The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-08


! l!unrh. u lawl'r. # 'h''ar". "" hr''
. presented tn. i:!ir".,d hr'rh'rh""dN Ian
! for rul,I!.' ,,wu,g-l = and rri'"'" 'i"f-
fat!"n # The r;,.ir"H!S L. tn" senate IA
, February. appeared today h'!"r" IN"
3 h"us' iul"rsill" ,"nrr'r,, comm iir' !"
, present Arguments IN supper; IF mat
. Plan wh.rh has hr"n incorporated IN
the h.ll. nnw p,niln- IN tn house.
! Before discussing tn" principles nm
! d"rlHIng his plan ter dI$r"-.ll"n OF the
! roads MIR. Plumb >r"h' Oh behalf ~
: labor rs hnlG,rs 81 Liberty bonds. ~"
. cnnt"nd"d that II Was not lair TOR IN"
, CoN"rnrI' NJ 1" Gl.Iran'"" i return "i SIX
; percent ur $-u.muu. 0"" nGh of nUiStani-
! .nE railway securities which now nav" a
: market value not Needing $l"."""" "".-
. oo0. while owners If Liberty bonds.
nG;ny Of whom u"rtGaT"d futur" earn
J inrs To and the gov crum"nt IN IA" var.
| received n return uf only three and on"
: hail to four and on" half PERCENT
! K, fcrr.ug iu lah"r'S plan I"r ruHltr
! ownership and operation 10y q ''ri"r-
| a'l"n to hr directed Jointly Ivy 'mp!"I"S.
; officers and the ruhlIr--th" tr.-part4ic
! plan-Mr. rlunh said:
This vast army If producers for
! whom | appear ar" not DIVIDED Ih'N
! present NJ Conflicting plans. u" divers"
=
; I'm. but apr,nr h.f"Ir yea un.t"i
: fore" profoundly ,"nv:cr"d "f Ia" "'"n-
/ Umic Sruuiur>> Of IN" principles upon
! whirh their plan = hu.lt.
"Th" Progress # r,','i.' cN"n'S mas
t brought Us fac" I" face w!th II CRISIS or
'r' mrnduWS Imp"rtanr". Tn" con-
~tIiIrly rising cost Of commodities :"
! tn" r"nsum, - has far "Uisir'rpcd III"
! purchasing l"w"r Of tn" consumers
! waG". This dIIt'r'u"" between earn
/ .ug p"W'r and spending power az IN"
/ great mass of tn" workers has r"mr"I!-
I'd n corresponding lowering Of the
/ standard Of existence.
/ "RcsistancC is inevitable. Human
natur" cannot do oihcrwIs' than oppose
| the universal lowering Of tn" standard
| Of living. To aNrld IN" I"pr!h ri!nnS
which loss Of purchasing power h"'"S-
Sarilv inilIcIS. tn" urSt natural reaction
Is tn. demand for increased pur' hAs!n%
power through demanded raises IN
wages ~ tbs demand - Acknowledged
to h" futile. because SUCH in'r"aS" III
cost Of production Is Immediate! m"rc
than perfected III III" increased cost OF
commodities.
In answer to THIS first react on. do
mand for increased wages. w. now find
= hundred Thousand railway employees
refusing l"n--r tN render their %"rN :'''i
for rhcS" constantly d:ni ni>a.nS +"
turns. This manifestation "f revolt is
hut sympr"ma,ir Of IN" cui'i" INDUS
rial situation. II IL no; urr' Il that
,,nrrnnrS US. u = revolt hrraNN" Of m
,Ius:r:al conditions no loHT'r 10 h'
h,ruC.
The plan which labor presents has
been prepared after a most "ar'THl study
rl the cyuu,m.C SITUATION CNt>'lnE. tn"
,..uS,s Of the present evils and IN"
proper corr"cjIl"S To h" "ppl."d. The
family system May h' improved hl rHrH-
ltson. hut =, Cuia':"n "I system !"nS
unrrIu,..rl,d. merely delays - u'tmht"
collapse It IL Not """Siru'HN". 1t
LAYS ~ fnunHltIuu for solid rroGr' :.
Il p;.l,rnrcs lut docs not cure.
eve alr'aGy number in 'nr support
crs Of lah"r's plan approximately TX
million adult NI"duccrS--ah"ut on" MN
of Ia" rrrducliN" manp"w"r "f m
United States. Perhaps the same pro-
portion e n" political power OF tho nj
lion. and = financial power which few
cumpr, hruG. A
"Thosc employed on the raiNavs
alone r"rrrsau,"d IN thIs movement r.
rc;yr As their annual ""lnr' NNari"n fer
the lnyCstni, nj Of their il" AMI la'"'r
UPWARDS Of rw" and 4 half 'h'li'"n ""''
lars A wear two md 4 half um"% '!r
amount oc compensation paid for tn "S''
Of the money invested in rr'lw"yS'
1T is claimed by tho" who represent
Tho financial interests h'!rr" ih,s c'w-
mittCc ;hrr they have InN"S'in' MS 81
onrrrxIma:,ly twenty balloon drltn"s ~
his industry Unless they r"'"'''
r,,,Irr nr :, lrlu"u dollars a ''H'. how
shall ,N.S rlrSlm"mt # money Il"
...:nlar,d with that IMI's,m'&' - H.
and ,..r that r'rr!N"S return 81 '"'