The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-02-24

Not all employers are dense enough to hope to get away with the talk that one hears both in la bor and capitalist circles from time to time about fair days work for a fair days pay. They feel that no person can name what constitutes a fair days work or a fair days pay, and they know very well that it is a matter labor has just as much trouble in explaining away as has capital.
 The other day coal baron speak. ing of the possibility of the coal had got to fight them. It was with an employer matter of principle; just as a constant demand for an increase had become on account of conditions. a matter of principle with labor organizations.
 This coal baron said that he would willingly see fair days work remunerated with fair days wage, but what would constitute that in a manner satisfactory to both labor and capital for the life oI him he could not determine. He said that today wage workers wanted moro wages and tomorrow yet more, and they could see no end to these perennial demands of labor.
 The employer knew the situation mems demands for twenty % in crease may be forthcoming, in order to prevent these demands being too frequent, the bosses will fight it and subject the miners in their struggle to every possible trouble that they can devise.
 While workers are in the habit of throwing bouquets at one an- other from time to time, we have got to recognize this fact thct labor conditions are as good as the worii CTS are prepared to struggle for. No, as good as the unionists want or the radicals demand. but as good IS the majority of the workers will insist upon having.
 In the first rlace the workers as workers if united in solidarity are all powerful If they are organiZed in a united body and insist upon their demands being carried out, they cannot be denied. There is no power in the bcsscs' hondG, and they have all tho iJw'" YsAt now, strong enough to rlsi.t united working class.
 When bad conditions prevail therefore, we should direct more at- tention to scoring the workers ia stead of scoring tho bosses.
 The boss pcys what ne has to pay, and tho less he has to pay the bokcr. he likes it.
 He is net a philGnthrop,st an business has no sentiment
 It is founded upon profit; the greater the gain the better the business, and it is morally certain that when C boss is enabled 10 cut wages he can nearly always put that workers have any interest in com own profit.
 As an employer he is interested iu paying as little as he cGn for as much work as he can get out Of his men, That's his clcs, interest, and it's rot to pretend tEat the workers have any interets in com mon with that.
 Employers as rule gre fully aware of the feet thCt if the work CTS gre organized in compact solio arity they will have to conccGe what they ask. And moreover they are fully prepared to corcede tho de- mands of the workers when they are preferred under such conditions. They have no other option but to do SO
 It may be recognized that this CuuuiIioh OoSS hot pAC'tA. Oh tiiV contrary the condition that does prevail is one of disunion, lack O, organization, absence of solidarity and competition among workers so keen that organization is all ex- tremely difficult matter.
 Yet it has to be recognized that this matter of organization must de- pend upon the mon and not upon the bosses, and when conditions areI