The Ordway new era., 1919-11-28
Things General

Railroad union men threaten to
tie up the railroads of the country
through a nation wide strike. That
might paralyze the country's busi-
ness, but what do they care? Along
about this time this country entered
the war the young men were taken
OF the farms, from the stores, from
the offices, from their families and
home and sent into service at about
thirty per-. The government left
the railroad men on their jobs-at
home with their families-and gave
them enormous increases in wages
and salaries. What should have
been done was to IL art every one of
them and put them in the army SER
vice at thirty per" like the rest of
the young men had to do, and
then IL they were needed in running
the railroads here put them on the
job at soldier pay. Why should
they be entitled to more pay in rum
ming railroad "at home" than the
young men got who went across the
waters and run the railroads, the
tanks and machine guns. or shovel
cd coal on coaling Goats which car
i'ied coal and other supplies from
The railroad men got by pretty
soft during the war. They were in
necessary business SO the farm
er boy. the clerk ana other lads, who
were taken from good paying
farming jobs and other Jobs and put
to work in the army at thirty per"
but those necessary" railroaders
got about two hundred and thirty
per-, right here where there was no
chance of getting shot full of holes.
Now comes thesv railroad union
leaders and want still more. What
do they care for the welfare of this
country seemingly nothing. The
thirty per" boys are back and are
trying their best to get a foothold
in business and make up for the
time they have lost. Some are in
tho stores, on the rarms, in the
newspaper offices, Danks, garages
any place to get back to normal
and make up for lost time. Now
the railroaders seek to paralyze
business affairs ell over the country
which would prevent the soldier boy
who raised alfalfa, the one who rails.
cd beets and the others who raised
other things, from getting his stuff
to market and real.ze the money or
what he has so faithfully worked
for. The railroad strike would in.
terfere with mercantile business
banking newspaper businesss-every
thing-and when It does 1t inter.
feres with the returned soldier boy
who went across and faced the bul
let's and other danger, while the
railroad men remained at home and
enjoyed eighteen days work month
for his salary was so good he die
not have to work eny more to live
off the best the country produced.
The mistake was made when rail
road men were not put into army
service and uniform and turned t.
work at the same salary as a soldier
got who went to France.
There are things bobbing up most
all the time which takes some of the
joy out of life and one of these little
tricks turned up suddenly, but not
unexpectedly. on Tuesday of this
week when the print paper VIC use
took a leap and a bound and went
lover the TOP" which reminded us
of the way the COW Jumped over the
moon when the dish ran away with
the spoon. This jump in the price
of our paper was 33 1-3 per cent
all at one time and when the price
prior to that was ABOUT as high as
one seemingly could stand. 1t is. to
say the least, fright.