The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-10
John Fl. Mcintosh Forms
Local Branch Of State
~ Wide Federation.
SPEAKER EXPLAINS III
In Address Before Business
Men Organizer States
Purposes Of League.

4 10 an audience composed jof. several
huadred members Of the Missoula
Chamber Of Commerce and the Mis-
soula business Mems association. John
r. Mcintosh, state secretary Of the
employers Association OF Montana.
spoke here last evening in the cham
Der Of commerce hall, dealing with the,
work being accomplished by the em-
ployers' association and what the
movement means.
Hhe speaker received hearty ap-f
plaaise when he declared that the
los3cal way to settle disputes between
capital and labor Is through confer
enoe and arbitration rather than
through strikes, which injure the
community. AZ q result ofsMr. Nc
1ntosh's visit the Missoula Business
Mems association. which had been
formed to deal with Industrial ques-
) lions. has affiliated with the state EN-
plovers' movement, and viii become
the Missoula division of the Employ
ss ,,'s Association of Montana.
Calls Il Psaoe Move. +
swas declared by Mr.. Mcintosh
that there is no greater factor in the
present and future progress Of Mon
tara than the work Of the employers
association movement. This ,move-
ment. ne emphatically declared, iis.for
peace purposes. not war. purposes, but
II the employer Is forced to fight he
can present a solid front with full
force through his organization, where
as he was formerly singled out. boy
cotted and forced to his knees IL SOME
labor dispute arose, according to Mr..
Mcintosh.
Tne speaker said he believed in
uhlonism. He stated that the prin-
ciples for which organized labor pri-
marily stands are just and fair and
logical. There Is no intention on the
part Of the employers movement to
antagonize labor nor to fight it, Mr.
Mcintosh explained, but only to check.
mate aggression and to demand fair
ness.
IN part the state secretary spoke as
follows:
cooperation Urged.
There should be closer co operation
between the city interests and the
country interests In Montana" said
the speaker. "There should be closer
co-operation between the politician of
this state and his constituents. There
should be closer Corporation between
the mining communities and the farm
Ing eompunities. There should be
closer cooperation between the COM
mercial organizations Of the state to
the end that the tourist who visits one
point should be urged to also visit
others-to do away with the selfish
idea that our individual locality is the
only one to boost. and to, play the un
selfish game of boosting all Montana
Tor the good OF the common cause.
And last, but far from least. citizens
OF Missoula, there should be, and there
Is vital need to be, a closer co-opera-
ton between the employer and the
employe in Montana"
The Work Of the League.
MIR. Mcintosh then went on to show
the success Of the employers associa
ton In Butte. the place of its origin;
Billings. Great Falls. Helena, Lewis
town and other cities in the state.
Two broad. objects. he continued. are
before the association. One is, he said.
to keep conditions livable and tolerable
In each community: the other is to
support protective legislation on be-
half Of the business man. who is ordi-
narily too busy to give heed to- the
work Of aJeSislation.
In the nine months, because Of
mutual understanding, he said, not a
strike, nor boycott, nor an unfair
banner has been known in the city OF
butte. where formerly boycotts and
picketing We're Of almost daily occur
renee. During the same time 145 labor
Disputes have been settled through
conferences between the unions on one
hand and employers associations on
the other. OF that .4s were of a serious
nature and might easily have resulted
In strikes and have tied up the indus
tries of the community. said Mr.. Nc
Intosh.
In speaking further OF the Justice
OF the cause OF the employers. the
speaker. said: j
Says Labor e Arrogant.
There are two sides to every indus
trial. questions The laboring man has
his fights The principles upon which
trades ,unionism are founded are
equitable logical and Just. But when
organizations become too powerful
they are apt to grow arrogant and
when they reach that stage they In.
fringe upon the constitutional rights
OF others. The American Federation
of Labor represents a system that has
grown np through third Of cen.
fury. It Is the most powerful or.
ganization of its kind in the world. II
its great might and power it has be.
come flush with victory. 1t has gone
into, our legislatures and even, into tn,
halls OF congress and dictated withou
opposition the laws it would adopt: 1