The day book. [volume], May 08, 1915, MOVING PICTURE EDITION, Image 22

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denied but the Lord provides all
mothers, you must wear a white car
nation, the only symbol of purity
which quite equals the blessed name
of MOTHER.
SHORTONES
The United States plans an inves
tigation of fountain pens. We have
one that we'd like to submit in evi
dence and ask that the punishment
for making it be dipping in indelible
ink.
Gen. Villa has been shot again by
a member of his staff, which reminds
Us that the German crown prince
hasn't been killed for three weeks.
They are battling where ancient
Ephesus stood. The fact that we
have forgotten battles just as import
ant that took place at Ephesus ought
to prove the uselessness of this war.
Old Doc Cook now starts to climb
Mount Everett. The Kink of Den
mark is hereby notified to duck be
fore the Doc gets back. ,
The navy now proposes to change
the uniforms of our sailors. We ex
pect a wild protest from George M.
Cohan.
If the tax collector ever got a job
as credit man the majority of citi-'
zens couldn't get credit for 15 cents.
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PRESTIGE '
"'Me brudder's goin' to be admitted
to de bar terday."
"Hub, dat's nuttin'! Mine's in 11
de bars every day,"
THE PUBLIC FORUM
ARBITRATION. Why all the talk
of arbitration in the present Building
Trades trouble?
The history of arbitration proves
the fallacy of it as a solution of dif
ferences between capital and labor,
fully 90 per cent of the decisions
rendered being one-sided and against
labor.
If labor is strong enough (intellec
tually) to obtain an, equitable return
for its efforts it will obtain it.
As it is, it would appear thattwe are
simply getting what we deserve,
through our own foolish policy of iso
lation, or failure to utilize our pow
ers, through collective organization
and action.
Time after time have we witnessed
the edifying spectacle of one or "more
of the local unions being engaged in
of April (or the 30th), some other
trivial difference. Or else, after 75
per cent of the unions and bosses
have accepted agreements on the 1st
of April (or the 30th) some other
local union, engaged in the same in
dustry, has a controversy with the
same bosses, on the 1st of May (or
the 30th), with the result that nobody
works until that difference is ad
justed. As a result of these conditions we
gain experience, and one would think
that we should gain by it, instead of
which it would seem that like Oliver
Twist we ask for more. At least,
we get it?
I am of the opinion that we could
avoid a whole lot of these troubles
if we made an honest attempt to do
so. By we, I mean the labor organ
izations. A purposely refrain from mention
ing the bosses, for I believe that all
we will get from the bosses is just
as much as we are able to take our
selves, with or without their ap-'
proval, and absolutely independent of
arbitration.
But to bring about the desired end
we must have a closer affiliation be-
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