The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
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Opinion ON Current Questions and Events

OF Twin. Who sees way out OF LhlBT
I As long a. we continue to guarantee
certain inefficient managers OF the rail-
road properties good dividends regard
| less Of the manner in which the roads
| are managed: as long as we continue
| to tax the people to pay gigantic sala-
| ries to certain dhlgh railway executives;
as long as we continue to place a pub
lie premium upon, inefiiciency and ar
rogance. we shall not md a way out
Wichita Eagle. re' pr ,
II under these circumstances the
American people will not object TO
squandering ten of millions OF their
dollars on men demanding to be kept on
railroad payrolls. although they were
not earning their pay and were not
needed, the American people would not
object to having their threats cut 20
supply TRANSMISSION Of blood demanded
by some stranger on the. doorstep
New York Sun and Herald.
These concessions cannot be expected
to satisfy the railway men. but they are
probably sufficient to prevent re-
course to the general strike, greatly as
a turbulent minority OF the workers
would like to see that expedient tried.
There is, no longer any possibility OF
loading such advances upon the rail-
ways themselves. and they will be car
ried by the public in the form OF higher
freight and passenger rates.
There should be no complaint on this
score. The new wages are in most
cases conspicuously below those paid
in the skilled trades with which rail-
reading can best be compared.-New
J York Globe.
The earlier suggestion that the cost
| Of the railroad iabor's wage policy
would unpleasantiy astonish the country
has been borne out by the application
The country apparently is to have
peace In the railroad world-but the
country 10 going to pay a stiff price
for it.--Seattie Times.
While It 10 hardly to. be expected that
the increases will be satisfactory to all
Glasses OF employees, yet on the whole
1t appears to us that the men have
been dealt with literally. From the
| viewpoint Of the public, which, in the
end, must foot the bill the award de-
cision will be regarded with some mis-
givings.-Newport News (Va.) Record.
Rarely is 1t possible for any organic
zation of men to secure all they believe
| they are entitled to. In this case the
railroad employees have been granted
| the major portion of their demands. and
| II they accept the decision in the broad
spirit of Cancellation which conditions
warrant, they win not only foster their
own interests. but will set an example
Of patriotic moderation which cannot
but be beneficial to the country.-Wash-
| ington Post.
| The brotherhood members patiently
awaited a long-delayed adjustment Of
their wages and the very substantial
| addition to their incomes justifes their
policy. The more militant "outlaw" uny
| ions may be inclined to challenge the
award. but their recent experience was
not encouraging to new attempts to go
it alone. The excuse offered for their
recent strike that the labor board was
unreasonably delaying action can no
longer be advanced. -Springfiel (Mass,)
Republican.
The railroad men can congratulate
themselves that the increase awarded
| to them by the labor board was not a
contribution from enerous hands to a
! worthy cause. IT was given to them
because they are solidly organized and
in a position to demand If what they
ask is not conceded by the asking.
| II the railroad men were not organ
| lied they might have gotten a resolution
| OF sympathy. There are those among
the older heads in the railroad business
| who can remember when they didn't get
that.-Memphis News Scimitar.