Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-14

must pay them the wage llNed by Ine
union, without regard to their indiYId-
unl worth or the economic ability OF
the employer to pay.
1T denies to the Individual the RICH,
of being his own Judge as to the length
of time he shall work, and as TO how
much he shall do within the time pre-
ycribed. II takes no account of the
varying degree OF natural aptitude and
powers OF endurance displayed by in
divduals and seeks to place all men
In each particular trade on the same
dead level, as respects his daily output
and his daily wage. Thus a premium
is placed upon Incidence and incompe-
tency, and there Is a restriction of hui
man effort reducing the aggregate pro-
ductlon and increasing the cost OF
things produced. This policy amounts
to not only tax upon the consumers,
the majority Of whom do not belong 70
organized labor, but II reduces the de-
mand Of the trade at home and lessons
the chances Of successful competition
by our manufacturers In foreign mar
kets. The eight-hour law. viii Il de-
mands. Is merely the extension TO
wider field Of the principles It enforces
In trades under It's domination.
POLICY OF INTIMIDATION.
1T drives unwilling men into It's ranks
by its policy Of intimidation. Thous-
ands Of its members are such today
not because they sympathize with rs
purposes, but because they fear the
consequences Of not yielding to its tyr
amy. These men are, as a class, the
more thrifty and capable Of It's mem
bers They are men who secretly re-
bel against the system which places
them upon the level with the incompe-
tent and idle, and would gladly have
free conditions established, that might
prove their superior worth, and thus
gain advancement in life, But they
dare not openly express their Views, for
they feel that their employment and
peace depend upon their submissive ac-
quiescence to the principles Of the un-
ion,
While It seeks to compel men already
employed IN the trades to enlist under
its banner II at the same time seeks to
prevent outsiders from entering the
trades. II fOists upon employers rules
limiting the number Of apprentices.
some unions going so far as to say
there shall be no apprentices The boys
from the farm now come to the cities
and find the doors OF the trades shut
against them. While lawyers. doctors
ana men In other unorgani2ed vocations
are glad to teach young men their
knowledge, the trades uniOnist refuses
to do so, and employers are now fore
ed to endow technical schools. in the
hope Of obtaining that supply of new
blood for their workshops which is es-
senIial to the prevention Of dry rot.
ORGANIZED LABOR DEFIED.
Organized labor is an organization
Of manual labor, trained and unframed.
OF men who do as they are told and
VINO depend upon the brains Of others
for guidance. That wide field OF labor
IN which mental capacity Is a greater
or less requisite on the part of the
workers Is not represented by il, and
cannot be for the obvious i'm
possibility of organizing brains.
lhe rule that organized labor
seeks to establish Is, therefore the
rule Of the least intelligent portion OF
labor COMPREHENSION Of this fact
explains why its leaders are found TO
be agitators and demagogues, men who
appeal TO prejudice and envy, who are
constantly instilling a hatred of wealth
and ability and who, in ncendiary
speecehs, attempt to stir W men tO
seize by physical force that which theh
merit cannot obtain for them.
Composed as IL is of men Of muscle
rather than the men of intelligence. and
commanded by leaders who are at
heart disciples Of revolution Il is not
strange that organized labor stands
for principles that are in direct conflict
with the natural laws of economies.
Its first great principle is that an ar
bitrary division OF the production would
be better than the division regulated by
natural law, provided however that It
can dictate what this division shall be.
II says to capital and to mental and
unorganized labor:
We shall take this proposition Of the
products Of human industry and you
may have the balance. If you do not
agree to this arrangement you are un-
fair, YOU are enemies OF the poor
Worhngman.' you are 'oppressors:' and
if you do not peacefully submit to our
terms We will compel you to do so by
force.
ARBITRARY WAGE SCALES.
"The fixing Of arbitrary wage scales
by force would result IN no benefit TO
any class o! labor II all classes adopt
ed the idea. Suppose that clerks.
bookkeepers, lawyers. doctors, man
ayers, business men, and, in fact. all
workers outside of pure manual labor,
should organize and should say that
they must have such and such wages
or so much profit. or they would go