The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-17
JNIONISM VERSUS RADICALISM

Our attention has been called to an editorial
ppearing in recent issue of a metropolitan
xchange, dealing with the open shop PROPOSE
ion as the same now threatens the overthrow
nd ensuant dislntegratiOn of organized labor.
The editorial in question, we-written and
caring all the earmarks of careful thought
nd deep study upon the part of its author in
eeking argument against federation of skilled
raftsmen, attacks with rare generalship the
lost vulnerable point and expounds most truly
yhen it sets forth that radical leaders in the
ifferent unions are doing much toward en-
ittering the public mind against organizations
f skilled workers.
There can be no question that radcalisn
1herever found, develops into the discordant
ote which broadens and swels and expands
ntil it reaches that pitch where it sounds, in
lace of greater growth an ultimate and eternal
cath knell. There can be no question that the
adical spirit and the rule or ruin policies SC
PROFANITY followed by the liquor interests of
he nation, brought about the enactment of the
'olstead law and countrywide prohibition.
Radicalsm and arrogance are twin children
he illegitimate offspring of Opportunity. They
re the children of Opportunity, too blind with
elf-centered ideas of their own power and
reatness to realize that they must govern
heir actions in subservience to the dictates of
old reason and common sense.
The original organization of labor, both
killed and unskilled, was brought about by a
emand which in turn had been created by
he arrogance of the money powers that bought
nd sought to control the toilers of the land
srasping arrogance created the necessity, and
ahn ho, laA hon e.
ection. ~
In this instance the child was born OF
Necessity and came into the world sponsored
y the god parent, Self Preservation, the factor
shich so potenty governs the doinGs of the
uman race today, even as it governed it in the
avs when primitive man met and battled with
ntediluvian demons
Fostered by leve-headed instructors and
uardians the child grew into husky young.
ter, a youngster who was fair-minded, above.
oard in his dealings with his companions and
is employers.
But, even as did the liquor interests OF
ne country, so did this child of necessity take
nto its confidence and make an intimate asso
late of Radicasm. And Radicalsm beine
ossessed Of the stronger personality, is gradu
lily gaining the upper hand, while the legit
nate, honest worker, the man who wants L
i've his employer an honest days work in re-
urn for an honest days pay, is fast drifting
ack upon that sea where. unless he is very
arerul, he will become again that bit of flot
am, that piece of jetsam whose brains anc
muscles, whose heart-beats and breathings viii
'e governed. owned and controlled by the pur
nasers of his skill
The honest, fair-mindes welkintentionet
aeniber of any crafts union should. at thi.
'artieular moment watch his step" and guart
| lis actions and his tongue. He should aid il
| arefully wedding out the radical, the bolshevil
vGlent from The body to which he belongs
or already the proponent of the open shop il
Iocaing at his door aud threatening the de
huctior Of the unions his worth and his integ
ity helped to build and make possible.
The people of all sections of the countr,
re demanding lower level of prices a della
ion of false values, return to lower strata
6 expense. And the radical element in tn
snions of the country are offering the ones VIII,
ne anxious to avail themselves OF the chance
n opportunity to argue for a deflation fron
nc top, downward in place of uniform de
lstion. brought about simultaneously. tn
middle against both ends. so TO speak, a deila
ion which will affect every line of bisnes
ontemporaneously and, il we may be pavlone,