Show STRIKES NOT KOT NOT F t Labor I Leader eader Testifies Test to Industrial Commission Washington Nov l H H W Stein bios biss of St Louis Louts president pres ent of the theNa Na N National al Building Trades Council Co today tod testified before the industrial commie commis commission sion concerning labor organizations ar arbitration arbitration strikes and other matters He lIe said in 1894 he had framed a paragraph in the constitution of the national council declaring that experience show showed showed ed eti that strikes were failures but he had ince since changed his hI view yiew and the con constitution conStItution accordingly had hafl jeen een m changed As Ag amended it made strikes P last lastre re resort sort Sert I He lie contended that strikes were 5 Uv co ul in accomplishing the eno ah ed at Labor organization he said is progressing in this country This ha liss resulted in raising the rates of wages and shortening working hours though as much work was accomplished hed and it was Vas of oC a better class than th n before He concedes that this made m de building more expensive but he ie e edid did not believe it prevented the of any buildings He said the council had h d a membership of 1 Mr denounced agreements that contractors are said to have with employees that the latter shall work for non no pond but members bers of the contractors contractors tors torn and alleged collu collusion c non sion of the furnishers hera of materials with contractors H He said satt this policy p of the contractors was dangerous and nd tended tea to create crate a trust t to squeeze the t th nUbile Mr was asked Is not or 01 organized labor looked upon as a trust Yes he acknowledged and I ac C acknowledge acknowledge knowledge kno fledge that it is rs a trust But B ut it isa isa is isa a trust that benefits mankind He at p did not think the trusts had unionized labor as a member of the commission suggested |