The Washington herald., 1916-02-13
THE OPEN FORUM
Appam Should Be Returned to Her Owners Under
Treaty Provisions

States and placed a.s7I4s IN twelve
4 wet" States. as foIloWs: Massachusetts.
New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvsnia,
Ohio. Indiana Illinois. Michigan. Nis-
souri,, Texas, Wisconsin and Cahforuis.
Il II 10 evident. therefore. that a vote by
| States tnstesd Of expressing the will OF
4 the people might enable the minority 20
override the will OF the majority. New
fork, with nearly i0ooo.0o inhabitants.
| would be on an equal footing with North
Dakots, which has less than 10000 yopp-
lation.
\ Pennsylvania with over $500. GO poputs-
i tion' would have no more weight IN the
count than Arizona. which has les. than
| sfe.60o population.
i In consideration Of these fscts n rs not
surprising that the leaders Of the prohibit
| tion movement should vim 10 convey
/ the impression that nationwide prohibt-
ton would be voted on by the people but
\ n IL surprising that they would venture
into cold print with a statement 50 easily
disproven. However. n ts IN line with
the policies Of the prohibition leaders.
They start work by claiming that pro
4 hibitton" is Temperance They pretend
to favor local option and home rule In
one State and seek 10 destroy local
I option and home rule in another
y T. NJ GILMORE.
iPresident Nsuonsl Model License Lesfue
/ ChnmPies of Director Natph.
Editor OF The Washington Herald: In
'voUr valuable paper. which I subscribe
TO annually. l find the statement that
the plate printers union or It's repre-
sentstiNes. refute and deny In toto. the
statement recently rnade by Director
tJoseph p. Ralph. Of the Bureau Of En-
CRAVING and Printing. before commit
tee of Congress that he had been ''viIli-
fed and hsrassed' by the Plate Printers
Union. ] am an ernploye OF the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing and a sense
OF fairness prompts me 10 say that the
director was absolutely night when he
said he had been ''viIlihed and harsssed''
by the Plate Printers' Union. The flee
OF the official organ Of the Plate Pri1sevv'
Union, the Plate Printer" WI s6cv
ample VeT1ftcstson OF that stste.~nr assa
tscL Or, enter place where plase p~lDt-
ers are wont 70 conrr-sate daH, spa
listen 70 tine epithets that are hurl~o nj a
msn who has simply Obeyed orders. ps~-
formed his duty according to his oath to
the United States government and acted
IN the most humane. progressive and abb
solutcly fair manner.
ask any one interested in the sub
lect 10 60 through the new bundiar o
the Bureau OF Engraving and Prinsirx
land investigate ifs Up-to-dste hys1enc
Iand comfoTt-providing equipment wSo
fought for and obtained these festuree of
health and advancement for the sr-
iploNes2 Who has watched with Gre
: fulness and discretion over the 'phyScsI
and moral welfare Of the enploye. OF
the Bureau. aside from their econs-n,c
value. until today, you hear very nfte. N
any Of the Idle gossip concerning the
BJreau that was rife some years sre-
The printers, the real men among ts~~-.
= and there are legions OF such rsIr--
minded ones, know who IL respOnrssl. for
: these improved conditions: men hshsr ur
know and the preponderatinE nusli.<r of
: employees other than discuRteutsd piste
: printers Of the BuresU. know that Raipn
I is the man. II would be we'll FOR TN.
? plate printers and the pubHc-at-lsrss 10
know ana remember. that the BuresB
= employs "a" men and women engaged ~
various skilled trades. These srvers
; trades hsve orGsnizst tons or unions an6
the employees Of the Bureau belong 60
= such unions. are loyal members thereof
] land are unhsrlpcred OF annoyed beCa Use
Of such membership by the director OF
! his assistants.
= The same general rules govern all en-
ployes OF the Bureau. one trade il not
privileged over another and the advance
$ meut OF science and Invention with us
p ineNOrabls changes Tor the iu1r ROY Cneut
OF the world does not strike ono set Of
worsmen more heavily than another. DO
i you hear OF Other unions. orga nizations
- or groups Of employees or the Bureau
forever preaching against the inIquities
q Of Director Ralph and sUbjectinE him
TO criticism aud ridicule IN tho public
prints IS we'll as the trade uapers Of
I, Washington and Maryland No The
,'iestion is not one concerning the uH-
> doubted abilities Of Director Ralph but
: rather one concerning IN plate printers.
desire 10 run the Bureau according to
their particular Plan. and not according
2 Congress, the Secretary OF the Treasury.
: or the Director Of the BureHu
But several years hsve elapsed since
there ~ss the most widespread campaign
and agitation against the powe- press
by. the Printers Union. Ofhcials high
. and low were Esssiled. cBjoled and plead
ed with against their introduction In
4 added numbers 10 those already in uss
= in the Bureau. What is the stiuati
1 today? The power press Is the ''thinF
r desirable: applications for Jobs on this
D hideous destroyer are more than can bs
d filled. Incidentally. pOwer-press printers
4 make s. per diem while notor-dr rfyen
; hand pressInsn make but g. per diem
JAMES r. HUMAN.
Plea for Indian War Veterans.
! Editor Of The Washington Herald. Ir
= view OF the pending legislation for tho
relief OF veterans OF the Indian wars.
, some people are inclined 10 ask what
these veterans have done 60 merit such
, consideration
] will state briefly. thst the pr seuee
OF the regular army in the South aided
the civil author tiles Ia the dissEreeabIs
and difficult work Of reconstruction 90
That being accomplished they were sent
! 10 the Indian country. from the Canadian
2 boundry TO the Rio Grande. and from
4 Kansas TO Oregon. including a country
= larger than that between the Great
T Lakes and Florida. and the Atlantic and
Mississippi. They made u possible for
= the white man 10 live in peace. and added
= fifteen stars TO the flaE. They prepare
l the way for the oN-cart and the stare
: coach. and remained until the trans
continentsl railroad had crossed the arid
= plains and mountain tops