Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-07-30

rifice shall only be asked for America
and its call of honor"
"We approve collective bargaining"
"Gross expansion of currency and
credits has deprecated the dollar. We
will attempt intelligent and coura-
geous deflation."
"When mpetition-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 l want the employers in industry
to understand the aspirations, the
convictions, the yearnings of millions
Of American wage earners."
"War establishes its 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."
Roosevelt began the week with a
lengthy conference with President Will
son in the White House. After the
meeting it was formally announced
that the president and the Democrat
ic nominees are in full accord on the
League of Nations issue. Governor
Cox said:
"We are agreed as to the meaning
and sufficiency 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, I shall, If
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
ton and the secure peace of the
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 81.
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 a wage in
crease of S6OO.0O0,000 yearly, includ
ing about S140,OO0,0O0 back pay, wa!
the proposition put up to the rail work
ers of the country last week by th'
United States railway labor board. Th'
long awaited award was announced
in Chicago to the representatives O
eighteen brotherhoods and unions, ant
1t really did not please them at all
as they demanded approximately twic,
as much. Some of the members o
the grand council were not empowered
to accept the award finally, so a ref
erendum vote of the two million raj
workers becomes necessary. The chief
Of one union, the Order of Railwa
Telegraphers, rejected the award. an
they called for a referendum vote o.
strike.
OF course the railway executives a
once began looking for means to pa
the advanced wages, and they alread
have worked out a schedule of IL
creased rates, both freight and pas!
enger, for presentation to the intel
state commerce commission. The pas!
enger increase asked is from one hal
to one per cent per mile. That fc
freight will undoubtedly be heavy.
In the death of William K. Wander
E bilt in Paris one of Americas leadin
financiers and sportsmen passed. H
e inherited a large share of tn
: vast estate of his father, and
believed to have left a fortune of b.
e tween $50,000,0O0 and $1OO,O0OOO
: Despite his wealth he worked his wa
a up from the bottom in the railroa
business.
d Another death of the week, inte
5 esting but not important, was that
:, Joachim, youngest son of the form
S kaiser. Distressed by financial diff
, ! culties, he committed suicide in Berli