Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-11-26

81 hla dlriy act and OF the gang which
hfihed and praised him that he
saenl,ea away aud hung himself
people Is unable 70 protect Itself from
IL most dangerous aud lnalilous enc.
miea. we should tear up the Deelara.
ION ~ Independence and repeal the
lgonHlfa 'en II Ii un,hlatahle that
Ne Arr 80 hopeleshls involved in tho
wreck oI a broken down induKtrlai
etaiem that we cannot astfloate our.
0elges aud must continue TO bear with
inaflenCg his that are now welinigii
lintolerahle.
pseanlg0t lahor's Peril
J Leaders ef organized labor are not
I liaaifernnf o the real peril hat faces
them Ihny know that the recent
IfleatiNn has added tremendous imae,
1 linh % tha ~epen shop movement.
Band lhey also realize that they are
lannHt 10 maei the moet aatarmlnnd
ieunft e9af made 20 prevent collective
hsstisn u4f tav pHiI OF producers.
Labor llnterp are demanding the re.
Ineal of The labor provision of the
I Clayton antitrust law. the federal In.
corporation af trade unions mud the
lnutlaWlng of agreements between rms
spln9ers and employees Tho thought
+ back OF These demands II 20 deprive
f the workers Of their only effective
weapon tho strike No employer. no
matter how brutal and eallouned, oh,
iaeta - lfade unions that are gnaran
ilend not 20 strife against wrongs, The
strike ia The thing that tho Chamber
of Commerce. aud the Manufacturers
AHsoElaiien are after. and IN their pnr-
suit they haye commanded the sym.
pathy and support of iarge section
I0t iha public that should know better.
II IS reliably reported that one Of
the bills 10 appear IN Congress viii
make Il unlawful for an employer To
contract with bia men by making II
IA conspiracy 20 agree upon closed
shop. That VIII meet In full the de.
nands OF open shop advocates. so
much accomplished. the rest will be
easy Organized labor IN effective
onlB when ihere f. solidarity In open
shops there IL invariably such rank
discrimination praetleed as between
union and nonnnion workers that IL
is but matter Of time untll card men
are forced To withdraw from their
craft unions ia self protection
fedoFal Incorporation OF trade un
IONS has long been advocated by the
National Chamber of Commerce I.
secs M this scheme an opportunity 20
take The money of the unions. With
control Of the courts fairly complete.
an incorporation law would be very
useful IN the down.thelino attack
upon trade unions,
The repeal OF The antitrust i'm.
mnaity ~ the Clayton act would make
the injunction a useful and never.
falling weapon 10 labor disputes
There are Judges who are willing to
overlook this concession wrung from
IN unwilling congress, but The major
ity Of lnrlste fairly coDstrue lts pro.
visions IL repeal would remove all
doubt and trade unions could be ap-
preached from the angle of being
combinations in restraint Of trade.
The railway managers are getting
ready 10 put the 8kids under the broth
erhoOds and win be before Congress
with o number Of schemes that, II en-
acted, VIII materially curtail the le.
gltimate activities Of the workers.
All In all. the prospect Is not espe.
cialiy happy for the unions. They viii
he Handicapped OF the very outset by
Increasing unemployment Hundreds
OF thousands OF men. il Is predicted,
wiz search In vain for Jobs this win
ter This number viii be gradually
increased, until hunger compeis the
workers TO accept conditions made
By the workers without consultation
With them
The condition that Is now revealed
was discernible before election, bur
tie workers could not be induced To
safeguard their own interests. They
aeeg 10 learn only in the bitter school
OF experience Now that they are
going 20 get some hard lessons, II
may be that they will learn something
of value IN them For instance, they
viii discover. as their enemies have
discovered. that partlsanism doesn't
pay and Chat safety lies not In blind
allegiance 70 party fetishes. but in
devotion 10 those inter.
ests and Ideals that must subBist un.
less we q a nation are 70 sink back
70 a state Of feudalism.