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Evening journal., 1921-10-22
FOREIGN-RORN OFFICERS.

INHE New York Times has gathered facts showing that
n in the American army and navy there 5s7 com
missoned officers who foreign born
Quite likely there relatively non-commissoned
officers OF foreign birth.
More than 300 OF the foregn-born officers natives
OF the British empire.
Wllmngonans doubt realize that there is certainly
other great nation that welcomes 10 positions OF au-
ihority in its military forces men not native born as
the United States
We unquestonably have made the naturalized citizen
citizen in fact well in name for place him in
any high position except that Of President.
II might be better, however II made little more
effort to nh military positions with native Americans
without barring the foregn-born entirely
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harassed public, wants is fairness
and justice to roads and men anu TO
himself. He is tired of being ground
between the upper and the lower
millstones Of striking labor and
standpat capital What the Nation
wants. and what the President
should demand in his attempts to
settle the quarrel, is a defiation Of
both rates and wages.
The present line-up. less than two
weeks before the first clash of the
strike, finds 100000 rail men lac
ing rail managements, the national
Government, the unorganized work
er and a public that is sick and sore
and digusted with strikes. There are
100000 persons out Of work; this
will throw other millions out. The
Nation is straining toward readjust-
ment while the strikers battle against
the sweep of the tides of defiation.
The strikers are trying to do what
the Triple Alliance Of British labor
tried and failed. For this strike in
its final analysis is a strike against
inevitable readjustment; an attempt
by one group to hold wartime ease
and fatness at the expense Of the
Nation.
1t must be fought It may or not
be- a life-and-death struggle for
unionism, but the unions have
chosen to fight, and fight it must DC,
The part is not greater than the
whole, even though that part be an
organization of workers. To carry
on, there should be martial law II
martial law is needed II volunteers
are necessary to keep crowded mil
lions in crowded cities from freezing
and starving, then volunteers should
be called.
It may be that eleventh-hour ac.
tion in concert by the Rail Labor
Board. that deals with wages. and
the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion, that deals with rates, may bring
rates and wages down together
Even so, will the brotherhoods, now
talking Of an Armageddon, accept
and can they accept?
A last-minute compromise Is al.
ways possible. This time is does no
seem probable. unless the worker.
retreat from their chosen and pre-
pared positions. The rail strike o
the fall OF 1921 is likely to make IL
] Imprint on history.
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upon emotions which might prove
unstable.
And engaged persons would profit
ably discuss a truth as put by Ches-
terton. He writes Of the dance of
divorce:
If a man had hundred houses.
there would still be more houses
than he had days in which to dream
Of them; If a man had a hundred
wives, there would still be more
women than we could ever know
1 believe that behind the
art and philosophy Of our time there
Is a considerable element of this nm
natural hunger. They are
crying for the world, and il thev
had 1t they would want another.
What is vitality needed
everywhere, in ethics. in poetry as in
politics, is choice; creative power
in the will as well as in the mind"
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
TREsPAsSING.

respasser jumped of the track, just in time to
N escape being hit by western nierurbsn car the
motorman threw him a sealed envelope. This message
inside
Don't you realize there is serious danger to anyone
walking these tracks, owing to the fact that
run at high speed? II the notorman should fail TO
you in bad weather while rounding curve, for
some other reason, you would be placed in imminent
danger OF being killed injured We hope that you will
lat once discontinue walking these tracks"
The nerurban line says these letters have cut its acci-
dent list In two
Auto drivers in Delaware might carry similar letters for
quick distribution.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22

paralyzed. All this is long-planned
startegy against THE Day" Here
are the same spirit and ruthlessness
shown on the German maps; the
same win or smash; the same grind
ing Of the faces of non-comhatants
into the dust. This thing is to be
war, as will witness the words of w.
G.. Lee, president OF the Brotherhood
OF Railway Trainmen.
I'VE are going into the greatest
roailroad strike ever called, a strike
that nothing in the world can avert
now. because il is a fight for life or
death OF the labor organizations.
The railroads are organized against
us as we are organized against
them. II we are defeated, union
labor will have suffered a blow
that will wipe out fifty years Of
progress. We are not entering into
this struggle with closed eyes"
But why must the strike come =?
II must come now because Il was
not fought out in March 1917. when
the railway workers rammed a gun
under the nose of Congress and a
whining Congress whimpered and
quit It must be now, because rail
men are lighting to keep war wages
gained under a spineless u. S. Rail-
way Administration. 1t must be now,
because rail men are fighting that
inevitable after-war dehation called
read djustment because rail workers
would go ahead on a war basis as a
privileged class. The strike must
be now. because many feel that
roads belong to the workers, for
their own use and behoof and be-
cause rail workers are infected with
the Plumb plan and naturalization
virus.
The immediate spark that touched
off the powder is the attempt to
bring rail wages back to where they
were in June. 1920. This nation
is demanding rate reductions on pas
senger and freight traffic. The de-
mand ca not be STAYED off; it is vital
TO the country. Rail executives know
this must come, and they know it is
possible only through wage reduc-
tions in proportion to the rate re-
/ ductions. They cannot make 10 and
/ 25 per cent. rate reductions. pay
I present wages and live.
What the plain citizen. the aver
] age man. who makes up the Iona
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instability Of human emouons' ana
the will as stabilizer Of human
conduct.
But that stuff is too high brow.
It's a postgraduate course for stu
dents" some one protests.
Not at all. A liberal education 1t
may be, but IL is of a kind not inn
possible to a nation which in one
geheration learned how to control
typhoid and malaria; and how to
swat the fly.
There's this difference. however:
We wanted TO get rid of the physical
disease and we swatted the fly with
glee. We are not so anxious to rid
the race of the emotional diseases
the composite Of which is divorce.
We can Kill off the germ OF di-
Evening journal., 1921-10-22

