Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-19
you can. il IS conceivable that 4 college

you can, il Us conceivable that college
president may find joy in directing the
intellectual development of youth. but
she drudgery of the workshop scarcely
affords an equal inspiration.
Trade uaionistS seek such reduction
of the hours of labor as will tll dis
tribute among the wage carners the ad-
vantagoS acirung from improved proc
csSes of production. from labor saving
and profit making machinery and from
the results Of applied science; t2l a5-
so:6 tire satpl's Of unemployed labor
and Cil increase TO the normal the
"cl"H = !if"" of those whose exist !
t..e is noW shortened through IN
Ap:ll,hfHl er dangerous couditcas Of
unpi0yment
"The Process of determining what
prices given industry viii bear. said
President Eliot lis HOW Il process OF
combat Tie weapons have been cEi"ty
strikes. huycotts and iockouts. This Is
certainly Il very stupid way of arriving
at the determination. Conference ana
discussion between the workman and
the capita -. are tie rational modes OF
arriving at the practical answer to the
question
We agree to that, but until recently
the reply of the .rcatcr number of eE-
nloycrs las been, q intend to run my
business as best suits me. Abran :.
Hewitt said that labor never had a
hearing till II was able TO compel it.
In Il speech delivered in Hartford III
1860 Abraham Lincoln said referring
70 !; strike of sloe workers, THANK
God. We have Il system Of labor where
thore e:in be Il strike.
II may be remarked in passing that
in the light of recent judicial decisions
Abraham Lincoln would find himself
dangerously near the dead line OF con
tempt Of tol:rt" We're he alive today
and repeated this utterance.
i}ut Eern again let us be perfectly
frank The trade union has absolutely
40 aro,e-y to make foi' the exercise of
:i:e principle Involved in the strike and
! boycott urit as Il member of Typo
graphical union Is | may venture to
I say it i'll tl4at of pieketin@ and peace
;ll" persuasion.
lUt.f llltlilStS it''i' tl4'li liz II tbt
of tac strike principle depends entirely
upon its application. OF and by itself
j tie strike is neither moral nor immoral.
IT is an instrument. n weapon. Il piece
Of economic machinery. The strike is
:! rarely used against a fair employer
Under the workings of the cherished
academic, principle ef letting alone, it
/ is pviGrn, that. other things being
! ccr,al. Tie employer who lays least for
TIE conlil4oeity of labor can undarScIl
h.s ca!anetit>s.
Thas tWenty fair cinp!ayers il any
.-iven ministry Eay be placed at the
m"tcy oi so:He silinhint competitor
Eat il - just here that the tla'le ull-
len st eps iii and says to tn" I1arl,a gous
Gf Industry: III yeu have superior i'll
vea,iHe. eNeaHtiT2 or commercial fae'!l-
" proGt hy It. h3lt yUu shall not max"
your liofi, out Of oul wages. f0r oar
wages represent to us TIE SinA= u
life e'Jr families must lead. Fay like
wages 10 yo'ir employees with your
competitors; Otherwise we shall refuse.
to Work for yoV.
It would be unjust TO leave this phase
of our subject without registering Wig
ofouS protest against the statement that
! the trade u.1ion relies chiefly upon
strikes and hoyeotts 10 accomplish its
purpose This is absolutely an error.
1t is not true of Il single organization
of labor in the United States
The strike is the weapon Of last re-
sort It's frequency dininshes as the
trade union increases in strength and
discipline Cancellation. conferences.
joint agreements, the doing away with
unnecessary competition :tmong labor
sellers. collective bargaining, orderly
i drihcration and considered action
j these are the methods upon which the
trace union chiefly relies and to which
ii resorts in cases of controversy