Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-24
Labor Turns Out in Force to Hear
Live Issues Discussed
Two Prominent Speakers Entertain Big
Crowd at Open Air Gathering in
Park tuesday Evening

patted itself upon the back and adopt
ed a set of fiamboyant resolutions,
among which was the statement that
there was more money and more bus
mess in the United States than in he
balance of the entire world. This toe
in face of the fact that five mi'lior
workers were waiting at factory doors
for an opportunity to work in oder
| to obtain the bare necessities of life
| The stay-at-home, one dollar a year
! flag waving slackers are among the
army of newly created millionaires
which sprang up during the wal at
the rate of one millionaire for every
seven men killed while fighting for
Democracy-and every one of them
is an open shopper.
Conditions have changed since a
half dozen or more men worked with
the boss and shared in his trials and
successes. The day of trusts and
combines has arrived, workman is
no longer a man but merely is des-
ignated by number upon the roll of
thousands of other employees, whose
share in the accumulated profits of
their labor is but small portion of
every dollar produced.
The less the wages of the workers,
the less their buying capacity. AS
that diminishes the goods pile up on
the shelves of the merchant and also
in the warehouses of the manufac-
turers. In olden times the people had
community granary which was
drawn upon until empty, and then the
people went to work and filled it up
again. Today the mandatory fills
up and then lays off his men while
waiting to clean up on his stock.
The open shoppers, not satisfied
with the circulation of propaganda
through bought up press, tried to
influence and even force the preachers
to teach their false doctrine But
many of our clerical brethren, like
those of Pittsburgh, came out ana
said "We will not say what you want,
we preach the doctrine of Jesus
Christ. Go out and preach your
selves, we refuse to obey your bid
ding"
At this point the speaker read the
affidavit of Mansfield man who ap-
piled at & factory for a job as furnace
tender. He was questioned by white
collar gentleman, and his answer duly
recorded. He was told a man was
needed, and although the applicant
had thirteen year experience and was
thoroughly competent, he was turned
down as soon as it leaked out he car
ried a card in the Hod Carriers Union.
Many of the factory men of Mans
field, who had declared for the open
shop, had imported strike breaking
thugs from the dives and slums of
the large cities, but were compelled
to herd them like cattle in barracks
and bull pens, because decent citizens
refused to allow them to enter their
home. Newark should accord the
same treatment to like characters n
brought here.
If employers continue promoting
the anti-union idea it will result in
the adoption of such drastic measures
that the welfare of the nation will be
threatened Far-seeing captains of
industry already fear the measure
has been carried too far and are about
ready to ask the American Fedora
tion to step in and assist in restoring
the former relations existing between
capital and labor.
Carnegie, the so-called great phil
anthropist, famed for his public
libraries, earned his immense fortune
by the blood and sweat of men who
worked IL and 13 hours a day, and
did not have the time, inclination or
ability to read or understand the con-
tents of his so-called gifts.
Mr.. Biddle closed his speech with
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