The labor standard., 1910-01-01
Anti-union Employers and Revo.
 lutionary Socialists.
TWO lRRECONCILABLE FOES,
Both These Forces Oppose the Pro. gram of the Civic Federation For in. dustriai Peace Because of Their Hatred of Organized Labor.

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 Organized labor in this country is be- set by two vindictive and unrelenting enemies. These forces are marshaled ln two strangely contrasting groups. One is composed of certain organiza- tions of employers, who, while pretend ing friendship for properly conduct ed and well regulated unions," at the same time make demands upon them which they themselves know would work their destruction. These en- ployers organizations regard as well regulated" only such labor unions as are so formed that their members will always abide by the rules and regula- tions of the employer, with the strike an acknowledged impOssibility, no matter what strain and stress may be the lot of the employees at any time.
 Their literature is consolidated mass of citations of brutal or dishon- est or unfair actions of isolated unions or the blunders, criminal or Other- wise, of some of the minor radical na- tiOnal unions, which every good citi zen, union man or nonunion, deplores. The intent, of course. is to give the impression that these represent the spirit and sum total off organized la- bor's efforts. They do not explain \ that there are 25,00O local unions ill he United States and that it would
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 n regrettable incidents. A book was published some years ago by the Free Thought Publishing company, entitled The Crimes of Preachers" with a view to proving that the church was rotten to the core. Such a collection might be made detailing crimes con- mitted by physicians, farmers, law yers. merchants, manufacturers or any other group in the professions and oc- equations.
 The anti-unionists never hint at the truth that many of the most violent strikes are by nOnunion men, such as the recent McKees Rocks and some of the Paterson silk mill strikes, where the strikers were mostly Socialists and anarchists, but try to convey the idea that they are all union men. They viciOusly attack as un-American and brand as illegal and infamous the "clOsed shop" policy of the unions, en- tirely ignoring that all the great rail- way brOtherhOods are open shop or ganizatiOnS, and for these they have as little good will as for the other la- bOr organizations.
 These anti-union employers ignore the constructive, benevolent and edu cational work of the unions. They never mention the fact that the unions pay out more money every year for death. sick and other benefits than they do for strikes They never recog- rize the educational value of the un ions, whose official trade journals con- tain each month technical articles de- signed to educate the members in their trades and improve their skill.
 The other active fee of organized la bor is the revolutionary Socialist body The Socialists fight organized labor be- cause the American unions will not support their revolutionary class ha- tred program.
 The Socialists oppose the unions be- cause they are securing shorter hours better wages and bettertconditions for the workingmen, achievements which are fatal to Socialist philosophy and it's desire to make things worse as fast as possible in order to pave tue way for the social revolution