The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-04-01

the courts, has tried to force then
back The effort Is a failure. The
streets are dark at night The house.
are cold. Business Is crying ou
against necessary restrictions imposed
because of the coal shortage. I realize
as I never have before how dependent
we are on the men who pick and dil
the coal. All of the intelligence and
| culture, the courts, the gold, are but
symbols of power. When the GOA
miners folded their hands and set theil
teeth things stopped.
| Fourth. transportation Is necessary
to the gathering, collecting and deliv'
ering of raw material and the dlstribu-
| ton of the finished product.
| Fifth, and last but first In impOr-
lance, is man power. The purpose OF
production Is man. he liz master Of II
at every stage, in every department.
Without him production Is impossible.
The business men who proceed on the
theory that men could not live without
their business. its pay roll, forget the
first and greater truth that there would
be no business without the workers.
Man cuts, digs, gathers and hauls the
raw material. He hews the wood,
builds the plant. He mines the ore, he
makes the tools. the machinery. He
oils it, sets it in motion. He runs 1t.
He makes the furnace and the boiler.
He digs and shoyels the coal which
makes the power. He defies the heat
of the furnace. He builds the locomo-
tive and pulls Its throttle. He makes
the freight car and stands In the sleet
in the dangerous railroad yard with
the signal of safety.
Railroads All Worn Out.
Transportation In Europe Is partly
paralyzed. During the war railroad
tracks and roadbeds were allowed to
deteriorate. 1t could not be helped,
but the fact that it was unavoidable
doesn't alter the situation. Roadbed
and rails have fallen to pieces. There
h terrible shortage Of cars. Every
where on the Continent this Is felt
They have less than third Of the
rolling stock necessary to meet normal
requirements. The demand for trans
portation facilities Will necessarily In
crease during the period Of reconstruc
ton. have seen locomotives sneez
ing, coughing, expiring every few
miles. Old, broken-down engines, the
Kind one expects to find in museum.
was on a de luxe train, diplomatic
express. I commented upon the con-
dition of the locomotive, which came
to full stop every once in while. |
commented upon the condition of the |
coaches. The chief of the train looked |
at me, smiled and said: If you
think this one is bad you ought to see
some of the Others"
The war disarranged plants and fac
tories. The demand was for NUM-
tons. Peace gave way to war and
plant equipment efficient for peace
production gave way to plant construc-
ton necessary to manufacture the
weapons of war Plants were com
new machinery put in. A complete re-
and reorganization was
effected. Now that the war is over and
he demand for everything is great, 1t
S necessary to change these plants
,ack and fit them for the production
needed. 1t is expensive, 1t takes time,
t retards production.
1t is strange that, while everyone
an see and, understand the difficulties
md delays incident to recognizing
nd rearranging machinery and plants,
many people cannot see or understand
he problem of rearranging mems
Ives, who for four years have been
wing abnormally The effect Of the
,ar upon plants and equipment Is con-
eded by the very man who refused to
ee any effect of the war on the men
Tho were In it.
Women in Labor World.
During the war women answered the
oil call. They left their homes and
ent to work. There Is hardly kind
+ work that | can think of that l have
OF seen women doing in Europe.
ave seen them loading boats, shovel
x COAL washing windows, driving
agons, cleaning streets, conductors on .
ans. Many of the women who went .
to the Industries were young women.
ow that the war Is over and the men
i've come back there is demand on N
e part of the men that the women re- NJ
re to their homes. This is impossi- N
e in many cases, for these women a
i've grown dependent upon their Jobs
r their living. Then, too, there Is
ortage of manageable men. Some
nployers of labor have taken ad- :,
Intage Of this situation. They pay
oman less money than they pay !,
an for the same work. This makes
tn dissatisfied. The woman has the ;,
mpathy of the working man. He =,
esn't want her to compete with him =,
the extent that his wages will be =,
rarad Daithor dooc he want the hONS -