The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-17

To the public:--One of the worst
features of the closed shop principle. il
1t can be called principle Is that 1t Is
founded upon basis of warfare. Under
1t the unions are constantly arrayed
against the employer and there is not
the slightest attempt at cooperation.
The policy OF the unions has been to
assuwe the attitude of the arbitrary
dictator and the command of building
operations has been in the hands of the
business agents in Gary. The contrac-
tor and back of him, the investor. has
not been consulted in any matter per-
| tanning to the construction of his
buildings that the unions might care
| to usurp.
A good example of the attitude of
the unions is seen in the pile of win
dow frames in the rear of the Krupp
apartment building at the southeast
corner of Van Buren, and Sixth This
building was constructed by Contractor
Eric Lund of Hammond for Fuerst and
Webber of Chicago. When the window
| frames arrived 1t was discovered that
although they bore a label it was not
the kind of union label the Gary car
penters' union recognized and the con-
tractor was informed the frame could
not be used. The contractor being
/
rear of the building to rot and new
ones ordered. This caused delay of
| several weeks in the construction of
the building which is still far from
tcompeted. Had not this sensefcss De-
llay occurred the building would be An
ished today, the flats would be rented
and the investors would be realizing on
their investment.
Is that the way to entice capital into
Gary?
This is the method the closed shop
uses.
Consider this instance testified 20
before the industrial committee:
The contract for the store front on
the Dodd building, which is located on
4 Broadway between Eleventh and
Twelfth, called for copper moulding.
This front was purchased of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass Company of Chicago
by Contractor Ingwald Moe. The firm
sent out a man to put it on and when
the work had been about three quarters
completed the walking delegate of the
metal workers union asked for his
card and discovered that the erector
carried a carpenters card He i'm med :
J lately order the work stopped on the
ground that a carpenter is not permit
tied by union rules to do that kind OF
: work
The work was stopped and Mr.. Moe
hired men from the metal workers
union to put on the front. AS the car
penter was not permitted by union
rules to put on the front union rules
made 1t necessary that all the work
he had done should be done over again
The metal workers first removed from
the front every niece of metal that had
been put on. When they had gone that
far they discovered that the carpenter
in fitting on the moulding had chiseled
LOFT some of the wood work and mas
/. much as 1t would be impossible to dc
2 that part of the job again the men on
the job informed the contractor thai
1 they would amuse themselves at some
i. thing else for an hour which in theil
estimation was about the time required
= to do the work. They didn't ask the
contractor anything about it-merely
:, isaid they would do so-and did.
:; OF course doing this work over agar
was simply waste. 1t was not produc-
!; ton in any sense of the word. 1t was
;. arbitrary. unjust and wholly indefensi-
: BILE.
1t was warfare against the capita
that was making possible the wage:
paid the union labor on the job
Apparently the fight was between
1.-THE unions and the contractors but IL
reality the contractors were not TIL,
). secnd party in the engagement. Thi!
|. arbitrary Lake county unionism ha
, been lighting the investor. Instead o
cooperating to bring capital into Carr
: to give it more and continuous worl
co-operatin has been discarded in favi
of warfare. Capital is naturally
| t. At u. a. = I,a hat
: tleground when countless hands o
I peace are stretched out for it's favor
r Finally the investor rebelled. TIL
t attacks became too insistent and per
5. sistent. To enter Gary it had becom
necessary to pay high premium II
e the way of delays. trouble, indignftie
c and increasing cost The investo
s. heard of more peaceiui vAfles and de
Is parted hence.
Give me fair conditions" he said
D. and I will return again. Butt won
return until conditions are fair. won
return until I am permitted to cell m,
:: house my own. I wont return unit
8, Gary's manhood arises, throws off TIL
s, chains OF despotic walking deiegat
control and gives me Justice. Then
d. will return hundred fold"
q Mr. Merchant that investor is tn
a. according to our opportunities. VIVA
matters It II there are a thousand fac
10 tories here II there are no shelters fo
r the men who are to work in then
s, Gary's future depends on her homes
O her homes depend on her investors an
er her investors depend on Industrial cor
s; ditions Therefore you, Mr. Merchan
8, who are dependent on the investor. ar
d, dependent those same industrfs
er conditions. The right kind of cond
n tions in the Industrial field in Gar
W mean everything in the world TO yo
p They mean more to you than to an
L other resident OF this community I
IS. man of you they mean the differene
W between success and failure. With tn
W unexampled prosperit the open she
a. will bring into Gary your business wi
% undergo the greatest boom and tt
most rapid expansion in the history
the business world.