The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-16
How the Open Shop
Worked in Dallas

Mr. H. o. Ward. citizen Of okmulgee, took swing
down through Texas and while in Dallas took especial
pains to investigate the alleged open shop" association
and its lines of activity. The result is shown below and
which appeared in recent issue OF the Okmugee Labor
Journal
81 have just returned from trip through Texas and
noticing many signs displaying in the windows of Okmul
gee merchants announcing their Fairness Labor and
membership in the Square Deal Association, thought
that the results of observations in other socaled
open shop towns might be of interest to and
readers
@ ~ was in I'M Dallas when few employers Of that city
Eastern capitalists behind the versatile
press agent and propagandst and things hum
ming.
The first move was to enlist all employers of labor
that is as many could he induced to jon-and the
membership at first was formidable Much enhu
newspapers and organized labor was doomed.
By threats and coercion many merchants were forced
to become members and display the open shop in
their windows
Claims were made by the organizations employment
union and non'union and efforts be
reduce wages.
I'm order to learn the honesty and veraclty the
craft at different times applied for acinow.
edged union affiliations and two claimed to not belong
received and the where TO report
for work Upon applying at the they offered
steady employment but at 81 day LESS pre-.
yaiing scale Of wages Needless to say they did not
BEEN CALLED UPON TO ACCEPT Work AND THEIR
APPLICATIONS ARE STILL ON FILE.
AT the first four Of five carried the open
shop card, but today display is hard to find
"One clothing store which at first carried THREE
cards in their window a card written by their
show card writer which reads open shop Agitators
Keep Out II aroused curiosity and in to ask
the merchant his for his radical change He said
"I am not damn fool ! know that the ultimate
object Of the open shop organization ultimately
reduce wages. There is inner circle
ton that is using the smaller fry pull
out OF the fire. They blufed joining one time
but they viii not have any luck the time
around anyway, | do not look for them again with
the exception or certain few the agitation diving
And, look here merchant TO reason
that man who receives good and works reason
able hours will make better customer who has
nothing TO spend and time shop around? And
they succeed in killing the labor unions hate 10 think
what would become Of the workers who To
organization The unions have made possible for
who works s the / for-not bunch of
wealthy profeers who spend big portion Of their in.
venting their hatred the working man, rather
than pay it out in income tax to help the government
that the open shoppers have an elaborate
press bureau, and to who did not investigate their
claims would appear that the day organized labor was
a end.
thing, get behind any movement that will cause a union
lose his head and something that will be
reactonary.
"They go far reach into the pulpit and
with their 'profiteeng contamnate those who
taught the example of the said Love thy
neghbor and cause them to teach by precept Hate thy
neghbor II he is a member OF a labor union
regret that such beautiful and progressive little
city Okmugee should be the victim of these selfish
agators and do not believe that II will be possible 10
fool the business to the real motive behind the
open shop movement"