The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1922, Page 8

; ; | ] PAGEEIGHT OVER 500,000 MINERS TO GO OUT ON STRIKE 20,000 Canadian Miners Also Be- long To The United Mine Workers of America WALK OUT ON APRIL 1 President John L. Lewis of the U. M. W. of America “inter- prets” The Men’s Demand Indianapolis, Ind., March 25.—(By the Associated Press)—Suspension of work in the coal industry throughout the unionized fields ‘of the country will directly affect more than a half mil- Kon workers in the coal fields of 20 states. Twenty thousand Canadian miners also belong to the United Mine Workers of America, Nova Scotia forming one union district and the western provinces forming another district. ‘The great numerical strength of the United Mine Workers of America is in the soft coal industry, the central competitive field, comprising western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and TIlli- nois, having a combined membership of approximately’ 215,000. The an- thracite industry, centered in three fields, in Pennsylvania, employs 155,- 000 roximately are, .! In. past strikes, however, the jinion has prac- tically’ succeeded in bringing a com- plete walkout in the anthracite fields. The approximate distribution of junion miners by states, obtained from ‘Union sources here, is as follows: iennsylvania .. wee 154,825 one-hl Illinois . 98,000 Ohio. 49,000 West’ Vi 48,400 Indiana 31,000 Kentucky 14,900 ‘Arkansas, 14,800 Towa’ ..... 13,100 Alabama 12,200 Tennessee 11,500 Kansas... 9,700 Missouri + 8,350 Wyoming . 7,650 Maryland - 5,250 Colorado . 4,675 Montana » 4,625 Washington + 4,620 Michigan . + 2,125 Canada .. seveee 20,600 The states in whole or part, form union districts, each bearing a nu- merical designation. No _ districts, however, are numbered 3, 4 or 28. District No. ,1 is the anthracite field around Scranton, Pa.;- District No. 2, the bituminous field of central Penn- sylvania; District 5, western Pennsyl- vania; District 7, the anthracite field around Hazelton; District 8, the small Brazil block field of Indiana; District 9, the anthracite field around Shamo- kin; District 10, Washington; District 11, Indiana, excluding the Brazil block field; District 12, Illinois; District 13, Towa; District 14, Kansas; District 15, Colorado; District 16, Maryland; Dis- trict 17, northern West Virginia; District 18, western Canada; District 19, Tennessee and Harlan. county, Kentucky, field; District 20, Ala- buma; District 21, Arkansas, Okla- homa and Texas; District 22, Wyo- ming; District 28, western Kentucky; District 23, Michigan; District 25, Missouri; District 26, Nova Scotia; { MOVING THE WEBSTER BOXWOOD The giant boxwood tree under w! and writing has been moved from the Webster homestead to the grounds of the Lincoln Memerial in Washington, D. C. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE WIRE BANKERS NORTHDAKOTA 0, K. FOR FUNDS Committee After Visit With Governor Nestos Sends in Favorable Report MAY BRING INVESTMENTS Head of Committee Outlines Reasons Impelling Favorable Report on Situation Big investment houses of New York affiliated with large eastern financial interests today received a report from their agents recommending North Da- Kota as a favorable field for invest- ment. f This report, which, according to William G. Marvin, New York lawyer and head of a committee of invest- hich Daniel Webster studied reading STATE LAWS ON INSPECTION OF GRAIN INVALID Scope of Decision of Supreme. Court is Far Reaching, Says Analysis of Opinion TWO ACTS KNOCKED OUT, The entire grain grading act, “cov- ering the ticensing, inspecting and grading of grain, is deatroyed, and) cannot be cured by any amendment, or the passage of any new,” says Seth Richardsén, special assistant Attor- ney-General, in the grain grading case, in an analysis of the decision of the supreme court of the United States submitted on request of Attorney-Gen- eral '‘Sveinbjorn Johnson. In discussing the scope of the’ re- cent decision of the court and its ef- fect upon various state statutes in- yolved, Mr. Richardson says: unit, and constitutes interstate com- merce. On this basig the court pro-| ceeds to find that the 1919 Act ‘shows; the buying of grain,’ which business, as we have just seen, is held‘to be in-| terstate. -- | “The court then suggests four sal- fent features of the act as illustrative of such ‘comprehensive scheme,’ (1.)° Such purchases. can only be made by those who hold licensés from) the state; (2.) Such purchases can only ‘be made by those -who pay charges for same; (3.) Such purchases can only be made by those who act under a system of grading, inspection District 27, Montana; District 29, New River, Loop Creek and other West Virginia fields; and District 30, the Big Sandy field of Kentucky. MINERS’ DEMAND INTERPRETED Indianapolis, Ind,, March 25.