St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-14
IN LAB0R'S REALM
Value OF Organization as a
Means Of Maintaining
Wages.
TRADES ASSEMBLY MEETS.
Progress of Labor Legisla-
tion--Passage Of Schur-
meier Bill.
WEEK OF SOCIAL EVENTS.
General Roundup Of Matters
Interesting to Trade
UniOniSts.
WEEK OF SOCIAL EVENTS.

While all lntelllSent WdTkiHBIieH
acknowledge the benefits of labor
organizations, there are many who
must be constantly reminded of it.
They seem to forget that eternal
vigilance is g. price of liberty"
and that the interests of their or
ganization should be jealousy guard
ed at all times. George Washington
In his famous farewell address said:
Watch over the preservation of the
Union with jealous eye, and indig-
nantly frown upon the first dawning
of every attempt to ALLEVIATE any
portion of the country from the
rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties
which now link together the vari-
Gus parts" What was good advice
for the preservation of a union of
states is good advice for the .preser-
walton of labor unions, says a writer
in the National Labor Tribune. This
motto should be engraved upon all
the tools workingmen use; it should
be hung up in large flaming letters
in every mill in the land; it should
be beautifully engraved, framed
and placed in the most conspicuous
place in the homes; it should be
placed so that whichever way the
eyes turn they will fall upon it. and
finally it should be engraved on
every heart so that all may be so i'm
bued with the principle of unionism
that they will teach it to their chill
dren, that they may explain it's
benefits to their wives. who share
It's benefits and who suffer the most
When 1T is disregarded, and who
nrst notice that the cupboard is
empty; that the children's clothes
ana shoeS are worn out, but can't
feaIize what has brought about s1cb
change. There are many men who
enjoy the fruits of labor oreaniza-
IONS and do not appreciate it's
source, because they have not given
the subject proper study. Such mon
need instruction. They imagine that
IL Is through the generosity of their
employers that they are enabled to
make good wages. No greater error
could exist No employer conducts
MS business from purely charitable
motives. Profit is the incentive not
interest IN the employees. The labor
union helps greatly to secure from
this profit source a fair wage for
the worker.
The Schurmeier bill, regulating
the employment of convicts in the
state prison, passed the senate
Wednesday and was signed bv the
governor yesterday, and is now
law. The bill passed through = VIC
orous campaign, being strongly op-
posed by the board of prison man
ayers and others on one hand. and
theoretically supported by the Ia
boring people and large portion of
the public press on the other. While
the bill as passed is not precisely
what the friends of the movement
for change in the prison manage
ment desired, 1t is considered by
them to be a decided gain. AS
passed, the law limits the employ
ment of prisoners at any one occu-
patton to 10 per cent of the total
number engaged in such calling in
the state outside the prison 1t is
believed by it's friends that the lay
will avoid injury to free labor and
prevent contractors from waxing
fat at the states expense.
Representative Wright's sblack-
list" bill has been under fire during the