Act 127

Present moment one of crisis in Trades Union development 128

Newly organized unions in war state of development responsible for serious mistakes 130

Tacit admission that a strike is war made during the Teamsters’ Strike in Chicago in 1905 132

Temporary loss of belief in industrial arbitration 134

Teamsters’ Strike not adjudicated in court threw the entire city into state of warfare 136

New organizations of employers exhibit traits of militant youth 138

Public although powerless to intervene, sees grave social consequences 140

Division of community into classes; increase of race animosity; spirit of materialism 141

Class prejudice created among children still another social consequence 142

Disastrous effect of prolonged warfare upon the labor movement itself 144

Real effort of trades unions at present is for recognition of the principle of collective bargaining 145

Trades unions are forced to correct industrial ills inherent in the factory system itself 146

Illustration from limitation of output 147

Illustration from attitude towards improved machinery 148

Disregard of the machine as a social product makes for group morality on the part of the owner and employees 149

Contempt resulting from group morality justifies method of warfare 150