Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-16
TRADE AGREEMENTS,
Arbitration as an Aid to indus.
 trial Peace.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR STRIKES.
Compact Entered Into by Printers ard Publishers Illustrates the Ieea--New Agreement Provides For Board cf Adjudication to Settle Disputes.

AfDllraUOn aS d Su!1StliIlt 1of i&b0f strikes is constantly growing in favor with all classes of citizens. writes .}o- seph R. Buchanan ill the New York Journal While trades unions do not and probably never will sanction Wl!lt is known as compulsory arbitration - that is, trials of grievances by law made eourts-they prefer mediation and amicable adjustment to warfare
 And the answer. "Nothing te ai'bi. trat2." is not so often made as it vas a few years ago to labor's requests for conferences with employers upon questions of di.,;greemcnt
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 Drovi e! r.. tao H&s ;0a ot' t;= putes that E:i@s,a: ..:ife lA ;ae ;aa,; ing of contiaes a:.a ;ia =. t,sa 5a'1- tract after t was n,s1e. 'Tho ass':it"a ton board under both t,3a:;1, ss-saen:eleats consisted of eae representative or tiie publisher and one representative ~ the union, these two 10 select a tfisl member or chairman. This method was found to be unsatisfactory, as it was necessary to go outside of the confines of the printing industry to sc cure q chairman. and in nearly all in stances the man selected was totally unfamiliar with the working conditions in newspaper office.
 The American Newspaper Publish CTS association met in convention in New York in February, and new agreement. which had previously boon formulated by the executive council of the International Typographical union and the special standing committee of the American Newspaper Publishers vention. This agreement embraces a radically different method of arbtra tion from what has heretofore been a part of any agreement ill this country that is, any agreement of national scope The new arbitration agreement pra. vides for an arbitration board compoS ed of three members representing .ae union and three members representing the publishers. all six experts in tho newspaper field, and this board is to settle disputes without the aid of :: chairman or umpire. Before the COY vention of the American Newspaper Publishers association last Februar.. James M. Lynch, president of the In ternational Typographical union. i'll re ferring to the new agreement. said:
 "The third agreement. which comes before your convention for action. will be effective on May if you approve it and in it's working method embraces most radical departure from the ar bitration idea that has heretofore ob tained. In place of board compose,l of three members, with chai::rai. usually selected without regard for his knowledge of the newspaper publish ing business and working conditions in a composing room and whose decision was usually hit and miss affair. We now propose board composed of three members who have most intimate knowledge of newspaper production and three members who are presumed to have knowledge of conditions that obtain in composing rooms.
 "I am aware that this is to g large extent an experiment in industrial af fairs on the North American continent. although it has obtained for years m England. I am confident, however. that in all cases coming before the tri bunal constituted as outlined eventual decision will be rendered. although in some cases there may be delay. That delay, however, will not be near as great as the delay that now acconpa- nies almost every case arising ui,a, the present agreement.
 "There is one feature in the agree Eent that Is especially mertorious. an that is the clause that allows the rco", sentatives of both parties to make nee essary changes at any time that there appears to be necessity for the changes For nearly six years the members of your association. with one or two eX captions. have enjoyed industrial peace. This Is also true of the members of the International Typographical union en- ployed by you. We have both profited by the agreement. We may not hare secured all that we thought We w2rs, entitled to, but at least we have main tained friendly relations. and in the az gregate we have produced your news papers without Interruption. and our members have had the opportunity to labor unimpeded by the strike