Evening journal., 1918-04-11
BETTER RELATION IS
HOPE OF Employers
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A number Of agltators came into VIII
mington and called meeting, to whicn
they extended invitations to a NUMBER
OF members OF our assoc ation but only
one OF our members attended this meet
ing and he. at the request OF the officers
OF our. association, and this request was
made for the express purpose OF ascer-
tanning lust what this meeting meant
There was no agreement entered into
between the labor representatives ana
the contractors Of w lmlngton, FOR the
simple reason, as before stated, that
none Of the contractors were there 10
enter into any agreement. However, a
few weeks later, letters were received
by number OF the members OF our
association, from the presidents of both
the international Union OF Bricklayers
and the United Brotherhood Of Carpen-
ters OF America, where II they stated
that no member OF either organization
would be permitted TO work with any
except those who carried a paid-up
union card and that this agreement
would become effective March IL, 1918
1T is needless for me TO enter into
the contents OF our reply published IN
ell the Wilmington daily papers under
The date Of Saturday. February %, as
/ presume every member OF our asso-
eiation read iNwith interest.
There was nothing further heard
Yrom the outs de agtatOrs or the local
representatives Of labor until Thursday,
April 4, 1918, on which date the car
penters employed by one OF our mem
hers were ordered TO discontinue opera
lion. and on investigation II was d s.
covered that they were endeavoring
30 make good their threat in connec-
ton with the letter before mentioned
by me.
"Gentlemen, now again u Is our OPP
portunlty 10 show by hearty co-opera-
lion our strength as an organization,
and let no man use the slogan Let
George do It, for the simple reason
II Is not a one-man proposition. but
instead, an absolute necess ty for team
work and a case of stick together.
II believe that the hearty co-opera-
ton the members OF this association
are giving. the one to the other, and
the solid front which they present TO
the trade un ons has done more than
anything else to keep the city In the
Industrial peace which It has enjoyed
during the last year.
january 4, 1918. the Workmens
Compensation Law became effective a
committee OF your assoc alton investi-
rated the best means OF carrying this
Insurance. which would insure the mosl
literally, give the best protection to
the workmen, and be the most eco
nomlcal for the employer.
"They recommended that the propo'
siton as made by the Liberty Mutua
Insurance Company, Of Massachusetts
be accepted by the employers, and an
happy to say that a large percentag
OF the members ol this association ar
now carrying their insurance throug
the Liberty Mutual, and their interest
are being looked after by the Delawar
ADVISORY Board Of the Liberty Mutu;
Insurance Company.
AS to the future, the members or Uni
association, both individually ana col
lectively, have a great public work Z
perform. Too long have we allowe
the agitator TO play on the passion
Of the workmen and align cap tai an
labor against each other. This Is moth
ing more or less than verbal camou
Gage, and we should no longer ALLOW
these phrases to apply.
"The signation, II you will. shoul
he employer and employe, and both side
should realize their dependence one o
the other-neither one can stand alon
and unless they both stand togethei
the Industrial structure OF this coun
try win crumble, just the same as
Is falling In Russia today.
There is also a lot Of talk soin
around in this country TO the eneC
that the man who works with hi
hands Is the only producer. This, W
must also not let so unchallenged-
"T'he man who works with his none
and brains Is Just as much OF a pr'
ducer as the man who works with n
hands. and, as Andrew Carnegie aptl
nut il when asked which was the mo-
important, capital. labor, or brain'
which IS the most important leg
a three-legged stOolT
I'VE must be Will TO get ava
from our business long enough 20 In
press the people Of This country wi
are making laws and endeavoring
nut theories into practice, by Law
that we are Just as much part OF IN
country as any other class OF the p0
ulation, and we W II insist that laN
should be based on fact and not theor
and should not be made 70 benefit al
one class OF the population at the e
pense OF the other, and that laws mu
not be made for political eXpediency
Furthermore, we aaVe heard a gre
deal since the United States entered {
war about pronteers-those in busln6
who were making a larger profit
their business than some outsider thin
IA legitimate. This is another ca
where good judgment may not be bas
on fact. The business man has
quietly by and let this be placed up
him, as he has many other ihin
knowing in his own mind that he y
not guilty, but want 10 say that
workman who Is at this time strlk
for higher wages, not because he a
ually needs them, but because he kno
be can get them, is Just as much
profteer as the business man mention
above, and II 10 high time that he
made 70 realize It, and stand the. Sc
OF his fellow-ciizens, the same as
holds up 10 scorn the employer.
1T seems TO me that In both ca
it is simply a case Of supply and
mand. and II dur ng the war. this
is TO be superseded by the law o
fair profit only, then this should az
TO the workman as well as the
ployer.
eThe shings which have enumera
and many others, are heaped upon
employer daily, and I appeal to yoJ
come out OF your business shell
see that you get justice. and II
"a othara ~ fha aamn mind " III