Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-27

There has been some argument i'll
Ladysmith as TO the right of the labor
ing men to. organize but as far as the
NewS-B Budget can ascertain no attempt
is being made to deny that right. APP
parently. no men are being discharged
merely because they @have Joined a
union.
4 man who is wiling to work has a
right to employment. as the News
Budget sees it. regardless of whether
he does or does not belong to any par
ticular union. race, religion. lodge or
other organization
When the editor of this paper was
n wage Garner and actually got it. per
week. instead OF wage Garner and
getting it perhaps" as now. he would
have joined the union in minute if
he thought he could better himself by
50 doing. 1t is crime against free
dom and all that our fOrefatherS
fought for to deny IL man employment
when he is willing to work. either be-
cause he belongs to Il union or doesn't
AS an american citizen. he is entitled
other requirement.
The News-Budget is always on the
side of anything that. as we see it.
promotes the best interests of Lady
smith We have great expectations
for LadySmith and have hostile feel
ing for anything that threatens the
continued prosperity and progress of
L.. L., I Il
ion town is going to make it better
city. will promote its progress and
prosperity. we are for the unions body
and soul The News Budget favOrS
no class nor faction. we are concerned
in champiOning whatever is for the
greatest good of the city as a whole.
The laboring men of Ladysmith
should receive wages that will average
up to what the men are being paid in
similar plants in other cities through
out this part of the state. If they are
receiving less than that. the employers
are not living up to their inst Obliga-
ton to city and employee 1t is evident.
however. that unless they pay near
the average wages they would he un-
able to get enough men to operate
their plants steadily.
The business men of LadySmith and
all who have cast their lot as per-
manent residents here. who have Il
vital interest in the city continuing its
steady progress without serious set
back. are deeply concerned in the agi-
tatiOn now going on here when it is
openly stated that it is planned to tie
up every industry in this city by Il
strike on April l.
That the innocent byStander gets
it i'm the neck" is never more true than
i'm the case of strike and the public
now fully realizes that fact The pub
lie has stood so much punishment in
this way that it is very noticeable that
strikes are getting in bad form. The
public is "Swatting the strike" in self
defense and the consequence is that
the strikers have lost out in innlImer-
able strikes the past few months that
we are all familiar with. There never
was poorer time, in our estimation
To resort to the strike.
Stoppage of the $4,000 IA MONTH
paid out in LadySmith by the large
manufacturing plants. not including
the chair factory will be mighty
serious thing for Ladysmith. There
isn't doubt but that strike will
mean Il complete shut down. This loss
of wages will be felt not only by the
families of the men out of employment.
hut by every resident of the city. 1t
will likely result in failure for some
of our business houses. if it is of long
duration. because many of the men
will he unable to pay their bills. We
have the warming of what such strike
did to Rice Lake: if we are correctly
informed the large sawmill there has
never turned Il wheel since.
The professional agitator makes an
easy living out of fomenting trouble.
He loses nothing by strike whether
il succeeds or not. 1t is his business
TO make trouble. If the friction ana