El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-19

case goes TO a carefully selected BOARD
of mediation. When the facts arc
brought out in friendly conference a
settlement is reached in j great ma
jority of cases. If not. the facts On
both sides are given the local press
and thus the citizens of the commun "
become entirely conversant with the
matter and public opinion steps IN
It's hard for either side to stand for q
wrong. with the great weight Of public
opinion opposed.
Up TO the time Of the medft 'lon pro-
ceeding the men keep at work and The
flow of money through the community
is continued. If, thereafter, hey feel
they can do better elsewhere. they
have a right TO withdraw percent of
the men each day and go II } -ob beg
ter liked but they make no objection 20
the employer putting new men IN the
places they leave 1t seldom comes 10
that.
The practical working of ne plan
shows the industries go on and the en-
pIoyer holds his time-tried men ID Him
on any reasonable terms and they and
he are friends working together
whereas if they settled by the club AID
force, hate would invariably follow
greatly to the detriment Of the industry
and the men personally.
The Trades and Workers Ass is
growing rapidly among some of the
best workmen in America.
1t marks a new epoch. Let workmen
write the Trades and Workers ASS 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 genera
disturbance, but the noisy ones have
gained control of the big Labor Trust
and they force the peaceful ones, anc
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 il 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
4 mune from prosecution when they boy
| colt. slug, burn and dynamite, using
! such means to hold wOrkmen in theil
power TO extract monthly fees from
/ them and to force the rest Of humanity
| to obey them or take the conss
quences. 1t is high time the peopl
were protected by the strong arm o
! the law.
Reader if you want to retain you
! freedom talk plainly to your congress
| men and Legislators. Remember tn
! high priests of the Labor Trust ar
always busy bounding Congressman t
pass new laws to protect them in thei
| attacks on workmen and citizens.
| Do your duty-and compel your repre-
| sentatives to protect you. If they don
respond. see you are at the polls an
! cast a vote for the man who has frs
! agreed to stand by the majority an
give exemption" and special privileg
to no tight and snug combination o
| either Labor or Capital.
Guard your sacred personal lbert
actively and at.all times, for the inter
ests which would like to harness yo
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 nam
also to order when you can wOrl
where, for whom, at what wages an
how long.
Fail in watchfulness and you wi
drift into humiliating servility frol
which it will be difficult TO free your
self.
This is a time when Individual liz
erty is being attacked.
Guard yours as you would your sou
| There's a Reason.
c. W. POST.