The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-19
Mob-Coddline
by CoIa&ressnea

II settlements cannot be made, the
case goes to a carefully selected board
OF mediation. When the facts are
brought out in friendly conference q
settlement is reached in a great ma
jority of cases. If not, the facts on
both sides are given the local press
and thus the citizens of the communi-
ty become entirely conversant with the
matter and public opinion steps in.
It's hard for either side to stand for
a wrong. with the great weight of pub
lie opinion opposed.
Up to the time of the mediation pro-
ceeding the men keep at work and the
flow of money through the commun-
ity Is continued. II, thereafter, they
feel they can do better elsewhere, they
have right to withdraw 5 per cent of
the men each day and go to a job bet
ter liked but they make no objection
to the employer putting new men in
the places they leave. 1t seldom comes
to that.
The practical working of the plan
shows the industries go on and the
employer holds his time-tried men to
him on any reasonable terms and they
and he are friends working together,
whereas If they settled by the club and
force, hate would invariably foil w,
greatly to the detriment of the indus
try and the men personally.
The Trades and Workers Assn is
growing rapidly among some of the
best workmen in America.
1t marks a new epoch. Let workmen
write the Trades and Workers Assn OF
Battle Creek, Mich, for a constitution
and bylaws and study the new peace
movement.
Practically all real workers dislike
to have their ne gotiations Conducted
by strikes, violence. hate and general
| disturbance, but the noisy ones have
gained control of the big Labor Trust
and they force the peaceful ones, and
by such methods have brought much
odium on the name of Labor.
A better day is coming. A day Of
peace and steady prosperity for the
| workers, but it will be delayed by COW
ardly Congressman IL they mistakenly
| vote to put more power in the hands
of the trust leaders and make then
immune from prosecution when they
boycott, slug, burn and dynamite usinl
such means to hold workmen in theil
power to extract monthly fees from
them and to force the rest of humanity
to "obey" them or take the conse
quences. 1t is high time the peopl,
were protected by the strongarm o.
the law. .,,--.
| Reader II you want to retain you
freedom talk plainly to yoru Congress
man and Legislators. Remember thu
high priests of the Labor Trust ar,
always busy bounding Congressman II
pass new laws to protect them in thei
attacks on workmen and citizens.
Do your duty and compel your repre-
sentatives to protect you. II they dom
respond, see you are at the polls an.
cast q vote for the man who has mrs
agreed to stand by the majority an,
give exemption" and special priv
lege to no tight and snug combination
of either Labor or Capital.
i Guard your sacred personal fbert.
actively and at all times. for the inter
ests which would like to harness yo'
are busy day in and day out.
j Permit no set of men to gain powe
to force you to buy only what the.
order, hire only those men they name
also to order when you can work
where, for whom, ut what wages AM
how long.
! Fail in watchfulness and you vii
drift into humiliating servility iron
which II viii be dimcult to free YOU
self
] This h q time when individual nbel
Ity II being attacked
Guard yours as you would your SOU
9 y. rosr.