Show LABOR UNIONS RESPECTED Nothing has so advanced confIdence confidence dence deuce in the labor unions as the proceedings ot of o the convention of the American Federation of ot Labor just closed in Portland Ore From beginning to end the tha of the leaders of ot the laboring men have won favorable comment Pa pers all over oler the country are praisIng praising ing lug the tha utterances ot of the guiding heads ot of the tha union A fair sample of ot what Is being said is the following from tram the Chi Chicago Chicago cago Tribune a a paper which In the past has been critical al of at o unions We Wa of ot the American Feder Federation atlon of Labor stand for tor four great principles governing in- in Industry in These are the owner owner- ownership ship chip ol of property an adequate return on Investments In an ade ade- adequate ade- ade adequate I quate sum allowed industry for tor torI I deterioration and that Il aU workers Including the man mau- managers managers agers agel'S get proper compensation for what wh t they put Into Indus indus- industry Industry Industry try That expressed bY br Major George L Berry terry prest president resl- resl dent of ol the International Press Press- Pressmen's Pressmen's Pressmen's mens men's union at the federa federa- federation's tion's convention In Portland Ore Is one ona to which every u 1 in the country organ organ- organized organIzed organized or unorganized unorganised every very em em- em er of o labor and every so- so called so-called called capitalist can properly subscribe On such a platform It if tollo followed ed consistently and without equivocation we ought to be able to maintain peace and mutual good will forever There will of o course be di dl di- di divergent divergent Interpretations Em Em- Employers Employers m and will at times differ on what constitutes constitute totes tute proper for what each unit puts Into industry Inthis ry But the the- th spirit of the platform recognizes the toads toads- unda mental principles upon which modern enterprise and prosper prosper- prosperity ity prosperity are founded and with such und we are put far faron faron faron on the way to even better days daYI Labor is learning great truths ot of life lite It is discarding vague dreams of a social millennium In recent sears ears it has opened I and conducted It Its own banks I its own mercantile establish establishments ments meats and Its own factories with some success In other In Instances in- in instances instances stances as IlS In iii the Philadelphia TransIt company It ha has haa pur pur- purchased cha chased ed a part ownership promises eventually to toa toa toa a controlling sha share It has haa come coma to respect capital and private privat private vat vate property to respect those who reveal Intellectual ability to managed business Invest Invest- Investments Investments ments It Its ciss cl ss conscious consciouS- consciouSness consciousness ness nees has bos developed Into a con can con of at equal opportunity That all means progress The outlook is encouraging |