St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-30
SOUND ADVICE, GOOD COUNSEL.
AND WISE ADMONI-yrz n
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GARMENT WORKERS UNION
HOLD AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEET-
ING OF MUCH INTEREST 70
AND PROFIT 5'4G1
AIMS OF THE UNION PRESENTED.
encouragement Given the Young
Women of the Unioh-Good
sic Rendered. Lsif

| Seldom has a larger or better ap-
| pearing audience of women been
| gathered in ST. Paul than was pres
ent last night at the assembly hall
! OF the labor unions. The occasion
was an open meeting of the Garment
Workers Union Of st. Paul, arranged
for the purpose of presenting to the
women workers the aims of the,
| union and the mutual advantages to
be gained through its operation.
While there were very few men pres
ent, standing room was in demand,
and the hall is big one at that.
Close. attention was paid to the
speakers, and the applause Indicated
that the audience could grasp a good
point whenever one was made.
Harry Franklin was master of
ceremonies, and after Miss Amehe
Smith had played an opening piece
on the piano he introduced John
Ryder as the first speaker. Mr.. Ry-
der said he never viewed an audi
ence Of the kind before him that the
thought did not occur, what a mag
nlficeBt chance there is right here at
home for the powerful and iniuen-
tial women of the city to aid in
a work the results of which would
be Tar greater and more lasting, bet
ter for humanity and for Christian
1ty, than to be pouring money into
the rat holes of foreign effort among
peoples who would be happier if let
alone to work out their destiny in
their own way, or if not fit to sur
vive die off the face of the earth.
He pleaded for the smothering of the
false pride which makes young wom-
en- ashamed to be known as work
ing girls, and hoped that in the
hght OF better knowledge and more
courageous spirit they will shortly
be able to work in closer union for
their own good and the more perfe4t
happiness of the community at largo
and improved generations to follow.
L cannot be made to believe" said
ne, that all employers of female
help are cruel and grasping. or on
posed to fair and open organization
OF their employees. Those who are
must stand the criticisms of healthy
public sentiment and suffer the
blame of standing stubbornly in the
way OF legitimate efforts at solf-
help and public safety. Discomfort
ed, underpaid or oppressed workers
always mean he'll in a factory OF,
work shop, and the community at
large must necessarily suffer when
such conditions exist. A just and
generous. understanding of, ni,t,rat
obligations and duties means n moro
general diffusion Of good feeling and
an increase Of happy homes, the
safety~ OF the people, the killing of
the seed OF anarchy and the growth
OF the spirit of patriotism that must
safeguard the life of the republic ;,
he urged organization conservative
action, that more attention be devot-
ed to the right way to advance and
less to the petty jealousies that di.
vide and retard.
Inc Misses Francis and Kate
DWeliey, with Miss Elsie Perron az
accompanfst, rendered a duet so wall
pfGat they We're compelled to repeat
after which w. w Erwin was intro,
duced
Mr.. Erwin's address was de,;ver.a
earnestly and in forcible language. Tn
opening, he said woman knows what to
90 by instinct, while man must reason
what to do. This is because pure
women are angel-guided. Women
should be talking to men today instead
OF man to women. You should be lead
ing US to organization and defense az
lhe nome instead of we you. new
Gou mas come before the peonla-
wealth.. And the women of the conn
try are being compelled to enter the
lanor held, whereas the Master intend
ed her to remain mistress of the homo
IL mas been positively demonstrated
that IL requires 800 a. year to maintain
d labofer In the state of Massachusetts
ana 1t mas also been ascertained that
only S0O0 Is paid that laborer. The re-
suit Is that the women have to GO out
and work. God Almighty never intend
ed that women should rear a, race and
support them too. Women have heen
driven into this bondage; how are Won
gong to get out? Pray to men? Thev
Will laugh at you. You must begin TO
talk about the situation. You can ex-
pect no aid from man, from the church
or from the professions. You must or
ganize. 1t was a bold slavery we prae-
ticed on the black man-we took and
sold him on the block-but it is an in
sid1ous possession society takes of Won
Calling you women, it drives you ont
to earn your living in competition with
man. Calling you women, it steals your
earnings. This condition is wrong, but
only by your own well-directed efforts
can it be changed to your ADVANTAGE.
Therefore, heed your own safety and.
the safety of the home, of the national
lffe,by organizing to protect your inter
ests whenever they may be placed In
jeopardy, and to secure justice under
all circumstances. Good treatment and
fair wages is your due, and the attain
ment of these things will injure no one. 4
while it will benefit all women workers
and all mankind -