Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-05-11
MANUFACTURERS ASSN. IS
IN AWFUL STEW; WANTS the
LEGISLATURE T0QUIT WORK

The Illinois reactionary element.
headed hy the Manufacturers Asxo-
citation, Is pesved, II wants the legis.
lalare 10 10 home aud cult doing
business al the capitol.
And the cause of this pecviShnesS
Is the actions of the senate In killing
It's pct shaehding measure which IL
calls the state police, but which every
body, Including a majority OF the sem
ate, knows 10 be just plain, ordinary,
everyday eossaoks. This was enough.
IN the estimation of the Manufaetnr-
ers' Association, 20 recall the legis.
latufe, for it was ALL IL had intend
ed the legislature TO do al this ses-
sion, 80 IL had It's Secretarys-a guy
10 residents Of the state, asking them
h petition for the immediate adjourn.
ment Of the house and senate because
those bodies had not enacted any
constructive" legislation during the
present session
Verify, IL has been an awful blow
10 The Manufacturers Association.
and those Il had whcedled into ac-
eepting lis views, Nut that the many
thousands of dollars II spent TO try
To foGee eossack system upon llli.
nnia, for that would have amounted
10 nothing II its aims had been ae-
eompished, but 20 think that 80
powerful an organization. after three
years of hard work, misrepresenta-
ton, and liberal use Of money, IL
should be beaten by such an indgnih.
cant thing AS a poor, pennllexs bunch
of labor unionlsts.
So, the Manufacturers Association
has decided there Is no use TO CON
tinue further deliberations on the
part OF the legislature, and Il has or
dered IFS suspension, but we have an
hea the Legislature will not adjourn
until 10 has passed the Woman's
eight hour law. which, u course, Il
Is likely TO do, and which also, Of
course, H. another reason the Manu-
faetulers' Association wants no fur.
thef law making during this sesKion,
for while the cosaacka would have
hem the big thing for the Manufac.
turefk's Association, the passage Of
the woman's eight hour law Ia just
as undesirable as the former was
desirable.
II is lawful now 10 work girls and
women ten hours day. Hundreds Of
thousands Of them are employed by
members Of the Manufacturers Asso-
citation, and they are worked the limit.
SO II these poor, oyer-worked, under
pabb working women. who have no
labor organisation 10 secure an eight
hour wofkday for them. should be
granted an eight.hour day by the
Ettae Of Illinois, II would be another
awful blow TO the Manufacturers
Association, after which we wouldn't
be surprised 10 see Glenn order the
United States senate to adjourn.
The trouble with the Manufactur-
ers' Association Is that II had been
used TO having things It's own way
for so long a time, that II simply just
cannot stand defeat. Its defeat In
its open" shop drive caused
henya hullabaloo, and 10 II the world
seemed to be turning backwards for
some time; then the defeat Of ite
cossack bill; now the legislature must
cease 10 function before u passes the
Woman's eight.hour bill. II II doesn't,
and the bill becomes law, We reckon
Glenn and his bunch will have flt.
Labor also has about ID measures
pending In the present legislature,
nearly all of which have been report.
ed fayorably In committee. While
these are for the protection Of labor,
they are not Of q nature that draws
a great deal of antagonism from the
big biz bunch; but they are unde-
from their point Of view, and
well, the "reactionary" tfrom big
biz's standpoint) legislature might
happen TO enact one or more Of them
into law, so no doubt II would be best
flor the Manufacturers Association)
If the legislature did adjourn.
While the Manufacturers Associa.
tion may be down and out during this
session Of the legislature, II will try
to pop up again at the next, 70 which
II hopes 20 elect men Of its choosing.
1t has already given notice that II
win again introduce the cossack bill,
and organized labor has again given
notice that II will oppose II.