New Britain herald., 1919-08-26
F. PRESIDENT AND TIit. RAIL-
 ROAD MEN.


 ROAD MEN.
 "a President Wilson, in speaking to d
 mmittce of one hundred from the #nks of the diScontentcd railroad men #lo had threatened to strike unless 8ey received higher wages or a re0ur- bn in living expenses, presented an
 le argument against any trouble lat might be prccipitatcd by the en- &oyes of the roads Whether his
 prds are needed or not, they were it
 reful digest of the results that are
 pund to follow d strike and of the in # itablc sequence to d wholesale raise
 the railroad wage scale. The en- loves will do well to heed them if &leviation of living conditions is what Mey desire. If it is nothing but more "a #pect the strike. with the result, as # omised, an ascending cost of pro- I lcts of all descriptions.
 "We are face to face with d situu- &pn which is moro likely to affect the 8ppiness and prosperity, and oven the
 of our people than the war ilself." De duty of every individual in the United States, that of bringing our #dustries and our labor back to d #Drmal basis and expressed as his a M1d sobricty" of the United States will F mobilized and will carry the cOun- Ny through the crisis of next winter. The nation has been awakening to ale facts as pointed out by our Chief sxecutive. There is a tendency on all sdes to regard cooperation and thrift, 2 2on to our difficulties. Not only this buntry, but every one of the ad- sanced nations involved in the war Rave come to the same decision. It las but few days ago that Lloyd Eeoage sllctchcd for the British public |bnditions in that country, proposing
 
 bvernmcnt channels has given voice the same cry. Labor can scarce af- brd to neglect the simple truth that is up to labor to pull the whole Rorld out of it's misfortune. to build Bulwarlls against suffering and fnan- Eial failure through the sweat of it's 2ody and the toll of it's brain. The S'hole world, with d very small cXcep- Bon is made up of labor and every onward step that is taken by one la- |orer will do much to help other bborers, therefore will be a benefit to yer ninety-nine per cent of mankind. The Presidents words arc not new, hey have been advanced, of late, from very side. But he had the courage b utter them before the labor com nittee, which, admittedly, has the fu- ure, or a large part of it, in it's own nen may not be influenced by his talk. f it is not, after this plain talk, de- ided to go back to work with a will he public will have d convincing eX- position of the plain piracy of ccr- ain elements Of the population. The ircle of strike and higher prices for has reached a critical ,oint in the present situation. Upon he attitude of the railroad men will Iepend the frame of mind with which II of us will approach our daily tasks. Should they demonstrate that they are or money, and money only, we will be obliged to get after the same thing. Then prices will go up and the devil ake about thrcc-quarters of the hind most ones.
 The statement of the Presidents hat matters, in regards to prices, were a relief seems to be iusti- jed. There is an intangible some hing in the daily grist of news, in the -ttitude of the public, and in the mar let reports that predicts return to anity, a relief from money grabbing. This something is hard to actually determine, but it is there nevertheless. By far the biggest manifestation of a ,etter future is the temper of the peO- ,le themselves. Say what you will, here is q tendency now to react from he hystcria of the past few months, md we are approaching our proposi- ions with mind moro open to cause md effect WHEAT AND FLOUR MOVEMENTS.