St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-07
ORGAN!Z tTION NECESSARY.
A Splendid Exposition Of Union
ism by Editor Nc Cabe.

ism by Editor McCabe.
National Union Printer.
The people employed in the printing
Office of the agricultural department
are now receiving the scale of wages
paid in the government printing office,
but it is said that the head officials of
that department object to the typo
graphical union having any jurisdiction
there. Principal among these is Sec
rotary Morton. We have had the
pleasure of an introduction to MIR.
Morton. He is man Of broad views.
His desire to see mankind free in
every possible way is so intense that
he instinctively revOlts agains any
thing that tends to curb any mans free
dom of action. We admire him for it.
Under such a system as would core out
of the conditions he would have us live
under, we would revolt also. for we be-
lieve every man should be free to follow
his own bent and assert his fullest
rights everywhere, provided he does not
eDeroach upon the rights Of any other
man. But we are not living under such
conditions. We are living i'll the days
when men must band together for mu-
tual protection as to life, labor and
wages. The secretary of agriculture
would be perfectly free. and he has
theories which if put into action would
make all men free. He is free trailer.
In order to inculcate his fellow men
with the same belief, he has joined
band of good men who think as he does
for the purpose of more rapidly spread
ing the doctrine; and ne is today most
active worker in the Democratic party
because of his desire to hasten the day
of freedom. SO it is easily seen thai he
is not altogether opposed to organiza-
ton.
But perhaps theform of organization
Mr.. Morton is opposed to is that by
which men who work for wages band
together to keep those wages as high as
possible. We agree with him that such
forms of organization are against the
spirit of our institutions as they have
been handed down to US from the
fathers. But we beg 10 submit to him
that that spirit is today more honOred in
the breach than in the observance. We
| are freemen in theory only; the secre-
! tary knows this. The conditions sur
rounding us are as they are, and not
! what the secretary or the editor Of this
paper would have them. He desires a
condition under which all who work
| shall receive the full product of their
| labor; we know he does, for we have
heard him say SO. So do we. Then. so
far. we, speaking for our typographical
union and ourself. are i'll agreement.
| We differ as to method; that is all. The
| secretary would permit the law of sup.
| ply and demand to fix the rate of wages.
He is economically right. We, through
our printers organization, would keep
wages up to the highest possible stand
ard, in order that our brethren may en-
| joy as much of the blessings of life as
possible. In this We are practically
right. If we permitted the natural Law
as to wages to fully prevail, what wages
would we get for our work? The sec
rotary can easily understand that wages
would continue to fall as long as
there was an idle man seeking
employment. They would fall until
we who work would become the
veriest slaves until our con.
dition became such that we would envy
the hog, whose eyes are never raised Il
the brightness of heaven. Our labor
orga niZatiOns stand as barrier to the
heartless men who would grind labor
down, and make possible the consum'
nation of Mr., Morton's hopes. III
probably does not yet understand this
We hope he will examine the problem
as we have put it, and see if he came
take the same view of the effect of labol
organizations that we DO.
| -
We, like Secretary Morton, ar e fret
trader. We are one because, like til,
secretary, we see that free trade anC
the single tax on land values are tn,
only hope of our country-they are thu
only paths that lead to freedom and thu
thralldOm. Again we say that, as al
economic proposition, we are in agree
meut with Mr.. Morton's views as to or
CARNATIONS of any kind. But our ell
vironmentS are such that we must b,
cruel to be kind. Despite presen
economic conditions, we, as laborers
must have living wages; naturally w
should have them, but we don't get then
We must surround ourselves will
everything that will mold our wages I'D
Organization is a first necessity. II
make it more strong the members mus
consent to give away certain of thei
individual rights for the good of all. Tn
matter of the lowest wages an individual
shall work for must be decided by tn,
organization. When, where or unde
what condstions a member shall worl
must not be left to him alone to deoid
the organization must decide. Whetl
er or not a member shall quit his EN-
ployment when differences occur be
settled f0f the employed 81 tEeit OF