Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-07-29

ritice shall only be asked for America
and its call of honor"
eve approve collective bargaining"
Gross expansion of currency and
credits has deprecated the dollar We
will attempt intelligent and coura-
geous detiation."
'When ompetition-natural, fair i'm
pelling competition-is suppressed,
whether by law, compact or conspir-
acy we halt the march of progress,
silence the voice of aspiration and
paralyze the will for achievement"
''The human element comes first,
and want the employers in industry
to understand the aspirations, the
convictions, the warnings of millions
Of American wage earners."
"War establishes it's higher stand
ards for wages and they abide. wish
the higher wage to abide, on one ex-
plicit condition-that the wage-earner
will give full return for the wage re-
ceived."
Governor Cox and Franklin d.
Roosevelt began the week with q
lengthy conference with President VIII
son in the White House. After the
meeting it was formally announced
that the president and the Democrat
lc nominees are in fun accord on the
League of. Nations issue. Governor
Cox said:
1--WE are agreed as to the meaning
and sutliciency of the Democratic plat
form and the duty of the party in the
face of the threatened bad faith to the
world in the name of America. His
thought is still of the war and the
pledges we gave to those who sacri-
feed. What he promised, / shall, IL
elected endeavor with all my strength
to give"
The president announced that he
had found, what he already knew, that
Governor Cox and he were absolutely
at one with respect to the great issue
Of the League of Nations and that
he is ready to be the champion In ev-
cry respect of the honor of the ma
world"
On Tuesday the Democratic nation
al committee met in Columbus, o., to
prepare for the campaign. Mr.. COx's
choice for chairman was Edmund III.
Moore, his pre-convention manager,
but Mr. Moore absolutely declined. The
governor then asked the election of
former Congressman George White of
Marietta, and the committee, most of
whose members were said to favor
the retention of Homer S. Cummings
in the place. yielded and named Mr..
White. TO comply with the rules laid
down by the San Francisco convention,
| Mr.. Moore resigned from the commit.
/ tee and Mr.. White was elected In his
! place. Governor Cox is to be notified
on August z and Roosevelt two days
/ later.
Whether or not to accept wage in
crease of SG00,00O,OOO yearly, includ
ing about S140,0O0,00O back pay, was
the proposition put up to the rail work
/ ers of the country last week by the
! United States railway labor board. The
long awaited award was announced
i in Chicago to the representatives o1
| eighteen brotherhoods and unions, ant
| it really did not please them at all
as they demanded approximately twice
as much. Some Of the members o.
the grand council were not empowered
to accept the award finally, so ref
erendum vote of the two million raj
+, workers becomes necessary. The chiefs
of one union, the Order of Railway
/ Telegraphers, rejected the award, ant
they called for referendum vote OF
strike.
OF course the railway executives a
once began looking for means to pay
the advanced wages, and they already
have worked out schedule Of in
creased rates, both freight and pass
enger, for presentation to the inter
state commerce commission. The pass
enger increase asked is from one hal,
to one per cent per mile. That fol
freight will undoubtedly be heavy.
In the death of William X. Wander
i bilt in Paris one of Americas leading
financiers and sportsmen passed. He
inherited a large share of the
vast estate of his father, and I.
believed to have left fortune Of be
tween $50O0O,OO0 and $1OO,OOO,OOO
Despite his wealth he worked his way
Up from the bottom in the railroad
business.
Another death of the week, inter
esting but not important, was that o1
Joachim, youngest son of the former
kaiser. Distressed by financial diff
culties. he committed suicide In Berlin