Oklahoma Federationist (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1924 Page: 3 of 4
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Comment and Criticism
About Things Doing
in the World
La Follette Brooldiart Frazier
and other "insurgents" must be
a thrown out of the Republican
councils the Old Guard in con-
gress proclaims
Daily the people are regaled
with Old Guard plans for giving
the "grand bounce" to all Progns-
sives in congress Old Guard news-
papers are exhorting Republican
leaders to keep a stiff upper lip
and proceed ruthlessly with the
"canning" Apparently there is
great fear that the Republican
leaders are afraid to tackle the job
of expelling the rebels from the
G O P ranks and it is hopid to
instil them with sufficient cou-
rage to take decisive action
Meanwhile the people are not
showing any wild interest in the
plots to suppress the congressional
a Progressives The people are show-
' ing a much keener interest in
what the dominant party plans to
do in the field of legislation They
believe that the party leaders can
better expend their enprgy in
of shaping legislation for the benefit
of the nation than in scheming to
"put the skids" under members of
congress who have always stood
for the interesti of the producers
It looks very much as if the Old
Guard was riding for a good hard
fall Unduly puffed up by the
Coolidge victory the Old Guard is
hoping to punish all who do not
stand for its n action ar y policies
In planning this campaign the Old
Guard will very likely overreach
itself and get a bad tumble As
b the Bible says 'Pride goeth be-
fore a fall"
Amercrat critics of British
bullying of helpless Egypt might
do well to remember that only re-
cently the United States indulged
in a choice bit of bullying herself
TWO mea alleged to have been
implicated in the murder of Vice
Consul Judaic at Teheran Persia
were found guilty and sentenced
to life imprisonment Despite the
fact that life imprisonment is the
punishment for murder in many
states of the Union this country
demanded in peremptory tones
that the two men be punished with
death Persia complied and the
men were executed One wonders
if the same demand would have
been made on a strong nation
such as France or Japan The
chances are that if either France
or Japan had chosen to punish
sliayers of an American citizen
with life imprisonment as a large
part of the United States does
Washington would have sent no
demand for the infliction of the
death penalty
Bullying by the United States
does not of course excuse the
conduct of Great Britain toward
Egypt The action of Great Bri-
tain is on par with the bullying of
China by Germany after the assas-
sination of two German mission-
aries in Shantung and the ultima-H
turn sent to Serbia by Austria
after the murder of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo As
the New York World points out
the British government has used
an"assassination in Egypt as the
Germans and Austrians used as-
sassinations for the presentation
of political demands and the
achievement of results which diplo-
macy has been unable to accom-
plish "The same forces are not noes
sarily present in the background"
says the World "But in so far as
there is precedent for this event
it promises England Egypt and
the rest of us small reward"
The Russell Sage Foundation in
an exhaustive report on public
and private employment offices
says that the transfer from one
section of the country to another
of workers or of men going to new
jobs in increasing numbers is an
uprooting of home and community
relationships that should be looked
upon with concern This is a point
often brought out by organized la-
bor In the past it has been the cus-
tom to talk very loosely about
shipping men from one part of the
country to anotbr as though they
were merely cattle or commodi-
ties and as though the desirabil-
ity of shipment from an industrial
and social point of view were un-
questioned Fortunately this viewpoint is
changing and organized labor can
justly take a large share of the
4 credit for the change The work
ere are not cattle or commodities
to be shipped about willynilly as
industry booms in one section to
die down in another They have
as much right to a settled home as
any other class which is a fact
that can not be too often stressed
An increasing number of hints
ranging from the subtle to the
broad are appearing in the news-
papers suggesting that the workers
must be prepared to accept wage
cuts This in the face of the great-
est orgy of profits Wall Street
speculators have known in a long
time and repeated declarations
