OPEN FORUM I Contribution to this column olumn are rc to o three hundred cords Contributors Contributor must most h theIr name and anil addres addre's 1 Name lIn will wJ be from publication llon on request Article I promoting religious religion arguments or nr resorting to will Trill not be W printed Opinions s expressed In this column ste not to bo be bore re d d as e of ot Tb Th Herald Harvey Takes Issue With Merrill l Statement Editor Herald Herald Her Mr Merrill states tates on behalf halt of ot thAs ss d li the American plan so-called so was waR adopted at a recent conference of or business business busi busl- ness nes mon men and other r representative citizens citi citi- zens zens ens but regardless of ot this statement I wo we aro are of ot the thc belief that the plan and andall andall I all the agitation relative to samo has como from a very cr small portion of tho the I men of ot the city However we weare aro are of ot the belief that the thc men mon of or the ell city were and are now the tho leaders leaders lead lead- ers cre of ot the tho assault and aro not merely morely more mere ly h desirous of ot what the they express to tobe tobe tobo be bo the open shop but in reality the disruption of the trades unions From the contact that we havo have ha had with hundreds of or business men of oC the city we are aro of tho the belief bellot that for tho the most part thc they aro are neutral In the controversy controversy con con- as ns existing between the material material mate mate- rial men and contractors on tho one ono Rl side Ride e and the labor unions on tho the other We Ye find rind that coercion intimidation and misrepresentation was used In getting getting getting get get- ting the tho signatures of ot the names of ot what few business men appeared In their advertisements in the dall daily press of ot a a. few days ago ngo Man Many of ot those business men Inform us that the they are arc entirely neutral and the they state Itis it itis is is their desire they be not drawn Into the controversy It Is stated that the thc plan means precisely pro pre what it professes to convey 9 and that the parties behind the tho plan aro are not declaring a against trades unions as such euch How do such statements square with Ith another statement made by tho same gentleman an and 1 representing the Associated t Industries In which he lie urges employers to foster taRter plant or organizatIons organizations or- or and plant bargaining In effect this gentleman tolls tells his em cm that he ho wants them to belong to an organization limited to the plant instead of ot belonging to the organization tion of ot their own choice This would mean a l disruption of ot tho the trades union movement as now noi constituted something sonic some thing thinK which we think those gentlemen are arc att attempting to accomplish We c aro are aroot of ot the opinion that these gentlemen would woul resent an any dictation on tho the part of ot their as to how ho- the they thoy should or organize It Is stated staled that the tho gentlemen of ot the Associated l Industries are aro seeking tho the good will of ot their We 0 submit that no employer er has hns a a. vested I right In the good will of ot his That must bo be earned as between men It can be earned only when management manage manage- ment mont deals with workers as human beings and not as machines We e ask I the tho thinking public if the they think tho i good will wll of ot the tho employee can be ba had b by or through tho the dictation of the employer em em- as to what hat union the they should belong to or how they should organize organ organ- ize Ize or as ns to how their organization should function Stripped of of all the smooth vl phrasing rasin I and the frills with which the they SUrround surround surround sur SUr- round their ther plan vc we ve o believe tho the Issue to bo bA bAt either elther the union shop or if it thc they should havo have their wa way the nonunion shop Our actual experience has hrs taught us iu that employers after aCer having established established what Is known to them as the open shop finally make mako an attempt to establish tho closed nonunion shop The Tho main qualification of ot workmen Inthis in inthis inthis this sort of shop would be that ho must not In any way be bo connected with witha wih a n labor union Their professed love lovo for tor the tho labor unions J Ja is therefore a n myth mth as thc they aro at this time attempting to dictate Just how the unions should be organized this is dono to limit tho the Influence of tho the union and to the end that they ther function only in matters which meet the approval of ot these those employers rs Thc They really seek to disband or cripple tho organization of ot workers even oven though the they declare otherwise Their ultimate goal coal oal is the tho reduction of ot wages a es and the increasing of ot the hours of ot a a days day's work This ha has already happened In Twin Falls Fals Ida Ida whore tho the unions ac accepted accepted accepted ac- ac the American merican plan so