16 Our Great August Furniture Sale is far surpassing any Sale we have ever held SATURDAY SAW THE BIGGEST DATS BUSINESS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STORE ' + I There was a crowd from morning until night, and practically every person who came to look, BOUGHT. THE DESIGNS ARE SO ARTISTIC AND PRICES SO REASONABLE. YOU JUST CAN'T HELP BUYING. ONE CALL HERE W ILL CONVINCE YOU. OPEN EVERY 1)I I LIBERTY BONDS I EVENING jJ I ACCEPTED WE WILL REfERVE YOUR PURCHASE\ FOR LATER DELIVERY. A DEPOSIT/ OF ONE-FCft RTH IS REQUIRED / Adam Suite as Pictur-fr 1 9E/AA 1 I A Beautiful I m straight lines i 1 I B i Oak, MM or Fumed Oak Frames. I I pholstMcd with Muleskin or Tapestry T<mestrim)ver-Covered dJOCA AA I Saves, tlPzeces . . S£3U.UU ! Loose S^^g-^^hionsTspring Edges, Seats and j Bdtks. mery deep, comfortable seats. Hmh-gmde silk finished Tapestry tif)OVED! KJ.FURNITURE CO.J^L Harris burg Carlisle 1415-19 N, 2nd St. 23 W. Main St. WEDNESDAY EVENING, NATION FACING GREA T CRISIS IN LABOR PROBLEM Washington, Aug. 6.—Threats of hundreds of thousands of ! railroad employes to go on strike to force higher wages to meet the high cost of living are being reiterated. From many parts i of the country came reports that striking shopmen refused to return to work, despite the fact that their action was denounced }as illegal by the executive council of the six shop crafts. Strike | ballots were mailed from the American Federation of Labor, for taking an official vote as to whether the 500.000 shopmen shall i walk out to obtain their demands and express their disapproval i of President \\ ilson s reference to the railroad wage question to Ii Congress. Demands also are being made by 450,000 clerks, j freight handlers and station employes. Director Mines was to | have discussed their problems yesterday with 1. J. Forrester, ! grand president of the union, but other business interfered and • the conference will be held sometime to-dav. I Tlic Senate Commerce Committee . I referred to a subcommittee the question whether an investigation I should be made of the new wage | j demands. This subcommittee is to i | report to-day. Director General i I [lines was the object ol' attacks by : [Senators Kellogg and I'omcrenc, wito ' I argued that he should make the de- j I cision as to increases in wages. Mr. I /I'omerene and Senator Cummins as- ' sorted the l'resident and Mr. Hines | I had ample authority to settle the i • present crisis without reference to ; . | j Criticism of the employes for ; their demands came from Senator j ! Smith, of Georgia, who declared i I there was profiteering in wages, and j j from Senator Thomas, of Colorado, I [ who asserted the strike threats of j ! the employes was only "short of, ! treason." , p 1 A formal statement is expected j £ j to-day from the Senate Interstate ; '• i Commerce Committee, replying to ; ; letters to Chairman Cummins from J - President Wilson and Mr. Hines, t ; requesting legislation to establish a 11 wage board. The statement, it is J understood will advise the Prcsi dent that in the committee's opin- , ■ ion such legislation is unnecessary j I and that the committee believes lie ; aland the Director General have all. I powers necessary to lix wages and . The Chamber's Statement ■ The statement issued by the Na- • I tional Chamber of Commerce was I® as follows: "Complete returns tabulated of i the referendum submitted by the j ■ Chamber of Commerce of the I'nited I States to its member organizations . show that 99 per cent, of the votes ' cast were opposed to government ownership of railroads. The national | chamber is a federation of 1.120 1 I commercial and trade organizations j with a nuembership of 670,000 busi- . I nessmen. i '"J"he national chamber therefore I goes on record against government j ownership for the following rea sons: "First. Under government own- ! ership the development of railroad j facilities would depend upon Con gressional appropriations which : would prevent the anticipation of ' the transportation needs of the country. Appropriations would not be made in the amount and at the time needed to insure adequate de velopment of the railroads. Politi cal considerations might also control ] the amount of appropriations and I the objects for which they were made. "Second. To acquire the railroads j the government would have to I pledge its credit for eighteen to I twenty billions of dollars, at a time when other large financiering must jbe done. It would be difficult for j j the government to dispose of the securities required to purchase the ! i railroads, and it would be necessary | I for the government to secure from j five hundred million to one billion j dollars of new capital each year. ! I If the government were to assume j j the burden of financing the railroads j at the present time when the war j 1 debt is so large, its interest rate | ' would necessarily be as high as. if j : not higher than, the rate at which I I corporation could secure capital. 