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

new order of progress is still battling
with the last vestiges of feudal and
5neZleval conditions, the new order con-
ttT.4 elements within itself, struggling
III each other for ascendency-for
still greater progression the full real
ization of the. declaration Of that grand
and earliest of philosophers, Aristotle.
There can be no question IN the
minds of observers, that the greatest
efforts and deepest thoughts of the hui
man family are to conquer that most
important of all thingS-Time.
How can we encompass the CONT
nent? How can we reach another part
of the world quickly? How can we
produce such and such an article
sWifter? are in themselves questions
that seek to conquer the fleeing mo-
mentS of time.
On the other hand, the wage-workers,
who, being the producers Of the wealth
OF the world, are considering Tor them
selves the question which, while press
ing upon the minds of others with SO
much persistency, is one that reaches
nearest their life and being than all
SEther considerations combined-Time.
Meet the corporate power or employ
ing class under any circumstances, and
YOU will find the tendency on their
part to secure the longest number Of
hours or toll from the workers. That
hundreds of thousands of the people Of
the country are walking the streets in
sdleness, that those who are employed
too many hours day, wearing away
their lives and driving them to prem
allure old age and death, forms no part
OF their economic creed. They want all
the time they can squeeze out OF the
human as well as the steam machine.
Argue with them that such policy is
short-sighted, that 1t is false political
economy, and that it has tendency
to prevent the full development of the
I mental as we'll as the physical part Of
rFhe human family, and puts a quietus
flpon individual and commercial pro-
gress. and YOU will be met with shrug
of the shoulders, implying, After me
the food" or Each for himself, and
tthe d take the hindmost." They
SSrget, however, that if their inferred
~ uttered sentiments are fully carried
out, his Satanic majesty will be con-
finually taking the hindmost, until he
g.. the front rank will be reached, for
he will then be the hindmost.
On the part of the wage-workers
we also urge the consideration of the
question of time, for to US there IS no
question Of greater moment. How can
we maintain the political rights
achieved for the human family? How
can we secure a larger portion of the
product Of our labor? HOW can we
prevent the pressing concentration of
mind and muscle, brought about by
machinery, from wearing our lives out
prematurely, must be answered 10 he
satisfaction Of the constantly growing
Investigating character Of the labor
movement, and those .Vho sympatbiSe
with the honest and noble aspirations
of the membership Of the American
Federation of Labor.
The trade unions are the natural
growth of natural laws, and from the
very nature OF Their being have stood
Of nd
development OF the trade unions, re-
gsssed both from thu standpoint Dc
numerical expansion ard that Il prac-
ticai working. has been m3TYeiously
rapid. The trade unions have demon
strated their ability 10 cope with every
Tnergency--economlc or politicians 1t
arises.
It is true shat single trade unions
have been ofte1 beaten in nitehed lat
ties again sups AZ" forces ns united cap
tai, but such defeats are by no means
Industrious; on She contrary, ley are
.lSeful in calling :te attention % the
workers to the necessity OF thorough
organization, Of the Inevitable olga
zion of bringing the vet unorganj2ed
workers into the union, f uniting the
hitherto disconnected .1cas unions .rto
national unions, ana : effectinc d Vet
higher unity by the 4 .iiatiDn IF al ma
tional and international UNIONS N enc
grand fedora lion, il which ZACH and
all trade organizations would he as dis
tinct as the billoXs, yet one as the sea.
In the work OF the organization of
labor, the most energetic, wisest and
devoted Of us, when working individ-
ualiy, cannot hope to be succ sssful, but
by com bining our efforts, al may. And
the combined action of all unions when
exerted in favor of any one union will
certainly be more efficacious than the
action OF any one union, no matter
how powerful 1t may be, if exerted in
favor of an anorga nized, or q partially
ofsganized. mass.
assert that it is the duty. and it
e. &so the plain interest of all work