Sioux County pioneer., 1922-08-03

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and endeayor to arrive at settlement.
Harrington replied that this plan was
impracticable. @
Orders for immense quantities Of
coal have been placed in England by
Americans but not all of them are be-
ing accepted because Of market condl-
tions there. Prices of coal and ship
ping and freight rates have advanced
sharply in Great Britain. The British
miners may refuse to mine coal for
America, and American dock workers
may refuse to handle 1t If 1t comes.
nNE J.. Cleve Dean, chairman Of
~ the railway employees publicity
association, sent to President Harding
telegram bitterly attacking the sup
posed attitude Of the administration
toward the two great strikes. He said:
'For you or any governor to attempt
to operate the mines or railroads by
military forces or to attempt to draft
men into mining or railroad service
would be an attempt to establish in
voluntary servitude," and he predicted
such an attempt would bring on the
''long predicted war between capital
and labor" He asserted, also, that
the Republican party was hostile to
the American farmer and labor and
that 'the hard times that now exist Is
a premeditated plan to bring the farm
er and labor down to their knees
Mr.. Harding's reply to this outburst,
While dignified, was scathing rebuke
Of Deans political partisan refer
ences" and Of his false assumptions.
The President explained at length the
attitude Of the government and as
serted it's intention to speak and act,
not for any one class alone, but for
''the American people MS q whole and
the common good Of all Its citizenship"
He made it clear that while the right
to strike was recognized, the govern,
ment would fully protect those who
desired to work. The latter, he said,
in responding to the call of the coun-
try, are exercising their rights "and
at the same time making their contri-
button to our common American well
fare"
GHIGAGQ's street car strike was
~ still In the making last week.
Hope and despair alternated, the for
mer fostered by the optimism Of In
ternational President Mahon who told
theSmen they must take referendum
vote on new proposal made by the
companies, and the latter due to the
pessimism of local President Quinlan,
who said the employees would accept
no offer the employers were likely to
make. The workers were called to
hold a mass meeting Monday evening
Of this week, and Quinlan told the
Chicago public to prepare to find a
strike in effect the following morning.
DEBA!FElE !El % # the e + tprff I|a in the senate
- was enlivened 'fasE Wke,R py Sen.
ator McCumbers assertion;that; In 1912
spokesmen for the newspaper publish
ers told the senate finance; committee
that II newspript paper were not
placed on the free list they would de-.
feat the Republican party at the polts,
and that, the committee refusing to
yield, the publishers therefor did de.
feat Taft for reelection. Other sem
ators calling for names, Mr.. Smoot
said that the late John i. Norris, rep
resenti9g the publishers association,
told q fn1nce subcommittee that II a
duty we're imposed on newsprint '1ftbe
Republicanpart would BE driven frbm
power" This, Mr.. smoot supposed, wal
the basis of McCumber's statement,
but he, Smoot, did not think Norris
hads been authorized by the publishers
to make such a threat. cCumber
reiterated his statements with added
Details aaRd was supported by Watson
80 1ndiaaa RIlip related boy Norris,
and other publishers In 1908 oAered
to make Joe Cannon president il he
would put through bill placing news.
print and wood pulp on the free list.
Cannon, he said, ordered Norris from
his office. All Of this, whether true
or not, was highly entertaining to the
Re99eFFsalt1lef senator's; Y ! l79ta!. s.
ronisiIssIoN BLAIR Of the il.
terpal revenue bureau dealt the
iiquor industry A hard blow by for
bidding further imports Of wines and
liquors until the supplies already In
the country for nonbe eyeraga uses are
insufficient for national requirements.
Secretary Hughes asked, and presuIa-
ably was promised the aid Of the Brit
ish government In the suppression Of
liquor smuggling from Bermuda and
the Bahamas. The British govern.
ment, however, has refused the unofli-
cial request Of the United States for