THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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THE PROBLEM.
In every discussion of new indus
trial enterprise, invariably the first
question asked is: “What will labor
do?" The attitude of the working
men, their willingness to co-operate
with employers, the probable cost of
labor, • constitute the most serious
problem that faces the progress of
commerce. But how can employers
solve this problem without consult
ing labor or its representatives? We
can take it for granted, says a lead
ing editorial in Collier’s for June 1,
that the old theory of labor as a
pure commodity which responds ex
actly to the law of supply and de
mand, or can be cheapened by ma
nipulation, has gone the way of
other absurdities of the “dismal
science.” It never had a place in
the minds of intelligent employers.
It has been utterly destroyed by
the political activity of trades-unions
here and abroad. But, although the
idea of partnership between em
ployers and employes has gained
ground everywhere, there is no or
ganized effort to put the idea into
practice.
Collier’s has received a number
of letters from business men urging
a national organization of employ
ers, not to combat the labor unions,
but to meet with them and consult
with them as to rates of wages,
hours of work, factory conditions,
and all the other details that pro
voke strikes and lockouts. In this
matter, as in some others, we may
gain by the experience of England.
Sir Alfred Booth, chairman of the
Cunard lines, told us the other day
how a great strike was averted by
the action of the British ship and
dock owners. They arranged a con
ference between the Transport
Workers' federation and the employ
ers’ associations, and after negotia
tions extending over two months^an
arrangement was reached satisfac
tory to both sides. The lesson he
drew from this experience was that
“employers of every class must or
ganize themselves in associations for
dealing with labor affairs exclusive
ly, with an expert secretariat, and
there should also be national feder
ations of these local associations.
There are three reasons for this:
To prevent the prehistoric employer
from putting the fat in the fire; to
prevent the weak employer from let
ting you down; to enable employers
to meet organized labor on an equal
footing and without delay.”
The last is the most important of
the three. At present there is no
common meeting ground between
employers and employes for a fair
discussion of terms. There are num
berless small associations, but too
often they are ruled by the “pre
historic employer" who is ready to
“fight the unions” regardless of the
justice of their demands, and who
is himself a provocation to the head
strong, turbulent labor leader. Why
should there not be an association
of employers as efficient as the Am
erican Federation of Labor, not or
ganized for war, but for the kind
of reasoned discussion of differences
that men of the most opposite in
terests find useful in other relations
of life? The need of some measure
to quiet unrest, to guarantee work
!ingmen a proper return for their
i labor, to further co-operation in the
industrial development of the coun
try was never more pressing than it
! is today. It is clear that if peace
is signed without further delay the
future offers great promise to Am- j
erican industries. We have been in |
luck. It would be a reflection on!
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the intelligence of the nation if the ,
rewards of good fortune were to be
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gambled away in fruitless disputes.
WHAT’S THE LIMIT?
Increase in the wages of the rail-1
road trainmen has raised the ques-!
tion to what extent other labor
throughout the country will “pay
the freight” for railroad labor. The
records show that since 1910 the
average wages of the trainmen have
been increased over 103 per cent,
and of other railroad employes 121 j
per cent. But the records also show ;
that while an effort has been made j
to reduce the differences in wages
between the trainmen and other em- !
ployes, this latest increase to the j
trainmen practically restores the old
differences in their favor.
While this is called the “comple
tion of the cycle,” it may also be
regarded as the beginning of anoth
er cycle, points out a Pacific coast
editor. There have been three large \
successive increases in railroad J
wages since 1915, and two of these j
have come within a year under gov
ernment administration of the roads. |
They have added to the yearly wage ;
cost of conducting the roads $1,
172,000,000 since 1915. The latest'
advances have added $510,000,000 ;
to the yearly wage cost of operating
the railroads at a time when the
actual net earnings of the roads are
running behind the government
guarantees, and on this account are
likely to run farther behind.
This may mean that the people-'
at-large are to be taxed beyond the !
high railroad rates now being charg- '
ed to pay these higher wages of a I
single industrial class among the'
people. It may we 11 be asked, where
is it to end?