The calm, lucid and altogether
admirable statement OF Thomas De
Witt cuyler, chairman Of the AS
sociation OF Railway Executives. on
the facts of the railroad stuation
can leave no doubt in any fair mind
that railway wages will have to come
down, strike or no strike, just as
railway rates will have TO come
down, for the all-compelling reason
that they cannot be paid.
The wages, OF course. are not paid
by the railroads; they are paid by
the traffic hauled on the railroads.
And the fact is, Mr. Cuyler sub
mits, that agriculture and indus
try generally are unable to pay
many of the current charges for
railroad transportation"
The similar inability OF the roads
to make both ends meet when the
payrolls run as they have been run
ming, is pointed out by Mr.. Guy
Ter with the same statistics USED py
The New York Herald, in these
columns several weeks ago. THESE
show that for the first eight months
OF the present calendar year the
roads taken all together did not
earn the interest due on their mort
gage indebtedness. This means
that as a whole they were headed
straight for receiverships' ana under
receiverships the courts do not per
nit unions or anybody else to make
up payrolls that cannot be met
In the first eight months OF TINS
year. Furthermore, the railroads
managed 10 keep financially afoai
only by spending for maintenance
1913. 900, 600 less than they spent IT
the corresponding period even OF
the disastrous year Of 1920. Had
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The very railroad employees who have voted
general strike on October 80 know that their
project is mad. At any time the complete tying
up OF the railroad systems of the United States
would be outrage; under present circumstances
t would be a crime.
Through much suffering and after many
rihces the country is struggling back fuller
work and brighter hope. Yet here it has threat
OF chaos come agan--of industrial paralysis,
commercial ruin. disease, want and starvation.
The unemployed have been a subject OF anxious
national concern; but 100000 OF the em-
ployed propose quit work, and TO force tens Of
millions into idleness. While thousands OF work.
ers in the great industries have accepted lower
wages, a necessary part in the denation OF
swollen values, the railroad men talking
OF plunging the whole people into fear and misery
rather than admit the need of a reduction in their
pay. The thing seems lunacy.
No great strike ever succeeded without the sup
port OF at least a part of public opinion. But
general railway strike now would from the start
meet with swift and overwhelming reprobation.
'It means life or death for the railway unions,'
declares one of the leaders of the We'll, il
the issue is raised and pressed, dead against the
- public interest and the governing sentiment of the
country, it will their death.
That extreme need come The attitude of
the railway unions-their giving notice OF
weels-is an invitation 20 seek an adjustment.
Toward this the President is discreeuy moving.
There is occasion for him as yet to meet
threats with defiance. II the employees have
even the sembIance of a case-they have case
at all for a general strike; that be ruled out
from the beginning-they should have a fair
hearing
Mr.. Harding has first turned to the two agen-
cies established by law take cognizance of rail-
way disputes, the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and the Railroad Labor Board. They have
no power OF compulsion the men. But they
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
PENNIES COIfNT.

