Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-28
Timely Views


BY o S. FISHER, Governor Of Pennsylvania.
(John S. Fisher was born in South Mahoning
township, Pennsylvania, in 1867. After having been
graduated from the State Normal school Of Penn
sylvania at Indiana, Pa, in 1886. he studied law and
was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1898.
Fisher practiced law in Indiana, Pa, for several
years. He was a member Of the Pennsylvania SEN
ate from 1901 TO 1909 and has been connected with
various investigating committees to promote better
government. Fisher was elected governor Of Penn
sylvania in 1926. His home is at Indiana).
There are three basic problems confronting the in
dustry. First. wages; second, rate structure, and third,
regulation of production.
These problems attach to the entire industry in its
totality. 1t is a problem for both national and state
consideration.
In production the national authority does not attach
until the coal enters interstate traffic, but because the
interstate commerce commission can now regulate
freight rates. whether intrastate or interstate. the reg
ulatory power necessarily attaches to All coal that goes
on board cars.
The coal in the ground, and all the processes Of pro-
duction, fall within the jurisdiction Of the state. It
necessarily follows that 70 find a cure for the ills OF
the industry there must be cooperative action between
state and federal governments.
It is not easy to discover a way for doing this.
However, there ought to be some sort OF conference
representative Of all states in the ~bituminous produc-
ing fields, including labor. production and public au-
thority, as well as representation from the congress and
the executive department Of the federal government.
/ do not conceive IL to be impossible to arrive II
some sane plan covering the factors entering into the
problem.
I understand that prior to the agreement on the
Jacksonville -cale there was a tacit understanding be-
tween the union leaders and many important operators
that in the event Of a disagreement It would be sub
mitted to a Cancellation or mediation board to be named
b. the president.
This plan had a precedent in the settlement Of the
wage dispute in the anthracite region during Roose-
veits administration.
The freight rate question is ~ purely a federal mat
ter. 50 long as there are loud complaints or discrim-
inatory rates sanctioned ~ the interstate commerce.
commission, sthere will be bitter discomfort in the in.
dustry.
I favor any plan that will provide good wages for
labor a fair return for the invested capital. and an
adequate supply for the public at reasonable prices.
Nowadays when you see a woman sewing on tiny
clothes. she may be making something for grandma
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
II he says he won't argue, he means only that he
won't listen after saying his say-windsor Border
Cities Star.
Lending money to Russia would be borrowing trou-
lble.-Wal Street Journal.
Trctzky's demotion seems to Be steppe BY steppe.-
Arkansas Gazette.
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international pacts avert international impacts
Boston Herald.
OF course the fittest survive. as Darwin said. We're
all here, aren't we?-AltOOna Tribune.
The greatest enemies Of any good cause are the
extremists who favor it.-Wooster Record.
Hint 70 those who would abolish war: Pray more
and prey lesss-st. Joseph News-Press.
Hooyer's visit 20 Florida indicates that he has no
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