Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06

by the fire forget the man whose la
Dor in the forest or in the mine
brings forth the fuel? Why should
the man clad i'm the best products OF
the loom, forget the man whose cal
lonscd hands make fine clothing pos
siblc' Both the consumer and the
producer arc necessary, but of tho
two the producer comes first in point
of time and in point of Importance.
Shall the rosebud, blooming lin beauty
and shedding it. fragrance on the air,
despise the roots OF the bush because
They come into actual contact with
the SOLE Destroy the bud and leave
the roots AMI a second bud will APP
pear, as beautiful and as frngran, as
the first; but destroy the roots and
bud and bush will perish.
Benctits OF ora an:x ,tion,
"l!ow cali the Mage Garner secure
ttat share of tho rarth's holntics and
the governments protection which he
deserves? Tho associations formed by
Wprkinglnen have been productive of
much good.
The labor organization as we now
find it is he product OF industrial
conditions. The individual found him
self at disadvantage when dealing
With the cooperate employer, aud the
organization not only enables him to
contend for his rights upon terms
more nearly equal. but IT stimulates
him To study and understand the
conditions which surround him.
THE labor organization has been
foremost in advocating the reforms
which have already been secured.
Several years ago he secret ballot
Was demanded by the wage call,ers
fer their own protection. That ballot
operations those who toll for individ-
uals or corporations are able to pro
tect their political rights and to use
the ballot according To their own
judgments. This is IL long step In na-
vance,
1.-The labor organization has done
much to lessen the evils of child la
Dor. No one can visit the factories
where children are employed without
contemplating the crime which is be-
ing rerpctratetl upon postcrity. If
there is any temporary economic adj
vantage in the employment of chill
,lrcn of tender age, il is insignificant
when measured against the pcrma-
ncnt injury done TO present and flu
ture generations. To rob Il child of
It's school days is bad enough, but to
bend it's back by Il load for which
only the adult is fitted is even worse.
1.-The labor organization has also
contributed toward the shortening of
the hours of toll, and it should not
cease its efforts until the cight-hour
day is secured. Approximately one
third of the twentyfour hours must
be given to sleep; if another third of
the day is devoted to manual labor,
only eight hours are left for eating.
for going to and from the place of
work, for the reading of current
news, for mental improvements, rccre-
alton, social intercourse and domestic
life. Since the hours occupied i'm cat
ing and travel cannot be emcroachetl
labor must lac taken from the
opmetnt recreation and the family.
Advocates of Arbitration.
The labor organization has been Il
consistent and persistent advocate of
the doctrine of arbitration. although
il is difficult to see why the burden of
this reform should be thrown upon
the laboring man. Surely the cm-
Eloycr, if lie would take Il comprc-
hcnsivc view of his own interests,
Mould he as much benefited by arbi-
tration as tine employee, and because
every prolonged contest between la
Dor and capital brings interruption to
business and pccuninry loss to those
who are i'm no Way responsible for the
disagreement, society i'm general is
even more Interested than employers
or employees. The desire for Justice is
so universal that the public can be dc
an impartial board of arbitration as
certainly as it can to support the sue
ccssful contestant i'm a lawsuit The
court of arbitration is one of the GER
taintics OF the future. and when il is
secured AMI perfected Mc sllal! Won
der why its coming WAS delayed so
long.
"'l'hc black list, by means of which
employers combine to deprive the dis
charged workman of re-enploym. N. ),
is ONE oil the more recent menuccs to
the laboriEg man. The independence
of the wage Garner decreases as the
difficulty OF obtaining employment in
crcascs. and the skilled workman
whose life has been spent in acquiring.
efficiency in II certain trade or occupa-
ton becomes practically the chattel of
the employer If every opportunity to
make use of his experience is closed by
agreement between employers.
Nf.yux,r, ,,r 4
'''I'he laboring man is also interested
in legislation prohibiting oriental i'm
migration. 1t is unfair to the Amer
lean Workman, who is the foundation
of the nations wealth i'm time of
peace and its defense in time of war,
to subject him To the danger of hav-
ing his occupation given to an oriental
laborer, often brought i'm by contract,
WHO has no permanent interest i'm our
government. Ii the Asiatics come
here, work for !; few years, live on a
lower scale, and then carry home the
net proceeds of their toll, the drain up
on omr money supply will be similar
To that caused by landlordism i'm other
countries. The political objections to
oriental labor are scarcely less
wcislty than the economic ones. Race
prciudiccs cannot be disregardcd, and
We have seen how, i'm every Industrial
depression, race animosities result in
riot and bloodshed. We cannot afford
to bring into this country those who
cannot amasamatc with our people.
The lrjuncnom Evil.
THE attempt TO use the Injunction
OF court to deprive the abcr,ng
man of trial by jury should alarm all
our people, for while the wage Garner
is the first to feel its effects, the prin-