The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-10-19
GOVERNOR SAYS THAT
TRAINS MUST RUN
viii Not Hesitate to Call Session OF
Legislature.
TALKS OF STRIKE
Holds That it Would BE Duty of Stat,
to See That Trains Were
Operated

Trains vii lbe operated in South
Carolina, strike or no strike, provided
volunteers can be procured to man
them, according to Gov. r. A. Coopcr,
VINO last night said that if it were
cohSldcfHd necessary, special ses-
sion OF the Legislature would be call
cd IN order to draw up measures
oeemed eXpedlent to meet the cmer-
gcncy.
1t was as no foe of organized labor
nor OF collective bargaining that thc
chief executive of the state said Io
spoke, but as an official who realizes.
IN its fullness, the meaning of cessn,
ton of railway traffic in this state nt
ne present time. The decline in the
price OF farm products raised in this
state; the increase in the price of
products raised in distant states and
countries; the suffering and the mis-
cry that would follow III the wake of y
compict': ticup Of railway traffic were
VlSuallZcd by the governor when he
Said lralnS must not stop"
Forecasts Conditions
III this threatened railroad strike
becomes reality" said the COVER
Eor, 1T will mean that the prices of
prncticnlly everything we have to
SCH Will decline, while the prices of
products which we have to buy will
increase
Freight rates arc now sky high and
ih'ahy agricultural products, especially
S .ioSc raised IN Tn" West, can not be
sold because of high rates.
Inc employees of the railroads
ought to understand that the public
IS so vitally interested in the oncra- =
ton of the railroads that, if suffi-
cnnt Labor can be had, the trains
Will be operated
:, IN case the strike becomes real
n.y. 1t would be the duty of the state
10 use every means in it's power to soc
thaC tralnS were operated.
IF 1T should be considered advisa-
pic to hold a special session of the
legislature, | would not hesitate to
call it.. ="
"'Neither would hesitate to call fo,
volunteers to aid in running the
trains. '''e
u express no opinion as to the
merits of the controversy between thc
raliroads and their employees, but if
the employees are receiving a livino
wage, they will find great dificulty
III satisfying suffering public thai
a strike is justifiable at this pa,ticu,
lar time.
ouSPcStS census
1T would be advisable to begin tc
take a census of the men who are moi
members of the union with a view &c
having the trains operated, for th,
trains must run
"Ihe cotton farmer has suffered
very materially by reason of the de.
cIlnc IN prices Of cotton as well rs
py the unprecedented low production
and no one ought to expect a govern.
ment, state or national, to fall to take
any measures which would prevent =
further loss to those engaged in agri.
culture, since agriculture is the
source of all our wealth.
would not have it understood
that l say that the unions have no
legal right to go on strike, but they
have no moral right to call strike
at time when it would entail ire
parable suffering.
"The railroad managers an en-
ployccs should be willing to have
their controversy settled before the
great court of public opinion. That
court functions in many ways and
while it's dccrccs may be delayed, it
is inevitable the court of last resort.
"Thc success or failure Of the pro-
posed strike will depend on whether
or not it is sustained by the court of
public opinion"
STATES GIVING N'TrE EN'rJnN ,rn