WOMEN AT WORK.
So many problems are arising in
connection with women in industry
that it is interesting to consider the
real magnitude of the subject, says ;
the Tacoma News Tribune, especial
ly as there is still a tendency in '
many quarters to minimize the :
whole question of women in employ- !
ment.
While the final figures have not'
been assembled, the latest statistics i
gathered by the United States em-,
ployment service show that there
are not less than eleven million 1
women wage-earners now in the •
United States, and that the actual
number is probably nearer fourteen \
million.
It is of no use for any organiza- j
tion, male or female, political, in- i
dustrial or religious to attempt to j
brush aside the affairs of any such
number of individuals by sweeping j
denunciations or assumed indiffer- !
ence.
The problem of women in industry ;
is not one of elimination. It is:
one of fair wages and working con- j
ditions and a fair recognition of the
importance to any nation of the
sen-ices of over eleven million able
bodied workers.
WATCH YOUR STEP.
The three large shipbuilding
plants of the Foundation company,
which have been operating at Port
land, Seattle, and Tacoma, are to
be dismantled and shipped to France
where they wil| be used in the con
struction of ships for French own
ers by French workmen. Thus v,hat
promised to become a great Pacific
coast industry begins to disinte
grate and disappear. Its destruction,
believes the Yakima Republic, may
be laid at the door of the admin
istration. In simple language, the
truth about the Foundation com
pany is that it was prohibited from
doing bnsir.ess in the United States
and it is going where it can do
business. It is the first of the great
plants to go. All the others will
follow sooner or later, anil the ships
they have built for the government
at the expense of the treasury will
rust in their home ports and Ameri
can commerce will be carried in
foreign vessels just as it was in the
old days.
LANDS GOOD JOB
Jerry C. Murphy of Anchorage
has been appointed attorney-general }
of the Territory of Alaska, to fill J
the place made vacant by the resig
nation of George B. Grigsby, dele
gate to Congress. The appointment
was made by Governor Thomas
Kiggs. Jr., early this month, and the
new attorney-general was urged to
take the oath of office ar.d take up
his duties as soon as possible.
Mr, Murphy is an oldtime resident
of Alaska. He is a lawyer of good
ability and of extended experience,
both in Alaska and in the States.
He possesses a genial personality,
winning friends by the wholesale.
He is a staunch Democrat and is
recognized as the leader of the party j
in the Cook Inlet country. At the j
time of his appointment he was as- j
sistant district attorney, a position ,
he filled with credit to the govern
ment and to himself and to the sat
isfaction of the people of Anchor
age.
CHINESE PIRATES
REPORTED ACTIVE OFF
SHAN-TUNG COAST
TOKIO.—Chinese pirates are re
ported active off the coast of Shan
Tung. A Japanese sailor who was
found swimming in the sea and
brought back to Japan, said he was
one of the crew of eight who sailed
in a coasting schooner from Tsing
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tau. Off the Shan-Tung coast three j
strange junks drew rapidly along- j
side and 30 pirates armed with pis- j
tols and swords boarded the schoon-1
er, looted the vessel and put the
crew to the sword. The only sur-'
vivor jumped overboard and kept1
afloat until rescued. 1
MOORE ENROUTE DOWN
WITH LOADED LAUNCH
The Moore gasboat was scheduled j
to leave Fairbanks for Nenana at
noon today, with several passengers j
and a considerable quantity of |
freight, most of which is for the |
Tanana Sheet Metal works.
The passenger list includes W. H
Gilcher, Dr. de la Vergne and two 1
or three others whose names could !
not be ascertained.
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GERMANS LINE UP TO
BUY AMERICAN BACON
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COBLENZ.—On the first day Am-!
erican bacon was on sale in Coblen’ i
butcher shops a crowd of more than j
two hundred Germans formed in line
awaiting their turn at the counter.
The bacon is sold by the German
card issue ration system which has
been in use since the food shortage
became imminent throughout the j
country.
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