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Coxgression1\L Record-Senate. August 31 13480 COXGRESSION1\L RECORD-SENATE. AUGUST 31, By 1\fl·. LIKTHICUl\I: Petition of James A. Boone, of Balti­ These telegrams, 1\fr. President, merely emphasize the critical more, :M<l., fnyorin,g Hou~e hill 1;:)731, relative to compensating eonditions now prevailing all over the country. I have no. doubt counnissioued warrant officers of tlle United States Navy; to other Senators have received similar supplications from their the Committee on Naval Affairs. respective constituencies. My purpose in occup;ving the time of Also, petition of Baltimore (Mu.) Pearl Hominy Co., favoring the Senate with the subject is to eiJJphasize the fact that five pas age of the Rainey bill, to repeal the mixed-flour law; to days before the strike order issued by the lwotherhood is to the Committee on Ways and 1\feans. take effect the railroad companies of the United States hegan Also, petition of A. Roszel Cathcart & Co., against stamp tax to place an emburgo upon the shipment of foodstuffs which are on insurance policies; to the Committee on Ways and 1\feans. embraced in tbe ~enernl orders re:;rardip~ perishable freight. Also, petition of E. H. Koester, baker, against passage of the It would seem that instead of utilizing their facilities for the Rainey bill, House bill 9409, repeal of the mixed-flour law; to concentration of foodstuffs in the communities of this country the Committee on Ways and 1\feans. for the sustenance of their people tlley are adopting the oppo­ Also, petition of Oriole Lodge, No. 214, of the Brothei:bood of site policy; and if this strike shaH matPrialize, and suffering Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, favoring passage of House shall come to the people of the great comnmnities of the United bill 16681, " clearance bill " ; to the Committee on Interstate States, they will not for~et that prior to the time that the and Foreign Commerce. · · strike is to take effect foodstuffs are being denied access to Also, petition of the Lord Baltimore Press, of Baltimore, 1\Id., lines of transportation for their relief. against passage of House bill14666, "design bill"; to the Com­ Mr. JONES. Mr. President, I have also received a large mittee on Patents. number of telegrams since the recess of yesterday, and I shall By 1\Ir. MATTHEWS: Petition of J. C. Bockrath, of Clover­ read one of tht!m. The telegram is from Tacoma, Wash. : dale, Ohio, against seizm·e of our mails by the British; to the TACO:UA, WAsrr., August SO, JB1G. _ Committee on Foreign Affairs. WESLEY L. JONES, United States Senate, Washington, D. 0.: Organized labo·· of tbis community urges if it comes before you for SENATE. action, that the railroad wor!i~rs be grantPd an eight-bour day at pt·ps­ ent wages, and demand that no legislation be enacted Imposing com­ THURSDAY, August 31, 1916. pulsory set·vltude even tor a day, and at no time compulsory arbitration be enacted. (Legislati~:e day ot T·ueBday, August 29, 1916.) REA LAST, Secretary Central Labor Council. The Senate reassembled at ll o'clock a. m., on the expiration of the recess. 1\Ir. President, I desire to introduce the remaincler of these Mr. GALLINGER. 1\Ir. President, I suggest the- absence of a telegrams, and ask that simply the signatures to them be printed qnm·um. in the RECORD, and that they be referred to the Committee on The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will call the roll. Interstate Commerce. The Secretary called the roll, and the following Senators an­ The 'liCE PRESIDENT. In the absence of objection, it will swered to their names : be so ordered. Ashurst .Jom•s Pittman Smoot Telegrams from the North Yakima Trades nnd Labor Coun­ Chamberlain Kern PomP.rene Stone cil of Washington; from R. Loewe. secretary of the ~Ietal Clarke, Ark. Lane RPed Swanson Culberson, Martin, Va. Sbafroth Taggart Trades Council of Seattle, Wash.; from Rea Last, se<·retary of Curtis. Nelson Sheppard '.rho mas the Central Labor Council of Tacoma, Wash.; from 0. F. Dillingham Norris Simmons Underwood Wefferling, ·secretary of the .Trades Councll of Everett, Wash.; Fletcher O'Gorman Smith, Ariz. Vardaman Galllnger Oliver Smith, Ga. Wadsworth from Frank W. Cotteril1, of the Building Trades Council of Busting Overman Smith, .Md. Williams Seattle, Wash.; from Jame:-: A. Duncan, secrettu·y of the Central James Penrose Smith, S.C. Labor Council of Seattle, Wash. The VICE PRESIDENT. Thirty-nine Senators have answered 1.\lr. JONES. Mr. PresidPnt, I have also several telegrams to the roll call. There is no quorum present. The Secretary similar to the one which has just been read by the ~enntor from will call the roll of absentees: Colorado [Mr. THOMAsj, which I will not usk to hun• retul. but The Secretary called the names of the -absent Senators, and that the si~natures may be placed in the RECORD. 