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seen us, who care nothing for US and who
will not or cannot hear the cry of our
DESPAIR.
Another Cause of Unrest.
There is another cause OF Industrial
discomfort and this. too, flows from
Rockefeller source. This is the skillful
attempt that is being made to substitute
philanthropy for justice. There is not one
OF these foundations, now spreading their
millions over the world, in snowy gen.
crosby, that does not draw those millions
from some form OF industrial injustice.
1t is not their money that these lords of
commercial virtue are spending. but the
withheld wages of the American work
ing class"
Mr.. Lawson continued:
Mr. Rockefeller. senior, Is quoted as
saying that God must be brought to New
York. In Colorado there is a suffering
multitude that asks only for a little of
the spirit Of the Christ who died for
human brotherhood.
Where They Lie.
1.-THE causes of industrial unrest are not
to be removed by promises of endless in
vestigation or by sudden willingness to
hold conferences They lie in the treat
ment of free men as chattels TO be dis
posed Of by deed and will; in absentee
landlordism: in the theft of natural re-
sources, or indiffeTenees to the necessi-
ties and aspirations OF those who toll in
the dark for the benefit of those in the
light
Nor will Mr. Rockefeller's proposal
for the election of mon In coal camps
meet the needs of collective bargaining
This is In truth the shadow and not the
substance. for men so elected. unless
backed by an organization, wider even
than state lines, will be utterly helpless
in the hands of those who have sane
toned past grievances.
Nothing has been more clearly shown
by your investigation than that workers
are unable to protect themselves as in
dividuals, but can only gain this protcc-
ton through organization I'm local, state,
national and international forms
Agrees to Principles.
'Tn the ordinary at least, MIR. Rookie
Teller agrees to the principle of unionism.
All that remains is to give this the ordi-
nary purpose and effect, something that
cannot be done by simple expressions of
good win or a suddenly expressed desire
for meeting.
The United Mine Workers of America
is the one organization that represents
labor in this great industry. 1t has beer
in existence for twenty-five years. II
has a present membership of more thar
10000 and enjoys contractural relations
with employers in nineteen states. II
has kept these contracts inviolate.
with these facts in mind. | insist
that Mr.. Rockefeller cannot give effec
to this new point of view except with
the cooperation of the United Min,
Workers of America. BY official confer
ence with the executive of this organi
zation action should be taken to guar
sntee the enforcement OF the mining anC
labor laws long violated in Colorado ant
the establishment Of the principle il
practice, of collective bargaining.
DesiPe for Peace.
Press reports give great publicity 4
meetings that alleged to have arrange,
between Mr. Rockefeller and the Unite,
Mine Workers officials. Let me say tina
our one great desire is for lasting in
dustrial peace. We rejoice that after al
these years Mr.. Rockefeller Is at las
disposed to consider and confer with tn
workers his company officials hav
despised, ignored and endeavored 4
crush.
We welcome any and every conference
but these meetings should be Official an
purposeful, not merely social visits
designed TO give the utterly false i'm
precision that industrial war has had "a
more vital cause than a failure on MI
Rockefellers part to shake hands. S
far as possible the remedies must equa
and be as real as our great wrongs"
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