Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-09-02
NO GENERAL imPR oVEMENT
IN LABCR SITUATION FOR
Al LEAST ANOTHER YEAR
By DANIEL J. TOBlN

President International Brotherhood
OF Transfers, Chauffeurs, Stable
men and Helpers,
| see no immediate relief In sight
TO- a change in our industrial condi-
lions. ! think that the winter and
spring viii be worse than what they
were last year. There will be no gen.
oral improvement until about a year
fro,1 now.
No one Is to blame but the nro.
fesslpDal politicians in Washington,
who seem to be doing nothing towards
settling up our affairs with Europe
and until conditions in the Old World
are Strengthened up you may rest as,
sured there will be no improved con
ditions in this country.
| Next winter there will be hundreds
Of thousands out of employment. By
that time those who have been out OF
Employment for some time will have
used up their small surpluses, sold
their few Liberty bonds and will be
more stinted financially than last
year. II is a pity, a shame and {.
crime thai world conditions are such
as to cause all of this idleness, un.
employment and unrest. There is
Just as much money IN ths world as
there ever was hefore, but the thing
that the world lacks is confidence In
Itself. Confidence creates credit and
eredit creates business. European
confidence is gone, and SO is European
credit
TX this awful mudaie between ma
tons resulting from the war was adj
Justed some other way no matter
how poor the adjustment, ii would lay
the basis for complete settlement in
time. No matter how long we walt
10 settle this question, we viii eventu-
ally have to settle Ii and we will have
to go through the process of building
uH, SO the sooner we settle this seri-
Gus misunderstanding and disturb.
ance between nations the better II
will be for all concerned, and there is
no greater factor for settling this
serious question now before us than
the United States government,
If the United States would 90 TO
work with tha Allies as II did during
the war, this question would have
been settled long before now and we
would be in the very midst of our re.
construction period. which would
mean industry and business, but the
selfish interests that seem to domi.
nate our government. the jeolousies
and ambitions, and all of the other
evils that control the minds of the
leadership in Washington and else.
where seem to be so thoroughly es.
tablished that there is very little hope
for speedy adjgstment-while the
country goes on suffering and hun.
dreds of thousands remain unem,
! ployed.
1t is dangerous to have civilization
confronted with present conditions
that surround us Some of the largest
business houses in the country are
confronted with such a condition of
uncertainty they do not know from
week TO week how long they are 80
ing to last Statesmen are tpaxeling
throughout the coAA,rs and are not
making their expenses, many of them
returning home discouraged and dis.
gnsted, There is no market; there is
no hope in the immediate future con.
sequently the clouds could not look
blacker or hang heavier than thew do
l9day. But theirs Is an old saying that
hpius as up when we are ready to fall
There is silver lining to every
cloud. Perhaps something NAV han.
pen. Congress may wake up and sst
down to business and esdeavor Ia
stralshteA sat this world problem
Any time or any day some great
change may take place that viii be
helpful towards adjusting or helping !
to straighten out this almost unsur'
mountable misunderstanding.
Let us hope conditions win IN,
prove; that greater employment will
obtain; above all, that men win no
reasonable with one another. tba1
each man will understand that tSss5
other fellow has rights maj eacS
man, no matter n what position he Is
placed be he laborer or EMPLOYER il
confronted with difficulties that tay
his courage and strength: thai each
man, although working at differart
angles. is endeayoring to reach a riSbt
solution OF the difficulty
l want to say one more word 10
those who are working. | saw. remain
az work, because, if we can wealth.
the storm for another year and n ,v
serve and maintain our union. we win
undoubtedly from theneeforth attamnt
70 stili better the conditions thai We
obtained through our orgapi7atio,