4 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO ENFORCE FOOD CONTROL ACT | THE country to-day is facing the biggest labor problem ill its history. From many of the I big industrial centers come reports lof strikes, due to the demand for ! an increased wage to meen the con-: Itinued soaring of clothing and food I stuffs. The threat of the railroad ! strike continues to spread thrdugh | out the Nation. Shopmen every ' where are throwing down their tools I in premature strike, according to re- j ] ports. With the crop moving season I near at hand and the brotherhoods [threatening to quit work, the whole J industrial fabric of the Nation is menaced. At the same time President Wil- j | son and his cabinet have taken up j i the questions cf wage and high costj I COMBINED WAGE > DEMAND IS MADE [Continued from First Pace.] ! tive operation of the railroads I proved successful, they proposed to have it applied to other industries. Labor, he said, would not be dis appointed if it failed to have its railroad plan adopted immediate ly. It simply would gird itself for the education of its workers to the point where Congress would be suf ficiently impressed. War Camp Community Organization Ordered to Pittsburgh Field Joseph L. Garvin, the War Camp ) Community organizer for this city, has been called to the Pittsburgh | field on a special assignment. Mr. Garvin made many frjends during his stay of a few months here and has been responsible for placing | the service which he represents in | a favorable light com munity. His successor, *tarles H. Jackson, will be given wel come and the of all IYTESTINGS l.dKl or warm sah ~WKrwQ app]j— l yicMAP(MJW I"Tliitxl. Government operation Is ! seldom if ever, as efficient as cor- j porate management. Competition, j I the incentive to efficiency end pros press in private enterprises, is absent | I from the government administration ! jof affairs. Individual initiative is | i less, bureaucratic methods are more I I characteristic, and the services ren- j I dered are less progressively effl- j | cient. I "Fourth. While the government ! i would presumably select officers and j j employes by means of efficiency test. I political influences would almost \ i certainly be given weight in select- ' ! ing men for official positions. Kates Would lie Higher "Fifth. Unless the government ] ' adopted the policy of fixing low : j rates and fares with the intention | | that any resulting deficit from op- ' ; orations should be placed as an in i creased burden of taxes upon the • j general public, rates and fares 1 would be higher under government S J than under private operation. l"n- , dor government operation expenses rise in relation fo income, and the I charges imposed by the government. ■ if a deficit is to be avoided, must be j ; higher than those which it would , j be necessary to permit railroad cor- | porations to make. "Sixth. The political effect of | government ownership and opera- j 1 tion of railroads In the United States , i might be serious. There are now j ' about 500.000 civil employes of the j government. The addition to the public service of 2.000,000 railroad | j employes, the majority of whom are j j voters, would constitute a force of | ' about 2,500,000 government cm- j j ployes interested in controlling the j policy of the government as regards ; wages, hours and conditions of serv | ice. Such a body of employes might I easily exercise a controlling interest j i upon State and national politics." X. iV \V. Strike To-day Chicago. Aug. 6. Further | I spread of the railway shopmen's | istr.kt was reported last night by I union officials who declared sonxe I j la.Of'O additional workers in the ! middle west went out yesterday and that a strike of 10,000 men on the Norfolk and Western line had been set for to-day. While these were the chief de velopments in the fifth day of the strike, it was also announced that the bars had b?en let down for the i boilermakers to join the strike. The shopmen's strike lias been declared illegal by railroad execu tives who have made the charge be fore the local