Show NO STRIKING SOLDIERS Not long ago a strike in a shipyard was averted by compromise which means better wages The various threats to strike among the tho railroad men was u undoubtedly the main main factor factor fac fac- tor in securing their rec recent nt raise i in n wages A few days ago we asked a teacher r who for years has drawn a fair fall salar salary from the public treasury it if he lie were e going to teach this year jear ear to which h he e think so there Isn't isn replied I I dont don't t enough money in It It ItHe He was reminded of a co comrade comrad rade e who left a month for the army training camp Since then this man has become liable to conscription bythe by bythe bythe the new bill and may be given gimi the opportunity to carry a gasmask mask beside beside beside be- be be be- side some of his former pupils at 30 30 per month We think that any class ot of men who strike for higher wages in it these war times do not display lb true tr e. e patriotic spirit We Ve believe in good wages for good work but tin thi men mEm men who are getting big wages k to their jobs and do good wort worl wiil will willbe be respected along side the r i go to the front When a man lays off a day it may mean that for an hour an American soldier may have to face tace the machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun fire of the Hun without ammunition to defend himself And when men strike in the shipyards it may mean the death to many of our our- soldiers in France for the want of food and ammunition that ships carry The soldiers who pay that fearful price are Americans and worker q and laborers themselves They left jobs in a country where labor is better better better bet bet- ter paid than it has ever been pa pat where the rights of labor are recognized recognized recognized as never before in the history of or the world to fight that such a land may exist in freedom Is it right that they must pay the price Is it just that they must be sacrificed for tor something that can be and has been settled by the compromise compromise compro- compro compro compromise mise of the wage scale No it is not right and when the soldiers begin coming home they will make short work of strikes and strikers The man has risked his life Ute I at the front will have but little sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy for the well paid workman In an any line of industry who escapes military military military mil mil- j duty and stays Sit f J. J strikes J- J |