ployers employed and the public, issues these orders after hearings are held by representatives of all parties. "Labor must organize. Every man who earns his living by honest toil should join some union. You can be just as honest outside of a union, but you will ac complish nothing by yourself. If you have more sense or influence you ought to join the union to give your fellowmen the benefit of your talents. If you have less than the average, come in and let the union help you." We cannot lay too much stress upon the difference between the union man and the member of a union. The New York State industrial com mission explodes the fable of high wages in this state, It is shown that average weekly earnings of over 600,000 factory workers, employed in 1,618 estab lishments was $26.52 in January last. The United States bureau of labor sta tistics has reported that the cost of liv. ing in the entire country has increased 82.1 per cent from 1913 to October, 1919. The question now is: How many of these 600,000 New York workers are buy. ing automobiles or luxuries? The central labor council of Portland, Ore., will oppose Congressman McArthur in the primaries and at the general elec tion because he favored legislation to stop railroad employes from striking. McAr thur shows his complete incapacity to grasp the principle involved in this issue by declaring that the question is "whether we are to have government of, by and for the people or of, by and for the labor unions." The organized workers will pit reason and logic against the flag waving tactics of this individual. Money inflation is mainly responsible for the high cost of living, according to Dr. Jeremiah W. Jenks, of the New York university. "Our leading financiers are recogniz ing that fact," he said. "The federal reserve banks are taking measures to cor rect it by increasing the rate of redis count and checking credits for speculation. We must go through a period of contraction until we get our currency and credit back on a normal basis. "Neither of the politicians' explanation -profiteering and strikes-is the primary cause for high costs." Some business men did not allow their patriotism to stop them from charging high prices to Uncle Sam during the war," according to testimony submitted to the house appropriations committee. Furni ture and supplies cost excessive prices be cause they were called for at a time, it was stated, when supplies were scarce. These business men make strenous ob jection when labor asks for a living wage, but they do not permit patriotism to in terfere with what they call "the law of supply and demand," when our country is at war with a powerful opponent. Tucked away in the financial section of a New York newspaper is this information for business men: "If consumers show by their buying activities that they are willing to accept the present scale of prices, the tendency on the part of the manufacturers to establish still higher levels for the coming season will be more pronounced than it is now. If, on the other hand, sales at retail are so sharply curtailed during the next few weeks that there can be no question of consumer rebellion against prevailing prices, the manufacturers will be forced to proceed very cautiously and to reduce even necessary increases to the lowest possible point." The New York Times acknowledges that one clause in the new railroad bill is thoroughly anti-union, and that the opposition of the organized workers is justified. In referring to that section which permits 100 workers to act independently of any other group, the editor says: "It defeats the effort that organization has made to unionize the classes of railway workers who prefer to benefit themselves by promotion in the service rather to limit their The Blacksmith's Journal tells prominent citizens who preach to labor on the cost of strikes to advise their own friends to "cease making millionaires and paupers by their profiteering." "We wonder," continues this labor journal, "If they know that wage earners do not want to strike; that they cannot afford to strike. "They cannot afford to strike. But they will strike! Mr. Taft, Mr. Root, we don't need your advice. We have had too much of it already. Capital's spokesmen have been shouting that kind of buncombe for years. We do not believe what they say. Their gurgling humor and austere counsel is wasted." Baron Morris, the former Newfound land Prime Minister, takes the side of labor in the much debated question whether labor is fit to govern, in an argument precipitated by Winston Churchhill, British Secretary of State for War, who answered the question the other day in the negative. Lord Morris, speaking as the guest of the London Commercial Club, said that he had seen in the newspapers the state ment that labor was not fit to govern and he added: "If it is correct that such a statement was made by any one in authority, no greater aid, in my judgment, could have been given to Bolshevism than to make any such statement. I am quite satisfied that among the masses of this country or indeed in any country, men could be found as well able to govern as in any other class. Some day the labor and industrial classes will find with what little wisdom the world is governed." been re The following births have ported since the last issue of THE TELEG RAPHER: To Bro. and Mrs. J. S. Poulin of Ste. Marie Beauce, Que. To Bro. and Mrs. C. W. Wrenn of Hoffman, N. C., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. A. J Ranger of Logan, Montana, a boy To Bro. and Mrs. Thos. L. Glaub of Salt Lake City, Utah, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. A. P. Chamblis of Pee Dee, S. C., a girl. To Bro. and Sister P. G. Matson of Willits, California, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. W. J. McAlister of London, Ontario, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. Ernie