The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1920-01-14

For a man who is talking under a Glars law" and knows
is handing out some dope that is worth considering. And yet
ne does not seem to be handicapped any by this particular law,
men as MI. LANCER from talking.
If he was not telling the truth don't you believe that the
to some distant county in the state and have him tried by a
On the other hand if he is telling the truth, and we have
no doubt but what he is, he is giving out facts enough that would
our state capitol, and dew every q other State ti institution na tut where they he
have been planted, from the highest mogul to the janitor.
just what it means, and he is taking no chances on telling any,
th N +put, the aso trq I'll, l and if f. any ny fair minded N man believes it
person should stand by such a bunch for a moment.
"It is reported that railroads seeking new capital, in anti
cipation of being returned to private control, are experiencing
damaged and demoralized as the roads have been by two years
of government control The reason assigned is that the fnan-
and for foreign rehabilitation, leave the cupboard bare for the
railroads: This is a false reason.
'"The simplest lay mind knows full we'll that without an eff
ficient transportation system American industries of every sort
must stagnate. Financiers are not denying their purses to the
roads, stock and bonds are not being hawked dismally in the
market places, because money is tied up in, or promised to other
ty which hovers over the future of the railroads of this country
The pig in the poke is like to choke.
eliminated in the passage of the Adamson law, the Railroad
Brotherhoods have, with the connivance of the Administration,
ate has boldly met the issue by adopting the .Commins' anti
strike clause in the pending railroad restoration bill. But the
ton to substitute for that clause a complicated and cumber-
has Witnesses %ssned the a ppoeedure o %t then gretge man iR dis ieg1 fhs w raS}
A6 CS Po0C
three years, knows that their sole idea is to make categorical
demands and to spurn all counterproposals. The Brotherhoods'
character is the arbiter-the sole arbiter-of every members
pay-check. Their attitude is TO hell with arbitration! Meet
our demands or we will paralyze industry and unleash famine
to terrorize the Nation!'
t IF the House of Representatives reneges on the Cum
minis anti-strike clause, this terrorism will continue. So long
as it continues finances will not be forthcoming. Without fnan
ces the grass would ultimately spring up between two streaks
of rust each 235 900 miles in length. And industry, because the
arteries of trade were in tourniquet, would languish and ex-
pre-: The Brotherhoods know this. They gamble on it. They
believe they have the alternative: They believe if they can
blockade the roads from funds, by terrorism, they can eventual
~ force them back into the hands of the Government. And
then they will have the railroad industry by the throat at last.
The country has had a sample of what that means since the
Government assumed control Whichever way one views, it,
unless the House supports the Senate in the measure calculated
to break the shackles of group control of our transportation
system--and the principle applies to other vast industries as
wel---stark ruin is the terminal of that system.
This is no time to pussy-foot or dodge the issue. If the Re-
publican party in control of the legislative branch of the Gov
eminent, dares not to strike off the gives which have been
forged by sovietsts and fastened by Wilsonians to the limbs
OF this Government, it will have finished it's usefulness as an
organization. 1t has never failed in the past to meet the tests
imposed upon it. It can not fail now. The House will eventual
ly concur with the Senate's views and put an end to group ter
rorism of our railroad system"