Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-07-14

dTc Oul VI cluplOy Iucul, tllul we dIc
faced with inexOrable necessity of re.
ducing expenditures, and we propose,
just as we did four years ago to win
the war, to try to do it. And that's all
we can do"
President Harding, anxious to have
the controversy over the naval holi.
day. plan ended, wrote to Congress.
man Mondell a letter saying that he
was vastly more concerned with the
attitude Of the congress on this Ques
tiOn than am as to the form Of ex.
pressing that attitude" When this let.
ter was read to the house, Mr.. MOndell
and all the others who had wanted
the disarmament proposal to include
land forces gave in and agreed
to accept the BOrah amendment
to the naval appropriation bill
That Is. all but four gave In
The only negative votes were
cast by Representatives Moore, Indi.
ana, Republican; and Campbell, Penn.
Sylvania Carew. New York. and o..
Brien, New Jersey, all Democrats.
Representative Linberger, California,
Republican, voted present.
Republican members of the house
and senate conference committee on
the resolution to declare the state
of war with Germany ended reached
compromise carrying the house dec.
iaration of a state Of peace instead
of the senate repeal Of the war reso.
luton, and the senate provisions pro.
tecting American interests, with an
additional section giving still further
protection to the United States. Sim.
liar sections end the state of war with
Austria-Hungary. So that squabble
Is settled.
Notwithstanding the impassioned
protests Of many congressman and the
earnest arguments of many physicians
the house last week passed the so.
called Willis-Campbell bill designed tc
fOrestall the execution of regulation
providing for the prescription of beer
and light wines as medicine held by
former Attorney General Palmer to
be within the law. The vote was 2N
o SO. The measure is now in the
nands of the senate, and Senator
3roussard of Louisiana already has
delivered red-hot speech against It
OF the appointment of former Pres.
ident Taft to be chief justice Of the
Supreme court of the United States
there is little to be said that has not
already been said In anticipation. Mr.
Tafts fitness for the high position is
unQuestlOned and the selection will
meet with practically unanimous mp.
proval.
The railway labor board ISSUED two
orders of importance last week The
first extended to all big railways the
wage cut which went into effect or
July l. The second abolished time
and-a-haif pay for all work over ar
eight-hour day, and, with the exception
of this change, extended indefinitely
the operation of the national agree
ments which were to have terminated
last Friday. The overtime order Is
not final, however. 1t was hoped that
the railroads and employees would
soon reach agreements relating. to
rules and working conditions. Kali
union leaders to the number OF more
than a thousand met in Chicago to
decide whether the employees should
accept the wage cut and to try to
avert q tie-up in the country's trans
pOrtation facilities.
In the Chicago district 1t appeared
the efforts of Judge Lands as arbi
traitor would result in the ending OF
the controversy that has tied up al
building operations for long time
The carpenters were the last to yield
There was rejoicing In England a.
the news that the great strike of Brit
ish coal miners had been ended an(
that the men would return to thu
pits on July 4. The government
grants q subsidy of ten million pounds
to avert the hardships of the mex
three months due to wage reductions
BY the terms of the settlement new
wage basis will come into effect TO
the next eighteen months whereby tn
miners receive 20 per cent above tn,
pre.war scale Of wages, with an ad
ditiOnal share of profits, which viii
be regulated by the creation of a nG
tional board and district boards. Th
strike thus ended lasted 94 days an'
is considered the most injurious Eng
land ever suffered, because 1t cripple
so many industries and affected al
classes Of the population.