Reynolds of Orchard Park, N. Y., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. B. R. Alford of New Butler, Wis., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. Frank Cline of Liv ingston, Montana, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. P. J. Wall of Chicago, Ill., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. Ross W. Johnstone of Rockford, Washington, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. F. E. Young of Texarkana, Texas, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. W. L. Heaney of Benicia, Cal., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. J. W. Smathers of Tehama, Cal., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. Wm. McCay of Chicago, Ill., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. M. C. Wilkins of Marshall, Texas, twin boys. To Bro. and Mrs. G. C. Reynolds of Chicago, Ill., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. J. A. Stewart of Springfield, Minn, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. H. C. Young of Belknap, Ind., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. A. A. Todd of Lillington, N C., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. J. F. Rice of Alopaha, Ga., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. K. D. Sells of Acmar. Ala., a boy. To Bro and Mrs. A. F. Schmelz of Sleepy Eye, Minn., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. F. K. Sessions of Amsterdam, Ga., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. F. S. Sturtridge of Swift Current, Sask, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. G. J. Shoup of Ox. ford, Michigan, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. G. F. Hammond of Etowah, Michigan, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. H. E. Ryland of Kamrar, Iowa, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. E. O. Twedt of Prior Lake, Minn., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. R. M. Thomas of Bryant, Washington, a boy To Bro. and Mrs. W. J. Parks of Seattle, Washington, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. A. N. Hudson of Ful ton, N. Y., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. O. L. Chadwick of Cortland, N. Y., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. Oscar Mittler of Marthasville, Mo., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. W. F. Cook of Carrothers, Ohio, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. F. B. Morris of Lester, Ohio, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. R. M. Bienert of Naylor, Ark., a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. Homer Wynn of Pascola, Mo., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. J. M. Stevenson of Albia, Iowa, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. O. E. McBride of Albia, Iowa, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. E. W. Wilkerson of Spring Valley, Ohio, a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. P. M. Neff of Lebanon, Ohio, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. W. P. Hoffman of Cadillac, Michigan, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. C. C. Brown of Helena, Ky., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. E. E. Jinks of Ft. Worth, Texas, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. J. T. Ivey of Waco, Texas, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. C. L. Conway of McCarys, N. M., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. C. M Love of Rosamond, Cal., a boy. To Bro. and Mrs. H. T. Hain of La Crosse, Kansas, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. L. E. Odell of LaCrosse, Kansas, a girl. To Bro. and Mrs. E. C. Crockett of Nashville, Tenn., a boy. The following marriages have been reported since the last issue of THE TELEG RAPHER: At Blue Canon Junction, California, Bro. Chas. Coppin to Sister Anna Jacobson, both of Div. 53. At Ripon, California, Bro. I. L. VanLoon of Div. 53 to Mrs. Laura B. McKee. At West Valley, N. Y., Bro. Ed. Fleckenstein to Sister Jennie Smith, both of Div. 92. At Summit Hill, O., Sister Grace Lawrie of Div. 18 to Mr. R. Lucas. At West Philadelphia, Pa., Bro. Leon Keene, of Div. 17, to Miss Jane Patchell. At Piney Fork, Ohio, Bro. J. B. Rickets, of Div, 19, to Mrs. Lillian White. R. At DeRidder, Louisiana, Bro. F. A. Moore, of Div. 5, to Miss Hancheny. At Camden, Arkansas, Bro. T. Grady, of Div. 27, to Miss Peebles. At Evanston, Wyoming, Bro. Glenn S. Ridge, of Div. 6, to Miss Nell Peterson. At Tuscarora, N. C., Bro. E. S. Weeks to Sister Daisy Humphrey, both of Div. 147. At Cle Elum, Washington, Sister E. Courtney, of Div. 54, to Mr. McDougal. At Tacoma, Washington, Sister G. Wells, of Div. 54, to Mr. Watters. At Seattle, Washington, Sister Mae Baldwin to Bro. L. V. Kallander, both of Div. 54. At Woodbine, Texas, Bro. H. G. Robbins, of Div. 22, to Miss Esther V. Nelson. At Goodland, Kansas, Sister Nellie Thomas, of Div. 126, to Mr. Rice. At Etlah, Missouri, Bro. B. R. Ford, of Div. 31, to Miss Berenice Attebery. THE TELEGRAPHER extends congratulations to the happy couples. The following deaths have been reported since the last issue of THE TELEG RAPHER: Mother of Bro. J. J. Dunn, of Div. 2. Father of Bro. Wm. Lafontaine, of Div. 131. Bro. Joseph H Mortimer, of Div. 17. Bro. B. B. Epstein, of Div. 17. Bro. W. A. Murray, of Div. 1. Bro. Theodore Gaston, of Div. 17. Mother of Bros. R. E. Pepper, H. G. Pepper, and H. C. Pepper, all of Div. 33. Bro. T. S. Kelly, of Div. 42. Bro. A. J. Jones, of Div. 62. Daughter of Bro. J. J. Gregory, of Div. 59. Bro. G. T. King, of Div. 7. Bro. P. J. Quinn, of Div. 30. Wife of Bro. G. F. Richards, of Div. 124. Father of Bro. Geo. Cone, of Div. 76. Father of Bro. Claude O. Nelson, of Div. 126. 92. Bro. Harry N. Harper, of Div. 23. Bro. J. R. McAllister, of Div. 70. Wife of Bro. A. J. Todd, of Div. 15. Bro. H. E. Brandon, of Div. 19. |