The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-08-18

poraIIoilS heauS are clldrac'erlS'lc"iIS
sruosl"S anu u"'a'I' l ne S's"l''o'''''
Idcl remains lhaI 'hey constitute 'h'
most eloquent lflDu'e TO the oppor
luDI'S an" power OIL laoor'
IRE oo''olh i'o'"ll9 mas "'"PpeN
out Oh 'n' Iapor Market S'Iu H. N
'o'Ial"' 7uHi!''''II".Is ''e Si'"'''o'
ioF the coi''9IeI'e' ol Steei e'iPio! 'Is
JUST ie'U ~ <'''"''''V Wy ""'' "'
meant ~ 1Hd' N"S 'N"' ''''V are i''
loII-'t TWO me" apply ms 20 enc '''0'
= u7l E"'ls 'oI every JoO' u"u.' ''''
present '""'1Ic Sl''e oI "li'iI'' says
inns i"JuIeu eIIPio1e'' manufacturers
nave 10 alternative ,han 10 pay "noy
we men U''''"i'" Il '"'S want " "o'"
'he'"'
vi 'Vui9'' S"eH statements are
ul"u' a. II ''Ie Soo" coHulO'oll9 "e-
sciloeo were " great caIahlI'y' lHey
are "ocoHi pdII'eu W 'le UNFAIR anu
uiiII"'Iiiui S'alei'leHI 'llaV 'liouSdH"'
Vi men are oelhS pa" wages "l''l'
are ilu'culouSiy HIsH' ne S'd'e-
nIeHl ignores ell'I'eIS 'Ie l"c' ''"'
wages pau 'he great lh0Joil'E Vi
WORKERS III me steer INDUSTRY are sun
CI"e''! ""u i'0'0uiou9Iy lo"' I''e
steer Il'"Iiulac'u le'S' VINO A'e luA-
u'lou7'H' CoilipI""l iIo9' lL'ipuue""S
''''' ''''7' " VI "''' WIZ CIV NJ"
cS-'IiS Eoou wages are "''iS up "
'"e must u 'Il'Il Ii'e"''S uliUeI So"' III .
I"UoI HcLeuuIeS'
1t u"S never pee" il"uo cle"l 81 'l"iI
III lleSe S'dIellleIl'9 Vi 'He steer trust
o"iel9 n"I 'U0" elhpIoS MS Iii''l 9'''
always 40 ana always VIII Keep
wages uo"H wien 'hey nave 'ne
power " 40 So
buC 1t aISo Ildue ciear 'iid' ldDoI'
by orgahlzauoh' by the assertion Oh
us rIShIS' can force wages up ana
ueI'l''I'u anu get peIter coiuiliohS ol
li'IilS' anu lHaI ldUoI no" - uoihS
'LIS very OlIHs Ior us OWL lSH'lul
peielII'
DellHlle ihioIlllaIlol Sa'HeIeu anu
put OUT ny Ihe bureau Vi haDor 0'd'
uS'icS Oh the department Oh LABOR al
washington confirms the statement
lhat IapoF IS now aple' as at no olileF
llihe IN us history TO Tx ana collrol
iiS own SHARE III illuuS'I Id p'ospelI'S
INDUSTRY l" prosperous DIS never oe-
Iofe III any recent perlod' Inc steer
trust anu allleu INTERESTS lor example
are making Ihelr greatest pEollIS' 90
are pracllcally all oIher mahulaclur-
ing industries III America Inc toial
value Oh manufactures lor 'he ten
months ehdlh9 III April 1910 was
$55'ooo'ooo'Voo' while Tor the luil year
III I9o9' typlcal year Oh ordinary
commerce. the total was only Szo'-
o'z'Ooz.
LABOR mas lorcea us snare III thls
increase Oh WealIh ana income FOR
1912 ID May 49, 1910 (Ihe uale at
"hich the data OF Ihe LABOR depart
men' ended there nave peen 1856
general wage increases a11ectlng ZZ4'
establishments ana AIDING as the
bureau OF LABOR Statlstlcs estimates
ABOUT three huhdred million dollars
TO 'he wages OF approximately o''oo'-
ooo wage earherS'
Ihese wage increases are given by
the employers el'her as dlrect re-
SUIT OF union organization ana demand
or through lhdlrect tear OF TINS organ
lZatloh ana demand since TINS com
plIatlon OF wage Iacts was made by
the statlstlcal bureau large number
OF other increases has been made.
me result is probably correctly
stated IN Inc complaint OF the steel
magnate that "me bottom has lit
orally FALLEN out OF the labor market. -