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Powderly's repeated warnings that strikes, in and of themselves, were destructive of the stable position of labor were shown to be prophetic. These excesses, however, were forcing upon the public the idea that it too had not only an interest but a right and a duty in labor disputes. Methods of arbitration and conciliation were now discussed in every legislature.
In 1881, while the general opinion in the Order was still undecided, the leaders did not scruple to smuggle into the constitution a clause which made cooperation compulsory. Notwithstanding Powderly's exhortations, the Order was at first slow in taking it up.
Brooks Powderly of New York, who, at the age of thirty-five, was recognized as America's leading authority on slum life. Dr. Powderly's numerous books and magazine articles on the subject speak for themselves.
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