Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-18

be raised from many. many subscrip- ticns, and the work is slower and harder than before. But you can be sure of one thing. and that is. that our people, rich ana poor, are nearly all of them pledging all they possibly can of their means for the bonds.
 His Tribute to Labor and Gompers
 And speaking of each man and class doing their best for the war, want 10 say a wcrd about labor I am proud ol the record made by American labor, both organized and unorganized. in this war. They have had trouble, more or less, with labor in England and Australia and even in France and Italy, but American labor, with very few exceptions, has led the way in ef- fort and patriotism. The stand taken by American labor generally for con elusive victory has strengthened the entire allied cause more than I can say. And American labor can well be proud of the stand and leadership of Samuel GOmpers in this war. MT. Gompers has been broad and big and fine all the way through. and right now he is doing a great work in France and England to offset the pro- paganda of German socialists who are hand in glove with the kaiser's court MT. Gompers went over there to show them where American labor stands on this war question, and he has succeed ed even better than this nation had hoped for"
 May Be No Car and Coal Shortage
 In reply to questions regarding the possibility of a car shortage CT coa; shortage the coming winter, Mir Doug las vas inclined to be optomist.c upcn both these important questions We have more cars than ever before" he said, "and we have mined more soft and hard coal the past six months than ever before in the nations history. l do not expect either the car or coal shortage to be as acute as they were last winter, but, of course. if we have an exceptional and long continued cold spell, we shall suffer from coal short age and there will be traffic blockades with corresponding shortage of cars in many places.
 Railroad Problems
 Right now the railroads over the country are facing tremendous prob lens of transportation. The service is : simply awful The people are putting up with inconvenience now and pay ing rates that they would have de- clared outrageous before the war. But the people have made up their miu@s Co make the best of it for the gccd of the country at large. And so 1t is | that one hears no grumbling while passenger trains take the sidetracS . for troop and freight trains. and pay high fares and excess. Pullman rates without a mUrmur and wait for trains and freight shipments with the patti ence of Job himself. On all local . trains running in and out of New York City there are as many as 100 peo- pie standing in the aisles. And on trains the seats are crowded . and all upper and lower berths filled. The equipment for general passenger service has been cut to the minimum; cut to the bone, l might say.
 Housing Conditions
 'You speak of a scarcity of houses in the Warren district and in the min ing and industrial centers of the west. There has never been anything here to approach conditions now in the east In Washington and the war fac tory cities along the Atlantic coast the housing conditions are simply inde- scribable. But in these centers these conditions will naturally and quickly adjust themselves at the close Of the war when the workers, men and wOm- en, go to their own homes over the 
 Copper Situation. Now and After War
 We are producing our normal out put of copper in the Arizona mines in spite of the labor shortage as the result of the war. but we are only do- ing 1t at the cost Of all development, Mining copper is war measure and ill conditions. ordinary and extra ordinary. must be met without excuse and without fail. After the war weS