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Show 1101 Ml WRITES HIS IK UPON flUCI PL! To the Editor Ogdon Standard. In yesterday's Issue of The Standard Stand-ard I observe a large display ad of the Associated Industries, for no other purpose than to April fool the dear people of Utah, by declaring their proposition the American plan. Why is it theso unions let uo cail them by their proper name, tho Contractors' Con-tractors' union, Material Mon's union and tho Sub-Contractors' union take such an Interest In the dear people and tho public at tho eleventh hour to defeat other unions in their do-mands do-mands for a living wage? They hao presented ten- propositions for consideration, con-sideration, calling thorn tho Amcnum plan to fool the people. Plan That constitutional right of every workman to sock and find employment, and thU3 provide tor h:o family, upon terms and conditions mutually satisfactory lo himself and his employ. er, must not be denied or abridged. We us union .men concede that, and have never denied any contractor the privilege to employ whom ho wished, and we have never denied ourscives tho privilege of refusing to work wltn the man ho employed if wo so desucu. Is that American or un-American V Plan - That in all industrial and business relations the -public wcifaro must always bo regarded. I would like the associated uiiior.a to show mo Vhen the public' welfare has been disregarded. Plan 3 That there shaU be absolute) abso-lute) fairness to all classes of' work-i men, whether union or non-union, ' and justice to employers. ' 1 hardly know how to Interpret this proposition. As 1 said before, I considered con-sidered it my privilege to quit my job if I did not. desiro to york with another an-other fellow workman, and I conccuu to him the same privilege Is th.it lair, or unfair'-' As for JJsilco to vti-' ployers, I know of no case when Jiio-ilce Jiio-ilce was not given for Justice rccei3u. Plan 4 That there shs.ll bo no dL-r dL-r rimlnation niriiinst anv . t orkmnu Oil account of affiliation cr non-affilia-lion with any- labor organization, A workman who Is not for organization organ-ization must be against it, therefore 1 would not consider it discrimination to refuse to work with him, and especially espe-cially If he belonged to the same cr.Ui as myself, ono who Is too selfish or too indifferent to belong to an organisation organisa-tion which takes caro of the sick, uurles its members, pays benefits to the injured. Insurance to the widowj and orphans, and made the conditions which a laboring mail may exist uii-uer uii-uer the H. C. L. and profiled lng, ni-r would I hesitate In telling my employer em-ployer tho3e reasons, and would not cpnsldor it un-American, cither. - Plan 5 That the right of employes em-ployes to organize for lawful purpose must not be disputed, and that same privilege should bo given to employers. employ-ers. No room for argument. Plan G Ditto. Plan 7 That contracts should bo , faithfully observed by both parties. Being a carpenter and contractor T know of no contract having been made with the employer being v'o-lated. v'o-lated. , Plan S That any plan contrary to these principles is repugnant to American principles. "Shakespeare says- a rose would bmcll as sweet by any other name." Why omit plan3 0 and 10 in the b:0 April fool ad? No. 9 To American or un-Ainerl-can: There shall bp no strikes. Is that Americanism, Bolshevism It bounds like Cummlnslsm. Well, fIr. Editor. I don't- think organized labor is going to give up so readily the only two weapons they possess the strlkj and tho ballot box. No. 10 This Is Interesting (must bo). That in the Interest of all claims and the public welfare, all existing wage demands, that is It, wage demands, de-mands, which have been arbitrarily made (don't know of any aibitrajlly I made) be hereby canceled, and 1920 wages bo fixed by Joint commlttoo, composed of rcprcGcntallvos of th- public, employers and labor, very good, very logical. Lot's sec who drafted these plar.a in tho Interest of the dear public. 1 dqn't know who drafted them, out I do know aomp' of the committee who presented them to -the U. I. C. Mr. Abbott of the Geo. A. Lowe Co. Mr. Kmp'y of tho Ogdon Wholcsalo Drug Co.. Mr. Taylor, mrinagor of tho Kccles Lumber Co, W. P. Bossner, secretary of the Associated As-sociated Industries. I wonder, Mr. ".Editor, If these gentlemen gen-tlemen would like a committee as thoy suggest to be appointed to ii.-vestigato ii.-vestigato tho cost of materials and Insist that high prices of building materials ma-terials of the present bo roducod to 1915 or 191C prices. Let Mr. Taor inform them why flooring Is $Uo a thousand; why shingles and lath have gone up 100 per cent. Let Mr, Abbott explain why nails that were soiling for $-1.50 and $5.00 a keg arc now $(J.50 and G.7G. Wh; , In 1915, a man could buy hardwara lor a house that costu double today. As for Mr. Empy's business, we ali know ihere never was, and never will bo, any profiteering In drugs, but, be that as it may. that's his business. Now, for Mr. J. E. Ualligher. an other hardware gentleman, car:i.ig building supplies, appealing to tiu dear people with another April tool proposition He says there should no llmftatloh put on tho number of apprentices of a craft, but In avoidance avoid-ance with pur national education pia.. now in force In this state, every Uoy should be given an opportunity to eit-tor eit-tor the craft to which ho may be inclined in-clined or suited. . I wonder how many boys Mr. G.iH-Cher G.iH-Cher Is employing today and whit, wages he is paying them. I think nut many, and very. low wages .If an. I don't know how other unions avi fixed for apprentice:?, but 1 can say.' as far as Local t50 of B.' C. and I. of A. are concerned, we have not tiie quota our laws call for not the local's lo-cal's fault, for wo have had no applicant::. appli-cant::. Pinal I don't know -Mr. W. I-. Bossner, and I don't think. Mr. Los-n'cr Los-n'cr knows Montana, and as one who does, 1 am under tho Impression he has been very much, misinformed. T.ie sooner the Contractors' union, ihe Material Men's union and the Sub-Contractors' Sub-Contractors' unions will let the other unions alone, and tho neonlo. w.ioin they have so" much consideration lor. do their own thinking and get down to' business, so much better It will b? for a greater Ogden and (he stato o: (Signed) W. D. WATSON. ClQ.lGth St., Ogden. Utah. |