Show f A MEET j J Jj I j COMMITTEE WILL REPORT COVENANT THIS WEEK f I 1 Tk BJ TROOPS PUT END TO WHITE-NEGRO WHITE FIGHTING n CHANGE IN Ii WAGE AGE PLAN PROPOSED Conference e to Put Labor Laliot on New Footing in Relation Re ati to Capital Says President re de t Appeals to All All' Classes Cl ss W v TO-ASHINGTON TO u A-u Aug ug 31 Pr si dent Wilson Vilson in a Labor day messa message e to American workers tonight announced that ho no Would call in tho near r future a n. conference of ot es of lab labor r and industry It ii lis u s fl fundamental n al means 1 f ing mg thc bc whole relationship o of capital pita and ad d Jabor labor and n putting the te 9 r hote 4 question of or a cs upon ron Il O- O f rj The Thc President said he be was iva encOuraged encouraged ur aged and p pleased eased with the result results thus r of th the thc g C cn s effortS W t to bring bring- do don o on n the cost pf o H ll a expressed confidence t that ib t substantial results would be bc achieved iu itA the Solving Soh ing of this pr problem blem patience ce cc and vigilance g however he 10 sai said must ius b be bd exercised and the efforts ef- ef f forts must have ha the Jo operation co on- on onor of or even citizen v i I Pre referring to t. t the In Ing labor unrest threats of or strikes the President i enl appealed to eVer every ery citizen citi zen to refrain from irom doing that would tend t nd tu to Increase tHe thc cos cost t of ll but Instead to d do all pos po pos aible to pr promote mote production i x The President t particular gratification catlon at the ut ut taken taleen by bythe bythe bythe the representatives es of oC o d labor Jabor laborIn In iii supporting the Jo pro pro- J grain to me meet t requests for or additional li wages through a lowering of costi costs and sa said saK he hoped that th the workers themselves would move with the Ju government nt Instead ad of oC against ity It in the solution li of ot this great domestic problem i 1 iThe The Labor Laho d day y tl message n e S sa be a as s m made mathY c public I t tonight t at at t- t the the he W White Il House llou e fol follows I r lows low fl 1 am encouraged and gratified ir by bythe bythe the progress s which h i la Is being ma mudo o In controlling co cost t of f living Th Thu sUpport sUp bUp- p. p port of oC tho the movement ment Is aU l and ad I t confidently look Jook for or s substantial b. b antal Ct results although 1 must counsel patience pa pu- tience a as aswell w well ll as vigilance because such uch results will vIll pot not come Instantly ur or team work Let me nc again emphasize t to er e every citizen of or orthe the country to con to-con- con continue to give his personal support In Inthis Inthis this matter and to make it II a Jl as- as po possible sible Let him him not from doln doing anything at nt tho the moment might te t tl nd d to Q the tho cot cost of or living but let him Io Go doall all in his bis power to Increase the production and further than that let him at tho same arnu time himself carefully cardull In the ratter matter of o consumption LW IlY common common action in this this' direction i c shall overcome o a danger greater tor than n the danger of or war ar We Ve will hol hold Steady a 1 situation which Is Is fra fraught hl with possibilities of or hardship a and l d au suf suffering fering Cering to a Jan large c part o of our population t lon tion- ue we will enable the processes of oC production to overtake o the proceso u of consumption und we will Ill p c thc restoration 1 of oC n pur h power for tor ft ages f v 1 1 am particularly gratified at the thu polO pol pol- suj support port which government o from froni the Ic icy O has r received CS bf bc t organised labor lacor and 1 I earnestI earnest earnest- I y hope that the thc work workers ra generally will emphatically 1 the tho po position of oC their leaders rt und thereby b move moyo with ho thu government u Instead of ot against Itin it itIn In n the thu solution o of this greatest t domestic do do- problem I I 1 am calling for or as end early a 11 date dute as nS a n. conference In which hau aUthoritative au- au e s of ot labor and tho those who direct labor will vill dl lisa fundamental me means meI I of ot he the whole reh relationship of capital J and