The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 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 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 pubnc opinion steps in.
It's hard for either side to stand for
wrong, with the great weight of
public opion opposed.
Up to the time of the mediation pro-
ceeding the men keep at work and the
flow of money through the community
is continued. If, thereafter, they feel
they can do better elsewhere, they
have right to withdraw per cent of
the men each day and go to job
better liked but they make no objec
ton to the employer putting new men
in the places they leave It seldom
comes to that
The practical working of the plan
shows the industries go on and the en-
ployer holds his time-tried men to him
on any reasonable terms and they
and he are friends working together
whereas if they settled BIZ the club
and force, hate would Invariably
follow, greatly to the detriment of the
industry and the men personally.
The Trades and Workers Assn is
growing rapidly among some of the
best workmen in America.
1t marks new epoch. Let work.
men write the Trades and Workers
Assn of Battle Creek, Mich, for con.
stitution 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
A better day is coming. day OF
peace and steady prosperity for the
workers, but it will be delayed by COW.
ardly Congressman if they mistakenly
vote to put more power in the hands
of the trust leaders and make them i'm
mune from prosecution when they boy,
colt, slug, burn and dynamite, using
such means to hold workmen in their
power to extract notify fees from
them and to force the rest of humanity
to "obey" them or take the conse
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
high priests of the labor Erust are
always, busy bounding Congressman
to pass new laws to protect them in
their attacks on workmen and citi
zens.
Do your duty and compel your repre-
sentatives to protect you If they don't
respond, see you are at the polls and
cast vote for the man who has first
agreed to stand by the majority anc
give exemption" and special privilege
to no tight and snug combination o.
| either Labor or Capital.
Guard your sacred personal libert.
actively and at all times, for the inter
ests which would like to harness YOU
are busy day in and day out.
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 at what wages an,
how long.
Fail in watchfulness and you will
/ drift into Illuminating servility fror
which it will be difficult to free your
/ self.
This is a time wnen individual libel
ty is being attacked.
i Guard yours as you would your SOU
There's Reason.
] C. w. POST.