Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-08-05
Comment.

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The Boston Herald. under the
Adjudication" discusses
briefly the present strained relation
ship of the Grand Trunk system
and its regular men, and besides
suggests an interesting change in
methods Tor the settlement OF all |
disputes between capital and labor.
The well-inioTmed writer OF tine |
article does not share the hopeful
view of the situation adhered 10 by
the official head of the great utility.
1t is a fact that the accounts of the
service i'll newspapers show that
many annoying plumbers on the
part of the recruits occur as often as
might be expected, TO the discom
fort and loss OF travelling patrons.
The officials OF the road have done
their best to accommodate patrons
but no one can claim that men I'M
familiar with the route can fill the
places of the we'll trained help,
whom they for the time being re-
place. The Herald's pet plan for
future use in like disputes. has in
all probability been exclusively
discussed, for the mention of such
an enlargement of governmental
control OF business to the extent of
compulsory adjudication, is enough
to make both capital and labor "sit
| up and blink. Many interested
in the suggestion will want to know
where the available men, fit as to
character and competent withal to
finally determine any issue con-
corning business, are to be found.
The word, finally, is used advised
lly for any lengthy process of juris-
prudence would be of little use to
wage earners. Employers oflabor
might, or might not, benefit in the
long run, by the official investiga-
ton of their affairs. 1t does not
appear to the writer of this that
the whole record of disputes be-
tween employers and men shows
that inconvenience to the public
has been SO great as to warrant al
insistence upon the proposed meth,
cd, so out of harmony with'Ameri.
, can ideas as to the functions Of
government. Organized labor is
not so formidable a force as some
people think it to be. And the
trouble and loss it has caused has
been quite inconsiderable com
a pared with the fights with othel
! nations, and civil wars to furthe'
I causes deemed to be essential t.
/ national credit. 1t is very unfai
to dub the contest between capital
with every advantage on its side
excepting the sympathy of TIL
common people, and the littl
force, organized labor, 'brawling"
Il AS to the main purpose of unioI
:, men, all will admit that regulation
y Of the choice of voCations is TIL
n best means of manning the farms
d and such necessary, indirect, regu
lation in the interest of all ca
Il best be accomplished by s,lpportin
10 one of the propositions of unio
~ men, that the number of apprer
tees be limited so that the suppl
D. of labor may not so greatly exCee
N the demand that the standard {
a living would be badly lowered fo
e. all workers alike. And is tn
al proposition that low grade foreign
il ers be kept where they belong, on
n to be denounced? The aliens,
:. allowed free access to the America
" industrial system, would in yer
y few years treble the populatio
through their lack of prudence
Id generation, while the better elias
is of citizens wisely raise as man
children as can be properly nou
ished and educated. There woul
" be blow at the decent standar
of living we approve of. The pla
u forms of the union men should /
~ supported if the American popul;
10 ton is to be highly rated, Viii
al compulsory adjudication" woul
tie not altogether abolish the ju
he cause of union men, it could hard
t" make for the progressive rise
lis the working class, which could IL
n. timately bring about, swithout
no bloody revolution, the needle
- change in the use of the means f
u" the we'll being and we'll doing
g. the greatest number. Essex.