The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-07

which labor is contending 2" II they
could be summed up in one phrase, il
would be: ''the full and fair share OF
what labor helps to produce"
No thinking man can deny to or
ganized labor the credit for what it
has done to improve the condition Of
the man who works with his hands as
we'll as his head.
Collective bargaining has lifted The
man who works from position verg-.
ing on peonage to a position where
the dignity of honest labor is recog-
nized; where the right Of every man
who will do anhonest days work to
not only living wage but Saving
wage" is recognized in theory at least;
and where most men are willing to
accord to labor it's fair share of what
is produced
The future of organized labor is
what it's leaders and it's thinking mem
bers make it.
That future is largely bound up in,
the issue of "class consciousness"
VIII labor in America enter upon
"class warfare'' or will it not? On
that issue rests the future Of organ
lied labor.
Organized labor in America is to-
day minority and probably always
will be as long as it is organized along
its present lines. 1t must therefore
look for allies or at least friendly
neutrality among salaried men, bust
ness and professional men, merchants,
teachers, writer's, farmers - yes and
even bankers and executives. 1t can
not expect to find allies among these
classes If it breaches "the class war
fare" or if it takes the attitude that
organized labor is class apart from
the rest Of the nation; that every
MANS hand is raised against it and
that therefore its hand must be raised
against everyone else.
Andto find allies among workers
like the foregoing who are net union
members and probably never will be,
organized labor must win respect for
fairness. 1t must be willing to COL
cede rights which it demands for it.
self. 1t must concede the right OF
any man to work if it demands for its
own members the right to quit wol:r.
And it must concede that the laws Of
the American republic take precedence
over tic Ic5. ~i,-.t.o.G " J.;,l...l@o>. IL
Dor, and that membership in a union
is no excuse for laWlessness nor does
it grant immunity to punishment when
crime is committed.
\ uniun man should consider it an
insult to be told that "class warfare"
il necessary in America. He should
refuse to recognize that there are any
''classes" in America, except those
classes based upon moral and mental
qualities. Labor should insist that
the test Of a man is not what he has
but what he is.
Charles M. SchWab has said that
the America Of the future E'belongs
10 the workers. He iseteTnally right,
for he included among The workers
every man and woman who works at
some useful employment, whether it
be on q section crew or managing a
railroad or a bank. The one line that
should be drawn between "classes" in
America should be the line between
the workers and the idlers. May the
day come in America when it will be
considered disgrace and not a mark
of distinction socially to be an idler
And may the day come when there is
a more equal distribution of wealth
among the Workers.-Forum.
Behold. jehovah hath triuinphed
The children of Israel has been led ouj
Of the wilderness! This, friends is o:lG
of Trubshaw's chickens coming home
= to ro0st. You will remember after tfG
recall election that the Daily Times
Record came out with the above head
lines. We are glad that we can refoi
this same sentence % this same daily
| gotten out by the same Trubsfaw a
+ this time for this reason:
TlubsfslvT advocates q guarantees
price Of $500 per bushel on wheat
S Now can you think of any thing tina
= would have been further from YOU
=, guess than to have this man who ha
had bis face turned backward III hi