p. 15 | A Recognized Principle

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Dec 16, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 50.

A Recognized Principle.

One of the contentions of capital, incidentally conceded by non-union laborers, was stated in the following words by an attorney in the late arbitration proceedings before the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission: "There can be no such thing as the majority rule among fellow-workmen in a common employment. It is the admitted right of a majority of stockholders in a corporation to dictate the policy of the company, even tho contrary to the wishes of some stockholders who might thereby suffer loss. But all the servants of one master remain individuals under our law and yield nothing of their rights to a majority of their co-employees."