The Ordway new era., 1916-10-27

under date Of August LIST, 1916 only SIX
weeks ago II has been furnished me by
| senator Fall This decree was issued be
couse the employees Of the electric plant
| and street railroads, had struck for higher
wages. General Carranxa had ordered that
| they should accept one peso OF papes
| money, that is, ten cents silver. as the',
daily wage This they refused to DO, ana
| struck Thcreupop General Carranzn is
sued decree and remember that General
Carranza's government Is purely military
government. Were neither judges nor leg
isla,ors have power to interfere in any
way with what is done by General Car
rama and the military authorities who do
his bidding. The decree runs in part as
follows: "The military authorities not
long ago advised the laboring classes that
they would not allow The creation of a
tyranny so harmful to the welfare OF the
Mexican Republic as the tyranny OF labor
Notwithstanding this the strike of the EN-
ployees Of the electric light company and
of others allied to it is palpable demon.
straton tha, the workmen have not wished
to be persuaded that they form only
small part of society, The suspension oil
work becomes Illegal the moment that the
strike not only serves to bring pressure on
capital but also harms society in direct
or indirect maNncr. as is the case with the
present strike The conduct of the labor
union in the present case must be consid.
cred as santi-patriotic and criminal, and
constitutes without doubt an attack on
the public peace. In view of the forego
ing ! have decreed the following as an
addition to rhe existing code; Besides the
disturbers of the public peace punishable
by death as heretofore described. the
p,It ,,,,n al t., ,,n,,n.nl . h.,
following: Those who may ncite the
pension of work in factories or enterprises
destined to public service. or who preside
over meetings in which il is proposed to
discuss or approve such strike. those
who may defend or sustain the same, or
who assist in these meetings, and those
who endeavor to make the strike effective
upon being declared. and those who by
threats or force prevent others from rem
dering their services to the companies
enterprises against which the strike is
declared" In short words this decree is
that inasmuch as Mr. Carranza disapproves
of the strike ordered by a certain labor or.
ganization. anyone who strikes. or who ut
tends n strikers meeting, or who gives
assistance or aid to the strikers, shall suf
fer the death penalty-that is. shall be
tried by drumhead court martial and i'm.
mediately shot This decree was issued on
August Is, last. Yet Mr. Gompers asks
the support of the laboring men OF the
Cnited States for Mr. Wilson on the
ground that he is the sponsor of the mill.
tary ,yrant who issued this decree 1t is
now announced in the press that Mr. Com.
pers is negotiating with Mr.. Carranza in
order to get him to withdraw the decree
II 50. it will only be until after election
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before they retain in power an Admins
tra,ion which tolerates such an information.
al alliance as that between Messrs. Wilson,
Gompers and Carranza and such manage
ment of its foreign affairs as Mr. Com.
pers is carrying on with the countenance,
and in the interest. of Mr.. Wilson
The welfare of the laboring man and
the welfare of the farmer taken together
represent the foundation Of the national
welfare, have always conscientiously en-.
deavored to do everything in my power for
the waeeworker who worked with his
hands and for the farmer | will do every
thing that IN me lies for their perma nent
good, except anything that is wrong. and
that J will do for man ! speak out Of
my deepest convictions and az consclep-
,Iously as 1t rs IN my power to speak when
! say to you that ] believe that Mr. VIII
son action IN connection with the Adam
son bill is deeply prejudlcial to the real
and permanent interests OF the laborng
man. say to you with deepest con-
v'ctlon that If you yourself will look back
you VIII lind that on the average. the wage
worker has prospered more when this
country has been under a protective tariff
than when the protective tariff has been
so low AZ not to give protection to our
immense and varied industries: and above
all, to the men working in those indus
tries. As you know. have always stood
for the tariff only to the degree in which
the benefit was reasonably shared between
the men IN the front office and the men
who receive the pay envelopes. I stand
tor that division now But there must be
something to divide. or nobody will get
anything
ask you to look back only two short
years MT Wilson was naugurated as
PRESIDENT three years ago last spring. He
and his party Immediately passed a low
tariff law Under it Government receipts
iell of so alarmingly that there was great
dehcit which had to he met by special
tax This was later called war tax. hut
II was not due to the war at all; the de.
crease IN receipts was prior to the war.
u was deficiency tax pure and simple.
As some one pointed out at the time.
eanadn had war with no tax; wherea
we had tax with no war 1t was purely
deficiency tax
during the first eighteen months of this
huhiihisf ration the national business went
70 pieces. the sidings on the railroads were
lathined with empty cars, and the number
oi employees IN every great industry grew
70 appaisng Dimensions speak here of
what personally know: for less than two
years ago J had to take an active mart in
New York in measures to relieve ibe ,n'
employed then saw municipal lodg;n.
houses crowded 10 overAowing with people
detirons of working. who could not get any