The Holly chieftain., 1921-10-27

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the roads are offering Jobs to men
who will take the places of strikers.
The managers believe the loyal en-
ployees and pensioners who will help
them out In the crisis will be numer-
GUS.
Actually, the strike threat is direct
ed, not against the railways, but
against the railway labor board and
Its rulings. and this fact has aroused
the administration to the determine
tion that the orders of the board
shall not be flouted by either the en-
ployees or the roads. The trouble Is
that the Cummins-Esch act does not
provide penalties or give the board
powers to enforce its own findings.
This defect came prominently to the
fore last week when the board, In ad-
ditlOn to its other work in Chicago,
called the Pennsylvania railroad onto
the carpet for failing to call new
election of shop crafts representa-
tives, as instructed.
Strike or no strike, 1t appears that
one certain result of the affair will
be the reduction Of freight rates. This
will be highly gratifying to the Amer
tcan people, who are convinced 1t is
necessary to the revival of business
prosperity, and are not at all sure
that the unions are wrong when they
assert that the railroads are making
plenty of money, despite their walls.
If the American business man felt
that he could not go ahead until the
war with Germany, Austria and Hun
gary was formally declared at an end,
he need hold back no longer. Last
Tuesday the senate ratified the peace
treaties with the central powers, and
only the exchange of ratiflcations re-
mained to be done-a mere formal
ity. The vote in the senate was &C
to 20. Fourteen Democrats lined up
with the Republican majority, and
only two Republicans-Borah and La
Follette-vOted In opposition with the
Is other Democrats. Two reserva-
tions. recommended by the foreign re-
lations committee. were attached.
One reserves to congress the power to
control American participation in the
reparatiOns commission under the
treaty of Versailles; the other is de-
signed to prevent Germany from es-
Gaping payment Of claims for loss of
life and property based on the destruc.
tiOn OF the Lusltanla. The Democrats
offered lot Of amendments and res
ervatiOns. but they were all voted
down.
Senator johnson of California voted
for ratification, but first he told his
colleagues how fearful he was that
the views of Secretary of State
Hughes will get the country into trou.
Bile later. The hope he said, is with
the Presidents restraining hand.
Surplus supplies and materials held
| by the shipping board have suffered
ap inventory loss of 100000, 600, &C.
cOrding TO a report of commission
which has been making survey OF
the boards physical assets. Also, the
shipyard equipment, land, buildings
and drydocks, which cost $117, 100000
nre now worth 800. .437 900; and un.
completed wooden hulls that cost $751;
475,0OO. are valued now at only $3.50,
0OO. Sir Ernest Raeburn, who has
come across to settle Great Britain's
debt of $21,00O,O0O to the shipping
board. has revealed the existence OF
secret contracts made by the old board
or shipping-control committee which
will largely reduce the sum due.
Earlier In the week, E. s. Gregg
chief of the transportation division
Of the bureau of foreign and domes
tic commerce, made public figures
showing that the American merchant
marine is failing to hold Its own in
competition with the shipping inter-
ests of other nations.
Quite characteristic Of the idiotic
methods adopted by the Reds, abroad
as well as In America, was the at.
tempt on the life of Myron T. Her.
rick, our ambassador to France. A
bomb was mailed to him, and on be-
Ing opened by his valet, 1t exploded,
injuring the valet and wrecking the
room. The foolish thing is that this
was done by Communists who are pro.
testing against the execution Of two
Italian radicals convicted Of murder
In Braintree, Mass. Mr.. Herrlck and
the American ambassadors to London
and Rome have all received letters
threatening them with death unless
no Italians are set free. and In Brus.
els the Communists held demon. |
'sratlcn ! under the windows Of the
er'csn emeassy. Incidentally, the