from industrial leaders that every-
thing is "hunky dory" seems in-
a consistent to say the least
But the explanation lies In the
fact that certain industrial inter-
ests are never satisfied with rea-
sonable profits They want more
and more and in their short-sightVed
view the easiest way to get
more is to force the workers to
take less pay
Recent comment in the Maga-
zine of Wall Street organ of the
stock gamblers is typical of the
wage-slashing talk that is going
the rounds in the mouthpieces of
predatory business Discussing the
business outlook the Magazine of
Wall Street observes:
"From a mainly economic stand-
point the present situation does
not induce a feeling of unalloyed
optimism Unemployment remains
fairly high in many industries
Earnings reports issued for the
third quarter of the year indicate
that many companies are caught
between the upper millstone of
high production costs and the
nether of falling demand Under-
lying the claire situation i the
fact that we have an excess ca-
pacity of production which has
become very embarrassing
The immediate outlook favors
an extension of the current sea-
sonal demand but the question of
the fundamental difficulties which
confront business still remains it
is probable that this can only be
solved from a practical viewpoint
by curtailing operating expenses
principally wages which are at a
point generally where they have
become too onerous"
There you have it If there is
an ovei production of goods slash
wages which of course would
make the situation worse by re-
ducing the purchasing power of
the masses
The absurdity of wage-slashing
as a cure for unhealthy industrial
conditions is apparent to the per-
son with even the rudiment of a
brain but labor must remember
that the fact that it is absurd will
not prevent certain interests from
advocating it and doing their best
to put it into effect
In this situation there is only
one thing for labor to do—
strengthen itself and be ready for
any attack that may be made upon
present wage standards That la-
bor has already determined to
fight wage cuts is demonstrated by
a speech of Samuel Gompers at the
El Paso convention of the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor where
he declared:
"Let it be clearly understood
come what may be the result what
it may that America's workers
will resist any attempt to cut
wages no matter what the result
may be to the industry An indus-
try that can not pay a living wage
a wage according to our best
standards of American civilization
had best go out of business Let
us carry the word back to our fel-
lows If the gauntlet is thrown
down let us pick it up and fight
and fight and fight to the bitter
end until the human element in
society shall be recognized in its
proper position in the life of our
people and our time"
Those who have been disposed
to believe that reports of Fascist
violence in Italy were greatly ex-
aggerated might read with profit
the story of Gen Balbo chief of
the Fascist militia and the order
he sent to certain of his subor-
dinates Gen Balbo it has been brought
out in a libel suit tried in Rome
sent a letter to the Fascist chief
at Ferrara authorizing his men to
"beat up" a number of Socialists
"regularly and persistently until
they decide to confonn" The au-
thorities at Ferrara were informed
that the Fascist beads have been
lawsuits as a result of the assaults
Balbo admitted that he wrote the
letter but gave as an excuse that
he had done so "in a moment of
great exasperation"
Gen Balbo's admission proves
that the ascist heads have been
utterly lawless in their methods
relying upon mob rule to terrorize
their opponents No wonder that
the tide of opposition to Fascist
rule is reported rising in Italy and
that Premier Mussolini has felt
called upon to order his followers
to "be good" and oust discredit-
able elements!
Well S e n at o r s LaFollette
Brookhart Ladd and Frazier are
out of the Republican fold After
talking until their courage reached
the point of action the G O P
Ohl Guard decided that the four
"insurgent" senators could no
longer attend Republican caucuses
and great is the rejoicing in the
camp of the reactionaries George
Harvey almost throws a fit from
joy and other Old Gime(' apologists
join in a chorus of thanksgiving
Meanwhile the four "ousted"
senators are going serenely about
their work in the senate and may
be depended upon to keep up the
fight for th people's interests
That is the thing that counts and
the people are showin4 little inter-
est in the "discipline" administered
to Progressives
Long may the "insurgents" be a
thorn in the side of the reactionaries!
