Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-03-23
A. Real Plan.

the crisis IN IT. domestic affairs.
The domestic crisis Is the threat
ened strike of all the railroad men
in the United States for basic
eight-hour day"
For weeks this peril has been
creeping upon US. For weeks
there has drawn steadily nearer
the possibility that our returning
prosperity will be stopped and
turned into adversely by u paraly-
sis of the transportation system of
the country.
As country we have made no
preparation to meet it.
Our governmental machinery
for preventing the railroads from
getting too great incomes still
lacks any instrument for adjusting
the demands of labor to their fair
place in the economic structure.
Into this gap the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
steps with a proposal that looks
to the rights of the public, the
inevitable thirl party to the dis
pute. In ana emergency resolu-
ton passed by its executive com
mittee it says:
Whereas. 1t has come to the at
tention of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States of
America that grave differences
are impending between the rail
roads and certain of their Employees
which, # not adjusted, may re-
suit III serious interruption to
transportation; and
Whereas. such interruption
OF the traffic operation of the
United States would be national
calamity, and if arising thru arbi-
trary action of either side, with
out the question in dispute being
submitted to u careful and impair
riai analysis. would constitute an
act inImical TO public welfare and
I faught with grave Consequences;
be- 1t therefore
Resolved, That it the >en
of the Chamber % Commerce of
the Unll,-l o,..tc, % Anierivn lilat
the parties Ia tie controversy
should and in the interest Of the
plbic veal must, 81. IL their diff
+ ferences without r-cu lrse to meas
ures that would impair the public
-ervire; and he il further
Resolved. That the board Of
directors IF the Cham ~ OF Com
mrree ~ Iue United states APP
point 8 committee which shall
carefully and impartially investi-
gate amt c9n>i.ler such phases Of
. tie situation A. relate To the IN
.erest> 81 commerce and the pub
iIe. AMI shall from time 70 tiue
report to the board of drec;ors
a Ca tile best means OF preserv-
,ng the public service unlmlarl-
e,l.
Here ! representation Of the
third party 10 the dispute. Here
i a eommitte forthe public. which
shall be concerned neither with
the partisan interests 8fthc Unions
nor with those Of tie roads. but
swhIcH s..all give IT, single thought
u avertlng from the prblic tie
deadly blow oil an interruption Of
traffic.
Cut of this committee may we'll
come means to settle tie strike
before 1t : begun. Certainly u
viii he able. Unofficial "a IL ~ to
speak TO its chen. the American
/ public, authOritatively and power
fully. upon the rights and wrongs
Of the Struggle.
Ne arr glad 10 see that this
fine new idea in in ustrial troqble
has hcen gravely Endorsed by
the Chicago Association Of Conn
merct'. which indeei. had a lad
ing share IN framing it.
Similar associations turnout the
country should take this action.
All business men should receg-
nize a 10 those of Chicago. that
herr i for almost the first time
an intelligent organized. business
like tcmpt to protect the pub
tic interest before trouble comes
Tie c amber Of Commerce plan
gives the innocent third party MS
first chance To avert loss instead
of merely accepting 1t.
It, SUCCESS i To the hest M
tafs-rs 81 tho fF,ftoI 60.