The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-23

Let US suppose that You, my reader,
have been giving little attentionito the
savings and doings Of the labor men,
that you have read and thought snfi1.
'ciently on the subject TO have . pretty
good general idea Of their principles and
aims, and that You find yourself more Of
less in accord with them that still you
entertain some objections and difficulties
and your mind is in alcondition Of doubt
ndlnncertainty. Now, let us suppose
you have among your acqnaintances two
or three persons similarly disposed, and
that you invite, them to meet you ex-
pressly to talk over the subject. Suppose
that, as result Of your first meeting
you are all sufficiently interested to wish
to meet for the same purpose again and
again. sometimes in the apartments oi
one and sometimes in thoseof the others
Finally YOU umeetir iregularlysay once q
weeksnd from two orthree your mum.
bers have increased to half a dozen Of
more. In the meantime YOU have OBJ,
tanned for yourselves and have read and
discussed together, or passed from one to
another. some labor literature. Perhaps
also, you have thrown yourselves into
intercourse with some well-informed
labor advocate. al 4 8 ii III s;ifii3s
s r. .H ! r.
Now, my reader, ] will venture to say
that the desire which you first had ia
study the subject for your own sake, will
have expanded by this time into a desire
to spread your views everywhere within
the circle of your influence, and the same
desire will animate your companions
Suppose, then, that each Of you while re,
tanning your organization as 3 little club
Ia group should make himself the
starting point or nucleus of just such an.
other club or GROUP composed Of per
sons perhaps living in his Immediate
nelghborhood, Ok associated in business
Or in some other way The formation
'of these secondary clubs or groups, and
their development, will be easier than
that Of the first, as each will have. the
advantage of an intelligent teacher
You see that in very short time instead
of one you will have eight little clubs OF
groups, each having q thread Of commu.
nication with the, first one, which will
continue to hold its regular meetings
Within another short period these eight
clubs meeting, perhaps, in different
wards Or suburbs of a city, OF in little
centers Of rural population-w each in
like manner make of its members, the
nucles Of other groaps or clubs, and each
of these again Of still others !; and 90 on
lad infnitum.
( This Is the system Of organization
adopted by the international. Bear in
mind that it is for educational purposes
only. n Il. III. 4 : h fy i.s, !. {.
Up to this point, it will be seen, that
this method Of organization is very sim
pie and quite natural; it Is also free from
any expense, for halls and advertising,
and no constitution OF bylaws Of other
ormality is at all necessary, The time
usually spent in society meetings in what
is called regular business is entirely
saved. As the meetings are quite In.
formal, and probably held near the home
of each member. there viii be no incon.s u
venience in attending them. Another
advantage iis and this is an advantage
that belongs only 70 very small associiai-.
tions namely, that Is each club VIII
probably beA composed q Of persons Il
about the same class and habits aud
quite familiar with each other, there WsiIi \ lit
be no Hmidity about the e expression pre- y 81 4
individual opinion instead 81 half 4 I
dozen takers and Hity Hi listsnsrs, ti,,a !, every Il
one win be . talker and every one I. !.
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