Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-09
Disrusse, pro6trrripp

To 'he Editor % The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--Wr sec that Samuel Gorrrcrs's
Indianapolis meeting is for a seven
WASHINGTON, with bill No. e9i3. and
Representative Kelly, with House bill!
G52o arc pressing Congress for "A uni
versal eicht-hour day. GomperS re-
ducrs the circle by moving IN tho pegs
further for a scv"n-hour dav.
Already much Of the labor In mum
ton plants and around Cantonncnts
gets ten times as much as the man who
Is drafted for the hring-!inc receives,
many men getting $500 a month with
all the comforts OF home and family
within reach. while tho men IN the
trenches gets none Gf these comforts,
bullet in the forehead. Every able
bodied young man, white and colorc,i.
has left the country, some drafted, but
most OF them fiock!ng to the hirh-pay
Jobs, where more time is taken up
watching the clock than watching the
job. The farmers are left with old
and WORKOUT men and little BOYS to
the taxes. and yet the cry is double
your crops" a repetition OF Pharaohs
order 10 double tho tale OF bricks while
The straw Is withheld.
Labor is doing better than ever in its
history. but is Unsuitable. knowing that
under the stress OF war II is n good
time 10 push the SLOGAN. More wages
throat and substitute proitccrins Tor
patriotism. much in tho same wa tho
prohihitionis,s held IN much needed
legislation for six months i'm Congress.
taking advantage Of the stress Of war
20 club the country into their views or
elSr hold UP all war-speedinS measures.
70: patriotism. riding their old hobby
up 10 the firing line TO win the war
without guns or munitions. tramplinG
states rights under foot. with little
II -
tide and on" county at high tide. fore
ing New York. California. or rennsyl-
wanna into its way Of thinking. inviting
SnnFaEettes and force bills, amnmll.ng
construction times. Let's use the
club while we can. Winning our point
Is far better than winning the war.
ProitccrinG. pure and simple. all. OF
course for the hcttcrmcnt Of humanity:
Meanwhile the cXultant advocate OF
the suTragettcs waves the pctticoat
and cries. Now is our time TO win.
The country is in dire distress. War Is
on. llit them for our universal fran
chisc The world Will gain ton times
more Ivy carrying our point. even If IL
odorous co!orcd sunraGcttcs in The
march to the polls. The world viii
gain ten times more permanent good ii
we win than by winning the war. The
while the country is handicapped in it's
life and death war struggle
Our poor LEGISLATORS In Congress and
in the Legislatures arc pulled and drag
Geh this va" and that until one half
OF them don't know whether they are
or going. They want to stand
in with everybody, and get their Jobs
again. and so labor. with its compen-
sation bills. and honc-dryS and suf-
fragcttcs smiic them hip and thigh.
taking advantage of the war t" put
tIioiism. Tho pcopl" arc sick and tir
cd az quacks with their nostrums. II
is like getting a draft of pure ai'
20 lind some of our Legislators working.
not under hystcria but with practical
common sense for State highways and
state budgets. and business methods.
God grant that, while bending our ri,
forts for permanent peace and world
democracy abroad. we may not by IA
natical profitccrinS undermine and loso
our democracy at home:
ROBERT BEVERLEY.
Garrett Nh January 81, 1918.