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Show THE CITIZEN these that they will come to the realization that others entitled to live as well as they. The husbands of these women should insist that they resign favor of some one not so fortunate. Employers should encourage Labor organizations, especially those of the ich resignations. interested in this move for the good of their mem-- s )ads, should be who are out of work while such women in many cases as their husbands are depriving them urking hi the same department such as . an cxi stance. that you may find space in your valuable paper to com-ethis subject and if the guilty act as they should there will nt I hope on soldier boy made happy and much sorrow many a wife, mother, or lieved. ' While The Citizen has no quarrel with women who are at work, her for the mere fun of working or because of sterner reasons, relieve the stress of unemployment among e doughboys of past fame, who fought for the freedom and ideals a free country, by relinquishing their jobs, the plan should be lartilv indorsed. It is indeed a sad commentary upon the industrial 2e of this great nation, that many of the men who fought so valiently to preserve our traditions and our government, must go t if married women can Snthout jobs. ' Sam Gompers and his crowd of laborites turned their backs upon internationalized industry at Denver, thus showing, once more, that and sane policy for a time at least, jjc unions are to pursue a safe while the veteran labor leader is at the helm of the labor craft. And it was well that they did so. It would have caused a big mheaval in their own ranks and would have gained little sympathy those outside of labor circles. The nationalization of industry foreign to the concept of the vast majority of Americans, who not yet recovered from the bitter experience of government operation of the railroads, that they can see no merit in it, and are firmly of the conviction that it has for its sole purpose the mulcting o the taxpayers to maintain the wage scale of a particular group, which, if successful in their demands, would soon become extortion I !a and their example would be followed by other groups, eventuating in a complete program of socialization of government and promis-a- ll the evils which have been so vividly protrayed by the Lenine .regime in Russia. i On the other hand it has been, and is, a fundamental principle of the American that the laborer is worthy of his hire, and the cardinal Republican tenet of protection to American industries has been based on this desire to give the workingman the best possible wages. To such wages it has been', and is now, necessary to protect labor that obtain in Europe vjha tariff wall from the pittance-wage-scal.fjtom is so have ( in-.m- Asia. m 'J (cM The European and Asiastic employing class are laying on their laborers the burden of the fight to dominate foreign markets. Their living standards are lower than that of the American workman and . only through protection to industries can the American worker be .protected in a living wage. Iiel j Ihus, for several cogent reasons, domestic and international, it is seen that did a fine days work Sam Gompers and his wfieii they failed to give heed to the fanatical members of unionism, socialize, and internationalize, and subsidize their own, At' -- co-laborit- tlhVU' cxl)cnsc es, the masses. cd AMERICANS IN CONSTANTINOPLE. 0 BUSINESS AND SHIPPING. It would not be entirely unreasonable to apply business prin- And so thinks James A. Farrell of the foreign trade council and president of the United States Steel Corporation, who makes these concise statements in a recent address : American exporters, importers and travelers should use American vessels. The policy of using Shipping Board vessels to build up trade routes from every U. S. port should be abandoned in favor of running services only from ports where cargo is readily available. The Shipping Board should withdraw from all but supervisory basis, or on activity, and should charter its steamers on a hare-botime charter with option of purchase later. The operation costs of American ships must be reduced to an at equality with foreign costs. Those U. S. Shipping Laws which impose on American ships a competitive disadvantage estimated at 5 per cent on the capital investment, must be repealed. International agreement to stabilize shipping rates and to lay up a proportionate percentage of the tonnage owned by each nation, might be useful in solving the present situation. THE NATIONS MOST EXPENSIVE MAN LABORS CHIEF AT DENVER LAST WEEK. RE-ELECT- re es ' The letter from our Constantinople correspondent follows : The Great Divide, one of Americas most popular theatrical successes, is to be presented next Tuesday evening, June 7th, at the new theatre in the Lesser Riding Academy of the British G. H. Q. The curtain will rise promptly at 8 :30 p. m. A competent company is offering this delightful comedy. The caste is composed of a group of talented performers from Robert College. This troupe, the Hissar Players, have produced several other English plays with great success. The funds derived from the show are to be used for charitable purposes in furthering the relief work carried on by the American sailors at Yedi Coule Tubercular Hospital and various Russian orphanages. The presentation of the play is under the auspices of the American Sailors Club. Tickets are Qne and a half lires and may be purchased at the door, the evening of the performance. the world. 4 6 is collecting her Mcsopotanian war fines through the medium of the international post office department. ciples in the solution of the problems of handling American shipping and building up a merchant marine in competition with the rest of NATIONALIZED INDUSTRY. j, and S ED Is not Sam Gompers fighting the open shop and inciting strikes against wage reductions? ITc is making a rough road to normalcy. Strikes and lockouts, it has been estimated, are costing workers nearly $1,000,000 daily in wages lost, and costing employers approximately $5,000,000 a day, largely as a consequence of the refusal of some workers to accept revisions of wage scales. Such resistance to the operation of economic forces which are governing and compelling the present readjustments in industry is only natural, but it is also futile. According to the most reliable estimates, between three and four million people are without work in America. Early in May nearly half a million were reported idle in New York state alone. Much of the prevailing idleness is due to the fact that few will invest in new enterprises on a falling market, or will buy anything bevond actual needs. When it shall be felt generally that the bottom has been reached buying will be resumed, prices will begin to rise again and the whole country will boom. m circulation of The Citizen is attested to in the followi1U ng let tier written by a subscriber who lives in the capital city of art unspeakable Turk. This letter, which reached The Citizen liter a three weeks nsh' journey across land and water, bears the insignia the British lid empire, having a one and a two cent stamp attached, :iu iJoth hearing the facsimile of his highness, George, king of England. ll": fela,,l has not a mandate for Turkey, but perhaps she V 1 lie wide I yet accepted ? that the fellow got what lie went after. Watch the railroad unions in their demands for long pay and A black eye is usually proof short hours. |