The Washington times., 1922-08-18


the opinion that
he has tWILLIAM HARD
them too many troubles already. lie
sent them his ideas about the sort
of taxes they ought to put into the
bonus bill; and both the Senate and
the House have been running away
from those taxes ever since. He
sent them the ship subsidy bill. and
they spend their time trying to
forget It. They will view the Presi-
dent with outward Joy and with
inward alarm when, and II, he stands
up before them today.
Fact 10 that the opinion is grow
ing that neither the White House
nor the Railroad Labor Board nor
the Senate nor the House Of Rep.
resentatives nor any other Gov
ernmental institution can be of any
shining success at settling these
industrial disputes. The opinion Is
growing that the best thing that
the Government can do IL to insist
upon Il that hereafter every basic
industry shall have an industrial
congress of its own, consisting of
representatives of its own capital
and Of its own labor, to settle its
own internal pains.
One of the three or four best
known Of United States Senators
said today;
'T'm not ready yet to be quoted
on IL; but I'm getting sick Of
Governmental boards for settling
everything that the Government
knows nothing about. We had no
big railroad strike for years and
years. Then we put up this rail.
road labor board. Now look at us!
Instead of putting teeth into the
Railroad Labor Board, I'm beginning
to think I would rather give 1t a
coffin"
Interesting news this morning for
the railroad labor board from the
United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
The retail cost Of food during
July went up per cent. The
wholesale cost Of commodities in
Since May 1t has gone up <2-3 per
cent.
So now the railroad labor. having
decided in May that the cost Of liv-
ing was going down, and having
therefore reduced the wages of rail-
road shopmen, and having thereby
given US our present happy state OF
railroad Transportation, will in
August or September observe that
the cost of living was in fact going
up and win therefore give the wages
Of the railroad shopmen a raise and
a boost. Net accomplishments for
the summer season: q decision down.
a decision up. and a strike.
Interesting news for all wets-and
drys:
The Russian delegation at London
announces that the Soviet govern
ment absolutely has not restored
the use Of vodka to the thirsting
Russian people. Vodka-and all
other spirituous liquors-continue
to be illegal In Russia by Soviet
decree.
In recent issues OF Izvestia, the
official newspaper Of the Soviet
government, / notice numerous ad-
vertisements of wines and beers.
Some Of these advertisements are
by private wine merchants and pri-
vate brewers and some are by the
Russia therefore Is q country alb
solutely in line with the ideals Of
that great leader Of the wet cause
In the American House of Repre-
sentatives-the Hon. John Philip
Hill of Maryland. Russia is
country closed to spirituous liquors
and wide open to malt and vinous
liquors. 1t Is the first-arrived
light beers and wines' country.
Senator Caraway has left for
Europe after drawing out the fol.
lowing remark:
"A lot Of Republicans think they
are going to get reelected this fall
for the same reason that was work.
ing in the mind of the colored man
who said that he had always no.
ticed that when he lived through
the month Of July he lived through
the rest OF the year.
Senator Caraway is a Democrat.