Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

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local Shrine temple has received as
surances from delegates throughout
the United States to come here of a
sufficient number to guarantee fifty
special trains, and the caravan Of Wis
itors with the red fez that will be with
In our gates during the early part OF
next May is conservatively estimated
at from twenty-five to thirty thousand
Do you realize and appreciate what
gathering of prominent men Of this
character means to the city of Los
Angeles2 Every member of the Mys-
tic Shrine is a representative man in
his own home and will be an eyewit-
ness of our prosperity and advantage
and will become a walking advertise
ment for Los Angeles and the entire
Southern California. The indirect
benefits to be derived from such a con-
ference cannot be overestimated, but
will be repaid MANIFOLD for the re-
quired outlay.
1t is estimated that $4,000 is neces-
sary to carry out the plans of the
Fiesta committee and the executive
committee of the Shrine, and I appeal
to every merchant. manufacturer
property owner and real estate dealer
to make a liberal contribution toward
the fund in order that our visitors may
return to their homes not only salts
fed with their reception, but heralding
our hospitality and our liberality.
But ii should not be expected that
the merchants alone bear the burden
of public movements of this character.
They always gladly and willingly con-
tribute their share, but the property
owners are benefited to as large a pro-
portion, If not larger. from conventions
and movements of similar character.
The merchants have always evinCed
a public spirit and civic pride In what
ever project is undertaken to bring this
city to the notice of the world. and I
know that l voice the sentiment of
every member of the association when
| say that the time has come when the
property owner is expected to do his
share.
Rents are constantly being raised,
realty values have enormously in
creased and the property owner reaps
the benefit to a larger extent from our
prosperity, without materially aiding
the movements that are responsible for
this condition, than any other class of
citizens.
The arrangements for the Fiesta and
the entertainment of the Shrine are
now well under way, but we are pa
tiently waiting for the financial assist
anCe of those who have the future of
Los Angeles at heart in order to make
it a grand success.
Industrial Peace
One of the main objects of this asso-
citation is to promote and maintain in
dustrial peace in this community and
during the past seven years we have
championed the principles of the open
shop in every channel of our indus
trial and mercantile life and demanded
that the rights of employers in the
management of their business be not
interfered with. The past year has
proven one of special activity along
these lines.
On January /. 1906. a general strike
was ordered by the International Typo
graphical union, demanding the recUg
milton of the union in all the printing
establishments of the country, together
with an eight-hour day. The employ
mig printers of this city, realizing that
those demands were unjust and un-
fair, and meant a surrender of the fun
damental principles of American free
dom, refused TO accede to the dicta-
tion of the union and as a result a
strike was ordered, involving nearly
every printer in this city. Subsequent
ly u sympathetic strike was called of
the pressmen, in conjunction with the
printers.
The employers appealed to this as
sociation and we have given them our
moral and financial support to the ut
most of our ability. After a warfare
of fully ten months, resulting perhaps
in the most stubborn and bitter indus
trial battle that was ever fought, the
strike was declared off and every
printing establishment with very few
exceptions, is now free from union
domination.
This struggle for American principles
and independence from union dictation
involved the outlay of a large amount
of money, but the fact that the en-
ployers We're successful has fully justi-
fed the outlay. At a convention of the
State Federation of Labor, held this
month at Stockton, the official report
showed that 100000 had been expended
by the International Typographical
union in its fight throughout the
United States, a large portion of this
money having been contributed to the
strike in this city.
With the victory obtained under
those circumstances Los Angeles may
we'll be proud of her record in this con-
nection, and the employing printers
rights, as we'll as ours, deserve we'll
at the hands of this community.
Just when the difficulties surround
ing the printers were most serious
another rupture between employer and
employe was precipitated by the re-
fusal of the journeymen bakers to
handle a flour manufactured in this
city by mill that refused to be die
tated to as to who it should employ.
That action was also greatly repug-
nant to every American principle of
right and justice, from the fact that
only the product of one mill was in
volved, whereas others We're not at
tackled where similar conditions pre-
vailed.
We again assisted the master bakers
in their struggle and We're successful
in breaking the strike. Lately the jour-
neymen tailors have declared war upon
the non-union shops, demanding an alb
solute closed shop, and we have again
come to the rescue of the employers
and are now giving them our assistance
to run their business as they see fit,
without the impudent demads of labor
agitators.
These controversies -etWeen employer
and employe are greatly regretted, but
our association is of the opinion that
Industrial peace of this city must be
maintained in order that our future
rrOcparitV and daValODnent he assured