The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-23

;i5 and that the attorneys fec which was $50
was fixed by the Creek County Bar association
WIZ you please, through your editorial columns
Tor the benefit OF the public explain the ar
ference between the words "asgociatlon" and
uhl"h' ana Whtther or not as these amocla-
tlons arc organlzed--locpls tD--in every cOuu-
~, IN every etate In the union, they are part
ana parcel of the labor ohgarchy' ~ which
you so bitterly complain Does the fact that
thcy pay no per capita and are not affiliated
with the American Federation Of Labor put
them ln different Classification for publiciiy
purposcsY II 20, there are few other labor
unions members OF which perform manual la
Dor who are entitled 70 rank with them. The
was not affiliated with tho A. +. Of l.. Many OF
them Htlu think they could better wages and
better working conditions II they played lone
Anont strikes: a few days ago there met In
your city an organization of Independent oil pro-
duc"rs tof course, they are an association, not
uuiunJ, and they agreed 20 stop an uuuccts-
sary drilling md 20 shut down, as far Ha pos
Hble, all producing wells in an effort 10 4top
the lowering price OF crude. Being an organIza-
ton OaboD man ana knowing that the pros
perty OF this section OF the country depends on
this move, even though buy gas FOR "whoo-
pee thut requires the same Kind of fuel as the
explain 10 the public the difference between
n struck oil well and struck lnbOr7
ln the case nf the striking shop crafts Dc
you remember when the railroads were granted
increased freight and other rates TO meet the
wage demands OF the employer Since that
time tho employees have suffered a cut I'm
wages OF Approximately "a por cent. WIN you
Kindly Inform the public whether or not these
various rates have been reduced "a per cent?
labor board, who draw $4,000 per year 1896
per day 50 an hour-you see they have cs-
..'''i ~ ''N-l'"u' u"y' hnd presume Or
Eahl/ed anor ought 70 be blamed Tor that
would fcc about Il n their wages were cut a
more bngatell Of 80 per cent?
! remember a year or so ago, OF setting ar
uclcs concerning decisions OF the railroad labor
board. one Of these declsons concerned shop
work. The railroads ala not like it, They de-
nj n hn FfVaF
shops to contract its labor to outsiders was the
Erie In their shops az Lima, Ohio Just n few
miles from the Dol. dents home town OF Marion.
Nus lhl4 W'I, ,o!ncldehce or was this cir
cumvention OF .Ir labor boards ruling practl-
cally showed under the presidents nose for a
purposeY | notice the strikinR shopmen have
been "outlawed" by the board for violation OF
rs rulings, but 10 far | have not read OF the
board OF directors Of any railroad receiving the
same treatment at the hands OF the board.
though 81 railroads have accented what rulings
pleased them, and ignored circumyentcd
those rulings not to the executives liking.
Should the board let these flagrant violations go
without az least public reprimond. since there
nre no tocth In the law for the enforcement OF
the boarda orders, and have never seen the re-
primand published2 Is It fair for the board TO
put the teeth OF public opinion IN It's orders.
only as it affects the Employer
Now, Mr. LAtta, Isn't all this labor trouble
Just tho same as the countrys tariff troubles?
II Is becoming generally conceded that the tariff
Is local Issue. Isn't It Just about the same
with all these labor disputes? A matter OF whose
OK Is being gored? why expect 10 get anywhere
with all these boards and arbitration bodies, II
they are always to be loaded at one end? Which
must necessarily be So since II is evident that
were they otherwise, they would simply be
balanced anu always in II deadlock. Capital,
since IL upualy takes the initiative, must al
ways be one jump ahead OF labor but that
doesn't signify that that jump must necessarily
be 80 city blocks.
Because editor shoots man, we don't feel
that all editors are murderers and assassns
When n minister elOpes with a choir girl, or the
wife OF member OF his flock, don't con-
slider all ministers libertnes when priest
| wa n fNrR IA nttw Ca. t.,,tfa
| friends as abettors OF his acts. Because in the
! ranks OF organized labor there are few men
| OF force raised in the tenement districts Of our
| cities, ana even from the slums who never at
! talned their object except by the use OF force
| since with them the Fight to live is always a
| state OF warfare. should all members OF organ
| i2od labor be classed as rough -necks, gunmen
| ana murderers on account OF the activities and
| misdrected energies OF these few men who
| IL they have risen In the ranks OF labor. are
not intelligent enough to distinguish that their
rise was due TO their inherent force OF character
and not their strong-arm methods
! Employers have always seen that arbitration
| bodies were predisposed to them before they
| were willing to arbitTHte. Organized labor,
| In its attempts to be fair and 30 into arbitration
! has been getting the worst OF Il much that
| It Is becoming disguised. Since these boards
| arc always predlsposed 10 the employers side OF
| n question: why not give the employees a chance
| TO let them have the preponderance In one OF
| these bodies and see what they win dor What
! capital gives It can also take away if Il proves
| unsatisfactory. The big majority OF mon at the
head OF labor organizations know that business
| no man, employe or employer, take out
OF business more than he puts in, whether It be
| labor or capital, except profits unless he
! does so at tho expense OF some other person
All that labor asks is fair share OF the profits
| that II helps TO earn. In my own organization
| typographical union) in my travels over the
| country, l notice that those shops which get
| together with their employees, pay good wages
| and permit good working conditions are al.
| ways clean, nice looking shops that are max
Ing money for their owners. and where IL is a
| pleasure to work, while those that are opposed
to our organization, and with whom there Is
always trouble about something generally have
the lowest scales OF wages. dirty, "pied up
| shops, with no system to their work and un-
! pleasant places to work. And shops OF this
| kind that make money-and L am sorry
to say a few OF them do-imagine they make
part OF It through their business acuhen dealing
| with the union keeping the scale low and avoid.
! ms the working rules wherever possible And
| right here let me say that | always hang my
slip on The World board when looking for work
! In Tulsa and the work is always there, Youri
| Is one OF those shops where Il Is real pleasure
| to be employed.
! II some Of our money barons who are really
| nothing more than small fry editions OF som,
! OF the medieval potentates who kept harem
| and always had their foot on some poor devIi
| neck, think that II is really necessary to worl