The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-22
Bv MAX s. HAYES.
YIN Tho Cleveland Citizen


here are those even among tine
1nked workers who fail to apprc-
e>,the significance of the printers
Se. for the 4s44-hour week-etsht
,s,oln five days and the Saturday
holiday.
udents of recent history will doubt
,fecaNrthe fact that Is years ago
country was, as at present, facing
,eycre. industrial depression, and
=. taking "a survey Of the large
ahcrs Of workers who were Jn-
,,oyed,,, the newly -formed and
resslve~ Nationa. Association of
,1fa turers. Citizens Alliance and
lied Typothetae, seized the oppor-
ty 70, begin a fierce onslaught
inst organized labor with the de-
nina tiAp of. exterminating> every
N that refused to bow to their
Hates..
ea.result was a momentary halt
slight slump il. the growth ana
<reSs Of the. American labor move
-lI,-M.hiGh seems to have misled the
pSipA believing that the war mad
rxen.1
Parry Fight Recalled.
Rat the time when the Perrys
''Posts and, Ellises, and their
lads of, hired spies, strikebrcak2rs,
rRhletaers AMI politicians were
1ting victory for the open shop
II rostrums and newspaper col
IS, and While many local and ma
al labor organizations were fight
defensive battles, with wages top
ta nd working conditions becoming
aced on, every hand. the Interna-
at. 'TNpogra phical Union. rather
lsretreat before the industrial inn
.~--atIsts.v began an offensive cam-
:p:'fof. a reduction of working time
T 81 to 48 hours week
Re struggle continued for two years
resulted in an ienominious defeat
the open shop hurdes-the junkers
Ae Tinted TypotEetae were either
.ured .or scattered, the Citizens
Auce .Was SO thoroughly discreti1t-
'+n n tit gradually uisinteyrated. and
;sa to- save its isnobie cause" is
transformed into the Arneri-
a'Associaton.
,>,., Halted Open Shop.
ae''ruthless drive Of tire open shop
), vas effectively halted and the
I'll army again. began to advance
fter" the United Typothetea had
hthoroushly Wiped and d;smem-
d, its adherents who remained
ended to experience !. change Of
I, Voluntarily" ACCEPTED the AZ
week, formulated new policy
'epinS hands off the labor uuesrlon
dealing principally with techni-
matters, cost system. prices Of
eri1l ect., which led to a fusion
the Printers League, Franklin
IS and other bodies Of employers
had been established and wer.. en-
idly relations with the Journey
.l@ the leopard cannot change it's
$. ,rlo more than a Rourbon can
RI q new economic idea and nus
I'D that the scenes of 1905-O7 are
g re-enacted.
csp!te the fact that a solemn COW
1t. properly negotiated and UNDER
ten, was entered into two years
With the official representatives of
organizations Of employers in
industry that provides for
inauguration of the 44-hour week
lay + 1921. the treaty was regard
mere. scrap Of paper. and the
STYLED. masters" joined the re-
onists and industrial autocrats y no
-began.a new assault upon organ-
.labor in1m ediately after the cleo
,returns were complied last No
~: A.
>t's Unfair Advantages
throughout the fall. winter and
ns tire" American Plan association
various trade groups Of open
'pers, again taking advantage Of
Industrial depression, have kept up
ntiinu6us warfare upon the unions
.:dcd more speed, and riemposed
" other objectiona conditions
substa ntially every sector la Dor
bcMg~beaten back instead of hold
its position or marching forward
had the right to do after all the
nises that were made during the
= wsr:
le 6E6mys' assault was first di,
--f d 9Ethe metal workers. thas
i'd 3n1 the. textile and automobile
stries and in rapid succession IN
the Building trades, among the
way branches. marine. wood AM
trco' workers and miscellaneous
lpatiens.
70 Lives Of the army Of organized
were. bending in evey direction
the morale of the defenders o.
lsSa,iss democracy was sinking t,
w ebb under the severe pounding
he opponents of industrial inn per
fffT: who once more hearlded their
ories Tor low wages and long hours
fthe1Atlantic to the Pacific ant
Behing Sea to the Gulf of Mex.
Sweeps Ever Forward.
III the crisis arrived and aglir
N: U. ..victoriuos veterans O.
kard fought battles swept for
! in solid phalanx in a great flank
movement, administering crush
blows in more than hundred
and towns IN the first charge
each day since the assault besar
added new trirmphs for the in
fsie'ar'ny, until it's captured ter
,N.hts doubled and trebled in area