Show L I T TED E D FAVOR nr xi or i A INDUSTRIES OPEN SHOP SHO F TRADE UNION SYSTEM TO BE U 15 R E G AR OED Utah Idaho and Oregon Are Represented d at Meeting Meeting Meet Meet- ing Fostering American Plan of Organization Members of the Utah Associated In Industries Industries In- In at a me meeting UnS' UnS held at at tho the Hotel l Utah last lal night declared themselves themselves them them- selves sel in ha favor or of tho American plan of ot labor Jabor rather than the present system system system tem which the they allege is s dominated by trades unions So o strong strollS were tho the manufacturers who compose the Ule organization organization or or- In their belief that the American plan is the solution of oC the tho present troubles th that t in building has been pledged ged to be bo let only to contractors who use the tho plan In their building operations according to A. A C C. Ilces Hees secretary of or the nation The American plan adopted embodIes embodies ies los the Intent latent that any person r ra- ra o of affiliations can work on any Job and that any building or Im Improvement Im- Im pro provement work will be done un under uner er L conditions generally Known as open shop of Ine investigation f leaf Ion This action wm n a as a t. t n u quenco querico of or an In Investigation of building building- conditions made b by the tho or organization In which It reached the conclusion that building would cease until tho unprecedented unprecedented high cost coat of oC building building- material was reduced and the uncertainly of labor conditions was minimized The meeting was attended by COO on representative business men of Salt Lake Ogden OSden Provo Logan and Idaho and Oregon Oreon points These men pledged their individual 1 and collective In the attempt to establish a new code of or relationship between the workman workman work work- man and his employer and to fi Zi tb the blame blane for th t. t of building m material ma mJ- m DIsplAyed The enthusiasm of oi the meeting was unusual and many Interesting facts were revealed re Financiers were reported report report- ed as saying that under existing conditions condi condl- tIong no money would be invested In In buildings because of oC the unprecedented high cost of materials and the inefficiency clency of labor to together ether with tho tilo growing spirit of oC domination Imposed by organized labor Contractors were reported as say leg that the they are arc under Intolerable conditions conditions condi condi- ions which I arc ro anI only vaguely aguel understood understood under under- stood by the public and all which are aro caused h by the abuses which have ha crept Into our industrial life liCe to estra estrange tho the workman from his employer create creato misunderstandings lower efficiency and throttle the impulses of or Ind Industry in In- In d u St my Material men reported that they Uley have havo at no time been in a position to Uto control control control con con- tho the upward trend of oC prices an and that at no time have their profits ex exceeded x ex- those necessary to the operation operation opera opera- tion tien of or an any legitimate business Tho They suggested that a committee be appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed to investigate their profits and said that they stood ready to as assist assist assist as- as In la an any program that may be su suggested suggested sug sug- rested for tor the correction of present plesent zeh abuses U s es Those a assembled were verc pleased with the results of oC the meeting and ex expressed ex- ex pressed satisfaction to each cach other at atI atthe tho the close of or the tho session I |