The San Francisco call., 1910-07-19

If settlements cannot be made, the
case goes to carefully selected board
of mediation. When the facts are
brought out in friendly conference a
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 community
become entirely conversant with the
matter and public opinion steps in
It's hard for either side to stand for
wrong. with the great weight of
public opinion opposed.
Up to the time of the mediation pro-
ceeding the men keep at woEk and the
flow of money through the community
is continued. If. thereafter. they feel
they can do better elsewhere. they nave
a right to withdraw SO Of the men
each day and go to a job better 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 follow.
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 constitution
and bylaws and study the new peace
movement.
Practically all real workers dislike
to have their Negotiations 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.
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 them
immune from prosecution when they
boycott, slug, burn and dynamite. using
such means to hold workmen in their
power to extract monthly fees from
them and TO force the rest of humanity
quences. 1t is high time the people ,
were protected by the strong arm of
the law
Reader. if you want to retain your
freedom talk plainly to your Congress
men and Legislators Remember the
nigh priests or the Labor Trust are
always busy bounding Congressman TO
pass new laws to protect them in their
attacks on workmen and citizens.
Do your duty and compel your repre-
sentatives to protect you II they don't
respond. see you are at the polls and
cast a vote for the man who has first
agreed to stand by the majority and ?
give exemption" and special privilege
to no tight and snug combination of
either Labor or Capital.
Guard your sacred personal liberty
actively and at all times. for the in
terests which would like to harness
you are busy day in and day out.
Permit no set Of men to gain power
to force you to buy only what they
order, hire only those men they name.
also to order when you can work
where, for whom. at what wages and
how long.
Fail in watchfulness and you will
drift into humiliating servility from
w hich it will be difficult to free your
self.
This is a time when individual lib
erty is being attacked.
Guard yours as you would your soul.
There's a Reason.
C. w. Posi-.