ami nd labor labor abor nud pu putting the whole question I ut of f oaS Wages M upon another WILSON Wilsons Wilson's ils ris ri's Rail Rail Plan Plan r Scored cored by Plumb U 11 g- g r Richmond Va n Aug u. A direct dIrect- tre t. t stand against President nt Wilsons Wilson's policy with o regard to Co the railroad sl situation Continued ou JU PILSON ILSON CALLS CONFERENCE TO I ADJUST LABOR PROBLEMS OF DAY DAYt t I f l r rc resident in Lai Message l to Workers oll Says Rays Whole System tem tern of Wages ages So Soon OIl OIlY Y Will ll Be c Changed h t r i. i Continued from page e 1 tr taken here herp- tonight by IJ Glenn g gumb author of or the Plumb plan lot foj 1 Vern T m merit nt ownership and up operation railroads rA In an in address ss beC before re the railroad oC of this t I he re administrations administration's action in the theIn t In granting wa wage e increases an and 3 I the burden of or each cach suea suc- suc suei I a Ing Increase to lo the shoulders of i- i general ral public according to Mr Ir D mb limb will wll amount In III effect to a ab b lion het between t the hc government JO e d labor or to exploit the general pub- pub 1 The he he President he said ald invites tie tiet trl t road unions unions unions-hy by his a assurances assurance t 1 their Interests will be he nl- nl Pt Jn In n th the future to future to continue tho prata prat- prat a of oC an nn old system m when whon the they desire end the old system 0 tr Scores Sor 4 Wll Jr r Plumb anal analyzed erl the Presidents President's f merit to the striking I I klch ich he hc said Was based ba ed on the hl high b I It s fit t t of r living Ho UP said he had little I gift pla n the administrations administration efforts to toE E luce uc uce th the cu lJ a t of or living I lie Ho chat charged god il t all t Wall all street t as r receiver for bank- bank pi t Europe ElI was selfishly hh concerned keeping b. b V k up the of c curt cur- cur t clI and thi this he said uld was lI- lI c- c iy It the main C cause of the tho present i rt rU c s H s the President lie he asi asked asked- d Ind In I L eed d the thc plans of oC our oUt financial I speech Ill Js as follows Collow in tart part he President of or the United Stat States 3 I rejected the demands o of the tho rail rall- n- n I J sh r for un an Increase of or wages I bl his als two statements of or August H 25 5 is iii pointed out In impressive e 81 wage e the vital rc of or th this 9 deAt dc- dc t At Al his r request que t his his' counter osal al has hat been submitted Id to the tho theand theand and their leaders are are- arenow now awalt- awalt h e re result of or their decision a strike vot voto Is hi returned it Is isto to tell teU how hoo far the actIon will Almost Inevitably bl tine the Issue will r d d' beyond the Immediate field CleM of or ts and Into the field lct reconstruction Great p are rel at work work- in the heart of so- so great Krcal l economic problems cr cry for tor Ot consideration and m men n toj toC to- to j fC C full cun o of greater purpose of oC oft t J than eVer eer before In the Iho thor r I of the world Statesmanship tics should now rule the coun- coun f r our government It Is hi time limo to lo I out bra bravely 1 In err the direction of change P I n nn y ere B e Am Ar riCan railway labor con con- 4 only jy hy a Ii wa wage n isue IH uP it it It- could s Promised mor readily than n tho the P t I public H supposes The Tho private R of or the railroads were never to lo wage was Increases so ISO M U they coo could ld b be by assured u of In Into ln- ln to d 1 rates rate sufficient to eT CO cover corer both creased t wage ago and a profit on eXP expenditure Under guy gov- 1 Vl nl 11 ti control there has beep a n die die- to grant Increases fresh fres- fres wa wage e tt h v bi the general ral public footing the k by bo Increased rates or by I taxation Now ow the s 4 throw through g I t the tho Presidents President's offer oel L w fIn that If ir their demands mands 1 Dora pora r I iY withdrawn n ho he will liC asp ace ark rs lly that their Interests ts ar nr v r e In n future futuro t hat In effect would tits o to O but a com combination between I the Jo government and labor to exploit he h general public Just as aj under private pd- pd ate vate rte control It was