El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-23

THERE IS tendency, veil defined and inclined to grow,
to depOunce the labOring nan war job who goes
strike and not to consider the he may have for
dissatisfaction One hears much blame of the striking ship
builder muniton maker without word against his
plOyE There crops out when sueh strikes occur talk in
favor Of industrial CONSUMPTION; that is drafting labor for
work and fastening the to their Jobs and
letting them quit while the war lasts
Except for certain ". ". influence chiefly IN the
woods Of the northwest tie range Of Michigan and,
until recently, in the copper mines Of Arizona, there is
far be dislOyal sentiment urging strikes
among workers engaged in industries Generally such
strikes due to thOughtessuess Most Of the workers
patriotic anyone They have sons in the army
and navy many Liberty bond buyers and supporters
Of the Red Cross and realize what their OF producing
ships Shells apanes and the materials therefore to-
ward the winning Of the Shipbuders Of yard
bet those Of another yard they turn out the most
chant ships stated time The Of the other yard
leap to the wager and the race Shpyards Of the east
compete against those OF the vest wooden shpyard against
wooden spyard and steel spyard against steel shpyard
The trouble with the shpbuding industry heretofore
has been principally lack Of directing power at the top
resulting for example, in failure to deliver steel plates and
other materials at the yards when needed and thus delay
ing the construction Of ships The selection Of Charles n
SohWab Of the Bethlehem Steel company, general
ager Of the Emergency Fleet Corporation bids fair to supply
the directing power needed for merchant ship building.
Mr. Sehwab, himself a working man and who recently
declared that the world Of the future would belong to the
laborng man. may be able BY wise direction, eliminate
aboE troubles at the shpyards But there many other
industries where labor troubles VIII crop Up.
Il is sided to say the workman must stick to his
var lob regardless until the war ends unless the provision
made that he mist be fairly treated II the matter Of
wages and working conditions. To force him to work
at whatever wages for whatever hours and under what
ever conditions the heads Of industry may impose is to
vert to slavery But few workers these days mis-
treated While cost Of living is high the workman never
received so much pay.
Profitsering IS causing much industrial trouble in
this country anything else. Great salaries for officials
and fat dividends for stockholders while the aborers
ceive wages which lock meagsr IN view Of the steadily
mounting cost Of living incentive to strikes
Labor stay the job 1t IS true, for army and
navy must be supplied and must help feed allies
and the neutral world but the unhoy money grabbing BY
the heads Of industry must to a step, too.
VIII T. Hays chairman Of the Republican national
ttee his e Paso speech gave appropriate phrssng to
the right idea when he said:
eve must have less prOfiteering and volunteering
ID this country The manufacturer who would take ad
vantage Of his couns emergency TO profit unduly to
concessions unduly from labor IS Just culpabe as