The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-04

LABOR STANDS FOR JUSTICE-NOT IMMUNITY.
The organized labor movement is protest against
and injusticeit seeks freedom and
tice. That is the it demands labor's amend
ment to the Sherman antitrust act That passed
by 1890 for the purpose checking combn-
atons capitalists formed for the purpose
trolling the supply and price of articles of trade and
The trainers of that law did not intend that
the law should apply to labor organizations formed not
for profit but for human bettermen should be
illegal combinations in restraint trade. The Ma
tiona Association of Manufacturers like combn-
atoms of employers who are hostile to organization
among the workers yet themselves organize for
the Of destroying organizations labor and of
farmers. persistenty assert that those who
Bartlett and Bacon bills desire establish special class
of evil doers
The organized labor movement expressed by the
American Federation of Labor advocate of
law and order yields first place loyalty
and patriotism in UNFOLDING institutions and agencies
promoting and nsurng peace, justice and freedom by
permanent agencies 1t is just vigorous in
efforts to the enforcement of all law any
other organization in this country. 1t challenges
parison of it's record with that of other organization
1t has ever stood for the right and the good.
The officials of the American Federation of Labor
have iteraed and reiterated that volaors of the law
whether they be union not should be punished
and compelled to the penalty American FEEDER
alton OF Labor demands that if workngmen guilty
crimes and illegal acts, those deeds shall punished
according to the laws provided apply such cases. No
need fear that the mseeds tolers will not be
duly punished But organized labor protests against the
OF law to apply to acts of totally different
ture from those which the law enacted to
ganzed labor protests against drect action by the
1c1ary as emphaticay it does against drect action
by all other members of society,".
The American Federation of Labor has never asked
special favors but it does demand just application Of the
laws and equal opportunity for all to justice
The American Federation Labor more interested
in the enforcement of law than those pirate
loudly about the enforcement of Jaw opponents un
derstand and demand enforcement Of law to protect
property rights only They conception of human
righs-rights necessary for human welfare ave. even
for the protection of human life. The organized labor
movement demands that law shall recognize these hu-
man rights-that enforcement of shall be mindful of
human interests.
If the opponents BartletBacon bills we're even
honest with themselves they would concede that the anti
trust act intended to deal only commodities and
not with labor and its activities in securing equitable
conditions between employer and employee They would
all concede, as Walter Gordon Merritt has been
forced to concede that law which applies to the sale
and distribution of products should not annv
to the relation OF employer and employee and that there
is difference between human being and hushel of
coal.
The labor organizations want any speca1 nr;v
eges On the contrary they have and do
protest against the granting of special privileges to
class OF society," They have done any other
social force to secure equality of opportunity and
dom tor ALL All the labor unions want is the right to
work out their destiny under laws promote and
sure human rights Furthermore they feel keeny and
resent the Injustice Of the placing them in tine
same class with organizations which have been held 81
the courts to be illegal combinations" They declare 1t
unjust to consider labor unions organizations identical
with such organizations the Standard OIL Steel and
Tobacco trusts The Of these latter combina
tons control millions of wealth while the members Of
labor organizations only insist that the law give them
the right to own themselves and their labor power
THE PITY OF ROYALTY. I
The prince of Wales has been sentenced to tour az
the continent of Europe. Sentenced, because is not
the thing he would have chosen and It directly
corrective measure Report is little vague as to the
exact fault danger which this trip necessary
It was said at first that had talking So
cialiam to him at Oxford but Immediate reason
seems to be that ny has been visiting the Sums Lon
sss iSs Iss