a n. combination between between be- be tween capital and labor to exploit the general public In either case the thc I public bears the burden in Increased I transportation costs In Invisible taxation taxation taxa taxa- tion in an increased d cost of or living Such a n. combination indeed the railway unions arc under constant temptations to enter The President Invited In that they the continue the practices practices practices tices under the old old system But we wo must be he finished with these practices with that system m for good and all Vc Cc c must refuse any lon longer er to have o our I Interests guaranteed g d at the expense C of I the he general ral public We e are arc tired of oC heln teeing being requested under the tho promise of I this ral false e paternalism to forego o not only our present security but also our present nt Just requirements and very ery eryn n necessities Vo We 0 must demand a more mor honorable and democratic basis of or ora a agreement Xo Not o Claim Thus the Issue before American labor is not Intrinsically a wa wage c Is issue ue at nt all Labor understands s that It la is only a n part of or the general Jeneral public that It I Is a consumer as nR well weB a as a producer and that a alt as a consumer It 11 would pay payout payout out proportionately under an Increased cost of or living an any Increment which It received In wages We Ie realize furthermore that this dual function In society a society a function shared hared h bv all aJl productive e labor labor gives gives I us 15 a dual rl right ht and Imposes upon us usa usa usa a dual rc responsibility A As both producers pro- pro and consumers that rl right ht is the right r to share in the control of our labors labons to o In the management management management manage manage- ment of oC our production Tho Pre Presidents President's whole argument to the tho Is based on the assumption tion that he ho will vIII succeed in Jow lowering tho cost cott of oC living Tic Ile speaks of or the return j to normal times tines and conditions as tho J though h there could be such a re return return return re- re turn while financial autocracy autocrat Is kept In power only through tho ho inflation of oC prices and values Wall ahl an street as ns receiver cr r for r bankrupt Europe Europa Is selfishly self self- concerned In keeping up this In Inflation inflation In- In for or our hazardous European investments arc are protected only If Europe pays pas exorbitant prices for or what we WP- tell sell e and if If Ie we ourselves will win bear the tho burden of or the tho exorbitant rates to together together to- to gether with the foreign purchaser I C agree most heartily with th thin tho PresIdent President President Pres Pres- ident when he speaks of oC the Importance of production Wo We 0 are arc faced with Uth fa famine famine tamine ta- ta mine In the tho heart of civilization Yet th the President ent falls rails altogether ether to tn ml menn men mention 1 tion thin tho principal factor In ht production the factor which has hns remained d so gO long font unheeded but which today Is emerging Into its true tru prominence un under er the he swift development o of Industrialism industrialism- namely the thc human factor of ot cooperation opera co tion Conference In October The proposed propose conference It was stated authoritatively tonight ht would bo be called to lo meet soon noon after President Wilson returns at tho the end of September Septem Septem- ber from his tour lour of or ortho tho the we west t II Il was thought likely tha that thai tho the meeting meeting- would be bo he hold hell d at tho the White House Proposals that a conference between labor and employers 1 bo 0 o held has been urged from a n number of oC quarters Secretary Sec Sec- rotary I Lane anc expressed ed the tho belief In a statement recently y that thal tho the President should call all such a meeting lions arc are pending in iu Loth both houses of or Congress Congre s urging that workers and employers employers em em- bo brought together In tho the Presidents President's promise to caUtho call caU the tho cont confluence conference officials saw aw alleviation alleviation allevia la tion of f the tension among or organized organized or- or labor lallor |