Show Sam Samuel lel Gompers Sends Message to Union Men Adverse Legislation Profiteering ering Exploitation and High ligh Cost of Living Liying Contribute to Conditions Met lct 01 Only Y by Organizing ng and Self Restraint C CLEVELAND LE CLEVELAND 0 April 14 Samuel Samuel Gompers president ent of or the American Federation of f Labor here to attend to the convention of ci today issued a. a statement regarding the general industrial unrest He said that nothing practical has been done to prevent pre the high cost of or living and that laws made to protect the masses from exploitation ion have been turned against them He TIe urged all workers to practice self-restraint self so that rational rational rational ra ra- ra- ra tiona-l tiona demands of l labor b r may be e secured The rho statement follows The condition coth of oC the tho workers In Inthe Inthe inthe the United States has hns been tense tenso since the signing of or the tho armistice That condition has been nJ aggravated ed cd by br profiteers by lIy a number of or and by the tho action of national and state legislators in enacting enacting- or attempting to enact legislation lo not of or a n constructive but of or a 11 restrictive character Not Nota a practical thing has been done dono to prevent the soaring of oC prices of ot the tho necessities of or life lIe Laws to protect the tho masses of the 11 people ople from rom exploitation have Ve been lIeen turned a against them while the profiteers and exploiters S h with glee No wonder then that the workers workers work work- cm ers who did so BO much to win the tho war and ancl wl o are re now 33 3 1 per percent percent percent cent worse wore off oft financially than be before before before be- be fore tho the war are arc discontented arid anti rC resentful on account of or their present present present pres pres- ent conditions condition and surroundings g. g It requires n no tip close cluse social or eco ceo stu student to understand tho the situation Unless wn wages es are increased to to meet tho the increased cost of ot living It is ia equal to a reduction in wages and a n. corresponding lowering of oC the workers' workers standards No Xo wonder then thep that wo we find workers non members of or organized labor and oven some somo who are arc men becoming Impatient and disregarding disregarding dis dis- regarding tho the discipline usually practiced In abor bor unions I r ur urge o upon all the workers in their own Interests rests to organize and practice self restraint so that in an orderly and rational manner manner mannor man man- ner nor the demands of or labor labOI may mav 1 bo be 0 presented and secured or nothing can be bo accomplished by 11 wild cat strikes l Employers business men inca an and men In official and public life lire whether hether In or out of or Jo legislative bodies should understand the to nc situation nn n l the normal demands made mado by the laboring men |