The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-06

'entuated by 1son Of mernlp i
tend. to redu{ the leyel Of SUP
!, May Have Acn True Once:
Perhaps theA may have neen
some basis fort indictment ~ .;rsf a
past, but II So, is rapidly sios sas;,
its force, if-it f,ashot definitely De
laid on the she'll along with vsna
other popular CONCEPTIONS. y.
Faced with the greatest unem:
ployment in Ythe history of the ma
tion, driven and badgered by labor
hating employers, confronted with 4.
all the resources of the open shon,t%S
crowd, and trod upon by legislative !.
bodies iamenable to the coercion ana
,dictation Of the employing class. the !
workers at this particular moment
might be forgiven if they fell back 7
on natures first law and sought to s
preserve themselves at the expense /
OF their brethern who are making q Il
similhr fight to live. : 5:s.s*s .:.s*-
No Scramble for Jobs.
T. D. Ddss eat dogs only, when they are
hunfry. Workers. the employers
Thought, could be relied upon 10 ins
dulge in &c merry scramble for jobs
II jobs were made scarce. This was
the inspiration Of the '4open shop
campaign. There was I'd be wide
spread unemployment, followed by
an attempt to cut wages and,lengthe
Ell hours. -.
The idea was to starve a few mil. /
Hon men for a few months and then
offer them a chance to scab on T
other workers who were: to be put
through the starving process, pre-
paratory to calling upon themin
turn to scab upon those who were
to get another dose. of "deflatton.,
TWAS q beautiful theory, but like
many theories. it didn't work out IN
practice: -: IL 4: ;s5.. ~ ::-=.s 80
r Fs1:s 9h 8 prefer starving ia
scabbing, as the records will show.
What Happened in New Eng3an1.
q In New England textile workers
have. for. three months made . brave
fight against starvation wages ana
back-breaking hours. They have
tied up the mills and they remain
tied up. "a resperate effort has
been made to get strikebreakers.
but they are not to be had in suffic-
lent number to make min operation
profitable. H. -.&Ey5..3 .3sz.2sEs .zs5s5.s
There are in. New England more
than 100000 jobless men ana
women. They have. been hungry
for more than a. year. The employer
REGARDED them as strikebreaking
material, because the employer
never learns any: new ideas: He has
his face to the pasf and Is ruled
I.byttradition and precedent. He cam
not understand that there is new
social leaven in the economic Iumpy
He has forgotten. il he ever AneJ
that the war that didn't kSxctly
make the world safe for democracy
did put some thoughts into the
Iheads of workers that are sticking
there like cookie burrs to the tail OF
q mule. Hence New England textile
bosses are facing staggering losses
reAVulting from the idle mills ahd g
costly campaign for strikebreaker
who are not to be had.
Coal Miners Like Granite.
When the COT. 200 coal miners 81
the nation struck for q wage scale
and working conditions the opera
tors realized that the Jig was up
and went off on vacation. The
former untonizeda mines are as idle
| as Tenntyson's painted ship, and
there will be nothing doing there
until the miners. in their, own good
time and their most approved way,
decide how and when the men. shall
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