Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-02-11
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Depicting the Rcttenness of Every.
thing IN General. Especially condl,
tons as They Would He Under the
Open Shop Plan.
The ranks OF the unemployed are
lstill growing. big business is still sit.
ting on the lid: the merchants are
spending hundreds of thousands OF
dollars in advertising TO unload their
stocks: the members of the American
Legion are trying to get little recog-
milton OF their service over there: the
Building and Loan Associations are
turning down applications far loans:
the banks are sealed up tight, except
when something is coming In: the
railroads are demanding cheaper
labor, which il not obtained at once,
viii force them into bankruptcy
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands has
had his decision in the Berger case re-
versed and Berger has been granted
IA new trial; the United States De
partment OF Justice is out hustling
for an alibi: Congress Is still blowing
bubbles; the editor of the Urbana
Courier has had bad case OF hys-
n,
presumably brought on by reading
John Walkers letter. or because Dean
Davenport failed to use the columns OF
the Courier to answer the above men,
toned letter. For the first time in It's
history the Mckinley corporation has
withdrawn an application for higher
rates: the whole nation is contributing
money by the millions to feed the
women and children of one part OF
Europe, while we maintain blockade
of another part and there the women
and children starve. Mr.. Schwab has
been declared not guilty The Klu
klux klan has reorganized in the
South. The State Constitutional Con-
vention turned down the Initiative,
Referendum and Recall, both dele
gates from this district voting against
1t, although the people voted for It.
The British government has been ex-
cused from paying the interests, some
four or five hundred millions, she
owes us; she needs the money to
build battle ships and purchase oil
lands. II we could collect that inter-
est, 1t would go a long way towards
paying for the upkeep of the state
constabulary Senator Dunlap is going
to hand the farmers OF Illinois to pro-
tect their wives when the farmer Is
plowing in the back forty a.
Tie farmers lost few billions on
their 1920 crop but then the bulls and
bears in the Chicago grain pit must
live, so why worry II all comes under
the great plan called Americanization
which is being staged by that great
and righteous organization known as
the National Chamber of Commerce.
aided and abetted by the National
Manufacturers Association: two bod
les whose main objective at the pres
ent time is to break and destroy or
ganized labor, and they have ordered
the subordinate Chambers OF Com
merce throughout the country to do
their bit towards helping to bring
about the disruption of the local un-
ions in their cities. According to In
formation received from all over the
country, they are obeying orders. just
what they expect to gain even IL they
should succeed. none of them seem
to know. unless II Ia that much ad-
verified panacea for all humanities'
ills-the "Open Shop"--a condition un-
der which 1t is claimed, a man can
work for whom he pleases. for what
he pleases and when he pleases; a
condition that does not exist and
never can until the human family all
have their wings full grown, and even
then we will perhaps take orders from
the choirmaster In manipulating our
harps. The men who are advocating
the open shop do not believe in 1t
themselves--if they do. why do We
have the Champaign County Medical
Society, the Champaign County Bar
Association. the Coal Dealers Asso-
citation of the Twin Cities, the State
Bankers Association, the Champaign
Chamber OF Commerce, the Urbana
Association of Commerce. the Rotary
Club2 The ministers of the gospel
have their organizations which meet
in convention at certain intervals to
fix salaries, conditions and locations
for their members. All these organiza-
tions are, no matter what may be
said TO the contrary, banded together
for the purpose of promoting socially
or finapcially and in most cases, both,
the interests of their members What
good reason can be given why the men
who work at manual labor should not
have their rganizations--why should
the man who works for wages be de-
MED the right of joining the union OF
his craft. the same as the man who
holds position and draws salary
has of joining his club, or the man in
business becoming member OF the
Chamber OF Commerce. A labor union
is as much of an asset to the Twin
Cities as are the commercial organi--
zatiOns the business men join, the
Chambers of Commerce. Because they
believe it is for their best interests,
financially and socially, they employ
business. men TO manage these Cham
bers of Commerce, and that is their
right. The laboring men join the
unions and employ laboring men from
among their own ranks to manage
them. What fair minded man will
say fbp IahprfnO man chouid he do