The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 6, 1919, Page 12

_ PAGE 12 oS gpg pe er seme FD ae ERT pet ee THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1919. SABOTAGE MUST CEASE Seattle’s Opportunity-Is Slipping Away Because of the Practice of That Form of Sabotage Known as Restriction of Output Seattle Is Slowing Down At a time when this city has only to produce as we should to gain new industries and new business, with employment and prosperity for all, production is being diminished instead of increased. The cost of manufacturing, of commerce, of doing business in all lines is being steadily increased and, as its cost increases, its volume decreases. New industries will not locate here when the cost of production is greater than in other cities. Our industries cannot get new business when, on account of high production costs, other cities can underbid us. Investors will not risk their money when sabotage deprives them of the opportunity to realize a profit and threatens the loss of their investment. Seattle will not stand idly by and see her industries strangled and her future ruined. The banks of Seattle are vitally interested in the progress and prosperity of the city and in the welfare of industry and commerce. The banks are the depositories of all the people, not of any one element, and we owe a duty to the com- munity as a whole. We shall insist on a square deal to the employes of this city as well as the employers; for a square deal for Seattle on the platform below. An American Declaration 4 classes of workers, whether union or 7. Absolute fairness to employe and em- non-union. We unalterably oppose the ployer alike is one of the foundation principles on which Americanism rests. 2. The Banks of Seattle will work for the improvement of industrial relations, the elimination of class prejudice, which generally results from misunderstand- ings, and the establishment of equitable and uniform working conditions fair alike td employe and employer. We will always use our united in- fluence in opposition to injustice, whether practiced by employers or em- ployes. 4 We stand for the American plan, which means absolute fairness to all “closed shop” which shuts the doors of industry against the American working- man who is not a member of a labor or- ganization. 5 It is un-American to interfere with the personal rights and constitutional liber- ties of the individual. Therefore, we shall oppose the use of force or intimi- dation by any one endeavoring to per- suade workmen either to join or to re- sign from a labor organization. 6. We hold that both the employe and the employer are privileged to terminate their relations whenever either chooses to do so, unless, of course, there be con- tracts between them. We do not countenance limitation of the amount of work which may be ac- complished in a given time, or the man- ner in which payment shall be made for such work, whether by hourly rate, piece work, contract or otherwise. We believe that every workman should have an opportunity to earn a wage propor- tionate to his ability and productive ca- pacity. 8. By encouraging fair dealings and broeadminded policies, the Banks of Se- attle hope, with the co-operation of Se- attle’s thinking public, to bring about working conditions and wages which will make Seattle known as a good city in which to work, to live, and to raise children. The Banks of Seattle First National Bank Green Lake State Bank Guardian Trust & Savings Bank Canadian Bank of Commerce (seattle Branch) Japanese Commercial Bank American Savings Bank & Trust Co. Bank of California N. A. (Seattle Branch) Bank for Savings in Seattle National Bank of Commerce National City Bank Specie Bank of Seattle North Side State Bank State Bank of Seattle Northwest Trust & Savings Bank Union National Bank Oriental American Bank University State Bank Scandinavian American Bank Washington Mutual Savings Bank Seaboard National Bank Puget Sound Savings & Loan Association Seattle National Bank Citizens’ Bank of Georgetown Dexter Horton National Bank Dexter Horton Trust & Savings Bank King County State Bank Marine Bank of Seattle Metropolitan Bank ae