The New York herald., 1921-09-22
WAGES NOT REAL ISSUE
Menace Lies in Unions De.
manding Many Men for
One Mans Job.
s0UST RADICAL LEADERS
sFlabby Public Must Force La
nor to Clean Ont All Of
Stacker Workers.

special Despnteh to THE NEW YORK HrnAEn.
CHICAGO. Sept. 21.--Gov. Henry 7.
Allen OF Kansas to-day charged the
labor bosses OF the country with re-
sponsioility for the present Industrial
crisis and unemployment. He made
MS statement in a speech before the
Bakers convention.
DO as little as you can for as much
as you can get" quoted Gov. Allen
from one radical labor leader. THAT
Is what has contributed to the unrest
and industrial aagnation in this COM
try Every man who was enjoying
war profits held on as long as he could
to the profits he was making and the
man who made brick and the man who
laid brick were both grasping at the
opportunity to continue the high
prices Of labor and material.
Il wonder if people realize that some
labor bosses who do no work them.
selves but fatten of the toll OF other
men are taking s60.000.000 year frum
the slender purse Of labor. With and
subsequent to the war they prornul-
gated the doctrine of less work and
more pay. a principle that has been the
means OF putting 5000, 900 men on the
unemployment list.
Gov. Allen then quoted Samuel Com
pers: ''The right OF labor Is to keep
what It won during the war"
I'VE must dump the radical Stacker
out Of labor" continued Gov. Allen.
The radical has done all the talking
and all the electing The conservative
workman has followed instead OF lead
ing. 1t is his turn now and It is he
who can bring back industrial pros
perity
The Stacking laborer killed the
goose that laid the golden egg the day
we signed the arnlistice. when he
started out to keep everything the war
trine of stacking. He multiplied the
men on the job by making each man
work below his capacity. The Ameri-
can business man detected it and no
just employer will pay for Stacking
Limiting the amount or work a
man may do has been one Of the chief
factors in bringing on the UNI fortunate
situation in which labor now finds it,
self. II was done to make labor pros
porous instead IL has made labor poor.
The multiplication OF pcrsonneh Is a
real evil. Examine the labor cpntracts
aad you will get some light IT isn't
81 question OF wages. it's a question Of
too many men. Two or three skilled
workmen are now employed by the
rule OF contract to do work that for
1nerly was done by one handy man. The
situation runs through the building
trades, through industry.
Labor ia beating back right enough.
but labor will never clean house until
the soft. flabby public now shedding
crocodile tears takes a firm stand and
says: Labor. we're for you and va like
YOU. but you've got to clean house.
You'd better begin by getting some real
lenders. who have your real interest at
heart as well as ours
Faith in the Industrial Relations
Court is rapidly spreading to every
class OF employer and employee in Kan
sas. Gov. Allen said. In the last eight
cen months the court has handled
thirty labor cases. he said. and OF TWEEN
ty-cight decided there have been ac-
ceptanccs by both sides OF the decisions
in twenty-seven. In five cases wages
we're reduced. Recently employees OF
tho Joplin. Pittsburgh and Galena Rail.
way, serving southeastern Kansas.
dropped elaborate arbitration clauses n
their contracts and specified that all
wage disputes would hereafter be heard
by the industrial court.