The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-09
RESOLUTIONS.
Adopted BY the Business Mems Asso-
citation,

Adopted BY the Business Mems Asso-
citation.
Whereas, The wages paid the en-
ployes in the Flathead valley have
been steadily increased by the en-
ployers voluntarily for the past four
years and have been satisfactory,
and
Whereas, Non-residents have come
among us unsolicited and have organ
lzed various unions for the purpose of
raising wages to a standard unwar-
ranted by the conditions of our mar
kets and the inevitable law of sup
ply and demand, and
Whereas, The demand for labor
and the prospects for local enter
prises have been weakened by the "p-
pearance of unions among us, and
Whereas, If the unionization of our
town is completed and pushed to it's
logical condition, as elsewhere in the
state of Montana, it would embar-
rass every industry in the valley,
some of them to the point of prohibit
ton, restricting the farmers home
market for his produce, lessening the
consumption of goods and generally
curtailing mercantile transactions,
seriously Gripping the principal man,
ufacturing industry of the valley,
namely, the lumber business, decreas-
ing the number of wage earners that
can be employed in the valley and re-
straining men and capital from locat-
ing in our community who may now
be considering that step, and
Whereas, Because of these facts
we deem it prejudicial to every inter
est of the valley to have our city
known as union town in the sense
that other communities in the state
are known as union towns, and ruled
by unions, and
Whereas, A large percentage of the
persons belonging to the unions al
ready organized do not wish member
ship in them, but have become mem
bers through fear of them, and
Whereas, The said unions are now
seeking to impose their rules and
views upon the business men of this
community, seeking to control both
employers and employed by co-ercing
and compelling every wage Garner to
join the unions, and by seeking to
compel none but union wage earners
to be employed to regulate the wages
and conditions of labor and to inter-
fere in the conduct of business, even
in the minutest details-al1 of which
is against the best interests of every
resident in the valley, an abridge-
ment of the rights and liberty of
both employer and employee, and con-
trary to the spirit of American insti-
| buttons.
Therefore be it resolved, That we
will continue as heretofore to conduct
our several business enterprises with
out interference from the Western
Labor Union or any of it's branches.
James A. Coram, Broderick &
Walker, James Harbert, McC. Winin-
ger, N. Nathan, H. A. Burnett, John
Weightman, w. F. Mulaney, Charles
w. Norquist, e. w. Bader, Philip ia
CODY, Kalispell Liquor and Tobacco
company, J. L. McIntire, Bronson &
Lighthall, Bogart & Hollensteiner, F.
]. Lebert, Wheeler & Robinson, Kalis-
pell Mailing &, Brewing company, H
G. Keith, William j. Brown, Big Fork
electric Power & Light company, G.
M. Houtz, Randall & Reys, James
Conlon, George S. Wilson, J. w. Nc,
Knight & Co., E. S. Bogart, Mcintosh
Hardware company, F. l.. Dutton
Lyons Mercantile company, Nep c.
Arseneau, Reinking e Co., ]. w. R.
Moore, w. L. Smith, J. A. Robinson
F. w. Bucksen, J. Sawyer, L. B. Cyr,
Karcher & Smithers, R. M. Goshorn
w. E. Daggett, ]. H. G. F1Lch, J. B.
Sinclair, w. Schroeder, H. F. Leo
pold, Ehrlick & Eeraert, E. S. Dis
brow, G. B. Marston, j. A. Letter,
John O'Brien Lumber company, J. R.
Llstle, A. H. Burnes, George R. Nc,
Mahon, Andrew Young, Robert Paul
inc, A. P. Mcdonald, J. H. Garrett
D. A. Stocking, Kalispell Lumber
company, H. S. Cannon, E. G. Bjor.
neby, F. w. Merigold, F. c. Daley &
Co., Drew & Mcdonald, Peter P We
berg, B. F. Knapp, c. Huebschman
Johnson Bros, d. D. Eaton, Jay Rake.
straw, Edmund Gale.