The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-06-14
i PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE.


ID. .# PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE.
Capital well as labor has its Industrial Workers
Of the World who advocate intimidation and anarchy,
says the New York World, and continues: 5a
What moral indifference is there between the Hay
woods who are trying to bulldoze in Pater
and the protected manufacturers who trying to
bulldoze government in Washington? g.!
What moral difference is there between the labor
leader who threatens the employer with
ton it he cannot rule government and the employer who
threatens labor with ruin and starvation if cannot
rule government?
reign OF terror is reign of terror whether it is
carried by the demagogues labor deagogues
of capital. .~
Before the Underwood bill had passed the house,
certain manufacturers who had rich by Capitalize
ing the tariff laws Of the United States began threaten
general reduction in if their favored industries
were put on competitive basis
Mr. Underwood's reply that if any manufacturer
reduced the pretext that tariff revision made
the Department of Commerce would proceed
to examine his books and ascertain whether telling
the truth or lying The facts would be made public.
Mr. Underwood instantly overwhelmed in wave
of protective denuncation. When Secretary Red
field declared that he would carry out the Underwood
program of these manufacturers including Pres
ident Hanan of the National Shoe Manufacturers
cation threatened either to close their factories
to Europe That is the measure of tariboated patriot
ISM Having been subsidized all these years by the
American people, these anarchists of industry
now notice that the subsidy must be continued
they will realiae the country whose opportunities
and generosity have made them rich They will accept
tariff revision only condition that labor alone is
mucted That is their utlmatum to congress and the
president
These gentlemen playing with dynamite as surely
as Haywood and his irresponsible followers playing
with dynamite In article in the current Outlook
entitled Tariff Reduction From the Standpoint of
Business Man, George warns protected industry
that
Labor will not be liquidated," and it is quite right
that it should not be long the profits of
are what they have been in the past and what they
are today Nor the reasonable reductions of the
tarlH now proposed suffice for reductions
in wages until liquidation has been ruthlessly applied
to the evils of management these exist.
We believe that Mr.. Brett voices the sober sense
the American people. There is sympathy with
the Hanan kind of intimidation than with the Haywood
kind Anarchy in evening clothes is attractive
than anarchy in overas.
There is less for the Hanans who are
trying to bluff the country than for the Haywoods Hay
woods followers have at least the that they
not rich under laws framed at their own dctato
They the under dogs of industry not the pampered
pets of hightariff bench show. But in either case
if the time has when industry must be at the
mercy of labor anarchists labor be
of captaisc anarchists this longer free country
and we need Declaration of independence.
An infinitely greater issue than labor is involved in
warfare that Haywood and his followers waging
against society," and infinitely issue than tariff
schedules is involved in the warfare that protected
dustry promises to against society Both issues
might we'll be fought out at once with all the powers
of constitutional government that society command