The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-02-10

/ commercial treaty which will grant to
Japanese subjects lawfully in this
country equal civil rights with the ma
tionals of any other foreign nation.
2. A revision Of the existing "gen-
tlemen's agreement" so as to make 1t
conform to present-day requirements,
and to that end would absolutely pro-
hibit Japanese emigration to America
and the Hawaiian islands, while admit
ting it to the Philippines.
At bone the Japanese government
was violently attacked by the oppo-
sition leaders for its alleged failure
in diplomatic negotiations with the
United States, Great Britain, China
and Siberia, and for keeping troops In
Siberia. In reply to the latter charge
Premier Hara said he would like to
withdraw those troops, but he be-
lieved their maintenance in Siberia
was necessary for the national de-
| tense. He admitted that the bolshe-
VIKING of Siberia could not be checked.
| Hundreds Of thousands of workers
in the United States are without en-
| plOyment, but the situation is growing
better daily. In the North the textile
mills and many of the automobile
| plants are reopening, and in the South
| the cotton mills are resuming opera
| lions. To be sure, the worker is often
compelled to accept either shorter
| week or reduced wages. The down
ward trend in pay has now reached
the railways, and last week the labor
! committee of the American ASsocia-
ton of Railway Executives met in
| Chicago to lay plans for a request
that the United States railway labor
| board authorize a reduction of wages.
One minor road in the Southeast al
ready has asked for such authority.
The railway executives say that at
! the present rates the properties are
not earning the 6 per cent return
guaranteed by the transportation act;
! that the rates now are as high as the
business can be expected to bear;
that forces have been cut to the mimi
mum consistent with safe operation.
and that the only remaining place for
q reduction in expenses is the wage
scale. They also will show the fed
eral board that wage increases of
more than 12O per cent since the
President signed the Adamson eight
hour law have accounted for almost
! two-thirds of the increase in operat-
/ ing expenses from $3,100,000,O00 to
nearly S6,OOOOO0,OO0 year and that
the national industrial conference
boards estimates show that the cost Of
living has decreased.
/ Union laborers who believe Samuel
| GOmpersS and his associates have
! proved incompetent leaders and "have
directed the toilers' Industrial ship
! into the whirlpool Of fallacy and cor
rupt politics" have just started the
! organization of new NATIONAL labor
movement called the American League
! of Union WOrkingmen. Its organic
1 ers declare they are for America and
| American ideals and conceptions and
| that they hope to establish cordial re-
lations between their leaders and the
] Harding administration.
The senate has passed the bill for
| government regulation of the meat
| packing industry, which, according to
it's proponents, will protect both the
i stock raisers and the consumers from
| alleged price control by the packers.
| Eighteen Republicans, mostly Progress
siyes, Joined forces with % Demo
Gratis to carry the bill through, the
vote being 46 to 33. Washington cor
respondents predicted that it would
not get through the house, at least
during this session
Charles M. Schwab, the steel mag
nate, who was accused of having TAX
en- from the government $269,543 for
his personal expenses while he was
director general of the Emergency
Fleet corporation, was fully exoner-
ated by the house committee. investi-
eating the shipping board, after a
somewhat sensational session during
which Mr.. Schwab wept over the false
charges that impugned his patriotism.
Attorney General Palmer and
Samuel Untermyer continued their
wordy battle, the former accusing the
latter Of having served the German
embassy as unpaid judicial and legal
political adviser" during the early years
of the war, and of "still serving his
old clients" Untermyer countered with
fiat denials and with charges that
Palmer is grossly Incompetent Off
cial who has misused his patronage.