Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-04-07
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WHAT OUTCOME
OF open SHOP
WOULD MEAN

As Mr.. Will pointed out in his adj
,tlvss Al The Rialte Theatre March
nth, there are two other zeheols for
WORKING elaxSes 10 dnft Into II The
forces nav Al wefk succeed n their
attempt ta destroy the Trade Union
Movement namely, socialism, and
communism. II II hard to nndef~
stand why men who have the hrAins
Intelligence Of thaae whe are pushing
the open shop movement cannot So
what the result VIII be IL they should
succeed in acenmplishins their pur<
pose.
There il class hatred enough In
every community now and With the
open shop proposition In effect. 4
would he greater. II open ahop con-
iltlons are the beat for any eeinmun-
lty. why do the employing classes of
gnuixe- why do the lawyers organ
ixe why do the bankers orEunike~~
why do the merchants organise Why
du editors organise -swhy do the real
estate dealers nfEanise~i lndtyiduni-
Istic effort Of mankind Ii the better
way for him 10 attain the best n>eu!ks
for himselff Why have all these dif-
ferent greupa organised and given -
literally of their time and money! 70
uphold and enforce the laws. rules
and usagea that govern them. II
organization IL gcod for tho commer-
cial and professional men. then why
would II be detrimental 10 the labor
ing man; II the greatest henehts 70
society are 10 he gotten by individual
effort, why was the Red Cfoss and the
United Charities orRanixedf II each
buAineas man In the 1,fin Cities were
to cut loose from the Chambers u
Commerce tomorrow, does any eAues
minded peraon believe the many pub
| lie improvements that nrc coming up
this spring Ia both rltiee would b
handled To any better advantAKel
Why Ahuuld organisation be wrong
/ for the working CLASSES and proper
I for all professional classes and nll
men who are engaged In mercantile
pursuits9 Do the parents of The
1 Twin Cities believe In organisation l
4 IL they do net. why have We tho hoy
scouts, the Campfire Hirlk, the GhI5o-
\ tian Endaayar and the many other
/ church organizations
Al Of the organizations mentioned
in this article have been foatered FOR
the purpose Of betterinR the condi-.
tiona of the Individual members, and
to a certain extent. promoting the
welfare -bf society In general, The
laboriuR classes organize with the
same object in view and why should
they be denied the rights all these
others take for themnelves7
/ All of the commercial, professional,
social and religious organizations are
conducted on the closed shop prin-
ciple. In applying for membership
| In any one Of them the applicant must
| fulfill certain requirements and AS
sumo certain obligations. The differ
ent churches are all conducted on the
closed shop pinn-ench have their
creed and particular working rules,
and to become member of any one
Of them, you are expected To comply
with these rulas. When Christ or
ganlzed HIS local Of twelve members
/ II was done for the purpose OF spread
| ing All over the universe his particu-
/ lar plan of salvation and the rules
and usages governing thnt plan. This
! IL an exhibition of the simplest and
at the same time the ughtsst closed
shop the human race has ever had to
deal with-~to be entitled 70. ard re-
ceive the benefits of that plan II IL
absolutely necessary TO become q
member Of His organization, obey the
/ by-lawa and rules as laid down In the
Sermon on the Mount, and play the
game according 10 the Golden Rule.