Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-01-12

!; WASHINGTON, D. C.-That the al.
legged open shop movement really has,
for its chief purpose closed shop to
all organized workingmen, is the warn:
ing sent out by the Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ in Ameri-.
;ca. -:
It also calls upon Christian employ.
'ers everywhere to beware Of this!
movement to,,I deny organization to.
workers and ioresees disastrous in
dustrial conflicts as 2 result of such
activity. =
When, for example," says the coun-
Gil, IAN applicant for work is COMPEL
ed to sign a contract pledging him
self against; utilization with a union,
or when a union man is refused en-
ployment or discharged, merely on the
ground Of union membership, the en-
ployer is using coercive methods and
is violating the fundamental principle
OF an open shop! Such action is unfair.
and inimical to economic freedom and
to the interest of society, as is CORE.
spending coercion exercised by labor
bodies in behalf of the closed shop.
1T seems incumbent upon Chris
titan employers to scrutinize careful
ly any movement, however plausible,
which is likely to result In denying to
the workers such utilization as will in
their judgment best safeguard their
interest and promote their welfare,
ON tn tn n &~;o
conflicts at a time when the country
needs gaod,Wilk and cooperation be-
tween employers: and employees"
che steel trustsas yet has been ur-
able to ans#er1 the charges brought
by the SURVEY OF conditions among
its nonurioh aemployes A feeble at
tempt has been made to Offset it, how
ever, by, scattering broadcast boot
licking sermon by minister of FASH
ioaable. Boston church on the topic OF
Judge .GarX.s. Virtues and the impu-
,dence Of employees. Gary's privately
owned clergyman could even indorse
the trusts elaborate spy and gunman
system, which includes spying IN our
federal government.
!: FARM >hslljAs npEav :, yr. u :.
:: Farm machihery dealers have been
notified by the International Harves-
ter company Of a Is to 20 per cent in
crease over the 1920 prices. Dealers
are advised to put on a campaign Of
Sducation as to why the prices have to.
go up. The professors who prepare
these educational courses will, Of
course tebeYryfeine. but the trtuh'
E A SENSIBLE IRISH SOLUTION.
- The British Labor party, whose spe-
cial commission to investigate the IT.
ish question has just completed its
work, suggests the following solu-
ton:
land for the selection of members Of
a constitutional convention. This con-
.vention should then have power to
work out an Irish constitution, subject
to conditions protecting Irish minor
tiles, and: .assBkDsafeguarding England
from menace by Ireland in a naval
or military way: ,-A..s
The military danger to England Of
an independent, iceland has been Civ.
EN- out as enc al th6ac1Hef reasons for
the English attitude toward Ireland,
but it ought, net to take great imagin-
ation to see that conditions might be
imposed, acceptable to Ireland, which
would render her no more harmful to
England in military way than Cuba
is to us at the present time.
;, The British Labor commission re.
port declares, that there has been a
large amount off violence by English
authorities in ireland and defies the
British government to disprove the
information which it makes public.
1.-THE situation" says the report, sis
nothing short of tragedy. There are
$4,000 soldiers. CHARTERED in Ireland,
most of them young and inexperienced.
discipline is lax and the youths be-
come brutalizedI. and demOralized.
There are thines being done in Ireland
which must make Great Britain stink
In the nostrils Of the whole world"
) MILITARY EXPENDITURES.
! Mondell, Republican floor leader, de.
clared with considerable, applause
from the congressman that we shall
never be able to make adequate ap
Preparations for internal improve
1nents or other constructive work un
less we reduce the enormous total car
irfed in the army and navy bills =,
:: : He pointed out that appropriations
this year were $s45,ooo,Ooo, or. more
than three times as much as IN any
me-war year.
LIT is much more said Mondell
i"than we shoa appropriate for thu
Ginning fiscal Xeu and yet the war de
;partment is aetn us for 1867 100000
more" Es -, (. II - e~.5s
RUSSIAN oRpERs CANCELLED.
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