Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-19
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ruary II, when there
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Organization of the strikers whose
walkout at 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
ed, are said by the leaders TO have
Joined unions connected with the
trade. No formal demands were made
upon the company. Many depart
ments OF the plant were closed down.
while others were operated on 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 n possibility. The war
industries abroad announced II 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. II
estimates that approximately two
thirds Of the leaf tobacco raised In this
country in 1917 will be available for
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 oi
munitions. which has been turned over
to the War Department, which VIII
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
covery, for obvious reasons, cannot be
made public. These are only several
of the prideful statements made by the
board of regents in a review OF tho
university'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
i eral constitution to be offered In the
House by Representive Henry w. Wat
son Of Langhorne. Pa. 1t authorizes
congress to regulate wages Of laborert
and mechanics employed In any occu'
pations and to regulate the prices oi
all commodities produced in or offered
for sale or consumption withir the
United States and its insular posses
sions. Representative Watson said he
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 1t Is going to regulate the
prices of the things the wage-earner
buys, it follows logically that the
government must likewise regulate
wages" said Mr.. Watson.. This can be
done by a commission created by con-
gress 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