The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-07

can warships had yielded to superior
| force and there would be no.. blockade,
THUS in two months the United: STATES
| had used armed force TO prevent IA
rama from getting ammunition ano ~
see that carranza did get munitions
| while Mr.. Wilson sat back at Washing
ton with the claim. We can intervene
| in Mexico
| More InconsiEtency.
| Announcement was made %neH LIi
| shing"s expedition went into MeAlGoS !,
| that there had been an agreement VIZ.
! Carranza. Secretary: Lansing mas slhCe
| published Il statement that there was
| no agreement.
| Recall that in the territory Huerta
controlled during all the time Mr.. WI!
son was trying 10 make him get our
Of Mexico there WAS littie nlsoroSi
! while in the north. confronted OS cGh-
Stitutiunalists American lives were pc,
i Ing sacrificed. American women davishcd
and millions OF dollars worth or Amcrl-
! can property DESTROYED. ,..
! Recall. the policy Of the United
! States TOWARD recognition or revolution,
airy governments and you'll he convinced
that Hucrta was ruler Of Mexico. They
: Say HucrtA was murderer ana an AS
Sassin. don't know whether ne WAS
or not, or whether he was the legitimate
! ruler OF Mexico, hut recognition by thiS
government would not have established
i whether he was either.
! What would you DO now. We arc ASK
cd I'll confess I'hardly know what. II
! ] should charge a physician win mar
practices because he had not taken pro
per care Of patient and the patient
were almost decd. surprising l was a
| rhysician. II would bc no answer 10 the
charge to ask What would YOU do
But il you will give Charles r..
! Hughes chaEcc, Ill promise YOU ma s
he will manage the Mexican situation
| with more wisdom than ii has been han
died for rcre than three years
The AdamIon BILL
II turn nos To the so-callcd eight
| hour Law, me Adamsun measure. for q
| brief examination OF II.
i Il believe i'll the cight-hour day be
cause Of its benefits 10 the worker. IL
J hs nctils his health. II permits him 10
spend some leisure time in the advance
: mcnl of his intelligence and in recrch-
; tiun and anu SemcntS. His leisure time
may he used not only in the advance
mcnt Of his own welfare. but II gives
! him an opportunity 10 have bette and
more wholesome family life. believe
! In the eight-hour day.
! The Adamsnn bill is entitled
An act TO establish an ciGht-hour day
; for employees of carriers engaged IN M
| tcrStale ami foreign commerce, and LOT
: other purposes.
/ This bill. as | understand. does not
establish an cight-hour working day
! even for the very limited number of rail,
! road employees to whom II applies, ana
i 1t applies tn less than onc-iifth OF the
! railroad employees Of the country. The
| Democratic ma juri;y voted against an
amendment that would have given the
! hill Il wider application. That amend
mcnt was as follows:
/ "Add 10 section / the following: Tro,,
| vidcd further, That this section shall
also include and apply To station agents
train dispatchcrS. trackmcn., office chi,
plnyccS. workers III railway shops. anu
all other employees Of railroad car.
| ricr engaged in interstate carriage OF
passengers and freight"
There were 81 votes for this amend
mcmt and 100 against il. almost all OF
tho l@g hrirS Democrats. Whatever the
] bill may do IL does not establish an
cirhl-huur working-day. even for rail-
way ira inmCn. To other workers II docS
not apply II. all. When this law goes
, into effect tic limit of the wortinG-daE
! for railway trainmcu will hc precisely
| VI hat il WAS before This bill was passed.
! understand that I'll" general 1cgisia-
| lion covering this matter provides that
men engaged in the operation of trains
! may not work longer finn Ii hours. NJ
! ter which dizzy arc entitled 10 hours
! off duty before thoy can hr called for
another period Of 10 hours. Under the
new law that condition remains un-
| changed *,
! The now law docs provide that eight
hours shall hc Tho mcasurc"pr standard
of days work for the purpose of rcck-
uning the compensation Of certain en-
/ plcyrrs. hui ii applies only TO those en-
| pl1yccS who arc actually engaged in the
! operation of trains 1t does not even
| apply TO all men actually engaged in
| this work. hut only 10 those who ara
operating trains which carry persons or
| goods in Interstate. commerce. tn" Eli
| specifically provides that tho trains To
! which Ibis hill applies must be used for
| II, . ian nf N
crty from any State ur Territory Of The
| United States or the District Of Column
| hia To any other State or Territory hf
the United States or the District Of Co
| lumhia ur from ono place in n Territory
| TO anolhcr place in tho same Territory.
, II dues not say from ono place in a
/ State IL another place in tho same
| State. for that would not bc interstate
commerce. and this bill is supposed 10
| he dependent upon III" interstatc-com-
mcrrc clause of Inc Constitution.
! 9TH public has certainly an interest
in demanding shat trains shall not hc
operated by exhausted men. do not
I wish 10 risk my life as passenger ON a
I train drawn 10y al engine whose cngt-
nccr has been Is hours or longer at tho
! with 4 freight train whose engineer has
! Iccn exhausted by tho strain Of labor
! continued too long. The public has AS
| vital m interest in q short time work
| lnE uaN LOT lralnlnPH aS INC lTdlnIllCU
! hav" themselves. hut.thiS law docs not
I Civ" tho Shorl-tmc day. Sixteen hours
remain rs The lawful limit. The eight
, hour day Is merely made The standard
, nf measurement for the purpose OF conf
penSatiun.
! Il began a moment ago tn speak nf
another limitation in this bill. Section
, . reads as follows:
| That. mnding the report Of the com
! nv ssion herein provided for. and for a
period IF 20 days thereafter. the COM
! rcnSation IF railway employees subject
! t. this act for 81 standard cighthnur
! wurkday shall not hr reduced below tho
present standard days wage. and for all
: necessary time III excess nf eight hours
! such employees shall h" paid at tho rat Q
! not less than the pro rata rate for such
| standard ciEht-hour workday.
''Fhr commission referred to IN Soc
| ton " IL I" investigate during a period
! nj nos loss than six months and not
: muT" than nine months. and The above
, srrtir provides that The railroad shall
! not rrduc" The pay until 50 days after
; the rCDrrt If tho commission. has bccl
made. There is nothing whatever IN
this Law az in any. law nov OF III"
| statue books that will prevent the rail-
| roads after that time from making such
; n reduction in thr pay as will put the
! trainm"n on precisely The. rrcscn, oasis
! Therefore. il seems 10 me That the sol.
! beneficial effect of this bill will be "a
! postpone until Il few months after the
: November election the conflict, if. in
| deed. Il conflict was impending. between
! the railroad mana cement and tho en-
! plnyros. II the men believe that they
! have RECEIVED more than this. ihrn L is
my belief that sninchnc has handed
! thorn gold brick.
II WIS told that ! ought to vulo for
/ This bill hecaus" | could never make
! lahorinS men understand the real ma
/ 'urr 81 the lrgiSlat ion. Men who told
: me that.l Was right about the bill. that
! the bill ought not 10 pass. nnvcrthe less
! advised me- tn vote for it because NJ
! this supposed difficulty in getting lab
/ uI ine men Ia understand tho facts.
, - rut n higher EST innate upon the in
/ rlliEcnrc of thu average man. ! he
! liaVn that tho average man can under