caled so They seek to reduce wages and thus lower the thc the standard of ot living an and above abo all SU they seek to koop hoop from restriction th their lr power po to manipulate and fix prices The They seek seck to destroy the tho democratic demo cratic impulses of the workers worker which Is bred into their mind by thin de democracy democracy de- de of ot the American republic Only In high wage hO countries Is productivity productivity pro pro- In Industry greatest Only In high do tho the people enjoy high standards of ot living H Autocracy Autocracy Autocracy Au Au- has always Insisted on limiting the Income and activities of ot tho the work work- o ore ers s True In this country countr we strike in China the tho people do not strike but who would woul be willing to exchange tho conditions existing In our r republic for tor existing In C China na Wo Yo arc aro aro accused of ot attempting to monopolize monopolize mo mo- employment In ever every line lino of ot industry To this charge wo we plead guilty We e do monopolize our own labor power which is a n part of ot our very soul soul It I grows and increases with wih us 18 as we grow into manhood and decreases with wih us as we grow row into old age As to superior skill and s capacI capac capac- I ity we ve invite la In the thc public to Judge as we ve are s sure suro ro no o one would be foolhardy foolhardy fool fool- hardy enough to put forward tho the claim that tho best beat and most sl skilled tradesmen tradesmen trades trades- men aro are to be found In nonunion ranks 1 Wo We submit that w we were in hopes that a feasible working L plan could be worked out and for that reason ap I pointed tho the committee which met the gentlemen representing representing- the tho Associated industries but our hopes were shattered shat- shat t red b by tho the insistence on the part of ot these gentlemen that fundamental changes bo ho mado In tho Portland pl plan n which had haa b been en suggested as ns a n basis for an agreement We ye assert that this was brought about by a well defined plan to cause nn an open breech and use it ns as an excuse for tor the attempt to crush our unions Coercion and discrimination discrimination dis dis- crimination has h 8 boon bon used against union contractors Wo We o assert the tho doe clos doeing ing of ot tho the lumber an and material yards ards cos- cos was dono for the tho purpose of ot preventing prevent prevent- ing union contractors from getting material mater and thereby up their Jobs Tho The public will wJ bear In mind that It did not affect tho the nonunion contractor con con- tractor a as his work worl was alren already r at a standstill on account of ot not being able to get pet skilled tradesmen Utah's Associated Industries Is not the only organization of oC this character to carry out this plan of ot disruption The Tho Tho following following- statement i was Issued b by tho the New York of ot Women's omens Voters of ot which Mrs Frank Frnk A A. A Is tho the chairman chair chair- man We tWe e have e found that there exists in Now New York state tato dangerous s don sion not only of ot l legislative o opinion but ut of ot public opinion as well Wel We c have havo found a condition by uJ virtue of ot which it Is evident that it line has been bean made exceedingly difficult for tor an any construe construe- tive t c. socIal or 01 Industrial measure to get et ct adf and unbiased con conedera- conedera dern- dern ton before beCore ether tho the public or l legis s- s opinion of oC tho the state and we have havo o ha found Cound this at work worle so 80 far from being Invisible are flagrantly and cynically open and are becoming notorious Backed by bJ tho upstate Associated Industries In In- In o of ot Now York this combInatIon combination tion is a menace to progress through orderly and intelligent legislative methods Judging JudginG from the newspaper space which tho the Associated Industries have havo boon purchasing we are arc led to tho the beHot be- be Hot that this organization would sub suh- ert vert tho tIm public opinion of ot this state From out our experience during the last regular of the tue Legislature of ot this state wo so 0 are arc certain that they would not only subvert tho the legislative opinion of or the tho tato but would also dictate what what legislation should bo ho enacted Into law In conclusion we vc in insist insist In- In that had hod It I not been bee for Cor tho tim A As Associated Ai- Ai Industries Its in insidious l campaign cam earn aIgn and the tile coercive measures used to same upon the employers of tho the state state- sato no no controversy contro of ot al any noto note would have hn e no now existed between em- em plovers n and c cs Vo Wo have havo nothing to Judge for tor tho the future except b by tho the past and wo we submit submit sub sub- mit mil that In tho past paRt Salt Lako City has haM been freer of ot Industrial strife than CI an any ci city of ot a C like Sf size i II In tho United States A. A E. E HARVEY Secretary Salt Sal Cake nako ke Federation o of oC Labor