Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-03

a means whereby the government can
supplement the Efforts of the unions.
The unions say that they possess the
wisdom TO fix the rate Of wages on
hand; but the bill says. in effect, that
this is not scientific; that 1t should be
first ascertained whether the proposed
wage would bankrupt employers. The
logical result OF such legislation would
be the multiplication of the demands
Of organized labor. and, IS public opin-
ion would not be able TO bring its force
70 bear on all cases. il would be the
precursor Of compulsory arbitration,
for. when the recommendations of the
commission proved ineffective, the
government would be asked 10 step in
to compel their enforcement As an
entering wedge for socialism the pub
Hcity bill would serve very we'll"
zIr. Parry turned his attention to
Australia as an example of what Is
means for acOuntry 10 embark upon
social experiments designed to evade
natural law and 10 destroy individual
rights Sor the supposed benefit of all
Compulsory arbitration. eight-hour
bills. old-age pensions. land tax, gov
eminent ownership OF railroads. etc.
what a repertoire we find there of
millennium makers" Said the speaker:
zone ought 20 expect that prosperity,
plenty and happiness there would point
a moral TO the rest Of the world, but,
instead. the land Is full OF controver-
s.al strife and public works 10 keep the
unemployed busy. Although a new,
undeveloped country, It appears that
il IS only by free expenditure of Dor
r0wed money that a semblance OF good
times is maintained, even during this
worldwide prosperity"
8Ir. Parry then pointed out that the
public debt per capita in Australia
v-as S263. 90 and in New Zealand il was
about 1888. He compared these fig
ures TO the S12.27 per capita indebted
ness OF the United States. The speak
/ er declared that emigration into New
| Zealand had practically ceased and
that its birth rate is only a slight frac-
ton higher than it was in 1890. And
yet. said he, this IS the boosted cOun-
/ try without strikes, the home OF COM
luulsory arbitration. land tax and don't
know what all. The prophecy is free
I II made that it is rushing headlong
I into bankruptcy despite all its efforts
10 lift itself by its boot straps, as it
were. into the millennium. Do you gen
! tlemen want any New Zealand nos
| tTums experimental with in this coun-
try? Yet you are being asked today
by many influential gentlemen to adopt
cancellation and arbitration of a more
or less compulsory character.
dr. Parry also gave few character
/ izatiOns Of strikes, saying that they
were violent attempts to override nat
/ ural law and that the only thing they
succeeded in doing was TO dislocate liz
dustry. reduce production and lower
the rates OF real wages. They are
married. by outrages on personal liberty.
. by murderous assaults. by defiance Of
/ organized authority, by blackmail and
By displays OF the basest passions Of
men. The leaders of organized labor
proudly claim that there were but eight
murders committed in the anthracite
E district on account Of Mitchell's strike,
. only four OF which, the leaders say,
can be Justly laid at the door Of organ
lied labor-Cnly four. Thus the claim
/ Is made that organized labor does not
/ sympathize with crime and violence.
/ But I would like 10 ask these deluded
men II any one Of these murders have
: been avenged by the law. Suppose
. that the Catholic church or the Ma
{ sons. or the Oddfellows should commit
/ four murders 10 advance the alleged
/ purposes Of their organization. What
la wave Of protest would go up If even
one murder was committed by such an
/ organization, yet the agitatOrs take
T pride in the fact that they won the an
E thracite strike and only four men were
. arbushed and murdered in cold blood.
. Look at the case OF Agitator Parks II
Z New York City. This man has been
( indicted and thrown into prison on the
charge OF bride taking and extortion,
/ but organized labor triumphantly re-
elects him TO office. No wonder that
! the public's stomach is rebelllng
against the tyranny Of organizations
which seemingly prefer to be governed
: by blackmaile-s, thieves and grafters.
Compromise must be resisted 10 the
last and the only adequate means Of
doing this. in my mind, is to be found
/ IN a widespread and thorough organ
ization of the employing interests"