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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
CONSERVATIVES TURNED RADICAL

Seventeen years ago, at this time, the country, particularly
the east, was filled with alarm over the prospect of a famine
in anthracite coal. The miners had gone on strike in the early
summer, and the famine came. 1t was a winter of distress
without precedent, and not to be repeated until, with the
nation at war, the government took charge of the coal supply,
two years ago with unfofgettable consequences to a conhding
people. 1t may be recalled that the anthracite miners seven
teen years ago appealed to their fellows in the bituminoHs field
to launch a sympathetic strike, and the latter refused on the
honest ground that they were bound by their contracts Wlth
their employers.
That illustrates the character of the organization of blum
nous miners at that period, and before and for long after
until now. 1t was ruled by conservative leaders, and the rank
and file were of the same spirit. The anthracite workers,
indeed, were not charged with radicalism, except by wrong
headed employers, who contemptuously rejected not only their
demands but the good offices of the Roosevelt administration,
which sought a fair settlement. Public opinion gradually
came to take the side of the workers, as at the present time,
with a full understanding of the merits of the bituminous con-
|troversy. it is taking the side of the employers.
1t is hardly necessary to inquire what has changed the
character of this union. 1t may be traced to the same insldious
influences which threaten another great labor organization:
the railroad brotherhoods, with the loss of a long established
reputation for conservatism, and which, as revealed by the
steel strike, menace the American Federation. Not since the
|"Debs Rebellion" which wrecked the union concerned in it,
has the country been confronted with the problem that the
many labor disturbances nowadays present.
Bolshevism is the new term for ii, but it is not the name
That need concern us. The disturbing fact is that the
|chronically restless and radical element, after twenty-five years
of restraint in labor organizations, is getting beyond control.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
H POWER is ABUSED

If the advocates of the ~open shop" principle in American
industry have stood in need of further argument to support
their cause the champions of union control have supplied 1T in
the cases of the steel strike, the coal strike and the threatened
railroad strike. The principle of collective bargaining had
gained much Roadway and many of those who long and Wig
orously opposed it had become reconciled to its operation and
have even defended it as vigorously aS they ever opposed y
But millions of thoughtful men are now viewing with
alarm the abuse of power and the possibilities of abuse of the
great power that may from time TO time pass to the hands OF
those disposed to abuse it, The world has just emerged from
the greatest war of all history, waged to make democracy safe
and it will fight on and on if necessary to save the fruits OF
that victory from the attacks of a new set of tyrants more to
be feared-a thousand times more-than the kaiser and his
group Of German junkers. There was neveIa moment in all
that horrible war when the Christian world would not rather
have surrendered to the Hohenzollern than to the Lenine or the
Trotzky.f And the men who. fought the Hun, that the people
and not a class might rule the world and govern it, are not
going to accept the tyranny of any other class. They will
go on with the fight, and they will win, as they won it in
Massachusetts last Tuesday.
Power will be given or permitted only when and where
that power may safely be entrusted.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
YESTERDAYS SENATE VOTE

The vote in the senate yesterday on the first of the pro-
posed reservations to the peace treaty and the league OF
nations was decisive and dispelled whatever hopes may have
fingered in the minds of those who sought ratification with
out reservations concerning the final outcome. And that
vote came after the attention of the country had been focused
upon these documents for three months and after full examln-
alton and debate by that body which the constitution inter
posed between the chief executive and the binding of this
republic to any pact with any foreign power or powers III any
matter whatever. The vote was sufficiently decisive to remove
any doubts about the covenant being Americanized before
America is bound to the observance of its terms. Mr.. Wilson
now may carry out his implied threat to pigeonhole the treaty
if he likes, but that responsibility is with him. He should have
learned before now that neither the senate nor the people it
represents is amfnable to threats. There are in all thirteen
other reservations to be voted upon. 1t is not probable that
all will be approved, and probably some should not be, but
those of vital force in the preservation of our national integrity
and our national interests will be.
The treaty itself was not amended. Not that a majority
of the senators and a majority of the people did not regret
several of its provisions but because to amend it meant to
reopen the peace parleya and delay the final and formal act in
restoring peace. 1t was "a choice between two evils, as sew
eral senators who voted against such amendments have stated,
and they chose the one seeming to them the least harmful.
1t will be a year next Tuesday since the armisice was
signed. The senate has had the treaty and the covenant three
months. Every effort was made to force their adoption with
out debate, but what a change in sentiment has come in that
three msnths! 1t took courage at the start to resist the clamOr
of a war-wOrn world for the ratification of a document that
promised so much of what the people wanted. But discussion
has shown them that haste was dangerous and that after all a
thing that could not survive the test of full discussion could
not safely claim adoption.
Again will the Tribune reiterate, Thank God for the United
States senate.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
THE LESSON OF LAST TUESDAY

