The labor world., 1920-10-02
CITIZENS ALLIANCE KIDS ITSELF
into BELIEVING STRIKE IS LOST.
It Appeals to Enemies Of Union Labor to Paonze NonlmIon
Markets; Holds Union Labor Responsible for Slow Growth Of
Duluth But Says Noting Of nter|ockng Directorate.

serve the encourageme and support
OF members of the Citizens Alliance,
and all others who do not believe in
bulldozing tactics in business.
"A year and half ago, before the
Citizens Alliance was formed and had
created a sentiment in favor of open
shop conditions, such a strike as this
could not have been won by the pro-
prietors.
''The more members the. Alliance
has, the stronger itbecomes, the bet
ter enabled it will be to help employ
ers, in all lines of trade, win out
against unjustifiable strikes and boy
colts. And the fewer strikes and boy
colts community has the more pros
porous it and everyone in it will be.
"Now is the time for every member
of the Alliance to get after the grocer,
the butcher, the baker, the tailor, the
clothier, the plumber and every other
person with whom he trades and show
him that it is not, only in his own
interest, but duty he owes to the city
to get into the Citizens Alliance and
bring about open shop conditions, and
build up the city. -.
This is just as much your fight as
it Is the fight of the officers of the
Alliance, and each member can have
much greater influence over the mer-
chants with whom he trades than an
outsider can.
VII the hundreds of members in the
Alliance would hammer at everyone
with whom he trades to get into the
Alliance, and keep hammering until
they do get in, the merchants and
traders would soon come in flocks.
Keep these three things constantly in
mind and impress them on others:
"First.-No city can have any
marked growth in population except
by the acquisition of new manufac-
turing plants.
"Second.-No city can obtain new
manufacturing plants, in great num-
bers, unless open shop conditions in
Industry are supplied.
"Th1rd.-NO city can obtain open
shop conditions in industry, except
through the power and influence, and
the Intelligent and incessant efforts of
strong, compact organization. con-
stantly fighting for such conditions.
Bear this in mind also. There are
several hundred cities, in this coun-
try, that have, within the past year
or two, established powerful open
shop organizations. and that are striv-
ing to the utmost to bring about such
conditions in their several communi-
ties. The cities that most nearly sue
ceed, in establishing open shop condi-
tions, are the. ones that will be most
successful, in obtaining new indus
tries.
AFTER the bitter experience en-
ployers have had with closed shop
conditions for the past. two or three
years. they will not in: the future,
take any chances. They will not, ex-
cept in rare instances, or unusual cir
cumstances,> locate in closed shop
town. If they can find an open shop
town.
IF Duluth wants to obtain it's share
of new industries and grow in popula-
ton and wealth, it must supply open
shop conditions. or see such industries
go to Detroit, Minneapolis, or some
Of the hundreds of cities that have
set out to see to 1t that open shop
conditions are obtained.
This town can either grow. or
stand still, and it is up to the business
men to say which they want
IL. c. HARRIS, President.
''Patronize the open shop"
It is amusing how Mr.. Harris loves
to kid himself and his beguiled men,
bers. THE strike proved to be an alb
solute failure" he declares. Thirty
five meat markets have signed up
with the union as we go to press and
13 are still holding out. Is that an
absolute failure? If we haven't for
gotten our arithmetic it looks to us
like a 75-per-cent victory so far, with