The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-16

/ Oh what it may become. The very mis-
taxes OF the actual union have in them an
educational influence which is a prophesy
T T,+ Improvement. There is an active evo-
Ielt' and is even promoted by ferment
agitation and adverse experiment
Lei us, in order note some of the
ornamental misapplications of the asso-
elative principle:
First = their spirit and temper are
a5ntagonistic to capital or accumulated
4, Second - Their influence is against
the exercise of individual industry and
eHGeiIence, and towards dependency.
Lhlrd - Personal freedom of action
ana contract is surrendered to the con-
troll of others, whose Judgment is often
faulty and prejudiced
Fourth - They are tyrannical in
thelr action toward all organized la
Fifth = Their logical tendency and
influence are in the general direction
OF levellfng coercive socialism.
THE question comes to every intelligent
workman; Can afford to surrender my
personal liberty, freedom of choice, du-
ues 10 myself, family and conscience to
any secret and irresponsible tribunal?
0usht 70 consent to be ordered out or
IN regardless of my personal wishes in a
lana Where Individual liberty of action is
the distinguishing characteristic?
hSAl 5SAllIllGuldl dBIIdIOrS tiN 10
make the working man restless by teach
lng him that labor is In a dependent CON
diuon: and that he is in slavery, he
should not forget that the average price
Oh TABOR for many years has been steadily
advancing from natural causes It is now
ABOUT double what it was thirty or thirty
hVe years ago, On an average it took
twice the amount of labor to buy a given
amount of -four. sugar, clothing and most
other FAMILY necessities than 1t does ait the
present time, The single item of rent is
perhaps dearer; but with that exception,
nearly every necessity and luxury has de-
clined during the period in which wages
nave been doubled. This shows a great
advance in labor values from the opera
tion OF natural law; and they would
nave been still higher than they are had
their rise not been INSTRUCTED during the
last few years by the detrimental opera
ton of labor unions.
In regard to boycotts, it is observable
mat they are unbusiness-like and re-
vengeful in their conception, unnatural
and un-American in their methods and
aeranging in their effect on all legitimate
business 1t is privilege and a necessity
Tor the wage-worker who has limited
means to eXpend, to buy the best goods at
the lowest prices possible in. a free mar
ket, whether or not they were made by
members OF the union. To pay more for
purposes of revenge is a loss to the la
borer and an injury to society," of Which
he Is part.
The restrictions put upon apprentice
SAhtP anu llihNStildl GuuCdIlOQ DIV COnVen-
tional unionism are distinctly reactionary
and harmful to society in general The
most helpful, hopeful and important
agency Tor the cure of prevailing eco
nomic ills is general industrial education
and this not alone for the male sex The
education of girls in household economy
which is becoming more general, is a
great advance in the right direction. The
Ideal, labor union would strive to make its
members experts in their respective voca.
ions. 1t would inspire them with whole
some ambition, independence and honor.
IL would educate them technically and
morally. 1t would make them men. IT
would mt each one to rise through natural
ambition and merit to the rank of en-
ployer. There is always room at the
top
Men are now working for some intangi-
BILE despot called capital. Both capital and
labor are impersonal conditions, while ali
justice is personal.
LAS a rule the employer Hires his capi-
tal, and the capitalist is not an employer
If either violates natural law the penalty
is inevitable. Is this doctrine In accord
with the golden rule or law of;love? AS
suredly yes. If sin, economic as well as
moral, did not bring penalty in its train,
man would sin forever
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