Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-01
Tells Industrial Commission
Press Has Been
Muzzled.
PAPERS PROCEED TO
DISPROVE STATEMENT
Associated Press Dispatches Carry
Story Of Testimany Which pinehont
Said They Dared Not Print John
Mitchell. Labor Leader, Tells Com.
mission Condition Of Workinamsn
Has lmproved-Labor Wars Mistake

New York. Feb. 1.-Many witnesses
remained to be heard by the federal
commission on Industrial relations in
the final weeks inquiry into the causes
Of industrial unrest.
At resumption OF the hearings today
Amos Pinchot was recalled to finish his
testimony interrupted by adjournment
on Saturday. Another witness called
to testify today by James Mackaye.
who was anxious to outline his scheme
for handling the coal mines OF Alaskas
James P.s Morgan and John Mitchells
the labor leader. will testify today.
Mr. Pinchot was permitted to finish
the reading the testimony he had not
concluded while on the stand Saturday
but which had been placed in the roc
ord. In this he had accused the Assoc (.
ciated Press Of partially In handling
news.
Accuses Associated Press.
II do not believe" said Mr.. Pinchot
| that the Associated Press will carry on
, it's wires dispatches concerning my
| testimony about It. There is bylaw
Of the Associated Press that any mems
her printing news derogatory to tho
| Associated Press will be disciplined and
will be subject to losing its franchise"
He was asked IL he knew OF any In
| stance of disciplining a paper for vios
| lating the clause.
Mr. Mccormick. editor OF the CHS
cago Tribune, had been SO disciplined
Some years ago." said Mr.. Pinchot.
He was then asked II he knew of any
public record OF such a bylaw. He re-
piled that last year Clarence Shearn
| in fling complaint against the Aaso.E
ciated Press in behalf Of the New Yusl1
Sun. had included the alleged by-lnw ~
tthe papers. The witness daid he had =
copy OF. the bylaw. After being asked
to produce 1t, he was excused.
! John Mitchell Heard.
John Mitchell. former president Of the
United Mine Workers of America, and
now member of the New York state,
workmen's compensation commission.
testified next. AS an example OF the
betterment of conditions he pointed ~
an example to the United States Steel
| Corporation.
| "On the other hand he added, "th0
great combinations have done much
harm to the workinsmen For instance
many corporations refuse to treat with
organized labor. This Is n mistake
| There can be no industrial peace. he
said. until all working people have the
| right to bargain for the sale OF their
labor.
Rockefeller Plan Absurd.
| Mitchell told the federal industrial
commission that the Rockefeller plans
Of settling labor questions in Colo
rado were simply absurd"
The unorganized men can be de-
pended upon to select to represent
them only men the bosses want" he
said. "They may not be directly in
iuenced to do this; but there will be
an indirect influence asserted. The
slogan. we might as well starve idle
as starvc working will naturally be
raised again as it was IN 1900 in the
n atllracite flelos
M. Mitchell thought the referendum
| md recall was c. advantage to labor.
| Speaking of workmans compensa-
ton Mr.. Mitchell said it was effective
more ways than one.
! When" he said, lit costs more to
kill a man than save him, the en-
! ployers will try to save him.
Unions Raise Wages.
| Mr.. Mitchell said that where men are
unorganized the death rate Is higher
and the wage Is lower. For instance"
he said. the death rate in Colorado
and West Virginia is about 6 per
| 900"
| He said he did not know just how
much the partial control OF financial
! interests over the industries had af-
fected the workers. 1t. however, ap-
peared, he said. that the financial in-
stitutions were able to control thG
situation" He cited as an example
| the settlement OF the anthracite strike
OF 1902. when J. P. Morgan & CO.. sug-
| Sl~pa aft =
one offered by the railroads had been
| turned down.
| Referring to wages In the Pennsyl-
vania anthracite region, he said they
We're about 40 per cent higher now
than before the strike. He testified
/ that certain improvements had tended
toward the betterment of the workers.