The Holly chieftain., 1916-09-22

- AfoSovsoW O00of tno NeWio"oe
law.
Chicago-The proposed strike by all
railway train service employees in or
der to secure q wage increase Of 500.
100000 year = condemned by news
paper editors throughout the country
They declare such q strike would be
q public calamity and that it must he
averted.
dorse the proposals made by the com
mittes Of railway managers to the
Leaders Of the Observation-Disclosures the
wage question b settled by the inter
state commerce commission or by ar
bitration under the Newlands law.
The following extracts from news
paper editorials fairly reflect public
sentiment on this most important ts-
sue:
The interstate commerce commits
sion should be empowered to prevent
this threatened railroad strike. Write
to your congressman about it-Chicago
Tribune
The great public has moro at stake
than either the railway stockholders
or the railway employees.-Davenpo
1a.) Times
The interstate commerce commits
sion represents the great public 1t
was created for the purpose of holding
even the scales.-Rocky Mountain
News. Denver.
The trainmen should take prudent
thought. Arbitration is their wise pol
icy.-Detroit Free Press.
The public will support any finding
tie interstate commerce commission
may make.-Dallas Tex.l News
Public opinion ought to have re-en
forced the position of the railroads
long before nov. Galveston News
The regulation Of wages presents no
more difficulties than the regulation Of
rates.-Holyoke Mass Transcript.
The interstate commerce commission
would certainly be responsible II 1t
permitted strike to come.-Minneap
oils Journal.
Tho train crew unions have no case
which they are willing to try In
court Of arbitration or In the great
court Of public opinion.--New York
Commercial
Tho controversy is not between the
/ railways and their employees. but be-
tween the public and the railway en-
ployees.-New York Globe.
The men now seem to show rather
c0nsciousness Of the weakness Of their
position than reliance upon its merits
New York Times.
The interstate commerce commission
cannot avoid regulating wages 10 long
~ It regulates rates.-New York Trib-
uns.
The railroad brotherhoods are mis-
taken. There Is something to arbi.
trate.-New York World.
The railway employees are plainly in
the wrong and should sense their mis-
take before they make q worse blum.
dsr.-0shkosh (Wis.) Northwestern.
Neither side could afford to take the
position ef demanding more than the
interstate commerce commission would
approve.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Tho railroad employees are not suf-
fering such intolerabls wrongs that
they cannot await the result Of arbi.
tration.-Portland Oregonian.
The greatness Of the power for which
the labor leaders are seeking is the
very strongest argument why they
should not have it.-Railway Age Ga.
sette.
The pubic is a. vitally Interested in
tAs situation a. the railways or the
smployses.-st Louis Globe-D Democrat
Either the railroads are wrong OF
their employees are. Any Just cause
win stand Investigation. - jackson
(Miss.) Clarion Ledger.
This u the time when every Ameri.
can who loves his country should set
aside his own schemes Of aggrandize.
ment.-Kansas City Journal
The United States government can.
not permit any strike that would tie
up all the railroads OF the country
Leslie's Weekly
It IL just as true that organized labor
may oppress the public intolerably as
that organized capital may do IT,
Lowell (Mass.) Citizen.
Those who would suffer most from
tying up Of the nations trafnc would
ct no vote on tho question Of strike
Lincoln Neb.) star.
One thing Is certain, the railroads.
he railroad employees and the Amsri
can people cannot afford such strike
Memphis Appeal.
We think the brotherhoods are max
| ing q mistake IN refusing arbitration