The Arvada enterprise., 1922-08-24

The President, asserted . national In
vestieatioa Of the coal industry was
necessary and recommended federal
commission to advise ~ to fair wages
and conditions.
In discussing coal the President re-
ferred to what he termed the "shock-
ing crime at Herrin. ILL.,. which 30 re-
Gently shamed and hOrrined the cOun-
try" and added the incident was
'butchery Of hunap beings outright In
madness."
VX/ARNINGS Of brotherhood ON
w cials that alleged faulty equip
ment and the employment Of armed
guards would result In many sporadic
strikes Of members Of their unions
were fully justified. Engineers. fire
men and trainmen In numerous In
stances abandoned their trains and
service. especially In the Far West.
was badly crippled. Passengers were
marOOned for days in small towns In
bOklun6 huu woutNtls
and invalids suffered greatly from
heat and lack OF milk and ice. In
sOme cases the sending Of relief trains
was prevented or delayed by the
strikers. The government, the railway
heads and the entire American public
were thoroughly exasperated by these
methods. and the brotherhood chiefs
realizing the great mistake their men
were making. ordered them back to
work. The heads Of the "blg four"
still insist that equipment In 10 de-
generated that the lives Of the train.
men are endangered, and they were
pleased to read that President Harsl-
Ing had written to Chairman McChOrd
Of the interstate commerce commits
sion insisting that the federal laws
relating to inspection Of rolling stock
and safety appliances must be strictly
enforced. regardless Of the public In
convenience which might ensue.
Al for the employment Of armed
guards. the striking shopmen and their
syinpathixers have by their actions de-
stroyed completely tho argument Of
the unions. They have mobbed. killed
and nialmed many nOnuniOn shop
workers In most cOwurdly fashion /:
they have set fre to shops: they have
torn up tracks. they have bombed
trains. and they have blown up at
least one railway bridge. Wherever
railway property and workers are not
well protected by armed guards or
state troops. acts Of violence are per-
petrated. Over and over again, In
scores Of places. the striking shopmen
are proving themselves to he brutss
and towards. Their only excuse--if 1t
he an excuse-iics In the statement Of
Attorney General Daugherty that Red
agitators and ]. W. w. leaders nre ex.
ceetiinIiy active In fomentlng troubles.
TN ACCORDANCE with its arranged
1 plan. the sennie voted Saturday on
the tariff bill devised by Its committee
on finance. accepting II by a fnIr mn.
jority. and the measure II now In con.
ference. During the final days Of de-.
bnte several Important amendments y
were adopted. one II them authorizing
the establishment Of foreign trnde
zones In American ports where foreign
goods mny be brought In without pay.
ment OF duty TO he stored. exhibited.
mixed with domestic products md re-.
exported. Logs of fir. spruce. ccdnr
and western hemlock were transferred
to the free list. and So were scientific
instruments for educational purposes.
The Democrats failed to get reduc.
tlon Of the rates on aluminium. and
senator Harrrld uRep.. Okin.) lost
his fight for duties ON crude petroleum,
and fuel oil.
AHiSSiSSlPP Democrats staged a
AVA pretty contest Tuesday In their
senatorial primaries. The real f,gh,
WIS between former senator Jnmcs X.
vnrdamnn and Hubert y. stephens. A
third contestant was Miss Belie k~nr.
ncy. She poiled only about l7.OW
votes. hut that WAS enough 20 prevent
vnr,laninn from getting III. require,
majority: he received over 4 thousand
more than stephens. Under the state
law Il In necessary to hold \ second
primary on September 3 to determine
which of the two men shall b~ tho
nominee. Some time sEo former Pres
ident Wilson stated that he hor~,
vnr,inman would OF be sent to Wash
ingion again.
UNABLE or unwilling TO recctis
~ from the position he had tnken ~
EnrdInx Germany'n failure to pay
Poincarc returned ~ Paris and the al
lied conference h, London broke uy
without result unless Il Be the no