New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-15

proximafely the same amount ~ .a.,
~ otner words, the minera uiii "sn~i.
more GAYS ~ the week and nrs,as,rss
Hofe coal IN the next six ~. ass,hs
months than they would have nrod,.sn Il
y there had been no strike Ana 49,
the wage roll OF the next an ~ a G. ! !
months will be larger and viii lis :
sonside rable degree, ccnipensata M
loss during this suspension.
me real loss would lie ,,ora 4,
tne aoss OF productivity In industr;ss
taiat nave, or might have. Id close dasyn
as q result Of the coal strike. II iii
q cur industries can be kept Il, notsan
the loss WI be much less from the
mated. sss'-
The greatest loss TODAY = ,ha 4, :
being met by the farmer az raa,,,t -
The railway strike. The export ssf farm,
produce has been seriously ;aterfsrsa
with by the inability Of the railways
70 transport produce. Prices are there.
fore u1duiy depressed in the arricul-
Tural regions and the farmer il suffer
Ing grieyously.
Agriculture CHIEF Sufferer
The inability to transpoSf mann
featured products win create some de.
gree OF loss. but not SO serious as that
TO agriculture.
There are other losses that must
oe counted into the national balance
sNeet, such as the damage TO the rail-
sways, the extra charges which they
,s poem put TO, the cost of keeping
we ~ mines open and maintaining them
during the period OF suspension. and a
hundred other items that are az i'm
portance. In the broad view. however.
IL we can get back to business, If we
can secure resumption of transporta
ton and rapid distribution of coal and
agricultural produce, we will not have
received such an economic wound az
cannot be very quickly recovered from.
We will probably not be. on such q high
plane OF business prosperity during the
next SIX months as we would have been
had the strikes not taken place, but
we VIII undoubts dly be on much
higher and much more comfortable
plane than that Of last year"
Another bill for abolition Of the
Railroad Labor Board was introduced
to-day by Representative Cooper. Re
publican, of Ohio, for many wears a
member of the Brotherhood of Loco.
motive Engineers.
The Cooper measure would repeal
the section Of the transportation act
under which the board was created
and all board documents would be
turned over the United States Board of
Mediation and Cancellation.
Seeks Basis of Mediation
Mr. Cooper, member of the Inter
state Commerce Committee, which
framed the transportation act, declared
in statement that he sought by his
mill to re-establish the plan of media
ton, Cancellation and voluntary arbi-
tration provided by the Newlands act
for the settlement of disputes between
railroads and their employees.
Declaring the Railroad Labor Beard
had failed to accomplish the purpose
for which it was created, Mr.. Cooper
declared the settlement of the strike
which seemed to have been reached
finally between many Of the roads and
the shopmen was the result of private
negotiations, and is voluntary agree
n,ept in which the Railroad Labor
Board took NO part and was entirely
ignored"
Representative Goodykoontz, Repub-
lican, of West Virginia, also introduced
a bill to wipe out the board TODAY.
and one was offered Monday by Repre-
sentative Hoch, Republican, of Kansas.
Similar measures have been presented
from time TO time in the last year, but
no action is expected on any Of them
at this session