The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-17
ARBITRATION DEVELOPMENT.
The international Typographical un.
ion Leads In the Efforts at In.
dustrial pease.

particular industry, naturally result
ed In the strike of national import.
ance. Particularly during the past five
years has this ween noticeable and pub
lie spirited citizens. recognizing this
meance to the prosperity Of our coun.
try. have exerted all possible effort
toward the settlement of wage and
our dispute before the danger point
is reached.
Prominent among the agencies that
have worked for industrial peace is
the National Civic Federation. and
the activity Of this body has attract.
cd national attention. Students of
economic and industrial development
have been diIigent in seeking a rene
Idy for industrial disturbances. The
tendency is toward the recognition
Of arbitration as the panacea. but it
still remains for the employer and
and union to work out the methods OF
arbitration. II is an easy matter to
call for Arbitration but II is a most
difficult task to supply the machin.
cry that will result in a fair and just
decision.
Perhaps the most noticeable ms
tance OF the working out Of an arbi.
tration agreement is presented in the
compact between the American
Newspaper Publishers Association.
embracing In its membership some
250 of the leading newspapers Of the
country, and the International Typo.
graphical Union, with its moro than
$1,000 members. Jho initial agree
ment between these two great asso-
Citations covers only one year and
provided for the arbitration of dis.
putes that might arise under con
tract The second agreement which
ran for five years, provided for the
hrbitr9tiGa Of disputes that might
arise in the making of contracts and
under the contract after It was made.
The arbitration board, under both
these agreements, consisted OF one
Representative Of the publisher and
Ohe ltptItSenldtiNt VI Nht uhloh'
these two to select third member
, or chairman. This method was found
TO be unsatisfactory, as 1t was nee
, essary to go outside Of the confines
of the printing industry to secure a
! chairman, and in nearly all instances
the man selected was totally unfamil.
: liar with the working conditions in
a newspaper office.
4 The American Newspaper Publish
!. ers' Association met in convention
e in New York in February. and new
agreement, which had previously
: been formulated by the executive Of
. ficers Of the International Typograph-
ical Union and the special standing
committee of the American News, a
per Publishers Association. was en-.
dorsed at that convention. This
agreement embraces a radically diff.
lferent method OF arbitration than has
heretofore been part Of anv agree
ment in this country-that is, any
agreement OF national scope. The new
arbitration agreement provides for an
arbitration board composed of three
members representing The union and
three members representing the pub
fishers, all six experts In the news
paper field and this board Is to set
tie disputes without the all Of a
chairman or umpire In appearing be
fore the convention Of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
last February, James NJ. Lynch, pres
ical Union, in referring to the new
agreement. said:
The third agreement which comes
before your convention for action
will be effective on May /, II you ap
prove IT, and in its working method
embraces a most radical departure
from the arbitration idea that has
heretofore obtained In place Of g
board composed of three members
with a chairman usually selected
without regard for his knowledge o.
tHe newspaper puplShihs puoih'o'
and working conditions in compos
ing room, ana whose decision wal
usually hit and miss affair, We nov
propose a board composed Of ths2p
members who have mosh intimate
knowledge of newspaper production
and three members who are presum
ed to have knowledge Of conditions
that obtain in composing rooms.
am aware that this is to large ex
tent an experiment in Industrial af
fairs on the North American contin
ent, although It has obtained for year
in England. | am confident, however
that in all cases coming before tn,
tribunal constituted as outlined, even
Itual decision will be rendered. al