Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-23
LETTER FROM
WASHINGTON
Women in Our National Industries
An Industrial Triumph-ROOseveit
on lndustries-Uncle Sam on the
Seas. e.
By ]. E. Jones

When supremacy in the home
passed from the male head Of the in
stitution to the wife, people used to
remark that it was ''missus who
wears the pants;" and if this stand
ard of measurement is to be applied
it is going to be rather diff
fcult to determine whether it is the
men, or the women, who'll wear the
pants" and manage the affairs of the
world. The village school ma'ams
and bellies are now doing large part
of the work in Washington, and they
have replaced men in the government
in thousands of cases.
The munitions plants are filled with
women; and in the industries they
are doing every bit as good service
as men.
Reports from England on this
phase of industry are interesting,
since the Mother Country undoubtedly
moves even slower than we are 60
ing. Nevertheless, 100000 women
have directly replaced men since the
beginning of the war. The figures
from France and Italy are even more
surprising in character. In Germany
and Austria the burdens of labor have
fallen almost entirely upon the wo-
men. Gradually women are taking
their places in the ranks of industry
shoulder to shoulder with men.
The triumph in Industry
There is no use denying the fact
that there is a great shortage Of la
bor throughout the country, and in
order to better regulate conditions
the government has instituted its en-
ployment service, and already there
have been good results. Secretary OF
Labor Wilson in speaking of the Ger
man propaganda among the laboring
classes said that if the philosophy of
sabotage and striking upon the job
had been tolerated it would have re-
suited in decreased production and
a lowering of the standard of living
of those who are actually doing the
physical labor. The secretary has
pointed out the fact that the most
efficient laborer is the American
worker, who produces more than any
other wage-worker in the world, not
withstanding the much advertised eff
ficiency of the German workmen."
| Labor has put its heel on the cobra
headed l. w. W. doctrine, labor has
taken the best Of the PHILOSOPHERS Of
the Non-Partisan League and similar
institutions, and has consigned thu
rest of the doctrine, and the exploit
ers to the scrap heap.
Employers and employees have tri
umphed, and it is clear that hence
forth the existing differences will b.
settled by amicable methods that tn,
government has supplied. The glori
Gus vindication that Democracy i
achieving in France is likewise win
ming it's victories in the industrial es
tablishments of the United States.
Roosevelt On Our Industries
Once in awhile Colonel Roosevelt
talks about things in a way that al
agree with-whether they are parti
sans or foes of the ex-President. Nh
Roosevelt has recently said that "I
our industrial activities, alike o
farmer, wage worker, and busines
man, our aim should be cooperation
among ourselves and control by tn
state to a degree necessary, in orde
to prevent tyranny and yet encourag 2
and reward individual excellence.
Colonel Roosevelt says that govern
ment ownership should be avoide
wherever possible; our purpose shoul
be to steer between the anarchy @
unregulated individualism and tn
deadening Journalism and inefficienc
of widespread state ownership. FroF
time to time it has been found neces
sary for the government to own an
run certain business, the unintel
rupted prosecution of which is neceg
sary to the public welfare and whic
cannot be adequately controlled in an
J other way, but normally this is as il
! advisable as to permit such bushes
concerns to be free from all cover,
ment supervision and direction
Normally, and save where the n
i cessity is clearly shown, our al
should be to encourage and stimula
: private action and cooperation su
e ject to governmental control"
Uncle Sam Viii Rule the Wave
e Five years ago American shiI
Il were as invisible as whales, and vo
l, ayers to Europe and South Ameri
s frequently returned WlCnOQC seen
ID either. But American ships are no
it ping into the ocean with more spe
IS than American automobiles achiev
ten or a dozen years ago. Just thi,
of it, There were 1913 new vesst
- launched in July, with 631,944 de
weight tonnage. No previous twely
month period in American shipyar
equals this record. A few mont
ago the pessimists were predict
the failure of our ship-building pl
gram. That was when the yards we
building, and the material and wol
men were getting things into sha
to start things. Now, even Anne
cans, who are used to marvelC
achievements, are surprised at t
records in ship-building, and it
confidently predicted that one of
results of the war will be that "J
Gle Sam will rule the wave" CIR
Britain will be distanced before lc
OF tbo rata I1ra noiOO