The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-30
SETTLING STRIKES

TT HE GREATEST difficulty in the way of settling labor dispute usually from the local character of the quarre Industry place. by concern but in several places, by
 industry largely Connecticut not entirely The industry Bridgeport large fragment of the whole industry bu not all of it.
 Hence settlement with single factor with single locality a vantage.
 Yet because international scope, and because they work after fashion throughout the whole United States there rude approximation to equal conditions.
 If the unions striking for better conditions in part industry they pretty have mind similar settlement in all parts of it
 The would that in which the industry is considered whole, and the settlement made whole
 In such understandings the new labor conditions apply everybody all employers and all equality of opportunity and agreements correspondngy to make.
 thing to inquire those conditions which seem about prevail which have prevailed large part of industry make probable that the condition stay.
 Applying this rule to the 4 hour week. employers and workers will if this been likely be adopted If the probabilities point the i hour week there will be little of fighting it; if they point against it, the fight should certainly be postponed until public sentiment veloped
 There tendency throughout country in fa- of shorter hours and higher which everywhere readily concede.
 In of shop, drawn is about this clause in the Bridgeport that the contest likely to be long drawn out and would be well for labor leaders inquire if too much nssence upon this item at this time direction settlement nearly ways is speedy settlement.
 Everybody consider, well as employers that certain difficulties have put themselves in the settlements.
 new factor has arisen in the labor movement eroup groups, which the strike immediately better conditions, species warfare be continuously waged, until the existing industrial broken down.
 It Is evident that such group cannot make will be kept for in its view the employer is enemy be crushed and not industrial leader to be bargained
 Workers will therefore ask themselves whether they to strike not for hours conditions but merely for the purpose of making industry impossible.
 The l. W. w. and it's offshoots [. ordinary of the word labor unions which have the purpose creating the socaed proetaan state, type of state which does the present time outside of that portion the Representatives of the Federaon ideal of progress by evolution and who convinced that by revolution much pan suffering and distress to the living occasoned the theory that future generations will be better off because of what the living
 The American Federation bargain and keep its bar gains make agreements and enforce hem is experienced in the work that it does and materially that industrial stability which the world much needs in these times.
 These things by all intelligent employers; Labor has right bargain and to stop while is labor has right to be represented colec lively by its chosen Most world have adopted this view.
 Those who bargain not enemies, but friends who trying find what it is right 10 do with respect group transactions in which both interested.
 Since violence of language action unrendly, and prevent delay harmonious acon violence inemperance and vituperaon to be avoided.
 Settlements ought to be a period more the benefit of the workers than employers
 long time to get back what lost in long strike Frequent strikes make the losses than the gains.
 later the nation find adiudi- cation of labor disputes with the idea avoiding strikes tirey Then settlements entire industry coateras and the consequences of what industry, perhaps get the squirrel endIessy turning ing the high cost of living.