Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-14
COX PRAISES LACK
OF LABOR DISPUTES
Says Nations Welfare Comes
First With Both Employers
and Employees.
Suggests Motive Behind Influx
of Negroes May Be Made
to Break Standards.

labor IS playing in the present world
struggle is understood and appre-
clated by the state Of Ohio and by the
nation, and the small number of in
dustrial disputes in comparison with
the tremendous activities of factories,
mills, mines and other businesses is
relatively few--a circumstance which
shows that with both employer and
employe the welfare of a common
country comes first, declared Gov.
Cox in a Labor day statement.
He sounded note of warning of
the need Of careful and thoughtful
handling of the great number of
southern negroes who have come to
| this state in the last few months, not
only to prevent racial differences but
to prevent these strangers to the
state from suffering this winter.
The governor pays tribute to the
part labor is playing in national ac-
tivities and the problem presented in
the handling of the negro laborer
from the south in his Labor day mes
sage. It follows:
There is nothing more proper in
this years observance of Labor day
than to convey the assurance of the
state that the part labor is playing in
the present world struggle is both
understood and appreciated. There
has been nothing more gratifying
than to observe the co-ordinated ener.
gies of factory and farm in giving to
the nation such resources as accords
with the strength and patriotism OF
the state.
The representatives of labor acting
in the war cabinet have been most
useful, both in the deliberations al
the capital and in helping to allay in
dustrial strife when symptoms of trou
BILE appeared. The president of the
American Federation of Labor, Mr.
Gompers, in the magnificent co-opera
tion which he has given to Presiden
Wilson, has manifested the spiri
which possesses his followers and tn,
cause to which his talents are de
voted. When we measure the tremen
dous activities of our factories, mill
and mines, the number Of industria
disputes have been relatively few
circumstance which shows that wit
! both employer and employe the we
!, fare of a common country comes frs
, There is one symptom, however, i
the present situation which presage
: serious trouble unless society and tn
: @Aate act together and avert it. A
tie suggestion of the federal govern
t ment, we have made as careful a
analysis as we can of the causes an
!, consequences of the large influx {
: colored people from the souther
: states. A variety of things hav
: brought them here. Representative
I of employment bureaus have in som
> instances been somewhat enthusia
' tic, If not false, and neither the kin
? of employment nor the compensatiol
: which were promised, have bee
: given. AS result the dependent cla'
has been tremendously increased.
9 With the approach of winter vel
! serious condition may develop. OF
a cial advices from Cincinnati sta
q that as many as 1000 colored peop
have arrived there in single da
Ohio cities being their objective. TT
temptations of city life have tran
formed some who were law-abiding
9 the south into seeming vicious type
) and colored men and women who
) honorable citizenship through Il
years established good regulations f
Il themselves, have been greatly emba
? rassed, if not endangered, by the I
q cial feeling which has developed.
e l am not prepared to say that OF
q of these promptings behind this who
= movement is not an insidious purpo
II to break down the standards of labc
e and to jeopardize the ideals of pl
IS gressive state. 1t is to this phase
y the matter particularly that the sta
Ir addresses itself, and the pledge
d given that any attempt along the
a lines will receive such restraint
Il can legally and properly be impose
r Those who are responsible for t
a. importation of misguided colored re
'e dents of the south must be brought
understand that they have furtE
responsibility in preventing tho
whom they might use in time of pr
f. perity from becoming dependent up
10 the public. Labor as class and
&c ciety in general, it seems to me, {
ut entitled to know that time a
ID thought are being given to surV
of this situation, and the power
al government will be availed of to ma
10 whatever corrections are found n
n essary.
Favors Longer School Year.
to That colleges and normal scho
should be crowded this year to
40 vide intelligent leadership for Am
lea, and that the school year sho
r. be extended rather than abridged,
III line with the spirit of conservat
prevailing throughout the nation,
statements of F. B. Pearson, state
perintendent of public instruction.
Grants Labor Day Pardons.
m ~ Gov. Cox granted three Labor l
pardons. At the request of the g
ernor Warden Thomas of the 0
Gu penitentiary submitted three ca
for the governors consideration.
'ln To Receive Back Pay.
5le Atty. Gen. McGhee's office has
Vn held a contention of Lawrence
'er Langdon of Lebanon, former mem
of the state public utilities conn
sion. that the state could not red
his salary during his term of office
ire he will receive $2,375 in back pay.
he money, however, must be appro
ated by the legislature.
es- Birth Rate Is Climbing.
Ohio's birth rate is climbing.
, a The state bureau of vital stats
has completed tabulation of the n
CO. her of births, with the rate per
v'd 600 population, for 1915 and 1916.
Vice Zone Is Closed.
q. S. Dist Atty. Stuart R. Bolin
nounced here that section 13 of
he act of congress, passed May 1S,
hibiting "brothels, bawdy houses
immoral resorts" from opera
IF within five-mile zone of the Col
ho bus barracks and Ohio State uni
loo,, MT int offaot