The Owosso times., 1922-08-25

The President, asserted national in
vestigation Of the coal industry was
necessary and recommended federal
commission to advise as to fair wages
and conditions.
In discussing coal the President re-
! ferred to what he termed the "shock-
ing crime at Herrin, ILL.,, which so re-
| Gently shamed and Mortified the cOun-
try" and added the incident was
'butchery Of human beings outright in
madness"
WARNINGS Of brotherhood OFF,
w cials that alleged faulty equip
ment and the employment Of armed
| guards would result in many sporadic
strikes Of members of their unions
were fully justified. Engineers fire.
men and trainmen in numerous in
| stances abandoned their trains and
| service, especially in the Far West,
was badly crippled. Passengers were
marooned for days in small towns in
the desert regions and women, children
and invalids suffered greatly from
heat and lack of milk and ice. In
some cases the sending of relief trains
was prevented or delayed by the
strikers. The government, the railway
heads and the entire American public
were thoroughly exasperated by these
methods, and the brotherhood chiefs,
realizing the great mistake their men
were making, ordered them back to
work. The heads of the "big four"
still insist that equipment is so de-
generated that the lives of the train
men are endangered, and they were
pleased to read that president Hard
ing had written to Chairman McChord
Of the interstate commerce commits
sion insisting that the federal laws
relating to inspection Of rolling stock
and safety appliances must be strictly
enforced, regardless of the public In
convenience which might ensue.
AS for the employment Of armed
guards, the striking shopmen and their
sympathizers have by their actions de-
stroyed completely the argument of
the unions. They have mobbed, killed
and manned many nOnunion shop
workers In most cOwardly fashion;
they have set fire to shops; they have
torn up tracks, they have bombed
trains, and they have blown up at
least one railway bridge. Wherever
railway property and workers are not
well protected by armed guards or
state troops, acts Of violence are per-
petrated. Over and. over again, in
scores Of places the striking shopmen
are proving themselves to be brutes
and towards. Their only excuse-if ii
be an excuse-lies in the statement of
Attorney General Daugherty that Red
agitators and l. w. w. leaders are ex-
ceedingly active In fomenting troubles.
TN ACCORDANCE with it's arranged
plan. the senate voted Saturday on
the tariff bill devised by its committee
on finance, accepting 1t by fair ma
jority, and the measure Is now in con-
ference. During the final days Of de-
bate several important amendments
were adopted, one IF them authorizing
the establishment Of foreign trade
zones in American ports where foreign
goods may be brought in without pay
ment Of duty to be stored, exhibited,
mixed with domestic products anG re-
exported. Logs Of fir, spruce, cedar
and western hemlock were transferred
to the free list, and so were scientific
instruments for educational purposes
to Cot 90
tion of the rates on aluminium, and
Senator Harreld (Rep., Okla.) lost
his fight for duties on crude petroleum
and fuel oil.
MISSISSIPPI Democrats staged a
lN1 pretty contest Tuesday In their
senatorial primaries. The real fight
was between former Senator James X.
vardaman and Hubert ID. Stephens. A
third contestant was Miss Belle Kear-
ney. She polled only about 1900
votes, but that was enough 70 prevent
vardaman from getting the required
majority; he received over thousand
more than Stephens. Under the state
law II Is necessary to hold a second
primary on September to determine
which Of the two men shall be the
nominee. Some time ago former Pres
ldent Wilson stated that he hoped
Vardaman would rot be sent to Wash
ington again.
lT Unable or unwilling to recede
~ from the position he had taken re-
gardlng Germany'c failure to pay,
Poincare returned to Paris and the al
lied conference in London broke up
without result unless 1t be the mo-