The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-09
THE PASSING OF THE STRIKE DANGER
Seattle Times


 There will be no railroad strike.
 The Adamson eght-hour Si, previously approVeu bv the House was passed by the Senate yesteruay afternoon at the conclusion of heated ae3ate;
 The measure was signed by Speaker CarK or the House and by the President Pro Tenn. OarHe Ct 'Ie Senate President Wilson, at Ashoury farA' ~ ~" announced last night that he would approve N .oua9'
 The eght-hour act is practically a law ol ue land this morning and will be law before SeaI1e sits down to its dinner today ,
 Hale Holden. president of the Burlington "no acted as spokesman for the railroad executives III their conference with Mr. Wilson, mas @ announSeu that the corporations will accept under pressuIe
 The national officers of the four great brother hoods the unions that were involved m the cohIo- yersy last night issued instructions canceiing the There will be no nationwide suspension of rail road service tomorrow. ,... .,,- will be the most comforting item Of newo carried m the newspapers this morning. The country mas emerged from period or are suspense. Ut e 0U l mence making plans anew for the future. crops VIII not rot in the ground fruits will not spoil on tne trees industry will not be paralyzed' commerce wi'l halt at the factory gate or the WhaIlslue' tIe danger of a food shortage no longer impends over hundreds. thousands, of cities big and htte. m
 In a word the ordinary life Of the repuohc VIII continue in the same way that it did a week or a month ago. mfettered and unharmed. me Uhlted States has passed through the shadow of the most momentous strike in all its history and has emerged ~ To whom is credit due for this improved condi- tion? There not be two answers to that question
 WOODROW WILSON,
 To our PreSlQent or many WOIuS, OL "dtSuIul waiting" of too proud 10 fight" whose name is a synonym with thousands of Americans for policies Of procrastinaton and ardy actionto him belongs full credit for dealing resolutey with the matters at issue in manner at once prompt and sensationally sue cessful.
 Whether his remedy will prove, in the end, more dangerous than the disease is a matter for the fu- ture to decide The principle of arbitration in great national industrial disputes has gone by the board, according to the railroad executives Henceforth, as we'll the question of wages will not be an issue between railroad executives and railroad employees but between the general public acting through the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the organiza- tlons of railroad workers seeking an advance.
 The public has had its will and is assured peace but it is going to pay fair price for that peace this year. next year and for indefinite time to
 We are. as a nation. brought nearer to govern ment ownership of railroads than ever before. The railroadmens unions while winning great victory for themselves and for organized labor certain ultimately to be subjected to government regulation as result of that victory
 There are innumerable possibilities connected with this settlement It has started train of cir cumstances the end whereof living man clearly see and but few can fainty perceive. It is the be- ginning of 8 era Of economic development, not merely the end of a dangerous incident.
 All these matters. however. are for the future to decide The America of today will not allow them to shadow it's joy at the passing of the strike peril and will not permit them to curtai it's gratitude for the present peace resulting from the resolue abors Of President Wilson.