INJUNCTION DENIED
BY JUDGE ANDERSON
Indianapolis — Federal Judge
!Anderson has rejected the injunc-
tion plea of a score of cut stone
contracting firms in the Bedford-
Bloomington limestone district of
this state These employers want-
ed their organized stone cutters
enjoined from ceasing work The
Journeymen Stone Cutters' Asso-
ciation has attempted for more
than three years to affect a settle-
ment with these concerns
One of the amuslng incidents of
the hearing before Judge Ander-
son was the admission by attorneys
for the employers that they organ-
ized "independent unions" The
employers included in their plea a
demand for $3000 damages for
each of the complainants Judge
Anderson dismissed the plea with-
out comment
Minnesota's Vote
Tabulation of the Minnesota
vote in the recent election shows
that Coolidge received 402779
vote La Follette ?39499 Davis
55917
1CIMMtMORM
Uniform gains throughout the
east a-e reported by officers of the
International Fur Workers' Union
A six weeks' strike has been won
in Boston and an injunction move
checked Agreements in Phila-
delphia have wiped out every anti-
union shop in that city and gains
have been made in Greater New
York The international is plan-
ning for an energetic organization
drive in Brooklyn and in New Jer-
sey cities
jpreiffig
Jotta Howe
Merchant Tailor
At the Union Label Store
207 W SECOND
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Chickasha is the county seat of
Grady county one of the finest ag-
ricultural counties in the entire
Southwest and yet it is not en-
tirely dependent on agriculture for
its prosperity It is situated in the
largest natural gas field in the
world and has available over one
billion feet of natural gas for in-
dustrial and manufacturing enter-
prises at very low rates It also
has large railroad shops cotton
seed oil mills a large cotton ma-
chinery factory three trunk line
railroads three large grain eleva-
tors nine thriving wholesale
houses five modern hotels ten
newspapers and periodicals circu-
lating throughout entire United
States Its five national banks
have deposits of over five million
dollars It has three butter man-
ufacturers a modern ice plant
beautiful parks and a bathing
beach owned by the municipality
The Oklahoma College for Women
is located at Chickasha and with
fine grade schools and excellent
high school facilities affords its
citizens every opportunity to prop-
erly educate their children Two
hospitals are always open to give
the best care of invalids science
has evolved
Fine Water System
Chickasha has the best water
system in the Southwest with an
unlimited supply of pure and
healthful water Its citizens need
have no fear of their water sup-
ply being shut off or of being fur-
nished with muddy germ-laden
water to endanger the health of
their families
Chickasha also has modern gas
and electric systems electric street
railways twenty miles of paved
streets thirty miles of sewer sys-
tem a 'large flour mill and the
largest cattle feeding pens in the
world
The children of the citizens
have at their disposal three play-
grounds while tourists passing
through will find a free park ready
for their use
A large and beautiful parochial
school and a well equipped com-
mercial school add to the educa-
tional facilities with which the city
abounds
A motorized and well equipped
fire department insures a low rate
of fire insurance
Live Labor Movement
Chiclmsha also boasts of a live
well organized and effective labor
movement the unions and their
members being an integral part of
civic life and always on the alert
for the upbuilding of the city
But with all these things Chick-
asha is not satisfied to sit back
and rest on its oars Its citizens
have vision and are ever forcing
ahead and looking for new indus-
tries and new citizens to help build
it to greater and greater propor-
tions Right now the city needs and
offers every inducement to locate
to alfalfa mills tire and rubber
factories a brick yard and plant
a wholesale drug company cement
and lime mills a glass factory ce-
real factory oil refineries packing
plant milk condensery a broom
factory a wholesale dry goods
company and a shoe factory In
Chickasha these industries will find
an ideal location with cheap fuel
a big trade territory good living
conditions excellent schools and a
live and progressive population It
is beyond question the best loca-
tion in the Southwest for manufac-
turing industries
Growth Steady and Substantial
Chickasha has had a steady and
substantial growth and now has a
population of approximately 15-
000 people All of the homes that
have been built in the past few
years are modern up-to-date resi-
dences Its inhabitants are of the
neighborly friendly sort who give
the visitor a feeling of being wel-
come and causes him to want to re-
turn and in many instances locate
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FUR WORKERS GAIN
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Accessories
Gasoline and Oils
Members of Organized Labor
Open Evenings and Sundays
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Any subscriber to the Federation-
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OKLAHOMA EEDERATIONiST
COAL LOCKOUT LOOMS
WAGE CUTS DEMANDED
El Paso Texas—Before leming
this city after adjournment of
the A F of L convention John
L Lewis president of the United
Mine Workers said a general lock-
out of bituminous coal miners on
April 1 is urged in certain quar-
ters President Lewis informed mem-
bers of the A F of L executive
council that the proposed attack on
the miners is the first general as-
sault on present wages in the V a -
ri ous basic industries The miners'
strike of 1922 said President
Lewis forced an abandonment of
general wage reductions at that
time
Coal owners who favor a lock-
out have figured that the resultant
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coal shortage together with the
opportunity to raise prices Will
permit them to continue the opera-
tion of high-cost and poorly-managed
mines The last wage con-
ference of miners and coal owners
discussed the dosing of these
mines Anthracite coal owners it
is stated are making money
EDUCATE NON-UNIONISTS
AS a part of its general organ-
izing campaign in New York city
the International Ladies' Garment
'Workers' Union has enlisted an
army of volunteers to distribute
literature among non-unionists It
is declared that this I ystem "is
meeting With fine response and
warm appreciation"
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last May The new rates are:
Day foremen $5208 per week
President Coolidge omits lour
banished G O P sPnatoN from
his breakfast table
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Purdy, Victor S. Oklahoma Federationist (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1924, newspaper, December 12, 1924; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2091763/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.