Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-10
IEA VOW what in the world is the
IN matter with Jack this time?

You look as if you'd lost
your last friend. Come on. Brace
up and tell me all about it"
1t was Uncle Ted, who, seeing his
nephew with face clouded with
gloom was trying to bring back the
sunshine.
"Ah. there's nothing so terribly
wrong, Uncle Ted" answered Jack.
but I've had another fuss with
Hermann Schwartz. He's always
making me sore the way he talks
about our country and thinks Ger
many is about right. He doesn't
seem to know that Germany was
licked to frazzle and I'm tired tell
ing him. You see this morning be-
ing Saturday I went to buy some
things to eat, for mother. I don't
like to go into Schwartz's butcher
shop but they have such good meat.
So l watched until 1 thought Her
mann was gone and then went in.
But like he always does, he had just
gone in the back of the store and
when got up to the counter he
came running in. Your country is
fine mess he said. After YOU
beat Germany then you start fight
ing among yourselves. If you don't
watch out Germany will be doing
more business than the United
States. Her workmen are working
long hours each day and with lots
of goods stored away she will very
soon be ready to do business with
the world. If all the workmen keep
striking in this country there won't
be anything to sell. Well, of course
Uncle Ted, l couldn't think of any,
thing mean enough to say and I
didn't want to fight because you told
nnt to. I inst told h 70 ,ix,l
his own business and walked out.
Now what I'm worrying about Is,
was what he said true?"
"Of course, Jack" began his
|, uncle, as he drew up chair, Her
mann should not talk that way, no
matter how much of what he says
may be true. He and his father are
making their living in this country
and they should forget Germany and
be loyal Americans. But it so hap
pens again. that some of what he
says is true. 1 will explain the mat
ter as best l can. For long time
the various labor unions in this
country have been going on strike.
That is, If they want more money,
or shorter working hours or both,
and their employers feel that what
they are getting is enough, they quit
work. We have had strikes in this
country for years and years, but as a
rule they have been conducted quietly
and after time the troubles were
settled and the men went back to
work as before. But during the past
year, especially since the end of the
war, the various unions have been
striking and some of their members
who act like the bolsheviks of Rus
sia or the REDS, as they are some
times called, have used bombs to
blow up houses; have fought on the
streets and destroyed property in
general. They are not all that way
| but many of them go so far as to
threaten to destroy our government.
Right now there are some 800
strikes going on in the United States.
A great many of the men who work
| in the steel mills are striking and
rioting. Troops had to be called out
in Gary, Indiana. a big steel town,
Ito protect property and the lives of
| the people. The soldiers found
many of these "Reds" there who
were trying to overthrow the gov
| ernment. The men who work on
! the piers in New York City where
the ships are unfoaded and loaded
are on strike. That means tying up
| the food that Is coming and going.
, And so IL is the country over. The
| laboring men are getting bigger
wages and shorter hours than ever
before, yet they want more and more
/ money and want to work less and
+, less hours >
What happens to the things these
men make or do when they are
} striking?,,' asked Ruth. who had
| lust returned from play.
That Is the worst part of it,
Ruth" answered her Uncle. while
all of these men are away from
! their work they are not producing.
| They GO on eating and living, but
they are not giving anything to their
| country in return. Now right here
| is where the things Hermann
| Schwartz said come in. Men who
know more about the condition of