Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-19

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Organization OF the strikers whose
walkout Mt the big plant OF the Ger
ard Electric company Of Lynn, Mass,
last Monday, seriously hampcred
work on war contracts. has proceeded
rapidly, according to strike leaders.
Between 5000 and 5000 employees.
who have heretofore been inorganic
cd. are said by the leaders to have
joined unions connected with tn"
trade. No formal demands were made
upon the company. Many depart
ments Of the plant were closed down.
while others were operated on a re-
duced scale.
Government control Of the tobacco
industry Of the United States may re-
suit from the heavy requirements OF
the American military forces abroad
Rationing of the American population
Is believed to be possibility. The war
industries abroad announced 1t has
been conducting an investigation to de-
termine the requirements abroad and
the amount that must be sescrved In
this country to meet the situation. 1t
estimates that approximately two
thirds of the leaf tobacco raised In this
country in 1917 will be available Tor
American manufacturers. Out Of this
must come cigarettes and pipe tobacco
for troops not yet overseas and exports
of manufactured tobacco in addition to
cigarettes and tobacco purchased here
for Belgium.
The University of Texas will have
sent more than $4,000 into the army
by the end of the year. Besides this,
the university has financed the estab-
lishment Of army technical schools to
the amount OF more than 100000.
Better still, in the chemical laboratory
of the university there recently was
made a discovery in the making OF
munitions, which has been turned over
to the War Department, which will
save the United States many times the
cost of the university. both for build
ing and maintenance, throughout It's
entire history. The nature OF this dis
coyery. for obvious reasons, cannot be
made public. These are only several
Of the prideful statements made by the
board of regents in review Of the
uniyersity's activities, 40 Of whose fac
ulty are actively engaged In the war
service, many OF them in the army.
Government regulation Of the wages
of labor and the fees Of professional
men in the United States Is provided
| in a proposed amendment to the Fed
eral constitution to be offered In the
House by Representiye Henry w. Wat
son Of Langhorne. Pa 1t authorizes
| congress to regulate wages OF laborers
and mechanics employed in any occu-
pations and to regulate the prices OF
all commodities produced In or offered
for sale or consumption within the
United States and its insular posses
sions. Representative Watson said ne
would address the house at length on
the proposed amendment at an early
date. He declared there was only one
way to prevent strikes and that was by
government regulation of labor. the
government now Is regulating the
prices Of wheat and other food pro-
ducts, and II it Is going to regulate the
prices Of the things the wage-earner
buys, 1t follows logically that the
government must likewise regulate
wages" said Mr.. Watson This can be
done by a commission created by con-
sress. Such a commission. Of course
would have to establish wage stand
ards according to the economic condi'
tions in the different sections of the
country. The regulation Of labor Is