Show Exploiting of Utah N La Labor orI Is Charged 7 Editor The Tel Telegram gram gram S Concerned praises the Utah As Associated As Industries and their energetic ener getic enormously paid leader for making Utah a low wage state and Salt Lake City the cheapest town of J its s. s size in the United States Recommending dl g that th the citizens get behind this this' association tion and assist in in Its wag wage cutting cutting policies he promises that th o our r state will fairly reek with prosperity and cheap living liv liv- ing under their Ir- Ir domination In 1920 the Associated Industries forced small wages through their open shop fight against the labor unions which was equivalent Inmany In Inmany many cases to taking food tood from I childrens children's mouths and clothes from off their backs Preaching the gospel of chea cheaper er labor costs th they y slashed the workers workers work work- ers ers rs paychecks paY the employers and not the public getting the benefit of this reduction At th the same time profiteering was shamelessly carried 1 i L of u- these advocates of ot low wages especially in th the cost of building materials which In some soma cases was boosted over lOG per cent above present day prices production costs costs' being no n no higher at that time th than n today S This imported che cheap p incompetent Jab labor or to t take ke the place of skilled d union craftsmen m many ny Q of f. f the latter being thus forced to migrate migrate mi mi- mi grate to other states This This' migration migra tion of ot many of our best citizens i has handicapped PP d our communities and caused the Salt Lake chamber of ot commerce to spend thousands of dollars of the citizens money to o Induce settlers of bt Othi this thi same type to tocoma coma here and andr replace place them but with indifferent success People do donot not not care care t to cOne come come to the cheapest fly City in inthe th the United States and the open pen open shop or or called so American plan ilan fight have advertised Utah as asa asa asa a hOtbed of t i Sand and poor living liv liv- iri ing Or J The Th Associated industries Industries successfully sun sue opposed the women's minimum minimum mini mini- mum u wage Wag bill in our state legisla legisla- u ture tUfe and stated that the conditions under w which ich our our underpaid women and gIrls labor should remain unchanged unchanged unchanged un un- un- un changed although it is a well well- known fact facit that workers of Utah are e exploited to such an extent ex cx- tent sent that many of them do not make a living wage and often live immoral lives in consequence loving Liberty citizens of Utah should respond to re request request request re- re quest and get behind the members of the Associated Industries and should g get t quite close behind them taking care to wear their heaviest shoes when so doing J JACK Cl PLANE |