Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-30

supplement the euortS 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 it should be
first asce"tained whether the proposed
wage would bankrupt employers. The
logical result of such legislation would
be the multiplication of the demands
of orsanized labor, and, as public opin,
ion would not be able 10 bring its force
to bear on all cases, ii would be the
precursor Of compulsory arbitration.
for when the recommendations of the
commission proved ineffective, the
government would = asked to step in
to compel their enforcement As an
entering wedge for socialism the pub
LEFTY bill would serve very we'll"
/ Mr. Parry turned his attention to
Australia as an example of what Is
mears for aaouutry T. embark upon
social experiments designed to evade
natural law and TO destroy individual
rights for the supposed benefit of all
bills, old.ase pensions, land tax, gov
/ ernment ownership of railroads etc.
| what repe:tnire we find there of
millennium makers" Said the speaker:
lone ought TO 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-
| sial strife and public works to kept the
unemployed busy. Although a new
undeyeloped country. 1t appears that
| it is only by free expenditure of Dor
rowed money that a semblance of good
times is maintained, even during this
worldwide prosperity"
| Mr.. Parry then pointed out that the
public debt per capita in Australia
was SECS 90 and in New Zealand it was
about 1888. He compared these fig
ures to the S1227 per capita indebted
ness of the United States. The speak
err declared that emigration into New
! Zealand had practically ceased and
that its birth rate is only slight frac-
tion higher than ii was in 1890 And
yet, said he, this is the hoasted c0un-
try without strikes the home of com,
pulsory arbitration. land tax and don't
know what all. The prophecy is free
| ly made that it is rushing headlong
| into bankruptcy DESPITE all its efforts
TO lift itself by its boot straps, as it
were into the millennium. Do you gen
! tlemen want any New Zealand nos
trums 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.
Mr.. 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 ill.,
! dustry, reduce production and lower
the rates of real wages. They are
marked 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
district on account of Mitchell's strike,
only four of which, the leaders say,
can be Justly laid at the door of organ
lied lahCr-"nly four Thus the claim
j is made that organized labor does not
srmpathize with crime and violence,
But | would like to ask these dcluded
men If any one Of these murders have
/ been avenged by the law. Suppose
that tho Catholic church 9r tho Ma
sons, or the Oddfcllows should commit
four murders to advance the alleged
purposes of their organization. What
wave of protest would go up If even
one murder was committed by such an
organization, yet the agitators take
pride in the fact that they won the an
thracte strike and only four men were
a,nbushed and murdered in cold blood.
Look at the case of Agitator Parks If
New York City. This man has been
indicted and thrown into prison on the
charge Of bride taking and eXtortion,
but organized lnhor triumphantly re-
elects him to office, No wonder that
the nubIic's stomach is tehelllar
against the tyranny of organizations
which seemingly prefer to be governed
by blackmailers. thieves and grafters.
Compromise must be resisted TO the
last and the only adequate means Of
doing this. in my mind is to be found
in widespread End thorough organ.
ization Of the employing interests