St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-10

GRAND MASTER T. V. POWDERLY.
These pennies that roll in constantly
from 500, 600 pairs of hands form great
sum at the end of year. With that money
strikes are maintained. bOycOtting circulars
are printed, organizers and officers are paid.
hall rents are met and all the lesser needs
of the order are paid for. The salaries are
modest. Mr.. Powderly receives only 81, 500.
and Mr. Turner gets only 81, 200. The
members of the all-powerful executive
board are paid like mechanics, So a day and
expenses, and only for the days on which
they are actually at work.
AIMS OF THE ORDER.
can injury to one is the concern of alp
is the motto of the order, and almost as
much may be said of the words ''OrganiZe.
Agitate, Educate" which greet the eye and
ear whenever one ventures into the meeting
place or the presence of the Knights. 4
digest of the declaration of principles is as
follows: The highest motive that concerns
the order is the education of the masses to
that point where they will see and know,
not only their own wrongs and degradation.
but a full and final solution of the labor
problem. Out of the fruition of this plan
will come party of and by and for
the people. This party will not sit
by and do nothing when hundreds
OF thousands of men are seeking
work; it will not permit politi-
clans to so manipulate the national
finances that 10.47S business men in one
year are made penniless; it will declare ''in
tones of thunder" what kind of metal or
paper shall constitute the money of the
country; it will establish labor bureaus: il
will enforce law declaring that not another
foot of public land shall be given to the
railroads and corporations; it will insist on
exact equality before the laws; it will be
humane enough to believe" that pure air
must be had in our factories and mines. and
all work buildings shall be supplied with
fire-escapes; il will abolish prison contract
labor; it will prevent the employment of
children under ii in mills and work shops.
finally, it will not put the products of
tramp labor in competition with those of
free labor, and it will ''make it fashionable
TO be honest" and will pay an equal price
for equal labor, regardless of color. creed,
country or sex. mr.. Stevens said Secre-
tary Turner aimed TO produce a
VAST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
| auxiliary and yet superior to trade unions
Trade unions, to Stevens and the wise men
who were his associates, were designed 10
constantly menace capital, and to harass it
by means of that violent weapon. the
designed to elevate the character and
broaden the intelligence of the laborer.
teaching him first what his rights were, and
next that it be best TO seek to obtain them
through arbitration. Only as last resort,
and after arbitration failed. was striking
10 be INDUCED in, and then it was to be
carried on with earnestness, so that, if it
were absolutely necessary to ''enjoin an
Oppressor," the entire force of the organiza-
ton all over the country could be brought
to bear on the person or question involved.
The educational feature which at first dis
tinguished the order consisted simply of an
hour at each session given over arbitrarily
to intellectual self-improvement. Every
second of the hour was judiciously con-
sumed in that way, no matter what
urgent business was before the
body. ESSAYS were read, public dues-
tions were discussed, set topics were de-
bated and addresses were delivered. Out
of that hour so frequently enjoyed and SO
generally utilized wherever the order had
footing grew men who have made their
mark as speakers, writers, teachers, clergy
men and statesmen. 1t was a school for
the development of workingmen's cham
pions. That custom and the precious hour