The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-15

are not expected To render the most
ganiZation without a fair return
on capital invested, but the govern
ment has gone SO far in the reg
ulation of rates and rules Of OPP
GRAFTON that it has the responsibility
Of pointing the way TO the reduced
freight costs SO essential to your ma.
tional welfare. Government operation
does not afford the cure.
"The labor board itself is not so con
stituted as best TO serve the public in
tereSt. With six partisan men ers on
a board of nine, three partisans nom
mated by the employees and three by
the railway managers, it is inevitable
that the partisan viewpoint is main
tanned throughout hearings and in de-
cisiOns handed down. | am
well convinced that the functions Of
this tribunal could be much better ear
ried on here in Washington.
Offers New Plan.
"The substitution of q labor divi-
sion in the interstate commerce com
mission made up from its membership
to hear and decide disputes relating
to wages and working conditions
which have failed of adjustment by
proper committees created by the rail
ways and their employees, offers a
more effective plan.
"ThiS suggested substitution ill IN
vOlve a necessary increase in the mem
bership Of the commission, probably
four, to constitute the labor division.
If the suggestion appeals to the con
gress, it will be well to specify that
the labor division shall be constituted
of representatives Of the four rate
making territories, thereby assuring
Il tribunal cOnversant with the condi-
tons which obtain in the different
rate-making sections of the country.
II wish / could bring to you the
precise recommendation for prevention
Of strikes which threaten the welfare
Of the people and menace public safe
~. 1t is an irspOtent civilization and
an inadequate government which
lacks the genius and the courage to
guard against such a nac to public
welfare as we experienced last sum
mer. Public interest demands
that ample power shall be conferred
upon the labor tribunal whether it is
the present board or the suggested sub
%stitute, to require its rulings to be
accepted by both parties to a disput-
ed question.
Let there be no confusion about
the purpose of the suggested confer
ment of the power to make the decis-
ions effective. There can be 10 denial
OF constitutional rights TO either rail
way workmen or railway managers.
Most DemoraIizing Factor.
constitutional prohibition has been
adopted by the nation. 1t is the
supreme law of the land. In plain
speaking, there are conditions relating
to It's enforcement which savor OF
nationwide scandal. 1t is the most
d~emoralizing factor in u public life.
Most of our people assumed that
the adoption of the eighteenth amend
ment meant the elimination OF the
question from u politics. Or the
contrary, it has been SO intensified as
an issue that many voters are dis
posed to make all political decisions
with reference to this single question.
u Z, ,l;ci - ~ a4 ipr Tho nuh1;a mind nrI
prciudicing the judgment Of the cleo
tOrate.
1.-The day is unlikely to come when
the eighteenth amendment will be re-
pealed. The fact may as well be rec
ogniZed and u purse adapted ac-
cOrdingly. If the statutory provisions
for it's enforcement are contrary to
deliberate public opinion, which, l do
not believe, the rigorous and literal
enforcement will concentrate public
attention on any requise modification.
"Such n course conforms with the
law and saves the humiliation Of the
government and the humiliation of our
people before the world, and challenges
the destructive forces engaged in wide
spread violation, official corruption,
and individual decentralization.
Plans Governors Meet.
"The eighteenth amendment involves
| the concurrent authority of state and
| federal governments for the enforce
ment Of the policy it defines. A Ger.
tain lack Of definiteness, through di.
| vision Of responsibility is thus intro
duced. In order to bring about a full
understanding of duties and responsi.
bilities, as thus distributed, / purpose
to invite the governors of the states
and territories, ut an early opportunity
to n conference with the federal OK.
ecutive authority. Out of the full and
free considerations which will thus be
possible, it is confidently believed will
emerge a more adequate comprehen.
sion of the whole problem, and definite
policies of national and state co-opera
ton in administering the laws.
There are pending bills for the reg
! istration of the alien who has come ii
our shores. / wish the passage of such