Strikes and Extortion

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Dec 23, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 51.

Strikes and Extortion

When business is good and all the members of the union are at work, the desire of the workers to declare a strike is the strongest. They feel that the time when their employer needs them most is the best time to demand higher wages. In this they are merely using good business judgment and following the example of the financier, who charges a higher rate of interest because money is tight and his customers are obliged to borrow or face bankruptcy.

So in either case it is holding a man up and extorting money from him when he can't help himself. When extortion becomes generally recognized as "good business judgment," then the highwayman may be deemed a legitimate business man.