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Show FUTILITY OF THE STRIKE. Strikes nre sinking the countr) from sea to sen. The are disturbing Ilia Industtles nf Utah they am fostering a fouling of doubt nnd apprehension In this .inte whli h Is disturbing tho people peo-ple exceedingly and seriously illnnr-ranglng illnnr-ranglng much of Its business This writer met a man jet-lerdaj who bad n sick family and nothing to piy limine-hold limine-hold expenses, who said he had been ordoted to quit work, not because of nn) trouble with his emplO)eis. but be-cause be-cause a s)inpntlietlc stiike had been ordered 'litis, It seems to us, Is nut onl) the acme of foollshnmn but of Injustice In-justice lo both omplo)er nnd emplo)oe. Labor unions ore good things In many wa)s The) are a help to unfortuntte member, the) are a protection when capital becomes heartless nnd seek tn iclnlti an tinfnlr proportion of the earnings earn-ings of liboi. Hut when the) become, without cause, nn appiehenslon to their own members, when they demand hard-t-hlps from their own members and en-tall en-tall loss and anxiety upon emplo)ers who mver had an) trouhlo with eni-plojccs. eni-plojccs. then they become an unmitigated unmiti-gated nuisance, and If that Is kept up, they will break to pieces or tllslnter-Ernto tllslnter-Ernto of their own weaknesses. I'eople will not stiflei vicarious nlnnmcnt for tho sins of othei . Tito men who succeed and front tho Vre of humble Industry advance lo .limancllng positions are not men who e seeking for something lo kick about, ltatlier they aie men who, when they deem that their luwnrd Is Insuf-tlclent, Insuf-tlclent, do nut strike or tall upon a union to sti Ike but who wmk on, seeking seek-ing redress when needed through civilised civil-ised methods, and who keep In mind that a reward above expenses In better than the debts which are a supplement lo all strikes, and who, so soon us they can, begin to Join a Utile capital with their labor, and so continue until they can, unaided, cease to be empln)ees and become eniplo)erH, or who, backed by their little capital start out fnr themselves them-selves In this region many laboring men have for years alternated between ihe free soup kitchen ot hard time, and sti Ikes In flush times when lilnner.t are needed In It not time to stop tlih foolishness'' In what other land under the sun could the) obtain Hitch n reward re-ward for theli labor as right here and now? Almost every man who tan. as nanus are, east!) lay up un amount pit day, that kept up for two vears would give cat h one four limes tho uveiagr rapinl popessii1 by the men vliii I aied the .icp fnreMa Inlwceit tn ut-iml nnd the nnlrie i and rnlsrd a ri vet Df li'-rius V. hy should in n with such opportunities before them, be cither suppliants or tyrants? Goodwins Good-wins Weekly |