Arizona republican., 1914-12-10

l was almost universally approved by labor witnesses. Unemployment and the insecurity ol employment: Generally advanced by witnesses from ever standpoint Unjust distribution of the pro- ducts of industry: Advanced by most labor representatives and agreed to 1 by most employers. Misunderstanding and prejudice: Agreed to by employers and am Dloyes,
 Agitation and agitators: Gener- ally advanced by employers, but de- tended by labor representatives and others as a necessary means of edu- cation. The rapid rise in prices com pared with wages The rapidly growing feeling that redress for injuries and oppression cannot be secured through existing institutions.
 Tn addition" says the report. "it has been stated by many witnesses that the tremendous immigration ef the last quarter century, while not itself a direct cause of unrest, has served to accentuate the conditions arising from other causes, by creat- ing an oVersupply of labor unfamIl- lar with American customs, lang uages and conditions" While il presents no conclusions. leaving those for later work, the commission. after more than years investigation covering all phases of industry throughout the country in which more than 300 witnesses rep resenting all relations Of capital and labor were examined presentthe ques- tion:
 Is there need for changes, inn provements and adaptions or must entirely new legal machinery be de- vised for the control of industry"
 The final report and conclusions of the commission will be submitted next August when It's mission is con- cluded.
 These nine agreed causes were the result of the examination of 514 wit nesses divided in interest as fol- lows:
 Affiliated with employers, 1S1; af- filiated with labor, 1S3: not affiliated with either group, 150. The wit nesses included seven members of the Industrial Workers of the World and six representatives of the Social ist party.
 Under the caption What Elm y,lO Ca ,-fs he hn following summary of causes of un- rest: Normal and healthy desire for bet ter flying conditions.
 Misunderstanding and prejudice. Lack of conception that interests of both labor and capital are identical.
 Agitation by politicians and ire sponsible agitators.
 Unemployment.
 Unreasonable demands arising from strength of organization
 Labor leaders who stir up trouble to keep themselves in office and to graft on employers.
 "Inefficiency of workers, resulting in ever increasing cost of living.
 INdDlble li4OI tsiSlDS NOiiipltNAAS VI industry.
 Sudden transition of a large mum Der of foreigners from repression to freedom, which makes them an easy prey to labor agitators. Universal craze to get rich quick.
 Decay of old ideas of honesty and thrift.
 ..Afirip pforn,atior in ne,vSDaDarS
 Too much organization for com bative purposes instead of for CO., operation.
 Violence in labor troubles.
 Sympathetic strikes and jurisdic tional disputes. "Boycotting and picketing. "Meddlesome and burdensome leg islation.
 The closed shop, which makes for labor monopoly. financial irresponsi- 1 bility of labor unions.' A similar presentation of the em- ployee's side is as follows:
 Normal and healthy desire for better living conditions. Protest against low wages, long hours, unsanitary and dangerous con ditions existing in many industries. Demand for industrial democracy, and revolt against the suppression of organization. Unemployment, and the insecurity which the wage-e earner feels at all times.
 Unjust distribution of the product of industry E,xplOitation of the many by the favored few. Demand for full share of production.
 Unjust attitude of police and courts.
 There is one law for the rich, an other for the poor.
 Immigration and the consequent over supply of labor.
 Existence of a double standard which sanctions only poor living in return for the hardest manual labor, and at the same time luxury for per sons who perform no useful service whatever.
 Disregard of grievances of indi- vidual employees and lack of machin- cry for redressing same. Control by Big Business over both industry and state.
 Fear on the part of those In com fortable positions of being driven to poverty by sickness, accident or in- voluntary loss of employment.
 'Inefficiency of workers on account of lack of proper training
 Unfair competition from prison