St. Paul daily globe., 1885-06-28

of proper organization to the proper disci-
pline of the family. So, too, if we exam
Inc the interests of any class of mechanics,
business men or professional men, we tnd
their interests identical in the matter OF
business; and in this the business man or
professional man differs somewhat from
the mechanic, for their interests may be
different in social sense, but those OF the
mechanic cannot be, because his so
cial condition depends upon the sue
cess of his calling or vocation.
Then organization is necessity;
first, because the welfare Of the family de-
pends on the success of the mechanic IN his
trade; and second, because all healthy So
cial conditions are dependent upon the sue
cess of calling pursued by any workman.
And the reason of this is that there is no
change in the amount of income to the
workman to speak of, while with the busl-
ness man there are many changes. To-Day
he may sell at a loss, tomorrow at treble
gain.
BUT THE STIPULATED RATE
of wages to workmen is, in the main, fixed,
except when competition enters in between
mechanics, and this is always the state OF
affairs where there is lack of Organiza-
ton. There never has been a market for
labor in any settled country where there
has not always been surplus of laborers,
and a surplus always means competition,
where there is lack of organization.
Then it is one of the first duties that all
men owe to the well-being of their asso-
ciates in any calling, and the comfort OF
their families, that they become
connected with the organization of
their trade, if there is one,
and place this duty as secondary to the
duty they owe their families only, in the
sense in which the ties of nature take prece-
dence over the ties of society. A man Is
bound to his family by the ties OF nature.
We need not inquire as to the propriety or
right of it, for all trades and all callings,
as well as all business interests, are organ
lied. From the largest to the smallest cor
poration in the world this is true, and on
the part of all it is as necessary as on the
part of the workman to the proper protec-
ton of the interests surrounding them III
their various functions.
If we inquire into the state of society we
find its health owing entirely to the fact
that society is properly organized, and 1t
cannot be otherwise, for it is easier for men
as unit to defend the interests OF any
trade, profession or calling than to 90 1t
ON the basis of division and competition.
There is saying to the effect that
COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE"
But the life of trade often means disaster
from a business standpoint, and always
from trade standpoint. Workingmen
must learn to remember that dissolution
Infa win hat
"a house divided against itself cannot
this connection. When God created man,
and discovered he was alone he made him
helpmate, and said, lit isn't good for
am prepared to say in like manner that it
isn't good for mechanic to be alone, and l
repeat not only from a standpoint Of expedi-
ency, but necessity. And the medium of adj
vantage in the case is trades unionism, and
federation, harmony, concord, protection
and peace. Not lawleSSnesS, brigandage
or usurping the rights of others, as some
would have us believe. The injustice of all
attempts to misrepresent must be sooner or
later overthrown, from the fact that
it is creature of necessity and
not creature of circumstances. The day
will come when it will be as hard to find
man that works for living and doesn't be-
long to trades union, as it was in the days
when the banners of Rome floated on the
hilltops of the then civilized world, to find
man that wasn't Roman. So does the
success of our nation, socially as well as
politically, depend upon the tradesmen Of
our country. Daniel Webster uttered a
truth that will live forever when he said
that ''the great producing cause of this ma
TONS prosperity was labor, labor, labor;"
and in like manner can we say that the
great producing cause of tradesman's
prosperity is organization.
Then let every mechanic now, morgan
ized.see that he becomes connected with
some trades society for the furtherance of
his interests, and success will soon be
perched on the banners of unionism. You
owe it as duty, and you should see that
the duty is discharged. 1t is in your
province to be the master, and not the
servant. MAX.
The Stone Cutters, Demand.
At a meeting of the Stone Cutters union,
held on Friday night, the question of strik-
ing if their requests are not acceded to by
the bosses was fully discussed. The men
are getting under the present schedules
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