Evening star., 1912-11-14
ARBITRATION OF LABOR
DISPUTES ADVOCATED
Canning Predicts Prosperity
for Capital and Workingman
Under Wilson.

Thomas il. Canning of Boston, general
master workman-the highest Office of the
knights of Labor-in his annual address
yesterday afternoon to the convention of
knights in this city advocated the COM
pulsory arbitration of labor disputes; eX-
pressed himself as pleased with the re-
vision of the equity rules for federal
courts by the Supreme Court of the
United States. and said he thought that
the outlook for prosperity was bright,
both for the laboring man and capital
under the pending democratic regime with
Woodrow Wilson at it's head.
The convention of the knights of
Labor, which opened yesterday morning,
is being held in a hall at coo c street
northwest. Thirty-four delegates, repre-
senting every section of the United
States, are in attendance.
Wilson and Prosperity.
Mr.. Canning in the course Of his annual
address said:
Within the past few days the greatest
political overthrow that this country ever
witnessed took place. President-to-be
Wilson receiving the largest electoral vote
ever given a candidate for that office
and carrying with it the comp etc con-
troll of the machinery of the government
in all Of its branches. Many bushes IS
men are very fearful of the condition Of
the country for the next four years. but
/ feel that Mr.. Wilson will do nothing
that will interfere with the prosperity of
the country.
MANY of the foreign nations are pleas
ed at the result of the election, believ-
ing that the democrats will revise the
tariff downward.
1.-The Supreme Court of the United
States in revising the equity rules of the
federal courts has taken a step in the
right direction, and the change will do
away with a great injustice that labor
has had to bear for years past, in ref
erence to the granting of injunctOnS in
labor disputes.
Compulsory Arbitration.
1.-The labor dispute in the textile mills
of Massachusetts during the early part
of this year owing to the Introduction
of the fifty-four- r-hour law for women
and minors has made me stronger than
ever for the passage of such laws as will
compel both sides to the dispute to sub
init it to some tribunal other than them
selves which will have full pus.er 10
make both sides live up ID Its findings.
properly constituted court OF arDitra-
ton with full powers to enforce the de-
crees rendered by it would be of untold
assistance in obviating strikes and look
outs.
Compulsory arbitration in settling
labor disputes is just as reasonable and
fair as compulsory education where such
disputes inconvenience the general pub
lie. The labor organization or employer
off labor who will not trust a good citi-
zen to settle these questions is looking
for something that does not belong to
him, and he has a bad case. Those who
are opposed to child labor can help the
movement by compulsory arbitration; it
will prevent strikes, lockouts, loss Of
work. time, money in wages and profits.
'4The advent of the Industrial Workers
of the World into the textile mills has
again called the attention of the world
to the fact that the trade union idea Of
organization has been a failure. This la
Dor organization. copying the Knights Of
Labor form of organization. has made
great progress with the foreign element
in the textile mills who do not speak
or understand our language, but they
have been able to demonstrate to the
world that the only successful form of
organization is that in which all workers
in an industry are in one solid oreaniza-
tion.''