The Washington times., 1919-11-28
Advice to Union Workers
And Some Other Things,

And Some Other Things.
Advice to union labor based on the dis
Of who likes unions about much cowboys
like rattlesnakes:
Keep contracts strikes, split factions,
with good norken fighting each other High here
they going stdy and high extremely DANGER
Gus to labor organizations"
An able citizen who has accumulated few scores of
millions and for whom thousands of have worked said
yesterday ri not worrying any more about union
labor and its power.
"The next fight will be between Gompers Lewis, etc..
and the ordinary nonunon worngman with whom strikes
interfere The who get five ten dollars day.
steady work. doesn't want to stop work because somebody
ys So You put it down that the closed shop will
be thing of the past
Unless union workers and their leaders are WISE the
above prediction win come to pass.
Unions strong when wages low work scarce and
The pressure of necessity compels to stick by each
other and work together
These are the days of high wages work for everybody
and the average worker thinking much about Others
does not want to be bothered with strikes that interrupt his
earnings
This applies especially must be remembered to those
ssoeufy arrived in America When they get five ten
dollars day they do not need all of it to i've They can
i've on Il $125 in spite Of the high cost of living
The apparent collapse Of the strike indicates that
crowds OF workmen getting for unsled labor the pay
msry given to the su have their mind on the pay
envelopes, not winning strike or on establishing
~Nincipla
The captain Of ship is careful in q storm The storm
OF prosperity not the storm Of poverty is dangerous
to tho ship Of organized labor and wise leaders will realize
IT. keep their forces together, keep their earning
Labor troubles have their good side Little boys were
used on the breakers in coal mines picking pieces of
sharp slate out of the coal often with bleeding fingers
That went on as long as little boys cheaper and more
convenient than machinery When the law began to inter
fsre with child labor machines began to come in.
Just at present the miners selling you the slate with
the coal
The latest demonstration of labor trouble as promoter
OF progress in the great telephone system of the
country
The automatic telephone has been known for years. It
could perfectly well have been developed used everywhere
saving loss Of time and irritation But labor was cheap
why bother? Girls used to be put work at three dol
lars week in the beginning Now they are put to work at
$12, and they dom stay.
So tho telephone company going the automatic
machine because HAS The only thing that pushes men
forward is trouble Labor trouble develops machinery as
tire trouble developed the wonderfully good tires today
Sir George Paish, of the British treasury.
says that hundred millions Of Europe danger of
starving Needless to say America is looked upon to stop
that America should and doubtless will do all possible
But something could be done abroad
For instance, another EngIshman asks how soon the
British government going to stop building only warshps
IN the national yards and begin building commercial ships
that viii give useful employment?
If Europe would stop spending billions getting ready
for future money spent for the hundreds
d millions that going to starve
One cause for the high price of silver prob.