The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-07-28
BUREAU F|CH 7 8
FOR ADJUSTMENT
Of SHOP STRIKE
Telegraphic appeal made
to President Harding
and Labor Board; Ruin
Faces Farmers.

AT meeting OF the executive COIIl-
mittee of the Idaho Producers Union
recently held the secretary was in
structed to get out kilograms to the
president and the railroad labor board
protesting against a continuation of
the railroad strike and asking for its
immediate settlement.
The secretary was also instructed to
take the matter up with the Idaho
Farm Bureau Federation and ask that
a campaign covering the northwest
states be initiated in order to arouse
shippers of perishable products to the
gravity of the situation and the prob
ably disastrous results to growers of
the continuation of the strike.
Following an all day conference
with c. B. Ross, secretary of the Idaho
Farm Bureau Federation held in the
office of the Canyon County Farm
Bureau yesterday plan was worked
out whereby shippers throughout the
northwest will be apprised of the grav-
ity of the present situation and urged
to bring pressure to bear upon the
president and the railroad labor board
for immediate settlement.
AT the conference held in the Farm
Bureau office yesterday representatives
and officers from the Idaho Produc-
ers' Union, Canyon County Farm Bu-
reau, Pacific Cooperative Poultry
Producers, Western Seed Growers
Marketing Co., Idaho Seed Growers
association, California Vegetable I'm
ion, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
and the Oregon Development board,
were present The following tele-
grams have already been forwarded:
Caldwell, Idaho,
July rs, 1922.
Hon. Warren G. Harding,
President, Washington, D. c.
Mr.. President:
Facing the possibility of COM
plete business paralysis in the State
of Idaho as result of present
railroad strike we have wired the
United States Railroad Labor
board at Chicago as follows:
UNLESS railroad strike situation
can be settled at once disaster and
ruin will come to practically
every fruit and vegetable grower
in Idaho. Six thousand cars early
potatoes must be shipped to east
ern markets prior to September
and potatoe market already demon
allied because of strike until ship
ments now will not pay freight.
In addition to above we must ship
prior to January l, $4,000 cars late
potatoes; 1000 cars head lettuce;
1000 cars fruit and enough other
fresh vegetables to bring total to
$4,000 cars. Even if strike settled
Immediately railroad equipment
can barely be put in shape again
in time to handle in satisfactory
manner above products in addition
to large shipments of grain and
livestock. If strike is allowed to
continue few weeks longer it will
be physically impossible to get
equipment and rolling stock in
shape to handle traffic and the
whole State of Idaho will be bank
rupt. We do not wish to enter
into the merits of the controversy
between the strikers and the rail-
road labor board. The object of
this telegram is merely to call
your attention to the seriousness
of the situation in Idaho and to
the imperative necessity for i'm
mediate action"
Approaching your intense inter-
est in the question we feel war
ranted IN presenting the facts to
you in the hope that you will lend
every possible assistance in Clarity
ing the situation.
Very respectfully,
IDAHO PRODUCERS, UNION,
w. T. Mccall, Secretary.