The reports of Tuesdays elections were not a surprise
to those whose faith in democracy had remained unsnsken'
but what a rude awakening to those who estimated the DOL
sheviki and the red radicals by the noise they mace. az
nation is q democracy, a government "of the people, UT uc
people, by the people"-and by "the people" we mean, IS
Lincoln meant. all the people and not a mere group OF them
who have permitted designing and ambitious leaders o con
vince them that this great country and all its contains is me'rs
for the mere taking Of it.
The real test came i'm Massachusetts,, where Governor
Coolidge. following the strike of the police force In bos'oh
and the consequent rioting, took control and stripped 'he UNI
forms and the badge of official authority from every menhDer
of the force who had placed the orders of his union above ue
authority of the police commissioners, and then refused Z
sanction the statement of any of them. his opponent
catering to the, radical element, had promised to relhstate Y"
all. Coolidge. who treated them as deserters and TOLD me
secretary of the American Federation of Labor when asked U
arbitrate the issues of the strike that the law and the govern
ment of the state could not be arbitrated, was opposed by q
candidate who promised to reinstate them all. Cooldge Was
elected by the biggest majority ever given to any candidate d
any party for governor in the history of the state. That was
the issue in Massachusetts,, and the result was WA II VII
be in every state where this issue is conspicuously raised.
In Kentucky there was another issue, and the campaign
there has been watched from other states with an interest
second only to that of Massachusetts,. In Kentucky the issue
was the league of nations. Governor Black, the democratic
candidate. committed himself to the presidents cause
in the hope of strengthening the hands OF the president by a
Victorious reelection. But like the democratic canuiuate III
Massachusetts he misjudged the temper of the people. wilson
carried the state three years ago by a|Ooo; a year ago III
party elected a United States senator and nine out OF eleven
members of congress. This week Black was defeated by
10000. This was the nearest approach the people have mad 10
a real opportunity to vote on the league of nations covenant
as advocated by the president. And they voted. And they
said, in effect, to the president, that if their opposition meant
|disloyalty and pro5Germanism, as ne had so strongly inumated
in his western campaign, then he would have TO make ue
most of it.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
WHesIs RUNNING US?

