The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-11

use of the national war labor
board" which shall be administered
by IAN industrial court similar to
the United States railroad labor
board" His code, which the Rich
mond Times-Dispatch (Dem.) says
must be credited with having re-
duced to q concrete basis various
theories, sound and unsound. ad-
vanced in the direction of peace
between employers and employees"
is analysed by the Albany Times
Union Qnd.) thus:
1T reaffirms the absolute right
Of both capital and labor to organ
ize. 1t gives sanction to collec-
tive bargaining. The rights Of both
union and non-union workmen are
protected. An adequate living must
be provided for unskilled labor and
the wages OF skilled labor would
be fixed in accordance with the
suggested code. Provision is made
that there shall be neither strikes
nor lockouts until a conference or
hearing has been held"
Recourse to Reason.
Thus, after the industrial court
for which the scheme provides has.
by formal adjudication" passed
upon the equities and declared the
rights and wrongs involved" the
Kenyon plan, as the Grand Rapids
Herald Qnd) points out, would not
outlaw strikes and lockouts, but
would leave capital, labor and
public opinion to deal with the sit
uation that eventuates." In short,
such a policy would mean that re
course to reason shall be the first
step instead of the last"
Before formulating a code to gov
ern the coal industry, however,
there are, many matters that the
Sioux City Tribune Und.) thinks
the public would like to know
more about" for instance, why
does coal, sold at the mines in CEN
trail Pennsylvania, cost Philadel-
phia consumers $14.75? Why do not
miners get enough work to enable
them to earn adequate wages? Why
is it that, seemingly. nobody con-
nected with the coal industry makes
a profit, when consumers are pay
ing exorbitant prices?" The Bur
lington CVt.) News Und. Rep.) also
asks how the coal industry problem
can be settled unless it is
understood, and how can it
be understood unless it is
studied in an impartial man
ner?' Senator Kenyon. the News
believes, is moving in the right
direction but before the establish
ment of code or tribunal, the
coal industry should be fully and
fairly investigated"
Given the code, however, an or
ganization empowered to handle
problems that arise in the coal in
dustry" after the manner of the
railroad labor board, the Hartford
Times Oem.) regards as "abso-
iutely necessary for the security,
comfort and safety of the American
people" The railroad labor board.
in the opinion of the Philadelphia
Bulletin Qnd. Rep.) has not been
such a brilliant success in practi-
cal working as to lead the average
American to be particularly san
guine over the success of the Ken
yon idea, nor has the nations ex-
perience with government regula-
ton of the coal industry as in
SldnNCo IAS1 Tic
war been so pleasant that it would
seek further experiments along that
line" Nevertheless, the Wilkes
Barre Record (Rep) replies. at is
evident that il serious trouble
about the mines is to be avoided
the government must intervene in
some way" and Senator Kenyon is
on. the right track" for 'he has
proposed sensible method of con-
Citation"
This plan is not Compulsory
labor or compulsory employment or
an effort to prohibit strikes by law"
the Lincoln (Neb) State Journal
Und. Rep points out 1t would
merely compel the substitution of a
peace-making principle for rule
of war" in short, an application
of intelligence.