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Show M THE STRIKE ISSUE H IN THIS CAMPAIGN. H The politicians on the stump ar B, talking nbout tho tariff, Mexico, Pre- V paroducss, our negotiations with Gcr- B many, etc. Theso and similar issues B' nro ot vast Importance. Hut as you B hear pcoplo on tho street, they are H not talking so much about theso mat- M " ters. They are discussing a big now H, question that was put up to them by M tho threat of a railroad strike. This m Issue tho stump spenkers are handling B quite glngorly. They fear It Is load- Bjj cd with dynamite, that It Is a doublo K edged sword that cuts both ways. H The peoplo of tho United States B , wcro put In Jeopardy of a very fright- H ' fill calamity. It Is estimated that a ) general railroad strike would cost the W pcoplo $1,000,000,000. Hut the matter Bj at Issue wns merely ono Involving K tho payment of perhaps $50,000,000 In H It Is fundnmentnlly wrong that tho H people of the United States could be m made suffer a Iohs of $1,000,000,000, In M order cither to obtain $50,000,000 for H the rallroud employes, or to save that B amount to the railroads. It shows that B our laws and social structure have B broken down. Bfll In many ways this Issue Is the grav- BBH est problem th.it will face the newly BBK elected I'rosldcnt nnd Congress. Tho BBS pcoplo nro everywhere discussing It. PBB They demand to know what each party H proposes of safeguards to meet audi n situation. Tho politicians will tend H to squirm and twist to avoid commit- H ting themselves. H The people demand uninterrupted H operation of railroads through all la- H bor disputes. It Is a necessity of our H economic lite. Tho candidates nnd B tho politicians nro entitled to tlmo to H "5 think out what Is a new sltuntlon In B our economic life. Hut in a fow H weeks tho ponplo will insist on know- H lng Just what definite Htcps they pro- H poso to prevent tho recurrence of any H such |