The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-11-05

litions. Any wide view OF world Ia
Dor shows that Mr.. Gompers has
kept labor in the United States sober.
Babson's Labor Forecast, October,
1920.
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Noah's ark not having been located
to date by the Ohio Electric Company,
and which means that no spring is OBJ
tainable for the old car on the High
street branch, of course this car is
still out of commission and will be so
until the ark is located as no one can
be found these days who can go back
far enough to the time of the build
ing of the car for which the spring
is needed as to give an idea how to
make one.
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THE open SHOP" MOVEMENT
The following article appeared in
the Labor World, and it applies so
closely to the situation here in Ham
ilton. where certain few are secretly
laying the foundation for the "open
shop" movement and which is going to
bob up sure in very short time now
that the election is over, that the
Press reproduces it:
"The Duluth-Superior Association
of Credit Men has gone on record in
favor of the so-called open shop It's
action was taken following a speech
by l.. G.. Harris, of the Duluth Citi
zens' Alliance, who alleged that De-
troit and Minneapolis owed their great
growth to the fact that both were
open shop towns.
"Of course the credit men did not
call for the other side of the ques-
ton. They, like other organizations
of business have recently done, took
snap judgment on lawyers plea for
his clients. They are the kind of men
who are crying to labor to be fair,
but cannot appreciate that they them
selves would be unfair.
"Is there another side to this open
shop question? If there is not why
should anyone pay any attention to it ?
If there is another side to it, then
credit men ought not to be afraid tc
hear it. That is the trouble with
most Of the modern organizations Of
business today; they do not want tC
hear anything but the side that pleases
them.
Credit men find it good thing tc
organize. Their meeting room is {
good place to exchange views on ques
tions affecting their particular line
They also find their organization
offers them an advantage to compare
notes on firms which seek credit, anC
whenever they find a firm that is or
the ragged edge, bang goes their ope1
shop principles and straightway the
closed shop rule is applied.
ooh, yes, they are just like the 9th
ers, like the real estate men, the job
bers, the commission houses and all
they want the closed shop for busi
ness, but the open shop for labor
They do not want the workers t
have a voice or say about thei
wages, hours or conditions surround
ing their employment. They want th'
boss to have all the say. When the.
declare for their autocracy in indus
try and against democracy in indus
try, something the average business
man knows little and cares less about
If democracy in industry could onl!
be brought home to business men il
terms of dollars they would under
stand it better. And yet, indirectly
it's general introduction would be tn
very best investment American bust
ness could make.
"The chief spokesman for the so
called open shop in Duluth is Mr.. [
c. Harris, a lawyer who never EN-
ioyed laborer in his life. He want
Duluth to be like Detroit and Mime
apolis, one with its free soup house
at the first decline in employmen