The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-20
Labor's Worst Enemies.

own organizations ana 10 take need
for themselves lest their influence be
destroyed and their power usurped by
unsafe and unsteady elements that are
striving to destroy them. With their
wisdom and their experience, these
tried leaders know when the time has
come to use reason and moderation
in formulating and pressing the de-
I mands of labor, when it is time to
check the zeal of agitatOrs. 1t is
plain to all men with seeing eyes
and understanding minds that that
time has come now The Presidents II
letter to the railroad shOpmen was a i
! portent; it was more, for it was a
true portrayal of conditions and an
appeal to reason. The resolve of the
publishers of periodicals in this city i
to suspend publication if what they i
consider the unreasonable demands |
of the printers are pressed, the aband 4
onment of many projected building 1
undertakings in this city and its vici- Il
nifty because of the insistence of men |
in the building trades upon large in Il
crease in wages, are signs Of the |
times OF which the sound leaders Of |
labor are seriously taking note.
Amy one who reads the labor news |
of the day viii observe constant refer l
ences to the radical element" in the .
labor unions. The periodical publish Il
ers in their statement speak of the .
radical labor leaders,; press dis l
patches from Pittsburgh say that the 4
radical element among the steel \
workers is pressing for a strike re 1
gardiess OF the counsel of the lead. |
ers at the conference between Gov .
ernor Smith and the Representatives I
of capital and labor on Tuesday. Mr. 4
Otto NJ Eidlit1, representing the I
building industry OF New York. de |
cared that the men who We're not
listening to the officers of the unions .
were those who have been here but /
short time" That the radical ele .
ment is active in unions, that it was
never so busy that its voice is al /
ways for war upon the employer. that /
II is scorntully impatient of cOunses .
of calmness and moderation coming
from responsible leaders, that this is
the element which is pressing the ex-
IRENE demands of labor and urging .
strikes in many industries. these 4.
things are well known TO any person .
familiar with conditions in the labor
world.
~ ',l '''Ii '9i t"lIl t'!Hs Iur VOTE
,,5i',ei, ~ uluel s'|liu rs 'I'l lhsss
i.paI, ., ''''''i' vi li'e''' ar "NllaIi'
{eus' Nv ny wan. settlement OF /
-, VI IL " sT'lleiu"ht Is
49,. -. W - sun 10 lhe ueIHahas
-. No. pie'eIIeu' tIey regard II /
80 '' q " eY'l" ron l1f luf her de. |
i,l"iiuS' " SNORT uay illrcH toward {
.,u, IllinIA.G 5oa'' me raulcals IN /
., '1 M tal'N9 are aeeNu'5 40 con I
s'V' l'le 'Iuu tttea' lHey. are aSiJat 1
Hs loI Ieoiuuun III me nduStria /
{. TGliu, J"u u IS we con 5clouSness OF I
,.',s 'a., 'nat pIonli''S employers 10 /
"t,.iiI.i " 9'"Ii" as 'iiat OF the
ip,''l 81 u..Isl No'ooy pul
.9's "'4I'all any
80 hI,t = o2u' nc tAC"iol Iao2r and 4
p,uI;."3I5 "IiIe' Spl1i coiuIilon' /
.;Gia ., 'aa W." we ~! WIN Ter
ca, - money ana /
l'','li''s Hd'e Degh al WORK .
w a,t.. ~ l''i.iy' ol "'Sp eaIheis .
~. ,''. -, ,o"''iS all' 20 PEI 7uaae mem 1
- ""''7c' GUS COURSES. 10 (
t,, ' Va, ~! - "lu 10 inc laDor5 or /
W. we must look chiehF ,
W Tue present feoei I
mus ro',u.'ioiIS III many IabQr unions /
~ Uni e"'e'''i'S To me authority OF me /
"IioelS tne| nave trusted Tor years.
ne u."eI' coo'er heaus IN me ranks /
vi iaooi mo" per ieel'y Wen what the /
Vi 'dui'dI pans LOT conu3h /
lug ,'ie uSgs Oh 'api'ai ana the opera /
, TINS VI ,, INDUSTRY would mean to Them
ne 'a ,,i, are many OF mem YOUNG /
49,, ', neu one IN posiuon 10 use
tien to"er they would quickly dis
ir, tue oluer experienced men
~ VIZ al lhe soo1 lhlh-s tol
.t'el,'Se YES 'or th"I reason the r0f'
lo'u conductors ana the locomotive
, eils'iis 81" VINO nave heeh IN ne SCI
, ,%sG ioI yours. many OF Them owning
'i'oIt o"" muses. substantial CITIZEN
81 'lleil communities look with no fay
~ upon such devices as the Plumb |.
pan. me con'roI OF the railroads II
Wy ldpor would very soon Dust them II
lIoiu theA PAGES, Tor the younger II
e'euleHt WouId ne IN ne majority.
no en'Ishtehea ana sincere friend
VI IdOoI couIu WISH 10 see the radical Il
eieilenl ui5p!ace men like Mr., Com
peIS ana other leaders who have II
"",heI Dy ms sue so many years \
/ anu SUBSTITUTE lof thelr Wise guidance /