The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-10-29
What a Railroad
Strike Means

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Follow nsg j. an interview giVen
out b. Samuel FELTON,, president
~ ihr chicago. Great Western
railroad. which. il j. thought, had
much 10 do with the calling of
II the ihrvatcc1 strike /, gave
The IAen and the union heads
pause which initiated IN favor AZ
the no-~irik, feeling 81 ihe,m
ieriiy uf those affeeeid
The Prophecy
lei ~. a. the day >ei for ID,
big strike draws nearer aui the
hopes 81 settlement grow
more remote oner muse review
what the big five broihcrhood>
propose IL DO Il j. we'll that
they and the public. Too. rralize
the full parport of their con.
templaied sei@on
The STRIKE. if i be successful
aud We are right in assuming thar
They contemplate every lawful
effort to make il >ucerS> must
laralsze the transportation facill-
iicS If the country Railroad
trains must ecase a. Operate or
al least the number must b. r.
duccd 20 such proportions that
the effect VIII he the same
The railroads. as corporations.
must be brought 20 their knees.
face 10 face with a choice between
Welding 10 the hroiherhoods de.
manas or complete bankruptcy.
The country must ar will be-
starved into such ahject sobmis
sion that II viii cr, 20 the rail.
roaj.magnaies 10 surrender
All this we believe Is fair
statement II fact 4 uaimo.widc
strike Of All the unions which
actually epcrate the trains cam
mean nothing else
S4ppe>e the strike sueeeea~
Wha' then
Within few weeks people will
begin 10 60 hungry Il M, strike
is much prolonged they viii face
actual starvation.
Fuel viii be moAiainahle and
winter stands on the ihr{hold
Babies viii die he,auNc they
cannot obtain the needed nourish
neni aud heat
IN the hospitals the death rate
viii mount. for there willie be
neither the proper medicines. the
proper food nor fuel
Business will collapse Factory
after factory VIII CLOSE ThoH>
ands upon thousands Of men viii
be thrown ont Of employment,
The long bread lines VIII form.
bat there viii ~ no bread for
them
Business houses. now standing
upon rock. wiz crumble because
Of tire great loss Prosperity.
flIlls Of The way to recovery. will
be- sci back many months. per.
haps years
Wages not only of the railroad
men. hut Of all labor VIII tumble
10 depression depths because men.
regardless Of any affiliations. will
seek work at amy wage 70 feed
their needy fatalities
Thus NE might 60 on II is
not a pleasant picture And il Is
being thrust upon us for what
That the wage> Of the railroad
employees. increased 10 per cent
since 1915. shall not be- reduced
u per cent
Il j. these men tell ~, q mat.
ter Of principle. q principle that
wages once earnes shall not be
lost Il may BE- they arr sincere.
hui their doctrine is at fault.
Wages must he determined by
conditions. they must rise aud
fall - economic conditions
change All the strikes in
thri>tendoin cannot prevent that
any more than Canute could stop
The rising Of the tide.
Neither would We cloak the
railroad magHafe IN sanctimon
ious gsrD That he stands on the
popular side Of the existing con.
troterss is no fault of MS. II wa,
buf few wears ago that Through
crooked finance and jugglery lis
robbed his own people and rht
public lie is being good 70.
dav ieeattge he has to H. ~,