The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-13
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Labor Unions Are an
institution


Labor Unions Are an
Institution
A feature of the growth of our large
industrial institutions has been the
melting together of labor groups into
unions. The old policy of firing a
man has passed, and today millions of
American workmen carry on their ne
gotiations with their employees
through their leaders, thus giving
them representation in groups. Dur
ing the war the Government gave full
recognition to labor unions; and in
the handling of the affairs of railroad
operators the railroad owners and the
Government have dealt with the un-
ions, or "brotherhoods," as they are
called. All will admit that the system
is proving satisfactory.
A decision by the United States SUI
preme Court holds that labor unions
are an institution Originally the un-
ions were a sort of society or band
of workmen grouped together for a
common purpose. But if this was
once the case, it is no longer so. In
deciding the celebrated Coronado Goa
case the Supreme Court held that la
Dor organizations, although unincor
porated, are amenable to the Sherman
antitrust act, and that under it sucl
organizations may be prosecuted TO
RESTRAINT of interstate commerce. III
Court also held that labor unions ar
suable. Chief Justice Taft announces
the decision for the whole Bench. an
there was no dissent.
The Price of Gasoline
Gas" sold for practically half tn
price six or eight years ago that
brings today. There is an old jok
that gas goes up cent gallon ever
, time the Rockefeller family announce
another benefaction. According
that the Rockefelllers must have bee
very generous in giving away the
money during recent years, because
places where gas sold for from IL
l6 cents before the war the price
now around % cents.
There is such a strong suspicio
that there is profiteering in gasolir
that the United States Senate Is goi
Ito investigate the situation. Repor
D. from the Geological Survey show tn
the stocks of gasoline on and ha'
been large and that the production h
been amply sufficient. During Il
war the stocks were constantly d
&c pleted and the production was insult
! Client to meet the demands. At o.
l. time the users of fuel oil had ha
IS time to get their supplies. The resul
u were particularly disastrous to t
II manufacturers of illuminating g;
e. While this condition existed the pric
/ kept going up gradually until hgr
&c but little above the customary price
l. today was reached But there h
N been little price reduction; and in &C
DC sequence the Senate is turning loo
1T the antitrust cyclone, Senator LaF
lette, as its chief investigator.
o. Plenty of Gas
er The daily average consumption
or gas in the United States in 1921 v
Sc l2,373,638 gallons. The average p
e duction for the same period was
at l2,273638 gallons. The average p
ne of 1922 the daily average consumpt
ng dropped to lO,28o,441, but this fall
as off is explained by the fact that
OF demand for gas is somewhat season
ne the winter months being light. HI
m ever, the production did not less
'st and the figures show that there was
'as excess of production over consuI
no ton. for the same period, amount
be to nearly 100000 gallons a day.
m Bureau of Mines also keeps Stats
St about gasoline, and their figures 81
on that on March l. the stock on h
os- in the United States was $4,000
nd, gallons, which was greater SUI
lis than ever before in the history of
tho industry.
va The Senate manufacturers commi
life has these figures, and they have |
discussed somewhat in the Senate