Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-12
RECORD SPEAKS
UPON STRIKES
Senator Frelinghuysen's 0p-
ponent Addresses Audience
at Orange Last Night

ORANGE, sept. l2.-Ihat 'IeSl'
innate capital, as well as labor and
the public, is robbed by monopoly
ana victimiZed by the great strikes
in this country while men like SEN
ator Frelinghuysen refuse to discuss
The fundamental elements of the pig
problem, was the declaration lde
by George l.. Record. here last night.
Mr.. Record who is opposing Sena-
tor Joseph S. Frelinghuysen for the
Republican nomination for United
States senator, continued his cam
paign against Frelinghuysen.
Frank H. Sommer, of Newark,
counsel for the Morris Canal Adam
doEment Commission and the North
Jersey District Water supply Com
mission, joined with Amos Pfnchot
and Mr.. Record himself in an eff
fort to prove to the people of Or
ange that the Progressive candidate
should be nominated to succeed FIRE.
liDghuysen in the senate.
NOW that some of the strikes are
erded, the newspapers of the coun-
try who have offered no solution OF
the problem. are printing ponder
Gus editorials estimating the losses
to both sides and to the public from
these strikes" Mr.. Record said.
THE textile workers in New Eng
land have lost in their four or five
months strike many millions of dol
lars; the shutting down of the mills
has entailed a loss of many more
millions of dollars. The coal strikes
have cost the strikers many millions
of dollars. The editors hardly care
to snow that there have been losses
to the coal employers, because they
In cf r ftxTnlu EpnW thnf tho nnnl
business is a trust, and hat the high
prices that are ahead of us will nor
than make up any losses the Trust
has incurred by the strike. AS soon
as the railroad strike is settled The
editors will compute the losses of
the strikers and the sums lost by
business men and the public gener-
ally through injury to business re-
sulting from the coal and railroad
strikes.
All these solemn reflections have
the appearance of wisdom, but only
the appearance. They still leave the
problem just where it was.
1.-The strikes are occasioned by the
fact that in the railroad service and
In many of our important industries. |
Is in full control. Mon
tpoly exacts such a tremendous
price for it's product or it's service,
That it operates at all times to keep
at a minimum. That is to say, |
The price is so high hat the people
buy as little as they can. This re-
eults in a limited market, and the
discharge or unemployment of a
large number of men who would be
Employed if prices were lower, and
larger output of product was main
Ained. This produces too many men
IND too few jobs. and then we
pave what we call a conflict between
.hbor and capital.
"The trouble is that labor and all
legitimate capital are Jointly robbed
Ov monopoly. After monopoly has
Taken its toll, there is not enough
left to properly reward labor and
GuI ital. The editors and politicians
Kolemnlv discuss ways and means of
Su--distributing the inadequate re-
turn left by monopoly between labor
4nc legitimate capital that both can
be satisfied. This is impossible.
The politicians and editors leave
nut of sight the fact of the huge tell
aiken from production by monopoly.
That is the one thing that no poll
Etcian like Frelinghuysen a be got
even to mention, and it is the
rest OF the whole problem. Once
get the minds of editors and poll
and the public focused upon
the fact that monopoly is the root OF
The quarrel between labor and capt. |
tai. and that the destruction of mon
epoly would leave a joint product
.Eufllcient to meet the needs OF boin
labor and capital, we will be on the
to the solution of the problem.
Until We get to this point we are
einiply beating the air."
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4 Little Unemployment in Canada