East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-04


; sonally their employees, and who ar,
! familiar with the requirements o
: communities, strikes will he almos
| unknown. wages will be just, labol
: conditions fair, dividends will bt
t earned and the public viii be eff.
ciently and economically served"
In speaking of the goals sought, tht
speaker made the following remarks
i What Un'ons Want.
THE program of unionism is an APP
pealing one. Little therein is radi-
cal. With most of it the great major
ity of thinking people are in accord.
portion thereof is included in these
suggestions:
"l-Control of natural resources by
the EoNernment--not coal, oil,
iron deposits and water power. The
Creator never intended that these Gle
ments, SO essential to the comfort and
prosperity of all the people, to be sub
Jects of exploitation by the few
| "2-The absolute prohibition of i'm
migration for generation, until it can
+ be determined whether or not the So
called melting pot is really moulding
men and women of alien ideas and
fallen habits into desirable American
| citizens. When an individual is suf-
ifering from indigestion he is a fool
| II he continues to fill his stomach
with the same food which has caused
his Illness, SO this nation, realizing
the situation in which it finds itself
because of years of unrestricted i'm
I1ONi. rot inn,
npon a long period of fasting. If AM
erica is to salvage the world she must
maintain her own moral, spiritual and
Industrial health unimpaired.
"3-The establishment of tri-par-
tate directorates in all public service
porations-namely, one-third rep
resenting the owners of the property
one-third the employees, and one-third
the general public. venture the pre-
diction that the adoption of, such
scheme of management would elimi- /
nate waste. neglect and strikes Mis-
understandings, chickering's and disre-
gard of the rights of others would
cease in an atmosphere of confidence
engendered by the knowledge that a
friendly force in the seats of power
will be always watchful of every in
terest, and will be guaranty of a
square deal.
1.-THE establishment of a parlia-
mentary tribunal in every plant where
large numbers are employed. through |
which employers may deal withstheiV |
men, and through which the employ
ed my present grievances such tri- !
SaF
lected by the workers themselves and
TO be composed of the most substan.
tial and intelligent among them.
"5-The adoption of budget gys- !
tenn in all public service corporations, /
those dealing in the neces- |
sites of life, whether styled public |
service or otherwise, where the first |
Item shall be proper maintenance of |
the plant, the second item fair wages !
for the employees, the third item sal |
aries for managers, and finally pay
ment of dividends.
1T is safe to assert that under such !
a system the current railroad strike,
with3its attendant loss to labor, cap
ttal and the producing public. would
never have been called The Esch-
Cummins law is fundamentally wrong,
and to its dividend provisions much
trouble and unrest are attributable"
Some Things Achieved.
Judge Lowell summed up some of
The most striking achievements Sc
cured by union labor under the fol-
lowing four heads:
1.-THE widespread adoption of the
l. IL o. Il a
The chief jewel in the diadem of Or
sanized labor The agitation there
'or began with the year of the organ
zation of the Knights of Labor, first
making its appearance in the unions
If Great Britain, but soon reaching
his country. While not yet univer-
Ial, its value is generally accepted
ind it is applied wherever conditions
Will permit.
Industrial sanitation will be ac-
corded the next place in the category
If the achievements of the unions. 1t
S often claimed that the honors for
he marvellous advancement in this
'ield in the past generation belong to
scientific education, but careful study
If the facts will disclose that the
themselves began the agita-
ion for better conditions, and that ex-
,ept for their perslstency employers
you'd have been still refusing to un-
lergo the expense of the alterations in
made necessary bN the dis
,overies of the intimate relations of
light and cleanliness to health and
Labor Gets Legislation.
"The drastic regulations which
ldorn modern statutes, touching the
of women and children,
ire largely the results or the discus
ions in the halls where working men
rave assembled for quarter of a
century. To be sure altruists have
ldded their talents and their influ-
nee toward the same end, but they
re too few. and as rule too imprac-
ical, to greatly influence either en-
,loyers or legislators There is a long
Dad yet to be travelled before back
ward states and backward employers
meet the full requirements in the de-
'artment of humanitarian effort, but
easonable perfection is being slowly
ttained.
THE last in the quartette OF pre-
nier accomplishments is found in
wages. Especially is this true in the
natter Of the minimum wage. So