The Pensacola journal., 1919-11-16
No. Continued From
Page One. :

and proportion.
Our close relation to other coun-
tries, too, has brought us into contact
with Socialism and Socialists. and we
have found to our surprise that ordin-
ary Socialists on the other side In
France. italy, and in most other con-
tinental countries. ar very consery-
ative class. and that the real radicals
there are Of the extreme Socialist and
anarchistic type, of whom Bolshevism
has taken complete hold.
I'VE have had enough of these eIe-
ments-extreme Socialists and anarch-
ists-come into this country and
preach their propaganda to float a. lot
or their ideas among our Iaboring
people. Seeds sown in this way sprout
quickly and especially in soil already
stirred by grievances against employ
ers and dissatisfaction at reported
profits OF capitalists without a COM
mensurate division with labor.
Gompers Right, But Lost Advantage
By Quitting the Round Table,
Il have thought in the controversy
between Judge Gary and the majority
of the employers group on the one
hand, and Mr.. Gompers and the public
group on the other, in respect to the
principle OF collective bargaining. that
the latter were in the right; but il has
seemed to me Mr.. Gompers lost the
advantage Of his position by the draw
ing from the round table conference
with threat, by giving countsnance
to the steel strike and by seeming to
encourage things which the whole
public are getting SO tired OF. I mean
the plan OF taking the entire United
States by the throat without media
tion, without arbitration, almost with
out discussion, and insisting upon
compliance with demands by labor.
however extravagant and however un-
reasonable.
Now the American public are al
long suffering people, but they won't
stand everything, and when the rel
act they react with a great deal of
emphasis. and in their Indignation and
general desire to secure freedom, they
are not disposed to make nice dis
tinctions in reference to the concrete
ssues between labor and capital.
the result of what seems to me to
That attitude of the public today is
the result of what seems to me to be
the errors and blunders of policy on
the part of the leading labor leaders.
Il realize the labor leaders fear to
lose their power if they devise a wise.
conservative course and do not allow
the extremists in their ranks to force
their hands. But it would be most re-
freshing if the labor leaders took a
different view and for once stood up
against the extremists and made a.
fight with their followers.
The current is now running, so far
as the public large is concerned,
a N CT ha 4,&,I Ine, e
the abuses of power by some of these
The bourbons among employers arei
taking advantage of this, and hope forI
a radical weakening of power amongI
labor unions.
There is no doubt the whole publicI
was thoroughly aroused by whateverl
sympathy was extended to labor to the
deserting policemen who furnished thel
opportunity for the Boston riots. The
recent results of the Massachusetts |
election and the joy with which they
We're received all over the country
show this
mons Likely to Receive Blow
From Which Recovery Will Be Hard.
"If the labor leaders insist on fight
ing out the present issue it will be
doubtless a hard issue and the public
will suffer thereby. But the Americana
public has made up it's mind to fight if
out, and labor ought to realize it.
Tt is not too late for labor to re-
trieve the blunders already made but
if the issue goes on to a fight to the
finish, the labor unions will receive a
blow in Ameriaa from which 1t will
take them a long tine to recover.
'T would deeply regret this, for II
am in favor of labor unions, and whenl
they are wisely and conservativelyl
conducted they aid labor and can bel
made, in proper ways, to aid employ
ers. But such a fight to the finish as
that now threatened will leave to then,
no possible middle course. The bour
bons among the employers who hate
labor unionism will rejoice and take
advantage of the fight to keep union
ism down. Councils Of moderationi