Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-16
POLITICS AND LABOR.
Serious Attack on the Modern Drift.

A Serious Attack on the Modern Drift.
The governments policy has led,
as was inevitably forcsecn, to an epidem-
ic OF strikes sass Iesles Weekly Polit-
, icaI labor leaders saw their opportun-
ity and got busy. The more unions
the greater the power of the labor lead
ers and the greater their emoluments.
IL is not unrest among the workers
that causes strikes, but political lead
ers who trade on the lnbcr votes. They
are bold and cunning and some OF
them INSCRIPTIONS. For instance, the
great masrnccting to protect against
the traffic in munitions, held in Chi
cago in January, 1915, made up OF
working men and farmers, it is now
disclosed, was part of the German prop
aganda German money is behind the
j. W. W. in every strike.
The adoption of socialistic ideas due
10 stress of war has stimulated the
demands of labor politicians for more
of the same sort and Legislators Weakly
yield. Congress passed n seamans bull
and an illiteracy bill at labor's demands.
Both have had TO he put in allegiance
because their operation interfercd with
the prosecution of the war. Their glar-
ing imperfcctions were distinctly point
ed out while the bills were pending
but the political labor leaders cowed
our Legislators
Now the labor agltators are demand
ing now trial for mooney, IN spite oi
the final decision of the courts m tali-
fornia against him. They did the same
thing with MoNamara. the Los Angeles
dynamiter, and contributed S2Oo.ooO
for his defense The best his counsel
could do WAS TO advise HIM 10 make =
confession. which he promptly did.
Gompers himself not so long ago de-
fed the courts and WAS sentenced 10
mil for contempt, but never served
day Of his sentence.
The CLAYTON law conceded every
thing to the political labor leaders
who no more control the labor vote
than they do the votes of the farmer
school teacher. clergyman, or clerks
in business hours.
Labor disputes arc no longer settled
hy parties in interest. but are taken
10 the favorable atmosphere Of Wash
ington. and adjusted TO satisfy the
political labor leaders A premium IS
nut on strikes where labor conditions
had been peaceful before The most
fragrant case was that Of the Western
Union
Now WE have = threat 90 unIoni2e all
the steel and iron works and all the
ship and lumber mills After the govern
ment's surrender To the Big -Four moth
ing Is too rash for the labor politicians
10 demand \ cowcd Congress with
few notable exceptions, Is whipped
into line Vet independent members
were not punished The great nas@ Of
the workingmen sustained them 20
their seats NJ the last Congressional
election
Had secret ballot been permitted
not ono Of the great strikes IN tho mu-
milton factories would have been
ordered bv the workers, but they had
no recourse but to submit or I've AZ
sailed as "scahs'' or driven from the
union
In every strike three clements arr
involved tho employer. the employee
and the public The last mentioned
ALWAYS boots the bill II wages srr ad-
vanocd prices rise and the ultimate
consumer puts his hands deeper INTO hls
pockets while crying out against the
higher cost of living
The disregard Of the rights 81 the
public hy strikers ls most reprehensi-
ble Waters wstch until dining
room IS full, and then march ont to the
discontinue Of guests against whom
they hold no grievance. Trolley mon
wait for holiday, and strike carly m
the morning 70 d,sconcert the traveller
The Pig Four threatened to ule ny the
business Of the country. which meant
IN twcnty-four hours no milk for sick
babies, no food for lnvalIds. no coal
for Industries, IN any large city Yet
the public. mislcd and misinforncd
by contemptihlcs yellow sheets. never
murmured
We believe in the right 81 every
worker to seek an open market for
hrs brains and Drawn We believe IN
high wages and good living We dis
countcnsncc violence and distruSt labor
headers who trade with politicians
The Americlan workingmau IS the
best IN the world. the most lntclh-
gent the most efficient and the most
indcpendent No political labor lcade
carr1es the workingman vote IN his
pocket.