Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-23
SWALLOW A FEW FACTS

For quarter of century labor anzatiens have been
fighting for short work day and high the promise
to the public that such policy would produce
hour The public eventually believed the repre-
senaons thus made by abors and the shou day has be-
come almost universal in the United States with wage
scale of 81 hour better for practically any kind OF
skilled labor.
summary of the results under the hour high pay
day has been surprise and disappointment Instead of
added incentive for work high pay and short hours have
ficent workmanship The story the the country
inferior goods and decreased production per man
power More money to spend and more time for oafng
to have been curse instead of blessing to many
workmen.
be leveler of many things. The proeering industry
and the proeering workman going to be swept into
the discard The public has cheeruly paid high wages for
short but with falling labor production and neffc
ency public beginning revolt at hodup tactics and
Five years ago the concern or individual that stood out
against labor dcation faced severe criticism. Today be-
gains it has made in its collective capacity the consuming
public of paying the bills caused by the rrespons
bilty of labor to keep its agreements.
Our nation is facing house shortage OF national
portions Materials high due to the cost of production
but they comprise the smallest cost of building Wages
higher and hours short but this would not deter build
ing if for the amount of stoen time that
in job by carpenters plumbers pasterers brick
layers While theoretically labor cost has only in
100 per cent actually 400 cent higher
than before the due to decreased efficiency and oaf
ing on the JOB.
1t is we'll known fact that sawmls closing all
the West for lack of orders. large mill at Clear Lake
WASHINGTON has been compelled to close and has notified
its men that when it again it will be materially
dfferen basis of the changes will probably be from
an S-hour 10-hOur day. Carpenters severely cr
ciZing the management.
While the mill management discussing the necessity
for this change who is building large barn
Mt Vernon Washington, arrived the lumber companys
office and after listening to the conversation for short
time said Il would like to tell something about these
carpenters who crying for 8hour day. have of
them working my barn. for which you sold me the
lumber and the those fellows work enough to drive
crazy. state positively that have not been
able catch the whole of them at work at time since
they started the job Usually there than
working the balance of them will be sharpening their tools
doing something else which should be done on their
time. state honestly that these not deliver
ing an average hours of work day and they de-
mandng 81 25 for 8 hours work and that is what
paying them"
The mill manager said to the farmer If you the
Clear Lake Lumber COmpanys yard and give 700
of lumber 1000 feet and charge for 1000 feet
if to store and received wothrds of yard
of cloth and charged for yard you sold of
these carpenters 10 sacks of potatoes and only del
cred T. each there would be would there not
ing short days work and delivering sacks of potatoes
place of 10 or short changing in any manner.
The honest workman and the employer have got to get
together and talk these things it will not be long
before the employer employ and the workman will be
of job. The offenders who practice striking the
job they term doing less than days work for days
pay must be eliminated there will be wholesale closing
down of industry and industrial activity this nation and
complete breaking Of high wage short hour day.
The foregoing hard cold facts and will have
swallow them and used the changed order of things
whether like it or not. good slogan to adopt would
be Honest work for honest work for pay.