The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-01-27


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csprsctz.e such criminal -lez s-.rss
zs have been Drzcricsd by the I
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q Miners ard Ssch crooked r.s-h "a )
a. A1sc-e1 b. the building trade
leaders i- New T0rk City SEch
EsEzezs zl-st BE prevented AID the
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t-=tr hands q them BIT the
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upo1 the fan power q co1duerirE
tlle gcTer1Esnf should remind our
r-2nEfactursrs that they must not
.z1zs oar e1tire American Izbcr
movement oy the ko.hezds and rad
tcals. ard sho1ld Likewise remind
oar vase sarlers that American
business Is not 20 b. Judged By
t1e rezerionzrisz who would e.
tirsiy suppress the right o. labor
% orEaEiE4- There is middle
grOz1t or method by Ehich re
Uag harless the vast enerEses of
Amerczn labor and the productive
might 90 American capital 10 the
TASK u making America suDrsmss
among ali the nations cf the uCrlt
70 productive czpzcitv. When we
find that method Ne scsiI Lead ne
greatest Commercial revival in the
history. soon 70 follow upon the
present period of Liquidation. for
the energies OF the earth have been
q1icssned b. var and thosE ener-
Eles VII Be turned TO comuercz.
The principle Of collective bar
gaining should b. zsEncEledzed iE
interstate commerce. but unions
should be made TO live I'D 70 their
agreements when made. The fzIlacy
that labor creates value and that
labor IL therefore entitled 20 the
full return on the value IL creates.
which is the basin OF most Of our
socialtstic propaganda. should b
met with education as to the real
part which both labor and capitzI
play gn industry sud as TO the
worth " initiative in our fussitu-
tions- TIE Department Of Labor
should not be conducted as an ad-
junct Of the American Federation
Of Labor nor az a vehicle for the
views Of those who favor non
union labor entirely. Il should b.
administered for the benefit Of all
our wage esrneTs everywhere. and
the Republican party sh0ala so
utilize il in the four years 10 come
that il viii actually better Workine
conditions and at the same time
actually assist in the upbuflding OF
the prosperity and efficiency Of
American industry"
swats Coal Profifeers
Following upon the enactment
BY the House Of assistance to the
farmer through the emergency tar
III measure and to the iaboreY
through the limitation Of irnmigra-
tiOn. Senator Calder has INTRODUCES
a drastic bill with which 10 swat
the coal profiteer and thereby as
sist the poor and dovntrodden
ultimate consumer. Of which there
are legion throughout the land
The bill authorizes the president
10 deal IN coal and control its pro-
duction, movement and distribution
in the event Of any erasfSency. so.
as 70 put the government and not
those seif-interested ia control when
the usual laws OF trade are in
suspense. but limited only to the
continuance OF the emergency and 10
the protection OF the public health
While profiteering has been
both proven and admitted. says
the senator, there exists a con
,roversy as TO exactly who is re-
sponsible and 10 what extent. For
example. as TO the 90O.OOO tons
purchased by the War Department |
on the spot market in 1920, the
figures show that an average mine |
price greater than reasonable |
original milne price separated such |
price from what the government /
was forced to pay. to wit, an ex-
less OF s3.sO per ton average for |
The whole amount bought. How |
many resales and profits this repre-
sents In the different instances
'nly a complete tracing OF each |
sarload will disclose.
Senator Wants Debt Paid
To meet such a situation land
The eomittee feels that such legis-
'ation will be helpful on the high
cost Of living in other lines) the bill
has provision taxing brokers
sales, above a certain margin. for /
he sale OF coal had direct from the
and taxing such sales to
much greater point on subsequent II
pr useless pryramiding sales, be
.ween dealers. This is calculated to
iriye coal in a direct channel from
producers to consumers and keep Il II
'ut OF the whirlpool OF endless COM II
Missions and margins. Profiteering II
~ subsidiary or affiliated concerns
s also prohibited"
AS the result OF the criticism II
throughout the country of the ad-
permission to the AL
les 70 suspend interest payment
IN their Indebtedness to the United
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