—(By the Associated Press) — President John L. Lewis, a! the United Mine Workers of America, today gave his interpretation of the miners’ demand for a six-hour day, five-day week, be- ing a part of any new wage agree- ment affecting the soft coal industry. In a formal statement he said: “There has been so much misunder- standing among the’ people as to the yeal meaning of the position of the United” Mine"! Workers of America With regard to the proposed six-hour day and five-day week that I believe something should be said that would set the public right on the subject. It has been charged by coal operators that the miners are demanding more puy for less work. The principle of the shorter work day does not mean anything of the kind, They do not ask for the six-hour day as the maxi- mun, bat hey do ask that they, be given yeagonable assurance that the will have * iéasonably aes employ. ment six hours a day throughout the year. “Under present conditions the min- ers work eight hours a day only a small part of the time each year. In 1921 they were employed only about 40 per cent of full time and were idle 60 per cent of the time. They were employed only an average of about 125 days in 1921, out of the 300 or more work days of the year. They cannot make a living for their fam- ilies under such condition, Last year they earned an average of approxi- mately $700 Per man. “The bituminous mines of the coun- try have a capacity of 700,000,000 to 800,000,000 tons a year. In normal times the demand is for approximate- ly 500,000,000 tons a year. If the miners: had reasonably steady em- Ployment they could and would easily produce in a six-hour day enough coal to fill every possible requirement. If it can be done in a six-hour day, why should miners be required to work eight hours a day only a part of the time? “Many vears ago miners were com- and weighing, fully described in the Act; (4) The grain can only be pur- chased subject tothe power of the! inspector to determine the margin of} profit which the ‘buyer shall realize) upon his purchase. | “The court then proceeds to hold that such regulations cannot be sus-| tained under the police power,” ‘Mr.| Richardson continues, “because the; statute denies the privilege of engage-! ing in interstate commerce, except to dealers licensed by the state authori- ties, and provides a system which en- ables state officials to fix the profit” etc. “The objection of the court is ap- parently not confined to the profit- fixing clause, known ag the margin clause, because upon the suggestion | that that clause might be‘ eliminated, | and the act sustained, the court, in yefuseng to so hold says ‘the features of this act (which I have referred to as the four clauses above set out), clear- ly regulatory of interstate’ commerce, are essential and . vital parts of the general plan of the statutes, to control the purchase of grain, and to deter- ine the: profit at which it may be sold.’ ” “he court,” Mr.‘Richardson says, “in effect holds these provisions as ‘an,| essential feature of the. law.’ The court then holds that the.claim of{ the state, of existing evils, etc. does not excuse the encroachment upon the field of interstate commerce, but} such relief must come from Congress.” “I have been in some doubt as'to the reffect of the supreme court decision upon the powers granted in this 1917 act,” says Mr. Richardson. The grain grading act was passed in 1917. He discusses this law and the effect of the deciston. The law of 1917 provided for the ap- pointment of deputy inspectors, and provided that persons are forbidden from purchasng, ete. any grain with-| out a license, unless the grain has ‘been actually inspected by a deputy. “These provisions are the most vital provisions of the act, and it seems clear to me that the same are invalid under the supreme court de- cision,” says Mr. Richardson. BUSINESS GAIN SEEN BY AGENT | sleighs. | employes and offices in 28,000 cities corps’ of traveling salesmen on: the road. . ‘ A study of the express business ‘in 121 shows that the. American Railway Express handled 189,931,820 shipments ‘The express carrier employs 20,000 motor and . horse-drawn vehicles throughout the country and these are comprised of 14,000 single and double wagons, 1,047 electric motor trucks, 2.000 gasoline motor trucks and 3,000 It operates 50,000 platform trucks at the various railroad depots throughout the country, The Company has a force of 125,000 and towns, It operates over practi- cally all the principal railroads of the United States, with a total mileage of 275,000 miles.- Typhus Taking .... Heavy Toll In ' Volga Region Moscow, March 25.