A DIFFERENCE OF a cent pound means a difference Of
N of s9733iioO in the nations annual sugar BILL says
the research department OF the American Farm Bureau
Federation and Delaware contributes largely to the max
ing up OF that amount
penny added TO gasoline costs consumers s256i279
year.
Many great fortunes also many big failures founded
on these penny fluctuations.
With fewer dollars running loose, the penny is gaining
increasing respect
After government gets back to thinking in thousands
instead Of millions, it should study the possibilities OF
the penny
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
MUST. NOT AND WILL
NOT BE TOLERATED

From The Albany (N. " Knicker-
booker Press.
The simple fact in regards to such
a strike as is proposed is that it is as
intolerable as II ought to be un-
thinkable. To take the food out OF
babies mouths, to starve and freeze
the public, to bring stark ruin crash
ing down upon millions Of helpless
and innocent people. is something
that cannot and must not and will
not be tolerated.
The public has no special objec-
tion to the railroad men getting high
wages. 1t has paid whatever has
been asked OF it, in order to carry
whatever burdens were involved in
providing it with it's necessary tran
sportation. but the public has a very
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
CHALLENGE TO BUSINESS
INTERESTS

From the Boston (Mass.) Herald.
The action of the railroad Broth
erhoods in calling for a nationwide
strike admits of only one interpreta-
tion. It is a challenge to the entire
agricultural and business interests Of
the country; It is an issue of de-
fiance to the national government as
well. The members of these organ
izations five years ago took the ma
ton by the throat and the Washing
ton authorities capitulated. 7 e
Brotherhoods are preparing once
more to bring the nation to terms
by Issuing a threat. The issue may
just as well be fought to a finish
now as at any later time.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22

Several railroads putting in orders for 1000
1900 freight They sense the industrial boom
that about to descend upon the country and want to be
prepared to meet IT, Despite the reports Of idle
many the roads Il felt that additional transportation
facilities viii be needed 10 care for the big freight move
ment that Is coming
Evening journal., 1921-10-22

have the right OF recommendation, of persuasion,
Of appeal 10 the parties in interest," and, above
ALL Of appeal to public opinion
The President is wise and right to seek first OF
all Cancellation and n peaceful agreement. The
railway unions may abandon their position; con-
sent TO delay, TO consultation to agreed settle
ment Everybody hopes they may.
II they do not however, doubt should be
left in their minds OF the means that will be re-
sorted 20 i'm order TO meet and defeat them.
President Harding properly begins by seeking
TO secure the withdrawal OF the menace OF a gen.
eraI strike; but II unions stubbornly refuse
listen to his appeals, he win have to end by taxi
ing a leaf out of the book of Lloyd George. The
British Premier notified the English railway
strikers that the ,yhoIe resources of the govern
ment" would be made use of to beat them.
That must be done in the United States IL neces-
sary. Cities and States as well as the Federal
government must let it be known that they viii
exert every power to protect the public against a
class endeavoring to make itself the terrorizng
master OF the Commonwealth.
And in every way available, through the press,
by mass meetings, by resolutions of public bodies,
the railway strikers, IL they persist in their
avowed designs should be given TO understand
that they regarded public enemies to be
brought TO bay and punished by all the agencies
and servants OF the peoples will.
Il should not come TO that. Yet ought-an
public officials ought-to make ready do what
will be necessary IL the worst comes 1t is a time
TO be reasonable and impartial in dealing with
the railway employees, but also to show them that
they cannot intimidate this nation.
A conciIiatory spirit TO details but the firm
est determination the main question. should
mark the oficiaI negotiations from the first hour.
The general railway strike ought to be impossible
in the attempt; If attempted, its will
surely he impossible. Americans are not yet dis
posed to surrender a minority of a minority.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
THINKS LEE MISSES THE POM

From the Buffalo On. " Press.
Mr.. Lee. perhaps the most con-
servative of the Brotherhood lead
ers, appears to have missed the
point. I'VE can't afford to trust
the roads" he says If we let
them get away with this reduction
it will be followed by others" It
may be that the Brotherhoods are
justified in not trusting the railroad
companies, but the case rests with
the authority of the Labor Board,
created by act OF Congress. Why
cannot the Brotherhoods trust the
board composed as it is, and why
cannot they rely on the fairness OF
the final arbiters. the American peo-
ple?"
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
woRKMEN BADLY ADVISED
From the Rochester IN. " Demo-
crat and Chronicle.

From the Rochester On. " Demo-
crat and Chronicle.
Nothing more badly advised than
the proposed strike of the railroad
men has been suggested in this coun-
try for a long time. The railroad
men should know that they would
not have the sympathy of the pub
lie in such action at this time. Not
only would the public be the prin-
cipal sufferer, and therefore be an
tagonized. but 1t feels that no other
class of industry in the country has
been so favored in recent years as
the railroad men have been. There
is feeling that they have nearly
arrived at the status OF labor pluto
cracy.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
THINKS THREATS WILL
BE ABANDONED

From the Hartford Comm Courant.
The Courant does not believe the
threatened strike will be accomplish
ed. 1t credits the leaders with too
much intelligence to attempt it at
this critical time, when the inequi-
table nature OF the present railroad
wage scale is so generally recogniz-
ed, when business is so poor, when
the roads are so near bankruptcy.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
EACH SIDE FIRM IN j

