The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-16

| their coats and go to work on some
compromise basis and let the matter be
adjusted In the future either BY arbi-
tration or otherwise
Not one single influence. whether
II IS question Of wages or hours or
working conditions or combinations ~
material and supply men. should be al
lowed TO remain in Hammond or any
"here else In this country OF ours,
when conditions exist as they are TO-
day 1t is only few months until
winter and you know, gentlemen. what
Is coming. l understand the labor or
CARNATIONS have four million, five hun.
dred thousand men in the unions, what
does 1t mean for those four million.
nVe hundred thousand men to be GU 81
work for one day? Are they gong Is
let this question of dispute OF wages
OF from q dollar TO a dollar and quar-
ter or from seventy cents to q dollar
keep these four million, five hundred
thousand. or any portion of them. cut
OF work from cay TO day until cold
weather comes on2 What would this
tremendous loss mean. not only 10 the
men who work but 70 people ia other
industries in other allied business. n
other employees in other industries IN
business other than The trades. because
enc is dependant upon the other.
Now l feel like we ought to say
this:
That If these people can't get to
gether and are not willing to so 10
work and let these questions Of wares
and other conditions be settled by arbi-
tratlon or otherwise, or abide BY the
decision Of the arbitration board N
Chicago. then VIC ought to say to every
man in Hammond. whether ne is
union man or not, that he shau have
the right TO 80 to work ana provide
food, clothing and coal for the protec-
ton OF his family the coming winter
and to feed them now.
i feel that the time has come when
the building interests and the Nelf-res-
pectlng men Of Hammond should stand
together and say any man thar wants
to work shall be supported and pro-
tected in his desire TO work unless these
organizations can get together ana 20
to work and say they are willing TO
leave this question to arbitration or lei
it follow tho decision of the arbitra-
ton board in Chicago.
Let US go to work; let US go to
wages proposed of dollar an hour and
seventy cents and If the Chicago arbi-
tration board decides it should be more
than that let these men who are en-
ploying them pay them what they de
eide upon. That is what l say and l
think that every man should say that
(Applause).
Il don't know what this meeting will
ACCOMPLISH haua Ia
before you, believe. as viewed by many
OF the business men OF Hammond, the
men that look after the loaning Of mo-
ney furnishing money for these build
ings and the progress OF work in Ham
mond' and 1 think these men. these
business men of Hammond and the I'm
aneial interests should get together on
this proposition and tell he people to
go to work and If they don't go to work
on a common basis with this idea of
adjusting these things as they may be
by this agreed arbitration
board OF Chicago, then they ought to
invite anybody in the community that
wants to work TO come in and work
and we will stand behind you
Il might say that the Chamber or
Commerce is willing to do anything in
their power to assist in this decision.
We are not taking sides in the decision
one way or the other but we want the
people to get together and go to work
want to see the laboring man get 4
fair wage and further I want the ma
terial man to see to II that he is not
robbing the people or the man that is
building a home. Has anybody else
anything TO offer further7'