—Soviet Russia ment house representatives who have been investigating the North Dakota situation, probably will mean that big bond houses, insurance companies and other eastern investors will again turn to North Dakota as a field for in- vestment, This report, it is said, is the first favorable report sent to eastern finan- cial institutions. on North Dakota in six years, and during that period rep- resentatives of the’ financial interests have been in the state making investi- gation. i . Mr, Marvin declared the investiga- tors believe that North Dakota is ‘in- trinsically sound,” has a low debt in comparison to her assessed valuation, and has a good future in ,the develop- ment of her natural resources. Mr. Marvin and. his co-investigators during two days in the capital, fol- lowing:a visit to other placeg in the state, have been engaged in a study of the state reports, statistic. and general Political ‘and economical conditions. * » Explaining the attitude of eastern financiers. toward, North Dakota dur- ing the last six years Mr. Marvin de- clared the financiers felt that North Dakota was not getting a sound, economical government and that the experiments of the Nonpartisan league would collapse, sooner or later to be followed: by a period of political chaos, and that North Dakota was not, there- Yore, a safe place for investment. Thinks League Gone His -concusion,, he said, after his is once more under the shadow of an epidemic: of typhus fever and recur- rent typhus, which has ben. spread- ing since November last... The Volga famine area is chiefly affected. In the center of Russia, the epidemic has rent typhus, which: has been spread- “The basic holdings of the supreme | Petrograd governmental districts and court is that the grain business is a'in the west the cities of (Minsk, Smo- lensk, ‘Witebsk and in the north Vol- ogda. 5 In ‘Moscow itself, the epidemic is a comprehensive scheme to. regulate; crowing rapidly and the toll which it ig extracting from the Moscow popula- thon is already now seyen to eight times larger than that of last s2ason, and it is feared that before the winter monthg are over it. might well jover- grow the epidemic of 1919... In December over 4,000' cases of ty- phus were registered in Moscow, and during the first three weeks of Jan- uary 4.783 cases were registered in hospitals. © ‘But the real number of cases is much bigger than this figure. The epidemic shows no decline and death casualties are not below 40 per cent, Hospitals and medicaments are very inadequate. ‘lhe Moscow hospi- tals are over crowded and the Moscow Soviet is trying to provide 3.000 new beds in them to meet the epidemic. The railways are the channels by which the epidemic is carried from the famine stricken area into Mos- cow. (Every train brings lice from the Volga districts. The ‘Mosaow sta- tions, where many refugees’ home as well as prisons, ‘concentration camps and the Tarter hostels are the chief centers which feed the epidemic here. To cope ‘with the situation, the gov- ernment stopped passenger traffic on the Eastern railways for six weeks. Berths have been organized at Mos- cow, railway terminals and all ,.refu- gees and military detachments arriv- ing here are compelled to use them. In Moscow itself bathing faci'ties were afforded in all districts. USE SLOAN’S TO /EASE LAME ,, For fo your neighbor. Francis Jaszkowiak | Well Driller. Dealer in Wind Mills, fernor Nestom: of giving: the state “a visit here, is. that;:the present admin- istration will remain in power, or an anti-Nonpartisan *, league administra- tion, ‘that..the “bottom has been scraped”. inthe period: of; depressio: as it.affecte the:state, that the market) trend is upward,:increasing the value ot North Dakota products, and that'the present administration: is: giving the state the right. Bind of government. : Mr. Marvin, outlined: five: points up- on which ;hia committee; based their conclusions, regarding; the: present ad- ministration, x They ane:t: 3 1.‘ The,effortebeing made by Gov- grnor, Newt ang other: members’ of ‘he adminiat L é MBZ UI * 2. Economy ing state; :government. 3. : An. attitude pn=the-part’ of: Gov- 800d solid type of prog: ive govern- ment” not freakish. 4. Character of menjin the state service, efficiency:-on) their part, that Governor as maintained an open mind in’ seeking advice from experts in various lines, agriculture, market- ing; banking. : 6. Present administration is co- operating with other, states, abandon- ing a state of isolation; is seeking to ‘interest eastern people in the latent natural resources of' the state such as lignite coal and clay beds. For Diversification, ‘North Dakota, Mr. Marvin said, may be worse off agriculturally than some other states because she is known as a*‘one crop” state. Diversification, he declared, is the life saver of the state. - The fact, that North Dakota has been known as:a “one crop” state has been one of the reasons why investors have been somewhat shy, he said. If there is a failure, all ig lost, while if inere ig