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Show Saturday , April 7, 1917 UTAH LABOR NEWS Page Ten tire has been done and are demanding a new trial. The defendants havenot been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. I auggest that the brother write to San Francisco If he has relatives or friends there, or write to different unions and Ret the full particulars of the rase. I think he will then be convinced that a miscarriage of justice has taken place.' It is each mans undoubted right to vote as he sees fit on any question that may arise, but as far as the adopting of the Mooney resolution causing ridicule and being a detriment and weakening the federation, I do not think it has or will. unions throughout the Different United states are giving the federation a good boost and I have my first time to hear of any ridicule being thrown at the federation. Somebody must start the ball rolling In tiie right direction to help these workers in distress and it may as well be Salt Lake as any other city, if the city where the defendants belong do If It not take the action necessary. has been done unconstitutionally I am sorry, but let us make It constitutional anil see that our brothers and sister are given a square and impartial trial, as is their undoubted right as citizens of the United States. Place yourselves In the very shadow of the gallows as they are, brothers, and then see If you would not act a little different and not find fault with those who do things which they think are best. Let us stand united or fall united in every move we may make for the advancement and liberty of mankind; sand of membership. Conditions have changed and arc changing. Officers have come and gone, but human nature is still founded on the rock of instinct As the men foregather at headquarters. If you listen closely you will hear the leader, and the contractor condemned, abused, or at best made sport of the contemptuously s moment. fenso of Thomas Mooney and his Now, wherein has the man changed, are doing all possible to who, F. A. growing tired of waiting for othhave such action taken by the ers to hire him, goes out and gets of L., which would give them the new trial that they are surely entitled to. work for himself and hires his fellows The great state of California can no instead of being hired? He has dared doubt take care of Its courts when It to put himself out of the employed comes to dealing out Justice to the and into the employing class. The chamber of commerce and Injustice to the working people, which has surely ' unreasoning, but strongly felt thing. been done in this case, from all InIs that he is now exploiting his dications, and other cases as well. He is no longer the combrothers. When the state of California or any other state does such things as these panion with whom to share confiIt is high time that a handful of men dences and abuse of the leader, but from Utah take a hand and dictate to one to be approached with simulated them and give all advice possible, and Utah has the men that can Inform friendship, profuse courtesy and an them. There has never such rottenattitude otherwise more or less inness prevailed In Utah. sincere, as may be determined by the The conditions In California are rotcharacter or need of the Job hunter. ten and corrupt, as la being proven Small wonder that the leader, as time by the union men of that state. In the neighborhood of fifty organisations passes and his intuitions are sharpbelonging to the Defense league, numened, holds himself more and more bering thousands of men, are doing all aloof. In their power to gain a new trial by their moral as well as their financial When the present writer was desupport. They are also adopting simpendent for his work on the good will ilar resolutions and will enforce them. of others he used openly and legitiThey are all convinced that an lnjusmately to send letters to every leader and every performer on his instru-- 1 ment, stating that he was at liberty and should appreciate being kept in mind in case of change or need of substitute. The letters so straightforIn this disthe heard country ward and businesslike were topics of argument That tne Canadian industrial measure President Wilsons scandal. They were construed as beagainst putes act. advocated by President means law a such that compulsory ing nothing less than job stealing. Yet in Wilson as a basis for legislation On servitude for the wage earners. they never can be accused of having this country, lias not operated as many the contrary, most of them approve of displaced a man. Today, being in a the principle of the law, and direct very small way himself a leader, he public officials, trade unionists, and their criticism purely against adminemployers here believe, is the conreceives letters very much less honclusion set forth In an article in the istrative defects. est, making propositions that take no The author is not led, by his study Survey of March 31, giving the reconsideration of