Who is running the United States anyway? Is 1t the
government, composed of congress. the state legislatures meI
governors and other executives and the courts, chosen by all
the people at the polls, or is t'someone else otherwise CHOSEN
or self-appOinted?
For the public safety it has been proposed that railway
strikes be forbidden and arbitration compelled As to this
President Gompers of the American Federation OF Labor mas
said it could not be done. He says no antI-strlke law VIII DE
obeyed or can be enforced in this country, in spite OF any
thing congress or the United States suprenet court may declde.
Now the country is in the throes of a national strike Y te
bluminous coal fields. AS there is no reserve of coal on nano
and the winter is Immediately ahead of us, this will very
quickly tie uD the railroads, leaving the people in the cities
without either food or fuel. Acting President Lewis OF Tie
United Mine Workers says the government is powerless.
eIt is said the government can stop the coal strike, Mr.
Lewis remarked in Washington. I'VE say it can't. The war
was over when the armistice was signed and we are no longer
under regulations. Well tie up all the railroads;
we'll tie up all the industries
IF organized labor is greater than the government and runs
the country. who runs organized labor? Is it the recognized
labor heads, like Messrs. Gompers and Lewis? In a country
purporting to be q republic it would be bad enough, to be sure,
TO have the last word in public afairs-a sort of power OF
national life or death-rest with a few men representing any
minority class, comparatively conservative and respectable
as those men might be. But. the fact may be even worse than
that.
Being asked why the steel strike was not postponed in def
erencc to President Wilson's protest for an industrial truce,
che of the leaders of the strikers told the senate committee
Iostponement was impossible because the ]. w. w. faction and
other radical elements within the strikers ranks would mot
consent to it and would have got beyond control. For that
matter, it has frequently been evident and admitted that the
more law-abiding element of organized labor has difficulty in
controlling the revolutionary element-nhmerous and power
full, comparatively, among union members, though few and
inpotent among Americans in general.
In the last analysis. then. is it the |. w. w. or bolshevik
or other red flag crew that outranks the government and runs
the country? If that is not true now, what are we doing to
Keep it from becoming true?
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
AMERICA N ITALY

1t is safe to say that never in all the annals of American
diplomacy has there been anything to compare with the
vcxatious dispute raised by the administration with Italy, over
|Fiume. That the issue lies solely between our government
and Italy is no longer concealed.
1t has been no secret that it originated in the Versailles
conference because of the meddlesomeness of our peace COM
mission. Italian feeling, to be sure, has been that at least
one other nation was quite willing to have the issue raised,
while avoiding responsibility itself. And in the end, theoretic-
ally, it was a majority of the conference against Italy. But
with the dragging out Of the controversy the principals have
been reduced to two only. The supreme council at Paris IS
simply acting as a sieve or clearing house for the communlca-
lions between Rome and Washington.
This situation is made clear i'm current reports from Paris.
The Italian foreign minister offered certain new proposals
which the American representatives at Paris, acting under
instructions from Washington, rejects. France and Great
Britain are sitting on the side lines while this game of match
ing wits" goes on, though ready to lend their good offices to
umpire it.
And what is Fiume to us? 1t is none of our affair, Of
course. Italys claim to Fiume and other concessions in the
Adriatic would be of little interest to the people of the United
States were it not for the fact that the obstruction of the
administration at Washington threatens our friendly relations.
That obstruction is raised in behalf of a people that fought
against us in the war, and a nation artiGcaly constructed
since the war with which we have no reason, material or
moral, for allying ourselves as against Italy.
The controversy which the administration has gratuitously
in Europe.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
AMERICA mi ITALY

The United States might as well o. k. those Italian plans
at Fipme. Nine tenths~ of the Americans do not care a tinkers
damn about who gets that Adriatic strip, but nine-tenths of
those who have given the matter any thought favor Italy in the
matter. Italy has had a hard time of it. during the wait and
she is entitled to that much consideration and that much pro-
lection for its own frontiers, which are narrow. The Italians
constitute a great and historic nation and the Italy of the
future aspires to reproduce that glorious past. We are in favor
of giving them that opportunity
President Wilson seems to have gotten his predestination
kind of a mind on the wrong side of that question, as he did on
many other foreign questions during the peace conference,
and when he Is wrong he is even more persistent in it than
when he is right In fact, he has never been willing to admit
that he has been in the wrong. or if he has admitted it he
Ireiterates his error afterward, as he did in that Japanese
treaty date, which he repeated three times in as many speeches
on his recent tour after he had thanked Senator Norris for
calling his attention to an "unintentional error" But now that
the president has been chastened by an illness he ought to
think with the rest of the American people and let Italy have
what it holds. And why, in the name of heaven, should it be
Wilson'S prerogative to withhold? BY what authority does he
even assume to commit the people of America to his decision?
NThe election news from Massachusetts will not be given
first page position in the bolsheviki press of Russia.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
AMERICANIZING THE COVENANT