1 want to cull 1\lr. RA~sDELL an wered to his name when called. attention, boweVPl', to the fact that one Of them purpot•ts to rep­ l\Ir. STERLING and 1\lr. BRYAN entered the Chamber and an­ resent the sentiment of a mass meeting of the citizt--ns of my own swered to their names. town of North Yakima, Wash., in the fruit sel'tion, nnd they set Mr. RANSDELL. I wish to announce the unavoidable ab­ out the conditions described by the Senatot· from Colorado. I sence of my colleague [Mr. BRoussARnl on account of illness simply ask that the signatures of these telegrams be printetl in 1\fr. JONES. I desire to state that the junior Senator from the H.ECORC. Michigan [1\Ir. TowNSEND] is necessarily absent on account of The VICE PRESIDE.i~T. In the absence of objection, it will illness in his family. I will let this notice stand .for the <lay. be so ordered. Mr. Cor.T, 1\.lr. HuGHES, 1\ft'. PHELAN, Mr. LEA of Tennessee, Telegrams from the Commercial Club of North Yakima, and Mr. BANKHEAD entered the Chamber and answered to their \Vash.; from the Commercial Club of Walla Walla, Wash.; from names. R. L. Rutter, of Spokane, Wash.; from S ..J. Hnrrison, of Kiona, l\1r. Sil\1l\10NS. 1\Ir. President, has .any order been made with 'Vnsh.; and from H. 1\f. Gilbet·t, of ToppPnish, Wash. reference to -the Sergeant at Arms requesting the attendance of absent Senators? 1.\lr. GALLINGER. 1.\lr. President, I somewhat regret that The VICE PRESIDENT. The-re has not been. The Chair this matter is being discussed in precisely the form in wllich was· m~rely a snming, as there was only one more SE'nator the Senator from Colorado [Mr. THOMAs 1 has d.i.scm;sed it. I needed to make a quorum, that perhaps that Senator could be think we all ought to keep our heads, and not condemn either found. side to this controversy at the present time. I uo not know l\Ir. BECKHAM entered the Chamber and answered to his whether the railroads are in all matters acting wisely or un­ name. wisely, but I have no idea that they are doing anything that in The VICE PRESI.DENT. Forty-eight Senators have an­ their view is detrimental to the pubUc good. swered to the roll call. There is a quorum present. I have a telegram from thf' New Orleans Board of Trade, au· dressed to me, which I ask the Secretary to read. THREATENED RAILWAY STRIKE. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? The Chair Mr. THOMAS. l\lr. President, I have, since the recess of last hears none, and the Secretary will read as requested. evening, received a large number of telegrams from corporations The Secretary read the telegram, as follows: and individuals in my State, and a few from adjoining States, NEW ORLEANS, LA., .August SO, 1916, of which this, from Grand Junction, Colo., is a sample: Hon. JACOB H. GALLINGER, GRA:-ID JU:-ICTIO~. CQLO., A.•U!JIISt so, 11116. Washington, D. C.: Senator CrrAnLEs S. Tno:uas, The New Orleans· Board of Trade (Ltd.), favoring arbitration be­ Capitol Bttildino, Washington, D. C.: tween employe~s and employers of pnbliC'-servlce corporations on all At present time there are approximately 75 cars green fruit being move(l questions affecting the vital interest of the whole people of this country, daily from Mesa County. Understand strike situation has reached strongly urge your assistance in framing suitable h-glslation that will critical stage, and that even now some rallroads are refusing to receive promptly attain this t>nd. We bt>lieve that arbitration is the 'Jnly perishable freight. This Is a very serious situation for hundreds of method by which disputps bf'twt>en capital and labor can be satis­ growers in this valley, and means their financial ruin. We feel posi- factorily settled : any other method as suggested in the settlement of . tive you are giving this matter your usual seripns consideration and th<' prpfi!ent t•ailroa<l dlffirulty wotJid not di~i!posP of th<' question at issne, support and assisting in every honorable way to prevent a tie-up on but would advorat~ the policy ot the many being ta..>::ed In favor of the our railroads for even one day. fewJ anti woul<1 retard the industrial opportunities nnu futm·e pros­ GRAND Ju. ·cTIOX FnuiT GROWERS' AssociATio~. perJty of the country, as the principles of arbitration must.stand behind .1916. CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD-SENATE! 'tllem. No strategy of any 1dnd can . play any part in the decision of to the businesR of this country, nnrl I hope nml tru!';t that .this great issue without producing a national calamity.
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