Show SUCCESSFUL lJ 11 lNE JE of the advantages of arbitration agreements Is shown in Inthe 1 the fhe the International Typographical union and the tho American Newspaper Publishers association for Tor the past year These two if representing employer and employed have an agreement for five f v years y ars which binds both th parties to arbitration in case of differences differ which cannot be i adjusted d by conciliation con the contract there can ca be benD no lockout t on one one side or strike on the other According to the statement submitted at the session of the in inI I St Louis this th week eek settlements have been effected in twentythree cities during the y year yar ar In nineteen n cities citi the printers gained g ined an a increase in wages Involving 2500 employee In a number of cases settlements were reached I without recourse to arbitration and in several Instances differences unrelated to Wages wages or hours were adjusted A notable feature of the relations the publishers and printers was wu s the discussion at the national convention of the Typographical union In which Frederick Driscoll commissioner of ot the publishers association was wag wa invited iriti to address the delegates Last year Mr Driscoll 5 olI criticised Mr L president of the union for his attitude on some s me matters of difference then thea t pending His criticism was of course courteous but b V it was pointed yet ot the union and its president invited him to appear knowing in advance what wh he had to tu say This year Mr address points out what he believes to be an unfair trend in the typographical unions in Their attitude on unskilled labor the restrictions on foremen and the arrangement of ot lists All these questions are treated frankly fairly and fully from I the th employers standpoint Employer and will always have bave differences and it Is lu only human J pr Doth both to tD think themselves S in the right But there is no n reason why irr C differences should not be adjusted through the agency of arbitration Ar rather rathar or than by resort to the force o of strikes or lockouts The Tho arbitration scheme may not be the ultimate panacea for all Industrial induS ills but It 1 is by far the bOlt boat preventive of or trouble so far tar discovered |