The sun., 1916-09-02

| a.r tbs orono.st tina Y0tsrstatA Com.
nar,s SomrI..,on could cornnsi man "a
continue work under the wage prescribed
h s 49, T,tor.,st. Commerce Communication
o'.a. 1snS.rSond ~ss svrnr,sInSiv
.-amhNtao frsnr for the President's
-nns. ~
IT. s.,.,or rror Alabama insisted
-. ms.rnsad ai.ht hour ,avv mas NOT the
$1,000 10 las ~ an eisht hour day
SO s,,s rr.r.,v /. ~r.aSiustment Of wages by
iH"w 90 th.t men shouid receive ter
ho',.. nav Tor eisht hours work. or an
increase Of rs per cent.
This demand tor "a per CENT III.
crease In wages may DC Iisht aho IL ma!
be WRONG. sara Sena.or onoeT"oUu
the senate mas no I'M IT:
labor representatives. say " rlsn,
and the ra'iroau repIesehtatives say ~
IL wrone n VIII DC RESTRICTIVE Vi 'ho'i
property.
we are going TO ieeislate an IN.
crease or vases ~ithout khowins wna'
We arc votin6 on 10 avert an emnarso
upon commerce. the paralysis OF busi'
ness generally n PROBABLY sunerine
and starvation. We are paying the
price OF peace.
THE only Qualification We can ohel
TO the public for our action would b
to deal with the matter In q way that
will prevent a recurrence OF II. and ]
believe that the way TO d. It Ia to pass
this legislation empowering the Inter
state Commerce Commission to adjus,
rates. For my part. II this did not
bring the desired result and save the
country from this threatened interrup.
ton of the now Of commerce I would use
the mailed hand. believe thai we are
pursuing the better course In what WI
are doing here, but our first concern
should be for our country and for the
public interests"
u,,.o. p.or...a ~s.u.s r,..
~
senator Underwood suggested that the
President himself had proposed the
mailed hand IN his suggestion for the
use or the RAILROADS. Tor military pur.
poses. Senator Ffttman protested
against this assertion. but Senator Cn-
aerwooo rem,ndea MN NAT WINE tn<
ter the big stick was plainly Visible in
his suggestion for military control Of ths
railroads.
Senator Underwood shocked his Dem.
ocratic COLI by declaring also thai
the proposed legislation would bring only
temporary relief. that the crisis would
recur again In six or ten months.
lie read from the bill TO show that AZ.
ter the wage commission authorized b,
the bill had COMPLETED its work and re.
ported to Congress the railroad managers
would no longer he bound by the legis.
lation fixing wages on the eight houi
basis.
III you have nothing more In your Law
thar the eight hour law and the wac
commission you will at the end OF tina,
tim md yourself Jus. where you are
now" said Mr.. Underwood. You have
no guarantee that the railroads will con.
tinue to pay the was beyond the time
you ha we prescribed In this bill. and YOU
have no guarantee that the men won't
strike II the payment OF the prescribed
ware does no. continue.
"Our constituents have a right to ex.
pect that when we pass this Legislation
without knowing anything about II. as
We are doing. that We will not disregard
the public lnteres; entirely.
a Final Arbiter.
he 'Ia1,1neh are al! koou men, W,
me! are nkn''hs LOT themselves ana no.
TOT 'ne peop'e. "e stAhu as afoi'ers oe'
."eeh t"eil anu '"e Af"erican PeoPIe u
Ne.p 'hs hIsn"a.s OF S"in,hetee open,
tresiueht reai,,eu that ne mac
no' uIsens.seo h's Iun uu.y WIG" ~
.cs."i'"e"aea y e.S". "'.. ''". H'
ssn' 'o'"'..nu"'.oh VI e'I"pu'
a bill authorizing III President to use
h,s military force and oncra,e them. AM
he was right. I don, want 10 have &c
10 10 tina, extent. bu, rather than blocl
the ommerc az the countrv | woult
use tho army and take charge ~ IN,
railroads and operate them for IN,
people.
III YOU want IN settle this controyers,
sa,Ions Of labor then pass the eixh, hou,