Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-19
ANARCHISTS AND AGITATORS INJURE LABORS
CAUSE
Here is an extract from first page featured az 'lo @
- ,be Portland Iabor Press under the signature OF one
Dana Sleeth.

in the Portland LABOR lieSS, u'ueI ''' ''S'
Dana Sleeth:
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Articles Of this kind do more to discrediJ labor move
mens and organizations than any other agency IN the
world They are generally written by irresponsible
anarchists with booZcsoaked brams-men who never
did an honest days work in their lives
AS a matter of fact what is dcnomnatcd as skilled
labot-thc mechanical rades-is better paid hours are
shorter and working conditions better than ever before
in the history of this country any other country II
Ia true that many wordngmyu are out of employment q
fact due largely 20 unreasonable agitation led by men
Ike the author OF The article quoted above, They have
succeeded IN imposing conditions of unionsm upon the
"a
industrial plants mrmunewtJye with the result that
many are closed down or only running short handed
Those who have job, ue we'll paid and work as % rule
bu eight hours but tens of thousands are out of work
and conditions are growing worse instead of better This
condition may u time bring ON % condition approaching
revolution IN This country and that is what the l. w. W
and anarchist element among the aborug men are stiy
ing ior They have nothing TO lose because few of them
will work under any conditions on Ior any pay and hay
ing nothing at stake like the real worngmau who has
home and Family and values honest steady employment al
fair wage NO revolution yyer benefited the WORKING
classes IN any country and they arc the greatest sufferers
from t because less able than any other class to %,
Through period of unsettled economic conditions gnl
unemployment
What Che country needs because tha worNupmgn1
need lht eountrs concern arv labor leaders of m,
Jolh Mitchell type who never asked for ANYTHING hr
Justice Tor ms followers, al having public s,nttm.r
hack of him. generally attained his object
America wants Wc'lpaId Woraupmvu. paliorf, gn.
satisfied and NOT organized api,atur and anarchist
hcAl oh destruction NoruuEuuu OUGHT ta canstfulr. .
SOLID substantial part of organized government g,.
'oct} amt not an alien iorrg bent on breaking ln,,r nm
safeguards our laws have sought 90 throw gb,rf "A.
DoN'S' accumulation of property There is iu this coun
Wy, Wh s Itee educational facilities and its GREAT ou
hoIWnu~ mo- permanent uorkugcas,. as h,r, is n
"" v0 NooQ ANA There never wI be- The vorkiro
man man son ol uuS generation becomes the hsfn,.snar
9 a N( UeA generation and 0n employer of labor himself
| |t,H W'uE u't cosv he should be reared hy a p.tanr.
'a,N,l VINO WbHe he may BE- iUs0s,gnt lwu his lfrbt.
%N"ls s'Hnas rrad} GO defend the nphts of oib.,
classes and Interests as htrNou.d his ovn ''''