The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-09-06

| victiOn, and t. ey she I'd be sent TO th'
| front. If thes e unprircipled wor<i en-
knew that failure T. prod"-e meant
instan; draft into military S" ice.
there would be no Stacking on the job.
! Labor U ,r"st.
The ma jor'ty of ,hL Loring men look
on all war industries as gol mines
| for then tNners, and that belief is
responsible for much of the unrest
| which has l.een evidenced in labor's
ranks slice he war begun .'hls at
| titude has proved fertile SOL for the
poison of the propagandist and the
professional agitator who have not
failed to cultivate their crop assdious-
| ly. One fact which is generally ig-
nored by the workingmen and the a,yi
tators is that the excess profit tax
takes much of the owners income.
Responsibility.
The workman today is responsible
not only to his employer for giving a
fair days work, but he is responsible
to the nation, he owes it to every sol
der at the front, and to every parent
of every son who is risking his life.
There are many workmen who have
too much principle to do poor work or
to lay off unnecessarily, but there are
also others who make only a poor
showing of producing, who work only
just enough to "get by" and who
look at their job only in terms of
hours and pay. If there ever was a
time when a man should consider his
work unselfishly it is now. If all
workingmen would adopt the attitude
of, chow much can | product today
to help the country?" instead of,
chow little can l do in order to draw
pay check" the production of this
country would be increased at least
| fifty per cent.
Closed Shop
The reason most employers are op-
posed to the closed ship is because
such restriction always means inef-
|, ficiency of workmen and slowing up
of production. If the slogan of labor
unions was efficiency at all costs" no
employer would be so blind to his owr
| interests as to refuse to have the
closed shop rule put into effect in lis
own i''ant. i'ut emplo sers see the
practices of the closed shop-slacking
on The job, limitation of production,
the strike always hanging in the of
ing, and the inefficient and useless
We rknen hung like drag on the fac
tory OF plant--and is II any wonder
that he prefers the opeh shop? NJ
e. Dloyer can see any good in the
closed shop, nor can any other right
thinkl citizen, until thei. policy of
"get all you can, and gl az little as
YOU can" is changed.
| Strikes.
No loyal citizen can see why organ
lied labor should be specially favored
above other citizens. What is good
for one man is good for all. If man
won't work, he should be made to
| fight. Certain men in Washington, d.
| c., have said that the work or fight
order would not be applied in strikes
which are deemed "fair" We would
like to know why any strike in these
times would be deemed "fair," espe-
cially when labor board has been Gre
ated especially to arbitrate labor diff
| ficulties. 1t is just as sensible to say
that no deserter from the army will
be shot if his desertion is deemed fair
and justifable.
Destructiveness.
Those agitators who would DESTROY
capital thru heavy taxes or confsca-
ton either do not think deeply or ad-
vocate something to render them
selves popular with the ignorant.
What would become of industry if
there was no capital back of it? The
answer lies in Russia.
No FavOritism.
Samuel Gompers says that the ex
tension of the work or fight regula-
ton to cover the new draft ages is un-
necessary; so also claims Frank Nor
rison, secretary of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. This is the cry of
all labor leaders that organized labor
is patrioticlly doing its share. In di-
rect refutation of this comes the ex-
pose of the scheme which has been
worked in Seattle shipyards, whereby
one man checks in and out for four or
five others who never even bother to
show up at work, but draw their pay
/ just the same. There are slackers in
all walks of life, men without princi-
pie, and organized labor has its share.
These men are costing the govern
ment money, and they are losing lives
for us on the western front. This is
no time to favor anyone because he
happens to hold a union card One
offense is enough. Any man who de-
liberately loafs on the job should be