The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-16
VIEWS OF PROMINENT
!: Minneapolis BANKER
Wallace Campbell, Of Peoples
Z Bank Gives Views on Rela-
ton Between Employer and
Employe.

ton Between Employer and
Employee.
Char IL always removed from wheat.
The bad should be eliminated in order
to preserve the good. What is bad in
trades unionism should be removed IN
order that the good In the system may
be preserved. In proportion to power
and opportunity the tyranny Of the
bad clements Of trades unionis1n far
surpasses the tyranny Of monarchs,
trusts or capitalists. II the power Of
the destructive element Of trades un-
ionism had been in proportion to it's
tyrannical virulence and viciousness
this nation would long vince have been
drenched with blood. Every man has
q right to cease employment at will:
no man has 4 right to interfere between
the contractual relations Of employer
and employee. Right at this point Of
interference is when liberty ends and
criminality begins, and at that point
Of interference Is drawn long right
line on one side Of which are arrayed
the law-abiding elements Of both en-
ployer and employe, and on the other
sides the elements Of crime and thugs.
There are not two ways about it; there
10 but one way, and that the right way.
No apology can condone and no sophis-
try can obiviate willful, persistent, vir-
ulent criminality. Human slavery had
It's unspeakable horrors and a free
people struck off the shackles; the an
archtstio elements of trades unionisxn
will meet even a worse destiny unless
they take heed to public opinion. The
Court OF Public Opinion grants a long
trial, but when it's conclusions are
reached it's Judgment is swift with no
appellate court for reversal or modifi-
cation.
The law abiding element Of trade
unionism owes to itself the duty Of
cleansing its body corporate from the
impurities which. unless removed. will
destroy the good and bad alike. There
comes a time in the history Of all hui
man movements for the betterment of
humanity when the good and bad must
separate. That time has arrived in
the history Of trades unionism, and
the sheep and the goats must separate
or all alike must suffer the penalty
which the guilty alone should bear.
I believe firmly in the cooperation
Of employee and employer. -singly or
together, for the betterment Of each
or Of both. Such lawful cooperation
is essential to the success OF govern
n1ent, labor or trade, but such CO.
operation must move within a given
circle, and that circle is enclosed by
the law, and once without its circum-
ference criminality takes the place Of
CO. Operation and destruction begins.
There is no language which I could
use which could adequately picture my
respect and reverence for the value
and dignity Of labor. Upon labor as
base rest the superstructures Of gov
eminent. civilization and society.
Whether or not labor has had it's fair
share In the distribution 81 the wealth
which it has, aided to create is a
serious and uncertain question. This
much is certain, that its share Of late
has been increasing increas-
ing in my opinion-and it is also Ger
tain that that increasing share is sub
ject to menace and diminution by the
nl-advised illegality Of small percent
age of it's beneficiaries.
When my college class asked learn
ed instructor to furnish class motto
motto he suggested In Greek one
which. being translated, signif1ed,
First right, then fight. When right,
when the cause is just, trades union
ism is entitled to fight and to fight
to a finish and to succeed. But the
real referees of the game, the. Ameri-
can public, insist that the contest shah
be conducted according to the rules Of
civilized procedure as differentiated
from the days of savagery. II trades
unionism will stake its battle ground
within the circle Of the law and ever
with just cause it will win every
battle, but the moment wherAtt employs
crim:nality or wages battle for an I'M
just cause the hour of defeat strikes.
The American public loves justice, fair
play. grit, determination and honest
blowA above the belt, but it despises
the reverse, and any cause might as
well attempt to empty the ocean with
a spoon as to run counter to the innate
American love for justice and fair play.
Legality, Justice ana fair play are the
banners which lead to victory; ille-
gality, injustice and unfairness lead to
but one destination, defeat, and, worse
than defeat, defeat with dishonor.
STRIKE Is SOON WON