Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Don't fail to call Phone 71, Rhoads’ grocery, for fresh home-grown straw>erries. Mrs. Chas. Kessftnger went to Chicago yeerterday to Visit relatives for two weeks. If you want some nice home-grown strawberries call at Rhoads’ grocery, Phone 71. Mrs. W. S. Parks returned from Indianapolis. Monday, where she had spent a few days. Mias Kathlyn Marian went to Hammond Sunday to visit for about two weeks with Miss Edna Daniels. Mire. A. L. Willis went to Parr this morning to visit her daughter, Mrs. Leslie Alter, for a few days. Mrs. G. A. Emlbunh and Mrs. Minerva, of Wheatfield, were in town yesterday to have dental work dene. Plroif. and 'Mrs. Hovorka left for a vacation of several weeks in Eau Claire, Wi®., their former home. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Maitrin went to Parr this morning to visit her parent®, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Shultz. WBfliam Eisede, who ha® ibeem visiting friends at Butler, Ind., since Tuesday, returned home yesterday. The political situation is puzzling the best brains of the country today. But the clothes question is easily solved. “Get Hiliiardized.”

Federal Inquiry or Railroad Strike? Faced by demands from the conductors, engineers, firemen and brakemen that would impose on the country an additional burden in transportation costs of $100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by reference to an impartial Federal tribunal. With these employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroads have no differences that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such a public body. Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of the controversy is as follows: “Our conferences have demonstrated that we cannot harmonize our differences of opinion, and that eventually the matters in controversy must be passed upon by other and disinterested agencies. Therefore,* we propose that your proposals and the proposition of the radways be disposed of by one or the other of the following methods: 1. Preferably by submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal which, by reason of its accumulated information bearing on railway conditions and its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a position to consider and protect the rights and equities of all the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case your proposals are found by the Commission to be just and reasonable; or, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot, under existing laws, act in the premisesj that we jointly request Congress to take such action as may be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and promptly dispose of the questions involved: or ,-T----2. By arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal law” (The Newlands Act). 1 j .• . Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote * Leaders of the train service brofherhoods, at the joint conference held in New York, June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration or Federal review, and the employes are now voting on the question whether authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike. The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the public body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasons:

No other body with such an intimate knowledge of railroad conditions has such an unquestioned position in the public confidence. The rates the railroads may charge the public for transportation are now largely fixed by this Government board. Out of every dollar received by the railroads from the public nearly one-half is paid

A Question For the Public to Decide The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of $100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid ana constituting only one-fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts. > " ■ \ \ ’ . The single issue before the country is whether this controversy ts to be settled by an impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare . ■ . * ■ - ■ - i National Conference Committee of the Railways

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