the other fellow. Men sults of an Investigation made by the of the Canadian act, to the belief that call upon him with arguments to Russell Sage Foundation. similar laws should be enacted in this prove their greater need or fitness. The act lias aperated not as comOur recently - threatened And the erstwhile friends who met country, volunas a threatened railroad strike, he writes, him wholeheartedly now avoid him pulsory investigation, but has awakened the public to the from an excess of independence, or tary conciliation measure. If it has prevented the occurrence of strikes, it critical situation in which it might at are altogether too glad to see him. If has done so not because It restrained any time be placed. This does not any popularity was ever his it has workers from striking, but because necessarily mean that we should regone. All this needs clearing. It the machinery afforded by it enabled strict the railway employees right to might be well to see what leaders and men with personality and tact to bring strike. It does mean, however, that contractors enjoy which is denied the employers and their men together and the government ought to establish the rank and file. adjust their difficulties. The contractor must get the jobs. machinery both for the continuous The compulsory features of the act collection of all the facts available on They rarely comp to him. After long which impose a penalty for violation the various aspects of labor conyears of proving some few engagearid the 'definite rules of procedure troversies and for an inquiry into the ments get to him of their own mohave not been emphasized in its merits of particular disputes that may mentum, but as a rule the work must a arise. Thus approxiAltogether be sought and being landed must be fully enlightened public strikes on public could exert a more intelligent influmately eighty-fou- r nursed. Business in music as in other ence. utilities may bo charged as illegal. branches must be built. Tt takes The records of the Canadian departIn the same issue of the survey with hustling, and it takes care and attenment of labor for the same period Mr. Selekmans article is a symposium tion. The men sit at ease and wait show only eight prosecutions which on the subject of the interference of for the leader to hire them, meanwere relatively unimportant. the government with the right to while enjoying games of cards, bilMr. Selekman points out that the strike. Short articles are contributed by liards or checkers. which for the act Charles W. Eliot, former president of The contractor hires the men. To particular problem was devised was Industrial unrest in Harvard university; Prof. John R. do this he must hunt them up, often coal mines. Since Its enactment, Commons of the University of Wisring them on long distance, and havin coal mines have however, strikes consin; James OConnell, second vice ing filled his list, as he thinks, must been more numerous than before. Inpresident of the American Federation go all over the operation in from one deed, he states that during this time of Labor; Harris Weinstock of Calito several cases where a man wishes the average loss of working days per fornia, formerly member of the United to get off because he can make a dolyear in coal mining strikes has been States commission on industrial relar more elsewhere, or has a sick wife, more than three times as great as belations; James C. Watters, president or is going away, or what not. Mufore the law was passed and the most of the Canadian Trades and Labor sicians think It very natural to ask to serious of these strikes have been ilCongress; Henry R. Towne, president get off for a better job, and consider of Yale and Towne; J. E. Williams, legal. Thus the act has clearly failed the leader escpecially mean who reto avert strikes in this Industry. chairman of the Hart, Schaffner and fuses. Yet they should appeal to the A majority of Canadian trade union-hit- s Marx arbitration board; William O. board of directors in a minute if the are opposed to the act, but it is Thompson, formerly counsel of the leader asked them to consider the eninteresting to note that hardly any of United States commission on industrial gagement off because he could get a the Canadian trade unionists advance relations, and others. better or a cheaper man. Think this over. The contractor must have a library of music which is up to date and He has hundreds of comprehensive. dollars invested. He must keep this in order, lay out the parts for each (From Musicians Section of San Francisco Labor Clarion.) job, reassort them afterwards, and rei new such sheets as get too zealous a handling from the thumbs of the men In seveiiiten years of active pursuit with, and hired men of every type. who dont see why they should care of a living as a union musician the In brief, he may be accredited with whether they tear off the corners or writer has observed much, and, let us having qualified as one of the close not. The contractor must please the