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Show GOVERNMENT MUST ACT MISS Rankin's charge that the copper cop-per interests are largely, if not altogether, al-together, responsible for the labor troubles in the Butte district, is one that the government ought to investigate, investi-gate, but the investigation should run as well against the activities of the I. W. W. Very likely guilt is divided. After all our experience with labor disputes in this country, we seem to have progressed no further than to talk . things over after plants are closed, men thrown out of work, and upheaval occurs. oc-curs. Canada has a system for preventing prevent-ing strikes and " lockouts. We might take a lesson from her."" But we can't take it until congress replaces timidity with courage. And until congress gets the courage, speeches like Miss Rankin's Ran-kin's are merely demagogic, while such remarks as those of Congressman Johnson are tactless and ill-timed. Perhaps it would be also near the truth to say that congress itself is chiefly responsible for the labor troubles trou-bles at Butte and elsewhere for failing to furnish the machinery for the settlement settle-ment of troubles the moment they are threatened. Its an easy matter to cuss the big mining companies and try to make political po-litical capital by so doing. Its another thing to work out a plan for settling labor disputes for these companies which pay the highest wages in the world for like service. In fact, its entirely too much of a job for the average politician. The Aberdeen, Washington, World. |
