Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-09-03
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Events of Interest from the
Seat of Government.
BY j. E. JONES.
Commission on Industrial Relations,

>oAhAuSSIOA Oh AuuuSlEIdl 1tCldlIOHSs
Chairman Frank P. Walsh and the
representatives of labor have pre-
sented minority report for the COM
mission on industrial relations, and
majority has been handed in by the
three representatives of capital, sup
ported by Mrs. Borden j. Hartman,
the rich widow who was given a job
on the commission. The commission
attracted interest particularly be-
cause of its investigation of the Colo
RADIO coal strike and Mr.. Walsh's
rigid examination of John d. Rookie
Teller, jr. Walsh is bitterly arraigned
by some of his associates on the COM
mission and he is accused of advanc-
ing all sorts of socialistic dogma.
This charge is sustained by his pro-
posal that all estates in excess of one
million dollars be seized.
1t may at first seem disappointing
that so important commission
should fail in presenting a unani-
nous report. but when it is recalled
that the United States supreme court
usually divides in about the same
proportion whenever there is an i'm
portant question involved, it is
hardly reasonable to expect any other
result.
Walsh is the victim of attack for
very simple reasons that were appar-
ent to everyone who attended the
hearings in Washington, New York
or other parts of the country. His
wonderful grasp of the vital issues
between labor and capital and his
fearless championship of human
rights ought to mark him as one of
lhumanity's noblest friends. But quite
on the contrary, it has brought the
customary ridicule and misinterpre-
tation that is usually manufactured
by that part of the metropolitan press
which faithfully serves it's masters.
/ One might suppose that Walsh was
pop-eyed, red -fsted devil from the
things that have been said of him.
On the contrary, he is a successful
practicing attorney, one OF the best
.crOss-examiners in the country-and
he is gifted with the power to analyze
a great problem in way possessed
by few men. When he was in Wash
ington it was acknowledged by those
who frequented the hearings, that his
was the master mind of the commits
sion. Perhaps it was fault. but
Walsh was brutally direct with Mr.
Rockefeller and some of the Other
witnesses, and whenever he gave :
name to a thing it was so plain thai
there was no mistaking spade fol
a soup tureen.
Congress will have the results o.
this commissions work before it ant
maybe it will be turned to good adj
vantage. However, the chances are
that the whole thing will be pigeon
holed the same as were the return:
from committees that investigated
the money trust, the steel corpora
lions, etc. Nevertheless it must b'
assumed that no concrete result have
not been obtained in each instance
as a considerable part of the public
has followed each affair Of these. ant
the Colorado and Michigan strikes
election contributions, etc, and tn
public mind has been strengthened
through obtaining a better knowl
edge of the affairs of their country.
What to Eat.
In certain tropical countries tn
natives live on different kinds o
fruit. and there are evidences tina
the banana, cocoanut and mango-fe
men and women are as sturdy an
strong as the meat eaters OF tn
United States. The Chinese grow bi
and strong from eating rice. and tn
Arabs are fierce and healthy, an
J their menu is dates. Some Amer
cans with broken down digestive al
= Daratus advocate grapes, nuts, but
termilk or vegetable diets, but as
: rule the lives of most people of tn
: United States are shortened, and
J, could be truthfully written on thei