Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-17

and employees form their respective or
ganizations. Then select from each re-
spective organization the most fair
minded, intelligent and conservative
representatives to meet together, not
for the purpose OF taking advantage of
each other, but to realize that both are
business institutions, and meet on busi-
ness principles and in a spirit OF fair
ness, to make wage scale based on
equality. If however, employers still
insist, and If, it is right to insist on the
most labor for the least money, then |
would advise insisting, and claim l was
right on insisting, upon having the
most money for the least labor.
would not want to make a wrong i'm
preston here. don't by any means
mean that men shall be made for dead
beating or loafing. Labor unions stand
for fair days work for a fair days
pay. No less a person than Carroll
d. Wright, commissioner OF labor for
the United States, stated sometime ago
that if every able bodied man worked
slightly under three hours per day that
all the manual labor would be perform
ed that is done daily. If that be so
then some Of us are getting the lions
share while the other fellow is having a
good time. As representative OF labor
have little use for the extremist on
either the side of capital or labor.
President Baer, Parry, Elliot ETC., are
boarish to the general American public,
so tho extremist on our side would be
bOarish to that same American public,
What we need is more John Mitchells.
Let cool conservatism, frmness, frank
ness, cleanness and honesty be display
ed on both sides, and my opinion strikes
lockouts, etc., will be a thing Of the
past. Pres ident Baer claimed to have
divine authority to look after the inter-
ests of the anthracite mines. The in
vcstigatiOn OF the commission would
impress the idea that that authority
had been misapplied. The greatest
proof of the fallacy OF that statement
was that divine God would not have
permitted one of his divine agents to
meet with such contemplate failure.
With divine and civil authority he was
unable to put coal on the market,
While he controlled the money, John
Mitchell controlled the muscle. This
clearly proves that capital and labor
are clearly interwoven. They can't be
separated. Hence the great need OF
friendly relationship existing between
the two. Labor unions are seeking to
cement these two together, which will
result in mutual good. Knowing you
are not interested in 2 long talk to-day
let me say in conclusion that in this
historical and beautiful city of the
south we have men who are following
in the steps of President Baer and Pres
ident Parry. Chattanooga has within
her borders one of the officials of the
Manufacturers Association. 1t has
others who stand as bitterly opposed to
organized labor as any OF the atoremen-
toned men. While l will never
barter my citizenship to subscribe my
name to anything pertaining to mob vi
olence or anarchism or anything illegal,
| will subscribe to agitate against the
enforced wrongs upon labor. If labor
organizations are rightly guided by
sound discretion and fairness, headed
by conservative intelligence, they then
in my opinion, will only result in ad
vancing prices, improving conditions
shortening hours, elevating morals, en-
riching communities, and blessing the
nation. thank you.