The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-03
THE STRIKE IS THE DOCTRINE
 OF FORCE

,, ro ;s not going to quarrel with Presl- dent Gompers' conclusion that the strihe, a' o resort is not a proper remedy Tor the iaooi ms - to apply in the organized industrial centers where :. l.; not e,sv for men to change from one vocation ro another or go from employer to another Ill the same class industry. However, theie ls W clear thinking man, aboring man or otherwlse' ou' that must admit that only crude orgah1za- tiou of industrial society justifes strike under any o,rormet.nces and one cannot justify general strike or a sympathetic strike by any rule of rlsn' reasoning. :,
 The strike is a method of force It is not al ways the exercise violent force It is not usualy SO It is however, sort of third degree wi'h [" compulsion that is appeal to reason but to the physical Employers are struck Tn such a wa. that they punished through loss Of proflts anu often of their investments. strike may staiNe n community a commonwealth or several Of them If may depriye babes of milk other necessity IL may deprive communities of police protection O. public service necessities. It nearly always reaches perfectly laboring men, who were satlsieu with their wages and working conditions, depriving them of the necessary pay check, because the com u]exity of our industrial structure is such that few industries stand alone any more Because some par ticular employer does something refuses to do something his employees desire whole communities have been known to be paralyzed. Men are pre- vented from earning money to help, their grocers and other small tradespeope and these cannot then meet their obligations. Failures of all sorts result Men who buying homes or furniture or o'hei tbinps fail in meeting their lnstallments Life and fire insurance policies lapse, and harm IS wroupht to such an extent that the merit of the dspute is lost sight of and there may be unjust set dement's to side or the other It frequehts becomes an endurance contest in which all In one or more communities, in whole cemmohweai'hs eh- cage Most of those who affected as helpless to save themselves and their families from hardsnlp and often sickness and death, as they would De Ii hostile armies waging war with arms Tn their midst
 There is no democracy in strike. It Is not government by the majority. It is government by they have the power infict the third degree. It is the doctrine of force
 Therefore while there may be instances where a strike is justfable a last resort they are few, and there is question of doubt but that 1t should under any circumstances, be last resort.
 A strike always results in loss. Men are off Of payrolls. Production stops. The balance in the industrial world is lost. Time, the most precious possession of any progressive generation, is wasted Often the time that makes for the life success or failure of individuals.
 At the present time. when the nations of tho world and society everywhere upset result of a world war that has something like two hundred billions Of dollars and twenty-five millions of young men, when the chosen leaders Of nations and society are doing all within their power re adjust things a basis of humanity and fairplay among peoples and classes thGre should be strikes There should be cooperation among those of all sta tions in life Particularly is that when find the great majority of the people of the United States and the world ready to take up the workingmen' conditions and problems the permanent peace of the world shall have been provided for.