The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13

petent. patriotic American and the
enactment of Just laws preventing
the unspcakablc greedy profitoerH
from oonfiscAting all that a man
earns by the criminal high cost 81
living Tho war was the govern.
mcnt's great opportunity TO control
and regulate food price oppression,
and the government herein sigualiy
failed Even the present strike
gave many OF our local profiteoring
patriotstsl chance TO elevate prices
unduly. and thereby greatly punish
the innocent
3. Enactment Immediately By the
legislatures OF every state in tho
Union OF laws providing sickness.
accident. unemploymc and old age
Insurance. all TO be regulated by
scientific. nonpartlaan commissions.
&, Enactment by congress. or II
unconstitutional by state legiaa
, sires. OF child labor law which
shall stand the test OF supreme
court Interpretation. one that may
not be murdered hy the nristoeratic
cotton harons OF the South.
Z. Immediate national. state or
municipal control and regulation OF
all public utilities.
$. Immediate passage By congress
of tho bill providing payment ~
$500 TO every honorably discharged
soldier and sailor who served IN this
war for the purpose Of proving that
the nation il not ungruteful. and to
prevent the returned soldier from
smarting under sense OF injury.
and become easy prey for profession.
al and fanatieal agitation.
Congress has busted itself for ak
months in partisan criticism and In
the making Of revenue bin 20 pay
for many rrai expenditures. few
Hog Island wastings. and FOR divers
and sundrS other national needs TO
the exclusion % every other thought
II one hair OF the funds inexcuaably
wasted could have been voted TO "A
proper wage for workers. there
would be no need OF strikes. ana
there would be- no unrest for the
BolHhevih would have had no an.
archistlc meat 10 feed upon,
A few men In both houses OF con
gress have some gilmmcring % tho
trend Of national popular thought
Those who are given TO see realize
that there Il deep unrest. portrnding
vast and mighty reconstruction ana
readIustment Refusal 20 admit the
facts IL evidence that they have
eyes and see not. and ears but hear
not "
Not only ship workers. hut all
toilers have grievance when. by
gross incfficiency and lack OF fore
sight. the nation permitted the pur
chasing power % the dollar 10 reach
its lowest ebb. labor could not live
like human being on its pay. and
war forbade drastic action Mays
and other boartH by vcxntloua dc.
lays insultcd human endurance Fail.
ure to promptly settle disputes IL In.
cxcusably wrong That compare.
lively few have nearly all and tho
vast many little OF nothing cannot
continue 10 BE-. IL we arc born FREE
and equal and are 90 remain so dur
ms our struggle for existence. tt f.
no longer merely tho settlement Of
a Seattle shipyard STRIKE This and
kindred questions are tho big issues
IN the political and Industrial dcvcl.
opment OF the world
The stiff ncckcd conservative and
the reckless radical must rciinauish
their pride and their whips. and
give way TO those that are guided
by real patriotism. and then when
the stiff necklsm of the one. and the
mad passions OF tho other are Sub.
merged and sumo common ground
OF action reached. with due regard
TO the human element. we may hope
10 preserve our nations destiny Of
leading mankind toward the noblcst
expression Of human freedom.