The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-18

Correctness of Any Economic industrial Theory
Determined From It's Effect Upon Communities Where
....~ It Has Been Put Into Actual Practice.
Judged BY This Standard the Open Shop Agitation Proves ITSELF
to be the Most Dangerous Movement That Cursed
- - Our Nations Industrial Lhe


The history of the world is repIete
with illustrations Of the fact, that the
movements which were most disas-
Itrous to the we'll being OF the race, OBJ
tained credence and support, through
their promoters stealing the livery Of
heaven with which to serve the
devtf"; and seldom did the people dis
cover the imposition until it was TOO
late, and the injurious consequences
Of the deception had become we'll nigh
irreparable.
This open shop epidemic belongs to
the same class Of dangerous decep-
tions. We do not assert that the rank
and file Of open shop adherents are
not as good as their union shop neigh
bors; but, we do assert as our positive
| conviction that the leaders of the agi-
| tatton, are unscrupulous in their
methods, hypocritical in their preten-
sions, and actuated by motives SO re-
prehensible as to render them mora
dangerous to American institutions
| than the open and above board anai :
| chists.
! The redhanded anarchist hates
unionism and the collective forms of
society we call government, and
stands for individualism. The anar-
chist Of greed also stands for individ-
ualism, hates collective action because
It's the anthesis Of selfishness, and
tries to ignore government by corrupt
ing those entrusted with it's adminis-
| tration.
In the last analysis therefore,
II there be any difference between the
! two, 1t is in favor Of the first, because
society can protect itself against him;
| but the latter talks about liberty in
dependence, and such like terms 50
! that society is either lulled to sleep or
hypnotized to foolish action by the
plausible suavity Of his schemes. Be-
fore our Duluth mislead and misguided
neighbors determine to- continue
under such leadership, and thus ruin
our city; let us give them concrete
ILLUSTRATIONS. OF the: workings of the
non union idea elsewhere -; y II, II. a =
f. >..>- The City7of, f,l.oss.AnseIes..se
Before the Introduction Of the1.Vari
Cleave heresy this. was one OF the
most. prosperous cities, not, only on
the Pacific coast but in the whole
United States. In an unhappy mo-
| ment, the spurious philosophy of the
Manufacturers association obtained a
foothold, and crystallized itself in the
form of a Citizens association, AMI
| the smashing of ,unionism- began, with
the result that today its prosperity is
numbered with the conditions that
were. Here is what the staid and
conservative New York Tribune has
to say about the flocking Of the 'tin-
dependent non-union citizen to that
formerly prosperous town:
''The Los Angeles authorities are
building a great bull pen in the bed of
the Los Angeles river, where they
hope to round up thousands of the
tramps and petty criminals that in
fest the city. The present Jail accom-
modations are wholly inadequate, as
the arrests number several hundred a
day. Veteran patrolmen armed with
sawed off shotguns will guard all the
electric railway terminals. The hold
ing up of street. cars has become a
nightly occurrence in all parts Of the
city, and the small police force Is un-
able to cope with the spread OF
crime" -
Do we want a repetition Of such
things in Duluth? -,
Seattle Another Victim.
Here is what a trustworthy and re-
spectacle citizen Of Seattle has to say
about conditions there:
We have here men as you: find them
elsewhere; unscrupulous, selfish
grasping, scheming, and unfeeling
who, for personal gain, care not what
means they employ, legal, or illegal
nor who suffers, so that they may
profit. And 50 alluring advertise.
n1ents are placed in eastern papers
and such bright picture painted OF
the coast country that men are in.
duced to come to Seattle under tn.
promise Of better wages. When they
arrive here they find they have beer
lied to-, stung and buncoed by the pi-
rates hired by Van Cleave, etc., an:
paid out Of that war fund. This i.
the truth, pure and simple, and let me
say, II you come this way, bring along
money enough to last you and your.
for a length of time, as we have none
And those of you that have no none,
Ibut expect to make it out here. ha6
better not come, as only disappoint.
ment awaits you here. Stay away
from the coast country. ~
It is with sincere regret that We
give this. illustration Of conditions ex.
listing here, but it is best to state Their
as we find and know them to be, thar
! to show them off or misrepresen,
them, or give way gto fatuous illusions
and hopes that are vain and inde.
finite. ~ @sA>E-~ =. - I.4.@,, ): - Is
Real estate sharks, loan broker.
land all that class Of -buzsards are a
Iwork to induce people to come her,
so they may skin them. OF. their money
lis not mems honor or principle
: we have to contend with, or the lscl
Of these two qualities, but II is enpt,
stomachs. and the dire. necessity 8
their families, brought about BY NJ
fault of their own. and no liking fol
the predicament IN which they Nm,
lthemselves.'' ;5Es3 sssss3s
Real Estate sharks'' Ii 8 gcot
term. We h1ve 4 few in Duluth 4,