Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-18
Communicated

l Communicated
 I Mccarthy, Alaska, Mar. 11th, 1918. Dear Sirs: Having received copy of the Mccarthy Weekly News dated Mar. 9th, I note with interest an edi- torial entitled "Co-operation," copy of which I am forwarding you.
 It is indeed very gratifying to know that we have in our community fel- low townsman possessed of such sympathetic disposition, as to cause him to express his view so openly when the future existence of the Nc Carthy Weekly News depends upon the support of the employer and em- ployee alike. In summing up condi- tions in and about Mccarthy, the au- thor of this editorial lays great stress upon labor issues which, for the bet torment of the community and the nation at large, have gained national attention.
 It is very evident that the author in question has not familiarized him. self with labor organizations in the
 past. One would assume from an out
 lire of paragraph 6, that the work
 ingman was the only person deriving
 benefit from organized labor, any
 business man with common horse
 sense knows, that without the sup
 port of labor he could not conduct
 his business successfully, it would be
 we'll to bear in mind that in organ
 ized labor, you create efficiency, and
 with efficiency you creat productivity.
 both of which are essential, not only
 in vigorously upholding the rights of
 liberty but also for the advancement
 of civilization throughout the world.
 It becomes our duty as American citi-
 zens to do our utmost in helping our government and the nations allied in
 the cause of democracy to exert ev-
 cry effort in producing the material
 necessary in bringing the world con-
 clusion. This. organized labor has pledged itself to do. and is doing. and will continue to do so, and should
 not be prevented through the seem- ingly unpatriotic contempt of recog- milton for labor efficiency, by openly
 demanding that organized employees. in the employ of corporation pro- ducing the material which we need so much at this time, must sign away
 their rights, and their liberty as loyal Americans, ignoring the pledge they took on behalf of their fellow men, in registering their willingness to be ready at any time to maintain the rights of liberty and equality through out the nation. and the world a, , large. This is no time for corpora tions to use the word war" as a shield with which to protect their op' pressive methods, which they insist shall be carried out to the letter ir order that they may carry on theil
 profiteering system so wantonly, and unpatriotically, being indulged in al time when the world Is engaged ir life and death struggle, brought about by autocratic methods detri , mental to the interests of our flag our country, and our cause.
 It is only thru the uAfinching eff forts of labor in producing our na tional commodities that we can ex
 pect to uphold the principles upor
 which our forefathers fought. bled \ and died.
 Disagreements arising throughou a the nation between capital and labor + could be more speedily adjusted. | a our editors, before donning the masl D of intimidation, would only give - fair and impartial viewpoint to thu o readers of their periodical stating thu t facts as they actually exist.
 I Nothing is ever gained through de F ceit, and as the Father of Our Coun
 try said. honesty is the best policy, - and is one of the policies upon whicl D our country was founded. we shoult - endeavor to be at all times honest II F our business dealing with one anoth t CT.