If : EVERYBODY IS INJURED. I One of the first effects of the switchmen's strike was" to throw 8 out of work thousands of packing house employes in Chicago. I Strikes on our railroads always have a disorganizing effect on all industries. For two years orders for goods have been slow in delivery", de-livery", and the present disruption of traffic will add lo the difficulties diffi-culties in obtaining supples of all lends, and, if the tie up continues any length of time, business and industry generally will be seriously interfered with. ; This is one bad feature of every large strike. The conflict is not confined to the parties directly involved, but spreads until the entire public is injured. But neither side considers the right of the public and even public sentiment is disregarded except as it affects , employer or worker. There should be some way found to settb labor troubles without , resorting to widespread disorganization of industry. The history of j strikes is that both sides to the trouble suffer injury and seldom is ! any grievance adjusted through the clash of forces. ; ' Today the atmosphere of the whole country is surcharged with unrest. Everywhere there is talk of strike and- here and there, radicalism radi-calism is advocated. This is a period when sensible men high in the councils of labor or capital will avoid by all possible means the increasing in-creasing of the tension. Those who think in the terms of dollars, and are inviting a clash, should take a day off in order to get their ears close to the ground and catch, the rumblings of a mighty upheaval which promises no i god for any one.