The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-20

cause peacefully and with dignity.
If settlements cannot be made, the
case goes to a 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 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 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 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 IL they settled by the club and
force. hate would invariably follow
greatly to the detriment Of the in
! dustry and the men personally.
The Trades and Workers Assn in
growing rapidly among some of the
best workmen in America.
It 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 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. A dav or
peace and steady prosperity for the
workers, but it will be delayed by
cowardly Congressman if they mistak-
emily 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 ~
humanity to "obey" them or take the
consequences. 1t is high time the peo-
pie were protected by the strong arm
of TIE law.
Reader IL you want to retain vour
freedom talk plainly to your Congress-.
men and Legislators. Remember tha
high priests OF the Labor Trust ara
always busy bounding Congressman
to pass new laws to protect them in
their attacks on workmen and citizens
DO your duty and compel your rem.
resentatives to protect you. IF thew
don't respond. see you are at the polls
ana cast a vote for the man who has
first agreed to stand by the maioritv
and give exemption" and special nriv.
ilege to no tight and snug combination
Of either Labor or Capital.
Guard your sacred personal lthart,
actiVeiy and at all times, for the inter.
es1s which would like to harness YOU
are busy day in and day out.
Permit no set of men to gain power
70 force You to buy only what thew
order hire only those men they name
also TO order when you can work
where, for whom. at what wages and
how long. 's1
Fail IN Watchfnlness and you win
Drift into humiliating servilitv from
which It win be dif1icult to free yonr.
self
Ihls is a time when individual liber.
II is being attacked.
Guard yours as You would vonr so,,i
There's = Reason.
9. W. POST