Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-10-20
ADMINISTRATION
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The STRONG ASS cRoUcHING
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iAcSer-ssensnt-y
Il Is felt sy great many pessse
that the caption. The Strong Ass
Crouehing Down al the present as-
menf aDtly describes the position Of
ths people Of tbs Unitsd states ga-
dsr tbs burden imposed BY the ~
ams0n law recently passed ~ sss-
grers- The sffeet Of the law WIN %
10 inevitably add to the freight charges
imposed on railroad freights al least
3s0.oo0.0os year II may vel -
( that the farmers ~ the moment ssA
afford this. for il is on their shoulders
that the larger portion Of the burdsa
must rest, but AT least they womb
like 10 know that before this burasa
was imposed ia was determined that
/ Justice was satisfied and no moro
when the Adamsoa bin became law:
A recent issue Of WalIaee's Farmer
has thi. TO say about the matter:
/ THE action Of the president IN talz
matter. and the hurried enactment sf
lenge the thoughtful consideration Of
the farmers Of the west.
We do not undertake TO say wher4
reason and fairness lie in this COZ
troversy between the railroad employ
IS and employers. The men asked fer
an eight-hour day at ten-hOur pay.
ard For rerr1fn o+ber oonrzz-7--s =.
wages and hours The employers an
sEered that these pasticular Eorknea
were already paid very high wages
that the proposed change from e.
hours 10 eight hours would mean lot
reduction in the hours, but an advances
ot 2s per cent in wages for the sans
work: that the railroads could not
stand this increased expense Whe<
President Wilson called bdh sides
before him the Representatives OF tho
managers agreed 10 submit the matter
to arbitration. The employees refussl
TO arbritrate. and while the president
was still working TO find satisfae-
terry solution, they sent ont the NJ
tice TO strike Monday.
Now. We do not know whether OF
not the workmen were justified n their
demands. Neither does President WI
son know. Neither does congress
know But under this threat OF a
strike BY TIE workmen. the president
and congress, without information Al
70 the rights in the matter, wlthogt
investigation. without due eonsIderz-
ton. make law which gives the work
men what they ask. and which. fsr
q time at least, fixes tie wages Of
certain classes OF railway employees and
forbids the railroads to reduce them
II is epochmaking
"A strike such as was threatens<
The people had 4 right not alone 10
expect. but 10 demand OF both prssi-
dent and congress. that they should
use all just means 70 prevent il, and
10 create law to this end If Necessary
But il seemed not unreasonable 70 ex-
pect that they would meet the matter
as statesmen rather than as panic
stricken politicians. yielding 70 a threat;
that they would not arbitrarily saddle
upon the public s50.Oo0.ooe a year ad-
ditionsI expense. until thorough IL
vestigation had shown il TO BE- Just
and proper.
Never was there 4 more vivid L
lustration q the value OF organizatisz-
-Four hundred thousand workmen
banded together have. rightly o.
wrongly. worked their vii with the
president and the congress OF United
States And now the railroad mana
gers VIII have their turn. for It seems
reasonably certain that they have been
assured of advances in freight rates
sufficient to AT least pay the increased
wages 10 the workmen The unorgan-
ized public viii pay the bil and me
first tnstallment wiz most likely he met
by the grain growers and stockmen or
the west CAs we pointed out last week.
the stage has already been SET to- ths
advance in livestock rates
The farmer would do wel to tu-a
his attention fer time from the Erow-
ing crops and from the elauOrins OF
politicians and purely selfish sob-hnnr-
e-s. to a consideration Of what the
events Of the last TWO weeks slsouss
teach him And the thorOushne~s
with which he learns and practices
his lesson VIII determine whether Re
shan in the future play the part Of
an aroused Judah or the part Of Is
acchar. the strong ass erouchlns
down between two burdens
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