Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-12
Many Bubbles Indicate
The Pot of Industrial
Interest Still Seethin g
BY WILLIAM TANQUERY.

Industrial unrest! What are it's causes how far
does it extend, and whom is it affecting?
These questions are not being asked by that part of
the public which is at present receiving income that
affords them personal contentment, and who but idly
perse and vaguely consider those accounts in the
papers which like bubbles rising through simmer
ing broth, in their indication of the fire beneath
But there is large body Of the people who de-
voting a considerable amount Of time to thinking the
situation over and these belong to that middle class of
SOBER earnesminded individuals, law abiding and pa
riotic who not satisfied with their incomes
pared with the cost of living but who unable to better
their conditions because they do not belong to class
profession in which possible for organization to bring
about better conditions.
These people who do not belong to unions and whose
professions caings do not admit of unionized organ
zaton, revolt at boshevsm, and look askance at the
panaceas offered nsociasmbut cannot resist the feel
ing that something of kind ought to be done to
hasten readustment of affairs in such to
give them too larger share of the enoyments Of life
They are class from whom manifestations of GIN
dusral unrest" have not become apparent. They look
not with envy Gin all cases bat with degree of longing
for something of the kind for themselves upon the large
wages paid to classes such the railroad men, and
81 .50-an-hour
They feel that they really would be willing to join
in some kind any kind of peaceful orderly and dig
nified upheaval that would help them some, too.
This strata of middle class people are little thought
of in connection with the prevalent unrest "uneas-
ness it might better be called in referring them
and outside of acknowledged bolshevists, the W. w.
socialists and other radicals large part Of the blame
IS placed by the skinner of surface Indications upon the
returned soldiery of the country
These point to the loud outcry made by the heroes
of the world when they returned to this country
as did the batch at Newport News last summer, and
found who had not been drafted account of skill
other he
of salaries of $10 $12 $40 and high $50 per
day in the slpyards compared with the 81 day they
were drawing from the government, and the $40 and
$40 week salaries which they would find returning
to their old prewar situatons-f they could get these
back.
But this is vital mistake, as anyone will be con-
vinced who will take the trouble to dig deeply and
scientiousy into the subject
These returned soldiers are not the ones making
fuss, crcisng, raising complaints It will be found
IN the overwhelming percentage of that is the
man VINO never carried gum and who, in fact bore
of the burden of the than could be ascrbed to
increased cost of daily necessities.
That the soldiers may be found infected with the
feelings described, in with the balance of the
middle class population is to be admitted but they do
not as body, class, with any consciousness
OF their soderly character but gather individual c
zens
What is the remedy for the situation.
For the classes of people described it lies in the
evolution of theories advanced by leaders of the old
dons.
\. But
They may drift further if action is delayed to- the
breaking point and instead of sincerity they greeted
with of the political hokum that has been
placed on the political table in the past during election