The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30

terrible; nor is it the tying up Of as
ISOLATED industries though this is de-
plorable. Rather is it the bad feel
Ing engendered, the bitterness in
sp1red and the Generalization result
ing. These features far outweigh any
others in consideration of this prob
lem. Professor Ruuchenbeusch says
1T Is better for a community to forfeit
one million dollars than to have a
strike You may recuperate the
financial loss but you have a legacy
Of hatred, bitterness and demoraliza-
ton that must remain"
Rev. Armstrong characterized as
unwise the rejection of offers by the
men during the Allouez strike and
he deplored the harm done by the I.
w. W. agitators. Wrong methods
were used towards seeking concilia-
ton. he asserted, and the attitude of
both employer and employe was
"symptomatic of diseased Industrial
ism that is more concerned with div
1dends than human welfare"
Workers Become Important. :
What were the Allouez> dock
1aborers to us before they went on
strike?" Questioned the speaker.
Simply lot of foreigners who car
ried on an industry that was of finan-
NASAA " u I'll ~ OuI Guy. DVO we ever
give them a thought? Did. we con
slider them as brothers.? Did we try
to help them as American citizens !?
Were they any. more to us than the
dogs that roam our streets except for
the one fact that they brought money
to our community? Did We know
how they yived, what they suffered or
what they did so long as they labored
quietly and disturbed not our business
interests?
The moment they, went on strike
we became intensely interested. You
will hurt our city, we cried. If you
create a disturbance will bring the
militia exclaimed our mayor. Away
with the I. w. w. rogues,' we wrong
fully yelled. Meanwhile the company
imported strikebreakers. The whole
trouble Is we have kept our eyes on
the financial. not the, human aspect
OF this problem. We, the churches
and citizens of this community are
responsible. This brings to us the
remedy.
Friendly Interest Wins.
1T stnot the militia nor the depor-
tation of. L: w. w. agitators. it is
true friendship, loyal brotherhood
and compassionate interest for these
foreign laborers. They are as sheep
"AC4Ouk. a S41CpAcIOs distressed and
scattered. Our hearts must be filed
with the compassion Of Jesus, They
do not want charity They need wise
counsel, justice and consideration. II
the churches and the community had
been doing their duty the past wears
there never would have been q
strike.'' -. 80
Mr.. Armstrong urged the establish.
ment of branch Y M. C. "A. or a
branch of the mission or some form
of settlement work to educate these
foreigners. LET thoroughly : compe-
tent and equipped workers l.. ~
charge Of this institution" advocated
the speaker. Let the workers he
free from dominance, except the oh1i-
cation to man. Gradually social work.
ers would gain the confidence of the
men, their advice would be sought
and followed; the power Of fanaticai
agttators would be Destroyed e..
Such an institution must =.
neither the slave OF capital norE, the
puppet OF agitators.s 1t must stand for
man. Thus it would cultivate Amer
can ideals and christian principles. Il
would be practical expression of the
compassion Of Jesus. Humanitarian
Ism has financial value; com passion
- q commercial asset; religion yields
dividends. Strikes cannot; IS erded
Tor q: prevented nv denunciation s.