Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-07
EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS.
They Are All Right and Result In
Deneiit To Their Memhers

Benefit To Their Members
In many localities employers have
organized into employers associations
for various stated purposes, among
which are the advancement Of the busi-
ness interests Of their localities, the
protection Of their individual interests
ana, in fact, the promotion of the gen
@ral welfare Of the trade and commu-
nifty There are also many secret or
gantzations or alliances of employers,
presumably for the purpose Of protect
ing their interests and perhaps for
other worthy purposes.
These employers unions or assoeia-
tions are unanimous in expressing
frieudlncss for organized labor and
Indignantly reflfte any insinaati0n of
hostility. \ ct despite the oft repeated
denials of organized antagonism to or
ganized labor those writers who cannot
or viii net see only evil in trades Hn
ions and who profess to believe that
the growing power of trades unions
threatens to overthrow present instituz
tons and government and establish Il
reign OF trades union terror and unar=
chy herald these organizations Of en-
ployers as the death knell of trades
unions
What would these writer's have us
believe? Do they wish to Impress us
with the belief that the principles
enunciated by the employers, which
have received wide publicity and ere
dence, are no more than dissimulation
q = of
jobs is dependent upon provoking and
promoting hostile relations between or
ganizcd employers and employees?
They StrenuouSly object to creating
class feeling or antagonism but if they
proclaim the birth of one organization
whose purpose is announced a worthy
one to be the death of an established
organizat ton, the worthiness of whose
object is irrevocably established. we
are forced to conclude that they inten-
sify class feeling rather than promote
amicable relations between employers
and employees That the world would
be better off if the bond uniting the
workers in n common cause were to be
ruthleSsly torn asunder by any brute
organized force is not credible or ac
ceptable to honest minds
That organizations whose interests
are reciprocal. but who independently
pursue objects the attainment Of which
would rebound to the common good,
should use their power to correct and
restrain each other, but never to take
advantage of each other and the public
for purely selfish reasons, is understood
by every we'll thinking mind
There is no reason why EMPLOYERS
should not organize and every reason
why they should. Competitive evils be-
set them individually that beset the
workers in a disorganized state, though
less poignanty. From an economic
standpoint the common good can best
ploycrs and employees organizing as
can the trade interests of each II
there were no organizations of labor
The benefits resulting from an organi-
zation Of employers would appeal to
1he Intelligent employer Who. despite
his confidence in himself and his ability
to beat thc world in his cho%en line
Wouid f"a!ize tH3t his competitors were
similarly inspired and The struggle to
MAKE fHe Hes,d=ti4.nl> tae same would
introduce systems, f.oalitioos and com
pieaaans 5tat. taoa4A satisfactory
9vhilc serving MS a temporary pr0ij.ab'4 Il
advantage, Heeane decidedly HaSztls
factory when Invading profits shoe
makefa JearaUl.