The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-02-27

| but he Is opposed to the bin generally
| for he is an advocate Of government
ownership The union labor leaders
were waiting until they could study
the compromise bill. but they were
expected to join with the opposition
TO the measure. The sections dealing
| with wage adjustments do not please
| them.
| Semuel Gompers. who several times
lately has felt his throne tottering
has come out strongly against the or
| ganization OF a political labor party
and urges that organized labor devote
It's effort to the election Of members
OF congress who will be friendly Ia
| II, The third party plan is especially
| favored by the Plumb plan leaders,
but Mr.. Gompers warns that II would
be fatal To the interests of organized
| labor His attack on congress was
| decidedly bitter, and called forth sew
| eral vigorous replies, particularly from
| Senator Sherman of Illinois and Rep
| resentative Blanton of Texas.
The antaconism between union la
| Dor and the farmers was accentuated
last week when representatives Of the
National grange, the American Farm
Bureau federation the Cotton States
board, and the Association of State
Farmers union presidents met in
70 l,t, la
to congress denying that any group
of organized workers possesses an in
herent right TO strike. Abiding
especially to strikes of transportation
workers, the memorial says:
Those who believe that labor has
an inherent right to organize strike
believe that such organizations have u
right tn starve the people of the cities
to death, on the one hand. and to de-
1roH The property of the farmers on
the other.
No such right had ever existed and
no such right exists now.
NO set of men has ever had the
moral or legal right to destroy prop
erty or cause suffering by conspiring
together.
What would be the verdict of the
people III the farmers Of the United
States should suddenly decide to go
ON strike and refuse 10 supply the
wants and needs of those who are not
In II position TO produce food and cloth
Ing for themselves? They would be
condemned from one end of the coun-
try 10 the other and the fact would be
pointed out that they, as the owners
and tillers of the land had no right.
either moral or legal. TO bring about
such calamity.
IF the farmers have no such rights.
those who handle their products have
no such rights"
Hope springs eternal. and II Is now
the turn of the peace treaty compro-
misers To hope that their efforts will
be crowned with success in the near
future. President Wilson's latest let
ter To Senator Hitchcock ON the sub
1cc'. apparently written before Wis
count Grey's pronounecment but mad,
public much later was interpreted MS
showing yielding spirit. and the ma.
neusering 10 reach nm agreement was
renewed. At this writing hope for
early ratification rested largely on the
report that the mild reseryationists
Gratis had agreed tentatively on sub
zstitute for the Lodge reservation on ar
ticle ten. This substitute declares the
United States assumes no obligation
Ia preserve the territorial integrity OF
political Independence of any Other
country. and Senator Hitchcock indtg
nanily asserted Il was no compromise
and that its acceptance would be q
complete surrender ON the part nf tn,
supporters of the president. l.odg,
also proposed series of amendment,
modify sng the language Of his reServa
tons, The president. u Is stated. has
so far recovered his health ans
strength that he has taken personal
direction of the Democratic forces IN
the present fight over the treaty in the
senate
The council OF the League Of Ma
lions opened It's meeting 10 London OF
"Wednesday. with Arthur j. Ralfour II
+ the CHAIR. The nations represente,
were Belgium. Brazit Great Britain
+ France, Greece. Italy. Japan an,
+ Spain. Both Mr., Baifour and l.ear
Bourgeois of France expressed regre
that the United States was not repre-
scented, To NJ Bourgeois WIS intrust
ed the preparation of plans for the or
/ ganizatinn NJ the permanent court o
far