The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-08-16

not try to make one locomotive
draw the number of cars which
should be drawn by two, nor one
man do the work of two, in trans
p0rtation or anything else, as was
done before the war. The govern
ment will aim at sufficiency and ia
cility of service while taking safety
into consideration.
Mr.. Short concluded by saying
when the soldiers return they will
be entitled to every protection the
public can give them. If ever q
soldier earned the sympathy of re-
public it is the man who is doing
the fighting in this war, offering tc
sacrifice his life for world democ.
racy. There will be greedy corpor-
ations which will seek to take adj
vantage of temporary surplus OF
labor Immediately after the wal
ends, but that will be true of but a
few. There are many corporations
which are not so greedy and the
government will exercise steady
ing hand on the situation"
The interviewer says: "Mr. Short
does not have that narrow view of
the world problem which one is
likely to have who remains in one
place and depends on his reading for
ii wider survey"
Biographical.
The interviewer gives the follow.
ing Biographical sketch of VIM. Short
"He is a Scotchman by birth
coming from Ayr, the land of Bob.
bic Burns, and he speaks with &
strong Scotch accent. He went tc
work in a coal mine when but Il
years of age and has been a Goa
miner ever since. When honoreC
by President Wilson with place
On the American labor commission
of thirty members, which visited
Great Britain and France, and pen
etrated to the battle front last
spring, he mingled with the labor
leaders and the directors of gov
eminent on two continents. His
horizon is broader, his knowledge
deeper and his understanding great
or than that of the average man
with whom he comes in contact in
his work as president of the State
which he was called upon by the
executive committee to fill when
President E. P. Marsh was sum-
moneu to Washington to assist Sec
retary of Labor Wilson in solving
the labor problems of the war peri
cd Mr.. Short was recently elected
ly the Federation for a two-year
term and is kept exceedingly busy
with the multitude of duties which
his position entails.
Though he had been compelled
to be out of the city for some
days, attended long conference
the evening before, his desk was
piled high with unopened mail and
his telephone called him repeatedly
he was glad to give this interview
on his view of the labor problem af-
ter the war and during the hour
accepted two invitations to speak at
gatherings, each time on some
phase of his experiences while
abroad
ale began work at wages which
averaged rs cents a day. 1t was
piece work, but the men only worked
eight hours. Today eight hours
from bank to bank is the rule in
chat Scotch coal mine which Mr.
Short had the opportunity of revisit
ing while abroad. He came from
Scotland to British Columbia and
thence to Washington, being EN-.
ployed in the mines at Black Dia-
mond when called to become state
SECRETARY of the United Mine Work
ers and later vice president of the
State Federation of Labor. He is
but 81 years old, light in build, with
black hair and eyes and rather sharp
features. He looks his questioner
square in the eye and speaks easily
and with confidence in the truth
fulness of his position.
"When C. M. Schwab was in Sc
attic he paid Mr. Short the compli-
ment of saying that Short made the
best patriotic speech the great cap
tain of industry had ever heard.
"Mr. Short not only believes we
are going to win this war; but that
labor, which has so large a part in
the winning of the war, is not going
to suffer after the war is over"
CONCITMM