El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-27

D I Is DeueaLn the dignity OF oL6e-llll1A
/ labor to reply to some Of the let
I tiers which congressman Blanton had
printed in the Congressional Record,
( but some OF these statements call for
Ia reply.
We are not going to argue that
! some members Of unions or organized
labor are not radical. and want the
world with a fence around it; there
are such. but they are in the minority.
In fact, you wilIpot find one radical,
where you find 1000 good honest
I hard working men. but the radical
is a necessary part of the whole
l Organization has ennobled labor and
I made Il better for every man. who
I tolls Unions Will grow better as
I they grow greater and what We want
/ is the patience and good VIII OF all
! good people and especially the honest
! business concerns Of the country me
/ interests Of one are the interests OF
Z the other, and both sides need goOds
/ Intelligent, conservative men TO help
steady the boat If there IS a sore,
Z let US all pull together ana heal II,
I and not keep scratching at il until
there is a worse once that cannot be
I healed.
Unions are associations mostly Of
Z skilled laborers. and are the prime
] creators OF wealth; without labor
] there IS nothing. but We VIII admit
I without management there is not
much. Management is labor, then why
/ curse that which feeds you2 Why
degrade it, And while unions are
/ associations Of bodies OF laborers,
/ chamber Of commerce. credit associa-
] lions, manufacturing associations,
/ medical associations bankers asso-
Citations, and so on indefinitely. are
| unions. also. and are made up OF
] professional and business men A
l majority Of them are honest and hard
l workers, while the bad ones are
] crooks, rascals and parasites, who
/ live off Of the labor and honest busi-
ness whom they besmirch and malign-
Henry Ford pays the sweepers in
\ his factory SO per day, and bonus,
I and he has millions to throw away
{ on a world peace ship. You never
I hear Of any strikes in his factories,
I do you2 Are you going to blame the
! workers in the great steel mills or
7 are you going TO blame Mr. Gary, the
master and manager2 You viii
naturally blame the men; they are
I TO blame for coming over here from
/ the slave pens Of Europe in Mr.. Gary's
ships TO work for q mere pittance,
yet better than they got across the
sea; you are going TO blame them
I for becoming educated in this good
old q. S A., where even Gary can't
/ cover his men in that hole Of dark
Z ness deep enough TO keep the light
! q EAAIaA4lA LAQAAA -AAE4A4
| Let Us draw close to home The
| other day the credit association Of e
Z Paso held a meeting the question be
I fore the meeting was a letter OF j. II.
I the national association Of credit
I men, favOring the return OF railroads
l 10 their owners and opposing the reg
/ ulation Of prices and licensing OF bus
| mess. The members voted TO return
] the roads, but fought the proposition
I Of the government botherins their
I business in any way whatever until
Z IL reached the enormous sum OF SzUs-
Z 600. 900 per year. Just TO show how
I just and level-headed some people
| are; s20.O00.00O is what they want but
/ oppose other mems right when il only
1 amounts 10 from $40 TO $500 per
month. and that is about the limit OF
railroad men from superintendent
down In fact the average laborer
{ does not make as much per month
now as he did in 1915 He gets more
/ per hour. but less per month Pay
rolls viii prove this to be a fact The
/ government taxes US on our incomes
/ If we make over $1,000 per year, yet
[ big business opposes government
J regulation II their business does
not come to 100000, 600 per year. The
: railroad owners broke down, could
not move the shipping, could not pay
I their men living wage or did not;
men worked from 10 to 20 hours per
day and could not keep their families
y as LuEN ElOA4Q- ne All4EAL mas
put billions Of dollars in the up build
1 ing Of the roads since they were taken
over and they are not in good shape
yet. then why do these business men
vote their return2 For the simple
/ reason, that business men and capital
/ are organized all over this great land
! and their organization reaches every
] land where man lives.
Now. as railroad men we don't want
{ to be unjust We want 70 feel secure
. IN a
/ long as We deserve it This would
/ make homebuilders out Of railroad
| men, instead OF keeping them IN the
/ tramp line as the old system had
/ them. We don't want to see the
J stockholders cheated out OF a penny
! and from what a certain senator said
! in the senate guess they won't be;
! ne said they were receiving from 10
70 % percent On the aolIar Per year,
not so bad They must have made
some percent before the government
| took them over, or why do the
owners make such frantic efforts 10
! get them back2
Railroad men are Just as clean and
heroic as any other American, and
that means as any other living men
] in this wide world, and there were
q good many OF US that got a great
deal nearer the fighting line than
afford an automobile-no. not even
Wheelbarrow-if they educate their
children as they should be, and put
a dollar or two away for rainy day
or old age. We have not obtained our
knowledge Of railrOading in 30 days
and. thank God We did not, or II we
had, everybody who got within so
yards Of a railroad would get killed.
For many OF US II has taken a life
time for US TO make men out Of our
selves. to be worth at the present
rating from $500 70 $1,000 per year.
and II we lose a day through sick
ness, IT is gone forever.
J. +. Hawley,
c. A Miller.
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