The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28

is done by contract. The contractors.
] VINO themselves are victims of our
system, hire whom they please, the
strongest and the cheapest men. work
them as long Is they please, pay them
as little as they can. The labor or
CARNATIONS after long hard work got
the city council to pass an efght-hour
ordinance. but it has never been
strictly enforced. Men who work di-
! rectly under the city engineer, street
superintendent and In the public
parks, get eight hour~. And the Of
| ficials-brothers did you ever stop to
think that all our officials are in prac-
tice very shOrt-hour men; that on an
average they do not work over eight
hours and always draw full pay.
There is not much demand in South
ern California for farm hands, only
during harvest. When mer so to the
country to work, as rule they must
/ take their own blankets. sleep IN the
barn or beneath a. tree if they prefer.
How is that for luxury for free men?
This is said to be land of paradise.
of fruit, flowers, milk and honey. It's
true, for the rich, not so for the poor.
This Is the land of the monopolist,
1 for they own and control nearly all
+ the land in California and all that
grows or is produced thereon.
This is one OF the worst monopoly.
ridden states In the union. They own
and control the railroads. the street
railways, the water. the gas, the lights.
the fuel, etc. They are the landlords
and the lendlords. Two lords we don't
need.
To sum it all up. we are slaves she
world over What shall We do about
it? 'sAgitate. educate, organize, unite.
fix details afterwards" We have all
TO gain and nothing to lose, except our
slavery. We car let that go Secure
eight hours, adopt the initiative and
referendum. Vote for the IT tereSt Il
labor. 1t produces all the weal-n Of the
world. therefore iaborers should own,
keep and control what they earn. What
they produce. TIey are nine-tentls Of
the people, and should make our Gus
toms. our rules, unmake our Tad laws
and make better ones instead. We
should avoid any conflict. We should
use peaceable means Organize
thoroughly and unite with intelligence.
bring about a peaceable change in
society and in this government: Res
cue it from the hands of monopoly
and designing politicians. We should
intelligently use our ballots, not bull
lets. Never strike unless compelled
to, then strike for all there Is in it.
Strike with our ballots. Make this "a.
government of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people"
The only disturbance we have in the
LABOR movement III THIS city 1T present
is a fight against the Los Angeles
Daily Times. which viii not employ
union men. the enemy of labor, whose
columns are filled with abuse against
organized labor ana their leaders. Six
of the master plumbers locked out
fifteen men about two weeks ago, be-
cause they would not take a dollar a
day less wages. Two of the bosses
have given in, and 7 think the others
Will Plumbers are well organized and
will win. Let me say in conclusion
We should continue to organize and
unite; united we can win. divided we
lose. Then there would be a long
dark night and no hope for ages to
come Let us continue to work THE
light is breaking, the day is dawning'
Ten years hence there will be a great
change in this country if we will only
unite and bring it about. More free
dom, liberty peace and prosperity to
the faithful. Yours fraternally.
J. D. BAILEY.