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Show THE CITIZEN Of The Open Shop " Home jveral mine g Spillane (employed by the e Open Shop association) country and gave out inter-- n of tra-jjjth- were, a repetition of the phrases of each y visited. He gave the palm to Angeles as the "home of the open and other articles were ! This a general circulation by .a Haassociation, no ul consid-iobt for a good and sufficient Mr. Spillane, like other hired ruts, gave out the impression that Angeles, because it was free from legion domination, was prosper-in- d going ahead in phenomenal lo-t- shop open X g news-gatherin- n. the truth these state-it- s were is aptly illustrated by the (previously published in this that a union man who had lined around Salt Lake for more than ear while an effort was made to se--e a wage of $5 a day, finally went as Angeles and bad worked contin-sl- y for not less than $10 a day at far from low ts ce- - same trade and UNDER UNION MOTIONS. comes low the statement of the correspondent the of of-- il Typho-phic- al Journal (circulated among abers only)) to this effect: So far as week the it is concerned in Los Angeles, it is toed incident. We went the route a year, made the grade, and are off the second lap, and will be found ig business at the old stand and in fa shape than ever before. As has 8 said, and it will bear repetition, Hi had more members working in nercial establishments forty-fou- r N per week than on a basis when the fracas broke out. Our membership shows a net gain, t can be considered as more than our own. And the big fact t stands out . . is they are all forty-four-ho- ur forty-eight-1- 1 tog under closed-sho- p that is a big advance. o conditions, niuch for the home of Business, industrial the open and labor faentatives unite in saying that recent growth and prosperity, of Angeles is due to the of all classes. This u g accomplished quietly, by conditions favorable to all (Including labor), despite the crable reputation given the city as antagonistic to labor and Nations. The fact is Los haa so completely and cognized the organizations of 8 whole-heart-Peratio- n es-h- An-nev- er ted during this period of unprece- Prosperity and growth. As regards labor controversies, while the daily press contains harrowing reports of depredations and outrages due an angel is a dead Judging from the relative growth and prosperity of the two cities during, the past two years, it now appears that a saint is a dead angel, for Salt Lake has been in the industrial, business and financial dumps while Los Angeles, sailing under the town, has flag of an open shop known the greatest growth and prosperity as a town wherein union labor and all it stands for was fully reasonable hours, good conditions and excellent wages. is the principal cusThe wage-earntomer of the merchant and manufacturer. How can these prosper when is unemployed or paid the less than a living wage?. . to labor troubles, the lockout of the printers has been on for fourteen months and not one word has appeared truthfully charging any untoward or striking Incident to the locked-ou-t printers. Of what profit are peaceful and decent methods if they do not enlist the active and practical support of the public? The one untoward incident of the printers troubles that stands out nationally or locally is the case of the nigh school principal sluged by the hired thugs imported by the employers from Chicago to St. Paul to get hired The union representatives. thugs got three years in the Minnesota state prison, while those who hired them went scot free. recognized-- er wage-earn- for- eign trade. Why help to decrease your own trade by decreasing the' income of your customers? that Saints) saint. mor.ths ago a gentleman by which the complete restoration of all our At one time a Salt Lake editor remarked concerning the two cities (The City of the Angels' and the City of the the vituperative utter-jLob Angeles of the editor of the that city has become known vide s the home of the open That reputation has been given of the spectacular toffn because untruthful statements printed in m open shop newspaper of the of 7 er . PURCHASING POWER PROSPERITYS INDEX. If you really believe Mr. John A. Edgerton, president of the National Association of Manufac- turers, the leading American ANTIUNION and OPEN SHOP" organization of employers, said in his report to the annual convention in- New York last April: The industrial payroll contributes more than any other factor to the determination of the purchasing power of the American people, and the naitonal is prosperitys purchasing power weather vane. It is refreshing, indeed, to find one open shopper who agrees with what we have been trying for more than a year to drive home to the consciousd ness of the local merchant the workman is the best customer of the merchant and contributes most of his prosperity, and, as a proposition, it is folly for the local merchant and manufacturer to join with those who would arbitrarily decrease the income of the most numerous class of their customers! Congress has spent many months in arguing the tariff question. Our foreign trade enters largely into this problem. Yet our foreign trade has never exceeded 10 per cent of our domestic trade. Ten per cent increase in our local trade would more than offset the advantage of all the foreign trade we ever had. Why should merchants and manufacturers adhere to the policies of the foreign-tradgroup when they have nothing in common with them and do not participate in the slightest degree in the benefits that may obtain from forcing domestic labor and other costs down to a basis comparable with foreign countries? Of what benefit is l merchant and manufacit to turer to join with those who are fero-lnwages down to or below prewar levels while living costs remain 75 per r cent above levels? A 10 per cent increase in American wages would benefit the local merchant and manufacturer far more than - well-pai- in peaceful methods and the substitution of conferences, conciliation and arbitration for the strike and lockout, you will conscientiously ask for and insist on the union label on your printing. This label stands for all that is advanced in industrial negotiations and settlements faithful fulfillment of contracts, no sympathetic strikes, no jurisdictional disputes, etc. (Salt Lake Typographical Union No. 115. Adv. A MELODRAMA. Villain (laughing): Ha, ha! You are helpless, the old homestead . belongs to me. Hero: And where are the papers? Villain: At the blacksmiths. Hero: You are having them forged. Villain: Nay, nay. I am having them filled. Princeton Tiger. Office Phone 1172 Raa. Phone Wei. 7638J Rea. 555 Weat lat North Furniture und Piano Marini Large and Small Auto Vena South Weat Temple Salt Lake City, Utah SPRING IS HERE Have your clothes remodeled, repaired and cleaned by the Uerabelle Tailoring & Clianing Co. The leaders for over 15 years In this business. One trial by you means a regular customer for us. 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