The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-09-15

1T Is not merely your DUTY hue
your right. you people OF Columbus. you
peopieof Ohio. to insist on knowing
an the facts that led up to and
nrought about this strike. and pass
Causes Of the Trouble.
II has been alleged to me that the
trouble began ecaus OF a dismissal
by the company OF some OF Its en-
pioyes for asking for higher wages. Il
It also alleged that 1t has continued
necause Of the omen or covert effort OF
the corporation to prevent the forma-
ton OF 9 union among the employees.
Both allegations are denied. You should
get authoritative information as to
whether they are true or false,
"Of course, to dismiss men for ask
ing for an increase of wages would be
such an infamy that I can hardly be-
lieVe 1t occurred. but you should find
out definitely. To dismiss men for
membership In or proposing to join d
union would be almost as bad. The
union is just as much a necessity of
our modern industrial system as the
corporation Itself. Both must obey the
law. but each is a necessity.
Believes in Labor Unions.
Under modern conditions it is oft
time absolutely necessary that there
should be collective bargaining on the
part of the men, and this can only
come through the union.
I am honorary member Of q union
myself. II I were a wage worker en-
tatnly join the union. Union men have
no right to force other wage workers
into the union. AS was SO well set forth
IN the admirable report of the anthra-
Gle strike commission such action Is
q GROSS violation Of right az is the So
called secondary boycott
But, 1t is equally an outrage for the
employer to discriminate against the
unions and to fail to work with them In
a spirit Of cordial good faith on both
sides. Moreover, II our present arbi-
tration law is no sufficiently stringent.
make 1t more stringent, and IL 1t ia un
constitutional amend the constitution
wrongs until the constitution Is
amended.
Can Force Corporations.
~The state and the municipality have
power to force any public service cor
poration to do what is right II they
choose to exercise hat power, and 1t Ia
the business OF the people to see that
they SO choose.
In conclusion. friends, your duties
are two-fold: First. at n and withA
out equivocation or hesitation to en-
force order, suppress violence and see
that the law is obeyed in letter and
spirit; second. as soon as this result
has been achieved, turn to the great
| question of justice, and exert your
whole power to find out the facts
treating any refusal to give you all the
facts as q confession OF guilt. If In
justice has been done, exert the whole
power Of the government to see that II
Is remedied forthwith, and IL there Is
any effort to prevent 1t. and If the at
tempt to remedy it is INSTRUCTED, see tc
1t that there is not only a remedy but
also punishment and take steps thai
will e~ffectually prevent a repetition o,
the injustice.
you people of Columbus face one o
the crises which from time to time ir
our American life demand the exercise
Of the highest qualities Of good citi.
zenship. 1t is your immediate duty tt
secure law and order, and once thi.
has been done 1T becomes your ever
higher and more pressing duty to SET
that Justice full and complete, is guar.
anteed alike to the employer. the EN-.
ploye and the people as a whole"