Show OPEN LETTER TO TOTo RETAIL CLERK l To the Retail Clerks and the tho Pul Pub lie greeting As the clerks clerics do nc tic not seem to take our communication c oC Juno 3rd In the spirit In which It wa wit intended we will try tr again to our position po As M tho the clerks are no not contending for a shorter work wor day daj they have havo no argument which n lC 1 i quires the endorsement of any labo union Wo Vo are arc with any finy labor organ In a good cause but hut we don d nt believe bellove closing the tho stores tores l at ut 7 to be he to the best interests of oC all aU cor con concerned corned which explains f our position We are not trying to kick tho the little HUl baby when he lle Is down but rather ti to help him along to keep him from wan wandering wandering dering oft off and getting ge himself In trou iron trouble trouble ble We take tak the Iho stand that unorganized clerks In Ogden should no not ask moro more than thun organized clerks ask asi elsewhere In the big cities cilles particularly I Denver San Francisco am aai Oakland most moat oC or the stores open ono one night In ht the week until 9 p m and antI close dose at fi fj p n at the balance of ot the week These Those cities arc tin the strongholds bolds of union labor In lu tin lit United States Ogden Ogdon clerks should not DOt ask more than they the do Wo We Yo havno have hav no DO grievance with the Trades and Labor La Ln Labor bor Assembly and nod If It we should ouo we wo know how to take It ii up lip The Th clerks make the statement that they never heard lu ard of railway unions doing dohi anything in the way wn of or making a 11 fight Oghi for better hetter equipment and appliances for 01 safety of the tho public If It they tho oyer get got organized the they will learn a n great eat eatman many man things We will wilt say sar for their benefit that the railway unions arc are i responsible for the creation of the tin I Interstate Commerce commission which body fixes the freight and pas rates rales rind and Is also responsible for the Installation of block signals 11 automatic brakes and und hundreds reds o of t other appliances and that the Inter Interstate state Commerce inspectors are arc ap al appointed appointed I pointed from the tho Railway Rail WIY Labor abor I un unions lops ions In conclusion we Tie hao havo only In Iu patronizing I to say sar that we believe bellove home Industry nod mill want to spend our money mono with the local merchants hut but if they th close the Hie doors at 7 p mf m wo we cant do it as we cant get ip up 1 town before that hour It is then up Ul to us to order our goods gods and have ha e them de tie delivered from froth livered and we can order them the big stores in the east cast cr t and save money It is up to the clerks and merchants now We Ve wont change our position In this matter Respectfully submitted Committee Signed W R Alway C E EMon Mon fon ann ngan John Simpson Wasatch Lodge No o 0 B D R C of A as you ou say sa Denver San Francisco and Oakland are the strongholds of labor where organized clerks work r longer hours than unorganized clerks do In Ogden O den However Hocer your figures I are open to question since tho the bloody outrages committed on labor In tho the state stale of oC which Denver Denor is the capital has earned eluned for it the name of Rus Russia 1 slit sia In lu America The carmen tako take the me stand that unorganized clerks in Ogden Ogdon should not ask more than organized clerks ask fisk elsewhere Possibly Po there thero aro arc roads where organized carmen re receive less pay par than limn In Ogden and work piecework If such Is hi the he fact It will be the tho railroads and not the Jarmen who will bring it forward And tho the carmen will hold out against a tho the minimum scale I of wages and con can conditions conditions accepted by b their members elsewhere Wo wre thought the union aim was to shorter secure proper prop r conditions hours and establish a n minimum rate life of oC wages which would ensure liberty and promote happiness The Tho idea seems to be to establish establish lish a maximum beyond which wo we must mu t not nol go bO To do so thoy will have havo haYot all directions directions to cry a 11 halt on progress In t lIon Tho clerks arc are Indebted to the Wo mens mons clubs tho the Trades Assembly Machinists union and enlightened public opinion thanks to the press for the success of seven seen movement That seems to us to bo be organization in Its highest form If labor and nurl kindred organizations approached all problems of the thc day in the same spirit they thoy tho could morn moo mountains Perhaps they the could turn tho the tables on OU tho the carmen crmen by b giving them theft In good faith the half balC holiday which to the clerks clerIcs at present Is IB nothing more nor less than a mess of potage Railway safety appliances are a n product pro of evolution The Interstate Commerce Company Is 18 an organized butting bulling In of the shippers The clerks might force or be Instrumental In obtaining fire escapes or exits In Ina ina ina a Ore fire a store as a n matter of Tho The benefit to the public would be bo a n mere sharing of the tho clerks welfare as the traveling public shares the welfare of the railroad men and as the Ogden public will share the benefit the clerks realize from 7 closing THE COMMITTEE Albert B Foulger |