The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-05-04
LITTLE TROUBLE THIS SPRING
AND THE FUTURE LOOKS
ROXY TO LAaoR-uNsKtLL-
Ed MANS DANGER
ny JOHN MITCHELL
PRES aent % the United Mine
WorAcru of America

WorArfH OF America
Copyright. 1905. by tho Newspaper
Enterprise Association.
The frat of Nav in the industrial
world n not unlike houac cleaning
time I'm our domestic life, and Tor
many years tho general public, both
ia this country and in Europe, has
booked forward with apprehension
to Mas day
Nor has this feeling 90 uncertainty
ana insecurity existed without cause
or justification. A 40 other time
Ia the year 90 90 many vase astrez
meuts terminate. Al no either period
are there - many rradiustmentH %
Industrial conditions. ana Il r. nat
ural 20 presume that when hundreds
n thousands. &c mot millions ~
vase Farmers are relieved from cons
tract obligations ana are free 70 de-
mand improved conditions ~ ein=
ploymsnt more favorable 70 them
SELVES. numerous strikes and lock.
outs would occur
4 close survey - the whole indus
trial situation. however. ahclqars
ne eonHallng prospect that there is
snrIne than has existed in other
years and that she outlook far Hu
amieahls adjustment - the relations
% employers and employees IL more
encouraEfng than heretofore.
That this IL the case may seem
unaccountahle. particularly in view
Of the fact that ia many Industries
especially IA the basic trades -fr-
ducllous In wages were lnfurecd
oue year $50. although IN some M
stances FORMER wages have been
subsequently restored
Speaking mere specifically Of the
present and future Industrial oat-
look. IL Is undeniabiY true that DUR
ing the past year labor eaa not "a
steadily OF 80 probably employed
a. auriuE the three years preceding
bat IN many lines q industry there
ass Indications of unprecedented ac-
tivlty fuF the coming war, Ihis
feeling q optimism IL reflected
through the Journals published BY
the various organizations 81 ths
skilled trades, practically all OF
which speak rncoufaEinNiy Il ths
prospect o. uniuteffuptca employ
meus
There Is Qae class q workers
however. witch II not - fortunately
situated ara for ahlcb the futur'
helas less promise. thar l. The un'
/ skilled or so-caued common labor
era This class ~ laher Il The grnl
70 fesl the effects af nnrenuiated I'M
migration.
owing 60 their uuarFsnlHed eandi'
ton. the unnkiliea WofAmen az
UNABLE To PROTECT THEM
SELVES AGAINST THE LEGioNs
Tor ALIENS ARRIVING DAtLi
T PROM SOUTHERN EUROPE
MOST or WHOM ARE SO POOL
WHEN THEY REACH UUf
/ SHORES THAT THEY ARE COM
+ PEELED. ny THEIR NECEssf'
TIES. To ACCEPT THE FiRs
WORK OFFERED THEM. RE
/ GARDLESs or THE FACT THAI
{ THE ACCEPTANCE or EMPLOY
T NEXT NAY MEAN THE DIS
/ PLACEMENT or NATIVE WORK
MEN. OR or FOREIGN BORIS
/ WpRKMES WHO HAD CoMt
HERE YEARS BEFORE who Ia,
/ contributed their Drawn and monel
70 the aexsiopmens 81 our Industries
{ VI 10 have a just claim far employ
/ ment. and whoaa requirements and
necessities sHtttir them to cumpen'
sation much In excess u that re-
/ CURED By the neW arrivals. aecua'
toned. as they are. 70 much iowel
standard % living.
Hut there ls one element ln the In
dustrihi situation which has created
a feeling q dlatruzt and has impair
ed the confidence 81 she wage work
srs. have reference 20 the attitudi
of many employers association
! which. uuasf the prstsxt of safe
guarding fhs freedom u the indivit
uaI workef. seek 20 destroy the ef
nnacy and the purposes % tbs trad
unions. That this uuViae and per
nleioas policy viii not and shout.
not succeed. I have no reason 4
doubt
Permanent peace "a the Industrial
world depends, On a very large de-
gree, upon the Thorough orRsuixa