Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-01
AN stOPEN SHOP" FIGHT
ENDED BY THREE ADS
Oklahoma City Advertising Manager Makes Capital Out OF
Possible Catastrophe by Clever Use OF
His Newspaper Space
by MARION c. HARPER
er Oklahoma City Oklahoman and Times the Editor

When the advocates of closed
shop" recently met In Oklahoma city
to lay plans for picketfng all open
shops" in the vicinity they didn't
reckon on Ed. Galloway
They looked up all the laws and ordi-
nancos concerning picketing: called for
and obtained volunteer pickets and
charted the city's open shops" But
they forgot Ed Galloway. In fact they
nor no one else figured that ED Gallo
way. winner of this years sweepstakes
and highest individual houors offered
by the National Association of Retail
Clothiers for the best newspaper nd
vertising, was much of n factor IN the
open shop" controversy.
Single handed. however, Mr. Gallo
way. advertising manager for tho Witt
Clothing Company stopped all picket
ing throughout tho city and satisfied
for the time being. Mt any rate-
lahors somewhat warped opinion of
the open shop"
To say he did II single handed ia not
entirely accurate because his chief
weapon was singlecolumn space In
the daily newspaper advertisements of
wits
Chronologically, this ia how II hap
pencd.
ON November % the closed shop
pists" voted TO picket Wits because II
has the largest Labor trade Of any
open shop" clothing house in okla
homa city.
November %: Three piekets appear
ed in front of Wits.
November % The following copy IN
dor an illustration of three fence pick
cts appeared In Wits advertisement
in the Oltlahoman and Times.
Dear Folks:
You are cordially invited 10 stroll
dows Robinson 10 Grand and see
our three handsome picketa Really
they are nicc-l looking. very peace
ful, neatly dressed young men Two
on Robinson, one on Grand. u
you should happen TO be passing
and forget that We are selling
men's and boys quality clothes and
furnishings at next spring prices
they Will remind YOU to look IN
our windows and sec the values
stick around until Christmas
boys and we will give yon 81 hand
| some. practical, quality Christmas
! gift and let you Picket aut your
/ self
| II Was the Clothes of n Perfect Day.
| AS we came out Of the store he Was
| standing on the edge 81 the curb with
| his back toward US and there was also
something about his shoulders which
4 indicated that he believed in Close
| shop" II VAS @ o'clock 70 we closed
| our Clothes shop"
| and This Is the Cause of II All.
| We believe that the non-union man
! should he given the opportunity 70
| work on the same job as the union
man of course we know there arc
many. very many. new-fashioned ways
OF doing things. but nobody as yet has
! improved upon tho open heart. the
open shop and the open-hand way OF
! dealing with mankind in order TO
achieve best results.
| November rs Another advertise
| ment appears. titled BY the badges "a
shall know them II reads
and now. peepul. II you will just
draw nigh and listen attentively for
| = moment. we will tell you why the
| Picket"
II IL because we are doing our owr
| thinking. We believe In the open-shor
nlan-the pickets believe in the close
| ehop and that's all right with us W
| are not fighting the unions and We are
/ not going to fall out with any one be
cause he believes one way and We an
other In fact we have union mer
believe in the BOYCOTT METHOD.
November %: one Of the pickets eal'
Lon Mr.. Galloway and tells him that tn
"o,osed shoppIsts' admit 'hai iheil
morale has been shattered By Galloway
good-natured advertising.
So Mr.. Galloway calls up the Okla
hona city Times and orders this cop!
working for us most every day but w