The labor world., 1920-10-02
assurance Of a ss-per-cent victory in
the very near future. 80 49,. -.... -


the very near future. Il
The striking butchers became dis
couraged and either returned to work.
under open shop conditions, or sought
other employment" continues Mr.,
Harris What are the facts? Many Of:
the union men are employed in the 35;
shops that have signed up; three have
deserted the union and have returned
to work in non-union shops, a. few
have obtained employment as meat
cutters In Superior and others are;
still actively conducting the strike
1.-The shops that were picketed as
unfair" report that the picketing had
no effect on their trade, except to in
crease it," asserts Mr.. Harris. That is
not the testimony of some of the
shops which signed up with the Meat
Cutters union this week, and the few
persons employed in the non-union
shops would indicate that business is
far from normal with them.
Mr.. Harris holds that the meat
markets that are standing out deserve
the encouragement of all who do not
believe in ''bulldozing tactics in bus
iness.' That is an easy statement to
make, but we challenge him to cite
wherein the Meat Cutters union has
resorted to such tactics. The real
"bulldozing' has been on the part of
the Citizens Alliance in threatening
to boycott any meat market that signs
up with the union. Indeed the "Spe-
cial Bulletin printed above is
brazen resort to "bulldozing tactics"
and is circulated for the purpose Of
boycotting all markets that have
shown disposition to deal fairly with
their employees.
There is material for considerable
comment in the Bulletin" but time
and space will not permit Of it in this
number. When the opportunity pre-
sents itself we expect to tear the quits
out of it," as our old friend Harris
used to say when he was fighting on
the side of labor. We will review the
industrial history of Duluth and will
show how certain interests have oper-
ated to keep industries out of Duluth.
Indeed as we write this we vividly
recall sitting at table one evening in
1897 with Charles A. Towne, L. c.
Harris and A. E. McManus. Mr.. G. G.
Hartley had given an interview to
Chas. D. Skillings, now publisher of
"Skillings' Mining Review" and then
a reporter for the Duluth News Trib-
une, in which he declared that organ
lied labor was responsible for keep
ing industries out Of Duluth.
Mr.. Hartley made several serious
indictments against union labor. to
W. i0h S4I
Messrs. Towne, McManus and Harris
commented en- our reply to Mr.. Hart
ley and Mr.. Harris in particular pat
ted us on the back and said that we
were absolutely right in our conten.
ton. We haven't changed since. We
are still fighting: for the same old
principle. and it grieyes us very much
to find Mr.. Harris in the fullness of
his years and the ripeness Of his ex-
perience fighting on the other side.
In the last 10-year period Duluth
has shown q growth Of 26 per cent.
No doubt she should have enjoyed a
greater growth, and she would have
had If 1t were not for the "close d.
shop" methods Of a sordid interlock-
ing directorate in big business circles
which has Duluth by the throat. In
deed one of the members of the Citi-
zens' Alliance. a president of. one Of
our. strongest banks, said to us one
day that he, didn't want to see Duluth
get any larger. 1T was big enough
now," he opined. and the reasons he
gave for his opinion will be subjects
for discussion in this paper as the
fight against organized labor con-
tinues.