The further action of the senate on Saturday in adopting
a second reservation to the league of nations covenant settles
beyond cavil that the senate will place its own Interpretation
on the wording of the obligations America is to assume. And
ihey will forever stand, while the covenant stands, as the
American interpretations. And they are made a part OF the
resolution OF ratification itself. This second reservation
received a much more decisive majority than the first, % to
80. And it carried the provision that this country may with
draw on notice by concurrent resolution oil congress, when
does not even require the signature or approval of the presi
dent. Evidently the senate does not intend that either Presi-
dent Wilson or any future president shall ever again, on his
own motion, without any mandate except an appointment by
himself, entangle this country in promises and pledges and
alliances that are Objectionable to a large element of our
population. And there was approximately one-thlrd OF the
membership of the presidents own party in the senate that
voted for this, or refrained from voting. The covenant is be-
ing Americanized.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15
GERMANY AT WORK

Here is an interesting industrial item from Germany:
"Sixty thousand laborers in the Ruhr district of
Germany have declared that they are willing to work
overtime to produce sufficient coal to enable them to
compensate Denmark for butter. A part of the butter
is to be divided among the laborers who do overtime
work. In some Of these mines the ,so-called butter
divisions already work ~ hours out of the q, instead
of s as formerly.'S
This accords with many other reports that come frol
.arious parts Of that country. The people are busily engage
IA the heavy task of recuperation that has been imposed upo
lhem. They are producing at a maXimum-and if other coul
do not wish to lag behind in the industrial, commerce.
md financial race, they will do well to speed up, too.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15

France has a lottery loan, Germany is. planning one, and
n member of the British parliament declares that unless Great
britain adopts the scheme much British money will be with
drawn from industry and invested in the French lottery.
(ueer stuff for the dawn of a new FRA.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15

The chief abettor OF the high cost of living is the strike
promoter.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15

sovietg Not yet.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-15

NThe election news from Massachusetts will not be given
first page position in the bolsheviki press of Russia.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-02-14
Tentative Plans for st. Francois Couh.
ty to Secure Experimental Field

The County Agent has been working
on a plan ever since last fall to get
the College of Agriculture to locate a
permanent soils experimental field in
the county. There is great deal Of
red in this county which quite fer
tile and is known as the Hagerstown
silt loan. The College has about fiji
teen soil experimental fields in the
State but does not have any of our
type Of soil. Plans for this field are
being worked out. 1t will comprise
about eight acres and will be perma-
nenet field. This land will be rented
by the College and different crop 70
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-02-14
CIRCUIT COURT

The regular February term of Cir
cult Court convened Monday, with
Judge Peter H. Huck, Prosecuting At
torney w. E. Golfer, 4 Sheriff Chas.
Adams, and Clerk j. G.1Heifner in at
tendance. .d i-'"-' be- -
The first few days were largely TAX
en- up with motions, answers, derlur-
rers and divorce cases, all of the lat
ter being taken under advisemont by
Judge Huck.
Nellie Kellie VS.. Robert H. Robin
son ct AL; removal bond filed and ap-
proved by the Court and case ordered
removed to the U. S. Court of the
Eastern District of Missouri.
In the matter of the sale of part
of the southeast quarter of the north
west quarter of Section 16, township
35 north, range east, under order
of the County Court Of st. Francois
county, the Sheriff is authorized to
make such conveyance to the Pendle
ton Lead Co. on payment of purchase
price of $3,625.
A. J. Rodes VS.. Mo. P. Ry. Co.
damages; leave granted plaintiff tc
dHeIu peLiIioIi ny lldhlus DhSNCoi
General Walker D. Hines party de-
PENDANT; cause set for next regular
term.
John Craft VS.. Ella Craft; now
comes defendant and files application
for change of venue.
State of Missouri VS.. Jno. Ratcliff
carrying concealed weapons; plea Of
guilty, fine assessed at $100, and cost
fine stayed for one year upon pay
ment of cost.
w. l.. Lindsey VS.. Mo. P. Ry. Co.
damages; judgment for plaintiff fol
$50; satisfaction acknowledged in OPP
en- court.
Bert Cooksey VS.. Mo. P. Ry. Co.
dismissed at cost of plaintiff.
State of Missouri VS.. R. Harring
ton, Gambling; plea of guilty, fine as
sessed at $25 and costs.
State of Mo. VS.. Gus Sherman, il
Illegal storing and keeping Intoxicating
liquor; plea of guilty, fine assessed a
\ $500,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-02-14
WALES MINES