bureau of the Depart ment of Justice. Tack makers Out, Too Brockton, Mass., Aug. 6. Mem bers of the recently organized Tack ! makers' Union voted to go on strike j to-day in an effort to enforce wage i demands of nine dollars a day for! 1 men operating more than fifteen machines and of sixty cents a ma- j chine for less than that number, j The strike will affect more than I i twenty factories in N'ew England. | Pennsylvania and Canada. The j j men claim that the United Shoe j ! Machinery Corporation, which con- j j trols most of the factories, has re- ! I fused to submit their demands to j ' arbitration. of living. It is said he will prepare' a message to Congress just as soon | as he can have it prepared. Food hoarders are to be ferretted out, ac-! cording to orders issued yesterday ! by Attorney General Palmer.. Not! only will all existing law be used.! the Attorney General said, but 1 serious consideration is being given ■ to possible additional law considered j necessary to meet the situation. En- I | forcement of the food control act, I ! hitherto lodged with the legal do- j partment of the food administration, will be taken over by the Depart-1 ment of Justice, Mr. Palmer said, j .Prosecutions will be ordered in all! ; cases of hoarding, profiteering and! other unfair practices punishable! j under the act. I; who are interested in continuing the service. service. Mr. Garvin, writing to the editor-in-chief of the Telegraph, says: "Charles H. Jackson will take J charge of the work. I am leaving j Harrisburg. after spending five j ' pleasant months and having enjoy- j ed your fellowship in this important | , service. I want at this time to ex- , press to you my appreciation and j , kindly feeling for all you have done I . and all you have been to this work. I ' "I earnestly desire to lay it upon I ' your mind and heart to continue to ! 1 be of thg same interested, co-operat- 1 ' ing friend to the program of serv- ' ' ice, we are giving to the city and ! 1 vicinity that you have been. I be- ! ' speak for Mr. .[ftckson, who is one 1 of our strong leaders in this work ! and comes from his last assignment i in the important industrial center of Youngstown, Ohio, the same friendly, interested and sympathetic attitude that you have given to me. "The work will continue with un- ! abated interest and the program we I have mapped out for August is to be | completed as planned. Other inter- j esting features will be mentioned i from time to time. "My prayerful wish s that lasting j benefits may come to the city of ! Harrisburg and vicinity through the channel of community service." TO DRAW JURIES Grand petit jurors for the Crim inal Court sessions September 22, > and traverse jurors for Common j Pleas sessions, September 29, will | be drawn at the office of Sheriff W. ! W. Caldwell on Friday morning. Other Developments in Food ' and Wage Situation on Page 7. IELRRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH STONE DECLARES AMERICAN DEMOCRACY CONTROLLED BY AUTOCRACY IN INDUSTRY Engineers' Chief Supports Labor's Plans For Public Owner ship and Private Operation of the Railroads Before Interstate Committee; "Labor Now Demands That America Become Ilomc of Industrial Freedom, as it Has Become the Land of Political Freedom," He Sags i By Associated Press. t Washington. Aug. 6.—Labor now ! demands that America become the | | home of industrial freedom as it has i I become a land of political freedom, j j Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the j Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl- j neers, said to-day in appearing be-' fore the House Interstate Commerce Committee in support of organized I labor's plans for public ownership and private operation of the rail i roads. i Declaring that American democ ! racy was controlled by an autocracy I in industry. Mr. Stone argued that | there could be no solution and "no | lowering of the cost of living as long . as consumers had to pay extortion ate profits or. - their own earnings In Ipurchasing the necessaries of life. Advance to Xow Crusade i Labor's belief in the Sims bill,' j embodying the railroad employes' j plan for the solution of the railroad • problem, was declared by Mr. Stono Jto be profound. In this plan, he | j said, the workers raised the ban- | i ner of democracy in control of In- j ( dustry and advanced "to a new eru- | I sade with the faith of the Pilgrims." ] 1 "At the request of these organiza- j : tions (the railroad brotherhoods) ( the Sims hill is now before you," | said Mr. Stone. "I