New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
LABOR AND INJUNCTIONS.
uyorIsr CounseIs Uruonists Not to
Take Hasty action.
-ha Editor Of The Tribune

20 the Editor OF The Tribune
~. M me needs TO be told that men who Ia
bor with their hands IN their mental moral anu
,bxsscaI makeup in no way different from those
10 GET their living by brain work or who are
ale That they ike other people, use independent
Judgment in passing on political QuesuoIs Wa"
demonstrated by the late election which couio not
have resulted as IL did had the labor men OF me
,--.r, voted as they were told TO by the author
i,ses of the unions They are now CONFRONTED oE
snotbe- situation which calls for the calmest con-
sfderstion and the most well balanced ana "lseSt
srtinn on their part individuals unlnnoenceo oS
a75v but disnterested advice and the laying 3siue
of prejudice ~,
o-,-s,izations which may may not have been
--oper and legitimate for them to possess, they
have undertaken 10 make use OF weapons WHICH,
,ba courts have pronounced unlawful Alone OF All
other Interests affected by the law and within us
reach their leaders have assumed TO say that the
courts view OF tie law wrong and that they
would not obey 1t Every laboring man 3 reason
and sense Of propriety must tell him that thls Is
m, q tenable position for them. any more than II
z-o,ld be for e corporation, many Of which have
been having the law applied 10 them In way
--5,fch they do not believe to be just or legal
Nevertheless they do not presume TO resist it
II every ore whose views of the law not met
ventures 10 do that, society ceases TO exist ana
there can by possibility De any exception 1oF
ANYBODY on any ground
The onlY vay TO proceed under such circllnl-
stances is by reason and persuasion If corporate
interests can persuade majority Of the people
thai they have been unjustly assailed and that
they should left combine and TX rates without
LEI or hindrance then the legislatures chosen Will
reflect their views and legislate accordingly II.
on The other hand a majority Of the people can be
persua ded that the boycott Is legitimate weapon
"a be turned against them whenever any of them
happen 10 differ in thei- views and methods from
the unions and that II IS proper that they should
be cosrced to conformity. then the legislatures
elected will modify exciting laws 70 support the
unions position
In the Buck Stove case appeal has been TAKEN
and Il IS probable that II will reach the Supreme
Court II that court says the boycott may be used
and that the Injunction below was improper. that
is the end OF Il and every business man must be
prepared TO conduct his affairs accordingly. If. on
the other hand the court sustains the injunction.
viii advance their true interests and commend
themselves 70 the good will Of the country If they
quietly scuuiesce, as every one else must do when
the law Is declared Then. II they are dissatisfied
let them carry their to the country as dis
tinct Issue til. they get distinct and unnlis-
taxable verdict from the people That Is the way
government OF the people. by the people and for.
the people -nust be carried and the only way
II which 81 can continue TO exist
Meanwhile il will Re wise for labor organiZa-
tons not to take any hasty action from which
eventually they may have TO recede.
Washington. Dec 90, 1905 A WORKER