The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-13

have been painsiakinr and eglleient.
have chosen their own lelttic-
ground and Selected their W time
for the conflict. The ocraaion has for
them nan favorable elements. They
began their attack when the nation -
feeling remor Of unrest and appre-
hcnalon over the hiEh cost Of living;
when uncertainty prevails because "
The pressure Of complex probleme %
establishment and reconstruction.
when there IA In Washington an adj
ministration which lacks mi policy
or program and which possesaca the
confidence OF neither cuugreae nor the
public. The movement ~ projected
al n time when the presidents chief
c9ncrrh n 20 obtain support for the
leaEGc Of nations covenant, which 10
4 Inclined to seek from the labor elc-
monte 10 the country. Moreover. the
must Inevitably extend over into next
years presidential contest when both
political parties viii Dc bidding for
the uniohiai vote.
Those Who asnu,ne that 100000
men out OF n population Of 100. 00o.-
600 could not possibly carry through
a project 80 revolutionary should con-
slider that less than 2.oOo.oo0 Of them
represent virtually the entire work.
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poftation h the very likelihood OF ma
tional existence: the railroads are the
arteries OF our economic structure,
and control OF thcm constitutes a stu
pendoua power. This has Just been
n~iuaifated In Germany. whore the
prohisma OF living are more acute
than here. IN ~rriectinR iho demand
% external radical elements that the
railroads be turned over 90 tbs en-
..l..aa M. rauuurafll, n,InIufar aniIs
whoever runs the railroads has his
hands on the throat % the nation. and
dom,naiion OF the railroads by the
S~partacus group would mean Holshev-
ist rule In German" In Russia q
minority seized the government. and
has maintained itseif In despotic pow
cr for more than two years, becad use
n controlled essential activities, chief
~ those OF transportation.
4 factor OF gfcdt strength In the
program OF the hrotherhoods rs that
they premise roller to the overburden-
ed through a low ertng OF
the pricts II ne~cefsarlcs aud through
a sharing In the profits o. railroad
operation. Thus they argue that the
interests OF labor ans The public ara
identical'' in this matter: that ex-
cessive transportation charges are
collected from every person buying
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the public Immediate savings" and
urge that their plan rs the first and
most Important step In nny construn-
tive effort to lower the cost OF NV
ing Under existing conditions tho
effect Of such appeals will not be neg
iigibic.
support of the hrotherhoods by the
!, American Federation OF labor Means
much. That orgnnizatlonf not oniy
. .4..I NUn.su.Hr FUr the nnfNnnuI
cauae during the war, but Il has been
lmplacably against all Manifestations
Of Boishcv!sm and has beer the
strong II buiwark IN The country
AGAINST the inroads OF socialism. Now
the federation indorseE a purely soc
lalistlc plan In respect 10 b ~ Nttesl
single industry In the nation. that OF
railroad transportation. In this ther'
Is n closing OF ranks with tho social
lists. The sharply defined class iasus
will go far to crente sympathy nmont
the Bolshevist groups. The fedora
lions move will tend "a unity all TIN
labor forces. from the highly skilled
and conservative brothethoods To th'
miscellaneous and destructive radical,
Of the l. W. W. elements.
in estimating the seriousness Of th'
I conflict n must take into accounl
not only the strength Of n contest.
ant. but the weakness OF the other,
the chief d~iHadNantage Of the rail
road side In the controversy II tina
Il lacks any coherent plan. Its de.
lenses are chaotic. The system oI
private ownership and central wal
ione gao condemned as Inefficient
costly and incapable Of ~adequntel,
s~rrving the public needs; It's break
down dutiuE the war sealed ita fate
Government management "a pr0ye'