Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-06

enslaye Individual laborers, II has no
sympathy among the generous-heorted
portion Of the American people. That
has been shown abundantly In the
present struggle, by the moral and
material aid sent to the strikers.
A great many remedies have been
suggested to the President, many OF
which are entirely Impractical But
the remedy that Will work and which
Is very generally supported by the peo'
pie, Is a compulsory arbitration law,
which recognizes the right Of labor to
organize. and the duty OF both parties
TO submit TO arbitration, Some labor
ers in this country, we understand are
opposed to such q law But
4 So they either do not understand IT,
or they find It profitable to stir w
strikes Laborers generally who know
something about the workings Of such
a law are In favor Of It,
Tom Mann. one Of the labor leaders
Of Great Britain, has studied the sub
ject In New Zealand aud his conclusion
as stated in the Nineteenth Century
is
Some dissatisfaction exists on both
aides. particularly among the men
where wages have actually been re-
ducrd MS the result OF the courts
aWard But, so far as ! am able TO as
certain, | do not think any serious as
satisfaction exists either on the sac
uf employers or workers In more than
ralf q dozen cases IN the whole colony
and seeing that up to June OF last year
30 cases had been dealt with under
the act, this proportion Is very small
The gentleman finds that the law
Ices not work one sided, by any means.
II goes against the workngmen as Of
ten as against the employers, and this
makes both sides more cautious. They
are not anxious to stir up strife. The
award OF wages has to be accepted
even when reduced Men need not work
unless they choose, but II they work at
he trade involved in a decision Il must
BE at the wage determined, and any
employer who cuts wages to Increase
nronts, or advances them in order TO
ret a man whom he wishes 10 take
away from another Office, finds himself
liable to fine and imprisonment while
All the funds OF the unions, which aie
al benefit societies. are open to dis
lraint in order to pay the fines Of mem
bcrs Of the union who disregard the de-
cislon Of the court The law IN New
Zealand has given peace, Il has pre-
vented the uncertainty which attaches
TO all contracts aud all business under
strikes and lock0uts, II enables a man
planning for the future 10 treat the
wages which are to be paid as a sub
sect which can be settled at law, ex-
actly as his contract for brick and NOR
lar, and II changes negotiation oye'
wages with union from bargaining
with irresponsible men to bargaining
with men who must keep their con
tracts or suffer
This Is the advantage Of the law TO
the employers That It is viewed with
favor by the laborers too, Is clear from
the fact that short time ago at
meeting of labofers In Auckland It was
resolved TO forward to the railway
employees union IN San Francisco a
letter congratulating It on the result Of
the recent strike and also a copy II
the labor laws Of New Zealand In
the accompanying letter il was stated
that the Cancellation and arbitration
act has annihllated strikes In New
Zealand and that no enactment Of the
twenty-five Instituted here in the in
terest Of labor Is so much cherished b.
us. We commend It 10 our fellow
workmen in America as the Magma
Charta of labor That shows what the
laborers think Of IT, A law that is 80
satisfactory 10 both sides. ought to be
tried here. That there Is no provision
in law by which trouble like that In
the anthracite region can be avoided
Is a blot on our civilization Strikes
ana kindred evils ought to be done
away with, together with vendettas ana
n,,.f,