Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25

the gamblers led by Patten. The tllIefs
of the soil have been educated to inc
value of their product ana are ashius
each other, IF Patten can monopoIlze
our product and clean up millions o.
dollars why cannot we, the raisers and
original owners of wheat?" And what
is the answer? Organize and withhold
wheat from the market Ana tlau Is
precisely what the farmers are pre-
pairing to do, according to writer III
an eastern publication.
Throughout the west and southwest
hundreds of elevators have been erected
under the direction of tire Farmers
union for the purpose of storing theif
grain Efforts are also being made to
! limit the acreage of wheat to make
control more effective. The members
of the Farmers union in several states
have decided to set aside one acre OF
their crops for the maintenance Of the
general distress fund, to be used only
for the purpose of aiding those mem
bers requiring assistance ana enaoie
them to hold their crops and beat the
gamblers and spectators to the manu-
facturers. This plan is similar to that
adopted by the labor unions in the
cities which maintain funds for the
out-of-work members and those in
need of financial assistance.
Soon will be heard the spectators
/ in wheat and other farm products de-
nouncing the Tabor monopoly" that
exists on the farms of the west and
south They will demand the enforce
ment of the Sherman antitrust law
and the dissolution of the Farmers
union on the ground that it is in re
straint of trade" and violating the
sacred law of supply and demand"
This is a condition which the gamb-
lers did not foresee. 1t is similar TO
that which exists in Hawaii. The
sugar planters flooded the island with
Japanese for the purpose of making
the supply of labor exceed the demand
and thus force down wages. me op-
posite was the result. The resident
Japs formed a compact with their
newly arrived brothers and instead or
| lowering the wages they refused to
work unless they We're raised
Representative Kendall Of Iowa has
introduced bill in the house at wash
! ington which, if 1t ever is reported
out of committee, and this is extremely
doubtful. will be watched with eager
Interest by every member Of organized
! labor in the country 1t PROVIDES tnat
no restricting order or injunction snail
be issued in labor disputes unless the
order or injunction shall be clearly
necessary to prevent such irreparaple
injury to property rights as cannot
he adequately redressed by law, and
! then only after reasonable previous Writ
ten notice of the application snail nave
/ been served on the person c1ted as the
one to be restrained or enJolned ana
who 1t is provided, shall have due OPP
nortunity to appear and answer.
IT also restricts labor unions from
the operation of the Sherman antitrust
law by providing that no agreement
between two or more persons, OF pc
tween parties involving the terms Or
conditions of employment shall be
( fT1fn a
the act or thing to be done or not done
would be unlawful on the part OF an
Individual The bill has embarked on
a stormy voyage and rhetorical nght-
ming will assail it many times before IL
finds a friendly. offing..
w. f. Jones of the United Mine
Workers Of America, who has been IN
| this CITY for some time appearing pc
fore the unions, addressed large meet
| ing of the Pasadena Central Labor
council Friday night.
After being out for ten DAYS on a
strike that tied up nearly all OF the gold
mines of Amador county, the miners
returned to work Thursday, and tlght
! that threatened to cost both the mine
| owners and the workers thousands OF
| d3l1arsw as averted. Work is toW pro-
ere esing as though no strike mad oc-
| cU"sed. $500
The question at issue was the inter
| nretation of the new eight-hour mining
| law, which was passed by the last leg
| islature. and became effective May III.
The mine owners declared the law un-
constitutional, and the miners agreed
| to leave the dispute to the supreme
court Both sides are eager for de-
cision from that body.
Several members of the Machinists'
/ Ctp laIlncn
trude and left San Pedro at o'clock
Sunday morning for a days outing
| at Catalina with their wives and ram
| lilies. These holidays are becoming
popular with the organizations. Inc
| proto-engravers enjoyed trip TO the
same resort last sunday.
| T,ong-time agreements between work.
| men and employers are becoming more
numerous every day, insuring'. as they
| do. industrial peace and cessation from
| costly strikes and lockouts. AZ HIea'
Fails, Mont. the Trades and Labor as
senblv. representing $1,000 union men,
| and the board of commerce, represent
| inc the employing and business inter-
| ests of that city, have become partles
| to an arbitration agreement when is Oh
| great advantage to that community
1t provides that for the next lllIe9 Seals
| there shall be no increase or reductloil
in wages: that employers shall en-
Nov III "r n1ion labor. and that all disputes
ariSino shall be submitted to board
Of arbitration an equal number OF
which shall be selected by the employ
ers and unions. The findings OF TINS
| hodv in all matters shall be binding on
both sides.
Considerable interest is manifest IN
this city in the outcome Of the trlal
of a well known labor ieaaer III b Mn,
20 9oalI Of a strike. This man holds
resnonsible position in the building
trades council of that city. Labor
unions are no different from other or
CARNATIONS, either social. political or
reIieious If a member be rogue
and unworthy the confidence of his
fellows they want to know it and see
him punished. But they do desire more
evidence than the unsupported WORD
of ayowed union haters, unfair en-
Movers or disgruntled aspirants for Of
fice in their own ranks before con-
demning him.
AS we'll unfrock a clergyman be-
cause of accusation made against MN
by one of the under world. 1t is to the
interest of all union men that their
ranks be purged of grafters and dis
honest men, and when one IS proved TO
be either of these none VIII be more
ready to see punishment meted out
than the union men themselves. Iney
demand justice from employers ana TEL
low workmen alike. But in these days
| when there are so many spies in tho
ranks of labor sowing seeds of dissen-
sion the true union man will withhold
| Judgment until incontrovertible evil
| dapra Of Quilt is submitted,