The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-04-07
TIIMBERW0RkERS
BULLETIN

The strike of 5000 underwriters
eastern and southern mills, to read
California is now in its fourth week.
The ranks of the strikers are I'M
broken and their determination to
save the hour day is stronger than
ever. When it is remembered that
these workers were almost entirely
without organization when they
struck the fight they are making is
the more remarkable. The big ma
iority of the strikers are now men,
bers of our organization and new
members are coming in each day.
Relief measures have been perfected
and no one suffers for food, cloth
ing or shelter. The truth of the mat
ter is that these workers are putting
up a fight for the entire Northwest,
they can best be supported by great
err organization efforts in all Sec
lions.
The employers are putting u
their usual argument about the So
called unfair competition" of the
in southern Oregon and northern
and believe their published state
ments one would be forced to the con-
clusion that the whole country is
starving to death, and that they
would not be able to sell any of their
product for the next ten years at
least In one breath they claim that
prices are low and that there is no
market, in the next breath they de-
clare that they must run longer
hours with less wages to meet this
alleged condition, in other words
they must expect people to buy more
with less wages. For untruthfulness
and rank inconsistency these lumber
operators certainly should be award.
ed the fur lined thermos bottle.
The Bonner's Ferry Lumber COM
pany, subsidiary of the Weyer-
haeuser Timber company, located at
Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, has given its
employees their choice of working 10
hours per day for 1925, or of re-
naming on the 8 hour day with
wages a 1890 per day, this COM
pany has been paying the Four L
scale of $500 per day. so if they keep
their 8 hour day they will have to
pay the company 40 cents per day
tribute. These workers are unor-
ganized and there will be nothing
to prevent this company from later
adding the extra two hours at the
$3.50 wage. That is the game now,
to force down the wage rate now. to
force up the hours at their leisure.
Right down in their hearts they are
all for the 10 hour day, they would
put the white workers of the North
on the same beggarly wages ana
miserable conditions of the colored
workers of the South.
Many mills in Western Pine terri
tory are waiting the outcome of the
present strike before attempting their
| 10 hour stunt. They will have to
wait a long time if they wait until
! the strikers go back to work on the
! 10 hour day. These employers are
also quite busy with the Federal
Trade Commission which has charged
them with fixing prices and curtail-
ing production.
MANY newspaper stories are cur
rent in regard to the strike situa-
ton. All of these stories should be
disregarded by our members, official
information will be furnished from
time to time from this office. Inter
national President Canterbury is IN
the strike area and has been ever
since the strike started, he will re-
main there as long as conditions de-
mand his presence.
Every effort should be made at
this time to build up every local
union under our International and to
organize new locals as fast as pos
sihle, your locality may be the next
where the 10 hour day will be at
! tempted. organization now will save
trouble later.
Fraternally yours,
HARRY w. CALL,
International Sec'y.