The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01

There Is % hectic desire to make mil
lions overnight II is the American vice.
The alien coming to our shores with no
economic decisions Is beating the Ameri-
can In the long distance struggle TO tine
goal As things are now proceeding in
another half century the sons ana
grandsons of aliens will own the United
States. IT will be under the natural OPP
Grafton of economic law. Those In au-
thority may pirate OF democrauzing IN
dustry- II will never repeal nor modify
by as much as n penny the inevitable
result of natural laws"
Radical Beliefs Gaining.
"The I. w. w. are believers in the
Soviet. Take the industry and all it's
products Whatever they make with
your machinery or plant Is theirs because
they produce II. II the owners of prop
erty object to this summary process they
are to be met by force on the spot.
Anarchy begins at this point.
Labor unions are rapidly approaching
and some have already reached or
crossed the boundary. When they can
not have their demands they propose
radical procedure"
Government control of railroads had
been marked, Senator Sherman said, by
no initiative, no enterprise and low per
cent of energy. He thought that "Aban-
don hope all we who enter here" ought
to be craven on the stone portals OF
every department In washington. so
| far as he could see "the only original
action to be noticed among them so far
is to unionize and defy vacillating.
tlmid Government, to ignore the rules OF
common sense and to attempt to intimi-
date Congress and the American public
cit is rapidly becoming a question" he
went ON, "of whether the American peo-
pie will have government of the peo-
| pie or Of groups or classes of the people
! The American Federation of Labor and
the heads of the railway employees pro-
pose to govern the United states. They
are now engaged in an active crusade to
| coerce Congress for or against leglsla-
| ton. They propose to nominate and
elect those who will in Congress confne
| the exercise of their thinking apparatus
to indorsing such legislation as may be
recommended by the combined heads OF
the labor unions of the United States.
This is the goal of democratizing the
| transportation and industrial systems of
the country we are now entertained
with. We had as well meet 1t now as
any time. can only state the question.
II must be answered by the American
people, II they wouls answer it right
InuSt Ndhc UP AhS Aoii
way problems can be solved only by re-
turning the railways TO their private
owners subject to reasonable regulation
to protect the public against unreason-
able rates. unjust discrimination. and to
secure fair service for the traffic needs
of the country. The Government owner
ship is huge demonstrated failure for
everybody but the heads of the unions
that demand all the benefits of the own
ershlp of property without assuming any
OF its burdens.
burden Confronts Taxpayer.
1.-THE plan presented by the heads OF
the organized railway employees for the
Government to buy the steam railways
operate them, pay = given dividend &c
the Government aad give the rest of II
to the employees is the threshold Of
loading the entire enterprise on tho
taxpayer of the country.
TT is an impudent proposal he con.
tinued. ito tax n hundred million people
for the benefit of two million employees
1t can well be understood why the heads
of organized labor desire to control Con.
gress. Congress fixes the condition OF
operation. Under the precedent In thu
Adamson act as interpreted by the Su
preme Court It makes the term of ser
to control the operation of 100000 mile:
of railways and something like 100000,
100000 property investment. 1t is {
most philanthropic scheme of 100000
men TO become their own employers. tC
manage somebody else's property anC
have the success OF their undertaking
guaranteed by the remainder of 100,.
000. 900 people.
IN addition to the foregoing benefits
conferred upon an indulgent public tht
sponsors for the scheme say in effect, II
You do not elect Congress that will per.
NIT us to d ctate legislation, or IL the pres
ent Congress Ignores our demands we will
; stop every railway train in the United
States. II we cannot distribute
the merchandise OF the country and di.
rect its traffic we not only propose to tic
Up the carrier system but we propose &c
: stop production. There are
2, 900, 900 of US. The railways cannot op
! crate without us. Therefore, IL they
, would operate at all we must be our owl
= executive and incidentally control Con
: gress that makes the laws and term,
of service for US. The right to strike Il
5 considered by US as inalienable.
"Of course II one occupation can Dc
= this another can. 1t is a soviet NJ
civ lized people can survive under IT,"
1 without naming Mr.. Gompers Senate
4 Sherman said this:
1.-THE right to strike in an occupatio
$ or in the operation of property impresse
3 with a public interest ought to be pro
: hibited by law. The publ