Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-07-16
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use Of the legal elgnEI hour oay Il the
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into marc Worklngs saEis1ied' con
tented toller
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mines profitable BY increasing the
hours q labor ana lowering wages
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as SUBSIDY nad peen naea 70 tty opt
the royalty owners On 2 pAsls q gov
eminent assessed valuation, and Z uIl-
der government control the mines had
been thoroughly reorganlzea WITH one
stock o. common Tor me workers ana
one Of preferFea TOT Fne investing
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nad been requested q nave iss local
members st on tne board o. directors,
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coula prevent sne DElsish Hineh ge.-
ting eoei IS tney never nave y tneir
troubled history
y SOUNDS hke : pipe areRMi we
hasten 70 agree, i +. bpt only one
thing stands N the way e - real
lzation. ana that u the arrogant, IN
grained, short-slghted Tory policy OF
rev who would rather qae as neggars
than see q rough miner get Up % his
feet ana tel board q directors
how to run their mines
The problem in Crest Britain Il not
50 much an economic problem, but
rather the age-old question Of how to
make Tory standpatter revise his
ideas and reconstruct his mode Of
thinking at the dictates Of the Man
in OveraIls. However, let them be-
warei The new Magma Charta 6f the
Industrial Commonwealth viii be
written, il ink, at a peaceful meeting
Of sensible men thoroughly aware of
the world trend, or 1t the barricades,
pitifully and horribly in red blood, as
it has been written in every crisis
because we are socially incompetent.
irrelevant and intolerable.
And we are not yet clear and safe
even in prosperous, progressive, DEM
ocratic America.
It Is highly encouraging To note
the magnificent way In which organ
lied labor has rallied to the cause
of the heroic striking textile workers
Of Passaic and vicinity
Last week, the twenty-third week Of
the struggle, found the strike 100 per
cent strike and saw four huge con-
terences Tor Fassaic strike relief In
four days; New York City. June 25;
Pittsourgh, June z6j brownsville, June
~; Cleveland, June 70.
At these conferences the delegates
Of over half million workers pledged
their unions and workers fraternal
organizations to support and push the
relief work. The roll1cah Of unions
represented Is an impressive one and
shows how deep and widespread is
the response Of organized LABOR TO the
cause OF the textile strikers.
This IS well. The need Is urgent.
The bosses starvation offensive
against the strikers and their children
must be defeated. The strikers must
be supported IN their struggle Tor q
union, decent wages and decent 'condi-
tons. Relief work must be pushed
with the utmost energy. Every de-
cent worker will DO his share.
There are empty dinner pals in
Passaic. The management Of the
mills are unconvinced. Henry Ford,
Patterson Of Dayton, Ohio; Lord Lev
erhulme, Fels, another soap maker,
Cadbury Bros, chocolate and eocoa
manufacturers. Of Bonneville, Eng
land: Goodyear Tire. and all the other
owners who have made some a1ncere
attempts to meet the honest demands
If labor, are an ignorant foreigners
to these mill owners. They never
heard Of them, or II they have. they
dismissed them and their theories with
senile gesture. From the economic