speak as the, j voice of these 2.000.000 men. dele j gated by them to announce to this j committee and to the people of this I country that they are supporting, this measure with all the strength ! and all the unity of purpose that : can move so large a body of citizens. | "Joined with us and represented j i by Mr. Morrison is the American j I Federation of Labor, adding three j million and a half men to that body; ! of railway employes who instituted j this movement. Traces Development "In the industrial development of j this country great organizations of capital first appeared as employers, j I Individual workers, following the; | example set by capital, organized as ! | employes. Their purpose was to se- i ■ cure better working conditions and a larger measure of t oturn for their labors. The full force of the cap italistic organizations has been set against labor to hold and to keep j all the profits of industry. Tho' strength of the labor unions has been exerted to wrest from capital some share of the profits for the wage-earners. Perpetual Struggle "There has been a perpetual struggle by the workers to main-: tain a tolerable standard of exist- j anee; on the part of capital, to , amass greater profits. At times both sides could ignore the needs of the public. But now the very growth of the labor organizations has brought into their ranks a great mass of the consumers. The largo i ! number of the wage-earners now l | constitute a large percentage of the ] people. The extension of industry has changed the nature of the pre- ! i vious struggle. "For whatever the vorker receives j j in wages he must spend for the nec- j j essaries of life. In addition, he is j j always compelled to pay the em- J i plover an excessive profit on his 1 ; own wages. The cost of living is determined 1. the sum he earns, plus the profit he is charged on his own labor. And, as a group, labor j is forever prevented from bettering its lot because of the profits exacted : by the employer. The hope of a j ! finer life is never realized. So long I as consumers are forced to pay ex- ( I tortionate profits on their own earn-, ings to a third interest there is no ; solution of the industrial problem. I Dominates Industry "We find that this third interest j , absolutely controls and dominates I the management of industry. It, | fixes wages and controls working ' conditions. It fixes the prices of com- \ \ modifies without regard to the needs j of society or the necessities of pro- J j ducers and consumers. "We exist under government, but i |by industry we live. Under such aj | system the majority of a democracy I can through their government en-! I joy only such rights and privileges i as an autocracy in industry permits | them to receive. This country was • ; peopled by a race who sought with- j i in its boundaries religious freedom. I It was established by their descend- | ants through revolution as a land of I political freedom. We now demand | that it become the home of indus- j trial freedom. Individual Freedom "This can only bo accomplished ; by extending to industry the same I right of individual freedom recog- , ! nized by the founders of our gov i ernment in establishing this democ i racy. The need of mankind for the 1 products of industry must be ac- I eepted as the basic interest in all i industry. The right of the worker ■ who supplies that need demands like ! acceptance. This can only be ac- I oomplished by permitting producers 1 and consumers to share in control 1 of the management of their nfcans l of existence. The machines® for . i attaining this result, we beljye, is I | embodied it? the plan ouH*d in, LOOK HME 1 B°di es I Work I Aito Radiator Co. 125 S. Cameron St. .J \ J "Our belief in the efficacy of this I ! P'kt > s profound. We embrace this I plan with all the ardor of those j who sought political freedom. In i this plan we raise the banner of de- | i mocracy in control of industry, we •advance to a new crusade with the I r ~ t Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart 1 Specials for Thursday Morning Store Closes at Noon Hosiery and Under- YoUng" Moil's Special Thursday Morning . , . Special Thursday Morning omen s 50c white lisle WT ribbed vests, sleeveless, 000 j regular and extra sizes, tP-Lv/.V/v/ Men's $2.00 white Formerly #25.00 j knit union suits; short Just 24 suits in this sleeves, knee and ankle „ i ~ „„„ • ' . lot tot clearance ; V "oiildren's' $1.25 black Thursday morning- , silk hose, ribbed, seamless; medium light and dark sizes 6 to BJ4, slight