Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-26

| heaval known to history, and the
! winter just ahead OF us may bring
suffering infinitely greater than the
war brought upon us il we blunder
or fail in the process.
Spirit of Sclf-Sacrihcc.
An admirable spirit Of selt-sacrifce.
Of patriotic devotion, and OF commu-
NIFTY action guided and inspired us
while the tighting was on. we shall
need an these now. and need them in
They arc more difiiculr than the tasks
Of war-more complex, less easily
understood-and require more intel
ligencc. patience and sobriety. we
:nobi'iHed our man power for the fight
ing. let US now mobilize our brain
construction. IF we fail, it will mean
national disaster. The primary srst
step is to increase production and
UP for the destruction wrought by the
war. tie terrible scarcitics ii created.
and SO soon as possible relieve our
people> OF tho cruel burden OF hiGh
prices. The railways are at the center
o: this whole process.
The government has taken UP With
the prohtcer to book. making the
stocks OF necessaries in the country
ava liable al lowered prices. stimulating
production and facilitating distribution.
and very favorable results are already
beginning to appear. There is reason
TO entertain the. confident hope that
substantial relief will result, and re-
| sui; in increasing measure a general
! increase in tho levels OF wages would
check and might defeat all this at its
| Inevitably raise, not lower the cost Of
! living.
Fenrs Hopeless Confusion.
manufacturers and producers OF every
sort would have innumerabie addition
eorts TOT o seovan . Tr9' def snd
/ prohteering would be hope,essly con.
fused. [ believe, that the present eff
he successful. II no new elements OF
! difficulty arc thrown in the way. and
conndently count. upon the men en-.
a ssSea IN nj inc service OF the railways to
in their interest to do this than te
u ,nsis' e unon wage S; Increases which will,
along with the rest Of ' us. and %e msS
AN sure: DC counted on to see the point
oen,-ts goes without SAYING. that ii our
sn iai!' after we have had time
enough TO establish either success or
!" !" " snrc II Will OF course. be necessary
permanent basis of adjustment and
rallYay wages should be readiust ar
n nrslig VIZ" ~ the rest. All that am no "
VI the inexcusable Inconsistencies -,
.naklnG general increases in waeee IN
III I'LL Ption that the present cost n,
.Nihs VIII be permanent At Tho 49,
sda int We are trying with great con.
nnehce 10 reduce the cost Of living an1
ginning to fall ua''g De
Sense Of Insecurity.
am aware that railway emp,ov..,
lave ta sense OF insecurity as TO re:
VIZ, uitu.e or the railroads. and have msnt
n.IssivihES as to whether their IN
aerests will be properly safeEuardnl
~ rni the present form Of FederaI con
tI"i mas come to end No douh,
Is IN part this sense OF unrcrtaint'
umat PROMPTS them 10 insist tina, thei,
WMse interest be adjusted now ratbc,
man under conditions which they can
not certainly foresce But / do M,
s enimK tnat their uneasiness Is wei
grounded. ! anticipate that lecis]at;o,
dealing with the future OF the ra ~
ao a viii in explicit terms affort
a9e!uate protection for the Interests
OF inc employees or the roads, I'M
Gnite anart from that il Is clear tina,
no legislation can make the railway: