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! RAIL and TRUCK
COOPERATION TO
REDUCE EXPENSE
Better Service at Lower Cost
is Sought.

Progress in transportation is to-
day in a major movement tending
toward certain changes. If economy
in shipping service is to be estab-
lished, If communities are to broad
en- out in industry and trade. we
must not look either to Individual
methods or individual performance,
but must visualize the country as q
whole and through careful analysis
determine the best means by which
better service and lowered transport
tation cost may be secured.
IF We look at the progress of the
motor vehicle from a broad rather
than an individualistic standpoint, -
continued Mr.. Brosseau, "its develop
ment means not merely more We
hicles, but better and cheaper trans
portation; an enlargement Of mar
kets; the bringing together Of COM
munities; a quick and cheap method
of short hauls for the man whose
products are of a perishable nature;
lowered costs from the standpoint
of Grating, packing, excess handling,
loading and unloading, and teaming
charges; the release Of freight cars
for main line service; and the expe-
diting of through freight by reliev-
ing the terminals Of undue conges-
tion.
THE two primary determinants in
transportation are: CD service; (2)
cost.
ITO carry shipments on short
hauls is Improbable to the rail car
rier. A TRANSPORTATION expert has said,
The average steam railway carrier
is now hauling L. c. L. freight to the
sixty-mile point to cover it's terminal
cost in handling such freight, and
during the next ten years this dis
tance will be increased to the hun
dred- mile point
What We need to study most of
all is how the motor truck and the
railroads may cooperate in their
service in order to reduce the cost
OF transportation and offer to the
public a better and quicker method
Of transporting commodities on short
hauls.
Motor transportation need not con-
flict with that of the railroads, but
1t does offer an adequate means of
transport for the farmer who is out
of reach of railroad facilities, who
is marketing perishable goods in
short hauls, and whose expense
would be seriously increased if he
had to crate his small live stock and
produce. Contrary to popular opin-
ion, the average commodities hauled
on the public highways by truck
do not consist ofc oal, sand, and
gravel, but of farm produce and
such small manufactured products
as have a time element in their sat-
lstactory delivery."-A. ]. Brosseau,
in Forbes Magazine, N. Y.
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"Lawless courts" is Senator Rob-
inson's Characterization Of the Fed
eral court of Chicago because Of it's
issuance of a temporary injunction
against the striking shopmen in re-
sponse to the request of the admin
istration.
II say that the injunction in this
case is an abuse of the authority of
the Federal courts, because it vio-
lates the laws of congress and be-
cause it infringes, or seeks to in
fringe, upon the constitutional rights
of citizens. go further now and cay
that it is an attempt. apparently,
to settle a strike by an Injunction,
and that the laws of the United
States do not, expressly or impliedly,
give the attorney general or the
courts that power" said the senator.
"Lawless courts represent anarchy
in its worst form,"' he said in the
course of his address to the senate
on Wednesday, Sept: 6. Nothing
is to be feared from enemies who
blatantly assail our institutions. Be-
ware, however Of those who in the
name Of Americanism wink at the
exercise Of unlawful authority and
condone violations of the Constitu-
tion and laws. These are the real,
the dangerous enemies of liberty;
the real foes Of republican govern
ment." 49, s.t IL :
Part Of Senator Robinson's ad-
dress follows: ss:sf 51#~*E y. FL, ~
In a manifest effort to. end the
strike by injunction. following, as it
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dietary upon the powers OF other
departments. These fears and these
consciences of enlightened citizens,
who realize that the surest way to
discredit American Justice and the
courts established to administer it is
by usurpation of power on the part
of the courts and the inevitable un-
dermining in the public conscience
of that confidence and respect in the
judiciary which are indispensable to
the maintenance Of law and order.
The perpetuity Of the American ju-
dicial system depends upon the fl
deity with which Federal judges
observe the limitations imposed by
the Constitution for the exercise Of
their powers. and not by: the readi-
ness with which they disregard those
limitations in conformity to alleged
public opinion. I, %>5..s
Corruption and decay, ruin and
anarchy, inevitably must follow the
prostitution Of the Federal judiciary
to proceedings violative Of the fun
damental safeguards Of liberty and
conformable to the varying moods Of
public opinion. m. = 5lt
This Principle is general and of far
greater importance than the con-
servation OF public convenience or
comfort. It must be rigidly applied.
No exception can be justified BY ar
bitrary court orders. even though
atquiesced In by the public IN the
anxiety OF citizens to secure indus
trial peace. The Federal courts on
the pretehse of public convenience
Or necessity can not exercise power
Continued on page, 2. 4.
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ed to uphold. This fedr was eplto-
mized by Jefferson when he said:
''The great object Of my fear Is the
Federal judiciary. That body, like
gravity, ever acting, with noiseless
foot and unalarming. advance, gain
ing ground step by step, and holding
what it gains, is engulfing insidi-
ously the special governments into
the jaws Of that which feeds them.
There is no danger I apprehend
so much as the consolidation Of our
government by the noiseless and
therefore unalarming instrumental
ity Of the supreme court. This is
the form in which federalism now
arrays itself, and consolidation is tho
present principle Of distinction be-
tween Republicans and pseudo Re-
publicans but real federa1ists.
Where the press is free and every
man able to read all is safe.'
The courts themselves in recorded
opinions, and judges in formal dis
sents. have repeatedly and frequent
ly denounced the alleged tendency
Of the Federal judiciary to extend
it's power by implication and by con-
struction so as to- minimize the con-
stitutiona1 influence Of the legisla-
tive department and break down the
sacred guarantees Of the Constitu-
ton. Many Of the ablest lawyers,
whose 'labors have glorified the his
tory Of the American bar, have taken
occasion in public addresses. In
briefs, and in y arguments before
courts to protest what they have
termed the encroachment of the ju-
criticisms find justification in the
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By WILLIAM c. ROBERTS,
Chairman A. F. of L. Legislative
Committee. =


Meme, Meme, Tekle, U2harsin.
If there were any need for the.
people to be convinced that the
sales tax will relieve the well-to-
do from taxation it would be ne
cessary only to refer to the bill
ionaire dinner" the feast, the
Belshazzar feast, that is to be
given in New York in honor of
Senator Smoot.
Around the many tables will be
grouped those who do not believe in
paying taxes, who believe and insist
that THE cost of government should
be paid by the plain people. The in
vitations to those invited to the
Smoot dinner state that the Utah
senator is singled out for distinction
because of the flight that he has
made for a sound taxation program"
When the secretary of the "Com-
mittee Of American Business Men"
was asked what his statement actu-
ally meant he answered.:
Senator Smoot led the fight in
the senate for the sales tax. That
is what is meant by a sound taxa
ton program" -.
There is still another reason. SEN
ator Smoot was very instrumental in
maintaining or in securing satisfac-
tory tariff legislation because Of his
inanno tho conofo finon0o
committee. Furthermore, after March
Mr.. Smoot will be chairman of the
finance committee, which will give
him tactful position in which to
still further aid the diners who par
ticipate in the "billion dollar dinner"
This is the reason they are so will
ing to pay 500 table to impress
upon Senator Smoot that there are
reasons why he must continue to
represent the interests as long as
he remains in the senate.
Among the diners will be Jules S.
Bache, who Is credited with being
the most active promoter of the
"billion dollar dinner" Mr.. Bache
has been very active in urging that
q 0dAOS I0A law NC SAdClVu as IAS
millionaire taxpayers in the banks
he" controfs~ object: Is paying taxes
He is treasurer of the dinner com
mittee.
As. is we'll known, the sales tax
would be paid on everything pur.
chased, especially the necessaries OF
life.
Some of those who will sit down
at the feast are credited with having
an income yearly Of more than q
million dollars.
Since January 1, these men with
| million dollar incomes only have tc
pay 100000 a. year to the govern
ment. Before the leaders Of con.
| gress reduced it from IS to so pei
cent they had to pay $650,000 Of
their $1,000,0OO income into the
United States treasury.
If there are enough friends OF
| big business in congress to enact a
per cent sales tax law it will mean
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STOCKHOLM TROUBLES.

Press reports Of Stockholm for
August / and 2, 1922, refer to dis
agreements between farmers and
their laborers, private railways and
their employees, and Norrland saw
mill operators and their workers,
any Of which may lead to strikes.
BY a government order of July "a,
1922, striking telephone operators
resumed work on Aug. I, 1922, and
at the same time the telegraph au-
thorities were directed to enter into
negotiations for a collective agree
ment with the operators.H
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RlANB|LLlllK| ,0uAR DINNER !
FOR cka 1P|0N Of SALES TAX
Senator Snoc. 8 1han Of nance Committee to Be Com
pNmened by \. Y. Business for Sound Taxation Policy.

that. the, man with. the $1,000,00
income will pay a tax only on what
he buys. II he spends $250,000 a
year to live he will pay. tax >of
$500. and have $740,5Q0 to do with
as he likes. A. wage Garner receiving
$4,000 "a year will pay a tax on all
of it for he will have to spend all,
and have nothing left to save.
When the burden of the sales tax
is first placed on the people it will
be very low. but as the surfaces and
other taxes are gradually repealed
the sales tax will be as gradually in
creased. That loyal: patriot, Charles
NJ. Schwab, Of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, who thought nothing a
few years ago of losing 100000 at
a single sitting at Monte Carlo. is
chairman of the committee of busi-
ness men who are arranging for the
feast to Senator smoot.
1t must not be forgotten that
Congressman Hull recently told the
house naval affairs committee that
when we went into the war. we had
to go to the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany and to the Baldwin Locomotive
Works and buy at a cost of $50
apiece rifles that could have been
made at a cost of $13, $14 and SIS
apiece Naturally Brother Schwab
is very anxious to show his appre-
citation OF what Brother Smoot has
done Tor him.
h "a IL In - oil
ator Smoot is recognized as the one
man in the senate who can always
be depended upon to look after the
interests Of the privileged few to the
detriment of the many.
Among the other members of the
committee are Senator Coleman Du
Pont, who is admitted to be the sec.
| ond richest man in. the world. No
one will deny that it will be money
in his. pocket to have the sales tax
law enacted.
I Then there is Lenore F. Loree
president of the Delaware e. Hud.
son railroad and either president OF
director of fifty-six other railroads
and numerous banks. Another mem
'ber Of the committee is Henry w
De Forest, who has the titleasof di-
rector or vice president tackled on tc
his name by twenty-six railroads.
Othens nsnenhers~o the entertain.
ment committee are William, Ham.
lin Childs. of the Allied Chemical and
Dye Corporation; James A. Burden
iron magnate, and Charles A. Pea
body, President of the Mutual Life
Insurance company.
Every millionaire and multi mill.
I icnaire in the United States is ex
.pected to buy a ticket for this Bel
shazer's feast.
There will be a number of speak
ers and each will praise to the skie:
! a senator of the United States be-
cause he was untrue to the people
by advocating transferring taxation
from the rich to the already tax rid
den poor. They will laugh and tel
what a great thing it is to be able
to congratulate a public official wht
has conceived a law that will relievt
them from taxation.
Meme, Meme, Tekel, Upharsin.
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CANADIAN LABOR
OPPOSES SOVIET
400 Delegates Take Action at
Montreal Meeting.

Montreal, Sept. 14.-Over 400 del
egates, representing all branches of
labor and coming from all parts OF
the dominion, attended the thirty
eighth annual convention Of the
Trades and Labor congress of Can
ada, held in Montreal. President Tom
Moore presided.
The feature Of the convention was
the emphatic reputation of all rev.
olutionary propaganda, foreign or
domestic. Without a word of discus
sion or a voice Of dissent, the con-
gress went on record as wholly op.
posed to the Communist policies of
the Red Trade Union International
of Moscow, and any Soviet ideas be-
ing tolerated within organized labor
ranks in Canada.
Russian relief, in the shape Of
SIS, 100000 to be lent by the Cana
dian government for the purchase of
seed wheat and grain, as proposed
by a resolution of the United Mine
Workers Of America, was voted down
by the congress after, a heated de-
bate. The convention approved the
report of a special committee on
immigration. This report reiterated
the attitude Of the congress on Orien-
tai immigration, and urged that ef-
forts be made to control the activi-
ties of Asiatics already in Canada.
A recommendation to all trades
unions in Canada that they do not
incorporate was made unanim ously
by the congress. Various speakers
pointed out that trades unions were
now amenable to the law, and, there
fore, did not need incorporation to
make them amendable, as was
claimed. Incorporation would mean
Interpretation by the courts of the
aims of union, the fixing Of lia-
bility by the courts in the case of
the suspension of members, and aud
iting Of unions books by government
officials.
The congress reaffirmed it's stand
was proposed that the management
Of the unemployment problem be
solely undertaken by the dominion
government.
Parley on League.
When the question of the League
of Nations was introduced some Of
the delegates opposed it. The opiu-
ion was voiced that the league was
merely a gathering Of representa-
tives of so many governments of diff
ferent countries, and that the voice
of labor was never heard there.
President Tom Moore warmly de-
Tended the league and his view pre-
vailed.
During the convention a telegram
was received from w. L. Mackenzie
King, prime minister of Canada,
supporting the demands of the con-
gress with regard to the withdrawal
of troops from the strike areas in
the Nova Scotia coal fields. Dealing
with the typographical strike for a
44hour week demanded on May 1,
1921, the congress promised full
support, moral and material, for the
men.
Financial and moral support was
requested by the railway shopmen
Of the United States, in a telegram
read to the congress. A resolution
pledging all possible support was
PASSED unanimously.
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C.0.P..DESERTS
PRINCIPLE THAT.
CAvEIT BIRTH
Founded on Anti-S|avery II
Would Now ShackIe Workers.

Washington, Sept. 14.-In terms
of ridicule, invective and defiance,
President Gompers talked for one
and one-half hours to newspaper
correspondents at A. F. of l..
headquarters on the injunction
against striking railroad shop men.
1T is indeed strange" said the
unionist, that in republic
founded on the principle Of freedom
and justice, and a recognition Of the
rights. Of man., that the political
party of Lincoln, Phillips, Beecher
and Garrison. under whose leader
ship slavery was abolished, should
now be engaged in the restoration Of
compulsory labor. belong to no po-
litical party, and I, therefore, do not
speak as a partisan, but the whole
procedure bears out Thomas Jeffer-
sons warning OF usurpation Of pow
er by the courts. And in this case it
has been spurred on (by the federal
administration.
II do not wish to appear facetious
but L note radio is about, the only
means of, conasnunicatten restrained
IN the Injunction I; wonder If the
ether is to be enjoined by the court"
/. Referring to the restraining clause
against taunting, President Gompers
said: 1T may be a new crime to
taunt. However, ! never heard Of 1t
being a violation Of the law. If men
cannot call the. striixebreakers
'scabs' possibly they might be per-
mitted to call them industrial angels.
''The word conspiracy used in the
injunction is one Of those legalistic
terms intended to confuse the situa-
ton. There has been no conspiracy
on the part of the shop men. They
merely counselled to prevent inva-
sion Of their rights and reduction of
their wages. If it were not SO tragic
it would be farcical to say that 500,-
900 men had entered into a con-
spiracy."
President Gompers said that on
the night before the conference re-
port on the Cummins- Esch act was
submitted to congress he read at a
meeting of trade union officials and
members Of both houses of congress
q telegram sent by a railroad lobby
ist to a railroad executive. This mes
sage showed the difference between
an anti-strike clause then contained
in the bill and the conference report.
The railway executive was advised
that the conference report was pref
erable from the railroad viewpoint,
as the Injunction method could be
followed under it, while the anti
strike clause called for trial by jury,
and convictions of labor officials by
1uries were declared to be difficult.
Here we see It," declared Presi-
dent Gompers. "The railroad execu-
tives required no lawyer to bring
this injunction against the shop men
United States Attorney General Dau-
gherty became the attorney of the
railroads.
i, ''This is an Injunction in which
every power is brought into play to
coerce the men to surrender their
rights with not a move made against
the S4 railroads which have violated
104 decisions of the railroad labor
hoa ~ 1" ..-g r'L.- - ~ ~ 49,. E,
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LABOR EXPERT NAMED.

DR.. Royal Meeker, who used to
be commissioner of labor statistics
in the department Of labor in Amer
lea, is now chief of the research di-
vision of the International Labor
office in Geneva. There are two 9TH
er Americans with that organization,
international experts in their fields.
One is Leifur Magnussion, formerly
of the department of labor, and the
other is William Atherton Du Puy,
American journalist.
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! .N,IoN-UNIoNISrs BENEFIT.

Logan, w. Va, Sept. 14.-Thiss his
thug ridden, corporation-controlled.
country has felt the effects of the.
fight organized miners have waxed,
the past. five, months. and Logan
non-union miners will benefit -.
have the unorganized steel workers.
The Logan county coal operatorss'
association announce wage increasesys
These advances would not be granted
'if the union miners were defeateds
The labor world., 1922-09-16
UNEMPLOYMENT ABROAD.

Improvement of unemployment
began in March, 1922, and at the
close of June conditions showed
uation at the beginning Of the year.
Nevertheless, the June, 1922, figures
for persons wholly unemployed are
$4,000 in excess of those for June,
1921. However, the number Of per-
sons Partially unemployed has de-
creased over fifty per cent.
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is alleged, precedents heretofore es-
tablished in certain industrial strikes,
the attorney general has prompted
the district court at Chicago to issue
an order which Is not only plainly
in violation of the Clayton Act but
which likewise transgresses the Con-
stitution Of the United States in the
following particulars:
1. BY abridging freedom of speech.
2. Freedom of the press. =.
3. The right Of the people peace-
ably to assemble.
The Chicago Federal district court
issuing the injunction has only such
powers as are conferred upon it by
law. The congress has not attempted
to authorize the Federal courts to
abridge the privileges mentioned, and
certainly could not do so if it tried.
Unwarranted Assumption. =
The alleged advantages to the pub
lie to be derived from this legal pro-
cess, issued in excess of the judicial
power, are more than offset by the
permanent impairment of the repu-
tation of the Federal judiciary for
integrity and impartiality which must
result from such an sunwarranted
assumption OF authority. No court
order violative Of constitutional
rights may be countenanced, even If
1t finds sympathy among influential
bodies of our citizenship. or. for that
matter, in widespread public opin-
ion. From the beginning Of the gov
.ernment wise statesmen have feared
that the Federal judiciary may be-
come the instrument for multiplying
the Constitution which It was Great.
The labor world., 1922-09-16
BIG PROFITS m PAPER.

Philadelphia, Sept. Fl Clear:
profits OF tho Scott Paper company
is at the rate Of nearly half . million
. year. For the first, six months Of.
the present year the profits totaled1
$209G,2S5. after all charges were
met and II good, who olesa1le salaries
paid ofdctals. b. 3s5
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CONDUCTING Big TEXTILE STRIKE
CALLS FOR REAL ORGANIZATION
Rhode Island Workers, After Nearly Eight Months Of Resist
ance, Are Still CheertuIy and Braw|y Holding Out.

Providence L. Sept 14-Rhode Islanders have
discuss the of the textile strike and
their lively interest how much longer big strike
conducting organizations be able the business
which each has undertaken actually
the busnesske with house. cticizng the
Others methods and each scrupuos attentive the
maintaining credit The that either with the adverse
advertising has received has been able date
~ aixad
The labor world., 1922-09-16
COURT T0mOD|FY TEMPORARY !
ORDER AGANS | Rail SHOPMEN
Opinion Prevails That Admins traon Is Weakening; Daugh-
etys BIundedng messes things, Constitution Violated

Federal Judge James H. Wikerson Of Illinois has continued
the restraining order granted the against
the striking hopmen September to September Attorneys
for the shop crafts moving for notifications of the order
1t i. believed Judge Wlkerson will number of important
tackled by Americas leading The shows
signs of weakening. \ : *.I
The labor world., 1922-09-16

Keep your eye solely on chasing
the dollar and you're pretty sure to
trip.
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