Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-27

There Is room for all of them within
the loyalty fold.
~ The truth is that persons Of intelll-
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 1t
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, 1t 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 its mediators
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 25,000 iron workers at San Fran
cisco struck for higher wages and
stopped work on $150,000000 worth OF
government contracts for ship build
Ing. The federal sh,pping bOard Of
fered to pay One-half Of any wage in
creases for companies making moi
more than 10 per cent profit on COM
mandeered 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
/ citic coast and Rocky mountain re
| giOns, President Wilson on Thursday
appointed 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. ]. l..
Spangler of Pennsylvania, V. u. Reed
of Colorado, John ii. Walker of Illinois
and Il. T. 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 busi-
ness to change labor conditions and
that labor make no efforts to force
union recognition or changes in stand
ards.
THAT there be no prOtiteering IN
business to give rise to labor unrest.
THAT business recommend TO thu
government creation of Il government
D.. board representing labor, capital ant
the public to settle all major disputes
! and that the boards decisions be bind
ing on both sides.
"rhat industry call ON labor TO co
operate in making II plain there vii
be no strikes or lOckOuts while adjust
ments are being made"
Board to Rule Sugar Supply.
Protection and regulation of the su
gar supply was taken up Thursday ant
an international committee of five wa
named for the distribution of suga
among the allied and neutral nations
The same day the beet sugar pro
ducers signed IN agreement with tn,
food administration to sell to whole
sulers ut seaboard refining points 70
N cents n pound, maximum. Retail
!. prices usually being fr0m One-half L
three-fourths of cent higher, tn
price to the consumer Is expected t
be about cents pound, The can
sugar men are expected to take sin
L liar action. In these matters and 4
i arrangements concerning potatoes
n wheat and other fOOdstuifs. Admins
n traitor Hoover Is acting with energ
o aud precision. He says the victor /
l. the war win be the side that can hol
e out longest against starvation, and
s going ahead ON that line.
l. The copper interests have voluI
n tarlly fixed upon 23is cents a poun,
r (. o. b. New York, us the price of col
Ie per for the next four months, and thI
has been approved by the war indu
le tries boardNnd the president.
n, The congressional conference con
he mlttee on the trading with the enenl
$, bill has added to II Il provision for II
he censoring Of cables and foreign mail
In This Is the result of II government Il
re vestlgation showing that informutit
C, has been reaching Germany throug
ID uncenSored cables and letters that a
IN parently We're of harmless bushes
h. nature.