Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-07

WASHINGTON. Dec Nine car
dinzl causes q industrial unrest mosE
generally agreed upon 1y employers
and employs ALIKE. Eese presented
% congress t0dzy BY the Commission
On Industrial Relations il is prelins-
mary reporE a. follows
Largely : world Wids movement
arising from q laudable desire for
better living conditions Advanced
By representative Of labor. Socialists
and employers and generally IN
dOrssd-
A protest against low wages. long
hours and improper working eondi
tions ia many Industries Advanced
BY practically all labor representa-
tiyes and assented 10 by many EN-
pioyers.
"A desire on the part Of the work
ers for a voice I'm the determination
Of conditions under which they labor,
and a revolt against arbitrary treat
ment OF individual workers and a
suppression Of organization. This
MAS almost uniformly approved b.
labor witnesses
Unemployment and the insecurity
by witnesses from every standpoint
'.Unjust distribution Of the prod
uets Of industry. Advanced By most
labor representatives and agreed 10
By most employers
Misunderstanding and prejudice.
Agreed TO BY employers AID en-
+ ployes
Agitation and sgitators. General
~ advanced by employers. but de-
( Tended by labor Representatives and
others as a necessary means Of edu-
cation.
The rapid rise in prices as com
pared with wages
The rapidly growing feeling that
f redress for injuries and oppression
cannot be secured through existing
institutions.
~In addition, says the report. II
has been stated By many witnesses
that the tremendous immigration Of
the last quarter century. while not
itself direct cause OF unrest. has
served to accentuafe the conditions
arising from other causes. BY Great
ing an over supply Of labor unfa
miliar with American customs. Ian
guage and conditions"
While il presents no conclusions
leaving those for later work. III.
Z commission. after more than a year
| investigation covering all phases o
industry throughout the country il
which more than 500 witnesses rep
resenting all relations OF capital AM
: labor were examined. presents tn
! question.
lis there need for changes. In
proyements and adaptions or mus
entirely new legal machinery be- d
Z ylsed for the control Of industry"
; The final report and conclusion
4 OF the commission will be submiite
next August when its mission is cor
cluded.
These nine agreed causes were IA
( result Of the examination Of 5l4 wi
a nesses. divided in interest as follows
= Affiliated with employers. ISL. 4
filiated with labor. 49, not affiliate
with either group. $50. The witnesse
:, included seven members Of the Indu
! trial Workers Of the World and 81
representatives OF the Socialist part
On the principle OF collective ba
gaining the investigators found Writ
: ally all Witnesses, with the exceptio
7 of those representing the lndustrii
Workers of the World, to be in a
cord As to any suggested metho
: Of application OF that principle, ho'
ever. wide divergence of opinion wa
= noted In this connection the repo
adds;
"A majority Of the best informe
witnesses who have appeared befoi
the commission has insisted. howeve
upon the necessity Of securing
o proper basis upon which such collie
tive bargaining may be carried out.
is impossible to analyze these sugge
+, tions at this time. but il may be We
TO note that practically all of the mo
experienced witnesses have insistt
u upon the necessity for a strong G
ganization OF both employers and Ell
ployes as a fundamental basis for Il
=. successful conduct Of collective ba
gaining