The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-07
WHAT OPEN SHOP MEANS.
simply an Open Back Door 10 Throw
the Union Men Out.

Simply an Open Back Door TO Throw
the Union Men Out.
Clarence Darrow was the chief speak
or at the Labor day exercises at Spo |
kane, Wash Mr.. barrow said In part |
Organized laborers parade on Labor
day haIf d million strong, and they
are addressed by lawyers, and they in
turn elect these lawyers to be judges.
In turn they are sent to jail by these
lawyers. With all the strength you
show on Labor day you haven't rep.
resentative In congress. and you vote
for one or the other OF the old political
parties because your grandfathers did
so before you. The majority Of people
cannot live except by working. and
with all your millions you have not
man on the federal bench.
Judges IN ninety.nin cases out OF
hundred ara picked from the Offices of
some great corporation. Good lawyers
work for big fees, and the corporations
get these lawyers.
with the lawyers Of corporations
elected to judgships 1t is but natural
that the judges should 80 on the bench
with ell the prejudices OF the corpora
lions. These Judges believe the capt
taIist Is everything and the laboring
man il nothing.
III one. OF these corporations wants
to enjoln 10000 men from striking, the
Judge enjoihs them. and they call for
ward the president OF the labor union
and put him in Jail without the need
OF a jury. They tell US this is within
the Law, and II Is within the law, All
over this broad land you cannot pick
cut one or these judges who has an In
terest in organised labor. We are told
that we must not critieise the courts.
when did 1t occur in America that
man became so powerful that he must
not be criticised You men elect these
courts, and yet you wonder why they
send you to fail without trial by jury.
ut is amusing 70 have these corpora
lions and the newspapers tell you that
they are friendly to the unions 50 long
as the unions do not interfere with
them III you do anything opposing
them you are net 20 friendly The
newspapers tell Us there Is no real con.
fict between capital and labor, and
preachers and politicians tell you the
same thing. Then they say we are
stirring up trouble. Let rs see the
facts. The more an employer pays for
labor, the raw material the less he has
for himself Ii Is the Intention OF en-
ployers 10 work employees az lcHg as
possible and for the smallest wages
possible On me other hand. the la
boref wants the shortest workday and
the best wages he can get There has
always been conflict between capital
and labor. The employers say that
labor isalI right IL II does not interfere
with theirs business. and IL II does in
terfere il issbsd.
NEWSPAPERS say they believe IN
trades unions But they want to have
the open shop. You can respect tho
man who stands openly and opposes
unonIsm. But when a man asks for
the open shop and pretends TO be your
friend he is deeelving you. With the
open shop trades unionism must fall.
There was time when to ask for
higher wages was a criminal ofrense.
IL was also a jsilable offense for two
laborcrs to meet on the highway and
discuss higher wages The laborer was
q cruel menace, and the hrst labor I'M
ions we're organized in caves and in
the forests, where bloodhcunds could
not follow the organizers Every step
that labor has made has been taken at
n fearful cost. In America progress
has been made against the courts and
in spite OF the courts. In Pennsylvania
man was sent to jail without trial
by Jury because he asked sn employer
to employ union labor instead OF nom
union labor. In Chicago they have
sent men 10 jail because they have
asked men to lay down their tools and
strike for higher wages In dull times
the union man is the first TO be made
to walk the plank. The nonunlon mar
is given the soft job, and the union
man is given the job that means he
takes bis life III his hands The open
shop means an open back door 10 throw
the union men out"