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Show H ' ARBITRATE H. . OR LOSE S Strikes, lockouts and disputes bo- HlJ tween employees and employers or' "'1 between public' service corporations! BBJ nnd their patrons nro ultimately do-' H i tcrmlned by tho nttltudo of tho pub- BBJ' lie, nnd this nttltudo In turn Is largo- j BBJ ly determined by tho pecuniary In-1 H. tcrest which tho public has In tho BB matter In controversy. This explains B' "lt! BCC,,,'nS anomaly that whnrens! Bj "' lulll" '" generally sympathetic t w1"1 "l0 Individual as ugalnst tho H 1 1 corporation. Us leaning finally Is to- H I vnrrt the corporation berauso of tho BBJ fair that If tho latter loses, tho pub- BBJ lie will lose also. It also explains BBJ why the demand Is boenmlug oven BBJ stronger for arbitration Instead of H conflict and why tho sldo which re- m I fuses to nrbitrato Is nt onco suspect- BBJ ed of unfair and dishonest motives. BBJ So posltlvo is tills sentiment that tho BBJ party which spurns conciliation is BBJ deemed by that very act to ho wrong BBJ nnd duo for defeat. This may bo in BBJ fcomovases a hasty and ill advised BBJ Judgment but thoso on whom it la 1"" passed havo only their own haughti-r.ess haughti-r.ess to blnmo for it. Especially will public opinion In tho matter of tho recent demands of H tho railroad brotherhoods upon tho IhBSBk rnllrond managers be decidedly ngnlnst tho sldo which shall decline to arbitrate. Comparatively few pcoplo aro qualified qual-ified to pass upon tho technical questions ques-tions Involved In these demands. Put everybody is capable of understanding understand-ing tho evil of transportation chaos, such as would ensue If thero wore n general strike Tho ono fact which so largo a share of tho con-try's con-try's railroad mileage Is In tho hands of rcoelvcrs about ono third suggests sug-gests to the ordinary citizen that this Is not n good tlmo to mnko increases in-creases in operating expenses. It furnishes the managers with a weighty weigh-ty argument for their sldo of tho controversy, con-troversy, mill certainly should cause them to welcomo tho opportunity to submit their enso to tho verdict of tho people. Tlio orouiernoons on ineir pari uro ' recognized ns being among tho most intelligent nnd the most reliable wage earners In tho land. To their other excellent characteristics it Is expected expect-ed that they will ndd In this Instance tho willingness to be rensonnblo and Just. The public concern Is that tho new prosperity at present making itself it-self felt bo not checked by any Impairment Im-pairment In clllclcncy of tho transportation trans-portation service; nnd If cither sldo to a dispute nffoctlng thnt sorvlco refuses to nrbltrnte, It will find Itself It-self very suddenly outside tho palo of public favor nnd practically without with-out friends. Deserot News. |