Arizona republican., 1914-12-26
Peace on Earth,
 Good Will to Men

| One IS led to ask, who benefits lby the enforcement of the blacklist flaw? The writer has made a close study of the labor situation of this state for the past four years. and has given much study to the afore said blacklist law and the only ones that can possibly benefit in any way iby the said law is the thief and jail bird. And shall we, in order to support the thief and jail bird, who may be seeking another position flor the sole and only purpose of Iagain robbing his employer, take from the thousands of honest, concientious lwage earners their past record of efficient and faithful service. their Ionly capital. That is certainly what i've do whenever we permit the en- Iforcement of the infamous blacklist flaw. |
 As an illustration, we will take our lcity manager he is employed by the commissioners of the city of Phoenix lin exactly the same way that you employ your manager and when he Igoes out of office the commissioners lmust look about them for another manager. We will suppose they put an ad in the daily paper-"Wanted a city manager, salary 5000 year Fifty men may apply for the position land in view of the fact that so Hong as the blacklist law is in force the commissioners cannot ask ian applicant single question as to his past record. nor can they dis t.asss ~,tl, ltheir acquaintances anything rela- tive to his ability without laying themselves liable to q term in prison land d fine of not less than $1,000 additional and any one of those men lwho fail to land the job may claim land with the assistance of another Iperson. might be able to substantiate his claim that the commission dis cussed his qualifications and. in this manner. secure judgment against them.
 Or take another case. A business firm wants an office man. and an lad is run in the paper, there are 150 applicants. the first one is mechanic. but he has appeared dres- sed in the regulation business suit
  man, no questions can be asked, so the first one is taken, assigned to This desk and instructions given him las to the line of work, but in view Of the fact that he does not under lstand debit from credit, payee from ipayor. party Of the first part from lparty of the second part or any lother office work. he is found to be absolutely unfitted for the po- Isition and is dismissed Has he gained anything Has the firm gained anything? Have the laboring people, as a class, gained anything :? Again, take the day laborer I want Ia man to chop wood. the ad goes in the paper. for under the blacklist law. no one. not even the city. can maintain an employment office that would be worth anything at all to the men and women who pay for its upkeep, along comes a yegg. land thinks this a good chance to learn the lay of the house. asks for the job. is put to work. stays long enough to learn how to break in. then beats it. That night the house is robbed Who benefits? The yegg only.
 This law hurt and hurt mostly the laboring men and women of this state. and do you realize that at least 75 per cent of the people of the state either work for wages or are dependent upon someone who does work for a salary. And this damnable law takes from us. honest. conscentious workers, our only capi- tai and puts us in the same class as the floater. the bum and the yegg. II takes from the faithful employee of the big corporation the chance of a pension in his old age. given uni versally now, for faithful services of the employee or description by (which to identify him, the employee becomes merely a cog in the works, is worked in one place until he wears out and is then thrown out and another cog put in his place.
 What honest laborer is ashamed of his past record? I certainly am not. l point with pride to what I have done and by being in q position to show q man what I have ac- icomplished in the past. I have been idDle more than once 10 get a better position with better opportunities and better salary. No man who is Worthy of the consideration of his fellow men is ashamed of his past record. and if the business men of this state cannot. without laying themselves liable to a term in the penitentiary and an exhorbitant fine. learn something of the men and women who come to them for work. they will do the only thing left for them to do, and that is to get their help from one of the adjoining states. The result will be that those who are here will he forced to go to other states to secure employment iand for many it will be an expensive move.
 The men who wrote and circulated this absurd measure are certainly not the friends of the working people, for this law places q stigma upon labor and says that the laborer is ashamed of his record Is this true of you? The only person of which | it Is true is the thief who has stolen either the time or the money of his employer Are you a thief that you need to cover vour past
 A Working Man.
 A Little Boost for Good