diversification. that can be only a partial failure.. Reasoning fro) “When Can I ' Get It?” The chap who is a “Do It Now” in his own business often is the “worst offender” when it comes to motor repairing. Whether he be the proud possessor of a motor boat, motor car, airplane, truck, tractor, concrete mixer, stationary engine, or what not, he. usually wants his reparing and overhaul- ing done ten minutes before he needs his equipment; and: some People call him a ‘When can I get it?” In order for us to maintain our high standards of accuracy «in motor servicing we employ our machinists and mechanics the year round; for, the best . workmen an economic standpoint, he said that if the farmers are interested only: in one or two:grain crops they are busy perhaps ‘but seven months a year; while if they are raising cattle, etc. they are busy twelve months. From a banker's standpoint,» he sgid,° this means the state is producing vastly more wealth under a diversification eystem and therefore is a better credit risk. ‘Mr. Marvin asserted that financial interests of the east were not to co-operative marketing. He ed that big financiers favor co-opera- tive marketing if sanely carried on, in that it meang production of wealth. with, less waste. He cited diversifica- tion of agriculture and co-operative marketing, as the two biggest things done in ‘California in recent years. FEDERAL AID FOR HIGHWAYS 18 DEFENDED State Good Roads Association Answers Complaints of County Commissioners. URGES: ITS AMENDMENT _— Answering criticiém of federal ald in road’, ‘building * and ' the ‘proposed amendment to the constitution of the North Dakota Good Roads association by commissioners of Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh and Cavaller coun- ties,-the assoolation declares that federal ald and the proposed amend- ment constitute the most tangible so- lution of the principal highway prob- Jems. © “The federal aid acts are a part of the laws of the land,” says the asso- ciation “defense, made public today. “They constitute a fact or a condition. Popular opinion favora federal aid and state aid in road improvement. Consequently, if a state desires to avail itself of federal aid, it must comply with the requirements of the law. Failing to do so will result in money forfeited being used to build roads in-other—or perhaps in an‘ad-| joining or rival state—instead of: in North Dakota which is in urgent need of better -roads. “The - constitutional - amendment proposed by the State Good Roads As- sociation is a necessity, otherwise the | state cannot comply with the present) federal aid road act or take fulf ad- vantage-of it. And after November 9, | 1924—unless the constitution is sq amended—the state will be. unable ‘to secure Or profit by fedéral aid there- after. i oes “The proposed initiative measures: provide :the necessary machinery: to take complete advantage of the fed- eral’ aid. act, . the constitepfonal amendment serving to ‘make these Measures; posstble.” ¢ seb A The association points out that no bond issue: is contemplated, that real estate taxes will not be increased, and that “not only’ will the counties =————— awe have received the state highway pro- jects already constructed (or that will be constructed) without expense to them. but the state will have taken’ over the construction and mainte- nance of the most costly to build and maintain highways in’ the state—not to exceed seven per -ent of the total! mileage in the state. | Counties and townships will, consequently be re- lieved of this heavy burden and their jd] entire road funds can be used for the improvement and care of county roads leading into the state highways, and township roads. connecting up with both. “There has been and is no promise of .proper highway improvement by the counties. and township alone. State highway construction with fed- eral aid and state maintenance is the most certain and tangible solution of our principal highway problems.” The association’s answer declares that Walsh county, whose commis- sioners attacked ‘federal aid, have since asked for the construction of a 14-mile state and federal aid project between ‘Park River and Grafton. , Answering the charge of extrava- Bance of federal aid work, it is de- clared that federal aid for highway improvement is a preven experiment throughout the country,. Regarding eriticism of engineering it declares complied’ with in building a road, al- though the engneering 1s done by the state highway .commission. case of Grand Forks county, it de-j clares, all engineering was done by that county, and that any criticism by commissioners of that county is self- criticism. ged (Regarding extravagance it asserta that North Dakota and Nebraska ‘build the cheapest type of federal aid roads in the country. 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