Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-10
AD 4, BY JUDGE
WI. HIGGINS DURING RECENT
STATE MEETING ROTARY CLUBS

In the permanent records of the Court
the other 10 be used by either side II
they choose 10 appeal to the Supreme
Court. We have aid to labor and 4,
capital. lcapltal doesn't take advantag
~ II but labor docHl "Jnsticc ia free
here. Such Justice as wc are able 70
give you comes without money ars
without price" The poorest man In O'
state Of Kansas, II he be engaged ~
laboror az worker In any of th"s'
essential industries. can walk into The
Court ~ Industrial Relations without
"a penny In his pocket and get the same
Kind Of service that his opIonent. whc
may bc q millionaire manufacture
VIII get II he comes In. Npplnnsel
Does that sound like II was born In a
Rotary club?
battle for Right
We have stated In this law that Il Il
necessary In the promotion ~ the gen
eral welfare that workers Engaged IN
these essential industries shoald have
a fair wngc. and healthfnl and moral
surroundings. and that capital invested
therein should have a fair return.
Samuel Gompers. In one statement he
made, made use ~ this ~ state social.
ism. want to say 10 you that out ~
l'thc twenty-five eases that We have
tried and determined. every one ~ them
has been accepted by both sidcs. capt.
ial and labor. II II were state spcal.
Ism think some ~ the millers or some
~ the street railway companies on some
n the other concerns that We have had
In our court would have found II out
and might have gone 10 the Supreme
Court with AN appeal. That II All they
needed to do. n II should ever occur
that the Court ~ Industrial Relations
might make fool decision. as courts
do sometimes. t"vcry lawyer knows that
IN fact. because you know that when
you los" your case there In something,
wrong with the COURT Just keep Tho
In mind; there is dircc, appeal made
easy and cheap 10 the Supreme Court.
and In our state. II such mistake az
that occurs the seven Justices az the
Supreme Court sitting IN SOLEMN cen.
clave viii protect capital and Will nro.
tect labor and viii protect the cOnsil.
tuiional rights ~ everybody. aud YOU
have gone finally 10 the same plncr .'ou
would have Ia go under any other form
II a law TO get Justice
Facts Are Given
There are 30 many interesting things
that would like Ia talk 90 you nl.u,
that would give you an idea of the
manner In which this matter fuicIons
] can tell YOU one story that will show
you how We de- II. and II will also show
whnt trivial prctcnscs sometimes are
used fur the calling ~ a strike. We
have had two strikes In Kansas since
this law was passed one ~ them Just
the other day the other one about a
month ago. | viii tell you about the
unc that was called about n month ago.
because that IL over with. II was n
sirik" called by Alexander Hewitt and
the District Beard ~ the United Mine
Workers In n mine employing zoo men.
and the alleged and pretended cause for
the calling of that strike was that this
little mining company owed a certain
miner by the name 81 Mishmasis some
lack pay on a rule that when n boy
working In the mines arrives at the
age ~ nineteen years he automatically
is entitled 20 mans pay. IL occurred
something like this: In April, 1918.
this boy went To the manager ~ the
mine and said. Il am now nineteen
years old and ! want you TO put me
On for full pay" II seemed that the
manager had some doubts about II. You
remember what occurred IN the fall of
1877 when all Americans between elgh.
teen and forty.slx had 60 register. The
manager went down 10 see the boys
mother. The boys mother was wi.
dow. and she showed the manager n
little family bible In which the birth
of the hoy was recorded as having TAX.
on place on the 3ist day ~ August.
1899. and. Of course. under that theory
he wouldn't he nineteen years old until
the 3ist ~ August, 1918. lie was ask.
Ing for fun pay In April. Tho manager
~ the mine refused to put him ON the
payroll at fun pay. The Union got
hold ~ IL. and when the Union officials