The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-06

rifice shall only be asked for America
and Its call OF honor"
I'VE approve collective bargaining"
Gross expansion of currency aud
credits has deprecated the dollar. We
will attempt intelligent and coura.
geous deflation."
when competition-natural, fair I'm
peiiing competition-is suppressed,
whether by law, compact or consplr-
acy We halt the march OF progress,
silence the voice Of aspiration and
paraiyze 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. l wish
the higher wage TO abide. on one ex-
pltcit condition-that the wage Garner
will give full return for the wage re.
ceived"
Governor Cox and franklin d.
Roosevelt began the week with q
lengthy conference with President vii.
son In the White House. After tho
meeting II was formally announced
that the president and the Democrat
ic nominees are In full accord on the
League of Nations issue. Governor
Cox said:
ave are agreed as to the meaning
| and sufiiciency 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. shall, II
elected. endeavor with all my strength
10 give"
The president announced that he
had found. what he already knew, that
! Governor Cox and he were absolutely
ut 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.. 10
! prepare for the campaign. Mr.. Cox's
choice for chairman was Edmund ii.
| Moore. his pre-convention manager.
but Nr. 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 convent ion
Mr.. Moore resigned from the commit.
tee and Mr.. White was elected In his
place. Governor Cox Is to be notified
| on August Z aud Roosevelt two days
! later.
Whether or not TO accept n wage In
crease OF 5000. 100000 yearly. Includ
ing about Sl40.OOO.O0O back pay, was
the proposition put up to the rail- work
/ United Stntes railway labor board. The
long awaited award was announced
| In Chicago 10 the representatives o!
eighteen brotherhoods and unions. and
II really did not please them ut all
as they demanded approximately twice
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
j workers becomes necessary. The chiefs
Of one union. the Order Of RAILWAY
Telegraphers. rejected the award. and
they called for a referendum vote OF
strike
OF course the railway executives al
once began looking for means 10 pal
the advanced wages, and they airead,
have worked out schedule Of In
creased rates. both freight and pass
enger. for presentation 10 the Inter
state commerce commission. The pass
enger Increase asked IL from one hal
10 one per cent per mile. That 10,
freight will undoubtedly be heavy.
In the death Of William X. Wander
hilt In Paris one of Americas leading
financierS and sportsTnen passed. He
inherited a large share OF the
vast estate ~ his father. and Il
believed To have left fortune % be
tween SJ0.oOoOo ana SlO0.OOOO
Despite his wealth be worked his way
up from the bottom 10 the railroad
I business.
Another death Of the week. inter
esiing but not important. was that OF
Joachim. youngest son Of the former
kaiser. Distressed by financial diff
! culiies. he committed suicide in Berlin