Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-11
EVILS or FALSE LEADERS.

EVILS oF FALSE LEADERS.
m, nroccss ~ business rcndiustm'nt
,,,,,eh herau several months ago has
n.,n almost completed. Manufactur-
.,s vholc~el.r. ma Retailers hay" r'ck-
.r.d th.,r loss,7. have marked th'f /
.aas ot rrrlaoomcut ,aluc-. and are
,,rA,us toward mat condition = nor
.4 aud continued prrsrerit, vh'rh
ahead II is ono @"mor'--'nd
LII. .n.-.has nis.i 70 mako any
....s-iop- :, ~, cuts what-'','r'
rn4,,s ii. uu.o alrl g 4, country
,nrnnr +. ST., and ,nat re'iod "'
...,,,ar,n, winch followed. the price
.l.,,.,l.t,d l.ut rs IN, y"st
,,.a 9rer l,r., attached hs'u
IS. rtla.t.uue ut., md sailed
.,,pvar1 49, There w"e Some pr''
,,,r tn.r America. l'ut tak'nE
Fl +, IF n.,r. vas mor" downright
.....r. E, au.u ntor then hy any
.3.., 81 od or uuo'ramzed group
n,p s IFS. country
<.w tn byro.ke of ii'inS prie's
.,ll,, lHo tala> IS worth at
Is 4, u", d husinE value
r... u,euu- ,re. This is
,b.ar, -,nt- j. h,rl fa,t. proved y,
t., th, rri,a 81 Huion labor.
sn..h vrt 81 v.,n nyne costs. did
.or,, down vt,h n, lsrtor. L has
msincd stationary and now is At a
a.,,ou. value whi,n i rot justified
eeonorntc conditions
Employers have taken their losses
.heermll,. Union LABOR with few eX-
....ttons has refused 10 make any re-
.a,ustp,,nts whatsoever. n some
n..,ehes ~ trade the wage which is
b.,ne demanded is downright prohteer-
..e-and al trmc when such action Is
IS, ust,ned 1, any increase in expense.
LIVING costs today are nearer the
lsl4 Ie>cl than thcy have been at any
,,n, since Tho European war was de-
.lar,a Union labor vases today are
biehcr man thoy have boon a. any time
te, Is, >ustrau armies moved or
serbia mon labor IS domandiHs, and
II mat, ss,, re.esios hiEher sum
,hsr ,,. rasd r WIS anG lri9. whor
.ea ~. t. Vor, out - tn ranks
!, pd1sae aua > the tanks = th'
au,
Many brau,hes 81 industry are bein'
h,ld az h, tho demands Of workers wh'
a., refls,pe Is tak, th,lr share IN th'
.e.poihi, r,ad,astm,u, which IS fac
.ne r.,rtuue TN, building industry j
anc II thcs, Mcn are fatty refusinI
worL unlcss they are paid war-tim
.I,,s consequently building is hein
4.ased. tor th.-, who desire construc
u al urvnnr ro pay an unfai
~ se.rs ,,ht.l should i-e done 10
T ,ar, this trouble is uniorism-
u..uisu. which Is dominated ID
aruieu. leaders who fatten "ff {
a. ut whom they falsely lead. Ther
timos when unions can render ger
s, syr,icc. especially when men al
4ofkiur for unfair employers. But
IN, majority of cases today there is u
n,,a foi tnions Il seems that in
uns ina, this. when families are
aotua need that the workers col
oorned would throw OF the yOkes
their pald headers Who are preventii
item from working at slightly snall
vases than th,> drew ID tho halcyC
war days.
There als times when mass -acti'
.ou results Ton workers. But this
aoi such .ue II is a significant ia
a. uot, ihg t4o leaders and delcgat
~ union mon NOW on strike are dra'
ine thor pay while the workers who
thy ar, restraining are literally
need II union leNders are unwilling
theu followers 70 take work offer
tn.m al fair wages then one is inclin
e. believe that those leaders are fal
ones who are doing more than kill
soos, which lays the golden cg.
They are even destroying the pond
which the goose swan There will
no work IN many lines unless some IN
come 20 their senses.