The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-01-13

Lloyd George displays toward arson
and pillage and the shooting of civil
ians in the presence of their wives and
children"
The auxiliarieS--black and tans--
and most of the royal Irish constabu-
larry are declared utterly unfit for
their duties.
To a meeting of 300 delegates repre-
senting three million trades unionists
the members Of the commission told
in detail what they saw and learned
n Ireland and a resolution was adopt
ed demanding that the government
grant judicial investigation into the
action of crown forces in Ireland with
view to furnishing those guilty Of
crimes.
The time limit for turning in all
arms in Ireland expired Wednesday,
and the officials admitted very few had
been surrendered.
The Irish Women's Organization has
issued circular defying the order Of
the government rendering liable to
death anyone harboring a rebel The
circular says: "The women of Ireland
consider it a crime for any young
Irishman of military age not to carry
arms in defense of his country, and it
is even greater crime for any person
of Irish blood to refuse to harbor or
assist our brave soldiers"
Though leaders in business and
finance issue frequent statements to
the effect that business stagnation in
America has about reached the low
point and that the future really looks
rosy to them, the mass of the people
are far from being optimistic, and 1t
must be admitted that conditions seem
to justify their view. Demand has
fallen to minimum, and Of course
production has decreased in proper
ton. Prices have declined, but while
this is a source of satisfaction to the
consumer, it is painful to the producer,
and the producer who is especially
mournful is the farmer. What con-
gress is planning to do for him in the
way of an emergency tariff may help,
but most economists doubt it,
There were several occurrences Of
note last week in the industrial field.
The most startling perhaps, was the
closing down of the Ford automobile
works at Detroit for an indefinite pc
riod. This was said to be due to
marked falling off in orders and the
return of many cars. Under normal
conditions $4,000 men are employed in
the shops that closed The employees
were told not to report before Feb
ruary l.
Another interesting event was the
refusal of the union employees Of
The Pullman company in the car works
at Pullman, ILL.,, to have their wages
reduced as far as 20 per cent. The
suggestion had been accepted by the
employees industrial relations COM
mittee in consideration of the declin-
ing commodity prices and the re-
adjustment in industry. They said
they realized the company must get
more business in order to avoid dras-
tic reduction of working forces, and
that it must cut costs to meet in
creased competition. The wages Of
the employees have more than dou-
bled in the last four years. The union
men made no threat of striking if
wages were cut, but intimated that
trouble would follow such action.
Many of the shop workers are not
in unions.
Employees of some other big con-
Germs, especially in the textile and
clothing industries of the East, have
been compelled to accept reductions
in wages rather than have the works
close down.