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Show Bishop Spalding on Foster Bill. The Foster bill for the creation of a national arbitration commission for the adjustment of disputes dis-putes between labor and capital, bad a strong, dig nified and convincing advocate in Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, who appeared before the house commit- ' ' tee on labor on April (I. I -, emphasizing tho value and wisdom of arbitrage arbitra-ge a means of settling labor difficulties the bishop bish-op drew a dark picture of the evils of the strike method of settlement. Speaking of -the effect of strikes upon the wage earner and the .necessity for some other method of adjusting labor grievances, ho said: "Men who go out for a month or six weeks are transformed. When thcy return to work thcy are entirely changed individuals. The moral life of their families is mined. Their children have learned to taunt fellow beings. That should bo placed before be-fore the good of wealth or classes, and in this connection con-nection a solution of the strike problem should receive re-ceive first consideration." |