
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and I wish all those engaged IN the
manufacture and supply of these
stores TO realize that the output Of
every round Of ammunition Is OF the
utmost importance and has a large
influence on our Operations in the
field
Government TO Take Control.
Labor may very rightly ask that
their patriotic work should not be
used TO initiate the pronts OF tn. oil
rectors and shareholders Of the var
ious great Industrial and armament
hrms. and We are therefore arranging
system under which the important
armament hrms will come under gov
eminent control. and We hope that
workmen who work regularly by keep
ing good time shall reap some of the
DEMENT'S which the war automatically
eonfers on these great companies.
i feel strongly that the men work
ing long hours in the shops by day
and by night. week in and week out.
are doing their duty for their king
and country in a like manner with
those who have Joined the army Tor
active service in the held
Il am glad to be able TO state that
his majesty has approved that where
service in this great work of supply
ing the munitions OF war has been
thoroughly. loyalty. and continuously
rendered. the award OF a medal win
be granted on the successful termina-
ton OF the war"
Workers Side Of Case.
! Now 10 get the workers side or IL
The leaders themselves have been
perfectly loyal to the government.
ana, as Mr.. Hodge. himself a labor
leader. said in ihe house of commons
We have tried TO impress on the
men the realization that their wrong
doing Is going TO cause injury to their
comrades II the front"
First. however. IL is undeniably true
that prices have gone up tremend-
ously. ! believe that the poor man In
Germany Is great deal better on
thsn he is here in England. I have
lived and kept house in Germany TOR
two years and I know what things
cost, and on comparing the prices
there were not more than a dozen
articles which had gone up. and thos.
not seriously. Here almost every
thing has gone up a little and such
: things as bread. coal, gas are exorbi-
tant
In return for paying high prices Tor
necessities the working man slaves
at double shifts FOR his ordinary wage
per hour or gets along as best he may
on his old pay without the help OF the
extra hours
! Concerns Make Unusual Profits.
The worker knows that the factory
has never turned out such a huge out
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that the company is making a lot of
money from more advantageous con-
/ tract than usual.
! At best he is undergrad In compari-
son with our standard OF wages. and
IL is certainly not TO be wondered at
that he asks for more.
The papers. many of them in the
pay OF the capitalist interests. agra
vate the trouble by twisting the sense
OF the demands and answers. For in
stance. In the Clyde strike. the men
SAID they would go back again on
short time, meaning tibet they refused
! 10 work in double shifts And the "a
pers came out with huge headlines TO
J the effect that the men would 20 back
Tut would delay and retard the work
by putting out poor or careless work.
] talked 10 may OF the labor union
men and to the women who have been
making an investigation OF the subject
for their unions. Miss Margaret Bond
Held had just returned. awhen | saw
her. from q tour north and south. and
she said that injustice was at the root
OF all the trouble.
Employers Seek Cheap Labor.
fundamentally. the trouble lies in
the fact that men who knew their bus
mess We're allowed TO volunteer" Miss
Bondheld said. and the company
thought 10 put inferior men at low
wages and by working them on double
shifts 10 save money. Expert engi-
neers or mechanics are needed at
home. as much as soldiers are at the
front
There seems TO be a conspiracy on
foot to lay the complaints OF the Ia
boring man to drinking. But this par
ticular cause and effect works the 9TH
or way. II the working man had not
readhed the fatigue point and passed
II. he would never take 70 drink the
way he does. lie needs something to
provide an energy-artifcial. to be
sure. to return to work the next day.
IT have been to arsenals and docks.
shipping yards and mining districts.
and the trouble II general With the
cost OF living gone up as IL has there
can be no other result"
Since I spoke TO Miss BondneId
there has been a raise in wages IN
the Clyde shipyards. whereby the men
get threefourths of cent extra an
hour more and platers' helpers get a
! 10 per cent advance. This afSr1s
\ $1,000 men.
I New Trade Agreements Made.
4 The Welsh tin plate trade. the
/ Leeds engineers. 10000 Glasgow cor
poration employees. the National Min
ers' federation. the London tube en-
ployes. and many other organizations
have already come to satisfactory
agreements. But gas workers. car.
ters. dock hands. bOilermakers. and
others have yet 10 make terms
The situations r. seriOus-and. more
! ~ produces a bad impression In Ger.
many the people were delighted and
also complacentiy commiseratinR over
the Clyde strike. They assumed a
boiler than thou attitude. not without
reason. 10 be sure. and said
There isn't a man In Germany
who would think OF doing such an
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