im- grey cheviots, cassi- Final Clearance of perfections 59c meres and Scotch mix- Men's 65c fibre silk half tures; sizes 33 tQ 35 hose, seamless, black and i bummer c0i0 re ..... r,..,- °"'y- Women's $2.00 and $2.25 Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, PTof q thread silk hose, fashioned Sccond Floor ' Rear llabo feet; black, white and > . , colors $1.50 Beginning Thursday —\ ' Mnrnincr Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, k 8 ™t Floor. J ff omen ' s Trimmed hats, out- 1 : s w Thursday Mornine ing hats, panamas, e v _ straw sailors, girls' and V °™ ens w Jli te boys' straw hats all re- Groceries chamoisette g10ve5..49? duced regardless of Special Thursday MorningV Dlves ' st™et°Fioor! tewart ' price for instant dis- White Dove Flour> 12 | - missal from stock. lb. bag 77£| r\ . . pi- . Dried beef, machine I ( \ One lot of hats at ,• d v n # Olives filled with] Women's White Pumps One lot of novelty pimentos, J/ 2 pt. ... 35<j Special Thursday Morning sailors at $1.95 .Vanilla flavoring, Isf * 0 . , r size 9 $2.00 white canvas Several tables Of Pillsbury's Health pumps and oxfords, all trimmed hats at $1.95 pkg 12 -Jr more or less counter soiled, Two lots o fthe best Junket tablets, 10c p $1.30 SUmmer hatS at $5.00 ag ° D i vc . s ' Pomeroy & Stewart. ,, ~ Jig Street Floor, Rear, on A SSfi Dives, Pomeroy & Slvvmfl, ana <?'). JU Basement. Lot of untrimmed straw [ M r hats at 35c j fff ( \ Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, J f ffflT I „ . . - - second Floor, Front. m , J Colored and Black M) Mens bhMfts ! Y Jr Dress Goods s £->. Special Morning M Special Thursday Morning Sheets and. Pillow CJes sh i^ts" n OV ?4.50 plaid skirting; 48 Thursday Mornin# 14 to 17 .M. 68C inches wide. Yd...52.95 Blenrhed nillow Jkpc Dives, PqjKoy & Stewart, $4.50 mens serge; 56 to ili/ P lAa w* store - inches wide, shade dark ,2 lf y ' V"/ 40 * * M ' navy. Yd ?3.95 „ Bleached pillowMiases, W 09 nn t i i u • At 45x38/ 2 #-42 C ( # \ • black mohatr; 44 r,, . . . . m M/ inches wide. Yd. .$1.69 Bleached sheetsjleam in „ JW n i * ** center M. $1.29 Dress Goods 89c granite cloth; 36 Bleached sheejf 81x90, TVl „ rc j 0 „ iwr^ ri :„„ inches wide, plenty of navy. f $1.59 Spjp 1 Thursday Morning yd 69£ Bleached shdßing, 2J4 JBc voile, neat styles; 36 $1.25 navy mohair; 50 yards wire. YK 65c Mies wide. Yd. ...35C inches wide, for bathing Dives, Pomerojfe Stewart, #?9c, P lai . n , P° n g ee ! J? suits. Yd 98<f Baaewnt. jm inches wide. Yd. .18c> J fancy styles. Yd. ~49C S m 25c plain gingham. Yd., • Womets Pumps J' 75c tissue, woven Special TlAsday Morm# 36 inchcs wide - Yd. Girls' Bathing Suits - a art-'. Mr t t Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, „ . , White Mubuck pujßls street Floor. Special Thursday Morning with tiered )vo#n , Louis he# S*>s , G ' rls V- 65 . one-P'ece m bathing suits, sizes 6 to 10 Dlveß, iKe r t o^t?elt e # rt ' I I )'ears 68C g M Girls' Sport Oxfords Dlves . Pomeroy & stewart . M m Men's Store. M $2.00 white canvas sport I f M I oxfords with white rubber BoysMMilitam Caps Stitched soles and low dW heels; sizes 2 and 3, $1.25 Special ■'hurdß' Morning Dlves PomProJ . & stPWnrti Silks and Satins . „ Brva rtU'-. Street Floor, Rear. with eafc jlcm ry .27e : ' Special Thursday Morning Dives, store. and Countess satin, the n • 39 inches wide. Yd., Pajamas $2.25 Boys' Outing Shoes Special Thursday Morning $4.50 fancy Baronet {self r, <M TC a • colored design) in white Special Thursday Morning B °y s two-piece only; 39 inches wide. Yd., r pajamas, frog loop; sizes J ao w $2.25 brown canvas 6to 12 95C " * shoes with heavy grey Men's $1.85 novelty $3-50 fancy white fibre rubber soles and heels, stripe two-piece pajamas, silk; 39 inches wide. Yd., $1.90 silk frogs 95C $1.95 Dives, Pomeroy H Stewart. Dives. Pomeroy ft Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor,. Rear. Men's Store. Street Floor. | ' _J .1 J? AUGUST 6, 1919. faith of the Pilgrims, with tlyrcon victtons of the framers of stltution ar.il with the Amer ica for econuulc lndeo^Hdnce.V IF#()fijim 1 11 From TROUBLE, do not delay Demonstration at Gorgas' Pharmacy, 16 N. Third St. —Adv. LIMMOWER PUT CLASS SHAPE Hedge Shears—Sides and Edge Tools Sharpened All Kinds of Machinery Repaired FEDERAL MACHINE SHOP 1 Get Rid of That Persistent Stop that weakening, ■oraldprf cougM or cold, threatening lungs affections, JFlth EckrJMWrAlteratlvaj the upbullder of 2Q years'' euccc33fuVuße. 80c and JL6Q bottles Philadelphia
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