Evening star., 1922-09-10

preaching to the Industrial classes,
especially the railroad men, doctrines
Of hostility to the railroads and seek
ing to widen the class distinction
between capital and labor.
stirs Up Discomfort.
The writer attended q meeting
Thursday night in Detroit mostly
consisting of striking railway men
and heard some Of the doctrines Of
class hatred expounded there. Any
listener would have come away i'm
pressed with the ominous note which
was sounded and applauded. New
berryism" was attacked also in an
adroit manner and linked up with
the other grievances of the workers.
Disingenuousness. promises Of re-
forms that can never be fulfilled. are
the mildest forms of vote-catching
methods employed without scruple in
this campaign.
One Of the speakers at the meeting
was Herbert Baker. the radical can
didate for the nomination for United
states senator. He Is an able and
address. He has made remarkable
gains in recent weeks. and especially
since the government sought the rail-
way injunction. He is classed as
having forged ahead Of Emery. the
soldier candidate. and pushing Kelly
hard as Senator Townsends most
dangerous opponent. He does not
call himself radical, but q Roosevelt
progressive" and here are some of
the things he advocates:
Making the $4,000 war-made mil
lionaires pay an adjusted compensa-
ton to ex-service men.
A rapidly progressive inheritance
tax and repeal Of the Esch-Cummins
act guaranteeing profits Of railroads.
Reducing freight and passenger
rates and pumping eight billions OF
water out Of inflated railroad values.
Developments for the people OF the
public domain instead Of giving 1t to
private individuals.
Reorganizing the federal reserve sys-
TEN to prevent continuance OF Wall
street control of our credits and fu-
ture deflation Of laboring men, farm
ers and merchants.
Stopping practice of railway execu-
tives paying themselves extortionate
salaries.
Tax Issues Raised.
Here are the promises Of repub-
lican candidate for state senator:
Lower taxes for home owners.
Less exemption for bondholders.
Less help for big business.
A better chance for small business.
A candidate for judge, probably
finding all the promises exhausted
proposes as his platform. Make De-
troit's streets safe" Lets watch him
and IL he can do it commander him
for Washington.
Senator Townsend is not oblivious
to the drift of popular sentiment In
certain circles and In a speech de-
livered here Saturday night urged
of capital and labor
as a means Of ending industrial war
fare. After decrying the use Of the In
junction, he said, in part:
IN general, nODCQy wants q iSSeOI
ton OF pre-war labor conditions. The
employer does not want them be-
cause he sees he cannot increase pro-
duction."
The worker does not want to re-
turn to long hours and low wages
The war taught the worker one big
without him the country
can function neither in war nor peace.
when peace returned he became de-
termined to have a place In society
and to be able to rear his family
in some kind OF comfort. That Is q
perfectly reasonable desire aad 1t Is
dou btful II any large section Of the
American public denies that It is
reasonable. In an endeavor-in
most cases both honest and sincere
to realize this desire. strike has fol-
lowed strike. and adjustments have
been pyramided upon each other only
to fail when some new labor leader
came along with q new idea.
Old Policy Condemned.
Many employers refuse to sur
render and continue the old policy
of trying to get all they can out OF