The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
GOVERNMENT AND UNIONS

FARMER unqualfledy during many years has sup ported organized labor, proposition in honest Amercansm Capital has consolidated into great units and thoroughly organized.
 The individual worker in times gone by might tent enter into free contract with his employer But in these
 times the individual helpless He must combine with his fel lows before the contract can be made even terms
 It is best for capital also that there should be collective bargaining because industrial will be less seldom disturb ed. Production will be less discontinuous.
 At the opening of the Mr. Gompers declared the loy a of organized labor And labor has distinguished itself by its loyalty to Mr. Gompers position.
 MT Gomprs has been supported in his position by most of the great labor leaders those who entertain socialist economies rather than the political economy unionism
 The country is at War act of self preservation In the of prvee interests have to One suppose that the coal operators do not particularly relish the order to furnish coal at $2 of the mines the railroads quite rejoice in the that they centralized under government committee, and operated by orders instead by the untramelled will of their al presidents
 farmers great prefer to take chance the wheat market feeling that $3 is better wheat The dsler do not really rejoice in the slspen of the production of distilled liquors but they of these people and groups of interests realize that the moved by the single purpose winning 
 It the sighted patriotism Gompers other labor leaders that led them to promise the support of organized labor the winning of the And what really, would the difference between labor taking advantage of the gain advantage that could not have been attained there were no aa4 fdl8hody else getting advantage? - Employers must not take advantage of the situation to crush the workers but neither must the workers take iage of the stop production
 The imperative thing is that production shall go errupted there is dispute the parties must settle hand if they otarise the government will must
 Broad minded labor leaders of the socialist school w consideration the necessof taking the advoca ted by Mr. Gompers
 Tla is short sighted understanding of inernatonals which that socialists not to support the nation when it is at Men like Robert Hunter, John, spargo, Charles Edward Russell and others that might be mentioned perceive clearly that is founded the rights and privileges of the nations And if the formal doctrine otherwise which is not the logic of events has ratified the view here expressed
 The socialists of every country the world excepting few rreconcables support the nation in which they live American socialism must do the There is why American socialism should be oyar to the letter. because American socialism by of its origin in German IS suspected of proGermans No party live and enjoy influence, for years if it be proved against II that it was not loyal when the nation fought
 These apply the situation in Bridgeport and The Farmer feels that the loyal distinguished intelligent gentleman who is at the head of the International of the chinists is familiar with them any other
 No cessation of production Disputes settled at home possible not by the No strikes before govern me has done its best procure the continuance industry
 The lives of American soldiers too valuable to be threatened by domestic quarreng, and closed munitions plants