Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-10
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MINING CORPORATIONS TREADING DANGER
EROUS GROUND.

The political tactics of General Manager Easton of the
Bunker Hill Sullivan Mining company the tao
tics which only few years ago resulted in great destuc
On Of property and life and in creating great expense to
the state and nation in the Occur Alene mining region
American citizens will not long tolerate political nto
and corporate dctatOn Mr. Easton may have po
tcal views OF his own, but have the engaged to
work in the mines and in his Offices and they entitled
Just great liberty in exercising those views and n
advocating them has he His views matter of actual
fact might be correct yet if employed by him do not
recognize them correct they should have and ultimate
y will have perfect freedom to advocate their views
until such time they can be shown by rather than
by force or intimidation, that they wrong.
On the other hand, however, the may be right and
Mr. Easton may be wrong, and they have just much
right to enforce their views upon him he has had to
force his views upon them.
That is how labor troubles frequently arise The
bosses pursue for long period of time policy of in
tinidaton in politics and other matters until such time
that the under them feel that they longer toll
crate the conditions under which they labor They make
their demands which they believe to be just, and the
bosses refuse to consider them believing that they have
them properly cOwed and ntmidated The result is that
the men attempt to enforce their demands just the
"bosses have enforced theirs in the past and the
In such cases. the state is frequently required to step
In with its military to restore order The result of
such conflicts is usually disastrous to both sides but if
anything disastrous to the side of the seeking
their just rights than to the bosses and greedy corpor
ations.
Some of these days the state will awaken to a reaIiza-
ton of its duty to punish the first offender in such
by preventing the preliminary intimidation always prac
tced by the bosses representing capital just has
been done already the of manager of the Bunker
Hill Sullivan
1t is strange thing that there no law in this state
against such intimidation that practced by Mr. Easton
who while claiming full right, and exercising that right
to the fullest extent to engage in political activity under
takes to deny the right of citizenship his men, that
the slightest of decency should dictate should
be tolerated.
AS suggested first it the beginning of the Gre
alton of anmOsties and it is the first public manifesto
ton of intention upon the part of the mine manage
ment in the Occur dAene to arouse the old labor troubles
that have caused the state much trouble in the past but
which have long ceased to disturb
1t is most unfair thing for the mine owners, mine
managers do The mines of the north have never paid
taxes to the state upon tenth and probably not upon
twentieth of their actual market value the same as other
property We greatly mistaken in public sentiment if
the people of the state will tolerate of
cion and intimidation upon the part of those in control of
that property for the purpose of continuing any political
party in power