The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-02-16
IS IT FEASIBLE ?
D. W. Bailey Submits Plan for ElinI,
mating the Strike Evil.

TO the Labor Unions of Louisiana
Greeting:
Will YOU hear nv plan to speediI
exterminate the strike mania, that ex
isis in all the Unions that | know OF
and restore all enterprises, Of wha
ever kind concerned, TO normal con
ditiOns.
1t is often IL matter of no little mo
ment to know just who is to blame fo1
a Strike, the manufacturers OF the EN-
ployees.
My plan does away with the neces
sity OF 4 strike, to-wit:
Let every organization of labor Sc
lect man among them, TO 90 as q
delegate at an appointed time and
place, for the purpose of the organic
alton of q Labor Congress OF Louisi-
ana, whose duty shall be, first: To
appoint q committee of the best men
to SIT as arbitratOrs OF any troubles
that may come up through any union,
in regular form.
Second: re send q man to lobby
with the State Legislature in the inter
est of labor in the state of Louisiana
Third: TO appoint competent
committee to regulate the price of
labor of any kind or character, es-
pecially about the manufacture of
lumber.
Fourth: TO devise WAYS and means
Of a medium of exchange between the
farmer and the producer, to the dav
labOrer or consumer.
Fifth: To arrange a scale of insur-
ance, house rent, commissaries and
Doctors fees, that will be practicable,
both to the employer and employee.
Sixth: 10 see to it that no scab
or one that does not want
to join the union, get the benefits of
the Labor Congress.
Seventh: To cooperate with, and
elect if possible, the Governor of the
state OF Louisiana, whoever he may
be, as vice president of the Labor
Congress of the state of Louisiana, or
at least to have the Governor as an
advisory councillor to the Labor
Congress.
Eighth To submit the scale OF
wages Of every character and kind, to
every mill owner, or contractor, or
employer of labor of any kind. in the
state OF Louisiana, together with the
avs and rules that shall govern the
labor Congress, and everything that
'ould in any wise concern them, for
heir signatures of acceptance, said |
acceptance and agreements to be final |
Turing the life of said agreement.
Ninth: To co operate with the
and contractors to see
hat no contisication of property, in
he wav OF low prices for their pro-
lucts are admitted.
Tenth: 10 allow no partisan poll.
ician to speak on any political sub.
ect at the convention of any Labor
Congress.
Eleventh: To incorporate in the
Constitution of the Labor Congress of
louisiana the Initiative, Referendum
Ind Recall, so that every local union
'r member of same, will have h vote
md voice in every act aud PROPOSE
ion that may come up, that every !
nan NAV be satisfied with the wage
Gale.
Twelfth: To provide in every in.
tance, that if local union, or MEM
er OF same, of any kind, have
rievance, that they or may re-
er same to the Labor Congress of the
tate OF Louisiana, where they or
ill be assured of redress. i'll
auses be sufficient, thereby preserv.
og peace and harmony. and barring
Re possibility of strike, as it now
).
Thirteenth: To have the manufsc.
,rers. or employers of labor give a {
melY notice of shutting down of their
liant or works, and in every instance
provide q penalty for failure so to
o.
Fourteenth: To provide for con.
nuance of labor, as far as practjea.
le, and d penalty for breach of /
romise OF labor to the employers.
Fifteenth: Tat every clause, or
w, rules and regulations, shall ap.
~ to labor, without respect 10 color
nationality, of any labor union or
ember of same.
Sixteenth: To make all rules and
EQUATIONS, to the end that labor
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