Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-12-13
SATURDAY DECDMBHB 10. 1919
WILSON FOOLED LABOR IN THE
INJUNCTION SUE.
Clayton Act Was Used In 1915 10
Help to Get Vote OF Wers<crs
Tor Democratic Ticket

Washington. ID. Cit is tho con-
ccnsus OF opinion in poll -ieel circles
in the National Capital that the VIII
gon Administration has irreparaby
lost it's hold upon labor because or
its use Of the injunction in tho coal
strike az or its promise, written into
Che Clayton antitrust act. not to do
so,
Just as The President in 1916 gayo
OH implied promise TO keep the coun
Try out Of war and failed to do 30 be
cause OF circumstances which no and
others had forescen and just rs no
repeatedly asserted on tho stump
earlier in the year that tho lcsguo Of
nations covenant would end all tu-
ture wars in spite Of preparation In
several parts of The globo for conflict
SO put through Congrcsa aa injuAc-
Cion law which is now abandoned In
Gaco Of the necessity OF getting coal
Labor had for years been making
q, vain attempt to limit the use OF the
injunction by the courts in labor die
0uies as a means Of protecting prop
CITY and placing strikers Of dis
advantage. In 1914 ito leaders were
therefore delighted when the Clay
t0a, act Included tho following pro-
vision:
That no restraining order or in
Junction shall be granted BY any
court Of tho United S'ates or @ judge
or. the Judges thereof, In any case be-
tween an employer and employees or
between employers and employees or
bctween employees. or between per
sons employed and persons seeking
employment. involving or growing
ouL OF q dispute concerning terms or
conditions Of employment ualess nee
cSsary to prevent irreparahlc injury
TO- properly, or TO a properly right Of
the party making the application for
which injury there Is no adequate
s,omcdy at law. and such property or
property right must BIO described
with particularly In the application
which must be In writing and sworn
% Ry the applicant or by hiH agent or
Attorney"
Though The war has been over for
ealore than u year. Judge Auderson's
injunction was granted because OF
Cue appreciation of the government
through tho Attorney General, based
gpon tho terms OF tho Lever war act
Ia. prevent any attempt TO mint tho
production and distribution OF food
oold fuel. 1t has been particularly
Hatastcful TO the mine workers be-
cause Of the promise MAIDS In law
and not kept. as because violence to
property had not boon rexerted to
aud the injunction was issued oven
before the strike began Miners and
AL union workers arc therefore in
cbnscd at the Administration which
made its injunction Legislation ono
or the bases for it's plea fer support
from labor that and tire Edamson
law and "thank God for Wt.xon, he
kept us out Of war"
What makes union labor all tho
Aotier is the following statement Is
Gued by Secretary of tho Treasury
Carter Glass:
Coal operators generally In the
united States in tho years 1914 and
1915 lost money when normal deple-
tion and depreciation are taken into
consldera ion. What ia meant by
thJs that proper item in fixing costs,
Is depreciation OF plant and dcplc-
ton OF the cost or value Of tho coal
In the ground.
I'm 1918 conditions wera not so
good in the Appalachian and central
heing reduced rs to 30 per cent less
conpe' tive districts. profits general
w than for tho preceding year, the
range being from Is to 800 per cent
on invested capital. In the West con
duions in 1918 were bcties. than in
lSlf. the profits in tho Rocky sraun
TAIN dfatric's ranging MS high as 400
yer cent on invested capital.
unofficial figures for 1879 incom
eltAe or course indicates that profits
OF the operators are less than for
lob. some OF tho operators claiming
TO Rave actually ioaf ,,,nra1 -