Evening journal., 1919-10-08
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1919.
AMEmcANzArON on LAROR mPORrANr rAcToR


must be taken before the danger point is passed OF
labor, flushed with concessions already will press
Tor demands which cannot be granted the opinion
generally expressed this week by architects and builders
This states The American Architect ediiorially and
further emphasizes the fundamental fact that the job can
stand just much before labor costs become too heavy
and the conditions demanded too burdensome TO allow
The continuation Of enterprise
Labor can easily kin the Job by which It live, as
conclusyey shown by the Boston police strike when
turbulence and dissipation Of caused practical
suspension Of business.
There is but one way out of a situation that has TO-
uay placed organized labor trial before the bar Of pub
lie opinion
More work increased and systematic production and
stoppage Of waste, are necessary
This is time to strike
The harm Of striking far overbaances any possible
good That is being shown by the steel strike which is
slowly but surely colapsing
The strikers themselves, should they win their de-
mands gain lasting benefit fs they certain to
share in the widespread damage they cause.
The present course is one Of recklessness.
Whether the grievances real fictitious there can
be to warrant these proceedings that we
in the midst Of world crisis
Labor must through wider cooperation with capital,
learn that there is limit to the demands it make.
This is certainly true under existing conditions Of mar
kes here and abroad, il the business in which it is In
erested is TO live.
Furthermore is true that the large portion Of labor
is absolutely uniformed to the in which busi-
ness is being conducted, and of which It is part
Many employees stacks of money the cashiers
desk pay day and absorb the mistaken that every
employer makes money
Unfortunately there also many employers Of labor
who have been exploiting the theory that with labor
costs kept down the larger would be the profits Cor
themselves
They fail 10 realize that with satisfactory wage scale
their market has been vastly improved as TO char
acer quantity and quality condition which would have
been impossible II the working had been forced TO
live unnder circumstances that would impair their
efficiency.
victory labors course of desperation restless
ness and spirit Of class dicatlon, must be scored
The greater need Of this country is productivity
It is the interest Of all to hold against all meters
to selnshness and violence the prime factors TO the
tardance of production all over the world
We must emerge from the present period Of unrest
with cearer vision and deeper and greater purpose
Industrial democracy must replace conditions that are
proven to be inadequate to present needs.
IT means everything not only 10 ourselves but to the
whole world.
If labor continues It's present course thousands whose
sympathes would ordinarily be the side of labor will
break what seems to be undemocratc blockade which
one element is attempting for its own purposes against
the welfare Of the community at large
Inc radical element OF labor has gradually forced the
course Of public opinion against it made everyone
sick Of the word strike"
factor that is also making Itself evident particularly
in the steel situation is shown in the drawing Of closer
line between Americans and aliens by the employers
The unions and realizing the disastrous
results Of cleavage and doing their utmost to keep
what Americans they have and gain more
Amerlcansm to be the chief issue
Union leaders, it is said, much perturbed by the
great number Of unruy foreigners lately taken their
organizations
In fact the question OF the Americanzation Of the
alien today assuming in the minds thoughtful men
position Of such Importance that there is tendency TO
attribute much Of the labor unrest the lack Of sym
pahy between alien and American labor