From The Syracuse IN. " POST
Standard.
The railroad brotherhoods are
honestly, firmly convinced that the
business OF the country can afford,
must afford, them the wages they
are getting. The railroad owners
OF the country are convinced that
they can't continue to pay the war
scale. and they would in many cases
prefer that their properties should
be idle for weeks or months to a
continuance OF the present condi-
tions. 1t would be no more expen-
sive to them. and it might clarity
the situation.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
DOMINANT MILLIONS

E-1NEE IT III u TITIEEIIV
From the Worcester (Mass.) Tele-
gram.
or course the union leaders realize
they must offer some form Of argu-
ment to make the millions of us
acquiesce in their proposal that we
endure crucifixion in their behalf.
The railroads may be trying to trick
us. The unions are most certainly
determined to bully us. It was an
astute Bismarck who perceived so
clearly that with the impounderables
lie the real force. The dominant
millions can be tricked for a time.
but they can never be bullied when
they discern the bullying and the
bully
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
NOTICE!

In order to repair a leak in the
gas main. the gas will be turned off
in New Castle on New Castle Road
from Rogers Road, on Sunday
morning, October 23. from A. NJ.
to $50 A. NJ. weather permitting.
ADV.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
SAYS PUBLIC DEMANDS
From The Providence OR. I.) Jour
nal
DEFLATTON

nal.
Evidently the rail executives think
this is a good strategic time to main
tain bold front to labor, otherwise
they would be slow to suggest a sec
ond wage cut when there is so much
objection to the first one. They
reason, presumably, that the Amer
lean people are with them. The
public, indeed is in no mood to in
dorse the employees OF the road in
any attitude Of stubborn resistance
to the reasonable demands of de-
hation. Certainly, the public will
not stand for any serious interfer-
ence with its transportation facil-
tiles It has come to be a settled
principle that no mere class in the
community. can be permitted to
menace the comfort and welfare Of
the great majority.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
wOULD DEFY WoRKERs

TO STRIKE
From the Burlington (Vt.) Free
Press.
Wages for the men voting to
strike have been established by COM
petent authority after the fullest
hearings, and their attitude is mex
cusable as well as indefens.ble. par
ticularly as they at one time asked
for a reduction in the cost OF living
as a substitute for higher wages.
The cost of living has approached
normal levels. and the striking
brotherhoods would now arbitrarily
advance the cost Of living for the
whole people in America. II we
had our way. we would tell the
brotherhoods to strike and see where
1t will land their organization and
its arbitrary ruthlessness.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
ATTEMPT TO HOLD
WARTIME EASE
From the Philadelphia Public Led
ger.

ger.
The long-threatened general rail
strike looms at last. and the sooner
America fights 1t out to the end the
better for the railroads, for the
workers and for America. II has
been fostered and nursed by rail
unionism for years. II It does not
come on October 30 It must come in
eVtably at a later day.
The strikers are trying to DO what
the triple alliance OF British labor
tried and failed. For this strike
in its final analysis is a strike against
inevitable readjustment; an attempt
by one group to hold wartime ease
and fatness at the expense Of the ma
ton.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22

n one be inocu-
lated against d.
vorce. as against
typhoid?
Doubtless, by
fortifying ones
self with informa-
tion a b o ut the
primitive instincts
OF man. and the
/ m p u ] ses, the
working Of the
human mind, the
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
MPAN

TAPANs foreign trade continues falling on-measured
.y in yen, the Japanese unit OF money Her OF
exports over imports about half large year ago
What is the psychological effect OF that the military
area Of the japanese brain?
The United States is Japan's best customer.
Warning with us would be like storekeeper shooting
his largest buyer.
That is the most important angle OF relations with
Toxic
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
MouNTAIN MoNuNIrNr

DUBLIN-By his expressed wish.
Samuel Richard Grubb, a large Tip
perary landowner and deputy lieu
tenant Of the country, was buried
on the remotest part OF the noun
tain overlooking his estate.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22

Negotiations under way for the loan 10 Chile frou
American capitalists Of s25OOOOoO to complete certain
railway projects. There few investments that can
yield better return to American commerce than nan-
aid South American republics Not only do we get
the interest the money itself closer diplomatic and
trade relations follow that OF permanent benent to
American exporters.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
Opinion in the East

special. repugnance to having itl
throat cut.
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
The RaiItOay Armageddon

From the Philadelphia Public october II,
Evening journal., 1921-10-22
An Impossible Strike

(From the New York Times october II, 1s21.)
Evening journal., 1921-10-22

The Washington parley will be a boon to be persons
who haven't forgotten their French-lndanapolis
Star.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-23

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