The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-07-31

Los Angeles and the labor organiza tions. Yet Otis himself must have observed the fact that notwithstand- ing all his efforts and all his per sonal success, the labor organza- tiOns secured a foothold and con- tinued to grow as the city grew.
 Almost all the troubles of the state of California may be traced di- rectly to the activities of the real estate groups in that state The war between the state and the Japanese the acute labor struggles, all ot these have been brought about by the activity of the real estate inter ests attending to what they consider their interests.
 Los Angeles has grown. To that growth it is true. Otis and his clique of real estate sharks and la Dor haters have contributed in d measure. What they do not see is that il would have grown in any event and had another policy other than that boosted by Otis and the Merchants and Manufacturers asso- citation been pursued it might have grown still greater. It's location is favorable to such a growth; it has opened itself like g flower to re ceiye the motion picture industry and this within the past few years has been tLe main cause if it's phe- nomenal growth.
 Its climate, it's proximity to Mex ico. is general attractivcness assur- cd it of a future and if the real estate men had beon content to allow the city and the district to de velop under favorable unionist con ditions, it would have resulted in be ing one of the best cities along the coast.
 The fact was overlooked by Otis that well paid laborIng class, skilled and unskilled is the topmOst asset of any location. It mea IS q tremendous purchasing power and it means in that a great stimulant chandising The merrha !; and the manufacturer live off the cOnsumD- tive capacity of the people to the eX- tent that it is impossible to coin plcte the turn over Of productive labor until the manufactured article realizes it's value created b. labor, in the point of reaching its lnai de situation, the consumer.
 Hard things have been said about Otis. especially during and since the trial of those connected with the Los Angeles Times explosion, an in cident wherein a. yet there is much mystery which will never now be cleared up. There has neYer been an, explanation offered as tC the dy~ namite explosion which is alleged to have been the cause of the wreck. wrecJng the 6uilding as it did. There was not enough dyna- mite to more than cause slight explosion even according to the tcs- timony of MManigal. There has never been an explanation offered as to the fact that when the explosion occurred men were transferred to another building where a battery of linotyDes was ready with the torches hot under them and the molten me tai ready for work.
 That the capitalist element in Los Angeles insisted upon sending all to the penitentiary who were directly involved by their detectives is now matter of history although there exists grave doubt as to the guilt of either Schmidt or Kaplan in any way.
 Be all these things as they may Labor owes a debt of gratitude to the Otises that attack the movement. They fight in the open, and in the desperation and the ferocity of that light they reveal the facts of the class struggle beyond peradventure. They reveal all the secret intricacies of the capitalist power, the capital ist abuse os the courts and the capi- talist misuse of the detective agen- cies of the land. And in doing this they compel organized labor to real izc that organized labor has nothing to lose and everything to gain by combating the forces opposed to it in the open.