Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-05

passed the house, but unfortunately
did not pass the senate, prohibiting
| railroad strikes. He did It and ]
did 1t, and believe the time will
come when the law we voted for vii,
be approved by the country and
recognized as benefit to labor It,
self. In the old days when there was
no tribunal except the railroad Of
ficials themselves 1t was a different
matter. Times have changed. Trans
portation lies at the basis of the
country's prosperity. In this broad
country 1t is impossible to carry or
industry. 70 manufacture goods, tc
mar, 'et farm products. to feed the
cities unless railroad transportation
Is in operation every day.
Everyone wants to see labor pros
porous, whether on the farms or In
the shops. It Is the glory Of this
country that the laboring man has
the opportunity to rise. A brief sur
vey OF the great men in the country
shows that many of the leaders
started at the bottom"
VTopiem Muse 30 settled.
Much of the misery and suffering
In Russia. according to q recent re-
port. is largely due to the fact that
transportation there In almost en-
tirely broken down, said Mr.. KEEL
lokk. He pointed out that to stop
railroads in this country for a month
would result in restitution, suffering
and probably starvation In the great
| cities.
The time has come when this
problem must be settled and settled
that there are to be no more strikes
to tie up the prosperity Of the coun-
try or the government OF this ma
ton. IL 1t possible that we settle
all other disputes In courts. but dis
putes between labor and capital are
to be decided by open warfare?"
Senator Kellogg emphasized the
| fact that Senator Cummins had pro-
vided in the railroad bill for tri-
bunal composed Of three representa-
tives Of the railroad employees, three
OF the railroad companies and three
from the public to hear and pass on
questions in dispute between the
men and the roads before he would
vote to prohibit strikes.
when that was done, when a
great tribunal in which the men
could always 90 and in which they
could have confidence. had been
provided. ne believed that any con-
spiracy to tie UP the transportation
| of the country was unlawful, and he
was right.
Stand Against League.
Senator Kellogg commended Sena-
tor Cumming stand against the rati-
hcation Of the league OF nations.
He declared that the people OF the
United States would never consent
to send their sons to Europe ct the
beck OF foreign commission To
aid Some tottering nation or police
some turbulent people.
Government ownership OF rafl-
roads cost this country more than
q billion dollars and disorsanfzeo
the roads so that it wfYI take yea :,
to get them back to their former
position" declared Senator Kellogg
when the war broke out We had
the best system OF transportation and
at the lowest cost, In the world.
During the years 1si5-1s17 there was
an increase OF IS per cent In rail-
road transportation.
During the FIRST nine months OF
the war. the, railroads, under private
owners. handled as large a number
OF passengers and equal amount OF
freight at 31.ooo,oo0 less expense ana
with 10000 fewer employees.
He took up several examples OF
Mr.. McAdoo's attempts to standard
ixe the roads costly experiments,
which resulted In poorer service, he
said, and an actual decrease In