The labor world., 1899-05-27
Tell the Truth.
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Are Strikes and i I B|oycotts
lnjurings Duluth?
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/ It's almost amusing to listen to
some Of, the prattlers, and ansi-
l., leluvians Of Duluth, who seem I'M.
able to shake themselves loose FROM:
surroundings of a quarter t qsc Of q. a century
back, and to keep pace with advancing
thought, to tell the public that strikes
and boycotts are keeping capital f from ,li
the town. There is little question no
doubt that these disturbances, solne:-:
what affect. a city where they @exist,:ii:
the estimation of the timid;; when
a manufacturer wants TO locate any
where, he does not ask the question,
first, have you any labor unions, have
yor any strikes; because he is we'll
aware .thatathere is not city of any
Importance in the count where such
conditions have not existed, ,gand Likely
ever WILL. If the intending investors
were 10 be sooeasily frightened there
would not Be- q eli il. he whole
United States where they would ever
Ilocate. No, it is all a big nightmare,
lemanating from the brains OF a few,
who imagine that there is. no others
Ecity of Importance outside of Duluth
land that every thing that takes place
here is wired overssthe world. dansi-
facturers will come to Duluth will,
|!other industries when they ascan see a
!:51leldsfor useful employ oyment Of capital;
the strike question will mt phase
them, because strikes ALVEY haye5.a,l
lend, and usually short heggi inning;
and whether long or short, cuts no
figure with them. There is field here
Ifo1 the manufacture Of lumber. -,
cause we have the timber and there is
[asdemand for lumber, and the strikers
have not scared saway the ssaxmlills I Or
their owners, and we will get the othet
things we desire when the proper con-
Editions are ripe; we will not get them
with bonuses, neither will we drive
them away on account Of 80 street car
strike. IL strikes X III ;tt,,Yn, then.
Chicago ttsbnrg New York. and
Eendless other large cities should be
[dcing pennance in sack 10th and
lasbes instead Of forging about them
Nan iron wall Of success and constantly
Increasing population:
It would be far better to study con
Editions and opportunity for ne estao-
llishment here Of industries than to be
tblaming any setback to strikes. We
have read the history Of our folly in
bonused institutions, which have been
Failures one and all, because they were
not the inception of business princi-
pies; and consequently failed when the
fbonus expired.
+ Duluth Isl all rightbands will win out
Iand have all the. indus tries to which
Eshe lis entitled by superior merit and
Ens tural surroundings but it won't get
to he man before lit shakes off the
clothing Of boyish ideas. Duluth is no
longer. the apparition Of AZ Proctor
|sknott has outiyed knees pants. and
pretends3 to DE and is a city. widely
known throughout the country, its
geographical position is well under
stood and we have no cause to sbelieve
that-wes shall be left behind in the race
fif we offer opportunities for wise in
I've stment. ..ss. *5sz5a s3ss i
If the truth be told there. are more.
potent reasons than strikes, which
nlay, have deferred industries from To-
Ecating in Duluth; such as; overvalua-
Et,on yof property, high taxation, the
latter largely brought about by ex
travagant and useless improvements;
another. reason why it: will tsbe more
Idiffcult to locate manufactures here,
is the great distance from the centers
of skilled labor; there may be other
Feood reasons, but there is no sense in
blaming the unions and strikers for
keeping back the town, the idea is too
flimsy and chaotic.
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