peoWhat folhope, has learned a little. He has fraternity of served under all sorts of leaders, men lows, though not agreed with, may ple who hire him. Future business be accepted as not wholly made of demands that. And future business of all shades of ability, every variety Of personality. He has run the gamut thin air wrought by fancy Into mere means an income no more to himself than to his men. But he must also of jobs from the dire upward through fallacy. handThe union to has a from humor the idiosyncrasies of the genthe grown ?afes, hotels, bet theatres, tlemen of the orchestra. They do not homes. He has worked for, worked ful into the start of it3 second thou will, for if they will break a pledge once they will again and may an well patron).o nil nonunion made cornmod-ltieI do not believe the workers of Salt Lake are of that sort. If they were the merchant of Salt Lake would not be no anxious to carry labeled goods and t lit label would not be popular here. As to the general strike, It certainly lies in the power of the A. F. of I, officers, And the workers In the de-- ! a. , , Ihow the Canadian Industrial Dispute Act Works! , , THE CONTRACTORS' VIEWPOINT old-timer- approve of the gathering. They wish to know when they eat, when the last car leaves, when the money Is com-- . in g in. It is not so important that the job shall go well as that the work may be easy. The violinist has forgotten his rosin, or runs out or strings. The bass player finds his bow broken and doesnt know where in the neighborhood he may borrow another. The clarinetists reeds are all bad, or a pad needs renewing. The valves dont work well on the cornet. And here comes something that only the leader has learned to know: freThe employers of musicians Be to the contractor, say quently men sure and give us and such as know how to behave." best To leaders who get the work this as a common injunction and the responsibility falls upon him to make good. Ills comfort is not great, then, when a man appears in evening dress with an. expanse of shirt that needs whitewashing badly. When a man picks his teeth or trims his nails publicly and shamelessly; when liis shoes might be the better for an addition of some of the black from the collars, cuffs and shirt bosom; when the dead cigar stump stuck in the bottom of the music stand begins to season in the warm air and diffuse its aroma among the guests; when the clgaret smoker must get up and out between each number to take a few puffs; when the men take an intense and a very poorly hidden interest in the hosiery of the women present and well-appeari- so-call- comment among themselves thereon. When the job is over the men go home. If lie is lucky the leader now attacks the employer for the money, or less fotunatciy he goes after it, sometimes several times. If he never collects, why should the men worry? They must he paid, and justly. The risk is the contractors. And for ail this investment, extra work, responsibility, worry, time and annoyance an allowance ef 10 per cent is made. The average ofa.U over any leaders yeaj- may be jobs estimated as four rnT'at $5 per man and twenty Jobs, month. This would mean that the contractor can average No wonder that out $10 a month. a of membership of 1200 less than 50 are exclusively contractors. The other 1150 prefer the easier and safer way. And they live longer. It Is not an extravagant inference that leaders are not so from mere choice. It is a matter of inherent character which like most ambitions leads away from content and happiness. Of course, in the foregoing, the most illuminating examples have been cited. The instances are not exaggerated, but merelv aggregated. Hardly all are present at one lime on the worst job ever pulled off or there should be no contractors left. And If the citations seem severe, note that such rare things as insobriety, rough- housing, rowdyism, chicken-chasin- g etc., have been omitted as unworthy of consideration in this age of homebred gentlemen of the music profession. One thing mor. The contractor stands and falls alone. They do not stick together. The men work for any leader who lias a job to offer. When a leaders jobs give out no one hires him. He htus nothing to offer in exchange. Can any reader conceive Eppeyer hiring Meystein, or Hoffer, Heilman? Would Willeough give Keolliams a job? Perish the thought. They who live by getting the work for others must expect to die by wanting the Jobs that others get. Let us not revile. Nature moves by devious ways its wonders to perform. And if this rambling talk shall have succeeded in getting for the con- tractor the simple treatment to be accorded a human being, in inducing a kindly thought for him whether he hire you or the other fellow, it shall be worth the space. , s. THEE GIVES MIIJv. The cow tree or milk tree Is a native of Venezuela. When its trunk is notched the milk is said to come out in considerable quantities. The milk obtained from this tree is 'commonly used by many of the natives. |