Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-04-18 | Page 10 | Says Unions Violate the Antitrust Laws

SAYS UNIONS VIOLATE THE ANTITRUST LAWS CHICAGO. April IS. J. Laurence Laughllru head of the department of political po-litical economy at the LTulversKy of Chicago, at one time a member of the Aldrlch monetary commission and one of the foremost authorities In the Lulteo' H talcs on economic subjects, charged labor unions with being a monopoly existing ex-isting In restrslnt of trade and In direct violation of the rtherman antitrust law, during; the rullng of s pspe-r before members of the faculty and attidents In Harper memorial library. His subject was "The Monopoly of Iabor." "The basis on which labor unions are organised Is wrong." he said, "and under un-der such clrounwtsnces they can never tr.-nmnllih the deslreH result. It Is true that wagss are higher todsy ttisu they were twenty years ago. but labor Itself exists under no better conditions. Eligibility Eligi-bility for membership In labor unions should be bssed on efficiency, snd until such a qualification Is lnoorporsted as tne basis of such organisation they are fruitlessly buffeting a stone wall."