Misses Lizzie Stated and Freda
Nussbaumer of 0akvale were guests
of Mrs. Pete Turley few days dur
ing the week.
Misses Anna and Ada Heaton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Waller attended
the party at Hazel Run Thursday
night.
Albert Riddle was a Bonnie Terre
visitor Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. F. M. Richardson and Mrs.
Monroe Nash were. guests of. Mrs. H.
C. Rhodes Friday. 49,.
Arthur Sykes visited relatives in
the lead belt the latter part of the
week. &C. ..,..
Alb and Earl Sykes were DeSoto
visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Snow and son Of Elvins visited
her daughter, Mrs. Preston Ratty,
few days during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Turley and Miss
Sally Semar were DeSoto visitors
Saturday.
Chas. Bellville and Andy Stated Of
Flucum were guests of Misses Anna
and Ada Heaton Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Turley and chill
dren visited at the home of Thos. Tur'
ley Sunday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-02-14
TO PROTECT LIBERTY J,
BOND HOLDERS


So pernicious has been the activi-
ties of INSCRIPTIONS dealers in mark
etable. securities that Secretary Of the
Treasurer Carter Glass has issued the
following warning:
"My attention has been directed to
the activities of INSCRIPTIONS persons
who have been operating extensively
throughout the country and who are
swindling the owners of Liberty Bonds
by purchasing bonds at prices for be-
low their actual worth.
"These swindlers get the attention
of Liberty Bond owners by publishing
advertisements calculated to make the
unsuspecting Bond owner believe that
the highest market price can be sevur-
ed for his bonds through the agency
of the advertiser. Such is rarely, If
ever, the case. Records of transac-
tions of this character, brought to the
attention of the Department of JUS
tice and the Treasury Department,
prove conclusively that these swim
dlers take every advantage of bond
owners who are forced into their
clutches, by paying the lowest possible
price when the owner will accept-and
generally far below the actual value
Of the bonds.
| regret to observe that many re-
putable newspapers are being victim
lied by accepting the advertisements
Of these swindlers, and ! appeal to
all newspaper publishers to scrutin-
ize very carefully the character of in
dividuals who use their columns to
offer to buy Liberty Bonds. AS a
newspaper publisher, | believe that
it is the duty Of publishers to protect
their readers against INSCRIPTIONS
advertisers.
Other swindlers endeavor to trade
worthless articles or securities of lit
tie value for Liberty Bonds, and ] ap-
peal to patriotic publishers to assist
in putting an end to this practice.
The Treasury Department will take
such steps as are possible under the
law to protect the interests Of holders
of Liberty Bonds and will use every
means at it's command to bring to JUS
tice all'who seem to defraud the peo-
pie who have so periodically assist
ed in winning the war by investing
their savings in Liberty Bonds and
War Savings Stamps.
Owners of Liberty Bonds and War
Savings Stamps should in no circum-
stances part with these securities I'M
less necessity compels, and then they
should deal only with reliable banks,
trust companies, banking institutions
and others whose reputation for in
tegrity is beyond question. If it is
necessary to sell Liberty Bonds the
highest market value should be re-
ceived.
The Treasury Department will well
come information concerning the OPP
erations of these swindlers in any part
Of the country.