Show compulsory OWNERSHIP from the beginning of the controversy tro versy between the railroad companies and their employed emp loyes prediction c has been made that the whole thing would end in government ownership of railroads under a different form of government this might be the short cut to satisfactory labor conditions on the railroads of the country but the prediction is made without taking in into to consideration one element of the controversy which is fundamental rejection of arbitration as a principle governing industrial relationships rejection of this principle more than anything else has made the next logical step compulsory arbitration bit ration not government ownership in this country the time has not come when labor can levy economic blackmail any more more than capi sal can autocratically refuse to deal with organized labor if capital and labor will not voluntarily arbitrate differences they must be compelled to do so |