The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24

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The President, asserted a national In
vestigation of the coal industry was
necessary and recommended federal
commission to advise as to fair wages
and conditions.
In discussing coal the President re-
ferred to what he termed the ''shock-
ing crime at Herrin, ILL.,, which so re-
Gently shamed and Mortified the coun-
try." and added the incident was
madness"
vXIARNINGS of brotherhood off,
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
stnnces abandoned their trains and
service, especially in the Far West,
was badly crippled. Passengers were
marOoned for days in small towns In
the desert regions and women, children
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 "big four
still insist that equipment is SO de-
| generated that the lives of the train
men are endangered. and they were
pleased to read that President Hard
ing had written to Chairman McChori
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.
| As for the employment Of armed
guards. the striking shopmen and their
sympathizers have by their actions de-
stroyed completely the argument OF
the unions. They have mobbed, killed
and maimed many nonunion shop
workers in most cowardly fashion
they have set fire 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 be brutes
and towards. Their only excuse-if II
be an excuse-lies in the statement of
Attorney General Daugherty that Red
agitators and l. w. W. leaders are ex-
ceedingly active in fomentlng troubles
| IN ACCORDANCE with its arranged
plan, the senate voted Saturday on
the tariff bill devised by its committee
on finance, accepting 1t by fair ma.
j0rity. and the measure is now in con
ference. During the final days of de
bate several important amendments
were adopted, one If them authorizing
the establishment OF foreign trade
zones in American ports where foreign
goods may be brought in without pay.
ment of duty to be stored, exhibited
mixed with domestic products and re
exported. Logs of FIR. spruce, cedar
and western hemlock were transferred
to the free list, and SO were scientific
instruments for educational purposes
The Democrats failed to get reduc-
tiOn Of the rates on aluminium, and
| Senator Harreld (Rep., Okla.) lost
his fight for duties on crude petroleum
and fuel oil.
MISSISSIPPI Democrats staged a
AvA pretty contest Tuesday In their
senatorial primaries. The real fight
was between former Senator James X.
| Vardaman and Hubert d. Stephens. A
third contestant was Miss Belle Kear-
ney. She polled only about 1900
votes. but that was enough 10 prevent
Vardaman from getting the required
majority; he received over a thousand
more than Stephens. Under the state
law 1t Is necessary to hold a second
primary on September 8 to determine
which of the two men shall be the
nominee. Some time ago former Pres
ident Wilson stated that he hoped
Vardamnn would OF be sent to Wash.
ington again.
JI1NABLE or unwilling TO recedt
- from the position he had taken re
garding Germany'G failure to pay
Poincare returned to Paris and the al
He'd conference in London broke VI
without result unless It be the mo