Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-12-13

WILSON FOOLED LABOR In TIL
INJUNCTION SUE.
Clayton Ac. Was Used in 1910 TO
Help TO Get Vote OF WoSAcrs
TOR Democratic Ticket

Washington. ID. Cit is tho con-
CcI,sus OF opinion i'll poll -isal circles
in the National Capital that tho VIII
son Administration has irreparab.y
lost its hold upon labor because or
its use OF the injunction in tho coal
strike If CT its promise, written into
Che Clayton antitrust act. not to do
80
Just as the President in 1916 gaye
OH implied promise TO keep the coun
Try out Of war and failed to do 80 be
cause Of circumstances which no and
others had foreSccn and just as no
repeatedly asserted OH tho stump
earlier in the year that tho league of
nations covenant would end all flu
ture wars in spite Of preparation IN
Govcral parts Of The globo for conflict
SO put through Congress ads injunc-
Cion law which is now abandoned in
Sacc Of tho necessity OF getting coal
Labor had for years been making
vain attempt to limit the uso Of the
injunction by the courts in labor die
puies as means Of protecting prop
CITY and placing strikers at dis
advantage. In 1914 its leafors were
therefore delighted when the Clay
tN, act Included tho following pro-
vision:
That no restraining order or i'll
junction shall DC granted by any
court Of the United States or q judge
or. the Judges thereof, in any case be-
tween an employer and employees or
between employers and employees or
between employees. or between per
sons employed and PERSONS seeking
employment. involving Or growing
ouL Of dispute concerning terms or
conditions OF employment, DRiess nee
cSsAry to prevent irreparable injury
TO- properly. or to a property right Of
The party making the application for
which injury there iB no adequate
scmcdy at law. and such property or
properly right must be described
with particularly III tho application
which must be in writing and sworn
% by the applicant or by his agent or
attorney"
Though the war has been over for
anore than Il year. Judge Anderson's
Injunction was granted because OF
tLe application OF the government
through tho Attorney General, based
apon the terms OF tho Lever war act
u. prevent any attempt 20 mint tho
production and distribution OF food
o,ld fuel. It has boon particularly
UslastcEul to the mine workers be
cause Of the promise MAIDS In law
and not kept. as because violence to
property had not been rcSorted to
aud the injunction was issued even
before the strike began. Miners and
all union workers arc therefore in
chnScd a. the Administration which
made its injunction legislation ono
OF the bases for its plea for support
from labor that and tito &damson
law and "thank God for wilson, he
kept us out Of war"
What makes union labor all tho
ho,tcr is the following statemcnt is
nod by Secretary Of tho Treasury
Carter Glass:
Coal operators generally In the
lm'tcd States in the years 1914 and
1915 lost money when nornsal deple
ton and depreciation are taken into
conSidcra ion. What ia meant by
th'S that proper item in fixing costs,
IS depreciation OF plant and depIc-
Gon or the cost or value Of the coal
ia the ground.
I'm 1918 conditions wene not so
gooo in the Appalachian and central
ho'ng reduced rs to 30 per cent less
competitive districts. profits general
w than for the preceding year. the
range being from IS to 300 per cent
on invested capital In the West con
dulGhS in 1918 were better than in
WI. the profits in the Rocky Noun
ttnh distric'S ranging as high as 400
yer cent on invested capital.
Unofficial figures for 1879 incom
rice OF course indicates that profits
o. the operators are less than for
l0lB, some OF tho opesatorS ela;mInp