Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-07
GETTING DOWN TO
Il
"GIORIOUs"

a veritable Paradise-that is If
you've never been out here, or if
perchance you might have come by
airplane and seen nothing but the
beauties of the southern California
that people Of Los Angeles, Pasa-
dena and Beverly Hills know. But
you need only to traverse the state
from north to south, either by the
a or inland route, to find it has
It's drawbacks the same as Montana
or any state-and, proud to learn,
fails to possess some OF the features
to which we can lay claim.
Here you will find the same dill
apidated farm and city homes, de-
serted shacks, the brown, parched
and barren prairies, neglected pub
lie buildings and highways, obsolete
automobiles. stability dressed peo-
pie, yes, the same evidence OF power
ty with which we have become so
familiar during the past few years.
saw many Anticipated farm build
ings far behind the modern homes
of the Dagmar and Outlook coun-
try. and looked on herd after herd
of white faces that would hold less
appeal to shippers and packers than
the cattle of Sheridan county. And.
believe 1t or not, you can easily ex-
perience weather in California that
is just as disagreeable as our oc-
casi0nal dust storms or sub-zero
temperatures. OF course they don't
show you these things; you have to
sort OF ferret them out yourself; and
when it rains, washing out highways
and bridges, keeping you indoors
several days at a time shivering
from the dampness and cold, or
there is a big sandstone or heavy
fog that prevents planes from land
ing. the natives very apologetically
tell you 1t is exceptional
There is perhaps ne section of
the country where greater labor un-
rest continues to harass the people
than along the Pacific coast. Visit
ing with a Seattle resident on the
Empire ~fJuileer before reaching the
city. his one expression, were just
about all fed up on strikes gave
me a pretty good idea how people
who live in this great seaport met
ropolis feel about the situation. He
expressed pronounced gratitude that
prevailed when Seattle's biggest and
oldest daily newspaper, the Post-In-
t~elligencer, resumed publication af-
ter being shut down for the first
time in its history more than three
months, keeping several hundred
people out of employment.
$50
Then we learned that thousands
more had been idle for months
awaiting settlement of the seamen's
strike. Seattle and San Francisco
are very highly unionized. Some
times it works quite a hardship on a
fellow looking for a job. He must
join the union in the particular field
of labor where he seeks employ
ment; this usually costs from SIS to
s25. Then, should he lose his job,
and seek employment in some other
occupation or industry, he is again
confronted with the same require
ment and outlay of cash.
In San Francisco Is found the
most intensified organization of la
Dor In all its phases. In reading the
newspapers. and from other obser-
vations. one cannot help but wonder
IL this widespread strike of seamen.
spreading out until 1t has affected
many other industries so dependent
on shipping facilities, may not re-
solve itself into a real showdown, or
Eight to the finish" between labor
and capital. Maritime workers, lead
by the radical Mr.. Bridges. seem de-
tMmlned to not only dictate wages
and hours, but demand the right to
designate individual preference in
filing positions. 1t is on this point
that settlement of the biggest walk
out hinges today. Ship operators
have agreed to all wage demands,
but insist on the right to select their
own employees.
Shipping has been tied up from
all Pacific coast ports more than two
months, keeping 10000 men In that
one strike out of work. Besides that.
a Frisco daily tells us a strike in
shipyards now in its 57th day keeps
$500 idle. Seven hundred idle IL
days in a machinist walkout, 365 the
55th day in a wire company strike,
the bag industry 43 days, 554 idle;
warehousemen, SO days and 700 out
of work; 100 upholsters striking
their seth consecutive day; cigar
makers SO days with no settlement;
100 upholsters and 10 battery
workers out on strike continuously
SO days. Much bitterness of course
exists, and. from our own observa-
lions we are confident no final peace
will come until the federal govern
ment i~ntervenes.