Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28


| There is room for all of them within
| the loyalty fold
The truth is that persons of intelli-
| gence, with the exception of fanatics
and intentional traitors, are fast realiz-
ing that this war on Germany is be-
| ing made by the people of the United
| States and that they intend to see it
through to victorious conclusion
| Their determination is increasing as
/. their sons and brothers go into the
| training camps, and when the casual
ty lists begin to come from the other
side, it will be irresistible
Many Labor Troubles.
| Despite the undoubted patriotism
and energetic efforts of President Com
! pers of the American Federation OF
Labor, the government is having lot
| of trouble with strikes of organized
| labor and only strenuous work and
cleverness on the part of it's me diators
prevent the disastrous tying up Of in
| dustries whose continued operation is
| necessary to successful carrying on Of
the war. The latest important In
stance of this began last Monday when
| some 5000 iron workers at San Fran
cisco struck for higher wages and
stopped work on $150,0O0,00O worth of
| government contracts for ship build
| ing. The federal shipping board of
fered to pay one-half of any wage in
creases for companies making net
more than 10 per cent profit on COM
Wandered ships, the ship builders
agreed to consider the mems demands.
and prospects for ending the strike
were good.
In New Orleans and New York sew
| eral thousand longshoremen went on
strike for various reasons, and there
was similar trouble in other localities
! Being seriously disturbed over the
| labor situation, especially in the Pa
cific coast and Rocky mountain re-
! gions, President Wilson on Thursday
appointed a special commission, head
ed by Secretary of Labor Wilson. to
| visit the states where these difficulties
| exist and endeavor to bring about
| working arrangements for the period
| of the war at least. The other mem
| bers of the commission are Col. j. L.
| Spangler of Pennsylvania, V. z. Reed
| of Colorado, John III. Walker of Illinois
| and e. p Marsh of Washington.
The war convention of American
! business men in session at Atlantic
| City was lectured rather sharply by
! Secretary of Labor Wilson, and there
upon adopted resolutions as follows:
"That no attempts be made by BUSH
ness to change labor conditions and
| that labor make no efforts to force
union recognition or changes in stand
ards.
THAT there be no profteering iR
business to give rise to labor unrest
| '"That business recommend to the
| government creation of government
board representing labor, capital and
! the public to settle all major disputes
| and that the boards decisions be bind
| ing on both sides.
THAT industry call on labor to CO.
operate in making it plain there will
be no strikes or lockouts while adjust
ments are being made"
Board to Rule Sugar Supply.
Protection and regulation of the SUI
gar supply was taken up Thursday and
an international committee of five was
named for the distribution of sugar
among the allied and neutral nations
The same day the beet sugar pro
ducers signed an agreement with the
e go. ,,I<o
salers at seaboard refining points for
III cents a pound maximum. Retail
prices usually being from one-half TO
three-fourths of a cent higher, the
price to the consumer is expected to
be about cents pound. The cane
sugar men are expected to take SIM
liar action. In these matters and iR
arrangements concerning potatoes.
wheat and other foodstuffs, Admins
traitor Hoover is acting with energy
and precision. He says the victor In
the war will be the side that can hold
out longest against starvation, and is
going ahead on that line.
The copper interests have volun~
tarily fixed upon 237A cents pound.
f. O. b. New York, as the price of cop
per for the next four months, and this
has been approved by the war indus
tries board and the president.
The congressional conference conf
mittee on the trading with the enemy
bill has added to it provision for the
censoring of cables and foreign mails
This is the result of government in
vestigation showing that informatiGm
has been reaching Germany through
uncensored cables and letters that APP
parently were of a harmless business
nature.