The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-11
INFLUENCES"
THE UNIONS
A CLEVELAND co. TRIES TO IN
TEREST LOCAL EMPLOYERS.
Offers to Eliminate the Agitator and
the Organizer for the Employer-It
Will Even Prevent Growth of
Unions-Its Plans Do Not Meet
with Favor in Minneapolis.

Circular letters recently received by
local manufacturers and other en-
ployers Of organized labor reveal the
existence of an incorporated compa-
ny, whose home is in Cleveland, Ohio,
and whose business it is to bring
about condition in the local labor
unions which will be satisfactory to
employers.
The Corporations Auxiliary COM
pany'' is the name under which the
promoters of the infant industry are
seeking business. Their circular let
| ter, which explains itself, reads in
part as follows:
Our experience has convinced us
that the best way to control labor or
CARNATIONS is to lead and not to force
them. We are also convinced that
the conservative element in all unions
will control when properly led and
Differed, which we are prepared to do.
We help eliminate the agitator and
organizer quietly and with little or
no friction, and, further, thru the en-
ployment of our system, you will
know at all times who among your
employees are loyal and can be de-
pended upon.
you will also be advised of any
! loss of time or material and furnished
such other information as will assist
you to increase the efficiency of your
| working force and promote economy
of operation.
TN view of the rapid increase Of
| socialism, which is the real mischief
making influence in the industrial
call your attention to the educational
! feature of our, work. Our represent
tatives are educated along industrial
| lines for the express purpose OF COM
batting, by calm argument, the falla-
cies of socialism. In a huber of in
stances our men are employed for no
other purpose than to. resist the
spread of socialistic theories"
| It is also stated in the letter, which
! is marked personal and confidential,
that whenever our system has been
in operation for reasonable length
of time, considering the purpose to
| be accomplished, the result has been
| creased if our clients wished other
! wise. In many cases union charters
have been returned without publicity
and a number of local unions have
been disbanded.'
So far these letters have received
the attention of Individual employers
only. George K. Belden, secretary OF
the Employers association, said: THE
subject has never been presented tc
the association in any form, and prob
ably never will be-. The system OF
method suggested in the circular is
at best underhanded, and certainly
not the sort which the Employers as.
ISOLATION would care to adopt.
I'm my belief, many employers dc
find out what Is going on in the
unions and how their employees fee
toward them, thru information re-
ceived from union men; but consider.
alton of this proposition from Cleve
land is matter of individual choice
1t is nothing which the association
would consider '- .
That the proposition submitted b!
the Cleveland company does not NEE
4 with a hearty response from local en-
ployers is indicated by the action o
several recipients, who have turned
the letter over to union men in thei
employ. -..... D..